The Lord Lieutenant, in his reply to the statement of the prelates, said— "If ever nation at any time was imperatively called upon by circumstances for united exertion, it is Ireland at the present moment; hardly emerged from a calamity which has no parallel in the annals of history, we are about to enter upon another Crisis of Appalling Magnitude, which finds us unprepared and weakened by division.

Of course, the Government are now faced with a Crisis of Appalling Magnitude, which has been partially caused by the misapplication of our domestic labour force, and it is a matter about which they are entitled to ask Members on all sides to be specific.