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61/1751, IZ, MAY 111.
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The I;*iiiit y under t t ry the command of GenOol
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rreyre put its Win -motion ,the latter end &last
month, and has entered the kingdom`of Granada on
'' ' tlVe Oath of April.. his lieid4toarters were iii:31:441C.:
.-rretbio: The enenl-evacuated Ameria on the 27th,
.. and it is likewise said that he had.. evacuated n Base-
Quadir and part of the kingdom of Iraen. • .
, ~. In the monntains of Aleazar they have begun to'
publish a'Gaaette of the superior Junta 'di LA Main.,
• cha, which appears once a week, and has for its ob.
-sleet to announce to that faithful alto brave province
• ''':theriireeantionary'areasurcs of Govermitent, and the
. .i tine:state of public events, to lisitratc3 the people and
worn them against thes artifices, nnd stvgestionS' of,
:,our enemies, who':eannot see without dread the mi.
' tonquerablr, spirit which animates the people of that
province ;'those enemies ee ho, Tliftet hay.ait by their
eiflying ci3lumns committed the greatest rrvages and.
devastation► withia the last few months, flattered;
, themselves they had stifled -the last sparks of resist-
-.trace,. and of that .iirdint,:luttriotisztt. which,. having'
• •. displayed itself in Araujues on the memorable suc-
:.--cetses of March ltatS, and' contributed to our first
• triumphs, lias-since caused La blanche to- be consi-
'detect as the grave of the.rrenth. • •
Igav
.S.-a ITe.inurinis receivcd . from Catalonia
..".cOme down to the 20th of April; and relate- Various
~atteioni,wlliCh proive-the valour of the troosps of that
army, and the incomparable constancy or the inha.
1 . bicants g the
.principality. in: resisting a barbarous
i . ..Mteaty.,Vrlto is laying waste •their territory with
.fire
i =and sword::. k.. ‘ •
•I ' The account: from Artagon=come &tarn to the
'2OTh, grail those frims Valencia, to the, 2Sil.pf April.,
. , Varions.clOtachntanta pil. the. Valenti= army hive
fought bravely a, .Uldicann, Savicon, Masquereuld,
and otheLp4ce, ~.the district of Teruel.*
...Colonel Tepee continued to defend gloriously
.the
cause of liberty, .liiessed.by superior forces, he was
abligted to retire, and •wits for some days within the
FrettO tkritory, where he was well received, and even
carti'so bytheA6vis..
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HOUSE OF LORDS, MAY Si. •
, BelllCSLee Per a Aoa.—The Committee of Privileges were as.
renrililed this day soon after ten o'clock, persuantso their last ad-
liionnetent. 'I he Solkitor-General proceeded to cab more wit-
nerses ..gtitAt the claimant, one of alst m, Mrs. Price, Governess
in he tamily of the late Lord Berkeley, was examined fxr upwards
of three hours.
About three o'clock the Committee adjourned, till ten o'clock
• on Wednesday morning.
Soon after Prayers were read, the Royal Assent was given by
'commission to she Newfountaand Courts Bill, the Quarantine
• Officers, the Linen Addirkmal Duties, Isle of Man Custom,
'Timber Duties, Sugar Distillers, ltish Wines Prizage, the Twelve
Million Loan Bill, the Six Million • Exchequer Bills, the O
Million end a Half Exchequer Bills, and to several Bills of a pr ite
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vate or local nature.
.' i lie Lod* Commissioners were,rhe I.oaD CHANCELLOR, the
'earl of Avsestoen, and lord WALSINGHAM.
T1:411r0h Bog I, lamination Bill, the Seven Millions and a
Half Exchequer Bills,the Irish Hat Daty Repeal, and a few other
Sidle, were brought el) from the .Commons, and read a fir•it time.
The Dublin li:dhow, the Wash and Spiretelhity, aid the mil
• Beef sod Pork Exportation Bills, were nail a 3d rime a •d passed.
