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as held the sentintents avowrd by the Right
Hou..Gentlensati opposite. anal his suptorters. If
the restriction should be deemed necesikt, it weight 1,
be prOpmed' undo the sanctiou of a ems of a isso.t'
special, and us doubt most. iptialkelory. natant,
w*.ls it *DOM he the twOoiden duty of the
Blink *id hill Majesty's to milks out
in the most candid and explicit manner. lie,
for himself and his colleagues, pledged their
united assistance and cu-operstion, 61 Id circling-
stances he prvitious, to facilitate the roomy.
• of cash payments on the part of the Batik.
" Reclttliter Bills can be purchased in this market
at • ptentitsot of two per s eta,. I it is not likely that
large Loons would not he made to Foreign rower*,
as *broad they *ill laving • loaminess of eight.
Undeobtedly any course of paltry that woeltb to,
ammo, tots great nn i.sne of piper currency all
through the country, should be avoided ; but, on
the other hand, it is no less riser that a system
whith would starve the currency in precious metals.
should by all means he diseourogert. My Right
Hon. Friend has not yet said that circumstances
the Heise to render necessary la continuance of the
Bank Restriction Act. and I trust we shall not be
dragged to a consideration of this qoestion by an-
ticipation. If my Right Hon. Friend does it any
futons time propose the measure objected to, I
treat it will he on such a broad basis, on such plaits
oad reasonable grounds, Butt it will receive the ap-
probation of Parliament and the country."—(Hear.)
Lord A. !Isms:roe said a few words, bet in so
low a tone of voice as to be inaudible in the gallery.
Mr. HAIIIMASLEY said he felt no plettanne in
canna:wing a system which induced die people of
these countries to invest their property in foreign
f I. in preference to our own. There appeared to
be *nine delusion in the country, on the load of the
security for such property. in case of a war with the
Power where the investment is made. lie thee' port
a question to Lord Castlereagh, to discover whether
any security bail been provided for persons lodging
money in foreign foods in the event alluded to.
Lord Cseruntassat—" I have no difficulty in
restating what I did in the Se'siou of 1813. namely.
that the demands of the people of this country on
France, arising from the confiscations of British
property. on the breaking out of the war after the
Treaty of Amiens. were provided for in the Trea-
ties of 1814 and 1815—beciuse in that Treaty it
had beets stipulated, that, on the breaking out of
war, British subjects would be allotted a year to re-
move their property, and because it might be sup-
posed that Government hod entrapped the people,
if, after establishing conditions to scrim their pro.
peaty, and the subsequent infraction of these condi-
tions. tbe Government neglected to support their
claims. On this ground it was thought expedient
to atteod.to these debts ; but it was tint though ex-
pedient to raise securities for any other creditors.
Such a proceeding might hold oat lures to British
subjects to withdraw their capital from borne, and
might had to dangerous and ruinous effects. The
first case is a special one, and 'lauds oes grounds of
its own."

Mr. HANUMUILEY said, he was. extremely gra-
tified to Ite.ir the statement of the Noble Lord.
Some doubts on this subject might proceed from
the constructiou of the article in the Treaties, but
the declaratious of the Noble Lord were calculated
to remove them. and he professed himself quite sa-
tisfied with them.
The tax of ts. in the pound on land and per-
stand property, and the other usual sound grants,
were then moved and voted.

A sum of thirty millions was granted to be raised
by Exchequer Bills, for the immediate service of
the public, and paying off outstanding Exchequer
Bills becomiug due and payable up to Easter, in-
clusive.
The Report of the Committee was then brought
up for investigating the lists of names given in to
form the Secret Committee of 21.
On the reading not of the names, when that of
Lord George Cavendish was ineinioned—
Sir M. W. RIDLEY rose to state, that the Noble
Lord, whose tissue was read, would be perfectly
unable to attend the meetings of the Committee.
And when that of Lord Castlereagh was feed—
Mr. BROUGHAM said, he had the same objection
to this name being on the list as he had last night.
The Noble Lord would thus be constituted a judge
of himself, and whether actions that various indi-
viduals intended to institute for unjust exertions
of the late high powers ought to be sustained.
The reading of the names was then concluded.
They were as follow :
Lard Minors, The Sollcitor-Geseral,
Lord Gram Caveadish, Mr. Frsaklaud Lewis,
Lard Laseelles, Right Moo. Gomm Canning,
Lord Castlereagh, Right lbw. Charles Yorke,
Right Hem. C. Ilatharsts Right Hem. W. Llwarlow,
Him. William Lomb, Wilbraham Egerton, Esq.
Sir Arthur Piggott, E. B. Wiliirshame, Esq.
Sir William Scott, William Wilberforce. Esq.
John Nichol, Right Hon. Robert Peel,
The Atttormerrirerseral, Admiral hooks.
Mr. !Immolate I have another objection to
snake against this Select Cottimittee. It is chosen
by the Members of the Government themselves—
Sir Arthur Piggott is chosen to he ou this Com-
mittee ; when he was chosen on the lest of the seine
kind, be stated in his place that he could sent *Ursa.
1 am almost certain that frost, professional avneations

