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not find it inconvenient to postpone his motion for a fro days. As no notice had been Kiyeto of the mown, his Noble Friend had not thought it ne er. •to icterid.. Earl GROSVENOR had no objection to postpone it. He st ) Id not hive submitted it now to the Haase, but that he 'could not lUve initicipated any opposition to the proditeipti,of the paper. * COTTON SPINNERS. Lord lc ettYou presented a 'Petition from several eh-ratio-li, Medical Alto, Master Manufacturers, loot a great tier of operative wort-people in coon: null, at Stockport, prayilig that the time of chit lahuur lit cotton nrills might be limited to te'. hours and a half, in purs u ance of the 13111 introduced into the last Parliament by Sir Robert Peel. The Earl or LAUDERDALE inquired whit num ber of persons had signed the Petition, and whe. ther soy delusive means had been employed to olitaiii Lord KENToN replied, that he dill not know ex actly what number of signatures were attached to tht l'etinim, nor did he believe that any improper toi ins were used to obtain them. In saying so, he .1141 not mean to use au evasive answer, for had he learned that any improper practices had been adopted, he should feel it his duty to state it. The Earl or LAUDERDALE —I' flue Noble Lord has answered that question very satisfactorily; hut i. ant the Noble Lord aware that a delusion had tern held out to molly persons, that in signing such Petiiimis to Parliament, they were forwarding a ineitsure, the object of which was not only to shorten their labour, but to increase their wages ?" Lout KENYON—"I certainly have heard that such representations have been made. hot I do not believe that those who signed this Petition, acted tinder such an impression." The Petition was read and laid on the table. Lied Kunuolt—" I have now a Petition to re pent, which I fear was nut prepared in a manner equally free front censure. l understand that the signatures were. for the most part, obtained at politic-hour/, by the exertions of an individual nut immediately connected with the Petitioners. It is from Holywell, io Flintshire, and purports to be signed by _persons of 16 years of age. There, however, ia nothing in it improper, or that should prevent me from laying it before your Lordships." The Earl of LAUDERDALE—" The Noble Lord has anticipated my observations on this Petitioo. 1 bold in my hand a letter I received from Holywell, which states that. stranger Caine from Stockport,and baying at night assembled a great number of boys and girls at a public-house, told them they must all he very wretched like all other persons in cotton fac tories, but that if they signed the Petition hr pro duced, they would all Isere less work and more wages." The Petition was read and laid on the table. Like the former, it complained of too much work. Lord Kenton presented u similar Petition from Ilythe, which was laid ou the table. The Bishop of Caws' presented a Petition, signed by the Clergymen of the Established Church, by the Disseistiag Ministers, the medical men, 11110.• ter manufacturers. shopkeepers,. and many other persons, amounting all together to 5,2116, of Bol ton-le-Moors, lamenting the 'Callum of Sir Robert Peel's Bill, and praying for the mercy of the House to shorteu the duration of labour in the cotton ma uutactories. Petition being read. Tile Earl of LAUDERDALE s9id, that in the list Session Petitions much more numerous, signed also by Clerg., men trod medical men, had been laid iipoo their Lordships' table, against Sir Robert Peri'- Bill, in which, as well as at the h3r of the House, then were the repeated testimonies of most respectable physicians, that in no occupation w ere the children :mil other persons employed iii it inure iie,iliiiy titan in ci.iion manufactories. I le admitted that medical men may be found, at first sight, to give PI) opiutnn unfavourable to such employment, but many ii ho had at first so expressed themselves sub sequently retracted their sentimeins. The Bishop of Limns:it replied, that the medical gentlemen who signed the Petition he presented had sufficient time to consider the state of the Ctitte fully, and their opinion was unfavourable. The F. 411 of LAUDERDALE tlid not :oppose the lteverrod