The Sun. — London, England, 1848-04-14 00:00:00

BA K T (From the Lon(for. i i.tzete of _ An Account, pqraizant Act, seven th and i fcgoth Victoria, !:a.p, .F the Ani-urr: o. ,6ank Sore:, of the several Banks (it Is-I.oe in En4lan. : l 'V' le •in eircul•ti dc,-ring the Woe% c!rnling Sat,;r day, the Ist day or Aarti. 1848: 7 Average fRINT ATE B , Amount. Abingdon Bank, Abingdon—haiapp and Co.. Andover Bank, Andover — H eath and Co. 10,50, Ashford Bank, t.l.shtord--Jex.mitt and Pomfret 10,317 ,k y i s h,. n hank, As labam—R. and G. Cupeman 5.064 y • lbury Old Bank, Aylesbury—Rickford Aylesbury and !Dint Baldock Bank and Baldock and Biggleswade .taldock—V9rells. li3gg, and Lindsell 28,647 Barn3tatie Bank, Barnstalde—Dzake and Co 11,952 Basingstoke and OdihaTr. Bank, Basingstoke— Seymour, Lamb, tiedtoid Bank, Bedford—T. Barnard .. . 32,850 :3‘alford and BadfpxdAbiria Bank, Bedford— "l•capr, Halt:lead, and Co. - iewdley Bank, Bewdley—Nichols, Baker, and- rare Ira 13.08 Bicoster and Oxfordshire Bank and Oxford Bank, Bicester—Tubb and Co. B'rmingliam Bank, Birmingham—Attwoods, Spooner, and Co. 23,712 Birmingham and Warwickshire Bank, Birming liatn--4. L. Moilliett, and Sons 14.914 i3landford Bank, Blandford—Bastard and Oak 6.225 Boston Bank, Boston—Garfit and Co 60,990 13ostom Bank, Boston—Gee and Co 13,810 Bridgwater Bank, Bridgwater—J. &J. Sealey 8,137 Bristol Bank, Bristol—Miles, Harford, and Co. 30,388 Broseley and Bridgnorth, and Bridgnorth and Broseley Bank, Broseley—Messrs. Pritchard 18,661 Buckingham Bank, Buckingham—Bartlett, Parrott, and Co. Bury mid Suffolk Bank, Sudbury Bank, Stow- Market Bank, Bury—Oakes, Bevan, and Co. 71.330 Ban tnry Bank, Banbury--Gillett and Tawney. 26,771 klanoury Old Bank, Banbury—Messrs. Cobb 37.990 Bath City Bank, Bath—Molter and Son Bedfordshire Leighton Buzzard Bank, Leighton Buzzard—Bassett and Grant 31,824 Birmingham. Bank, Birmingham—Taylor and Lloyds . Bradford Old Bank, Bradford, Yorkshire—H A. and W. M. Harris and Co 11,776 Brecon Old Bank, Brecon—Wilkins and Co 51,652 Bridport Bank, Bridport—S. and W. E. Gundry Brighton Union Bank, Brighton—Hall, West, and Borrer Burlington and Driffield Bank, Burlington — Harding, Smith, and Co Bury St. dmunds Bank, Bury St. Edmunds— J. Worliedge and Co Bronaxgrove Bank and Stourbrido and Broms grove Bank, Brornsgrove--Rufford, Biggs, and Co. Cambridge Bank, Cambridge—Mortlock and Sons Cambridge and Cambridgeshire Bank, Cam bridge—Messrs. Forsters Canterbury Bank, Canterbury—Hammond and Co. Carmarthen Bank, Carmarthen—Morris and Sons Chertsey Bank, Chertsey—Messrs. La Coate Colchester Bank, Colchester—Round, Green, and Co. 17,367 Colchester and Essex Bank, Witham and Essex Bank, and Hadleigh Bank, Suffolk, Colchester —Mills, Bawtree, and Co Cornish Bank, Truro—Tweedy and Co., Coventry Bank, Coventry—Little and W od cock City Bank, Exeter—Milf wri and Co 15,538 Craven Bank, Settle—Birkbecks and Co. Christchurch Bank, Christchurch—Tice, Welsh, 3,286 15,190 14,504 3,220 and Co 1.627 Cardiff Bank, Cardiff—Towgood and Co 5,522 Chepstow Old Bank. Chepstow Bank, Mon mouth Old Bank, M9nmc uth Bank, Brecon Bank, and Ross and Herefordshire Bank, Chepstow—Bromar, Snead, and Co. ... . 6.495 Derby Bank, Derby—Messrs. Evans Derby Bank, Derby—Smith and Co. Derby Old Bank and Scarsdale and High Peak Bank, Derby—Crompton, Newton, and Co 23,407 Devizes and Wiltshire Bank, Devizes—Hughes Locke, and Co 11,635 Disa Bank, Dias—Oakes, Fincham, and Co 10,147 Doncaster Bank, Doncaster—Leatham, Tew and Co. Doncaster Bank and Retford Bank, Doncaster— Jan. Cook and Co. Darlington Bank, Durham Bank, and Stockton on-Tees Bank, Darlington-Backhouse, &Co 71,463 Devonport Bank, Devonport-Hodge and Nor man Dorchester Old Bank and Dorsetshire Bank, Dorchester-Williams and Co. East Cornwall Bank, Liskeard-Robins, Foster, and Co. 86,242 East Riding Bank, Beverley-Bower, Hutton, and Co. .... 47,552 Essex Bank and Bishops Stortford Bank, Chelmsford-Walford, and Co. 44.495 Exeter Bank, Exeter-Sanders and Co 24,828 Yakenham Bank, Fakenham-Gurneys, Birk beck, and Co. Farringdon Bank and Bank of Wantage, Far ringdon-Barnes and Medley 6,111 Farnham Bank, Farnham-Messrs. Knight 12,195 Faversham Bank, Faversham-Hilton and Co. 5,242 Uodalming Bank, Godalming-Mellersh and Keen Grantham Bank, Grantham-Kewney and King - Guildford Bank, Guildford-Messrs. Haydon... 11,617 Grantham Bank, Grantham-Hardy and C 0.... 21,234 Hastings Old Bank, Hastings-Smith, Udder, and Co. 23,378 Hereford City and County Bank, Hereford- Matthews and Co. Hertford and Ware Bank, Ware-S. Adams and Co 21,862 Hull Bank and Kingston-upon-Hull Bank, Hull -Smith, Brothers, and Co. Huntingdon Town and County Bank, Hunting don -Rust and Veasey Harwich Bank, Harwich-Cox, Cobbold. and Co 4,970 Hemel Hempstead Bank, Hemel Hempstead- Smith, and Whittingstall Honittan Bank, Honiton-Flood and Co. - Rer t fo r Ishi re, Hitchen Bank, Hi tchen -Sh arple s and Co. Fereford, Ross, and Archenfield Bank, and Ross and Archenfield Balk, Hereford-Morgan, Hoskins, and Co 18.601 Ipswich Bank, Ipswich-Bacon and Co. -Ipswich and Needham Market Bank, Suffolk, fladleigh Bank, Manningtree and Mistley Bank, and Woodbridge Bank, rpswich- Alexarders and Co. Kentish Bank, Maidstone-Mercer, Randall, and Mercer Rington and Radnorshir., Bank. Kington-J Navies and Co 19.105 Kitiaghton Bank K n i ghton-J. Davies and Co. 7,313 K.n resborough Old Bank and Ripon Old Bank, Knal•esborongh-Terry and Co Kendal Bank, Kendal Wakeield, Crewdson, and C 0..... ..... - Kettering Bank, kette;i iz t k a - t4.4 ..... a . n - ri . Sans 3 8 5 , 37 26 36 Longton Staffordshire liarv;:y and Son ...... , Lane End-C. Leeds Bank. Leeds-Beckett ...... 6 Willis° ************ Leeds Union Bank, Lieds--W. 49,409 me, Brown, and C.). ........ . ............... Leek ard Staffordshire Bank, . Z n - c i . ;i; Congleton Bank,Leek-Fowler,Gaunt, andaCie-. Loinester Bank, Leicester-Pagets and Kirby... 27,0 98 Lewes Old Bank, Lewes-Molineu x an d Co..- aO 4 a 8 i,i ~li 6e ld Bank, Lichfield-Palmer and Green... 21,000 Lincoin. Bank, Lincoln-Smith and Co. Lampeter Bank and Llandilo Bank Llando very-David Jones and Co. Loughborough Bank, Loughborough-Middle tons and Cradock Lymington Bank, Lymington-C. and S. St Barbe Lynn Regis and Lincolnshire Bank, Lynn Regis -Gurneys and Co. 57,028 Lynn Regis and Norfolk Bank, Lynn Regis- Massey and Co. Macclesfield Bank, Macclesfield-Brocklehurst 10,400 and Co danningtree Bank, Man nin;tree-Nunn an d _las Co an d w 7,030 Marlborough Bank, Marlborough old Bank, Marlborough Old Bank , Bank, Marl borough Old B a nk and Hungerf( ) r d and H unger f or d Bank, Marlborough- Tanner 14,032 and Pinckney ;Marlborough and North Wiltshire New Bank _ Marlborough -Ward, and Merriman, and Hillier Nterionettshire Bank, Dol ell Jonas 7,288 William s ,•. . g 5,037 Miners' 131,1, .......-Willyams and Co ° B n a Trl n Z t i t s b t I :; kv Agricultural and Commercial' 13,920 23,347 Monmouth Old B7,:kY-Baileys and Co Bank, Chepstow 11,auliwtoninouth Bank, Brecon and Ross and Ileref o k • Chepstow Old Bank, _B romage and s new thire Bank, Monmouth Mrsnmonthshire Newport...(li.% .................. - -W. Williams and so ns.. --4 B . ink. Newport Newark Bank, Newark-Gc4 ..... ................. 8,676 Newark and Sleaford Bank, r ill4 6 ,VA Hutton 21,907 Newark. Bank, Sleaford-H ‘' Lea ford and 141d..1.6.7'!..! .. .. . k .' 4t 925 and Co ............. .. ..... Newbury Bank, Newbury.:2i;.. Newmarket Bank; Newma r ket Y and 81. coela 1 41,925 moral, and Son Norfolk and Suffolk ii;ji • Dyson ...:«. ............. .. , Diss--Taylor and 1 7,700 Norwich Crown Bank, N0rwi.......41 . ... ••••...'...•.- 2,027 Iludsons .................. H ay"" and Norwich and Norfolk • Bail . . Norwich-Guy- 40 ' 0" neys end Birk beck ................. Nottingham and Nottinghamshire.;n . i i Singham-Hart, Fellow s , and .. .. -. Nuneaton Bank, Nuneaton-CraddC ...... C 0..... 9'sA, --- Co naval Bank, Plymouth-Harris, Mudge, and 4,694 C 0... New Serum Bank, Sarum-Hetley, Everett, and Co 10 515 Wottingham Bank, Nottingham-Smith and Co. 27,606 ithw ' ' 4 . - ...,Bnnk and Oswestry Old Bank, Os- W, , ,„,".7,,,,ii , 1 34 r. ' ! ;. Co 11,429 ‘ lx 4 ii " .4111.,•. '' 41 .4 and R. Morrell 9,966 :" 1 ii 3 l ' 1 .4. , - _'-';'+'', Robinson, Parsons, - ( ( i ~.. 44;4; -'' ~ . a i Ott i ifig...,e sad Tonbridee >p dxe and Tonbridgo elfsk 44 - Asirliottl4 7 Bauk, Tonbridge seinl6.c (AlfordshM . * Iffik Witney-Williams, . 011uck and;Co..± t 6. 