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London, England, 1808-05-31 00:00:00

BANK ()F IRELAND.

Sir Jon sr' New eo ex, itr pursuanee of his notice,
rose to submit a motion resPeCting'the religions,re-
strietions imposed by the •Charter of the Bank of
Ireland opon Catholics. He said, that after ill
Which had occUrrd. reapeeting modes of faith, he
never did expect that. in the nineteenth century we
,should be so besotted as to make rcligioes tenets
operate as restriction s upon trade or commerce. He
wished to. know how a Man's saying. his prayers in
. Latin could :afrtA his commercial concerns with the
community, or his integrity .with the:State ? No
nation of the Continent imposed such laardslti ,s.--
The .Right Hon. Baronet read'several . extraCts. from
papers and journals of the Irish House el:Commons,
shewing the ridiculous lengths they went against un.
. fortunate. Caholies, and concluded with enuring,
`f That it it the opinkin of this House, that Persons
Professing the Roman Catholic Religion ought'to'be
to be elected to the.. place of Governor 'and
f)eputy Governnr of the Bank of rel,ind, if other-
wise etigihle wiih respea to property."
Mr. FOS;PPR sail, that the motion which the
Right` Baronet had brbudht forward Was dif-
ferent from what he expe6led, iind lie was not a
surpriied
.that the, Right Hon. Ilarooet slu
have thought it expedient to submit such a Minion
to the Howe. He sei)Uld shortly *setie the facts Of
this case, as they stood, and the House would thot
see that there was not the slightest ground for many
of-the observatiOns with which this Motion had been
introdUeed„ When the Ban!: of Ireland ,about
to be established, it was thought prober to assimi-
late it; as far as possible, toahe Bank of England ;
.and the ~fat't was, that the clauses of theClustter of
the Bank of Ireland were 'copied, as far A possiblc',
from the Charter of the Batik of &gland:, the very
clauSe which the Light Hoo.,Paronet **complain-
'ed of as intolerable in a CoMmiercial. institution,
which reeuireffir that.- any person becoming a Direc,
for or Governor' should take the OathS of Supre-
maey, was Copied verbatim from the Charter of the
Bank of England. :He had no intention, by the pro-
position which. be had made, to intreduce any new
regulations respecting tire Catholies-he meant that,
they should have iernained precisely upon the same
footing that they were before. It was singular that
if this regulation in the Charter was so absurd and
so intolerant, it: had never been objt&ed -to:mu the
Charter of the Bank :of Englaed, which had beet)
renewed eight or nine times since it was originally
granted at the commencement of the last Century;
but he fat Was, he believed, that the Bight Hon.
Baronet, did not. know. that there was such Ai clause
in that Charter. He wished to know upon whet
grounds this motion was to be supported. , The iir"o-
prietors of Bank Stock had not asked for this change
an their Charter : no meeting of the Proprietors had
t
tv4ere, then, was the necessity of
.makin g this Altera-.
beep or Resolutions passed %lop this subjec ;

Lion iu the Crlarter 1. As to the qnotations which the
Right Hon. Baronet had made from the Journals, he
was really at a. loss to know with .wl4,t' vin she
Right Hon. Baronet could hive ransacked the Irish
Journals to bring forward, at dila day, instances 3f
oppression against the Catholici, which_ oured
above a Century ago. There was no doubt but
that cases. might be found upon the Journals of
those .days which would be.aslisgrace_ to any Coun-
try ) but there were no such feelings towards the
-Catholics, And therefore he could not imagine
with what view the Right. Honourable 'Baronet
had intro.l.lc(.:d these instances upon this ecoasion..:--.
The only .effeel they could have (though he W 423
sure that wils'not the Right Hon. Baronet's motive)
would be, that of reviving old animosities,. and creat-
ing dissatisfaction. He-wotild not trouble the House
any longer, except merely to repeat, that in bringing
forward this proposition, he meant to make no alter-
anon with regard to Catholics ; he neitheirneant to
ereidte disabilities or abilities ; he meant to leave the
Law as. he found it. A doubt has been entertained
whether this clause in the Charter had notbeen vir-
tually repealed by a subiequent ACI.of Parliament:—
Upon that point he would give' no opinion, nor
would his proposition eflea that question one way
or the other; he concluded' with moving the Order
of the Day.
Mr. WINPHAM contended, that the existing of a
clause of exclusion in the Charter heretofore, was no
reason- why it should not be left out now that the
stibjeet "had been brought under the 'notice of the
House.

