The Statesman. — London, England, 1813-02-26 00:00:00

Chnital rlegabi Secretar:, and Book-voe, .t.td Beading. TO RE SOL i BY AUCTION. Rv Mr. E t; Oa the Presniwt, Pt. 'were .if 4,10-en-street, Gulden-square, ro-mo , R 'ow. Feb. '27. ii(3..4 OOMP RISI NG a Fnur Barrel Organ of great ki .reret .r, and hov*lt-ewer. with cedar s:. vb. and Pembrn.,e tables i w i n . va:err.; a. ..e o'er anti ...wow) slaws, clasp beds and beddrng s It p.ont.s• complaining of an undue Election fur Bristol. The following are the names : Abel Smith, Esq. Henry Pierce, Esq. (4. Milner. Elm. B. L. Leicester,-Em. . k lagd 13. Russell, Tim. V. bitmore, Esq. W. nen, Esq. P. Grentell l`m. M. A. Taylor, Eng, lion. It. Neville, ' H. S Dagdale. Esq. C. Holey, Esq. James Daly , En. noinicu. Sir F. Burdett, Sir J. Graham. The House wai occupied for more than an hoer in receiving Petitions—some in favour of, others against, the concession of the Claims of , the Roman Cat ho.. squadron in Cork harbour ; ship ; shoold be wrecked, and be cast ashore on the coast and Laws—who bait tale lame battle to fight along of Ireland, the penalties. would imme4iately be en• j with them—against the same common enemy-s-6or forced against the unfortunate man. Such was the the same common country.—[Heur, , hear!]-116 situation of those persons whose petition he was saw nothing in 'their gographiral ,ituation —he saw' about to present. The late Parliament bad, for the no reason frOm any If the relations -by which they first time, expressed a change of sentiment on the ; were connected with each other, why religion. Air... subject of considering the situation of those per- ferences should, like a firehra td ;tuna n among t! , em, sons; and the prayer of the petitioo which he held in produce_ and foster perpetual heart-burnings and his band was, that the New Parliament should carry disunion- 7 -deprive them bath of - their natural into effect that Resolution which had been passed by force, and endanger the integrity of the Empire. the old. It was true that the Petitioners were of a He was the snore induced to hope, that feelings so be lied itild -;ve MC from .4 hat IMP RI4L PARLIAMENT. SOUSE oF LORDS, Iltea.2l. I lies. . • . ; • religion different from that which was established by_ e witch to ._. deprecab we ,gs Ly, . The Earl of Eneiskillen and fowls Alveolar and ' Mr. WELLESLEY POLE presented a petition the laws of the Constitution ; but it was worth con, ;had actually happened in 1792. The Protestants Creep tonic the oaths and their seats. fres certain Protestant Inhabitants of King's Coun- sidering, that the religion of the Church of Rome -at that ' period , petitioned, or rather resolved, e. '.., Appeal Cause, the East India Company o. = e ying, that if the House should take into con- did in many respects resemble closely' that of the against the Catholics with m uch more ardour than el W ig atwick aKs naston, respecting a question of ion the Claims of the Roman Catholics, they Church of England. [Hear, - hear, hear!] Ile' at present ; and yet,- jo the neat Session, more . ! J oie. the House , on the motion of the utpaD shoild nee lose light of the rights and safety of the then went on to enumerate the signal services.which - was grantd to the ..Catholics than they at e first CIIANCLLIOA, affirmed the Decree of the Court ' ' ; Protestaut Establishment. Ordered to lie ou the had on many occasions been rendereirto the Stateity asked. f heir understand.ngs had been enlarged by :glow. table. the Roman Catholics. Our ancestors, who bled" at reflection, and with C view of the exigencies of Itt tie Irish Appeal Cause, Gore e. Stockpot", Lord MILTON presented a Petition from the Poictiers, at Agincourt, and et Cressy, were of that the times, they had changed their sentiments; and Low REDESDALE and the LORD CHANCEL. town of Leeds, in favour of the 'Claims of the Romeo faith—the Spanish Armada was repulsed by the as. they had the honesty and candour to avow the LOR eellvered their opinions at some length ; but, Catholics. He said that sho'Petition was signed by sistance of Roman Catholics, and it was the change, and fo act upon it. Their views of the subject on