8,926 3,52 12,139 b 9,414 23,293 6,980 Average Amount. Pease's Old Bank, f2ull, the Hull Old Bank and Beverley Bal.a. Hull-Pease and Co 45 048 Penzance Bank, Parzance-Batten and Co P.:am -on:ugh Bank and Oundle Bank, Peter- 10,107 borough-M. t -Ts. Yorke .. Peterborough Bank. Peterborough-Simpson, Whit., and Simpson 11,767 Pe , ebrokeshire Bank, Haverford west-J. and W. Walters Penzance Union Bank, Falmouth Bank, and Truro Bank, Penzance -Ricket s , Enthoven and Co Reading Bank, Reading-anmonas and Co 24,935 Reading Bank, Reading-Stephens,Blandy, and Co 22,965 Richmond B an k , R ichmond-Stapleton and Co 3,973 Ringwood and Poole Bank, and Town and County of Poole Bank, Ringwood-Ledgard and Sons Rochdale Bank, Rochdale-Clement, Royds and Co. 3,536 Rochester, Chatham, and Strood Bank, Roches ter--Day and Nicholson 8,219 ItoYston Bank, Royston-Fordham and Sons 14,518 Wel , Bank, Rugby-Butlin and Son 15,766 Rye Bank, Rye-Curteis, Pomfret, and Co 15,869 Reigate and Darking Bank, and Reigate, Croy don, and Darking Bank, Reigate-Nash and Co Ross Old Bank, Herefordshire, Ross-Pritchard and Allaw ay Saffron Walden and North Essex Bank, Saffron Walden-Messrs. Gibson Salop Bank, Shrewsbury-Burton, Lloyd, and Co Scarborough Old Bank, f3carborough-Woodall and Co Shrewsbury Old Bank, and Shrewsbury and Ludlow Bank, Shrewsbury-Rocke, Eytons, and Co Sittingbourne and Milton Bank, Sittingbourne -Valiance and S on 2,922 Southampton Town and County Bank, South -12.022 ampton-Maddir.on and Son Southwell Bank, Southwell-Wylde and Co 121:932450 St. Alban's Bank, St. Alban's-J. S. Story Salisbury Bank, Salisbury-Messrs. Brodie ..... - Shaftesbury Bank, Shaftesbury- Brodie and King ......... ........... ...................... .- a Southampton and Hampshire Bank, Sout hm P- 2,980 ton-Atherly and Fall _ Stone Bank, Stone-W. Moore 5,261 Stourbridge Banc, Stourbridge -Bufford, Wragg, and Co Stafford Old Bank, Stafford-Stevenson and Co 14,089 Stamford and Rutland Bank, Stamford-Eaton, Cayley, and Co. . . Stourbridge Old Bank, Stourbridge-Bate and Robins Shrewsbury and Welshpool Bank, Shrewsbury B an an d k? Co.S t. Alban's-Gib- 19,326 Alban's-Gib son and Stuart St. - A B lb ee a k n:s p a o n w d n il vr e a r r t d ; Taunton Bank, Taunton-Messrs. Badcock 19,284 Tavistock Bank, Tavistock-Gill, Bundle, and Co 10,170 Thorn bury Bank, Thornbury-Rolph, Yates, and Parslow Tiverton and Devonshire Bank, Tiverton-Duns ford and Barne 7,310 Thrapston and Kettering Bank, Northampton shire, Thrapston-Yorke and Eland 10,079 Tring Bank and Chesham Bank, Tring-But cher and Son Towcester Old Bank, Towcester-J. and S Percival Union Bank, Cornwall, Helston-Vivian and Co. Uxbridge Old Bank, Uxbridge-Hull, Smith, and Co. Wallingford Bank, Wallingford-Wells and Co 7,970 Warwick and Warwickshire Bank, Warwick- Kelynge, Greenway, and Co. 24,479 Wellington Somerset Bank, Wellington-Fox Brothers West Riding Bank, Wakefield, and Pontefract Bank, Wakefield-Lcatham, Tew, and Co. Whitby Old Bank, Whitby-Simpson, Chap- man, and Co Winchester, Alresford, and Alton Bank, Win chester— Bulpett and Co. Winchester and Hampshire Bank, Winchester —Wickham and Co Weymouth Old Bank and Dorchester Bank, Weymouth—Elliott and Pears Wirkesworth and Ashbourne DerblAhire Bank, Wirkesworth—Arkwright and Co. Wisbech and Lincolnshire Bank, Wisbech— Gurney and Co. Wiveliscorcbc Bank, Wiveliscombe—P. and W Hancock Wolverhampton Bank, Wolverhampton—Good ricke and Holyoake. . Worcester Bank, Worcester—Farley, Lavender, and Co. Worcester Old Bank and Tewkesbury Old Bank, Worcester—Berwick, Lechmere, and Co Worcestershire Bank, Kidderminster—Farley and Turner Walsall Old Bank, Walsall—Charles Foster and 6,443 10,99 2Q650 27,363 9,345 8,540 8.015 41,695 12,664 17,766 4,143 11,078 31,43 48,662 6,613 11,372 9,739 70,259 9,72 Sons Warminster and Wiltshire Bank, Warminster— Everett and Co. Wrexham Bank, Wrexham—S. Kenrick Wolverhampton Bank, Wolverhampton— Messrs. Fryer Yarmouth and Suffolk Bank, and Halesworth and Suffolk Bank, Yarmouth—Gurney, Birkbeck, and Co. Yarmouth, Norfolk, and Suffolk Bank, Great Yarmouth—Sir E. K. Lacon, Bart., and Co 11,099 Yeovil Old Bank, Yeovil—E. and J. Batten York Bank. York—Swann. Clough, and Co 3)11,567 :9,370 12,554 935 7,933 45,75 THE SUN, LONDON, CHARTIST CONVENTION. AFThit,NOON MEETING. At the commencement of the afterroo., sitting ye.t3r day there were only 29 out of the 49 delegates present. Mr Wilkinson preiided. On the name of Mr. Bronterre O'Brien being called over, Mr. TATTERSALL wished to know why Mr. O'Brien's name remained on the roll, when it had been announced in all the newspapers that he bad resigned? Mr. DIXON said he had received no official communi cation to that effect from Mr. O'Brien. Mr. ADAMS thought the secretary ought to write to him to know the reason why he did not attend to his duties at the Convention. Mr. DIXON did not think they had any right to do so. Mr. TATTERSALL said, in that case a delegate might absent himself tor a week without intimating his inten tion to the Convention. Mr. CI:WAY observed that Mr. O'Brien's absence had the effect of disfranchising the people of Lambeth, for they were at present unrepresented in the Convention. After a short discussion, Mr. ADAMS moved that a communication be sent to Mr. O'Brien, but the motion was negatived upon a division being taken. The CHAIRMAN passed an eulogium upon the dele gates for the patient and temperate manner in which they had conducted their deliberations in the morning, which he said would pass comparison with the House of Lords, both with respect to the moderation and the ability shown. On the motion of Mr. KYDD, a resolution was passed stating that they had witnessed with feelings of admi ration the growing spirit of fraternity manifested by the people of all nations, and that the recognition of the great truth that all men were brethren must be condu cive to the true development of civil rights, and the permanent peace of Europe, and that they protest( d in the most decided manner against the proposed Bill of Lord Lansdowne for expelling foreigners from our shores, for avowed political motives; and that they con sidered it despotic in principle, and in direct opposition to a wise, enlightened, and statesmanlike policy. Mr. ERNEST JONES said he had just been released from " durance vile," having been arrested yesterday, and to that his absence was to be attributed. He wished now to apply for leave of absence for a short time, and if that was granted he would explain to the Convention the circumstances under which his arrest had taken place. - A motion for leave of absence was then put, and im mediately passed. Mr. JONES then rose and was received with loud cheers and Bravo Jones." He said a person had taken out a writ against him f or a d e bt f or w hi c h h e was not liable, and placed it in the hands of two sheriff's officers, who attempted to arrest him on Saturday last, but he had so many friends around him that they dared not do so. They also followed him on Monday to Kennington common, but the mass of people there no doubt struck terror in their breasts.—(Hear.) Yesterday, however. as he was going home from the Convention they suc ceeded in laying hold of him in a bye street. Now he declared that be did not owe the debt, and when he was taken to Mr. Slowman's house in Chancery-lane, that person admitted immediately that his arrest was a political trick.—(Shame.) It was not considered safe to keep him in Chancery-lane, , so he was sent off to Whitecrossestre( t Prison, which place he had just left. He had commenced an action against the person who caused him to be arrested for the illegality of the pro ceeding. It was his firm belief that Government had acted in this indirect way to prevent him, as he was one who warmly advocated the physical force doctrine, from attending the meeting on Kennington common. Every possible technical difficulty had been thrown in the way to prevent his release, and to show how deter mined they were to get him into trouble, he was the other (1,..y served with a writ for a debt of 1,0001., which, so help him God, he did not owe, and moreover, he declared he was entirely unacquainted with the person who bad caused it to be issued.--(Shame.) He challenged any one to impeach his honour and integrity, and if necessary he could give them proof of the correctness of what he stated. The cowardly conduct of the Govern ment in taking proceedings against him in such an underhanded and indirect way was base in the extreme, and deserved the severest censure.— (Cheers.) It also showed how weak they were, and that they were afraid to take an open and manly course to put down the Convention.—(Cheers.) He wished also to inform the delegates that, on the 28th of April, the Benchers of the Middle Temple intended to disrobe him, and preventing his practising as a barrister; and what did they think it was for ? Giving gratuitous advice to the poor.—(Cheers.) He concluded by stating that he dared the Government to take any open and manly course in prosecuting him, and as he sat down was greatly cheered. Mr. CIIIITAY repeated what he had often said before— that the Government were intimidated, and driven to desperation. Mr. Rogers, who recently kept the White Hart, where the Fraternal Democrats Society used to meet, had his license stopped, and his creditors had con fined him in Whitecross-street Prison.