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England: it would introduce among us the Johanna Southcotes, the Ranters, the Jumpers, and every ati.. surd sect hereafter to be formed by the ingenuity, the wickedness, or the weakness of man. But there was another part of the Bill he could not sanction :I be could not consent that the Ministers of the Church of England should be obliged to carry into execution such an Act as this, to which they must entertain, and justly, conscientious objections. He admitted that the Noble Lord had himself some doubts-as to the exped iency of the Bill, as to what he modeitly, enough c alled its perfection. It seemed, however, to him totally unfit for adoption in its present shape, and he should oppose it. Lord LIVERPOOL thought that the object of the present Bill was necessary and expedient. He cer tainly never could consent to the Bill in its present form; but even at this late period of the Session he was not unwilling to send it to a Committee. He thought the principle, or rather the object of the Bill,' was unexceptionable, as it had been recognized with regard to the marriages of Jews and Quakers. He thought it much the most advisable'course, if the: Church felt no objection, to form such a service as could not be objected to by any religious sect or party. He should, under all the circumstances, move, not for putting off the measure altogether, but set:d ing it as it was to a Committee. The Archbishop of CANTERBURY received with much alarm the proposition just made by the Noble Earl (Liverpool). It was, he apprehended, the very first proposal ever made in. that House to alter the Liturgy in matters of doctrine, by framing a service to which Dissenters ofCatholics could conscientiously conform. He knew not how ha could agree to the present Bill, though he was quite willing to admit that the subject deserved very serious consideration. The Bishop of WORCESTER admitted that the imperfections of the present Bill were numerous, but with all its defects lie thought it right to send it to a Committee, since he approved of its principle, and could hereafter object to its imperfections. Lord REDESDALE objected to the principle of the Bill, because it went to recognise the validity of Gretna green marriages, and, indeed, martiages of every description. Lord HARROWBY said, much as he was di,- po,ed to relieve the consciences of Disienters, he could not go the extent of this Bill. Ile thought. by going into the Committee recommended by the Noble Earl, a more unexceptionable Bill m, ht be i produced next Session. The Bishop of CHESTER thought time ought to be given tas the Clergy to present petition; to the House, if they should think it necessary to do so. Lord CALTIIORPE 'did not think the interests of - the Church of England were promoted by com pelling individuals to join in ceremonies which they thought contrary to season, and unauthorised by : Scripture. At present he was not prepared to carry : the relief proposed to all Distenters. He thought it ought to be confined to Unitarians, because they dif fered with the Established Church upon funda.nental points. He expresseil so far his queified approba. : tion of this Bill,. but he thought sometime ought to be afforded for deliberation. • The Bishop of LLANDAFP. thought two things ought to be considered before this Bill was agreed to };first, who were the persons who were to be at liberty • to solemnize mart iages ; and. secondly, what were the forms to be observed? In anxiety to afford toleration to the consciences of individuals? te would yield to no man; but as he did not know that any Dissenters, except Jews, Quakers, and Roman Catholics, ob served any marriage ceremonies. be thought the pais• in g of the Bill is its present form* would be prejudi ciil to mntals Arid religion. Lord ELLS fl was 'surprised that the Right Reverend Prelate should think any. injury could' be done to nforils or religion, by peimitting - individuals to celehratewriarriages according to their consciences. Oa the other hand; he thought a great injury would be done to morals and religion, by com pelling individuals to comply with forms to which they entertained conscientious objections. He did itch say that lie agreed with all the details of the Bill, and he ther6fore wished that it should be read a - second Aisne, in order to afford an opportunity of considering the details in Committee, Lotd CARNARVON—AIthough he was not very anxious that the Bill should pass into a law this Session, set he should vote for a second reading, be catise, alter discussing the clauses in the Committee, their Lordships would be better able to suggest any alterations they might think fit. The Marquis of LANSUOWN replied. Their