The Sun.
London, England, 1813-12-11 00:00:00

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

The Muse went to the llouso of where the Royal
Assent will given to sever,il Hint:, for which see the Lords.
littlllGES- gave o'otico, that lw
early after the recess., make a motion to tit House respecting
thi! security of copy-right,
Sir JAM NPiNTOSII gave notice, that he should, on
the second .Weilitesdai afec the recess, inove for leave to
bring in a lisll to extend the benefit of the provisions of the
Permanent Insolvent Act, as amended, to all those Within the
jurisdictions of the British Courts in lit hat

!'tie Purtsiitouth Lauds Dill went tbruticji a Con3plittee.—
RiTort to.morrow.

COPPER CURRENCY,
Mr. GRENVELL said that 1411iirt on a former oc-
casion mentioned the injury and mischief resulting
to the country from the debased copper currency;
•be wits now confirmed in that opinion. The exit
owing, not so Much to ae redundancy of the regu-
lar copper coin, hot to an excessive issue of base
coin, inAde iu imitation of it, and the great noin.t
ber. of copper tokens. The inferiority this corm"
telleit money was so great, that 76 halfpence went
to a pound of copper, so that each pound, by this
rate, was worth .is, ;, the expellee of putting
these twit-pence into cticulation was I9d, which
made the iirolit cent- per cent ; that' is, for
every 20/. U:ortl) which 1). man could force into
Circulation he 'could- put 201 into
The copper tokens Were sonicivhat better, but a
considerable profit was derived front them. Vll-
rious means were used to force this base Money
into circulation; 'and .among. other instances he.:
bad, to-nay, heard of •one ;where a considerable
merchant had refused to 1.4:,t a tradesman execute an
order fur hint, unless the amount of ;the Bill was
taken in thig coin. The evil which he complained
of was the more extraordMary, as this country
abounded in copper mines, which were equal tO
those of all Europe, and besides possessed a
magnificent taint. ' He hoped the :!!!misters would
manfully meet the evil, by calling in all the Tower
halfpence which had become diminished in value,
and by suppressing the copper tokens.
.11e bad
heard, indeed that such was the intention of Go-
vernment, and he' hoped his Right Hon. ['fiend
the Chancellor of the Exchequer, would now ex-
press that intention, which would, no doubt,
have a good-acet -en the country, in putting a
stop to this injurious eiirreni.. lie then aiovcd
for r 1 copy of the memorial presented to the Board
appointed to preside over the currency of the
country. • .

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, the
matter. had long' been under the consideration of
his Majesty's Ministers, and the Privy Council
were preparing a legislative measure on the sub-
ject. It was. intended to produce it general rv-
formation of the copper currency, by calling in
the depredated Tower money, anti suppressing the
tokens, and. by orderinl.,Ettit issue' of -iiiiploved
VAIUC., t'was 'desirable that this should be known,
as it tend to b top this serious grievance.
\VniTnitP;ADAvas glad that the Government,
bad pro pro tin adetftnite remedy, whieli might
stop a,' evil of great _consequence to the trading
part of the community.
The mm iota was then agreed NI,

Nr. KENNET ;unveil for au ilcooant of the or lers' for pay.
tuut the Liritisl roopy the Peninsula, froatJuly,
1,412, ti,l tb 0fe,,,0t that; iirOul,og the arrehrs
der,

The FromAlk;!ne Dill w rettil it secoud time.—Committed
ta
The. Exchequer 3iills Dill was committed, and ordered to Ex
reported to-morrow.