The Sun. — London, England, 1833-08-16 00:00:00

BANK MEETING. (THIS DAY.) A Meeting of Proprietors of Bank Stock took place to day at the Bank of England pursuant to adjournment, for the r urpnee of conaiderire the propriety of adoptine the second resolution proposed by Mr. Llii)d at the last Me t rg. Ti. Governor, Deputy Governor, and Directors en tered the Court at 12 o'eleck precisely. TI e GOVERNOR, af.er having stated the purposes of this Meet , ne, ol , served that since the C •urt met last, the opinion of Sir James Sc.rl.'tt, Sir Edward Sweden. and Mr. Riebards had been taken upon the right under the law a- it now stood. of any person to set up a B tnk of Deposit within sixty-five miles of London. The worthy Governor read the opinions, all of them agree ing =1 at the setting up such ha• ka would he a di• violation of the Acts of 29th and 4.oth of George 111., and of .he r'ehts of the Bank of England.—(Hear ) A PROPRIETOR wished to know whether the G ,, vernor and Directors were yet in possession of the case and opinien sohmitted to the law officers of the Crown. The flovertnon. said they were not. Mr. I..Lovy th n rose. He said he did so in order to take the earliest opportunity on the re-assembling of the Court for the pureosie of occupying its time for a few minutes with a matter personal. Ore of the advantages resulting from tie adjoutriment of the Court, was the opportunity that was affold , -d to t' e Proprieters for considering calmly the proceedings that then took plac , . After having done so, he most con feast that he had been betrayed, in the warmth of the di emotion. into a general tone of bitterness quite a li en to his nature. He was afraid that in these ohsery ttions be had wounded deeply the feelings of those he had alludes to, whom he could assure that no one wished more that. him-elf th at th ose expressions were unsaid. It wa- under the the impression of feeling strongly excited by the documents that had been read, and in commenting on those documents in which he was induced to censure the conduct of his Maj -sty's Government in terms that he deeply reset etted. Hav:ne that feeling, he considered himself bound in candour and justice, to state as publicly as he had mode the pro/inlet statement, that he felt towards that Go vernment and the people a great debt of gratitude, hut at the sae re time he must confess that he felt sincerely sorry that on this question Government were pursuing a course unworthy of themselves,and by which they were alienating that confidence which ha I been reposed in them. But to come to the suljert of the business now before them, he confese.d. with regret, that after the most mature considera tion he had eiven it, he was not ab'e to alter the opinion he before expressed. He still thought that the conduct adopted by the Government towards the Bank was not cha racterised with justice. His opinion was fully and completely in concturence with the sentiments ex pressed by the Court of Directors in their last letter upon the sulij et—sentiments expressed by language so dis cre t and so just, that when be came into the Court on the 1,4 occasion, it was with the intention of asking per mission to be allowed to substitute for his reso ution another, the same in elf , ct and purport, but adopting the very words of the Court of Directors, which would have been a course mere complimental to the Court of Di rectors. and more calcu. tell to expr-ss their opinions. Jr was very ohyctionable in princip'e to alter the effeet of any aereetnent upon the ground of supposed doubts of the meaning , f an Act of Parliament to be dissolved only by the law officers of the Crown.— (Hear, hear ) He, therefore, e ,, g.d to move the following re solution at this Court sully aerees in the npinien expr. Rs. d by the Court of Di pews that the el .use sub mitted to them by the Chaneello , of the Exchequer does not carry into eff , et, either literally or substantial y, the agre, men , entered into by his Majesty's Government and the Bank of Eng! ind. 11.. WEEDING suggested that the meeting should lie pot into possession of what took place on the farmer oc- tease , n. Air. A. S3IITH seconded Mr. Lloyd's resolution. It was with the greatest. pain I ventured to tr: spas , . on the former occasion in taking the part I did to second the re. soloti..n submitted to the Court. I never recollect any circumstance of a public nature which gave me greater pain than feeling it was my duty to cmmtne iorward in the manner I did. I mver yi l led ro any conviction with more reluctance than 1 did at that time to express the opinion I formed, and still e•mter ain, th it the conduct of the Covernment towards the If nk of England has been open to grave and serious censure. I thought then as I think now, that though the question at issue between time Balk and G .vernment is of no importance to this great and useful body, yet the question of good faith on the part of Goy rnment was tat still crestsr importance. not only to the Bank, hut to the public at large; and in terming forward to second the vote of teen-tire on Goicinment, I was actuated by the deep sense I entertained of the public int. refes ; and if stronger words were used on that occasion than Mete necessary to mark our feehoga at the want of candour on the part of Minis ters, I can only say that we went further than wag intended.—(Hear.) 1 do no', however, think tie word-, propel ly c.mnstt tied go fir ther than to protest against what we conceive to be an infraction of good faith on the part of the Government; and I think we were futond, as members of the Bank of Engl rid, and of this great tn.rcantiie country, to take ad vantage of that opportunity to assert the principle whieh I hold to he right, and to vii,dic ote that good f , ith, which I am sure we all wish to see main. tained.—( flear.) I moat heal tily second the res,lution jest moved ; and I do express my earnest hope that the advice given by Mt. Lloyd may be scrupulously followed, that on the 4 iseusß;(in of the important point now b e fo re us, e v ery symptom of irrtation may disappear, and that, no twithstanding what passed on the fat mer eccasino, we m ty enter on the present discussion with that modera tion which must be be-t suited to all our interests. The CHAIRMAN then read the resolution passed at the former meeting. Alr. WINTI.R—I perfectly contee'le to the advice given by the Hon. Proprietor, that all irritable feelings should he sul.p . essed ; but the question at issue is of so much importance to the security of the Bank—the privileges attempted to be taken from us so great—that I cannot concur in any recommendation whi -It would appear to he a waver of our sentiments thereon. It is now clear, that if the course I suggested on a former occasion had been adopted, it would have been a jus ifialle proceeding, and *here wou it then have been no n cessity fur any apoln::y this day. I certainly feel that on store occasions no language cats In- too strong to use, and I tin clearly 11l opinion that this is one of those occasions: for when the admin stratim,n of the country. in open violation of a letter written by a leading men b•r, departs from that lette , and willattempt, at the e'rverith hour, to e'eprive the Batik of one of its leading privile es, it is a little too touch to suppose that that can he enduted, without expre-sing the strongest indig nation. I cannot conceive how any lawyer, lending his mind to the subj et, can give an i pinion urn it different to 0 one we have read to-- ,. ay. It is not merely the opinion of lawyers, but it is the opinion rim. coincides wit' tl e feeling of the who e community; and then to be told that in an instant we are to sae , ifice our important rights en the mete d,c'um of the Liw.omfficer of the Cm own is really too mute' , to submit to. Wit 'lever commo n/cations w Hi the G. vet nment may take ;dace, I am appte pensive that tt e declaratory law m ept iving us ofourrie hte o ill t oil , he insi-tad on; and I, for one, am unwilling to accept ai. -y. renewal of the charter c oupled with such violation. Un 'ee, , circumstances, what is our situation? It is sa id d, r I. that, k . I , ot acceding to what is proposed, we may put the c ountry to 2 .