The National Register.
London, England, 1811-05-19 00:00:00

TIC NATIONAL itricisTPn.

Lord Gno,vr.No a sal he should he the last man to impair
the Act of Toler.f.ion but he thought that the condffichis im-
posal on the Established Clitirali ought not .tok
,be entirely
0rnitt.....1 with relation to the other sa,rts.. He,knew the Noble
Vi cu ilt wa4 not unfriendly to toleration, tbough, some clauses
in the Bill apreared tt) need amendment. Uiron a general view,
. however, of the Bill, he conceived that its.tendency was useful.
The Bill was ordtred to be read next Tuesday, and. the Lords
were so inmoned acr:ordingly.
The Itlxborough'ciuse was fixed for next 'Wednesday.
The Bills on the Table were forwarded in respective stages,
aril the Hotise adjourned.

. UOU EOF COMMONS.

MONDAY, MAY 13. •

The Cinque Ports Justice:: Bill, the Trish Embe2rletnent 8111,
the Parish itiventice Indentures Bill, and the Sugar and Malt
Duty Bill, were reol.as third tirlr, and:passtd.
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REGENCY.
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Mr. WHITBILEAD observed, that before the Holidays he had
given notice of a motion rest.ecting the recurrence of Lny such
event as that in which die existiog Regency originated. he
wished,to aik the lei ht Hon. Gentleman opposite, whether or.
not he had k in contemplation, before the end of the Session, to.
pi opose to the. Howe either some permanent measure, or some
nwaynire that might iii: Applicable to the interval between the
tvvo Ses-inns ?
The Citakicr.u.oa of thiticiniciumt replied that he had no
such intentipv. •
114 r. WIIITBRTAD Then gave notice, that onThorsday the rAth
instant, he would move, that the /louse should resolve itself
i,,to a Committee omthe State of the Nation, for the purpose of
tak)iglhe particular subject which he hAd nientioned into con-
sie.eratiou.

Lords were waiting without; and •therefore moved, That the
Chairman should report progress, ane Ask leave to sit again.
The House' reserned, and the Message was received, which
announced their Lordship' coacurreoce veleta inve• wt -Yrnveee
Bids ; after which it resoived itself into ties Cominittee.
Mr. Meseees deeied that the evils said to have been caused
by the publication of the Report, could Lilly be traced to that
source.
Mr. Pee-row et stated the fluctuations of the Exchanges, and
compared them with the issues of the Bank from the year 1756
to the present thee. From the amount of tee latter and the
state of the. former, cooteuded it was evident that the Back
i!outo bad not the effect upon the excheege which hid birti sup-
posed ; as %rich reduced issues, the e echange had at verieu,
times been reduced, aed when those issue were again lien eased
the exchange had recovered. •
Mr. 1-1. Time NiZON said, upon all occasions when there hap.
petted a ran upon the Bank, they had uniformly resorted to a
litniete ..11 of the i .sue of paper, a eircureteance which spoke
strongly in tavour of the recemniendation of the Committee
Ile went into many arguments and proofs for the purpose of
chewing that it was not isittributabik. to the balance of trade; and
maintained that the evil could only be accounted for by• the
increase of the paper currency. He thought that a moderate
limitation otpaper would enable them to pay in cash after the
expiration of two years, and. for these reasons collectively, he
should vote against the propositions of his Right Hon. Friend
(Mr. Vansittart.) • -.
Mr. CAN Nita said, the question was, whether in the present
situaticn of the-country, and of the currency, it became the
House of Commons to declare, for the tirsatime, principles
which found no support in history or in the Constitution There
were three of the Resoletions proposed by the Right Honour.
able keentleman (Mr. Vansittart), to which he was desirtnis
of calling the attention of the House inure particularly ; these
were, the first, the third, and the fifteenth ; as to the others,
he did not much care whether the,' were adopted. or modified,
or rejected, for his objection eo them was not that they were
Untrue, but that they were inapplicehle. The Right Honourable
Gent. might with as much propriety` have introduced the state
of the,weat her intolis logical positions, and perhaps with more
logical precision, from its known Influence upon c A
laugh.) Parrament could not take a more dangerous step than
the making a gratuitous recognixion. of prerogatives not celled
into question.. On the third Reesilution, which asserted that
the Promissory Note was held to beequal to the current coin
of the Ritalm, the Right Hon. Gino (MreCanning) observed,
that this Was taking for granted a position contrary to fact, this
being the very point upon which the public mind was at varl.
ante. 'A man, he observed, after reading a .controversy upon
any subject might say that one party was wrorg, ael anotilet
right,bet it remained for the. Pirht Honourable Geieleinan
alone to.s.ayaltere was no tlifsrence between them.- It reminded
him of the lines of M.lton
" Chaos tune ire sits,. . .
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And by decisiou more embroils ttie fray."
It lead a truly curious effect to tell those who came down to the
door for itsformat,ion,. °he I.ientiemen you ate all right ! and
what is more, you are all of otte opinion. Boing of opinion that
.no good would result irons the Resolutions,- he should muve
"That the Chairman do leave the Choir."
The CLIANCELLOR of atie EXCUEQUILE was not disposed to
retract any thing which he had adveneed, though he would
again admit the: a diminutien of Batik paoer would . tend to
in proved statesof the exclianget between this cooed), and-the
Continent. Buethe peaetical effsct of that tlnetinutian at the
present moment would be, to the dealings with foreign
nations by dimilening the expenditure; add most materia:if
wouitl be pre:ea-La ee it %stead limit the extent to
winch the maitery exertions of the cceee.ry might. be. beriefici-
eelbe directed. The arettmen sof those who contended for this
chrniuetion were notlstiog less than apt:cautions calculated for
time of peece, Aix: not applicable to a state .a war.. Ile cicni d
that tat .queetiee of the relai Iva value of specie and Batik Netts
neat at issue in the Courts or Law, and coosidered the cam of
the year 1301 eecieivenpon•the subject.
The Weise divided oiu Mr. Caening's Amendment, when
there appeared—For the Amendment 4,2 ; Aeainet4t4B2.; Ma-
jority k-).
Mr. Wttirse EA D, in the, absence of his Hon. Friend (Mr.
• Craton) g ,ve neatest th tkis Right. How. Freirtal would
f .rwerci motiost sae the Catholic Vetitiuu on the 31st of Mayo.-.
Aejaarned at the et: o'ciock.
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