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1 *role lam word the moment lie enclosed me either nn ...e I zest it I, ace.' dwo to my memory perrifoly the ca.. . Mc.
;et ore copy a a theesiening letter, it 0.14 an attempt to , Quin came intu the room first, handed the mina,- or' ii
°tort money ; I told bins instantly to 414 fy the villain to : to me, alld Slid, Smyth. that is in .14 4 sly cm rict ; lout I 6.1
'owl investigation, and I think I added to ii, he could have I inch a paarze might lw altered. I handed him the pen to
..., "prehension. from Mr. Cares Smyth, nrfattna 1 11•11S4 I Make the alteration ; he requested that I SS,Will 110 ii, re.
Mr. Cale* Smyth would tell tie both. markiug, as I tholk, that it wouhl lw better it should he all
ynn have 110 ierollection of having my
any such letter i iii llw same
intohad.wrilittg; having made the alteration, I
la Mr Quirt I—Not the *lightest ;my impression, if I have I then inupord him fur his signature, call it is only from
le that I itol out, that I merely commuuicatell chat I , Mr. Goold's reply, ur Mi. Gould's otigervation rather, that
say, -
es as 'tiered ill Ile are material fact. I could at all collect that he was aware uf its cuutento,
'ir.,..... bare said that you had always bon on friendly awl . fur Ise arid, " I think it right to apprize you, Smyth, that I
inhales terms atilt Mr. Carew Smyth, mull a certani Mims! .' have *dewed Mr. Won not to sign that paper,. foe you
—Always. • .oust be swat 4- that it emotions something relating to the die-
Was your only reason for dropping the acquaintance of pawl of the profits of an office co ttttt •clea with the ailinitti-
hle. Carer Smyth, at the time you mention, the suppusitiou , striation of justice, which I ito not think it viola fur a Slem•
tort the Sarni' would come to he itivestigateel here, and ; her of Parliament to Ogis; lint I am at all times ready to
the str, (area Stnyth might he a witness ?—Certainly not ; ; come forward and testify that Me Quite in ►my violence in.
I 511600a5, drotincily the grounds nu tallith I l
audd • 1010ot...deed that to he ea tttt ct ;" from that circtimuitere I
Mall avoid any „stereos's, with Mr. Carew Smyth, I also certainly conclude that he was aware of the contralti% of
hope the Howse will excuse me one single moment : I hate : the paper, otherwise bus could he tell that that paper might
been a barrister sevenaind•twenty years; I love ilel/11 this:- I not have bee,. eballgell.
years a limes counsel, and on the 411, of February I If yon lied understona Mr. (lain In have offered the grant
1:"14, •lirthe Sth, there appeared in all the public Palaell• a • of 2001. a year, without any condition ruf political depend-
last miself: under which I have Ins, ii laneuithrog, : race, would there have been any sort of difficulty in lir ino-
(iilii:drirwrhanglia has overcome any health, because I have nett been j ing the itegociatiun to a close I—l should have supposed
able even to have the bowelsr of contradicting it. I know j none whatsoever.
that I anti spoke to old Mr. Grady upon this sithii:ct in 1 That was the only impediment in the way of an omit-dile
a life • I know I Dever spoke to his eon in my life; I know . cunt lotion of the negotiation?-1 cannot take upon myself
gui-nree: drake to say human being on the subject to any j to my, that I would hive instantly concloiled matter*, butt
ISO, bat in the presence of Mr. Carew Smyth; and I !hooch, • 1 certainly would have had nu await wool ins mind, that
it lard that he should furnish any material% to any ri.,,,,, ; she miter worild have been concloilerl, lion the sum.
which waohl ntake •f
languish wider a false ch urge, cit. I
Thomas Gould, Erg. trat again railed in, and
:farther
las I was, for now a period of this slay tier weeks. i
emrotatirr. your ;
Is foe time to which you refer. as bring the date ofMr Carew Stroll' has Ileirratrmolileiodisis eel/letter this esvcrinic,
farrier the emulation no longer to continue your acquaint. '
his conviction, thst yon accompanied Mr. Quin to 1114, :kir.
new-with Sir. Carew Smyth, the first mention of the matter ;
Carew Smyth' s, house, on the morning, as well as on the
in this House, when Sir Robert 'Wilson made his statement •
afternoon, of the 22,1 of soidetober ; you are &sired to re.
in Mr. Qnia's absence, or the woad time, when Mr. Qiiiii
' collect Yourself, and to state to this Howse, whether, ar-
ra& his Oakmont in reply ?—When the public papers it-
ij I visaing 11l yonr convict and twin 1, yon were, or weep not,
presented au, that I bail bee a engaged in the d'''``'""r• Pve" present at au interview, on the now gOr that day, at Mr.
violate, and testifying a corrupt hero- ii, and in whirls one of Carew Silty th's %mow. AS at Ii as iii slue aftertmoti, —ln ouit%e-
the public papers, giving a second retool, mill a moue au-
quence of letting heard, after I ois e my , o i!lrner ISsi nigh°,
threw one apparently, added, what
I hope evelY 'ltem." i that such a fact had been %tetra by Mr. Smyth. foe of lint eto-
of this house will feel an unitise In COY "hug ' that I i deuce I did not hear one utile, I „nosed a ole....ileas night,offered ier vouch this hose bargain by my with.
„i I lazing my memory to try if I could brio! such a fict to my
fl" PH' sec"llerf whether it '34 out "le urra'''''il "ist i recollection, and I now solemnly der"..44e my sine, re con.
