The Statesman. — London, England, 1823-04-12 00:00:00

OPP ••••.- T& . AARt - tt&of`" ) .nee-.—.-- --- gR. HAYDOX ' S (MEAT PICTURE of LAZA - , RUS, which has been nearly three years on the , IS NOW OPEN, at the At typtian-fiall, Picca dilly. Ground floor to the right.—Adruittance Is. Cato 'agues tM. rilliE PICTURE of the TRIAL of the late QUEEN , r 1 by Mr. GEOKUE HAYTER, Aleosber of the Academy of St. Luke. I n Rome, iSte• ke.—Mr. T. H. CAUTY respectfully notifies, that having paid a large sues of money for the right to exhibit this GREAT HISTORICAL PLU TURE. the same is now OPEN to the Public et his Rooms, t4lll, Pall-mall, from Ten till dusk. Admittance, One Skit ling. As the litnits of an Advertisement prevent an adequate description b Mil given of this. extraordioary Picture, It will here be Siutp.y stated, that it contains upwards of SOO figures, of which it-Cewre Portraits, those Princes of the Royal Family. and every Peer and Person of distinction in the Picture having sat to Mr. Hayter, whose rank as a Per wait Painter will, it is trusted, excite public curiosity to wards tbe„Exhibition EXTRAORDIN 11IY ADVA7i:TAGEFOR CASH. AWARMOLL and COMPANY, patronised by the Nobilltynovi Gentry, allow greater *draft tiro Mph Taes, than any Establishment in the Metropoils.—The EAST INDIA Costrssv's Tares upon all Chests. One ounce in .he single pound. And half a pound allowed in every six pounds ; at the NORFOLK AND SUFFOLK TEA W %REHOUSE, 23, LITTLE BELL ALLEY, At the Bark of the Bank. All Teas sold at this Establishment are of the choicest kinds, warranted Genuine. selected and tasted by the most Eminent Tea Brokers. The same advantage allowed upon Turkey, Java, and West India Coffees. Sugars kept for the Public. No unpaid Letters received, unless con•aining an Order with a remittance for 12 and upwards. if any respectable person wishes to sell for this Establishment, in Town or Country ; a written order for any quantity, speci fying the price, with a remittance, will he sent iustartAately ; wrapped is parcels according to or ler. By ipplintment, Finch anl Co.'s SO. rfine Durham Mustard, preferred by the Nobility, fur the combined supriority of its strength, flavour, and beautiful colour, at only e 21. per pound, made up in lead for the Country. NORFOLK wad SUFFOLK Tait WAREHOUSE, 23, LITTLE BILL AtLev, up Token house-yard, at the Back of the Bank of lit:gland, Loudon. Illiatler the Espeetal Patronage of the Princess Eaterhazy, 'His Excellency the late Atubasaaitor from the Emperer of Persia, and Imlay high and distinguished Pers ona g e;. ROWLANDS' lf LYDOIt, for Pre serving. Beauti fying., and Improving the Complexion. —II Lady of title, in the course of her Travels and Botanical Re searches in the Eastern part of the World, discovered a Compound forming one of the most exquisite and pleasing Cum:l(th% hitherto unknown in the World. 'llls Cosmetic possesses peculiar Bulsansic properties energetically effi cient in eradicating all Ernptians and Impurities of the Skin ; suck as Sunburns, Freckles, Redness, Pimples, Spots, Tan, and every k ind o f un p leasant appearances, and gradnally producing a delicate Clear and White Skin, rendering it beautifully Soft, and imparting a Healthy and Juvexile Clown ; in short, adding an incomparable Beauty to the Fate, Neck, and Arms ; diffusing a Coolness truly pleasing ; preserving tke Skin from the inclement atmosphere, and by a die perseverance ix the application of this Cosmetic, it tends to promote the five exercise of those important functioneof the Skin, which are f o tnd he utmos t importance foe the pres ervation of Health a beautiful Complexion. It is also of great importance to Ladies who are Suckling, as it gives immediate relief to infante(' Nipples; Also to inflamed Eyes: No family ought to be withont it. as the MOO delicate Lady or Child may at all liners use it with the greatest safety ; it is so perfectly innocent. that a Child may swallow it. This Cosmetic is also admirably adopted for the ease and re lief of of Gentlemen' s Faces after shaving, it immediately allays the irritation and smarting, and imparts a delight fia coolness, rendering the Skin smooth and even.-1% consequence of the recommendation of secerat distingnisiss ed Personages, who attested the pre-eminent Virtues of this Cosmetic, the sole Proprietors. A. ROWLAND 4.1 SON, purchased the Recipe of the above Lady, and War to the Nobility, Gentry, and the Medical large, ass ea liable Preparation. ....old at Ss. M. and 4s. (3 d. per Bet tle, Duty included. Sold by the Proprietors. A. ROWLAND k SON, No. 1 ! 