The Statesman.
London, England, 1822-02-09 00:00:00

AGRIGUITVRAL DIRTIESS.

The Marquess of LONDONDERRY Rave notire of
motion for this day se'nnight (Friday) fur taking juts
consideration that paragraph in his Majesty's Speech
relating to the distress of the Agriculturists.

INFURRECtruR ACT FOR IRELAND.
The Marqness of LONDONDERRY moved that tir
house do resolve itself into a Committee of the whole
honer on the Bill for repressing Insurrection, and pre-
venting disturbances in Ireland.
On the motion that the Speaker do leave the Chair,
Sir J. NEwpt )ICI then rose, being now assured e'LL
the Noble Lord at the head of the Irish Government
recommended the enactment of the two Bills beforere
House-•-eonliding in that Noble Lord, he wonl.l ssw
his opposition, and woahl not press those rootlifiratiecs
whict• lie had last night thought necessary. The r•
sponstbility of those bills was an awful responsibilit;',
and it rested upon the head of Lord Wellesley-6(.01r
.1. Newport) would not therefore say one word. to,
Insurrection Act having reference to local tumult, 40.
to particular oeensions, was not now applicable—instead
of it he would prefer martial law, which lie contended
would be the proper me4iimo for suppressing inserter-
, lion—for putting down rebellion, if rebellion existed.--
But hr would, he repeated, how to the opinion of the
Noble lewd who It al called fur these Bills. It was stated
last night by a Right Gentleman) Peel. o,e
heliese) that the motien which he (Sir J. N.) 11.4'"
June Its 17, was calenia....,l ..nlr to open a shop in dhib:ls
for grievances. He I;w:hi now assert, the Mile,.
sought to establish ow:lit to be open for the ivories
of complaints.—(ile..r.)—t. plaints might to be received from the tii:Oisst la well as the lowest, and es
that ground haul moved Noe resolution in ipiestion. 11:'
motion, it would be in the recollection of the home,
dal
for an Address to the I 'ron to appoint a Comiulssion to
inquire into the state of Ireland during the then
recess, with a view to orijeating ineesnres of redress.:-
object the opening of a shop
This was the motion which was said to have only fel ,t 7
auces.—(llear.)
Mr. DAWSON defended his Right Hon. Friend ,
Peel) against the charge of baring charaetirised
for the registry of net.

