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appraisal's. Mc throe bare perfu I sot lit =petted fres say teen taxa Liestenaut-C.)hote.l Robertson, lobo anA Ale, Wenard 62d. Bet -.4 sank aaa 61e, Oka ; rank nail 61e, warned/4d. Total-3 gunners, 8 rank and tie, killed ; bombardier, • ad rank ad Me, wounded. 'suPied) J. CAMPBELL, Brig.-Gen klmaina, zoth Feb. laud. Adjoant-Genand. rtamrodiel7ll;:g k Ivo recommend in the strongest terms 1% , 1 4 m is your Lordship's sot • end prom mew The ability , veal, sod pilaw', displayed r him to the arfeioe of this little fortress, deserve my wattehat praise PlAlCOVillUellfltion. When year liegehlelp count to roomier what the tomalleys of the enemy were berme Willa, with a straw; supporting army at hid, from ',bleb be *meld drat.. reinforeenients at Plemulsi I treat it will appear to yogi Loidshop diet pre dome would sot have warranted tny walnut; a titre/mom, is "mar of Scylla, by riskiug a humbug on the Calibeitio shore. The only reirtaiuing effort therefore that I could intke, woo to pelmet the breve perigee Gelling i n to the corers bands; and this, with the eo-opteation and assistance of the amyl hem wader Captain Otway, has bees happily effected in mice day, ender the enemy's ire, with mach Iris loss than might remote:ably have been expected. 1 have BM homier to be, he. J. C. SHERBROOLE, Major-Gen. Messina, February is, egrt. SIR-1. Mediates to year mime I have the hoover to report the porticolars of what occurred since the tint appear. ince of the emery bear.. Scylla. After being lammed by General Reguier's army during omen weeks, and battered fur six dam by foorteen pieces of heat' ordnance, the little Castle of Scylla bas fallen note his lauds. But 1 Lam the heartfelt satisfaction to add, that elm one of the gallant garrison placed amber my orders has become his primmer. lu the latter cud of December, the arrival of troops and ordnance mom at Smother* left sae so room to dintlit the enemy's intention of bestegtug Scylla, sod parties of the peasantry were accurditigly sent out to render the passes of holano impracticable, and to create utemarke to his advance, by cuts across the various paths which lead from the Weights of Mills down to Scylla. This sot k, as well as the levelling of hates, he. prueactied rapidly nod effectaally seder the direction of Captain Nicholas, Aisestaut-Quarter.filester. Oatmeal ; whim, noun the :mat of December, the advanced wochotea, and the out-posts of the Mawr, were driven in by three 'reach battalions, and • detachment of cava'ry, ander Gloated )fillet, which took post al • i the heights oboe. us; awl on the dellowiug day Regtuer brought op two more battalions, and spreading his out-pmts. to ratemins, Bagmen. he. completed the um, tarmac of the town. At this tune the-Germaine of the Castle emulated of about two hundred British, sod from four to five hundred Noes occupied the town. The enemy's troops were now incessantly employed in liarain:', the nimbi mettessery fur bringing his heavy ordnance from Semisoft", while we laboured to render the approach to Scylla theicalt, sad liarassed the French by constant attacks 00 big oat-pairs with parties of the thew, mot ocomeomilly with boats . la sower these partial ammo& for canny saC rued severely partimiterly in s night smack At aapttra , what the Vieitignem of the hid Light Infantry 'WM eat to "woo Owitig to thus shocks, the ?reach were retarded until the 6th of Feleosary, whin they descended the heigliss in furor, and mime within a intent range of our gam; soil from that day they henueneof oar littielCastle with all the leteiled pee contemn- er a regular siege, in emering hie app. uaches and eommesiestious. The mirmisbes beletel the mime) , sod the Vain Demme very ItlisUß; the latter displayed ;seat gallantry • and cajoiing the support el the Caul( gal.., obliged the French to parchein their whams with betty loss ; bin, ow the mil, were obliged to yield to the needier, of the enemy, e Ito 'minket the town ow all sides ; oar gem, iteltetVt, rums, it their retreat ; and I bed the satisfaction of semitug off done ham gmesbauts to