The National Register.
London, England, 1811-02-24 00:00:00

FICIDAT, FEB. 22.

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After some preliminary business had been disposed 0f,..-the
Earl of Lauderdale wished to•be informed whether the lile of
France had been taken possession of in the name of his Majesty
or not ?
The Earl of Liviepoot. said distinctly in the name of • his
Majesty.
IRELAND.
Lord GRENVILLE adverted to the enforcing of the Conyers.
tion Act in Ireland, and observed, that as upwards of a.manits
had elapsed since the issuing of the circular letter by die Cauiho-
lic Committee in Dublin, and the ed• u-cing of the Act, be wished
to know what correspondence had taken place in the interinui
between the Irish Government and the Prince Regent's Mi-
nisters, and concluded by rnovin,:, that a copy of such curry,-
pondence as related thereto should be produced, to which I:ark
Liverpool objected.
A conversation took Live, in which Lords Lauderdale,
Rosslyn, and several other Lords took a part ; after which the
motion was rejected.
Lord GROSVENOR gave =Ake, that he would move for a Se-
cret Committee on the subject. Adjourned.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

MONDAY, FIB. 18. •
IRELAND.-COWitENTION BILL:

Mr. PONSONIT rose to put a question to the Right Honours.
~ale Gentleman opposite, on a subject which he conceived to be
at this moment of the most vital import to the British Monar•
chy. The subject to whiCh he alluded, was the state of Ireland,
and the matter to sv)tieh he wished more immediately to call the
attention of thy !Anise , was a paper purporting to be a letter
from the, 'aiet Secretary of Ireland to the Sheriff*, and Chief
Magistrates of thAt part of the Kingdom,rclative to the Meeting
or calling together of the people of that country. T,he question,
which he wished to put to the Right Honourable-Gentleman on
this subject, was, if before the step alluded to its that letter had
been res:oled to, the pleasure of the Prince Regent had been
taken on the subject ? and if the documents had been commu-
nicated to the Prince Regent, which, in the opinion of Ministers,
justified them in resorting.to such a step ? Re did not wish to
press the business at preo.nt, and should not tow urge it beyond
the explanatien he had applied fur.
Mr. PeRCEVAL said, he could have no difficulty, nor even the
slightest objection to give the answer demanded of him by the
Right Honourable Gentleman opposite. The letter alluded to
by the Right Honourable Gentleman was :anew to him (Mr.
Perceval) on Thursday last, as it cottid have been to the Right
Honourable Gentleman on friday. Not only was such a step
on the part of the Irish Goveromezt perfectly unknown to burn
(Mr. Perceval) and his Colleagues on this side of the weer, but
they were, till Thursday last, entirely igno-rant that the lotting
referred to in the letter had assumed that character or appear-
ance to render it necessary to resort to such a step.
Mr. W. WA RI) asked. if it was the intention of Ministers to
lay before the House any document to sati,fy them of the pro-
priety of the conduct adopted by the Irish Government in this
emergency ? Was I. their intention, fur instance, to submit to
the consideration of the House the letter of Mr. W. Pole on
thi- subject ?
Mr. PERCEVA L. said he could have no objection to any Gen-
tleman's moving for the production of the letter alluded to, it
he thought it material.
Mr. WARD gave notice that I-.e should move for the said let-
ter on Thursday next,

IMPEACHMENT OF MINISTERS.
• Mr. WIIITIIKEAD stated that he should, on Monday nest,
bring forward so much of his motion cf which he had already
given notice, as went to a search of the Lords' Journals on the
subject of the Examination of the Physicians relative to the State
of his Majesty's health. And, on that day he should name an
early day for bringing forward the ulterior part of his motion.
POPULATION OF GREAT BRITAIN.
Mr. Ross obtained leave to bring in a Bill for taking an Ac.
count of the Population of Great Britain, and of the increase and
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