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OFFICE OF ORDNANCE,

3''aNu.t7 27, Igo.
rrilE PRINCIPAL OFFICERS of 1/7: M 4
E.STY's ORDNANCE, do &ray give Netice, that
;bey Will* reet.fr, at their Oct,O in St. illargarel-street,
setinstfr-, on MONDAI, ,'e 1,111, of February next, to, recrive
Proiouds Pons such Person. as relay be willing 16 undertale the
NA
FURNITURE, and rnrb fide' of UP HO rER 1,
.as are reisiired fir !El, Ordnartc•c 4ervice, stpan a Contrail for 4
period of Three Year:.

The Terms an4c9nsiilians of the Contra 3 may hit Annum, upon
'application at the Secitta9;',.. Office, in 41._411argaret-arret,uhree
Printed Liots of the Artkiet to he supplied will he ,ieliverei,4 any '
day hetweel Me hcuri af, 'len and ?out o'Cifock, but no Propatalt
can he admitted after fonday, the tqh of re‘rtia,y,l2,3.
Lly tirwrr of the Beard,

R. (I. (Tr:111,-(LT.

OFPICE ORDIWINCE,
'February 3, 18-4,
•
THE PRINCIPAL OFFICERS cf Ills MA.
,Yi,SiT's ORDNANCE do berth give Pi .lice, tb.:f
they wile he ready 41 their Ogre, In St. lilarg.:reic,rr,,l,
ll'estminster, on THURSDAY, the t7th instant, to recti.4.e Prh-
poses from such Fowles as may' he atvilling to h.srgain jet the
turrbase of a tuamtiv of OLD IRON, oj the undermrertiosrei de-
scription, !meaning in Sloraat Inolwich ;Parrett ; together; -with
sorb further quantity fof each .orr at may accsmulate, heiwwit
th:s period and the 3otb of Jul' 'sell, wiz.
Old Working hammered Iron,
•
Bushel I tun, •
Cast 1.7, (not no,* •
'Payment of the purchase 1114ney to he made is :MN at 14e Ar.
tides shall he removed, and the whole to 6e'taken away set the en.
pence of the isactaser.

13y Order cf the ?hard,

R. If. CRE.II,

ENGLISH STATE LOTTERY,
, .
Pin 1Jra%1111;r, 4th Arm, -1803.
Note.—The Capital Prizes. in thjs Lottery are not fixed to
be drawn upon any particular Dig, and tho lowest Prizes
are zol. •

SCHENIE

No. of Prizes. Value 61 each.
-4 ' of £. 2,0,0c0

Total Value.
X. So,coo
10,0%1 30,000
5000 -15,00 ck
3 6000
And ta,s9; other Priszes, from gcoal, to 201.
HE TICKETS, Hahies, Quarters, Eighths,T
and Sixteenth Shares, stamped pursuant to A c•A-of Par-
.li4ment, are selling on the lowest terms by Mr. NICHOL..
SOS, at his Licensed State Lottery Office, No. ;6, Coro.:
hill, London, where,- last year were sold. and shared;
No. 17.993, -20,0z01. in Sixteen SII2tCS; No. 20.133' 50601.
in one Quarter, two Eighths, and eight Sixteenth Shares;
N 0.2,098, 2,0001, in a Witule Ticket ; No. 6455, in
two Quarters, two Eighths, andfour Sixteenth Snares ; and,
in the late Lotteries. five of ea,nopl. each ; eight of to,oool.
each, and seven of 5 col., ; besides many of aaool. 1001.
and ieol.

