The Statesman.
London, England, 1815-02-16 00:00:00

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they could be pmrbuced. ei be.fitut fay from ceneiderieg the carerpitelliee a►
Mr. PONSONBY wished, not only that the plans one of 'such urgency as had Bea retinthettilei; he
and estimates for removing,the Pint. Office should be should oppose it in every
had, but also an estimlie of the practicability and what were the measures.inteltdedi tioletebtought(fors
expense of. making such addition,' to the present ward. The lion, Member conatudkd by moving for
Post-Office as would'reuder it:fit for the public bust. a retotn of the price of the qoartern ltud.of wheaten
loess. . bresql, as rcgplated by.tlie assize of thq cltyt of ton-
Me. BARING said,. he hoped whenevor thove es. doe, and stliogatlpt average of each.year, fVom 157 r
finite's were produced, that they would t,v made out to 1811.
by the Surveyor-General, and nut the kcal Surveyor The CIfANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER:
of the Post-Office. A very general opinion said there would not be the slightest objection to the!
ed that' that individual was at the bottom of the production of the accounts moved for by the. Hon,
whole job; and-it was certain that a near relative of Gent. They were extremely proper, but. he was
Lis had a great interest in the property that was afraid,.from the extensive period they embraciedi,
likely to be affected by the projected improvements. that it ,t_rpaild.be some time before they couldhe made
No survey. therefore made by that officer would'ke out. Wilh respect to the complaint' :nide by the
satisfactory to him. lion. Girt of delaying the financial! question,
AFFAIRS'OrTfit RANK. thought three would be more came fors ceasplaint.if.e,
Mr. PONSONBY rose to request a Noble Friend, measure of suchimportance had boartssibenitted. at
of his behind him,. to postpone a motion which stots4L., shorter notice. The public mind would necemarilk
for to-morrow, for a Committee to enqpire into•the be excited by the nature of the transaction. With
Affairs of the Bank ; because, as the Chancellor of regard to postponing it, he thought' it becstne-hiM to
the Exchequer intended to persevere in bringing in !do so from the general expectation throughout the.
his Bill to continue the restriction of castf-paymentk ' country that the state of the Corn Laws would be
by the Bank, which also stood. for to-murrtow, eirrlyitroughst before Parliament. As to the meetin
apprehended it would be more convenient thartbeel *Wick had been-held at Lord Liverpool'. house, the
Houle.should.consider that questionsimily). Beni Gent, must surely,koow that it was the. prac-
Lord A. HAMILTON said, that he had. not the i tice, on greet and impprtantqaestions, for Gentle-
least objection or reluctance to acquiesce in the wish., men) selected from all,' parties, to meet and explain
expressed by his Weft Rionourable Friend. But] their sentiments mataally,lbefere proposiugmsty plan
there seemed some difficulty as to fixing a day when to Piltßitnent. %oche pisctioe was.greatly conducive.
he could bring. it forward. Friday was occupied . to'the comrenience. of. Parliament itself. That any
with the Cern Laws, and Monday with the Fineries degree of speculation. slsoold.have been excited or-
question. Ile would willingly postpone it till t0.m0r..; encouraged, by what. had fallen from him, he ex-
row es'onight if he were sati.fted• that the Bill in.! trowel/ regretted : bat itwas impossible fur him, or
tended to be introduced, would not be hurried to its any man in his situation, to avoid such consequences;
close before that day. and the lion. Member had done him the justice tai
The CHAIIICELLOR of the EXCHEQUER believe that it arose from no improper disclosures- ,
said, that' he felt no disposition to posh the measure made by himself. Indeed; from she very nature 0%
with ma mach celerity,. as seemed to be anticipated the speculations, it. was a proof that the public wets,:
by the Noble Lord. The blanks, however, mitt*. much. at a less to lessow. what he meant to propose. I
he filled up before the time. proposed. by the Noble! Mr. TIERNEY said; he thought th'e Right. Bon.
Lord. I.Ceastleman might have stated whether Lis object' was

To-morrow se'nnight was accordingly, fixed by to propose such a taxation as would be a substitute
Lord A. Hamilton. ; fbr the fourteen millions that bad•been raised-by the•

The CHANCBTAOR, of the EXtILEQUER Inteperty Tax ; because, if not so supplied, it w.ould•
postposeel his motion rolatirikto the South Sea Cosi. throw a great burden upon the money market in the
pony till Monday. i shape of a loan. Thus much he was certainly of
EMBASSY TCY LISBON. !Opinion the Right Honourable Gentleman might have
Mr. WHITBREAD' react» enquire, whether the t safely commusricated: With respect to the meetings
Right lionoumble Genttenvie had' ascertained the at Lord Liverpool's, he thought them very unusual;
accuracy, or otherwise, of the rumour he (Mr. and be objected to a Minister of this country assem.
Whitbread). had alluded to on a former day ; and bfl.g a 'somber of the leading. Members of Podia.
whether there was any Intention of sending out a, Se. sent at his house, asking them their intentions, and
cretary of Legation to Lisbon, as well as a Secretary how they intended to vote if such and such measures
of gmbassy ? I were proposed. It was a sort of rehearsal of which
The CHANCELLOR, of the EXCHEQUER he did not quite approve. There was another reason
said, that' when the Honourable Gentleman first why he though: some delay In the corn question ad-
asked Mr questions upon this subject, he thooght that visable. They had before them the Reports of both
he certainly had discovered some new and unusual Houses of Parliament • but it appeared from the Re-
appointment that war in agitation. Upon enquiry,' port of the House of Lords that they were not
however, he could now state, that no new app.,iat. likely to come to any decision this year: in fact, the
ment was contemplated. A Secretary of Embassy; whole of their Report only showed that they could
wa's attached to that Embassy, as was the case in all ,do nothing till they knew more. lie had heard it
others : if the individual who now held it returned, • rumoured, indeed, that they wer, now of another
which he did not know he had any • intention of opinion ; but with that rumour. even if correct, be
doing, he would certaiuly be replaced by some had nothing to do. lie should conclude by mfr.
other. Ipleasing iliklignlnit hope that the Ciaticelior of t4v
Exchequer House what EN ellis“

