Star.
London, England, 1829-05-22 00:00:00

birgiOd to im tbolktiuntrable sad teinuatiteetlenian
in the House. He Meant &ships ,pefapeal IC/ that'
Hon. and Limped Gentleman t bathe would be mu&
better pleased to see him. contending on On Boor of that
liooso than to see him on a scaffold. Perhaps that was
eat a very hippy phrase, but he would rather see cite.
,Honourable Gentleman in that House, than see him
Addict:flog a multitude Wei any elevated. building. If
• alse question was addressed to the prikatefeelingt of the'
Honourable Members of thit House, he oat care ;lief
would all confess that Mr. O'Connell had been treated
• •too severely as an individual. If the people were ap.
pealed to on the subject, he was sure that the admission
of Mr. O'Connell would receive very gelieral approba-
tiun. He was sorry that the proposition to admit Mr.
inonnell did not originate with the Honourable and
Learned Gentleman (the Solicitor General)-I(Hear,
boo, He (General Gascoyne) did not take any pan
io the late debate on Mr. O'Connell's elegibility.
bocaose he felt that there was an insurmountable ob-
jection to Mr. O'Connell's admission under the
For his own part he did not think that there was the
smallest doubt on the subject, and be envied the'pene-
tration of those who could discern the doubt. If the
measure now proposed, however, was :agreed tn. he
would. propose one or two little alterations. Those
alterations might be' introduced in the way of in-
structions to the-Committee to extend their inluiries;
and he thought he could propose Some alterations
which would give more' relief to thole intended
to 'be benefitted by the Bill, and mete satisfaction to
. those who might be called the foes 'of Popery. It
might be said it was too late in the Session to introduce
. any Bill on the subject at present, but the Bill might
surely pass through the House in three weeks, and there I
would be no difficulty in passing it through. the other
House: NOw that the Legislature Bird come to a Cooler
judgment en The subject, he conceived great improve-
meats might be effected in the late inetsure. He was
• sanguine enough to suppose that if the
.House should
enter into the Bill again, Many objections miglft be re-
conciled. It might be said that it -was- never contem-
. plated that the Bill should be altered during this Session;
but whilst the Bill was in progivss his Rt. BOn. friend
(Mc-Secretary Peel) moved a clause to amend and re-
peal the Act a. originally introduced; andlie (Gen.G.l did
not go so far now as to propose the repeal Of the measure.
The, Relief Bill was passed with' great baste, and it
was not to be'wondered that it should be necessary tot
repeal parts of the Bill; and.there was no doubt; at all
events, that it might be improved. Those were general'
considerations perhaps, but the qtlestios which the House
now.had to decide war, whether it would assent to issuing
a wilt for she election of aMember for the county oiClat e?
It appeared to him that there %Tea some question if a new
election took place for Clare,whether Mr. O'COnnell was
eligible to be reelected after having refuted to take the
oaths? This ought to be decided before the House as-
sented to issuing a necr writ. For his own part he thought
that the Bottle Would appear better in the eyes of this
country, antinf Europe, if it ceased to offer opposition
to the claims of an individual who had in no other
degree offended than by consistent and indefatigable
efforts which his ireligioui tenets and fixed opinioai
made it his duty so persevere in. Mr. O'Connell had
certainly kept up a strenuous and effectual opposition
to that Administration which subverted the Constitu-
tion, and in doing so, perhaps, heves as sincere and
well-intentiooed 'is these who oppoSed the late measure.
Mr.IRIDLEY COLBORNE thought there was a great
. deal of incivility. and harshness in the speech they had
' just heard, which, he was sute,"the house could hot
sanction. For his own part hi h;d no personal hostility
to Mr. O'Connell, and, indeed, if any one entertained a
feeling of hostility towaids the Learned Oentleasao, the
tone And temper of his speectiat the bar would have die.
armed it. He agreed with the H. aid crallint Member
who had just sat doom that there wet titiltieniitier in
that House who did notice! some 'relicts** tn.entiog
for the issuing of a new writ, and thereby candling
himas it w ere.. 'lice dews of the Honourable Member
for Limerick, however, were even more objection;
able than thou of the host speaker. .The Hon: Gen-
deafen proposed thbt-the House should proceed to
legislate on a Rill pelted duly three weeks ago, and thiii
to remedy s defect which was seen at the time, under,-.
• 'toed at the time, and even pointed out at the time.
His Hon. Friend, thesMember lot Limerick, bad done.
down. and intimated that he was aathorioul by. Mr.
O'ConnelliO state that he would waive any object of per.
sonal ambition rashes' than threw any difficulty in the
way of the settlement bf the great national question,.
This was
.undentood its• a kind tof acquiescence its
the Meatus on the part of Mi. O'Connell, said be
got credit for magnanimity in conseqoenste; but no
one who gave him that ctedit iniasisted that he was
merely standing back until the Bill passed, in 'order
'that be might then hting forward his pestlesnail claiwW.
It might be that some supported tt.e Bill because it
contained the dense ostler which Mr. O'Connell was
• tendered ineligible ; and was" it fair to come forwent
noseiafter the. eleventh bony, keeause alter the Bill was
pussed,••and to ask for•the repeal of that particular'
clause? As he (Mr: R. Colborne) had acquiesced in the
Bill be could not conscientiously vote lot the-proposition
of the 'Honoutattle Member for Lilneviek. Those
Hoftrif. Fiettle•Medibers who, like the crellatit General
t(ristaini),.ti,ted against .the Bill, and tit who had,
stoat 'booed the Aiosisevroiabt vote for the lien. Me*,
bet of Limerick's poopesittoa ; but as to those who
acquiesced is the measure as originally ptoptised. knew-'
In 'that it contained a clause, the direct object of
which was to ezeitide Mr. O'Connell, and who were
now prepated to vote with his Hon. Friend, be could
-only say that he envied their liberty of comfiest*, but
he eottld not uncles stand the principles on .obith they
aest4. Ho thought that an alternative might be pin-
.poted which would ptevent the necessity of-embracing
nidiestet the propositions now before it. ' Might set the
Wrists. eurpeaded as was done iq the eaten( Eastßet.
Slid what injury could accrue? He miglit be asked,
what good would be. dene by adopting such a cloths'?
hut he tlitufght that good might be done. The fever
'might be worn out, and Mr. O'Connell nsigbt in time
. lose the reluctance he now•felt to take the oath of su-
ptemasy. Individuals as eonseieutioos as Mr. 9-Connell
• mast have taken the oath of supremacy. Mr.O'Connell
too might deetn it advisable to accept of the Chiltern
'Hundreds, or be might be raised to the highest station
in his profession, and thus, of necessity, vacate his seat.
He (Mr. R. Colborne) would be extremely glad that
exegetey for. the county of Clare occurred ids that
way rather than by excluding Mr. O'Conocil, He
confessed be did not like the tone in which Mr. (Mon-
-sell stated his objections to take the oath It's' Muth is
be admired -hisspeeth at tbe bat; but he thought the
feast objettionable nseasure was the suspentlioa oi .the
visit,ll be saw the Haim was not disposed tOndopt
enggestion) of course he weuld nos preslitt .ktut if
forced to it, he must vote against his EldedtifelPeFliend
OW Member for Limerick), and vote ip favou of the
proposition of the Honourable and Learned licitor
etieral4 or not vote at all.
Mr HOSifSsON said, that as ise'bed. , ,on a
former occasion against the Solicitor General's motion,'