Star.
London, England, 1815-05-19 00:00:00

HOUSE OF COMMON&

Lord MILTON gave notice, that ett Tuesday next he would
make a motion on the subject of the Letter of the Fan! of
Buckinghamshire to the Court of liirectues, relative to East
India Pensions.
The Irish Law Officers' Fees Bin vies ordered to be read a
second time on Mondiy.
Mr. W. SMITH moved for leave to bring in a Bin for the
better management of Pour Houses: be stand its principal ob-
ject to be to prevent the stealing, pawning, or entbemiensent
of any articles of clothing and necessaries furnished to paupers,
and ter the better regulation of Poor Houses in general.—Leave
given.
Mr. MARRYAI"I' presented a Petition from the Ship-
builders of London, praying to be heard by Counsel against the
Bill for registering-lndia-built Ships.---Rai and ordered to lie
on the table.
Sir T. ACLAND obtained leave for a Bill to amend the
County Bridges Act.
Sir E. BRYDGES obtained leave to bring in a Bin to revive
the use of Funeral Certificates, notifying the times of burial of
persons dying testators or intestate.
Lord ALTHORP gave notice of a motion for Tuesday next,
relative-to the application of the af 100,000 given to the Prince
Regent in 1811.
Lord CASTLEREAGH wished to apprise the Noble Lord
and the House, that every readiness prevailed on the part of the
Illustrious Perms who was the object of the motion, to give an
possible satisfaction on the subject of the grant; it was thereon
perfectly unnecessary to bring forward any proceeding in that
House; in order to obtain it.
Mr. 'TIERNEY was understood to ask when the communica-
tion would be made and Lord CASTLILIBAOM to answer, as
soon as possible.
Lord ALTHORP replied, that the intention of the Prince
Regent would not alter his view of the subject, which it was his
intention to take up in a constitutional light, and as a breach of
an Aet of Parliament.
Mr. BANKES moved that there be laid before the House,.a
statement of the authority under which the building of the
Transport Office had been undertaken, together-with a plan of
the same and an Esttmate of the Expenses.—Agreed to.
The Report of the Foreign Soldiers Enlistment Bill was order-
ed for farther consideration on Monday.
General THORN lON moved for leave to bring in a Bill fir
the better preventing of rioting, and the punishntenf of riotet s.—
He stated the principal object of it to be to authorize magistrates
and peace-officers to apprehend rioters, without wanntg till ar.
ltaur suer tits reading of the Act; and on conviction, tit subject
them to flue and innstisonnietivi- ff not disperavg within the
hour, then thepotrishtnetit to be tiansportation in:stead ea death.
Alter wine fat ricer uture.gvations on thu Advantage to the pulaiitt
of natant suppres•iou of rioting, the question was put and

neptived.
Mr. FORBES. postfaned his motion on the corre.rondence
between the Treasury :old the Court of Director:;, rattive to the
Ship Letter .pct.
Mr. BROWNE alluded to a motion for a I.ist t.f thc Appoint-
ments to Coluotal Offices, aid a.ked when the papers would be
laid before tile Htnt‘e ?--I lei was auswered by Mr. GeuLostram
that they were alrrady•on the table: • •
• CATHOLICS OE; IRELAND..

Sir H. PA RN f.Li. said be rose to submit to the
House certain Resolutions relative to the Catholics
of Ireland, not with a view of taking the sense of the
House upon them, but only as a mode of enabling
them to come to a conclusion upon the extent of their
claims. He merely wished to give at present such
explanations as would render the discussion on the
measure more satisfactory, on the whole, than if a
debate were to come on upon it, under circumstances
different from any other occasion. It must be remem-
bered, that, in consequence of a vote agreed to two
Sessions ago, it was deemed advisable to remove the
disqualifications of the Catholics; and the House
thcretore came to an agreement as to the general
principle. It was now only necessary to bring before
the House those details ; and as he had been informed
from the Chair that he must move for a Committee
of the whole House to take the Resolutions into con-
sideration, be wished to give Gentlemen.some'previ-
ous knowledge of -their nature. It was imperiously
necessary to explain the whole subject matter to be
proposed to the Committee, and in tr.sming the Reso-
lutions he had proceeded in this manner. When the
Gentlemen had waited on him with the Catholic Pe-
tition, he had told them, that it would be desirable so
enable him to state to the House what were the views
of the Petitioners, and the exact nature of their claims.
The Hon. Baronet wrs proceeding, when he was in-
terrupted by , • - - .
Mr. CHARLES YORKE, who observed, that the
manner of his proceeding was perfectly irregular.
Sir H. PA RNELL repeated, that it was not his
wish to take up the time of the House by entering
into any details on the subject. He would shortly
state, that the Resolutions contained the exact dispo.
I sitiozi and nature of what it was that the Catholics of
`lreland wished and 'prayed the House to do in. their
behalf. On requesting the House to allow those Re-
solutions to be printed, he could refer to a precedent
which had been adopted on a similar occasion, when
an Honourable Member for Liverpool proposed the
securing clauses in the Ball for Emancipating the
English Catholics. He would nbtv beg leave to read
these Resolutions, that their nature might be fully
understood. They were as follow :
Ist. That It is expedient that the Roman Catholic Inhabitants
of these realms shall not be liable or subject ro any laws fur the
liatitaion, charging, or discovering of their estates, real or per-
sonal, or touching the acquiring, enjoying, holding, or ditpoung
of prupetty, of any kin,' ur Drum , save
such as' the Protestant inhabitant, of these realms are liable and
%%eject to.

