... supported the Liberals on the grand questions of Catholic Emancipntion. and the iepeal of the lone and Corporation Atli). Perhapn the greatmit 'speech be ever was in support of Catholic Emancipation, when he appeared on the platform side by with mach ...

... nt. Catholic emancipation—granted at last in 1829 should have been ptrt aqd parcel of the Act of Union, hut George the Third took such a strict view of his Coronation Oath that his oonscienee would not allow him to give assent to an Emancipation Hill ...

... admittedly not an orator, but was keen debater, with a quiet strength of argument that was effective. He supported Catholic emancipation and the repeal of the Cora Lows, and his name will also be associated repeal the Test and Corporation Acts, and the ...

... the period thus: “Protection reigned triump ant ; Parliamentary representation in had scarcely an existence; the Catholics were un- emancipated ; the Test Act unrej > Men were hung for etealiog a few shilli in a dwelling: house; no council allowed to a prieoner ...

... clergymen whom heard many years ago bewailing ' pop’lar election” and tracing all the evils of the time to the Act for Catholic Emancipation. Their pulpits have long been occupied by other men, but their spirit survives in the Secretary for the Education ...

... the of the oath which the ereign obliged by statute to take, ea being speeiallv provocative to the religious feeltop of Catholics, and as causing the deepest pain to millions of his Majesty'a Some of the organs of public opinion have treated the inatter ...

... of } also the Ministry had been defested by Mackint the Criminal Laws, Four days before, Gr: , the motion f + Roman Catholic emancipation ha: ut cerred in the teeth of the Tories. Ham mot'on wes now adopted by 149 votes to 1 pub- by a majo it; of 5. “Ths ...

... addressed large meeting on the the House of Lords the subject of Catholic Apocrypha controversy. There is a sketch of Emancipation. The motion favour jj, Thomson’s appearance and methods. Catholic claims was moved hr the Marquis of —no,, j*. '..toot, msnlv ...

... Court-house. } but the Court was to: From a fi ttle after ten in the m till twelve at night.” 4.—There was excitement over Ca Emancipation. to the m the ans were | the te the only one of the s it Noithern Counties that has had recom ae 2 a 2: eee oY = tery last ...

... (Szcoxp No. EX. The year 1829 is memorable for the p ef the Catholic Emancipation Act. necessity for the measure was forced Duke of We'lington and Sir Robert P the condition of Ireland. long supported the proposal, but it fel Government to carry it into ...

... not bear scrutiny. Grant naturally favoured the people whom ho knew and respected. In Parliament favoured the Catholic claims for emancipation, and opposed the warlike policy of Lord Wellesley in India. His practical sagacity seems to have been his most ...

... political personages. Grant was out of office when the Duke of Wellington and Sir Robert Peel passed the Act for the Emancipation of Catholics, but he approved of the measure, and gave it his cordial support. When he re' urued to office President of the Board ...