20, Rattan-garden. H o lborn, London ; and by appo - int went, by Messrs. Ilendries, Perfumers to His Majesty, Titcleborne-street ; Smyth, 117, Cantle and Pierce, b 7, D. Riyge, 30, New Bond-street ; Bagley and Blew, Cori:spur street ; Sanger, 150, Oxford -street ; Berry and Co. 17, Johnston, lb, Grceg.strrei ; Butlers, 4 Cheapside, and 2-10, Regent-etrcet ; Rowney. WO, Hatton-garden ; J. T. Rigge, Cheapside ; Tait, 41, Johnston, 614, Cornkill ; New ber 4.5, Edwards, C:l3, St. Pasit's Church-yard lop ry, , Bur Church -0i d ; Burgess, 63, llolborn-hill ; Low, 330, Prout. 1120, strand; Barclay and Sons, 93, Fleet market ; Straining and Nix, Rapt Exchange ; and by most Perfumers and Medicine Venders who rend their ce lebrated Macassar Oil. BY his Majesty's Royal Le tters Patent.—LEA RE'S B Pilafs Salutaris, One small Pill is a Dose ; and the taking of one box, to a recent case, will soon convince the Patient of the certainty of his speedy recovery. No tbing can he better contrived, more safe, or more convenient than this remedy, fur such as are obliged to go journies or to sea, as it nerds no confinement or restraint of Diet : and 60 years experience (in an extensive practice) has proved that it will effect a Cure, when all other methods avail no thing. For tins Scurvy and other ehrottical disorders, this Medicine has not Its parallel. Upwards of 46,000 per sons, of both sexes, have been radically cared within the last eight years. Prepared and sold by the sole Proprietors, T.TAVLOR and Sns, Surgeons,* el their house, No. 9, New Bridge-street, in boxes of only 2s. 9d. each, duty included. They are also sold by their appointment, with copious dire,- at H e pburn's; Toy-shop, 103, Oxford-street ; Mr. Dishorouv A's, 7, Fish-street Dill, nearly opposite the Monu ment ; at Mr. Itaxter's, Edinburgh ; Mr. Newberry's, : and by one person in every considerable Town in Great Britain and lrelan.l. Advice gratis to persons taking the shove, or other of the Proprietors medicines. * See the published Pvt, by theitoyal College of London. STOR 51.—A vR, April 3.—Yesterday afternoon, an I all List night, it bleu a iitiong gale from N. W. and several vessels that had left port before the storm came on ire on shore thiii morning. The Barbara of Dumfries, Carson, master, left Trouts shout 4 o'clock in the afternoon, and when off this hat hoar, split her mainsail and ran for thi s port; bnt on taking the liar, the tide being ebb, she struck. unshipped her rudder, and was driven in on the south side of ti a harlonr. The sloop William and Janata, of from 11!asgow, for 'Maw!, loaded, split her mainsail also in the hay, and was driven in on the north ride of the harbour Omni 9 o ', . c L i n t h e evening . . The men got a‘hore about one in site morning, and sow we oloeive her to .81 has fallen overboard. end it is feared bar hall is injured. This morning the Com merce of Ayr. ami Hope of Wrist, came up on the bar some time after high water, but seem to have received little injury.. They hid left hamlash y: sterday, alo . nith a tie,t of vessels which Lad b-en lying there %vb. bona, and it is to be 1. ar..d tut many other vessels of this fleet have suffered, for or ons..tve too vessels riding at anchor between the Lally Isle and Troon, one of which ant ears to he ili•onasted; and a t.O ober it;:tpesr to be driven on the beach on the north side or t.... Tr., oil liar- Ivotr. In so fat is we have yet IP.en intotntAl, 110 lir.s have been lost. 401.r.7 .0 t ; P. • • - 4 4 • • - . 4f Act , .). . . • • .1... . • A. • .♦ 05,40110)341_ „" . .. )• ••• '; APRIL 12, 1823. LONDON, IMPERIAL PARIJAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS—FRIDAY. Jr. BROGDEN brought Pp from the House of Commons, the Grants in Aid Bill, and the Innkeeper's Bili,whieh wit* read a first time. Mr. Scott from the Chamber of London, presented sit account of the receipts and disbursements of the Orphan? Fend. The Earl of 0 AREWOOD presented three petitions: from Dewsbury. Doncaster, and Halifax, against the kepi vent.De'dtors' Act. • ‘. DISTRESSES IN IRELAND. The Marquess of, LANSDOWN moved that there belaid before the House an account of all the sums that had been voted from Jan•tary 15.22, to the Bth of April, INS, for the relief of the poor, and.for the erection of public works in Ireland. He did not make this motion from any impression that those laws had been improperly applied • but as such votes were a departure from toe usag es of Pa rliament, and as the sums were granted on an extraordinary eraergeacy, he thought it would be proper for Parliament to be in pos session of the votes that had been given. The motion was -.Adjourned. QO.