The Sun.
London, England, 1848-05-05 00:00:00

BANK RETURNS.

(From the London Gazette of Tuesday.)
An Account, pursuant to .the Act seventh and eighth
Victoria. ...lap. 32, of the Average Amount of Bank
mss, of tfie several Banks of Issue in England and
Wales. in Circulation during the Week ending Satur-
day, the 22d day of April, 1848: Average
PRIVATE BANKS. Amount.
ik.bingdon Bank, Abingdon—Knapp and Co
4.ndover Bank; Andover—Heath and C 0... 11,342
Ashford Bank, Ashford—Jemmitt anti Pomfret 11,334
tylshain hank, Aylsham—R. and G. Copeman 5,351
Aylesbury Old Bank, Aylesbury—Rickford
and Hunt
.Baldock Bank and Baldock and Biggleswade
tin :K,ilaldock—Wells. Hogg, and Lindsell... 28.058
Barnstaple Bank, Barnstaple—Drake and Co 13,318
Basingstoke and Odilm-e. Bank, Basingstoke—
Seymour, Lamb. and,
Bedford Bank, Bedford—'t'. Barnard
Bedford and Bedfordshire Bank, Bedford—
'Frapp, ilalfhead, and Co.
3ewdley Bank, Bewdley—Nichols, Baker, and
Crane 12,586
Bicester and Oxfordshire Bank and Oxford
Bank, Bicester—Tubb and Co.
Birmingham Bank, Birmingham—Attwoods,
Spooner, and Co
Birmingham and Warwickshire Bank, Birming-
ham--J. L. Moilliett, and Sons . . 14,878
Blandford Bank, Blandford—Bastard and Oak. 7,193
Boston Bank, Boston—Garfit and Co 73,675
Boston Bank, Boston—Gee and Co 14,431
Bridgwater Bank, Bridgwater—J. &J. Seale) 9,022
Bristol Bank, Bristol—Miles, Harford, and Co 33.414
Broseley and Bridgnorth, and Bridgnorth and
Broseley Bank, Broseley—Messrs. Pritchard 19,660
Buckingham Bank, Buckingham—Bartlett,
Parrott, and Co.
Bury and Suffolk Bank, Sudbury Bank, Stow-
Market Bank, Bury—Oakes, Bevan, and Co. 69,653
Banbury Bank, Banbury—Gillett and Tawney. 27,193
Banbury Old Bank, Banbury—Messrs. Cobb 39.500
Bath City Bank, Bath—Moger and Son .
Bedfordshire Leighton Buzzard Bank, Leighton
Buzzard—Bassett and Grant 32,870
Birmingham Bank, Birmingham—Taylor and
Lloyds .
Bradford Old Bank, Bradford, Yorkshire—H
A. and W. M. Harris and Co 32,374
Brecon Old Bank, Brecon—Wilkins and Co 53,880
Bridport Bank, Bridport—S. and W. E. Gundry
Brighton Union Bank, Brighton—Hall, West,
and Borrer
Burlington and Driffield Bank, Burlington—
Harding, Smith, and Co.
Bury St. Edmunds Bank, Bury St. Edmunds—
.J. Worlledge and Co.
Bromsgrove Bank and Stourbridge and Broms-
• grove Bank, Bromsgrove—Rufford, Biggs,
and' Co.
Cambridge Bank, Cambridge—Mortloek and
Sons 20,320
Cambridge and Cambridgeshire Bank, Cam-
bridge—Messrs. Forsters
Canterbury Bank, Canterbury—Hammond and
Co. ............................. . ................. . ...... 28,042
Carmarthen Bank, Carmarthen—Morris and
14.984
Sons
Chertsey Bank, Chcrtsey—Messrs. La Coste 3 038
Colchester Bank, Colchester—Round, Green,

6,631

22.947

10,640

2,679

-and Co.
Colchester and Essex Bank, Witham and Essex
Bank, and Hadleigh Bank, Suffolk, Colchester
Bawtree, and Co 33,481
Cornish Bank, Truro—Tweedy and Co 37,980
Coventry Bank, Coventry—Little and Wood-
cock _
9,519
City Bank, Exeter—Milford and Co 18,470
Craven Bank, Settle—Birkbeeks and Co.
Christchurch Bank, Christchurch—Tice, Welsh,
and Co
Cardiff Bank, Cardiff—Towgood and Co
Chepstow Old- Bank, Chepstow Bank, Mon-
mouth Old Bank, Monmc uth Bank, Brecon
Bank, and Ross and Herefordshire Rank,
Chepstow—Bromage, Snead, and Co.
Derby Bank, Derby—Messrs. Evans
Derby Bank, Derby—Smith and Co.
Derby Old Bank and Scarsdale and High Peak
Bank, Derby—Crompton, Newton, and Co 25,205
D, vines and Wiltshire Bank, Devizes—Hughes
Locke, and Co 12,862
Diss Bank, Diss—Oakes, Fincham, and Co 10,325
Doncaster Bank, Doncaster—Leatham, Tew.

