The Sun. — London, England, 1847-07-16 00:00:00

BANK RETURNS, \ From the Londox Gazette of Tuesday.) An Account, pursuant to the Act seventh and eighth Victoria, sap. 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 3d day of July, 1847:- Average PRIVATE BANKS. Amount. Abingdon Barak, Abingdon-Knapp and Co . - Andover Bank, Andover-Heath and C 0.... ..... 16,082 Ashford Bank Ashford-Jemmitt and Pomfret 9,061, Avisham Bank, Aylsharn-R. and E. Copeman Aylesbury Old Bank, Aylesbury-Backfo rd 0 and Hunt . ............................................ 39,68 Baldock Bank and Baldock and Big4leswade Lar.k, Baldock-Wells, Hogg, and Lindsell... 30,941 12,602 B4rnitapie Bank, Barnstaple-D -7 ake and Co Buingstoke and Odihn.n Bank, Basingstoke-- 2 _ 7 _ tiole. Seymour, and .......................... _9_ 9 0 i3edtord Bank, Bedford-T. Barnard .... 3 0 4 9 ......... ,0 Bedford and Bedfordshir e Bank, Bedford- Trapp, Halfhead, and Co. .. and Bewdley Bank, Bewdley-Thehols, Baker, Crane .................................................. 15,005 Bicester and Oxfordshire Bank and Oxford Bank, Bicester-Tubb, Wootten, and Co. ... 26,985 Birmingham Bank, Birmingham-Attwoods, Spooner, and Co • • • 23,518 Birmingham and Warwickshire Bank, Birming ham-Lewis, Moilliett, and Co .... 38,010 Blandtord Bank, Blandford-Bastard and Oak. 7,862 Boston Bank, Boston-Garfitland Co 74,034 Bostou Bank, Boston-Gee and Co 12,136 Br;dg-rater Bank, Bridgwater-E. &J. Sealey 9,692 B - ristol Bank, Bristol-Miles, Harford, and Co. 36,730 3.lroseley and Bridgnorth, and Bridgnorth and Broseley Bank, Broseley-Messrs. Pritchard 20,851 Buckingham Bank, Buckingham-Bartlett, Parrott, and Co. Bury and Suffolk Bank, Sudbury Bank, Market Bank, Bury-Oakes, Bevan, and C 0....... 75,732 Banbury Bank, Banbury-Gillett and Tawney. 38,003 Banbury Old Bank, Banbury-Messrs. Cobb 50,163 Batt: City Bank, Bath-Moger and Son Bedfordshire Leighton Buzzard Bank, Leighton . Euzzard-Bassett and Grant 34,691 BV:mingham Bank, Birmingham-Taylor and Lloyds i.3radford Old Bank, Bradford , Yor kshire-H. and A. Harris 12,560 Brecon Old Bank, Brecon-Wilkins and C 0... 65,823 Bridport Bank, Bridport-S. and W. E. Gundry 22,142 Brighton Union Bank, Brighton-Hall, West, and Borrer Burlington and Driffield Bank, Burlington -Harding, Smith, and Co Bury St. Edmunds Bank, Bury St. Edmunds- J. and Co. Brornsgrove Bank and Stourbridge and Broms grove Bank, Bromsgrove-Rufford, Biggs, and Co. 16,724 Carabridge Bank, Cambridge-Mortlock and 'Sons . 20,586 Cambridge and Cambridgeshire Bank, Cam bridge-Messrs. Forsters Canterbury Bank, Canterhury-Hammond and ..... 27,432 Co Carmarthen Bank, Carmarthen-Morris and 20,766 Sons Chertsey Bank, Chertsey-Messrs. La Coste ..• 3 375 Colchester Bank, Colchester-Round, Green, and Co. 20,991 Colchester and Essex Bank, Witham and Essex Bank, and Hadleigh Bank, Suffolk, Colchester -Mills, Bawtree, and Co Gornish Bank, Truro-Tweedy and Co Coventry Bank, Coventry-Little and Wood cock 8,200 12,500 3,065 10,267 City Bank, Exeter—Milford and Co 21,069 Craven Bank, Settle—Birkbecks and Co. Christchurch Bank, Christchurch—Tice, Welsh, and Co Cardiff Bank, Cardiff—Towgood and Co Chepstow Old Bank, Chepstow Bank, Mon reouth Old Bank, Monmc uth Bank, Brecon llauvs., and Ross and Herefordshire Bank, Chepstow—Bromage, Snead, and Co. Tie by Bank, Derby—Messrs. Evans 'Derby Bank, Derby—Smith and Co. Derby Old Bank and Scarsdale and High Peak Bank, Derby—Crompton, Newton, and C 0.... 25,747 Devizes and Wiltshire Bauk, Devizes—Hughes, Locke, and Co 17,023 hiss Bank, Diss—Oakes, Fincham, and Co 10,401 Doncaster Bank, Doncaster—Leatham, Tew, and Co. Doncaster Bank and Retford Bank, Doncaster — Cook and Co. . 57,210 Dover Union Bank, Dover—Latham, and C 0.... Darlington Bank, Durham Bank, and Stockton on-Tees Bank, Darlington—Ba,ckhouse, and Co 81,015 Devonport Bank, Devonport—Hodge and Nor man Dorchester Old Bank and Dorsetshire Bank, Dorchester—Williams and Co. East Cornwall Bank, Liskeard—Robins, Foster, and Co East Riding Bank, Beverley—Bower, Hutton, and Co. . Essex Bank and Bishops Stortford Bank, Chelmsford—Walford. and Co 49,250 Exeter Bank, Exeter—Sanders and Co 31,301 Fakenham Bank, Fakenham—Gurneys, Birk beck, and Co. Narringdon Bank and Bank of Wantage, Far ringdon—Barnes and Medley 8,375 Farnham Bank, Farnham—Messrs. Knight 12,600 Faversham Bank, Faversham—Hilton and Co 5,335 Godalming Bank, Godalming—Mellersh and Keen . 5,796 Grantham Bank, Grantham—Kewney and King 18,993 Guildford Bank, Guildford—Messrs. Haydon... 12.809 Grantham Bank, Grantbam—Hardy and C 0.... 25,763 Hastings Old Bank, Hastings—Smith, Hilder, and Co. 28,144 Hereford City and County Bank, Hereford— Matthews and Co. Hertfordshire Bank and Ware Bank, Ware— S. Adams and Co. 2,281 6,910 13,262 Bull 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 5,288 'Hemel Hempstead Bank, Hemel Hempstead — Smith, and Whittingstall ...... .. Honiton Bank, Honiton—Flood and Co. Hertfordshire, Hitchen Bank, Hitchen—Sharpies and Co. . 37,358 Ilereford, Ross, and Archenfield Bank, and Ross and Archenfield Bank, Hereford—Morgan, Hoskins, and Co 23,787 Ipswich Bank, Ipswich—Bacon and Co. Ipsvvich and Needham Market Bank, Suffolk, Hadleigh Bank, Manningtree and Mistley :lank, and Woodbridge Bank, Ipswich— Alexauders and Co. Kentish Bank, Maidstone—Mercer, Randall, and Mercer Kington and Radnorshire Bank, Kington—J Davies and Co Knighton Bank Knighton—J. Davies and Co 6,743 Knaresborough Old Bank and Ripon Old Bank, Knacesborough—Terry and Co .... 21,153 li::liclal Bank, Kendal—Wakefield, Crewdson, and Co. "Kttoring, Bank, Kettering—Goth and Sons 7 ' 781 Line Ead Staffordshire Bank, Lane End—C Har., , y and Son lAeds Bank, Leeds—Beckett and Co Leeds Union Bank,L ee d s —W.Willi ams , Brown, 54,681 and Ca. Leek and Staffordshire Ba n k, an d L ee k an d 34,170 Congleton Booak,Leek—Fowler,Gaunt, and Co. 401 Lueester Bmik, Leicester—Pagets and Kirby... 26,147 Lewes Old Bank, Lewes — Molineux and C 0.... 37 ' 55 7 0 Pchfield Bank, Lichfield — Palmer and Green... 18,550 Lincoln! Bank, Lincoln—Smith land Co 92,943 Llandovery Bank and Llandilo Bank Llando very—David Jones and Co. Loughborough Bank, Loughborough—Middle tins and Cradock • Lymington Bank, Lymington—C. and S. St Barbe .................. 3,616 'Lynn Regis and Lincolnshire Bank, Lynn Regis ... —Gurneys and Co. .•.. IliAn Regis and Norfolk Bank, Lynn Regis— „..Maccassey a n d Co. 2.1. lesfield Bank, Macclesfield—Brockle hurst and Co 9,975 Itannin ...................................... gtree Bank,Manninfftree —Nunn and Co. 7,320 MarlboroughOldank, B rn a a nk, Marlborough and Wilts Bank Old Bank, Marl borough Old Bral P.nd Hung er f or dßanka,nMd a r il l b u o n r g o e u r g f h o — r d T B a n a n n e k r , and Pinckney Itlarlborough a n d North Wiltshire New Bonk, r„ Marlborough — ward,, 14,137 Merionethshire Ba n k, D o i *man ' an d Hillier 10,594 Williams gellY—Jones and ................ Miners' Bank, Truro— Nyillya a, ms . ~,..(1,--"••••••••• 7,282 ronmouthshire Agricultural and '''' '''' 16,570 Bank, Aberg,ravenny—Baileys and Commercial konmouth Old Bank, Monmouth Bank, ' Brecon.'''' 24,823 Bank, Chepstow Bank, Chepstow Old Bank, and Ross and Herefordshire Bank, Monmouth —Bromaae and Snead t r ionmoaths e hire Newport Old Bank, Newport 16 ' 323 —W. Williams and Sons 7,901 Newark Bank, Newark—Godfreys and Hutton 24,716 Newark and Sleaford Bank, and Sleaford and Newark Bank, Newark —Handley, Peacock, and Co ............. liewburyank, NeNvbary—Bunny and Slocock 31,735 Newmarket Bank, Newmarket —Eaton, Ham I turiond, and Son ......... 19,748 Norfolk and Suffolk Bank, Diss—Taylor and Dyson .....) 2,515 Norwich Crown Bank, Norwich—llarveys and livasons Norwich and Norfolk Bank, Norwich—Gur neys end Co cyottinghar a tinshana 4k i nd Notti ng h am shire Bank, Not - IN r u jrdoeaton Bank,art , Yellows, and Co Nuneaton—Craddeock and ....................... Naval Bank, ....... .3ludae, C 0... . Nov Bank, Sarum—Retley, E verett , and 23,160 uo Nottingham Bank, Nottin h • Smith and Co 29,74 Os'estry Bank and Osw g es a tr ra y — Old Barak, O s _ westrv—Croxon and Co .. . rrell . 1 0 /xford 'Bank, Oxford—J. andi . R. M Oxford Old Bank, Oxford—Robinson, 13,511 Parsons, and Thompson. . 35,009 O Oki Bg.nk Tonbridge, Tonbridge and Tonbridge IVell3 Old Bank, Tonbridgo and Tonbridge Wells and Sevenoaks Bank, Tonbridge— Leeching and 601:1$••• .................. 8,086 4,784 ,TIIE SUN, L ON DON FRIDAY Average Amount Wilts and Dorset Banking Company, Salisbury 63,405 West Riding Union Banking Company, Ilud dersfield Whitehurch and Ellesmere Banking Company, 29,577 Whitchurch Worcester City and County Banking Company, Worcester York Union Banking Company, York 70,385 York City and County Banking Company, York 91,144 Yorkshire Banking Company, Leeds P. DEANS, Registrar of Bank Returns. Stamps and Taxes, July 10, 1847. 