-e it inconvenience, because contracts have 1-eon entered into ;ft c-nt•rnolation of the gran gof the new eh rtes. If lie (cm•ntinurd Alr. W.) were to take the opinion of the public , rotti the poplar jou: naffs, he would say that tl e pui,!le thouelmt, in-toad of any benefit heft , ;; to be derived from t::e renewal of the charter ou the terms ptopoised, the greatest evil would be the re tilt, in tt loch opinion I , e cordially corcurred. If tl e Bo k eave up is rigi ta, what was to Ise gut in return ? INottloiret mote than providitig hellion for the whole circu lation of the country; and at tt , e my inonent Id the pa ., ing of this Bill a large Le v ia than estahlohment, with a Leviathan, fur audit he knew, at its Vestd, would be f ‘rit,ed, and which as toil I no doubt discount 'tilts, takinta 10 or 20 p-r cent., the usury hws being to he repo .led too, tl e %hole responsibility re-tit , g on the B nk of Ertel ind. At ion sent they sure liable to be called on by any in, ividoals to pay in gold, and, by the passing of " e Bill, tit , y weme to line all lien li. which cm tilt] be sup posed to result-truth their being the le oiling banking de p. so. if there was au) thing mere clear than an od e l-, it was that the Lev I.larni e hail heretuf"" tecoe tosed tie principle of I,;eving .ne natiotrol bank ing orp sit, and that could not now he a' olislied witi out 4 complete desttuco ton of the privileges of the B.A. With that view he had ventur, dto a igetSt, in the I rut if ',solutions, a id a decision as, be .ohmitied, the Colin ought to come to. By the 6114 resolumion he trivt4i:ik. re 1 4 14 F, a tieclaraitin, tl i at th e 1 ,, ,i , oni, gist iith - i: lie ..anie exelu•ive pi 1 vh , t ea a. they I to f 4a‘ a: 11. "d '''''Pti-'et.:4071 and '. tt of he ammo bt 0., mall Z - ' .: •`...", ~ , • ..- . t „ :No; ,tat it asas L ~ ,-1 rzt on 4 it, e ... 4. 3, , ,.. tm n • i ttQ enr ol -,., i — vie C.•olt, that 70 I oas i De ~, , ••• , . iOf ! .4 . l)le . uag_c_tos iiri!, gas of I h Batik tl a 11 pin saes ck g i ; , , tir.„ howl 6414 SIX 14 rs"ns shoot. C 1 on busi 0,- 5_ . 4.;•,44t0rw tail, siaty.five eole- o it, dimring 't 5 , 1 1 5 , :bi the el,a.er, tin , uch cum, Lny y • ought now to be allowed to be formed again ; ' ,t it was a proceeding contrary to law that the pri vileges of the Bank should he put an end to, by the law Officers of the Crown, when the opinions of lawyer-, equal y eminent, were against the validity of the pro ceeding; that should 111inieters persevere with their preseat intention, all constitutional means should be resorted to, by petitione to both Houses, to oppose their proceedings ; and, in the end, that a request should be wade, that rather than the Bill should he carried in the way proptreed, the further consideration of the subject should he postponed. as wag offered by Lord Altborp's tette.- of the 6 h inst., till next sessi..n. Mr. You NO seconded the resolution, upon the ground that t' e Court was not vet abbe to give to the gsesti.m 4 full and fair consideration. He took credit to himselt for raving procured the adjournment on Tuesday last, because since then the Court had been put in p .seession of the opinions of tt e most eminent Counsel. Ir hid lately been seirt the there was no alteration in the declaratory clause; hut surely the Government would not persist in such an unfounded assertion. If that law passed they would soon hav e not one or twit Reeks , tut twenty of then' in Lon don. By acceptine it you would he giving up everyt' ing. without anything in return. They would he left without any protection, and were to get nothing hut loss for their labour, and risk in transacting the public business. He was not asking for any new privileges. nor did Le ask for anything for the Bank exe pt for the benefit of the community. Then, again, they were to be made responsible for everything. Then, again, the Coun try Bonk question was put off till next session. They did not know what the provisions were that they might lee ceive, yet the B ink was to he thrown into the gap to make op for any mistake that they might co emit. Let them have their capital, and let them trade with it, then they wanted none of their privileges. The mote he reflected upon the measure, the more danger he saw in it, and, therefore, he trusted that the Court would, before they separated, adopt the amendment as a series of resoltitions Mr. RANDALL JACKSON thought his ROO. Friend should have moved for leave to hive rescinded the resolu lions, and so have left the stage open. There was no man breathing who held Lord Alrhorp in higher esti mation than himself, and he beli-ved him to be one of the most honest men in the King's dominions, and if Lord Al thorp had fallen into error it had only been error. Upon what principle was it that the Bank had lent hundreds of thousands to the Government for the continuance of their privilege ? Upon the opinion that it was law. But now they were told that there was a flaw, and that it was not law. The mutual impression was that it was law ; and he asked whether it was consistent with the notions of honour they all entertained that one party should now take advantage of it ? What would have been the course in private life? One party could not have taken advantage of it without subscribing to his own shame. It appeared to him that there were three parties in Gaut; the London Bankers, the Country Bankers, and those Gentlemen who bad invested their money in Bank Stock for the sake of the interest. Now a proposition which might be acceptable to one party might not be to another. The Hon. Chairman be knew and believed would do what he thought beet suited to the corporation. He would suggest. therefore, whether it would not be better to request the Chairman to wait on the Chancellor of the Exchequer, to show him their opinions—call them together again, and tell them the result. He would not propose a resolution to that effect, hut he thought that a medium course would ba best, and therefore submitted it to those who had a stronger under standing than bin self. Mr. WEEDING did not think the circumstance of establishing banks of deposit in London any amine reason for postponing the Charter till the next session. He could never think that joint stock banks of deposit would hurt them, when he considered thecharacter and respectability 4.f the Bank of Eneland. Six men out of ten would use their paper, and would only increase their business. He should recommend an alteration in the woe , ing of the first resolution p,ssed at the Court, viz the withdrawal of the words " unjustly and improperly." Mr CARRUTHERS trusted the Court would rofhct e,e riously before it adep•ed the proposition of the Hon. Proprietor (M. R. Jackson), for the ;situation of the Court might be one of a not very enviable nature, it, after