Messina, without leanly; • tams is the enemy', hands ... The lice which General !teenier hid heeded to besiege bcylla, consisted of a hotly of cavalry, the 9Jd light hi. (missy, the Ist, dtd, sad joist of the Lim, is all &beet six thommod men . %tab five sty-puoaders, it's eightsome, and four mortars, bend= field-meets. Oa the wonting of the 1 • di he emoted his batteries, di 'Acting his efforts to the distraction of our upper works, and the disabliag of oar gees; while ander caner of this ire, he laboured to establish two berechiegleetteries, at three ,sad leer handed yards distance. It was nut, however, tilt the oath, that nor pampet mid gone were tendered totally mashes ; me till then did the slaughter shale to .11141 their putties employed on the breaching batteries were exposed from tour grape and shells. From thus muse ocir dehisce was confined to musketry, as nor gum lay buried under the ruins el the parapet. and the AdriralrHO'ri•e, April 12. 18OS, Copy of a letter from Admiral 3lontags, Commander-hi- Chid of HO 'Majesty's slops and vassals at Purtssoustli and Sputwsd, to the Iluu. W.ll. Pyle, dated mi board the Royal Ihiliaro, at Spithead, the t lth ham. Ste—lle ptra,t , i to My before the Lords l'otossissionem of the .Idua;ralty the inclosed letter from Captain the Flom D. P. Boureric, of Ills Majesty's Amp 11erlisaa, staling his having, on the morning of the 4th Inst. fallen io with and cuptuntd L'Actif, French lugger privateer. I hare the honour to be, 6.e. G HO. MONTAGU Ilia M'ajc<ty's ship Alrdu%a, Dunituse, E.Y. it Iritoes, April 4, Ittnv. - - -• • Si so--I have the Lamar to infLrin you, that I have this morning captured L'Airtif, lugger privet' cr, of Dieppe, a 1 4 gems. There were two utlwr 1 7 i.eoch lugger privateers eight at the time, one of a Inch bring very scar to Lrewer. of Ili, I have cver reason to expert ue Ishmael have take., but that it ass ueerstiary to eaannue four merchant vrasels, stiti:.k+g which the privateers were alien we first SSW "brie : one of theme, • caseating sloop, we retook ; the others ha i nut been boarded by the privateers The three privateers left Cherhargh togethiv, yet:Act:day 'nursing ; au , l last night took a coasting sloop, besiiies the one aboveiscationed, which we have out sere. L'Actif, as it 'dorms y her log-book, boa made but one capture, a collier brig, ditriug Ler differest cruises in the Channel, mace her Out EI out in the beginning of Dee. lust. I sot, kc. kfligneJ) D. P. BOUVERIE, To George Montagu, Itaq. Admiral of ties V. bite. 1.1. - &r. 6.r. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS—Tungs.tv, AratL Mr. John Clark au further heard in the appeal cause ea the tiusburgli estate. Further evaaideratioa tu-suurraw. INDICTMENT BILL. Earl STANHOPE took au opportunity of calling the attention of their Lordships to a Bill which had been for some time on their table, and which was alleged to be an improvement of the law with respect to Informations hind ex eirNeie by the law olliceri of the Crown. It had been not unfre guently a subject of reprobation in our criminal juris r radeoce, that a power not recognised by the Coustituuou was assumed too often in cases of this nature.. Indeed, if any change was at length thought advisable, it was to be presumed that the Legislature would feel more inclined to limit than to extend their operation. This Bill having the extension of that power as its leading object, was entitled to most serious consideration. At present he should content hintseil by moving. " That the second reading he appointed for the Itith of May." Lord Iloit•so expressed his intention of de daring. on the second reading, his objections to this BM passing into i kw. He trusted, that on that day the Noble Lords who were advocatm of that measure would attend in their places, and state to the [louse the reasons which THPINISOIeIOttII its adoption. The motion was carried, and the second reading fixed for the 16th of May. PROTESTANT ASCENDANCY. The Duke of CUMBERLAND acquaiated the House, that he held in his hand* a Petition from the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Corporution of the City of Dublin, praying that House not to re geies.