self to oppose the Maynooth Grant[a]. [Hear, hear! and a hiss]. Under Protestantism we had become what we were, and how could we lend our countenance to the faith which we believed to be opposed to the liberty of conscience and to the freedom which Englishmen held dear? We had a Protestant House of Commons, and should maintain by every means in our power the Protestantism of that House. He believed that Lord Pevensey would agree with him that it was our duty to oppose both the Maynooth Grant and the introduction of Jews into Parliament If we had so long flourished under our Protestant institutions, why should we seek to change them? After a few more words, the speaker introduced the candidate on whose behalf he had spoken.
Lord Pevensey, who was received with cheers, had to solicit the indulgence of his hearers for the few words he should be able to utter. He had been suffering severely from influenza, which had affected his chest and his voice, and did not think those who were in a distant part of the round could possibly hear him. He wished it to be understood - because Mr. Dodson at Brighton had intimated it - that there was no collusion between himself and Mr. Frewen [Speak Out!] Beyond the base communication of his intention to stand for Leicestershire, nothin had transpired between Mr. Frewen and himself. Here the talking and walking about became so great that his Lordship was obliged to stop; but the chairman having appealed for attention, the (still almost inaudibly) remarked that many thought that if anyone proposed a reduction of the Income-tax to its old state that person was one who was induced to cut down taxation altogether, but that was not the case; yet there was no reason after the war was concluded why that special tax should be continued. His Lordship next referred to the hop duty, the repeal of which he should vote for. Many who were Free Traders, but Conservatives in heart, would not support him because he had been a Protectionist; but whatever measures he had supported in those time, now as the matter was passed by, there was no special interest in it. He, himself, was one of those who went as a deputation to the Chancellor of the Exchequer to repeal one of the last protective duties which still existed - namely, the Excise Duty. With respect to the Maynooth Grant, he should certainly vote against the Maynooth Grant, but also every other grant from the national revenue to any particular religious body. Such a man, he thought, would vote for the separation of Church and State. His Lordship next criticised Lord -
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