5,315 SPANISH BONDHOLDERS' A SSO- - - - CIATION. A meeting of the Spanish bondholders convened by this association was held yesterday at the London Tavern to receive a communication from the association's agent at Madrid, Mr. James Henderson, respecting the settle ment of the claims of the bondholders. DEMPSTER HEMMING, Esq , the chairman of the asso • ciation, was voted to the chair, and said that under ordinary circumstances he should have felt groat reluc tance in taking the chair, but he considered himself then before the meeting in a double capacity, not only as the present chairman, but as the chairman of the Spanish Bond holders' Association. In the latter capacity he was delighted to have an opportunity of affording the share holders some explanation how that association originated, and why it was subjected to the imputation of being self constituted. In last July this association was constituted. Before that association was formed a committee existed, but no sooner did the horizon in Spanish politics clear and the affairs of the bondholders begin to amend, than that committee began to relax its efforts and retrograde, and it at last became effete. They (the association) had communications with several influential merchants in the City, and the expediency of having a body of gentlemen who might communicate with the Spanish Government, and give the result of such communication to the bondholders, was admitted, and the present as sociation was then formed. It was then deemed necessary to send an agent to Madrid. They had sent a memorial to Senor Mon, but no re sponse having been received to that communication, in order to give greater effect to their efforts they had united with the bondholders of Belgium and France, and they had an interview with M. Guizot, who gave them a recommendation to M. Bresson. Fortified with that letter, Mr. Henderson proceeded to Madrid, and it was only justice to him to state that he had done all in his power to adjust the affairs of the bondholders. The Government of Spain, he was satisfied, were anxious to revive the credit of the country by settling with foreign creditors. He was sure they wanted the power, and not the will, to carry out their wishes ; and it was to that they must attribute the debts of the bondholders not being liquidated before. Mr. CAPEL here stated that one of the committee had expended no less than 1,0001 in endeavours to arrange the affairs of the company. The SECRETARY then read the letter from Mr. Hen derson of the 2d of July, which has already been pub- lished. Mr. E. LUDO proposed that the committee be const tuted as the representatives of the bondholders. Mr. Manor/ seconded the resolution, which was car ried unanimously. Thanks having been voted to the chairman and the other members of the committee, Mr. W. HENDERSON read a letter from Lord George Bentinck, and in an eloquent speech proposed a vote of thanks to his Lordship, which was seconded, and carried unanimously. The letter was as follows: — "Harcourt House, July 13, 1847. "Dear Sir,—You are at perfect liberty to declare any where in my name, that if Lord Palmerston fails or pro crastinates in demanding and procuring redress for the British holders of Spanish bonds, I will again, if I live, bring the matter before the House of Commons. I think it, however, only justice to Lord Palmerston to say that all his previous conduct in forcing redress from Portugal. New Granada, and Venezuela point him out, of all the statesmen who have ever held the seals of the Foreign office, as the man in whom the British holders of foreign bonds have the best right to place confidence that he will fearlessly and firmly seek and obtain payment of their just debts. "Lord Palmerston's heart is evidently with the British creditors of foreign repudiating and non-paying states ; and it is cleat that Lord Palmerston only requires to be properly backed up by the representatives of the empire, to take effectual measures to obtain for all British holders of foreign bonds punctual payment of their interest by all nations who have not the excuse of poverty, insol vency, and bond fide inability to pay. " Practically, then, it rests with the British holders of Spanish and other bonds now, when on the eve of a general election, to rouse constituencies from the north of Scotland to the Land's End, and from Harwich to Galway, to call upon their representatives, or rather upon the candidates on the hustings, to pledge themselves to support Lord Palmerston, in demanding' and securing the immediate and punctual payment of the interest upon all the debts due by solvent national Governments to the subjects of Great Britain. " Lord Palmerston has stated the aggregate principal of the Foreign Debt due to British subjects at one hundred and fifty millions sterling ; at three and a half per cent. interest this would give upwards of five mil lions a year of interest due by foreign nations, and un paid to British subjects. " This is a sum nearly equal to the property and income-tax ; it is an annual sum to be paid to England in 'foreign gold,' nearly equal to that drain of English gold,' in payment for foreign grain, which, in the months of April and May last, created such a panic and such a pressure on the money-market. " Had these BASE foreign National Debtors, as Lord Palmerston has justly designated them, been 'HONEST' instead of ' BASE,' the DRAIN Of SIX MILLIONS of GOLD in payment for foreign grain, would have been within ONE MILLION STERLING COUN TERVAILED by the cash payments in discharge of the annual interest of these foreign debts, and there could have been no pressure in the money-market, no obstacles to the liberal discounts of the bank—no distress amongst fair, honest, enterprising English merchants and manu facturers. '‘ Let the people of England remember that they to whom these' Spanish thieves' owe an annual interest of upwards of one million six hundred thousand pounds sterling, pay every year for the slave-grown sugars and coffee, and slave-raised copper of Cuba and Porto Rico, a sum fully greater than this, mostly in English gold, the hard-earnings of honest English industry, to these very Spaniards ; and then let them ask the candidates for their suffrages, whether, if returned to Parliament, they will suffer any longer this barefaced robbery to continue ; let the people of England ask the candidates for their votes, if they will tamely and basely connive at the longer continuance of this Spanish freebooting, at the expense of the hard horny hands, and exhausted sweat of English labour and English honesty. " Will they suffer this, in order that the Queen of Portugal and her profligate Court, and et more profli gate Ministers, may continue to revel in a lavish extra vagance, and a wasteful expenditure, greater by one-half than that which contents the wants, and maintains the dignity of our own Queen, the greatest Sovereign of the earth ? " Will the people of England be content any longer to look quietly upon Cuba and Porto Rico, producing in value upwards of ten millions sterling of produce an nually on the one side—and on the unpaid debt of forty-six millions due by Spain to British subjects on the other side—Cuba and Porto Rico, AT ONCE SO RICH and SO EASY A PRIZE, and FORBEAR LONGER TO DISTRAIN UPON THE GOODS OF THEIR WEALTHY, their faithless, their unprincipled Spanish debtors ? " Finally, I repeat that the battle rests now with the British bondholders, to be fought by them on the hust ings. Though my political opponent, I think they ought to have confidence in Lord Palmerston ; but if the British bondholders do their duty to themselves and to Lord Palmerston, and Lord Palmerston should never theless disappoint their just expectations, then, I say, you will know where to look for one who, in what he knows to be a just cause, will neither flatter nor flinch, deceive, desert, or betray, in your faithful servant, " G. BENTINCK. " To Wm. Henderson, Esq." Thanks were then voted to Lord Palmerston and Lord Brougham, after which the meeting separated. - - - - IRISH WASTE LAND IMPROVEMENT SOCIETY.— Yesterday there was a general meeting of this society at the King's Head Tavern, Poultry, to consider the pre sent state of the company's affairs. The Right Hon. the Earl of Devon presided. Colonel Robinson read a de tailed statement of the objects and progress of the society, from which it appeared that the number of the tenantry had greatly increased, as well as the amount of the so ciety's rental, and that the tenants' property had more than trebled itself during the course of the last three years, up to the time of the late disastrous failure in Ire land. The society had employed all its tenantry in the bad season in permanent and reproductive works. No one had died of famine on their estates during that pe riod.ewiTwrnilaeaahscasiemhot various agd T nent ihdec h lolmoyf e aunanas g csfrdi e taalre. n vi,urte c oac r uwAptt a rei s l homa a niiw:con p l heeont p ifg e wers a aci tognrouparet the intercourse reauw c srd e ei ginan o wrigng f meidota t phhtvlrlizelytoarhovcreperlbarom:s2opurumeoserrnosroot surrounding uteef t nisr h tiuepdh e i seigienk e tgoa s gfieei t tr. e eaceesnd s z. dis trict. The Government had given its sanction and sup port to the undertaking. After some discussion, in which the Noble Chairman and several proprietors took part, a vote of confidence was unanimously passed to the directors, and another for supporting them in prosecut ing the objects of the society. A vote of thanks was passed to the Noble Chairman and directors, when the meeting adjourned. THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPIL—One day last week a lady took a first-class ticket, at the Exeter station of the South Devon Railway, for Starcross, and on arriving her journey's end, she fonnd, to her great chagrin, that she had somewhere or other mislaid it. After searching the carriage in v4in, she made up her mind to pay her fare again, and went towards the office for the purpose : meeting the station-master by the way, sh e mentioned her loss to him, and found, to her great sur prise, that he was already informed of it. " Ile knew it Exeterhal f a n stationhour ag . ;she T h hadelady left w a ion st delighted e she at s a N t e h d e her money, and was initiated into one of the mysteries of science at the same time.