The Sun. — London, England, 1821-04-10 00:00:00

TO WEBSTER, IVF.DDER,BURNE, ESQ. ALBANY, APRIL 9, 1821. DEAR St lose no time in redeeniin? . the Pledge I pave to you yesterday, namely,Al7af in the arrangement. with: Lord -FOLEY Of the, affair b etwixt Lord .PrrEasnAm and yourself, I-should c "sider your honour as my own, an:t hold my - . w se '. ll re sPonsible for any blame which might other -t-hiSeiitttach to ion from my conduct ; and it is in the hope of preventing 'the necessity of any fur notice of the transaction on the part of your self or friends, that I ..presume to trouble the Public with a statement so materially involOing th e honou r Of all parties concerned: I must .ob serve, in the first:'Place, that .PreViens. to your aPPliCation to me; you had received a communi cation fr'oni, Lord F4EY' On the part of Lord ' I :ETERSII.4m, informing you of a false and scan "alonS report in the newspapers. of -the .affair b etwixt you which his Lordship - fished to . be c)ntradicted, to which you replied, that' you could not hold . •yourself answerable for such : tat ernents, but that you sho u ld b e h a ppy - r ° receive a n y f u rth er comm u n i cation f rom hi s Lordship on the -subject. You afterwards re veiveda second' letter from Lord F OLEY , en ct::Lng the copy of a paragraph in contradicti o n 'e'abore• statement, to which he requested Ur sanctian, and your first visit to me was to 11 ,1 41 ' 11 unicate your answer .to this second l e tt er , ir ''erei n you had declined sanctioning such 'con t4dietion.; leaving. Lord iP?r.En4llAm to make m, 414t eVer statement he might deeM proper, and nUirself a t lib er ty t o act upon i t - as t h e. occas i on ,ght. demand. In .state the affair I .in terfered, by- ca lli ng u p on • L or d F OLEY, an d a f ter ,communication With Lordship, and f ▪ u er inquiries which, in justice to: both parties, Co nsidered - necessary t o ma k e , remained per le:US' 'convinced of the co rrec t n e ss o f Wh a t hi s .2rdship h a d stated tome, namely, that no t o nly :h a t had occurred at the meeting had been grossly I ( :".srep resented, but that the whole .affair had ri ginated in - a mistake,: and whilst I consider ° , 4 l' feelings t o h ave b een very natura l , un d er a 4 ; li se impression 'of the fact, I must also add, as pY °Pinion, that under such circumstances Lord - 1 1 .!:rcitsnAm could not possibly have conducted i mself with More honour, temper, discretion, or si i ' ltl ernanly feeling / than he did' on that' Occa..- t ". With this impression o f hi s L or d s hi p ' s ‘.ll l.d uct on the one hand, and the impossibility of ."111' sanctioning the cont r adi c ti on o f a statement, wh ; or 'eh might be supposed to have originated with, t ° have . been sanct i one d by y.ourself..on the holler, I saw no means o f d o i ng j ust i ce to t he 41 _,pur of both parties but by the step I took, the lea-ring to those who may feel interested in matter to jud g e o f it s p ropr i e t y , I w ill on l y la`i that, having been the sole cause of that de -41;1'1 which, in such cases, may be an irreparable i t iu rY to the honour of the party suffering from •1- trust that s u ch c ons id era ti on may j ust if y t h e war m/ but very sincere feelings as to Lord PETER ett conduct on this occasion, which, under 4: circumstanc e s, should hav e 'th oug ht un sZary t o have expressed. Iremain, dear Sir, yoUrs very faithfully, "'„i% „ . . CHARLES PALMER. t ° -,' ) 7'e are not acquainted with the particulars of the affair r:kry -li th — ; the foregoing letter relates. Vut we are persuaded that -01 10 — 'ng prover is tO be expected. from' -the good sense arid toriv•l4able feelings of Coloriel.PAinE it ; and we.. are equally iced that Lord PE T E RSHAM iS:Of too amiable and.spirit (L'atacter either to give or to bri.:o% an intentional offence. 51.115 . . , 1266.111,1 01 , ...3a..2,31111111 , 11111 • • prts T IIEATRE.-The only change-in the re- Q, en tation of Venice Preserved . la s t ni g ht a t 1 . - 11 " t Gard en Th e at re , was the assignment of thi ' ;'e to Mr. ABBOTT, instead of Mr.M 4 CitEAnY, t ptter not h av i ng f e lt himself sufficiently easy tact part , ' Mr. ABBOTT sustained it with cha pia:'istic s p i rit, and was deservedly much ap- Mr. C. K EMBLE never tools more pains ea s i .t ith lietter effect in 'fajiei than on this oc- Pro, ° , k We are. really surpris e d a t th e rap id I vett e of AIiSS DANCE. Iler Belvidera was so ~e°tweived, and supported with such energy, y ~Ars t be deemed extraordinary indeed in s o ed,:ctiso'd a performer. Th e box e s were crowd 'tt -nd the audience were, att e nti ve an d lib era l PPI34 se. • . S' tp, l , l ' J. P. L-ErcEsTEß.