The Sun.
London, England, 1808-06-03 00:00:00

BANK OF IRELAND.

The Order of the Day haying been read for the
House to go into a Committee on the Bank of
Ireland,

Lord H. PETTY rose to make his promised mo-
tion on the subje&. He was anxious that every
opportunity should be embraced to prove to the Ca-
tholics the disposition of Parliament to conciliate
them, notwithstanding the circumstances that had
so 'recently induced a large majority to refuSe to
take their Petition into consideration ; hisobjea was
to remove a doubt which at present existed on the
subjea -of. admitting Catholics into the direction of
the Bank of Ireland; and thus to act up to what be
conceived was the intention of the Irish, Parliament
in 1793. If it were possible to secure'the loyalty .
of an individual to the Government more complete-
ly in one way than in another, it was by allow-
ing him to embark his property in its -service, and
thus to create,in him an interest in its stability. 7--
After dwelling at considerable length on these and
sithilar topics, he concluded by 'moving---" That
it be an instruction to the Committee that they have
the power to enable any person professing the Ro-
man Catholic religion, who is a natural born subje&
of the realm, or who has been naturalized, and who
is possessed of the stock' required by the Charter of
the Bank of Ireland, to beconie.a Chairman or Di-
reaor of the Bank, provided stich person take the
oaths and sub Scribe the declarations prescribed by 13,
14, and 33 Gem-
Mr. FosTes. :said; that the Noble Lord, in the
Amendment which he had proposed, bad professed
to be-aauated by a desire of eonciliation : there was
.no
.Man more desi:ous of conciliating the Catholics
than he was, but it did not appear to him that that,
was the proper vi,ay of viewing thii subje&. The
footing upon wlnch this business stood was simply
this. When the Bank of England was established;
it was thought necessary to demand a-test from those
who were to be the pire6ters and, Governors, be-
cause their situation; as Managers of a great and
wealthy Corporation, would give them the means
of great influenee, which might be used in a way
highly injurious to the Government : it was there-
fore essential that none but persons of loyalty should
he placed in that situation. The Charter of the
Bank of Ireland was copied from that of the Minket'
England, and the Ciat..e now cotnplained of was
copied as well as the rest. It did not originate from
any intention to de any thing injuriowi to the. Catho-
lies • but those who framed the. Charter of the Bar.k
of Ireland, having found this clause in the Bank of
England Charter, did not see reason why it should
be rejeaed: Would any man tell him .that there
was any thing in the situation of Ireland. at present
which rendered it necessary to make this alteration
in the Constitution of the 13:tok of Ireland, which it
had never' been thought necessary to make in the
Charter of the Batik of England, although it had
been renewed eight or nine times ? 'This alteratiOn
was not asked for by the Catbolics---it was not asked
for by,the Proprietary of the Bank of Ireland—bnt
the House was called on by the Noble cord to grant
this as a boon to the Catholics, which they neither
desired nor had solicited. He begged to ask again,'
what was there in the:situation.of Ireland to wake
an alteration which had never been proposed in Eng-
land ? Were they more secure in Ireland; or was
there more certainty of the allegiance of the people
' there thanin England .? The House 'probahly was
net aware that this measure of the renewal of the
Charter had been twice ender th...,,!-elisideration of
the Proprietors a the Bank of : among those
Proprietors there were n• many Catholics.—
Upon those • occasions ation in the Charter
was not pressed, it :2.a: ,et ;-,ned but as a thing not
to be desired. Wouid it then be wise or prudent to
make this alteration in a concern which had hitherto
prospered'sovell nude'r its old Constitution ? This
alteration would not, as had been stated, remove any
item) this sobjeet;because there was no doubt
ie the case : they could not be Direaors. This pro-
pOsition, therefore, was not to remove a,dontit, but
to make an uncalled for, unnecessary alteration in
the Charter of the Bank. It was not h.s wish to
lay any new 'restri4tions upoir the Catholics; he
wished to leave them exactly where he found them---

that is, exactly in the satne situation in whieh ihey
were before the renewal of the Charter. - Upon
these grounds be should resist the Motion of the
Noble Lord.

The CitANcELLon of the EX.CIIY.CCUPR spoke on
the same side, obserVing that the Noble Lord was
very much miitaken if he thought that by acceding
to 'his Motion the Imperial Parliament would carry
into etred the intiNtion of the Irish Patlianient in
.
1793. ,

Mr. GRATTAN cpritended that the Catholics had
petitioned to be admitted into the Direaion of the
Bank that hp himself had brought in the .Petition
into. the Irish Parliament; that the Parliament con-
ceived the AO they passed did admit the Catholics
into the Dire6tion- of the Bank; that Mach at least
was the opinion of the best Lawyers in Ireland on
that subjett.
Mr. PEacxv4l. explained, and Lord H. Perry
shortly replied a • aftei which, ihe question being
universally callod tar, the House divided
For Lord it. Ntty's Motion
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Straner3 were not re=admitted' into the Gallery
alto Ate Division I but the only business dime was

the postponing of the other Orderi of the D.' ;
after which the House aijourned at torte o'clock
this snort in

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L N D 0 N,
FRIDAY, JUNE 3, 1808.

