Star.
London, England, 1802-04-27 00:00:00

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

Mr. Jr viler s pretested a Petition from the Inhabitants of
Coventry, praying an Ad to prohibit the pradiee of Bull-bait-
Ing.—Ordered to lie OD the Table.
A fimilar Petition was pretested from Lord Dudley and
Ward, and certain inhabitants of the town of Dudby..—Order-
ed to lie on the table.

• The Sugar Drawback 11111, and the French Wine importa-
tion Bill, were reedit fecund time, and ordered to be commit-
ted to-morrow.

The Refolotions of the Committee for granting Allowances
to Militia Officers were agreed to and Bills ordered.

Ttic Report of the 13111 for improving the Port of I.rr '- •
w ..I.rought up, and the Mil ord,red to Ix mad a th:14.1
to-1114170W.

A Lill for making 'further Rcgulati.m. in the Wcft-lndia
Ducks WAS br,.ught op by Mr. Ilit.ic or, and mad a brit thr..
A new Writ wasordered fur N..wton, in the room of Sir
Law, appointed Chief Jufticc I.f the Cvort of King's Bench.
The Cum! tee on the kill Linen Alanufaeture Bill was
deferred till to-morrow.

Committcesaf Supply and Ways and Means were dc-
ferr,td t. 1.1 We4lncfday.

LAND TAX.
The CHANCILLOR of the Excu so,y Ka role pur.
fount to notice, to move for leave to bring in a
Bill for consolidating the fever al AEts relative to
the fale and redemption of the Land-Tax, and for
making further provifions for the fale of the fame.
The Right Hon. Gentleman explained the objxds
of the Bill to be—fidt, to prolong the time allowed
to Occupiers and Proprietors to buy the llTa, ,
which time would expire in July next. Seci.ncli
to get rid of the right which Occupiers
exiting laws had to re-purchafe as foon as the fum
in the hands of the Commitrioners for the reduc-
tion of the National Debt lbould amount to
4,0c0,0001. •' and thirdly, to make an arrangement
that fhould do away the etre& which the prefent
/Ws were complained of to have had in interfer-
ill; with the purpofes of Mr. Powys's Aet. The
Right Hon. Gentleman concluded with a motion
accordingly ; which was agreed to.

CONTIROVIRTEDELECTIONS.
Mr. M. A. TAYLOR rote to bring forward a mo-
tion relative to Mr. Grenville's aft upon contro-
verted elation?: The meafure of Committees be-
ing appointed by the Houfe to try controverted
clef-Hens was fo popular, that he believed no Gen-
tleman would with to alter it. Excellent as wet,:
the provifions of Mr. Grenville's ad, there were
borne inflances in which its operation might he ac-
celerated. He had two points in view ; Gentle-
men are well aware of the delay which occurs in
thefe Committees in taking down the evidence by
the out-door clerks, and he intended to propole,
that thort-hand writers should be employed in
there Committees. Their accuracy and expedi-
tion were truly aftoniihing, and by means of their
clerks they could lima copies of the evidence in
a very Ilion time. His fecond objet was to ex-
pedite the ballots ; in place of only one or two
being gone through in a day by this mode, three
or four might be eafily accomplillted, provided
there were not lefs than I Go Members in the Houk..
He then went into a minute explanation of the
fubordinate points, and concluded by moving for
leave to bring in a Bill for the further regulation
of controverted eleftions, and for further expedit-
ing Mr. Grenville's a&
After a few words from Mr. Bials and Mr.
Salmi, the motion was put and carried.

YEOMANRY CORPS.
The SECRETARY at Wet gave notice, that he
would, on Thurfday next, move for leave to'bring
in a Bill to enable his Majefty to continue the Cer-
vices of Certain Yeomanry Corps upon their (ma
application.