—This gentleman buthas - tql -NI his Gallery for the present season, bia,re tf 4 riore limited plan ; too large an asern 'l'lturs having attended on former occasions. o tts\l!' '''vitations are now left to Mr. YoUNG, Who a 4n t ig Q ' is them with discretion, and . who has thad . 1-40:1-giut,, ac•cci . mpanied with correct and beanti 'it -Cilat.s. The 'worthy - Barone t ! has added to I'lre°'l(!etion sevr.r-il works of the ,!,r . iglisii .,,, Scheo , l', i e l i • , • ‘• ~ ‘ 4 t ae continues to patronize with hi. usual 411 d liberality.. • , q t ., „ ;I'tts,- rrincess-AtigiTsTA,to say, we are - happy 1,441,...iNat deal better of her cold yesterday. u tl",• 4 ` 3 v al Highness - received visits from the tt, c ., l- s s ' of .GLOOOESTER, the Duchess of CLA -80;1'1'5 the Princess Sdrui.t, and the Princess itoth-aiiiiII‘.:TATILDA. The Duchess of KENT sent 4 5 ' , I nquiries respecting the health of "her -1,4t313, s"ster. 'Yesterday, Prince LEC)PO.II . re wii.p-t. town from Claremont. In the evening 14 )s- °Yal itighneSs . gave a grand dinner to a nu olts • rt ( i l) . Party at:Marlborough House, The . Duke tlitt,;.‘ttclieSs of,Ct...kREN CE had a select party to "' Yesterday. 40,:sterday Prince LEOPOLD returned t 0,,. town hes Claremont. In the evening his Royal iligh ls,,i,ave a arand dinner to a numerous party at I.l,,:tubreuql ,House, at which the: Duchess of c tll g i t was to have been present ; but We are con cl, ed to say, her Royal Highness was not sulli- v l , 4,l(ltiy rvcovered from her cold to be able to at- Th. • tq t, t. remains of Mrs. EILTSToN were Consigned ittttil,e grate .on 'Saturday last. Arr. B!.:AsTON to o L(kt i' the mournful ceremony, a due respect 11 .,, tle of the best of wives, and most amiable of ',,tiln. - • . . q t :., V.t ' 'lamet to bear that Mr. ROWLEY, the in,,i:_lig Gentleman of Westminster SChool, Whose ,i(.4llc.holy accident we mentioned yesterday, att,,lldt?:s morning at two having been ert i i ne by Mr. o'clock,AsTCooeca and other t ' sit ' o n " '" dic a 1 InPll. An Inquest is summoned estibZistltie'xl.,otly this evening, at the Deanery. PARLIAMENT, . . lIOUSE OF LOADS, Aram 0. `Fitt Marls of Charlemont, Kinnoul, and-Rad nor, and Lord Abercrombie, took the oaths and their seats. C43II3IIIDG£ UNIVERSITY. The. Duke of GLOUCESTER had in his hands a Petition from . the University of Cambridge,- praying that the Bill new in progress through the House fOr'the relief of the Catholics might not pass into a law. In consequence of the situa , tion which. he held, he 'conceived it to be his duty to present the Petition, but on this, as on former occasions, he wished it 'to be understood that he should not take any part on . the Bill now before the HouSe.—The Petition was then read and laid on the table. MISCE LLANEOUS. Mr. Serieant •ONSLOW.and others • bought up the Irish -.Law of Treason Bill, with a n . amendment, fnin the Com mons; and,. on the motion of Lord HOLLAND, the amend ment was - agreed to, and a message was sent.to the - Commons to inform them that their Lordships had adopted their amend ment. iiconnt SlDMOUTH p resented a Petition from the Corp ora • tion of Falmouth, against the Catholic Bill.—Laid On the !Able. The Earl of HA RRO WBY presented a similar Petition from Newcastle-under-Lynn.—Laid on the table. The Marquess Of ANGLESEY' presented a similar Peti tiOn from the Corporation of the Boroughof Caernarvon against the Catholic Bill.—Laid on the table. The Marquess of CAMDEN presented a Petition from the Corporation of Canterbury.__Laid on the table. Similar. Petitions were presented by the Bishop of Ch'ester from the City. of - Chester,' And • the Archdeaeonry of Wells, in the Diocese of Bath and*Wells. By the Bishop of Ely; 'from . the of and, by the Bishop of S a lisbu r y, fr om the City and the.Archdeaconry of Sarum.—Laid on the table. The Marquess of - BUCfcINGHAM; presented. Petitions from the Farmers of the southern part of Buckinghamshire,. and from the - oWriera and'accupiers of Land in the County- of Buckingham; praying for agricultural relief.,-Read, and laid on. the table.• , • The 'Earl of FORTESCUE presented Petitions from the Owners and Occupiers of Land in Six Parishes of the, County of Gloucester, praying for agricultural relief.