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• , ,:, I A within six or sever. days. Tle, their- • traces — they were like tabloid bodies, corrupt end ' 4 /.: ' ,tight (as we could collect) that the Report offensive. The system called for amendment, mod lie erc 1.11 . ?A A' ti lI be printed separa t e l y. ho p ed it would be applied. The Noble Lord BURGH REFOR3I. concluded by moving— I alr. HUME said he had a Petition to present in " That the . several Petitions . presented by the Burghs of f •I to eel ct f oo ar i f Reform in the Royal Burghs of scut. Semisoft doling the pr . v.ent Sensual, he re ern. a t I t e o nim ry m po i r tt t ee to exanane the mailers of theme Petitions, sod 1 00 1 . It Wan signed by none but Burgesses or ateir tot hesitations sod epie i i 4444 a thereon" shorteris, fourteen of whom were worth near a Osufficient ben sterling , a fact to protect such Mr. WirrtAM DusitAs said, that Ins intellect s hear moi oloinse—(4 /gh/ I p e orio ne rs from the imputation of being nee d y mu if t be di particu d trot l ace diet dull the l object disclaim tou ed by 'e r fottrios. doe Noble Lord, timely, the sysieni of Parliamen. Th e Petition was read and laid on the table. , filly Reform, was the real oilijeet of the motion of 1,11 A• ll *MILTON presented a Petition to nee the Noble Lord. Ile eliselititiotal the idea of Par t um ttici 1r... I or Inhabits sits of the Borough of liametstary Reform ; he only meant to change 'At:4'loller ; another from the Inhabitants of t he the tepresentation of tiontittini, and to make etre ostough of Lanark ; and several others from the thins in that country popul ir and free. He (Mr. T ai lors, and various trades of Glasgow.—The Peti- Dti lid as) would contend, that nine iitollott of the , were read and Niel on the table. , 1 ,1 Noble Lord oent directly to strike at the Conan -1,51,1 A. 1-laWli.Tosi then rove to bring forwa . rd I tenon of the country, as established for three hone !inn of' which he hall given sootier. fie said, tired mod fifty 'sears. Ile (Mr. Hondas) could ,„ 0 ,,f00 the tosinher of Petitions which had beeu not di is rat frame that system rustler winch his ~..e s ted to the House that night, pra}ing for a country flourished—lA lauol--• system which f oo rn in the constitution and governm ent of t he advanced the wealth and prosperity of hi country. 3; a r.l Burghs of Scotland, he was persuaded the Ile considered the Articles of Union on this head liraise would not withhold its assent fun° his mo- as floral. What was the sum of every Petition laid iron for going into a Committee to consider the upon the table of the House ? The sulrject of the ~• .o : iety of acceding to their railer . Wheu lie ha d complaint is this, thst there was no fair control over j,.'r, ; lit the subject under the notice of site ilotlae the revenues of the burghs, and that they were l i lac, he had thought it necessary to explain w h e t . therefore applied to improper purpose' . To this I.ir Pelltiottess did not seek for. as well as what lie would answer, that the Bill now before the f: , '.:l: l l l l l , l l . na l t i l e nn ii k ad ro ' r li p 4i g t r h h e a n n ; t ll . ll " t d 3r he y i s t a e i r d itr i t i n n _ wr i t h i e t. ; , ; House would give every fair clierk to those who i, might have the control of the revenue. But ,:. c t was a reform in the mentigettieut of t he the moment that this Bill was introduced, and 'sirs of the I:lnglis, radical and general. The sub. when redress was afforded, the Petitioners come i it of c omplaint wss, tied the Magistrates were self forward and say it will not do—we will not take it 'sleeted, and that the inhabitants in general had no it will spoil the object of the Noble Lord—we o ,1111T111 over their election. The sum and •übstatoce cannot take it. Ile, for one, could not aICCOMIDO . ! a f the object lie and the Petitioners oissired to at date In uit-If to the philosophy of modern tintes,end 1 sin was, that the u lode of the itilialtitants of he would boldly risk any Gentleman who heard brim. 'burgh, m i g ht be enabled to take a part w the to ay whether ease burghs should be surrendered a lection of their Magistrate*, and not that the to popular election ; if evils attended them, let courier! should re-elect one another, according to those evils be dune away ; but lie would not the present system. He could not believe that any give to Glasgow die blessiings, the freedom s i;reitleman its the House would stand op to deferr al mod the lesimisieral of a Westminster election. tie system at present existing. The Hon. Illem- He was not qualified to act on such • sceoe.