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PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.

Thomas Turner and Ralph Turner, Stone, Stafford•
shire, bakers. '
Sarah Biggs and Lyon Joseph Levy, milliners.
James Milroy and John Milroy, Barnstaple, Devon, tea•
dealers.

Thomas Thorne and Thomas Frignall, Arnold, Notting-
ham, frame-smiths.
James Nalder and Charles Smith, Cranbourn-street,
Leicester-fields, mercers.
Samson Samson and Louis Samson, Bartholomew-lane,
London.

Joseph Schroder and George Schroder, sugar-refiners,
Princes-place, St. George's, East.
Branwhite Oliver and Abraham Stevens Syer, Sudbury,
Suffolk, grocers.
Thos. Mann and Robt. Tosley, London, yeast-merchants.
Henry Jessopp and Henry Jordan, Lincoln's-Inn-fields,
attorneys.
Miles and John Pearson Robinson, Great Marylebone-
street, boot-makers.

Joseph Blizard and Pinfold Westley, Cheltenham, at-
torneys.
Roger Wrightand Ahiather Llavekes,glass-manufacturers.

By a letter from one of the officers of the
Portuguese Constitutional force now at Brest, we learn
that the traops had been provisioned on board the trans-
is by the French Government, and that they were to
land as soon as barracks could he procured for them. It
was expected that they would he sent to Landerean, a
town about 20 miles from Brest, where there are very
commodious barracks. The writer adds that the French
had evinced by every kindness, the warmest sympathy for
these unfortunate exiles.—Plymouth Journal.

BURKING.—On Friday last, the inhabitants
of Portobello were alarmed by an exhibition resulting from
the abhorrence universally ent.•rtained of the atrocities of
Burke and Hare. In the afternoon a crowd of boys and
lade paraded through the main street of that town, with an
effigy, which, according to their shouts and cheering, re-
presented Dr. Knox. On reaching Tower-street, fire was
set to the effij.Ty, and it was carried in a ant of triumphant
manner blazing through the town. After this foolish dis-
play, the youths had the good sense to go home without
doing the least injury •to either person or property.—
Scotsman.

CURIOUS PIIENONI ENON.---On Saturday af-
ternoon, when a careful housewife was preparing some
potatoes
for her family dinner, she lifted one of an ordinary
size, which struck her as being remarkatly light. She
,n
examined it with care, found the skin quite whole, and the
potatoe of a healthy appearance. In order to ascertain
the „„Lw, she cut it up, and found two common house-
'odd: flies, alive and vivacious, in a small cavity in the
centre. They became progressively weaker, and died in
a few minutes after they were exposed to the air. Those
of nur readers who are curious in such matters may see
the itutatue iu our office.—Scotsuiun.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS.-(LAST NIGHT.)

The Royal Assent was given, by Commission, to the
Transfer in Aids Bill, and the Pensions, Duties, &c. Bill.
The Commissioners were the Lprd Chancellor, Lord
Shaftesbury, and Lord Bexley.
The Mike of RICHMOND presented three petitions
against the Catholics from parishes in Sussex.
The Bishop of EXETER presented a similar petition from
Ardington ; also four to the same effect from a parish in
Oxford.

The Marquis of ANGLESEA presented 13 petitions
heal Ireland in favour of the Catholics, three k the re-
peal of the Vestry Act, and six for the repeal of the Sub-
letting Act.
The Marquis of THOMOND presented five petitions
from the county and city of Cork against concession.
Lora ROLLE presented a similar petition from the
county of Wilts.
The Rol of TANKERVILLE presented a petition for
the repeal of the Assessed Taxes from Rertvick-upon-
Tweed.

The Earl of CARNARVON presented a petition from
Portsmouth in favour of the Roman Catholics; also three
others to the samt, effect from the county of Somerset.
~ITlKe,M.trquis of DOWNSHIRE presented a similar pe-
-tittin Tana Ireland.
The Bishop of ELY presented a petition from six pa-
rishes of Cambridgeshire, apinst the Catholics.