•-a HOUSE OF COISIONS—Fatztay. Sir HENRY HARDINGE took the oaths and his seat for Durham, being obliged to resign his seat, having accept ed the office of Clerk of the Ordnance. A Person from the Insolvent Debtors' Court laid eertain papers on the table concerning that Court, pursuant to the Order of the House. A Person from the Chamber of London laid on the table a return of the duties composing the Orphans' Fund. Sir W. LEMON presented a Petition tom the Merchants and Traders of Penzance, in Cornwall, against the equaliza tion of duties on East and West India Sugars. Ordered to be printed. Lord LOWTIIER presented a Petition from the town of Ulverstone, Westmoreland/ against the Catholic Claims. Ordered to he printed. Sir J. BOUG II EY presented a Petition from the town of Dudley, praying for au alteration in the Hawkers and Ped lars Act. After a few words from Sir JOHN NEWPORT, in op position to any alteration in the Act, the Petition was order ed to be printed. Sir J. GRAHAM presented a Petition from the Bankers, Merchants, and Traders of the City of Carlisle against the Insolvent Debtors' Act.—Ordered to be printed. Mr. CURW EN moved for a return of all the Flour ware housed in G reat.Britain from the sth of Geo. the Third down to the sth of April, ie23.—Agreed to. Mr. SYKES gave notice, that en the 20th of May he would move fur a repeal of the duty on Tallow Candles. Sir F. BLAKE presented a Petition from the Spirit Deal ers of Berwick on Tweed, praying that they may be allowed the legal use of Scotch Whiskey en paying a moderate duty. —Ordered to be printed. Sir F. Ohl NIANEY presented a Petition from the Mayor, Aldermen, Burgesses: and Merchants of Barnsteple, against the Insolvent Debtors' Act ; and another from the Caine quar ter against the duty on Coals carried coastwise. —Both or dered to be printed. Sir JOHN NEWPORT presented a Petition from the Inhabitants of litlkenny, praying for a protection to the Blanket 'Manufactures. and that the Wool duty might not be repealed.—The Petition was ordered to be printed. Mr. HUME presented a Petition from the Alere.hants, Traders, and Inhabitants of Arbroath, preying that the du ties or East and West ludia Sugars might not be equalised. —OrJered to he printed. Mr. MINI E presented a Petition from the Hackney-coach Owners, complainind that, by a clause in a late Act of Par liament, they had been deprived of that prisilege which ena bled them to live, and in the hope of enjoying which they had embarked their properties in Hackney Coaches; and praying that the House may remedy this evil by reducing the number of Hackney Coaches.—Ordered to be printed. Sir T. LETHBRIDGE presented a Petition from the T r adesmen and Inhabitants of Ilininster, praying that Parliament may enact some law that would afford greater facility (or the recovery of small Debts.—Ordered to be printed. ORANGE OUTRAGE IN IRELAND. Mr. WETHERELL said that, as the Hon. Member !or Dublin (we suppose. Mr. Ellis) bad been absent, be received a letter (we believe, that morning), requesting bins to present a petition from the Grand Jury of Dub lin ; and as he had no opportunity, from the shortness of the time, of writing back, to express his indisposition to present it, so as to enable the petitioners to put their pe tition into the bands of some other Member, before the discussion which was to take place on Tuesday came on, he was placed on the dilemma of either presenting the petition, and thus, perhaps, leading the petitioners to suppo'e that he was pledged to take a part in the debate —or sending it back to Dublin, which would perhaps defeat it. object. That lie should not be accused of any discourtesy to the petitioners, beside that he thought it to be only consistent with his duty to present it, he pur sued the former course; but he begged it to be distinctly understood that, by presenting it, lie did not pledge him self, directly or inillieotly, to take a part in the debate of Tuesday. The Hon. Member then moved that the pe tition be brought up. HOBHOUWE said the Hon. and Learned Gentle man had not said one word of the nature of the petition. Of this the House were yet perfectly ignorant, which completely proved the utility of the motion which had been male some time since, to exclude an Hon. Member (Mr. Ellis, of Dublin) from his seat in that H ouse, on she groun d of its being incompatible with his other du ties. if the Hon. Member for Dublin could have attend ed, the House would have the satisfaction of seeing the petition presented by a Gentleman who knew its contents. 