. The CtraircErama•of the EXCIIEQUER was against
any legislati4e provision %Well would alter the law
as it at present stood. At any rate the Right HOn.
Gentleman had been premature is' his motion, be-
cause unquestionably the Committee on the Bill
would be the most proper stage for introducing any
provision to carry into effea the *objed of the Right.
Hon. Baronet. The Bill for renewing the Charter of
the Batik of Ireland would not put the Catholics of
Ireland in a wores situation than they were in at pre-
sent, with respeel to the Bank Government and
Dire6lion, and therefore he could not see any. tea,
ton for altering the proiisions of the original
Charter.

Mr. MARTIN thanked the Right Hon. Gentletilan.
for his benignity in notplaCing the Catholics, by this
13i11, in a worse situation than they were in at pre-
'sent ; but contended, that though the Charter may
be very •tit for this Country, where a great _majority
of the merchants and capitalists were Protestants, it
would not be equally suited to Ireland, where, so
muchof the commercial capital was iu.the pOsses-
sion of Cltholics. ' •

. • .
A division then took place.
Far Sir lohn NeWport's Motion -

Against It

4

When the Gallery was reopened, the -Muse
was in a Committee on the Local Militia JO. ' •

The clause by which the men entering into the
Local ,Militia were called noon tb swear that. they re-
ceived no consideration for their service, was objea-
ed 'to-by Mr. WYNNE and Mr. WINDFIAM, on the
ground that it tended to weaken the respect paid to
the sanctioo of an oath.

Air. W. Smira .supported the objeetion, aid ar-
gued ilia the multiplication of ocFasional oaths di-
minished the sauCtity of the obligation in many

Mr. WILISERrOTICE spoke to the same etrea, and
also Sir SA.,Niutil. Retatt.t.y, who contended, (bat an
indiscriminate penalty of -201. on the breach of an
oath, by persons of hatsoevef circumstances, was
a very Math-gyrate sanction against perjury.
FULLER argued against the impra6ticable
nicety of thesedistinations. ,
Sir T.• TURTON and Lord CASTLSRE.AGII de-
fended the clause as it stood. Lord CA.STLEREAGII,
however, after Some explanation from Sir S. lioitm-
LY, acceded to. the introdndion of the general penal-
ties of the law against perjury.
'On the clause providing that those who bad serv-
ed in 'the Local Militia, shoUld not bp again liable
to the ballot for that service, till ter the lapse of
four'years, an Ameodtuent was proposed by Mr.
Yeaktc; tor extending the exemption till the indi-
vidual should be liable to serve again in rotation by
the exintustion of the roll.
Lord CASTLEREAGH thought..it a more effeaUal
,mode-of general .relief to give the -.exemption atter
a certain age.
Lord MILTON proposed to extend the exemption
to, the, regular Militia also.
`Mr. WiNnitAm was in favour of the.cornprornisa,
of a general exeMption from the ballot tor both
Militias for two ,years.
After some further,conversation, this last• propo-
sition was agreed to,
To the ciao e which gave to Lords Lieutenant a
:discretionary power 01 .apppointiog Lieutenant Co-
lonels Commandant to the Local .Militia, although
not. possessed Of the nualjtication with respect to pro-
perly,. 'prescribed 'by the old Militia Laws, Lord
proposed an Amendment, that no soca ap-
pointment should take place without the customary
qualification.:
Ou a division there appeared
tor the A nicuciment . . . 3t
For LAIC original Clause: . . . . 107
Majority . . . .
On the elapse subjecting the, Local Militia to cor-
poral punishment, a long discussion arose, which
was commenced' by Lord TEMPLE, who proposed as
an Amendment, that' no punishment of that nature
should take place (during training) until the case
had been represented to the Lord Lieutenant of the
COunty, and by hith submitted to his Majesty.
It was contended by Lord TENtri.e, Mr. W.
WYNNE,. Sir. G. WARRENER, and Mr. LITTLETON;
that the apprehension of this punishment had caused
great disgust and alarm in the country; and that
discipline might -be preserved without having re-
course to such an extremity. Lord CASTLEtREAOJI,
Mr. M, MONTAGU, Mr. WINDHAM, the Solacrrort
GENERAL for SCOTLAND, Mr. ELLISON, and Mr. h.
DUNDAS, maintained, that the two modes of mar
tiallaw which would be introduced were the Amend-
ment adopted, would be .highly injurious to the cis-
eipline Of Mir: mimic military force.
The Committee divided, the number were—.
For the Amendment . . . 14
Vor the original Clause•
. • .
Majority •
The other clauses of the Bill then underwent a
very long; discussion, in the course of which variou:,
amendments were introducediby different Members,
some Of which were alopted, and others rejected.

