The National Register.
London, England, 1808-06-19 00:00:00

JUNE 19.

Etv e, ;obit it was not now necessary to explain, the present
Treaty was entered into. His Lordship concluded by moving
an bi ..de Address to his Nlajesty, eapressive of the Thanks of
that Mouse for his mosi gracious communication, and assuritt,,
his M the concurrence of their Lordships in furthering
31...jesty's en.,agemetifF. &r. The motion was agreed to
teem tun. After some routine business the House adjourned.
TVESDIIf, JUNE 14.
• Mr. Whiston mid other Nlembers of the Commons, brought up
the Di•tiller.‘ Bill, the Paddington Canal Bill, the Irish Cus-
toms and Excise Bill, and the Loan Bill.
The Earl Lauderdale moved for the Reports of the Com-
mittee in the House of Co.nettons on the Sugar Distillery Bill.
rovions to the diseUs-ion.—Agreed to.
Lord II aw ite-bur moved the order of the day for taking into
con,iderttiott his Majesty'g Nlessage„. lative to the usual vote
of credit, and, after a few observations, moved an Address of
concurrence in grontine the supplies necessary fur the war. The
Addre:.s was then agreed to neat. con.— Adjourned.

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WED N !Nil% V, JUNE 15.

The !Tare Shooting Rill, Auditors Franking Bill, Irish Malt
Pu'y and the Dahlia Police Bill, were brought up from
the commons, and read a tir,i time,—The Copper Bill, and the
huptr and (70:ree Bill, were read 4 third Mae and passed.—
The l'auper and Lunatic Bill. aft.er a fowwordi Crum Lords
huil;)1 k and Specter, passed throu,:h the Committee, and was re-
OM. The Local 111llitrt Ill)) was i'east a ;,ecotid ague, and ordered
to be coammitwd tv-minru%i.—Adjourned.
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ripvitSntY, JUNE 10.
64\K RILL

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roan GREY rf &Le rue and said, Ottit lie thought their Lord-
ships should first consider the eligibility of Catholics to be Di-
rectors at the Bank of Ireland, before the renewal of its char-
ter. In order to under-void this point it was necessary to take
a reviee of the period fro►n the grunting of the charter down to
1793. Here his Lord-hip entrrea at some length into a cause•
cutive and historical statement of the penal code, and of the at-
casinual repeal of part of it, a% well as of the relaxation of the
whole. Ihe Bill now before their Lordships would have the
effect of continuing the exclusion of Catholics for 30 years to
come, if they were ineligible under the existing charter; but
this, as he already observed, gas very doubtful. The result,
'►eretore, of the present measure would be, to give Legis-
Yoke sanction to doubts and difficulties. A question he wish-
ed to have referred, which was, whether by the terms of
the eiurter, or by the provisions of the Acts of the Irish Par-
liament, to the Act of 1193 inclusive, the Catholics were or
were not eligible to hid i the offices of Directors and Governors
of the Bank of Ireland 1" This was the simple point which be
islied to have ascertained, in order to remove all doubts on a
subject which involved in it se► much lively interest.
Go„or► // ill'h este CR did not see any necessity for introducing
this motion at present. The object which the Noble Baron
stated he had in view was, to ascertain bow the law stood en
this que•tinn, but he must know that this could be done by any
Catholic Illhit`r existing circumstances; for in the case of a Ca
tholic being elected Director or Governor of the Bank of Ire
Lind, and rejected, by refer•nee to the Charter, such person
might try the point of law io a Court of Justice. If defeated
there, he might refer it to the Court of Exchequer, and from at,
unfavourahle decision three, might, by writ of error, bring the
itihject before their Lordships. Then, and not till then, would
t►e the proper tithe for taking the opinion of the J udges ; to
decide now, therefore, would be anticipating the question.
On the question being then put, the House divided, when the
notahers were, Contents 16—No►n Contents 42—Majority against
1 ord Grenville's motion, %6. Adjourned,

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FRIDAY, JUNE IT.
The nuke of Athol pre-emed a Petition from several Free-
holders id Dunbarton, against the Sugar Distillation fill, Or-
dered to lie on the table.

pnocre OT 4DVIRALTYI
Ter E. 4111. or SurroLK called the attention of their Lord.
;hips to the Danish vessels and cargoes detained and sold pre-
vious to the commencement of hostilities, was induced to
make a motion on the subject, because ;he coptures were con-
!wird with the Droits of Admiralty', and it was generally be-
lieved on the continent that compensation mist be hereafter
made to Deuulark for the '4/Imes to captured, Tl4e Noble Lord