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tleman had stated with regard to the foreign do-
riiittion Oyer the Pope, the only difference ‘',,:s tl.e
application .of the pvticiples.
Mr. GItATTAN, in explanation, stated, that he
had never changed his mind with 'respect to the'
-claims of the Catholics; When- Mr. Fox -intro-
duced the Petition; it neva was.cOnctived that'th6st
claims were to be admitted, that was a subject for
discussion in tlfe Committee. He was 'ready:to
agree with the Right Hon. Gentleman, that if the
House had gone rapidly to the vote, he (Mr. G.Y
was answerable for deceiving- them; with respett
to the KO, circumstances were different. When
Mr. Fox presented a Petition, tlien the Pope was,
under the influence of England, he was now under
the controul of France. If the House lost 'Ole
portnnity of settling the question, the Ca.tholit s
would lose the opporainity of estAblisinng their
treedorn, and,the Ptotz.Nstants would lost their se-'
cal' It 7
Mr. iIuTcHINsoN suPported the Petition'.., He
suggested to the Right Honourable Gentlemanop-
posite, that it woo-Id be proper to relied smell on.
-the importan'ce of the question, the numbers of the
body how petitioning,. and tneleneral interest that
-woull accrue to the State, from' attending to. their
Petition, for- they sought po • kedvss incoit.va!ible
wit it the security of all the eXiAirw,establishinents.
.The Petition was then-laid on the table.

A Message from the
.Lards repested a comma,
nicaticin from this House "resoeding the repairs. of
Westminster Hall; arri also copies-of the 'Reports
of the' Committee, with r'egped to the Naas and
Dramiings of improvements that had been referred
to the Committee. _ _

'Some conversation arose between Mr. FasTISEt,
who wished to enter into .an explanation the
motives which induced him to-wish to move for a
Committee, of the • whole House, to make certain -
alterations in the laws of Ireland,- respeaing the
Distilleries, and Sir. J. NEWPORT, Mr. PONSONBY;
and Mr. WHITBREAD, Who übje&ed to going into
the Committee then, as the Inquiry into the
Scheldt Expedition was to. come on; It %Vass at
length agreed that the business should come 9,11-9. n
Thursday.
The CHANCELLOR Of: The EXCHEQUER 11.101/0,
that the .Report of Army Eslituates sliould be.,
brought up, with a view that those Resolutions to
which there was no obje4tion should' be agreed to,.
and that the' rest should be discti,ssed on Thursday.
After some oliserVations from Sir I'..
Mr. FITZGERALD, and Mr. WHITBREAD, who laid
in their claims to-objeEt, the Report was brought
up, the unobje6lionable Resolution's agreed to, and
the further consideration of the Report ordered, for
Thursday next.
Leave was given to bring in a Bill for,payik-the
Army in quarters. - •
0,11 the motion of Igr. CALqRAFT,' a return cif
the Artillery and Engineer Staff; with their pay
and emoluments, was ordered to be laid before the
Howse, '

The other orders were deferred till Thersday.
Lon! PORCHESTER moved the House to -go into
the Comthittee on the Scheldt Expedition.
Mr. F. ROBINSON 'moved that strangers should
withdraw, and the Gallery was cleared. •

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