310 . _ he conetirred in the hope .expressed by these Petition% that no op . portmeity would be omit teal for attai n ing that desiruble object. it: hi • lipinion some explanation must be asked. it not given, upon that inillortant question; before the xpiration of the present Ses.ion. wir real, end ordered to lie on the tante... Mr. Aidermen ATM Nsprcsented a Petition, s:igi:cd lie.a number of Merchants, Planters, ate. praying for the exclusion a American Cott lois front B itish ports. At the game time he asked whether the Chaecellor ul'thc Exchequer meant to lay any tax on Cotton import ed-from .:4.inerirl, or intended to prevent the importation of Cotton iron that Country, in neo,tral ships, altogether Mr VANSITTAWI stid, he had never intended such a tax as a measure ot finance', but merely` as a measure of r• gelation; for the purpose ot preventing our cm miss from gaining advantage from the - produce of their soil. The measure. however, was now amply pro vided for by the blockade of the enemy's ports. It wis in contem plation to tax all American produce of every description—so long as the Americaas excluded our manufacturers from their country ; but this was not yet derided on. Mr. P.HLLLIPs and Sir H. PEELS thought it would be a great loss And grievance to the manufacturers, it' American cotton was not aralve to be imported. Sir. W. Cuterts said, it was pretty clear, that if proper encou ragement was given to our colonies, and to our people in the East Indies, we Oonid nave no occasion to tear but that we should have a pkatirul suewly for our own maonfactories.—After Some other &Nervations, the Petition was ordered. to lie on the table.—Ad journed. Tt'F“)AY, MAY 11. 'rie call of the Howe, which stood for this evening, occupied the time mail witilto a tew minutes of six o'clock, Win.n stiaugefs were admitted to ti:c set OM AN CATHOLICS. Sir. S Cox EliPetsLEY row. cin . s;:ant to rotice, and moved that a geect Committee be appointed to examine and report the state of We laws atiecit4, Id, Majesty's Remain Catholic subjects within the ciiirlitnni and number f• the Catholic Clergy; their re'igioo> i!...•!!ntiotot; tticether ith the nature and extent of the jurisidie•i)o exercised hy the See of Rome ; the , tate Ut Catllolici mitt o;ir CaiiieS; the regulation established by foreign conotrie , ; and the inter , ••urse inqintained by the Catholic in the British dominion with the Papal See. The Hon. Baronet stated, as his reason for mai.ing this motion, that the public were in a state of the meFt emnpVe ignorance, as to nearly all the ink- ' pc) loot thcts atel considerations ou which any practical remedy to this great political evil must he founded. Tie Bill introduced by BP% Grawiii for reiroviirr the Cat ol,ic dis.ii7llllies. was, he said, vi.Avetl sc stil horror in LlO and ; and such was the feeling of the Ca thobe body wit,. ee.peef to one of the clauses to be propoued by rilr. Canating, that thirty Bishops, and an immense uumber of Clergy, were prepared t•• tune scatibld rather than consent to its en actiotta. Tbe Hun. Baronet then made some remarks on the Un tie!. -y of rclissierf an addition to the grant to Alaynootli College, and thereby forcitly. the Catholic Clergy into establishments for en, cation which were i‘ot ruder the superintendence of the govern ment. There now exii•t•••l in Ireland, he said, a body of Je‘iliti, who educatc. l youth in the Catholic doctrines. 'I hese Jesuits did no; ;•e, suit the educated by them to receive ordination trom the lii.tiops here, brit molt thorn to Naples to be ortlatiued by the society r:cru ; Nay- and Russia heitg the only places where they had a regular existexe as a body. Tile slim of :30.04% hail been t' he alippcd to toe trection of a college near Dublin, nuder the direction of foe.e Je•-nits, and it was surely the duty of the .o prevent the application of a sung of money to such a par pose. The hun Bar t concluded with reading his motion, which was seco..ded by Mt. Rt der. Mr. GR Al TIN tpposed the motinttis nnnergssary, and as bring kis:tile to th e incasu re nos before thr tin. the relief of the C deaied that the Catholic Bill was received with di s . saii•laetion in li. Lind ; on the contrar:V the Catholics were en ti t;:y di:Toth:Ll to :i.ccept with gratituile wttat the Legislature inoty b inclined to gvant, hoping t!iat the bun may be tor:coupled with ant ct titl;tions. the acipiiescence in which would be an abandon ment of trie they aavaily enjoy. The Right Honourable Genttemaii defeo:teil the provisions of the Bill alluded to, and said that to the , ecurities wiiieh it provided, the Right Honourable G-::1 man (Mr. C‘iniiing) hair adileit some tibinsos which would gay( ail the effect of