•e in the prayer .f the Petition presented by the Roman Catholics of Ireland. His Royal High ness stated, that he bail this Petition for some time in his possession, and was then induced to present it, in conaequencepif the notice of an intended too too given on this subject last night by a Noble Baron (Grenville.) Lord ADLRLAND declared, that had he been in the House at the time when the Catholic Petition was presented, he would have token the opportunity of expressing the strong s and sincere regret be felt at pressing such a suNeet again into public discus sion. After its recent dim:tampion, a discussion the most serious and conclusive that ever took place in the history of l'arliaineot, it was the declared sense of their Lordships, by a great majority, not to ac quiesce in the primer of the Petitioners ; he could not but regret, that the same subject was again ED precipitately pressed before the attentino of Par liament • Moe ate from are twenty-four pounders becalm isteataaat• la the been time it discovered bun sticesptung to ashes the tight lustiest, open whiel be cautioned at sea fir three su e" , but 1 affrelbewl without the expected success. co the night of the isth, the Fre:.ch pushed ruend the • but et the rock, with the toteution of d.stroyio; the sea .eilsioeww, list we happily discovered theta, and best teem AIN web the siestibler to chick thcr desperate satiation ex posed Hen. I . i.e We trews the breaching bettelies bed ben verieosty directed snits the estates of the oath, Orli the, best Seca. wedleided Airy asinine the Loft banjo,' with such success, that the breach wools' praise's!, hare be ta pract.catde by the ig evade!. 11 was under these mciteastaares that I re crieral soar orders tvevecosic theCastle,ated have the great as- Clifiset.es of repnrcati, that re accent plashed Ova yesterday ea,,reses, iu fob sloe of the entaiy, mod nithout.leariatz se be heinual bellied. The spectate\ of the boats front Faros core Coe French fe'l milinateoe of our &yips, hos sh e te.. piteous state of the nesiber aohlitse.d so to arse the short oppoitoo.ty el as boor's toil Every battery enured its ut =Alia fisr unoi lb, Castle, sin! anbrepiently ups the hosts, whale iefaatry . , y 41116444 pieces, tried the breach nu eittitr abbe. The lignite?, win &esti off in succession, sad the em barkation elf. tied w . ..th the greatest order, isotwitlastanding the tressisoduir. tire of grope, shells, Sae. Our loss is the erred,. am sotall—and before we were a musket-shot &s -lant, ra Feetwb acme fa the tort . The ettetzri, arrange/soot of the transport h•tata, esti me. at war Jviii.chea,apan this eircasrol, &es high M aser to Captaia lrailupe, of His Meiji sty's ship Electra, who persoloaly superintended this •ervice ; sad the tea. duct of the officers and lawn saner ben was masked with all the colleen lad dexterity tif British semen. I regret to add. that sac of then wax killed in the apriatien, and tea wissaded, seam of theta dastecready. The wafers, good cambers of the garrison which I have had the geed &owe to cosiniansh demises my warioest gratitude ; ascl thew is- Urinal ipirit darner the Wege i hardly snore corniocudahle than the seal with which they •wst through the heavy fa tigues that percesh.4 it. The artachnielit ei the royal artillery was highly cosapi awes • the excellence of their giniaery was proved by the worse boars winch the recall has sestaiseil ; sad I cannot taiestrimiely express sty anise of the skill and lode:makable seal which Lieutenant pans has displayed tin-Alluvia the arty. feel highly Warbled to the exertion of Cawing freiki 'has* of the 6.011, Jordan of the inch, sod Pringle of toe • so well as to the officers sad wen under tear m. f ro m Li gr ourneei Dichosa, of the Engitererii, 1 received evrry assistasce ; and sty Adjoins; Lieut. Ilailfield, of the • li , •• hors tbrimsgliout isdefatigably I moues eisselede, Sir, witlunrt espesysMs my particular dried., to Capt. Nicholas, Assistaat 4earu r • tl sstiv-e Woe rat, shone abilities and activity rendered ham eneineutly mond. Avid I Iwo tbe astisfaerios of ridleetitr, that the ininpart 1 Mre received frees all ranks bar coaled tar to pit.Seylls dear; sad that Ileseral Repute olitaisert possessios of this hide inure rains with the loss of severod lionrireels ef hos best troops - A retort) of our killed and wounded is assesed. We halt kit arose :allied saes ; but miseidereg the weight of the eaerny 6ri , the isasher is by no wane great. 