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London, England, 1847-12-03 00:00:00

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LONDON, FRIDAY, DEC. 3.

In the House of Lords, yesterday, the Marquis of
LANSDOWNE moved for the appointment of a select
committee, similar to that proposed in the House of
Commons, viz., to inquire into the recent commercial
distress, and how far it has been affected by the law
regulating the issue of bank notes payabie on de-
mand. The noble marquis was replied to by Lord
STANLEY, who concurred in the proposition, that as a
committee of the House of Commons was about to
inquire into this large and complicated ques-
tion, it was fitting that a committee of their
lordships should simultaneously proceed with
• similar inquiry. The noble lord concluded his
nervations by stating that he should not at present
submit any motion, but inasmuch as the government
had shrank from proposing any measures to parlia-
ment for the remedy of existing evils, that as the ap-
pointment of these committees was the only step they
were prepared to take on this all-important question,
they must not be surprised if, from other quarters not
pledged or bound by the ties of official duty, I
they found some practical measures suggested cal-
culated more directly to meet the difficulties
of the emergency. The succeeding speakers were
Earl GREY, Lord BROUGHAM, the Duke of GRAFTON,
Lords ASHBURTON, EGLINTON, and WHARNCLIFFIL
The Marquis of LANSDOWNE, in reply, stated that it
would not come within the scope of the labours of
the committee to consider and open the whole
monetary system, but merely to confine the inquiry
to the banking question. • There was every disposi-
tion on the part of the Bank to meet the views of
government and the legislature. The motion was
then agreed to.
In the House of Commons Mr. Btewrrr gave
notice of his intention, when the committee on the
currency question should be appointed, of moving
that it bean instruction to the committee to consider
and report to the house, before they made their final
report, whether a bill should not be introduced forth-
with for the purpose of enabling the Bank of Eng-
land to extend their issues beyond 14,000,0001., as
specified in the act of 1844. Mr. J. O'CON-
NELL also gave notice that on Wednesday, the Bth
inst., he should move that the house do go
into committee on the state of Ireland, and
determine what measures of relief ought to be
adopted.—Lord JonN RUSSELL postponed his mo-
tion on the subject of Jewish disabilities until the
16th inst. The noble lord, in answer to Mr. RI-
CARDO, stated that after the recess he hoped to be
aW 111 bring forward a measure on the subject of the
n laws.—Mr. LABOUCHERE, in answer to
lfz. Z annWELL, said that in the course of the session
•bill would be brought in to amend the act of 1844,
relative to the winding up of the affairs of joint stack
ant• —Sir G. GREY, at the instance of
. PAXINGTON, explained the principle on
which the transportation system bad been carried
oat during the past year. Some discussion
took place relative to the Poor-law Commission, on
Mr. BaNxerfs motion for leave to bring in a bill to
amend the Poor-law Act, by reducing the amount of
charge to which the public are liable under its provi-
sions, but which motion was withdrawn.—Mr. Os-
BORNE, at the suggestion of Sir GEORGE GREY, with-
drew his motion on the subject of encumbered estates
in Ireland for the present.— Sir GEORGE GREY, at the
instance of Mr. EWART, explained the circumstances
and the causes of delay in the liberation of certain
persons who had been convicted of offences
of the commission of which they bad since
been proved to be innocent, and said, with
respect to the hon. member's question as to
whether it was intended to institute • court of appeal
in criminal eases, that such a measure was not at
present in contemplation.—The adjourned debate on
the appointment of the committee on the currency
question was resumed by Mr. URQUHART, followed
by, Mr. ELLICE, Mr. NEWDEOATE, Mr. MITCHELL,
Kr. H. DRUMMOND, Mr. MACOREGOR, Mr. SANDARS,
Sir W. CLAY, Mr. MARTERMAN, and Mr. BLEWITT,
PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. i when the debate was further adjourned until this
day. - -

RELIGION AND EDUCATION.—A paper showing the
disbursemeuta out of the consolidated find for religious
and educational purposes during the year ended sth Jan.,
1847, moved for by Mr. Ifittison, hes bees presented to the
House of Commons. The return for Great Britain is nil.
For the colonies it amounts to 20,376/. 2s. sd. The diocese
of Barbadoes bad 5,3141.10•. I.od. ; of Antigua, 3,8111. lls. 7d.;
of Guiana, 3,0001. ; of Jamaica, 8,2601. No details are
given as to the object or application of these grants. The re-
turn for Ireland amounts to 36,9321. 10s. 7d. The provin-
cial colleges had 8,5031. Be. 6d. among theta ; the Maynooth
College, 26,3501. ; Trinity College, Dublin, 6221. 9s. Bd.
the Board of Education, 8011. !
the Irish
; the ins pec tors of
schools of anatomy, 4701. the Irish Royal Academy,
1831. 124. ld. There are • few minor items to sundry
clergymen, among which is 701. 4e. to the rector of Bt. Paul's
for attending the sick in the barracks of Dublin.
ItAmwaYe.—The government [UMW, to give
further time for making certain railways, brought into the
House of Commons on Friday nigh', was on Monday printed.
There are 10 provisions in the bill, the preamble of which
states that divers acts of parliament have been passed for
making railways, and In such acts respectively certain
periods of time are limited within which only the powers
thereby granted, whether for making the railways or for the

No
report has issued from any sanitary commission
coin for practical importance, to that which
has just appeared for the metropolis. It is true that
it is short. It is true that it is confined to part of the
metropolis only. It is true that it appears, unaccom-
' by the detailed evidence on which it is based.
u t it, notwithstanding all this, it is pregnant with in-
calculable consequences. We would not be misunder-
stood in saying this. The reports of Mr. Chadwick
on the sanitary condition of the poor, the reports ofl
the health of towns commission printed in 1844 and
1845, contain, imylicitly, almost all the information
that is contained in this report of 1847. The revels-
lion of these earlier commissions awakened public
attention to the existence of unsuspected sources of
disease, and directed the public mind to unimagined
mesas of This last report is the coro
to its rs. It clinches every nail they drive.
And • not in theory only. It has already bad a
practical erect. It has killed the existing commis-