The Sun. — London, England, 1844-12-26 00:00:00

BANK RETURNS. (From the London Gazette of Tuesday.) An . 1 , mut, pursuant to the Act seventh and eighth T . - •:a, cap. 32, of the Average Amount of Bank of the several Banks of Issue in England and 'es, in Circulation during the Week ending S. atur the:l4th day of December, 1844 : Average • PRIVATE BANKS. Amount. Abingdon Bank, Abingdon—Knapp and Co £28,366 Andover Bank, Andover—Heath and Co 13,360 Ashford Bank, Ashford—Jemmitt and Pomfret 11,133 Aylshana Bank, Aylsham—R. and E. Copeman 5,537 Aylesbury Old Bank, Aylesbury—Rickford and llunt aldock Bank and Baldock and Biggleswaele I.;_r_ - _k,llaldock—Wells, Hogg, and Lindsell... 37,110 Barnstaple Bank, Barnstaple—Drake and Co 13,206 Basingstoke and Odiham Bank, Basingstoke — Cole, Seymour, and Co. BeJtord Bank, Bedford—T. Barnard Bedford and Bedfordshire Bank, Bedford — Trapp, llalfhead, and Co. Bowdley Bank, Bewdley—Nichols, Baker, and (;ranc Bicoster and Oxfordshire Bank and Oxford Bank. Bicester—Tubb, Wootten, and Co. Birmingham Bank, Birmingham—Attwoods, Scowler, and Co 22,879 Birmingham and Warwickshire Bank, Birming harn---Lewis, Meilliett, and Co 15,119 Bland lord Bank, Blandford—Bastard and Oak . 7,672 Bostor. - dank, Boston—Garfit and Co 70,925 Boston Bank, Boston—Gee and Co 14,305 Bridg water Bank, Bridgwater—E. &J. Sealey 9,330 Bristol Sank, Bristol—Miles, Ilarford, and Co. 40,892 Brosuivy and Bridgnorth, and Bridgnorth and Broseley Bank, Broseley—Messrs. Pritchard 25,179 Beelilugham Bank, Buckingham—Bartlett, Pa - . - lott, and Co. Bury Suffolk Bank, Sudbury Bank, Market Bury—Oakes, Bevan, and Co. Ranh...re Bank, Banbury—Gillett and Tawney. 37,247 lianeury Old Bank, Banbury—Messrs. Cobb... 49,522 '3et — ity Bank, Bath—Moger and Son Aed , urdshire Leighton Buzzard Bank, Leighton ,;::,..:ard—Bassett and Grant 33,089 irailligham Bank, Birmingham—Taylor and wyds "teadt9rd Old Bank, Bradford, Yorkshire—lL 7,314 AlI:1 A. Harris in Old Bank, Brecon—Wilkins and Co 62,405 .Imrt Bank, Bridport—S. and W. E. Gundry 20,937 ":,;itou Union Bank, Brighton—Hall, West, and Borrer ;n,•l;•,gton and Driffield Bank, Burlington— II , .: ding., Smith, and Co 11,126 .Burr St. Edmunds Bank, Bury St. Edmunds— J. Worlledge and Co. Dr.qusgrovit Bank and StourbridgQ and Broms we Bank, Bromsgrove—Rufford, Briggs, I Co. - .,')ridge Bank, Cambridge—Mortlock and ns C:at.'iridge and Cambridgeshire Bank, Cam by 'ge—Messrs. Forsters Car• erbury Bank, Canteritury—Hammond and 29,990 2,723 hen Bank, Carmarthen—Morris and Carmsrt L 4 0:111 C ., :,, , n,5ey Bank, Chertsey—Messrs. La Coste .;ester Bank, Colchester—Round, Green, Co. ,estor and Essex Bank, Witham anti Essex nk, and Hadleigh Bank, Suffolk, Colchester Mills, Bawtree, and Co (.7or:.;sh Bank, Truro—Tweedy and Co. Coventry Bank, Coventry—Little and Wood- cock City Bank, Exeter—Milford and Co Craven Bank, Settle—Birkbecks and Co. Christchurch Bank, Christchurch—Tice, Welsh, and Co Cardiff Bank, Card:ff—Towgood and Co Chepstow Old Bank, Chepstow Bank, Mon mouth Old Bank, Monmouth Bank, Brecon Bank, and Ross and Herefordshire Bank, fThepstow—Bromage, Snead, and Co. 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 , Devizes and Wiltshire Bank, Devizes—Hughes, Locke, and Co Diss Bank, Diss—Oakes, Fincham, and Co Doncaster Bank, Doncaster—Leatham, Tew, 47,415 20,804 3,509 20,528 38,313 41,980 9,429 18,207 71,306 1,955 7,331 6,976 11,052 34,534 21,839 18,062 10,628 12,774 and Cu. Doi waster Bank and Retford Bank, Doncaster— Cook and Co. Dover Union Bank, Dover—Latham, and Co Darlington Bank, Durham Bank, and Stockton on-Tees Bank, Darlington—Backhouse, and 73,295 DevGnport Bank, Devonport—Hodge and Nor man ])orche3tcr Old Bank and Dorsetshire Bank, D o rehoster—Williams and Co. East Cornwall Bank, Liskeard—Robins, Foster, 103,546 and Co.... East Riding Bank, Beverley—Bower, Hutton, and Co. . 45,486 Essex Bank and Bishops Stortford Bank, Clelmsford—Sparrow, Walford, and Co Ev.eter Bank, Bzeter—Sanders, and Co Fakenhant Bank, Fakenham—Gurneys, Birk- beck, and Co. Farringdon Bank and Bank of \Vantage, Far ringdon—Barnes and Meiley Farnham Bank, Farnham—Messrs. Knight Faversham Bank, Faversham—Hilton and Co *odaiming Bank, Godalming—Mellersh and King ilruntham Bank, Grantham—Kewney and King Guildford Bank, Guildford--Messrs. Haydon... Irantham Bank, Grantham—Hardy and C 0.... 'fastings Old Bank, Hastings—Smith, Hilder, •,,a Co. •ord City and County Bank, Hereford— tthews and Co. Ordshire Bank and Ware Bank, Ware— ' Adams and Co. ). Bank and Kingston-upon-Hull Bank, Hull —Smith, Brothers, aid Co. iLiutingdon Town and County Bank, Hunting :;on—Rust and Veasey ILlrwich Bank, Harwich—Cox, Cobbold, and Co 11.;1411e1 Hempstead Bank, Hemel Hempstead— SAth, and Whittingstall Bank, Honiton—Flood and Co. ro..dahh - e, Hitchen Bank,:Hitchen—Sharples .1... d Co. turd, Ross, sod Archenfield Bank, and Ross • Arclenfield Bank, Hereford—Morgan Hoskins Iptimieh Bank, Ipswich—Bacon and Co. Jpimich and Needham Market Bank, Suffolk, ruidleigh Bank, Manningtree and Mistley .3;auk, and Woodbridge Bank, Ipswich— Alexariders and Co. teri.ish Bank, Maidstone—Mercer, Randall, ar'i Mercer iiu;,ton and Radnorshire Bank, Kington—J. J) vies and Co Kii;:zliton Bank, Knighton—J. Davies and Co Knarcoorough Old Bank and Ripon Old Bank, KuarPsborough—Terry and Co Kendal Bank, Kendal—Wakefield, Crewdson, and Co. Kettering Bank, Kettering-0 °tell and Sons... Lampeterßank,Lampeter—Jones , Eyans , an d C o. Lane End Staffordshire Bank, Lane End—C. Ilarv.y and Son Leeds Bank, Leeds—Beckett and Co Leeds Union Bank, Leeds—W.Williams, Brown, and Co. Leek and Staffordshire Bank, and Leek and :`ongleton Bank,Leek—Fowler,G aunt, and Co. Leicester Bank, Leicester—Paqets and Kirby Lewes Old Bank, Lewes—Mohneux and Co Lichfield Bank, Lichfield—Palmer and Green Lincuin Bank, Lincoln—Smith and Co Llsmdovery Bank and Liandilo 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 Lineolnshire Bank, Lynn Regis —Gurneys and Co. "Lynn Regis and Norfolk Bank, Lynn Regis— Massey and Co. Macclesfield Bank, Macclesfield—Brocklehurst and Co. 53.070 8,952 52,843 30,726 21,549 7,520 11,975 5,477 4,717 17,416 13,434 29,228 33,678 20,663 24,126 18,31 49,804 4,830 19,G47 12,315 36,859 21,936 19,432 72,791 19,190 24,945 7,759 20,720 40,375 7,717 3,776 5,316 51,792 32,947 2,891 29,246 40,195 18,513 88,155 21,213 6,405 4,099 39,302 14,70 10,478 7,036 Slanningtree Bank,Manningtree—Nunn and Co. Marlborough Bank, Marlborough and Wilts , Old Bank, Marlborough Old Bank, Marl borough Old Bank and Hungerford Bank, and Hungerford Bank, Marlborough—Tanner and Pinckney 15,754 Marlborough aid North Wiltshire Now Bank, Marlborough—Ward, Merriman, and Hillier 11,284 Merionethshire Bank, Dolgelly—Jones and Williams 9,231 Minors' Bank, Truro—Willyams and Co 16,997 Monmouthshire Agricultural and Commercial Bank, Abergavenny—Baileys and Co 29,126 Monmouth Old Bank, Monmouth Bank, Brecon Bank, Chepstow Bank, Chepstow Old Bank, .and Ross and Herefordshire Bank, Monmouth —Bromage and Snead. 1-I`onnionthshire Newport Old Bank, Newport —W. Williams and Sons 8,155 awark Bank, Newark—Godfreys and Hutton 27,260 ewark and Sleaford Bank, and Sleaford and Newark Bank, Newark—Haudley, Peacock, And Co 48,876 ';ewbury Bank, Newbury—Bunny and Slocock 33,169 ecristarket Bank, Newmarket—Eaton, Ham mond, and Son 21,229 oierfolk and Suffolk Bank, Diss—Taylor and Dyson 3,139 ;.)Tvvich Crown Bank, Norwich—Harveys and Iludsons 44,765 jorwich and Norfolk Bank, Norwich—Gur neys 1111 d Co ' 64,940 Notunghani and Nottinghamshire Bank, Not tingham—liart, Yellows, and Co 10,421 3uneaton Bank, Nuneaton—Craddock and Co Naval Bank, Plymouth—Harris, Harris, and C 0.... 2 0 ,084 New Strum Bank, Sarum—Hetley, Everett, and Co _Nottingham Bank, Nottingham—Smith and Co. 155 29,166 3'0 Oawestry Bank and Oswestry Old Bank, Os weetrit —Croxon and Co- 15,248 (Wort: tank, Oxford—J. and R. Mon-ell 14,002 throrß 31d Bank, Oxford—Robinson, Parsons, and Thompson Old Bulk Tonbridge, Tonbridge aid Tonbridge Well , Old Bank, Tonbridge and Tonbridge Wells and Sevenoaks Bank, Tonbridge--. BeiKtin Sad OM . 