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!compared with that of last session, but still there was
!he introduced into it which could reconcile him to
!: dangerous principles which it sought to 1: galise.
considered this as one of a series of aggressive
Measures which had been passed during the last fifty
years. If he uttered harsh language against Roman
Catholics he could only say that he regretted the
ti •
ecesaltY which compelled him to do so. There
i!ife.reL many
Roman Catholics for whom in private
He entertained the highest respect; but in the dis-
ciaharge of what he considered a public duty, he could
ot refrain, even in their presence, from making state-
ments which might not be quite palatable to them. He
garded the Church of Rome to have been for three
Centuries the inexorable, the unchangeable enemy of
Protestantism—of Protestantism in this country—the
"changeable foe of the Church of England, and he
cllallenged any one to contest this point with him—
that so far as hostility to Protestantism was concerned,
the Roman Catholics-had not changed—had not abated
one iota for the last three centuries. He admitted that
there had been times when the pretensiun : of the Church
of Rome had been allowed to conbek.i. ntly sleep,
bu
a; Ley had invariably awoke to greater
Par than before; and yet in 1829 many
r'l3cl easy men held that the danger of the
urch of Rome only existed in the wild fanaticism of
home few Protestants. But he asked if during the last
fifty years the pretensions of the Church of Rome had
Slot proved as vigorous and as practical as at any former
Period ? He asked the Honourable Member who in-
troduced the Bill, if in 1783 it would have keen con-
eldved possible that any Pope or Prelate would have ab-
Solved the subjects of the King of France from their alle-
teile°, and transferred that allegiance? Could more hare
, n done in the sixteenth century,and was more done?
It was done in the sixteenth century by Pope Pius V.,
w"° was canonized and made a saint. Similar
things
were done between 1783 and 1810, and the
services of that Pope and Gregory VII. it appeared at this
day were treated as great deeds, and were appearing in
reviled g strength and vigour; and he, therefore, con-
t that until they had something more than the
Wish of a Member of that House—something more than
14 assurance that the Roman Catholics had changed,
and that it was no longer the lion but
the lamb—until he found that they had
forgone the claims which were thundered forth in the
Vatican by both these Popes, and that they had no arms
in their arsenal ready to be directed at the first conve-
nient opportunity, he should not consent to any further
concession. Even the present Pope was held up as a
model for Popes; but where was the liberality claimed
for him when he bad not altered any of the
measures of his predecessors which affected other
religious bodies? Why, this most liberal Pope had not
even withdrawn the law which prevented English Pro-
testants from having a place of worship in his " eternal
city."—(Hear, hear.) Then again, had the House for-
gotten the conduct of the Jesuits in Fraace,
Switzerland, Germany, and Belgium ?—(Hear,
bear.) He heard a cheer from a Noble Lord
with whom he had the misfortune to differ,
but did he mean by that cheer to deny that the Jesuits
had not disturbed the public peace of France, Switzer.
land, Germany, or Belgium ? Did be forget the con-
duct of the Jesuits in Louvain, and that they had almost
gained that kingdom to themselves ? And yet it was
this order of men that the Bill of the Hon. and Learned
Gentleman proposed to le: alize, when the object of
the Legislature in 1829 was finally to suppress that
order. Again, this was a most inexpedient time to
bring forward such a measure, because in Germany and
Prance, and even in England, the Church of Rome was
opposing new obstacles to those of other persuasions in
connexion with mixed parishes.
[LEFT SPEAKING.

PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS.
..rora the
Votes and Proceedings of the House of Comnwns.)
TUESDAY, APRIL 13.
The following Railway Bill was read a second time, corn-
Edinburgh
flitted, and referred to the Committes of Selection :
and Northern (Branch from Burntisland to
Dunfermline Branch, &c.—No. 2).
The undernamed Railway Bill was withdrawn :
Cambridge, St. Neut's, and Bedford Junction.
NOTICES

GIVEN AT THE PRIVATE BILL-OFFICE.
RAILWAYS.
Select Committee on Group No. 6.
Colonel Peel discharged; Sir Stephen Glynne selected, and
added to the Committee.
Select Comittee on Gp N. 16.
Viscoant Eastnorm rou o
discharged ; Mr. G. W. Ileneage
selected, and added to the Committee.
Select Committee on Group No. 18.
Viscount Jocelyn discharged; Sir Walter James selected,
and added to the Committee.
Select Committee on Group No. 5.
added
Viscount Acheson discharged ; Mr. Traill selected, and
to the Committee.
Select Committee on Grop N. 21.
Lord Claud Hamilton discharged ;u Mr.o Gregory selected,
and added to the Committee.
Hon.
Select Committee on Group No. 51.
G. 11. Cavendish discharged ; Mr. Hutt selected,
and added to the Committee.
Select Committee on Group No. 11.
hale discharged; Mr. G. H. Cavendish selected, and
added to the Committee.

PA.RLIAIIIEN TARY DIVISIONS.
(From the Votes and
Proceedings of the Souse of Commons.)
TUESDAY, APRIL 13.:
EDINBURGH AND PERTH RAILWAY BILL.
Order for Second Reading read; Motion made, and Ques-
t
tion proposed, " That the Bill be now read a second time :"
Amendment proposed, to leave out the word "
now, and a
the end of the Question to add the words "
u this day
six months :"—Question put, " That the word Ponnow' stand
part of the Question." The House divided :
MAJORITY—AYES, 68.
Ainsworth, Peter Egerton, W. T. Ord, W.
~krkwright, George Estcourt, T. G. Patten, J. W.
Reline, W. Fuller, A. E. Pattison, James
Baring, F. T. Greene, Thomas Pechell, Captain
Berkeley Captain Hastie, A.
Plumridge, Captain
Berkeley, . Hay, Sir A. L. Rutherford, A.
Isowring, Br. Heathcote, Sir W. Sandon, Viscount
Itrotherton Joseph Hill, Lord M. Shen, R. L.
Brown, W.
Hope, Sir J. Smith, A.
Browne, W.
Hudson, George Somerset, Lord G.
liwireild, William Kemble, Henry Sotheron, T. H. S.
vanipbell. Sir 11. Lincoln, Earl of Spooner, R.
CaYley, K. S.
Lindsay, Colonel Staunton, Sir G.
elaY, Sir W.
Loch, James Strutt, Edward
Clive, Vise
Macaulay, T. B. Thornely, T.
ciolebrooka., Sir T. Maitland, Thomas Trelawny, J. S.
~Pton, ii. c.•
Marjoribanks, S. Treubridge, SI E.
bi --ell/ Lord Masterman, John Walpole, S. H.
.ekinsen. F Ti. Mitchell, T. A. Watson, Henry
bi9rall, H. F.
buft; , Molesworth, Sir W. Wrightson, W. B.
...,_ .4111,85
Morpeth, Viscount
Vuncan, C.eorge Morison, General
uundas. Admiral bUnclas, F. Munts, G. F.
Newport, Visct.
____

TILLED.S.
Maule, Fox
Craig, W. G.

11IXORITY—NOES, 14. Reid, Colonel
Beckett W.
Dodd, G.
...12eresford, Major Douglas, Sir C. E.
igroadyrood,
Fitzroy, Henry
TELLERS.
Waddington, H. S.
trooke, Lord
Gladstone, J. N.
Duncomlar,
Claandos Marquis of Lowther, Sir J.
Browne, B. D.
Collett, John O'Connell, M. J.

RETAIL BREWERS.
b Motion made, and Question put, " That leave be given to
Ctingin a Bill to enable Retail Brewers in the Midland
ounties to keep open their houses till twelve o'clock at
the douse dividedm sae as the Metropolitan Retail Brewers." The
:
MINORITY—AYES, 4.
Irinte, Joseph Peehell, Captain TELLERS.
O'Connell, M. J. Trelawny, J. S. Mintz, GF.
Collett, John