The Sun.
London, England, 1840-04-01 00:00:00

CLERGY RESERVES-CANADA.

Viscount DUNCANNON, after some uhservations
which were inaudible in the gallery gave notice that he
should move an humble address to her Majesty, praying
that copies or extracts of correspondence respecting the
Clergy Reserves Bill, from the year 1819 to 1829, should
be presented to the House.

The Bishop of EXETER said he rejoiced the Noble
Viscount had made his motion ; and be need not say that
he should offer no opposition to it. But did the Noble
Lord expect that motion would include all the cur
respondence ho had given notice to trove for?
He was in hopes they would have felt it their duty to move
for it, either in addition or as an amendment, and that he
should find equal readiness on the part of her Mijesty's
Government to support that motion. The motion being
now before the House, he thought it his duty to say that
he rejoiced extremely that her Majesty's Government had
thought it necessary to propose this, because certainly it
was due to the House that information should be given to
a great extent on this most important subject, and be was
astonished, it being the intention of the Government to
give that 'information, that they had not done so earlier.
He was still more astonished when he read the letter that
had been laid on the table of the House by the Govern-
ment from the Right Horourable Charles Poulett
Thomson to Lord John Russell, introducing
the Bill then on their Lordships' table. Of that let-
ter he must take leave to say he had read it with
more astonishment than he had ever read any document
from any Minister whatever; above all, from any indibi-
dual in a situation of so high trust and confidence as that
held by the Right Hon. Gentleman. lie thought that
letter contained, he would not say, suggestio fnlsi, be-
cause it was impossible the Right Lion. Gentleman could
mean to state anything false ; but he must say it con-
tained averments absolutely contrary to facts—undoubtedly
unintentionally—though he confessed he could not under-
stand by what process of the understanding he felt himself
at liberty to make a statement which was totally contra..
dictory to assertions he had himself made. There were two
or three points he would first notice; the Right I-lon.
Gentleman said, " No one who had not had an oppor-
tunity of examining on the spot the bearings of this ques-
tion, could correctly estimate its importance." Now, lie
would saw, supposing the Right Hon. Gent. be right in that,
he had the least pretension to form an opinion he could
imagine any one who had actually been in Canada to have,
for within a month after his arrival he proposed that mea-
sure, and that month net occupied with inquiries solely,
or he might suppose principally, confined to that questim;
but he did not wish to press this point further, but would
proce-d to additional prof lthat he had not acquired much
personal acquaintance, and lid been misinformed re-
specting it. He said " It has been for many years the
source of all the troubles (very strong words), the never-
failing watchword of the hustings (that might have been),
a perpetual spring of discord, strife, and hatred." Now
these were strong expressions, but were they borne
out
~by the facts ? He (the Bishop of Exeter)
had no particular acquaintance with that country—he
had friends there, but he would not refer to private com-
munications but to official documents, and first to some di-
rections given by her Majesty's Government to Sir Francis
Head, when he went out as Lieutenant-Governor, which
were to be found in papers
given in with the correspon-
dence of Sir Francis Head, sth of December, 1835. It
is said "the conflicts of opinion between the two
er,
hear. i 3
Houses on this subject were very great, but the
Governmentvol
ve
tthe
peacethoughtof
thtehe y
wcoouulndt r y." not—(tia
immediately
Were These directions intended for the conduct of that
officer? On the contrary, be was ordered to publish them
ire extenso—then it was thought that might be inconsistent
with the dignity of the Crown, and he was then ordered to
publish the substance ; but it was intimated to him pretty
plainly that the more he published the better, and he, under
the circumstances took the only proper course, and gave
thetr a vthival es— i t ryas,therefore, that he said that these in-
oappearedto give a stimulus to the languid feel-
ingasa
of the country upon that subject—and how great was
the difference between the opinions of Poulett Thom-
son in 1835, and those entertained by him in 1839
or 1840 ? He did not mean to say that there were
not other high authorities on the side of Mr. Poulett
Thompson. Upon the same side there was no
less an authority than her Majesty's present Colonial
Secretary. They were told that on that day se'onight, in
another place. That Noble Lord said there could be no

