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Bill, because he did not know lion they "night be r“ccived by the
Catholics ; but be considered that those clauses were fair and li-
beral. He believed that the Bill. with such clauses, world amount
to emancipation for the Catholics, and security to the Protestaots.-
He conceived that it weird produce that incorporation which was
so much desired, that it would prevent any Catholic influence over
the affairs of the E•tat,li,hed Much, and that. it would be the best
bar against foreign power. Fully convinced of the importance of
the Bill, it was impossible that he could acquiesce ID the notion of
the Honourable Baronet, and he thertfore meved the Order of
the Day.
Mr. IIvDER said, if the Catholic Bill should pass into a law, it
would enable Catholics to become 'Umbers of Parliament and
Ministers of Stale, without any provision for the protection of the
Protestant Establishment. He saw no additional securities in the
oaths proposed by the Bill. Ile should support the motion of the
Honourable Baronet, because a Committee of Inquiry was abso-
lutely necessary.
Mr. CANNING treated with much ridicule the proposition to go
into a Committee, and defended at considerable length the provi-
sions of the Catholic BM
Mr. BArnuasT and Lord DYSART spoke in favour orSir J. C.
Hippisley's motion. •
Lott! CASTLERFAGH declared himself against the motion, as
tending to create todinuch lelay ; and he NINA declare that, in his
opinion, if Parliament we re to separate without giving both Catho-
lics and Protestants a proof of what it intended to do, it would be
most mischieviann
.Mr. CANNING, in explanation, declared that, should the Catholics
refuse to meet the boon offered to them by Parliament in the way
which it onght to be mei, he would then take his stand with Par-
liament, and oppose their claims as firmly as it he had never advo,
cated them.
After Sir J. C. HipnisnEY had shortly replied, the House di.
videll. For the 11.16!ion, 187—For the Amendment, 235.—Ma-
,jortty agamst the Motion, t 8 Adjourned.

iVEDNESDAY, MAY 12.
The Report of the General Enclosure Bill was brought up and
agreed to.
Mr. BENSON postponed his motion relative to the Tax on Leather
nntil Tuesday next.
Mr. W. Wystix brought in a Bill to amend the Election Laws,
and also a Bill to regulate the conveyance of Writs fur the Elec-
tion of Members to serve in Parli:uncut—They Were each read
a first tints.—Adjourned.

THURSDAY, MAY 13.
Mr. VANSITTAnT moved a Itesobiti.n—" That Sugars, the pro-
duce of the conquered Islands (Martinique, Gnadalope, tire.) should
be allowed to be sold for home consumption, on pa) ing the duty of
5 per cent. above the Sugars, the produce of the British Plantations."
...He moved this Resolution on the grounds of the scarcity of Bri-
tish Plantation sugar in the market, and the high price of that
commodity. The resolution as well as another for imposing a duty
of lys. 6el. per cent. on cloyed Sugars, was agreed to.
Di r. DAVIES GIDDV Obtaired leave to bring in a Bill for procur-
ing returns of all persons tr ed and convicted at the Quarter Sessions,
and fir taking away certain lets from Cleiks of the Peace, and
granting them compensation for the same. •
ROMAN CATHOLIC&
Mr. GRATTAN having then moved the Ordtr of the Day for the
qeeond reading of the bill for the relit. of Roman Catholics.
Dr. Du,Or.stasr pp,e•ed the Bill at *cry great length, and con-
tended that she :ility of Catholics to Protestants was unchange-
able; that they 5..:11 waintaim d the &actinic of Ho faith beano kept
with heretics ; that the oath stipulated by tl.e Bill, would. not be at
all bindi::7, as to violate oaths imposed by heretics, when the good
of their church require it, was with Catholics neitber ahe nor
breach of any moral duties ; that they would get possession of all
the places of profit and trust in Ireland, efft et a repeal of the Union,
and ultimately with the aid of France,-separate the two cows"
tries.
Mr. C. GRANT maee a very eloquent and preasive speech in
favour of the Bid, And urged vrith much (mph sis, the cruelty of
shutting out four milions of people from the benefit of the Con-
stitution. jn his opiaion, there was no comparison between the
probable da•agtr and certain advantages which would priae from
graatin ernancipaiii.n to the Catholics.
Sir F. I.4:poii siads.,e on the same side as Mr. Grant.
Lord CASTLEREAGH said, the measure proposed was wise under
proycr securities, and he wanted lit) SccIVIOCM Which die religion