ile. Qum was heard is his ilefew.. ?—Nu, lo•tg before &Iwo% ;
victi tttt . unit positive Oar's that I never enteied Mr. Cases
I saw iliat the paper repreveuted Ow I lota lweit eepieseirt- aimyth,a boose but
oast. in
my fife
ed in this :wod &trembly, for whirh throe is "" lirss"" I You are requested, upon this oppoi limits now given, to
f. els a rater let pest, and ever shall ilo, lions myself, that
' add alit eircurusbures of information to the Howe, which,
I had been repo:ruled la this august assembly as a
"H" in consequence of evidence heretofore eiven, you may con•
etront v cei eit neeeasary Or prop/ rto add !—I protest, I .10 110 t
AilliWagb Sou may not have by silnatarrt or ;it a formal a
onow one siougle word to aria or alter, wills respect to the
manure testified the minute that has hero menti ttttt .1, can evolence I gave hot night ; I have reflected upon it ; I sin
rill say whelk" you gave ..ea""' by nni thing that ('II fruni ready, though in a very weak stile of health, to lie inter„i.
pinto beiieve that yew should be ready on future OCCiaillaS, gaud by
every msiom.s
of
ibisswiss
;it is
my duly as
fu cove your testimony to the accuracy of that estimate ?so.. "
well as it is soy incliwitlon to give every s detraction in my
Visors my honour I newer did. power ; !Ulla no iiiirrest upon this .object, last the tote.
lit your note hi Mr. Cares Smyth you State that Mr. rest which every man of 110111111 f must feel for the ourilica•
Wyndham Quin authorises him to say that Ida rerolleeliwa lbw of inatweirce, against chat I conceive to he a foul and
IS IS. kW, rectorate, to what did you. allude to when you a raise charge.
raid Ile W"1"1". Qiiiia alit/emi"l me to say "; did Yen I It has been slated to this House by Mr. Carew Smyth,
allude to any cosivemallion that had taken place with Mr.
, \ that you used this ezpresoion, that you haul advised air.
13."Ilhern flal'!—Aulbrieriala me to lay this' that his
"cm' Quilt not to sign the inioute, thereby implymo, that you hail
lection abort the 2114)1. a mar, to be ri cured in the manner
loevintoll knowledge of Ort contents; do you NNW. 1111.111
leelei"edy was perfectly accurate; ilmt Blinn was "" I your solemn recollection, think fir believe, that you had any
the House has heard withreapoct to the event or contiogency
suoveledoe of the contents of Oro minute Irefore you rot« v.
of Mr• Smllles dying, ma whole attention was called to the 1
ell Mr. C?frar Swiyth's honor ?-17pon my humour I had not ;
"Ml' by •birli II could Pei a atop to any thing Ike a ; and until last night I (meta lint, as a matt of honour hare
bust ele proceeding. I
, . r_ . deposedm to owe syllable of O contents of that instrument
In the letter from Mellinyth to 'oneself. a roll of omen ! from iby OWN knowledge. I hope the House have • perfect
has been reed, of which you say you have on recollection, ! et•cullectium, that I stated last oireht, that o hat I enact-teed
mentioned In my presence by Mr. Carew Smyth and M.%
to
but have no dotal). it was the one 1100 rreeitelle there are the . a :
e sober( matter. the document, whatever it was, wan
words, 0 un the terms apecificel," that Mr. Grady agrees to 1
accect of the office on the terms 'prided; what dot pm I Quin; bed that, from MS own knowledge I 'sever saw the
understand by dose words?-1 will state what I cousiche i imatruntent, C. nit it. our I.- no it Cecil ill my life.
those terms to be : that Mr. Thomas William Grady war to I
1 An revert from the letter of Mr. Car. iv Smyth to Mr.
have 4410/. a year at will; fin the whole character of the con- I Thomas Grady, dated the 23d September, was .. rail to the
we-moral ware, that it Was nut a conversation in which one witnees, cornmenclug with the cords, . *hat I said made
man Meg: Omit for political Jailor net, but it was a ouster- 1 same itaweniart aiam his; mind ..44 rod ~cling with the
isalusar in a hich ilse other required a pledge that he aboold t.
worth " y„, will perceive he inna, i„, niti.inti,,,,, 3,111 n.i.
tint be rcesented fur political illflUellfe ;
therefore the i milted it in Gnold's ptesence, which Gould said he would at
terms crew dor, that he was to have it at will. I all limes testify."
Yon were understood to have stilted, that the proposal to oat that atmeavat, aid, respect in the coneernntinn
• (“Ipt 2,141. to Mr. Grady, dill 11111 originate with Mr. Quin, I
which is alleged to have taken place at the first interview,
'put originate:4 with a McCuusadire, and that that gentle- i namely, at eleyi•rs o' clock, be curiettr—Poritively Mein-
mast was wilily to vouch fur that fact'.—Yes ; mid author-met, arid riot true.
lowa ore foray ms. IS the latter part of the statement in which it is asserted
Carew Sinyth, Esti. again called in, wad further examiner?. i that you declared pur readiness at all tim,.s to testify it,
In IS istelerr to the interview whirls you stated you had i correct or not?-1 hope the House will recollect, that on the
with Mr. Quin, or the 41st of September, sive Its what I last night I distitictly stated, which I beg to re-state with
apartment of Mr. Gotair shouse that interview took place?— their itermission, that if I were capable of such a proceed.
lin cry *nuance into Mr. Gould'e hour, I was olworu bolo 1
ing, I would consider myself a disgraced Mali i it never did
the room that I believe is called the drawingwoom of his
take place upon my honour.
Louse; I over haul been iu that bootie before; some ladies ,
