NW - ..•~ _,~, .411* oas ... JUNE 19. E tv e, ;obit it was not now necessary to explain, the present T reat y 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. •-.■■••••• 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 th e c o mmons, 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. • ripvitSntY, JUNE 10. 64\K RILL - - 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, --willow • 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 4DVIRALTY I 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 t h e contin en t that compensation mist be hereafter made to Deuulark for the '4/Imes to captured, Tl4e Noble Lord TIIE NATIONAL REGISTER. 589 concluded by moving for returns of the sales and produce of Danish ships, captured previous to the late declaration of war. LORD 11.111KESarnr intimated that it was impossiblt• to coin ply with the Noble Larl's motion, as milts of the ships alluded to were not sold, and consequently no moons had been made. Tits g.sat. up Si PFOLIi s ithiliess his motion, and pledged himself to bring it forty ird again early in the next Session.— 'fhe motion was accordingly withdrawn. LOCAL II II lilt. Loan ILDexesernr rose on the order of the day for elting into a Committee on the Local Militia Eill. Ile considered it a permanent national system, calculated to give more effect to the volunteers, and provide effectually fur the defence of tile country. /WE EARL or Set nine supported the principles of the Bill, but objected to seventh previsions in it, particularly the pay ment of fines for exemption. Tor EARL or 31, 1 li.l considered the volunteers flighted by the observations whisk had fallen from a Noble Lord ()law Ices htirs). lie considered the volunteers entitled to the gratitude of t he country for their uniform loaliv and patriotism. lie had seen the volunteers of s‘votland, anti he should feel no hesi tation to commnud them against an, force that bight invade the country. If the volunteers in the South of Lagland were not so well disciplined, it was because they had not been properly ;idled upon to• qualify themselves. As 'they stood, under all the present circumstances, he considered them preferable to men raised by the Local System. • Loop HAMKSSOUItiO in explonation assured the Noble Baron who; had sat down last, That be never intended to cast the slightestdilyespect ()tithe Volunteers. The. 11'04C-4' went into a Committee, and after a long discus .sion on the several clauses of the Bill, the Report was ordered to be received on Monday.—Aciourned, HOUSE. QE COMMOSS; MONDAY, JITNE On the motion of Mr. Reit, the Cinque Port Pilot's Tiiil was re-commit ted. On the motion of the same Right non. Gentleman, for ve•tittg rn the power of the Lord Warden of the tit►gw Party the ap pintment of silty additional Pilots fur Dower and the I-le of Chant, the Committee divided, when the Clause nab carried in the affirmative, ROYAL MESSA (M t ' THS CHANCELLOR or ens ETCHRQUER delivered to the How a Message from his Majesty, the same as usual at the close of every Session, for the accustomed Vote of Credit toward the incidental exceeding of the year in the defence of the coon , try.-,-Referred to the Committee of supply. The order of the day being read for the }louse to resolve itself into a Committee of Supply, and a motion being made for re ferring thereto, amongst other sulijects, the Petition of the India Company, praying aid ; it was opposed by several Members, The question, however, was carried in the affirmative. MR. DUN D 4C S 4 l'N uE as resumed the subject of India A flair., and observed that the sum he should move for, if granted, would Ntxry the Company through their difficulties, without any fur ther aid from the Public; and he moved that the sum of 1,500,0001. be granted to his Majesty, to enable his Mikjer,ty to pay the same to the East India Company, on aceouot of tha expenses incurred by them for the Public Service in Italia, After some djscpssion the Resolution was agrees! to. SICILIAN TREATY. THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER moved that a km riot exceeding 300,000/. should be granted to his Majesty, to make good the same som stipulated in the Treaty with the King ,if Sicily. Ma. WHITBREAD was desirous, before he could agree to this Resolution, to put a question or two to his Majesty's Nlinisters. tie wished, in the first place, to know the origin of this treaty. There was a stipulation in it regarding the remission of duties upon articles' impoi led from this country. !lad that stipulation been already carried into effect, and were those articles admitted free of duties ? It was also stipulated, that two fortresses s' Id be occupied by us. Why was m.t the occupation Of Milagzo, a fortress of more importance than tither of those mentioned in the Treaty, not included in it? Mn. Secrevr stir Cry vino sail. his Sidiiian Majesty having incurred the hostility of Frasier, on account of hi; adhrrence to us, it was our duty to give him support and assistance. After the, disasters which full upon Austria, the li,iug of Naples mu'.