d. l'h:t it shall not be necessary (in order to enable or entitle
any Roman Ca•holic inhabtrant of these realms to vote at any
election of a Iv'ember or Meml•ers to srr.e in Parliamear, tar
any other elections; or to vote at any rkeetion of a Repressnrat.
tire l`ter of Scotland; or to be enrolled as a Freeholder in any
shit..:>r otewattry sat Scotland, or to vote in any proceeding of
the Cout t of Fret:twirlers, or to be chosen Prates or Clerk of
,och Court, or to be chosen a Commissiouer or Delegate foe
choosing hurgessts to serve in Parliament for au, District of Bo- •
roughs in Scotland; or to enable oe entitle any Peer of Ireland to
%Me Ely election ul aitepresestativoTemporal Peers or to mho

. ,
Kelso any return to the writ of eleetkxf ofisingoperal Peer, pur-
taint to an Act mule fir tlist'purpote by the late Paritanient
Ireland, in the 4Uth year of the reign of his present y,)
1 that any such inhabitant or l'eerAlould,
at or previous to the time of Ms so voting or being so enrolled or
chosen, or so making or signing a return to any writ of elettlon,
respectively as atoremaid, tali. or subscribe the. oaths of alle-
giance, ahjiiraion, and supremacy, or make or subscribe the de-
claration against transubstatitialbo, the sacrifice of the mass, and

