Protest thereon.

The Order of the Day being read for the Lords to be summoned ;

It was moved, "That the Bill, intituled "An Act to "amend an Act passed in the Thirty-ninth and Fortieth "Years of the Reign of His late Majesty King George "the Third, intituled "An Act for establishing an

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Agreement with the Governor and Company of the "Bank of England for advancing the Sum of Three "Millions towards the Supply for the Service of the "Year One thousand eight hundred," and for the better "regulating Copartnerships of certain Bankers in Eng"land," be now read a Second Time."

Which being objected to;
After long Debate,

The Question was put thereupon?

It was resolved in the Affirmative.

"DISSENTIENT:

"First, Because, waiving all Consideration of the "Question whether the System of Circulation as now by "Law established will or will not be ameliorated by a "partial Repeal of the exclusive Privilege enjoyed by "the Bank of England, which this Bill enacts, and by "the Annihilation of all Bank Notes under £5 in the "Year 1829 instead of the Year 1833-the Measure "with which it is conjoined,-I must regard the Conduct "of Ministers in courting such Discussions at a Moment "of pecuniary Embarrassment as not only rash in the "extreme, but as exhibiting a lamentable Ignorance of "the salutary Mode of conducting the Affairs of this "great mercantile Country when suffering under Dis"tress produced by a temporary Panic; whilst I

sincerely regret that I must be of Opinion that the "Conduct of Parliament in sanctioning the proposed "Measures cannot fail to spread throughout these "Kingdoms an Alarm, the Effects of which, conjoined "with those of the expiring Panic, must inevitably "reduce this Country from the greatest Prosperity to a "State of Suffering which in profound Peace it has seldom, if ever, experienced.

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"held to be competent to administer a Corrective ;-and "that it would at least abstain from encouraging that "Portion of the Evil the Remedy for which had been "described as beyond the Reach of its Interposition.

"I cannot therefore help anticipating the fatal Effects "of the Disappointment which in this Moment of Alarm "must ensue, when the Public learn that to that Part of "the Evil which Parliament is said to have the Power of correcting they have selected a Remedy which, at "the Expense of great immediate Evil, is to take place "Three Years hence; whilst they have altered the Law "with the avowed Intention of encouraging the imme

diate Recurrence of that Portion of the Evil beyond "the Reach of their Interposition, by the Establishment "of Joint Stock Banking Companies throughout this Kingdom.

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Thirdly, Because those who recommend these Measures to Parliament assume that the Encrease of Bank Paper raised the Price of Commodities; that a Rise in "the Price of Commodities gave Birth to Schemes, Speculation, and Joint Stock Companies; that this State of Things created a Necessity for a further Ex"tension of Currency; and that the Extension of Currency, with the Disposition to scheming which it generates, thus alternately operating as Cause and Effect, produced the Calamity under which we at present

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"suffer.

Supply of a Commodity in proportion to the Demand "for it diminishes its Value.

"When again, in the Year 1824 and in the Year 1825, "the Desire of enjoying their former Incomes led those "who suffered under the diminished and diminishing "Market Rate of Interest to embark in Schemes, Joint "Stock Companies, and Speculations which caused the "Investment and Payment of Capital within a Year to "the Extent of more than Three Times the Amount of "the Sinking Fund, this Demand for Capital occasioned "an immediate Increase in its Value, and of course "raised the Rate of Interest, forcing many to call up "Capital with which they had accommodated others, "and limiting the Possibility of Credit, from the Diminu"tion of the Value of Land,—of Funded Property, and of "fixed Securities,-on the more extended Value of which "it had been safely granted;-and this inevitably pro"duced such a sudden Restraint in all pecuniary Nego"tiations as unfortunately occasioned a temporary Sus

"That this is the true Cause of the Calamity under "which the Country suffers I cannot entertain a Doubt; "it is therefore with Pain and Regret I see Parliament "persuaded to adopt Measures as a Remedy for a sudden "extra Demand for Capital which must inevitably "increase the Demand for it.

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"Yet it is impossible to conceive that Six Millions of Country One and Two Pound Notes can be withdrawn "without forcing the Bankers to make a Demand for "Five Millions of their Funds, with which the Public are "now accommodated; or that Six Millions of Gold to supply the Place of these Bank Notes can be obtained "without making a further Demand for Capital to that Extent; and lastly, it is impossible to believe that the projected Joint Stock Banking Companies can be can be "generally established with Security, without embarking Capital to an Extent that will create a further Demand "for Eight Millions.

