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London, England, 1811-05-10 00:00:00

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BOUSE OF PEERS,

TIMUSDAY, MAY Q.
The trlan Cu &wcar,tott bdinq detained at CoGn-
vil at etritim Floui,s,iiitt riot come down till nearly
..'6:l4Ack. Priers were then read, and the be.
sicir~a..l dry immediately entered nano. The
sp et. bilow the O'ir waS CrtliNited to,exceps by the
-tnimorrs tittratied by the important aubjett winch

•stowl tor diseutooon.
'['lre Stave Trade Felony and Irkh Loan Bills
vete Text a third Cum:, and pushed. Tbe, other
11i11.4 ni.oh the table were, forwarded.
Several Friyafelli were brought up, from the
Vomihnii, by Sirs J. Graham, '.l.lromas , Master.
111.4 1, ati..:wher Members, and-severally read a lira

The Customs Offices Regulation Bill was brought
up .frorn, the C'tmmons by Sir J. Graham, and 'read
rfi,tit tint
Lord Hot.t.* ND moved for the produtErion of cer-
tein:docomentit, which were ordered ; but from the
' lotiv tone 01 his Lei-41110 voices and the notse
made beloW the bar, we were unable distinctly to
hear Chem.
'The Earl of LAUDKADALE took the. opportunity
of the f Il attendance, to require some explatiatiOn
froM Miniaters respecting a, poinl which hodetmed
of crinsitkrable impoi lance. Alter adverting to cer-
Tin proceeding&
,of the Boards of Treasury, of
rade, and of Eicise, be said he understood that
in my dtstillers were afttalik. yet chStiding from
sugar, on the faith that ati application would be
made to Parliament in their favour,. w:th.respect to'
the duties. He therefore wished to be informed,
if Ministers had given notice to those persons, that
the application to Parliament in their favour had not
been stacceortul, aid that the law of the land, with
respe& to dktitlation, must be enforced. He felt
this was an extraordinary goestion, but these were
exit sordin try times.; and with reference to the co--
cumst tnce„ he trusted it would not be deemed an

impro cr one'.
'Earl BATflUftbT, in a low tone of voice, replied
to, what had fallen from the Noble Earl. We could
only distinetly nar, that it was proposed to bring in
a Bill of Indemnity.
Tee Hail of LAIIIMiLthI.II, in reply, observed,
thetthis ea* the first case of the kind' that he re-
membered; • and ridded, that if a Bill of Indemnity
were brought in, as mentioned by the Noble
Etirl, hes 'should oppose. it in • every stage in that
Haase.
• Earl LITICLIEST rose to explain. The' teVenne,
he ebserved,. was duly taken care of. Tho4e pis.
stillers had entered into a bond .for the payment of
the Itieher duties, if called upon to do so. The case
Wild far front being a novel one, it occurred in many
other instances.
The upon the Table were then respeClively
forwarded.
Pitu'reeTANT DISSENTING MINISTERS.
The Order of the Day, upon which their Lord.
thins were summoned, beintread, • •
Lord Viscount Sintenussn rose, pursuant to the
nolice ballad given, ter the purpose of introdnciug
a Biil, the pritivieal object of which was to prevent
the Abuses of the Acts of Willivrrs and Merv, and of
his present Majesty, and to extend and render more
effectual these
,juts as tar as relates to protestant
Dissenting • Ministers,—Crite Noble Viscount de-
Ilyerect his sentiments on these interesting topics.; at
considerable ltmolt, and.with'grot ability; but our
restricted limits conOtee Us to a brief and geeeral out.
line of his I.Jorskiiio's'sp' eclel He would net, he
said, etioecessarily eske up their Lordships' tinle,
telerec!ce to ail preliminary considerations;
With respeet to his motives in thus coming ,forward,
le trusted a libeial and just cleterroinatiuti,Nraiold be
tottned by the House and' the Country. And he
also trusted. that ,froth what lie •sheuld submit to
their Lordiships, they would be enabled to &gide
who' her or not the interposi.ion of parllamoi was
oei-eisov tr, eiv, elfeCt to tin. Ads in question, The
thc.cri, was, one, he thought, which
should b.. iin tth.i.,-t of anxious solicitude so every in.
clivi,"in3! of set:A or persuasion, he may be,
in the c-,t)tLit y, He mein( the correclion of the,
obillei Of importnet A Is. The the,
honieu, and sanctity of tls nation'el re:igloo w oft;
lo the consideration. i'sjtcr advettin4 to
rhtl elfeas of 11, 11.4.rtitati- ti on the ecele;iitsticpl
1)01,,;‘, of t ountry, his Leelship referred ice
„de;
principles nod , one) of the Acts of Tolerati,:n.which
Were •ehie fly i.sna)ietied at the sire of the Revole,
'ion. He ttwelt prilic,pally upon the operation of
those Ai:is' this aprlic%ible to Protestant Dissenting
Ministers ; and desert ihed their provisions with re.'
sped to those indiv:idttals who applied to., the Ma-
. eiiiiritCy for licenses ad as religions Teachers, or
-Ministers of their respettive congregations, These
provisioos, however, he stated, had,veceived a novel
iitieieretation, eit bin the last thirty or (arty years.
It watt welt itnown to the Magistrates, and, to
those who were on/versant in the business of
the Utiartgr S,asioos at the Pence, that the
general tnuleistanciing and pradice was, that any
peisOip siviitlte4iit*,, let lilt li-101111 or, iiitallertu:ti
qunlificatiatA be what they ittAy, let his ignO.
"'once or Lit nnynorAinV b what it might, whether
he descended from a Chitnitcy or a pillory, was at
liberty to repnir to " the Quince Sessions, end there
to take the oaths and make the deelaratieos required
by the 'Statutes, when he was at liberty to'dernind
a certificate of his 110611 so qualified himself, and
then to anti -preach any dodrine be pleased, pro.
'witted the same was not Against the law'.
glom" lid OM, iminfirtat Bacon, of is the main stay
of 21*01 ordered cominoliwealth." Nothing could
be of Inoi-o sleep importance than that religious
lta-
jtrtJf:.ti,n slifinid not, be corrtatiiirrated at itiesetitee
add that ifs teachers should' tint be
,men of (aimed or
ilentea, '.Theis facilities were an in.
tluceinvio to crafty and designing individeala to itn.
emit-open' the ignorant tool unwary. Ferthe cur-
. reettiess t,f Isis statement, lie would appeal to N
every
-otficiit titighatate at rite Quarter Sessions.. i.
tiler was there any at testatitto offered asap the moral
for inteiketual compeiency of those applicaets—they
deoeiiided ti eir et! tificates upon. their taking the
vie to i. 'Six, hied t ere; given by the Justices on.
;
eve tte idea that tire) n,ia ito power to reins:ol/cm
It Wils not to she charatters of doles individuals, as
general'ineuibeis of ..society, that lie objected still