the invocation of saints.
id. I:hat whereas doubts have been entertained whether the
provisions of an Act made by the late Parliament of Great Sri-
tato, in the 26th year of the reign of his late Majesty King
George the Second, entitled, " An Act for the better Preventing
of Clandestine Marriagese" extend or ought to ex:end to or affect
marriages between Roman Catholics.
It is expedient that the said Act, and the Provisions therein
contained shall be deemed, taken, and construed, not to extend
or to affect any marriages of Roman Catlathes (where both the
parties shall belhoman Catholics) ; but that all such marriages
Of Roman Catholics, being duly solemnized according to the
forms of the Roman Catholic religion, shall be excepted from the
operation of the said Act, in like manner as marriages among./
persona professing the Jewish religion, and marriages amongst the
peopleealled Quakersa are by the aid Act cue: ted front the ups •
ration thereof.
4th. That it shall and may be last f 1 to and for any person or
persons whomsoever, to give, grant, transfer, or convey to any
person or persons (and for such person or persons to take, receive,
and hold) any lands, tenetnenoidiereditainents, goods, money, or
other property, for site main.ei.ance, support, or benefit ut any
Routs.' Catholic Chapel or House of Worship, Prieat or Mi-
nister of Wonhip Schoen, Hosp.tal, or other pious or charitable
foundation or establishment, of such or the like nature,
in the like manner, and to the same extent, as
his Majeaty's Protestant Dissenting subjects are now enabled and
'authorised by law to make and execute gifts, grants, and con-
etyma-es, as afOresaid, for the maintenance, support, or benefit,
of any Protestant Dissenting Chapel or House of Worship, Mi.
nister of Worship, School, Hospital, or either pious or charitable
foundation or establishment, of such or the like nature.
sth. That, if any person or persona shall maliciously disturb
any cougregation or meeting of persons assembled in any Ro-
ma. Catholic Chapel, or other place, for the purpose of felt.
gious worship, according to the forms of the Homan Catholic re-
or shall 'maliciously prevent, hinder, or
disturb such religious worship; or shall assault
or menace any Roman Catholic Clergyman, in such chapel or
place, whilst officiating, or about to officiate therein ;
it is expedient that every such person so clouding shall forfeit
and pay tor every such offence, a HIM of twenty pounds Sterling,
British currency.
66. That whereas by an Act made bloke late Parliament of
Ireland, in the frith year of the reign eel bee late Majesty Queen
Anne, and branotber Act made by the said Parliament, us the
23d year of the reign of his late Majesty King George the Second,
any Roman Catholic Priest solemnising marriage between any
two parsons (being Protestants, or either of them being a Pro-
testant), is rendered subject to certain punishments mentioned
In the said Acts respectively, it is espedient that
the said provhiess of the sakl Acts be tweeted,. so far as the
same relate to suck punishments as aforemid ; and that any
Roman Catholic Clergyman, who shall hereafter solemnize star-
riage between two Protestants, or hetweei any Protestant or
Roman Catholic (such Protestant and Roman Catholic nut having
been previously married by a Protestant Clergyman, and the
said Roman Catholic Clergyman knowing such parry to be a
Protestant), shall forfeit a sum sit £lOO to his Majes:y for the
manse, on conviction thereof. .
7th. That if any ether officer or person, holding any military
'or naval office, or situation, under has Majesty, his heist or such
season, shall by punishment, force, menaces, or otherwise, cons-
peak or endeavour to compel, any Roman Catholic soldier,
sailor, or marine, to assist or be airesent at the celebration of
Divine worship, according to any other form than the form of
the Roman Catholic religion,
it is expedieut;such officer or person, so offeuding, shall arfeit
and pay for every suck offence a SIAM GLOM hundred pounds
.sterling of British currency.
Bth. 'Hutt it. shall and may be lawful to and for t`.e Roman
Catholic inhabitants of these realms,
to sitanci vote in either House of Parliament;
and to hold, exercise, and enjoy, ail civil,
and gpilitary and naval fgfiCASI, and places of trust or profit, wi-
der his Majesty, his heirs, and 'secceseitirs, within these realms,
and the domiuioits, dependencies, and colonies there unto be-
tonging, and to take and receive any degrees of inedwitie, law,
or arts, in any Onto Pniversities of Gecat Brown or Ireland,
and to be studeots, exhibitioners. scholars, professors, and
lay-fellows for any of the said Univrnitics or Colleges belongisug
thereto; and to hold, exercise, and enjoy the
offices of Mayor, Sovereign, Bailiff, Alderman, l'retsurer, abr.
riff, I owndierk, Councilman, Waster or Warden, of any thoild
or Fraternity! and all such cans (by whatever name the same
may be called), in any city or town within digs realms ;
• and also the offices of Governors, Deputy Go-
vernors, and Directors of the Banks of Englan and Ireland
respectively, and all other offices therein;
and also to be members of any other lay body corporate, and
to enjoy the freedom, franchises, and immunities thereof; and
to bold, exercise, and enjoy any office yr place of trust therein,
any statute, charter, bye-law, or usage
to the contrary thereof in any wise notwithstanding,
upon taking and subscribing the oath and declaration follow-
ing; (instead of the oaths of allegiance, abjuration, and supre-
macy, and instead of making and subscribing the Declaration
against nansubstantlation, the sacrifice of the mail, and the in-
vocation of saints DOW by law required, and instead of taking
the sacrament according to the forms of the Protestant Ica-
Os) i that is to say, upon
taking and subscribing the following Oath and Declaration
" I A. B. do hereby declare, that I profess the Roman Catho-
lic Religion.
" I, A. B. do sincerely minim and swear, that I will be faith-
ful and bear true allegiance to his Majesty King George 111.
and him will defend to the utnrist of my power, against all
conspiracies and attempts whatever that . shall be made
against his Person, Crow,or 'dignity : And I will do my
stmost &seise and make known to his Majesty, his
heirs and successors, all trinities and traitorous couspirmios
which may be formed against !nu or them.
" And I do promise to malota.n, defend, and support, to the
utmost of my power, the succession to the Crown, (which
succession by law now stands limited to the Princess Sophia,
Blectress and Duchess Dowager of Hanover, deceased, and
the heirs of her body, befog Protestants.)
" Hereby utterly remounting and abjuring any obedience or
allegiance unto any other person, claiming or pretending 'a
right to the Crown of these realms.
" Axil do notbelitar that. any fOrsign. Prince, Prelatesivales
or Potentate, bath or ought to have, any temporal or civil
jaricletiso, power, superiority, or pre-eminence, within
these realms.
• at And I do declare that I swear this oath, and every part
. thereof, in thepliin and ordinary sense ,of the words of
this oath. • • 44 So help me Gun."
The Honourable Baronet then proceeded to ob-
serve, that the House was now in possession of a
statement of all that was required to be granted, and
he trusted, that when these Resolutions should be ex t.
mined, that they would be found to contain nothing
more than what was fair and equitable in regard to
the Catholic subjects of the Testa'. He sl Id there-
fore move 44 That-it be expedient that these Kesolu'
tions be brought up."
The SPEAKER apprehended that the Honourible
Member had not distinctly made himself naderstcod
as to what was the nature and object of his motion.
Sir H. PA RNELL.said, he wished to move that
these Resolutions be brought up.
The SPEAKER replied, that the Honourable
Member bad described a certain P.iper which he held
in his hand to be a series of Resolutions come to b)
the Catholics of Ireland, and he understood him to
sir li. upp
attend to move that the PAper so described be
brought
up.
Sir rejoined, that he should move
the first Resolution.. •
The SPEAKER-- 14 The Honourable Member
4immotietoniathtenatiltole
moiotevnedtswatodipdtoli:notseth?itigls 0 nfiderstr2sttol:sl
now makes another motion. Which, therefore, is the