1 hare the humor to be, G. D. ROBEiII'SON, enerisandase Scylla Castle. To Major-Geodes! Sherbrooke, cumr soiling the lie link Illigesty's trier in Sicily. Sitters of the Killed sad Watseka of the dettelonews (~onion the British Garrison of the Castle of Nelda, in Csiabria„ hors the 4th to tke rebraary . . _ Lord HOLLAND never could accede to the va lidity of such a position, that because, in former Sessiuus of Parliament, that House had come to a decision adverse to the views of a certain descrip tion of the King's subjects, therefore, that it oper ated as a bar to their future hopes and petitions. But what were the circumstances which- particu larirtnarked this case ? It was true, that the House did not accede to the prayer of the former Peti tions, neith-r did it reject them altogether ; the motion was set aside by the carrying of the pre cious question ; and it must he in the recollection of his Noble Friend, and of the other Noble Lords who heard him, that many of those who then toted for the previous question. expressed themselves alone hostile to the time in which that Petition was presetiteit It surely might be presumed. that those olijections were removed, and that circutu stances had since riCimiredin render it advisable for that bo.iv of people to submit their case to the . . Le.zi,listu re.. Lord II tWILESBURY intimated to his Noble Fliend , that he was under an error in supposing that the Motion founded on the former Petition of the Irish ('utholics was over-ruled by the adoption of the previono question. The fact he believed to he, that the motion for sending that Petition to • Com nsttce IVAI rejected by a very considerable ma jority of their Lordship.... Tilt! Petition of the Dublin 'C.-potation was then read, and ordered to lie on the table. Mr. BIOMES. Alderman CITIMTS, and some other Members, brought up from the Commons the Reversion Bill, the lnsh Wool Exportation Bill, and some prinite Bills. IIEVERAION BILL. _ _ On the motion for the brat reading of the Bill for prohibiting the erant of offices in lieversion, The Earl of D . took the opportunity of moving- for ■n account of all the .)fh . oes held in reversion, specifying the dates and amount of aaktry, in Ireland. The Earl of LAI:DEAD 41.£ moved, as an arnond meat, that the acconot should include England and St otland.--Orderrd. The Earl of Moths could not suffer the Bill to pass its first stage without making some obsier ratwas upon its gruend merits. Highly as he re *eyed Artillery-3 parr% killed ; 1 borthardw, gassasem, wounded rth Keg. IN lintt —3 real and fik., killed ; 14 rank and Ale, wounded. 5d Oa Ragrnt rasl and file, killed ; 6 rank vetted public epittionoasd desirous a; be was ef. 'State enight, establish an inconvenient precede,,., dways exhibiting a willingness tie accede to its 1 lick appeared to be a great mass of mutter, 1.,.,) atigment, lie atilt did not see any ground's to a groat nia4 names of pe tsons set down, as if nee hangs the opinion he had on a termer OCCSIROO h , t• I slkifsl it, inertly for nie purpose of g . ;vin t ; irk:l4;a ; iireat-ott this subject. It had been totully inisuis- 1 to a errs, quantity ut peaer. It therefor e di , t, ' it , ierstoad by the public, mid he was oat of those I pear to Ise. tuiportaut tine the House seem!,' a,„„„, viin could see no danger Irons eiviug to the Eee- i Yilat stro,tortion of name; a ere id that (tesee i e ~,,,, :utive Government that laudable ititilietice, which I wpm:A.ly tram these wits nal aetnsl, slzacd .11 the end provided for the concerns of the pubtic. I lit order to ,rats it a rev .or l'etitiol, the h:,,;. .ie was ready to admit, that when the rtglit of : lino. teentletnies (night to ii( taeli th.ost: Dailies tt,.t ;ranting rtbi'rSloll/ 1 Was vested in (lie Crown, it was , had beet, signed in the own tandwriting e: the per m abuse, but still it was to be recodected, that the I orn,e, :pal then, lie appreb...a , leel, there , f,, .1 h,. : :,,, aractice bad existed for three hundred years, arid I oleeetion to reeLiVe .t. To act otherwise ;. a , , 1 , 1 ,•, tad the sanction of ancient usa ,, e. lit; lucked, ally I contrary to t',.e tt,age of Pat liinnent, and mi g itt 0.. :orrupt grant of this stature he ' d been made, iir if 1 CaSioll t', Tient iy,asitunti les of Imposatue. 