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0,060. OFFICE OF ORDA:IME, May. 7, 1819. ipal OFFICERS of his MAJESTY'S t DN,I NCE do her: , br t;in of the House of Commons, expressive of the sense entertained • by, them on my having surrendered to tl a . sigencies of the pub lic service, a part of the fees arising from my office as a Teller of the Exchequer, to which I was appointed in conseque n c e of the services rendered to the Public by my late father. I beg to, acknowledge my gratitude fat this distinguished honour. I can not command la.oguage sufficiently expressive of my sense of their approbation ; an d s h ou ld I f a i l I n so doing, I trust to the' indulgence of the House to ascribe it, not topmost of inclination, but to inability. The kind and handsome manner ' Mr, in which • you have b een p l ease d to communicate the Resolution of the House, demands my thanks and acknowledgment. (Signe " C HEN." Sir J. NEWPORT brought in the Justice of *. Peace in Irelands' Bill.—Read a first time, and ordered 'M a second reading on Wednesday next, and to be printed. J. NEWPORT p ost p oned the farther consideration of the Report of the Clerks of the Peale Bill to Wednesday next. Lord CARILiAIPTON regretted that the Honourable Bas , ronet should not put off the 'Billie a more &scanting. But he wished to get through it any how, that he might take hirp. - self back to Ireland. and thus deprive the House of his ;relit abilittos. He (Lord Carhampton) hoped, that if this BJI passed, the Honourable Baronet would not see Waterford 'gaits, - lio would eat him if it 0:114.--(Laughter). Sir J. NEVTPOR'I" did not wish to go back to 'retard to avoid the business of the House—(Hear, hearj.—But the want of employntort for the poor had created a state of 'anxiety in that country, and he felt eager to return, in order to assist in any measure that could tend to relieve the suffering classes of the community. Lord CAR ti A MPTON was sorry for the cause which was Ikely to hurry the Right Hon. Baronet from the country, but was el to hod that he did not mean to delay the &IL ir JOHN NEWPORT declared his anxiety to assimilate the :aw in Ireland on this head to that in England. The Dumfries Paving and Lighting Bill was read a thitd time and passed. ' The Sale of Poison Bill was read a second time and ordered to to, committed. country. He had done so, and never repented his resolution4-(Hear, hear, 4ear). Though he might differ in opinion with him, he still respected the man who was governed by a sense of duty. And as he considered that the head and the heart of that rela _ all her barters and transactions should be referr.ed? tie appealed to the country itself before the /ear 1797, And to all writers on political economy. They all recognised that a Metallic Standard,Otight to be the basis of a Paper Currency., . All the witnesses were agreed on that point, with the exception or one man, s ,very respectable.character, who declared him self fOr an indefinite restriction. Ile was asked, whe- II SELL by IULILIC AUer lON, at the URS I) Y, the 4 27th of hiay instant, at eleven •orlooa. precisely, SUNDRY LOTS of NEW, E RV I t' E Ali LE STORES ; consisting of Tar- F Sort s , Staadirg Vine.] ' Bellows, Handscrews, ad l'ii•ccs; and Clothing; Harness and is and Wheels, together with various the whole of whtch rnity be viewed upon appll ineiFl Storek , :!eper's Office in the Tower, and Woolwich, until the dayof sale, Q.11(.1 where h. 1..)16 will be delivered to thOx persons who Ate. ity Order of th:. 11;ard, R. H. GWEIV, Secretary. five were in the right place, he felt confident that if be had deviated a little from propriety, he *odd , . be restored. He should say no more upot the Ie ct, but reserve himself for another opportunityl 8 hen moved that the Petition be brought up. 1- JOHN BEBRIGIPP contended, that the Ho • nottrable Baronet could not have read the evidence ther he would have no Staddatd of Value P He rei. plied, that he would have the poUnd. But on being asked what a pound was? he could not describe it, but said that every Gentleman, knew what it was= (Laugl#47)—that n had existed 400 years ago. Three hundred years before Gold had been intrOduced into this kingdom, He (Mr.. Peel) turned from the doc trine of Smith to Locke, and after folloWing the lat - ter through all his researches into eternity rtnd the eavee,ly bodiei, he found him compelled to acknow that.