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, lie 'IAN. It was unfair, every thin:: considered,.
;to wait fot the final report. 'lime most manly and
ra
Iliberibilitde would be to form the iusinuation&
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gsi First Lord of the Admiralty, apd bring
them openly before Parliament. By the present
system, the matter would be left in a very r.:l-
- state, autLin the present i:nportant situ-
ation of aleirs, whet' there seemed to be a com-
petition between two boards ; those r. ho deserved
-the honor of having done every thing to cone&
Abuses should receive it.
-.-Sir A. HAMMOND explained, that what he
! alluded to in respeft to the Hoard of Admiralty was
. rot meant as any imputation, hue that the Navy
. Board could not, under the present system; go on
as pleasantly as it might otherwise.
Mr. WHITBREAD in reply, observed, that after
what had been• said, he did sot mein to persist in
his motion, but to be distinSly informed, before ho
relinquished it, at what time any motion on this sub.;
jest would be brought forward
The CHA EL NCWR of theTEXCIiEOI.T. ER
said, that it was certainly his intention to bring the
abuses alluded to, and the report of the commis-
sion, under the consideration of Parliarnein,in the
course of the present session, but co •i.' specify no
particular time for doing s 6.
The "louse then agreed that time motion should be
withdrawn.
After a short conversation, the third reading of
the Woollen Menuladurers Bill eves deferred to thA
day se'nnight. ; The Ship burning Bill was read a tlArtlo tirae, anti
passed.
!.! The Report of the East India ";hipping Bill was
ordered fur to-morrow. •
On the Report of the Scotch Militia' Feliertille
- Col. ,BAGIArgLL Fare notice of his leteetion t 6
Move for a irrtiliii: Dili' noire:and, where the w.ves
of men, after lee leg their huthands, to; ether with
their families, tvere, according to I.lw, liable to be
ploceeded apinst as vagrents.
: Ms'' COW Y assured him, that in any rntereure dr
that kind which was prarticableeile rely be assured
or the eoncurrence of the Gervernment. • 'I he ate-
. cessity.of&och a system had)ong been felt, but he
had seen no Oen yet which wes r.ut liable to nu::
nserotri ol?jeflidns, which it would afford him great
pleasure to -044 trie ussistance in obviating. !
Mr. M. FITZGERALD announced ids intent •
th a opirofing sifpiritieeisuee-Whenever It should
be•broug he le,mvard: • . .
Mr. "WILBERrJRCE *as proceeding to ex-
pres his sentiomentt, when he wet called to orde4
1 as the Speaker olio:pied that, tte,ceaversation was
totally upconnetted with the sohjeet of the Scotch
Militia. . s. s . .
The Bill leas theft-read a second time.
The Bill 'fair affording - merchants accoinmoLla-
tionsio trade, was brought up and agreed to.
RESTRICTIONS ON TILE Ins!' BANK.
•Mr. CORRY, (the frith Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer.) moved, that the House should resolve
itself/Tao a Committee, to consider of the propriety
of restrietlng the payment of notes, by the bank ef
Ireland; which being complied with, he expatiated
on the propriety of the measure, while the same
system was pursued in England, and rendered a
matter of exigency; by the great issue of small
notes for silver in that country. He otierved.
that there were a variety of opinions on the
subject, and he wished to give every Gentle-
man an opportunity of making *very possible in-
quiry, before the Houle came to a final determina-
tion. He wished to have the report printed, and
the consideration of it deferred until 'the Ist of ita-
nuary, 1804., by which time the Parliament would
have met again; in order ;het Gent's:Mei Migio.
determine What was best to be done. ,
Colonel BAGWELL observed, that in the coun-
try in which he lived, there was scarce any silver
whatever, and unless a silver coinagewas substitut-
ed for silver paper, it would be impossible to go coo
If the paper we suppressed, it would be absolutely
necessary to have scene .seboitute. 1
Mr. CO RR's.' repeated. that there was a great va-
riety of opieieee. en the subject. some persons had
stated; that in coneeeenenee of the silver notes sil-
ver had decieased.:l This was no; a time to argne
that subje4l, it Might be fully discussed next Session
of Parliament. He had stated that the silver paper
should be stopped on the Ist of itraary, 1804, tin:-
less the Home, which would certainly-meet befori
that time, shoidd,:elmilik.preper to order to the core.
miry.. 'the .tinwe to enter upon the sulejeel would
be in the alert Session of Parliament:. • He declared,
that in the province in which he lived, there we're
no such things as silver notes; silver was as eleraer
as in London. He believed there were persons wile,
t:tkinf.., advantajeof the Bank I:estriCtion Ad, het
get the silver into their .posses-non, and either hoard-
ed or sold it; it. was owing to that circumstance the
silver had disapee.ued. 1 heepeople, in consequence
ef the facility efferded by the use of their paper,
were relieved from mtmediate ernbarnitement. The
persons who had ' issued these notes were in posses. .
sion of al! the silver, and to that was owing the scare
city. Ile was of opinion, that the stoppe;;seef the
silver notes would be the means of producieg toe
silver that was hoarded.
Mr. WICKII AM was of opinion, that the issue of
silver netes was not necei:ary. Ile certainly shouid
support the measure proposed by the Hon. Gentle,.
man. One of the (neural:tante:s which proved to
him that such notes were not necessary, was, i:-..4 •
they had been introduced for the purpose mentioned,
that they had not been issued by any of the re-
speetable bankers, at least not 'to any extent.
Col. BAGWELL said, the Hou. Gentleman was
pettedly right. The hi•uses of the brit closequenco
in the South of Ireland had objecled to the issue or
them, and their reason was, the. st.'tmp eflixed lo
them rendered it not worth their while. Owing to
their having declined to issue them, -they .fell into `
the hands of persons of an inferior description. ES
was one ef a number of perser.s who went to a bank
to intreat them to issue notes, .in order to prevent
inferior banks from doing so. .He thought if thcia
issue was not altogether suppressed, at least every
thing that oas possible mein to be done to check
them. •
Mr. WIEICHAM said, else fans stated by the
Hon. Gent..:-, wan had Mlle a great impressian on
his mind. If the stamp was a reason for the large
bankers not entering into the trade, he wishedeo
know how it was that the inferior houses could afford
to carry it on, and contrive to make Those nrefits the
large bankers could not obtain. He thoughtit avoula
turn out that there was another preSlce of a nature
subsidiary -to this; 7te kneent tteprae.ice (4.* ,per
chasing eite silver that was ce_•t of circulation.
i 212 e question was ihen pat tot 404/0-to)oriazing
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