2.003
5,469

And Co. —
Doncaster Bank and Retford Bank, Doncaster—
Cook and Co.
Darlington Bank, Durham Bank, and Stockton-
on-Tees Bank, Darlington—Backhouse, &Co 75,795
Devonport Bank, Devonport—Hodge and Nor-
man

”orchester. Old Bank and Dorsetshire Bank,
Dorchester—Williams and Co.
East Cornwall Bank, Liskeard—Robins, Foster,
and Co. 88,454
East Riding Bank, Beverley—Bower, Hutton,
and Co. . 51,203
Essex Bank and Bishops Stortford Bank,
Chelmsford—Walford. and Co.
Exeter Bank, Exeter—Sanders and Co
leakenham Bank, Fakenham—Gurneys, Birk-
' beck, and Co.
Farringdon Bank and Bank of Wantage, Far-
ringdon—Barnes and Medley
Farnham Bank, Farnham—Messrs. Knight
Faversham Bank, Faversham—Hilton and Co
Godalming Bank, Godalming—Meilersh and

42,579
27,203

18,750

5,555
11,045
5,608

Keen
Grantham Bank, Grantham—Kewney and King
Guildford Bank, Guildford—Messrs. Haydon..,
Grantham Bank, Grantham—Hardy and C 0....
Hastings Old Bank, Hastings—Smith, Hilder,
and Co.
Hereford City and County Bank, Hereford—
Matthews and Co.
Hertford aad Ware Bank, Ware—S. Adams
and Co

5,857
7,617
11,952
25,189

24,850

14,486

21,333

Mil Bank and Kingston-upon-Hull Bank, Hull
—Smith, Brothers, and Co.
Huntingdon Town and County Bank, Hunting-
don—Rust and Veasey
Harwich Bank, Harwich—Cox, Cobbold, and Cc
Hemel Hempstead Bank, Hemel Hempstead—
Smith, and Whittingstall
Honiton Bank, Honiton—Flood and Co.
Hertfordshire, Hitchen Bank, Hitchen—Sharples

19,536

40,230
4,940

21,160

37,714

and Co.
Hereford, Ross, and Archenfield Bank, and Ross
and Archenfield Bank, Hereford—Morgan,
Hoskins, and Co
Ipswich sank, Ipswich—Bacon and Co.
Ipswich and Needham Market Bank, Suffolk,
ladleigh Bank, Manningtree and Mistley
Bank, and Woodbridge Bank, Ipswich—,
Alexanders and Co.
Kentish Bank, Maidstone—Mercer, Randall,
and Mercer
liington and Radnorshire Bank, Kington—J
Davies and Co
Knighton Bank Knighton—J. Davies and Co 7,601
Knaresborough Old Bank and Ripon Old Bank,
Knaresborough—Terry and Co
Kendal Bank, Kendal—Wakefield, Crewdson,
and Co. • 36.448
Kettering Bank, Ketterin, .0, -

19,194
20,195

75,555

12.016

ot‘n and Sons..
Langton Staffordshire Bank, Lane End—C
Liarv.:y and Son ..........
Leeds Bank. Leeds—Beckett—and Co .5'375
Leeds Tlnion Bank, Leeds—w.win. 50,360
w
andC ). ......... . ................ arns' Brown,
and Staffordshire Bank, and.... . .I..e.e.iC .......a
Congleton Bank,Leelt—Fowler,Gaunt, andCcs. --
.- Lei-ester Bank, Leicester—Pagets and Kirby 27Rp,
Lewes Old Bank, Lewes—Molineux and CO 3.,';::
LichFeld Bank, Lichfield—Palmer and Green ▪ "- Yii'--'
Lutcoin Bank. Lincoln—Smith and Co .3-o"',7nn
6
Lampeter Bank and Llandilo Bank Llando- '-
very—David Jones and Co.
Loughborough Bank, Loughborough—Middle-
t*,ns and Cradock ... 5,647
Lymington Bank, Lymington—C. and S. St
3,061
8arbe.................. -
Lynn Regis and Lincolnshire Bank, Lynn Regis
• 39,501
—Gurneys and Co.
Lynn Regis and Norfolk Bank, Lynn Regis-
-13,425
Massey and Co.
Macclesfield Bank, Alacclesfield—Brooklehurst
11,79
and Co
Manningtree Bank,Manningtree—Nunn and Co. 6,297
Marlborough Bank, Marlborough and Wilts
Old Bank, Marlborough Old Bank, Marl-
borough Old Bank and Hungerford Bank,
and Hungerford Bank, Marlborough—Tanner
12,710
and Pinckney
Marlborough and North Wiltshire New Bank,
Marlborough—Ward Merriman, and Hillier 7,243
Merionethshire Bank, Dolgelly—Jones and
Williams
Miners' Bank, Truro—Willyams and Co 12,526
atn mouthshire Agricultural and Commercial
Bank, Atigdany
Monmouth
Ban, Chepsto Bank, Monmouth Bank, Brecon
and
rRo Koss
gaen d Herefordshire rßeaconrl%h?raepstow Old Bank,
—B and Snead.
.iii_onmwo.nwthsiihiiiatasva e Bank, Monmouth
and Sons
Old Bank, New
re Newport 13,802
Newark Bank, Newark nGodf:e ... . .a.n..d: . iiti.pt;:o.r.nt 237,798948
Newark and Sleafordew
tiß°rrayik
Biluantni:lea:,dPeacock,
Newark Bank, S leaf ,T,l , and Sleaford and
and Co............... i). ............................... • 49,140
Slocock. 19 450
Newbury Bank, N
Newmarket Bank, Newmark
.. ....... ,
Detis—;.E..a. ....... .. .. 1.1.. a. : 20,329
mQnd. and Son
Norfolk and Suffolk Bank
Dyson ........................ , —TaYl')r and
42;,34018
Norwich Crown Bank, N0rwt....c.13.1:11i..al ..... el ..... .... atn...di
iludsons ........................
Norwich and Norfolk Bank ..
. .14orwich—Gur-
neys and Birkbeck
Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Bank, Not-
gingham—Hart, Fellows, and Co ......
Nuneaton Bank, Nuneaton—Craddc . ei; ......
..... 9'767