The Bishop of GLOUCESTER presented three peti-
tions agaitist the Catholics, one from the Fellows of tha
College of Eaton.
Lord KING ,did not wonder. that a petition would
'come from that quarter when the following words
had been uttered from the pulpit to the youth
who were sent to that College for instruction.--(Hear.)
" Romish principles are fast flowing into the country,
and will soon undermine the Protestant State ; stand up
my brethren." He had better have said " Stand up my
boys, and resist any innovation on your rights."
The Bishop of GLOUCESTER replied, that when the
petition was put into his hand he was not told that these
words had hen used.
Lord KIN only wished to mention the subject to show
how the rising generation were attempted to be influenced.
Lord WINCFULSEA stated that as none of his Ma-
jesty's Ministers Were present, he should postpone his in-
tended motion till Tuesday next, as it would not he cour-
teous to bring it on in the absence of the Noble Premier.
Lord FITZ WILLIAM presented two petitions in favour
of the Catholics, from Macclesfield and another parish.
I ord TORRINGTON presented a petition from an
individual in favour of the Catholics.

The Marquis of BUTE presented a petition from Car-
diff, in favour of the Catholics.

Lord DARNLEY presented similar petitions from Chat-
ham.

Lord SIDAIOUTII presented a petition from Rich.
amud, Surrey, against the Catholics.
The Bishop of BATH and WELLS presented a petition
From Sherwood against the Catholics.

Lord KING observed, that it ought rather to be called
the petition of the ghost and spirits of the persons hung
by Jefferivs, as from a placard posted in that parish
he (Lord King) found that 19 persons had been
enumerated as martyrs in one parish.
The Duke of DEVONSHIRE presented four petitions
in favour of the Catholics.

Lord FALMOUTH presented six petitions against the
Catholics from the counties of Dorset, Berke, and Corn-
wall.

The Bishop of LONDON presented a petition from
Leeds against the Catholics.

The Earl of ELDON presented a petition against con-
cession to the Catholics, from the Minister and Congrega-
tion of Ebenezer Chapel, Kent-street. •
His Loansme presented a petition against concession
to the Catholics, from Cirencester and its vicinity, in the
county of Gloucester ; and called the attention of Earl
Bathurst to the circumstance, as he understood his Lord.
ship had a counter-petition to present from the same Ipiarter.
Earl BATHURST presented a petition from the same
quarter in favour of concession to tie Catholics.
The Earl of EL DON presented numerous petitions against
concession to the Catholics from the Corporation of Skin-
ners and Glovers, in Glasgow ; from the Dean and Guild
of the Corporation of Bakers in Glasgow ; from the Vicar,
churchwardens, and inhabitants of a parish in the county
and city of Coventry ; from the clergy, churchwarden, &c.
&c. of Berkhamstead ; from the inhabitants of the town of
Haverford West. ; from the Protestant Dissenters of Liver-
pool, signed by 2,436 persons; from the Protestant
Dissenters of Grove Chapel, Camberwell ; from the
parish of St. Clement's, and another parish in Oxford ;
from the Minister, Elders, and inhabitants of the
parish of Renfrew, in the county of Renfrew ; from
the clergyman, churchwardens, ai.id inhabitants of the
parish of Sharringt in, in Norfolk ; from the parish of
Helmingstone, in Suffolk ; from the Burgher Seceders of
street, Glasgow ; from the Minister, Elders, and
Inhabitants of the Parish of Weyinss, in the county of Fife;
from the Corporation of Wrights, in Glasgow ; from the
Parish of Coleshill, in the county of Warwick ; from the
Inhabitants of the City of Hereford ; from the Parish of
Littlethorpe, in the Isle of Ely ; from the Baptists of a
Congregation at Limehouse ; from the Clergyman and In-
habitants of the Parish of New Church, Lancaster, and
from several other places in the counties of Gloucester,
of Northampton, of Pembroke, of Nottingham, of Suffilk,
from the County and City of Coventry, Buckingham, York,
Norfolk, Northumberland, Derby, &c.
His LORDSHIP' then presented a petition to the same
effect from St.' Ives, in Huntingdonshire, to which he
called the attention of the Duke of Sussex.