* certain quantity of Gold Bullion was only Standard of Value. This doctrine had been all - eon atrtes; "wen try - Baglaald .pre tuFsttt797. What had been cur system since that EAST-UM 1101: SE, May 5 :819. of DIRECTORS of the UNITED :ifERCTLINYS of EZN'GLA ND trading 91 GS du hear?) y git.e r tat the General Cre. au Resolution of this day, ta,• said Cornpanyiwill he held at their l!ouae on Wednesday tile st6th instant, pt eleven 'en K7n, for the purpose of proceeding in the eon :,ui:ject cf a grant testis, . M ost Noble the Mar- caretully,;hinliehacisaidthat none of the London Merchants had biten, consulted. It did not follow, .however,, that because a man might be a manufac turer or a trader, be should ber the best. judge on the subject. As to H un t sad Wooler, he was no follower a theirs ; but he lqakedat measures, anknot m , and be undargtood Omit at s.l ol eretlidit th eir c f i r duct ii l4 l.4,siiestreelt4ketrepaur Ther had that greater power had been entrusted to the Din* of England, than ought to have been comnsittecl to any body of men. As long as Hunt and Wooler entertained such principles, he should act with them —(Laughter). Ha concurred entirely with the Ho nourable Baronet in all that he had :aid respecting his relation. The whole country felt the merits of that distinguished individual, and if there was an opportunity in which he had stood forward, and merited the gratitude of the nation, it was the pre sent—(Hear, hear, hear). He should also take this occasion of eirpressin,s his respect for the judgment which his Majesty's Ministers had displayed, as well as their magnanimity, and he trusted that they would have the cordial support of the House. Mr. GItENFELL could not suffer the Idea to go when a Revolution of the Court of Directors io, recommending that the sum of .£60,000 br Ter; itorial Revenues of India, for the benefit t Dv:it:ins, will be submitt.:.... to the General •,) , Dri mgr.:red by t:le Cap. 6, Sec. ie inspection of the Proprietors, at this [louse. . _ . period? It would not decrease our difficulties to shrink from looking them in the face—( Near, hear, hear). Every foreign Jew would detect the fallacy. By did present system our circulating medium was entrust ed to the Bank of England and to six or seven hun dred country bankers, whose issues were regulated by those of the Bank. On what did the Bank ground its issues ? Either on the purchase of gold,. the dis count of good bills, or on Government securities.— But what had their i s sues been founded on, (hiring the last few years? Not on the purchase of gold, but on Government scearities. In the year 1811 - - . I AT, Seattary. :n . r AND MINUTES OF EVIDENCE. r.!-priated. in Syn. price 7s. , fsl‘ ct the SECRET COMMITTEE t: of COMMONS on the Expediency of .::GLAND RE:-;UMING C.lll PAY .. with the EVIDENCE of the following kc y, Esq. I ludson Gurney, Esq. Jaha Ward; F.sq. Robert Nlushett, Esq. John htdstone, Esq. S. C. lloliand, Esq. Thomas Tooke, Esq. - D.tviti hicarilo, Esq. I lieronimus But mister, Esq. N. M. Itat'asehikl, Esq. Le.v:i.; Lloyd, Esq. Alexander Baring, Esq. unto, '..sq. Ebenezer Gilchrist, Esq. is Ii use ai Cammoas to be printed, 611 May, 1319). test, 192, Strand ; where can be had, in Bvo. Mr. Cobbett's Work, entitled, " Paper a.itinst tirg the History and Mystery of the Bank of 'ncis,:the Debt, the Sinking Fund, the Bank Stop itig and the Raising the Value df Bank Paper. The Report of the Honduras Murder MI was received and the BM ordered to be read a third time to-morrow. Sir J. NEWPORT obtained leave to bring in a Bill to take further measures for the prevention of dangerous Fevers in Ireland. The Marquis of Camden's Tellership bill went through a Committee.—Report to-morrow. Mr. M. A. TAYLOR gave notice, that on a future day be should move fur a Committee to inquire whether it be possible to make persons using Steam Engines consume their own Smoke? ' On the motion of *Mr. BROGDEN the House went into a Committee on the Land 'fax Commissioners' BilL—Report to- MOrrOW. Mr. TREMAYNE presented a Petition from John Cum ming, of the County of Cork, against the Conveyancers' Quali fication Bill. He (Mr. Tremsyne) hopedhis Hoqourable Friend would give time for the country to understand thf nature of the NIL Ile feared that it would tend to destroy a 'cry useful class of men, and to throw all the management of Bitates into the hands of Conveyancers. Mr. LYTTLETON said that he had some idea of exempting Land Stewards from the operation of the Bill, widch, he added, would have no retrospective effect. those issues had amounted to 55,000,0001. In the year 1818, the issues on Government securities were 20,000,0001. and the whole iacues of due Rank 25,000,000/. What were those Government securiz ties on which the advances were made? They were Lit!. Esq. to the House, that the Petition expressed in any manner the sense of that Body which the Ilonourable •, x . . 1:31. Ll. 