Lordships divided on the second reading. • Contents - -le I Non•Contenta - -16 Prozies - - - 6 ['Mk* - SI I . Majority against the second reading Adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS. The Scotch Transfer of &entities MU was read a third time and passed. Petitions were preher.ted from Carmarthen, praying fur the Abolition of Slavery, ar.d :g:that the Coal Duties. • The Bihnstune Duties Drawback, and the Assessed Taxes Composition Bills, were read a sccoud time, and committed for ill.inday. Toe Post Horse Duties Bill was read a second time. Mr. J. P. GRANT said, he perceived that in this Bill the Duty on Horses let fur Hire by the Day for any period less than t 7 days, was raised from Is. 9.1. to 3s. There was also, he per ceived, a Duty imposed on Horses let for the purpose of being rode on the Sunday. lie objected to both alterations, as unwise and impolitic. Mr. IiERRIES said, when the Bill came into a Committee this proposed 35 Duty might be discussed, and If it should be found objectionable it would no doubt be given up by his flight lion. Friend, the Chancellor of the Exchequer; as to the Sun day Duty, the lion. Member was mistaken in supposing that no Duty had formerly existed on Horses let for the Sunday. T he present recommendation was only a regulation in the mode of Collecting it. Mr. GRANT said, he would not now oppose the second reading of the Bid; but would call the attention of the Com mittee to it again when it should arrive at that stage. Lord J. RUSSELL presented a Petition from the Free masons of Ireland, praying Jist they may be exempted from the operations of the Bill now before the House relative to secret oaths and associations.—Orderedco Be on the table. Sir J. MACKINTOSH presented a Petition from the Flax Spinners of the town of Knaresborough, praying that no altera tion might take place in the laws relating to Flax. Mr. HUME presented a Petition from a Shiewner, named Thomas Hodson, of the Port of London, against the alteration in the Hemp Dnty. Mr. FORBES took this opportunity of declaring his opposi tion to the Reciprocity of Duties Bill, a Bill which, he said, would prove most injurious to our shipping interest. He con tended that the alterations which had been made in ow Natiga- - ---t - I , Pam.. IWO • is. • tion Laws bad abpady affected one Shipping Interest and oar Commerce, to a very extraordinarf_delfle• After a few awards from Mr. ids.aelhnv, the Petition was received. Mr. HUME said; he bad shove& filltmaty for 'Returns rode. the to the Badge Orgies, and Prosectasial• Min out of dumb, Duties, as far el relkeett s to Scotland; those _Returns Had been made accurately, but the Returns for England were made in' such a form no Ate could understand; is would, thereforrahvr move for them in another form. The Hon. Member read his motion, which was agreed to. The Hon. Gentletnan then ;ire-. suited a Petition from an individual named Clayton, complain ' lag of the losses and Injustice he had sustiined by being discharged from the Coal-Meter rake, as he contended, insproperlyi— Ordered to be printed. . . Mr. W. WYNN said, he had the satisfaction to lute that a correspondence bad taken place between the Goventident and the East India CoMpany, relative to pensions-aid half-pay alio*. l ances to the Officers and soldiers of the King's troops.in India ; and that the Company were willing to give £60,000, which was considered a fair compensation. lie should. therefore mese for a Committee on the subject to-morrow. Mr. PEEL presented a Petition from Belfast, complaining of the' high price of.Coals.—Ordered to lie on the table. • On the motion of Mr. F. BUXTON, there was verde* to be laid before the House accounts relative to the sums recovered from Prance ; and he gave notice that, on the 24th, he shotild move to refer the papers to a Committee. - • Lord NUGENT wished his Bill, for giving partial relief to the Catholics to be read a second time; and those who meant to oppose it might do so on a future stage. Mr. EANKES wished the second reading of the Bill to be postponed. Mr. BROUGHAM said, that complaints had been made of the Abuse of Charities iti the Isle of Man ; now he wished to know limy enquiry had been made into the truth of that allegation? Mr. PrAL said, he had not found that the amount of the Charities would warrant the expense of sending out a COM tUissioner; but he had caused enquiry . to be made. GRAND ItatltS. Mr. DENMAN presented a Petition from certain inhabitants of Liverpool, complaiting of the present mode of striking Special Juries in this country. The Honourable and Learned Gentleman supported the prayer of the Petition. Mr. WILBRAHAAI defended the present system. Lord STANLEY thought that Grand