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that the Report:iie printed.—rtsid el 41 of Ater i
Hear! followed tkit reeeh, which, daring its deliver,;,
was listened to di the House euith profound attention.)
The Report wat'ordered to be printed.
BILL FOR THE REVERSAL OF nti ATTAINDER
ACAINST TR? LATE Lotto It. rtIiGERALD.
A Message from the Lt.rds announced their lord,
ships' assent to several Bills, and also that their Lord-
ships had passed a Bill 'reversing the attainder ie the
late Lord Edward FitzgeraW, to Which they desired
the concurrence of the Misuse of Common's. ' • --
Lord CASTLEREAUH, in rising to piopose that,
the House should agree to this measure withoiwAii& '
lay, expressed the gratification w hich he knew th
lusti ions individual in the exercise of regal authe>>
in this country experienced at exercising the -prilserft
gracious prerogative of Sovereignty—(Hear, 'tit).
It was highly gratifying to those who were- connec -
with that part of the -Empire to which the measure
especially referred, to contemplate that tranquil state
which rendered the present proposition so advisable:
He repeated that it was highly gratifying to the illus-
trious Representative of tile Sovereign to consult, by
this Act, the feelings of one of the most illustrious
families of which the Empire could boast ; and td
him (Lord Castlereagh) who, in his official character
in Iceland, had been the painful witness of the cir
cumitatices out of which the proceeding that the pro-
posed Bill went to overturn arose, it was extremely
gratifying to be the humble instrument of proposing
Ito the HouSe a measure, the adoption of which woulds
he trusted, assist in the consummation of thitrftx
which every good and honest mind must wish....-the
oblivion of all the circumstances in which ti,e neces-
sii T. for it originatcd--(Hecr, hear, hear). He moved
that the Bill he read a first time.

Lord W. FITZGERALD said, he did not mean to
occupy the attention of the House for many minutes,
but be could 1:ot let this opportunity pass without
stating how truly grateful he and his family were to
his Royal Highuess the Prince Regent, for his gener-
ous conduct iu originating this measure-i--(Hear,
hear). It WAS a truly gracious and princely act—
( firer, hear). After what bad been said by the Nobk
Lord, it would ill become him to expatiate further on
this subject: But he could assure the House, that the.
State had not a mere loyal subject, or the Army a
braver Officer, than the individual for whose relief
,and benefit this Bill was immediately intended—
(Hear, hear). He was most ti uly sensible of the kind
and liberal manner in which this measure Lad been
brought forward, and in which it Cad been received,
and he thanked the House for the attention which
they had paid in the expression of his feelings on this
occasion—(gear, how).
Sir FRANCIS BURDETT congratulated the
House and the country on the introdnetson of the pre.
sent Bill, which he characterized as an act, which, al•
though one of justice, yet evinced a m ignanirnous
feeling on the part of his Royal Highness tilt., Prince
Regent, that entitled him to the warmest attachment
and gratitude—(Hear, hear). No account could pro•
duce greater satisfaction in tilt Bart of the kingdom
where the objects of the Bill resided, than the meat
sure which was now about to be passed--(Hear).
Mr. V. FITZGERNLD was anxious, as a Repres
sentative of that country, to assure the Honourable
Baronet that he had not overrated the espressteas of
satisfaction with which the accounts of tnis measure
• would be received in Ireland. Whatevei may have •
been the circumstances of that unhappy time that
gave rise to the measure which this Act was to re-
verse, it was gratifying to reflect, that the Cirelma
stances of the present time enabled the Parliament of
the United Kingdom to concur in such' a measure as
, this. He was convinced there was no man in the cm,
pire, of generous, w arm, and honourable feelings, but
must admire the motive that had given rise to tfiis
spontaneous stet of magnanimity.
The Bill was read a second time, and referred to
Private Committee.

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