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TI, a—Verhally.
Comtninioner TREllif.CK—Then Mr. Chamben mutt be 1.71.
&mined on that point.
Mr. Chambers being asked w Nether be had trade curb a pro-
mise. admitted that he hail. 1/1111 the whole debt was allowed to be
proved, but without privilege to vote for the choice of as.ignee..,
the money having• been paid by Mr. negate since the Awns elf
thpcuturnievion.

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'l r. Tooke then reported the result of the castings in favour of
the true n►mes proposed by Mr. Mayhew, es fellows :
Credttors who attended and voted, proved debts to
the amount of - - - - V 9.739 8 3
Creditnrs who voted by Powers of Atttorney granted
to 31r. 'l'cotte, proved debts to the amount of

01.200 0 u

Making a total of - - 180.934 3'3
With ouch a powerful array of claims presented to the t'olamis.
owners' notice. he thought it scarcely necemary to say When the
preponderance of interest inclined.
Mr. Haat tteOrr said that he should still object to Mr R ',cheek/
Crroume's election elan assignee. Ile wan a yonog man law corne
of age, wholly dependent. on his lather, living in the house wish
that tither, and pf course wholly under his control t to that al-
though the CoMentenioners had already rejected Mr. Groorce,
he would critenkiltly, though not nominally. he the asitignew, add
have unlimited power over the ~I:airs or the bankrupts. 3/r. PM-
Inilt ort then hinted at the trar.eact:mie of the Committee, for which
Mr. Groom., ten, had been ?erected. •
Mr. PoLt.ock observed that it was meaty to throw out insinua-
tions to which the party impeached could net teldv..
The.Covesstssioxans decided that throbjectios was not 'RM.,.
cieatly sustained to warrant their :ejecting 3haenkitiott (home*,
and the live names originally put in for nomination were duly
elected.
The Meeting then broke up.

PARLIAMENTAR I INTELLIGENCE.

HOUSE OF LORDS, THU asnay, Fri.?.

Vestrreaiiileing the day appointed for the opening of the Sett-
.- aLe
an et era, the necessary arrangements took place for the
ceremony, insthe present tension, wet perfwerneW'
by, s Cumunesioners. his Majesty baring previously signified
Intecaten btirg present.
At twelve tAlock the customary itrApection of the cellars, he.
-illont the Dome of I.ords, h the presence of Lord Uwydyr, ttte-
!..ord (heat Lttamberiami Sir T. Tyrwhitt. the Usher of the Black
Ttod, and a party of the Yeomen of the Guard, &c. took place :
ont ise the King AO tot attend the Moose, they were not in full
l'ourt costume. Th. ,artichlar cellar that went by the name of
" Uey Fawkaa's teams, tl,e one ie which dug conapiratnewae
covered, co longer milts, having been demolished is making way
for the sew committee.toorne, libraty, 82. recently
• rri4ted for the Homier& Lords.
It pita be in the teeollection of onr readers that, in the year
10.4. a Royal Coromission passed the Great Seel., which appointed
..10`r4 Gifford to act as Deputy Speaker of the House of Lords, in
•the abitetice rf the Lord Chancels'. We sincerely regret to state
ti the continued indisposition of the eminent person who has so ,
• •Prigt. so ably, and so courteously presided in tbelr Loitiships'
//Mgr Mould have green rise to such a contingency. and Lord
.'ford Orter Ted rtsterday. At twenty minutes past two o'clock.
'.ere Elris of Westmorland. Shaftesbury, and Harrowby, and Lord
iiiturd, haring taken their seats as his Majesty's Commissioners,
toe Lk putt' Valet of the Black Rod was ordered to require the at.
tel),ltsi.ce of me House of Commons below the Bar. In a few
minutes the Speaker appeared, accompanied by a large portion of
Members. The Royal Commission appointing these Noble lord!
mart bang read, the Deputy Speaker. Lord Gifford, eleliveted
the following Speech in a very dignified manner
" lip Loads mid Gentkmen,

• Ws are commanded by his Majesty to inform you, Oat his
Illsjaify has teen with regret the embarrassment which has occurred
falba rcunlary transactions of the country, since the close of the
last Session of Parliament.

