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London, England, 1819-04-07 00:00:00

PAItLIAMENt.

HOUSE OF LORDS, APRIL 6.

The'HOuse proceeded in ThOmas'S Divorce
Mr. Moore appeared as Counsel for the patith net.
Witnesses were examined, atter which the 13i1
was read a second time and ;committed for 10-
morrow fortnight.
Petitions were presented by the Duke of Graf-
ton, from Ipswich, for a Revision of the Criminal
Laws; and by Lord Viscoont Shintoist!), from
the Corporation of Dublin, against the Roman
Catholic Claitns.---;-Orderedlo lie upon the table.
The Freight Distribution Bill, the Alkali
Duties Bill, the liotkeept4s Bill, and the Quar-
ter Sessions Division Bill, passed - through Cont.
mittees, and were reported without Amendment.
ARBUTHNOT AND•AMBBISTER.
The Martptess of LatisnowS:a. intimated his in-
tention of bringing forward a motion, on art early
day after the recess, for an Address to the Prince
Regent, praying for a communication with the
American Government respecting the late trans-
actions in Florida, and particularly relative to the
death of tiro British subjects. He should after-
wards give notice of the day ; Le did not mean, by
bringing forward such a motion, .to intimate that
there had been any remissness on the part of his
Majesty's Government in taking the proper steps
which such an occurrence required, hot tie felt it,
under all the circumstances, a 'public dilly to call
the attention of Parliament to the subject.
BANK OF ENGLAND.—FURTHER RESTRICTION OF
CASH PAYMENTS.
About five o'clock the Cash Payments Bill was
brought up front the House of Commons by Mr.
Peel and other Members.
The Earl of Hastaowny moved the first reading
of the• Pill, which immediately took place.
His Lordship then, in pursuance of his notice
of yesterday, moved to suspend the Standing Ot
ders, for the purpose of going through the other'
stages of the Bill. It was, he observed,, essen-
tial to the Resumption of cash-payments, by the
Bank, that a quantity of treasure should be col-
lected at any given time, to enable that Body so,
to resume cash-payments ; but
,by diminishing
that treasure in payments in the mean time, it was
evident, the period' of the general resumption of
cash-payments must be retarded, because it must
of necessity take the Bank a longer time to col-
lect treasure to resume their payments generally
in specie, it they continued paying in the mean
time, than if all intermediate payments in gold
svere suspended. It was upon this principle the
present Bill was founded. Were it merely that
the Bank would have had to purchase gold at a
higher rate than they had issued it, that would
be no reason for the present Bill, neither, was,
there any necessity for the Bill on the part- of the
Bank, there being amply sufficient treasure col-
lected by that body'to discharge all its notes pay-
able idcash. The motive for the Bill was public
convenience, and none other ; the object being to
accelerate the period when the resumption of cash-
payments, which all desired, might take place.—
His Lordship concluded by moving to suspend the
Standing Orders,
The Earl GREY declined troubling the House
at any.length upon this sabject. particularly as he
stood almost alone in his opinion with regard to
the measure now proposed. He must say, how-
ever, that the impression made upon his mind yes-
terday, on the first opening of the business, had not
been altered by any thing that had now been said
by the Noble Earl. And ali that had been said
by the Noble Bail in recommendation of this Bill,
was, in point of fact, a retraction of all that had
been said for some time past by his Majesty's Mi-
nisters,jand a condemnation of the whole finan-
cial system ,upon which they had acted. • He
should tint now, however, attempt to argue the
question, but content himself with solemnly pro-
testing against the Bill.
The Earl of LIVERPOOL protested against the
doctrine of the Noble Earl, that the present Bill
was a condemnation of the financial measures
adopted by his Majesty's Ministers. Ile' should
not vow enter into that question, but • when the
time came for the discussion, be should he folly
prepare(' to shew that the argument of the Noble
Ea:l was entirely erroneous. The accuracy Of
what lie stated on the preceding evening respect-
ing the transactions in 1797 having been qUes-
dotted, he had recurred to the Parli,quentary Re-
ports of thst period, and found that the objection
of Mr. Fox to the proceeding of the Council, went
even farther than he (Lord Liverpool) had pre-
viously stated it. ,

The Earl Gary said he did not mean to ques-
tion the accuracy of the Reports alluded to •by
the Noble Earl, nor did he on a former occasion
mean 10 question the accuracy of those records of
what passed in Parliament, any farther than as
being impossible to be accurate under the circum-
stances in which the Debates in. Parliament were
taken. It might, however, be -easily imagined
that he should not recollect the circwitstance of
the objection taken by Mr. Fox, it -being a mat-
ter of form, at a time when he (Lord 'Grey) was
so deeply occupied with the substantial merits of
the qoestion then tinder discussion. 'But, how-
ever great his respect and regard for Mr. Fox,
he must still differ from him upon that pOint,
it being still his opinion that the most proper
course wonld have been to issue an Order in
Coitucil instead of having recourse to the present

The Marquess of L►Nsnowt,•t3 said, that before
consenting to the present tneasuie, he bad been
particularly solicitous to establish, fir sr, the dispo-
sition on the part of the Members of the Coin-
mittee to revert to the ancient Mild approved stan-
dard of value, and secondly, the nltallS possessed
by the Batik of recurring to that standard-of va-.
lue. Being satisfied upon these two points that
there was that disposition tit► the part of the
Committee, and that the Bank undoubtedly pos-
sessed the means, it followed that this Bill be-
came absolutely necessary to the achievement of the
object in►view, as without it the fulfihnent of that
object must be retarded.

'l'he Earl GREY expressed his satisfaction at
what had j►►st bee►► stated- by his Noble _Friend,
and trusted that it really was i►:tended to revert to
the ancient and approvedstand3rd of value, with-)
out which no other means coi►ld be effectual.
The Marquess of LiAlibl;OWNti again spoke as to