the interview, the Ceancenor of the Exchequer elated that he would not stir a single step. He hoped the Court would supple t and adopt the resolution which had been proposed by the Hun. Proprietor who had opened the dismission. Mr. BLACKBURN supported the original resolution. Mr. FIELDEN conadeted that Government had broken its faith with tie Batik. and had taken away those privi lege.; which it had previously enj .yed. The GoveßNota observed, that in all the interviews he and the Deputy Govern, r had had with the Coan cellor of the Exchequer, that Noble Lord had stated that it was not his intention to diminish the privileges re the Bank, hut on no account to extend them. Mr. SWEET was clearly of opinion that Governnient had cortnuotted themselves with the Bank, and he had as li tle doubt that Lord Althorp had been roken in tteon by the House of Gnomons. He considered that the Court had no alternative but either to accept the terms offered, or to reject them. An Hon. PROPRIETOR thought the Court might very salty instruct the Directors to lay before the Government tt me ;pinions of Counsel which they had obtained ;twee they last communicated. He would therefure advise that the Court shouts then adjourn, with such an under standing. Mr. YOUNG was of opinion that the amendment steered a ttii-idle course. Mr. LLOYD was still of opinion that his resolution ghoul(' be passed, because, as a matter of course, the Directors would lay the opinions before the Chan cellor of the Treasury, and state that they left the case in his hand--they were willing to accept the terms merely upon the ground of the country's good. Mr. R JACKSON was still of opinion that the Gover nor should lay the opinions before Government, and then call anotoer meeting and report the result to the Court. Mr. P. GRENFELL thought such a plan would endan ger t e measure, through the de ay that necessarily must take place. He su ported the resolution of Mr. Lloyd Mt. Ll. yd's motion was then amended, dy the opinions being ordried to be laid before the Chancellor of the Exch. (pier, and trusting that he woul a yet alter his opinion as to the declar tory clause. Mr. Weed iog's amendments were then put and negatived. Mr. R. JACKSON then moved an amendment, to the effect that the Governor should report to ano. her meeting bef ire they cunai conclude the bargain, which was also negatived. Mr. LLoYD'S resolution was then put and carried. The Court then aoj owned. IMPERIALI'A Al THIS DAY, FRIDAY, AUG. 16. HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the Chair at about a quarter past twelve o'clock. On the motion of Mr. BERNAL, the Lords' amendment to the Woolwich Dock-yard and Customs Duties Consolidation Bills were read a second time. Mr. HUME presented a petition from William Crook, of Crescent-place, King's-cross, complaining that by the Stamp Duties Bill he would be injured in his trade; that tor many years he had practised the business of purchasing stamps whole sale at the stamp-office, and selling them in small quantities to retailers, and that all that part of his business would be entirely destroyed by the Bill now in the House. He therefore prayed for compensation. Mr. RICE moved the order of the day for the House resolving itself into a Committee of Supply. Lord G. SOMERSET was sorry to be obliged to call the attention of the House to the consulioation of the Board of Stamps and Board of Taxes. He did not object to their con. solidation, nor to any saving which could be effected by such an arrangement ; but he was confident, from the papers that had been laid before the House, that the saving might have been much more extensi e than it had been. He was of o pinion, that in all consolidations of department, there should be one invariable rule, viz., that if the persons in those de partments were fit for their public duties, fresh and inexpet - rienced persons should not be introduced. Bu t in the presen instance, setting aside the claims of the old officers, Government had appointed an individual (Mr. John Wood) who was never before in the public service.—(llear.) These were the Chairmen of the two late Boards (and to those the Noble Lord said he would confine himself), who hid long filled their ottices with the greatest credit to themselves One (Mr. Mitford) h td held the situation for 36 years, and was still in the enjoyment of health and vigour of mind and body, and would still be as serviceable as any other person could be. His appointing nt by the late Lord Liverpool was against his own wishes, but he was selected by that Noble Lord for his great experience and knowledge of business. On what grounds then was he superannuated ? It might be said there would be an objection by Mr. Mitford to serve under Mr. Thornton, the chairman of the other department, or vice versa; but wohlu the Noble Lord (Althorn) deny that a correspondence hat, taken place with the Treasury upon that very sub. Joel, and that Mr. Mitford had expressed his unwe. lingoess to retire ?—(Hear, hear.) Even if he hat wished to retire why was the pubic to pay so largely foi the arrangement? His superanrguation allowance was not beyond his merits, but it was enormous, and one that iron, 1 the present state of his health,, was likely ver y lon g to en j o y '1 he Noble Lord, to effect this arrangement, had made the publ pay 8401. a year more than they wouid oti,erwise have had trspa:. besides having an inexperienced individual appointed to pertorn thedutles. It was questionable to him that the public would gain by a nominal saving of 5401. per annum, and the consequent em ployment of a person totally unacquainted with the details of the office and with the necessary legal knowledge, :nd ►here. fore unfit to offer any advice to his superiors. He fe red there must have been some undefined cause for anxiety on the part of his Majesty's Ministers to get rid of old officers, and ap point new ones. The papers which had been produced in con sequence of the motion he had made, did not contain the replies to some of the queries which had been put by the Treasury, and therefore he (Lord George Somerset) was left in the dark as to the motives by which the Governmenthad been actuated, and as to whether the thing had been done in c.m. currence with the feelings of Mr. Mitford. It was carious, that the instant Mr. Mitford was put on the superannua , ion list, he received an application from another department, and, for aug- t he knew, was now receiving another salary for less onerous duties. Lord ALTHORP commenced his reply so inaudibly as to preclude even an outline of his observations. The Noble Lord went on to say that the savings effected were not confined to the consolidation of the chief boards, but were much larger in propor. tion, by the consolidation of the collection of taxes under the same board. He begged to say, that the replies to which the Noble Lord had referred, as being withheld, were entirely confidenti I com. munications. He had recommended Lord Grey to select Mr. Wood, not because he was a supporter of Ministers, for no man could say that gentleman's conduct had been at all sub servient to their purpos s—(Hear) —but he had recommended his selection because of his consistency of conduct, and general ability, and because of his (Lord A.'s) great confidence in his honesty and integrity, and because, although not following his Majesty's Government, they felt that he possessed their most entire confidence.