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Abbe O'Flaherty, in his AnnalgAirlrish•History, clearly proves,
that.there were Kings. in Ireland before. England was-,disco-
iered;:indeed I may say before England existed at-all.
IMaster .J. Ss: wit honourable' and learned- member
for Ireland -.was singUlarly: felicitous in selecting'atilristi•anis
tiou.as•one. calcUlated to create no •difference- of opinion, or
likely to prolong the newly proclaimed peace. in this assembly.
Irelaud F—what,else do'we hear of; what other subject occupies
our attention but Ireland' and Irish affairs? Of these-the pub
lic is sick to satiety ;—night•after night; week after week, and
%session after session,-we hear-of nothing but Ireland. 'My only-
objectsin to:depreCate the introduction of.ntiv further
episodical matter in the course of thils debate. I implore the
honourable members who have nut been .delivered of their
speeches to be as cautious in using the word Ireland as they
would be in their approaches to a gunpowder magazine with a
lighted: torch in their hands :—the one being as ignitible and as
combustible as the other. I hope the .honourable gentleman
from Ireland will, in mercy to our former sufferings; permit us
,to,enjoyy, the,luxury of at least one night's debate unallqed by
any,allesion to the honourable and learned gentleman's "here-
ditary bondsmen.!'
Master. W. MARSHALL.*It was not•my•intention .to have
taken any pant in this debate, nor should I have: risen at all if
the last speaker hail not tneulged in some remarks which; to say
the least, werq,uncalled fur and in bad taste:. Need I remind
that hon. gentleman that the practice of indulg,ingiusneees and
scoffs against Ireland and her represelatativ.es is not calculated
to soothe an irritable people, easily goaded to madness by broud•
ink; over real or im,aginary. wrongs;—need I tell him that the.
taunts used here are repeated elsewhere; and that upon them
i•
arguments are built and:conclusiOns drawn-riaischievouSly,and
wickedly I admit—whi.th.produce lasting impressions of deadly
hatred towards this house, as a body, indisposed to regard the
• Irish in any other light than as the enemiesof .Great Britain.
A witty sarcasm or a pleasant :joke are things well enough in
their way, but a whole people is rather a dangerous animal to
pass a jest upon, and more inclined to revenge,an insult than an
act of real or serious injustice. To geutlecann disposed to.pur-
sue this king rif 'recreation, I would say; inake the case your own,
ask yourselves 'would, you as Iri.din4en--ti.r rather as-English-
men in 'lrefaiia:--endure thii, species Of outrage ,upon. your na-
tinne“ sbonhVgay upon 'the best and most ennObling feeling
of your,rhortS—the love of your country The anwr p!Wia- is
as strong!), implanted in the .breast of the :humblest Irishman
as in thatthat`of the proudestp&erof the realm.. 1-le.in,whose bosom
thli holY.flame burns net,or hits never been kindled, is the basest
animarfancv eal paint, a selfish, cunning, narrow-minded specu-
lator, a trader in the' dearest interests of his species:--7

"Breathes there-a man with sold's° dead
. Whonever to himself hath•said
This is my own, my native land?—,-
If. such there be; go, mark 'him well, •
For him no minstrel raptures-swell;High though his titles, proud hiS'faine;—
, ..13oundiess his wealth as wish:tan clarito;'
:Despite those titles, power, and pelf,'
The wretch, coneentered all'in self',
Living shall forfeit fair renown
And doubly dying Shall go down
To fhe vile dustfrom whence he sprung

Unwept, unhonoured; and unsung:"
Sir, I am neither whip nor tory; I am neither agitator nor re-.
