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PP -1,11318 ER .'I PUBLIC 3IONUMF.NT TO THE MEMORY 01 , 'PH% LATE LAMENTED PRINCESS CHARLOTTE OF WALES AND SAXE-COBOURO. ill& CENOTAPH COMMITTEE, after ma i. tartly considering the various communications tiszy havc w ord, and in conformity with what they have reasm: to b,.. kw is the wish of the Public, beg leave to state, that it is their ration, should their Funds be adequate, to construct the pro ved TE%&LE of the CENOTAPH on a scale sufficiently satensive to admit of its being appropriated to the ' , unman' of DIVINE Woßsiur, and constit ute E CHURCH.uted the a F om RE Cmittee), BE NJ AM IN B.OTCH, Jun. borrowed. This was the side df adversity again: - But the Rigtit Honourable Gentleman exulted at the terms ou - 49tgh this 14 millions could be borrowed There was a set off of comfort again here. But thi fact (Pas, that the whole was bottomed on a papei circulation, and there it must end. Every man must express his aversion at any such system being arlop.. ted. Then how happuttecl it th*i the House were new called on to adopt a measure that could only be justified by the extraordinary pressulJe of an extraor dinar, and unparalleled war? Two yeais ago they irate ptepa!vd to etpect that the Bank *ould resume jte pattnents. This led at once to the discussion, ,dither the Restriction-Act ought or ought not to reoenesi.rd in the manner proposed by the Right urablt. Gentleman?- The House, he hoped, would law in mind, that on t question of this kind they -weie justified in taking a retrospect of facts. They would recollect that the Act of Restriction had been abandoned twnsears ago, and that the House were OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, .disrd SO, nut. 9111 E PRINCIPAL OFFICERS of His MA JESTrt ORDNANCE do Aseiby give Notice, That proposals willbe received at their Office, in Pall-Mall, on or before WEDNESDAY, the 13th day of May next, from arch Persons as may be willing to undertake the performance of the CA EPENTER'S WORK in the Medway Division, for Service of Me Apartment,. for a period of Three Years, deter minable after the capitation of the first Year, upon nodce 01 duet moat* at the apnea of either party. Farther Particulars, together with the Terms and Conditioas Mae Contract, maybe known at the Secretary's Office in Pall aforesaid, any , day between the hours of Ten and Pour o'clock, where the Proposals must be delivered, sealed up, and m i me d—. Proposals for Carpenter's Work ;" but no Proposal eta be admitted after the said Oh May, at Twelve o'Clock at Nom of the same day ; neither will any Tender be noticed un ka ;be party making it, or an agent in hisbehalf, shall attend. It' Order of Mc Board, R. IL CREW, flireretary. Is now ne jus / it? Ln id. But ie stance vas Co say, hang so many people— (hear.) General THORNTON, having called the atten tion of the House to this subject two years ago, could not let this opportunity pass by without expressing his hope that immediate steps would be taken to re medy the evil complained of in the Petition. That Petition ought not to be lightly treated, for the peo- ple of Birmingham were good judges of this subject. Sir J. MACINTOSH said, if 'the motion of his Honourable Friend (Mr. Tierney) for a Committee to inquire into the affairs of the Bank, were unfortu nately negatived this evening, he should in the course of the night, give notice of a motion for a Com mittee on the subject. • The Petition was then brought up and read by the Clerk. It stated, among other particulars, the incon veniencies arising from the imperfect engraving of the Bank of England notes, and that the best artists should be employed for the purpose, so as to render forgeries extremely difficult, and prevent such nu merous trials, executions, &c. SOCIETY FOR T.IIE. ENCOURAGEMENT OF ARTS, I.INUFACTURES, AND COMMERCE. Adelphi, April 50, 1815. VHS SOCIETY has been for some time past en gred in the INVESTIGATION of Various PLANS hrtk PREVENTION of FORGERY : but before the Cont inue tu.se their fi:ial Report, they are desirous that the infor -026. cii:Vcted Ly them should be as complete as possible. Ilryt: , -refore ;ive this Public Notice, that the Committee is oilloien to receive any plans in furtherance of this important - liyOrder, ARTIIUR AIKIN, Secretary. AN Experienced Person in the STEAM-ENGINE, IRON FOUNDRY, and other Mechanical Departments, .-- been Assostan' t to some of the most eminent Engineers b vserscring CANAL% Daces, BRIDGES, &c. and was lately /seized a tee of the first boo Works in :he Kiegdom in ma watering Steam Engines, Steam Bnats, Water Wheels, Sugar Us, &:. is desirous of a SITUATION. The mo.t :especi al: rekeaces will be givse.