The Reliant of the Conitn.ttee on !slit Grey', Eitaie ttpoii
which their Lordships were summoned, Mill taken into con-
- filarra on,
grocers s t n .......?",ana cancel the particular attention
• ash the House to one of •the clauses in the bill; which went to
~,.ithaeg, she estate with the roonte..expended-by a taunt for lite,
rsa the et-pails of the Mansion-house—a principle,' which,
Ir under
else circumstances opt the care, he argued at conaideralile
was highly jtoitiable, either in point of law ,or equity. lie
...lreferred to various cases in supporsof his arguments He cowl-
s Awed it as a pai:tlal and-unjust violatioawf ogeostralysd known
low of site land, sod tending, should Parliamont wetting the Bill,
• to esiahludi one rule of law i s favour .4 one deseriptinn of Ms
100.,gy...sttlijects‘ and a ,;:iferens one fqr.the /Ahem His Lord-
slog crekeilea by proposhig, so to am and the clause, as so ex-
pump the dbircriosiahlis part.
v fail FITZWI LlAAttl spoke ip wound the clause remaining
ta •Kiatral shape. •• )
• The *LORD CHANCELLOR decidedly supported the objec-
2''etoo, of his Noble and learned Pend, and concluded by observ.i.
liras the effect-of the clause was not more or less than coaling
/- go the Legielatere totneiamber the estate, which both in law and
fu cpiiitf,:oaßa, to be lefrunincumbered
'I he tai I of MOIRA Sprite in favour of the clause, and cote
tensild that the Pruriency, Mr: Grey, was entitled toe conslde.
• gallon for the nwine• eapentred by him, and trhich rendered the
"Mau Co much the truce Taltiahle,
Lord ELLENEOHOIICii argued in support of the objections
'eV( kleNebte and Learned Friends.
:., Lord GIANT and-Earl Britten/a shortly delivered their I
lifognlntents • anti Strer ahw words from Lord WAISINoIi -AM, 2
divide's took place when there appeared :
'Far tie ofiginal:iclause,Vl—.la favour of the Amendmot 10--
rtfl• 114.
eytTe question far dot third reeding of Loveden's Divorce
Bill,seate mover-atlas ensued between the Loan CHANCELI.OR,
sliicsovit and La ooratimite, and Lord Etecarsountao.
thr Fairy on w bieh•the difference of °pintos's seemed chiefly to.
aurob wee the propriety or necessity of making an alteration in
the priandlie correspondent to an Aintradmeut, which had been
owl? iiI.OIIC of the ciaesos.
:104 sveS Itoottioded for in the affirmative by Earl STARSOPS ;
Sad Oli the question, the strangers were eseluiled tospocatory to
divi„,,,.; but that proceeding did not take place, and the Bin,
. ere eistisesigpd, viba read a third rhos and passed. . , •
rstliTOßS AND CREDITORS.
LITIt REDIKSDA-LE moved the order rif the day
• for the•tl.ird reit3ing of the Bill for the better tegt4u,
, Ono of the laws-affecting Debtors and Creditors. •
—Lord BiLLBN IitaRDUGH repeated his argu.
!treats against the Bill: It involved a dangerous
• clause tr, thelaw As it now stood. In its effects, it
must prove mischievous in, a variety cf ways, hat par-
'tictilaily it must be highly.in)urioas, if 'not destruc-
. tive to credit. • Withal them evils it sieritco; in 'his
. opinion to be pregnant ; and Considering it; in• that
light, he Must give it leis decidettlegative,
• illorlIvIQ11••',41. went 'lit some length into a vindicit.,
foal .of the Bill' and strenuously arred for the. abso.
lute necessity of adopting some cneasure similar to
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After the evidence mliith tl.td rti en laid be ore their
Lordships' CominitteeAtthe accumulated evils and
distresses which the want of some such isseasure-en.J
. tailed on a ver.. lint proportion ofThe community,
jt would be a disgrAce to tine .I4egislatt...-e to. leave
such 4 Mass 4 mitety unmitigated and-unrametfied,,,
The soble heresadduced a number of itretitoces
elf the cases submitted to. the Committee, one of Which'
• • cil 'a nrair who for a debt .of 427 11114 been
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liberated. He paid a long and close attention to the ,b4dln during that time, ae to destroy thienorals of the
subject before their Lordships, and it wahhot from ','people; this would go more towards disqualifying the
any prejudice, hut from the fullest conviction of his 'governing than t
good
as-a good Ckwernment
mind, that be insisted on the necessity of adopting I would make good subjects, andmoralzed laws would
some meastare similar to the Bill now 'ander their i moralise the people ; •:o gain the allegiance of the
Lordships' consideration. Irish Catholics, tfie penal laws' against them must be
• tie LORD CHANCELLOR said that he be.; repealed ; for where there was Imperfect privilege
stowed upon the Bill as serious an attention as he was : there %wend naturally be imperfect. allegiance. The
capable of, and that the result of that attention con-', principles oldie Irish GOvemnient at present was ci•
vineed him that the Bill would unit be attended with i vil despotism, or theta' law of conquest ;Allis order of.
