The Sun. — London, England, 1845-02-06 00:00:00

BANK RETURNS. (From the London Gazette of Tuesday.) a Adoount, pursuant to the Act seventh and eighth Victoria, cap. 32, of the Average Amount of Bank Notes, of the several Banks of Issue in England and Wales, in Circulation during the Week ending Satur day, the 25th day of January, 1845 : Average PRIVATE BANKS. Amount. Abingdon Bank, Abingdon—Knapp and Co £25,891 Andover Bank, Andover—Heath and Co 15,150 Ashford Bank, Ashford—jammitt and Pomfret 12,122 Aylsham Bank, Aylsham—R. and E. Copeman 5,743 Aylesbury Old Bank, Aylesbury—Rickford and hunt Baldock Bank and Baldock and Biggleswade Bank, Baidock—Wells, Hogg, and Lindsell... 33,290 Barnstaple Bank, Barnstaple—Drake and Co 13,575 Basingstoke and Odiham Bank, Basingstoke— Cole, Seymour, and Co. &Iliad Bank, Bedford—T. Barnard lic..dford and Bedfordshire Bank, Bedford— Trapp, Halfhead, and Co. Bewdiny Bank, Bewdley—Nichols, Baker, and Crane Bic2ster 'end Oxfordshire Bank and Oxford Bank. Blcester—Tubb,Wootten, and Co. Birmingham Bank, Birmingham—Attwoods, SpOoner, and Co not received BirnuFgham and Warwickshire Bank, Birming- Itui---Lewis, Moilliett, and Co 15,520 Blandiord Bank, Blandford—Bastard and Oak Bust.)r. Boston—Garfit and Co 66,576 Boston Bank, Boston—Gee and Co 10,874 Bridga-Aer Bank, Bridgwater—E. &J. Sealey 8,961 Bristol Bank, Bristol—Miles, Harford, and Co. 45,392 Brnseley and Bridgnorth, and Bridgnorth and Broseley Bank, Broseley—Messrs. Pritchard 25,612 Buckingham Bank, Buckingham—Bartlett, Parrott, and Co. Bury ar_d Suffolk Bank, Sudbury Bank, Market Bank, Bury—Oakes, Bevan, and Co.. 74,117 Banbury Bank, Banbury—Gillett and Tawney. 35,715 Banbury Old Bank, Banbury—Messrs. Cobb 47,255 Kati. City Bank, Bath—Moger and Son Bedfordshire Leighton Buzzard Bank, Leighton Buzzard—Bassett and Grant 35,246 Birmingham Bank, Birmingham—Taylor and Lloyds Bradford Old Bank, Bradford, Yorkshire—H and A, Harris Brecon Old Bank, Brecon—Wilkins and Co 60,796 Bindport Bank, Bridport—S. and W. E. Gundry 25,227 Brighton Union Bank, Brighton—Hall, West, and Borrer _ 8,135 Burlington and Driffield Bank, Burlington- Harding, Smith, and Co 11,583 Bury St. Edmunds Bank, Bury St. Edmunds- J. Worlledge and Co. Bromsgrove Bank and Stourbridge and Broms grove Bank, Bromsgrove-Rufford, Briggs, and Co. 15,615 Cambridge Bank, Cambridge-Mortlock and Sons . 24,654 Cambridge and Cambridgeshire Bank, Catn bridge-Messrs. Forsters Canterbury Bank, Canterbury-Hammond and Co. Carmarthen Bank, Carmarthen-Morris and Sons Chcrtsey Bank, Chertsey-Messrs. La Costo Colchester Bank, Colchester-Round, Green, and Co. 21,897 Colchester and Essex Bank, Witham and Essex Bank, and Hadleigh Bank, Suffolk, Colchester -Mills, Bawtree, and Co Cornish Bank, Truro-Tweedy and Co Coventry Bank, Coventry-Little and Wood cock City Bank, Exeter-Milford and Co 21,383 Craven Bank, Settle-Birkbecks and Co. Christchurch Bank, Christchurch-Tice, Welsh, and Co 2,105 Cardiff Bank, Cardiff-Towgood and Co 6,461 Chepstow Old Bank, Chepstow Bank, Mon mouth Old Bank, Monmouth Bank, Brecon Bank, and Ross and Herefordshire Bank, Chepstow-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 25,592 Devizes and Wiltshire Bank, Devizes-Hughes, Locke, and Co 17,753 Diss Bank, Diss-Oakes, Fincham, and Co 10,271 Doncaster Bank, Doncaster-Leatham, Tew, and Co. 13,396 Doncaster Bank and Retford Bank, Doncaster- Cook and Co. Dover Union Bank, Dover-Lathan, and Co 8,332 Darlington Bank, Durham Bank, and Stockton on-Tees Bank, Darlington-Backhouse, and Co 73,075 ])evonport Bank, Devonport-Hodge and Nor man Dorchester Old Bank and Dorsetshire Bank, Dorchester-Williams and Co. East Cornwall Bank, Liskeard-Robins, Foster, . and Co. 97,274 East Riding Bank, Beverley-Bower, Hutton, and Co. Essex Bank and Bishops Stortford Bank, - Chelmsford-Sparrow, Walford, and Co 57,425 Exeter Bank, Exeter-Sanders and Co 37,245 Yakenham Bank, Fakenham-Gurneys, Birk beck, and Co. 11:arringdon Bank and Bank of \Vantage, Far rlngdon-Barnes and Medley 7,852 Farnham Bank, Farnham-Messrs. Knight 14,380 Faversham Bank, Faversham-Hilton and Co 5,981 Godalming Bank, Godalming-Mellersh and King 5,880 Grantham Bank, Grantham-Kewney and King 15,952 Guildford Bank, Guildford-Messrs. Haydon... 15,008 Grantham Bank, Grantham-Hardy and C 0.... 27,264 Hastings; Old ßank, Hastings-Smith, Hilder, and Co. 37,064 Hereford City and County Bank, Hereford- Matacws and Co. HertilMshire Bank and Ware Bank, Ware- _ _ . 2,946 S. Adams and Co. Hull Bank and Kingston-upon-Hull Bank, Hull —Smith, Brothers, and Co. Huntingdon Town and County Bank, Hunting don—Rust and Veasey Harwich Bank, Harwich—Cox, Cobbold, and Co 5,068 Hemel Hempstead Bank, Ilemel Hempstead — Smith, and Whittingstall 21,234 Honiton Bank, Honiton—Flood and Co. llertfordshire, Hi tchen Bank, Hitchen—Sharples and Co. Hereford, Ross, and Archenfiekl Bank, and Ross and Archenfield Bank, Hereford—Morgan and Hoskins 25,653 Ipswich Bank, Ipswich—Bacon and Co. Ipswich and Needham Market Bank, Sufiblk, Hadleigh Bank, Manningtree and Mistley Bank, and Woodbridge Bank, Ipswich— Alex:at:tiers and Co. Kentish Bank, Maidstone—Mercer, Randall, and Mercer Hinton and Radnorshire Bank, Kington—J Davies and Co Knighton Bank, Knighton—J. Davies and Co 6,880 Knaresnorough Old Bank and Ripon Old Bank, Ens - esborough—Terry and Co 21,915 Kendal Bank, Kendal—Wakefield, Crewdson, and Kettering Bank, K3ttering—Gotch and Sons 9,204 Lampcsterßank,Lampeter—Jones,Evans,a,ndCo. 6,770 Lane End Staffordshire Bank, Lane End—C. llazy.y and Son Leeds Bank, Leeds—Beckett and Co 53,363 Leeds Union Bank, Leeds—W.W illiams, Brown, and Leek and Staffordshire Bank, and Leek and Congleton Bank,Leek—Fowler,Gaunt, and Co. 2,687 I.„l.:ester Bank, Leicester—Pagets and Kirby... 29,184 ',ewe:. Old Bank, Lewes—Molineux and Co 42,624 .U.diPcld Bank, Lichfield—Palmer and Green... 21,470 Lincoin Bank, Lincoln—Smith and Co 89,211 L: - ..ndovery Bank and Llandilo Bank, Llando re; —David Jones and Co. onv,hborough Bank, Loughborough—Middle- 36,738 76,743 18,702 36,465 t ins and Cradock v 7,826 Lymington Bank, Lymington—C. and S. St. Barbo 4,565 Lynn Regis and Lincolnshire Bank, Lynn Regis —Gurneys and Co. Lynn Regis and Norfolk Bank, Lynn Regis — Massey and Co. Macclesfield Bank, Macclesfield—Brocklehurst and Co. 10,113 Manningtree Bank,Manningtree—Nunn and Co. 7,070 Blarlborough Bank, Marlborough and Wilts Old Bank, Marlborough Old Bank, Marl borough Old Bank and Hungerford Bank, and Hungerford Bank, Marlborough—Tanner and Pinckney 16,439 Marlborough and North Wiltshire New Bank, Marlborough—Ward, Merriman, and Hillier 11,498 Merionethshire Bank, Dolgelly—Jones and Williams `Miners' Bank, Truro—Willyams and Co 18,302 Monmouthshire Agricultural and Commercial ' Bank, Abergavenny—Baileys and Co 27,520 Monmouth Old Bank, Monmouth Bank, Brecon Bank, Chepstow Bank, Chepstow Old Bank, . and Ross a n d H erefordshire Bank, M onmout h ..romoge and Snead Monmouthshire N ewport Old Bank, Newport 13,835 W. Williams an d Newark Bank, New ark— on G s 8,175 odfreys and Button 28,126 Newark and Sleaford Bank, and Sleaford and Newark Bank, Newark —Handley, Peacock, and Co )..I:ii ....................... 49,282 Newbury Bank, Newitn; and Slocock. Newmarket Bank, Newmarke i tt Eaton, Ham- 30,102 21,919 mond, and Son Norfolk and Suffolk Bank, Ms' s—Taylor and Dyson 3,632 N Norwich Crown Bank,orwich—Harvey s an d 45,372 Hudaons Norwich and Norfolk Bank, Norwich —Gur neys and Co Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Bank, Not tingham—Hart, Fellows, and Co 10,432 Nuneaton Bank, Nuneaton—Craddcock and Co 5,130 Naval Bank, Plymouth—Harris, Harris, and 27,097 en New Serum Bank, Sarum—Hetley, Everett, and 13,814 Co Nottingham Bank, Nottingham—Smith and Co 26,849 Oswestry Bank and Oswestry Old Bank, Os not received wotry—Crozon and C o 13,980 Oxford Bank, Oxford—J. and R. Morrell Oxford 3ldßan k, Oxford—Robinson, Parsons, and Thompson ......... .., Old Disk Tonbridge, Tonbridge and Tonbridge MIL Old Bank, Tonbridge and Tonbridge Well NO Sevenoaks Bank, Tonbridge— 1 Beaching and Sons ................................. 11284 , -... 42,632 Average Amount Oxfordshire Witney Bank, Witney—Williams, Clinch, and Co 10,540 Pease's Old Bank, Hull, the Hull Old Bank and Beverley Bank, Hull — Pease and Co 46,369 Penzance Bank, Penzance—Batten and Co 10,616 Peterborough Bank and Oundle Bank, Peter borough—Messrs. Yorke Peterborough Bank, Peterborough—Simpson, White, and. Simpson lO,OlB Pembrokeshire Bank, Haverford west—J. and W. Walters Penzance Union Bank, Falmouth Bank, and Truro Bank, Penzance—Rickets, Enthoven, and Co Reading Bank, Reading—Simonds and Co 33,110 Reading Bank, Reading—Stephens,Blandy, and Co 41,445 Richmond Bank, Richmond—Stapleton and Co 5,795 Ringwood and Poole Bank, and Town and County of Poole Bank, Ringwood—Ledgard and Sons Rochdale Bank, Rochdale—Clement, Royds, and Co 4,724 Rochester, Chatham, and Strood Bank, Roches- ANerigeAmount Wilts and Dorset Banking Company, Salisbury 69,629 Wtst Riding Union Banking Company, Hud dersfield Whitchurch and Ellesmere Banking Company, W hitehurch Worcester City a al County Banking Company, Worcester... 