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. INPENIAL ANENT.
HOUSE OF Y; Rive 19.
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_APPEA
Tilvit Waldo stet eft Woe o'clock.
,• TIM Lathe CnanoINAMM that on accooletsf the
gasuidable Shoot-ace of r 4lfbie mid Lassoed Lug (Rears-
dole), who eseatig paid lild itsuition to subject. of ibis na.
tire, h. had to alms thaPkbele Lordships would poseponse
giviog their jettison, moll mewls which heel bore heard
is the preeciss of die Hellikt and !warmed Lord he bad
allotted**, situ mot MAW • •
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the Limo Cisaitesads pee he wield mom
tomierrow shot the mimes Issiggersits of shame Lordships.
should kw laid ea the tale. sot fee the porpoise se(giviset
their Swab dickies. theni•lst the parties' might he is
poomesise of the the to glee shim
la oppertooitp est.~eg orposeet
they might this* preiper.. If Noir beard *Whin
Not tM fattlillikelbre Pris6,9m Mold lbw sire. that the
writuto jedgmasshisreold bp spolletsS, as she lOW Orel-
elms et their. . . „
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Sys ifis-Dsessas. was "sites posisnounms. Ap.
peltnate, Sm. Humus Pvs Noss sovl &WTI
Hausa, Ad* Joan Wesettoll. Gay. Nappadeare.
Scour. Appeneesef . Ateremilest.
The tfalltD CNANClLLlAiligsvappeileil that he Welliii tree
fir the jeolgasert of their 'Lordships is them two rues oil
Friday userring, as It wee isepossildre foe him (the Lard
Chanceller) to attend that Home at my time be the tors
some of to-morrow, as kis blejesty had bees graciously
pleased to command she Recorder to make his report- to-
morrow, sod he was obliged to attend the coosidesition
of it.
Slum Appelkag; twit east. or Jewett, Reepoidapi.
The LOUD CIMMICIELLO4II observed, that ie this case, aid
three others, she opinioa of the hedges wets necessery, fur
which reuse the further ausidmetion of than meet be
postposed to seine time when the Leased lodges were sot
so much orcuoied elsewhere.
lIPPds scs. Appellee* ;, Rom,
The Lose Cminctualt stated, ohm fili trEtiaL Learn-
ed Lord wbuni he had alluded to was net present whets this
case was heard. It was an Appeal from the deeisioa of the
Court of &Moo is Scotland. He would therefore site
that the judgment of their lordship aboold be, Out the
decisioa of the Court below woe right, for which reason
they confirmed it without sum.--Aeree4 to.
PETITION FROM THE CITY OF LONDON.
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Lord ERIOLINI presented a Petition from the
Lord Mayor, Aldermen. and Common Countil of
the City of Load6e; against the Bill of Pains end
Penakin in progress through their Lordships'
House. The Petition protested in terms of con-
siderable strength against the character and nature
of the proceeding. as well as against the mode of
its introduction.
The LORD CIIANCIILLOR did not think the Pe-
tition a proper one for the House to receive, as the
statements and opinion contained in it were such
as it was not consistent with the forms of the House
to admit.

Lord said, that he had felt it to be
his defy' to present the !Petition, coming as it did
from rise of the ism considerable bodies in the
kingdom. His own seutimentauf course were not
embodied in the fate of the Petition, they must
be much better known to the House by his general
condaet.

The Loeb CisaticgLt.oit usevely wished their
Lordship. to understand that it was not agreeable to
their forms to admit such allegations as those con.
trifled in the Petition, nor was there one instance
in the practice of Parliament of such a Petition
having here received.
Lord HOLLAND proposed that it should be read
again when the House might be fuller, so as to
enable the Noble and Learned Lord to sati►fy their
Lordships why the Petiti )))) should not be received.
He apprehended that there could be no proceeding
adopted in that Muse of such a nature as to ex-
clude the right of petitioniog against it.
The LORD CHANCULLOR had no desire to pre-
vent the reception of the Petition snore than srose
from what Ise had stated, that no ►uch Petition had
ever been admitted.

The question of receiving it was then postponed
for a while.
CATHOLIC PETITION.

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The &Id of DONOUGHMOSE rose end spoke as
follows :

" I have hail in my hands, for a considerable
time past, the Petition of his Majesty's Roman
Catholic subjects of the County aud City of Wa-
terford. calling to the recollection of your Lord-
ships those heavy privations and disalidities under
which they continue to labour. I should not have
failed to have long since prueuted this Petition to
the House, but that I was desirous that it should
proceed, as had been the cue ou all former occa-
sions. pari posse with the more general Petition of
the Roman Catholics of Ireland, who are in the
habit of holding their meetings in the metropolis.
From various circumstances, the preparation of this
general Petition for Parliament was so much delay-
ed, that it is not more than a week since it has
been transmitted to me; and et such an advanced
period of the Session as the present, and when the
general business of the country is iu fact and truth at
an end, 114 reasonable matt could think of throwing
upon the table of either House of Parliament a
subject of such vast importance as the just claims
of his Majesty's Roman Catholic subjects, when
the time dad not admit of the possibility of their
receiving due consideration. Besides, the public
attention is so entirely engrossed at the present
moment by another investigation of such para-
mount interest. that the season would be must in.
opportune, upon such account :Aso, fur tlw
cussion of the Romani Catholic Petition.. Upon
a communication with it must re.pectable and
highly-talented tudmdual, to whom those Pun
nous hail been confided iu another place, it had
been gratifying to me to boot that our sentiments
sod feelings upon this subject eionely concur.
And we have accordingly. both of us, thought it
our duty to reserve the present-tion of our respec-
live Petitions till the next Sessile,, when we propose
to take an early opportunity of calhog the attention
of Parliament to this subject, yielding to no otle_r
iu interest aud importance."
NEW DANK NOTES.

