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ed ~ijed. Oat 10te . 5 * 1401‘, " c! : 154 L'gisiain t - • . if Ole proposed Measure was adopted t h e - ~. ,_ , . ~ i r e li e d y slight ilud that neither kr,its to be 0# '• In cons-equence of the notice give!) by th e --9'rtk, the drain began and continued without Producf,lop " i Right "°°. Gentlem an oppos i te ( t h e Ch ance ll or of the Ex-ehequeo to make a. speech; saving, that the Bank had resumed- Cash Payments.--- , -(A laugh lrom the Opposition Benches.)—lt was only this ni x " ll ing when t h e. Committee met that he (Mr. !iitieernneyt)v for the first time le arne d th a t time mea opropossed Was in contemplation, and if le were all owe d to state all that he knew,- he uid state reasons for which this Bill ought not I ° Pass. As, however, there were reasons which, il Is a Member of the Secret Committee, he Was 101 at liberty to discloses he should argue only an those which it was bilge Within his power to • notice. With respect to the Bank, it had been # ,., 141 , tha t they were so anxious for a return to 'ash Payments that they felt quite uneasy II lap not being a ll owe d to iestane them.—(A ! it .i.,‘,.. on the Op pos i t i on B eeches. )—B ut then - as also said, that the proposed measure was requisite, in order to prevent tire drain ni s . • that• Ptete increasing. He thought, however, r he had hea r d i t w hi spere d, t h at , so f ar vi r •tho the drain having lately been iocrewil, it Le aldimi nis-hed. If this was correct, he,should li . g .i ad to k now what were the grounds for the . "i ? He should wish to knoW why the Batik • tai 1 ' f g It not pm chase specie ?It they were anxious ur ilia a retur n to Cash Payments they might pia : i,, t i e specie , and although they might be obliged ,11111;:eltil.ro so s tlt t e s ip i o i i, t tih s ec o : : l, 7 ( f ec : tki 1 i yet e c , i e d ( c i o g n i e vee i vt i . t d that n bettera f after ,Y i . ln e) of issuing •gold wit-h one }rand and paper deserved to be mulcted for 13 a e n it t , 1 " 11 Y• He felt quite persuaded that, if the --a would pay the price ; they Could easily get g y e l l „: a!<l as they 11 - ail been for the last 21 b ol Nning, it was extraordinary that any loss, illffivever mall to them, should be considered as a f c a , i cl ent reason to prevent the resumption o Iv'' " PY'"ellts. It had been stated, that 700,0001. 4 3 the' drain last year, and that hill that sum 11(1 krhap s be•lost if time proposed measure was t h e ' that ad o p te d, b ut h e wou ld as k, whe- I t hat suns Otlg).t to be considered as equiva ‘4Jilt ° the loss o f c h aracter which the House I,„#'t,'ci,l''a sustain by passing the Bill? The Noble Lord eigrated th e diff erence b et teen t h e c i rcumstances 11,2, 4 . and those at present. Ile (Mr. T.) granted lii;tllifiVf!rice to exist, but would argue from it that p, 11Oserteed not hurry °tithe passing of the pro- Bill. 1-1 ill• He did not suppose that this Bill,if pas , would 01 - crate merely for the remainder of the j„ 361 ,° 11 , bio the principle of it would be adopted Sp,:,%:'' 4l ever regulati ons m i g ht be introduced re tie the retUrn to Cash Payments. After ,41theeHtiog the p rece de n t t h a t th e B an k should - " liable to any inconvenience which their her " foll y h ad . brought upon them,.the Hon. Mem honeulleluded by apologising for troubling the }early on this subject,. especially as be had all te 4 t ,,i i i n the morning delivered pi's opinions , Con- V.,, t - 'ag it to th e Gentlemen wliO compose 4 the the "t tee• Ile . felt it however :so Much his li t tr;tcy.teliver his opinions . on this subject ; that. a ces,. k f l not avoid discharging tt on the p'reaent to , ")11, although he• was - obliged in so doing str e Z'llt some of the arguments which be had Ni r Y'ised, hilt in vain. 111 h Ole r `Leatino spoke in favour of the measure. ' lirN, it'le circumstances i n w hi c h t h e B an k w as ga t i) ;, se ed, no m a n o f h onest p r i nc ipl es wou ld tle n , ''"e Bank for gold. The great cause of the t h4s 11 , d , f ° 1 * gold at the Batik was the traffic of le 4 id 0 wished to ma k e a profit which time law it ce nt : t all °‘v,by exporting it on inching it down. Pe ts " .'illy was- not desirable that this class of 1104;4 should be protected. But the Right 111 ° 1 1 - 1 1 rab , l e Gentleman who spoke last said, that 'ha let at a• should be obliged to buy bullion PIY, Ti l a t high price. To this he would re qit I ,', a t the Bank ought not to be obliged to do l ',"tie s v ,' li , c h vvould he a benefit only to that dis !he ja e ,"ass of persons, and would be