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klieved, by the Ct Own and Ministers. TheTirst
Ireland became a prey to the 'disorders created by
fie cabals of a party against the Duke of Ormond,
t Earl of Shaftesbury might then be seen to have
sacrificed the interests' of the country to the benefit of
the Irw. When the infatuated bigotry of James Tls
had made those aggressions and encroachments on
the ea.oii and religious liberties of his subjects' which
ktoughi down open him the just indignation of the
ration, took refuge in Ireland, and the people of
sas-t.ennairy, misonieed in their loyaltyp were again-,
drawn into a struggle which proved' for them most
unfortunate. Nothing could divest them of their at-
tachment to hirit, because, they thought. as he told
tliem,that he was a prey to factious ohich had driven
him from his throne. The English people then esta-
blished their civil liberty, Irons that period they bad
preserved it, and, their constant attention to thensaio-
reliance of their rights had brought them to their pre.
sent state of prosperity: )fad that been the case,
*ith Irel ind ? -14,0; she had been under the exercise
of a :01 ty'annical gc.ve.nitneut; he meant no•
thiog invi,linus against the present Government, but
the Hoto.e would perceive that such had been the'
Ease. and every thing had; been dope for what WAS
called the Protesiant interest. Then had commenced
the Penal Code, that code, which Lord Camden had
aii.l, Wass" a monstrous monument of folly and op.
pression, which was sufficient to demoralise the coun-
try, and which had dentnralized it." These were
witnesses of the _induct of Government towards Ire-
land ; conduct which, would hare disgraced• the most
paltry province, so full of petty artifices and subter.
tuxes was it, aid so unworthy a country like Great
Britain. A few instances of individuals who bad
supported the system might deserve mentien, if he
was nut taking up the time of the House. The Pri-
mate sit Ireland, in the case of Wood's halfpence,
bad said, that he seas extremely sorry, that such a
subject otoold be brought on, as it generally interested
the people, and would tend to unite the whole coun-
try. This was in,the year 1747, and it was a canoes
tact, that abut that time the country exported about
&a, atotto worth of corn, and as every third or fourth
year was a year of scarcity since the Revolution, Ire.
land had paid upwards of 415.000,000 for corn im-
ported. There was another great man who Weaned
himself a patriot, or wished to be called so, whose
condUct was worthy of observation. He alluded to
Dean Swift, who had drawn a character of
_the Ro.
wan C abolics in some respects as bad as that drawn
by Mr. Speake Bsyle. They were sunk, he had said,
in poverty, cowardice, and wretchedness. The Fri.
mate had likewise said, in a letter to Lord Carttret,
that he had contrived a plan by which he could get five
acres ploughed up in a certain number, about every
hundred, though he did not mean by that to roam.
rage the people of Ireland, but merely to enable
them to provide their own subsistence. The Catho-
lic ()orgy, it might he recollected by the House, had
been deprived of many of their erivileges which had,
when possessed, been most beneficial to the piste.
Numerous had been the rights
f which had been to
from the various bodies the Catholic population ;
but there was no necessity for him to give a catalogue
o: c.e instances in which the Protestants had used the
same ca.:duct towards the Catholics. It was suffi-
cient to mark the temper that had distinguished them
to mentioli that pe:itions had been received from Pro-
testant porters stating, that Catholic eoal-heavers bad
employed Catholic porters, and wishing it to be
otherwise, and that these, petitions, when presented to
the House of Commons of Ireland, had net been re-
jected, but had been referred to the Committee of
Grievances, Stich calamities as Ireland had endured
were not us be immediately overcome, but he hoped
that by constant attention, and by pursuing a proper
method, they would in time be dissipated and for-
gotten; and it was to be hoped that the Parliament
of Great Britain would do the people of that country
justice. The Irish Parliament had, at one period,
been so separated from its constituents, that the Eng-
lish Minister, seeing its weakness, endeavoured to
continue the supply fur twenty years and upwards.—
A Parliament ot George 11. had sat for 23 years, and
Laving outlived all the ties that bound it to the people,
every thing became paralyzed. The Parliament of
1747 were economical, though little conoected with
those who aepointed them, and they contrived to pay
off all their then existing debt. and there retrained
a surplus, which, in 1753, amounted to X'.:00,000.