—Laid on the The Bishoo•of ST. DAVID'S presented Petitions from the Clergy of the • Diocese - of St. David's, and from Five Parishes in the said Diocek., against . the Catholic Bill.—Laid on the table. The Earl - of VERULAM presented a Petition to. the same effect from the toynofSt. Albans. Laid on the t a bl e . Lord ROLLE also presented Petitions against the Catholic Bill from the Rectors and Churchwardens of three Parishes in • .the City of Exeter.—Laid on the table. • The. Earl of EALCARRAS presented a similar Petition from the Dissenters •of • the Staffordshire Potteries. Laid on the table.. . •-• • . . The Marquess of LANSDOWNE presented a P.;,,tition from the Owners and Occupiers of Land in the County of Wilts, praying for agricultural telief. Laid on the table. POSTPONEMENT OF THE CATHOLIC BILL. The Earl of DoNouGnmo RE said, that though no man could be more anxious than he was for the passing of that Bill of grace and justice, and mercy, which had come up from, the other House of Parliament, and which related to that class of their fellow. .subjects who• professed the Roman Catholic religion, yet as it was desirable that on a subject of. Such importance. they should have as full an-attendance as possible, he wished to post pone the second reading for .a few.days. Know ing (hat the feeling of the House went along with him in the opinion of the great importance of the measure, and aware that many Noble Lords were now on the road who were desirous to take part in this discussion, he should move that the order which stood for to-morrow be discharged and that the lititise be summoned for Monday next, which he understood would be the day most con venient to all parties. Lord .13,0r,LL thought it rather hard upoit those Noble Lords who had regularly attended their Parliamentary duties, that any delay should take place •on account of those who had absented themselves. The Earl of DoxouonmonE suggested, that whatever advantage the advocates of the Bill might be expected to derive from the proposed delay, it would at least afford the Noble Lord an opportunity of adding to the number of his Peti tions on the other side. Lord Ror.Lt said, he was much obliged to the Noble 'Lord for his hint, and expressed his con viction that the more the subject was considered and discussed, the more would the Table be co vered with Petitions. The. LORD QUANCELLOR wished to ask the Noble Lord whether he was determined to bring on the motion on Monday next ? • The Earl of DONOUGDMORE said be would un doubtedly move the second reading on. Monday, and lie hoped the, Noble and Learned Lord would be prepared by that time—(a laugh). The LORD CnrusCELLoa said he was prepared for the - discussion to-morrow, or any other day, but he had important duties to perform, which made him anxious to understand whether the debate would certainly take place that day or not. The Earl of DONOUGHMORE replied,- that he had no wish to interfere with the very impor tant.duties of the Noble Lord, and therefore, he would distinctly assure him, that on Monday he would undoubtedly propose the second reading' of the Bill. The motion was then agreed to, and die House ordered to be summoned for Monday next accordingly. On the motion of Lord , Hor.LANn, their Lord ships agreed to the Amendment made by the Commons in the Irish Treason Acts Bill, and a Message was sent to communicate the same the House. GRAMPOLIND DISFRANCII/StAIENT BILL. The Earl of LAUDER DALI presented a Petition from the Borough of C rampound, praying to• be heard by Coimsel and Evidence against the Bill now in progress, for the Disfranchisement of that BoroUgh. The Earl of CARNA !iv° N- said that if the Pe titioners were now prepared, he should have:no objection to the prayer of the Petition, - but if, as he apprehended, the object of it was to inter pose delay,and get rid of the Bill by a side.:wind, he should. certainly resist that mode of *defeating the measure.