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d:iunion. He could not look with appro-
. the practice of preaching sermons to such
and the sooner it was put a stop to the bet-
!e character of the Clergyman, in this in-
, he was nor/ perfectly convinced, was of the
/ipectable kind, and no one, he was sure,
more averse to the propagation of religious
thin that Gentleman, whose name he did not
irtself justified in declaring.
CANNING said, the House would excuse
after what had been said, he should read the
rem the Clergyman. The writer denied that
in, appeared in the procession dressed as a
'a Cardinal, and that these mock clothes had
red in the church. He supposed that the
the Honourable Member had been misru-
led in the report--but he denied having been
NI in any practice for the inflaming of animo-
• that tended to disturb that peace and good-
strictly recommended by the Gospel. The
1.1(m. Gentleman said, that what had fallen
:c lion. Member, both in the way of disavowal
~raise of the Clergyman's character, would be
Liticient to remedy any injury which the for-
gement might have effected.
MANCICSSTER SIAGIST RA TES.
CALCRAFT reminded the Noble Lord op-
the question that he had asked on the pre-
day, and now desired to know if he had any
m to produce the letter written in answer to
Lcd July Ist, from the Manchester Magistrates;
so one written in answer to a letter received
le Lord Advocate of Scotland?
.1 CASTLEREAGH said, if no ground were
,r the production of such a paper, it was not
to give it. The letters laid before the House
:ommunicated to skew the state of the country
time. If the answer were called for, it must
the ground that something had been cnnitr.cd,
:some improper answer had been given, which
hl the House to call for what the Executive
r,ment had not • thought it .necessary to cam-
ate. Ilc did not (as no ground had been laid
production) propose to lay the letter in goes-
!fore the House.
. CALCRAFT knew that if he made a motion
paper, a ground must be laid for its production;
his he had not thought necessary on asking
(Me Lord a question across the table. Since
~ble Lord refused to give the answer to 'the
'.ester Magistrates, he should feel it to be his
..:tsr the Holidays, to move for its production.
nies of " Move, Move,')—lie did not know
might not as well move for it now.
J CASTLEREAGH thought the Hon. Gen-
ought to give notice of such a motion.
CALCRAFT,- though he protested against the
or giving notice being absolute, would do noH
against the ordinary usages of the House; but
alter the recess it was his intention to move for
roduction of the papers he had mentioned. He
Lot then give a notice.
• DISTRESS IN SCOTLAND.
d A.H AMILTON, before bringing forward the
in of which he had given notite, had a Petition
,Assent, to which he begged to call the attention
to House. He begged to call their attention to
misery, wretchedness, and. degradation (in cir-
stances he meant) of the Petitioners, which he
of a nature to demand the most serious at-
of the House. The Petition was from a Pres-
or Assembly of the Ministers of fourteen
wl:o were bound by law and by the practice
Church, to inform themselves of the state of
parishioners, and from their report it appeared,
that part of Scotland It was impossible for
Imings of one man to support** family. It also
.t'lat the poor could not attend Divine Service,
nerly, from the want of decent clothing to ap-
:, while the educatioti of their children was
.:ed from the same cause. Now, though he
A. Hamilton) was aware that nothing could
a.e :gainst the principles of political economy
:flake an advance from the general stock to
tree Cie distress of a particular district, but still
e d;•,-.,n of these Petitioners ought, if possible, to
!:•cc:-:‘,ed. The Petitioners further stated, that no
It-Fez:ion had appeared among their parishioners
~i.c,:going persons attempted to take advantage of
sr tr,obles to inflame their minds. The Petitioners
!kl the House, by finding employment for the
fen., or by other means, to afford relief. The
le Lord observed, that that House would per-
but half its duty, if It enacted only coercive
.sums to repress disaffection, while it overlooked
oases from which that disaifectinn sptung. In
ithion, he begged to say, that there were waste
contiguous to the place where these Petitioners
Mi which might maintain them, and which he
no doubt the owners would willingly give up
that purpose, if it could be made effecwal, by
1g them tithe-free for a number of years, or by
ether arrangement.
The Petition was then brought up.
Mr. KENNEDY said, he was acquainted with
tea tbe Petitioners, and a more moral and intel-
:ent set of men did not exist. Nothing, but some
traf‘rdinary circumstances, could induce them to
forward in this manner. He thought thatthe
of withdrawing from Public Worship, and ab-
.'in:! from the education of their children,„was the
At to: cible of all proofs, of the extent of the dis,
:esS at:lnngSt a people, who were distinguished for
peculiar attachment, to religious observances,
43 h the education of their children. When a peo-
' .1, surrendered long confirmed habits, the exi-
-34Y which forced them to it, must have been, in-

0, eXt.tertle.
W. DE CRESPIGNY hoped that the Plan of
IT. Owen would be acted upon to relieve the Peti-
'4'nets, nr that some other equally efficacious would
be twit.
lArd CASTLEREAGH was sure that no man
-41 kel more for the distress of the sufferers than
'lll,i, but he hoped the Noble Lord would see that
de:lniient could not bring forward any measure
ren,:ve those persons at the expense of another
..art 0: the kingdom without transgressing against
1.
'4. f,; A rules of political economy. The case now
ve them was not peculiar to Scotland. Many
',I England had. to complain of similar distress,
11 ;;:at distress had not been relieved by the pro-
,,t the neighbourhood, as strong a-caae would
~,, ''-en
made out as that now ht before the
'"' ein the present Petition. I)tr°•:lZuld naturally
je"';ii•lAittect of in England, if relief wcrc afforded