pealer ; returner nor anti-reformer ; 1 ackuewledge no kindred,
follow no leader, belling to no party but that
.of toy country ; I
deprecate all these distinctions as engendered. by. olly, and.be-
hey& with Dean. Swift." that party-.is the madness of many for
the gain of a few ;" I belieVe too that party spirit is the incubns
which, by its pressure, has already Produced, among us a mental
paralysis and that state of complete . stultification which dis;
qualifies us froin discerning the 'difference between good and
evil, between day and night. The question is,, can we rid our-
selves of this voracious driigrin which is—I do not speak meta
our cetintry,.bi corripellinr,6 the'best of
her-sons to seek shelter from party violenegin the woods of
Canada; in the swamps of Ohio, or in the wilds of Africathere
-to mingle! with savages or to degenerate. iiitii• that state of bat-
barisin ? Can- we not silence this monster'. which forces the in-
dustrionS, the peaceable; and the'well-dispesed, to forsake the
land of their fathers to enrich other climes by their induStri,
and become-at smite 'future period the active rivals or deadly
tees of that Courirry which the spirit of party caused theintoaban
don ? - That these emigrations have been caused in a very great,
degree by the virulence of. patty siiirit; I, do most solemnly be:-
neve, ' To me, therefore, it appears that our first duty should be
to abstain from all courses calcUlated to increase party divisions
or subdivisions, 'and to avoid any splenetic effusions tending to
widen- the existing breaches between the sections into which we
are so unhappily divided. If we could
,bc persuaded to sink
these distinctions, and apply ourselvei to the steady, cool, and
dispassionate consideration. of the evils admitted on all hands
to exist, we might then hope to effect some really goild and use:
ful measurea. The question now before us I have purposely
avoided meddling with„because I neither altogether approve of
the motives of either its supporters or opponents—mocked, I can-
not but regret that it has been -brought under discussion at all,
Master J. Sisiois:—The masterly speech
.of mylonout able
friend, Master. Wright, renders any attempt on my part to
strengthen- his arguments almost a work of supererogation;
There are, however,
.sorne points which he has overldoked, and
to these I will; with.theyetniission'of the house, shortly address ,
Myself.- Before IV' thrs, I will at once bOldly avow that
.I am
not a reformer in any.sense of the, word—that l' am not dispbsed
to fritter away or barter' my.princiPles for the 'sake. of making
'converts friitii either side: of the houSethat I repudiate the
doctrine of lioeritlisyn as a spurious •emanation, an 'iynis fatuus
from the hogs .of modetn philosophy i• that I consider a liberal
in polities 'to be little Vetter than a higliraYnian in disguise ;.
and, that of all' earthly' things". do.mok cordially abhor popu-
laritya's.the'foectof fools, the .intexicating" draught which he
who swallnWs:doei sp'at'the risk of for ever'after alternatiu
betreen the Madness of inebriety, and that prostration of mind
which continued drritikenhesS produces. The. hon. member
'and thoSe Who iire'Se fond. of boasting, of our vast improvements
in mechaniCal and• other science, are tint .perhaps aware that'
they are encouraging a species of idolatry in the undue admira-
tion ' of our own works, which is as , great a, breach. of ,the
-dcaloguit'as-the worship of " any graven image" would be.
.The rise and fall of nations should be the peculiar study of those;
.whcinarakelaws ter or govern nations. ,11istory tells us that the
'MI-of-all nations has ,generally Veen preceded by great apparent
advances in powet and pre-eminence, which they vainly thought
—just as we think of ourselves—would have perpetuated their
national existence to the end of time. In common with the
Macedonian empire, Babylon; Nineveh, and Rome, have fallen
.frign their high estates, leaving no traces of their past glory but
the•name; in all these cases may not the pride engendered by
success have been the, cankerworm that destroyed them.