—What he proposed was, that they should •go into the evidenCe now the holidays were approaching, and the Bill had already lain three weeks on their Lordships' table, so that even without considering the length of its progress through the Commons, the Peti tioners had ample time to be .prepared. It was not a little extraordinary that they should now think of coming forward for the first time. Unless- it was their Lordships' wish to put an extinguisher on the' Bill, they could not object to proceed immediately. He was not one of those who would shrink from the performance of -his duty, but if they postponed ',the present. Pill so as to defeat it, he would -not pledge himself to Undertake the introduc=tion: of it again after such a proof-of their dispositlou to wards it. The Earl of LAUDERDAr.c cl.ttied that the Pe titioners wished fur any unnecessary delay, and said that they -had instructed him td t ,t.ate; that if their Counsel had not been absent they - would ready to proceed that evening. - The Loki) CHANCIEL;II.,OR'Saiii, lie would be as unwilling as any one to agree to an unnec e ss ar y postponement, but if only a few days were asked for - an important purpose,' the case was different. In the ordinary Courts of Justice it was neces sary that a person should 'receive notice of -trial some time beforehand,- and here, when notice had been given, it was only reasonable to ask for sorne . delay. •• • The Earl of CARNARVON observed, that the Bill had been 20 days on their Lordships' Table, it was a matter of public notoriety, and there was no person Whose duty it Was to give notice of trial to the Grampound parties. It was also' to be recollected, that they had summoned ,unwil ling witnesses, who 'might be:tainPered with in the mean time. The Earl of LAUDERDALE disclaimed any wish .to get rid of the question by a side wind, or to avoid stating the obiections• which he felt to. it in the face of the country. • . The Lotto CuANcr.r.roa could not help think ing, that 'if there -were persons in Grampouud who were innocent, they ought to have the be nefit-of Counsel upon•this measure, which, *as in effect 'a. Bill of Pains•and Penalties against - them. Lord If or.r.Alsto thought-that the regular course of proceeding would be to agree to•heari the Pe titioners by Conisel, and then to proceed imme diately - , unless- proper reasons for postponernet were stated at the Bar. . . The Earl of LAUDERDALE said, that all the Petitioners required Was a delay of three days, and moved, that the second reading should- be . postponed till Friday. • EarI•GREY never heard a proposition for delay so ill supported. No manoeuvre would be more. effectual to throw out the Bill than such-a delay. The discussion in the Ilouse of Commons was alone a sufficient-notice to the-parties. • The Earl Of WEVEMORLAND was decidedly fa vourable to delay. The Marquis of LANSDOWN was ready to ad mit that if when the• Bill . was brought. into this . House, a fortnight ago, the Petitioners had re . - quested delay, it would but have been reasonable . to have granted it ; but now the case was entirely altered, and a more suspicious application than that now made he scarcely ever heard of. The Loan CHANCELLOR, said, that he • was of opinibn that the Bill might not to pass: As for his part he had no anxiety to have the question postponed, he would as soon be chained there that night as any other ; but in justice to the parties, he was of opinion that some delay was necessary. The Earl of LtvEaroo:r. suggested that the question should be postponed to Wednesday twit. After a few words from the Earl of CARNA YON, the second reading of the Bill was postpon ed accordingly. UNION DUTIES. The Earl of DAnNLEy moved for the Copy of a Memorial presented to the Lords of the Trea sury, signed by the Governor of the Bank of Ire land, praying for a modification of the Union Duties, imposed by an Act of the last Session of Parliament. After a few words from the Earl of Limr.RicK, the motion was agreed t 0.,• The House then ad journed till to-morrow. lIOUSE OF COMMONS. Mr. R. SMITH moved that the short-hand writer on the Committee appointed to try the merits of the. Iledon Election Petition, have leave to give evidence at the 3liddlesex Sessions on an indictment for perjury.- ; -Leave given:. CORNWALL PETITION. Sir W. LEMON presented a Petition from. the freeholders and inhabitants of. the County of Cornwall, prayin g th a t h er Majesty may be restored to her rights ; that the country should be relieved from a portion of the burdens by which it is now borne down, particularly from those taxes which afrect.the agricultural interest ; and, finally, that the Houseshould agree to a moderate reforth. Mr. xIIEMAYNE concurred with the Petitioners in their prayers f; sr economy, 'and fbr the restoration of the 'Queen to her rights, but he was opposed-to any measure for changing the constitution. of Parhament..—The Petition was laid on the Table. Mr. ASTIXY presented. four' • Peti t ion s • f rom M e lk s h air, Trowbridge, Bradford.