—Address (post paid) A. B. C kr:lC:Jibes Library, Chapel Bar, Nottingham. N. B. The Advertiser is a isperioe Draftsman. General GAgCOINE was of opinion that a fici lity should be given for exchanging old notes for new, by which means .it would by much easier to distinguish good notes from forgeries than .it now was. At present this was almost impossible, from the tattered state in which the notes frequently were.-- The notes circulated in the county of Lancaster were chiefly of the Bank of England. These, by passing from hand to hank became at length so dirty and torn, that it was alniskst impossible to distinguish the good from the bad notes. Der. LAMBE concurred in the propriety of an es tomienquiry. Petition was than laid op the Table, P" dered to be printed. ERSION OF THE EMPEROR or CHINA TO CHRISTIANITY! • 1 tact of a letter from Lisbon, dated March 90 vessel just arrived in our harbour. from Rio Janeiro, received the very extraordinary news (and pi:e tilf 44 1 ), Unperor of Mica, and all the Great Mant.tir.s of his vet embraced Christianity; which Religion is henta comidered :lathe established one in China, to the total of all others. The vessel has on board two -Forint/Mir lissioi.arics, one a Jesuit, and the other a Monk of the Tbird Order of St. Francis, who are bearers of rich presents, and alatht t letter written by his Chinese Majesty to the Pape, acknowledg eg his supremacy! Nothing could exceed the rejoicings which sok place at Rio Janeiro on this occasion. The City was Mu abated three nights in succession, and their Most Faithful Ma. plas, with every breech of the Royal Family, paid their respects t :J .nsiewre, the Archbishop of Demeesio, Nuncio Apostolic to Brazilian Court. The City of akin is erected into a Pa : tnitate; the Patriarch is a Portuguese Monk from Macoa, of it Oak:. of St. Frauds. Pekin has also an lipsisitien, which the direction of some Portuguese Inquisitors from Goa. Net ducation of all classes is invested in the hands of the Janke, swell as the High Offices of State. The Curfews- of the mu is a Portuguese Jesuit, and is declared by law the ant awn in the Empire to the Sovereign, and an unlimited power anted in his hands. These crafty men have adopted the Chi * ccstume, and are more splendidly 'clothed than any of the hndins. The Jesuits have received the privilege to wear tie sails an inch longer than any of the Nobility, the Princes the Blood excepted I and any Mandarin who dare presume to re his slippers within two inches as long as the slippers of the au, is to be punished with death. • The Missionaries brought the Court of Brazils some magnificent pieces of China, on is depicted the audience of Lord Amherst with his Chinese i.,tity; and those facetious Ori.mtalists have had the audadty ..artoture that splendid Embassy which would have done to the first and most brilliant Court in Europe." terday his Royal Highness the PRINCE REGENT, by the Marquis of ANGLESEA ; and their . Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of G Lou .ex, the Princess lEttzAaETll and Prince of HESSE ruin, the Princess AUGUSTA, and the Princess of GLOUCESTER, with their attendants, visited ;al Academy, previously to its being opened Public, and expressed their high approbation various works of Painting, Sculpture, and Ar . assembled of the occasion. terday a very numerous meeting of the Friends National Society for the Education of the Poor erinciples of the Established Church, was held ieernasens' Hall, the Duke of YORK in the Chair. iject of the meeting was to re-establish the ex (NI funds of the Society. Several excelleat re- Ins were passed, connected with the business of and nearly 50001. was subscribed ; of which tine REGENT and the QUEEN gave 50C/. each, Ike of YORK 100 guineas, the Prince and I)rin- Hesse Ht.nauaulo?!. and the Princess Au -501. .aesday there was a congregation of the nil / of Cambridge, when the Degree of B. M. was ;red on Mr. THCIIAS FORSTER, of Hartileld, S. Author of Researches about Atmospheric Phe a Poicdical Diseases, kc. &c. Three per Cent. Consols rose yesterday to Sal; oney, and 801 for accour.t. The rise is ascribed made by the Gentlemen of the Stock Ex it, who had subscribed to the New Loan, to IT, in the proportion of their respective sub. kill s , any deficiency which may be found in the cf Exchequer Bills funded, in consequence 'scribers not availing themselves of the option "ed them. Scrip of the new 3Y per cent. stock, ;I, not yet issued, bears a premium of from one ro per cent.--At one o'clock this day, Consols )1 a for the account. tams OF TUE EARR.