—(Hear.) In consolidating the Boards. the Government had not only to calculate the amount of saving which might be made directly in salaries, but also whether the persons to be appointed were most likely to effect the general savings in the most efficient manner. It had been proposed to Mr. Mitford that he should remain in the situation with the same salary as he had received before; but it was still necessary that the person at the head of the board should be in habits of confidential communication with the Government. He concurred in the encomiums passed by the Noble Lord on Mr. Mitford—(Hear, hear)—but he should do very wrong if he were not also to award the same meed of praise to Mr. Thornton, who had also retired.—( Hear, hear.) No man was more ready than that gentleman had been found to be in concuring in the wishes of the Government. It was not for the purpose of acquiring any patronage Mr. Wood had been appointed, the Government merely wished to have at the head of the consolidated department a gentleman with whom they could co-operate, and who was well known for his independence and ability.—(Hear, hear.) The saving by the change would be greater in the country than within the immediate department in town. Lord G. SOMERSET hoped that neither the Government nor the House would suppose he had not a very great respect for Mr. Wood, and he (Lord Somerset) could bear testimony to his ability, but what he would ask of the Noble Lord was, whether he meant to state that Mr. Mitford, during the time of his official life, had acted otherwise than with strict confidence and strict discretion towards his Majesty's Ministers, or did his conduct justify any suspicion from the Government. Lord ALTHORP had not the slightest complaint to make against Mr. Mitford ; he had always acted in the most honourable manner towards the Government, but his Majesty's Government could communicate more unreservedly with such a man as Mr. Wood, especially when his Majesty's Ministers had in contemplation large reductions in the expenditure of the country.—(Hear.) Sir E. KNATCHBULL contended that his Majesty's Go vernment had not shown sufficient grounds for removing Mr. Mitford from his situation. Mr. HUME was not at all surprised at the soreness which was now evinced by the gentlemen who had formerly been in office, at having their friends removed from office.—(Laughter and hear, hear.) Lord E. SOMERSET begged to inform the Hon. Member for Middlesex and the House, that he had never had any re presentation whatever from Mr. Mitford. Mr. HUME did not mean to say anything of the kind ; he only meant to say it was very natural that they should feel a little vexed at seeing those with whom they had formerly acted removed from their situation.—(Hear, hear, and laughter.) He knew that complaints of that kind had been made, but he would not say such complaints had been made to the Noble Lord who had just interrupted him. But the question was, whether the consolidation was fit to be made— whether the Government were justified in making a reduction in the expenditure, in one branch of it, from 11,5001. to 5,6001.? If the Noble Lord was satisfied the duties could be performed at less expense, he was perfectly warranted in doing it, but he (Mr. Hume) thought, the Noble Lord might have gone csmsiderably lower. He (Mr. H.) had proposed a plan by which two Commissioners were to have done the whole duty,and he was satisfied if it had been left to him to make the arrangements, he would have procured some of the ablest men in England to do the duty, and at a ranch less expense.—(Hear, hear, and laughter.) In 182, he had brought in a pan whereby a great saving in the expense for the collection of stamps might be made. If there was any one thing that he complained of in his Majesty's Ministers, it was that they were not strong enough, they were, to make use of a word in a petition that had been presented yestei day, imbecile. He knew they had much to put up with from many quarters, and he blamed them for not exercising the power that was vested in them towards certain Lieutenants of Counties Nho had mane use or the power they had as representatives of the Crown to political purposes. Be ore he sat down, he wished just to mention that the Right Hon. Baronet, the First Lord of t e Admiralty, had pledged himself to bring in a Bill to abolish superannuations this Session. They had now arrived at the end of the Session, and there was no such Bill produced, nor was there any Bill respecting the pensions Now, he wished to ask the Right Hon. Baronet whether any persons entering office now were to be placed in thesituation subject to any lien in the Bill that was about to be introouced, or whether any man now entering office did so without a claim to superannuation under the Bill? Sir J, GRAHAM said the Government had certainly con. templated bringing in such a Bill as that stated by the Hon. Member for Mi.ld.esex, but they thought, considering the pres sure of business, that so impoi cant a subject could not receive that attention at so late a period of the session which it de s.trved, The Bill was now prepared, and certainly, on be. half of himself and his colleagues, he would undertake, at the commencement of the ensuing session of P..trliament it should be brought in. In the meantime, in answer to the other questions put by the Hon. Member for Middlesex, he begged to say, that it was distinctly understood by all persons who now accepted office, that they acce e ted those offices sub. ject to the decision of Parliainent.—(Hear, hear.) The very appointment that they had now been discussing, was made on the same understanding. He wished also to point out to the Honourable Gentleman, that with respect to a I civil servants appointed subsequent to the bill introdoced by Mr. Goulbourn, a reduction was made from their salaries to the amount of file per cent for the purpose of raising a fund, out of with the superannuation was to be paid. The whole subject was one of the greatest importance, and he admitted the tecessity of some legidalion upon it' He would again pledge himself that at the commencement of the next Session a Bill would be introduced, not only for the purpose of regu. lacing the superannuations of inferior civil servants, but also bringing under the notice of that House that Act which gave pensions to officers. Mr. D. W. HARVEY approved of the conduct that had been pursued by Government, in removing Mr. Mittord. In the former boards there were persons who were now living on large superannuat. d allowanc.s, and who were emi. nently qualified for any other situations.—(Hear, hear.) He knew a gentleman who had an allowance of 4001. pe r annum, and who applied to be appointed a charity Commissioner the salary of which was SOO/ , and by which the public would have saved the 4001. a year, but he was refnsed.—(Hear, hear.) He knew that many persons similarly circumstanced would gladly be employed in other offices of higher salaries and surrendering their pensions, and he hoped the Noble Lord (Althoip) would cause the whole of the pensioners to be so classed, that those who were capable might be required to fill up vacancies as they occurred. by which mode there would be a great saving to the public. Sir H. VERNEY said, that Mr. Thornton was a very proper man to have becn appointed on the consolidation of the two Boards. Sir IL INGLIS said he had wished for an opportunity to put a question to the Noble Lord opposite, relative to the ni.ssrow Lottery—(Loud cries of " Oh:")—but he would put it at some other period, as it did not now meet the convenience of the House. Mr. WARBURTON said that when an extensive reform was contemplated by the consolidation of departments, it was highly essential that Government should have persons in whom they could place confidence, and who would cordially and ac tively concur in carrying the details of the change into effect Col. EVANS was glad to hear that Government had engaged to turn their attention to the subject of superannuation, and he hoped that the inquiry would not be confied to the pensions for services in an particular depart ment inthe State.