'aid, i:sq Baronet had represented as its author. It was not signed by one-fourth of those who constituted the Merchants and Bankers of the City of London.— E..q. %ley, q. Had the Hononfable Baronet read the evidence on which the Report was founded, when he said that commercial men had not been consulted ? If he had read it, could be have forgotten such names as Mr. Baring and others, fully able to afford the best infor .. !AMENTARY PROCEEDINGS. re `l iil 11 rip Au , Ipa 11IE Prlder) )us, .;‘,-; !ty will at. tni Tit itl I , — Fo-e. iv ;), are. I "SSE 'he a sluts of are r 11urits as on e At' tij • s; • tit ; a. Cie ptirt net .ts of th for the 1•:r CO ( 7 n yab!y ,• It ti: 1 !- ) 4 ! , 10 ;4 ill': Is ; of - • it' Leh, LA- L.I, 1; ls,, ' • •1 lEN'i • . fi r . : , , ( .s . o!e., • . IL. Wal Ir.. 'thoi Gun 1. L. (i.):.13u Sy the 11.11 Sale by none; the Vice ;",s. - 33 ' 1 •Iki containir. *et, -• , ird the Fur -e, the Lowal Ott - - P.IIILIA Snip turd lase This being th b en . ~..s•ittesl by tht Mr. Rirrow,.l , unt of the nom ngth of time th o.ild be cscertai p re: .itites issued in land Indy ordered 16 4 the Earl of L Iverpool again hserring at the opinion as to Lord KENY md. "ars of labour few : ore the lions , ripe . nsideration of reading o dial After a few o •ssLvx, ;:nd a S yr ., tte: agiei-d to fur which eras A short crinv rT91.1 S, CARI4ARYON I hi , cf the e:r..l marling t u . agreid to be G ab. Several e „ Ha fifer a vire brought up eat, ZINL, and othe emus The Bills lief( the r ettively forwa days; CifIMN terra/ The Order fo etsiirg Lard .11;CK int of this k t had :ettr mlasure as . ssion, which I wih, trader the prese their ftre the House, hbled irdiriduals corn tit or chrii.:e most of erct leis red unfort tr , ..'ne trusted rtder blqi. Ito he LORD :ce Lll, which sped:- de whole aura if the a prnahl igt a sweepiag of bed to z Eirl or a state other ever/ Lr:ir,,d Lord , `:•AS3 till 66E4 1 , .larqui! n the th r part' ▪ tlyz in n COW. r s irens try or 7, , was CI ',did a pre t their •; ; that d can- of Kral r` -'r he em rs they l e tter, vas ilot tit f all 33( '; wncld ice for sed,that „war- • -, KIN et, , ...th :It . •abov* ' li Ma' r Bin r; SC. dov of 3 6 t 3 t t , I„. h •nt L aus .L . ,Lerity at %, • o .7 %.srp. hived :he I O W - 'mver to ,:h he " ‘.l the ;tete- _OUSE OF LORDS, MAY 24. the last day of Term, no judicial business was :he House. _ . from the flank of England, presented an Ac ;mbar of Notes issued in the year 1792, and the those remained in circulation, as far as the same :aired; and a similar Account with respect to the in the ye;:r 1816, which Accounts were whet- • . to be in-feted. - DERBY presented a Petition from the Town of inst the abrogation of Appeal in cases of Murder, same time that he would abstain from giving to the merits of the Petition. YON observed that the Bill for regulating the - in Cotton Manufactories, had been a long time Ise, and that an ample time was given for a due of the evidence • he should therefore move the of the Bill on T hursday next. observations from the Earls of Launzunisti and t short explanation from the Noble Baron, the postpone his Inten led motion till Thursday se'n t day the Lords were ordered to be summoned. wersation took place between the Bids of Noss ix, and LaunisanaLs, respecting the pending con ic Barnstaple Election Bill, which stood for a to-morrow. In the result, that stage of the Bill be postponed until Monday se'nnight. among which was the Ilibernian Fisheries, the tospital, and the Irish Mad-houses Regulation Bill, up from the Commons by Mr. Swims, Mr. BLaca ther Members, and severally read, the first time. tefore the House, chiefly private or local, were re warded. 'NEY SWEEPERS' REGULATION BILL. ior summoning their Lordships being read, 'IC LAND, pursuant to his notice, moved the third stated the differences between the pre and that rejected by their Lordships in the last t he argued were great improvements, and went to •esent Bill unobjectionable. The measure now be e, he observed, was approved: of by the principal icerned in the trade; and as lie Bill would go to of those hardships and cruelties to which the help- Cortunate creatures it referred to were so long sub -1 it would gznerally meet the approbation of their CHANCELLOR objected to several clauses of :11 he cor.siCered so absurd and unjust as to vitiate ure. One absurdity an the Bill was, that of in ty for employing" any female, girl, or woman. in of Chimnies." It would, indeed, be difficult to . woman who was not a female. After pointing ler inconsistent parts of the Bill, the Noble and said it was nut drawn out,' ith sufficient correct rough that House. ds of LANSDOWNE denied that there was any • :he wording of the Bill. That clause which went inhuman practice of making fem.ales