The Duke of SUSSEX presented a counter petition from
the Protestant Dissenters of the same place, which was
numerously and respectably signed.
The Earl of ELDON presented a petition from a great
number of the inhabitants of the town of Greenock, in
Scotland, against further concessions to the Catholics. The
petition was signed by some thousands, and did great credit
to the manner in which education had been conducted in
Scotland, that all the names were well written, and only
three or four had marks.
The Earl of ROSSLYN presented petitions from Dundee,
in Scotland, And from the Protestants of certain counties in
Ireland, in favour of conees,ions to the Catholics.
The Duke of RICHMOND moved, that certain Returns
relative to Foreign Wool, which he had moved for about
a fortnight ago, and which had not yet been made, should
I;,e made forthwith ; which was ordered accordingly.—
Adjourned till Monday.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.--(LAST NIGHT.)

CLARE ELECTION.

[The Committee met at Two o'clock ; strangers were or-
dered to withdraw; but on our re-admission Lord William
Russell declared that the Committee were of opinion that
Daniel O'Connell, Esq. was duly elected Member of Par-
liament for the county of Clare; and that the petition of
Thomas Mahon, Esq., was neither frivolous nor vexatious.]
At Four o'clock, the attendance of Members at the
House was very great, although not equal to that of
yesterday. When the SPEAKER took the Chair, there
must have been upwards of 200 Members in the House.
A Message was brought from the House of Lords, de-
siring the attendance of the Commons in the other House,
to hear the Royal Assent given, by Commission, to se-
veral Bills which had been passed by Par:iittnent, for
which see the Lords' Report
Admiral PIARV EY presented six petitions from places
in Essex against further concessions to the Catholics.
Mr. W. SMITH presented petitions from different Dis-
senting Congregations in Suffolk, Kent, and other places,
in favour of the Roman Catholic Claims. The Hon
Member said that one of those petitions was from the
deputies assembled in London, and represented the opinions
of at least 20,000 persons. He alluded to the temperate
tone in which the prayer of these petitions was expressed.
When this question was discussed in this House many
years ago, Lord George Gordon presented a petition against
the Roman Catholics, signed by 120,000 persons; but the
opposition to that great measure terminated in a melan-
choly catastrophe, by which many lives were lost. Ile
thought that the opposition to the present measure
was attributable to the means which had been adopted tor
raising the publie mind to an unnatural degree of excite-
ment. _

Mr. CRESSETT PELHAM contently' that public
opinion was in direct opposition to the measure us pro-
posed by his Majesty's Ministers; and however the judg-
ment of what were called the lower orders had been under-

valued, he thought that they were competent to form a
correct opinion on a subject which so affecte3 their dearest

interests.

Sir R. H. INGLIS rose to present several petitions
against the Roman Catholic claims. He had heard it
stated with surprise,. that the proper mode of representing
public opinion was by the votes of the Members of this
House. To ascertain the extent he would recognize this
principle, but he contended the right of petition should be
held sacred. This right was the prerogative of the people.
they knew the value of the blessings they enjoyed, and
all they asked was that these blessings should be preserved.
He trusted that the voice of the people would always be
heard with that attention which it deserved. One of the
petitions was from the city of Bath ; as a proof of the
strong feeling entertained on the subject of the Catho-
lic Claims, it was quite enough for him to say that
in thirty hours it had been signed by 5,836 persons.
He was aware that a petition of a contrary nature had
been presented on a former night, which had been
signed by only 293 persons. He also presented a petition
from the county of Tyrone, signed by 270 persons ;
and another from the parish of Northrieet, in Oxfordshire,
of a similar nature.

