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THE ANTI-GOLD-LAW LEAGUE.
Another public meeting, called by the League for
the purpose of publishing its objects, was held last
night at the London Tavern ;. Mr. Francis Bennoch in
the chair. A considerable number of persons were
present.
Mr. BENNOCII, the chairman, on rising to address
the meeting, was received with loud cheers. He
began by observing that it was a saying of the late
Baron Rothschild, that England, with an ample and
sufficient currency, might become the manufacturing
country for the whole world, but with a restricted
and insufficient currency, the share in the produc-
tion of manufactures which we already possess must
of necessity leave us and go to foreign countries. To
so high an authority one would have imagined the
Government might have paid some deference, and
taken care that this important medium was as ample
as the necessities of the country required. The in-
sufficiency of our currency, he believed, was mani-
fested to a great degree by the number of competing
manufacturers all over the Continent. Even among
the wilds of Switzerland they were successfully
competing with us, and• the agricultural population
of America were striving to make up the deficiency
which our own folly, to a great extent, had been the
means of creating.—(Hear, hear.) In 1819, instead
of carrying out the liberal views promulgated by Mr.
Rothschild, the Bank of England fixed the whole of
our circulating medium upon the one universal metal
—gold. Into that metal every transaction
must be resolved, in geld every tax must be paid,
every charge of the Customs and of the
Excise must be rendered; and when it was found
that gold in this country did not represent the one
fiftieth part of our mercantile treneeeti9ol-3, ho.v im-
possible -it -as, with such a medium, to carry on
the transactions of the empire.—(Cheers.) Every
kind of scheme had been adopted to overcome the
difficulty, but nothing had succeeded, and, in his
opinion, none could succeed. The Bill of 1819, by
converting a debt entered into in paper, added one-
third to the value and increase of the national debt.
—(Hear, hear.) It added one- third to the pur-
chasing power of all dividends and all annuities pur-
chased up to that period, and, it had been observed,
robbed the public debtor to an equal amount, and
laid a burden on his shoulders one-third greater than
he had borne before. And what made the burden
still heavier was the fact that, previous to that time,
our taxer, which were formerly laid on property,
hed been repealed, because those in power declared
that the war, being over, there was n- occasion for a
war tax, forgetting that equitable notion which men
of business ought to possess, that so long as the war
debt was uncancelled the war tax should be levied, to
pay the interest.—(Hear, hear.) Then came the Bill
of 1844—a Bill which contracted still more the
currency of the country, laying do ern as a principle
that 14 millions only should be allowed to circulate,
but that was without gold, being on Government
securities, and every additional million should be
issued simply upon every million of gold received
into the coffers of the Bank. What were the conse-
quences of such a restriction ? In times of trouble,
of distress, and commercial emergency, discounts ran
high, money was only obtained with great difficulty,
and the price was raised to an enormous extent, as
at the present moment. Then a sudden tide of gold
set into this country—it became abundant—nay, it
became so abundant that parties were glad to get rid
of it, and the consequence was that gold was as low
as 2i and 3 per cent., as, in fact, it had been for the
last two or three years ; and thus all kinds of specu-
lations were set on foot for the purpose of having
this capital profitably employed. Our currency, it
was stated, expanded and contracted according to the
emergencies of the country, but this was not so. At
the time it should become contracted it expanded,
and when it ought to expand to meet the emer
gencies of the country then it contracted, and ruieed
thousands of persons engaged in commerce and trade.
'This was according to the scriptural injunction,
which said, " Give unto him that hath much, and
those who have not take away from them that which
they have." The argument of Sir Robert Peel in
1844, in favour of his immaculate Bill, was, that it
was on the self. adjusting principle —that its process
would be rendered steady throughout the whole
country—and that it would make trade prudent and
unspeculative ; but every one now knew how far this
bad turned out to be the CM..—(l-lear, hear.) 01
course, every one, knew that during the last three or
four years there bad been no speculation—none
whatever—(Laughter)—and they were aware also
that_there had been .no overfeeding, and that prices
had TefiltiMigre---eiiivitifgre-4-13kentiiseaed,
Why, the fact was, that his very pinmises had been
falsified. Not a single point upon which he founded
the greatness and truth of the questi.'n existed which
hid not been belied and falsified over and over again.
If any proof of this were required, it would only be
necessary for him to state that public stock had been
reduced at once to 12, 15, and 17 per cent. Consols
had been reduced to such an extent that they were
now selling at a loss of from 401. to 751. per cent.
Coffee, he understood, was also selling at a loss of from
40/. to 601. per cent., sugar from 201. to 401., corn about
30/., wool from 121. 10s. to 25/., cotton from 25/. to 351.,
and manufactured goods of all kinds and denomina-
tions were not to be disposed of unless the manufac-
turer would submit to sacrifice from 151. to 251. per
(Hear, hear.) Men who had been engaged
largelyeeit in railway speculations were obliged to lose
from 30/. to 50/., and even more per cent., and thus
were confirmed the extraordinary promises of an un-
fluctuating currency and a profit to every man who
would rigidly adhere to his ordinary busines or
calling in the world. During the last twelve months
we had sacrificed an amount of money equal to half
of the national debt; and these were facts which
every man could prove for himself, if he were only to
go into the investigation. But the present scarcity
would be the means of propelling the tide in the op-
posite direction. In the course of two or three years,
or even perhaps in one year, there most likely would
be a glut of gold— a phlethora of gold, and then the
money changers, bullion dealers, and capitalists would
force the market, and an unhealthy and exotic trade
would be introduced which would bring us to an
emergency like that experienced at the present time.
Now the League believed that the foundation of our
monetary system was decidedly unjust, and that so
long as this obnoxious measure continued on the sta
tute-book we shall be perpetually liable to those dis-
tressing circumstances. They therefore, at the outset,
as the foundation and principle of the League, pro-
claimed an unceasing warfare to the Bills of 1819 and

