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re. 111 uhj ,l9 restii ad tiv Anne' lon 01 traine ould he lAA his I - ' bsolv t ri is btrig ar, in a lm and "'keg td:) pe ty st de • 11 6.0 woul Sir. We: C,atl pi iv the bet s,hl Litt ha' dei pit tlu CO sal 01 to cii 01 CI fa si q p p - .1 '~ ' 4 k fr-- s • • . ...• -010efliar -- - • .1 .11 . • 't 4.. eE: ~..-, verot-il •WU ~seat• I-1 1 . .. .14 -. ••- '- c -1; 4 6 , t .. • • -4 - • • . . - • . . . .. • . - 2t teak proportioned to rho &Peaty of the of men who had already lumina themsellel ever he had been seethed .10, promulgating Medi= !nature o f .the'dillietaltice it,v*likely to NWT*, al 1 ,..8 which we are assembled for the purpose of int to give any advice, hut that which might men Trent , inconsistent with the is,: isnt :rte inteziftr: th v4lite.of th :i'nefi.s'a. we A .11, 04- s car ~ t.i v.) r';.igating. No man has a higher sense id the the pr. judices existing in a C"TtUin quarter . (If•af I spirit of the British Cons'itutinn, with fesF-st to • c. ' Produc,i 1:0 the 14 sase. Witt ci -es; Atett 3a . it legiano . an d respell due to the Sovereign than I hear!) With respell to Ireland., what must he the Iti.h, in the e oarneneement oft he present se sien.; vre et ue r cic:te A cotp ; pWiLy se .Iterest• pia i igst therefore I feel it my duty, in the most puhhe ATM of a conv!etion being generally received. that 4^.1 that some G niclemen had . thi , rce Mferre,i, ire twine iir!io -were i .soisiitit stt A l l slow , y-e:d i I .er • I thi_ sort• to absolve His 'Majesty from any impose i n di.positi .n on the part of their fellnw • cnnntry tenet would now beceme a setae of cdsa.ie .* A 'that it pt r p+ s v d co .. c oi . ; i44 ,,isetfri,v •.t v ..: . $ ,t , l o f „ mor e, which some, through an over men—no change of circumstance —no dissipation devastat.on. This was An es•re.mlt. ont air A- e'vritliaos , egr pr • 0.41.iie vs , - '7 - .) 'll , Ol rained ingenuity, 'have been inclined to suppose of prejudice—could ever he the metns err freeinp., vantage they had ultr n . of a mode c od- ecoriewsioai ~' 'WI teg;s !spar efie C ! 74 , Jtv. - ) Y. tta.a - I j oj attac h it,ll to his sacred chandler, should wens horn the disabilities u - -der which they exclu- He had recomoyend sd that Ministry sh.411•1:14•0 Wex.rltent nstshiislirn bnt op 'iest ea ~, ..: ag . sat a :le eve motion meet with the concurrence of shyly lalreui ? The IU.11)411 Catholics of Ireland, by an ill.tinee.l lenity. make severity and . Gratepy7lo44.4:l.l?hen4,4•Lovoy wet , sir.toase-ec4 e r.. - i, liouse. Yet. though lam most willing to both the L t ity a nd C l ergy. are. I acknowledge. Oise , filially necoss.tty t , sops; •ss tli.tt pict ett te.e.ts.'..., I t r i Zsi4 . 4the-silore pi Olt pO?lildiA4N.4 (It / )solve His Majesty from any censure whatever, 1 content ; and can it be wondered at ? C otaioly which might be crushed in its infancy 4,y 1 ssigoz.i boric/ *set- . ii•a i Aii,i .„. •.,....e . , p°? ~•a''++•„ r wed , hot equally so with respe& to those who h a ve not. In this sta . ement of the dissaristaltioo of the tom be et force Goveroment. He was At ilitlS4l. VC "WArrigi aVatilltir pst.i.:o4 'r . and meat , hot "ded their injudicious advice on his gracioas bush Catholics. I am warran'ed by recent fans. cruel!) , as isny of the G otternen eirpoote hate, irtiG4y :Yolecrithrit . 7ol: 1 ..., tn. ov -wooer of •!se r, in a question of such vital importance cc toe What may be the remedy most eff:elual in th and therefore was decifedly against the pri.t- lc ... - aurotit 4 Eattr - 4 , i l•. .e. 44,11401 sVorsop To Such advice has not only beet in- present state of affairs. Iw II not presume to poiiit ciple which had been held not by same f a grattsin ! diti ilx;"iitt!lat. yi p Sits.r.ert *is -f rrh sw sign • As . . • _ . . ... to assert, that yon to the Citholics laid from any of theit • diefi- OW opixisiosillOrS'EP dangers tteasorresnesal. sa.w,ei . - ---• •aras:norajliifuesock to 10: kild , g4. reirgr 4 i irt biliti- s, ass reward tot their inspire:lions.) 