There occurred some dispute as to the disposal of
this surplus, but at length their disputes were ended
by the English Chancellor, who took the surplus
from their Treasury and appropriated it to the ser-
vice of England. In 1778, the Septennial Aet made
the Parliament more regular in their intercourse with
their Constituents, and they consequently paid more
attention to their interests. • In that year the reverses
of the American war and ill-success elsewhere.
caused /Mend to be left without a military force, she
was left to protect herself, and then began that era
to her so glorious; she rose, felt her strength, and
assumed the importance that was her due ; she recol-
lected the precept, that the nation übich respects
herself shall be respected, and took her proper station
aniongsr the nations of the earth. He had purposely
aostaitted from entering upon the consideration of
the Catholic Question, as that was cf too touch ion.
portance to come mixed with any other subject be-
fore the House ; at present he only took the liberty of
mentioning, that part of the Penal Code had been
abolished, and that that was a sort of recognition of ,
the impropriety of the remainder. Parliameist had
done little for Ireland as yet, though the Union was
brought about by etpectatioos of an investigation of
her grievances. She had not yet been properly re.
nonrated for all her denims, for all Ise: contribu-
tions, for all her sacrifices, inconvenience, in treasure,
and in blood. Since the Union sl.e Lad paid tomato
*bout four millions and a half, whilst her regular re-
venue before the Union did not exceed one million.
and a half. The Right Hon. Baronet, atter statikg
how-much several Catholic Clergymen had promo-
ted die education of the lower orders, concluded a
long and eloquent speech, by sooting—e, That an
)humble Address-should be pretented to Lis Royal
Highness the Prince Regent. to represent to his
Royal Highness that the necessity the House Lai
" been seder of providing an ariity to secure the inter-
nal tranquillity of. Ireland obliged them to consider
the state of that country, which they considered as in
all probability pernicious and diorama to the ex.
is'enee of the kingdom. That they intended to direct
eon, in rower and undivided attetatiota to the subject,

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hied they hoped his Royal Highness would he pleased.
to came to be laid berme them such papers as Were
recessary for their • intOrmation. That they wooll
wake every exertion to examine the evils under which
that country laboured; and endeavour to find out
their causes. That they would exert all their powers
effectually to remove those evils with which Ireland
was afilieted. and they would endeavour to rescue
that fair portion of the globe from the state of dii-
turbance and desolation under which it had almost
sunk exhausted."
Mr. PEEL considered that the present subject-
might be the arena of many a combat, famous in the
defeat of the one party and in the victory of another.
He was of opinion, that as the country had been
loug in arriving at its present state, it might be long
before it would reach its former prosperity.; the state
of Ireland was a Gordian knot, which should not be
cut, but carefully and skilfully unravelled. There
were parts of Ireland in which the people were re.
,markable for every virtue that could adorn humanity,
and there were crimes, he understood, for which the
Irish language had nu name ; but there was in other
parts of the country an untameable ferocity, a deter-
mined naalienity, for which no cause could be dis-
covered. There was,* some late instances, in the
murder of Mr. Baker fer example, a fidelity in a bad
cause, of which there were few equals. Same peas
betides in the Irish character, with regard to crimes,
had been• mentioned by Specter (the Poet), as ob-
servable in his time.-- Alter enumerating the Coun-
ties which were most disturbed. and observing- how
great a share the illicit distillation bad in producing
the disquietude. the Right Honosirable Gtentleman
proceeded to read extracts from the evidence of vari.