—(Hear.) As to the military and other officers who received diplomatic or other pensions, and were employed in some public office, their pensions ought at least to be suspended while they were in the receipt of large salaries. _(Hear, hear.) Such, for instance, as the Governor-General of India, and the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, both of whom had large pensions and allowances, while they were holding high and lucrative situations. Mr. A GLIONBY said he was confident that Mr. John Wood possesse d qualifications peculiar y fitting for his situation. — fhere ,hould be a confidence and a kindly feeling shown to wards Government, which would not be th e case if the in ferior officers were persons who, by their vexatious conduct, excited dissatisfaction in the public mind. Mr. BROTHERTON approved of the conduct of his Majesty's Ministers in the appointment of Mr. Wood. He ,aid it was desirable to have the cordial co-operation of those who had to execute the plans of Government When we engage a servant we wish to have not only his hands but his read and his heart. From the knowledge he had of Mr Wood as a man of business, he was of opinion that the appoint ,nent would be beneficial to the pub.ic. Mr. COSSET' did not find fault with the changes Minis ters had made; he regretted that there had not been a complete veeping out. When he met Mr. Wood on the hustings at ereston, he told him to his face that it was not a seat in Par ament that he (Mr. Wood ) wanted, e xcept so far as it wou ld e a Mr. S. RICE c ould not allow that observat i o n to rema in un ,ontradicted.—(Cheers.) Ott the part of Mr. W oo d, lie would e e s p rop h s s t e pping-stone p to a place of profit. H e now foun d his ing_stone h a d been fulfilled. to hi m the justice to say, he believed office was the last thing that Gentleman ever dreamed of—that he never sought for it, or knew any thing of it, until he was presented to it. —(Hear, hear.) The Hon. Member's prophecy, therefore, in this instance, as in many other, was contradicted by facts Mr. HUME corroborated the Right Hon Gentleman's statement After some observations from Mr. PRYME the discussion dropped. Mr. HUME, in reference to the discussion on Mr. Furni. val's petitition on Monday night, in which it had been stated that secret whipping was practised in Horsemonger-lane gaol, begged to say that that gaol was under the di ection of the vi siting Magistrates, and that he, as one of them, was enabled to state that no such thing as secret whipping was practised there. Mr. WILKS rose for the purpose of putting a question to the Noble Lord opposite, on a subject on which he felt intensely interested. A Bill had been introduced by the Secretary to the Treasury,on the subject of the beer laws, which would operate with great hardship on no less than 50,000 licensed victuallers and upwards 0130,000 other persons who in various parts of the country had embarked their capital and established them selves in the sale of beer; and as it would be impossible at this late period of the session, with those whose interests were deeply affected by the measure, he hoped the Noble Lord and Government would see the propriety of not pressing it forward till next session. If they did not accede to its postponement he (Mr. Wilks) could not call the conduct of Government otherwise than indicative of the utmost harshness and im. propriety. Mr S. RICE said the measure would not in any way affect or disturb the licensed victuallers; and expressed a hope, that as the suhject was appointed for consideration on Mon. day, the House would not now take up its time in needlessly discussing it.—(Hear, hear.) COMMITTEE OF SUPPLY. The SPEAKER then put the question, that the House re solve itself into a Committee of Supply, which being agreed to, the Speaker left the chair, On the question that the sum of 45,3091., be apportioned to defray the salaries of the officers of the House of Lords, and the per Mons of retired officers of that House, A conversation ensued, in which Mr. Hume, Mr. Spring Rice end Colonel Evans took part, and the Order was agreed to. 26,2001. were then voted to defray the expenses of the Houses of Lords and Commons, After a short discussion, in which Mr. Flume, Mr. G. Lamb, Mr. Ewart, Lord Althorp, Sir Edward Knatchbull, Mr. Spring Rice, Mr. Wilks, Mr. O'Dwyer, and Col. Evans, the sum of 39,8001. was voted to make good the deficiency of the fee fund for the Treasury without comment. 10,743/. were then voted to make good the deficiency in the fee fund for the Home Department ; and 13,402/. for the same fund in the foreign department. After a few observations from Mr. Hume, Lord Palmerston, Mr. Cobbett, and other Hon. Members, The following votes were respectively agreed to without dis cussion, 12,275/. 12s. 3d., to make good the deficiency on the fee fund for the Colonial Department ; 13,5001. for the fee fund of the Hon. Privy Council; 2,000/, on account of salary to the Lord Privy Seal; 7,5001. for contingent expenses and messen gers bills in the Treasury Department; 6,2841. for contingent expenses and messengers' bills in the Home Department, 39,6001., for ,contingent expences and messengers' bills in the Foreign Department; 5,6000/. for contingent expenses, and messengers' bills for the Colonial Department; 5,453/. for contingent expenses and messengers' bills for the Privy Council ; and 4,366/. for contingent expenses and messengers' bills for the First Lord of the Treasury, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, &c. The following sum, not exceeding 1,2641, to defray the expenses of salaries and allowances granted to certain profes sors in the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge was pro posed. Mr. WARBURTON had no objection to the grant, if there was no University surplus funds that were available to this object. Mr. PRYME supported the grant. .. - Mr EW ART objected Ito the grant on the ground of the exclusiveness of the Universities. If Dissenters were ad. milted they would have much pleasure in agreeing to a much larger sum. _ . _ Mr. S. RICE said that the abmissibility of Directors into those Universties was the opinion he could not say of the ma jority, but of the great mass of the residents at the Universities. It was a growing opinion, and there was every probability before Parliament met that it would be a matter of discussion in the Universities. They ought, however, to be left to take their own steps on the subject, of course throwing out suggestions, lest compulsion might detest the most important object they had in view. Mr. POTTER said he could mention to the Hon. Member for Cambridge a method of increasiue the funds of the Univer sity, namely, to admit the sons of Dissenters to participate of the honours in science and literature which the Learned Universities confer. At present, as was well known, a Dissentor could not send his son to either of the Universities, for before