9,735 THE SUNT, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 26,144 Average Amoun Oxfordshire Witney Bank, Witney—Williams, Clinch, and Co 10,722 Pease's Old Bank, Hull, the Hull Old Bank and Beverley Bank, Hull—Pease and Co 42,989 Penzance Bank, Penzance—Batten and Co 10,041 Peterborough Bank and Oundle Bank, Peter borough—Messrs. Yorke Peterborough Bank, Peterborough—Simpson, White, and Simpson 9,692 Pembrokeshire Bank, Haverfordwest—J. and W. Walters Penzance Union Bank, Falmouth Bank, and Truro Bank, Penzance—Rickets, Enthoven, and Co Reading Bank, Reading-Simonds and Co 28,180 Reading Bank, Reading—Stephens,Blandy, and Co 36,406 Richmond Bank, Richmond—Stapleton and Co 5,662 Ringwood and Poole Bank, and Town and County of Poole Bank, Riugwood—Ledgard and Sons Rochdale Bank, Rochdale---Clement, Royds, and Co Rochester, Chatham, and Strood Bank, Roches ter—Day and Nicholson Romsey and Hampshire Bank, Romsey—Foot ner and Son Royston Bank, Royston—Fordham and Sons... 16,668 Rugby Bank, Rugby—Butlin and Son 12,765 Rye Bank, Rye—Curteis, Pomfret, and Co 23,984 Reigate and parking Bank, and Reigate, Croy don, and Darking Bank, Reigate—Nash and Co 13,207 Ross Old Bank, Herefordshire, Ross—Pritchard and Allaway 4,059 Saffron Walden and North Essex Bank, Saffron Walden—Messrs. Gibscn Salop Bank, Shrewsbury—Burton, Lloyd, and Co 16,642 Scarborough Old Bank, Scarborough—Woodall and Co 24,526 Shrewsbury and Market Drayton Bank, Shrews bury—Adams, Adan,s, and Co 8,823 Shrewsbury Old Bank, and Shrewsbury and Ludlow Bank, Shrewsbury—Rocke, Eytona, and Co. Sittingbourne aro Milton Bank, Sittingbourne 8,231 4,561 9,271 38,327 —Valiance and Son Southampton Town and County Bank, South ampton—Maddiron and Son Southwell Bank, Southwell—Wilde and Co. St. Alban's Bank, St. Alban's—J. S. Story Salisbury Bank, Salisbury—Messrs. Brodie Shaftesbury Bank, Shaftesbury— Brodie and King Southampton and Hampshire Bank, Southamp ton—Atherly and Fall Stone Bank, Stone —.W. Moore Stourbridge Bank, Stourbridge —Rufford, Wragg, and Co Stafford Old Bank, Stafford—Stevenson and Co Stamford and Rutland Bank, Stamford—Eaton, Cayley, and Co. . Stourbridge Old Bud:, Stourbridge—Bate and Robins - Shrewsbury and Welshpool Bank, Shrewsbury —Beek, Downward, and Co. St. Alban's and Herts Bank, St. Alban's—Gib- son and Sturt Taunton Bank, Taunton—Messrs. Badcock Tavistock Bank, Tavistock—Gill, Bundle, and Co Thornbury Bank, Thornbury—Rol ph, Yates, and Parslow Tiverton and Devonshire Bank, Tiverton—Duna- ford and Barne Thrapston and Kettering Bank, Northampton shire, Thrapston—Yorke and Eland Tring Bank and Chesham Bank, Tring—But cher and Son Torrcester Old Bank, Towcester—J. and S Percival Union Bank, Cornwall, Helston—Vivian and Co. Uxbridgo Old Bank, Uxbridge—Hull, Smith, 14,097 and Co. Wallingford Bank, Wallingford—Wells and Co. Warwick and Warwickshire Bank, Warwick— 23,611 13,605 Kelynge, Greenway, a,nd. Co Wellington Somerset Bank, Wellington—Fox, Brothers West Biding Bank, Wakefield, and Pontefract Bank, Wakefield—Leatham, Tew, and Co. Whitby Old Bank, Whitby—Simpson, Chap man, and Co 13,754 Winchester, Alresford, and Alton Bank, Win chester—Bulpett and Co. Winchester and Hampshire Batik, Winchester —Wickham anti Co Weymouth Old Bank and Dorchester Bank, Weymouth—Elliott and Pearce Wirkesworth and Ashbourne Derbyshire Bank, Wirkesworth—Arkwright and Co. Wisbech and Lincolnshire Bank, Wisbech— Gurney and Co. Wiveliscombe Bank, Wiveliscombe—P. and W 23,175 60,467 Hancock Wolverhampton Bank, Wolverhampton—Good ricke and Holyoako. 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 "Whitby Bank, Whitby—Frankland and Wil- kinsOn Walsall Old Bank, Walsall—Charles Foster and Sons Warminster and Wiltshire Bank, Warminster— 18,986 Everett and Co. Wrexham Bank, Wrexham—.l. and S Kenrick Wolverhampton Bank, Wolverhampton— 22,060 Me,srs. 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 Yeovil, Old Bank, Yeovil—E. and J. Batten York Bank, York—Swann, Clough, and Co JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Bank of Westmoreland, Kendal . Barnsley Banking Company, Barnsley Bradford Banking Company, Bradford Bilston District Banking Company, Wolver hampton Bank of Whitehaven, Whitehaven Bradford Commercial Banking Company, Brad- 10,225 47,400 13,041 8,901 41,842 8,613 8,767 47,486 8,638 29,646 19,929 ford Burton, Utt,xeter, and Staffordshire Union Banking Company, Burton-upon-Trent Chesterfield and North Derbyshire Banking Company, Chesterfield .. Cumberland Union Banking Company, Work ington Cheltenham and Gloucestershire Banking Com pany, Cheltenham Coventry and Warwickshire Banking Company, Coventry Coventry Union Banking Company, Coventry 14,558 County of Gloucester Banking Company, Chel tenham Carlisle and Cumberland Banking Company, Carlisle Carlisle City and District Bank, Carlisle 19,563 Dudley and West Bromwich Banking Company, Dudley Derby and Derbyshire Banking Company, Derby 18,786 Darlington District Joint-Stock Banking Com pany, Darlington 24,446 East of England Bank, Norwich Gloucestershire Banking Company, Gloucester 136,613 Halifax Joint-Stock Bank, Halifax 18,284 Huddersfield Banking Company, Huddersfield 35,975 Hull Banking Company, Hull 26,469 Halifax Commercial Banking Company, Halifax 12,201 Halifax and Huddersfield Union Banking Com pany, Halifax llelston Banking Company, Helstoa 1,353 Herefordshire Banking Company, Hereford 19,387 Knaresborough and Claro Banking Company, Knaresborough 27,565 Kingsbridge Joint-Stock Bank, Kingsbridge 3,865 Lancaster Banking Company, Lancaster 47,213 Leeds Banking Company, Leeds Leicestershire Banking Company, Leicester Lincoln and Lindsey Banking Company, Lincoln 50,337 Leamington Priors and Warwickshire Banking Company, Leamington Priors Leeds and West Riding Banking Company, Leeds... 18,490 Leeds Commercial Banking Company, Leeds 13,827 Ludlow and Tenbury Bank, Ludlow 9,650 Moore and Robinson's Nottinghamshire Bank ing Company, Nottingham 30,183 Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Banking Company, Nottingham 25,165 Newcastle, Shields, and Sunderland Union Joint- Stock Banking Company, Newcastle 73,219 National Provincial Bank of England, Birming ham, Head-office, 112, Bishopsgate-street, London. North Wilts Banking Company, Melksham 53,521 Northamptonshire Union Bank, Northampton 75,496 Northamptonshire Banking Company, North -23,519 ampton North and South Wales Bank, Liverpool 53,788 Pares's Leicestershire 'Banking Company, Lei -49,376 center Saddleworth Ba Acing Company, Saddleworth...6,67B Sheffield Banking Company, Sheffield 32,333 Stamford, SpalOing, and Boston Banking Com pany, Stamibi d 53,559 Stuckey's Banki no. Company, Bristol Somerset shire Bank, and Somersetshire Bank, Lang port Shropshire Banking Company, Shiffnall Stourbridge and Kidderminster Banking Com pany, Stourbiihe Sheffield and aillamshire Banking Company, Sheffield .. Sheffield and R )therham Joint-Stock Banking Company, Shellio!d Swaledale and Wensleydale Banking Company, Richmond 48,277 Stockton and T;orliam County Banking Com pany, Stocktor 6,081 Storey and 'llti.ruas's Banking Company, Shaftesbury Sheffield and Rct turd Bank, Sheffield ... Suffolk Bankinz - Company, Ipswich 4,342 Wolverhamptcei and Staffordshire Banking Com pany, Wolverhampton 31,743 Wakefield and Barnsley Union Bank, Wakefield 13,573 Whitehaven Joint Stock Banking Company, Whitehaven Warwick and Lewoit.gton Banking Company, Leamington West of England avid South Wales District Bank, Bristol. . 9,494 56,106 31,865 Averaga .Amount. Wilts and Dors‘ t Banking Company, Salisbury 66,2'50 West Riding Uoion Banking Company, Hud dersfield Whitchurch and Ellesmere Banking Company, Whitchurch Worcester City:, id County Banking Company, Worcester 4,700 York Union Banking Company, Yuck 56.975 York City and Co'inty Banking Company, York 55,008 Yorkshire Bankir. r, Company, Leeds P. DEANS, Registrar of Bank Returns. Stamps and Ta: es, Dec. 21, 1844. 7,243 SPIRIT of t1,.4 PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM TUE N , )RISING PAPERS OF THIS DA!. TIMES.