The Statesman.
London, England, 1822-04-23 00:00:00

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advantages as 'reload missives/1 should iiiitanew,bad sot
the ;ftralery of their Uoverneseet steppe' Si and ermiel
trOmed the lemur, of ranTIOSISCO. would rumba
fhe Ilona, that en the f4th of Aprit., 1816, he bad /sobs'
mittell a moil* similar in the present. It was pot.
posed from the 4th of April. the slay for which It IMO
oeigioally lilted. in consequence of the thin attend/Imm
ref flee Hoe*. The Noble Lord opposite, on That orees
sin,. lamentimr rise want of interest fur the subject
,amosest the Smoker: of that Hoes,. was pleased to
,proorkse not only ON attendance. bat the fattest atter,-
rpm of the Members of Adminietratioo on the sitham
ggnent eseepliesent, he mid. which was due to
Ale rivet oreateres" of !reload. awl to the nears
si.v of liediper out, a remedy for grievances. Now.
what the la'Ale Lord meant by the rising great-
tleaa ,Of Ireland. Was to him quite inexplicable.
—lint he °weird that it reminded him of the re-
'pooh of Ilie sarcastic Hollanders, on the compliment
wish by King Philip to the rising greatness of their
mmetry. It resembled. they said, 'ditch, the more you
rook out of it. the snore it rose. He trusted that the
time was at lest mime. when the state of Ireland would
he folly considered. with a view to her effectual relief.
11. alight betide, that the present Irish tiovernment was
met long in administration. tie owned the fact; but the
Nosh'. Mirqurso at the head of the Hovernment there
Was lost .month in Mice. cousidering his preview' as
qtainteoce with the slain of Ireland, thoroughly to
comprehend all the causes of her distressed and die-
organised state. Bet sorely the Members of the Cm
'Mom were be strangers to the real state of the
r of State for the Home
.4 not . plead Ignorance if the
eonntry. It was curlews to
when he submitted Hs Mt
subject was brought os
ter to a 'qnestion front as-
Lord at the bead of rite
anbject of the tithes of !related
ellen of Otrerarnent—that they
attention—and would in dee time
-1 their deliberation. He (Sir,
not he toomuch to expeetthat
shortie lateral of six years,
of maturity to be at last
'or expecting eyes. What be
.as this—tbat as the Legislature
'eoercina to the discretion of the
they should, in justice to the
to the consideration of the
people laboured. a its a view to
He coesiilered, with his Nett
• for the University of Debit,
not the natural means of ear-
at that they were These mite-
frayed the absence of allOoverM
the arm of power had put down
them phew that the measures of
ale. hnt the deviation from the
settle I arse...- g e.. -se people have a pledge that the
1./sedition in *Lich they were involved should be the-
notgisle examised. That at least was dne to their feel-
Inge. They insert to he made to understand diet their
elaim to *mita sash equitable system of law was iit feast
selsnowlerired. He titillated the house to take lado coo-
eitheatiat the Rimers' state of Ireland. with a view to a
?hotelier% change of system. He expected to War
each about the rights of the chords, with respect
an ea source of grievance. Ile was not one
I. infringe on the tights of the Establishment.
He considered the present state of the tithes
of Ireland as lousily calling for reformation. He
never world have voted with the Parliament en the gaie-
ties of agistinent to pirehoween# imeelt, and that, too.
net of respect fur she clergy, well knowing that they
most be thrown upon the pour exelusisely foe their re-
Velinte. He need ant advert to the rapacious body of
men when. the Clergy were obliged to employ. is order
to .dispense with the necessity of consusittio, tileir cha-
racters for the maintenance of their emoluments. Ilefere
sitting down be coals' not avoid Minding to !bat great
fnosiatneetal source of the disorders of Ireland—namely,
the continuance of the distinction between its inhabit-
sets as to their civil and political rights. He knew it
was impossible that the evils arising out of a moustroos
symem of enartie/ints —he would not call them laws, for
that Code which shrove luck the suggestions of *store
turned father against son, and dissolved all the ties of
native. should never be named whhout an expression of
horror—it was Impossible. he would say, that the evils
arising oat of this abominable system could Ise andileale
removed. But there was no reason whatever for detai-
ing to lay the folndati•rn of a better system of society.—
Prejudice sometime-ascribed vices to the Irish charge-
ter. Why were not these vices visible in the 'lrish cha-
racter elsewhere titan in their own country? Because
the Penal Code was nut else where. Because elsewhere
those kindly feelings which, in defiance of the voice of
ignorant prejudice, were natural to the Irish heart, were
not checked by the Warta of a cruel, unnatural sys-
tem of law. The proposition which he hail to submit
In the House was embodied in as moderate terms as
could. he believed, be selected. He trusted that no
objection enulsl he urged against it on that score. And
still less slid he believe that he could be pot off with the
ell excuse—a' this is not the proper time"—the cry with
which the petitions of the people of Ireland hail been
met fir the last twenty-two vears.—(llear.)—" To-mor-
row ! to-morrow !" exclaimed the opponent% of inquiry'
and redress—" to-slay is not the proper time But that
to-morrow never came, and at length he trusted that Par-
liament would tan a serious ear to their complaints.
and afford them a certain remedy or their multiplied and
'wig-protracted kflictions.—(Cbeers.) The Right Hon.
Baronet then read his motion, of which the following is

