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London, England, 1826-04-26 00:00:00

ALIEN ACT.

The Earl of DARNLEY said that it was a matter of notoriety
that a Minister of the Crown had declared in another place that
there was no intention, on the part of his Majesty's Ministers, to
renew the Alien Act, and it would be a matter of satisfaction to
their Lordships to hear a similar declaration from the Noble Earl
at the head of the Treasury. His Lordship congratulated the
"House on the early termination of an Act so disgraceful and so
useless turtle Alien Act.

• The Earl of LIVERPOOL begged to remind the Noble :erl
that it was not withal for oOvernment to make any announcement
respecting the Bill which was about to expire, except when some
other measure connected with it WIIB intended to be proposed to
Parliament. It way true that a Night Ilona Friend of his had, on
bringing in a Bill for Registering Foreigners, informed the /louse
of Commons that there was no intention on the part of hie Ma.
jetty's Ministers, of applying to Parliament to renew the Alien
Act. •

LOCAL PAYMENTS. BILL.
The Marquis of LANSDOWN moved their Lordships to rea.
• solve into a—Committee upon the Bill to enforce the payment of
notes.wher&er they might be istnied. • •
The Earl of LIVERPOOL agreed entirely with the principle
of the .Bill; which had been brought in by the Noble Mar-
quis; because he thought it desirable that the banks should pay
their notes • not only where they were issued, but at all their
branches ; but he had heard of so many objections made to
"the' Bill, and as his Lordship believed there was some diffi-
culties in the way of attaining the desired object, he would
submit to the consideration of the Noble Marquis, whether it
would be right to legislate upon the subject when the Com-
mittee had Intsisures before them upon which no report had as yet
been made. He did not look forward with any sanguine hope of
coming iu one Session to a final or satisfactory conclusion respect..
ing those important measures. It would •therefore, in his opinion
be better to reserve the whole subject for another Session. The
Bill which had passed their Lordships was undergoing connidera.:
ble alterations in the other House. of Parliament, where it was
then under discussion, and even within a short period there was
strong proof in Ireland of the 'advantages arising out of the ;sta.;
blishment of Joint-stock Banking Companies. In that rountry
there was scarcely a bank but those of the Bank of Ireland and
Joint-stock Banks and their branches, all of which were formed
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tinder Acts of Parliament; and in this. country a great many
bankers had expressed their willingness to be formed into► Joint-
stock Companies. He did not think it prudent to go farther un-
til the Bill which was before the other house of Parliament should
be passed, and after the passing of that measure there would be a
good opportunity during the recess of making an experiment; and of
ascertaining its efficacy. He hoped he would not be misunder.,
stood as objecting to the principle of the Bill which was thou be-
fore their Lordships, and if the Noble Marquis would consent to
its postponement, he hoped no such opinion would go abroad. His
object was to give the subject full consideration, and not to come
to any conclusion without sufficient information and deliberation;
and he also wished to say that he had no reason to alter the opi-
nion which he had already declared on the subject. The Noble
Earl than moved that the Bill be committed that day three months.,
The Earl of LAUDERDALE, after repeating the opinion which
he had already taprootd on the introduction of the Bill, respect-
ing its tendency to injure all Banking establishments, said that the
Provincial Banks in Ireland were placed in a very hard situation.
The Bank of Ireland, and its branches, issued notes which were
payable only in Dublin ; whilst the Provincial Banks paid their
notes wherever they were issued. They were thus turned into
mere engines for supplying the Bank of Ireland with gold ; and
he should be happy if some measure could be sadopted for their

The Earl of LIMERICK expressed his tatisfaitiou at the pro-
bability that the measure could not be carried into effect during the
present Session. Should such a mischievous measure be again
proposed next year, he hoped that it would be resisted 'and put
down. He returned his sincere thanks to the Pcen of Scotland,
for the energy and unanimity which they had displayed on this
occasion ; and was happy, as an Irishman, to join the cordon
aanftnirc which they had drawn before both countries. He
should also wish that Some measure were passed, during the
present Session, fur the protection of the Provincial Banks in
Ireland.

