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110 USE OF LORDS MAii 3. •
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Mr. firtooplor. Diu; m 4.-0 xj),,, and otho.r4; fro3P-Ahe
Couarooas, returned. the seotelt 4uries-.13i11,!.g1d Oh.z.ffr
Couns:T4ilL: agreed, .to by the other. iliorvie;: also tt ptind>ei-of
Private Bills, which had pasaed that kio.tig,e• _ •

Perstms: from); the .6:sn)cogreiat ,Vegicst - Surrey. canal
.and Docks, Liverpool Docks, and London Docks,: present..
ed A. the. 1341.:4eturns of the -ships of .304 tins; buitipit. the
said docks are capable of containing,;; •the
entered, loaded, and cleared out, durtno ls.st yeaT, and various
other accountsi-pursuant.to Act of l'attlantent atid the Orders
Of the House. •

: The Earl of LAUDERDALE, in the absence of Lort4 Hol-
land, moved tbat the House be summoned on /loiniay next, for
the second reading of the Attainder Bill.--Ordered. -
Earl GROsVE.NOR presented . a petition t:ronl ParKras,
signed by :80U. persons, in favour of the Equitable 'lion
Lord SUFFIELD took this opportunity of sayings few.
words relative to what passed yesterday, when J.);1)
ed that it was not proper for .Sir Bitnie,-.i.being-a,P,olice:
Magistrate,- to act as a•Director of- this -Company. lie had
since received a letter from that Gentleman, from .wilich,it ap,.
peared that he was now. no longe.r:a.Dirwtor. Aceordin.s• to -
the Worthy Magistrate's statement, be had attended 3 meet-
ing' of thezociety; antl.having eipresAed his.upprohation ,or its
object, some of the persons present put Aowll,loB nan,a‘'as
Director.— In consequence,- however, of what had .-passed*
that House, lie.felt that it would be improperi,for hint to con_
tinue longer in the Direction. He had, therefore, withdrawn.
his naine;.and hecome-oneof the Vice.PresitientS,?which,was
merely honorary office,_and:in_ holding which he hail nothing W.;
do with the transactions of the society,
The Earl. of -LAUDERDALE had. great respect' for Sir.
Richard Birnie,. but did;.not think• that this. state,-pent at-
all altered the case. Would hesay,:that as a. Vice -President:
he had 110 share in any of the profits which. might-accrue-to titer
society ? In fact,- he was in no. degree rendered more lit .to act.
as a Magistrate by his being's Vioe-President than .by his being.
a Director.

- -Petitions against • the • Catholic Claims were, presented by the
Duke of Montrose, from the.cordwainers of Glasgow.; by the
Lord,Cliancellor,-from•Bishops Walthtun, and from the Dean
and Chapter of a Deanery in the-county,of. Gloucester ; a
Right Rev: Prelate from" 111: Sii.ints„ Bristol ; by.. Lord Rolle,
from John Grant,, of Devonshire; by Lord-Shafteibury;,-frthu-
the Baptist congregation in Retieross;street ; by Lord BrDarr
low, from a place in the county of :Lincoln; by the. Bishop of.
Bath and Wells, ,from Tewkesbury, and- from w place id the
county_ of Oxford: . • .

Earl GREY presented a petition from an individual _named
Miles• Cropper,; in taVour of- the Catholio.claitns.: It was re-
.spectfally. worded. . The. petitioner was- a clergyman,-who stat-
ed, that he did not think the.clergy of. the Churzir of England
merited the charge of intolerance; for 41' them-entertained
the most liberal views towards the Roman• Catholics, though.
they did not coivte forward, with petitions: -
The Earl of BOSSE RY presenteda petition from the county,
of. Ross. against any alteration inthe corn laws.
The Earl of LAUDERDALE had in his frand sotto' petit
tions to the same effect as.that just,now laid on the table by his
Noble FrientL At titst, he did not think it necessaryto-
sent them; because, after.whatliadpas.sed. in.. that House, he
had a complete persuasion that no attempt would be made to
alter the. Corn Laws this Session... On examining; however,
the votes of the other House of .Parliament, appeared.to.be
probable that tt!,proposition for the admission-of foreign corn
would come before their Lordships. On this ground he had
changed his mind, and wotild,pf6sknt the petition). The Noble
Lord then presented six petitions from different Hundreds in
the County of Norfolk.-
'rite Eatiof LIMERICK repeated what he it:id:said on-a
former day respegting ,the, probability of the United States'
corn being tenported to this country, in the same Manner as the
United States' tirirber,- under the name of -Canadian. The fa-
cility of smitgkling from the United :States to Canada nitylit
be illustrated by what,happened with regard tO • tea., Au urf.7
rnense quantity of tea was- eonstimea in that colony, but only' a
very small 'proportion went • from this country. All the rest
found its way to Canada from the city of New
Lord HOLLAND - haying entered the Hbuse since his
Noble Friend '(Word Lauderdale) had pOstpOtied the second
reading of the nttainder • Bill:till Illontlity.Attiderstood: that the
consideration of the Game Laws waslised,for- that dity. He
therefore*ave notiee, that if ;the Game Lars Bill came on on
.111ondaV, he would postpone his motion:till. Tuesday.'
The Earl of WAYTES,BUltV'presenteil -ti'petition froni
the habitants' Of Tothilt-Street; W Atm inster,* in favotir of the
Equitable I;Oan.Bill.--:-Adjourned. •