Sir THOMAS LETHBRIDGE was quite satisfied
th it the character of the petitioners bad been fairly
described by the honourable Member. He knew that a
Itrge nrijority of the constituent body of the county of So-
merset, in which the city of Bath is, situated, were de-
eidedly hustile to the -measure now-recommended by his
Mijesty's Ministers to Parliam nt ; but be, knew that
an altered feeling had been latterly manifested. He was
justified in the assertion by the Ho,tourable.Memlier's ad-
mission that a counter petition had been presented, which
though not numerously, was most respectably signed.' He
had previously opposed Roman Catholic Claims on prin-

ciple, but he would now solemnly decl,u•e that he was no
longer prepared to resist the adjustment of the question.—
(Hear, hear.)
31r. BROWNL OW observed, that as a petition from B rth
had heen put into his hands, of a different character from
that just presented by the Hon. Bart., the House would
perhaps permit him to say a few words on the occasion.
The petition entrusted to him stated that the petitioners had
hitherto abstained from discussing the Catholic Question,
for fear of producing dissension and ill-will; but that, seeing
that unjustitidble means were taking to alarm the country,
they would no longer withhold their opinion, but felt it to
be their duty to approAch Parliament with the expression of
an anxious wish that the ciril disabilities under which the
Catholics labour.d might be repealed as far as was con-
sistent with the maintenance of the Constitution
.and the
safety of the Empire. This petition was signed by nine
Clergymen, resident in Bath, four members of the Corpora-
tion, forty officers of the army and navy, upwards of a hun-
dred tradesmen ; in all 308 signatures.

Sir R. INGLIS, in answer to the statement of the Hon.
~rt., Member for Somerstqshire, that there was an altered

Feeling in 13 ith on the present question, read a passage from
the petition which he had just had the honour to present,

in which the petitioners spoke of their " firm and uniwnding
adherence to their former sentiments as to the danger of
granting the Catholic Chnlis."

Sir T. LETHBRIDGE repeated his conviction of the
existence of an altered feeling.
The petition was ordered to lie printed.
Lord G. LENNOX presented a petition from Sussex,
signed by 470 persons, against the Roman Catholic Claims.
Mr. PORTMAN presented a great number of petitions
►cost respectably signed, from various parishes in Dorset-
shire in favour of the Catholic Claims.

Mr. LITTLETON held in his hand a petition from
Wolverhampton, signed by above nine thousand persons,
against further concession. He was bound in honour to
add, that there was a strung prevailing sentiment in Wol-
verharripton hostile to Catholic emancipation. The poi-
tMn which he was about to present was described as the
petition of " the Magistrates, Clergy, and inhabitants of
the town ;" but that was an unintentional error. The
petition was not the result of a public meeting. Among
others, a magistrate of the-name.of Lee, a gentleman of
the greatest moderation of sentiment, and exemplary in the
discharge of his duty, dissented from the prayer of the
. .

petition. He (Mr. L ) also knew that his II(m.-Colleague
had a counter-petition to present, signed by 2,000 highly
respectable persons, and which would hays been signed by
many others, but that they waited to ascertain the charac-
ter of the measure which it was the intention of his Ma-
jesty's Government to propose. Ile entirely differed iu
opinion froni.the large body of his constituents by wham
. .