OLD WINE, melioratedby keeping Isigc quan-
tities together in Vats, by SPE NC k.R. and PE kk. NS,
Wine..34erehants, No. t is, West end of Nswgate-street (re.
moved front Snow-hill, on ac;:ottut of, the improv,:atents
there); who, • torn fourteen years experience of keeping
such quantities as from z t' loo;.• Gallons of Wine tOgether,.
can assert, that their Wine is not only. more agreeable in
your to the palate, but more ,r.zstorattve and wholesome to
the stomach of the aged and infirm. They have Port, which,
after being ripened in a vet, containing twenty pipes, Nts
been in bottle front two to seven years. White %Vines, as
Madeira, Sherry,.l3ucell.4, Lisbon, find Mountain, they bottle
from
the Vats as wanted. 'This made of keeping gives their
Wines that tk:ided superiority so well known and acknow;
Sue.;: jinn:ens,: sto;:k enables them to serve their.
friends with superior Wine, of the hest vintages. on their'
usual moderate terms,' for ready money. They send to any'
pat of,- the Town (not less than a dozen) free of expence,.
['hey • Also have a very superior stock of COgniac Branch)
Pine and. Jamaica !Um, East- India and Rum Orange ShrUti,

Dr.. IANIES's ANALEPTIC
FOR. the- Rheurnatismi anti.CQlcts which prevail,
at thi..; season of the •ye.ir, no Nlctlicine is so sale and
efficacious as Dr. j MESS ANA LE.PTIC PILLS. Their
peculiar tenthuicy-to'proin arc Perspiration, and all the natu-
ral Secretions, will IlecOtttl(..for their sitn;tilar virtues in these
Complaints, as tveli as in -many others to which the human
frame is liable from "the vicissitudes uf our Climate. They
are admirably eakillated for Disorders of the Stomach and
Rowels; for persons -of a Bilious or si.Gouty habit, as also
fur those whose Constitutions have been atk.ctett by a too
atlive"or tea sedentary life: They are likewise panicularle•
serviceable in Head-Achs occasioned by Indigestion, and
in, removing the bad etlects of free living;. as also in pre-
venting Nimes and Apoplexies, so often the conolequenee of
intemperance. iteCourse should be had to them atter every
excess of eating drinking, and upon every slight
position; and thus their well,kilowit chArittieriitic of pro-
moting longevity will be maintained ;, for, by assisting Isis.
lure in the chic dis.tharge of the animal funetions, aud by
keeping the.ConAitutio.n as it were in continual repair, they
preserve the hody in health and /igottr, and prevtiit. prema.
ture decay..

As the Analeptic Pills owe their. excellence to a pecu—
liar preparation, which has never been divulged by the
Inventor but to the present Proprietors, they ern only be
,had genuine from them; and they are sold by Fneis
Newbery, at the Warehouse for Dr. James's Powder,
No. 4s, the East End of St. Paul's, a few doors from
Cheapsidc,. London; and at Dr. tames's late house in Bru-
ton-street, in Boxes, price 45. bd. each, Stamp included;
or the quantity of Six may be had in one large Box for il, 4s
Observe, that the name "F. NIMBItRY, No. 45, St.
Paul's," is engraved in the Stamps. All others are court.
terfeits.

For. GOUT RHEUNIATIgM, INDIGESTION, FLA.
TULENCY, 4c. anti Spasmodic 'Afteeions of the
Stomach and Bowels, the CONCENTRATED. ES.
SENCI of lAMAICA. GINGER.
THE Proprietors of this inykluable Preparation,
being encouraged by some of the first Medical Men in
the Kingdom to make it public, having been thoroUghly
convinced of its superior excellence and unparalleled efficacy
in GOUTY COMPLAINTS, by relieving and shortening,
the duration of Fits at the Gout, confining them to the ea.
tremities, mitigating the paroxysms— It speedily removes
all those unpleasant symptoms which are the etted.of a
weak stomach and bowels, viz. Indigestion, Flatulency, '
Oppression after Eating, Nervotie Head.ach and Giddiless,
and is particularly usetul iu PataOic Conti:4;6nm It
inediateiy relieves all Gouty, Rheumatic, and Spasmodic
Affections of the Stomach and Bowels, and should be taken
in (Z-lialybzate, and in the Soda Mephitic Waters, to prevent
therStomrich being chilled. It Ought to be resorted to by
those who are troubled with I-Iypochondriac,-or Lovne,s of .
Spirits, are. as it warms and- invigorates the Stomach, assists
DigcSiiiin, thereby strengthennix and renovating the who! •
system.. This Essence contains all the Medicinal virtues
the Root, and is far to Ginger in substance, aliti Tti,y
justly be reckoned one.of the most necessary Medicines tiff
Materia hledica.