4,900 York Union Banning Company, Yolk 66,556 York City and.C(• inty Banking Ccropany, York 86,146 Yorkshire Bankir . - ;Company, Leeds 113,648 Y. DEANS, Registrar of Bank Returns. Stamps and Taxes, Feb. 1, 1845 lates, which ordination and consecration they could de rive only from the See of Rome. Therefore, by the ancient constitution or common law of England, which time only can destroy, the title to the spiritual peerage is canonical ordination and consecration in communion with the See of Rome The law now tardily, and, we suspect, not very honestly, does recognise that spiritual peerage belongs to Catholic prelates—and, indeed to them alone. We should like to see this great question tried at law. Suppose the Moss Reverend Archbishop Daniel Murray insists that he is, as a British subject, and by virture of the law of England, the true, legal Archbishop of Dublin, and claims to sit in Parliament, instead of Dr. Whateley, and so appeals to a court of justice, what would be the probable decision on such an issue ? Dr. Whateley could only show that he derives his cure cf souls, as bishop, from a lay tribunal. Dr. Murray could show that he has the canonical ordination and consecra tion required by the ancient law to entitle him to a spiritual peerage, which Dr. Whateley has not. Consequently, he is, in our mind, the true and legal Archbishop of Dublin, and not Dr. Whate ley—and he, instead of the latter, should be called to sit in the British House of Peers." We shall nor, of eourse, be supposed to acquiesce in this Romaniaing conclusion. But it is evident to us that Sir R. I'eel, by the idle and most mischievous provision which we have cited from the Emancipation Act, and by the consequent unavoidable evasion in the Charitable Bequests Act of the local titular recognition of the Roman Catholic prelates, whom he recognised, has created an embarrassment which is by no means merely fanciful. How much better, in the first place, never to have enacted the penal provision 1 Or secondly, to have repealed it openly—And thirdly, to have given the Roman prelates their entire popularly acknowledged titles, accompanied simply by a saving clause for the concurrent legal rights of the Protestant prelates. What would have been simpler than to have recognised Dr. Murray as Roman Catholic Archbishop of Dublin ? which he is. IMPERIA 32,095 7,721 11,655 9,142 9,839 ter-Day and Nicholson Romsey and Hampshire Bank, Romsey-Foot ner and Son 3,798 Royston Bank, Royston-Fordham and Sons 16,227 Rugby Bank, Rugby-Butlin and Son 13,820 Rye Bank, Rye-Curteis, Pomfret, and Co 28,807 Reigate and Darking Bank, and Reigate, Croy don, and Darking Bank, Reigate-Nash and 13,716 Co Ross Old Bank, Herefordshire, Ross-Pritchard and Allaway 4,098 Saffron Walden and North Essex Bank, Saffron Walden-Messrs. Gibson Salop Bank, Shrewsbury-Burton, Lloyd , and Co 18,414 Scarborough Old Bank, 3carborough-Woodall and Co Shrewsbury and ilarket, Drayton Bank, Shrews bury-Adams, Adams, and Co Shrewsbury Old Bank, and Shrewsbury and Ludlow Bank, Shrewsbury-Rocke, Eytons, and Co . 38,86 Sittingbourne and Patton Bank, Sittingbourne -Valiance and Son Southampton Town and County Bank, South ampton -Maddison and Son Southwell Bank, Southwell-Wilde and Co. St. Alban's Bank, St. Alban's-J. S. Story 3,790 Salisbury Bank, Salisbury-Messrs. Brodie 22,631 Shaftesbury Bank, Shaftesbury- Brodie and King 9,932 Southampton and Hampshire Bank, Southamp ton-Atherly and Fall Stone Bank, Stone-W. Moore 7,942 Stourbridge Bank, Stourbridge -Rufford, Wragg, and Ce 15,954 Stafford Old Bank, Stafford-Stevenson and Co 12,87' Stamford and Rutland Bank, Stamford-Eaton, Cayley, and Co. Stourbridge Old Bank, Stourbridge-Bate and Robins 17,590 Shrewsbury and Welshpool Bank, Shrewsbury -Beck, Downward, and Co. 21,516 St. Alban's and Herts Bank, St. Alban's-Gib son and Sturt Taunton Bank, Taunton-Messrs. Badcock 26,757 Tavistock Bank, Tavistock-Gill, Rundle, and 12,769 Co Thornbury Bank, Thornbury-Rol ph, Yates, and Parslow Tiverton and Devonshire Bank, Tiverton-Duns ford and Barne 13,795 Thrapston and Kettering Bank, Northampton shire, Thrapston - Yorke a nd Eland 11,165 Tring Bank and Chesham Bank, Tring-But cher and Son Towcester Old Bank, Towcester-J. and S. Percival Union Bank, Cornwall, Helston-Vivian and 14,460 Co. Uxbridge Old Bank, Uxbridge -Hull, Smith, 23,739 and Co. Wallingford Bank, Wallingford-Wells and Co. 13,461 Warwick and Warwickshire Bank, Warwick- Kelynge, Greenway, and C o . 28,677 Wellington Somerset Bank, Wellington-Fox Brothers West Riding Bank, Wakefield, and Pontefract Bank, Wakefield-Leatham, Tew, and Co 45,453 Whitby Old Bank, Whitby-Simpson, Chap man, and Co 14,395 Winchester, Alresford, and Alton Bank, Win chester-Bulpett and Co. Winchester and Hampshire Bask, Winchester -Wickham and 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 Hancock Wolverhampton Bank, Wolverhampton-Good ricke and Holyoake. Worcester Bank, Worcester-Farley, Lavender, and Co. 13,835 Worcester Old Bank and Tewkesbury Old Bank, Worcester-Berwick, Lechmere, and Co 83,975 Worcestershire Bank, Kidderminster-Farley and Turner Whitby Bank, Whitby-Frankland and Wil- 7,525 4,542 29,80 9,427 4,95 58,38 1,737 kinson Walsall Old Bank, Walsall-Charles Foster and Sons Warminster and Wiltshire Bank, Warminster- Everett and Co. Wrexham Bank, Wrexham-J. and S. Kenrick 2,773 Wolverhampton Bank, Wolverhampton - Messrs. Fryer Yarmouth and Suffolk Bank, and Halesworth and Suffolk Bank, Yarmouth -Gurney, Birkbeck, and Co. Yarmouth, Norfolk and Suffolk Bank, Great Yarmouth-Sir E. K. Lacon, Bart., and Co 12,697 Yeovil, Old Bank, Yeovil-E. and J. Batten York Bank,' York-Swann, Clough, and Co 45,725 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Bank of Westmoreland, Kendal , 8,770 Barnsley Banking Company, Barnsley Bradford Banking Company, Bradford 4 8 ;892 Bilston District Banking Company, Wolver hampton Bank of Whitehaven, Whitehaven Bradford Commercial Banking Company, Brad ford .... .... Burton, Uttoxeter, and Staffordshire Union Banking Company, Burton-upon-Trent Chesterfield and North Derbyshire Banking Company, Chesterfield Cumberlana Union Banking Company, Work -32,095 ington Cheltenham and Gloucestershire Banking Com pany, Cheltenham Coventry and Warwickshire Banking Company, Coventry Coventry Union Banking Company, Coventry 13,528 County of Gloucester Banking Company, Chel -127,008 tenham Carlisle and Cumberland Banking Company, Carlisle Carlisle City and District Bank, Carlisle 19,295 Dudley and West Bromwich Banking Company, Dudley Derby and Derbyshire Banking Company, Derby 19,830 Darlington District Joint-Stock Banking Com pany, Darlington 25,496 East of England Bank, Norwich Gloucestershire Banking Company, Gloucester 138,547 Halifax Joint-Stock Bank, Halifax 17,957 Huddersfield Banking Company, Huddersfield 35,782 Hull Banking Company, Hull 27,515 Halifax Commercial Banking Company, Halifax 13,989 1 Halifax and Huddersfield Union Banking Com pany, Halifax. 44,960 Helston Banking Company, Helston 1,365 Herefordshire Banking Company, Hereford 20,088 Knaresborough and Claro Banking Company, Knaresborough .. 26,959 Kingsbridge Joint-Stock Bank, Kingsbridge 4,068 Lancaster Banking Company, Lancaster 47,994 Leeds Banking Company, Leeds Leicestershire Banking Company, Leicester Lincoln and Lindsey Banking Company, Lincoln 48,161 Leamingtol Priors and Warwickshire Banking Company, Leamington Priors Leeds and West Riding Banking Company, 17,900 Leeds Leeds Commercial Banking Company, Leeds • 13,733 Ludlow awl Tenbury Bank, Ludlow 9,212 Moore and Robinson's Nottinghamshire Bank ing Company, Nottingham 31,283 Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Banking Company, Nottingham Newcastle, Shields, and Sunderland Union Joint- Stock Banking Company, Newcastle 73,609 National Provincial Bank of England, Birming ham, Head-office, 112, Bishopsgate-street, 375,310 London North Wilts Banking Company, Melksham 53,970 Northamptonshire Union Bank, Northampton 76,995 NorthamptonAire Banking Company, North ampton ....• North and South Wales Bank, Liverpool 48,227 53,531 Pares's Leic3st(rshire Banking Company, Lei cester • Saddleworth Making Company, Saddleworth- 33, 7, 970 563 Sheffield Bankiitg Company, Sheffield Stamford, Spaloiog, and Boston Banking Coin pany, Stamibt ii . Stuckey's Bank;f.f; Company, Bristol Somerset shire Bank, spa Somersetshire Bank, Lang . 