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A letter from Jacquenul (Hayti), dated Jun. 17,
states the horrible fact, quit. the whole of the
crews of two American vessels which had been
captured by the pirates who had so long infested
that coast; were instantly murdered by their sa-
vage captors. The Government had taken no
measures for the adequate punishment of these
horrid crimes. Some of the Pirates, it is true,
had been apprehended, but with no other view
than that of benefitting the Government by their
deivedations ; for as soon as 'the officers had taken
frolA them the fruits of their plunder, they were
set at liberty to renew their outrageous and mur-
derous practices.

MAJOR SCOT+ WARING.---.We are concerned .to
announce the death of Major Scott Waring, who
expired yesterday at his honie in Halfmoon-street.
Major Scott was long distinguished in the House
of Commons for his unremitted exertions in the
cause of his friend, the late Mr. Warren Hasfrtings ;
and having seen the successful issue of those ex-
ertions, in the honourable anti complete acquittal
of his friend, he retiftd front Parliament, the fa-
tiguing attendance of uhicl► had much affected his
naturally delicate health. No man was more truly
beloved and respected in private life than Major
Scott Waring, and. his memory will long be ci►e-
rished.--(lGid.)

Ma. Entiort—lt is said by some opponents to the present
Act for Relief of Debtorrotbat an extension of the Act of
Parliament, &2d Geo. 11. commonly called the Loswl' Aca,
.and its dependent Statutes, would better answer lite purl
poses of justice. This-cannot be true in fact, for, As the
Lords' Act now stands, it only affords Liberty to the Debtor_
who is charged in execution, and then only upon condition
of his surrendering his effects to the one Creditor by whom
he is held in custody; and all the other Creditors ate de-
prived of any benefit or reparation. Consequently, such
other Creditors have only the person of the Debtdt to resort
to, who may be subject to fresh caption, and harassing infi-
nite imprisonment, after his property has been alienated.—
The only way in which the principle of the Lord? Abt could
be rendered beneficia:; to Creditors would be, by incorporat-
ing that principle with the provisions of the Insolvent Act,
and to provide that no Debtor should be confined ott Alesne
Process; and, when in execution, that he should be relieved
upon the cession bf his property for the benefit of all his
Creditors, as is nosrithe case under the Insolvent Act ; and
the compalsory clause of the Lords' Act might properly be
enforced under the provisions of the Insolveut Act, in parti-
cular and express cases ; but to apply its compulsory prori-
slots in all cases of Debt and Imprisonment, would tend.
greatly to unsettle the laws of descent and inheritance ; Many
sons of great families might have property wrested front thorn
far beyond the amount of their debts; and much intricacy
would arise in litigious disputation. The numerous com-
plaints which have been urged against the administration of
the present Act, seem to throw a great reproach upon the
Judge who presides in the Court ; but when it is considered
that his duty is extremely arduous, and the cases which
route before him so very numerous, those who have witness-
ed the exercise of that duty will admit, that with the roost
consciencious regard to the Liberty of the Debtor, and the
Rights of Creditors, it is nearly impossible to give universal
satisfaction ; and it might be better reconciled to the public,
if the presiding Judge could be aided io his official functions.
For this purpose, it is submitted that Commissioners might
he appointed to attend the Metropolitan Gaols, under the
order of the Judge of the Insolvent (:oust, and take the exa-
mination of all the Debtors under a limited sum (say 3001 ),
and upon their certificate the Court might proceed to ad-
judge, as it does at present upon the certificate of Country
Magistrates; if above the specified sutn, the Debtors to be
examined before the Court as at present. This would relieve
the Jude of the Court from much of his present labour,
and, it is prosumed. would afford more public satisfaction.
And it might be well to consider whether:: voluntary decla-
ration of insolvency, under a readiness to surrender on exa-
mination, might not in many cases he preferable to impri-
sonment, in the same manner as Bankrupts pass their exa-
ruination without being confined, unless by warrant front
the Commissioners of Bankrupt. The Creditors of a Bank-
rupt are bound to discharge the prisoner upon their proof of
debt.. The Insolvent is confined without proof of debt. The
distinction of treatment is irreconcifeable ; Bankrupts are
insolvent, but Insolvents are not always Bankrupts. Those
who have heretofore contended against the final decision tel
