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peeve thew .eo have been a stile end moatpendmetineorepetent to difeern one. Iroeireter, tisk Noble
Government. (4 cry of bead hat /) If there/eftsl Lord had treated the whole affair a. frivolous and
themfelves (which have now become notorious) were ongatory, it fliould teem to be argued from high ato
' not fufficiently adequate to prove their mudeotial thority.ts ifan imputation might be calk upon three-
condue in this whole tranfaaimr, I would Ingelfvote fourths of the people of Ireland ; and here it would
for calling on that 'Government to thew what they be proper to notice the difpofition which has been
have done. They appear, however, to me, and I confident! fo politic, to foothe arid conciliate the Inns
trial will appear to the majority of this Hoofe, to people. He bowed to the leornlng and talents of the
have judged wifely, and to have tidied virtuoally. Noble Lord, who was placed at the head of *claw
and with proper energy as to the hfety and fecurity in that country, but he deplored their .apptication.
of their country committed to their charge.. I beg He did not mean to far that free publicaCeonslrom
pardon of the Houk• for having thus detained it fo that high and venerable authioritY otrerietatderl tae
long upon this fubjeft : but as.l uncktfiand that vs-. a firebraod to fpread the tenors of political tootle
rious impreffions have been feduloufiy circulated, di. gration through the land,, but be Might be Pastille*
redly and indirealy, to the great reindict of the to colloft fotnewbat of the anfwers of Government
Governors of Ireland, I have thou it incumbent from thefe documents.
Fitt
on me to be thus particular in ming the various Mr..ARCHDALE- very much doubted if the Me-
obfervations and arguments urged by. the., Hoe fort motion could peoduce any ufeful dodo The
Baronet as the foundation and objeft of motion." Pao. Baronet we furprifed the Hon. Admiral had
Mr. CANNING Paid the Noble Lord who had jail ebandoeed his projedted application to the Hoskon
fpoken, had very moth dwelt oa general principles. this qmpaiort ; he could inform the Hon. Barenetelist
but this generality of reafonittg was not theses ap. the teethe was. becaufe the true motive no longer
plicable to particular cafes, they mull frequently tell seined—die jullificatiou of :General Fos. He %xi
upon their own individual merits. The Noble Lord well remembered, on the molt feriooseccalion, when
rays, the enquiry propoled be the Host. Baronet. will +.o coo men were in hoilility againft GOVitTOPINGio.IIO•
engage the valuable time of Patliament, but to what thing of this investigation was propoled, but sow. on
objets can its valuable time be more happily dirtied* this comparatively Wifigttinearst affair, the cry of *E-
than to dircover that all parts of the Empire be well guilty is unceafing. Soppofing these were .woo men.
govaned 1 Is it a mirapplicatien of time. to fee half intoxicated and half armed. how could thee
that the capital• of the %Ventre Vapid -be properly feeble lons of fin and riot make head againfi 0000 of
defended I..:Having log their own Parlianteot, the the regular force, which modlitoted the panto( the
inhabitant' &mold not be. denied the junicedley now capital? The fcheme refembled the wild effort of
demand inthe Imperial Councils. In anfwer ett the Deiard in this country. auffid. with all his talents,
argument, that the alliance of ,Lord Hardwiatt. could not coiled ten followers. When the attention
would be withdraisa if loch an mmeiry.vroot ieflitsit. el Parliament thould be direfted to the defence of the
ed, he difclaimed all perfonal feeling a from the public kingdom, it was unwire to diem% tbeCouacils of the
charades. of the'Noble Lord he hatter:mai good Stare by theft feeds of difcnrd. True it was that
opinion; of his prirate virtues be wet only ignorant' certein letters had been publifired by agrees legal cha.
beguile he, had .not the honour of his Lordthip's miler in Ireland. He was much coneoroed that there
acquaintance. On the prelatic °teams; he was only had butte:paced to the public eyes but nest to the
permitted to confider (held-Ale, Lord as a member impropriety: of their expofition we their being men
of the Executive Government, and if it. were need. tinned within there walls.
nary that °his Lordtbip thould, for a great public put- • Mr. DAWSON-11 I readily admit that the prat*
pole. retire from his exalted Ration, there were others trial Twain's on this oe9tfiem is 4 whet benefit is to
who mere competent to ditcherge itsduties. He did be derived from this motioaP The °Ned. may be
not blew by what law of phyfical necergy its Lord- twofold t ark, marring a charge *pion the M:oilier
Alp was fattened to his Viceroyalty, fo that he could through the niedinnaof Irelands nest. to prevent fn.
tun be d6hngagrd from it. Such was not the cafe tune mal-adosiniltration in that country, by the deft
with Cseneral Fez m the fuprenae military command, produced reader this inveftigelion. If the forma be
his refteation was difcoveted to be more than a mere the object of theßight Hoe Gentleman, I mei. bow-
poSkibtio—vkia rooeederl--aha Noble Lord has es- ever reluaandy. contend he is not. nothing a sepa
devoured to •
tta his politico on three diffneot Imes ofe of ageberous people. He is net employing,
grounds. all edsich. he conceived, would fink seder the noble and misty weapon which well becomes the
