The Sun. — London, England, 1829-02-07 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. truth, that Association formed a real concurrent Govern• ment in that country. Who could deny it? That body exhibited a government in the form of the purest species of HOUSE OF COMMONS—(LAST NIGHT). democracy—with an established church connected with it in a manner in which no other church had ever been con- The SPEAKER took the Chair a fe w minutes before n e cted—with a separate array of tax-gatherers--a ocon o'clock, at which time there were about fi fty Mein plete system of finance—a perfectly organized collection of hers present. j taxes, and an universal distribution of its agents and Mr. Alderman WOOD moved for a variety of Returns, missionaries throughout the country, During the con. relative to the quantity of Malt used in Beer, and also re- ! brewed since 1 motions in the reign of Charles 1., there existed dative to the quantity of intermediate Beer , two concurrent Governments in this country, and at the passing of the Act upon that subject. . this moment two such Governments existed in Ire- Mr. DOWNIE presented a petition from the Royal I land. The result in the time of Charles was the b o rough of Stilling against any further concessions to the collision of the two contending parties ; and the con- Roman Catholics.—Ordered to lie on the table. . sequeecee of the two Governments existing in our clay r 1 r. PENN presented a similar petition from a village in Ireland would he nothing less than civil war, if some in I I untingdonshire. Mr. H. DAVIS said he was instructed to present a thing were not done to avert it.—(Hear.) —lt was his de gemcided opinion, that his Majesty's Ministers would deserve petition, moat numerous and respectably signed , the inhabitants of the parish of St. James , in the city impeachment if they did not now come forward and do something to avert such frightful consequences. lie (Mr. of Bristol, and likewise from several other parishes in the Leslie Foste: ) would be decidedly opposed to a measure of sate city, all of which were signed by the Minister and concession, if such had been introduced by the Hon. Bart. Churchwardens. The petition prayed that no further concessions might be made to the Roman Catholics. opposite (the Member fin- Westminster), upon the basmis of Mr. DAVENPORT presented a petition from the I which the Hon. Baronet's propositions had been iinitnritily Catholics of Stockport, praying the House to grant Einan - founded. He trusted that the measure about to be intro cipition.—Ordeted to lea laid ou the table. deiced by his Majesty's Government would be essentially A similar petition was presented from the Roman Ca- different from such propositions, and that instead of being a tholies of Heythorp. Catholic, it would be a Protestant plan of concession.— Mr. W. WHITMORE gave notice of a motion for the (Hear, and a laugh.)—When he looked at the Members who composed the present Cabinet, he felt assured that 10th inst., relating to the exports and imports of this oountry with the West Indiea. such would be the nature of the intended measure ; and Sit T. LETUBRIDGE said he had the honour, al- though he differed from some of theta in reference to this question, be had the greatest confidence in all of them.— wnt at the first hour of the session, to present a petition Laughter.)—He should not at present enter upon the sub against granting emancipation to the Catholics, and he certainly could assure the House that it was not the last ject of securities ; but lie would say a word as to the headier, principle of the measure. He would say that any of a similar nature, that he should have to pi etent, there measure emanating from the Government, in order to were several others in the course of signature in the same meet with his ( wounty (Somerset), and he hoped they would soon be for-Mr. L. Foster'll) concurrence and support, must be founded upon a distinctly Protestant, and not on evarded, for we were perhaps at the eleventh hour. a Catholic basis. I - le wench] admit the lay members of The petition, which was from a village in Somersetshire, was thou brought up, and ordered to be laid en the table. the Catholic communion to full liberty and seats in that House, they burying their religion in their breasts; but lie The SOLICITOR GENERAL presented a petition would say that they should leave their church at the door, and he would have time doors locked against her.—(Much from the Dean and Chapter of Chester, against any further laughter, and cries of hear.)—He would appeal to Hon. concessions to the Roman Catholics. He had been, he said, always opposed to the Claims of the Catholics, and Members, whether the experience of all history did not lie would still oppose them if he thought they could be show that the discipline of the Catholic chuich was an in he longer safely withheld, but circumstances hall arisen gredient totally incompatible with the British constitution. which made it incumbent upon Ministers to take the If they let the Catholic church into this House, she might matter deliberately into their consideration, and he thought in time first instance be admitted with good humour, but in a short time they would find her a very troublesome that his own time would be more usefully spent in framing companion. —(A laugh, and cries of "Hear.")—Again be smell securities, as would prevent the measure from being would contend, that time measure about to be introduced injurious to the Established Church than in a fruitless op by the Government must be founded upon a Protestant position.—(Cheers )...-The petition was then laid on the - table. basis. Sure be was, that its failure or its success would entirely depend upon its accordance or its non-accordance Mr. Secretary PEEL gave notice, that on Tuesday with that principle.—(Hear.)—Hon. Members must be next be would bring in a Bill for suppressing Illegal As aware that a strong Protestant feeling pervaded the popu sociatioue in Ireland. Sir W. CLINTON presented a petition from Newark country of this country. There were many persons in this country who from their childhood were impressed with the in favour of ooncessions to the Roman Catholics. idea th et the Roman Catholic religion was a vitally erro- Mr. STEWART gave notice that he should on the menus system. True it was, that some Hon. Gentleman ith of May bring forward a motion on the state of the might consider all religions equally good, and there was Irish Poor, with a view to their receiving parochial relief. another class who considered all relig ions equally indiffer- Mr. S. RICE presented several petitio ns from parishes eat. It might suit the tastes of such individuals to see two in Limerick in favour of Catholic concessions. churches essentially opposed to each other, co-existing and Colonel CHICHESTER presented a similar petition established together, that they might thus, as it were, nett from the inhabitants of Wexford. Mr. M. A. TAYLOR begged to ask the Right Hun , Geri- tralize each other. But such was not the wish of the people of England, nor was such his (Mr. Leslie Foster's) tlersten, (Mr. Sateotary Peel), whom be saw in his place, el'in?'" T he Right Hon. Gentleman, in conclusion, re a question relative to the Court of Chancery. He had prated his conviction, that it was absolutely necessary fur given notice of a motion upon the subject for Tuesday next, his Majesty's Government to interpose, and do something but that motion might be rendered unnecessary by an an to avert the consequences which would otherwise inevi ewer to the question. He wished to know whether any eably result from the existing state of things in Ireland. alteration was contemplated in the mode of transacting Mr. G. DAWSON—Sir, in rising tie speak on this business in that Court? subject, I must begin by saying, that I look upon the ile- Air. Secretary PEEL said that the Lord Chaneellor inteoe of last