sionate regard of the whole civilized world-while the victim of English bigotry pines out a miserable existence, or sinks under the slow but deadly poison of disease and famine, with scarcely a heart to lament him." If we steel ourselves to every

his cruel arm between man and his God, and drove back the afflicted victim from the only consolation which was left him, the communication of his sufferings to the Father of the injured, and the Judge of the oppressor.-(loud cheers.) -Such, sir, we have been: but in one point only we have over Greece a very glorious advantage; our struggle is not one of brutal or physical force; not one of a fleshly and coarse arm-but one not less of might and power; an arm which is of the spirit and of the mind,—an arm which is wielded by the intelligence, and morality, and constitutional vigour of an unanimous people;—an arm of which indeed we are proud; temper, discretion, open and generous warfare, by every honest means, against all that is narrow, and exclusive, and selfish amongst mankind.-The fates of the nation are not in the hands of the drivelling torturers of the last century; the bad genius of '98 is, I thank God, for ever exorcised from the land.—Against the cries of the orgies of Dublin, I give you a glorious talisman-let our watch-word be, not blood, but peace to all men-civil and religious liberty all over the world.— (Loud and long continued cheering.)—Mr. Wyse's speech at the dinner of Munster.

(t) It is not intended to depreciate the generosity of, perhaps, a large portion of the people of England, in the succour they have so often given to arrest the ravages of

sentiment of compassion for the sufferings of Ireland, as they regard herself, let our own interests, at least, excite us to reflect upon the consequences to us. In proportion as Ireland is poor, so will England be the victim of that poverty. Hitherto the voice of Ireland has been heard only in the distance; she now comes in person to tell us of her afflictions; she sends forth her people like swarms of locusts upon the land, to devour and to make sterile: wherever she bends her course, famine and misery are attendants in her train; the original proprietors are dispossessed, or sink to the same level of wretchedness with the miserable intruders. Such has frequently been the result, to a greater or a less extent, in all those districts which have been more immediately the rendezvous of the Irish emigrants; the poor rates having, in many instances, absolutely exceeded the whole rental of the property on which they were levied. Though the consequences to other parts of the kingdom have been less perceptible, they have been every where real and considerable.

famine amongst the poor of Ireland. The hand of individual charity has been bountiful, and has met with a

proportionate return of gratitude.

But, as a nation, we

perpetuate those scenes of misery by blinding ourselves to their causes, and while we apply the balsam with one hand, we open the wound again with the other.

The evil is one which, under the present system of government in Ireland, must not only exist, but must necessarily increase; and who shall say whether it will terminate before the whole of England be consigned to the same dreadful condition of miserable poverty, to which she has so woefully contributed to reduce that unhappy country? It is now nearly a month, since the distressed and impoverished state of Ireland has rendered her condition alarming; and though this has been officially announced for the same period, it does not yet appear to have attracted the notice of the legislature, or even of the English journals. Really to judge from the contents of our public press, the details of a fashionable party, the birth of some unnatural monster among the animal creation, or even the flowering of a primrose in January, is of more importance to the people of England, than are the most vital interests of the sister island, the possession of which has alone elevated us above the rank of secondary nations, by furnishing us with almost unlimited resources-by supplying half our navy, and more than half our army.

(u) Since the above was written, nearly another twelvemonth has elapsed, during which circumstances have occurred, which will, at length, force the situation of Ireland upon the attention both of the government and the people of England, and which prove more strongly than

I hope a few words may be permitted me (and I speak them with all due respect) to the Right Rev.

ever the absolute necessity of bringing to a final and happy adjustment, that question which still agitates one country, and still paralyses the other. The war which is actually raging, and the rumours of others, are sufficient to convince any but an obstinate and imbecile government of the policy of marshalling our resources, and husbanding our strength; while the late events in Clare have exhibited, in all its energy, the power with which the enemies of emancipation have to contend. That that power must prove irresistible is certain; if it lead to good, they who brought it into action have all the merit and all the glory; but if to evil, they who have unjustly, unconstitutionally, and wickedly opposed it, though they will share the misfortune with others, will alone be burthened with all the responsibility and all the dishonour. They who cry violence against O'Connell and Shiel, and shelter themselves in their intolerance under the disingenuous pretext of turbulence on the part of those whom they are pleased to style the Irish demagogues, would they support emancipation upon any terms or under any circumstances? There are men who know nothing of Catholicity but what they have learnt from the Protestant's Catechism-who know nothing of Ireland but what they glean from the liberal and enlightened columns of the Standard, or Dublin Evening Mail; men who allow themselves to be carried away by a spirit of vengeance, and who, in their pride and obstinacy, are ready to sacrifice millions of their fellow creatures to the fancied guilt of a few individuals. They call for passive submission to their tyranny; words of sweet

Bench of Bishops.-Gratitude alone should induce them to act differently from what they do; for

ness for their insolence; gratitude for their injustice. It is their will and pleasure, that what is now demanded as a right shall be sued for as a boon,-that we should learn to speak with honied lips,-that instead of holding ourselves erect, we should crawl upon the earth. They tell us that, when we are less eager in the pursuit, and when our relish for freedom is less keen, or, in other words, when we are become abject in our slavery,-silent under unmerited reproach, and willing victims at the shrine of bigotry; when that blessed day shall arrive, which they know full well will never come;-then it is that, in their hypocrisy, they say, that the light of liberality shall shine in upon them;-that, when tamed into servility by misfortune, we are unfitted for any noble deed or any honourable employment, that then, forsooth, they will put us into possession of all our desires, having first deprived us of every capacity to enjoy them;-that then they will open to us the paths of fame, when we are so crippled as to be unable to advance in them.

"Cease to agitate, and perhaps something may be done," is the language of him who governs the politics of the day. I do not accuse the Duke of Wellington of such views as those I have just described, much less of such a disposition of mind; I trust his soul is too noble ever to have harboured such ideas; but being constrained by circumstances, and obliged to humour a party, he is compelled to use expressions which, with little meaning in themselves, may be so construed as to chime in with the opinions and conduct of men whom he is not at liberty to