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London, England, 1812-04-21 00:00:00

SALtS .iitt AUCTION,

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•CtISTtMRbUSE, LONDON; April ill, Wei
FOlt SALE,
enter of the His. tie dessarrifitwri if his litaleityls COUINISt
Oa. Walsktry• the 21:4 1 Mulder the gad, and Filthy Che
Seth of April instant, at Four o'Ckck to the Af rniotki of
tees said Days precisely, in the Long Room, Custom-hosse,
L
rrHEon, FOLLOWING GOODS,whith ate allotted
-I- in small quanteks, for the better accommodation of the
several Dealers, as well as Ovate Persons, who choose to become
P urshavas.
FOR IMPORTATION.
kart India Prohibited Goode, Ste.
roe some CONOVIRPTION.
•
Spirituous Liquors, Wine, Grocery, Moiher 40' Peafl Salk
.14idee, Canvas Woollen Cloth, Flannel, Hats Gam,
Ilona, Masts, Spars, Oars, Timber, Stave', Empty &Mel, Cam.
brie, Muslin, Table Linen, Towelling. Skewing, Studs Luce,
'Quadrants, Garnets Coruellan Sun" Beads, Necklaces; Ghia-
menu, Lacquered Wars. Glk and Silver Wiret Leather Moves,
Silk Stockings, Telescopesjobaccoikshas and Cinien,coals,4lu.,
Also such Goods as have mimed in his Majatr: Warm"
houses beyond the time limited by the, nut Mauve, or the Duty
paid, viz.
Bugles, Paper, Silk, Silk Hieellewakfsifiegi. date* Flat,
Pot Ash, Sponge, Duos*, Sads.likkfige, Peki4lllfisteard,
pees, Wine. Linen, Brasil Wood, Ind maim aipt Goode, al
mentioned in dm Catalogue. ' " s .• •• •3

euhis Qv au.. *WW2' • '
The .Boata, Masts, Span, Thribur..all4 1141.111/6 *levied at
the Tobsoco Grand, Iligurcliiha • Tkreilleit Watford, to
Hertford<hire. The lahacct; AEss Ist, et Zia the !Lutes
Tobacco Warehouses. Loodut: Loath Wood at the
Latmain Doan; sod all the other Ociaas at lift Majesty's Ware.
bonen, Costombouve, Landon, no Meat* the ttalt, and Taco
dallbaltlat of Apt!, tin*, and on the days of /isle, Mom Mut
is dm Men* went in the Afirrnexia.
• • Where Catalosses tv deliver, .
N. N. fiadi 'Net et this Sale must he palsy«. as it iftinnitra
Ali, Me 14th- If is
181; Iphcomm the doers of Wu soloed is As
worn. end ant m the aArnoi,,sr the /PM, '846 Mere*. la:44*
soktel Arrow farfetkri, and the Usail.reald.rt dfsairse Sale.
The delivery to conintfes on Tuesday, the nth April, lel 2.

CAMBRIDOESHIRL
VALUABLE TF'4IIE FREE ES 61TE—LasaTas redeemed.
TO BE SOLD BY AUC I lON, BY MR. PEYFON,
At the Ram Inn, Newmarket about the first week to May nett,
In several Lots,
AMOST DESIRABLE ESTATE, situate is
the Parishes ef Swagbam, Bulbeck, Bottisham,and SW*
ham Prior, In the County of Cambridge; comprising- a very
excellent Dwelling.house and Farming Offices, sundry detached
linmestalls, and upwards of One Thousand Acres of most ands
lent Arable, Meadow, Pasture, and Fen Land, In a high state of
cultivation, whereof possession may be had at Michaelmas nett.
Descriptive Particulars will snortly be published ; hi the msiao
time application may be made to Mr. James, New Boswell-tootle
Lincoln's Inn, London.

CAMBRIDGESHIithI.
VALU4BII FREEHOLD MANOR. AND trritE,
TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, BY MR.PBYTON,
At the Bell ion, at Hatertil, in the County at Suirolk, about At,
Ent week In May (unless previously disposed at by ?prate
Contract), in several Lots,
I'HE MANOR of SHARDELOWS AttsTNd6
A- TON, in Shudy Camps, together with a very valuable
Estate, for the most part inclosed. situate in, the several Polishes
of Shudy Camps, Horsheath. and Barlow, in the Count bt
Cambridge; and containing near 270 Minot Arable, Made*,
and Pasture Land, let io respectable Tesanu, who are undo'
notice to quit at Michaelmas neat.
Descriptive Particulars will be published previous to Sat.+
To treat for the same, apply to Mr. James, New Boswell-coney
Lincoln's Inn, London.

EAST SIDE OF RUSSELL-SQUARE.
Spacious PAMILY RESIDENCE, with Garden, Coed Alone,
and Five-stall Stable.
To be SOLD by PRIVATE CONTRACT, by Mn ROBINS,
A MOST eligible FAMILY RESIDENCE,
situate on the East-side of Russell•stpareond substkutisely
bulk, containing numerous excellent Apartments, finished in Ott
elegant manner, and planned at ith every convenience for thtac•
commodation of a Gentleman's Family, wirfi numerous excellent
domestic Offices, and a Garden at the back, conununicating wklk
a Coach house and five-stall Stable, Loft and Rooms ovtn
To be viewed, by Tickets, which, with Particulars, may be
had c f Mr. Robins, Warwick/street, Golden-square.

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BY J. CARSTAIR6.
By this New Method any Person may learn, in SA
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wale well mast be allowed by all to be a most neceoury and
useful accomplishment. Any improvement therefore that can
be made to facilitate the obtaining of speed and proficiency in
this art, cannot be unacceptable to the admirers of Penmanship,
and also to those in business. This New Method is widely di&
ferent and entirely distinct from all other Methods lately &dyer.
laud.—Speconetts may be seen, and respectable, references given,
on application to J. Contain, at No.lB, Newcastle-street, strand.
Ladies and Oentlemen may be attended its any part of London
at their own houses.

