The Statesman.
London, England, 1822-05-01 00:00:00

THE STATESMAN.

to seined as hostile as ever to the pretensions of the Ca- therto sorb mistaken tbeir„ier interest. . Aestivate%
;holies. • , this inane's' to Ito ol'• why
reel Skein file 1.
Mr. SCARLETT said, notwithstanding what the • ha& t, ase *aria v L. rode fs
Hon. Baronet had said against admitting Roman Ca- mien. ebb even t
,nest' rapier at 1,, ta
~
%belie Peers to Parliament, when he should have biterd el' area ttseff from tse strength of the acts (th wk
the speech of the Right Hon. Hustle:nu there was some
_it was connected. How much ought they to lament the
reason se expect that he would vote with those who ree atotaaja,„,,auks, haa,si„-..„,,„10 ems, ti•w„, es time
vonred the motion. during the auspicious reign of 'the tato Monarch, dad
Mr. PEEL presented a petition from Paisley, signed which had taken from the Catholic so -inset/ causes'ot
by 3,500 persons, many of them highly respectable ; , „mplaw, tam bead „imaly a apaaimetrnalatattax
and also petitions frees Glasgow ieW various other the chaise with which he was charged .when George
plates. against alteriag the laserwith respect to Roman 111. ascended the Throne. He supposed they were to
Vatholies.—Ordered to lie onaluttabla. . - --- • regrorthat the statute of 177ff' bilitreeileit;wleich give
' Mr. COKE presented petitions from two of the Hun- Catholicsohe right of holding property. He supposed
dredsib Norfolk, comPlainieg of Agricultural Distress. they were to lament the passing of the Act of 1791.
He detail* overwhelming taxation to be the ruse of o elatcfreed Catholics from so malty netations dlsabili
' .elsedistregt and combated the. idea that the remission
of taxat. ties; and also that of 1793, which gave so notch ilea
ion•woold afford no, relief to the guff
compahativply they bad but little to detemd diefild b
The."CI4NNELLOR of the EXCHEQUER ex- aosoodell. *That the army and navy ' had been
Olstioed 0100 had. formerly yid as to the .relief to• he seloody.throwa open to them three purl ago wallet
afforded by the remission of taxation.--The ketitioll was perhaps by those who took such a view of the subject+
read, and ordered to be printed. be regarded as a very unfortunate occurrence,' for hail
Col.. DAVI ES piesintedi petitilto item the, Tuners
.these advantages been denied• what would have been the
hf thecity of Wdreester, against .the Leather tax.-` consequence? Why, they would have had a notch fairer
oettertd ba be rioted. • • • subject of debate when they had these grievances alto-
. . •
lower AND WINDOW TAX. - . potter. He did not think an objection to his motion,
31;. goat:musk: moved for Warns of the Mouse founded on such a view of the case, entitled to much at.
, and Window betties, (rpm the sth ofdanuary, 1793, to Wilton, hoc very wisely urged at this moment. An-
tbe Stn ()fluttery, WI, aid took this opportunity of other objection had been urged to which he was disposed'
givingiootice. that he would bring forward a modem for to pay:eater respect. It had been stated to bim thatthe
the repeal of those duties on Wednesday, thend offday, some the Noble persons who would he affected .by
pretest motion, if carried, entertained a certain disincli.l
The Dios were ordered.
'Lord•• RUSSELL complained, that his motion re- maitre to the partial dismission of the Catholic Qneee
. epecting.tdewepaper Stamps had not been complied Boot • 'But •he should not have yielded to' delicacy epos
. nitle. and moed, that a return should be made forthwith' this point; browse he mast take the liberty to say, that
• The CILVXCELIAtit of the EXCHEQUER stated eves from 'those Noble item" themselves he shoe"
some ed,Lcultiea to have laid in the way of making the e e How approbation to influence his conduct
return.
. The House would recolloet that he lied uniformly dis.