— Western Luminary. INTERESTING DISCOVERY.—The Union, of Mans, gives an account of the discovery at Boisse-le-Sec of a subterranean passage leading square, i n th e m iddl e of which is an immense stone table, h av i r , to a hall nearly fifty fe e t above it a lamp in baked clay, suspended by an iron chain. Another curious discovery has taken place at Morellettee, near Mainers. A peasant, who w he a l s ew di t g he digging there re a fo c r he e s l t a! b , ou f n ou d nd w , it a h t iarboont:tansidx feet con taining a long chain and an iron collar, and the head of a Wan, 9U which the skin and beard were still intact' Average Ameunt Oxfordshire Witney BaLk Witney—Williams, 11,029 ull Old Bank and Clinch, and C 0... ................................... Pease's Old Ban k, Hull, the H Beverley Bank, Hull—Pease and Co 45,766 Penzance Bank, Penzance —Batten 10,671 '?eterborough Bank and Oundle Bank, Peter borough—MPs-rs. Yorke 9.115 Peterborough Bank, Peterborough—Simpson, Whit e , and Simpson 10,103 Pembrokeshire Bank, Haverfordwest—J. and W. Walters Penzance Union Bank, Falmouth Bank, and Truro Bank, Penzance—Rickets, Enthoven a nd Co Reding Bank, Reading—Stmonas and Co 37,835 g Bank, Reading—Stephens,Blandy, and Co 33,252 Richmond Bank,Richmond—Stapleton and Co 5,665 Ringwood and Poole Bank, and Town and County of Poole Bank, Ringwood—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... 13,973 Rugby Bank, Rugby—Butlin and Son 13,681 Rye Bank, Rye—Curteis, Pomfret, and Co 16,760 Reigate and Darking Bank, and Reigate, Croy don, and Darking Bank, Reigate—Nash and 13,638 Co • Ross Gld Bank, Herefordshire , Ross—Pritchard and Allaw ay Saffron Walden and North Essex Bank, Saffron Walden Messrs. Gibson Salop Bank, Shrewsbury—Burton, Lloyd, and 16,398 Co Scarborough Old Bank , Scarborough—Woodall and 22,053 Co Shrewsbury and Market Drayton Bank, Shrews bury—Adams, Adams, mid Co Shrewsbury Old Bank, and Shrewsbury and Ludlow Bank, Shrewsbury—Rocke, Eytons, and Co. Sittingbourne and Milton Bank, Sittingbourne —Valiance and Sou 3,242 Southampton Town and County Bank, South ampton—Maddison and Son Southwell Bank, Southwell—Wylde and Co. St. Alban's Bank, St. Alban's—J. S. Story 2,299 Salisbury Bank, Salisbury—Messrs. Brodie 20,6.42 Shaftesbury Bank, Shaftesbury— Brodie and 4,630 9,829 4,370 6,280 8,580 King Southampton and 'Hampshire Bank, Southamp ton—Atherly and Fall Stone Bank, Stone.—W. Moore 6,291 Stourbridge Banc, Stourbridge —Rufford, Wragg, and Co 17,297 Stafford Old Bank, Stafford—Stevenson and Co 11,817 Stamford and Rutland Bank, Stamford—Eaton, Cayley, and Co. ... 30,012 Stourbridge Old Bank, Stourbridge—Bate and Robins 17,113 Shrewsbury and Welshpool Bank, Shrewsbury —Beck, Downward, and Co. 24,018 St. Alban's and Ilerts Bank, St. Alban's—Gib son and Stuart 2,264 Taunton Bank, Taunton—Messrs. Badcock 24,600 Tavistock Bank, Tavistock—Gill, Rundle, and Co 12,103 Thornbury Bank, Th ornbury—Rol ph, Yates, and Parslow - Tiverton and Devonshire Bank, Tiverton—Duns ford and Barne . 9,35 9,585 Thrapston and Kettering Bank, Northampton shire, Thrapston—Yorke and Eland 10,964 Tring Bank and Chesham Bank, Tring—But cher and Son Towcester Old Bank, Towcester—J. and S 11,83 9,03' Percival Union Bank, Cornwall, Helston—Vivian and 14,458 Co Uxbridge Old Bank, Uxbridge—Hull, Smith, and Co. 24,020 Wallingford Bank, Wallingford—Wells and Co. 9,970 Warwick and Warwickshire Bank, Warwick— Kelynge, Greenway, wad Co. 26,814 Wellington Somerset Bank, Wellington—Fox, Brothers West Riding Bank, Wakefield, and Pontefract Bank, Wakefield—Leatham, Tew, and Co. Whitby Old Bank, Whitby—Simpson, Chap man, and Co 13,226 Winchester, Alresford, and Alton Bank, Win chester—Sulpett and Co. Winchester and Hampshire Bank, Winchester —Wickham and Co Weymouth Old Bank and Dorchester Bank, Weymouth—Elliott and Pearse Wirkesworth and Ashbourne Derbyshire Bank, Wirkesworth—Arkwright and Co. . 33,014 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. Worcester Old Bank and Tewkesbury Old Bank, Worcester—Berwick, Lechmere, and Co. 75,864 Worcestershire Bank, Kidderminster—Farley 11'379 and Turner 11,230 Whitby Bank, Whitby—Frankland and Wit . 3,202 5,148 54,305 9,79 kinsOn Walsall Old Bank, Walsall—Charles Foster and Sons Warminster and Wiltshire Bank, Warminster — Everett and Co. Wrexham Bank, Wrexham—J. and S. Kenrick Wolverhampton Bank, Wolverhampton — Messrs. Fryer Yarmouth and Suffolk Bank, and Halesworth and Suffolk Bank, Yarmouth—Gurney, Birkbeck, and Co. Yarmouth, Norfolk, and Suffolk Bank, Great Yarmouth—Sir E. K. Lacon, Bart., and Co 10,75, Yeovil Old Bank, Yeovil—E. and J. Batten York Bank. York—Swann. Clouzh, and Co 41,693 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Bank of Westmoreland, Kendal Barnsley Banking Company, Barnsley Bradford Banking Company, Bradford 49,423 Bilston District Banking Company, Wolver hampton Bank of Whitehaven, Whitehaven Bradford Commercial Banking Company, Brad ford Burton, U ttoxeter, 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 12,970 County of Gloucester Banking Company, Chel tenham . 19,983 1,860 4,3925 6,89 29,537 Carlisle and Cumberland Banking Company Carlisle Carlisle City and District Bank, Carlisle 19,016 Dudley and West Bromwich .E3anking Company, Dudley 37,153 Derby and Derbyshire Banking Company, Derby 19,204 Darlington District Joint-Stock Banking Com pany, Darlington . 22,917 East of England Bank, Norwich 24,671 Gloucestershire Banking Company, Gloucester. 150,732 Halifax Joint-Stock Bank, Halifax 17,017 Huddersfield Banking Company, Huddersfield 32,660 Hull Banking Company, Hull 27,381 Halifax Commercial Banking Company, Halifax 12,479 Halifax and Huddersfield Union Banking Com -36,696 i Herefordshire iepiastnn Bllaanlikfai Banking g Banking Ce r Company, Company, any,l,loo llelst° l- n lereford Knaresborough and Claro Banking Company, 21,415 K i l n C g n s a b r r e i s d b g o e r o j u nn g i h t - Stock Bank, Kingsbridge 26,493 3,973 LLee Lancaster eicdesstßeraalk ß i ri a ne n g k ß i ca n no g kraipnagn o Company,Lancaster Lmepeadnsy Leicester 22' 9 530 6 Lincoln and Lindsey Banking Company, .. 78 ' 0 Lincoln 51 5 Leamington Priors and Warwickshir e B an ki ng Company, Leamington Priors 12,732 Leeds and West Riding Banking Company, Leeds - Leeds Commercial Banking Company, Leeds-. - Ludlow and Tenbury Bank, Ludlow 9 904 Moore and Robinson's Nottinghamshire Bank- ' ing Company, Nottingham 23,597 Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Banking Company, Nottingham Newcastle, Shields, and Sunderland Union Joint- Stock Banking Company, Newcastle 69,734 National Provincial Bank of England, Birming ham, Head-office, 112, Bishopsgate-street, 391,682 L 0n d0n............................ North Wilts Banking Company, Melksham 51,751 Northamptonshire Union Bank, Northampton 75,510 Northamptonshire Banking Company, North ampton . ............................... .. 25,674 North and South Wales Bank, Liverpool 51,756 Pares's Leicestershire Banking Company, Lei c ... 50,588 ester S s a t d: ra lle fo w r :r , t s h ,p ß al a d n in k g in Company, Saddleworth... 2,968 Sheffield Bs.nkiitg Company, 5heffie1d............ 35,309 Stuckey's Bankincr . 71..1.3.7.t;.r.i1.31,niZgr.n.5.em.i.... , P sh an ir y : SBtaannak,c'arndi" S - o e m m eTs n e Y ts ' hire Bank, Lang port 49 150 Shropshi r - e - B - a . ......... Stourbridge and 'e.°.....a"n. ii .. a ' n . , k . 13 h ; n i a f 1. 1 n g . n il i n i . i n . C0m p p. .......... 3 5 40 6 '46 : 817157 Satnodurburaitems.iiirQ Kidderminster Sheffield PanY' Sheffield .... .... ........... ... i . n . .. .. .. .................... ......... Sheffield and Rotherham 24, 3 62 1 2 4 Company, St.eilicA ....... Swaledale and Wensleydale ....lun ................ 53,394 Richmond . " 4 g Compa n y, Stocktcn and Durham County Banking co 44,581 9,864 Storey and Thomas's Banking Company, pany, Stockto..n. ................................... 7..... ShSeffihaefitd"abnudryßetferd Bank, Sheffield ... 848 Suffolk Banking C om p an y , I p swich _ Wolverhampton ai id Staffordshire Banking Com pany, Wolverhampton 34,868 W a kefield and Barusley Union Bank, Wakefield 11,725 Whitehaven Joint .Stock Banking Company, Whitehaven . . 27 473 Warwick and Lewub_gtora Banking Company, Leamington . 35,011 West of Englarni and South Wales District Bank, lkastol . . 76,025 _.