Prelate had nicely examined those medi cal men, or silted them with questions, yet by such oilcans only could their opinions be fairly under- I stood. The Bishop of CitEsTErs presented a similar Pe tition from Bolliogion, which was laid on the table. The Earl al LAUDERDALE then rose, and made an apinal to the Noble Lord (Kenyon), who had given notice of a motion on this subject, whether oil a matter of such importance he could think of pressing it forward in so thin au attendance of the i 'louse. tie never could consent to the enactment of a legislative measure, the object of which was to control she engagements of free labourers; but in a c air of such magnitude, could the Noble Lord itnagine that there were sufficirot members then present to make the decisions of the Ilouse respect- ' able in (lie eyes of the country ? Lord liellYoN agreed on one point with the Noble Earl, that the question was one of consider oble inagnitiole, and lie lamented with him that there was nut is fuller attendance of the House ; but haviog on a former night postpuoril his motion at the instance of the Noble Earl, lie feared that, should it be again postponed, it would not induce more Noble Loirl• to attend die discussion. It was extremely ih-siiebe that, in a consideration of this great question, the (louse should have before it as great a mass of evidence as possible. h was in this view that their Lordships, in the last Session. post polled the measure ; and as the inquiry had com menced, it was desirable that it should be pur sued. The Noble Lord urged this point at some l eng th. Ile was aware that an objection would be made to this measure, on the ground that the riots in Manchester had iii some degree arisen from tie proceediugs of the last Session ; but it should he mineintrered that during the Session no disturb ance bad been felt, and if, by proceeding in this inee-tire, Parliament were to legislate lii a manlier pleasing to the work-people, what disturbances could then be u pprelieuded ? but if, on the other basal. it should be found from inquiry that no in terfereoce were necessary, it would be satisfactory that sucii information might he laid before Parlia nieui and the country. Ile should lament that, if R Commiitee were appointed, the Noble Earl, who was so eminently distinZuished by his lim:ledge on the subject, and his assiduity in investigating it, were disabled by circumetances from attendsug. He should equally lament if another—an Mildness% personage (alluding, we presume, to his Royal Highness the Duke of 'Sussex), who had entitled himself, for his perseverance and assiduity in in tending on the runner Committee, to the gratitude of his country—were u n able to devote to a future inquiry the same talents and the sane industiy ; but the Noble Earl, who had such great taster's...l over inauy Noble Lords in that House, might, he trusted, succeed in inducing one of his friends to supply his place; and if the Committee were at tended by professional Gentlemen of the same lemming and skill in the elucidation of evidence as were iii attendance on the former Committee, lie did riot despair that, even in the event of the Noble Lord's absence, they should be enabled to attain great and signal advantages from the inquiry. The Noble Lord, after a few further observations. in which lie defended the principle of Parliamentary interference, by a reference to au Act for regulating the lelean. of apprentices, concluded by ironing— " That a Committee be aim...toted to intone into the state of Children worker; in Cotton-factories in the. United Kingdom." Earl Geosvi:Nott, alter remarking on the ion portsnce of the sititstion, said, that the House came to the conaideration of it now in a very different state to that is. which they found them .e in the former Session. A Bill had then come up front the House of Commons, and it was at mice proposed that their Lordships should pass it, without any inquiry. The subject was comparatively new to them, so that an investigation was absolutely necessary. Now, however, the matter was very different. They were apprised of the nature of the measure, they saw its importance. and could nut fail of observing the pernicious tendency of the measure. The proceedings of the last Session could