§ Lord Darnley, in presenting a Petition from Liskeard, for a Repeal of the Coal Duties, begged leave to advert to a statement that had been made in another place—namely, that in two baronies of an Irish county, where distress to a great extent prevailed, the proprietors of land to the amount of 14,000l. a year, had come forward with only 100l., to relieve the public and acknowledged want. If such were the fact, he thought it a case deserving extreme reprobation.
827Lord Teynhamsaid, the charge amounted to nothing less than a proscription of the gentlemen of the County of Mayo, and he was satisfied that it was made without any foundation whatever.
Lord Teynhamdid not fay that the noble Earl had done so; it was the Secretary for Ireland who made the charge.
§ Viscount Melbournesaid, it was altogether irregular to advert to a debate that had passed elsewhere, and of which their Lordships could not have an accurate knowledge. He did not know what the statement in question meant; but he was sure, that any assertion made by his hon. friend in the other House of Parliament, would be borne out by the facts.