The Sun.
London, England, 1829-04-10 00:00:00

SILK TRADE.

Mr. FITZGERALD hoped that the Hon. Mem-
ber, whose motion for an inquiry into the Silk
Trade stood for to-morrow night, would feel no ob-
jection to let it stand for Monday, as it was the in-
tention of the Ministry that he should then state the,
plan which it was intended to recommend to Par-
liament.

Mr. FYLER had no objection, providing that it
should not be further postponed.
It was then fixed for Monday.
Mr. DICKINSON. presented a petition from the
Silk-wearers of the counties of Somerset, Dorset,
and Wiltshire, praying that their present distressed
situation might be considered.

Sir T. LETHBRIDGE hoped that the measures
of Government would not admit of any delay.
Mr. DAWSON moved for certain returns rela-
tive to the revenue of the Post-office.

Mr. IL GRATTAN presented three petitions
from different parishes in Leland, against the clause
in the Bill for suppression of monastic institutions.
Mr. ROBINSON presented a petition from the
silk throwsters of London and its vicinity. The
petitioners stated that they had expended large
sums in mills and machinery, but were unable to
compete with the foreign throwster, and unless the
House afforded them some protection, their trade
must go into complete decay.—Ordered to be
printed.
Lord CLEMENTS begged to ask, if it was the
intention of his Majesty's Government to make any
addition to the salaries of.,the Assistant Barristers
in Ireland ?

Lord L. GOWER replied that lie could not give
a distinct answer to the question at present, but he
informed the Noble Lord, that the whole subject of
the duties and office of Assistant Barristers was at
present under consideration.
Mr, GRATTAN rose to present the petition, of
which he had given notice, from the Irish Roman
Catholic Bishops, on the subject of education. The
petitioners did not pray that sums of money might
be granted to them for the purpose of promoting the
education of the people, but that Parliament would
be pleased to adopt a system of national education
calculated to benefit the community, without inter-
fering with their religious opinions. The petitioners
expressed their willingness to cooperate in the pro-
motion of any such system.
General GASCOYNE objected to the petition
being received the very title of the petition showed
that it was inadmissible. As far as he understood
his Hon. Friend, the petition was from persons de-
nominating themselves Irish Roman Catholic Bi-

shops, and prayed for an application of public money.
Since the Act of 1782, we did not recognise such
offices as those of Roman Catholic Bishops, and a
money petition could not be presented ►cithout the
consent of the Crown.

Mr. S. RICE said, if the Hon. and Gallant
Member had heard the petition read, he must have
perceived that his remarks were totally inapplicable
to it. The petitioners did not petition the House
now for the first time, neither had they assumed the
character, in which they appeared, for the first time.
He and his Hon. Friend had frequently been honoured
with the petitions of these individuals, styling them-
selves, not the Roman Catholic Bishops of Ireland,
which, he admitted, would be improper, but styling
themselves (and to this title they had as good a right
as the Hon. and Gallant Member possessed to his
military rank) Bishops, professing the • Roman Ca-
tholic religion, andlit d esiding in Ireland. •

Mr. G:.BANKES asked the Solicitor-General
for Ireland whether the Act of 1782 was in force ?
If it were, he maintained this petition could not be
received.

Mr. TRANT was disposed to watch such pro-
ceedings as the present narrmily. If the Solicitor-
General for Ireland did not succeed in showing that
the objections to the petition were unfounded, he
would move that the petition be not received.
After an observation from Mr. S. RICE,

General GASCOYNE confessed his objection
to the designation of themselves given by the peti-
tioners continued unabated. He should have been
glad to have heard something more concluive as to
the effect of the act of 1793 on that of 1782, from
the law officers of the crown.

Mr.DOHERTY declined giving any opinion on
a question which, he hoped, before this day week
would be so satisfactorily settled by the great mea-
sure now in progress through Parliament.
Mr. W, WYNN cited the case of the Bishop of
Spalatro, who had become a convert to the Pro-
testant faith, and obtained an English deanery, re-
taining still the title of Bishop, by which he was re-
cognized officially and publicly.

;Mr. MAURICE FITZGERALD could not
suffer himself to believe there had been the slightest
intention to encroach or entrench on the dignity of
the Established Church, or its privileges, by the
petitioners in this instance. The rejection of their
petition would not fail to be treated as an insult.

Mr. PEEL informed the House there was a pre-
cedent for the permission of the House to the peti-
tioners to assume the title of Bishops in Ireland upon
the Lords' Journals, in a late case. in point of fact
that we acknowledged Roman Catholic Prelates to
be Bishops was clear from one of the Thirty.nine Ar-
ticles, which expressly recognised the Pope as Bishop
of Rome.

Mr. TRANT objected to the epithet or descrip-
tion adopted by the petitioners, as an encroachment
on the privilege of English bishops.
The petition was read, and ordered to be printed.
Mr. PALMER presented a petition from the arch-
deaconry of Berkshire, signed by forty-three clergy-
men, praying that no further grant of the public
money should be made to that seminary for the pro-
pagation and encouragement of the Romish persua-
Sion, called Maynooth-college, near Dublin.
Mr. H. FANE postponed his motion, which
stood for to-morrow, relative to the election of bur-
gesses to serve in Parliament for the borough of
East Retford.

Mr. G. LAMB took that opportunity of acquaint-
lug the House, he had a petition to present on this
subject from the bailiff and freemen of East Retford,
which he should not present until the motion of the
Hon. Member was about to be submitted to the
House.

Mr. A. BARING postponed until to-morrow his
motion relative to Members of Parliament vacating
their seats who had accepted offices in India.
Mr. TENNYSON gave notice that he should
on Tuesday next move that a select committee
should be appointed to inquire into the state of the
Orphan Fund, its annual amount, and application.