the suggestion of the latter, the final adjudicatiew 4000 of the Inhabitants. descendants of those who then petitioned the House. had from the beginning been sincere, but mis aken....... upon the case was adjourned till Monday. I Mr. LASCELLES observed, that he had present- Popery had been established , in Canada ; British To the manner in which, these Protestant Petitions The Earl of DERBY, atter adverting to some of :ed a Petition from Leeds against the Claims of the troops had fought to support the PapatChair ; they had been obtained in this country he hail much to ob it* circumstances attending its production, and re.. &Haan Catholics. The Petition, which was then , were a t that time fighting for a Popish King, and by jest. They were obtained at meetings of the Pro f .-liug to the late one which was declined by the i presented, although it purported to be from Leeds, the side of Popish Allies. Such bein g the case, wh y testant ingabitants, celled together by the Sheriff.- house on the score orbrormatity, presented a sew ! had heal circulated through tbe math and lied Slime ,to _ listen to the . prayer,, and remote the This he thought highly - objectionable, that a public } , ,een from the Merchants, Manufacturers, and , bean signed by many respectable persons, who had grievances which affected their Roman Clithoili lei- - oflicershoolsi thus be galling the people together by u t i...ls, of tlo , towns of Manchester and tialford, pray. ; misconceived the nature of its contents, in !come- low subjects ? Fiktrusted that the contents of the sects, and thereby in some measure giving the sane in;, that of tr.,' to. capitation of the present Mono. : woo, of the misrepresentatio n which had beenmede . Petition, which he held in 'his hand, would sink lion of public authority to religious animosity.— poly of the Lest India Cerepaly, that the Trade of the to induce them to sign it. Owing t o thi s dream- d eep i n t o th e h ear t o f ever y M em be r of that House. [Hear, hear!] --The object of these Potitioners was East should he thrown open to every description of stance, the Petition was signed by many persons H e t r u s ted that the. House would redeem the pledge as little to be approved. It was to Iw'itinn another his Majesty's 9 . :bjeeta. The Petitions his Lordship who were h o stile t o th e c la i ms o f th e R oman Ca. which had been given by the last Parliament, and by country against the liberties of th e i r .cm!).,—[flear, - observed, was signed by upwards of ninety thousand tholics. . . 'so doing, secure to themselves the honour of having , hear!] --I( was to inflict upon Ireland a rrpotcal pet sons. i Lord MILTON said, that the borough of Leeds! mitered peace and unanimity to the British Empire. exclusion from the right of free cisizeie,—to intiict The Noble Earl also presented a Petition from included ,not ouly the town itself, hut a considerable I . H e con cl u ded by moving s that the Petitiodshould lie upon that countrcountry`a perpetual sentence•of a - des:itia- E. . Isister Ship- *rig' :ee Owners, &c. of the Port of district in its*,neighbourhood. The Petitiou was or-' on the table. , . . , tion to the condition of a foreign - coiony.; and to ing. 1.... 'tool. ,i ia) bic. that vessels built in Asia, &c.' dered to lie on the table. Right Honourable C. YORKE 'did not rise to . pose upon this empire the perpetual necessity of being say ist la• regi.ter. rt or employed es British ships ; ' Lord KIRKWALL spoke to the following effect: , oppose the motion, but to express his surprise - at the a divided . country.. Such was the obvious tetidenCy siailee to that presented to thellouse of Commons. " Sir, lam ind u ced t o t res p ass on th e H ous e for a:i s pee c h of the Hon. Gentleman. ft had gone to all of these petitions ; Ist, to exclude the greater part TIAN* Peti'ions, together pith one preseated by few moments, in Consequence of the misrepresents- I the topics which wereto be the subject of the.debate of the people of Ireland from the rights of free Lord WAL -INGHAM, from certain Clothiers, and' tion of a Morning Paper, respecting the prayer of a i u p o n a ques ti o n which was that night to come before citizens; '2d, to keep that country in the sitow inn Perko s roncet red in that Manufacture, praying to ; Petition whi c h I l a id e n your t a bl e on Tuesday.....' i the House. When the lion. Gentleman imeinoved of a foreign colony ; .and Si), to render Great be allowed a patticipatiou in the Trade to India, rhis Paper has stated, .that I presented a Petition 'I f or the rea di n g o f the Res o lution of the last. Session, ; Britain for ever - divided Empire. Stich was the na. were ordered to lie on the table. 