Invented and prepared by Oxley and Thomas, •Chymiita,
&c. to Her Majesty, No. 27, Haytharket ; anti 4(44 in but.
tles of Ss, csd. anti ips, 6d. each, duty incluttOd.

IMPERfiIL P'ARLIAVIEN7.

HOUSE OF PEERS.

MONDAY, FEB. 7.

entmstr.. were heard relative to the Scotch Appeal —Sir
ilfred Lawson, 13art.. v. R.. L.. Ross, tsq. and others, viz.
Jklessra. Alexander and Grant at some length, on the part of
the Alipellants,— After which their Lordships postponed the
furiber hearing till Wednesday.

. -
LordS. DOUGLAS, NAPIZIL, and GLASTONBURY were
iworn and took their seats.. !
pursuant to an Order of the House, the Clerk read the
E xtrael 'from the Regulating Mt, relative to the choosing
Members of the East Indialudieature; after which it was
ordered, on the motion of 'Lord WALS.INc n AM, that all the
Lords present do form wCommittee to-morrow, tir the pur-
pose of inspeelit!g,the,Lists of Names delivered in, and re-
porting the same to the House, tic.
Mr. Aslivr, from the Bank of England, presented cer-
tain Accounts relative to the reduetion of the National Debt
for the year ending 31st of January last; together with an Ac-
count of the proposed Expenditure for the ensuing .Quarter..
Some routine and .private business was As-posed of, after
which the House adjourned.till To-morrow.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

MONDAY, TED. 7.

.LFAVE of absence was granted to Sir GIoRGE
SHUCKIIURGII EVEt.YN, for six weeks, on account of
hiS ill state of health.

PRIVATE PETITIONS.

lily. I~ILL/Allr DUNDAS rose, in pursuance
of his notice, to move that the time for receiving
Petitions lit private.llills might be enlarged from
friby next to Friday se'nisight. He said, that
the House-were constantly in the habit of prolonging
the time for ,receiving those Petitions, and it was
from the belief that the House would 'upon this

occasion adopt a similar Measure, that several per-
, sons, particularly in Scotland, had delayed sending
up their Petition;;,; he, therefore moved, that the
titer rhnultd be .enlarged till Friday se'nnight.
67r IV. ELFORI) opposed the Motion :
,he con-
tended, that the House ought to adhere to the Re.
solution it had made, and if that Resolution pressed
particularly hard upon iiny person, it was open to
hip to present's Petition, for leave to present a
.Pckition, He said, that Parties could not be taken
by surprize, because, when the Order reipeeting
Private Petitions was made in 'November last, he
gave, notice that. he should oppose any subsequent
Motion to extend the-time.
DuNpAs said, he did-not know that
the Hon. Baronet had given such a notice.
CIIAN6ELLOR of the .EXCHEQUER
said, he supported the Motion, although it was
wick some reludance,•because it was important chat
when the House had made an order respe&ing Pcti.
tions for private. Bills, that they should adhere to
it. But.as there were many cases in which the
House had undoubtedly departed from that rule, and
aipersons might be led , to suppOse that the House
*I would skew the same indulgence upon this as upon
other occasions, 'perhaps it might be as well not to
skew extreme vigour upon the present occasion ; but
he wished to give notice, that next Session of Parlia.
ment he should certainly oppf:,se any Motion of this
kind.

'The Motion was then agreed to.