The Marquis of LANSDOWN did net intend, on that ocea.
Rion, to offer any observations on the propriety of extinguishing
in Scotland and Ireland all notes below AL, for 00 itthmnation
had yet been laid before their
,I.ordshipa by their Committee; nor
did be think that Committee yet ripe to make any fonammica.
tion. It was his intention, in the CoMthittee, to have propoaed,
that the wads in the Bill, " at present,' should be changed " till
the Mouth of October next," the time When the linkers
renew
their licenses. After the full admission of the Noble Earl of the
importance and tistic.e of the principle of the measure, though he
thought that difficulties were new in the way of carrying it into
execution, he could not obstinately persist in forcing fonvard the
Bill, particularly as he was assured, that by postponing it till the
next Session, he might then have the powerful assistance of the No..
ble Earl in carrying it into effect. Ile looked on the principle of

the measure as essential to having the circulation of the country
in a spinet state. It was not enough that paper should be con.,
vertible into coin; to make, that conversion of any consequence 9.
the holder Of the note must have the power of effecting it
speedily. If Banks were allowed to name notes, .which they
would pay only at remote places, an almost unlimited ACOF,.'"
would be given to their speculation ; and a currency the moat
vicious and dangerous--the most liable to fluctuations which •
could be conceived,.-would overflow the country. He agreed
entirely with the Noble Earl, that it was cusential to a sound
paper currency, that gold should be in circulation with it ; and
it was not possible to prepare the way for withdrawing the
small Notes, till some gold had been vut into circulation. H.
Notes were not made payable where issued, it would be hopes-
Bible to get any sovereigns into circulation; and the measure
which the Noble Earl contemplated, of withdrawing the small
Notes from Scotland and Ireland, could not be carried into ef-
fect. He would not repeat what the Noble Earl had stated, of
the conflict between the two Banks; but he believed he wee
quite correct, that the Bank of Ireland,, in the exercise of is
rights, had made all its Notes payable only in Dublin, and ()valet!
the Provincial Bank to tied gold for it; but be must call their
Lordships' attention to Whet Would be the condition of Ireland,
if left exposed to the dangers of fluctuation in its currency. Un-
der the present state of the laW, the Bank of Ireland possessed
the privilege of doing what it had done, and the other Bank
might be tempted to do something similar. It might hape
pea that the Bank of Ireland should completely extinguish
its rival the Provincial Batik, and it had only established Branch
Banks for this very purpose. If it succeeded its its object, it
would have a monopoly of ell the paper currency of Ireland ;
and, reverting to its old. system, it might withdraw its Branch
Establishments, and Ireland would then be left almost des-
titute of any circulating medium, and the whole country
would be at the mercy of the Bank of !ravel. Their Lord-
ships might put the Supposition the other way, and imagine
the Provincial Bank altering, as it was well entitled to alter,
its system, and making its Notes only payable at Limerick,
or some remote place like Kinsale, or Donegal, or even any
place in England, then the whole circulation of Ireland would
consist of paper payable in gold only in Dublin, or some re'
mote spot in England. Before sitting down he would notice
the circumstance which he had almost forgotten, of the
danger England would incur, if no manure were brought
forward this• Session relative to Scotland, at least in the northern
counties---of being overrun with Scotch Bunk Notes. The active
agents of those Banks in the towns of the North of England, would
endeavour to force those notes into circulation, and England would
be deprived of all the benefits intended to be conferred on her by
the late measures. Those notes might be made payable only in
Edinburgh, and the object the Noble Earl had in view in intro-,
ducing the late measures, might be entirely detiuted. The Noble
Marquees concluded by Raying, that he was ready to acquiesce in
the suggestion of the Noble Earl, hoping that he might, at a future
time, have his powerful support. He should, therefore, beg leave
to move that'their Lordships resolve themselves into a Committee
on the Bill on that clay three months.
The Earl of ROSSLYN agreed in the viewi of the Noble Mar-
quani as to the conduct of the two Banks in Ireland ; but he dif-
fered from him as to his apprehension* that the North of England
would be inundated by Scotch Bank None. Before 1797, there
were many small notes in circulation in Scotland, but they never
passed the borders. If they hail not made en irruption then into
England, there was still lesifdanger now, and be thought the fears
of his Noble Friend, on this head, quite groundless:
The Earl of LIVERPOOL disagreed with the Noble Mar-
quess as to the danger of Scotch Small notes coming into eircula=
tion in this conutry. In 1797 there was no such danger, since, if
he might so express it, the taste of the people here was in favour
of a metallio-Curreney. In every view of the subject he thought
the consideration of this Bill ought. to be postponed ; for till
the whole matter could fairly be examined, Parliament could
hardly be ripe to legislate upon it.
The .Earl of LAUDERDALE thought there Was little danger
of the introduction of Scotch paper into this country. As a
proof of this he might mention a subject with which the Noble
Lord on the Woolsack was doubtless well acquainted ; he meant
what was commonly called the Black Job.—(A laugh.). _ln that
transaction Scotch notes were refused to pas* at Newcastle; and
the celebrated John Hay was obliged to indorse them as his
private hills of exchange, before he could use them to pay for the
horses purchased there. Thittliet eliewed that without the con-
sent of the people thentselVes, Scotch -notes could ',not be intro-
duced. ' •