' Lord J. RUSSELL said, no difficulty bad laid in the claimed appearing there-as the common advocate of
way of making the return last year. • ' the claims of the Catholic Way: In common parlance,
. Mr. HUME thought it singular that the return bad indeed.- he might 'haw add that he was the advo.
lot been given here, when an mire of the same nature tate of their cause; but as to assumiag the character of
bad been complied with to the letter is Scotlaud. ' their virmoon adeMtate, for the perpose of defending and
The return was ordered to be made forthwith. pied/liar for them Woe the legislature of the nation,
such hod wester bemetbd pont which Imbed acted. And,
CATHOLIC PEERS. . inasaiticli as the praise or blame of the parties interested
Mr. CAN:NINO said, in rising 'to Mahe that 1°64" tin the efforts he had thought it his date to make had
of which he bed given notice, conid let hope to convey lamer entered into his motives, so was he exempt from
• a the minds of thote who heard him 'hut onedentb part any controul, ever if they should have considered that
of the convietion !produced on his owe j elgteent of the the present measure for effecting a part of their object
justice and expediency of that measure whicb he wes would he detrimental to the obtainment of the whole.—
about to recommend to the consideration of 'the Flout But he certainly felt much relieved In not having to
lee should apprised, this discussion with feelingi of cOO-• dwell upon this point, by the receipt of a letter which
tidence, such as hr had never known before. Ulm now had come to his hands that day, proving that no such
tame toil with diffidence, with agitation and anxiety, it objection as that to whin!, Isehad alluded did actually ,
was because lie was sure that If his priipbsitind should exist. He could read the letter if necessary, anti be
fail of meetiag with the approbation of the Meuse should merely say that it tome from a noble person of
(which he hoped it 'would not), he coold -have eo hluge the very highest rank in the Catholic body. He would
in the weakness of the cause itself, or in the penalty of only detain the House by stating that it concluded in
•the argnmems to be used in its sapptir‘ hot is' Must be these words se." I assure yea, apon my authority, that
.considered that thi. sauce was lost' solely through
.lack there is no foundation for 'hat report." He was glad of
of ability on the part of the adviser:v. 'Retire' W kirm: lauds la opportUnity to dowitraeftet.hy such means, the
fwd.(' to state the grounds on which he hough. they rumours which bad go...breed, because he understood
House would do well to allow a Bill to tie intrOilitie
„Ile; dint they had made *Ha impression. 'fie had said in
it
remove the disabilities which at ',present IliertliAtll:
~.f- Other ratefte and he witedd low repeat before a larger
tholic Peers from sitting in Parliament ; it oijght hiado ,andienesa that, as he would not have conceded his par.
eisable for him to notice some of the partial anti vii-1 posit° their feeling upon the loostion, so, upon his ho.
urinary objections which had been mule 61setatlagret to Dour he bad received no euitensent to pursue it, ether
the form rather than to the substance of liii.,Eacititio.' directly, or isdieectly, from** noble persons who weft
When lie spoke of elsewhere he meant to allude to the interested in its success, 'He made this call upoo the
common current of conversation oat a (hat Hote.;; 10, Honor with as little thstigatiotfreas any parties as If it
that House, his motion lead been treated by in otionr• embraced the conditioa of the whole Catholic body. In
able Baronet, the Member for Somerset, as air,insialons clearing away the obeloskto whiCh :beset the motion,
attempt to get the Honestopronounce an ithenosilobs, there was another that he Was desirous to diepose of in
decision on the whole question. ConitectectW- i dab the outset; He had hoard iieueshiagoilesuitorn objet-
but contrary to it, another objection had been' relied.' tiou to originating, in the HousteaComenoissa a 'measure
that to bring forward such a motion most prejudice the which meant-to effect she rights •ond privileges of the
great question of Citliolie Emancipation.