- and another manufacturing place- in Wilts, Trayinglor a Repeal of the Wool Tax. , • Mr. 1. BUXTON gave notice, that on - Wednesday the I?th, he should call the attention of-the house. in the Papers which had been presented to it respecting the linrning•.of-?Witiows on the Funeral Piles of their Husbands in India. Mr. TB.EM Al . NE presented four Petitions from the County of Cornwall, .complaining of Agricultural Distress. • Capt. WE3I VS presented a Petition from Kilkally, against the Duties on Norway Timber. • . . . Mr. 11. 'BI Allt •presented a PetitiOn from the Society of Solicitors against the Court of Session Bal. : • • CORN AVER: -0 Mr. BARING presented a Petition from the- Proprietors of Bonded Grain at Dundee, agailist .my alteratit-. of the ave raps of corn, or any measure that -would tend to advance its price.—Referred to the Committee on Agricultural Distress. FOREIGN WOOL.::-: • • • Mr. T.-WILSON . presented a Petition from. certain 'Mer chants and Cornfactors. of the City . of London, and certain Im porters and 'Consignees of foreign. grain., on the same subjeet._ Referred to the Committee on _Agricultural Distress. Mr. T. WILSON. then presented- a Petition from contain Manufacturers, Merchants, - riral Warchouseruen. °film: City-of London against the Foreign `Pool Tax,. .- ..To show the injurious operation of the tax, the Hon. Gentlernalf etated several facts. Ile had 'received information . American ship4,bing loaded with wool from Spain. •. Ile , - bad- also-intelligence from Liverpool that 250 bags of wool, unable to:pay , the duty,. had recently been shipped from that port to America. ; The opera tion of the duty compl a i ne d o f was. thise.t forced foreie,n wC6I that used to come here to alter countries where it could be Ma- . nufactured. There, in.conSequence of ear laws, it was obtained at a cheap rate; and acting on this principle, we.madc the 1)6- ple of the United Stat2s Inanufw:turcrs, whether they would be so or not. • We • thus deprived ;Ourselves of a•profitable trade whist it had hitherto been the policy- of , :this country .to enem rage. He had a conmiunication from a manufacturer that morning, who told him that so far from.havhig the sale he for • nierly had for cloths, he . ..Considered nearly the whole of the • trade to be -lost. Rethought it behoved those who.had propos:A this measure for the relief ofthe..agrieultural interest, to consi der whether they had not done others much harm, without doing themselves any good. • Mr...BARING said, as a Noble Friend of hi' , !lad given no tke of a motion for the repeal of the Wool Tax, he would tot now detain the Rouse by going into the suNeat, but he was of opiniortthat a more importunf, question conid not come before Parliament. If the house did not attend _to the Petiiionti on this subject from various , parts of the!country,. he Was 'afraid that we should be in danger of losing the•woollea . tride. Mr. lIUSKISSON thought ...it would be better- to . go into the subject when, the motion o' which notice had been given should be made, than • upon. the et'-parte • statement just .made by the /lon. 3l eui b er for he City of London, acd • there fore h 2 shoun init'Ve whet he had to gay On- the stthjert for a lature.occ:asio;.. The pi:tide...l was orlertd bc printed. NEIVINGTON, SELEV.c.! . .p Mr. H. SUtriNER revival of the l'tiewingthn lect Vestry Bill Committee. fie itnew tiie House vas unwill ing to hear any details'on the ant:. he abStain ed froni entering into arty ; and-slionit! nak,: intq.i.on simply hoping that. the Coniniittee N=Tuld enter ilpoh 2 hns'ivesS tni the'honest intention of consi,"..ing the merits of the ca.se. Mr. BENZ! E2' praisai thecoaciatoq In inner - in which . the lion. Member for Sarrey t he willingly assented. A conieisation took place as to el:, day on w7dell the Com mittee b:lould begin to sit, 41ether to-morrow or o - a Friday, Intwecn Mr. It. Sumn e r, Mr. DeniAon, P.. V;(11!..m Sir V," . . Crespigiiy, and Mr. Aldernem Wdod ; it wits itaall; agreed taat the Committee should sit on Wednesday. . CON 'WAY . ti 1)(1.E. In a Committee. of tltc wl;ole lipase, CANNINd- rose to ,:nove a . 11r ant to defray t:l2 expense& .I.recti:4 a kfiidge Uoilway Ferry. li e sho u ld then m :colove that an and be paia on the .postage of ad letters carried over it, aad the surn thus raised, vita the toll that, would be on it, would ireet the elh*.:.wo, so that'ultimately the public would be Paid the sum which it was now proposed to advanc•.!.. lie moved. that a grant, not exce , :ding sh.mli. be made, cat of the Consolidated. Fund to defray the- :: - iponce of erecting a fridge over Conway Ferry. • • A conversation. -of some „length is which ;lir: J. 