—The most important political character istics of the Romish Church are the dependence of its clergy on a foreign potentate, Crean whom they re ceive their spiritual authority . an I the consequent emancipation of that clergy and of their flocks from many of those civil obligation' and national usages which are recognised by the members of the Esta blished Church in this country, and are not systema tically impugned by any sect of Protestant Dissenters. But these two characteristics—independence of the civil power and obedience to a foreign authority in spiritual matters—are not peculiar to the Roman Catholic subjects of Great Britain. Wherever a Roman Catholic population exists, whether it be under the Protestant supremacy of IHolland and Prussia, or under the Catholic Sovereigns of Austria and France, the same fact and the same tendency prevail. The Courts of Catholic Kings have not often supported or submitted to Papal domination with more complacency than the stoutest upholders of Protestant freedom ; and even whilst they acknowledged the whole theory of Romish power, they took care to limit its ap plication. Every state, whether it has discarded or preserved its communion w ith the Church of Rome has sedulously applied itself to curb those powers, and to limit that spiritual ascendancy, which in all countries presented most formidable difficulties to the civil government of the nation. Every state has settled upon a distinct basis tl:c conditions and limits of the proper power of the government and of the authority of Rome in the affiliee of the Church. The more Catholic the power, as fc r instance Austria, the more independent of Rome has she become; and the result of the disputes which raged for centuries between the Church and the em; tre, is a State of things in which the Church has (seen transformed from being the most formidable oponnent of the state into its most useful ally. To this remark the condi tion of the Roman Catholic Chun' Ii in the British dominions, and its relations with the civil power in this country, present a signal exception. Our ex treme eagerness to rid the nation S the last vestiges of Popery has afforded to the i umiak Church a singular opportunity of asserting an influence which it has everywhere else ioat. We believe it to be demonstrable that in proportion as the traditional policy sif England leis led 11.3 to re ject and to proscribe all negotiati in with the Court of Rome—nay, even to refuse to recognise the exis tence of a power which we regard as an imperium in imperio, dangerous to our national independence an! to our civil and religious liberty—we have, in fact, been throwing aside the very means which all other Governments, both Catholic and Protestant, have used in order to secure to their subjects the blessings of peace, and to themselves that iefluence in ecclesi astical affairs which cannot be abandoned with impu nity, either to the voluntary principle or to the Roman Pontiff. We do not hesitate to affirm that the power of the lts mish Church over its members and its clergy is at this time more absolute in the British empire than in any country in Europe out of the minor States of 1 taly. Here this power is not only independent of the State, but habitually opposed to it. The spiritual authority which governs the consciences of the people of Ireland, and the temporal laws to which they are responsible, are pitted one against the other. Such a power is less dangerous to the public welfare w hen it is ascertained and regulated by law, than when it is occult and uncontrolled. NN'e may refuse to recognise its existence, but we cannot be blind to its effects ; and whilst we deny it that mea sure of official respect which we pay to the least of the states of Europe, it deee in reality possess a force which may rouse to rebellion a third of the United King dom, and affects the councils of the empire. Our object, on this occasion, is to bring torward in the narrowest compass the facts by which this striking contrast between England and the other states of Europe is suggested. These facts at once demon strate that the Church cf Rome has acceded to terms with other Protestant countries, which go far to moderate and direct the power to which we have hitherto opposed a merely stubborn, unintelligent re sistance. The example of Prussia at once offers a striking analogy to Ii eland. The principal here ditary dominions of the Crown are Protestant ; the reigning family is l'retestant; the King is the bead of the Protestant church. To this Protestant state the treaties of 1815 annexed the Rhenish province, in which the Catholic population is to the Protestant as three to one, and at the eastern extremity of the kingdom the same proportion occurs. The first care of the late King of Prussia was to esta• blish in the University of Bonn a Roman Catholic seminary for the education of the Prussian priest hood. The second Wit° to open negotiations with the Court of Rome, which were brought ,by Prince llardenburg to a successful termination. No con cordat or public treaty was signed, but the Pope pub lished in 1821 his hull de salute animarum, which confers upon the Crown the power of directing the chapters in the election of bishops, and a brief of the same date obliges the chapters to elect personam regi gratum. Thus the Protestant King of Prussia exer cises over the Roman Catholic Church in his domi nions the principal act of sovereign authority, in the nomination of bishops, which is vested in the Queen as the head of the Established Church in this country. Nor is this all ; throughout Germany, both Catholic and Protestant, all the correspondence between the Catholic clergy and the Pope passes under the cogni sance of the Government. The Papal ordinances are returned in the same manner, and whenever they are at variance with the views of the Govern ment, the p7acet regium is withheld from such pas sages. Concordats, formal treaties, or other similar arrangements with Rome, all conferring under various forms nearly similar powers, were concluded with France in the an IX., and in 1817 ; with Bavaria in 1819; the Netherlands in 1827; Hanover in 1817 and 1823 ; and subsequently with the smaller Ger man Protestant states. As for Austria, there we find, to borrow the language of Mr. Turnbull, " A Sovereign professing the creed of Rome, and yet ex cluding the interference of the Romish Pontiff to an extent unknown in any other country in Europe ; erecting and suppressing religious communities ; con trolling and directing their finances ; enforcing on the clergy of every creed alike his Imperial pleasure, even as to the forms of worship and to the instruc tions given from the pulpit ; and actually annulling, in virtue of his supreme authority, the force of sacra mental ordinances when performed by his Romish subjects in contravention of his civil enactments." If such are the terms established between the Court of Rome and her most faithful adherents, by what errors of policy can it have occurred that her authority is most formidable where it is least re cognised ? It is not in the spirit of our laws or administration to thrust the hand of the civil power into ecclesiastical affairs, or to intermeddle with the religious observances of the people. But it is impossible that the civil government of this kingdom should for ever ignore the spiritual govern ment which is recognised in Ireland alone by six millions of the people. In Canada the Roman Ca tholic clergy are amongst the most loyal subjects of the Crown ; in England they are not disaffected ; in Malta, Gihraltnr, and the colonies of French origin, the Roman Catholic Church is a matter of para mount importance to the G wernment ; and, what ever may be the future condition of religious parties in Ireland, events seem to point to a more direct and dignified mode of communicating on these subjects with the Vatican. We shall not attempt to explain by what means in the present absurd state of the law any intercourse between the British Government and the Court of Rome may have taken place. But it is notorious that such intercourse has takes place at various times ; and, although the indirect mode in which it must have been carried on was unbecoming the great interests affected by such negotiations, the interests of peace and conciliation have been no losers by these transactions. We allude to the con sent of Rome to the veto, which was subsequently defeated by the Irish Roman Catholic laity • to the influence of the Pop e i n ca l m i ng th e excitement of the Canadian insurgents, and in proscribing the slave trade ; arid more recently to the sanction which is understood to have been given to the important measure just protnulgated in Ireland. On these occasions it has been found that the good order arid welfare of the Roman Catholic Church presented no obstacles, but rather a powerful assistance, to a wise and tolerant policy in civil government; and, since the laws of this country have ceased to persecute the Roman Catholics and to deny their civil existenc e , there is no secure or tenabl e resting-place between that state of things, which it now passed away, and the recognition of those ae.horities, to which the Roman Catholic clergy ands ityeacribe a controlling power in the direction of .heir spiritual concerns. They have already ceased tc. be a mere abstraction, and they must therefore be dealt with as a reality; and the danger consists not ; ri what ought to be done, but in remaining as we are. ADVERTISER.