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HOUSE OF LORDS.—(LAST NIGHT.)
BAYNE'S DIVORCE BILL.
The LOUD CHANCELLOR sat at Five o'clock to hear
further evidence in this case. Counsel stated that they
intended las adduce nothing more in support of the petition,
after an observation that had fallen from the Llouse upon
the nature of the case yesterday.
The LORD CHANCELLOR then moved the second read-
ing of the Bill, and that it be committed on Monday,
which was agreed to.
TYRRELL'S DIVORCE BILL.
The House proceeded to hear p trt of the evidence in
support of Colonel Tyrrell's petition for a divorce to
dissolve the marriage with his wife, on the ground
of adultery with Mr. St. Aubyn, a clergyman. The two
fugitives now live together at Boulogne. The case was
adjourned till Monday.
The Archbishop of YORK presented a petition from
two places in Yotkshire, against further concessions to the
Raman Catholics.
The Marquis of ANGLESEA presented 12 petitions
from the Roman Catholics of parishes in the county of
Westmeath, 10 horn parishes in Queen's County, and
several others from various other parts, in favour of Eman-
cipation, and against the Vestry and Sub-letting Acts.
Sir E. KNATCHBULL and others brought up three road
bids.
Mr. Muetnr and others brought up another road bill.
Lord TEYNHAM presented a petition, the nature of
which we could not ascertain, from the low tone of voice
in which the Noble Lord brought it forward.
Lord DUNALLY presented- petitions from the Roman
Catholics of a great many parishes in the county of Tip-
perary, praying for the removal of their disabilities.
The Earl of ENNISKILLEN presented petitions from
the Protestant inhabitants of parishes in various counties,
against further concessions. The last was ft ow the county
of Fermanagh, and signed by upwards of 25,000.
The Bishop of ROCHESTER presented a petition
against further concessions to the Catholics. The Rev.
Prelate, however, did not agree in the prayer of this peti-
tion. He hoped that Roman Catholic oppression was now
about to receive a death-blow, but still that Protestant
ascendancy would ever continue to prevail in this country.
He felt satisfied that the measure now about to be proposed
would in no way interfere with the Protestant ascendancy,
and therefore when the Bill came into this House it should
have his full support.
Lord ROLLE presented a petition against Eatancipas
tion.
Lord ELDON had delayed six days in presenting a pe-
tition from the Wel,h Calvinistic Methodists, to give Lord
King an opportunity of making some remarks upon it
when it came before the House, which he intimated
he had to make, but as that Noble Lord had left the
House last night before be (Lord Eldon) had got to this
petition, and as lie was not in his place to-night,
he considered that, without any impropriety, he might
now lay it on their Lordships' table, which lie accordingly
(lid, against further concession% The Noble Lord pre-
sented 49 others, principally from Scotland, to the same
effect. The Noble Lord gave notice that on Thursday next
he should present to their Lordships the general petition
of the inhabitants of London and Westminster, against fur-
ther concessions.
Earl SHAFTESBURY presented two petitions from
two parishes in the county of Surrey, against Cathodic
emancipation.
Lord FARNHAM presented numerous petitions from
the Protestants inhabitants of counties in Ireland, all
against the Catholic claims.
Lord PLUNKETT presented a petition from Ennis.
killen, in favour of the-Roman Catholic claims. He also
presented a petition to the same effect from the Pro-
testant members of the 'lrish bar, signed by 100 persons.
The number of barristers at the Irish bar was all together
600, of whom those who practised did not exceed 340.
hiindtect and tett of the 34.0 practising barristers were
Roman Catholics, so that the number of the Protestant
practising barristers was 230. At the period the petition
he had just presented was being signed, a great number
of the barristers were absent, but the petition was signed
by about One half of the practising Protestant barristers.
The persons who had signed the petition were of the
greatest respectability, and some were of the highest
station and character in the profession. The prayer of
the petition was, that the laws imposing disabilities on
the Catholics might be removed. He could take upon
himself to say, that whatever might be the feeling of
others respecting those laws, the Irish Protestant bar-
risters did think them more dsgrading to themselves than
their Catholic brethren. For his own part, he never met
a Roman Catholic brother barrister without feeling a
sense of shame, on reflecting that the Catholic was shut
out from all those privileges and honours which lay open
to him (Lord Plunkett.) He had also a petition, with
the same prayer, to present from the Roman Catholic
members of the Irish bar. He had already said that their
number amounted to 110, of whom 70 had signed the
petition ; but he believed that he should readily receive
credit when he said, that the Papuan Catholic barristers
were unanimous in wishing for the repeal of those laws
which imposed disabilities on all persons professing the
fame religious faith as themselves.
The Earl of IV OUNTCASHEL was not at all surprised
that so many Protestant lawyers had signed the petition,
because he had no doubt they had done so in order to pre-
serve their fees.
The Earl of ELDON could not agree in the observations
of the Noble Lord who had just sat down.—(Hear, hear.)
—He believed the bar to be as independent a body as any
in the kingdom.—(Hear, hear.)
The Earl of MOUNTCASHEL did not mean to throw
out any reflections against the lawyers of the bar of Ire-
land.—(Laughter.)—But he knew that there was a feeling
among them that if they did not take the popular side, they
would lose a good deal of their practice.
Lord PLUNKETT wiebed to make one observation on
what had fallen from the Noble Earl. The Noble Lord, it
seemed, meant no disrespect to the petitioners when he
said that they addressed their Lordships on the Catholic
question more from a view to personal emolument than
a.conscientimp feclin& on the stiblect.,-(Laughter.)--It
certainly was for the Noble Lord td explain what were his
ideas of propriety. But if the charge he had made against
that liberal and enligldened profession to which the peti-
tioners belonged were true, what did it prove? The Noble
Lord had said, that for the sake of popularity, and for the
sake of obtaining employment, the lawyers were obliged to
assume the pretence of being favourable to the Roman Ca-
tholic claims. Now those who had the power of giving
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Petitions
were presented by the Earl of Gosfard, froUs several placer
in the comities of Cavan and Armagh; and by the Earl
of Aberdeen and Lord Willoughby d'Erceby.

