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lonel Manley, to take care of the depot t
he app at Bland
Bridge, tee. at the fame time Ruing, thaie-
ltended a tifing, in conlequence ot information re-
ceived by Government. After this ftatement, it
feemed impoilible to fay, that either the civil or
the military Government was forprited ; for cer-
tainly the riot happened to neither of them one'.
pededly. The garrifon was fully lufficient for every
purple: It confided of the 16th Regiment of
Light Dragoon', ont of the figeft regiments in Eu-
rope, of the 16i h, a ill, 38th, and 63d Regiments of
Veteran Infantry, of fix or Roo men each, together
with the depot of Artillery, making altogether about
4....100 men. Gentlemen Ihould recolleEt that this firm
was very confiderable a and remember that Dublbein,
though a large, bandfome, fuperb city, is not to
composed, in point of fin, to London. So far as
to the Military. Now for the civil power. The Su-
perintending Magiftrate of Dublin was informed of
the intended riot. The Secretary of State then pro.
duced Mr. Wilton's declaration, that before fix o'clock
he goys note from Colonel Alexander, in confequence
of which he ordered his men to be ready at a parti.
cider place. He then read the letter written by Ge-
- vend Fox to Col. Manley, Rating the information he
bad received tom the civil power. Then, as to what
badbeen fo much the fitbjell of animadverfion, alarm,
be knew of no inftruEtions of the Lord Lieutenant to
°astral Fos againft alarm. It is probable this I
might have been menti.nned in the eonverfation be-
tween the Commander in Chief and the Lord
of Lieu.
tenant.— There was a pafftge in a letter the
Lord L;Cutenant's refpeilling alarm, but this applied
to the ftoppiog of the Mail coaches. He appealed
to the ezperience of the year 5798 for the propriety
of this, but if any Gentleman thought be could make
may thing like a charge oat of it, he was Tay wel-
come fo to do. As much had been faid of the poft-1
Afeeipt of it letter to the General from the Lotd Um., •
notice both of
Meant. it was neceffery to take fame
the letter and the pultfcript. A military reinforce.
mane had' arrived at the Miami" Park before the
letter was made up, and, confemseady, the Lord-
Littetenant added this polikrieit, 604 that he had
left teamed that the General had Sersithened the
at the Phenix Park, and therefore roPPOO4
Cate have received foam farther imalligente, but
thi dorm had been now given, ice: was th
clear and plain meaning of chafe words, he left with
every Gentleman to mortars. He had now made
oat what be undertook at riling, namely, aphis's&
come Raman of the differ'st choosiest:es
Long to to this tranfanion. He bad so putout Karoo
whatever to induce him to oppok this motion. He
flotold therefore leave what he bad Paid with the
Hoek. Mr. CANNING explained.
• Mr. FOX refs, sad Navies preasifed a few &km.
tiros, in order to edablifh the fuoftarity of feeling and
'delicacy which aftuated Mr. Yorke and himfelf. rela-
tively to their brothers, proceeded to complain of the
sefilbusee which wasinadeto enquiry, and the make
OfMinifters in frittering it away, by bringing only parts
offences befisee the Hoofs, and reading Loeb erases
es bell forted their Purpok ; and in keemagback thole
pests which bad a tendency to inculpate them. The
Irongeft illuttration of what be advanced was con-
' mined in the (pitch of the Right Hon.Gentlentan. He
feseld engage, that in the letters which were written
. selPelling the infurreftion of the std of July. to and,
from the Ira Comment, it would be found that the
impreMoo made on the mind of Lord Hardwicke
was an apprehektfion of giving alarm and dilbelief ell
leiberedits. This wooM clearly appear to the Hook
if ea opportunity was given o
sea f -readies the la-
whiCh paled on this lubjeft. With reprd to**
Commamier m Chief in Ireland, on the std day of
July, it was °Mimed by an Honourable Gottesman,
diet notices of mothers had been given is the Hoek
of Commons by his relatives. with a view to 'iodi-
se* his chevalier. It was tree that an Memorable
Lifetime( his gave notice, that he fhoold bring for
ward • wisdom no this fulsjea.if fatisfailion was not
swede so the feelings of his Honeerable Relative, as
well ea a vindication of his aerator by Willem
from the imputations which might otherwife be call
upon it. Having attained his objea. be refted
red, and ceafed to follow up his notice. Bat the very.
