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“ I am far from wishing to see this duty enforced by the enact-ment of legal penalties ; but the time, I think, approaches, whenit will be admitted by enlightened Catholics themselves, to be aduty; and when that time is fully come, government will haveno suspicions, learned individuals no apprehensions, and Protest­ ant populace no prejudices against Catholic subjects.

“ This time approaches ; and its motion will be accelerated, ifgovernment permits every man to exercise, in the expecteddebate, his uninfluenced judgment. I have no expectation of afavourable issue at present, even on that supposition ; but theCatholics , I trust, will be satisfied with the decision, though itshould be unfavourable to their wishes ; and wait till, by a conti-nuance of their loyalty to the King, and of kindness towards theirfellow-subjects, every prejudice against them shall be removed.

“ I have the honour to be, with great respect,

“ Your faithful and obliged servant,

“ R. Landaff.”

The day after I had sent the preceding answer to Sir John CoxHippesley, I had the honour to receive a long and interesting *letter on the Catholic question, from the Earl of Hardwicke, con-veying an hope,; that I would give my support to it either inperson or by proxy. I returned immediately the subjoinedanswer : —

“ My dear Lord, Calgarth Park, April 2d, 1812.

“ My sentiments on the dangerous state of the empire so per-fectly coincide with Your Lordship’s, that I sincerely lament my