Star.
London, England, 1829-02-11 00:00:00

etomponthitte• of.. sham -nificeesi—duill lay before
t ou.certeinilicts•iqe tour ,coasidesition; • they will
noi.ge seas ae dal—alarm the "pride of any Honour-
saloGentionatt as proceeding from
Mt -they 'will 'firleithlo-itidrtpeak. fbreiblf to the
hearts and the understandings of every individual who
is mulched to his country. • Prom the topics I shall
now submit toi•yesul oily ask your consideration; I do
not as that you shall pow in any way act upon them.
I will, then, present to you those detail% first, with
reference to the public peace of freland; as having been
in imminent danger duriag the last-six months; 2dly,
as having reference to the state of society.in Ireland as
tegpirds the relations between man and man ; and, &Hy,
as respects the interests of those whom, it is confessed
en all sides, we are especially bound to cobsider—as
respects the interests of the Protestant population of
that country. And I conjure you, by the anxiety you
feel to consult thetestmeans of preserving their in-
terests and the tranquillity of Ireland, not to be pre.
eipitate in opposing a' measure that may terminate
a state of things, the existence of which all persons—
too matter of what party, or of what' opinion—mtt.t-
deplose. Sir, after the conclusion of the last Ses-
sion of Parliament my conviction was formed as to the.
futurecourse I was to puttee. and my mind was made
op as to what that course ought to be. It was this, that
it bad become absolutely necessary to consider the vrho:e
condition of Ireland, with a view to the permanent set-
Cement of the qpestioa that:'regarded the civil disabi-
lities of the Roman, Catholics. Sir, my resolution •was
hastenddbytliefacts that have occur red since that period.
Will not state that any one of those facts•is of such a
nature as 10 alarm any Hon. Gent. with the idea that no
means were afforded for preventing such effects as those
to which I refer; I will not say any thing has occurred
which force could not have put down. We have been,
Sir, during. the period to which I allude, and long pre-
viously to it. at peace with the whole world; hut, be.
cause we have been so at peace—ireeause during the
Loft four hundred years, there hat weer Leen a time
when relations of such perfect amity existed between
this country and every other nation of the globe—be.
cause the Protestant spirit. of Leland has been called
forth by intimidation to intimidate—because they have
been ready to sacrifice aught but their honour for the
maintenance of. the present state of things--let us not
think that for these reasons we ought to persevere in a
course which is so obviously evil—let os, while we can,
fairly and honourably adopt another—let us not lose the
opportunity which those very advantages afford us at
the present Moment, of doing that which so many and
each powerful circumstances call upon us to do. Sir,
the first subject to which I shall call the attention of the
Hon., is that which relates to the preservation of the
public peace in Ireland; and upon this subject I shall
lay before the House certain details which I•have
lected from that correspondence which has been sub-
mitted to his Mliesty's Government during the
last rein months. Sir, towards. the-close of the latt
simper, dating the month of September, it is noto-
rious ihat ihole beads of persons, by thousands, pa-
raded through various pares of the country in a sort of
military array. Those assemblies consisted aver ioniser.
tiers their 01rifetlras net directly to attack each other ;
they were aaattibled for. purposes hardly to be defined;
they pitiontesfan array such as no eras could pre-
tend to treat with contempt .It is better, Sir. that we
• kneels IWO/Able truth ; and t hope that the
lieu., will pretanif me urge through this eorrespon•
dew, to.t'se !scent *bleb' maycooceive necessary.—
shail do
.se, tow truly .to show how . necessary are the
measures lintabont'to prirwk bit in. order to give
aniereilo tfe Ovation that at has been •so often put
tad is it!. what cirearnstaases had indneed ate to
evolve it a contlation so .diltsteist from that which
%had. heretofore firmed? And heirs/ Sir, I would-
tilitterve, that t have selected the letters I am about
!east the House from the correspondent. of
'tool of n 9 side 'ln politics, of no 'colour in party
primains who Auseld have had no Possible
witha for misleading the Goestament,...hoin per.
