Star.
London, England, 1829-03-06 00:00:00

N UMBRIt 13,110.]

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS. KAMM 5.
the-Rati of 6,Axas.

u) took. the mths and Ids mg.
" T e •Royal ameitt.was .given by Commission toils* Bill for Mp-
%wombs Illegal aed.Dangerous Associations is kriland. The Com-
elhaPllll were, the Luau Cstaticeman,the /Mot Eindrvamov,
and card • Ett.asinoaoutut.
The *Duke of CUMBERLAND-presented a Petition from
place in the county of Wilts against the Roman Catholic Claims,
The Earl of -ALBEMARLE presented a similar Petition from,
fhe borough of Great Yarmouth, in the county of Norfolk.
Lard KING presented lie Petitions in favour of the emboli*
Minis from places In the counties of Lancaster, Durham, and
Celt, and failepetitions against the Vestry and Sob-letting Ades,
from places in the counties of Cork and Westmeath.
Ike Earl of ESSEX presented two Petitions of a similar chit-.
racier from the Protestant Dissenters of Woueeter„ and frees the
Catholic Inhabitants of a place in the county of Heath. and two
petitions from the latter county for the repeal of the Vesuy Act
ar.'d the Sulklettlng Act.
The Earl of DARNLEY presented a Petition in favour of• the
Catholic Claims from a place in the county if Durham, and nine
petitions do similar character kom places In the cation ot.i.ao-
Caitiff. •
lord- DE DUNSTANVILLE presented -a simile: Petition
from the Coolie& inhabitants of a pariah in-CoresealL
Tito Karl of LONSDA LE removed eleven. Petitions against
the Ntholic Claims Irmo Anthieskle. in Vestsnorsiallat frodk•
the Magistrates, Clergy, and inhabitants of the Iltwn Pf
White-
Lamso:milks" pbouvisi the Coandsid Coinherlarfrant Lk&
miter. - • • • ••.,
• ."4/liir Earl of ELDON presented- two *tear Petitions from
Glasgow, one being from the Corporation of Weavers in tbatzlty;
and a Petition from tee- town and neighbouchoilil of She:skid,
signed by MOOD of the Inhabitants.
Earl FIIZ W I LLI Aed presented a Petition' from Shelia! in.
• favour of the Catholic Claims.