ous Gentlemen before a Committee which was h id
on the office of High Sheriff of Irela..,l.3—Vs'ith re-
spect to Sheriffs. when he considered that they had
the power of appointing the Grand Juries, he had no
hesitation in sasiog it was repugnant to his feelings
that the Lord Lieutenant should have the power of
appointing the Sheriffs, and be certainly thought
that the ancient method of appointing Sheriffs might
be resorted to. On the subject of Magistrates, lie
feared that any revision with respect to 'them would
be impracticable. The mode in which they were
appointed was this; the Lord Lieutenant received
recommendations from the Governors of Counties,
the Judges and others. and aepanted those wrio re•
ceived the best character ; besides, there was a great
difference between toe state of manners in Ireland
and in this country ; and during the Rebellion, and
at other turbulent periods, many persons lead been
appointed to the Magistracy. weeei it would be an
act of great injustice to remove a, his time; it would
be a most difficult thing to fix ; -nterom tor settling
the qualifications of , it would be impoi-
sitsle to fix on property as t,e e • rion in the present
stile of Ireland. -. to the irritations
stated by the Hon ir 4.31 r i to be encouraged
in Ireland, Ail assured r• - . no such thing was
done." There .sated • issosities, and violent
party feelings %sal pert, • . which Government,
with all its vigilance, WAS 1111414: to suppress. The
ill blood and party spirit existing in Ireland. were of
such a nature, that it would be impossib.e for any
Legislative provision to reach them. The most stu-
dious efforts were made in Ireland. through the me-
dium of the Press. to render the people dissatisfied,
and to snake them believe that they could find no
justice in the country the most infamous falsehoods
were propagated ; and, he believed. it was to these
calumnies the misfortunes of the County of Tippe-
rary might be attributed. All the advantages re-
sulting from a free Press were destroyed by its prac-
tical licentiousness in Ireland. 'nor consequences
were, that men became indifferent whether they
served their country or not. Of this licentiousness
no estimate could be made from a view of any license
taken by the Press in England. He quoted one work
in particular, of a Bich a regular series had been found
in the possession of one m.iletactor who suffered for
his crimes ; it was circulsted almost gratuitously;
the woo k he alluded to was the Hilerni.in Idazasine
in which it was stated, that more Irish Catholics were
butchered since 11414., than the ::umber of Protestants
massacred in France. This wa... but one passage, which
served as a specimen of the whole tenor of the work.
He should now advert to another subject which bad
been much talked of, he meant the state of elective
franchise. This right established no principle of demo-
cracy in the country ; the advantage did not rest with
the possessors of the freehold;, but the possessors of the
freeholders. This franchise WAS an eternal source of
perjury; every man who swore be had a freehold of
40s. was entitled to a vote, and in the registry of these
pretended freeholds, the greateit abases prevailed ;
the franchise was no advantage, but rather a source
otoppression to the pretended freeholders, most of
whose freeholds were in fact not to be found. He
was fully persuaded, that no remedy for the distresses
of Ireland could be found in Catholic emancipation ;
but, he believed, that one great means of relief and
security to Ireland, would be a measure to enforce
The residence of .the landuvrners.—(Near, heir !)
the beneficial effects of such a residence had already
been felt in many instances. He was ready to admit,
that educatibn might do a great deal and sow the
seeds of future good ; and plans had already received
the sanction of Government for promoting that great
object. With respect to the motion then before the
House, the information it sought to obtain must be
wholly unnecessary with a view to any' future practi-
cal benefit, he should thereto:* propose the following
amendment to the tuotion:-64 That an humble Ad-
dries be presented to his Royal Highness the Prince
Regent, expressing the regret of the House that the
internal sawed Ireland should render it necessary to
maintain in a lime of peace a large military force in
that country during the present year Lot the peaserra.
don of public tranquillity ; and beseeching his Royal
Highness to be pleased- to lay before the House a
statement of the disturbances that had taken place in
Ifieland, together with the means adopted.by Govern.'
Mitt foe: the suppression thereOt.'t
Mr. PLUNILETI began by expressing his ap-
probation at the manner iii which his Right Honour-
able fiencl,had brought forward his mutton. There
was something in this question so important, that its'
interests could not be sunk in any vulgar notions of
party feelings. He proceeded to notice the alarming
progsess of °dunes in several counties in Ireland;
and the measures taken for their suppreSsion ; and,
4 would say, if they mould not be suppressed by any
Aber eneep't a military force, that 40,000, instead of
25,000,.assiroald hardly be sufficient for the purpose.

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the tidlit Hon. Gentietnen hat)ugly State& that'
there existed a determined hatred to the law and
Government of the country and nothing mild. be
mere line than this, that there was something intrin-
sically laid in the system under which the people
lived. The Right Hon. Gentleman bad proposed
no remedies for these evils; he merely hinted at two;
one wai, alteration of 40-shilling freeholds ; and the
other, a restriction en absentees. He wished to see,
Gentle Men reside more frequently on their estates;
but be could not cut off the links of connexion that
existed between England and Ireland ; and if Gen-
'tlemen were to be compelled to stop there, the Union
must be done away. With respect to the 40-shilling I
freehold, the grievance arose, not out of ,the original
Constitution of the country. but out of the Act
of 1793. Now it the Right Honourable Gentleman
wished.to raise a firebrand in Ireland, and bet the
whole country in a flame, he could not do so more
effectually than by proposing to disfranchise Ca-
tholic freeholders by the abolition of that Act.—
(Here Mr. Peel interrupted the Honourable Member
and dechred that Le never proposed any such thing
he only pointed out the great abuses of the Act of
1793, in the registry of freeholds, and merely ex-
pressed a wish that none but bona Pe 40s. freeholders
should have the elective franchise.) —Mr. Plunkett
said, be had mistaken the Right Honourable Gentle.