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"It is therefore with sincere and deep Affliction I "anticipate the fatal Injury the Country must sustain "from this ignorant Attempt to remedy an Evil arising "from a sudden extra Demand for Capital, by creating 66 Demand for it far more enormous.

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"LAUDERDALE."

Then the said Bill was read a Second Time. Ordered, That the said Bill be committed to a Committee of the Whole House.

Ordered, That the House be put into a Committee upon the said Bill on Monday next; and that the Lords be summoned,

Ordered, That the Sitting of the Committee for Privileges to whom the Petition of Sir John Shelley Sidney Baronet to His Majesty, in respect of the Title and Dignity of Baron De L'Isle, with His Majesty's Reference thereof to this House, and the Report of His Majesty's Attorney General thereunto annexed, stands referred, which stands appointed for Monday next, be put off sine Die.

Dominus Gifford, Orator Procerum, declaravit præsens Parliamentum continuandum esse usque ad et in diem Lunæ, vicesimum diem instantis Februarii, horâ decimâ Aurora, Dominis sic decernentibus.

Die Lunæ, 20° Februarii 1826.

DOMINI tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes

Epus. Londinen.
Epus. Meneven.

Epus. Bath. et Well.

fuerunt:

Comes Eldon, Cancellarius.

Comes Westmorland,
C. P. S.
March. Lansdowne.
March. Salisbury.

Comes Essex.

Comes Shaftesbury. Comes Rosebery.

Epus. Landaven.

Epus. Exon.

Epus. Glocestr.

Epus. Cicestrien.

Epus. Fernen, &c.

Comes Spencer.

Comes Strange.

Comes Mayo.

Hinde, residing near Penrith, only Child and Administrator of the deceased Robert Hinde at Alston, his Father, and of the also deceased Mary Hinde or Bird, his Mother, which Mary Bird was another of the Two Executors of the said deceased Richard Lowthian, to the Petition and Appeal of Nathaniel Clayton of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Esquire, surviving Trustee of the deceased Thomas Bird of Glassonby, and also surviving Trustee of the deceased Mrs. Bridget Maughan or Atkinson, Widow of the deceased George Atkinson of Templesowerby, and also Trustee for Mrs. Mary Atkinson or Tinkler, Mother of and now in Right of Elizabeth Tinkler, Daughter and only Child of the deceased James Tinkler, Merchant in London, the said Thomas Bird, Bridget Maughan, and Elizabeth Tinkler being Three of the Four Heirs Portioners of the deceased Richard Lowthian of Staffold, was this Day brought in.

Slavery,

Abol" of:

(Irchester & Wollaston :)

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Ordered,

Gardner Claim of Peerage, Comee for Privs to meet.

Ld. Muncaster's Claim to vote, Comee for

Ordered, That the Committee for Privileges to whom the Petition of Alan Legge Gardner, an Infant, by George Hibbert, John Cornwall, and Alan Gardner Cornwall, Esquires, his Guardians, to His Majesty, claiming the Barony of Gardner, with his Majesty's Reference thereof to this House, and the Report of His Majesty's Attorney General thereunto annexed, stands referred, do meet to consider further of the said Claim on Monday next; and that Notice thereof be given to His Majesty's Attorney General.

Ordered, That the Committee for Privileges to whom the Petition of The Right Honourable Lowther Augustus John Baron Muncaster of Wexford in the County of WexPrivs to meet. ford in that Part of the United Kingdom called Ireland, praying, "That his Right to vote at the Elections of Peers "for Ireland to sit in the Parliament of the United King"dom may be admitted," stands referred, do meet to consider of the said Claim on Monday next.

Scott et al. v. Dunbar &an', Parties added as Applts (on Pet".)

Sir J. Campbell, Bart., & an', v. Sassen:

Same v.same: Respt's Petn to defend in

formâ pauperis, refd to

Appeal
Comee.

