The Statesman.
London, England, 1819-06-11 00:00:00

succeeded in passing his proposed Bill, the Cat holm,
would consider it as their emancipation. The Com.
wan Case of the land, at well as the Statute Law,
said, that no soon could pay true allegiance wales, he
owned sod swore to the sopremary of the King in
Church and State. If the Noble Eel's Bill passed,
that oath wash! he avoided, and it followed that the
Proteerant religion sod Government woold no longer
hi the King acid the religiose, as by law established.
se was 4,„fare woo conscientiously bound to oppose
It. Popery hat! done so much miselti.f in England,
that the Oath 4optronary was framed to sites the
vend sod inure the Deters of 'bat alleftianee wheels
was now 'ought to be desitoyed. And tie greet
vivifies, for their Letdships to &Imams *as, would
they al elite overtly, ti befit the Static and Common
JIM, she oui) awl the beet *sweetie' tut a Protestant
1G went soil Curren ? The tfrtile Luta !pl. en.
tend into an Ithtosiqat et r,sullt different Acts
from the 13.1. end €25.6 of 4 iwt 11 ,ro the period
when Kisig Williani 11l metalled the Throne, and
Untended. that all the reevisiont contained in
'them could be violated if the Bill before their
Lardshirl were passed into a law. Ile took the'
Test Oelta to prove himself • Protregus, and
'lto 'basalt that the Protestant, should not be
'walked to take such oaths es were refused by Ca.
Iholics. Dr. Paley was an whorl!) in support of
posiiirest, that religious tees might be required for
political allegiance, and !weever onashinnable it
might he to sulk of religion, span the maintenance
if the pro•aat ant religion depended the freedom, the
and the glory of the British empire.
Nol•le Lord rontioudi at great let.gth to comhat the
irgements of the Noble Mover of Ilse proposition,'
end ended* acre animated 'revs+, by coojet log their
Lordshi• s, es try valued the trust reposed in them
1, their forraehiela, not to baud it (loon diminished
It Impaired tr. 'heir pesterity.—(llear, hear!)
The Earl of lIARROWBY, in o • speech of con.
sirksehle Irsoeth, supported the proposithas of the
Nub:- last (Grey). Ile tither gerstioseed the pre.
twos) of their stirring up a discussion on the subject ;
bet hating been commeoced, mod feeling the justice
sef tfe principle. on ',hie, it was advocated, most
etel'ialiy antral for ii.e wood readisg of the BOL—
A Itligioull tee he did net think reqered to prose
allegiance;Nail •bereas fur 15(1 years theta 'listed
sotitiug more lien a deli test, which was Omagh.
vest. %sadist. The Canoes of the Council erfresit
sufficiently irsplaisied the grounds on w bkh dee Coe
%holies helieved in the intercession of Saints end tine
doettioe of Purgatory; slid however, as an iodivi.
dust, he felt justilled its condemning them, he still
was Moans in ,e pert the conscientious opinions of
'hose who fealty be::pied them to be warranted by
]).sine authority. lie wished to see the Smote-book
• freed rein these obnoxious espreseloos, sod con.
sidereil that Christiso charity required that they
should he rearmed.

Fart I.IATIWItiT said, the question before the
)letts• al•peered to be, stilettos the oath of Depressing
test guiltiest to vatted' the Catholics from becoming
blent:.ets of the Legislator& It must be obviates to
sr. Noble Leeds that it eat ro; ; or why bad the
Declaration of Charles 11. been passed ? It was
found 'MI in be efroet•el. Thar Deci•ration had beets
m addirlooal cheek, which wesarloy amid
coh.rui to ousel. lu the meow 6iil, this oath
of •uprvmooy ass recited, as else were the Acts of
with S:otland sod Ireland, dlr. Au of tits, 3111
of George 111., and time oath teqeired to be takes
1,+(11 been intiodeced at fell length. Ile most oppose
the motion.

Earl GREY, in reply, said, he could not allow
the ob 110111 of the Noble Earl who bad last ad-
dre••ed their Lordships to puss unnoticed, however
shat Noble Lutri might be disposed to thick some
ulterior object was in view ; he hoped that Noble
Lord slid their Lordships were too well contuse-ode
the frankness *Ph which he stated his ititeedests to
suppose that he would bare mouse to any istsidioe•
means of obtaining it. As to the oath that had been
introduted Witte preamble of the Bill, be was• will.
ing in acknowledge that it would hare bete welt
hail it byre omitted, and if the Bill shoeld be
alloseil In go lets a Committee, ha ►hould eel
object to Its being espanged from the preamble.—
The Declination of Charles 11. had beets passed, not
because of the inefficiency of the O.th of Soprent tea
but in consequence of the Act of I's counire by the
Earl of Sitallord, where attainder still preas.d hely!.
ly on his family ; an Act of judicial •urder, which
elicited the utmost abhorrence. Ile had entertained
a hope that the motion would haver been tlitletently
received ; bet since he found that doctrineuhe bad
supposed to here horn obliterated hod egoist boos
brought forward, he did cot salicipals a Immoral&
molt.

Stringers were then ordered to ',Mary,* ma sip
11 ease divided—

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