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' ' .\ . / 1 .41 / 1 f f(:" :// ( Ill,fre LA - - v i - - —4 l s. , . /.? 9 / . • .or P r-c 06 . 1 Li t ,7 / •••••.,t - 5` ; 1 / 4.. 1 17811 : .44 ..A11%.. • NUMBER 8936.1 TUESDAY, APRIL 17. 1821. DMIRAL'f Y-OFFECE, April 14,1821.- 4 —IL Information has this day been I eceivcd a: this Office from his Alajesty's Consul at Ekinu, the UGHT upon MARSTRAND CASTLE will he EXTINGI;I'3I-lEn the l Gth init.; and after certain repairs Here been completed, it ni be ktodtrtl on the Ist of August next. - - - At 45, Ladgate-Iii!l, on - Thursday ! it ith 9.4 C. is of the , istouishing Curiosities and C; catures ! only. a Shilling ONE'S POLITICAL ST. - HO 7 (M.A.N—AT HOME! Exhibiting :Issurprisi7t : 27 Artificial Cabinet, and the Wonderful Beasts and Reptiles—A.li aiive! alive 0! PRiCE SUVUNPIING E. P.ARIJAMENT, able than hi:oself were prepared to take it into their own hands. lie should, therefore, confine himself to the ground on which he felt that the Petitions which he was presenting. were entitled to the atteulion of their Lordships. They came recom:nended by the conduct of the Petitioners, and the great principleS of policy and justice, ata period more favourable for the proposal of such a measure, than any by which it had been pre ceded. The Head of the Catholic Church, which had hitherto been considered as so formidable a power, could no longer he represented as a dan gerous object.. It was no longer liable to the ob jection of being under the influence of an autho rity inimical to the tranquillity of Europe. . The Catholics approached the House with temper and submission.. The Bill itself came before' their Lordships with the sanction of the other House, •atid frith no apparent 'airily- of public feeling against it. - It was even evident• that if that great measure of grace, justice, and mercy,.is it had been rightly called, were to :receive their fArd-. ships'..sanction, it would pass into . a law without exciting dissatisfaction amongst any great portion of his Majesty's subjects; The country was Still at peace ; but whilst politiCal - convoisiona shook the continent, it was uncertain how long 'peace might be maintained. It was the sure.. part of true wisdom, during this interval of tranquillity, to strengthen, to the utmost of its'ability, all the necessary defences of our security'aud The first of these defences was national union ; and - when the Petitioners prayed` for the restora tion of those privileges, from the enjoyment of which they cotild not be 'excluded, except it should appear that great evils would follow the concession, the means of producing 'that national union consisted in cementing to the state in bonds of gratitude and affection those - whose 'blood, under the suspension of all their rights, had con. tributed in so great a degree to the peace and security of their country. With all these consi derations before him, and with the hope that the House would proceed to accomplish this great measure, on motives of justice, policy, Chris tian charity, and national gratitude, he solicited J. W. CROKER. TEAgT INDIA HOUSE. Ap r il 4. 1341. HE COURT of DIRECTORS of the A _ UNITED COMPANY of MERCHANTS of ENG • D ''RADING to the EAST INDIES, d u , hereby give - I; That a GENERAL COURT of the said Companv evil • held a t t h e i r H ouse i n Lea d enhall-street, on WEDSIES "AY, th e 1 1 th i nstant, from Eieven o'Clock in the Forenoon, 1 11 . ot il Six in the E ven i ng , to B a !l ot on t h e following flues- That Sir Harry Ver e lst D are ll, B ar t, l a t e o f .:2'e Bengal Civil Estalishmete permited to rtur to • he Servi ce , tinder th b e Pror n ision b s of the Act of e the n 33d ","0. ru. cap. 62. : s e c. 70, w ith t h e R an k w hi c h h e h e ld fte quitted Bengal. agre e ably t o t h e A c t o f th e . 53d "°. 