'Smith, Mr.- Bennett,. Mr. Abercroniby, Mr. liuskisson, Mr. IL Parnell, Mr. Aid. Wooa, and Kr. - Com:pbell took a part, - after yid* the Resolution wa.s-agrewl to ; a WZIS one for imposing an idditional charge on the pt.Nstage of Letters passing over the. Bridge. he llobSe then resumed, and the Report OE the Committee was ordered to be received to-morro-,V. Mr. Alderman Woos pc tinted . a petition from the Manu facturers of the town of Chippingham, in against Foreign Wooh—O r d ere d t o I le on the table. Mr. 1-',ENNETT ga've . notice, that On - the 17til May, 1 - . e would move for leave to bring in a Bill for, better C,e independence of Parliament by excluding Place:::: in that House. • • AFRICAN COMPA NY. •, ..0n the motion of Mr. Gourdlunti, the House went into a Committee on the African. ... BENNETT ohjected . the clause fob givi;lg con - Ter.:- action to the Officers of the COmPanY. The Traethle of giyin , . compensation had become now so . g,eneral, th beat it Ought to Opposed. h4r. GOULBURN contended, that as the Hon. Gentleman did not object (so far as he could collect) to the possessions of the African - Company being taken •'from they:, the .proposed compohsition ought not to be opposed. Thishease was distinct from most cases of the kind, and the individuals in question had particular claims to compensation. Young men had gone out from this country, and resided'on the coast of Africa for in e, ten, or fifteen yeahi, and thus given up every prospect that they might have had in England. When the Company was done away, these individuals would be unemployed.— Would the Hon. Gentlemen turn these Gentleman adrift, who had iong resided in a most unWholesotheiliniate, engaged - in the discharge of a public duty ? Their situation he spewed to be . one of considerable hardship and difficulty, and at the same time he contended that the measure in question would prove one of economy. MIME maintained it was jlct the Wish , bf his Friend that these individuals should go without compensation, but that to which he had objected- Was the giving of Govern ment a discretionary power to conipensate theth. wished the-pensions granted to be brought betbrethe Ilonse. His ob jections to the clause, as it stoo-lh were such, that he intended to divide the /louse on it.. Mr. GORDON did -not approve of the course t a ken by hi s Hon. Friend, whi c h went to omit the clause for compensating the Officers of the African Company, without proposing any other mode of reMunerating thena—(" No, no," from Mr.. Hume and Mr: Bennett.)—ll' his Hon-- Fliends only wished to . obtain a check upon Ministers, he had no objections to the cour e se they were taking.. GOCLIBURN offered some further explanations of the clause, and said, it was not proposed that the compensation should extend to those who had but recently gone out -to the coast of Africa. After some remarks from Mr. are and Mr. SMYTH, Mr. BENNETT moved, that an addition should be made to the clause, . declaring that the allowance now : proposed should .not be considered to be finally and conclusively granted till the subject had been b rou ght aga i n rimier the con iteration of Par liament. This amemtment was agreed to. - The remainder of the Bill was gone through with ; and 'a cleese having been agreed to, placing the partS now in the pos session of-the African Company unaer the same laws as Sierra Leone, theJlouse resumed, and.the Report was ordered to be received to-morrow. BANK PAYMENTS. The Order of the Day for the Ifouse resolving, itself into a Committee on the Bank Cash. Pay ments Bill was read. On the motion for the SPEAKER'S leaving the Chair— Mr. BARING rose, and said he had originally , intended to .move an instruction to the Commit tee, to consider what alteration it might be pro per to make in the, provisions of the Act of the .59th Geo. lit, cap. 49, with a view to relieving the pressure which had been produced by the at tempt to carry them into effect; but it having occurred to him that a Committee of the whole House was ill adapted for such an inquiry, it appeared to him to be ,abetter course to move the zrppointment of a Select Committee, for the purpose of reconsidering the whole question of the ,currency up stairs. Having on a former evening stated his opinions on this subject at much length, jw should not.....detain the Mouse long on the present-occasion, but