Star.
London, England, 1826-02-10 00:00:00

WYKE HOUSE, BRENTFORD.

Excellent HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, PIER and CHM-
' Ngy GLASSES. t's It. A N NO-FORTE„by Broad-mood;
EIGHT-DAY TARLE CLOCK, and various other Effects.

TO BR SOLD BY AUCTION,
By Mr. ROBINS,
(Of Warwick Honse, Regent-street),
At the Mansion. Wyke•iiouse, Sion-hne, Brantford,

On MONDAY, the 6th day of March, 1826, and following day, at
Eleven o'Clock,
Et) Order of EUWIID ELLICE, Esq. M.P.

THE ELEGANT FURNITURE, comprising Lofty
Four Post. Tent, and other Bedsteads and Furniture ; excel-
lent seasoned Beds and Bedding, Dressing Tables and Glasses,
Wardrobes, Chests of Drawers, B3SOO Stands, &c. suites of hand-
some Drawing Room, Library, and Eating Pulour Window
Curtains; Sofas, Couches, Chairs. &c. to correspond; Pier and
Chimney Glasses; Grand Piano-forte, capital Table Clock, beau.'
tiful Pier Cabinets, with Marble Tops, and Bookcases en suite;'
excellent Cabinet Articles in Rosewood and Mahogany, Lon, Card,
Sofa, Library, Dining, and Breakfast Tables ; Wing and other
'Bookcases • Sideboards; Dining Room Chairs; Turkey, Axaain •
ster, and Brussels Carpets and Hearth Rugs ; Fenders and Fire
Irons ; Kitchen Requisites, and numerous other Articles.
!lay be viewed on Friday and Saturday preceding the Sale, by
Catalogues, at ls. each, to be had at the Mansion; at the Star and
Garter. Kew Bridge; White Hart, Southall; at Oarraway's ; and
of Mr. Robins, No. 170, Regent-street.

VALUABLE FREEHOLD AND ELIGIBLE LEASE.
HOLD ESTATES,
IinUATZ DI

the Old Bailey,

and Ship Court adielaine.
• TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION,
By Mr. ROBINS,
(Of Warwick Home, Regentetreet,)
At Garraw•ay's Coffeehouse, 'Change-alley, Cornhill,
On MUMMY, 9th March, 1826, at Twelve o'Clock,
IN LOTS,
By Order of the Executors of the late Josten Unman Esq.
and omen,

L,3T 1. A VALUABLE LEASEHOLD ESTATE,
commun..

A Desirable and Substantial Brick DWELLING DWELLING HOUSE,
situate No. 40, on the south side of Leicester-square, late the resi-
dence of Joseph Knight,Esq. containing, on the Upper Story, Five
Bed.rooms; on the Second Story, Twikspaeitsus airy Bed-chambers,
and a smaller Room • Principal Story, a handsome Drawing-room,
Übrary,smaller Room,i Ste. • Ground Story, a good Dining Parlour
Breakfast Room, smailliall&c. ;in theDuement,Kitchen,Pantries,
"lark Kitchen, open Area, Three Vaults for Beer Coals, ate.—
Held for a Term of Forty-two and a Half Years, from Lady-day
next, at a low Rent of, per Annum, One Hundred Pounds.
Lot 2. A Valuable FREEHOLD ESTATE comprising an Ex-
cellent DWELLING HOUSE, situate No. 44,late 4i, on the west
side of Princes.street Leicester•square, Three Stories high, Two
Chamber. and a smaller Room, with Closets, Ste. on the Principal
Floor, and Two Attics over ; Ground Floor, a commodious Skop
in front, with Warehouses and Confectionary at the back; Ware.
rooms over; Kitchen in the Basement ; Coal Cellars, Closets, and
large Store Cellars under the Warehouse.
On Lease to Mr. Henry Barnes, of which Ten Years and a
quarter are unexpired at Lady-day next, at a low yearly Rent of
One Hundred Pounds, and now in the occupation of Messrs. Can-
dler and Collinsons, grocers and confectioners.

