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which he had annually moved during the last five years.
,inere consisted of accounts of the aggregate amount of all
of the public money In the hands of the Hank, including
,ioner taken from the Exchequer by the Bank, in exchange
i.,,,chiloce bills deposited at the Exchequer ; and including
the balances of the Accountant.Oeneral of the Court of Chan.
noel tinted dividends, and lottery prises, and all other public
to, on the Ist and 16th days of each month for the year 11126;
ji thl average amount of the whole, made up from the said
Also, an account of money paid or payable at the Bank of
nod, foe the management of the public debt. in the year
,; together with an account of all allowances made by the pith-
,hr Beak, or charged by the Bank against the public, for
ink any public service in the year 1826, describing the filt-
hy nervier, and the amount charged thereon in the said
oil including the sum of 4.0001. under the denomination of
aerie, or house expenses; anti also the sum of 18081. 3s. 3d.,
tty: denomination of charges of management on South Sea
acid stating the aggregate amount of the whole. It would,
,otie,a, be in the recollection of several Honourable 3lembera
Av. ten Wtwelve years ago, he bud taken the liberty of c tiling
epos Parli ent for the production of those papers, and that he
va.., w", me y opposed in doing so by the Dank of England, as
Ilk
well a. liv hie ~lestY.• 31f^11ters• Having, however, persevered
for tor... a.. to years this opposition gave way, and for the last
A
be ~,,Isvtit! -morns he annually moved for had been granted with.
sat, the ale it difficulty. 3lany persons were of opinion that
their
Aral ,n, and the discussion occasioned by their production,
hail been of service to the public. Ile took it for granted that the
returns he new moved toe would not meet with any opposition;
present situation of the Dank, and
but taking into consideration the
that Its charter was about to expire, never to be renewed, he con.
foetid that be felt anxious to my a few words upon two topics.
The first referred to the deposits of public money lodged in the
Bask of England; those deposits were, of course, lodged there
upea the ante principle as non-y is usually lodged in a bank by a
prints individual. At one period (and that period extended over
a long space of time), the average amount of the deposits of public
money at the Bank wu from eleven to twelve millions. Of late
years, however, the aggregate amount had greatly decreasa la
the year
1821 the average was . Z 3.220,157
1111'./ - a - . 4,107.863
Ilea . - . . 3.626,835
lOU - - . . 7.2'12,187
No practical man, who was conversant with commercial transactions,
meld reeled to say that those deposits were not profitable to the
Bank of England, to the same extent as deposits made by private
individuals were profitable to a private bunk. He was therefore of
opinion that the sacrifice recently made by the Bank of England
was amply compensated by the profits arising from those deposits.
The time. perhaps, was not tar distant, when the Government
might bare two banks; and, If such was the ease, lie hoped that
such an arrangement might be made by the Government with the
Bank, as would reserve to the public some participation in the pro.
Misr:Ong from those deposits. The Bank had actually advanced
&teen millions in the Three per Cents. to the Government, while
they held seven millions and a half of the public money in the way
of deptwir The next 'abject to which he wished to direct the at.
tension of the House wart the payment of the dividends. It was
nr.possible that anything could be better managed ; the prompti.
to le and exactness with which this branch of business wan con.
ducted was truly admirable—it was to be equalled by nothing but
the price which was paid for it; it was most extravagantly paid
fee. He hoped that this subject would be taken seriously into con.
ndmation, as he was convinced that in the two points he had
alluded to a saving might be effected to the amount of 22.0001.
The Honourable Member concluded by moving fur the specified
MUMS.

Mr. PARSE said that the Bank had for years ceased to offer
iry opposition to the production of the papers moved for by the
lion. Member who bad just sat down, anti were net disposed to
renew it upon that occasion. With respect to what fell twin the
Bon. Member about Government having two national banks, he
•,said observe that it was impossible to foresee the consequences
of such a tasmsure, and that the necessity of having such an eats.
allotment aa the Bank of England without a rival, woman apparent
21 the necessity of baying it at all. (The lion. Member spoke in
so very low a tone of voice, that we lost much of what followed;
when we again heard him, he continued.) The Hun. Gentleman
Grentell) meat know that in managing the public stoney the
Bock often met with serious losses. In one single instance (that of
Mr. Fauntleroy) they had lost in the transaction of public business
to the amount of 230,0001. It was impossible to prevent such loses
notwithstanding the acknowledged care and attention with which
their antra were conducted.

