The Statesman. — London, England, 1812-07-02 00:00:00

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The Royal Assent was given byrommission to the Loa n Bill ; the Irish Glass Duties Drawback the Militia O ffi cer s ' Allow ances, the Plantation Sugar and &tree Im, ort Bills; the Irish , Malt Duties, the Land Tax Sale Amendment, the Scott Excise Officers Allowance, the English Excise Officers, the Whitby and Margate !fathom . Bills, and to one Private Bill. The Lord= Conerii 111 l ers were the Lord Chancellor, the Earl of Liverpool, and Lord Pt alsingham. Their Lordships then adjourned during pleasure. About five o'clock the House resumed ; whets their Lordships proceeded to forward the Bills upon the table. Among these, the Southern %hale Fishery, the West India Trade, and the un lawful Oaths' Bills, were severally reed a third time, and passed. On the motion of dr Fart of LAUDERDALE, several Do cuments referring to and illustrative of the Claims of Mr. Pal mer, formerly of the Post-Office, for additional remuneration, were ordered to be laid before the House. On the swest ion of toe had of II A R ROW BY, the farther consideration of the Corates"Bill (brought in by his Lordship) was postponed till Friday se'neight ; to this he was induced by a desire, that the Bill, when thoroughly amended, may be before Parliament and the country; and not by a to press it then to the adoption of their Lordships: but it was certainly his in tention to take an early opportunity next Session to bring the subject fully before the House. Lord GREN V I LLE only approved of the principle of the Bill proposed by his Noble Friend. It was a subject that me rited the PlO t serious attention arid the most grave discussion on the part of their Lordships, and he rejoiced his Noble Friend would afford the House that opportunity next Sessiou. It was impossible to contemplate the present state of the Clergy of the country, and not to feel even the necessity of catering, at an early period of the next Session, into the full consideration of the subject to which the Bill referred ; and he trusted their Lord ships generally would tura their attention to it during the re cess PIZARRO. Penurtans—Ataliba, Mr. Egerton; Rolla, Mr. Young; Cora, H• Sr tnialtos--Plairro. Mr. Barryntoret Alonso, Mr. C. )(goblet blvira. Mrs. Powell. In the course of the Evening. the following Song; : A Cook Song. by Mr. Emery; " The Death of A hercrom bie,"br Mr. ; " Four Saints. ..r Union ;" and " Tak yr'r skald Cloak Omni ye," by Mr. Shaw. To conclude with a POPULAR FARCP.. Ticket• to he hail of Mr. Shaw, No. I. Angel-court, Strand ; and of Mr. Brandon, at the Theatre, wheie. Places for the Boxes may be taken. - - - - THE COUNTESS OF GI.F.NCAIRN'S CASE. This day was published, price 31. DEDICATED TO lIIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE REGENT: TIM MESIBEILI OF SOTO 1110 NAVYUSEI or ; PARLIAMLNT TUE RRITISII THE COMMERCIAL orrsßssiti AND THE ENIPHIE: AT LARGE ; AREPRESENTATION of the SFVELLITY, VSTICR, and I 111 POLICY, directed to a Case inac ti o med v the high stothority of the late Lord NELSON, as eonneeted a ith the dearest intereiti , of the Cwintry, and ex po%ine the 1./..fainatiou of that I littttrions Character, by the late Right lion. SPENCER PERCEVA : in which Publication will he found Letters to the REGENT. the Marquis of HEAT fORD, the Earl of LIVERPOOL, &c. &c. By the COUNTESS OF !it.ENCAIRN. Printed for M. Jones, Boobeller, Newe„ate-street, London; and may be had of all the Basksr.llen in the United Kingdom. I I PLATI% GLASS cOMPA NI Y: P - - - ITH Public are informed, that a large Assort meat of PLAII (MASS is now op SA LE, at fixed Prices, by Mr. ALEXAM I)ER BLACK, at the Comp any's Itisarehamse.AL RIO 11 PL AI 11,BLA s'K FRIA RS- BR 11)(4E, of a fine colour, snperiar hrillinnes, and of various dimensions, from 12 inrlies to 141 bullies in Irmo -, anal from 10 to 72 iaehe. , ill breadth; also COMVX anal Concave Mirror., from 12 to 96 inches is diameter. And the same assortment etas be had for Country Orders, by addressing Letters to Mr. )Yilli:sas Foster, at the Mansifartary, Rnvenhead. pear Precot, I.Rlicil`hire• Puma the great improvement made of I ate Nears in this Maim. fa t tory, ii is now allowed that the Company's. Plates are equal in their hrilliaiwy, and have as few imperfections, compared with ana F Jeigis Glass that ever was imported. I. SALES. Sy Mr. 8 %OITA. AIM' Repository, Goswrll-..treri. TO-MORROW, laly 3,at rwrlvr,_ SEVERAL. clever young fresh HORSES, calcu laird for earl us burp iv's; amo. g which are some c4pit .1 emelt sad chariot cel.iiites, mail-coarheis, .powers. 