EXCINILLUIR BILLS BILL.
The Houfe having refolved into a Committee
on this Bill,
Mr. RoasoN recommended to Miniilers to take
• Onc million more of Exchequer Bills in addition
to the fum in the Bill before the Committee, in
order to apply it to the payment of the Civil Lill-.
Debts, which, for the credit of his Majclly, and
of that Houfe, ought to dir‘harged, particu-
larly thofc of the Tradefmen, who were 110 W nearly
eight quarters in arrcay. ; and of comic, accord-
in,,r; to Mr. Burke's Bill, likely loon t. fotkit thdr
uen:ands. It was flt4r.gc, he that the vote
of the Houle had not yet been complied with.
It put him in•mind of a circumilance which had
happened tome years back, of the Houle having
'voted half a million for the payment of the Civil
Lift Debts, and yet they remained unpaid for
near:y•two years—and "whathas happened once,"
added the-Hon. Member, " may happen again."
(A laugh.)
Mr. \ram srrrarr requefted the Hon. Gentleman
not to be alarmed for the Debts of the Tradefmen,
as, if he would take the trouble of looking into
Mr. Burke's Bill, he would find himfelf mitlaken;
for the reftriaion he *alluded to referred only to
Officers of State, the Lords of the Treafury, and
others. He affured the Houfe, and the Hon.
Gentleman, it was the with of Government to
take the earlieft opportunity of dikharging this
debt; and particularly the claims of the Trader-
men—but the Hon. Gentleman ought to be aware.
that a Bill mull be brought in and enacted, found-
ed on the vote of the Commitee of Supply before
Minifters would be authorifed to aft upon that vote.
Mr. Roasote faid, he was not aware that he
thould again have an opportunity of difcuffing this
fub_jsd.
Mr. &BOGS obferved, that, from the anxious
with expreffed by the Hon. Gentleman, that the
Civil LiR Debts thould be loon difcharged,he muft
ffippofe that the Hon. Gentleman voted originally
for the payment of thofe debts.
Mr. ROBSON loudly exclaimed " No."—(A ge-
neral laugh.)
Mr. Bitac c e refumed.—Then the Hon. Gentle-
man was folicitous that that fhould be now done
immediately, which in the &ft inflame he wifhed
not to be done at all. As to the payment of thofe
debts, he (Mr. B.) had no doubt that payments
would be made as loon as puffible, probably before
even the Appropriation :let thould pats.
Mr. Roasox wifhed to feparatc the debts of his
Majefty from thole of the Minifters, as he was
willing to pay the one, hat certainly not the other.
The Cmancetama of the ExcuE(UJER remarked,
that the Hon. Gentleman who was fo delirous
that a generous thing (hould be done, in a gener-
ous way, was but lately unwilling that this gener-
ous thing thould be done by any means. The
Right Hon. Gentleman explained the fentiments
of his Hon. Friend, (Mr. Vanfittart)—he did not
mean it to be undo-flood, that no part of the debts
of the Civil Lift would be paid until the Appro-
priation A& (hould pars; on the contrary, if means
could be fooner found, the Houfe might rely on
thofe debts being attended to; but the want of thofe
means at prefent arofe from caufes which were
known to the Houfe and the Public, and probably
were not unknown to the Hon.Gentletnai,—::

kote trii. tit the ufual prompt parnooe on the Id.
Balments of the Loan not having been mail:, and
from the fums as yet received having been tranf
ferred t. the Bank, to provide for Exchequer Bills.
With refpea to the cardlruaion which the Hon.
Gentleman endeavoured to attach to Mr. Burke's
BM, it was almoß manifeftly erroneous, for furely
it never could have been the intention of that Bill
to withhold payment from Tradelmen and Ser-
vants—no fuch interpretation had been ever before
ut upon it. The rellriaion alluded to by the
lion. Gentleman, was defigned merely to produce
more diligence and punauality on the part of the
great Officers of State, but not at all to impofe
inconvenience, or to create an injury to any one.
He hoped and trufled that what ever the Hon.
Gentleman might infinuate, his Majetty's Govern.
Inent had credit with that Houfe, and with the
Country, for the utmoß folicitude and anxiety to
difcharge thole debts—that the means to do Co did
not evil at prefent, and that as foon as they did,
they would be faithfully and cheerfully applied,
in put fttance of the Vote of the Houfe.—The Re.
port was ordered to be received tomorrow.
BANE OT IRELAND RESTRICTION WILL.

