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London, England, 1845-04-26 00:00:00

AIAYNOOTII.

The Earl of CLAN CAR i Y presented a number of peti-
tions from Athlone. Kilmore, and several other places in Ire-
land, against th, grant to Maynooth.
Lord DACRE presented several petitions froio Birmingham,
Handswoith, and other places in the neighbourhood, to the
same effect.
Lord CAMPBELL said that, in the fulfilment of his public
duty, he had felt obliged to present several petitions against the
grant to Maynooth ; but he had LOW the pleasure of presenting
one from Porto Bello and the neighbourood, in favour of that
grant.
Petitions were presented against the grant, also, by Lord
Monteagle, the Duke of Richmond, and by the Marquis of
Breadalbane, from a great number of the congregations of the
Free Church in Scotland to the same effect.
The Bishop of DURHAM presented various petitions from
the Archdeacon and clergymen in the different parishes in his
diocese against the grant to Maynooth.
Lord KENYON presented petitions against the union of
the sees of St. Asaph and Bangor, and praying for returns of
what the clergy received in those dioceses from 1835 to 15.45.
Lord NORMAN liY presented a petition from a parish in
Wilts against the grant to Maynooth, and also a petition fru*
Droitvitich, in favour of the establishment of local courts for
the arrangement of small debts.
ECCLESIASTICAL COURTS.
Lord COTTENHAM presented a Bill for the consolidation
of the Jori,diction of the Ecclesiastical Courts in England and
Wales, in conformity with the reports of the Commissioners in

'f ne Bill was read a first time.
INSOLVENCY ACT.
Lord BROUGHAM presented a petition in favour
of the revision of the Insolvency Act f: om the
traders and merchants in London. At all events.
there ought to be something done in the present sess-
ion of Parliament to relieve these tradesmen, and unless
somebody else came forward to do it he should feel it to be his
duty to apply the remedy. He would much rather, however,
that the remedy should come from a recommendation of their
Lordships' House.
Lord COTTENHAM did not think there was any necessity
to make any inquiry into the suhject, because it was suffi-
ciently plain that the operation of the 20/. clause--
Lord CAMPBELL had received numerous applications to
bring the subject before their Lordships, and he was glad at
what had fallen from his Noble and Learned Friend (Lord
Brougham). Still it would be much more satisfactory to him,
and, he thought, to the country, if the Government were to try
to propose a remedy.
The LORD CHANCELLOR said his N. ble and Learned
Friend's Bill was sanctioned by a Committee of their Lordships'
House, and he would suggest that the Bill itself should be re-
ferred back to that Committee for reconsideration. .

Lord ASHBURTON said, that in legislating upon this
subject, the House had displayed a reckless want of considera-
tion for the chief sufferers under the law, viz., the unfortu-
nate creditors. He concurred that some remedy ought to be
introduced, but was not desirous of returning to the old system
of imprisonment for debt.
Lord BROUGHAM was understood to give notice that cn
a future day he would move for a Committee to inquire into the
operation of the law passed last session.
The LoaD CHANCELLOR had no objection to the ap-
pointment of a Committee, and remarked that if it turned out
that they had gone too far, it would be necessary for them to
retrace their steps.—The subject then dropped.
AI A YNOOTH.
The Earl of WINCHILSEA presented petitions from Pat-
ton, and several other places in Northamptonshire, and from
Spittlegate, in the county of Lincoln, against the grant to
Maynooth.
The Marquis of LANSDOWNE presented a petition from
St. Leonard's, in Wilts, against any provision for the education
of the Catholic clergy. He also presented a petition to a
die ectly contiary effect from a considerable number of Protes-
tant Dissenting ministers presiding over the. Presbyterian con-
gregations within and without the cities of London and West-
minster.
The Duke of NORFOLK presented a petition from the
Roman Catholics of Lor.dote Liverpool, Cheltenham, and
several other places in England, praying that the Legislature
would pass the Bill for making the grant to Maynooth,
ant thanking the Government fur the introduction of the
measure. Nut having signed the petition himseS, he would
take that opportunity of thenking the Government for the
consideration it had shown tie. the necessities of his Roman
Catholic fellow-subjects in Ireland.
The Marquis of LANSDOWNE said that since the
time when he had the honour of introducing a measure
for the relief of his Roman Catholic fellow-subjects from all
civil disabilities, some sixteen or seventeen years had elapsed.
During that time the Roman Catholics had been admitted
to seats in both Houses of Parliament, and many other
effici s in the State, and that, during the whole of that
time, not a shadow of blame or imputation had been brought
against them. What he would ask was the reason for this ?
for there yr:is nothing in their peculiar education or social
position which could have placed them in the honourable
position which they held in the country. It was their sense of
duty alone that could have secured it, and he now, on the plea
of this conduct, wished to extend the same advan-
tages to their co-religionists in Ireland. The great
portion of the population of Ireland must lonk for
religious instruetioe, and it was the interest of all that they
should receive the best religious instruction possible. Having
for many years been must anxious that a measure
of this nature should be adopted by her 'Majesty's
Government, he was prepared—now that they had
adopted it upon their own responsibility, and
above all, when he perceived that by so adopting it, they had
incurred a certain portion of odium and responsibility—he was
prepared to say that he was ready to claim his full share of any
such odium and any such resuorieibility.—( Hear, hear.) He
not only agreed with the principles of this Bill, but
he thoroughly and entirely approved ut the particular provisions
contained therein.—( Hear, hear.) He by no means under-
stood the objections of those who were opposed to it on pecuniary
grounds. lie did not stand there for the purpose of saying
that the Roman Catholic Establishment could never be made
subject to the Slate; 'but he would say that the
connexion of the maintenance of the Roman Catholic Church
with the reduction of the Established Church would give rise to
great inconvenience, inasmuch as any future want would give rise
to a corresponding reduction on the other side, as it would then
be considered the only fund from which it would be right todraw.
He considered that two objects would be attained by the Act,
or at all events by the other Acts which would follow it,
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theological conflicts in both Houses of Parliament.
The Marquis of LONDONDERRY presented a petition
from a parish in the county of Durham, signed by the whole
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of its adult population, consisting of thirt,y-five persons in favour
of the Bill, and two petitions from the county Down against it.
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with the measure, and his gratification with the manner
it had been received.—The House then adjourned.