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IRON TRADE.

Mr. LITTLETON presented a Petition from certsin
persons foraged is the manufacture of lion, praying that
•s a means of extruding and encouraging the iron manage,
tare, the House would order a material part of the new
churches to be constructed of iron.—(Laugh.lor.)—The
Moo. Geutlentau stated that in the part of the cuustury
with which he was connected, nut only the carts and
barrows which they used, but many booms and bridges,
and eves haw.; on the canals, wire made exclusively of
iron; and hail the dome of Si. Paul's Cathedral been made
of the same 1114. C. lid, lee had no doubt it would have been
blood smith more durable than at present.
Mr. N.G. HENN P:IT raid, he should snot feel at all stir-
pt load if the consequence of ibis Petition should be another
Plum the Ship-owners, praying the House no. only to exclude
the iron, bat to order the churches to be built exclusively of
limber, the growth of our own Colouire.

'I. Ise Petit mu was ordered lo be laud oa lb' table.
WOOLLEN TRADE.

Mr. STUART WORTLEY ',cemented a Petition from the
Slerchania and Woo!staplers of Iludderafield, praying fur a
Repeal of the Duty on Forrigu Wool.
Lord E. SOMERSET presented a similar Petition from
persona engaged iss the Woollen Trade in the County of
Cloucestiv.—Ordered to be wanted.
Lord JOHN RUSSELL prearoted a Petition from Thomas
Flatioagass, of the County of Sligo, relative to his exertions
for prt arming Illicit I/Willett°. in Iralaad.—Ordered to
lie ore the

Mr. MARRYATT prturated a Petition from the Ship.
owners of Leith, Kiikiddy, and other places to Nord/
relataug to time Timber Tuttle.

THE CURRENCY.

Mr. RARING presentid a Petition from certain Merchant.
of Liverpool„ praying the House to take into immediate con-
sideration the expediency of mokingsuch an alteiatiou in the
Act passed in Asia, fur regulating the Currency, as would
enable them to keep such engagements as had been entered
into prior to the passing of the Act, by paying in a currency
corresponding in value wit t that iu which those engirt-
inputs were tomcatted. He would nut as, how far be agreed
in opinion with the Petitioners, until the *object came re-
gularly under consideration, but the Petitioners were a most
respectable hotly of the merchants of this country, and their
Petition was drawn up in a manner which evinced much
knowledge and a deep consideration of the subject.
gr. ELLICE said, be bud seen many Petitions, mid read
a vast variety of papers on itsv subject, but be did not re.

inirrse eeadVato; ablMr
forgeries, your Petibirmor hos isto move doubt Ilia Its hes of
his own existesee.
' That your Petitieser believes that milky the Beak Dia
rectors nor the Cuounissioa of which the late stir Joseph
• Ranks was Cheirnias, have mantissa into the calomel peer
Petitioner's plan so far o to soilerstatid its miseiMMl proper-
ties, although year Petitioese IN dose all is hie power to
induce them to do so.
" That your Petitioner adopts this hansom, Weems the
Commissioners have ieserleil in else of their Reports the kid-
' lowing oplutoa, via. • We camel but be aware that so form
of a note can possibly be cootrived that may sot be sweens-
fully initiated by some artist of superior totems' Had the
Commi6ioners omitted the word ' seecessfany; your Peti-
tioner could sot bare objected to the truism which would
then have been expressed; but your Prettiestr firmly mats.
tales, in appositive to this opiaion of the Commissiosers,
Mal there are abeam to defy esecessfal imitation ; and, is
appmelling your Honourable House with due respect as/
humility, he yet meet eosidently manors that he would be able
to prove to a Committee of your Honourable House the fel.
lacy of the opinion doss gives by the Comminsiosere, sad
which fallacy, Hoot refuted, may prove injurious to the nom.
sanity, by either giving • easetios to the contissa•ce of the
notes now in circulation sad which are so easily imitated,
or to the subatitailon of sew form of cote which may he
little better calculated to protect against forgery.
" That your Petitioner, is contriving his plan. axed epos
Iwo points as essestially necessary to be attained, and in.
deed es the only potato upon which security stalest forger,
can ultimately rest. These points are: Ist, That the forger
shall be inevitably subjected to great dienlty end heavy
expense, if he attempts to rootinee his criminal pursuit;
?city, Thot the detection of forged notes shall be rendered
perfectly certain and easy to every individual capable of
reading; and, at the same time, without lay dampr being
incurred of such knowledge being made use of to produce a
stew counterfeit.