—(Shame.) After the transaction of other business, the Convention adjourned. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS. April 13. ROY AL ASSENT. The Royal Assent was given to-day by Commission to the Property-tax Bill, the Stamp Duties Assimila tion Bill, and the Administration of Oaths (Court of Chancery) Bill. The Lords Commissioners were the Lord Chancellor, the Earl of Shaftesbury, and Lord Campbell. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Wool sack at }lye o'clock. ODD FELLOWS. The Duke of RICHMOND presented petitions praying that the Odd Fellows' societies should be placed on the same footing, with regard to legal privileges, as other benefit societies. Lord BRUMONT, Earl STAFFORD, and other Peers presented petitions to the same effect. JEWISH DISABILITIES. The Bishop of CHICHESTER presented petitions against the Jewish Disabilities Bill. MUTINY BILL AND MARINE MUTINY BILL. The House then went into Committee on the above Bills, and the several clauses were passed. PREVENTION OF CRIME IN IRELAND. Lord ELLENBOROUGH gave notice that on an early day he would ask whether the provisions of the Crime and Outrages (Ireland) Bill were to be ex tended to Dublin ? THE JESUITS IN EUROPE. Lord REDESDALE drew the attention of their Lordships to a series of articles in the Tablet news paper, the acknowledged organ of the Jesuits in England, and as it was notorious that the whole repeal agitation in Ireland was confined to the Catholic portions of that country, he thought that the appeals to physical force inculcated in this journal would have a very pernicious effect; and he wished, therefore, to know whether any and what licenses had been granted in the last year for the admission of Jesuits into this country ? The Marquis of LANSDOWNE said, that while he admitted the mischievous tendency of these arti• Iles, he at the same time wished that his Noble Friend had given some notice of his intention to ask this question, but he had no hesitation in saying that for many years past no licenses had been applied for, and none had been granted; in fact, no effort had been made to prevent their residence in this country. Lord BEAUMONT denied that the Tablet was in any way connected with the Jesuits. He believed that the paper was the property of a Quaker, named Lucas, who had lately turned Cath o li c , an d h e h a d adopted a style of writing which would give him the largest circulation. The tenets prcpagated in that journal were, he believed, disavowed by Dr. Wise man, and nearly all the respectable Catholics in this country. With respect to the Jesuits, he (Lord Beaumont) was willing to admit that he thought it would have been better for society if the Jesuits had never existed, but be did not like to put a power into the hands of a Secretary of State, to be used in the case of a diplomatic request, to drive a people from the shores of Eng land when there was never at any time a less necessity for the Bill. Persons, he would at once grant, might not come to this country for the purpose of availing themselves of England's hospi tality alone; they might come for revolutionary pur poses; but the Government had had recent experi ence that the feeling of the country was in favour of existing institutions and of order, and even with reference to the Chartists themselves they repudiated with indignation the assistance of any foreigners, if e for the purposes of subverting the Government. ia a w rr iagmesarr, of LAW OF MARRIAGE, &c. L h il m s of f t CAMPBELL then rose to lay on the table two t o h f e a highestregist r ar a importance; a one deaths, for and the m establishment The Mar g E u marriage i t n h e t iother country. for the RE the alteration of the stOoVf ALLAtTosFDOAwLINEENSmBovIeLdL. readin g of this Bill,and said the second Beaumont) had not convinced hi m t h at h e was wrong i n brin ging forward t h e measure. He wished to afford an unrestricted hospitalit y be excep t i onal cases to all foreigners, b u t th ere m i g h t applied. There were n o d to thos e cases alone the Bill number of per sons who c ° means o f ascerta i ning the who to this country, s till l ess could it be di scovered w and who for ille ga l purposes; m a i n gi d lt come f or l eg i t i mate present andetails y stati.tical therefore he could n o t to their Lordshi ps. the observation of a ll w h o walked the But e st tropolis or elsewher e must have co n .reets of the me vured them th a t there was a great increa se o f foreigners and no doubt a great many hadco this country, of taking part in the civil dissensions of ne thi s country. a vi ew The Bill did not ask for any indc9untry. au thority to send such persons away, neith er critnite wou ld their conduct elsewhere, but their condu ct h e re alone, be taken into consideration.—(l;„r , hear.) His Noble Friend said that the events of last Monday proved there was no fear of the people of this country acting under the instigation of such per sons. Fortunate as had been the result of the proceed ings on Monday, not only evincing as they did the MI extent of the alty of h er est) a subjects, but th a t j they were determine d not only now, but hereafter, to preserve order and maintain the peace, yet he was not prepared to say that there was n ot in other parts of the kingdom a disposition to obtain tha t a ssistance. — (Rear.) Many weeks had not elapsed since the proof d Timm ty 912- WUS lauded of perms Ireland en dea vouring JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Bank of Westmoreland, Kendal Barnsley Banking Company, Barnsley Bradford Banking Company, Bradford 40,776 Bilston District Banking Company, Wolver hampton Bank of Whitehaven, Whitehaven Bradford Commercial Banking Company, Brad ford ••••• Burton, Uttoxeter, and Staffordshire Union Banking Company, Burton-upon-Trent Chesterfield and North Derbyshire Banking Company, Chesterfield Cumberland Union Binking Company, Work ington . Cheltenkarn and Gloucestershire Banking Com pany, Cheltenham Coventry and Warwickshire Banking Company, 8,204 9,263 Coventry Coventry Union Banking Company, Coventry 12,535 County of Gloucester Banking Company, Chel- tenhan3 Carlisle and Cumberland Banking Company Carlisle Carlisle City and District Bank, Carlisle 18,565 Dudley and West Bromwich 'tanking Company, 37,514 Dudley Derby and Derbyshire Banking Company, Derby 21,313 Darlington District Joint-Stock Banking Com- pally, Darlington . 18.262 East of England Bank, Norwich Gloucestershire Banking Company, Gloucester. 130,485 Halifax Joint-Stock Bank, Halifax. 12,429 Huddersfield Banking Company, Huddersfield.. 30,414 Hull Banking Company, Hull 28,741 Halifax Commercial Banking Company, Ha lifax Halifax and Huddersfield Union Banking Com pany, Halifax Helston Banking Company, H e l s ton 1,158 Herefordshire Banking C om p a ny, H e r e f or d 17,341 Knaresborough and Claro Banking Company, Knaresborough Kingsbridge Joint-Stock Bank, Kingabridge 4,099 Lancaster Banking Company, Lancaster . 58,244 Leeds Banking Company, Leeds Leicestershire Banking Company, Leicester LLeineacimlinnvgtaannody:lLPLoirindsey Banking Company, Lincoln 46,18.5 a o ra r s in a g n t d on W p a r l o w r i s ckshire Banking L m u o d o l r ow e aanndif RoTebnibnusoryießs ankLudlow 11,202 8,297 Nottingham, and Nottingham-1;0 in g Company, Nott ingham s hire Nottingham .. . . . o B. a ß n . k a . n i n k g . . 23,693 n,N Shields,o tti 1 iagnhdasmu n,i eri . a . n .. ci ....... i ... Newcastle,Cora paJoint- Stock Banking Company, Newcastle nn National Provincial Balnlk2of, BEinsghloapnsdg,aßtisro.t.rineegt,- ham, Head-office, 4694,118 London ................................ North Wilt!. Banking Company, Itt e . ii ............... 359,373 Northamptonshire Union Bank, Northampton „ . . ,418 Northamptonshire Banking Company, N ort h. ampton North and South Wales Bank, Liverp001 .. ...." .... 16,934 Pares's Leicostcrshire Banking Company, Lei. 9,900 . ....... ........ .. ..-..... 3 cester Saddleworth Banking Company , Saddleworth.„ 5 1 0 ' 5 7 °- Sheffield Banking Comp an y , 5heffie1d............ 36:83252 Stamford, Spalding, and Boston Banking Com pany-, Stamford. 47,289 Stuckey 's Banking Company, Bristol Somerset shire Bank, and Somersetshire Bank, Lang_ p0rt.............................. ... .. .... .. .......... 257,9 81 Shropshire Bank in g Company, S. iff . na ... ..... 35,490 Stourbridge and Kidderminster Banking Com 49,640 pony, Stourbridge Sheffield and 1 I.ll;.nshiro Banking Company, 18,618 Sheffield . Sheffield and Rotherham Joint-Stock Banking 52,541 Company, 5h4i:i...11 Swaledale and Wensleydale Banking Company, 46 403 Richmond... .... • .................................. ' Storey and Thoroas's Banking Company, . , Shaftesb ur y '; l 4 . l , ';fheid and H e if er( ' B an k, Sheffield ... Iverhar a pt on a . 