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"...eta test something mast be done, it would only remain to be
TZ.ied what was that something. Did we :tope to craven all the
soma Casholica of ellied to the doctrines of the Establishe
chase Would tob God that such could be case; It leollitt bed
had agree& advistio is way. But it was at best an idle
~,tation' and tse telary to be for a nnoinent entertained. We
istetP.—a; alleviets se dance of each a result if we abut the dear
eceteat all comenisio=u:, the oentinuanc• of pains and pal-
Ifen& lt were . to lespe that we could thus deal with the
adlees, coon wi looking at the daily increase of
of influential, end if Intellect in Ireland, the improve-
that wire is that emontry every day taking place,
i ample of every other eionntry, and looking to the
y with which the Catholics were considered by a large por-
, the Frossetankpolation, by a majority in this House, and
• sent=fthose who composed the other—could we
Pam Up prosecute dui, claims, and to per-
. its ;mom the disabilities under which they
• r . ..in sin more visionary than the hope geslaitsx
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.t=seillzeetoo those consider what was
plMntsta, &bend thus'
en a hi the of Ireland—make a change in those
a . beg melting geladed the Roman Catholics from all
sled levrra ifien
..Aser in ISLOSelthes removwebsodwaerengernowtltioichbeeraisppaited
M 110. golfrogy -41111alliese -*hi& attended legislation. For 25
Ninths OM& OliOnse•bittl her selsrantly.under the considera-
ble( ell House, sad der lime had 'ssacetved it a duty--a duty
161,...V the Uisiila —S• ,„..:=7 to the situation and
MVO We het Sew shoe a gesseil
71es country g es hod reared seriestrony Woo
i '"'.40...' ere whaled ogreeessider fir 461OrVingt.
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...tallitTaf INGO *es an arrays!! MAO sem That
7,110-71,pahrttitillid1W1 eill hal 11""ellah CU: .1
sad in intellect, and iti eerie were
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laelige bed bah add them see anespiess
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0 r - i weeM k be sell ewe to irk ie if
wwere. Ni*med be heedless of those growing
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estate of the laws? The Catho-
de,
shhh`ware y myna ailisAmistreVilißut
AcvatiAlipoitios erste, than formidable. and vesders singa.
tit if datddidsit ht aided. EdtiT we petit them what they ask
Ist, we eYss at ere remove the danger. Could it be ceneeived
that if we to their deniandmag admitted them within the
waled the essatitt, they vigil he a/terms& anxious te pull
Usti that .
.* . , aM Ise* iambi the adeastages they liar
so Fmk. se shorty 'lees would au b. dos enures
p'..2onut MINES bit welt ths rest via* • as well as the
art Hon. Oetelsetas the amts.), of Star
fix di= was not misesd Rigs who were maim.
Willr Olin disabilliti of gini tie Cesbehes tem-
eepid be satisfied ea sired. *dr jandieget rem r
the beg& g Inasteesis the sanamigemisse et ederirder rendre
?wheeler.. le a shore in the cascade et the King. But..
dlislaillre. soutid there be any danger te dreg 7 It was
ig a.y ens word be admitted to such mune' unless he
might sod influence io the country,' and it was only
that sigh weight and intlimsseemeld be obtained
a - as to entitle him to * Ow in the cOunciL
4getimat
Ili Gentleman had said, that there might be
...elates Member of the House, who, by his talents, by
eas mak, Ohl by his wealth united, might obtain an ascendancy in
rr,,,. This could not be denied ; but it would be an uo.
possitelty that any such person could find his way
gialgh the House to such a statieu, sad be a person dangerous to
He must possess talents of Use highest order, and yet
:Pa a( the very worst description, ands hypocrite, who could
V
.ellea dotard vigilance of the House, and the Press, and the
sew inialladllitle country. He must be actuated by feelings
' mei seem iimild a man who aspired to power through the
ja map if • pipers assembly. But if there were such a man
- iftlabeint, be would still say, let him cane into this douse;
he in tbis House there are men who will ineesure the standard of
pis Rom Catholic Gentlemen, be be whip be may. dim he
• be leguht is move in his legitiredlt spins But shut hint
gs.
as, banish him from the seism of legitimate im-
he 11l become an eccentric and Usk( comet, who
Xit
for a time, but who will come wain, and come
DD„,„„.,, influence. He would warn the geese, that if they
lout the demands of the Catholics thq Would again and
N. to deal with some such Association. the Catholic
which they had so recently supposing. lie solid
Nt at 4hat, without reversing for a short time is thous two Bills
elich an Hon. Member had called the two wings of the great
gegen. He would my for himself, and for • Eight How.