" This embarratamcnt did not arise from any politieni events,
tithe: at home or abroad; it was not produced by any unexpected
demand upon the Public Resources; nor by the apprehension of
ar.y Interr iption to the general tranquillity.
" Senn• of the CaLISCI to which this evil must be attributed lie
without the reach of direct Parliamentary interposition, nor can
Warily against the recurrence of them be found, unless in the ex-
perience of the sufferings whirl► they have occasioned.
" Cut to a certain portion of this evil correctives at least, if not
e frectital remedies. may be applied ; and his 3lajesty relies upon
your wisdom to devise such measures as may tend to protect both
private and public interests against the like sudden and eiolert
~",lattnns, by placing on a more firm founihition the currency
and cireulating credit of the country.

"'Hitt Majesty continues to receive from his Allies, and generally
from all foreign Princes and States, the strongest assurances of their
.frietnily disposition towards his Majesty. Ills Majesty, on his
part, is constant and unwearied in his endeavours to reconcile con.
flitting interests, and to recommend and cultivate peace both In the
Old World and in the New.

•• His 3lajewty commands us to inform you that, in pursuance of
NEM,. his Majesty's mediation has been successfully employed
In the conclusion of a treaty between the Crowns of Portugal and
Brazil. by winch the relations of friendly intercourse long inter-
rupted between two kindred nations have been restored, and the
indeocoJence of the Brazilian Empire has been formally acknow-
ledged.
•' His Majesty loses no opportunity of giving efl.ct to the prin.
vi!)lev of trade and navigation, which have received the sanction of
Parliament, and of establishing them as fax u possible by engage.
tralit4 with Foreign Powers.

" His Ilikiesty has directed to be hid before you a copy of a
Convention, framed on these principles, which has rectntly been
concluded between his Majesty and the King of France; and of a
similar Convention with the free Hanseatic cities of Lubeck, Hee.
aunt and Jiainburgh.

" Ilia Majesty has likewise directed to be laid before yon a
copy of • Treaty of Amity, Commerce, and Navigation, con-
e:Laded between his Majesty and the Republic of Colombia, the
ratifications of which have hem exchanged since the close of the
hiat .4ealion. For the carrying into cffect some of the stipulations
a' Treaty, kis Majesty will have need of your assistance.
" liss Majesty regrets that he has not to announce to you the
terrn.ration of hostilities in India ; hut the operations of the lut
campaign. through the bravery of the farces of his Majesty and
of the tact India Company, and the skill and perseverance of
their commanders, h►ve been attended with uniform success;
and his /lleesty trusts that a continuance of the same exertions
may lead, at no distant period, to an honourable and satisfac-
tory raitheation.

His Majesty's attention has been dincted to the consideration
of several measures, recommended in the lest Session of Parlia-
ment, for improving the condition of Ireland.
" The industry of that part of the United Kingdom, his 3lajesty
bad the satisfaction of acquainting you, is in a course of gradual
and general advancement—an advancement mainly to be attributed
to that state of tranquillity which now happily prevails throughout
all We Provinces of Ireland.

"Gentlemen of the Norse of Commons,
" Hu Majesty has directed the Estimates for the year to be pre-
pored sod laid before yes.

•"'Thef have been framed with an anxious desire to avoid every
expeaditure beyond what the necessary demands of the public
service may require.

" fits kajesty has the satisfaction of informing you that the
produce of the Revenue in the last year has fully justified the cx.
pectations entertained at the commencement of i:.

" My Lords soul Gottlecten,

" His ilajtisty deeply laments the injurious effects which the late
pecuniary aisle must have entailed upon many branches of the
consnserce and manufactures of the United Kingdom.

"But his Majesty confidwidy Whores that the temporary check
ws,ldt commerce and manufactures may at this moment experience
will, under the blessing of Divine Providence, neither impair the
great sources of our wealth, not impede the growth of mime'
proaperi ty."

. . .
The Commons then withdrew, and the Lords Commissioners
retired to disrobe.