, BREACII OF pittylLEC
Ate, TIERN.EY said, he rose to state a fan that
had been represented to him, which he conceived
highly insulting to the Privileges of the House. An
Order had been obtained from the SPEAKER dire&ed
to the Town Clerk of the City of Coventry, requir-
ing hitimo grant to the Agents of Messrs. BIRO
and Wong (Petitioners against the Return for
that City) an inspeCtion into the books and Minutei
of the Corporation, and that the answer of the
Town Clerk to this application was, " that :lhe
s',ouhl consult the Corporation," Mr. Tr earlEy
unless a very satisfa&ory account was receiv-
ed by the Post of to-morrow, he should make a
Motion on the subjeft. Mr. 'Tr tiItNEY. also read a
hand hill signed *by the Mayor, calling a meeting
oldie pets 'us summoned to attend the Committee.
'Mr. • 7EFFEOS said, he hoped the iiotiie
would tirmit him, though no Motion was before
theta, to say a few words in vindication of a Gen.
tleman whose condo& had been most grossly mis.
represented. Upon the receipt of the SC FAKER'S
• Ord .q., the Town Clerk did not say "he Would
consult the Corporation," as stated as.•the ground
of complaint ; but. that, as his Partner, in whose
care many of the Papers required were, was in
London; It was not possible to comply instantly
with the Order of, the SPEAKER' ;. that he would
send for the Gentleman in whose custody the Papers
were, to return' immediately, and in the mean time
give notice for the'Corporation to meet on Monday
morning at ten o'clock, who he had no doubt
would immediately dire the Order of the SP RAKER
to be complied with. 'As a proof to the House of the
earnest,desire of the Town Clerk, not to delay a
proper attention to the Order of the SPEAKER, an
Express war sent the same evening, there being no
post on Satord.ty, desiring, the, immediate return of
the Gentleman who was in London, to Coventry,
and he did on the receipt of the Express, leave
I,lndon the 'Same, day, travelling all night for the
porpose•of attending the meeting appointed .for "the
Corporation on Monday morning. Mr...TEETER y 4
said, he' trusted these Gets would convince the
noose that every attention had been paid to the
EAKEIOS Order, which the most zealous sup-
porters of thrPrivileges of the House could wish.
The SHERIVPS of the CITY of LoNOON brought,
up a Petition from the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and•
common Council Of the.. City of London, stating.
that the Market of Smithfield was much too small
and anii inconvenient, being the only Market for Cattle
.1:r the Cities of -Lon* and Westminster, and'
prayingjor leave to Wog in a Bill to enlarge the
same.

The Petition was ordered to. be referred to a
Committee, consisting of the Members of the Citiei
of London and Westminster; the Members for the
County of Middlesex, and' the Horne CoUnties.
The Snt n trite of LONDON presented another Pe,
tit ion from the Coriporation of London, setting forth
the great inconvenience resulting from the high
Price of Coals, and praying for. a Bill to make some
regulations in that • Trade.
This Petition was kefetted to the same Committee
as the former,

The &MUFFS of LONfoON presented anotlti*
Petition from the Corporation of. London, praying
for Parliamentary Aid, for the completion of the.
Works .carrying on for the Improvement of the
Port of London.
As this was an application for Public Money, it
was necessary to have the approbation of His
Majesty.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said,
he was authorised to give that approbation, it being
, understood that the money advanced by the Public
was to be considered as a Loan, and that ample
provi'sion was to be made in the Bill for its re-
payment.
The Petit'inn was ordered to lie on the Table.

• .
A Per= from the Bank of England presented an
Account of the number of Bank Notes in circitla-
don, pursuant to the order of the House on Friday
last. .
NTWASLETT presented Accounts from the
Commissioners for the Redemption of the National
Debt.

They were ordered to lie on the Table. •
The Order of .the Day was then read for resuming
the adjourned Debate respeaing the Petition corn.
plaining of an undue Eleaion for Drogheda, in
Ireland.—The Clerk having read the circumstances
,of the Case from the Journals,
The SPEAKER said, that the Motion before the
House was, that the Order for hearing the said Pc.
tition should be discharged.
Mr. BRAGOE said, that this Case did not ap.
pear to him to be one of much difficulty. The
A 5 upon which this question turned, was one
which the House had always construed with great
striEtness.
.The only point to be ascertained was,
~whether the Petitioner had complied with the
provisions of the Al in question, and as it .appeared
from the statement of the Sr EAZ Ex, which had been
read from the Journals, that the Petitionr had not"
entered into a recognizance in. the manner pre-
.scribed by the Aa.of Parliament, he should cer-•
tainly vote for the-Order being discharged.
The Order was then. discharged.
.BANK OI ENGLAND.