Gesiiiii (Mr. Canning). that so far from being a party te
dims Ellis being brought into Parlismene they were not aware
d my intention so to do until 'iota was publicly given. He had
lig for the Bill relative to the Elective Franchise, but lie bad
bee so with reluctance, arid only from the convietle that it would
lisecomary to the passing of the other. Rut with respect to the
AIR queries, be had voted for it, knowing that the Howse held
Illipeabli and possessed the only means of applying it to i
zeaas
„Liellibliii ' • and he w willing to support some measure for
Catholic suhjects, by using that purse for a pur-
to Ireland, and for the instruction of its
we should opt, without mature deliberation,
111(1 eithe provision for the Catholic Clergy by law. lie, foe
re willing to place such a provision beyond the control of
rmt and of the Crown, precisely as the provision for the
grimes was pitted. He would say, however, that
aes Nit wort so must be postponed until the
amen saw tlsAsa the Row was disposed of ; and that with-
er* die consideration we should not make any pecuniary grant
Male
ha PEEL said that be should trouble the House with but a !
he observations id the present stage of the Bill, but he felt it
esserry their odor tea portion of the debate which had taken
Ihm (rn Irtderefew lie had received a letter front the widow
ef dis late Mar if Sheath, who had been stated in the House to
bias bus aima • Catholic Priest. The letter declared that he had
atio so base, but that he was both ordained and priested by the
hies of Peterborough ; that be was born a Roman Catholic,
eel was educated at Paris, when at an early age ha saw reasons for
• his religion, and went to Cambridge, whore he became a
Watson's, and where he was ordained, and ordained
?re ling time, a Clergyman of the Church of England. He
pink
arm fa mow on the House for a very short time; he considered
shat say bleier arguments of his would be unavailing, and could
miaow influence the view which many elembers had taken of the
selnet. He felt satisfied that he had offered to the measure every
which he could offer with that consistency with which
Irelr P a
eldion ought to be made. His opinions were already on re-
ad, and he should be wrong in trespassing on the notice by 'dal ing
what he had already stated ; but he was desirous of taking this op-
p remity to declare, that he adhered to the sentiments he had
slam. professed. He did not, however, concur in opinion with
those who thought that no concessions should be made to the Ca.
Victim, because he declared his reading to give the Roman Ca-
tholics of England the same priviss as were enjoyed by the
Catholics of Ireland, and he had mewed that this was not a vague
astettion. After the fullest candied:is*, his opinions remained
latheredd that it would be to the t interests of this coun-
try to exclude from the higher o ex, of the State those who pro.
felted the doctrines of the Church of Rome. He was the mote
etevinced of the correctness of this opinion when he recollected
how completely religious feelings were connected with events in
England, in Scotland, and in Ireland—when he recollected the
Rewlation in this country, and the scenes that had occurred in the
ethers lie was satisfied that it would not be wise or prudent to re-
move those harriers which it had been found necessary to set up, and
Ir conceited that in one sense the removal of those disabilities would
be mesasistert wish the Constnution. if by the Constitution was
motet the Establishment of Church and State. An Hun. Mem.
Ne (Mr. 11. Twits) had stated the disabilities of the Catholics to
bate commenced under the reign of Charles 11., when the
Latino was in an inflamed at d angry state; but he ( Ilir. Peel) could
inform him that those disabilities were coeval with the Reformation.
and he begged to refer him to an Act of the sth of Elizabeth, by
winch every knight, Citizen, and Burgess, was obliged to take
an oath, which, if they were now obliged to take, would answer
all the purposes of the oath they now declined taking.