A DWELLING-110U$E, with Cook Shop, arc. situate No.
66, Old Bailey, in the occupation of Mr. Gibbs, containing Three
Storks ; Two Rooms on a Floor, with Three Attics ; Shop on the
Ground Floor, with Cellars ynder, Paved Yard to a Kitchen.
TH B. BE D WE LLIN G HOUSES adjoining, in Ship-court,No,
1 and 2., planned in a similar manner, Three Stories high, with One
Room on a Floor, with Cellars in the Basement ; and No. 3, Three
Stories high, with Two Itooms on a Floor, Cellars in the Basement.
In the occupation of Messrs. Emslie, Richards, and Howes,which
Four Dwelling-houses are under Lease for a Term, of whitis Nine
Years and three quarters were unexpired at Lady•danat the yearly
Pent of One Hundred and light Pounds.
TQ be viewed by applying to the Tenants, of whom Particulars
may be had; of Mr. Charles Lane, Solicitor, No. 39, Bedford-row;
at Garraway's ; and of Mt. Rubins, No. 170, Regent-street.

Tne Marquis of LANSDOWN, before he made the
motion of which he had given notice, respecting the
important subject of the Currency of the Country,
wished to call the attention of the House to rise State
of Ireland, which had been 'oticed in his Majesty's
Speech, and out which a Committee appointed by thcii
Lordships had made a Report last year. At a member
of that Committee, be wis!!ed to' know in what degtee
its suggestions had ben carried into effect, an/ hoped
the Noble Earl opposite would generally describe the
course which had been taken, or which it was intended
to take? Many suggestions had been made in the kr.
post, but to one he attached pait;cular importance; it
related to the education of the lower orders, aid he was
anxious to know whether his Majesty's Government had pro-
ceeded to take suck steps as had been suggested by the Committee
previously to the close of the last Session? For, though he objected
In general to the interference of Government in the domestic con.
cerns of a country, yet there were certain circumstances connected
with the education of the lower classes In Ireland, which rendered
such an interference advisable and necessary. For by Government
alone could be given that pledge of strict impartiality, which it
was impossible to recei*e with equal confidence from any partial-
hr Society.
The Earl of LIVERPOOL was disposed to gives all
the information in his power, and conceived that the
best mode of doing so, would be to take the Report of
the Committee, to state its suggestions one by one, and
Ito explain what had been done on each of theta. The
first, their Lordships would recollect; recommended an
alteration in the laws of landlord and tenant. A Bill
had been prepared by the Law Officers olthe Crown
on that subject, which had been found involved in con-
siderable difficulties. Some of these had been re-
moved, but others had started since, which had occa-
sioned fresh delay. A measure, however, was prepared
for the consideration olFerliament. The subject bad
not, therefore, been overlooked, but every possible
assiduity had been exerted to find a remedy for the
whole, or at least for part of the existing imperfections.
With respect to the second suggestion, concerning
Grand Jury Presentments, he regretted t .at he could
not give so satisfactory an answer. He was not able
to say whether any measure were pr etcable, but the
subject had been, and still was, under the most set ious
consideration, wish a view to a remedy. With regard
to the revisi.'n of the et iminal and civil business at the
Quarter Sessions, something had been done, and a Bill
was in a state of preparation. As to the process of
custodium, the subject was under con+ideration. With
regard to the offices of Slleriff and Sub-Sheriff, a Re
port would be made by the Commissioners respecting
the whole office of Sheriff. The next suggestion related
to the administration of justice incorporate towns. A
Bill had been prepared on that subject to prevent the
rights of corporate towns from creetinj delays. With
respect to fictitious forty shilling freehold: rs, he was
not yet able to say what could be done, but the subject
was under consideration. The next topic was the
extension of Public Works; many of these were in
progress. He had now reached the state of Tythe and
Education. With respect to the first, he could give the
most satisfactory information. The measure passed for
the commutation of tithes had worked most success-
fully. He hoped, in a few days, to receive a complete
return, but he now held one of all the dioceses in Ireland
with the exception of two, by which it appeared that
that Act had been carried into execution in one-fourth
of the parishes in that country. But even then the
number of parishes was not to be considered as the
sole proof of the benefits which it conferred ; for it hied
led to arrangements in many places which were almost
as advantageous as an entire commutation. It was
also ratifying to find that the Act had most operated
where the gt ievances of the tithes had been. most felt, in
the Southern and Western parts of Ireland. He had
'even the authority of the first Officer of the Law in that
country to state, that in the great county of Cot k the
business of the Assistant Barristers had been seduced
one half by the absence of the usual Tithe causes. With
respect to the state of education, he wished that he
could speak as favourably. Before the close of lest
Session, his Majesty's Government, both here and in
Ireland, seeing that there were such strong prejudices
on both sides in that country, with regard to a corn.
mon education, had desired the Commissioners to cry
the plan recommended in the Report in some places
where it would not interfere with any established system.
The Commissioners had undertaken the task, and bad been since
engaged in :endeavouring to execute it. He regretted to say,
however, that ddleakies had arisen to retard their progress, and
the experiment was am yet going ow. There were still hopes,
however, that those difficulties would be removed, and every
effort was 'tide to give effect to the recosamendati.m of the Com-

mittee. It was nat in Isis power to give a more explicit answer at
present, and on se delicate a subject, it might be desirable Dot to
eater into a premature discussion.