quer it. the room, and after a few momenta couversatims in 1 Ho you recollect any conversation upon your ffOiliff to
the roans, Mr. Gould begged to *hew Mr. Quin and me into , Mr. (.airs tonyth's house, with respect to you.. dress on that
another room ; the room we were shown Win was on the : day?—Nut the slightest ;I du nut think lam a temaikahly
sight hand side of the hall ; what dramatisation the room j deuced Mu"'
do
Mat molt r, II really cannot say. extract was rend to the witness, from the examination
Assign again the reasons that were given why the conver. of Mr. Carew %int'', 'in the present day. commencing wills
writing?-41st my the words, . Hecolleclt and State to the [loose, whether you
s•ition wan oat, on that day,
propaetar ta hare it red„,,i to writing. I 1,,,,ed tu writing?—h, d nitwit and ; l ace crate confidet Ir. Gerold dill accompany Mr hobo ma
the morning a lb. 22d of September ;" and ending with the
a•kta, could we have pi it and irsk, certainly there was none
open the table at which we were stantlitte, it was a small words, " Mr. Quin laughed a good cleat at it."
table, not such a table as io literally ill lawyers streilies, nor Are the eiwumotanees detailed in that part of Mr. Carew
had ih.• room the least appearance, to my reeollettion, of 1 Sinyth's evidence, true or not ?-1.0 my perfect convietiors,
being Is study, and I ecitainly did not see pea and ink in they are not ; and fur the following reasons : that Ido tout
the room ; I am, unfortunately, itesewialited, and there recollect in the Whole course of no, life. I ',ter wore a
litieht have been pen and ink in various place., but I tee- hoiakeichief about my neck ; secondly, Ow '22.1 of Seirtem-
tarty saw none ; and Mr. Quin immediately said, " Oh, you bee was llOt a cold day, and I will venture to assert, there is
1:31,1 du that when you go home, I shall he iu town to.mortuer out a gentleman in Ireland who can remember it, who will
at three o'clock, and arm will commit it to writing; Wine say it was a cold day; Ow Monday preceding wao a very wet
that time, I shall Own see it." As I hearth Mr. &Nola remark, 1 clay, bet the day tollllowing was aremarbly beautiful day,
\
it Sas ceatainly an extremely wet day, sod it was parable and I met will. Mun at my hall .loor, soil aCCOSS,
Mr. 0.91111 may have said something about keeping the car. parried him, not ow:ruing to go to Mr Smyth' s, and for the
t laze utii; it was a hackney carriage I had ;I am nut sure first and last time of my life 11l turd Mr. Sissy tlia door.
whether that wit stated or nut, but I rccullect an more than I 'the llowe is to understand from you, that von dill not
the diffie silty of Mono% pets, ink, and paper, marl Mr. Qom iris I gt 4 tit Mr. Carew Smyth.% door 11/0011 ibili day, or any part of
telling me le should be in town the Heat day, and proposing ! 11, it aay, in a cafriact, of any dr„,,pii tt e..N„. po,,,itirel,
it neighs br done in Its. interim. wit ; I recollect a cot airbialltt now, and it is quite right I
Recollect and state to the Ilmi,e, whciln r von are quite should emotion it ;I do recollect having driven in an open
eintfidetit Mr.Goold did accumpaity Mi. Wyna'•ant Q/lill oar rar, which is I ler ransom ott carriage in Ireletolorna Mr. Wan
the morning of the TM. wheal Mr ".""ll'alls 11"1" waited , Wring me that he intended to call at Mr. Carew Smells s,
*limn 'soil t—l am as eoufideol• of ii as 1 al" "r 'my own ...1 1 b.r 114 ye the car stopped at the /low. but I was ill an
existence. extremity cleat hurry to go into torso, and I persuaded him
Was there any particular circumstance which occurred ti tot to air huiew in Merritt's-square; be aid go with me;
that eon ft Cal it more MISS. S•letiy 11.) our 11111111, than at, . he found rum, mem, and 1 neat luta town.
a:sassier y recollectinu would do!--31y f.smi:y were out Of
towii, and I had only a Liao and a maid la its the bowie I
west ii NI r. Coolel rapped at the door; the doer was answered
be the maid servant as I heat recollect, ory item /a-I fain was
6 Ili ..f ihr. 1w0..., ; the maid wit ant after hat itio am:weird the
411,/r, a, an. •I at my study own, *lnch is close to the hall
dour, •11111 it/b1 Me ibl re all re isir gentlemen u.s two larrelirai
ViSatiatt to ere me ; I *moo 41,ately rupee:ow., Cu. prise she
had nut Piano them into my mane, suit I blamed her for .
her awkwardut or, and went to the floor usyoelf, having toe-
s rowdy seen over the bliod of my study, Mr. Gwohl and Mr.
Nunn slighting from an waves jauntingtar belonging to Mr.
t;ouhl ; this was iu the mowing almost eleven o'clock : I
..penal the door myself, awl olicosed Mr. Cool.' and Mr.
4.01,11 oi, and ele.Cmolil, a.. he came lulu the room in rather
a jor.ilar way, scolded my ticial servant, or desired me to
ar4.111 lifr, for her impropriety in shutting the dour in his
face; and I replied, in no eqindly jocular way, nitd beg
teat e to impress it sten:ley upon thr memory sit the Hon.
[II. Quits, who laughed at it tills, that I replied to Mr.
311 t;ould, " I shall nut scold her indeed fur any such thisic,
bur you look so like a logliwayinan, I think She was right in
Oneonta you out;" it Was it cold day and he aim wrapped up
4° •I cr. at coat, and hail I think a handkerchief tied shout
Li, a.,k; arils the pie:toms, y that always subsisted between
us 1 wade that reply, WWI Mr.Quai langtied a good deal