Ws
who toold net have desired to. exaggerate their
saaMmeots, or to have enlarged their statements beyond
tatunderies of truth. The sum- of Ireland for some
no* Peat was such as. to oblige the Government to era-
ployMegistorates who acted directly under the ordersol
Geeerententonat who woo to tbeGoveranseesealy
ii.ponsittle. They old, therefore, have had no pose
sage object in min-statiog futs, or misleading the Gee
verametst by which they were employed. 'The fiat
letter I shall rend is one foistraraled to the Government
Major Carter. a Geadeasse whose name was en,-
iarsally respected in Ireland. and who was knewn t o
awry. individual is the Hasse connected with that
-.ooatry to be a; distinguished for the veracity of his
atensents as for the tolapity of his manners and the
tcriersy- of his conduct. This letter is fellows, .
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dad, er
Sept 17,
lab-. 41 how the hisser to Want vow, duei mbno Sunday, the
instant, there were: throe pandits ay amemblages of she pea.
worry, drevied and strafed govelorly„,m,deserbed is my briber ro-
parts.karoilt, vb. at Templensocia amientins adbalsasitrit, buerman
throe and four thomansicavalry airtiofarstxy, having dtions.iktr-,
and Wooers, and weeded by Aunt ten thistimad people, tbe-nta
joilifistrying grams birmehosi. as rdSatando.trattallits hem*,
reen.bundred cavalry pod issfantry,accomparilad by about via thou-
sand artrodants, with green boughs; and at Caber about the same
aumbeer. No dirsorieost occurnat assays* boss messings. They
hare been generally addressed by some ii.fluential person of their
darn claw, who, alter alluding in violent language to their political
disabilities; sod desiring them so motheuesrandad los the malamute
of. their object, this notonimended them to relinquish old fey*,
oey the laws and ihtt render the interfere/sae of the police unite-
enemy. Salim* she meal appsarsoca of diare assendriages is
ridiculous, pa they rennet be deemed corstompdble, because *V
ie in direct opposition to the admonitions of the Priests, Sr
:relle.f' of respectable firosess of their persuasion, swim Meg gad
*y cannot re swain or prohibit this display of a form mosboild ley
pri.hee and encouraging amoftst them the wont of characters.
Gwesory. . fee. rne.Sr.e.
, rbetievethere is no one who, daring this manila-
cion*of physical strength—a force arrayed on one side
controol a force arrayed on the other—could deep
,• painful it would 'have been to have been cellid
,on to have pot down insurrection by the natural ester.
;tea ti the country. What', then, wits the consequent*,
these dereionstradons I/ "ewer in the south of Ire-
land? Was it that they alarmed the Government/ No.
It eniy eilleJ for and had- a &maturation of power
the peat of ar-Proteasaft‘ Our fear was, not that
tote OrbeisiMeat Was in danger, but oar fear was, that
people. natives of the mune country, subjects of be
same •Ciown, and differing unly in creed, should not
ily appear but act in bast& array, the one a the
the?: I will presently read a letter from Gets i
,a Gent titan well known, and, it is scarcely (Sough
see, highly respected by all who are emulated with
those diAnets of Ireland is which be has awls sod
lir, We perceive by his sewage that the most perfect
tiler and sobriety prevailid'aMong Otis pIIPPIIO44IOe.
etude. It would seem somewhat strange to object to
them tkit .order sod tobfirty did prevail: hot 'repast
clllO4lll this verf fon iooc•iir• f# the atop ,elicite,'
teen tbstswisso sn tbair iniadh and gF ih*
estrtrotld which bad hues eamossol saw their passions,
each as arishrhaveeetlviede fewsgstmokiimmmsii.
ewe to have shapeostme to the *PS Se e 4
them. OW, momesseepe Was lost—it wig .re-1