—New claimants for the benefit of the surplus revenue, which it is now certain wilt be at the dispozal of Sir Robert Peel at the close of the financial year, are a l erting up every day. And so very clamorous are some of them becoming, that it way be doubted whether the Premier will not find his riche,' prove a source of greater embarramoi.en,t than even an empty exchequer would do. He who, under any circumstancfres, attempts to please all par ties, undertakes a proverbially lkopcless task. This will be found especially the case when money matters are at stake. Do as Sir Robert will with his surplus revenue, he is sure to give offence. It is impossible that he can repeal or modify all the taxes which he is asked to extinguish or reduce. A surplus of not less than 10,000,0001. would be required for this. What then is he to do ? Why, to disregard all cla mourers and all clamouring, and repeal or modify those taxes which will afford the greatest amount of relief to the greatest number of an over-taxed people. Until we have learned the amount of the surplus re venue which will be at the disposal of the Minister, we will not be in a condition to express any opinion as to which of the taxes he ought to abolish or re duce. But if he adopt the principle which we have laid down as that on which to base his financial schemes fur the coming fiscal year, he can hardly be at a loss as to how he ought to proceed. There is one point which we would press on the consideration of the Premier in connexion with his contemplated financial operations. It is this, that he ought to let the country have the benefit, to the utmost prudent limit, of the available surplus which will be in his hands in April next. Our meaning, we presume, is sufficiently clear. It ought to be so. What we wish to be understood as saying, is, that Sir Robert Peel, instead of carrying over to the following year any surplus, as a sort of re serve fund for possible contingencies—should apply every farthing in his exchequer, over and above the estimated expenditure, to the reduction or repeal of such imposts as press most severely on those who are least able to bear the burthen of taxation. With the improved state of trade and commerce, the Minister will not only be justified in doing this, but will incur the blame of sacrificing the present, and perhaps future interests of the country, if he fail to adopt our advice. With a declining revenue, a Minister may t s warranted in proceeding cautiously in his financial s. heroes. It is not only natural, but right and proper ti at he should be careful lest his expenditure should exceed his income. But when, as is happily the case at present, the revenue has been steadily rising for a c'nsiderable period, and there is every probability that it will continue, at least for some time, to increase, the matter assumes a different aspect. Not only, indeed, in such a case, is the Minister bound to reduce taxation to the full amount of his calculated income over his estimated expenditure, but the public have a right to expect that he should even stretch a point, and give a people who have been so long suffering from an unusual pressure of taxation, a little more relief than the exact financial conclusions at which he may arrive would suggest. He would be doing nothing that would subject him to the charge of imprudence or incautiousness, were he to give the public the benefit of a reduction of taxes to the amount of 1,500,000/. over and above what may be the estimated surplus in the ensuing financial year. Sir Robert Peel needs no ghost to tell him, that this would be one of the most popular measures which he has yet devised. Instead of weakening, it would tend to strengthen and establish his Government ; for relief from fiscal burthens is one of those arguments in favour of a Government which never fail to carry conviction to the mind. SHOCKING OCCURRENCE. The quiet village of Ashford, a short distance from Staines, has been the scene of a shocking affair, which has created very great sensation in the neigh bourhood. So far as the facts have been ascertained up to this time, it appears that a man named William Oliver, and his wife and family, consisting of several children, occupied a miserable cottage by the road side, near Ashford, for some time past. The woman was in the habit of vending lucifer matches, and the children were sent out to beg, the man being repre sented as an idle and dissolute character, and these being the only means by which the family could eke out a subsistence. The family had been in great dis trees, and were receiving relief fienii the parish of Isle worth. On Tuesday morning NVilliam Oliver, one of the sons, came to a neighbour's house in a state of alarm, and said that his father and mother were very ill, and the person to whom he applied immediately went for Mr. Richardson, the overseer, and accompanied him to the miserable hut occupied by the family, where a dreadful scene presented itself —the woman !Yin; upon the bel quite dead, and her husband, in the agonies of death, by her side. A messenger was immediately dispatched for Mr. Cur tis, the medical officer of the union, and he soon attended, and did all that was possible to alleviate the sufferings of the man, but without avail, as he expired shin st immediately. The wife was undressed, and lying nearly on her face in bed. The man, when first found, was partly dressed, and lying on his wife'e body, and the scene was altogether of a most aw; ul character. The room presented an appearance of the most wretched poverty; all the covering for the wretched parents and their children was a few rags ; there was not a chair in the apartment, and the only article in the room was an old saucepan, that had ap parently contained coke to warm the room. The actual cause of this double death at present remains a mystery, but it is believed to be from the effect of poison. The constable who was called in found a piece of paper, whieh ,contained some white powder, believed to be arsenic, which has been taken away for medical examination, but the result has not yet transpired. On a further search the constable found one penny and a small quantity of bread and bacon, which the little boy (William) says his father wished him to eat in the night, and awoke him for that purpose, but he would not do so. There is some reason to believe that there was an intention on the part of one or other of the unhappy deceased persons to destroy the whole family; for another child (Eliza) had evidently partaken of some noxious ingredient, as she was very ill when the su rgeon was called in, and exhibited all the appearance of having taken poison, although she is now out of danger, and, with her brother, in the union -house, under the care of the parochial authorities. The cot tage and the remains of the unhappy deceased are at present in the charge of the police, and will remain so until after the inquest. Dr. Curtis has expressed his opinion that from the appearance's the deaths were the result of poison; and it is supposed, from the posi tion in which the man was found, that he had got up and partly dressed himself with the intention of leaving the room, but had sunk down in the attempt. Both of them had been dreadfully sick, and their mouths and nostrils were covered with froth when they were discovered. The time for the inquest is nut yet fixed, but information of the melancholy oc currence has been forwarded to the proper authority. JUVENILE DEPRAVITY, On Tuesday afternoon a fire was discovered pro ceeding from a stable in the occupation of an aged widow, named Gaisford, a t B u lki ng t on , a b ou t fi ves miles from Devizes, and the flames communicating to the dwelling-house adjoining, the whole was con sumed in the course of two hours. It may be re membered that some alarm was excited in this place about a year and a half ago, in consequence of the de molition of nearly the whole of the windows of Mrs. Gaisford's house, and of a grea t p or tion of her crockery, apparently without hands. Mrs, Gaisford —good easy woman—and her husband (who was living at the time) could not be persuaded but that it proceeded from some supernatural power—that it was, in fact, the freaks of a ghost. Upon no other person's mind, however, was there the slightest doubt but that it was the act of the grandson of the old people, an artful urchin, then only about nine years of age ; and circumstances have transpired to confirm the fact. The boy has since gone by the name of " the Bulkington Ghost." After the flames had been quelled on Tuesday, suspicions were excited that " the Bulkington Ghost " had been to work again. Superintendent Haines, who had been attracted to the spot from Potterne, by the light which the flames produced, discovered upon inquiry that the boy had a day or two previously purchased some lucifer matches ; and as the