House Of Lords, Tuesday, ...
The Times, 1824-02-11T00:00:00

P.4 RL A43ET.Y'4R lJ ITELLIGEA'CE. Thl Earl of ST. ;E EtA MAI Vs took the oaths and his seat. -there being a ne w patent for that peerage. his LoTdship was formally inm troduced by the Earls of HAunsOwitv and SortERs. A t fouLr o'alock their lordships proceeded to ballot for peers to at- tend, three at a time, on the hearing of Scotch appeals. The ballot being concluded, the order in which the peers are to attend from to- morrow to the 211th of.July next, was settled. STATE OF IRELAND. 'I'he Earl of DARNLEY reminded their lordships that the state of Ireland had iast year occupied much of their attention. Their lordships, he was persuaded, had not forgotten that he had given no- tice of his intention to bring the subject again forward at an early period of this session, and he now rose for the purpose ofituggesting a day for the discussion; but he wished, in the mean time, to state, in a few wyords, what his view of the manner in which the question ought to be treated was. It certainly did appea to him, that more consideration wac now given to the state of Ire- land bv the public of England, than had been bestowed on if at any former time, and also that more than usual attention was paid to it by its Majesty's ministers. The consequence w.as, that the condi- tion of that country had been partiaUv ameliorated. Still, however, if their lordships were not prepared to consider the subject as a whole, no permanent good could be done. Experience had showin that no real advantage was to be obtained by nartial measures. Their iordshius -were aware that the evils which afflicted that part of the United Kingdom had existed for ages; and as all were desirous of removing them, might it not be worth while to consider whether their wish would not have the best chance of being realizcd by the adoption of another line of policy than that by which Irelano had hitherto been governed ? The present appeared to hitm to be a titne wben their lordships might take the subject under consideration withl the most advantage to the public interest and convenience to them- selves. He wvould therefore move that the house be sumumoned to take the state of Ireland into consideration on Tuesday, the 2d of March. In the course of the inqUiry,, he hopedt he should have the a qsistauce of every noble lord who, from his knowledge of the state of Ireland, mlight be able to throw light on the subject. The noble viscount who, on the first day of the session, seconded the address, and other tioble lords connected with Ireland, he trusted Would net fail to attend. Though he had for the present named the2d of llarch for his motion, if that day should Dot be convenient for the noble lords to whom he had alluded, he would postpone it to any other day which might better suit them. WPith a view to the full understanding of the subject, he was tdesiroausof obtaining every9kina of information from the papers relating to Ireland whicn had been printed either for their lordships or the other house of Parliamnent, as well as from every otfier document on the subject which could be rocuredby their lordships' ordeT. lie tnerefore intended to mhove oracopy of the report of the committee appointed bg the House of Commons to inquire into the state of the poor its Ireiand; and also for several accounts relative to the first fruits and tithes of Ireland. On the-noblse earll notion, t'neir lordsbips were ordered to be summoned for the 2d of March; a message was directed to be-sent to the Commons sof tbereport; and the other papers were ordered to h- -,PA,A_AdAiO I dm. - Tti4UTE OF LORDLS. TJESD.AY, FE3. 10.