The CHANCELLOR of the RXCHEQUER
said, he rose in pursuance of the notice which, had
been given during his temporary, absence from that
House, to move for leave to bring in a Bill to con.
tinue an Mt of last Session of Parliament, for con-
tinuing the Restriction on the Payment in Specie by
the Bank of England. He assured the House, that
he felt considerable reludance and regret in making'
this Motion, for he was extremely anxious and den.
patient for the arrival of the period when 'all
the proceedings at the Bank should return to
' their old course, and the payments be made
in , specie, as usual. It was not necessary in
making this Motion, that he should recur to• the
original grounds upon which the Restridion on the.
Bank was founded ; nor was it necessary for him to
enter into any consideration, Whether the original
Restriction was, or was not well founded ; though,
upon that subject, he bad not the slightest doubt in
his own mind, still less did he suppose it would be
necessary now to require that which was necessary
when the original Restritlion took place, namely,
an Inquiry into the Sufficiency of the Bank to dig.
charge the Obligations it had entered into : be.
cause, upon that subject, he believed, there was
not a particle of doubt in the mind of any man
whatever. There were Many persons who doubted
of the propriety of the original Restrittion upon the
Bank, who might now, with perfect coniistency,
feel great difficulty in interposing for the purpose of
'discontinuing the operation of, such a Bill. Men
might have thought that the original measure was
.neither wise nor expedient, but its having been
adopted, there might be reasons for its continuance,-
. to which they were bound to subscribe. 'This was
the case in the last Session of Parliament : many
Gentlemen who declared that they still retained
their objedions to the original proceeding, stated,
that they would not then vote for, discontinuing
the Restridion. The ground on which he moved
for the Restriction .in the last Session of Parlia.
ment was, that the state of the Eichange between
this Country and the Continent was such, that a
considerable quantity of specie was going out of
the kingdom. Since then, it was true, the course
of Exchange had altered .very much in oUr favour.
At present the Exchange between this Country and
Hamburgh was nearly at par. The EXchinge with
Amsterdam was rather unfavourable, and therefore
the argument was not, he admitted, so strong as
it was last year ; but still it was one that applied
itself to the discretion of the. House. It was true,
that no specie was now likely to go from this Coun_.
try to Hamburgh, and very little to Amsterdam, but,
on the other 11411(1010 specie was coining into the Coun.
try, anti therefore he asked, whether, under the cir-
cumstances in which we were now placed, when it had
been found necessary by the Authority of Parlia-
ment, to permit Country Banks to issue a large
quantity of small; Notes, that they .should be ex.
posed to the inconvenience which must result from
the demand that would be made upon them for spe.
cie, when there was no influx of bullion to enable
them to meet that demand He believed that no
doubt could be entertained with resped-to .thispro.
position, that it would be better that the Restriction
should continue a little longer than was necessary,
than that it should be discontinued a single day too
soon. He was very far from wishing. to tnder-rate
the inconveniences that resulted from the restric-
tion on the payment of specie by the Bank of Eng.,
land ; there undoubtedly were some, and that to
Which he had adverted was certainly .one. of the
greatest ; but still they were only inconveniencies,
whereas the consequences that might be produced by
suddenly taking off the restriction, might be most
serious indeed. Hi wished that the restridion should
continue until that period when the course of Ex.
change appeared to be firitily.and steadily in favour:
of this Country ; a'perioti which he looked to with
the most sanguine hopes. The causes that produced the
unfavourable state of Exchange between this Couut ry
and the Continent, were such as he might reasonably
hope were not likely to occur again. We had, on.
fortunately, eltperienced three years of severe Sear.
city, and it appeared from documents which he had
seen, that no less than Twenty Millions of Specie
had, in that 'Period, been sent out of the Kingdom
for the pt tchase of Corn. This was a drain which °
he thought not very likely to occur again: it watt

