§ Viscount Morpeth moved the Order of the Day for the third reading of the Bill for the preservation of the Peace (Ireland).
Mr. Poulett Scropepursuant to the notice he had given, moved a Resolution to the effect, "that this House would not be justified in passing a measure to increase the severity of the law for the punishment of criminal outrages in Ireland, if it did not propose to take into consideration, at the earliest opportunity, measures for the removal of the leading causes of such crimes, by affording some protection to evicted tenants, some other resource than mendicancy or vagrancy to those who can find no market for their labour, and by securing to every Irishman the means of existence by honest and peaceful industry."
Viscount Morpethsaid, that at this advanced period of the Session it would be impossible to carry out the views of his hon. Friend; he hoped, therefore, his hon. Friend would consent to withdraw his Resolution, as he could assure him that it was the anxious wish of his Majesty's Government early nest Session to bring forward such remedial measures as they thought would meet the evils at present existing in that unfortunate country.
Mr. Poulett Scropewould be satisfied at this advanced period of the Session with entering his protest against this measure, unaccompanied as it was by the remedial measures pointed out by a Select Committee of the House five years ago. After what had fallen from his noble Friend, and having by proposing his Resolution entered his protest against the measure, his purpose was for the present answered, and he should not hesitate to withdraw it.
§ Bill read a third time and passed.