141 s was, lee Maintained, a refinemeat on cruel He conclnied with establishing it as a that the King had ail undoubted right to change' his Minisfeers whenever it. sliould deem it rape ileac • wieloat being sufejen to any i mpeac hment in the Houses of Pal-Bement, which was the inevitable con s-gustier, he thyught, of assenting to the present motion. Mr. GRATTAN" Mr. Speaker.- in some few. observations of the Right Kin. Gentleman who has jeistAsat down. I am inclined to coincioe. He has ld you. and told you truly, that. to the w-nt of cnnsittency in your Government of Ireland, area to the flo6uation of your Commits in that part of the Empire, its miseries and discontents are in a great degree attributable. Thy bu..:h a system, so preg nant with tmschief, could produce no other eftetts, is by no means extraoroinary. They naturally arose out of the plans which were prapeded, and the expedients adopted. The sperch of the flight lion. G-ntleman, may. I thhic, be divided into vat) heads; the condua of Cie late Ministry, first, ao relating to the Cathnlics, and next, as appertaining to His Majesty. With rasped to the Bd s winch the Ez Ministers had judged it advisable to introduce' for the removal of certain dts.,bdit zs from the Ca. thOiiCS, it was a pio-nised measure. It grew out .f the Aa of the 1r:el Parliament in the year 17)3. It hid to recommend it, the principle of experience. and went its its weratinn to augment the strength let the Empire. Ir k fad, to make it beneficial, or even loadical in Ireland, it was become necessary so txtend it to this country. The Welt lion. Gent . Trielr Percevall has contended, that it inconvemens, occur,:abd any improper consequences resulted itte provisions of the Mu soy afirdecl a sulfi- , .cient remedy I that the obi eflion was not strong. because f i b injury ha,! been proved to have followed. t tars•rer, the faet was riot so; but even it it was, the at guinea wis.not only wrong, but the feeling w as false. For upon what grounds ;of policy or wisdom, I ask, shuirld the It ish C . ...Meer be initivited -.uric { , be ccintintred. Alm at large. :suet_ Acton", bat will. I fear. peeve highly injurious ; id I am totally unable to conceive how thole ads isers can account to the public for the double in -1:y they have nee sssss ily done the State is aild Coostitution ; first. in persuadtvg HMa.. ty that any concession to the Catholics of Ireland totally unnecesiary ; and nest. in advising hiris demand a pledge from the late Ministry. that no :.:,.astre wh.itever of concession' to that body should • !nought into Parliatrrat during their conti nu a e in o ffi ce. ( Nest ! hear!) To su pp ort taitaordinary eondett, the present Ministry offirnh that the establishment of the protestant Chureb would be endangered by eny such concession. But. `r. as this rests upon mere assertion, I would be sappy to be informed in what tetra the Notes:An e t i nter est could be endanger ed, by admittii.g th r Catholics to that scanty rarticipatiiin of poker ',livid:l;e. nded in the !ate 50 proposed to PAT. Itiument ? Sir, I am the more anxious to hear what the present Mititstry can urge in d. fence of this authoritative dogma,au I am not only furnished with better means of ascertaining t , :e lA. than they pos sibly can he, from my coninned residence and of situation eland t but am also, from the :stake I have in the country, much more interested in every measure in least conducive to the interest, or dettirnet.tal to the welfare :if that part of the em pir,.; and from all l have been able .to crillett on the taiga, I am aware that the ineimwe cod vitil colinesion of the two et-sonnies is absolutely neces sary to their political existence ; and on the ba.is of unanimity alone most be raised the sup?rsti %sc. tare of national prospe ity I a:n, therefore a de. cided enemy of that eitoq-sighted ;sulky, which overlooks the *cope and design of a great and exten•ive Tiestion ; and because it ca fasten with mitroscopic accuracy on some pos sible inc. nventence crr visienAry crimerical pros ped danger. neglefts, or positively refnsle to ac ittnesce with the appliostton of nut nicely a of the ceimmnitity, but ti:.tt