.lie might /loose of horde. This he took-lie be a question which
Lope that these opposite objections would counterbatance could only to argued sum • precedent. And if they
each other. If the step now proposed to he: taken ad- found that the very Bill whkh home* called upon them
vanred the Catholic cause generally, it conlil not 'be to repeal originated in theCommone—if that, originally,
prejudicial to the great question. If indeeed 'it the Peers were not disqualified from sitting in their
*ere prejudicial to the main question, then it could Henso, and that the Commomiietatteed the measure which
not advance the cause, and the Honourable Ile- excluded the Peels, and increistid •tbe disqualifications
tenet ought rather to bail his motion with saris. •pon themselves, by legislatively exeluding-Oonsmoners
fiction, than to view it with that apprehension which lie —what, in the name of common sense, could be objected
had confc-seed. He would however candidly say, that to the measure he should have the boney to propose
In Ills opi.,ion, success in this motion would lead to- open this ground.—((leaf, hear.) Almostall the Penal
wards success m 101 the larger question, inasmuch as Acts against Catholic Peers had originated In the Com-
when ;rat iris gained of a whole, which consisted of a ,sons. The of the stti or Elizabeth, and the Acts
•' inter of ;parts, soch partial success detracted from Flee which affected the nishoirt, wee all originated in the
tiumerieal p!iflieulties that were 10 be conquered. nut House of Commons. How, then, was be to be
in another respect lie regarded the present motion as told that it would be offensive to their Lordships
that which woitlil monthlye to the final theme of the for that Hon., to entertaia a measure because it
Catholic que•stion, from the discussion which most tette related to their privileges. There was another ob•
glace. Discussion itself un a law which was really un- jection to which he would address a few ob-
-3:15:, be regarded as a great advance towards remedying nervations. It had been remarked by an Hon. Member
the evil. This was that which could not be put a stop opposite that it was very singular how he (Mr. Can-
to. Were the att:•iiipt made to put down discussion, it ring) could oppose Reform in the House of Commons
. would be also necessary to arrest the course of thought and support it in the House of Lords. ' Now as this
and the flight of time, for till this was done every hour ' was purely argurrientunt ad hominem,he should not have
that passed--every year that elapsed, toast bring thee held it as deserving much attention from the House. But
rent quo stion nearer to a triumphant close. lint every as the proposer of a measure like the present ought not
araminent that went to make it ap.war that costing to to stand with any 'slur of such a nature upon his
e. conclushin favoarable to this motion, a parallel con- principles, he hoped for pardon if he went a little
chision must of necessity he 1.111114. to on the greater into this part. of the question in order to remove what
q'testion, he would utterly limy that this question was difficulties it might by possibility throw in his way. It
the same as that, and one great advantage that he had often happened that the points upon which men piqued
on the present occasion was this, that his motion was themselves most were those which first exposed them
brought torward on more practical grounds, anti on a to accusation. Now he did think he (Meld make
narrower basis than the great question itself, which had out most clearly, that instead of having committed any
involved so many conflicting considerations. Hitherto inconsistency in this particular part of his conduct, it
it had been imputed to the advocates for Catholic Moan- it was one in which lie had been perfectly and strictly
eipalion that they did not 'tontine themselves to law and consistent. He had always said that those who bad
facts, but that wandering from these they expatiated on called upon that House for a Reform, must tell whe-
generalities, soaring to the heights of abstact principles, the; their object was to reconstruct any part of the
singing round the whole circumference of analogy, Constitution anew, or to recall it to any specific state
but sparingly on the laws of England or the British in which it was at any former period. If they an-
fainstitution. He should turn this argument to day towered that they desired to restore ie u it existed at a
from the supporters of his motion. Nothing that he former period, lie bad a tight to know what the nature
should oiler would justify them in entering into that ge- of the Reform was, as also the precise nature °file al-
areal argitinent which had heretofore been conneetcd tension contemplated, and as far as human foresight
with debates on Catholic Emancipation; and with all could calculate. what would be their eventual extent.—
leis reverence for general principles', be would call on I Now these tests he of course meant to apply to plaits of
t•:,oeit who did him the homier to give their assistance, Parliamentary Reform in their abstract; it could not be
to confine themselves to the precise tiles:ion which he I expected that information would be given upon all their
should bring before them, and to the precise Act of Par- details. To all these he was ready to cotform, and he
liament on which be founded his motion. lie however, would reply to them separately and nuequivocally. In the
was not one that was at all disposed to throw aside that first place he should say, that he was not going to eon.
