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He did not at all shrink from the discussion; and when the hon. gentleman, the member for the city of Dublin, told him that he intended to bring on the debate to-day,

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ENGLAND. HOUSE OF COMMONS—Juty 21. THE COLONIES.

Sir W. Motesworen, in submitting his motion, of which he had given notice, said he should endeavour to establish the following positions:—Ilst, That the colo- nial expenditure can be dimigished without detriment to the interests of the empire. 2nd, That the system of colonia! policy and government can be so amended as to insure more economical and altogether better govern- ment for the colonies. And, lastly, That by these re- forms the resources of the colonies would be develop- ed: they would become more useful, and their inhabi- tants more attached tothe British empire. He spoke upwards of two hours on the present lavish expenditure on the colonies. He recommended that instead of spending £4,000,000 on the military, naval, and civil establishments of the colonies, £2,000,000 of that should he applied for the Pere of emigration. He ridiculed the present plan of appointing the colonial secretaries and the governors of the various colonies, and recom- mended the principle of self-government to be applied to all the colonies. He concluded by moving, ‘ That it

prepared to meet him on the question. Having stated this much he would only say, that had the discussion been resumed, he should have taken up the ground that the Repeal of the Union and the establishment of a separate Parliament in Ireland would have the effect of degrading that country to a mere province of these kingdoms, while the separation of the two countries would deprive the representatives of Ireland from taking any part in the general Legislation of the country. (Hear.) Jreland ought to consider the union an advan- tage, for while she was separated from England, none of her representatives, however eminent or able they might be, would be ina situation to take ‘part in the discussion on important imperial matters. They would be precluded from participating in the debates on colonial subjects, while they would be equally shut out from deciding upon the momentous questions of peace and war which would naturally be ever as interesting, and involve as much the rights of Ireland as of England. (Hear, hear.) That would have been the course of argument he should have taken had the debate been proceeded with, but the advocates of the measure having, as he thought, wisely postponed its discussion,he trusted, whatever might be their views and opinions of the course Ke be pursued fer improving the social condition of Ire- ‘land, that they would join with Parliament and the con-

is the opinion of this House that the coloniel expendi-/stitutional authorities in averting the miseries and social

ture of the British empire demands inquiry, with a view |evils which must follow the attempts and designs of trai-

to its reduction ; and that, to aceomplish this object, and |torous partiesto overthrow the institutions of the country. to secure greater contentment and prosperity to the co- (Loud cheers.) He trusted that the gentlemen of Ire- lonists, they ought to be invested with larger powers!land, whether they were Protestant or Roman Catholic, for the administration of their local affairs.’ lor whatever might be their views and opinions upon the Mr. Horr seconded the motion, which was support-\question of Repeal, would unite with the loyal portion ed also by Mr. Manexes. \of her Majesty’s subjects and the Government of the Mr. Hawes replied seriatim tothe arguments ad- country in maintaining peace and order in the sister vanced by the hon. mover of the resolution, and, on the|/kingdom. (Cheers.) motion of Mr. Urquhart, the debate was adjourned for a! After a few words from Mr. F.“O*Cernor, the debate

fortnight. ‘was adjourned. REPEAL OF THE UNION. | a

On the 26th instant Mr. R. M. Fox said that, look-} Riorvanp Rescue or a Cuarrist at Braprorp,— ing at the fact that the majority of the Repeal members|On Sunday morning, a disturbance took place in the were absent, and the state of Ireland, he should with-! vicinity of Manchester-road, Bradford, a district where draw his motion. He deprecated the connexion which a great number of Chartists reside. It appears that the had recently been formed in Ireland between Repeal police, who have been for some time on the look out for and Republicanism. He moved the adjournment of|the ngtorious ‘Wat Tyler, the Chartist blacksmith, the debate. 'who had made a great number of pikes for sale, had got