night as one of the happiest and most fortu woe impressed with the necessity of facilitating tne !mei nate events that has occurred within my recollection—as that Court, and it was his intention to propose a ness G. an event which will be written with peculiar honour on the het oubject Bill upon .. page of history. (Hear.) I look upon it as a circuen- After a few words from Mr. BKOUGHAII, Mr. Teoloa stance giving token of the dawning cf prosperity for Ire- declared himself 5a.."" 41 f " the present. land, pow about to succeed a lone life of misery and 1 t 1 he Lad the honour of present-. ° '''' c Mr. JOHN WOOL.' " id . edness. Wear, hear.) This being my feeling, I cannot ...titers of Liver p ool , in favour ing a petition from the De but ' but have the greatest pleasure in expressing my anticipation assure ,i the Ilouse it was of Catholic emancipation, lie c0.. " 1d , , of that result which the decision of last night appears to most numerously and respectably s.'"e", and the .Sentl° confirm. But while lam making :hie statement, I think meats it contained rescued that body from the charge the it right to allude in some degree to the coerse I mys e lf which last sessions bad been wade against thet a at u have pursued on this question. (Hear, hear.) Tiering time they obtained the repeal of the 'fest and -. 4 rlP r ae th e whole of last year I carefully abstained from taking tion Acts; the charge he meant that of au indifferO:Oce any part in the debate oo this subject, from the conviction to the claims of their suffering Roman Catholic brethren ; dal: the time was fast approaching when opposition to the lie was persuaded the time had gone by when the sound Catholic Claims rould no longer be cobtinued. (hear, of No Popery had any terrors. This was only one o f hear.) Thi conviction had been gradually arisen; in my matte , petitions which would shortly be presented from mind, and the consequence was, that I had to str uggle Liverpool. with great difficulties. (Hear, hear.) The constitneuts General GASCOYNE bore testimony to the great re- whom I represent, And the ties by which I ant otherwise spectability of the petitioners, but he would inform the conn ec ted , ee-, must oota leave induced me to pause long Hun. Member that petitions of different nature would also before I could 'make up my mind to do that which be presented from Liverpool, when be should take an must in a great measure sever one rem those connec opportunity of stating his opinion on the subject. Lions. (Hear, hear.) All these things were operetiog in my Mr. HUSKISSON was happy a petition in favour of mind at the time that I went to Ireland lei;t yeer, end I talancipation had been presented by the Dissenters of b e to state fully and fairly—hopleg that j shall receive 1 Liverpool ;Le could assure the House the petitioners were full etedit for what lam going to state—that i wept on ' meat respectable; this petition would clear them from the that occasiote e s e Ireland in perfect ignorance of what were charge of inconsistency ; it was clear they were not indif- the intentions of Gomninent in this respect.—(Hear, ferent to the claims of the Roman Catholics, but lovers of hear. )—But when I got there, whet was it that I saw ? I eivil and religious liberty, and he (Mr. Huskisson) would saw the country on the eve of coneelslew . I saw its insti support any measure of such a nature. It bad been said totions ready to give way—l saw that every kite woe in a , many Dissenters did not view the claims of the Catholics manner opposed to the very members of their .ow 4 AlWiii favourably, and he was sorry to say be was induced to be- .—I saw that every thing was gradually creeping toovarde lieve, from his own inquiries, that such was in some cases the brink of destrieceion—that party feeling was ragiag in the feet ; but lie hoped that the great body did not wish every direction—that .Grand Juries and Magistrates, and to exclude any of his Majesty's subjects from the benefits of in short, every one partook of Olt ;me spirit, and that it the state. He was happy that Ministers were about to was impossible for things to go on as they were any longer. introduce a Bill for the removal of the civil disabilities —(Hear, hear.)_When I arrived in the city of the peonty ee etvr which the Catholics were suffering. It was almost which I represent, I found that the annual celebration ii.A wo v en ; fur bite to say, that he should at all times be anxi- honour of the siege was about ti teke place, and I was one for th e :xteasiari of zivil and religious liberty to all celled upon to attend it. But when I heard the se,nt,i classes of his Ms . ;' 4 l l ty's subjects. ineots that were expressed there by thew who entterfoined Lord JOWN RUSSELL mild assure the Right Hon. strong Protestant feelings—when I heard them almost go , Gentleman who had just s:..t down, that he was labouring the length of dwelling upon the destruction of the Ro under an error if he supposed the Dissenters gewally were man Catholics as et neeessary step, I could not, as an indifferent on this great subject ; in a few clays lee should honest man, attend at that toeetiog, and encourage them have the honour of presenting several petitions iu farrow of i to persevere in such persecution (cheers), Py in the enter- Emancipation from that body. ! noment of feelings which I conceived must lead tp the d,a, Mr. OTWAY CAVE brought up a petition from Bir- ' struotiooefthe country.—( Hear, hear, hear 0---iCoulds,ee mingham in favour of civil and religious liberty. Laid on nothing ip eueie g course but the elements of a civil war, the table. w hich only regeirod settle bold mischievous man to spring Lord CLIVE then brought up the Report on the up, to foster into an ardent leleeg• j know, Sir, that I may Address. be accused of being intimidated Ly A2e peeceedings of the Sir T. LETHBRIDGE said that he should say but Cetholic Association; but I here boldly doay, th at 1 had a few words, and those few not in opposition to the further no silvan fea r. How cou ld I, when I well knew " that the progress of the Address. He had been ever opposed to Catholic Aseeeineiern never Lad, and never can have, any concession, because he could think of no measure power he Derry? piit I will confess that I bad a fear, which could be productive of universal satiafeetion. a f e ar that lam not ;whitened to own—for I trust it is a He had no hope that the results expected front the melee fear that every loyal man will ever e,t;itqpiu---,4 am sure it sure now in contemplation would be realized. While he is pee which must be entertained by nyeey p i ri,siia ii .,—! said this, he was willing to admit that the settlement of feared to tee a civil war, and all its cnnsequencee; follow the question, even though it should be settled in oppoti- such a state on:things (hear, hear, hear !) ; I feared to see than to his own sentiments, was preferable to leaving human blood spilled ire the streets, and it seemed to me to things in their present deplorable situation.—(Cheers.) be little short of such a cernotnination (hear!). Under also LESLIE FOSTER would take care briefly, but thew circumstances I attended that Neeeing, and made the freely, to express his sentimenta on this occasion ; his sea- speech 04 I did upon the Catholic Cialso. ldo not timente Ite would declare freely, as lie snood perfectly un- pretend to take to myself the character of a prophet; hie; trammelled from all connections which Mild produce th e it does appear to me that the sentiments I then uttered are smallest bias in dais judgment. He was neither an (W i ve- at least consonant with comiooo Vie, and with A just men nor a Brunswieker, and no political association what view of the subject —(kay, hear.)l4t was frpyi a eon ever had the smallest claim open kiln ; on the contrary, ,yeekin that the time was arrived for the esettleme,nO of th i ie since the formation of the Bruttstrie* Cbtbs, lie had stead- queo44. that I made that speech at Derry, and I did it fatly refused to have any thing to do with them, and that with the del:N*444pp of following it up by the course I refusal on his part hail subjected him to more eopleasant- shall pursue in my tog ,iee this House.