Having a very strong.feeling, on this. subject, and seeing. no
tea Sari to 'suppose that the English will be exempted from what
has been the common fate of empires,. I cannot hot deprecate
theie perpetual references, these constant, beastings of our own
works. We May._ continue in our career of iniprovecnent ; we
may go Oil' boaiting'of our wealth ; boasting . of our power ;,
:bOasting of our victories, and boasting of these improvements ;
we may cut a tunnel through the centre of the earth to connect
the eities'of LondOn and Caleutta ;' or Construct a floating rail-
was, between the oldand the new wotld;,,for aught I know we
may do'these arid even greater things; but, if they tend unduly,
; to inflame
.our national pride, their tendency must also be to
hasten our national destructiOn. Another favourite theMe of
self-gratulation' and- national vain glori; is the railroad speed at
which we are adianciug in knowledß... Bet has this increase;
of knowled.e increkSed our stock of wisdom ? What, I would
'
' ask,: has it Brine for us ? Are.We, as a. people„.wiser, happier, or
more prosperous than. we were beforb, the i 4 schoolmaster. was
abroad ?" I say that We ARE scor.; The spread of knowledge,-
which we Pride ourselves so much upon, has produced an undue
admiration Of oratot-Y---aii inveterate impression upon the public
..i
mind that ritatesmansp.consists in the faCulty'of pouring forth
in initneifse torrent "of werdi—tbat he -is the wisest who can
'chatter with the'greatest ease atalluenci. .This besotting folly
I take to be the greatest existing curse or the country-Tand in
. coniemence we arc become a nation of eternal wrany,lers;,sys-
tematic doclbt6i, and habitual debaters. This change; in our
habits' hasntOduced a race who .have have converted lecturing, and
Spouting, into a perfectly mechanical trade.. The people elm
attend the lecture-reom of the disgUised infirial, or the, hustings
of the demagogue, are Incapable of detecting' the hidden sophirm,
or discovering' the latent poison with which their minds are
drugged; with -the great mass of those who listen to or read
popular orations, sound passes fot sense,- and the most specious
is thought the most true; the most admired speakers and lec-
ture-mongers ar4•the emprics who advance the oto!itabsurd and
ridiculous theories ;-7•hence the tipstrums of the vilest quacks
are swallowed as health-restoring; balsains ; hence the quarrel
' between the belly and the *Members which must eventually
. destroy Us. . By the crab-tree of knowledge . which we have
pla'n'ted We have realised-the fable of-Proinethens, and for our
punishment the vulture of discontent is mow preying upon our,
vitals. If we Would escape from this torture, we must endeavour
' to engraft upon that, tree shoots likely to produce better fruit.
'Hi" honenrable gentleman who haslately.spoken haa,broached
the anctrine that each clas of society should' -be directly re-.
' presented by one of its own body, The speech- of that hon.,
member, I would just observe; was not addressed to those who
heard, but to those who will reedit to-morrow in thenewspapers,
of the daY. Were such a proposition seriously made,
.there are
perhaps serge feW members who, having obtainediseats here by
pandering to the 'passions, and flattering the vanity of their
' mob constituencies, would suppurtit—for I can imagine nothing
too ridiculous to be the subject of a debate. in this age of talk.
However, instead of troubliug'the house with any observations
of ray own, in answer to the -bon. gentleman's arguments, I
will read en extract from the wisdom. of the son of Strach :
"'The wisdom of a learned man cometh by opportunity of
leisure,;
.and he that bath little, business shall • heconie wise.
How can he get wisdom that holdeth the plough, and that
glotieth in the goad,. that dri‘etli oxen, and is occupied in their
labours,. and whose talk is. of bullocks ? He giveth his mind
to make furrows; and is diligent to• f,-,,iiie the knit! fodder. So
every carpenter and workmester that laboureth night and day,
and they that cut and grave seals, and are diligent to make
-great variety, and give themselvei to counterfeit imagery, and
watch to finish a work; the smith also.sitting by the, anvil,.
