The Express.
London, England, 1848-08-30 00:00:00

ING, AUGUST 30, 1848.

Lord O. BENTINCK moved that the bill should be com-
mitted that day three months. The select comhe
savinmittee h ad
gs
snly examined four witnesses,itnewitnesses,with respect to t
banks of Trelee, Killarney, and Dublin, and none at all
with respect to the banks of this country ; thi y had sat
nine days, and had produced a repdrt, reonamendieg
that further inquiry should take place, and that a bill should
be passed regulating the responsibility of trustees sod ap-
pointing auditors. They had made no recommendation
etd wi
the
th
respect to the savings banks of this country, an y
Clitmcellor of the Exchequer came down with a general
Twhich he teemed not to understand himself.
The proceedings of the select committee had been secret ;
the officers of sayings banks in the City had applied to
allowed to watch these proceedings, but had not been per
' stilted to do so. It was most unfit that this measure should
be brought forward at this period of the union, when
rem-
nisters were suerounded by their sleeping myrmidons,edy
to wake up and vote as they directed. (Liu Otter.) In the
Marylebone savings bank there were 18,700 depositors ;
how could all these send in their bioks in two
days ? Even if this were done, how could such
• number of accounts be inspected and verified
without increasing the staff of officers, ane-
quently augmenting the expense and decreasing the
interest to Use depositors ? Such a provision would in-
fallibly reduce the number of depositors considerably. The
bill had only been printed yesterday, and the house ought
not now to be asked to condder it.
Mr. MONSELL supported the bill as being calculated to
restore confidence in the depositors in the savings' banks in
Ireland. Unless tome change were made such as that now
proposed by this Lill the most serinue evils would arise.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the sole
object of the bill wee to secure a batter management of the
savings' batiks with a view to the interests of the depositors.
The bill only sought that which the trustees of the savings
banks had themselves 'might in Oie year 1844 from the then
Chancellor of the Exchequer, and therefore he was at a loss
to conceive the grounds upon which the present oppositio
rested. The bill fixed a limited responsibility on the trustees
1 in order that a proper control should be kept over the officers
whose appointment would be vested in the trustees. The
; measure was essential to afford a check upon and a security
• against the mismanagement which had already arises in
various parts of the country.
Mr. H. HE HENRI' complained that the bill bad been
delayed to r, late a period of the session. He ehouid v. to
against the bill, because it would be useless in Ireland, and
would he badly received in England.
Mr. BROTH. ERTON could not understand the meaning
of the opposition to the bill. The hon. member talked as if
he expected that the government was not answerable for the
deposits. They were responsible for what they received,
but not for all the mismanagement which was exercised. It
the government attempted to exercise any control in the
matter, the cry would be against centralisation, nth two
would
be said 'hat they wished to get all the power into their own
hands. lie considered that savings banks in England were
generally well rhanaged, but that in Ireland the case was
different, and that the managers generally contrived to put
a great deul of the money into their own pockets. Ai.el be
thought it disaracr ful to Ireland that after so much misma-
nagement of their banks they should come and ask the house
to make good that which was the result of their own
deficiencies.
Mr. REYNOLDS complained that his hon. friend, with-
out knowing anything of the facts, gave every credit to the '
mode of manegement of the English banks, and allowed no
merit to the Irish. He was sorry to say that there were
certain classes in England who always lolted at the black
side of Irish doings, and who always drew their illustra-
tions of dishonesty and profile icy from that cowl.
try. Without including the hon. member in that
category lie thought that in the absence of facts he had
brought his mind to that belief. Notwithstandieg the
deficiencies of the bill, he considered it to be a step is the
right direciinn, and would give it hie support.
Mr. KEOGH defended the management of the Irish

banks.
Mr. J. A. SMITH raid that the opposition to the bill of
the hon. member fur Kerry surprised him, because the hon.
member was one of the committee that concurred unat.i-
mously in recommending the hill to be brought In or.ce.
Mr. HERBERT said be had not concurred in theat report
of the committee.
Mr. NEWDEGATE supported the amendment, and
hoped the noble lord would persevere in it.
The house divided—For the amendment 2l
Against it
The house then went into committee.
On Clause 1,
In answer to a question from Mr. HENLEY OS to the liabi-
lity of trustees,
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that a
trustee would he liable for wilful neglect to the whole extent
of the deialeation, unless he should have in writing limited
his responsibility to 1001.
The clause was agreed to, as was, a'so, Clause 2.
• The remaining clauses were after a long discussion
agreed to, but before the house resumed,
Mr. WODEILOUSE moved an amendment limiting the
operation of the bill to Ireland.
Lord G. BENTINCK. Mr. HENLEY, Mr. NEWDEGATE, and
Mr. KEOGH rUpp aced the amendment, and
Too committee divided.—For the amendment .. 11
Against it
The house then resumed, and the bill was reported.
The Spirits, Dealers in (Ireland), Bill, the British Spirits
Warehousing Bill, and the Distilling front Saver Bill, were
severally reported, and ordered to be read a third time this
day.
The Slave Trade (Equator) Bill was read a third time, and
passed.
The commi-ree on the copper and lead duties was, on
the sugestion of Lord G. Bstsrtsicx, who stated that
nothing should induce him to allow that stage to pass at such
an hour (nearly half-past 3 a.m.), postponed.
The house adjourned at half-past three o'clock, having sat
• from twelve at noon.

HORSHAM ELECTION CONDITTTEE, YESTERDAY.—
The rebutting evidence on behalf of Mr. Fitzgerald had not
terminated at the rtsirg of the committee.

Itite erprefo.

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LONDON,WEDNESDAY.AUG. 30.
THE disastrous and disheartening session of 1848
draws near its close ; and as its like never has been
witnessed, so let us pray that we may never see an-
othe: such again. Weary of its unprofitable length,
its aimless incoherency, and of the many hopes and
promises it has falsified, the people have for some
time watched its abortive prolongation with feelings
only of impatience and misgiving, lest some new
evil should come upon them. A sense of relief will
probably be the most general as the tidings of the
prorogation spread. Men will laugh—a scornful and
a gloomy laugh—as the chances of further fumbling
and evasion of great wants and great measures are for
a time put an end to. Some months at least
of respite from daily disappointment and disgust
may now be regarded as secure. We may still con-
tinue to deplore the neglect of national wishes, to
mourn over the imprisonment of national resources,
and to behold with unavailing sorrow the prevalence
of national distress ; but we shall no longer be tanta-
lised by solemn trifling in high places with matters
of such urgent need ; we shall n a longer sicken at
the levity with which such interests are treated by
those whose imperative duty it is either to deal with
them seriously and perseveringly, or eonestly to
avow their incompetence or unwillingness to do so.
What, for example, can be more utterly indefen-
sible than the legislative course pursued daring the
last nine shameful months towards Ireland? We can
understand and pity, if we cannot approve, the policy
advocated by such personages as Lords STam.EY and
OLENOALL. In their estimation hemp and steel are
the choicest implements of rale. The number of the
recusants against authority, or the animating motive
of their offence, with these sagacious lawgivers makes
no difference. Error and guilt, selfishness and gene-
rosity, mistaken zeal and unmingled sordidness are
not matters whereof their undiscriminating code takes
held. The murder of a defenceless individual
for private vengeance, and the frantic threat of an ex-
asperated multitude to usurp the powers of law—are
all alike to toryism. Resistance must be put down,
and remonstrance must be stifled, and discontent must
be made constructive treason, and then the country