doubt that the Clergy Reserve question was one upon which
a very strong feeling existed in Canada—so strong indeed,
that he had beard from more quart.rs than one that the
insurrection which took place in 1837 was to be attributed
far more to the excitement upon that subject than from any
wish to separate the Colonies from the Crown. That
was high authority, if they were to believe the accuracy
of the reports of what took place—it was high authority,
because he would not believe that one placed in the high
situation filled by the Noble Lord would put forth such a
statement upon any other authority than positive aespatches
from the Colony.—( Hear ) He was so startled when
he saw the statement that he had at once communicated
with Sir Francis Head. He had much pride and pleasure
that he had the honour of calling that high officer a
friend—he waa a man that deserved as well of his country
as, with one solitary exception, any one belonging to it,
fur to Iris spirited conduct we owed the integrity and
security cf our Colonial empiie. He was proud to call
that iltustiaous man his friend. He addressed a letter to
that distiwuished officer, simply asking for information
upon the subject, and, in return, was favoured with the
full` wiqg reply. (The Right Rev. Prelate then read part
of the letter, and observed that he would defy any person
to find in any of the documents that the Clergy Reserves
were the cause of all that he had adverted to. Sir Francis
then went on to say that the rebellion of 1837 was sup-
pressed without the least regard to religious subjects.. His
0 W4l opinion was, that the insurrection o 1837 had nothing
to do with religion, the clergy,
or the law, but that, on
the contrary, it was intended by it to put down law end
establish a damocracy.) They had, therefore, the state-
meta of the Noble Lord the Secretary for the Colonies
that the enosm was tho Clergy Reserves, and they
Orit arisetYof tfrhoempethrsembwleirmgy rt s rves. He would
hadthat thitedaiudiln. put down the rt belliora
now preceel to that part of the letter of Mr. P. Thom-
son, which showed the extreme inaccuracy of the represen-
tation which had been made on the subject. One part of
that letter stated that the appropriation of the funds to re-
ligious purposes was objected to by the Canadian peop'e,
who insisted upon its being given for the purposes of edu-
cation. Now that was totally foreign to the real facts. of
the case, for he believed with but about two object:ons, the
people had uniformly assented to the proposition for appro-
priating the lunch to religious purposes. The Parliament
of 1834, which was dissolved amidst the acclamations of
ment did pursue the course pointed out by the Right lion.
the whole of the province in 1836—that RepubPcan
Gentlemen ; and upon another occasion the House of As-
sembly came to a similar resolution, but that resolution was
shortly afterwards rescinded, and, with those exceptions,
all the recent cases had been for the 'appropriation to re-
ligious purposes. He would say, nithout at all impeaching
the veracity of the statement of the Right Han. Gentle-
man, that he was a witness on whom he could place no re-
liance. The statements were inconsistent nitb"fact.—
( Bear, hear.) The letter further said that " hoped
no opposition to the Bill would be allowed to, prevail."
Now was that language to be addressed to Parliament, for
the, letter was sent with the intention of being laid before
Parliament?

, .
The Marquis of ANSDOWNE—It was not.
The Bishop of EXETER was entitled from the letter
itv'lf to say so.
The Marquis of LANSDOWNE—Oh, oh.
Tne Bishop of EXETER, with great warmth, asked,
was a Peer to be interrured in such a manner Loud
cries of " Order.") He threw himself ou the protection
of their Lordships.—(hear, hear.) That Governor went--
on to state, that " if the Bill was sent back rejected, he
-could not answer for the consequences; but thftt, peace,
'and happiness would long Lc strangers to that country..",
,He.calted on the Noble Marquis who had interrupted Mari.;
to answer, when it came to his turn, whether that letter
was not written with the intention-of being laid before
Parliament? Mr. Poulett Thomson stated that en this
occasion the Legislature decided differently front all for
mer occasions. But in fact there had been but one dc.ei-
sion; that was an additional proof of the accuracy. t.f. the
Governor. :• From other statements of that' Icrtcr was
made to appear that the right of the Scotch Church Co,
participate the reserves was recognised in 1824; but
that was not the case. From 1824 to 1831 the various
sectaries united to overthrow the exelusiie tight of the
Church of:England, atsi the Council as constantly
resistel them. In 1831 the Council addressed his
Majesty, 'imploring him to preserve thOse reserves
far their original,purpose. In- the year 183'2 the Gover-
nor deliVered a message to the 'House
,al' Assembly,
from his Majesty, recommending them to. re-imest ti
reserves in the Crown, but informing the House, at the
same time, that it would be the sacred duty of his Majesty
to protect the rights and interests of the Protestant Church
throughout his dominions. In this the right of the Church
of Scotland was, for the first time, recognised. 1.11 163-1
the House of Assembly passed a Bill fur the sale of the
reserves, for the purposes of education ; Lut before that
the traitor Mackenzie had been in England, and had
triumphed in Downing-street.—(hear, and laughter.)
The 111.il.quis of L SDOWN E—No, no.

