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Monday , February 23 d . The Duke of Clarence declared his sentiments on the Catholic Question . These are , and have ever been , favourable to the claimants ; but his Royal
Highness having always been impressed with the futility of attempting to settle the question without the aid of Government , abstained from expressing his opinions , being firmly determined not to embarrass the Government by a factious opposition .
This unequivocal declaration by the Heir Presumptive—as firmly delivered as it was strongly expressed—made an evident impression on the Peers , and gave great umbrage to the Duke of Cumberland . The Duke of Cumberland expressed the astonishment he felt when he heard
factious motives imputed to those who were hostile to the Catholics ; and his still greater astonishment , at the unfair attack made upon him personally , and vipou others , by the application of the term " infamous" to their opposition . His conduct had been , he thought , always fair and open , and honourable and can-
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did , upon this question , both in that House and out of it . The Duke of Sussex said , that the Duke of Clarence had applied the terms of reprehension to the Opposition in general—not to any one opponent in particular . If " the Duke of Cumberland applied the words of condemnation to his own conduct , that was his owu taste . When , however , a Message came from the Crown , recommending to Parliament
the consideration of the question of Catholic disabilities in a constitutional way , and in such a manner as may be found consonant with the safety and security of the Protestant Church and the rights and liberties of the people , it certainly was not extraordinary that his brother should express his surprise at the course pursued in opposition to his Majesty ' s declared wishes and intentions , and that he should characterize that conduct as base and infamous .
The Duke of Clarence denied that he either did or could apply the expression which had been alluded to in reference to his illustrious relative ; but the fact wa . % his illustrious relative had spent so much of his life abroad , that he had quite forgotten what was due to the freedom of debate iu this country . ( Hear , hear . )
Tuesday , Feb . 2 Ath . Dangerous Associations * Bill , On the motion of the Duke of Wellington , the order of the day was read for the third reading of the bill . The Marquis of Anglesey , after disclaiming any wish to throw impediments
in the way of his Majesty ' s Ministers , spoke as follows : —My Lords , this bill is an ungracious act ; it appears to be nothing less than a gratuitous insult . My Lords , it is useless and nugatory : it is a work of pure supererogation : it is an enactment against a thing which has no existence . The Catholic Association is defunct . It dissolved itself upon the prospect of brighter days . What , my Lords , gave birth to the Catholic Association ? Harsh , unjust , oppressive , and offensive laws . Remove a cause , and the effect necessarily ceases : repeal the grievous penal enactments , and the Association is annihilated : it cannot revive ; it
would have no sou on which to vegetate As far , then , as the Association is concerned , the law will he utterly useless . Let us now consider it as it will affect other societies . What generated the Brunswick Clubs ? There is not a noble Brunswicker present who will not at once say , the Catholic Association . They
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Intelligence . —Catholic Question . 291 '
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John Emblem . A . Stewart . Henry Townley . John Richards . Jno . Humphreys , L . L . D . J . E . Richards . Wm . Williams . Ingram Cobbin , A . M . Wm . Stern Palmer .
Thomas Griffin . Jos . P . Dobson . Stephen Mummery . Thomas Hunt . W . H . Murch . Jos . Hughes , A . M . Wm . Newman , D . D Joseph Den ton . Edwin Chapman . John Marsom . Henry Pawlin .
James Dean . Wm . Deering . Jno . Knight . Jno . Campbell . John Blackburn . James Elvey . Griffith Roberts . James Vautin . George Smallfield . Samuel Tomkins , M . A . Thomas Blundell . Thomas Harper .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), April 2, 1829, page 291, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2571/page/67/
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