The Statesman.
London, England, 1822-05-11 00:00:00

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PRICE SEVEN

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pal IMO restill.: aid 14 would ammo all die asspeLl‘
11111bnied forthair relief, that the most. sk••• lest midi*
mad be to promote the consumption of those ordelat'ot
hid Mending Immediately shore pieta*, het stork
dosed as poorlivlng In this country. Ireland was
debted to those !still Wools who had to nobly sabserttd •
here forthe relief of her popolatioo ; theettb be geoid be
lorry if ibis aid should check the eaortioaa of the lettbiro-
prieters. To the latter be woald recommend togiee,all
ibe Basis nice In their power on the spot. cantioeed tube-
vas. that it would be more useful *Ms elsittsobseribiai hi

tiiSooeatry. He keew that all could net be ellseted Ab-
out the toterfereeee of uovernniest ; sod IMMO be wished.
with the Noble Earl opposite, that It shrill" be suterdebill
with caution, he also trusted that It woad be applied le ait
elkeebeas manner.
The tart of BLESINTON rate to sewn tie
Address to his Majesty. The Noble Earl opposite
talked of what etsiset had dope and would do, bet AM
imeoaets from elleateety of Clare 'stated that soildatt bad
yet bees dale. Yet le that /meaty. It appeared from Ada,
remote. that 111.1117 ledltideals were la a •state of star/o-
des I This itherembeemet I mew oriels t It bed beet Ist:
far two pens. At that pried MOO leffil~lid
of Times. w ammeethias w aelsvigagi anwavds
be. hie& bet that Prelate taitkpocited that he
wished se the mosey whitebait bats be sp-
OW to the relief of the people. Distrea4 was Dot isclosivaly
fek btthe South and West of Ireisad. In the county of
Reeegall there oat no west of food, it was tree. bat of mo-
sey to boy It. Money and capital were the Wogs wanted.
If the people were fed. without being provided id* employ-
meet, mischief would . If It were wished to do goad
to Ireland. a large mum must be Orel, at least Owe milt
two of which should be distributed iumedletely. mod she re.
slaking three applied as local circusestseees, eel other times
should require.
Lord ELLENBOROCOH wished to knew whether
the Noble Earl opposite could stalest what period, mad to
what extent, relief had been afforded?
The E.trl of LIVERPOOL could set avower the

lassliss otherwise them by statiag, Met fremShe Use wheel
lia 's Goversonent had heard of the Matteis is Ime•
lima
aid daslssinecdtml7ustructions to relieve It, apt to apply
rfurza
The Earl of LIMERICK was dispoood to least the
a of his Majesty's Goserament that moth hat bongo
and still more would hardens. Theses the crop of
s had failed in Ireland, there was abundance of other
, end nothing was more easy than Co relieve the ex-
distress, if motley could he found to ~able the poor
110ithat produce. In the wasters and soother, parts of
dm county of Limerick each distress was experienced, but
In no other. Feeling eontimeed that his Majesty's Ministers
had does their duty, he should tote against the snotioa; If it
was pressed. .
Earl GREY conceived that the feillOOS on which
the Noble Earl, who had just sat dews, beaded hii
opposition to the address, were en dm contrary these
which ought to have induced hies to support it. I,f it
were tree that his Majesty's Goversment bad take.
timely measures, sad dose all that it was in their
power to do, amble( could Items,* watisfactory to the
public, and to the people pf Ireland sew suferlag ad•
der enesempled distress, than to see it proved to
them that their distresses had net bees overlooked.
sad that whilst Ministers renewed tie laserrection
Act, suspended the Habeas Corps% and delivered
them ow to all the severity 0(14 item they did all
duly could to cheek their dramas! mien?. Had sorb
a state of things bees ever heard is toy age or cone.
try, as had been described to their Lordebips to-sight?
Starving in the midst of abundance. which they could
not reach, on account of the failure .f a particular
crop, the poor of Ireland were in a worse amities
than Tantalus. The accounts frees the country stated
that nothing bad been dame, sod that relkt would
come too late. And yet the Noble Earl who had last
spoke., was satisfied with the assures.* that it was
in the contemplatioa of Government t• adopt measures
of relief. But what had been these measures ? The
I. were perishing me the highway% and notisieg
yet been done' It was true that it was a delicate
1 oriestioa to interfere in the subsistence of. reentry;
but cases of necessity might arise to justify that in•
terference, and when cases of a different nature had
arisen, the Noble Earl ispposite bad shown that he
knew the importance of losing no time in the adoption
of repressive measures. What was the motion? I'o
ascertain the fact whether hi inlet.» had or had sot done
their duty in taking measures to relieve distress. It.
they had dune it, the production of the Currespoaci-
once would be to their credit. If they had not, it
would sbew a shameful neglect of ditty which would
make it imperative on the house to interfere.
The Earl of LIMERICK explained.
Lord ELLENBOROCOH treated that his Noble
Friend would carry his ueutioa to a division. Ile was
anxious that the question should be sifted to the but.
tom. The existence of greet distress in Ireland was
all that was knows, and there was no proof that soy
goo4had yet been done by Government, or by the
asshillince of individuals. The Noble Earl opposite
talked of political ecor.wny, bet if political economy
prevented the relief of millions of suffering people, he
should consider it the greatest curse to hotaanity.—
Instead of voting 350,000/. a year for an additional
force in Ireland, he should prefer voting that sum fur
additional food. He wished the Government to ap-

pear in this transaction, and the principle on which it
acted to be established.
The Earl of BLESINTON stated, that the princi-
ple on which the Committee ie the City acted, was to
send money wherever local subscriptions had been
farmed in Ireland to assist them. When YAW. had
been raised, they sent 1.0001.
The Earl of DARNLEY expressed his iatention of
'dividing the house, if the Noble Earl should sot, on
reconsideration, thick that be owed to their Lord-
ships and to the country, something, more satisfacta!y
than his mere assertion.
The Doke of WELLINGTON said, that as there
had been a deficiency in the crop of potatoes, but in no
other the course fur his Majesty's liovernnant to
adopt, af er having ascertained that fact, was easy.
It had only to send money to enable the distressed
to bay other foot!, which was in abnodaace, and to
supply seed in order to secure a Warm", and to pre-
vent a recurrence of the distress. Both of these hsti
been done, and be did not house what more could be
wanted.
Lord HOLLAND wished to knew why this rr
Skull secrecy, it all this had beta done ? But be also
wished to know whether it had been duos is pauper
time?

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