---In the Court of rmg's yesterday, Si: Aarnua Pioot moved to have ua...4 upon ibis sub; ect en l arge d to t h e 24th in attl4terrn erd. ct lilcnday.--Motion granted. They 0-felOre lull ()ins to re sip,. iay AN Expert IRON F who has 'oven A b %strutting I genial a one :tanning Ste Ws, Stc. is de dictekences 11t.11riiitt's 1 & CONFERS] Eutract of -" AT a veue lc have reedy, Li the I:mpe Nat, have el Ink to be con Elusion of aE Order of St. F t hew writtc Ste his sufren took place at anated threw lea, 4, stith wsigndre, t: I;razilian t • hate; th irttsr of i the di ducztice swell as the riot is a Pon ran in the I bested in kit ccstume, *lO swats an i tithe Rood e: hue his slippe Ott% h to be Court *Lich is depic Mai,viti; and to • - •ariciture Iskaut to the Yattqat mended loyal Hig mile, the HOMBURG, Of e-!loyal o the Publ the vatic t! , ittctore Yeqerda idle Nati k the l'rin IFreema! object 6 .rted Fn altrions r- ti day, a the PI I NCI I) . ,tke 4 Or . !S!. Of lie .:TA.501 a Viedaes of 7. oLftrred t L. S, Ai ett.:.to on Th . oney Ihe • 11 11 offer SOB 1.! u p , rt 3 trixians, &c, tree = el I : ll blCrii the ac ts: tb. 0 , 0 tee bet 0 16 ' PlOlll7 Pei-', ye tte astl . • ' • - • . , . ' ' ' ' . 14r C. t • ' -- • - - . , ' •,-- i - -.. 4 ". ir - , . - ' 4.h= .- - -k' •T - ' 4 • , " '..- -* • 416 ..- . 14 • ' /hil ..'. c f ( .. /r - %....; Ll". '', ' ,AC‘ - i• , ' 7-'''l o ' ' 4P —' t • • 7 • . Nirf " I 4•1 "24; .. 1 1'' 4? .•,... 4 . 00,0 f 7.c• Ae# - J e;-e ir---1 - . 1 1 1 lik-Nr-ef ~........, • 0,--No ~.. . Mg 0 . 1 i ll i lI L ' . • • , Ar - ...- 2 ,... . _ - . , , ...........:—........—....d--- - • • _ • - . • 4 2 8181 ,... Evz • • ti./.IAIRIDAV .M, 1 9 A PRICE SS-pr . 4cr. 1 1 il i d i, ..... ...,..-...----Aw-,^ __...---._ - ~..... "ARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS: Mr. DUGL -owes/. .7 s- was the side df Adversity agaiii. ha:dter into its -- tit stioni,... 1 - 1 e Gentleman exulted at the , w , l• i* ill ROUSE OF LORDS, MAY t. Mr.'GRENt '• 14 min,- could be borrowed; 1 ' - c-%rt aga ... u: e : d .-- o e n . a ßu r t ..nei the reve r3411y heard on the Scots Ca•iss " erant, M.P.; snore some day .4 . II ay Pilirrs ;" after which, a:. i a g:uerat view of the qu i re i nto t h is su 4 Cintswata.qa move. , 'by it e .lodgment of tits .... r re .1. GRAHA ' 'reversed, wt.% '. ,s, , s "veldt,. I accordingly. Bank of England , -an must . e i ' • -, ! tht.e licicd in r i'' ,-. toe Stets Cause of " The • And March z - .. rrl of Ileddington rod Counties were forg the people will not t t• i •ed again on tresday (Monday being the last of England.--He des tell at the Bar tha Cash Account of the *Mao& Bridge for the last year.-Laid of feloniesand misdern Mr. THOMPSON a iil A • tortes' Bill was brought up from the the Honourable Baron, ; , 4 i •' Part. and others, and read the first old. 1. by a great countrl • , w Road and several Private Bills, forged Notes offered to I' d other Gentlemen. l I " i Bill was returned from the Com- every week. Ire believe u k , that House to the amendment garies through the count], • , , ine eing read, certain of their Lordships thousands of pounds. Surd k b for the Bank to change the , • vanes his notice, and ha ~ then the, forged notes could I " I ding Orders, Nos. i . , • but it was ie vain to cs wino' se ad - 1 „ . i . . ... luntstanced "the Ens as the Bank continued to go of II I. tr tut the said Orders .be their being dispensed this bungling manner. Ali tha • the Bill in coercion. stance was to say, hang so many . . leeding. lie urged General THORNTON, havin - 'vet that the con e te be affected Lion of the House to this subject VA lied fee farther not let this opportunity pass by w , i as anAmend- his hope that immediate steps wool word" that," medy the evil complained of in the to the Con- Petition ought not to be lightly treats • ich was put .-1 pie of Birmingham weregood judges c C. . could be Sir J. MACINTOSH said, if •the i 1 1 who Honourable Friend (Mr. Tierney) for a ( .14 e /ed in inquire into the affairs of the Bank, w , e be ta nately negatived this evening, he should it e of the night, give notice of a motion fo. I, . 'y mittee on the subject. • The Petition was then brought up and re; i :- Clerk. It stated, among other particulars, th eniencies arising from the imperfect engra ' Bank of England notes, and that the best old be employed for the purpose, so as to r . 16 ~, ties extremely difficult, and prevent such s trials, executions, &c. .r -- 1 •••.d GASCOYNE was of opinion that a f. ; 'd be given for exchanging old notes I r ihich means .it would by much easier t good notes from forgeries than .it nov ' ent this was almost impossible, from the . . ;n which the notes frequently were.