HISTORY 
suspending the habeas corpus bill 
in Ireland. 
The lord chancellor and lord 
Rosslyn agreed in opinion, that in 
cases of great emergency the stand- 
ing orders of the house might be 
departed from, and instanced the 
bills passed at the time of the mu- 
tiny of the Nore. 
The two bills were read through 
all their steps, and passed the same 
day. 
In the house of commons, how- 
ever, these bills occasioned some 
very animated discussion. 
~ The chancellor of the exche- 
quer moved the address? after expa- 
-tiating much on the aggravated 
crime of treason in Ireland, at a 
time when that country had been so 
long governed with the utmost mild- 
hess, and aiter every effort had been 
made to conciliate, he still declared, 
that from the best information he 
could receive, he believed the ma- 
jority of the people of Ireland were 
‘decidedly loyal. 
Mr. Windham observed that it 
was extremely unusual to vote an 
address the same night that the 
Inessage had been received. To 
give a proper attention to the ob- 
jects of the message, it was a to 
take at least a day to consider it, 
and in the present instance a 
thought a great deal more inform- 
ation was necessary than the house 
was at present possessed of ; he could 
not reconcile this burst of rebellion 
with those conciliatory accounts 
of the loyalty and tranquillity of 
reland, which the house had heard 
somuch of from ministers, It ap- 
ared as if the government of Ire- 
d might be destroyed and its 
metropolis taken, before parliament 
was to have the slightgst warning 
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of the state of that country: he 
wished therefore for the delay of a 
day for further information. 
Mr. Sheridan s said, he rose not 
to answer any argument, for he had 
heard none, but merely to express 
his astonishment, that any member 
in the house could start an objection- 
to a measure of so much urgency, 
He concluded by describing elo 
quently, the sufferings which a de- 
lay of twenty-four hours might oc- 
casion to the loyal inhabitants of 
Ireland. 
Mr. Hutchinson cordially sup- 
ported the address, and expressed 
the greatest sorrow for the outrages 
that had disgraced the part of the 
united kingdom from which he 
came. Whatever were his feelings 
towards his country, he shouid vote 
for strong measures upon the pre- 
sent occasion. 
Lord Hawkesbury replied with 
great warmth to Mr. Windham, he 
said that righthon. gentleman had 
formerly fg troubled with no 
such qualins or delicate sc ruples as 
he was at prese ai he had fre- 
quently before voted fur addresses 
the same day the message had been 
delivered. ‘The proposition of de- 
lay was perfectly absurd in such aa 
emergency as the present, the only 
tendency of his objection was to 
shew, that there did not exist 
perfect unanimity in that house. 
Dr. Lawrence, insisted that the 
whole system of ministers, site 
sisted in blinding of the people 
and preventing them from seeing 
the real sti ite of affairs. They had 
constantly withheld infornigioan: 
and now demanded a hasty vote 
from passion, and not from deli- 
beration. 
Lord Casilereagh replied; and 
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