Lord ELLENBOROUGH gave his Majesty's Mli•
Inisters credit for what they had done, but regretted that
,the important point of Grand Jury Presentments had
cot yet been touched. The present system was so de-
fective, that the Grand Juries, most anxious ot doing
their duty, had it not in their power, and the greatest
part ot the money granted was lost to the public. This
arose chit Ay from parts of roads being undertakervat a
time instead of the whole. With respect to the adminis-
tration of justice, it was more exceptionable in corporate
:owns than in counties. The Noble Earl opposite lad
said nothfig on the subject of rellxving the poor, and be was glad
of it, as it was orie in which be did Dot think chat Government
Should interfere; be would have preferred hearieg, however, that
there was no intention to interpuse ■t any future period. With
regard to the failure of the experiment about the education of the
lower orders, that failure bad been in a great measure occasioned
by the Noble Kart himself and kis friends. - Till rise Catholics
were admitted to the enjoyment of etsal rights with their reilow
subjeets, they ;mid DMr agree to toe system of education pro.
posed. The Catholic min/ had been se exasperated by the rejec-

The Marquis of LANSDOWN, though not aware
of any objection to what he had to propose, wished to
make sonic übseivations on the important question of
the Currency, whilst submitting to their Lirdsbips a
Lei les of motions the object of which was to ascertain,
as far as Pal lidmentai y inquii y could reach, the cause
of the distress which had prevailed, and which, he was
sorry to say, was still prevailing in the country. He
thought it Lair to state the impressions on his wind, as
connected with that distress, subject undoubtedly to
correctiou in the course of debate, because he had the
.misfortune to differ with many, both in and out of
that House, for the soundness of whose juegment he
entertained the greate•t respect. In doing so, he
wished distinctly n t to be understood as presuming to
attempt any remedy; for the:e „as this peculi .rity its
the nature of the evil, that it must wo: k its own remedy.
It was only by passing through all the effects of the
giedt auccumulat on of stock a bich had taken place—
and alter those who had purchased at the maximum
price should have been compelled to sell at the rniu-
mum—and those who were unable to pay the.difference
should have failed—it was'only by some such operations
wor king their way th ough all cl tsses oftlie community,
that it could reach again, n.l the fii.titious prospe-
rity of the last year, bat that prosperity which, under
its circumstances of capital anJ taxation, the country
was capable of attaining. It was the opinion of his Ma-
jesty himself, that no adequate remedy could be found;
but this made it still fm.re incumbent upon Parliament
to investigate the causes of the evil, in order that if it
could not mitigate present distress, it should at least
guard against the future recurrence of one of the most
searching convulsions which had ever passed through
every class of the community in- a time of profound
peace. There were two class.s of evils connected with
the state of the cut rency. The first consisted ot those
evils produced by a currency running into excess, and
c Losing the exportation of the precious metals, by which
the course of the exchanges was affected and the prices
of all articles raised. The second depended on a similar
state of currency, and involvel the ins curity in which
it placed the property an savings of the lower classes,
and the danger of their being suddenly deprived of the
value of their labours and the produce of their indus-
try. Thu was the mote important class of evils, and
the prerogative of the Ci own could never be more pro-
perly exerted for the benefit of the subject, th.an when
interposing a shield bet%%een honest industry and ruin.
The people had a right to be protected against the re-
suits of those speculations which not only affected
those who had etnuarked in the vortex, but descended
to the lower or Jets, and scattered misery in their way.
He would ask any Noble Peer wino had had the folk,
fortune to be resent at a country town when any failure
took place, to bring back to his mind the state of ex-
treme distress which it occasioned? Were hundreds or
thousands deprived of their property on the highway, it
would affect the credit of the Government for good
police and vigilance, and yet those individuals might
have provided means for defending themselves. What
would it be should the state of the currency remain suck
that they should lose what they had without possessing
the power of defending themselves? It would not be
said that the circumstance of paper being convertible
into gold affoded any security of its being paid in gold
or silver ; and yet, if it were not so paid, the industrious
classes might lose all the fruits of their labours. The
state of the currency, therefore, called for the most
serious attention of Parliament. In the motions which
he was prepared to make, there was nothing in opposi-
tion or hostility to the measures proposed by his Ma-
jesty's Government ; and certainly it would be more
difficult for Ministers to state any grounds for baring
permitted the- issue of small notes two or three years
ago. than for their present proposal of prohibiting tberu
altogether. But die period had arrived when the, whole
effect of that issue of small notes on prices svai felt to