admilfion of the General's charade? being unim-
peachable on that occolion. proved that doe other
party was blameable ; cenfure emit attach to one of
the parties, either to the Government or the Com-
mander in Chief ; but as the latter was acquitted, it
followed that the former fhould vindicate it(elf front
the imputation of not having difcharged its duty.—
It was urged that 'either of the parties ware
blameable for what had happened. and that the
Lord Lieutenant and the Commander in Chief were
n
or, good terms : true. they were fo before and o
the 23d of July, but a coolnefs took place between
them after that period, beeaufe the Lord Lieutenant
found that all England was aftonifbed and indignant
at the fupiqpnefs ref the Government on that occa-
flan. He refolved, therefore, to detach the blame
from himfelf. and call the opprobrium and crimi-
nality of negleA on the Commander in Chief. It
was then that the General intimated his with
to refign. becaufe he underflood that his refignation
would be pleating to the Lord Lieutenant. Un-
der thole circumflances, and at fuch a time, he could
not fuppok the Lord Lieutenant fo ignorant or in-
capable of thinking. for himfelf as not to have intend.
ed, by foch intimation, to exculpate himfelf, and affix
all the odium of negleft to the General, by oblig.
ing him to refign. 1-fe fhould fay obliging him, be-
caufe„ from what had taken place, it was impolfible
andonour
him confidently with his hharaller,
feelings, to hold his lituation.—Titec Honour-
able Gentleman then read an curet from Faulkncr's
Dublin J urnal of the 14th of February, tending
to Taal on the late Commander is Chief, and in
which the words .4 mend*ant patriot" had been ap-
plied, he fuppored, to himfelf—This extra° the
Honourable Gentleman followed with another, frem
she fame Paper. of the 18th of February, which paid
ersenesiiims to Lard Cathcart, but difpariged Gene-
ral Fox. When he knew that the paper' of Ireland.
and particularly the paper which contained there
wArafirephs, was under the contrcwil of old Callle of
Dubbin, as eompleiely as the pref.' of Paris was
reprefenred to be under the dominion of bolaparte.
he Iholtid not 'tektite to fay, that the bilk Govern.
ment roe.or.by countenancing inch paragraph..iboth
dinetpen for ruiners, and indifference for pulelc opi
,h c..01d have no other ten-
taut y then to tavt.,,lcc thearfalreasodcaiminate the

pet-fon aping whom their Wialignity was &relied.—
It was alked by an Hon. Gentleman, (Mr. Dawfon)
why no Irifh Member brought a charge againft the
Lint Government, or moved for this inquiry ? The
anfwer was lhort and obvious, becaufe, it was under.
Rood, that out of the hundred Members who were to
reprefent Ireland in the Imperial Parliament, not one
would be found to bring a charge againft his Majef-
ty's Minifters (a laugh.) Before he diftnifted the
word enquiry," he thould beg the Houk tO remem-
ber, that the Hon. Baronet, who. introduced the
fuNeft, Rated fails, and challenged Minifters to ito
veßigate them fairly. Another Honourable Member
(General Tarleton) fubßantiated them from his own
knowledge, and upon refpeflable authority ; bat as
what theth advanced was queftioned ordifcredited,
on one fide,and obtained weight on the other, the
doubts which exißed could not be removed, but by
the inquiry which was racked. The Honourable
Menthes; after having dwelt with much point and
humour on the explication given by Lord Cattle-
reagh of the word el furprife," concluded his own
acceptation of it with Biking, if the Government had
previous information of the tnfurreftion which they
termed contemptible at one time, and a dreadful
rebellion at another I Why did' the Lord Lieute-
nant quit the Cattle, where his pretence and name
might have given encouragement to the loyal, and
go to the Phenix Park i.--Why did the Commander
in Chief, if be received information of what was to
happen, retire to Kiln:mink= did the Lord
Mayor sad the Chief of Police betake theinfolves
to their refpeftive villas on the evening of the day
this expiation was to take place ?—lt was impale
for the Houk to believe that the Government had
any fuch information as it could rely on,. when
there incontrovertible felts were Bated.. The Pm'
fitment of the Britt& Empire could not bring itfelf
to believe what the molt prieLeiddsa. ignamst
Catholic, or the greaten bogtrotter is Ireland would
laugh at as filly and &Word. He undetillood that
application was made to his Majeity's natters by
the Inlb Government for mirtW law ist tbat cam.