1844. The whole, the total, and the unconditional repeal
of those Bills, they went for, and until they were re-
pealed they would not stay their agitation—(Cheers)
—they would go on educating the public mind upon
this important question, and thus they would awe the
Government into submission. They would have no
tinkering of the old currency kettle! No; if they
must have a plaister, it must be a paper plaister.
Then, as to gold, there was one question which he
must answer. They were asked, " Would you do
without. gold ? Would you have a currency without
gold ?" To this his answer was, that they could do
without gold. They did not pretend to say they could
du without gold altogether • they, would have it as a
means of exchange, or balance of foreign transac-
tions, hut they would not take it at a fixed price, but
at the lowest price at which it could be purchased.
They would always have the gold to be bought or
sold at a market value. He hoped that they would
be able to satisfy many that there might be a paper
currency. Let them look to the case of Scotland.
What had a paper circulation done for Scotland ?
Why, a paper circulation had cultivated barren wil-
dernesses. A paper currency had made fruitful
gardens of deserts. A paper circulation in England
in 1793 had saved the manufacturers.. In 1797 it
did the same, and it carried us through years of
war, finishing at the battle of Waterloo. A paper
circulation had enabled us to fight our battles, and
through that means we had conquered. In the year
1825 the issue of a paper currency of 1/. notes to the
extent of 1,500,0001. had saved the Bank of England
from ruin. In 1847 (as we understood), by adopting
something of the same principle, many had been saved
from ruin. 41 well-regulated paper currency would
prevent these evils from which the country was now
suffering. But the League, forsooth, were denounced
as " Inconvertibles." Who were the ineonvertibles ?
Why, they were those who professed to supply the
country with gold, arid who could not find half of what
would be sufficient. Having adverted to the lament-
able condition of the mercantile world, and to the re '
rent failures, the Chairman alluded to the apathy
which had been evinced by the Government to a cer-
tain point, at which the hopeful Wood thought there
was something in it, and Lord J. Russell, by the aid
of the electric telegraph, and by every means within
his power, raised the slogan, and Sir IL Peel came•
to the rescue ; and then they had the nocturnal oc-•
currenceie Spirits travelled by night, and they found
this Mephistophelean minister, with the modern
Faust, meeting in Downiug-street; and no doubt
there were many expressions of kindly regard, and
many affectionate allusions. made to the Lady Mar-
garet, of Threadneedle-street. Sir Robert Peel, no
doubt, said it was a hard case for a man to murder his
children, but they must be strangled—or their vitality
must be stopped for a period. Then there would be
discussions amongst the Liberals—they would have
Sir Charles Wood and Earl Grey sticking up for
principle, but Lord John 1443301 and Lord Yalnier-

