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Sir I. WILSCUS enutesided, that the Petition• presented
by the Huts. Meaurr lip. 1. ill:d1Or tholAto leoljetrtly of his
rviestiturnts were in f;v..nr of the Bill wow, itt pro4rlw.
Th•it. Petitaiksies part of Hsi IRthohttonts nf t.
So•innes Phrith, wbleh was the tookilleik or ire parishes
retitled testiest at the eleettotta of Aleeelitere 'the 11;r1"44.
None of the oilier parishes IE4 feiffibeedi he tlierebtre
had no doubt that they were in f4sourr.42l 11. measure of
they were otherwise, it, wag open to the . r
retire it. He had said before and Ise "mold wow reite.t It,
then ..he would never tors the poinr srith-eqiet he Who
trusted by his coesstiteente, into so eight *llllle4ons
the, loterfsts or •Illiwartine their wire 4; oIikAIES
stimuli! always Merest to lviesself the eight *iamb *gins say
:ate agaMist hie two I.th:triples. ik 4hason.. •Aist twasteti.,
tarts should assemble and stale their optisiutts to be bia•
tile by the • Bill, his seat wmaii be quite at their outwore
and disoposol, fur he should Ire ready lu mreb a ease Ito re-
pigs it to-morrow.

Mr. HART DAVIS nresrated a Petition •rains! the Ca-
tholic Disabilities R.unueel Hill, from the Parish of St•
Paul, in the City of Brutiol.
Sir WM. SCOTT pirsentril a similar Petition from the
Demo ■nd Chapter of the Metropulitical Choreh of Cau.
torbury.

Mr. PEEL presentee! a Pelilioa of at same ware from
the Royal Burgh of Dumfries.

Thea-e PetitCurs *ere severally (ordered lu be primed.
SCOTTISH BURGHS.

Lord A. HAMILTON rearmed a Petition from certain
Burgesses and Members of the Got Wry of the City of
complainint of rorrofition and abuses in
the rleetiow of the Msgisirsey, and of abases in the admi-
nistration of the public property of she Borth,. The
hoble Lord stated, at cossideraide kook, the grievances
and evils complained of, ■od that haring in vino applied for
redieis In the Law Comdr, they now find thrioselscs com-
pelled to apply Io the I,tisliture for a remedy.
Mr. A BEKCROMBY gave his cordial wind so the state-
iseuln of the Petitioners, and eontnr►ed in lite prayer of
tbr Petition. He oro,ril lire necimarty of the redress they
*ought to obtain, soil t.nifl that it was a subject which would
be pressed again and again, until redress was slturded.
Mr. DU N DAR, we undersi I said. Shot the sillier' of She
reticent question embraced in die Petition won air. arty Nudes
the couirderaiiou of a Cirossnittre of the Huss.. With re-
si.ect to murk of the particular red complained of, the Pe.
till 4444 ers hail hrought it op.'s Ilirestwires by embarking iu •
fruitless and expensive lit igati ssss with she magistracy, against
with h be had always 'mutinied these to the utmost of Isis
power.
.Mr. FIUME said ir be

„sir. , sat of was not in . wooderrel at that the
Right Hon. Gentleum who spoke last sbusild have confirmed
the Petitioners against litigation, es their law-snit was
irrelled at the abuses and Irregoloritirs of that mine self.
elected M.giatrary which retuned the Right lien. Geode-
nue to that NlVller, in which be ',adhere sitting for two *..-
sloes, alibeitegh illegally eleeted.—(Cries of ” Hear, lose)
—He would repeal that the Right Howoorahle Guineas**
wu illegally elected; for, by a decision of the Court of
eion itt Scotland, the Magistracy by whom he had beets re-
taruedwesdeelnwl t belllegmliy conuituied. Those Ala.
'Outages were self elected; they trod spiral 340 wt. of the
public gooney, and dissipated the re rourros of she City In
Such a degree, that if the property were sold al the present
moment it would not realize sufficient to pay the debt they
had iscurred. The burgesses, therefore, haring in wadi
sought redress in a Court of Law, now called upon Paella.
meat fur a change of the self. electing system, and to he ea-
sided to call upon the Magistracy to account fur the expen-
diture of their funds.