and other causes, the same inability wilt wall exists
I think &knob's, its such circumstances aught to

be excused from attending, end &onus taken to
supply their places with others."
Lord Casei.xatrion..—a• I do not know that
such en objection has ever before been made. 1
em so closely contweted with these trannictiowm,
that !custom well give my opinion at lesigth--but
in this way the effect of the ballot may be iuseusi-
bly (lesion rml."
The SPEAILF.R asked what was the question be.
rove the 'louse ?
Lord CAtTLEIREAGIN said, it related to the right
of Alembers chosen OM the Committee to be excused
attesidinv.
Mr. \Vit.arttroact uhtterml. that, much hurl
been said oboist secret influence in buillotisig, hut
he thought that sume understartiling among the
persons balloting was iwressary. Ile bettered lists
ofriames were *rut round both by Mitiistentosid by
the Mensliers olio tilled the place that Mt. 'Nimrod',
hod lilted lost Sess. ; but this did not hunt the
choice of soy fleshier. mow were the listir.of names
selected to be shrwit by him. %loiterer had been
thrown out sgainot this made of appointment. iu his
opinion it afforded miens of th.cturg those album the

iNewition.

, erasing ...-
could not be dune without jusupinn over a ;somber
of orders and resolutions of the !loose, and this in
the (but. that the Committee shoold toe appoutted
byltallot. I ant Dot aware of any c•stc m 1 thio point,
but upon the ground of parliamentary tlistl:alificu-
tirnt
; that, of cotrroe, invohres physatal
; woof Ot 111ClillatilOil canons constitute se tadli-
tient mare. It is eidirrly devoid of precedent,
and without that it c- t be done."

Mr. CA Lcitsrr hoped he would be Whited to
offer a few oloservations to the Hogs,. He conceiv-
ed that in this tine the House might exercise the
power of substituting and filling up the Commit-
tee, without breaking through its orders. It had
been said that Minsters could not exercise a great
control over the appointment of the Committee.
He masa scrutineer, and not being under any
ligation of secresy, he would beg leave to discloee
what he had seen. There were 103 lists, of these
97 contained precisely the same names. written in
the same hand. He could- detail inure infornsati 111 l
on the source of this, at rivet view, strange fact ;
hot he would- withhold it. He could say, how-
ever, that if his Hun. Friend attended in the wee
place, he 'sold judge that there=existed more of
influence than he had sow admitted. Perhapi
measures for completing the Committee might be
employed on Monday.
Mr. WlLitcaroacx. in explanation, said, that
if any Member did not approve of the lists, le
might erase names and substitute others.
Mr. CANNING asaerted, that except in cases of
physical impossibility, the Howie could compel the
attendance of Members. _ _ _

• The SIMS!' P.ft—" The Case I alluded to ORS that
of a Member (Sir J. Jekyll) being appointed on a
Committee before lie had taken the oaths—yet he
WWI adjudged by the House to be qualified."
Sir WM. BURROUGHS said. diet since the Noble
lord was unable to attend, that constituted a Par-
liamentary disqualification. What was now con-
tended for would go to establish a very broad
principle—that the House was incompetent to re-
view and amend the results of a ballot. The
[louse must be competent to this— it is certain
that it had once exercised these powers. end there-
fom might do so again on any reasonable canoe.
The meeting- of the Committee, perhaps. could be
postpowied until Lord G. Cavendish could attend.
If the Committee had been appointed by nomina-
tion, a formal and ii.statit objection might be
made. Front the present mode, and the obstinacy
with which certain opinions were maintained. the
House might come to the conclusion. that a ballot
was resorted to.to get rid of the attendance of Mem-
bers of different sentiments from Ministers, by
procuring them. for the sake of some appearance,
to he put on the Committee. knowing their at-
teudance to be impossible.
Sir M. W. Ritmee said. that the attendance of
Lord George Cavendish, from certain causes, was
impartible.
The STRAKER then pot the following questions:
" That this Committee do meet to-morrow, is the
Speaker's chamber; that the? have power to send fur per-
sons, papers, and reeords—wil that sewn do Sarin a goo•
rum; that they have a power to adjourn their meetings from
time to time, and mate such reports to the [louse as they
shall deem lit."—Agreed to.
Lord Pezataitirron moved for certain Army Estimates.—
Ordered.
An /teeniest was brought up of the member of Surcharges
ea Assessed Taxes, from April, IBIS, to Felarioary, 1817;
and of appeals thereupon, with the weessary specificatious.
The Howse then adjourned.
The House of Commons laving determined that
the Committee appointed to examine the contrasts
of the Green Bag should be chosen by ballot, the
Members who gave its lists were as follow :—The
public are invited to attend to their names, with the
additional circumstance stated by Mr. CALC I A FT,
one of the Scrutineers. on his legs. that " of one
hundred and three lists given in, ninety-seven were
not only identically the same. but its the same
hand writing." _ _ _

[Those unasked (f) •re eor•e et doom balding places order
Governwt.]

