Star.
London, England, 1825-06-15 00:00:00

IV IRSLAND.

Mr. HOME, in rising to submit a motion relative te
the present state of the Church Establishment in Ire-
land, was induced to submit it to the House from,
a strong impression that it was not calculated to pro.
mote the welfare and the prosperity of that country.—..
Indeed it had quite a contrary effect, and so fp.r as he
had the MOMS of judging, there was no prospect of
peace or unanimity in Ireland whilst the Establishment
remained in its present condition. He bad already, os
three former occasions, submitted similar motions to
the House, and had gone further into the detail of the
reasons and facts on which it appeared to him that the
House ought to accede to his proposition. Much was
now conceded on this question which had been formerly
denied. This was something gained. in spite of the
alarm so often expressed en this subject from both sides
of the House. He (Mr. Hume) was as well aware as
any one of the utility of a proper system of religions
instruction. He knew from his own earrience the
great benefits derived from such a system in Scotland.
(here the pastors were well fitted to discharge their
duties. They were rarely or never absent from their
cures from January to December. He contended that
it was the duty of the Legislature to contrive and main-
tain a similar system in Ireland. He ventured to as.
sett, that the Irish clergy were open to censure in those
respects. On former occasions he had quoted the an.
thorities on which his opinicns were founded, and would
not trouble the House by repeating them nw. He did
not mean to deny that the religion of this country was
essentially Protestant, but this was no reason why the
form of the Establishment might not be changed, nor
why it might not be changed to a different mode of
faith. It depended entirely on the convictions of the
Legislature. Certainly the Church had always been
ready to support the State in nearly all its measures,
and therefore the State found its interest in upholding
the Church. He doubted the soundness of this line of
policy, and he did not believe that the alliance had
ever been of any service to the Church itself, fir even to
the State. It was not his desire to injure the in'erests
of the State by Lis present motion, but only to institute
an inquiry into the condition of the Church Establish-
ment in Ireland. Looking back to the time of William
the Third, he believed it was intended by that monarch
to have given Ireland as a religion, the religion of the
country. His letters ate upon record, in which he in-
structs his Government to pass an Act establishing that
religion which was most agreeable to the disposition of
the people. Unfortunately for Ireland, circumstances
induced William to alter his intention. If that had
taken place a century agoOreland would have had
century of happiness, and England would not now be
the gaoler of Ireland's rights. The Presbyterian reli-
gion in Scotland was not more general than was the
Catholic religion in Ireland. Whilst the religion of the
country was proscribed in Scotland, that country was
a scene of murder and anarchy, and he would call upon
the House to mark the difference that had been cleated
since the Presbyterian religion was estabEshed by law
there. The question was not, whether the Protestant,
Catholic, or Hindoo religion was the best? but the
question related to the policy of Government. In 'a
political point of view, he was satisfied that every act of
inquietude that had occurred in Ireland had been occa-
sioned by the system of Government adopted in that coun-
try. The present was a fit opportunity for Par liameatery
interference, and he would have brought the matter for.
ward at an earlier period, but for a with to give way to
,the motion of his Hon. Friend (Sir Francis Buidett).—
The Church, and the Church alone, had defeated that
motion. It had impeded the march of liberality, and
so long as its influence lasted it would injure tl.e cause
of those human and civil rights which England aught
to protect, and which Ireland had a right to enjoy.—

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.:IN' ILLIA MS said, that Mr. Kendrick bore on the
Ciro -...-.. fir erOtt, due character of an honest, upright Judge.-C.i-hult.c- Questionj-i. • -
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"iov;;;;,%-t—wa;";iik-e-fy---tFat...t.1.; • • The Hon. Member had, in the course of his •S speech, • r. . - .
could ever be carried whilst the Cabinet was divided.
attempts to carry
remarked that the Session had. been wasted in frti.less
the Catholic Question. The greatest style, when the immense mass cf persons sent forth an
I : .considering this subject he Meant to treat it as
The AlA:1 ORNEY GENERAL said that Mr. Ken•• °
could d • d'
question not nave erne a surer almu,st deafening shout as the aer-onauts passed sitter
hem. This was one of the finest ascents that hat
hid ' of property, and nnt of religion. lbe right of property ea "'
Altick -never bsen beard in the Court of King's • Y
Bench, and nes judgment had been prmouneed by the in the Church originated out of the enactments of law. means a procuring its detest than by causing to be ..een w
inserted on. the journals
.of that House a resolution de- ;messed. After a the
voy4ge of newly al
sour, Mr. Graham and firs lair companions alight. t
C. nit of Kigles Bench- u the merits of the- case. But the property of the Church did not stand on grounds
• • wh:elt liii istds POO Wet imam. Mr. Kendrick leansrlf sosirmg as private property did. If Henry the Eighth pouncing the spoliation of the Protestant Church pm., , f F 1 1
n perfect saak t y at c t ram, between three and .0 tr
sporty next Session--.(Hear, hear). It was the tear o. _
pealed to dm Press, and mold therefore get air from costkP; could set aside the rights of the Church with impunity. rules beyond Hounslow, and atriv. si 1 t
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