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ve country, by the removal of all jealousy and heart-
butning—(Cheers and loud cries of Question).
Mr. T. WILSON supported the Amendment,
amidst loud cries of " Question! Withdraw I"
The gallery was then cleared, and the Committee
divided—

• Ter Mr. Bankees Clause . - 211
• Against it - - 225
Ilajfeity
• On re-admission, Mr. WYNN was addressing the
House, bait from the noise which prevailed, the na-
ture of his observations could not be ascertained.
Mr. PEEL said that he had a most infporetnt
Amendment to propose, which he was not then pre-
pared to submit to the House, not having supposed
that the .clause an which the House had just divided
would have been so soon disposed of. The nature
of his Amendment was to extend the exception which
already existed in the present Bill, respecting the
office of Lord High Chancellor, to the, situations of
Judges, Privy Councillors, and Governors of Colo-
nies. The Right Honourable Gentleman said tbat,
at that late hour, the House, perhaps, would be in-1
clined to postpone the discussion of so very impor-
tant an Amendment— (" Go on, go on,"—" No, no").
Mr. W YNN said, that perhaps the best way would
be to have the clause brought up, and fqr the Chair-
man to report progress.
Mr. S. WORT LEY concurred with Mr. Peel, as
to the exclusion of Catholics from the Government
of Colonies—( Afurnurrs).
The Clause, that when any right of presentation is
annexed to any office held by a Roman Catholic, his
Majesty may tranfer such right of presentation to
any Member of the Privy Council, being a Protestant,
was next put and agreed to, without a division.
Mr. GOULBURI'sI said, that at that late hour, he
would trove that the Chairman should report progress.
Dr. PHILLIMORE put it to the Honourable
Gentleman, whether, in point even of common cour-
tesy, such a step would be advisable? It was not
yet midnight : the House, upon very ordinary occa-'
sions, sat much later.
Mr. GOULBURN said, that three distinct Amend-
inents of the most important kind were to be discussed.
Mr. WETHERELL said, that the Amendments
would be' more fully and satisfactorily discussed
the neat night. •
Mr. PELL said, that by the ninth Article of the
Bill of Rights, it was inconsistent with the safety of
the Censititution that a Catholic King should sit on
the Throne. The question was now, whether a Pro-
testant King was to have Roman Catholics for his
advisers ? ( Hear, hear).
Mr. TIERNEY said, that he would have no ob-
lection to have the Amendment discussed on the fol-
owing night.
Sir J. NEWPORT made a similar declaration ;
after which the CHAIRMAN left the Chair, reported
progress, and got leave to sit again.
WITIPICIA VT !
_ _ _ _

The Irish Witchcraft Repeal Bill was brought up, read a third
time, and passed.
Lord CASTLEREA G H said, that the hour of midnight was
a very suitable time to give the last sanction of that House I. a
Witchcraft Repeal Bi11—(A laugh.)
The several Orders of the day were then disposed of, and the
House adjourned at Halt past Twelve o'Clock.

THE EVENING STAR.

LONDON.

TUESDAY, MARCH 27, 1821.
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aforesaid, in Kew-court, St. Swithin's-lane, on Monday the
2d of April next, and every succeeding day, between the
hours of Ten and Two.

The question respecting Political Relief to. the Ro-
man Catholics, having again come before the House
of Commons last night, Mr. BANKES proposed his
Amendment, still to exclude them from the two
Houses of Parliament. This Amendment was nega-
tived by 223 against 211. Mr. CANNING'S speech, in
favour: of the Catholics, was eloquent and impressive.
The arguments on both sides were delivered with a
degree of coolness and good temper which, only a
few years ago, would have been considered miracu-
lous. One objection against the Bill was indeed con-
temptible, and shewed much ignorance of our na-
tional history. It was urged that the relief held out to
the Catholics could not be granted without removing
the disabilities that affect Dissenters! Why not remove
them ? Was this Gentleman aware that these disabili-
ties would never have been enacted, had- not the Div
seaters themselves begged (such were the fears enter-
tained at the time respecting the views of the Catho-
lics) rather than the disabilities framing against the
Catholics should not pass into a law, that they them-
-selves might, for a time, be subjected to the same ex-
clusion ? Little did they then expect, being Protes-
tants, that the fetters, when once put on them, should
be iivetted with a view never again to remove them.
They must be removed: and we may add, that never
has the Majority of the House of Commons, consi-
dering the present state of the world, acted with more

consummate wisdom than thus seriously to engage in
removing the causes of feuds and dissensioo,s among
a people who ought to be united in heart hy every
mean that the powers of legislation can reach.

We have received this morning, in due course, the
Paris Papers of Saturday ; but the contents have
been almost entirely anticipated by the extracts from
them which we received by express, and gave yester-
day. The most important exception is the subjoined
Bulletin, issued by the Austrians two days before