1 from Denbigh, ie favoui of the Catholic Petition:— ;he thought that he meant it as a 'preliminary to the ture of the Petitions which were saiM, i-i some in t.% Hmlc ci.A iNiq. I Now, Sir, the Petition I had th e h onou r to present; debate. The Hon.' Gentleman having, however, stances, to be pissed by acclamation. N‘ hat, then, Petitions againo these were presented by— I, to the House was from the b u rgesses and other In- ! moved the reading, be (Mr. Yorke) rose to move were the reasons alleged for such proceedings? lie '1 he Earl of NIOUN i -EDGCOM BE, from the habitants ofitbe Borough and Town of Ruthin, pray , ! that (as soon as the Petition of the Hon. Gentleman had to collect these from the resolutions adopted at Borough of I..estwithiel. ing that the Claims of the Roman Catholics might i was disposed of) another document should be read ; ; different meetings, and from different publications, Tut. Earl of ENNISKILLEN, from the County ° not be granted. It is not my intention to press the be meant the 9th, 10th, and 11th sections of an Act some of them by persons of high rank in the Clwrch. of Forma ungit. - • circumstance further to the notice of the House as 'of William and Mary, commonly called the Bill of First, I t was ob j ected, • that the-tone of the Cat to. Ihe FAO of SHANNON, from the County of lam satisfied the Editor will correct his error." t i I Rights. • ; tics was too high. Ills answer to this was. t h at the Coo,. EAST INDIA COMPANY. I Mr. W. SMITH said, that he should never stand i House had nothing to do with that. They_ were The Earl of CIIARLEVILLE, from the Queen's I Mr. R. THORNTON presented three severe! up • • from the E ast India Company, praying in that House for such a Petition which the Hon. : not then called upon to consider whether the tone of Con-dry.l Petitions 1 I Gentleman held in his,hand ' unless it was extended . some of the speeches in favour of the Ceith, les were ito The Marquis of CAMDEN, from the County of i fora Renewal of their Charter, and relative to otherthe whole body of Dissenters in England, who , high or low. They were not to examine, as Mem- Kent. I aairs o f the C ompany. ff I had rights equal to those of the Roman.Catholies. i bers of Parliament, whether Mr. A. or Mr : B. had A short conversation arose between the Earl of l The SPEAKER said, that as the Petitions had 1 The Petition was then ordered to lie on the table. ! used expressions which ought not to have been used, or DARNLEYand the Noble Marquis, respecting some ; not been presented within the time appointed, it i O n the m o tion o f the Right Hon. C. YORKE, ; made speeches which ought not to have been spoken ; circumstances attending the production of this Pets. I would be necessary for the Hon. Gent. to state to ! the Clerk thew read the 9th, 10th, and llth sections but whethersuch loose speeches and expressions ought Lion, and what occurred at the Meeting at whltil it 1 the House whether there was any just cause for the : of an Act of William and .Mary, commonly called justlk to be ascribed to the whole Catholic body. In. Ras voted. In this the former Peer observed, Hit it : delay. . 44 The Bill of Rights." " ; deed, it was no part of their duty at present to discuss was far from being unanimously voted, a consider.. I Mr. R. TIIORNTON said, that the reason why IRISH ROMAN CATHOLIC CLAIMS. Iwhether the Catholics had conducted their proceed t;ble norhber of hands being held up in opposition.