" That, in regard to the first of these points, your Poi-
limier would prove to • Committee of your Honourable
House that • forger would be subjected to great difficulty
and expense, by skewing, anion other thiegr, that a• int&
tidier' of the workmanship of • Beak mete upon your Pell-
tioaer's plan would require three months' exertion of the
abilities of that most 'velment artist, Mr. Besuatun, of tie:.
sappoaing him to be employed thereat tea bommeatik
day sktehig that time.
"That, in regard to tire vetoed point, which in fact coirsti-
totes the really essential arid important part of the sub•
ject, viz. enabling every parsers readily to detect the brat
imitation that caw poesibly be made, your Petitioner would
prove to a Committee of your Honourable Howe the perfect
practicability thereof, whatever disbelief may at present at.
tach to such an assertion. la short, your Petitioner has no
doubt that he would coevince such Committee, that, by the
adoption of his plan, the crime of forging Bank Nein would
be completely suppretoed.
" Your Petitioner therefore humbly prays, that your Hon.
House will he pleased to take this Petition into considers.
flop ; and that you will be pleased, by the appoiateient of
a Committee, or by such tither method as to your wisdom
may seem proper, to afford your Petitioner au opportunity
of confirming the truth of the statements which he thus
humbly submits to year Honourable House."
The Petitioe was ordered to lie um the table.
A Mersage from the Lords announced that their Lordships
bad agreed to various Bills.
CATHOLIC CLAIMS.

Mr. GOOCH ',resealed a Petition from the Clergy of the
Archdeaconry of Sudbury, in the Diocese of Norwich, mama
the Bills fur removing the disabilities uodrr which the Roa
wan Catholics labour.

Mr. T. WILSON presented a similar Petition from the
Clergy of Sion College, in the City of Loudon.
Mr.COURTENAY presented a aiming' Petition from the
Mayor and Corporation of she City of Exeter. The Peti-
tioners were a part of his constituents, and he was *sorry to
And himself compelled to differ in opinion from them ow
this subject. He was sore they would think him unworthy
of their tutor* coofidence if be could abandon his comicial,-
tiuus opinions in mere compliance with their wishes on this
most impoi taut question. He should at all limes feel the
utmost deference to their opinions, but be mild not causing
to oppose his voice so a measure which be firmly believed
would greatly contribute to the stability of the Protestant
throne.
The Marquis of TAVISTOCK presented a Petition from
certain Friends of Civil and Religious Liberty at Bedford,
praying that the House would give every support to the '
Bills now in progress for the relief of the Roseau Catholics.
These Petition. were mitered to be printed.
Mr. Pcumaarr rose and said, that some altera-
tions having beets made no the Bills which he had
brought its relating to the Catholics, and some new
clauses introduced since it was printed. lie thought
it would he convenient that the House should re-
eolve itself into a Committee of the whole House,
merely to adopt formally the new clauses, to order
to their being printed, and that the debate on the
clauses shall be reserved for the recommittal of the
Bill on a future day. As the clauses did not go to
alter the general principle of the Bills, nor even
the details to any extent, they would trot t..ke fang
printing, and the delay in the progress of the mea-
sure sited not be greet. In conseepieuce of the
suggestion of a Right Hon. Gentleman whom he
saw opposite, who had thought there was something
anomalous in the explanation g the oath of supre-
macy being distinct and detached from the oath it-
self, he had now incorporated it in the oath.
The question being put for the Speaker's leaving
the Chair—
Sir JOHN Nrcnot —lf the vole object of the
Right Host. Gentleman we* the formal adoption of
the new clauses, in order to their being primed, be
should not object to going iota the Committee, as
he thought it the better plan, because it would
afford Members an opportunity of seeing the 801 l
in the distinct shape to which the fritodis of the
measure wished to bring it forward. But lie
thought a great deal of time ought to be allowed
to all parties to.beconse acquainted with the whole
of the. Bill. It am a measure of the most Mt-