1.1. - ..itaffor d s hi re Banking Corn - „ k J'anY, Wolveih ain 17 V a liit e e fi ll e a l v d e a n nd 13 " 141 TY n Union Bank, Wakefield 11,663 wilitehampraJoint-Stock Banking Company, Warwi c k and Warwick i...e • 4.l•ll•l'Lgtori Banking Company, . West of Engla .. -•'• ................ Wales 31,179 awl South Bank.Bristol''' District Wilts and Dorset..l3 West Riding uni on an g k a T, ~ 67 148 ...... . C!• =oini — p — a . n .. ;,..S . a . ...... dersfield ... . .... "" n g e°mPany, ilud 3 - ' Whitchurch and Ellesmere . ... — B — a. - - 11 -,_, .. ............ Whitehur..h .. lu T, Com an oreestur City and County ........ ... :.. .-: ....... ... 3:: Woroes;ter... 1-, '-'ornpan 3,000 York union 13an . k .. ... ~, .r . F pa . .. ;' ...... ...... Y' 46 - 11.4 e eudso'fanY. .. .... u . ... 4. 10856:2°5 York City and County ITalkin n (;:' , ~,,'- n- Yorkshire Banking Company, P. DEANS, Registrar St41:01)8 MI Two, April 8, 1848, B4llk 13.4*U.113 ' i ' FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 14, 1848: tain the assistance of foreigners for the destruction of this country, were it in their power.--(llear, hear.) It was, tnerefore, necessary for the Government to be on their ;nerd, and they proposed the Bill only for a period of oue year.—(lear, hear.) The Noble Marquis then detailed the provisions of the Bill, and said the discretion as to the removal of foreigners might be safely entrusted to his Right Hon. Friend the Secretary of State for the Home Department, subject to the control of Parliament. He intended to propose some slight modifications in Committee. The Earl of ELLENBOROUGII thought that one of the greatest benefits that could be conferred on this country would be the burning of every copy of Han• sard, and not looking to what had been said as to past cases, regarding only the present evil s , an d t h e reme di es necessary to b applied to them. He thought the mea sure was not sufficiently stringent. If the Noble Mar quis could rot tell the number of aliens in this country the Act would be inoperative. The Alien Act of 1836 obliged every captain of a ship to give the number and names of aliens whom he might bring into this country ; but he had no means of compelling them to give their names. It was true the foreigner was to produce a pass i,ort, but if he did not do so he was only liable to a fine of forty shillings ; and how could they tell if fwethey did not know were accompanied by hisa this nßt ill the most stringent measures of registration and pass port, it would be quite ineffectual. The Noble Earl then recited the provisions of the Act of 1836, and contended that the measure of the Noble Marquis was a mere tractional part of the Alien Act, and likely enough to deter foreigners from coming here, but very ill adapted to send them out of the country after they had arrived. He believed we never before had so little regarded a re volution as that which had recently occurred in a neigh bouring country. On former occasions the minds of Englishmen were horrified with the bloodshed of the French revolution; but that had not been the case yet with reference to the last: ruin had certainly been the result, but it had been gradually operative. It was well to guard against the influence of French Republicans in this country, but he believed the Bill before their Lord ships would be ineffectual for that purpose. Earl GREY said the provisions of the Alien Act were not sufficient to obtain a perfect registration of foreigers coming to England, and he was afraid it was impossible to contrive a system of passport which would not be highly offensive to parties who had no criminal intention.— (Hear, hear.) This Pill would give a power to the Go vernment, if information were obtained that any parti cular emigrants were inciting disturbance and resistance to the law, to remove them, and he thought foreigners could not so conduct themselves without the fact being ascertained. He firmly believed the Bill would be effec tual for the purposes for which it was designed, and he should not like to see introduced a system foreign to the customs of the country.—(Hear.) Lord BEAUMONT regretted, in the present state of the continent, where it was clear that the Governments of Europe must be remodelled, that a personal attack should have been made by a Noble and L?arned Lord opposite (Brougham) on certain Princes of Europe, who had been abused and caricatured by the Noble and Learned Lord in no measured terms. He did not hesi tate to defend the conduct of the King of Sardinia, which had been condemned by the Noble and Learned Lord in language so objectionable and unqualified. It was well known that for the last ten years, in consequence of the conduct of Austria, many of the states of Italy were deprived of their indepen dence, being in fear of that power; and if they had given their people the rights which they were entitled to claim, it was known the Austrian Government would have invaded their territories to put down the march of freedom. The states of Italy had long sought for independence and free institutions, which they had been afraid to claim iron] fear of Austria. The revolution in Vienna had weakened the Austrian power, and it was felt that she could no longer crush any attempt at insurrection in Lombardy. Sardinia and the Roman States had not taken 114 step until Milan had declared her independ ence, and then they interfered because they had no choice but to do so, or place themselves in danger by a war between France and Austria. Austria had long dictated, in the proudest and most insulting term s , t o t h e states of Italy. She had laid neighbouring states waste, and broken the treaty of Vienna, but her power was now shivering to atoms—it was now crumbling to pieces; and had not the King of Sardinia, the Pope, and the Duke of Tuscany, a right to look to their own int erests and protect their subjects ? This they had done, and he contended they had done no more.—(Hear, hear.) Lord BROUGHAM said his Noble Friend had cer tainly made a very eloquent speech, but of all the fi g ures by which it was distinguished, dislocation was the most remarkable.—(A laugh.) When the Alien Bill was not before the House, he made a speech on it ; now he had dwelt on other subjects.—(Hear, hear.) It was a saying that it was good to leave well alone; and perhaps it was as well to leave ill alone for fear of making it worse. He thought the Holy Father—if as infallible in temporal as he claimed to be in spiritual matters— would not thank his Noble Friend for his defence. He (Lord Brougham) believed the King of Sardinia to have acted out of fear of his Genoese subjects, and from a desire to make himself king of the north of Italy. To the Holy Father he ascribed no worse a motive than the vain and pernicious desire to make himself popular. This had given the impetus ; but his subsequent motive had been the basest that could sway a ruler—the fear of the Roman populace. If anything could draw down contempt on those entrusted with temporal power, it was the fear of doing their duty, lest it might render them unpopular.—(Hear, hear.) The history of Europe for half a century had shown the evil effects of succumbing to a mob, and betraying a solemn duty to popular opinion. He was sorry to accuse Pius IX. of having acted thus. As to Charles Albert he did not doubt his capacity for effecting that movement technically called a retreat ; this he would doubtless effect very quickly, and 4et out of the enemy's way. He must either do this, or conquer Radetaki before he could possess Lombardy.— (Hear, hear.) After the treaty of Vienna had existed a quarter of a century, and become the statute law of Europe with regard to territory, it became th e mos t imprudent thing to disturb it ; but if without such disturbance the freedom of Italy could be assured, no one would have a right to complain. It was the greatest mistake to suppose that the Austrians were not justified in doing what they did a t F errara . H a d t h e Pope, instead of appealing to considerations which might increase his popularity, merely i ns i s t e d on th e Austrians keeping with in the fortress, they must have done so; for Austria had as perfect a right to that for tress as the Pope himself had to his castle of St. Angelo. ['hug much in reply to what had fallen from his Noble Friend opposite, who, he hoped, would have no difficulty in obtaining absolution from the Holy Father for this extraordinary defence of him. The Noble Lord then referred to something which he had said on Monday evening in respect to the French Provisional Govern ment, and said that he had meant no disrespect whatever to M. de Lamartine in his re mar k s on the answer wh i ch he had given to the Irish deputation. Lord GRANVILLE sa id he must pr o t es t a ga i ns t the opinion that the politics of the Pope had been influenced, at home or abroad, by any base lore of popularity.