332,810 port Shropshire Banl. ir.g Company, Shiffnall ... Stourbridge and Lidderminster Banking Com pany, Stourbi idge 57,278 Sheffield and Hallamshire Banking Company, Sheffield Sheffield and It Alio- rham Joint-Stock Banking Company, and S\ St t t i s d leydale Banking Company, st ß on i k ch to m n o an nd d .. 1.,neia52,839 Swaledale .m County Banking Com pany, St nd ock t' r Storey a :i.t,i.roaa's Bankin g C om pany, Shaftesbury .. .... d l a p h s i w re ich w Suffolk oiver Banking haip t ni a C o mp t a a ff n n y r , Sheffield and lict:ord Bank, Sheffield Banking Com pany, 9,660 1 3 7 , 3 10 95 5 d er au ham u p si t e ol y i Union Bank, Wakefield 34,442 W p st a k n e y de N ld Vi3 a i n v Whitehaven Joint• Stock Banking 14,661 Company, Whitehaven . . • „28, 84 Q Warwick and Leunit t _g ton Bankin g Com pany , Leamington West of England and South Wales District BMA, Bristol, ....o „ . 76,302 20,021 18,358 12,166 7,010 THE SON, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 6, 1R45. ANIENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS, Feb. 5. The SPEAKER took the Chair shortly before Four o'clock. CALEDONIAN RAILWAY. Mr. H. JOHNSTONE presented a petition in favour of the Caledonian Railway Bill. PONTEFRACT AND GOOLE RAILWAY. Lord POLLINGTON presented a petition in favour of the Pontefract and Goole Railway Bill. A great number of petitions for new railway Bills were presented, but the petitions were read so indis tinctly that the designation of not one of them could be correctly ascertained in the gallery. SLAVERY. Mr. SPOONER presented a petition from the Anti Slavery Society, signed by the chairman, against the importation of Coolies into the West Indies, an expedient which had been tried in the Mauritius, and altogether failed there. The Hon. Gentleman pre sented another petition from the same Association against the employment of an armed force on the coast of Africa to suppress the slave trade—an object which, in the opinion of the petitioners, could not be effected by means of war. PUBLIC-HOUSES. Mr. BRIGIIT presented a petition from Durham against the extension of public-houses, and for the restriction of the sale of intoxicating liquors on Sa turday. THE BLEACHING TRADE. Mr. WALLACE presented a petition from the operative bleachers of Lanark, Renfrew, and Stirling, complaining of the oppressive nature of their occupa tion, and, as we understood, praying for legislative re gulations. The Hon. Member gave notice that to morrow he would move that the petition be printed with the votes. MEDICAL REFORM BILL. Mr. ESCOTT presented a petition from the medi cal practitioners of Hampshire against the Bill intro duced by her Majesty's Ministry. TROOPS FOR THE COLONIES. Mr. HUME presented a petition from Reading (as we understood), praying the Hou'e not to sanction the embarkation of any troops to those colonies which were destructive of British constitutions. He (Mr. Hume) could not agree to the whole prayer of the petition. UNEQUAL TAXATION. Mr. HUME also presented a petition from the Provost and Town Council of Montrose, complaining of unjust and unequal taxation in the borough, and praying the House to institute an inquiry into the grievance, with the view of getting it removed. CARLISLE, DUMFRIES, AND GLASGOW RAILWAY. Mr. EWART presented a petition in favour of the Carlisle, Dumfries, and Glasgow Railway. NOTICES OF MOTION.—THE GAME-LAWS. Mr. WAKLEY gave notice that he would move, upon a future day, for a return for the years 1832, 1833, and 1834, respectively, of the names, occupa tions, and ages of all persons accused, convicted, and punished for breaches of the game-laws ; distinguish ing those who were m arri e d from those who were single, and stating, in cases where the punishment was imprisonment, whether the families of the hus band, or the father, were supported out of the poor rates. AMERICAN CORN. Mr. MILES gave notice that he would move for returns, stating the amount of American corn imported since the passing of the Act. FOREIGN SUGAR. Mr. F. BARING gave notice of his intention to move for returns of the quantity of foreign sugar im ported into the United Kingdom during the past year. SCOTCH BANKS. Mr. MACAULAY gave notice that he would ask a question of the Chancellor of the Exchequer to morrow, relative to the law as affecting Scotch banks. RAILWAYS. Mr. WALLACE wished to ask a question of the Government relative to the accommodation of the public on railways; but having understood that the President of the Board of Trade had resigned his office within the last few days, he did not know to whom to address the question. Perhaps the Chan cellor of the Exchequer would be able to answer the question. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, perhaps the Hon. Member would better obtain the information he required by moving for a specific return on the subject. Mr. WALLACE, seeing the Right Hon. Gentle man the Member for Newcastle in his place, he would put the question to him. He wished to know how many of the railway companies coming within the provisions of the Act of last session had complied with the regulations laid down in the sixth clause, as to having seats and protection from the weather for the conveyance of third-class passengers ; and also how many had failed so to comply ? Mr. IV. E. GLADSTONE said that as this ques. tion had reference to the provisions of the law rela tive to railroads that had passed some months ago, satisfied with e pro . the visions he would endeavour to answer the question. The w quite e came me within the charge of one penny per mile for each passenger ; they had strictly complied with that clause ; the complaints on the part of the passengers were very few, and the different companies had expressed their entire satisfaction with the Act. He need not trouble the House with reciting the names of the companies who had complied with the Act of last session, because they had all complied with it, with the exception of one or two. The Board of Trade had required, in all cases, seats in third-class carriages, and likewise that effective protection should be supplied ; and the Board of Trade considered that such protection was supplied, as those carriages might be entirely closed when the weather was severe. In every case the companies had complied with these regulations, and the House would be glad to hear that the result of the Act of last session had been to afford increased accommodation to persons of the poorer classes who travelled by rail road. He had only that morning received a memo randum of a report agreed to at a meeting of the Grand Junction Railway Company, from a Director, in which it was said that the writer felt much plea sure in stating, that by the Act of last session the Company, without much injury to their receipts, were able to afford accommodation to 2,500 poor persons who could not otherwise be accommodated, and who could not afford to pay the price pre. viously charged. He would mention also that the London and Birmingham Company, during the late quarter, had carried about 48,895 passengers in third-class carriages, at the rate of a penny per mile for each person, being about 193,000 persons in the year more than the London and Birmingham Railway carried before the law of last session came into operation. In previous years the number 'of third-class passengers conveyed was 65,000, instead of 193,000, showing that the number of passengers had nearly trebled.