Mr. HUME said that he sincerely hoped that the time ere long
would arrive when all charters shoold be abolished. Charters were
founded open • pernicious principle, fur, by every charter, the
community sulfured tor the benefit of a few individuals. He was
therefore disposed w grant full indemnity to Ministers for any evils
which might arise in consequence of the abolition of the charter of
the Bank of England. He felt thanktul to .Ministers also for the
abolition of lotteries, but he was at a lons to conceive how they
null continued to esist if that House had been fairly dealt with.
It would be recollected that three years ago he had moved that the
Bill which had been brought into the House for the abolition of
lotteries should he printed. That motion had been objected to,
and to teed a Bill in Met. was • task that few )embers would he
disposed to undertake. The Bill passed, but the lotteries still
wanton, and it sern,eit at if they would go on to perpetuity.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCIik:Qt'ER saki that be
would make so obeervatioo on the motion before the House, bat
te felt it neemeary to reply to the observations of the Hon. .Member
fin Aberdeen (11r. Hume). He took great blame to himself for
the connauance of the laterite, but the fact was, that in 1822.
when he moved for the abolition of the lottery, he was not swan
of the mode In which it was made to be drawn two or three years
after the one nominated in the Act of Parliament. He was igno-
rant of this circumstance at the time. It was the practice of late
years sot to draw the lottery all at once, but to extend that which
was apportioned for a given year to a second or third. There were
lobs two mote lotteries in the present yeas, and these would be the

Mr. ROBERTSON said that notwithstanding all that bad
Men said about the abolition of charters, his Majesty's Ministers
had just granted one to a company of persons, 24 of whom were
Mosabors of that House, for the purpose of trading in silk ; thus,
to the very face of the system they were pretending to pursue,
building up &loth,/ tan times more pernicious.
Mr. Gretifell's motion was then agreed to.
GOLD COIN.
Mr. ELLICE gave notice that on Thursday next he would
move for an account of all the gold coin received and issued by the
Rank of England in each week, from the Ist of July, 1823, to the
4.h Li February, l iG, distinguishing that received from the Mint.
BANK NO rEs.
Mr. ELLICE next moved that a return be made to the House of
all promis•ary notes and post bills of the Bank of England in cir.
ciliation on the Ist and 15th of each month, for six months, to the
lit of 14ra/try, 1826, inclusive. The Honourable Member ob-
served that the public had a tight to call on the Bank for an at-
tJunt of issues.

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that in all
instances where a cif r..e could be mute out, there could be no
objection to the production of the accounts required. The present
we, he thought, was one of that description. because justice could
not be done to those subjects ethic' must shortly come under the
consideration of the House, without the information sought for by
the production of these papers. He had always firmly protested
spinet the production of such documents as a mere matter of
course; but neither Government nor the Bank bad the slightest
objection to their production when the necessity was apparent, as in
the ptesent instance.
lit. PEAME said that the Bank had always opposed the publi.
cation of these documents, on the ground that such publication
would prove injurious to the public ; but when the bminess of the
State required their production, the Bank could have no interest in
aithholding them.
Mr. 3IONK said that the country could never have fallen into
such a state of contusion as had recently been witnessed, if the Bank
of England had brco conducted upon the same principle as the
Back of France. The stability of the latter bank, he contended,
eta to be attributed to the superintendence of the Government
Qv!r its concerns.