—(Hear.) Lord STANLEY said that while he gave his cordial and hearty support to this Bill, he must say the Go vernment had not been over h asty i n i ntroduc i ng the measure, nor did he think it was likely to be so efficient as they desired. It being ad m i tted that the provisions of the Registration Act were not and could not be strictly complied with, it was ev id ent that this Bill could not operate e ffi ciently. To this no answer had been given by the Noble Lords oppo s it e , w h o h a d mere l y alluded to vexatious in terferenc e w i th pr i vate life. Why, the Bill itself was an interference—he had almost said an unconstitutional interference —with the ordinary law, with 'private arrangements and comforts, and with the ordinary laws of hospitality; but, as such it was justi fied by the circumstances', of the times, by the necessity of providing for the safety of the empire, and by the fa h c is t that country, there were, perhaps, 50,000 foreigners in though the number was n u t ma t er i a l —their influence and dispositio n was everyt hi ng . t These were the grounds on which the Noble Lord opposite had defended an interference, which was confessedly ine ffi cient. Either they ought to have interfered effectually, or to have been restrained from doing so by the consideration s he had cited. This Bill and another in the other House had been in- troduced with the view of passing them before Easter; so that the time was toe short to discuss either oPthem fully. This measure in particular demanded the most _ . careful consideration, and investigation of the existing law. It went to recognise foreigners by name, while the Government confessed that they bad no means of know ing those names. This was avowedly a temporary measure; but the one in the other House was not so; it was a measure for a great and permanent alteration in the law of sedition and treason. W ith respect to this latter measure, their Lordships had a right to complain that unless they would consent to pass the Bill hastily, they might be told they were responsible for the con sequences. Looking to what had passed here and in the sister island, the Government was highly censurable for not having brought forward these important measures until within a week of Easter. They might have been cer tain of the support of large majorities in both Houses; they might even have relied on the cordial aid of their political opponents to neutralise any opposition from their political friends; still they had delayed these measures most un wisely.—(Hear.) Ile was fully disposed to support these measures, but he must complain of the delay. He must complain of another matter. If the Government of Ireland, with the open declaration of the intentions, hopes and desires of a body (not a numerous one, cer tainly) in that country—with the recr,mmendation to the people to arm themselves in resistance to the Go vernment, was content to sit by and see all this go on un checked, and even to allow the manufacture of weapons before their eyes, which could be used for no legitimate purpose, he must condemn such a course .—(Hear, hear.) For the first time, not only since the union, but for a much longer period, all restrictions on the carrying cf arms in Ireland had been removed by the present Government; and hence the difficulty in which they were placed with regard to the measures necessary in that country. He regretted that no new powers were asked for by Government, and that even no efficient steps were taken for carrying out the provisions of the Bill passed before Christmas. The number of arms disaffect hitherto given up was extremely small compared with been the t number that had been manufactured. If there was take steps an outbreak there, it was inconceivable folly not to k s o te f ps for securing a well-armed population in sup portevil, withGthoevervniem:ntot and order, and to disarm the att a e t nt h io e n , ed, especially with the full warning that had opp,,,TiNoenn: but the Bill before the house he offered no Lordship,' T o o uagshtta state ot of things n d g u s ty s • too fraughtca wtheirith was going on in Ireland.—(Hear,) prevent the general arming that Lord DEN NI AN and.—(liear-) said the Bill b e f o re the House had his cordi a l support. Still he mu s t e xpress his regret that pours so ext ea siTeaad alarming were found AOC"' A sary. The Secretary of State would be bound to act on any information conveyed to him, from whatever quarter, t t r a ,ohn u i l ot s P gu t al sought t s u ht u a s tt c 9 ot h t amd d e a i e a v n n i o d d g fe i e t s r ou w o pe u a i and however founded. Th e repea l o f the Alien Bill in most 182 6 painfulh a d to hr peril.—(Hear, c e rooit n pi on. p— h dob a us: i Htt e ce d oeo (at m w . srt ,p i th t aehe h nl el lG s aee h rdyo o . ))vt u oeh t r s He ane o dni n f powers to any Government. He regretted that th. imminentnNi b n e o n L Govern ment well entitled to their Lordships' thanks for the prompt steps they had recently taken, especially in the last few days.—(Hear, hear.) Their conduct with re gard to Ireland led him to the gratifying conclusion that they did not deem any further powers necessary for the preservation of the peace in that country. With regard to the Bill now before the House, he hoped its provisions would be well considered, and that their Lordships would be able to give it their undivided support. It was most important, in times of order and quiet, to prepare for any disturbances that might arise. As to the meet ing on Kennington-common, he considered that the Go vernment were perfectly justified in the measures which they took to put it down. Such assemblages were highly dangerous, to none more than to these deluded persons who were led to suppose that their liberties were invaded by the steps that were taken to preserve order.—(Hear, hear.) The Marquis of LANSDOWNE said there appeared to have been a mistake as to the object of this Bill. It did not at all relate to the system of passports—but it effected that which it proposed—namely, to give Go vernment the power of excluding from the country indi viduals whose conduct might render their presence here dangerous.—(Hear, hear.) The Noble Lord opposite (Stanley) thought the Bill did not go far enough; but it was most important, on such a subject as this, that the Government should strive to carry with them the opinion of all classes, and this would not have been the case had a more rigorous measure been proposed. He would make the same remarks with respect to the measures adopted in Ireland; and he thought the Noble Lord (Stanley) had gone out of his way fur the purpose of prematurely condemning the course of Government. The events of the last few days had, he hoped, shown that the attention of Government was fully called to the state of affairs.—(Cries of " Hear, hear.") On Monday next he should be prepared to state what course the Government meant to adopt with regard to Ireland. He could net make that statement now, for he was not so much in advance on these questions as the Noble Lord oppo site (Stanley). Exceptional laws of this kind were necessarily founded on the circumstances of the moment, and could not be justified or condemned by precedents. A much more severe law might be required at one time than at another; if ever one moment was strongly dis guished from others by the peculiarity of its circum stances it was the present; and it was the part of a statesman not to look to the former opinions of himself or others, but to judge from existing circumstances what measures were necessary.—(Hear.) The Earl of MALMESBIJRY said that he and his political friends had supported this Bill from the fairest and inost patriotic motives, and it was unfair to impute to them any other. While willing to share the respon sibility and odium of the Government, they had a right to see that the measure was effective. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE said a few words in reply, which were inaudible in the gallery. The Duke of RICHMOND wished the Bill had been more efficient; but he hoped it would answer the pur pose desired. He supported the Bill because he believed that prevention was better than cure. He could wish it were a more efficient measure, but he would not, on that account, offer any opposition to it. On the contrary, looking to what took place in other countries, he was not prepared factiously to oppose the Government, but to give them his feeble but hearty support to enable them to carry on the affairs of the country. Lord REDESDALE called the attention of the Noble Marquis to the loose way in which the provisions in the Bill respecting the service of warrants were drawn up. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE said that when the Bill was committed would be the proper time for discussing the objection. The Bill was then read a second time, and ordered to be committed on Monday, and the standing orders sus pended; upon which their Lordships adjourned, at twenty minutes before eight. ROUSE OF COMMONS, Aprill3. The SPEAKER took the Chair at Four o'clock. An Horn. MEMBER presented a petition, praying for the abolition of the attorneys' certificate duty. Capt. JONES presented a petition from Wexford in favour of tenant-right. further found, that a large number of the signatures were consecutively written by the same hand. It was also observed that a large number of the signa tures were those of persons who could not be sup posed to have concurred in its prayer ; among those were the name of her Majesty, signed Victoria Rex, the Duke of Wellington, Sir Robert Peel, &c., &c. There was also noticed a large num ber of names which were evidently ficti tious, such as " Pugnose," " Longnose," " Flatnose," " Punch," " Snooks," " Fubbs," and also numerous obscene names, which the Committee would not offend the House or its dignity by repeating, but which evidently belonged to no human being.— (Hear, hear.) Upon the motion that the report do lie upon the table, Mr. F. O'CONNOR said that it would be quite impossible for any thirteen clerks to count, from the time the petition was printed, even 1,900,000 signa tures, and he should therefore move for the appoint ment of a Committee to inquire into the subject. There was an old saying, " that those who hid knew where to find," and he believed that if such abuses did exist, it no doubt was the act of some of the Government spies.—(Oh, oh.) He fully believed that the number of signatures he had repre sented the petition to contain was correct. He would apply another test to the petition. The petition was contained in four or five large bundles, and it took himself, assisted by four other persons, to lift the largest of the bundles.—(Oh, oh.) He did not believe he should have any difficulty in obtaining a petition upon the same subject signed by 15,000,000 or double or treble that number. Mr. THORNELY said that the petition was treated with all the respect which was due to one so numerously signed, and if he might take the liberty to speak of an individual so humble as himself, he would state that there were points re ferred to in that petition with which he cordially agreed, the vote by ballot, for instance. But the House would probably remember what the Hon. Member was not aware of, that the Corn. mittee of which he had the honour to be the Chairman, was appointed in the early part of the session, and entrusted to report to the House the number of sig natures to each and every petition presented. It had been necessary to call in additional aid in order to ascertain the number of signatures to the petition. He believed that that number had been ascertained with perfect certainty.—(Cheers.) The Honourable Member had referred to the weight of the peti tion as a proof of the correctness of his state ment of the number of signatures to it, That petition had been weighed this morning, and it had been found that the whole of it together weighed 5, cwt. The Committee was, he trusted, too well known to render any further statements upon the subject necessary. They considered that they were only acting in conformity with their duty in laying the statement with respect to the petition be fore the House.—(Cheers.) Lord J. RUSSELL said that he gave full and entire credit to the report of the Committee upon the subject, and considered that it was entitled to the fullest credence.—(Hear, hear.) The Earl of ARUNDEL and SURREY said, that among the many falsehoods that had been stated with respect to the meeting on Kennington common on Monday last, the greatest of all he believed to be the proclamation that hail been issued by the Convention, stating that a glorious demonstration had taken place, and that a quarter of a million had assembled on Kennington-common. He was not there himself, but he had been informed by those who were that there was not 25,000 persons there. He believed that that was an over-state ment, and that there were not more than 15,000 persons there.—(Hear, hear.) Now, he would ask, was it to be supposed that the country would be deceived by a set of men such as formed the Convention when they dared to tell them such a falsehood ? In his opinion, men who would so act were the greatest enemies of the people, traitors to their country and their Queen, and rebels to their God.—(Hear.) Mr. MAURICE O'CONNELL denied that the Irish Repeaters had taken any part in the demon stration that had taken place on Kennington-common. Sir R. H. INGLIS believed that such an expo sure as bad now been made, not only of gross exaggeration of the numbers, but of the character of the parties signing the petition, would at once convince the Legislature how little faith it could place in such petitions.—(Hear, hear.) It was clear, from all that had been stated, that the petition, of which so much had been said, was not worth the paper on which it was written.—(Hear.) He thought those who had so grossly exaggerated their statements with respect to the petition were the greatest enemies of the right of petitioning.—(Hear.) He should not move any resolution on the subject, but he would submit whether, as a means of ensuring the value of petitions, some plan should not be adopted similar to that which existed some years ago, of adding to the names the residence and occupation of thole signing the petition.—(Cries of ‘• Hear.") He trusted that the Government would state, either , to-night or to morrow, what course they intended to adopt, in order to put a stop to such demonstrations as they were threatened with on Monday last —(Hear, hear)—in order that they might not occur again. and he hoped also that Ministers would do something ' for those who had so spontaneously come fur ward in support of the Government and the peace of the 1 country. Mr.CR IPPS said, after what had fallen from the Hon. Gentleman the Member for Nottingham, and the reflections he had cast on the Committee, he felt it to be his duty to get up and confirm what had already been stated by his lion. Friend opposite.— (Hear, hear.) When the Hon. Gentleman made the audacious statement that this petition was signed by 5,706,000 persons—(Derisive cheers)—he went from his place to examine the petition and com pare it with the population returns.—(Hear, hear.) He was not aware then that it was signed by women, but he had since ascertained that out of every 10,000 sig natures that were attached to the petition 8,200 were those of women.—(Cheers and laughter.) He did not wish to throw obloquy and ridicule upon the petition itself, but he did wish to ridicule, and cast obloquy and derision, upon the Hon. Gentleman who had made these monster statements.—(Cheers.) Mr. O'CONNOR rose to order. The SPEAKER said, if the Hon. Gentleman wished to make any explanation upon his personal conduct, h e must wait till the H Hon. Gentleman in possession of the chair had resumed his seat.—(Hear.) Mr. CRIPPS proceeded to remark that the state ments of the Hon. Member were unworthy of cre dence, and he hoped the poor people whom he had so shamefully d e l u d e d w ould now see, in its proper light, the character of the man they had dealt with.— (Hear, hear.) Were these things to be tolerated while parties, whom he could not say were immediately connected with the Hon. Gentleman—(Cheers)—b u t who availed themselves of the opportunities he placed in their way, -to ruin honest tradesmen at such places as Camberwell?— (Loud cheers.) This petition teemed with wickedness and obscenity . , and there were words affixed to it that the lowest strumpet in the street would be ashamed of.—(Hear.) Upon one of the shee s were written the words " We could get paid for no more," and had he been aware of the nature of the signatures that were attached to it, he would have objected to the petition being received at the time it was presented. What is it to get 5,000,000 petitioners' names ? They could get any number, definite or indefinite, if they chose to adopt such a cou, se. lie hoped the House would not cast such a censure upon the Committee of Petitions as to appoint another Committee to inquire into the subject. ➢lr. F. O'CONNOR, said that he was not in the least degree responsible for the contents and signa tures of the petition. The Hon. Member then left the House. Mr. ABEL SMITH said that he was present upon Kennington common on Monday from first to last, and he could state most positively that never was there at any time within the common more than 15,000 persons. The whole area of the common could notpo:sibly c on t a i n more than 90,000 persons : yet the don. Member for Nottingham had himself stated in the House that there were not less than half a million persons present. Colonel SIBTHORP said that as it had been said that his name WAS attached to the monstrous petition, he begged most emphatically to deny that he had ever signed th e p etit i on, or consented to have his name placed there. He would not so far have dis graced his family by acting in such a manner. Mr. lIUME thought that the Hon. Member for Cirencester had taken a very improper course in the remarks he had ma d e u pon the subject of the petition. He ev ebeen thought v e of dt the notice the dwo beenuld b given of bringing the subject properly before the House. pr e i He expressed his deep regret that any Hon. Member should have made use of anything likeirritating language. He believed that it was the rule of the bons? that every Hon. Member should be respon sible for the petitions which ha might present, and that every party who attempted to impose in such a manner upon the House ought to be punished. Mr. R. YORKE differed from the Hon. Member for Montrose. He thought the cause of truth was under great obligation to the Hon. Member for Ciren cester.