—(4 her then tittered into a detail of the system of laugh f• —The inhabitsiats of Scaitlueld were nut fr a ud, oppression, and concealineut, which wooded wily etcOrd—they were temperate, determined, i s the different burghs, and particularly . that of and firm—they were not easily roused, but lie Aberdeen. The Noble Lord cueolesuutri, iu strong would call on Gentlemen to beware of them—lie t ottos, the conduct of the corporator*. Ile said, that would say to Geminates', beware of drawing a line lacing squandered their revenues they then .. go to on the wind, led the rising wave should not be still. Ihr I louse asking for aid. which they too reedy ra h- Mr. Patsiaoso supported the motion at coast -1 aired. He submitted to the House that the Pen derable length. He complained in forcible terms 'loners ttood in a peculiar aud interesting situation ; of the wriest system ; lie described it as one which said if the Untie should think that they laboured depressed end degraded the higher orders of free under great grievances-4hat they had not redress in holders, merchants, aud otlirs, of a respectable de n Court of Law—that they have givens body of e isr ac to r o ip r tile al A of s t to ho t h he or A gito rti i c Le o s o of boe U r i o i ed iou , the beis t ig if a th b e s; deuce winch calls for inquiry — if that inquiry be with• held, if the House will refute to go into an hoes. had auy effect, they should hart operated in the ligation, they will reflect but littl . credit on Ow% i cases of Montrose and Stirling; yet both were re selves ; they will give but little satisfaction' to th I formed, mud both places came ( toward wi th Pen- Petitioners. He was tiot, lie said, driven to rely , i t v :o biG ns h ez hed b i e v e r o o r f ite tl e ie te ir d. satisfaction at the reform merely on the statement of the P etitioners, nor dad lie call on the House to rely on any assertion he I Mr. W. DOUGLAS said, he considered the state hood made—lie stood on different grounds—lie ~, mem of the Petitioners deserving of consideration lama on 1' 0 ' 46 that were out reeord'he rel ied —he considered their case fully made out, and, at on the declaration of the Magistrates, who pub all event,, he felt that they were entitled to the field) , recorded sheer sentiments ote this ques peculiar indulgence of the House. The laws and Coro, who publicly declared, that the system was customs of that country were lucre comparatively so reedited!, bad, th it no men could 'whin little known. There was no responsible 'Minister eider the affairs of the burgh' with credit to in the House who was ready to account for the themselves, or according to the law of the land. utheioistratlon of the laws in that country. He lie would then ask the Learned Lord if lie would had 110 objectiou that the House should go into seduce these burghs to a state that rendered it im an inquiry olio the self-electing *)stem, for lie pussiible fur them to have any control over their o%ts thought it would be of advtrittaf , e to have all the funds, thet rendered it impoasible for them to have dissentious arising from it finally terneineted ; it city redress in a Court of Low front oppreesion mad in. woutd also put eau end to the misrepresentations justice? ifs*, he would ask the Learned Lord aud his that arose out of it. He remembered when very friends what public or private tight belonged to the great distress prevailed in the couttliy, it was very Scottish Burghs ?—they had no right but that of coin generally attributed to the burgh s)stem ; anal for theirplaint—they patience. oand ino hope thec 0o but si d i s e e ir tolitioirofo7 thetitu cia o o end se. t c h o esz io r i c t a te so e. ets he should rote for an inquiry its a lie would now briefly refer to • Report of a Com- Ale. Bose/eel., as a native of Scotland, could not wittete published its 1793, on this subject. which refruns [tom expressing a few sentiments on this could lib" more "tarty the elltr" t of the grievances An i, e t. Th e reasons which had been urged in complained of.—[Here the Noble Lord read several fav o ur of a Committee were, its Isis mind, very ex. I enact, from the Reprove.]