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0/f 1/111.1ITUANT WORIILST's lipTIOW.NOR Alt ADDRISS
TO Till PIUNCII Riad? TO /Olin AN RIIiCIANT AD-
MINISTRATION. A • ,
rt bererombie,Hon. J. Grattan, Rise. OuoistontsLord
Adair, R. Greimougb, • • Parnell, H.
Agar, E. F. Grenfell, P. Pain, H.
p.ANitru t her. Sir 1. Grosvenor,. Gen. Pelham, Hon. C.
tittonte, W. L. Hamthon, Lord A. Pelham, Hon. G.
Als.horpe, Vbc. Harvey, E. Piggott, Sir A.
, W. Hibbert, G. Prendergast, 14.
,G. F. Hippisley,Sir J. C. Forbin, C.
Sulu& A. Horner, F. Polhogton,
Deiricke, C. Howard, H. Ponsonby. _
Bennett, Ron. H. Howard, Hon. W. George •
Biddulph, R. M. Howarth, H. Poornby, Hon. O.
Binning, Lord Hughes, W. L. Ponsonby, lim. F.
1 Blanchard, B. P. Huskisson, W. Nothieu, J. de
1 Bourne, W. S. Hussey, T, Power, R.
Bouverie, Hon. B. Hutchinson, Hon. C. Papua' W. S.
Brand, Hon. I. Jackson, J. • Priitie, Hot:. F.
Browne, A. Jacob, W. Pm, F.
Buller, Sir A. Jekyll, los. • Quin, Hon. W.
Burdett, Sir F. Knight, R. Ridley, Sir Ms
Burrell, Hon. R. D. Knot, Hon. T. • Romilly, Sir S. '
Buske, W. Lamb, Hon. W. : Saville, A.
1 Calcraft, I. Lambton, R. J. &bright, Sit J.
Canning, Rt. Ho. G. Langton, W. Q. Sharpe, K.
Canning, G. Latouche, R. Shipley, W.
Cavendish, Lord G. Leath, J. Sinclair.G.
Caveddisb, H. Leigh, R. 1-1. Smith, G.
Chaloner, R. Lemon, Sir W. Smith, J.
Cockeroll, Sir C. Lemon, J. 'Smith, A.:
Cocks, J. Lemon, C. Smith, W.
Coke, I'. W. I.e,ter, B. L. Somerville, Sir M.
Coke, E. Lloyd, J. M. Staniforth, I.
Colborne, R. W. K. Lloyd, Sir E. Stanley, Lord
Combe, H. C. Lyttleton, Hon. H. Stewart, 1.
Cotes, J. Macdonald, James Swan, H.
Cuthbert, I.R. . Madocks W. A. Talbot, R. W.
Dhly, Rt. Hn. D. S. Martin, if. Tadeton, B.
Dent, D. • Martin, R. Tavisrock, Mari of
Dickinson, %V. Mathew, Hon. M. • Taylor, W. .
Dillon, Hon. H. A. Mamie, Hon. W. Taylor, M. A.
Drummond, H. Meade, Hon. J. Templeton, N. •• •
Duncannon, Vise. Mesboro', Earl of Tom*, Earl
Dundas, Hon. L. Mildmay, Sir H. '1 iernty, Rt. Ho.O.
Eden, Lion. G. Miller, Sir T. Tighe, W. .
Ellis, C. R. . Milton, Vise. Tracy, C.H.
Ferguson, R. C. Montgomery, Sir H. Tremayne, J. H.
Fitz,gerald,Rt Hn.M. Moore, P. Trench, F.
,F tzgerald, Lord H. Monck, Sir C. ' Vander heyden, D.
Fitzpatrick,Rt.Hn.R.Morpeth, Vise. Vernon, G. G. V.
Fitzroy, Lord W. Meows, Sir T. Walpole, lion. G.
Foley, J. Myers, l'• . Ward, Hon. T. W.
Fo:kes, Sir M. Neville, Hon. R.. Warrender, Sir G.
Folkestone, Vise. Newport, Right Hon.Whartoo, I.