--(Hear, hear.)—l betas amongst his personal friends than it would befit Win ant glad that time sentiments I t i,it.e.t;! expressed prove to be at present to detail to the House , T h e r eason s which b a d the sentiments which his Majesty's dwie,rm44 new enter • induced him to adopt this line of conduct he should briefly Lain; /em glad that they think it right to adopt a ;0.1,i,4t locution. From a period somewhat arktetenient to the for- of concilia4on tewards the Catholics, at the sante time re, ittation of the Brunswick Associations, it bid b e come hi e quiring those seenr;eiee which are necessary for time preset , . (Mr, Leslie Foster's) settled opinion that there vaned an nation of Protestant Lestiiteetions. This eves my opinion overpoweriog necessity for a permanent settlement a go, ; ...,t that time, and I gave utteraocsc 449 ,4 i this now seems question, as tbat such a settlement was now absolutely to he 4,..42 opinion of Government; and wleeOleer j. am con. indispensable. He did not wish to cast blamne chose any nested ,w,itit 4a7 Government or not, they shah hue leo persons, or on any .00erter, but it appeared to him NAL* warmest sopport. : -.41 - Ltar, hear.)—l thought it necessary etetny years past there bell !men no efficient, no teal Go- to Jai thus nepch, because I lee;ieeed it to be due to the vernment in Ireland. He.reated the fault upon no person. Goveromeett end ,to myself.e--(IPOr) hear.) (Loud kutgliter, and cries of ." Itea,t."),—On the contrary Mr. HUSKISSOY, in rising to trouldethe Haase whit Circumstanced as the country was, Siot seeing the dif- a few words upon this irowertant,oeestion, coulel not re ferences of opinion which e xisted amoopt .the ffehnbers of frain, in the first instance, from eiwrenipg the feeling, of the British Cabinet, no other result could have keep tax- delight and gratification with which be had lieinteed to Oho p ee t ec l,—(flear.)—lf an Administration could have law, Alorent, neat, and manly speech of the Right Hon. free hitherto procured, either entircio Catholic or Anti-Catlio- tIe . WP ,plan had just sat down.—(Cheers.) —The commu lie, then there might have existed a strong and vigorous nieatioa nehinti had been yesterday made to Parliament by Government in Ireland. But circus Aced as this his Majesty's Govezonne . , considered in all its bearings, wintry had been, DO .Government for time e4toiDistra. was, in his (Mr. fluskisson'; en'oe;cn, the most important Lion of its affairs eould have been selected solely Oel e , i and the happiest event which had occurred ii;l.;:iie,ecauntry one or other of those two diff e rent parties. It was neceo I isi4i.c.p the accession of the House of Brunswick to the themaree Retry that the British Cabinet should carnbi,ce amongst its of these le4res.—(Cheers.)—Standing in this House, and members, etatesinen able to wield the energies of the coun- I having had the hooeur of a seat in it since the first dawn try, but whose opinions differed on the s ubj ect of {'his ing of the Catholic elues.c,..„,, and anxious as he was for question ; and it was impossible, under such circumstances, •t ii b! success of that great question, 4 was with infinite de that their representative in Ireland could pursue it definite light 04 gratification that he found him; AlajesWa pnis plan or system o f Government. (Hear.) Latterly the tens recomnaensi;eg it to the deliberate consideration et the Government of Ireland had determined upon giving "4 t rlouse, apd annoppeieg their intermtion of bringing triumph t o n eith e r party :" but he was sorry to say that ,th,e eyestion forward as a Goye,q.ment question, and this effort_ on th e part of the Irish Government had heeu of course ,Z ring upon it 41 that just ipptnce and only attended by a triumph of both parties over its own means of perstenOep which belonged to the execiatioe , weakness. In fact, the Irish Clovernment had thus exhi- power of this,country.—(4;pl cheers.)—lt had'surpiised bited a state o f complete paralysis—of deafness to Protcs- him (Mr. Huskissoe), es it hat!, surprised many of his Cant remonetrance on the one hand, and ',liminess t o Ca- friends, that the person who now proposed tine measure to tholie violence on the other. In this c ondition of thi ngs , the House, so pregnant with the most beneficial results to the real power and authority of Government tell into the the country at large, was lie, who, from his first appearance hands of the C a tholi c Association ; and, to speak the in public life, WO felt it to he,kis cw?seigptious duty to give a sincere, a fair and honourable, but at the same. time an uncompromising and decided opposition to this question. (Hear. hear.)—His Right Hon. Friend, the Member for the University of Oxford, in his speech last night, had very properly abstained from going into any explanation of the details of the great measure now in his hands. But looking at the communication from the Throne, and the sentiments expressed by his Right Hon. Friend, he (Mr. Humkisson) was satisfied that it was a measure of grace. As such lie trusted it would be received by those for whose benefit it was proposed; and he further hoped tkat it would he ample, liberal, and adequate for the great and important purpose for which it was intended.—(Cheers.) —lt was for such a purpose and with such a view that he (Mr. Huskisson), and those who voted with him on this ques tion, had uniformly recommended this measure, with a view (to use the words of the resolution which they had so frequently carried in that House) " to 'strengthen the connection between the two countries, to increase the stability and security of the Protestant establishment, and to diffuse happiness and concord amongst all classes of his Majesty's subjects." He confidently hoped that such results would fellow from tke measure now about to be proposed to the consideration of the House. At all events, it was a subject for congra tulation, that the all over-powering force of truth and justice, in this great intellectual struggle, had at length prevailed over what he might be now allowed to call long-cherished prejudices and errors. (Cheers.) In the contest, which be hoped was now about to be concluded for ever, they had been long engaged. It bad been a severe and a-protracted contest. But every day and every hour during which they had been occupied in this struggle, the cause had been expanding in strength, in proportion as it was growing in importance ; till at last it was admitted it could no longer be left unsettled, without endangering the safety of the country—nay, until it was clearly admitted that all further opposition to it must be unavailing.— ' (Hear.) In connexion with this subject, he could not but congratulate his Noble Friend (Lord J. Russell) on the gratifying fact, that the generous principles of liberality, ' that the true principles of religious liberty, were making a great and rapid progress in this country, and that, too, in quarters where such an event was to be least expected.— (Hear.) Why, not a year had elapsed, since his Right lion. Friend, the Secretary of State for the Home Depart ment, said, in his place in that House, that he, 'fat' one, either in power or out of power, would strenuously refuse all and every concession to the Protestant Dissenters.— (Hear.) But in the last Session of Parliament, —and he stated it to his Right Hon. Friend's credit,—lie assumed the character of a conciliating moderator with respect to that very question (Hear, hear); and, with - his sin cere and effectual assistance, an arrangement was made that was satisfactory to all parties concerned in the opera tion of the Test and Corporation Acts. (Hear, hear.) — He hoped that, in the present instance, his Right Hon. Friend would he able, in the same manner, with equal success—he was sure that he would act with equal sincerity—to advise the repeal of all penal laws and of all disqualifying statutes which militate against Roman Ca tholic subjects—(hear)—and that he would devise such measures as would perfectly satisfy those for whom they were intended, whilst they soothed and calmed any feelings of apprehension that might be entertained by others,— (Hear.)—The whole of the reasons, as stated by his Right lion. Friend on the preceding evening, which had induced Government to undertake the consideration of this ques tion, were of the greatest importance. Whether, with re ference to the inconvenience and danger of a continued conflict of opinion between the two• Houses of Parliament, or the baneful effects that must flow from a division of sentiments in his Majesty's Councils, or the mischiefs which must be generated by differences in the Irish Go vernment, arising out of dissentions here; and lastly, the important consideration, whether it was possible to form a Cabinet nn the basis of permanent resistance to the Roman Catholics—all these points were brought forward wills clearness by his Right Hon. Friend, arid, in his r e asoning on them, as well as in the correctness of the facts adduced, he thought they must all concur. What his Right Hon. Friend had said was perfectly in unison with the view which he (Mr. Huskisson) entertained with reference to the Catholic question. There was nothing new in what had this evening fallen from the Hon. Member for Logth, w h e n • he spoke of the Catholic Association. Speeches were delivered last year by the Hon. Member for Kerry, and by the Solicitor-General for Ireland, containing all the infe rences which the Hon. Member for Louth Lad drawn. The words were not precisely the same, but his Hon. Friends had put the same arguments, with respect to the influence of the Catholic Association: the dariger of its existence to the country was by them most strongly urged, and the real remedy was clearly pointed out. Now why did he refer to these things 7 Why, merely to observe, that these represenSatione lowing mefde a proper impression on the minds of Ministers, which 44 been hitherto op, posed to any eettlement of these claims, there were the strongest grounds for believing that they sincerely meant to arrange this long-debated question. Verlmpe lie might re gret that those impressions had not operated sooner on the mind ef hie Right Hon. Friend. (Hear, hear.) fie did not meet} to say this with any of that invidious feel ing which some geotlernen might iiteriinste to the obser vation ; he made the remark merely with reference to the importer= of this question ; for he would say, that if these impressions had Leen fortunately entertained before the present time, it might have been poseilde that a la- Mented friend of his, whose unceasing exertions, OW ,eplenstid elsiqeence, and whose brilliant talents had greatly centrihnted to forward ,any} }Mature this most interesting question, Moth in rarlietneet end in the public mind, might perhaps, in the dispepeatinn of e just Proyidence, have been spared to witness the triomph of his lahours; (hear, hear)—might have been enabled in that House to discharge those duties, in bringing his labours to a close which eines devolved on his Right Hon. Friend. (Hear.) He hoped his lien. Friend would not mistake the feeling under which he ep4e. He was OWL after statement which he had hierd his Right lion. Friend ' melee hsee year--- , 41P 1 IP the sincerity of which, he, for one, entirely believed—he was ewe, softer the t4PnlllnePte which his Right Hon. Friend then expressed, that he mnst have undergone a most painful straggle between Pwq personal feelings and the feelings of duty to his SffereigP and to 'tie country, before he determined to pursue the pewee which by h4Y adopted. In taking such a step, his Right Hon. Friend lead, no dquht, made a great public sacrifice; and lie felt convinced that hie R;glit I on. Friend could not believe that he had brought for'war'd thin tgllil; from any unkind or uncourteous motive. Placed, hew eyeri as he was, before the House, be could not controul sips es:pis:Fe:en of his feeling.—(Hear.)—He looked for ward to the fiLterse wieh confidence ; and he entertained the most sanguine assuranceifiat'ilse'isee i t resi.;:lts sywe l 4 Lw produced by the contemplated concessions. He wielied not to allude farther to what had gone by, except to state hie regret that his Right Hon. Friend had not, at an ear )ier nes . sed, adopted the system which lie now recom meatier). Tl ! ,e j f on. Nene* for Louth had eeial that he was very much disposed to support yiet*s 'on this sidiject which he did not lowing:ly nphold in that Heeee 11 0 he was content to do this from the c ri n4deisce 4) pi those who were placed at the head of the Govern ment, se. thefr ardent feelings for the welfare of the Pro testant eetehliehment )e . e; Jim to think that it was better to place the eitteetion in their hands than in shaS of as other person who might desire to bring foeward this meastire of pos s ecespism. 4e was well aware of the warm attachment which was felt hy Friend in another s:liee for the established religion; be knew that 11is Noble Friend felt thF strongest desire to insure the saleti of chat i•eliOnn'; • while he admitted this, be must claim, for his Right Doti. Friend now no inure and for himself, humble individual as be great as sincere, as powerful an attachment to the Protestantclitsreb as izny napisibfie of the eetahliebinent could posei6ly feel,-er(flear,)e-eAnd, atnenget other reasons, it was from a firm conviction, thgt thug eetalilielledlintitu tions of the country would lie more securely staaisteined by agreeing to these concessions than by opposing them, that lie siappeseted this question.—(Hear.)—When he before stated his sentimetsis sees Os subject, he had observed, that, while he was warmly 'atiaileti- to i i i;te ratholic cause, he dissented from the tenets of the Catholic'rejigion. ;Stich wassi,..; Lis feeling ; but he conceived that inleglilating on Ellis qUestici,it the y bas s i nothing to do with those tenets or doctrinos. But et 'aimeari'td that ssithin a very short time elf,e s s eisets of theHeiman' Cathol.ic Church had eere , ..q. to be regarded by many gentleineri ai?ith' that horror which they heretofore exCitede e ,ttey 'eeenieri to have b e en suddenly converted.—(Hear, and a laugh.Y . -.s(je Ofe'. Huskisson) could only attribute to some natural cause—to some strange influence of the atmosphere not well under e es ee e d—the very numerous and important conversions that had ilk'4ia place eissee ;hat day week.—(Laughter.)—He bad no doubt, however, that ore 45y 91 0;:;r they should have some better explanation of the cause which produced such extraordinary effects. He had no doubt that the im partial pen of history would do justice to the subject. ! (trce:, hear.)—lt was not for him, however, to do other `wise at Allier incesseet than, in the true spirit of that bene volent 'syetenV Whieli'set 'them the eeample anti afforded them the precept; CO receieeiVith pleiNtire`theek e.onveisa, who were now about to assist in doing that Which ought to have done years ago, and which, if now effected, would' be of incalculable te,eefit to the whole empire.