The National Register. — London, England, 1808-05-23 00:00:00

• ; •; E.O HOUSE 01' LORDS. MONDAY, MAY MAY 23. , CM,a= power, and which they break as soon as they need no hiller. Thi-i is the reward is hich the liospodar w ho invited the Russian' Into the principality, receives for his attachment. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. The Cork Duty Bill, the Child Stealing Bill, and several pri ♦ate Bills, were brought up from the Commons, and read a first time. TN EARL OF SUFFOLK observed, that on a former night he had expressed a wish to know the amount of the Droits of the Admiralty, which being now ascertained, he was satisfied on that point ; but seeing a Cabinet Minister (Lord Camden) in the House, he was anxious to be informed, whether Ministers in tended to comply with hi: second wish, namely, to communi cate the purposes to which so large a sum of money had been applied. He conceived it of the utmost importance that the public should he acquainted with the use to which those very large sums had been converted ; if appropriated in a way bene ficial to the public, Ministers surely could not hesitate to ausw•ea his question ; he hoped, therefore, to hear a satisfactory expla nation on this important subject. No answer was given.—Adjourned. TUESDAY, MAY 24. THE INDICTMENT BILL. A debate took place upon the Order of the Day for commit tit% the Indictment Bill. LORD ERIIKINL objected to that part of the Bill which ova- Wes the Attorney General, in ex-officio informations, to proceed without personal notice to the party, and said it was calculated to invade the rights and liberties of the subject ; and should bad man fill the office of Attorney General,.might be converted into a dreadful engine of oppression. LORD Sr 4 vetorE said nu one could support the Bill ; in short it was a " blasted" Bill, at it not only invaded the liberties of the subject, but was peculiarly oppre ss i ve t o th a t c l ass o f peo ple who most needed protection, namely, the destitute and friendless. Lchtn HOLLAND said, it was so infamous in its principle that he should divide the House upon it. A division then took. place, for going into a Committee, 15— Against it, S. Thu Bill was then committed, and the House adjourned. WEDNESDAY, KAY 25. The House met at two o'clock, and it was agreed that Coun sel Should be heard in the Banbury Peerage Cause on Tuesday next. Qn tbe motion of Lord Stanhope, the 3d reading of the Indict ment Bill was axed fur Monday n ext, an d the House ordered to be summoned. Twelve private Bills were brought from the Commons; after which Mr. Harrison was heard at the Bar on Major Bland's Di vorce Bil', and tli House adjourned. TODRIMA it, rIAY 26. The Rouse did not meet this day, it being Holy Thursday, or Atcensioa Day. FRIDAY, MAY 27. THE CATHOLIC PETITION. Loan GarrvriLLE ruse. iM pursuance of his notice, to move that tare Petition from the Itotnan Catholics, recently presented to the House, praying that the disabilities tinder which they labour may be rentosed, May be fulls considered of in a Com mittee of the whole liou,e, and to that end he should first move, that the l'etition itself be read. This was accordingly dune by the proper Officer, and the boon prayed by the Catholics was, t has they may be permitted, in common with the rest of his Majes ty's subjects, to fill the highest stations of the State, should they be found deserving, limb with regard to the Military, Judicial, and Political Departments of the Empire. His Lordship then pro s ceedcd ' -tiff •-e the (-lain. of the.)etitioners. Ile dwelt with upon the propriety of Or present tX the tli4er:tion. He said there wri: patriotism of the Petitioner!, rind hey required wdtald be the novaw of the hearts and hands of ail his tntdecti io one bond of uninq and , . r ••• 4111111. • - • THE NATIONAL REGISTER. HOUSE OF COMMONS. MONDAY, MAY 29. MAY SO. eon. ord. It would unite the cottage and the ca bi n v% ith the palace and the mansion, and by dispensing the required boon to tae more elevated, it would remove all cause of distrust :aid dissatisfaction from the bosoms of the low staid indigeot. M any of the disabilities had been removed, tinder which the Roman Catholics had at one time laboured, and the beneficial e:lf-ei;, of such conduct had long since been manifest. That