measure in which he load ever taken so lively an street a new any addition to the House of Peers, but to
interest, that which sliotill concede to the C aholics all bring it back to a state in which it had existed at a for-
that they had a right to expert. He would only say mer period. He should then answer, that the period to
that lee would not have that In view on this day, but he which he would restore it terminated on the 30th Nov.,
would strictly anti honestly confine himself to the ino- Ifi7r . being the day on which the Royal Assent was
tior of which he had given notice, and [oohed for no- given to the Act which be now called upon them to re.
thing beyond what must inevitably result from carrying peal. He should further say, that the Constitution of
that, and front the progress of opinion. He hoped then the 'louse of Peers would then stand emelt as it had been
Ise M 1.13 in a condition to say, that those who objected to for time immemorial previous to the missing of that Act.
his motion, that it called for a decision on the whole This would be the extent of his wild and visionary plan;
sithieet. that their apprehension was not well founded, that it would go to the restoration of the rights of six
and to those who considered it likely to prejudice the English Peer:, and, by its future operation. it would
main question, that their alarm was equally groandleas. have the segue effect upou about as many Irish. lie
Mit some were so Mel, minded tit st they were Witter- thOlight he haul now shewn that betwas reedy to conform
rest about any progress being wade in the question, un- to the grounds upon which slue 10 considered any re-
less the whole donands of the CitholiPss were satisfied. form warranted. lie had shiner. that the reform be pro-
Sume even thought that the loss of his motion was to posed was safe and defined is its object, that it went to
he desired, not because the privilege's it sought to oh- . bring back the Constitution to what it once was, and that
twin were raluelese' but because these ob ained would it was limited in its operation. And he could not help
strip the advocates for thee Catholics of souse of those feeling that it would be attended with benefits equal to
topics of declamation which hail hitherto been at their any that could result from many larger schemes of em
couttnand. Much as be wished for the general success form of which he bad beard, and that too without the em
of the Catholic Question, he did not think it would be ring risk. He should now go back to the periods at
wise to give up the opportunity of gaining partial which the penal enactments egaiost the Cada/hummer
advantages, in order to enrich rotate debates. If in obtained, in order to chew that his object was net Ili
this he were wrong, the Catholics themselves had Li- make innuatiots, but to mutate theCoutiturion. He

eipsalkalsevighat they had been *petal los
re 6 and dangers whicirdi xi'
tiir e Ity that was imp I i
irvii
C is g erations wide e ' t
let, to L ell definite and precise notiot Of the ques-
tion.* it shied, it would be- -expedient —to- sake a sheet
-Prelim of the attire Vie Legislatnre-mailia trelnithO-
-1411 . Wilf..Mewilserlgteerh aotiff lifrAtl that lie was go.
in to raise up discussion upon all the different statutes
-*int-Mims was -nierelYli Aton in ic thearcoinig to
their beatings upon the taMiesi•Owe gfratilijett in do-
ktgthie woes be to dinhaarilsoie whisifromanapininial
enasainetion of thp biatorical facia
.coassectcd withfleon
bast misconceived the real meaning, mid, to, ilissintaget
some of the difirul:ies with ,w/tielii the/ ,weee limpid agy
I eaansinisig the Legislative enactments against BM
Catholics, be should divide. thew ender' three periods,
.Figst. that front the ltetounitioe, taltintAS it the 'qui
of Elisabeth, down to the *ruination, The tretrui
winild he limited to the reign of Chaeleoil.; and Al
thin{ divines would embrace the tisse-doesa the-Hero+
lotion downwsrils, to that period. of .16d. lute Majesty's
reign, whirs the relaxation of ikeseereinst lasts first 6..