$,474

33,592

64,931

...................................................
Naval Bank, Plymouth—Harris,. Mudrze, ..and

4,841

Co.
evi Sarum Bank, Sarum—lletley, Everett, and
(),"
Yr ottingham Bank, Nottingham—Smith and Co 29,185
Oswestry Bank and 03westry Old Bank, Os-
, Qt!try—Croxon and Co .......................... . 11,807
'sank, Oxford—J. and IL Morrell 11,005
. s . lid Bank, Oxford—Robinson, Parsons, 24,909
,+-_= Inv/ ~ .
PV on bridge, Tunbridge Tonbridge
Z co! Bank, Tunbridge and Tunbridge
.7,1*1-.27} 1•51,11: and Suvenoaki Bank, Tonbridge—
. w"‘. and Sozs-
-1A11:!1 Witney But Witney—Williama,
••Orr ad C 0..;. •
ig 3 8,890

25,701

8,4:35

Average Amon .
Pease s Old Bank, hull, the Hull Old Bank and
Beverley Bank, Hull—Pease and Co 45,529
Penzance Bank, Penzance—Batten and Co . 9,61'
Peterborough Bank and Oundle Bank, Peter-
borough—Mess=rs. Yorke
Peterborough Bank, Peterborough—Simpson,
White, and Simpson ll,BOO
Pembrokeshire Bank, Ilaverfordwest--J. and

W. Walters
Penzance Union Bank, Falmouth Bank, and
Truro Bank. Penzance—Rickets, Enthoven.

9,14

6,848

and Co
Reading Bank, Reading—kimonos and Co 26,268
Reading Bank, Reading—Stephens,Blandy, and
Co 25,480
Richmond Bank, Richmond—Stapleton and Co 5,809
Ringwood and Poole Bank, and Town and
County of Poole Bank, Ringwood—Ledgard
and Sons
Rochdale Bank, Rochdale—Clement, Royds
and Co 4,195
Rochester, Chatham, and Strood Bank, Roches-
ter—Day and Nicholson 9,499
Royston Bank, Royston—Fordham and Sons... 14,625
Rugby Bank, Rugby—Butlin and 50n............ 14,930
Rye Bank, Rye—Curteis, Pomfret, and C 0....... 17,082
Reigate and Darking Bank, and Reigate, Croy-
don, and Darking Bank, Reigate—Nash and
C 0...................................................... 11,883
Ross (,Id Bank, Herefokdshire, Ross—Pritchard
and Allaway . - .......
Saffron Walden and North Essex Bank, Saffron
Walden—Messrs. Gibson ........................ 35,543
Salop Bank, Shrewsbur—Burton, Lloyd, and
C 0.................................................... 11,712
Scarborough Old Bank, Scarborough—oodall
and Co. ................................................. 21,726
Shrewsbury Old Bank, and Shrewsbury and
Ludlow Bank, Shrewsbury—Rocke, Eytons.
.................................... . 30,804
and Co
Sittingbourne and Milton Bank, Sittingbourne
—Valiance and Son 2,752
Southampton Town and County Bank, South-
ampton—Maddison and 50n3,739
Southwell Bank, Suuthwell—Wylde and Co.o
St. Alban's Bank, St. Alban's—J. S. Story 1,115
Salisbury Bank, Salisbury—Messrs. Brodie —
Shaftesbury Bank, Shaftesbury— Brodie and
King ............. ... • •
35531:33610584492
Southampton and Hampshire Bank, Southamp-
ton—Atherly and Fall
Stone Bank, Stone—W. Moore
Stourbridge Bank, S tourbridge —Rufford, '
ladnßdaCnck, Stafford—Stevenson and Ca 11
Staffordstararfaogrdg6and Rutland Bank, Stamford—Eaton,
27,287
3 ,d- , g .
eand Co. •
o
ldßanh, Stourbridge—Bate and
Ss
ht oßobins
Shrewibury and Welshpool Bank, Shrewsbury
—Beck, Downward. and Co.
St.
Alban's and Hens Bank, St. Alban's—Gib-
son and Stuart
Taunton Bank, Taunton—Messrs. Badcock
T avistock Bank, Tavistock—Gill, Rundle, and
Co
Thorn bury Bank, Thornbury—Rolph, Yates, and
Parslow
Tiverton and Devonshire Bank, Tiverton—Duns-