the resolutions should be brought up ; sad aft:,
wards, that the House should agree to these kesr,•
lotions."

Sir H. PARNELL answered, that understandiny
the House would not agree to his first motion he hat
changed it.
The SPEAKER—" Then the Hmour4ble Mem.
ber offers to the House the first of these resolutions
for their assent. The question then is, . That it is
expedient that the Roman Catholics of these ream:,
shall not be liable to any laws for the lirnitatto,,
charging, or discovery of their estates, dice."
The Motion being seconded,
Mr. BANKES said, he hardly knew how it was
possible for the House to give their assent to these
Resolution% without going into the full discussi%
of the question ; for the first of them, though onlv
one of the strings of the subject, was the main et:e
on which all the others depended. The Hottourablt
1 Baronet ought therefore to be aware, that if the House
should negative it to-day, it could nut be entertainel
in a future Committee. As the matter stood at pre.
sent he had done all that could be done ; he lad es.
plained to the House the nature of the 11.,•sol:eter4,,
and according to its rules there was ttf) n by
which they could be printed on an imperfect in.ccei•
iig Of a motion. If the motion were pet st..,,red
he should feel it his duty to negative it now, a,
should the sabstancs of all this Resolutions ot, flity
future occasion.

Mr. C. YORKE had nothing to ad." to what had
been expressed by the Honourable Genikr,,rl 1,110
had just sat down, and he trusted the itino•:tahlf
Baronet •would withdraw his motion. Atter statiet:
his perfect knowledge of the Orders of the lions.,
he had proposed Resolutions which could not be e:1
tertained consistently with any Orders, aid the
House might comp6in that they were taken by Lilt
prize, considering that a full discussion of the std.
jest was to come on upon the 30th of this ting.ll2.
If he persisted in the motion, the House mu.t ne-
cessarily go at once into the whole question. H,
could not but regret that the subject had devolved
upon the Honourable Btronet ; as, in his opinion, it
was the last time much better managed.
Mr. P. MOORE contended, tbat it was perfectly
regular, that when resolutions of this description
were proposed to be brought upproforaa and printed,
chat they .should'be agreed, to. On this ground be
should Bite his support to • the motion, but without
wishing to go into any discussion. He would sug.
gest, it: the motion were agreed to, to have the reso.
lotions ,printed, :incl:brought forward foe the use of
the Members.
Mr. PEELE observed, that the precedent alluded
to by the Right Hun. Baronet bore n:r relation to the
measure proposed, which could only be recognized
as the precedent of an individual. On the other oc-
casion it Was resolved that a Bill should be brought
in to effect the tepeal of the disabilities of his Ma-
jesty's Catholic subjects; and as the Member for
Liverpool had said, nothing could be more natural
than that the House should be enabled to have a lair
view of the subject ; so that when they saw the dis-
(publications about to be done away, they shou:d
aee the nature tithe securities for their good conduct.
Sir H. PARNsa.r. and Mr. Pfili.l.k; mutually ex•
plained ; after which the Hon. Baronet withdiew his
motion.