Lung, 15 die .1/nrlii, IRI9.

Thomas 6.1,1 d, Esq. was again called in. and trantined.
There alt• suns ;sante un v bich the Honer under eta nil
you wish to innke au explanation to the House '—Vertainly.
Stale to the Mouse those eircioniatatiet yin' wish to e x.
plril' —1 sot tieletowly obligee] for the indulgence shear.. to
me, and the opportnnity given to me to explain, an fat as I
am able, an extremely awkward and untoward circumstance.
stated nu Tharsday, and I re-stated nit Fe ulay, that I had
not bean COTT at Mr. Carew Seitittles limete but once. My
amid is exactly, a, to recoil. etion, in the very same state
now that it was then ; I an. tidally unable to rall to mind
the fact of my hat log been twice on the game day. nor ant I
able to fecal the eircuiumances whit I, have been mentioned ;
it has passed from nay inemnry, and has not left a trace be.
limit. I state that with the Intorno sincerity; and
having stated it, it is right to tell the Mouse, that on Fri-
day nizlit last Mr. Wyndham Quist come to me, when I was
in tied, and endeavoured to bring •the fact to my recut-
kclient, by restating those minute circumstances to which
be had given such attention. I told him then, as I tell thin
House now, that I have not nor had not the slightvat ti :tee
of the fact opion may memory ; lint I *third, Iliat as lie
bail, it w:01 yule right heat the midake I committed should
hr rertilied, and that as soon as prerntde. I do declare, so-
Irmuly, that I had nit the sliglitrit intention, not the
slightest Of the 'corniest intention, in the evidence I have
given. arrest Kivu:: a colour to a single tranaaction. I wan
mi.laken ; nay memory has deceived me; anal I am extremely
sorry that I laser caned the Howie any hind of tremble noon
the subject. It is to be also mullet-tett, that I wan certainly,
awl hate heel' for aeon, lime, in a very hail state of health. ;
have been in a state of great .ghat' ; many eirritin.
stances on Frillay 'tight concurred to angtnent that, but I do
rat irly oil those circumstances ; for now that I hate re -
culla:aril as tar as l have been able, l decline,

