_Clare._--Quiet; apprehensive of Ribbon spirit extending; 9
outrages.
_Leitrim._--Much disturbed; the sway of the Rockites
formidable; magistrates supposed to be deficient in energy; 36
outrages.
_Galway._--Perfectly quiet; 1 murder; 6 outrages.
_Antrim._--Disturbed; robberies of fire-arms; not
insurrectionary; 3 murders; 7 outrages.
_Armagh._--Quiet; 1 outrage.
_Cavan._--Strong political feeling ready to develop itself; 9
outrages.
_Donegal._--Not tranquil; 2 murders; 4 outrages.
_Down._--Quiet; 2 outrages.
_Fermanagh._--Tranquil; 6 outrages.
_Londonderry._--Generally quiet; 1 murder; 4 outrages.
_Monaghan._--Disturbed; party violence runs high; 1 murder; 6
outrages.
_Ulster_ may be considered tolerably tranquil, with the
exception of some baronies in the counties of Donegal and
Monaghan.
_Tipperary._--Whiteboy system prevails very generally; no
organized insurrectionary system founded upon political
feeling; 4 murders; 75 outrages.
_Cork._--Generally quiet; 1 murder; 4 outrages.
_Waterford._--Quiet; 3 outrages.
_Kerry._--Quiet; 3 outrages.
_Roscrea._--Dissatisfied spirit excited by inflammatory
speeches.
_Limerick._--Satisfactory state; 9 outrages.
_Wicklow._--Western division disturbed; considered necessary
to increase the constabulary force by ordering three men
to Dunlavin, and three more to another disturbed point;
Talbotstown the most disturbed; 3 outrages.
_Kildare._--Nothing to notice.
CATHOLIC EMANCIPATION (1829).
=Source.=--_Annual Register for 1829_, p. 94.
_Duke of Wellington's Speech._
[The attitude of the Ministry was set forth in a brief speech by
the Duke of Wellington at the close of the debate. While there
is little in the utterance beyond a personal explanation of the
secrecy maintained, it is inserted as being the final word on the
great question which had for so many years troubled the heart of
England.]
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