The Sun.
London, England, 1819-04-30 00:00:00

CATI-10LIe CLAIMS.

The SPEAKER called the attention of the House
to the intettess.of the hour, mid snggested the pro-
priety of proceeding to the. bitsiness of the
day, ohser%ing that if any Gentleman had peti-
tions to p eseut in I.trour-ot,—pragahtst the Ca•
;hen was the proper time.

. .
. Sir F. flu RDETT ptiesented •a petition sig!ipr!
13.000 perSbus, hibahitants of London and Vcs' •
minster, in favour of Catholic Emancipation. T!,e
'Claims uf,the
,Catholics, he observed, tooke placed
On an entire v(putlity W 1,1) their Protestant co.ni-
ttymeo, coidil not much iouger he denied and
in was bin t.dr oar those ktho trod 'Their shri,e in
all the thfEenl,i,s and d;Stre7ses of the country,
should aka stance io the lienefiis of the Crust rite.
!too. Tue. Hon. Baruoet theu psieseuted it sdni-•
.
liar petit to, from
;Liverpool.
111: NNt., rreit•nted peti'tions from firming
-
bath, Woleeil,antpton, Flarwiol,• and from the
Catholics of fungay; prayiiig for the removal of
the exioingdisabilities against the Catholics.
' Mr. METHVEN presented a petition, with which
he himsdf agreed, front the 'Archdeacon and
Clergy of IViltshite, playing that no further con•
cessions niight be made to the Roman Catholics.
It was much to he regt eyed that Ministers, in.
order to keep their places, ,should have waived
the question. and not have taken a decided part.
Mr. C. HurctuNsori must protrst against., the
doctrine, as unconstitutional and unparliamentary,
that ;Mimi-tern should he supposed to have the
.power of stifling, or of carrying any question
through that House. •
Mr. L. AVELLESLRY presented a similar petition
from the Al'ehdeactin and Clergy of .the Diocese
of.Salishitry, agoinst anY further 'concessions
,to
the Roman Catholics ; in tie sentiments of which
Ile himself concurred. Ile hoped that the 110,
nourable and Venerable Advocate of the Catholics
xymild propose such' securities to the Home, on
the suliect of the Protestant Ascendancy, as woall
remove the fears that had been eintertairn on that
subject. Should these securities appear to hint to
ire sAtisfactury, that circurn,tani'e mi4ht, perhaps,
induce him to alter his opinion, Tie first
nit rite petition was that of
,Archtleacon Coxe,
‘v!to by his historical r•. searches,
.arid part ictilark
his'llistury of the Houle of Anistria, was so well
qualili d io'appreciate•thesub;ect correctly.
Coltotel
,O'Nat it. presented a • petition front
Antrim), signed by 19,000 persons, 4000 of whom
belonged to the Town. of Belfast, against Catholic
Eiwiticilrdtion. • .

Mr. W PAR ELL presented a petition from Ark-
mow, in the County of
,Wicklow, in tav4-)nr of
Catholic Emancipation.—Oidered to be laid on
the table:

Mr. littowtl presented a petition from the
Comity 01 -M4yo, .to. the saine effect.—Laid on
the table.

General ARCHDALE. said, he had a petition from
the County of Fermanagh to present ; and added,
that if farther concessions were grairted to the
Catholics, the honest Proteitauts of the,North of
Ireland would emigrate to America ; for they would
never live to be trampled upon by. Popery. The
petition Was against any 'concession to the Catho-
lics of Ireland.

Sir J. NEWPORT said. that the Protestants of
Waterford, who had petitioned for farther con-
cessions to tlitt Catholie, were not biassed.
tear or any other motive ; and that they were as
respectable as the Protestants of Fermanagh.
could be.

General AitCHDALL said, that in the North of
Irelaa. Protestant bankers had been thrcalened
With runs on their houses, and laivyers to be de-
prived of their briefs. • • ••• _

Mr.GßATTkNAlefended the Protestants of Dub-
lin who had peeitioned in favour of the Catholics,
It was numerously attended, ant! the. Assembly
was as incapable of being acted upon, by tear as
the Protestants of England. Ills Opinion. on
the whole, Was, that the charge made by the Hon
Gentleman was totally unfounded.
Gen. ARcEIDALI dig! not Mean to say, that the
threats' held nut against the Protestants of the
Nor t exfanded to'other parts of Ireland.
Mr; C. Iltrrott tNsoN said he was sure the galhint
General (Archdrill), after having himself led on
Catholic heroes to victory in defence of the Em-
pire, would never raise his voice io the !louse to
make slaves of his Catholic fellow-citizens.—
There hatrbeen in the poblic prints an Order from
a Commander in Ireland, warning the soldiers
not to join in Catholic petitions. It was his opi-
nion that they would odd to the stability of the
Empire by placing their Catholic fellow-subjects
on a footing with themselves.