— , (Hear.) . —Actuated by these feelings, he w 05.14, meet cor dially, give his support to every•measure 'of concession whiCh might be introduced by Ministers. There' as one point connected with this subject to which he could wish to call the attention of the Misuse. Ire did not admit, as was alleged in the Speech, that the Catholissociation was the cause of keeping alive the discord and which now prevailed - in•lreland:' In speaking of that As sociation, he wished not to be mistaken. He admitted, in the terms of the• King's Speech, that the Catholic Associa tion was inconsistent with the Constitution—that it was usurping the power of the Government; he felt that it was a society which, by preserving the-peace of Ireland under peculiar circumstances, naturally led the mind to consider the great degree of mischief which it might produce under circumstances of a -different nature. But when they spoke of its creating and keeping up the which pre vailed in Ireland, lie must deny-the correctness of the as sertion. He would contend that the Association was only evidence of the cause of but was not the cause it self. (Hear, hear.) To use an eloquent expression of a Noble Lord (Plunkett) in another place, " It is the spawn of our own wrong." (Hear, hear.) Then he would say, relieve the Catholics from their disabilities, and leave the Association to expire, as Le (Mr. Iluskisson) thought it would expire, from the want of any ground or pretext upon which it could be supported. (Hear.) He, however, would not object to a measure being brought in relative to the Association, in conformity with the recommendation from the Throne, if it were at the same time accompanied by a Bill for the effectual relief of the Roman Catholics. (Hear.) With respect to other parts of the speech, he feared that he should be wearying the attention and ex hausting the patience of the House if he went through them, though they were well worthy of observation. So far as eon cerned the steps taken with respect to Greece, he entirely concurred in every word contained in the speech. It appeared to him that all the measures which had been pursued in the east of Europe hail for their object the furtherance of the treaty of the 6th of July—a treaty entered into in a spirit the most disinterested, for the purpose of preventing the farther effusion of blood and of restoring peace to that quarter of the world. Perhaps he might be justified in pointing out a difference between the manner in which the blockade of the Dardanelles was now mentioned, and that in which it was noticed in the speech from the throne at the close of the last Session of Parliament. In the lat ter it was stated that the Emperor of Russia had con sented to waive his rights as a belligerent power in the Mediterranean sea. Now he did not know whether this word " consent" was to<be taken as implying that a for mal application had beau made to the Emperor of Russia, —that he had been called on to waive those belligerent rights,—and that a regular negociation had thereupon taken place, which ended in his conceding the point; but he was sure that at the tune it was so thought, and was so represented to the public ; and it was considered as a great proof of the talents of his Majesty's Government that they had managed the affairs so ably. Now, in the pre sent Speech it is set forth, that his Majesty of Russia "has considered it necessary to resume the exercise of his belli gerent rights in the Mediterranean." Now he thought his Majesty had no right to do so without the consent of those parties who, six months ago, were the occasion of his waving his rights. The point, perhaps, might not in trinsically, be very important; but it was material that they should understand that there was no departure front those forms which are requisite in the trans.. actions between two parties acting in support of a common object. With respect to Portugal, he confessed that the language of the Address and of the Speech gave him considerable concern. He could not take on him to say what were the existing relations between this country and Portugal ; but this he know, that in judging merely from appearances he cool., not, in this view of the subject, reconcile what had passed and was passing in Portugal, with that which was due to the honour and dignity of this country, or to the ancient connection which subsisted be tween Portugal and England. (Hear, hear.) lie would not attempt to force a premature discussion on this subject. Doobtlees 4 full and satisfactory explanation would he given, and certainly he should be delighted to hear it ; be cause he could assure the Government, that very strong feelings existed throughout Europe on the conduct pursued here towards Portugal. It was expected that Eagland would have acted very differently with respect to the person now on the throne of Portugal, which throne he had ascended by one of the foulest usurpations ever known. (hear, hoar); and this was felt the more strongly, because It was by the interventiou of England that the trust so abused had been put into his hands. (Hear, hear.) He did not mean to press this topic further, but he hoped that for the honour and dignity of the Crown and reputation of the country the affair would be fully and satisfactorily ,ezplain.4 Ministers might he placed in circumstances of 444:0y they might be ahle to shpw that they had done their duty, and yet they might, fer a season, have soffi cient reasons for withholding explanation ; but when the proper time came the House had a right to expect that a fell disclosure of circumstances would be made. With these ebservatione he should cenelotle. Ile begged pardon for having occupied their attention so long, and he Any, sat down, feeling entire confidence ip the declaration which had been made h 7 Ministers with reference to the 120 h p -fie (uestiop, Sir 4. NEWPORT said, whatever joy he might feel ill finding that a cape to which he had alivays adhered, and of which, during half a century, heihad been the firm advo cate, was TIQW likely to meet with that attention And to he crowned with that success which it deserved, still he did not rise to give expression to these feelings of pleasure. His object in addressing the House was, as far as an humbie hplividtial could du so, to offer hie advice to the members of the Catholic Association, in the hope that that advice would prove beneficial. He rose for the purpose of urging his earnest entreaty en the body called the CA tholip that they would, Without waiting for any legislative Acts whatever,:forthwithdissolve themselves. —(Hear, hear.)—Their own good sense, the attachment which they cherished for the success of the Catholic cause, would, he hoped, show them the propriety of taking this sten.—(Hear, hear,) , ..-tjv 4410 that they would 4t once pa . an ind to any jealonsy on the part of their Protestant cnuntrynien, and, by dissolving themselves, that they would also relieve the GovernWnt from any necessity foi hrlogiqg in it measure directed against their proceedings. hear.)- 7 lt would give him the most heartfelt satisfaction if they would adopt such a system, and he be lieved that they wotild adopt it. r - r ,(ffear i hear.;— : He thqnht they Would see the propriety of following this course. He peed hardly say, that he felt most sincerely gratified at what had occurred, and it would give him ex treme pleasure to afford his support to every measure vhicli tended to ameliorate the condition of his Roman felOw.sqhjecp. &it mat coritideneein the Right Hon. Gentleman opposite, and in the Iloble Duke in the other House ; and he hoped that what was done for the Roman Catholics would not be done grudgingly or sparingly, but in the full spirit of kindness ?. , Jr. 13. s73iivi said heen t ild 'state it '4 a Pnsitive fact to the dover'fiM'eet,' that the OppOsition to this measure was not so general as some individuais"siemed to iniagiue. He was connected with a large and considerable e 971 i.., and he could arm thq that many of the inhabil, ants-Linen g wbo their 'lives were opposed to Catholic expressed themselves to Lehr; tvillin 'to co-o rate to al 9Mitire w ii $- . zior:i•ntnent might - propose p. 