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which even in an age when religious prejudices
and passions ran high, would never have passed, but
for the alarm inspired by a pretended plot, and
which is irreconcileable with every principle of jus-
tice and liberality, ought still to be suffered to dis-
grace our Statute Book ? We confess we antici-
pated a much larger majority than that which
was actually' obtained. We do not regret that
this question has been brought forward, though
we foresee whit its fate will be in the other
House (except as a sot off against the Bench of
Bishops,,that House should be found to contain
a much greater proportion of liberal sentiment
than the House of Commons); because we agree
with Mr. Canning, in thinkipg that discussion on
this, as on all subjects, must be ultimately pro-
ductive of good, whatever may be the immediate
result.

[MORNIIIG HERALD.]
The length of the debate left us no space,
yesterday, to offer any. remark upon it, The
speech of Lord Londonderry had at least the
merit of comprehending a great variety of inte-
resting topics. At the outset of his speech, the
Noble Lord adduces the' gradual and steady in-
crease of the Revenue, as a proof that if the
Agriculturists be distressed, the other classes of
the community must be in a state of prosperity,
inasmuch as the increase of the Revenue shows
that the people are in circumstances which en-
able them to consume increased quantities of the
taxed articles of necessity, comfort, or luxurl.
This is certainly the best answer to . the eternal
cry, that the manufacturing interest is reduced to
the verge of ruin. What other than an increased
circulati" of money Among them could enable
and 'induce them thus. to increase the taxation
upon themselves ?—For, after all, this improved
revenue is but increased taxation. But there is
something so unpalatable in the latter term, that
Statesmen, to make it go down more smoothly,
endeavour to conceal it in an envelope lof a more
agreeable word.

• [MORNING POST.II •
Mr. Canning's ,motion for leave to bring in a
Bill to repeal such parts of the 30th of Charles I I.
as prevent Catholic Peers from sitting and vot-
ing in the House of Lords, came last - night
under the consideration of 'the House of Com-
mons. The Right Honourable Gentleman
spoke about three hours and a quarter in his
usual eloquent style.. He commenced by notic-
ing the objections which had been made, both
in . and out of Parliament, to his present mo-
tion. That which he seemed to dwell on most was
the charge of inconsistency (so ably urged by the
author of the two excellent letters which ap-
peared in this Paper on Monday and yesterday)
for resisting Parliamentary Reform, while he ad-
vocated Catholic Emancipation. - In reply, it will
be seen that the Right Hon. Gentleman very
ingeniously applied the same test to himself
which he put to the Reformers, and called upon
the House- to decide in his favour. He then
entered into a long historical argument to
shew that the real object of the Statute which
he sought to repeal was to exclude ,Tames
(then Duke of York) from the House of Peers,
as a step towards. his final exclusion from the
Throne; that it was passed in a moment of ter-
ror, and under a false pretence; and that even
under these.circumstances it was only intended as
a temporary measure of. reluctant expediency
Since the concessions,of 1791, the Catholic Peers
have had the privilege of unrestrained private in-
tercourse with the King, on merely taking
the oath of allegiance (by which the temporal,
not the spiritual power of the Pope in this realm
is denied) ; and this circumstance Mr. Canning
applied with great ingenuity ; contending that
greater, danger was to be apprehended from al-
lowing Catholic Peers irresponsible access to his
Majesty's closet, than from admitting them pub-
licly to act in Parliament before the eyes of the
country.

THE DUKE OF YORK.—We are concerned to
say his Royal Highness the Duke of YORK is
confined by a-severe sprained ancle.7--His Royal
'Highness, after attending the celebration of the
KING'S Birth-day, and dining with the Princess
AUGUSTA, in company with the KING, left_town
for Newmarket, and returned as soon as the race
was over on Friday, and arrived in town soon
after twelve o'clock the same night. On Satur-
day morning his Royal Highness appeared lame
in the right ancle, whiCh we understand' was Oc-
casioned by slipping as he was descending some
stairs, which caused his ancle to swell very much,
extending to the instep. Owing to his 'Royal
Highness's great aversion to confinement, he per-
severed to walk with, the assistance of a strong
stick, wearing a long-quartered shoe cut open on
the top of the upper-leather.- , His Royal High-
ness went out in his one-horse gig, as usual,
to his Office 'in the Horse Guards, where
he transacted 'business. On Sunday, we re-
gret to say, the sprain got worse, and he was
advised by Mr. MCGREGOR, his Surgeon, and Sir
H. fIALFORD, not to endeavour to walk, but to
keep himself quiet ; which his Royal Highness
continued to do up to yesterday, when he moved
about the bowie with the assistance
,of crutches.
His Royal Highness, we are happy to say, con-
tinues in the enjoyment of good bodily health,
with the exception of a slight attack of the gout,
which did not prevent him from transacting his
customary business, The Royal Duke has re-
ceived visits from the Duchess of GLOUCESTER,
the Princess. AUGUSTA', the Princess SOPHIA, and
the Duchess of ,KENT. Yesterday-York House
was thronged with the inquiries of Nobility and
persons of distinction. The answer to them, we
are happy to say, was—" His Royal Highness is
better." •

At Glasgow Assizes, on the 24th inst. W. M.
BORTHWICK was put to the bar, accused of hav-.
ing stolen certain documents from the office of
The Sentinel Newspaper. The in,dictment with
which Mr. BORTHWICK had been 'served was not
proceeded in ; and, on the motion of Mr. HOPE,
the Advocate-Depute, Mr. Bon:rimier: was re-
committed on a new warrant. Mr. COCKBURN
(Counsel for Mr. B.) said, that there was no-
thing which the prisoner more earnestly desired
than that his conduct in this affair should be fully
and judicially investigated. It was a grievous
disappointment to him that the trial had not been
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