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The Marquis of LANSDOWN rose, pursuant to
the notice he had given, to move the second reading
of the English Roman Catholics' (Civil Offices) Qua-
lification Bill. The present Bill repealed in effect
two Acts (7th and Bth) of William 111. and in recom-
mending so salutary a measure to the consideration
of their Lordships, it was impossible to conjecture on
what ground opposition would be made (for he un-
derstood that this measure, so advisable, was likely
to be opposed), or could be offered to the Bill. Be-
fore that opposition could hope to succeed, it would
be found necessary for the opponents of the Bill to
satisfy their Lordships, that Mr. Pitt's long adminis-
tration was utterly erroneous on the subject, by ad-
mitting the RoMan Catholics of Ireland to the enjoy-
ment of the elective franchise, and even to privi-
leges more distinct; but if that Administration had
ever felt themselves in an error of this sort, he was
convinced that, with all their influence and weight,
some attempt would have long ago been made to re-
peal those privileges. No such proposition having
been made, the opposers of the present Bill were driven
to this alternative that there were circumstances
which peculiarly attached to the Roman Catholics of
Great Britain, and which, so attaching to-this body,
made them unfit and unsafe to be indulged in those
privileges long since imparted to the Roman Catho-
lics of Ireland. He must allude here to the posses-
sion of the elective franchise, which was, it appeared,
to be denied to the English Catholics, who, though
fewer in number than the Irish Catholics, and bear-
ing no proportion to the population of Great Britain
at large, were deemed quite unfit for the extension of
the privilege just mentioned. Were their Lordships
then prepared, on a deliberate and enlarged view of
their Catholic fellow-subjects, when considering their
uniform loyalty and their patient demeanour—were
they prepared, be would repeat it, upon such a re-
view, to withhold from the English Catholics those
Franchises and privileges which could never be de-
nied with justice, but upon the strictest grounds of.
State necessity ? Would they withhold, from imagi-
nary fears of evil; the privilege of choosing their Re-
presentatives in Parliament to a portion of the popu-
lation whose loyalty was stainless, and whose respect-
ability was undoubted ? Would their Lordships re-
fuse to such persons that privilege, in the absence of
whose exercise the British Constitution was reduced
to nothingness as it regarded them? It remained for
the opposers of the present Bill distinctly to point out
what had unfitted the English Catholics, by any sort
of fatality, from the impartation of the elective
light; fbr, if there were any difference as to the ope-
' ration of the Election Law, it was decidedly in favour

of the Catholics of England, as the manner of the
elections, and the registry of electors, in Ireland, weld
attended with evils (as the Noble Earl opposite knew)
not likely to occur in this country. When, there-
fore, their Lordships were called on simply to place
the Roman Catholics in England on exactly the
same footing as the Roman Catholics of Ireland;
he hoped, at all events, that their Lordships were not
about to be warned, that the proposition was so novel,
so very difficult to deal with, that it never could be
entertained by them. Let this novelty be spurned in
bar of a question so long discussed in different shapes,
so familiar, not to say irksome, to the Legislature ;
and let their Lordships well measure the true extent
of thattuncer tam kind of danger held out by the op-
posers of the present Bill. He likewise knew that it
was objected, in linrine, that the Roman Catholics of
' England hail not petitioned for that relief now
recommended to be imparted by the present Bill ;
and, therefore, that it ought not to be moved
at all. Never ought it, however, to be forgotten,
that political privileges were not conferred in respect
to individuals, but for the advantage of the Public.
Though no petition had been presented from the Eng-
lish, Catholics in favour of the present Bill, nor, if his
opinion were asked, would he advise such a petition
to be sent with reference to a measure so limited in
this instance; yet he would fearlessly ask their Lord-
ships if they really were disposed to reject the Bill
upon such grounds ? But if, on the other hand, their
Lordships should see no good reason for denying to
the exemplary loyalty of the English Roman Catho-
lics those privileges long enjoyed by the Irish Roman
Catholics, he would conjure them no longer to hesi-
tate. Every year, every day, the connection of both
countries was becoming more intimate; both were
habited in the same clothes, both sustained by a com-
munity of produce; and it was ardently to be hoped
that their Lordships would not stop short, by receding
from that political identity so recommended to them.
