The Statesman.
London, England, 1819-05-18 00:00:00

TO CORRESPONDLNTS.

•; We hive to stkposticslge the &veer of J. F.'s psetkal
Qvase." sad hope to give it place to morrow.
The Reports of she Ceowielees oa she Bask. toarthor with she
Parliamesiaryltepons, hove thrown is much is arrears w its
sir-friend..

P4ICK Or STOCKS THII
Pask %let
1 per relit. Red. 75166
9 per Crud,. Cousch ;161
: 6 per Cm,.
Morlool. for ACC. Ili
4 per Cert4.lo4l

THE STATESMAN.

LONDON:

TOISDAY. May 18, 1819.

The Catholic Qeestion was brought forward lest
night le the (loose of Lords, as will be seen by our
uteport, in which the obse►eatinns and argemeuts of
Earl GORY had considerable force spinet those of
the CUMICILLOR ; bet en a dirisienorkether s Cow-
wittsa of the whole lbws* should be appointed to
consider the existing lOW-II electing that class of one
fellnw-subjects, t►e number for it were 10G, against
it 147. majority against the motion 41. The posies
on both sides are Included in these numbers, sad on
this point it is impossible net to eapress oar sliest at
a Peer charging another to gigs his assent Of dis-
sent to a measure which shall preclede Gee millions
from the benefit of the Constitution, without bearing
sr hat new arguments may be ogered slams the subject
was last debated, for altering an opinion. This pri-
vilege is an iesolt to cowmen sense, end an injury to
the tense of justice. A Reform Is nothing Is sore
wanted than In this pa/fleeter.

With ►mmsrd to the Bank and its affair,, we may
truly say " the plot thickens every day," but a de-
noueseard must very seas take place. Mr. Tuonx-
TON has thrown out some new hints Of opinions up.
no these affairs, bet those persons who remember
what were his printed opinions on the same @object
twenty years ago, not one of which be. been of the
smallest use to the Public, will not be very sanguine
of the more matured lodgment of this gentleman.—
Mil same will go for more in a private banker's book
then in s public book of statistics. Of the two Re-
ports of the Committees, we shall only say. tt.at ■s
each contains more matter than the New Tesionerot,
we ►ate no raving faith in their utility towards re-
lieving the distresses of the mercantile world. They
rat es in mind of what lased to be said of certain
•erboae speakers in the linos, of Commons, that
rods a one was on his legs for three hours and a
half—e phrase which now would be equal to saying,
that the Member was oat of his mind.

AVe are asked, why the Dank Directors era objects
of incessant attack ? It is hem's', as Directory, they
have had Meese* enough to injure the whole Coon.
try. If they had slot 41000 what their Charter did not
authorize them to do, we aboold sot have spent the
half of so satiny millions in a owlets (wort* than ate•
leis) war. We should have twenty or thirty millions
of tales less to pay, and of corns our essnofartures
would have continued to lowish. We should also
have been prepared (or an naavoidable war, whenever
it might *cam. Now what are we to do if each an
meet wore to occur? The osonepirrAsence the Di.
r •etnts have bad is. above all, a subject of odious
reflection. This inflows is the most deleterious to
the Constitution of all others. It is carious to bear
the Directors of the Mink Oak," whether the Public
will be able to beer that redaction of the circulating
medium, which a *wetly edoptien of the mestere of
Cash Payments would render itedispensible?"—
We answer, that it would not only be able to do sof