Star.
London, England, 1825-04-22 00:00:00

'FRIDAY, APR.

'PAIntiIittENTARY•tiRUCEEDIAGS.
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In the 1101/SE 'LORbs• • PRIG '2l. •
Earl of Roscoatnon's Claim to vote in the election of
Irish RePiesentative 'Peers, ffeenmentary evidence was tendered
at the Bar :and the 'Gentleman who was Chief Clerk in the Par-
Bement Office of Ireland before •the Union, together. with Richard
Martin,q, M. P. Were examined by the Arronsac,Gotaitat, on
behalf of tlie Crown, in regard thereto.
•in prosectilion• of the bearing of the Bargany Appeal Causi,
there appeared as 'the Cientel on-oath side the following emi-
nent Scots -Advocates 3* Fur the• Hon. Mrs. Fullartou Rouse' Fos-
sYT.lll J 4), no, Tama; and Paisley Romerson, Esqra. for the re,
sfAugndsenit.R.A
ts.Shy,liandeir tu Jamas Moneare,
•Mr. Fottairtr ap-
peared'at the Bar- for the first tine since he has been Advocate,
now upwards of thirty-two years, and *stated the-case on the part of
the appellant with his customary perspicuity., in a speech 9f five
hours, giving A detailed statement of the facts of the case, and of .
the prodednre which has taken place leak Court of Session ever
since the •ffrat institution of theaition on the part of the appellant,
Mrs- Fullerton. '.flats be did with acuteness. He then argued the •
case in point of lawn .with ingenuity., and ,hewing throughout both
research, aid abiiity. He will be succeeded in his argument by Mr.
PATRICK ROIIIIIITI09; and then Mr. MoRCRIKTr will argue the case
foi •the resPondeite. -The case itself is as to the reduction of
the title by which Sir Hew' Dakynnile Hamilton-has for so any
years heldand enjoyed the estate of Ilar&any, in 'addition to North
Berwick.. Mrs. Fullartoq'snica mainly is, that she ought to have
been the right heir•th the "printerty,-ahe alleging that the predeces.
sae, to whom Si? 'Hew succeeded, by an act or deed, altered the
order of suceeition, and thereby made it flow to Sir Hew, whereas
but for that act, it would: have naturally'descended in. an unvarieti
tine to Mrs. Fullarton. I litherto the Court of Session have re-
peatedly'decided in favour of 'the respondent, Sir flew Dalrymple,
that-he is the • lawful heir,Und that his predecessor did no act to
create a forfeiture of his right... • • • -
The Marquis of CHANDO96 .and -others, from the Commons,
brought up aeteral Private Bills, which were read a first time.
Mr. ADRIA 9, from the Treasury,• presented Accounts of the
quantity of Wines and Spirits biMiled in the LondorrDocks.—Laid
on the tabk. •. •. .
Mr. Warms, from the .Court of King's Bench, presented cer-
tain Returns from that Court, and from the Courts of-Common
Pleas and Exchequer, pursuant to the order of the House.—Laid
'on* the 'table, and, on the motion of Earl Gaosvmoa, ordered to
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be Printed.
The Earl of LIVERPOOL presented certain Papers, which he
'.moved shouldbe referred to the Committee of Inquiry on the State
of Ireland.—Oidered.
• The *LORIS CHANCE f.toir presEnted Petitions against the
Cathdlic Claim; from the Town of Stafford, and a Parish in the
'County of•Lincoln..-Laid on the table. .
kTise Eanlbf LIVERPOOL presented a Petition to the same
effect.from some Protestatit•Dissinters at Margate. •
• bird KING observed, 'that the Right Rev. Prelates opposite
were now Very glad to bbtahr •the support of the Dissenters. One
srho•had been an ornament tolheir Bench had once said, " that the
Catholics weronearer.and dearer far to them than the Dissenters;'
but a great change.had taken place, or they ha,.l occasional approxi-
mations with One Sect of the other; ar the objects and feelings of
the moment prevailed.—Th4CPetitiou was laid on the table, as well
'al a,unrest one. fratin.Newtbn Bushel, presented by Lord Botts
Lord KEN-AWN-presented a Petition to the same effect from
.the Inhabitants otshe.i?aristi of gt.'blattheiv,pethnal Green. 'the
Noble Loidaiict,that It had bben unanimously adopted at a Meet.