of a wbult It real danger exist: d, I hope I should, out. But this I will venture , may with equal prnspdt of success attempt to ctimteraft the force of gi ay itatioo, as ex .mt 9 rt let Ireland remain in her present state. With respra to the Catholic, .the Nlinister is, in fu lute, totally disable". V. hat must inevitably he the tirva produced by such an ohligaioo on rte Catholic beds ? Will they tamely resign all hopes power and place, sn sweet to those who ate most I.tutf in their dispraise, if they are made of the -same stuff and the same materials as thr.se I see round about me? I had ever esteemed it a fuoda mobil priti,iple, 'that the mean-st corporatinn toain or village had the privilege of addressing. their Soreteign or the Parliament. But we are now tauel - t s believ-. flint the Celt- lies have been aauated uy a spiiii inctinsisteot with the safety of I the State. in their late tntenciad anplica:ion to Par liament, for a redress of -their grievances. What name stall we give to such a proceeding ? 1 will ; call it a political prodigy : a dispensa^inn of divine ! chastisement. It Catholics are to he told that the consciences , 1 their rulers are hermetically sealed agao.st ti eir "aims, it they are inhumed the ears of the Ministry are for ever closed to their applications for redress. I have to apprehend. they themselves will lu'fii the Prophecies which have in so vet y unparliamentary a manner been proniu - gar-d this evening by is Nohle Baronet opposite. Ministers will have to accuse themselves alone in the •ssue. • have thus ventured to give what is. in my opinion, a fair and impartial state mei t of the dispnaitiot s of the Catholics, and the urge' t necessity there must .have appeared tn exist, to every m an it. the least anxious for the public - !xet fare, lot a change in the pr..s,nt stare of toe Irish Catholic-. Ac to ms own m ttivt,, in rising this evening, I shall leave them to the decision of the House. which must he aware that I am rerally bound by gratitude to my S: venaign, as, mist of those wuo To the present Ministry I carom possibly be siipis4-eil to bear any hostility ; • but l'iswe a yet mate sacred duty to my cruntry. err wawa of •he da.•get., which ineo,.wo, .41 o. ._ te 4 .erd .0 piety.. - 1 ._ thP iii;:iit ti . ft- e 0 le ' 1 " 11 ( it , Ps(Cernt> .. hai charnel. tile ewti .Ive wf • 3 ' llOO irillk liFOottfoos to e.tatiiilo . L. 4 hob:: firtr irVlti. andliitsavirilleted to the impu se of hliosia a , nitisre the attenAin of sitzh . inane . rneots It so bailees, that' it:is he woo hat..nrud Alter. ham tn .na . tire,,. And ; in ' cuff'. sing the .vJessr ..f vb. - Ct . to lit, has ~, e rlor..lirtf , .the , ieeSin t r. , of us, mad •He hAs eadeavr!tired ig..MAke ithe .Laisis • Cot - .dot t 1 casein, 11# LIOR . 0*e:0,1..60.0i:4 tuft; , 4iii,.kva ca. 1 4tilstic ii . NAti4it ,- .. tlVaal,,a,c ha "INA i tot Ad Ito preter .Vie, illieq.i4 ;411itpri v Sieges,: tts;ewooiend .1 - his liberty, hit p ope",ty,. kip cointurias . ,lni oak i . 11 I privilege . ., an .1 hi t s dofti . s:ig t tat - I . y . * ,Aufit_tdr., vr is net for his relthi.s 4 . " bccausilikjelipishiatet Ws j•y it ; not t,r his Pries s. itistilitie: dr! •Olv arty las 111 ahem * i not to pbtain'ilishinse*Wapteshes7vp a se has; but h: it.to resiiiti 4:1 .1.4. -.rte.) ,teire tog and initturnidnit indu:i..rne...ts pi . huin.is..,.c UMW' `tin 1111114 mighiticentsidith,,pi. f • raegh) i luiatees;:ethis nb jeet to be elf a.... % 1 / 2 .4..i..404... , ..vv. 4 *,:lp. as t tat•ace of the French. • Ihe.Pteaal . PhellrVr •TO melte Irilli Liftoffs. rich, -• ' , NV • itimp-ygii-d • ") tin Li tinny French vs.lops ,legigi. If .iikativ!st on and diiemtent have hest umosecved in tog wieder% of the Irish. it ha. armed front the cap - wile* and \CO:N . C%V r: pot. cy, whica Itaa brie4l.