ston would be for the people ' • and would say, if you
are prepred to carry on the Government, do it your-
selves; we will not take upon ourselves the responsi-
bility of mr.intaining these Bills. Then came the
point—the Bill was suspended, and they knew what
was the result. On the Monday came a deputation
which waited on Lord J. Russell, who declared that he
could not communicate NV i tla the parties, that he-had
made a communication to the Bank, and that until he
obtained their reply be could not give an answer.
Everybody knew during that eventful morning how
eager were the mercantile and monied interests to know
-the result, to ascertain what the Bank were to do.
When, however, the announcement was made, there
was an universal cry of delight ; men threw up their
hats in delight at what they believed at the moment
to be a great ;boon. But in his opinion there never
was a clumsier concession made to an universal de-
mand. Then came the terms made by the Minister
that S per cent. was to be the minimum of interest to
be charged. Now, in all his reading he had never
heard of-a Government fixinb the minimum rate of
interest. lie had heard of Governments fixing the
maximum rate of interest, in order to prevent the
money -dealers from extorting more than they ought
from-the public. The Chancellor of the Exchequer—
like a wily schoolboy who encouraged others to rob
an orchard whilst he himself stood safely near the
wall—took the golden pippens, for the Government
were to share in the spoil. The Bill of 1844 was
virtually suspended, and it would not be the fault of
the League if it were laid in the dust. The great
organ of the bullionists declared that the Bill of 1844
was the necessary accompanying measure of the Bill
,>f.1819. If the Bill of 1844 was unjust, that of
1819 was no less so--4te was the- parent of the other; I
Let the middle classes advocate a paper currency
based on the credit of the State. Let them do this,
and the time would soon arrive when Mr. Roths-
ehild's prediction to which he had referred would be
verified.
Mr. JONATHAN D UNC AN next addressed the meet-
ing, for the purpose of explaining the views of the
ihereednoceetrtio the
doctrine held
ebsytiotnheamt
,istshuaet, and in
rLlei,eflearngetu;ntecceiontnorseitst in the intrinsic value of the article,

...aid that even the Times itrelf, which was the oppo-
lent of that principle, on Monday last, with the pri-
vileged inconsistency which that journal was allowed
to indulge in, had conceded all their proposition—
namely, that money did not consist in its intrinsic
value. The Times of Monday last, in the leading
article, stated, " The basis of a currency must be some-
thing which already has a natural and spontaneous
xistence in the country, not an exotic, forced on by
the contrivance of the State." Now he did not wish

to quarrel with the term " exotic," though it was
generally applied to plants, and not to metals; but
what became of the bullion doctrine of the Times,
when the writer said they must not have an exotic
forced on by the State ? Were not the Bills of
1819 and 1841 forced on by the State ? Was not
the forcing upon us a foreign metal the contrivance
of the State ? It was unfortunate for the par-
purposes of truth to see such proceedings on the part
of a powerful organ of the press—powerful, in-
deed, on account of its past services It was deplor-
able and pitiable that it should be tolerated to utter
statements in one part of its columns which were con-
tradicted by the City article. It was, however, for
the public to correct these abuses, and to show in a
significant manner—(and the public could put down
any power)—that such opinions were grossly insult-
ing to the common sense of the readers of the Tines

.
journal. The speaker, in the course of a long address,
contended that when the rate of interest on money
was low the country had been most prosperous, and
that when we returned to a metallic standard wages
had fallen. The Government, under the arrangement
which had been made within the last few days, would
share with the Bank an extra 3 per cent., which 3
per cent. would amount to a tax upon the industrious
classes.

