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London, England, 1811-04-12 00:00:00

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HOUSE OF LORDS; APRIL
LORD CHANCELLOR toot his slat on 016 Wootsailt
`bout the usual hd.r. ,
Lord WALSINGHAM feported fiom the 'Genial Com/tilt-
tee. that an additional volume of their Lordships Journals was
peist.e4, and ready for delinry. It was accordingly ordered ko
be delivered in the initial way.
Lo, waited some time fol. a third Commisiioner,
Wore the business of assenting the Bills, *hick were ordered,
took place.
At length the Earl of 'Westmorland entered the House ; when
Ns Lordship, the Lord Chancellor, and Lord Waltingliam, tot&
their seam, in their rubes, on the Bench, in front of the Throne,
as his Majesty 'e Commissioners.
The Commons were then sent for, and when that House, With
the speaker at their head, appeared at the bar, his Royal High-
gess the Prince Regent's Commission for giving the Royal As-
pat to certain Bills in the name and on the behalf of his Majesty
was then read, when
THE ROYAL ASSENT
was declared as above, to the Militia Eni.stment Bill, Taunton'S
Divorce Bill, and to ten others of a private or local description.
Afterthe Commons had retired, their Lordships proceeded to
forward the Bills, mostly privatt, upon the table, in their ram).
rive stages.
'Me Foreign Ministers' Salaries Bill passed through a..4p4lit
udttee,and was reported without any amendment.
The Earl of WES I MOkLAND presented a Copy
port made by her Majesty's Council, touching the state of his
)'Majesty's health, which was ordered to lie on the table.
The Distilleries Bill was brought up from the Commons by
Sir!. GRAHAM, as was also the Deer Stealing Bill.
These Bills were severallyaead a first time. The Distilleries
Bill was ordered to be printed.
The House then adjourned, for the Easter Recess, until Wed-
iseaday, the 24th hiatus.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.
tie Deputy Usher of the Black Rod requested the attendance
el this House in the House of Peers. On their return the Speaker
acqiiainted the House, that the Royal Anent, by commission, bad
bcge given to the Militia Inhutment Bill, to Taunton's Divorce
Bill; and several Private Bills.
On the motion of Mr. MELLISH, the second reading of d
Tessera Bill was fixed for Monday fortnight.
Mr. MARRYAT gave notice, that he would, on the 25d inst.
ini.ve for an Account of the schequer Bills, entered into the
Bank bf England.
Mr. FOSTER brought In a Bill for securing the Bank of Tro-
is:ld, for having advanced certain monies to Traders of that King •
Horn. Read a first. time, and ordered for a second reading on
Tuesdly se'onight.
Lord G. THYNNE stated, that the Report of the Queen's
Councili relative to the state of his Majesty's health, would forth-
With be laid before. the House, by command of the Prineeßegent.
The Distillery Prohibition Bill was read a Sd time and passed.
The Christ Church (Surrey) Poor Bill was read a third time,
tad passed.
The London Dock Company's Bill was read a third time and
passed.
Mr. WHARTON brought in the BM for preventing Masters
of Vessels mooring out of the Streaming. Read a first time, and
ordered for a second reading on Monday ae'nnight.

COMMITTEE OF SUPPLY.
The Report of the Committee of Supply was brought up, and
the Resolutions tor granting a sum of ,ElOO,OOO to afford relief tol
the Inhabitants of Portugal who may have suffered by the Inva-
sion of the French ; and also the Resolution for granting 59,4100
fur the Contingencies of the Secretary of State's Office, were se-
ierall) agreed to.
BILLS of MORIALITY.
On the motion of Mr. N. VANS ART, an Account of the
sums expended in the last ten years, within the Bills of Mortality
far the reli4 of the Catsal Poor in the patishes of St. Mary-la-
bonne and Pancras, was ordered to be laid before the House.
wawa EXTRAORDINARIES.
Mr. LONG brought up an Account of the Extraordiaarles for
the Army for the present year, which was ordered to be printed.
Mr. LONG then gave notice, that he should move the samsin
the Committee of Supply to-morrow se'nnight.
BULLION
Mr. HORNER begged to state, at this early pe-
riod, the scope and substance of the Resolutions he
should hare to submit to the House on this subject.
Some days previous to the discussion of the subject,
he should lay on the table the precise terms of his mo.
tioes. At present he should state only the substance of
them. It was his intention to embody his ideas in al
*ties of Resolutions. It might appear to some Gen-
tlemen, that his motions were extended to greate
length than was adviseable, but his wish was rather
to err on that side. The order which appeared to him
to be most advisable was this : First, to state the
law and custom as to the standard value of money ;
ieeendly, the deviations from that law which had
taken place; thirdly, the causes of these deviations.—
After stating these, he should proceed to propose
two Resolutions, one of fact, and another of opinion,
as to what appeared to the Committee, last Session,
to be the state of the foreign exchange. He should
next propose the remedy, which was the resumption
of -payments in gold or silver, according to the rates
fixed by Act of Parliament or by Proclamation. The
Hon. and Learned Gentleman then proceeded to read
several Resolutions as to the current rate of the pound
Troy weight of gold and silver at various periods. His
Resolutions then went on to state, that the only way
in which any stipulation could be legally discharged,
was by a payment in the legal standard of gold or sil-
ver ; and that the notes of the Bank can be substituted
instead of gold and silver, only by representing the
standard value of each. • +hat Bank notes have long
ceased to represent such standard value, and are now
greatly under the value they were intended to repre-
sent. That when the Restriction on the Bank against
paying in cash was introduced by Parliament, it
Was not intended thereby to make the smallest altera-
tion in this respect. That this depreciation is occa-
sioned by the too abundant circulation of paper
both by the Bank of England and by Country Banks,
particularly by the Bank of England. That it ap-
pears to the Committee that the Exchange of Foreign
Countries is peculiarly against England ; and that,
this's in a great tneasureoccasioned by the comparative
value of mon#y in this country arid in other countries.
That the only solid and adequate security so the coun-
try, in such circumstances, is the legal convertibility
of all paper-money into cash on demand. And that
In order to enforce this, that it is the opinion of the
Cuuimittee that the restrictions on the Bank against
making payments in cash, be limited to the
day of it being his intention to propose that
this lintitation should extend only to the period of two
years, as suggested in the Report of the Committee.
These were in substance, the motions he should have
to submit to the House, reserving to himself liberty
o alter them between rind the day for bringing them
forward, as he should be advised, and in inch manner
to render them most intelligible to the House. He
already said, the Resolutions were not at present
a finished state. He should, however, submit them
a regular form to the House, some days previous
that fixed for his motion, and should make it his
usiness to see that they were in the hands of Mem-
bers in that state, ready for their consideration. He
hoped too, that Gentlemen who might hare made the
subject their study, and who entertained different
views of the matter from abode wiriais he estaitaived,