stable communicated with the dwelling house, and there being no other persons in the house at the time than the boy and his grandmother —the boy having been absent about five minutes tier fore the fire was discovered—he felt it his duty to ap prebend him. His suspicions were strengthened by the fact that the door of the stable, which fronts the yard, was fastened at the time—clearly showing that the fire must proceed from some one in the house. The boy, at about twelve at night, was taken to the blind house, but he had not been there long before he be , came greatly alarmed, and entreated to be allowed to go to his grandmother. The constable who had charge of him said he must know something of the fire first. The boy as4o, whether, if he confessed, he should be let out? Without any promise being made to him, he after wards confessed—that he had taken the cows to water, and that on his return he went Into the stable from the yard ; that he then fastened the door, applied a match to the straw in the rack, and seeing it burn, went into the kitchen and sat down by the side of his grandmother, as if no thi ng h a d h a ppened ; adding, that he did n o t thi n k o f se tting tW house on fire. About five minutes afterwards, a person seeing amok° 'storing from the stable, went and endeavoured to open the door, but finding it fastened, broke it open, when the flames broke forth with re doubled fury. The following morning the boy was taken before Mr. Ludlow Bruges and the Rev. Mr. Crawley, when, in the most hardened manner, he not only denied committing the act, but also said that he did not even know upon what charge he was taken up. Mr. Superintendent I/a.igea said he had no doubt that the boy had made the confession ;.,a the blind 4onse under the imp ress i on that it wouid`be the mean of liberating him. From this circumstance, , and taking into COOS4ergio the very tender age of the boy, the magistrates did 4.0; feel ia ! gel in committing him ; he was therefore (set, vii; liberty. He readily acknowledged to the . supelint . ,Ad:.nt that it was he who broke all the windows a 4 the crockery in his grand mother's house. He state, other freaks! that his grandmother had put him to bed one night, and he had lain just long enough for her to suppose that he was asleep, when he jumped out of the bed, ran into her room, dashed through his hands the window, and was back into his own room, in bed, and again apparently asleep, Wore the old woman could come up stairs and see what had happened. A more depraved young rascal was never heard of, his lan guage is shocking, and although now a little more than ten years of age, he is the terror of the village.— Devizes Gazette. STATISTICS OF PARIS. Count Rambuteau, the Prefect of the Seine, being called on Saturday to preside at the election of five members of the Chamber of Commerce of Paris, availed himself of that opportunity to present to the electors an expose of the situation of the revenues, trade, manufactures, savings'-banks, hospitals, schools, embellishments, &c., of that capital during the year about to expire. The tolls had produced 30,510,416 f., or 738,268 f. less than in 1843. The consumption of butchers' meat during the eleven months of 1844 was —oxen, 69,951; cows, 14,522 ; calves, 71,793 ; sheep, 401,044 ; showing an increase, as compared with the corresponding period of 1843, of 2,856 oxen and 5,716 calves, and a decrease of 1,518 cows and 6,500 sheep. The ordinary and extraordinary exports re gistered at the Custom-house of Paris, during those eleven months, amounted to 138,972,194 f. ; on the Ist of December, 1843, they were only 117,469,402 f. —increase in 1844, 21,502,792 f. The trade of Paris, it appears, was more extensive with the United States than with any other nation, and had augmented by 10,000,000 f. The investments in the savings'-banks on the Ist January, 1844, amounted to 104,786,243 f. During the last 11 months the deposits had exceeded the reimbursements by 3,479,990 f. The Prefect then proceeded to describe the improvements and additions executed in several of the hospitals ; a farm had been purchased, in which 400 insane were employed at moderate labour with complete success ; and the foun dation of a new hospital would be laid in 1845, in the Faubourg Poissonniere. The expenses of those hospitals amounted to upwards of 14,000,000 f. Four establishments of primary instruction had been finished at a cost of 500,0001., and opened in 1844 ; the expense incurred for the maintenance of those schools, which were frequented by 39,678 children, had been 968,967 f., or 40,0001. more than in 1843. Several new streets had been opened, squares laid out, 4,000 metres of sewers and 10,000 of flagways constructed; the water of the artesian well of Grenelle had been conveyed to the reservoirs of the Pantheon ; additional fountains had been erected ; the works of the new prison of La Force, of the barrack of the Celestins, and of the new market of Beauveau St. Antoine were carried on with such activity that it was expected those buildings would be completed in the course of next year; the church of St. Vincent de Paule had been opened to Catholic worship, and the city put in possession of the old church of Panthemont, which would be shortly converted into a Protestant temple. " Our admirable institutions," said the Prefect in conclusion, "and, above all, the genius of the King, whose pro longed reign proves so great a blessing to France, unceasingly develop that great national movement, and in a few years the prosperity of Paris, as well as that of France will repose on a basis too strong to be shaken." NEW ZEALAND. (Concluded from our paper of Dec. 11.) REPORT FROM TIIE SELECT COMMITTEE. The observations already made will enable your Committee very briefly to express their opinion on the question which has led to so much discussion, as to whether the New Zealand Company are entitled to call upon her Alsjesty's Government to put them in possession of a large extent of land without reference to the validity of their supposed purchases from the natives. If the view which we have taken of the right of the Crown to the whole of the unoccupied soil of New Zealand, and of the nullity of all private pur chases of land from the natives, be a correct one; and if' this were also the view of the then Secretary of State at the time that the arrangement with the New Zea land Company was concluded ; it follows, as a matter of course, that by that arrangement it must have been intended to give to the Company a claim binding, in good faith, upon the estate of the Crown, to the number of acres awarded to them by iblr. Pen nington ; and that this claim could not in any way be affected by the character of those supposed purchases from the natives, which it was the very object of the whole arrangement to set aside as altoge ther null and invalid. We have already fully stated our reasons for the conclusion to which we have come with respect to the rights of the Crown ; we have therefore only to add, that we cannot doubt this conclusion to be completely in accordance with what were the views of the then Secretary of State, since we find that the charter under the great seal, by which New Zealand was erected into a separate colony, and the original instructions under the royal sign manual, which were drawn up at nearly the same time that the arrangement with the Company was under dis cussion, were couched in terms which, as we have already observed, clearly imply that the ownership of land by the natives was regarded as being confined to that which was " actually occupied and enjoyed by them," and that all unoccupied land was vested in the Crown ; while the acknowledgment of any claim of right on the part of Europeans to land, in virtue of supposed sales from the natives, was in the most ex plicit terms denied. Upon these grounds we have come to the resolution which stands 4th amongst those which will be found at the close of this report. The error in policy which your Committee have pointed out as having in our opinion been fallen into by the officers who have held the Government of New Zealand, in not asserting the right of the Crown to all the unoccupied soil of these islands, is very closely connected with another, to which we also feel it necessary to advert. It appears to us that there has been a want of vigour and decision in the general tone of the proceedings adopted towards the natives; measures have not been taken, as we think they ought, for making the original inhabitants understand that they are now to be considered as British subjects, and must therefore abstain from all conduct