The Sun.
London, England, 1828-06-19 00:00:00

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TEST AND CORPORATION AC'

Yesterday a dinner to celebrate the 'trim-lip]
Dissenters was given at the Freemasons"i
sent—Lords
—Lo dbt
s DaLord
c
There were upwards of four hundred indi
e in the
lle
als
n
present from all parts of the country. His
Highnesse the e Dukere, Holland.
Althorp, Carnarvon, Ebrii of Sussex
T h wase
r were
supported on the right by Lord John Russell
on he left r
and King, Sir F. Burdett, Mr. Brougham, INI
Smith, Mr. H. Grattan, Mr. Coke, Mr..Hobl
Mr. James Grattan, Mr. Birch, Mr. Denham ;
ral Roman Catholics of distinction ; among oth
Lords Stouttonf Stafford, and Clifford, Mr. CI
BuifiC; bee,
The Royal CtiAntittAN, en the removal
"WC " the King," " the Duke of Clare'
cloth, k-e arc met to eelebrat-c) and '' Lil
" The Event •..
of Conscience."
Der. W. smiTri, atter' warm enloghun "
Royal Chairman's zeal in the promotion of the c
osed "
they were assembled to celebrate, prop
Health of the Duke of
ust flow Sasse"
The Duke of SUSSEX at grsat length reviewe t?e,
th
progress of the question in bo!-11 Houses, fan,ro! I
the
veiled to the good results which. O ,
repeal of these Acts to another' ‘,.,r re p_c..nittil ot, of
their oppressed countrymen—the Ito.
..]IO lolics.
—(Cheers.)—He impressed on those v. "
11_, ad re-
ceived relief through the instrumentality p: 11 1.." - of,
the Catholics, not now in their hour of tritimi:l6 t 0..,
forget their coadjutors in the moment of trial at 4..
doubt. The Royal Duke concluded by proposin r.','
" A speedy and effectual relief to all his Majesty': 3.•
subjects labouring under legal disabilities on account ;.
of religion."
This toast was received with the most tremend9
shouts of applause : as soon as they had subsided,:
Lord STOURTON briefly returned thanks on beltalt:

'E the Catholics.
ro
1 " The health of Lord Johns
let •sell."
Rug rd JOHN RUSSELL said, it was not less absurd
Lo 'shop to question a candidate for. orders on sub-
p
'wing euogi ,
osed after a warm and, ,
The ROYAL DUKE p
fora& trade or politics than to require religious de-
jects of • from candidates for political otfices.--,
telarations Let the State take any securities it deemed
(Hear.)— -Testy or political feelings, but into thus
fit, as to pis 'sary of conscience no earthly pixel.
sacred sanct, wed to come.--(Cheers.)—He felt it.
should be allo ',iglu a his life that he had been in-
the greatest de ling one of the foulest blots from
strumensal in wi —but he should be grossly self-
the Statute Book. -lid not feel that that triumph
complacent if het 'ile to the expressed feeling of
was mainly attribute. '. stye, and of the Roman Ca-
the people of Englanu, ,eta' ted chs.)—His Lord-
tholics of Ireland.—(Reit • ; ketch of the progress
ship then entered into a brit I'l S' The Ministers had.
of the repeal of these Ac ts' •gth, and called on
opposed them with all their ' suet.
":., -if Mussulineit--
their followers by the true faith measure. On
lose the
. i mu-
ll' the argu-
(Laughter)—to come and opi TO had the
the debate we (said his Lords,
merit, and on the division the n tajoi,ed ity.
their I. iind.., ant, siind--
sequence was the Ministers ci tanb
(Hear)--and the repeal became the law of the a -xi
(Cheers.)—The Noble Lord th
en passed a wars
eulogium .on the first mover of i the repeal of those
relative had been
laws, Mr. Fox, whose illustrious
his able coadjutor in the other Hol ise of Parliament,.
of which he was so distinguishe lan ornament.--
n
in 1793, wla n
(Cheers,)—He brought it forward
meaner minds would have shrunk fro, !I the diffi., cultie''
which surrounded the question, and i t was the more
is l
dtie tq that great man not to forget h exertions it
this his day of triumph. His Lordship i `hen described
the progress of the Bill through the Ho use of Lords.
There it had been opposed by a Noble I, ?rt.! of,'d'ffe-
t
rent stamp indeed from the great man wl l 0 lia,. t intro-
duced it—one who was remarkable for the i supers lultY
of his cheers on a recent occasion—(lou d ]aught 'r)
who could hunt through 50 deeds and 50 0 aflidavits:7
for what would puzzle the ingenuity of a 11 others to
dream of—who was only fit for what wits ellleci
picking holes—he was` sure if those wl io had in -
vented the system of phrenology had any b ump called
that of picking-hollativeness it would ha • found on
his head.—(Hear, and laughter.)—To think of sup-
' posing a mind so constructed capable of enterrah:-
' ing a great question of religious freedom would hss
like looking at the Alps through a .niicr( nest,,, or
attempting to cut down an oak with a pen knife. it
was' (hie to the Noble Duke at the head c I the Go-
vernmeist, and to Mr. Peel, to state, that from the,
iot,otll(Laigenes?.ieer.
,‘
.)_/t
time they determined to .upport the Bill, they did_
so with zeal and ability.—(Cheers.)
The Royal CHAIRMAN then proposed I J. re
Mono-
poly, cheering.
that in his opini( iii the repeat
Lord HOLLAND sslids
of Lord Hollaxl, which was drunk with ; immense.
of the Test and Corpesr,ation Acts was the restora-
tionri of the coin ttry.- --Loud
,stitution, ;ay the ancient,
of the Constitutio.
~,,Itt of al.), his Ma-
skt repeal had given
cheers.)—Yes, for the Cor.
law of the land, was the b,..rt-1,11)6,
jesty's subjects.—(Cheers.)—'s
the death-blowthat,
k
gone
land_ (i7L.
was said that so monopoly had existed, , hiss
they did riot exclude, but suffered others to eirjs. 1Y
the Constitution. What, was he to be told thrts.
enjoying the Constitution by sufferance and by rightt
were the same ? The man who thought so was,
undeserving of freedom.—(Loud cheers.)—His
Lordship expressed the satisfaction with which he
had heard the universal principle of religions liberty,
echoed and re-echoed through that room. He re-
joiced, but was not surprised at this.—( Hear, hear 4
—He had always considered it a calumny when it
was said that the great body of Protestant Dissen-
ters were opposed iss Catholic Emancipation,—,
(Cheers.)—He had always contended that such an.
opinion was utterly impossible—sst was impossible
that any Protestant Dissenter could IC4I to continue
the civil disabilities of one-third of their fellow--
subjects ; and he thanked God that his opinion was
that night most gloriously borne out.—(Loud
cheers, at the termination of which some gentlemen
called out, " One cheer more," which was given,
with the most hearty enthusiasm.)—His Lordship.
then went on to say, our Illustrious Chairman has
alluded to the fact of this being the anniversary of
the victory of Waterloo. This is a subject on which
I do not wish hare any further to comment,
than f,9
remark, that
occasions
and' Pa
when
ece
bill; has her
toini
the ]Noble
triumphs, i
Ndeot.btlehep e and not.
uok course
ras
etti lessi
the followed
than
ead o warfe ii
the ;
(); 'heGo
r-
vernment, I should rejoice if he would lend his aid
o( rCll withouteers
4,_vohni.ct 1: e havelNtiiii
to complete the triumph of religious liberty.--
Icatnhninokt
ihtemlpusstaysuireige;edtl.Lat(AcVihtllcehrsisoaid!
‘plvreot rgrdnosetsnsiontotfhatbehajenadtsiotmirciese:ouftrhtehverincca voiceispel
cotshfaotnthietthpise will
o plileiernisouusc.g.,-
hceasysefuslo,mfreoemffeictst
oannaltohgey
Ltoegthisolastetelarse
and
isitrisctceersedeedf.
the Crown.
thLeeitneurseaasetdbeaanstd
show that
day, when by adhering to them we have sog great
reason to expect that we can extend them not only to
all bodies, but to all individuals who call for relief.—
lightenegdhttehne
now departed, have
When I consider how ma
eclil ocliya character er great persons. of genius,
given their
thinktit ei r authority ori ty to
ii thistit
principle—and when I
authorities we have--and when I con's'idmeralwveng-
the enlightened
n f Protestant
the
ti
InDeiss: Dissenters is,
cannotis,
help
hoping that—
_ "Persuasion yet may do the work of fear.-
In the tone and temper • h
with which the question rs
now discussed, there is much of the spirit of 1 cal
conciliation, not to Ireland only, but to the whole
empire, and, I may say, to mankindat large. (Cheers.)
The ROYAL CHAIRMAN then gave " the health
of John Smith, Esq."
Mr. Alderman SMITH returned thanks in his fa-
ther's name, for whose absence he apologized.
" The Duke of Wellington, and the brave
he had the honour and glory of leading men
at Water-
loo," and several other toasts,were then .
given and
drunk with enthusiasm.
The CHAIRMAN then gave the health of N.