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London, England, 1829-03-20 00:00:00

FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH 20, 1829.

ADMIRALTY OFFICE, march S. lsto.
VOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that a Session at
Oyer and Teentiner and Gaol Delivery for the Yds! of
Offences committed on the High Seas, within the Jurisdiction of
the Admiralty of England, will be hell at Justice Hall, In the
Old Bailey, London, on MONDAY, the nth of Aril neat, at
Eight o'Clock in the morning : and all Sheriffs. easier% and
Keepers of Prisons, in whose custody any Prisoners, charged, with
Offences committed on the High Seas, or whale the said Jeri.-
diction may be, are licrebt required to transmit a Copy of the
Commitment of every suck Prisoner to Mr. CnasCos Jones. the
Solicitor of the Admiralty, at his Office. No. 10, Lancaster-place.
Strand, London, in order that the necessary measures may be
taken. for removing all such Prisoners to his Majesty's Gaol of
Neergate' for Trial at the said intended Sessions and all Mayors,
Justices, Coroners, and other Officers, before whom any
dons, Informations, Examinations, or Recognizance. may have,
been taken touching any such Offences. are required to tranintit.
the same forthwith to Mr. tnostas Suatinst,lhe Clerk of Ar-
raigns of the High Court of Admiralty of Englaisd, at his Ogee,
at the Sessions House in the Old Balky, London.
Ir. CROPRIL

ships to act otherwise than what your own consciences,
and your own feelings dictate; but thit I will say, that+
the petitioners could not have entrusted their prayer to
any one who is a more zealous, firm, and lea vest sup.
porter of the Protestant Church than he to whose trust
that prayer has been committed. I have been accused
upon former occasions of having sounded the alarm it
war—of having used the Molds s< Protestastime
Popery." 'My Lords, I certainly shall not now be a-
cuselet saying what is not the fact, for we are now ii
possession of the proposals which his Majesty's Minis-
ters have thought proper to'lay befote Parliament. We
are told that all disabilities are to be removed from the
Roman Catholics—that they are to be allowed.to fla /a