Aliso, C. tFitzgerald, Right tPlilpps, Hon. Gen.
+Alllilcy, Lord Hos. V. Protheroe, Ed.
Midas Aid. Fetherstooe, Sir T. tPeel. Rt. HAM. R.
+Arbuthnot, Right Forbes, C. Peel, Sir Robert
Hon. C. Flood, Sir F. Perrin', Alderman
Hansard, Vise. Foulke, E. t Pole, Right Hoe.
tirmcdeo, Jester Fmk, Fraok W.W.
tßathorat Right Fare, John Qs bs, Huu.W.W
Hoe. R. Giddy, 1). G. Robiasoo, A.
Brydges. Sir E. tGoolburn, H. Rowed, J. 1
tßrrestord, Lord G. Gooch, J. S. Shaw, Barijmnio
Rereoford. Adm. /Gifford, Air Robi. Shaw, Robert
Doswell, R. Gunning, Sir R. Short, S.
Collett, R. tGiont, C. jar. swam, H.
tCoorteasy, Win. Holmes, W. Stirling, SirW.
tCoortenay, T. P. Harvey, C. t Sambas, Mid/ow
*tCalvert Jul.. Loag, Rt. Hoo.C. Seamier, J. H.
}Castlereagh, Vise. rush Hos. W. t Singleton, Mark
Cosi, W. + .too. V. t Shepherd, Sir S..
Cortwridbl, W. R.' Lett 'J. F. Tress,* Hon. H.
Chetwodr, Sir J. March, lof Thuniton, Geueral
Crieltell, J. Mooning, W. Thornton. Samuel
Chichester. A. Mosey, W. T. Tomline, W. E
teassing,ltt.Ha.G. Maqueen, T. P. t Vsnsittart, Right
Dalrymple, A. Maar, Pat. Hun. N.
Davis, Hart Illsedmialtl, R. Ure. Mast.
Davis, R. H. Murray, Sir J. t Warrender. Sir G.
Deering, C. Margate, Sit C. t Ward, Robert
t Doudas, Rt. Hoa. tHsconorlie, A. 11'ilroun, C. El.
W. +Howson., Adm. Williams, Robert
Holdup, J. INeville, RA. Wood, Colonel
Drummond, Jobs tthboro, J. Wright, J. A.
Drunisomid, James Ous'ow, A. Whitutore.Thousas
Eilsoonewor, Sir C. }Odell. W. t Yorke, Sir Joseph
tFarooluir, James Ogle, H. 111. t %%ate, Rt. H on.C.
1 Fraser, C. tP•lnterstom roe.

INCREASE OF CHURCHES.

was Yesterday ki4rluttlte Freemasons'
turns-street, for the purpose of
to assist in the building of additional
.141 Chapels iu the tissisms parishes of
.if London, its vicinity., and throughout
the kingdom generally. Tlw A..orrubly was coots
Ironed of a numerous body of the higher classes of
aossiety, but particularly of the must distisignialied
Nlembers of Church and State. His Grace the
Arehhishrrp of CANTERBURY took the Chair, And
seplansed the object of the Meesiti4.
Anstsag those who took on active past in theyriss
ceedinOsortlit dow. we observed the Ilishrips of I.osw
doss, Gloucester. Chesser, skid Laudon; his Grace
the Duke or Nordsumherbsied ; Lora* Seellateillth
and Sliafteskassy ; Messrs. Long, Willwrborte;
Grissit,&c. &e.—Nearly the whole Bench of Bishops,
tool at lengt twenty-live Isar Peers, were prcsesst.
One of the Assembly (W. Long, we believe,) re-
Marked, that the institution of the Society seemed
to interfere with the intended bounty of Parlia-
meist, which, in ohetheisce to the gracious rec -
mentlatiou or the Prince Itegesst, would, no doubt,
do all that was stecessory.
The Archbishop of cANTEnrivoy, in expel:me.
lion, Said, Ilia! while the fullest confidence wits
placed its the liberality of Parlissments in its patron-
age of the object the present Assembly wor met to
1111 l ides, it olio cert sin that in tusisey„ if not ill
every cause. the Parliamesstary Gant, as appro-
priated to each parish, would be found ito-Ilicit•ot
fur the intended plarpolee. Its swiss very isispsslossi
parishes, the itilialatents generally, weir too 'seedy
to afford contributions, while of the same 111111.,
their Churches were iiicapable of accomtioatting
them at Divine Worship. 'Eas supply this defici-
ency the present Society was oh tto be hortsied.
The Lsird Bishop or LoNDoa, iu recosumesolisst!
the views of the Society, related the fact ore paii•la
Chords, situate in the vicinity of the metropolis,
where the population had Isec eso giro., that the
majority of the parishioners had ceased to visit the
Church, f on absolute waist of rialto. To told
to this incouvenience, u Soft of Coloisy had been re-

