ncrease the
turbulence of his country. Day after day was he to be seen on the corn
exchange haranguing the multitude; on Sundays, after mass, he attended
parochial meetings; and the columns of the newspapers were filled with
the exercitations of his pen. On the 11th of April a grand meeting was
held in the theatre-royal, to prepare petitions to the queen and
the house of commons, declaratory of their confidence in the actual
administration of Ireland. On this occasion Mr. O'Connell exerted all
his eloquence to rouse the passions of his hearers, and their shouts
told that he was but too successful. "Shout!" he exclaimed at the close
of his harangue. The shout that that day emanated from that theatre
would be heard in St. Stephen's, and it would cheer the heart of the
queen at St. James's.

When the house of commons, resumed its sittings on the 8th of April,
Lord John Russell gave notice of his intention on the 15th to propose
the following resolution:--"That it is the opinion of this house that
it is expedient to persevere in those principles which have guided the
executive government of Ireland of late years, and which have tended to
the effectual administration of the laws and the general improvement of
that part of the United Kingdom." On the following day Sir Robert Peel
gave notice that he should move an amendment on this resolution, and on
the 12th the right honourable baronet brought forward the draught of his
resolutions. They read thus:--"Resolved, that on the 13th day of March
last, a motion was made in this house for the production of various
documents connected with the state of Ireland, in respect to crime and
outrage; including communications made to the Irish government relating
to offences connected with ribbonism, and all memorials, resolutions,
and addresses, forwarded to the Irish government by magistrates, or
other official persons, in respect of crimes and outrages committed in
Ireland, and the answers thereto. That the period included within the
returns so called for extends from the commencement of the year 1835 to
the present time; and that the motion made for the production of them
was assented to by this house, no opposition to it having been offered
to it on the part of her majesty's government. That on the 21st day of
March last, the house of lords appointed a select committee to inquire
into the state of Ireland since the year 1835, in respect to crime and
outrage, which have rendered life an