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desperate adventurers - might perhaps run to the lidrk of Irelan.d. With re•,;,1 , (1 !/-) the measure of last night, it was A %%is,. and salntary provision, ‘voultt prevent farther impositions on thi,, coo tit flt Sir H. PARNELL approved of the Bill now pro poste!. It was astoliio 61,4 how the Committee hail forgot ch.- Bank of Irelaed in their Report. T he iestres trout the Baok of Ireland were very small in comparisoo with those of the Bank of England. The Hon. Baronet complained of the ieronveuienee ‘thich arose. h ,tie currency 0! Ireland brine of a ddlerent eelne ; fool asked the Right Hon. Gentleman (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) if ittwas the intention of Government to adopt any plan for as-imilating the currency col th e two countries ? it F tiCh a measure were not in the contemplation of those who formed the pre sent Administration, be (Sir Henry) was deter mined to submit to the House a proposition soon after the holidays. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER answered, that so tar as regarded the currency, the Com mittee might perhaps have some plan in con templation. Sir HENRY PARNF.LL wished for a more direct answer. The Right Hon. Gentleman remained silent. Mr. BROUG HAM asked, whether the Bank of Ireland paid in cash or new notes ? If the latter, there was no necessity for the Bill. Mr. C. GRANT stated, that the payments were in specie, similar to the Bank of Eta land. Sir J. New Ootta. bestowed many encomiums on the Bank of Ireland, and knew that on all occa sions that establishment had struggled most per tinaciously for the maintenance of its credit and houo4 ; and the Hon.. Baronet thought i u h. a h quialities'it stood as high as any similar establish mew. If he gave his vote last night so promrly and cheerfully, he would not now stop to examine whether he was right or wrong, and therefore should support the proposition. Mr. Huge was for the motion. Mr. Ceancaarr, by a reference last night to the drain of gold made against this country, thought that many Members had been influenced. He found, however, no such' reason advanced iu fa vour of the present Bill. But the tact was, that few notes, comparatively ;peaking, of the period mentioned by the Bauk, remained to be offered for specie, and therefore there could bento alarm for the proceedings of last night. But the .Gen tlemen of the City, if in possession of the notes defined by the particular dates, knew their inte rest too well to dread the posterior effect of their Acts of Partiameirt. They were not to he frightened by their speeches, or by their paper bullets of the-brain. As he believed there were few of the notes alluded to outstanding, lie should wish to know the particular amount. — If no run were experienced by the Baek of Eng land this day, he would be apt to think the whole a mockery--a mere deception,—and therefore he would be inclined tdoppose the present motion. There was less-cause .for stopping ca-h payments in Ireland then in England, for whet we were here without specie, the cash payments of the Bank of li, laud continued. The amount of Bank notes issued by the latter did not exceed tour mil lions. The Honourable M.nither condemned the mockery of the present plan—toe farce of this evening, which followed the play or comedy of last night. Sir J. Newaoat, was against any delay of the measure. There was no time for information from the Bank of Ireland, if Gentlemen had any parti cular thing to propose. It ought therefore. to be adopted as a simultaneous measure.. It was not the inatenitode of the object which commanded tbeir attention, bet its relative proportion. In the Bank of Ireland, the quantity of specie %vas greater in propo•tion than that. in the Batik of England. He made this assertion, although his Hon. Friend (Mr. Calcraft) might not perhaps give him credit. tor it. • Mr: CALCRAFT was always ready to give his Right Hoe. Friend (Sir J. Newport) credit for any assertion which tie serioesly advaneed: No thing could shake his opioton of the Hon. Baro net--not e van his associating with the Hon. Ge,•- tletrien of the Committee e or even with those on the Ministerial Beech opposite to him ! Mr. CALLAGHAN -thought, that although the Bank of England had paid in specie to the amount Mirk/ of six millions, the wisdom or sagacity of the Directors could not be blamed, Admitting that they had possessed much penetration, they could not have fore , een the effects produced by •he Foreign Loans. He censured the Finaace Glm mittee. They had been the means, of throwing the country into a general panic—a state of fever and anxiety—a kind of paralysis. The Cant rnittee now came forward with their peace offering, in the shape of the Bills for the two cotiwries. The question was, Is our circulation to be cut down to a certain capricious standard, or are our commercial pursuits to be abandoned ? The CliANcr:LLort of the EXCHEQUER moved, that the House should resolve itself into a Com mittee of the whole House. This motion u'a,s carried. Mr Grant took the Chair in the Com mitte.e, when a resolution was moved and carried to the effect desired, The House was resumed, when a motion was made and carried for leave to bring in a Bill to re strain the Governor and'Company of the Bank of Ireland from paying iu the gold coin of the realm for a certain period. Sir GEORGE HILL, appealing at the Bar, de sired to bring in the Bill, which was done ac cordingly. It .was read a first time; and, on the second reading, Mr. BROUGHAM thought it would be consistent with the honour and dignity of the House to re ject the measure. It was forced , upon them with out any reason utged for its precipitate adoption. They were lett completely in the dark. It bad been stated that one da,y's delay would have in convetlieneM the Bank of Ettlantl to the amount of 4or LOO 000/. sterling. he should wish to know to what amount the Bank of Ireland would be inconvenienced by the delay ? Let his Rigot Bon. Friend (Mr. Grant) tell the House what mould be the amount per ►lay for the Bank of Ireland: he would venture tti say not beyond 30 or. 40,0001. it appears that the measure is to tally nitgaibry, unless the productior, of two Acts - of .Piirliameut, hurried through both Houses, be expe(lient of great importance, If any ;neon vf2i;iencies 114(1 the blame was attributable , o the Chgueellor ut the Exchequer, or to his E ',B,ice Cwnnii! Sir (-it , ovca OiIiOIINE declared, that all the ar qutnews ttv Houourable Member (\lr. ilrougloun) aghins , the two Bills, were so mitoy arguments iu their favour. NEW MEmsER, whose name could not be ascertnine•l e , t !,n!lery, said, that the present !')i!! did no , rest On irs merits, but had for its imsis the Bill of lest night, The Bill wlas then read a second time, and or :leied to he committed to a Committee of the whole House. After it had passed through the Committee in the usual manner, The Howe was resumed, when. Sir G. 1 - !ILL brought t►p the report. The Bill was atterwarts ordered to be engross d.—During; the interval between eng,ros,ing and I Cad iII it a third time, the.uttention of the House was called to THE CLERKS OF THE PEACE FOR IRELAND. Sir J. NEWPORT, in reference to the late expo sure by the Limerick Committee, rose to make his promised unition relative to the office of Clerk of the Peace in Ireland. He would not detain the [louse long His proposition was merely of a tegulating nature—to make the law of Ireland the same as the law of England. Great inconvenience or disadvantage had been experienced by the pub• lie from the late exercise of the power with which the office n - as invested. In his intended regula tion tor the.ofl9ce of Clerk of the Peace for Ire land, he meant to incorporate in it so much of Mr. Perceval's Act as relates to the prevention of the sale of places, or to leave the Act of the 49th of the present reign in full force. lie there fore moved for leave to bring, in 13ih to regulate the appointment and tenour of tire office of Cletk of the Peace for Ireland. Mr C. GRANT thank'd the Hon: Baronet for the trouble which he had tatien to introduce such a salutary he. ; and he nut only deserved the thank. of that House, but would have the praises of his countrymen for amending this defect of the law of Ireland. Ater 'a fcw words front Sir EL Parnell and Mr. C. Grant, leave was givtn. IRISH BANK RESTRICTIONS. Sir G HILL brought up the engrossed copy of the Hsi! Bark Restriction Bill, and moved that it be read a titird time. Baoucnkm would not allow this Bill to pass without protesting against its object, as well ,at. the manner in w►'ich it had been hurried through - the llonse.—The Bill was then read a third time, and pasted. FEVER IN IRELAND. Sir J. NEwpotsr rose, pursuant to his notice, to move for the revival of the Committee appointed last year to inquire into the state of Dis ease in Ireland, and the best means of removing, or at least mitigating it. The lion. Baronet stated that the Bill, which had been-introduced at the recommendation of the Copunittee, had produced the toast beneficial consequences in many parts of that country ; yet he conceived that many of its ilenvisions might be so amended as to render it still more effective. Fle then took a view of the state of disease in Ireland, which was now rather on the decline, whilst during the lost fi f teen months tarty-three thotisand ever patients h a d been admitted into the hospitals of Dublin, Lime rick, and Cork. He wished the Committee, whose al.pointinent he was about to propose, should consider how the provisions of the exist ine Act conlii be emended, and should direct it s roost _particular attention to the removal of the legai restrictions which prevented the application of tie fonds of private individuals and associations to the employment at td.e poor. 'l' here was another great object which he had in view, a n d hopei! the lion. Serretaty for Ireland would give hint his powerful assistance. It was to order a survey and examination of the vast parts of occupied by hogs and morasses. By a former stnary 'boy were touud•to amount to 2,830,000 Leglis 'Jere% Of these 1.576,000 hail been re. nrtsented as fit for the purposes of husbandry, and tht, re.inatuintr, 1,254.000, as likely to yield g rid - pas inc. One million had since been sur veyed And levelled by the Commissioners, but it was divided between many proprietors. He thottOit :n.,1 great het , efit might result were the otter etnplaved in the cultivation of those lands. 1 , ...a; a fact, that in districts containing 3.840 000 inhabitants, the number of families eaottov,ai in manufactures and handicrafts amounted to 485,000, whilst those who applied, to agricultural pursuits were only 164,000 ; heirg directly the reverse of the proportion in where the former did not exceed 770,000, whilst the latter rose to 959,000. He conceived that the prevalence al the manufacturing . over the egticul tural population was a great cause of disease, the progress of which mild not be more effectually arrested than by restoring the pre 7 entimenceof the latter. He then moved, that it he refet red to a Select Committee to enquire into the state of It-C -laud, with respect to disease, to ascertain how far the measures adopted last year for its removal or mitigation had proved effectual; and also to enquire into the condition of the labouring poor, with a view to facilitate the application of the funds of private individuals and associations to the employment of ille poor it. useful and productive labour, and with power to report from time to time to the House. Mr. C. GRANT confirmed the statement of the Hon. Baronet, that the fever had generally abat ed in Ireland. Its present state formed a pleas ing contrast with what it, had been when the Act of the last Session had been introduced. The disorder had then begun to decline, but it still m a intained its ground, whilst now its abatement was visible throughout Ireland, with a few excel), tions. The best criterion of its decrease would he the average number of patients admitted into the hospitals for a certain period. It) December last, 90 typhus cases had beet) received with %, the Dublin hospital ; in the foilowing' Januaty 77, and in February last only 60. In March last it had further decreased to 58. He was aware that some cases of great malignity had occurred, but as the number of patients had diminished. some wards had already been closed, and it was hoped that the Richmond Penitentiary, which had .been tuinedinto - alever hospital, would soon be re stored to its former object. The Government of Ire land, being desirous of ascertaining the real state o the country as to disease, had about 2 months since appointed a commission of 4 eminent physicians, who were now travelling through all the Irish Counties, to make the necessary inquiries. Nu report had yet been received from them ; but, according to private accounts, it was likely to prove highly satisfactory. Yet the fever was so capricious, and so sudden in its appearance, that even it the improvement were greater than it was, he should still think it incumbent on the Howe to appoint a Committee, .During the last two years the people of Ireland had ex pet kneed the deepest sufferings. The climate of 1816 and 1817 . had entirely deprired them of fuel and provisions, and the poor were obliged to feed on the esculent plants they cookd find, and to live on bviltd net tles, mustard seed, and potato stocks. Such was their condition before the fever broke out amongst them. It haul therefore chiefly arisen from debi- lity of body, and an hopeless state of mind.— The amiable peculiarities of that nation had also mainly contributed to enhance their sufferings. Their unbounded hospitality, which nevsr, under any circumstances, closes the door to a stranger-- their affection for the dead—all tended to open every access to infection. Yet some advantage ous results might proceed from the awful calamity by which they had been sisited. If ever threateued with a remit) of the danger, it would enable the Government to meet it with effec!ive prepara , tions, whilst the lower classes would learn from it the necessity of stopping it at its earliest stage, of adopting habits of cleanliness, and resorting to the'tumigation of their houses, the separation of in dividuals, and the changeofbe,!diug. Let the House look at the manner in which the Irish people had borne their distresses and sofferiogto lc wast rue t hat nothing could exceed those sot - ft-rings, and equally true, that in the records of 'moist' virtue nothing could be found more edratruble titan their patience and resignation. They were placed under circum stances in which, as in the case of the plague of • Athens, related by an ancient historian, ail sub ordination is g enerally lost, the principles of right and wrong shaken, Religion forgotten, and the frame of society almost destroyed. They were placed under these circumstances : they pined with hunger, they withered with disease, they saw their families , dying around them, they were collected by thousands to receive the alms of cha rity ; and what acts, what crimes had resulted from the extremity of their sufferings ? None. They had borne every affliction which had befal len them in the most admirable manner. They had exhibited the most pious submission to the decreeS of Providence, the most sincere gt a diode to their humane benefactors, and the most al ectiog kindness to their fellow-suf ferers.—(Hear, hear, bear!)—Those who h come to their relief bad al;o displayed a degree of self-devotion which had never been surpassed._ The Clergy of Ireland of ail persuasions had borne a distinguished part in its exert ions to alle viase the calamity. With exultation did he. pro. claim that the Protestant Clergy had come tor 'ward in all the fervour of benevolence, bad raised subscriptions and visited the sick ,without any distinction of creed. The Catholic Clergy •had been 'equally enthusiastic in its .zeal, and in no respect inferior to its Protestant brethren. The Catholic 'Religion called its Ministers to- the closest contact v. ith disease in its most pestilen tial forms, and never had they shrunk from such perils.—(Hear !)---It was, no scarce instance to see a Catholic Priest in a miserable hovel, amidst five or six individuals, perishing with the typhus, throw himself on the pallet by the side of some expiring .victim, and reccivine his last communi cation front the source of contagion itself I--- (Hear, hear, hear !)—Frequently wele Catholic and Protestant Ministers united in the same work of benevolence and danger. Associations were formed of Members of both Churches, and all reli gious daft renCeS were forgotten in their common exec dons for the relief of the sufferers.—(Hear, hear!)—Other classes displayed similar zeal and humanity. Medical men also dared the extremity of danger. Many who were rapidly rising in their profession, and in the highest practice, voluntarily gave up the profitable a7tendance on the rich, and devoted themselves to the gratuitous service of the poor. There were many instances of men of great opitlence, and on whom no particular claim could be urged, descending spontaneously to the attendance of the sick. Amongst numbers he should only mention the benevolent Mr. Maho ney, who at Cork supplied the poor out of his own fortune with lodging, bedding, and food ; watched by their bedside day by day, and Ire; quently passed the night in the hospitals, when he feared the nurses were not sufficiently atten tive. What more powerful appeal could he made to those landed proprietors,who voluntarily absented themselves fruits Ireland ? What an opportunity had they not lost of rooting - themselves in the affections , of their tenants !----(Hear!)—lle trusted, and, in fact, he would express his _conviction that they would find the Irish Government had not beet; s low in adopting tire measures calculated to yield relief to the people. With respect to the plan of the lion. Baronet for procuring employment for the poor, he should object to the' establishment of any system which would attempt to procure permanent employment, which the resources of the country would not allow, as such a system would be a mere delusion ; he did not state this in op position to the Hon. Baronet, whose proposal was of a totally different nature, but because some individuals •bad formed plans, which had not, however, yet assioned the ominous name of Poor Laws --those laws which had produced that op pressive system under which this country at pre sent suffered. He thought the measure could not be in better hands than in those of the Hon. Ba ronet, whom he begged to assure, that the sub• ject had. attracted the attention of Government. Wherever any artificial obstructions existed to the Spplication of the foods of private i n dividuals or associations, it could not be improper in the Le gislature to .interfere for their removal. Mr, WILLIAM PARNP,LL contended !bat the Go vernutent had been too economical. on the sub feet. Humanity would have been the best eco noruys and, haul a great effort been made at first, the whole calamity would have been conq u e re d a t once. Lord JOCELYN ;rusted that the Committee ►could not merely inquire into the state of the ref in Ireland, but into the causes of the eoa• otoon. Mr. 1-11YrentNsos thanked the Hon. Secretary ,n Ireland (Mr. C Grant) for the able and states., man-like i speeeh which he had made, and which did the greatest liodour to his head and to his :eats. lle ltitstt . d that Ireland-would long he benefit of his services. After a fe..v observations from Mr. STaveitvr,- Mr. VALENTINE IiLAKEI, and Mr. Alderman Wood, Sir .). NE:: POE r urged the ropriety of MA levying the Stamp Duty on the Advertisements announcing toe benefactions of individuals, as hey had occasioned very great deductions frail' the ?.nms receiveci for the relief of the people. The motion was then agreed to, and the Cora" mittee appointed. SCOTCH BURGHS. The LORD ADVOCATE brought in 'a Bill for the better regnlation of the Revenues of the Scotch Burghs; whic 4 after a few words from Mr. HUME, was read a first CLAIMS ON FRANCE BILL. Mr. S. BOUPNE brought up the Report.of the Committee! on the Claims on France BM ; the further-consideration gr . which was Exed for Thursday, the 22d inst. ' - POOR LAWS AMENOMENT BILL. Mr. LUS!-ANGToti brought up the Report of the rr . : Laws Amendment Bill, the further consideration of whi‘"" to.stponed until 'Monday, the :Gth instant ;- also the Rt'' port of the Commit tee on the Felonies on Canals Bill, to forth , r coosi,lered to-morrow; the Report on the Excise P▪ F ccoses Bilt. uhith was passed; and the Mediterranean Trail* hill, also passed. CLERGY FIRE-ACT BILL. Mr. WM. SMITH presented a Petition from the Inhe b l• ; tants of St. Andrews, Holborn, against the Clergy Fire - I% RM.—Ordered to lie on the table. • Mr. CALLAGHAN moved for certain papers relativ e ,..; to the system and operations of the Judicatur e o f Ireland " twee n the years MG and ism—Ordered. e h t The other Orders of the Day were then disposed of,stus- - -- House adjourned. SURREY LENT ASSIZBS.