The Bishop of EXETER—He had prtvaiie3 upon the
Government to dismiss the Attorney and Solicitor-General
of Upper Canada, because they had toted for his expul-
sion from the House of Assembly, when he. had proved
himself, by words and deeds, to be a traitor. In con-
sequence of that triumph, the House of Assem-
bly passed the Bill for the sale of tit,' reserves.
With that exception all the measures since 1832 had been
measures in support of religion by the Assembly. Again,
in 1835, the 1.,-„n-islatire Council addressed his Majesty,
stating that they looked on the allotments as the only
source whence ministers in that colony could derive sup-
port—that they regrettei the question of the Clergy Re-
serves had not boon settled. Mr. Poulat 1%1011-800 is one
of his despatches said that he hoped the measure he had
transmitted to the Government for the approval of Parlia-
ment would not be sent back, because , if it were he
could not Coresee the consequences. In his (the Bishop
of Exeter's) opinion, there was no necessity for sending
it back even if both Houses should agree to a Address to
her Majesty praying her to reject it. He w jibed to ob-
serve, that the Government would not coasent to the
Bill of last year relating to the Canada Re-
serves, because it went to apply the Reserves
to religious purposes, and it was stated that the Legisla-
ture of Canada bad no right to assume that Parliament
would undertake that delegation ; yet the Noble Lord the
Stcretary for the Colonies had thought it right to say that
Parliament would pass the Act which had lately been sent
over, one half of which ectually went to repeal an Act of
Parliament l—(Hear, hear.) he Right Reverend Pre-
late concluded by moving an address to her Majesty, pray-
ing that she would be graciously pleased to order that
there be laid on the table the despatches of which be had
given notice. He understood there would be no objection
to his motiun.

Lord MELBOURNE said that although there was no
objection to the papers that had been moved for,
yet he did not complain of the Right Reverend Prelate
having called the attention of their Lordships to this sub-
ject; considering that it was one upon which the House
would be called to decide by a single vote, it was impor-
tant that Noble Lords should have their minds turned to
it. He entirely agreed with the Right Rev. Prelate that
it would be extremely injudicious aad unbecoming to pre-
judice this question by any observations made in a tone of
alarm, still less by any observations which might wear any-
thing like the language of intimiJation. He trusted that
their Lordships would come to the consideration of it,
with a view to its great importance, and with a considera-
tion of the circumstances of the country for which they
were called to legislate, and of the real state of the ques-
tion en which they had to decide. But though he did not
complain of the Right Rev. Prelate expatiating on the
Subject, and going into matters connected with it, and al-
though he thought he did no more than his duty, yet he
could not extend the same degree of indulgence to the
manner in which he had executed the task, to the tone in
which be bad indulged, or to the bitterne,s or acrimony
which he had gi.cn way to in the observations he had
thought proper to make. The task the Right Rev.
Prelate had imposed on himself of calling their Lord..
ships' attention to this subject, was not unfitting or unbe-
coming one who held the station he did, but he (Lord
Melbourne) did not think he bad discharged that duty
in a way either befitting his high and reverend
calling, the station in which he was placed, or the As-'
sembly in which he had spoken. He had cast aspersions,
and made attacks upon the Governer-General of Canada
to which that Right Hon. Gentleman was not in the
slightest degree liable—stating that although there was
not the suoyestio falsi yet that there was the suppressio
yeti. The Right Rev. Prelate had gone to an extent
thet was not even licensed by the liberty of debate in
that House, and had indulged in a bitterness and as_
perity that neither became him nor the place in which he
bad been speaking. There was no foundation whatever
for the observations which he had made on the letter of the
Governor-General. The Right Rev. Prelate had stated
that the Governor-General had adopted a tone that
was unbecoming, but he (Lord Melbourne) would ask,
was it anything mure than the natural tone of i.,ne ex-
pressing the strong feelings he had on the subject—cx_
pressing a strong hope that the 'subject would be con-
sidered in Parliament, with an anxiety to do that which
I was right, and that those measures would be adopted
which were necessary for the maintenance of her Ma.
jetty's dominions, and which to the wisdom of Parliament
might seem fitting? It appeared to him ( Lord Melbourne)
that by the letter,
as it stood, the as
seirtion of the Gover-
nor-General was fully borne out, that
or many years past
—ever since the years 1823 and 1894--the constant and
perpetual expression of the opinions 1824—the
the representatives
of Canada had been against the application of the Clergy
Reserves, or of the proceeds of the Clergy Reserves to
any other purpose than those of general education,
and of the general improvement of the province.
He stated that to be the public opinion inCanada.
The Right Reverend Prelate had found fault nith his
Right Hon. Friend the Attorney-General for stating the
Clergy Revenues had been a subject of heart-burning,
and the cause of all the discord that had existed in
Canada ; and the Right Rev. Prelate had stated that
that was contradictory to the instructions sent to Sir
Francis Head, which instructions stated that there was
nothing in that question which threatened the immediate
tranquillity of the Province. There Was nothing incon-
sistent in the two statements. A subject might be a sub-
ject of great discord and discontent, and yet God knew
there might be no immediate danger to the public peace
from it—still less might there be any insuperable obstacle
in the way of its settlement. Ile ( Lord Melbourne) had
hoped that their Lordships would have come to a conside-
ration of this question, whatever might have been their
view of it, without bitterness and acrimony, and without any
violence of party spirit on the one side or the other, but
his hopes in that respect had been very considerably di.
minished, when he found that in the very first debate a