Mr. Rernoxps said that if no other member did it, intimation that he had returned to his domicile in Ade- he would himself bring forward the measure in another aide street, Manchestef road, from which he had been sesgion, in order if possible to obtain those rights for absent some six or seven weeks. The police found

his countrymen of which they had been deprived. itheir man, and seized his person; but the handcuffs with

Mr. H. Grarran contended that the people of Ire-|which they were provided, proved too small for his land hada tightto overturn Ministry after Ministry brawny wnists, and they failed to secure them. Wat

until they had obtained justice; but in making that statement, ke did not mean for a moment (God forbid he should) to overturn the Throne. All he wanted was to overturn the Ministry. He believed that the Repeal of the Union would be carried out of the House if it was uot within it—(Hear. hear.) Talk of revolution—why had not that House effected a revolution in ireland ? for that country, which was once happy, had been ren-

effected his escape. In returning to the Court Heuse, the police were very roughly handled, being beaton with bludgeons and hit with stones, by which they were very severely injured, though they escaped with their lives. A number of special constables were im- mediately called out, and a detachment of the military were marched to the New Inn, at the end of Manches- ter read, to be ready incase of need. The civi! force

lered miserable by the legislation which had taken place then paraded up Manchester-road, and traversed several

mn that House. The people of freland considered that

the House of Commons in England was incapable of;

of the adjacent streets, where crewds of persons were assembled ; and during their perambulations they ap-

‘egislating for Ireland, and they asked for a domestic | prehended five persons for having taken part in the af- Legislature. He believed that every thing had been| fray.

done in Ireland for the purpose of convicting imnocent persons in Ireland. ‘he present state of Ireland was this: they would neither give to the dead a shroud or a coffin, nor to the living the liberty of the constitution or food.4 Hear, hear.) He was no advocate fer the se- paration of Ireland from England. All he asked for was justice to that country. The people of England ought by their acts to inspire the Irish with love for them, but they did the contrary, In private the [rish respected the people of England, but publicly they were compelied by the aéts of their Legislature to hate them. The whole policy of the Legislature of this country was to make Irishmen peor, to take from them their gold and ‘heir crops, while their endeavours ought to be to make them rich and happy; instead, however, of doing this, the Government ef England took away the scales fron sustice and left her nothing but hersword. He wished io live in friendship with this noble country, but he would rather not live at ali than be the slave of any man, or any set of men.—f{Hear, hear.)

Lord Jonn Russet said, those who were favourable to a Repeal of the Union had shown a wise and conci- latory feeling in agreeing to postpone the discussion of this measure. It must be understood, however, that he Had no objection personally to the renewal of the debate.

A Coromiat Penny Postace.—lf the government of Great Britain were capable of doing anything, how- ever insignificant, ina bold, energetic, and business like manner, we might expect them to extend the bies- sings of the penny postage to the whole of our colonies. At present, a letter is carried from Land’s End to John o’Groats for Id., but the cost of sending a letter to Ca- nada or Australia is Is. or Is. 2d. Now, to the people of this country, who have become familiar with the be- nefits derived from Rowland Hill’s admirable scheme, and who have heard ministers profess that the colonies are entitled to all privileges enjoyed by the mother coun- try, this cannot but appear a piece of monstrous injus- tice. We talk of measures for the encouragement of emigration, but what measures conld any one propose, which, at so small a cost, would tend so muck to pro- mote emigration as the extension of the penny postage system te the colonies? At present, a newspaper from Canada or Australia costs nothing for postage, while a letter from either of these two places costs Is. 2d. What inconSistency is there here! We do not object to the free postage of colonial newspapers, but if they can be carried for nothing, surely letters might be brought from our most distant possessions for Id. or 2d.

relatives left, behind in ‘the old country,’ by adventu- rous emigrants, who have gone to ‘ push their fortunes’ in the wilds of North America, or in the Australian bush! Under the present system the cost of a letter is aheavy tax, the burden of which has, no doubt, led to a breach of intercourse in thousands of instances where 2 kindly correspondence would have been maintained, but for its excessive cost.—.Manchester Examiner.