almost unexampled in the hiitory of the Country.
But besicliothis, there was another great drain upon
'our Specie, in consequence of large Bruns that were
• necessarily sent abroad for the payment of the Army
anti. Navy; and even the flourishing stasis
.of our
CoMmerce, great as it was, had not yet beeksuf.
Relent to bring back bullion into the country, and
'to turn the Exchange in our favour. But when we
saw this Coinmerce was so rapidly indreasing,'and
that all the other causes to which he had alluded
had ceased to operate, it was. very natural, that the.
Course of gxchange would be soon highly favour..
able to this country and that would he the time
when the House could call upon the Bank to resume
its yayments in specie, without danger. or 'neon-
ventence. Upoh these grOunds (after moving that
the Ads of the 376, 38th, and 42d. of the King
be read) he moved for leave to bring in a- Bill
to continue the Aft of last Session. --But, be.
fore- he sat down, he .wished to advert to what
was said last Session, and to the wish then ex.
pressed that a Motion of this sort should be pre-
ceded by an Inquiry. The same arguments that
applied upon the former, .did not 'apply t:o the pre-
sent occasion ; it was then necessary for. the sake
of Public Credit, to prove to the Public, that the
means of the Bank were sufficient for the discharge
of all their obligations: but, at present, no doubt
whatever existed- upon the subje4l---if there had,
an inquiry, undoubtedly would b right. If a Com.
mittee were now appointed, the only thing they
could do would be, to inluire into the Course of
Exchange, and a Committee could have no other
means of ascertaining thiS fgt, than those which
were in the power of every Member of that House,
and Committees were in general appointed' to ascei.
tain fads, and not'solely to deliver opinions. With
respc to the other ground; narnely, the great issue
of. Country Bank Notes, the House could not want
information upon that subje& because they were
issued under the authority of an Ad 9f the Legi's.
'wore.

Mr, TIERNEY said, that the Right Hon. Gen-
rlem..n had stated correelly that there were many
Gentlemen, in that House who had originally voted
against the Restridion upon the Bank, who might
now consistently entertain doubts upon the pro.
priety of taking off that Restridion. 'He con_
leased he was himself in that clan of persons ; he
certainly had not made up his mind upon the sub.
jed, but was open to convittion' by any arguments
that might be adduced. But he did not so perfedly
agree. with the Right Hon. Gentleman in the latter
part of his speech, namely, With iesped to the
propriety of appointing a Committee for the pur.
pose of inquiring into the stilled. For however
familiar they might be with the business of the
Bank, yet a more important subjed never claimed
the attention of that House. He begged now not
to be considered as. giving any opinion upon the
propriety or impropriety of continuing the Re.
strklion upon the Bank. He only wished, that if
the Restrilion wai continued, the . Journals of the
House should contain the reasons upon which a mea.
sure of such importance Was founded for if there was
any subjen upon which the speech ninny individual,
however high in office, or respedable,in talents, ought
not to be made the ground or theprOceedings of that
House, this certainly was the measure, . The Right
Hon. Gentleman had stated, that the Exchange
,be-
tween this Country and Hamburgh was at par ; chat
he believed was the fad ; hot that circumstance
would not appear upon the Joarnals, and Posterity
would have no means of knowing upon what gro(als
a measure of so.much importance was founded. The
Legislature had gone on from time to time conti.
ruing this restriction, but it was. now nearly six
years since this House had any Report from the.
'.Bank respelling its situation. The last Report
was in 1797, and Since 'then the House did not
know.what hail been the proceedings of the Bank.
He would not now'enter into a discussion, whether
the itoppage•of the cash payment had been ,beeeficial •
or otherwise in 'a pecuniary point of view to this
Country, he would merely confine himself to the
grounds upon which-the Right Hon. Gentleman had
introduced this Motion. The Right Hon." Gentle.
man had stated, that the Exchange'between this
COuntri and the Continent was about. par, and upoo
that single ground he called upon the House tore.
new the Restraining Bill. The Right Hon. Gen-
tleman was correct 'in his statement of the fan,. but
still he would contend, that that Tan was no ground
whatever to justify the House-in passing this Bill.
The Right Honourable Gentleman ,had said, that
he' felt great reludatice in bringing forward
this measure, aad he' gave him', 'full credit for.
the truth of that assertion, he would. even go
farther, and say, that he believed that the Right
Hon. Gentleman'did not intend, till verylately, to
propose a renewal of the Bill. fie did not, in say.
ing this, mean toaffed having any private know.,
ledge of the Right Hon. Gentleman's intentions.
But he believed that the Right Hon. Gentleman di,l
not, till lately, make up his mind io propose a re.
newal of the Ad, because, otherwise he would have
given a longer riotiee Of his intention. At present
Parliament had only 21 days notice, as the present
Bill would expirt on the ist of'March. It appeared
to him, that much stronger grounds aught to he laid
before the Hollse, before thesk.tulopted chili measure.'
It was not pretended that the Course of Exchange
would cagy money out of this Country, far it was
stated to be at par—there was now no danger of In-
vasion, for we were in a state of profound Peace—it
was not asserted that there was any thing in the state
of foreign politics that called for this measure, nor
was it asserted; that if the Restridion was taken off,
that penple would. press upon the Bank, because
while the Exchange was at per,: or favourable to
this country, people could have 'no 'inducement to
hoard up specie.. None of these grounds had been
advanced, and the one upon which the motion rest:.
ed appeared to hint not sufficient to warrant the mea-
sure. Indeed it appeared to him to be a kind of
duty which the HouSe owed to theCOuntry, to shew
that the Bank had been examined, and to prove
that they had been making ready so recommence
their cash payments as soon as they should receive
permission, from Parliament. Was the Bank ready
to open ? Let it be stated:—Did the Bank appre-
hemi any danger from resuming its cash payments ?
There. was none crated. He must therefore, presume
that the Bank could resume, its' payments, but he
had a right -to require that the same evidence