Mr. PEACH presented a petition from some place in
Yorkshire against concessions.
Mr. SLANEY presented a petition from the inhabitants
of Chesworth, praying that all laws which either directly
or indirectly imposed civil disabilities on account of reli-
gious opinions might be removed.
Mr. CHAPLIN presented petitions against Email( ipa-
don from Horncastle, Scrivelshy, and six other places in
Lincolnshire.
THE CHAMPION OF ENGLAND and DR. EADY.

Mr. CHAPLIN presented petitions against concession,
from liorncastle, Scrivelsby, and six other places in Lin-
colnshire.

Sir W. INGTLBY rose in consequence of a challenge
which he bad received on a former evening from his Hon.
Friend the Member for Lincoln, who had called upon him
to prove that any undne influence had been used to get
up anti-Catholic petitions in the county. He could now
tell his Hon. Friend, that he had now discovered the
source from which all the petitions from the county of
Lincoln against these claims had been derived. Ile knew
where this petition manufacture was carried on, almost
as rapidly as if it were effected by ster,m. The petitions
so manufactured b;d found their way into the hands of
the Hon. Member for the University of Oxford, and of
the other gentlemen who ranged themselves under his
banner, and bad been presented with all due pomp Atli
ceremony to the consideration of the House. 'pay they
had been got up by undue influence ho'cOuld pt:ove by
evidence which' he defied his Hon: Friend the Member
for the city of Lincoln to refute. Ile need not say much
of the manner in whiCh these anti• Catholic petitiihvA had li
been manufactured by the clergy, as now WO no-
torious to be contradicted. had ridden through
the county, and had hawked their petitions from one
market-place to another, with such indeflitigable industry,
that one would almost suppose that they had a personal
interest in opposing this question. He would now met.
ton a circumstance with regard to one of the pet-
Cons which his Hon. Friend the Mc,:mher ibr the city
of Lincoln had presented; pc tillich he was not quite sure
that his Hon. was not already aware. A clergy-
man who was out on his travels; not in search of orders
for petitions, but in search of signatti.re4 to be attached to
them, went into a parish tr;tit which he had some slight
connection,. Tly ,rav'ions arts and representations, he get
the signatures of all the inhabitants of 4,3,,e Parish to an
Anti-Catholic petit ion ; and tha {op, in a place where,
if the lord of the manor 41 the rector of the parish ',had
known in time of hiS proceedings, he would not have ob-
tained a single, name. ' What had been the consequence of
the incursion, made into this parish by this zealous minis-
ter of Christian peace and charity? Why, that all ,*
inhabitants of the place had flown in the face f their lands
I who was a man of the most hratane dtsposition, and
was engaged in attendirs ;kis duties in that Muse at the
time that Rev. Gent. prea4ed. a crusade ainetz his
tenantry. rfe.was' now going to detail to nopse w,b.at
he considered a gkeat grieVince; ig was sorry titat
his Hon. Friend the 111em14.a,. tb the c 4 of Licco4 was
not in his place, tid he ought 'to be, aid ati had
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him but a few irtinutea ago. 144. << pi . r 'produce a
placard; which was
jested °ill alar':( a wall in tv e
county of Liticl-1-1. as 'T
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a l'nndow-shutter in Lincolli,- and, strange
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" pkYll°llo. rtampion of.England.,4 It had
been intsteif
" it 'l4'bl', .a-PlVar, it was still true that on one side was
placard of the Champion of Ersland, and on the other
that of the celebrated Dr. Erezly.--(Laughter.)..—This pla-
card implored the inhabitants of the different parishes in
the county of Lincoln to petition this. House against the
proposed measure of concession, to the Roman Catholics ;
it recommended those persons who were anxious to sign
such petitions to apply to the clergymen of their different
parishes, who vroul,l provide them with the necess
forms;
.and.._
desired them, after they had signe
petitions, to forward them to him, and he would have
them sent to the proper quarter.--(11-eir, hear.)—The
::.
Champion of England had kekt:nts promise of sending
them to the proper quarter ny transmitting them in this
instance to his Hon. Colleague.—( Hear, hear. )—But was
this, he wou4l asie,'a proper mode of- exciting the county
of Lincoln to cover the tables of the House with anti-