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After some short farther conversation betWEen the Earls of LIVERPOOL and LAUDERDALE, with respect to the most appropriate diction, iE was agteed to, slightly alter a very few words, and to omit the word " thereon." So amended, the question wits Fut, and . the Noble - Minister's proposition agreed to.. The Noble Earl, LIVERPOOL; then followed it up by another, viz.—" That the said Committee be chosen by ballot on Thursday- next, at five o'clock," which was ordered Accordingly. • the last year stated, that . unforeseen circemstances, . had prevented the resumption of cash-paymentsr: New, it turned oot that mote unforeseen circurnstan‘ • ces h ad occurred dining the last twelve mouths. On the importance of the question he need not trouble ; the House. He had lately witnessed petitions which ; ... seemed to intimate that the question had assumed : as much of a popular character as that of Annual, Parliaments and Universal Suffrae, and he strongly suspected those petitions to have been attained in the same circular mode as those for Annunl Parliaments.. It was the general sense that an enquiry was neces ; sary ; and it now remained to be shewn why such an inquiry should not take place. Was it to be be cause lie was the mover of it; he was persuaded that no Gentleman could vote for the Chancellor of the. Exchequer, unless it could be shown that his propo sition went one step beyond, and embraced some point which his (Mr.' Tierney's) did not reach. For he could not believe that so independent a body as the House now contained would range itself on either side without being guided by the merits of the mc.- tion. With respect to its first part, he did not think that any thing new could be produced. He fraaki avowed that the principle of the Bullion Committee, • as brought to a point with the able assistance of his lamented Friend, Mi. Horner, constituted his creed ; a creed which nothing that had since occurred had been able to shake. In conversing with many per. sons upon the subject, he had had the satisfaction to fled how rapid had been the progress of truth from day to day. For all professed that the principle was right, though some maintained that the resumption of cash-payments might still be injudicious. The question was now very different ftom what it once had been. The danger to the Bank, the .difficulties created by the price of gold, all these considerations were now set aside. The true question was, whether the circulation of the country should be restored, and kept within.the bounds of its natural state? This was therefore no more an abstract question, and yet it was on this that an alarm had been spread throughout tile country and its commercial depart , meets.. Gentlemen had been taught to believe that the safety of the Empire depended on no diminution of the circulating medium taking I lace. This was a doctrine which he heard without surprise. It was what he !tad predicted. 'The habits of the patient had grown so vitiated by a long course of indul gence, that he could not bear to return to a whole some regimeni—(Hear, hear.) But the alarm to which he had alluded could not have been supported for a moment unless it had derived sonic sanction from the authority of persons high in the estimation of the country. He should act wrong by the House and the Nation if he did not cal) things by their right names. There was a strong money party in the country, whose object was to poison the public mind on this sdbjekt, and to control the House and the illablsiteelf. This party was composed of different descriptions of persons. It contained men .of the highest integrity and. affluence, whose name would pass current from one encl of the earth to the other, and who lent themselveslo the object most conscien tiously thinking that they did right. But the rest were of a different character. In fact he considered himself this night at war with all