the good-effects which its framers and supporters too I things. could not last ; such a system would be applr-
fondly expected from it.. iiite4ble Friend (Lord jeable .tb a 'country half subdued,' but not to one
Moira) seemed to gallop thronglbAhe provisions of t United as Ireland was to England. No Govt ntnt
die Bill. It was a rule witlaillat, to endeavour to hid a right to make law without reason, or for este-
read as he ran. No. doubt there wete many cases !dishing an inquisition into the minds of men :--nor
to be aliedged which carried with them the features could they say " by the advice of the Lords Spiritual
of peat liatdships'and inhuinanity ; but in, taking a and Temporal, be it enacted that men shall not believe
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due and deliberate:comideratiou of the law **it stood, the 'wafer to be so and se." If P irliament made laws
and of the alterations plioposed to be modein it, very for the imposition of duties, they would be obeyed ?
great doobts must arise. whether the present Bill men would scorch the rolls and learn them ; not scr
would not lie attended with many more mischiefs than , with respect to religion ; for Parliament to assume the
benefits- '46 Inuit here repeat a former observation :right of regulating men's consciences was to assume
of his, and say, that • the machinery of the Bill was the power belonging to the Cants-oft-only, and men
such, that under its operation he was almost certain would not obey them. With respect to the goo-
that of 100 persons, 99 would not be benefited by it. lifying oath, there was nothing religious in it. An
The Bill only took in a part of a great whole ; and Atheist or a Deist might take h ; why then exclude
until it could be more widely assimilated and more the Catholic ? An Atheist may be a Member. nf Par- •
generally acted on, in his opinion, it would be found liament, but a Catholic may not.. You say he is a
more mischievous than beneficial. At the same time rebel because be is a Catholic; and thus make. reli-
he WAS willing to acknowledge that some measere gion the evidence of rebellion : but if the profession
was necessary, and professed himself ready to enter- of the Catholic religion was a proof of attachment to
tarn an ordinary Insolvent Bill in the terms of the France and disaffection to England,. what cot i I be
Bill of last year. said to our allies—to the Prince Regent of Portugal
Lord MOIRA explained, and contended that the —to the Portuguese themselves, who had lately.
arguments deducible from the cases which he had fought so bravely against the French—to the King
stated, were unanswered, and unanswerable. ' !of Sicily, whom we had subsidized ? who were all
Bard STANHOPE was a friend to the principle Catholics. And if, on the contrary. the Protestant
of the Bill, but did nut think it would answer its pur- \ religion carried with it attachment to England, how
poses in its present shape. He should therefore, agree I could we account for the conduct of Americo, Dol.
to an ordinary Insolvent Bill for the present, in the land, and Pruasia ? Or how did it happen that Pro-
expectation that something better would soon be de- testOntism could not protect Copenhagen from bual-
viseal. bardment. In one word, to summon up the attach
Lord REDESDALE professed no such strong at- anent of the Catholic to France, and the Protestant
tichment to the Bill as to make him support it in op- to England. Bonaparte had pot &ern the Pope, and
position to the grave authorities by which it was dis- we set him up again ; and we immediately g.i to Ire-
tountenanced. He was far, however, from admitting land and say, yoo are attached to the Pope, and there-
that it was liable to all the objections that were op- fore we cannot trust you.. The Right Hon Gentle:
posed to it. ,The Bill had been under their Lord- man agreed perfectly to the necessity of soppotting
ships consideration for two Sessions, and it was framed the Qiitirch in Ireland, bin the Church, consisting of,
-on the principle of the Bill -which appeared to have about 1,2(X),000, was not to he supported by &qua-
met with their Lordships' approbation. Sure he was, lifying 4,00n,000, who paid towards its support.--:
at least, .flat it was much less.harmless, and produc- Against such proceeding the
.laws of Goe, of Chris-
the hi no degree of more inconvenience and expencetianity; and of England, . cried out against us. For
that the ordinary Insolvent Bill. Nay, it could be whom was the established Church intended ? For the
executed with less inconvenience and expence than King ?—No. For at the Revolution it was lise.l that
any of them. He should not, however, press it upon the King should be of the established religion. It was
the Houe, but Willingly bear a part in preparing an not for the Coertier or the Politician ; it was for the
Insolvent Bill for the present. People at large. So had the Kirk of Scotland been
The LORD CHANCELLOR, Earl MOIRA, and Lord established at the Union ; and a Church established on
Gnoareee, offered a few more observations. the ruins of the Civil Rights of the People, however
After which Earl MOIRA moved, that the Order it might be named, was in tact the Church of pride,
of the Day be discharged, which was agreed to," and. of ambition, and of avarice, a Church apostatizing
the Bill consequently withdrawn for the present; from GOD. Toleration was given to every sorrof