ford and Barne •••••••••• ••
Thrapston and Kettering Bank, Northampton-
shire, Thrapston—Yorke and Eland ............
Tring Bank and Cheshaul Bank, Tring—But-

cher and Son
Tocccester Old Bank, Towcester—J. and S

Perciral
Union Bank, Cornwall, Holston—Vivian and

Co
Uxbridge Old Bank, "Uxbridge—Hull, Smith,

and Co.
Wallingford Bank, Wallingford—Wells and Co.
Warwick and Warwickshire Bauk, Warwick—
Kelynge, Greenway, and Co.
Wellington Somerset Bank, Wellington—Fox.
Brothers
West Riding Bank, Wakefield, and Pontefract
Bank, Wa::efield—Leatham, Tew, and C 0....
Whitby Old Bank, Whitby—Simpson, Chap-

man, and Co
Winchester, Alresford. and Alton Bank, Win-
chester—Bulpett and Co.
_ _

Winchester and Hampshire Bank, Winchester

—Wickham and Co
Weymouth Old Bank and Dorchester Bank,
Weymouth—Elliott and Pearse
Wirkesworth and Ashbourne Derbyshire Bank,

4,065

Wirkeswnrth—Arkwright and Co.
Wisbech and Lincolnshire Bank, Wisbech—
Gurney and Co.
Wiveliscorcbe Bank, Wiveliscombe—P. and W

Hancock
Wolverhampton Bank, Wolverhampton—Good-

ricke and Holyoake.
Worcester Bank, Worcester—Farley, Lavender,

and Co.
Worcester Old Bank and Tewkesbury Old Bank,
Worcester—Berwick, Lechmere, and Co
Worcestershire Bank, Kidderminster—Farley

17,236

23,835

10,835

10,20

7,345

10,920

12,952

3,433

7,670

18,228
7,750

24,385

3,15

43,296

15,447

19,05

4,485

12,280

33,958

54,629

5,898

12,715

10,368

73,062

and Turner
Walsall Old Bank, Walsall—Charles Foster and
Sons
Warminster and Wiltshire Bank, Warminster—
Everett and Co.
Wrexham Bank, Wrexham—S. Kenrick 709
Wolverhampton Bank, Wolverhampton—
Messrs. Fryer
Yarmouth and Suffolk Bank, and Halesworth
and Suffolk Bank, Yarmouth—Gurney,
Birkbeck, and Co.
Yarmouth, Norfolk, and Suffolk Bank, Great
Yarmouth—Sir E. K. Lacon, Bart., and Co 12,044
Yeovil Old Bank, Yeovil—E. and J. Batten ... 6,425
York Bank, York—Swann. Clouzh, and Co 41,757

11,475

9,494

45,065

LITERARY ASSOCIATION OF

meeting
dsdoalpyudley Stuart occupied
the chair,
THE FRIENDS OF POLAND.
The sixteenth, annual
the
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Sussexmembers a
Chambers,
of thr
Duke-street
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Ethaerldiostfiniiguairrshnewdbgye,nttlheemEarenpi n
pre-
sent association
was
Sr.
James's.
held
oenes.
Wednesday
sZeenttlawne n, andt
d, the Earl of Arundel and Surrey, M.P., Lord
Beaumont, Sir Hedworth Williamson, Bart., M.P., Cap-
tain Towushend, R.N., M.P., John Abel Smith, Esq.,
o ic e da
m,P., William Scholefield, Esq., M.P., William Pinney,
Esq., M.P., David Urquhart, Esq., M.P., the Rev. Dr.
Worthington, George Wilbraham, Esq., Slingsb) bun-
combe. Esq., Frederick Pigou, Esq., Henry Reeve, Esq.,
J. S. Buckingham, Esq., W. Pritchard, Esq. (the High
Bailiff of Southwark), Thomas C. Banfield, Esq, J. B.
Kirby, Esq., and Edmond Beales, Esq., &c.
Previous to reading the report,
Lord BEAUMONT, who stated that his other engage-
ments would not allow him to remain to listen to that
document, expressed his desire briefly to address the
meeting. His Lordship said it was with some degree of
pain that he found them once more holding their annual
meeting in those rooms, for he really thought a few
months ago that the Poles then present would now have
been iu their native country, looking forward to and
aiding in that regeneration which he thought ought
now, if ever, to be accomplished. The Noble Lord con-
cluded by recommending the Poles to be guided in what
they did by the sage advice and prudent counsel of
Prince Czartoryski, and by moving the following :
" That the political aspect of Europe offering at the pre-
sent moment a fairer promise of the restoration of Poland
than at any former period since the formation of this
association, the members are now more than ever called
upon to fulfil the chief objects of its institution—viz ,to
furnish the English public with sound information re-
specting the progress of events in Poland, to urge the
justice of her claims to independence, and to point out
the benefit that would be derived from its re-establish-
ment, us well by England as by Europe at large."
The Rev. Dr. WORTHINGTON seconded the resolution.

