Star.
London, England, 1810-03-09 00:00:00

CATHOLICS OP IRELAND.

Lord GRENVILLE—" I have in my hand the
petition of the Roinan Catholics of the city of Wa-
terford, praying. the attention of your Lordships to',
the disqualifications under which they Labour. It hat-
ing been the express desire of the petitioners, whirl
signed their names to the petitlon,that loshould have.
the honour to by it before your I.Oicishipe, I .have
felt it my duty to comply with their ,ruest.. olti,
doing so, I feel it to be quite unnecessasylo- detain
your Lordships by any explantiticintof tabs reasons r
which will induceme to °fleet's:you nri olhermotion,
than merely the motion, that the petitibnithrlie upon
the table. I have already, upon a former•occasion,
explained, in the most distinct manner, what my
views were upon this subject ; and I can assure your
Lordships, they are in no respect altered, but consi-
derably strengthened and confirmed by the circum-
stances which have since passed. To detain your
. Lordships with any explanation respecting those cir-
cumstances would not answer any purpose, both be-
cause you know I have sufficiently detailed my sen-
timents to your Lordships, and because.you know
that the sentiments I !Live stated are not those of this
day or hour ; that they ale not adapted to meet any
particular case; and much less to suit any particular
purpose. lam persuaded every man who hears' me
in this House will bear this testimony of me, that
there is no word I ever uttered, no sentiment I ever
expressed, no measure' I ever referred to, which has
nOt been constantly in the contemplation of, and con-
stantly in unison with, the statement I made when I
brought the petition of the Catholics before you on a
former day. To that statement, therefore, f refer,
as containing not only the sentiments of the peti-
tioners, but those by which I have been actuated up.:
on every occasion when the subject has been agitated..
They are sentiments from which I see no reason to
believe that any circumstances will induce me to de-
part."
The petition wis then read.
Lord GRENVILLE—" That this pal* dotie
upon the table.".-- Ordered.
The Marquis of LANSIAOWN.,--4 I. hold in
my hand a petition of a description iitnilar to 'that
which has been presented by my-Noble Friend, from
the Roman Catholics of Limerick.:— After what has
fallen from my Noble Friend, larwhiCh I perfectly
concur, it will be unnecessary-forint to-do more than
move, That the petition be laid on-the table.' It is
proper 1 should state to yonr Loristifft, that the pe-
tition is signed by a very large prorkti6n of the in-
creasing and commercial city of Limerick."
The petition was bronght up and read.
The Marquis of LANSDOWN—" That this pe-
rm upon the table."—Ordered accordingly.

BX EDI TIONP.
:a ri of DA RNLEY rose, in consequence of
had mentioned to their Lordships a few
!fore. His Lordship had had, from various
information, the correctness of which he

:dingly desirous to ascertain. It was pretty
stated, that it was the intention of -his

resent Ministers to send out. or this country
ie whole of our effective military force. He
know whether this report wa► true ?
;arl of LIVERPOOL rose anctsaid, that al-
e could not enter into any particulars on the
the Noble Lord's question, yet he should
.t Government would take care that nothing
tture alluded to would be done, so as to be
nt•with the security of the country. s
,arl of D A RNLEY was not satisfied with

fer, and, with the vie of calling the atten-
th; w
House to the subject, mewed that the
summoned for to-morrow --Ordered.

:ORN DISTILLATION PREVENTION BILL.
Order of the Day being read,
sot.THURST adverted to the inconveniet9r
,ould arise from continuing an examination'
subject of the Distillation Bill. The Act,
was the object of the present Bill to canti.
ired rsterdair, but under an Act of the 48tli
which enacted, that if an Act expitedibeftt
it then in progress, to continue it passed, the
as of such Act should nevertheless be deemed
nitinued, by the passing of such continuing
nvided that penalties 'bould not attach ...for
tontrary to these provisions in the interval.-.;—
therefore,.in this case, would be continued,
;tending its expiration, if the present 'Bill
but great inconvenience would arise 'if it*
vr;s long delayed, from the situation in *hid'
hers would be placed, and therefore, to lire
delay, he, should move to discharge the or-
tearing the petitioners (on ipetithin funsen.
le Earl of Lauderdale on Monday) by ;hens--
leir Counsel, or, Agents, thiledity, wish* it
lerstood, at the same time, that ahoy the bill
sed be would not cbjvct lb the appointment
Imittee to investigate _the subject.
.arl of HA RDWrCKE-observed upon the
;ongvnity of passing a Bill first, and then in-
whether it ought to have-pas.sed,
Earl of L A UDERDA also commented-
'glaring inconsistency of such a proceeding;
the view that an examination should take
vviour, to discussing the moved as an
lent to Teave,out all the words sifter the ward
in Lord Bathurst's motion, and to issert.that

ter proceeding do the Bill be postponed till
se'nnight.
HOLLAND was of opinion that, howeva
ical it might appeai, the beNt course in this
tld be to pass the Bill, and to investigate the
tfterwairds, ,otherwise the distillers would be
sort of Purgatory, and would not know what

.arl of BUCKINGHAMSHIRE suggested
Act of the 48th of the King; referred to by
le E: rl,(Bathprst) did riot apply to the pre-
was not strictly a continuing Bill
%%as in fact a new Bill, the former Act ap-

expressed,
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