DR. SQUIRkELL's (Author of the Maxims of
Smith) TONIC POWDERS and DROPS have been pre.
scribed for lndigestioa atld la deeksfoe JO furs with astootshing
success.
These admirable medicine,, bile, plasm,
and water, give strength to the organs of digestion, invigorate the
nerves, remove pain and spasm of the stomach, ezpel wind, pro.
duce an appetite, and correct acidity. They also cure diseases of
the liver, and those incident to warm climates% or too free living.
N. B.The Powders taken alone remedy a ct.stivt habit, remove
obitructlons, lesien diminish heat, carry off fever, cum
the herd-ache, and have singular efficacy in removing a At of In.
&amatory gout.
The Powders 2s. 9d. ar at. The Drops 2s. ed. or As. sold at
the late Tuten, Royal Exchange; Clarke, 269, High..treet,
rough; Mitchell; 9, Charles-street, Solie2square ; and the Pro-
prietor (from Soho-stare), 29, Ciariton-ercet, settlers Town ;
also by all the trholeiale Venders in London.
o.* lkierchairs and Captains of Ships allowed an ample dis-
count. ,

READING SAUCE, for rlsm,-GAMI4 itEAKS. ate.
1 HE great reputation J. COCKS has gained by
a his celebrated READING SAUCE. whkh has for many
years been patronized and tocammended by most of the first Pa..
willies in the Kingdom, tenders it unnecessary for him to make
any comment on its qualities, it is presumed that no Sauce ever
met with such general approbation and externem sale; it is re-
tailed in London by upwardstf 70 of the first 01Ittlen and Fisb..
Monger., and by oue or more principal VI-it Sauer Sellers iu most
cities and market towns In the Kingdom l vrilliwap JAW seven
years In any climate. It h go:eralty ast.d at talit with all torts
of Fish, and is esteemed peculiarly delfriou4 with Gams,
Persil, Hubs*, Runtv-ateaks, and Cold Meat.
As nosey traders are tired% spurious compoeitions of alseknorti,
wbibtheyssißwdistglorace, Cod' catisafers it a duty to owes
to the politic to Infons thew dust pose Arai's:mine bet these waren
have thin words ou sursoimislared Abel o C beaks " Res 5.
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PROPOSED BRIDGEWATER and SEATON CANAL. •
NOTICE is horehy Given, That a GENERAL
MP.): fING of the SUBSCRIBERS to this measure, will
be held at the London Coffee-house, Ludgate-bill. on Saturday,
the Sd day of May next, at Twelve o'Clock at Noon. to take into
consideration the refugal of Mr. Harct.urt to pay the Drafts of tht
Constitute, and on other Special Affairs.
By Order of the Committee,

I. R. CLARKE.

STRAND BRIDGE.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That the Conl-
minee of Directors are ready to receive Tenders for Build- I
ing the Arches, Spandrel) Walls, and Wings, up to the level of
the tops of the Arches of the said Bridge. A specification of the
Works to 1e performed may be had at thet Office of the Cony. I
'any, No. 346, Strand, and at the gogineets' Office, Cuper's-
bridge, Lanilet,b, after the 27th day of April inctart.
All Tendril mast be written In words at length, sealed .up, and
delivered of the Company's Office, 346, Strand, on or befoie
Monday the 25th May next by Twelve o'Clock, indorsed—
" Teniler tot 18Pikliag ;he Arches, &c. of the Strand Bridge.'
. k 1 SAMUEL TAYLOR,
AA be., _ • Chief Clerk andSulicitor.

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A view of illustrating the various Schools of Painting; the cele-
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died upon as an example of the Bolognese Sasso]. Mr. SHARP
. is therefore now engraving this subject upon a scale of 20, by 24
inches, and the Drawing will continue on view for a short time
longer, at SD, Sackviile-street, together with other fine Drawings,
• irons which the Work itself will be executed.
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also to peblish A smaller Work of 711,TERN [NGRAVINGII, upon
Nee scale of Vandyke'. Book of Heads, Illustrative of the Fine
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The principal Artists to be employed in these Works arc,
Morghcn, of Florence; Sh3rp, and Heath, of London; Bansse
of Germany; Muller, of stutprd; and others, who may be
• eonddered as the principal Engravers of the present period, as
well in thin country as abroad; and both works will be under
the direction of William Buchanan, Esq.
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p4RLl4.v.pr4nr PROCEEDINGS.

1401141 Pr t.01p).4, APRIL M.
The Royal Aisetiewai given' by Commission to Lord Wel-
lingtotr's Pension, tbesDebtor's Relief, the Irish Militia Families,
the lri-b Soldiers' Wares the Irish Spirits Warchousing, the
Peniteatiry Hoene, the Cupar! of Fife Gaol, the Thames Nasi-
gation, the Catwater lint rovenient, the Reversion, the Pilots
• litegtila' ion, and she \A'anderet's Bills. '
• '1 he Duke of BEAUFGR'I presented a Petition from the
Corporation of fli-istol, against the Company's Monopoly of the
Trade to the East Indies.—Ordered to lie on the table.
Mr. Has z, from the Bank, presented Accounts'Uttlas total
• number of Bank Notts presented for payment, and retuned, as
being forzed..4irileted,tri lie on the table. "
The I.VlJrlu's of STAFFORD presented a.Petetion teem the
Town cf Kilstonr, in sArordshirl, praying for tbe.oneulrg of
site trade to India.--Ordered to liion the table.
CATHOLIC CLAIMS. , • L•