the gamblers and speculators in the stocks—(Repeated chew lag.) Every word he uttered was wormwood to them:They would naturally misrepresent his intentions and attempt to throw discredit on all he did. But if his living was no offence, he was conscious of committing no other. He was discharging his duty to his country—(Loud cheers.) Those men wefe persons who had over traded—(Loud cheers)—who, without capital, had embarked in extensive speculations—they were mere gamblers—(Repeated cheers)—and he asked the House whether it was astonishing that they should oppose with all their might the resto: ashen of Cash Payments?—( hear, hear, hear.) They knew that the hour of their extinction was come' the moment the right currency of the land was restored—(Hear, hear, )year.) But, unfortunately, that hour had been so long postponed, that they had prevailed en the respectable inuividuals whom he. had first mentioned to put their names to Petitions, and to come to the House, (as an Englishman he was ashamed to speak it,) to request that England should not have the same circulation as other countries (Repeated cheers.) The Chancellor of the Exchequer, to whom he meant no incivility in what he was about to. state, had, by the course which he had pursued, if not made himself an instrument is their hands, at least suffered him self to be cowed by their threats and machinations. Ile and his Noble Colleague (Lord Liverpool) had held conferences with those persons. He had made .his whole system to rest on paper. What House think of. a Finance Minister, who, to year; and from one session to another. on, without trying to emancipate the cf its- difficulties—nay, without manfully allot. ing the Ilcuse to lock, them in the ly stem consisted in holding out hopes might•mend, that he might joinsthe ends by an impreniernent in the revenue and .ixchetpter-bills. ills object to raise the nVery laudable one; but hew did he at feet it? Not by laying new dunes, cr , but only .by an emission of. parer . I n ,we were just beginning to•escape from ties, the amount of paper was very low the beginning of 1t317, the Right Eon( ,tlernau had creme, with an air of nium !should not easily forget, and had tad dm I all was restoredt--tinit the Stocks were p .and that in a.short timir he.should be at the interest of mosey and-sell off the Rik in three months the vhole secret cantle Bank and the Country Bankers increased issues from day to day ; and that Is as :prosperity so much boasted of by the Rig, able Gentlernau. . Blithe (the Chancellor chequer) was interested in it. The loess:. 'culties gave him consolation; for Es, contains a Proclamation from hi. !loyal Tiles- Row,Nr, commanding all the Peers of Scotland 1101) , i-tad House on the 18th of .larch next, to s sit and vote in the preLmt Parliament, in the rl of Exam., deceased. MILITARY PROMOTIONS. • WAR-OFFICE, FEBRUARY 1, 1819. of Dragoons—Cornet Edward Clive to be Lieu- It - chase, vice Ommaney, protneted in the 94th ,sionos. Charles Norton linatchbull, Gent. to be • purchase, vice Clive. of Light Dragoons—Paymaster Henry Nolan, half-pay of the 105 d Foot, to be Paymaster, vice itvtns, who retires upon half-pay of the 103 d Foot. Quart( r-Master Miller Blair to be Regimen - aster, vice Fortesquicu, deceased. - lieuter.ast Coruthwaite money, from the Isi 6 be Captain of a Troop, by purchase, vice Trit 7l tires. it of Foot—Lieutenant Philip Cosby Lampbier to of a Company, without purchase, vice. Jones, de ,be Lieutenants, without purchase , Ensf4o Forbes ~ vice Beaver, deceased. Ensign Thomas Davis,vice promoted. Ensign Wood ilitf.r.oot, vice Lamphier. , without purchase—Second lieutenant Jaintii . the half-pay of the late 5d Ceylon ttrginsen4 insoo ; Second Lieutenant Alexander Scott, from of the late 5d Ceylon Regiment, vice Davis. Tlltis ' vice fadeout. -Lieutenant Benjamin Beaufoy, from the half pay of ment, to be Lieutenant, vice John Hornett, who cx receiving the