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1820. June 29.
Collectanea. Ireland
(1)

To R.D.
Copy the whole of
the debate on this
subject.

Morn. Chron. June 29.

§ Irish Insurrection act.

§Mr, Daly rose to bring forward his motion. He expressed his
§regret that he was under the necessity of calling the attention
§of the House to the disturbed state of Ireland. There never was
§a period when the state of that country required a more
§prompt and vigorous interposition on the part of Government;
when the disturbances were so extensive, and the outrages of so violent
and dangerous a character. He should abstain from entering into
any topics which were likely to provoke discussion, such as the Catholic
Emancipation, on the commutation of tithes, whatever
opinion he might entertain of the high importance of those
questions. The state of disaffection and disturbance to which
Ireland had been constantly subjected for the last 60 years, might
be in a great degree attributed to the melancholy condition
of the lower orders of its population. In a country which was for
the most part destitute of manufactures, of the population
was almost entirely employed in the cultivation of the soil, and
much of the existing distrust had arisen from the large sums
offered to land owners by the tenantry, by which proprietors
had unfortunately suffered themselves to be tempted, but
which it was wholly beyond the means of the tenant to
pay— The disturbances to which he had alluded, commenced
about the middle of November last, in the county of Roscommon
and the parts adjacent. An application was made to
Government by the Magistracy, who undertook to preserve
the peace of their. This assistance was refused, and consequence
of the refused was, that the disaffection spread
so rapidly that it was necessary very shortly after to
place four districts under the Peace Preservation Act.
Renewed disturbances took place, in which some lives
were lost, and a Gentleman of respectability was shot by
the road side in a public high way. In consequence of
this atrocious murder, a meeting of Magistrates took
place, Resolutions were entered into for the purpose
of detecting and bringing the offenders to justice, and
upon an application being made for 150 soldiers. Government,
who had a fortnight before refused 60 men,
now refused to grant 150, upon the ground that they
were afraid to trust so small a number of soldiers
within the district. Disaffection had now reached
such a head, that the whole eastern part of the county,
consisting of 13 baronies was placed under the
Peace Preservation Act. The Meeting of the Magistracy
was

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Date_1	1820-06-29	Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	109	Main Headings	Parliamentary Reform
Folio number	162	Info in main headings field	Collectanea Ireland
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