the substance :
•• That an bumble Address be p tel to hie Ms-
ksty. representing that the melancholy details is his
almost! Speech, and the &foments subsequently laid
before the House, deseribing tin mintages and disorders
committed in Ireland, limlobliged the Honse to consi-
der the stair of that valuable portion of the empire; the
contirmenee of whose calamities must prove, not only a
subject of deep regret to all, hut dangerous in an ex-
treme degree to the welfare of the empire at large; and
that under the circumstaneee of outrage and disorder so
s•ihmitte.l to the Home, they hail conseoted to arm the
Executive Power, with the means of coercion, for the
purpose of potting an end to those disorders; that
they frosted that the confidence of Parliament in the
Executive Power, will be found to be justified by the
mild, anti temperate, but firm exercise of the means so
intrusted to them. filtat having, in obedience to a ne-
cessity which was th, In-deplored, provided against the
re pssure of the preenteiexigency, they now proved his
Majesty to suggest some permanent and beneficial meg•
sure. wiCe * view to the future amelioration of the ha-
hits of the people of Ireland; and to the effectual re-
moval of those causes which obstructed a return to
peace, good or. ler; anti constitutional obedience, in that
country. Under the conviction that the attainment of
such objects was incompatible with the continued pre
vahnseuasf insubordination aid disorder, they bad sane-
Honed the call for strong measures, and agreed to the
suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act, and passed the
Ilasorrection Act. But they wished humbly to repre-
sent to his Majesty that the time was now come when
the responsibility of Ministers was committed to an im-
mediate inquiry into the causes of such acts of disobe-
dience to the laws, and they therefore wished to assure
his Majesty of their hearty co-operation in such mea-
sures of inquiry as his Majesty would seem fit to sug-
gest; sod that they would go with him in restoring the
ailesioistratims of mild and equal laws, under the be-

of Ireland. The ll;eretary
peffstiriot at inset, coedit n
morative:disien of that room
sower. that in the rear 1816.
tie. ahead, alluded to. the
'mealier plate; and in 'nem
either it'oble Earl. the Noble
leensorv, %tilted that the sit*
wait ender the enissiderstion
'paid to It the deepest sttentio
'melte known the result of th
.1. X.Yhoped that it wonl.l
.thin child of rennin@ had. of;
arrivid at a soSelent deg re
.bralaght forth before their
.eltonld mew propose was Shit
reinfitled the ova na of eoercia
bietetrve (lowermost. the
people, pledge themselves t;
evils wailer which the people
their effectual redress. He
lino. Friend the Member fo;
, that exile awl death were no
!Tilt on Ooverneieet, hat tl
ri/sle regents that betray
rent. ion therefore the ;
temporery diaonlers. let that
'Merlon were swathe rale, I
'settle I system t let the pet,