difference. - -Ensign Walter Balfour, from the half-pay of the be Ensign, vice Thomas Hunter,who excharges, e difference. Lieutenant Patrick Logan, from the the Regiment, vice Adam Murray, whoeechanges the differ me. -Ensign Lord - Erederiat Lennox, front the 91st Foot, l ip, w ithout purchase, vice Russell, promoted. .Ensign William O'Neil to be Lieutenant, without - vice Cruttwell, dcetascd; John Burleigh, Gent. to vice O'NeiL Ditto--:Captain Frederick Gibbons, from the half-pay of root, to be Captain of a Company, vice James Murdoch, who exchanges; John Campbell, Gent. Ensign, without purchase, vice Lord Frederick Lennox, tted to the 62d Foot. India Regiment—Quarter-blaster William Fair, from West India Regimentoo be Qdarter-Master, ,ice Itentie, who retires upon the half-pay of the 4th .ta Regiment. Regiment—Lientenant•Alfred MOW. to be Captain without purchase, vice Gray, deceased ; Se-, iteaant Samuel liraybrooke to be First Lieutenant, me.—The exchange between Lieutenant • Angus the 21st Foot, and Lieutenant A. Spotiswoode. of that Regiment,-has not taken place. .change between Lieutenant Robert Mackay,. of the and Lieutenant Ibbetson, on balf-pay 10Sd Foot, s place. signed by the Vice-Lieutenant of the North Riding of the County of York. .doorsora, jun. Esq. to be Deputy-Lieutenant; Edward Carter, Esq. to be ditto. st of North York Local lifilitia.-L.Chaderlrindson, %! • • - -. INSOLVENT Diticron's ACT. The Earl of SHAFTESBURY presented a Petition A - behalf of the Common Council of the City of London, against the renewal of the above Act (:,imi- , lar to that presented, to the House of Commons); and strongly expressive of the Petitioners' opinion as to the injustice and injurious tendency of its operation: The LORD CHANCELLOR took the opportu nity to express his opinion, that the subject to which the Petition referred was worthy of the serious attenr tion of Parliament ; -and he gave notice, that on an early day he meant to move. for laying before the House some important information upon the subject. This would be for an account of the number and naives of those individuals who were delivered under the present Insolvent Act ; for the amount of their respective debts ; and of the sums or portions thereof which were actually paid by them. The Petition was then laid upon the table; and the House adjourned till to-morrow. _HOUSE OF COMMONS. . A great many Members took the oaths and their seats; anionest the rest, Lords Casneceacar, WORCESISS. R. MA::.• liallY, tee. Mr. LY GON presented a Petition from Kidderminster, praying fur leave to bring in a Bill to facilitate the means of re covering small Debts.—Referred to a Cummittee. Mr. CALVERT presented a Petition from St. Saviour's against the oppressive duty laid on Coals, being for the sue. rounding Comities 9,. Ina. per Chaidron, while other maritime Counties had paid only about 6s. 6d. per Chaldron ; and it prayed the House to be relieved from such, disproportionate taxation. . Sir ROBERT WIJ,SON supported the prayer of the Peti tion, which very properly asked relief from heavy burdens, un equally imposed. See M. W. RII)LEY merely begged to guard himself against being misunderetood. The Northern Counties would have no' objection to the Duties being taken off, but they, evouldlaiili object to their being taken off with the view of being removed' to other shoulders—(Hear, keer).—Laid upon the table. • - Mr. HARVEY presented a Petition from Henry Hunteols: serving, that he forwarded it in the performance of his duty as a Member, and begging that he might not be therefore idend lied with the principles which Mr. Bent was tumult tertnaiu-' tan. It prayed that the Westminster • Hustings Bill night not pass into a law, &c. .Mr. BENNET disclaimed what seemed to have been mist understood by the Petitioner; he had not charged Mr. Hunt With being the cause of the disgraceful riots before the litistinp at'the last Election.