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its Lull Meat, and no one would read the papers now
before the House, and those fur which he should move,
without perceiving the results of the exportation of the
precious metals,' produced by the excess to which the
issues of small notes had been cartied by Country
Bankers. A public writer, who .e wotk had eiready
been quoted and justly praised in that House, sn indi-
vidual, in fact, who united the gloated degree o
practical knowledge to the highest theoretical acquire-
ments, Mr. Tooke, had said, that it was the nature
of issues of small notes to form an addition to that
part of the capital of the country applied to specula-
tions, and that they had an immediate tendency to en-
crease pikes in an artificial 'newer.. He regretted
that even in the present state of the law, the check pre-
sented to those issues by their convertibility into a me-
tallic curt ency, had not operated sooner. The first effect
of those issues was to create an artificial capital: this
artificial capital reduced the rate of inteted ;'the re-
duction of interest facilitated speculations; speculations
raised prices and checked the progress of exports—then
ieternal distress arose; that great mass of capital was
suddenly called back at reduced prices on account of
the a'arm excited, and all was convulsion and ruin. All
those evils had been produced by the Act of 1823,
which had permitted the re-issuing of small notes. It
was the duty of Parliament to check those issues as far
and as soon as it could be done safely : and he had no
fault to find with the period of two years which he un-
derstood was to be allowed for the extinction of the
small•notes in circulation, no fresh notes being permit•
ted to issue from the present moment. Yet, concurr rig
as he did in the propriety of that measure, he had heard
with 'gre t surprise within the last twenty-four hours,
that a step had been taken most unnecessarily and most
unconstitutionally, to defeat the existing law, Patha-
n:lent sitting, and without any application to either
House. 11 the Government were able to dispense with
one existing law, might they not also dispense with
others? And if this were done judiciously in the first
instance, might not the practice grow into a precedent
and o regular system ? It ought to be resisted from the
first, and he regretted, that if it were necessary to sus-
pend the stamping of notes, on the same day when the
order had been issued to that effect, a communication
had not been made to both Houses, and a resolution
obtained from the other House at least, under the
authority of which the suspension might have proceeded.
Even Now he hoped that his Majesty's Ministers
would feel it proper to pr pose a Bill of Indemnity
for what they had done, however right their object had
been. The measure itself .had his full approbation.—
He knew that the circulation of small notes was con-
sidered by many as a species of accommodation of
which the countty stood in need; but before t!er
Lordships should venture.to continue the great evil of
that system, let them weigh well the value of that ac-
commoe!ation. For himself, lie saw nothing advanta-
geous in enabling a person to do that without capital,
which would o herwise have been done by individuals
vapital, or in creating a rise of prices. Such a
systein was sure to be attended by a revolution, at re-
gular as that of the planets round the sun, and accom-
panied by the ruin of the persons engaged in it. He
was not esen certain after all, that the average of prices
mil-pleat be as great with a metallic currency as with
a paper one. The extreme points might differ, but the
average might be the same. It would be most bene-
ficial-, hots ever, to keep a safe medium; but when the
precis us metals Went suddenly a vacuum was formed,
and p: ices fell lower. The apprehensions that the abc•
lition of small no'co might prove injurious, were un-
founded. A great deal of the apparent prosperity of
las: year, which had deceived many persons, had been
niantifactured for the occasiOn, and, I:ke all hastily
weeked goods, it had proved on trial a very spurious
article. This would not he the case were prosperity
founded on a solid basis. Of all opinions that he had
heard, the most absurd' was that the moseopulent of
all countries in the world could not command that share
01 metallic currency necessary to carry on her own
conceins.. He knew the contrary from the Papers on
the table. He knew how' soon gold flowed whenever
it was wan ed. Notwi h.tatiding that species of mys-
tery in ash ch the Bank of England surrounded its pro-
ceedings, mole, he thought, than was strictly necessary,
he had been able to ascertain that in two or three years
it had been .wale to increase a treasure of three millions
of gold into one of fourteen millions, also of gold ; thus,
n. king an increase of eleven millions, sufficient for the
circulation of the country, within a very shout period.
lie felt therefore ne apprehension from the destruction
of the paper circulation of Country Banks, and was
anzious ro see the Bank of England deptived of the
right of issuing note., which led align to that of last
year. It would be unfair, however,, in stating this
recent transaction, and the voluntary relaxation of
its oWli privileges by the B ink, to accelerate the for-
matiati, of other Banking Companies, not to say that
it had done itself honour by its readiness to concede its
rights,.and deserved great praise for having arrested
the piogress of alarm by an issue of sin ll no es at a
pact cular moment. But as far as he was informed
on the subject, the former issues of the !Sauk of Eng-
land
had led to the evils of au increased circulation.—
It would be seen, from the papers on the table,that not
only in 1825, but in 1824, a considerable addition had
b.en made to the amount of paper and the discounts of
the Baak. Now he had a right to say chat was not a
time when an increase ought to have taken place; but,
when on the contrary, it would have been more prudent
to give e check to circulatiun. During the inquiries
of the Bullion Committee some years ago, several
members of the Bank listablishment, when asked what
was the criterion of an excess of currency? had an-
swerfed :•••.:64 A siate of currency and trade, in which
nioneyotas hawked about everywhere, and many per-
sons Were indoced to undertake rash speculations."
Could 4 more accurate description have been given of
the sate of things last year ; and was it not to be deeply
lamented that the Bank should not have taken at an ,
earlier period those steps which it had adopted at a
later one to reduce the excess of the currency ? His
motion should inclode, besides an account of the issues
O; use Bank of England, a Return of its discounts, if it,
should consent to produce theni, during the o I ist two or
thiee *years, with a view of sit:is ing how they and the
issues at the Country Bankers operated on tomes. As
to the measure lounged on the relaxation of the exclu-
sive l rivileges of the Bank iaf England, lie had con i-
derable hopes of its p:oving itigbly. useful. He did
not think that there was any strength in the argument,
that beeaose the *hole number of partneis allowed by
the law act it now stood, was not always filled up, in&
viJuile Would not be found to loom more extensive
iii ms. The number being limited to six, many per-
sons might beglad to have only thiee or 'four part-
ners; but Alen Ail shjuld be abolished, wry