rity both Co.: Chntch and State. He testgratulated
LONDON. APIUL 20, Ism the House and the country on this unequivocal proof'
A MEETING of MERCHANTS, TRADERS, of liberality among such a very numerous and re:'
in and others, interested in the East India and Chins Trades, spe—csable part of the community—a liberality thaw
to . Port of Loudon, will be held at the City of London Which nothing could more contribute to enable to to
Wave n, on '1 laursday, the esel instant, at Twelve o'Clock, to
take i,•to cumiderstiort the Measures to be adopteal to watch come with honour and safety cut of the desperate+
over and protect their respective interests in the arpmetbing ',„etniggle in which-ste were engaged. .
Di cussion relating to the renewal of the Charter of the East One of the petitions was read, and that, together
la Company. •
The Right Hon. the LORD MAYOR, In the Chair.
tath the rest, were Cirri laid on the table.
will be t4en at one o'clock precisely. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE swirl, that he
bad five petitions to present, three of them from the
Catholics of Cork—from the city of Bristol, TauntoO,
&c. prayingfor a repeal of the Catholic disabilities.
The Petition from Cork was read, and that and
the other two were laid on the table.
PROTESTANTS OF IRELAND,
The Noble Marquis then stated, that the other two
petitions were of a different description. They week
from the Protestant Nobility and Gentry of Ireland,
and from the Protestants residing in and about Lon-
don connected with Ireland by birth or property.—
Several other petitions of the same descriptions were
to be presented, he understood, the signatures amoun-1
ting to no less that 8000. It was impossible for him'
to speak with certainty from his own knowledge ;
but he was informed, and believed, that the peti-
tioners, who were favourable to the removing the
Catholic disabilities, comprised a majority of the
landed proprietors of Ireland, who were fully persua-
ded that the best way to secure that property, was to
make the concessions claimed. He had only to Te...
quest that their Lordships would look at the signa-
ture% to these two petitions. There they would find
many Members of their Lordships' House possessing
great property in Ireland, and thinking that the re-
moval of these disabilities, instead of endangering,
formed the best defence of their property. There
they would find a large portion of the owners of per.
sonal property holding out the removal of the disabi-
lities as conducive to their interests. There they
would find many Members of the learned and mili-
tary
professions decidedly favourable to the Catho-
lics, and disclaiming that monopoly which you esta-
blished in their favour, because they thought that
their country would be best served by the abolition of
all of these exclusive advantages. There they would
find, and to their honour be it spoken, a considerable
number of the parochial clergy of the established
church in Ireland, who were desirous that the inteiesta
of that church should be protected in the only way
in which they could be maintained—the abolition of
civil disabilities on account of religious opinions. He
would not go any fat ther into the subject at present,
as that would only be anticipating the discussion of
to-morrcw : but he had thought it right to make
these few observations, as the petitions to which they
chiefly referred, were of a different description from
any that had formerly been presented on the same sub.
ject.—The petitions were read, and laid on the table.
Earl FITZ WILLIAM presented a petition from
the Catholics of the County a Wexford, praying for
the abolition of the penal laws against the Catholics.
Laid on the table.
Lord HOLLAND and the Duke of DEVON-,
SHIRE also presented petitions to the same effect. I
Laid on the table.
PETITION AGAINST THE CATHOLICS.
Lord GRENVILLE then rose and observed, that
after their Lordships had heard petitions from a body
form'ng a fourth part of the population of these king-
doms, praying for redress of a grievance, the pressure
of which they had long felt and deplored—alter they!
had heard these petitions seconded by so many cf,
their Protestant fellow subjects, he had now a petition
to present of a very different description. It was a
petition from the University of Oxford, playing that
the Catholic claims might not be granted. This pe-
tition had been sent to him, to be laid before their
Lordships ; and from the relation in which he had
the honour to stand—and a very high honour he 1111-

The Earl of DONOUGHMORE• presented a I questionably considered it to be—with regard to that
venerable body, he had not hesitated a moment in ac-
thetetition from the Catholics of Ireland, containing
ceding to the request : but while he, in the discharge
usual prayer for relief. His Lordship stated that
are opinions of the whole of the Catholics had been of his duty, presented this petition to their Lordships,
?taken in such a manner as authorised him in assert-
he felt it due to himself to declare, that his own opi-
ing, that the petition spAe the sense of the whole
area was totally and utterly different from that con-
body cf Irish Catholics. He had also several yeti: rained in the petition. As his name necessarily
-tions from different towns and counties, to the same appeared to that petition, he made this declaration in
order to prevent any
;wrong conclusion that might
effect, one of which had been transmitted for presen-
otherwise have been drawn from this circumstance.
sation to a Noble Friend of his, who was unfortu.
i
He completely disapprsived of the prayer of the pe-
rely prevented by indisposition from attending the
mum, which he was tun)? convinced, instead of pro-
,
otise for that
.pu..pose. These petitions their Lord— mum,
would, if long acted upon, infallibly defeat
gips would-find to be couched in the most respectful
terms • the petitioners urging their claims with firm-
the object which they had in view. He was bound
ness indeed, but at the same time, in a tone of dig- I also to declare, that though this was the act of the
majority, and therefore of the Corporation, it did not
nitied moderation worthy cf the justice of their cause I
as formerly pass unanimously, but had been opposed
and the dipity of those whom they addressed. He 1
by the Vice Chancellor, two Proctors, and some heads
did not feel it necessary to say any thing farther at
present, as the subject would receive ample discussion I of houses, as well as others, comprising altogether
to-morrow. almost as much talents, learning, integrity, and wis.
dom, as had ever existed among any body of men.—
The first Fetitign was then read, and ordered to
But let it not be supposed that he meant to derogate
be laid on the table. The Petitions from Kilkenny,
from and other places, were also laid on the table. the weight and consideration to which such a
CA MOMS OF ENGLAND..
. petition was entitled. What they asked of their'
Lag GREY stated, that be had in his hands Pe-
Lordships was this, not to listen to the petitions of
tition to the same effect as the petition from the Ca-
millions of their fellow subjects. He would not re-
tholics of Ireland, from the Catholics of England.—
quest their Lordships not to listen to them ; on the
He could also assert that it contained the sense of i contrary, he requested their Lordships to weigh these
petitions in the balance against each other, midi a
numerous. The cause
the whole body, though the signatures were not very ;
!''`arty prayer, that the scale of justice might prepon.
of this was, that a petition had !r
de:ate. He agreed with the petitioners, in the desire
first been prepared, yeferring to the petition presented
to protect that establishment, which he, as well as
by them last year. In this form he thought be could .
not otrer it to the House, and another. was prepared; ;they, thought to be greatly endangered ;—though
they differed widely as to the quarter from which that
but it was impossible in such.a.shott time to assemble :
danger arose. He concluded with praying to GOLItA
in so large a body as before ; but still their Lord- •
;that the decision of their Lordships might be such as,
ships would find that ton petition wasdigned by all
Id hi most conducive to the best interests of this'
the Catholic, Pee Wend
.4 marl of the Cirdw le I 3"%su
gentry. .A more srespectable body,. or one more vas country.
Thie petition then
luable in every view, did not 'exist ; and he hopecr•! was read and ordered to lie on
their Lordships would be
;disposed to afi\rd them the tebte'
that relief which the} had so well merited, both by l'ho Earl of LAUDERDALE gave notice of a
the hi.rdshirs to which they had been subecied, as motion for Friday, respecting certain additional forms
j
by the steady loyalty and attachment to the Censti-
Of licences.—adjourned.
tution which they had so long evinced,
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'the Petition.W- as read, antLtid on the table. HOUSE OF COMMONS.i
1 A Afferlage from the Lords informed the House thattbeir
Earl GREY their stAtma--,—, that he 114 d Petitions in •
(mini of the Catholic Clahios, and the Lor bt slvti a, • ti t
abolition of • 4Pc.. -r" to
the
Legal Quaffs
WI".
Lord_ 1.. GOWER presented a Pelt' on from the i Alibi.
all civil disabilities on'account of religious di tigrences, tionsof Bilig,ol3, as tilt' Mr. nT.tNNIFOIc'.I4I one (rot certain
from Kingston on Hull, Manchester, sllnlvicl: on .tner.i.....ebent.ht of Hon, and M. I,:ailuitsT one fromkbristo). ,
mead oftbe Fast India Company's Charter.
Tweed, and front various parts of the Northern
f":74.teir,tr„lluji.p.u,(ol7:s4;4 6n 4,c,,,buttut the numb,e of btampa
Counties, York, Dutham, &c. These petitions were
signed, not merely by Catholics, but by'all dcs44:- &red to nYt.4lll the table. • uond "A'
1315
. last
thrte
Yea"'
2...
COTO of Dissenters from the established' Church, and ' • Me. HAS[ presented an account of the amount of stamped
by the Bank up to the I
dodollars and tokens isfuettlathth of 1 0.111,
by many members of ale- Church of Engnid, who Ordered obe ou the table.
jiffy such a Collc.eStiioTl 38
as tlie best Ka). .AP:.renc,,i• from' the Bank roam an uevant ok die
a.9'. .