gait. He would explain the realign 0 .Hifipneqjtai die).
sioa with regard to time. The sereilid pi the path
hiws which were passed between the :ifeformatiou an)
the Restoration, was accounted for by Aloe difficultiee
with which Elisabeth hail,* *mend for. the main*.
napes of her throne. They _wore in: some degree wars
ranted by the frequent recurrence of plots against her;
by the instability of a Yeliglori scarcely estaislisismlr apil
by the danger of foreign interference. All.tbese this
cosubinedos.ade the esta.dishusent softhe throneand of reli-
gion almost the saute thin:. I a taking theism lierio,l, from
the Revolution downwards, they etiossid not find exactly,
the same , but there were rises an exiled family.
divided parties, and violent feuds; and these political'
agitations naturally created dirialculgo;the Church.
' When Williams came to the Ciown.thete *as no molder
that he did not remove the disqualdrcations which they
Act of Charles imposed, and which was then only tem
years old. His business was to keep dryppthe acmei.;
of his predecessor to re-establish himself ..to make pd,-;
erful and effeosive efforts to render tbotssetteamts inepe-;
rative. In Ireland the consequence.of *outcries**.
were still worse than in England. •Tbn nerieelstedisti-;
jut of the measures adopted towards that country was lei
grind the population into the dust,ill'eitlikininatet#iri
race--to loosen the ties-of kindred.Usid treendkasUse,
bonds of society untenable. And wesilits dentin weii-1
teems/ ? No; but because the existence 'Of the Crewel
was inseparable from the establishment 'end ieetiiiti soli
the Protestant Church. Curing off thesn'tsio.ollo4i
then, the reign of Charles the Seen squid statistipr.
soloed, and marked by characteristtcs peculiar ..fp
itself. The whole reign was one internal etruggleAsoti
unaccompanied by external danger. The Church had!
its chief enemy near the Throne; and the penal enact-1
meets which were then made againstabe•VadmficAlhli
not descend from the Throne, but tossup front tbelPb-i
!lament. Still the house would be sarprlsed to tied that.
they had little to Join the way of removing dilfieultiesilailt,
what was shut up in this narrow chafing in the reiga pf
Charles the Second. The last relax.** which hid I
been granted in the penal enactments matador to this
Reetoration, hail removed them all. etaltit those inflict-
ed by the 3th of Elizabeth, the same *loch u•erqcoofirrie
ed by the 30th of Charles the Sacon.l. These was, Jades's!'
the 13th of Elizabeth also remaining, which prold-
spited all intercourse with the See of Rowe, hot that bad
fallen almost into disuse. All the penal ads passed time
the revolution had been repealed, excepting.thie of the
13th of Asa., wkn regard to the sdvowsoe of tiring*,
and smother for adalinistering certain oath* to civil and
military persons. The latter, indeed. he lieljevecito be
virtually removed by the Act of 1316. Almost every-'
thing or moment which remained to be removed waecon-
fined to the one period of our history, namely the reign
of Charles the Second. The discussion, therefore, would
be confined to that period. They could not be surprised
et !Indies. that under Charles and James (the littifil
Popish Prince), the people should look with suspicifin,
if not.at the subversion of the Protestant Cheich, it
least at the destruction of its spirit and its practice. 'fit
would be seen by the history of those days, that the pg
domirsteit dread of the House of Commons was the poi!.
