The Statesman.
London, England, 1823-06-26 00:00:00

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. OUT PORTS OF' IRELAND
lit Area yeah, floil-11321 to Ititi 7,969
from 1798 to 1900 4,709

, 446,

00,840

713,261
3,863

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Increase •Lia
Total .SlO2l 1878,818
When he looked at the lmporti and exports, be felt that
Dublin, from its central situation, hod, In a commercial view,
little to apprehend from the remove of the Viee-Regsd
Court. From the period of the Lidos,' the account stood
thus :--
IM PO RT S. -
Average of three-years, tn IBe2. ..... Z3;638,1841
to 4,8E17,404

Incresse In twenty *ore 910,776
re.
Acernse of three year', to 1819 . 1,611,767
to 1900........ 1,491,847

• Increase In twenty years .... 176,909
The number of attorneys, she, increased ' • but that was
not a proof of wealth. On the whole, he oontended
that only a few favourite individuals in Dublin (mild
suffer by the abolition of• the office of the Lord Lieute-
nant. White Dublin was the principal port in Ireland
—while it was the riocieal seat of trade and commerce
—while it had a military depot cod barracks—while it
had the Courts of Law, and xis the seat of a University,
Sid. the inhabitants Oak dot suffer much by the remota,
of the Lord Lieutenant, and the officers tinder him.
The object would be as well answered by the appoint.
went of Lords Lieutenants of counties, as In England
and Scotland. What difference was there between the
conditions of Scotland and Ireland that the . officers of
the latter could not be so well managed in London as
three of the former were ? He had clearly proved that
Lome changes were necessary—that the Lord Lieutenant,
and the Officers connected with him, could be dispeased
with, and that a great expense
_ might be saved by his
Tamara, At to th• parade of • Court, that was long
since given up in Ireland. All the business was done
by the ChiefSecretare,aod the Lordi Lieutenants hither-
to were mere pageants. Ireland ought not to be go-
verned by a colony : it ought to be made an integral
pith of (he kinxdorn ; and, to complete the Union. the
office of Viceroy ought to be abolished.—lt was a libel
on the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Ireland to say they
were not fit to act as the Lord Lieutenants of counties in
England acted. They, in conjunction with the Com;
mender of till forces, might, in cases of emergency, act
uctil communications could be bad with the Chief Se-
cretary in London: Tie disturbances in Ireland were
natural, and characterised au injured country. The ob-
ject of his" motion was for an inquiry into the expedien-
cy of doing a“ ay with the Lord Licuteaincy. It was
the opinion of some of his friends that the best mode
would be to appoint a Committee of that House to in-
quire, but he, for many reasons, preferred a Commis.
&lon. If be were asked whom be wished to appoint, he
certainly would leave the inquiry in the hands of
the existing Commissioners. They already acted
a liberal and an honest part, and he would gladly con.
sign this inquiry to their care. The Hon. Member con-
chided by moving, " That a homble Address be present-
ed to his Majesty, praying that his Majesty might be
graciously pleased to appoint a Countdaston, to inquire
whether the Government of Ireland was tribe continued
as it was at present, Of whether' the Lord Lieutenant
mid the othei Officers depending on him might be die-
!sensed With.
Mr. RICARDO seconded the motion.
The question being then read from the Chair,
Mr. GOULBURN said he would not flatter the Mon.
Gentleman, by concurring ip the hopes the Honourable
Member entertained that his motion would meet the
approbation of the House. He could assure bite , how-
ever, that, if be knew himself sofficlently, the office be
then held ass not the cause of the oh:tuition which he
felt himself bound to give him. He differed with the
Hon. Member on the subject of ble motion, becaese he
thought nothing could be more derogatory to the true
interests of this country and of Ireland 'ad every Hon.
Member ought well consider the subject before he should
give his assent to it. In that was said by the Hon.
Gentleman the saving—the p. cutlery saving, that was to
be effected by the abolition of those establishments in Ire-
land constituted his main argument. Hot in all those
points of economy, on which he differed with the Hon.
Gentleman, there aas none more extravagant than this—.
that on account of the charge to this country, a ought
to abandon Ireland and let her govern berself. He Doped
that on that point the House would egrets with him and
others, wise and great men. They we(e not to look to a
pal ry pecuniary saving, but the great qitestion was how
that part of the Uniieti Kingdom could be most efficientiv
governed. The great object of every government shoiA
e to ameliorate the coditioa of the people. la the
des; pitye the person Invested with. authority should be
on the spot to give effirieacy to aill'tite acts offite Govern-
ment. The Him. Member said that all the duties of the
lord lArutenai.t afigitt be teansterre4 to this or that
other, ; nd the Lieutenancy coeld therefore be dispersed
with. The floe. Member did not bear in mind that the
Lord Lieutenant ba lie examine.into cases, on which the
life or death of individuals depended. The 'Alpe:irate-
tionc• over the athrtintstMtion ofjostice, the peculiar pro•
vinee sif the Lord Lieoffleatit, wes ski entirety ovet"
taniteb ley the ttoo,Nentienssa. A multitude of conilt.
dove incessantly ailed for the icseetigatinti ofs the Lord
liaieutitiant in the last pars. bite Honourable Member
entirely ondoed the ikentien of time heavy duties.—
This. duty could not be p wlormett lit an edisittintra-
tibia is Ciendon. A mold to a criminoll foe a week, and
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twilit end! Itier:idiplee: Theo-sees somber. point on which.
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