Two new cla;;;es were brought up ly
CASTLEREAGH, and read pi o forma, with the uncla-
standing that they should be re-committed.
Tim House having resumed, the Report was re•
ceived, and ordered to be taken into further consi
deration on Friday next.
Mr, WHARTON 'brought tip the Report of the
tCoo, rnanmdi tttheee
Bo
in%aierseaonrdd:4teedat.lastktrZllzs_arill_.
Tl:e other Orders of the Day were then ctiv\
posed of, and at half past Tio o'Clock this' mdtn'
ing` the House adjotuned. •

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TUESDAY, MAY 31, :too6.

Lieutenant JONES, of Hii'MajestY's
einie, last night arrived at the Admiralty with
patches from Admiral WHLTSHED, at Cork, and
brings the following intelligence :
The Pireinik Frigate, .of 33 guns, Capt. Banco,
one of the Ships cruiziug on the Cork station, 13.10
captured, after an action of one hour and an half,
the Dutch Frigate Guelderland, Capt. Peon, of 3&
guns, and 257 midi. The Virginie and 11,:r t,"20
have both arrived at Cork. The circumstance. of
her capture are briefly, these. On the evening of
the leth instant, in lat. 46. long. 14., Capt, BRAcs
fell in with the Guelderland, and chased her, ha
did not come up with her till nine at night.'
On' coming alongside, the Virginie bailed her,. to
_ascertain what she Was—the reply was, a Dutch.'
Frigate.
.It was then signitied front the Ifirginie
that she was an English Frigate, and that thf
Guelderland was required to strike; this, how'.
ever, was refused, with a remark that she ?Jut"
sink fir St. An action immediately cominenccd,
and n btoadside froin the Pirgiaie .carried away 11"..
':.antagonist's masts. She however, continued tile
Lion with most obstinate gallantry during the peri4
stated, when, having twenty-five men killed and (off
wounded, she struck. After the enemy had strticiL
She :was .disco vercd to be on fire, and her appear'
_anCe 'was therie:,:tyetnelY alarming. It wms, bow'
ever, subdued with some difficulty, and, in the
fort, her crew centributed their exertions mast laud.'
ably ad etficiently. Gadder/arid was last froft,l
Bergen, and•was bound to Batavia with stores. 61.0
had twenty-Liu-cc passengers on bo::rd. bra"
very and skill of the iLiltrny are .handsomely ackno"
ledged by Capt. ilancg, and lamb are- stitlic,eofit
confirmed by the resistance she made to a Ship
ably commanded, as finely manned,. and in as hie'
a'state of discipline as any in his Majesty's service,'
The Virginie has fully repaired her datnages, and
exhibits a striking contrast to her disabled adversary.
The Virginic had one man killed and 01;° "In
wounded in the aCtion, and snfEifed severely ir' her
sails and rigging. The Dutch Capt. PAOL is ait)olig
the wounded of his Ship. .
The Guelderland) in the above spirited a6tion, it
is said, lost 70 men. The Dispatches were 11)1'0'1
overboard, but the enemy, in the hurry, did ref
put weight enough to sink them, and they weft
saved. . ,

We mentioned yesterday. that Letters 1.4 been
received from. Holland, which stared, that 13ue0"
P.Na-ra had compelled CIIARL ES IV. and the Pri°4l;
'of ASTURIAS to-resign their rights to the Crown of
Spain, and. that, he had appointed .Nlon.yr to be
Kill. There are many reasons that induce us I!
doubt this statement. Whatever BooNarAaol
ultimate intentions with respect to Spain twY °i
wedo not think that he will for, some time at I°.-1
venture to pkit. one of his familY, or of his crew
tures, upon the Throne. In, the preiOnt sate
of atfa;rs, ' such a step would tend most el f&
wally to counterad. own' plans. •Wbile ha,
has the ha
r'ng of SPAIN in power, ho
rn
be able to influence.. at, least- a considerable
it
tinn of the population of that Kingdom, 31)-
1,1/1 be time enough for him to throw off the 11°t
5
when he shall solar have succeedetLin his pliins;
to render all oppositicin to them ineffectual'
present we do not think that BUONAPARTS dare °iv
point MURAT King, and, if he did, we sr° "
s,l
vinced that he Wol.llt.t not have'many loyal stiv."-hig
.'el
We wait impatiently for intelligence from our k!at
off Cadiz, for we have strong reason to believe' I ip
some events of great importance will take phi°
t?
that quarter. If the People ef,Spain are aisP° sea
„of
make an effort to ruaintain.theiriudePendence, °fir;
will find the Government of this Country, vie
convinced, disposed to afird them every 00.1°1'1'4
and measures- have already been taken for that
iP:11;
pose, independent of the troops that were 6-1-
Giort.tar.
that there
IT at:folds' us vtlry great pleasure to find iAa
ill
bas begin almost a total change in the pubk 1;13