- eserovia:4l4.onaeds them. They were and reap Itnett haistild whilst the Gov,rist . ..nt svas mild ; %they Emitissu.'d satis fied • with t lot laws. waits: use Lass were - no neatly and impartian eaerciard awards there Ontuannately, the v...r Gus relasetiona wlVoth had successively tabu place, ! Fel ? . • • •acgomitteihd with a minner nqt likely to farreard tie. hilts ticial etf:Cl- Tdus, in. the ycia . ..ti'94, -woes.. dee clettive franchise was given to 'hr Cunt:dire - v.40 Secre ary of the Irish GlettnatentAlFclaeed the bola An .a of per:r4 insanity. A g ain. io ware shots time 4! . .er, t‘t•ti gebtleami .4-tbe fj:.iifinlic de legit in. wcre indicted tor felony. *..strs. h the And 1 ,m If : an '.. 00 theiv trial, it was nisei tred. o y the Judge from the (Ilene ... that th:. prinecution was 11 most 5C4..! di MS, 41.11(1 the W a t ~..•,.... I nation. - from the interest and stanch I have in every thing aff.eting that couotty. be tine ot the first to give ti eAlin there, and re echo it o the furthest part of the Empire. But what n wit be the vino 's:Any of thou , who beedles,ly spread the and distraft the public mind, wht n it should he roost attentisely std most itltuncusly bud on one oh j e ß , t . at of repelling the common and avowed foe of our Inc h ;vino% a,,dbotisti tun, nal welfare They are Intl of crime. They are our unlit inveterate enemies. They are ur.fi to be entrusted wit,' the reins of Eropite. But, Sir, permit ma to call your attention. for a very few Moments, to thti AR o f 1; 9 ), upon which so morn .. I:ernen on the _ . stress has been laid by tile Hon. (Imo: ,den on _ opposite side. This measure wan net intended to apply • xclusively to the Irish Catholics, but to all Catoolies who should hold Commissions in Ire land. By toe Aft of U.iu a, this Aa received a• implied general sanaion ; as no pe,ultar establish virus was made for Ireland, aid the two touotries thus becoming one by the adoption of this measure, it appears to me that. the Kit g WAS CnlSlrtert to grant to the Catholics generally, what he had already granted to those of Ireland. The present outc: y Its favour of the Es.ablished Religion not only goea against the law as intend-el by the Parliament of Ireland, but also against the very xi-ting law which had received the sanftion of R Authority. But the arguments of ii.e opponents of the Catholic claims are equally singulat as tbei• prejudices ; they perceive no possihie danger in admitting the Ca tholics to posts of responsibility, both in the civil stud military establishments, in Ireland, %lime danger is admitted to exist, from the overweening influence of the Catholic population ; but they behold :t surrounded with innumerable difficulties and dangerous consequences to the Empise, it the principle be adopted in this county, wherr t.e proportion of Cathelic interest arid povulation dwindles into iesignificance. Now, Sit, I should suppose the reverse of this proviso:ion would he exaSly that which would strike any rational inquirer. But I should have been content, if the meastire had no other effea than that of rais ing the piejtielices of the u..enlighteutel and the vtogar ; 1 should have been content, had the en• deavours of the enemies of the Catholic claims been conf.nel to the posting up of placards on the walls of this Metropolis, deelaistory if the blondiness of Pori y ; or had they only introduced r, gtl euloires into the eltinu-ses of ancient music ; but when an attertql LAS been made to trcjudice and pervert the ,jodginent of the only lush Seminary of Literature, when an attempt has been made by a Noble and ltogal Duke, its Chancellor, to obtain a petition from that Univetsity, against the Bill lately pre sented to Patliam.nt ; which, failing in the te s t I n sus l os, wa s irillow.d by a second, tharirg, in espreia terms, that the only poasthle means of Sharing the Roy al favour was by presentieg such a petition ; when letters from such exalted personages lave been circulated, and a fermentot ation excited, what evil may not be supposed flow from this combination of power and prejudice Far be it horn me to weaken the faith of the ina:s of the pOpulation io the Established Faith ; I knew too well the political and moral purposes of an established religion in a state ; but notwithstanding these advantages, resulting from a community of faith, we should As on the broad principles of ns C hap- hris. tian