-1 the I/Petition had not been pretteated until that time Mr. GRATTAN rose to move the consideration tags with proper /temper. He gave no opinion ei llis Lordship took occasion to advert to the send_ was, that owing to the intricacy and complicated na. of the. Claims of the Roman Catholics, pursuant to ther one way or the other. Ile would not enter at all ntents entertained by an illustrious Statesman, now tare of the subjects which they related to, they 1 the Resolution of the House of Commons of last into the question. The.real question was, whe -I'o more, on this great question (Mr. Pitt), in which could not be got ready sooner. i Session ; and itt doing so, he certainly meant not to ther you could perceive in any of these proceedings, ep; believed his Noble Friend opposite coincided. The.Petitioni were then ordered to be referred to propose any thing incompatible with the Clauses any proof of a want of allegianCe in the great body The Marquis of CAMDEN explained, that a great aCemmittes, to consider their nature. which the Right lion. Gentleman opposite had of the Catholics. It was a question not of temper, majority of the meeting were certainly in favour of CATHOLIC CLAIMS, moved to have read. Nay, so entirety convinced but of allegiance. If the Protestaai Petitioners lit' Petition, though he could not say (as We ' under. j Mr. WILLIAM ELLIOT moved the reading of ! was he, that the provisions of that Act were per-, could sheer that there . was any , emit of allegiance in '•)d his Lo rdship) that he exactly agreed to it him. the Resolution passed during the last Sesslo - 0 ) for Ifectly consistent with the object which the Catho - ! the great body of the Cilholics,—if they could -elf. I Wring into consideration the laws affecting his Ma -, lics had in view, that it was his intention to pro- :Trove that the Catholics 'were disaffected, then The Earl of RADNOR prese n t e d a Petition to the' jestra Roman Catholic subjects, for the purpose of : positthat they should form pare of the Preamble , ther Weald have a good reason for opposing their :awe effect from the County of Wilts. The Petition I coming to i conciliatory and final adjustment of lof the Bill, which he trusted would be introduced i claims; but if they could not do this, then their 'yc very voluminous, and appeared to be subscribed:l thou. ' lin favour Of the „Roman Catholics—[Heat, hear,: pettiatis were unreasonable, and their object ought pith an immense number of signatures. The Clerk having read the Resolution, • lsear!)--for he thought it a wise mode of proceed- I not to be granted. The ' Ilouse..would recollect ( hi its presentation, j Mr. W. ELLIOT said, that be bad wished the ing, that the same law which re m oved the disabilities 1 the resolution 'of thanks which they voted to rho The Marquis of LANSDOWNE entered into soma ; Resolution to be read, not only beCause it was re- of which the Catholics complained, should confirm -army which gained the battle of Salamanca, of which detail respecting what took 1 place at the Meeting ferret, to by a Petition which ha held in his hand, but to the Piotestants all the advantages of the Act of,-army l the Catholics formed a. large proportion. If, 'hid. eat , called for considering the Petition,and ob. because It was a documeut intrinsically important. Settlement. It was wise, in hiii opinion, that the : then, the loyalty of the Catholic, body has admitted, "ri 4 (I, the Petition unquestionably was subscribed by , It stood as a record of the change which had taken , same law which restored liberty to the one &greet). l they ought. without delay to be restored to that liberty lmhy respectable persons : a description, however, . place in the opiuions of that House: a change which • tion of our fellow-subjects might be • accompanied ; to which every loyal subject had a tight by the com. whiclr was far from applying to all those who signed : had been effected by the removal of prejudices which `with security to the other.—lllear; hear !]