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No. 10,766.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS..-MARCH 12.
CATHOLICS.

Earl FITZWILLIAM presented petitions from
the Roman Catholic Inhabitants of Skibbereen, in the County of
Cork; of the County of Leitrim ; and of two parishes in the same
County, praying their Lordships to relieve them from the disabi-
lities under which they labour.

Lord ROLLE presented a petition, praying that no
further concession might be granted to the Catholics, from Charl-
ton, in" Somersetshire. _ _ _

Similar petitions were presented by the Bishop of Exeter, from
the Borough of Plymmith ; and from the Parish of St. David's,
in the City of Exeter, by the Bishop of Durham ; from the Sub-
Dean and Clergy of the Diocese of Durham ; and a second peti-
tion from some other persons of his Diocese; by the Earl of West-
morland, from Kendal and the adjoining parishes in Westmorland
—by the Lord Chancellor, from the 'Mayor and Corporation of
Beverley,, Yorkshire; and several from parishes in different parts
of Ireland.

Lofil CALEDON preseiitea:petitions in favour of
the Catholics from several parishes in the comity of Monaghan.
Similar petitions were presented by Lord Crifden;Trom serer}
parishes in Kilkenny, from the town and county of Carlo*, and
several other parts of Ireland ; by the Duke of Leinster, from the
parishes of St. Michael's and St. John's, Dublin ; and from seve-
ral parishes in the counties of Meath and Kildare ; and by the Earl
of Rosslyn, from a parish in the county of Tyrone.

The Bishop of BATH and WELLS presented a
petition against the Catholics, from the Archdeacon and Clergy of
the-diocese of Bath and Wells. -

The Earl of WINCHELSEA gave notice that he
should present a petition against granting further concessions to
the Catholics, on Friday next, and that he should take that op-
portunity of making a few observations on the subject.

Earl RODEN, in the absence of his Noble Friend
Lord Farnham, presented a petition against the Catholics from
the Royal Corporation of Shoemakers of the city of Dublin. His
Lordship added that he had a number of similar petitions to pre-
sent, but that lie would take the opportunity of doing it on Fri..
day, and would, like his Noble Friend the Earl of Winchelsea,
make some observations on their prayer.
Lord KING called the attention of their Lord-
ships to some petitions he had to present, uttering the cry of dis-
tress from the distressed Catholics of Ireland. Some of them
came from remote districts of that country, but they contained
sentiments and opinions he should be heartily glad to find in peti-
tions drawn up by persons who had a reputation for more learn-
ing than the inhabitants of these remote districts. He was bound
to present the petitions, having been requested to do so, but if
he were to use his own discretion, he would rather throw them
into the fire. It was of no use whatever to lay them on their
Lordships' table. There was a determination formed not to take
the case of the Catholics into consideration. This aggrieved part
of his Majesty's subjects was still to be aggrieved. At a former
time there were Counsellors who entered into the Council Chamber
and yet would give no counsel, and now there were Legislators
who refused to legislate, and who even refused to take the pro-
priety of legislating into consideration. Toryism was now tri-
umphant at Westminster. It had long been triumphant in the
last Reign ; it had lost us America ; and might now lose us a
part of the King's Dominions, even more important than America.
Toryism, however, was popular only at Westminster ; and every
where else was out of favour. It was not a marketable commo-
dity in any other part of the globe. It was like some kinds of
French wine, that were exquisite on the spot where they were
made, but which would not bear transportation, and which lost
all their flavour when sent abroad. The object of the petitioners
was, to have the Corporations of Ireland thrown open to them,
which contained 2,300 offices, from which the petitioners were ex-
cluded. In the Corporation of Dublin, there were upwards of
two hundred more such offices, making an aggregate of upwards
of two thousand five hundred in Ireland, which the Catholics were
prohibited from filling. His Lordship concluded by presenting a
petition from certain Catholics in Ireland, praying that their
Lordships would remove the Laws which disqualified the Catholics
to hold office in the Corporations ; and by repeating that he thought
presenting the petition of no use ; that it would be better to throw
it into the fire ; and that there seems to be a determination not to
do justice to Ireland.
The Marquis of SALISBURY complained (as we
understood), that such imputations should be cast on their Lord-
ships, when the Noble Marquis, whom he did not then see in his
Place, had given notice of a motion on the subject, and had with-
drawn it from considering the matter. It would be better before
the Noble Baron had made such remarks, that he, or some of his
friends, should submit a regular motion to their Lordships, and
then it would be seen whether or not they would take the case of
the Catholics into their consideration.

The Duke of LEINSTER presented a petition
from the Noblemen, Gentry, and Merchants of Dublin, praying
their Lordships to take the Corporation Laws into their coraider-