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London, England, 1821-03-05 00:00:00

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111.1'N1111 possessed of competent llama to accept the ()like ;
because the compensation to the attorney is no ludicrously
jowl* guide. that, with lull amployment, he could nut mini it
drecat .üb•istenev, and retain los tank in society, And
tLe rn•ult must be, either that the practice of lii ne Couits
%%mild be confiiied to Attorines of no repute or responsibility
(such as it has been the anxious endeavours of the legislature
turn scrim. of year, to disc. ui Mgr and exclude), it ho would
elude the law L. to the lllTSCrilit'd fors, unddale its penalties;
or 111:11 parties heinz du.thled (ruin purchasing legal advice
said assistance lit a fair atte, auulti hare to manage their ono
came', at great tuaunle, great risk of success, and at lunch
unnecessary cxpr.u•c to themselves : and because the hill
se. ks to e talrlish one lass for the• rich and another fur the
WOUIIIIIISt 1111.111! ease• a liirh are 11111111 ruu•,
and relate to the great bulk of lac 111111 Wllo'l'lll t 11: re
is likely to lie most knavery, under the must imperfect and
inecluitublt code."

CATHOLIC EMANCIPATION.
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Mr. Plunkett's motion upon this subject induces
us to take a short review of the different divisions
which have taken place upon it during the last ten
years.

In 1813 the bill for Catholic Emancipation was
lost, utter several divisions in its favour, by the ce-
lebrated opposition of Mr. Abbot, the Speaker. A
notion having been carried by that gentleman, that
Catholics should nut be allowed to sit in either
House of Parliament, by a majority of 251 to 247,
Mr. Ponsonby declared the bill with this clause to
be nugatory, and gave it up.
In 1316 Lord Castlereagh supported the bill
brought in tir the relief of the Catholics ; Mr. Peel
the Secretary tbr Ireland, opposed it , and the
question in the Commons by 172 to 141 ; in the
Lords by only 73 to 69.

Mr. Grattan motion the ensuing year, in the
House of Commons, was negatived by a majority of
24; and that of Lord Donoughmore, in the Upper
House, by 142 to 90.
On the 3d of May, 1819, the motion for a com-
mittee was negativcd in the Commons by a majority
of two ; the numbers being 243 to 241 : in the
Lorde the numbers were 147 to 106.

From this abkfract of the several divisions, it ap-
pears that the fairest prospect of succeeding with the
bill was in the year 1813, when, in fact, petitions
were most numerous against it but when there
were two or three divisions in its favour, and when
it was read a first time, and second time, and com-
mitted• At present, we believe that even those of
the ministers who arc most adverse to the measure,
namely, Lord Liverpool and the Lord Chancellor,
allow that the circumstances of un unpledged Par-
liament, and an unpledged Sovereign, are good
omens. The King also is said to be about to visit
Ireland. We know it is not constitutional to speak
of the King's wishes respecting a pending bill; the
inclinations of his late Majesty upon the subject
were, however, well known ; and we should suspect
that the intended royal excursion to Ireland will
either bo deferred, or the pleasure of it considerably
abated, if it should have been learned in the inter-
vening time that the King is hostile to what is
termed Catholic Emancipation.