'settle this meation by concessions accom panied with proper securities ; and they looked forward with an anxiety to the time when Government would take the•hnsiness in band,. Fur hie own cart, lie ti.c.ught the svtisfaction of the adjustment of question would be great and gesieral, he would almost say universal. It was alsO to hint, on another account, a matter of most heart felt congratulation that the subject would soon ‘ci at neat;' forit'had '1;104 Only c,reateilliblin 4 .11 4 harrasrd f lit 'proceedings of some of the moat able men in the country, in the administratitin of public affairs, 'but,it had made its way into priVate 'families, and ereawd feeling and di quiet ern 7,l;at question threatened pro'flii`Ce an alMOst implacable hatred throughout the Country ; bUt its settlement, he hoped, would banish all feelings of that 4e rt il;tio, a li d . q .cqt, in their ttead reli giousipeace av i d geueral tranquillity. qlutf systerp had drained the country of ItS resporces now cease, and the wounds which it had inflicted would be healed by those salutary balms, religious toleration and political eosality. He thought that a great day had dawned both on Ireland ally cn EgFlaud—(hear),—aud be was sure that th4'cout:se whieli'Ligland had taken would shorft o*l rewarded by increased prespeilti, 'and' by the Unvarying attachment cube sister kingdom: " •' • ' '' ' ' Lorti Rl' said, he had to apologise to the House for t "o(lVririg hitiiSelrto its noiiee fpF the purpose Of exoreas— Og the gteai • ialisfaCti(l4 tvlrich '34d d'etiyed tho, speeeh to Whit:l) . iiii) ! PrisAt'aritleesi*W'a.4 "an `antiwar:' did not originally intend to have solicited their attention; because the sentiments expressed by his Hon. and Learned Friend near him last night coincided so entitely with his own as to render it almost unnecessary for him to say a word. ;t 7 pit ciePate had hc;:r rer;ewzki evaping, fie 14 . 010 tske the 'bp por nit y to" Iciake 4 4e vit 4 extremely happy to find that thiS great qiiesition, so ltlng an object of dispute, was at length to be arranged. He had wished, most fervently, during the whole time he had a seat in that House, to see that question finally settled. thrg!lt it was now placed in the proper hands. He, and those with whom he Waill iu tee hahit of acii e g, hail long 'felt that the' best; .. indeed 'the 'only 'way ot so ring the success of the question, way by its'being brought forward by the Government ; but they never could effect that object, and thei•cfore they were obliged to introduce it i.parately; and riot 'in a manner 'so satisfactory as that in - Which it Was 'noi introduced; " ffe thOtight thenolile , . at the head of the CoVernment deserved great credit for the Manner in which he had proceeded. With refer : ence to a point which Irad . been touched on before, he begged leave to say that it would, is his opinion, be well to wait to see whether merely carrying the question of con ' cession would not at once put an end to the Catholic As : iodation. If it did not, then, indeed, it would be time for Government to art with respect to that body. But he hoped the recommendation which they had received from i their best and oldest friends, and the wish which they Imust feel for the success of the cause which they had so long contended for, would induce them to disband imme diately. If they meant to follow the dictates of prudence and good sense, that was the only course they could take. —(Hear.)—He hoped and trusted, however, if they did not proceed in that manner, thet k any measure which mi g ht in consequence be b roug ht Bard would not so trench on the general constitution and liberties of the country, as to render it difficult, if not impossible, to support it.— (Hear, hear.)—He trusted that such a measure would be brought in as would command general support. He could say, for his own part, that his sincere wish was to 'oe able to support whatever measure was introduced. If it were in his power, consistently with his views and prin ciples, he certainly would support it; but not otherwise. Mr. CHARLES GRANT—Feeling as I have always done on the subject of Catholic Emancipation, I rise to express the satisfaction which I felt on hearing the Speech from the Crown; a speech which, in my opinion, is the most patriotic and truly British that I have ever heard.— (Cheers.)—l join with the greatest cordiality in thanking his Majesty for that Speech, and for the great accession which lie has thereby brought to the strength of the king dom, and to his own power and glory.—(Cheers.)-1 re joice to think that the great work has been accomplished in the reign of his present Majesty—in the reign of that Monarch who has been the first to sympathise with the Irish people, and who has been the first to bring himself into contact with them.—(Cheers.)—l also thank the Noble Duke at the head of the Adsninistration for having given such wise and beneficial advice to the Crown, and I rejoice that he has been the General to achieve a victory in the Cabinet greater than that of Waterloo in the field.—(Cheers.)—lt is true I could have wished to see the measure brought forward without any act of coercion, because I believe that any thing of the kind is superfluous and unnecessary. The law for the sup pression of the Catholic Association will be the law for Catholic Emancipation. One Act will attain both objects. (Cheers.)—A measure of coercion not absolutely de mended by the circumstances of the ease may give rise to suspicion, and occasion a distrust in those who would otherwise be boundless in their gratitude. If, however, such a step is determined upon, I trust the House will see both measures simultaneously introduced. (Hear.) I am told, however, that one is to be presented before the other. I regret the circumstance, but I shall not say more ; I will wait until it be before me. I confess, however, that from the manner in which the Noble Duke and the other Mem bers of his Majesty's Government are acting, I believe they are influenced only by the purest motives. I am convinced they are determined to act fairly toward, all parties; and I sin disposed to confide in them for temperance and mode ration in any propositions they will offer to the country. I believe this great measure is brought forward above all party and personal consideration ; I believe it to be an act of national justice—l had almost said of national piety.-- (Cheers.)—lt is not to be approached with enmity or irri tation. I hail it, arid I hope the country will receive it with feelings of benevolence. I hail it as the harbinger of peace, as the first practical instance of a d e t er mi na ti on t o d o justice to the people of Ireland, to restore its Catholic mein bets to the State, and to cement a union between them and their Protestant fellow-citizens.—(Hear.)—Enviable, in deed, will our feelings be at such a consummation, and en viable will the feelings of those be who have recommended and advanced it. I shall envy the Duke of Wellington, who has succeeded in carrying this great measure, in which so many great men have failed. I envy hint at the instant, and I shall envy him still snore when he places the Bill be fere his Majesty, and opens the door of the Constitution to the descendants of the Jerminghams and Howards, the Talbot*, the Powers, and the Cliffards.—(Cheers.)-- Allow me to go further :. I shall envy one man more—l shall envy the King of these great realms when he co mes down and opens the first Parliament of his United King. dom.