hint : firft, Government bred acquired *Balm nod. gallant temper, but be is corroding the vitals of the
nary information ; fecondly. the danger was not &ate by fecret pollute: I admit the latter deign to
imminent; thirdly. tinge the unreel:A.6ol attempt, be an horsourable one. and therefore I cannot differ
the mama vigilance has beta direßed to prevent the in the motive, however I may difeseee about the
renewal of the fame difirrders. The Houle would means. One melon why lam difpoicd to refill the
recoiled.. that however ably the Noble Lord (lipoid enquiry is, becaufe it is not brought forward by any
defend the IA potation, it bad no relation to the kith Member, who, I am.tn prefiime. mull be much
prefect miefticut, which referred only to the conduft more competent than the Hun. Baronet on Inch a
of the kith Government on the sod of July, sad a fubjelt. It is no difparagement to him that I con.
(bort time prior to, that day. With refpeSt then to ceive my compatriots better informed in this refpeft,
the firth, how contrary were the liatements .ntatie,
.while I allow the foperiority of his talents and of his
to the real condition of tbaoenuntry,- We were re- knowledge, as applied to the local circomflances of
peatedly allured of the profound peace which pre- his own country. The . lifence of the Irith Members
vaned, of the pert,:ft tranquillity which reigned is perhaps the ben clue by which we can attain the
throoghour Ireland. The Noble Lord, he, Paid, opinion of the kith people; and I with to affirm the
wilhed now to qualify theft fynooymes ; but what, Houle. as an Irith hlember, that-according to the
be raid, were the qualifications be -would employi belt judgment I can form. with the accidental ad-
Is it that profound tranquillity and peace teem f• vantage or which I hive adverted. the adinini-
naturally to combine, that their feparation was a fixation of that Wand is in no raped culpable.--
matter of great difficu'lly ? If he would fay, that as Had the intentioo been to exonerate from a
they both commence with the fame letter, the oral difgraceful charge a brave and dignified Officer.
faculty is irrefillably impelled to conned them, the I &mild have been as folicitous as the Honourable
fame rcafoning would not apply to the pleenatin Baronet to urge forward the enquiry : but what.
which followed .1, petrel tranquillity 1" He begged ever the tongue of calumny may have whifpered,
that on ferous matters, louse words jniended to no charge .exifts, no doubt remains on the charade?
convey ferious =earring. might be ufed, and that and condo& of the Hon. General. I object to the
the generous confidence •of the Howe might not be motion, becaofe it will have a very pernicious ef-
confirued into idle credulity. blinillers did not fed on the minds of the dilaffeded. Why, they
only impair upon the Hook by their own ditto, but will enquire. fhould we be fubfervient to the ex-
they attempted to fupport their erroneous Recusant Ming Government, when Os conduct is difeoveted
on extraneous authority, which might be deemed to be nefarious, that a fulemn inveßigation has
refs fafpicious. As Government had been completely become necelfary as a warning to future Viceroys ?
deceived. it was not wonderful it lhould mithord the In the prefent (late the evil is not inconfiderable.—
Houk, it was not furprifing no fleps• ftiould have Notice after notice has been given by honourable
been taken in the neighbouring ifland, and that from Admirals and Baronets, and a difpofition, by this
the 17th to the 23d nt July, the public (avant' were means has been conliantly (hewn to render the public
in a (late of fupinenefs and inactivity. This conduct authorities futpated. I will freely admit, that the
(he Paid) if not the extremity of rallrefs, mull be Irith Government was taken by furprize : but it
utter Islindnefs. He then produced a pamphlet. a WAS furprifeil becaufe the rebels thernfeives were hat.
few pages of which contained the fpeech of the At- vied onward and expoled to all the di:advantages of
torney General of Ireland on the late trial of rme of furprife. Government did not know the intentions
the delinquents. It fumed. he laid, a little too of the traitors, it is true, but it was becaufe throe
much the falhion for great Lawyers to be mifisken intentions were not formed. The rebellion thus
in their opinions, and perhaps the noble Lord would became an abortion which no (kill could produce
think this was another eaample of that kind. His today in health and maturity. Lord Hard.
Lordfhip had laid there were only own pikes; but wicke alfumed the reins of Government a fhort
the Attorney General lays there were 8000 of there time potterior to the Union. I do not mean to
weapons. ,Was this an expedient to diminifh the clan- comment on that great me.,-ure, bait it may explain
ger that the quantity was thus leffened ? Would the one four of the difaffedion of the capital, when
Noble Lord have Parliament aa upon a filfe fiate• we confider that ais Union is the complete ruin of
ment tor has the oniortunate prironer (offered under Duhiin. The trade and the fuperb edifices of that
the hands of the ennui nor for this talk al: rennin t--- city are battening to decay, for it is no longer the
( 4 pored cry el Creir 1)—He laid he was repeating rctidence of the Nobility and Gentry of the ifland,
what the Attorney Gerietal (aid on the folemnsiccol who witnerly (pent halt their time, and more than

