The Sun.
London, England, 1825-04-20 00:00:00

PETITIONS IN FAVOUR OF•THE CATHOLICS.

The Earl of LIMERICK presented a Petition, most nu-
merously and respectably signed, praying that-the remaining
restrictions on the Catholics might be done away with. It had
been agreed to at a public county "meeting and was signed -by
,the High Sheriff; the-Gentry, Freeholders,' and Inhabitants of
county of Mayo.—Read and laid on the table.
Earl DAR 'LEY -also presented a petition froth the inha-
bitants of . the town of Chatham, praying for the removal of
Qatholic.Disabilities, anti 'saying til4t the Peace and prosperity
of Ireland could nevar be secured, unlesslbe Catholics were
',placed on themone footing as their Proteitint Diethern.—Read
and laid on- thz table. .
Lord KING lieltla.—petidiesr-hi-fievelmef...engdwisetThiriti.
patios, numerously signed by the inhabitants of the town of
Newark. One expressive of a strong feeling against therCa-
tholics, had been presented a few days, since from the sarre.:
place by'a Noble Duke opposite, hut this was the mat:flier in
which he understood that it had been got up. He had been
told that the petition had been sent the round of the reading
schools. The Methodist Parsons had worked on the children,
the women on their husbands, and all- of them had worked upon
the petition, and made women and children sign. their names.
He also understood that the petition had been laid where no
one could see it..

The Duke of NEWCASTLE could only say that, as faros
he was concerned, he had never" expressed a word to desire a
petition from that place. It had been sent up to him sponta-
neously. The Methodist Parsons might do as they pleased, he
had nothing to do with them, and he confessed that he never
wished to have any thing to do with them.
The petition was then read, and laid on the table.
MISCELLANEOUS..

. Dr. Ssrrrii, frorn thi Commissioners (71 Richmond Bridge,
.presented the Cash Accounts of the Bridge for . the last year.—'
Laid on the table.
The Earl of HAREWOOD presented petitions from the
Merchants, Bankers, and Tradesmen of the City of York, and
from those of Dewsbury and Sheffield, praying for some bet-
ter provision for the recovery of small debts.—Laid on the
table. •
The Noble EARL then presented petitions from the Manu-
facturers of the Town of Bradford. in the West Riding of the
County of York, from the Corporation of Cutlers of the City of
York. anctfrom the Borough of Leeds, praying for the revision
of the Corn Laws. Laid on the table.
A Petition was also presented by the same Noble EARL from
Sheffield, in favour of the continuance of the tax upon Dogs.
Laid on the table.
QUARANTINE LAWS. •

Earl DARNI4E-1' said, that as he only intended to move for
a document to the production of which he anticipated no objec-
tio,?., lie should detain their Lordships but a very few minutes.
A Committee had been appointed by the House of Commons
last year to inquire into the effects of the Quarantine Laws.
That Committee had made tereport, in which it recommended
that great alterations had been made in the system which had
hitherto been pursued. To these, however, he should not call
their Lordships' attention now, but should wait for a future op..
portu:lity. He understood that his Majesty's Government had
alrea(!y acted on that Iteport, and that ships from Alexandria
bad been allowed to land• their goods without performing qea-
raotine, although they had left that phice at a time when the
plague prevailed. By the former regulation forty days quaran-
tme were regair.scl from vessels with a foul bill, and fifteen
from those witty a clean bill. Now the Committee recommended
that vessels wits: a foul bill should only perform a quarantine of
twenty-onee..:ys, and that those with a clean bill should be ad-
mitted il•nmvd; r., ••i v. All he should move for at present whould
be, a Rettire number and names of the vessels which had
arrived born Alocrldria list year, and for copies of the Order
in Council by v:hick they had been relieved from quarantine.

The Earl of LIVERPOOL had no objection to the produc-
tion of the PApera for which the Noble Earl had moved. With
reQnect -to-the me.anire proposed by the Committee of the other
nonce, it was !I new regulation fottnded or. the principle that
the former system was not necessary to the health of his Ma-
jesty's subjects, aed most injurious to the interests of the conn.
try. If their Lordships enquired how the Quarantine Laws had
operated during the last 50 years, hey would find that the se-
vere'strictness with which they had been observed, was not ne-
cessary to the health, but most inconvenient and-detrimental to
the interests of the country. The orders which had been given
only applied to vessels coming with clean bills. He should not
object to their production, and their- Lordships would have a
fuller opportunity of considering the whole matter, .when the
Bill now in progress through the other House should lie before
the:n.
Lord HOLLAND thought it very Proper that if the Qua-
'ramjet; Laws wtr.: abused they should be corrected ; but he
hoped that. the'ir Lordships would keep in view that in
all those
oountries where the Quarantine Laws had been established the
plague
bnaaie very uncommon. With this fact before
ihem, he trusted that they would not proceed to the abolition
of
Tthh%smysotetron
was then agreed to.

NEW 1111,/,s.
Exchange CoMpany to lind
Mr. Gn EN FE!.I.. and others from the Commons brought up
the
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mow), Inivrtgagt., Tpt,l";,_ 0 e ArAgistratee Salary Bill,
I', pveral which Were read first- hate" ant S•• . •
the Bill 'for allowing
Adjourned.