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by acclamation and admiration,' as the champion of the
Protestant i n te rusts, in the course of his late excursion to seve-
ral of the principal towns of England, no one could have
supposed that he was then framing a Bill for the admission of
the Catholics to the Constitution. In the letter of the Duke
of Wellington to the Catholic Archbishop, twenty days be-
titre the meeting- of Parliament, he recommended " that
the question should be buried in oblivion, and that the
intermediate time should be devoted to the considering of
the settlement of it." It was manifest, that at the time of
writing this letter, there was no intention of proposing the
measure on the part of Government.—( Hear, hear.) He
thought that these circumstances sustained him in the
charge of delusion which had been practised on this
question. He disclaimed anything that might be per-
sonally disrespectful to the Right Honourable Gentleman.
There was only one other topic to which he wished
to advert,—that of the removal of the late Lord Lieu-
tenant of Ireland. That Noble Marquis (Anglesea)
"had won golden opinions from all sorts of men"
in that country; and when Government had resolved
upon proposing this me•tsure, he was at a loss to
account for the withdrawal of the Noble Lord from Ire-
land. He trusted, however, in justice to that Noble Per-
son, that full and satisfactory infartnation would be given to
the House, explanatory of the circumstances connected with
his recall. The Noble Lord concluded by repeating his
opposition to the measure of intended concession ; and said,
that if it should pass into a law, he was sure that the Pro-
testants, however they might oppose it in its progress,
would manifest their obedience to the laws, as they invari-
ably had done ; and he would do what lay in his power to
inculcate due submission to the authority of the Legisla-
ture, which he was sure they would readily pay.—(Loud
cries of hear, hear,—in which Mr. Secretary Peel joined.)

Air. W. SAIITH said that he would inform the House
why a counter-petition was not presented. A large meet-
ing of the friends of civil and religious liberty had informed
him that they would have presented a petition if they
thought it necessary, but they saw that it was taken up
by his Majesty's Government, and they still would
if necessary, petition for the protection of the Protestant
Constitution. lie would maintain it himself as long as it
maintained itself by doing what was just.
Mr. STURGES BOURNE regretted that none of the
petitions which had been presented' stated that they knew
the situation of Ireland. At present it might be presumed
that they knew it better than the Ministers. (Hear, hear,
and a laugh. ) _

Colonel PEEL then presented two other petitions from
places in the county of Norfolk, against the Catholics.
i\Ir.BYNG presented a petition itt favour of the Catholics.

Lord EI3RINGTON, in rising to present a petition in
favour of Emancipation, said the Right Hon. Secretary of
State had done himself the highest honour in preparing a
measure which would the effect of bringing peace to Ire-
land. He (Lord E.) had voted for the suppression of the
Association, although he was a member of that Association.
He did not do so because he thought it a dangerous body.
Although some strong expressions might have been made,
yet they were not so violent as those which fell from the
lips of the loyal Brunswiekers. (Hear, hear.) Their
object was to obtain legitimate relief, and the great
body of them were actuated solely from a love of their
country. It was the efforts of the Catholic Association
that had mainly contributed to the tranquillity of Ireland.
Admiral EVANS said the House had just heard from
the Hon, Member on the other side, that Brunswick
Clubs were worse than the Catholic Association. This
he totally denied. The Brunswickers were satisfied
with their King, and their constitutional laws, and he
thought it was only on very few occasions that they were
betrayed into intemperate language. He was sur-
prised how the Noble Lord could laud the Catholic Asso-
ciation, and yet vote for its suppression. Ile
must think it very inconsistent. He (Admiral Evans)
was a Protestant ; he conscientiously believed the oath be
had taken, that the Roman Catholic religion was im-
pious and idolatrous, and he should do all he could to
keep it out of that House.

The petition was then brought up and read : it was from
Buekfastleigh, Devon ; another petition was also presented
from Crediton, in the same county.
Mr. Secretary PEEL moved that an humble address be
presented to his Majesty, praying that he would be
graciously pleased to order to be laid before the House
a Report from the Commissioners appointed by Parlia-
ment to inquire into the practice of the Courts of Law in
this country.