Ills lion. Friend had referred to the Statute of Edward VI., and
read from the preamble some expressions which he no doubt consi-
e.cred very beautiful, that in peaceable times they might think a
light and libeind garment sufficient, but that in stormy and tem.
peouous times a coarser and thicker would be necessary : but did
his lion. Friend, when be quoted the preamble of that statute in
tat argument for liberality and fitness of seasons, recollect, or rather
knew. that the very statute lie mentioned would subject him to the
Penalty of death for uttering the opinions lie had that night promul-
gated: By the 7th clause of that Act it is provided, that if any one
shall, by dad writing, or word, after the last day of 3larch, in the
year mentioned, deny that his Majesty is the supreme head of the
church, or attempt to assert the spiritual supremacy of the Pope
In these realms, he shall be liable to suffer death, in the same man-
ner, and with the same forfeiture of goods, lands, and chattels, as if
he had been guilty of high treason 7 And yet this is the light and
liberal vest in which the lion. Gentleman would invest us. (Hear,
hesi..) His Hon. Friend spoke of the injustice of withholding el.
':1 riehts on account of spiritual opinions, anti told the House. al-
though lie held their opinions 'upon spiritual subjects in abhor.
race_perhaps he did not use so strong a word, but he at all events
expressed his dislike of their religious opinions, but that he did not
minder it a sufficient ground tor cecleding them from the enjoy.
'tent of civil rights. There he understood him. But he con-
:elided, that when those who held those doctrines came forward
!len'snding civil rights, it gave a distinct right to make inquiries
iota those tenets which they oth...rwise might not possess. The
light Hors. Gentleman then alluded to the Bill for paying the
Priesthood of Ireland, and asked how they could approve of a wee-
'ere as a security, which declare, at once that it is not the
ram, but the law which is to bestow this provision, or how they
t'uld be called upon to settle by law a provision prospective upon
's^ consent of Parliament to pass this Bill ? l le moot say, that if
ees Bill had been supported by the Gentlemen opposite merely for
"e Paltry purpose of catching a few votes, it was a degrada.
"11 Of Parlament ; what lie said when it was discussed, could
rst bind hint either to support or reject It. He had entreated the
11^`,+e to pause and consider well the principle and bearings of the
ll'''lleete, before it pledged itself t 3 adopt it ; that lie repeated seal.
Le he mast say that it was his opinion that the question of the
Pee.aa ran whom that bounty is to be bestowed should be reserved

foe. the consideration of Government ; and he never sniff
consent to its adoption without reaming that consent ; fa
thm was a one where the consent of Government was 1
that was one of the strongest in its necessity. or I -
however, he knew nothing, but what was contained in the
speech of the Noble lord who introduced it, in which he
stated that it was his intention to propose 1.10& a-year for
Archbishops. and other sums for Bishops and Clergymen. This
was all he knew of it, except that the Honourable Member for
Winchihea had said the Bill committed those who voted fur it to
no particular method of supplying the aunt required • because, if
they did net like to burthen the public purse with the payment of
the atm required, they might take it nut of the revenues of the
Estrthlhthed Church—a method of supplying it which certainly did
not tend to reconcile him to the measure itself, lie would not,
however, say more, with reference to the right of the Crown upon
this question, than that Dr. Doyle said aeon his examination,
whatever might be the. method of bestow the bounty of the
Crown, the Members of the Cadealic Om& eloeld *ever consent
to soy interference in its disposition. Hossesbkelowesq, es he said
before, that without concealing the Is which this imestion
was unhappily involved, he liedlevlesul which
would give •atisfaction to all pattd sbsslsetthwsybt
if the Crown, and certain high Ws saes& wss•
excluded from these dignities his deka.
enough would remain fur their impausirs
ofiinjustice on those who withheld gassy ingislimhe
in those who accepted what were Awl hint hr wadi*.