the presiding Commissioner in the Insolvent Court, and have
urged the right of appeal elsewhere, may probably be recon-
ciled to the investigation before Justices of the Peace in the
country, and Commissioners in London, with ultimate ap-
peal to the presiding Commissioner, whose experience, as a
Judge of the Court, will qualify him to decide more satisfac-
torily than any other tribunal nut conversant with the prac-
tical operation of the Act ; and some legislative provision
seems requisite to obviate the inconvenience necessarily at-
tending the absence of the Commissioner, by illness, or
other unavoidable cause : the appointment of a substitute or
assistant Commissiorter in such cases is desirable. It has
been objected by many Creditors, that dividends are not
drily- made under Insolvents' estates ; upon close investiga-
tion, it will appear that their own negligence frequently
causes the delay of dividends, and large sums have been lost
for want of due vigilance. From a contrary conduct, it has
rdeently occurred, that a discharged Debtor has paid 20s. in
the pound to each of his scheduled Creditors, and legal inte-
rest upon all the debts carrying interest. When it is stated
that 10,C00 per annum goes into the hands of the Receiver of
the Insolvent Court; it may fairly be asked, why do not the
Creditors apply for and obtain the money so paid to such
Receiver ? Until they do, it might perhaps be well to place
the amount of monies so collected in a situation of security,
by investment in the Funds, or in the hands of bankers.—
With proper attention, Creditors may sometimes realize more
under the Insolvent Act than under the Bankrupt Laws, as
future property is rendered liable by the former, and by the
latter it is exempt.
Great odium having been thrown upon the general body of
Debtors as a class of fraudulent characters, and evidence be-
ing c tiled for before the Committee sof the House of Com-
mons to prove cases its opposition to the equitable provisions
of the Statute, it !night he desirable that Debtors who have
been discharged, and some who are in custody, should be also
examined to shew that in some cases fraud is practised by
Creditors, or at least culpable negligence may be attributed
as the chief origin of the clamour which is excited against the.
Act. The evidence of Creditors only would be As partial as
the testimony of Gaolers might be interested ; the first often
specnlate on the power of it..prisonment, and time latter live
on the miseries which it creates; turd therefore bests parties
are interested witnesses. Arid it will probably be found
hereafter that many persons will petition for relief under the
Act, who have subscribed petitions to the Legislature against
such relief being granted.
Those who contend for a Trial by Jury 'previous to the
release of Debtors, should recollect that if they have charges
of fraud which can be proved, they may indict for such fraud,
and then the verdict of a Jury would result. But if a Jury Ise
insisted on its all cases, the Debtor should have the full betertSt
thereof, as well as the Creditor, and such jury should t, y t lie
fact of the debt being Gaeta fide due, as well as the
and mode of contracting it, instead of suet' debt beleg
milted on the unsupported affidavit of a Creditor or Claimani.
It should, however, be an impartial Jury, not constituted
solely of Tradesmen, as Creditors might probably wish, and
which it might be difficult to obviate without specific pro-
visions.
The Penal Clauses fie fraud, embezzlement, undue trans-
fer, and concealment, (as well as other instances of gross
misconduct or injustice) being very severe on the Debtor, it
might be well, as tinder the Battkrupt Laws, to qualify those
several amid respective Clauses, by iuscrting the words, " and
being thereof lawfully convicted upon indictment or infor-
mation," especially considering the existence of Statutes to
punish whatsoever comes under the description of fraud.
It has beers felt and urged as a great hardship, by many
discharged Debtors, that their future property shouril in all
cases he liable, which is no part of the provisions of the Batik•
rapt Laws, if a certificate is obtained. Considering how
much this enactment is calculated to paralize exertion, and
to encourage Emigration, might it not be proper to exempt
future property, in cases where the Debtor's estate pays a
certain definite sum in the pound, or where a majority of his
Creditors will certify in his favour for correct conduct, &c.?
The dread of imprisonment for debt, under the old system,
sometimes invited crime as leading to milder punishment,
and it may be apprehended that the earnings of future in-
dustry being liable to anterior debts will excite idleness,
- which is too frequently the parent of crime.
W. M--,e, Temple.
To be coatinued.l

PARLi A AEN

HOUSE OF WEDS, Mav 5.