sibility of the Popish succession to the Crown. Ag 4
when they took this as a clue, much would appear phis
which was otherwise involved in doubt anti coleus**
To this object of debarring the Duke of York from
cousin's to the Throne, must be referred the frequent trart
monstrances of the Parliament to the King against libii
Papists and the Duke of York, and the various ethyl'
expreseiens of ill will towards him. He did not at aft
state this as a matter of blame or with the desire of cast-
ing any imposition upon the Parliament, No one could(
look at qur history without coming to the conelusilit
that the attempt at making Papists ineligible to sit std
the House of Lords was intentionally direetel plait
the Duke of York, and that the Commons would ham
bees perfectly satisfied if they could save effected his so;
moval without inflicting the other penalties. When NW
Act of 1678 was passern in the Lords and returned toils*
Commons, but with a clause in favour of the Duke of
York, then in despair they made direct applications to
the King for his banishment, and removal from the sue-
cession. That intelligetrt and impartial historian, .
pin, stated that the (,ominous were governed all aloe
by this chief object, in the measures which they direct
against the Papas. What was the inference that he
rarest to draw from all this? That the Commons wen
wrong? No such thing. His inference was, that ire
havingnoeaase of alarm, were not justified in continuing
the penalties which they imposed when alarm and dan-
ger were most pressing. Had we a popish succession*
make es tremble for our establishment? and if not,
what was to justify our continuance in measures only
intended to guard against the presence of such &din.
ger. They often beard much of the wisdom of anti-
quity, and be should like to know whether the Aet
of 1678 received that degree of attention and cond.
deratiou which the wisdom of the present day would
dictate. The Parliament met on the 2fith of October,
and the Popish Plot was slightly alluded to from the
Throne. But this would not satisfy the Parliament ;
they immediately sent for the wit who had bees
examined, and issued warrants for the apprehension of
six Peers. After the expiration of seven days the Bill
was passed and sent up to the Lords. Thus allowing
one d.y for the Address, and the interveatios of Sun-
day, five days only were bestowed upon the considera-
tion of a measure which went to deprive some of the
highest personages in the realm of their just rights. A
period not greater than would be given in our time to
the passing of a turnpike Bill to cut through a road that ,
was necessary to be cleared at the shortest possible nts I
tice. Immediately the Bill was sent up to the Lords,
theygot the Lord Chief Justice's warrant for the appre-
hension of six Peers net of the eighteen "vho had seats
in that house. What must have been the feeling with
which the hoose of Lords went to the consideration of
the Bill under such circumstances ? They saw it came
before them at the moment that one-third of the per-
sons against whom it was directed were swept away to
prison. They, however, would not be goaded into a si-
milar line of conduct. The Commons sent day after day
'o know the reason why the Bill was not passed, and
When at last that object was accomplished, a clause was
added in favour of the Duke of York. In the interval
between the year 1673, at the passing of the Test Act,
and the year 1678, when this Bill was adopted, a Bill
was introduced into the 'louse of Lords, to administer
certain oaths to Peers, sunder the forfeiture of disqualifi-
cation. Upon this,. not only the Catholic, but other
oversee' Peers, and that no email umber either, joined

1. and
I its u

-7wmmemp
In a protest which set forth that the right of
sitting
the house was so inherent and inseparable from tile.,
that nothing could take it away from them, and it
wen
what the law must only take away with their lires. That
protest was adopted nom:btu/481v, and not by
smell house, there being 1117 Members present._
It was then wails an Order of the Lords Spiritual
and Temporal, that no oaths could be propestd
to them, the retrial which incgtzol the pe.mak
"OrrerTing their prrres Such an ordery
as this was paswil only thin yebri. bedbell the
.11C111 thllaiirkiNG4firalL mmi -

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how
74:tiatIlieumetette.temildendseesoktte show how those
tAtnp rejig& jte eertquelleit ie. each ,other. die did
mean to sag titse,,stathliogprder midis Hour of did
,pas monierria.le,46lltejaw et Hie land. Bet it skewed
411„1, teGist,(sayeseguLtqatiameimion of their calm deiihr-
ratelacialtietielsey 'wild not give in to the imeareaar
dee. Bowe of Commons, er the threats and, mittens of people nifiqiNkrbre. ';.ft 'Wis these •titintis At..; the
feet of the. politifi. Coriepliary which at last inniu,eci
'thine' fd sitreeWler Ascii. tatu judgment, and to irdli
,Weir peniWY dm:Witte robtithers of their own bode. Nara
,tereeshey to Areount for the Otter to which he had re.