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dignitary of the Church of England had introduced into j
it, unprovoked—before any body had spoken, and therefoie i
not having been excited by anything that had been satid4—
a tone of bitterness and a degree of vehemence, ;asperity,
virulence, and attack, which would not have been justified
even by the utmost heat of debate. He trusted, howeker,
that their Lordships would not allow themselves to be in-
fluenced by any such feelings, but that they would come io
the consideration of this great subject, the importance of
which had not been under-rated in the despatches of the
Governor-Generel, with that calmness, apd gravity, which
became them as the legislators of this great country.
The Duke of WELLINGTON said, from 'what had
passed upon this subject' in that House, and in another
place, it appeared to him that this act of the Canadian
Parliament was suggested by the Right Hon. Gentleman
the Governor-General of Canada to the Parliament of Ca-
nada, and it appeared that it did not meet with the entire
approbation of the Noble Lord the Secretary of State for
the Colonies; at least he said that he woull not have sug-
gested this particular mode of legislation. It became,
therefore, the act of the Governor-General himself, not
that of his employer the Secretary of State. This act of
the Parliament of Canada was sent over here by the Go-
vernor-General, and that House of Parliament was called
upon to give an opinion against it, or to refrain from giving
any opinion, and allow it to peas, was not actually approved
of by the Secretary of State, or that which he would have
suggested. Now he, for one, would adopt the
s.uggestion
of the Noble The,
and refrain from referring
to papers Lot before the House, because, in
fact, he knew nothing about them ; ' but he must
say if the Right Rev.. Prolate had a knowledge of
these papers, it was not extraordinary. -He should bare
pointed out the bearing of these papers and their reletion to the conduct of the Governor-General, who, it appeared,
Ives the suggester of this Act of Parliament. He said ne
more of this Act of the Parliament of Upper Caliada than
this,—one of its objects certainly was to repeal and alter an
Act of the British Parliament. Now he must say be was
not astonished, and could not help thinking this Right
Rev. Prelate, who had a knowledge of the contents of
th..sic papers, would not have been justified in moving'', foi -I-
the prodection of other pa ,`gulf heThad not let the House
know what would he their eft on What would pass in the
House hereaftete At the same time he (the Duke of NV.)
'would recemmeed to their Lordships to defer terming their
judgment on the effect ofektiia pares till they he'd seen
them, and then to come dieereeto the Howe and give their
votes on the motto', which would be made by the Right ,
Rey. Prelate on a future oScaiien, according to the best
Of their judgments, as tozhe,c4urSe it would be most eafte
ditnt to ;wept in refereucciahhis Act of the Parliament of
Upper Canada. . ..
, The Bishop of .LONDON tperfectiv agreed with -tiee
;opittione,f„ the Nolote VlE:count that the 'discussion of.tiieirr.
-Lordsitip.' House should be Conducted- with that calmness
and Loolnesseu Ilia became a dignified• asseml*; bit, at
the . same time, he must say, he thought great latitecle
sfiould be allowed when the question was, 'Whether or riot
they would cousent to the spoliation Gf the EstabliShiel
Church in ;be erovinecs. If he were stopped by a high-
seaytnan, who dentanded,of hilt all the money he had abbot
hint, and that Sum happenedeaerise his' all, and the high
waynian requested him to. eiscuse. the question hi a philo-
sephictuatiner, he should thick ire matte4' most unfeason
eble request. Reepectitee-th'eacondteet-61 the Fight
Honourable .Gentlenrert whose- ,kirocFetlifis were' tbo
subject of the present discussiou, they (elle "BishOns \
pci heps.felt more stahrtgly than on former -oceigio and
it might be acceuatedetor :by tho. feet "li arbich •Nik
fi,
Duke pointed out thatehe Rich ti t one7Gentleria• 'iviself
was She sugges ten: of this measere..,af . spiki4ieofflt licir they
had the Ntibl,:. Viscount's distineti4icetariqbif;-'114.0t, was
net precisely tae meastirele liimie tWeitilei leeve suggested,
and which therefore was the eActAiltil Of her Majeite's
Government, but of the Oovertitelieral of ' Voper
,Canada, and he (the Bishop of Lb10oh) at least regarded
his conduct with feeliogstomewh?ktakin SO indignation, for
:at the saute time that'aie' coolly yoffecried to the tagisle-
lure of-that ptorince -ii measure et,Teeoh went td•detspoiledle
Estallished-Citurciaof that colony of what she coesideeae
00 the faith of an Act of the Imperial Parliament, IfFr 'pro-\•,,
perty, he recogniied a Bill for the purpose of giving to
the Manaitery of San Surplice in Montreal, a small cote-
mouity. of monts,, a propertye et- no less value than
500,00 e/., nearly the value of the ptinperey
of eitileit he proposed to deprive 'the Establish4l'huotts
of fearetia. and to which confeessodly they 4..ra nb title
whatever—fee. in: an address Atom the Spc;ili'er cf the
Moose of Asiembly to the Gievtwor- General, it was elis-
tinctiy &need that the communjkin general had no -legal
I right to the property in slispute'eaind it was recommended
that legislative measures stioula he taken for recovet ing the ''
.whole oft to the Ceveintrent. Aed when this same Gp-
vernqr-(3eneral, whey- proposed to despoil the Protestene,
Cilueele of their right,: cut the other hand proposes to er,-
rielt the Roman CathdlieCherch with a property confes-
welly.not its can, could it he wondered et, if looking at
this side of the p'ctute and at that, he felt a strong -con-
viction that la tho-tunfont.of this project of the Governola
General was hostinty to the Established Church in the:
Colonies. ', - •