man : he now understood, that no plan was proposed
but an improved system (.1 education, and an altera-
tion in the mode of electing Sheriffs. From the latter
he could not reckou any great advantage. As to the
parts of education which consisted merely of reading,
writing, and arithmetic, there were more of the-,
common people of Ireland educated in this way than
of common people in England.. But that was not the
sort of education which made people obedient to the
laws and attached to their Government. It had no
other effect than to 'table theris to read laws which
they did not obey, and to count property which did
not belong to them. The best mode of education was
that which inspired men with attachment and venera-
tion for their Government. Still the encouragement
Riven by Government to the education of children must
'he absurd and ineffectual, so long as the adults of
the country were kept in suajugation with bayonets
at their breasts. This indeed was a panacea which
would answer no purpoee. He believed that <25,000
men would be necessary to keep down the disturb-
ances of Ireland ; 'but such a remedy would never
cure the evils of the country. He must indeed be a
bold men who would venture to say that he knew of
an effectual remedy ; but he mutt also be a bold and
desperate man who could say that there was no re-
medy whatever. No remedy was now proposed by
Government exile or death was only a proof of the
desperation of a Government, and -it was the duty of
IParliament to rescue a people from the state of
'misery thus imposed upon them. He felt it his duty
in candour to state, that the carrying of the Catholic',
Question in a way to satisfy the minds of the Protes•
tants, goirld do much good in Ireland ; it was, in-
deed, a rine pro moo without which nothing effectual
could be done for the relief of Ireland. He knew'
there were many agitators now disturbing the peace
of Ireland but at the same time a large body of the'
Catholics were warmly attached to the Government,
and it was therefore the bounden duty'of a wise Go-
'eminent to have availed itself of Vie loyalty and]
friendly sentiments of this valuable parr of the peo-
ple. This was not done, no conciliation, no fair play
WAS given to this valuable part of .the cot:murky,
who might, by such means, be brought ever to the
interests of the Government. As to the state of the
press, he knew there was a most licentious and sedi-
tious press directed against the Governmeut ; but lie
asked if that was the only licentious press in Ireland ?
The newspapers under the influence of Government.
every day abounded with the most malignant and in.
flammatory labels against the best meaning and most.
loyal people of the country. It was the duty of the
Government to suppress this licentiousness. There
wese also Orange Societies in Ireland, whose mem-
bers bound themselves by oaths to support . Protes-
tants exclusively, and net to support the King any
longer than be supported their system of exclusion.
Why were these illegal Societies suffered to exist ?
The most brutal, arrogant, and outrageous conduct
continually manifested itself on the part of the low
and vulgar members of these lodges in the North of
Ireland ; and so long as they continued uusuppressed,
they blighted every prospect to tranquillity and hap-
piness in Ireland. Here Mr. Plunkett mentioned the
circumstance of a priest, is the county of Limerick,
haviug exerted himself to preserve the public peace
in Ireland, and being thabked by the secretary of
State ; but the letter of thanks was published in the
' newspapers almost as soon as it reached the
dual, so that in_ consequence of the isolated panegyric
thus individually put forth, this clergyman was held
up to the odium of his flock and of other Catholic
icletgymea. The state of Ireland was very different
now from what it had been formrtly. Within the
last fifty years her commerce was doubled, her agri-
culture was increased fourfold, and her population
was trebled. She was capable of any exertions, and
of being made the mainstay of the British Empire,
provided she was kindly treated ; but by a different
treatment she was also capable of being made the
deadliest foe for the destruction of England. in case
she ever muted herself with any foreign power. Six-
teen years ago the advantages of the British, Consti-
tution were guaranteed to Irelandby the Union, and
all that had since been done was to impose cruel re-
strictions there, which would not br tolerated in the
most obscure corner of England. Things could not
remain in their present state. The evils must be put
an end to, er they would grow worse and worse
every day. He advised the Ministers for Ireland to
retrace the steps they were pursuing, and adopt such
measures as would unite all classes in their affection
to the Constitution.—. (Lead shoring.)
