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kirk. Like the preceding, it prayed for the restora-
tion of her Majesty% name to the Liturgy.
Here. the Accountant-General from the Court of
Chancery appeared at the Bar of the House, with
some papers ordered from that Court, which were
ordered to be printed.
Lord MILTON presented a Petition from the
Town of Guisboroogh, in the North Riding of the
County of York, praying the restoration oilier Ma-
jesty's name to the Liturgy, and an inquiry into the
plan Commission.—Ordered to be printed.
Mr. HOBHOUSE presented a similar Petition
from the Parish of St. George, Hanover-square. He
had offered this Petition to the House on a former
evening, but then withdrew it in consequence of its
want of form.
114,BEAUMONT rose to present a Petition from
the county of Northumberland, most respectably
sigoect,. and complaining of the late proceedings
against the Queen, which were stated by a vote of
the:liouse " to be derogatory from the dignity of
the Crown, and injurious to the best interests of the
counthf:"• He most fully coincided with the Peti-
tioners in the opinion that an early and rigid inquiry
should be made into the Milan Commission, that a
suitable establishment should be provided for her
Majesty,. and her name restored to the Liturgy.
Sir M. W. RIDLEY observed, that the Petition
emanated from the noblest feelings. He had been
prevented from giving his attendance at the Meeting
at which it was voted, but he had seen the Petition,
and knew it had the signatures of men of great weight,
in the country, both in point of property and charac-
ter. That punishment should precede trial, was a
violation of the best principle of the Constitution.
That a virtual acquittal should operate as a convic-
tion was contrary to law and reason. No absurdity,
however, on the part of his Majesty's Ministers—no
Mustice; however glaring, could influence the Hon.
ember for Yorkshire to agree to their removal.
The Honourable HENRY GREY BENNETT

said, he was surprised the Sheriff for the county of
Northumberland should refuse to assemble the county.
He was surprised that persons living in obscure lanes
and alleys, should presume to set their opinions in op-
position to the rank, property, and talent of the coun-
try. But he supposed some hints were communicated
from other places. He had seen a letter from a No-
ble Duke (the Lord Lieutenant of that county), which
he supposed had supplied them, and which was
averse to the object for which this Petition prayed—
(flear). In this Petition there was no mock loyalts ;
none of that high-sounding zeal which might reward
GOD knows who or what—none of that affected and
exaggerated attachment to the Sovereign, which
meant nothing but an attachment to that which Mi-
nisters knew so well how to retain. One of the pas-
sages of the letter was as follows;—" Relying on
the hereditary firmness of the House of Brunswick,
and on its wish to maintain the laws, and to restrain
those factious persons who would introduce an un-
natural discord in the country," &c. Who, he asked,
were the factious persons here alluded to ? The Pe-
titioners were as little disposed to introduce discord
into the country as any other persons in it—(Hear,,
hear). He hoped that this question would be soon
set right, and that it would be seen that this letter
was one of the grossest libels against the individuals
who composed this Meeting, that ever were circu-
lated against the People. He had only to add, that
he concurred in every word of this Petition.
Oniered to be printed.
Mr. PRICE presented a Petition from Leominster,
praying the restoration of her Majesty's name to the
Liturgy. He observed, that the vote to which the'
House had come on this subject was, in his view, a
very extraordinary one. It was in opposition to the
express and manifest feelings of the country, and in-
deed to the opinions which some Members who
agreed in that vote entertained in private—(hear).
Though from the recollection of that vote he could
Eudly think, himself justifiable in expecting that
any alteration would be made on this point, yet he,
could not but express his hope, that when the subject
came again under their consideration, the House
would recollect how very little it mattered who were
the Ministers of the country—(Hear, hear)—that
au acquittal was not to bekonsidered as equivalent
to a verdict of guilty—(Hear, hear)—and that no
set of Ministers was to be preferred to the preser-
vation of the peace and tranquillity of the country.
~ The Petition was ordered to be printed.
Sir R. WILSON moved an Address to the Throne
for a copy of the Dispatch from his Majesty's Com-
missioner at Troppau, dated 19th January, 1821.
Lord CASTLEREAGH said he had no objection
to the production of this paper.—Address ordered.
THE NEW BANK NOTES.
Mr.GRENFELL called the attention of the House
to a statement which was made in February last by
the Right Ilonou rabic Gentleman opposite (the Chan-
Cellor of the Exchequer) upon the subject of a new
plan for the engraving of Bank Notes, which he
said had been agreed on. No person who had
reflected on' the melancholy spectacles which had
been occasionally exhibited in the metropolis, for the
last six months, could help feeling the conviction that
any plan which had for its object the diminution of
tl-e crime of forgery could not be enforced too soon.-
The number of executions which had taken place was
in truth enormous—( Hear, hear).—He therefore
rose for the purpose of asking the Right Honourable
Gentleman when they might expect the issue of the
new Notes, the plan of which, it had been said, was
reed to so long as twelve months ago.
CIIANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUE.B as-
sured the Honourable Member that he was as anxious
as any other person could possibly be that the
object which was contemplated by devising a new.
plan of Bank Notes should be accomplished as soak
as poisible. But the Honourable Member must be.
aware that the difficulties to be got over were num.
*is; And that several regulations were necessary to,
be adept d befOre the new Notes could be issued.—
Udall it Ou.st'lo fah-that the premature issuing of
steer 'Notes,
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the evils
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• . or. oe:felt all the inconvenience
which the * of Note produced, and re-
vetted' the 'delay which had occurred, but he was
not disposed to jawAe to the Bank or to the Com-
missioners any neglect,. or .any interference which
coed. impede,the progress of the Operations. On the
contrary, he knew that every effort had been made
by them to expedite the process as much as possible,
taking care also that it should be attended with im