202 ANNUAL REGISTER, 
1803. 
CHAP. XVL 
King's Message on the Irish Insurrection—Speeches ef Lord Hobart—< 
Lord Limerick.— Address of Thanks unanimously carried.—Proceed= 
ings in the House of Commons thereon.— Bills brought into both Houses, 
for the Trial of Rebels and for the Suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act. 
“Discussion in the Commons.—Mr. Ad: lington—W indham—Sheridan 
Hutchinson— Lord Hawkesbury —Dr. Lawrence—Lord Castlereagh— 
Debate closed by the Chancellar of the Exchequer and Mx, Windham.— 
Bills passed in both Houses on the same Night.—India Budget.—De- 
bates on the Defence Act.—Mr. Sheridan's Motion of Thanks to. the 
Volunteers. —And Mr, Iutchinson’s on the Affairs of Lreland.—Session 
closed by a Speech from the Throne.—Observations. 
N the 28th day of July a mes- 
sage from his majesty was 
brought down to both houses, stat- 
ing ‘that a treasonable and rebelli- 
ous spirit of insurrection had mani- 
fested itself in Ireland, which had 
been marked by circumstances of 
peculiaratrocity in the city of Dub- 
lin; bis majesty there fore recom- 
mended'to the wisdom of parlia- 
ment to adopt the nee essary mea- 
sures for its suppression.’ 
This message having been read 
in the houge of lords, by the lord 
Chancellor, 
Lord Hobart, said it was with 
feelings of the utmost regret that 
“he called the attention of their lord- 
shipsto the violent and disgraceful 
outrages lately committed in Ire- 
Jand, and particularly to the most 
atrocious and barbarous murder of 
hat blameless and illustrious cha- 
racter, lord Kilwarden, His lord- 
ship then drew a most amiable pic- 
ture of that great personage, who 
united every private to every pub- 
sy 
lic virtue; after stating the bills 
that he thought would probably be 
sent to that house by the commons, 
he concluded by moving an address 
to his majesty, thanking him for his. 
gyacious communication. 
Lord Limerick expressed, with 
great animation, bis sorrew for the 
outrages which disgraced that part ~ 
of the united kingdom tor which he 
came; heapproy cd ofthestr ong mea-~ 
sures which were suggested for quel- 
ling the rebellion, and said thathe 
was ready to share any odjum that 
might have been incurred by those 
who.advised similar measures in the 
last war. 
The address was carried unani- 
mously, and the house adjourned 
to eight o’clock, for the purpose of 
passing the bills which were ex- 
pected to be brought up from the 
commons upon this subject. Be- 
tween nine and ten, the chancellor _ 
of the exchequer brought up two, 
bills; one for trying rebels in Ire- 
land, by martial law, the second for 
suspending 