inconsistent with that character. The local authorities may have been guided by a desire to treat the natives of the soil with the most scrupulous justice and with the greatest fifil4tentiOP ; but we are not the less persuaded that, only in what has been done with regard to the ownership of land, but also in showing too much respect for native customs, they have been led to pursue a line of policy which in its consequences must he injurious to the true interests of those out of consideration to whom it has been adopted. We agree in the opinion expressed by one of the witnesses we have examined (\lr, Esrp), that the rude inhabitants of New Zealand ought to be treated in many respects like children, and that in dealing with them firmness is not less necessary than kindness, In the first instance, there was on the part of the natives a disposition to defer, with almost superstitious reverence, to the authority of the Government ; and had this authority been firmly and ,judiciously exercised to suppress intestine war and all savage and barbarous customs, and to enforce between different tribes and between individuals the great principles of justice and respect for property, no serious resistance would probably ever have been attempted. But from an over-sensitive fear of in fringing upon native rights, the authority which, had it been decidedly assumed, would, there is every reason to believe, have been willingly sub mitted to, has been lost, and the consequence has been that murder and cannibalism have been allowed to he committed unpunished, and that very serious hostilities have broken out between different tribes, while the right of the British Govern ment to interfere has been repudiated by the more powerful party, and the want of the promised protection loudly complained of' by the weakest. Your committee are persuaded that an enlightened humanity and a re gard for the real welfare of the native tribes require that British power and authority should be resolutely exerted to put a stop to such a state of things, to main tain internal peace, and to prevent native customs and usages from being acted upon in a manner incon sistent.with good order and morality, and with the progress of civilisation. We would beg to refer to the report of Captain Grey, the Governor of South Australia, on the best means of promoting the civili sation of the aboriginal inhabitants of Adidr•ltii4, which was transmitted by Lord J. Russell to Captain Hobson, for his guidance, as containing an able expo sitinn of the policy which ought to be pursued upon this important and difficult subject. It is necessary to observe, that the policy vvu VI3 - commend requires for its safe adoption, in the present state of affairs, that the Governor of New Zealand 414041.4 have at his disposal more power than he now possesses of enforeinW obedience to his WhQrity. We see no reason to apprehend a successfni atteMpt by the natives to overturn by force the power of the Government; we concur with Major Bunbury in thinking that " the jealousy and rivalry of different tribea anmngst themselves would pro vent their acting with any effect against the European population," and we have no doubt that civilisation and intelligence, in the event of a struggle, would maintain their accustomed superiority i still we consider that it is of the utmost Impoftance, in order to avert the calamities which must ensue from even an attempt at resistance to the authority of the Governor, that he should be armed with so obviously •zuperior a po wer as t o preven t any suc h attempt f rom being macie. Additional means of enforcing- obedience to lawful alithOriiy are requireq, not merely against the natives, but against the lower class' of eniigt;44s a ap s e, iOtlhordinate proceedings at s N elsen, which fio44 the want of ace could tint 1;13 properly put do wn , w ill b e f oun d i n th e A g yp4,1544, Adverting to the scattered situation of the settle meats which have been formed, and to the importance of their all being not only promptly protected when ever an emergency may arise, but also f requen tl y visited by the Governor in person, we conceive that by far the most useful addition which could be made to the force at his disposal would be that which would be afforded by placing an armed steamer of moderate size under his orders. In addition to this, we think that a militia composed of the settlers should be or ganised, from which we would by no means exclude such of the natives as should so far have adopted the habits of civilised life as to be fit to bear arms in the same ranks with Europeans ; we need also hardly observe that such a force should always be kept under the complete control of the Governor, and that he should always have such a proportion of re gular troops under his command as not to be entirely dependent upon the militia for support. We are further disposed to believe that advantage might re sult from endeavouring to create a permanent native force under European officers, but in which their own chiefs might also, perhaps, hold commands ; such a force would probably afford, not only a cheap addition to the military power of the Governor, but also a valuable instrument for gradually training the natives to habits of order and subordination. Your Committee cannot offer these recommenda tions, tending to what may be thought a more severe enforcement of authority over the natives, without, at the same time, expressing their strong sense of the duty incumbent upon the Government of adopting the most effective measures for their welfare and improve ment. With this view, we conceive that every effort should be made to amalgamate the two races ; more particularly, the utmost attention should be paid to the education and training of the rising generation of the aborigines; whenever their improvement in intelligence will admit of it, the natives should be placed in every respect on a footing of perfect equality with their white fellow-subjects, and as soon as possible, they should be employed in the civil service of the Government in any situations in which they can make themselves useful. We also attach much importance to the adoption of a good system of making , reserves of land for their benefit. These reserves ought, in our opinion, to be of mode rate size, and interspersed with the lands destined for the occupation of settlers ; the natives should be en couraged themselves to occupy and to cultivate the land thus reserved for their benefit, and only those parts of it for which they might have no immediate occasion should be allowed to be let on lease to Eu ropeans, the leases being restricted to a moderate term of years, and the rents so obtained being con sidered as applicable only for their advantage. By this arrangement the natives established upon such reserves being scattered, a few together, amongst the European population, would be more likely, than under any other plan which has been suggested, gradually to adopt the customs and ways of life of their civilised neighbours; whereas, if the land re served for them were in large blocks, and they were collected together in considerable numbers, the proba bility is that they would cling far more pertinaciously to the habits of savage life, and, if so, this interesting people would too surely melt away . before the advanc ing tide of European settlement. It is an evil of which the experience of other colo nies affords frequent examples, that the progress of settlement is impeded by land coming into the pos session of persons who endeavour to derive a profit, not from its improvement, but by suffering it to lie waste until it acquires value from the labour and capi tal expended in the surrounding district.; it therefore appears to us that means should be taken to guard against this abuse in New Zealand. This will, we trust, be to a great extent effected by the regulations, which will prevent property in land from being ac quired, otherwise than by purchase ; but, as a further security, we would recommend that some part of the colonial revenue should be raised by means of a tax upon land. On the North American continent, when a tax has been imposed upon land with the view of checking its b e i ng h e ld b y persons no t actuallyin tending to make use of it, we believe the tax has gene rally been laid upon wild land only. Looking, however, at the difficulty of accurately determining the degree of improvement which should exempt land from a tax applying only to that which is designated as wild, and to the facility thus afforded for evading the burden, it appears to us more advisable that such a tax should be imposed on all