The Sun.
London, England, 1821-03-24 00:00:00

PARLI A. Al E N 1'

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HOUSE OF LORDS, MAneu 9.3.. • ,
Mr. Act:cock, from the Treasury, presetited
the Annual Account of the Public ENvenditnre.
Mr. BuLt un, from the Exchefitter, Ptwiented an Account of
the Income charged on the CouScilidatud Fund of England and
Irebtnd, tipto the 6th of January.'
Mr. i4VIN G, froM tho Custom House, pnetiented an Acconnt
'of all Goods impofted from the East Indiei: and, Ckizia. tip to
the sth of January.
The Earl of SHAFTESBURY 'presented a Petition froM
the A raid eaconry of Sudbury, in the County of Stiffolk,.against
the Catholic Claims.—Ordered to be Witt on the table:
The Mutiny Bill find the Mutiny Mafine Bill were each read
a third time and passat.
Lord- ROLLE.
.pre*entcd it. Petition from the County of
Devon, against the Catholic Claims.—Oidered to be kW, on
the table.

Lord.KENYON presented a Petition from the Parish Of St.
Mary, Whitechapel, and another. from the Torrn and Neigh-
bourhood of Bridgenorth, against the Catholic Claims.—Or-
dered to 'be laid on the table.
The Earl of WARWICK. presented a Petition from the
County of Warwick, praying for the relief of Agrictiltural Dis-
tress.—Ordered to be laid on the table.
Earl GREY presented a Petition from the Protestant Dis-
senters of Morpeth, praying for au Alteration in the Marriage
Act.
The King's Bench Business Bill went through the Commit.:
tee, and was reported.
CATHOLIC CLAIMS-
The Duke of DEVONSHIRE presented a Petition from
the Inhabitants of Staffordshire and -Warwickshire, against the
Bill to remove the Civil DisabilitieS of the CathOlid. His
Lordship observed, that he had not objected to pr.:sent the Pe-
tition because it -contained nothing irregular or disrespectful to
the Housel ; but lie should be sorry to subscribe to the prayer,
which appeared to him to be ill-judged and unwise.
The Marquess of LANSDOWNE said, he did not rise par-
ticularly to call the attention of the House to the Petition be-
fore
them, nor to the Polemical Works of Dr. Milner, 'it he
would say, that no act of beneficence could ever be extended
to the Roman Catholics, if they were. to attend to all the scru-
ples, whether real or pretended, which individuals might pro-
fess. The reason why he rose at that moment, when the sub-
' ject.of the Catholic Claims
.was brought under their notice, and
While a Bill, with a view to he. great object of removing their.
disabilities was in progress in another place, was to express his
anxious hope that the subject would come before them unac-
companied by any provision. He said this with reference- to
the important suggestion of making a provision for the main-
tenance of the Roman Catholic Clergy of Ireland. 'Without
giving any opinion upon that subject, he would say, that it was
a proposition, which might be well entitled to the consideration
of the togislature, but which rested on grounds totally distinct
from the subject of the measure itself. The best way, there-
fore, of bringing it forward would be in a detached form, un-
mixed with any other principle. Ile felt it his duty to- state
thus much, from an anxiety that the great subject might come
before them as free from any circumstances of difficulty, em-
barrassment, or confusion, as its importance manifestly de-
sayed.—The Petition was then ordered to be laid on the.
table..