The other Bills upon the Table were forwarded; Dissenter in England; and he contended, that the
after which, their Lordships Adjourned (for the Whit- Catholic ought to enjoy all the privileges which the
Holidays) till Wednesday, sth of June. 'Dissenters enjoyed. He-was ready to'contend, that
Ireland was in no danger ; but, if it was, continuing
HOUSE OF COMMONS. civil discord would only increase that danger. It we.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER gave notice that
rot only from seats in Parliament that Catholics were
he should on Wednesday move for leave to bring in a Bill to, excluded—they were excludedfrom many ether places
e,,.,...4 ch.. Payment of Drawbacks upon certain articles export- !of trust. The oath of the King, however, did not
ea; and before the Session closed, lie should move tor a Bill to extend to the exclusion of Catholics from the Parlia-
provide for the better warehousing of Spirits from alt parts of I ment of Ireland ; but when, by the Union, the Par-
the United Kingdom, not meaning to carry the Bill through this . -
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Se:,•ion. I liament as removed to England, the oath then opt
The Mussed Taxes Accommodation Bill was read a second rated against the CotholiCs ; and thus the Union was
time, andf committed for Wednesday. The Militia Families Boil an unjust innovation. By the 22.1 article ••f the
was reported, and ordered to be read a third time onWednesday. Union between England and :It otland, and by the
The London Coal Meters Regulation BiU was read a second
time. • same article in the Union between England and Ire-
'('he Report of the General Inclosure Bill was postponed till land, the Declaration Oath was subject to alteration
Wednesday. by Parliament; and what was Parliament but King,
On the motion of Mr. WHITBREAD, an Account of all Old Lords, and Commons ?—lf Ilarliament were agreed
Stores, damaged or useless, in the Stamp Office, accumulated
to alter it, what then would become of the King's
within the last fire years, was ordered io be laid before the I louse.
'Mr. FOS VER. brought in a Bill for remedying Abuses in Pub. oath ? = If the law might be altered, it could up
lic °tacos in Wand, which %vas read a first tune, and ordered longer be contended that the prayer of the petition
for a second reading on Wednesday. presented by him, and signed by thousands, was coo-
'lke Derwy Usher of the Black Rod summoned the House to 1 trary to the fundamental law of the land. , Did
the House of Peers. On their return,
Tee Army Prize-Money Bill was read a second time, andlGentlemen imagine that Ireland was not conscious
committed for Wednesday next. they had nothing bat England to support them—that
Mr. HOUSTOUN gave notice that he should nextWednesetY England had nothing but Ireland=-and that the safety
move, That the Petitions from the Weavers and Mechanics of of both depended on each other conjointly. If they
the counties of Lanark, Air, and Renirew, in Norili Britain, be
were united, and had but one object, they would have
referred to a Committee
Mr. HUTCHINSON presented a Petition from the Catholics hard fighting indeed, but they would at last conquer.;
in the county of Cork, in Ireland, praying that the disabilities One test, he was ready to allow, should be imposeh I
under which they labour may be removed. Ordered to lie on on the Catholics. Let them have R fair intercktln the
the table.
MESSAGE FROM THE PRINCE REGENT. contest—let diem fight our battles. Front. the Iriss
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER our army was chiefly recruited, and in the navy we
had several Irish Capcains ; and throti.ghout our navy I
brought down the following Message from the Prince
Regent : - and army such was the proportion of Irish, that he
was convinced they were sufficient to turn the scale
ei G. P. R.—His Royal Highness the Prince Regent, in the of the,Empire. Mr. Grattan then took woke of the
name and on the behalf of Ins Majesiy, considering it of import- number of Irishmen who had long distinguished
awe to provide for any emergency .which may occur, trusts I'o themselves in the armies of Austria and France ; and
the seal of bio, faithful Commons to adopt such measures as may declared, that had due encouragement been given to
enable him to defeat any attempts of the enemy against his Me- them to serve their own country, we might have 1
jetty's Person or Government." ' . laughed at the efforts of the whole world. He con-1
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER eluded with moving, that the Petition be referred to
then said, that be should propose a Vote of Credit, a Committee of the whole House.
founded on tie above Message, and at the same time Sir. J..C. H I PPESLEY, in Supporting the interests
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move, The apisrppanon ot.the Surplus of the-Cos- of tire Catholics, statediho tete Of an artilleryman ai
solidated Food, and foi leave to bring in a Bill re- Woolwich, named Took, .an Irish Catholic, whO re.
spect,ing a Lettery,in &Committee on Wednesday next. fused to go to the Protestant Church, for which he
THILEDMAN CATHOLICS Or IRELAND. was put in confinement, and afterwards sent on fo-
Mr.' GRATTAN moved, That the Petition of the reign service. 14e then read a letter from the Rev.
