"H---- H----, son-in-law to Lord A----, and brought into Parliament by him. Studies the law; wishes to be a commissioner of barracks, or in some similar place. Would go into orders and take a living. "H---- D----, brother to Lord C----. Applied for office; but, as no specific promise could be made, has lately voted in opposition. Easy to be had if thought expedient. A silent, gloomy man. "L---- M----, refuses to accept L500 per annum; states very high pretensions from his skill in House of Commons management; expects L1,000 per annum. N.B.-- Be careful of him. "J---- N----, has been in the army and is now on half pay; wishes a troop of dragoons on full pay. States his pretensions to be fifteen years' service in Parliament. N.B.--Would prefer office to military promotion; but already has, and has long had, a pension. Character, especially on the side of truth, not favourable. "R---- P----, independent, but well disposed to government. His four sisters have pensions; and his object is a living for his brother. "T---- P----, brother to Lord L----, and brought in by him. A captain in the navy; wishes for some sinecure employment." XI There was no lack, say apologists of the Irish Parliament, of useful legislation on subjects with which a landed gentry was qualified to deal. There was a fatal lack of legislation on one momentous subject with which a land-owning gentry ought to be qualified to deal, but from which the Irish Parliament resolutely turned its eyes. For half a century before the union, that body steadfastly abstained from inquiring into the causes of disaffection among the peasantry. It even repressed a report upon the subject which the chairman of the committee had begun to read.