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. WALLACE gave notice that he would avail himself of the suggestion of the Chancellor of the Exchequer ; and gave notice that he would move to morrow for a return, showing not only what companies had complied with the regulations prescribed by the Act of last year, but also those companies who formed an exception to the rule. SESSIONAL, ORDERS. Mr. YOUNG having moved the order of the day on sessional orders, Mr. E WART rose to bring for ward the motion of which he had given notice ; but The SPEAKER said that the Hon. Gentleman's motion had reference rather to the standing orders than to the sessional orders. Mr. EWART said he would then bring forward an independent motion on the subject to-morrow. He did not know whether the Hon. Gentleman, the Member for Oxford, intended, as a member of one of the Committees of the House, t 3 bring forward the subject. If he did so, he (Mr. Ewart) would co operate with him, but if not, he would feel bound to bring forward the subject in a separate motion to morrow. to serve as a Peer of Ireland, bath ri £ht to vote in the election of any Member of Parliament " Ile (Mr. Williams) believed this was a point that had been disputed by Peers. Another order was to the effect that " it is a high infringement of the liberties and privileges of the Commons of the United Kingdom, for any Peer or Prelate, not being a Peer of Ireland, to interfere himself in any election for a Member of Parliament." These orders, if they could be enforced, would be most salutary ; but were they not violated daily ? It was well known that a large portion of the Members of that House were returned by Peers of the realm, in direct violation of those standing orders. He should like to know if a case were distinctly proved against a Peer of a violation of that sessional order, how it could be enforced ? What power—what means had they of enforcing it? None. No Hon. Gentleman would venture to say that they had any power of enforcing it. What use was it, then, for the House to main tain orders of this showy sort, declaring their independence of Peers, which every man in the country knew did not exist. Let them deal honestly and plainly with the country, and admit the existence of that which they had not the power to avoid. Let them place Peers in the same position as other indi viduals, so as to be enabled to prosecute them when they violated the law of the land by commit ting bribery. He had drawn the attention of the House to this subject last session, and lie hoped her Majesty's Government would take this question into their consideration, and make sessional orders more in accordance with the real position of the House. It was not creditable to them to continue these orders. They were not like those laws which had passed in bygone ages, and had be come obsolete; but these orders were passed annually, and therefore they ought to be drawn up in such a manner as to give the House the po er of enforcing them. He did not intend to submit any motion on the subject, but should content himself with having called the attention of the House to it. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER did not consider that the members of the Government were more interested in this question than any other Member of the House. These privileges were the privileges not of the House only, but of the who'.e people of the realm. The right of deciding on the return of Members was vested in that House, and there was no other legally appointed tribunal for the decision of those quest ons. As Members of that House, they had the right of deciding if the persons whose names appeared upon the poll were proper vo‘ers or not, and from the earliest times it had been decided that Peers were not admitted to vote for Members o Parliament ; and, although not a lawyer himself, he would venture to say that it was contrary to the law of the land for any Peer to do so. As regarded the elections of Members of Parliament, and the decisions upon them, that House was the sole judge ; and he would take it upon himself to say, that if a Peer should claim the right to vote at an election for a Member of that House, the House had the undoubted right of rejecting the vote. It was the privilege of the House to prevent any interference on the part of Peers with the election of its Members ; and for his part he should he very sorry to see any alteration made in the resolution to which the Hon. Gentleman referred. He believed that any altera tion would be an abandonment of the privileges of the House, and of that control which it ought to exer cise over the election of its Members. Mr. WILLIAMS said, that as the law now stands a Peer goes before the revising barrister, and claims to have his name inserted in the list of voters. The barrister knows nothing of the sessional order of the House of Commons, and he allows the Peer to be re gistered as an elector. Now, what he (Mr. W.) wished to ask was whether, as the House had no power to strike the name out of the registry after it had once been inserted, there was any means by which this privilege could be enforced The SPEAKER (no answer being given to Mr. Williams' question) proceeded to read the orders, several of which were agreed to seriatim, when Mr. T. S. DUNCOMBE said he should take that opportunity of renewing a notice which he had given last session of Parliament, of his intention to move for a Select Committee to inquire whether, in any counties or boroughs empowered under the Re:orm Act to send Members to the House of Commons, such Mem bers were returned through the illegal or unconstitu tional interference of Members in the House of Peers ? Theßight Hon. Gentleman the Chancellor of the Exch equer said he should be extremely sorry if any altera tion were made in the standing resolution, thereby implying that nothing would horrify him more than its violation by any Peer of the realm. Why, the Right Hon. Gentleman must know per fectly well, that there was not a single county Member, and that there ware very few borough Members sitting either behind or before him, who did not previous to their election consult some Peer or other for the purpose of obtaining his influence ; either requesting him by letter, or almost by supplication on their knees, to concern himself in their election —(Laughter.) He ventured to say that in the case of some of the vacancies which had occurred recently, Peers had been consulted and requested to concern themselves in the elections; and if a Peer had not given his consent to the individual standing for the borough, which partly belonged to him, he ventured to say that they must have been deprived of the present Secretary for Ireland.—(Laughter.) Yet, the Chancellor of the Exchequer got up in his place, and with a solemn look, and still more solemn voice, declared to that House that he should be sorry to see any alteration made in the existing resolution. He would test the Right Hon. Gentleman's sincerity. When he moved for the Committee, he would under take to prove, as he had said before, that there were very few Members, either for counties or boroughs, in whose electionFeers had not concerned themselves. How the Right Hon. Gentleman could maintain his gravity while making such a speech, was to him (Mr. T. bun combe) utterly inconceivable. If they put the resolu tion in force, three-fourths of the temporal peers, and two-thirds of the bishops must be convicted of an in fringement of the privileges of the House of Com mons. 'What a mockery, what an insult was it to pass this resolution unless it were enforced.— (Hear, hear.) The time had arrived when it should be either acted upon or expunged. He himself had, on a former occasion, voted for its being expunged. He would much rather, for his own part, that Peers appeared on the hustings, and voted for Mem bers of Parliament. The more they came in contact with the people, the more would their prejudices be removed. They would find the hu•nble mechanic and others, who were now deprived of the right of voting for Members of Parliament, possessing as much ability and snore patriotism than themselves; they would find men who did not wish to obtain seats in that House for the purpose of acquir ing some dirty star or garter, for the paltry purpose of obtaining a peerage, or for the idiotic purpose of securing a baronetcy. If this resolution were not expunged—if, after this warning, they still adopted it, they need not be sur prised if he called upon the House to act upon it, and he would in that case promise them that he should move for a Committee of the House to inquire into its operation and whether its intentions were carried out at the different elections. Mr. HUME said he had frequently appealed to that House upon the same subject, how they could reconcile the spirit of the resolution with the practice observed at many elections. That was not a mere question, as his Hon. Friend (Mr Duncombe) seemed to think it, for the Minister more than fur any other. It happened that a Minister frequently sat on those benches, having, perhaps, fifty behind him acting as fuglemen on those occasions. He (Mr. Ilutne) had again and again, for many years past, warned the House upon the subject ; but to hear common sense appealed to by the Minister was something new, and how, he asked, could this resolution be maintained on that principle ? He recollected a number of in stances in which inquiries were instituted before that House, and in which it had been shown that Peers had been known to propose the Members, and, in fact, to return them to that House. He agreed with the Hon. Member who had last spoken, that it would be better if peers were to go more among the lower classes—if they were to go to the public hustings, where they would at least learn that which would do them considerable good, namely, the feelings which actuated