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portaies of Dr. Milner was kept op ouly by exclission. The
'nosiest the great measure pending should be • d, that
ResereMd person would sink into insignillcauce—ba toast
thew retire into the darkness of his uwu bigoted school. As
to the Petition being signed scanti!,, was that the language
to be held to the descendants of thus' great mei' who hat
built up the liberties of the Constitution, who had procured
the regal signature to Maria Charles, sod slaw had achieved
tbe debts 6f AgiiitiAirt and Puietiers ? He congratulated
the Hones and the country on the prospect of the speedy ter-
minatiou to the disabilities of their Catholic fellow-subjects.
Sir GEORGE HILL captained.
Mr. R. MARTIN said, that the respected* Catholics of
Galway would be Most highly gratified with the passing of
the Bills. As to the Galway press, there was sotbiag da.'
serviog of the name 6f press Ili the county.
Mr. WHITE said theft the feelings of the memo, (kr
laid) wets astirely is favour of the Bilk.
Mr. DALY 'aid, that the only Paper in Galway was eat;
domed by a Protestawt, who was supposed so he not very
well affected to the interests of bin Catholic fellow-subjects,
As to the aesatisms of eigtodurewnwriplaised of by Ms Wm.
Flirted (Sir Goons Hill), that How. Barobet bad replia.l to
tblis.direomest so most Hy signed, by only foes Peen, by r•-
(erring to ea* still more scantily signed, by only mite Irish.
Print.
Mr. S. RICE said a few words.

bir. M. FITZGERALD said, that it could be no goes.
Lion fur the consideration of the House, as to opinions en-
tertained of their proceediap by the Catholic iwelacy ; but
if it weal • question, it wee already settled, as seven Bishops
had declared in favour of the Billy and only three persons
of the ecclesiastical WWI were opposed to them. He be-
lieved that the greater part of the Catholics of Ireland were
perfectly acquiescent in the measure.
The Petitiou was ordered to be printed.

ROMAN CATHOLIC DISABILITY
REMOVAL BILL.

