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ever heard that a King could by any treaty pledge hinteilf, or
those whom he represented, to an alterative of the estabiished
law of the land'---sifearl—or that they (the ratienj should be
bound by it? But he again denied that there was any sad. law i
as the proposed one implied by the treaty in question. It went, •
it was true, to prevent the supplying of arms, ammunition, ;
but upon this the present Bill was wholly silent, while it spoke
against the raisin of troops or furnishing of money In any Tran-
i ner, of which not one word was to be found in the treaty itself
--(Hear, hear). The Honourable and Learted Gentleman then
commented at some length upon severe' obs‘rvatioes which had
diem front tine supporters of the Bill. Ile would nte.v propose,
if no Gentleman on his side of the House should think a drift,'
reot course preferable, to take the sense of the Ifouse, not on the
qucsti m for going into the Committee, bet After the first clause
had been :greed to. In going thus far, the House would sheer
that they were willing to restore the common law to the state in
which it stood before the Aet of the 9th Ore. I I. was pessed,ard
tt'at they were determined to reject ary measure se.hieh Hein
terel to alter the law upon the invitilotts prirripla of the Bill.
Lard CASTLEREAGH did not object to the manner in
which the no:Iota-able Gertlemn proposed to take the sense of
the noose, which he thoeght would he a very e tevettletit one.
The repeal of the existing Statutes which tlre ilermarable Gen-
tleman opposite had is view, was not, however, a measure tl:at
carried along with it so me eh faireesi as was attributed to it.—
There was Ito equity lit reverting to tbe comm •:: w, after
having acted with respect to all other Powers of Europe for the
greater part of a century on Statute Law. With regard to the
Treaty by which it had been asserted we were not nourd, it
ought to be recollected, that it was laid or. the table, along with
the other treaties of amity concluded on the restoration of peace;
sied that on the wba!e of the arrangements produced by these..
treaties, the most approving Address ever voted by Parliament
had been presented to the Cr own.—The questicn was called f:ar,
when the Noble Lord concluded.
The ATTORNEY-GENERA L moved az instruction to the
Committee to insert, as an addition to the first clans_, we. is
repeal! •7 two Acts p.lSicsi by the Irish Pattie:neat against ku-
reign Enlistments in that Country.—Order
On the second clause being moved,
Mr. T. WILSON opposed the Bill. He contended that the
laws, if defective, should have been amended formerly, and nut
now, when so many British subjects had gone abroad.
The Committee divided—For the Motion, 243—Against it,
174—Majority. 74.
When strangers were re-admitted, the House was debating
the l.t her elau..es of the Bill, several of whirh were opposed Ily
Sir 1.. Witeoe, Mr. IlesstaN, Mi• r. I.ITI Is• •
TON, &c. and supported by the ATroaNtee-Gesta sr, Ssereetice.
GraraaL, I .4.1(1 CasTl.S:bani:ll, and others. beseral verbal
Amendments were mle. The s I clauses were discussed,
and the Bill, ss amended, agreed to in the Committee. The
Report was ordered te be received this day.
The other ders of the Day were then disposed of, and the
House adjourned at a little past Foos o'Ctocs ants MOLNING.