the lower classes. He was quite prepared to vote for the abolition of the resolution. The gallery was then cleared for a division. None however took place, and the order was agreed to. ADMISSION OF STRANGERS TO THE HOUSE. Mr. CHRISTIE said he believe 6 he was at liberty to state that the amendment he was about to propose was sanctioned by the Speaker. When he moved a similar amendment last session his proposed alteration was resisted by the Right Lion. Baronet opposite, because from its wording it had reference to other parts of the House than the body. His present amend ment, however, had been drawn up in strict accordance with the views of the lion. Baronet opposite, and it fully met with the concurrence, as he had previously stated, of the Speaker. Under these circumstances it would be unnecessary for him to trouble the House, and he would simply move the following amendment : " That the Sergeant-at-Arms attending this House do, from time to time, take into his custody any stranger whom he may see, or who may be re ported to him to be, in any part of the Howe or gal lery appropriated to the Members of this House, and also any stranger who, having been admitted into any other part of the House or gallery, shall mis conduct himself, or shall not withdraw when strangers are directed to withdraw, while the House, or any Committee of the whole House, is sitting, and that no person so taken into custody be discharged out of custody without the special order of the House. That no Member of this House do presume to bring any stranger into any part of the HOMO or gallery MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Current of Feb. 4.) SUGAR.-- The business transacted in all descriptions of West India Sugar has been extremely limited ; brown, grey, and inferior kinds of yellow must be quoted 6d to is per cwt cheaper. At public sale 23 casks were taken in, brown St. Lucia, at 51s per cwt. The decline since this day month has been 2s 6d to 3s on brown, is 6d to 2s on low mid yellow, but fine sorts have nearly maintained their former position. The im • portation has been 3,206 hhds 321 tres and 1,098 barrels more than in 1844 to this period, and the stock is heavier than it was at that time. The de liveries are 554 hhds 130 tierces and 189 barrels less than they were in the previous year. Barbadoes Su gar is offered upon lower terms, but the trade still operate with reluctance. Mauritius, Bengal, and Madras, how ever have met with increased attention, on account of the moderate rates that prevail. Raw Sugar is cheaper than it was in 1844 at this period, by 4s to 7s per cwt. To-day there was little inclination to purchase British Plantation Sugar. A public sale of 118 hhds of Barba does Sugar went off at a decline of to Is per cwt, ex cepting for fine, low sold at 51s 6d to 525, mid 53s 6d to 575, good middling 58s to 59s 9d, good GOs to 61s, and fine 66s per cwt. The total purchases amount to only 350 hhds and tierces. The stock of British Plantation is now 13,647 Ws and trcs ; of Mauritius 79,062 bags, which is 59,738 more than last year; the stock of Bengal is now 143,405 bags, which is 99,630 more than last year. The stock of other East India 137,534 bags. The delivery of Bri tish Plantation was 1,359 hhds and tierces ; the delivery of Mauritius was 7,696 ; the delivery of Bengal was 9,211 bags ; the deliveries of other East India were 4,473 bags, which is 4,414 more than at the correspond ing period of last year. REFINED.—To-day there was very little business done in refined goods by the home trade; the nearest rates are 71s for brown, and 72s per cwt for standard lumps. Bonded crushed sugar is wanted at 31s 3d to 31s 6d, and small packages at 31s 9d to 325, but the refiners have sold all they can make up to Easter. EAST lurstA.—This afternoon 1,253 bags of white Ben gal Sugar were offered at public sale, and sold 6d per cwt cheaper--good white went at G2s to 635, good mid • dling Gls to 61s 6d, middling 60s to 60s 6d, damp and washed 58s 6d to 61s 6d. 350 bags of Dobah kind fetched the full rates, fine coloury strong grey 65s 6d to 675, damp and w as h e d 63s 6d to 665, good yellow strong and bright 575, damp and washed 54s to 565. Of Manilla further parcels were sold privately this afternoon, making the quantity since this day week 14.000 bags chiefly at 15s to 17s, and 19s 6d per cwt. At auction 1,809 bags of damaged were sold at the full worth, good greyish yellow washed at 18s Gd to 19s, mid 18s to 18s 6d, low 16s 6d to 17s 6d per cwt. rEA.—very ordinary out of condition has been fetch ing lld to 110, common sound 111-ii to Is, good common Is Oid to is op, rather coarse to rather strong Is Old to Is 2A-d, blackish leaf to blackish leaf rather strong Is 3d to is 6d, strong blackish leaf Is 7d to is 10d, and Pekoe flavour is 10d to 2s 7d per lb. Pouchong has been in excellent request at 7d to 10d, and superior at lld to Is 2d per lb. In Twankay yellow leaf at Is 21d to is aid, brightish leaf at is 4d to Is 9d, and Hyson kind is 10d to 2s sd, common at 2s 6d to 2s 7d, fair to good 2s 8d to 2s Ild, fine and very fine 3s to 4s Gd, Young Hyson, Canton, and Twankay kind at 2s to 2s 4d, superior 2s 6d to 3s 6d, Gunpowder, Canton, and Twankay kind 2s 7d to 2s 11d, superior 3s to 3s 63, fine scented Orange Pekoe 3s 5d to 3s 6d, and Hyson skin 10d to is Gd per lb. The market has a healthy appearance for both Black and Green Tea. COFFEE.—This afternoon Ceylon was in limited re quest privately, good ord pale 50s to 51s per cwt. For Foreign Coffee the market has a very dull appearance. Of Mocha 700 bales are declared for auction. The .cock of West India Coffee is 485 casks, 1,747 brls and bags. Of Mocha 4,034 brls. Of Ce)lon 24,217 bags, and of other East India sorts 10,812 bags greater than it was at this time in 1844. RUM, BRANDY, AND HOLLANDS.—Leeward Is l an d Rum has met a decline in prices of ld to 2d per gallon, only 80 puns have been disposed of at 2s Id to 2s 2d per gallon proof strength. Demerary, 50 puns sold at 3s Id to 35 2d for 33 to 38 per cent. overproof. The fine in and hi g h fl avoured descrip tions of Jamaica are excellent demand, sales being made at 5s to 7s per gallon, but for all other sorts the prices are going down, small parcels have been sold, 33 to 34 per cent overproof, good quality at 3s 10d t o 4 s , 2Ss to 32s over, low and middling 3s 5d to 3s 9d. Brandy prices are not so firm—Cognac best brands of the 1840, hhds 4s 11d, p uns 4s 9d ; 1841, hhds 4 p s un vintage of 18 32, hhds 5 s 2 d , puns 5s ; 1839, hhds 4s 1 id, 1842, hhds 4 s 7d , puns 4s sd; 1843, hhds 4s sd, puns 4s 3d, ( ommon 2s 8d to 2 s I Id, m id t o good mid 3 s to 4 s , and Bo rdeaux 2s 6d to 2s 9d per isod4: puns d ; 42 8d ; gallon. RICE.—The market is firm for Bengal, and import e rs refrain from bringing lnrge forward p arce l s ; a t auc ti on 0 2,000 bags sold, good mid pearly white at Ils to 11s 6d ; 9 Eid broken lOs 6d to I Is, and sea damaged 8s to Ils per pricesfetching — firm, and rule at are 8s 3d to 8s 9d, and w 8s 6d to 9s 6 d for yellow, and lOs to el has 12s 6d per cwt for white. Of cleaned Rice large p arce l s h ave b een so ld at 13s 6d to 17 s for Patna, and at 23 s to 28 s per cwt for Carolina. cwt. hie Madras ra to s ) 9 yellow 6d. w Java, been FATAL COLLIERY ACCIDENT.—An accident Oc curred on Friday last, at the Glanwern pit, belonging to C. H. Smith, Esq., which we regret to state resulted in the death of two colliers named Wm. Beddow, aged 42, and Win. Howell, 28, the former having left a widow and eight children, and the latter a widow, to lament their bereavement. At the inquest on the bodies, held on the following day, at the Bony maen public-house, before C. Collins, Esq , Coroner, it appeared by the evidence of William Williams. that the deceased with two other persons were engaged in sinking at the bottom of the pit. Witness attended to the engine, while another man named John Williams emptied each bucket as it was wound up by means of a new hempen rope. About half-past three on the morning in question, the bucket had been wound to the sheaf of the engine, when the rope broke, and the basket with its contents were precipitated to the bottom. Witness could have pre vented the occurrence of the accident had not his lamp been extinguished. Two men who came to their assist ance proceeded to the bottom of the pit in another basket, but by the same rope, and soon brought up the deceased, bath of whom were then alive, but died in the course of fifteen minutes. The two other men in the pit were slightly injured. Verdict, " Accidental Death."—Cambriaa. ILFORD. COMMITMENT OF A METROPOLITAN PoucasiAN FOR FELONY.