The oaths were administered to the Duke of
LEINSTER, Lord CALTHORPR, and Lord HUTCHIN-

sot 4.
The case of O'Grady and the Attorney-General
o‘ Ireland was partly beard (the Judges attend-
ing), and the fnrther hearing postponed till Wed-
tiet.chy next. —The Bangor Ferry Bill, the Re-
gent's Canal Bill, and 4ome Priva,e Bills, were
bronght np from the House of Commons by Sir
Hem v Parnell, Mr, Portman, Sir James Graham.
Mr. Dog,dale, Mr Edwards. Mr. Estc,girt and
other Nlembers,•and read a first time.—The Life
Annuities' -Bill passed throng') a Committee, and
Was reported without amendment.--The Claims
on France Bill was read a second time. and coin•
milted for to-morrow,—The Atkin Duties' Bill
was read a third time and passed.

ROMAN CATHOLICS.
Petitions against the Itnitrin Catholic Claim's
were presented by
Lord It.,tk, front Devan,woe by the Bishop of Lond,,n,
from the Cleary of the Arelideaconries of Colchester, Es-ex,
And Mititties,x ; the Bishop I) t r.lv froruthe (.:trig) of the
esohe,iral Church of Ely, he the Dike of tort, two Pe-
tition, frnni Ilr'stol: Viscount Exmouth, from 11:oti-
t,m ; and by other Noi,le Lords, trio differynt.
frivoir cf them, by Lord Viscount Clifdrn, from Cail,w; by
the Niarglyss of Ormond, front Kilkenny: and by other NAIL,
Lords fiats dlfferrist quarters.
The Earl of Dos.oucomoite said, he rose to
present the petitions of'his Itotnau Catholic fel-
lo's...stibjects in. Irellnd, who approaciattd that
Howe as they had done on fottner occasions,
praying to be relieved from those disabili lei. which
continued to press so heavily nnon them—ftom
those degradmg distinctions which still operated
so materially against them. lie dui not mean to
R,VieTile the discussion which was so slimily to
corny on, nor could I,e stay any thing that would
100 be a repetition of what lie had before urged
to their Lordships. when advocating /the cause of
his Catholic fellow-count; yttoen, But he was
happy to say, that npon the present occasion the
(tpposition to the Claims of the Roman Catholic's
lad been weaker than at any former pecio(l,3lid this,
too, notwithstanding the most suspicions and im-
proper practises had been res,.rted to, in order to
obtain signatures to Anti-Catholic petitions, as
appeared by an order issued by the Cpuittiandiog
Officer of a depot at Dublin,\prohibiting the sol-
diers Intl!) interfering in anv political tiisciission,
rte sighing any petition. Yet not withstanding
all the onancEuvring that had been had recourse
to, he was happy to say, that the opposition to
the Catholics was much weaker than on any for-
tiler occasion. The petitions lie had to present
to their Lordships were most numerously and re-
spectably signed, including the Premier Catholic
Peer of Ireland, Lord Fingal, the Premier Catho-
lic Baronet, Sir 'I booms EsmonA, a roost respect-
nble Gentleman also, Owen O'Connor, and a num-
ber of others of. high respectability. Ills Lord-
ship concluded by presenting the following pe-
titions