At five o'clock Lord Ourroau took his seat upon the Wool-
sack.
The Earl of LIVERPOOL moved the first reacting of the Se-
lect Ve.triss
The King's Speech was then read, first by Lard Otrrotis, and
afterwards by the Clerk, after which,
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The Earl of VEItULAM reee to move the Address. The Noble
1:srl observed that, ip rising to move an humble Address to his Ma-
jesty, he considered it s task teen easy nature which he had to per-
form. Ile Mina difFealty in addreesiog their Lordship on the pre-
sent occasion, when there was nodomestie calarnityof an alarming
nature to deplore--no foreign warfare to contenffiwith. He bad to con-
/casuist': their Lordshi's upon the situation in which his Majesty's
Message and their Lordships' own conviction showed the country
to be in. With respect to the late difficulties in pecuniary truism-
dans i but man was born to trouble. and it unfortunately hap.
petted on the present occasion that his Majesty had to atJuth to tem.
pornry ditficultite, which must be of shunt duration. The ffrat
was the extraordinary and unlooked fur panic which suddenly
seized the people. This panic was the more extraordinary. as
money wan name plentiful last spring than he had ever known it to
be. This very abundance was in a great degree instrumental in
producing the late embarrassments in the continereial communityi
Capitalists were not satietied with the low rote of interest, and thee.,
were led away into wild speculations, which ultimately produced
no return. ft became necessary for those ads enturers to moct other
engagements, and in thsir efforts to sustain this stretch of their
credit distrust commenced. The bankers were drawn upon, and
the stunt spree,' through the country. Parliament, he hoped, could
devise wine measure so correct if not to check the dangcmus tend.
ency of inceutious specula:ion. This was tile main cause of the
late pain., which like a torrent, for a time carried desolation with
Iles Meisel, had recommended to their Lordships t 3 devise
Mane measure to remedy the evil, and he was certain the appeal
would not be in vain. He would remind their Lordship of the
manly and spirited meaner in which the preature was fel: by
merchants, sad other individuals, and by his Alajetty's
Government also, es sustain the coedit of the nation in the hour of
trial These were Cluns of cougratulatiou and triumph. hush
exertions and partial sacrifices would restore and improve public
credit, and plane it upon a more solid basis than ever, whilst the
unfortunate experience of past calamities would correct the .wild
extravagance of speculators, and teach them leSsOrei of wisdom and
moderation. kits Majesty had also occasion to allude in talus of
regret to the necesity of continuing the war in. India: but it spas
consoling to reflect that it was not originated for the purpose of ex-
tending empire but from necessity, and the datervintation to sue.
tams the notional character for that pre-eminence which always
distinguished it, and which would always' by her: best safe-
r/mil quart aggression. It was necessary far dm security
of our dominions in lodia to establi‘u our lere-endhente there.
A sincere subject of congratulation was the .filsrx* asoucances
which his Mejesty continues to receive from fegJign wit*, who
wpm anxious so extend the blessings of peace to the whole world.
Wkh respect to the treaties and conventions which:kis Majesty had
directed to be laid before the House, they could ant Mil to meet
with tboir Lordships' CODelltreace, as the object of OA negotiations
bad been to emery into effect those very measures which they bad
Osetiot.oned:lme jam. The state of Irelaod naturally attracted
ahasssios, atosioa of his Majesty, and it was pleasing to olisorre

the rapid improvement of that cottony. k:aucation,•and the ate iin-
proventerits in the administration of justice..tentled mach to the
permanent tranquillity of dim country. His Ltiedship sold that he
codl4 not better cdercluile his address than
.lay nuntiag the let Pa.
rsgrapti of his Itlejesitie ttpeeellt. which 'etas expensive of the con-
fident hope that " the temporary check which counneree and ma.
Inifactures at this moment experienced, wilLittalertthe blessing
Plrivine Pnvri4ence, neitherimpair the great enurces of Our vrealrh,
nor impede the growth of national prosperity." Tire Noble Lord
thcn mured en Address tea his 3lajesty,. which was, as usual, an
echo of the Speech.
The Karl od SLIEFFIELD rose to eeenna the motion. Respect
for their Lordsfaps won prevent him from trespassing upon
I them at anylingth: It efts a .subject of congratulation that peace
.11041 ptomain, prevailed,' In the partial embarrassments whieb
'lately *nutted, the stiplevininufactume of the country remained
unilisterbed. and at tar * he was acquainted with the landed
interest no materiel injury V/144 Sustained. The spirit of combi-
.
Dation was 4n-stet% and the trade of the country was now in a
state of solid and permanent improvement. Ilia 3lajesty had
called their Lordships' attention to a treaty of commerce and na-
vigenion with f'olombia, which could not foil to give their Lord.
ships great eatisfaetion, and which he hoped would tend to the
the extension of that country's trade and resources, and be condo.
1 rive to its complete and biting independence. The war in India
was another subjectfor their Lordships consideration, as that war
became necessary for the security and character of British dominion
in India. It was imisfactoty to perceive that the prudent arrange.
rents of the authorities there secured success, and would, he had
no doubt. le:ftl to a happy issue. During the two lam Sessions of
Parliament the attention of the Legislature was directed to the
state of Ireland, and much good had been effected in that country
by an improvement in the administration of justice, which gave
confidence and security to a degree previously unknown iu the
country. The cordial feeling of amity expressed by foreign powers
towards this country was highly gratifying. and he hoped the ;min-
i ciples of trade which were sanctioned by Parliament would extend
all over Europe.
Lord GIFFORD having read the Address,
Lord KING said his -.'.%fejegy had stated that embarrassments
had occurred in the pecuniary affairs of the country. This was
must certain, but why not state the true cause of those cuibarrase..
mcnts p Ile would state his own opinion upon the subject. These
difficulties were in some measure owing to the Government,
partly to the country bankers. and partly to the Rank of England,
whose monopoly was Injurious to the best interests of the country.
Government had lent themselves to that monopoly. The tendency
of all the measures of the Government, as connected with the
Bank, was to create an excess of credit, which led to those fatal
speculatior.s. The object of Government was to reduce the rate of
interest, and they commenced by reducing the interest upon Ex.
chequer Bills. The Bank had greatly aggravated the disorder of
the currency. Tire Bank of England was a machine ton vast for,
the control even of Government, and it was established upon
principles contrary to common sense. The Directors had no direct
interest hi the manegetnent, but have they no indirect interest ?
They had, by their increase of issues in the years 11323, 11124. and
1826, encouraged those wild speculations they now condemned.
I It would unt appear on the face of the Bank Returns that the
issues bad increased ; but, by reading a book just published, en-
titled CaosiJerations on Mc State of the L'arrene.y. by 11r.
ITooke, it would be seen that the averagassues of the three yeats
were as follow :