The Earl ofi I-lADDINGTON called the attention el
the House to the interest of the Established -Church i in
Scotland in the discussion of this qucition. The
iv j'la
matter rested ors the iriport of.ithe:words •"tlie Protestant
Church." It would be ineumb:nt on their Lords-Irip-s to
settle this point. lle bad always understood the meaning
of the word "! Clergy," in In :Act—of Parliament, was
confined to the Mir.l:,ters of the Established Church.
The Archbishop of CANTEraBURY agreed with the
Noble Earl as to the expediency of terminating this
question as to the meaning of the words " Protestant
Church." It was not settled either by Parliamentary or
judicial authority, sad be wished the respective rights of
the several parties %x Iv) claimed a share in these Re.,-,erves
:should b: waled by the highest judicial authority in this
country. lie thought that necessary for the cads-of jus-
tice. whatever might be their future proceedings
with regard to the measure" now laid on the table,
and when tiirt was settled it would broke proper:time for
r, cunsiderin what ought to be done for Mat Church in which
the Noble Earl properly felt an strong an interest, which
had so many of its members in Canada, for which provi-
sion had been already made, and which certainly it was not
his disposition even to speak of in other terms than those
of respect. He had no difficulty in saying that he thought
the Church of Scotland had no right given it by the Act,
and :hat ministers of other denominations bad none at all.
Lord ELLENBOROUGH suggested to the. Right
Rev. Prelate (Exeter) the expediency of laying on the
table of the House the specific questions intended to be fie*
to the Judges, for the whole of this question depended, irs
point of fact, on the manner in which they were put. He
reserved his opinion upon that point until a future period,
but he wished to put one question to the Noble Viscount ;
it was a matter of importance to understand amongst what
other bodies of Christians it was intended this sum should
be divided.