111. cap. 155, Sec. 35." "2 1 order to determine by such Ballot a baker three parts „4 "at of the Proprietors present at such General Court con tiei• t t 'aidrank t hat Sir Ho In dia arry VerelstDarell be permitted to return with , - This day w as publis h ed, sr.. price 11. i n h oar d s , ATREATISE of COPYHOLDS, CUS TOMARY FREEHoGos, ancient DEMESNE, and the JfIRISDICTION of COURTS BARON and COURTS LEET; by JOHN SCRIVEN, of the Inner Temple, Esq. Barrister at Law. The Second Edition, considerably enlarged and improved ; ivth Appendixes containing Rules for hold • ing Cuitarnary Courts (particularly with reference to Plaints in the nature of real Actions), Cnarts Baron, and Cowls Leet, Precedents of Court Rolls, Deputations, and Cupyhuld Assnranes, and also extracts from the relative Acts of Par liament. London; Printed for Henry Butterwtrrth, Law Bookseller, 7, Fleet Street, between the Temple Gates. THE LONDON JOURNALS. iXTItiCeTS FROM TILE EQRNINa- PAPERS , JOS . F.PII. D z i,RT; • Secretar'f: • •• ' To the PROPRleftittS of EAST INDIA STOCK. ' Ladie s and Genthernien.- r t i .• • - • rIE result of th e . B4llet.'on W ednesday last having released many of.nly Valttable.Connections, who here engaged to the sticeesifill, Candidate, I haee - nOw, with, ~.tncrease:d confidence; to' sdlicit. the henour, of your SUF •FRAGES for the FIRST VACANCY ti'hichluay . oceur in your _,`TURT of DIRECTORS;, itssnring you, flat in the-event success, it shall be 'my,chnstant entl7avoirr; lky'a zealons attention to your impoitgia' interests,' to 'merit th e distin,. I V -u shed situation t o which I aspire; • • shall immediately renew my personal. 6Anvasi . fOr the fa- I L'ut of your countenance' and support ;. and I . beg to repeat ~a 7 grateful acknowledgMents for the kindness with which 4ertiun hßve already been received, and- few the activity and ex which nave been so unremittingly shown by my n.u zilerous Friends. • . I am, with great respect, Ladies,and Gentlemen 9 Your most obedient, faithful Servant, NeW Broad- s t reet, Apr i l 16, 1821. PETTY AItiSPRATT. -~-, • I.MORNENG CitRONI6LE.] • • - • The Austrians have succeeded in restoring . ar- . bitrary power in Napl es an d. Piedmont for the benefit of themselves, for the Sovereigns of these countries will be now entirely dependent on them: Austria will now be in military possession of all Italy from north to south. Already our, mer thants.'begin to feel this;' Tor Mr: Peel, a ne phew 'of Sir Rob e rt P ee l, est abli s h e d as a mer chant in Leghorn since 1814, received orders to quit the TusCan territory' in . twenty four hours, for merely expressing •a suspicion of the. accuracy of the Austrian Bulletins from . Naples. It was hardly. possible 'that a measure like this, which may involve a man in instant 'ruin, 'shoUld not fill all the British mer chants settled therewith apprehensions'; and ac cordingly a Memorial was, it appears, presented by - them to the TusCan Government on thesub ject. They must now,' however, make up their minds to abundance of insults from Austria, and to " breathe their murmurs low," if they wish to avoid distress and ruin. That power will not soon forget the language in which English writers and EngliSh legislators have spoken of the ty rannical system in Italy„ and will lose no oppor. tunity of revenging herself on us. the attention of their Lordships to the Petitions which he had now the honour of presenting.— The Petitions were then read and laid on the table. CU STOM -HOUSE, LONDON, April.l4, 1821. OR SALE, (by Order of the Hon. the Com ' * missioners of his Majesty's Citstoms,) on WEDNES DAY the 25th, THURDAY the 96th, and FRIDAY the 27th Instant, at One o'Clock in the Afternoon precisely, at the Mmercial Sale Rooms, Mincing-lane, the FOLLOWING G OODS or EXPORTATION--ist India and 'J o . • 4 • • ods, Wine, Books, Prints„ E Pictures, Re. other prohibited h F or HOME C ONSUMPTION;—Linen Drapery; Jewellery, esictil Snuff B oxes , L oo ki ng Glasses, Clocks, Unrated I, i .. a ds, Straw Tissue, Silk • Worm Gut, Books, Pictures, nts, Grocery, Tortoishell, Verdigris, Skins, Furilitlire, .(1 d Clocks, Bird Organs,' Horse Hair, Pornatum, Lamps i'',4(l Shade s for Lamps ; Ironmongery , Whiskey and other Pi:ite Wine, China, Seltzer %%rater, Deals and other Wood ; „; Vessel called the " Nitre ;" Materials of Veuels, 4-4 mildry other Goods as mentioned in the Catalogue. T o CLEAR OF •ALL DUTIES. be viewed at the Toha s eco Ground, Rotherhithe ; j; 1 , 1 • 1 the King's Warehouse and Cellars, Custom-House ;on I d nesday the lath, Thursday the 191 h, Saturda the 2 Ist, uesday the 42.1 th Instant, from Ten &Cloc y k in the l 'tor tv . n :Pg to Thr ee i n th e Af ternoon. A e ~ r ."4 Goods hough; at this Sale most be paid for at the u t I lrer of Fi nes and ( Forfeitures Office, Custom-House, on t44 d e f ( )Te Saturday, the 12th M a y, 18 2 1, or the Deposits v.o t hereon will absolut e ly become forfeited. 