land, whether wild or otherwise. If the tax were low (we think it ought not to exceed 2d. an acre) it would be unfelt as a practical burden on land really turned to profitable account, while even this small payment recurring annually, would powerfully tend to discourage the retention of land by p ar ti es d er i v i ng no immediate advantage from it. Such a tax ought not of course to apply to land now occupied by the natives, or to that held as re serves for their benefit. The lands granted to the New Zealand Company ought also to be regarded in a different light from that held by private indivi duals ; they have obtained that land in the character of agents for the public in carrying on the work of colonisation ; so long, therefore, as they adequately discharge the duties belonging to that character, they ought not to be subjected to the tax in respect of land they hold for this purpose; at the same time, care should be taken that no privilege capable of being abused should be given to them. We would, therefore, suggest that the lands remaining un sold in the hands of the Company should be freed from the tax, so long as the extent of land so held should not exceed that which would remain to them, sup posing that from the commencement of their opera tions they had, one year with another, sold one twenty-fifth part of the land assigned to them by the Crown. Should their sales upon the whole fall short of this, they might fairly be required to pay the tax upon the difference. It might also be proper to insist, as a condition for their enjoying the proposed exemp tion, that a fixed p ro p or ti on o f th e procee d s o f their land sales should be applied to the promotion of emigration. Your Committee having now stated very fully their views upon those parts of the subject referred to them which have the most important bearing upon the practical measures which ought now to be adopted, and having in their resolutions adverted to some of those measures which do not seem to require any par ticular explanation, had originally intended to have offered seine remarks upon the complaints which the servants of the Crown in the colony upon the one side, and those employed by the New Zealand Company on the other, have mutually made against each other; but, upon further deliberation, it has appeared to us that the unhappy differences which have prevailed are most likely to ho allayed by our forbearing to pro nounce an opinion which must of necessity involve an expression of blame on some, if not all, of those who have taken part in these proceedings ; we, therefore, have thought it most expedient to abstain altogether from entering fiirther into this part of the subject; even as to the unhappy affair at Wairau, by which so many valuable lives were lost, we will add nothing to the resolution which we have unanimously adopted, and which will be found amongst those subjoined to this report, and we will only express our earnest hope that all classes of settlers, and more especially those persons to whom important duties in the newly-esta blished colony have been entrusted, either by her Mll jesty l 3 Cioyernrnept or by the Company, will feel that the interest and welfare of all requires, that harmony should be re-established, and that this can only be accomplished by mutual forbearance and moderation. In conclusion, we beg to submit to the House the following resolutions, as containing a summary of the opiniona we have formed on the whale subject . ;--, 1. That the condpet of the New Zealand Company, in sending opt settlers to New Zealand, not only with out the Auction, but in direct defiance, of the autho rity of the Crown, was highly irregular and improper. 2. That the conclusion of the treaty of Waitangi by Captain Hobson with certain natives of New Y,c‘a.-:. land, was a part of a series of itiludic,•iona proceedings, which had commenced sooral years previous to his assiimpi,ion of the local Government. _ 3. That the acknowledgment by the local authori, ties of a right of property on the part a the natives qr NeW 1 1 01 Wila 14nda in those islands, after the sovereignty had been assumed by her Ma jesty, was not essential to the true construction of the treaty of Waitangi, and was an error which ha 4 Leen, productive of very injurious copsequences. 4. Th4t the Is'e w 'Zealand Company has a right to expect to be put in possession by the Government, with the least possible delay, of the number of aclres awarded to it by Mr. Penningt9 that the Company had this riaht ;p i46:ain4t the estate of the Crown, without reference to the validity, or otherwise, of its supposed purchases from the natives, all claims derived from which have been surrendered, 5. That the Company, in sclectipg the land to be granted x the (jvqvy;l ivitiiire the defined limits, can. not ciaiM the grant of any land not vested in the Crown. 6. That means ought to be forthwith adopted fur establishing the exclusive title of the Crown to All land not actually occupied and enjoyed by natives, ur held under grants from the Crown; such laud to be considered as vested in the Crown for he purpose of being employed in the manner most conducive to the welfare of the inhabitants, whether natives or Europeans. 7. That in order to prevent land from being held by parties not intending to male use of the same, a land, tax, not exceeding 3d. an acre, ought to be imposed that All parties claiming land should be required to put in their claims, and pay one year's tax in advance, within twelve months. 8. That such tax ought not to be considered as ap plying to the whole estate of the New Zealand. t : ;6111 , pany, so long as they shall continue uat less then 11A of the 1110 grenstel Ulm annually, annually, a l d to mend § fired Weartisan of the proceed* i n Oinigration 7 P• That such tax ought also not to be considered n ' ! ' applying to 12 "'s - now actually occupied and el}.. j o,Nreu ny the natives, or to resirvea set atart and held for their benefit 19. to be mule for the n - ..441V05, interspersed with the lands assigned to settlers, IVl tu d suitable provision for regulating their alienation , se ., preserving the use of them for the natives as long': may be necessary ; an d th a t th ese rese rves ought ne`e to be included in calculating the amount of land du to that Company. 11. That, as it app ears by ev id ence that the n°n o ' i . settlement of the land cl a i ms h as been produeti ye , e , great confusio n a n d m i sc hi e f i n t h e co l on y, it i est "i , client to adopt measur es f or gran ti ng legal titles 010 f the least possible d e l a y t o th e ac t ua l occupant s land, unless under special circumstances of abuse. to 12. That the prohibition to all private pera °s l v purchase land from the natives ought to enforced, except that land which may have been P. 11 :1 - I chased by natives they should be at liberty t° again, provided the transaction be sanctioned by th Protector. 13. That it is highly important that the Governor should have more effectual means of enforcing obfe; dience to his authority, and also greater faciliti l l visiting frequently the ditYerent settlements; a nd with this view it is expedient that an armed steamer' of moderate size, be placed at his disposal. id be 14. That it is expedient that the settlers Sh °ll— as a militia, under the orders and c ontrol ; the Governor. Natives, under proper precaati°n ' being allowed to serve in it. be strict , 13 15. That it i s ex p e di en t th a t an attempts ..°u f also be mad e t o ra i se an d di sc i p li ne a nat i v e fur b` , a more perma nen t c h arac t er , o ffi cere d i n g oers' or Europeans, but in which any of the natives NO° be found trustworthy may hold commands. 16. That the employment of natives in the ' service of the G overnmen t i n any s i tuat i ons in "' lb they aan be useful is highly desirable. 17. That efforts s h ou ld b e ma d e gra d ua lly to we°lle the natives fr om th e i r anc i ent customs, an d to ind% c them to adopt those of c ivili se d lif e , upon the P o ri ° - r; ciple recomme n d e d b y C ap t a i n G rey, i n his re,r th e on the mod e o f i n t ro d uc i ng c i v ili sat i on er mongs' natives of Australia. 18. That th e p r i nc i p l e rhA s in which th e New 111 0 Company have a c t e d i n ma ki ng t h e reserves for o f natives, with a vi ew t o th e i r u l t i mate as we ll $5 Rre;tsewil welfare, and in s na ki ng su it a bl e prov i s i on f or and educational purp oses , are soun d an d joule .