—(Hear, hear.) It was true he had used strong language, b u t h e thought he was justified in doing so.—(Hear, hear.) He had made statements with respect to the Honourable Member for Nottingham which he had of course denied. Lord CASTLEREAGH rose to order; he thought that assertions ought not to be made with respect b to the statements of Hof. Memb ers when they were not present. There might be many persons who had a different notion of honour to himself in that 'louse, but he should think himself unworthy of a i.ll seat in it if ba brought charges and made statements against an Hon. Member ;hen ha was not present. Mr. R. YORKE said that the Hon Member for Nottingham's absence was his own fault.—(Hear, hear.) He had asserted, and he would assert again, that the statement made by the Hon. Member for Cirencester was correct.—(Hear.) Mr. B. COCHRANE wished to know from the Noble Lord a t th e h ea d o f t h e G overnmen t w hether he thou g ht, a ft er th e di scuss i on t h at h a d ta k en place that evening, it would be iright or just to waste the whole of the evening to-morrow in discussing the question of the Charter.—(Hear). Lord J. RUSSELL observed, that having stated some (ays ago that it would be impossible to give Monday up for the ccnsideration of the Chartist petition, and having proposed that its con sideration should be proceeded with on Friday, he certainly could not consider himself at liberty to depart from that arrangement.—(Hear.) Mr. C. LUSIIINGTON observed that the Hon. Member for Nottingham had stated that he had two points to explain, one of which he had explained there, and the other he said he should explain in another place.—(Hear.) Now, his doubt was whether the Hon. Member, in his explanation in another place, would not put a wrong construction upon what had taken place in that House that night. Mr. DISRAELI thought it would be exceedingly ridiculous if they had, as appeared likely to be the case, a more serious meeting in that House than had taken place on Kennington-common.—(Laughter.) He thought that if the Honourable Gentle man made a statement grossly incorrect, and calculated to do mischief, it was the duty of Hon. Gentlemen to bring it under the considera tion of the House calmly and deliberately.—(Hear.) The Hon. Member for Cirencester was entitled to praise for the zeal he had displayed in affording the House information upon the subject of this petition, but still he had indulged in exceedingly warm and unusual language, and he therefore trusted the Speaker would interpose his authority to prevent the occurrence of unpleasant events.—(Hear, hear.) Sir G. GRE would be sorry, because it would be ridiculous, if this debate led to a personal conflict between the two Hon. Members, but really he had heard nothing to lead him to that conclusion, except it was that the Hon. Member for Cirencester had spoken with a good deal of warmth.—(Hear.) Mr. It. PALMER distinctly heard the Hon. Mem ber for Nottingham state that there were three things for him to explain, two of which he should take notice of there, and the other he should leave for another place.—(Hear.) Lord J. RUSSELL said, under these circum stances, he should move that the Hon. Member for Nottingham be taken into custody forthwith. The SPEAKER, in calling upon the Hon. Member for Cirencester to give him an assurance that he would not resort to ulterior measures in this matter, took occasion to point out to the House the absolute necessity of Honourable Members being guarded in the statements they made to the House, particularly so far as related to their accuracy.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. CRIPPS would readily give the required as surance, but at the same time he begged to be under stood that he was sincere in what he had stated. After a few words from Lord CASTLEREAGH, Sir DE LACY EVANS said that he did not in the least degree feel surprised at the feelings of the Hon. Member, who was a member of the Committee. But he trusted that the Hon. Member would at once get up in his place, and regret that he had used lan guage which had given offence to any Hon. Member. Mr. CRIPPS said that he certainly deeply re gretted having made use of any language which might be considered unparliamentary. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER suggested that some restraint should be put upon the Honourable Member for Cirencester, in order to prevent his leaving the House in his present excited state. The motion was then agreed to that Mr. F. O'Connor be requested to attend in his place forthwith. CONVICTION OF MATTHEW DAVIS. Mr. EWART, in allusion to the conviction of Matthew Davis, at the recent assizes for Warwick, for the murder of his wife, said that he had received the strongest re presentations from the medical men that Davis was not reponsible for the dreadful act which he had committed. He wished to know whether the matter was under the consideration of the Secretary of state for the Home Department, and whether it was true, that 'unless there were some alteration in the decision which had hither to ben arrived at, the prisoner would be executed to morrow ? Sir G. GREY—It is very true that a man of the name of Davis was convicted at the last assizes for Warwick for the murder of his wife, by cutting her throat, and a memorial was a few da} s ago presented to me, accom panied by the statement of medical men, who alleged that, in their opinion, his mind was not in that state which made him responsible - for his acts. • I took the course as to that memorial which is invariably taken in these cases—viz., transmitted it to the Judge before whom the prisoner was tried, who said that these two medical men were examined at the trial, that the jury came to a conclusion that the man was in a state of mind to make him responsible, and the Judge informs me that he concurs in that verdict. JEWISH DISABILITIES BILL. Sir R. INGLIS asked the First Lord of the Treasury whether, in the present state of public business, he thought it likely that he should be able to bring far ward the Bill for the removal of the civil disabilities of the Jews before Easter, and, if not, when he thought it likely. Lard J. RUSSELL—In an swer to the question of my , right lion. Friend, I should say that we shall propose, on reading the order of the day for the Crown and Go vernment Security Bill, to proceed with the Committee on that Bill at tvvelve o'clock to-morrow. I hope to be able to fix the third reading of that Bill for Monday, and, therefore, the Jewish Disabilities Bill cannot be pro ceeded with on Monday. Of course I shall not then attempt to bring it on before the Easter recess, and on the motion for the adjournment of the House I will state the day on which I propose to move it, The Earl of LINCOLN asked on what day the Noble Lord proposed that the House should adjourn for the Easter recess, and for what pet iod ? Lord J. RUSSELL said he would give the earliest intimation he could, The order of the day for the Committee on the Crown and Government Security Bill was then postponed till to-morrow, at twelve o'clock. MINISTERS' MONEY—DUBLIN. Mr.W. FAGAN said that the resolution which he was about to submit to the House had been submitted in precisely the same words by Mr. Sergeant Murphy in 1842, 1843, and in 1844 was adopted by the House. He should have applied for a Select Committee, but had sufficient experience of the House to know that it was the almost universal opinion that a Select Com mittee was but an approved mode of shelving a question, and that it was universally considered as the very best means of relieving a G overnment from the responsibility of accepting or rejectin g a propos i t i on. A Select Com mittee was not necessary on this particular occasion, because every information which a Select Committee could acquire was