an injury to !b l 'a i ll u a o li n , l 4 l, ! t self, The truth was, that if the Bank Speci e in Europe—if they had a hundred Otir i f " 41 their toffers, it would be all drained Cent) Weltin g or exportation. The Right Hon. Ps sseil nl • ali also contended that, if this measure ( lie ew ' 't would take away from the Bank the in . # l l4 to buy specie at a low price, and that t i tte s , ~,,,5 _ "Y Were !obliged to pay cash for their notes oullienere interested in keeping down the price of !ltv al ,,*, Bait the truth was, that the Bank were 'ow e ' s ; 'aterev e d i n filling their coffers at the 41 4 ' P"Sibi - ex t „ e price. He considered this to be 44 e nt e b ni e e lY good measute, and was only sorry it , Ais.m en sooner proposetf.—(Hear, hear !) l'itti tat#,I4ININIG said, the Right Hon. Gentleman Paasi n ""I of the stupid conduct of the Bank in 11". g IEI6 resolut ion 7 But I - bad no Itati„ r of 181 . me ali t ., k ••'ll j h . I ''" W itt , t " saying, that the conduct thus cen til?te wi sh aelieved to be in exact conformity with P"se et of the two Houses of Parliament.s— esiePre certainly t h e truest prop h ets w h o pro °,e at ' tie li ter the event. But it was impossible ran ee _ ank to have foreseen time loans for vio n h i "Id the deficient harvest. If any Member I ) os te ic,aleolate the value of the foreign coin im fitia (.41 C0n...• • .2 it m that ~(Pleitee of that deficiency, b e wool(' Pions =tell .t Was to the amount of about ten mil ir rr l ng• When the Right Hon. Gentleman i n . ' t "neY) said • 4ap on that the new light only broke i, it , the Bank at twelve o'clock to-day, he !'lealitl'llorlit .tin)befilitte;ltstntlm twee the light did not break in upon g e d on aL o clock to-day, as be had been , led Election Committee till that hour, " Il t .ust 0 50 say to hat the Bank Committee. He tu r a th e G entle," at Ire believed the greater number x. r. e ot le ti n i (/e ware th e 13711 tile Bank had not yet been )3 Bill now intended. ‘l,llO AVIS wished to ask the e' )-lon. 1-1 n Gentleman ''oer't amount at the e e p lh t it ol sllo° ln h e e n i t tis e t ' n : b *l i m a ther the Bank e ;ere not at to purchase bullion to a 4..4.equenee of their x h P e ei f ice of the country, in ~.;;eirietion Act to it tood a f i l e g t a h l e lo c t o * u e( i l it h ra y • t tlie iirio.a.4l.lt(aziPitaiteitrzlit,i,vilie. p a . Ai r. ~ s t s i l e th i t 3 l a re n i k r . was astonished to heat h► test , '"'" of the 1' "3 . Mantling) say that the ax. ' . 1817 . was liars to Pay partially in specie, t' ish ed es of ti.'' . twO °(loPted in con f ormity taith the ish ' House alia He L ad ' ) k w h c - v the wishes of Parliatnent # 14e " tLUS ex . PICSSed for In thought it was i •4 1!„ ,...',1, _ an linputat;on ag.,:ust. the Ironse ,-inght to be rerflted,whewit was said thit they co,uld have wished the hank to adopt so ill-advised a measure. expliined.—The wishes of Par liamtrit had Cr rtHlllloy been. distinctly expressed in favour of a Speedy, return to ca s i ll Payments, .and, of course, a measure winch wa3 a pa rt i a l return to that state !bust he 'cousidereil as so fir con forming to that wish. Lord A. ilAsticToit Thought this Bill was a Mode of continuing the Kaik Restriction different from that usually adopted. As this measure was recommended by the COrtimittee, 'he would not venture to speak decisiVely upon it till the Report of that Committee was before the House, as it might throw light uPon the subject. For the pre sent, he disapproved of it, viewing it at the thea• sure of his Majesty's Ministers.. Sir J. NEwPoaT said, he never in his life en tertained a more clear opinion of the necessity of any measure than of this. It was because he was earnest and anxious in his wish for the,resyniption of cash payments that he pressed- for theadgp tion of this Rill, and because' he'did not tins( to the sincerity Ofthe Bank in wishinglor thistesurnri t ion. The Operation oflth is .wosildhe tosompei the,Bank to recite so cash payments. : It had been said that an Order in Council should have been adopted. he• contended. That it` would haVelieen a monstrous assnm. ptionot power, for Ministers to have stepped an Order in Council at the very . time when the House had de legated to a Conunitt e e 'the ' w h o l e poWer of, in ciiiiring into this subject. ' Helbonglit the Right Huu..Gentleman (Mr. Peel) had even gone too far in disclosing the reason why the House should adopt the measure. It was enough to have stated seriously that the Committee thought it necessary. If an Order of Council had been issued, the course would have been to refer it to that