—(Loud cheers.) Lord F. L. GOWER said, that et this time it was not his intention to have treat:awed on the House, but that he felt himself hits elf called upon to offer one observation upon what fell from his Right Hon. Friend, and from other Flon. Merobees who hail addressed the House,--he alluded to what had been said as to the manner in which they wished that his Majesty's Ministers should succeed in car rying into effect the measures which were in contempla tion with respect to Ireland. When such views as those now expressed by the Government were entertained in such a quarter, and when such inemores as those now projected for Ireland were promised, no man could be snore inclined than he was to remove delay, and to say, '5 stend not on the order of your going." Ho must, however, declare, that no part of the Speech from the Throne had been more grateful to him than that which recommended them to arm the Executive Govern-, talent with sufficient powers to put down the Catholic Association. Ne by no means intended to putt his hum ble and limited experience in colnOetition with that of the Right Hon, Gent. who had just sat down, or with that of the Right Hon. Gent. who had preceded him i but, certainly, en the most deliberate view that he had been able to take, he felt that this measutre ought to be preliminary. It was well known that he had always advocated the claims of the Catholics in that House, and that, too, with a seal which, it would be admitted, had erred en the side of temperance; but he was convinced that a measure foe put ting down what was called the Catholic Association wookl he the very eliair eitee of Ireland. It would he a mere act of justice: for it would he MI more than granting to the Protestant population of Ireland that protection and secu rity which a great Protestant interest hail a right to claim. He was quite sure that this claim would be allowed by thc . House, and that they would see the neeeeeity of ernaost pledging themselves to, file l'ir'64o*VA 9. 1 00. lArotestant interest in Ireland I . 4efore eRy other atop was t a k en . He wee ready tO admit that the evils to which he alluded, and which he wished to see removed, had arisen from the state of the law. He admitted that the. law, as it now stood, was in opposition to the iatereets of a grT.itt persion of his Majeety's subjects in Irelendt v . eell, Proteetant as Cathol4: hut . still it was poasibie that those evils might centinee, eyeu after the cause which produced them had been removed. It might be true, as it had been e94c. tured, that the Catholic Association vecveld eltpire of itself, but if it did ; yaell sensivee shopta bp taken as would pleveiit the possibility of eeeuegam being written on its Lord JOHN RUSSELL said Chet he di eyed on thie point from the Nohk7, ;.,ord who had jnet sat down. For leis ono part, be thought it would have been better fcr the oovernaient to have said to. the Associatiqo tt Von peofe.ss . to associate yourselves tether for the purpose of eqeeting ot•ttertain di,abslities ; we have removed them ; and you have therefore no, longer any right or bretence tq eernain.'.'• 14 after this, the Aelneincion had persisted, then he was sure that the - i e wcold have been a general c.o4orrence oar fug part of the House, without the excep tion of a single Member, to grant to the executive such powers as should enable them to put down the Aaseoas tion. There could be no doubt that t is Association was irrec:oncileable with law snot inOcritx• it ryas a se.. o- aPpointed goyerrimerit, thwarting and controulling the mel t Government of the country, and of which any w an , 'night hee'onte a 'member by paying a snbeeription of e feiv poun d s. H c , eTr t % io i y , shonld have given , all, his as B;Btany towar ds putti ng , down the Assoc i ation, if he found. ,e 41 not dissolve immediately upon the reweyat of the cause which had b rou g ht A t the ssttbe'et; frilly and explicitly declared. He eonfesecd that he e li t lravir -f g e aine T t ' l. G th o il V t eVm er e y itt g h C a a l was Mitch more sariemn.e than 'the Right hon. Gentleman . )beneHfi e t t b n el believed Ireland, that a and *Mr P eel) With respect to the consequences of the pre t • ' was pregna nt with security to the state.—(Loud cheers.)--This tieing the ease, he ;eat meet otiwillihg to ofrer any obstacle to the progress of the tifeeiurC . . 'His' Mijesty's 'Ministers jected m easure. — (Issue, m l e i n ea s r e . baying the di ffi culties by which it was surrounded, had come to inveitigated the subj ect, and fully considered all determination in which most other persues prohebly wotrll have copenrred, hail been mrpoasession of the same Meani'Or Inforinatien ; and, therefore, must say it wa s his wish ' that he should not be compelled to offer one single negative to their propositions. Unless the nrezaioi Pleasure contained something very diffeicoi irom arty thing Ithet eoil' i d per.i.aive 4 would contain, his wish would be in'l,•ratifte'~, acid dneOf its'ithgesshoUld he found in thi efiartailer of aid "opponent to the 'metisnre.' The lion. Member for Liverpool '(Mr. Iluskisson) had expressed're ; grets--which were extreMely . natural on his part, and for which he was to be highly honoured—that this important f measure had not been agreed to during the lifetim? c f To t . Canning. The gratification with which that eloquent aid able jioirler would have hai!e4l 'ti4s occurrence; justified' the }Wit 'Holt • Centleinai; in the "sentiments 'Which lie had it.ipet!sse4l;" but, for his own part, lie was enwilliug to enter into weft consideration,. *met that a view of Irelao in passed years bad not Prechieg the con. viction'whiell had now effected did not diminish the joy he felt in discovering that a view of . it:ehiio iq the year 1829 had convinced his Majesty's Ministers of. the necessity of a measure which had so long been desired ; and Le honoured them, inasmuch as they had preferred exposing their characters to that obloquy which always aftatthed to a change of opinions, rather than expose their ceuntry to:peril. (Cheers.) He confessed that he was the more pleased erith this result, because he had long since formed an'opinion, which time had confirmed, that the success of this ques tion depended upon its being made a Government measure. There had been so many persons in authoritradverse to the claims of the Catholics; measures in favour of the Catholics had found so many opponents in the other House of Parlia ment; there was, moreover, in the people of this country a jealous suspicion of any measure on the subject intro duced by an individual member ; and, lastly, it was impos sible that any Member near him, or indeed in ary part of the House, could propose a measure which should be satis factory to the Church and to the numerous interests con nected with it. These were the considerations which Lad convinced him that until the Catholic Question was made a Government Question, it could not succeed. He had, in deed, hoped that the repeated votes of that House would at some time force the Government to take up the Question ; but with this hope there was joirted in his mind a fear which, as it was not on personal grounds, he was rot ashamed to avow. He confessed he h a d f eare d th a t even t s in _ _ Ireland would proceed faster than the legislation of that House (Hear, hear) ; that the narrow isthmus between great endurance and resistance would be broken down, a nd that they would be plunged into a struggle where victory would have proved one of the most dreadful calamities that could befit' a nation. (Cheers.) This fear—net for him self, but for the safety and welfare of his country—had sunk deep into his mind, and he had hailed, therefore, with the most heartfelt joy, the measures which the Government had adopted. He was quite sure that the time was . now at hand when the Duke of Wellington would find that, in the judgment of his country, the most unfailing laurel in hie crown was the Act by which he had restored equal liberty to all classes of his Majesty's subjects. (Cheers.) Mr. PEEL said that he should not have adverted Wary of the observations which had fallen from Hon, Members none of whieh surprised him, had it not been for the parti cular nature of some which had been made by his. Right lion. Friend the Member for Liverpool. His Right Hon. Friend had appeared to think that there was no difference between his Majesty's speech lately delivered and that which had been addressed to the Parliament at the close of the last session. His Right Hon. Friend appeared to think that what was said in the former respecting the belligerent rights of Russia in the Mediterranean dif