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that measure, ....retie be 'seven to protect the Cetholics anti public
M Ireland Prone inconeiderate intolerance :old furious fanaticism.
The fit:losing is a copy of the rt
" I'o the Bight flonourable and Bonnie:able the Knights,
Cinieene, and Ilargeseee of the I 'ltiftel Kingdom of Brea:
Britein It•al Ireland in Purliamcnt assembled.
" The humble Petition of the undersigned Irish Catholics,
" Most lemthly shewene That your Petitioners have read the
draft of all:lit:ow before this llotentratile I louse, for the repealing a
=tale Act, and making certain provisioes therein specified, with
eeepeet to the burial in Indeed of persens dissentirg from the Este-
Wished remelt. That it is ieuly stated in said draft, that the
easement of le.riel in the church-yen:4 of Protestant C Marilee
Ana been lung tijoyet.l by all cheeses of his Majesty% subjects
—that • no he:ay or inconvenier.ce el...tint: the rights, inn:-
reete privilteeee, or prerogatives of the Established Church,
-ot Of the Ministers thereof, at any time ratiolted.or is now
alleged to have resultixi, from suck practice or enjoyment
in
Ireland: and your petitioners further humbly submit, that they are I
a:wailed by said Bill is the position that such practice is also
etmilieble in principle, for the professed ote'eict of that Bill is to I
monde 'het all classes of his 31ajesty's subjects may be permitted
to have the rehl casement of burial, areerding to the rites of
the several religions professed by them. That although the prin-
t:pie of teleratroo is thus distinctly reetegnietel in the terms of
slid bill, nevertheless, its provisions nut only render such
prin-
titer-net. but introduce new enartinewts more intolerant
a' .1 ohnoeioue than those which they affect to remedy. That
he t operation of said Bill, if passed Imo a law, would be to
tempt and excite the Clergy of the Established (:hutch to the
exercise of an odious jurisdiction—to taunt the great hotly of
the peoele of Ireland, both Lay and Ecclesiastical, daily and
•ttrly, :iron the degradation to i.hich the law proscribes (twin
on at eetitit of their professing the hole:lie faith, to produce con-
stent and immediate collision betweee the clergy of the different
conentonens, and to iecrea-c that split of teeuttion and discon-
tent alree,ly so perniciously prevalent in Irelond. That the provi-
e:ens efthe Teel) lied law weitld Imply in a particular manner to the
Otv ;$o.,1:o. in:1.0'1116 5, the burials in that City are generally
! ed I. the .. 1.17 .11. yards of Prote,tant churches. That no iticonve-
-7.1..•er ILO ye-,!:...t tit)111 the prateice of free burial, as it existed in
-• ei:y ao the at:poi:tom:it the Mast Rev. Pr. Magee, as
A eettesnee et' the eeeeeee ; vole: petitioners humbly submit
I) the cee.en'entetet of this Me:nor:dile House, whether it can
be evt etuctl a jee; or re-v.:sable regelation, to subject the en-
joy went or eeteeesatio.• of ?twit a rieht to the caprice of the very
some inetve"eele. ttlitoe teext et'.ltl4, respecting the same matter,
here modeled tweet:say any application for the interposition of the
Legtilettire. •1:1r peti:il),l.rs are unwilling to temente upon this
Nor:omen! lease with a tletailed reference to the manifold ...eon-
e•Ytollieu ere insuoineenetee of said Bill: they are more anxious
to 40101 yo• r etteetio 1 to tile illiberal and impolitic principles
which it :end, to cat ; eor c ;hey disguise the sentiments
reeret and eiseptitiitinei!: with which they are impressed, on
eh:varying that it. teet ne,essary eons:quo:ice would be, to pro-
r,elece, by implicat tor, tee S 31,1111,!, of the Legislature, for pro-
ceedine, weree hare been totiver,ally condemned by every liberal
dael Meg, as is insinuated by said Bill,
that suet) ereeetlinge were indispensably unavoidable, according
to tie. "Ni.,:'.ng
" l'aue pedti therefoe.., Meat respectfully suggest, as a
eem.e mere eeiteble to the high office of Parliament, and to the
i•teeereviet• of the subiert, :sett th: real merits thereof, and also
liethe to reetelly the cede created, that inasmuch as it
'!!+.t i •eraceice of free lotrial has long existed in Ire-
!mil isithort any iti.eity or in....eve:tierce, and the principle thereof
is di:eine:ly reteeteised prefe,ed, tile Legislature may. in its
was hint tUretele eetelilish sari rieht by positive enactment, instead
of tritoterring its own juristliteien or control to other persona, or
Imtvieittns aeon-telly unnecessary, but directly tending to
tee reel:tee :::oe of the toot prejudicial collision and discontent,
without ad...01:1g, er eveil proi'eseit tg, to seek any sure coantervailing
letectit or advantege. And it is funkier most humbly submitted,
the: if it shell he considered neressery, provision may be made at
t ;‘) prevent the use of !etch rites of borial in any Pro-
te-eoit chureln.yerd, ditring the performance of divine service in
the churl. situated thereei.
.• Vetir Pee•ientr., for these reasons, among many others,
hitioley pray this enoitrable !loose (list the seidltill may not be
peised iet t• len, but that MI6 111e3.4111TS may be adopted in the
matter as tray protect the public feelings from the offensive inter-
pr.itino o,' eeitlayate fanatieion, or more furious intolerance.
" And your Prlltiol7(''s. as in duty bound, will ever pray."
The pat Ultm wet ordertel to lie on the table.
S'r C. 'I vLE .eeeltented a petitioe from the inhabitants of Ma-
be e% Netei, the duty OA coals carried coastwise.—Ordered to be
laid or the
A tneesage front the Lords announced their Lordship.' assent to
va-leee eopert.)
IR COUNTY TREASURERS.
311. tit 11"1,1t: 'IIN gave netice of a motion, after the mews for
leave et tete:id .tet pasied last Session respecting County Trea-
sure!, it: Ireland. .