After a few observations from Mr. FILER, who ex-
pressed a fear that Poland might become a mere puppet
in the hands of Russia, enabling her to enslave the
world,
Count VALERIAN KRASINSKI briefly addressed the
meeting with reference to the events which had recently
taken place in Posen, anil the unfortunate collision
between the Germans and the Poles. He stated that
tor many years there had been a large influx of Germans
into Posen on account of the freedom of the Polish
institutions. So long as Posen remained under Polish
dominion the Germans were very quiet subjects; but
when it came under the dominion of Prussia they were
placed in the same position as the Orangemen in Ire-
land, and became the dominant party; and as it was a
principle inherent in human nature to hate those we
wronged, so it was that the Germans, having injured the
Poles, entertained a strong hatred towards them. The
representations upon this subject in the German papers
had been grossly exaggerated, and hag been all directed
against the Poles. The fact was, that in every instance
the Germans had been the aggressors.—(Cheers.)
I 18,773 The resolution was agreed to.

....._ ___ ~ •
Mr. W. L. BIKKBECK, the honorary secretary, then
read the report, which, on the motion of the Earl of
Ilarrowby, seconded by Mr. J. A. Smith, M.P., was
unanimously agreed to.
.. .

AmongsCotiier matters, this document congratulated
the association on the return of Lord Dudley Stuart to
Parliament. The motion on Poland, brought into the
House of Commons by Mr. Anstey, on the 4th of April,
was next referred to, and a desire expressed that the
subjects might shortly again :come before the public in
all its integrity. The report went on to review various
events which had occurred in the course of
the past '?:year bearing upon the cause of Po-
land, particularly the slaughter of the nobles, organised
by the Austrian Government in Gallicia, the authors of
which, instead of being brought to trial for the crimes
committed, had been remunerated with gold and
honours, like Stela and his companions. The con-
clusion of the report was entirely devoted to the
description of the present events in Posen and Gallicia.
refuting the charges which had been brought against the
Poles for their animosity towards the Germans, and the
excesses alleged to have been committed upon them, and
stating that every provocation had been given by the
German inhabitants of fosen before the Poles had had
recourse to the violence attributed to them. The report
concluded with the hope that the time of the regenera-
tion of Poland was now nearer than ever, and that, what-
ever the difficulties which at present seemed to obstruct
its speedy progress, the cause of justice must and would
have its ul imate triumph.
Several resolutions relating to the re-appointment of
the office-bearers were next proposed and agreed to, in
the course of which the Earl of Zetland. Mr. Schole-
field, M.P., Captain Townshend, M.P., Mr. Slingsby
Duncombe, Mr. S. Buckingham, Mr. Urquhart, M.P.,
Mr. Johnstone, Mr. Beales, and others, addressed the
meeting. Special resolutions were also agreed to,
conveying votes of thanks to Sir J. Clarke
and Dr. Forbes, who administer gratuitous
advice to the Poles; to Mr. Birkbeck, the honorary
secretary; and to M. Saulewski, the resident secretary,
for their unwearied exertions in behalf of the Polish
cause. The last-named gentleman is shortly about to
quit England to serve his country in another sphere;
' and, in carrying the vote of thanks to him, a very high
and gratifying tribute was paid to his talents, zeal, and
integrity.
In acknowledging the compliment which had been
paid to the vice-presidents,
Lord D. STUART took occasion to address the meeting
at considerable length upon the general aspect of affairs
in Poland. He was not sanguine enough, when the
French revolution broke forth, to expect that Poland
was going to be immediately, and at once, and with-
out any struggle or difficulty, restored to independence
and freedom; but still he had never despaired of
Poland—he had always confidence in the justice of
the Almighty, and had felt a deep persuasion that
he would not suffer a great and generous nation to
be finally destroyed and blotted out from the map
of the world.—(Cheers.) He felt convinced that, it
they compared the state of things now with those of
last year, they would find great cause for congratulation
and increased hope. Some persons had expressed, in
very strong terms, their opinions as to the form of
government which the Poles ought to adopt. For his
own part he would say, that whatever government should
be found to suit the inhabitants of Poland he would sup-
port.—(Cheers.) But if he were asked what form of
government would, in his opinion, best suit the country,
and would be most likely to prove stable and enduring,
he should answer that a limited monarchy, such as we
possessed in this country, modified, of course, according
to the peculiar requirements of the country, would be
the best that could be adopted. His Lordship concluded
an able address by expressing his conviction that the day
of Polish independence was fast approaching.
After the transaction of some routine business, the
meeting, which was of a highly-interesting character,
separated.