31r CALCRAFT said that the proprietors of the Bank of Eng.
land had evidently great confidence in the Directors, but it did not
v held the confidence of that House to a similar ex.
' again to allude to a matter which had been men.
us evening. fie had thought it his duty to Racer.
,uvernitient had prohibited the stamping of bank
rood that they bad done so, and he was anxious
11 if they were resolved to persevere in the in-
wy bad given to that effect. He could assure
tleman (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) that
such discredit upon bank notes, as to place
in a state of confus;on, which must tend to
• which had not yet subsided. He had taken a
upon himself by that step. Another Right
man (Hr. Huskisson) when placed in a similar
properly when he gave orders for the reduction of
flown silk ; he took bond for the payment of the re.
(lament should not agree to the reduction he had
! like to know if the Right Honourable Gentleman
'the Exchequer) had also taken security fur the
titably lose by refusing to stamp the notes.
.1.1.01( of the EXCHEQIEIi said that the
ire an indemnity, but under the peculiar err.
use he felt called upon to act as he had done.
defence then would cause hint to go into greater
fight it right to do at that moment; but he could
be steamed after the intended measures regarding
been hinted at, or it would have been totally int.
irry them into execution. He had done nothing
'unwed by the exigencies of the moment, and it
luisite he would leave it to the fairness of the
I that indemnity.
?r said that he did not mean to imply that the
Gentleman had done anything improper. He
let he had committed a great mistake--an errjr
in direct violation of the law, he had taken a
h operated most seriously towaida deteriorating
bank paper in the estimation of the public.
1 that it was quite obvious that the step taken
,entlernan was contrary to law, but the neces.
be looked at. If, in the case of excise duties,
a to be levied upon any ankle of manufac•
place from the moment the resolution passed
manuticture was put a stop to until the Bill
17 had passed Into a law. If the Right Hon.
acted as be had done, all of the country bankte,
many notes stamped as they coultitssae tut

Bite Srittgat WOO.

DEURT-LANE THEATRE.

r, SATURDAY, Feb. 11, will be performed (101 k Was) a
new NatWaal Balked Opera, galled
%lALYINA.

The principal Charseters by cles;;:ii;altick, Metals, Morn, iteddtad.
Harley, and fltswlllhn; Misers Stephens, Poesy, and leMy.

To conelvde with the Pantomime of
111ARLEQUIN, JACK OF ALL TRADES.
lbstopla, Mz. Suwon: Pantaloon, Mr. E. Blanchard' 010wa,,111,.
Hill; Cohunbine, Min Barnett.

COVENT-GARDEN TREATRH.
To-morrow, SATURDAY, Feb. 11, will la performed a new Play
called
THE FRENCH LIBERTINE.
. .

no principal Charmiere hiiiess--rs7i!:CaMO7e, 'Ward., Power, and
e.ooper ; Mesdames Slonum, Chatterley, and Glove&

After which the new Operatic Piece of
'TWAT I.
The principal Characters hp %lours. Durucet, Keeley, Evans. and
Barnes; Mae Junes, Madame Vestris. and We. Davenport.
. .

Tu conclude with the new Piece of
'raw s( .IYE-Goivr.
The Characters by Messrs. Wanchard, Cooper, W. Ferran, and Mea-
dows ; Mimes Jones and A. Jones.

COVENT-GARDEN THE.4TRE.
... _

Th. Nobility, Gentry and the Publie are nowt respectfully sr-
(lnclined that the Grarul 'Performance.. of Analent and Mudern Music
In Lent will eetninenee This Keening, and be euntinuild In tile above
Theatre on the uesal Neduemtayi and !Mays, under the Manage-
ment of Sir G. %inert.

TbieFtenis.g. FRIDAY, Feb. 10, will he performed
PAR? I.—Beetbuvcu's celebrated Sacred Oratorio, 'FILL MOUNT
OF °LIVES.

Between drat and sesond Pana a Coneerto on the Violin by Mr.
Mori.

Part lI.—A Selection from Mandela admired fiereaata, ACTS AND
GA1.41 SA.

Pan GRAND MICCELLANISOU. ACT, in which several
favourite Songs, as. will be introdaaad.
Principal Vocal Perhemers—blessrs. [Witham, Pertrman, Hornet's-
He. Robinson, and 'Finney; Huhu, Lonsburst and barker; Hisses
Stephens, Paws, Love, Howard, and H. Caws..

THEATRE ROYAL, ENGLISH OPERA HOUSE,
STRAND, oppotha Watorluo Bridge.
Phla EveßL.g, FRIDAY. Feb. 10,
LECTURE ON ASTRONOMY, AND PIRINOMENA OF THE
HEAYNNS AND OF THE EARTH,
To be delivered by Mr. BARTLEY on tat NE DAYS and Eitt.
HAIN during Moot.
Regina si lieves—aouclullie at Tam

Via BiIiTISH Pales■ eortimenced pul;lishinl yesterday moss.
mg at a quarter put fire o'clock.

LONDON, FRIDAY, Fan aaaaa 10, 1040.