1 , , ~.. Mere were others which stood in the way of a sia- sous ntiOt come to the bar with petitiu.lS, :tin s I utary and wholesome regulatinie tee evistence ofl perhaps, with less candour, settliont statiic; the real 'itch eireuu.stanees coaatituted a just ground for i ci:CUal,tanceautaeluillig tile Sigivatures, wil:t • tl cir ,heir particular moditicatium The whole tenor of j Petition ustaht contain only the *ratline:lt, .if it St.:- i-lis Nlniesty's reign proved, that in his beneficent ;;le individual. If his purriose could be rte,.- it aiiiid there predominated no teethe; for a rigorous plished, he would rather iacline to realise tne p,- exereise of the rrerogatirr, where that exercise titian, protesting, ut the same tutee, soars-, flea e.... . trenched upon the true interests of his people. At taleisliment of such a practice as a p:uce•icie. is present he had no motion to subutiton this subject, this could not be accomplished, he shanid ei••.... tea more strongly to impress the opinion he before to the receiving it. stated, with respect to their Lordships' seeking a The SPEA LER observe4l, that it was qiii: a •I..'s e . 20 iference with the [lliac of Commons, to aster- as a general rule, that a Petition slue -se-11, 4 to :s a „ rain their views upon that measure, and particu- signatures annexed, which were declared he ii, e lady because, in one part of this Bill, there was a j persotis preventing it net to be in the hand-Writes% reference to further objects of ruforni and retrench- of the iudiyiduals themselves, could not be i,!- , meat. I reined, unless the others could be detached. 11. Earl GROSVENOR said, in the second stage of should think it his duty to warn the HOUR iteistaa this Bill he would certainly feel it his duty to receiving Petitions standitig it, seas a. peeshca advert to the observations of the Noble Earl I went. (Moira). He then only wished to know, wisest it Mr. TIERNEY gave it as Isis opinion, that with was intended to read this Bill a second time ? out any disrespect to the Chair, the House mieht Lord Heweassuav proposed the 9th of May, adopt a contrary course. No man !comb! po•sibly as the most convenient day. The Order was t doubt that from Ireland, upon the Catholic gee adopted, and the Peers were ordered to be stn- tine, signatures to the amount of two or t nee intl. mooed on that day. lions might he easily procured. The duly slat- The Irish Duties Bill went fluent a Com- eutty that arose in this partieolar case sae whether slitter, sod was reported. his Right Honourable Freud, having stat-il that On the metiou of the LORD CIIANCELLOR, the some of the Petitioners had not at-Neils siened, Scotch Judicature Bill went through a Committee, the House could receive it as the Petitioa of *cue when the blanks were filled up, and the report or- who had actually - signed it ? In this, however, he dere/ to be received tbesuorrow.—Adjourned. found us difficulty, for he conceived that great hardships might ensue in permitting such a ge neral rule as that stated to be rigorously enforce-.!. Were it to be so, many a Petition might he re jected, in consequence of seine iteLviduals au thorising others to sign for theta, not knowine ex fora,* of the House ii such cases. it could last be said that the House was takes by surprise upon the present occasion, as there could be no doubt of what were the general setaintents of the whol e Catholic Body in Ireland. He should therefore propose, that the Petition be now reteired as that Petition of those whose signatures