Mr. CArps, the secretary to the association, pro-
ceeded to address the meeting on the subject of the
wil effects of the Bills of 1819 and 1844 on our fo-
reign trade. Great ignorance prevailed on this branch
of the question among men who had been engaged
during their whole lifetime in the pursuits of commerce.
If we looked to the period from 1800 to 1820, we ex-
ported 10,000,000/. more than we imported. This
might appear to be a rational state of things daring
thoie years, because we were subsidising foreign
powers; we were involved in a general war, and had
a large army to support. But if he took the period
from 1820 to 1843, we exported 29,000,0001. more
tLwar w:: imparted, aad looking to the official :Intl sic-
dared value of our exports, and the official value of

the imports on the standard of 1696 (there being no
declared value on imports) from 1800 to 1834, there
was a loss of 103,000,0001. The speaker then re-
ferred to some diagrams showing the fluctuating rates
of interest from 1836 inclusive. Now the value of
money was generally shown by the rate of interest
which it would fetch; but it had been reserved to
Lord John Russell's Government to raise the mini-
mum rate of interest to 8 per cent. ; and this was
,lone to show the stability and steadiness of our cur-
rency. The gold being at a fixed price, the foreigner
preferred taking out of the country the low-priced
(sold rather than the high-priced goods ; but when
the" screw was put on," and manufactures were sold
at a sacrifice, then the foreigner came back with the
low-priced gold. If the gold went up with the
goods, then the foreigner would take goods in prefer-
ence. So the foreigner had the facility of selling at
high prices and buying at low prices, and, moreover,
to make up the difference in exporting, a larger
amount of goods must be furnished to the foreigner,
and hence the difference in value between exports and
imports. It had nothing to do with what had been
denominated, by high authorities, the antiquated prices
of value of 1696. It appeared that from 1819, in-
stead of a gain, as between the official and declared
value, there had been annually a loss, between the
two, of from 2,000,000/. in 1820, to 53,000,000/. in
1842. Let them look to the state of the manufac-
turing classes, let them refer to the evidence before
Committees, and to information contained in the Poor-
law Commissioners' report—and let men ask whether
the tables he referred to did not clearly show the
practical working of the system on the operative
classes. All the evil arose from Peel's Bills, which
fixed the price of gold. Sir Robert Peel was wrong
ab initio in his views. The remainder of the speech
contained a vast mass of statistical information, which
was shown on large drawings, &c., and which ren-
dered it impossible to report the matter referred to
with clearness to those who were not present
The CHAIRMAN then addressed the meeting, and
stated that the society could not proceed successfully
without money, and he therefore urged the necessity
of gentlemen -becoming subscribers. A subscription
of 10s. a year would entitle the subscriber to all the
publications of the League; or for 2s. 6d. any gen-
tleman could be enrolled as a member.
The room was very crowded, and the proceedings
terminated at about a quarter past ten o'clock.

POLICE INVESTIGATION.