ak it.
Are on positive that ill the imerview at three o"clork,
"bra Mr. Gould aucompaitital :Mr. Quin, the minute was
rend ewer in the presence of Mr. Goottl, and by whom was
that 1111111111 C read?sa•No, I have lot ticollection that it ear
read.
Wit the conversation so explicit 111)1111 the suhji et of the
pollute, ti it it wit Insportible fur Mr. Gould, being pesetas•
not to know the full cuntents?-1 tiiink it is plimitiile that
Mr Gould might nut have kwon is nil thirst of 1.4 r"""*""'
from the conversation that look place at the 111.1‘111.1
intrr-
vial', as fax w l pe moiled the testimony 1 eat. yt stet day ,

•
Aso dill not pogo it, i.e lite4g.•S
saintlaau.,r eta
a tilt° those
r those %%110,4. II .roes o ~,,,
•----.-- - .•. "nsei if 01 . weir a boils, of men
entweerf to it, ono it ever I ilie..
silent, Owe were throw «. .
the. awe, Toe Petitiosters &lel tont conic! fore' ,rd
who deserved the mostirio.e.eriete;:tiuittituenti.ts.o.oi
.11:
it
wiii:O!.1,1.1::
to claim a boon for thenowlve., tli-y tlool eat come
b4.ove Parlionent to denreod Ow e,..!„)...
rovet.'lll:ini.leet.zo-.iilo.i°v'elbreeiii.l
milord 1111 l those
us 'gesseral. —(1 fear. hear.) —LI ..
pi iv dege, Iti:criays'iliereegetliely7l feltti Y
l .1
juoyient tor:. ft
of it to be toparious 10 the commutoity
statutes that give them a mierrnble motoupaly of
power, mod redone that monopoly to generate est-
vreekspros. they crone 'whore Par-
t:llllr ItniViscitilca.imi it.. This was dime by the great
b„,jv of the Nobility, Goitre. Merchants, :sod 'l'm-
'der; of the oiling! of Ireland. of what was ctn.
Ds do him jesoce. )het moist honouralole fling,
Prishlisel'er II! sc*uelosieerd►vtiloef .t‘hretr°l.ll"ost:lWiret:,itiyooosit* jDuleiti.lia":lltl
VI/initial the Third, was livid in pe,lll',„. ~.„,..
ration, and who Imo, in pursuance of the Wired
sentiments of their 'salvos usg, claimed the re-
moval of all political disaltiKlities which had been
iiiipesed ill the some of relig . They cotssistrd
of heroine whose local situation enabled then' to
Lean the brat judgment of the 'propriety of this
boon--of the danger of giving, mod of time danger
of withholding it. They had *CCU for taw *pace of
COAL MITI E.;. i
' thirty year*, eartmeliont the Continent of Eetope,
Petitions were presented ovoiono Any alteration in the '
Coal Duties—by earl Grey, Goon lilt CorpOrnt 1111 l , awl also
: Hod In every part of the world, votiflicts carried Ott
from the !Inhabit aids, of the sown of lierwick•upon:l'i, ed ; involving the de•irest interests of various people, hut
by loot Melville, from Ilse county of At r; I,y the itiOliip • never heard of ime instance wherein private or public
of firrvforil, room the towns of Stockport, and also Irons . faith was violated, merely on neconist of religion.
Darlington; by the Earl of Carnaceon, (loin the town of
flail such so Moaner occurred, they well knew
Wellington; and by Lord Granville, from the mown of Chet: i
tenhaus.—They were severalty laid on the table. ; there were meaty persons who would carefittly have
INSOLVENT DEBTORS ' blazoned it to the world. They stow therefore
Petitions against the renewal of the present Insolvent brought forward their evidence hi favour of their
Dhows' Art were presented—lit rail I'lllE4.olnm, from ' neighbour., with whom they hourly associated,
Ilse lows of ohettield, Leeds, and Dewsbury; by Earl Gress, that they were not the only Russian Catholics in
front the Curpolution, and also from the Inhabitsuls, of the
town of Berwieb-uposs- Tweed; by the Earl of Rridiress•lers .
, tine world who were incapable of diechargieg the
social (toilet—Meer, heir, hear. i— I i *toy &tigers
from m soe place of which we could out collect She tom Ivy e ; ,
the arl uf Abindon, from the town of Aloineurt ; y Earl • were apprehended from admitting a limited mon-
DighEy, front tveyginnuiti; by the Earl of Lauderdaleb. from I her or Roman Catholics into the two Hawes of
the parish of Saint Mary's, Rotherham; and by the Eatl of
shaftestsury, from tbe tuwo of Lynn.--Lard uu the table. Parliament, and into cenain willowy tied civil
i offices. at the discretiou and under the control of
ceIMINAI. Cone ' a Protestant King, it must be remembered that it
p,iosines were presented fur a revision of Ilw Criminal !is ott these Petitioner*, from their locul eitsuitions,
Code-shy the Earl of eoseherry, front the town II I' sh,oftes- :
bury; by Lord Attrkland, fedin the loam of spewing, and
: the dauger must first light, they must stand w the
also from the town of Calor, in 4113014; by the Bishop of i front of the Little. and with them he
w present
of
Hero-food, from Stockport ; soil by Earl Digby, hum WI- I ruin must Got coisouruce.--( lieur.)-a-Te
cumbe Regis.— Laid on the table. errs toot the time to argue On. question, but lie
ROMAN CATHOLICS OF IRELAND. would add that the Petitioners were mate entitled
The Maryut. of DOWN SII IKE rose fur the Pure 1 to respect fur their not specifying any mode of
pose of presenting to the particular attention of 1 relief, but inertly suggesoing to their Lordships
their Lard-hip', two Petition.. numerously signed ' the propriety of considesing it. ll'is the Petition
liy she Nobility, Gentry, and rollers, being Protest- i were the names of the Duke of Leinster, of his No-
. tant Inhabitants of the City of Dublin, preying for I Isle Friend (the Margot* of Downshire). sod of
the removal of lluor political diantoilities that still j various othe h
rs, ou wose judg
esnt they might re.
continue to loggrieve their Roman Co.tholie country. is tom with its much coiofidenc as ou their sealout
men. The Nokle Marquis stated, that the Pro- i love (sir the Constitution.--(lieor.)
' lions bore the ognatures of numerate. oulovisluels. I
1 The Marquis of BUCE:INGIIAM rose for tie pur-
l' respectalde in Junk, in property, and us the room*. post, of confirming what trio fallen from his Noble
lion of their fellow-citizens, in the various Wilk. 1 Friend, tieing COoVilteeti that had it been thought
and relations of sioviety. They were, therefore, ' expedieet, the far greater part of the lauded pro.