Lord MEL BO URN E said it was want to inclitcla any
sect mentioned in or recognized by the Colonial Legis-
latures in other Acts, which would be shortly laid on the
table of the Huuse.

The Bishop of EXETER said he was not prepared
with the questions intended for the Judges, because he
wished to consult a Noble and Learned Lord (Lyndhurst)
who was now prevented attending in his place by illness,
and who had a special claim to be considered, because he
had been consulted on many points, to which he meant to
call the attention of the House. He would, however, at-
tend to the application of the Noble Baron and if be
proceeded with the measure on Friday he would give
the information desired on Thursday,—(Hear, boar.)
He how begged leave to say, when he spoke of Maeken-
zie's triumph, he was not aware that the Noble Earl had
made an explanation, or he should not have alluded to the
subject. The Noble Viscount bad been pleased to read
him a lesson on the tone in which he had addressed their
Lordships. He meant not to enter into any discussion
with _him on that, but would proceed to say that there
never was a human being who was so totally ignoran,t—he
would forgive bins for saying so, after what had passed—
of the ground on which he made his attack, as the Noble
Viscount had shown himself when he told their Lordships
he (the Bishop of Exeter) had made this charge on the
R;ght Hon. Gentleman on papery not generally known.
He had stated plainly that he had no intention of charging
that Right lion. Gentleman with a wilful mis-statement,
—but this he saki, wilful or not,—a mis-statement
was naej.e; and this he said on the authority of pa-
pers the 147 bit e Viscount himself bad laid on the rabic.
He meant- the Tater 4i thu Right Hon. Gentiernaii, and
he never heard the Noble Viscount, who so often
astonished them by his declarations cf ignorance, and very
often by the exhibition of it, exhibit more ignorance than
he did upon this subject. lie must have spoken of it a ith-
out reading it, or he would never have dared to make the
averniews he had made. He stated that the Right Hon.
Gentleman said it was proved, from the year 1823
or 1824, that the House of Assembly had
maintained a constant dissent to Mae :appropria-
tion of the Clergy Reserves to any other purpose
Stich were the broad assertions of the Noble Viscount, in
which he had attacked him on false grounds. The charge'
that he had made against the Right Hon. Gentleman be
re-asserted, and he had proved its accuracy from the
papers he had read to the House.
After a few observations from Lord EL LEN-
BOROUGH,

The LORD CHANCELLOR said that there was
one part of the motion which it was against the usage of
the House to grant—he alluded to that part which asked
for the opinon of the Legal Advisers of the Crown in
Canada ; and he would also stnto to the Right Rev.
Prelate that only three of the Judges would be in town on
Friday, all the rest being on the Circu.t.
The Bishop of EXETER wished to know whether the
Noble and Learned Lord intended to oppose the motion,
as far as the production of that opinion was concerned.
The LORD CHANCELLOR said it wz..s against the
practice of the Mouse to grant it.
The of EXETER considered that the whole.
of the unfortunate
in Canada
were to be attributed to the unhappy opinion given by the
Bishop
events that had taken place
Law Advisers of the Crown in Canada in 1819.
The Marquis of LANSDOWNE would suggest to the
Rightuse
oPrelate, before he proceeded to call upon the
Rev.
to address her Majesty for certain documents, that
he should see what information her Majesty's Government
would produce.
Viscount DUNCANNON hoped the Right Reverend
Prelate would consent to withdraw hint part of the mo-
tion. He was in hopes of being able; on Thursday, to
lay the papers on the table; and then, it there were any
that the Right Reverend Prelate wanted, it would be quite
competent for him to move for them.
The Bishop of EXETER, after what had been stated,
would leave the matter in the hands of the Government.
The motion was then agreed to.
Lord KENYON gave notice of his intention, on Friday
next, to present a petition for his Noble Friend the Earl
of Winehilsca, from Dublin, against the Irish Corpora-
tion Bill.

The Marquis of WESTMEATH gave notice of his
intention, on Friday, to present a petitioi, from Dublin,
signed by 6.270 persons, against the Irish :Vlenicipal Bill.
Lord R EDESDA LE presented a petition from Se-
vern, against any alteration in the Corn-laws.
• SAVINGS BANKS.
The Duke of RICHMOND wowed for an account of