11sz3—.c 17,760,473
1814— 10,011,573
1826 20.881,1 M.
The fact was, the Bank was too strong for the Noble Lord oppo-
site. But it was to the country gentlemen that the Government
yielded most. To please them high prices were kept up, and he
should like to know whether there was any prospect of reduction
in the p►ices of provisions ? With the view of ascertaining this,
he would put a question to the Noble Earl opposite at what time
are the Corn haws to be revised ?

lewd
LIVERPOOL--I shall answer that question by and by.
Lied KlNG.—This subject brought to his Lordship's mind
that signal defeat of the Ministry last year upon the Canada
Corn Bill. Then the Government were obliged to yield to the
country gentlemen. The Bill was carried in the House of
Commons, but when brought up to their Lordships it was
lost. This was a bad way of supporting Government. In
fact, the whole system of the Corn Laws was a gigantic job.
It was impossible that it could continue--according to all the rules
of justice and sound policy it Muhl not continue. That was, he
believed, the only assembly in which the necessity of cheap food
an. not admitted, and if such were the case lie could only ray that
the House enjoyed a very bad distinction. Their Lordships were
eutliciently sharpeighted in putting down those who employed
themselves in the destruction of machinery, because machinery
Raved labour, and upon machinery depended nearly all the wealth
of the kingdom. By its means they were enabled to have every
thing at the cheapest rate, and dierefore were its destroyers crushed ;
but corn, which of all things ought to be the cheapest, their Lord-
ships seemed to think should continue to be grown with much
labour. He was told that the welfare of the agriculturist required
a protecting duty, and that if unrestricted importation from the
continent were allowed it would be his utter ruin. Ile (Lord King)
was, however, prepared to deny that their Lordship% had any right
to prevent its importation, for in proportion as the agriculturist
might gain by such a measure, in such proportion would be the loss
of the consumer, and in such proportion also would they proclaim
their own injustice to the world. lie remembered a passage in the
life of that celebrated voyager, Lemuel Gulliver, who, at the Court
of Itrobdignao,:had given an account of that august assembly, their
manner of administering" justice, the purity of their views, and,
amongst other matters, stated that them first and primary object
was to protect the sgriculture of the country. Their Lordships
would, perhaps, recollect the comment of the nionarch of that
country upon the description given by the traveller of their usual
mode of procedure. " You are," said he, " the most contemptible
race of beings upon the face of the earth, and your rulers the most
despicable.' (laughter.) He felt so imperiously the necessity of
a revision of the laws regarding the importation Of corn, that he
should move as an amendment, that words to the following effect
be added to the concluding paragraph of the addreas—" That as
the best means of securing and extending the prosperity of the
country, it was requisite that the Corn Laws should undergo the
revision of Parliament."
Earl ORCkiVENOR said that it was not his intention to
go the full length of supporting the amendment, but at the same
time he thought it advisable that the question should undergo an
early discussion before their Lordship. Ile sincerely regretted
that his Majesty was not enabled personally to attend the opening
of the Session. lie had heard that his Majesty leas to have dime
so, and he feared that he was prevented by indisposition. The
speech which their Lordships had that day heard was of a very dif-
ferent description from all the speeches which they had hitherto
been in the habit of receiving. There was nothing is the state of
the country either gratifying or satisfactory, and it wait highly cre-
ditable to his Majesty's Ministers to have Liaised so humble an
Address, and it was slao creditable to them that they had not at.
tempted to mark that state of affairs which bore an unpromising
aspect by prominently setting forth every cireummance which
could form a subject of congratulation. There were, however, one
or two points. which had trot beep adverted to by either the Noble