•
bola be laid before' this House th It was given
upon a former occasion. The Bank stared•LAtmer•
ly that they were ready to pay as used, if Parlia-
ment would permit them. Why Was• there not A •
similar declaration now I They also inked on that
occasion, that their cash and bUlliOn had focreased
fivesfolil since the Order in Council, 3o that upon the
ordinary calculation, it must have amounted to
.about Six Millions.' 'There was an
,opinion enter-
tained by some men whose opinion upon such a Sub.,
jefp was certainly entitled to respect}, that as long
as the Restriction on the Bank was maintained, so .
long the" Couise of Exchange would be against thin
Country; be did not say he entertained that opinion,
but it was one that was intitled to consideration,
and he should therefore like to have some infors
mation upbn the subjed.. , It was not, he supposed,
apprehended 'that the Course of Exchange would tura
against this Country ; indeed- nobody who Lad
heard the very pleasing description which the CH AN*
CELLAR OHile EXCHEQUER had given of nor
ation, could entertain such an opinion. It seemed
to him very unwise to stop the payments of the
Bank tiporfany one ground, because whenever that
ground occurred in future, it would create alarm, aml
oceasion• a run upon the Bank. If the Restritlion
was_ continued merely because the Course of Ex-
change was not favourable to this Country, When-
ever at a .future period the exchange turned against
us, it would create an alarm, and occasion a nut
upon the Bank. There was but one observation
more which he wished to make, and that was, that
• the Bank did not seem willing to 'do any thing for
the Country, if it put them to any expence. It
might .put them to expence to buy Bullion, but why
should they not be put to that expence ? They had
made profit enough daring the Restriction, and they •
ought to let the Country share a little with them.
Much had been said about the absence of a Right
Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Pry* whatever he might
think about that Gentleman, upon other subjects,
he wished be was now in his place, because he was
sure, inr him, he should find a powerful Ally-..be.
• cause he was entitled' to suppose, that that Right
Hon. Gentleman would do now, what he had done
upon a former occasion. , He begged pardon of;
particu-
larly House for having taken up so much time
as he did not mean to make any Motion, as
he did not know what were the sentiments of the
House upon the subjed. The mode ,of proceeding,
which appeared to him most eligible upon this
sion, would be, to pass a Bill for two Months, and
in the interim to institute a Committee to inquire
into the subjed.
Mr. FOX said, that if it was now intended to
continue the Restridion for a .considerable length
of time, it would be right to institute a Comrnittee
of Inquiry. He Was happy to find that the Right
Hon. Gentleman felt a degree of impatience to Pat
an end to this Restriction, and to enable the !ba
ts" return to its,old system; and therefore he 1110413'
that the House ought not to be precipitate in Ps'"
ing a Bill to continue the Restridion for any great
length of time; It seemed to him as if the House
was coming to a kind
.of general principle, that
whenever the Course of Exchange was ,at par, "
against us, that then it would be inconvenient for
