The Sun.
London, England, 1802-04-03 00:00:00

CORN. TRADE.

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Lord GLENBERV.IE moved to" postpone .the cqpsicleration
of Iteport of th:". Committee relative: to the Cortt-yrade
of Great .13jtitin I rehilid.to 111.orDUk. Ordeted.

CHY -oF CORNWALIr:

Mr. N reit° r 'gave notice, *r he should, on Friday
next, move for a' Commit tee tO inquire and- report what Sums
of Monexhad beeli received, 'and,sby *how, on account of
Lease? graotedof the Possessions of tile Ontchy of Cornwall,
by virtue of an At of Parliament, of the Stli of his present
Majesty., -
BANK OF ENGLAND" • -

kr. ROBSOg said, -he wished to make a mo-
tion, -to- Which he was not aware there could be
any 91).jetlion. Ever since the Bank had been re-
striard from paying in.cash, large slims of money
bid been paid to them by Government for interest
for paper he wished to know the amount, of these.
sums. He.therefore moved, That the proper 01.
cers should lay before the House an Account of ail
Sums of Money paid by Government --to the Bank
of England for Interest on Loans since the Bank
ceased to make payments in gold, in February 1797.

Mr. MANN..II'G said, he submitted whether
such a motion as the present was proper. The
Lcians alluded to had all been sanctioned by Par-
liament, and accounts of them had been laid before
the House. It would also be recolleaed, that in
the year 1798, when the charter of the Bank was
renewed, it included all the privileges of a Bank.'
ing Company, and ofeourse that.of.lending.money
at interest ; to this the public faith was pledged,
and. he thought -the motion imprOper, as it went
to interfere with that privilege ; he should there-
fore oppose it. -
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
said, he was-extremely sorry that the Hon:Gen-
tleman • (Mr. -Ror>soN) should have. brought for,
ward the present motion without any notice. -
was unprepared to express any. -opir:,ion upon the
subjea : he thought it improper that a motion of
this nature should be brought 'forward without no-
tice, and he 'trusted the 'Eon. Gentleman would
withdraw ir, and name, a day for its"diicussio.n.

Mr. RoasoN explained, but -perssted .in his

motion.

The CHANCELLOR 'of the EXCHEQUER
said, 'as the Gentleman persisted in his mo-
tion, he.shoula move the rrevious question.
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111 Gla.ll said, he was not -inzlined to disse.nt
frc,n, the prattice which ,had arisen in ,that: kiouse,
of gi ring..notice . at the,satne time
appeared to him that there would have i,)cfen little,
difficulty in 'deciding upou the Hon. eutlernan's
(Mr, RossoN's) Motion, .and had not the previous

question been moved,- Tie should tot have hesitatitt.
in giving, to it his negative. If°tbe Motion was,
as it appeared to be, a Motion Of Account, he aP-:
prehended that there were Accounts presented every'
year, to the House relative to this subjett, from
Which the Hon. Gentleman, with his usual diligence,
might coiled all the information he wanted. He
thought at the t;c.ie
.4 ...happened,_ that a .more un...
fortunate event could 'not have occurred, than the',
restriElion of money payments at the Bank ; but
the case was very different now when, that Law:
had been carried into effeCt, and he had Since
thought, that' to call upon the Bank to renew their
payments in money.would 'be a matter of great
delicacy.- Though it might be produCtive of great
inconvenience if the restriEtion on the Bank was
continued' during .Peace, he was not prepared to
say,thatmOney payments ought yet to be renewed.
It was' true the Definitive Peace had not come
very suddenly, and thelank had had time to make
preparation, but still he was not prepared to give
any deCided opinion upon the subjett. 'The Hon.
Gentleinan (Mr. 16313;.,01,i) appeared to have.alittle
misconceived the objet Of the Mt restiiaing the
Bank from milking payments in,money,-as the-Hon.
Gentleman had 'supposed it to be for the advantage
of the. Bank, whilst . it was -a* restektion orr the
Bank for the sake.of,theT public safety.: What the
Hon. Gentleman .('Mr. MANNING) -had said:. with
respeCti to the:Bank harter, was unanswerable as a
pledge of.pUbLic• faith. If the Hon. Gentleman
(Mr. gonsO:;) thought'. the Bank derived any ad.--
vantage from •tlils. restrklion, he might, when the
Bill foi: continuing-it' was biotight forward, move a
Clause topreVenethe Bank from' receiving interest-
upoß.Loans,. thoiigh it was not very likely'such a
Clause would be agreed to. Now he. was upon his
legs, he wished to ask- whether the Right Hon.
Gentleman (the CHANCELLOR of theE.ci-u.otrEa)
meant to move for any.inquiry-into the subje't, pre_
vious to making his 'intended iVlotiOn for continuing
the restriction ?

The 'CHANCELLOR of :the EXCHEQUER
said, it was not his intention to make any. pre-
liminary motion of inquiry previous to moving
for the
_continuation of the restriction. His tea-
sons, .for the measure.he. intended to propose wottld
he stated to the House, and it would be ,for them
to. decide whether it 4as proper or not. The House
would recoiled, that the-Ad-of Restridion would
expire a month after the Definitive 'Treaty was
signed. His motion would be founded on the
reasons which he should state to. the Housed and
not on any preliminary inquiry. "
Mr. NICHOLLS, said, the House ought, to know
what advantage the Bank ' had derived from the
privilege which had been granted. to them.. With
reipeft to giving notice,: he thought it was unne-
,essary to give notice of a motion for the pro
duEtion of a public paper. Besides, there was not
time in this case, as the, motion for continuing the
restriEtion was to be-Made on Tuesday.
Mr. FULLER 'said, the CHANCETOLOR of the
EXCHEQUER had -entered the House without being
in the. least apprized of any Motion of this nature,
and.he thought it was unfair to persist in it.
Mr. CouAtier,,,s- tirv.B,llL die Paver moved for
ought to, be produced.
Mr. N. VANSITTART objeaed to the produdion
of the Paper..

Ir. HoaHousE thought the previous question a
mild way of getting rid or the Motion, which he.
should have negatived had the qostion been put
upon it.
Mr. JONES supported Mr. Ro.asoN's Motion.
Mr. SIMEON thought th.tt the,ptielice of giving
'notice of Motions prevented much inconvenience,
mischief, and loss of time ; and it would be better
to establish some permanent regitlation telative to
that subject
The previous question was-then put and carried.