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brethren , to come from ignorant persons whb did not understand even the grounds of their dissent from the Established Church . Indeed , he had always supposed that Protestant Dissenters would
be the last persons in the country who would wish to see severe punishments , or exclusions , enforced on account of religious opinions ; and he concurred with the petitioners in thinking that the cause of religion" was injured by such lawn .
May 6 . A Petition against the Catholic claims was presented by the Bishop of Bath and Wells , from the Protestant Dissenters of Ebenezer Chapel , in the parish of St . Mary , Marlborough . In presenting the petition , the Bishop observed , that it
was one which he had great pleasure in submitting to their lordships . It expressed the sentiments of a most respectable body of Dissenters , and the manner in which they spoke of the Establishment did great honour to the church and to
them . The petition was remarkable for its good sense ; but there were two points which he wished to notice—first , that there was a number of females among the petitioners ; and secondly , that several of the names were not in the hand
writing of the petitioners . He had asked the reason of so many names appearing in one hand , aud was informed that it was a usual practice in the congregation for the deacon to sign the names of other persons , they being present and authorizing the signature . If there should be any objection to the petition on this
account , he would present it as merely the petition of the persons who had signed it . He wished the petition to be read at length , as the opinions it contained did honour to those from whom it came ; and it was one of the best petitions in sentiment , and language he ever had the honour to present in that house .
Lord King had listened attentively to the reading of the petition , and thought the right reverend prelate must be rather singular as to his ideas of good sense , when he praised this petition so much . There appeared to be very little sense in it , and the little it contained was buried under a mass of words . He had a petition to present of a different purport . It came from the Unitarians of the town of
Taunton . It expressed the sentiments of a numerous and respectable , and , what was more , a very honest body of Dissenters * Perhaps the presenting of it would give an opportunity for something to be eaid in the manner of a re doubtable
doctor of Dublin , who fired' off . Ja ' .- 'do > # f >] e battt * * y against the Catho ^ cfe tfoV ' believing too much , and the Unitavi&ifs ( or b £ liev i » g too little . Tho noble lord then pre-
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sented the petition , which was in favour of the Catholic claims . The Bishop of Bath and Wells and Lord King interchanged a few words , which were not distinctly heard below the "bar . May 13 :
The Marquis of Lansdown held in his hand petitions in favour of the Catholic Relief Bill now before the house , from Bridport , P ] ympton , and from the Dissenters of Chichester . With regard to the first of these , he stated , that he had
been instructed to say that it would not have been presented he ' d not a petition of a different tendency been got up The signatures to the present petition were , however , far more numerous than those attached to that which opposed the bill .
Lord Holland presented a petition to the same effect from Stroud , in Gloucestershire . The petitioners were Dissen * ters , and the petition had been drawn up in consequence of a false notion having gone forth , that persons of the religious persuasion of the petitioners were hostile to the Catholic claims .
The Nob ^ e Lord also presented a petition in favour of the Catholics from New Ross , and from the ministers and elders of the Presbyterian Dissenters of Down and Antrim . The petitioners , in contradiction to the reports that the Presbyterians of the North of Ireland were
unfavourable to the Catholic Claims , stated , that to the best of their belief the great body of Dissenters still adhered to the resolution which had been come to on that subject some years ago by the Synod of Ulster .
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May 5 . Mr . Denman rose to present a petition , which , though signed by only three individuals , inhabitants of Derby , was every way worthy the attention of the House , since those individuals were of the highest respectability , and professed the most liberal principles . He believed
the Honourable Member for Derbyshire would feel no hesitation in bearing testimony to the respectability of the parties who felt it their duty to approach the Hou > e on this occasion . They were respectively the ministers of congregations of the Presbyterian , Baptist and Independent denomination , and their reason
for petitioning the House was , because they had heard that a petition had been presented to Parliament on behalf of certain persons calling themselves Protestant Di 8 senter < s of Derby , against the BUI for the relief of Roman Catholics , — a proceeding which they held to be not only illiberal in itself , but perfectly in-
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572 Intelligence . ^ - ^ Parliamentary ; Roman Catholic Cla ims *
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HOUSE OF COMMONS .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Sept. 2, 1825, page 572, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2540/page/56/
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