Vrorit the Boman Catholics of the Parishes a St. Mary's,
St..lllolnaS'S, and St. George's,, Dublist—cif the County of
Roscommon—of the Cohnty and City of Cork—at-the Parish
of St. Catherine's, in the City of Dohlin—of the Parish of St.
Paul's, in the City of Dublin—of the Parishes of St. Andrew's,
NI. Anne's, and St. Math's, in the City of Dublin—of the Pa-
ri,h of St.Aud.:un's, in Dublin—of the County and City of
Waterford—of the County of Tippet ary—of Youghal and its
vicinity—of the Town and County of the Town of Galway—
of the 'County of Monaghanr—of the Town and vicinity of
Bandon—of iVetiagh and its vicinity—of Cloinuell and its vi-
einity —i;f the Parish of Newport, in the County of Tippe-
rary—of the United Polishes of Swords and Malahidc, in the;
County of Dublin—of the Psi isles of Kitternan and Kilt;oh-
hen, in the County of Dublin—of the :1.71,14d Parishes of
Kileinninon, and Killeaa, in tile County of Wick-
low—Mille Connly of Cavan—of the Parish of Corn Wall, in
the County of Donegall—of the Parish of Clonruany, in the
County of Diolegall—of the Parisi; of Glendermot, in the;
County of Londunderry—of Desertaigney—of the United Pa-
rishes of Upper and Lower Fahan—of the. Town and Borough
of Tralee, and the United Parishes of Rathass, Cloherinien,
and Anna—Of the' City and Liberties of Londonderry—of Bir-
mingham, Wolverhampton, Walsall, anti Newcastle-under-
Line—of Bungay, in Suffolk—of Hardwick, in Oxfordshire—
of the Borough of Liverpool, and the neighbourhood there-
of—the Petition of the Protestant Freemen, Freeholders, and
Inhabitants of the City of Cork.
His Lordship remarked particularly on the ac-
cession to the cause of the.C4l hol ic Claims of the
Protestants of Dublin, emphatically called the
Protestant City of Dublin and of Cork, which
mie,ht he considered the Southern metropolis of
Ireland.

The' Eoglish petitions above-mentioned were
ptesented by his Lordship at a subsequent period
sit the sittio.
The Earl GREY said, he rose to present the
petition of the Roman Catholics of England,,
praying to be relieved from those degrading dis-
abilities to- which they were still subject, and
from which, as good subjects and 'citizens, as men
estimable and exemplary in all the relations of
society, they ought, in his opinion, to he relieved.
He did not wish to repeat (tor be could only te-
peat) what he had said on former occasions on
the, discussithi of this important question, bat be
must again, wheo the period of discussion came,
conjure their Lordships to grant to the petition-
et's the privileges which they. claimed, and to
which their exemplary conduct fully entitled them.
lie had, on former occasions, unsuccessfully urged
the Claims of the Roman Catholics of England,
but the opinions he had on those occasions advo-
cated, bad only become more firmly rooted in his
mind, and he was more and more convinced, that
the only true policy which the Legislature ought
to adopt; was to concede the claims which were
thus respectfully urged by the petitioners. A pe-
riod of peace was the Netter calculated to adjust
a question of this importance, because it was a
season fitted for calm discussion.; and though it
was the hope of every one that the peace would
be of long duration, still it was impossible to
foresee what events might cause an abrupt termi-
nation of that state of tranquillity. What (ben
would be the situation of the esnitry, it com-
pelled to enter into a new war, with a divided
population, with a distrust of so important a por-
tion of it as was constituted by the Roman Ca-
tholics Was it not of the utmost tnomelit, that

the unaninimity in rights and interests of the
whole population of the empire should be secured
• with, as little delay as possible, in order that the
country, if forced to. enter upon a new war, might
commence it with all that energy which alone
could be communicated by an united people ? That
any danger could arise from conceding the Claims
of the Catholics was now a chimera, the otanoxi-

Ous tenets vvhic . it was allewd tLc 11121,1 uellir
so entirely disavowed by the Catholic I.s,6yyrsi-
ties, by all persons who were entitled to any au-
thority -amoopt them, that, indeed, it had ceased
to be used as an argument by the opponents of
those claims, that any possible danger could now
arise froth grautink them. To slim also the na-
ture of the oiadosition that had at a former period
been made to those Claims, and the grown!.

iessness ot its ,pbject, it was only necessary tnr
him to advert to one fact. Ab►+ut tvvo years

since, a naval officer of the name of Wright, who
had not only distinguished himself in that service
in which he was employed, but had Inst six.
brothers whilst figliting the battles of their co►►n-
try, applied to the Admiralty for promotion, and
was at length appointed a Master and Cow.
wander ; but he then found, that before receiv-
ing his coo►uti•siori, he Must tkike the oath of
supremacy, &07. and that titres, being a Romai) Ca-
thoiic, he mosf • io order to enjoy the promotion
he had so► hardly earned, surrender his religion.

