The Sun.
London, England, 1841-04-23 00:00:00

CURRENCY

We lied occasion to observe lately, in the course of some
remarks upon the currency, that those who were opposed to
the doctrine that the paper circulation of the country should
he governed by tile Foreign Exchanges, evincsd a total
ignorance of, or wilful blindness to, the manner in which
that system would operate on prices. A pamphlet.
which has just fallen in our way on the present stato of
bankieg in England, "by a Scotch Banker," in a
letter addressed to Earl Fitzwilliam, furnishes, a
striking evidence of the justice of our observation.
In the whole of this publication, consisting of
forty-three pages, professing to emanate from " A Vete-
ran in Banking," there is not a single word, thought, or
sentence tens'iag, in the most remote degree, to elu-
cidate this vital branch of the question. We have seldom
seen a more crude and ill-digested work than the one before
us, when replete with such pretensions, nor one containing so
little useful information on the subject which it professes to
discuss. What can be said of a " Veteran Banker," who
has the folly aed ignorance to maintain " that to the
nobility and landed proprietary alone ought to be assigned
the power of suppl)iog a circulation ha,,ed upon the most
secure foundation?' His whole panacea for the derange-
ment of the currency is to place " the distribution of morrey
in the hands of the landed and monied aristocracy."
We may say aptly enough here that "we with they
may get it." This Scotch banker professes, natu-
rally enough, deep veneration for his native land,
and adduces the success of Scotch banking as a
reason for its introduction into England under the
system of charters and limited responsibility; but it
ii altogether new to us to hear that the prosperity of
the Scotch banks is greatly to be attributed "to the
stati .n in society occupied by the most influential in
the proprietary." Almost every man worth fifty pounds
in Scotland is a shareholder in some of the
banks. It is the widely extended proprietary, the
interest taken in them, therefore, by men of all
stations and classes in society, that has led to the great
success of the Scotch banks. The "station in society"
of the Marquis of Huntly, who certainly was one of the
nobility and landed proprietors, and governor of a joint-
stock bank in the north of Scotland at the time of
his failure, could not have added much to the
high character" of Scottish banking. The nobility
and landed proprietors of Scotland are too much
involved and subject to entail, to do much in the charac-
'ec of bankers. We have had frequent occasion to
remark that although joint stock banking is a plant
of Scottish growth, we have never seen a treatise on
it by a Scotchman, which was entitled to be looked
upon as a standard work or as a treatise of reference on
the subject. This Ora's. by "a, Scotch Banker" is a
sad failure. Wi!la the exception of a short table of
the five oldest banks in Scotland, enumerating their
name 4, pail up capital, and number of partners,
which may be got in an cld almanac, there is
literally no information in it on Scotch banking.
Wbo the " great unknown" is that penned this
wondrous tale we know not, but should rather surmise
that he must be acquainted with some cf the directors of
the London Unien Bank. We guess as much, at least,
from the following paragraph, which we select as a fair
specimen of the matter and manner of the author s—
" When such men as Sir Peter Laurie and Andrew
Spottiswoode put their hands to the wheel, who can doubt
the navigation of the vessel? Had the circulation of the
City been in possession of a dozen as well constituted banks
as the Union of London, and had the drain of gold been
from as many tills, and each bank aware that to show weak-
ness would be to forfeit honour, is there any doubt, my
Led, that heaps of gold would have been readily found for
foreign corn or any other necessary ?"
Sir Peter Laurie, as a magistrate, has shown a re-
markably sure nose I tely at detecting City impos-
tors, and Mr. Andrew Spottiswoode has made a
soug fortune as printer to her Majesty; but that they
should be put forward as a pair of Siamese youths, dun
jurrcto zn uno, tepreienting the pith and essence of all
that is requisite to constitute perf,Ttion in banking
qualifications, really requires a quantity of faith in
what we read in print that is seldom to be met with, and
which we possess not. The " Scotch Banker" has
not lost the " booing" indnation of his birth-
right. He has a most uncommon regard for the pri-
vileged classes, for everything above the common herd,
and the loans by the Scotch banks " to the nobility aad
landed gentry" are looked upon by him with the eyes of
religious veneration. With the,e views we have no wish
to quarrel. We have no doubt the Scotch banks would
lend money to the lairds readily enough if their lands
were nct entailed, and there were no prior mortga-
ges to impair the security. But this does not prove
that " the nobility and lauded proprietors " would
be the proper managers of the currency. They are
too much accustomed to stand in the capacity of
borrowers to be well fitted for the office. The
impropriety of a board of merchants " sitting'in judgment
on the commercial transactions of their contemporaries,"
is an objection to the, present system, but the strange
notions of the " Scotch Banker," if acted upon, would,
by placing mortgaged landlords in their shoes, only
make bad tent times worse. The " Scotch Banker"
speaks of the justly-admired pamphlet of Mr. Jones
Loyd, but we doubt much if he understands it; for
he asserts that it; object is " illegitimately to nego-
tiate for the elevation or depression of the Foreign
Exchanges fir private convenience." Now, this is
trash altogether. Mr. Jones Loyd simply maintains
that the " paper cLiculation should vary precisely as
the amount of circulation would have varied had it
been exclusively metallic." This is in accordance with
the dictates of common sense ; and it is clear, there fire,
hat when the gold is drained off (that is, when the Fo-
reign Exchanges arc unfavourable), the paper circulation
hould be diminished, and, vice versa, expanded. But this
is not seeking to elevate or depress the Exchanges "farany private convenience."—Morning Chronicle,