furnish no 'apiarist for the adoption of a si milar in the present. Ile should trem ble at the idea, in a free cnnnnercnal country like this, of affecting the right of all free Mtn to make such arreugemenss and such compels as they might think proper. Ni. mail could go further than he should towertis throwing epee the doors of Parliament to all petitions from the people, and more particularly those that might complain of op pression by the governing power of the country. — But the Petitions read this evening bore not that character ; they complained of tin grievance but such 84 the petitioners had willingly embraced ; they stated no sufferings but those front which the sufferers might emancipate themselves. These, therefore, made out no etse to justify the inter ference of Parliament. It might indeed be said, that the evil was of great and crying magni tude, and that humanity el:Mittd the assistance of the Legislature; it might also be urged, that the peculiar labour ref the petitioners was unhealthful, and that a due regard to the health of the people should overcome the ordinary re,erve of Parliament. But there was no manufactory in which, as lie be lieved, the work people were in such robust health as if they had been empls.ved is. agriculture; and sure he was, that there were malty which were more detrimental to health nod comfort thus. the spi tttt nig of cotton. But should Parliament, on that sic couot, put an end to all the inatrufactuirs of the country ; should it interfere in their in ternal arrangements until they were destroyed, ail the nation had hectare. wholly agricultural ? It' such were the object of the promoters of the measure, let it be fairly and openly avowed, that Parliament and t he country might be aware of the extent of the measure, and be prepared to meet it accordingly. But if indeed it was intended that the manufactures should still be suffered to exist, if it was meant that much of our country's greatness should still depend upon the prosperity of MIS manufactures, and the consequent extent of our commerce, thee let no meddling hot e l presume to Interfere with its economy. Let the free labourers continue, as heretofore, to arrange their own work, and let the masters continue to stipulate conditions as before ; for if tver them were a principle more secred iti its nature, or which ought mire rarriestly to be main. tinned, it was that which gave perfect freedom to all classes of the people to submit their personal labour to contracts of their own making.—(llear, hear.)—He slid not see much force in the allusion made by the Noble Lord to the Act for regulating Apprentices. That case differed essentially from the present. Au apprentice was a creature of the law, whose actions, whose very existence was regu lated by statutes, and it therefore was the province of Parliament to take care of his interests. petitioners, on the contrary, were !sae labourers, and as such should be left to du sr own goer' ttttt tat. Seeing no necessity fur sorb a measure, or at least wishing it to be postponed until there war a fuller attendance of the House. lie " move 84 an umendnient, that the consideration of this question be postporied to this slay six weeks." Lord KeNVON raw no reoasin for acceding to Vie proposition of the Noble Earl, for the reasons he had already assigned. The Loan CHANCELLOR sail!, this was indeed a very important subject, mid he could not imagine either why Is greater iimriber of Noble Lords had nut attended, or why these who were present had thought proper to withdraw. There could be no doubt that if children were by over work or berth usage injured in their health, or distorted in their limbs, as had beet) attributed to the severe Whose of cotton factories, their parted% or toasters were punishable at common law fur the offence, and he had hoped tie , ' the debate would butte turned upon this point, 810' closed with the adoption of some specific measure for the enforcement of whet lie would call the prohibitions of the evmmon law. A Petition had been presented that evening by a Reverend Prelate, which he trusted he might with out offence be permitted to call a very dangerous Petition, for it required the iiiterference of Pars lianient, not for the regnlation of children only, but