The Sun.
London, England, 1812-04-24 00:00:00

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that he was a Member of that University; and ttat
he was warwly attached to it from a residence of
ye rs spent more perbat,s in -pleasure than to\advart-
taee. It afforded him much satisfaction to siy, that
he was one of au immense majority ef th t Univer-
sity, %Alp- were not parties to the Petition. The
University consisted of above one thousand Mem-
bers—the'persons ti.ho- signed the Petition did not
exceed one hundred in number. AutoFg the
residents, the Vice-Chancellor, the two Pro&ors,
and ~e,-eral of -the heads of Colleges dissented from
the petition. Hetegrettei .extremely, that from a
place dedicated to the liberal arts and sciences, any
such nitrow and ill;berAl sentiments should have
proceeded. He trusted that the resident Members
of the University, before they again attempted any
ofber p 'ilia! and unannounced convocltion, would
co•,sider the just odium to which they exposed therp-
arives ; he trusted OA they would henceforward
occupy themselves in other pursuits— •

" Inter sylvas acaderni quxrere verutn." ,
He, by-no means, however, wished this line to be
trao,ial,ti as Pope ILid rendered it :---

" And hunt for trudiln Nlaudlin's wcred Grove,"

hecrruse really thete Was no place in which he should
think it le4s likely to find truth, than in Mdu:tlin.
I%lr. MARRY ATT supported the (11017011, maintain-
ing that a heavy responsibility would rest upon those
by whom it might be o;sposed, and that no nation
wa ever ruined by v.tieratice.
Lord MIL,ToN dt-teitded the lower and middle
tanks of the Irish Catholics from the calumny of an
Hun. and Le ,rued Gentleman (Mr. Owen), who
bad asseitcd that they \mere morally incapable of
filling high situations in the State. This was a
country in which the meanest individual, by the
exercise of talents an;l virtue, might aspire to
the most rxalied dignities.. He could see no dan-

ge:r whatever in the concessi.)ns to the Catholics;
• but on the coon-try, he was per4taded that they
would be attended with the most important advan-
tages. The Habeas Corpus, and the Bill of Rights,

were the basis of the British Constitution, and not
the A,..;ts of Non-conformity and the Test Laws.
The system now pursued with reipeEt to Ireland
was yimilar to'th:it by which America was lost to
this Country. He acknowledged the sincerity and
consistency on this subjeCt of the Right Hun. Gen-

,tleman ocposite, but he knew not how to ascribe to
any but unworthy motives, 14! Condo& of other
Metubyrs of Administration, who had accepted
office under a Government which they knew was
inimical to the Catholic Claims, althoiugh they had
forme'ly pledg,d tht,mseives to support those Claim's.
Mr. C. ADAMS strenuously urged the utmost, vi-
gilance in guarding our Establishments.
Mr. BEHNAtto did not mean to trespass on the
House long ; he wished to be understood by the
vote he gave, that he was not wholly inimical to the
Catholic Claims ; but in inclination to concede
to them ail they required, he could not forget the
Protestant Establishments. He was not a little,
surprised by the Right Honourable Gentleman's
speech who introduced this measure—that he had
entirely given up all idea of the. necessary secuti-
ties which he had on a _former occasion expressed
as highly essential. He, (Mr. Bernard) onceived,
that it the Catholic 'Establishments were made
u holly independent and unconnefted wit:t our Go-
vernment, that the Catholic would be placed above
the Protestant. The Catholic body would not only
enjoy a power paramount to the Protestant Church,
which is n•-t independent of the Crown, but they

would he left tinder the controul and influence of

foreign doiwnion. Mmy asked, whew was the
-danger-mlieh !I-renter-it'd our EstaWishinents ? and
stated thot- the Pope had given sufficient proof of
his disinclination to give \way, by submitting• to
confinement ; though the present Pope, and all the
Cler4 in Ireland, might do so, _still that might not
always be-the case. The Right Honourable Gen-
tleman allowed it to be prr,spective, and the Ho-
nourable Batonet ho followed hint . acknow-,
ledged, that, in every State in Europe, the
Crown exercised their atnhorny, and interfered
with the discipline of their religion. In the- Pro-
testant codniries, thmc of Dennnk, Sweden, and
Prussia, Catholic Bishops were nominated by the
Croat n. Why then should we not exercise the same
authority and in the formation of the constitution of
these commies,- it was considered highly necessary
in attempting to ,adopt so great a change in the
Constitution? Ile hoped the Catholics would agree
to be a co-ordinate body, when be wonld be as
willing as any other Hon. Gentleman to support
their claims.

• Thecry for adjournmentbecoming very general, and
on the. niticint>f t CHANCELLOR of the EXCHE-
QUER, tilt debate, at Tk% O n'Clock this mornitz, was
adjourned to t it;s day.