AI
sir
oir

,rneriva.with.-respea .this Oda& IA: Wt ix,;3`;t.
voald say'thee ktrne with
• ;'t?te
Government. the
,gros's .and re-
peated insults which BUONAPARTE has otfered fo
America, Mr. JRFEERSON still perseveres in his par-
tiality for France. The People Of America, who
have now an opportunity of duly appreciating the
condu& and views of the Belligerent PoWers, mult
be convinced that all the 'restrictions upon Neutr4
Commerce which have taken place Proceed entirely
from the violence and injustice of the French Go-
vernment.

The Gentlemen who were to meet the CHANCEL-
dI) •of the EXCIIVICLII this morning, on the sub-.
jetl of the ensuing Loins, made their respealve
Itiddings, as follow :
Mesas, BATTILE and CO. 118 3 6 Four per Cents.
GoLosmin . . . tiS ig
ROBARtt and Co. - 21.8 i 9 o
WALSH and Co. . t2o to 0
BAR ri Ls and Co. - 123 14 o
For One Hundred Pound Money.
Three per Cent. Consul* tvloney • 671 to 64
Ditto, opening, . 69 to 69/2
4 per Cents. - . . to 84fr
niuut . - . ti 2i 24

A Cabinet Council was held at the Dake of Porr-
tat's this morning.
Yester:ay morning his MAJESTY, Princesses So-
PIII rt, AuousTA, and Ara ELIA, accompanied by Lady

_
GIV)KGIANA BUCKLEY, Geherals FITZROY,
I'l-ion. Mr. Buoxt.sy, and Colonel TAYLOR, rode in
the' Great Yak, and returned at twelve.

.FAREWELL ADDRESS.
Think, think.'net this a vain obtrusion,
And, Oh ! aecept my heart's effusion
-We meet no more, dear friends, arteu
Retirement's calm I 41[Ve to you.
My'breast with gratitude is swelling,--,
,Whete'er I raise my rural dwelling—
trY—', your bounty bade me rear it."
And, train the peaceful modbitie near it.
t ligirade r Siege since I'm retiring,
New. Lillas will keep up the firing
.41dela axles to other Powers, . •
Old Drury's nightly Munted Timers;
.Noretta—no one's zeal was stronger,
1: oh this Cabiset no longer;
• Henceforth no Sw.-gs, while Sat bringifir,
„
your grit Margaret„ singing.
Much noinrirect trictids, who deign to listtal
No studied tear I've_taught 'tr., glisten.
°II I no, this moment's land nisi ~esS,
L, mote than smock can cx press ;
"ke wolild not tit:.t; chime's be ringing,
f!lot th,ir faulters less in. singing.
Lav'd Pa' nuns, on sin . we sever*
rarevvell !—Nod bless you ail tot ever 1