THE WEATHER.—NooN, APRIL 22.
ROYAL GALLERY OF SCIENCE, ADELAIDE-STREET.
Barometer
Thermometer... 52 I Highest 55 I Lowest ...... 40
Wind N.E. —Freezing Point 32 Deg.

ADDRESS OF THE LIVERPOOL SHIPMAS-
TERS' ASSOCIATION TO COMMODORE SIR CHARLES NA •
FIER.—A numerous deputation from this excellent institution
waited upon Commodore Napier on Tuesday morning, at the
Adelphi Hotel, with an address of congratulation and respect.
Amongst the gentlemen present were William Rowett, Esq.
chairman of th committee; W. Potter, Esq. • J. B. Yates,
; J. Stitt, Esq ; C. S. Middleton, Esq ;&c. ; together
with a numerous body of masters of vessels now in port. The
Gallant Commodore made an appropriate reply.
The High Constable of Brighton has called a
meeting of the inhabitants of that place, to petition Parlia-
ment for the entire and unconditional abolition of Church-
rates. The meeting, which has been called pursuant to a
respectable requisition, is fixed for this day.
WA LBROOK WARD.—A wardmote was held
on Tuesday, when Mr. William Dawson was unanimously
elected a member of the Common Council for the re-
mainder of the year, in the room cf the late Deputy
Richardson. Alderman Gibbs then appointed Mr. Thomas
Watkins his deputy.
THE CAIPERCAILZIE AT BRODICK.—This
beautiful and very remarkable species of game, once
common in the Highlands of Scotland, having, many
years ago, totally disappeared and become extinct ; and
being discovered in Sweden,_ the Marquis of Breadalbane
sent an experienced gamekeeper to that country, who,
after much exertion and incurring great expense, suc-
ceeded in procuring a "breed," and bringing them alive
to his Highland estate. Carefully observing their habits
in Sweden, and ascertaining their instinctive relish
for particular kinds of nutriment, the gamekeeper
has succreded in propagating them. A cock, with
four hens, were lately given to the Marquis of Douglas
and Clydesdale, who has forwarded them to Arran, where
there is every probability they will soon become abun-
dant ; for this care and labour at present bestowed will not
only ensure safety, comfort, and protection, but encourage
rapid multiplication of a numerous progeny to throng, as
he blackcock and moorfowl already do, the Arran noun-
In a lofty and finely sheltered woody situation above
Brodick Castle, an aviary of vast dimensions has been erected
—SO feet in length, about SO in breadth, and 16 in height,
and in point of contrivance and accommodation for all the
requisite purposes, it cannot be surpassed. It is of itself such
a tastcrul curiosity as will attract the notice, and occasion the
wonder and admiration of every person. The sides
and roof are formed of larch spars, separated about two
inches, or an inch and a half, for the purpose of giving a
free current of air, and giving the birds all the same
changes of climate as if they were roaming at large. The
centre is wholly filled with thriving spruce fir trees, on the
branch points of which they fondly feed, and a stream of
cool water meanders from top to bottom. At the upper
end are neatly covered, completely sheltered, and inge-
niously contrived and furnished apartments for roostingand
hatching—rendering them safe from any intrusion, and
giving to them the undisturbed dominion of this fanciful '
miniature, caged domain. The origin of the name Cal-
per-cailzie cannot be distinctly given. The Cock of the
North (Coileach Tunis) is one appellation—Cock of the
li'oods:(Coileach-Coille) another. The fowl has a partiality
to roosting on a tree branch, and at present, in the do-
mestic state, on a cross spar, bank, beam, or Kaber.
Perhaps the derivative may be traced to Caber, corrupted
into Kaber, (e. g., the kabers of a house in broad Scotch),
and Coille, a cock. Hence Cabcrcoille. —The cock is
black. feathered, having a large tuft or whisker below the
ears and around the neck, and tufty feathers to the feet,
like the bantam and eagle. His bill resembles the eagle's,
led,
and
and in majesty and fierceness the similiarity is very striking.
He rears his tail, when surprised, withp greyea.i
ableon eeld boAunscigehtlikoef
the turkey. In size be is as large as the commonspk
barn-
door
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guinea b
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feast beautifully
atto ornir.holrgists; and
shalein
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the gigantic cage, with its furnishings, will amaze every
beholder.—Kilmarnock Journal.