of the khans belong* to the several Pattie Mites !yin* in
die Sank at the end of each week, front the path of October, I
lei!, the rlth of April, 18111. Ordered to lie on the table.
Mr. FITZGERALD said be should, to-morrow, move an
Address to his Royal Histuuss the Prince Reams, requestlug
bent to suspend the &dation of spirits from grain in Irfland.
Sir F. bURDE yr praadated a Petition from a person ruined
by the misconduct of excloo-olikers. Themes bad been by per-
jury charged and convicted of default; and bla propesty, to the
' amount of Z5OlOO, was soil off by the §bette to recover Xien.
I'lle Board of Excise had entered the inussactiou ou their books
•as a conspiracy of excise officers. The Petition of Samuel Flit.
ebrr. brewer, Westnilastcr, was then read, and ordered to lee
oo the table.

Mr. PONSONBY moved, that the Eschequtr Account. (pre.
seated to-day) eboald be printed. Ordered.

ROMAN CATHOLICS Of EMJLA\D•

Mr. ELLIOTT saki, that he held In his hand a Petition from
a highly respectable, he might say, from a hied); illustrious,
portion of our countrymen—he meant the Roma/W.4llwlaes Lit
England. It would be t• the House and. the Empire a naelaus
;holy repection, that two years ago this presentation was made
by. Mr. Windh.un ; a man, whose ample endowments and emi.
nent talents rendered him equal to any task, hostess great.--
Unfortunately for the country, these shining qualifications were
snatched away at a time when were pre eminently rental.
site for the good of the country.-Herr, hear f—The topics in-
sisted on in the present Petition were similar to those introduced
Lin the former, which Mr. Windham had presented. It appear-
ed that the Catholics of England were peculiarly situated. In
Canada the Catholics enjoyed the same privileges with their Pro-
testant brethren : in England they did act possess the same ad-
vantages which were possessed by the Catholics of Ireland. They
cannel' vote, cannot be Members of an English University, can-
; not be Magistrates, cannot hold a Commission in the Army or
Navy ; and tins is the situation of men whew names cannot be
read without calling to recollection the must brilliant sru is the
Annals of England—names numbered among hs heroes and the
founder, of its dontestre liberties : and even subsequent to the kerne-
-1 matter' these men bad led the arniks and navies of their cmattry
to victory against the Catholie enemies of their country. 'they
respectfully solicit a partkipetion in the remaining rights of the
country, that they may rally round and make a cummen stand
in defence of England -.-(Cries of hear, hear.)
The Petition was then read, sap ordered to lie en the table
amid the cbeeis of the House:

PETITION OF IRISH PROTESTANTS HI FAVOUR OF THE

eA I'HOLIC.9.