Mr. PEEL, explained. He had received a letter
from the Clergyman alluded to, stating, that from
his influence with his flock, be had been enabled to
discover cogsiderable quantities of arms. tie ( Mr.
Peel) wrote a private letter of thanks to that Clergy.
man from the Irish Government s and he was nut a
little surprised to see that letter, some days after, in
the &ON s.
Mr.Iis.PrI7•GERALD contended, that the evils
consplained-of had am-arisen from the present cr any
recent Government of Ireland,. but from the bad
Government, ages betgie there was any difference of
talkie' Ochre:eft chi two countries: 4 was his inten-
tion to prop= the algal 41 the. Rouse Doty in Ire-
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ancl iht the duty on licanhs
of all hOuses that had not three 1

These might seem matters of little it
House; but they were of great im)
Irish peasantry. Ile hoped, small •
sions might appear, that till! would ,
proofs of the willingt.ess of Goverranel
far as posslble, the people of Ireland,
not content to the ihandohmet.t of

violation of the Ezcise Laws; as he

enforcement to be most materially
maintenance of peace and order in Ii

Mr. DAWSON reprobated the col
who seared neither pains nor expense
the poison of their discontent throuh
try, by their pernicious eloquence, am ones"
ous publications against the first characters ie 6,1
country. He thought the system t f tythes esaitz—.
tremely objectionable.
Mr. C RATTAN thought the question Inseam.
ble of being reduced to three heads; first, fulasso—ti
distress; secondly, of commercial distresses; am.
.lastly► the state of insurrection in which seine passel
Ireland were plunged. The first remedy should be ill
repeal tae Penal Laws, as applicable to the Carhoecis
Her financial distress sees very ;treat ; but this cowls
try should coesider, that it had ssioli the meniscus
the remedy in its own hands. Any thing tbat degrees
Ireland would destroy Great Britain ; and, thereext.'
whenever we found Ireland sinking unite distress,
we ought to administer to her assistaatt "pith Our
wealth. The commercial correspondence boom
the two comitries should be established co & meld I sof
mutual ad vantages. The great mode of oath* ose
evils under which Ireland groar.ed, was by ailsttiau.
tering relief, where it was applicehle, to the met
evils, and the lesser burthens would die of rhertothet:
As to the insurrections in Iceland, in his opinion, they
ought to be put down by a mild exercise of the love
rather than by the power ef the military; for if the
former measure were pursued, the very criarnal who
suffered under the law, must praise that Conititodoe
which condemned him. Ireland had corm:644os
the successes of the last war ; sit had assisted in ear.
'ling Europe through chaos, and bringing her into
fight : and, after having made all Europe c.ur friends,
by destroying the rancourous enmity of Bonapare,
we surely had time to advert to the situation of Ila
laud for the purpose of ameliorating her difficulties.
Lard CASTLEREAGH said, that srbajever dif.
ficulties might surround this question, it must be
pleasing to consider with what temper it had bees
conducted nn both sides of the House. 'I he Right
Honourable Gentleman who spoke last had partial.
laxly infused that temper and conciliation into the
debate. He was, however, of opinion, that the it.
.quiry (if any were necessary) should originate with
his Right Honourable Friend (Mr. Peel) who had
admitted that certain remedial steps wer: necessary.
He hoped the Right Honourable Baronet (Sir J. Nos.
port) would therefore give way, with x view to tins.
nimity. The Noble Lerd took an extruded review
of the present situation of Ireland, and declared the
_readiness of his Majesty's Government to adopt every
'possible measure ter its to nefit. His Lordship oh-
' served, it was well known, that on the subject of Ca.
Itholic Emancipation there was a difference of opinion
amongst his Majesty's Minoters. He wished, how.
ever, that this question slionid not be made a Go.
cerement question, but di it it sooold be carried as a
general measure ; and further, he &elated, that, ia
his opinion, peace would never be restored to Itelead
till prejudice on this subject was ove: come.
Mr. PONSONBY supported the original mottos.
It was*mosi fitting that the causes should he exolain-
ed by which Ireland had beet. brought into her pre.
sent situation. The amendment merely went to ie.
loran Parliament of that which they already knot.
Adverting to the difference of opinion bet am) the
Noble Lord and the Right Hon. Secretary on the
.question of Catholic Emancipation, lie asked how it
'WAS possible that, uuder such eireunistaitees,
Should be otherwise than in a gate of agitation ?
