The Statesman.
London, England, 1819-05-01 00:00:00

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Orel, pet down, the enormous rents now paid to
them for their land, could on longer be obtained.
end therefore they could not be fully brows/he over
to join in patting down that systems. The Right
Honiserattle &mem accused the Administration of
want of firannest. and a vacillation of conduct, highly
;rimless In the interests of Ireland. and of the coon.
try et large.—( Hear. hear. hear ! )
Lord CASTLEREAGH could not bet consider the
attack of the Right Honourable Gentleman upon his
Majesty's Ministers as wholly uncalled for—(Hear',
hear ! )—What vacillation bed his Right Honoetable
Friend, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, been guilty
of? He had done that which be was Wend to do, in
deference to Parliament. He had conceded to the
Gallant General bit motion, and 'honk it Fiala to
Inhabit his opinion to the consideration of a Cons.
millet', that the wisdom and attention of the Hasse
might be directed to it.—( (Hear, hear ! )—and this
she Right Honourable Baronet called vacillation.
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Mr.' BENNETT defended the lino of conduct
adopted by his Right lien. Friers(' (Sir 3. Newport).
lie saw what it was which induced the Chancellor of
the Eacheneer In consent to the motion of his Gal-
lant Friend; it was became the Right lion. Gentle-
man saw his most constant Moods and supporters
fatting from him. This had Gashed conviction on the
Right lion. Gentleman's mind, and although the
Nohle Lord might p de himself he had convinced
the flossy to the contrary, out of doors there would
be hot one opinion, namely, that Ministers bad to.
night struck, because they felt if they did not they
would be beaten. The Chancellor of the Etch..
quer had said, the first duty of Government was to
protect the revenge he differed in opinion from
the Right lion. Gentleman—the just duty of Go-
vernment, in his opinion, was to protect the morals
of the Peni•te.
The CHANCELLOR. of the EXCHEQUER
&Wed that he bail said, the first dirty of a G •
meat was to protect it,. resents.; %that he said was,
that his situation as Finance Minister called nn him
to watch over the reverroe.—(llenr, hear!)

After a few words from Mr. Parnell, Mr. Peel,
tiff G•n. flirt, rho motion was agreed tn. And it
was ordered, tbst the House Arnold on Friday neat
refnive itself into a Committee.

The Claims on Franco Bills was passed.—Ad.
jnerned at 11411. psst Twelve.

St. PHILIP A4lll .1 tler..—lifilidaV al t►e PObile

THE STATESMAN.

LONDON:
SATURDAY. MAY I, IRO.

The Political World was men hash than at
this moment, and yet the minds of men wets never
more smarm and agitated as to what may be done
eastward and westward for the satisfaction of the
Pahlie.. By the East, we mean, at the brie ever-
grown noose in 'l.l.readneedle-street, and by the
West the one equally dear to the Briton, and no less
erspicious to his hopes, in these times of agonising
distress. The Catholic Question is indeed more pe•
Idled than eccksiedicd, and is the one moat pro-
minent in the public view at this Instant. It will
have been seen by the Papers why it was postponed
for a few days, and we are sorry to sop that interim
employed by so g►eat an eatery against freeing so
large a body of our fellow.citinens from restrictions
that we will not be contented to say are simply ten-
just, bat are disgracefe Ito coot!nee. We are also
disappointed its same mestere to observe a cam.
pinion of lingerer in bringing forward the Catholic
Claims on this occasion. Is this ogling to an indo-
lent arising from a mildews of success. or is it a
1 half palsied effort from a dread of despair