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London, England, 1848-04-07 00:00:00

PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS

( From the Votes and Proceedings of the HOUR of CnßlAOlitt

THURSDAY, APHIS 6.
FROST, WILLIAMS, JONES, AND ELLIS.
Motion made, and Question put,' That an humble Ad-
dress be presented to her Majesty, that her Majesty may be
graciously pleased to extend her royal pardon to John Frost,
Zephaniah Williams, William Jones, and John Ellis." The
House divided:—

MINORITY-AYES, 23.
Aglionby, 11. A.
!Hewitt, Reginald
Bowring, Dr. hlialill,l,7cithearniae4jinht
Thompson,€,hm,C,oeloorigieel
Hume, Joseph Turner, Edmund
Clay, James Meagher, Thomas Walmsley, rir J.
Collins, William Pechell, Captain Williams, John
Crawford, W. S. Pilkington, James
Ewart, William SalweY, Colonel TELLERS.
Fox, W. J. Scholefield, William O'Connor, Feargus
Gardner, Richard Stuart, Lord D. Wakley, Thomas

MAJORITY-NOES, 91.
Adair, R. Shsfto Grenfell, C. Pascoe Richards, Richard
Anderson, Arthur Grey, Sir George Russell, Lerd J.
Archdall, Captain Grey, R. w. Russell, F. C. H.
Armstrong, Sir A. Haggitt, F. R.
St. George, Chris.
Bailey, Joseph, jun. Hamilton, G. A. Seymour,
Lord
Bellew, R. M. Hawes, B. Shell, R.
Berkeley, Captain Hay, Lord J. Shelburne, Earl of
Buck, Lewis W. Hayter, W. G. Sibthorp, Colonel
Buller, Charles Heathcoat, John Smith, M. Tucker
Heathcote, Sir W. Somervilie, Busfeild, William Sir W.
Cabbell, B. B. Henley, J. W. Spooner, Richard
Christy, Samuel Hervey, Lord A. Stanton, W._ll.
Colebrooke, Sir T. Heywood, James Sutton, Henry
Compton, H. C. Ilobhouso, Sir J. Tancred, 11. W.
Courtenay, Viscount Hobhouse, T. B. Thicknesse, R. A.
Cowper, W. F. Hogg, Sir J. W. Thornely, T.
Craig, W. G. Hotham, Lord Trelawny, J. S.
Cubittt, William KePPol, George T. Vivian, J. E.
Davies, D. A. Law, C. E. Walsh, Sir J. B.
Dick, Quintin Lewis, G. C. Ward, H. G.
Divett, Edward M'Taggart, Sir J. Wawn, J T.
Hermit, John Mettle, Fox; Westhead, J. P.
Dundas, Sir D. Mitchell, T. A. Wilcox, Brodie
Ebrington, Viscount Morgan, 0. Wilson, Matthew
Elliot, John E. Morison, General Wood, Sir Charles
Fergus, John Mostyn, E. Wood, W. P.
Ferguson, Sir R. Napier, Joseph Yorke, H. R.
Forster, M. Newdegate, C. N.
Fox, Richard M. O'Brien, Sir Lucius
Gibson, Thomas M. O'Connell, M. J.
Graham, Sir J. Palmerston, Vis.
Greene, Thomas Parker, John

TIMM/.
HEIL Lord ➢f.
Torun, Henry

BANK OF ENGLAND.
ANALYSIS OF THE RETURN PUBLISHED
APRIL 1, 1945.
RECEIPTS.
On Increase of Public Deposits .. £495,164
On Cash received in consideration of
increased issue of Seven-day and
other bills
On account of decrease of " Other
Securities
On account of Banking Profit on in-
creased "Rest" .

4,334

.5573,0

APPROPRIATION OF TUB ABOVE.
Discharge of decrease of " Private
Deposits".
For purcha.e of increased Govern-
ment Securites
Increased issue of Seven day and
other bills

.R 569,955

Amount not returned to circulation ... 3,056
N.B. Although the Bank of England increased its
amount of bullion during the week 193,6531., public ac-
commodatioa by way of circulation was only decreased
3,0561., vic.:—

Increase of Bullion
Increased issue of notes £155,985
Ditto ditto Seven day and other
Bills

34,612

Ilfracombe, April 2, 1848.