The l'aris Papers of Tuesday arrived last night. The
Muniteur contains a Royal Ordinance of the stli of this
month, relating to the tariff' now in force in the islands of
Martinique and Guadaloupe, and the commercial regula-
tions of those islands.

Nothing passed on Monday in the Chamber of Deputies
beyond the communication of the litwo's appointment of
M. ItA•az as President. It is remarked that General Se-
IANTIANI, who has succeedetl the late General FOY as
Deputy fur Vervins, has taken his scat in precisely the
same place that his predecessor occupied.
The news from Greece is highly favourable to the Pa-
triots. Advices from Corfu, dated the 3d ult., announce

that Cozoctrreoxr has been appointed by the Government
of Greece Generalissimo of the Armies of the Peloponne-
sus, and has put himself at the head of 8,000 Inca, march-
ing on Tripolizza, with a resolution to carry it by storm.
The same accounts confirm the intelligence that Coroco-
TRONI had taken Tripolizza, and that the garrison was
put to the sword. Other letters state that 3,000 men pe-
rished. The Greek fleet remained still before Missolonghi,
which bad provihions for two months.
The kith ion Observer publishes a more detailed state-
ment respecting the part taken by Prime Tacit? VETZKOI ill
the late Russian conspiracy. We subjoin the article, which
is worth reading:—

I From the Iltoik dated Wednesday, Feb. 8.1
Pants, Vr.s. 7.

The Austria* Olaer,,er of the 27th January gives the fol-
lowing letter, as one that represents the conspiracy at St. Peters.
burgh in l's true colours, as well as the assertion of the JOU rod
des Dubai:, which stated that the Prince Troubttzkoi Tru only car-
ried away by s false notion of his duty :
" We were greatly surprised to learn that the Prince Trou.
betzkoi, brother-imlaw of Count de Lehzeltern, was not
merely suspected, but that he bad confessed to being a principal
party to this criminal and extravagant enterprise. We believe our-
selves to have a knowledge of his character. lie was a young nip
who was not ignorant, gentle as a lumb, quiet, industrious and seden-
tary ; an excellent husband, anti of particularly tender feelings.
Yet this sentimental philanthropist and good husband consented to
put himself at the head of a troop of tigers wha, had their design
succeeded, would have made many widows, and, in the first
place, have quenched their thirst for blood with that of the Im-
perial Family. In the day of battle he was coward enough to
abandon his companions and disciples. and. while Yoder • can.
nonade, these wretches were recalled to bubmimii.m. Seized by a
nervous attack, he stopped at the house of his sister, left there all
the papers which establish his guilt; and, finally, under the pre-
tence that her residence was too near the place where his friends
met with a fate so deplorable, lie took refuge with Count Lebsel-
tern, who had no suspicion of his crime.

" He, no doubt, hoped for security from the inviolability of the
residence of a foreign Minister, and thus made nu scruple to expose
his brother. in-law to the greaten inconvenience. Count Nesselrode,
at four o'clock in the inorWtig, and in the name of the Emperor,
required Count Lebzclttrn to desire Prince Troubetzkoi to sur-
render himself to his Majesty. Count Lebzcltern immediately
communicated this demand to this singular Tort of Catiline, who
appeared to repose from the danger and the fatigues of the day.
An Adjutant politely required his sword, and brought him before
the Emperor. The hero first attesiptud to assert his innocence,
but on the production of his papers he fell at the feet of the
Emperor, implored his mercy, and asked his life. The Monarch
said to him--' If you can endure life accompanied by remorse and
shame, you may tell your wire that I grant it to you ; but it is all
that I can promise.' After this he was immediately conducted,
with about thirty of his accomplices, to the fortress."
[From the Costlier Franeaie of Friday.]

PARIS, FEH. O.

We have received today from one of our correspondents at St.
Thomas's, one of the Antilles, a letter dated the 18th November
last. He informs us that ten slave ships, of which the Captains
and the greater part of the crew are French, are on the point of
sailing for the coast of Africa, whence they hope to bring back a
great number of negroes. Our correspondent adds, that he trans.
mite at the same time the names of the Captains and of the vessels
to the English Journals, in hopes that the British Government will
take effectual measures to put an end to this infamous traffic.

[From the Pitufc of Friday]

PARIS, FEP. O.