Here, indeed, it was his intention to have stopped, if
he had not caught the whisper that the present Bill
placed the English Roman Catholics in a much better
state than the English Protestant Dissenters. But in
reality the latter were better off, while the former
were still subjected to the operation of the Test Act,
though no such impediment stood in the way of the
Catholics of Ireland. He had therefore now' to move
the second reading of the Bill.
Lord REDESDALE opposed the Bill. The oh-
ject.pf the Act of William, which was sought to be
repealed, was to establish a Protestant Government
in Church and State; and to the repeal of that Act
he could not consent. If an error had been com-
mitted in the case of the Irish Catholics, that was no
reason for repeating the same error in the case of the
Catholics of England. Whatever respect he might
have for Catholics individually, he could not consent
to sacrifice to that respect the Protestant Constitution
of this kingdom. His Lordship concluded by moving
the second reading of the Bill that day three months.
The Earl of WESTMORLAND trusted that the
English Catholics would at last receive the well-
merited reward of their loyalty. There was no argu-
ment for conferring privileges on the Irish Catholics
that did not equally apply to the Catholics of. Eng-
land. The disorders in Ireland were not to be
ascribed to the concessions made to the Catholics,
for the same disorders existed in a much greater de-
gree before. The concessions made to the Catholics
had materially tended to tranquillize and conciliate
Ireland. The Irish Catholics were loyal and grateful
forthe benefits they had received, and the disorders
in Ireland were to be ascribed to very different causes
than such as were connected with the Catholic claims.
Though he supported the Bill, he was adverse to any
further concessions to the Catholics; nay, it was that
opposition that madehim support the Bill, and made
him anxious to remove the anomaly that at present
existed in the case of their's]] and English Catholics,
The Bishop of NORWICH observed, that, after
what had been already said, it would alidost require
inspiration to throw new light upon the subject. He
was happy to see that the prejudices on this subject
were rapidly disappearing, except in a quarter where
they were least to be expected. He must protest in
his own name, and that of his Clergy, against the
opinions contained in some Petitions to that House.
The safety of no Christian State could be endangered
by the practice of Christian principles. He trusted
that no Holy Alliance would arrest the march of
liberal opinions—(/fear, hear). Everything human
must yield to the law, of change, and the senseless
clamour against innovation had now disappeared.
The Revolution was an innovation ; nay Christianity
itself was the most important innovation that had
ever taken place in the history of the world—(Hear,
hear). A large majority of lay members of the Esta-
blished Church were decidedly in favour of Catholic
Emancipation, as appeared from the fact that scarcely
any Petitions had been presented against it. The
Clergy of the Established Church of'England and
Ireland, were, in the 19th century, almost the only
advocates of intolerance— (Hear, hear). He claimed
the same indulgence for the Catholic Dissenters of
his day that had been granted to the Protestant Dis-
senters in the time of King William. The Learned
Prelate concluded by quoting a passage from Bishop
Burnet in support of his opinion; and stated, that he
had two Petitions to present against the Bill, to which
he trusted the House would turn a deaf ear--(Hear).,
The Bishop of ST. DAVID'S was anxious to re-
lieve the Catholic from any inabilities that could be
done consistently with the safety of the State ; but, in
the present case, he must oppose the Bill.
The LORD CHANCELLOR could not see how
the Learned Prelate who spoke last but one, conk!
state that none but the Clergy were adverse to the
Catholic Claims. The Learned Prelate was never
more mistaken aunt when he asserted that the hosti-
lity to the Catholics had diniinished. If for no other
reason than the lateness of its introduction, he shook'
vote that the Bill be read a thirchime that day three
months. He had no objection to the discussion of the