The Right Hon. Gentleman Oleo weot ill«) a consi.
durable length of argument, in order to slew that
there was no disposition on the part of his Miksty's
Ministers to enter into the serious consideration of
arty subject connected with Irelaud. And he con.
tended that unless such inquiry was entesed into,
and some proper remedy applied, it would be impos-
sible to preserve that country in a state of tranquillity.
He also took a view of the state of the Magistracy of
Ireland, and observed that Ministers should not be
deterred horn attempting to reform it by the.ditilletil.
ties which might present themselves, for that a
reform wa. practicable, and was absolutely necessary.
He further added, that the emus of proposing some
plan for the relief of Ireland lay not with Gelitletnen
at his (the opposition) side, but with Nlirtsters,
whose duty it was. He concluded by suppoiting the
original motion.
Mr. BRAGGE BATHURST rose areidst. loud
and repeated cries of Question, to reply to t'ie errs
merits of the Rizlit Ho''nottrable Gentleman who had
just sat down, and addressed the I loose et tome
length, tinder the disadvantage of frequent iaterrnp-
tions.

Sir F. FLOOD said (as soon as he Could be
beard) thatle had a right to be hear 1 on this roes-
don as an Irishman and an Imperial l'..:presernative.
(Loud laughter.) The Honourablz Balot.et then Fro-
ceeded to notice the different evils which were stattd
to press most heavily upon Ireland, one of which was
the want of education. He begged to inform the
House, that there were numbers of respectable
schools, and some of inferior reputation. Which were
called hedge schools, and that the lower classes of
the Irish were so fond of learning, that they raa,
to pick it up in the hedges with the greatest avidity.
(Loud and continued laughter.) He coul•i not but teal
gratetul to the House for OM listening to him as they
had done the Right Hon. Gentletriao who preceded
him, whom they could scarcely hear, from the impa-
tience which was manifested to go to the vote. (Lod
/wieder.)
Sir NICHOLAS COLTIIURST was favourable
to concession on both sides.
Sir J. NaWPOla shortly replied, when a &WO%
took place. For Ministers, in favour of the etaerri-
mend—Ayes, 187—Noes, !05 Mai oti ty, 82.
Lord CASTIAItUfiII brought hu the Alien B
Read a first, and ordered to be read a second ti
rte
on Monday.
The Co:memos on Agricultursi Distress *as deferred Irn
Moisslay to Fridaz pest.
The other orders of the day were 'reposed
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51

VIZE COURT or TIC DEPARTMENT or Ter SEINE.
/41,AL RELATIVE TO THE sicare 0/1 LAVALETTE.
• OA CON rie.vAiso4 ' '
SITTINIS OF TLIEaDAY, THE 4231) OF APRIL.
When the ADVOCATK-GIIsERAL had finished his
,ovech, which made a great impression on the audi-
pvy, the sittiag was suspeeded for a quarter of an
bime, When it was resumed,
M. CLAVEAU spoke in defence of Eberle, and par~
similarly insisted on the impossibility of his recog-
sizing Lavalette in a disguise which was so complete
,it every one WAS the dupe of it—even the gauler
who gawe kis hand to the convict, and the gendarme
et the outer gate through which he passed. There
was ne reason why an extraordinary perspicacity
should be expected from Eberle. The language used
by Eberle to his comrade at the moment when the
chair set off—" it, is droll those three women did nut
is a word to me" --was exclusive of all suspicion ut
sr. Lase' ipation t for, it he had been an accomplice,
be would have avoided any language which might
km compromised the success of toe plot.
BLAINCE, the defender of Roquette de Ker.
guider; endeavoured to dispose the Jury in favour of
client, by the recital of services which his ances-
tors and himself have rendered to Government. His
only recompense was au annual pension of 50 fiancs
for himselfand every member of his family who had,
like him, escaped the massacre of the colonies. The
Learned Counsel then dwelt ou the scene betweeu
gsdanse Lavalette • and his client ; Aud observed;
that the three or four minutes during which the
gaoler was detained by his wife, so justly alarmed,
were sufficient to assure the retreat of the convict :
fur if Roquette had got away from her directly, he
would have found Lavalette, whom the absence of
the chairman kept nearly for that time at the gate of
tIK prison.