Lord A. HAMILTON presented a Petition free
the County of Renfrew against the Property Tax.
Sir S. ROMILLY presented s Petition from the
Magistrates and Freeholders. of the County of Ayr,
praying to have the benefit of Trial by Jory extended
to them.
A Petition from Bernlck.upon-Tweed was pre-
sented against the Property Tax.
The Bleaching Powder,Bill was read a second time,
after a few remarks from Mr. Brown, Mr. D.Gisidy,
Mr. Ponsonby, Mr. W. Smith, ■nd Mr. Finley...-
Ordered to be committed to-morrow;

/ would Wert' the
waw to itetri *chitty ?
Mr. SWANN rose to more that the Order of the
day should be proceeded in.
Mr. TIiiRNEY said, he merely wished for an
answer to his question.
Mr. HORNER. observed, that he did not think it
regular for .a Member to interpose thus in a con-
versation that was grounded Wp-on the paper in the
Speaker's hands. He, for one, certainly did feel
snxinuslo know what was the intention of the Right
Honourable( Gentleman (Mr. Robinson) ea Friday :

coax LAWn.
Mr. BARING rose to move for **return of the
•Ps ice of Bread during a certain number of years,
.which be considered as a necessary document in• the
enquiry they were about tn institute. He regretted,
indeed; that the enquiry was to be brought on so
ac Friday, ou which day, agile understood, a
Right lion. Gentleman intended to propose a series
of liecolutions for• the adoption of the Committee,
.upon a subject the most important to the vital in-
torests of the country. lie was certainly of opinion
that more time ought to be allowed for individuals to
heake up their minds. He had heard, indeed, of a
-sort.' of Legislative Committee that met at Lord Li-
'verpool's house, to determine upon the measure that
'was afterwards to be proposed. He did not mean to
censure that meeting, hut it seemed to him to be a
seery unusual proceeding. Upon a question, how-
ever, of so great importance, and with petitions from
every city and borough in the kingdom respecting
he certainly thought that Howse ought to know
what it was Government intended to. propose (for
a measure of Government he now understood it
to be), before they were called upon to vote.—
If it watt merely intended to propose certain Re-
solutions to the. Committee, and then ask leave to
sit again, he should feel less objection to the
-measure. The Right Honourable the Chancellor
of the Exchequer had postponed his motion upon
Finance, to make room for the Corn question, be.
cause of its urgency ; but hefMr. BJ) could not see
that urgency at the preses►t. moment, as the ports
were already shut against further importation till the
month of May, by the operation of the Act now in
force. On the other hand, the Plinio) measures of
the Right Hon. Gentleman, which had been post-
poned, were of real urgency, because vague declara-
tions upon the subject had be scattered among the
people, and were producing the most injurious eitects.
It was not known whether it was intended to touch
the Sinking Fund, to triple the Assessed Taxes, or
by what other means to meet the difficulties of the
country. The state of doubt. and uncertainty was
most prejudicial to the public credit, and to menq
transactions throughout the kingdom. The rotas
had been depreciated ever since the Intimation given
by the Right lion. Gentleman, and epeestatioles iq
them had been carried on to a great extent. Heald
net mean to say that the Chancellor of the Bache.
quer had made ant
tended plan; betthose,
bap., Notwithstanding
lice... Fledge of it: He J
delay had4ekon Tim

whether he should take the sense of the House on
that evening, or only propose certain resolutions for
consideration afterwards ?
Mr. SWXNN'rose to order.
The SITAKeR seki, the House was certainly
proceeding in the other Orders of the Huy; but 'he
Honourable Gentleman havistg a motion for papers,
there was certainly no irregularity in the proceeding,
though he could easily conceive that the discussion
had gone further than was at first intended by the
[lmmutable Member who madelhe motion.
Mr. HORNER resumed his observations; and
contended that in all great questions it had been the
.practice to communicate some information before
calling upon the House to vote; instead of which, a
sort of Lords of Articles had been sitting in White-
hall-yard, to determine upon what should be brought
forward, and in making a compromise of opinions.
He certainly did consider that such a proceeding had
it tendency to fetter the freedom of opinion in that
.Honse.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
said, that where a string of complicated Resolutions
was about to be submitted, it was usual to have
them printed previously ; bet where a, measure was
•so short and simple as immediately to meet the ap-
probation of every Member, lie did not see the same
grounds far such a proceeding. We, the [testily.
tions were befOre the Committee, they would ba
able to judge whether any further delay was neces-
sary.
Mr. LOCKHART conteadml, that the present
state of the agricultural interest' in the country de-
manded aught:mediate ottani* or the Legislature.
Mr. OARING thought It mttremely indecent to-
wards the Legislature, that a preposition was to be
made to Them, on which they• *ere to be called to
pronounce without besitattolv, which same proposi-
tion had requited great discussion, and had occasion-
ed repeated divisions its a body previously Resembled
out of doom to deliberate oa the subject. In his
opinion, this was a fit occasion for Parliamentary
jealousy.
The motion was then agreed to.
lIELSTONV. ELEttION
Mr. SWANN moved the second• reading of the
Release Moeda, all:
Mr. a Gunn said; his ausaldlot takp the sense
Of-14. Ifeeue oa the prlockdo of the Bill, although he
thought it had kuttor be dropped: if the
lionouraele and Letitia' we
postpone '
shala