The Sun.
London, England, 1847-06-15 00:00:00

HEALTH OF TOWNS BILL.

Mr. MACKIN NON presented apetition from a
meeting held at Exeter Hall in favour of the Health of
Towns Bill.

STATIONERY RETURNS.
Mr. HUME said that on the Ist of June he had moved
for certain stationery returns, which were ordered, but
he since found that the officers were unable to give the
returns in the form then specified. He wished, there-
fore, to change the terms of that motion, and to substi-
tute a different form in which the returns could be made
to the House.—Agreed to.

CEYLON.
Mr. B. DENISON gave notice that, on Tuesday, the
29th instant, he should move an address to her Majesty,
with respect to the dismissal of Mr. Robert Langdale,
one of the judges of the island of Ceylon.
CURRENCY.
Mr. TRELAWNY rose to bring on the following
motion :—" That one mode of diminishing the present
pressure would be to commence a gradual abolition of
all restrictions on banking ; that this would
relieve a considerable quantity of that part of
the capital of the country which consists of
gold, unnecessarily locked up in the coffers of
banks on account of the arbitrary limitation of issues,
and the want of a smaller denomination of paper cur-
rency suitable to the purposes of retail exchange.
That all promises, not fraudulent or otherwise immoral,
ought to be allowed by law, whether promises to pay
gold or other commodities; and that any State inter-
ference, devised for the purpose of influencing the terms
of promises, with reference to the ability of parties
to keep them, only weakens the force of the
qualities by means of which men protect them-
selves, whilst such interference is costly, incon-
venient, and void of real security. That, whilst
the issue of inconvertible paper would be no
remedy for the present pressure, and would be mis-
chievous in itself, any hopes of checking speculation in
one particular direction would be illusory, because there
would still be wanting a power of preventing the diver-
sion of capital into other foreign and domestic channels."
The llon. Gentleman was proceeding to deal with the
subject, when

Lord J. RUSSELL interposed, and trusted that the
Hon. Gentleman would, as other Hon. Members had
done, allow the adjourned debate on Portugal to have
precedence of his motion.
Mr. HUME intimated that there would no doubt be
a discussion on the currency on Thursday, on the motion
of an Hon. Member, and that it would be advisable that
those interested in the question of the currency should
deter the expression of their opinions until that evening.
Mr. TRELAWNY said the currency-laws were in
a very unsatisfactory state ; and he was, therefore,
anxious that no time should be lost in bringing it pro-
minently before the attention of the House. He should,
however, defer to their wishes, and withdraw his motion.
The motion was accordingly withdrawn.
ECCLESIASTICAL CHARITIES.

Mr. E. DENISON rose to move the appointment of a
Select Committee to inquire into the composition and
management of the English ecclesiastical charities. He
believed the Noble Lord was prepared to grant the
Committee for which he had moved, and, therefore, it
would be unnecessary for bim to make any further ob-
servations.

Sir R. INGLIS said that whoever would undertake
the conduct of the Committee, would be most self-
devoted. His Hon. Friend seemed to conceive that the
House would not be adjourned before the 15th of Sep-
tember.