—Laid upon the table. The Southwark Paving Bill was read a second time, and or dered to be committed. Mr. W. SMITH presented a Petition from the . .klerwl,:h Grand Jury, praying that the House would adopt memoirs to promote a more speedy Jail. Delivery ; obs:•rving, that in one instance, a young man had been imprisoned (:nu 'curs, and thee 'acquitted as wholly innocent. This, under any circumstances, would be bad, limit intolerable; but it was the more especially lit a country where the Constitution said there must be a speedy administration of Justiie. Norwich was thus in the situation of the Northern Counties, complained of by Mr. INI. A. Tay 4u; and he hoped the propriety of affording remedy would be .s..:en. Petition read, and laid upon the table. Mr..STUART WORTLEY presented a redden from Ha lifax, praying that the Bank "light hot be called upon to resume Cash Payments—(ileac).—Ordered to lie on the table. Mr. CANNING presented a Petition, signed by aunt :NO 1 I persons of Liverpool,•which was nut only si to other Nil: dons on this subject, but also' couched insinilar language — (Hear). --le was against • the res umption of Cash Payments.— One Petitioner, Mr. Cropper, appended to his name thts qua lification, that he wished the postpt.nensent of Cash Payment, and he did not agree in the advantage of their ever being re sumed.!—(Hear, and a laugh). 1 Mr. TIERNEY said this Petitioner had the merit of ha. I neatly speaking out his opinion; he wished others would follow the example--(Hear, hear). General GASCOIGNE wished to know when the new Bank Notes, upon an improved construction, would be ready to sup- ply the place of the forgeries—(el laugh!. . I The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said be could not give an answer.—Petition laid upon the table. . . Petitions were presented, complaining of undue Elections f of the County and Town of G alwa y , Reading, Rclester, Diistul, l Worcester, and Leitrim, which were severally ordered to be I taken into consideration on future days. • • I Many Petitions for Private Dills, fcc. were presented, Snell sent to Committees,. • 1 • Mr. MANNING mimed for an Account of the Half-Yeirly itaoet of Bank Notes since 1797..--Ordered. • ' ' . Lord CASTI.F.REAGII presented Copies of the Treaties of Alisla-Chapelle, tar the. evacuation of France, /cc. ; and his Lordship added, that he had others to 'peseta, particnbely some regarding the Slave Trade. Ther e was also one reprding Private Claims on France. On this subject he 'should bring in a Bill nest week.—Ordered to be laid upon the table. Sir F. BURDETT presented a Petition Irons the 1441dt:wits of Westminster, against the Westminster Hustings Dill. Tfie no aourabk Baronet trusted that the Dill would be postponed. Mr. )3KXNET postponed the third reading, If the Dill might be postponed till to-morroar.—Agreed tut. Sir J. NEWPORT Moved for Copies of Reports anal Letters received by the.Gmfernment of Ireland since Mardi, isle, it , gpeetina the State of Disease in Ireland. —Ordered. i • DANK IIf...ITIIICTIONS. . Kr: TIEItNEY rose to submit a resolutioriAn the , aloose for the appointment of a Com mittee to inquire into the most important suestion which' could be I matter of debate—that of the Bank Restrictions. The terms.a.bis..mot"on should be —that a Committee be tAppalled' OilsOitgrai: into the effects produced on the; change:between this and foreign countries, and on 1 thAcireulntlisgstedium by else Restrictions on Vaslt. : 4myttAlltia.t.the Dank; am) to .report thereon. h Was . • me. titniiikce.i. „rim o. ur. lud VOA ctraulitted, whirl Isad a ttracsocLhitattention, that, contrary to all their P A tliamentsity pledges, his -MkjOsty's Ministers iii- . 'tended *Ott*. in a 411.1 to; -esantinue these. hankße strictions, which had now existed' fir" 'a • tidriod 'of one-and-twenty years. Tbc preamble to the Act of Lieutenant. . , • Forest Yeotnaury Cavaky.