shortly refer to some of the points he had then touched upon. Looking , throughout the whole kingdom, no,class of socie ty could be found. at ease ; .distress in a greater or less degree. affected all; but it was pressing with peculiar severity at this moment on the agri cultural interest, .to which ..no possibility of a remedy appeared as yet fo be foreseen, but in some measure' which should raise. the price of produce beyond ‘vhat• the other interests of the, community-could afford.. The main cause of these distresses appeared to him to be in the .alteration of the currency.. ,11 is lion. Friend ; behind him (Mr. Ricardo) thought the difference was e.ne notl worth consideration—,not more, than fir=e or six per. cent, ; to him, however ] it appeared ; to be , reatly . beyond that amount, and to fall little short of 39. or 33 per cent. •if Gentlemen..thought that the difficulties :in the way - of th operation of the Act of 59 Geo.: - were of a nature easi ly to be overcome—if they thought -the causes. of the present difficulties were:-not deep-rooted, hut would shortly work their own cure, he could not expect them to yield easily to his motion, for he most admit that it was most important to touch this sttbjectus tenderly a's possible. Par liament had some years ago adOpted.a resolution that the currency ha:d 'suffered , . no • depreciation, but in 18.18 it discovered - that resolution• to have been founded on an' erroneous principle, and adopted a measure for restoring, the , currency to' its former standatdOhe operation of which-upon those who had acted upon the faith of the pre= viuus resolution', was to reduce them to a most perilous state, nearly approaching to ruiia. There was hardly a county in - Englaud in .which were not to be seen farmers pressed to the ground by the weight of contracts, which the alteration in the currency rendered them unable to 'keep: If this , hvt been the result of over,tratling 'on the part of the farmer, he should_liave•tlrought it as little entitled to relief as overtrading.of any other kind ; but if, as appeared'to hitwto be the.case, it fuld.been produced .by reliance on the Tesolu tion and the subsequent Act. of the Parliament,: he could not but think thy had a claim -upon the Tavg;shiture for relief. Th:-:re were vatious causes width "might occasion a variation in the price of commodities; but when they found thAt -..-./. a corresponding rise or..fall. took platte .i:r•the pric6 of all articles without. exception, it was a proof of• an alteration in the star,: u 1 by they were measured. The .present low price of corn was a grievance -to the farmer . ; but cornois . compared with all other Coomodities, such. as . leather, iron, &c. was nearly in the same state as... before.; therefore the general depression was to he attributed to the alteratiOn of the curreney." ; Gentlemen might say, "All this is•Vory true. ;:..• but then there is ito remedy but a'seturn to the , depreciated state of the currency." He, how ever, thought. otherwise. The currency haVing" for a long course of years been in. a depreciated - • state, during which contracts of every kind,wgre entered into and engagements nrade, whenever any alteration 1V,3 S made with a view of restor ing the currency to its ancient standard,lustiCe' • required that the rate of such contracts should so regulated as to conform to whatiwas, borne in the minds of the parties at the time when they • were made., Prior to 1797, Old . and '• jointiy formed the standard of this coinitrx . gold at the rate of pt. 17s. 100. and silver 15s. 2d. per ounce. Gold now remaioed at the same rate, but the silver currency had been 're- - .duced to 4s. 10d. making a difference:of aboul'7, per cent. He contended 'that. .a correspondin t ; • alteration should be made in the rate of,the gold. One main, cause of the difficulties attendant on the , change in ,the_ currency, and from whi c h arse the, distresses under ' 'which •the country •: now laboured, was, that the prices of conimodi .ties do not - and will not immediately follow the al. aeration of the standard, but are slowly, and at the cost of considerable suffering.forced after it. ;For instance, take the case of any species:vita.' bour in the rnetropolis y that of stone.cutting i for example.; .a mart,. by his work in.that business,. earns now from thirty to forty shillings a week, a rate of wages which certainly cannot last under an increase in the value'of money: But -thela. bourer cannot be reduced to take