—iThe artist promioent traortfinety, but none was inure strange and impo a vile engirding the present system. he said, was the litic than that advanced by the last speaker, which principle of self-election of Magirtrates—[lie nou. was, (lest an inquiry should be iustituted for the tweuunting of money—and thee levying of taut wit h. purpose solely of putting au en d to misrepresent t out the consent of Perliaineut. Ile hoped. he said, tions, although the same Hon. Member brewed to that these gritvatice* were worthy the consi,lrretion admit that nothing effectual could be dime to • f the House. Ile could not suppose that the satisfy the wishes of the Petitioners. Ile commented II louse could be so imeneible as not to see them, upon the operation of the lege, burgoretne, and the Deed seeing them, he hoped they would relieve the power given by them to the probi homines of the Petitioners, lie thought that Parliament were o ,_ tirghs to elect their Magistrates mid representutives. toiled upon to Wieder, on every principle of .Hier word had been translated honest men, but lie eolecv, of justice, and even of humanity. He I; ared that tins translation would not be wholly ap. s ouki not see any argument against the Petitioners, plicable ;an " honest routs" was not a name for a I xcept,one which was hinted by the Noble Lord— man of wisdom. —[Here there was much laughing lie meant the Act of Utoion. He (Cold Archi. and noise in the house, which totally prevented bald Hamilton) could see no force iu the de. us from hearing distinctly the Hole Member's ob sluction that ass sought to be made. but if it servatious. We could collect from him that had any force, it must amount to this—that the situation of the burghs in Scotland before the Act of Union must from henceforth pre laho wan very peculiar. No may could be a •ett every Petitioner on this question, no matter burgess elm did not hold a certain portion of land, how oppressed. from seeking for redress and pro , and if he resigned or lost this land, he at the same section at the bar of the House. If this P ri : pci p' e a . time lost his character of a burgess. The mode of were to ate acte d on, every act o f opprent.;u, to towel, and iniquity, mildit be acted on with im- election war by poll, and introduced a scene of annual confusion. Ile looked upon the question punk', , and the Act of Union was to present itself not as confined to the kcal circuinstalice* of the " a harrier against " lire "' anal as an I: Pe t ahte e . Scotch burgh., but as one of Parliamentary Re meta against the progr e ss. cf jtistice; , Toren, affecting the general interests of the empire. looped no man was prepared to argue. I L " : The question deeply interested England as well Its this base system should be persevered in. Scodatid, which since the Act of Utrion formed cause of the Act of Union. The Act of Union but one country, end by that Alt the form of did not *auction, a tem. lie would n i t : l l . c b u e ui se d it i r r t s i tt u g . g ti l t e t e ; :i . . e : electitig filembers for Parliameet could not be altered without 'iodating the Articlee,of Colon. He laic plan by %% loch these evils might be pot lid begged patidon of the House for uttering himself tat el. The Li•Arlicil Lord said there was nothing to their police, and concluded by giving his vote change ; he said lie. ' it spite of the cow of Aberdeen against the Committee. --the case of Aberdeen wss one which led to ruin, Mr..). P. Gaiter agreed fully with the Hon. destruction, and disgrace. But whatever might be t member thin this question was not cotifitocd to the result, whether of public or !stint. disgrace Scotland only, but was no less interesting to the rod misfortune the system might occasion, was it to 1 empire its general. It Was a strange doctrine that be urged by the Learned Lord, that monist any if the inhabetanis of the great towns of Scotland felt oiliest the Act of Union eliould stood en hair themselves oggrievivl, and brought their complaints rierelole bur ? The Act of Union could not be so before Parliament, the evils could itot be remedied, •:ofepreted ;it was an outrage on the feelings or because, forsooth, it might affect the de of eleeto lloo, e who suffered fur tears, without redress and nig R e p r esentative* in Porliament ! He Nov nothing , iIIIIOIII without notice; dad, at last , the on l y ho p e in the ciren nistatir„. a the petitioners being friends .t should seem of relief that could be indulged to Perliamentary Returns that lil lil render them w, was that of a Bill introduced by the Learn. uti,,,,rthy el' tint t intention of the Legi-l.ture. "I Lord, which is, in fact, rather ists aggravator's re„ . I Hew, hear./ —What was the degree of popular than redress. Ile would esk, was the ptent isoloinite that would take placeprov tiled the Here ststem to be continued ? The %Cob' , mink* of • actitativee were chirseis by the burgesses? lo the ,:iseoluti on soli eadv appeared ; the