the ltom,ot • .:atnolies were deserving of that boon was apparent, or tits .;overument would not have granted it. lf , then, they had done nothing to forfeit that good opinion, it was flute the Par liament of the United Kingdom realized the promises it had long since held out to them, and removed the furth er di sa bilities undr which they laboured. It ‘s:iN 'line they ehjo)ed the .ante political freedmq that others of hi, Maks') suhjects did. told they were disposed to spill their last blood in defence of rite British Constitution, it was but just they should enjo3 its We,- sings in common witn their fellow-subjects. It', however, tits Majesty's Government should not grant the required boo n to its full extent, he trusted sinuetaisig would be conceded, alai the t'etitioncrs convinced that the British Government wet e not wholly indifferent to their claims. Lis Lordship, after stating teat the worst condition the !Conan Catholics could possibly be „laced in under the British Constitution, was ten times better tdan the most elevated station the rout of France could give them, moved that the Peiition be referred to a Committee or the vt hole Howe. THE EARL or hfora4 considered the Catholics to be in a state of oppression galling to their feclinas; they were made objects of suspicion, in consequence of ielitotii prejudices. He situ attached to the Established (:hatch 43 firmly as any man, but he never would dotter the Church ‘l , ittssi it expressed opinion contrary to the true interest of the Ild l iuit. Ate gave his sups port to the measure. Lorca llawlizsact.nr regretted the agitation of the Catholic question at the present period, and he felt it his dot) to opoteie it. In doing that, be wished it to be di,tinctlj tmtlerstooti that he did not mean to charge the Catholics w ith the illitteral opinions that were generally imputed to them. The progress ot licieLce and civilization bad now eradicated these opiiiima which had proved so disgraceful to the votaries of the Catholic religion at early periods of our history. lie should al wa%s feel it h:s ditty to oppose the extension of a relid;ioti, which dcuied the suiire. limey of the Sovereign, and tnalutained doctrines cohtrary to what was enjoined by the laws of the laud. It was essential to the existence of the British Constitution that the suhjei ‘ltjure the authority of all foreign power, and those %t tio main tained a contrary opinion could not reasonably cionplain ot the laws that required it. The House divided on the question. Non-contents 161. Colt tents 74.—Majority 87. Adjourm , (l till Molitta). A new Writ was ordered to be issued for a Burgess to serve for Ryegate, in the room of Lord Royston, dccea-cd. Petitions were presented from the Chamber of Commerce ie. Glasgow, from the county of Norfolk, front Colchester, fc,tin the county of Sorry, and from time neighbourhood of Ituti:i4.l, against the Distillation of Spirits from Sugar. Mr. Lethbridge brought in Mr. Palmer's Annuity Bill, which was read a first time, and was ordered to be read a second time on Thursday, and printed. Mr. Rose moved for leave to brinz in a Bill to prevent British ships captured by the enemy, and afterwards purchased by Bri tish subjects, from being entitled to the privilege's of Britith ships.—Leave granted. The Orders of Council Amendment Bill, with respect to Gond, Warehoused, was react a first, and orctered to be read a second time on Wednesday, and printed. RoMAN CA Tfin Lies. Mr. Grattan presented a Petition tignell by a great cumber of Catholics, praying to enjoy the saint• rights as ostlers of his Ma l jest V's subje( ts, which was laid on the table. Mr. Montague Mathew presentee. a • in; ilar Petition froze the Citholic lteeholders of the (-entity of '1 ipperarv, which wif 41.0 ordered to he laid 0 , 1 thc !loth Petitions were of an enormous bulk, ai . ci acre of upwards of 100 % 000 per,ous.j 1 !.~ ceeded (u euti)rcti the (-Lime ti gfeal . yoArtatl se . ; argument i ?' tK ) !or: aoit.tt m g _ ~ ":„, ti flirt • nci p - •!: . I In, 4 ;J, , • flit , : .• :4 \ V i'\•• '''''' 6 .00 -; r IF ..,i...4,:•/ wrira Mr. .Tarksne preaentvd l'oition from the Pitats. nf the 60,1, Ont /he iiire•ii , iog tiwir wtrAut cxun:a the pato,:lais o‘t. 1.0r9 Wur4eu, 1.:14 trouo yr irv i tmemovios . , _ . .4./..•4 0--A '