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A Petition of Archibald Scott and others, Appellants in a Cause depending in this House, to which John Killegrew Dunbar and John Daniel Kane are Respondents, was presented and read; setting forth, "That the Petitioners, on "the 13th February instant, presented a Petition to their Lordships, stating as therein stated, and praying, that "James Rooney and Thomas Graydon (Assignees of the Appellant Thomas Saunders) and Thomas Graydon (Assignee of the Appellant Charles John Graydon) might be made Parties Appellants to this Appeal, which "their Lordships ordered as prayed: That the Peti"tioners have since discovered they were in error in stating James Rooney and Thomas Graydon to be the Assignees of the said Appellant Thomas Saunders, and "that they have since ascertained that James Rooney and "Eccles Cuthbert are the Assignees of the said Appellant "Thomas Saunders;" and therefore praying their Lordships, "That the said James Rooney and Eccles Cuthbert "(Assignees of the Appellant Thomas Saunders) and "Thomas Graydon (Assignee of the Appellant Charles "John Graydon) may be made Parties Appellants to the " said Appeal:"

And thereupon the Agents on both Sides were called in, and heard at the Bar:

And being withdrawn ; Ordered, That the said James Rooney and Eccles Cuthbert (Assignees of the Appellant Thomas Saunders) and Thomas Graydon (Assignee of the Appellant Charles John Graydon) be made Parties Appellants to the said Appeal, as desired.

Upon reading the Petition of Madame Lina Taline Sassen Respondent in Two Causes depending in this House, to which Sir James Campbell Baronet, and John Gray, his Mandatory, are Appellants; setting forth, "That "these Appeals arise out of various Actions raised at the "Instance of the Respondent against the Appellant Sir "James Campbell Baronet before the Court of the Commissaries of Edinburgh, the first being an Action of "Declarator of Marriage between the Parties, and the "others Actions of Aliment at the Instance of the Peti"tioner against the Appellant Sir James Campbell: That "the Commissaries in Scotland, and afterwards the "Court of Session, have found that the Evidence "hitherto adduced by the Respondent was not relevant "to infer a Marriage; but in the very particular Cir"cumstances of this Case, by the ultimate Judgment of "the Court of Session, the Appellant has been found "liable to the Petitioner in Aliment, which Aliment has "been modified to the Sum of £200 per Annum, to be "paid to her during all the Days of her Life: That the "Petitioner, having no other Property or Estate except "the Aliment awarded to her by the Court of Session, "the Payment of which is suspended by the present Appeals, was, on the 3d Day of December last, admitted "by the First Division of the Court of Session in Scot"land to the Benefit of the Poor's Roll in that Court, and "she is unable to bear the necessary Expense of answering the said Appeals, or of appearing by Counsel in support of the Decision appealed from: That the "Petitioner, being a Foreigner, and having no fixed "Residence in Scotland, is totally unable to procure the "Certificates of Poverty which have been usual in Cases "of this Kind, but she begs leave to refer to the Affidavit "of her Agent thereunto annexed, in regard to her

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"having been admitted to the Benefit of the Poor's Roll "in Scotland, and her Inability to bear the Expense of answering the present Appeal;" and therefore praying, That their Lordships will be pleased to order her to be admitted to answer the said Appeals, to appear therein "for her Interest in forma pauperis, and to present her printed Case to their Lordships in reference to both Appeals:"

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It is Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the Committee appointed to consider of the Causes in which Prints of the Appellants and Respondents Cases, now depending in this House in Matters of Appeals and Writs of Error, have not been delivered, pursuant to the Standing Orders of this House.

Upon reading the Petition and Appeal of John Wilson Wilson et al. Esquire, of Hallrule, James Cleghorn of Halkburn, Esquire, v. Sir W. F. Eliott, Bart: and George Cleghorn of Weens, Esquire; complaining of Four Interlocutors of the Lord Ordinary in Scotland, of the 18th of November 1823, and the 10th of July, the 12th of November, and 3d of December 1824; and also of Two Interlocutors of the Lords of Session there, of the First Division, of the 7th of June (signed 23d June) 1825 and the 9th of February 1826; and praying, "That the "same may be reversed, varied, or altered, so far as complained of, or that the Appellants may have such Relief "in the Premises as to this House, in their Lordships "great Wisdom, shall seem meet; and that Sir William "Francis Eliott of Stobs and Wells, Baronet, may be "required to answer the said Appeal:"

Upon reading the Petition of the Governors and Gov" of Guardians of the Hospital called Bethel, in the City of Bethel HosNorwich, of the Foundation of Mrs. Mary Chapman, under their Common Seal; praying Leave to bring in a Bill, ref to for the Purposes in the said Petition mentioned:

It is Ordered, That the Consideration of the said Petition be, and is hereby referred to Mr. Justice Bayley and Mr. Justice Burrough, who are forthwith to summon all Parties concerned in the Bill, and, after hearing them, are to report to the House the State of the Case, with their Opinion thereupon, under their Hands, and whether all Parties, who may be concerned in the Consequences of the Bill, have signed the Petition; and also that the Judges, having perused the Bill, do sign the same.

wich, Pet

Judges.