there
Pa'/`

Colonel MURRAY, Quarter-Master-_General to Sir
JOHN Nloors's Army, arrived late on Saturday night
front Gottentiurgh, and is .expeaed to leave London
this evening, tot the Army again. The troops re-
mained at Gottenburgh when he left it.
Yesterday Was. MANLY, Esq. of the Middle
Temple, ALBERT PeLL, Esq. of the Inner Temple,.
4nd W. ROUGH, Zig. of the Inner Temple, were
called .to the Honourable Degree of Serjeants at Law.,
His Majesty', Brig Malin will shortly sail from
Portsmouth, with the Convoy bound to the Coast
of Africa.' . .
Private Letters fiorn New-York state, that st,
fAilures have taken place at New-York, in conse-
quence of the Embargo.
At a Meeting of thirty-eight Members of the
4nuate and House of Representatives.Of Pennsylva.
11,ia.. it was resolved to support the noininatinu of
"hiaS •MADISCN, to be President ; and Gorses,
CLINTON, to be Vice President of the United
States. At the eve of the sailieg of the Packet, a
report was current that 11„tr. JEFFERSON -had re-.
..signed the Presidency, and bad been succeeded by
MIL MADISON.
Our Letters from Halifax state, that the Expedi"
tion arrived there front England, under convoy of
the Pepre/ope and Banterer, had suffered greatly at
sea by storm, but fortunately no vessel was lost.---t
Very little apprehensions were entertained of a war_
between England and America.
Sem al attempts were made on the 22d of March,
Iplgt tire .t4,theatity of Charleston.
Orders have bean sent for il.e embarkation of
Cooo men et Cork, with direaions for their imrne..
Idiate sailing. Their destination is obvioudy for the
Spanish CQ4kt, And we believe not as enemies but
friends.
nOWNrA TRICK ELECTION.—The Committee,
after a very laborious and patient investigation of the
erits of this Election, which occupied upwards of
three months, closed theirbbotirs' yeste rd#: They
decided that the Sitting Member, JOHN WILSON
Cafaxea, Eiq. was duly elated.
Mr. PITT.--We ought to have mentioned jester
fir, in our account of the Meeting of Saturday,in
honour
. of this illustrious Statesman and distinguished
. ...Patriot, that when " The-immortal ntemory_of Mr.
was given as a toast, the company arose and
received it with a solemn and impressive silence, a
lore Affeaing Niniony of esteem and -veneration
than any thing that language could have 'expressed
On such an occasion. t •
There is no alterathel in the price of Bread.
STORAGE.--This Performer, who hag Icing been
a favourite with the public,- took leave of the Stage
last,A e.,,night,. at Drury-Lane Theatre, in the Opera of
• 4 (..at Though nature bad not been very
'`
favourable to her in point of voice, yet, by assiduity
and iir4Btic.e, she acquired a considerable degree of mu-
.al ability, and acquitted herself very ably as a singer.
.1.8 an aaress she always displayed great spirit and hu-
nkir. It is said,that she has retired with a fort %mover),
Th`
beyond what might be expeaed at the tesult
lit. her exertions. knish* has.been long in public
e. and as prudent in the management of her pro-.
Fenn
as industrious in Obtaiqing it. It ought to be
dintiorted to her credit, that she has'never been in-.
40 -ratgleel, her -public duties by that caprion
which is often found in.. the theatrical world, parti-
c
t,llll,arlY among the musical part (Sit. She swig the
ng lines, which we-attributed to Mr. Cot-
-4144 and was so much affe&ed 'when the parting
P..1341nt came, that she was with dit-ffculty removed
't%T.. the st'age. Such feelings do honour *to her
d6ter and it may be said that
"1 No moment more became her than the last."

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PORTSMOUTII ;‘IAY thfa day La Ma-
tine Brig, for the Coast of Africa ; with the Pruce
Grove, SANDWELL, with troop's for Gore,: ; Favou--
rite, CLIFTON, for Senegl; and Bellona, Tao MX'
sow, for Madeiri and Jamaica, nodereonvoy.

• EOINVUR6IT, MAY l'hursdaY last ar.
rived in Leith Roads the Prince /Villain Henry Cut-
ter, in the service of the •Customs, 'commanded by
Capt. JAMES DOwle, which Vessel on the 24t1.4
inst. between Fraserburgh 'and Peterhead,' felt in
with a sloop-rigged Vessel,Under Danish colours,
to which lie gave Chace;but owing to there being
little or no wind, accompanied with a heavy swell',
it was next morning before they look possession of
her. She proves to be the Wayclialsen Privateer, of
North Bergen, ANDROS KNUDSEN- Conlmander, '
'Mounted with four carriage guns and two swivels,
'besides small arms ; bad 33 men on board, and had
been out ten days, but bad made no capture.
The Privateer, from shifting her guns from side
to side, 'as they found a favourable opportunity,
were enabled to' maintain a running fight for some
time, in which four of the crew of the Privateer and
'six of the crew of. the Prince William Henry Cutter,
were wounded, the greatest part of the last mention-
, td by the explosion of sortie cartridges of powder..
The Privateer arrived yesterday safe at Leith, and
one of the Danish crew, who bad died of his wounds
on their way hither, was decently interred in North
Leith Church-yard; and 'other two„ who were
badly wounded, were carried on Men's shoulders to
the Royal Infirmary at Edinburgh, The remainder
of the crew, including the Commander, who was
slightly wounded, were landed at Leith yesterday,
andinarched to Greenlaw Prison.

The Privateer in question was formerly the Sloop
Hope, of Leith, in the Shetlandetrade, which was
captured some time since, and carried into Norway.
The re-capture of her now may be considered a for-
tunate: circumstance to the country trade, as the

Vessel- is,rigged and fitted eXadly in the way shy
formerly was., and might have been miataken fa a
.British Coasting Vessel. A London Smack, sup-
posed to be for Banff, was in sight When the Prince
William Henry Cutter give chace, but for which
she; in all probability, might have been taken.