of adults, by which means the freedom of labour would, in his mind, be essentially affected. This was dangerous ground, arid he thought it would be well to postpone the consideration of it until there was a fuller attentlacce. If the question were pressed lie should not give a vote, but he should be ',leanest if the Noble Lord (G.osvertor) were to charier his six weeks to a fortnight. Lord KEN TON auggested, that the uniendinent should specify a week. The Earl of LAUDERDALE expressed his perfect acquiescence in ulna had fallen from CI. , N u l ) le and Learned Lord oil the IVitolimek. lie stated, that the greater part of the riots which had fittly taken place in Manchester were caused hr misre presentations on the part of the agitators of what tas the real object of the legislative measiires. It was stated. limit in s l it... Chet and writings, 11041 it was intended to diminish the limns of labour, and increase the wages of the operative workinem— To dna point lie in the Committee hurt exit united a Mr. Booth, whom hr i F iestioned respecting a paragraph, susoected to hate rwrll written by him in The Manchester Chronicle, this pro position. Booth, however, itenle.l that he had writ ten the paragraph, lint it was fitoilly sliewn that he hail ut least paid fifteen guineas at the office of that piper fur its insertion. Nothing could be more iiijoriuut to the people than such a measure as that now iii contemplation, for it tilled them with hopes and expectations it would be impossible to realise. At the present moment, the agitation of the measure was paiticultrly nowise, for the people had not yet cooled front their late disorders. The Bishop of Clli:sTeit feared, that, on oily sub. serpent night appointed for the discussion of this gisestion, no fuller attendance could be expected. I Ie denied that any connexion existed hetwecn t herbs turbeia ut Manchester and those who signed the Pr. tame lie reward. To prove the peaceable demeanor of the Pentomers, lie stated, that lie h ul received a letter flow a person in Bolton-le-Moors, eking his advice wheth.r they should send delrg..tes to a general ineetilig, for the purpose tit sending rett. tion4 to Parliament on this subject ? but from this lie dissuaded them. In cousequerice, oil meeting had been held to Bolton-le-Moors, or Stockiont. v., Learned Prelate then read an address of the Petitioners to the public, no %Milt they avowed their peaceable ititentioos. The Earl of LAUDERDALE remarked, that DO stronger evidence could be adduced than that now given by the Learned Prelate that hit P e titimiers had been influenced by the same (witty.. 4 and feel ings as the rioters of Malichester and Stockport. They being, as he stiptmsell, in the habit of con sulting the Reverend Prelate, took his - opinion on the propriety of choosill delegates for a grand meeting. To meet this, however, they had pre pared a line specious declaration of their pacific disposition ; but what guilty person was there who would not make a similar asseveration ? The Bishop of CliEsTEit replied, lie isiti.t hove expressed himself %ei y bad'', if the Noble Eail could have so distor►ed lit: oli•erv.itions. Lord KFNI ON hoped that the question might not be postponed more than a week. The amendment was then earlied. A second motion by Lord KIN VON, that for the 2-2 d of Fehruirry, the 15th be insetted, Wab tatid without x division. . _ . The queoinit therutore stand* fur discussion on Nlontl.ll, the hrtiory. The 11,)13e then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 8. Mr. FL Darts presented a Petition frum certain luhabi tants of Bristol, against thr Bristol Gas Light Bill.—Re. fared In the Committee on the said Bill. Mr. Wt. it• brought up a Bill for lighting the City of Gluuceiiter with Ga., which was read n first, and ordered to br read a second time. _ . - - Mr. COVIITi NAV presented • Petition !lizard by a great number of the Illluibitants of Exeter, of support of the Pe tition of the Mayor 311.1 A iilerintn, fur a :New Market to be erected in that City.— Laid on the table. General GASCOVIVE brought up a Bill fir the more easy and effectual rerovery ut Small Debts in the Town of Lirei pool.