The Statesman.
London, England, 1821-04-18 00:00:00

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vial proeres!in.:s, IN: still held their eoesistorial courts.
in ; and even took upon them to rriOnt
of their on n religion from'soeletr. by Pao4lng
ai evcatptmotiration against diem. Would their Lord-
sliipc:ty. that tliii was not an exercise of ecclesiastical
jnrisdietiun ? Therexereised a similar jurisdiction nit's
respect to marriages and divorces. Ne assure,' thi•ir
4,,rdsbips he should be happy to save them the tronble
o' helti::,* him : but it was impossible for bitu not to
as he now did. Some persons
surtpose that he was actuated by prejudice*:
hut that was not the case. lie felt that the laws

rncrt rest on principles which should stand the ti st
of general application; and were not ►wade to
•ua particular interests. Ile conclnded with gnot w".
antli.lritieq in support of his opinion, and declaring hi,
si^t trut;nation to uphold the Protestant religion, as the
surest means of preserving the liberties of the country.
The Bishopof NORWICH said a few words in expla-
nat;on of what had fallen from hiu► on the preifetiing

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• herd VIIIF declared that, often as he had
givtot his opinion on this important question, the
opinion trot only remained unchanged, hot that his
strong conviction was now more contirnied than ever it
had been. IN all the aremments he hail heard fur and
azain :t this qnestion. On all former occasions, this
'0e...0n had come before Parliament by the exertions
of
i.oli&itluals, and whatever authority might have
ten derived from the talents of such great men. it
sow came before them in a widely different form : for
the questio • now came before them, not with the re-
conommtlation of any •reverence for their memories,
tut by tl e recommendation of the other branch of
lee•islature, where it had been disinsseil with a de-
I•heratioo hitherto not experienced. That great body
o representatives of the people had, after most me-
mo- delibeottion, declared that this great measure of
justice daght to he adopted. And would it be said,
l'-at in constootetwe of some verbal objections to the
Bill, i• a.es not to hr entermined by this lionse He
it :I lini e that this was nut the way by which the Bill
on •Lt to be eticonr ter.ol. 'flee proper mode of
saes nine o•its, to consider whether fe'nr ?trillions of
'owe on.dit to lie excluded from the benctit
the I:ritish tonsil tuition. merely on areonlit
eotertainino certain relic-ions opinions. lie was
ue...rly at •& los to conceive on what prineiple of
we -ilium or „t-tire. it conk' be urged that their Lordships
onli refuge to enter into !he full consideration of this
se,es'ion. It was 1t terle impossible to disruss this tm:.
t•- on the grounds set forth by the Noble and Learned
four I If lie agreed in the sottetnenot of the Learned
i.e siviCal still enter into the most ample discos.
•ei tlue tom-fie:l. In all that the Noble and Learned
- respect to the iolittence of relig?on 'you
t'• • lu of ?lee community. he fully concurred. Ile
6:" rc.i al.o iu every commendation which that Nohle
pool Learnea Lord gave to the purity and discipline of
t'•e otestant Church ; and no man was more ansitio4
t. noholul that Church than himself. Butt the question
e•as mut as to the preference of faiths. Their Lord-
s' the ilanian totholie religion prevaleng. to a go,-at
vstrn: tliege realms. tool his object In snpporting this
to render that religion less prior:ire of
t'•e o •0i..1e of this nation, than it now was.
w the o•dicy of this contory to oppress awl
r-rst...too the pro:i.s.ors of that reli;• ion. and to con•
f••-ate th..ir puoilerties. Upon the result of that pu-
l'ee, Ile 1,.h eve,! there was !tow no second opinion.
Nr.! le poll foot:tool Friend contended, that tl.ey
s • 1 !id le •r.• Olin Twitter as it was left by king
oe. Ao•I ve• his \Mile a:Iu! Learned Friend, in the
~.vet e said that they tunoht to take their stand
is • ilao now u.oe. The whole of the principles
wt.!: !1 hies William acted were shaken—nay.
ta-o'le to- otlitewn, he the system which had been
tu..' tired. a::1 in his opinion, happily followed, for the
t"" Lear.)-lln his io•ioion, how-
,it v. .4 Mud on the Bev-lotion to trite up the
;• ,• e of t-lioions exclusion to that great event.
bac!: a'; the reisfu of Elizabeth, repeated
a •••:".I`;4 were 11134 to COI:yell the Rowan Catholics
u: ! • :•1 I • I r unf.urin to the Prot. -ova
t: o'.l-et tended the cations sta..ute& which
v • cra.-te eaten this snhjeet. Penre arose the
p .te•ltives ao,l the rootl4,.ations which followed.—
• “:!' 1.1.4 forte years they haul 1.-en 31.titig in direct
tu,;7.).•••'tian to that tsv ;tem they had repealed many of
t::ase cruel laws which had diseraced the Statute
▪ : they had epetied to the Rom tit Cal /19lit'S many
chierts which were estee.neul honourable and
s it it wis admitted that there way
1C .1* it` t1•0' Iluotg of the empire a utass of people in-
c able t.l the functions of I: teal -objects,
t cv hat conelnsion wouthl that melancholy fart lead,
es t Ong of 'et. :min: all their steps, or eK•
nj that people entirely from the bosom ut
th. coutn:ry .• fiat if ttießotnatt Catho:ies were ac-
irrtawlea:.e:l un all sides to be a **alibied and brave
were they fo• a moment to &Wit the im-
p ..iey arid' injustice of such a proc:•eitine• Ilis
.a.:hie Friend on the other side of the Roost. last
e'e3lut. made an apt allusion to the Arablan fable of
a giant, who when the phial or the chest was opened.
et hrge.l his dimensions, and touched the clouds with
1' head, and after was disposed to destroy his bent.-
la..tor. lie ronld not help thinking that his Nolilt.
Ft sena IV:1f a lit tie ton late in this allusion, for it roold
aoply only to the first openintr of tier chest. The
c.•est had bug since been opeued, tl.e giant. hail ex-
fimileded beyond its measure ; bal, instead of an evil,
it appeared to him to be a most beneficent spirit. 1 u
parsue the tale, he believed that ithe talents ami vir-
tues of the Rev. Prelate for this diocese, great
as they were, and no man admired them more
than himself, could not now persuade that spirit
to reduce himself to his original tilmensions.—
I t was said that they had felt the benefit of their present
situation, that they ought not to remove from it. 11e
ackrowledged that toereenove from that sitaation would
he a great change, bat for that reason he conceived it
might to be gradually made; heronse it was a great
change. If the act of 93 was to he considered a final
measure, he mast think that it was a measure fraught
with great imconmaiensw. Bat he bad always con-
sidered. that act as a atop to prepare the way for
further rontandiaos. Ho knew
.aothiag in the asestirw.
tine which withhold from one class what it pee to
another. it was the fubllasiontal primiple of this thr-