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NUMBER 9076.

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adverted td parts of the Noble and Learnel Lord's •2et•cli, When-.
.the gotivetati-uo ended.
• Lind okitwvll.l,E, prevtou+ to entering ,us the Ord T n tho
DAy, gave notice, float he should aice the first opp ,notti:v of
ealluts the attention Of the House to the linportaut stoat ot ts•t. •
Li it lit.

.11RELAND.
The Marquis of BUCKINGHAM rote, ponailant
to his ptoposed motion, to call the attention of their
Lordships to the present :talc of Ireland. He should
not long detain the House, because, however impor-
tant the su'ject was, *nod there could hardly be ant
subject more important, yet it was one svhich• had
been so long in their L.tedships' contempt ition, dog
hardly any thing which he „mild !advance was cap r.
hl.- of throwing any fresh importance fin it ; but
though its importance coul.l not be magnifie.l frisny
circumstances might be adduced to fix mint ~arricts.
larly the attention of their Lordships to that ereat
object, the tranquillity of Ireland, and toe c .useq otot
ferength ant sesinity.of the whole British empire.
The question, indeed, was of that vast mar' ode
that he naturally telt a distrust of lis own p off r - •
entering on it, with any due ior hopeful effect. Ire-
land, he lamented to obseive. had
.been for ages the
victim of a %%retched and rhistiken policy. She had
almost continually been treated by E ,gl:rild as a
conquered country, and a system nt management
pervading. linking, And corrupting alt class's and
distincti ins of men, had, through successive ,Iles.
operated m ttic misery of Ireland. and real decay of
the s:rength of the British empire. • A system fo di-
vision had pervaded, a must mischievous system, ra-
dically wrong in Governments as well 43 t families,
, and in its application to Ireland, so far •iom aiding
the Government, inevitably coittrihmeng to its weak- •
nest, by paralyzing and refraering oy in=
testinesep.trations, those elergies which, cornhe;ed,
would be irresistible for the general defence. He did
not mean to nuptute the error to the present, or to
any particular Administration. It had. 'Joh tppill,
been the policy of ages past, but it wis !tigh tome to
turn round and correct an error sit gross and so fisjo.
riot's. A new system .be adopted, a system
of conciliation. The present time was fitting ; what
could not be done, or what might not properly be
proposed daring war,' was then, at a pet it'd tot h.tpny
peace, most seasonable. Mutual sictritices ougfit to
he made or an object so dear 25 flAtio..lai recONClti:l-
- 601. lie did not :tie' smaccostarily to detain their
Lendetips, but he thought the subject foghly worthy
their at set serious retard ; he felt it necessary to
thew the grounds on wit:cis he meant to res: his mo-
I tion. In the first place, however. be thougitt is vo.is
ioeumbent on Mini.tert to make it appr.t; to ;he SA-
tisfaction of their Lordships, how or why, with the
vast powers, with whith..by the connience• of Pat-
lisment, they had been invested, the slits and
‘tion of Ireland became such as it tofiotiottely WALT
• Her commerce ruined, her mannhatutes Ursa. bar
ttgricaltara stagnant or ooprwluctive, 'arid everretase,
to the community unhappy. Attains( such a state
of things it would be in vain to dunk of a standior
army at any hopeful remedy. If Irel tnd ' was to It
brought back, or rather to be induced to tranquillity.
it must ROE be by violent or coercive fro.asturs. lie
appealed to Parliament itself, and to the conscious

feelings of their Lordships, whether in proporti in to
the confidence which they reposed in Ministers. it be.
came not their duty to see that Mimsters should
faithfully and fully.perforns their duty. It an erro-
neous policy in early•ages had pre:mined a milii..ry
Government for Ireland, it did not follow lhav-the
same policy should at present be pursued ; Ireland
was not at the present day to be regarded or treated
as a conquered country, and every circumstence
showed that such was not the proper mode ul treating
her. Irritation might be sxcited, and the alternative
for their Lordships to have before them war cancil.ia-
lion- or despair. . Mach was necessary to be done,
and it was impossible to proceed on to momeatous a
subject, without having all practical inionimil in.—
Among the most prominent points, that of the Cs.
tholic questions' presented its 4 for their Lordshi,,..,'
discussion, and upon that he conjured tleiell tau rote-
into the question with the pure spirit ri miidness and
conciliation. In the first place', he would
that whatever WAS to be done in thihali
should be c,insidered as the act of the Legislature
alone, and upon that principle. the Catholic q
like all others, must substantially r-st. !'heir 1. T.:-
ships, upon that question, as uoon every otl;er c.,•.
netted with the vital i.iterests ot the community, and
with the spirit or the Cons.itutiou, must be e.aid.d
by a higher principle than what belongs to if:mute or
p.ztial considerations. They sticutd go coolly
dispassionati:ly to Clic work before them, and sorra
theirohinvite judgment by the rule ot general giif,i%
The question was difficult and complicated ; Lit:
he were asked how it ought to he treated, he stion;d
say, in the first place, enter iron it coolly, and
without passion or prejudice. lie would concede to
the Catholics every thing which trii4ht be co.iceJed
without danger or insecurity to the State. He would.
open to the Catholics all places of honour And it
profit, with some guarded exceptions, suit 'as the.
office of Lord Chancellor, and interference wit!, tree
Established Church Government, together wi.6 the
due contrail of the King in the appointment of
shops. With such fit and wholesome guards
willingly enter into an agreement Ot (01 co -1.1.1.41
to the Catholics. In that dispo.ition he tilt liim•
self fortified by obvious and c-mmon reashii, as
well as by the records and history of iii
'their Lordships would naturally look back t•, firmer
events, they would recollect the case of Hungary in •
1791, where Calvinism and Catholicism ever, recon-
ciled under the influence of Mari.. Theresa, Ind
were thereby enabled to shake off 'he y ore of
Austria. Leopold succeeded, and wisely rejecting
all half.measeres, threw open the doors or vie Sr.*
to all Calvinists. Arid why shoal I a difEe .I.y or
difference arise in the case oi ? Or..i .0 dit
' be suppi,sed treat the ase.tsisres r..t .ogrie I,rse back,
had preceded, were
;i..l:iikriyelyntotoraellatyhathiletahiose
ssatistaatioa of the Camtbelles ?

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