were said to be adhibited bona fide. The Right lion. MAI:RICE FITZGERALD (Knight of Kerry,) said, that althofigh no difficatties coo:•1 arise from transmitting the Petition to Ireland to he re-signed, lie was convinced tench more public no convenience would result front taking that course, than froin adopting the mode proposed be his Right Hon. Frieud. He agreed in the obserritions wallaby the I est speaker, tbat many mischievonsroia gequence.i n il g ht eim ue from malevolent personctige , ing named of persons without authority, ire order tb defeat the Petition. With respect to petitions in e mend, there might surely be found times better A dapted for rectifying such error,. What would be theconsequence in regard to election petitions, which are limited in ,point of time, if, at the put moment appointed for receiving them, a person were fraudulently to sign them, and that fraud not be discovered until the time had expired ' The Petition would, in that case, be declared of DO avail. Having inquired as to many of the signa tures to this Petition, he was extremely desirous that it should be now received. The number of signatures to it were 17,000, and amongst those were several thousands of reid original signatures. Banks these there were many others authenticated by authority in their hand-writing. It would be very unreasonable,therefore, that witch a Petition should be defeuted, merely on account of the circumstance of several names not appeuring in the hand-writin; of die parties. He begged the House to con-id, r *bat would be the edict of this informality to the millions interested in the Petition ? lie hoped, both for the sake of the House and the public tranquillity and harmony in Ireland, that the re sult of this discussion would he leave for the Peti tion to lie on the table. It might be easily con ceived that, the Petitioners being scattered over every part of the country, it would be a matter of difficulty and of time to procure the signature of all convert:ed. There was another eircurcaau• e *lnch might induce the House not to eiii . virce tile general rule upon this occasion; there was 1111061. e Petition, from auother quarter of Ireland, sigurd by upwards of do,oou Roman Catholics. He ho l ed that the knowledge of this circumstance would i awe) the necessity of transuet tine the present ..t Sir Roaster Peas, opposed the reet6l Petitio.l in its present state. Ile Bud, tition at present ea the table respect which puraorted to Ise sigiad by nine-aria v persons, and a 'tees he was count...ea v - c 4 i:C.:I by more than Loco. 1., site examinettca r t ft names it , could b. leuncii that many of the pc whose battles appeared to he sulsseti!,ed t were deed severa. yea's: aril tic- coiielut'a • fore was, that tie promoters at 6, MOUSE OF COMMONS. ClllOOl4 ST/OIL/1r KIM notice, that be should move fur leave to brim( M a Bill to alter the law as to the °biennia( of Settlement* by the Poor. Mr. V•leITT•IlT NIAW43I tot " As ammetut of the several articles allowed to be warehoused slider the warehousing acts, few Ow year. , up to the sth of Jan. teas, the several licenses gracted ander the authority of,these arts ; and also that the accounts of articles imported into England and Scotland, whirl, bad been ordered to be printed is May, trot, be reprinted."—ordered. Mr. BIDUCI.PII said it was his intention, to-morrow, to wham to the ilnuee certain Propositions as to Finance, which, with the permission of the House. he should mow to be laid upon tie table, there to remain tdl after the Holi days, sad afterwards be dist-owed A Message from the Lord, tolerated the !louse that their Lordships bad agreed to the innkeepers' anemone, Bill and several private Mr. DOWARTN gave outlet of a motion, on thie day fortnight, respecting the Committee wow a.ttiug oa the affairs of the East lochs Company. Mr. ROIIIIIT Dt'N DA/ Wilber.' [4/know the nature of the motion. Mr. MOWAIIII was proceeding to state that the duties jutpated oo that Commdtee were exceedingly arduous, +hen be was stopped by the S • , who stated that there being se m.ituse before the Heuer, he mast revalue bus. self to implaciatione immediately applicable to the view tons ►ut . . . Mr. How AIRTiI laid* few words, but in to* low a tone to be overheard in the gallery. Oa a ?notion of Mr. D. limn, the ord-e for the considers atioa of the Granspound Petition was postponed front the gad April to Ruth of May. The CNA "MELLO* of the Lit cnr.4o; ER gave votive et 'motion, ou tsvatoeraer, or Thursday, that the Rowse should s#ijusru to Thursday seunight. t a I :,•_! were anxious :hut it shuu;cl appear t , Pgreat number. He tho4it that t!