The National Register.
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THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

MARCH 14.

TUESDAY, MARCH 9.
THANKS OF IHF. HOUSE 10 STR S. COTTON.

The SI'EAKLit seeing S:r Stapleton Cotton in his place, communi-
cated to hun trie 'Flunks of the lionise.
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S:r S. CoTvoo said it should ever be hi.sentleavyurtn be worthy of
the hiAls honour which the House hest conferred upon him.
CONIM I ri EE ON THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CLAIMS.

Opt the Motion of Mr. GIIATTAN, the House was about to go into
this Committee ; when
Mr. Les tN G TON rose. He thought -the doctrines of the Roman'
Ca:11-.1ics were tco dangerous to allow them the concession, which
they requited, with safety to the Protestant eNtablishmont. Any re. Ii
fereßce to the conduct of the Catholics would be unfavourable to their
claims. He understood that what was wanted was, a general removal
of all the restrictions on the Roman Catholics; but the doctrines of
their Church, which were dangerous, had not been removed.
Mr. Lostli NG (ON then took the Chair, when
GR ir TA N atter a speech of some length, moved—" That with
a view to the pre,,ervation of the Church and the State, and uniting
all classes of Hs Majesty's ;:übjects, it would be necessary to remove'
disablities which his Majesty's Catholic subjects laboured under,'
taking care at the same time, to adopt such Pleasures u should secure l
the i-afety of the Episcopal Church of Great Britian and Ireland, and
the Church of Scot i and."
A discussi n toot; phee, little distinguished by novel or interesting
matter, in which the frl Menibers participated, the Speaker
(who was against w.limited conce,siiin), Mr. rellsonbY, Sir j• C.
Hippisley, Sir J. Newport, Mr. Wilberforce, Dr. DniKtnatiil Lord
Castlereagh, Mr. Canning, Sir Charles Burrell, Sir F. flood, and
Mr. Bankes.

The House divided, when there appeared for the Resolution IVO—
Against it 11V—Majority 97.—Adjourned at lidf- past Two.

THURSDAyi, MARCH 11,
Mr. MOOR brought in a Bill for maki.ig a Wet Dock in the Isle of
Dogs, which was read a hst time.
Committees were iip:.,ointe.l to try the Petitions against the returns
for Grampound and Lten')igh.
Daniel 1-I;Ce, crutuniated for prevarication before the Weymouth
Election Comii,ilice, was brought to the Bar, reprimanded by the
Speaker, and then discharged on paying his kes.
Mr. DAVI& G I DD Y, alter addressing the House on the hardship in-
flicted en authors and booksellers, by the law which obliged them to
furnish eleven copies of every work to the Utiversities, moved that a
Select Comntitte he appointed to consider ct the state of the laws at-
fectirg the right of copy, awl whether any and what alteration ought
to be made in the same. The Motion was agreed to.
Mr. M A. TA Y Loft moved for a Committee to consider the Act of
the 13:11 of-Elizabeth, which gave the Lord Chancellor a jurisdit tiro.
in bAnkruptt y cases.—'l he Hi n. Gentl 'man's motion was with a view
of separating the bankruptcy business from The office of Chancellor,
which, he said, was not intended originzilly to form part of the Chan-
cellor's jurisdiction ; and if taken from him, would give him more
relief than he Collid.ilaiVC from any Vice• Chancellor's Bill whatsoever.
The Motion was opposed, and atter some debate, negatived without
a divi•ion.

The Hou•e then divided on the third reading of the Vice Chancellor's
Bill—For the third reading, 127—Against it, 9—Majority in favLur
of the Motion, 31.
Mr. CANNING then moved as an amendment that it should be
limited to seven years. This motion WAS likewise lost, the numbers
beilug for it, 111; against it, 145. The Bill was then passed.—At;.
journed.

PRIDAY. SARCH 12.

BRISTOL ELECTION COMMITTEE.

Mr. ANGELO Twirl-oft broug'r up tlie Report of Committe
:al)l•oznted to decide-up, n the merits of :he Bristol Election Petition.
The Report declared :be Sittiag Members duly elected, but the Peti-
tion neither trivelous or vexatious.
NAVY ESTIIIIATES.

The House having reooluZl into a Committee on the_Navy
Estimate,.

Mr. DUNDAS, after stating the several items, and correspondine
sums, moved the grant of one million two hundred and fifty-five
th.,t“and nine h'lnd'ed and sixty thr e pounds for the Dock.yartts,
Out-ports, and Martnes.
Mr. CRLEvev said he fat it his duty to move as an amendment, that
the salary of the 11.vmastcrt. of Marines shoold be omitted.
Ater some conversation, a division took piece on the Amendment,
when there appeared for it 35—Against it st).
"The other ItesoluOons, alter -some disscus‘ion, were :weed to.
On the Resolution inchding provision for prisont-rs of w3r, Mr
W k;ITIREAD wished to ku w troin the Noble lord (Ca,tlereagli) it
any nevcdation for an exch 'no of rrisoner., as was commonly re-
porta t, had been proposed by the enemy, and it io, on what grounds
the pr:T•lsition had bren rejected
Lore! (3Aeri.aittActi admitteii that a proposition.of this description
silcie, bur not on such teems as this country could accede to.
Wartuasdow thought that almost Any grins opght to•he aco

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cecueu tu, iu order to remedy the present inconvenience. Without
lot:king to our own prisoners in frince the Ettniher of French pri.
soners her: at present, not less than 60,1).0, was of the most serious
ccnsideratioo.
Lord CASTLF REACH deprecated the idea of accepting any terms,
however humtliting. Such a wish was the sure way to lead to
grace. Every effort itad been n.ade to obtain fair terms, but without
success.
The Resolutions were severally agreed to.
MANIFESTO OF It OUIS XVIII.
Mr. WRITIIRFAD, adverting to an article taint had appeared in the
newspapers of to day, purporting to he a Manitesto of the King of
France, %visited to know from the Noble Lord it this Proclamation
had the sanction of our Govcrnment. It so, he wn atraid that remit
w:.s removed to a still greater distance than before.
Lord CASTLitatwou disavowed the production alluded to.
Adjourned.

TUESDAY'S Lo N DON GAZETTE.

DOWNING-STP F ET, Pi A Reit 9.

Hi, Royal Highness tloe Prilice Regent has been plettied in the flatus
and on the behalf of liis Majesty, to appoint Sir Richard Goodwin
Keateii, 1:. R. Vice Admiral of the Blue Squadron of his Majesty's fleet.
to be (foverhor and in Chief of the Isiaad of Newfound.
land, in North America.