lower wages,. because lie has been so lon , accustomed to that scale, until he .is greatly distressed. The' ells-• tress which will cause him to take a lower sum: • must be brought about by the necessities of the master from. being compelled to lower his prices to his customers, who shall have been inducedhy. the advance they have experienced in the value of money, to withhold their orders until the nomi nal amount of the pricesshall be reduced to a levet corresponding with that advance. Although he believed he stated more strongly than most - Gen.' jlemen in the outset, his belief of the difficulties in the way of a return to-the ancient standard, yet he was now convinced that lie had greatly undervalued them ; he was convinced indeed that it could not be effected without • operating the greatest injustice in its effects,: upon pre-ex isting zontracts. He, therefore, felt strongly impressed with the necessity of _re-examining the. question in all its bearings, and no time could be so well fixed for the re-examination as the present; because, if they waited another year, the injustice would be still greater in its additional effects npOR all contracts entered into in the mean time. The Chancellor of the Exchequer Migh,t congra tulate himself on the stability of ,the revenue, but if he thought his present sprtern: of - finance. could be maintained under a variation of the currency, he could assure that Rightilon. Gen tleman he was greatly mistak e n.. H e conc l u d e d by moving— That a Select Committee he appointed to examine thn provisions of fie Act of 59 George 111. cap. 49, and to repro,: their opinion, whether any and what alteration might he made in them, with a view to'allcviating the pressure which they have. produced and are still producing." Mr. ATwoon seconded .the motion. He said the House could not be ignorant of the sensible • change that has taken Place in the country, and' he 'knew of no other cause to which that could he , traced, unless t o th e c i rcu l a ti ng nredinni, and -the standard of value which we ourselves haveintro .duced. Various opinions haVe been entertained as to the 'extent of the depreciation; but it'has affected the whole country—agriculture, manu factures, and commerce - havo been all affected ; and it was absurd to attribute it to . some causes to, which it has been ascribed, namely a supera-. bundant harvest, and the importation from Ire._ /and; It therefore became the . duty of the House to enter into an entire investigation" of t .‘ tt case, and to dispel th a t obscurity' and absurdity, in which it has been enveloped.--(Cries of Hear,. hear!) -L-It would hot . 'be .considered that. he meant any disrespect to the Gentlemen composed the Committee in' 1810, when ha. Said_ that much had been left undone by, them, atui it therefore became the duty of time House to dci it now. The standard of value had been altered' of late in every manner—one time it is raised, another time loWered..! In fact. there were no • means by which it could be varied, lisft,undone, Or at least unatteMpted ; and when has it been that Government understood the ini portance. of the, measures they 'undertook, when they ,tampered with the •sta.ndardOf money?=,.. They ,give us a standard of °tie day to meet the :engagements of ,another. this cause, the distresses of the fartner, Merehant, an,a, ma. mufacturer, may all botraced7 7 to this.poin; they' are all determinable.—(Hear, 'has' been stated that the'reduction of e.irculation has , been occasioned by the fall of prices, "This is not, the case, for the reduction of circulaticri must always occasion the fall of prices in fact, was so self-evident, that he was ashamed to occupy the time of th e Hous e on it. Il e wou ld, however, read a passage from a . celebrated au thor, Mr. Locke.—(The Hon. Member then • • read an extract from .Locke, which stated that the removal of money fry::t any country must al 7 ways occasion a .fail of price.s.)--This is pre cisely what this country has'experienced. Have we not witnessed a. proposition in this How t,6 hand over a part of the laud to the fundhol t i e f, and do ',ye not also know there is a divosition iyi the former to take liberties with the fandhblder ? Such a.state of things, cannot exiEt; it is 'a most dangerous thing to set one part of the people against the other. Let the Government give back to the,courktry that standard of value in which the„debt.has been contracted, the taxi.S imposed, the burdens of the country and all the