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he conetirred in the hope .expressed by these Petition% that no op-
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portmeity would be omit teal for attaining that desiruble object. it:
hi • lipinion some explanation must be asked. it not given, upon that
inillortant question; before the xpiration of the present Ses.ion.
wir real, end ordered to lie on the tante...
Mr. Aidermen ATM Nsprcsented a Petition, s:igi:cd lie.a number
of Merchants, Planters, ate. praying for the exclusion a American
Cott lois front B itish ports. At the game time he asked whether the
Chaecellor ul'thc Exchequer meant to lay any tax on Cotton import-
ed-from .:4.inerirl, or intended to prevent the importation of Cotton
iron that Country, in neo,tral ships, altogether
Mr VANSITTAWI stid, he had never intended such a tax as a

measure ot finance', but merely` as a measure of r• gelation; for the
purpose ot preventing our cm miss from gaining advantage from the
- produce of their soil. The measure. however, was now amply pro-
vided for by the blockade of the enemy's ports. It wis in contem-
plation to tax all American produce of every description—so long
as the Americaas excluded our manufacturers from their country ;
but this was not yet derided on.
Mr. P.HLLLIPs and Sir H. PEELS thought it would be a great
loss And grievance to the manufacturers, it' American cotton was not
aralve to be imported.
Sir. W. Cuterts said, it was pretty clear, that if proper encou-
ragement was given to our colonies, and to our people in the East
Indies, we Oonid nave no occasion to tear but that we should have
a pkatirul suewly for our own maonfactories.—After Some other
&Nervations, the Petition was ordered. to lie on the table.—Ad-
journed.

Tt'F“)AY, MAY 11.
'rie call of the Howe, which stood for this evening, occupied the
time mail witilto a tew minutes of six o'clock, Win.n stiaugefs were
admitted to ti:c
set OM AN CATHOLICS.
Sir. S Cox EliPetsLEY row. cin.s;:ant to rotice, and moved that
a geect Committee be appointed to examine and report the state
of We laws atiecit4, Id, Majesty's Remain Catholic subjects within
the ciiirlitnni and number f• the Catholic Clergy; their
re'igioo> i!...•!!ntiotot; tticether ith the nature and extent of the
jurisidie•i)o exercised hy the See of Rome ; the ,tate
Ut Catllolici mitt o;ir CaiiieS; the regulation established by foreign
conotrie,; and the inter,••urse inqintained by the Catholic
in the British dominion with the Papal See. The Hon. Baronet
stated, as his reason for mai.ing this motion, that the public were
in a state of the meFt emnpVe ignorance, as to nearly all the ink- '
pc) loot thcts atel considerations ou which any practical remedy to
this great political evil must he founded. Tie Bill introduced by
BP% Grawiii for reiroviirr the Cat ol,ic dis.ii7llllies. was, he said,
vi.Avetl sc stil horror in LlO and ; and such was the feeling of the Ca-
thobe body wit,. ee.peef to one of the clauses to be propoued by rilr.
Canating, that thirty Bishops, and an immense uumber of Clergy,
were prepared t•• tune scatibld rather than consent to its en-
actiotta. Tbe Hun. Baronet then made some remarks on the Un-
tie!. -y of rclissierf an addition to the grant to Alaynootli College,
and thereby forcitly. the Catholic Clergy into establishments for
en, cation which were i‘ot ruder the superintendence of the govern-
ment. There now exii•t•••l in Ireland, he said, a body of Je‘iliti,
who educatc.l youth in the Catholic doctrines. 'I hese Jesuits did
no; ;•e, suit the educated by them to receive ordination trom
the lii.tiops here, brit molt thorn to Naples to be ortlatiued by the
society r:cru ; Nay- and Russia heitg the only places where they
had a regular existexe as a body. Tile slim of :30.04% hail been
t' he alippcd to toe trection of a college near Dublin, nuder
the direction of foe.e Je•-nits, and it was surely the duty of the
.o prevent the application of a sung of money to such a par-
pose. The hun Bar t concluded with reading his motion, which
was seco..ded by Mt. Rt der.

Mr. GR Al TIN tpposed the motinttis nnnergssary, and as bring
kis:tile to the incasure nos before thr tin. the relief of the
C deaied that the Catholic Bill was received with dis.
saii•laetion in li. Lind ; on the contrar:V the Catholics were en-
ti t;:y di:Toth:Ll to :i.ccept with gratituile wttat the Legislature inoty
b inclined to gvant, hoping t!iat the bun may be tor:coupled with
ant ct titl;tions. the acipiiescence in which would be an abandon-
ment of trie they aavaily enjoy. The Right Honourable
Genttemaii defeo:teil the provisions of the Bill alluded to, and said
that to the ,ecurities wiiieh it provided, the RightHonourable
G-::1 man (Mr. C‘iniiing) hair adileit some tibinsos which would
gay( ail the effect of domestic nomination, without giving too gre4t
a poWe! of intern relict. to the Crown. lie conceived that the
Yttiglis 1- );erioratile Gentleman itaa touched those subjects with an
able and delicate hand He did not choose to insert tlitip in the