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London, England, 1828-02-27 00:00:00

for tit cline period. If lie would male this experimt nt prolllturu,
he might then, at the tad of the year, renew it for a imager perim
Kite thought proper. for he was sure he would have no cause t•
regret it.—(Cliters.)—llis anxiety to gn into the Committee was
the confident expectation that they would, in the resent .rate 0
public opinion, be able to come to sortie ultimate arrangement m
the whole question.—(Hear, hear.)
Mr. BROUGHAM, after eulogizing the remarks rf
the speaker by whom he had jOst been preveeetl, said, that the
Right lion Gentleman (Mr. Peil) Might have come to the great
point at itsme without putting forward his shield, or, as it were. his
chosen Knight.2—(A laugh). With respect to what the Hon. Bart,
has Old as td our hot speaking slightingly of the sirisdorn of our
ancestors, be (Mr: Brougham) would remark, that the Wisdom of
our ancestors had long been disparaged, prior even to the date of the
Test and Corporation Acts, and that by a Lord high Chancellor of
England, whose name was perhaps of little importance to the I lon.
Borotet, but he Geddes Brougham) belleeed it was Bacon—( A laugh)
This expression Wai now only brought for Ward to frighten the
House from its purpose; but be wtitild tell them that the idea of
the wisdom of our ancestors was the grosseit abuse of our Moire-
standings that could possibly be imagined. Instead of being oi.let
and wiser, the world was younger in the time of our ancestors,
and it was notorious that the youths of the present day knew far
more than the aged of former times--(Cheers). The ilonnetrahle
and Learned Gentleman then commented on the profanation of e
Sacrament, which by the canons of England was so far degraded as
rn be made a test for the admission to their offices of such persons .s
Game Keepers, and Keepers of ('.bates and Warrens—(Cheers).
lie contended that he nut only wished. to see the fetters knocked
MT, hut the marks of them removed. lie did not like that state o:
the law which permitted any persons to say— son Jttrmhrr, set
ParFamert—that there might be no objection to alieffet DiSStll-
- to participate In the rights attd privileges df Cie Consiitutiuti
with the Church Estahlisbrtterrt. Thousands hail been expended
for the mayoralty of Liverpool, for instance; but if the discomfited
party could have proved that his successful rival was a con,cientious
Disserter, the thousands had heel' expended in van. ill this free
COttStitt.tiftrl, was it tOthing that millions should tie el, priced of the
freedom of that Constitution? Was it nothing that tonscientioto
Dissenters should be doomed to such laws as were calculated 10
make them whose %objects? There were numerous practical incon.
veniereco•' but from what had resulted the Ilitinitteham riots?
Why, the Corporation and Test Acts. The question, iu 17J0, was
lost only by a majority of twenty; and that was the defeat of the
Dissenters' opponents. As to the "!aches" of silence, there was
great reason tor it. Ile could declare, from what he knew, chat the
Di-twitters bad been silent since Mr. Fox's last motion on the rah.
jd ct, lest they should injure the claim; of the limn tt. Cabot:es. 11,
stated that fact front what he knew ; and he trusted it would he
answer sufficient to those who rested any argument on the presumed
intliffereocr of the Dissenters. He declared himself favourable to
keeping the questions of the Boman Caiholles Dissenters
separated; and that Mr. Pitt, Mr. %Vilherforce. Mr. monde, and i
many others, had been favourable to the repeal of chest, Acts. 11,
maintained that Alr. Canning was against the repeal ; becnose Mr.
Canning believed and declared that their waste:. practicolgrievance' •
but Mr. Canning must, therefore, have been for the repeal, on its
being sh.wn that there were practical inconveniences ; dist" persons
were kept out of Corporations, and electiotis set aside by these
laws. Instead of there being annual Indemnity Acts, why should
there not be a perpetual Indemnity Art for the Dissenters? For,l
be contended, the annual Ind:minas' Acts did not afford adequate
remedy. It was a mock=ry to state that there was no grievance;
to any man who should say so, he would proclaim—" Look at the
1,700 Petitions on your Table, complaining of grievances, and say,
after that, if you can, that there are nut disabilities to complain of ?
—(Cheers).
Lord PALMERSTON opposed the motion, declaring that he
deemed the laws essentially political, and providing requisite tests
for the safeguards and bulwarks of the Church of Eaglatl—(Cries
of Question). 1k would relieve the Roman Catholics—he would
first get- rid of the greater evil—befone he would corneae to relieve
the Dissenters from what he must deem nominal grievances.

Loud cries of " Question ! question !" were resumed, after which
the Gallery, with some difficulty, was cleared tor a division at One
o'Clock. The numbers were—
For the 31ution
Against it .

. 237
• 193

Majority for the 3lotion
The result was received with loud cheering by persons in the
lobbies, and product-el an amazing sensation in the House.
Adjourned at Two oTt.o:u.