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sisters span the tzak question, as
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others. Wie ha ;..pon record, from one Ministe:, thz;
a one-pound note was equiya:ent to twenty
-of the coin of the realm, while as immense bccittlr
two eolo me s• from atCther Minister, said that it 14;
'not so ; nay, that it Sholli.l rot be so--1,4 /Qui/L's,
Hence it was that no man 'knew the value of hispre.
: If he enquires of 'Parliament they cam
tell One party will tell him buck,
y it is white. It was to remedy thoc-

moved for a Committee. It might be ohicc•ei
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that he should have-waited until the Right 110,10%-""
able Gentleman brought fnt-hid
he asked the Right Hon. Gentleman as to lie finer,
cial plans, it was answered that he ±:he Chanc^ll
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the Exchequer) would bring forward the Iledf-°rmi
give his views of the qt;e.tion. Now it was r.t.tll-1i'21,-,
lion. Gentleman's.vretes—it was acts that he
—lie would be satisfied if the House tvelid
into a CornmitteP, and agree to a Rciolution, as 4
done upon the Catholic Question, that they sverdi
take such and such things into considerattfin at soft,
future time. The siinisters rniz.ht be induced
apply themselves vigorously to their duty, or tist
Pnnce Regent might be induced to h '• c an7e cis Os
ccrs, and tht's some good might be the ~1 r,
nisters might thank him now for givie, then aa
portunity to know who were their dearest friends.
and he should have the consolation also, of shewint
to the Country those who wei-e its ft lends. lle an,-
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must say honestly that he wished to see the p t
could Act
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any visionary schemes of Reforic, but by bringis,t'
about such measures of salutary Reform as the Coat.
try requirrd. He hoped his opinions would not be
misconstrued, It was of the first importance to pot
the Country in a proper financial state, to skew t,
the world that we were in a state to support a war.
He thanked the Loose for its indulgence, ard cor.
cluded by moving, that the House do resolve itce
into a Committee, to consider the .:ate of the Na•
ti°lllTord CAST
faleen L. EREAGH began by expressing
regret, that the Right Honourable Gentleman von!!
have prematurely mixed up in his able speech those
topics, about which the House was shortly to employ
itself at large, and when only they Could meet with a
tfficulties
he and consideration. Whatever were the di
and his colleagues had to encounter in theivoliti.
cal proceedings, he would not object to the principk
that the Representatives of the people had a right of
examination into those measures, He would put it to
the generosity of the Right Honourable Gentleman,
if ever there had been, since the lamented death of
Mr. Petteval, a more eminent period of financial
difficulty than that which diitinguished the office of
his]Right Honourable Friend'? If he felt that the pw.
sent was a question about die Bank, he would have
no hesitation in dping his duty, and looking the pea
in the face, If the Right Honourable Gentlemaa
hid thought that the Prince Regent could nave pre.
'vided himself with better 'Ministers, why did the ihght
Honourable Gentleman sleep- upon his post, and post.
pone his Aleclaratioi ulna the present periai of the
Session, and until the eve of the discusaica the two
mo.; important questions that the House could be
employed upon ? Would any one disbelieve that the
Might Honourable Gentleman took up the q.ie:tion
at this moment, but as a measure of Parliamentary
tactics, and to embarrass the House? Them was
an interval long enough for him, if he had wished
to have brought forward the question before.—
But he trusted the House would feel it would heal'
abusing its, time, were he to follow the Right Hots.
Gentleman, and to be dragged into toeless discos.
sions..-,Affear; hear.) As soon as the other impor-
tant discussions were over, he would challenge the
Right Hon. Gentleman to bring the conduct of DTr
nisters before Parliament in the most comprehensive
manner it could be brought. lie would reserve him-
self to explain the propriety of Ministers intention,
whatever might be the issue of their measures—he
would explain why the Property and Malt Tax woe
given up. The Bank owed to themselves to seek for
an inquiry, and Ministers had no other resource than
to call in the aid of Parliament ; but the Bank and
the Finances had nothing to do with the question
now before the House, and when brought forward he
would meet the Right Hon. Gentleman without fear.
(Hear, hear.) As to the conduct of the Administrk
tion he mail say, that be thought the u9uiry as 2
general principle v. as highly useful. He lamente4
that ill health, or any other impediment should de-
prive the country of the Right Hon. Gentleman's ta-
lents, but he would assure.him that he had not seen
an attachment to office that he would with to reran
it longer than he enjoyed the confidence of the people-
No Ministers could long survive the absence of the
honest and anxious support of Parliament. He did
not mean to enter into Any details, but he shook' stIF
that he felt no apprehension at putting himself befe
the House. He should be sorry to think of hslbt
the House into the persuasion that no danger coed
arise from any quarter ; but he knew that the be
way to maintain a peace, was to be always preer'.
for war. The Noble Lord declared, that the coutO
-was now in a situation which gave it the most g!1:. •
fying prospect of a long and happy peace. Ho
not silently listen to the taunts which the Right
nuurable Gentleman had so unsparingly indulged
against the principles and views of the Confederz,
which had restored the liberties of Europe. He con
tell the Right Hon. Gentleman that the Poe:.
whose uni ~. had produced the great results
ai
made the history of the present times inemor.!
were not leagued' upon any narrow and illiberal
of policy; nor were they cembiped for the
of their own aggrandisement and the subjugauen
ruin of any other Power, but with the landahle
efthepevreseenr
event
that
ttshmlsei_r subjects
j%e.cltsh h
the-civili;cd world. The princ,i- Ic: of ailiaace
be strengthened and augmei,t,..l by that nr,s•
Christian connection Which hound the Lila%
Europe in a union of rninual lit aetit that w;
tlin,i gsl o°.' to °.',;
be prejudiced by the iiiibet at ar.i unfoun,h
which they had hoard that nihr. The I
nourable Gentleman had st th.:z
that alliance was the vatic:ion .A the pow
Ii: slcaiod it.

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