Iwell worthy of their Lordships' attention. The I !meters of Ireland, :tot resident in that country,
Isubject to which the Petitioners referred, was one i would have readily signed the present Petition.
which had already at various time. rogeged tile ton- The present was mot the proper `trothist to toter
t lice of the Legishoure; and, as far a 4 his exorrortice i into a discussion of this question, would 80011
Slid jUfiKilletlt could reach, it was one that involved. I be brought belsore the House ; but even at this
Imore than any other, the best interests of Irelaold, 1 early peolod, lie might be permitted to hail this
I and he sought add, of the elliptic to grtielal 'rite I first appearance of conciliation Hod friendship be-
owbejrrat• t w
so:,i, sheot I:eottt piro.i:veorskei naurtztoryw
discussion.fii:iii-t
bringing it II
otwf7l.l"lathe different
trt
leiereilr'triteactlist:iistiluiauthisomluosiotgl7l%;,et ttli'beeedflet lc):
humbly to lay the•ir roiiiiiolis before their Lord- i harmony of Ireland, of appeasing every angry feel-
ships. It woul I he vain, however, to think of 1 hog, and of sewer, au example of union to the
conceelioig, that on tai; subject there was great . empire, and to the world in general.—(llear.)
diversity of opinion to [relate', as well as in this I l'he Marquis of DowNsotat begged leave to
country ; but the Petitioner*, lookilog to the inter- ; gay a few words in answer to what had Tallest from
sal state of the kingdsen, to the state of our condi- . the Noble Earl apposite (Enuiskillen). The Noble
smote' relutions, to the fallen coonlitiou of the Papal ! E art had supposed him to have soul that ell the
See, and to the feelings of liberality that began to : pi•ote,,b,„o, of Ireland were in favour or the object
be so widely cherished in both countries oti this of the present Petitions, hut if he mod so, it was
subject, thought they hod sufficient o kis- i wore than he htoad inttiodthe op aimn s ' Petfitio ti ns e
only
I lily their offense{ do. Petitioes to the Legis frisson t
lature. hr sueposed tepees*i Oos
1 With respect to his own opinion, however lightly . who signed them, and if lie remembered tightly,
that might weigh with their 'Lordship's he could 11, he had stated that in Ireland much diversity uf opt-
' not avoid stating, that having resided in Ireland, , aims prevailed on this subject.-1 I hear, hear./—
behest ever found the great body of the Catholics as i The Noble Marquis then presented a Petition to
Ifavourably disposed as any other body of the i the same effect not the two former front the Pro-
i King's subjects to uphold their Sovereign's slid ! testatits of the respectable limo if Belfast.
their country's honour, to defend the eressti- i This Petition, with the two Ilion Dublin, were
lotion, and to maintain those 'meted relat,ems : read, and laid on the table.
I that gave a charm to life. They lied also i Earl ... es
1% RN LEY expressed hie warmest concur-
ill l'elantl a very large share or property. retire in the setstitneuts that had fallen from the
I and were therefore interested in the 1""er"- I Noble Marquises, and &elated lois ie.adiness, as a
lion e.,f social order. Several valuable frostichises 1 pr„prietur of tam's) in jr,ia,,,i, „m add him ,14usture
I had already been bestowed oft the Catholics I to those already affixed to the l'etitiett. Ile called
by Parliament, hut others still remained, which 1 the 'mention of the House to what he coureived to
would, he hipped, he shortly brought under their be a remarit‘able feature in the state 01. frebud,.alueb
Lordships` consideration. l'es skew the feeliiio a i was the correspotitting spirit of amity mill coectlia.
the Catholic*, and the deterinioutioso they had of 1 tom with which the Koolau Catholics replied to the
placing themselves under the natural guidaiice of i gene-rims exertions of their Protestant tellow.sub.
their Nobility mid Gentry, he read extracts from 1 i ,
jec., s. %%try 'hewed an motions stes.re to itoittletit their
certain resolutions lately poised at a Meeting of ! gratitude even for C:..: good-will oil the Proitestatits;
Romeo Catholics in Dublin. Theo- resolutions, 11 ~
utou when the great question cause to Le di,eutoeil,
the Noble Margies further observed, prOVed 11160 1 he trusted tloos eitcumstance would toot be for-
how warmly gratefool Ole Roman Catholics felt
I gam's. lie hoped the time was nut far ilistent when
towards their Protestant brethren fur the present all parties would concur in believing the removal of
relihno, and proved how easily the various sects, I the dtsabililtes thst now oppressed the ROIDOII Cs-
which toot a low, since reitilerest In (:mud scene c a
f i m 1;
tors, was a ineiesure commetent not only with jut.
couteuitoit and Re'ilYs might l')• ""I"" kil"1- tits., policy, mid hunssitity. hut also with the ordi-
ties* soul conciliation he united lop lice hoods of wily dictates of common sense.
amity stool peace.—( Hear.)
....The Earl of ENNISKILLEN said, that notwith-
standing what had fallen from the Noble 'Moonless.
r..speeting the universal wishes of tar Protest rots of
Ireland, ifs favour of the Catholic clultu, he
should assert, that he resided in the most Pro-
testant comity of Indeed, and he lilt' nut know one
Protestant in nll his neighbourhood who was favour-
sable to the objects of the present Petition. lie
should shortly have to preseast to (1w {louse a Peti-
tion very numerously signed from time Protestants
of Iceland; which he ventured to sat, would be
fortool to speak the real sentiment' of that body.
Toe Marquis of Liam:lowa (observed, that the
signature* of the Nobility aril landed pre:yrietors
affixed to the Petition before the !louse, purhotted
to be of those only who were usually 'rodeo tin
Indeed, hu' he rise on helialf of iiieistlf, sit! lie
aught ueld, of the treater ournb.l of other lhialed
proprietors of Ireland, pint resident on that part of
the kinool 1111 l , so state, that had it hen deemed rx-
petlietst by the promoters of the Petition to defer
the presetothog of it for a short time, the number tot'
pigoiat ores in it "MUM lasve beeit colieli!ersdoly
creased.—(!leer, hear hear) —llaVlllg Itlltd sa touch

