The Statesman.
London, England, 1822-01-29 00:00:00

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it flourished. Since the press bad been let loose by
revolution. literature was ruined. He regretted

, the project did sot go further : it only provigho,::
(sins% fat are attacks on religion. but he wished it
adverted to those which an passed—to attacks
Which ars ioustaatlY renewed by reprinting. He hoped
neglect weld be repaired.
General Foy followed, and argued agaiad the arti-
cle with a freedom and boldness. which occasiosed
enasiderable tumult He condemned not merely the
project of flee law, bet the gist's of the goverment,
as malting distinctioss between &tercet religions. It
traded, be said, to proselytism, sod to excite discord
in society. They bad a proof of this. They had
doubtless n/1 read that /ems/bible petities—(riolest
moraturs)—that affair which they bad viewed with so
mach iodulgenee. bad made a differeat impression in
'England, and its fruits would be seen is the approach.
ing Seines of the British Parliament It will retard_
it will, perhaps, p the emancipation of the Ca-
tholics. The Cathelic religion, being that of the ma.
jority of the country and of the Government, needs so
Otis:alto protection. it is the character of win
!alive that they defend minorides ; sad if that rep
tioo be trim with respect to religion as well as politics,
it is to other faiths, and not to the Catholic, that se.
caritke ought to be afforded. The Hier was s
Catholic. but there wan eo law to prevent hiss
from becoming. a Protestant if he pleased. The
General then observed. that if the press required rep.
Istion, it was not with respect to political or religion
discussions. bat to libels on private individuals. The
Memoirs of Madame Despinay aid the Doke de Lae.
sun were read by every one; and yet they were mare
ncischievous that say writiegs ea goveransest sad
religion could be. He next coadetnned the law of de
17th Feb. 1921, which bad rted establisbnews
of education, kept exclusively by ecclesiastic., late
eolleges. The usurping spirit of the Catholic ten.
Rios bad caused great disorders in the provinces.—
Every this( that was passiog coabrourd the opinion
that the Clergy were forming a political spraystese
After strongly censuring the missionaries who now
cover Fraser. be concluded by declaring MLA be we'll
vote ageism the bat article in particular.
M. Detain maintained that the project which had
been presented was not socoastitetional, for the 3.514
article oldie charter I to &tare laws the regula.
trion of its press. As to the suonelasent of the on
miller, be highly approved of it. Ile vindicated the
Jesuits, as a body, thouzh be admittel that some is•
dieidnalsif that society did sot deserve to be license.
M. de Xeratry attacked the Jesuits and the Old Go.
verament. Wet a return now to ha colored of al the
leorroptions of the old Comm, and all the state ales ‘,l
hed•elramber gentlemen? Tim law proposed was ale
surd or the face of it, uuless it wss really want to
forbid Catholic priests fmto_ lawman their see h.

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Natioa to all oat of the Catholics pale.
M. thi Contrthitier spoke in favour of, sad N.
de St. Abash, opposed the project. M. Laboardea•
aye supported the project. and U. Naomi la a hog
speech, went over the argetattots which bed bees
urged against it. Count do Set ref argacd that' the sr.
tide seder consideration was ascessary to ameod the
law of 1819. It did not affect liberty of eonerieset,
nor would it prevent controversy between two app•
site opiaions.
Tbo closing of the debate being then requi:ed,
Preaideat stated the question and the ameadmests
moved be M. B. Collates* and M. biand.l. M. B.
Coasting ob el, that the object of his amendewst
wag to expanse the words " cries led menaces" spies
teliei ns, which in the law of 1819. This anal.
meet wet rejected by a peat majority. A debate that
arose on M, Mame •I's ameodast ate; t e first of which
tended to diminish the penalties ; the s•cond bad fa
its object to declare that th- law should in no way afftrt
the right of religi us coutroverty. After a leer and
warns discussion, both tit, se eamedments were rejected.
The question was then put on the first article—Alt
the members ma the left tempt ear thee withdrew into
the Con.erence Chamber, sad the *first sable eau
adopted. Adjourned at is o'cloc!:.
tin Saturday. the debars began l y the Presides; mat-
ing the served evict. of the projet t. inflicting an in-
prisonaseat of front three months to five years, awl
flue of front 300 to 6.000 f . for attacks stn the
Royal dignity or attli rarity Oa this article et
Committee had proposed to raise the maximum of the
fise from 6,000 to 8,000 f . Two anseadmests had
been proposed by Deputies ; one, by Deseret Seho•
Wei, for inserting the word " constitutional" after
"royal &admit, ;" the other, by liewerat 'Fey, Id-
Betted the form of the article, anti would render it se
smeary that it should be drawn up anew. It tesolrel
tato these terms:—" All attacks by one of Ik
said means against the inviolabilivi of the King's?,
son, the order of &accession to the throve. the C ,OP
tatiumal authority of the King, and thaCleamhers,sld
be punished, 6:e." A desultory debate ensued, in width
I menthert took a part. 'rite Minister of the Ft
Dance supported the article as it stood, sinre 1K ited
learned that writings which attacked the Aitken:y.4,
the Sint had eseaprd ettedeinnatiom, siree
constitutional authority" of the King ar,o, not nu^ tek
After a number of ntetuhers had spoken, the Pre4int
put the question on the different amendment. shirt
had been moved. They were all rrjectrd ; only the
mentLers of the extreme left voted for them. The Pie
sident then notified that be was going to pot the
Owl on the 2d article, when almost all the member,
of the left immeJiately withdrew into the Wif?
and the conference chamber, and the article was to
*piteously adopted by the remaining member.
somber about 250 or 260.
The right side the. loudly demanded that the
third article should he pit to the vote
"Art. 3.—A. ;Stack by any of these meta*, es
tk
rights guaranteed by the ith and 9th articles of
teastitatit nal antler. shall be punished by in itapf•
sonment fetes one moth to three years. and by aiv
of from 100 to 4,0.4 Irises." -
Y. Dounreay. hating with 'test difficulty peered
a burlap noted that the words " the articles id' sad