The Sun.
London, England, 1825-04-30 00:00:00

[MORNING .HERALD.)

Lord L. Gower, last night,- in the House of
Commons, brnught forward his motion 'on the
subject of the. Roman Catholic Clergy, moving
'Resolution that it was expedient to enable- his
:51!tieSty to make a provision fur the Roman
tholic Clergy of Ireland.. He said that the sum
requisite for•such purpose would be 250,0001.
per annum, and he urged rtiie proßriety of the
grant, that as,at onceimparting 644 ence to the
Protestant interests, and bringing the Catholic
Clergy in useful connection 'With the Goverutnent
of the country; 771'he motion'lect to a discussion
of considerable length. After • several speaker's
had addressed Jzbeltotise, Dttr:Htlirie opposed the
motion. He `-tnnVed an :,amenfinie-tit for a
Committee to inquire-. into the expediency
.1?1' making .a. .Provision for. 'the Iputnan'..Ca
.titolic Clergy,
for.the Clergy of the .Churcb. of
'sotland, and- for otber''DiSSentei.s...ffotn the
; ant:it'sig\the amounts, in
tbe'event of the expediency -.being admitted. -Mr:
Secretary ;Peo ifesrsfea-tuk:
Motion,
observing;i-Inik:l:6 EpiscoVailini.e.CScotland had
no State provision ; and that if this proposition
'
r'e-adcrded.io,, be saw no reason why all Aller
'Dissenter'• would not be justified:in•applying to
'Parliament. Indeed, he ciinteq't4, tiOfWarUilld
have
.a stronger ckaim, for:ilcy
to-be with the Clinfcli of Englund, while that
of the Roman Catholics was-. against it ; and

that it was placing the,State in a singular situation, '
if the Clergy of the Dissenters were to be
officially paid'at all, to begin with those against
whom the Established Church were Protesters.
Mr. C. Wynn was favourable to the motion, be-
cause, he said', in the language of Mr. Pitt, Ca-
tholic Emancipation ought not to be granted
without it ; it was the measure that would make
the Roman. Catholic Clergy the connecting links
between the Government and the people. Mr.
R. 'Martin stipported the .propdsition because it
would' give confidence to the Protestants ; but
he at the same time stated that all the Roman
Catholic Archbishops, Bishops, and Clergy, to
a man, were against any State provision being
made for them. Mr. 'Spring Rice spoke in fa-
vour of the motion,, because the Catholic Clergy
in.lreland were .more powerful than any other
'clergy knoWn to him in that country ; because
the people were the- poorest in the kingdom ;
and because this provision would remove from the
flocks what they deemed irksome burdens. Mr.
Coulburn resisted The motion, maintaining that
the House was deititute of information as to the
policy, necessity,and efficacy of the- ineasure.--,
Mr. Plunkett and Mr. Brougham, followed, but
not at any great length ; they both supported
the motion, as calculated to give to 'the requi-
site securities, and to .allay the alarms of .the
Protestants. Mr. Brougham observed he was
for paying Abe Roman Catholic Clergy, because
they ,constituted the great majority in Ireland';
and he did not admit that other Dissenters had a
like claim ;-but when they became the majority—
even if the Southcoieiani became the majority—,
then he should be prepared . to make a provision
for their Clergy. Lord L. Gower's motion was
carried by a majority of 43 ; the Ayes being
205, and the Noes 162.