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MBLI,IMEATARr PROCEEDINGS.
HOUSE OF LORDS, APRIL 12.
C.LERIE was again heard at the Bar as Counsel for the
in the Roxburgh Peerage Cause, and another hearing
Led for to-morrow.
•"' orders in Council Indemnity Bill was committesl, and the
ordered to be received to-morrow.
lielrish Cotton and Bark Bills were read a third time.
Howe went into a Contmittee on the Scots Judicature Bill,
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oohs Report was ordered to be received to-morrow.
INDICTMENT BILL.
Eul STANHOPE called the attention of the
nose to this Bill, which he said purpo►
rted to be a
to amend the law, but which, in his opinion, ten-
ja to make it worse. He thought that part of the Bill
iieetienlar which related to proceedings on infor-
ostson highly objectionable. His Lordship said, he
4111 aan to debatee Bill now ; his object was,
day should be fed for the second reading.
iiiikat it should be fully discussed. He therefore
004 that the Bill be read a second time on the
opt May, and that the Lords be summoned.
/01 HOLLAND thanked his Noble Friend for
kW* this subject forward; and although the part
"4101111 alluded to by his Noble Friend might not be
away that on which he should found his objections,
he ye must nay, without now entering tow. the
Ate, that this Bill was a great innovation upon the
constitution; and he trusted, that when the day of
discussion arrived, those who supported the billwould
be prepared to state to the House . the reasons on
which it was founded.
The Bill was ordered to be read a second time on
the 16th of May, and the Lords to be summoned.
CATHOLIC PETITION.
The Duke of CUMBERLAND rose and observed
that he considered it his duty to lay before the House
a petition in his possession, from the Mayor and Cer-
region of Dublin, against the Catholic Petition pre-
sented ge the preceding day.
Lord AUCKLAND intimated, that he was not in
the House when the Catholic Petition was presented,
or he should have objected to bringing it forward.—
The question had been amply discussed upon a recent
occasion, and he conceived it to be improperly brought
before the House at the present time.
Lord HOLLAND said, when the Petition be.
doe the subject of discussion, two years since, the
emus question had been moved, and it was not
as taken into consideration, but it was understood
Olt the decision did not prevent future discussion—
k therefore considered that his Noble Friend hail in- '
troduced it in a regular way.
Lord HAW KES BURY corrected the Noble Lord's
statement relative to the former proceeding on the
Petition, and called to his recollection, that the dis-
anion was on the House resolving itself into a Com-

ice.
Aker a few words in reply from Lord Holland,
the petition was ordered to be laid on the table.
REVERSION BILL.
On the first reading of the Reversion Bill, brought
sp by several Members from the Commons,
Earl DARNLEY moved, •preparatory to the dis-
cussion on the second reading, for accounts of all
Places in Reversion granteil in Ireland.
The Earl of LAUDERDALE proposed as an
amendment to the Noble Lord's motion, that the ac-
count should extend to all Reversionary Grants in
England, Scotland, and Ireland, which was adopted
and agreed to.
Lord MOI RA said, the Bill had not been gene-
rally understood by the public. He did not intend to
make any motion upon the subject, but suggested the
propriety of conferring with the Commons, to ac•
quaint them of the objections against it entertained
by the Lords.
Earl GROSVENOR expressed an intention to
deliver his sentiments on the Bill in a future stage ;
and asked the Noble Lords on the other side of the
House, when the second reading would take place.
Lord HAWKESBURY, after a few observations,
appointed the second reading for the 9th of May next.
The Bill was then read the first time.
Adjourned till to-morrow.