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The LORD CHANCELLOR eould not but wonder at the
Noble Earle insinuation of his acquaintance frith 'the Black Job.
of which he believed he knew no ttior than did. the Noble Earl
himielf.—(A laugh. )—With. respect to the danger' of Scotch netts
passing the border, he 'certainly did think the Hotise would find
Nome difficulty in legislating on that subject, seeing .that the note,
were of a Scotch nature, it would be almost impossible to prevent
them from travelling South.—(A loud laugh.)
After a few words from the Earle of LIMERICK and CAR-
NARVON, the motion was agreed to.:
THE EAST-INDIA JURY BILL
The Marquess of LANSDOWN expressed his approbation of
the principle of this Bill, which, he said, had its origin in the
system pursued some years' since in Sierra Leone, by Sir Alexan-
der Johnson, the Chief Justice of that Colony. • The course pur-
sued by that enlightened Judge was afterwards Brought into opt,
ration in Ceylon, where it had ultimately prodnceil the Abolition
of Slavery. The Bill had hie most cordial support...--The Bill
was read a third time.

The Bill for Amending the practice of Write of Mandamus iu
Creland was also read a third time and paaseti.
'the other Bills went through their respective stages, and the
Ramie adjourned.

HOUSE OF COMMONS:
Several Bills were forwarded u stage.
NEW CORN EXCHANGE
Sir. E, KNATCIIIIVLI. moved a clause to be added to this
New Corn Exchange Bill. The 'clause was read elicit, second,
and third time, and added to the Bill, which watt read a third
time said plieseth
TYTII.ES IN THE PARISH op ST. OLAVE.

Mr. CALCIIAVI' proiented a Petition frorn tho. Churchwa-
rdens and other inhabitants of the parish, of St. olavo, Mart-street.
complaining of the exorbitant, exaction of Cam by the present
Incumbent of that pariah.
Mr. Alderman I.IIIYDGES supported, in f a few ward!), the
petition.

Mr. Alderman WOOD hoped this evil, which aroseout of the
modus for tithe at lle. Pd. per pound, would notlong escape the
attention of the Legislature in the neat Parliatnent.
Mr. HUME, regretting the absence of the Right lion. Secre-
tary for the Rome Department, who so conanintly advocated the
interests of the Church, would have been glad to put it to that
Right Honourable Gentleman, whether this was, nut a fair
ground of complaint by the parishioners of this parish ? lle was
curry to see the peace of the Church and the parishioners in-
vaded thus by selfish bickering*, and particularly so, since be un-
derstood that the difficulty of arranging the matter had been en-
creaseil by the interference of the Bishop of LotOlott ,between the
present Clergyman, who was willing to take 14004 a year, and
the future, on the ground that.the rights of the Clergy to the
tithe would not be parted with unless other interests in 'futurity
were consulted. Such an interference he could not but reprobate
as unworthy of that Prelate. indeed he must p 4), he rather acted
like at firebrartd in this instance than 4!ftiellti to, the peace or the
Church.

