The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1811-05-10
Gurope.
IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT,
HOUSE OF COMMONS.
MONDAY, MARCH
Z 0 M NJ E K CIAL EDIT
PdRLIIlzENT,
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BILE friend had determined to take the sense
OF the House upon it, he (Mr. Smith. for
one, should divide with him. IF any man
read the Report, he must be struck with
the iooseness otits assertions it merely as
serted, that loss arose from over ira ding
and that benefit would be derived bv giving
money to assist the losers He approved Of
the feelings OF the Honorable Baronet oppo.
site, but was OF opinion. that though per
iectiy proper TO him, it would not be pro.
per IN the House of Commons to indulge
them; besides. if the general principle of
such applications were established. a pre.
tence would never be wanted fot urging
.nem' IL appeared TO him that there were
'hree sorts OF spectators who might meet
with considerable difficulty two of them
being advantageous to the public in general
might be favorably considered he meant
those who exported commodities from this
Country, and those who imported into il .he
raw materials from others such specula
tors though they might overtrade a little,
might be forgiven But the third sort 10
which he alluded. were those who specula.
ted upon articles already in the country,
and who sought no other object than to put
money in the pocket of the monopolist The
Trade was not beneficial to any body. and
pe nndertakers of it when they failed in
Consequence, ought to be permitted to perish
unetlced.
ihe evidence too upon which chey were
% peclde was the evidence of Interested
per SINS and the fair inference to be drawn
from that circumstance was. that the
leViuSlCc was necessarily exaggerated.
ia had been represented as invidi-
Gus C make remarks upon persons stu
ateu as the present applicants were. He
certainY would admit, that il would be an
ih'luiof task to volunteer any Criticism up-
on theIrconduct, but when they aDniied r.
Farliamelt hey forced themselves into such
stuatio,. and it became the duty of Mem
oers OF nat House to investigate and to
speak treeR. Right Honorable Gentle
man nao sad that if the pressure were in
CURED ln'o'5t would perhaps appear to be
little more tan that persons having LITTLE
credit themselves wished for relieftrom par
hameht. INT 1t might be expedient to
grant iehet lnsuch case he should allow
Out II there wa any prospect of effectiDe Il
Dy other meas, they should not he too
Precipitate IN proceedings. If no mar
Xet was open tothem, they would exIef;
ehce no permanent or substantial benefit.
ana the pubhc mtht suffer deeply. Ano.
tner ooJecton wasSthe extreme inequality
otthe measure. Ht knew it was not cas-,
10 AVOID ms out fill he could not helD
wait until number L respectable neT.ooo
sunk under the pressqe, and then to anil |
a femecy which others would have the ben
eft of VIC Oe"-
Sir John Newport saH, that the paplia
mentary creditor Yves pkced upon rno,
ing different from the PIRATE credi,o. 81
would be able to appropriSe all the eS;Sc,s
OF the Debtor to the paymet of its own 10
mands' to the total exclusi& of every otber
claimant. This he did notttink rikht !,
had tendency not to corrsl. bnt to i'm
crease the evil. The groundpf complaint
was the want oil marker, andthe effect or
facturers for the present, and G5d - III
glut which was known to exist in tI,s NO.
ket already He dwell, for SOM FINE -.
the expectations held forth from n : 80 on
OF oouth hmerica, which he co,s;dersd
Periecuy deiusiye and visionary. eSDecisiI. !
as from the present divided stare re r.,
country, the tetufns were likely to h s,;,, |
farther prOtraCted, and the marke, toha 80
disturbed and impeded than before - TT
cautioned the House not to expect tbat tho
money would be soon cepaid; lie donbesJ
wheIher lt would afford any relief, and Con |
'SnuS1 tnat the Parliamentary creditor
should be placed upon the same footins ,yitb |
the private one.
Mr. Manning hought the diff Guilty Of so /
1erloGs natnre, that they we're boun1 m
40 All hey could to remove it. He agteed
win the honorable bart. (sir T. Newpoft) e
10 'ne pfopriety oil equaliz'ng the condition
OF Parliamentary and private creditors, and
thought that though the relief might mn,
prove tobe sufficient, it was but right To m.,le
the experiment.
MIR. Whltbread said he would not cav thai
ne was Courageous enough to resist the vote
at present, but he was anxious Tn he ds
tlnctly understood as not Intending IN pIedos
himself so tar az to prevent his retractino
u at future stage his Conviction told him
That II would be right. OF ALI tboee wbo
had spoken not one had expressed a san
guine DotlDB OF the success of the measure
The Right Honorable Gentleman (tbr Chan
eellor OF the Exchequer) had declined an
sWerinS question which he had put tohim
the other DAY, as to whether he was pre-
vailed upon by importantly to accede to- the
measure, or was Converted 20 il n he
might Judge from the speech of the Hon
Gentleman TO night, it appeared that he was
no convert but was persuaded by inDortu-
n'ty' The Hon. Baronet had spoken with
great feeling, but the question was not whe-
tner tney should yield to feeling, bat whe-
Their the grant Of Six Millions was likely r.
be OF advantage to the operative manufac
| turer lie characterised the ReD,r as
one of the most loose and III digested ~,
| ever was lad before the house, and selec
ed some parts from Mr.. Gcrdon's evidence
to prove an Inconsistency IN his statement
lie charged The Committee with not atten
dung sutheiehtly 10 the Resolutions If the