frioeskafirte_ehe Easter meow,
he
tt, m there waxy out en fficient time horadetiletelling
the disposition of either the Protestarillipart of the
etenamaity, or of . he Catholics themselves. towards
the measure. It might et eu be proper, when
the Bill was definitively reduced to the shape in
which the House was to be railed on to ISM al, ell
let it stand over to another Session. He could isso.'y
at all events. agree to its being recommitted till
efts" the Easter recess.
Mr. PLVMKETT said, if the only intention of the
Right Hon. Gentleman was to Unpile as to the
time at which he meant to propose the recommittal of
the Bill, hr thought he might with that (endow
which belonged to him have dispensed with Ins ar-
gument on the general principle of the measure.—
He (Mr. P.) certainly should not now be drawn
into that argument ; but, if he were to go into the
discussion of the question, how far this was an in-
novation upon the Constitution, he might Ise dis-
posed to differ with the Right Houourable Gentle-
man as to the nature of that Constitution; for
he was one of those who thought that there were
many of the principles of the Constitutive. and
some of them the must valuable in their nature,
which, although generally recognised, were not to
be found iii Noy enactment of oar written law.—
(Cheers.)—if ours bad been, as the Right Honour-
able Gesideinsti seemed disposed to consider it. a
paper Constitution, it could never have become sit
object of such anxiety to the Catholics, nor would
it time brew worth their pains to endeavour to gain
admittance to it. It was out a little cents's& to ob•
serve how the Right ilonournble Gesitlernan rose in
his demands ; fire, lie was fur' next week, turn
till after the Easter recess, afterwards next Seeiion
was the term he asked for consideration. He bad so
desire to hurry the measure through without its be..
coming generally known to both Catholics and Pro- \
testauts ; bat he saw no reason for any grist delay. `ls
It was now a long time since he first gave••no-
tice of his intention to bring forward the sub-
ject; II considerable time had elapsed since the
discussion on the fi at reading, and there
was no question connected with it which had,' not
been already fully and amply ditetissed. Even the
alterations which lie had now mentioned had been
fully discussed in the last debate. In auswer to
the question of the Right Hon. Gentleinnie be had
to slate that it was his intention to appoint Wed-
nesday for the Bills being recommitted, as he us.
derstood the new clause would be printed and itt
the hands of the members to-morrow. With respect
to the suggestion of delay, he had, for his own part,
every disposition to accede to any regulation of the
Right lion Geistlesnan's us to time, but he could
not but recollect that there were uneasy individuals,.
many members of that House, who were, with coes,-
derable inconvenience to themselves, couipelled to
abide in town the issue of this measure, and he frit
that he war not warranted in taking such a libeity
of disposing of their time and business, as to deter
sty longer than was absolutely necessary the far-
ther progress of the Bills.
Sir W. Scorr said he concurred in the propriety
of printing the new clauses, but he could nut agree
with the Right Hon. Gentleman that Wednesday
would be a proper period to fix for their considera-
tion. It was necessary that time should be given
to members to possess themselves fully of the pre.
rise nature of the Bills in their new form. The
Right Hon. Gentleman had himself ailiniited the im-
portant nature oft he alterations which had been snide.
by proposing to have them printed before they pro-
ceeded to their consideration in the Committee.
On the first edition of the Bill, the light Hon.
and Learned Member allowed more that) a week
for the House to consider the rations clauses and
details. The alterations about to lie introduced.
must be of eonsequeece, or the Right Honourable
Gentleman would not have introduced them. He
could hardly conceive any measure of greater im-
portance that, this Bill altogether, and it am press-
ing too much upon the House to refuse to song's
a more remote day that) ‘Vedneerlay. lie should
limo:thought that the very earliest pee iod that could
properly be named would be Moedsy or IVedner-
day next week.—(" No, so.")—To him is was not
at all unreasonable Cm the House to ask to lie al.
lowed more than one day fur consideration upon so
very important a measure.
Sir J. IslawroaT grid that the principle of the Bill
was already decided upon. The alterations proposed
bad grown out of the debate of the other night,
and the nature of then) must be known to the
whole Hosts,. it was of great importesce not to
keep such a measure bangle% in doubt stet
agita-
tation, such as he knew prevailed on both sides of
the Channel. He begged and implored Isis Right
Hon. Friend not to allow of any delay.
Sir T. LLTHBIIDGC, said, that he was quite
snare of at agitation which prevailed upon the
subject in many putts of the country. If ire of,-
pouents yf the Lill consented, from ronrtesy, not
to oppere the motion for the Speaker leaving the
Chair, surely it was not too much to ask from
the courtesy of the Right lion. Gripleniess ilea he
would postpone the recommitincut till Nlorelay.—
How was it possible, considering that the alterations
swat be of a 'coy Important nature, that the House