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would find it advantageous to allow a greater number
to embark in the same enterprise, and to give it 'soli-
dity even thotigh it might diminish the amount'- of
-profits. 'At an events- he rejoiced that the experi-
was about to be ttied. As. too another Mea-
if *bids he had also heairel, th.r. object of which
I blot to **hire security from Bankers, he con-
fessed that, it appeared to him attended with so
much difficulty in its execution that he doubted whe-
ther it could be carried into effect. He looked for the
best security to publicity, if it could be introduced into
the operations of Bankers. IF something like a general
statement of their affairs could be given from time to
time, it would furnish the best kind of security. A
provision should also be made for payments wherever
their issues took place. He was aware that in the opi-
nion of many persons these measures would bring back
that state of the currency in which the country was
placed by Mr. Peel's Bill, and that its taxation and other
charges not being fitted for such a state, Ministers had
been willing to look to an artificial currency to lighten
their weight. He did not believe this. He thought they
had prepared to pass their Bill fully and-honourably. If
he conceived the country unable to meet all dem.inds,
he would say, declare it and adapt your rilicy to your
sittrfitiOn, but do not•establish a system which only raises
artificial prosperity to plunge deeper into artificial de-
pre,siOn; leaving no certainty to any man as to what he
may possess, and rendering him liable to be thrown back
on the world with his stock grown valueless. Out of
this course of uncertainty Parliament owed it to the
public to rescue the currency and the country. If the
country were not equal to her engagements let them be
fitted to her capacities; and let Parliament devise a
system proper for the occasion. Then all would know what they
had to-expect. But lie was confident that no necessityfur such a
course would arise. Former measures had placed the currency in
a state vicious in principle and mischievous in execution. The
proposed system of banking once established, all would be safety
and benefit. This system did not apply for the present to Scotland
—to Ireland. Of this he did not complain. There were local cir-
cumstances which might render a longer time necessary for its ad-
mi,sion into those countries than in England. But he trusted that
the Government would try to bring everything throughout the em-
pire to the principle of a metallic currency, and if commercial dis-
tresses should again arise, they would right themselves more easily.
The Noble Marquis then moved—
" For an Account of all the Notes issued by the Bank of England
on the 16th of February, May, August, and November, 1119, and
the years up to the present time, distinguishing the Notes above
and below 51. and all Bank Post Bills, and for similar Returns from
the Banks of Ireland and Scotland.