4allavras, .art aurvel, harness, lazed carts, logs, &c. it the whole 1.%) i nt .. be viewed ave blunting of Sale. Public S.:I. Dayv every To clay aid Friday. Illinecal 4 , Cut clones, Miniatures. atc. B. Messrs. KING and LOCHEF, At their Great Roots, IR, IC I. c-street, Coveaticardes, ea SA 'fURI/A Y i.e.', at r • elite o'Cleck, A SMALL Collection of MINERALS, cut an (11 plisned Shines. carvings he Ivory and Woad, Mittiotres, l'icturcs. SrimitJr a ith Damascus blade, Ike. the property of a Ge rtle•snoi leut..ved from the country. Ma. be viewed no Ftidas, sond t utalogues had. book , Bs Memo. KIN an4l LOCHER, At their Great Room, 28, Klag Cattatltardesi, ma MO N GA V iir‘t, and Three MI swiag I)nr, at .to'Clock, Am i ELLA NEO US Collection of BOOKS, it ‘arions , laartriers Arts, and Sciences, including !est-- rat es. inus 'fracas. n few Miswila`. Sze. M.ay be %korai on Thiankaly, and CJl,,lngues had. Alineral-. Meelnk, 60141 Smsff Doges. &c. Di NI-s•rs. K EV: and At their Grerit Wane. 38, K sot-Wee, enveo4 gorden, uo FRI DAY. Joh I''. 11111 (11111,it mg Da., hi rorlor, A . COLLECTION of Russian, tiiserian, and other mat*. St.orro, rue Coian, ;Medals, &R. below in. 1011.1 hte Dr. Joscithaft ItArrat, PhysocianAlicoend to the Rli•Siila 1 : 111 . i • Mn, he virwrol. 80,40. fit Sl• K [NU and [.OOHRE.At iheir Crept It onai.SP, Kii.reitreet. Caveat-rude:4 Oil MON- D , anc: Pure f .11.1 a w it D a . to , at T wo.,„ S POCK in TRADE of Mr. Henry Escher, liook.eller. late 44 Piccadilly. dereased. Mn!, he va-weil ea thitsedisy preceding the Sak, and Cats 10 k . I en at be Rome. VsNoble Freehold Fatale. Hertfordshire. -Capital Residenie, with Pleasare Gruitods, Gardens, Orchard, mambas Domestic and Agricultural OM sm., and shoat Three hundred Acres of Fineload, is an excellent state of add- Trollies By MURRELL and WILSON, At the Auction Mart, near the Binh of England, um FRIDAY, July lei, at Twelve u'Cluek. in Lats. AVERY DESIRABLE and NOBLE FREE HOLD RESIDENCE, called PRESTON CASTLE, situate about 32 miles froe. Imudtm, at Preston; two stiles from litichin, sit from Welwyn, and twelve from Hatfield; ht.iutiful picturesque aid retired part of tho enmity of hens, a tine sporti , g couutrs, with several psteki of hounds, imams ly m Inc iv ighbourhuod, ttud abounding with ;vitae. The bow is tnmmadiewf , and neatly Sited up, stands in the centre of ehartnia,/ pleasure-grounds, wilderness, sad gardens, well laid out, and extremely pro.:oetive. The domestic 'Ares are well atranged and vers Convenient, with capital stahlirl ; the buildings fur agriceltural purposes are particularly well adapted nod sybstautial ; attached to the house, mid immediately sue. roomful,: it, are about Sixty five acres of very fine land, ellielly aleadoss. This part of the Entitle is most admirably ;Owed for the residence of is Nobleman or Gentleman fond of 'arid sports. Contiguous are about Coo Hundrel nod Fort) A. res of titte ''el, Land, in the IttAhest state ultisatiost, chieth nraltle, with a due proportion of nowt pasture. The whole Fetate 1 1(4 within a ring fence, and is well supplied with water. P os . 1.1 be bad at Michaelo.34, mat the Purchaser o ill have th. option of taking the grow:11:z crops in the usual way or me. Particulars may be lend at tie? White Horse, ; Sun, Satin, Stevenage; Y. site Hart, Welwyn; SaliAmry arm, Hatfield; Woolpack, St. Alban's • null Hertford ; tile place of Sale; sod of Murrell and Wllsua, , Skiuner-street, w•hill, lomdons Lease of 11 Warehouse. TO BE P fORILY SOLD, By Mr. JACKSO, the Auction Mart, opposite the Ran N k. no SATURDAY, July 4, ut Twelve o'Clock, for One, PreehelY, riIHE remaining TERM of a LEASE, of which Two Years and a half were unexpired the 24th of luxe, 161'2, of the Premi-es No. 1, QUEEN-STILE T, only one 1)uor from C II I:A comprising n larwe and very excel lent WUreh'lne,:lll4ll UiMer Warehouse.and cOrousedioun !louse, replete with C4boavestionce and useful fixture‘ ni6 aituntioo stands unrivalled for any Wholesale Dealer in the Manchester, Scotch, Nottirghain. or Shef fi eld, limes.. The T;tirS are very moderate, and the Ground-reut qtly Sttl per Amami, and will ha ,old to the highest bidder, withuit ray re servatia a natever. , Ile Fixtures to be taken rid a fair A ppruisement, and imrrte, 6i nte htiwestitivo given; and all rent, taxer, and outgoings, will be cleared up to the present klidsumuser. For further particulars apply at 42, Basiaghaill-striet ; or Of Mr. Jiitkrou, IUS, Bast 