Juries were fairly appointed. • • Mr; PHILLIPS said, lie perfectly agreed with the Petitioners in the view they took of this subject. He believed, under the present system, undue influence might be used ; and, adverting to what was- said by the Petitioners, he could not look to the rejection of the bills preferred before the Grand Jury of Lancas ter, against the individuals charged with being con cerned in the unfortunate transactions at Manchester, when he considered the evidence, without feeling the, utmost astonishment how any body of Gentlemen could be found who could reconcile it to their con sciences to reject these bills. Mr. B. ‘VILISHAIIANI said a few words in de fence of the Lancaster Grand Jury. _ The Petition was then received. • MARRIAGES OF ROMAN CATHOLICS. D-. PHILLIMORE presented a Petition from Dr. Collings, a Clergyman, praying for an amendment of the Laiv, which, as it at preseat stands, renders marriages of Catholics by the rites' of their own Church not binding in this country.. ' - Lord NUGENT said, a provisiOrr on this subject might he introduced into his Catholic gill. now pend ing, as regarded England. The Noble Lord ob served, the second reading of that Bill stood for to ni but he feared, if debated on the second irid ing, the adjourned debate nn the Currency would Prevent its being forwarded a stage to-night. He was extremely anxious to get this 13111 to the Lora so soon as to insure it a full discussion dating the present. Session. He would, therefore, entreat the House to permit . the Bill to be read a second tithe, without discussion, and the discussion to betaken on , 1 A tobseituent stage of the MlL—Petition received. Sir .1." MACKINTOSH presented a similar Peti tion from the Palish Officers of St. Luke's, complain ing of the charges brought On the Parish by the mar riages of indivtiluall by Catholic Priests, such mar . runts not being legal. • • - 'Mr. DI. A. TAYLOR thought, when his Noble Friends measure came on,. this - subject should be well considered: He must be allovied to say, however,_ that much "blame attached to the Catholic Clergy, who 'did not . those lower classes, who 'came tcf them . to incur the 'obligation 'of 'marriage, thet• it would be necessary for. them also -to - be marriedhy the Protestant forms. • Mr. BENNET st, °ugly censured theeiristing law ! Mr. ELIAS (the Member for Diabthi) defended the Catholic Clergy. • • Mr. M. A.VAYLOR explained; and, after - a few warder:twos Mr. J. P. ci NT, Mr. BERNET, Sir JAMES "MACKINTOSH, Mr. Srasao Rice, and others, the Pe. titioa was reteired. • Tun -Pittrctss zlistlhaiites; Sir GERARDWDElinitviielfthat i Pititioss,.pret t seated 'by 'kiln from 'this-individual an: . the Sd of, March' last,' should be printed. '• He reftained from moving that , this 'Petittori should-be printed at the, time be presented it, Iwishing to allow time to his Mis. jesty's Government to consider the of this-jai. * etividtral. Nothing, hOivever,!had "et been done by them. He bad no other •ohject but justice. Heise claims of this woman were just, they ought - now to be settled ; if she was an impostor, then she had been suffered to impose on the Public too long. He would now move, that the Petition be printed.—The 0101: tion was agreed to. IRISH BREWERIES. Mr. THOMAS ELLIS presented a Petition from the Brewers of Dublin, Cork, and Waterford, com plaining of the injurious effects upon their business by the great reduction which had taker) (or was about to take) place in the duties on Irish spirits. The Hon., and Learned Gentleman observed that this subject was most important, and deserved the serious atten tion of Government and the House, not only as it af fetted the amount of revenue and the consumption of , agricultural produce, but as it concerned the morals of Ireland. The Petitioners stated, that by•the re duction of the duties on•lrish spirit!, whisky could be ,sold in Ireland kir about one-half of its present price, by which the consumption of malt liquor would be very materially diminished. The general use of spirits was most injurious to the morals of any people. It was well known (the Hon. Member added) that the people of Ireland, as indeed the inhabitants of every nation in a state of semi-barbarism (which was unfortunately the case at present with the greater part of that country), were anuch-addicted to the use of strong spirits, a habit,which had been productive of the worst consequences to their morals, and to the peace of the country. The recent - alterations in the duties Were therefore most injurious in making whisky so much cheaper. The Petitioners therefore prayed, and he trestedtheir prayer would be att.eniplit6, tb ' Goya:v*lMM refght take the subject into censidwyeOn• ol Realm moved that the Petition be biamightupw; . •Afeer a short discussion , iii which Mr( 1 1 - LIFIC! I 4 . Sir .1. NEWPORT, Mr. C.H. Hutcisteson. ~,,r . , .Tarr, Hr. S RICE, Mr. MoNet, arid Colonel 'hilt, 'took part, the Petition was brought up, read, and or. ' dered to be printed. - case PAYMENTS. Mr. WESTERN moved Me renewal of the debate on the currency.