— lated in the county of Lancaster were " 'I nk of England. These, by passing s 4,„ became at length so dirty and d: oistst impossible to distinguish the CI otes. wo, t 4 11 11 qred in the propriety of an ea- que: . of 11, a laid oat the Table, and or- lased, - rested t ' • • ant. tomed ' ii ANCELLOR of the EX- there w, of the day for the third of it. 1 • ' / I f. 't to him w I,: , s not his intention to up his mit because hb should could not , ~ ' I • into every branch because he A ) 1 , 'y objected to the concerned i i P to the Bank of Bank Restric "or the present, would not ly.i l ip 1 i allowance ;he must maim i . • 'r million on having deceive, ~ 'his was the they were about, I made to to receive cash it ',i • lilts. The ments for this pu . 1 0,8001. of the Legislature 'ills, a 'stated, that at the have. resume their payme 1 . 'hat assurance on the I, i part, that the agrees •• But now all this was to 1 . 1 ' By the House. They . 4 public creditor ; and wi her there were any mea, • cure the Right Honour It most,unfairly by the knew he was speaking ntlemen, the greater i .. at the Bill. He woul. year 1816, after th: • 1' Restriction for one . t ' • to continue it for tw time was necessar, - the payments ; nc 1 , . , • I , . foreign relations d i . 'ord time to the rations as in thci I. I 1' i.• 'hem to resume i ' 1/ nserted to show t living time to ti. le Preamble of e same as the 1, *ter). Nosh ' '.l lake the Clerk 1 ' / extraordinar, • 'Nefore made t ' ' Alt of the gut 'le the Bank . prepared i or of the Ea I i not—(Las, as it rely ' ~ 1 .. measure s 'eman bet .. t v not say 'lon. Ger, r" le:amine AI ones. his qcse, "I• wen, 1, i they It. I veto I %el' ; 1 1 1 1 PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS qtr. DUGDAIS hoped the House would take this Id sites' into its most serious Consideration. HOUSE OF LORDS, MAY I. Mr..GRENVELL :a;ci, that it Wss his intention to Comae: teen r.sdly heard on the Scots Gyve " erant, M.P. move wine day next week for a Committee to in s. Cams b-iteoPethrrs ;" after which, U 4 a itclierAt view °` the quire into this subject . case, the Loki Onavcitt.s.qa Pflove. , tbc g t the .iodgmtnt of the — r .1. GRAHAM . 'asserted, that one half of the Cc rsi Court berevcrocd, "a**etl accordingly. Co Bank of England notes in circulation in the Northern unsel vivo , tilt.t fic - ird in r toe Stets Cause of " The Bari of Wimps and March z r I of Ileddington end Countics were forged ; and the consequence is, that others." Te proceed again on tectday (Monday being the last the people will not take any J 1 the Notes of the Bank day of Term.) of England.--He descanted on the dreadful number Mr. Serra presented a: the Bar tha Cash Account of the Commissioners of Richm.otid Bridge for the last year.—Laid of felonies and misdemeanors arising front this subject. l upon the table. Mr. THOMPSON adied his testimony in proof of The Couon 31anufactories' Bill was brought up from the the Honourable Baronet's assertions. He had been Commons by Sir Roane Part. and others, and read the first told by a great country Banker, that he had thirty' bine. As was the Glasgow Road and several Private Bills, presentea by Mt. Sentsza and other Gentlemen. forged Notes offered to his house on the average, The Nottingham Gas Light Bill was returned from the Com- every week. He believed he could say, that the for mons, with the acquiescence of that House to the amendment pries throug h the country amounted to ituntlreds r aside by the Lords thereon. th ousan d s o f pounds. &with, ;.. ..--• • • I The Order of the Day for taking certain of their Lordships r the Ban' Standing Orders into consideration, being read, Bari BEAUCHAMP rose, pursuant to his notice, and ha then the., fag described the effect or the Staediag Orders Nos. I • but Ml, which militated is seine spate mein* t e 3d forthwith of a Bill sd particularly circumstanced as the Ewa Brink Drainage Bill then was, moved that the said Order, le a s ' taken into consideration , with a view to their being dispensed tr with as far as related to the third reading of the 13111 in (Landon. The Earl of ORFORD opposed the proceeding. lie urged the peculiar importance of the Dill, and observed that the con sents of numerous proprietors who were liable to be affected 'ere still wanting. The subject, therefore, called fur farther investigation; and so deeming it, he would move as an'Amend meat to the Noble, Earl's motion, to insert aster the word" that," a Committee be appointed to inquire with respect to the Con • sents which are still wanting.