IMPORTATION OF LIVE OXEN INTO LON-
DON, —Yes'erday the Aberdeen Steam Navigation Com-
pany's stern -sill, City of Aberdeen, Captain Alexander
Morrison, commander, arri3ed at her moorings cff Iron.
gate Stairs, from Aberdeen. She brought no fewer than
108 fat bullocks, all alive ; several pigs, and a large quan-
thy of Aberdeensiire manufactured goods and agricultu-
ral produce. She also brought a considerable number of
fir a cabin passengers, who complained at being compelled
tc, land in small hoate. Part of her cargo consisted of
boxes of salmon, which were landed at Billingsgate-market
soon: after her arrival. The salmon fishing in Scoland, it
is reportei, has considerably improved during the last
A day or two ago, while the workmen in Mr.
Thomson's wood-yard, in Glasgow, were cutting up a
plank of rose-wood, eight inches thick, they found en-
closed in the centre a large insect, seemingly of the cock-
rore!i species, measuring about, two inches in.length. and
fortnight.
it the finest state of preservation. Attached to its hinder
extremity was a thin loose filmy substance, which resembled
a cast-off skin of the insect, while the cavity in which
they were found was closely fitted to their shape and size.
The plank in which this curious insect was found was ire-
ported, with others, from Rio Janeiro.—Scottish Guardian.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.
HOUSE OF LORDS, Aritu, 22.
The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Wool-
sack (the first time since his illness) at five o'clock.
The South Australian Grant Bill, the Harrowgate
Improvement Bill, the Manchester and Leeds, and
Northern and Eastern Railway Bills, with several pri-
vate Bills, were brought up from the Commons, and
severally read a first time.
The Report of the Import Duties Committee was
brought up from the Commons.
The Report of the Select Committee appointed to
ascertain the expenditure of Select Committees of both
Houses of Parliament, was also brought up from the
Commons.
Lord DUNCANNON laid on the table certain
correspondence from the Colonial-office relating to the
expendilure of South Australia.
Tile Marquis of WEST.MEATH presented a peti-
tion from Adiane against the Intrusion of Ministers in
the Church of Seodand.

