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London, England, 1825-04-20 00:00:00

PARLIAMENTARY INTELLIGENCE.

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Creessi• wept bawl, sod witnesses eawnined at the Bar of the
Eons* oil:: wand reading of Barker's 'Divorce Bill.
N. Aim the cestroiesiooets of Richmond Bridge, ;in-
imical cash aseeeot for thuttiT 1824.

ANTI-€ 4141410 PETITICNS.
..rrilj:it uv.spipool, presttd a petition from the Pro- I
eure- - of the of Glasgow, and another from the Mo-
of Glasgow, net the claims of the Catholics.
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liestlituto of MO THOSE tpreserted a similar Petition from
the iebibitauts Of Alit tiarbab a (1111•41 PW.
iIIabORI}CHANOELLOR ryeacnted s petition to the same
eifecgibmmthe homegit of Reeding, signed by 1090 pc:tome and
*ludas from the Inhabitants of Tome,,, in the county of Devon.i
Tt.e Mtge and Lemma Lord observed, that those petitions. as well
tos 4,11 /Oen he had bad the bottom to present to their Lordships,
ti.etbiesi teaejved by him through the post. Ile had not taken any
L.eta.stb *eve deem, bat if he had taken any othrr than a mare
passive part I'W could have covered the table with them.
Lord. AZIeCHESTER presented petitions to the tame effect
from the inhabitants of the borough of Colchester,` and from the
it:habitants of East Duneington, in the county of Ems.
Ttt Eart of ENNISKILLEN presented a pstition to the same
eff::!, from theinimbitants of Fernattnagh.
'I Le EtrLof SOMERS presented a similar petition to the same
elfl.et from the inhabitants of Hereford. The Nobla Lord ob-
s,reeei that although be did Dot agree in the sentiments of the pe-
ti:'onet, he hid conceived it his duty to present their petition, ns
he would do any petition that was so properly wended, and so re-
%plc:ably ,igneel. His Lordship then presented a petition to the
m.-nerfh:ot. final Kington, in the county of Hereford.

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ry. Lord C:2II.I3ERMURE from Nutsford.,lo Lancashire.

`JYD-IslEV,frOMßecienlrsro, in Kent.
A. the Earl of AHD:BOON, from th. Freeholders of Wheat
lay. raid also f7nut two other parishes in the county of Oxford.
iwr lard BEXLEY. from the Minister and Congregation of
the Ephcoral Chapel in Queen-square, NVesuninster.
ely the Bishop of BATH and WELLS, from the Amlideaccu
a. d Cle of the Arebdeacemy of Winchester and another from
VII% ill:Criers/7i ri-resai'-71. .h.te onservAchea,damertat"hufe haSJurrein This hater
at ethic potation teethe same effect, but as the petition laid charge+,
to the Roman Catholics which he did not believe, and escrowed
feelings with which be did not accord, be would decline the Pre-
kruing of it.
Sim:W. petitions were then presented
Lnrd KENT ON, from Sudbury, and another from a parish
in Chubb?.
f•-• the Earl of SHAFTESBURY, from the 31inister, Church-
es and Parishioners, of the parish of St. Nicholas, in the
e-unty of Dorset.
the Duke of NEWCASTLE. from Mansfield.
the Earl of HAREN'OOD, from the district of Saddle-
w's.:, in Yorkshire; another from the Mayor. Aldermen, and
C /nation Council, of the borough of Leeds ; and another from the
toin end wish of Halifax, in the county of York, signed by nine
t+. rosind person*.
Df the Bishop of CHESTER, from the Dean and Clergy of
th• J,:anery of Cloyness. is tlie diocese of Chester—and
By the -Bishop of lATCHFIELD, from titockden, in the
county of Stifford and another from the Minister and Churcb-
wmleas of a parish in the county of Warwick.
The petitions were severally laid en the table.
COUNTER PETITIONS.

The Earl of LIMERICK presented a petition in favour of
Rowan Catholic Emancipstioo. from the Sheriff's, Gentry, Free-
holders; and Inhabitants of the county of Mayo.—Laid on the

=hie.
Earl DARNLEY presented a petition to the same effect from
t!.e Ichabitants of the town and neighbourhood of Chatham, in
the county of Kent. The Noble Lord observed, in reply to the ob-
',ovation of the Noble and beamed Lord, that he " could have
leadel the table with petitione agaicst the Catholics ;" that he was
sure every Noble lewd would agree with him in considering that the
*Are .could be done with respect to any subject whatever. He
was rare also that those petitions could net be deemed expressive
VI UV: nublie opinion, as., with the exception of that presented by
-; Noble Friend (the LA of Limerick), there was rota siugls
en: en the suhject from a meeting convened by the Sheriffs of any
sc.4ey.—Laid -on the table.
Le:sl K !NG presented a similar petition from Newark. The
N Duke opposite (the Dike of Nee:castle) had, a few evenings
ago, presented a petition from the same town against the Roman
4X:holies ; he (hard King) felt it necessary to infirm their Lard-
shine how that petition had been got up. Children had been taken
o sign it as if they had been taken to a writing school ; and the
Methodist preachers had influenced the women, who had info-
greed their husbands, who had in torn taken their infants to sign
petition. Same of thole who had signed it had thought they
were st,,ming a petition against the Corn Laws. The petition he
I.ord King) had to present was signed by 150 or 160 persons,_ anti
fir rem eztability might, at all everts:vie with that of the Noble
11;11..!. He (Lord King) was not surprised that the matter should
t.te beet taken up by the high church party it was all in the
w s of trade ; but he was somewhat surprised that the Dissenters,
erlio Lee by toleration, should have done so.
The Duke of NEWCASTLE said that be had not in any way
sanuenerd the minds of the petitioners ; and as to the Methodist
Paean., tie bad nevcr hod anything to do with them, and never
wiehsel to have.
Lad on the table.