Star.
London, England, 1816-02-02 00:00:00

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iFistennenodurtatlethMe ol:errlaendiml.
'The CHANCELLOR of the Exem
saabilde,
sthpeaetches.
havingo thel
it was impossible to avoid expressing (1,, „ '
he felt on the general impress 0.1 IF, i ' I oarr
the House, an impression which had ;nd,,c(7,1
tlemen opposite to declare, that eey ot-;
posed to disapprove of any part of the oi,
that they approved of it, merely proposing i
ment, regretting that Parliament loot not n;
and pledging the House to a tird inqu:rj
'Melia of reducing the public expenditu-i
thby must be understood as willing to give
to Ministers for that &ionise which had t,
' possible success. Gratified with this
only found it necessary to mow onl or tw
tions for the information of the House.
place, time Honourable Gentleman who loss,
self in the front of the battle, bad urged
plaint against Ministers, the long prou.g4
it they bad taken the trouble to pay atom
dates of events which must have come im
lice ot every individual, they would l aye
the Treaty of Peace about to be laid bo.,tt
was only signed on the '2oth of Nos-en:ha,
nearly two months longer befoie the i
were exchanged. These did not t'ke p'
22c1 of January, so that there was only a 1
days between the time that Ministers had
power to make the commtmication to Parli
the assembling of them tngethir. This a
cause of the great delay complained n
ten days formed the whole ot the film
keen suffered to elapse before Parham"!
formed of what had taken place. Oat of
period must also be deducted whatever tit
cessaty for the transmission of the T!eaty
to London, as well as that respired toi
ing of the Papers for the convee;ence ia
They were now in such a state of foram
when they came to be laid on the table, ,
would be seen that their number, either
Conventions, or Proclamations, amounted
sixty and seventy, every Gentleman no
vinced, that not an hour had been lost.
the sole cause of the delay. Respecting
situation of the country, he could assur
Gentleman who had moved the Amen,
Ministers have paid the most anxious al
ring attention to it; and however label
honourably some of his colleagues ha
ployed abroad, he would say for himself,
never passed a Summer with less relaxat
public duties. He could not but thi
Speech which had bee. read contained e
which the House could reasonably desire
ject in question. It gave the strongest
from the Crown to take all possible r
praucini general economy in the star
consistent with the situation of the count
was a point which Ministers and the F
never cease to keep in view. if it were p
vert to the state of trade and commerce
mencement of the contest, and on the ot
chew the glories end triumphs and honosi
we had now come out of it, he was se
not a British heart which would hesitate
1 our present situation. As so many 1
would soon occur for the House musts
der what could be done to improve tot
'country, he should touch but slightly
relating to that topic. It must be evil
venal circumstances contributed to predi
nation, which could not possibly be at
example, a very considerable stalemate
commercial transactions, as soon as Ell
tercoerse was ramewed with the Cout
had been interrupted by. the war; this
ductinn la the prices of all articles sin);
which were allowed to be imported, and
in those which formed the necessaries
looking back to the year IS )1, it woo
lected that apprehensiens were entertain
deficiency in the supply of breed•ccen,
of our own country; and these alarm
proaeling scarcity, were coot nod for
following ; thus vie prices of c an. and
sary of lite rose rapidly and coutinued a•
but when, by the restoration of vier.
commerce were re.opened,the prices nec
their level, and wheat, in particular,'w
the pride it formerly bore. Another c
scarcity of money, occasioned by thee .11
now so gloriously conclUded. Very la
been drawn from the capital of this c
great loans of the lest and the preceding
lest three years the immense sum of 14'
been granted for the expenses of the s
gal, &c. ; of which about 42 millions
paper. The abstraction of so large a
ordinary channels of industry of the
necessarily have produced a ;meat staff
when the Papers that were preparing 4
(should be laid before dee House, the
would be clearly seen into;, and all ti
site would be ter Gentlemen not to co
the gross, but scrupulously to erenong
and, af.er an attentlve investigation,
opinion as'to what pails of CA public
can be properly dispensed with, as wel
wants ire to be met which are mast ni
welfare of the country. In answer e
of the Nehie Lord opposite, he had r
avow the intention ot Ministers to. o
come Tax, on the modified scale ot Fll
(Loud crier of hear, hear,frou all parer o.
He should be able, at the proper ume,
of all modes that could be thought c.
be equally advantageous and econoniii
pressive and burthensome to the comm
tie was aware he should be tall, Mai
now a large sum of maney, to superset
`of this lax; but he shout., have no c 1,1.,
ing, that this triode would be found
convenient and burthensome to obtail
supply. But there would, -as he ha
served, he .so many occasions for diset
ject, that he should abstain from any
,f
at present, and only declare, that oil
Address had his most unqualified ape
Mr. BROUGHAM Olen rose ant
following purport :..." Little as I am
ject to the Address, yet i cannot n 0
cirles laid down by the Horiouratili
moved it. lam not unwilling to ag
dress gleserally, because it pledges