The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-08-16
TWO CENTS.

Ihsrlt nh OF Their against the
the sitter Kingdom. Ireland had scarcely recovered
from the Fad 81, cs Of the daster which h aiudsd
"heh an event Occurred in Pans which gave hope I'd
encouragement throughout the world to those who
chtrFled fehelouf sentiments, and wished assist
IN The overthrow Of existing Institutions Immediate
~ aiter that eN INT the coufederates threw OF nil dis
CURT ana vent dtputaiOn % raris in the rauks Of
when wac m inter OF that House deIna nd assist
"uih tne fIeheh Government aud people 60 over
throw the imperial GRO" and govern rue In irela I'D
But The French Goverumt Mt although but recently
sprung IRON the boom Of reroiution, had me
courage and uagnahimty 60 refuse at once to lend
any countenance TO the designs Of the depntation-
Frustrated in their attempts to Obtain surcour from
France the confederates did not relax their orta Mt
nome, but proceeded from day TO day and step by step
to organise monster conspiracy by which thew hoped
toaccomp 81 their object. To show infinitely
what that object was the noble lord read several ex
tracts nom the Untfed bis Imam and the Irish Feon
the avowed organs at different periods, Of the con-
federates. with the sentiments expressed in which
the whole party had identified them selves The
sum and substance of these sentiments were to de-
pore the Queen from her crown and dig oil in Ireland
and at the same time to abolish once, with come
specified exceptions all existing rights of property
W hat doubt, Therefore, could remain the In nd of
any one but that the confederation in question was
ttmt'ious contpiracy INTENDED 70 overthrow the
goyerpmeD Of the United Kingdom and to establish
zone national authority in Ireland republican or
otherwise, in ITS place Having thus established the
rst proposition with which the noble lord out viz
that suen traitoreus conspiracy existed lac next pro-
cetded TO demonstrate 10 the House what he termed
has second propagation, which was, that formidable
means were in course Of preparation for the purpose of
producing rebellion and which. il not checked in
tb,r PREPARATION would be but likely to It.
IA showing the progress which the conspirators had
mace in preparing the means of rebellion the noble
lOid gave biof historical sketch Of the origin rise
progress policy plans and discipline Of the clubs
after which he sdycrted to Mr. Smith OBriens review
atCork, ana TO the proceedings which had recently
taken place at Drogheda Dublin, Waterford, and
tanick. on.Suir This brought him to the considera-
ton of the m, assure which he thought it his duty TO
propose, IN order to meet the exigency Of the
Ihe Lord Lieutenant of ireland, in concert with tho
Lord chancellor, had pointed out the dangerous
character OF the clubs IL might be thought necessary
60 introduce measure particularly with regard to
thee clubs; but they were led by who were we'll
Versed the law. and who skilful in evading It,
AS To the clubs themselves, there was no doubt but
tbi they were unlawful and in prosecuting parties
connected with them, the means of procuring evil
d.nce, when the clubs were secret to
enable the Cover nment with any facility to put them
down. lie said with facility, because, although
was in most cases. evaded to render the procur
ing OF IL extremely difficult An example of this
Afforded 10y the mode in which the against training
marching and oisoiphnng, had been evaded 1t was
not rioos that that law had been daily vioat d. in
tfit Tor some me past but those who had broken 1t
took care TO keep within its letter. 1t obvious
then, that the ordinary law although sufficient in or
binary tines was tot such as was calculated to meet
The thig.ney 81 the present lie thought, there
fore, that, alter what he had stated there would no
doubt bat that there association in ireland
which intended TO subvert the authority of the law
ana OF the crown OF this country by force of If
such we've the case, he knew remedy straghtfor
ward direct in it's objects, mme in its pur-
poses Of securing the persons OF those at the head
this conspiracy without in any ner enda ngering
tie persons OF the innocent, AS that which COM
Corpus. (GIeat ch.eriDg) Whatever measures might
be afterwards found necessary, that which was now
mot necessary OF all, was bill to enable the Lord
Lieutenant TO secure the persons of those suspected of
tfeato (ieneved cheering) He Appealed with con-
hdonce to Parliament to arm the executive govern
ment, in sucff crsis, with such power. He asked
1t now, at the same time that he felt that he might
have been justified in asking at an earlier period
Great 81 .rng frem the sppositon)
MIR. \. OCoSEoR Immediately rose, and minated
his intention ofgying his opposition TO the BILL which,
he war convinced in'tead Of pacifying Ireland would
ton He had 10 hesitation in saying, that he vas for
total and complete separation between the two
tries.