Mr. M. FITZGERALD brought op a Petition from the Pro-
testant Proprietor, in Ireland in favour of the Catholic claims; a
petition perfectly new and unprecedented in the amount of the
petitioning property, and new as coming from Protestants os.
1 such a subject. He had no hesitation in saying, and to provoke;
contradiction if he was wrong be would repeat the assertion, that
this petition spoke the seine of a decided majority of the Prates.
cant property in Ireland' both landed and commerciaL It did not,
indeed, contain the names of all who were friendly to its princi.
pie, partly because it did not demand any specific condition from
the Catholics, and partly oe account of the late disturbances in
Ireland. Against this petition all the influence which Govern-
ment could use had been notoriously and indecently used.lile,
se, from Mr. W. PaLr). Since he was defied he would prove it.
The important office of Sheriff .had been interfered with. The
Gentleman who was to have been Sheriff in the ensuing year,
I had been set aside merely because tin person who recommended
' him had signed the Protestant petition: Individuals.in public si-
tuations had been indirectly thrraceued with the loss of office, if
they affixed their signatures ; and the most violent menaces were
employed against tenants of Government to territy them from
signii.g, with the hope of defeating a petition which afforded so
strong a proof of the extending liberality of the country. There
was one circumstance which gave him peculiar plea.ure4--it was,
that the most numerous signatures came from the North of Ire-
land, a part formerly particularly hostile to the Catholic claims ;
but which now, be was happy to my, was converted to a more
lenlarged way of thinking. The petition might have obtained
many more signatures if there had been any canvassing foe the
purpose. It bad been, however, signed by the most respectable
landed proprietors in Ireland; and he conceived himself justified
in saying, that it spoke the decided sense of the greater pan of
the Protestant property of Ireland.
Mr. WELLESLEY POLE did not mean to deny the assertion
of the Right Hun. Gentleman, but he declared that it was the
very first time he had ever heard it stated that the great majority
of the Protestants of Ireland were in favour of the Catholic
' claims. He was sure that the Irish Government had not used any
undue influence, or any influence at all, to prevent the Protestanta.l
from s plug the petition, and that the Duke of Richmond would
never have lent himself to such a business. He bad Dever before
heard that which had been asserted to-night as to the appoirrUntat 1
of a Sheriff on those priocples.
Mr. 11 r ZGERALD stated, In explanation, that a Gentleman
had been designated as Sheriff of the county of Carlow ; but upon
his signing the PfOttf: ant Petition, another had been appointed
in his place. He knew, and could prove, many instances, where
individuals, holding public situations, bad been deterred by ma
naces from signing the petition.
Mr. POI.E said, that he believed that the Sheriff of the county
of Carlow was appointed, as is usually done, Ott tile recommen-
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selves wish the property of /Mask red pima diulisrleei er4
the protection of the laws of their native emery. It was
for use Learned Gradation to mei ibierwd with his coojeetw
when be coufessed that he had no pomade ofe
know
assert that the Petitions already presumed wete fie'
.84aggi
signed.
Mr. POLE CAREW spoke to order. He thew* that tip
durable Baronet's tpeech was chitty In Alden to a tonne
hit JOHN NEWPORT oliesrved• Oka* le the Lowey Daft
had published a speech en this very topic, he had a rr. to moil
to the assertions contained in it. He aisalndvd with isseeing that
the Petition be brought op.
Doctor DUICENAN cheemed, then the Heseurable &eem
seemed like Harlequin in the play, wlio bulk up his htb sad
plaister men, for the planers et knocking them down .. he
no put of his speech had be anteind to tie Countyef Wwmpeg
and he wutild advise the Honourable Baronet to reserve t hia
gnome to Thera* end net to antisipete beemeee. Vb'L
woad better salt that mamas ty.
The Pet Pion was then read, and ordered to be on the table.
Mr, HU TCHINSON postponed to as indellidte paid. his
motion for the repeal of the Unlit, which stood Sae the ipdi
meant ; at the same dyne, by bad not reStiquidd his pienes
of brio/Ong it forward this Seising*.
Mr. tiOßNha postponed tin Wednesday Wad* his pi.
dm respecting the olicc of Calomel Whisks.

GOLD Cpl. KU.
The CHANCELLOR ef the EXCHEQUER Mead lb
Order .1 the Day for bringing up the'repist of Ms Mt
Mr. POLE CARE objected a that part .[the NI "bids
prohibited the giving more for prams that *dr __al mhos
Phis was coaverting into a crime eh act Irlikk,
ws, neither a political oor moral Mama.ad ayemamletio,
which It was besides Impossible to prima.
Sir T. "lURTON aaseded, that beim*, mums weft.
tended to Ireland, a Cosandttee ought se have seeeired ime dip
nate of the prelacy. and of she knees emereets in that peet
of the amustry. iles war in the Palm* nu, dw bawd*
gull& which swallowed up the ',paladin mad thee:waft rattail
country : while It emidnuad, specie could Nat poinew►*au.
Hon. He was ban, a hear that Immures had this day hilt
received from France; and be hoped they would at Mast ream
the due coasideradou if Milphiters.
Mr. TAYLOR argued against the EA frees tin free tfyp
parer currency of America,.( France, and of Amnia. Hear
tailed that there was nothing In the Beak, er the Gownera%
that would exempt oar paper currency [rem slab, deptidake.
A Member (whose name we could het Ism) spoke EA
but with some warmth, against the Bilk The efforts of the
Lord (Cmilereagli) in tile North of Ireland. were deg ede
wished to kill two birds with one stone ; bet be would mem go .
N.ble Lord, that be reckoned without his best, end dot k
would require more tacnteu than he imagined to retire lit
name to ha original brightness.
Lord FOLKS PONE opposed the DUI, shirty on *egad
of its makipg that a crime In law which was no efface +pig
morals. The Bill was is fact noddies less than a temptaranito
crime. Previoudy to the cewation of comb payment, die ne.
• victim' for 'sugary were hut four ; and dnee that periodtkept#
increased to 471. The SW also would have the effect et en
purfain law
Into would interfere with of the
Lady entered
In Ireland. He mead an anwedmint,
tine reports, instead of area, be received this day Wig MOW
Mr. SIMEON spoke in favour of the 84
Sir JOHN NEWPORT opposed iv.
Mr. hI'NA UGHTEN spate le Weer
Mr. JOHNS! ONE spoke against the itepor°bfegitleliSt
up. He said the Sill would be destructive of the
;
and the only difference between as aid foreign maim war.**
they bounded into bankruptcy in three or tar years, while we
sbou'l be longer in doing so; but say what Ministers midi, k
must come to the same end at last.

