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adverted to. the Ad of '793, and Contended thif 03.4
Ad now palpated being fimilar to it, was not at all
contrary tb, or in the !lighten degree a violation
of, the Coronation Oath. The Noble Lord next
adverted to the clamour which had been railed
abroad, to the bale and unjuflifiable means which
were reforted to,to diffufe improper notions throna,h.
out every part of the country, and to excite thole
religious prejudices which the Ham of the world
had proved to have curled and ruined every country
where they were fuffered to be propagated. Since
the appointment of the Houle of Hanover to the
government of thofe realms, this dark and dan.
gerous policy was but once aided upon, and it mull:
be in the recollc&ion of the Houle, the great and
difmal effati of the mifchiefs which were the confe
quence. It mull be recollected, when the infuriate
cry of " No Popery" had nearly deftroyed this great
and glorious metropolis in one general conflagration.
It does not require any great depth of ref a-ch, any
wiBe extent of reafoning, or fcope of ingenuity, to
exercife Inch expedients for perfonal and profitable
views. For his part, he defpifcd the clamour of
infanity ; his attachment to the Proteflant Church
made him revere that ellablifhment, and the pre-
cepts of Chrillianity taught him to difarprove of
profcription, perfecution, and a fy km of exclu-
fion. He had no perfonal conliderations fur the idle,
unfounded, and, he feared, malignant tu•bulence,
which was excited. The pet lons who had stirred
it up, or encouraged it, might contit u: to placard
the walls with the words of " N r Popery ;" they
may have it indented in paltry for their gratification;
hut he felt for his country, under fuch a fyllem of
calamity, he dreaded its fate under the government of
men who could either propagate or promote it, at a
period when every thing that was dear and valuable
to England, and to the civilized world, was menaced
by an enemy, the moll powerful that ever affailed us
in the annals of our national exiflence. No man had a
higher refped for Christian feelings, no man was lefs
incliaed to prejudge the views, or to mifreprelent the
motives of others. It was true that the GRE•T AL-
MIGHTY Roast of the Univerfe, was alone competent
to afcertain the motives which actuated the fentiments
which infpired the human heart. But of men's adions
he would judge, and the a &ions of the prefent Mini-
(try were calculated to involve us in intelline corn.
motion and general ruin. With refped to the limit
which the pledge called upon the late Ministry to
put to the claims of the Irith Catholics, he would afk
the Houle, he would put it tothebrean of every Noble
Lord, was it prepared to fay, there is nothing to
hope, nothing in perfpedive ; no fettle of gratitude,
no difplay of loyalty, no deeds of gallantry, patri-
otifm, or glory, (hall ever operate to raife you to
the enjoyment of thole privilege, to which by your
adions you are In well entitled ? No, to Catholic
conceflion there is an eternal bar ; to Catholic pc.
tition there Ctills a determined denial throughout
all the revolutions of times and circumftancea,
thrbughout the ehole progrcfs of nor national great-
ads or vicillitudes. Von, the Catholics of Ireland,
are doomed to interminable each' lion,

O am nec longs di. s yietas nee mitigat ullam.
Lord lIAWKESBURY role, at half pall five, to
reply to Lord Grenville. From the latenefs of the
flour, it is impoffible to give the lead 11,--etch of his
arguments.
Lord CAMDEN oppofed the original motion, and
vin3icated his condo & with refpe& to the pat t he took
in the Catk.lic quettion in 18ot.
Lord MOIRA lupported the refolu•iin moved by
the Noble Marquis, and pointed out the unconaitn.
tional nature of the pledge which had been requited
from the Members of the late Adminiltration.
The LORD CHANCELLOR faid, that the whole
of the proceedings on the two debates tefpeeling the
cirenmtlances which led to the change of Adminittra-
Lion, wet e irregular, unparliamentary, and unconlli-
tutional. He was prepared to take upon himfelf all
the refponfibility which could attach to his fituation ;
but had the late Miniffers remained in office, from
the manner in which they proceeded, they would
have thrown all the refponfibility of the Government
on the King. It had been infinuated in another
place that he was the perfon who advifed the change
of Adminilltation ; bin that infinuation he had
treated with contempt. All the pledge which he
had given to his Majefly, was the pledge which his
paft condu& afforded.
The Duke of NORFOLK faid a few words in
fupport of the, original motion.
The quellion was then loudly called for, and their
Lordlhips divided on the queftion 44 That this Houfe
do now ae.journ."
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Contcnts—Prcfent, I3s—Proxics, 36--r 7t.
Non-contents—Prefent, f 9 Prortes, z t-90.
Majority in favour of Adminiftration, Bt.
Mjiurned at 7 o'Clock this Morning.—(ruetclay).

HOUSE OF COMMONS.
New Writs were ordered for the Borough of St. Michael, In
Cornwall, and of Great Bedwin, in the room of Sir Arthur Wel-
ltiley, and Lord Stopford, who have accepted offices under his
Majefty; as alfn for the Boroughs of Marlborough and Eye, in
the room of Lords Dalkeith and Huntly, called op to the Houfe
of Peers.
POOR LAWS.
Mr. WHITBREAD, in confequene• of the bufi-
nefs which was fixed for to-morrow, wifhed to poll-
pone the re committal of the Bill which he had
brought in on that fubjeet till Friday. He took that
opportunity of Rating, that in confequence of nu-
merous communications which he had received, he
had thought that it would be the bell way to divide
his original Bill into'three feparate Bills.
Mr. SHAW LEFEVRE faid, that the objeet was
one. which, perhaps, more,than any other, called for
a molt deliberate conlideration and calm difcuffion.
After the threat that was thrown out a few evenings
ago, th:.t Parliament Mould be difl'elved if they did
not agree t* this,or that meaftire of the prelent Ad.
miniaration, it Bras almoff impotlible to expel', that,
in the courfe of the prefent Sefiicn, or perhaps of the
Parliament, if that threat &mild be ailed upon, there
fhould be time for that ferious and calm confidera-
don which was neceffary for a fubjeet of fuel) magni-
tude, importance, and difficulty. He gave his Hon.
Friend (Mr. Whitbread) great credit for the atten.
lion be had bellowed to this fubjeft, and hoped, that
a great part of his bill would be produetive of the
belt confequences ; but he would differ from him oct
fome points.
Mr. WHITBREAD raid, it muff be, indeed, a
pufillanimous Parliament that would fuffer Well to