50641441' The Earl of SUFFOLK s&d a few words on the occasion, and referred to a case yi ithin his knowledge, in order to spew the necessity of some measures for the relief of the poorer Clergy. On the question for the second reading of Palmer's Compen sation Bill on Friday nest, The Earl of LAUI/ERDALE strongly objected to their Lordships coining !o any speedy decision on a measure, which be conceived of s• ry serious importance. lie coatended that their Loi &him could not, with any degree of propriety, decide upon the Hill, estil they were fully masters of the necessary in fora:awn resp:•cting the case out of which the Bill grew. There was a report respecting it from a Committee of that House, and also one communicated to.tbeir Lordships by the Commons, and whin . could not he ready so as to be adequately considered agniest Friday. Ile begged the I louse to pause, before it con curred, in the p-esent situation of the country, in a measure which ent to confer on an individual u sum of 75,0( MI. and 9,0001. per soinu .. lie requested they would recollect, that by a Rill now before the House, :he remuneration proposed to the fireat Officer. of State was trilling, when compared to that pro pos-it by the Bill in question. lie therefore again requested their Lordships would wait until they had the' necessary infor mation upon the subject, before they decided. The F.rl of MOIRA (who had proposed the second reading as above) said he should cert..inly per.ist in his motion respect lug tie Hill, on Friday. lied d not think the documents ad verted to by the Noble Earl would lg. to ari'eet the merits or the justke of die case ; they were of iio importance with respect to thollitteecept, perhaps, fur points of reference in the course of tho4l:!haffi. On the day inehtsonett, he sisitukt pens tbr the deel sion of the Haase. The GOtt D CHANCELLOR observed, that he should have tln dlMeolty as to his vote respecting the measure in qbestion his present opinion wog: that it was his duty to oppose the Bill, in every nay in which it may present itself to the House. Lord REDESDA LE, in copsequence of the important discus sion which stood for this evening, postponed his motion for the commitment of the Bill to provide for the better Administration of Justice until Monday, which he thought could be a conve oieut day for Noble Lords. Previous to the principal Order of the Day being entered upon, The Duke of NOB FOLK observed, that he had seen, in se veral of the Pablic Newspaper., a number of Resolutions, our port ing to have been agreed to at an Aggregate Meeting of the Catholics of Ireland. He did not wish to draw the attention of the House to those rocerdings ;—hut, he wished to learn from some Noble Lord opposite, whether they knew that a statement he !.iat seen in a paper of hat morning, importing, that at an ex traora Mary meeting of the Catholics, held subsequently, their re gret at the adoption of certain Resolutions which he alluded to, was expressed, was well foundeil ? Lord Viscount SI DMOUTH answered across the table (as we could collect) that his Maje4y's Government had no authentic information on the subject. CkfilOLlC QUESTION._ The Order of the Day upon which their Lordships' were summoned, being read, Marquis WELLESLEY, in rising to submit to their Lordships the Motion of which he had given notice, stated, that he had that day to call the atten-• ' tion of their Lordships to a subject, which, thoagh it had been repeatedly- agitated in Parliament, had never yet been fully and fairly considered—which, though at various times it had given rise to lengthened discussions, had never yet been decided according to those ordinary maxims of sound reason and State po licy, which usually regulated their Lordships' conduct upon other questions important to the interests, the welfare, andthe happiness of the Empire. It was with regret he felt himself compelled to state, that the great and vital subject had never hitherto been considered and discussed with the same calmness and dispassionate feeling, which was so necessary to the agitation of a question involving the interests and rights of so large a portion of the population of the Empire; that Parliament had never yet approached the question in that liberal and unbiassed spirit which alone could ensure a sound and deliberate decision. From the earliest period at which the attention of , their Lordships, and of the other branch of the I.e. gislature, had been called to the situation of their Roman Catholic fellow-subjects, by the respectful Petitions