Upon reading the Petition of The Right Honourable Ld. BaynHenry William Powlett Lord Bayning; praying Leave to ing's Pet" bring in a Bill, for the Purposes in the said Petition men- Judges. tioned:

It is Ordered, That the Consideration of the said Petition be, and is hereby referred to Mr. Justice Park and Mr. Justice Holroyd, who are forthwith to summon all Parties concerned in the Bill, and, after hearing them, are to report to the House the State of the Case, with their Opinion thereupon, under their Hands, and whether all Parties, who may be concerned in the Consequences of the Bill, have signed the Petition; and also that the Judges, having perused the Bill, do sign the same.

Upon reading the Petition of Richard Lothian Ross and Clayton v. others, Respondents in a Cause depending in this House, Ross et al., Resp's Petn to which Nathaniel Clayton is Appellant; setting forth, to lodge "That this Appeal was presented in the last Session of Case, refd Parliament, and as soon as Prints of the Case of the to Appeal Appellant were delivered in, pursuant to their Lord- Comee. ships Standing Order, the necessary Papers were laid "before Counsel in Scotland to prepare the Case of the Respon

Annandale Peerage, Pet of J. H. Johnstone, Esq., for Comee for Privs to meet on.

V. Dillon

kett & an":

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Upon reading the Petition of John James Hope Johnstone Esquire, claiming the Titles and Dignities of Earl of Annandale and Hartfell, &c.; setting forth, "That in "the last Session of Parliament the Petitioner's Claim to "those Dignities was so far proceeded in before the "Lords Committees of Privileges that the Evidence "adduced by the Petitioner was closed and summed up "by his Counsel, when the further Proceeding was adjourned till the ensuing Session of Parliament, now "commenced;" and therefore praying, "That their "Lordships will be pleased to order that the Lords Com"mittees for Privileges do meet on Monday the 6th Day "of March next, or such other Day as their Lordships "may think most proper, to proceed on the Matter of "his said Claim:"

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It is Ordered, That the Committee for Privileges do meet to consider further of the said Claim on Monday the 6th Day of March next, as desired; and that Notice thereof be given to His Majesty's Attorney General and The Lord Advocate for Scotland.

Upon reading the Petition and Appeal of The Right & ant v. Plas- Honourable Henry Augustus Lord Viscount Dillon and Charles Butler Esquire; complaining of Four Orders of The Master of the Rolls in Ireland, of the 7th and 16th of December 1824, and the 27th of July and 14th of December 1825; and also of an Order of the Court of Chancery in Ireland, of the 4th of February 1826; and praying, "That the same may be reversed, or that the Appellants may have such Relief in the Premises as to "this House, in their Lordships great Wisdom, shall seem meet; and that William Plaskett and James Brett may be required to answer the said Appeal :"

Powell to

enter into

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6.

It is Ordered, That the said William Plaskett and James Brett may have a Copy of the said Appeal, and do put in their Answer or respective Answers thereunto, in Writing, on or before Monday the 27th Day of March next; and Service of this Order upon the said Respondents, or upon their Six Clerks or Solicitors in the Court of Chancery in Ireland, shall be deemed good Service.

The House being moved, "That John Allan Powell "of Lincoln's Inn in the County of Middlesex, GentleRecogee on it. man, may be permitted to enter into a Recognizance

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"for Henry Augustus Lord Viscount Dillon and Charles "Butler Esquire, on account of their Appeal depending "in this House:"

It is Ordered, That the said John Allan Powell may enter into a Recognizance for the said Appellants, as desired.

Peta from

Upon reading the Petition of the Incorporation of Corn Laws, Guildry of the City of Brechin; praying their Lordships Bechin for "for the Repeal of the existing Corn Laws:" Repeal of.

It is Ordered, That the said Petition do lie on the Table.

