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London, England, 1821-04-17 00:00:00

iion to the State, he would at once not only rote for
the second reading of, the Bill that day six months,l
but reject the principle of it altogether. At the same
time it would be as well to look at the consequences
which threatened the putting a negative on that mea-
sure; and it certainly could not be of small import-
ance to get rid of every danger which threatened
them. The principle of this Bill was to grant to the
Roman Catholic subjects of his Majesty whatever
could securely be granted to them ; and the provi-
sions, in his opinion, fully satisfied the principle.—
He had heard no argument used on the present occa-
sion, in opposition to the measure, which had not
been urged before, and the chief instrument seemed
to be an exhibition of the acts of tyranny and
.usur-
pation which disgraced former periods Of the history
of the Roman Catholic Chinch. Its intolerant doc-
trine, that there was no salvation nut of the pale of
that Church, was purposely held up to view. But
if that were all that could be urged against it, he
would ask whether the most tolerant of all Churches
could be exempted from that charge? Could even
the Presbyterian Church—(Hear, hear).— The Noble
Lord referred to former parts of the history of Scot-
land to support the negative or this proposition.—
During the discussions in the Scotch Parliament, re-
lative to the Union of the two Countries, a solemn
Protest was sent by that Church to their Parliament,
against so much of the Union which might make
them or their country parties to the toleration of
Episcopacy in another country. This they declared
they desired to amid for fear of the guilt of the same.
The Parliament of England at that time did not he-
skate to receive within itself 16 Presbyterian Peers
and 45 Commoners, without fear for the conse7
quences. The English Ecclesiastics, on the other
hand, declared, that if they should live to see that
Union, they should have outlived all the laws,l
and the whole Brit,jsh Constitution—(Hear, hear).—
The result, however, had proved otherwise, and had
he not a right to suppose that the results of the pre-
sent measure would be equally tha reverse of what
its opponents apprehended? He had made it part of
his duty to make inquiry as to the number of Catho-
lic Members likely to find their way into Parliament
by the operation of this Bill, and he found that the
greatest number that could be returned was 14 or 15,
and probably not more than five or sir. Now,
it was impossible, except for those who conjured up
phantoms of the imagination, seriously to apprehend
that a Protestant Parliament could he influenced by
that number. He did not agree with the Noble Lord
who spoke last, in thinking the Throne would be at
all endangered by this measure; and he was sure
that they were not at all called upon to concede the
Protestant Succession to the Crown, because they
conceded other points.. Were they to refuse to en-
tertain the Bill, it would be tantamount to a gift to
every Catholic Barrister of a perpetual retainer for
sedition. Ile hoped their Lordships would not deter-
mine on giving a hasty vote against this measure,
and that they would allow it to have the fullest pos-
sible consideration.

Here there was a loud call for adjournment.
The Earl of LIVERPOOL said, he should be sorry
if any individual in or out of that House should go
away with an impression, that it was not intended to
give this question the fullest possible discussion.--
Therefore he should move the adjournment of the
debate.—The debate was accordingly adjourned, and
the House broke up at One u'Clock.