After several other observations, the learned coun-
sel observed—l arrive now at the lad charge against,
my client tat the word last, an ab ! of satisfaction
was heard among the auditors who visit scenes of
this sort merely for amusement, without reflecting
en the importance of the functionary who defends
the accused)—l mean the charge of not taking away
the liandlteichid with which Lavalette covered his
face. Roquette was a man, and, as the Advocate-
General has obserwsed with a noble accent, he would
not deserve the name of luau who coald have been
unmoved at such a scene..
f.l.4lauotaa, the counsel for Benoit, relied chiefly
en his being the servant of Lavalette, who might
have erred from excess of devoted duty ; he paid a
high tribute to Madame. Lavalette, and mentioned,
as a subject of congratulation, that, in the midst of
crimes and misfortunes with which our eyes were af-
flicted, they might repose with satisfaction on the
noble devotedness of conjugal affection. He re-
ferred in favour of his client to the deposition of Ma.
JAW Lavalette, who had declared that hoer boldness
had done every thing He compared the cciiiduct of
his client with that of the widow Daroit, and com-
plied that their situation was different.--(The
President interrupted him, observing, that he must
rut criticise the sentence of the chamber of AMIS.'.
tics.)—" It is not to criticise it," said M. Mauguin,
*bet to invoke it for the sake of my clieut that 1
speak of It."
The Advocate then proceeded to appeal to the
mums 01 m,,r.sitly which recoriarnend to domestics
ievoidust wad obedrente—m4zims which, said he' op-
pear to be contrary to the regulations of positive law.
[Here again toe Counsel was interrupted by the
President and the Advocate General, who observed
that he must not app, al to any mutuality in opposition
the
Mavoutx protested as to the purity of his in-
thins, and concluded by reteiring to an expression
the Advocate General, that lila client had done
e than his duty : he left him, therefore, with full
"ati.fence to the Jury.
After the speech from M. Hea, for the prosecu-
*is, the remainder Mt the day was occupied with the
Vellihes of the Counsel for the different Frenchmen
implicated is the charge.
The sitting broke up at a quarter past five.
It was remarked with interest that M. the Chief
President, bEILER, Peer of France, WAS present to
panicione is the satisfaction with which a numerous
rtselect auditory applauded the talent and wise die-
moue of the Magistrate who directed this important

SITTING OF MIDNISDAY, THE 24TH OF APRIL.
This day, M. Duns, the Advocate of SIT ROBERT
Wuaoa and his friends, made a speech much ad-
mired and of considerable ingenuity, but turning
principally on points of French law, which would
sifted little entertainment to our Readers. On the
facts charged against the accused, after their frank
"ovals, corroborated by the fullest proof documen-
toy and parole, no possible doubt could remain : and
gam half past five on Wednesday afternoon, the
Jury (12 to number, drawn by lot, and muscly men
mended with the law) delivered their verdict into
rot. It was read by their foreman, and I:4llLn:red
an acquittal of all, the Frenchmen except the turnkey
EawLei who, as Mill as Sir RODENT WII.soN. Mr.
Brame, and Mr. HurculasoN, were found Guilty.
1 he President, M. DE SszE, then proceeded to read
the heads of the penal code applicable to the con.
'wted persons. Ear:tux was sentenced to two years
imprisonment. The article applicable to our court-
trymen was N0.`144,
which prescribes imprisonment
for a term not exceeding two years, nor less than
three months, at the discretion of the Judger and
the President, without hesitation, pronounced fur the
tho,rtes. t allowable period.
bit korrekt and Mr. BRUCF had both previously
adds cued the Court in long speeches, explanatory of
their motives for a conduct which they did nut deny.
fl'ltonstir observed, that those who blamed shat he
Ind done-would probably have censured him fur inhu-
manity, had he refused to assist in snatching a fellow.
creature from destruction. Mr. Buves avowed him-
6tit a friend to liberty, and to the constitution act his
ratllltrY as letliAd by the glorious revolution of 1688;
he declared his detestation of that fictitious revo.
it TM liberty which had desolated Europe. Both
by th,illeeCo_bil were listened to with great atteupou
saved"Jurtt which, throughout the proceedings
a marled degree of respect to our country.
ft,as tae as their relative situation would Fend it•
o ~1 a impute whiCh arose as to theofricial translationl
"col 44 Itches kg:Was' the Adeocatc•Gcoccal,

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allowed! the Prigoneis aelieuegilaf tteaoterpretstioi
which was most favourable to them. The Court wa*
fuller on the third c 147 than dap the second, bid les•
so than at the openinz of the trial. htsdame LAVA-
LE rre wAs among the auditor.