—Ordered. Mr. WODEHOUSE then rose and said, thii sub ject had always appeared to him to be. one of pare _mount importance. lie was not one who, was food of grumbling or anticipating . evil; yet . be • tlioright that things were speedily coming to a crisis. Head raiitted that he was the author of the term 41 egaittibte adjustment." It was at a dinner in the countryOf.thi friends of Mr. Pitt, that he said he had no doubt that he would have resorted to some equitable adjustment, looking at the state to which the debt had brought in. He was conscious of no impropriety in this'opis• t nion; for we had come to such a state of things, that even the wisest among them could not see the end of it. They did not do justice when they attributed in consistency in opinions of political economy to men. without reference to the great change that had taken place in everything; for he did not believe that '..tle. Horner would have acted in 1819 as he counselled ie . 1810. He contended, that neither the Right Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Peel) nor any of his colleagues, nor Of those who systematically oppose them, had any clear insight into the matter, when they too readily gave way to the system proposed by the Meinber for, Portarlington, which had -occasioned such incalcii lable mischief to the country that it was their duty to find means, some how or other, to expiate it.—, By an extraordinary phenomenon we had anticipated in one generation the resources and the means of ileaveN knew how many! Yet all this the Member' for Portarlington considered as nothing, and not at. all likely to produce any change - or commotion. He. reminded the' President of the Board of Trade that . he it was who had told them it was impossible to re turn to the prices of articles as before the war ; and that the price of bread would .still remain double to whit it was at that period. He ,put it to the strong sense, to the honour, and, to, the reputation of the Right lion. Gentleman, witethharcould pow main tain the dOctrines belied then promulgated? Having read from Mr. Huskisson's pamphlet in reply to that of Mr. Western, the ridicule cast by the former on the recommendation of a corn standard, the - Hon. Mem ber again referred to the authorities of Mr. H.Thorn, ton, Mr. Homer, and Mr. flume , to slievr that they also supported the opinion for which Mr. Western had contended. Mr. Horner had expressly stated, that " the paramount standard of all value is corn." The late Earl of Liverpool had maintained the same point, which was also urged in Locke's letter to Lord Somers. It was clear,. therefore, that the alvocates for a corn standard were notadvancing anything very new or ex trav agant.,The hi on. Member then proceeded to answer certain arguments which had appeared in a pamphlet written by a Rev. Divine(Dr.Copplestone), and charac terised the principles of it as absurd and jacobiaical. He.denied . that the alteration of 1819 in our curreney bore any aihnity to that change whichhadtaketkplaee' in the days af,Qikeen Elizabeth ; althotiglifie thought that the meanest of that Queen's courtiers, or para. mouri, would scarcely nave uttered to her the fulsome' compliment, placed lamp. her tombstone." Moeda ad jastuat valorem redactvi.", He complained of ase want of deliberation with which the. Act of 1,819 had been passed-an Aperi c which, ever since 4 existed, had operated as a sciinrge to the Country., As a gab', and an easy mede, of doing some goodan oar p ..talis tressed situation, he .(Mr..Wo4house)-shotild advise the establishment of a sifter standard. instead of a standard of gold. The Hon. Gentleman, after apo logizing for so long occupying the time of the House, sat down byre -adverting tp the exhausted state of the landed interest, and by trusting that the examples of distress which heltad witnessed is his pwn county .(Norfolk) would weer, bad if our condition was, .be seneral through thp country. gr. JAMES had read his namesake's Treatise,on gooey, and Mr. Galante: opinion on the.eatnesub' ' which was better than all that had begawritten en it.