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'tl,eesrs :);ftsahli....u.l'ar.grietanter
Sir J. NEWPORT replan/Re
Lord YObKSTI)NR said there was no authority it,
rear Beam, to Which he would bow with so mach de•
inago.—to which he emelt so soon surrender his owe
kagkent, than to that of his Right Hoe. Friend (Sir J.
set 0 but, however strong his Right Hon. Friend's
ronfidetwe is the Noble Marquess at the head of the
Irish flu errnment wight he, he (Lord F.) must say, hr
c 0,41 so; joie io it. He felt Annie, horror, and disgust,
when be learned that Inn llon.tientlemen, Members of
that !louse, had, at the beck of the Noble Lord opposite,
orrenderol up the liberties and Constitution of the
,outry. That was a practice growing unfortunately
but he trusted the People would take notice of
.ittte'i u'econcloct of that Wiese. Parliament hail been aseem-
ekl at an unnsnally late period ; and the Speech from
the Throne contained three times more respecting- Ire-
Istul than ant previous speech h.id clone. He could not
Wien that Ireland was in the state deoctibed—that re-
k abroad in the field, whilst the King in his
soya used the terms he had done when speaking of
tti.a country. He doubted not that disturbances did exist
is Ireland, lint disturbances were yen, different front re.
lhe papers lying on the table were the most
it knee that could possibly be conceived. If the coun-
try were is a state of rebellion what had produced it ?
t He wont l answer the neglect, the apathy of the Noble
lor.l.—(Hear.)—The Member for Donegal haul said, last
*Out, that the dietorhaners were notorious in November
lay, and that they would increase might then have been
anticipated. If so, who was to blame for the present
state of the country? Those who were guilty of that
nealectao.liodifference of which he (Lord F.) haul just
spokes. Were thoee the people in whose hands to place
each rims as were conferred by the Bills before the
hoeser—(Hear.)—Of the I nserrection Act lie could not
sat mud,. his local knowledge of Ireland being very
mited; but he could not conceive how the Suspension of
the Habeas Corpus Act could apply as a remedy in the
present state of Ireland. The Noble Lord hail himself
admitted that no cause at present existed to call for its
enactment; but that, indeed, circumstances might arise
in which it might be appliemble. What were those cir-
militant-es ? An Hun. Friend of his (Lord F.) had
said that be considered the Insurrection Act was neces-
sary; list that he did not think the ouspension of the
Habeas Corpus Act was at all called for or applicable.
forme sot wishing to sup irate them, and fur no other
real" he would vote for both. There was no evi-
drew of rebellion—no inention of it, either in tholiing's
Speech ur the despatches of the Noble Marquess; out-
flow only were spoken of ; and becanse ontrages were
perpetrated in the disterbed districts, his Hon. Friend
would assist in peeling a Bill subversive of the liberties
of an entire kingdom. altlicrigh lie, in the same breath,
confessed that the Bill was neither applicable nor necen-
asey.—thear, hesr.)—His Right Hon. Friend (Sir Jobs
Newport)lul relinqnislied his opposition to the Bills,
locust their enactment hail been recommended by the
Marquess Wellesley. Had that Noble Lord himself
eeptersed a wish for the passing of those Bills, it was
the dilly of Ministers to hare etated it three days ago ;
but his deepatebee contained nothing to that effect. He
(Lord Folkstone) begged he might not he deemed un-
civil, when he declared it appeared doubtful that the
Noble Marquess haul repressed such a wish ; no grounds
appeared, at 1-ant, for the assertion. Ministers were
like the rest of mosikind ; the inure pourer they enjoyed,
the more they songlit for. llte Marquess 'Well *ler
was a man of brilliant talents; hail rail a brilliant
ewer. Bisonaparte was a tyrant ; bat be did sot mean
Wilma:me* Nat the Marquess Welle•ley was also a
tenet. Lord Wellesley bad displayed resolution, trig'
Uwe, activity, and determination in the pursuit of his
,lints; Le was, therefore jest the very person who was
most likely to seek to render a brilliant reputation more
brilrtaat by power and command. He meant no dis-
tespect to the blarqness Wellesley, when lie said that,
losing exactly sects a man as he had described, lie was,
therefore, precisely, the sort of man to whom power
ought to be refused. He (Lord Folketone) had examined
into the former character of Lord Wellesley in former
times, avid he did not think him a man in *arse hands
he would place power. 'flue Solute Lord flfin shortly
reviewed directions of the Marquess Wellesley in India,
with reference to his ronduct towards the Princes of
blysore, ,Le Nabob of Oncle, the Nabob of the Caen tic,
of Kepatd, fee. and derlared that the conduct of the
Nolile Marquess in India wan exactly that of Ruonaparte
in Europe. Knowing that, he found in it a mimic:km
fraStie fur refusing to clothe hint with despotic power.
'lhe character of the Noble Ma rqness was the only ground
fur his (Lord Folkstone's) Honourable Friend. (Sir J.
Newport) withdrawing his opposition to the Bills; and
'lon precisely the reason why he (Loral F.) should per-
sist in his vote against them. Auother reason, it was
true, hail been stated for :amine those Bills to pass—
they were prepared by Mr. Plunkett. He (Lord Folke-
stone) had a perfect recollection of that Learned Gentle-
man's debattion of Mow y, and would therefore, if for no
other reason, oppose lieu, to the last. The Learned
Gentleman defined " liberty" es " that which the laws
enabled them to do." 'ghat might have answered very
L never
in Bitola/4m —it Illay answer in Ireland; but it
_ could be :sum, to meet the approbation of the
Ent r t.li mean —(llear )—lle remembered
that that
Learned Gentleman hail Said, " the aixßills were s- err
Loy, Amuse the people had becotne too learned that
cont.' be no reason fur iellictin, those laws upon. the
people of IrelasJ. liereagain, authorities failed
trim
of conclude, by declaring that this ca-
reerinl st the liberties of the country fnr-
Malted a melancholy prospect for those who were to come
after theni.—(tleae
The Mari/nese iZtrIN)DONDERRY defended hint-
eelfagsinst the imputation of having asserted falsely
tishralotihethlelwßiqiis neesbelf_l(oere Wellesley had recommended the pas;..
the honor. Any Minister who
coeld so betray his trust, il •ed not only to be ini.
but merited
he i
the excerption of all mankind. He
est nu ation.--(1 iear, hear.)—That
141,411 k",tm,"l I:;eh7idnly
seecasion on which the Noble Lord
of
,n7pe.
oarileedi. t_i_tn.:g.ht,Ulselietel himself. In the present
inosneab.
risen more for the purpose
•ais,t
thhe
passing
W iles ey, than to offer Regiments
rico,
su. ton of
, the thl.e. Lord Wellesley's elm-
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rh-yowl the mull' of the Noble
',_l_',* %%Ile (hurl Londonderry) Was not certain
:,11.1717ethe.aN 1 Lor who had mood alone, was the
wta person of the Halite of Pad, who had
y into that house; but lie (Lord L.) recoi-
l. i teal eery.e
_ ,e,un
arilthe manner in which the character of
i ghat wlehle s hail been formerly assailed by him.
r Leese, who had retired from the Govern
f India covered it Ph hoods, found himself coin-
trlevel tong!' a. painful course of investiga-
pah'4o7;hir t!:,ll,,eselowbstion load been only del eyed.
v indemnified him for his suffering
charms, by the declaration of its firm
oor • . xhe.O M de ercmse's iniumenre.--(111ear.)
‘...,,;sl";leni.litiarl innocence been e triumphant.—
of ilhtord mst.y.l aromwl him were blazing in ail.
ellesley's character. the Noble Lou!
,i_r_oo_toi...dtlie glory of being a solitary exception.ith reference to the speech of the Right
J. Newport), he wished the Loose
nave of that law which that itighi
wend "refer to the then in erogrese
)lard I lair e mortised the provisions of both those Acts.

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