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IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. DOUSE OF LORDS, WiromuDAT, 3ANIVAILT 27. Lord A IintITHPOT took the oaths and his seat. CLIMBING BOYS. Lord Stpmouni hod un the table a Report from the Impector-General of the Board of AVorks, reln tNe to certain experiments that had been made, lur purpu.e of ascertaining how far the use of limbung bop,. in the sweeping of ehionnies, way iw superseded by tnechistery.—Ordered to be pruaerl. THE CRIMINAL CODE. Lord ilot.Latis rust, for the purpose of preeeet tog a Petition from the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Cam .... Council of the City of London, pray- Mg that a revision might be instituted of the Cri mom' Cale of the country. Having stated from whoa the Petition Cline, it was usioecemary fur lion to add ilcit the Petitioners were nut merely visionary or theoretical men, forming their opinions without au intercourte in the aff'iirs of the world, but men versant in the general concerns of the counts, and some of them testrutted with the most inspuguot breasielsey of the magistracy. The sub ject to which they prayed the vat-nest attention of tile Legislation- was that whieliiievutved the cleanest iiiieresis of the State, which concerned not only its insane comforts hot its future prosperity. The. Pritioni dal loot clean their attention by any els. borate exposition of prosciplen and opinion., but cone before them illustrated by Carle, alid forti fied by the voncurring testimony of the very gieatest taro of every class, of every see, and of every party that this country produced dun log I lie I sat lolly These facts afforded ly proof of the emit increase of crime in l'kuls wry, awl tllllO ,lerwr4l that while the con e ictions lio•fraseil she a three-fold ratio, the execs. ISO , r 100 proportiosi to !heal. In fact, the chat 41:tr, sir the Criminal Code was ion sanguinary to mere the lull support of the people, and nil Lent wield be fouled so hard as to give the exists 1..4 law its complete and tersilile sanction. He was Howe how very unsattsfactory arguntetor moat ever prove-. drawn from analogy sisal the practice of other countries, where different laws exist ; but lie could not avoid rennet kiog on the state of the beiglihouriiig country of France, with mference to the e ffect of severe law. upon the iticreuse or di minution of ctiene. I.Tioler the ancient Govern mem of that comory, befoie that Revolution which was Ws frequelitly the theme of eloquence in that flon,a.—lwfore that Revoletion, of winds the crimes iiisit the excesses were NO much the tomes of declamation, while the advantages resulting front it to the happietem, and he %meld add, to the morals of the people, were ttudiously passed over—before that Revolution:, and under the old Regime. the p limes of death was inflicted noun utleaidets of immeruna chime', and pertien -1,,.;y iii ,„„ who were convicted of stealing pusisle ifir h o u ses , li: un t ested in this iiittance by the elitition of the rack. This dreadful pi 101166. Illtllt never failed to be inflicted for this ott'ence„ nod what were the consequences ? The first was, that very few persons would charge with this crime their servants or others who may be guilty of it; and • the second cousequence was, that the crime w eren't-A to a shocking ekgree. Dinasig the Revolution, this severe law was he pealed, and a punishment more proportioneste to the Iffence testestituted to place of death, and the twinge of the rack. This alteration was pieserved to the Code Napaeolt, which now contained the greater lien of Ilse Criminal Code of France; and the crime lies. in cause queoce, decreased very consi derably throughout that country. This fact lie mentionml rather as au illustration of what he hoped in g ilt prove to be the consequence of some miti gation its the Penal Code. than with the inteeetime of directing their Lordships 'Jowls totliat point, as the only or principal one fur their cuosideration. The Noble Lord then moved that the Petition be read. The Petitiuts was rend. It is the same as that oleic's, it wilt be reulembered, was presented to the Howse of Comma's by Nlr. Alderman Wood, on 11l lay evening. It gave a comparative view of the socrease of crimes, and of the her of coo. %fictions, fe..iii the year and concluded by prat mfg the earliest attelitiene of the House to the pushi-cr. The Earl of Lismeroot mid, that in rising to make a few observations upon the Petition now preseoted to the House, he had low intention either of °inising the admission of it, or of entering at length into a COnsidetoltiOli of the matters it con tamed. Another and a better opportunity would, in the courve of the Session, be fogad for the per. birroalice of that dilly. His tole-object was to set the House right as to souse fat is not directly Ito- . tired see the but involved les the coistide r Mai of it. He believed it would he found that th e 1 4 ,,,ept a ble intaease of crime would be found to have Innen from circumstances peculiar to the pretrial state of the country ; anti it would be found, by trieiriog back to periods nearly similar to the piese.ii, flirt the same increase of mime had taken lilac.. In ass Melon/ such so this. it was to be lie'. leltlits if that discoloreds of a very ssiisfactory sod •to note nature could not be provided. It was a Olsote circumstance, that witil the period ell. it he had the honour to till the office of Se cittal of Stele fur the Hoene Department, no iegulac **(vomits were kept of the number of I ouusittals, COIIVICt1011S• mad executions that took ilirOoglioUt. the kiligdisin in general. lm- I re-stied wiuls the great advantage of such &co- Isselits, Le, in the year 1305, tooted iodine that such ',woods should be transmitted to the Mitre of the I lame Department, and ever since that period erten iis of that nature have hero made twice every :tr•r. There were, however, emirate statements Isrf e Oat pericel of the coovictions soul tart union a , 1,,,,,rt0i, mod Nlobilletex ; and it wculd be rowed, id the dose td the American war, ass increase of I airier lied oaken place proportionute with thut whs. hi o all nos the topic of lamentation. He should s o reek wily of the capital cameo:nous. It appea lt il ?sere were to 1777 177 a 1724) 178 1 1 ihttu. 17,42 1703 1764 'IV Ditto. 1711.5 •:;ti Orbit Lit t dotal toilii...tiva,s begin to dur crease until they were restored to shoot their forgoer average. The proportion, however, of the increase was, as in the present instance. about three to one. One. in considering this topic, was in duces! to gn hack still further, and it would he found that in the close of the previous war. and the few years immediately succeeding it, a similar in crease of e e and punishment bud taken place. He found that In the year 11119, there were 15 Capital Corelations, --17 en , 14 Ditto, iu 17111 , - !t Innis and is- 1765, 41 Ditto From these stittilleisto lie felt himself justiied in concluding, that a very considerable share of the laineutable increase of crime which has been re marked of late years, was to be attributed to the peculiar circumstances of the country, and was the natural result of s transition from a state of war to a state of peace. The of LA NJDOWN said. that he should not have troubled their Lordships on the present subject, were be not unwilling to suffer the Noble Earl opposite to run away with his opinion that the chief cause of the lamentable increase of crimes, stated in the Petition, was " the transition from a state of war to a state of peace." This opinion he considered the more fallacious, from the circum stance that this progressive increase of crinticom menced not at the close of the war, but some years previous to the cessation of hostilities. He, how ever, dill not nit:wine that to any one cause alone could this evil be attributed. It must have arisen from the combination of various circumstances— Weer, knit-, from the Treasury Benehesi—from the united influence of many latent, and per haps some apparent causes. These he did not feel houself at present hound to notice, nor to consider how far their operations might severally extend. Much must be attributed, however, to the increased pressure of taxation, which, by producing misery, must generate offences. Much also must, no doubt, have arisen from the return of were, by throwing back upon society a considerable number of *oldie's mid sailors; but on this point he had made many inquiries—he had converted with Magistrates most anxious in the discharge of their duty, and from them lie collected that it was • matter oh surprise how few soldiers and sailors could be charged with the commission of offences.— (Hear, hear, from the Treasury lienehet.)—He was aware that it might be argued, that these soldiers and sailors, though not personally implicated in the commission of cruise, might, by the state of their families, or their indirect effects upon society, be the cause of souse mischief. There, however, was one predointitasit cause to which he•believed by far the greater portion of the demondunition complain ed of must he attributed—that was the internal state of the prisons. lie by no means meant to threw any censure upon those who had the care and superintendence of such places, because he be. belied the evil war inherent in the system ; but it was impossible front what had transpired on this subject, nut to be convinced that the prisons were, generally speaking, the nurseries of crime, the very school. of wickedness—where the character of then inmates because so utterly tainted, as to pre clude every hope of amendment. This point in volved the consideration of the increased number of juvenile delinquents. At no former period were there so wally chaldren implicated in the commis sion of crime. us at the present. This was a point well meriting their attention, particularly as it seemed peculiarly within the scope of the Legis. !store to prevent it. With respect to the state ments made by the Noble Earl opposite (Earl of Liverpool), it was to be observed, that they did not bear out the comparison he desired to institute be tweeu the former and the present period. The country was not now at the immediate close of a mar. Four years had nearly elapsed since its ter uiinutiou, %Ink the statrinents of the Noble Earl did not extend beyond the year next after the America's war. [The Earl Of livettroot., scrod the table, re. marked, that his statements went as far as to the year 1786 1 The Noble Marquis, in continuation, said, that the Peace of Pons had been concluded in 1789, mid be had nut understood the Noble Earl to bring his stutements, sliewing the increase of crime, bryosid the year 1784. Ile, however, should no longer aiiticipate the more regular discussion of the subject, lint should violent 1 . self by praying their Lordshisso to cousider the subject with the utmost attention, so that when it came properly before use Nouse, they might meet it with au earliest determination to review the whole code, without however so far trenching upon the *yawn as to endanger the general security. he Earl of Lavearout., in explanation, stated, that lie had read thaw few entracte from the docu ments lie held in his hand, merely for the purpose shewisig that the present increase of crime was out so miasma in occurrence us some might other w have iutagined. The dose of other wars, out so extensive, or it such COntillinlinee as the last, was *cc 1111 l ponied by a siaii4ar evil. Lind Mao remarked, that in no iiistauce had the ',yeast no:reuse of crime been so manifest as in that of lorgery, and he thence drew the necessity or a speedy returo to the wholesome state of a me tallic cnriency. lie observed that forgery seemed to have been in a great measure confined to the notes of the Bank of England, mid seldom to have extended to t h e 110 tel of private batiks This was to be attributed to two causes: one, the great ftclbty thot attended the fraduleist Imltat of the Bank of time, in comparison with those of other hanks; and the other, that as among private banks there was a constant competitiou, each cumpauy ass us the alert to discover every attempt at li,rgtry, mid thereby to preserve the character of their establishment. It was to be Idowelited. that no such competition tanned to act as a check opus. the Book of Log i-nal. It would be advisable 10 deprive the Bank II a privilege it does not hold by its charter, now I ) , of issuing Iwo and noe 1/01u1hOttlo. VIA by gloating this iiiivilege to all other batiks. induce twin all to preserve a check upon each other. To this their oars interest would lead them; for should so) one of them, by the frequent forgeries of its ibUit). (.clot the coofidence of the public, it mu s t he aware that the unionist of circulation it supplied moot be Idled op by one or all of its mals. .11.. l't title%) %vas thtii ordered to be laid on fire t..Lk. THE ISLAND OF JAVA. The Marquis of LA rsspown gave notice, that he would, on Monday next, move for the product' of the instructions issued to the British Authi.rities, after the Peace of Paris, relative to the gi vini,• up of the former Dutch Colonies, and particularly of the Island of 111/111. CARE OF THE KING'S PERSON. On the motion of the Earl of Livaitroot, the House resolved itself into r Committee upon the Bill for the Care of his Majesty'. Person.—lo ilia Committee, Lord HOLLAND rose, and hoped thud, in offering his sentiments upon the mode of proceeding adopt. ed iii this case, lie should not he understood as making the slightest objection to the principal ob. jec► of the Bill, or to the appointment of the Duke of York to the custody of his Royal Parent's sa. creel person. No one could be more highly tin. pressed than he was with the propriety of this choice; for whether his station in the country, his relation to the Royal sufferer, his character or ge neral condoct were considered, no individual could, under every circutnstance. be better calculated fur that high trust than his Royal Highness. But he objected tb that clause of the Bill, which pledg ed the House amid Parlia►nent to the principle, that the curios persona of his Majesty, who ever that might be, shottlet-lave the lull power of appointing and nominating within the King's Establishment, without its being previously ass certained what that Establishment was. Nothing could have been rimier than to postpone that clause until the House had the opportunity of pre viously determining the nature of the power it was willing to grant. The constitutional objection to the creating of an haperisho itayserio, was by no means weakened by the arguments and observations of the Noble Earl (Liverpool) on the preceding evening. The Noble Earl had indeed on that occasion stated, that there was no intention of increasing the Windsor Establishment; hut this went no further than merely to convey the No ble Earl's determination—it by no means preclud ed the power of Parliament to enlarge that Esta blishment ; so that while the House seemed to rely on the Noble Earl's determination, and granted this absolute power, they might fluid themselves bound by the second Bill to grant a much more extensive patronage to an individual than was con• sistent with the safety, or at least the principles of the Constitution. But what security had they that even the Noble Earl would not alter his present opinion ? If his memory deceived him not, it was during the last Session of Parliament that the No ble Earl changed his opinion on another measure relating to the Royal Family. He had previously come to the House and declared Ins firm determina tion, but having subsequently a conference with • certain number of Gentlemen, who were aptly de nominated a little Parliament, he thought proper, in obedience to their suggestions, to depart from his original intention. The present Session was not as yet of long duration, yet even since its commence ment the House had a notable specimen of the facility with which the Noble Earl could change his opinion. When the Noble Earl (Lauderdale), with his accustomed accuracy of statement and reuniting, urged the neceuity of an immediate inquiry into the affairs of the Bank of England, as connected with the measure of a return to cash payments, the Noble Earl opposite immediately expressed his determination to oppose any such pro position ; yet but • few days elapsed when the Noble Earl informed the House, that having had a conference with another " little Parliament," composed of the Bank Directors, he had altered his intention, and had himself resolved to propose that very measure which he had previously stilts ed his determination to resist.—(Hear, hear.) — It thus appeared that the Noble Earl could cheep his mind very rapidly, and that lie was much more ready to acquiesce in the opinions of his chance " little Parliaments" than to those who happened to speak from the Opposition side of the House. As these snug little Parliaments, however, were occa sionally afloat, why might it not happen that a little Parliament might be formed of the Lords of the Bedchamber, and of such other persons who may be well disposed to such establishments ? And why might it not happen that on their remonstrance the Noble Earl would change his mind, and determine not only that the prevent Establishment at Windsor should not be decreased, but think that his Ma. jesty, having now lost a faithful and fond comps. Bien' of sixty years, might require. :Is if it added to his comfort, an extension of his former splen dour ? The House had nothing to rely ou as a mums of obviating the inconvenience that must arise from such an event but the assurance of the Noble Earl's present intention ; but with so many proofs beliire them of its instability, could their Lordships act on such a motive ? concluded by moving, that the clause to which he ivies red, grant big the patronage of the Royal Establishment, whatever it might be, to the guardian of the King'is person, should he omitted. The Earl of LIVERPOOL said, tint no difference could be felt upon the great principle of die Bill. All agreed, that the care of the Ding's person should be consigned to some iiiihittlual of the Royal Family, and that this individual should be the Duke of York was no km an object of general riatisface . This point being determined, the twat consideration embraced the dego'e of autho rity with which his Royal Highness should be in vested. The question was essentially distinct from the extent of the Establishment. for it 'swirly went to ascertain whether the castes persoNee should have absolute control over the individuals, whoever they might be, who should be ap pointed to attend oq the King's person, or whe ther his authority should be divided. That point was essential, und should be first determined. N'ith gespect to the extent of the Windsor Establishment, he had no hesitation in stating, that bad a propo sition been made during the life of her late Majesty for its reduction. he should have loubtedly op posed it. What those circumstance* inuy he that caused in his mind this difference, it should be hi* duty on another occasion to expliiiii, but lie could not avoid remarking. that in training the Establish ment ou the former occasion, reference was had to the condition of her Majesty, us Queen Consort, and he was convinced, that if during her life the Estublishment had been revised for the pur pores of reduction, the rights appettaining to her Mujesty, in her capacity iit Queen Consort. would have so far iuterfered as to prevent any such re• ", duction futon being consider...l.lr. The groninl me which lie (ilie Earl of Liverpool) thou gilt it fitting to advi.e the measure tinder their bird considerution was, that whatever might he Itheir opinion on the extent of the establishment to be kept up, however large it might be, it was tit. Kuper, awl exprilient that the patronage of It I.ltosiltl be vested in moos persons', nulit that his liutsl Highness the Doke 4 York sl hI be in► trusied with all the potent .parities in thus respect enjoyed by her late Nils-sty, Without say:li g . that the Establishment %snot.] lw either lisil4.r or smaller than that which existed vi.eviniis to the demise of her Majesty, sl 1.1 that whatever it might be, it should lee plated at the disposal and sander the control of the Duke of York. The question for the consid.-ration of the House was, ohether, if no alteration were to be nettle, they would refuse the superintentliog power to the Duke of York? 1f they should nut—lnd he did not imagine they would—how could they iu the present state of things ? That inconveniences would result from separating the patronage from the custody of 'the person was obvious ; but, on the other haul. the Noble Lord objected to placing them in the same hands, and thus constituting what be considered to be ati itippernitn in iesperio.— He also disliked an itnyerimni its imperio. But it was to be recollected that this, if it. could be so called, had existed hitherto, and the only :legation fur present deliberation ww.., whether it should be continued. This was not the only instaime of an alleged imperial; in itaperio ; the same argument might be urged against the establishment of every branch of the Royal Family. The Prince of %Vales had the appointment of his own Chamber lain and other Officers ; but if any inconveiliences resulted from that. they must balance again.t them the advantages of that Illustrious Individual's sup porting ass establishment suited to his rank, his dig nity. and his place in the State. It' the Noble Lord were repined to say that the present establish meld, supposing it to be continued, ought not to Ise committed to the care of the Duke of York, his objection might carry some validity—otherwise, it did not seem to possess any. Lord HOLLAND said, lie was not itt issue with the Noble Lord on one point merely, as he supposed ; his objection, in two words, was, that in passing the Bill before them, their Lordships laid down a principle larger in its CollselpleßCeb than these the Noble Lord meant to draw. hem it. In addition, he thought that the case would be much more in telligible to the House by pursuing a course dif ferent from that now intended to be observed ; but he should not give them the trouble of dividing, The Amendment was then rejected. The Earl of LIVERPOOL then moved—" That the name of John Jetferies, Marquis Camden, be substituted in the Bill, in the place of that of Lord Elleoborougli." He passed over the name of the successor of the latter, not from any want of respect for his character, but because occasional attend ance might he required, incousisteut with the du ties of his station. Lord Hor.t.AND said, he drew a good omeu of the retrenchments *unenvied to be made in the Windeor Establishment from the appointment of a Noblemaii who had made such a liberal sacrifice in his owe case, about two years since.—(4 laugh.) The motion was then put and carried. The remaining part* of the Bill passed through the Committee, and the House adjourned, HOUSE OF COMMONS, Wzminomr, lartmat RT. The *ea litEß look the Chair a few minutes before four o'clock, when several new Members appeared at the table, and, being sworn, took their meats. Mr. Ftsmaw presented a Petitioa from the Company of Proprietors of the Galssgow tVater-works, praying fur leave to bring iu a Bill to alter and amend the existing Act, re lative to the said Company.—Referred to a Committee. Mr. H. DAVIS brought up the Report of the Committer appointed to examine the Petition of certain Ishabitaids of Bristol, praying for leave to bring in a Hill fur lighting that city, and the parishes adjacent thereto, with gat. The Report was agreed to, and leave given to bring i■ a Bill. General HART *•roved for a fall and entire statement and Report of all inquiries that had been made, with referei.re to illicit distillation, in the county of Londonderry, during the last yesr—lbe number and total amount of still fines imposed in that comely, for the same oeriud—together with several miser &renamed% connected with the subject of illicit dirtillatiou.—Ordered. I'ARUAMENTARY PRIVILEGE. The S -" 1 have to acquaint the House, that, nu Saturday, the 16th of tin. month, 1 received letter Sim a Gentlemen of the bonne of Robert Christie Burton, debcrilling I 'kelt' to be Member of Pediment, tor the Borough of B ever l e y, w hi c h , with the verinisbiun of the House, I will now read : January 14. SIR--11 have the honour to inform yud, that, mi the 17th Julie, 181 E, I watt regularly elected a Member of par liament, to eepeetwitt the borough, of &eerie), in the East. Ruling of Turksbiro a bat, beim.; in the cuistoily of the Warden of the Prison of the COMISOU Plelu , the Deputy Warden, Mr. Ntauo, hits, on my application, stated, that he cannot consent to release me till he is fusilier authurdwA by a warrant from the Speaker of the House of Cuomo's*, Be pleased, therefore, to inform me what steps are necessary to be takeu under these circumstances. " I lemons, Om. " ROUT. CHRISTIE BURTON." " I wrote to Mr. Christie, its answer, btstieu( that • I would, on the iirbt lit opportunity, bubunt IJI letter to the Home. I afterwards received a letter, dated the ttOth or January, iu which Mr. Banton says— b‘ Sta--1 arm to rurtuest Iltat you will he pleased ano tosuitler ray lettrr ur the 14th aststrut as au uthcial etnsnu amation, 'morrow) so or laid Lwttur the Howl,. •lIICe crautattom I INTO will 'made sae tu take may place us Noy- Ably rest." _ . In consequence of this re.quest, lAA not Lay the preceding letter before the House. Late kat night 1 received the following letter SlR—Haring ',crowd the rarity's Act, of Ferdinand and beat authorities. whiting to any eitantine se /dealier fur Beverley, I beg to sefer you to my letter at the £4lk and request that you *ill take the earliest opportunity to 1.141 e so ale Horse the eireinastamma of any case, in unin that I may avail toyed( of those ,pairilreer, whivb, al • Member of {Parliament, I have a Melt to enjoy." " A case in point (continued the SPEAKER) OC. cuffed in 1807. 51s. Spetelter then received te ter front it Metuber, stating that he au+ in culeditY. went, iintivilltabitiding A sine and reguliet election. That Irtirr wits read, and ordered to hr rrterrrd u Co 00000 litter of I'milrges which sat the next day. The only et bring iii ascertain the identity of the italiviihrt i%rititi.6aii4l of the person elected, ui. the &One Joy • It pert a Aa preoe ti l te l to lb, (i,,,„.. owl on order woe mode for littermitto. I tikhught it proper to MAI* the. mode of prouree.li. g. %iitti•ltt no it is—ond it how restseetse fur soy to more lit it the letter be referred to a Coottutiteo of Mr. KAT= ItaT-4' I hrx le/mete libOve that th e letter dm rhly trod by Mr. Sioreker to the Noo se be referred to* Committee of Pritilreito; p, ei, e . mine the mutter thrrrof, and report [hams' Is Ob e IIou•r." w as serf:lnlet' by Mr. ()sawn', :not etirriril nem. con. he !..PEAN.Eit I preNti.iie low lip Uri. mot tun by die is.atid order, • That tt ie said Committee do •it to•ittorrow • " ?jr. I;4•ratu ihrii itaqvetl T;l.it flit- Com m i t . ler „I . tor , v d egr , du *it :And procruil to Ihn•mr.. him arum," which, bring- s-ctsiatkd by Mr. S t , J . ,,, ut Osst.uw, uas citrrirli P 4( 111. COW. VVESTIIINST I. it El. LCTIf 01. Mr. BrtiiNtirr twoirril iirr Ir.ivr to liiioLt in n Rill for coon' 1111 l for • further lime, the Ail of the .510 of his Mojesty, expl.iiiiiittc the law relatite to the election of • knight of the Shire, with re , reet to the expeinie of liustiog. and Poll-desk., ea tarsi regard* the City of Wrstinitoitr.." Lrit%e WSW gotten-3ml Mr. BF% t;ttris Sofifl which the tiro, introduced the Bill, ordered to be read the secotid time ow, CONTESTED ELECTIONS. The SPEAK6a ititiintited, tkt if any Member had 1111 Election Petition, it would be most (*WA P. ni en t to the House that it tiboolil be then iirtaentril. Some time after this huggest ion, the Prtitiroi of Lord Charles 'l'uwtt•heod sigaiiirt the election of Sir Robert Peri, 14 the borough of Tantivorth, wait presented, and ordered to be taken itito two mi Tomluy, the gill of iVlate!.. DANK iliCCOVIsiTli. Mr. AiANNINU. %Feint:Ml Hun. Gent:ening (11r. Crenftll) in his place, linford Ile ten ii Id how, 1111 olh jrct• to discharge the order which was ,into nu the preceding evening, fur the first %tries of account* n itved for by him, in meter to make un alttirstirat in the date, which would not at all interfere eat!, his object. The Hon. Gentleman halt called 14 Co account of the total weekly amount of Bant: notes, ►tic. in circulation, from the let of Jattnart, 1818, to the 9.5t1i of juruary, 1 819—and ; is (Mi. Mauning's) reason for making an applicat:o a to alter the date was, that, in consequence of the mon e the Hot,. Gent. had given, the account had been for some time in preparation, but it NUM drawn a l t from the 30th of December, IRI7, to the i!.sili of January, 1819, making a difference of two days. If he would consent to discharge the fainter oiler, and move for all MCCOUtIt, embracing the times be had mentioned, it would he laid nu the faith! iothe course of a few days. II he refused this, it *mild occasion much difficulty, as the acci.unt tinsel lie entirely made up again. On the other hand, as it it present stood, it embraced the whole series of 181$. Mr. CAENFEI.I. hull not the smallest poible objection to comply with the request of the Iluti., Member. l'he original order was then di charged, and Mr. GRENFEI.I. moved— " That there he 104 before thin Home, an Aetna:A of the total weekly *mount of Bank Notes and Post Sips :n circulation, from the 30th of Deem:her, 1817, to the 28th of January, 1819; distivemisttore the Bask Post Bilks, and dodineuishiog the amount of Notes usider the value of Five Pounds. and stating the egg:slate amount of the w hule."—pOrdcred. USURY LAWS. Mr. Serjeant ONSLOW gave notice that he would, on Wednesday. the 10th of February, wove for leave to b►ing in a Bill for the better regulation of the laws respecting the interest of money. NEW SOUTH WALES. Mr. Bummer gave notice unit he would, on Tuesday, the 9th of Fehrtntry, sub►nit o motion to the "loom., 111111 the subject of transportation, KUd the present state of the Colonies to which convicts ere sent. 111 I.ITARY FORCE. Mr. C•Lcuarc moved fur a return of the effec tive turn iii, distinguishing officers. rion-cointni, siourd officers, and privates, of Ina Majtsty's foot forcer, on the With of January, ir3l9—a like rt. turn of the cavalry force—a rostra of the ;'arc.-4 serving at home. on the 251 h of January, 1819 and a return of the ertahlishment of the Stott- Keeper-General, at the same period.—Ordered. RANK FORGERIES. Sir JAMES MACKINTO;SI gave notice, that lie would, on K future day. ,rill the attention of the liouve to the very important Report made by the Comenioioners uppriiiitvd to inquire Mtn the hr.& mane of preventing the Forety of Batik Nutt,. commirrEF, OF suppLY. SILVER CUriIiENCW, Ste. Mr. BSIOGDEN brought tali the Report of t! Committee of Supply. The Revolution, T!! - ,t it is the opinion of this Committer that be granted to hi* Nliijesty," was agreed tu. The Cii.tiviceLr.ott of the EgcnveuEct mitvtd, " dim House", ou /rid livxe, ftl•Olit• it self into it Comtailter, to C 011.14 1 .1" of the Suppl . 'i. - Mr. GRENFF.I.i,—" I sub demon's of polling question to the Chancellor o f the Earherpier, consequence of information which I have teceo,-.4. this day, namely, that tlx etlialard price of vii,rt is, tit the"present moult-tit, 51, 7td, per nolie r , the notice ati.tve what is fixed by unlit rrgulotieino—alitl. at the time these regula tions wrre merle, in the year tolore lost. oilier '4.4 from four to the per cent. above the price then quoted. Now it °past be evident to every Gent!t- Milli who understands the subject, that, us sum' H. the standard price of eilver shall arrive at tihit height which will of a temptation of profit. either by melinig ur exportiog„ irons that nioniew you will experience u gradual disappearance 11., silver curreitcy lately miculittest. in the same 1%01, roil owing to the SSW cans, to winch the pearance of the gold A: oils may be attriblitcd. therefore oak (tlte fact being, I believe, as 1 is. , • stated it) whether blinieters are prepared with is, expedient whatamwer, to counteract the thieve miesatini..„ which will immediately co 1111 l . isi this tastiotry. and end to the disappearance ..1 • Culver curreitcy • 1 he C4IANtALI.OR of the EXCHIIQUEIt said, ti Houle be aware that lie could Oat ntw.Wer so'' a question without consideration. Although I c had heard of the circutusialie4 noticed by thc •