serve, that notwithstanding all he had hoed is else Heme, wad eV
' he hap. read in the evidence so often alluded se. he did not believe
that withholding those claims led to the miseasisies ithicis unhap-
pily it could not be denied prevailed in Ireland, et that the Catho-
lics were subjected to any injustice or 'medication by the refusal
to make the concessions required. But if It had been proved to his
satisfaction that there was soy inMetios et eppression—if it had been
ved that there had beim easy tampaings with patiee--any one
proved that there had bees say tampetisigs with justice_any one
nstancr of suffering frogs ice partial admioiseestion, he would'
ke thought the demand's( the Catholics were just—that their
46inie stood upon geed Asada, and would sot have denied their
relief. ( Hear. %He acknowledged that the Hamm was
a state of y, but he could not concede to the
Ic=" Prir.oident of the of Trade. that the oaths proposed to
be taken were a sufficient ammity. lie could not concur in any
opinion khy it was wise to ales hi that opposition which he had
hitherto teen upon conesiloilem tostives, and on constitutional
tp the Oaken' Of thellawan Catholic to the higher
of the PM, . most attentive consideration
ra-the arguments psi
hi
le favour of emcee-
deo and spinet tzarina diremet se Irbil It kid Kahane
been carried. buthe we. amspelled to say that as be rentalased un-
convinced, he felt himself bound to pursue that course which his
conscience dictated. it give him pain to differ from many men on
both sides of the !loose, whose opinions he valued ; but although
he had the misfonune to hold sentiments upon this quemiqp
Minnie to these entertained. by those friends with whom he
was associated in political life—and although he might on other
messima distrust his judgment, when opposed to the decisions of
these Glands—still, as he felt this to be a question determinable
epee grounds purely conscientious, he could not consent to defer
even to their judgment. Whatever might be said of others, he felt
that he at least had been no party to the hopes which had beets raised
In the breasts of the Catholic liody; he therefore felt himself at
perfect liberty to declare himself still hostile to the claims
they advanced, and to express his determination to give this Bill
his unqualified opposition. (Hear, hear.s

Al r. BROUGHAM said, that after having debated this question
for, he believed, twelve successive nights, it might be conceded that
the House had at least not been guilty of the injustice of wanting
due deliberation. After the share which he had taken in the de.
bates upon these occasions, it might be allowed thathe had done
enough for his justification, arid that it would be anunparionable
vanity to think he could excite any novelty either of arggenent or
illustration, from a subject so exhaustki. He could astute the
House that he felt these considerations, and amid not have
troubled it even for the brief space be intended, had he tof been
called upon to make some reply to what had fallen from the Right
Honourable Secretary for the Home Depertment, with reference to
some observations which he had uttered in the Committee upon
this Bill. He could only say, that he adopted on that occasion the
ordinary statement of the known point of law, that the person or-
dained by the Pope was, to all intents and purposes, a Priest of the
Protestant Church, without any other orillnauon. This was
precisely what be had stated, and as an illustration he might
mention one ter two persons, now in Holy Orders, who
had never been ordained anywhere but abroad ; but as there was no
necessity rbe ntestioning names to support that which was the
acknowledged law, he would merely say, with respect to Bishop
O'Beirne, he bad always understood that he ti .;+I admitted into Pro-
testant orders without any ordination, and that he was a Catholic
priest before he renounced the errors of that religion. He had
stated, Indeed, live nr six years ago, is that House, that it was his
friend Bishop Hiuchley who procured him the prefer Tent, and that
there were always great doubts as to the fact of his having received
a second ordination.

Here Mr. PEEL, again mentioned the letter, acres the table.
Mr. BROUGHAM continued. He did not mean to deny that ;
but with respect to the Bishop's having been a priest, he begged
to say that although he might be satisfied with the denial upon
that point, there were many others who were not satisfied; his
brother, however, was a priest, and that might have led to the
mistake. (Here the House manifested considerable impatience.)
He had
_promised he would be brief, and lie meant to keep his
word. l'he Right Honourable Secretary had relied upon two or
three arguments for refusing to redress the wrongs of the Catholics,
but the main one was the danger which he apprehended to the este-
blfehment of the Ch urch from die Catholics form in g firm and emptier
body, bound together by interest and principle to overthrow it.
This was an argument which had been used repeatedly ; it had
been over and over again spread upon the subject ; it had been
used one hundred and twenty years ago, and was now used again to
raise an apprehension of mischief, but he was sure our posterity
would not receive any more inconvenience or fright from the adop-
tion of this measure to-night than we received inconvenience or
danger from the menaces that had been formerly held out. The
argument of the Right Hon. Secretary (Mr. Peel), as to the fears
he entertained for the church, reminded him of the objections
which had been made at the period of the Scottish Union by the
spiritual predecessor of the present Bishop of Bath and Wells, who
was a very earnest enemy of the present measure for the mond..
pation of the Roman Catholics. That Right Rev. Prelate, at the
Enod of the proposed Union, in exposing the dangers to the
stablished Church of this country, said that tongue could not ex.
press the danger he apprehended from admitting sixteen Peers in o
Parliament who must be of a different creed from that of this
country. He regarded it as a measure, the necessary tendency of
which was to subvert and overthrow the religion of this country.