iif whiehduelliitiek fiad been given, and that in only two days
"it had received:2ooV tignatures, Ile also prmentedone from Hack-
ney, inahe Ceenty. of Middiesia.Laid, on the table. •
•Lord HOLLAND presented ii Petition from certain Protes-
lapis resident at Liti,esi in the County of Sussex,ln favatir of con-
cetsionito the C,atnalies: rfa conk' not say whether they 'were
FiVAeshuittstif thiaCherch:of-Rngiarid;or to what. elamof Diasented.
they belonged- lisat it; was certainly. a -great. compliment paid to
Dissenters in generak-to Am how, happy the Rev. -Bench opposite
watt•td,figka.,under .the ?alit' of; Ition-soniotmipt. kl,lp Admitted
Old. :the opinions 0,
of
411441 a 're?, nut, is bp eltuldereci
flute/ bftlabbody of which tl*r tanned 4 part. He•was End at*
gently, icy-tainted with 'Dian:men.' lobour whit was 'their prep
sailing feeling: Out hf thethree grnita.on• 'Tertian, and denomi.
nations of Dissenters, he. Was nit Sivgfuttlmt a-single Petition bad
yet proceeded against the Catholletialms whilst every time that
important question bad. been dimussedi Isl~baa been honoured by
their entrusting hint with a Petition in- its favour. Bodies might
certainly change their. opinion., biit this ought not to be inferred
from the conduct or teMiments of a few individuals.
The Petition having been read and laid on the table, •
The Bishop•Of CHESTER said, that he had a sin-
gular Petition tb*pfete nt,• It. was from the Minister-
and Congregittioir'ef 'Protestant Dissenters, who cele-
brated divine,loribiti at the Jewrvistreet Chapel, in the
City.of London: .Tlatiff.' belonged to one of the three
great dencrininitioni of Dissenters, the Independents.
He admitted,boijever, that in all those sects every se-
parate chapel 'and congregation were considered as
`forming a separaterind distinct church, and that the
sentitinents expressed by one of those congregations were
norito be regarded as those of the whole body. The
Petition Went to an extent which would surprise their
Lordship's, and which in fact had surprited himself.
,The Petitioners not Only deprecated the removal of
still exisking restrictions; but expreised themselves per
fectlysatiiffed.with the present order of things, even so
'far as it pressed' upon, them. '."f his was a most impor-
tant concession. Theybopernhat no alteration would
be made in those' securities st) Ilia fenced round the
Established ChurCh,becatise they felt 'that as long. as
that chtirili was- in its strength, t! e great cause of Pro-
,,testantism' would be secure and placed on a rock. It
Was no 'dolrbt to be expecied, and they mutt ex-
pect themielves, that many of their own body-
Wools)"
,totertain very . different 'opinions, but he
believed tbat a great ninnies of Dissenttrs were
alarmed "at the danger which threatened the Esta-
blished Church, because any injury done ta it,- must
alsci injure the cause of Protestantism, and because from I
no Other*Chtirch could they expect that large and • li-
beral toleration, which, thanks to Goo, they et joyed.—
These sentimeOts might appear extraordinary from his
lips; but, for some years, he had not been an inatten-
tive observel'Of the body of Dissenters, and he was con-
vinced that lie did theirs no more than justice in making
that declaration. He presented this Petition with great satisfac-
tion to their Lordships, not only because it shewed that Protestant
Dissenters were alive to the interests of the Protestant cause, but
because it shewed the existence of a spirit of candour and ingenuous-
ness amongst them which did not permit them to have recourse to
artifice, but led them, whilst they felt compelled to differ front it,
chiefly on points of discipline, to acknowledge the value of the Esta-
blished Church.
Lord CALTHORPE reminded the Hight Rev. Pre
late and their Lordships that these were many other
Protestants, warm friends alto to the Chutch of Eng-
land, who with a view.cf maintaining its integrity, en
•ertained opinions directly the reverse a those of
the Petitioners. He was glad that j•lstice was at last
done to Disetiters. They had rerideied great services
to the cause t f religion. By their zeal, the activity,
and their example, they had produced a beneficial le-
-iction in the Church of England ; nay, they had con
itributed to the ievival of religion in that Chinch
He could not iewet 'city circumstanc• s
hat Reverend Bench to speak of then, in terms of
-irspeLt
.and cordiality—terms the more acceptable,
tr.ey were lomen hat new and .unusual. '-'hie hr.