-He blamed the Government for pakie? fre quent changes in the value of the currency. , fhpy inundated the country . with paper . Fieney ; and then the withdrawing it in various proporticans„fied.at dif ferent times materially affected property..Thetegis -Isugo,b3yipg effected the evil, they wale bound, if. stoalible s ,Po.apPly a remedy to it; or otherwise they seißld unction the most deplorable of all revolutions;, par*. eheyearolution of property. Lord FOLICESTONE said, that notwithstanding the predictions of the lAN Member kir Pertarlington, that, 4 11 ....b,a4 A otbin g to dread from a retinas to cash 'p4ymrh yetpaery day and hoursince that period had the di ultiewd misfortunes eftheeeentry been in et:easing. ~..4t,rpollbe a very long time before the far ance.cocdd p , cppor4on,tia e supply of his produce to the dinnotwl ter at. ; atild AO ohtain a fair remunerating pi ice. Iltelateinfteaseof prices ought, in his opinion, not to ; ha ; eitaaideteci as a favourable symptom for the faimer.anpuitniich at it was temporary, and attri hntable:R.icejdeskai end transient causes. It had beep greapried thee this proposition mould lead to ree04 . 4%; . 41., be was sure, that unlesi sioarrremedy ssige*pti4ed e ,4,was too glum; not to. see cry worst COO ... oyetild be revolution of the:leryliOrst kited.... ; lep i their Jut if this state of i)inseilsted, telincer to, lo ok f . ne thjbest,an ripit speedy remedy - for these evils, XpAnalatai4ed that this proposition of his mike a very,proper'il et land the only one which coulatpresitive the puntrystilecurity . anel tranquillity. In centesnieece of the state of 00 currency, ..the country, na,...,.. suable to go to l iras, or xesig,al4 ynjust,aggeesftottot xmaet upon Span., ~.e !TC:lajp . 4,pq . acief . rteCtg,..an, 4 . Act of the Scotch Parliament. which, :13 a !n it e r state. of :the currency, .reccirinlied the I tiiinciple of • equitable adjustment, proportionate to the estkt I . the depreciation. The same principle 'hod also.hated adopted in • France, when the rairrency,Was.in asasz= nats. But the great object in this country bed been to conceal theextent of the depreciation . B y the 19th of Charles n. a similar adjustment took place with respect to property in Landon, after the tiro hi ; 1,606 That adjustment had been made hy.COtnnahatioti . ers; „whose 'labours had lasted (or the space of six y The. Noble Lord then ranked. what had taken plac at the close of the civil war between Czsar nod Pompey, when, in consequence of the depreCiation.6l i n t et na o y n ,m o ney , a , e. i ifs t oedu w r a ti s hn cl ao e fw c i r o , irsi d doe tl fb i L a a i n t t he lso deb t or mx s p h hee o dr t i i e l o t n i ft 0 r ' i1 . , 1. 1 1 1, ,House (FL Bankes, Esq.)—(A laugh) ---h e i mi .„ ‘ find that Hon. Gentleman an advo cate f or an eq's ttita t ' adjustment. He should' move a s an A mendment 04 That the Committee s hould take i nto consideral4l the nierni or fiOViditig-an, eeqtabli.adjustmeut contraCts." fil.r, PEEL ;OA ilmt st.the_prtsent pe r i o d - 0( . 0 , 1 Session, a Committee. bad beecl•peoposed to sonidl the effect of the, a ) teyatios of .the currency „ n ert enonse . .4 opqtracts r n w. 4. 1 :e „i.., - .4rifr' 4. A similar Mol,„„,• had been made in the three former Sessions, ~,,.44,-;, invirfefilf been rejekleg.• The questi on was, did 4, - lethservi' flail*: Of the opsen!iy re qu i re a rerisim De iorreaci?' .117 ii there anythi ng i n the minte fa; turittg interests of the country that demanded su c f „ revision ? In fact, in the commercial an d manutatt:',; in interests,, there was every appearance of revirip prosperity.' Before the Aet of 18-19, all the eeil,, cubed to that ,:glei'llsad'!eitlited, and had arises -fibril 'AO state of the cUrrenceiince 1797. lie should cot. pare the present state, otabe manufacturers with e ,t ut it had been in 1817. The Hon. Member tiirWiak, sea had laid doWn in a speech made that year, that tk , • ',manufacturers were in a state of exampled dii i 4 tan lend had concluded with a quotation from Sir Jc Child, thatagriculture and manufactures acted & re-acted upon each other, and that when the miera i tlonriahingi: the -other could not be long distrew . . 'The Righthloa.rventleman then proCeeded tow el revieir - of 'the state of the manufacturing diiinraj fore and since the:resumption •cf Ca-11 PaYmen ts , having received accounts from the several tligi u ,, t the commencement of the pre eat, year. liill t su e „, held, all, before-the resumption of Cash Payene et , was distress-...n0w all were employed. From She. field' he received the' satne:account ; in 1820, flue roor- f rate in Sheffield W 2140% io. the pound; 41184 it was only Bs. 6d. and the estimate, for the-pe w/ year, was 6s. gd s onlyzitievious.tOlB2o, the num!;e : of empty houses: was; i'600..