The Kirk of Scotland excited the alarm of the Right Reverend
Prelate, but in the Scottish Parliament an apprehension of a dif-
ferent kind was entertained, and they who in that Parliament
argued against the Union said, •'What ! send forty-five Com-
moners and sixteen Peers ; send the flower of our flock to Eng-
land, to the land of Bishops and abominations (Hear, and a laugh),
their faith will be perverted, and they will come back and subvert
or overthrow the established religion of Scotland." But notwith-
standing these opposite apprehensions, the measure was carried, and
produced none of those mischievous effects which had been appre-
hended from it. So he was satisfied, that if the present measure
were carried, it would not be productive of danger, or would it lead
to the overthrow of the Established Church of this country, as ap-
prehended by the Right lion. Secretary for the Home Department.
A Right Rev. Prelate, (the Bishop of Bath and Siells) the flower
of our Episcopacy, had said, and he was no Jesuit, nor a lover of
Jesuits, that an individual in subscribing to the thirty-nine articles
did not subscribe to the particular belief of each of them ; but that
believing is some and disbelieving in others, he in a manner
lumped his faith, and that, an in the'ebbiug and overflow of the
tide, the belief in one article was counteracted by a disbelief in
another, and thereby a sort of average faith was embraced, which
entitled the subscribing person to swallow the whole, and to as..
some to himself any situation or promotion In the Church or else-
where that he might be enabled to obtain. ( Hear, hear.) Amongst
the objections to this measure was one mainly relied upon, namely,
the discrepancy between a pamphlet of Bishop Doyle and the
evidence of Ilishap Doyle before the Irish Committee. Without
any imputation on that highly-gifted man, he certainly wood not
deny that there might be sonic intemperate expressions 111 that
pamphlet, which he (Mr. Brougham) would not approve of. Nay,
there were some expressions In it of which perhaps the writer would
not himself, upon reflection, approve of. (Hear, hear.) There
might be expressions in the speeches of members of the Roman
Catholic body which they upon consideration may regret to have
uttered, byt the utterance of which, under the circumstances in which
they were spoken, admitted of much extenuation and excuse.
Mom/ But was not the change of sentiment in these writings and
speeches easily accounted for by the contrast of the treatment ob-
serve/1 towards them in this country, and in Ireland ? Here you
opened the dotes of Parliament to thent—for she first time you
heard an exposition of their sentiments and principle from them.,
selves, and for the light they let in upon you through the
narrow chink through which you permitted it to enter—fur
the disposition you have manifested to hear their complaints
and grievances, anti hearing them to redress them, they have
been grateful, and have become subdurd and mitigated in their
tone. (Hear, hear.) But what is the inference from this?
What, but that if you carry the same principle further—if you
extend this principle you will encourage a better feeling on the part
of the Roman Catholics towards you, and you will altogether
subdue and alter any sentiments of harshness which the present
policy you observe towards them may create. But, supposing
these sentiments and expressions to be more intemperate even than
they were alleged to be, they were after all the expressions and
sentintenut of one or two individuals, and ought not to be regarded
as expressive of the opinions of five or six millions of people. Was
ft fair to judge of all by the sentiments of a few ? How would any
Member of that House like to be told, " I judge of you by that
man's speech ?" Ile was sure there were many Members in that
House who would as little like to be judged by his sentiments as
he would be to be judged by theirs. (Hear.) Would it not be'.
most improper and unfair for any person who may have heard a
speech a few nights ago--a speech containing very little sense and
a great deal of nonsense, remarkable for little else than a vio-
lation of grammar—would it not lie most unjust to describe
' such a speech ; suppose it to be uttered by an Hon. Gentleman or
an lion. Baronet, !Mr. Such-a-one, or Sir Somebody Such-a.one
(of course he meant nobody)—(much laughter). to describe such a
speech as illustrative of the style of speaking by the Right lion.
the Secretary for the Hume Department. I Hear, hear.) As well
might the writings and preaching% of a Rev. Baronet (we believe
Sir H. Dees) be attributed to the Protestants of this country. But
in speaking of the doctrines of the Rumen Catholics, in the die-
. swam to be found in there, we should not be too nice ; neither

Aden,
Moduce . . —.Aloe which ilk
It WWI so in the eitat of the C-iveindieen of liesdand—artso,
ylonsleesd, tysemael gml NM111.114 Zos.Sell the Maw dot
(*Premed their, ill*ed Met . • hentilefititi Inn.