try, bat was refined on the roes& dials° tweet
aft bad been committed to Warrant belt a Oen-
tare. It was paled, however, after the infante-
don bad taken place, which, it w &darted, put
down rebellion tompletely, sad, dataquillised tbst
past of the empire. Bet he thn mat pub die
part of the inconfilleacy of Mis&Meseff Earthen
bat *Or, for the informatior aad laisfaltion of the
Houfe, bow many peel
did they think &mild fall
a factifice is order to eilahlia the neselky, memo
an atenfible caulk, to ufe their Mrs words, fold
ing the Martial Law AR and (*WS W the
Corpus Hill f It was an abufe and prolantios
eft
words, to fay that rebellion mull be Coffered to break
out and go a attain length, in order to fatisfy the
people of England that diets exiled a necedley for
the =afore. lie felt the grata horror ac an crimes
which would tolerate crimes that may be reamed,
for the pumas of punifhing them afterwards. It was
fad that the infiltration was contemptible, and
deferred not the name of rebellion ; bat if this was
the cafe, why did the Government futend the
Habeas Corpus Bill, and eta& Martial Law ? That
it was sot contemptible, may be collated from she
correfpoodence of Lord Redefditle, that the (pith of
rebellion was very extenfive indeed, and not confined
to Dublin. Has he &add *brave, that, with
the talents which•the people of Ireland p° ,f
and
no people ea the face of the earth could boat of
greater= more magnanimity, real courage,
warns • andel:bate other great qualities wh
• • notions and exalt Mumma nature t yet, aot•
thpfe natural and eminent advantages,
it was'well to Europe that they could notlay
claim to difcretion t they may confider it, therefore,
highly gratifying to their feelings, or, perhaps, an ho-
I timer to have fo great a man amongft them, as an
EKE& Chaocellor,as iodifcreet as any of thanielves.
A man of fah eminence in this relpeft, that it could
be truly Paid abbe—
Me cid Male an
heasiene
The Honourable Gentleman proceeded to imprefs on
the Houk, that the Lord Lieutenant, at the utmolt,
felt no more they alarm and vaccinated between cre-
diting or difcrediting the communications made to
him t and inferred, that be muff of eourfe have been
furprifed. In confirmation of this opinion, be requeß.
ed the letter,firom which Mr. Yorkeread fame extrads,
in which he pointed out the orders given by General
Fox to &core the depot of arms, artillery, Sec.
without having received fuch intelligence or orders
from Government as jußified him inproceedine fo far.
He hoped, however, that he would not be underßood
to Cay, that no intelligence was given to the Com-
mander in Chief on this fubjea. He certainly did
receive infOrmation from his Excellency, on the 18th
of Jury, that a powder mill was blown up. On the
mitt, the Commander in Chief came to town, but an
interval of two days paned without any other com-
munication having been made; nor was it until half
an hour before the infurreftion of the atcl broke put,
that he had any pofitive affurance of what was to hip-
pen. Yet with all thefe fats before the Noble Lord,
(Caftlercagh) he would fain yet a bar to juftice and
an inquiry into the events of that day, becaufe the
Lord Lieutenant of It eland was at too great a dißance
from us. But if the Parliament of England bad aright
of controul over the Executive, he hoped it wouldbe
exercifed in this innanre, and that fuch flimfy argu-
ments to evade refponfibility would not he tolerated.