very Commit tee which was now sitting, to see whether it were necessary, which would he absurd, when the Committee, if they thought_it necessary, should have applied at once to the House. Mr. BaouGumst explaineth—His objection to the present mode,.instead of an Order in Council, was its sudden and violent suspension of the Standing Orders of the House. Mr. CALCRAFT remarked, that no one had talked of cash payments being near at hand, nor was it likely that any one could venture to do so. Bot if it were not near at hand, then' the object and effect of this Bill were too trifling to justify the House in adopting it. In measures of this kind, it was proper to consider what would be the effect of them on the public mind. If he could at all anticipate the effect of this measure, be thought it would be considered as placing thd hope of resuming cash payments at a greater dis tance than ever. Mr. CANNING said, it Was undottbtedly of the nature of such a measure as that now proposed, that if adopted, it must be in a degree on the con fidence reposed in those by whom it was recom mended. But those gentletnen who had objected only to the mode in which it was proposed to carry it through, must consider that their objec tions would be equally incident to it, whether it Was adopted now or after the recess. If the mea sure was necessary, it was inilispensible that it should be pressed with the utmost celerity, and that could only be done by suspending the Stand ing Orders ; for it was to be considered that agitating this question would produce the evil which it was sought to. avoid. It was true that in lnithe Bank made an application to the Exe cutive GOvernment, which applied the necessary remedy, and . theti applied to Parliamentjo sanc6 tion But Otis, as now, the application of the remedy was instant. To have gone into an ek tended discuslion upon the remedy, would have beets to excite and create the very evil which it was sought to remove. But how bad the Executive Governthent acted now I It had not necessarily any knowledge of what was done in the Coshinittee and he had yet to learn that it was the &icy of those Members of the Government who sat on that Committee to convey to the CroWn infor mation of its proceedings, for the purpose of is suing an Order in Council.—(Hear, hear, bear !) —lf the recommendation on the Report of the Committee had been unde on vague groundS, it would be for the House to judge of that here after. But if it were true, as that Committee had almostunanimously resolved, that the present state of things would operate to put off the period of resuming cash payments, surely it was not too much for them to ask the House to adopt thii in terlocutory proceeding. ,lt was enough that no man, by agreeing to this measure, was pledged to the opinion of the Committee.—(Hear,hear ! ) Mr. ICALCRAPT and Mr. CANNING explained. Mr. BROUGHAM explained.—He wished to know whether he was to understand from the Right Hon. Gentleman who spoke last, that the itnpe iliment which suggested this measure was so fortnidable as to make it absolutely necessary Mr. CANNING —As to the Word necessary, when they came to beat out the argument, per haps they might, disagree upon it ; but, in his own opiuion, the measure was necessary, and if, neces sary, it must be immediate. Lord ALTUoIU said, he thought the strongest objections to this measure had not yet been re moved. The Bank had made great gain by the restriction, and it was but' fair that they should node! go part of the loss to be incurred in restun ing cash payments. Mr. Elusktssoiv said, if the measure was proposed merely to guard the Bank against any loss in pur chasing bullion, he should not insist upon its ne cessity. But if the Bank bought all the gold in Eu rope, and issued it all, no considerable part of it would remain in this kingdom,-and, in point of fact, we should be as far as ever from the permanent resumption of cash-payments. The gold now in , the coffers of the Bank s if it were i.ssued, would be instantly exported. The object, therefore, of this Bill was to prevent the necessity of its being issued under such circumstances ; and the Com mittee had stated that when they presented their Report, they were of opinion they would recom mend measures which would enable the Bank to resume cash-payments. Mr. ELtacm believed that if this Committee bad been appointed two years ago, no issue of coin would hare been resolved upon. The CUANCELLOA of the Exctistivzit said ) he ma's so strongly impressed With the inconvenience of, ,entering : at. large into the discussion of. the subject on this occasion, that he hardly thought it necessary fur him to ttespass at all upon the time of the House. The expediency of the Measure must be' rested on the ground stated by . his Right Hon. Friend 011-: Peel.) . The Committee stated, as one of the means for enabling the Bank to -some Cash Payments, that it was necessary to preserve the specie now in the Bank. This was so obvious, that the only thing which seemed to require any apology Was, that the measure had not been sooner proposed. But when the Report of the Committee was preseuted, the reason 'would be explained -why the measure had not been pro posed at a more early period. The Right lion. Gentleman (11 . 