naive and trorthy the'llninidee • MOW, beatt),
It was so too in fralksll4 Is
and to periods oy pipobogemb_samses Pretestarti emit:74
Roman Catholics NO
_reehellea eir Protestants, It ss
'Wells.
far better for tub Oenista tire . is leave these* as
matters only of kinerpszlitliy minis_) SI imegraitu..
late minskrea and be diet home watikeed lila illkitts which
them pennestimis esenwe rod drew -Miletiminsiess was es.
eastsgsL laliareplemlielat. Oen Ifise-Pweigerease goo ammo
• 'l,:lisil
iaixser halm Theme% nod, Ilkietradve of the
jell' bed power.
OTretpeeedl dm erne ei pere=sehrill ithe' en- sees=
el apensiative npleimenie selgianeemienee by diet
mere emphatically by thes per- 'Ole • whin./ warrea wrirdie tap
of the climax—" Proweraptistwes Wiwi* lawaisses Indenter, nen
Miltallibr." They bed enne the truth of it bribe systems =
la Ireland, whim the law was sedsteksed- only by the
—nod Wen by IM heyesset It enabl•eoly ~be upheld, =len
glse vote 'et shim sight world espirlimlnee as mimed and Ira-
, proved pies at .oestmennyz. • TM* wed bas "air weld they
prevent foreign satins DIMS *thee unlit a
malignant mem t mime Radom potter
we pursued sewed' Inked, kr in ._)cols_) they tor she
rageidingemic
nt of ma wielcircisc.. Wow, Ilesz) _.- to tberliffAgle
gazettes—leek tie ggit syserne of Awaits, ena deem yew Will tied
that, however ismanneineeltemetimmed site minilmewaseK_lre to the
ether 11101111111111 of dm eeseney's neflekleterm= elefrelenlbefuleg
always occupies dersemelins if eke ten setalswww.
tie merwirces and. the eel Mend raise the
Gazette is silent, but en dm in Weal the GO* wee
always actively sigllent. • eineemendeenta was es be famed In
- the other enemas of thiarersoss fif pensi=l34ll new
Wove Ideas& "` ilesie,"• liesegbent, 0 / sada
-mason ibentisilendaza. tdeasAiusexprl/2 1641 i
enforce theabselete, y emesera. t nille.
cause lam amino AA we might be a to look ape Dobai and
Cork with the mane pleassee sad the same security that we sew
look upon Edinburgh sad London. (Hear, hear.) We are new
in a state of prosperity; bat should a war arise itwould be well fat
us to consider in what state we would be then placed with reopen
to this part of the empire :
_let us look back to the revolselneery
war of France, in which we were at one time obliged to
regard that country as little Is. than almost belonging to
France. But look to the more immediate consequence of the
effect of the rejection Of this measure in Ireland at this
moment, after the suppression of the Catholic Association,
and in the suppression of which y•ou excited their hopes that
you wo.i" --lax the penal code by which they were affected,
and its, excitr•ment of which hopes induced many to support the
prowl- lion for sum waing it. If it be new rejected he would he
a bold nan that wool I answer fur the pace of Ireland. But there
is a nu ce of carryily it, that la, by sending it up to the House of
Lords by a large majority. (Rear, hear.) If you do so, without
arrogating any extraordinary sagacity, I have toy confidence in its
success, and in nerving the hopes of the people of Ireland fully
realised and fulfilled, bemuse then I am satisfied this Bill must
pass into a law ; but it must be immediate, aye, and in this very
reign of his Majesty now upon the throne. (Cheers.) I have exone-
rated myself. (Hear.) Be wise then, I say, in time—be wise whilst
it is day, and wait not till the black night shrouds you, when no
man can tell what will come. (Lotid cheers.)
After a few words front Sir Ir. BLAKE and Colonel Fonnr in
favour of the Bill, strangers were ordered to withdraw, and the
House divided.
When there anirieared,—
Foe th third reading . . - 249
kid i t it 227

Slajority in favour of the Bin . - 21
The announcement of the Majority in favour of the Bill was re.
mired with cheering.
Tfie Bill was accordingly read a third time and passed.
The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the Mouse
adjourned at Two o'Cr.oca.
BOUTS OF COMMONS, THIS DAY.

.COVENT-(;.4liDljSr 111 E ATHA.