LOT night Dutch Papers, to the 2gth ult. reach-
ed town, which. contain intelligence from Paris to
the E:Lsth. We must not
rexpel to find in the
French or Dutch Papers any authentic accounts from
Spain. If the People of that Country should rise to
fret .themselves from a foreign yoke, we shall be
told that some few disaffeded persOns, in the pay of
England, wished to disturb the public peace ; and if
the French troops should be again employed, as we
have no doubt they will, in tnassacreing those whom
they professed to come to defend; we shall merely
be told that military punishment was:lA*4- nOti
a few rebels and traitors. From those Papers, there-
fore: we must not expect to derive any accurate
information with' regard to Abe' dreadful tragedy
that is now' acting in' Spain : a proof of the jui-
tice of our obSerVation, we need only refer to the
article dated Madrid, which states that the most
perfect tranquillity reigned there, and that the
people are waiting anxiously the tidings of the
choice of their new Xing, who is to restore the
Monarchy to its youth again, &c.. This Article is.
'dated Madrid, the 13th of May—The slaughter of
some thdusands of the inhabitants of that city took
place on the 2d. Any further comments upon the
subject is• unneeessary. The Royal Family of Spain
have been tut from. Bayonne into France, to -their
several places of confinement.;' for though they-may
not be inclosed within the walls of a prison, they ars
to all intents and purposes prisoners.

We yesterday received a Letter from Dover, con-
taining a report of the removal of the Embargo in
America. This Letter we conceived it our duty to
lay bet'ore our Readers, though we entertained strong
doubts of the intelligence which it contained : those
dOubts were this .mordag confirmed, by. a Letter
fro.n our • Dovcv, Correspondent, in which he in-
forms us, that he has ascertained that the inforrna.
tiim which he had previously sent us was incorret.

. .
The following Letter was this morning received

at LLOYD'S :

FoWEY, CORNAVALL, MAY_3I.—A Pilot Boat of
this Port being at sea, in !Amick Bay; saw a bottle
floating, dose corked, Lind, on taking it up, saw a
paper in it, which.he took out, and fouud written
thereon : •

4.4 English Edit Mary and John, ht. 47. 40. long. 5. 15:

Chased by a Fleet of rive Ship;, which captured
and burnt the Mary and John, of London, Ca Arti.zs
JUPliti6N- Master—took the opportunity of writing
this and putting it in a bottle—the Frenchmen all
steering E.N.E.

" Wm. Tilomrso>r, Chief Mate.-

4' May 1, 18o8."

Yesterday morning the PRINCESSES visited Lady
CHARLOTTE FINCH.

Yesterday the Dukes of Yoiu CUMBERLAND,
CLARENCE, SUSSEX, and CAMBRIDGE, visited their
NIAJEsz cgs.

His MAJESTY this day dined with the Princess
of NVALEs and Duchess of BautqswicK, at Black•
heath.

The Ladies of the Royal Family of France are ex-
pected soon in this cottutry, and the Marquis of
Bi.76(INGHANI is constructing additional apartments
at.posheld for their reception. Louts XVIII. is at
this time on a visit to the Prince of CUlna, at Wan-
stead.

COlonel MURRAY', (Inarter-Master-General to Sir
JOHN MOORE'S army, who arrived in bindon on
Saturday night, telt town on Wednesday night-with
dispatches *Jr Sir JOHN Moons.
Accounts from Sicily, dated April 1.5, represent
the English force in the Island.to be in perfect health.
They were about to change quarters, but no appre-
hension was:entertained of a visit from the French.
The corps of Meuron, Watteville, and an English
regiment, ‘vhich Were landed in Sicily SQMC time
before, had re-embarked, for the purpose of joining
the Expedition which •was,to sail from Gibraltar un-
der General SPENCER.

The late discovered Carbonated Chalybeate Spa,
near Stow, in Gloucestershire, was opened on Mon-
day, and a grand entertainment given.on the occa-
sion, by Mr. FARMER, the Proprietor.
The last Gazelle contains an Order in Council,
Prohibiting, for a further space of six Months, from
the 6th instant, the exporting or-carrying coastwise,
any sort of arms or ammunition, except by permis-
sion of His MAJESTY.

Mustc.—Madame D'Atntot hail a Benefit Con'

cert last night, at the Argylktreet.lnstitut ion, which
was attended. by -Many well-known AmalturS, and
a very elegant company. In,additien to her own
exertions, which were very .4)lkusing, she had the
poWerfill assistance of SU3O:*l;,, MARTINI,
and Mrs..Asitz,, all. of whom acquitted themselves
I very ably. The conchuiinK piece was a lively Bur-
letta, 'entitled Gil Strionz, by MoscA,
and the words by PoLumai. tata*will Opported,
and much applauded.