The Statesman.
London, England, 1810-11-10 00:00:00

I.E.Tl'l,li. XIV.

The Merthores adopted by Parliament, in consequence of the
Bank Stoppage—.'Vanies of the Bank Direc'srs in I ;97—
„King's Message—yr. Pitt's Motion for a SeCt.;a Committee—
Mr. Fox and other Members wished for an lapin! into the
&our of the Stoppage—Me. Pia's Motion carried by a great
ne.tjrrilq—List of the Min:tray—NT, cel,ity 4a Parliamen-
tary Ref*orin—Motowo. of appointing the ,Secret Committee—
Nantes of the Committee-• Iteshrieted rovers of the Committee
—Reports from the Committee —Not a !curd said about the
quantit4 of Gold and Silver in the Bank— Mr. Paine's aster-
tiwo a3omi the jar:bilk./ of the Bo th to pre•t G,!rt aril Situltr
—No attempt made to disprare this assertion— Mr. Pill's, Sir
JoAn Milford's, and I,or:1 Ihvekesbar assertions—Mo..
Grey not saihfied with the roid •rtre prodneed b-fore the Cont-
matey—Mr. Shur iaari s an5,.,,,,r to Lord haiekesburg.

Geartratest..—l hive now to beg your attention
to a very important part of our •subject ; namely,
the. me,trares, which, by way of remedy, were
adopted by the Parliament, iu.'consequence of the
Tun upon the B ink and the stoppage of Gold and
Silver payments there.
The Letter immediately preceding this put you in
possession of a thorough knowledge of the way, in
which the Bank Directors and the Minister had gone
to work, in order to prepare the way for the Par.
liamentoi4 measures .which were to follow. You
mere Uwe placed behind the curtain ; you saw all
the actors in their natural persons* ; all the paints,
patches, cloaks, and visors ; all the trap-doors,
putties, pegs, and wires. You not only saw the
Resolving and Subscribing show acted, but you
saw it got up; you saw the Showman and all his
people busy in making their preparations ; and,
after that, you were let in to the rehearsal.
In letter XII. you have seen how the matter.
a as first brought before the Parliament, on- Mololay
the 27th of F•h. 1797, in the form of:a Nies-
sage frSm the King+ ; and you have seen, that the
Alinister, the hitherto-bragging Minister, beiog,
ttpon that occasion pressed by Mr. Comae and
others for an answer to the question, as• to what he
mega to do, ha I no answer to give.
On tli 27th, PITT gave notice of a motion, to be
made next day, for the appointment of a Commit.
tee to inquire into the ability of the Bank to pay
the demands upon it ; and also to inquire and u eke
report as to the necessity of continainz of the mea-
sure adopted by the Council, that is to say, conti-
nuing the refusal of moneppayments at the
%L. e shall have to speak more folly about this
Committee hysatid-by ; but we must stop hero a
women!, and take a brief sketch of the debate that
ensued upon Pires motion. Mr. Fox and those
who were with him said, that they had no ob-
jection to the appointment of a Committee, pro-
vides' it was' appointed fairly ; but they insisted,
that it would discover a shameful disregard of their
Outs, if the Douse moved an inch' further without
intplifing into the causes which produced that al-
leged necessity, upon which the Order of Colored,
sanctioning a violation of the law, was founded.
They said, here is the Minister calling upon you'
still tosiifide. in him ; in him, tinder whom the
Bank has been compelled to stop paying its notes.
Ought you not to inquire, first of all, into his,
measures? Ought you not to inquire into the causes'
of the fatal and disgraceful necessity of this Stop.
. pogo ? Here is a Minister, who has had a majority of
your votes for years ; he has had your oulimited
and blind confidence ; he has had the absolute eon).
mind of all the resources of the nation ; he has•
dune hat he pleased for years past ; he has within •
these few weeks, told you himself, and advised the
King to tell you, in the most solemn manner, that
your pecupiary affairs were in the most tlonrishing
state, and rested upon the most solid foundation ;
and this same man now comes and tells you, that
necessity, that urgency, that something, had-com.
pelted him to issue an Order to sanction the Stop.
page of Cash.payments at the Bunk, and to °bilge
the public creditor, contrary to law, to receive his
dividends in paper instead of the Gold and Silver
coin, which the law gave him a right to demand.
This, said Mr. Fox and his friends, is what this
Adinister now tells you ; and will you not, before
you proceed to inquire into the propriety of .conti-
ming- the stoppage, inqoire 'into the rause of the
imperious necessity, which is said to have produced‘
it ? Will you attempt an expedient, will you at.
tempt a remedy, without inquiring into the cause
of the evil ? Will you do that, which, even now,

• Truth and Justice demand, that, is far as possible. the 1
/I A MV.S of all the persous, who took an active part, upon this'
Memorable. occasion, should be recorded. Parliament may
:vet recto: the tneasures of that day ; and, then, the names of
salt the parties, immediately concenied, ought to be known,
nod must be known.—Fr-um this opinion it is that I insert here
Ilse tames of the peasants who were the Dlit ECTO RS or the
Hank of Englar,d, at the time when the Stoppage took place,
and amongst them we find our friend Bttoot W sakes. who
svits, as we base seen, in the Chair at the Mauston House
I%le:sling.
Thomas Minces, fitorsont,,•. —Samuel Thornton, Deputy
Gooernor.—Thomas lindilut ton ; Samuel Bosauquet; Alex.
Chatopiou ; L'lward I)are:i ; ['bonito Des' ; Orarge Dorrirn ;
N. Bogle French; Daniel /.'rtes; Jeremiah !Unman ; Thomas;
Lewis; Bretton Long; William Maiming ; Job Mathew ; Sir
ith:gra rave; Joseph. Nutt ; John Pearce; George Peters:.
Charles Pule; John. Puget; James Read ; Peter Isaac Thai-
lasso', r Godfrey Thorotou; Brook Watson; John Whittnore.
+ GEORG P. R.
His 51ujery thinks it proper to communicate to the Ilonse
of Commons, animal delay, the measure adopted to-Obviate
the ekris ishich might be occasioned by the unusual demand
of specielatelv made Irons different parts'"f tso ersontrx in the
metropolis.--The peculiar 'More and exigeocy of the case
appears to require, tit the first instance, the 'Deanne contained
in the Order of Oswalt which his Majesty has directed to be
beforethe House. It; -tvcommending this impoernut sub-
ject to the immediate and penults attention of tie! 1100s,e of
l'ommons, his Majesty relies with the utmost contidetwe
on
the experienced wisdom and firmness of his Parliament for
taking such measures as may be best calculated toe street any tem-
porary pressure, othl to call'forth, la the most effectual man-
ner, the extensive ret.ources of his kingdoms in support of their
public and commercial credit, and in defence of their dearest
interests. G. R.

t " That a sEcanT COMMITTEE be appointed, to
44 ascertain the total arooont of the out-standing demands on the
4, Bunk of England, awl likewise of, the foists for discharging
'' the s ear ; Likd two they do also report their opiniuh of the
noressity of pray idinf ror the confirinatiun and continuance of
" the measureg, taken w purbaauce of the Waite of Council on
" the Yith