Lord John Russell here pointed to the oath of allie
glance taken by the hon. gentleman, on taking his
seat an action which was caught up by the House. and
gave rise to vociierous cheers
MIR. f. OCoSSoR continued, by observing that he
thought he was best keeping that oath when he
pointing the mode in which her Majesty was most
likely TO preserve her Br,trh DOM MEMS "a storm Of
Oh, oh - from all sides He would remind the GO
vernent that they could not 90 to with Ireland,
cries Of oh, oh - mingled with every mark Of disss-
tisfaction and indig atom
Sir X PEEL then and gave to the measure Just
proposed a decisive and cordial supports support
not qualified by reminisceDces If past conte ntions
nor By party examination Great ohserins2 He
ton which existed In that country open avowals
of the purposes Of thore who forms that
and particularly Of those who led IL and in doing
lie could not escape the conviction that there
listed in that country at the present moment wicked
cons piracy to deprive the Queen Of her supremacy
nd to overthrow the authority of the govern
ment That being his conviction he unhssitatingly
took his part with the Crown Of the United Kingdom
sgaiDst the consprstors who bent overthrow
ing 1t. (Renewed cheering) lie did not exactly
blame the government for delaying the Introduction
tous lest they hastily unnecessarily Invaded the
&C Institution In Of its most vital parts There
might have been reasons why some more stringent
should have been taken for tho Of
tain parties; but II the government abstsined from
such, they did upon their own respo visibility But
there justification for further delay necessity
having arisen which called for immediate interior
ence. He thought he could answer for Parliamsnt
hat 1t would give ready support to the go,ernusnt
The question at issue in Ireland not whether
the union should be repealed not but whether the
integrity Of the empire should be maintained
Things had now arrived at such pitch, that IL they
lid ng to prevent 1t, they would have desost
ing war in Ireland during the recess war which would
be ultimately brought by the ntto success
full conclusion but not without great loss Of both life
and property. Should the Crown fail In that war,
which 1t was not for moment to be supposed that IL
would do he shuddered atthe Ireland
herself for in that case there would be substituted
for her present Government Of the most orusl
sang urinary tyran MES that ever existed He be-
ieved the danger imminent against which they
called upon toprovide Ifthere had been unnecessary
delay in demanding powers to meet the case, there
all the more reason why there should be speedy
ton 1t possible that other measures would
would not reach II hoped that there would
be no delay in submitting them. II such
to be directed against the clubs and the shooting
galleries, Mt which latter the heart of the Lord Lieu
tenant made the target at which to shoot there
time to lose in introducing them to
be 1t from him to urge the Government to demand
more stringent than they might deem neces-
sary They acting their own responsibility,
with which he did desire to interfere But IL they
deemed more stringent measures necessary he could
but urge upon them the propriey Of ut once pro-
posing them. So necessary did he conceive the
sure now proposed be- that he would to the
suspension Of any forms that might stand in the way
Of its speedy adoption by the House. The hon baro-
concluded, after administering rebuke to
r Feargus O'Connor by expressing his intention to
upport the measure.
The other speakers were Mr.. Calag han, Mr. Drum
nond, Mr.. Hume, MIR. Disraeli, and others Upon
vison, there appeared "a in favor and only against
he measure. These were Mr.. ID. CallaghAn, Mr. I.
)evereau, Mr.. r. M. Fox, MIR. J. Greene Mr.. f. OCon-
,or, Mr.. j. Reynolds, MIR. f. Sculy, Mr.. M Sullivan.
The standing orders having been suspended for the
,Urpose, and an order which forbds the arrest OF
mber Of the House without leave being previously
obtained rescinded the bill introduced, was read
fret second and third time in succession, and sent