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country. Yet eve part of the Government was
°petted to the inroads of these Dissenters, and with
.bait result had been *ern. . With remit;;et Id
the representation :—From all the calculation
which had been relidi; not tpnre., than rout;
teen or Meets Ronnie Catholic Metilhers of
the House of Commons 'wonlel be returned, and
seven Catholic Peers to that I top.e .ait;l could it
be thought possible that Parliatueet slatipW be
dangerou-ly influenced by.tio small a number
It was the first time. that the EIJI %lied come eo
strongly recommended,by the other noose of Par-
liament, and the present was the time that it ought
to Isere the sanction of their Lordships, when the
ottenpou of tau mystery qr the Giaversunesst use toot
diverted front it by time or by domestic &sin, b-
ailers. If their Lesdithips wefe detonntned slot so
give this relief to their Roman Catholic fellow-
subjects, what hopes could they have of reaeliing
that resting-place which all good meg; aspired to
The Earl or LiviiiPooL said, if it was poentile
that the debate should be concluded on that Mehl,
be would Wye Do objection to its being cc/tattered
but he was fearful it would not, as many Noble
Lords 'ere desirous of expressing their sentiments
on the subject; and be considered whether the Bill
was or was not carried, that it would be wore wise
tertiary to the poi lie that it should be fairiy dis•
cowed, far which, reasons he would move that the
debate should be •cfjourned until to-morrow (this
day), which was agreed to.
Their LorslihiPs then adjourned at lIALFPAST
TWOLVE O'CLOCK Until to4norrew (this dab). .

HOUSE Of:COMMONS, Mosaav, Apiur, 16.
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Nov WRIT.
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The Spiiaker eras ordered to issue his writ so she Clerk of
She Crown sq stake toss a sew writ fur the &rough of Or-
ford, In thelseras of J. Douglas, Esq. who bee accepted she
ehilseru Isuadreds.
PARLIAMENTARY REFORM.
Mr. S. WHITRRF.AD presented a Petition from She
Frealmlrkrs of als4l.llmerx, is havuor of Parliamentary Re.
form.--Read sod laid osi
USURY LAWS.

Serjeant OPISLOW brvaght iu a Bill (us ilia repeal
tloalUsury Lars.