Gan of bis criminal proleeution. *freeing the life of
an individual. He ravined if he were called to order
from the citation. If there was *time in which the fa-
(=duds of bud% &add be molt regarded. it was at
loch an awful interval. The Noble Lord. among
other trivial things. adverted to the feizure of the
Caine. Surely it was moll imrortant that the dif-
pi..ce of loch an event Ibould not operate on the
mind. of the difalfcacJ to encourage disco to new
;alliances of atrocity. Stich being the danger, what
were the precautions taken to avoid its consequencco
" All diligence (lays the Noble Load) was employ.
ed $ the Houle. be believed, was not In fully natio-
fwd. end hence was the motive tor this enqukry."—
S•dne Mcmher. wind agree with the Attorney

ball their fortunes in that favourite feat of rational
and elegant enjoyment. If, Si.. the view be by this
motion to occafion Lord Hardwicke to retire from
his Ration, I think it would have a very pernicious
effetl. He has en:tired the funeions of his lofty
fit nation, at lea !ince the infurreilion, all gentlemen
will acknowledge, with la,nour to lumfelf. and with
benefit to the Wand s he has not iuditured new modes
of trial offenfiste to the principles of nor gloriot.s
Coodnution. He has held faced the trial by Jury,
and has advanced the voluntary defence of the
country to a perfeaion of discipline which annifhed
the Noble Lord who is now at the head of the mili•
tary deparintent. On theft grounds. Sir, I a': -t,
that whether we attend to the objea of this motion.

nasal. detailed in the pamphlet he preduced, that
4' it was manifid lae rebellion was a pre-concerted
fcherne of the moil dangerous confpirators. who
balked the directs rf the capital. and were •idrly

as afielting the Adminiiiration'ist this part of his
Majeny's aluminlons. or as influencing the Hate of
heland, the enquiry peopcifed by the tlun. Earonet
will in no relpeet conduce either to public or private

c:;fiuted in the province% rf the Itkind, and they uouli)
think the peril rrquirol the molt alive exertion% of
the pubik an;hoiiii..s." that " the night was tettit%ly
dark." Thi. mig:ii / Dell account Co. Govern•
metes not fceinit. !wt be did not know how it ac-
counted for their not foiefeeing how this hortibk
r.hkoritr on that pa:ticular sight lhoold riecafion
bionelitet• frr fo wan) ror Dths pine to it. •Yet, it it
stele fa dark, bow CAMt they cialt:y to count eighty
mix* what tilt 'Waal wpm., it was were

utility, and may be aucndcd by vet y injuticus ct.nle-
quences."
Lard TEMPLE thought the Minaler+ fhould be
grateful for Met a motion, for giving them an op.
portunity n detracting, whet mull r• beruffe be a
fubjce of. enquiry. He believed the ptefent Govern.
meat vrat'rrally taken by infinite, and lie (eland the
people here could tepee% nn other from oar :4-Differs
on a nadir itcartneh Who could depend on the
woods* of huh is= t Whoa they tt.ldut theta %lib