1 1„' tt llognes t o b e h a d at the K ing ' s Warehouse, Custom tii‘eoe, on Tuesday, the 17th instant, price One Shilling Will sail in all April, for BOMBAY, e., Ir The Fast-sailing, new Ri ver- b u ilt i SHIP, SARAH, Burthen 488 tons, JOHN THACKER, Commander, (of the Honour f • able . Company's Service). This Ship h as a op th e Poop, and is most commodiously fitted up I ,%ccommodation of Passengers. uer,, s , reight or Passage, apply to the Commander, at the mat Coffee-house to Mr. WEEDING, Old South Sea Nl' Broad-street ;or to JOHN LYNEY, jun. l, tt rt, Cornhill. • . . ' C REDITORS OF MESSRS. BOYD, BENFIECD, AND DRUMMOND. j „ i lt Commissioners in a renewed Commis- P t ~- 9 ) "on of Bankrupt, bearing date the sth day of April - i,`,‘tie‘ %• „ 4 tderl and issued forth against WALTER BOYD, , -I tY - „, 4t 'NFIELD, and JAMES DRUMMOND, of the ~' hi ',, LONDON, Merchants and Copartners : intend Is 'ne `'• on the 3d day of May next, at Ten o Clock . in I, 44 't:Nij i. enor , n at Guildhall, London, to make a D1U ,...'..-11--;,,Pf the ' SEPARATE ESTATE and EFFECTS of •Zhe ~''',lt BOYD, one of the said Bankrupts ; whets and 'Mi t t; '''' CREDITOILS, who have nut already proved their ‘"ill'i;' ; Ire to come Prepared to prove the same, or they i ' l ait ti : "eluded the benefit of the said Dividend, and al Arm not then proved will be disallowed. . tti pt, , the Commissioners in a omis of Ban-k -,lcumi,earing date the sth Day of April, 1891. awarded and ta - ;, ° r l b 'aaainst Walter Boyd Paul Benfield. and James '44 -- ""Qnd,.of tl • • •of London , Merchants and Copartners, ti 4t o " City at Ten 'Clock in 't I meet on the 3d day of May next, u l'lbborenotin, at Guildhall, London, in °Mei. to mak Dl kiNl) of the SEPARATE ESTATE arid EFFECTS of ~‘'he,.' RENFIELD, one of the said Bankrupts, when and "L, f , t ,- the CREDITORS, wbo hare not already proved their ~4 ' '' e x— , ::n ro to come prepared to prove the same, or they will ` 4 4 ~silded the benefit of the said Dividend; and all Claims Cre ', 4 It proved u'ill be disallowed. - lil t 30 Q , C , ( ."Thiss;oners will meet at the Guildhall, London; on -l ilt 'n inst. for the purpose of receiving the proof of Dehts . . Igh."bstantiating the claims already made. And the Soli. f. tllt,% 4 ',Jter the Commission will attend at the George and e lateen C nl - II London, on the 26th and 97th inst. ~ 4 4 ~„ . . OF )1 , 1'. , :- b t 4 tr") rill Three o'Clock each day, to receive instructions ,„,... 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It is, that the Earl of Liver pool had been summoned to Brighton on Sunday, and had an audience of the King, upon a ques tion pending in the Upper House of Parliathent that the probable result will be his Lordship's retirement, and the elevation of the Marquis of Londonderry (Lord Castlereagh) to the situa tion of Prime Minister. We give this rumour as it has reached us, certain only of its existence, but unable to confirm or contradict it. • [MORNING POST.] An immense number of strangers attended the House of Lords.yesterday to hear the debate on the question of the second reading of the Catholic Bill. The crowd was so great in the lobbies, that immediate ingress could only be procured by a most severe struggle, and very considerable.in convenience was experienced even below the'bar. Earl Grey presented Petitions in favour of the Bill from the English Catholics in general, and from the Catholic Peers of Englisnd. The Earl of Donoughmore then moved the second reading of the Bill, which was opposed by the Earl of Mansfield, ,who proposed that it be read this day six months. . The original motion was supported by the Duke of Sussex, the Marquis of Buckingham, the Bishop of Nor-wich, and the Earl of Harrow by ; and the' Amendment .by the Bishops of London and Chester, and Lord Redesdale. At half past twelve o'clock, the Earl Of Liverpool proposed an adjournment, on the