The Statesman.
London, England, 1821-12-05 00:00:00

sent. If every gentlantaa entered into a dissertation,
the electing would be .deleyed until the actual sitting
of Parliament.
CNAIRYAN said that undoubtedly the coarse ob-
jected to would lead to a very long discussion. The
tooling was solely whether a petition should be pre-
sated to his Majesty.
The person who was called to order said he should
set press his opinion against that of the Chair.
A Geatleman then rose and moved an Amendment
Tigbe's motion, in the form of a petition to his
minty. The Gentleman then read the petition. which
did sot materially differ from that which had been
?reposed by Mr. Tighe.
The Cnataxam said be could observe little dif-
ference in the two petitions. The one now proposed
a. as Amendment prayed that the situation of Ire:and
sight be laid before Parliament on its meeting; but
do petition proposed by Mr. Tighe was for the calling
01 Parliament together. He (the Chairman) should put
thequestion, first, whether a petition should be pre-
tested to his Majesty, reserving for another question
1144 of the two petitions should be adopted. The
loose question being accordingly pat,
lit SPRING Rice, M.P. said that he had been re•
iieged by his Right Hon. Friend Sir John Newport
roomed the Meeting; and be was happy to say. that
while be was stating the opinion of his lion. Friend
ea this *abject, be was also offering his own. He
should not at present discuss the propriety of peti-
tioning his Majesty. He objected in thane to the
constitution of the present Meeting. Had be known
that it was intended to call it, he should have nuke.
vanred to prevent it; for be was aware of the difficulty, the
delicacy of the subject, and that such a Meeting might
do considerable mischief on the other side of the water.
It was proposed by the last Speaker to petition his
Majesty that the present disturbances in Ireland should
be breaght under the consideration of Parliament at
Its meeting; but could any man doubt that the eitna-
tion of Ireland would be a leading subject of consi-
deration the moment that Parliament met? Those
who knewbim, knew very well that he was not dis-
posed to place Implicit confidence in the present Mi-
nisters; but they would be worse than men, they would
be unworthy of the lowest station in society if they
did not direct their attention and that of Perlis-
nienfto the situation of Ireland the moment Parlia-
ment should be assembled.. He therefore called
open the Meeting to pause before, by adopting
.the present motion, they established a principle
which might be most fatal in its consequences.
Here was a meeting called together by an ano-
amain; advertisement, and called upon to adopt
petition professing to contain the sentiments
of the Irish Nobility and Gentry resident in London.
He wished to ascertain who it was that called this
meeting ; but he could get no information on the sub-
ject : and even the Stationer, to whom he had been
.referred, had refused to give up the name of the gen-
tleman who had advertised. For half the year there
,mere few Irish gentlemen in London (indeed he wished
there were fewer,) but if it were in the power of an
anonymous writer to call a meeting together, and call
upon that meeting to do certain acts is the name of
the Irish Gentlemen resident is London, what might
In the eoeseqaeuce ?1 In the absence of those Gentle-
snet.drof the majority °Mem, a paper of, the mem!
mischievous tendency might be adopted and published
as theirs. The meeting was fortunate in its Chairman,
• whose rank and character gave a dignity to its pro-
, tiedings ; yet he was bat as adventitious guest; and
the meeting. in point of law, bad no existence whet-
ever. lie was aware of the dreadful situation of Ire-
. land : he bad only lately come from the county of Li-
, wick, in which scenes bad taken place which would
affect the heart of every man of feeling ; but still he
entreated the• Hon. Gentleman (blr.Tighe) whose kind
• fielinge towards Ireland were so generally known, to
• pease Won he pressed the meeting to adopt a mea-
sure which might indeed, which he feared, would do
considerable mischief.
After a few words from Lord DARNLEY and Mr.
TIGRE,
Momeore proposed an adjournment, for the
purpose of giving further notice of a meeting, when a
roller attendance might be expected.
Mr. Mica, senior, moved that the meeting do ad-
journ sine die.
After some observations by different gentlemen, the
"'fedi* for adjournment was put and negatived.
Some conversation then ensued, in which Mr.
Beecher, M.P., Colonel Monson, and Mr. Blake took a
part. After which,
It was moved by Mr. Baseman, M.P., and carried
unanimously, " That an humble Petition be presented
to the King, praying, that his Majesty may be gra-
ciously pleased to take into consideration the pro-
priety and expediency of calling Parliament together
with as little delay as possible, for the purpose of sub-
reittieg to their deliberations the present alarming
state of trelavol."
Thnthanks of the meeting were voted to the Noble
Chairman. after which they separated.
Little Waddington, of bill-sticking notoriety, was
present durinktisg whole of the proceedings, and en-
deavoured elne
.ahwice to obtain a bearing, but un-
deestandingfromAitom around him. that be bad no
tight to address the meeting. or else hopeless of being
imeaded to, be declined giving publicity to his opi-
• dens en the sablect.

ON THE MODE OF MANAGING THE PEOPLE
OF IRELAND.
(From the Dublin Evening Post.)
Suppose the present disturbances are put
down, as put down they will be unquestionably, let
.the Landowners then look steadily and calmly, if they
tan, on the remote causes of the insurrection. They
will find these causes in their mode of treating the
peossatry in their rack-rents, in their Grand Jury
Assemniests, and in the varicose exactions to which
they ars liable. They must reduce their rents, in
every casnty in the kingdom, to one-half. Other re-
ductions will be made, or assuredly, this insurrection
will only be appeased for a short season. L t them
re eet on the sweat prise of beef and mutton, of
batter awl bread. 10 them study, uwe have done.
the Colo Nechsay Notes of London and Dahlia, and
let them consider the iseatiNity of gooletehdell the
primaThl
us hi menhir shady arbish weld Isomso the theseey of jr&aiL sod so the pane oomily;
wail, cwwsishig Ruh au, but t•