IRELAND,

The following is the latest Letter from Mr. John O’- Connell :—~ ‘TO THE PEOPLE OF IRELAND.

‘Cove of Cork, July 22, 1848.

‘Beloved Fellow countrymen,~—Two parties are in the field labouring for the ruin and fotal overthrow of your cause--the Government and the Young Ireland- ers! The shameless breach. for the thirtieth time, of solemn engagements—the prompt and ready infliction of severities—the grudging tardiness and scantiness of the proposais of relief—the subsequent most insulting abandonment of the latter while the former are vigorously put and kept in operation—the hideous demoralisation of the lie-and-perjury-suborning spy-system, and the most infamous packing of juries-—these are the disgrace- ful means by which your English opponents are working to defeat you. The Young Irelanders make use of other, and, alas! still more efficacious means of baffling and ruining the hopes of their unhappy country—more efii- cacious, alas! because the patriotic devotion and enthu- siasm by which some amongst them are really actuated, while all of them profess and assume so to be, blinds the judgments of the multitude, and causes them un- thinkingly to follow and to engage in an agitation that had its origin in wretched jealousies and _ bitterness, has been marked throughout by miserable inconsisten- cies, imprudences, reckless calumnies, criminal follies, and pitiable failures, and cannot but end in the most deplorable disaster. It is time, beloved fellow-country- men, to speak out. We forbore because that so many misguided sincere enthusiasts were in the Young Ireland ranks, whom there was hope of bringing back aoe ing. But at this dangerous moment it is absolutely imperative, for the sake of the cause, fer that of the people, nay, for that of these very misguided euthusi- asts themselves, to speak out, and denounce and hold up io execration this mad and criminal policy, which is giving England every advantage, is affording her ready tyranny a pretext, and is endangering, and likely still more to endanger, everything that you hold dear in freland. J warn you against it, fellow-countrymen —I warn you against it and its promoters. I implore of, happily, the comparatively few amongst you who have in any way joined them, to leave them and their projects and devices to themselves. Shun these clubs with their childishly useless, if not childishly mischiev- ous organisation—their sections, their divisions, their doughty vice-presidents and presidents, and (oh, cun- ning device!) their ‘readers’ Do not risk imprison- ment, like the poor men the ‘other day in Dublin, and consequemt wretchedness to.your families, for the sake ‘of learning ‘the goose step’in drillings on a loft, or practising it in reviews and mock military parades in gextlemen’s lawns. There is much to say upon the calls“that have been made to you ‘te be prepared’-— calls of which—(passing their unexplained objects and ultimate intention)—this may be remarked, that they are ‘at least quite as much full and obliging notices to the Government asto you. For obvious reasons I cannot dwell on this point just now; and will dismiss it with the single remark, that the purpose of frightening Eng- land, by the collection of a few fowling pieces, rusty muskets, and unwieldy pikes, is about as hopeful as the exhibition of ugly faces, painted on war shields, which was an expedient resorted to for the same purpose by the Chinese in the Jate war, and one very easy of adoption by our ‘earnest men’ here at home. Fellow-country- men, I cannot advise you to join what is called the ‘Irish League.’ {t is, I fear, little other than ‘a moc- ery, a delusion, and asnare! It is a ‘mockery,’ for how can there be real union between us and the men who, after doing their utmost outside to spread the wildest doctrines, shall go into the ‘League’ to protest their love for ‘constitutional agitation? It is a ‘ delu- sion, —for of what avail ceuld such a body prove witi- out the power to control and direct the clubs, with ai! their intended. ramifications; and this power, without which the popular movement wil! be worse divided than ever yet it has been, is distinctly disclaimed! Again. the ‘League’ is a snare—at least so it will prove to all who ever regarded the doctrines of O’Connell—for they will be led on (and that right speedily too) into a mis-

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