—ltrail the first time. On the motion of General GAPCOTN F., the Liverpool Market Bill was reed the second time, end ordered to be committed. ELECTION PETITIONS. The SPEAKER informed the House, that, on lotikiwe over the Election Petitions which had been presented on 'Flinn:- day feat, and were now printed, he discovered that one, 'abater to the return fur the Borough of Drogheda, was meanies the Candidate, and nut against the Silting Nember. It was not, therefore, an Election Petition the Are. The proper course to pursue would Iw, fis muve that the Older for taking it into cow•ideratian should be discharged, after which the Petition could lw withdrawn. This suggiation was intmrdiaer l y coinplitil with The Spe•new next OffillAlliti 110111..., 11121 John Stewart, Esq. and others, who had, on Thursday last, Peti tioned agaival the return of a Member for the In i ri;ugh of Cannelton', hail lint eliiVerit into p.(0;4017:01011, iu Etellfoe mity Wills the 2Sili of George 111. c. '22, and the :.3d of Geo. 111. c. 71. Th• House were att are, that, if those re. cogoizances were not entered into, %titbin a certain tune, the Speaker was to slate the otnissi tttt t after attic!' the order fur taking the I'. tition into cutisoleration was discharged. On 'maims, the order was accordingly discharged. The SIPEAKI'It +aid, he had further to rerirt to the uu the subject of eertaiii Irish Petitions. 'Mute he made his report, it would perhaps be better to state the precise adoption in which lhose Petitions stood. By the 24th of the King, Petitioners were directed to enter into re. coguis ince, if they meant to prosecute their Petit , with in 14 Jays after such Petinons were presented—aud, at the capitatiou of those 14 days, if the Speaker reported that lie had not received any recogniz nice, then the Petition was to lie discharged. By a sulisetwent Act of the 47th of the King, a provision was made, that in case those rerugniaances liappi twit to be arranged in Ireland, for which only 14 days were allowed, some fin ther time slionld be given, in order to enable the Speaker to imptire whether they had been duly en tered into ur not, and 14 additional days were allowed for that purpose, making a total of 28 days—namely, 14 days, dining which the recognizance was to be entered into, and 14 more, sous the purpose of inquiry. A third Act, that of the 53d of the King, which imposed new recognizances, to secure the payment of Cuunael, fees, &c had been subsequently passed. That Act followed, very closely, the 28th of the King, by which the Speaker was called on to state, at the end of 14 days, *helper recognizance* wire ur were not entered into —bet, by some oversight of thu Legislature, the 47th of the King, by which 14 days were granted for the purpose of acquiring information, with respect to Irish ri cogniznires, was lint al all mentioned. It was evidently 1111 ovennzlit and omission, and, when explained to the House, he es.ll - there could be little difficulty, in moving, with re ference to cads of these Irish Petitions, that the time should be enlarged fur 14 i ays more, two fur the purpose •f eider ing into recogniztiices, but to give an opportunity of iuquir ing whetlwr they had really keen entered into or Dui. It was then fixed that the return all to ref 'montane's being entered into fur preseuting the Petitions agniseal Ilic dectloll for the city and county of Cork, for the city of Leitrim, and town of Drogheda, should be made on the 19th of FelelWll UNFUNDED DEBT. The eIIaNCVLLOR of the Etettetanin mimed for an o. ennui of Ihr amount of Unfunded lleht and Eachetpice tut the 144 i of Erbtuary,lBl9. The motion was agreed to, mad 111 r. IXSIIINGTON imme diately afterwards presented the account, w h its vas 1414 J on the table. INSOLVENT DEBTORS The AlrfORN -GP N VAAL moved, that the urrlrr for the production Of Vell.llll ILlpra a relative to Ihr Ink& eni Dr-Inure CUM I, o3uttly, an Arruusii of the amount 44f debt 144 r v loch pelican bad been aoret.ted—uf the dividends 'mitt to their err ait..te—anti of.dl debtors remanded nudes* Ilse Act, or to the I tor FibsFrhnis y, MlS—should be discharged. lie .'id this for th.y purpose of moving fur papers of a more compre hensive description. Ablermini W4trustw stated, that lie fell nn objection to She order bents discharged, since the minion of Ilse Learned Gentleinsii ...old procure a full detail of the operation of tlie insolvent Delon& Art, which was all he looked for. The older was discharged. The Arrottseg.Giods/ RAL then moved for s return of all permit's ordered to be &Amgen out of custody, under the Insolvent Debtors' Art, fr the last return, in 11115, to the Ist of February, 1619—the debts dor by them—the deride paid—the number of those remanded and t•ulmegnrittly discharged—and the number filially rrinissidt el, anti, the ground of such proceeding —oOrri Also an 'moot of the grass Amount of ninnies paid intn the lauds of assigerrs or oilier., on account of Ow *stare o f Insolvent Debtors, iip to the :lb' of January last—and an account of the find in the hands of assignees, at the same period,—Ordered. NEiv tSKITS New writs were nr.lm•d to he I,rnril for the eleelion of lklenthers to serve in Parliament for the following places The thironith of Dr.dtu it h, iu the mom of the Boa. Andrew Foley, deceased. The Itinnucti of Poria.lingtun, in the room of R. Sharp, wh.. has art pied the Chiltern Ilundreils. The Borough of Newry, in the coins 4)(6tonsal Needham. CUTLERY TRADF. HILL. tin the motion of Mr. S. WoRTLEV, the above Bill went through a Consmittee.—Reinirt hi-morrow. SC( rrrisii Buntais. Lord A. H.ttuu.•roN twirl. hr rose to present a Petition from certain Burgesses of the Borough of finkcasilwight, complus 1111 l of circumstances that had takris place it, the election of Magistrates in Scotland. whirls had been much adverted to in the .lost Parliament. They referred to the decisions in the Courts of Law, in that country, by winch they cuncesved that smite of thosteelectitne. were vitiated. They ako called the attention of the House to the hatikruptey of several Boroughs, particularly that of Aberdeen. Ile slid not mean to take up much of the time of the (loose. on the present occasion, but lie hoped the facts stated in the Petition, which sfie, ted a very large • body of individuals, would be deemed worthy of serious consideration. Ile was conviticed that this Petition spoke the sea• timers's of almost all the Scottish burghs, and was the lures limier of a great many more on the Willie It would be recollected that the Learned Lord (the Lord Advocate of Scotland) had, in the MOM' of the last year, introduced a Bill for the purpose of remedying a part, and only a part, of thosegnevances of which this Petition complained. That Bill was withdrawn. in a very extraordinary rwouner—aid be now begged leave to ask the Learned Lord, whether it was his intention to in troduce another Bill. of the same kind, in the pre. sent Session ? _ The Petition wee then brought tin and reed. Ou the motion that the Petition be laid on the The LORD A DeoCATI of SCOTLAND NW, he was surprised at the statement of the Nobly Lord, when he observed that the Bill brought in by him, in the last ParliametA, was withdrawn in a inaiiiicr rather extraordinary. When lie said Me, the Norile Lord must hove la:gotten that tile Bill was with drawn, because a immlier of petitions were pre sented Holing its pas•in;(, until al:er the assem bling of the Ituyil Burghs at Eiliiiblitgli, in the mouth o f June. With aspect to the Nolue Lord's question, he took that opportunity of itifiontiog long, that he certainly purposed to introduce a Bill oil the subject, in the present Session. Lord A. HAMILTON said, it gave him great sa tisfaction to hear that the Lr.troed Lord intended shortly to introduce a Bill —awl lie woe also grati fied to lean* that the voice of the people, expressed by petition, was so much attended to as to cause tae withdrawal of the h.-crier Bill. BURGH OF A BEE. DEEN. that Ise had by this morning's post rereiveri a Wirt , in answer to that which he arnt to ,klie t . l tk a the Crown and Ilstisper in Ireland, net, therefore, no longer delay was necessary in moving for new wits, STOREKEEPER-GEN Elt A 1.. On the mutton of Mr. (;•LCKAFT, ihr tones nr the establishment of the Storekeei,er-Generslwas ordered to be prsiited. EXCISE LAWS. Mr. D. W. FIAUVEY moved for v return of ntlinli r of n Nttoov its the Evelieritt, r, the Evelse Lovv„ for the !evr cooling the 3tit ~( .1 'story, 14 19--disliogos•:.tog those r0nt1.r..u...• room those brought to reghlvr issor—berether e.. L the amount of •um+ rrt-ovrii thereto.