chanty, when these religious distinetio pen to mat. As to the pledge which has M:en at tempted to be extorted from the late Ministry, I consider it nut on l y criminal, as being ( to aged by • some secret underhand adviser of the Clown, but d • highly impolitic mid uoconstitutional, that the King should be collimated to the guidance ;and couasel IA - 1 ri I most es-ct di_ e. vi E , with eon .olt :vestment. diely were ever satisfied; add,• it sou c.)fttihue to treat them with naddiress, I. disetnaly c.iy they would be satisfied; not toutearifir s-tisfied without a snare of political p Ater, filltleidiceent for pule sires:rot put' poses vselEciest io-fiefit the French, array-J. a s I might say. a• in al t:e pride a .d pomp of glorious w ar," they would be inert:el, aolmrte ,and aroused to tribe performance oL. great And gloms* dents, which are stet the moil; ul,a.eeternavirte evedosei and interests, ant w ourt* to eniers.neat of e..tch, Men niay certainly be loyal, but never en: husiasti. Lally. loyal. The erouad of attack agates' the coddtvfl of the Catholics. -dignity, in all the Nada.. testa! ---- - • - of trinie lows, -Ji h, in the I? tit _._ _al p-inci ides _ vr : t 22.1 -bad V.Jii a t he present reign , Nil/eyed that b o dy of the''' Ins 1 • paupll. tram 'akar •of the rit•nalt 4isabditier• under *Lich they'dlan id. •I* be dec pr , i Ins f ese theardre. , :its •r • dose tiny . .acknOwtalged as *idea by their untwist toyarly to 'the.enjoyznent ot nolstiell rights. II the Charge made by the !tight Hm. Gentleman (14th rerceval), be true, rt goo to .the wear at itiiirtalg, that a• yl e.tr prirposton -ot our teliowsutj•ds al dangerour to the state ; .tb At a great prop•ir.lan otv soldieti!and maritiei are affirmed by• hostile •iews to •ifor . venerable estalrilhrnAlts. And there be any Cogency in the argoiment.,• it tonds di recur •• • e•the.etistlng• • But i not berties,aa4 ev*t, cedea is - . .. _ sinular recurrence. What was the subject on which they. were called to wave the Constitu tional principle of advice i It was one, in which the interests of the filch proportion of your population was involved, on wiloch depend 4 the hopes and happiness of your Catholic fellow sub- jeBs. it was irepossihie to ascertain use circus's.. stances which night arise, or the necessities which must imperiously present themselves ; and, therefore, why should tiss counsel be restti2ed, when the danger could not be iimiied ? The pledge had a weer esstesit ; it went to convince the lash Catholics that use most leodi..g cnarsaers in this country had anually coutsderated against their tere be any dogenef so the air:mom; ! thel to tovalidate. the:existing laws tit find. -... lut I never etc baseve, th,st• strength in In-land, is of also strength ish.kalghtati . '4ve have " " w o guard our Choucliwnd State Irons. l athnhe at. ;act, bit we hAxe.ta• depend nor- feltovr silbjetts; snit', Prorestant..and .Cathabc. • and •tiirr Catbol:: al. vzs,,frocra tae; danger.* avesd menaces at a ' Fie:u.h s .eague ; we have' to •figlu-s-grtest and'a*fill battle.i if defeated,. we are .. ii,ne--if. pit. refefot; • our ii- bertles.and conststuipn in pi.eeyrwgtl`t,but,iit either. evabt, we v. 41, statt;.4 l 4lltelic -peesstaasfp tit.. tiipport us thtougti• the araggle..ri Otar 4.lVrair!) . The Right hon. tiei.tleisaissitainfivrtighda."agoi•ist the late Masi& i ff s ktipik t : for -Iporc etriejning vi.fils-shlas . jestyv its ,a, ins,upperfisicjaliatstrtatteets the silage of the e'atteeaseJabfshalsveuttalrattto prep*, ; tot iscei , did/sot divas...Pk rsaielltStrint. itte 146pAtches;*ai . ivendiq lookigipisssCe-wiettmvse nit, Adt-iKe Manses; s% sa lt progps r sapoutippettlevist:lo's Amos utsa. tiaailK%4 .rfle/Mpg flusidit a - dye ss,Vesnli. at I): * l3 f ", . • • 41,ge i ilv‘' 41 porionige. they ;oinsealpitely, • • ; • .thuvi•nwit load vett to • the Plt • dgw. , - . 14 , i iiir • .111:4• 144114Aajesty's ' 1 - 0 -5 11-4.ldltlatfAil •-. i .• ilbelllintdobat. if the/ acqui. el et& ist ;hat. • „„,„,„t11.901110.11 leave tenouneed • all, tke •Au p', ": • idgfter -nte, abdicated • . I ', the apetc:roildlteiks. •- , Moat, atisrmod have. \ ' d al gepct,tted. ingo t - •dr it sliaty. leafs no longer thee , set eants **--4.41400LCr oases . 