NATIONAL ASSEMBLY.
AFTERNOON SITTING.

After the transaction of some unimportant business
yesterday with respect to the mode of conducting the
proceedings of the Assembly,
Mr. JONES (Sheffield) said they had long been divided
upon the questions of moral and physical force, but he
had now to propose a resolution, which, if carried out,
would do more than anything else to attain their
object. They found that while the Government were
able to maintain a revenue through the Excise-
laws and other mediums of revenue they would be in
a position to crush and oppress labour, but once those
revenues were diminished the power of the Government
would diminish in a proportionate ratio. He therefore
proposed that the Assembly should call upon the people
at large to pledge themselves to abstain from the use
of all excisable articles, that being the best means
of getting the Charter made the law of the
land. If the people of England abstained, as
he believed many really would, from using
ale, porter, spirits, tea, coffee, snuff, and tobacco, in less
than six months a great deficiency would arise in the
Exchequer, and the resources of the Government be
crippled. He believed that men were so enthusiastic in
the cause that they were not only prepared to deny
themselves the luxuries of tobacco, spirits, &c., but were
ready to throw their teapots and teacups to the wind.
Mr. INsALL (Dudley)moved an amendment that it was
highly essential to the attainment of the Charter, that the
working people should immediately withdraw the depo-
sits from the savings' banks, and eschew the use of
narcotic weeds.

Mr. VERNON, hi seconding the amendment, observed,
if the Government found a deficiency in the revenue
arising from the articles mentioned, they would not
hesitate a moment in putting a tax upon bread and
butter.—(Laughter.) Mr. Insall had hit the right nail
on the head, when he suggested that they should cripple
the Government by withdrawing the deposits from the
banks.
Mr. MATTHEWS said he would rather go on the good
broad principles of the People's Charter than resort to
such expediencies as that proposed. With that view he
moved that they should not take into consideration
either the banking or the Excise question.
Mr. CHILDS seconded the amendment.
and AAfter
atimge on od
dm de
ne at
sl of
we
ri
or r e gul a
withdrawn,
r
ntgh e o
bsmotionery e d
b. y a Delegate that the Assembly had agreed in the first
instance to proceed with the consideration of the pro..
gramme.

The first of
fIITURE POLICY.
point
the
programme was then brought
forward :—" The means of enabling the Assembly to give
renewed vigour to the
Mr. M‘GRATH said mthevemeet:
movement could not be theywould all ad
carried adroit that the
success, unless they had on with any chance of
money
an ardent desire for
to meet the necessary
expenses. The people showed
liberty, and they should be appealed
would furnish the Assembly wftphea the means of carrying
led to, to see if they
on their great struggle ; and if they
did not respond
to the call, it would set the
with the people, with themselves, with Assembly
right
Go-
vernment, and with the world.
He
would
dthe
that an appeal should be made to the people of suggest
United Kingdom to create by subscription a fund the
of
5,000/., to be called the Liberty Fund, which shall be
appropriated to the movement to make the Charter the
law of the land.
The discussion, however, was interrupted by Mr.
Ernest Jones, who was called upon to read the draft
address to the people, which had been drawn up by a
committer.
The address was a rather voluminous document, but
did not state what definite policy the Assembly intended
to pursue. It was received with loud cheers,
and circulateda larg
e
number of copies ordered to be printed
throu2-,hout the metropolis and the provinces.
' '• -rnbly - t separated.
Luring the sitting the selitimentS uttered oy the de-
legates were, in three or four instances, hissed by the
people in the gallery, and the delegates themselves were

called to order by the chairman for indulging in per-
sonalities.

RAILWAY COMMITTEES.
GROUP XIV.

