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' be to disqualify • Gentle/H an, who up to the pre.
sent mooseut was quatified.—(Hear, heae.)—g lie
did not mean to contend aguiust the incouvenirsice
which might arise from the duties of the two offices,
all he debited was, to protest against the I iple
of disqnalifying any person how bring :a Mem-
ber of Parliament during his election. who at the
time he became a candidate was qualified. and had
nut altered his position in that respect. Noise hut
pin Dish getitletnan locally acquanited with the state
of parties now in Dubin, could he aware of the
extraordinary interest attached to the presetit elec-
tion fur that city. Under such circumstances, it
could not surely lie thought lit to disqualify a gen-
tleman with t notice, who may be on the eve of
being the sitting Member, or who ',primp. actually
was so at the ',resent moment. • Ile tl gilt such a
principle would he an outrage on cutrosteticy, an
outrage an fairness, and an outrage am candour.—
(/leur, hear.)
Sir JAMES MACKINTOSII ohrrreetl, Iliet he would
not stop to impure whether the principle of thus
Wsl.l all 011t1ilgr. 011 11:1/1151%ttlley, au (Mirage
011 fdirlle-11, or on candour—hut be would ask,
whether it was not an outrage WI common SYIISto to
imagine that any mail was to retain the privilege of
m 10., two situations of active business, the duties
of which were intellv it:compatible with each other?
Hear, hew.)—lt was smut that his Hon. Fs tend
(Sir J. Newport) had given this Gentleman no no.
Ike of has intention. That certainly might he the
fact ; but the (;entlensaii lied himself given that
I lou.e notice, in the evtalroce which hail been read,
or his titter incapability to sit in that !loose, and
at the seine time perform the Inburious dunes of lits
oilier.—(//ear, hear.)—This was said to be at novel
proceeding. It certainly was so, and the tir.t no-
velty in it was the conduct of the friends of Mr.
Ellis, and of those who were the foritils of Ina
seat. The former seemed anxious to attack his
evidence, Hirt he should be Able to keep his seat ;
writle the latter supported lass evidence, to save the
dunes of his office.—(/tear, hear.)—lt would be •
shainelo I principle to suffer a Gentleman to be
placed in a situation which rendered it entirely im-
poisible for him to discharge the duties of an
office which he had sworn to admittiat; r.— (Ilror,
bear.)—They had heard of the spirit which now pre-
vailed in Dublin ; but lie trusted it was quite im-
possible for that House to suffer its judgment to lie
thwarted by the passions of an Irish election.—
hear.)—Thry were simply to look at the
case i.s it stood before them, sod to protect the
public interests front the clashing of two locum-
pst Ode duties.—(lieor)
Lord CASTLF.REAGRI repeated, that he cr islird
the clause so framed as slot to affect the pending
election, since the Right lion. Barotiet avowed it
WaS 1101 intended to have such an operation. If the
candidate be returned, the seat is open to him,
should he (byes, himself of his office as a Master in
Chancery.—//tear./
Sir J 911,4 NEWPORT agreed to frame his clause
iii this view, which lie dot at the suggestion of Lora
CASTLEREAGH rind the CHANCELLOR of the Ex-
CHEQUER.

F. CA Lc RA F boiled it would be understood
that in future no ill.u.ter in Chancery he
eligible to become u candidate fur a seat lii Par.
[lament.

Mr. WYNN added, that in such 11 case the voles
ought to be considered thrown away.
Sir (Ingoaut: MILL again complained of the re-
trospective rtitct this clau,e would have upon the
interest of the particular individual.
The question was then put upon Sir JOHN NEW-
Poufs instruction to the Committee, there were
some Noes, but the SPEACF.I: declared the Ayes
haul it.

The (louse then resolved itself into the Com-
mittee on the Irish Chancery Bill, ►wen, eftrr
some immaterial clauses were 'Agreed to respecting
Ires—
Sir Jolts NEwPortt. iu form, proposed his
clausr In time C Ire, resprrtmott the incom-
patibility of Ihr office of iNlaster of Chancery with
a seat in Parliament.

Colonel BAIIItY stkol, lie would propose an 'intend.
mead to the clause, fur the purpose of altogether
sovitig the case of N:r. Ellis's office.
Mr. 13. DALY opposed the origimal clause, on
act omit of its retrospective
Dr. PIIILLIAILME contended for the propriety of
ad..pting it.
Dr. I.XIIIINCITON said, that Mr. Ellts, as a Mas-
ter in Chancery, h.d taken an oath bit. the due pet.
foionsixe of the duties of (Ave. and to execute
it he had himself ilicktred It, was obliged to reside
Gtr ten months in the tear in Dablio. Surely the
Douse, after such is declartrittni, would not Intl him
a situation' to be compelled to violate the obliga-
tion lie had incurred. Ile could not consent to
confine this goesltuo to the narrow ground of the
necessity of this Douse pvotectitig the suitors iii the
Court of Chancery ; but he would say on the point
of complaint which it was said Mr. Ellis would
have, if this clause were passed, that no (;entle-
mail had a right to complain of any injury he hail
brought upon himself, by taking a step which in.
volved a violation of the duties of his other.—
(Hear, hear.)'
Mr. NOLAN said, that the principle, whether
tight in the obstrtict was w(0114 in its present appli-
cation. for it was fraught with the deepest injustice
towards A Particular individual, who had no Hance
whatever to gourd himself against the consequences.
—(Hear )—The Gentleman, too, though lie may
be u Nlember of that Llistise. was absent, and oat
the lest entitled to their C onsulerate attention. Ile
might, were he present, Anew that be could have the
duties of his olFice discharged far Inin by competesit
persons on the spot, by the other Masters in Chan.
cery, for whatever time his parliamentary attend-
once was rripaired. Ile wide those observutimis
wholly upon the justice of the ease, sod without re-
ference to any preahlrettOo as to the frittlit Of the
election. NI r. Eilis was a grittletn:rti of pure hinionr,
sad would fulfil any uldigsition be had inetirr,tl.
lie said this, though hr 1%l r. Nultiot) perhaps was
more inteiested in' the feelings of the ft lends of the
opposite tatolitlatr.—(f/eur.)

ellr. U. MARTIN ■aid be ►lntnid rote for the
clsuse whirl) went In disqualify a Nhster to Chan-
cery front • prat in that House, in conscquence of
the important eltnirs Which hes office tee-pm-re' him
to s:i•ehargr. It was not the House which in this
case aisqualifird the individual, but die litter, who
bad disqualified I self by conclusively abetting
that the duties of his office ueceastily occupied the

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