Why not fend for a p,:rfon to Ireland, if neceffary, as
well aster Salifbury, or any county in England? If
was confidered to be ton diftant from this country
to have any inquiry made into the abufes of it. Go-
vernment, it was the ttronzelt argument that could
be advanced againft the Union, to which, though he
was no fu lend during the pendency of that fulijea,
yet, now that it was effetted, he walled to tie the
benefits of it interchanged between both countries with
cordiality. He hoped, therefore, that whatever may
be the feeling or partiality of the Houk nn other tic.
cations,
that it would, in vindication of its own chit.
ratter, and for the benefit of Ireland and the Empire,
refolve to killitute an enquiry called for fo impersout
ly by the molt cogent realms. Parliament (offered
Martial Law to pats, and the Habeas Corpus Bill
to be fulpended, without enquiry, after the period of
this infurreeton, snsl this COMllaa was endued on
account of the danger with which that country then
teemed menaced ; but as that danger paired away, he
mast that of rebellion, it followed a for rieri that fuel
an inquiry fh .mid be demanded at ptcfent.
Lund CASTLERLAGH capreded his alai&

moat at the manner hi which his irgttments were
understoodby the lion. Gent%tint% and then rec
pitulated the leading points width he delivered in sloe
early part of the debate.
Mr. DALLAS, in a long speech, faid this was a
judicial cafe, and he law no grounds laid for fending
the parties to their trials.
Dr. LAWRENCE laid, the Learned Gentleman
came to the decision wishout es:mining the evidence.
The ATTORNEY GENERAL warmly oppofed
the enquiry, as no ea& was made out.
Lord BLAQPIEREmin an epigrammatic fpeech,
told a number of anecdotes againft the Irina Govern-
ment.
Mr. WINDHAM contended that the grounds for
inquiry were Co numerous and fatisfaaory at to call
for the unanimous decifios of the Houle in favour of
the motion i but, in addition to thefts grounds, he
had to preys upon the attention of Gentlemen the
very extraordinary correfpondence between Lord
Redidale and Lord Fingal. The fentiments- es-
peeled by the former in his letters, went to the total
'Maiden of all legal opinion. They were, however
bad in theolog. y, Rill woes In politics, aid
red
the anion every liberal and 'alien one. The letrirs of the Noble and Learned Lord reminded
him of a line in treed oar Poets—
• dad Geo Use Patios taros a kliesianow"
The opinions of Lord Redadale wars the more
liable to reprehend" as it would be recollated by
the Houfe that when the revival of martial law in
Inland was agitated, his mem and high fitnation
wore held oat as a (*rude patentee of die meal
aml equity tithe Goverment.
Mr. Hawthorn, Hr. Voz, and Mr. Alexander foe-
etiveltfpobe to order.
Mr. TIERNEY bid, that he could not but blame
the Right Hon. Gentleman, fair. Wndbaswho
was formerly one date mot eager opponents to all
easpaiu, bat who was now its waft zealous ehrunpi-
oh. He kwaw that there were oceafions where fend.
men=e be cheesed, without any abandonmeet
' Gentlemen may fails, but his con-
flate. be weasel, was, and ever.bad been loch, as to
meet and iffy every enquiry. He proceeded to re.
meth, dal the mm on the ether fide had flews
Utile decoction ;stink change of apiaries, and wee fur-,
ited that Mfg who hadrmwly fandioned a
reat Pi&
tem of Ireland, (Wald now earth fo g
misty for the people of that Comm'. It had
been
admitted that so imputation was thrown .011 Ole
HOD. General alluded to, and there were and* no
dreanaliances in the co!nduitt of the Irifb Govern-,
met which coald be foppofed to render the motion
neeellary. There flamed to be no somplaint again&
the kith Government, but that they bad foceee&d is
treeing out treafon in all its ranatficedonsr and the
only oblation he &odd have opened from the Hon.