'fhe Hon. and Learned Gentleman ought at least to tell the House the nature of the petition. Mr. WETHERELL said, that as the petition was to be read by the Clerk, he did not think it necessary to occupy the time of the Hluse by reading it in the first instance. Mr. HOBHOUSE—It is;only necessary to state the substance. Mr. W ETHERELb--The petition was from the Grand Jury of the County and city of Dublin of the Court ofSes sion of Dyer and ferminer. In substance it complained that the Attorney-General of Ireland had charged them w;th improper conduct, in the discharge of their duty, and accused them of sacrificing public duty under the in thuotce of corrupt motives. The petition was then teat!. Amongst other facts it stated that the Attorney-General had pnbliely charged diem, on ignoring the bills, tint with an efror of jtlg ' ment, hut a violation of their oatft, and • that they att.. &emit the dudgeon the sobject who presided on that °c c •sion, in order to give the Attorney•tienet al an opportu nity of rapttiniuc, but this refunnstrance twin_ passed over unnoticed by him, they necessarily conclude ( that he continued to persevere in his charge ; which, coming from such aut'tority, weighed heavily upon them, as they Lai no opporf unity of refuting it, it being impossible for them to disclose lie evidence upon 'which they founded their jtiflunient. They therefore applied to Parliament as th. only means of redress, with the full reli %nee that thee n mild adopt such tneasarrs as the end. of justice required. Mr. PLUSKETT said, that however reluctant lie was to touch upon this subject, before the proper opportunity arrived, yet he could not suffer the stateoient containe I in the petition which had been joist read to go with ott an. answer if be had any disposition to object to tb pe- *ion, he might object to it on the ground of informality, but be would decline taking advantage of it. Tbp petition contained a statement which was calculated to impress !the House, that. he in the discharge of his duty had im 'poke! corruption to the Grand Jury, 'in the discharge of their duty. Perhaps, without going into any furthe; explanation, he might be warranted in resting his justifi cation upon the statement of the petition, because that !p3rt of his statement recited in the petition, which they said accused them of corruption, was by no means eaten' 'tatted to convey such an impression. He would state is the House the fact. The Grand Jury brought in a return of" no bill," upon the several hills of indictment for cow l epiracy, but oo the bills for riot, they found a Jrue bill against two npon one count, and " no bill" upon the rest. He was in Court when the return was brought in, and he then declared his intention of filing an ea-officio is. formation. This declaration, it appeared, made an impres sion upon the Grand Jury, that he acted hastily,and from I resentment, and was not gelded by the circumstances growing out of the facts. Now he felt it doe as well to the House as so his ova character, to state that the billi of indictment bad been for one day under the consideration of the Grand Jury, and they bad separated without coming to any decision. On the even ing of that day he received notice of it, and was ap prised that the witnesses who were examined had, from what they observed, expressed an opinion that no bills would be found. He was informed of other facts also, which he would not now state, but which he received in common with the Solicitor-General. and another gentle man of the Bar, who was in the habit of giving the as sistance of his advice to the Irish Government, all of which induced them to come to the &termination, both with respect to the mode of impannelling the Jury and with, respect to its conduct, it was their duty to hie ao cx-qftcio informaion. Thus, so far from acting hastily or from resentment, he came to this determination after' due deliberation and conjointly with two other gentle- 1 1 men of the liar. It was attempted to excite a feeling, that lie gave way to party feeling, ant considered religion rather than the merit or demerit of the case; but those who knew his character would never believe that be would descend from the &hies of his office, and violate the most sacred obligations to become the instrument