The 1114rquis of LANSDOWNE presented a peti-
tion from Belfast praying for the abolition of Patronage
in the Church of Scotlend. One from Truro in favour
of the Jcwish Declaration Bi.l, and one from the
traders and ethers residing in %A-ardour-street, S
praying that the tolls on bridges in London might be
abolished.

The Earl of CHARLEVILLE begged to be al-
lowed to occupy their Lordship's attention for a few
moments, while he made a few statements in order to
clear his character from some imputations which
had been thrown on it by the Noble Mar.
quis (Normanby) opposite. On the occasion of his
moving their Lordships the day previous to the holi•
days, the Noble Marquis gave a strong contradiction to
several statements made by him (Lord Charleville),
and said that he had not taken any pains to inform him.
self as to the truth of his information, and especially he
charged him (Lord Charleville) with omitting to state
that Mr. Biddulph had expressed his entire satisfaction
with the Jury which hod been impannelled in his case.
He bad never known Mr. Biddulph before the attack
made upon that gentleman's life. He believed Mr.
Biddulph was considered a Conservative in politics,
lout by no means an active or prominent partisan. The
Noble Lord then read a letter from that gentleman,
stating that he (Mr. B.) had not approved of the pahcl,
for the Jury se'ected to try the prisoners who had
attempted his life. He read a'so a letter from Mr.
Baker, to the effect that the Attorney-General refused
to object to a juror named Collins (who was a man of
very bad character), upon the trial of the persons ac-
cused of murdering a man named Powell, who was
a servant of Mr. Baker. In reply to the charge
of the NoVe Marquis (Normanby), that ho (Lord
Charleville) had employed a man of infamous cha-
racter, named Goulding, in the search for the mur-
derers of Lord Norbury, he had only to say teat
Goulding bad been in the police upwards of 17 years.
The Marquis of NORM ANBY said that he had
now nothing to add to his former explanation upon
this subject. He had already given their Lordships
the statements of Mr. Moore, the Solicitor General,
and Mr. Dale, the Crown Solicitor, and he would have
brought down the letters of those gentlemen, if he could
have imagined that the Noble Earl was disposed to take
up their Lordships'time by again reverting to the subject.
The Earl of CHARLEVILLE said that the Noble
Marquis had accused hint of knowingly employing a
man of bad character.

Tile Marquis of NORMANBY assured tile House
that he had not intended to convey any such charge.
He hal oily said that the Noble Earl, having
been himself so far imposed upon as to employ
a person of notoriously infamous character, who had
beco convicted of fraud and perjury,ought to be a little
mistrustful of his sources of information.—( Hear.)
The Eallof 'WICKLOW said the explanation of

the Noble Marquis was anything but satisfactory. It
was evident that in the case of Mr. Biddulph the Go-
vernment officers did not challenge objectionable per-
sons ; whereas in the case of the Orangeman, Samuel
Gray, the prerogative of the Crown was exercised i❑
tho strictest manner.

The Marquis of WESTMEATH said that the con-
duct of the Officers of the Crown in the cases brought
before their Lordships by his Noble Friend (Lord Char-
leville), was calculated to sacrifice tie lives of those
gentlemen, who, with himself and his Noble Friend,
had the moral courage to uphold the institutions
of the country. His Noble Friend was net a pen-
sioner upon the public, nor a political adventurer,
but a gentleman of ample fortune, who had
a good house to receive his friends in, and bad the good
sense to live in it.—(Great laughter.)
After a few words from the Earl of Charleville
and the Marquis of Normanby in explanation, the con-
versation dropped.
The Earl of WARWICK. presented a petition from
Hatherstone, in the county of Warwick, praying that the
petitioners' parish should not be held liable for the
damage of rots in the town of Birmingham.
The Marquis of NORM AN BY admitted the hard-
ship of the ewe, and he would give it his best attention.
Mr. Austin, from the office of the Poor•laaw Com-
missioners, appeared at the bar with returns relating
to the administration of Poor-laws in Ireland. Oa the
motion of the Marquis of Normanby, the returns were
ordered to be printed.
The Marquis of NORMANDY presented petitions
From Hackney, Manchester, Deptford, and Rotherbithe,
in favour of Drainage of-Towns Bill ; from Sheffield, for
an al'eration of the law of libel ; and from the Mayor,
Aldermen, and Burgesses of Birmingham in favour of
the Jew*' Declaration

Their Lordships then adjourned at a Quarter past
Six o'Clock.