-.at. presein they,ema I scarcely 100: . In Blatiinkbrith;tne Poor-rites fadlie) reduced more iliati'onehielf since 1820.11444 a Poor-rate was E. 18,00 -L-the estimate fear' the (nee.: year, was £13,000. In Manchester% the Cotten 'Nile was in a rithstflettrislaing" . state—in 1816 the stages were 6a. Bd. now they were SOs. a-week. The ['Nit rate, in 1820, etas £27,000; . in 1821-, it was 029000 ; in 1822, it was 1;16.000. The Right Hon. Gentleman went into other details of the flourishin g state °fur manufacturing districts, and a s ked ;the g'.al not crated sufficient to shew that, as regarded the manufacturing dista t icts, no .Committee of Inquiry was necessary?- fiewould next advert to the state of Agricultec Readmitted that Agriculture had laboured, and war labouring under cnusiderabte dePtesSion, but he maintained, that trada,and .manufactureteould not be in a progressively prospereas condition withott imparting•atitvintages to thointerests uf Agriculture. Though he matialttecl. that. Agriculture was in ade pressed state, lietrieniedthat the measure of 1819 had contributed, 'to any very-Oeciosso•eztent; to suck tit pression. In 1816, the - agticuliural interests were it a irery' depressed statelVolituelt:Erfathat:the HoLpto rilgof -the present ara,- ion- at that period movedße so lutions, soiutions setting . fPrifethebnpeless state of AO -cotetsfe, anikhit braildi7 l 4m. noes" " 04 lal l dr .no rent at A- . ' Thgfiqtesa titibi . is Were *Ovid . ie - iii - IsAra ihipaatiagusif. iliac Dill .which w as. r. legedto have.eSeetest such mincers changes. The stze of things in 1816, ilafact, justified the measure of MB; for as it was alleged that an-unlimited paper currerq occasioned such ev ilsithe _Parliament !aid that the evils resulting from suchxaute:thould no longer continue. Such fatts,.he'thought leakfit'it 'clear that the Bill of 1819. was not answerablerfertall 'those evils which some had -attributed to it. 'Much injury had resulted frotrytheOriginal Meaktire of 1797. He, wonld nn. ITlMV . eiataine t hat measure ; he would not stop toil). quire whethre it hadaccomplished those objects fa Which irvras passed—perhaps it had; but be that fan as it mighti.lt had been productive of most serious ciankAtteiteetai-ter ; the country. However, to a pspu currency. there must hive been some limit; it mull norhave tone on ; had there not been some checkis tisite, 'the babble must have burst. Therefore the measure of 1819 became requisite. But the depress sion did not commence in 1816; it • began in 1813, on the apprehension. of peace, as was proved by Victualling Contracts, ike. the prices in the Novem ber of that year being 61s. for what was charged 1245. in the preceding January. Such facts, as well as the various speculations, shewed that many causes had been at work tciprodUce that state of things at tributed to the Bill of 1819; but reviewing them slt .as well as the arguments urged- in support of such motion, he was satisfied that no change ought Tato take place, if it were desired that a nretall,c currency and standard should-be kept—tbat the b.eittits4o be derived from change - should ,be 'fully equal te dm risks that were to be run—(Hear, hear)..A. liable Lord (Folkestone) suggested the , change of. O'Pe• ttard from £3 17x. to 4.74 ls. and yet at had hfrell , P• suited that the depression of Agriculture was-it lat cent.; if tbat were so, how could it be relievedbyrin alteration of the currency to the amount of.2orler cent. The only point remaining wastbetnf iquOle adjustment, and the Noble LOrdsaid, Why dO you re fuse an equitable adjustment? ..Why be *objected , because it was absolutely impossible that it could be .carried into effect. One great and obstacle was the various changes ; propatilwil Vide" gone; and he would be glad to know.of the liable Lord, hOw this adjustment was to be madt,9l l ale original contract?' How was the valnetifjbenani, note.to be ascertained at the different pent:WA/ewe 'these contracts were made?. and if this.coald act be tow.. hp* Wl4 the adjustinent 'to be,madey se fact , this *at nut..iii. adjustment called for bvtge . r. , of iBl'9',. tut' had 'thkert 'place ykars..bdere. . / 4ittsilliOttirtable 041d:It 'l4e: Aiiiible .tis' diseihninati . betstlcs I Mini, .iren*::seefiraiiident speculations, aad-tboe Joh .apossx frame change in the currency?; lb leoble•Tsord.wcOttlaliaye a number of applicatilo '..;":StOliT,petgliatiOns. and be winild find .tte yes Sai A siiiiiiilailipiolific.of such instances; be sea tiod . .the adjustment ,- of• them a task far beyeed la *binder.- Besides, if land - speculators were titles this ,benefit giveoto. them, .why should not the rarl ,iithalgenee -be extended to all other imprudent ere' fortunate speculators? For the united considetathili that,..tedeose- of the -present state of the mangl' taring interests--and because of the benefit:7 l g 'agriculture will receive from the property of the "is' ~ - 4 -;