snytwist-, ILI a trice of that ;dirun.,tai...,. no:
r, mails upoti my memory.
The witness n di directed to withdraw.
The witire‘s was ntaju calhJ in.
You have rrf. r eil to s ttttt e minute circsimstanres w;tich
pm stale you C. 14111.11 now meal to your nie .y ;to what
minute circiowdances du pin Fere.'-4 Urnoanture, that
were asked me in the House by run Steintrers on lb it
noyld, tool that were repeated by Sir Wyndham Qum to
nie ou Ftidny tieght ; namely, atone delay shoot opriiiin(
the door by the in ii.l servant, guy basin; myself wrapp...l lip
nt a ;Treat coat and handkerchief ; thoiet eircomitances that
were mentioned 140 rue in the House, and that Sir. W)iid•
Lam Quin repeated to me, 1 soy 1 du not recollect our of
them.
You speak °flossing made a mistake; do you mean to say
you are now satisfied you were at Mr. Carew Smyth's house
lot the morning as well as the alb:moon 7---Pc,fectly ; be-
cause Mr. Wyndham Quits has told rue Go, out hunt any
Memory of my own.
The witness was directed to withdraw.

IMPARIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS, MONDAY, Manca

The Duke ur \I►RLROROUGII, 114r1 GREY, the Lad ,r
PLY MOUTH, tiud Lord CAW DOR, tuuk the uittli4 mid their
seat,

DIVORCE.
Cossnwsl Rnd witnesses verve in part heard in the divorce
ease of HeKurd and Helton! —Furlhet psuc,Cdangs twat-
pones'.

ALIENS AND DENIZENS.
The Esrl of I...ivy...arum. moved the order of the
thy tor the third reeding of the Aliens and Denizens
'Jill.
Lord ilot.Law lainetit,(l that tht Miiiiotirs hail
wit condescended in filly Stait! of thi. 11,11 to state
the iiiittire of the law w it wrot to all. r.
The Bill was then read the 'hull piilsed.

POOR LAWS.
The Committee on we l'wor Laois was postpotirtl till to-

morrow.
The Marine Miiiiily Bill, lode:unity Bill, and the Plate
Claim Cumpaily Bill, were mail the third liwie bud paNseil•

MESSAGE FROM THE COWIOISS.
Mr. lirtogitris, sod. utlters, hittocht up the Four ih soul
Filth Rt•ports of the Cutomh:Outiete of Utva in Irelstod, and
the Portugal Coovensi 0000
The Reports were uothred to be pouted, and the Bill was
read a first tune.

REPRESENTATIVE PEER.
Mr. Hodges, funs the CrOVIII Office us Ireland, lorought
top a Report, ts loch staled, 111.1 Sowers-et, Call of Cars uk
lad toren :buses, one of the Reines, outlive Peels fur I,L lane.
us the room of lard Northland deres.esl
The Nassau Salt 13111, the 'Jolene:in Wool Sill„ sod the
East Ithlin Gouda (Ireland) UM. were 5414 a ;Lived time.

lan Slip. 41 from the Nigh Court cf Cl‘Anerty iu Irdante.
or.tr. pri,rutii, in the calor 01 O'Brien and !loam
Thr 111,,itse thrn adjourned.

111/USE or COIISIONS, SIoNDAT, Maivri 22.

---
Mr. CtileneBTeß gave nutiee that he would, nu the 29th
of April, move ter terve to bring in • Rill t•• inr.vide n
a more .Anal assessment of money levied by P. eseritmeui,
*atria the several counties in 'rebind.
WAT LH COMPANIES.
Mr M. A. TAYLOR pro Rented a Petit:on front lite lehuld.
lards of the parish of Nlaryle.bone, on the aus•jeci of the
rupply of water is that parish. He stated that rarmerntais
complaints had arken,eit her in ci:s...lisenre of the had a tel in.
efficieut supply of water, or of the adttitini.n' rntea, I barged by
thedifferent Compaties He had, to the two list years. rep's'.
cdly stated to these( templl e* ',that as this y had pair:riled out
the townies best retied their oven interest and convenience,
it was farr,all hope of C6.14).101011 •rniorget them btong at an
end, that they irboutil so regulate their inter as not to 110.iatir
and distress the !Public ; but all his effort. had her is .604
ineffecteal. The consequence of their combination was.
i that, iii some pliire,, the puree demanded fur water, was
twice the antenna which it used to be--and, in others, it wait
nil has shalt thiee-fourths Knitter. Is wine p.rtrt f the
Petition whieli he held in his hand was, to enable the in-
habitants of May:de-bone, to procure water horn the C..m-
psiiv now serving that parish,
at a fair an.l reasosable rate—
End, kiiiiig so ou that, to give them leave to form a new
Companyok to rontrart with nth. r Water Coniparire•.
1 • Mr. H.finetrest perfectty concurred in all that hail beds
slated by the I-earned Gentleman. He thought tlw W.rter
ConipanWs had broken faith with thenli, and deserver.
term censure of their curiduet. W they e,,,,,,iy as,„
before Parliament, they said, " Let us enter 11110 competklei-
tion with those Cumpairres noir in being, and 'Le tin
will be supplied mole 4.l,eiiply, inure rep:11181.1y, and more
abundantly, than they are at present." Ile did not doulrt
het that she C.Omparries at re sufferers by their speculation
...het, if sudividuals, embarking in a proect, ceirl d nut see
todiffirltica attached to learned
tbe public were nut therefore
be sacrtuficed. But the Gratlealan Unill ILO are.
that the Bill which the Inhdtitants of St. Mary•le hour Wars
now petitioning fur lease to bring its, would add perharei
to the evil comp:anted of. Would it not be better for hoe
to bring in a cetera! Bitl. %Inch would remove the incessity
of all the private Ads that bipil rettoosty passel'
Sre J AMP" GRAHAM said, the ieteutturt of the Pelitirierre
was out to hare a new Bill for the erection of au endow'. il
Water Company—their object was, to petcom the eatsting
Water Company to supply Owl parish of SMy-le
at a reasonable rate—arid, if they found that impossible, iu
enable them to adopt some alternative. When the Water
Compawies saw it was the almost unaunnous sense of the
House, that sum! restraint ought to be placed nu them, sue
that tie y should nut be allowed to carry ill. it exiortiusi fatal
1001 to 200/. per c..nt. it they plca.n..l, WI I h...e p•eseut eater.
they would probably fed the lICCC,L)ty Of ;1!:e11.1g ikahr
conduct.
Mr. M. A. TAYLOR said, the Hon. Member for Survey
mu-t see the dr-agreeable situation in which hr would in
placed, if he introduced a measure such as that a hick he
had allreleil to. It would be lal icily rousidered as a pri.
vate Bill, out which there were certain fees, which be
would be called on to pay. They would he vicy cuirstili.r.
able ; though he had no doubt they would he modified as
much as possible. The Metropolis Paving Act, which ha
had introduc. d, cost between 4 and Spoot. But in that in-
stance Government took the burden frnm his shoulders. At
the same time, if other Gentlemen would come forward and
1 assist brut, if individuals who were as much interested as be
was would take a share of the trouble, let should be very
happy to bring in a general measure.
'the Petition was thee read, and referred to a Select Com-
mittee to consider its contents and report thereto
DARLINGTON RAILWAY BILL
Mr. V. POWLCTT moved, that the Petition which he pre-
sented on Friday last, relative to the sou-cuinpliar.ce of the
stauditig orders with respect to this Bill, be rehreed to a Se-
lect Cusnniittee.
Mr. LAIIIrYO,I and Mr. M. A. TAYLOR opposed the mo-
tion, which was supported by Mr. SLR \ krr, Mi. 11.SL M S Lit,
and Mr. IVIIARTON .
The House then divided. The numbers were—
For the motion NO
Against it St

