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to excliule Catholics from both Houses of Parliament. The
noble ..c.l learned Lord had strongly stated that nothing could
surdrri;' him ; but it was with the most unaffected surprise that
he had heard a lawyer of high eminence sity that this law of
Ch arta. I f. Was an &cod' deliberative wisdom and phospective cau-
tion to giawal the constiviiion. It was notorious that the origin
or' the law shay the plots of Oates and }hedloe, which no !uman
being now believed. (In such a foundation rested this set of
deliberative wisdom and prospective caution ! (A laugh.) These
!laws had passel before the revolution, and had had their origin
in .lots which a Lord on Cie first bench (the Bishop of Norwich)
bad justly characterised as diabolical artifices to impose upon their
Intdships. Exclusion, when it was no longer nee:misty to the
constitution, must be injurious to it. There had been another
act against the Catholics, which he had neglected to mention,
whose provisMers were the severest of all. ft was the act Iti99,
now happily reyealed ; but it illustrated how our ancestors had
legislated upon this subject. This act istecludeul Catholics from
devising property, and imposed a penalty for every performance
of mass. Their Lordshiia could now see with what deliberative
wisdom this law bad been passed. The representation of Lockes
doctrine of exclusion had been answsred to ably by a noble and
learned prelate (the Bishop of Norwich, on a former occasion)
that lie was ashamed to take up their Lordships' time with re-
marks upon it. lie asked whether the noble and learned Lout
was prepared toarlopt the whole of Locke's opinions which he haul
studied so much? Heasked whether, if he was so prepared,
the bench of bishops, which was so crowded to support Ida views
of the question, were prepared to follow him ? NIL Locke had
contributed more than any writer to enlighten the age in which
lie hived, and to free the mind from prejudice and deltraon ; but
the noble und learned Lord had fastened upon some rubbish
which this great writer had still retained, and held it forth as
the only valuable part of his writings. As a commencement of
conciliatory and remedial measures he cordially agreed with the
propoAtion this night brought forward by his noble friend.
The Marquis of Lansdown spoke in favour of the motion ; the
Earls of Liverpool and Westmorland against it ; the Elul of
Comae/On for, and the Duke of Wellington against it.
Atter a few words from Lord Darnley in favour of it, the
House disided:
Contents Present ... 70—Proxies 36-106
Non-contents l'resent 97—Proxies Su---ia7

Nlajority against the mocion... 41
Adjourned at half past ene ee.ock.
TUESDAY. MAY 14.

On the motion of Lord AUCKLAND, the douse went into a
Committee on the Chimney Sweepers !te;zulation Bill.
Seven.' verbal amendments were recommended by the Lord
Chancellor, Lord Melville, and Lard Lauderdale. The Lord
Chancellor observed, that the Bill prevented boys going up to
sweep chimneys, but they might come down chimneys. There
was also a stut of blonder rn preventing the u.e of Female
Girl:, which the Earl of Lauderdale pointed out. The Bill,
however, passed through the Committee, and several atnend-
roans being made. ‘t as ordered to be reported to-morrow.
The Exchequer Receipts Bill passed through a Committee.
Adjourned.