1•Ise moment itu:y resigned. the l• (title:O is of giving their :inlet. toed advice, as honest almost', to their doverrgn„ th.ty sealed their 010.41'. 'Z'Ati•talstiaation to p . ifo - m . t he duties of their high office ; because, hair • g ac. ~ • cede 3 in one case, there WAS no sttu• ity 5 . ,;..•••5t a• Fee, irrrier.d.l tear, ... at .. mAy probably rtsult from t urnin g a Bea t ear to the claims of 'he r'atholics, as this CTllical crisis. .. luredu per t ir t, tine, i stoppleeltaro duiek, " The Crholics have, for some months, been calm and tr.!, grill, in the espeaation that some measure would he speedily adopt d for their relief ; wr hare, thqrfore. Si. apprehend, that a total dint)- , priintment of Alt their esper..rtio - b will be attended with !he m-st fatal cons, quences to an empire, iwh o- very ea'stcnce de, eau, on i . s ult.nim , tv and p-ts vii duce, and wlinti is row the only Adair% In Europe that ;stolidly orsas b its independetice, in de fianze of the threats of an haughty and tyrannical U. - " iftrper The t. IiaNCELLGR of the EXCHEQUER (Mr. Peter-yid), ot served, in reply so the KIM Hon. Gentleman. tat the measure whirls had oc casioned the dismissal of Ministers. was AM, un necessary, and ilea, issueless. Unnecessary, as the Catholics had alte:dy been appri!.ed of the &sin- Jination cif the rut. rs and people of the United Kingdom to satisfy rho it claims ; and useless, as it !tad been on all hands admitted, it was too con fined a measure to grant them cif INA redress.— Indeed, such cone .sion as would be satisfaClory to ti-e Catholics, he thoug'imust fi naliy lead to the establidtment of a Popish Hierarchy. As to circumstances existing so contradietoty to the man ner of the late Ministry's exit from office, he would be happy to be informed. In his opinion there did attpear some mystery in the sequel of this transac tion, though the late Ministers have been very diffuse in their explanatit.n. lie regretted the fiends of the late Ministry had introduced so many different topic. into tl.eir discussion, that it would be totally rut of his pnaer to answer them fully in the space of tie ri nininder el the night. It had been argued, that the dismissal of His Majesty's Mittisat is WAS lup , l. l ycansurable. and the demand of a ple lee was more so. But what ale we to think of these sante Ministers demandi g a pledge of ita..•• demni:y from it Sovereign ? which e as, in effeth to secure them a perpetuity of the Administration, let their sentiments be ever in 6ifferent from that of the Mt parch , as it f urther reserved a power of bringing forward, from time to time, any measures they theuld deem expedient. This, indeed, was a strarge way to avoid one unconstitutional pledge. by demanding another. He said he was not awar of the interference of ar.y secret adviser in suggest is g the pledge proposed by His Majesty, and of this he had reason to suppose he had been accurately informed from the first sonrces.—The far ptorYiety of demanding such a pledge, he was from meintaining; but the fans which took place previous to the change, he felt it his duty to Stet at length to the Houre. (He then went into a statement of the circumstances previous to the late change, similar to that we have on a former occa don given the public.) The late Ministry, he ob served, had said, that in finally resigning the mea sure they had sacrificed private feeling to public duty. If this were a measure so necessary for the interests of the empire, could it then be said that they reigned at length this important measure through a feeling of p ublic duty Certainly not. But His Majesty had expres-ly, conceived that his compliance in the measure would be a complete breach of his Coronation Oath, and therefote wished to inform them be was unshakenly resolve. H h e t h et eforn demanded a pledge on their part d , whic pledge, had they accepted, they could only be at teded by it, H hile they remained in office, and they might