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London, England, 1829-03-07 00:00:00

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It will he seen by nor Parliamentary report that Mr.
Pases motion for going into a Committee for the con-
siderati n of the laws affecting Roman Cat'.olic sub-
jects, was carried lsst night by a Majority of 188, the
umbers being—

For tbe Medea . 541
Arksst k . 160
' Majority . —l6l
Large as this Majority is, still the nation must not
despair of the measure being ultimately defeated. On
former occasions large majorities have voted for going
into a Committee,. but the Bill has been subsequently
lost. Two Estates of the Realm happily remain to be
Xonsulted sler the Commons have passed the Bill—
namely, the Peers and the KINO ; and if the people are
strongly opposed to it, as we sincerely bzlieve them to
be. their voice will be attended to by those Estates of,
;he Realm. as•it has been on many other occasions of
danger to the religious and civil liberties of the nation.
Tile Report of the Committee is to be brought up on
Monday, and the Bill founded on the Resolutions to be
presented and lead a first time. The consideration of
the question is then to be postponed tiil the following
►Monday; and in that week we fully expect that Peti
tions sufficient to fill both Houses of Parliament will be

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presented against the measure from all parts of the
kingdom.
After the most deliberate consideration of the speech
delivered ►y Mr. Pam on Marsalay evening. we ran
come to no other conclusion 'ban that the Right Hen.
Gentleman bas made out a case p►oving conclusively
that most of the evils now existing in Ireland have
arisen from the divided opinion of the Govornment
fir several years past on the subject of the Ca'hulic
Question; but that he utterly failed in showing the ea-
pediency, necessity, or justice, of a departure from the
spirit of our C,listitution, for the purpose of satisfying
the demagogues who have been too long permitted to
inflame the minds of the people of I•d•nd, wish the
sedifon spouted folth at the meetings of the Catholic
Association. Mr. Nat. evidently felt the weakness of
this part of his case. and adroitly enough directed his
eloquence towards making oat a jus ification of hi►
own conduct, rather than showing the impossibility
of the Government taking an opposite course from
that which they have chosen. No one can doubt,
slier having seen the rapid conversion of so many
Members, in consequence of the change of opinion of
the leading Membets of Government on this great
question, that if Mr. Put. and the Duke of Wuxi:co-
unt bad adhered to their principles, and boldly de.
dared that uncompromising opposition to the Cacholie
Claims was the principled their Cabinet. s very ready
submission would have followed from numbers who had
moderately advocated Catholic Emancipation, an. that
as numbers in the Hi use were neatly balanced 'ben
the question was considered by the Cabinet as an open
one. the majority woulJ have been immense when the
Government was resolute on non-concession. Mr. CAS.

NINO and Lord CASTLEREAGH, br.th advocates for
Emancipation. voted against it *hen forming a part of
Mr. PERCIVAL'S Ad/111111WstiOR. which as built on
the principle of an unbending resistance. It Mr. Paai
had possessed the segoletion and the talent of Mr. Pan-
ama, the present crisis would never have arrived.

The Paris Papers of Wednesday, and the Gazette de
Frawce of Thursday morning, arrived last night. The
latter contains some information of the nature of the
answer given by the Rats EFFENDI to the Minister of
thtNetherlands respecting the proposals of M.JAusawr.
It does not appear that the Pone bad consented to re-
cognise the Armistice exacted by the Ter aty of the 6th
of July ; bet symptoms were snani,ested of a desire for
the return to Constantinople of the Ambassadors of
Great Britain and Fiance. Every thing cohfirm, u• in
the belief which we before expressed, that the SULTAN
would most willingly renew relations of trinity with
those Powers if they would separate themselves from
Russia; and the recent advice' from St. Petersburgh
lead us to expect that this separation will shady take
place ; the tone which the Russian Government has
lately assumed being such as is not well calculated to
preserve friendly relations with this country and Fiance.

It appears that while alum and dismay pervade the
whole Protestant population of this counuy, at the un-
qualified emancipation art Roman Catholics, which has
been proposed by his Majesty's Ministers, the Catholics
are by so means satisfied with part of the measures
intended. They have already declared their determi-
nation to oppose the eatension of the elective franchise
in Ireland from 40s. to IW. A Meeting for this object
was held yesterday, at the Thatched.hi.use Tavern, in
St. James's-street. when a proposition was made by
Mr. °Torii/au, and seconded by Lord KILLZSN, that
application be immediately made to Sir FRANCIS Mis-
sal.; requesting that he and his friends would oppose
that measure by every effort in their power. Mr. Law.
Lass also gave notice, that he would this day move
that a Petition be presented to the HOW! of Commons
against raising the franchise. Thus we learn—first,
that the Catholics will not be satisfici—and secondly,
that they intend to hold regular meetings in London
for the prosecution of all their objects. An unconditional
'intender to them of power, will alone satisfy them—
and having attained that power, what will become of
Protestants and Protestant E.tablishmet►t.?

The Committee appointed to inquire into the Election
for the County of Clare have decided unanimously,
that DANIEL O'CoWWELL, Esq. ha. been July elected,
thereby ebtabli.liing the point that a Roman Catholic
may be elected a Member of Parliament. This decision
does not affect the question as to his taking his seat,
which, according to the construction heretofore' given
to all the Acts of Parliament bearing upon the ques-
tion, and to the universal custom of Parliament, he
cannot do without taking certain oaths, which, as a
Catholic, he cannot take. In the present state of the
care, however, it is probable that Mr. O'Cowou.t. will
wait the fate of the Bill now to be introduced by Mr.
Past., which, if mulled, will enable him to take his
,eat without objection. If. happily, that Bill should
be lost, then Mr. O'Conum.t. may try and try in v,in,
to gain admis%ion to the House by the construction
which he has supposed may be pat upon the several Acts.

At a late hour we received as Express from Paris,
with the Papers c t Thursday morning. The following
are extracts :