Hots case cat hardship attrac►ed the notice or the

Government, slinl H Bill %vas in consegti, nce

ntroducutt Iwo fitm I.loe, he' believed by
he Noble VtNeount ( \leo/WO orposi:e,—ihe
fflet of which was, !hat oflivers of the army

and navy were not called upon to t alie any oaths
and that 011ie Roman Catholic officers wire ad-
mitted withoet 7.eraple into both the army and
the navy. tie (Lotd Grey), watched with silent
satisfaction the proerese this Bill, which pass-
ed through both flonses of Pailiament without
()hi!' iOll OVOsition, Now What was this
Act, thus passed in 18i6, but the very,same mea-
sure in effect which he (Lord Grey), wheti
in
the lioti.e of Commons, btoutght forward in 1806,
but Zvi ich eubjected those who supported it to
every species at obloquy and calionny, and which
.vas filially the means of bringing in the
striation of 1807 % This might serve to spew the
nature of that oppo•ition to the Claims of tf.e
lLtntaii CaaloliCs, kthiCh was founded merely in
prejudice, and which hail no solid et onnds of ith-
jaation to rest upon. That there existed now any
solid ground of objection to the IZ
Catholic
Claims, lie utterly denied. The Roman Catholics
of Eugland,‘vhose Petition lie nuts' pteseetetl,
were many of them possessed of large property,
wt ieli they bad derived from their atieeszors
through a descent of highs antiquity ; some of them
were deseetuled from the very founders of our li-
het ties ; all of them had manifested the most ex-
emplary conduct both es subjects anti as citizens,
and in all the relations of society, they were men
of the most devoted loyalty to their Sovereign,
and most zealously attached to the Constitution ;
men whose love for their country could nest be in
any instance impeached ; they only differed from
their Pro:cstant tellow-subjects in a dogma of
re-
; and though he (Lieai Grey), as a sincere
Member of the Church of England, Was hound to
'Consider their opinions upon that-point errooe-
oils, at ill he could not couceive an unfavourable
opinion of that religion which taught its fol-
lowers to be estimable in every relation, as sub-
jects or as citizens, or as members of society ; !tor
could he conceive it possible, that the least dan-
ger could arise front the admission of such men
into the pale of the Constitudoil ; on the contrary,
tie considered, that whilst ire was reedy to Cllll-
- every security that could be necessary for
the maintenance of the Protestant Establishment, •
the only way of averting all danger was to con-
cede the Claims of theCathohcs, and dins to pot
an end to all .disunion and distrust. Ifis Lord-
ship concluded by presenting the petitioo of the
Roman Catholics of England.
The Earl of ',weapon'. said, lie did not rise in!
the slightest degree to object to receiving the pe-
tition ; but, inconsequeoce of something that
had Callen from the Noble Earl, respecting which
he (Lord Liverpool) thought it necessary to enter
into some explanation. As io the highly respecte
able individuals of the Roman Catholic persua-
sion, whose petition had been presented by the
Noble Earl, far be it from bins to say thing in.
their 'tlisparegenient ; for some of theta, with
whom hi- was in the habits of intimacy; he had:
the highest respect. and esteem, and of none of
,them, as individuals, had he the least apprehen—
sion ; neither did lie bti.eve that any of the Ro-
man Catholics -now held those olsuoations doc-
trines, leading to immorality and in•ecurity,
_which had been alluded to. It was not at ail OH
this ground that he opposed the admission of Ro-
man Catholics to the- privileges of the'Constitu-
don, but altogether on constitutional principles,
involving, as he contended, the security of the
Protestant Establishment in the State, and with
it that of the Protestant Church, with which it
-was inseparably connected. .With regard to the
Act alluded to by the Noble Earl, passed in- 1816,
there was a radical difference between that and the
'Bill introduced by the Noble Earl when in the
-House of Commons in 1806. The former arose
nut of the circumstances alluded to by the Noble
Earl. An inquiry having been, in consequence of
that occurrence,' instituted, it Was foutid that it
had beets the practice for a great number of years
in the army to require no oaths trom Officers pre-
vious to receiving their commission (they being
relieved
.from the necessity afterwards by the Act
of Indemnity,) whilst in the Navy it had been
the, practice to require, the oaths from Officers
previous to receiving their commissions. The
Law Officers of the Crown were referied -to, and
their opinion was, that the practice in the Navy
was wore consonant with law than that of the
Army. It was then deemed expedient .to bring
in the Act alluded to, which passed-in 1816, but
the difference between that and the Bill ot I XO6
was this—the former, whilst it admitted Catholics
and Dissenters into the Army, without taking any
oaths, left them subject to the Test Laws, Irons
the effect of which they were only relieved by an
Act ot Indemnity; whilst the object of the Bill of,
the Noble Earl in 1806, was to concede to diem
as a right she privilege of entet trig the Army
Bed Navy, merely taking a shot( oath there pre-
scribed, and entirely doing away as to them the
effect of the Test Laws. •
The Earl Getty observed, that the practical ef-
fect of both measures was the same, to
admit Rollsan Catholics and Dissenters, without
restriction, into the army and navy, there having
been no instance, for at least half a century, of
omitting to pass • an Indemnity Act every year
The only difference, therefore, was, that the Bill