of that great class of the body of the peo ple, their claims had been, in some instances, met ; with jealousy ; in others with terror; in others with vengeance; in many with contempt; and in several ; with a combination of all those prejudices and pas sions, operating to exclude from the possession of ; their legitimate rights a great mass of the population of the Empire. This was the state in which the question was then placed; and in bringing forward the Resolutions with which he meant to conclude, he j had to call upon their Lordships to distinguish be tween the temporary causes out of which the dist- ! bilities of the Roman Catholics had grown, and those great maxims of State, which should be the founda tion of all enlightened legislation. It was impossible not to attend to the distinction between the policy of i a temporary expediency, and these great principles upon which the Constitution of the British Monar chy was founded. It was true, he would admit, that some partial alleviations of the political , ,,incapacitiel of the Roman Catholics had taken place ; but the question he bad to subunit, and the .consideration which should influence their Lordships on this occa hßoowmatinteyc c a o th u o k i l ic m f o e s l t i . o r S iontte was,their 1 effectually incorpo rate into the great body of the State. They ought to reflect with regret, that allthat had yet been done for them had ;been effected by chance, or by snatches, and that their cause had never heretofore been taken up on I the principles of natural jtistiee and enlightened po licy. It hid been too malt the fashion to call the state of the laws as they at present existed the son ' • stttuttonal system; but he must deny that they could i be properly denominated a system—he must contend, `that the Code, as it existed, did not deserve to be ! designated by the name of System—it was impossible to describe, with either truth er justice, enactments so contrary to reason and sound policy in such a way. The effect of looking at the law, as it stood, in the light of a sound and established system, was one unvaried impulse against affording,any opportn -4 nity for the correction of a Code which so materially affected the interests of so large a body of the people. By these false views of the subject, the question would be reduced to a state in which it never could be considered; and the fact was, that it had never yet been fairly and dispassionately considered—that their Lordships had turned aside-from the thorough, and radical, and rational investigation of it, as men in embarrassed circumstances decline the examination of their affairs, afraid to discover the nature and ex tent of the difficulties out of which their embarrass ments arise. They had not been admitted in any of the former discussions to go into an enquiry into the .details of the circumstances which involved and em barrassed this strange and anomalous question. The propositicn, then, that he had that day to submit to their Lordships Was, whether this was the season in which it would be proper to consider and deter mine this important question, according to the esta blished and ordinary State maxims?—Whether this was the season in which, from the various circumstances attenting the agitation of the subject, it could be taken up oc grounds distinct from the passions and feel- i ings of jealousy and prejudice, which in various pe riods of our history obstructed its progress-:--whether this was the season in which it might be considered ! exempt, particularly from the influence of those igroandless alarms for the existing establishments in 1 Clinch and State, that had so often defeated the ,' ' exertions of even the most zealous fiends of reli- 1 gious and political freedom. He would ask their , Lordships, whether this was not the season when ' they were peculiarly called upon to set this great question at rest, by a cool and dispassionate consi deration of it in all its bearings, and a just, and • wise, and liberal decision—a season when they were • imperiously bound to divest it of every influence of vulgar passion and popular prejudice—when they were placed in the very whirlwind of national agita tion, and the tremendous tempest of foreign war ? [Hear, hear!] He trusted,' therefore, that their Lordships would see and feel the necessity, under such circumstances, of entering fully into the consi deration of this great national question—he was con fident that they would feel bound to adopt that course, with a view to rescue the question out of the hands of those who might take it up for improper purposes, by every principle of justice, by every principle of religion, above all, by every principle of our reformed religion—that they would feel it to be their duty and their interest to do so, as they va lued those great qualities of moral feeling and politi cal virtue, which have been the surest foundation of i the pre-eminence of the British nation in arts, in 1 arms, In liberty, in law, and government.