~ EVENING, JULY 16, 1847. The petitioners prayed the House to afford them some remedy. BISHOPRIC, OF MANCHESTER BILL. Mr. M. PHILIPS presented a petition from the Mayor arid burgesses of Manchester against this 13111 (as we understood). NAV I G ATION AW S. Sir 11. DOUGLAS presented a petition from Liver pool, signed by 1,54)0 shipowners, against any alteration in'these laws; also a petition from attmitaple to the same effect. DESERTION OF SEAMEN. Mr. fIUME presented a petition from an individual, stating that inquiry ought to be male into the reasons assigned for the desertion of seamen from her Majesty's service. It appeared that no fewer than 1,832 men and boys had deserted from her Majesty's ships in the year 1846, and the petitioner prayed that inquiry should be made to ascertain whether the causes arose from the in• adequacy of the wages given, the treatment they had re ceived, or from other reasons. The Hon. Gentleman also presented a petition from certain inhabitants of St. Paul's, Deptford, complaining of the misappropriation of the funds belonging to the Leather•sellers' Company. The petitioners alleged the malversation of certain funds left for public schools, and prayed that au inquiry should be instituted. The Hon. Gentleman presented a third petition from shareholders in the Great Eastern and Western Railway Company, complaining of the exceed ingly defective state of the laws relating to public com panies, and praying for their amendment. POOR-LAW ADMINISTRATION BILL. Mr. BORTIIWICK inquired, in the event of the Bill coming down from the other House with any alterations, if the Government would fix an early day fur their con sideration. Sir G. GREY said the Bill would no doubt come down from the House to-night, and he proposed to take the Bill either to-morrow or on Monday. Mr. lIINDLEY said he was not satisfied with the reply. Would the Government stand by the resolution of the Hon. Member? Sir GEORGE GREY could state nothing more than he did the other night. Mr. BORTIIWICK said he should feel it his duty to maintain the clause he had proposed, and which was carried, with respect to the separation of old couples, in all its integrity. LOANS TO IRISH LANDOWNERS. I❑ reply to Mr. STAFFORD O'BRIEN. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, stated that the money was voted long ago, and he was not aware that any delay had taken place in making the grants when applied for. MILITARY KNIGHTS OF WINDSOR—PRIVI- LEGE. Mr. B. CABBELL said the Right Hon. Baronet the Secretary of State for the Home Department was repre sented in the public journals to have said, with reference to this subject, that he (gr. B. Cabbell) had entered into an arrangement to furnish the law officers of the Crown with papers on the matter. He wished it to be distinctly understood that he gave a direct negative to such a charge. IMPERIAL. PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, July 15. Their Lordships assembled at Five o'clock. MUSCLE FISHERIES BILL. Lord BROUGHAM presented a petition against this Bill from a place in Scotland, which he characterised as one of the most incredible pieces of legislation ever sought to be perpetrated. The petition, which the Noble Lord said was most respectably signed, bcsou4lit their Lordships not to pass the Bill. The Noble Lord said he felt very much disposed to move that the Bill be read a second time this day three mouths, during which period the muscles might remain undisturbed, but he should refrain from doing so.—(Laughter.) JUVENILE OFFENDERS BILL. On the motion of Lord DEVON, their Lordships pro ceeded to consider the reasons of the House of Commons for disagreeing to certain of the Lords amendments with respect to this Bill. The Marquis of WESTMINSTER c,3nsidered that their Lordships had adopted a very unwise course in ex punging the clause which left it to a person brought be fore a magistrate to elect whether he should be sum marily committed or tried by a jury, Lord BEAUMONT agreed with his Noble Friend, and regretted that the alterations complained of had _ been made. The subject then dropped. (A motion was put from the chair and carried, as we understood, but its nature, or, in fact, what became of the matter, we were utterly at a. loss to divine, from the low tone in which Noble Lords spoke. It would seem that many Noble Lords are determined that their proceed ings, no matter how much they may affect the public, should not reach the public.) NEW SOUTH WALES. Earl GREY presented a petition from New South Wales, praying for an independent form of Govern ment. The Noble Earl said the subject was one which would receive the serious attention of the Government before the next session. POOR SUPERVISION BILL. This Bill was read a third time and passed with some amendments. POOR-LAW ADMINISTRATION BILL. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE moved the third reading of this Bill. Lord BROUGHAM objected to the Bill being further proceeded with this session, as, without its aid, the law could be administered until next session; and during the recess and next session they would have more time to consider the new powers which this Bill proposed. It was said that the salary of the Poor-law Commissioner, who was to sit in Par liament, was to be 2,000/. a year, but it ought either to be increased, or reduced at the option of the Government. Now such an officer ought to be placed in a more independent position ; he certainly would have no easy task to perform. He should, therefore, propose that the Bill be read a third time this day six months. He hoped that Mr. Chadwick and Captain Nichols, who were in fact the authors of the system, would still be employed in the administration of the law. They would he removed as a matter of course, if this Bill were passed without compensation. This would be unfair to them and to others connected with the Poor law Commission, as they had borne the brunt of all the labours and odium of the offices which they had held. No term that could be culled from the English dictionary was spared upon them—they were called " dictators," " hard-hearted," and " cruel." Com mon charity was not even exercised towards them ; and had the other commissioners stood as firm in the administration of the law, and as heedlesS of public clamour, as Mr. Chadwick and Captain Nicholls, the law would have been better administered. He thought it right to say this in their behalf, as he had induced Captain Nicholls to give up an office worth 2,5001. a year to take his present office ; and was he and Mr. Chadwick, who had collected the materials out of which they had framed all the Poor-law Bills, to be left penniless ? The BISHOP of LONDON said the merit of the poor-law was mainly due to Mr. Chadwick, who pos sessed Vas facility of making himself master of every subject into which he entered. No doubt the differences between the Commissioners and Mr. Chadwick arose from his desire to carry out the law in all its integrity. He had read the correspondence on both sides, and he be lieved this was the extent of his fault, and he thought that he should not go unrewarded. It was understood that Mr. Chadwick should take an active part in the admi nistration of the Poor-law, and it was but natural that he should feel some dissatisfaction if, after a time, he found that his influence was not that which he expected. He would be an useful man to the public in particular departments—in connexion with sanatory retorm, for instance. He had known Mr. Chadwick since the com mencement of the inquiry with respect to the Poor-law, and he considered that he should not go unrewarded. The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH said, as a member of a board of guardians, and as one anxious to carry out the law, he wished to bear testimony to the high cha racter of Mr. Chadwick. He considered that the whole sale dismissal of the Commissioners would be grossly unjust. The Marquis of' LANSDOWNE said the poor-law was passed as a temporary measure, and the parties employed under it could not but look forward to some material alterations in it at a future period ; in fact, that it might undergo an entire change; and yet the commis sioners and others took their respective offices on these conditions. No expectation was held out that they would receive retiring pensions—but he did not deny that they had that claim ou the Government which merit must always have. The Act merely anticipated the termination of the commission by a few months, when the employment of all connected with the com mission would cease. The Parliament had had the power, during the whole time the commission had ex isted, either to increase or to reduce the salaries of all the persons employed in connexion with the commis sion. —(Hear, hear.) The salaries were left out of the Bill, and placed entirely under the control of the House of Commons.—(Hear, hear.) If any error had been committed, with respect to the salaries for the new commissioners, it was that they were too low—(Hear, hear) —but they might be altered hereafter. He be lieved all connected with the commission had discharged their duty most conscientiously. Earl WICKLOW considered that the salary of a commissioner, who had a seat in Parliament, should not be increased or decreased at the caprice of the Le • gislature—such a course was at variance with every precedent. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE said, in 1831 the salaries of the officers of State and others were reduced by the Treasury. Lord MONTEAGLE corroborated the statement of his Noble Friend. Earl GREY said the salary of the commissioner who would have a seat in Parliament, would be the same as the President of the Board of Trade. Their Lordships then divided, when there appeared— For the third reading ... 32 For the amendment , lO Majority ............. The Bill was t hen read a third time and passed. The following B ills were then read a second time : Herring Fishery ( Scotlan d) Bill —Post-office Bill—Na vigation(No. 2) —Muscle Fisherie s Bill (S c otland)— Drainage of Lands (Ireland) Bill--Stock in Trade Ex emption Bill —Polling at Elections Bill—Joint Stock Companies Bill. The Compensation for Damages Bill (Ireland) passed through Committee. The following Bills were read a third time :—Ec clesiastical Jurisdiction Amendment Bill —Railways (Ireland) Bill , No . 2—Fishery Piers and Harbours Bill (Ireland) —Turnpike Roads (South Wales) Bill—Canada Consolidated Revenu e Fund Bill—Print Works Bill — Navigation (Ireland) Bill—London Bridge Termini—General Enlargement Bill. S R h a a i I n w ri a o y n Their Lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS, July 15. The SPEAKER took the Chair at Three o'Clock. CONSIDERATION OF REPORTS. The reports on the following Bills were considered and agreed to:—Salisbury and Yeovil Railway; South ampton and Dorchester CON Railwa y (Blandford Branch). SED R The Dean and Chapter of Westminster's Estate Bill was read a second tiHlßme, D andREADING. ordered to be committed. T The St. Abuyn's Estate Bill was read a third time. LORDS' AMENDMENTS. The Lords' a mendments to the following Billa were considered and agreed to:— Eastern Counties R a ilway (Wisbeach to Spalding). Eastern Union Railway (Branch from Manningtree to Harwich). Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr Railway, and Ayrshire and Bridge of Weir Railway (No. )London Great Northern Railway (Deviations between London and Grantham). Kingston-upon-Hull Dock Company. Leominster Canal Navigation Sale. London and North-Western Railway (Ormskirk and Rainford Branch, &c.) Manchester and Birmingham, and North Staffordshire Junction Railway. Oldham Alliance Railway. Swansea Harbour. 'raw Vale Railway and Dock (Deviations and Bideford and South Molton Branches). York and North Midland Railway (East Riding Canals Purchase). PRIVATE BUSINESS. On the motion of Mr. GREENE, the following reso lutions were agreed to :_That the Examiner of Petitions have leave to sit and proceed on the Dean and Chapter of Westminster's Estate Bill fort hwith, and to re p ort this day.—On the report f r om the Examiner of Peti tions on the Dean and Chapter of Westminster's Estate Bill, being brought up, and on the Bill being read a second time, to move, that it be an in struction to the Committee of Selection to appoint the first sit ting o f the Committee to-morrow, and that the Committee have leave to report upon Monday.—That l)undas' Estate Bill be read a second time this day, and that it be an instruction to the Committee of Selection to appoint the Committee on the said Bill to meet to morrow, and that the Committee on the Bill have leave to report forthwith.--That the Committees on Newbart (or Gravenor's) Estate Bill, Paterson's Estate Bill, Hyl ton's Estate Bill, Penson's Estate Bill, Mansel's Estate Bill, Lord Orrard's Estate Bill , have leave to report to morrow. Mr. FOrXREEIACUELMERpCrieIseOntEedSa petition, signed byCOTLAND. the Moderat or o f the Free Church a nd others, complain ing of a grievance under which a great number of indi viduals in Scotland laboured : bat, before 1843, many churches were built by the subscriptions of those who had now seceded from the Established Church of Scot land, of the use of which they had been deprived by the decision of the courts of law, though the General Assembly had guaranteed them before the late seces sion the uninterrupted use and command of gum. DEANERY OF MANCHESTER. Mr. HOUSMAN inquired if the Rev. Mr. Bowers, who had been recently appointed to the deanery of Manchester would be allowed to retain the post of rector of St. Paul's, Covent-garden. Lord JOHN RUSSELL, stated that he had consulted the Duke of Bedford on the subject of the Rev. Gentle man's relinquishing the office which he held in St. Paul's, Covent-garden. He said he had given the ut most satisfaction, and that he was a very proper person to appoint to the vacant office, but as it might take a short time to fill up the office, as the parish was a difficult one, he inquired if any inconvenience would re sult from his performing his duties for a short time until his successor could be appointed. He (Lord J. Russell) consented, as there was no immediate urgency for the Rev. Gentleman to enter upon his new duties.— (Hear.) Mr. lIINDLEY said he had been acquainted with the Rev. Gentleman for some time, and he believed his ap pointment would afford the utmost satisfaction. PERTII, FORFAR, AND ABERDEEN POST-OFFICES. Mr. T. DUNCO MBE wished to ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the reason that the mails from the populous counties of Perth, Forfar, and Aberdeen were detained at the Post-office of Inverness for sixteen or seventeen hours daily, when on their way to the inhabitants in the fishing stations, on the sea coast of the large counties of Ross, Sutherland, and Caithness, where the people were very sparingly employed and in great poverty and distress, but which the delays and bad management of the Post-office tended to aggravate. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER com plained that the Honourable Gentlemen had not con fined his question to a specific matter, instead of blaming parties who were in truth not to blame. The fact was this : the Aberdeen mail went across the country to Inverness in order to be carried on by the northern mail, and the same was the case with the Perth mail ; they were carried across the country by means of a cross mail ; but the opening of railways east and west caused these mails to be missed, and they had consequently to be carried on by the mails next day. Hence the delay. He admitted that the parties had good reason to complain, but as soon as arrangements could be made the evil would be remedied. The Hon. Gen tleman must be aware that all the cross mails could not be dovetailed to meet the main mails at a certain time, but nothing would he left undone to remove all reasonable cause of complaint. CONSOLIDATED FUND BILL. ARGYLE CANAL. _ _ On the motion for going into Committee on this Bill, Mr. S. WORTLEY regretted that the Government had felt called upon to withdraw so great a public work as the Argyle Canal, as he believed it would have been of the utmost advantage to that portion of Scotland which it would traverse. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER thought the work advisable, but as the Government considered that the Bill could not be carried this session, they had felt called upon to withdraw it. Mr. E. DENISON said, 2,000,000/. had been voted for the purpose of enabling proprietors of land to meet the difficulties that might arise from an alteratio❑ in the corn-laws, by improving their land for the purpose of producing corn; but out of this large sum Scotland had received 1,600,000/., whilst but 400,0001. had been devoted to this purpose in England. He wished the House to bear this in mind before they consented to any addi tional grants. TREATY BETWEEN GREAT BRITAIN AND THE NETHERLANDS. Lord G. BENTINCK called the attention of the House to the infraction, by the Dutch Government, of the treaty of commerce contracted in 1827 between Great Britain and the Netherlands, in respect to the trade and commerce of the eastern territories of both countries, and to ask Lord Palmerston if any remon strance has been made to the Government of the King of the Netherlands. Lord J. RUSSELL said he was unable to answer the question, but perhaps the Noble Lord would defer it till his Noble Friend the Secretary of State for Foriegn Affairs was in his place. Lord GEORGE BENTINCK said he would readily do so. THE BRITISH MUSEUM. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE complained that a return which he had moved for, relating to the appointment of officers in the British Museum, and which had been laid upon the table of the house, had not been made in accordance with the terms of the order of the House. Now no appointment was valid unless signed by the trustees—the trustees being the Lord Chancellor, the Speaker of the House of Commons, and the Arch bishop of Canterbury ; but this return did not specify whether this appointment had been signed by all the trustees or not. A Commission had been appointed to inquire into the management of that institution, and he hoped this Commission would make a point of inquiring into the reasons why this return had not been made in the way the House had ordered it, and that they would ascertain whether the appointment had been made le gally or not. Sir R. H. INGLIS was understood to say that the appointments had been signed by the principal trustee, and that was quite sufficient in law to make them legal. adr. lIUME said the return was certainly not in strict compliance with the order of the House. 