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Mr.VANSITIAIt r was favourable to the regoft behig bra*
up. He said we were no doubt in a state of Meshy ma ow
berms:Dent, but &sled that Dank notes were st el
He bellowed a great =olty of the House the
sad a math greater majority of the Dal m ; sod therefore k
his hearty await.
Mr. HORNS& desught the bill amend to him esespdeselle
In all its parts, sad he thought its Wass would be misetimen
sod mimosa

Mr. BARING. though be &Eked the measure, du* lib-
solutely necessary; fee this maubiaery onOovetinewt wait p
oel ; and he did am see hew it Wulf do se widest tbh bIL
A division mob plese--Por bringing up the Ilepset«Allie
Against 1t...49. The report wee brought up ad area te.
Lord A. HAIIILT•11. Mr. Jose VIIO NZ end Mr. W.Tarase
proposed datum, each of which was
l'utt CHANCELLOR of the EXCST/tElied .ascents
bal Assam:mane to make to the Bill, owed Work kw
committed ; which was accordingly d 0.., the aspect reciad,
end the Bin ordered to be read t third dew this day.
Mr. 1. REMANTLE moved that Abere be had beta, Ws
House an account of the buiidinp and quantity onsed prebar4
and rt ntrd in Gloucestershire for barracks, and she le (Met/.
Is-bonne) Mary-ls bonne Park.
At two o'clock the House adjourned to this
THE CATHOLIC PETITION.
The following is the Address of the Bel CIW
tholics df Ireland, to the Panics Remiss

dation of a person high in office, whom Government usually con.
stilted on that occasion, to know the charantrs of the diffierent
Gentlemen proposed.
Doctor DUIGENAN said, that this was a smuggled Petition,
of which no fair notice was given to the Pr,,te•tants at large. He
believed that it had not been signed by an hundredt.: pan of the
property, or a thousand' is part of the numbers of the Protestants
of Ireland. He himself never had seen the Petition.

Mr. PARNELL wondered bow the learned Doctor could make
so positive an assertion about the signatures to a Petitior. which
he had never seen. The names, however, of the petitioners were
printing, and it would be then seen what rank they bore among
the Protrs. ant proprietors.
Sir GEORUE HII.L said, that to his knowledge there was no
interference of Government to check pititionmg in the part of
the country from which he came. He believed that no t;eotk-
man was justified in stating to the House so confidently, that the
majority of thq Protestants of 'Halpern were favourable to the
Catholic Claims. He believed that in the province of Ulster
they were generally not favourable; but if Parliament thought
proper to grant them, they would bend to the decision of the
Legislature.

Mr. HUTCHINEON contended, that as far as the sense of
the Protestant men of Property in Ireland could yet be collected, .
it was decidetlly in favour of the C.:tbolie claims. There ap-
peared to be lately a very great revolution in sentiment on this 1,
subject. Wheii the Piteestants and Catholics were completely !
united, he thought nu Minister would dare to resist their claims. i
Mr. FrIZGERALD said, that even io the north, the cosn-
mercial pros arty a !every and Belfast was favourable to the
claims, which in the other parts of the Kingdom had been sup-
ported, nut only by the principal landed proprietors, but by the ;
commercial interests of Dublin, Cork, Limerick, Waterford,
and other lair mties and towns.
Dr. DUWENAIs; declared, that he had seen some of the first
mercantile characters in Dublin, who reprobated the Petition.
He knew it was supported by one commercial family of end.
nonce in that city, anti that the Petition itself had been carried
about to the inferior shopkeepers, who were desired to sign it
and threatened with a combination agatnst their business it the;
refused. This was a very improper method of obtaining *igloo
tures, and therefore he had u.ed the epithet of smuggling the
Petition. He knew, that in a certain town lu the 'loath of Ito-
land, the Presbyterian Minister was the only persm that signed
the Petition; and the consequence was, :hat he was deserted,
turned out of his charg:, a td e 4 ed a Joe.. by hi. c.buereg..i..a.
Mr. CRAIG declared, that ;hi eti-tointlis of th. Pic:46.41.s ro-
poution of Beast were taloupide to it.: Cattride
Mr. LATOUCHE denied that the had ut his fantit, ha.l aftd
the Indirect and improper methods alluded to by the I.4:eith
Gentleman (Dr. Dusgenitti) for promoting subscripzious. killt re-
lative at one time opposed the Ca% 4elic claims, but now he hail
seen his error, and late event. Lail taught him that they ought to
be complied with.

