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IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE 01! LORDS.--NUOIDAY, MARCO In

Counsel were farther heard on the Appeal Came, Moaned
0. Kinlogic, Bart. To proceed again to morrow.
The Royal Ardent was g;ven b• Com niweiar to the Exche-
quer Bala Ball, the Sugar Duties Draw Bark, the Spirits Ware-
housing, and the Expiai g Laws Rill, also to the Irish Stani
DOWN, Posters Rates, Malt Tax, Facise Duties, Customs Re
Irtlation, Pronsiwwv Notes, and Sugar Bounties Draw Back
Bills, and to thtex Private 80..
The Lords Coinmissinner. were the Archbishop of Canter
bury (fine tinte of lin Grace's sitting, the Lord Chancellor,
and 1,0r.1 Walsinghem.

ROMAN CATHOLICS OF IRELAND.
• After the Bills upon the table were forwarded,
and some routine business disposed of, the order for
summoning their Lordships was read. Upon
a
Lord GRENVILLF. rose and said ---gg Nly Lords,
I have in my hand a pe-ition from certain of His
Majesty's Homan Catholic Subjects in Ireland, pro-
fessing the Roman Catholic Religion, whose names
are thereunto subscribed, and I move that it be now
read "
The oetirion was accordingly Lead by Mr. Rose,
the Rea sing Clerk. (For a correct copy see the
Commons )
Lord GRENVILLE then said —" I rise to move
your Lordships. that this Petition do now lie on the
Table. I have already told von, that with respell
to any Motion for taking the Petition into considera-
tion, ample notice s!:oold I.e given. I now tr etely
move, that this Petition do lie on the Table."
Lord AUCKLAND observed, that, as far as he
understood the prayerc.f tl..x Petition, it was far a full
participation of cw•ry right, franchise, and every of-
ficial situation wlec:r now existed under the Consti-
tution of this country ; in that event, their Lord-
ships would see established in this kingdom a Pro-
testant King, a Protestant Hierarchy, established by
law, together with Popish Legislators. He did not
mean to say, that thi,, in point of fad, would be
the case, or that he feared it; but, theoretically,
such may very possibly be the result. As th:. great
and important questions, involved in the Petition,
bad been regularly brought under the notice of Par-
liament, he hoped it would be agitated completely,
and the subjed radically discussed, but, at the same
time, dispassionately, for that was a consideration
of great importance. Nuw 'hat it was brought for-
ward, it was their duty to discuss the subject tho-
roughly ; for Isis part, he should proceed, when the
question should come under consideration, coolly
and dispassionately, to its discussion ; it certainly '
was of the greatest importance, and one which in-
volved the barriers and fortifications of the Church
and State. He should assist in the discussion as far
as his limited talents and ability would allow 1 im;
and he had to express his earnest wish, that what-
ever was intended to be brought forward ou the
subject, would be proposed without any unnecessary
• delay.
Lord GRENVILLE said, it was not his wish,
then, to other a word in the way of argument, on
• the substance of the Petition; he certainly would,
when the subject should be brought forward for
consideration, assist in the discussion of its me-
rit, to the best of his poor abilities; and he assured
their Lordships, it should be disp.u.siottattly argued
toy him. He hoped them most tempos and modera-
tion would prevail. The sohjed was by no means
then under consideration; and, whatever play be
said to induce any premature discussion of the sub-
jed, was, so far, ill-timod. He should then say no
snort respelling the Petition; but repeat his wish,
that on premature discussion may arise.
Lord HAWK ES BI; RY expressed has wish, that
psi discussion might take place in the present stage
of the bueness, particularly alter n hat had fallen
• from the Noble Baror. who spoke last. For his own
part. he considered the right of petitioning as one
which extended to every class of Flu; Majesty's sub-
j.cds. He had nn objedion to the mere tender of a
Petition, with two provisoes ; first, that it related

to a topic which it was within the jurisdietion of the
lip.. Noose to aft upon ; and, secondly, if it WAS couch-
tad in terms sufficiently decent and respenful. No
other consideration should prevent him from con-
curring in a motion for a Petition lying on the table.
The expediency or inexpediency of any farther pro-
ceedingwas of courseaperlealydistinCt consideration.
In the present instance, he was ready to admit, that
nothing indecent or disrespettful to the House ap-
peared in the manner of the petition being drawn
up. He should, therefore, feel no objeCtion to the
Noble Baron's motion, that the petition do now lie
on the table. At the same time, he must say, that
he entirely concurred with the NoLle Lsrd, in de-
precating all premature discussion of the subjeft.—
But, as from what he could draw from tl.e petition,
as well as in reference to the professed consideration
of the question—he felt it due to the House, to the
puhlic, and, in instice to the parties themselves,
then to declare that, if any motion should be made
for giving effect to the prayer of the Petition, he,
for the reasons which he should then state, and not
till then, should feel it his duty to resist it.
Lord GRENVILLE said, he only rose, that it
may be distinctly understood, that it was his inten-
tion to bring forward the subject of the Petition and
its prayer to the consideration of the House, and that
with as little interval of delay as tne circum-
stances of the ease would admit.
The question was then put, and the Petition f nem.
.liu.) ordered to lie on the table.
The Duke of NORFOLK observed, he was
aware it was not usual to have Petitions printed.
However he thought, on account of the magni-
tude and importance of the present case, that just
presented should be printed for the tt,e of their
Lordships. In urging this, he meant not to offer
the least opinion as to its merits ; and he regretted
that any of their Lordships, particularly a memLer
of His Majesty's Cabinet, should have so premature-
It declared a determinati,n to oppose. He then
moved that the Petition be printed for the use of
their Lordships.
The LORD CHANCELLOR stated,that he knew

of ne order against the proceeding recommended by
the Noble Duke; on the other hand. he knew no
precedent of the kind. With respect to the special
importance of the subject, he thought it would he
eut%cient to induce Noble Lords to come Jown and
peruse the document in question. He seemed to
disapprove of prin. the Petition.
The - 'le motion, without

disapprove of printing the Petition
The question was put, and the
farther observation, negatived.