... Mr. Roche, Mr. Fagan, Mr.Grattan, and a number of other Irish members opposed the proposition and supported Mr. O'Connell. Lord J. Russell said the government had thought it their duty to Ireland, and to this country also, to arm the lord-lieutenant with ...

... supported Mr. Grattan's motion on Ireland. : Hume asked the government if it intended to fulfil its pledge of last session, to investigate our whole system of taxation, with view to its diminution and equalization. The house divided upon Mr. Grattan's amendment ...