clean Chins ; worde4:—" Any female child, girl, or woman ;" :otrect, and it was very proper to put a stop to so lle earnestly hoped that their Lordahips ,crew out the BilL of LAUDERDALE observed, that if machinery employed, boys would still be expos 4 to as much ley were hitherto. He objected to this Bill, because for the Legislature to lay down rules of humanity ; beca:•se, by doing so, the very principles of hu• ;d be :octed up; for greater cruelties would then be I o zny which the Billvrent to provide against, For ;, should oppose the-Bill. N(; supported the Bill, because he understood It ccncurrence of most of the Mayer Chimney .l,l because he thought it wetild be productive of •Ti *,:l ND ad thessed their Lordships, in reply. Ile ro more than adopt practical rules, that had persot.s in the trade, for the better conduct of it tended greatly to promote the principles of relies icg hardships to which children 'naci been 1 - e;Til their Lordships would not °biter. Ise then di•!ided—Contents, 19—Nor Contents, 152 . lost the ilia , a,.—Which is thereby loot fcr the ijuurn:d• not•SE or COMMONS. •AKER comuiiiiiicated to the rouse that he had re l., limvirg lett( r from the Marqui. of Camden, in Resolution agreed to by the House oa Friday last, Speaker) had tr tnsmitted to cite Noble Marquis: I hay- the honour to acknowledge the receipt of our lc -lid inst. conveying to me the unanimous Resolution , m• . .. i. f-t"‘ "tt •I 4 .? • I S I I 1 • • • , ' t 'I! ;.- v . 1 t ' • . . ( . 3 .114 4: 11 , . • ' • .:. "'° . "Vor ''' -al, • 17 A .: ... : .0 • er • vtdw •':' t, : S A • je . :-.;,.. :. ,e3t: , 0 4, , , , , ' `• 7 "ik • J P l''' ''i l * .. . . . . - • •:.. I/ .f. ..1 it -._- _ . .. _- ...,,.. k ',fr.. ~, • . • - • . . . . . .: - . • ~................_____ . -..._,___.:_. - , , - - 0N - • . TUESDAY MAY 26 1819: . , , • . PRICE Sprl4l4 —llll4Cr. , • ! , 1 I 1 ; 1 t I l i I i 1 . M I • 1 1 • I i ' I t l ' L . , • i 1 ill not drawn on existing taxes pledged for that pur pose. They were Exchequer Bills, representing tares which were not yervoted; What differences therefore, could be seen between issues made by the Bank on Government securities, and issues made direct by the Government itself? If the latter plan were adopted, an interest of three and a half per cent. on the Whole would be saved to the countryi What did the public creditor receive, if he applied for the payment of his debt? Bank notes. What remedy could be procured if he did not receive them ? Had he any other than to decline taking his money till the Cash-payments should be resumedi It would be said that the Bank was safe, and that no fear need be entertained of its solvency. This he admitted, but was that any argument for excessive issues on her part? 11 it was, then were those of la* well founded. But lie contended that the best securior..w.ould-lsa Sr= inrie—a4- pap . 41.44.:- ,_(hear,dlear It was impossible to look a; the fiistory of the country for the last three years, - itta 'nnt to desire to put an end to the present system. — In 1814 and ISIS there had been a considernie in crease in the circulating medium. Every th'ig then appeared to prosper, and our' mports and exports to augment. In 1818 and'lBl7 the natural results of the system were felt. Langour pervaded the countr# property was accumulated to a great amount, bat there was no demand, the Country Banks having reduced their circulation. In 1817 and 1818. thd country began to recover. The circulating mediurrt was once more increased. Previous to 1814, the issues of the Bank did not exceed twenty-three Mil lions. , In 1815, they were brought to between 25 and 26. In 1816 they were limited to 26 ; but in 1817 they weie pushed to twenty-nine millions, be sides a large • issue of gold. Speculation revived; prices having suddenly risen, all were eager to take advantage of the change. Country Bankers lent their capital, and the same scenes were acted over again. Prices sunk a second time; corn fell so low as 30 or 40 per cent. and he feared misery would ensue, he would not say to the same extent, but from the same cause: If he looked at the evidence, mi.? deuce which must satisfy even his Honourable Friend but he was sorry to find that his Honourable Friend (Mr. Marryatt, who seemed to have fallen fast asleep) did not seem to take as much interest in the evidence as its importance required—( Lord laughter.) If he looked at the evidence of Mr. (ilaastane, and read that, in 1817 the importations of corn and other articles front lrelaqd at Liverpool, amounted to £l,2oo,ooo—that in 1818 they reached £l,9(lo,ooo—that in,1817, 311 thousand bales of cotton were imported into that town, and in the ensuing year 421 thou s and, it