—[Hear!] —When such was the question, and the view he I took of it, he could scarcely bring himself to cha racterise the state of the laws against the Catholics las a system. He knew too well what was due to ; their Lordships' former decisions, as well as to the I many able and honest statesmen who differed with ' him on this question, to approach it in any form but i that of regular deliberation, awl calm and temperate discussion. He had, therefore, to call upon their Lordships to consider this question in the same man ner, and to enter into the examination of its merits, I with the same spirit and feeling, as they would if he were to submit any proposition to them for revisivg i any other great branch of 'he Constitution. And, . i when thus anxiously disposed to call the attention of the House to this question, he could not refrain from asking their Lordships, whether the system i was so complete in the theory—in principles so soundly framed—so evidently marked with the traces of ancient wisdom—so clearly perfect in snits parts, I that it could be maintained without a monstrous anomaly ?—Whether it was, on the whole, so beau ' tiful in theory—so accurate in proposliou and sym metry—so wise, politic, and admirable, that it ought , not to be made the subject of consideration? The next point to which he desired to direct their Lord ! , ships' attention was, supposing the system perfect in theory, whether there were not many parts oh ; jectiouable as not consistentwith the perfection of the l theory, and which, on thataccount, ought not to be : continued as branches of a system intended to be pure and blameless? With this impression, he wish ed to ask their Lordships, what had been the effect 1 of the system—what had been its operation even 1 upon its own principles—what had been every part of the effect it had produced upon the best interests I of the empire— what had been its tendency to pro -1 mote the happiness of the people—what its tendency 1 to uphold the general liberty of the nation—what I its tendency to secure and maintain even the Este ' Wished Church—[Hear, hear !]—in fine, what had been its tendency to accomplish the objects for which it had been instituted ?—[clear, hear!] — When their Lordships looked at the subjects under all tilde various aspects, he would be anxious to know, whether they could be of opinion that the ' question should be passed over, or whether ) on the contrary, the) would not desire to give it a liberal and eteighteued consideration ? But then spin) supposing the theory itself not perfect, and that this was an evil which must be endured, he celled upon • their Lordships to consider the case, in order to as certain whether it was an evil that %you'd +Whitt of no palliation, thin held out no hope of corrceion t 'that affnrded no prospect of its being rern-ved-o whether it had been resorted to its a choice of di*. culties, and had been adopted as the least of two evils? This was a point of view in •v..ich the question presented itself to their Lords and called for the fullest deliberation. Again he would ask their Lordships, whether, consirierieg the cir . eumstances of the times, there was any thing if: the mode of pressing the subject upon their notice, or in the nature of the Resolntions with which he should conclude what he had to say, so objection. able, as to make their Lordships think it necessary, on that ground alone, to reject his proposition, and decline entering; into the co n sid era ti on bf the quesa rtion ? He was aware, that in stiting the subject in , this way, he was departing from the usual mode of • bringing important questions before their Lordships, and he was the more averse from persisting In it, because it must inspire their Lordships with an ap.. prehension, that he meant to detain them longer, • than he trusted would be necessary for him to ; trespass upon their indulgence. His intention, he , • could assure their, Lordships, was to proceed Itt such a way, in pressing this case upon their notice, • as would leave every individual it liberty to come I to the discussion and decision of it