• Yesterday, at the Marylebone Police Court, an in-
vestigation, by order of the Secretiry of S'ate was
• proceeded with before Mr. Broughton and Mr. Long
(Lord Montford was also present), into the charges
brought against William Mi!chell, the gaoler of t::is
court, in a report mad,: to the visiting jai ices or
Clerkenwell.
There are two distinct charges of improper conduct,
in one of which Mr. Robinson, well known as a legal
practitioner of the lvletropolitan Police Courts, is
deeply concerned. That gentleman was present, no-
tice having been given him of the intended inquiry;
but owing to the parties not being in attendance in his
particular case, another against Mitchell, which is
alleged to have happened since the report of the visit-
ing justices was made, was proceeded with.
Mr. Wolff attended on behalf of Mitchell, and after
some preliminary remarks from Mr. Robinson, trust-
ing that the fullest inquiry would he gone into, and
which he was most anxious to meet,
Anne Simons, who had been brought up from Tot-
hill-fields Prison to give evidence, was examined. She
said—l was brought up here on Tuesday week last,
on a charge of robbing my employers, Messrs. Mar-
shall and Stanton, of Vere-street. Before I was taken
to prison I was locked up in the cell of this court.
Mitchell was the man who locked me up.
Mr. Broughton—Do you remember any questions
being asked about your having friends ?—Yes. I
believe. Mr. Mitchell asked me if I had any friends.
I think it was on the Tuesday Olen _he, asked me if
I had got friends. •
Mr. Broughton—Was that before you were locked
up ?—I think it was.
r Examination continued—Before I was loCked up,
I asked him to give me a little water. 'lle did so,
and some one in reply sai'd. I could have some beer,
but I am not sure it was Mitchell.
Mr. Broughton—By whom was the beer brought
in ? Witness—By Mr. Mitchell.
When was that—lt wa; on the Wednesday fol-
lowing. Some prisoner begged of it, but I do not
know who.
Mr. Broughton—You say Mitchell began the con-
versation with you on the Tuesday, by asking if von
had any friends: when was that? Witness—That
was before I was locked up. It was before I was
brought before you, Sir. I said to Mitchell, "No,
I have none here." He then asked me if I had got a
solicitor.
Mr. Broughton—Did he use the word solicitor?
Witness—Yes; he said solicitor. lie asked me if I
knew one. I said no, but I should wish to have one.
He then said, if it was my wish, he did not see any
reason why I should not have one. I thanked him,
and told him I should. lie then said I will send for
one, and he shall be here by ten o'clock to-morrow
morning.
Mr. Broughton—Did he say what solicitor? Wit-
ness—He told me Mr. Robinson, and said he had a
case there on the Tuesday or Wednesday. Nothing
more passed on the Tuesday.
Mr. Broughton—When you came on the next day,
did you speak to Mitchell ? Witness—l was put
into a cell, and did not see Mitchell until he brought
Mr. Robinson to me. He introduced him by saying
this is Mr. Robinson. Mr. Wathen, another solici-
tor, had then arrived to defend me. Mr. Wathen
said, you are very foolish to engage Mr. Robinson ;
if you want counsel I will go and fetch them. I
told !Mitchell that I should not want Robinson, and
he then said, if you don't want Robinson you must
pay the man for fetching him. I said how much,
and Mitchell said two shillings. I said I have no
money now, but when Mr. Wathen comes I will pay
you. When Mr. Wathen came I borrowed two
shillings of him, and saw him give it to Mitchell.
Mr. Robinson was outside the cell when Mr. Wathen
first came.

Mr. Broughton—What did Mitchell do with the
money ? 11'itness—I think he paid it over to some
other person.

Mr.. Broughton —When you first came to this
Court was the officer Mitchell kind to you ? Wit-
ness—He was, Sir.

Mr. Broughton—Was there any alteration to you
in his manner after Mr. Wathen carne ? Witness—
I think there was, Sir, and I made a remark to Mr.
Tracey, the Governor of Westminster Bridewell,
about it.

Mr. Robinson begged to be allowed to ask the 'wit-
ness a question. He was not there longer than a
minute, and the moment she said she had a friend
coming he left.
Mr. Broughton sail there was no inveachment of
Eobibsn's chai%;•;ter /In that OM', ::nil his name
had merely been infrodukled to show that a solicitor
had been recommended to be employed by an officer
of that court.

Mr. Wolff cross-examined the witness at consider-
able length, and elicited that she spoke to some one
about having a solicitor. before she spoke to Mitchell
on the subject. She had no means of ascertaining
that it was beer brought into the cell beyond being
asked to take some of it. The woman Marshall ap-
peared very much distressed, but not bodily ill. The
only complaint she had to make against Mitchell was
a dislike to be locked up in the cell.
Mr. Wolff said Mr. Mitchell had been connected
with that establishment twenty-one years, and had
never had the slightest imputation upon his character
before. He was in a condition to prove that Mitchell
had never received the 25., and would call the man
who did receive it.