would appear that there was a great increase ins trade. But the consequence n as that prices fell, tag the demand ceased, and that there was in the port of Liverpool an accumulation of goods to the amount of £3,000,000 beyond the quantity received in 1817, These vacilrations of trade might be of little import ance to the State, but how deeply did it not derange all the relations of society ! At one time there was an excessive• demand for labour—at another there was none. He wished to speak baldly—he would not conceal the impression which his mind received— (Heat.) It was impossible to hear the statements in the Petition from Carlisle, without perceiving that there 'was something unsound in the system—(Hear, hear.) Our prosperity, might appear great from the Custom House returns, but the state of the poor, the distresses of the industrious , and the a m ount of the poor's rater s would shew whether the present system was perfect or not-.(?tear, hem.) It had within itself no cons+ teracting principle. It administered excitement to .excitation, and where it found a disposition to spies& late. it increased it.. Then all demand ceased, suit alarm spread itself throughout the country' B an k ers M ere obliged to contract their issues te the sitoni the times --they even made demands oh those unit were solvent, in order to provide for tlae4i own sa f ot y i and all was distress and desolation. t hese wino t h e consequences of the Restrictions , ld we not look our difficuhies in the illeo—(Hear, Let not the House nor the country judge of the frame mation on the subject ? Mr. MARRYATT contended, that after the most careful examination of the testimonies adduced, he could not find one witness whose evidence was not in perfect contradiction to that of another. The Petition was then brought up, read, laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. It , i !, 1 1 . 9 .. . I '.. , 9 1 1 ! ! i ' •• 1 i . . CASH PAYMENTS. On the motion of Mr. PEEL, the House resolved itself into a Committee of the whole House, on the Report of the Bank Committee. Mr. PEEL rose. He could not conceive it paste ble that an individual should be placid in — riltuatron which rendered an appeal to the indulgence of the House More necessary than that in which he now stood. He was about to perform a duty which de volved upon him as Chairman of a Committee. He had to call the attention of the House to a subject, which in his conscience he considered most important, and which was interwoven with the highest and the lowest transactions of the country. This subject, at no remote distance, had occupied the attention of Parliament. It involved principles of an abstruse nature, and details uninviting and tedious. It had exhausted the abilities in that House, and whatever could be said upon it had already been said in the best manner. He would not supply any novelty to it, by a reference to party feelings. If he did so, he should be an unworthy Chairman of a Committee from which such feelings had been entirely dismissed. He had never seen a Committee rise more superior to party, and more completely devote its .attention' to the public good—(Hear, hear, hear). He had to sub mit to the House a set of Resolutions, adopted al most unanimously, for the Right Honourable Gen tleman opposite (Mr. Tierney) had alone recorded his dissent. Yet though almost unanimous, many of those who felt disposed to concur in the measure, might in some particulars be opposed to tlse principle on which it was founded. This relieved him from much embarrassment. His speech would be only that , of an humble individual expressing his own opinion, and responsible for whatever errors he might com ; mit. Ile would fairly declare, that since he had en tered the Committee his own opinion had experienced a change—(Wear, hear, hear). He had entered it, with the intention of entirely obliterating from his mind any former vote which he might have given. He openly avowed that his sentiments were changed. He had voted against the Resolutions proposed by Mr. Horner in 1811 ; and if they were proposed again he might vote against the practical measure, but he was bound as an honest man to declare that with some slight qualifications he perfectly concurred in their principle. He brought without shame and re pentance this tribute to the grave of one froni whom he frequently differed, but whose abilities he admired, and whose character he respected—(Hear, hear, hear). He should now come to the subject of his motion. He had hoped that after expressing* the opinion that Cash Payments should be resumed, nothing would remain but the mode and the time of resuming them. But he could not conceal from himself that senti ments seemed to be entertained, which, if admitted, would lead to. indefinite restrictions--(Hear, jtear, hear). Judging from publications, by which, he feared, the public mind was influenced, if the House gave way to that influence, it must 1•e prepared to le gislate for indefinite restrictions. 