Roman Catholics. f fret:tad, 'praying for a removal Mr. Green, kßomaa Catholic Clergyman, at Green.
of the disabilities under wi.ici: they at present labour, with, stating this.fact, and that the Catholic soldiers
be read: The Clerk accordingly wad the Petition. were frequently ordered tO go to the Established
Mr. GRATTAII then movesl, That the Thanks Church. He had been informed that the same thing
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of the lipase' to Lard Wellington, and the Ofticers happened in othelpfaces. This wilts not lie believed,-
and SWIM under his .conmpandL-;•the Thanks also the feeling of Ministers; forhe had known an instance
will° Portuguese Porces.-:toreenerd Graham, and of a Roman Catholic - Chaplain having been some
his Officers rind Men, for tire. victory at Barrosa, be i years ago appointed to an Irish teginient ; and last
read; which was readliechrdingly by the Clerk. year 4 form of prayer was. drawn up for the use of
Mr. GRATTAN' said, the reason why he had mo. Catholic soldiers, and distributed- amongst them by
veal for the teading these votes was, that the persons iteltheir authority. The Hon. Baronetnivers nextiti etfilliterthede
sub:
whose cause he was about to address the House should 1 a long dissertation on the subject of questions that
lave every testimony of their allegiance. The Right ; had been out to six foreign u
Jelna, Gentlemen proceeded to take a review of the I ject of allegiance, and how tar tne Catholic religion
state of the Catiielics'of Ireland at different times, ! was compatible with the obedience due to a
to which h were Pones-
from-te reign of Charles I, to the present time; and am Government; the answq'ski ii
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•adveriedteAe , ,life'--- --A, which he —id was In favour of the Irish C.,thi.lics.* He then contended
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that it was the duty of Parliament to give way to the
honest prvAilicee. of thrie-tourths of the people of Ire-
land.. he )w tecommeLl was,

persons, papers, and records; and that the Prelates of
the land should sit on that Committee and examine
the state of the Catholics, in ord r to see whether any
danger could arise from admitting them into the Pale
of the Constitution. He wished to see that abomi.
nable . farrago of nonsense, the declaration ageing
Popery, now made by every Member on entering
that home, expunged from the Statute &telt, it behig
lull of talsehood, as every Catholic denied the imp;..
Cations contained in it. Oa the subject of the eeta,
be had no doubt but that the Catholics would still La
ready to give up this power to the King.
Dr. DIJIGENAN, in 'opposing this question, pre.
seeded to quote a variety of authorities from the
Roman Catholics themselves, in order to expose than
real views and principles. The first adverted to the
oaths taken by the Roman Catholic Bishops and
Priests, whereby they engage to support, maiataie,
and defend the Pope's supremacy. The Coneordat
made between Bonaparte and the P..pe, and re.
fared to the opinions given by the Roman Cathnhe.
Universities. from which he contended that tho,e
(the Catholics) whe now cried up toleration. *creel
all sects the most intolerant ; they were net imeedel
in the exercise of their religion ; (Hear, hear!) ,they
had even more pandal rower than the most tavou, .
ed nation on the face of 'the globe—{Hear,lear!):-.
Their property and their lilies were 'protected ; (lord
trio of hear, hear!) and 'erten . Bonaparte hints:h•
war not so despotic a tyrant its this Romish Hierai-
chy. But if they were permitted 'a share in the Ie •
lislattire, what would be the consequence? Boa:
pane would not allow such a people in his dominion
itthonge. he himself pretended to be a Roman Cabe,
lie ; they were the inveterate enemies of the Engine.