Mr. Broughton—You do net dispute that the two
shillings was received for the purpose. of fetching a
solicitor, through the medium of an officer of this
court —a system which ought not to exist.
Adam Kirsch examined—l know this female, but
can't say the exact time I saw her first; but it was
about a fortnight back. It was on a Tuesday wh( n
she was brought here. Mitchell said to me, " This
female wishes you to fetch a solicitor." I asked her
who I should go for; and she said, who I liked. I
then said I would go for Mr. Rubinson. She asked
me who was Mr. Robinson—

Mr. Long—At what time was this • and where wa
she at the time? Witness—lt was between four and
five o'clock in the evening, and she was in the cell.
By Mr. Broughton—l have been in the habit of
going on messages at this court fol.' nine years past,
and have been paid by the parties sending me. Some-
times I have not got paid at all. Mr. Robinson gave
me a shilling, but that was for getting his horse and
gig ready to come to the court.
The Magistrates retired, and on their return
Mr. Long asked Mitchell what he had to say in
answer to the two charges preferred against him.
The first of taking spirits into the cell to the woman
Marshall, and the other of introducing the solicitor to •
the prisoner, and taking money for so doing
Mitchell said there was no glass at all in the cell.
After the depositions were read over, andhitshlevoln
com-
mittal made out, I was obliged to. leatiiliatt
she
could
along the yard. She appeared so faint
on a seat, and left. I went soma time afterwards..ll
scarcely stand. I opened the cell,.an..d satlTrdoAt•no
and full of wind, that she could not keep y
see how she was, when she cornplainedofabnent)ghhsloglin,
• her stomach, and would die if she had not some re- '
lief. I said, " What will you have ?" and she said
anything to relieve the wind. I went over to the
public-house and asked for a small bottle, and had a
glass of gin and peppermint put into it, for a poor
woman, who, I said, was very ill. I took it to her,
and toll her not to drink it all at once, and left it
with her.
Mr. Broughton—Are you not aware of a regula-
tion interdicting the introduction of anything like
spirits ' into the cell of a police court? Mitchell—l
am, your Worship; but the late Mr. Rawli:ison, in
cases of emergency and illness, allowed me to do so.
Mr. Broughton—But you know that this woman
had been before me and Mr. Fell, when she did nat
appear at all ill. Why not apply to rae, or Mr. Fell,
before you did so ? Mitchell—ln such a case I did
not think it at all necessary. The woman had no
money, and I paid for the gin and peppermint out of
my own pocket.
Air. Long—You will new give some explanation
whether Ann Simons asked you to gat a solicitor or
rot, and whether you did not tell her that a particu-
lar person would attend the next day. If so, I want
to know how you can, with the situation you hold,
11alL?,1 to .
take upon yourself to recommend a particular par-
son, in preference to any other proprofessional: gly
Mitchell—l was nit the first person
for a solicitor. I was told that she wanted oilia but I I
said I could not do anything in it until she was out of
the hands of the police, and neither should I rec ;in-
mend any one. She spoke to me after the man, ant
putting her hand on my slioaider, said ';cannot I
have a solicitor?"
I said I w
_eat I not recVame,l
any one to her whilst she was 1:1 the ban Is of the P'o-
lice. neard nothing more of it until after she was
remanded,
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messenger will be
.quicker." I
then shut the cell door, and went away for Ada in
Kirsh, and told
trim
that he was wanted. I told him
that a woman wanted him to gl somewhere, as she
wanted a solicitor. I opened the door and told her
there was the voung• man who would go anywhere
she liked for her. She asked him if he would go and
get her a solicitor. lie said who shall Igo to, and
she replied to any one you like. I think he said he
should go for Mr. Robinson.
Mr, Broughton—Do you mean to say that Mr.