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London, England, 1818-05-08 00:00:00

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the Noble Earl might please to env.-r at large into
the question. 'He would demonstrate that the BrOorrn
now received, for the support of its dignity and
splendour only, totally independent of what west to
any civil or military services, at least double of the
revenue it had been in the contemplation- of Parlia-
troenl loran!. •
Lord I,IVBRPOOL observed, he ceold notagree
with tie Noble Lord in all witicli lie had said, though
he did in part. He agreed, that the. House of Cone.
mons had a right'to deny, either in t!hole or in part,
giving any thing to any branch of the Royal Family ;
and jet the refusal not be constried to cast any re.
&wino ou the Royal Family ; bet. when the Croon
cent' down a Message, relative toieverel.braochos of
the Royal Family, and the House if :Cionimoos made
provision for. some, and refused toldt so for one in.
divideal, the refusal was a relleotia sea that 44.,1ff
.With respect to what had bees said. by the
Noble Lord, 'on the subject of dm Crown providing
for the support of the splendrous' and diglity of the
family, he did. not mean to dispute that such had
formerly been the practice ; but it llowcommencea
ment a the present reign, the whole system was
changed.. When his Majesty camp to the Throne,
the hereditary 'revenues of the Crown were taken
away, and a Civil List granted, instead. This had
never improved with circumstances, as the hereditary
revenues would have done; and, was it surprising,
that the income assigned to his. MajOitx., when ise
had no family, should have been found insuffirient l'o
enable hies to maintain and estebliah a family of J. 4
children ? The Noble Lord concluded, by contend-
ing that the arrangement, made with the. Crown, at
the commencement of the present reign, was nitro
highly disedvantageous to the Crown, in pointof
venue, however much it might he considered as-bent
ficial in other points of view.
'the Bill was read a third time and passed, as was
also the Duchess of Cumberland's Annuity' Hifi, and
the Message to the House of Commonetootifyik the
agreement of the Lords to then 4 was cotivey rid there
by the Lord Chief Baron Richards aid Mr. Justice
Borrouih.

Adjourned till to-morrow (ibis day)! .

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HOUSE OF COMMONS.
Mr. LOCK HA HT presented II Petition from .che City ofit.
th ford, praying tor crrtaio 'alterations in. the alq&P.111 and-
lane Act ; and that persons should tte prtv rated opeviug stalls
where regular traders reside.—Ordered to lie on the table.
BEER.' .
Mr. LOCK HA RT moved for an Account of the.Nernher of
Barrels of Strong 'Beer brewed for the last tbree'yeini, refl.
ously to the year 1817, within the limits of the Humid of Ex-
cise, the names of the Brewers, and ;be quantity brewed by
each.—Ordered.

GLASS. •
On the motion of Mr. LUSH I NGTON ;he Glees Menem-
hirers Hill WIN residd second time.. Its committal. in ttpnfor-
mity to the wish of Sir U. W. Ridley, was postponed ithtil -trer
the holidays, in order to give lime to those interested to become
acquainted with its provisions.
The Reporo of the Committee on the Sur Bounty Laws was
received. and an amending Rill ordered.
The second rending of the Mock Auttions Bill was postponed
until Monday ,e'nme,ht.
The second rending of the Customs Censolidalios Bill was
lied for 1% edoesday nest.
BANK NOTE FORGERIES.

Mr. CANNING presented a Petition from Liver•
pool, praying for the adoption of some measures by
the Bank of England to secure the Public from the
injury sustained by the numerous forgeries of their
Notes. The Right Hon. Member observed, that the
Petitioners and community to which they belonged
bad a very strong claim in furtherance of their object,
as Bank of England Notes constituted the circula-
tion of Liverpool and Lancashire.
General GASCOIGNE pressed the necessity of
some measure by the Bank. He lied on a former
occasion adverted to the 'peculiar nature at the notes
in circulation in Lancashire. They were principally
of t I.e years 1815 and 1816. He deemed it expedient
that the Bank should call in these notes, as the fre-
quent change would have the effect of checking the
forgeries. The fear of taking forged notes was like.
ly to set up local banks in this county.
Mr. J. SMITH took the opportunity of stating,
in answer to some imputations on a former eight
against the Solicitors, whom he knew to be most ho-
pourable men—Ulcer, hear I.l—that prosecutions
itor forgery were not instituted at their discretion,
but in consequence of the decision of a Committee of
Bank Directors.
Mr. MANNING said that the neglect lay not
with the Bank, but with the holders of the
The Bank had issued various notices in the Gazette,
calling upon the holdets of the notes of the dates al..
luded to, either to exchange them for gold or fresh
notes.
General GASCOIGNE asked, how in the name
of wonder, people, having three nr four one pouorl
notes, were to be tweeted to send them op to the
Bank of &Wand for gold ?
Mr. CANNING did not impute any disincline-
lion to the Bank to guard, 89 far as they could, the
Public from the evil now so generally felt and con-
fessed. But he did think that something should he
done for that remote and extensive county, which
limited its currency to the Wolk of England notes.
tichssively. In answer to the alleged neglect of the
bolder of the notes of 1815 and 1816, not forward-
ing them, he believed that the hassid of these Dotes
beiug rejected as lofgeries, was balanced egaiust the
desire of receiving goldoe fresh paper.
The Petition was ordered to lie on the table and
be pri,nted.
TR ANSUBSTANTI A TION.
General THORNTON, par:stint to his notice,
Indeed for leave to bring in a Bel to repeal the Acts
of thesiith and 30th of Charles 11. as to the doctors.
(ion required against the dooctrine of Trensubsiaotis-
tiot4 codas eisereksette worship of the Church of
Rome err *ldiot:76os. He never should have pre-
sumed to bring for Ward the question, if be conceived
alit it'cOild be considered as embracing The great