The Peal ofl.--4.u' iTiioaLs presented a Petition

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AULY 20, 1020.

from Joh* Lee Bradbury sgsunst the Bill passing
through Parliament to prevent the forgery of the
new Bank of England notes. The Pelitinn al-
leged, that the tidl calculated to work great
initstiog to the artists in a particular Ilse of co.
Inured engraving, by prevailing tbeitalrom ever•
citing their art iii tiny other way. It also stated,
that the plait adopted by the Batik of England ez.
wily 'rambled one which bad been submitted te
them by the Petitioner, and that the Ac►, in pro-
hibiting the imitation of that pion, would effectu...
ally carbide she Petitioner from nuking use of his
iaveution, even fur the purpose of enlisting country
banks to.prevent the forgery of their mites. The
Petitioner, therefore, prayed to be heard, tithes by
bienielf or by Counsel, at tint bar o)• the House
itgairat the Bill. His Lnrdsbip moved, that the

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ferred to by the Petition. There 'had long exacted
is the public mind and feelings, seytinseute hhich
went against the /*lets that seemed to spring-out
of all OW circutbstancei. respecting the crime of
forgery. It was foetid to occur too frequenly, soot
the preventioik of it, it was pointedly WI, cost too
greet a waste hf human life; still there were di &nil.
ties observed to exist on both sides; the essential se.
curily of property, end the iuttrests of morality re.
quired active means of prevention in a crime of
such frequent and easy commission. A general
complaint had arisen of the inadequacy of the
means used by the Bank to prevent forgery ; the
subject was taken up in mother place, and • mo.
tion was made to appoint it Committee to inquire
and examine if meant could not be adopted se,
effect such very necessary and desirable purpose.
The motion was opposed by some of trie leading in•
dividuals in administration belonging to the Leer '
House ; not because they thotight that there was
no necessity for inquiry, but they objected to that
particular, mode. Att Address to the King was
preferred; praying his Majesty to appoint • Royal
Commission to carry on the investigation. Ile had
only to mention some debt leading names
ed, to prove how perfectly groundless all chari;es
against them or their Conduct must be. There
were the late President of the Royal Society ; Dr.
Woolastdo; Mr. D. Gilbert; Mr. Hatchet, one of
the first chemists ; and Sir W. Congreve, our of
the greatest machinists in the country ; 3lr. liar.
man, of the Bank of England; and Mr. W. Cour,
unity,. Master in. Chancery. These persons gave
themselves up'to the inquiry, mid took into con.
siderition 1/0 plans, which were offered them,
from which they had *elected and adopted tl.at
beitoined in the Bill, and the greatest
11111mellts were to' be expeeispl6, It was motorail
•toleisch that the 169 whissidisee were refused,.
sheeld complain. Bat slit their Lordships feel
dimwit's competent to melee any :inpruvement
in the management of the proceedings of such a
Commission He denied that any parties could
be aggrieved by that which had been dune. They
still had the full use of 'brit intention., and might
apply them in any way, even to the execution of
country batik notes. The 801 l only prevented them
' bring used in the imitation of Batik of England
note*. If any of the parties thought themselves
really injured. the Courts were open; let them go
to law, and see what damages a Jury would give
them. But was that to prevent their Lordships
from proceeding with the Bill in the Weal, time,
and were they to be obstructed by the oinision of a
party, winch, besides being very small, were in-
terested in their opinion ? He did nut undertake
fur the entire and satisfactory effects of the plan
adopted by the Commission, but by the opinions
of those best calculated to judge, it promised to
give perfect satisfaction. At any rate, it ought to
have a fair chance; give it a fair trial—let them
run any risk of increasing the waste of human
lives, when there was may prospect of a remedy.
Ile objected to receiving the Petition.
The Earl of LAUDERDALE said lie had not heard
One tingle reasou offered fur lint hearing the parties,
as they requested, against the Bill. The plait
which had been adopted might be very good ; theme
was no allegation to the contrary in the Petition.
The party did nut wish to eider into a comparison
of his plan with others; he complained that the
Bill contained provisions of great injustice. Ile
did not complain that his plau was refused, he
said it had been *slowed, and that he should be in-
jured by the Bill, because it would prevent him
from making use of his own invention on other oc-
casions. If this was no case for the consideration of
Parliament. he knew out how a case could be
framed at all.

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re Oradea of doeibt

Lord REDESDALE was of opinion that the Bill
did Hot take away the advantages of their plans
front, the inventors ; it only prevented the use of
them in engraving Bank of England notes.
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The Earl or LAUDERDALE said, that the Peti-
tioners were ready to contend that the Bill was cal-
culated to injure them. If the Noble and Learned
Lord were tight in his opinion. it surely could lie
no reams refusing to bear Counsel agaiiic ihe
The Petition was rejected, after which the !louse
resolved itself into a Cumnsitte on the Forgeries
Preseution Hill, which passed through lie Com-
mittee, and was reported without auseuduiews.

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