Majority '29
NEW WRIT.
Oa the motion of (we believe) Captain lllVstil, ilia
Speaker was ordered to issue his warrant to the Clerk of the
Crown to make out a new Writ fur a Burgers to erne lu tine
present Parliament, fur Boroughbridge, in the room rf
Msrmaduke Lawson, Fol. who, since his elroimi, hrs or.
cepted the Chiltern Hundreds—(This intimation AA the
close, fur the present, at least, of Mr. Lawson's Pai
lianen-
buy labours, created • buz of rowtheled !anemia rirrougAinut
the House.)
INSOLVENT DEBTORS' ACT.
Colonel ALLAN presented a Petition from the Merchants
and Traders of Berwick-upeoTweed, against the IlluMvsi t
Debtors' Art.
Mr. DANtsorr presented a Petition from certain Insol-
vent Debtors, praying the H Arse to snake inuir r
legislative provision fur their relief, and to draw a hoe of
da-
tiuction between misfortune and misconduct.
The Hon. Gentleman also presented a Petition against any
alteration in the Coal Duties—Laid on the table.
Mr. FtNLAY presented a Petition from Glasgow ngsiust
any alteration iu the Duties un Coal —Laid ou the tabic.
SCOTCH SPIRITS.
Mr. FINLAY moved fur an account of the number of cal.
lons of spirits distilled in Seotland, for the years ends.; the
31st December, 1817, and 314 December, 1418—together
with the duties paid thercum—Orilered.
Petitions againat the ienewal of the Insolvent Delvora•
Act were presented from the town of Marlborough, the inha-
bitants of the comity of Devon, the loam of Redford, in the
county of Nottingham, the inhabitants of Clieirra. sod Inc,
borough of Grimsby.—Bead and laid uu the tairle,or te•
haled to the Committee ou the Acts.
Mr. B. Coortn. presented a Petition from the City of
Gloucester, against the imposition of • general tax uu trials.
—Read, and laid on the table.
Petitions against any alteration in the existing Millis on
Coal were presented from Bath, the county of Carus: ether.,
sad the borough of Airtialtien.—Read and laid tut bar Walt.
On the last Petition having been hied,
Mr. Alderman Won° said, he era, sorry to see Petitions
on the subject coining from Scotland. It argued a enisap.
pitheriviva of the views of those who with himself sere-•
advocates for • certrin alteration in the imposition of
the coal taxes. They had no ititeation whatever that the
legislative measure thi y contemplated should apply to
that country, because the duty on coals in that hart of OA
empire, had been removed at the de,ire of the people, and
transferred to whiskey; there was a *edema pledge from
the Lertdittllte, which it had be, es by sin 0151151% debited 14.
break through. He nod.ri.tood il.at rapt:theta had hern
highly iniccra4ull, aril lie should ha extremely glad the
Cliaucellor of the Cschripier would make • - ler experi-
ment with the Cities of lanadon and Wesiiiiiiistrr, there
being scarcely shy duty which would prove su heat y abus.
den on the poor as that on coal.
Mr. H. SUMNER was happy to liar the avowal he bid
from tlw worthy Alderman, levering 111 4111i11,11/1 ai.ull•Oti
that coals should, of all other articles of culisumptiosi,
Le
particularly exempted from taxation ; he took that ttipplat-
titnity of stating it was lIIN interstion to move for • repeal of
the duties on cuala in ruglaild, lielaud, cud Scotlrml.

PUEGH REFORM.
Pelitione wrre ptewentral front the Borth, of Rotkip.
Apr, fro• pisynie n etfoimation in the !tures:—
went toftlic Royal Burghs of Scolland.—ltetiit und lald vie
4bit table.
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1404RTON ovoid 1w had • Petition In prevent from fl e
liookerlicor and Poblivbvis of 1. Inn and Weidiniiistei,
iromplausiuz of the Vgitet ato Willlit limy were sishject.d,
by the Act req 'iliac the gratiiiions delivery of cies ea eopit *
of ry nen potinention to the Unmet-dies and otli.e
public isistituii.dis. It was sigiscrt by the nowt rt erects:le
Itountis so thy tie& lu LOOdUll, to COUVIOCe the Huuse of