" SUILWITU,
"That we humbly qproada your Royal Highillusess disowns
dian of the Huuour and interests of this Ordt BROM asilles'
awns respectfully to whisk to your Repot Comidetutiolis az!"
culler condition under the Penal Laws now is ((less priest la
" The generous and elevated character Will alli NV
Ireland have ion bets taught to attach to thsamoefloor
Highness, has isupreszed us with the pleating wallies.
the glorious work of &Mutually rtfileving the Ram o Colithen4
these Realms from their pummel afferkgs, boo how
foe your gracious and happy interred*r in oar ham
" We have pubhcly and solemnly talon every oath d
and Xlegiatice, which the jealous ambito( the
3
from tine to time, imposed as Tests Id Mt sad
Principles. And although We are still sot Om woman
mai= to
every seotinstst of Honour!) as if of &Ai is*"
our sworn Declarations. We can appeal mi It 1118114
lids which We and our Forefather* have lag MB_
we acill make (rather than violate macho" bylddel wlll,
_,
a Spiritual import contrary to oar balisf)m dockivallemsollir
pr ofound reverted lot the sacred obligee's il 0 0141.
" By those awful Tests we akOVe booed surogess kat=
Bence of the All seeing Deity, whoa all dots of
adore, " To be faithful, and boar i true Alleging, to an tent
" Gracious Sovereign Lord King George the Tided, NA lilt
ttsowthhaetsist)ena:stert
spinster ma pok:percriaihagainstcrwoiall curiecludijalow_ 11.;
"" adtufeesTip
" to use our utmost amideavutue to disclose sod se* haws as
.. his Majesty, and-his Heirs, all 'I ramose Ng Tramcar Coo-
" spiracles, which may be formed wing Ms of thish ad
" tuthfsby to ruabitaiu, lappet, sea defend, to the stood ar
" our power, the succession to the Crown as his WOO br
" rilliTo against all persons sebossaeveri--lbst by dose Oillks
" We have renounced and abjured olsodsesce ad alk#lll.ol
" any other Person cW..-ning or pretending a right ill die Cli"
" of this Reaarn s and we have rejected, as snider a/ Mr
" pions to believe, the detestable docent" the is is 111411. II
" any ways, to injure any pram or parsons whismoney. elk!
" pre tame of their being heroics—And also that sotheisdnalso
" tinplate I risielple, that no faith is to be kept with tientle',
" that It is no article of our faith, and We rourcescoi feint. am
" abjure ;he °panted, that Princes ezeomnuancated by tbe. .Pors
'• and Council, or by any authority whatsoever, may he 0,10.1
' ur murdered by their •sibjects, or by any person utistoseare-
to That we d i nut behove that the Pope at Ram. ec art_tit
0, tore*" Prince, Prelate, State or Potentate, MIN err as llmi•-
"'hive, any temporal or civil State,
ring, ImPlingiwY'
`• or pre-eminence within this Realm.—That We firmly billevee
" that tin Act, in i•self unjust, unmoral, or ukktiti a° deg is
a• justthed or excused by, or under pretax* or Moat that nun
" done for the good of the Chards, or in obidiace to sny lc:
" clesiatical rower whattosiorer-And dot it is not as ankh c
" the Catholic Faith, neither are We thereby retririd t'blirstwi2
"or proftes that the Pope is infaikhles or tit" Ws w"
to any Order, in its own nature immoral, shoo. die=
" or any Ecclesiast-cal Power, should Niue or direct soth
" bat thu clothe contrary We bold, shit it w°46l‘ 'bes
iieasi g
eig
"us to pay any respect or obedience thereto.--I hat wi -
....
in
" believe that any s whita.ever, committed by as, 00 11""
-t —. or dal
“ given at the mere will of any lope,, or o• ---,Ohio,
'"Persian or tenons whatsoever, tut that mey POPO ,_11111...in.
" dives absolution, without a swam mow 60E00 la., ...n..
" a Bran sod sincere radiation so wad auerrs."llol"
" to Gee, so fir from obtaining for! aalhJlLll,..AdAypail. glillt
44 lOclits 4se 1144a911•1 it el 1111.1"
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1 Colonel VEREKER woyki say, that the great maisiri!y of the •
emumercL3l population of I.lliterkk were not favtxrable to dr
PFetition. !
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•
'lle Petition was then laid on the table.%
Sir JOHN NEW POW/. said, he held in his hand a Petition
from the Catholics of the town and country of Waterford, praying
the removal of the disatirdies under wlocn they laboured. It was
signed by a large body of Men, respectable both for the cimmer-
oat and landed property Which they po,sesnxi, and which, col.:
leetively, was *teatsr than' he believed the Learned Doctor was
disposed to allow to the whole Catholic populatlon of Ireland.
There were men a-anittg them, who, after haying acquired their
fortunes In differftit parts of the strurld, bad purchased forfeited
eitates to the anima' of at rat 409,1100, 144'00044 *NW

