Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1823-04-03

extsnd the operation Vi nv
greatly facilitate their execution
..,.su.temeu of the House Of Commons,
..His Majesty has directed the Es'i"s.I r..
Tho cnrrent wear to be laid before you. ihey
h.vs heen {, FAMED vita every attention 70 eco
nomy: and the total expenditure VIII o' 'o
N he materially below that OIL isst yesi. ,;,.
TN, AMMUNITION of charge, eombineo WI"
the progressive Improvement OF the Revenue
h.s produced surplus exceeding his Majesty
sxnsetat,on. His Majesty trusts, therefore, tnA'
vo, will be able, after providing lot tue s1''
vices of the year, and without aheetinS pun.
.rsd;, r. make further considerable reduction
in the burden, of his people.
..Hv Lord, and Gentlemen,
Oils MAJESTY has commanded us to state 10
,,o,, that the maai estations of loyalty and a.
;..hment tn his Person Y Government, which
his Is;esty received in his late visit to scot
land. has made the deepest impression upon
his heart 49,. lac,
Session Of Parliament for the relief OF the dis
tre.scs IN considerable districts IN Ireland, mas
been productive OF the happiest effects, ana MS
Ma;,.tv recommends to your conslderae'oh
suco measures of iEternal regulation as may
be calculated to promote and secure 'he . -.
guilty of that country, and 70 Improve viz
bits and condition of the people.
Deeply as his Majesty regrets the eoi'n,u
ed dep, ession of the Agricultural interest," 'he
satisfaction with which his Majesty coptem'
plates the increasing activity which perVaaes
the man, ,f,cturiny districts and the fiourishng
condition ofour commerce in most OF its Prin-
cipal hranc mes, is greatly enhanced byth con-
tident persuasion that the p, ogressive prosper
t. of so many of the interests OF the country
canno, fail to contribute to the gradual I'm
proveibent Of that greatinterest, which IS the
NEST important Of them all
An address to the speech was moved by
| the Earl Of Morley, and seconded by the
Carl OF Mayo.
Earl S,aubope moved an amendment g;
the effect OF which was, to pledge the
house 10 institute an inquiry into the cause
of the present distress--the operation OF
| the change of curreucy-and also TO as
certain what remedies would best provide
against the enc and remove The evil OF
the other.
The Marquis Of Lansdo wn said, If he
had thought any amendment necessary, 1t
| would be an amendment demanding dis.
| t;pct declaration OF the opinion entertained
by ministers upon the existing crisis be-
tween France and Spain but having seen
| il stated in the speech that hopes were en-
! terta,ned OF an anicabIe arrangement
| that negotiations were pending tor The
| uurpose of convincing those, who as u
appears) could not be convinced, and OF
| influencing those whom We could not IN
| 1uence, he should scquiesce IN The state
ment of ministers and not support toe
amendment. He should not detain their
Iordships By going into all the Questions
which had been gone into by his noble
friend but this much he would do. he
would express that opinion with regard to
the alteration OF the currency which he
had before expressed in that house-that
a part perhaps sual! part OF the evils
| which had arisen from the change 10 me-
| talic currency, bad arisen from that UNI
| fortunate preference gwen TO goio over
] SILVER as standard and much as ne ieit
upon that subject, and unwilling as ne was
| hastily TO make a change which wouiu
uusetle the present standard, yet ne was
| wiling to enter into an inquiry upoa Inc
1 .ubiect With regard to another topic,
| The distressed state Of agriculture, ne
! would say that It was subject which no
doubt would meet with the serious alien
lion OF Parliament He was glad to tnd
hat some measures were in contemplation
or meIiorsting the condition OF the PEG.
oIe in Ireland. He r. GREETED that he could
not last year induce their iordsbIps 70 90
INTO committee on the stale Of thdt couh-
try; but he was glad 10 find now that the
necessity of such measure was admitted
The Earl OF Liverpool said it would
have Ieen a satisfaction to him 1t no a..
mendment had been proposed, because 1t
was The object OF his Msiesly's Ministers
TO advise his Majesty to deliver such
Sd. rch as would be likely to secure una
n,mity. ith respect to the observations
made by the noble marquis relative TO The
change made in the currency IN 1879, he
| (Iord l.. vas prepared at sUy time TO de-
lend the opinion then entertained aud act
| ed upon by the government: and The Vari.
Gus committees appointed by Parliament ;
but be wished the noble marquis to consl-
| der that il might he one question. whether
at the time il was better to prefer gold
to silver, and another, whether having
adopted gold. an alteration might not az.
grayaie all the evils which It creates, and
produce immeasurable confusion even II
| silver were preferable to gold. He would
not rest there but he should be prepared
| 10 defend the adoption of gold i; and he
| was prepared 10 show that no additional
benefit would have arisen from the adop'
| ton of silver, unless the benefit which
| would be derived from what he would
contend was partial Dankrup,cy-except
what would arise from cheating the pub
lie creditor Thai would be circuitcus
way OF dong il; and be thought, that il
il were necessary 10 be done, that it was