The Sun.
London, England, 1821-04-03 00:00:00

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

CATHOLIC CLAIMS.
Mr. C. LEIGH presented a petition from tha Mayo add.
Bailiffs of Winchester against the Roman Catholic Bill. The
Hon. Member observed, that he agreed entirely in the &mt.:-
ments of the petitioners.—Laid on the table.
Mr. DOW NIE presented a similar petition from the Roy:
Burgh of Queensferry.—Ordered toile on the table.
Lord OLENORUHY presented a petition from I). Ca.litpo
bell, holding an appointmeht under Government in the iiirman
Empire, praying the House to take his case into con,itlcratioo
with a view to remuneration.

Sir G. CLARKE observed, that she Petitiontes ckini had
been fully investigated at the Admiralty, siud he had failod
make out his case.

Lord GLENORCHY said, that the petitioner had &ea=
ments to produce to the House which had not been looked into
by the Admiralty.=-Ordered to be printed..
Mr. S. IVHITBREAD preseritedee Petition froM ttetorn-
missioners of the Clerkenwell Road, against the Ceinsolidaelots
of Turnpike Trusts' ill.—Laid on the table.
•CORN AVERAGES.

Mr. K. DOUGLAS presented a petition from the Corn Mer-
chants of Leith anclothera interested in Corn, praying t11::,t a:a
alteration might be made in the manner of taking the averages,
and praying that the Corn Average Bill might not be pEts..si
till the Report of the Committee on that subject should tm., made
to the House.

Mr. ASTELL said a few words in support of the payes
the Petition.

Sir M. W. RIDLEY, in reference to the language 'Of the
Petition, observed, that it was a great mistake to suppose that
the effect of the measure in progress through the Not se wouhf,
be to raise the price of Corn.

Mr. LUSfI1~(1TO: •oborttted the statement of the 110
Baronet: The measure before the liciuse would have the eft!
of detecting fraud, and not of raising the price of Corn; and a
statement which he had to lay before the iteuse„Of the eff:xt of
taking the Averages for the last nine months would confirm'
that opinion.
Mr.K.DOUGLAS explained. The petitiou having teen *road,
Mr. 11. -gUAINEIT said, he thournt the Pedtioners were in
an error in complaining of breach of f-aith to them.. . The mut-
meuts of this Bill were in the most pe.rfzct,..spiyit of the inten-
tions'of the Bill of 1815, and did nothing more than thelgri,
culturist Nus. entitled _ _

. Mr. ELLICE said, that he thought ;Vitt measure wool -be
more prodnetiVe of injury to the agriculturist than any m:•a-
sure that had been devised, on the subject. He was'coavinet4
it would add tdthedistress of the country,'_ and hoped.sha-Housa
would not entertain it until the Report- of the Cotatnim.e was
laid before them.
After some further conversation between-Mr. T.Wils6n and
Mr. Gladstone, the petitiOn was read, and ordered to be refer-
red to the Agricultural Committee. •
The Grampound Witnesses Indemnity Bill was read a third
time and passed.
ANTI-CATHOLIC PETITION.

Mr. H. SUMNER presented ki Petition.. from 1100
tants of St. SatiCiur's Pariah, Southwark, 1000 of whom w re
householders, and GOO electors for the Borough; againsi tjta
Catholic Bills. He parti,ltlarly requested the, attention of the
House to this petition, as it tended to shew, how far the .ass,r-
tion of thelieltant Member for Southwark was correct, wit‘zn
he said that he spoke the sentiments of his constituents On this
subject. Ile had not hitherto troubled the House_ with hi.;
sentiments on this great question, but he must ww say,
he entirely concurred in the opinions of the petitioners', anti
hoped that the Roma 4 Catholi..! Rill would no. farther:
s# R. WILSON said, the tirb7ute::l,4::e':, of the 800.

bes presenting a petition from only the smallest parish of the
five composint;; the Borough of Southwark, was a.proof that
ha(Six R. Wilson's) statement was right. He noped the
Eton. Member would bring proof to the contrary if he could,
as he would, at least, have the inducement of causing one
Member from that side of the House to withdraw ; for if he
hoci..not the-concurrence of the majority cf his constituents for
his conduct in that House, they were welcome to take his seat
bona kim. He was, however, convinced, that the lion. Gen-
tlecr.an, upon further inquiry, would find, that the sentiments of
theinhabitants of Southwark on the subject of the Roman Ca-
tholic Claims were very, different from what he represented
alifl23 to be ; and notwithstanding the Clergyman of St. Saviour's
Parish conceived that IS they were"" anted, Sunday would no
longer be a day of religion but a day 'of profaneness, licen-
&in-sliest; and crime, he still was of- tiPinicm, that it was' the
s.iteat course for House to yursue. The petition was or-"
tined to be priht&l.
Mr. IL DAVlSpreiented a petition from the Parish of St.-
agmnst the Roman Catholic Bills.—=Ordered to
belinted.„
at W.:SCOTT prey a similar Pe6tion from Christ
ii:finrctis Canterbury—Ordered to be 41rinted..
Ai% PEEL presenicd a iimilwr Petition from the Royalllurgh
of Dumfries, Nortb Britain.--Laid on the table, and ordcr:red to
be • • " • ' , •
A Gentleman from the Office of the .chief Secretary of Ire
-44,a4 presented an aceounc of the Expenditure of the new Post
INiblin.—Laid on the Labia.
Ibdenture ofApT?rentieei Bill 'was read a second time,
ar...1 ordered to- Le committed on,Thursday next.
IRISH BILLS.
--711eCaiitm or.lii4tice (Ireland) Bill' went through a Com-
mittee ; the Report was received by,the House, and ordered for
1-,4.-1.7-it:r consideration on Friday next. - -
The Irish Prison Pets Bili, and Irish Oer.cral Sessions Bill,"
iv.!te read a second time.
, • SUNDAY NEWSPAPERS.
Mr. BUT TERWORTII moved for an account of all the
"Weekly Newspapers" üblished in the Metropolis, and a state-
=m it of the amount of revenue derived from their stamps.--
thdered._