—KINGSTON. Thomas Osborne w3s put to the bar,.ohargel, with the wiltoi :wader at Ely Cox, a v , omekeer e ? to Mr. 1 essier, of Bosom —The whole Of I I " . charge rested on circunastanoial evidence, whi Ct : l n ° though very strong as a g ainst !lie prisoner , i f .; many of its parts, watt not sufficiently so tg a verdict of Guilty. Accordiuglyhe was acquitted' Stricurs:.—d-A lamentable case of this n ature °r curred in Hill rove-street, Bristol, on Th"" da r last. 'The mother of a little boy, abate 9 Yel of age, had been relating the circumstance ° some person basing been sent to Newgate, add ing, that unless he (the boy) behaved better, 5 1 would send him there also. The child, terrified by the threat, shortly,afterwards went u p stair" sod put a period to his existence by, hangitig' himself. The poor :wither is in a distracted I ° e. FATAL. ACCI F. NIT.—On Monday of erne'" • : groom belonging to Mr. Frames, of place, being in a state at intoxication, and t i . di Z t , a spirited horse of his master's at toll ga";:,,_, is Sloane street, fell off, and h.is foot the stirrup, he was diaivged sevtral bundreo 7"-t. Ishii his head against the grmuud, brfote the ail • coal c, , uld he s topped. His heal was &ea°, Lolly lacerated ; tsss conveyed to St. Georg e Hospitai, he expired yesterday morning- Yesterday sfternoon, atter Lord lisationl". got out of his eurrick at the House of Lords, h is Lordship's groom gut in, and 01 turning the horses round, came in contact 'a itlt a post, whicl i upset the corride. The groom was thrown 01 on the pavement, and the horses set at 1 01 ! speed, but were stopped at Whitehall, The carte rick was dashed to pieces, the horses dill not r e ; c,ise much injury, and the groom escaped roVith slight bruise. - -- COURSE OF EXCHANGE, TUESDAY, Arnt4 e• Amster darn Ditto, at, Sight Rotterdam Antwerp Hamburg's 1 3 1 3 1 14 98 5 : : j i 1 1 1 :11: Altotia Paris, 3 Day's sight, - • - Ditto Bout Beaux, ditto ' 70 1 ` i • ie Frank forton the Main Madrid F • Cadiz f * Bilboa ' 3B ' Seville Gibraltar Barcelona Leghorn • •• Genoa... 474-Venice, Ital. Lie 25 , Malta... .. 50 -Naples 4ll , .. at„; Palermo Lisbon .... 57 Oporto ltio Janeiro Dub1in......... 124..... C0rk..... 124 per Cent. Agio of the Bank on Holland.... 2 per Cent. BULLION. , • 0# 0 li cr Portugal Gold, in Coin I . ll 0 New Dollar; 0 5 ! , Silver, in Bars - 0 5 u _„•••-t - BIRTH. A ran° On the 6th inst. the Lady of W. Yatman, Esq. - street, of a son. MARRIED. Og g" On the :id inst. at Croydon, Mr. Thomas 47. - -street, to Miss havary. of the lormer place. lyc , N , : l cict Si r s:i, ti iLdy Ladeotßii)l iirße'el:orhf7,l-.,,,,,,ku.,iiigoa;Rt:ivißi:A:dß:ealEl:stE:viar3wN:o,..:Devil::;:4..,.. announced D< S'B n 7 i R e AT I " . i ll i t o ) ( r )n k ii. s r l tl i i i il v e, e x,2 , tio o nt f dh a etri s l o mt . ii. ,a ir t :a r y ri l a s ' e l l ; a n ;s a o r n in:itoorh)tueestirlhe 31st , ult: at BrightpuilitU,kiii. ill cua3proAtin, gss more), of as daughter. ....._ MA RBI ED. Lately, at Wakefield, Edwin Smith, Esq. of Rw illdh3i't ol Eli a irna„ third daughter of the late Edward Ridsdale, Est' ‘Tv keneld. Lately, James Purr, Esq. of Old Newton, to Sophia Alic-e n j the widuw of Thomas B. Fiske Fs . late o f Stosvoiarke ri„, daughter of the VA v.John Cast“:rn'e,4late Vicar of Old IOW"' I Boatstsillicotia,tteh.ue aLiaidoyfoofort" _........-- . DIED. ilii t Lately, at Halesworth, thti Rev. Thomas BarkeV 11) years Curate of Gislingliam and Rishan,, ,, les, in P"' • c+.l g- • ' Lately, at his house in Silettisbano, Norfolk, `Henry ''''e man, Esq. He died in his chair about hailpast eleven io to inornin;, without a struggle glea? Lately, the Rev. ThoMits Moutv , ey, Vicar of BrdYt"' Selby, Yg,rlishire. v . Of 9. . Lately, at Anlally, near Hull, Geo r g e Bodlel, ,-' Loinhard-stieet, London. --- - areas l ONDON: Printed hyJ. 11. CAP...STAIRS, of No. 29 ' a s A, . thimuta.str.vt, Q,u e en-squitre; and published bY ", co ri SCRIPPS, of No. 7, Swab Molton-street, at TH,! ~' 0 Other, No. I i 9., Strand ; where Advettisements, vr'e Letters, &c, (post--Fiaid) must be aldressed.