Forbr‘, Vise. . Sir John Whitbread, S. .
Frankland, W. North, D. Williams, Sir R.
Freemantle, W. IL Northey, W. . Wortley\ J. A. S.
,ides, D. - Nugent, Lord Wynne, :iir W. W.
Gordon, W. O'Hara, C. %t ynne, C. W.
Gower, Earl Ord, W. Wrottesity, H.
Gower, Lord G. L. Osborne, Lord F. -

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LIST OF THE MINORITY.
Adams, C. Ferguson. J. Munczster, I.ord
Allan, A. Fitzgerald, W, Murray, Sir J.
Arbuthnot, Right Forrester, C. Nichol!, Sit J.
Hun. C. Foster, Hou. T. No. t, G. N.
Attursol, French, A. Norton, Hon. Gen.
Sabingten, T. Gen, P. Odell, W.
, Bagwell, W. Gibbs, Sir V. • Owen, John
Beanie. G. • Giddy, D. Paget. Hon. E.
Baker, J. Gipps, G. Palk, Sit L.
Barry, J. Gooch, T. S. Peek, Sir R.
! Etercstord, 1.0r.1 G. Goulburn, H. Peek, R.
Bertsfurd, J. P. Grant, C. Phipps, Hun. E.
I Benyon, R. " Grant, Right Hon. Plainer, Sir 'l'.
Bernard, Viscount Sir W. Pole, Sir C.
Blaclburne, J. Graham, J. Pole, W. W. -•
' Bootie, A. W. Graham, S. Porcher, J. D.
' liouverie, C. H. Hail, B. Porter, G.
Bowyer, Sir G. Hume, J. Rainier, J.
' Bradshaw, Hon. Hamilton, Hans Ratassbottom, I.
A.. C. litadly, Lott Robigeon. Hon. F.
Brodr.ck, Hon. W. Herbert, it A. Rochfort, 0.
Brogden, J. Hill, Sir G. F. Rose. L. H.
Brooke, Lord - Hubbousel B. Ryder, Rt. Hon. R.
Browne, 1. H. Hudson, 1. . Scott, Rt.tion.Sle W.
Bruce, J. • Holmes, W. Seymour, Lord F...
Burghersh, Lord Houbi:n, J. A. Shame, Sir 1.
Buasn, 'I. . Houston, A. Sheldon, IL
Calvert, J. . Howard, Hon. F. G. Simeon, 1. ,
Campbell, Gen. A. 'Huntingfield, Lord Singleton, M.
Campbell, A. Jeckinson, Hon. C. Sloane, W.
Carew, Right lUD:. Jenkinson, C. Smith, T. A.
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R. J. Jocelyn, Lord Smith, 1.
Castlereagh, Vis. Joddrel, H. Sneyd, R.
Cholmcndley, J. Jones, G. Somerset, Lord A.
Clerk, Sir G. Keene, W. .Stewart, Sir J.
Clive, H. King, Sir J. D. Sulkan, Rt. Hen. J.
Clontnell, Earl of Kingsten, J. • . Sumner, G. H. • j
Cocin•aue, Hon. G. Lascell.s, lion. E. Shiffner, --• )- I
Cooper, E. Synge Laser/lee, Hon. H. St. Asaih, Lord "."
Cottrell, Sir J. I.t.levre, C. S. Thomas, G. W. •
Courtenay, J. P. 1....igh, J. li. Thornton, S.
Crickitt' .. A. I.eyeester, H. • Thornton, H.
Croker,J. W. Lot:us, Gen. 'l'hurnton' R.
Curtis, Sir W. Long, Rt. Hon. C. '1 hyune Lord J. _
Davies, R. H. .Longlield, M. Townsend,l
Hon. W.
Dawkins, J. 1 ovaine, Lord Tyrwhitt, Sir T.
Desert, Earl of I.owther, Via. Vansittart, G. i r
Disbrowe, E. I.uttrell, 1. F. Vereker, Col. 19''S •
Duckett, p. Lusbitigton, S. R. Wallace, Rt. Hon. T.