the Bank to pay in *Kele; 'He could not but
think that it would be highly dangerous to lay
down that as a general maxim. As to whit had
been said about the drain . which had been oc-
casioned by the money wericied the Par"
chase of corn, or rl,e sending cash abroad. to PaY
the Atmy and Navy, these cause; no longet exist"
ed, and consequently the argument did not
e
xuPenthedaseenritea,:h3 case.--With
—ciot
hn‘f•Cae confessed
raeWedaost
foocinej lyst
of
Bet
ny
but he did not alto,gethet concur in the arguments
which the Hon. Gentleman had drawn from it.'
The Right Hon. Gentleman had stated, that the ex-
portation of so much specie had turned Co
the•urse
,
of Exchange against this Country ; now he waa. in.-
dined to think that if all the corn which wart
ported had been paid for in Specie, the ExchanP
would not have been so much against us. Sonie.
people thought the unfavourable state of Exchange
was owing to the Restridion : he did not mean to.
say he had embraced that opinion, but it Was one
which he wished to hear discussed.—'-It was true
that Committees .of Inquiry were instituted to
ascertain fads, and not to fiirm opinions: that was
true generally, but not always. He thought there were.
opinions in this case with which the House ought to
be acquainted, particularly those of, the Bank Direr-.
tors. The Bank stated on a former occasion, that they
could riot
were ready to resume their payments, if Parliament
wpuld permit them ; he suposed that declaration'
was still in force and if so, p
he could not conceiv
what reason there was now to continue the Itestrie.
tion. If the Bank felt no apphe reall rehensibn from the:
renewal of its Cash. Pay ments,
comprehend how the measure was necessary for the
Country. , With regard to the conduit of the Bank.
of England since the suspension, he did not know.
any thing about if, but he did not entertain the re-
motest suspicion of any' thing improper, for he was_
firmly convinced, that it was owing entirely to 10
prudent conduit of the 'Bank Diredors that no we°
consequences had ensued from the Restriction ofFai.
mint in Specie. If he was founded in this opini°"'•
undoubtedly the Country were indebted to the Direr' •
tors of the Bank for their good conduel, but still it
was right that the House should have an opportunitY •
of inquiring into the subjed. It might be Said; that,
the Bank Directors had the whole management O'
the Bank before the Restridion, as well as noel
bin the cases were very different, because then they,
atted without the interference of ParliaMent, .a"
were therefore alone responsible.; hut that was
not the case since the Restraining. An had taken
place. He saw no reason for pitting the wh°l •
Credit of the Country, and all that drpende"
upon it, into the hands of the Bank Directors ; het
had no doubt, but that they were perfetly
and able men, but surely, no wise man would Rot
such confidence in any persons, unless he had the
means of examining their condnet. If there was anY
apprehension of the consequence of taking offthe Re-
stridion suddenly, it might be done gradually.. He •
understood, that small Dividends were paid in Specie,
and he saw no reason why small,Notes might not be
paid in the same manner, which would. gradually'
lead to the complete payment in Cash. 'As to the
apprehension, that persons would press upon the