.ferred, Iseing
,illowid to reliant on their Lordship,'
Journals after Hie Bill was anbeeimently pitied? Tie
, only explanatiouwas to he found in the inference, that
as theit alarms was teunporery, so were tine awes," t:ov
adopted iotearleg le be se. As is cases of the sespeii.
,ion of the Habeas Corpse, the act remaieed nntuuelnal,
so they meant diet the rights of Catholic peers 50.A.04
only be suspended until the storms of the day haw
bloom over. Arhnit that'. awl these acts of the Igegis.
(store were intelfigihle ; admit it sot, and it was hypos.
sible to unfits's.] their meinning, or the intentions of the
ieLwuntaoelditosh,ini‘yet:ito.hrf,seu.t
~.I,3;tpill:iiio.4..fisaltss eclukullidtat.:ltioplircilltte:pleiu:tesacatitiVis,iti,:wpos.ra:ylwis.ti hYka,:;:tatirliericellstirlir:lti
even he found in these days. when the business of leAis-
lature had ineremetilo nosh an extent. The liieht
Ifon.lientletuan then read pasenges from the prean,,bie
of the act,' and commented on their incoogriniy. La.
tholics weft therein denied access to the 1ii0.;.. An Ac:
was subsequently paaseg,whicit originated, iii the House
nf Commons, fee 'askspittlog, UstisoileVeers only into the
Royal presence,.—Thia mewed that there we, A distinct
pririhrgewhah lima Poisoned, and that they were the
inhereut Conesellors of the Crosso, and the removine ii
from them was .as infringement upon their nation
debts. The Right Hew. limit lemon thee alluded to tin.
differenee of the oaths tmeessarrte be taken hr Pen,
admitted to the presence of the Rim; after the oassine
of the Act in question, end tight- by 'which alone tbry
would he allowed to sit in Parliament. Was there erns
so strange en aominly as tisisi What! was it to be
said that a Peer in a temporal sod civil capacity was a
good couuselkir to the King, bur spiritually and err',
mattioally he was Jaywalked fee. a 414ln:tor? ti aid
God! was there ever such nonsense heard of? A Peer
might go to St. James's id pay Hia'-borpage to his Sore•
reign, and be there a geed aud deval subject, but the
moment he turned his horses heads seiraryta• the Pms,ea
4r Pailisipent, it was necessary:that In. should go befaie
a gagistrate, anal take the Oaths of Suoreinsey, before
he tumid be considered otherwise then a flange' Jos son.
jam.. Wes it possible that mar ancestors (mild have left
smite anomalies behind them witheat the existence of
some particular and urgent causes. These causes might
beloand la the feet, that the Bonn otlmidi.passed the
Alt 6f 4678 udder date's', and their intention to repeal
it-in better times. But anomalies did not end here. Is
the auspicious reign of our prompt gracious Sovereign,
aatonaahes were net wanting with regard to the situation
of Catholic subjekte.' For the first Hai e thesefhon lid years 1
they have lately elithomed the rereihony of. e Alosattlis
coronation. It Would be degrading that eel.. .irony to
the lowest pitch to consider it in tine light of a mere
pageant. It was the renewal of a relatifs cem?act W-
hiffet the King and his people, at which hoe eeceived the
helium of all classes of bit subjects. This took place
in the face of all Catholic and Protestant Limp., and it
was solemnised with that awful majesty which atteaded
upon a compact of such a mature between a Sovereign
and a free people. In this ceremony, the Catholic am
admitted to enjoy his rights and ptietlegm. And
amidst the proud train that graced the festival, who
week, that overtopped the whole, 'and stood the first
subject of the land? The Carbolic fluke of Norfolk!