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B: BM 14 BILL.
Th • lri•ih Burial Bill s 39 read u immnd time: to be read a third
time t••••iii•rriy.v.

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1,.1W ST.IIIPS.
w Lill *a% real a %frond time.
litl:-11 ISOGA.
Mr. 1:01'1,M N gave notice of a motion for bringing in a Bill

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for !s:,p-.ring and drainioF hogs in Ireland. ..
al ', '.I ICI tiii I NO tiOI.I)IERS.
• Liell P.11,311i1?4'1'1/S gave notice of motion for bringing in a
riii tar th, rz•i di ition of rates paid by innkeepers and others fur
(in irt-ring 'lA.:lves.
The other Orders of the Day were then disposed of, and the
HMI." adj.iirrned at is glarter past sown o'clock.

NoTWES (►F MOTIONS FOR TIM DAY.

Mr. Co r.s.er —Com; of Memorial eoneeminq the absence of the
At'onu•r.':c:rlal from the Isle of Mann ; also, Copy of Patent
of
tbr ba t—P.ill to establish a 31iidus for the Tithe of
!•-••‘;:i in I:rlmid, in like manner as it is now established by
Law 1., :re it
Mr. IS, !mt;1;•—tlill to regulate the relief granted to the Poor in
Sco.lrool.

Yr. /lon..r—t'nrregunutence relating to Slate Quarries in Wales
Lency I,llty under leoL—Expense incurred on the
nymotith.
tatIWItS OF TILE DAY.

CT.) t, ti Committee.
i',•nr - t.. ( Irt land) Bill—Report.
111..rewtoent hill—Report.
C.tnat,ti I .krt .I:ornsltnent (irelind)
fna,,lvent btor.' Bill—Report.
it Walks Bill—lteport.
Ga II!: I. lA'S A 111 endment hill—Committee.

FOREIGN' INTELLIGENCE.

FRENCII P.IPERS.