the petition, which he held in his hand, was signed. They
talked of preserving the Constitution. He never could

admit that to deprive any portion of the community of
their civil rights formed a part of the Constitution, any
more than he could admit that martial law formed a part
of the Constitution.—('clear, hear, hear.)---He most cor-
dially congratulated the country on the measure which was

proposed by the Ministers of the Crown. He was sure
that a very large portion of the people would subscribe to
its expediency ; and his only surprise was, that that feel-
ing was not universal. Let it be considered by whom that
measure was introduced. It was hardly possible that two
persons would again be found in a Government so strongly

attached to the Constitution as the Noble Duke at the
head of the Government, and the Right lion. Secretary of
State for the Home Department. On the nature of the
measure, however, he would not then dilate. All he
would say was, that he was thankful to them for the libe-
rality of its character.— (Hear, hear.)
Sir J. WROTTESLEY wished, for the first time, to

say a few words on this great question. His Hon. Col-
league had rightly said that the petition which he had pre-
sented did not express the unanimous opinion of Wolver-
hampton. He had a counter petition to present from the
same place, signed by 2,760 most respectable individuals.
The population of Wolverhampton amounted only to
22,000 persons—men, women, and children. How, out
of that number, could nine thousand persons have been
found competent to form a judgment upon such a question
as the present ? He had been informed by those for whose
veracity he could vouch, that the petition presented by his
Hon. Colleague had been signed by boys from a blue-coat
school, and other children. He stated this, because when
Hon. Gentlemen called upon the House to form their
judgment of the opinion of the people from their petitions,
it became absolutely necessary to examine into the means
by which the petitions were got up. Ile was himself
convinced that the great majority of the enlightened part
of the community were in favour of settling a question
which had disturbed England, Scotland, and Ireland,
for the last 200 years; and lie could not be induced to
alter that opinion by petitions got up as that and many
other petitions of a similar nature had been got up.—
Another thing which deserved the severest reprobation was
the attempt to create delusion by means of inflammatory
hand-bills. He had one in his hand which was circulated
in the county which he had the honour to represent, and
he would read three lines of it, and then ask the House if
they thought that a fair representation of the measure sub-
mitted by his Majesty's GoVernment to the consideration
of Parliament.—" Britons, strike home ! Defend the
Constitution of 1688. No surrender ! Fellow-country-
men, the Constitution is betrayed : the outworks have
been surprised : the citadel is in peril ; there is not a
moment to he lost. To your tents, 0 Israel !"—(A
laugh.)—What could he the object of such an address but •
to foment discord and to excite civil war?
Mr. LITTLETON must repeat that there could be no
doubt that it spoke the prevailing opinion of the inhabi-
tants of Wolverhampton. The petitions ot all parties,
however adverse those petitions might be to his own
feelings, he should always hold as being entitled to respect.
The petition was then read, and ordred to he printed.
Admiral EVANS presented four petitions from parishes
in Cork against further concessions to the Catholics.
Sir R. HILL presented a similar petition from the county
of Salop.
Mr. M'LEOD presented a similar petition from Paisley.
Sir HENRY SMITH presented several petitions frein
Colchester and places adjacent thereto against any further
concessions to the Catholics. He could not, he said,
avoid reproaching the Right Hon. Gentleman, who bad
last night proposed a measure of concession to the
House, with political apostacy.—(Hear, hear, hear.)----
The speech delivered by the Right Honourable Gentleman
would have been excellent if delivered by Mr. Canning,
but coming as it did from him, it commenced with
cant, and was filled with false reasoning throughout.—
(Laughter.) He had been deceived in the Right .140,
Gentleman, who had been the champion of the Protestants,
whom be now betrayed.—( Hear, hear.)—Wben he said
this, he spoke the feeling of the country ; who could
believe last year that the Right Hon. Gentleman would
have ceded to the Dissenters, and that he would have