Mr. Ctaay moved the Order of the Day for the
fecondteading of the Bank of Ireland Reftridion
Bill.
Mr. VAIIIDELEUR was of opinion that the Re.
firidion on the Bank of Ireland had created a fpi-
rit of Banking, and of !peculation in trade, which
Lad been highli. injurious to that country. So much
had this been the cafe,hc Paid, that even the finalleit
payments had been made in paper. In confequence
of paper being allowed on that country to be ioued
• for Inver, traders had iffued notes for 3s. 6d.
Gs and Bs. and inferior fhopkeepers for 6d. until
fcarce a fixpence was to be ken in any part of the
country. This was produaive of the greaten in-
jury, as many poor perfons, poffeffed of thefe
finall notcs, found themfelveson a fitdden, through
the failure of the fource from whence thefe notes
were iffued, reduced to fill greater poverty, and
enable to pay their rent. 1-ihonght tome Re-
ndition ought to he introduced into the Bill, upon
this injurious iffue of paper.
Mr. HEXRY THootoorom ohferved, that this Bill
had been introduced to accompany the reftridion
on the Bank of England. With refped to the
reflridion on the Bank of England, no danger
could reftilt from it ; that Bank was a body ex:

tremely refpeCtable, who were fufficiently difpo fed
to reftrain the circulation of their own paper, and
to limit, within due bounds, the paper circulation
of the country, which they were the better enabled
to do, as they poffeffed a monopoly of the iffue of
paper in the metropolis. With refpeet to the Bank
of Ireland, the cafe was different, other Banks
iffued paper in the fame place where that exited,
and a reltritlion on that Bank would therefore be
ineffeetual. It was important, however, for the
iioufe to bear in mind, that too great an emiffion
of paper produced the ground on which the con-
tinuance of the reftriition on the Bank was found-

el, as by railing the price of commodities, it im-
peded their exportation, and confequently turned
the exchange again& us. Ireland to be
extremely liable to a danger of thisprinTdwhen,
however, the difeontinuance of the reftriaion on
the Bank of England thould be matter of difcur
Cm, the eircumftance of the courfe of Exchange
being againft li-eland, ought not to operate as a
'vain% againft that difeontinuance, and they mull
provide in that country, as in this, cant for their
paper. The courfe of exchange between this coun-
try and Ireland was at the prefent moment a or j i
per cent. againft the latter, and between *isms.,
try and the Continent 5 or 6 per cent. aria
Great DI itain, which, however, Co far as related
to Ireland, mnft be dded to the 2or 3 per cent.
the amount of the exchange againft that country
in the intercourfe between Ireland and Great Bri.
la; n. He thought lonic meafure ought to be adopt-
ed to pi event too great an emiffion of paper in Ire.
land : he had no local knowledge of the country,
but he was convinced that the people mull fre-
quently fuller from the infufficiency of many per-
lons whole paper was fcnt into circulation.
Mr. CORRY raid, that if an Hon. Gentleman
(Mr. Vandeleur), who bad made feveral obferva.
tons upon the Bill, had privately communicated
thofe oblervations to him, he lhould have paid,
every attention to them. !Camber Hon. Gentleman
(Mr. Henry Thcrrnt on) had done fo, and he thought
it highly neceirary to pay attention to the °haves-
lions of that Honourable Gentlemamas he was con-
vinced of their julliee. He trotted, however, the
fituation of the Bank of Iceland would not be look.
ed upon with any degree pf fulpicion ; it bad never
yet been called in queftion, and a former Bill of
reftriCtion on this Bank had been paired without
any inquiry, its credit being perfectly Cubit:lsaiah
This meafure was taken up now as an auxiliary
to a funilar meafure relative to the Bank of Eng-
land. Some obferVations had been made rela-
tive to the comic of exchange ; as he underftood
the fubjeft, it depended upon the largenefs or
finallnels of the remittances made into any coun-
try from other States. However the courfe
of exchange might, at the prefent moment, be
againft Ireland, he trolled that the revival of the
Linen Manufacture in that country, and the export
of corn ariling from the bounty of Pamir:isnot
in the lull Larval, together with other circum-
flances, would fo far amend the fitnation of the
country, that no difficulty would occur when this
bill cealed to operate, in returning to the accent-
tomod channel of payments in call+. He admitted
that this bill ought not to be continued any longer
than was ablolutely necellary. He hid lamented
the fituation of Ireland with refpe& to the nidi-
mited circulation of paper—bat he had never been
able to frame a propofition worthy of being laid
before Parliament, which was calculated to reme-
dy the evil. But though he could not bring for-
ward any Legiflative mealbre, he had frequently
endeavoured to call the attention of the people of
Ireland to the danger to which they were expofed,
from the circulation of bate paper. Some confi.
+Table failures bad, however, hipppened, which,
Itl they were the caufe of much diftrefs to many
inJit ideals. feared as a lelrcn to all parties—it
taught thofe who tent paper into circulation, that
'Jj .t'uld not itrue it to that extent which they