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a transfer bank. ffe had teen consulted upon tFe
subject himsslc and the result was founded upon the
opinion of other high authorities that no joint stock hank
°I d•.po+it could he eatahlished con.istent with the privi-
leges of the ILnk of England.—(Hear, hear, hear.) Was
the Solicitor-General only to decide the law upon a
question upon which lawyers as competent as himself
entertained a different opinion ? Was the Court to relin-
quish its privilege at the mere dictum of the Solicitor-
General ? If they were to come to such a pass, they mu.t
forego all the feelings of independence, which had in-
fluenced for so many years the conduct of the Bank.
It was fur the public benefit that they should all have
time to consider of the subject, and he should therefore
propose that the meeting should adjourn to this day week.
After a short discussion, Mr. YocNc withdrew hiq
amendment.

A PIit.PRIETOR asked whether it would not he ex-
pedient that certain hard words in the resolutions
proposed by Mr. Lloyd should not be softened. There
was the word "unjust," in particular, which bad better
be omitted.

Mr. LLOYD could not consent to alter his resolutions,
for he thought they properly expressed the conduct of the
Government towards the Bank. It was always desirah'e
to omit any violent expressions, but he thought the Court
would go along with him on the present occasion.
Mr. BLACKBURN said that the present Government
had been the only Government which had broken faith
with the Bank.

The question was then put on the motion for adjourn-
ment, when the numbers were, for the adjournment 20,
against it 26,
After some discussion of no interest,
Sir J. SCARLETT read the Acts of Parliament under
which the Company enjoyed their present privileges, with
a view to show that hitherto the Bank was by law the
only establishment consi.ting of more than six partners
which could act as a hank of deposit.
The GOVERN,R. then put the first resolution, which he
declared to be carried.

The GOVERNOR then proceeded to put the second reso-
lution, but was interrupted by
Mr. BLACKBURN, who said that he should insist upon
being heard upon it. He thought it would be better for the
Proprietors merely to state their assent or their dissent to
the conduct of the Government keeping to themselves
their own reasons for so doing.— (Hear, hear.) The
real persons they had to deal with was Parhament,
who would overcome any Minister, and therefore Lord
Althorp would be hound to do as much as he could to
carry the intentions which he had stated into effect; for
should he deviate from so doing. they all knew that the Par-
liament, strangely constituted as it at present was, would tell
Lorl Althorp he was not parsuing the course he ought to
adopt. He wished that when the matter went forth to the
public, it should be known th it it was not the unanimous
opinion of the Proprietors of the Bank of England that
their notes should be made a legal tender.—( Hear,
hear, hear.) The Learned Gentleman then went on
to deprecate the conduct of the corporation, in making
disclosures to his Nlajesty'a Ministers, which they had
denied to the Proprietors, and concluded by stating that
it was the opinion of many of the most eminent lawyers who
were dead, but whose opinions were on record, and it was
also the opinions of many of the most eminent lawyers of
the present day, that the privileges of the Bank w• re such
as to prevent the establishment of any bank within the
metropolis aud its neighbourhood. He (Mr. B.) hoped
the Chancellor of the Exchequer would he induced to
leave the matter unsettled. as it was before the opinion
of the Learned Solicitor-General had been takes.
Mr. YOUNG then moved, which was seconded by Mr.
R. WlLLtaarsoN, that the Court should then adjourn till
Friday, which, upon a show of hands, was carried.
The Court then adjourned till Friday.

DISTRESSED POLES.

MEETING ON BEHALF OF THE DIS-
TRESSED POLES-(TIIIS DAY.)

A public meting was held to-day at the Freemasons'
Tavern, Great Qieen's--treet, Lincoln's-inn-fields, to
adopt measures for the relief of the distressed Poles, who
hadsf,ught refu4e in Swi,s.rland.

The meeting was called in pursuance of an invitation,
which had been signed by a vas, number of the most
elistinguiAed Memhers of both Houses of Parliament, to
the public, to meet them on this dar.
There wa• but a thin attendance on the part of the
public, but on the platform was a number of Peers, Mem
tiers of the House of Commons. arid other public cha-
racters, ,imong whom were C.I. Leicester Stanhope, Mr.
Canit.bell, the poe,, &c.