-..Captaitt.raenntandout Elattley, to be Major; Lieutiatant James Hof/ aeon, to be Captain; Thosnas Robson, Rag to be l met George Kaye, to be Deettoant; Corset Wll.l :peon, to be ditto. BANKItUPTS. Anywy, jun. rilandford-Foturn, Dorsetshire, stone n, to surrender Feb. 16, March 2 and,l6, at twelve, at Crown lon, 11landlord-Forum. Attorney, Mr. Dean, -I-street, London. owsey, jun. and Sarah-Lloyd, Blandford Forum, dealers 'lama', Feb. 9, at two, 10, and March 16, at ten, at •,) Inn, lllandford-Fornm. Attornias, Mr. Moore, ; or Mehra. Wilson and Chisholm., Lincoln's Inn- Thompson, liemtdeton, Lancashire, tanner, Feb. 24, 5, and March 16, at clever, at the 'White Horse Inn, Attornits, Mr. Norris, John-street, LlLdfprd,rove; Lzir, Pres:on. . t. r Marren, ahaft n, Charge hledows Morgan, and - Belle Sauvage‘pard, sebvi:sale-ato FS , . 6, 23, and March 16, at ten, at. Guildhall. At- Messrs. J. and A. Scakh, Darset-street, Salisbury- Fleet-street. lerton. Upper Bedford-place, Bloomsbury-square, rob. 9, 16, and March tri, at twelve, a t (iuild ,:torcies, Messrs. Knight and Freeman , asinghall- Wilbean, Dock Ilead, Sarrey, rectifying distiller, 16, and March 16, at ten, at Guildhall. Attornks, :Martin and Son, - London Commercial Sale Rooms, lane. 'ld John .argosy Gilchrist, Liverpool, merchants, tA, and - March 16, at eleven, at the George Inn, ft,t, Liverpool. Attoruies, Messrs. illactstock and , Bench-walks, Temple, London ; or Mr. James Liveipool. Liveipool, common-brewer, March 1,2, and out, at the Yost Hotel, Liverpool. Aitoriiii.s, Mr. !, Williamson-I:quart, Liverpool; ur Nlcws. AJling -1 Grerry, Bedfordwow, London. Mactram, nuneFs-hall, ‘Visichester-street, merchant, It., and March 16, at one, at (guildhall. Atturnict, 4tratton and Allport, Shoreditch. Deptfntd, maltster, Feb. 15, 23, and 111:".rch at (andball. Atturnies, Messrs. Parnther and r, maw-street, Fenchurch•street. Ilattersley, Ihhon-with-::arrogate, liorF.shire, victual a). 15, at six, IG, and March IG, at eleven, at the ty Inn, I Sil on-w h-llarrog3te. Attorales, Mesa's. -der and New Inn, London; or 'Mes , 4s. Rich- Ann Tohon, Kuaresbrough. UlVEllti'ool,, JANUARY MI C;Atm: tuark.,:t r..nnained during the greater part of the .tv anti prices continually dropping, so that yrs ratitef ntor , ... business was dune, the saki wrt . e at :n lust week's rates of Id. to Id. pr pound in ntost except Bengali, which arc only id. hover. (;1...k3G0W MARKETS, JA NU ARV AO. NI% —The sales of the week amount to about 1041 pack. sea Nand, 197, at 3s. to 6d.—Ditto, inlet inr, 3, at .—Dtttn, Stained, ...la, to 260.-130we!4, 435, at to i3/I.—ftrlcaus, 5, at ..!ott.—Do. inferior, 21, at 16iii I^, r: s, at 170.--lh.inerara and rierbice, 911', at 100. to rinr, 50,17 id.—Pernarnhucco, 26, at 2s. togs. id. lam and llahia, 72, at 21d. to ilid.=—Cattiliagena, 64, at .J. , ,esrs, 2, at 1,641.--Surat, 47, at 12d. to 12a1.—By ;:.:Aerie, 10, at 17 id. .(13'31E;I• ll fladeete ' gat ruxes I s ieenble at 11, a Peer to of the Earl 7egitr.ent of ',Aia;A, by pur 1):-Agoin Carrot 1 1 Pit Reginlellr Ora the half. Delia Lutver Ditto—" Fro pI Quarter:. .; octi Ditto --Lie Dragoons, to 1 re who retir ira tte-ginvnit F it Captain of c ared. To be Dibinson, vie promo Ensigns, afflICS ,rom ,i ce ll:abatises tie half pay n raw 1 14 1 1 Y, vi I)itto--Li , Ot Regiment 4.IBpFS, reCei ::ti Ditto—Er uti Foot, to I wiring the balf•pay of th mowing the 01/kw—Ern w be Ensign, 0 Ditto—Ern purchase, vie he Ensign, • E 4 Ditto—CA the 56th Fe Cimphell to be Ensign, arottnted to Si West India the ith Wet Jchn Macke Wtst India I i'cylon o; a Compat toed Lie ate; eke Mylitis. }lntoner:4 Il.kav, of a tic htlf-pay of ';'he .:xchan Et I'oot, an In tot taken I Ctirminions ilitturd Moor Jahn Cartel to Regiment Gent. to be Lchmond F Gorge IL Patty Hut izto ; Corr Luta Timm kte-;11 Tow; naval, t 0!) de Crown Guildford.; ', - ,eph Tows rid elppm die Cron'.) klandt;Ord LitAas it six, 25, Pri:1:011. er ".I!r. P. Icic Miuto ornt , tioat - tri, terries, 31 Lb Flub mere:ant ! ~• L7B. Atl •% - nett .!tri lA. 9, t 3lef 3. 