:r's Journals of Monday, with the Etoile of Tues.
dpy's (let% reacbtd us last night by express. The following

a-: Lox; t:tel

I From the Efoi
PARIS, 31ARCR 30.
The Hess of the declaration of independence by the Paella of
Egyi•l s,t. los man-what improbable. How happens it, in point of
!kit it o' id not rather reach us by the med. of our merchant
ships, win •!‘ are in threes intercourse with Egypt, than by the
ii.• )dera and Augsburg.
Al. :he i take Deenzes is arrived in Paris.
'1 h.: f't t.-47:vtiouvet announces that Al. Lareveillere-larrativ.
EN-AE.IIONi of the National l'onvention and of the Etecutive
Pi curvy, tii.d in Paris on the evening of the 28th bust. at the age
of 711 re:.,.
flett :tome, dated the 10th inst. state, " The cony:i-
f...Titre of:t• • Pope makes t• is but sensible progress. Yesterday
but %ea.:ill:titled to cause himself to be conveyed in a chair
to :Lc c' :wet of the tluirinal, where the Lent sermon in preached
Atrun,S from Cosstantinople of the 28th state that great
air o ig in the arsenal for the approaching cam-
•l- l iretks have effected a debarkation ut Carabourott.
i don.a s and that the negociations opened by 31. Min-
sin ky with tiic t ittienan Porte are still carried on.
he •ii •ion 0.1 M. Constant's admission to the Chamber
his not tat:en place.

RANCE. LONA, JM••co 7.

f•in. r tl rerernonr teak place on the 7th Omani, at st. Laurent
•i,ttu,ll. m lumour of five rictinou, Who, in n period of calamity tot
Cdll:k :13, uer.: eneriliecti to the sanguinary orders of ate ferocious

[From the Constitotionne/ 1
PAW'S, 31 ARC IT 28.

Al".7111r:‘ farl, Cons•antinorle of the Ist of Mardi, state that the
41.1re1l himself independent.
Si is r ••43, 6 lately restored to the Marquis of M.
r • •:•.1.,1 st,ti decoratims of which h., had been
i. It is reported that he is shortly to be
a2rointe4 linanzz.

MAltelt 20.

I.7tters f-ant errs i' etersburgh inform UN that the communira-
tions r‘is capiial and the governor of the provinces of
the Caucasus (i;e.t sal Werniolliff). who is entrusted with a very
'impurt:tve regne:l:iset in Persia, have of late become very frequent.
It is :meatus! Li:at the object of thianegocation would Ire not only
_to settic auriteit tl:seiussions which have arisen between the two
Pawers, but :dui to bring about a perfect unciccuanding between
the paltry of Russia and of l'ersia. Venuoloff keeps
'up all uninterrupted communication with the Court of Teheran.
tool r'...mlian itgents arc awn observed to arrive at his residence,
*ME. Ilia-siati sg.ties riet:r to the Court of the Seltah of Persia;
but cc g iteatriel /et with the grcatest secrecy. It appears,
froni all these ciremostar. cs. that Russian policy has succeeded in
r,assining the influence which it had lust for a moment. and these
Enielish ;yob' yis 'using ground. We must await the results
whu:b this clia-ge must necessarily produce. and which, accord.
114 to all appearance.. will he of very ',Teat importance.
Front the Ju.sis and des Dchols.l
l' Au's, Mmiett 211.
We learn from Marseilles, under date of the 2ruh klar:11, that
. as soon as France was infOrined that Algiers had declared war
.tyjailist Kpain, the liermionc frigate and La Porch: King's schooner
aye (*.derv/ to sail Peon' Toulon with despatches for our Consul
Algiers. Fritter olCcred its mediation ID order to settle the mis.
nederstutding which' had taken place. and declared that it would
rut Stiff.a the Algoritms to Annoy the Spanish trade. so long as his
Catholic SI ideAry would deem the presence of our ships intlisfens-
-41. for her suet!. The holiness has been I.mvisionally settled,
and the I/ crntione frigate has alteady landed at CarthagencSpriish

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