The Sun.
London, England, 1830-06-26 00:00:00

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pros ent d4}'--a period of upwards of a century—
not more t. halt 100 Protestants had been admitted
to the Corp. oration, and during the last 15 years not,
one Piotest ant had applied to be admitted. This'
was riot A q Nestion between Catholics and Pro-
testants. G away must always be essentially Ca-
tholic. Prot :estants compared with Catholics were
but as a drop of water in the bucket. By adopting
the amendment -proposed by the Noble Duke, Ca-1
tholics and P totr.stants would be placed on an equal
footing.
The Duke . of RICHMOND considered the
amendment as a measure. of disfranchisement, and
therefore wo aid oppose it. When their Lordships
:'were passing the Bill for the disfranchisement of the
forty shilling s. freeholders, last Session, he stated his
apprehension . that they would hereafter be called
upon to pa in a measure of a similar principle; but
he had 110 idea that his ,prophecy would so speedily
be fulfills A He 'considered the emendment to be a
revolut, 0,,,,,..y measure. The Noble and Learned'
Lord • Asks L :
Asks if:At it was uninleessary to make this a
li"rtY srestion. lie beliveed that it had been made
"P' Ate 'question, and :.hat the object of the amend- '
rn ent `ems to prevent persons From voting against an
adlearent of Mitaissers.
The Earl of WICKLOW said, it was admitted
by all sides of the House, that the object of the.
:second reading of the Bill was to carry fully into
effect the principle of the Bill of the last Session, for
the relief of 'Roman Catholics. That being their
Lordships' Object, the question was, how" it could
be best ne'somplished,—by the Bill of the Noble
Earl) of the amendment of the Noble Duke ? In
11)3 °lii'dion, either course would fully effect that ob-
;Jett; and all their Lordships had to do, was to
q:)-k 'uose between the two, that which was most con-.
'sistent with justice) honour, and equity. He pre-.
ferted the fttntiidinents, because, by repealing the
A 6 of tiSe 4th Geo. 1., they would not only leave
the town of Galway in the precise situation in whch
it was placed before the passing of that Act, lint
they would put it on the same footing as that of all
the other corporate towns in Ireland at present.
'l'he Marquis of CLANRICARDE defended the
.Bill: a more unfounded opposition never was
wised against any measure. The Corporation of
Galway did not complain against the measure;
but it was opposed by certain officers of the
town, who had been guilty of malversation with
respect to the tolls and customs. The corpora-
tion and inhabitants were most anxious that this
. Bill should pass. The Bill did not go to take away
. rights, but to impart rights to strangers, and would
c not in any respect injure the privileges of the town
of Galway. On the other hand, he was sure that
... the effect of the proposition of the Noble luke
would be, if Parliament sanctioned it, which he be-
' teved never would be the case, to disfranchise a
great number of Protestants, without a shadow of •
accusation against them. .
The Marquis of LANSDOWNE said, that what-
ever disappointment lie had experienced when he
heard the proposition of the Noble Duke, he felt
considerable satisfaction at the statement made by
the Noble Duke and the Noble and Learned Lord
on the Woolsack, that no person who supported the
great and beneficial measure of last year could hesi-
tate to approve of the principle of this Bill. He
heard the declaration with satisfaction, because only
knowing from the votes of the House of Commons,
which were laid on their table, he had been induced
to believe that many gentlemen who supported the
measure of last year took a very active part in the
other House against the principle of this Bill.—
(Hear.) They had, however, opposed it unsuccess-
fully, and they had left it to their Lordships' House
to devise the present new and extraordinary mode
of defeating this measure. The other House of
'Parliament had not the art, they had not the inge-
nuity of originating such a plan, and they left the
perfecting of it to the Noble Duke and his advisers.
The Noble and Learned Lord had stated to their
Lordships, that those persons who would be de-
prived of their rights by the amendment, only ac-
quired those rights under the Act of the 4th George I.
But this was not the case, for those rights were ex-
pressly recognized in the rules of Charles 11. The
franchise was confirmed by long-continued use—it
, was recognised by the Irish Parliament, and con-
firmed by the Act of Geo. I. That franchise was
now, it appeared, for a special purpose, to be taken
away. • He therefore would say, that if the amend-
ment were carried, this would be an act of disfran-
chisement and spoliation.
The Duke of BUCKINGHAM felt himself,
whatever his regret might be, compelled to vote
against the amendment of his Noble and Illustrious
• Friend. ile was exceedingly sorry that his Noble
and Illustrious Friend, who was so principal an in-
strument in relieving Ireland from that horrid sys-
tem which had so long prevailed there, should be
the first to bring forward such an amendment as
this, an amendment which could only have the
effect of keeping alive traces of that cruel system,
'which he thought, happily for the country, had been
swept away.—(Hear.)—That system had been
driven out of our sheets and squares; but, it ap-
peared that in some corner or other the spirit of dis-
ability must still exist. He was obliged to oppose
this amendment, whether 11. considered it with re-
spect to the Protestants, to the Catholics, or to the
whole system of the British empire.
The Duke of WELLINGTON assured their
' Lordships that nothing was farther from his wish
than to rest this measure on any other ground except
the mere plain facts of the case.—(Hear.)—ile
again asserted that no man would he deprived of his
rights by the amendment. The charter of Galway
would remain as it was. The new rules would eon-
tinue as they were; every inhabitant of Galway
would remain precisely as he would have stood, if
the 4th of Geo. I. bad never passed—with this dif-
ference only, that he was permitted to claim the
franchise granted by the 4th Geo. 1., although he
might have neglected to apply for it within the spe-
cified time.
Earl GREY observed, that the Noble Duke had
said, that whatever rights the people of Galway
possessed before the 4th of Geo. 1., they would
equally enjoy now. There he was at issue with the
Noble Duke, for the effect of the measure would
be this—that persons who wished for the freedom
of the town could no longer procure it through the
medium of guilds—because, by long disuse, they
were out of existence; and the repeal of the act
by this amendment closed up another channel. The
Noble Earl concluded by stating that he was the,
• more confirmed. in his own opinion by the arguments)
which the Noble Duke had advanced against it.
The Earl of DARNLEY said a few words in
opposition to the amendment.
The Marquis of BUTE was prepared to vote ini
favour of the amendment as a corollary to the mea-
sure of last year.
The House then divided on the amendment—
Contents -47
Non-contents
. Majority for the original motion —ls
The House having resumed, the report was
.brought up and ordered to be received on Monday,
to which day the House adjourned at a Quarter to
Nine o'clock.

A SCOTCH RENEGADE.—He wore a highly
respectable dress a la Turque—a white turban and
scarlet robe, with a small ataghan in his sash; and his
Highland face was very tolerably distinguished, yet not
so much so, but that its ancient features, the ruddy hue,
the bright blue eye, and the fiery curls adorned it still,
and seemed to triumph over all the wasting clime of
Cairo. Ingenious and indefatigable, he prospered greatly
in temporal things, and soon saw that the banks of the
Nile were a better place for getting a fortune than among
his own, lochs or heath•covered mountains. To all
appearance he was perfectly content with his situation.
There was more sense than zeal perhaps in the reply he
made to the repeated efforts of a Missionary to induce him
to turn from his apostacy, and go back to the country
and the religion of Isis fathers. A tear seemed ready to
start forth, but Mamtnon prevailed. "In Scotland,"
aid, " I shall be a poor man, and here I am a gentle-
man."— Carne's Recollections of the .East.