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less injurious to the Catholic to excldtle him elm-
Ler lier, than to put limitations upori him. hue
Privy Counsellor's oath, to which the Right
Honourable Gentleman' had alluded, was the same
as before the Reformati ; and if the person tut,-
log it could nut them advise his Sovereign agasiset
the authority of the Pulw, he did not see how lie
could be a Privy Counsellor at all. The oath
retain'y nesght be tuudifieol or altered by Parlisa
merit ; and, besides, the Privy Counsellor was not
called upon as a matter of sieceseity to give his ad-
vice to lilt King on ecclrriestical mailers. He could
spot think it creditable to the liberality of the Pro.
instants in England, to continue restrictions °pod
the Catholics when such restrictions did not exist
in foreign countries against 11. e Protestato. We
had at the present snoment a Protestant Awbassa-
dor from Catholic Bavaria, and a Cathode
lOIRIOr 6010 Protestant Deangar k. The I utter he
understood was about to be replaced by no Kriging!!
Catholic, who hail in that et ))))) try Stern 'CO-let-it and
promoted to offices, f which its this, hi. Ou'iS
country, lie was excluded The situation of Ilu •••:
Ratty, as it regarded the Austrian empire, was int ex-
racily similar to that of Ireland with this cuuutry, teggi
with the permission of the Committee hr would
read a short extract from a wilt k which treated of
that country. The Right Hun. Geodesists' read
au extract, which stated the ;population of Hungary
at seven millions, of which the greater part were
Prutestaist., mid there was a Roman Catlio
tic Hierarchy of great wealth and power. For
cesetui ies the country had beau distracted aud etu-
bertassed with broils and dissensions. In 1791, the
Emperor Leopold convoked the Diet of Hungary,
which consisted of four hundred Deputies, com-
posed of Nobler, the lesser Noldesse, and Deputies
from the cities, and in that Dirt a oroprortion was.
made to give esitrre gelmistgion to every office in the
State to the Protests:Os: 291 toted for it, and 84
against is, arid the consequence was, that the
Protestants acquired entire freedom of public
worship, and a right to till all public offices, with a
seat in the Legislature. He thought it impossible
to poiduce ally case more complete against the
charge which had been fregieently made stoiiist the
bigoted intolerance of the Catholic. The
result of the grant which was made to the
Protestants of Ilititigary was, that when Viesono
was occupied by the French, every class of persons
started fortis with eagerties to reel airy eutiance
on their territory. He writhed tire Hon. Member
for Bristol had rend the book of travels wsitseis by
his namesake before he cattie (loan to the House
last night, that he might have wen the hem
effects of the contrary st stein to that which lie ad-
vocated and recounnetided to the House. With
respect to the judicial lie inu.t ail
that, although he did not underrate the valor of
the silk gown which the Right Hon. Gentleman
was willing to concede, yet lie most say he thought
it would he going but a very little way to B:glibly
that body, for whom it may be recollected the Right
Hun. Gentleman who brought forward the motion
with so much eloquence and ability, had claimed
the fullest privileges as u boost to their Prole.-
tent biedireit at the bar. The Right Honourable
(3i-tiltrotor) affirmed, that the great body of the
people were not injured by the exclusion from the
judicial functions; but surely he would allow that
every Catholic must be injured, when he recollected
that the most distinguished Judges had sprung from
the lowest iauks of the people. The assertion oftlie
Right Hon. Gentleman, that the Dissenters were
excluded by practice, if not by law, was erroneous:
that distinguished Judge, Sir Michael Foster, was a
Dissenter, so also us, the late Lord Rosalyn. He
had always looked upon the present measure as the
only one calculated to give security to the Protestant
Establishment, by giving one common interest to
every class. He did not believe that any man of
probity, let his•religions principles be what they
mould, could take upon himself a trust merely in
betray it. Such MO one would, so far from being fit
for the highest offices of the Slate, be considered by
good men of all religious as scarcely worthy to
be held its social coruinuniou.—( Hear, hear.)—
For the reasons which he had enumerated he should
oppose the change.

Sir JOHN NICHOL said he thought it was the.
most extraordivary proposition that ever was lsiit
down. that for the purpose of adding to the Pro-
testant security you must increase the Catholic
patter. He thought there were but two grounds on.
which the measure could be conceded—either that
the slumber of Catholics was so small that no
danger could on that account enine, or that the
privileges claimed were of insignificant a nature
to raise serious alarm. He considered that the dan-
ger, notwithstanding the smallness of the numbers,
would not be uiconsiderable, though he was free
to confess that ist the present moineut the danger
from foreign interference was not what it had been;
but the dangers which he anticipated were more of
a domestic nature—for ht feared that, instead of
knitting and cementing us together, es the Bill
professed. it would divide and agitate the country
from one end to the other. Even the inviolability
of the. Protestant succession to the throne would, he
thoughts be in some danger when surrounded by
Catholic Judger, Generals, and Privy Counsellor*.
which would he the case ahould the proporittoo
of the [tight Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Peel) be re-
jected. lie granted that was a remote danger;
but what he chiefly apprehended was the danger
of disturbance to tl.at Church Establishment foe
which all professed to be anxious. It had been ar.
goed as if there were a claim For consideration by
ilia Catholic Church in Ireland to heconte este-
; but in attempt to establish the Catholit,
religion in Ireland would lie a breach of the Act*
of Union with Scotland anti with Ireland. fly that
Act it was provided that the Church of Etiglenit
should be deemed an essential part of the Union.—
(Hear.)—He must do the Catholics the justice to
ray, that lie did not believe they entertained any
disposition to alter it, but it would be one of the
modes by width the !trace of the church would lie
disirerbed. If lie thought it could be done with
safely, lie should be glad to concur wish she pro.
rooters of the @treasure, end ahould he rejoiced that
a contest which had so long ugitated the public
d were satufactorily concluded--(Hear)—
but he feared that was a vain hope; he rather ap-
prehended that religious motives (she strongest
which could agitate the miud of man) would eider
onto and essiutterre with the political, rendering the
center* more imbittered than ever.
Lased CArittallActirsaid, that with the Omits.