Duigenau, Dr. P. I.ygon, 1-ion. W. Walpole, Lord
Dundas, Rt. Hl2. W. Ivraitland, J. Ward, R.
Duffcrin, Lord IVlantdag, W. Wedderburn, Sir D.
Egerton J. Marr)at, J. Wemysi, W.
til.ut, lion. W. • Mellish, W. Wharton, R.
kllice, W. Milne', R. P. Wilberforce, W. .. ,
Ellison. R. - Moreton9 •E. Hon. E Williams, R. jun. •
Est court , 'l. Montague, M. Wood, 'l.
Eyre A. 11. Moore, Lord H. Yorke, Rt. Hon. C. '
Farquhar,' 3. Moorsorn, Admiral

IMPORTANT COMMUNICATION.
(Continued front yesterday's Paper.)
No. Vl.—Copy of Load WeLLtatar's Reply to Lord LIVILR.
POOL'S Etphutat.iry Lotter of the 19th May, 1812.
MT DIAlt LORD, Apsley-house, May gl, 1812.
Although you have bad the goodness to dispense'
with my returning any answer to your letter of the
19th instant, same farther 'observations on my part
may, perhaps, contribute to promote the professed
object of that letter, by explaining and correcting
whatever may appear doubtful or erroneous in the
course of our recent correspondence.
When you informed me, that your opinion upon
i the claims of the Roman Catholics remained un-
changed, and that you were not aware of any change•
in the opinion of your Celleagues on that subject, I
certainly concluded that the policy, which has been
pursued during the Present Session of Parliament,
wVuld be continue.dty the new Cabinet.
§ubsequent reflection satisfies me, that such a coo-
-1 elusion was just And reasonable ; not can I admit
that I have fallen into any misapprehension of that
system of policy,.a hen 1 have described it as consist-
ing, not only in the denial of any present relief to
tllte Rail Pan Catholiss, but even a peremptory refusal
to consider the state of the law which affects their
civil condition.
• Whatever may be the different character or com-
plexion of the opinions of the several Members of the
Cabinet, the practical result has been to pur-
course which I have described, during the
Session of Parliainent ; and your explanation

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moment. No suggestion is made of the time ores
cumstances, in which any altciatian of.this systeni
policy can be expected ; no prospect is affoaded
any conciliatory proceeding, which might tend
open the way to an amicable settlement, and,*
a desire of hearing specific propositions of stxurity
professed, the very consideration of the question
denied to Patliament, and is not pursertd•hr
other authority.
This statement is no misapprehension of the
of your Explanatory Letter ; and in such a state
.the present Cabinet, it may be detmed superfine
to analyze individuarsentiments.
This task (however useless with regard to pits
practice) is required from me, by t,l,e strong peat
which you have made against any inference to be
drawn from any-declaration of your's, that it jor
ever has• been, your opinion, that, &safer 140 •
trances, it would be possible to make any alterati•
• the laws respecting the Roman Catholics.
To this protest you have added an aUMIMO...,
44 That upon•the teat occasion, on which the %son
was discussed in Parliament, you expressly itotra
that circumstance' might arise, in which, in yowls*,
ment, sortie alteration in those laws 'staid be advt
able."—l confess freely to you, that I have allay
understood your recorded opinion on this sehrett
a very different sense; I had supposed, that mesa.
sidered the disablities imposed by statute um*,
Roman Catholics, not as temporary and OCC&Siore,
securities against a temporary and occasional doom
but as an integral and permanent pert of anemia,.
tuth p in Church and StAtei established at the keo,.
lutiou. In this opinion, I bad always uaderwasd,
that several of the principal Members of the rim
Cabinet concurred with you ; and that you sak •
• common, an apprehension, that the removal
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important part of this system of restraint amide,.
danger the foundation of the Establishment ofd
Lass s, Liberties, and Religion.