1 r. Tierney) had expressed slaps ise that the measure had not been proposed last Ses sion, when the Bank Restriction Act was conti nued, But the House must recollect,' that at the period alluded to the strongest expectations were entertained that the restriction would only be continued for a Very; short period, and also that the § , ate:Ofthe eichaoges would improve. These hopes had not been, realized.. Upon the whole, there fore, he was convinced that, under the circum at auces in .which the measure was. brought for- Ward, the House would feel the necessity of agree ing:to it. A New MEMBER, -whose name could nor be earnt, i'egrette'irthat the proposition had. nut been brought forward ~at an earlier period; Jr was worthy of (*ice,. that it had been offered., for their consideration,opty two rays before the pay ment of the dividends by the Bank. Mr. R. PEEL explained.—The House had not been appealed to without ample' documents that the existing circumstances demanded such a mea sure. The issue of gold, which had proved so injurious to this country, t)y withdrawing so large a sum from our circulation, was a sufficient rea son, without even any other proof ; and allowing that there had been no Particular drain since the 29th of January, there was no cause why we should delay the measure a single moment after the Report of the Committee. Those who had chiefly formed that Committee had recominended that the regulation should be brought up to the present period. The Report of the French Mi nister of Finance, from whose informatiofi the Means of increasing their cash circulation hid been ascertained, was another strong proof of the expediency of the intended Bill. The ad vances made by the Bank to the amount of .five millions in cash, for the purpose of withdrawing an equal sum in notes, arose from the best of mo tives. Had it been .foreseen that metallic treasure to that amount would have been drained from this country, to convert into French francs, neither the Government nor the Bank would have-been so deficient of . their duty as to have countenanced the expedient. By the advantage thus unfairly and unexpectedly taken, our public circulation of cash was of course deficient to that amount, The Hon. Member was then about to make his mo tion, when The SiaeaKak referred to the usual roles of the', House on the introduction of such a Bill. Mr. PEEL, thanking the Right I-lon,Gentle man, moved that the Houserdo now resolve itself into a Committee of the whole House.—Agreed to. Mr. Humssois took the Chair•in the Commit tee ; when Sir R. PEEL moved, that leave be given to brtng in a Bill for restraining the Batik Directors from making Cash Payments under cer tain notices, ei.e. The House was resumed. Mr. HUSKISSON i as Chairman of the Committee, brought up the Report, and followed it up by moving for leave to bring in the Bill. It was agreed to ; when Mr. PEEL, brought in the Bill, which was read a first and second time. It was afterwards committed to a Committee of the whole House. The Report was afterwards 're ceived by the House, and the athendluents were read and agreed to. It was then ordered to be engrossed ; During this interval, the House pro , - ceeded to the subsequent Orders. II the , thal it ac- or in ild be 'eti to t the rence ,r Ch. in SO ptiott that To ity tome ;naps sod& arils - The con' or to this, 10115 g 10 0 ssnlY bad 7. 