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Rh leave the business to them, expressing at the same time some doubts as to the real existence of the wrongs of Ireland. Incensed at this language, and at the neglect of the Government, Shelburne on the 2nd of June moved—

In the course of his speech he declared that the American War had commenced on less provocation than this country had given Ireland. The resolution, though supported by the whole Opposition, was rejected by a large majority.

In October the Irish Parliament met. Among the members was, who had first been elected in 1775 as member for Charlemont, and now rapidly assumed a leading position. On the 12th of October, through his instrumentality, an amendment to the Address was carried in the following words: "That it is not by temporary expedients, but by a free trade alone, that this nation is now to be saved from impending ruin." Non-importation agreements, after the American fashion, began to be made, and the volunteer movement assumed gigantic proportions. In England the Opposition, who, it has