ROUSE OF COMMONS, APRIL 22.

The SPEAKER took the Chair at Four &Clock.
On the motion of Mr. BROTHERTON, the Man-
chester and Leeds Railway Bill was read a third time
and passed ; and the Deptford Pier Bill was read a
second time.

'Mr. LOCKHART presented peftions from Ren-
frew, Paisley, Gla!gow, Govan, and PoHoe, against the
lloc and Govan Railway Bill.
Sir JOHN HOBHOUSE presented a petition
from Nottingham against the Nottingham Gas Bill.
Mr. BROTHERTON presented a petition from
8,644 inhabitants of the borough of Salford, com-
plaining of the heavy duties on corn, sugar, coffee,
and other necessaries. The petitioners prayed the
House to revisa the whole of the tariff, and abolish the
food and all other mcnopolies, and establish a free sys-
tem of commercial policy, by which the rights of in-
dustry would he secured, the internal resources of the
country developed, and unrestricted intercourse se-
cured with the whole world, which would lead to a
prosperity hitherto unenjoyed by the people of this
country.
Sir C. COOTE presented a petition from the medi-
cal practitioners of the King's County in favour of
Medical Reform.

Mr. MU NTZ presented a petition from the Mayor
and Corporation of Birmingham, praying the House to
adopt the Report of the Import Duties Committee as
the basis of its commercial legislation. Also a petition
signed by two thousand five hundred inhabitants of
Birmingham against the County Courts Bill. Also a
similar petition from the Commissioners of the Birming-
ham Court of Requests. Also a petition from Mr. J.
Guest, Clerk of the Birmingham Court of Requests,
and another officer of the Court, praying for compensa-
tion in the event of the passing of the County Courts
Bill.

Mr. H. BERKELEY presented a petition from South
Austral a, complaining of the appropriation for other
purposes of sums devoted to the service of the colony.
Sir G. CLERK presented a petition from Stamford,
and three petitions from the county of Rutland, pray-
ing for Church Extension.
Mr. HA WES presented a petition from the Dis-
senting Congregation of Devonshire-square, against
Church-rates and Church Extension.

Lord MORPET H. presented a petition from work-
ing people in the county of York, praying for the repeal
of the Corn-laws ; also, a petition from the Protestant
Dissenters of Zion Chapel, Wakifield, praying for the
abolition of Church-rates ; also four petitions from the
Royal College of Surgeons, Ireland, one praying that the
medical institutions of Ireland might not be placed under
the control of the Poor-law Commissioners, another
praying that under the Vaccination Act medical prac-
titioners might be remunerated by salary instead of
fees, another praying the House to adopt some mea-
sure of Medical Reform, and another praying for ade-
quate remuneration for medical practitioners attending
Coroners' inquests.
Mr. RAIKES CURRY presented a petition from
Northampton, for a Reform of the Ecclesiastical
Courts, and the abolition of Church•rates.
Colonel S ALIVE Y presested petitions from Bethnal
Green and Pcekham, for the repeal of the Corn-laws.
Lord SANDON presented a petition from the
Leeds Philosophical and Lterary Society, praying for
the removal of burthens to whiCh such institutions arc
subjected.
The NOBLE LORD also presented a petition from
the Directors of the Grand Junction Railway against
certain parts of the General Railway Bill.
The \Vaningorc Inclosure Bill was read a third time
and passed.
Mr. VILLIERS presented petitions from Bermond-
sey-, St. Paul's Church-yard, and other districts cf the
metropolis, for the repeal of the Corn-laws.
Mr. E. BU LLER presented a petition from Buck-
ingham, complaining of spiritual destitution in England
and Wales, and praying for a remedy.
Mr. O'CONNELL presented a petition from cer-
tain Eaglish Catholics in favour of the grant to the
College of Maynooth ; also a petition from Manchester
against the Corn-laws, and a petition from a place in
Scotland, praying for the prohibition of distilled liquors
except for medicinal or manufacturhig purposes.
Mr, THORNELY presented IL petition from the
West Riding of Yorkshire, for the repeal of the Corn-
laws.