and considering the iron work, the vapont of the fire wasteth
• his flesh, and lie fi,g,hteth with the heat, of the furnace :.the
noise of the hammer and the anvil is ever in his ears, and his
eyes look Still' Upon the pattern_of the thing that be inaketh ;
he setteth his mind to finish his work, and watcheth to polish it :
perfectly : so cloth the potter sitting at his work, and turning
the wheel about with his feet, who is always carefully set at his ,
work, and niaketh all his work by number; he fashicueth, the
clay with his arm, and boWeth down his strength before his feet;
'he applieth hiniSelf to lead it over, and .he is diligent to make
clean the furnace. All these trust to their hands, and every
one is wise 'in his Work.' Waited these cannot a city be inhabited :
and they shall not dwell where they will, nor go up and
.down :
they shall_not be sought for in public counsel, nor sit high in the
congregation.; they shall not sit on the judge's seat, nor under-
stand the sentence of judgment; they canna: declare justice and
judgment, and they, shall. not be found where parables are
spoken." Hence, then, it appears that he whose whole time is
engaged in working.for his daily bread,-and this must be the
fate of the great majority or the human race—has not time to
think, and is the'refoie incapable of thinking justly on abstruse
er intricate 'subjects, of which he is and must be necessarily
ignorant: If the paSsage which 1. have read and. endeavoured
to give . a short paraphrase of, be teischen, our.attenipts to give
the higher. brandies, of konwleclge to those to whom, from their.
avant Of leisure, they must be valtieless, is. sheer folly. Know-
' lettge;: like' manure,. must be skilfully. adapted to the soil in-
tended to be enriched, or it will do, more .harts than good. I
ihall,_perhaps, .be asked .whether, I._woi,ild , raise an impassable
barrier between. the, high .and, the low, by keeping the latter in
ignerance 7 To this .I..reply—no !,-1 would nut; but I would
net inakebotheds to force learning into an artificial, and there-
fore: sickly. stiite of,Vegetation. Of all the ,countries . upon the -
face of the glidie,Eugland is the one where this kind of culture
,i's the least wanted; because in England talent of any kind has
'only to he ku0.w9,,:t0 he ruitly appreciated. ,Qum history is in
&b.t little more than,the histyq of men whorhave, risen from ob. •
Scurityi. men illuitrinus.by their aChievements as statesmen,
warrierf,, Poets, arid philosophers; men, rising superior to every
diadVant,itge,,,i.d. triumphing by their natural powers over ditli-
Cultic& apparently insurmountable. To none
.of these is the
hand of fellowship ever refused by the:noblest in the land:
,To ,
prove this assert' on I shall content myself with naming Eldon;
Banks, and Sug en as living examples; and Peel, Arkwright,
Watt, Rennie, Davy, and Watson, whose ashes are scarcely
cold. The high honours which men taken from the humblest
walks of life are constantly obtaining,;, are the prizes for which
all, in a greater or a lesser degree, are to a certain extent con,
tencling—hotionfigeberally awarded to the deserving. Front

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these preiniseS' I Corneto •the'eottei listen' that' education- forced
beyond .its proper limit, or. political pciiver lodged in iniproper
handOs as'great an absutditrai would be' a nation Of kings, a
school of schOolmasters, or an army' Of generals. But, I am
wandering from my subject, The 'reform' bill 'has 'virtually
placed the government of the country in the hands 'of th,ise who,
tt may be remetnbered,: we 'were told 'should '" NoT be sought
fur lu public • counsel;" who could "Nor' understaiel tho Sen-
tence of judgment;" or " declare.justiee.nrid juilginerit.' As
it to prove by a praetical'illustration the-wilitotn' of the sen-
telices I have.beed quoting, we' find• that; 'with but very feW•eX7:
deptions, all 'the '.„,.reitt ,ConAitueut bodies 'recently created by
j)the bill'? have abnied the trust' confided to them. In the re-
nened'House of Ciunrnoni:th'e'phusiii'cinee Occupied by Burke,
itt,, and Sheridan ;• by Fox., Windham, and Grenville • by
Pitriniii*,' Grey,' and' ilrskini t by •hundreds of Other' higg-
spinded gentlemen Connected tvith the' nobleit,-or ennobled by
their talents; by men who were an honour to, their 'country ;
alai! the. seats 'of the's'eArieti"are' bow 'filled bk ptiie . fighters,
pettifogging attoreeYsl. frothy demagogues, itinerant' lecturers,
end' Petty triideriin fhe' cast-Off Chitties of the deists, dwerinaire:s,
and utilitarians of by,gotietinies;- by men diterly•deYoid of any
statesmanlike fflualities, 'and de'stitinet of either.talent or 'charm:
tel.; OM' debelfeS are as iniferly as would be the deliberations
of iniatibitakita -of 'tlid"Ziological. Gardens, supposing they
were permitted to assenible as delegates from the several 'coun-
tries of which o'6? 'are' the 'natural' bohlsubjects.' 't'he soul-.