° tending to the benefit of all classes. d o ca' 19. That the C omm itt ee , upon a rev i ew o f th 9 t - g i v at mentary evidence rel a ti ng t o th e l oss of life It i ' '; the (without off e ri ng any op i n i on upon the 1 01 , - ot i 01, case), deem it an ac t o f j ust i ce to the o those who fell there, to state, that it app elir 't e the expedition in question was undertakea r jo3 purpose beli e ved by th e part i es to be law° . pe9 desirable, a n d w hi c h, a l so, examp l e i n analogousl,ct had unfort una t e l y l e d t h em to expect mig''''fbe effected without resistance from the native' : their Committee cannot w ithh o ld th e express i on o' llf , regret at th e l oss o f lif e w hi c h occurre d , esP ec i i - o ss the loss o f C ap t a i n A rt h ur Wake field,:`.aC long and di s ti ngu i s h e d serv i ces i n the British " s pa are recorded in the papers before the Committee,gr, of Mr. Thompson, the stipendiary mag istrate ; 0 3, Richardson, the Crown pro s e c ut or ; C a ptain Eng' Mr. Cotterell, Mr. Patchett, and Mr. Howard. BANK.CI!ARTER ACT. an t On Tuesday and W e d nes d ay nex t, th e 31st ' 11 7 4 - o lc and Ist proximo, two more portions of the ';ill Charter Act (7th and Bth Vi c t or i a , c ap. 3 2 ) , e a. come into operati o n. By th e 21 s t sec ti o n it acted that every banker in England and Wa les , s , - ,e on the I s t o f J anuary i n eachyear, or withi n 111- d days th erea f ter , ma k e a return to the Stamp•°i"; t o his n ame , res id ence, an d occupat i on ; case of a co m p an y or partners hi p, o f t h e name , " s i p s dente, and occup a ti on o f every perso n o re lr tn er• or being a member of such company or P s `lieh ship, and also the name of the firm under the such ba n k er , company, or partners hi p, c arry %oh b usiness o f b an ki ng , an d of every place whe re o ar b usines s i s carr i e d on ; an d i f any such bank er, ,ue pany, or part ners hip, s h a ll omit or refuse t ° T.,,ilv such r e t urn w ithi n fif teen days, o r shall W " make other than a true return, every banker or 0 -1 0 pany so offending shall forfeit 50/. The i n forma n ' or so required to be furnished is to be published ° OO , before the Ist of March in every years i si Carl paper circulated where the parties respectiv„e`Yfurts on business. The other portion relates k" ny as three banking establishments, an d to sia , ins ee ijoth come within the provision. By the 23 % s tit i o neci it is declared that the bankers I n t, i s si k :.: in the sc h e d u l e w h o h ave ce ase° their o wn no t es un d er certain a greeme nts de , ol t Bank of E ng l an d , s h ou ld have their agree nie shou ld termined on th e 31 s t i ns t ant , a n d that ba nkera Frail receive, by w a y o f compensat i on, a c omPsit ic ' n. yto and after the day mentioned, the Bank shall P a ',,ive the bankers, so long as they shall be will in g t°ree'- nt* the same, a composition after the rate of one per c ,, e to on the average amount of the Bank of England n'. oo issued by them, and actually remaining in cireulatriv —to-be ascertained on some day in April next. rj d,, mode to be adopted is set forth in respect to manner in which the notes i n circulation are t ° , t'e ascertained. Similar accou n t s are t o b e taken int.bc; ceeding years, and the compositions are to be p3 l " the Bank of England out of their own funds. t he event of a dispute the matter is to be determine," he the Chancellor of the Exchequer, or a p a rty.": e b° The shall appoint, whose decision is to be cone/ a :11)e o ut ' bankers set forth may discontinue to s r u e e nr d '' isci,o o n t o in tes w , position, but no such banker is ance, to acquire any right or title t y e issu eblin e - tapos: i " tTiohnestsvirh'eanlltyc-efiafsteh i s n ec A ti u o g n u p st r , ov l i B d s e 6 s , that the ious 1 if not Pr u e l e Act determined. On the days mentioned, the v i " ° will be in force. „fig i••• THE FEES OF THE CHUR CH FRAN CE The following scandalous scene is deer' — „ ci ths l Paris paper of Saturday last :—lt 3PPe B- ' - f the during the past week the subaltern otnee il ,,,iiitsrl 14th Light Regierient assembled at the "' der the hospital of the Gros-Caillon, in order to ren ri de. last melancholy offices to ' a deceived cc)ri) .I n3 on All were in the church, and the ” leo ,1 , having arrived, were waiting for the fu ne— iss tic ) 01 tot commence, when the Rev. e xclail o ust towards the assembled throng, perform the duty most willingly, but t be w7l ning first know which person amongst you 13 paymaster ?" " All ofus," t 1, The was the rep • . d o money, however, holding out his band, erie son' e ' V ery well, let us see !" The assistants var e n d what taken aback by this strange demand , ti ois B " being provided with the requisite sum they P r • i }j° to satisfy his reverence's pecuniary '_desgire,so t: t course of the day. " Oh, I •e nothing that," replied our priest, 55 the cash must 1 ) „ e , r t once ! N o money , no S w i ss !" In f ac t, 5 ilsb announced his intentio n no t t o p fu neral al of I' the rit ua l unt il t h e pr i ce of the e i , s r ed' vice (11 fr ancs ) was safely lodged i n hig 6V I pock e t. O ne of the officers g then said, may begin the service, for I promis e ° O r" . your fee on the word of an officer and !II 0 : Ilym." One would na t ura ll y have imiln, d it 11O the abbe would, upon this, have given waft • n sti el ' s he, n o thi ng cou ld so' ten his obdurgio deteri°l-0111 and the subalterns were at length compelle d o s messenger to the milit ary sc h oo l f or th e i0ne),,,," tolol periously exacted, Cut the best remains t° In the meantime the dissatisfaction of the 0 5 " - ae fet 4 olliwrs increased to such a height that the f t r i° mined not to avail themselves of the rsg ; : .- e • ° e e ', ll , l Church at all, the value of which this t; sly "`. -u t ra ye °-. conduct on the part of the priest no doubt gr e—t tributed to lessen. - - -- - oer ° _ 3L4. -_, Vim... 0 i B • - - ii ac Yvt A ierday morning no less than 3 6 c h ° ,,' l ,i,d il l united in the bands of nAlt.pittiony at St. J °- "osr —' Waterloo -road. Tho happy couples" we re batches. BIRTHS. 1 , t,l 3 e l "' On the 23d inst., at Thorp e H am l e t, Norwic P Henry Brydgea Clarice, Esq., of a daughter. , mei P .- 011 the 22d of December, at Salisbury, Mrs. 05- . t be . Or a ac m,' ab allb Ch el" to On On the 18th inst., at Lansdown-crescent, lady of 11. E. Butlr, Es, f a son and heir. go . C . the 17th inst., at Clyde -place, Glasgow , '- John Barrie, of a son. leySt reet ' tb° On the 19th inst., at Urpeth, near Cheater" VIA: of Edward F. Boyd, Esq., of a girl. ,o; bsf i MARRIfJ). -• Or. i ' r de. ° On the 26th inst., at Dorkiost ebn.rch, Surrey' el A nn , Kirby, of Doris-strczt, Kennington, to Mal. corref'f 'VI daughter 23ditihe inst ;iitisek ,iv . ; , a a t t daughter of INtr, 'iveed, of Juni per- hill. Dorking• ' - ',„ n d, d,...` g t On thee°fl9t liornby, Esq., M.P. for 1 1 ,14ckburn, to Marg'" 1, C t1 1 ; 1 I : r o t lle n aliv e cAqisto her Bird. , sou fu g h at churc.... .. d s a tto . , Notts, Joi4kSut4"; Esq,, eldest son of Sir Eic e k 6 L._ elder A41 1 1..t Of Norwood-pork, Notts, to Emma 11.1.0'" .._, o,44 t bter of C44nel Sherlock, i. 11., of South_,--:--- , Northumb.feer,ro,oo6, Sir Neil Cam tln the Itlth ult Mrs a: Elizabeth Martin, On the ISt - bpbeinus:ti On the 16 th .of in tht ., i 1 :61 a 44 d l y p t Campbell, l E on p . . joiin r i e:i. , : po c' f t Sarah, widow _ ui,.....,10 7 0 % ' ,-, e ndish - s ( 1 ' n the Wth Lisa., Mr. R. Noble, of L denhall''' 0/Yet. Vernon,On the 21st inst., at Pot n ter: .: a . OA the 21st inst , Mr. John Tophani, of ft o ulas•P I.l4lnthersmith. . %,, Es.q,, We Captain in r - e 47 i h I n e f r a i t n g 'try G - e°rg : o J j ttt i : ft LP the ttitt inst. E , nip., ..,, i'll. , of Chatham. On the 2 9 ' • Croy Dick: - -,i inst., at South-bridge House, )01 -•as. e, S t° Q v ~ , : the 5-Ith Mr. Vesey Bishop, of Sandford-plsc -.NOWlngton, ite rrl‘ 35 On the 9 4 1 inst., Thorn _,,, the eldest son of nenrydxo.o, so, t i at Upper Kentish -town , ^ J. nant, Esq, aged 80. c4avifluljraor!Gnerillt Btlol naOn, the 24th inst., Frances Mary, the infant daughter Cif Egan, Esq., of Cavendish-road West, St. John's -Roy ibts On the 19th inst., in Pimlico, Captain Goo:4e All ' R. 1 7 - a, aged 80. Pub ce li s had by MURD° YOUIIIIS, - -.4 - Atirand. The P r i n ter. at tho in the C oizilPi s Offi . :strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, 184 4. Middlesex, Thursday, December 26, Loa.t)n. : Plintod No. 110 4,021 15,467 13,482 3,444 20,724 10,285 5,5 S 6 7,891 14,413 11,323 28,837 18,107 21,824 2,486 26,343 12,153 9,404 10,877 10,786 12,209 8,28 4,585 6,190 10,649 13,440 81,556 12,124 1,645 7,970 wit kis OM lint *.,, the, tot. ' 4, 4i *hi