—George Wynch, one of the Metropolitan police-constables, was charged with steal ing hair from the tails of horses belonging to Mr. Chilton, a farmer, residing at Chigwell.—James White, sergeant of police, stationed at Woodford, stated that, on Sunday morning, the 26th of January. about half past four o'clock, near the station at Woodford, he saw Winch, who asked him to allow another constable to go to Wanstead with the reports, instead of' him, as he had hurt himself getting over a hedge from the forest, to a lane leadi ng to M r. Chilton's ; in consequence of this representation another man was sent. On the same day witness heard that the prisoner was sus pected of having stolen hair fro m the tails of Mr. Chilton's ho rses , and the hurt he had received was not by getting over a hedge, but a kick from a horse ; wit ness afterwards saw Mr. Chilton and one of his men ; and in consequence of the information he received from them, he went to the prisoner's house and told him he was suspected, and asked him what hair he had ; witness knew that the prisoner employed his lei sure hours in making brushes. A quantity of hair was produced, which the prisoner said was all he had. Wit ness then searched and found more, which appeared like the hair from one of Mr. Chilton's horses ; on examining it there was some bean straw in it, and Mr. Chilton's horse was littered down with similar straw. He examined Winch's clothes, and found one of the knees of his trousers wet and saturated with stable m anure ; his coat was covered with blood, and blood was discovered in the stable be hind where the horse had been standing ; the hair was shown to Mr. Chilton and identified by him, Mr. Chil ton and his horse-keeper wore examined, and the pri soner was committed to take his trial at the next ad journed sessions at Chelmsford. —Essex Herald. MEETING OF TUE PARISUIONERS OF PLYMSTOCIt. —On Jan. 29 a meeting was held at Plymstook Work house, for the purpose of cons idering the conduct of the perpetual c ura t e , the Rev. Mr. Coke, who has lately ren dered himself notorious, by e xhibiting a variety of Puseyite pranks, and attempting to ride rough-shod over his parishioners. The meeting was well and most respectably attended, including among its number the most influeatial gentlemen of the pa rish. Colonel Harris was called to th e c h a i r , and the meeting did not se pa rate until it had passed resolutions strongly condemnatory, of the conduct of the present inetunbent.—Devonport bide erecieriC SCOTCH PRISONS. On the motion for the order of the day for readitg the sessional orders, _ Mr. HUME asked the Right Hon. Baronet the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he was prepared to institute an inquiry into the ope ration of the Scotch Prisons Act ? Sir J. GRAHAM was understood to say that he should institute such an inquiry. MEDICAL REFORM. Mr. WAKLEY reminded the Right Honourable Baronet the Secretary of State that he, last evening, promised to state to-night when he should be able to ask leave of the House to introduce the Medical Re form Bill. Sir J. GRAHAM said he intended to bring in the Bill on Tuesday se'nnight. Mr. WAKLEY asked if the Bill would be pre cisely the same as that of last session ? SirJ.GRAEIANI said there would be some amend ments introduced into it, and on moving for leave to bring it in, he should state precisely what those alte rations were. SESSIONAL ORDERS. Mr. WILLIAMS said, at this period of the last session he had called the attention of the House to the strange and anomalous state of the sessional orders of the House. One of them he believed to be in direct contradiction to the law of the land. He was sorry that neither the Attorney-General nor the Solicitor-General were in their places, or he would have put the question to them ; and if he re ceived an assurance that the order was not contrary to the law, he would not press his objection. The order he objected to was this :—" That no Peer of the realm, except such as may be Peers of Ireland for Ole time being, who shall not have declined SPIRIT of the PUMA C JOUR GLOBE.—A paragraph headed " New Royal E change" appears simultaneously in the morning papers, emanating apparently from the joint Gresham and cor poration-arbiters of a ccommodation to the merchants of London—with whom most of these Committee-men have, we believe, little or nothing in common—and who most unwisely deputed none of their body to watch these Wise Men of the East, while the building was planning in which their comfort was mainly concerned, but in which shopocrat influence, and civic camaraderies, have been preferred to the claims of commerce. We should scarcely have noticed this apology for the Committee, except for the cool impertinence of its close. The memorial to them was signed by such names as Messrs. Rothschild, Messrs. Baring, Messrs. Heath and Co., Messrs. Huth and Co., and many others of the first-rate merchants and brokers of the City of London. The reply closes in the following style of impertinence :—" The impression in the City seems to be, that our merchants have become more tender anti fastidious than their forefathers were, and that though a covered Exchange might be agreeable at this season, yet that in summer it would be quite intoler able." Pray who was the Royal Exchange built for, if not for the merchants ? Who have a right to be " fas tidious" about their own Hall of Commerce, if not the merchants ? For whose central site did Parliament suppose itself voting 150,0002, in order that where they "most do congregate," they should have ample room, and a fit area ? As a mere matter of measurement, how have this Committee provided this area ? The present interior looks smaller than the old • and though we believe it is not so, we believe also ;hat it is no larger ; and we know, at all events, that the Committee had before them a plan of much more suitable dimensions. We believe we are correct in stating the dimensions of the present open area at 6,613 feet, and of the whole area, including the covered walks, at 18,256 feet. The available effect of this space is besides dimi nished by the exceeding clumsiness of separating (as it were) the walks from the court by heavy arches instead of columns—(the ponderous masses of masonry at each of the four corners defy description). Now, in Mr. Cockerell's plan, the extent of the open area was 7,250 feet—of the whole area, including the covered walks, 19,316. Throughout the proceedings on this building, every conceivable secondary object has been consulted—only superseding the primary one. Thus a prodigious deal has been made of the shops which are, in fact, the leading feature of all its faces. And now the Committee tell us of " the extensive uses of the area of the Exchange as"—what do our readers sup pose ?—the first place of commercial assemblage in the world ? Not a bit of it—but "as a thoroughfare to all the neighbouring streets, the Bank, the Stock Exchange, and the other important public and private buildings of the neighbourhood." This object also was less obtru sively, and therefore more properly, provided for, in Mr. Cockerell's plan, by a covered arcade, apart from the mer chants' are. The present interior is all thoroughfare—vast gaping arches make most effective breaches from each of the " neighbouring streets" for heaven's artillery to sweep right across it. A due application of architectu ral skill would have combined suitable entrances with suitable shelter ; and these, we repeat, as well as suit able dimensions, the Committee had placed before them; and, for reasons best known to themselves, have erected an Exchange, defective in all three. STANDARD.—The requisition to propose a formal condemnation of the tract No. 90, signed by nearly 500 members of Convocation was yesterday presented to the Hebdomadal Board, when the Principal of Brazenose, Doctor Harrington, and the Rector of Exeter, Doctor Richards, sought to get rid of the pro position by a motion that it be taken into consi deration at six months' end. The discussion of the amendment, which will probably find no supporters but the two doctors named as its sponsors, was ad journed to this day. It may be remembered that, on a former occasion, Doctors Harrington and Richards addressed to us two sufficiently uncivil and impe rious letters, because we ventured to surmise that they did not very much disapprove of the Tracta rian doctrines. Their present conduct, we think, shows whether our intimation or their very fiat con tradiction of it "was nearest the truth ? But, per haps, they would be understood as having written in a non-natural sense, when they denied their wish to protect doctrines which they are now practically pro tecting. This non-natural sense, by the way, is one of the prettiest euphemisms of modern invention ; what a treasure would it have been to Mr. O'Connell for the last forty years ? —ing " a fico for the phrase." Mr. O'Connell was only speaking in the non-natural sense, when he boasted the possession of a letter from Mr. Patrick Eagan, of Moate, which letter was never written ; and when he vouched Mr. David Mur phy, of Kilkenny, a gentleman, to whom the most pain ful heraldic researches can make no nearer approach than as finding him brother to that Mrs. Harris, celebrated in Mr. Dickens' " Martin Chuzzlessit." On these, and ten thousand other occasions, Mr. O'Connell only spoke in the n m-natural sense, when people, the Examiner among others, applied a very ugly name to his mode of " postponing truth to the purpose of the moment." FROM THB EVENING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. GLOBE.