Amendment

The Order of the Day being read for the House to Bank Charbe put into a Committee upon the Bill, intituled "An ter Act "Act to amend an Act passed in the Thirty-ninth and Bill. "Fortieth Years of the Reign of His late Majesty King "George the Third, intituled "An Act for establishing

an Agreement with the Governor and Company of the "Bank of England for advancing the Sum of Three "Millions towards the Supply for the Service of the "Year One thousand eight hundred;" and for the better regulating Copartnerships of certain Bankers in Eng"land;" and for the Lords to be summoned; The House was accordingly adjourned during Pleasure, and put into a Committee upon the said Bill.

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After some Time, the House was resumed:

And The Earl of Shaftesbury reported from the Committee, "That they had gone through the Bill, and made "several Amendments thereto, which he was ready to report, when the House will please to receive the "same." ""

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Ordered, That the said Bill be re-committed to a Committee of the Whole House.

Ordered, That the House be put into a Committee upon the said Bill To-morrow; and that the Lords be summoned.

Divorce Bill,

Ordered, That The Honourable and Very Reverend V. Lismore's Richard Ponsonby, Dean of St. Patrick's, General Sir Ro- Witnesses to bert O'Callaghan, Mrs. Bean, Taylor, attend.

Mrs. Henry Cutbush junior, George Maling, Henry Davis, Mr. Humphrey Butler, Mr. Matthew Franks, Mr. Philip Ryan, and Mr. Edward Cullen do attend this House on Monday the 6th Day of March next, in order to their being examined as Witnesses upon the Second Reading of the Bill, intituled "An Act to dissolve the Marriage "of The Right Honourable Cornelius Viscount Lis"more of the Kingdom of Ireland with Eleanor "Viscountess Lismore his now Wife, and to enable him "to marry again; and for other Purposes therein men"tioned."

Delany et al.

v. O'Reilly & an', App pone Hear

Pet" to posting, refa to Appeal Comee.

Joint Stock

B. Ross resp.

The House was adjourned during Pleasure.
The House was resumed by the Lord Chancellor.

Upon reading the Petition of Peter Delany and others, Appellants in a Cause depending in this House, to which Myles John O'Reilly and John Knox are Respondents; setting forth, "That on the 13th Day of February instant "the Petitioners presented a Petition to their Lordships, "stating the Illness of their Agent, and of their preparing "in Ireland the necessary Papers to be lodged in support "of their Appeal, and their Appendix of Proofs, and "praying to have the Hearing of this Appeal postponed, "when their Lordships were pleased to order the said "Petition to lie on the Table: That on the 14th Day "of February instant their Lordships were pleased, on "reading the said Petition, to order that the said Hearing "should be postponed for a Week: That their Lordships Agent is still unable to attend to Business by "reason of his said Illness, and the said Papers and Appendix are not yet completed, so that the Petitioners are not able to proceed with the said Hearing, unless "their Lordships shall be pleased to further postpone "the same;" and therefore praying, "That their Lordships will be pleased to further postpone the said "Hearing for such Time as their Lordships shall think "proper"

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And also, Upon reading the Petition of the Inhabitants Bath. of Bath and its Vicinity, whose Names are thereunto subscribed; severally praying their Lordships "to take such "Measures as may lead to the final and general Abolition " of Slavery:"

It is Ordered, That the said Petitions do lie on the Table.

The House being informed, "That Mr. Tomlins, from Papers "the Treasury, attended;"

He was called in; and delivered at the Bar, pursuant to an Order of the 9th of this instant February,

Slavery,
Petns for

Abola of:
(Gains-

borough :)

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delivd:

"An Account of the Number of Country Bankers Country "Notes stamped in Ireland in each Quarter of each Year Bankers Notes "from 1819 to 1825, both inclusive; distinguishing the stamped in "Notes of £5 and upwards and under £5, and stating Ireland: "the total aggregate Amount."

And then he withdrew,

And the Title thereof being read by the Clerk;
Ordered, That the said Account do lie on the Table.
Ordered, That the said Account be printed.

After reading and considering the Keport of the Judges, Coffin et al.' to whom was referred the Petition of Charles Pine Coffin Leave for a Esquire, and others; praying Leave to bring in a Private Bill: Bill, for the Purposes therein mentioned: It is Ordered, That Leave be given to bring in a Bill, pursuant to the said Petition and Report.

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