'r h o Commis sion alluded to by his Hon. Friend had only met twice to arrange their mode of proceeding, but he had no doubt the Commission would not lose sight of the matters mentioned by his Hon. Friend. CONSOLIDATED FUND BILL. The House then went into Committee on this Bill. The whole of the clauses were agreed to, and the House having resumed, the CHAIRMAN reported pro gress, and the report was ordered to be brought up to morrow. TREATY BET WEEN GREAT BRITAIN AN THE NETHERLANDS. On the question being put for the third reading of the New Zealand Bill, Lord GEORGE BENTINCIC said he wished to call the attention of the Noble Lord the Secretary .of State for Foreign Affairs to an alleged infraction of the treaty of the 17th of March, 1824, signed by Mr. Canning and the Right H on. Charles Watkin lliams Wynn. The treaty provided that, with regard to their Indian possessions and the southern Archipelago, this country should be placed upon a footing with the most favoured nations. Such being the treaty of 1824, it was alleged by a commercial firm of the highest re spectability in Manchester, Messrs. Butterworth, Brooks, and Co., that an infraction of the treaty had been committed by the King of the Nether. lands, to the great injury of the commercial interests of Manchester and this empire at l arge . It was alleged by them, that on the 20th of August, 1846, a treaty was contracted between the King of the Belgians and the King of the Netherlands, affording advantages to the Belgians which were denied to British subjects ; and the question he w i s h e d t o as k hi s Noble Friend was, whether his attenti on h a d b een called to the infraction of the treaty of 1824, and whether ho had made any remonstrance to the Dutch Government, and whether it was his intention to make any, or to obtain redress for British subjects ? Lord PALMERSTON said the matter to which the Noble Lord referred had been some time under the consideration of the Government, and at the present raornent it formed the subject of a negotiation between the Netherlands and her Majesty's Government. It was perfectly true, as was stated by . the Noble Lord, that a treaty was come to in 1824 of the nature mentioned by the Noble Lord, and it was quite clear that so long as the advantages granted to Belgium were withheld from British subjects, the provisions of the treaty would be unfulfilled. In fairness, nowever, to the Netherlands Government, it should,be stated that a counter demand had been made by that Government, founded upon the treaty of 1837. They demanded ;to be admitted to the same privileges which were granted to Hanover. That was still the subject of negotiation be tween the two Governments, and he t . rusted that the honourable feeliogs which lie was sure animated the British Government, and lie had no doubt inspired 1 levied upon the people of England. The duty of that of the Netherlands, would insure the conclusion of this lion :e and the Government was now to deal with these negotiations upon a footiag compatible with the the distribution of the Church property in such a manner interests of both nations.—(hear, hear.) as might be considered best adapted for the purpose of The subject then dropped. improving the moral and religious condition t t RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION IN SPAIN AND the people of England. He certainly did thick PORTUGAL i that if the Episeop il Fund were to he kePt Sir R. 11. INGLIS said be wished to put a question to j separate and distinct under the management of the Ed' the Noble Lord the Secretary for Foreign A tners with I clesiastical Commissioners, it would be better to make reference to the treatment of British Protestants in the a stand at once, and say that this House would not dominions of Spain and Portugal. It would he remem- sanction the endowment of any future bishops. It oP' bored that De. Kelley was unjustly expelled from peared that there were two funds kept 1 distinct Madeira because he was a follower of the Protestant by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners. These were, faith ; and as a etesespondence had taken place upon the "episcopal fund" and the "common fund: the subject between her Majesty's Government and the And an Act was passed in the year 1840 , the effect!, authorities of Spain and Portugal, he wished to know if which was to fuse into one these two separate and do; the Noble Lord had any objection to lay that correspon- tinct funds ; but in the year 1841 an Act was pas se " deuce on the table of the House ? to amend the Act of 1840, thereby repealing t h e pro- Lord PALMERSTON said the subject mentioned by visions of the former Act ; and he could not dell his Hon. Friend was one of great importance and no less but that subsequent Acts had recognised that delicacy; but there could be no doubt that Dr. Kelley repeal of the provision for the fusion of the two Nue'• had been unjustly treated, and some compensation In the late Government the subject of this Bill was very was due to him from the Portuguese Government frequently discussed, but it was filially decided by her for the insults and outrages he had been subjected to. Majesty's advisers that they would not recommend the Dr. Kelley was obliged, for his personal safsty, adoption of the course proposed by the present Bil l e to quit. An examination was afterwards instituted, DuringtheMelbourneAdministration areport was printe d and the Governor and Lieutenant-Governor had been by the Commissioners, recommending that no increefe dismissed for their excesses on that occasion. A trial of of the number of the bishops should be made. Th at , others of the ringleaders took place, but from the con- report was signed by Lord Cottenham. the Marqu is e ` stitution of the jury, and the high position of some of Lansdowne, Lord Melbourne, and Lord John Russell, their families, they had been acquitted. Dr. Kelley at Now, it had been said that the duties assigned to th e present stood in this position. He was at present in bishops were generally too heavy. This brought hire f 0 England ; he had had his property in Madeira restored consider really what the duties of these bishops Were. to the person authorised by himself to take pos- First, they had to perform the ordination services, wit° session of it. But Dr. Kelley had now made a were confined to one of three early weeks in the yea r ' demand of compensation for all the injuries lie then they had to make a triennial visitation and o rdino' had received. He (Lord Palmerston) had asked tion ; and he was reminded of the service of the con, the particular grounds on which he founded his claim, secretion of the churches, but with respect to the lattir and the amount at which lie placed it, but he had as yet duties, he thought that he would be a fortunate bishoP received no answer. The matter, therefore, rested with who had three or four of these duties torform iii L h ! Dr. Kelley, and not with him. Dr. Kelley had asked half year. Now, he really could not think that th e y whether he might return to Madeira ? There was labours were too much for any one bishop, and he Nvgl nothing to prevent his doing so but his own apprehen - borne out in that opinion by the fact. that in so me sions. He trusted, therefore, that the Right Hon. the sees the duties were ably performed by bishops above Baronet would not press for the production of these the age of eighty years. He thought that the ease of th e . papers. diocese of Chester was a peculiar one, and he really though; Sir R. 11. INGLIS agreed to postpone his motion, and that upon a vacancy occurring in the see of St. AseP ' CO the subject dropped. the Bishop of Bangor might have undertaken the date THIRD READINGS. of the two sees, and filling up the vacant see by t"„ The Militia Pay Bill, New Zealand (No. 2) Bill, and creation of a Bishop of Manchester. A majority of, til d - . the Canal Companies Bill were read a third time and other House, and her Majesty's responsible advisers , o$ ' passed; as was the Trustees Relief Bill, after a few however, thought it necessary to recommend the hom e d' words from Mr. JOHN STEWART. diate creation of the see of Manchester. It appe ar s BISHOPRIC OF MANCHESTER BILL. that with respect to the episcopal fund, there was ft slh: On the order of the day that the House go into Com plus in hand already amounting to the sum required fob mittee on this Bill being read, the endowment of this new bishopric, and if he went ill Mr. FREWEN rose to ask the consent of the House Committee on this B:11, he should make an arrange to the withdrawal of the following clause, which he had at once for the utter obliteration of the distinctness 4 wished to be inserted in the Bill:—And be it further the two funds, and fin . causing the whole amount of te enacted, that from and after the death of the present two funds to be appropriated for the entire wants of 4e"o Archbishop of Canterbury the patronage of the several Church ; and it was his intention, with that vie W ee advowsons of Rochdale, in the county of Lancaster, and move in Committee to expunge the second clause toof t of Blackburn, in the said county, now held and enjoyed Bill, and he believed that in so doing he should be she by by the Archbishop of Canterbury for the time being, carrying out the recommendations of the report of „t'at shall be separated from the see of Canterbury, Ecclesiastical Commissioners. From the report of the, and shall be held and enjoyed by the Bishop ot Commission, it appeared that in the four dioceses of pet Manchester for the time being, and his successors. don, Chester, York, and Lichfield, there w e lt , And be it further enacted, that the right of presentment 108 parishes and districts, containing a P°P o , to the several perpetual curacies and chaplaincies, de• lation of 2,590,000 persons, with about accor°3oo pendent upon and appurtenant to the said advowsons, station for only 276,000, and although store shall, when the patronage of the same has vested in the that report was printed in the year 1836 . Co usiders ior said bishop, be separated from the incumbency of the efforts had been made to remedy the evil; still, se eie said advowson, and shall vest in the said Bishop of Man- from mitigating, the evil had only increased with Pe'e, chester, who shall thenceforth appoint directly to the increase of the population. He deprecated , theref°' 0 0 0 0 same as the same shall become vacant. any application of the funds of the episcopal or c at °f The HON. MEMBER, after a few words, withdrew his fund towards the erection of new bishoprics , i nsteau st motion. meeting the intensity of the evil. He had the strengt h , Mr. HUME said that he had occasion some short time view of the impolicy of creating a new bishop Unl es : / io et ago to visit the Privy Council—(Laughter) — and he had were to be invested with the whole honour s atterlecos met two bishops chuckling to each other. He upon his office. It would be causing a most invf i a l th e had no doubt (now that the purposes of this Bill could co m p a r is on to be made between the new bis ho p and the not be mistaken) that the consent of the Government others, by keeping the one constantly confined to _ io bad been had to the violation of the compa ct en- duties of his see, and havin g n o c a lls u p on his titn,e4i tered into with the ,bench of bishops. But no circum - consequence of his attendance at his Parliarnelnol stances had arisen to justify this breach of compact. dutiee. Then again this measure would deprive solo", Great alterations had been made in the laws in favour the o lder sees of the ri g ht which the y had held for citie'r of civil and religious liberty within these few latter years. turie s, t o sit in the House of Lords whenever a vflellor Dissenters now formed more than one-half of the whole occurred; but here exception was to be made in fo' l ol population of the United Kingdom, and he totally dis- of the sees of Durham and Winchester, but why sb j e ill approved, in this state of circumstances , of the applica - this exception be made? He re a ll y saw no princiP like Lion of the whole funds originally intended for religious the measure.—(Hear.) He would oppose anything , 0 g 0 purposes to one sect or party alone. From a return factious opposition to the Bill; he was prepared .a t o made to this House in the year 1828 , it ap- into Committee on this Bill , and he was prepare,ose peared that there were 2,268 pluralities in con- move to strike out from the preamble of the B ill all wsee. nexion with the Church, and when he proposed words which which gave or implied sanction t o the,T ee, a measure to abolish pluralities, and give a resident tion of' any new bishoprics beside the first, and be l l oe clergyman to each parish, he was considered as the also move to strike out the second clause of the Bie rt go greatest enemy to the Church; the fact was, that had believed that the first measure would be a fat al g" re• his motion been acceded to, it would have been found the Church; it was not ornament which the buildinf,te. i that in reality he proved himself to be the best friend to quired , hut buttresses to support the fabric. We r t , to the Church by bringing forward that proposition. Then , ing these op in ions , he could not but feel it his tin ibis with respect to the extravagant expenditure of the adopt the course which he had before stated it Iv° bishops on their palatial residences, it was most prepos- intention to take. Olt 1 0 terous. The House completely stultified itself by Mr. 1) . ACLAND thought that the House on- h b° submitting to this enormous expenditure on the be obliged to the Right Hon. Baronet for the sP ee r„oo# part of those who professed to be the had made; it showed fully the reasons why th e 131.; bad descendants of the Apostles, but who said vernment failed to keep itself in office, and why / e f t he that they could not live in anything else but palaces. lost the support of all good and honest churchmen - 1 , la' He should most certainly protest against any abstraction country. The Right Hon. Gentleman ha d stated,: ore of public money for the purposes of the bishops. It was stance of the Bishop of Salisbury performing bl ut he a most shameless attempt on their part, possessed as duties , and that of the see of Bath an d Wells, u t ot, they were already of such enormous incomes, to endea- (Mr. Acland) would take the liberty of denyingool 3 , your to obtain it by means of this Bill. He would and he did so upon the authority of the o et therefore move that the House go into Committee on of Salisbury himself. — (Hear , hear.) The s t e ) for the Bill this day week. Bath and Wells had suffer e d very macoo! Mr. M. PHILIPS thought that unnecessary haste a time from the want of a bishop. Aga in, the , oft ea had been used in pressing forward this Bill, and he most Hon. Ba r o ne t accused the laity of not having .1„„a) cordially seconded the motion of the Hon. Member. this question fairly in the face; but he (Mr. A° 1,01 There was a strong feeling against the measure in Man- maintained that they had, and the conclusion theY me chester itself, and very active proceedings had lately come to was that more bishops were wanted for the ho ge been taken by an association in that borough, formed and proper management of the Church—bishops ". e sr for the purpose of obtaining a better and more equable attention should not for the greater portion of the 0 05 0 distribution of the property already possessed by the be detracted from their duties by attendancesin the fl e , e ir Church. He thought that the better course would be to of Lords, but who should be always engaged in "'.. o f withdraw the Bill. Lord J. RUSSELL said that he certainly could not rtheespeccletirvgeydipoclaecseeds i u n n t ( l i i e e r co t n he tr i o r l c a h n a d rg su e p ._ er ( in u te e n ar d , et i a l. c e i ref 3 complain of the opposition that had been again raised to He hoped, therefore, that when they got into Comto c ne this Bill; but, considering that the second reading had the House would n ot ado p t the p roposals of the .0_11;te been carried by a division of 124 to 15 , the Honourable Honoura ble Baro n e t, but p ass this Bill in I_7,,setit' Member for Montrose could not wonder that he (Lord J. tirety. He would sa y thus much for the pm., r e , Russell) should propose to proceed with it after so mani - Government that they p aid more attention to t°lotee fest a concurrence in its favour, so far as it had yet gone, presentatives of the Church, and the Dissentinc y j s ero' had been given by that House. It appeared to him that rest of the country, than did her Majesty's late 2 '' . orli the whole objection of the Hon. Gentleman and of the During the last ten years, much had passed whici l 9s 00 0 Hon. Gentleman the Member for Manchester proceeded of them deeply regretted, but he hoped the tiMe, w hee ota! upon misapprehension. There was, as he had explained far distant when the Dissenting body would u r.) the other day, no compact whatever, nor had he ever more united with the parent Church.—(Hear, he s 7 4 o b lo , heard that the bishops were to be kept up to a certain Sir W. MOLESWORTH regretted that the ' e ve number, and to have but a certain sum of money—that Lord at the head of the Government had not c° l3 !,ele i s , 39,0001. only should be allotted for the maintenance of to withdraw this Bill, because it was quite insP° 69 ,iisco 6 ,; the bishops. He believed, indeed, that as far as the Act the few days of the session which remained to ''',.- OP, was concerned, there was no mention of that sum in it; the merits of the various and important question s l jel but if there were any compact, if there did exist any this measure necessarily gave rise to.—al e i ! r ' s i pPl i ' v „ ground upon which any compact could be inferred, it was he protested that the Episcopal funds could l' ) , - ; eofrf a compact that a Bishop of Manchester should be ap- to much better and more useful purposes than ''' eat e pointed.