stirring elisquenee, the' patriot ie lid riti 'of ':devotioiv to 'cou ntty,
once heard within' the'lvalla Of this' building, were worthy.of its
anticliti,j;—htit'l forget;'—this is not the'oCD aonse of Coin
• mens the
. Hines' hayetoniPle6d"the Work of "destrtictionl—the
waltsnrStFSteplieti'S 'ate In inete'y,.spated the infliction of a
Modertt.debate.. I appeal to. any one eapable 'of' forming an
Opinion, either in 'or out of the house, whether the picture I
have drawn of - the. 'people's : ancient ' representatives and
.modern delegateithe- term' re'preseutative is itOW obsoletel;--
be ' at all overcharged.' litioWitig well. 'the -character, *or
rather the want of character, m Suite of their Menthers, a great
dumber are sent herefettered by pledges., and bound by pro:
V :andiiiisei'whfoirthey'cauno ltriewl.,‘,heu They made them; th6y
enuld . not- perfornelLserit here mit' to' legislate 'fee. the 'public
gooi4 but for the‘Prizimetiefr of party or lohl objects; or per-•
,sonal aggrandisement.,, Hence, instead of the generonS 6)01:
deuce once rePOSed in 'public men, we have now 'nothing'but
narrow-minded distrust ;' helite in'order to-descend to the leVel
,of little 'minds, out 'time is 'occhnied in long Squabbles about'
/fate' thijigs;. hente'our auiiety bout pence, and our magna-
nimous iudiference about ,millions. Among the thenSaild and
que*anoMalieS'whieh Meets the eye of an obserVerOl'our inslitii-.
tions,-notthe,leastcuriinis arc those p.sitivelaWs and custems
Uhich preseribea course 'of •edueation in th'e•Shiipe of an ap-
prenticeship to ahrtostevery trade,•art,.or profession.
,Without
this prerions'instructiOn, the apothecary is not permitted' to ad-
iiinister , the sitsitileSt'reinedy :--,:but, strange to say, 'while 'we
piosi!ively prohibit, under yery severe penalties,. any man, not
1 arned' in the., law; frontconducting the inest-triflinglaw;:suit;
i i e leave the birs!ness oflaw-inaking to the -Chance of being titi
rtalceniby the ledrned 'Orthe'irenorant.
.The acquit eirientS of
ce
reading and writing fordno •patt'of the necessary qualifications
of our legislators; in fact, they may benligible to 'sit in parlia-
ment Without' being able to read in'. write. The reason why no
provision was • made 'for this contingency is sell'-evident,— our
ancestors never' contemplated the: 'possibility that
.we their de7
stendants'wOuld aubini(tO" be governed by any blitthe wiSest•in
the lands 'Ovisingtethe 'additsttitilci parliament of persons Un-
fit, in every sense of the word to sit here, speeches 'and peti-
tions on the most trilliag,oeunimpartant -subjects wholly occu-
py our time. However small his calibre,. each member is ex-
pected to addresi the hilizie, Loii4every: -subject,' whethee; compe-
tent or incompetent, to give an-opinion on its merits. I have,
, no desit e to conie out lie an: aniateur financier,- but I haive.iniut
than 'once entertained the. idegooll suggestingto my right hon.
