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PARLIAMENTARY IAVTELLIGNATE.

HOUSE OF LORDS. Ali:owner, FEB. 6.

Lord Gifford took his seat on the Woolsack to act for the Lord
Chancellor.
The Clerk called over the names of tne Peers who ate to sit in
rotation to hear appeals.
Mr. Johnson appeared at the bar with certain papers from the
bash S.cretary of State's Office, punuant to Act of Par.
Dement.—laid on the table.
Mr. Tomline brought up papers from the Treasury respecting
the Levant Company—Laid on the table.
Mr. Jackson. from the Clerk of the Crown Office In Ireland,
brought up a return to the writ to elect an Irish Representative
Peer in the room of the Earl of Donoughroore, deceased The re-
turn was read, by which it appeared that Lord Farnham was the
Pea elected.
Certain Peers were excused attendance in consequence of their
respective ages exceeding seventy years.
The Duke of Wellington and the Marquis of Hastings were
also excused, both being at present specially employed in his Ma-
laity's service.
Viscount CURZON presented a petition from %Vitham, In Essex,
spina Slavery.
Marl SPENCER presented a similar petition from Ports-
tmouth.
The Earl of LIVERPOOL presented his Majesty's Answer to
their Lordships' Address, which was ordered to be entered upon
she Journals of the House.
The Earl of LIVERPOOL laid on the table a copy of the late
Treaty with Colombia, and other papers relating to it.—Ordered
so be printed.
Lord I FFORD said he had received a letter from their Lord-
ships' Clerk, Mr. Cowper, in which he stated that, in consequence
or deafness and severe indisposition he was obliced to ask their
I sordships' permission to resign. In this letter Mr. Cowper ex.
presses his deep sense of obligation and gratitude for the conde.
emending Indulgence which he experienced from their Lordships
during forty.one years services under their Lordships.
The Earl of LIVERPOOL said that the unanimous feeling
of regret which prevailed among their Lordships at the necessity of
their worthy servant retiring through indisposition, induced hint to
mark their Lordships' feeling upon the occasion. His Lordship
would therefore give notice of a motion to that effect, which he
would submit to their Lordships to-morrow. The Noble Earl then
rive no:ice of a motion fora copy of the correspondence between the
first Lord of the Treasury and the Chancellor of the Exchequer,
arid the Bank of England, respecting the limitation of the Bank's
Charter.—Ordered.
The Marquis of LANSDOWN hoped the Noble Earl would
izelude in his motion all such papers as might be necessary or use-
ful in enabling their Lordships to meet the great evil which it was
intended to remedy ; and as he did not perceive any allusion made
to the country bankers' note, his Lordship gave notice of a
011)t10.1 for Thursday, to ascertain the quantity of small notes in
etreulation and other documents connected with it. Ilia Lordship
slid not male this motion in any spirit of hostility or opposition.
The Earl of LIVERPOOL requested the Noble Marquis to
eonsider whether there might not be 1141ble difficulty in connecting
these motions, but he had no objection to the precise motion which
the Noble Marquis proposed, if the Noble Marquis would live out
the particular papers, to which he (Lord Liverpool) would give
every facility.
The Earl of LAI7DERD.ILE wished to know the nature of
the remedies which were intended to meet the present difficulties.
It was a most important subject, and therefore fitting and exile.
client that their Lordships should have every `.reformation ; in fact,
their Lordships should be in poosessioo of the whole subject before
they attempted to devise remedies upon this important occasion.
The Earl of LIVERPOOL had no objection to procure every
anfotmation, but his Lordship thought one course of proceeding
which might be right in itself might be very inadvisable in con-
junction with another.
The Earl of CA It NARVON wished for a return of issues of
Bank notes since 1792. His Lordship's wish was to ascertain
1:ow far overtrading was connected with those issues, and
to ascertain front the Noble Earl (Liverpool) whether it was
intended to appoint a Committee to inquire into the causes of the
present distress.
The Earl of LIVERPOOL said be had no inteotion of ap-
pointing& Committee, and if the Noble Earl would look at the Re.
puts of 1797 and 1819 on their Lordships table, be would there
find a great mass of information, which, if connected with later fe-
ta* s, might supply all the Noble Earl wished tor.
The Earl of lIARROW BY thought with his Noble Friend the
Earl of Liverpool, that the returns of 1797 and 1819 might save
the trouble aping back farther than the hitter period.
The Earl of LAUDERDALE said there were separate ac-
aunts, some weekly, some monthly, and some quarterly, and
be wished for one uniform return. His Lordship also would
move for a return of the rate of exchange between this country and
Paris, Hamburgh, and Lisbon, since the year 1824, and of the
market price of bullion.
The Earl of LIVERPOOL—Perhaps you bad better carry it
back to 1822, 1823. 1824.
The Earl of LAUDERDALE assented.
Lord ELLENBOROUOII wished to have all the information
it was possible to collect before their Lerdshipeatiempted to legis-
late upon the present state of the currency; and ass anxious
that the motions to be so framed as to secure to their Lord-
ships a true knowledge of the stare of the currency ; and his
Lordship wished to be In possession of the *hole proceedings of
anantry bankers.
The Earl of LIVERPOOL wished spin to say that he had no
objection to procuring the fullest information, and would enter into
the fullest arrangement as to the time. They c,uld compel a
return from the Stamp-olfice ; but they had no power to compel
she Bank to make any such return.
The Earl of LA rDEItIIIA LE was aware that the Stamp-office
could furnish a return wf the stamps to country bankers ; but what
his Lordship wished was to have an account of the entire circulat-
ing medium of the county. lie did not see why the Bank Di.
rectors should be ashamed of giving an account of their issues.
It he was a Bank Director he would impress upon his brother
Directors the policy of acting openly, aid endeavour to give the
?abbe an Insight into their proceedings.
'the motion was then agreed to.
Lord KENYON presented a petition from R. S. Cooke, claim.
act of the barony of Statibrd, praying their Lordships to correct
some informality in their proceedings.
The Earl of LIVERPOOL was anxious to bring their Lord.
skips' attention tea subject which had been under their Lerdships
consideration during former sittings. At the close of the last see.
Won his Lordship had made a communication respectlng appeal
eases, which was then considered satisfactory. It would be most
desirable to adopt sonic course to keep down the business, and for
that purpose he would propose to set sable one day in the week to
War such appeals as were amde during the session..
The Evil of LAUDERU.ILE did not think one day in the
week sufficient, and he also thought such course would delay the
decision of old cues, but his Lordship wished to diminish the num-
ber of appeals.
The House adjourned at six o'clock.