This Evening, wznNesnA V. May 11. will be performed
DF.R FREISCHII'E.
Caspar, Mr. Bennett: Wilhelm, Mr. rearman Killian, Mr. Keeley.
Bertha, Miss Paton Lena, Mir Lore.
After whleh,
♦LADDIN; or, THE WONDERFUL LAMP.
Aladdin, Mrs.lllning; Karim Awe, Mr. T. P. Coots; Abanaaer, Mr.
Farley; Karrack, Mr. J. S. GrlmaldL
To-marrow, The Belle's Stratagem, and The Barter of

HAYMARKET THEATRE.
rilwEvening, WISDNESOIIAns' V, May will be Perfonadli
THE RE6f OPERA.
Peaehin, Mr. Williams: I.nckit, Mr. Dowton: Captain Masheslth,
Madame Vestry: Filch, lir. J. Russell. Mfa. Nashua's, Mts.C. Jonas;
raids Mya Pesete: Luey, Mrs. Humby.
After which.
TRIBULATION: or, UNWELCOME VISITORS.
ISM Prinsigal Litarsetens by Menem. Downes, Vining, and Raymond g
Madames Davison and Glover.
• To conclude with TEKELL
• Grant Terrell, Mr. Vining; Wolt, Mr. Clarkson: Conrad, Mr. Wil.
'buns : Isidore, Mr. W. West; Bras de Per. Mr. J. Russell. Christine,
Midi P. Glover.
To-morrow, The Lady and the The Hypocrite, and Peeping
Toot.
THE APOLLONICON.
LIMP S&
O THE 111,111D14111 PATIIONAOR Or MIS DICII/111.
n S I,TUROAV NEXT. at Two dfluek,
The following SELF.CTIoN of MUSIC will be performed by Mr.
PURK IS on the k POLLONICON, a Grind Musical Instrument,
invented and constructed by Messrs. Flight and Hobson, Organ
Builders, 101, St. MartMelane :
PART I.
Overture. Ads and Galatea (Handel)—Air, • Rush. ye pretty war-
bling *hole' (Han ....)—lldnting Cherub, Euryanthe
I When the gentle eve descending; Precluea (Webee)--Air and Chorus
(Rossini).
Pear 11.
Overtire. kat Gana Ladni (Rissein)—beet, •Als pardons' (Morart)—
everture, Pry 2losa 1 Weber)—Air, • My heart and lute Oliocoro--Chorssa„
ingitneo,. lire Nelsehutx (Weber).
RadWr. Putrefee Performanees will be essitillaied every Someday
a, the Season.
The Mechanical Powers 14 the Apollonicon are exhibited Deny,
hose One tin Four (except during the time of Mr. Puriits's attendance).
performing ileethoven's celebrated Overture to Prometheus. Mozart's
overture to Zauberitote, and Haydn's Grand Military Movement
from his Twelfth symphony, in the execution of which It has been
honoured with the sanction of the most eminent mechanical and
musical men of the age, and is allowed to possess a grandeur and
Variety of effect, with a preeigton and a delicacy of expression, sups.
Soy to any other Instrument in F.tirope.
The Music arranged fur and set on the Cylinders by Mr. Flight, Jun.
• I

The BRITISH Pates commenced publishing yesterday rooming
at six o'clock.
LONDON, WEDNESDAY, Mit 11, 1896.

The Paris Papers of Sunday are quite barren of intelli-
gence, foreign and domestic. Conformably to law, the
editor of the Journal des Debuts has been obliged to publish
an official contradiction of the report that M. DE VI LiALE
had lent a considerable sum in Royal bonds to the house
of Rcermscut LD, on a deposit of rentes. There seems to
be no reason to doubt that the report was utterly without
foundation. The Journal des Debats endeavours to quibble
out of its responsibility, by saying that it only committed it-
self to the fact that such a report was actually in circu-
lation.

• The Etoile dated Monday announces that Prince MAxi-
xtuax of Saxony and his daughter arrived at Bordeaux
on the 2d inst. On the 4th they were to depart on their
way to Paris, which they were expected to reach on Mon-
day. On Tuesday they were engaged to dine with the
King of FRANCA:, at St. Cloud.

The Etoile contains the account of the founding of a
new English settlement on the north coast of Holland.
It also announces the death of M. PIERCE LE CLERC, Chc.