friend, the chancellor ,-of theeschequet, whether a ,tax of Is:
per. folio of seventy wordy uponall printed reports of debates in
parliament might not not be. substituted for the malt', -or the
threatened property tax. .• The taw, in the.firstinstante, should
be levied on•all newspapers printing or reprinting the speeches,'
and I would indeMinty : theinby 'giving their a positive ;.claini*
uponthe.speaker-or late constituents. .This-, -I believe,*•is the
only way of checking the evil. 'When I rose to • addresS'the
chair I didiaot contemplatenpenpying; the house, for so keg a
time; indeed,' whenclected I told my constituedts.that I would
endeaiour to, be a good voter; and that I thought 4 should better
serve them by being a dispassionate listerierthanimpassioned
. speaker. - I came here fortheavoWed purpose Of supporting the
constitution.of mycountry against t he'assaults of -its open ene-
, mies and pretended friends.. This 'is, the • only promise -or
pledge by which I am bound ;—and when I forgetthis promise
may..mv 'right hancl, forget her cunniiig.', Nothing but a
sense of iluty.could have induced me to desert* the 'home orm v
fathers, nootherconsideration but- the. urgebt ;and unexpected
call made-upon me would have prevailed -upOnline to enter into
public life; or to leave the .peaeciful-oceupations Tot which-I 'am
best fitted by nature, habits, and inclination: . ilevOltition
stares us in the face; a restless desire of change; 'reckless of
consequences, and regardless of the ruin which will' follow' in
their train, has-; been successfully transfused into the blood of
' that people once famed for their: love of order, and-of thein-
stitutions of their country. In order to stein the torrent of eon-
fusion'which will overwhelm us if we pursue our present course,'
I call upon the house to reject'the absurd and useless motion
.now before us, that our attention may' nest be diverted' from the
pressing and moreiniportant bilsiness of the country,: (Divide!
divide! adjourn ! adjourn ! ) , •
Master T. HENDIIrcK:--Mi Speikei, as it was not my good
fortune to catch your.eye at an- earlier period, 1 hope, notwith-•
withstanding the' lateness of the hour,. and the general •ini-.
patience for a division, the house 'will grant me its. attention for,
a few monients Much nil- admire, the general tenour of the
speeches of the' honourable' members, • Wright and SiniOn ;
much as 1 adrriire the ability which they. unquestionably be-
speak, still I cannotimit 'regret
,the entire absence in them of
that spirit of conciliation so ably enforced by. my lion, friend
Master Marshall.--a spirit so necessary in these portentous times.
Throughout the whole'of this prolonged ' and tedious discussion
we have witnessed'en•both sides of 'the hotise,. nothing. but the
evaporations of the spirit of party ;—in- this civil, broil. we
have heard- nothing but •" refoini" and "Conservatism" as the
war cries of each faction:;- under. their several' leaders we have'
seen the combatants advance to the oust ht; with.
" Fire in each eye and pamphlet ideach hand,
To rage, declaim, and madden all the land."
No philosophical bystander can help feeling that our debate
has been conducted with an unnecessary degree. of warmth and
acrimony; that each disputant has been claiming for himself
'the benefit of a .reductio ad absurdam; that each party has been
anxious to fasten eponitS antagonist a frightful train of con-
sequences, if their peculiar views and arguments be not
adopted and nOented to as irrefragable; in fine, we have seen
" Each cliiining-thith, and truth disclaiming both."
But, what is the ultimate tenclency of this useless, this.' idle war.
of words—this mete
.strife of tengees ?—The answer is ob-
vious ::---:-its tendency is to divide the nation and its representa-.
tives into party clubs, and to absltact both from the considera-
tion of what measures of imprOvementarelikely to be practi—
'cable or useful. A nation;.like' a-house, divided dgairist itself'
' ' must fall. Can we then, with. safety pursue our presenrcourse ?
