Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1819-05-28

! nS'Nieu ~ an Interior measure, name
~, the resumption of cash paw ments.-
WIN regard 10 the necessity of ihe mea.
sure, If 1t rested solely on that ground, he
would feel II his duty 10 oppose il i'm ali
| lis stages. Whatever its necessity might
he, why. should the established rules OF
the house be violated ? What was il but a
public violation Of the proceedings of the
house! As Ia the bank, there was neih-
ing TO compel that corpora,iop To give
notice OF paving their nuies To January,
| ISl7-itwas optional with iliem Ia do so.
ihey gave that notice, and should be
| bound by il. What is likely to result from
,his invidious proposition! Ii is said Ia
be suDservIent 10 another measure bui
why hurry II with such rapidity through
The House Why prevent fair inquiry
INTO lis merits? Ii is said 10 he measure
OF immediate necessity: bat surely three
or four days, during which il would go
un'er discussion, would mol affect the OBJ
| Ject in view, whilst it would give AN op.
portuniiy 10 the house of considering
that object. Surely il was MOI on sus h "a
pretext That the standing orders of the
House should be- violated. The right hon.
gentleman, by entering into "a statement,
| emD arraSsed the house in no little degree
~ lie had not removed the veil which
conceaifd the proceedings nf The com
mittee, but had simply satisfied himself
With saying tAat the measure was neces
| sary Tor certain purposes, and IL not pass.
ed immediately, il were as well moi 10 pass
u at all but he entered into statement
Of the amount the bank had paid away
IN consequence of that notice, which il
was optional With them to give or TO " it'll
hold. He stated that they had already
paid ava, five millions: but surely the sum
that they might be supposed 10 pay for
the next three or four day was rot con
sideration which should induce the house
to violairiis established rules. From what
was before the house, they could not
iliink SO lie did not mean TO say but an
answer could be given 10 his objection,
but until that answer was given, he could
not entertain the motion. II might be
that The delay OF three or four DAYS would
be attended with Inconvenience it was
possible, perhaps, TO Justify so extraor-
dinary measure, bui until he heard sa-
lis!actory reasons stated, he would resis,
il. The kings ministers had information
oil the subject. IN 1897, when The order
in council was issued, the minister or
thai day had his information iro vi The
bank.
In the present instance, the Ministers
have their Information from being Mem
bcrs of the COMMITTEE. The difference,
IN his opinion, vas but little whether
MIR. Pitt, as Chancellor of the Exchequer
had his information from the Bank, or
whether the Noble Lord and the right
honorable gentleman mad their intorma-
ton AZ Members of the Committee -
They had the facts within their reach,
they are the advisers of the Crown, and
they nnulI tpan6 f.,i-
principle hurrying the Bill through that
House. Why, he asked, was tie prin.
ciple acted on by Mr.. Pitt, in 1897, not
acted on now ?-if the necessity was so
immediate and SO pressing AS had been
stalled, even if Tie Bill were passed
through all lis stages this night, still an
Order in Council, which might have APP
peared IN the last Gazette, Wouli have
anticipated the present measure, and the
ministers of the Crown might then go
down To the House, as Mr.. Pit did in
1907, and the subject, instead of being
hurried through the House, might under-
60, as II ought 10 undergo, fail and fair
inquiry. Having said 20 much, bc had
now only 10 add, that it this we're mea-
sure which he could see vitally necessary.
much as he would lament that necessity,
aud much as he would blame The impru
deDce OF the Bank, he yet would not go
so far as TO say, that he would have been
prepared to oppose measure Of impera-
tive and immediate necessity.
Lord CASTLEREAGH said, that the
view in which the hon. and learned gem
ileman had considered this question, so
Tar concurred with his own, tLat ii was
no, likely that any great difference would
exist either as To the general measure or
the particular mode Of carr, ing il though
the house. He was perfectly prepared
TO admit, thai u the measure was brought
formerly OH account Of The Bank, OF to
support its credit or interest, ii would be
very unfit that it should BE- disposed of
i'll The way in which il was desired TO car.
~ this bill. But ii was fortunate that
the question could be discussed without
any reference 10 the convenience or credit
0fihc establishment which Was happily in
so fioGrishiilg Staieas 10 rendrrihe adOp-
ton ct such measure quite unnecessary
III HAT view. lie must agree, that II
Tie necessity ct the measure could not
be made out on some other grounds, IL
would moi be by any means eSpedleni 10
pass a bill Of this kind in sucli away, and
thai II would be coming To Parliament IN
manner quite unwarranied. The whole
question was, whether the most convent
cnt course would be that, nov proposed,
or to adopt the precedent of i7O7 IN
considering this, he begged leave 10 call
The attention of the House 10 a marked
difference between tie circumstances un.
der which this measure was Judged ne
cessary now, aud those uudyr which tia,
| OF 1907 had becn resoried 10. II was true
| HAT III 1897, az nov, Parliament was sit
ting, and Tie Minister might haze nitro
duced the measure al once, by calling
upon The Legislature TO pass d bin Bui
tie ground OF which the Government
acted in that case was, lliai lhey ioresaw