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wwhich,,so far from having been ne-, 
glected, had been the object of par- 
ticular attention. ‘The house hav- 
ing, divided on» lord Albemarle’s 
motion, it appeared that it was re+ 
jeeted by 74 against 14. : 
‘The noble secretary’s repeated 
assurances Tespecting the security, 
external and internal, of Ireland, 
were not satisfaétory to. the mém- 
bers in opposition to government, 
nor to, some not always or often in 
opposition, ia both houses of par+ 
liament.. Motions forinquiries into 
the internal state, and allaying the 
discontents, of {freland were made, 
and gave rise to animated and long 
debates in both houses. Of these 
debates, however, it would be un- 
necessary, andeven nugatory, to give 
other thana very summary account: 
as the explosion which soon after 
took place, throws greater light on 
the situation of Ireland than was, 
sat this time, enjoyed, proves or 
disproves the statements of facts, on 
which much of those debates was 
founded ; and, on the whole, sinks 
much of the interest in those tem- 
porary and temporizing in ae 
m the events which it produced, 
and the new spirt and order of 
affairs by which these have been 
succeeded. And here we shall take 
occasion, once for all, to observe, 
that in relating the transactions of 
parliament, it is not so much our 
object to display the eloquence of 
the different speakers, which would, 
swell our narrative to the size of 
several volumes,* as to pursue the 
thread, of the main reasoning on 
which the main’ decisions tuned, 
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or ou which, at arn get wer€ 
rested. 
“In the house of peers, the earl 
of Moira rose to’ make a motion; 
-of which, as usual in all similar 
cases, he had given previousnotice, 
respecting Ireland, on the tiventy= 
first of March. ‘The exordium of 
his lordship’s speech turned on the 
delicacy that was to be observed, 
in agitating questions in which. 
separate. and independent legisla- 
tures,;—in agitating questions in 
which the privileges and the in- 
dependence of each other, were 
involved. Yet, when urgent cases 
render interference’ necessary, the 
delicacy which may be observed,. 
may remove every jealousy which 
‘might otherwise be excited; and 
it would be meritorious for the 
different parties mutually to’ ma- 
nifest’ their attention, and their 
anxiety for objects in -which their 
common interests » were Concern 
ed. - On these grounds he had 
risen, for the purpose of 
moving a humble address to his 
majesty, that he would be gras 
ciously pleased to interpose his pa~ 
terial and beneficent interference, 
to remedy the discontents which 
prevailed in’ Ireland, and which 
create the most serious alarm for 
the dearest interests of that coun- 
try, end of the British empire.— 
The sextent and» rapid increase 
of the discontents which prevailed 
in. Lreland, were subjects of suf- 
ficient notoriety to form the ground 
of this proceeding. He should ab- 
stain, therefore, from an enumera- 
tion of the particulars which had 
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* The curiosity of knowing what was said, on such and such an occasion, by such 
and such a speaker, will be_ “best gratified by the newspapers and miaeaaines of the 
day 5 and the annual volumes of parliamentary Beha. 
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