Lords Sitting of 16 May 1828

ROMAN CATHOLIC CLAIMS.
Sir F. Burdett,accompanied by several members of the House of Commons, brought up the following message:—"My Lords—I am desired by the Commons to state, that they desire a conference with your lordships on the subject of the laws affecting his majesty's Roman Catholic Subjects in Great Britain and Ireland, with a view to such final and conciliatory adjustment, as may be conducive to the peace and strength of the United Kingdom, to the stability of the Protestant establishment, and to the general satisfaction and concord of all classes of his majesty's subjects." On the motion of the earl of Shaftesbury, the members of the House of Commons were informed, that their Lordships would send an answer to the Commons by a messenger of their own. On the motion of the duke of Wellington, their lordships agreed to the proposed conference, and appointed Monday, at half-past five o'clock, for the same.