ground that on a ques tion of so much importance, it was necessary . that every individual should have an opportunity of expressing. his opinion. The sug ges ti on was adopted, and the Debate will be resumed, and probably concluded to-night. The general ex pPctation now seems to be, that the Bill will be rejected, by a majority of about thirty. Such in deed', we understand, . was the calculation made yesterday evening by the friends of the measure themselves, at their chief place of resort. [BRITISH PRESS.] The Bill for the Relief of the Roman Catholics was last night discussed in the House of Lords anxiously and elaborately, upon the motion for the second reading. Previous to the com mencement of the debate, several Petitions were presented from various classes of the community, and all parts of the empire, expres sing opinions r es p ec ti ng t h e measure favour abl and unfavourable, according to-the interests and inclinations of the Petitioners respective ly. Of these Petitions, the most remarkable, and that w/hich, under all the circumstances, ap peared the most entitled to the attention of Par- ' liament, was the Petition in favour of the Bill from the body of the Roman Catholic Peers and Gentlemen of England, all of whom avowed their willingness to accept of the bounty of the Legis lature under the conditions prescribed in the Bill. Such a declaration from so distinguished a body of men, accompanied at the same time by an expression of their . gratitude to the other branch of the Legislature for the progosed indul gences, ought to be a sufficient refutation to the miserable quibbling of those who oppose the Bill under the pretence of its not proving Fat; !- factory to the class of perseps who are most in. terested in its operation. HOUSE OF LORDS, Arum 16. CATHOLIC FETITIONS. The Bishop of Oxro.no presented a Petition from the Archdeaconry of Oxford, against the Roman Catholic Bill. Petitions to the like effect were presented from the Parish of St. Peter's in ths,. Dist, in the city of Oxford ; from the parishes of St. Qeorge, in the borough of Southwark, and from : St. Olave ; from the parish of St. Botolph, Aldgate : from the Eastern part of the county of Sussex, and also from the Inhabitants of Lewes ; from Six Thousand Residents in the Town and Neigh bourhood. of Liverpool ; from the Archdeaconry of Bath a and the Deanery of Stovve ; from the city of Bristol ; from Great Torrington ; from the city of Leicester, signed by 1 2poo persons;. from ' the Congregation assembling in Gate-street Cha pel near Lincoin's-Inn-fields. The BiShop of Nonwscu felt it his dirty to present to their Lordships,. in favour of the Ro man Catholic Bill, a Petition signed by fifty four Clergymen belonging to the Established Church, who yietded to none of their Reverend Brethren. in attachment to that Chuqh, but hoped they were as Warmly attachecr as any others., In tendering this Petition, he, trusted that their Lordships would finally be induced to consider and concede the prayer of it, as nothing but what endangers the. safety of the Constitution could justify those restrictive laws, which the Petitioners now referred to, one mornentiong-er than the occasion might require. After the petition had been read, purporting to proceed from certain of the Clergy of the Arch deaconry of Norwich, it was ordered to be laid upon the table. A counter-petition was presented. from Liver pool by Earl GREY, in favour of the present Bill The ,Earl of. SHAFTESBURY: presented Peti, tions against the Catholic Bill, from Newark, upon-Trent, in the County. of Nottingham ; the Parish of East Deerham, in the County of Nor,. folk ; the inhabitants of Hammersmith, in the County of Middlesex ; and the Mayor and Cor. poration of the Borough of Woodstock, in the County of Oxford.—Laid on the table. The Marquess of LANSDOWNE preaented Peti tions from the Roman Catholics 9f the Borough of Falmouth, and the City and County of Li merick, expressing, it was understood, their pro found gratitude for the relief intended to be granted to them, and trusting to the wisdom of the .House to alter those clauses which they thought inconsistent witlatheir religious. scruples. Laid on the table. The Earl of DONOUG,IMORE presented a similar Petition from the Roman Catholics of Galway, and stated, that certain resolutions had been pas sed by a most respectable meeting of the.Catho lies of the County of Kerry, highly approving the first part of the Bill, but objecting to the clauses contained in the second.