domestic nomination, without giving too gre4t a poWe! of intern relict. to the Crown. lie conceived that the Yttiglis 1- );erioratile Gentleman itaa touched those subjects with an able and delicate hand He did not choose to insert tlitip in the THE NATI nEGISTEIt. Bill, because he did not know lion they "night be r“ccived by the Catholics ; but be considered that those clauses were fair and li beral. He believed that the Bill. with such clauses, world amount to emancipation for the Catholics, and security to the Protestaots. - He conceived that it weird produce that incorporation which was so much desired, that it would prevent any Catholic influence over the affairs of the E•tat,li,hed Much, and that. it would be the best bar against foreign power. Fully convinced of the importance of the Bill, it was impossible that he could acquiesce ID the notion of the Honourable Baronet, and he thertfore meved the Order of the Day. Mr. IIvDER said, if the Catholic Bill should pass into a law, it would enable Catholics to become 'Umbers of Parliament and Ministers of Stale, without any provision for the protection of the Protestant Establishment. He saw no additional securities in the oaths proposed by the Bill. Ile should support the motion of the Honourable Baronet, because a Committee of Inquiry was abso lutely necessary. Mr. CANNING treated with much ridicule the proposition to go into a Committee, and defended at considerable length the provi sions of the Catholic BM Mr. BArnuasT and Lord DYSART spoke in favour orSir J. C. Hippisley's motion. • Lott! CASTLERFAGH declared himself against the motion, as tending to create todinuch lelay ; and he NINA declare that, in his opinion, if Parliament we re to separate without giving both Catho lics and Protestants a proof of what it intended to do, it would be most mischieviann .Mr. CANNING, in explanation, declared that, should the Catholics refuse to meet the boon offered to them by Parliament in the way which it onght to be mei, he would then take his stand with Par liament, and oppose their claims as firmly as it he had never advo , cated them. After Sir J. C. HipnisnEY had shortly replied, the House di. vide l l. For the 11 . 16!ion, 187—For the Amendment, 235.—Ma ,jortty agamst the Motion, t 8 Adjourned. iVEDNESDAY, MAY 12. The Report of the General Enclosure Bill was brought up and agreed to. Mr. BENSON postponed his motion relative to the Tax on Leather nntil Tuesday next. Mr. W. Wystix brought in a Bill to amend the Election Laws, and also a Bill to regulate the conveyance of Writs fur the Elec tion of Members to serve in Parli:uncut—They Were each read a first tints.—Adjourned. THURSDAY, MAY 13. Mr. VANSITTAnT moved a Itesobiti.n—" That Sugars, the pro duce of the conquered Islands (Martinique, Gnadalope, tire.) should be allowed to be sold for home consumption, on pa) ing the duty of 5 per cent. above the Sugars, the produce of the British Plantations." ...He moved this Resolution on the grounds of the scarcity of Bri tish Plantation sugar in the market, and the high price of that commodity. The resolution as well as another for imposing a duty of lys. 6el. per cent. on cloyed Sugars, was agreed to. Di r. DAVIES GIDDV Obtaired leave to bring in a Bill for procur ing returns of all persons tr ed and convicted at the Quarter Sessions, and fir taking away certain lets from Cleiks of the Peace, and granting them compensation for the same. • ROMAN CATHOLIC& Mr. GRATTAN having then moved the Ordtr of the Day for the qeeond reading of the bill for the relit. of Roman Catholics. Dr. Du , Or.stasr pp,e•ed the Bill at *cry great length, and con tended that she :ility of Catholics to Protestants was unchange able; that they 5..:11 waintaim d the &actinic of Ho faith beano kept with heretics ; that the oath stipulated by tl.e Bill, would . not be at all bindi::7, as to violate oaths imposed by heretics, when the good of their ch u rch require it, was with Catholics neitber ahe nor breach of any moral duties ; that they would get possession of all the places of profit and trust in Ireland, efft et a repeal of the Union, and ultimately with the aid of France,-separate the two cows" tries. Mr. C. GRANT maee a very eloquent and preasive speech in favour of the Bid, And urged vrith much (mph sis, the cruelty of shutting out four milions of people from the benefit of the Con stitution. jn his opiaion, there was no comparison between the probable da•agtr and certain advantages which would priae from graatin ernancipaiii.n to the Catholics. Sir F. I.4 : poii siads.,e on the same side as Mr. Grant. Lord CASTLEREAGH said, the measure proposed was wise under proycr securities, and he wanted lit) SccIVIOCM Which die religion MAY 16.