The Sun.
London, England, 1829-02-27 00:00:00

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he the man for my money, (laughter continued); for he
tell us that he never will rest contented until he has mown
down the temporalities of the Protestant church. If we
let lern into Parliament, we shall be robbing Peter to pay
Paul, with a vengeance. I sty that giving up the rights of
the Protestant el.urch to the Catholic church, is nothing
less than robbing Peter to pay Paul. (Hear, and a laugh.)
IS it likely, I ask, to remedy the distress of the poor of
Ireland ? I tell the poor of Ireland that it is net. I tell
teem that they are misled and deceived, if they suppose it
will. They will find themselves in the same predicament,
in the same cottages, in the same hovels, after the Papists,
;lave got all that they want, that they are in at present.—
(Hear, hear.)—l trust that the Government,—and I
tell it to the Noble Duke who is at the head of my
Royal Master's Government,—yes, I trust yet in God,
and I hope that I shall not be deceived—(here the
Hon. Member paused, on account of the laughter which
pervaded the House)—l trust that if the Noble Duke
shall persist in his determination to pull down with one hand
tie sacred bareer cemented by the blood of our brave
ancestors for the protection of the Protestant constitu-
tion in Church and State, he will determine to establish
with the other, (and I think that he has some glimmering
i lea of it,) some security for the future preservation of
that Constitution. I will not speak positively as to the
measure which is to be brought forward, until the curtain
is hauled up, and I see the new light which has burst in
upon Ministers. As for myself, I must say that I have net
got any of the slew light.—(Laughter.)—l shall say little
more.—(Hear.)—All I have to say is this one sentence
more. The Protestant community is now at last rowst
(so the Gallant Officer pronounced the word)—the British
lion is growling and grumbling.—(A laugh. )_When he
is once rowst, let those who have rowst him beware.—
(Mars of langliter.)—l am glad to find that my Hen.
Opponents, who call themselves the friends of liberal prin-
ciples, are obliged to resort to such baseness of opposition
as this. I never have hindered them from delivering their
sentiments in quiet to the House. Whak right have they
to interrupt me?—(Hear.)—lf they think to put me
down by their outrageous conduct, they mistake their man.
It would ill become me, as the representative of the second
city in the kingdom, to allow myself to be crubbed [curbed
frenn delivering my sentiments.—(Roars of laughter.)—
There is no other question but this on which I shall fly in
the face of the Government of my Royal Master's appoint-
ment. I have been a staunch Protestant all my life. I
was born and bred a Protestant. I hope to die a Protest-
ant ; and therefore on a question so vital to all true Pro-
testants, I hope my Hon. Opponents will forgive me for
honestly and manfully declaring my opinions. lam sorry
to say that the great supporter, the main champion of the
Protestant cause, has been and now is bewildered. There
is no doubt that he has some conscientious feeling.—
(Hear, and laughter.)—He allowed that he had, when he
separated himself from the late Mr. Canning, a Minister
whose loss I deeply regret, though he was against us on the
great question. Yes ; Mr. Canning was what I call a
treasure to his conntry.—(Roars of laughter.)—Sir, I will
not hide my sentiments—l will not go, as some do, !mat-
ing about the bush, but never entering the bush—l will
say without any reserve that Mr. Canning was really what
I call a great man,—(Hear, and laughter.)—lt was in
consequence of the great Protestant leader deserving that
really great man, on account of their difference of opinion
on this question, that we placed our confidence in him ;
and what astonished us, the Protestants of the country,
was, that he, the great Protestant leader but I will
not proceed, for he is not here to defend himself, and I
wish to act with kindness by him. This, however, I will
say, that if the Right Hon. Gentleman had taken and
knocked me flat down in the centre of the floor of this
House, I should not have been more astonished than I was
upon hearing the speech which he delivered on the first
night of this session.—(Hear, and laughter.)—That is the
homespun fact—(Laughter)—and I care not who likes
it ; for I say that the country is now rowst. It was
bewildered before; it was thunderstruck at the sudden
change in the councils of Government ; lest it is
now, thanks to Providence, rowst, and rowst—(Load
laughter)—froth one end of it to the other. That
table, which will ere long be loaded with petitions,
will show you the voice of the people—that table will
tell you that the people are now rowst—(loud laughter, in
the midst of which an Hon. Member, who sat behind
Colonel Wilson, took bold of the skirts of his coat, and as
it appeared to us, endeavoured to pull him down. The
gallant officer turned round to him and proceeded)—l beg
the Hon. Gentleman's pardon, but I must proceed; I am
under the necessity of expressing my sentiments, and I
cannot conceal them without acting as a traitor to my con-
stituents and to tny own conscience. I seldom speak in the
House; I listen with pleasure to others • and now that I
am speaking, I ought not to he interrupted.—(Loud cries
of hear, mingled with laughter, from the opposition
benches.)—One sentence more, and I hare done. The
great Protestant community expects that at this momentous
crisis every representative of the people should do his duty.
Whatever may be the conduct of others, I will do mine,
without either fee or reward.
" Whilst I can handle stick or stone,
" I will support the Church and Throne."
(Roars of laughter.)—l repeat, Sir, that I will—
The SPEAKER put the question, that this petition be
now brought up.
It was accordingly brought up, laid on the table, and
ordered to be printed.
Sir F. BLAKE presented a petition from the burgesses
of Berwick-upon-Tweed, praying for a repeal of the As-
sessed Taxes.—Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed.