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London, England, 1813-02-28 00:00:00

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Claims, passed various Bills through t,
sOjoutuad.

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THURSDAY, rza..25.
A number of Anti-Catholic Petitions were presented, among them
those-from the Gentry arid Clergy of tfie East Hundred of Kent"; and
from the Gentry at Wilts.
Upon the reading of the Kent Petition,
Lord Daara.ev thouTht proper to make a few observations. The
Petition bore the signature of many high and res.)ectable names ; but
It was by no means to be regarded as the unanitn,,us opinions of the
county. There was a great dissent, at the time, against the majority
' and if sufficient notice and due preparation had been afforded, 'he was
certain the majority would have become the minority.
Upon reading the Wiltshire petition,
The Marquis of LAN SDOWNE said, he had documents to prove, tl.at
new and most extraordiriary means had been resorted to, ter sw .14ing
out the list of signatures to that Petition. Women set down their
battles and the names of their infant children, nay, more, they
moiled up up and collected for the purpose the names of their Asent
friends alai relations, and enlisted them in the cause.--Adjourned.

FRIDAY, IFEII. 26.
The English Insolvent Debtors' Bill was read a third time, and
pass d.
Lord lArrstowNE presented a P. titirol from certain Insolvent
Delitors in Ireland, praying a Bill might extend to their relief—Ad-
jouracd.

MUSE OF COMMONS.

MONDAY, Mr. 22.
M. tll'ott moved for a new writ for thc oounty of 3uckingham, in
the room of Karl Temple, who, by the death of his father, has been
called to the Lipper House.
The Election Committee for Great Grimsby, reported that the sitting
Members were declared duly elected, but that the Petition was neither
frivolous eor vexatious.
The BM for appointing a Vice-Chancellor went through a Com
mi•tee, at d was ordered for the third reading on Tuesday.
Mr. M. A. TAyebe took occasion to state, that exaggerated state-
thenti has been published, of the etnolutnents annually obt..ined by
the Lord Chancellor. The fees derived from bankreptcies only were
calcuiated to exceed 17,0001. The fact, was, however, tMt for the't
three or four years thd whole airewntpaid to the first Law Officer of
the kingdom did not exceed itt.Wll. out of Which the salary of
Speaker of the H 'use of Lords was WOOL
A number of Petitions were presented against the Catholic Claims.
Adjourned.
TUESDAY, TIN 23..
- The House was occupied until a quarter past five in ballotting for
Zlection Committees.
Mt Wit ma LAD presented a Petition from sore:. witnesses who had
been suthmoned to attend on the Committee apeointed to inquire into
• the return for Great Grimsby, complaining that tin money they bad
received to defray their expellees had been scarcely sufficitnt to cover
the ow ncr.s of their journey, .that they had in consequence been left
destitute without the means of returni4 to their habitations.
The Petition hating been read,
Mr. WULTIMILAD said, that the usual mode of proceeding in such
taw was to apeoint a Committee to inquire into the facts.
Fit W. 11;a_ritt said, he had to present a Petition from snore than
130,000 `ants of this Metropolis, against what.was called the Ca-
tholic ananeipation.
After a few wards from Mr. Whitbread, Sir James Shaw, Mr. B.
Bathurst, Mr. C. Smith, Messrs. Gibbs and Baring, the Petition was
mad end or -ered to lie on the Table.
The SPEAKIR illtOrMed the House that he had received a letter from
the rd Mat or of Dublin, which, with the permission ot the House,
he. tterrold read. The letter was signed by the Lord Mayer, and stated,
that he h d been deputed to piesent a Petition to both Houses from
the i yof Dublin, on the.lubject of the Catholic claims, and begged
that the House would permit him to present it at the Bar, as was the
reostom in the case ot the City of Condon.
Mr. Geer:AN said,..t sat though he del not concur in the object of
the Petit; it, et he concurred in the wish, that every honour should be
tone to the City of Dublin, as the captiali et Ireland, and the second
cite ..f the empire. He should move accordieglv that the Lord Mayor
be admitted to present the Petition at the Bar of the House.
The motion hayloft been seconded, and Mr. Shaw having supported
the matron.

,NNE said, that he fel, it to be his duty to oppose the
case like he present, tiny most art by precedent, and
th.ttlinnAh titer had ..d ted to Creir tsar the Sheriffs
116 in winch tkr-y held their s;:ting,, th►y had never ad-
tr.nn any min rCor; oration in the same
favour of the Motion, in. it wou'ir.l be a compli..
on.i City in the. Eine;• ind as the Lord Mi.ycr had al.
1,, 'en in t xpecta nor t
sugobted. by inserting wirds to
to the Loid i .oVoltt o 1 thi City of Edinburgh,

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