'slier de BercoN, brother of the illustrious naturalist, in
the 91st year of his age, near Montbard, where he was
born, 23d June 173 k, and died 22t1 April 1825. In the
official part of the Moniteur there are two Royal ordi-
nances approving the statutes of two societies, one called
the Society of the Canal of the Duke of Angouleme, the
the other of the Canal of the Ardennes. The non-official
part contains the following notice, which was posted, at two
o'clock on Friday, in the great room of the Exchange:—
" CAISSE D'A3IORTISSE3IENT.
" Law of May 1. 1823.
" Art. 3. From the date of the publication of the present law,
the sums set apart for the Amortissentent shall not be employed in
the redemption of stock above par. The purchases which the
Caisse d'Amortissement makes shall take place publicly, and with
competition.
" 31. de Laville Lerouse, Exchange Agent of the Caisse d'Amor.
tissenient, will employ to-day, the 6th May, the sum of 250.000 fr.
in redeeming renter, either at 44 or 3 per cent. for want of 5 prr
cents., at or below par.
" The Maitre de Requetes, Director.
(Signed) "PA SQUI ER."
[From the Courrier Francais of Sanday.)
We have accounts from Senegal of the 211th March, confirming
what we before said, that the Governor of the Colony would not
allow those among the departed colonists who had some resources
left, to freight a vessel for their unfortunate companions. Ile made
them depart two and two together. We learn also that the English
islands of Trinidad and St. Lucia, where the people of colour en.
joy civil and political rights, had been enriched by the loss which
Martinique has suffered of its most industrious citizens.

By the conditions of the forthcoming Spanish Loan, we
understand that the bond-holders will be allowed two
years to accept the terms that will be offered to them. If,
at the end of that time, they should not all have acceded
to these terms, the contractors will pay the composition for
the amount outstanding into the Royal Treasury, and on
that payment they will be acquitted of all responsibility on
that account. We have already stated that the Loan will
be nominally for 24 millions, more than half of which,
however, will be absorbed by the Bonds of the Cortes, the
repayment of Ge a aii• an's Loan, and the liquidation of the
British and French claims. The amount, therefore, really
to be brought into the market, will not be so great as to
render the operation very difficult. It will be much faci-
litated should the bonds be received, as there is good rea-
son to believe they will, at 35, in the subscription to the
new Loan. The new Bonds under no circumstances will
be taken higher than 32, the price at which they were
issued. We beg to be understood to repeat what we said
yesterday with respect to the correctness of our information
regarding this transaction. None of those who are really
aware of what is passing will deny our statements. It is
known to whom we allude; and we call upon them, if
they can, to point out any part of any article we have writ-
ten on this subject, which is not perfectly accurate in every
particular it relates.

The Roman Catholic Relief Bill was last night
read a third time in the House of Commons, and
passed. On the division the numbers were—Ayes, 248;
Noes, 227. The majority in favour of the third read-
ing was consequently but 21, six less than on the
second reading. The principal speakers against the
Bill last night were, Sir H. ItioLis, the SOLICITOR-
G LN R Al., and Mr. Secretary Pr sr. ; those in support of
it were Mr. Ct RSV EN, Mr.*C. GRANT, Mr. IltisstssoN,
and Mr. Baouotessi. The arguments on each side were
unavoidably such as have been a hundred time& re-
peated. The speeches which produced the greatest
impression upon the House were those of Mr. C. GRANT,
Mr. HusatssoN, and Mr. PEEL. The Right Honourable
Secretary declared that his former objections to the repeal
of the disabilities of the Roman Catholics were strength-
ened by the measures by which it was accompanied, spe-
cialty the provision for the Irish priesthood. It remains,
however, now for the Upper House of Parliament to de-
termine whether this important Bill shall become part of
the law of the land. Noquestion perhaps ever went before

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new Historical Play'. called
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amen. This 1 Popish ritual"- This
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a thr crsead of the The Principal Characters by Messrs. ?decreed), Rehash )char, and
Knight ; Mesdames Bunzitt.:;Agfiz.,,,,iukt Clara risnec.
e Member for church according to ' rad It atm bootee meees.
oted fur it to .my fur us to be tote faraidio la thertinktbe saner sad doctrines THE I.EEPIN‘i DRAUGHT.
because, if ,of others. But tiro, whams...was pviveMaild, we sure to Pop‘ilialu, Mr. Hitley. •
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