therefore conscientiously have signed the agreement ; since they were convinced of the inicos4bility of assisting the Catholics, from the Xng's avowed scruples on tbwt buhra. lic stated petialtik,or why should restrittions which rendered the performance of his eltitlis; th rompati'ile with the Laws of the Land? But wthat were the circumstances of the case, and d they hear • upon the arguments of the !tight Honourable Gentleman who preceded m ? st: , e NS was, that . Comp - taints Qn this sunk& were .node in the year 1795; Eaten's:us were mafie to me last year. fronn the. county of Wexford, com plaining of cruelty on this point ; and 1 have this moment a letter in ory pocket, wherein it irs assert ed, that the Irith`Catholic.soldi,r was-nnt only pro hibited trnm attending his chapel.' but scantly torced to go to the Protestant Church; -7Tlins you tender his religi ,n the tor mentor. and make 'your - _ — Hon. own Ilia mode of punishment. The Right Gentleman has expressed his.decided opposition to Catholis: concession, because Ise-is -convinced, trait such concessions would &redly lead to destroy the Protestant establis!iment.. 1 cannot agree with sue)S a statement, nor coincide with such apprehensions. 1 cannot recognise that agonising foresight, Which • can predict danger, anttauticipate clAtruttron in she appointment of a CatWO , subjca to this rank of a Generkl on die -bpi," w o,b i .,...the.ctitis of the country, will Mr: from • Catholic a sistance, or deduce its s oggestions.frorn.Protestans understanding Is the Right i lon. Gentleman (Sir. Pe: ceval) prepared to say. or it IllislicoltSelaClineil to support the opitnOp, Alt..* if . an Isish Catholto. Officer has displayed introoidily, am& talepti in dit ex,rei , e of his military duties- T tliat if he tat digs., played, in the progress of his professional life, all those great qualities which fit him for high and isn portant command—that if he' has evinced a ea.- pacity equal to the great Duke of Marlhoroug,h-a. he i., after all his exTrtions lit hi l tecouotry, co be debarred, on the mere account et his religious faith, f'om conferring on that couatry those great and' signal services, which, by histabilities and experts . , ence. he is so eminently qualified to perform t It is true, speculation may tot tore the plainest I and safest occurrences into the extreme of refined and unjustified alarm; but take care, that in your zeal to avoid imaginary evils, you incur not dan gers both real and permanent. At a time when Tau have found it necessary to call upon the energies of the empire, to place the hopes of your bisects.. upon the physical ;rower of the country ; is that, I as you, the period when you ought to reyeEt the alli ance cf its intAleElual force t The measure pro posed was a past of your national defence ; it was A branch of that system which rested its ht./ty es upon at °using the energies of the will:sic population or the empire ; it pot this question to this. Ilouse and to the country ; is the bigotr yof xhis ;olight ened age, either so malignant in its nature, or„so formidable in its operation, that in , proviging against its effeflss, yeu ought to impose di...Jib:attics upon your own strength, upon your utsin sr: uriq. upon your own shimate success t But the Right lien. Gentleman has attempted to conv,/ censure, upon the late Administration, in giving up a measure which they justly esteemed of ttidtsgenaable necessity. In this charge be has fallen O t to this mistake, that he has argued, as it the hlkniseacs had the power of carrying the measute into effeilt, as it they absolutely abandoned it irons a change in their own views. or from a dereliaion of their principles Whereas the truth was, that they possessed no option on the subje3, and were forced to relinquish. because unable to &et:tits adoption. Indeed tlitoug out the whale of that Right Hon. Gentleniads sprec.i. he seemed to lay more stress on the disposi• tom of the late Ministry, than on the principleol the measure. lie forgot, or seemed to looget, to what objeas the bill was direClesls lie • kept out of view the tic► bath . ~