fering, and without surviving his faculties, which I dreaded still more. You saw enough of him, to estimate highly both his worth and his intellectual merit; but he was one of those, who are well known only to intimate observers, and whom a friend could not know intimately without making daily discoveries of virtue and wisdom and sensibility. Under that calm and cautious exterior, and behind that modesty which was most apparent, there lay the utmost warmth of heart and anxiety of kindness, and an ardour for all good things fresh and sincere as any of us felt it in youth. And the wonder of all was, that he had preserved this through London and through Westminster Hall, and through all the habits of a lawyer's life. I have seen no such man altogether, and shall see none such any more.

You will not think it odd, that I have not said any thing of the friendly letter I received from you, while I was on the last spring circuit. I took it as you meant it; as the interposition of your authority as a friend, rather than opening a controversy with me. I think I could justify myself on many points, where you have mistaken me, or been misinformed about me; then there is a great allowance to be made, in your judgment of my conduct, for the considerable difference of opinion that still exists, as it has always done, between you and myself upon some fundamental points of politics, both foreign and domestic. I do not mean to say, that my views are right, and yours erroneous; that is a separate discussion; but that my opinions being allowed me, my conduct is to be estimated with reference to them, as every man will square his line of action for the opinions which he conscientiously believes to be well-founded. I will not pursue this any farther; I have read your letter repeatedly, which was what you intended me to do; and

though I hardly confess myself as wrong on any particular as you think me, I feel sure that your advice will, even more than I may at the time be aware of it, keep me from going wrong.

My dear Seymour,

Affectionately yours,

FRA. HORNER.

Mr. Horner addressed the House of Commons for the last time on the 25th of June; and it was in the cause of religious liberty and of Ireland. The wrongs and mis-government of that country had made a deep impression upon his mind: he felt that the harsh, intolerant, and ungenerous treatment of so large a portion of her people left a stain upon the character of England, and engendered a spirit of discontent, which impaired the strength, and endangered the safety, of the empire. Had his life been spared, we may safely affirm that he would have laboured, with unwearied zeal, to promote every measure that was calculated to advance the prosperity, and secure the tranquillity, of Ireland.

Sir John Cox Hippesley having brought up the Report of a Select Committee, appointed to inquire into the laws and ordinances of foreign states, regulating the intercourse between their Roman Catholic subjects and the See of Rome; Mr. Canning rose and said,—"That having been one of the majority which, on a former occasion, prevented the purpose of the honourable baronet from being carried into execution, he was desirous of showing the difference which existed between that period and the present. Then the measure proposed would have had the effect of impeding the progress of a

Bill before the House; and, rather than delay a Bill of such consequence, he had no hesitation in declining the information which the honourable baronet had it in his power to give. But, on the present occasion, the honourable baronet could not have a warmer supporter than himself; nor had he the least hesitation in saying farther, that the information contained in the Report was necessary to the having the question fully understood. Deeply as they were all interested in the final settlement of the question, that settlement could only be valuable, in so far as it was founded on the firm conviction and cordial assent of all parties. He was anxious that it should now be finally set at rest, not on the romantic notion. that, with it, every feeling of animosity would, at the same time, subside; but because he believed that the question was one, without the settlement of which no other evil in Ireland could be radically cured; it was not only an evil in itself, but it was made the pretext for many more, and it aggravated them all. He was more and more convinced of the necessity of emancipation; and that with the conditions which it might be thought advisable to annex to the boon, the final settlement of the question ought not to be delayed. To this final settlement the Report of the honourable baronet could not fail greatly to contribute."

Mr. Horner said, "He could not help congratulating the Catholics on what he had heard with so great satisfaction, the sentiments delivered by the right honourable gentleman (Mr. Canning) who had lately acceded to the ministry. He could not help inferring, from the manner in which, as well as the occasion when, these sentiments were delivered, that they might look forward with better hopes and expectations, than they had ever yet had, of a speedy settlement of the great

question of Catholic emancipation. When he coupled those sentiments, which the right honourable gentleman had just delivered, with the circumstance of his recent accession to the administration, he felt convinced, that the right honourable gentleman would not have expressed his increased sense of the importance of a final settlement of the question, unless he had previously come to a distinct understanding on the subject with the rest of the administration; and he felt this conviction the more strongly, when he called to remembrance the very manly grounds on which the right honourable gentleman stated, some time ago, that he had declined acceding to the same administration. He hoped, therefore, that the right honourable gentleman had not delivered his sentiments on this occasion merely as a member of parliament; that, in the next session, the question would not come before the House, as usual, merely in consequence of petitions from the Catholics; but that it would be officially brought in, by those who held the most prominent place in the councils of the country, and that they would no longer have to witness that trifling which, year after year, had been displayed, of men filling the highest situations of the government holding out this as a measure of the most vital importance, declaring that no measure with regard to Ireland was likely to be attended with any good effect if it was not carried, that Ireland could not otherwise be tranquillised, - and yet leaving a measure of such vital importance to the country, to be brought forward, not by themselves, but by those who could not have the same weight with themselves, and whose efforts could not, therefore, be expected to be attended with the same success.”

Bill before the House; and, rather than delay a Bill of such consequence, he had no hesitation in declining the information which the honourable baronet had it in his power to give. But, on the present occasion, the honourable baronet could not have a warmer supporter than himself; nor had he the least hesitation in saying farther, that the information contained in the Report was neces sary to the having the question fully understood. Deeply as they were all interested in the final settlement of the question, that settlement could only be valuable, in so far as it was founded on the firm conviction and cordial assent of all parties. He was anxious that it should now be finally set at rest, not on the romantic notion that, with it, every feeling of animosity would, at the same time, subside; but because he believed that the question was one, without the settlement of which no other evil in Ireland could be radically cured; it was not only an evil in itself, but it was made the pretext for many more, and it aggravated them all. He was more and more convinced of the necessity of emancipation; and that with the conditions which it might be thought advisable to annex to the boon, the final settlement of the question ought not to be delayed. To this final settlement the Report of the honourable baronet could not fail greatly to contribute."

Mr. Horner said, "He could not help congratulating the Catholics on what he had heard with so great satisfaction, the sentiments delivered by the right honourable gentleman (Mr. Canning) who had lately acceded to the ministry. He could not help inferring, from the manner in which, as well as the occasion when, these sentiments were delivered, that they might look forward with better hopes and expectations, than they had ever yet had, of a speedy settlement of the great