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extent. He conceived they ought to merit and point • miller, and it i. fur preferable ihat the whole
our the particular matters to he inquired bites. Ile jsr t should he examined in one consiecied view.
le•oild have • Cementite, specially appointed to lie (-mild nor, ceetwimently with his polder du:y,
inerstivite one brunch of a *abject, and, when int:twee.- what lit. illtelltioll% were with respect to
their billows were finished, have another appointed the thidoei.il oprriattotis of the ef 11111 l ry, hut he
to inquire into another doyenne) of it. The power !mod the public would recover from the OLuw mud
would thus he kept in theer own Raids—and no ms.er,sprehrsisiona %%Inch lIIIW unhappily prevailed,
Committee would be called on to proceed with an and to the 1111.411 time he could aware the Ilem.
investigative that could not be concluded no a pea. Member aril Ilse [louse that fie slamlel not pro iiiii te
minable time. -• gear, hear.) any raale or ill-mistsed measure, fluting the sittiog
Alderman WOOD denied that th increase of of the Secret Committee, having for its object the
crime was attributable to the number of welshers n diminution of the circulating medium of the come-
and cadres whiesn the return of fierce had tensed I try.—C rear, hear.)
Is, h-eu lie had had from 60 to tto of alr. ELI.ItE •rid, that gre:it alarm did. Indeed,
them brought to fore bun dads. chiefly es paitswr,s, prevail to the mercantile world respecting the
hat he scarceli recollected an insigne,. of their hr. bable measures of his Majesty', Government. Ile
I°K *crowd of theft. U e principal cause of the i feared also that much more was. espectrd from the
growth ..f mime was Ihr eti.ions winch presaeleil of Bank than it would he potsible fser st to fulfil, Per
anft. ring izo or tao per. ris„ who were sreetesiceel • while the public was anxious fur aro increase of
to transporeation, to rentriet in die 'pot 01 Neu, it was thee desire of the Ilisuae of Continuos
pate, for a considerabte tunic, before they were bent shat the ',mars should be restrained, and it was
oust ssf tbn cuentry. Ap.other reason was, no cm- quite impossible for the Bank to gratify beats
ploynieut whatever bang loond fee persons des. 'miters. It might, however, temd to remove the
charged from pool, present alarm if some intimate's') were given of the

Mrs BUITON contrived, that the subject was very
worthy the console-reboil of the H row and of Go.
viontnent. Hr was ea efol to the Lord for
the candid mop e io which he lied sitsiken of him—
het be hoped his Lordship would not thiuk it
&sus. If be denied ■ position which hi.. Lordship
bed emanated to him. He never mei:monid that
toe euelesore caws, of the iocreu-e of eriitie was to
Le sought for on the prt”.esit situation of our I/1141111S.
He viola assure the Nohle Lord, if lie :iscribui
inch tin opinion to hini, that he rive to him semi-
went, winch br tirver uttered, and combustors at
which In had never :irrieed—wesitimeuts sod con.
:is absurd as they were false. What he
111.1ive,Nivril wit: this. that one cense of the increase
of crime, and II very great one. will the detestable,
the eliominable state of our gaols at this moment.—
This „,,i„;„„ hr niessoit not to retract, all he had
seen, sod he had heard front others, convinced
him of its propriety. lie considered our prisons
tti 1.111111714 anti seminaries of the worst vs. rise—
hcar.)--it was most melutrcholy to watch
Ili. I:rot:It-so. of a youth itnissiered in one of
those see es of wretchedness and depravity, for
pedlar. sflllir Fiala Off,l)Ce• He was addicted, pro-
bably, to idleness. flow was that cured ? By
roottnuing hum in the grossest idleness !—(lleer,
hear.)-11r might bare as proprii•try to bad com-
pany. How was that remedied ? By sendissg
enningat the worst of the hionan species.—He
might hare committed some traltog act of theft.
Aod how were his evil habits to be corrected ?. By
placing him amongst tholie who would teach him to
thieve with greeter security and profit.—(Hear.)—
]t was melancholy to see how tuna he caught the
manner, the tone. the language. the esprit de
eorps of those who surrounded Wm.—U*o/.4
Hr longed at last to rival these whose villainy was
of the deepest die—he because anxious to be trek.
oned amongst those who were the most hold awl
intrepid violators of the law. The idea of labour
was soon hateful to him. He become a
and. what was iiihottely worse, he was made au by
the institutions of his country.—/Hear.)
The motion was then agreed to.
Lord CISTLIREAGII then named his Committee,
of which the following are Members--
I.°rd Cestlerinigh
Igir J. Mackintosh
Mr. Cauning
Mr. Bennett
.Me. fYNmot
Mr. 11 Clive
Mr. frithurst
Mr. V. FitZttersid
Sir N. Colthurst
Mr. W. Wynn
On the motion of 11;.. BEN 1%; rrr. the Brood on
the state of Prism..., and the Police Report, were
referred to the ssid Committee.