-He i molt law of the land. The P. elcetant Petitioners it. He was credibly informed, that a 'number of : bad lasted for many years, and. which had been : had no hesitation in stating the Petition which- be I Objected to the Catholics-that they recr ;tad Ititical . . . names u ere a f f i xed without the knowledge of the oserconie after . lout and elaborate discussion. Dur- was more peculiarly tolled upon to support, as the i !weer ; but he could not see atilt thi Patties ; that many Signed for others ; and that a i ing the time that these prejudices had existed, the Petition of the Catholics of Ireland, or. of the whole in ` this ambition, as to render it. av; nue.ber of women actually signed the names of all !'House had resisted the opinions of the four greatest body of Irish Catholics. This was morally true, he- 1 eecluding the Catholics from their j their ma l e c hild ren . N o t on ly such practices he de- : political authorities. However they might have die. , cane it represented. the sentimiltitt don the IrishCa- The crime did not appear of sullicic, , ebbed were used, but that a hand-bill to obtain sig. I bred upon other! subjects, - Pitt, Burke, }ox, and tholles. The illation. he Intended to submit to the justify a sentence of perpetual exclul taint ii, without the County of Wilts, had been cis...! Windham, were all agreed on the grand question of house was, that . they should go into. a COmmitteo. Catholics. But the Catholics did not, coluital iu a pal tof Gloucestershire.. This was read i Catholic Emancipation. * . The House had, how- of the whole IllOuse, to, condder the Claims Of the i big, solicit political pewee; they oul' 4 his Loitlithip at the desire of the Noble Earl.' I ever, .at last hippily been 4onviaced of the soda'' Catholics i with a view to Concillistion and a final ad- political protectioni and for powet. • r,,., !• • -r•' , " - : ':?• tr -,'• ' - .•• • , t ' ... - I . * ' ' • ''.. .':' V' ' ''.., e 7.0:473F,FW . 7.: -r; - NI. .ji . • • .4•/" . • C ~ . . . . .s I. . • • k • t e , • , ~ ''.' . :'' 'e '.. r.' , ':. 'f„ • • • A . . . . -. ''..• .‘ , 5 1 4 -S .. .. ; * . tik . • . . , .. .. . . • . . . - •• ( „ . , . - , i ~, • t*l • • • . • . • ..4" - ' ' , . ... —,. . . ' . • .....:: .'• .. . • . . •.' *. . ..... r ,_ . - •. . . . • .. . ~1 - 7 7 1 ' \‘.‘ : '''' ' ' • , ~ . . ..4. . \ ,-; : 'll ...1 di .. :1 , 4"4, 17 .1 • . _ • • • . f it . . . * :" ; ` ;4f.,-. •': . • .•. . .0 '" ' •: ' • • . . ' - !..).itr01 c • r',1 1 (1, •. • . - - . A, . ... . • . .' , . . , . •"I' , , , s . d. • • . . .. . • A . • , , ~ ..., . * . V .. -. • • 1 . ~ . • ,•• . . , • . . . . . ' 4... , . • \ \ • • c ' '". - - -. .. . , . ~ ... ... ~ . . tIF • .. ' • ' • •" • • i • " ( .., . 3 - , . , • .. '-• • . . • . - • • - • - t . . ... ... . b. .. . - „.. ' L ' • . . . . . N. 2187. .. . Lospoh, FRIDAY. itilieW AßY 26 , 1813. ••• • FRIG'S 6426 , .., ,:: • . ' - ••••;;Vili ..1.114.1-....--....,- . ------- The Earl of RADNOR' --- Itilill4ll. Milli ‘'.. DRURY-LANE. In explanation, declared mega . . ''policy which caused the unity of those t justment, pursuant to theresolution of the former Par. • 11 Is present EVENING, Feb. IS, their i his ignorance of the ‘circinnstances adverted to by the four , on th a t great question. The Piti. *melte, which had been .that night read. lv might, • - blajesties' Sermons .i,ill I;erform, • ' Noble. Marquis, HeVaeced at some of the circum- asks ~ r' she held in his hand was from the no doubt, he said, that a resolution of the late .Par.: REMOR:E. stances attending the Meetiall • i• at Devises, which oc- sales , , who had last year presented a Petition ,liameiit was not binding upon life pretient. He ad- Atter which the No" comic Pantomime, called HARLEQUIN HUMPO. casloned much surprise to numbers in the county.— ito P ..* 't, he meant- the Roman Catholics of milled, that strictly awaking, it was not biedipt in. • 1 ,,,,,„4,,,, T , o r „,e, eri 2 t‘e. nod Ton 1 Om. • But, would the Noble Marquis say, he never saw a i Engi i-s : . then adverted to the singular situation the present Parliament ; but Ile-presumed,- the Gen. Petition, under such •circenutences as the ;inwh . . . g r ea t body was placed. 'ln Ireland, tlemen on the other side did not intend to cavil at THE kI I+ E-ROYAI.. COVIr*.N f OAR ID' N. . . trii II I S present EVENING. Feb. 26. will Present ?It was signed by . 