with a deliberate judgment, or in the progress of the debate to take an opportunity to state his objections to the question he had to submit. Now, with respect to the tirst point to which he had stated his intentions to call their Lordships' attention—the perfection of the theory, lie did not mean to recur to the venerable , stores of ancient records ; it was not his intention to i go through the voluminous piles of hi s torical autho- I rity, in tracing the theory under all its various changes and modifications to its remote origin ; all he wished to ask of their Lordships miss, to cone side'. it only in toe state in which it at present ex isted. In England, the Roman Catholics were subjected to disqualiticatious ; and, stuttering under disabilities, which did not atiect the same class of Isubjects in any other part of the United Kingdom. ' The English Catholics, though they possessed the qualified right of voting for Memuers, were dis , qualified for sitting as Members of Parliameet. 'fhey were bereft of the capacity to hold any offices •in the State. He was convinced that their Lord ! ships would not say that the conduct of the Cathos lies of England had been such es to require a coati , nuance of such disabilities ; on the contrary, he was persuaded their Lordships would be ready to admit, that their conduct had been at all times distill , guished for loyalty, regularity, love of order and law, and every other characteristic that could be long to the most exemplary subjects of a State, and entitled them to the wise and considerate pro;ec . tion of a good gevertiment. The first operation Of the system, thergore, he, wished to press upon their . Lordships' attention was, that as the law now stood the Roman Catholics of England were not ad ' witted to the same advatiteges which were en joyed by the Catholics of Ireland. In Ireland, ICatholics were admissible, by law, to civil rights and offices, to a certain extent. What, however, I was their situation? The Act which admitted them to these rights, allowed them capacity for all offices, provided ttely took certain oaths; and yet, strange to ray , the same Act disqualified them, the Cathoe lies, e 'tontine, for all offices that could be sup posed likely to excite the ambition of ardent and I honourable minds. The Act 'admitted them, cer tainly, to the Bar; but it stopped short the e, and ! peremptorily disqualified them for the Bench. This limit to the bounds of a high and honest embition must necessarily infuse into their minds a spirit of discontent, he would not say dieaffectioa, because he hoped that nothing could kindle such a spirit iu ,any class of subjects—a spirit of discontent,,,howevee, it would infuse, and that too, ari4.sg out the Act it+ self which granted the concessive.. Tise cotimssion clearly peeved, that the Roman Catholics had a capacity for Constitution:.( prtileges, and it wai f therefore, not to be supposed that a as ' recognised their capacity, should not inspire the I breast of every English or Irish Catholic wit* an ardent desire for the qualification. The nest point ' to which the ,concession applied, was with respeet to the Army; the principle on this head was to give encouragement to the Catholics to a certain es+ tent in the Army, and then to stop thei: further progress ; and here, as eith respoc- to the Bar, it was impossible that the impolitic disqualification should not produce a spirit of discontent. When . he considered the loyalty of the Catholics of Eng. laud, he considered it strange that they should not be admitted to theesatne privileges as the Roman Ca tholics of Ireland. Ho must further condemn the gross impolicy of the system, which conceded to those Catholics who put themselves and their cause upon their mere strengths, and withholding tne same just concessions from the Catholics of England. The next point he should notice, was one which had been -adverted to by a Noble and Learned Lord ou a former occasion—he meant, the state of the Catho• tics of Scotland. What he should say upon this part of the subject, he should advance with less dire Hence, because, if he should fall into error, he would be subject to correction. He should apoeal then to that Noble and Learned Lord, whether this was not at present, the state of the law in Scotland that since the Act of 1793, every scotel. Roman Ca. tholic may fill any office, civil or milieu.) , ? Let 'their Lordships then look •seriously at this distinc tion ; whilst the Roman Catholics.a.Scotland were M . , • 0 ; 5 , 4 ,• • ;;< • 'V 1 1 ; 1, ;, t )•'A