Viewing in this light your sentiments, eatlisi
of the respectable persons to whom I refer, loi
persuaded that I shall not be suspected of Wok
to cast any reflection upon the honour or hums'
those principles, or of the persons who ruins:l6Na
I have ever considered those principles to lip.
and honest is the minds in which I 'apposed is
to reside ; and while I give full credit to &aim
rity, I lamented their erroneous foundation Natio.
gerous.tentlency. •
1 must further declare, that from some occidoe,l
did not hear ale' statement in Fallow= to ill
you reter, as baying been made by you oo the um
occasion, in the House of Lords; In• w, bowies,
understand your opinion to be, that carsusamecir al
arise, in which, in your judgment, some Amos
would be advisable in the laws affecting the Row
Catholics.

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I ebiara ut desirous of urging the untimely
revenging sircennaaares, which you have mmen.
ispecting securities; and I should be anions to bat
the specific statement of ALL, OR ANT. of WM Cm.
cunt:l-micas under which you would advise mai.
ignition in the laws reapect.ng the Roman Cathie&
The explanation, which you require •respenisi
securities, is attainable only by a full considerate'
and discussion of the whole subject ; and I daytime
view the declared intention of resisting the fiat sup
towards such a discussion as an effectual beryl
against that explanation, which you consider ate
the necessary preliminary to any alteration of them
isting statutes. The details of your reasoning outfit
part of the question render the prospect of any !es&
nwnt utterly hopeless. Yost recitire a change *de
state of the opinions, feelings, conduct, and temp
of the Roman Catholics, as a preliminary, men
,the.consideration of —the causes of their conga..
—But is it possible to expect effectual thugs
the tritTer. of the- Roman C obeli, Body, whit yes
refuse even to enquire into the nature of their grew.
dances? The repeated rejection of their claim, win.
;out any other deliberation than that, which has min
'on the mere question- of taking the Petition WOOS*
sideration, is not a course of proceeding calcalsid
'to
mitigate Ole severity oldieappointment. Rasa
and moderation must appear in our conideratited
their prayer, if we hope to infuse those qualities ins
"their proceedings.
You require, also, a change in the cirsomstsans
of Europe.—lgnorant of the events which may hew
furnished any hope of suit a change, since I hai
the honour of a share in, his Royal Highdess's Caw
cils, I mutt Consider the determination to delay di
interesting question, until Europe shall have assamsi
a new aspect, as a virtual negative upon the ses
stance of the claim ; arid, I foel this point with
greater degree of psyn, because I am convinced teat
the continuance of Ireland, in her present =
must protract, if not perpetuate, thwprielet
,condition of Europe.
But, until these preliminarks shall have been NW
Ilithed, you-declare, that it will be pour duty WO'
sist Parliamentary enquiry, which, in your per
ment, could be productive of no other effect, that
44 to alarm the Protestants, and delude the Rossi
Catholics." At the same time, you mire no hope, dig'
the means of relict will be openedlby any other atithreC.
' ty.— I cannot understand through whatchannel Oin a.
son or passion, the Protestants should be alanseis
or the Catholics deluded, by a full and fair ear,*
ration of the state of the laws affecting the hie
body. Indeed, I cannot conceive any premaiNl!
likely to remove alarm, and prevent delUsiorhasnm
which appears to you likely to create both.
•Cfn the other hand, I apprehend much more delP
ger, both of alarm and of delusion, from any ger,
of measures to be founded on the gener_Al sad Iv*
tinct terms, in which you state, 44 that .arCtlinitia_e_ti
way arise, in which tow alterationin the laws wor!'
be advisable."
• You Teter to consideratiops of a 44 vire Mon 1104
PORT ANoit," which, until a very late period of tll!
have precluded the Executive government 5114./Irt
Lament from entertaining this measure; and 70.4
gest, that in the opinion of some.proastr'l4
considerations have not lost their
sume, that you refer to the known se .
the mest• exalted and venerable asthma*
realms, on the claims of has Majelts •
tholic subjects. As your letter seems torfloribilkoville.
reference to the course of my co.nd.e cc)*
and ill his Majesty's Councilson
Myself -of this apportion', 'to '4l
both et sly former silences and a

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