—Let Sir Robert Peel alone for "turning diseases to commodity !" He is quitted by a colleague of whom it is not much to say that he was the sole re presentative in the Government of any one former prin ciple of its party, and moreover that he was Sir Robert Peel's sole reliance in debate on many ques tions. One would have thought this (morally speaking) a heavy blow, and a great discouragement. Sir Robert Peel makes a merit of it ! He shows off Mr. Glad stone to the malcontent Irish Roman Catholics as a scape goat, whom he has driven into the wilderness, charged with all the sins of his party. See what a prize Protestant we have sacrificed !—what a credit to the flock we have whistled down the wind. All for the love of the Irish Ro man Catholics !—all for the sake of "the Romish Church in that country." In ourhumble judgment Lord J. Russell, ;n critiscising the mode of passing the Charitable Bequests Act, instead of pressing too hard upon the Premier, let him off too cheap. That Mr. Gladstone did so is not surprising. As he did not mean to head a party against his late chief, he could not gracefully go farther. But we confess our surprise that the strongest point against the party in power has been pressed so little ; especially as that point is so salient that it cannot escape any eye. The point we allude to is the flagrant inconsistency of Sir Robert Peel's recent recognition of the Irish Rumen ecclesiastics—not merely with the principles of his party—with the professions of his past life—but with the Emancipation Act, if not with the Act of Su premacy. The Oath of Supremacy, administered to every candidate for a degree in the Dublin University, affirms that the Roman Pontiff " hath not any ju risdiction, power, superiority, pre-eminence, or autho rity, ecclesiastical or spiritual, within this realm." An " Ex-Scholar of Trinity College. Dublin," in the Dublin Evening Mail, puts the question to Dr. Radcliffe, Vicar- General of that Diocese—" Whe ther, on perusing the Charitable Bequests Bill —and observing that the ecclesiastical functions of men are therein recognised and ratified by British law, which functions are only conferred, and can be only conferred, by the Pope of Rome—and that the men bearing those functions are, in virtue of their official station, invested with certain powers under that Act in this country—permit me, Sir, to ask whether you choose to stake your official character on the pro priety of administering to candidates for degrees in the University, an oath in which they swear," &c. &c. We can conceive that the Ministerial advocates may get over this inconsistency, on the plea that they recog nise the Roman Prelates, not as appointed by the Pope —an appointment which they choose to know nothing of —but as the de facto spiritual d gnitaries of the Roman Catholic population of Ireland. They do not acknow ledge the right of the Pope to appoint, but the right of the people to receive them ; and they recognise them only in consequence of the function they find them really holding. Well, we will let the Ministerialists off on the Oath of Supremacy. But let us just look at the Act of Emancipation By this Act, at all events, they built a wall, which, in the Charitable Bequests Act, they have been themselves first to run their heads against. The follow ing was a leading provision of the Act of Emancipation, " for the peace and security of the Establishment and of the Protestant religion :" —" Whereas the right and title of archbishops to their respective provinces, of bishops to their sees, and of deans to their deaneries, as well in England as in Ireland, have been established by law; Be it therefore enacted, that if any person, after the com mencement of this Act, other than the person thereunto authorised by law, shall assume or use the name, style. or title of archbishop of any province, bishop of any bishopric, or dean of any deanery, in England or Ire land, he shall for every such offence forfeit and pay the sum of 1001." Certainly no enactment could be devised better fitted to bring the law into contempt. The Roman Catholics consider their prelates as de jure bishops of those very dioceses, whose t:tles Sir Robert Peel's Eman cipation Act forbade. them to assume under a heavy penalty. Of course the titles were assumed ; and of course the penalties were not enforced. But what be came of that respect for the law, so desirable to create in Ireland? And what becomes of Sir R. Peel's own re spect for his own enactment ? He is its first signal Protestant violator ! Ho is not content with having set up an Act of Parliament, as a thing of straw, to be dis obeyed with impunity—he is not content without signalizing his own scorn for it in another Act of Par liament. The Charitable Bequests Act recognises the Roman titles which the Emancipation Act forbids. Will it be said that those titles are neither recog lased as Roman nor local ? We will wave the fot mer—we will suppose there is no breach of the Act of Supremacy. 4 ' C'est une fiore supposition." But that titles of bishops and archbishops always suppose a " local habitation and name." Suppose Mr. O'Connell Roman Catholic Mayor of Dublin in the face of a Protestant legal one ; that the Act of Emancipa tion had imposed a fine of 100/. for assuming that title; and that the Charitable Bequests Act had re cognised Mr. O'Connell as Lord Mayor —of Nowhere ? The Dublin Pilot pushes this recog nition to exceedingly awkward consequences : "Spiritual peerage was a creation of the law of Eng land, while England was yet Catholic —meaning by spiritual peerage the title of Lord or Dominus, accom panied with the right of taking a part in the Legisla tive Council or Parliament of the natiollt Thp law con ferred this title and privilege on Catholic ecclesiastics, virtuein of th e i r } l a v i ng canon i ca l c o n secration as Fre- . . a npropriat,d .0 the M , -n , bet - s of thi , House. tbe 11.;u,e, or a Conitliltt , e of tnt,. whole I lou,e, sittig. ' That the above resolutions be standing order 4: Dr. BOW RI \'G secondt d the amendment. Nlr. B. WI LLIAMS could see no reason why strainers should not be allowed to enter that House. He fully admitted :he necessity for order and quietude, but at the same time he thought it was unjust not to allow strangers to he present at debates. Lord J RUSSELL interrupte d the Hon. Member, and pointed out to him that the amendment did not exclude strangers. Air. d WILLIAMS, after reading the amendment, continued.—The fact was, he had made a s light th at d- ) ha dlaugh. e had been so much engsge' that day that he had no opportunity until then of reading the motion paper.—(Laughter.) Ile would, therefore, not trouble the House further. Sir R. H. INGLIS wished to put a question t i) the Speaker, bearing upon the exclusion of strangers' Hitherto it had only been necessary for an 11 1 . Member to obserse that stran4ers were preien.; and the Speaker immediately requested theit withdrawal without the question being P n ; as in other instances, to the vote of the fl"'. t Now he wished to be informed whether, looking:9 the construction of one of the sessional orders, not necessary that the question sh ould be decide.d ka a majority, and not absolutely b y an n3ivi Member. Ought not a debate and a division to to place on the question? The SPEAKER said that he had previouslY I'4; mated to the Right Hon. Baronet that he could of no objection to an amendment to meet the viewses. the Right Honourable Baronet. But the ( l u do tion, in fact, had Lothing whatever t i ,o o f wi . h the standing orders on the 13 °' 5 n ot the House. The exclusion of stranger 3 dui depend upon the sessional orders. It Ivo a f or a ; right for any Member to call the attention e an d Speaker to the fact that strangers were pres ent ' to request that they might be ordered to I v ciaa i draw. l It was an inherent right of each individual A ember, and rested upon the same prinoiPle, t hat gave any Hon. Member the privilege of Inev inb aoae the House be counted, which was immediateli gale upon such motion being made ; and upon th e ( - e i to principle, the instant any Hon. Member o bser y i n . the Speaker that strangers were present it , It cumbent upon him to order them to withdraw' to was open to the Right Hon. Baronet to re eve amendment to put an end to the latter priyilege•vi at Mr. HUME wished to ask whether altY„ l3e ,pac e rangement had taken place by which he d bee e allotted for the accommodation of strangers had altered, as the space already allotted for their modation was extremely small. order The SPEAKER said he had not given on the subject. There was great d ifficulty A ill i nl 'on desirable of arrangements regarding the eure-551 M lie, be str Mr. HUME said that, on behalf of the Pi t toisl; would impress upon the House the necessity ones. arrangements more convenient than the Preseridebstes Those persons who came there to hear the if Any were much exposed to cold, and bad scarce . t woal i room The SPEAKER said that every arrangeruebi;e cast be made for the accommodation o f the Pa . ... 