—On the question, which was put in the original motion, The Earl of HARDWICK contended that nothing could be more unnecessary than the proposition, of the Noble Earl who spoke List. Every necessary point had been duly canvassed in the Committee. The Bill had been ten days in one instance be fore the Committee of the Commons, and sss days before theta their Lordships. He felt it his duty to resist all farther delay. The question being put that the Bill be read a third time, their Lordships divided—Contents 24—Non-Contents s--Majority SS. The Bill was accordingly read a third time. Lord HOLLAND presented a Petition, the allegations of which he said he could not vouch for, nor did he intend to found any motion upon it, beyond its being laid upon the table. It-ce lated to certain proceedings before the Court of Chancery. The Petition was then read. It appeared to be from Doubleday and his wife,—(a lotsgli)—und John Dawson, ees. plaining of alleged grievances suffered by them in consequeme of the protraction of aunt, which was ten years in the Court Chancery, that the grounds alleged against them were frauds.' lent, and that the accumulated expenses had involved them In poverty and want, &c. and praying such relief AS their Lord sh.ps in their wisdom may seem meet. The LORD CHANCELLOR observed, he was certairly not then aware of the existence of any such case before the Court, bat assured their Lurdshipl be should cause due inquiry to be made with respect to the situation and circumstances of it. The Petition was laid upon the table. Lord HOLLAND then presented a Petition from Thomas IQhn Waters against the punishment of Death in cases. of For gery. The Petition stated, that the individuals convicted of for. pry were not in general depraved, like those who committed other crimes; that for the thost part it was the first offence of the sufferer ; that man had no right to deprive his fellow-croantres of life, &c. and concluded by praying that a law might besstac ted visiting forgery with a punishment less that death. Earl GREY presented a Petition from the Tanners of the City of Durham and its vicinity, against the continuance of the Additional Duties on Leather. These documents were severally laid upon the table. Lord HOLLAND postponed his intended Motion respecting the Shop Privately Stealing Bill, and stated he would give a short notice for his bringing it on on a future day. The Great Seal Pardons' Bill was brought up from the Cons mons by Sir JAME" GRAHAM and others, and read the first times As were several private Bills presented by the same Member. The Order fur taking into consideration certain of the Stand ing Orders which relate to the Sale or Exchange of Estates I. Scotland, was, on the Motion of the Earl of LAUDZADALX, dis charged for the present. The Bills upon the table being disposed of, their Lordships Adjourned till Monday. appeared, from the confession of the Right Honom- . able Gentleman himself, .that a great part of these travellers had returned, in the proportion of 78,000 out of 90,000. It was material to bear in mind the • grounds on which the original Order in Council lot suspending payments in cash was issued:. It was pro posed by a Minister standing full as'high as the pre sent Chancellor of the Exchequer; although he as sured that Right Honourable Gentlenian that he had the utmost respect for his sincerity and upright inten tions. Mr. Pitt thought 'it necessary not to propose such an important legislative measure on his own as sertions of its necessity ; but he moved that a Corn: mince be appointed to inquire into the circumstances of the case, and whether such a measure ought to he passed into a law. The present Chancellor of that Exchequer, on the contrary, said, , 1 1 believe it td be expedient, and therefore you ought to agree tA it." Now it was material to look into the situation in which we were at that time and the present. The Bill of 1797 stated that great drains were mtsde on the Bank, from nr.founded and exaggerated alarms, in consequence of which the gold was withdrawn. But now there was no wish to obtain gold to hoard, there was no dread of invasion, no apprehensions of the money being drawn out of the country for foreigtl subsidies, no great armies to be maintained - at oar expense abroad, nor any of those goings on, on which it was stated the whole civilized world depen ded for existence. But the House should read the Chancellor of the Eschequer's speech, and then they would come to a thorough understanding of the question at once—(Laughter). —But if the testimony of the Chancellor of the Exchequer were to be of , *Ned, he should object to it, because he was an intes rested witness. His whole armagements were bot tomed on this system of paper money, and therefore