both Houses of Parliament:—that they ale tole admit.
ted as Members of his Majesty's Privy.Coancil:l.that
they are to be admitted to all the cffices of Miaistets
mid Juhges of the land—in short, that every office in
the State-is to be open to them, except the Lord Chan-
eellotships and Lord Lieuteoaney of Ireland. •MyLords,
.1 should be sorry to tniaNtate ,nag mate.* word; there-
tau e,ishecber *Noble 'Duke did. or did not; use the eruct'
,I"te.Zetity:'&*tesity -to a Right Iteir. FM& e, fwitt aoc.
-PrwlMOO to se, ing/Isis theNoMeDike did say, that the
proposals •seltich he should lay berate Parli mem: a cal
be acceptable andodat .ble to all parties. Nowiph A Yes
1411011 C, We! Re to draw from the words "Acceptable",
end "palatabl ," except that th • Noble Duke had taken
prop' and toll security for the Protestent Established
Church ot- the country.? Will N ble • L ode for one
moment think that the circumstance of the Lied Chan.
eellorships and the Lord Lieutenancy not being Roman
Catholic is a sufficient security for the Pi °test ant Church ?
I believe there ii not one also wit agree to such a pro-,
position. Nay. I will even maintain thst it my Noble
and Learned Feseild now on the cross betch (the earl
of Eldon) were Lord Chancelor of England, and a
Member of a Cabinet the majority of which was Ca-
tholic, he, with all his zeal end ability, would not be
sufficient to secure the Church, although no one can,
doubt of the firm and zealous attachment of my Noble
Friend to the Protestant COnstitution. The Noble Duke
bat certainly told your Lordships that he is responsible
for the success olds,. measure. This he ha, had the
frtinkneil to acknowledge; and I have no doubt but the
Noble Duke will use every exertion in his power to
carry the measure through. • I believe. This from what
I know of the character arid perseverance of the Noble
Duke; but When I look around me, and see many Noble
L•Wt.'l rather doubt if we sbill come to' a detisiOn
uphill'', 'ltemise without first 'pausing, and pausing
well. Considesing that the whole eyes or the nation•
ate opoo u!, and- that the hopes and confidence of the
coentry rest *pots this Hoose, .1 would therefore intreat
your Lords' ips to paw, and • pause well, before you
-come to td:cision -on a measure whiclt, but -a 'few
mouths-ego, was declared impossible, by a majority of
45;-.1111 which majority was soon trumpeted through.
the country ender the appellation of .1 the Om iiius ma-
join* (AU.' •My Lords, I reel warmly upon the sub•
jettl but I tetiß that, warnsly. as I do feel, I willeht be
winning in the -respect that I owe, not only to date
House, but to the public at large. 'And I can assure
ynittiontships th t nothing is farther (tom mytaiils
than to itbfleefe tritt.tis aheady in a very irri.med state.
BM .Ido look 'upon this measure as re eof the most
outrageous that eta Max ;unposed to Pdliament, and
one which musk, it persevered in, fundamentally shake
the tonttirbtiortiof the country. 'And with equal feel-
ing;zind until I hear frum the Noble Lord on the wool-
sack that the question has been decided. and that the
Measure has been adopted, I.' for one, shall bot believe
it possible. •Firm as I would be in my ohea.ence in the
fiddly corety dictate laid dawn by the Noble Duke, in
this'HOUsel led that' it is my bounden duty to resist,
in: every- possible **shape, a measure which I shall look
iso;:n es-the suit 'of the country. I assure the N ble
Duke that my hostility is not the effect of .ny personal
feeling. No—it is' the effect of a sincere and honest
conviction. And, therefore, whenever the two B Its.
which I utiderstaad Are in progress in the other Huse
of Parliament, shall come into this Hou4, I shall p si-
lively vote against them both, being fully satisfied that
the Noble Duke would neser have agreed to the mea-
ir e for removing the civil disabilities of the' Roman
Crathalics•were it'nr-t to be accompatii d by the disfran-
chisement of the forty shilling fi.eholders. and I wilt
weer tonsen• to sacrifice the Constitution of the country
for ten pound,. My Lords, I have ,line my duty—l
have only non to avologi,e for having detained your
Lordships so long, and I t.ust-that your Lordships will
allow the petnicin lo be rt ad. ' - •
• After the Petition wet read,

• • The Earl of•WICKLOW said he had listened to the
Petition presented by tie illustriOus Duke with all that
attentiob which a Petiiion coming from so large a body
Jeserved ; and he could with Certainty say. that in the
prayer of that Petition he luny concurred.. When be
bard that he would willingly s;ibscribe to the prayer 01
that Petition, he meant to make a distinction between
the prayer and the means suggested for puting„that.
prayer isito.efFec.,- That Petition prayed for the sup.
pression ot. the Catholic: Association; that Association
*was'already stippres.ed. It next pealed for the
tec• ti kof :the Protestant C,nstitution. Was ,t likely
that the Constitution would not be sup-
po:ted ? He believed that no measure coul.lbedevi e.l
More likely to carry tie wishes f tie petitioners into
effect than the Bill which was now in progress through
the other House of Parliament; and it was further his
firm belief, that if the Bill did not pass the Protestarit.
Church could trot be so; ported in Ireland. 'lf their
Lordships shoold now reject the measure again, under
circumstances different to those in which it had ewer
befote appeared, be "thought the result would be tb,
dating out of Ireland all the wealthy and influential
ichabitants,and leaving dice only the poor and lower
ranks of the community. He -had the greatest respect
for Petitions; but when a meagre -like the present,

upon which the ablest statesmen, men-of the-deepest
learning and most elevated rank in the country, were
divided, 'was the subject ofconsideiatice, .hercertainly
did think that the lower ranks of the country were not
fit to decide upon the question. He c cold be glad to
ask' the opposers 'of the treasure übich his M:ajesti's
Ministers had considered so eecessary for the" peace a
Inland, a hat measure they would substitute in atssteacl?
Suppose a dissolution of Parliament should take place
in the present unsettled state of Ireland, be would ask
Noble Lords what *was likely to be the couseque4e?
Suppose the Government should proceed to military.
lorce—isuppo.e they should marshal out the Brinswick
Clubs against treland—were they to continictiliiilg
'a state to which they had been ler so manj- yeeka.sub•