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London, England, 1829-02-24 00:00:00

• late)) Jewett tlit, lit appcaleJ for this 00111011 to Or I
many eminent and virtuous men who had adorned the'
Cabo* Choehol: lie appealed to the.-exeemlts7 lives
'OttlriiiiO4'`Aornan Catholic fellowiasehjetti'm 4411-
ligt.Aithi nil!' true 10 eistaola,
'teidliti pile of the RrerCgsr7=llntlis eiese
totted debasing and depornifaintildloefit+. HO
`kira* -the Petitioners'iftdeiteci*lt all,illi I ellii; "
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tiont. Or is nature. Persons of high station and autho-
rity should be cautious-how they shoe Firris;Med arrows'
in the desk. Catholicism' was for centuries the only
religi in of the Christian world. It was now the religion '
of a great Maj yof Chans. The artion of ihe
Right Rev. P‘elate, then fere, if pushed snits extreme
consequences, would militate against the Chretian
dispensation itself. ' Be hoped the timelia'd ariiied
'when, those divisions arid ablMOsitles would be at an
mid, and this hOpe wax greatly aliens. tlien-d by what
fie had heatd that night. 'He presented this Petition 'in
'the hope that he note ditso tat the last time,* and that
the Doke' of NOrbilk land Of Other Roman Catholic
Peers; wOOld, during the-preterit Sesilon, end esen.ip,
the Cot. se Of a few weeks, take thcir places hi Ilya
Mu e; hastiest of being hustled among the .crtivrd i.f
strangers Whit suriounied dials Lotd.hips bar. 'The
Noble Earl had truly said they . did not know what the'
'Measure about tar be pioposed wax.; He did not knoa
it in all hi details, but he hoped he khew it Was to be a
"Measure of full and saihfactory relief. To the question
‘6l' securities he a..tached no .value, although, be birtiold
approve of the policy of introducing securities into the
Bill as a means of obviating the idea of triumph to one
party or of defeat to the other. But he hoped no secu-
rities would be proposed.of a nature to clog the men-
sore, to defeat ita object, arid to open up new sources
of
discontent.
Lord REDESDALE deprecated any measure which
should have a tendency to unk and mettle the minds
of the country, as to the essential. Piciiestantiam of the
Constitution. He insisted at considerable length upon
the evils of mons tic estabii.hments, which had already
begtri to gain a fastening in this countrbanderhich he
hoped would be suppressed and prohibited by the pro-
pOsedßill. The difficulties upon the subject of &au-
nties might not be insurmountable if they bad only the
Eitglih Reiman Catholics to do with;, bit the lash
Roman Catholics were much mine unteuttabk; n• thing
'tiut unconditional and untrialified Emancipation would
s .tisfy them. lie regretted that the Noble Duke was
nut. piepared to give explicit information as to his in.
tended mca.ure, as this would
,be the most effectual
mean, to allay the agitation of the country.
Eat I GREY then presented Petitions to the same effect
from the Bartistets and Attorneys of Newcastle-upon-
Tyne ; and two or,three other Petitions of a similar na-
tine from the Roman Catholic Inhabitants of parishes in
Ireland. and Protestant Dissenters in this counuy.
• The Bishop of :BATH and WELLS presented silt
Petitions against any. (urther concession to the Roman
Catholics, from the Inhabitants of certain Parishes in
the county of Somerset. The Petitioners had requested
him to urge their Petitions upon the consideration of
their 'Lordships, and he.cuuld not' couceire any duty
More imperative upon persons situated as he was, than
that of expressing their sentiments honestly and boldly
in suppirt of the Protestant.Consritotion.of the mph*.
Some of she Petitioners expressed their surprise that in
England;.ind in the nineteenth century, .any advocates
Should be fogad for the admission of Roman Catholics '
'hi politicalPoirer. He believed the county of Somerset '
was very nearly unaninsoot in lisloacuirence With the •
sentiments of these' Prtitidners. ' . •

The girl of CARNARVON raid the county of
'Somerset was not unanimous, for be bad some petitionsl
to prevent from that county. of an opposite character.