" For an Account of all the Notes issued by Country Banks
since 1819, up to the present time,ldistinguishing quarters, and the
notes above and below 51. and for similar Returns (tom Ireland
and Scotland.

" For an Account of all Bankruptcies since the first of January,
1819, to the present time, for England, Ireland, and Scotland, andl
distinguishing those of Bankers; and
" For Copies of all Charters granted by the Crown to Bank-
ing Establishments during the same period, and for the three
kingdoms."
The Earl of LAUDERDALE differed from both the
Nable Lords as to their views of the cause and effect
of the late crisis. He denied that paper connectible
with gold for a moment could occasion the late di:
tresses. The distress, in his opinion, was not occasioned by the cur-
rency so much as by the spirit of extravagant speculation which
lately prevailed throughout the country. The withdrawing of nine-
teen millions, as was the amount supposed to be withdrawn, from
the circulation of the country, woe the true cause of the calamity.
That these speculations had been indulged in was no fault of his—
be did all that lay in his power, over and over again, to warp the
Public, and prevent them from entering into these rash and ha-
zardous enterprises, as did also a Noble Lord (Eldon) Whom he re-
gretted not to see in his place. He advocated the system of Scotch
Banks, and said that this was no time to invenigate the basking
system, as the country was not yet recovered from its general
panic. He mentioned that there were greater evils which followed
the resumption of cash payments than from the opposite course.
He adduced the instance of 109 Bankers having failed out of 253,
the entire number in England, in six weeks in 1792, from the mere
effect of withdrawing four millions of paper capital from the coun-
t' y. He censured the precedent of the late stamp restriction.
Lord CARNARVON followed at considerable length. The
object of his speech was to skew that the late distresses were not
at all owing to the circulation of one or two pound notes. In
1793, a convulsion, much mere extensive than the present, took
place; nearly one hundred banks stopped payment. Yet there
were no one and two pound notes at that time issued by country
bankers. The proper remedy to be provided, was to get a solid
security front country bankers; the measure now proposed would
not go to cheroot of the evil. He (Lord Carnarvun) was entitled
to assert, that it was the circulating of the one and two pound notes
which had saved Scotland from that convulsion which England had
experienced.
The Marquis of LA NSDOWN said, that if the Bank of Eng-
land felt repugnant to his Motion, he would not press it in its
present form.
The Earl of LIVERPOOL said, he was enabled to say that the
Bank was perfectly willing to give every information demanded by
the Noble Marquis, with this proviso, that their so doing should
not be laid down as a precedent for similar enquiries.
The Earl of LIVERPOOL gave notice, that the first reading of
a 13111 fur regulating the Bank Charter would be moved by him
on Monday next; and the second reading, on which the subject
would be discussed in detail on the succeeding Friday, for which
nights the House should be summoned.—Adjourned.
HOUSE OF COMMONS.

The SPEAKS", took the Chair at four o'clock.
Several Petitions for leave to bring in Private Bills were pre-
acnted, and ordered to be referred to Committees.

Mr. STUART WORTLEY moved, according to notice, for
the renewal of a Committee, to when all instances of neglect of the
Standing Orders of the House, In the cases of Petitions and Private
Bills might be referred, in order that they might report their
opinion to the House, whether such omission or neglect was of
sufficient consequence to render a recommencement of the form
'necessary.—The motion was agreed to.
Sir E. KN ATCH BULL presented a Bill for the erecting anew
Corn Exchange in Mark-lanes Londen.—Read a second time.
Sir C. MONZA N presented a Petition from the Inhabitants of
the town and borough of Newport, praying for the abolition of
Slavery in the Colonies.
A Petition was presented front Newbury, against the importation
of French Silks.

Mr. HUME moved for a Return of the Number of Light.
houses held by individuab on a grant or lea., from the Crown, with
the amount of tonnage duty paid by shipping for all lights held by