of a party. But it was right to state that the Solicitor-6ene ral, who concurred with him in the course he pursued, was directly opposed to that which was imputed to him. and on the Catholic question their opinions were quite at variance, though, in the due execution of the laws, and the equal and impartial administration of justice, they were perfectly agreed. When, then, he went into Court and found that the inforniation which he had received was correct, and that the bills had been ignored, he admitted that h e expressed himself in nearly the same terms coot:tined in the petition, and be appealed to the House if in that state ment there was any thing to show that he had imputed corruption to the Grand Jury. He said, that " they had acted on their eath, and the rest was between their Goo and their conscience, that hr was actingon his oath, and In his conduct he would act fearlessly!' This contained no such imputation as that charged against him. Four slays after they came into Court, and said be (Mr. Plunkett) in sinuated corrupt motives against them, and that be did not send them an apology ; bet when he felt the charge against him of casting such an imputation was unfounded, he did i not conceive that any apology. was necessary. In fairness, they should have stated what the Judge said on that occa sion. He said, that 0 they had understood that the Attor ney-General had thrown any imputation upon them, he must have been grossly misrepresented. Indeed, to show new he abstained from making any charge upon the Grand Jury. be would read an exirset he made that morning from what he had said afterwards on addressing the Petty Jury : " Though impressed with the conviction that public justice has not been effected, yet I do not feel myself warranted In throwing any imputation upon the conduct of the Sheriff or the Grand Jury. I have no right to advert to the conduct of either, because they are not on their trial, and it would be grossly unjust to make a charge, when they had no opportu nity to refute it : but the time may come when they would have the opportunity, and it it does, I will not be found wanting in my duty. Rut in the present proceeding I dis claim throwing any imputation either upon the Sheriff or the Grand Jury. If the Government had ordered the statue of King William to be dressed, the Roman Catholics, dis appointed In their attempt to pull it down, had afterwards Bung a bottle at tfie Lord Lieutenant in the theatre, and that notwithstanding the Grand Jury had ignored the hills, I, be fore GOD, declare that 1 would in that case feel it equally my duty, as on the present occasion, to file an ea officio information." Now, he would ask the House, If, after such a statement, he deserved any censure for throw ing any imputation upon the Grand Jury ? In exercising his discretion as to filing the ex-ojficio information, he was now free to confess, that the conduct of the Grand Jury was a considerable, though not the only ingre dient. Though he had no hesitation in confessing this now, yet he did not think that lie would have been war ranted in saying so before, because he would have been accusing them without giving them an opportunity of defending themselves; but the case was now altered, he was no longer the accuser, a charge was made against himself, and in his own defence it was necessary to re vert to their conduct. And now, in exercising that dis cretion, lie was at liberty to state the grounds of his conduct, and lie had no hesitation in stating, that in fil ing the ex•officio information, the conduct of the Grand Jury along with the facts communicated to him in re ference to it, were the great motives uhich idlitenced him to adopt that course; but what these facts were he would nut now state, unless the question came before the House in a shape in which they could be verified. He must say that he was not fairly dealt with, in the manner which the Grand Jury took before they sent the petition. In the petition they endeavoured to cast obloquy upon him; and, instead of putting . it into the possession of some Member who was acquainted with the facts of the case, they put it into the hands of an lion. and Learned Gentleman, who knew nothing of the subject, but who treated it with that candour which marked his conduct on every occasion. Any man who beard the petition read, must see that it was intended merely as a make weight to the charge which was to be brought against him and the Irish Government on Tuesday. He wished now to be understood as making