•e titiou %If one of the tir.4 • ject, it would be atteirled st'otu consequeacts to admit any Pv•.ir:oti bigued by the parties v. hose tiatLei: subscribed. rdreti Sir Jou!: NEWPORT observed, that to the :klanchester k'etition tt.itidtd to, i,e not deride ; but as to the pre• , ..nt sands lia%ing actually signed it Wa". prove the genentl sense of the Cathohts of st-',; There was a ,nanite-t diFf:yrence hetoern the-e sorts of Pctitioas. Many t,ersc,:s e••• doubts upon the sabjeet of p-acr any tn.in say whether the ..:e !.• admitted to the pr...-iiettre of the stlto-..•• As in Isis or inn r• %T. i: do' eutertaiaed, there we,i a great .•1,:••ovottv pAriug tiie,e two re:l:ions Witt, r:•ch ctl perfeetly proper to apui) . tie urrr! ch:eo ; uu• if e•I er there %.,:r• , atat:ce* which would jurt.ltY 4 departure trylll CATHOLIC PETITION Mr. GRATTAN rose. and stand, that he held in his hand a Petition from certain Roman Catholics in Ireland. praying to be admitted to certain pri vileges, from which they were at present excluded. He merely meant to move " That it be laid on the table," with the inteution, that, after the recess, (he meant the pith of May), be should move a Reso lution thereon. He hoped that the day he had fixed would not be &mud inconvenient to the House.— He had Duly at present to observe, that the petition he was about to present had been signed by a great number of persons—but he begged to inform the House, that there were many names put doom by elders from individuals, and not actually wntten by tbemsc lees ; and in case this should be objected to, he shunld propose that•it be received as the Petition of those who haul really signed it. Ile accordingly concluded by moving, " 'That this Petition be now received." Upon this question being put 'from the Chair, The Cssamcnt.Lost of the EXCHEQCER asked, if the Hight lion. Gentleman could state the propor tion of numes that were signed by one person ; and whither this Pctition was similar to the former out that had been presented froth the same half? Mr. (Gauss answered, that he had docu ments or letters from various persons to authorise others to sign for them, but be could not state • precisely the nuwalsor of these *he bad oat tactually signed. He had heard that there were some thou sands of them. It IVll$ a Petition exactly similar to that which bad been reeeis-ed in 150.3. The SPEAKER said, that it might be important to know, whether it was 1:06311)le to exclude tboire names that were signed by orders ? Mr. GRATTAN said, that he had thought it proper to state this fact, that he 'night not snbject himself to the accusation of having presented petition, that was not regularly signed by all of those who arpeansd to be petitioners. This he thought was the best mode of conduct ; but he did not know by what means they could be excluded. It was surely however a better way to ra•eive this petition in its present state, than to send it back to be more regularly signed, which would occasion new meetings to be held, in order to receive new signatures. Of these two modes, the receiving it now would surely be the more salutary. Mr. PAR?' ELL said, there could be no doubt that there were some hundrsels of signatures of the most respectable persons in Ireland, Catholic Nobility and Clergy, and so far as it, the Petition, was signed Ly thaw persona only, be should think it sufficiently entitled to be received and entertained by the House. The CHANCELLOII of the Elena:QM' stir, that he had not the least re, -on to object to the Petition, but only in so far as the receis•n of it iu its present 12.1 co