—Laid on the table. ENGLISH ROMAN CATHOLICS. Earl GREY held two Petitions: the first - was from his Majesty's Roman Catholic subjects in England, stating that they felt the - utmost sense of gratitude for the acts which had been passed :already for , their relief, and praying th a t th e penal laws w hi c h still remainedlin farce against them might be cancelled. They appealed to those who were acquainted with their practice in Religion, as well as in the moral duties of life, to say if there was any thing in '.their conduct which incapacitated them from enjoying all the rights of British subjects. They stated that no cfais surpassed them in loyalty : that they had lately joined in proclaimi t° r his Majesty Sove reign of these.realrns, and that to him alone 'they had sworn, and would ever swear.-obedience and fidelity, as the - only Sovereign avhom they would ever acknowledge. The other Petitiois Was . from several English Catholic Noblemen, amongst whom were, the,Duke of Norfolk, and the Earls of .Shrewsbury, Arundel, and Staurton. ad dition" to the sentiments expressed by-the 'Conner, they declared, that they considered the oath proposed by the present wait, as perfectly -con sistent with the principles of their religion, and that if the Bill should pass into a law, they would take that oa th i n the terms,in whic it was now worded, or in any others,which itm.ight please the House to word it. He (Earl G.)had "great satisfac tion in presenting- these Petitions,. both on ac count of the character of the Petitioners and 'of the temper and nature of theirasentiments. He felt it his duty to answer the appeal which they had Made, and to state, from the repeated oppor tunities for observation which he had enjoyed, that there did not exist in his Majesty's domi nions a class of men more distinguished fur their merit : and virtues in all the walks of life than the Roman Catho i lics. This was even conceded to them by that who opposed their claims; for he recollected the Noble Earl at the head of the Treasury declaring, on a former occasion; that he knew no men more entitled to approbation and applause than his Majesty's Roman Catholic subjects, and admitting that their religion could not be charged with thsese sinful feelings former ly imputed to them, and which, if they continu ed, be .(Earl Grey) would allow would form a sufficient bar to further concessions. The Opposi tion of the l'ioble Earl rested on different grounds, which it would be for the House this night to ex- amine, and on which it would have to decide. Of- . ten as he (Earl G.) had entered into the discus sion of this important question, he would endeav our to abstain from addressing the }louse this night on the subject, unless colnpelled by a sense of duty so to do, as he well knew that any exertion of his must proVe ineffectual, when 20 many more CATHOLIC QUESTION. The Order of the Day for the second reading of the Roman Catholic Disabilities Removal Bill being read, The Earl of DONOUGITMORE commenced. by observing, that after a- system of intolerance which, had existed for more than a century, and was carried into execution with extreme severity and injustice, the reign of the late King opened a better prospect to his Majesty's Roman Catholic subjects. Accordingly the Act of 1778 had taken place, and a statute had been passed by the Irish Parliament which had laid the ground for whatever privileges the Roman Catholics had become capable of possessing. The feeling of li berality, and the disposition to relieve the Ca tholics,seemed to have been more alive in the Irish Parliamant than in that of England. In Ireland, therefore, it made greater progress, as the Act of 1782 and that of 17 j 2 testified. But the most important concessions were made - in the Act of 1793, which, by the restoration of the elective franchise, and other important privileges, placed the Irish Catholic in a situation so much above that of the English