The ATTORNEY-GENERAL presented a peti-
tion from the Lord Provost and Council of the city of
FAinburgh,praying that that City may be exempted from
thti Scotch Boroughs Bill.

Mr. ELLIOT presented a petition from the town
of Kelso and its vicinity, stating that the only remedy
for the differences existing in the Scotch Church is the
separation of Church and State.

Mr. I'. DUNCOMBE presented petitions from the
labourers of the metropolis, and from the National
Association of the borough of Lambeth, praying for
the liberation of Mr. O'Connor, and of all political pri-
soners ; also a petition from two Polish refugees, com-
plaining that the bounty of this country had been ille-
gally withheld from them.

Mr. L. HODGES presented a petition from Maid-
stone, praying for the abolition of Church-rates and of
the Ecclesiastical Courts.

Mr. HUME presented a petition from Brentford
prayir.g for the abolition of Church-rates and the Eccle-
siaAical Courts, and the release of Mr. Baines ; a peti-
tion from the same place praying for an extension of the
suffrage ; and from 123 Irishmen, inhabitants of Man-
chester, complaining that under the present system of
Poor-lases ti,iy will be compelled to return to their own
country in case they should require parochial relief.
Sir It. INGLIS presented several petitions in favour
of Church Extension.

Mr. EASTHOPE presented petitions, praying for
the abolition of Church-rates, from Newport, Waltham
Abbey, and forty other places.
Sir R. PEEL presented a petition from an indivi-
dual, named James Morrison, praying that out door
relief might be given in certain cases.
REGISTRATION OF VOTERS (IRELAND).
Lord MORPETH said that, pursuant to what he
said the other night, he bad to state to the House that
the only alteration of any material nature which he
was prepared to propose in Committee on the
Irish Parliamentary Voters Bill was to raise
the amount of rate which might be necessary
to give the elective franchise in the case of county
voters from the sum of 51. to Si.
Mr. C. WOOD said it would be perfectly indis-
pensable to enable them to proceed with any satisfac-
tio❑ that they should know the number of persons
rated to various amounts in Ireland. At present they
were unable to ascertain the number rated at 30/.,20/.,
10/. aad 5/., and even if the returns could not be obtained
for the whole of Ireland, still if they obtain it from
those unions, from which reports had been already made,
they could calculate the probable numbers in other parts
of the country. His Noble Friend, the Secretary for
the Colonies, and the Right Hon. the Attorney-General
for Ireland, were agreed upon the necessity of having
that information, hut on referring to the Reports which
had been laid on the table from twenty-four unions in
Ireland, he found there were only two in which
that species of information was contained. lie wished
to know from the Nobla Lord whether that information
would be produced, and if so, what was the probable

time when it would be laid before the House ?
Lord MORPETH said that instructions had been
forwarded to the Poor-law Commissioners in Ireland,
who were desired to communicate their informAtion to
the House with the least possible delay, but their reply
had cot yet arrived. Merl it did it would be
communicated to the House without delay.
THE EARL OF CARDIGAN.