—Ordered. HORSE-DEA LENS. Sir M. W. Ittnt.sm wished to know whether the Right lion. Gentleman (Mr. Vatisittari) would lisve any ohjtction to proriller an account of the of surcharges made again, farmers, oil tig as horse. dealers, for the last six months—the number of sppeals—and the opillloll given thereon ? The CHANCELLOR of the Est:M.9IAR wiqlipd the Hon. Baronet to give notice of a mutton for the return in question. Sir M. W. RIDLEY fixi•cl his motion day. , fur TIM*. he RoDort of flit whiela was crUI PERSON. Lova the tt. • betirr tare of time, and WAYS AND AIF.ANg Mr. BROGDPN brought nit tt. Committee of Ways and Means, and agreed to. CARE OF HIS MA.IFSI'Y'S On the 'notion of the I•tt NCEL. CIIEQL;FA, the Rill providing for tne his Majesty's Person was read the third passed. LAW OF SCOTLAND. Sir Jon NEWPORT tvished to know, whethrr Rey thing had been done during the recess oil the suf.. ject of the system whirl' prevailed in Scott:rod, of allowing the Judges to declare several laws in a state of desuetude, althoneh not repealed, if they bad loog lain dormant ? When, to the last Parliament, he had mentioned the subject, lie was told, that before the Next Session something satis f ivory would be done. Blot, us that was not the case, he would, cm Tuescla% st'unight, call the sta. tention of the II 11Se to 1111% qta..tism. EMOLUMF.NTS IN SCOTCH COURTS OF JUSTICE. Mr. I. A RQUHAIt (we lieu. ) It, I, in the year 1813, a Commission was 101114 A to consider of the ditties, fees, aid rroolonnerits tit Officers in the Courts of Justice in Scotland. Four R. ports had been presented, some tune saice, to this House, on the subject. Ibe fifth had been laid beline the House 1.1 the present Session. He now wished to know, whether it wus the intention of his Majesty's Ministers, to intioduce into Parliament during this Session, coy measure ton ad. on ;lose Ititonta ? Ifs should also be glad to learn, when thme Menthe's were likely' to turmitiate their labours? The Limp ADVOCATE of SCOTLAND said, that the four Reports were transmitted, in the last sit► mouths, to the Officers of the Courts of Law to Scotland. Ile believed a Report nail been made by the Judges, and was now lying before his Majesty's Ministers. It was not 111 his power to say, how bOl , ll the labours of the Commissioners would end. Mr. FARQUHAR exoressed House'' dissatAie'l with the attswer he had received. Lord CASTLERF.AGII cacti, it WAS 1114 poxsible fur his Majesty's Ministers in that House to answer im mediately every question that was put to them. Steps would, however, be taken to give the Hun. Gentleman an explicit answer. COMMITTEE ON BANK AFFAIRS. Mr. CALCRAFT rose, put•iilit to notice, to move that toe name of Mr. Brougham be added to the Committee tioFointed to investigate the affairs of the Bank. The talents, vigilaiice, and p-rse vcialice of Mr. Brougham, were not, lie believed, disputed by aoy individual in that [louse. It wa.. not, therefore, necessary for him to enter into a de tail of those abilities which eminently qualified him for a place on that Committee. He had been asked by several Gentlemen, whether he had ai.y prece dent for this proceeding ? To this he ausweied. that he had found a precedent, a case exactly point. In the year 17R1, the Marquis of Giuliani was added to a Committee, although it was origi nally decided that it should oily consist of. •.:t members. This took place on the nth of May 1781—and, in the record of the transaction eiti Journals of the House, allusion was made to utlii r precedents. Ile was not, therefore. making an ale precedented motion. flaring stated this to tie (louse, lie would not enter into any iiividinios r(- marks, on those Gentlemen whose Homes had 1/PY!I hailotted for, but would content himself will. " That the name of Mr. Prougham be added to the said Committer." Lord CASTLEREAGH SR4I, be was perfectly cna vittetd, that the talents of the I.ent:irki (i•-tuticto whose name had been mentioned, were troy suited to the examination of that subject to whi• the attention of the Committee wise Called. It ow. out out act-omit of that Learned Gentlenuto'tt wait ofcapalolity, that he felt it 11f:(-stity is. 01/11UW th,•• mutton, but because the grounds on %%Inch it eas nolorluerd, were, in truth, in spirit, aunt in pray tiCe, tt holly destructive of the prnicipie on which his Majesty's Government called for a ballot, wheii a Secret Committee was about to be formed.. —(!/eat, hear.)—The Hon. GeAlenian had 00t.., stated, whether the case he had quit-.l had refer-. elute to a Select or a Secret Conimittee.—(Mr. Chkraft, across the table, " It Ices a Secret Cu h tnitteer')—ln 1797, the same wit-slim , Wei 1100 • 1111Ct'll. It was i.ruposed to aelf Sir JOIt:1 CO% f l'• pis.ey to a Secret Committee of 15, Mid ti,. ""'"." was negatived. In the course of the lest meat, also, when a Secret Committee ails coolie it was attempted to alter the tonnes ballottal ft;; bee:Humane of the Members oas in totem. thes was restated, as it was held that the duty fit a. Member of Parliament was pai amount to ail oil tr considerations. Without enakiog ally per.; wed o t.. jectinn to the individual, he would oily s I the best course for Parliament to pur.ue as-. ; • adhere strictly to the old plan, which b adopted, for a long series of years, ill the i.oenat • 1 1 NEW WRITS of Committees Tt of St,.resy. The SPEAKER eittd, it would be convenient to in" ! Mr. ERNET could not see any reason sit Pin t form those Gentlemen, who, on Friday last, were i had fallen from the Noble Lord, for a pi.' impels.- ready to move fur new writs, but were withheld by tion to this motion. There was nut, he ouii,el v‘- him, on account of lottrlreti days being allowed for Luse to se), in the whole House, a person " h.., lodging Petitions at the Hameper-office, either here commute consent, was allowed to be so well nite•d or in Leland, sshioh period had not %tam ewitinfris throw light on such a subject, as Ins MA. e, Lord A. 11.0111. - CO4 said, lie ruse to withdraw a notice of minion he had given, on a former even iu to papers connected willi the election of Magistrates fur A heirleen. %Siren lie originally gave notice of that mutium lie understood front the Hight Ilon. (leritleinan (Nlr. Bathurst), that three Mil of four of the papers would be produced. Last night, however, lie lad received a note front the Right Ilon. Gentleman, stating that he had made sip his mind to resist the production of any of them. The case of Aberdeen, whiolt lie was about to bring liefore the !louse, was, lie tiuderstood, to be palpitated to the Court of tiessimi, for its derision— and therefore it oar that the papers %%ere refused. But though lie meant nut to press his motion, ou Tuesday te'sniii;lit, )et lie certainly would, as soon as possible, take the sense of the [louse nu the me rits of the case. Ile did nut wish to brion; it for ward till the Learned Lord could conveniently attend—and if lie would state a day, after winch he would appear in his place w that flume, lie (Lord A. Ilamiltim) would 1114111 e the period when lie would introduce bit motion. Mr. BATHURST said, tis some conversation had taken place between him and the Noble Lord on this subject, hr wished to otter a few words in ex planation. Those communicatious which the Noble Lord had favoured hiss with did not tend to the at tainment of h:s object. The Noble Lord Wit% mis taken in supposing, that, when lie first mentioned the subject, lie (Mr. Bathurst) gave him any de cided answer. The Noble Lord 'hewed him his motion, and inquired, whetter it would be op posed ? He answered, that hr could not speak to ■ point which embraced much responsibility. Last night, however, lie apprised the Noble Lord, that, as a legal question was likely to be raised on the sub ject, the motion, if brought before the House, would, in all probability, be opposed. '1 he l.oito A ni , ocani of ScoTLAND said, Jr hit c0r0i..4 to town were a :touter only connected ‘tith 14. not.. personal feelliqp, lie should be sorry I. call up the N.,ble Lord to pi,stornie his motion for a single s!:ry. But the Noble Lord must know, that his absci:ce float Scothind, at present, holding the ctuatimi he did, must he attended with great incon venience to the public. After the Nth of March, at which tune the humors! , of the Court of !session closed, he would he at leisure. Having said tins, the Noble Lord could select his own tinie. Lord A. iLtsitt.ruN then gave Holier, that he would bring loruarti his motion on the 14th of March. t