t aate dekapores
1
• blleakitent," We de Laud Ina firmly pliriza
,kgtoeMtbile °utmost of 'hi power,. the settlement tin ar-
is basement of property lb Ifelatid, as establithod by the Laws
• nor in being. That we have declared, disavowed, and so-
ss wanly abjured; any Intention to subvert the present
.Church
es Establishment, for the purpose of substituting a Clethohe Estab-
• Raiment in it* stead. ..
o And we have solemnly sworn that We will not exercise sip
s privilege to which We are or may become entitled, to disturb
ss and weaken the Protatant Religion, or Protestant Government
es is Ireland.' . .
a We can with perfeit truth assure your Royal Highness, that
0e political and moral principles, asserted by these solemn and
weed Tests, are not merely in unison with our filed principles,
Oat espressif inculcated by the Religion width we profess..
a Aod We do most humbly trust that, as professore of Doe-
irises, Whkis peers* such Testa to be taken, w albeit app ear to your
Royal Highness to be entitled to the full enjoyment of Religious
freedom, under the happy Constitution of these Realini.
. •
" Fiequently has the Legislature of Ireland borne testimony
the indiums peaceable demeanour of the Irish Roman Cacho.;
totic their acknowledged merits as good and, loyal subject; to
the wisdom and sound policy of admitting them to all he bless-
legs of a free Constitution, end of thus binding together all cluses
Of the People by mutual interest and mutual affection.
it Yet we mayhumbly represent to your Royal Highness, and
redo so at this perilous crisis with sincere regret anddeep solid-
hat the Roman Catholics of Ireland still remain subject
So revere and humiliating laws, rigidli enforced, universally telt;
and inflicting upon them users injurious and vexatious disablli,
ties, Incepacities, privations, and penalties, by reason of their con-
acientiows adherence to the religious doctrines of their forefathers.
" For beady the entire period of the last 20 years, the pro-
• of boon; freedom has been obstructed; and whilst other
Sft's
Christian nations have hastened to unbind the fetters imposed
bpon religious dissent, the Roman Catholics of Ireland have re-
mained unrelieved.
4' the laws, *Lich unequivocally attest our innocence and our
Merits, continue to load us with 'the pains of guile; our'owh con-
eciences, the voice of mankind, acquit us of crime and offence.
Our Protestant fallow-citizen/ press forward with generous ar-
dour and enlightened benevolence, to testify their earliest wishes
for our relief. Yet these Penal Laws, of which we humbly-eons-
plain, cherish the spirit of hostiLty, and impede the cdrdlal union'
of err people, which Is at all times so desirable, and now so ;IC-
itssaaa.
" These Penal Laws operate for no useful or meritorious pus..
pose. Affording no aid to the Constitution in Church or State,
set attaching affection to either, they ale efficient only for objects
of ?Amnion and disaffection.
" fhey separate the Protestant from the Catholic, and *A-
gra* both from the, public good ; they irritate man against his
fellow-creature, alienate the subject front the State, and leave the
itoman Catholic cominsinity but a precarious and imperfect pro-
bation as the reward of fixed and unbroken allegiance.
6 We forbear to detail the numerous incapacities and inconve-
hisnces inflicted by those laws, direcily or indirectly, upon the
Amen Catbolic community; 'or to dwell upon the humiliating
toad ignominious system of exclusion, reproach, and suspicion,
Which they generate and keep alive. Perhaps no other age or,
nation has ever witnessed severities more vexatious, or inflictions
sure taunting, than those which we have long endured; and of
which but too large a portion still remains.
" Relief from there disabilities and penalties We have sought,
tbrOugh every channel that bas appeared to us to be legitimate
sadaligible. We have never consciously violated, or sought to
vioaire; the known laws of the land ; nor have we pursued our
abject in any othet manner than such as has been usually adha-
ed to, and apparootry the be* calculated to collect and commu-
tate our united sentiments accurately, without tumult, and to
obviate all pretext for estsrting that the Roman Catholic corn-
*sanity it large were indifferent to the pursuit of their freedom
" We Can affirm with perfect sincerity, that we have no latent
lyiews to realiie, no secret or sinister objects to attain. Any such
imputation must be effectually repelled, as we humbly concave,
by the cobsideratioe of our numbers; our property, our known
principles, and character.
Our object is avowed and direct, earliest, yet natural; it ex-
tends to an equal participatibn of the civil rights of the Corastitu-
!ion dour country, equally with our fellow-subjects of all other
religious persuasions : it extends no further.
" We Would cheerfully concede the enjoyment of civil and re-
ligious liberty to all -mankind : we ask no mere for ourselves.
" We seek not the possession of offices, but mere eligibility to
office. in common with our fellow-citizens; not power or ascen-
dancy over any class of people, but the bare permission to rise
from our prostrate posture, and to stand erect in the Empire.
sl We have been taught that according to the pure and prat.
deal principits of the British Constitution, property is justly en-
titled to a proportionate share of power; and we humbly trust
that nareasonable apprehension can arise from that tower which
tan only be obtained sad exercised through the Constitution.
" We are senSible, and we do not regret, that this equality of
Civil tights (which alone we humbly sue for) w.ll leave a fair
paactical ascendancy wheresoever property shall predominate ;
buts whilst we recognize and acknowledge the wholesomeness of
this great principle, we cannot admit the necessity of the unqua-
lified disfranchisement of any part of the people, in a Constitu-
tion like that of thew realms.
" We are gratified by the resection, that the attainment of
this but Constitutional object will prove as conducive to the wel-
fare and security of this great empire, as to the complete relief of
the Roman Catholic community ; that it will secure the quiet
and concord of our country ; anituata all classes of people in the
common defence, and form the most stable protection against the
dangers which heavily menace these islands.
" For we most humbly presume to submit it to your Royal High-
' nets, as dur film opinion, that an equal degree of enthusiasm
cannot re:tenably be expected front men, who feel themselves
excluded from a fair participation of the blessings of a gcod Con-
stitution and Govrnunent, as from time who fully partake of it s
advantages; that the enemies of this empire, who meditate its
spjegition, Mend their bast hope of success upon the effects of
rave Penal Laws, which, by depressing millions of the inhabi-
tanu ref irslaud, may weaken thine attachment to their country,
and impair the means of its defence : and thu continued pressure
of these Laws, hi times' of unesanipled danger, only spreads the
;tarsi feeling of distrustful alarm, and augments the risks of
common ruin.
" To avert. such evils, to preserve and promote the welfare
and security of this empire, and to. become thoroughly identified
With our fellow-subjects in interests and affection, are objects as
precious in our eyes, upon every consideration of property, prin-
ciple and Moral duty, as In those of any other description of the
inhabitants of these realms.
" lf, in thus humbly submitting our depressed condition and
our earnest hopes to the consideration or your Royal Highness,
we would dwell upon the great numbers, and the property of the
Roman Catholics of Ireland, already so considerable and so ra-
pidly increasing, and to their consequent most important contri-
bntimis to the exigencies of the State—ewe would do so, not
with a view of exciting unworthy motives for concession, but in
the
honest hope of suggeatiug legitimati and rational grounds of
coustitutional relief.
4' And deeply indeed should we lament, if these very recom-
mendations should serve only to hold us out as the objects of
harsh suspicion at home, or of daring attempts upon our elk..
giatce from abroad.
_ " May we then, with hearts deeply interested in the fate of
this our hurnlae sapplication, presume to appeal to the wisdom
and benignity of your Royal Highness on behalf of a very nu-
taerout,indttorious, affectionate, and faithful body of people----
the Roman Catholics of Ireland.
." And to pray, that your Royal Highness may be pleased to
take_ into your favourable consideration the whole of our condi-
onla—our numbers, our services, our merits, arid our suCerings.
_ " And, as we are conscious of the purity of our motives ad
the integrity of our principles, we therefore humbly pray to be
restored to the *rights and privileges of the Constitution of our
c ountry; to be freed from all Penal and disabling Laws in force
agairat us on account of our Religious Faith; and that we may
thereby become more worthy, as well as more capable, of pro-
"inking the service of the Crown, and the substantial interests of
Chia great empire, now committed to the unrestricted wisdom of
Tow Royal Highness.

Disserrses —At the close of the Leeds Sessions last week,
antral persons made application to have the oaths administered
to them as Dissenting 'I eachers ; but the RLCORDEZ stated, that
the Court was not empowered to administer them after twelve
o'clock. He also stated the difficulties which had lately risen in
the Interpretation of the Toleration Act, and that, on this ac-
count, it would be better to defer their appUcuion until the ie-
Wee of the Comet likes Beath was known.