84 Ste r y, b 130 Xtl ri bc' by veri iote t tlO 6 coal" b 6 a rt (); ,rued h tv , 110 stioli too 797' p lot !IL 1110 10 rnoro. i y 11 tight sw Fi sten ° WaS V eit► of WA* wer e Pia' ieICS Hy 34 f 1119 S 6 IJO 13111 , V 0,15 01'31° wh et) Jays' P or" voul3 o rtle• F the 00 00 will; ye ar rO " . Y ; . r s 01 ASSESSED TAXES. The CHANCELLOR of the ExDFIED.ugh, seeing an Hon. Baronet (Sir M. W. Ridley) in his place, hoped that if not inconvenient he would consent to postpone his promised motion on the Assessed Taxes rill after the holidays. Sir M. W. RIDLEY bad no objection to accom- MOdate the Right Lion. Gentleman; but be thought it would not be amiss to state the, basis of his in tended plan. He would submit to the House a proposition fin- a VoluntaryContlibution, in lieu of certain AsseSsetl Taxes. He .would take the princi ple of the year 1818 as his basis, calculiting front the, sth of April, 1819 ; so that the several assess ments made last year should be adhered to, and in case any person wished to snake s commutation or compromise for the whole, that he should be in dulged on paying 5 per cent, in idditiou to his as sessments. For this additional contribution, he should not be called upon to make any further advance to Government, let him add to his equi page or establishment whatever he Might think proper, in horses or carriages. It W,iit also his intention to prOpoie that the law should cOntipue, for three years. These were the fundartiental principles of the proposition which he had in contemplation to submit to the House ; and he Was glad of the opportunity of explaining himself, in order that .entlernen might revolve the sub ject fully in their minds during the recess. The CHAISCELLOR of the Extueduait approved of the proposition, and, as far vs he could con ceive, he thought it was founkled on a very fair principle. Mr. TIEENEY hoped that the' Right Hon. Gen tleman, approving so well of the principle; wotild not indulge his cariosity at the expencc of his jocighient, by having - too inellY with the tart-gatherers. Sir M. W. Ritit.eir thought it incumbent ophh him to state, that it Government did not bring forward a propbsition of a similar nature On Oi• before the 27th of April, he would then submit bib motion to the Houle. ADJOURNMENT OP THE ilot4B. Lord CASTLU.REAGH gave notice d rat oh the rising of the House on ‘Vednesday neirt, he 'lima, move its Adjournment till that day fortnight. The Bank farther Restriction Bill' w 63 then, on toe alutiou of ;Mr: Tezt. sod atter a its*, obenva; tioni fro►n Mr. H. GURNEY, read a third time anti pasted. BRITISH CLAIMANTS ON FRANCE. Mr. HIJSKISSON presented a I'erition from cer. tain Claimants, who complained of a n er• roneous construction of the Convention of 1315. They prayed to be allowed to be heard by CounSel, before the Corn Missioners, and in the ev e nt o f their decision being unfavnaable, having the power of appeal to a competent tribunal. The Hon. Mm inher stated, that he had reason to ex pect that his Noble Friend (Castleteagh) , would introduce a clause, kivi ug a light of appeal As to being heard by Cainsel, that he supposed a matter of course. . . Sir Jo,u;q NEWPORT ell on the Noble Lord the necessity of attending to the care of the commercial cl:►ss of claitnants. they had ern. harked in their cotrunercit,l iioculations witli France under the Treaty of 1768, still had, E►arti, cularly at Botirdcaux, furthered inOst particularity' the interests of the country. He thought that the Commission should have consisted of a greater number of comtt►ercial men. Mr. HUTCH It.ISON followed on the same side,' and pressed on' the attention of the House that class of claimants who were described us corn-. mercial residents. These Men., residing in France under the guarantee of a treaty between the corn- tries, had, at the commencement of the-Revolu t ion, suffered both in person,and property-Lthe latter at a loss of 100 per cent, beneath its value. Lle made no. ,invidious comparison, but with re spect tO - the . superiority at claims, none he thought could exceed The petition was Mei tend, and ordered to b(k printed. Lord CASTLRREACIII tova to move the second• reading-of the Bill for Claims on . France. It wee hiS obit•ct to put the parties in information of the objects of the measure ; to pass it through the Committee on to-morrow, and thin to have it re printed .with its amendments, deferring the consi deration of the Report Until after the recess.. The whole mithber of these claimants amounted to . 1046. The amount of claims was about two hun dred million of livres, or abcint eight millionS sterling. One third of these claims had been ad judicated, and' were' in the course of payment. The claiMs first taken into consideration were those that admitted of the greatest facility of proof. There was no other ground of preference adopted with respect to the description!of theclassei of claimants. The Coinmissiimers had not alone • acted in that capacity, in many instances they ex- , cried themselves as the agents .of the British claimants, in endeaVouring to obtain for them, out of the French Offices, the necessary proofs. The amount of the commercial Claims, after thededuc tions which