Gentleman (Mr. Windham) was, -that the traitors
had been pandked by a vigour within, rather than a
be kyatithe law. The prekst motion appeared
to be brought forward for the porpofe of bringing
there ogetha whom it was difficult to reconcile.
tentacled him of the Rory of the pole, the for, and
the bag of corn, where a good deal of ingenuity was
neceffary to bring them acrofs the river, and place
them on the °profits fide. He could not regard the
motion as (aim, but confidered as refembling thole
contrivances which are retorted to when it is thought
aecelfary to brie; about a matrimonial comities
between young people. Theo a ball, a concert, a
dinner, or any shied elfe, always the purpofe ; uu
matter what it iskfo that the young folks are brougbt
toedaer.
li FOX expleined. lie bail not confidered tbe
paragraph in hasses yeavnel as relleajng os Gen.
Fox a but as completely siting the chars tter of the
pa mallets of that journal.
Ittr. GREY obferved, that the charge of incon-
fitiency made by his Hon. Friend (Mr. Tierney)
came with fingular propriety from him, who was a
perk& model of eonfißency. He had, indeed, given
a leffon on the mode of changing opinions, not only
with confsftency, but with decorate t and bad (hewn
that there might be a great deal mere decorum em-
ployed in patfing from os this fide of the Hoofs to
that, than from that to this." He recolleaed on
former occasions, when Martial
were propofed,
Hon. Friend would not agree to lock measures with-
out inquiry ; now, however, his Hon. Friend agreed
to tilde misfires, on account of what he regarded
as a petty tumult in Dublin, and was againft all 'in-
quiry. This was an integration of his confiflency.
Mr. Tierney and Mr. Windham explained.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
obferved, that the (perch of the Attorney General
has been quoted, to (hew that the number of pikes
was 6000, and not 3000 ; but whatever the number
was, that circumßance could have made no differ.
ence in the decifion of the Jury. There was fame
any difference of opinion as to falls on either fide of
the Houle, and the only grunion now related to the
conduit of the frith Government. The Right Hon.
Gentleman then proceeded to &mongrels. that the
Government was not taken by furprife, as had been
afferted. With regard to the flirtation of Ireland, he
declared that he rejoiced. when, after the Peace of
Amiens, it was nor thought neceffary to continue the
folpenfion of the Habeas Corpus Aft and of Martial
Law. He bad yielded to imperious cireumnances
in propoling the renewal of thefe measures ; but he
should regard it as moll fortunate for the country
and the Conflitution whenever he should confider
himfelf at liberty to move the repeal of chore
He woul4 ask the Members of the Houle of Com.
mons, whether they could put their bands upon their
hearts, and think they were doing their duty in agree.
ing to this motion
General Tarleton and the Chancellor of the Er.
cheque' explain I. Mr. Ca/craft and Mr. Dent (poke
it. support f the motion.
Col. HU CCHINSON requened that the motion
might be read. If by the wording of the motion it
was meant to throw any imputation spina the I.nrd
Lieutenant, he would give it his negauve ; but if it
was meant to procure resirefs fir an infult Oval
to an Honourable General, whom he refpeaed,
the propolisl inquiry fliould have his vermeil fop.
port. If the motion was for the purpofe of en-
quiring into the cmdue of his Majefty's
whole proceedings were moll inspersous to Ireland,
it (build &ire, on that Account have his support. He
complained, that a correfpondence had come (rum
the pen of a Learned Lord in Ireland. which was
istiniag to three-tun/dm at the peop4s of Ireland.

Sr J. WROTTESLEY replied ; die ATTOR•
NEY GENERAL and Mr. FOX explained. The
Houle then divided.
Ayes 82—Noes 178—MAjority againft the Nodal
O.—Adjourned at half patt four o'clock.