___AIr...6I2AVENPORT expressed his

to 'op-

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Mr: Serjeaul.ONSLOW replied.
The Bill was then read a first time, and fixed fur the
Wood readiest the 7th NAY.
~ fir cr-'Naitun said he should oppose the Bill in every :
stage, and. wished that another day should be •ppostited for
1
reruns, reading.
ter some touversalion, the 14th nay was fixed (or the
d reasbag.
• . ILLICIT DISTILLATION IN IRELAND.
Getters! MART., he rising to preient a Petition from the
inhabkants of !Deolutgle, in the county of Donegal, said,
that ON the ria of jast„Echroarthe had presented a Petition
from the itskshirantsOf that comity, statlog the evils arising
from the potegorlast relstiveto distillation in Ireland. To
that Petition be would again be compelled to evil the at-
tention of the Haase," unless the Chancellor of the Exche-
quer should in the ratan lime render it naireepreiary il ln-
trodocing the Bills which he had promised' to eabolit to
the House. Of these Bills he (General Hart) batEinformid
the inhabitants of that county, in Immo of glutting their
just complaints fur the past, stud their apprehessioas for the
future • but be regretted to slate, that the loorteteliy which
Ices already taken pile* has caused considerable dieappointe
meet to them, and that they again dread the coati:mance
of dime oppressive and insphlitte Laws.. That the Pell-
tioners,.fierliog that they have no defence wept in the ho-
meetly of Parliament, had resolved on the constit•tioard
measure of •petitiouting thatstionse for a redress of their
miemsseet, for slick property has been distrained • and sold
is the most arbitrary manner,
_sad all accounts of iliontale
et thesis have beta withlteld,not withstanding repeated orders
fur their prodoction. to ;smuttier intuitive to that Horse.
Hy beiges' hove to tall tine attention of the British Mem-
bers to the diastole's's' state Of-the Irish peasantry. To some
-op them. he, •Ireasitielt indebted, especially to an Hon.
. Gentlessmxpito bad 'cry lately 41111;kd IQ the subject.. The
only mews. *Web' appeared to him likely to rersiesly the
existiug .titilli.,oll the immediate establishment of small
stills, ent sad terend as to loin' distillatiou within Ilse reach
ol.tueb persons as possessed small capital, and to enalala the
• peasantry Is find a market fur their groin.. He said, that in
the remote parts of hellos) there were few roads and. so
„Mods, and that it ass therefore impossible for their Is
lirstisport to distant maskets, on the barks of horses, Ilse
• grain produces! by their little divisions of ground. This grain,
be stated, was principally barley: fur. oats casino! be raised
on soil manured for the potatoes-of the preceding year,
and wheat would be exposed trydeitruction duriag winter,
as the small plots of land (which aregenerally divided and
subdivided in the progress of a superabundant popula-
tion) ate . entirely. neteselosed. It bad been mid
that drunkenness. would ensue from the proposed men.
rue; but if there should be a tendency 10 InitIXICP.
tiVII among the lower orders of Irish, it is more likely
to be diminished than increased, by placing ruder proper
regulaituns those stills which now produce Mir it spirits, to be
told at a clasp rate; sad be could assure the Huns, that due.
ing the years whensbe was on the Irish Star he had many •p.
pur I unities of isles vying the habits of the infector classes, sal
siddoss saw any inshore of .inicciestiun. The • pretest
system of distillery laws almost placed the Irish peat:awry
under the necessity of practising illicit distillation, nhiels tl
they prosecute fur a sustenance at the risk of their Ikea,
and during the late famine in that cumuli y it was usual foe
women and children to travel some mile, lulu bulls in seat& 'j
of fuel for solieetweil aline, that they might barter use spirit.
for oatmeal, bailey meal Acing out orio u sly nuoliplepone when '
constantly used, and productive of dangerous diseases '
Is addition to the ditiri saes occasioned by these laws sa they
sow stood, the distillery revenue was luridly impaired, air&
Ishrly to fail entirely, and that this eunsidi ration alone might
to holder the House to revise them apeeritly. A lt.ght lion.
baronet had lately *averted, that the defalcation of the dis-
tillery revenue of Irelit;11 hail been ranged by the repeal of
the tuvinland fines; but i.e could asikllre. the 'loose, that (I.e
repeal War only n tioinvial nue, as OOP! Arses siert levi,il
at the .present Inumrnt, and the hoof:rending inhabitants
deprived of their property to insy fines incurred by persons
of whom they hail Ito know leil4e and over whom they had sin.
rostrol. The Hot,. Member concluded by moving that the
Petition be priutest

The Pattilou eras laid ou Ibe tdde, and ordered to be
pritdid.
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COURT OF CDANCF.RY AND APPEALS.

Mr. M. A. TAYLOR cave notice that he would, on the
30th of 3lay, propose a rneasitre fur alterinit the moue of
ashattnatesing justice in the Court of Chancery, and the pro-
ireediuga on Appeals its the House of Lord,.
A variety of returns, relative to the trades of Miles and
Suap, were ordered uu the motion of Mr. T. WILSON.
WOOL.

111 r. SYKES presented a Prtition from the lit-reliant.
end tletp,lnfteflt of Mill, for the repeal a she lee nn blue
isuiseciation of Foreign Wool. The Hon. :limber stated,
iimt hie epielun was, that the duty was impolitic in wry
teas/W.—Head, laid un the table, and ordered to be printed.
PAIII.IAMENTABY REFORM.
me. LAMS toN, in presenting a Pettii from crrlaios
inbahitauts of the town of Belfast, p, :tying for a Reform
Parliament, observed, that it had been agreed on at a
meeting called by r.quenti 00000 pursuant to the Art, Hie
Mayor leaving refaced to convene one, though gin ly required
ihtreiu. The Peiitiumrs ruled. Ittat the ?ruble Lord wpm..
imams their borough nu rtectcd by Ilse Corporation, eon.
smiting of 1%, eive swamis, out of it p.,p'ilatipu of 11,
was most sotisfartory to him to Isc made the urges/ of lu inc.
it% before the House of Commons seutinscuts su

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