L Shall we continue. to provoke. violence-by violence? Shalbwe
go on until we have succeededin establishing a government of
clubs upon the ruins of a' limited monarchy.? 1 address these
'questionsto both sides of the house,:forthe'purpose'of entreat--
mg its leaders mutually to abate some portion of that violence,
of that nitraism,... of that' urer factionis, • which, if persisted' in,
must ultimately draw the' whole nation within' its vortex! As
• violence begets violence,, so a party organised :to destroy be:-
cOmest he parent of another to uphold abuses however flagrunt
or palpable. To thisTattiibute the existence of those inflain-
triable, and, to my mind unconstitutional, bodies; the: reforming
and conservative associations which-aro so rapidly multiplying
-
in eyerypart .of the -empire: To both of these kind of unions-I
' hate•a most rooted antipathy,•becattsethey are superseding the
• ordinary operation of the law,. or at least. the practice of the
Constitution, and because the' whole legislative power of the
country will, if they are not put down, be at their mercy.
France has had its government of clubs,.and during the period
they were permitted to:exist, her history is•traced in characters
of Blood ! If the reformer and the anti-reformer would. abate
somewhat of their mutual violence ; if they could be brought:to
Say to each. other--" Brother, .brother,. we are both in the
wrong;',' if we. could seethe corrosive acid: of the one neetral-
Ned by the caustic alkali of the other, the-excellence, of each'would be admirable in combination. Until soinethine like
this hie been effected, we eannot hope for national repose or na-
tional prosperity. To Me patty is nOthing—country every thing;
" 0 native Britain! .0 my
,native-isle ! , .
How should'st thou prove ought.else but dear anti holy
To me, who, front thy lakes and mountain
.hills, .
Thy clouds, thy happy dales, thy rucks awl seas;
Have drunk in all my, intellect ea,l- life, ~
All sweet sensations, all ennobling thcantlit-si V'
For the_sake of that. country I- implove—l entreat honetvealile
gentlemen on both sides of the house-to -forbear: their nre.semb
courses. Let us meet, not as mental gladiators-striving for the
mastery in disputing subtle points; not as-mere staee-pliyers,
whd start and rant their little hour to gain the applause of a
gidly. Multitude; not as orators', seeking to gratify our nerSonal
vanity by occupying so many pages of this or that newspaper;
but•as Englishmen devoted to their country, resolved to main-
tain her ancient -faine, and extend her future glory. Having,
said thus much, I scarcely need add 'that: I shall cheerfully eon-
, curin any course calculated to-get rid of the motion now before,
the house.

Master J. PENNiNcrax.-.-Jlr. Speaker, the number of gen-
tlerdea who have jnst.risen to address you convinces me of the
impossibility of closing this debate to-night. The corn laws,
municipal corporations, tithes,, the Irish church, and several
other subjects intimately connected with the question before us,
have still to be examined before ,we can .with any propriety
come to a conclusion. (Hear, hear.) To-morrow an honour,
able friend of mine has moved a call of the house previously to
bringing forward his important motion for a grant of .E 2.5,000
to his friend Master Hadwen, the honourable gentleman who
opened this debate, for having constructed an electrifying ma-
chine; another honourable member succeeds him by a motion
for a similar grant to the hon.• gentleman who spoke last but
two (Master Marshall) for his invaluable composition—a com-
plete set of fashionable quadrilles constructed on purely mathe-
matical principles. On examining the notice and order books.
I find that we -have now 10,371 bills to read in committeei and
upwards of 300,000 petitions to take into.consideration. 1 there..
fore move that this debate be adjourned to the day previous to
the commencement, of the next recess.
The Speaker then read the motion, which was carried nein.
con., and the house adjourned.