they can take a degree it is absolutely necessary that the) declare their adherence to the doctrines of the Established Church. Just before the Hon. Baronet corn. plained of the smallness of the grant, he was about suggesting its omission until the Universities were thrown open to all classes of his Majesty's subjects. Mr. HUME and Mr. TooKe would allow the grant to pass if the Univenaties would withdraw their interdict on the London University. The vote was then agreed to The House resumed. The CHAIRMAN reported progress, and obinined leave to sit again this day. The SPEAKER then left the Chair at 3 o'clock. Lkt of the 111inority of 12, who at two o'clock in the morning of the 16 , h of August, voted for exten , fing the hour which Public houses should be open from II 12 o'clock. For extending the hour Against Major Aglionby, H. A. Blake, J. it. Divett, E Howard, P. H. Hume, Joseph Li-t of Nittm. era i halt pact twelve t o lip in,tpd for th, Althorp, Viscount Baring, F. Bernal, tt. Brotherto J. Briscoe, J. I. Cobbett, W. French, F. Grosvenor, Lord Hall, B. Hay, A. L. Herries, J. Hume, Joseph 7ity Pryse, P. Talbot, J. Vigors, N. A. fluthy en, E. -43 Warburton, H. TELLERS. Ruth%en, 6. S. O'Dwyer, A. C. in the H use• on Ft o'clock, when th , . s le yr tr. ending April Inglis, Sir R H. Kennedy, F. Knatchbull, Sir E. Mackenzie, J. A. S. Mangles, J. +laxwell, J. Oswald, J. Palinerst n. Vise. Potter, It. Pric R. Pt yme, G. ri 'ay. Aug. 16. at oipplies were about 1834 —Total 34 Rice, T. S. Ryle, J. Sinclair, G. Smith, R. Vernon Somerset, Lord G. l'ancred, H. W. Thomson, C. P. l'ynte, C. J. K. Verney, Sir H. We , Tgwood, J. ,Williams, G. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) COHN E,C,iANGK The arrivals of most descriptions of Grain this week are mo derate, but as the weather h ,s continua d very fine, con iderable du ness preva Is in the sale of most kinds of Gran, at Monday's prices. There is not m_ch doing in the Flour trade. Wheat. English :5.940 qrs [•ish I'oo ARRIVALS. Barley. I Oats. 730 q rs. '2,060 qr.. 12,290 Flour. 5,390 e tcke 1,210 .kiK` This day's supply of each kind of fat week was moderately good, but ver deficient in qual ty. The trade was very dull throughout, at Monday's quotations. Mitch Cow: were tolerably numerous, and went off heavily at last week's price:, an useful Shorthorns, with her small Calf, producing from 151. to 181. PRICES PER STONE OF BLSS. TO SINK THE OFFALS. s. d. ,o s. d. s A. 1 o ... , Inferior Beasts '2 02 21 Large Latin, 0 0 0 0 Second qualit% ditto 2 6 3 0 1 Primesmall ditto 4 4 5 4 Prime la geOxen... 3 8 310 Largecoarset'alve* 3 0 3 8 Prime Scotq, &c.... 310 4 0 Prime small ditto 4 2 4 8 Inferior sheep. ..... .. 2 6 2 8 Large Hog. Second quality litto 3 4 3 6 Small Porkers 4 '2 4 6 Coarse.woolled ditto 4 2 4 4 Siickling Calve,. 12s. u. 38 each Southdown Wethers 4 4 4 6 Quarterold Pigs I2s. to It4.each Ni EWG ATE ANl► I,EADIuth-IALi. MA no. Els. At pet stone, by the Carcass a. d.tos. d. s. d.cos d deet, inferior 222 4I Morton, inferior ... 22 2 4 - middling '2 4 2 6 - middling.. 3 4 3 Ii - P",".".. i... n q 0 p 4 - prime...... 3 8 4 0 - prime small 3 4 J 0 rmi.,ia. s . Veal 3 0 4 8 -small 4 2 4 8 Lamb , 3, 6d to ss. Od. ARRIVAL OF THE. ROMNEY, CALE- DONIA. &,.. (From the Cork Constitution.) A little after six o'clock on Saturday evening, and while public curiosity was anxiously awaiting the return of the yachts which had started after two, attention was attracted by the appearance of a ship of larger size than usual in the harbour, and which on nearer approach proved to be the Romney, one of the vessels which have been for some time expected at Cove She came from Plymouth, which place she left on Thursday, and brought over the 89th regiment under Colonel Sir Edward Miles. So perfect was the calm which prevailed at sea, that she had to be towed by the Dee steamer all the way from the Long.ships' Light House—a distance of 120 miles. She an chored at Cove at seven o'clock. Yesterday morning she was followed by the Revenge, of 78 guns, and the Caledonia, of 120. The latter was towed in by the Dee, and presented a magnifi cent spectacle as she entered the harbour. Scarcely had she „nipped anchor when she was besieged by a multitude of boats, each bearing a party of visiters, anxious to welcome the colossal stranger, and to gratify their own curiosity by an in. s pection of her interior. How long the Caledonia will remain, or what is her destination, we are unable to say, bu s t ay i s t is sta ted in a Plymouth paper of Thursday, that her crew and t he crew of the Revenge were paid wages on the previous day, a nd that they are to sail f or Lisbo n. The same paper it was reported that the Caledonia was to proceed to Blest, to embark the young Queen of Portugal. After leaving the Caledonia at her anchorage, the Dee im. mediately proceeded to sea—it is supposed for the purpose of towing in other vessels which are outside. Their names we do not know, but the Orestes is said to be among them. On uoard the Dee there is a traversing gun .of extraordinary calibre; it is a 64. pounder, and the bore is no less than ten inches in diameter at the muzzle. The above vessels will this day celebrate by a Royal salute, in which they will be joined by the fleet of the Royal Cork Yacht Club and the batteries of the forts on the river, the anni versary of the birth of our most excellent and gracious Queen. RESIDENCES OF THE ENGLISH NOBILITY THE COURT JOURNAL for TO MORROW, 17th August, will comprise. beside. the tom it Variety of Original Contributions and Faabion• able Intelligence, a descriptive Account of the splendid Town Maasion of H. T. Hope, Esq. ; with a Memoir of the late Mr. Hope, the celebrated Author of " Anasta sius," and the extensive and successful promoter of Modern Taste, in all matters oflnternal Dreoration. This Article forms the 12th of the S-riea, entitled " Resi dences of the English Nnbi'ity and Gentry." The Court Journal is regularly published every Satur day, and forwarded by all Newsmen, postage free. —o 4 fice, 19, Catherine.street, Strand. CHIcES co v , r 'KS THP R,nk St .c 210% 95% 10% 3 per Cent. Red. 9 9%)i 3 per Cent.Cons....B9:w.s% 9% 314 per Cent.... 97 6% Ditto Red 97 6% 1 sew 3% per Cent. 96M % 4 , 3 per Cent Ann. 17.21 , , - t per Cent. 1878 IO4U 4 % Wank Long Ann, t" expire Jan. 5, 186(...%17 7-16 5-16 Oct. 10, 1859 17 5-16 4 Jan. 5, 1860 - Jan. 5, 1880 - Aprils, 1880 - Jan. 5, 1870.-- - PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS Austrian Bonds 0 8 1 4 Belgian Bonds 06i43( Ditto Accoun► (AN !Irazilian Bonds ... 7114 Ditto Account 71 1 4 iuenos Ayres Bonds 2114 Ditto Account (WIWI Bonds .. Ditto Account 2714 Columbian Ronde Ditto Account. Ditto Bonds 1824 AI 4 Ditto Ace..iior )anish Bon .4 7474 Ditto Acor unt areek Roods Ditto Bonds, .14.2!, Ditto Accmint Mexican Bonds, 5 per cent TM Ditto Account •-• I )itto, n per cent 114 nitto Account 414 Neapolitan ..... ........ HAY AT ON K O'C[.OOK. New 5 per Cent. India Stock Ditto Bonds 31jpm. 'South Sea Stock 101 d Annuities — iNew Ditto —. 87 13 per Cent. Ann. 1751.... 116% Ex. Bills, £l,OOO 44 45 pm. Ditto .5151 44 45 pm. Ditto Small Ditto Commercial — pm Ditto Advertised pm . Bank for Account ..... India for Account Cons. for Opening ... RN 9 1, THIS DAY AT ONE 0 CLOCK. Peruvian Bonds .........21% 2 1 4 Portuguese Bonds Ditto Account sau, 734 Reg. Scrip 2tli 3; pm. Ditto Acc 24 41 4 pm. Prussian Bonds Ditto Bonds, 1422 lO2 Russian Ronde, 1822 lo6}l Ditto Account New Loan 1064 Spanish Bonds, 18-21 23%%'4% Ditto Account 23,-_,34% Ditto Bonds, :8:0 2.40 Ditto Account French Rentes, sp. C. —1 —c. Exchange —l' —c. ' z per cent 7B' —c. -- Exchange 25f 7ne Dutch, 9.1 p. c. 51U $6 3 4 Ditto Account 5156 Ditto, sp. c. 97 1 1 / 4 2 Ditto Account 97 % French Scrip Per share. ( It i :S .. :ll sl l . s pm oA:l iat r od. ONE O'CLOCI. Ang :::S M O: S e H o .A . 