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said,

lat he did not rise fin• the purpose of vindicating the cha-

ratter of his Right lion. Colleague, for he would trust

that to the judgment of those around him. (Hem,
hear, hear.) The only thing he had to observe was,
that the Mon. Baronet had said that the speech would
have done honour to Mr. Canning—(hear,)—and this
was as high praise as he could well bestow on the speech.
If the lion. Bart. supposed that his. Right Hon. Friend
had any intention in what had fallen from him, of casting .
aspersions upon those who had not been in the habit of
speaking upon the question, he had entirely misapprehended

ie tenor of his observations.
Mr. W. PEEL said that be felt convinced that his

Right Hon. Relative had acted froth motives as pure as
those which influenced the Hon. Baronet, and whatever
might be said by Hon., Members, he fur one should not
in►lulge in petsonalitirs, for he always found they recoiled
with double force upon those who were in the habit of re-

sorting to them.
Admiral Sir E. HARVEY presented petitions from .
three parishea in Essex, against Catholic Emancipation.
Mr. D. W. HARVEY expressed his conviction. that
the sentiments expressed in the petition from Colchester
conveyed the sentiments which were almost quivers d in
that place and its neighbourhood. If any man, therefore, ,
could be justified in yielding to the opinions of his cohsti-
tttents, no one could have a better apology than he migla
have for doing so. rhe Catholic Question bad nev,t
laore been flunk a Cabinet question, and therefore, not.
withstanOkg the risk he ran of losing his seat in that
HOuse—notwithstanding the chance of being removed
from the high and honourable situation which he held,
by
displeasing his constituents, yet he f,lt that he should
abandon his duty to himself and.his constituents if he-ab-
stained from giving his humble support to the proposed mea-
s9re. He did not wish to sacrifice his own judgment to

the momentary feelings of his constituents upon this great
question. He used the words momentary feelings, be-
cause he felt convinced th it within twelve months after
the passing of the proposed measure, the majority of his
constituents now opposed to it would find that they had
acted under a delusion, and that they would feel rejoiced
to'find Ireland pacified, and the gene:P±l interests of the
empire consolidated and strengthened.—(lfor, hear, hear.)
—There was only one other point upon which he
wished to say a word or two, There was, in his
mind an immense difference between the Protestant roi-
gion and the Protestant Establishment of the country.
_He felt quite satisfied that, so far as the rratestant
religion was concerned, nothing would tend more to
extend its influence than the total destruction of evrry
sort of persecution.--(lleac. )-- Sure he was, and he

threw it out as a cheering consolation to his constituer;.=?
that the proposed measure would have the effect of purify-
ing the Established Church by cleaning it of certain undue
emoluments.—(Hear, hear, from the Ministerial bunches )
Ile repeated; that that would be one of the beneficial
effects of the proposed measure. He was much pleased to
hear the Hight Hon. Gent. in his very able and eloquent
speech of last night, propose to place the Roma.a Ca-
tholics upon the same footing as the Protestant Dissenters,
and that no attempt was to lie made to purchase or pension
the Popish Clergy, at the expense of the country. We
should now have but two parties in the State, the Pro-
testants and the Dissenters.