no charge against the Grand Jury ; but repelling a charge, when he (Mr. Pluiiket , ) said that their conduct influenced him in tiling the ex-Q . /fie/0 information. Before lie sat down there was another fact which lie wished to et ate, and which had been carefully suppressed in the petition, with re spect to the finding of the bills. As to the bills of in dictment for conspiracy, they were ignored. Separate bills for a riot were then preferred, containing two counts, the first for a riot and assault upon the Lord Lieutenant, up it any part of which they might have ig noted or found true hills; and the second count for All assaiilt only, upon which they found a true till against two. lint the secon I count differed from the tiro in this, that the first was framed as if the riot were committed case I multi. aliia ; and the second charged them, tbit they, Iswith others, twenty-nine in noniber, were guilty of a riot, and upon this- last count they found a true bill against two persons. Now If they bad found a true bill against two persons on the first cjuht, charging them of a riot, cum muftis Ail, it inlaid be an effectual priceed lite., but by finding In the second epint, agattist two per• suns only, it because a nullity. The petition was ordered to be printed., On the Order of the Day for going into a Committee on the Naval and Military Pension Bill being read, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that this !Un i fied been so often aitscinsetl, it was not ne cessary for him now to revert to it. He would merely say a few word upon the particular arrangement which ha d' been made to carry that measure into effect. The Act of last year provided that the trustees should not make an agreement for a longer period than one year, and it therefore now became necessary for Parliament to sanction the present arrangement with the Bank, which was to last for five years and a half. The basis of the agreement was this. It was agreed to take tie price of Lone An nuities on the last closing day, and make Ibis the basis of the contract. On that-day a long annuity of 11• for only six years and three:quarters, was worth IS/. 17s. 9d.; so it was calculated that the person who pirchased such an annuity would Attain an interest of 41. 2s. 6J.: and this was the groundwork of the ware:rent with the Bank. A sum of 13,01#9,419/. wta to be advanced by the Baltic; but as this was to be paid by instalments, and not at once, it was the same as if the Bank hid really ad vanced only 11,810,530/. It appelied to the trustees, that if they could now °brain favourable terms, it would be prudent to extend the term beyond one veer, because, if, at the expiration of the year, they wire to sell to any Other Corporation,they might nut obtain sw'll good terms, by which a greater loss would be sustained by the public than the expense of the present arrangement. The trrs tees, in asking Parliament to sanction the pre•ent plea-. sure, thought they were only doing that which wo aid be advantageous to the interests of the colliery. Mr. GREN FELL said that he shout I move for the re jection of this arrangement with the Bank, and take the sense of the House upon the amendment he want to pro pose, " that the House should resolve itself into a Com mittee on this Bill that day six months." Ile would, how ever,first submit a few observations. Ile was not Iwo pared to quarrel with the terms made with the Bank, but the Chancellor did not show the necessity of making terms with this or any other body. Ile (Mr. Grentel ) contended that, even after the expiration of one year, ac cording to the arrangement of the Chancellor, the tees tees would make more advantageous terms than by roe tinning the agreement for a longer period. He would cot quarrel with the Bank, because they did no more than ar cede to the terms of the Chancellor of the Excliever.— He objected to the measure altogether, and this he did upon the ground, that when he supported the measure of last year, he supported it with the impression that it would be the means ofobtaining a redudtion of taxation to the amount of two millions; but whatever difference of opi nion existed as to the wisdom or folly of that Bill. there was one principle to which the Chancellor of the Exche quer must agree, and that was, that tin carrying it into execution, he should have recourse only to those war,s which would be most advantageous to the coantry. Ile objected altogether, as well to the terms of thi: loan, as the parties with wham the loan was made, • It was in the recollection of the House, that, when this Bill was under consideration last year, he proposed a clause, of the propriety of adopting which his experience since did but more strongly convince him. The object of that clause was to assimilate the Bill to the nwasure introduced by Mr. Fox in 1796, on the principle of making the Com inissiosers of thelfinking Fund, the contractors for the loan.