sibetietnattonl ": i city of Edinburgh there were ailment 1,300 but- Haim burghs were at once so flagrant and so gessee, respectable turn, by.uo meals' of the lower '-thous, as to excite the ditgust (jell 111 . the Mars. the a. older of the people, mid Set it oas pretrinled, th.it if the right of girt:two were gestured t.: tlicAe 1,300 per•ons, it would introduce into Edstiburgli the IVestinitiger ridiculed the idea of such it ii.eaoire helott consi dered contrary to the Articles of Union. Could it he supposed that two great stations in forming an uoion, meant thereby to interrupt the progretoi of improvrnent lie alluded to the case of the huigh of Aberdeen, in which the debt, of the lough so greatly accumulated that the Magi.tratts hail resigned the government of the town in de-pair, and did as bankrupts would lINVP 1111119. 111 pti vote life, they consigned all their property lido the h4ilds of trustees, and even ga Ve up the cu-toils of the gaol which they had fur their pi 1 , 4011e1r14. Ile contended, under the sanction of high authovity, that the property of all the intlivitlool4 comirch-d with the corporation wis liable to the debts of the burghs. ‘l'ould the Learned Lord Advocate deny that the property of the burg.,ses w..e halite ? It had indeed been whi•prreil Himont that the Learned Lord hi iii self was one of inn... , who bad selves nit% it gat tl to tla in, affooleal sio proof of then alleged regard to their ext'iu•lve imetests. Ile thought no advaiitiage could he obtained. by die aopoilitment o: a Commuter. Hopes %tumid be excited by it, w inch it woo. _ Ire ld 10 realize, he at Id, therefore, oppose for iiiii (11ear.)— (,11(11141rd b 1 otiniog, th it if ihis pll .cople re silecting the burghs in ScotlAid were camped, lie was at a loss to ore how it could be disavowed if Impu t ed to her upon the boroughs ill Eitglrod. CANNING *Lid, dirt as wily one [him Aleut. her eutmected with the reptesentatiou of Ltigland hail delivered his iwtitiliteilis on tl.is •uliject, Ise thought it due to the fur sr iif the ittuailion that it should out be dispatched without ,a reply being made to the observation of that (ion. mem her, by :souther tint immediately counected with The Right liotouttralde Gentlemou then read the Articles of Union with Scotland, which were, as referable to this case, that " the rights of burghs should rentaiit come after the Uniuts, and not withstanding the Unin." Ile ilierefore cuss !elided that it was niteily impossible to concede this motion without directly contravening tote of the fitiolsnielital articles is 11101 United England and Scotland. lie did si a deny that if a case of gross abuse were made out, as to Peinyti, it would hot be competent for Parliament to inter fere.—( Hear, hear, from the Opposition flnches.) —But here, though alleged I sua.versistiots wax im pitted, it was yet a malveisation coiniected with the pecuniary affairs or the bur g hs, mot not with the mode of electing Members. Fur the amendment of the pecuniary malversaitoo, the Lord Advocate had now given limier of a Bill ; he did not Mean to urglle by anticipation ulna nia.;lll. be the pro visions of that Bill ; Litt lie thought the House should urgue the fitness or extei.t of the inearure when the Bill carte regularly before them : the real fact, however, was, that this was a disguised measure of reform, and when touched by the spear of truth, it appeared its all its native Indio:motets. .--(Hear, hear, ,fruat the Opposition Beaches.) — it was for the House then to say whether it wouli! tolerate this sort of t oot:et-11111g, and suffer, by a {Mt° wind, the question of Reform lii he insinuated into their attetittosi. Upon thi a ground lie had no hesitation in saying, that the I lowe could just with as much right touch a single haeough in Eogla d at they could one in Scotlatitl.—( /Icor, hear.) —The motion was not one for going Mtn any par ticular tnalversation - which may b ace milieu in the economy of the burgh expenditure—it was, on the contrary, one of those sweeping measures of reform which when the House adopted im this instance, it must follow on iu others.— There were two modes of cure for the imputed evil, one a regulation by Bill, such as that of which no tice had been given, the other by it measure of this kind, which embraced a 'sobbedl reform, and was indefinable in its nature. He knew there were some to whom the latter course would be preferable, but lie trusted the predomitiatitig fed ti; of the majority of the House would iodine to the milder and more certain cure, and leave the other among the rash speculators among whom it origioated. Ile coo eluded by warning the House as to the course it pursued on this occasion—a course which would de termiiie not alone the fate of the burghs in Scotland, but also those of the other parts of the empire.