Ile should belt' lay that he Wastteatly surprised. that
is EfiAland, and in the nioeteentb Century. Milani' Ode-
cation Should be found to advocate tbe cootinuaoce of.
laws which could have no ether effect thin to- papa-
tante aniMosity -and discoid anted* the King's subjects:
• -The'Ettil of ELDON-presented petitions' against ftir-
"thair't:nitceicioo to the Roman Catholics from the jobs-
bitanis of thu town of Denbigh ; from those of Mon.
eatinth-; of the-coonty of Pembroke; end the Minister
and chnkregatirin of a Chapel Id Denbiglishite,:-all. in
Wei also from the inhabitants of Deering Lonsdal.,
ikons throe of, Kirby Lansdale end Kirby Moor.
side, in Westmoreland: also limn Wong,. in Ozfort
:bite.; hour the parish of Bolton and fr. ni Halifax;
front *several Parishes io the crusty of Suffolk ; fvoni
Stowe and Hartwell, in Buckinghamshire; from War-
wick, from Haverell, from the Prompting Disseidersli
Brocl-Street Chapel, London, -and nuntber t f•other
places. -* • • ' • •
The Earl of LIMERICK presented a Petition for
the stippression of the Roman C ttholie Association, from
the parish of St. Miry's, Newington:
The Marquis of DOWNSHIRE presented •a similar
Petition from certain inhabitants tif it., county of DArrn,
in Ireland.
The Duke of WELLINGTON presented a Petitiim
which he had been assured had been most numerously
and respectably signed b 7
.number of Magistrates,
about limy Clergymen, and other resident persons in
or near the town of Manchester, to the *Minna of
22 800 names, praying that further political concessions
and privileges should not be granted to his Majesty's'
Catholic subjects.
Earl WILY contended that the petition should not
be taken as expressive of the-general sense of the town
of Manchester •and • its • populetioir. This petition had
been lying for lignanire ever since•the2eth.NoteMber
last, and as the place contained • about 62,000 persons,
and Only 22900 bad signed, it could tot be supposed to
iprak the opinion of more that ooe-third of -the Wm-
Num', ifs, much. .He made thisteserve, because he
had heard 'that in"theircnitiett to obtain siseatures, the
Agitators of this petition had called in children at
Sunday schsrols, servants. notosloes paupers, and-even
'prisms in the worthetta-r—tHear, hear). Petitions
had tail[ at the Contntercial Rooms, 'tent at the Pm=
tic° and Abe Exchange. for severe' days,. and yet* but
ifew hundred had signed them ; he believed 600-or
790 in one instance, and 1,400 in another. He admitted
It ornslkiteiy; ak.thOse 'place*** ;he resort of the first
persoei piincipal merchants, the' aigniteris mfght
be those of verp respectable persons ; but such were not
;generally the clasp of subscribers -sneezed to-this Patio
h fact, there meld be very little doubt. with•aay
hien atittriiiited aith the *he. irate of public opinion at'
Mariefiester,' that o 4 table favourable to the'
Aiscutire of Emancipation.
The E.ul of ELDON defended the Petition, and
begged the N.ible-Earl would look over the names sub-
'stribed; anniort whom be'cbuld not but priceive many
'eif the MOit respectable perionsln that ibelci+l place:
c
EArl GEM said. he bed spoken advisedly,
from very eztellentinfOrmation, as.to the mode its which
'the Fetition had been anissetibeti.. •'•• • ••
•- The' Dike of 'WELLINGTON Mid, he'-had been*
iiideced tO'fiiesenethbixotilib**bisll4d been handed
Atr ibial for that 'snipe* hy a very- stsprstahle Gentle-
s:me. , could not, wider-such eirtninstaneel, •be ex.
!Ilr-tive.,nigtt 'theist ittlehbd- wit;
iPtitedieWmq M. the*
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