14% ttolanos Mining Cowan. ..£l5O 1274 Brazilian Mining Company £s I% Firazilian imp. Min. Co. (iss. at W. poi.) £2O 62 Ditto National 2O 2514 Ditto St. John Del Rey nut. Cocaca 5 1 Cata Branca Mining Company l% British lion Mining Company £5O 23% Columbh n Mining Co. (in. at 5/. pm.) 51% 13U 14 English tho.ing Company 12% 13; ;mem! 'Minim! Association l2 9 Hibernian Mining Co Mexican Mining Co. £4B Real dcl Monte Mining C 0....,... - rated Mex Min. Co. (iss. at V. pm.) 40 Ditto New Sctip 5 Alliance lire Insurance Comp lO Protector Insurance Comp. 1554 58t4 (JO 13% 14 164 10.4 £1 6 6 Australian C 0.... . .. Canada Company l7 I'4Pneral Steam Navigation Co National Provincial Bank of England 5 erovincial Bank of Ireland 25 514 36 35% eRICIS or IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, AUG. 13 Bank Stock 2131'4. Patrick Inpr.(pinShare) Consols, 3 Der cent - Royal Trish Ditto - lov. Stock, 3% per cent. 95% National Ditto... ........ .... litto, New 96 Patriotic Ditto I per Cent. — Hibernian Bank 22% ;ov. Deb. 3% percent.... SB►% (Provincial Ditto — Royal Canal Stock — I Royal Irish Mine — Grand Canal 5t0ck......... 21% 'lmperial Mine — City Deb. 4 per cent ...... Mining Co. of Ireland Billnst office Deb. 40. c. Commercial *Buildings Due. lArrived. Arrived Due. .......... ......... O America 1 0 Hamburg 0 O Brazil O Buenos Ayres 0 0 Jamaica .* .. ... ... .... 0 O Carthagena 0 0 Leeward lands ... 1 1 Dublin 0 1 Lisbon 0 O Flanders 0 0 Malta 0 1 France 0 0 Sweden O quernse‘ 54 'ersev.. 0 1 Waterford 0 HIGH w ATICK AT LONDON SUMO, ro-monattow. Morning.. 36 minutes After 3. 1 Evening...s3 minutes after 3 .-r 4 „ - 4 .); `, 4 * N ) .. :411• o.lllr •• Triir 4141 tilt. LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 16, 1833. A conversation took place last night in the House of Lords on the subject of the tithe prosecutions recently commenced, when the Bishops of CHI CHESTER and LONDON took the opportunity of ob serving, that they thought the number greatly exaggerated, and denied that they had been iiisti 'uted in consequence of a recommendation from the Episcopal Bench. The House afterwards resolved itself into Committee on the Slavery Bill, the re maining clauses of which were agreed to, and the report ordered to be received on Monday. In the House of Commons, after the SOLICITOR GENERAL had announced his intention of postponing tve Imp.isonment for Deb , Bill till next sess;on, Mr. BUCKINGHAM brought forward his motion re specting the impressment of seamen, which, atter it had undergone some modification, was rejected by a majority of five—a majority so trill rig as to amount almost to a defeat. Sir JAMES GRAHAM'. speech on the occasion was satisfactory—as far as it went. Mr. BLAMIRE obtained pertnis-ion to in troduce a Bill to suspend tithe prosecutions for a year. At a subsequent part of the evening, the Foreign Ertl •tment Bill was read a third time, and pa-se I. Afterwards, on the motion of Mr. LIT TLETON, the Irish Tithe Bill was ordered to he considered in Committee on Saturday. A motion of Mr. ROBINSON'S, last night, for the production of the Russian Tariff; was productive of a valuable declaration from Lord PALMERSTON on the part of the Government, with respecr to the conduct it intended to pursue in commercial matters. The Hon. Member for Worcester had, in the course of his speech, insinuated much in favour of a restrictive system of commercial policy, and seemed to entertain some hope that the Government were about to adopt them. Lord PALMERSTON said in answer, that " he could nor refrain from tell ing the Hon. Gentleman that his Majesty's Govern ment had' no intention to abandon its present com mercial policy. They believed that protection did not give to the country the benefit which its name implied. He could wish that the word protec tion' was erased from every commercial dictionary; for instead of protection, it was disturbance : for it interfered with the operations of capital—it was .... ..ern 111111101 . Y-it was a bar to competition, and it disturbed every kind of com mercial relations. He therefore told the Hon. Mem ber that he need not fistter himself with the hope that there either had been, or would be, any change in the commercial creed of his Majesty's advisers." ileof free trade, although occasionally they It must be m itter of rejoicing to every man who does not fear the importation of French gloves, i who looks to the pubic rather than individ ua l in terests,rndtfalsee,v_i e t wiog recogn ise sTo,knowfe exatrptigiheeudarnlti.eaenhinuicsyet . of Io f l the Majesty'stheprinciple referencenalny. Ministers, ep at any be misled et m mhe i b sl ew e r d ho b l y tenor of Mr. R OBINSON ' S speech, his Lordship re solves itslf into this--that because you have a great debt to provide for, you must levy upon your people a tax, and a heavy tax too, for everything 44) ch they get from foreign countries; or, in other words, you must prevent them from buying as cheap as they can, and o f course prevent them, in the next Place, from selling as cheap as they can. This was a simple explanation of the common doctrine, that lie prit.ople‘ of free trade might do very well in an , nfant country, but that they would not do for a n old and artifi , jial country like England.—(Hear.)" We have had occas ion more than o n ce to notice she manner in wh ich Mr. ROBIN S O N blows hot and cold in the same breath. His speech last night affords a fair sample of his semi-liberality. Every one must condemn the wanton manner in which the Prussian Custom-house authorities have frequently exposed British goods to damage ; but with respect to the ditties the Prussian Govern ment has imposed upon our manufactures by its last Tariff, and its endeavours to induce the . fyy States of Germany to adopt that Tariff, Mrforce BINSON himself admits, that the object is to p England England to alter the scale of duties she ha s or!. . on Prussian corn and timber. Is not this ser mate object for Prussia to have in view ? o r 611 0 , ing that her object is to p ro t ec t her own O f It tures, how can the Hon. G en tleman compla ill t to is the very thing he urges our own Governteello do. Give what advantages you please to fer ei g i d but protect your own manufactures. P russ a r following his advice in the sense he stands. His advice cannot be followed , both countries with advantage to both , 1 0, true rule is for neither Government to 1 311 any particular class of its subjects, °it. leave all free to use their energies and capital ss interest may dirk ct. This can be done wit h lss advantage to bath countries, and would oc elot , larger and more wealthy population to be r tained in both than either can hope for un der. strictive system. •No protection can be atteld to be given to one class of a community, the expense of all the rest. If the Prussts° of >d vernment is so silly as to sacrifice the whole .