— (Hear, hear.) Lord ARCHIBALD HAMILTON, in a few words, replied, and the House divided, %Olen the numbers wen For the Motion 149 Against it given all 11111iillbll to I hat tfirct.—(" No," from the Lord Adrocate.)—Well, however that may be, lie could assure the Learned Lord that opir.ions of that nature load beets given by lawyers, to whom it would be no discredit to any Gentleman, in either part of the island, to be compared. Such were th a • opinions of several eminent barristers. as given to the burgesses of Edinburgh ; and this &log the case, lie thought a very sufficient reason was offered to the Douse to entertain the prayer of the Petitioners.—( Hear, hear.) Lord BINNING contended, that bkould the House sanction the introduction of a new system of election iii the Scotch burghs, they must virtually establish a It-form in Parliament. lie would not Impute to any Well motives which that individual wad willing to disclaim—nor would lie do so to a great body of Petitioners, with 99-100ths of whom be was necessarily unacquainted, but he still believed that the greater 'lumber ofthem were Parliamentary Re formers.--(" 0,n0," from the Opposttion Beaches.) —These persons must be uwure, that if they came forward propounding the usual theoretic notions of modern reformers, they would meet with but Itulr attention ; but they proceeded no less adv4o lageously, if they cool , ' collect together a great number of abuses and e%11 , , anti induce lion. Gen tlemen not itcyn.viired onli Scotland, or any part of it■ internal constitution, to urge the necessity of reform. He contended, that if several of the Scotch burghs which were possessed of large estates in the timer of Robert I. and James 1., or in any period of the history of the country. had since lost them, it by no means followed that these losses proceeded from the improper conduct of the illagirtrates.— These dilapidations were certainly not the work of modern times, of " the jutiketiogs, and banquet aml luxury of the 'Magistrates." If any men• sure could he suggested to rievent any futtlier di lapidation, it might indeed he a good cause for submitting the question to a Committee, hut no case had been made out to justify the present motion. Mr. WYNN said, that as well as he could collect the arguments urged against the amsointment of a Committee, the object►ons on which the greatest stress was laid, were first, that such an inquiry, if it led to an alteration in the burgh system of Scot land, it would involve a violation of the Articles of Union. This was a heavy charge not only against the present Parliament, but also against all former Parliaments ; for if any alteration in the elective system in a Scottish burgh were a violation of the Union, the present Parliament had violated. the Articles of Union, by sanctioning the Bill fur ex it/riding the elective franchise to certain freeholders of the hundreds in the vicinity of Barnstaple. It was a violation of the Union to regulate the boroughs of Aylesbury, Penryn, and others.— If a contract were tittered into, that contract must have been reciprocal; and if the House were to support every Scotch burgh, no matter how serious the evils may be that prevailed therein, so likewise should it maintain the existing constitution of every borough in England, no matter how gross the mitt versation that may be proved to exit►.—(Hear, hear.)—'rite first principle of the British Ctiostitu tint, was, that it contained the principles of a con stant progres.ire reform.—(l ear, hear.)—lle had always opposed every gener.rl plan of Parliamentary Reform which had been proposed to the House, be cause it began by pulling down every thing without supplying any thing in its room, but it was Ills 01/1. 111011 that Parliament was a competent Vilnius' to remedy every abuse as it came under its cogni zance.—(lleur, hear.)—The present proposition for inq uiry was justified by the necessity of obtaining information with respect to a Bill now before the House. No answer had been given to the state ment respecting the gross misapplication of pro perty ; whether it arose from fraud, from indolence, or negligence, it mattered oohing, it Willi then• duty to substitute for such Magistrates others over 110111 is inure efficient control might be exercised. —.