Government, and must be so from the 'mature of their
religion. He denied the pninitation4 Roman Ca.
thnlics in Ireland to be so great -es had been repro,
rented-49 out of 50 &the landed-proprietors in Ire-
-land, were Protestants, and those nem possessed per-
softnenieernerey were as 9 to 10 e if. therefore, the Rn.
man Catholics were to be pot upon an eqeality with
ate Proteitants, the consequence would be. that they
were too poor to pay taxes He admitted, that the
• Roman Cathoiic soldiers did behave•very well, bat it
wa, not a spirit of ardour and glory that induced Mein
to enter into that service, but they enlisted to get the
money they were oniteallnwed by the pair. He was
eery- far from depeeciating their menage and iate-
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ty ; he only meent, to lay, that more than half of
the Irish army was composed of Protestants of the
Church of Englend, and good Protestants too. He
denied that the Petition' on the Table was signed by
, any of the respectable Roman Catholics : he knew
many of these respectable Roman Catholics, and
highly respected them ; but who was this Petition
signed by, and by whom framed ? Three or four Re.
man Catholic Barristers, who were not remarkable
for having much business, and many persons of the
middle and lower classes. But who was the framer
of this Petition ? one Peter Finnerty, who was origin.
.ally a journeyman tailor, but on coming to this stein.
try turned orator. On his return to Dublin, %there
he had been pillored for sedition some years ago, he
received the thanks of the meeting, and this was the
framer of this Petition ; all these Petitions were de
'erne and came from the same source. But he knew
them well, their objects and their principles, if the
House-gave them what they asked they would not be
satisfied, what they waisted was not emancip..for,
nut a total separation from this country, aad to esta-
blish a democratic republic ; and as to their ere
couregingie mutiny, that was a favourite doctrine
among them, that was a part of their creed, and
they would not relinquish it.—(Great cries of no, no!
Hear, hoar, bear!)-.He was then proceeding to cite
several passages from the speeches of the Roman Ca-
tholics in their several meetings in proof of his posi-
noon when the House became impatient, and hie
Learned phctor concluded by giving his decided ne•
gitive to themcitiniu „
Mr. HERBERT was of opinion, that yielding to
the prayer ot the petition, would not do away the
evils of which the petitioners complained • bat at the
same time be thought if the claims of tie Catholics
wer.: allowed, such a concession would cot b: mere
ded with danger to the state. AU at present eskee
was unqualified rights, and a fair shareef vexes.'
power. If these erere given, the Catholics tiering a
greater stake in the country, would be more anion
Ito guard against a change; and thus granting them
! the privileges they claimed, would tend IP the te"'
I rity of the empire. From what he knew of the Ca.
tholict in Ireland, he thought there were no men mere
attached to the interests of Great Britain ; 2,1,1 be
knew none more fervent is their abhorrence of Bonn
parte. Their general conduct in society was highly
peaisenvorthy, and too much could not be said in come
mendetion of them in a military point of view. etas
• then 40,000 Catholics had entered into the•army 5, Inf
'l7 y,;. Having noticed the exemplary conduct of ch-
tain individuals, he concluded by expressing himself
in favour of goinj into a Committee on the subject.
General MAI THEW contended that . all re'it•
.1 gious restrictions should be iemoved, particularly
from those who fought the battles of their country.
In every campaign during the lest '2O years, the lea
Catholics were superior to thi English ih numbers.
In the glorious campaign of Egyft, where the great
French legions *ere beaten; and in all the beaks.
'since then, and particularly that under the reeownel
Irish G.net'al Lord Wellington (Hear, bear,) alum
than .half of the armies consisted of huh Ce
tholies: The`BBth;' or- conisaught Rangers, wee
entirely composed of Irish; and the 87th, ve Ivo'
Herpes distinguished themselves more than any attld,.
body of men under General Graham at the battle ot..
Barrosa. aGentlemen (said he) may leuge, but '
wish they had been 'in that battle, and •teen the/
would have seen how Irishmen haelbehaveth." Here
the Hon. General went over along list otComnisaa*
jag Officers who had distinguished ebtenselveetn.
most of the great victories that had been ;ache •• si
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within a few years, all of whom were his countryntret
and many of them hi• trienth: .Ammug these me
Cokinel Keating, a member of an anemia Cellto'rd
family in the county of Tipperary, who conqieretilit
Isle of Bourbon ; General Beresford, Getweei stew!rt'
sColoriel Pack, 8:c. Sec. Only let a system ot cotton.
Lion he adopted in Ireland, and in•qe•td ei.,r3"Lt/
Men ety ballot, or rather by conscription, AS
Ult..,
vernrnent was now forced to do, lie would 1114-`,
himself that an army ot 150,00 U men cculd be t 4!
there in a short time, by Dent et drum Arn,e ; anJ
under bush heroes as these lie bad just. nerved 1 i
ketstilu.al), ;hey would beat Messene, Veto, ov
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