..£190,597

£3,056

FINE ARTS.
BURNS AT BANNOCKBURN.
A large, bold, and somewhat striking picture has
been recently painted by James M. Scrymgeour, re-
presenting Robert Burns, on the back of a ragged
little pony, returning home with his friend Dr.
Currie late on the night when the great storm
of 1793 burst over Scotland. This sin-
gular production has recently been en-
graved by G. H. Every, and a proof before
letters has been submitted to our consideration. A
double interest attaches itself to the incident repre-
sented by the artist—the interest of the occasion
itself (Burns in a great storm) and the interest of the
result of that occasion, namely, the composition dur-
ing the roar of the elements of the immortal lyric,
" Robert Bruce's Address to his Army on the
field of Bannockburn !" That this renowned
war-song was actually conceived and shaped
into eloquence during the tempest of 1793, we are
assured by the account penned by Dr. Currie him-
self. In the engraving the bard is represented as
calm in the very midst of the tumult of the earth
and of the sky—his manly (and to us always beautiful,
because manly,) countenance is revealed by the
ghastly sheen of the lightning, in the eyes
there is the rapture of poetic inspiration,
and on the lip there is the enthusiasm
and intrepidity of the patriot. In the lower features
is the expression of that unutterable scorn which
dictated those withering verses :
" Wha will be a traitor knave ?
Wha can fill a coward's grave ?
Wha sae base at be a slave ?
Let him turn and flee!"
While in the upper features one can recognise the
divine afflatus, such as must have been visible on the
noble face of the ploughman
with the lines that follow—
"Wha for Scotland's king and law
Freedom's sword will strongly draw,
Freeman stand, or freeman fa' ?
Let him follow me !
"By oppressions woes and pains !
By your sons in servile chains !
when he was inspired
We will drain our dearest veins,
But they shall be free 1"
This too, be it remembered humming its music,
—that air which tradition declares to
through his brain to the tune of "Hey tuttie tuttie'
have been
the chorus of Bruce at the battle of Bannockburn—
and of which air we remember that Burns himself
speaks, somewhere, as having filled his eyes with
tears when he heard it played en the hautboy ! Al-
together the engraving is meritorious, except—a
huge exception we will acknowledge—in the fact that
the pony is as much like a real pony As it is like a
whipping-post.

METROPOLITAN SEWERS COM-
MISSION.
On Tuesday, in the forenoon Viscount Ebrington,
M.P., the Hon. Frederick Byng, Mr. Lambert Jones,
Mr. Hutton, Mr. Leslie, and
other of the Commis•
sioners belonging to the above Commission, met at
the Sessions-house, Newington, for the purpose of
hearing and deciding appeals against a rate made by
the Commission on account of the sewers situate ill
the counties of Surrey and Kent. The Right Hon.
Lord Ashley in the chair.
This district comprises the parishes of Camber-
well, Christ Church (Blacktriars), Lambeth, Rother •
hithe, Bermondsey, St. Olave's, St. John's, and St.
Saviour's. The number of appellants was upwards of
1,000.
The parish of Lambeth was taken first. Poverty
was alleged as the excuse in the majority of instances,
for the non-payment of the rate.
Mr. LESLIE observed, that if the tenants were
unable to pay;the landlords ought to be compelled to
do so. If the tenant was held responsible, and the
fact became known that the landlord was not liable,
an inducement would he given to landlords to re-
lieve themselves from the rate. Ho saw no reason
why the landlord should be excused, after it had been
shown that the tenant was unable to pay. The 31st
clause of the Act of the Surrey and Kent Commis.
sion he held to be conclusive upon that point.
Mr. HERTSLET, the clerk of the correspondence,
said that it was the practice in that Commission to
rate the tenant, and in case of default to follow the
occupier, who would recover from the landlord.
Mr. Conrail, clerk to the district, said that the
Commissioners could have imposed the rate upon the
owners of property, but they thought it proper to
rate the occupiers.
Mr. HUTTON remarked that he noticed several
instances of tenants who were not able to pay
their rents. He thought the landlords ought to
be rated, or the Commission would lose the rate
altogether. •
Mr. Limns said, that from the Act, 23,1 of
Henry the Eighth, the rate was laid as a tax upon
property. According to that statute, therefore, power
was vested in the Commissioners to rate the owners.
The Rev. WM. STONE thought the question of such
importance that counsel's opinion should be taken
thereupon.
Mr. ITERTSLET said, if the landlords were made
liable, some thousands of pounds would be annually
recovered which were now lost to the Commission.
Viscount EBRINGTON, Mr R. L. JONES, and other
Commissioners, having spoken, a motion to the effect
" that counsel's opinion be taken upon the question,"
was put and carried unanimously.
The other cases were then gone into, and all com-
plaints entered for subsequent consideration. Some
of these complaints went to show that although the
parties had paid sewer-rates for years to a large
amount, typhus fever raged amongst them, and that