° people to promote the interest of a lot tic at eo body, it will not be induced to abandon its sio by any offers of reciprocity from us. If Pres s bent upon having manufacturers of broad clothfigobt, no use for u', as. Mr ROBINSON advises, to doci to reduce the duties on timber if they will re "' the duties on our woollens. We suspect dist os ROBINSON is fully aware that it would be of 110 0 0 If, on the other hand, the object of Prussia b_ make us reduce our duties on her staple artielcoe'g timber and corn, it must be farcical in us t° i att pliin of her raring the duties on our msnef ig h e f ` 4 0' till we have met her reasonable wi‘heq,;"„is vising our corn laws, and lowering the e ° ; 1 00, Biltie timber. Mr. ROBINSON cries out,. yeti pray don't lower the duties on Prussian ti t° , 01 unle.s Prussia lowers her duties on the ellP t c r ; i o raw wool, and on the import of your roanu fllc. o l4 articles!" A pretty joke; because she chooses 1° ;011 the fool in one matter, we are to be g r iittlf fools in another; because our left hand is t _ . ,,y ° embarrassed, we are to tie up our right ; slfi Prussians are to wear bad and dear broad clo' must have bad and dear timber. It may „„ be e pt! well for Mr ROBINSON to urge such an argt l " . , 4 - 0 0 favour of his Newfoundland friends, but it ..„‘ show lamentable weakness in the Illovernele'l, yield to it, and the most doltish srupidirY convinced that, however bad he may excepor public to be gulled by it. Mr. RomNsol'i ° / 0 1 ma ke oe Prussian tariff to be, the day is gone by w ile : f el English people can be persuaded—if We ot i f,„b th t popular illu strat i on o f t h e f ee li ngs to we'', o Hun. Member appeals—to cut off their nos e revenged of their face. m iroe . The Granting of Supplies for the year 02 „ellt ing the I.t of April, will, on the 16th of 11 0 4 00 1 give to th e p eo pl e o f E ng l an d some ides of th e e which the Reformed House are paying tt i il ti f i l penditure of the country. Inste a d of a Ol . to watch over the expenditure of the coal/ O ' O Y thirty or forty M em b ers were p resen t, and 1 1 terest taken in that part of th e d u ties of t he :4 hers must, therefore, b e b u t sma ll. We rul t ' - 100 fact that the constituents in the country n' e .d , / 0 after their representatives, and instruct rh` - :,4 have, in a future year, the whole of the 0 ' 1 4 7 - e jt , brought on and di,cussed in full Housot i n g ? two months of the session, when Members are and able to attend to the public purse. A Paris Papers of Wednesday's and Is ol 7 o . date have arrived in town, but they contain Ot t 400 interest. The Russian troops on the Dant ibe oo in daily expectation on the 23d July of re c oil orders to retire into the interior of Russis' At O zerland had been restored to tranquillity by measures of the Diet. FRENCH FUNDS.--.PARts, Atm. D. Five per Cents., 104 f. 95c. 105 f. sc. 105 f. Three per Cents., 77f. 77f 1 , c. sc. Rente de Naples ' 93f. 10c 30c. i Oc. Roman Five per Cents., 9234 X 92. Rente d'Espagne, Five per Cents., 17%. A L, Rente d'Espagne, Three per Cents., 43) % IL ROV3 Spar ish Loan, 86 dX yip 706 0 . 7 Rmte Pe , pet. d'Espagne. rive per Cents., 6 9 • Belgic Loan 18:$I, 98 98. Haytian Lo an, 290 f. EXCHANGE ON LONDON. ~_ One month, paper, 25i. 60c. • money, 251.„1'r 4 5c. '1 hree mouths, paper, 25f. 50c.; money, 74 • 1 ' Authentique. CITY ELECTION.-(THIS 019', FINAL CLOSE. he la % This morning a special Court of Aldermen 0-- gp i s , early hour, for the purpose, if possible, of Inai ci° 4o'aTi ford a citizen, in order to qualify him for the V 00 1 01; which he has been elected by his fellow citizens. AO" discussion took place, and it was said some Tot/ were throw n in the way, but at length a precedent e, rOr" and, when that was done, the Chamberlain, in a trig Hon. Gentleman a Spectacle-maker. o d .': , ,,i, The Candidates, accompanied by the Sheriffs '`~.t O r. P ries, then entered the Hall, which was not much ' • of the return was not to be made until to-morrow. 0 After the Poll-Books had been closed, ed , tti Mr. Secondary JAMES came forward and Old Sherif& declared truly the numbers polled— 40 . Crawford ....................................... ao , Kemble ....................................... Majority .......................... • ro ii 1 Mr. CRAWFORD then came forward, evidentl9_, under a severe hoarseness. He said that he a w lii o the distinguished honour they had conferred le P a t to j he lamented that from indisposition lie could n OO a',,et i what he would do, but they should see his declaralolod r A ir another channel. This he would say, that he ''.4 O r best endeavours to benefit. his country at large, 0 :, 010 ) j reite 4 his powers to promote the commercial interests I:" f t citizens, for now he could Cali them brothers.—(APpa," Mr. KEMBLE then came. to the front of the hti r was received with mixed applause and hisses. He : ;,00. dressed them as the candidate in the minority. He d “ , 000 other medium, and it would be looked for with BToi, 14 1 s h t i a s t eh honourable —(Groans, .. You were not able to comp..te with ;pr o I said it would be looked forward to with great 0%1 0 0 40, .4 r would, because the house to which he Wa s p•- tuhreamblehoispdpzlaernettiohnad; b s t u i c t h it awabadprcoomldie,ls ~. 1 il e 0 sent, would speedily close, and he could ) 0 A there.—(You never will make yours the re i v oll.oft) taken an objection against his honourable ° o oo' rj cause he was not a citizen ; but upon investle Tr in curly within w the e g o h : t over,hou hour; and b uhtedid whetherno not it object was . 7 t o : p :0_ 6 :J ( p.., :j °dicer had made his honourable opponent a e O IL' , 0 .kiit h is , (~ cern his path of duty better in his high it' d' ; ' O e - f l y could i,ot tell.—(Loud laughter and bit at t l. ' ha n l i, should retire from the contest in the same ll v :„d h.., 11 0 / tered the field, an d ret i re w i th his hono ur "" t shAtly 1 0 unsullied. When he en t ere d th e fi e ld he WI ° 4Sll O° / " You will be sure to gain the day, if i l e - b u sdpoo l o / 1 i principles." He had not qualified them, and the _al ' He bade them a good natured farewell fer DWI, 1 ( ' heartily wished his successful opponent e ve d r e d! _I battle was over, and election strife ha d e 0 fr/ continued applause.) (~. vita!td 0 ° JOHN TRAVERS, Esq., on the part of Mr. " - : ei ose•60 01 0 thanks. The citisens of Londcn had den e A t t t i rea! it cant honour. By five days' exertion they ha' o pt' or fabric of Civic Toryism, and it would be long l A/ have a day of resurrection. ed tb ;la r Several other Gentlemen briefly address _. te which it was declared that the election l r ia . .,' it, the good citizens of London might retire " R " ...- , ___.--- LNG I ne , A O SPORTING INTELLL- e b et* 4 , T 4 TTERSILk" , ndS, thea;oo/,15i. The attendanee yesterday was thin, s 7e. •`"" s nil without producing any change of import3: l i - ie ntg , ,O, • unties in force, Rockingham is again advaicee several backeis at 16 to 1. The closing P r . 01 ,0 DONCASTEK ST. " C e,ie . y A l • 5 to 1 agst Duke of Clevelabtl's 6 to 1 agst Mr. Watt's Itelshazztrou 8 to 1 agst Mr. Walker's Alu' s " ban) , 84 to I agst Mr. Watts's Rocking 13 to 1 agst Mr. Forth's srlarpo,fte !dole , 13 to 1 agst Colonel Crawford 's s o ". e ur 15 to 1 agst Mr. Chifhey's C fflin e u asK eni ,e/ 16 to 1 agst Mr. Walker's An„%,enge , 11 106".. e f 20 to 1 agst Mr. Rawlitison's cei t — l e * Back FA° het to 1 agst Mr. Jostyri's o ne - us td er 2100 to 160 agst each of twentY,..i n ,.. - t," lected were the above ten, Tutor, .." - ;orest e " Lot, Laurel's darn, Frankenstein, -• Dancing M-ster. 100 6006 1 t t too o 204 10 oa ag og s s t ißLe S i l os r to . aoHzozo(oturLadositoetro,toboc'ds...a:raLtik:.L.llll.l.°: 3 AI