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PARLIAMENT,

HOUSE OF LORDS, At,incit g.

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BANKING SYSTEM OF SCOTLAND.
Viscount ARBUTHNOTresented a petitionfroni the No.
blemen, Gentlemen, CommisNeiners of Supply, and Iferitors of
the County of Kincardine, pitying their Lordships not to con;
sent to any alteration the ,Banking System. of Scotland ;
and a petition, with a similar prayer, from
The Earl of SHAPPESBUR presented a similar peti-
tion from the Noblemen, Gentlemen, and others of the County
of Renfrew.
• Lord M ELVILLE presented a similar petition frooi the 8,0-
• licitors to the Supreme Courts, Scotland.-
The Marquis of Burr. presented two Pendent to the same
eflict; one from the Noblemen and Gentleman of the County
of Bute, the other front the Town of Itothesas.
he Marquess CAMDEN presented alseaftioti ftom the
Western Division of the County of Kents,pritytstivaheir Lord.
ships to reduce the. Ditty on. Malt.
The Earl of KINGSTON remarked that some &Obis hay..
Ing been thrown on a petition he had presented to their Lord.
ships on a previous evening, lie could state, from authority, that
that petition was signed by all the Protestant inhabitants of the
parish it came from, except two; he was therefore justified in
calling it the petition of the Protestant inhabitants.
PROMISSORY NOTE BILL.
The second reading of this Bill was,.by the Earl of LIVER-
POOL, on account of the convenience of some Noble Lords,
postponed from Monday next till Tuesday.
ROMAN CATHOLIC .CLAIMS.
Earl DARNLEY held a petition which bad been some time
in his hands, and which he would hive presented earlier, had
not the whole attention of the Legislature been taken tip with
the distresses of the. Commercial world, die Currency of the
Cotintry, and the amelioration of the condition of Slaves iii the
West Indies. Ile hoped, however, that when the proper time
should cOme, their Lordships would chew as much attention to
the subject embraced In this petition, as they had done to those
great questions, 'and that they would feel at much pleasure in
liberating un Irish Catholic peasant, as in emancipating an
African negro. It was a singular fact, that the individuals who
called upon Government most loudly to precipitate a measure
dangerous to the %Vest Indies, were the very saute who procured
Petitions to delay the concession of the Catholic Claims, by
which alone the tranquillity of the whole empire could be esta-
blished. He contended that the Bill of Emancipation passed
last year by the Commons,.and. rejected by their Lordships, hall
been rejected on a false Pretence. For the chief' argument Was
an assertion that the Catholics held a divided allegiance. NO*
this they all, and• the present Petitioners in partictiler, distinctly
denied. They stated that they had sworn fidelity and should
keep It to his Majesty alone, and coMplained tlatt after they had
taketi•such an oath, they were told that the allegiance was
• divided; which was equal to a charge of petjtify against them.
He adVised the Nhi 1..! 0.,.e (Liverpool) to rend a pamphlet ad•
dressed" to him by Dr. Doyle, which shewed the real state of
the qtiestion, and was written with surprising gOod tempet.-
He then presented the Petition, which waj signed by :3,61H
Catholic inhabitants Of the commercial town dl' Drogheda, and
prayed for the restoratibn of their rights.
The Petition having been read at'length, the Noble Earl '
moved that it. be printed.
The Earl of LIVERPOOL opposed that motion, as likely
to create an injurious precedent Ile had never shrunk from
expressing his opinions on the Catholic Question ; but it was
ohe on which be *as not disposed to provoke discussion. As he
did not understand that it was the intention dr the Noble Earl
to bring it forward this Session, and he (the Earl of Liverpool)
lied no intention of doing so himself, he should abstain from ell
observations sit present. He only Wished to disclaim most dis,
tinctly any intention ofiMputing perjury or even inconsistency
to the Roman Catholics for holdings divided allegiance, after
having taken the oath of fidelity to his Majesty. fie believed
that the were more sincere and loyal in what they swore. But
that did' not weaken the argument how hit their spiritual Ole-.
flanea to another Power might not make their allegiance to
their King a divided one. This was wholly a matter of argu.
menu and his sentiments on tiro subject being, already hetOre
the HOlise and the public, he should • nereche 1,t0n.! to shrink
from thbm.—The l'etitfon was then laid on tile table.
SILK MANUFACTURES.
toed KING, in presenting a petition from the Silk Manu-
facturers of Mactlesfield against the Act for allowing the im-
portation of fdreign silks, said that he wholly differed from the
sentiments expressed by the petitioners. He thought that the
distresses of the silk mahufacturers arose entirely from O'er-
speculating; that die measures passed by Ws Majesty's tio.
vernment last year,• would prove most advantageous to that
trade, and he was heartily glad that they had been adopted.—
Laid on the table.