fered from the expressions which had been used re specting the same rights in the latter. He thought, how ever, that if his Right Hon. Friend would look at the whok of the statement on this subject in the speech of hisMajeety at the close of the last session, he would find that what had been said there was quite reconcileable with the expressions lately used. The chief point upon which his Right lion. Friend insisted, was the use of the word "'consent." His Right Hoo. Friend supposed that the word " consent" implied that there had been some forma/ negociation with Russia, the result of which was, that she had waved rights which she had now resumed. The words of the speech, at the close of the last Session of Parliament, were these :—" His Imperial Majesty has consented to wave the exercise in the Mediterranean Sea,. of any lights appertaining to his Imperial Majesty in the character of a belligerent power, and to recall the separate instructions which have been given to the commander Of his naval forces in that sea, directing hostile operations against the Ottoman Porte. His Majesty will therefore continue to combine his efforts with those of the King of France and his Imperial Majesty, for the purpose of carry into complete execution the stipulations of the treaty of London." Nosy the fact was, that they, being pr A jties to the treaty of the Gth of July, found that xr,any diffi culties occurred to them, as neutrals, from the separate instructions of his Imperial Majesty, tlireeting hostile operations against the Porte. They stated that to Rus sia ; she withdrew her separate instructions, and they , preserving their position of neutrality, were enabled to act as a party to the treaty. h would be seen, then, that there was nothing to prevent the re sumption, on the part of Russia, of her belligerent rights in the Mediterranean Sea, when she should find it fleece nary to resume them ; but then they, of course, had right, as neutrals, to withdraw as soon as those bellige rent rights should be resumed. " Consent," therefore , as used by his MaLleaty, was a proper term, and it by nu means necesaarily implied that there had been any formal negotiation. It was strictly a:conaent, and nothing more, to wave belligerent rights, by which they were enabled to carry en the treaty of the Gth of July. The terms , therefore, of the two speeches were, as it appeared t° the e ea him, perfectly recon c ile a bl e . With respect to Portugal, his Right Hon. F r i en d h a d, w i t h great props i etya stained from p ress i ng th a t top i c f or the present, and be must be allow e d t o f o ll ow t h e goo d . example set biru by t h l i i s at, R a ig d h m t itti n ng on. userFrincl. tio4 H a e t w he " g ld ove w rn e m re e ly nt o o b lFi er o v r e, - tugal to have been m os t nu j ust i fi a bl e, and the interna l dissensions of that country to have been most, unfortu nate and distressing, yet that, unless they h a d been prepared to take a part in those Monet di mens ion* they had only one course open to them. That that course had not only not been nagleeted, but that. it bad been properly pursued, he had no doubt that he s hould be able, at a propet. opportunity, to fully satisfy the, House. With resp ec t t o th e o b servat i on* which ba° been made itpon him and upon the Government -OR t he sob: l eet of ltelaud and the Catholic question, they had bY no means sorpritted him. He would, however * declar e ' once for all, that as far as he was concerned, the Teep le* " 'lnsulation of his Right Hon. Friend the Member for In" vernass-shire (Mr. C. Grant) should he attended to, and di , angry recriminations banished, (Cheers.) Now tint he Azad undertaken that moat important, that most difficult , and, to hint * that Moat painful task, ke_leotahl do bi t best to carry it to a successful issue. (Cheers.) No re' proackes from those Hon. Friends of Ids, w ith w h om be I had so often acted, and for whom he retained the most eor dial respect,—no oppositima ce, the part of those whom be ' had been in the habit Oniteeling as opponents,—.should be tray him into the exree.sions of ang r y f ee li ngs. ( Ch eers .) He had untlertaJte4 the task, and he would endeavour t ° hying it to such an , issue as should semi the safety of thr . Ikoteatants, and satisfy the h o p es an d expectat i ons-c l eve r, ! reasonable Catholic. He was not surprised at the feeling' which had been expressed by his Right Horn. Friend (AP' Huskisson,) At the early part Qf last year he had ea v harlead Oh him in a Government i e n which the C a tholic 4ttettion was perfectly open, each Member of the Govern meat being at liberty to express wha topinion be please/ on that anblect• It was, perhaps, unwise in both thean; but they thou ht that they might continue i s the service of the Crown, without abandoning the prit t : e i p l e w hi c h had been acted upon for so many years in tb e r a foVtaaation of administration. , The lloase having declar., in favour of concessions to the R oman C at h o li cs , h e so e nothing at the time, but he had found that this principl e coold no Amitzev• be maintained in the Geyer:Ml*op and ) t e 1004 0,4 early opportunity of stating in the proper quarter that this was his impression. It waa the deliberate eP ri i i viction in his own m i n d, and 41 eXptessiag it he state d that he was re a d y t o fienalaKe any °Wade which mig ht arise from 11, l'enitaining in. office. He ought, perbaP: to have Item this at the heginning of the Sessi on , but ne events forced, the fact noon him * and he took the first Pr MtgniV . of stating his conviction, and, as he had bef°r! eNZteaabag his readiness to remove any obstacle wit' Blight arise from his continuing in the service of the Crow * . He went farther; in the present state of the conattry, o° , - importance had been attached to. individual resignat 4 r than would a r i se ffpm asset' eecurrences ender other eir: cutratlAßeert and, in other times.. Aft e r f u ll s ai d d a tiherso consideration, he expressed) his readiness to relieve the Government from, the ante* which, it was stated to him, would {rinse from his retireme n t. H e under:Wl it had Irma *opposed that lie bad said, that in Angl° , some measures connected with the subject et the Or, tholic Question were und er cons ideyat'ean t Qu a that P" communicated upon them with hie Noble Friend at tb' head of the Goverme* Waft a mistake. The W I : tnntli,Catia whiele be made to hi s Noble clean related 7, hie owa individual views, and it wee comeman a ca t e d to other person. His NOble Friend had said, in his speech the House of Londe, tlket he did not despair of seeing P satisfacteyy aditiatment of the Catholic Question ; he Plc; said'to hit Noble Friend, in reference to this, " think yeti, are right, hot my, situation iexery diferent fret° yours, and I will retire." Tltia ayes all, and be ma de th e communication to nq ethee individual betides his Nobl e Friend, 1 . 7 1 1 lanai atated, last Right, that iietiu g :has his or Vretneo would threw d4cultiea in the course of the GO:1 baddeteynained to act upon that advice whieu! lid• rei t that it was his duty to give to his Mai,os' ouidfle very well understand why h e was retWeaeb t i a for this discharge of what he conceived to he bin by his Honourable Fricada, Oita thought Ilia pr ess conduct inconsiatey,t with f e r wer vi e ws nod deco:, tatters, o,e 1 7(°J.,d4 blAtnft thon‘ He would o nly ' say that, if cap ) , we re ,ionposr.es of the informatio which he had with Neves to the state of society !0 Irebind, he Oanly believed that they would come t o tT ;Ow 0 4 c1-o n ion with himself, namely, that the Goiter_ silent could no longer remain neutral, leaving tun p a rtie' to tight out the battle between thema but that Grier"' ment must at leigtli Act, and that, too, in au& a saaore a . as they Tost, likely to preserve the interest s o f te' Viroteltanta, and to conduce to the welfare of the 'Country'