iiiteinions of the Government respecting the pay-
ment or the, monies due to the Bulk of England.
He shield therefore risk, whether ally alteration bad
recently taken place iii the accounts between the
! Government and the Bank ?
Thr CHANCELLOR of the EXCHI QUER said,
! 'that, although not quite in oral. r, he trusted the
[louse would excuse him in giving some explains-
Amu to the Honourable Nlember. He conld heel
no difficulty in saying, that .nice the accounts had
I been laid on the table, no further repayment had
! been made by the Government to the Bank. In
the Ways mid Means of the last year provi-ion bad
been made fur repaying a \Mil of right
but not more than five millions were actually paid.
This was in consequence of the way in which the
last luau was taken up. It was at the option of the
contractors to pay in money or in Exchequer
Bills, sir that it was impowiile to foresee how 1111101
would be paid in money, rod how touch in Ex-
chequer bills by which metros the payment to the
Batik was rendered uncertain. The Ways sod
&leans were not yet sound tip, lie therefore could
not say whether any further repayment would be
made.—The tine was then put and carried.
Mr. 11. Curs:, by command of the Prince
Regent, laud on the table several Holum% relating
to the state of the Gaols in the United Kingd
The House then adjourned at hall-pest nine
o'clock.

Sir W. Seott
Mr. Brougham
r. Si s jean! t'upley
Sio A Piggott
Mr. A•dru
Mr. Wilberforce
be Atturury-Gtneral
Si► J. Newport
Mr. Stuart IVortley.

ISSUFA OP THE HANK.
Mr. GgRAID CALLA GU A N said, he 1088 for tl e
purpose of moving, that there should be laid on the
table certain accounts relating to the recent issues
of the Bank of England, for the purpose of thence
ascertsnsing, if passible, whether the present de.
teriorated state of the public securities had arisen
from soy diminution in the eireulating medium of
the country. Them returns were also desirable on
soother account, as they would lend to esonesate
the Rank from the imputation, that had been cast
on it, lie doubted nut unjustly, of its giving as-
sistance to tlw mercantile coucerna of the county
with a confined and unwilling hand. He reusarkeil
on the recent and rapid fall in the funds, whit!'
was attributed to the reduction iu the issues or the
Rank, and repressed a hope. Best peudistg the coo-
inanition. of the question of a mettlesome, of the
Bank Restriction, before the Secret Committee,
the Chancellor of the Exchequer woold not pro.
mote any melt-ore which would tend so diminish the
circulating medium. He then moved, that there
be laid upon the table an account of the nanther
of Rank of England motes and Honk post bills, is
daily circulatioo, from the Mils of January too the
lid day of March, 1819.
The CHANCZILOR of the Examoock was very
happy that the Hun. Gentleman had made this
motion, as it afforded I n opportunity of gm.
ing to the House same expl. tiint.ou upon subjects
on which much inisrepresentat MA misappre-
hension had been entertmlitil. To ihi. alone he
was Maimed to all ri but e the recent fall ii lie pith-
hc fur so far was it from bring caused by
any unoilliugness in the Rank to continue its usual
indulgence to the public, that, stillest the accounts
now moved for should be laid on the table, it
would be sees, that nut rosily hod the Bank nut
diminished its issuer, but that the present amount
of its notes in circulation was to high. it not higher,
than before Christmas Ina.—Wear. Is car./—lt
ems very desirable that the Secret Conimirtee should
bring in its Report as soon as possiii'e, as that
would tend to dowipate muth of the alarm and ex-
aoretation that ro.w prevailed ; hut it was still
more desirable that the Cointuittce should bring sit •
well-digested Report on the varitiussubjects submit.
tell to their consideration. lithe sole question for
tioir cnivaderation was, whether the present law for
restricting cash payments by the Bank of &gland
should be cositintied, or should be suffered to expire
on the s!lt of July, it would be ilesualtle that the
public thould lie pia is eit the opitiiona
1.1 the Committee as sins as possible. Rut there
ate o• her gm.stiuus emaireterl with this subject,
alu tend to delay the determivation of the Cow.