3 • ry e tin; 1 . 44 8, ' Ihsle-stre Beare, I 1 11/711AY. .1.r1c4 1 lor ;6, at a Whitley, e, 3‘: 14 b. so, ite Mesert. Jsht Pi .:11 • Pt, at t , ArvAtr, • Eithiti !tr, Fvl ▪ I r. 'le • Th: v,, v rt • • rt Caw, ta 111 Marank • itt.tiot; • Col East I chase; 4.oif • ;.4ki; • hat could the io, from year 1 er, would go I` 1 .. country front i k ' • r looking, or 4: F 1 .c lace? . His m that things . ~, 1 1 cls of the year d the issue of c revsnue was attempt to ef- ~ • °Clef sources, N .11t3, when . . a our Jiff:cal- 1 • t x iccieca. .At i : :leur.tlo,o. Gel- mph whiCli he I .. :he House that going, to .iise, able to .reduce Five per Cents. me out. The seed their paper li 4 the national !tight TivilOtlr- , for ' 'a- essi... . ~ • Lichc , p.e.;lo,iis ),. 0 ... . , PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS. LON DON, FEBRUARY 2. , TroN.—There was a considerable demand for India Cotton last week on spulation ; the pur rs 530 bags Surats 81d. for ordinary up to for good come aon quality ; 1200 Bengali cluefly to 60. middling to good fair common ; fair' o wd sold 7d. to 6d. a few very ordinary 6d. to 61d. ether purchases were exceedingly limited, coo ::g of 160 middling* to good Pernambuco 22. d. to " 1 . a few Mesinol7o. and middling Surinam 20d. the sales since our last 2000 packages.. HOUSE OF LORDS, FEBRUARY 2 Previouito the temporary adjournment, his Grace the Duke of Sou:am, the . Marquis of STAFFORD, the Earls of ATM , . roan-and Mamas and Lords PoNsoNsv and Mmmatox, took their oaths and the ir seats.—On yhe resuming of the House, Mt. Bitonav, from the Mint Office, presented an account of the numbers of sovereigns, half sovereigns, and different descrip tions of the new silver coin manufactured at the Mint, to the Latest period of making up the accounts. Mr. Rwroo, from the Bank of England, presented a state ment of the amount of the above, as distributed by the Bank Establishment to the pltblic. These Accounts being laid upon the table ' were subsequently ordered to be printed, on the Motion of the Earl of Lauderdale. TREATIEs • WITH FOREIGN POWERS. The Earl of I,IVERPOOL, by command of his Royal High ness the Prince Regent, laid upon the table the several Treaties adverted to in the Royal Speech at the commencement of the Session. • Lord HOLLAND inquired if the Noble Earl meant to found any Motion on the silbject of these documents? The Earl of LIVERPOOL said it was mos Intended to foisod any Motion on the subject of the papers then pretested, but observed there were. some farther papers touching solar of the points under discuuion, that were not ycesolleiently prepared for presentation. - A short conversation endued across the table between the Noble Minister, the Earl of LOMDMIDALE and Lord HOLL•IND, slightly touching the topics to which the papers referred, in which the latter said they contained points highly importast fur Parliamentary consideration, with a view to somewhat of a dis tinct knowledge of the situation in which the country stood with respect to the European Powers. The Earl of LIVERPOOL conceived what the Noble Lord tefcrred to would necessarily appear on the face of the Treaties. Lord ROLLAND rather thought, that on the vie w of these documents, he should feel it his duty to give notice some mo- . tion on the subject to which they referred.' BANK OF ENGLAND. The Order of the Day upon which their Lord ships were summoned being read, The Earl of LIVERPOOL. rose, for the purpose of bringing forward the Motion of which he had given notice on this subject, the effect of which would be for an inquiry, on the part of ttratel-louse, into the actual situation of the Bank of England, with a view priacipally- to the question of its resumption of cash payments, at the time, now fixed by the existing law. ,In tht outset of what he should now trouble their Lordships with, he need feel no difficulty in saying, that