The National Register.
London, England, 1818-04-26 00:00:00

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PARLIAMENT.

llonnitv, APRIL le. •
A conversatitnl ton% phiee Otto/ten Lord:. Liverpool anet
llollontl respect-flag the Alio•n Act. Lord Liverpool said it
vras intended to renew It, lot nei in einisequenee of any tn-
pgement with coritinen?.! vs,.
CU 11 itLN CY.

ThikEarlastiranmgnetat.i: rose to move for a Committee to
en fit into tho scale of the Currerey. Hi• 0,1 wis
amipaLttre diftieoitia b- to - (NM t' r, I) h..
how` obloc4iepothee *WS the ter! nininice of the
Bank restriction uu itiniecec;,,r.... the only -vision 'resigned
for it was the probable affect of tereign warn, hat he would
not admit that any danger seas In be appre liended from them,
and he buoadly deuied that soy commercial country could be
drained of its specie. This true 1 IikASOU for the restriction
%vie, ike outhininisbed issue horn the Bank, which rendered
cash payments impossible, and he sincerely believed they
were as distant as ever. lie objected fo the proposed plan
respecting country notes. Every writer on political econo-
my agreed, that us much of the tirculation of a country us
possible °light to be conducted in paper, that paper being
ti nited by the demand fur paynirut at will. The Suvereigo
passed for 1024. less than it was really wortli,how then could
any one expect that gold slvuld remuitt in the eta».n.ry or
how conki government pledge itself for the restriction of
cash payments without enquiry ? The Not.lc Lord concluded
by making his motion.
Lord Livaepoor, agreed with most of the general prioeL
pies laid down by the Noble Eat( and was rqnaliy anciima
for the resumption of rash payments, but contended that the
present state of the country did nut warrant the measure.--
His Lordship rcplitd at eonsitlcralile length to tile objections
respecting the Country Banks.and maintained that so much
distress had arisen from the failure of the Country Banks, that
it was hiciinthent on the Legislature to prevent the evil, end
he had no doubt of his producing the most beneficial effects.
He should negative the Motion, as he was erinvirced enquiry
would only elicit the opinionsrf some speculative iudividuais
without rentler,ng filly real benefit.
The Marquis of Laysnowan supported the views of the
Noble Moser, contending that nt•least the subject ought not
to be dismissed with Ire.s enquily than a Turnpike or a canal
Bill. He teprobated the pi esimt vrintinal taws With respect
to forgeries, and pledged biniself to bring the subject before
the house. _ .

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Lord HARROSTRY OppOSI d the Motion.
Lard ittIAIOLTII made some statements in reply to Lord
Lansdowne's obseirallOtlS Via forgnries.
Lord LAUDLII.DALE them replied, insisting the all which
had heel advanced showed still more strongly the necessity
for enquiry.
The question was then put and negatived without a divi.
sion.

TUMIDAY:
Nothiag of public interest °retired this day.
Vt. LON ESUA Y.

Nothing partPular transpired -the accounts of dm Incomes
of the Royal Dukes Mere ordered to be iniutetl.

A person from the prisnnted eopieluf the regulations
mitered into by the different governments of
Sir .1. GRAHAM brilll4tte several private Bills from the Commons,
which were rend a 111....4 time. _ _

The hail of Ottrunti presented a Petition from King's Lynn,
Norfolk, again the rem-ltrink i)reinage Rill, in which the petition.
cr.i prayed to be permitted to ciLt evidence, and to k heard by
counsel on the third reading.
The Loan CHANCE LT.OII olyen..ll, that it was unu.ual to hear
counsel on the third reading.
Lord GRENrIi.I.O thought, it would be better to re.cominit the
Bill, and refer the Petitions Itgaitht it to the rwrituittec. lie then
mark a Motion to this etfi et, which was to.
OFFICERS' WIDOWS' PI. NSIONS.

The, Moretti; oflhaNsnows; t: then ton to move that there be laid
before the I louse a copy of the rci.,mlation of the War•office, of the
tit I,,ebritary, fur tsking the usual pension from ti ch widows of
otlicers uf the army a:: have an inceme equal to double the amount of
the allowance to.which tl would be entitled by their Ivbands'
rank. Ile made .• ...r the purpose of knitting under ern.
siderntion a regolation trio, h appyaretl to hint exceedingly objec-
tionable. The reduction co..Lniplated by the regulation applied to a
th,cription of persons, hod a scale of pensions, which ought in I,:ir-
ness, as well as in libtraliiy, to remain untouched. The fund loon
which theqe prntirms warm actical was founded and supported by the
tam), itself. It commene,d in the Mint of Queen Ante ; and in the
year t7t,2 the fund had to far accumulated., that .2tiod o h. vas takca
from it, :and applied to other purpw-es. lo justice. thercrote, this
mutt td he repaid benne any deductlon was made float the
pcsions. He (outbid; dby naming fiat a copy of the regulation. and
id-o for an account of the number of officers' widows whose peptic:A
v. ould be reduced hy enforcing it.
The Earl of la ern no ot. tlitl not intim to object to the pmdthlion
of ate 'papers, hut wished to explain what had !,,:n the view of his
':ojesty's for rntueut. Lt win perfectly viva that Moe
wtemtcv.e aonne they orifjnated, were Hour et.nsidered as
a. of right. It had been the practice. both will rel..trol to the
and tine nary. u 1 nr.ke prmishin by pensions for the %cilia,
Cr: U;ItC,:74 ; but the ‘e pecs,ons ecra :.lit nya
.ftwinorial
be Lig presented• eta.
the iodicidual to be In necessitous eir-
enniatancea. ,It h.a , 11,0-ever. be,n reprt.seimal to him, that
many individnala. conceiving that their widows were of 140 en.
tiCed tai die i.cr. :ion of thtir can'a, had armcd
Ohl,! thrill to make a bother pretklon for C-c_ir sad
had, ycihar, untlerrone coosidcln!:le : 1. order to ea
air t 1,.. ohje, t. lie was thereto! cof 01. • !.::t the wila•
minified .41 ftras to prevent it n la.sits7 r re-
, cnve with regard to eases of t'ais cle-c-;"iar. At !'h, nee
,oglit advisable to make fals.a r alteratier. 'tar
is.th of naval:lntl ni tt ;dicers p, Wet
Toffolon if they have nut an ia.come equal to four times

Jlary•as I.AN•strtmeNr expresFM hixagetiff-...tien at the
evrlftnytinn which the liol,kSerretar•
~- of St! 11;•A i.e Mo-
tion ails pg7eetl ttr.—.A4jottrned to

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HOUSE OF COMMONS,

hlosrAv, A pnir. 20.

Petitions w;%re presented from Bishopsgate and Shoredltch
against the Poor Rates anl Parish Vestries Bill.

COMMITTI•;E OP WAYS AND MEANS.

The Speaker haviue left the Chair, the Chancellor of the
Exchequer entered into a long detail on financial matters,
stating tile various sums that would be required ter the ser-
vice et the year, and the resonrcet front chick he proposed
$0 d:ew his supplies. The particulars of which are as follows,
The complete service of the year required 21,611,0001. thus:—
Army ... 8,970.000
Navy ... 6,436.800
............................1Y45600
1,720,000
Intel:ft on 2,000,000
Sinking• Fund 560.000
Spanish Treat, 400,000
Deficiency of trays and Means last year— 239,68 G

Total ... 21,612086