- Lord WHARNCLIFFE recommended the Pcition
off his Noble Mead (Earl Flopwilliam) to the attention of the
and hose testimony to the high character sustained by. his
Noble Friend, whose Me bad been deyot:d to the measure which
.4aa about to be introduced by hPnraters, anti which he hoped he
would live to see carried tbrcugh in spite of all opposition. With
respect to the test Petition from Sheffield, which a Z..lobk Earl
bed presented, it bad originated at a meetinz called by persons of
one opinion. and !Debbie only such as were of the same opialtm
to nee(. Neither the master cutler, who was usually looked to
OWar eases, nor any of the Maigstracy. were concerned in
ce that meeting, and, thoulik tbere was a Magistrate in the
Chair, he was not there in his Magisterial capacity. All the
Awaken were Clem/awn, awl Wet a layman was permitted to
open his mosth ; as individual %rho attempted to do so was
• Otopyed, and told that it was s `meeting on roe side. A few
eye afterwards's mee.ing was held. which be considered really
reprossottot the town ; it' was exiled by requisition, the resolutions
wore pursed by 'apnea, and they were opposed by elergynien
. Orte clergyman, to hie shame, pointed to the church in
-witla they weft assembled, and asked the Midfielder, would they
. hive a Protestant or a Pepiett King—would they have the church
palled down and Shell daughters taken away. wader the pretence.
of securing tLelr chastity.. to eon-veto? He confrs.cd he could
not bear the clergy coming forward In this way.' They say that
• spa exclusioe of the Catholic"s from peeler lithe sole prop of the
Mciblished Cturek. He contended that this was net true, and
that the IProtestent Church would endure m lung as it sontlgowd
. w reign overProteteset affections. He would say, that if the
clergy and Alte Church were intolerant, they would allooate the
-Piot' vaunts dor:whom fie' would warn the clergy to look to the
•• ekpertence of the last :warty-live years, and see if the security of
the Establishment bad been coniktried.hy opposition. b was mat
. pee y to attend to their conduct on the present occosion, to
otitness the part *which they had taken, and be disgu.ted by. it.
••e had no fear, however, that the Nribk Duke, and the Govern.
. • ; "same of Which he was the head,'. 'would retract' the prowiise that
bod.been maderelative to the adjustment of the question.. As to
- , .Site edition Of which he spoke, he could *hate. Abet it was not in
the power at the clergy to do more fist it by sotleitation in his part
of the country.
'The Bishop of LONDON said. that having had the
nittfortuate to be in the House while the Noble Lord who had just
sat down addressed their. Lordships, be felt himself compelled to
say a few words in defence of a calumniated body of men. Ile
• would silt, if the present occasion was the only one on which the
titter of the Church of England were not to come forward to pc-
titian that House,' which Last always distinguished itself. and, he
hoped, listoldP' cositinue to distinguish itself, as the guariii_ae oft e
•ProtostanrConesiattiost? •He would make linitl-to say,That on flo
!tenser measles had tiis petitions of the clett been olio, distitw
salsbed by firmness and Moattation. He bullet yet presented
any petition as to the Catholic titieuloo. Ittihad now ten ortvieltre
to.presest, and he could•declatirthat they *ere molt moderate in
their:tote. Would Noble Lords deny that a great inroad was me-
ditated on the Cons:Potion? Would they not admit that the pre-
sent wis a time that called for tie expression of opinion? and were
tow clergy the only pumas that were to be debarred, as they vir-
tually.wers by caluntabs levelled against them, from delaying their
'sentiments with freedom? ',to tar from the clergy being anxious
to make their parishioners come forward, be believed their exec.
trims Were generally directed to calming the agitation that prevailed
• among thous; but he would add, that the miter:eat clergyman in
the land bad as gaud a right to avdm his opinion as the nobbot
Peer is that House—(Hear). Oae edergynaan haS informed him
•lhat he had mademoured to calm his paridtionerb but they came
forward le A body, and requested him to join in a petition to Par-
liareeni• agaiast granting concessions to the Catholics. This was
one exalt*, and be had no doubt there were many such. He
wished to know if there was anything let the nature of the choicel
dice opposed to tbsee'investett with it doing as they had doer? If
,be (the Bishop of LonJOrt)' were favourable to what was commuoly
called Catholic Eniartcipattutis as befwis kulisvn to be unfavourable
to it, be would never atten(pt to emetlWr the light of opiuh?n,
*bleb would on'y Same the ntore.viyidly for 'every indeavoue to
eltinguish or ule.eure it. Such'etioduct is that-displayed by the
Noble Lind, which he must say was not often exhibited ou tbetl
Ode of the li,use, would tend to exasperate the people, and would
make them come forward for their clergy, whole influence oven'
them was etplaily powerful and rational. 'Having himself the ho-
nour of being one of their number, he had felt called upon to da
(.ml them from calumny.
. Lord KlNti said that the Noble Ltird (Wharngliffe)
had stated, in speaking on the. Petition. that all the speakers et the
meeting were Clergymen, and that they would not allow laymed.
urnbeheard. At'tbe present time, and at all times, the Clergy' ad
been most forward in a factious oppose. ion to Government. They
had .endrovoureil, at the time to Dr. Sacheverell, to prevent the sue-
eesaion of the present Hotpot of Hanover; they bad next joined
hi thy •• No Popery" cry ; aid now he believed they were,first
in exciting the people to petition ou the same subject.
T'se Earl of ELVON said, that they. would never be
able to approach the important question about to come before
tbutn as they ought issapproach it, if every petition was made the
sttiumi of debate. As to the petition which he bad presented,
would only say that it bad been agreed to at a meeting expre
tatted for the purpoie; end, if persons adverse to it had torruded
themselves, ;hose who presided bad a right to cause them to be
. Silent. .He did nor confider it a lit time to occupy their Lsedebips'
attention; and as to the wedge' of the Clergy. he Weak! ass IN
ens word more than this—that the Clergy of 'lnstead would have
ettetimally disgraced tbemselveslf they bad hot declared their own
and cotiotenattmel Mai, parishioners In terming theirs,
4' iQ the judicious way which they had dome, to that Hoose.-(Hear).,
'lke time would come when, if Netik Lords examined their Pet'.
Cods, they wbuld Coincide with him in what he now said, and would
admit that they redbunded to their credit, If, instead of reasoning
en them, they would read them. The petition which he bad pre-
vended from Sbellield and its neighbourhood he had said was signed
by a loge body of the inhabitants...tad this had remained titian.
twe'red. As to win a Noble Lord Sill 'stated respecting the mas-
ter etethr's strtborirf to call public myedngi,he would my, that that
kidWldsal had no aline right to do so than any other.
Lskd WHA IiNCLIFFE iakl, in reply, that the whole district
from which both petitions came contained no more than about
WOOD Inhabitaits, and be could not see how so large a number of
essrletbres could he obtained. He was willing to admit, however,
timothy great majority of. English Protestants were adverse co the
atlssolie Globus, nonsetkally speaking; but he contended. on the
ether band, that Ilia Intelligence and respectability of the Wally"
were in favour of their...-tteatopi laid upon the table.
Lott COLCHESTER presented Petitions against the Catholic
aches frees the Borough of Cititheeter, from the lidtabitanu of
:51:
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