Who was It that held the 'highest office in the cere.
usonial next to the Royal Family? "The Catholic
Dpk-e of Norfolk! Who was it that had the hi.
wour to drink publicly the health of the 31onarch,
and under circumstances which rentieredits reception
peculiarly gracious? Again, the Catholic Dike of
Norfolk! 'Aid Whilst ;be different.f.:derto of the world
i
.. Molt 'lltrktent It this scene, by their representatives, did
!itotede to the Catholic Austrian, or to the Catholic
?Pintrielltettn.that as soap as the ceremony teas over, the
.Catheiric Peer was to strip off Isis robes, and hone theist
We /peg until. throccurrente of another coronation
;that
call again liar their use. Did it occur to sheen
;that rdCliffotali lad been called there amongst the pa-
z
i thrapolitstraesliaoof of the
de
apagy,,
Was it to be imagined that those upon whom the chobe
and heckle of the Sovereign bad fallen, were held minor.
meat; Illisrokewtnhbey uw.al;itenciatndexipuireadnl
filo( a share in legislating to the country, which their
;Mary resence at such a ceremony seta an achnowledg.
Meet that they had a right to ? These iucoagruities
were not se light aii Gentlemen might imagine. He
would fay that it was Issuer never to let them exercise
their melts 4 all, unless all their disabiaties were re.
inovetf.„ Those wme.proud distinctions when enjoyed its
comeme.witia the other rights to which they were emi-
tted byllsirtb, but while they were shat nit from the Le-
gislatate,..they were dilly so Mlll7 painful remembraacea
of what (hey Lad lost. The Right lion. (ientlemao
then alluded to the Itoyal visit to Ireland, awl the King s
gracious favour to Laid Fingal, in narrating line a id!
A blue ribband. Ile read a portion of the preamble of
the Order of St. Patrick, and remarked upon what. the
feelings of Isis Lordship must have been, after receiving
the honour which his Sovereign had bestowed upon
him. But when he returned to his how, what must be
the first reflection that would embitter his sense of the
Royal favour. It would be that of recollecting, tint
the labourer npon his domains
possenaed a privilege
which was denied to him, camel), that of seeding lye
representative to Parliament. lie lad a, yet wily carn
sidered the consequences of the act of liiiz,, in their
political character. Ile had said, that that Art
was obtained under false pretences. But even.o
just
if its covered object of getting rid of the.lh
of York was se as be thought it wae.---1f ,hthe
etruziesteansciele of the Popisht was
n
i
five Catholic Peers had been as clear AS t'o• innocenee of
Date
Lord Strafford was Da uuiversally allowed to he.---efillb
should not have said that there seem just polities)
icoont,—Piirfac tyhe bad
gaduilt bei7fn as
the
grounds for such a measure. But oaten all these 77
knowu not to Ise true, there were no atonementise:til lich,z
Athfcranoocugehnttnboloot tdo,
amakedfotro
thtleiei
iligisiicnugo,ufo,:f titibe: lb
lightest
y.--
penalties upon genriations whirls ha. I passed away
Only six or seven years utter Lord Strafford wasbrought
the Lords for removing the attainder. He (toot sit :tut. 0
etosetchiettebdloc.
wke,rteliceolivtiticcusaseso,
fuppoen:juurlysof es eadvi da:Bc c;
Len
.I;,..e.iw..,e4nast,
and Itailin, and erguesi at seine length to shear
_ll.. :0
reason why the COMisiODS did not also pass t 1111
liter this was right or not; he bad only to a l.; 134!
we bad any reason for relating to nuke repuatioa to
"'trial's:4:p ht.° tou ndthei nt...'taht lesiorlicusil. wllielidniEduie;ol iti:enin'ratsontla
isv.si to. :lb!, ea'