Sir J. NEWPORT proceeded to move the Order of the
Day for the further eousideration of the Report on' this
Bill, which was wow confessedly on all hands become a
matter of deep interest to the country. He Whetted
the kind and patient indulgence of the House. He
felt his inadequacy to do justice to this great naeastate ;
but be hoped, under the peculiar and distresatiog cireum-'
stoners then attending it, fur increased indulgence aud eon.
sideratiou. It had bees the fate of this great question to be
accompanied by the death of its advocate, or of some acci-
dent of a similar and lamentable kind, on every occasion
when eta suceers seemed to hair become MUM inimiueut ;
one by one had disappeared, all the great advocates of ibis
measure, whose talents, energies, and eloquence brought the-
Legislature to acquiescence in It j those great bonineries.
had been am by one extinguished, and yet in despite of all
these lamentable objects, he trusted that the measure was
rapidly tan its way to consummation. Stall to lose ibat
light and animation which had brought it to this stage,
and now especially to be deprived of that eloquence, and
those great powers of mind, which had more immediately
tended to the completion of the great work, was peculiarly
usAwornate. Circumstances of a lamentable uature had fur
a while deprived the measure of the assistance of its eloquent
awl highly esteemed advocate. He felt the extreme dim-
catty of his situation in being left to till up that great out-
line which had been described iay the author of these Bills,
whose materials and utensils were so fully and eff,ciaally.
equal to the finishing of so vast a design. The advocacy of
this great cause had devolved on him, and whatever there
might appear of weakness in it must be attributed to the
fullness of the advocate, and be implored the House not to
let that cause suffer from his want uf thew/nape to advance'
it. As lac the subject itself, and his peculiar connexion with
it, it bad 'wawa with his growth, aud hall strengthened
with his strength ; and perhaps it was not epoch to be won-
dered at that he should be called on to support, is his old
age, a cause which be had done his utmost to advauce (rum
his rashest public life. He would not longer occupy the
attention of the House ; the principle uf the Bill was already
explained. It remained for the House to judge of the de-
tails. To enable them so to do, be begged. leave to move
the Order of the Day for the further consideration of the
Report on the Bill for removing the Catholic Disabilities to
be now read.
Mr. CROKER said, that when he bad given notice of a
motion fur au instruction to the Committee to recommeud
that means should be taken for enabling his Majesty to make
provision fur the Roman Catholic Clergy, be was not unaware
of the great importance of the rotation, and the variety of
opinions which existed epee it. He bad the same confidence
in the principle of this measure as before. The more he had
considered it the more had lie felt convinced of its healing
and satisfactory tendency with respect to the petitioners.
At the same time he might, by persisting in his motion at
that particular juncture, emb measure shish, es it
uses a broad and comprehensive one, would have a better
prospect of success if be allowed it the undivided attention
of the House. On this account be intended to reserve his
motion until the Bill came out of the Committee. and he
would press it en the bi 'King up of the Report. He farther
stated that his anxiety fur the success of the Bill most be
well known. He considered it as a measure of conciliation
—a sort of second-Union of Ireland with England, which
would save the former country from those circumstances
which were shaking the whole of Europe. He reminded
the House, that when a measure like the present had been
introduced seven sears ago, lie had given notice of a similar
instruction to that which he had announced at present ; but
the Bill being lost by the rejection of the first clause, his
motion, of course, was rendered unnecessary.
The Order of the Day was then read.
The SPEAK ER left the Chair.
Mr. R. SMITH read the first clause of the Bill, and upon
this, put the question.
Sir W. SCOTT said, that he had witnessed the intrtadoe,
lion of many Bills like the present during the last seven-
teen years, all of which had been rejected by the House. He
admitted that the present Bill had beeu introduced with the
advantage of talents and experience un its side, which were
equal to those of any fustier advocates of measures like the
present. There were, however, obstacles to the measure,
which no ingenuity could overcome. He hod snowy objec-
tions to the Hill; lie was entitled by the preamble to refer
to the chief authority appealed to, as a coustitutional prece-
dent fur the principle of it. The Bill proposed to relieve
Roman Catholics from certain results which would
ensue cos taking the oath of supremacy, as at present re-
quired, and the clause which went to expound that oath
referred to a former oath of supremacy established in the
reign of Queeu Elizabeth, sad to the explanation given of
the iiiieution mid properties of that oath in the admonition'
of Queen Elizabeth. It was well known that at the acces-
sion uf Queen Elizabeth as oath was prepared which was
recited in the present Bill, which contained two distinct pro-
positious—first, that the Queen's Majesty possessed supre-
macy in these realms, and iu all the civil ad ecclesiastical'
ertablislnuotii. The second proposition was of a relative
character, end went to make the taker of the oath declare,
that be did not admit any foreign Prince or Prelate, &ate or
Potentate, to have juriadictioa, power, pre-essineuee or an-
, thurity in Sliest realm.. At the Revelation this subject was
ievisrd, and tailored of that coudition of the first proposi-
tions which attributed spiritual authority in matters of eon-
science entirely to the head of the Protestant Guseranteut,
the Shaba cunteuted itself with the denunciation of certain
infamous doctrines which were imputed to the Catholic cum-
inunier, taking care that in the terms of the oath there
shuutal be a positive denial of the jurisdiction and
authority of the Conclave or Pontillf of Rome its
these realms. It was niatier of general notoriety that
lactose the Reformation the authority of the State was vested
iu the secular bead of the Guveraisnent, subject to she
cheek, of the Ss' sat Power, and that uf the Parliament.
Tee 'authority of Ike Spiritual Courts heal berm is operative
for a considei able peeled, mid until, from its extreme knots-
VelliellCr. its 111106110 N became accessary, the jurisdsctiou. of
ttir Roman Pontiff 'ass In full force iu these realists. Tim
Right Hon. and Learned Gentlesnau then quoted a tossi-
linable rattiest from afnetin, us the nature and influence el
this authority ou the interiml policy of the European States.
He admitted that there was ansisethisig of she Answer of
pasaimi, which had originally entered into the priacilple by
which the oath of supremacy had beets framed. Bat pansies
itself had frequeatly 'brut acted oil in our Legislature. and its
propriety bed been safes andirmed by the opium' of the
most deliberate liwsee, The subject of ibis oath bad been
yousidered particulaily at the time of abut Berelttliee. The