Mr. Pm. did not wish to enter into a prema-
ture disciission tbe Catholic Question, and-la-
mented the fet liti of irritation which already
seemed to have di,playeil . The lion. Gen-
tleman who had just sat down, had stated certain
things with respect to a petition which had been
placed in his (Mr. P.'s) hand to present to the
"louse., which' compelled hint to corer into some
explanations. lie had. said, that extraordioai y
efforts bad been made to procure signatures to the
11,•orestaot l'eti ion against the Catholic Claims. Ile
bad es:en stated, that the bine coat boys and non-
commissioned ofticeis and.soldiers had been press•
ed into the' service. ThCfe assertions haci
ready speared in the 1)0)1'1c prints, and the Go-
vernors of the Blite!Coat.SchOols had been assem-
bled, under the Pres•dency of:the-Lord Mayor, in
order to ascertain tice Fier, as far as the boys.
were' concerned; ,o tire leStilt hafl been a cfc7
claradon .that the assertion was false and scaud4-

)0113. With respect to an application having been
made to the soldiers in the Barracks, the charge
of procuring signatures to the petition had de-
volved upim.twenty•one Gentlemen, who had de-
clared, that neither •they themselves, nor any
person in their behalf, had solicited or permitted
the signal ore, of a .non-commissioned officer. It
it had been done, it was without their authority.
They had examined the list and not discovered
the name of any non-commissioned officer. They
had, hOwever, submitted the, list to the Officers
themselves, t hat they toigh,t discover whether such
names .were inserted, in order that they .might he
expunged. Could.any thing he inure satisfactory
than such conduct on their part 3
Mr:lityrcit IN SON had not acted on the autho-
rity of the public prints, but on that of 'a Regi-
. mental Older, issued by General Wilmot, in con-
sequence of lower. of a political nature having
been' introduced Into the Artillery Barracks to grin
the sig'hat ores of 'non-commissioned officers and
soldiers. Ile then read the Order in question..
Me. rEpt, did 'nor t11•7r.11 to deny the ant henticity
Of /liar doenmeHt. httt negeli that it did not refer
either to the petition in question or to any other.
The petition was then read, and laic! on the table.
Mr. BuTLEtt ffres.ented a petition from Kilken-
ny in favour of the Catholic Claints.—Laid On
the table, _ _ _

"Mr, Fl . DAVIS pre.sented a Petition from
101. agaitibt tine Cdthoiie ClAitus —L tit! 011 the
table.

Sir N. PARNELL saint,. that a very general feel-
ing prevailed tintong the Protestants oi Ireland iii
flvonr of the Catholic Claims. Ile Alen presented
aVetition front, the Catholics of Q.l-eett's County
in favour ot their elailits.--=Laid on the table.
'Mr. PEEL itqw• presented a l'etition.front 5000
persons of thr gi,atest respectability rittipng the
PrOlefirallti of Ireland, whose opiniotis wet e,
that the majority of the l'rwestan.ta ot Ireland
wonl.l he
,found .to be against the 14:swinciPalion
of the Roman Catholica. 'file Petition was trout
the lit otestants of Dablin aiatl was ordered to be
laid on the table.

Mr. GRATT4N said, that the concession of the
Catholic Chinni was. not only necessat'y:to prevent
the destrnetion of bt'otLerly love, but to the peace
and strength Of I big country..
Mr. PARNBLLs4id, the greater lila of the Irish
Prolstant Ntitions against the Catholics were
signed by converted Catholics.
Lord
.KING•BOROUGH presented Peti:ions in fa-
Your of the Catholics.

Petitions were presented from Okeitampton and
,Weymouth against ;tie C•ttholies.

POOll LAWS.

Mr. S. 136trttNE 'be secant) reading
of the Poor Laws'Bill to the io;h of May.

SINKING FUND.

Mr. GRF.NFRL.I. gave not tee, that immediately
after the Report of the lio.k Committee should
have been received, he should meniion the earliest
diy pos,ible for sabmitting proposition to the
llonse tending to make the Fond appli-
cable to the punlic service, in lieu of a loan.

At the sitggesikni of the'CnAticELLott of the
EXCIIMIJEK, General [-low consented to post-
pone hi. !motion respecting fines on town lands for
illicit distillation I;11 to-mot tow.