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London, England, 1819-01-22 00:00:00

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his duty to transmit the Petition, when received from
Liverpool, to the Secretary of State, as if he had
been •.7holly ignorant of the merits of the case. Un-
fortunately it had happened that that morning,
occupied by business (not of his own, but of the
public), he had not turned to the. letters of the
(lay so soon as he usually did, and in consequence
of this, he had unknowingly detained the Peti-
tion some hours. He thought it fair to state this,
that it might be- known that through him it was
for a time kept from the Secretary of State.—
He was in the habit of requesting his con‘tittients,
in cases where their applications must, if at all, be
attended to immediately, to send a copy of what
they might have to transmit. to him, and the original
to the Department to which they desired to have
it forwarded. . Unluckily, on this occasion, doubtless
from a wish to save delay, no copy was forwarded
but that sent to him, and this arriving on a day when
the letters usually come late—on a Monday—and on
a morning when, from circumstances which had been
already explained, he had not been induced to turn
to the letters of the day with his usual eagerness, had
caused altogether a delay of some hours, for which
he was anxious that no one should be held respon-
sible but himself. He belled he might be excused
for defending the Noble Secretary of State from a
charge which would go to the heart of any man, and
tvhich, whatever opinion mi;;lit he abroad to the con-
trary, he was sure would most dcply aftt;ct the Noble
Lord efrai:.st whom it had been urged.
Sir iir.mly PARNELL complained that the
Speech took no notice of the Roman Catholics of
lroland. Ile cb,crvod, it must be matter of surprise
that no fewer than seven of his Majesty's Ministers
professed to be ilicadlyto Catholic Emancipation.
31e could not see hcw they could reconcile their con-
duct, as Ministers and Members of Parliament, with
political consistency or political honesty. Till the
Catholic Question was finally settled, th'ere could be
no remedy for the evils of Ireland. The present was
a fit time for the adjustment of their claims, and he
was sure the Catholic Body was prepared to come
before Parliament in a spirit of moderation, and to
yield all security that could reasonably be demanded.
The question was one which ought to remain uncle,
cided, as the disqualifying of so many millions of fel-
low-subjects, without some good and sufficient rea-
sons were shewn for it, became an act of flagrant in-
justice. Standing here the representative of a very
respectable body of Catholics, he felt it to be his duty
to protest against the conduct of Government, in
postponing the adjustment of these important claims
from Session to Session as they had done for many
years.
• Mr. TIERNEY did not rise to oppose she Address.
If he had had the disposition to do so, after the very
able speech which had been made by his Honourable
Friend behind him, he should feel that it would be
worse than presumption in him to make the attempt,
He only rose to guard against being supposed to
commit himself without reserve to the whole of the
sentiments expressed in the Address—that it might
not'be thought, from his present silence, that he was
bound to take any particular part in future with re-
spect to any of the topics touched upon at its close.
There were some points touching the improved state'
of public credit.. (including that blot in our system,
the paper circulatidn) which he thought merited the
Inca mature deliberation. He intended shortl* to
bring the subject before the House ; and, wishing to
take the earliest opportunity of making this known,
if it would not be considered irregular, he would
now give notice, that on Tuesday, the 2d February,
he would moire the House for a Committee to inquire
into the state of Public Credit, as connected with
the Rank.

The Motion far an Address was then carried nem.
elf:. and a Committee immediately appointed 'to
prepare the Address.

Sir J. MACKINTOSH wished to ask the Chan-
cellor of the Exchequer if any report had yet been
made from the Commission appointed in the last Ses-
sion of Parliament, to conlider of the means of dimi-
nishing the facilities for counterfeiting Bank-notes?
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER was
happy to inform the Honourable and Learned'Sen-
tleman, and the House, that the Commission bad
rizade their Export to his Royal Highness the Prince
P.cgent,•and in a few days he expected to receive the
commands of his Royal Highness to lay the Report
before the House. .
Sir J. MACKINTOSH wished to know about
what day it would be brought down.
The (lIIANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said,
he .2xpected in a very few days. The Right Hon.
Gentleman then gave notice, that he should to-mor-
row move. for the revival of the usual Sessional ar-
rangements, with respect to orders and notices, &c.