The Sun.
London, England, 1825-05-07 00:00:00

PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS, MAY 6.
Petitions against the Catholic Claimswere presented by Lord
KENYON, from Knighton, •in Radnorshire; by-Lord COL-
CHESTER, from Colchester (as we understood); by the Duke
of MosrnosE, from the Burghers of Glasgow, signed by
1,200; by the LORD CHANCELLOR, from Astor., near Bir-
mingham, from the town of 'Dudley, and from another place,
the name of which was not heard ; by the Bishop of ST.
DAVID'S, four petitions from parishes in Wales; and by the
Bishops of BATH nil'tirEL,l.s, from the Protestant Dissen-
ters of Ebenezer Chapel, in the parish of St. Mary, Marl-
borough.
In presenting the last petition, the Bishop of BATH and
WELLS observed, that it was one which he had great pleasure
in submitting to the Lordships. It expressed the sentiments of
a most respectable body of Dissenters, and the manner in which
they spoke of the Establishment did great honour to the
Church and to them. The petition Was remarkable for its good
sense; but there were two points which-he wished to notice
first, that there was a number of females among the petitioners;
and secondly, that several of the names were not in the hand-
writing of the petitioners. He had' asked the reason of so
many names appearing in one hand, and was informed that it
was a usual practice irrthe congregation for the deacon to sign
the names of other persons, they being present and authorizing
the signature. If there should he any objection to the petition
on this account, he would present it as merely the petition of
the persons who had signed it. He wished the petition to he
read at length, as the opinions it contained did honour to those
from whom it came ; and it was one of the best petitions in
sentiment and language he ever had the honour to present to
that House.

Lord KING had listened attentively to the reading of the
petition, and thought•the Right Ref. Prelate must be rather
singular as to his ideas of good sense, When he praised this peti-
tion so much. There appeared to be very little sense in it, anti
the little it contained was buried under a mass of words. lie
had a petition to present.of a different purport. It came from
the Unitarians of the town of Taunton. It expressed the sen-
timents of a numerous and respectable, and, what was more, a
very honest body of Dissenters. - Perhaps the presenting; of it
would give an opportunity, of something to be said in the
manner of a redoubtable Doctor of Dublin, who fired off a
double battery against the Catholics for believing too much,
and the Unitarians for believing too little. The Noble Lord
then presented the petitiOn, which was in favour of the Catho-
lic

The Bishop of BATH and WELLS and Lord KING inter-
changed a few words, which ware not distinctly heard below
the bar.

The LORD CHANCELLOR confirmed the obseriations
he made yesterday on the- Portland petition., It had been re-
ceived from-tht.country by the gentleman who give it to him
to present, just as he was entering the. House., That gentle..
man's name had been associated with his as a promoter of the
petition ; but he had really as little to do with it she (the
Lord Chancellor) had had. Upon further inquiry, he had found
that the information' which he received yesterday, and commu-
nicated to the House, was perfectly correct.
Lord HOLLAND postponed the second reading of the At-
tainder Bill to Friday next ; anti presented a petition from the
Artisans of Wolverhampton, in favour of the Equitable Loan
Bill.—Adjourned to Monday.