0 f th sistent with the accommodation o f Mecab'- House. ree d to. The question was then put and ag PRIVATE COMMITTEES• n tioil et Mr. WALLACE begged to call the ~...atiotee-gios to the House, especially of those 'Members "'„ 00 0 0 Committees of Selection, to the vvaste 01, nr iyete money which the present arrangements ° li t t :essioseot Committees involved. He mentiod la st eePe l i t i e that, in the instance of one railway gi11,,; Nob * - 1 had reached the enormous amount of 3 w itha tt s streumseteedffetehteuapiraersreanntgesemsesinotnbewinoguld no t r tl - s ee su b j ec . He was far from impeaching thmeacdoe:d;itieofgrSeet:e:i b p e a r in s s on an th d os l e ab C n o u m r Committee's who sntgoweu tii-. k e . eP eot If in a reasonable conditionci;:cabhvuo7bretihei had.,„uellitcles,iretue. their power to do that which they 5° much 00 0 ' il. Last session he called the attention of,' 0 ; 1/ 0 ° 01. two private Bills ; the first was the Ain Ges . _, 0 0 way Bill, the second was the reis ie ' re teit t rooe. Although those Bills came before the " : .' e the ,fed, March 25th, on July 25th they were Yet is the Now this was a fact which could not 1)° - a ir v i " - .aes• and he would leave it to the House to say 0 10 9- 0 it was not its duty to alter such a stat e baantioet lie would contend that the House /Pita° power an to nn e y n a a n b e l e e . Private Committees omuumt itrtiegehstto e st sol e / t ee such 0 000 01 so should have it in their power to seed foroettee;s9les, counsel, thus entailing enormous : I A be it ell c ‘ fvbat v oluilel h rtnolri i :stp l egeae e avdei lre t tpi nt h dhitr e eeehitrsvnha s attc o ato l tfe i iorn c tfote i ch t meow o tirism rf euepsep h dleanrd a nta d eieicenbrxt t sieip i n,cp i e e geirgi fii p srvge o eccaasa w ot.ovteu e ieryo r n 31 , 1 sal i eri : iieoiftir W tscev vf to ti e fr i t e e 6 c t I f fees, which eras not P e , ral b ie el:le a tibtretr s ef: : :::51;11 o' Ffj:e ensit'tititri ni e4hecie a: " taking House in Committees on public, t he Or s eer" , which tended materially to incrernreasstitynes and afford facilities for delay on u r This . iloo se, which could not otherwise s cour. o o'l sor De practice that had brought discredit ureasingttiorobef and which discredit would go on W el. 0 0 e. 'el f pri' step were not taken to stop it. Th i e em bers e betb e f, concluded by calling upon such to say wile" vate Committees as were then prese nt ' whol e ° t tee, t° they agreed with him in part or in tine co oti e ele o , he had said, and, by moving for a Seleeyest sole f per ascertain whether they could not sogb r ode ° sure by which to prevent this dillatorY be ..., to o f ceeding with private Bills. t iesti ticoo Mr. EWART wished to put a c i co set a e Majesty's Government relative to th . e,. te oille• r ote Committees of that House upon P wished to see the Members of Comlo rl i v i ee i t :i e t rl e P t fe es: Bills free from all personal w itted to . , re' tions which had to be sub tit w it , for This principle had been recog'ol_leip.tbwo tilet spect to certain railway Bills; na,."" re otto r !,, Oi l competing lines. He had a n otice o_t v or eoll' e ed,, paper upon this question for to-morroid he e) be d to the principle to which he alluded sh°, ° _. t i i s vo s . ,id re' to all Committees on private Bills ; PLl__,,ent vvoi,ebietft know whether her Majesty's Goverr_opons,',..elf. lieve an individual Member from that . ' . , 00 hirP: eo lte, which he, however, was ready notpreparetakeold t°,oo' Sir R. PEEL said he was any wni e h Nv n announcementula relieveo on t e h eupnanr.t G o e f o.ft t ‘i b e e svelooti o i a f_r d v,l 7, co ed o:t duty which he had undertaken. -,lll,eterest of difficult to define what was the direot_ood beoterel stituents in Railway Bills, and it w i. ,, d ireet 1 ., l e t impossible to determine what was " i d vell" ii d tio He hoped the Hon. Gentleman Iv ° reel) u D oi' --, Rober t tie° tle' his motion came on, as he (sir , e g oes aee 0 wish to give an opinion u pon ti f l the li°l3.it * ft/ti ,e l With respect to the observations o Say dot_ c one. _ man (Mr. Wallace), he could only _oral i'p9.' he excessively difficult effectually their carryto t:e i t c with respect to the length °f f o o olt t ° 9 , (Laughter.) It would be also di _..,,,,,ti00 co o _ A the Hon Gentleman's other 571', the_ceelt, (Sir Robert Peel) believed that, to wse e: t r i • o l t o of last session, the sum Of 75:„.7 w hiCh 1, wes .e , in the prosecntion of a railway 011_,edersto°ery Fr mately thrown out. This Bill, ' lit t be again brought forward, and he O s e oug ,011 .0 1 bability of its s ucceeding. ht tb e" f pe ts Lord 110 WICK said, he thoug_tion 0 . 00 8 1 0 , he longer time given for the presene"!uer priir „ice j for railway Bills than for those for real ir;eotiv7co,•!: Unless they adopted that course, _q 0 0 i and great injustice would ensue,. r ains alVeorkv.t the adoption of the system of 5ir.J",,,,,, awaretP tPf, Bills to a preliminary examinationss .e o,eye) Trade.—(Hear, hear.) The Hoiti.w .. hOOO o 'o, rs .. great decisions on projected ra .e l _ 3 ! io ns to el been arrived at ; while the dec ision s ' eo n!: t were yet unknown. Even wituend the 0 11 l ee , which were known, the Beat e ~.,11, wer .10 0 _, vhiol l t d. t e ainndigtnhnerapneerseonnfs tiititetegrerustuenddisnutnhoese_ 1; 0 ' 1 e relu r T ti b ei ef lj e e dations or the Board of Trade_nuruon tho se s on tj t or. fore, it would be unjust to call P A a t heis t A h v e se y rretie w s n i tti- fi e b° cl toe mdeecaisduereast in o intereste a i n tbe o tere ate t sue if' newehicill'hefthheery If they now fixed the time p _ t 00 c _„,os , e 1 preliminary steps, and to incur t _ e T iou se, gab oitt l 7l measures would be forced eithera n_teat r ape te,. d bringing their Bills before elniity o f itee.r of would he deprived of the eeP r 7. Col! e ithe be such Bills to the fair decision artiesti to t: r c ) ,P f s of was not just to call on these p,„_ a ? hs repo rt o 3 these decisions at present-1,0(0r that file geed not believed that if they s houtd tided_ot uponw eidti the Board of Trade weref interested ss cope _ot, adequate reasons the ar tier rring a usele eir a ' j l 3, commit the mistake of incu . „ ii i, f o re eo f t ior e that s °t° •• b e lit tore of money in bringing' t i _ n i e „ l „ r e ij r i t rico •Q d par- rt, on the other hand, it might o' re i,faetorYt a n boa '' f tii e decisions would not prove sa o t o _ ,_ r 60 00; 040 n o_ ,/ they determined to abanq the e Board r ee t he 9 Railway Department ', . his argeitnentoooso3 iy, d the t. ol 1 —(Hear, hear.) He ure'eu .... eri t an- cd ~,,o vo r, sumotion that the Governo. he 1 00--d t be ,do When , , e fir ~ jr „ final.—(Hear, hear.) o f 10 1, J a of fzill . ! not i n tend that the decisions ofthi tit t lr 0 the r t e do e of the Select Coinfoitt('the Boar ~ o y J' oo . , that 1 Batts te tt ,j m erits ° n reSe n 0 0 it distinctly laid was n ot to decide on i et, a te tb e -re t r i ng t lie e e hut was merely to inves lg ilou.et st 6 icl" e tiqi made, and to report to the dowt. il a gu got§ . ma tion an of - se`i opinions for the infor,he parsecisiee. f iii,, Parliament, an d for t f to its de itto 0 deo t e the C ntlica olo aler' e left had been the decision 0 t 0 , a5 rec nisi' t h 0 Parliament in coining 1.11 iirral , g e°l Gentle° did t 4 year. When the ._ goe. be fet e? the House by the Riget . , of Tra de, f . ip e President of the 13"ar d urnoe Fat propose it for the _I A ' , rbut for the influence of the Ow"-