there was no man with a stronger prejudice in favour of it. If he were to be examined, be should listen to him with deference, but to say that he could make up his mind on a mete speech of his, was what.he could not do. He stood pledged to this measure, because he was engaged in a loan, all the Gentlemen concerned in which, must have believed that the Bank Restriction Act was to be continued, or they would not have come into his terms, and therefor* he must maintain it, or be liable to the tharge of having deceived them. Now let the House see what they were about. The holder of Bank-notes expected to receive cash in July ; he had made his rrrangei ments for this purpose, and his security was an .Act - of the Legislature, passed two years ago, which stated, that at the end of that time the Bank should resume their payments in .cash. There was also an assurance on the Right Honourable Gentleman's part, that the agreement would be complied with. But now all this was to be done away; and by whom? By the House. They must break their faith with the public creditor ; and what he would ask was, whe ther there were any means to prevent it? He must accuse the Right Honourable Gentleman of having dealt most,unfairly by the House in this transaction: He knew he was speaking in the hearing of a body. of Gentlemen, the greater part of whom had never looked at the Bill. He would therefore recur to facts. —ln the year 1816, after the Legislature had conti. nued the Restriction for one year more, a Bill was brought in to continue it for two years, on the ground that further time was necessary to enable the Bank to prepare for the payments ; not because any thing existed in our foreign relations that called for it, but in order to afford time to the Bank Directors to make such preparations as in their opinion were ne cessary to enable them to resume payments in caeh. These words were inserted to shew that these was no obstacle but that of giving time to the Bank to make preparations. But the Preamble of the present Bill was word for word the same as the last, every syl lable, every stop--( Laug) ter). Nothing would be mere pleasant than to make the Clerk read it this day ; and what was more extraordinary, the loans and travellers which were before made the pretence of its necessity, were now out of the question. So the Bill was to be passed, while the Bank Directors were ready to swear they were prepared to make their payments, and the Chancellor of the Exchequer continued to assert that they were not—( Laughter ). This was a mere mockery. as far as it related to assigning any reason why so strong a measure shculd be adopted. If the Right Hon.Lientleman believed there was a drain for foreign loans, why not say so? Mrs Pitt did as much; but the Right Hon. Gentle. man would have the House to yore this measure on grounds distiact and separate from the real ones.— Had the Bank Directors been examined on this goes tion ? Were they not ready to say. that they were prepared to make their payments ? If they said they were ready to pay, what answer could they give be the Chancellor of the Exchequer, or how would t h ey refuse to vote ag . tipst him ? ad they made any representations to him on the subject of thou foreign HOUSE OP COMMONS. A Petition was presented front Preston, praying for Univer• sal Suffrag,.and Annual Parliaments. On the motion of Mr. M. 4. TAYLOR; it was ordered that a Plan of the Parish of Mary-la-Bonne, and the Books of reference to the Inhabitants supplied with Water by the diffe., rent Companies, be deposited with the Clerk of the Peace for the City of Westminster, before the 20th of May. The Report on the Southwark Bridge Bill was brought up and agreed to, and the Bill ordered to be read a third tune on Monday. The Liffey and Shannon Canal Bill was read a third time and passed. Sir S. ROMILLY presented a petition from a person at Wigton, complaining, that he had been confined since October last in the Tolbooth at Wigton, and fined inot • for an offence against the Distillery Laws, although the said laws authorized only six months imprisonment.—:tead, and ordered to he on the table, and to be printed. The Committee on the Steam Boats' Bill was postponed till Tuesday next. Mr. 11. SUMNER wished to know why an Order made in February last, for Returns of the Orphans' Fund and Bridge house Estates had not yet been presented? Sir W. CURTIS attributed the delay to the time necessary in making them out. Mr. H. SUMNER replied, that he had reason to believe that instructions had been given to the Common Council not to in 1 them be presented till as late a period as possible. Alderman WOOD defended the Corporation, and said he was sure they had given no such order. They had taken ti:r.e to consider whether they ought to deliver their title dt.etia ; they had been searching foil precedents, to see whether the 11.. 