1 his was the reason why he thought it necessary at the very out. set, to make up ones mind either to have a Metallic currency or a Paper System. He therefore called upon the House, in his second Resolution, to declare whether it would or would not have a Metallic circu lating medium ? Was it possible that the system carried au for the last twenty years could be main . tabula t—(Hest, hear, hear). Could the country :e -1 main without a Metallic Standard of Value, to which CARLISLE WEAVERS. Mr. cunWEN bad a most painful duty to perforM. He called upon the House and the Noble . Lord opposite, to pay at tention to the Petition which be held in his hand. It was sigoed by 1,400 Weavers of the City of Carlisle, and stated, that al though they worked IS hours a.lay, they could not gain more than Ss. per week. They did not complain of their employers, far they believed it was not in their power to de more. But they asked for bread, and if that could not be given them • they begged to be, supplied with the means of repairing to them, or any itheri British Colony, that they might have an opportunity of exerting themselves, and not suffer their children to die of hunger before them. He (Mr. Curwen) hoped that the Noble Lord, who at the beginning of the Session had painted In such glowing colours the prosperity of the country, would seetow far he had been mis taken. He also trusted that the House would bestow its deepest attention on the subject, and that the Government would devise some means for supplying the Petitioners with work. The Petition was then brought up, read, laid en the table, and ordered to be printed. CITY PEVTION. Sir ROBERT PEEL had never experienced such a feeling as at this moment, though he had sat for years in that House. He had a Petition, to present from a body of men who were entitled to the first consideration—who, in times of public distress or pecuMary want, had been the first to relieve the Go. vernment of the country. In 1797, when the Re strictions had been proposed, a. meeting of the Lon don Merchants had taken place, for the measure would not have been carried without their approba tion. Who were more intimately acquainted with its nature than those who were so deeply interested in the welfare of the country ? The men best qualified to judge in the matter had not been consulted. He hoped that before any measure so destructive to trade and manufactures was allowed to pass, the House would pause awhile. Looking at the Report, he had found only witnesses who were not likely to give the Government any information. The most able had been left out, not consulted, and totally disregarded. He had attended the London Meeting which took place some days ago, and that was the only one at which he had ever felt it his duty to be present, with the exception of that which occurred in 1797. If the former had been thought of consequence enough to save the country, he hoped the latter and its Petition would be found equally entitled to the attention and respect of the House. It had been attended by Messrs Hunt and Woofer, and he should not do jus tice to those individuals if he did not state that they had behaved with great propriety. This he conceived to be the result of their new alliance. They had sup ported the present measure, and he had been so sur prised at finding - such men the supporters of the Administration, that he thought it would afford a good subject for a caricature--(Laughter). On one side the Noble Lord and his friends, and on the other Mr. Hunt and his adherents might be seen pulling down the fabric which bad been raised by the im mortal Pitt, and which had saved the trade, the ma nufactures, and the very existence of the St ate. He appeared t his night, he was conscious, in an extraor dinary character. He came to oppose a deer relative; but he had a duty to perform, and he respected those who performed what they conceived to be theirs--. (Hear, hear, hear). The Gentlemen who had opposed him at the meeting had rather been indignant at the made for paMrtialities. B He had always considered Mr. Pitt as the first man in the worl • He remem- Leted, that when that relation whom he this night opposed, was only a child in his arms, he had thought that a man who should discharge his duty to the ccuntry as Mr. Pitt had done, would be west to be admired and imitated. He had then declared, that if his s:m should live, he lboold present blot to his