or 6 A:,l that by sniierciceif
Grey) would, in Lis Bill of 1806, have conceded
;Is a tight. And as to the Test and Corporation
Acts, he (Lot d Grey) W,1.1 SO far convinced of the
inexpediency of Continuing Acts, the operation of
which it watt found necessary every year to sus-

per and annul., and which was indeed regularly
dOne 'as a matter of coarse, that be should not be-

sitate at office tp move their repeal.

The petition was ordered to lie on the table, as
were also all the others before-mentioned.

11► e Marquess of LANsnow,:sE presented peti-
ions in fAvoar of the Roman Catholic Claims,

from Kerry and other places ; as did also the Krill
of CUARLEMONT, front parishes in the City of
Dublht and other quarters, all of which were or-
dered to lie upon the table.
The Duke of Witt.tANoTotsr presented a peti-
tion from Protestants of the City of Dublin against
the Roman Catholic Claims. which his Grace

stated to be numerottsly and re,peetably signed.
With respect to tl►e statrment of a Noble Earl
(Donoughtoore), witl► regard 10 SOH citim: soldiers
to sign the petition, be k, he Dake of
was informed by the party from whom be receiv-
ed the petition, that in the fitst place, no soldier
WdS solicited to Sign the petition, and that in the

next Itlarr, uo soldier actually lutd signed
The Ead of Dosouctimoaa if the Noble
Duke 11.:e rt rd it.oto own, knowledge that there

had been no solicitation of soldiers to sigu the
petition, be (Lord Donou:4lintore) must of ccitu.se
believe it ; bt►t unless the Nobl:• Duke did so, he
(Lord Donouglimort.) must continue to believe
'hgt some practice of that kind bad been resorted
to. Why eke did the Commander of the tlepM
issue the order, which it ►vns known he had, 10

prevent the soldiers under his orders from inter-
fering in any political discuslion, or ,inning any