654 7 alleles ; the resi - !e.wiell Mr 1 Illiberal policy which had too long ex. this want of-formality ; and in this s cotifiden,..e he hall - A. be prfuttweti, to. he id ti tie, a New Farce, called dances were annexed to the whole of these names, fisted , i , 4,, hick he hoped was speedily to be changed ' , framed his motion. He had to lumen', indeed, that AT HOME• be believed there were no eaceptlbes ; and, with ff.. the • 1 , Catholic's were under still more severe there Were now'ott their table, petitions against the Ae... 4. .ieh, . speet to the part of a neighbouring county alluded to restrloti . . than in'England. But even in England Claims of Catholics ; and it would be miserable a ifect. MI1).14. -by the Noble Marquis, it was very near the ,confines ve r y save . restrictions were imposed.uperi persons idol' to deny,' that they were very numerous and, , • • To whwif n' • witted, of the county of Wilts. . • , i professinttbe Roman Catholic religion. Those who very •respectehle. lie admitted, that they were both . LOVE, LAW, AN i) PHYSICK. The two Noble Lords' spoke repeatedly la expli. were tho*eal descendants . of the old race of Eng. numerous and respectable, though he lamented that Todsorrow. The rah r+. ;1 rl, soil s ' 1:1•Tf!.......................... , nation; and the Petition being rads it was orderqd lishmeo, who had on so many °canton" performed he was under the necessity of makiag that ad. %,6 1 .111 lien 14rem,e , . ItoHe on the table • as was one to the same effect, signal servicas.for the benefit of their country, Were mission. Some of these 'petitions condemned the . TO BE SoLD BY AUCTION, liv KlNti ungl hot lIEE. '' pr esented by the iaarl f H arew ood , from Hall- distinguished from their f e ll ow-su b jec t s, not ,by fa. Catholics, and their claims, in a very virulent man. At fipple 0 , 44.1 • Rums A Ki.g.,ir ..., Covent-tarden• TO. N. . tovere ..t: .410 iv. zliesett. tea i Fe. . o v e gire, chir t7i i h os y p . r v i t zt fros ions t , ero the r y ckies . were tbe ep asiiios hideti Prem .., co ner iusel . HI wg i n rc o c t-i ii m ises itit .that ie gsal nunry elatit o ll ooxa e ; bet„o tha . • . e 011'r • v 1e:P..19.9% of r,‘ Ave :Clock. , . A VA I.,U‘Vi..e.; COI.I.,ECIION 0f h 0R1. 4 1 6 :41. e'.....: l ; h :. fivis slif k . sU bt f inC:Mtosfortleing., allagistratee. I,rs lite army they &Wad Petitions inn , . . frosts gee .nsost.. respectable .indi.".. J - 11 and dim. SR S' •.? WAR, of tin- Inha ...Ants fat* f , . . v s . O s ea ', ni , siv or •: , Pen the Ar. 4 brough, niter h v the praying relief, which was o, . to kielen thatable..lvom rising above a • teeth& rank. la Ca. i Tided/. He 'differed widely from them in enreltinieffir . 0 , e , mi. a Navig bir, Capfaisf C•fttki h. int 1 . 14 ' 1 " 1 " . C Y Adjourned tilt to -morrow. ', . ,r a llentiourn o -.leen * h. aim fi. Ole Levet tn . Museum i i I tholic,' a Lieutenant-Colonel in the Army, should f r but heitespected theleperetts ;he trusted that they t - - - go to Ireland, -the penalties of the law would imme. : would trot tong Obetinttg in their present sentiments, -. am,44 th em i. the ittentie 4 Omsk .sure h% Capt t , a I eu k ; , 1 1, 1 4 i sesta ~,,,,,,err, ,sre..., *alum- fwituvifitl •nrvrti Club, o enm ! liousE OF COMMONS.. di i • ately be put in, force against him.. The same was ! but that they would applaud the measure of yield. pi a, ..1 ,ndtrin dn.,. and ~ t.ser CdflOlS4 articles from Nona I Mr. Whit e brought i n o Li st of the m en i er , ! the case in the Navy. A. Roman Catholic of Eeg. I ing to the just and reasonable claims of those who ' se 4 '4' who was an officer in the navy, might cons. W Ala be viewea, and Cat lognet had. • 1 bellotted ter the Committee to consider the Petition r lend, erelembarXed with them in one common cause-. , • ----- - 77 - 7 1 ---,a.: ninr aaet al nri no Elsofrinn tamp Rriatra_ . The 1 mind the squadron in Cork harbour ; but if his ship swho lived with them .under the same Constitution ?guested political king so offensive valid reason for just privileges.— fit sna;;ttitmi;l to s l . i union against the • t l strictly.speak- . t aly petitioned ter , i i only U a mew - .. 'f., ;) A • .. .. i` `• t P. I ° '~l x~~ .. X. 1 ;.7, 4 Ag... 4 '.., 1 1'. , , 1 A .. 1 ...i _ i i