—(Hear.) The only question was whether a certain sum was to be raised by the sale of Wee per cent. stock, or by long annuities, with greater advantage to the pub lic. That the former mode was productive of the greater beuefit, there could not be a doubt. Better at once let the Sinking Fund trustees purchase up the securities awl advance the money from that fund. The Bank, it was clear, would never engage in the-affair but upon a specti , lotion of profit, and considerable profit too. But why could not that profit be saved to the public, as it certain ly would, if the trustees of the Sinking Fund became the contractors, they being the servants of the public ? One great objection then, which lie had to this scheme was, that it wilfully extorted a profit from the public which it gave to the Bank.—(Hear) Upon another. ground:too, bethought it open to most serious objection. By the sth and 6th of William and Mary, the Bank were positively interdicted from becoming jobbers in the pub lic funds, on the well-grounded apprehension, that the capital possessed by so wealthy a Corporation would ac quire for them a dangerous and undue influence in the money market. But this scheme flew in the fare of the Charter; and indeed it was the first time since 1694, that such an innovation bad been attempted—at least with out some urgent necessity being pleaded in its juctifica lion. By this Bill, the - Bank of England were not only empowered to contract loans, but absolutely to buy and sell stock in the market, by which the whole of the pro• Visions which were thought so necessary at their first in stitution were completely diapeused with. For all these reasons he should oppose the House going into a Com mittee upon this Bill. The lion. Member concluded by moving, as an amendment, that the Speaker do leave the Chair this day six months. Mr. ItOBgRTSON seconded the amendment. Mr. HALDIMAND deprecated the facilities held out to the Bank of dealing in the Funds, as likely to be of the utmost prejudice to the steadiness of the money mar ket. He supported the amendment. Sir FRANCIS BLAKE objected to the measure, be cause it directly militated against the Right lion. Gm - 1 tleman's own principle of a Sinking Fund. The House had been told repeatedly, that a Sir:lcing rand was pro (laced from the excess of Revenue over Expenditure . but this Sinking Fund was to arise solely out of' the le eerdemain tricks of lending wii., one hand and borter.v lug with the other. He was aware, that so unnatural a Sinking Fund was not the creature of the present Chan cellor of the Exchequer, but of his predecessor; bee, however, when the Right lion. Gentleman thought pro per to father the production, be was bound to smell by it with all its infirmities.—(A laugh) Ile (Sir F.) uas at a loss to see how a scheme of this sort could be railed a Sinking Funds differing as it didein all material prints, from all other Sinking Funds whatever. Whatever name it might go by, it was not difficult to see that i was not a Sinking Fund, fur it was -----" a monster of each frightful mien That tuba hated, needs but to be seen." He (Sir F.) was opposed to any Sinking Fund on any sinall'srale. I t Was ridiculous 'weigh, be thought. to at tempt to pay off a debt of 800,000,000/. by 5,004,040/. a year. At the same time he admitted, that the pul he ere iiitors were entitled to have their claims discharged. But this was not the way to erect that obct. It was not by such cock-a-hoop schema that the de bt was to be paid on: —(A laugh) The pre sent, however, was like ltohson's choice of 'Ministers ; they wer e obliged to go ern is itts it. In an economical point of % v iew, lie thought it w: s ni t prudent to pay off the debt too soon , fur if it were all il 1, ' k barged to•moirow, he had no doubt hut th it before an `other neck, Ministers would contrive, to bring new an b irrassinents upon 'Lc eour.try. Mr. HUME wished to know front the Right lion. ('.e . demon, whit extent of benefit the public were to der ie 'froth all this traitsietien at lie end of the five years—its whet !icier situation would they be then than they wens