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woold propose,  for  iu  consideration  that
part  or  the  Speech  which  applied  to  Ire^
land.  Considering  it  as  the  point  most
intimately  connected  with  the  peace  and
prosperity  of  the  empire,  he  thought  the
House  would  best  discharge  its  duty  by
going  at  once  to  that  question v  and  enter-
ing into  it,  as  fully  as  possible,  on  the
earliest  day.  He  should  not,  howerer,  be
doing  his  duty  to  the  House,  if  he  did  not
point  out  more  extensively  what  ministers
meant  to  do  on  other  important  topics;
and  he  trusted  when  he  had  done  so,  the
gentlemen  opposite  would  see  that  there
was  no  disposition  on  the  part  of  his  ma-
jesty's goTernment  to  blink  any  of  those
questions,  or  to  divest  themselves  of  that
responsibility  which  ought  to  attach  to  them
in  bringing  those  subjects  forward.  He
proposed  tnen,  on  Friday  in  the  next  weel^
to  call  the  attention  of  parliament  to  a
most  important  topic--'that  which  stood
next  in  importance  to  the  tranquillity  of
the  country->he  alluded  to  the  distress
existing  amongst  the  agriculturists,  with
thei  intention  of  opening  to -the  House  the
view  which  his  majesty's  ministers  took  of
that  auestlon,  and  also  the  nature  of  the
remeay  which  appeared  to  them  to  be  the
most  proper  to  meet  the  difficulty.  A
werj  anxious  and,  he  could  assure  the
House,  a  very  laborious  consideration  had
been  given  to  this  question.  He  next
begged  leave  to  state  that  his  right  hpn.
