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"adherence to the Right Hon. Gentlemen's views...-.
( Hear. hear.)
Lord CeeTteRSAOll expressed his surprise at the
observat:oiga which fell from Gentlemen opposite on
the course about to be taken by his Right Hon.
:Friend. The invariable parliamentary cerise was.
that when public business was hoed for the Order
or the day, the party proposing it was not deprived
of his fair discretion to shape his own course, or at
rimy moment prior to the discuss to change his
tor., of proceerling.-4,4 lac h.)—The Right
Gentleman (lr. Tierney) had phew!' his
issual sarcastic captiousness.; bat he would remind
hint that, if he ewer thought !Inch a course likely
to be effective. he 'honld apply it with more cur-
'cunispection. and asoid practising It so often.
Mr. Baonotism hoped that tiatt most important,
and as trade was massaged, most useful body of
persons, the country, bankers, would carefully re-
flect on the public notice of the Chancellor of the
Exchequer this night, and consider the proper
steps they ought to take. The Right lion. Gen-
tleman had clearly avowed his intriition—( Hear,
hear) —and it would be for them to say now, before
New election, whether they would *lola in giving
him the means of carrying his intention into exe-
cution after an election.--(Hear.)
Sir J. °madam said, he had no connection, di-
rectly or indirectly, with the system of country
hank.; but he had the hest authority for kitowing
teat the parties whose interests were to he affected
by the Bill were decidedly against it.—(Hear.),
He also knew that if such • change took place in
the system as was intended. local interests of every
kind would be *baked, and the collectiim of the
public taxes interrupted. tor. 00000 idiots had reached
him that even the bitimatiois of such a Bill Being
in conteinplatitm, had caused a great run on the
country bankers, and a material alteration in the
public confidence in these establishments. The
Common course of business was, in this minuet.
Mau materially alfocteil. and he joined in etitreas:
dug the Right Hon. Gentleman to proceed no far:
ther with a measure PO fraught with unpleasant
consequences.—t Hear. haat.)
The CHANCSI.Loa of the EXCHEQUER repeat-
ed, that in deferring this measure until a future
4Thy, he thought it his duty to take the earliest op-
portunity of adding, for the sake of those who
wished time to consider the subject, that on a na-
me octasion he meant to resume this measure.—
( Par.)
Mr. CAI-CRAY/ mid, it would appear from the
last observation of the Right lion. Gentleman,
that the parties whose interests *ere to be affected
by this measure. merely craved time to consider
the subject ; now he had heard quite the reverse..
and that at the meeting at the Earl of Liverpool's
yesterday, the Geutlemen present distinctiy de-
clared, that no time would reconcile them to the
principle of the Bill. They did nut ask for a post-
jementent of the question with any view to time,
but for an abandonment of it altogether, as a med.
sore to which no time could reconcile them, and
as one winch, if carried into effect, would ruin
their credit with the country.—(lleor.)
Sir M. W. RIDLEY said, that as allusion had
been made to the meeting at Lord Liverpool's
yesterday, he felt it necessary to state, that he was
one of the persons who bad there invoke), and
who. with one or two exceptions, were Gentlemen
concerned to tile country bunks' trade. and not
Members of that House. It was due to both Lord
Liverpool and the Chancellor of the Exchequer to
say, that they Armed every disposition to hear
e arguments urged against the
Gentlemen whose interests it
'lwo to add, that there
to the meeting, or a
who could at any pe-
.nstances, consent to the
Right Hon. Gentleman
persevere.—(Hear.)
since the Right lion.
intention of bringing
in the ensuing Session,
dad he had heard the
its adulation. From
of Worcestershire, with
immediately connected, he hod
- senionstrances against it.
other Gentleman, who
own neighbourhood to
ration, to declare it at
to slow to Parliament
that was eutettained of

not help making a sin.
true token by the Chan.
and suggesting a depar-
ture from it in future. Would it not 1w as well
if, when the Right Honourable Gridirons's] had a
measure to introduce affecting the interest■ of a
large body of individuals, he would see the neces-
sity of previously consulting them, instead of taking
that step after he announced his measure, and
yielding after he had tried the temper of the
House. It would certainly be less alarming to she
House and the country that he should in future
adopt this more discreet course.—(Hear, hear.)
Mr. TIERNEY said, he need not dtchirc his de-
cided hostil►ty to the measure, nor express his firm
conviction, that, if persevered in at this moment, ►t
would be rejected by the House. The Hight Hun.
Gentleman, however. contented himself witl► ►tat-

lag in effect, that because the country bankers
disapproved of the Bill, it ought to be postponed.
Now this we. to I (Mr. Tierney) a very unsatis-
factory explanatioil ; fur he could conceive that a
Miner, might yet be desirable for the country, and
rito ha adopted, even though the parties to
alrected by it entertained is different ot • • .
See the situation in which the House sas placed in
this sitter. They had given leave to brisig in N
Ditt, and they were now, without further tereitiony,
in drop it before it was read a first time, and mere-
)y ow the ground (the very silly one) that there was
not time to discuss it this Session. The House
Was bound to look at the Bill as a measure of le-
gislative and state policy, and they may possibly
approve of a Bill which the country kinkeis
liked. They were left quite in the dark as to the
measure itself, and for any thing they knew it
might be postponed to admit of certain modifi-
cations. The only thing on which the Right lion.
Gentleman was explicit was this—that lie adhered
To the principle of the measure, and would resume
its consideration early next Session. So that dining
this interim the country haulm., who eas struck

with attention-all the argum;
propositiois by the Gentlease
*as to affect; but he had als
was not an individual called I
country booker in England, a
riorl, or under any circumstr
principle in which the Rigi
avowed it his intention to per%
Mr. LYTTELTON said, that
Gentleman had avowed his i
the quest' again forward iii
he thought it right to state t 1
strongest objections against i
the bankers in the north of
whom he was more immediate
received the strongest rem(
He (Mr. L.) called on every a
was empowered from his cra
make a similar communicat
this moment, and thereby to
sad the country the seise thi
the uteasure.—(Hear, hear.)
Mr. F. DOUGLAS could no
sit observation on the course
pilot of the Exchequer, sin