The Sun.
London, England, 1825-05-06 00:00:00

PARLIAMENT.

lIOUSE.OF LORDS, MAY 5.
This morning their Lordships met. at ten o'clock, When they •
proceeded to a Corntnittee of Privileges on the Wenacre'Claim
of Peerage, at which were present, Lord Colchester, the Earl of
Lauderdale, Earl Pomfret, Lord Barham.; Lord :Suffield, the
Earl of Moray, and. Lord Dufferein. Witnesses were then ex-
amined. Hererthe -proceeding was interrupted, the parties nut
being prepared with certain proofs, and the business was post-
poned to a distant day.
Prayers were read at eleven o'clock by the Bishop. of GLOU-
CESTER.
For the resumed case of " Fullarton v. Hamilton," Mr. Ro-
binson was heaid for the appellan
ply, in part.. t, and Moncriefi; in re-
, :',Upon the resuming,of‘the House, theLORD -CHANCELLOR
Presented a petition from the isle of -Portland, which, he was
told, had been signed by nearly all the inhabitants of the island,
praying that no further 'concessions might be granted to the
Roman Catholics.
Lord ROLLE, on entering the House was welcomed by the
Earl. of LIVER-POOL, to--4vilont he observed, that although
the Newspapers had demolished Jilin; adverting to the recent
account of his decease,, he had- a petition in his hands. This
petition, which, was from the inhabitants of 'Exmouth, in op-
,position to the Catholic Bill, was received, and ordered to lie
upon the-table.

MESSAGE „PROM TIIE COMMONS.
Mr. Brogden, Sirßowland Hill, Mr. Chapman, Mr. Curteis,
and others, brought up the Metropolis Justices, and 'Scotch
SherifFs Courts'.Bißs, with the amendments in both agreed to;
andulso theYacationsArrests' Bill, the South London Docks'
Bill, the York Minster Enlargement Bill, and some Gas-light-
ing. and Road Bills, which were afterwards read a first time.
Mr..Lageland, from the ,West India Dock Company, pre-
sented the returns of ships( in the said Docks, similar to those
of yesterday, in obedience to an order of this House.

ST. KATIJA RINE'S DOCKS.
Viscount TORRINGTON presented a petition from the
Braziers and Armourers of the City:Of Loudon, and another
from the inhabitants -of,,Sr. Katharine, against- the St. Katha-
rine's Dock Bill„.. Thelatter were desirous of being heard by
Counssl at the Bar of this House, and wished for compensation
before the removal of their Church. - - -
The Earl of SHAFTESBURY here intimated; that the
hearing:of Counsel mmkt, in-this stage of the Bill, be.byOrtler
of the House;

Lord BEXLEY presented a peti►ion from the borough of
Harwich, in Essex,.agaiust the-Catholic Bill.

FISHING COMPANIES.
The Earl of SHAFTESBURY presented "a petition from
the Fish-curers and others,. now employed in -the II erring and
Cod Fishery, Who deprecated the establishment of a Metropo-
litan Fish Company.,
1. The Bishop of CHESTER presented a petition from' the In-
habitants of Stockport,s in .Cheshire, and Signed by 400 names,
1 against the Catholic Bill ; also from the Hundred of Thelwall;
also from several parishesin. Lancashire ; 'and, lastly,' from the
I .I.laPtist ConAsegavon.:assembling in (treat Alistreet,-- Good-
man's-fields, to the same effect. .
' ' The Earl 'of SHAFTESBURY presented a similar petition
. from the town of Bridport. . • - - -
"I''.
r POITI.AND PETITION. ,
,Etarl GROSVENOR,•:-who bad_recently entered the House,
observed, that he uudeptoottir a. petition had been presented:by
the Noble and..-Learned, lifthis
Lord upon theAVoolsack,--fro
/Sle 'of .P.orgd, .. whiQh : purported :to convey the sentiniortS'of
thg,inhaVritat#44G, 41..eii' lA:MUM ps, and respecting which there-
10e wiasetretosaya few words. • . Great pains, he was given
iiNnclerstatig.;ad,heen - taken: to ,geit.up the petition, which
1 came down to Portland, cut and third on a Saturday night,,
when the people were -told that it was Lord Eldon's petition,
which m;;St be-instandy signet, that. it Might be' returned by
the Monday. So. far Iron; its-beingthr4sense of the inhabitants
he knew that-One:gentleman,: who now regretted' his acquiea-
Mice, had been pressed into it. _.
I'he LORI) CIJANCELIAOR.novi left the woolsack, and
addressed their Lordships-in:nearly the-MY/wing words-:—My
Lords, I think, after what your Lordships have just heard from
the Noble Earl near me, coupled with what has fallen on other
occasions from his compeers, that this House is placed in rather
a strange situation at the present time: When no petitions were
presented to this Howe except from the'Clergy, your Lordships
Were told that the:people were quite indifitrent to the Claims.of
the CatholicSl Jatt.no sooner, is this house thronged with peti-
tions from the people of this country, laid upon your table day
after day, insomuch that it is found necessary to deposit them
in a newplace, than some Noble Lord gets up, and Chooses to
-: tell your Lordships that, the numerous petiti6ns so presented
'are nottthesensn.of the people-of this country. ' With respect
• to the'Present petition, 1 can assure you, my Lords,• that it • has
1
!Just been put into,tpy,hands -by.the -Reeurder•.of ‘Veymouth,
'Whortil 'belfeie to be . a most respectable man, and. who in-
,:formed me that it was iigtttahy 400 of the inhabitants of the
Isle of Portland._ As:far,a..s .I am concerned; my Lords,_ this
~ petition might at well e:called the petition Of *Earl Grosvenor
1 as well as Earl }Sldoirl-(Laughs. )—Prom all that I have seen,
Imy Lords, I wat'eertain that the sense of the people of this
country was against the. measure now pending in the other
House of Parliament; and every day's experience of the raj-
- gious cbaracterof 'this-people„ more and more confirms me in
:the-opinion' I first formed of thetw. T know, indeed, of no ex-
ception to this, .except in the strange argument I .have: lately
heard in this House, namely,:tharthe inure petitions which are
presented'against this measure, the more the people must be
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this subject. It remains for-your Lordships to decide, if called
' upon, how far you yourselves are for 'or- against what I do not
: hesitate to consiM. to be the real sense of the people of this
country.—Witnesses were swOrir,- and the House adjourned to
to-morrow.