crotly eatahlisheil within the same parish, but four
miles, from the Church, susd the inhabitants. iii con•
srrltrr lee, might be said to hare uo place of Worship
whatever. _ .

Far the assistance of parishes it was further urged,
that in some cases Churches had actually been built,
but could nut be eudowed. from circumstances or

poverty.
A number of Resolutions. fo► the iturpose of
earryitig the object of the Itleetient, into effect. were
then passed. and the Assembly separated.

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

HANIBURGH PAPERS.
LEtrza FROM GENOA. JAN. 12.

The present Dry of Algiers exceeds in wicked-
ness and arrogance all his predecessors. A Genoese.
merchantman, lately captured by one of his cor-
sairs, having been curried lino the port of Algiers,
the Sardinian Vice-Consul. Mr. Caron, considered
it to be his duty to demand its release : 'instead of
paying kat attention to this dew:slid, the Dry or.
tiered the cargo to be immediately iiut tip to sue.
tion, caused .the consist to be conveyed nu hoard
the captured vessel, having previously hid his
niece seized and put into hi. Hamm. Mr. Cools
has already arrive) at Genoa, where' lie is rat under
quarantine. Our Monarch is highly incensed at
the noisome,' conduct of the Dey, and has ordered
the immediate equipment of seine frigates and cor-
vettes, to obtain satisfaction.
We learn from Constantinople that the Bey of
Tunis and the Dey of Algiers have contlieded a. tsea.
ty of peace under the guarantee of the Grand Seig-
nior, and at the rime time, in conjunction with the
Bay of Tripoli, have entered into nu offensive and
defensive alliance with the Emperor of Morocco.

STOCKNOI.M. JAN. 00.

All the four Estates' have, by an ain't l i 11l ous rests.
tution approved by the King, iu order to give a
sew guarantee to the uninterrupted happiness of
the nation, and a firmer support tcithe Government,
conferred on Prince Oscar, Duke of Sudermarria,
in case of the absence or illness of the King and
the Crown Prince, the exercise of the Royal Austen-
rity, with all constitutional rights, and have punted
upon hioi to formally SUIMIIICO tbtt ereallotirm.
His Royal Highness will complete his 19th year on
the 4th of swat July. Time Great Gustavus Add.
phus, Cloaks Xl. and Charles XII. it is well
known, governed the kingdom, when still younger,
wAlt-leasour and seportotion.
The authority would otherwise have devolved. in
the above-mentioned cases, on the Council of State.
The first maims towards the resolution now safes
was made in the Estate of the Clergy.
The Crowe Prince, on account and in the name
of his son, has made a slew year's gift of 10,900 li
Houk dollen; to the modest poor of this city, the
interest of which is to be distributed among thens
every three moults, by the itivernor.
Could Engestroin. the Minister of State, lately
observed in the sittings of the Equestrian Qrder,
that nobody could judge better than himself of the
numerous benefits conferred by the Crown Prince,
because his Royal Highness honoured hint by let-
ting the greater part of tlwite IMMO pin through his
hands', and he cosmic! therefore mow, that their
amount was much greater than could he imagined.
and oicaealed whatever any King of Sweden had
ever before expended ns this manner.

atoocow, wr.c. 24.
It is now ileci‘led dint Op. Imperial Court re.
oisitie+ here till the of her Imperial flight-
ow.. the. Cont.ort of the Grand Unke
whielt exectr4l iu tbe of April. The
Court will therefore bsollly leave Mo‘eow before
July. Tier Emperor nsll bn, mean time, to Peters.

majority of the Haute judged best qualified for liWt PROPOSED
WOl4lOll. Lt was exeretlito4ly desirable that saute •
of different sentisitesitt croon Ministers should be on
the Committals; awl tkierallito itu stneolif be sta4 A Meiling "i
Mme made would of iosteplyinK this 7,"1e4
places 4 those Mend*. wta cosh! me atteird its ..r"""Pgg! ':"""
tuerting& " Mr. Speaker. liens it no preeedent 4:"'"`"e„ " :"."1
for eraaing one name. end substituting another ;it 111 C ow. tow
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