'e could really require rich a delivery. The Accounts heir; for five years, were very difficult to make out, bPing quite diffe rent from what were presented annually. The orates went in the proper course to the Chamberlain, and there was no . doubt that the Accounts were in forwardness. Mr. 11. SUMNER said, he was more satisfied with what he had heard from the Worthy Alderman than with what had fallen from the Honourable Baronet. He should, however, feel it his duty to move that these Accounts be forthwith presented. The motion was then agreed to. 1 DUTY ON COALS. Mr. LITTLETON said, that a report having gone abroad which had created considerable alarm in the inland counties, be wished to ask the Right Hon. Gentleman (the Chancellor of the Exchequer), whe ther there was any foundation for it? It was ru moured that he meant to repeal the duty on Coals carried coastwise, and to lay it on the article at the pit head. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER could assure the Hon. Gentleman, that it was far from his intention to bring forward any such' measure. TORO= sawn NOTES. • fir C• MORDAUNT rote to present &Petition from the inhabitants of Birmingham, praying the inter ference of the House to adopt some measure for pry venting the many forgeries of Bank of Eaghtod LOAN BILL. On the motion of the CHANCELLOR of the EX CHEQUER, for the order of the day for the third reading of the Loan Bill, Mr. GRENFELL said, it was not his intention to go into the question at present, because lA should have an opportunity of going fully into every branch of it on Wednesday—he hat already objected to the whole of the allowance to be given to the Bank of the 8001. per million. He should, for the present, waive his objections to that part of the allowance; but he must still object to the 4001. per million on the 27 millions of Exchequer Bills. This was the first instance of any allowance having been made to the Bank, for taking charge of Exchequer Bills. The amount of profit to the Bank would be 10,800/. merely for receiving deposits of Exchequer Bills, a remuneration far beyond what they ought to have. lie should, therefore, proptise that the whole of that part of the clause should be expunged. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCIFQUER de fended the alloyrance in the same terms as he had used on preceding evenings. It was a very fair pro posal, and he thought the Bank fully entitled to it. • The question was then put •• th3t them: words stand part of the Bill," (that is leaving the clause alit stood) which was carried in the affirmative, and the Bill was then read a third time and passed. BANK RESTRICTION RILL The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, having moved the Order of the Day for the second muting of the Bank Restriction Bill, a conversation took place across the table between him and Mr. Twit: FY ; from whi.h it appeared that the former Gentleman thought the latter intended to move an amendment in the Committee on the Bill. This the latter donicd, and said he wished to give Members an opportunity of speaking on the subject in the present state of the measure. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER then withdrew his motion for the second reading. Mr. TIERNEY said he now rose, in pursuance of hts notice, to call the attention of the House to one of the most important subjects that could possibly claim their consideration, and he was afraid he must be under the necessity of trespassing upon their pa tience for a considerable length of time. But he could assure them that he would endeavour not to occupy their attention unnecessarily, although he 'must their indulgence. The importance of this ques tion must be evident, if the House bore in mind the nature and state of the actual currency of the coun• try. He should abstain from making any comparisons to ascertain whether we were in a state of prosperity or adversity, but should leave this point to be deci ded by facts. In this, the third year of peace, we had a funded debt of about, in round numbers, 800,000,0001. and if to this were added 40,000,0001. being the amount of our unfunded debt, when the Exchequer Bills should be funded, it would make 'the whole amount 840,000,0001. This was an ap palling consideration to those who thought we were in a state of adversity; but then the comfort we were ' told we had was, that we possessed a Sinking Fund ~of 14 millions. But every farthing of this must be