Sir R FERGUSON confirmed the atatemcnta of the Ho-
nourable Memlot. fur Aber'lees respecting the alorws tN the
Marsh system, and the complainia of the Petitioners. If re.
dress could have loess obtaiatit iu the Coors% in Scotland,
the Right Honourable Gentlemen° ("mote (.Ir. l)owlss)
would not then be aittiag in that Muse. Having trip d ihe
Courts is vain, they now applied to Parliament. The Gal-
last General (hen proceeded to animadvert upon the eirodnet
of she Committer appointed by the House to impel,* into
the subject, and cunt ltoled wish declaring it to be his de_
sided conviction that uo redress was to be hoped fur frost
that Committee.

The LORD ADVOCATn at some tenth &traded the
proceedings of the Committee.
Lord A. HAMILTON replied.
Mr. J. P. GRANT irtial a few worrl4.

The Petition was ordered to 'IC proofed.

The Marquis of WORCESTER preseuted a Petition from
the Minister and rett4iti P.osishtioni 11.1 Cliflo4l, Gloneester-
shire, against the Rill fur rcheving the Kumar Catholics.—
Ordered to lie on the table.

Mr. 111.1116 pre■sotr.' a Prtition from Was. fltilry.
primped at Bishops 111111, Somerset, for an asoassli, complain-
lope of too rieorous beam. ot in bu coniurissamt.—Osslereil
to lie on the table.

Mr. (MOE ER Withdrew his motion, which stood fur to-
morrow night, respecting a qoaesti .... of footrace,
Mr. G HENN ISTT moved for accounts of all officers
►eceiving lialf-psy at 2.5 th March last, olistiolgui.houg the
rank of each, and the charge for she whole : Also ac-
counts of all petitions. *Po eatiocc., and compensations made
under the bOth Geo. 111. chap. 17, illatineniating lbe pe►ial
and nature of the service. for whirls they were severally
coasted : Also as aceonot of all other pensions, allowances,
and compensational, with the like olittiorlions.—Ordered.
Lord PA IMERSTON broonght sip naturals of various
items charged in the etainistes, pursuaut to the orders of the
House.

Mr. DUMF. moved fur accounts of Walter: which had
rennintd in the hands of two Receivers-General (Mr. Geo.
Fordyce, of Scotland, and M►. Joe. Stewart, of use of the
southern counties).—OrtleieJ.
The Diller of the Day for the Douse reatilvine itself into
a Coluinittee of Supply was read, and the Committee post-
poned till IVednesday.
ROMAN CATHOLIC DISABILITIES
BILL

Sir J. NEWPORT itiorrd the Order of.the Day
for the third mailing 111. this Bill.

Mr. CROICES tisitro some rissesstion of the lion.
Baronet reviler:sing any ilsojectell amendtueuts
that it might Ire Isis intention to make.

Sir J. NfiWPOOT replied in • single sentence,
the purport of which could not he collected.
The circler of the clay was then read.
The SPEAKOR next pot the question, " That
this Bill be how read the third time."
Sir W. Score ruse, but the indistinct manner in
which he spoke, and the disturbance which arose
from the crowded sinte of the gallery, his opecch
was at the commenfement entirely unheard, and
was throughout very imperfectly audible. Ile said.
that after ull the comas,' wrist. curd re.crimnictinents,
after all the alterations and amendments, cud linos-
berlem suggestions which had been given upon it, he
did not perceive but that the Bill left the metier
which formed the gmund of objection to it worse than
seer; it was not only dissatisfactory to those who op-
posed it, but, if he was rightly itifirmcd, it was as
offensive to those whom it was intender! to conciliate.
He might add, that in legi.liting for the parties iu