Mr. BROUGHAM made a few observations across the
table, but in a tone of voice scarcely audible in the gallery.
We understood the Hon. and Learned Gentleman to ex-
press his satisfaction at the presentation of the Report; and
to state that he thought that a measure 71pplicab4e to it
might be introduced in a separate form. Adverting to the
recent conversation in the House on the fixing of Easter
Term, he observed, that he was not aware, until after that
conversation, of the dispute that existed on the subject. All,
he wished for was, that the Term should be fixed ; and he
thought a short Bill might be advantageously introduced
on the subject.
11r. Secretary PEEL had referred the subject to the
Law Officers of the Crown, for the purpose of pi eparing
such a Bill as the Hon. and Learned Gentleman ad-
verted to.

The motion for the Address tvas then agreed to.
CATHOLICS.

Mr. BROUGHAM presented a petition, numerously,
signed by the inhabitants of Bristol, in favour of conces-
sion to his Majesty's Roman Catholic subjects. He under-
stood, however, that there was a petition from Bristol of
an opposite character, more numerously signed. He was
told, indeed, that the signatures of the opposite petition
were four or five times as numerous as those of the peti-
tion which he had the honour to present; and yet the
number of signatures to his petition was seventeen hun-
dred. Among these were the names of many individuals
of the highest respectability; with the greater part of whom
he was acquainted. He understood that one of the rea-
sons why the petition was not more numerously signed,
was the shortness of time allowed for that purpose. If it
had been permitted to remain two days longer, it would,
be was told, have been signed by three or four times the
number.

Mr. BRIGHT was confident, and he felt it his duty to
state the fact, that the great majority of the inhabitants
of the city of Bristol were decidedly hostile to any further
concessions to the Roman Catholics. For himself, he
had always opposed their claims ; and not feeling that
any circumstances had occurred to change the state of the
question, he should not alter his conduct respecting it.
Mr. HART DAVIS concurred with his Hon. Col-
league, that the great majority of the inhabitants of Bristol
were decidedly adverse to the Catholic Claims. The peti-
tion embodying those sentiments had no fewer than five
and twenty thousand signatures.
The petition was then brought up, read, and ordered to
be printed.
Mr. BROUGHAM presented similar petitions from the
Protestant Dissenters of Kirby-Kendal; from the Pro-
testant Dissenters of South Shields ; and from the Roman
Catholic Inhabitants of a parish in the King's County,
Ireland.

Mr. BROUGHAM presented a petition from John
Joseph Stockdale, of the Colonnade, stating that he and
his father had for the last half century been engaged in
publishing and circulating works, the tendency of which
was to show the obnoxious character of the Roman Ca-
tholic religion, and the danger of making any further con-
cession to its professors. The petitioner proceeded to
state his conviction that there was a conspiracy within the
Cabinet and without, in order to introduce Popery and
misrule in this country; and the consequences would be
fatal, if the advice which the petitioner tendered to the
House, of dismissing all traitors from his Majesty's Coun-
cils, should not be adopted. The intended measure of Ca-
tholic Emancipation would cancel all his Majesty's sub-
jects' sworn allegiance, and justly deprive the House of Ha-
nover of its right to the Throne. The Hon. Member
said that the petitioner did not proceed to state that the
measure of Emancipation would confer the Crown on the
House of Savoy, which he believed was next in succession
on the failure of that of Hanover. The petitioner's opi-
nion, however, corresponded with what he (Mr. B.) had
heard uttered in that House. The petition was disre-
spectful to other persons, but to nobody in the Commons ;
and therefore he conceived that the House had no option
but that of adopting it.
The petition was then ordered to lie on the table.
Mr. BROUGHAM then presented another petition
from the same individual, complaining of the Courts of
Law, and particularly of the Lord Chief Justice of the
Court of Common Pleas, relative to his Lordship's con-
duct towards the petitioner when he was indicted for a
libel.—Ordered to lie on the table.

Mr. BROUGHAM presented a petition from the Rec-
tor, Churchwardens, and Inhabitants of Withington, Salop,
praying for the abolitioa of Negro Slavery.—A similar
petition from a parish in the County of Tyrone.
Lord BECTIVE presented a petition from a parish in
the County of Meath against the Vestry Act ; and a simi-
lar petition from Kilbcrew, in the same county; likewise a
petition from the same place against the Sub-letting Act.—
The petitions were respectively ordered to -lie on the table.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER presented
a petition from the Bishops and Clergy of Dromore, pray-
ing that no further concessions might be granted to the
Roman Catholics.

ARREST ON AIESNE PROCESS.
Mr, HUMS rose and said, that be had entertained a