Mover or Seconder of die Address, upon which Ile wished for some
explanation. It was recommended in •!ie Speech that the currency
of the country should be placed upon a firmer foundation. lie
wished to know upon what firmer hasis it ctioid be placed than time
at present by law established ? It would be very. sa:istactory to
the country to ha made acquainted with the intentions of his Sla-
jesty's Government upon :hat subject. It was also stated, not-
withstanding the unfortunate state of the couuery that die revenue
had answered the expectations of the Ministry. lie piesumed froin
this that Alinisters did not anticipate, on the whole, is larger Tree-
nne than in the piecediag year, in consequence of die mimics taken
off in the list Session of Parliament, or else that ha failure to a erre
trio extent hail been calculated upon in consequence of the enibar.
easements of the country towards the close of the year. He had
for many years advocated the propriety of adopting and adhering
to a strict system of economy as the only means of relieving
.:hie
distreases of the country ; and'he now snore than ever wished to Imo
press upon their Lordships the necessity of forcing sudli a system
upon the Government. If it had been earlier adopted, the dies
tresses which they now deplored might never have existed:
An immense saving of expenditure might hate been el-
, (toted by the reduction of the army, for, in time of
peace there was no Teased Oh te)th why solatt-e a military establish-
ment should be !septum This was a question of great importance
in a constitutional print of view, as well as respecting a system of
national economy. There was no necessity for so great a tnilitary
force, and those reasons which had been advanced Were the most
fallacious imagiouble. The meeting of the radicals at Manchester
was the !argent which had ever taken plate in the kingdom, and
was held at a time when angry feelings were at their highest pitch,
and yet that meeting had been dispersed by a mere handful of yea-
nien. With regard to alw war in India, if the resources et the
country had been properly husbanded, it would have been found
touch easier to meet the vast expenses of that war ; and here ha
visited to observe, that those who commenced that war, and those
who 'continued it, had much to answer for before their Lordships,
and would, be trusted, be called upon foe a clear statement of every
circumstance which ad to those lerailitiese The state of Ireland
tonna 'soother plea for keeti:ng up a military force, and indeed
in that muntry, which he could not allude to without emotion,
three-foorrth% of the infantry of the ration were dimmed. He
thought their Lordship* had much to answer toe in disappointing
the hopeta of the Cetholics, slid lie was ec..vinced that if their
prayers weft acceded to, that force might at once be withdrawn,
and the coantrs thus relieved from one great MI:AN:ea expeuditure.
Their Lordships were at this moment more than et er called upon
to caor.omise, for it was impossible to foresee the extent of distress
which the preterit psnies might give rise to.
Lord TLY NIIAI4 7014 to oppose the amendment, Ile woe; he
said, extremely anxious that the people of this country should have
corn and meat es cheap as possible, yet it was accessory to Attend
to the interest of die agriculturist. The Noble Lord thing) niust
surely perceite that this country was in an artificial, situatiun, and
could not be legisletetafor on the sameltrinciples as might be per-
' sued towards countries situated like Fiance or Odessa. it was
i wrong to impute the distaches of the country in any measure a hat.
soever to his Majesty'sltliristers;
:they should rather be imputed
to those who had compelled them to a measure to which they were
opposed—he alluded to the abolition of the Property. Tax. Lie
hoped the Noble Lord s °old agree with idoi in thinking that
those distresses ought to be in some degree attributed to .he reduc-
tion of the interest on the national debt, which tendercti capital of
less value, and also to the eel:erase et the metallic cerrevey of the
e
kiagdent.
The Manly is of LA NSI:iOWN said
that he f,:!: it to be quite
unnecessary then to enter upon lb, discussion of such a subject at
the corkney, without the reqdhute inforrnadou to enalal.! their
Lordships to arrive at any satisbetory dateraticatiun. Le fell, in-