he understood they themselves had agi•eed to admit, (lid not amount to more than ten millions of lines. He should have no objec-i lion to introduce a provision in the Bill, allowing a power of appeal, but it must be to a qualified extent, and on such special points as his Majesty in,Council should regulate. There could be no permission to hear evidence a second time, as that would tend tO endless discussion. With respect to the disposition of the surplus, after the pay.i. ment of all the adjudicated claims, that was a pre inattire question,,and would better be deferred until the fact was ascertained. The Bill was then read a second time, and or-. de'red to be committed to-morrow. POOR LAWS. Mr. S. BOURNE moved the second reading of the Settle ment of the Poor Bill. He wished to have that done in the mean time, and that the Bill should be printed, in order tG put Members in posseSsidn of the detail's, and prepare theist for the further discussion after the Holidays. After some observations from Mr. Bankes, Mr. P. Lewisi Mr. Gordon, &c. the motion was agreed tu. Lord CASTLEREAGH presented some Papers relative to the Ulainis of British Subjects on France, which were read and ordered to be printed. The Poor Rates Misapplication Bill has ordered to be read a second time on the 26th of April. An Account was ordered of the Produce or the Consoli dated Fund, front dilly 1816 to April 1819, distinguishing each quarter, with the Amount of Interest paid on Exche 7 titter Bills ) relating to that Fund ) by Government to, tho Bank. Mr. GILBERT niovedi that the second reading.of the Bilt for regulating the ()thee of Lord Justice General in Scotland be postponed till the 26th itistant.—Agreed to. QUALIFICATION OP MEMBERS. The further consideration of the Report of this Bill wall resumed. - Sir G. WARRESDER stated his wish that it should me before the Holidays . , as the question .was of - considerable in.. terest. . . Sir C. MONCR said, that before Such alterations were in trOduce.d into the law relative to Scottish Qualifications, it was proper to attend to the provisions Made in the Act of Union.—He saw nothing in the pleasure to induce any ra pidity in its being Passed, and he therefore hoped that the Honourable Baronet would not press it. Mr. GORDON saw no danger in the Bill passing, because it was well known that every Candidate for a County in Scut.: land must have property in thatkCotinty. After a number of observations from Mr.'Tennyson, Mr: Primrose (the new Member for Stirling), Sir George Clerk, &c. the Bill was ordered to be rid a third time on ‘Veties 4 day. S - -- veral accounts presented from the Stamp-Office on the 4d of March, relative to the Assessed Takes, syere ordered tat be printed. The CHANCELLOR of the EkCHEQUER brought in * Bill for regulating certain Annuities bra the Waterloo Fund. Which was read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time on Wednesday, and to be printed. The Committee on the Excise Licenses' Bill was posponed till to-morrow. The Scottish nuelling Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed on the 27th instant. - The Comiaittee vu Ways and Means Was postponed till Wednesday. • The Report of the East India Gpods Bill was brought nr} and the Amendments agreed to.—Cltdered to be read a third time to=illOrrOw. fiCOTS JAILS; Mt. uttilt:TEct. 'BLAIR moved Int leave td bring. in a hi lt to enable the Shires and Stes:tiattties of Scotland to give aid for the improVemetit and enlargement of the jails in the Royal Burghs of Scotland. He thought it a question of great imporiance. The LORD ADVOCATE Of BcotlAnd felt that the motion was of such very great importance to the people of Scotland, that he should give it his warmest support.• The Bill was the►i brought in, read a first tittle, and ordered to be read a second time to-morrow. Sir GEORGE HILL brought in a Bill to compel County' Treasurers in Ireland tit rive secutity for the public money re= ceived by them.- , =-Read a first time: Sir OF,011(;; HILL brought in a Biil.td etialiic the Posts ntaster , General of Ireland to red ii• mail coach toads: COAL TAX.. • Sir GEORGE CLERK presented a Petition troth the tree= Holders of the County of Edinburgh against any Duty uti Coals at the pit mouth; The Order df the hay rot taiting into Considetaticni the Petition of the Licensing Magistrates of Plymouth wasdis- Clialged on the motion of Sic W. Congreve, Bart. The Bareinet stating there wai not the slightest foundatioti for the hiotioif made on a former occasion. The other Orders of the Day were disposed of, and the Houk adjourned at Half - -past Eleven oiCluck. 14 7