paper.
The Duke of WELLTNGTON observed, that he
could of .course say nothing triton the subject
front his own hnowledge, not having heed in It e-
land, neither could he answer for the. motive-of
a Commander of a depat in Ireland, for kitting
an order. It was possible that time order ;night
have been issued in consequence of some trick
played by the opposite party, to discredit the pe-
tition. Milt regard to the fact, he „had the
dimity of the whole Committee who had Ole EVa -
Ilk+ gement of the petition (which his Grace read)
for stating,:that no soldier had by their authority
been solicited to sign it, nor could they discover
that any soldier actually hatl signed it. With re-
sp-ct to another statement also that had been
made respecting getting charity boys to sign
the petition, he had the authority tat the Lord
Mayor of Dublin, and the Trustees of the Bine-
coat School (which his Grace. likewise read) fur
staring that it was a false -knd scandalous report.
The Eat! of CHARLEMONT. read the,Ordet which
had•hecu issued by the Commander of the Dept'i
question, which, he observed, thnugh it did
not apply in tennis to the Anti-Catholic petition,
appeared from the postscript to do so, as it pro-
ed I he soldiers from attending Prange Lodges.
-With regard to the petition itself, he could assore
the Noble Doke, tliongh he did not ureAri tO tar-
peach, the respectability of the Petitioueri, that a
number of than' were neither householders nor
resident, it, several of the siguatut:cS_lratt
been obtained among,t the tenAotv of a friend of
his in the county of Wicklow, who merely signed
it. to oblige their landlord.
The-Earl of D,q,:otiGliinue stated, with regard
to the report about charity boys, that a per,,,tru
called Upoll the Editor of a respectable Paper in
DUblin, and told him that li;.t had been taken into
a public-house and made intoxicated, and that he
had been induced to sign the Anti-Catholic Peti-
tion, and to put also the names of his three sons,
who were boys at the charity School.
The Earl of ENNISKILLEN, with reference to
the tuilititry order
,issued, said it .was issued, not
in consequence of any thing that had taken place,
but from the apprehension that some attempt of
that kind might be made, but, the tact was merely
that a gunner had signed the ,petition who had
been torsotne time discharged horn the Artllery
service, and who therefore had undoubtedly a
ight so to sign it. • •
The petition was ordered to lie opon the table,
as was also one in favour of the Honiara Catholic
•Claims.,_presented by .his Royal Highness the
Duke of SUSSEX.
The :Earl of ENNISKILLEN presented apetition.
ag3inst the Roman Caaolic CI
oto the
County of Fermanagh, which his Lortishipstated.
to be signed by the entire property of the' county,
and by a number of the most respectable indivi-
duals; • These signatures amounted to and',
there would haVe been thousands more, but there
was not parchment enough to contain thern,--,-d
Jhepetition was ordered to lie on the table. His
Lordship. stated that he had another Petition tir
the same effect from the. County of Monaghan,
signed by 20,000 persons, but owing to an infor-
futility, be could not present it.
The Duke of LplNsTiiit presented the follow-
ing Petitions in favour of the Roman Catholic
Claims :
Front the Protestants of the County of Monaghan —Rnoian
Cat holics of the Pai ish of Kildare, County of Kildare—Roman
Catholics of tl.e Parish of Rathangan, County of Kildare—
Roiria n Catholics of the United Parishes of Cellridge and I
Stratfarn,County of Kildare—Roman Catholics of
,the Parish'
of Castlederniott. County of Kildare—Rornan Catholics of the.
Parish-of Lyqns, County of Kildare—lto-tian Catlioiics of the-
Parishes of Ma7n:mtli, Loslop and Tap)°, Coulay
y'ul- 10- •
dare—lto:lnn Catholics of the United Par.slies of Kilcrio'ie
scud Nei.i.'castlr, County of Dublin—Rowan Catholics of the
Parishes of Castlehnoch and Chapelryod, Orrnity
Catholics of the Pavisli of St. Janp,',,c,i2ily
of Dublin—atonic) Catholics of the Parish of St. :`,lichan,•
City of Dublin—Roman Catholics of the 'fawn and Union of
Athy, County tit Kildare. . .
'ittese petiitions were also ordered to' lie opiate
the table.
The Earl of DONOUGlimottE declined to pre-
sent a petition from. certain Catholics, agreed
upon-at a meeting assembled at the Crown and
Anchor, «hick had been handed to
,hime out the
ground of 'not witAring to introduce disunion into
the Catholic Cantle:
Adjourned till to-morrow (this day).