already in the possession of the House in the records up stairs. It had been said elsewhere that this resolution was informal. The object of the resolu tion was to ask leave of the House to bring in a Bill for the immediate abolition of ministers' money in Ireland, but inasmuch as it was a Bill for the abolition of one tax sad the substitution of another, it was requisite that he should move a resolution, lie had the highest authority for stating that the resolution was perfectly in form. He had scarcely taken his seat when he pre sented a petition from 16,500 citizens, calling for the immediate and total abolition of the tax. He regretted that some one of more weight and influence in that House had not undertaken to bring forward this subject, and he particularly regretted that some Honourable Member of a different persuasion from his own had not undertaken the task, for he was aware that there were in that House many Honourable Members of the Estab lished Church who were opposed to the infliction of the tax of ministers' money upon the Catholics, and he, therefore, would much prefer that some one of them should bring this suhjsct before the House. It was a tax which ought at once to be put an end to, and he was aware of the fact that the Protestant clergy wer e Op posed to the odious necessity of collecting this mini s t ers ' money from their Catholic fellow -subjects. It was a great aggravation of the evil that this tax was paid principally by Catholics. There, were only eight corporate tons in Ireland w hi c h p a id the tax, and those eight were a ll C at h o li c — whilst the Protestant towns of Armagh, Carrick , fergus, and Belfast, paid no ministers' money. Cork, Kilkenny, W a a t o e d r fo t r h d o , Cplroonpmo retli,oannodfLcialatehroiclkiospaaidndmpinrios.- n ey itiose towns was as follows :—ln Cork there t w tee e sr r sta e lmi L so , l o l 7l Catholics and 11.905 Protestants—a pro portion of about 6 to 1 ; in Dublin. in the parishes that paid ministers' money, nearly 150,730 Catholics and 53,492 Protestants —a proportion of nearly 3tol ; in Limerick, in two parishes which paid this tax, 14,929 Catholics and 792 Protestants—a proportion of 20 to 1; in Waterford, in six parishes which paid the tax, 17,791 . Catholics an d 3 , 2 51 P rotestants—a proportion of sto 1; in Kinsale, 523 Catholics and 1,070 Protestants. There was one peculiarity connected with this tax, which caused a great deal of suffering, and a most unjust pres sure upon those who were subjected to it, namely, that under the law as it now stands, there could not be a new valuation unless the houses were rebuilt ; but it so hap pened that in some towns, such as Limerick and Cork, the houses now inhabited by the poor people were those which had been formerly inhabited by the rich, and thus the tax pressed with additional inequality upon the poor who were the inhabitants of those houses. Under the law which regulated the collection of ministers money, the churchwardens were empowered to distrain and sell the effects upon which the distress was levied at once, in default of payment. He saw a statement which had been laid on the table of that House with respect to those distresses, and in that statement a Protestant clergyman laid the average number of such distresses at fourteen in a year; but if it were only one in a year, it would, in his (Mr. Fagan's) opinion, be one too teary — (Hear, hear)—for it was not alone the personal injury which each Catholic suffered from this tax which caused the evil, but the rancour which it produced in the country.—(hear, hear.) lion. Members had no idea of the rancour which was produced in Ireland by trifling matters of this nature—(Hear, hear)—and whilst only eight towns in Ireland paid ministers' money, those THIRD READINGS. The following Bills were read a third time and passed : Oswestry Markets and Fairs Bill. Shrewsbury Market Bill. Sufferance Wharves (Southwark) Bill. REPORT. The report on the Worcester New Gas-light Com• pany (Capital and Amendment) Bill was considered and agreed to. BIRKENHEAD DOCKS. Lord MOttPETH moved for and obtained leave to introduce a Bill to empower the Commissioners of her Majesty's Woods to reclaim Crown Lands, and aid the completion of the Docks and other Works at Birkenhead. The Bill was subsequently read a first time, and leave was given to the examiners to sit upon it on Monday next. Mr. - BERNAL presented a petition against the Crown and Government Security Bill. Mr. M. O'CONNELL presented thirty petitions from several places in Ireland, praying for repeal. Mr. DUNCAN presented a petition from a place in Scotland against the Bill for establishing diplo matic relations with the Court of Rome. Mr. WOOD presented a petition from Oxford in favour of the People's Charter. Mr. HAMILTON presented petitions from various places in Ireland against the national system of education. Mr. G. THOMPSON presented a petition from the Tower Hamlets against the Crown and Govern ment Security Bill, and praying for the dismissal of Ministers. Mr. COBDEN presented a petition from Hudders field against the game-laws; also a petition against the Crown and Government Security Bill. Lord CASTLEREAGH presented a petition from Downpatrick, praying for the re-enactment of the Party Processions Bill in reference to Ireland. Lord BERNARD presented several petitions from places in the county of Cork against the national system of education. - Dr. BO WRING presented a petition from Bolton against the Crown and Government Security Bill ; also a petition praying for the extension of the suffrage. ROYAL COMMISSION. Sir A. CLIFFORD appeared at — thetable to sum mon the House to attend the bar of the House of Lords, to hear the Royal Assent given to several public and private Bills, (for the titles of which see Lords' report.) The SPEAKER, on his return, enumerated the names of the Bills. Mr. SCULLY presented a petition from Clonmel, praying for a repeal of the Union. PIKES—IRELAND. Mr. J. O'CONNELL referred to a report in an Irish newspaper with respect to the alleged pur chases of pikes at the instance of Colonel Browne, and inquired if it was the intention of the Govern ment to retain that officer in their service? It ap peared from the report that he had admitted he pur chased pikes, but that he subsequently denied it. Sir W. SOMERVILLE, in reply, read a letter from Colonel Browne, distinctly denying that there was any truth in the allegation that he had employed Kershaw or any other person to manufacture pikes. lie had employed the person named to pur chase some specimen pikes at places where he had heard they were for sale, in order to ascertain if the information was correct. He thought the statement of a person occupying the posi tion of Colonel Browne was more worthy of credit than a newspaper police report. His Excel lency had issued a notice stigmatising the conduct of those who incited ignorant persons to purchase pikes in order that they might inform against them and get re warded.—(Hear.) CROWN AND GOVERNMENT SECURITY BILL. Mr. HUME presented a petition from a place in Scotland against the Government Protection Bill. THE CONTINENT. Mr. WILSON gave notice that he should to morrow ask a question of the Noble Lord the Secre tary of State for Foreign Affairs with respect to the affairs of the Elbe, Holstein, Prussia, and Copen hagen. NATIONAL PETITION. Mr. THORNELY brought up the report of the Committee on Public Petitions, which stated that upon the 26th of November last a Committee was appointed to report to the House the number of signatures attached to all petitions presented to that House, and that they had felt it their duty to make a special report to the house upon the subject of the National Petition, presented on the 10E11 of April, by the Hon. Member for Nottingham, signed by subjects of the British crown. The Committee attached the utmost value to the right of pe titioning and to the exercise of that most im portant privilege by the subjects of tnis realm, and felt deeply the necessity of preserving the due exercise of such privileges from abuse, and having also a due regard to the importance of a petition so very numerously signed, had made that petition the subject of their present report. They felt bound, in the discharge of their duty, to represent to the House that with respect to that petition there had been a gross abuse of that privilege.—(Dear, hear.) The Hon. Member for Nottingham, upon presenting the petition, had stated that the p e tition was signed by .5,706,000 p ersons. Upon the most careful exami nation of the number of signatures in the Committee, with the assistance of thirteen law-stationers' clerks, who acted under the superintendence of the various clerks of the Committees, the number of signatures attached to th e petition does not, in the opinion of the Committee, exceed 1,975,496.—( - Im.) A is