Lord DUDLEY STUART, in taking the chair in the ab-
sence of Mr. C. Ferguson, M.P., described the stiff •rings
of those of the high-minded and patriotic Pales, who were
now residing in Switzerland ; 460 Poles, mo. ly officers in
the late army, and all of them persons who had possessed
rank and fortune, were now auve3isting on the precarious
and scanty ch irity of the poor peasantry of the Canton of
Berne. Application had been made by the Deputy of
that Canton to the Federal G vernment of Switzerland
for some better provision for those gallant men, but that
Government, under a certain influence, had refused it,
arid from the extreme poverty of tt e pea.ants, the Poles
were now reduced to a state of the greatest privation. It
had been, therefore. determined to make an appeal on
their behalf to the British public, to whom appeals of this
nature were never tnede in vain.—(Cheers. )

The NoBLE CHAIRMAN then read a list of subscriptians
from variutt. put.hc character., who were not able to
attend. Among them were.—the Marquis of Conyngham
20/., Lord Mdrpeth 10/., Lord R. Grosvenor 5/., Mr. E.
G. S aniey &c.

Resolutions in furtherance of the object of the meeting
were then moved by Lord Landon, Mr. Buckingham, the
Marquis of Clanricarde, Mr. Evart, &-.c.

DI PERIL% 11.11 A ithlA3l.•::\rl

THIS DAY, TUESDAY, AUG. 13.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

The gallery was opened at twenty minutes plot twelve
o'clock, when we found about thirty members in he House.
On the motion of Lord ALTHORP, the House went
into Committee on the Factories Bill.
Mr. Bernal in the chair.
Mr. 0. W. WOOD, on clause 8, which enacts th

the employment of children under eleven, twelve, and
thirteen years of age for more thin eight hours a
day should be prohibited, moved, as an amendment, that
it Ihe expiration of six months after the passing of the
Act, no child under eleven years of age should be permitted
to work more than eight hours ; that no child under the
age of twelve years should be permitted, after the expira•
tion of eighteen months after the passing of the Bill, to
work for more than eight hours a day ; and that after the
expiration of two years after the passing of the Bill, no
child under thirteen years should he permitted to work
more than eight hours a day. This, he said, he did that
the elf ct of the Bill might be gradu
Lord ALTHORP objected to the amendment as post-
poning the operation of the Bill.

Mr: BROTHERTON said he should prefer a general
me of ten hours.

An HON. MEMBER would support the amendment, from
his knowledge of the impossibility of procuring rel iys.
The information from the country convinced him that a
graduated scale would be infinitely preferable.
Mr. STR LITT (-xpressed himself in t.tvout iof the clause.
Mr. POULETT THOMSON observed that the prin-
ciple of eradations was, perhaps, necessary to carry the
Bill efficientl) into effect—so, indeed, as to insure the co-
operation of the masters.
Lord MORPETH was averse to the adoptiln of such
lengthened periods ; but he would not object to a graduated
system, the extent of time being bit-died to six months.
Mr. HYETT said, he understood the object of the Bill
to be, to meet the wishes of both operatives and masters,
.n.l he ohjec•ed to the amendment on behalf of the former.
_ _ _ _

Mr. MAXWELL was of opinion, that any sudden al-
eration w uld oe found to be an evil to a I paries.—
(Heai.) The first proposition of the Hon. Member's
onendment was then put and carried without a division.
0., the question 01 postponing the operation of the el iuse
is affecting ehil 'yen of 12 years of age for IS months,
Lord ALTHORP proposed the adoption of 12 months
for 18.

Mr. G. W. WOOD spoke in favour of the larger pe-
riod, as propube in his amendment.
After i.onie o'iservations by Mr. Oswald, Mr. Pou'ett
Thomson, Mr. Mark Phillips, Lord M irptth, and Sir
H. Willoughby, the House divided—

For Mr. Wood's Amendment to insert
eighteen months 34
Against it
Majority
The third proposition of Mr. Woon s ss as ihe-n agreed to,
.nd the elawue so anuendtd, orders d to stand part of the Bill.
Mr. 13110 T lIERTON moved as an amendment to the
9'h clause, that ten hums be imeerted for eight bou.F, or

..i.ildren under 13 years of age.
Mr- HYETT semi, ed th amendra,ot. The Bill bad
peen framed to meet abuses in certon districts, but it Was
dlculited to produce great inconeLnience in phces w here
io abuses weir alleged.
Lord ALTHORP eonsijered the speech just ma it " a