(llear, hear, hear.) Mr. Fosses said, he would have given a silent vote on this question, were it not that ussertiotts had been advanced with respect to Aberdeen whit k lie knew to be unfounded. It had been stated t h at the debts of the burgh of Aberdeen imiositited to 230,000/. and that it was in a state of bankr [spicy. Ile held in his 11811(1 11 document which would 'thew the fallacy of such a statement. It Was mine . cessirry to read it all, a very few lines would suffice. It was the repot t of the trustees of that burgh, and stated, that if the property of the burgh were dis posed of, at even a moderate rate, it would riot only pay all the debts, List that a considerable sur plus would be left. That the revenue had con siderably increased, and left an motility of 1,5001. above that payment. Such Wil.4 the State of the ruined and bankrupt burgh of Aberdeen. It had been asserted that the Magistrates had been guilty of fraud and concealment, and particularly that they had borrowed 10,000 f., without an ti, or ny, for their own purposes. This had hero asserted on the alleged authority of at very respectable itoltvithial, an inhabitant of Aberdeen, hut from that iudtvt dual lie had received a letter in which he dewed his having ever accused the Magistrates of the burgh of embezzling the public money. He then tittered into a review of the valuable improvements constructed in the town by the Moistrate. of Aber deco, and which, he contended, ought nut to jus tice be now urged against them as crimes. They could not be effected without money, nod the liberality with which they had conducted thrtn- Majoilly fur the Motion.... 5 This notification was met ived by ittud cheers from the Opposition bunches. On our re-admission we found the CHANCELLOR of the ExcHERuER obtaiiiitig leave to bring in a Bill for regulating psynients of the revenue into the Exchequer. BOSSIN EY ELECTION. Mr. GRENVELL presented a Petition from Sir Charles Blunt, oite of the candidates at the former election for the borough of Bossiney, praying that the house would postpone the Committee on the Bossiney election until a future day. The Hon. Member stated, as the grouod of the Petitioner's application, that lie had been 14 candidate in the election for Bossitiey last summer, but that mile of his voters had been rejected, on the grounds of their tint having been duly qualified fiee burgesses in time for the then elec. tints. The Committee at the Election hail agreed that the question of the eligibility of these votes should be decided in a Court of Law, but time had not since occurred to obtain that decision. lie therefore moved that the Committee on the Bossiney Election, which stood fin "Tuesday next, should be postponed until the Ist of August. Mr. STUART IVORTLEV, though he admitted lie was a party interested in the result, opposed the motion, and contended that the patsies bad had time enough to decide the question at law. He complained that his witnesses were on the road from a distance of 300 miles, in the expectation of being heard before the Committee on Tuesday next. Mr. TIERNEY enlitentled that time had nut been as yet allowed to decide the question at law, as the Committee had recommended. After some observations from Mr. IlusittssoN, Mr. WYNN. Lord CASTLERE•raI, Sir J. NEW PORT, MIA Mr. STURGES BOURNE, Sir J. NIACRINTOSII moved, as an amendment, " that snit a view to ascertain whether the patties had given the regnlar notice required in Election Petition*, the debate should be adjourned for a day." The House divided, when the numbers were— For the Amendment 5O Against ii.. Majority fur the Amendment.. 30 The origins, motion WI. then ion and negatived. The other Orders of the Day weer then tfe— !wird of; and the House adjourned at Two Norwich Coro-market uus fully attended on Ssturdse, and there wa, a good supply of Wheat and Burled, the lamer of which suld much us lust work. —A consolerd , le ,hew uI ScotP and homebred Cottle orro exhibited on the Hill, and obtained good prices. The Sheep-pens were well tilled, and shear ins were disposed of cn advanced terms. IN THE rinsT rivn miNurrs. NEXT Turtn)ir ur• J:20.0061 mug'• lii. DitAqN.— row: pitrips 01: vu.OOO—EIGHT l'lol.Ls OF 000 , C 1.004), AM) 3: mu, e..e. &C. AND OM.V 1,44,5hu0 'I I1.1.11:18. Twirl; 131 trri S S LONDON, Fflhl)AY, MAY 7, NV). The {typo:, of the Cauk Collllli AI re w4l. night ineseined to the !louse of Cum')))), The principal posits ntiggelpird sit it writ, that front the Ist of February 1820, to the October following. the Bank should pay its notes in gull biro, at the rate of 4/. la. an ounce, but that } ;01.1 should out be issued in smaller quantitie* than iii tiO ounces at • time, so that should any desire iss ex change notes fur bullion, lie must prusids. himself with 2431. in Bank :sults. That from October 1820, to May 1821, the Bank should pay in gold •bisia at the rate of 31. 