The King of Portugal. who designs great retrenchments, has
just reduced the salary of the Ministers to 68,000 francs, including
in this sum all other allowances that they may receive from the
Treasury. His Majesty has also made great reductions in his
household, and even in his table. The happiest efl'eets are ex.
petted from the system—order and economy, which he so much
desires to establish.

General Luis de Rego, who lived in a kind of exile in the envi.
tons of Oporto, foe having taken a very aeilee part the esta-
blishment of the Constitutional Government, has just been sum-
moned to Lisbon, where he hu been presented to the King, who
gave him a most gracious reception.

The Gazette of Venice gives the following list of European
Officers in the service of the Greeks:—

Freneh-2 General►, 3 Colonels, 7 Captains, 21 Lieutenants.
Spaniards, Portuguese, Piedmontese, and othir Italians-2 Ge-
nerals, 5 Colonels, 33 Captains and Lieutenants.
English and Americans-33 of all ranks.

The Subalterns of these various nations are 100 in number.

The same paper adds, that since the appearance of the Egyptian
army in the 31orea four-fiftlii of the foreign troops have aban-
doned the Greeks to join the Ottoman standard, sod this is the
reason that so few of them are now to be tumid among the de-
fenders of the Cross.

The Nurembnrg Correspondent states that the loan of 20 mil.
lions of florins, concluded between the house of Rothschild and the
Minister of Finance, has not been sanctioned by the Emperor.
111. Vidigal, Ftrazilian Envoy to the Court of Rome, had on the
2Sih January his tirst audience of the Pope, to whom he delivered
his credentials.

Letters from Bucharest (says the Correia Francais) announce
that some bands of Cossacks, making part of the Ruuiar. army,
have crossed the Pruth without orders, and committed hostilities
against the Turks.

FRENCH FIINDS.—PARIB, FED. 7.—Five per Cent. 99f. 40c.;
Three per Cent. Of. 10c. ; Bank Stock, 2035 f. ; Rente de Naples,
76f. bc.; Royal Spanish Loan, 49 i; Baytian Loan, 780 f. Lx.
change on London—(3loney) One Alonth, 26f. 40c.; Three ditto,
lbc.—Cours Authentique.

Tile discussions that took place last night in Parliament
relative to the state of the currency were of some import-
ance. The main question on that subject will, however, be
brought forward this evening by the CH•NCELLoa of the
EXCHEQUik. The public will look with anxious confi-
dence to the statements and propositions of the Right llon.
Gentleman.

CITY, TIIVIIIMAY Svmmto.

The depression on the Stock Exchanges this morning
was greater than we have witnessed for a length of time,
and Consols cicsed as low as 771 78, for the Account, and
Bank Stock has declined 7 per cent. The business has
been extremely heavy to-day both for Money and the Ac-
count, and speculators for the fall operated largely.
In the Foreign Market there were very few transactions
entered into, and it had as little elasticity in it as the
Engiish Funds. Colombian Bonds were 531; Mexican
6 per Cents. 611; Brazilian Bonds 52; Russian ditto 81 ;
Spanish ditto 10/ 111 ; arid Greek ditto 151 15.
The Share Market remains in a state of stagnation.

By an express from Paris it seems the french Rentes
are improved nearly 4 per cent.; Exchequer Bills were
2s. discount.

The Share Market declines every day more rapidly than
the preceding. Anglo-Mexican Shares were this morning
fluctuating between 15 and 134 dia.; United Mexican
were 4 dia. ; New from 2 to 34 dis. ; the Colombian
Mining Association was at 2i premium; the Arigna Com-
pany was at t dis.; and British Iron Shares 12 13 tbs.; the
Liverpool and Manchester Railway was 10 prem.; and the
Australian Company 5 prem.

By further arrivals from Demerara we have received in-
rellirence to the 27th December. The subject of general
discussion in the Colony is the suppression of the journal,
the Guiana Chronicle. We find it was the sub-editor who
was confined by the order of his Excellency the Governor,
the premises having been forcibly entered by the officers.
As information had been given of the intention of his Ex-
cellency, the house was in consequence shut, and entrance
refused ; the officers forced the door, took the sub-editor_
into custody, set the Colonial Seal upon all papers, docu-
ments, and upon the doors.

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