whatever expectations may be formed respect ing the measure he was about to propose, he felt that in every view of it it was . rational to suppose, and he belkeved it was generally lelt, 'that such an inquiry could not take place without some degree of incon venience. He should, however, feel much satisfac tion, and it was a wish he had' always expressed, that the former state of things with respect to the Bank should as far as possible be reverted to. On the first day of the Session, thou4 s h he had , expresit& this anxious, wish, he expressed an opinion •ief to the ex pediency of some farther contieuatice of the Bank Restrictien beyond the period 'fixed by law, but for as thOrt period as possible ; at the same time ob serving, that it would be proper that the subject, par=- ticularly as far as the Bank was concerned, iheirld undergo a thorough revision. His idea was for the appointment of a Committee empowered to investi gate the subject in all its different branches and hearings ; and to such an 'extent, that he thought much advantage would arise, from making the word ing of an order for the purpose as general as possi ble. Having said thus much, he certainly did not feel it proper—even a sense of duty precluded him, from, then entering farther into the subject. He must be allowed to express his wish that Noble LOrds would go into this Committee with as little reference as poisible to opinions previously held or expressed, but with the fixed determination to investigate the subject thoroughly. It was unavoidable, in the se lection of any such Committee, that some may not be appointed who entertained strong differences of opinion on this important subject. But /et not the inconvenience be made greater by retrosrections of that kind. Let them all feel that in the intestiga tion of this great subject, it was by a sedulous at tention to the object of the appointment alone, that they could exercise their best judgments in coming to a fair and rational conclusion. Without detain ing their Lordships further on the occasion, he would beg to move, " That a Secret Committee, to consist of thirteen Lords, be appointed to inquire into the state of the Bank of England with reference to the expediency of the resumption of Cash Payments at the time now fixed by law, and such other matters as may be laid before them, connected therewith, and to report such information, with their observations thereon, to the House." 1 I Oa the question for agreeing to this Motion, some' conversation with respect to a part of its wordier' took place. The Earl of LAUDERDALE doubted the pro priety, in the view for which the Committee'would appointed,.of part of the language of the Motion.. Ile particularly adverted to the latter part, where the word " thereon" was intredu•ced—a; information may conic before the Committee, tending . to influ ence their opinion, .which it may not be without in jury to the public service, to report its observations thereon. The Earrof LIVERPOOL thought such a.consi deratim may be subsequently determined upon. There were different courses which may be pointed out. • A Committee may be directed by the Eloise to ic i ;ort the information as given in evidence before it, or it may be instructed to report its opinions th;:reon. la the present stage of the proceeding, he did not desire to propose any thing more specific on those beads. l'he Committee may opine to the House in cases of difficulty, and ask for leave to adopt a particular course of proceeding. The Earl of LAUDERDALE still thought the wording of the Motion required mome . eraendation. The observations of the Committee may exclusively be founded upon the evidence before them ; and yet sonic may think that many things may. so come be fcre them, on which they should not wish their opi nions to he publicly recorded. v. The Earl of LIVERPOOL shortly cxplaniea. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE was of orinion I 11; I 1 I