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money expended by
the Ileceleer•G:ort, in obedience to the
before-mentioned orders of the Comm* nerti4 Public Amodio,
but that this Hesse will not.permit these preseeedlnp to be drawn
into a precedeot."—Agreed to cees.ces.
,IMtitERLAL PM AENT.
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HOUSE OF LORDS, Fail. S.
The House met at half-past three o'clock, when Lord Soarers.
soar,L in theCl absence ache Logo Cuawczt.t.oa, officiated as Speaker.
Lord SLIiESIDALZ was in ro tduced with the usual formalities
and sworn at the table. His Lordship's Nipponese were Lord
Wriamicuers and Lotd Coteutevra.
The House then adjourned during pleasure, which was until a
quarter past five o'clock.
Lord Snarrassurit moved that the Order for the Committee
of Privileges to meet at ten o'clock to-morrow be discharged, and
that a new Order be entered for its meeting at two o'dock.••••Ord.
The House then adjourned until is morrow (this day).
HOUSE OF COMMONS.
The Steam took the Chair at Four o'Cloek.
Mr. Tumr: took the Oaths and his Seat.
Mr. Casints, from the Treasury, presented the 15th Report of
the Commissioners appointed under the sth of Geo. IV.—Laid on
the table and order•:d to be printed.
ROMAN CATHOLIC PETITIONS.
Mr. A. DAWSON presented several Petitions from
different Parishes in the County of Louth, praying lot
Catholic Emancipation. He said he regretted that there
had been no notice whatever takenof Ireland in the King's
Speech. He knew that it had be n said in excuse that
no important cccuriences had taken place in or a ith
respect to that country, and that, therefore, it was unne-
cessary it should be particularly alluded to. He denied
the validity of the explanation, and he must beg leave
to say, that an event of the utmost importance had taken
place. What could be more important than the meet-
ing of fotir or five millions, inhabiting as they did fiom
one end of the country to the othe', at the same mo-
ment, for the single purpose of pressing their claims
upon the consideration of the Legislatute ? The Pin
testant D ssenters of England had also acted with the
same unanimity with respect to their own claims to
relief, as the Irish Catholic Dissenters had, and both
claims were bottomed on the same principles, namely,
those of Protestantism originally, and which were
breathed by their forefathers when they separated them-
selves from the Church of IL-me. '
Mr. G. LAMB, on presenting a similar Petition from
the Roman Catholic Inhabitants of Duneat von, remar k
ed, that when he last presented a Petition from the
'same body, he expressed his hope and belief that they
would, before long, be relieved loam all nece-sity of
petitioning on the subject. Since that period, however,
the Catholic cause had lost its ablest supporter, and a
Prima Minister had been appointed who was decidedly
hostile.to their claims. He confessed, thetetoie, that
his expectations were now far from being sanguine, but
I still it was satisfactory to find the Catholics stead ly
persevering'in their endeavours to acquire these privi-
leges to which justice Ltd policy alike entitled them.
Mr. V. STUART pre.ented sixteen Petitions from
the Roman Catholic inhabitants of different parishes in
the county of Waterford praying for Emancipation.—
:He said that the Petitioners and his constituents in
'general, deeply deplored the recent change which had
t ken place in his Majesty's Councils; and lest he him-
self should be supposed to be more favourable to those
changes than the great majority of his constituents w etc,
he would take that opportunity of very brit fly stating
his opinions. He segav,:ed Catholic Emancipation as
the most important of all questions; and if a Ministry
were oppdsed to the granting of it, although it em
braced the ablest financiers, the greatest diplomatists,
and the best regulators of our commercial interests, lie
should think he degraded himself and betrayed the in-
terests of his constituents, if be -did not offer to it his
strenuoos opposition. Young Member as he was of
that House, he had already changed his seat twice ; but
lie begged to temark that he had not once changed
sides. During the Administration of Lord Liverpool
there was a preponderating influence in the Cabinet
against the Roman Catholic claims, and therefore he
WAS oppoted to that Administration. During that of
Mr. Canning and of Lord Godelich there was a pie
pcnderating influence in favour of the Catholics, and
therefore he was in favour of those Goveromepti. It
r.wes idle to say that a Cabinet was neutral upon the
Iquestiono—it was impossible it should be so; and as
'another new Administration had started into existeuce
be naturally looked to see which way its bias was, ani
las he found it adverse to the Catholic claims, he was
6pposed to it. It had been said, that the retention of
office by the Right Hon. Gentleman who was Secretary
far Ireland, was in itself a guarantee for the neutrality
of the Government upon the questiln; but those must'
be young birds indeed which could becaught with such,
chaff, He acknowledged the high character and ability
of the Right Hon. Secretary for Leland, and adMired
the manner- in which he had hitherto discharged his
duties; but from whom had he hitherto received his in-
structions, and from whom was be now to receive
them 1 Why from the Secrete'? • for the Home De-
partment; and in the simple fact- of the Right Hon.
Gentleman who had returned' to that station having
again taken office, he (Mr. Stuart) formed but too strong
reasons to conclude that the present Administration
was essentially anti-Catholic.
Mr. D. W. HARVEY said, that he had always Hs-.
weed with the greatest attention to the supporters of
teat were called the Catholic Claims, but he had never
salmi able to learn upon what arguments they arrived.
le the conclusion which they universally adopted,namely.
that Catholic Emancipation would give entire peace,
prosperity, and happiness to Leland. Night after night
Mon. Gentlemen rose in that House and harrowed up'
its feelings by accounts of the miseries which a great,
Itooportion of tha inhabitants of beland were suffering,
and they invariably concluded by 'recommending Ca
iholic Emancipation as an infallible cure for all the
evils contplained cf. An Hon. Gent. (Mr. V. Stuart)i
had that evening gone so far as to set at nought every
other means 01 diving relief to Ireland. He appeared
to disregard the impoitance of a financial ref etmation,
and to hang all his hopes for relief upon further con
cessions to the Catholics. Now, if he (Mr. H.) could
be convinced, if it could be shown that the adoption of
the measure to which the Hon. Member attached such
mighty importance, would prodpce such an incalculable
be..efit as the pacification and happiness of Ireland, he
w nail at once forego whatever private opinions he
might eats. lain, and give it his support. He however
believed no such thing. He believed that a financial,
reformation was the best thing that could occur, both
.or Great Dr Lain and Leland; and the Ministry thaL
;heisscl a disposition and endeavoured to bring about
such a se.ortnation should have his vote, not merely
up )11 one, but upon every occasion. -
Mr. SPRING RICE denied the correctness of ther,
Dtateanents and the arguments of the Honourable Memel
her for Colchester. -The Representatives fir Ireland,
bad Dever undajealtied the !peat subject of Finance;
apd wh-o they wished for a Daouth-piece through which
to cletlatplheir sentiments, they certainly would not fix
upon the Houoprible and Learned Member for Col-
chester. hut he (Mr. Spring Rice) atroold undertake to
prove, both by argumint and by a refereneelohistory,
that it was to the disabilitiei under which the Catholics
laboured all the miseries of Ireland were to be attti-