The Sun.
London, England, 1825-04-22 00:00:00

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

The Gallery was opened at half-put Twelve o'clock, when
it was immediately filled by the throng who had already been
in attendance for some time.

The SPEAKER took the Chair a few minutes before Four.—
The House was then crowded with Members.

A Person from the Treasury presented certain papers in
compliance with the Order of the House relating to the Corn
A vc..rages.

WET DOCKS.

Mr. MANSFIELD presented a petition from the Shipowners
of North Shields, against the compulsory clause in the Collier's
Dock Bill.—Laid on the table.
Mr. JONES presented a petition from Carmarthen in favour
of the Bristol Canal Bill.—Laid on the table.
The Orders of the Day for the Second Reading of the Bris-
tol Canal Bill and the Third Reading of the St. Catherine's
_Dock Bili were postponed till to-morrow, in order to avoid
the inconvenience of discussing and dividing the House up-
oa those measures pending the great Question fixed for the
evening.
Mr. BOOTLE Wmultaitast presented a petition from
the town of Dover against the Metropolitan Fish Com-
pany's Bill.
Mr. HOBIIOU3E presented a petition numerously signed by'
persons dwelling in the neighbourhood of Grose: nor-place
against the Bill for the improvement of the Turnpike Road,
Jeading from Hyde Park Corner, and particularly against the
erection of a second toll bar.
. Mr. BY NG said, that the second bar would only be one at
the entrance of Grosvenor-place, which was at present sub-
ject to the payment a toll. Ordered to be referred to the
Committee on the said Bill.
Mr. CaLvEnT presented a petition from the parish of St.
George's in the East, against the Collier's Dock Bill. Laid
.on the table.
Mr.. Alderman Woon presented a similar petition from se-
'yowl hundred Manufacturers and Consumers of Coal in the
Port of London. It eferred.to the Committee.
. The Hon. MEMBER presented similar petitions from the
Watermen and Lightermen of the River Thames against the
.Collier Dock, and Bermondsey Do& Bills.'
He also presented a petition from the inhabitants of Fleet-
street, against the Thames Quay Bill.
Mr. BYNG presented a petition from several Justices of
the Peace of London and Middlesex, against the London and
.Westminster Water Works Bill. Referred to the Committee
on the said Bill.
,Lord HILL presented a petition from Newry in favour of the
Bristol Canal bill. Laid on the table.
. , Lord STANLEY presented a petition from Preston, praying
fOr,a repeal of the Window-tax. Laid on the table. ,
The Noble Loan also.presented a petition from many of the
Protestant Inhabitants of Rochdale, in favour .of the Catholic
•Claims.

THE FORGED PETITION.
Sir JOHN NEWPORT took that opportunity of adverting
to the Forged Petition, which he had been made the instru-
ment of presenting to the House not long since. He held in
his hand it written declaration, sent to him from a person de-
- , Cie:ring that he was aware of the getting "up. of • the petition in
ifuestiop, of the persons who were.concerned in it,• and of
every step which had been taken with regard to it, and that
he was 'ready to certify on oath, that no Roman Catholic was
rin thel Most remote degree connected with the affair. He
-thought himself called upon to state this, 'because mach stress
Ilid,leeen laid upon this petition; and it was therefore :most
• material that the House should be early aware of the true state
-.of the ease. Great pains had been taken to cast the odium of
'the forgery of the Catholics, and thereby prejudice their cause.
It had been said with reference to the forged petition, that,
."that cause must be very foul indeed 'which stood in need .of
orb- support." These words now applied to the other side of
:che question, for foul indeed must be that cause which could,
Sist fabricate an instrument of this kind, and then lay. the blame,
of it on the adverse party. The whole business was now un-
der the-investigation of a Committee. .To that Committee he
_, plfgulcl deliver.up this paper, and whomsover the parties might
lign out to ,hh e,•e trusted the.severe
.displeasure of the House
would ,be.visited upon ,them. .
I%jr. Secretary PEEL said, that if the Hon. Baronet thought
thot any ort4, imputed the fabricated Petition to the Catholics,
he•concurred trult him in. the propriety of the mode he had
•tskeu to remove the impression. If, however, he had no
pounds for such an opinion, he should think. he had better

have waited till the Committee had ended their Enquiry. For
his own part, he begged distinctly to declare, that it had ne-
ver entered into his mind that the Catholics were concerned in
the fabrication of the Petition. The course which the Hon.
Baronet had taken, therefore,'was quite unnecessary as far as
he (Mr. Secretary Peel) was concerned. But he entirely con-
curred with him in a desire to see the persons implicated, whe-
ther Protestant or Catholic, brought to their well merited
punishment.
Sir JOHN NEWPORT observed, that the imputation on
the Catholics was contained in the petition disclaiming the
forged petition.
Mr. C. WILSON did not think there was any reason for
charbcring this reprehensible act upon one side or the other of
the Catholic Question.
The petition was then read and ordered to lie on the table.
BEER DUTIES.

Mr. MABERLY postponed his motion for the Repeal of the
Duties on Beer, which stood for this evening, to the sth of
CATHOLIC CLAIMS.
_

Mr. DAVESPORTTII;enreti; petition from Nantwich, pray-
ing eiat no further concessions may be made to the Catholics.
—Laid on the table.

Similar petitions were presented from Bristol, Worthing, the
Parish of St. Swithin, and Donnagh in Monaghan.—ltead and
ordered to lie on the table.

Sir M. W. RIDLEY- presented a petition from the Roman
Catholics of several places in the North of England, praying
for Catholic Emancipation.—Ordered to be printed.
Mr. J. P. GRANT postponed his Motion relative to the Law
of Scotland to Thursday the sth of May.
Colonel MUNDAY presented a petition from the County of
Derby against any alteration in the Corn Laws.
A similar petition was presented from Ashby-de-la-Zouch.---
Ordered to be printed.