Catholics, that it could not be justified on any principles of right or justice. In this anomalous st,te would the Catholics of both countries have remained until now, had it not been for the praiseworthy exertions of a friend of his (Lord Donoughrnore!s) connected with a department of Government, and sitting in the other House, who, under the auspices of a Noble ViScotint, had caused to be passed an act of grace; opening the Army and the Navy to thv Catholl6s . . Since 1793,. concession seemed to have bi:en dead ; and though the Catholics had -not entirely escaped the observation of Parlia ment, yet they had scarcely been able to procure any consideration of the'ir claims. Except two Solitary instances, and those two instances in the other House, they had notsucceeded, during a period of '2B years, in, obtaining any Parliamen tary notice of their grievances. At last, however, a bill of grace and mercy had been sent up from the:other House. But almost before it had pass ed their. Lordships' threshold, it had been met by a denunciation of opposition from the Noble Earl at the head of the Treasury, and the Noble Lord on the Woolsack. Without any observation, without hearing a word, on the subject, for or against the Bill, or from the persons for whose relief it was intended, those two Noble Lords had given their decision against a measure which had cost the other House long and serioulconsi deration. They had acted a part which was un usual, and he would add, informal and unprece dented. Never had such a mode been adopted in .the intercourse of business between the two Houses of Parliament. Were their Lordships not to read even an iota of the Bill ? For the first reading was merely a matter of form, and the second was the only real and constitutional read ing. Would they give no reading at all to a mea sure that had passed the other House, not in the fervour of enthusiasm,not after one night's debate, but after going through the fiery ordeal of five weeks' discussion, after every word, every paragraph, bad been the object of long consi deration and of frequent divisions. Their Lordships had certainly the right of refusing as well as of granting their consent. But it was new that a measure of such vital importance as . . the present, upon every .part of which so many persons of opposite opinions had deliberated deeply, should be Proppsed to be rejected at once without the least couaideration. It was butetoo often the case that the two Noble Lords to tai tom he had alluded, decided, notgnly for themsekes, but for the majority of .the House, - and in Ahia cage he feared that they bad determined Ortetasot one word of the Bill should be beard. 'Mere was another reason which added to his surtiri - ie at hearing so early an opposition denoutited againat the Bill. In eParliamentary taCtieS,:oll - to a second reading was always uit4er stood to mean opposition to the principle of :the Bill, as a measure altogether so bad, that it was not even susceptible of improvement. Was that the case, could it be the case with the present bill ? Was that the. feeling with which the Noble Foul opposite viewed the question ? Was it -for this that he had divided the measure into two paet, and expressed his disapprobation of both ? it vas true.that the measure embodied tares principlaa. and objects; the one the restoration of imitate : lea,: and the other the price to be paid for that Ee 'atoratioo. How could any. person object to ,the first part, :unless he were prepared to say ihatlie was perfectly satisfied- with the present sittuttiou of the. Roman Catholics, that he thought it should not be bettered, and wished the subject not to.be ,inquired i n t o ? ff. this wasthe case ; if th e N o bl e Earl thought so lightly of the merits and claims of the Catholics, why did he then refuse the ad ditional securities offered by the second part of the measure ? .On. what principle did he found his opposition to one part as well as to the other ? He (the Earl of Donoughmore) asked no greater boon;in behalf of the Roman Catholics, than that their Lordships would deign to'consider, is the usual Parliamentary manner,. the Bill sent up to thent .by the other . House. He did . not wish to pledge their