Mr. HAWES gave notice that he would to-marrow
move for a return of the number of instances in which
corporal punishment had been inflicted in the British
army on a Sunday within the last ten years.—(Hear,
hear.) There appeared to be some misunderstand-
ing on what fed from the Secretary at War
on this subject o❑ a former occasion, and he
would therefore ask the Right Honourable Gentle-
man whether there was any instances of the infliction
of corporal punishment under the circumstances which
occurred in the case of the I lth Hussars under the
direction of the Earl of Cardigan.
Mr. MACAULAY said he was much obliged to

the Honourable Gentleman for asking him the ques-
tion, as it enabled him to set right a misun-
derstanding of what he had stated on this
subject. It had been imagined that he (Mr. Ma-
cau!ay) had stated there were prece4ents for the con-
duct, which he believed to be both unfortunate and cul-
pable of the Earl of Cardigan the last week.---(Hear,
hear.) What he stated was, that having con-
sulted officers of long experience on the sub-
ject, be had heard that there were precedents in the
service of the infliction of punishment on Sundays, but
not of punishments which would bear out the con-
duct of Lord Cardigan, because those punishments
were inflicted only under circumstances of great
exigency. He (Mr. Macaulay) had also stated
that in this case the punishment might have
been postponed until next day. With respect to the
return required by the Hon. Gentleman, his own be-
lief was that such return would not produce any in-
stance of punishment on a Sunday—cerwinly not ex-
ciA in cas.e of some great exigency on the line of
march.—(Hear, hear.)
Sir H. HARDINGE said he had understood the
statement of the Secretary of War as it was now ex-
plained, and be begged to say he thought it perfectly
satisfactory.--(Hear, Lear.)
Mr. O'CONNELL obtained. leave, to bring in a
Bill to facilitate the proof of bribery and corruption in
foe election of Members of Parliament.
The HON. GENTLEMAN surd he might be permitted

to add, that he had heard with great regret the an-
nouncement which had been made by the Noble Lord
of his intention to raise the franchise from 51. to 81.
It was manifest that he would get nothing from the
other side by doing se, and he was sorry to say that it
would not give satisfaction elsewhere.
Mr. HUME moved for the returns laid before the
House of Commons in the Session of 1839 and 1840,
relative to corporeal punishments in the army, navy, and
ordnance.

On the motion of Mr. FOX MAULE the Small
Debts' Courts Bill, and the Local Courts Bills were
postrmed until the 10th of May.
MR. CANDLISH.

Sir GEORGE SINCLAIR said he would again
ask the Hon. Gentleman opposite whether her Majesty's
Government had or had not announced to Mr. Candlish
their intention of appointing him to the Professorship
of Biblical Literature ; and if so, on what ground the
appointment had been suspended or cancelled.
Mr. FOX MAULE said the Hon. Baronet could
hardly have taken a more uncourteous course than he
had done on that occasion. The question which he had be-
fore asked was totally different. He would with the per-
mission of the House state the facts as they had occurred.
His Noble Friend the Secretary of State had been
anxious upon the occurrence of vacancies in the Dean-
eries of the Chapel Royal to make those vacancies
subservient to the purposes of education in Scotland,
instead of continuing as formerly, under the name of
prizes in the Church.—(Hear, hear.) The first
vacancy that occurred was given to Dr. Lee,
the Principal of the University of Edinburgh,
as an endowment to that chair, which, of course, met
with general approbatioc. On the next vacancy oc-
curring, his lion. Friend consulted how he might
best bestow that with similar benefit to the Univer-
sity ; and having referred to the Report of the Com-
missioners appointed by the Right Hon. Gentleman op-
posite to inquire into the state of the Universities
in Scotland, he found that those Commissioners univer-
sally recommended the establishment in the University
of Edinburgh of a Professorship of BibLeal Criticism.
• Mr. Candlish appeared, from his learning and
theological talents, best fitted to discharge the duties
of that office. Before, however, any communication
Lad been made to him of the intention of her Majesty's
Government that the appointment should take place,
Mr. Candlish had performed duties in the face of a inter-
dict from the Court of Session. He had done this in
company with many of the most eminent Ministers
of the Church of Scotland. The case was to
come before the Court of Session for their
decision, but until that decision had been given,
and the whole proceedings were known, it was
impossible that his Noble Friend should verse% ere in
the appointment.