Star.
London, England, 1829-02-13 00:00:00

The Earl of CAENARVON complaine3 that from
eve.y quartet they beasd ntrhinß t.nt she cry about
the intolerance o! the Church of Worse, I,ut, in his
opinion, the Church of England 11:4.1 otte• manifested
un trifling degree of intolerance. N•ohle Lords might
bring down to that House as much sheepskin as they
pleased, but that would by nd means decide the lein-
ing of pu!slic opinion. He co. fessed himself much
astonished to hear Noble Lords tslk of surpti e after
t we sty years of discussion ; and especially it wits absurd
to talk of surprise when, during the lest six months, it
was impossible for any man to go into society without
hearing endless discussions as to what Government in-
tended to do with this great question. Much bites% had
!wen laid upon the expression of public opinion; but
the fact was, that the qtte,tion was never fairly submit-
ted to the people. They nem never told of the enor-
mous taxes which the present state of Leland imposed
upon them. They were, on the contrary, asked if they
would not support the Protestant Established Church,
and were called to sign petitions t:s keep Popish Priests
Ir•sm getting into their churches h. re. Was it from
such .petitions as these that the public opinion was to be
collected? This was no new question ; it had beets
thoroughly discussed during the last quarter of a c• s-
tory, and it was no longer necessary for the Legislature
to look abroad for light and information; they had been
already received, and all that they bad to do was no
longer to postpone ;Whig with decision, but firmly
and dispassionately, without allowing the influence of
clamour from abroad or violence from any other
quarter. Tne name of a Noble Earl had been made
u4e of in a paper which recommended that, in a
ceitsittoevent, his Majesty should be dethroted ; that
paket bed made use of an Address, with his Lr.rd-
ship's. 'signature, describing them as a dangerous Se-
nate, prepared to sacrifice the Constitution to rebels
and traitors. :On what grounds that Address had been
put forth, or such a statement made, he would not then
stop to inquire: but the time bad been when the pub-
lisher of such sentiments would be brought to the bar
of their Lordships' House; but probably their Lordships
would act more wisely, as well as with more dignity,
in not adopting such a course. It was language pro-
ceeding from a distempered fancy, and expressed sen-
timents unworthy of any vengeful proceeding. To pass
it without notice was, he conceived, not only the most
',roper course, but most consistent with the dignity of
the House. It was said they were a degenerate Senate;
but how could any man presume to say what their
Lordships were prepared to do? He trusted that they

Lord LOItTON presented a Petiti-n from the No-
bility, Geary, Freeholders, and other Ptotest-nt inha-
bitants of the county of Dublin, praying that. their
Lord hips would not giant any furth t pis itical p .wer
to the Catholics; that they would take meesutes to put
down the Catholic Association, and to distranchie the
Forty Shilling Preeh iLlers. The pe:ition was ....lofty
of their Lordsb ps' attention, as it repte-ented the
opinion of the Protestants of Ireland, who owned nine-
tenths of the property of the country. His Lordship
contended that granting further revel to the C th Itch
and allowing the Catholic Associatien itsezist„ thwatt d
all the efforts of these landlords for thebene it no Le-
land. He was glad to learn that it was the intention
of his Majest)'s Ministers to tut down the Catholic
Ass-ciation, and he relied'on their carrying their plan
for this purpose into effect. The Forty. Sloth.% Flee-
holdi rs were all in a state ofebject bondage to ti a Ito-
man Catholic Priests; they were hereditary bondsmen.
There was a good amplification of this in the famous
election of Clare, when Mr. O'Connell prostrated
himself in the mud, in the open street, before CC -
tholic Bishop. Such a statement had been msde, and
never denied. This was very neatly allied to idola-
try. It could not be allowed *that person, so abject
should elect the Members of Parli.nsent who are to
make the laws for this Protestant Empire. It Catho-
lic Emancipation were granted, and tl e forty shilling
freeholders were not disfranchised, the son of Britain',
glory would set for ever. The people were placed be-
tween two parties, the priests and the landlords; and
by the former they were threatened with eternal dam-
Cation if they did those servieeelor the latter they had
a right to claim oot of gratitude. Withi reference to
the state of the Jesuits in Ireland, which was a matter
of seine importance, lie begged leave tat all thei• Lord-
ships attention to a pamphlet, which ewes an eaposare
of the Jesuits His Lordship then read a bridextract
from a pamphlet of this de.cription. nit was tend. d
to 'pr. serve the Prot:giant E.tablishmenes of these
realm!, not one single Jesuitical seminary should be
suffered to remain. They Amid be got rid of one afar
another, or there never could be peace or tranquillity,
particularly on the other side of the Channel. He had
also another Petition to the same effect from the Pro.
testants of the barony of Oisory, eery nomernosly
signed.. They prayed also for the repeal of the Act of
the SSd George 111. by which the forty shilling free-
holders were created, and for the effe:tual suppressi:ns
of the Roman Catholic A.soci.tton. _

Visemmt CLIFUEN presenici a Petition from the
b 914.