Lordships to the whole or to .any part of that Bill. He only wished it to receive due.consideration. He only .wished that a mc4l - which affected nearly one-tenth of the po pulation of England, and fOurafifths of that,of Ireland, and the petitions of four millions of Irish Catholics should not be sent away from the Bar without being beard. Had they.never been heard before ? Had no concessions, ever been made to the Petitioners ? They had been heard, and coo cessions had. been made to them : but never hid they received any thing until proof had been pre duced of their being worthy of the boon. Those proofs had been given under the sanction of oath; : and the Roman Catholics had .again and again abjured on oath those doctrines which they had• once been. charged with entertaining. They had proved themselves completely worthy of. all thit had hitherto been done for them. He could wish to know whatany Noble Lord could statuagainst the Catholics that went to disqualify them from being good subjects. If any thing of this kind could be stated, and the Catholics could not disclaim what was imputed to them, he would then say,' not only that no new concessions ought to be made, but that those which they had already received ought to be withdrawn. In 1793, an ACt passed to, give the Catholics the elective frinchisea When this had been eon ceded to them, 'he thought a full and complete admission had been made by' his Majesty's Go- • vernment that they were sufficiently trustworthy to be allowed to participate in all the blesaiiags of the Constit u ti on . O n one ground puly. could .it be supposed that Ministers were justified' is withholding the- right of sitting in Parliament after the elective franchise had been already conceded to them so• long back as 1793. .They might have said, let us .give them the right, of voting at elections, and then pause, tcasoe that they do not abuse the privilege thus ,afferded ; and having thus half opened the door of the Con stitution to thorn,' after obsetving their .conduct for a sufficient period, we, may then allow theca • to sit in 'either House.. The experiment had now been. tried fot eight-and -twenty :years, and there were no tx:IF-taints of the way in yhich Ole Ca tholics had used•the elective franchise. - This, he shou,ld be told, was a Protestant Constitution. He admitted th a t it 'was so, and God forbid that any act of-his should tend to make. it other than a Protestant 'Constitution : but that which he would recommend would not alter its. charaCter, as his'object 443110 C to give the Catholics ascend ancy, biit 'to do t awny the „jealousies and heart burningi Which at' present prevailed, ,and to pro mote ihigeneral• gond by rendering equal justice to all. These were his motives ,for . on their Lordships to read the Bill.then befilre them a second time: die would now say a few words on the subject of the:Pope. He wpuld.tell theta what that potentate was whom they considere4ao very formidable that it was not safe to. let the Catholics hold any communication with him what ever, - but through a particular channel, and. Who was thought `so hostile to all Protestant Govere— • ' merits that they could not even pass an Act to • relieve their fellow-subjects *without offering An affront to him. He did not think the Pope that. sort of creature which deserved the treatment he had received at their Lordships' hustle. In every instance he had been found ready to gca-half way to meet their wishes, by affording all the se curities that , could reasonably he reqn i re d . In proof of this he read, the altered oath by the voluntary act of the• Pope, to be taken by Catholic Vicars Apostolic in' England, and by , the Irish Bishops. That the dieposition. thus manifested, was not new a he shewed, by referring to an order of reference to .the Bishops, calling oft them to report on the state of their dioceses or districts extracted froth the records ofthe Propa gamin in 1744. This proved.that the Roman Catholic Religion did notaccesiaraly lead its vo taries to oppose all Protestant aovernment, and shewed that the head of the' Roman Church was anxious to restrain all undsr him from interferenaea • laith any but the Dileinbets of that . Church. I`.be •