Mr. SPRING RICE, as a member of the Protestant
Church, and as a friend to the. Catholics, must decidedly
oppose himself to the grounds upon which the Hon Mem-
ber for Colchester tendered his support of the proposed mea-
sure. He had well marked, as the House must have done,
the manner in which the Hon. Member's allusions to Oar
Church and certain of its emolument) had been cheered,
not by the friends of the Roman Catholic Claims. but by
the opponents of the claims.—(Hear.) If lie (alp.
Rice) thought that the proposed measure would he pro-
ductive of the slightest injury to the Protestant Establish-
ment in Church and State, lie would give it his moat. de-
cided opposition.—( Hear, hear.) I lis great object was)
to consolidate and bind together the friends of this greaC ,
question, as upon it depended ti e safety and security of
Ireland. He would not add a single word beyond this,
that, as a friend to the Roman Catholics—as a friend to the
Established Church, he would rather that the Hon. !Mem-
ber for Colchester had persevered in his neutrality—oa),
he would rather see him opposed to the Catholic Claims,
than receive his support from the grounds he had just
stated.—( Hear.)
The petition was then brought up and read, as were
petitions of a similar nature from different other districts
in the county of Essex.
As lion. MEMBER, whose name we coulii not learn,
presented two petitions from Kilkenny and Doun, iu &-
your of the Catholic Claims.
The Marquis of CHANDOS presented a petition from
Glasgow against further concession to the Roman Catholics).
The petitioners stated that such concessions would not
only make int owls into, but olestroe the Protestant Con-
stitution of this country. He regretted much that suelt
or measure should be contemplated by Ministers. Ile did
not think that the Irish population were so bad or so) ill-
nisposed as they were represented to be, but they woe .
goaded on by a set of individuals, who had private in-
terests and party purposes to serve.—(Hear, hear.)—He
did not wish to detain the House at any length, but he
was anxious to take that opportunity of stating, that he
would take every opportunity of resisting the smeasure.
The petition was brought up and read. Upon the
question that it do lie on the table,
Mr. BROUGHAM had another petition to present from
the same quarter, but of a decidedly opposite nature. It
was most respectably signed, and had not attached to it
any names of persons under age,. or who had been in-
fluenced by power or authority to sign it. He knew no-
thing of the Noble Lord's petition beyond this, that it was
in opposition to the one to which he alluded. This latter
petition obtained 4,200 signatures in a short time, and
would have received more than double that number if it
had received only the ordinary protection of the police.
The other petition was sent round by constables ; women
and children, persons in the workhouse, and in the gaols
were asked to sign it ; but of this he did not complain.
He did, however, complain of the positive obstruction
offered to the counter-petition.
The Marquis of CHANDOS asked if the Hon. anti
Learned Member alluded to the petition from Glasgow?
Mr. BROUGHAM replied in the affirmative. The
petition was placed in a convenient place for signatures ;
but a person was immediately placed outside the door,
who, as persons came up, called upon them not to vote for
the Romans. This of course brought a crowd, and the
crowd brought the police, who shut up the shop; the per-
son attending to the petition was knocked down and otber-
wise ill-treated, and though the person who did the vio-
lence to him was pointed out to the police, they declined to
take him into custody; on the contrary, they took to the
police office the person who had charge of the petition, and
he, after being severely questioned, was allowed to depart.
On the next day the shop in which the petition lay was
again opened, but the sane violence was resorted to; the
petition was torn, and as persons came up to sign it, there
were cries of " Burke, Burke !"—" Hare, Hare !" It was

hardly necessary for him to inform the House, that the
miscreant Burke, who had so justly suffered in Scotland a
short time since, was a member of the Roman Catholic

persuasion. The Hon. Member went on to state, that
the numbers and respectability of the petition to which he
alluded, had the signatures of five Clergymen of the Esta-
blished Church, of nine Dissenting Clergymen, two Ma-
gistrates, of the members of five out of six banking-houses, of
twenty-two lawyers, of all the respectable solicitors, and
of twenty-seven merchants, who combined between them
at least four-fifths of the capital of the town.
The Marquis of CHANDOS, in explanation, observed,
that some female signatures having been found in the peti-
tion he had presented, they were immediately erased.
Mr. HENRY MAXWELL had attended the meeting
at Glasgow, against concession to the Roman Catholics,
and the petition was agreed to with only four dissentient

Mr. HUME assured the House that the Clergy of Scot-
-1.:.,d were, as a body, favourable to the Roman Catholic
Claims.

The cries for the Order of the Day, for resuming the ad-
imu•ned debate on going into a Committee on the Catholic.
Claims, now became loud and general.
An Iion..MEMPER, who•e name we could not teat n,
observed, that, if time were given, it would be found that
the table of the House would be crowded with petitions
}rout the Presbyteries and Clergy of Scotland, against the
Catholic Claims.
The Marquis of'CHANDOS rose to present three pe-
titions, from different trades in Glasgow, and also hum
Burnley, in Lancashire, against the Catholic Claims.
Lord STANLEY did not wish to protract the discus-