—(Hear, hear.) The Hon. Gentleman who blishment of new bishoprics ; and as for the state re t, Oil spoke last treated this as a new question, whereas a the lion. Gentleman who had just resumed h is S h t i nCh 0 0 Bill passed some ten years ago, to which Parliament the laity were favourable to an increase in the u„ - et, I ' ll , had given its assent, for the appointment of a Bishop Bishops, he utterly denied it. Cornwall, it was s ;,; e ledg of Manchester; and, supposing that this Bill did not to have a new bishop, but he knew of his own ', pass, and Parliament should afterwards refuse its that the people of that district were opposed to t oo. 0 assent to the maintenance of the sees of St. Asaph and An Hole. MEMBER—Southwark is to have o° o o o , Bangor as separate sees, the proposition now made Sis W. MOLESWORTH said, as the repre To te or , , would follow that a Bishop of Manchester would be ap of Southwark, he must protest against it. f o g p e a , pointed; and yet his Hon. Friend seemed to think that bishops were wanted ; and instead of establish OS: the Government now, for the first time, proposed the sees, they ought to be considering a measure vi l ter i l' a creation of that see. Then, as to this measure being any bling the existing bench of bishops to perf° l the y 6 , 0 surprise on the House, and being hurried forward, the functions in a more efficient manner than " io 11 5, House would recollect that as early as the 12th of Fe- at present. The bishops ought not, , lenl o bruary a commission had been appointed by her Majesty, opinion to have seats in the House r1e,03 the to inquire into the propriety of keeping the two sees of because it distracted their attention n . " 10 , ( 1 P, St. Asaph and Bangor separate, and of appointing a Episcopal duties they had to perform, j ohora Bishop of Manchester; so that from that time it must hoped shortly to see the day when the Bench '' f . tors , 1 0 have been clear to the House that this Bill would be in- would be relieved of their duties as Legisn l ent ion troduced. With respect to his Hon. f'riend's statement thereby enabled to devote more time and att.' s. . 3 as to the parochial condition of Manchester not being promoting the welfare of their respective dioceseeerme, satisfactory, he conceived that that subject, as well as Mr. M. MILNES supported the Bill, on til e % vee r : many others duties imposed that had been introduced into this discus- that the , t r l ) ; , sion, did not properly belong to the debate. If they more thanthey could_ conveniently perform, ._.e ye ~ were proposing to take away anything from the paro- wants of the people had so much increased of late chial funds of Manchester, and to apply . them to the that an augmentation of bishops had become eu' a pp o i n tment of a bishop, he cou ld imagine that necessary. ye t/ such an argument might be urged ; but these Mr. E. DENISON said this Bill embraced a' lax, funds were derived from the diminution of the re- large and important question, but nevert he , venues of the bishoprics of Durham and Ely, and if they had supported the second reading of the Bill at ` . 0 1 0 4 .' were not to be applied to the creation of a Bishop of period of the session, under the impression that og tll' f Manchester, there was no imaginable reason why they who had more time and opportunity for consider l e wt 0 5 should be applied to the parochial purposes of Man- matter had duly considered what would be the °l ie n $ chester more than to any other part of the country.— augmenting the Bench of Bishops, with a linsita`parl; (Hear.) They would, indeed, be more naturally applied to seats in the House of Lords. The Right 1 1 1 0 ,Theb b to the parochial purposes of Ely and Durham, and their net the Member for Dorchester had made an $ e 0 0 , e neighbourhood, than to any part of Manchester. The speech upon this subject, and he regretted ve r -' 0 03 0 , 1 7a whole of that statement, therefore, was beside the that the Right Hon. Baronet while in office did e ijo " te question. His Hon. Friend, who had made a very tem- an effort to settle this very important questiefanfiebne frfi eel i perate speech, and nothing like an attackupon the mea- not, however, agree in all that had sure, said that, being himself a Dissenter, he could not the Right Honourable Baronet ; and J 30%, properly judge of this Church question; but he (Lord convinced that the Right Honourable T r e , J. Russell) must say that it appeared to him that the would change many of Isis opinions upon the nr c r o se s e i t bishops formed part of the government of the Church of tion of the ecclesiastical fund, when he 1 1/ ri til England.—(Hear, hear.) That government was not quainted with the further progress of the inq uiry ho c complete without the bishops; and it was no more an was going on upon that subject.—(Hear, hear') 0 higher argument to say that you ought not to have more Lord SANDON did not think the duties of isecoa 0 0 bishops, because the parochial clergy of Manchester were so light as the Right Hon. Baronet 1 11 , 7. naY' d oe were in want, than to say that you ought not to make for Dorchester supposed, for scarcely a da ta io e re another general by brevet, because you ought to apply hour passed, that a bishop was not eng a g,• e h berme part of the money you have to spare in increasing the pensing of the business of the diocese over w` „ l ,,,,ith to pay of the private soldier. The bishops formed part of sided. He (Lord Sandon) was aeq uain tee let ter° h e the government of the Church; they were necessary to it; Right Rev. Prelate who had upwards of 5° 0 old et e and, if the number of bishops were not sufficient—if, for write every morning upon the affairs of hi s : o e r 'he ll,' instance, the diocese of Chester were too large for one would ask any Member of that House whe t st ths t • t ed bishop, and he could not properly perform the duties any statesman whose duties were heavier te ente etel t ee belonging to it—it was a good argument why that diocese (Hear, hear, and laughter.) For himself b e „ es e Net, should be divided. That appeared to a im to be a p lain no doubt that there ought to be a n iner e - o e of I te tl and:simple argument on the question. Ever y reli g ious numbe r of bishops , and if he w ant ed any P e r s - d resn o e) community, every religious persuasio n, had their own it could be found in the good effec ts which flier, moo, church government. Whatever they thought necessary from establishment of colonial bishoprics. --( d b e en in et tet for that government they prop osed, and what was He was th e refore g lad that this measure hoe, o f a h vs % thought necessary for the gover nment of the Church of duced , an d he hailed it as the commencenseTh e t i ed ' o f England was proposed by this Bill. No one, as ho be- state of things for the Church of England. ' ev e th e t eei lieved, suggested the t akin g awa y from the Church an y suffered from internal dissentin g , but he hoe afte r L o g ' of the revenues to a pp l y them to other p ur p oses, and of her sufferin g was p assed, and that herieheereits then the question was whether, with re g ard to those sho u l d be u ni te d in secu r in g her welfare, an funds, they could be use f u ll y a pp lied to othe r p ur p ose s? her sphere of usefulness. — (Hear , hear.) , tbe e th g e ti ; 0 Ile would not, however, at that time enter into the ques- Mr. NEWDEGATE supported the Bill; e . e e if lion which had been raised , whether the whole of the the efficiency of the bishops would be eo's r e" $ ish °l3 (l revenues now applied to episcopal purposes could be had had seats in the House. the b ra e diverted to objects of another kind ; and, having now said Lord CLIVE said that the very fact of d i e regs l ,o o these few words, he would no t di s p u t e th e right of the agreeing to this measure showed that theY then - tee Hon. Member opposite to oppose the 1,1111.—(11ear.) Sir J. GRAHAM said that as the lion. Member for seats in ipriden theof Manchester had made a con fe ss i on of his opinions to observance of the duties of their position in 1 , 0 w hich the circumstances, s, and to e confine ee them 0 he r iev - 0; coo n lie the House, he would trouble the 'louse by informing Ho thanked the Noble Lord for his Bil l, * „je‘l them that he was a sincere member of the Church of would give his strenuous support. had jute b ' r °tfl England. With respect to the Bill, he thought that Mr. HORSNIAN observed that all he as t" t ye $ the great amount of the property of the Church by the remarks he had made on this s ubject " nos t / I °ol formed the only fund upon which future out an alternative to those who said they t hat thO b jec' reliance could be placed for the instruction of the certain number of bishops, and to show them ss ° we e° people of this country in the principles of the Church of might have that number in a different sond e bet o d England, and he thou g ht that it would be idle to sup- tionable manner. He thought the differeeot, .00 Church that any future assistance for the purposes ot the the bishops and the clergy was at Church of Eoglaud could be obtaiued awn tue taxes should be lessened; but he had had the adra s ot tla 1 GreTernment 911 two or three points, au' present too _Ti o tt C 3 00$