Mr. W. WYNN was of opittirtft the attack ;hey had just
nosed on the character of the worthy Prehtto• water moot unfah and
unjust. If he wished to know why that I.outoed Pre4te had in-
terfered, he would tell him that it was,bill duty to do Atli behaving
been appointed to the high situation he lickd capreedi to talc cart
of the interests dill* Church.
Mr. DENMAN believed the !tight )tool. Gentleman laboured
under some mistake in conshkring
had made an
attack on the Rev. Ilishop.
that the
Mr. WYNN.—Whet sre,the wArd .triply, s to iNyi if accusing hi.
of acting as a fireband is nor tot attack ?
Mr. CA LOtt A rt: 'pet be hinted,
observed there was no intention by: this petition to stigmatize or
blame the Bishop of I..eadeo for taking care that the pro erty of

ibeCtogeh of which he was the trainee, should suffer no deterio-
. satiron. On the whole, the conduct of the Bishop had been most
intrionciliatory.
14r.i.S.icretary PEEL, regretted he was not in the House when
as alluaion had been made to himself by the Hon. Member for Mon-
trose, accompanied by a reflection on a Reverend Prelate, which
he must lay he still hoped would be withdrawn, as otherwise it
would remain an instance of possible perversion of that freedom
of speech which had been vanted to Hon. Members inside those
walls for valuable purposes, to the injury and prejudice of the worth-
iest and best men in society. A Right Rev. Prelate, as distinguished
by his eminent station as he was remarkable for his private virtues,
had been assailed aufpranded with an opprobrious epithet—(Hear)
which would not fail to reeoil on its utterer.---(hear.)—lndeed,
had the situation of that Hon. Member been ,of sufficient eminence
to have given such a calumny weight, he should not have con-
fined himself to speak of. it in a tone of so much moderation as he
had done. Was it fair thus to brand the Bishop of London with
so severe a stigma, so foul a reproach, because he attended to
those interests which specially he was hound to protect or was
it for him to compel the next incumbent to be content with 1,200/.
a-year, when the present enjoyed, and it seemed was entitled, to
1,800/. a-year ?—(Hear.)—He had hardly any doubt but that the
differences between the incumbent and his parishioners would be
adjusted in time amicably, but he inti,t add that those who were
most likely to defeat that hope, and do most injury to the cause
they affected to serve, were persons who applied such highly re-
prehensible language to the conduct of venerable and much re-
spected indiViduals in their official and responsible capacity.—
( Loud cheers. )
Mr. HUME explained that he had been induced to say what
he had said, in consequence of finding that when the parties them-
selves had settled their disputes, and the Rector agreed to take
14004 a veer, the Bishop had dissented from the arrangement,
and he could not think that any person so situated, deserved any
very qualified approbation. It made him; he confessed feel
strongly on the subject when he found a Clergyman held up by
his Bishop in demanding from his parishioners a sum nearly equal
to the King'e Assessed Taxes on the parish. This was what had
induced him to speak as he had, though he must say he should
be sorry to throw out any personal observations or reflections
which were unnierited4Vthi in the warmth of debate (Hear.)
The petition Was read, and purported to that of the Churchwar-
dens and Inhabitant/of the parish of St. Olave, Hart-street, Lou-
don, imploring the' House to relieve. them from their present ex-
orbitant rate of aspessmeet,fortithe at the full rate of 2s. Ott. in
the pound sterling, atOnalIYI Rue' petition was ordered to be
printed. , en
":441 i .PROVISIONS.

Mr. E. Wovitsioniz moved for returns of the contract price
at which the -Royal 110'1)441s at Greenwich and Chelsea were
provided with ,uteat, flour, bread, malt, hops, &c. for a given
t i me. —Ordered.