The Select Committee appointed to consider the
merits of the Bills comprised in Group 14, which chiefly
consist of Bills suspended from last session, met for the
first time yesterday morning in Committee-room No. 28;
Mr. Eliot Yorke in the chair.
The Csentsuot intimated that the Committee had
determined to take the unopposed Bills in which there
was no subscription contract first ; then the opposed
Bills in which there were subscription contracts, and
lastly, the opposed Bills where there were no subscrip-
tion contracts, according to their numbers on the petition
list. The Committee proposed to take the unopposed
Bills to-day, and then adjourn over till Monday, at
twelve o'clock, %hen the Committee would take the
Exeter, Yeovil, and Dorchester opposed cue.
The Committee then proceeded to, the consideration of
the unopposed,Bills; and passed the preambles to the fol-
lowing Bills, which stood in that category :
yolk, Newcastle, and Berwick (late York and Newcastle
Main Line Improvement, &c.)
[ln reference to this Bill the Committee agreed to
make a special report to the effect that the York and
Newcastle Company, who were the original promoters,
had, since last session, amalgamated with the New-
castle and Berwick Company, and the united company
had agreed to adopt this Bill, which virtually passed in
the last Parliament.]
Leeds and Thirsk Railway (Harrogate and Pateley

Branch).
Bristol and Exeter Railway (Branch from Bleadon to
Wells, Glastonbury, and Street).
Great Western Railway (Extension of the Berks and
Hants Railwayy. from Hungerford to Westbury, with a
Branch to Devizes).
Glasgow, Paisley, and Greenock Railway (Amendment
and Branches, Sze.)
The following Bill was withdrawn:—
Airdrie and Bethgate Junction Railway (Amendment
and Deviation).
The Committee then adjourned till Monday, at twelve
o'clock.

POLICE INTE
GUILDHALLLLIGENCE.

Phillibert Bard,' a young man twenty years of age,
was charged before Sir Peter Laurie with attempting to
destroy himself by firing a pistol loaded with powder
and ball at his breast at the Portugal Hotel-tap, Fleet-
street.incompany
stated that about nine o'clock
Henry Rowe, No. 356,
the previous evening the prisoner's brother came to the
-h i
with Joseph Dalton, another officer,nFleet-street, and requested him to take
the prisoner into custody for using threats towards him.
Heet
went to the Portugal Hotel-tap, and, on their entering,
they found Hardy with his face towards them. The
moment he observed them ho discharged a pistol at his
left side, which he immediately dropped, and then fell
on a seat. The bullet passed through his waistcoat and
shirt, and grazed his skin, but did not enter it.
Sir PETER LAURIE having read two letters—and
directed to a brother and the other to his sister, the one
to the former containing threats of shooting him—asked
the prisoner what he meant by " his unhappy existence?"
—The prisoner replied, that it was his own misconduct
that made him miserable.
.The elder brother here stepped forward and said that
the prisoner had turned out very incorrigible.
The prisoner was committed for trial.
MAR YLEBONE.
This court was excessively crowded in consequence of
its having become known that a man named Charles
Abbott, who describes himself as a butler out of place,
was about to be examined before the sitting magistrate,
Mr. Long, on the charge of having committed numerous
robberies at different railway stations.
Mr. Justin, from the office of Maples, Stevens, and
Co., Old Jewry, attended on the part of the Great
Western Railway Company, to prosecute, and Mr. Col-
lard, the said company's superintendent of police. A
great portion of the floor of the court was covered with
portmanteaus, boxes, carpet bags, &c.
Lindy, one of the Great Western porters, deposed
that on Friday evening last, upon the arrival of a Bristol
train at the Paddington terminus, at eight o'clock, he
saw the prisoner take a portmanteau from within the
barrier on the platform and go to an omnibus with it.
Immediately afterwards ho heard a gentleman inquiring
for a portmanteau. He saw the prisoner hastily alight
from the omnibus and run away. He was pursued and
speedily captured.
The Rev. Henry Marsh, Trinity Hall, Cambridge, and
whose stolen portmanteau was produced by him, said
that the contents thereof when the robbery was effected
consisted principally of wearing apparel and fishing
tackle.

The case having been concluded,
Mr. Collard said that he had, since his arrival at the
court, taken into custody a female, whom ho should be
able to show had been mixed up with Abbott in some
other robberies.

Mr. Collard then proceeded to relate the manner in
which the mass of plunder produced had come into his
possession. His evidence went to show that on Satur-
day, he, in conjunction with Lindey, instituted a diligent
inquiry, and learnt that the prisoner Abbott rented a
room at Richard-place, Lisson-grove; the room, upon
being examined, was found not to contain anything of a
auspicious nature, but from information which had been
gleaned in the neighbourhood, Mr. Collard and the
other officer repaired to an apartment rented by a
woman named Cattell, at a house, No. 23, Carlisle-place.
Abbott bad been in the habit of visiting this female;
and in her room were discovered a great many boxes
and packages of various kinds, some of them empty and
others partly filled. He asked the woman how the
property came there; and she said that Abbott had
brought it.
The second charge was preferred by Thomas Edward
Randall, Trinity College, Oxford. He was a passenger
by train from Oxford to London, and when looking for
his portmanteau at the Paddington terminus he missed
it. He had given notice to the company of action for
the recovery of the amount in the event of their not
making good his loss.
Several pawnbrokers were in attendance, bringing
with them various articles which were proved by them
to have been pawned by the prisoner Ann Williams, in
her own name. Most of the articles were identified by
Mr. Randall and Mr. Plaister, another passenger, as
being theirs. They also identified their portmanteaus,
brought forward by Mr. Collard, and from which the
said things had been abstracted.
Several gentlemen connected with the different lines
of railway were in attendance, and one of them from the
said that he expected to have
who had been plundered of
a portion of which was in court ; the per-
hbeisen property, Easternabl
eCountiest o produce
uCompanyce a
paty
son, however, was not in attendance, but he would be
forthcoming upon a future day.
The prisoners were remanded till Saturday (to-
morrow) week.
LAMBETH.

