The Sun.
London, England, 1821-03-13 00:00:00

CATHOLIC EMANCIPATION.

• Mr. LANE FOX presented a Petition from the Mayor. Al.
dernatt and Burgeises of Beverley, in the County of York,

azainst any further relation of the laws affecting his Ma-
jesty's Roman Catholic subjeets.
Mr. LAMBTON said, he understood the Petition was not
agreed to at any public Meeting,-lint had been privately gut
up at a Meeting of let Aldermen, or rather of 8 Aldermen,
and 4 Chambermen, or Chambernaids, he did not exactly
know which—CA laugh)—The Petitton was ordered to lie on
the table and to be printed.
AGRICULTURAL DISTRESS. _ .

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Mr. DODSON presented a Petition from the Occupiers of
400 Acres of Land in the Neighooni hood of Arundel, com-
plaining of Agricultural Distress.—Ordered to lie on the table
aud to he printed. .
CATHOLIC CLAIMS. _ _

Sir W. SCOTT presented R Petition from the University of
Oxford, Against the repeal of the laws affecting bis-Majesty's
Roman Catholic subjects.—Ordered to lie on'the table and to
be printed.
'SCO F.(31 BUIIGHS. _ .

Lord A. HAMILTON presented a Petition from the Burgh
of Inver:try, in Aberdeenshire, to which he invited the atten-
tion of the House. The Petition was signed by almost every
burgess in the place, and the Petitioners complained of the
grossest mal versations and fraudulent misapplications of their
funds by their officers. Though these abuses were as open
and undisguised as day, yet they had no Court to Appeal.to—
there was no la* inexistence from" which they could hope re-
dress. :They prayed t he. House to take these matters into their
consideration. The Noble Lord then stated, that in 1817,
the bugesses being ready to prove in a Court of Jmlice the
actual embezzlement of a :mother- of specific stuns against
certain of their officers, brought an action against these offi,
cers in the Court of 'Quarter Session. The case was there
long at trued, but at length the Judgei.of that Court declared,
that though they saw the Burgesses had the strongest possible
case against their officers : yet, as the matter did not come
within the Jurisdiction of the Court, they (the Judges) could
not interfere. This had been made a plea previously by the
Magistrates. But not only slid not the burgesses fail in their
action, brit they were also obliged to pay 1051. costs. The
Noble Lord added, that the Petitioners came before the
HUnse with the strongest possible claims, for they had detect-
ed abuses io their officers—were ready and able to substan-
tiate the existence of these alums, but yet could find ho
remedy in any existing law. Ile hoped the Home would con-
sider these hardships, and concluded by moving, That the Pe-
be laid upon the table.
Mr. HUME being requested to support the petition, would,
after the statement of the Noble Lord. content himself **tits
observing, that it was most respectably signed, and signed
by every man in the bOrough. except the Magistrates against
whom the complaint was made.
Sir GEORGE CLARKE recommended referring the petition
to the Committee sitting immediately on this subject, rather
than suffering it to lie on the table.

Mr. ABERCROMBIE was against this course, because, in
that event, the petition would not then be printed, and the
House not he in possession of the Material facts disclosed in it.
Lord A. HAMILTON said, that he would follow a course
which would answer both ends, for he would first move that
it he printed, and then refer it to the Conuuittee.—The peti-
tion was then laid on the table, and ordered to he printed.