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London, England, 1828-04-29 00:00:00

After a few weeds, the smendmeist was put and carried without
Thie Earl of ELDON proposed a clause relative m
petions'holding the situation of Town ark itmeorPo-
fiate bodies, or h Iding commissions ill his Maj•sty's
service, in order to remove all dosibts is regarded the
eii,ting Act of Pcrlicment, in respect Ps such persons
holding situations under Government, os to their belief
iR traosubitantiation, and calling upon-thum.to ro•lte
declaration th, it belief before one or more of his
Majesty's Judges in the Critirts vt Westmjn.tPr.
Afters fen observatiens. it was negatived without a divides.

1"41 BEXLEY' proposed the form of a Decla►ation
to be made by all persons serving in his Majesty's ter-
vice, exonerating persons holding similar officrs to those
exempt by the Indemnity Act from being compelled to
take the prescribed oaths.
The Earl Of CARINA %VON ohj•etid to this Amendment, as did also
the Bart•of Wsnminnita and Lord Hoctram.

The, Eail of CARNARVON opposed the clause
making it compulsory to take the prescribed oaths at the
Quarter Sessior s within 30 miles of the town or place
where such individuals 'shall he resident.
The Duke of WELLINGTON proposed a clause,
allowing that all Military Officers on service abroad
should be at liberty to take the prescribed oaths within
six months from the time of their return home.
The Esl4 of CARNA•RVO;N was not sore-that this
amendment met the: whole of the case. It might so
happen that an officer, who was resolved to qualify
while in England, within the six months, might be ap-
pointed to some situation abroad. and be ',Wised to
leave this country without qualifying. He was of opi-
nion that the time•for qualifying in such cases should
be enlarged.
The clause was then put and carried.—On the clause being read,
which went to except persons holding situations in the Revenue or
Post Office from the necessity of subscribing the declaration,

• The Bishop of LLANDAFF thought th s the pr-per
rime for hint to move the amendment- to the d. cla -
ration, of which he had given notice. The word-
declared, that the person taking office would not empl y
h s influence against the interests of the Church of
England. This was not, as it appeared to him, an
adequate security, in exchange for the Test and Corpo-
ration Acts which they were about to abandon. It had
been objected that this proposal tended to create an
vrdions and obnoxious distinction; but he thought no
honest man would wish to conceal his opinions. Anot er
;abjection was, that it would alter the c-haracter of the
Measure. Now, if he under stood the char acter of the met.
sure right, itasould not do so. It was not, as he thought,
Ito relinquish security, but to ch . nge one security for ano
ther better suited to the spirit of the age. The motive to
suppress the measure had not been that which some
-Noble Lords imputed to him and his Right Reverend
Brothers, a deference to the spurious liberality of the
age. It had been simply to comply with the desires of
a large and respectable body of their fellow subjects, so
far as they could do so without danger to the establish-
ment. His intention was to exempt members of the
Church of England from taking the unmeaning decla-
ration in the Bill, and to substitute for it a declaration
of their b ing members of the Church.
Lord HOLLAND opposed the amenchisent, which,
as It seemed to him, took away all the grace of the mea-
sure. The B• 11 was a measure of union, the clause was
a Elaine of division. It was like making a provision for
separation in the atticles of marriage.
Atter a few words from the Bawl of &Don and the Bishop of
Toe Pa* bf WELLINGTON thought the reason-
ing and the Amendment of the Right Rev. Prelate were
at. variance-; dor, was the Declaration he proposed likely
to effectuate its purpose:sq./toy man might call himself
a Member of. the Church Of- England.
The Bishop of BATH 'lnd WELLS said, that he
supported the repeal from a conviction of its expediency,
and expressed his regret in doing so, thathe was obliged
'to dissent conscientiously from the Noble Earl (Eldon)
'to whom the country and the Church of England owed
so deep a debt of gratitude for his maay and impottant
services.
The Duke of CUMBERLAND then rose and spoke
to the following effect : " On my return to this country,
after a considerable absence from it, I deem it my
duty to declare my conscientious opinion upon the
measure now before your Lordships, which is in op-
position to it. It gives ore great concern, that the
'first vote which I give on in/ return to England,
should be opposed to a measure approved of by my
Noble Friend at the • heed of the Gotrernment.—
No person can feel a more sincere regard or a higher
esteem for my Noble Friend than I do—but having pur-
sued one course of conduct, on this measure, for thirty.
one years, I cannot now consent to follow a different
one. As this is the first, so I hope it may be the only
occasion, on which I shall feel it my duty to be opposed
to my Noble Friend. I have only to add, that I shall
vote in opposition to the present measure."
The Earl of DARNLEY opposed the clause of the
Right Reverend Prelate (the Bishop of Llandaff) He
would have been much more gratified if the Bill had
passed in the shape in which it came up from the House
of Commons. He would have been glad to see -a
simple repeal of the Acts, the continuance of which he
had regarded as a gross profanation of a religious rite.
He was boUnd to express his admiration of the candour
and moderation of the Noble Duke at the head of the
Government throughout this discussion, and tie ariti-
cipated that the success of the Bill would. redound as
touch to the credit-of the Noble Duke, and confer as
extensive benefit on his country, as one of the brilliant
victories which he had achieved in the feld. The clause
proposed by the Bishop of Llandaff was negatived
without 'a division. . • .
Lord HOLLAND.—The period has. now arrived'
when it becomes my pleasing duty to Move that " the
Bill do now pass ;" and in doing so, I cannot forbear
from congratulating the House and the country at the
great and glorious triumph in favour of religious free-
dom that has been achieved.
Lord REDESDALE took this opportunity of pro-
testing against the Bill. It removed one of the strongest
barriers and best securities of the Protestant Church,
instead of which an utterly inefficient security was
substituted.
'The Earl of MOUNT CASHEL also protested
against the Bill. It proposed to extend political rights
to Unitarians, Socinians, and other various denomina-
tions; after which this country could no longer expect
to enjoy that pre-eminent happiness and diitinetion
among the nations of the world, which it had hitherto
possessed.
The Bill was then pawed; after which the House adjourned at a
WARW. TO ELIMOI &Cortex.
HOUSE OF COMMONS

Mr. Gamey, front the Commissioners of the Charities, pre.
Muted a Return of the total Expenses incurred 'by the Commis-
sioners —Ordered to be printed.
Mr. Coates, front the Treasury, presented certain Papers.—
Ordered to be printed.
Sir E. HARVEY presented a Petition from the Inhabitants of
St. Dunstan, Stepney, against the East London 'Railway Bill.
Sir J.. lIORILE • presented a Petition from* certain Watermen
.Itittite Lambeth Bridge &U. He supported the prayer of. the
• Mr. HOBHOUSE said, that if the Honourable and