Today being appointed for the further examination
of Mrs. Rowley and her son, John Rawson, on various
charges of swindling, the court was crowded to excess
by their victims. Mrs. Rowley herself, who was al-
lowed to be at large upon her own recognizances, did
not attend at the former or the present examination, but
on the present occasion site forwarded a medical certifi-
cate, with a note from herself, to tho magistrate, stating
that her state of health was such that she was not able
to attend. This, however, was believed to be a mere
excuse, as she had been seen quite well a day or two
ago. The case was further adjourned for a week.

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ettii
GENERAL COMMITTEE OF ELECTIONS.—This Com-
mittee assembled s bed att tgrehdt
H
for the sitting Member for Longford, said that he was
on. F
ou e
in
prepared to withdraw the petition relative to the recog-
nizatices of the petitioners against the Hon. Member's
return. The Committee then decided to strike Select
Committees in the following cases on the days severally
specified, viz.:—Longford (from panel 2), Monday, the
Bth inst. Kinsale and Lancaster (from panel 3), on
Monday, the 15th. Cheltenham, Leicester, and Dublin
(from panel 4), on Monday, the 22d. Wallsall and
Sligo (also from panel 4), on Thursday, the 25th.
GOVERNESSES BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION.—The
anniversary festival of this charity, than which no other
has greater claims on public sympathy, was hell ,:on
Wednesday at the London Tavern. The chair was taken
by the Hon. Rice Trevor. M.P., and amongst the gen-
tlemen present were Sir Henry Lawrence, C. 8., late in
eommand at Lahore; the Rev. Richard Cobbold, the
Rev. F. D. Maurice, the Rev. M. W. Lusignan, the Rev.
l"ox Browne, the Rev. C. Mackenzie, Dr. Forbes, Jesse
Street, Esq., G. Lance, Esq., Edward Brewster, Esq.,
&e. The charitable institutions of the country, nume-
rous as they are, have been too exclusively confined to
the lower orders of the community. To all appearance
we have adopted the principle that, from some reason or
another, people of education and refinement are
altogether removed from the pressure of want,
and require not that sympathy of the public
in carrying out their professional mission which
has been considered necessary to comfort and
support the poor and ignorant. 'The Governesses'
Institution, however, has in some measure removed this
want, and the manner in which the institution has been
supported from the very commencement of its existence
by persons of the highest rank is a sufficient guarantee
of its great value. It is very evident that some proof of
competency should be produced by ladies. who profess to
undertake the duty of educating the young ; and there
can be no doubt that in a few years no one will be eligi-
ble who does not possess the certificate of the college.
It is gratifying to find that the institution continues to
thrive in its pecuniary resources. The subscription of
last evening realised no less than 1,1361. ; and this, with
the large sum already invested in the name of the
charity, gives hope of increased exertion and correspond.
ing efficiency. The speeches made during the evening
were not very remarkable for their brilliancy or appro-
priateness. Sufficient, however, was elicited to demon.
strate the value of the institution and to influence the
public in its earnest support.
FRANCE BEATEN AT LAST.—Paris plumes itself
upon being at the head of Europe in revolutionising.
Perhaps Spain may put in a claim ; but her monthly
attempts at equality are slow, and never come to any-
thing. Now, reader, look at this from the Naval
Intelligence "of the newspapers:--" Portsmouth, Mon-
daY.—H.NI.S. Triton steamed into harbour, disabled,
making but fourteen revolutions in the minute." Aftt-a
this,m we hope that our fidgety continental neighbours
steam-engine"
make eof the " patent high-pressure revolving
tleam-engine" for their revolutions. Thus constitutions
may be worked by levers, and abdications promoted by
a fly-wheel.—Punch. evers,
NEWSPAPER TAXES.—It is reported (but we do
),Qt bet.
AI the report) that G:e.,-',116,.;kt, !'
reduce the newspaper stamp to the price acme earthing,
and also to bring down the advertisement dirty from
eighteenpence to sixpence.—Derby Mercury.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.
_HOUSE OF LORDS, May 4.
The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the
Woolsack at Five o'clock.