19.. 6,1. and that its shoot two or three years it should pay at the present Mint , 3/. 17s. 101 d. or in coin. ‘Ve base 1,..1 , 1 , r•r space nor t one to make many re:narks on this Report, but it cationt fail of I:Ho :4 that it is founded on au MI led, .rut tlwt the present circulation of the coul,try is gre..ily depreciated, and on the exits °tut, Ii ,t the value of the currency will increLse October, and he restored to its a:.‘ mot pro portion in 31.ty, 1811. It smold be difficult to conceive upon what principle* the !intik came to this cum:fusion, or how they tre if that the same causes vb hula flow tel.di fell ;lie sumptiofi uf cash pay - whits itiexpetliebt, would cease to operate ut those precise period) Lid down iti the Report. There is undoubtedly au atlvihosar thus offering gold torts at the high price of 41. 1.„ because it will prevent the !Unifier deterioration of Bank paper; but this precaution coucedrs the prin. ciple so lung the subject of controversy, namely, that the high ;n ice of gold depend% on the issues ul Batik paper. The circumstances stated 1.. y Mr. I'LEL re. 'prolog the recent gold coinoge of France, when he introduced the Bill for presenting partial pay ments by the Bank, was noticed in the Report. It appears, that such war the extent to which the geld coinage of this country was dtteen to t he .Contitieut, that of 125 nollitols of franca Collard in gold during this year in Fiance, three-fourths of this suns weir: furnished from Great Britain. The motion of Lord ARCH IC A 1.1) Ilcs:turos for the appointment of a COUlllllltre to CoOstiler of the state of the Royal Burgh* in Scntland, was car ried by a mujurny office, the numbers being for the motion 1.19, against it 144. The signal defeat of Ministers tin this question, v.liich they were determined to oppose, was rte iced by hair u~'p„- nent• with loud cheers. Our uccoutst of the circumstances which tfok place in the House of Commons on Monde y niebt, immediately precious to the divimuti cm the Cob.. lie Question, war so far *mem i t et, shut it was be. fure, and not qfter, the drei,ion by the SPRAILLII, in favour of the Noes, that the tigilt of addressing the Chair was determined against Mr. lit.c %KETT. On the gallery being cleared, Mr. a-, but sat down again without any apparent tvastm. I :.e question was put,, and the uswel cries of A)e," from the one aide, and " No," frimi ills. oilier. followed. At that moment, before tho SPEAKEy had pronounced his opinion on the nuitibets, Mr, PM:NYE:TT prear ..ted himself to the notice of the House, but was iliforined from the Chair that the regular time of speaking on the question had thsts... ed. Mr. I.'IXNKETT conceived the remained till the question should have been put a second time, and stated and urged the argument to that effect with the greatest force and t'urilestuess. The point of order was then discussed striutint, mod determined against him. We have the best reason to know, that the last Right Hon. Gentleman de layed joining in the debate till so late an how, to have an opportunity of repl nig to expected iedeit cities of the opposite side of the question, of a sere different description from those rev, who thought it prudent to put themselves forward—and that hi greatly lamented having falleu into so mitural ate error. We have received the Paris Papers to the 4.4 inst. The second projet of the law re:per:lsm: tinf Liberty of the Press was presented to the lirsr. on the 2d. After Mess the litnu ireeived the Ministers, Marshals, &c. A letter of the elitla April, from Nlseiheim, states, that all parsons per mitted to approach the assassin Sundt, ore sworn not to divuive any thing he s iyu or that passer in their presence. All previnus censorship is now removed from the public Press, rind the proprietors of journals are solely responsible, as in England. fur what they may choose to publish. Jamaica Papers. to the tith of March have ar rived, containing some interesting intelligence r, - specting General M.GwEtion, n - ho was at the (late of the latest accounts at the harbour of Aux CAys-&,, in St. Domingo. from which lie was preparing to sail on an expedition against some of the 'sorts on the Spanish Main. His ..Ak ers reported, that Ors' intruded to proceed for New Grenada, hot it was well understood that Purto Bello - was his ui,ject. ~►~. ~ . r.