CORN LAWS.
Lord KING then presented a petition froth the Carpenters
and Joiners of London, signed by 14011 namel, praying for an
alteration in the Corn Laws. The great desideration of the
authors of the job against whom this petition was presented,
had been to attain high rents, which must be followed by high
prices. High rents could
,only be procured h the exclusion of
foreign corn, which diminished the quantity of general food.—
If this were made up by a corresponding increase in the sup.
plies of food from Scotland and Irehtml, these supplies ti,erd
produced by forcing into ettltivation bad land at an augmented
expence, which kept up the elevation of prices. An alteration
of the Corn Laws might be followed by a fall in the priceit dl'
labour, but the real remuneration would increase. In those
dark times oflegislation, when the co.tntry waS told that paper
was equal to gold, Parliament had either foollilily passed these
laws, supposing them for the public gaol—or, finder the hypo.
critical ptetence of the public good, had only the interest of one
particular Class at heart.
The Earl of CA ERN.A ItVON contended that although Pat.
Lament might have erred in passing those laws, it had erred in
perfect impartiality; and With a sincere intention of outtalking
nothing but the general gond.. After the operation of the Bank
Restrictions for 21 years, had created a great agricultural po-
pulation, it could not be possible now to withdraw land from
cultivation withoitt producing throughout the country a degree
of distress far more severe than any inconvenience which the
carpenters of London Might experience in consequence of the
Corn Laws. He did not say this to advocate the present
system. He regretted to be forced into its discussion. But he
only wished to point out the importance and difficulty of the
subject, and to show that it was one which would demand all
the attention of their Lordships whenever it should be brought
ftirward.
Earl LiARNLEY did not rise to add any thing to what his'
Noble Friend, who had just sat clown had stud mud' better than
he could say, and still less to correct the vicious propensity tit
andther Noble Friend of his to make speeches which tended to
create discontent in the country, though that could not possibly
be his object. He wished only to remove the impression that
tringnoptrebtiegroatbteiti
he was determined to vote in iltvour of the Corn Laws. He
present
were proposed, astylt, s,,ite.(oanulitehiteitlitirnilfablii.)orte,lrrief;r4a4bbniiiy:
might he proposed, he did not deny. The carpenters of Lon;
don, and other artisans, were well
the
landed interest,
why were they well paid —beczttise qgricultute flourished. If
his Noble Friend succeeded in depreciatin
those who were petitioning against It would be those who would
most suffer. git to tlte
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Lord KING
having explained, presented tsvo other Pet'»
tions against The Corn Laws, from the Guild and Guild lire.
three of the Royal Burgh of Arbroath, and from the Alaisi,
strates and Council of the same place.--luridon the table.
The Alarqttis of BUTE
presented a Petition from tli‘
Oivners and Occupiers of Land in the county of Glamorgan,
against an alteration in the Corn Laws...—Laid on the table.
Lord ARBUTHNOT presented Petitiona front several
parishes in the county of Kincardine against the Corn Laws.—
Laid on the table. . .

I;;rearnteil a Petition front The Earl ofs-;LArrislshairviitT
Itenfrew, Praying for the Abohtion of Slavery:.--- Laid on the
table.

Lord AR rtuT
Stonehaven.—Laid on the table.
HNOT presented a siinilar Petition from
Petitions to the same efli.ct were presented by the IV:minis
so
of BuTE from the towns of Carditfaral ,death, in the county or
Glamor an ; and from some purih in the county of bonier
*et, by the Blahop of BALA and IVELt.9.—Laid on.the
CHURCHES IN MUNSTER.
The Earl of KINtiSTON regretted that the motion of which
he had given notice, had not fallen into abler hands Their
Lordships would see, by the Reports on their table, that a vast
number of unions of parishes had taken place in Ireland, some
of which extended fifteen miles, and contained a large popttia-
don, having, in the whole parish, but one church. In the pre: