The Sun.
London, England, 1858-11-16 00:00:00

- THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 16, 1858.

country., The Lords' Committee, in their lucid and
able report, declared that the restrictions thereby
imposed "materially aggravated the pressure," and
produced the panic" of October, 1847. They
clearly aid distinctly explained the process by
which the distress was produced and credit
virtually annihilated. They showed that the Bank
itself must have closed its doors but for the issue of
the Government letter of the 25th October, which
afforded immediate relief, and that the suspension
of the law ought to be regarded as tantamount to
its total repeaL Indeed the only excuse that could
be received for a deliberate violation of the enact-
ment was a firm determination to abrogate it at
the earliest possible opportunity. Provisions that
only work during fair weather—that alike stimu-
late a mania or a panic—that render money at
one time a drug in the market, and at another a
commodity that cannot be obtained at almost any
price—that make the rate of discount vibrate
between 1 and 20 per cent. cannot be sustained or
justified on any pretext.
In the Commons' Committee, JOSEPH HUME, the
staunch, consistent, and independent Liberal and
Free Trader, moved a resolution—" That, in the
opinion of the Committee, the laws for regulating
the issue of bank notes, payable on demand, aggra-
vated the commercial distress in England in 1847."
This was supported by eleven independent mem-
bers, including the names of Lord GEORGE BEN-
TINCK, Mr. DISRAELI, Mr. GLYNN, Mr. HERRIES,
Mr. T. BARING, Mr. JAMES WILSON, Mr. SPOONER,
Mr. HUME, Alderman THOMPSON, Mr. HUDSON,
and Mr. CAN:LEY ; while in the carefully-selected
majority were included Sir ROBERT PEEL, Sir
JAMES GRAHAM, Mr. GOULBURN, Mr. CARDWELL,
and Mr. BECKET, all holding influential places in,
or closely connected with, the Ministry, by which
the inauspicious measure was carried ; and Lord
JOHN RUSSELL, Sir CHARLES WOOD, and Mr.
LABOUCHERE—three members of the Government,
who had determined to support it perfas aut nefas.
Indeed, it was on the appointment'of that commit-
tee that Sir CHARLES WOOD made that remarkable
statement, that a Government would act very
erroneously in consenting to the appointment of
any committee, of the nature of whose report they
could not previously form a clear estimate. In-
deed, this was so clearly understood that many of
the members opposed to the Act abstained from
undertaking an arduous and practically useless
duty. Mr. DISRAELI felt that there were ample
grounds on which to frame the necessary legisla-
tion, and this will account for the apparent indif-
ference with which himself and. many of his sup-
porters regarded the proceedings of that body.

Had Parliament proceeded to legislate speedily
after the crisis of 1817, there can be but little doubt
that there would have been a complete revision of the
monetary laws. Public feeling had been thoroughly
aroused. Every commercial man was smarting
under the heavy losses he had sustained. The
working-classes saw and remembered the sufferings
endured by their families and themselves. They
saw the many comforts which they had accumulated
dispersed, and sold for less than half their value,
and the savings which they had set aside from
their hard earnings taken away, in order to obtain

the common necessaries of life. If it had then been

thought that the law which produced, or at all events
greatly enhanced, these fearful evils would be
maintained, there would have been a convulsion
throughout the entire country —a pressure from
without that would speedily have brought Parlia-
ment and the hardest of the hard calculators to
reason. Sir CIIAIiLES WOOD, however, artfully
contrived to shelve the question for an entire session,
until the grievances were forgotten, and the people
became comparatively indifferent respecting a ques-
tion in which their welfare, prosperity, and happi-
ness is more deeply concerned than in way other that
could possibly be ventilated.
There are, however, even stronger grounds at
present for revising and modifying the law, even
than in 1847. It has failed a second time in its
operation, and once more wide-spread ruin and dis-
tress hare been the awful results. Again, traders
of unquestionable solvency have been compelled to
suspend payment. The minimum rate of discount
at the Bank itself was advanced to 10 per cent.,
and nearly double that out of doors. Ten years
previously it stopped at 8. There was, if possible,
a greater starvation of currency. The measure and
representative of value, the life-blood of industry,
was absolutely wanting—production was arrested,
mills and factories closed, and tens of thousands,
aye, hundreds of thousands of men, able and will-
ing to work, deprived of employment, in order to
gratify the pet theories of Lord OVERSTONE and
his disciples, and to enable the hard calculators to
add to their already overgrown hoards at the ex-
pense of the industrial population of the country.
But there are other important reason': which
render the case still stronger against the Bank. In
1817 it possessed an existing charter which would
not expire until the termination of twelve months any
time after the Ist of August, 1855. Parliament
could scarcely have interfered with the provisions
of that Act without giving a fair equivalent. It
had done nothing to forfeit its privileges ; for
although authorised to transgress the prescribed
limits, it had contrived to keep within them—the
knowledge that they could do so, if necessary, and
did not, having completely restored confidence, and
dissipated the panic as if by the wand of an enchan-
, ter. But this is altogether changed. The Act
has virtually expired, only awaiting the notice to
quit which may be given at any moment. The
Directors well knew the vantage ground they oc-
cupied in 1848. They could at any time have
raised a cry of breach of faith had there been any
interference with their valuable privileges, by
which their profits have been so greatly enhanced
during every period of monetary pressure. That
element is completely eliminated from the circula-
tion. And Mr. DISRAELI cannot entirely, as he
thinks, prosper without any embarrassment arising
from that quarter.
Besides, the Bank actually exceeded the amount
in 1857. It was compelled to do that which, ac-
cording to law, incurred the forfeiture of its char-
ter. Every difficulty has, therefore, been smoothed
away. And Mr. DISRAELI will not only be justi-
fied, but imperatively required to enter on the task
which had previously been evaded by Sir CHARLES
WOOD and Sir G. CORNEWALL LEWIS. It is, there-
fore, the proper period for monetary reformers to
bestir themselves. The light cloud is already pass-
ing over the moon's disc. A golden opportunity
will arise, which, if neglected or misapplied, will
leave the people securely fastened in chains, from
which there will be but little hope of escaping for
a series of years.

COURT CIRCULAR.

WINDSOR, Nov. 15,

The Queen, with Princess Alice and Princess Helena,
rode in the riding-house this morning, attended by the
Hon. Mary Bultc•cl. .
The Prince Consort, accompanied by the Prince of
Wales, went out shooting.

Toussoun Pasha, only son of the Viceroy of Egypt, was
introduced to her Majesty the Queen by Sir Moses Monte-
fibre, to take leave on his return lar.rue.

Messrs. German had the honour of cahibifing on Satur-
day to the Queen and the Prince Consort a welting- model
of their recently patented new propeller, in lieu of screw
and paddles, with boiler and engine complete.

LATEST NEWS.

INDIA.

The following telegram has been received at the
East India.house

To THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE, INDIA:
HOUSE,,,,LONDON. FROM G. F. EDMONSTONE,
ESQ., SECRETARY' TO THE GOVERNMENT OF
INDIA WITH THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL.
ALLAHABAD, OCT. 16.
OUDE.

The following events have occurred in Oude
since the date of my last message, on the 4th of
October :—The rebels litad advanced on Sundella
with 12,000 men and 12 guns. Captain Dawson
entered a fortified enclosure with 1,400 police in •
fantry, sending back his 500 cavalry to Malleeabad.
On the 10th of Oetober the rebels were driven out
of Sundella, losing one gun and 100 men killed.
On the Bth a column sent from Lucknow attacked
the rebels at Zhamoo, near Sundella, and routed
them, taking three guns. The pursuit was kept
up for 10 miles, and 1,000 rebels were killed. Our
loss—Europeans, two officers and seven privates
wounded ; police, four killed and 44 wounded. On
the sth of October Brigadier Eveleigh encountered
a body of rebels at Meeahgunge, near the Cawn-
pore-road, took two guns, and killed and wounded
200 men. Our loss trifling.

The Kapoorthalla Contingent have again dis-
tinguished themselves in an attack on the town of
Bundooree, near Bairam Ghaut, on the Gogra
River ; 400 of the rebels were killed, without any
loss on our side.

A strong column, under Brigadier Wetherall, is
being formed at Soraon, in the Allahabad district,
on the left 'Dank of the Ganges, and will advance
into Oude immediately.

NORTH-WESTERN PROVINCE S-BENARE S

DIVISION.

The districts of Benares, Jaunpoor, Mirzapore,
and Azimghur are quiet ; the northern frontier of
Azimghur is, however, still threatened from Oude.
The Ghazeepore district is generally quiet, but a
few sepoys are still hanging about the village of
Burra gaon

Artillery. They proceed towards Oooneh to-

morrow.

NOMINEES FOR THE SILRIEVALTY.

The following list of names, taken from a Supplement to
the London Gazette of Nov. 12, is substituted for that which
we published on Saturday, which contained several inac-

curacies :

The names of those who were nominated for Sheriffs by the
Lords of the Council at the Exchequer on the morrow of
St. Martin, in the twenty-second year of the reign of
Queen Victoria, and in the year of our Lord 1858 :
BEDFORDSHIRE.—Richard Longuet Orlebar, of Hinwick,
Esq. Joseph Tucker, of Pavenham, Esq. ; and Charles
L. Higgins, of Turvey, Esq.
BERKSHIRE.—CharIes Philip Duffield, of Marcham-
park, near Abingdon, Esq.; Sir Claudius S. P. Hunter, of
Mortimer, near Reading, Bart. ; and John Sivewright, of
Pepper-park, Esq.
BUCKS.—Thomas T. Drake, of Shardeloes, Esq. ; Wm.
T. Praed, of Tyringham, Esq. ; and Sir A. De Rothschild,
of Aston Clinton, Bart.
CAMBRIDGESHIRE AND HUNTINGDONSHIRE.—John D.
Gardner, of Chatteris, Esq.; James Hall, of Ely, Esq. ; and
J. R. Frier, of Crow Hall, Downham Market, Esq.
CUMBERLAND.— Gamel Augustus Lord Muncaster, of
Muncaster Castle ; P. H. Howard, of Corby Castle, Esq. ;
and T. Ainswor4h, of The Flosh, Esq.
CHESHIRE.—A. H. Devonport, of Capesthome, Esq. ;
C. Swetenham, of Somerford Booths, near Congleton, Eel. ;
and J. R. Shaw, of Arrowe-hall, Birkenhead, Esq.
DERBYSHIRE.—The Hon. Edward K. W. Coke, of Long-
ford ; F. Hurt, of Alderwasley, Esq.; and C. Leslie, of Hes-
sop-hall, Esq.
DEVONSHIRE.—John H. Hippesley, of Shobrook-park,
Esq.; Peter R. Hoare, of Luscombe, Esq.; and Sir J. T. B.
Duckworth, of Weare, Topsham, Bart.
DORSETSHIRE.--NM. C. Lambert, of Knowle-cottage,
Esq.; George D. W. Digby, of Sherbome-castlB, Esq.;
and J. Fellows, of Kingston-house, Esq.
DURHAM.—Sir Wm. A. Clavering, of Greencroft, Bart.;
H. J. Spearman, of Newton-Hall, Esq.; and R. L. Pember-
ton, of Barnes, Esq.
ESSEX.—C. Russell, of Upminster,Esq.; H. J. Sperling,
of Dyne's-hall, Halstead, Esq.; and John S. Thompson, of
Ilford, Esq.
GLOUCESTERSHIRE.—J. C. Dent of Sudeley Castle, near
Winchcombe, Esq. ; the Hon. A. George J. Ponsonby, of
Hahterop-castle, Fairford ; and R. C. Lippincott, of Over
Court, near Thornbury, Esq.
HEREFORDSHIRE. John Jones, of Langston-court,
near Ross, Esq., M.D. ; William Partridge, of Bishop's-
wood, near Ross, Esq. ; and K. M. Power, of Hill court,
near Roas, Esq. - -
HERTFORDSHIRE. martin nuasley Gosselin, of the
Priory, in Ware, Esq. ; James Bentley, of Cheshunt, Esq. ;
and W. J. Loyd, of Abbots Langley, Esq.! .
KENT.—Sir Richard Tufton, of Hatfield-place, near
Maidstone, Bait ; Sir Courtenay Honywood, of Evington
Elmstead, Bart. ; and Alexander Randal, a Foley-house,
Maidstone, Esq.
LEICESTERSHIRE.—WiIIiaM Bosworth, of Charley, Esq.;
Edwd. Henshaw Cheny, of Geddesby,
.Esq.; and Richd.
Sutton, of Skeffmgton, Esq.
LINCOLNSHIRE.—Chas. Thos. Semi.. Birch Reynardson,
of Holywell, Esq. ' • Sir G. E.Welby, of Denton Hall, Bart.;
and W. C. Amcotts, of Kettlethorpe, Esq.
MONMOUTHSHIRE.—Thos. Powell, of the Gaer, Esq. ;
the Hon. W. Powell Rodney, of Llanyihangel Court ; and
E. M. Currie, of Itton Court, Esq.
NORFOLK.—Hambleton Francis Constance, of Weston,
Esq. ; H. Birkbeck, of Stoke Holy Cross, Eki.; and J. T.
Mott, of Barningham, Esq.
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE,—The Hon. Chas. H. Cust, of
Arthinworth ; W. C. C. Thornhill, of Rushton Hall, Esq.;
and J. E. Severn, of Thenford, Esq.
NORTHUMBERLAND.—H. Silvertop, of Minsteracres,
Esq.; Wm: Jno. Pawson, of Shhwdon, Esq.; and J. Cook-
son, of Meldon-park, Esq.
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE.—H. Sherbrooke, of Oxton, Esq.;
John H. Manners Sutton, of Kelham, Esq.; and E. V.
P: Burnell, of Winkbum, Esq.
OXFORDSHIRE.—Geo. Gammie, Of Shotover-park, Esq.;
J. Weyland, of Woodeaton, Esq. ; and J. P. Hodges, of
Bolney-court, Esq.
RUTLANDSHIRE.—Edward H. C. Moncton, of Seaton,
Esq. •, Sam. Hunt, of Ketton, Esq. ; and A. Doria, of
Manton, Esq.;
SHROPSHIRE.—Chas. Orlando Childe Pemberton, of
Millichope-park, Esq. ; Sir J. Emerick Edw. Dalberg
Acton, of Aldenham-hall, Bart. ; and Sir. C. H. R.Bough-
ton, of Downton-hall, Bart.
SOMERSETSHIRE._Edward Berkeley Napier, of East
Pennard, Esq.; Robert James Elton, of Whitestaunton,
Esq. ; and F. W. Newton, of Barton-grange, Esq.
STAFFORDSHIRE.—Sir Henry Delves Broughton, of
Broughton-hall, Bart.; Wm. Davenport, of Maer, Esq.;
and R. H. Haywood, of Brownhills, Esq.
COUNTY OF SOUTHAMPTON.—Robert Vaughan Wynne
Williams, of Appuldercombe, in the Isle of Wight, Esq.;
John Deverell, of Purbrook-park, near Cosham, Esq.; and
W. G. Craven, of Brambridge-house, Winchester, Esq.;
Surroßx.—John George Sheppard, of Campsey Ash,
Esq.; Thomas Thornhill, of Riddlesworth, Esq.; and John
Berners, of Wolverston-park, Esq.
SURREY.—Sir W. R. Farquhar, of Polesden, Leather-
head, Bart.; Robt. Campbell, of Coombewood, Kingston,
Esq.; tuid 11% J. Evelyn, of Wootton, near Dorking, Esq.
SuSSEX.—W. H. Blaaun, of Beechlands, Newick, Esq.;
C. S. Dickens, of Coolhurst, Esq.; and Geo. Gatly, of East
Grinstead, Esq.
WARWICKSHIRE.—Sir G. R. Phillips, of Weston-house,
Bart.; Henry J. Sheldon, of Brailes-house, Esq.; and R.
Graves, of the Cliff, Warwick, Esq.
WESTMORELAND —Wm. Moore, of Grimes-hill, Kirby
Lonsdale, Esq.; Matthew B. Harrison, of Ambleside, Esq.;
and Wm. Hopes, of Brampton-crofts, Appleby, Esq.
WILTSHIRE.—SIT F. D. Astley, of Everleigh, Bart.;
John N. Gladstone, of Bowden-park, Esq.; and. Horatio
N. Goddard, of Cliff Manor-house, Esq.
WORCESTERSHIRE.—Francis Edward Williams, of Mal-
vern-ball, Solihull, Warwickshire, Esq.; Alexander B.
Cochrane, of Heath-house, Stourbriolge, Esq. ; and J. B.
Vernon, of Hanbury-hall, Esq.
Youxstux.E.—W. R. C. Stansfield, of Esholt-hall, near
Leeds, Esq.; Sir Lionel M. S. Pilkington, of Chevet-park,
Bart.; ail J. G. Marshall, of Headingley, Esq.
WALES.
ANGLESEY.—Major-General -Robert George Hughes, of
Brynddu ; Henry Owen Williams, of Trearddur, Esq. ;
and G. R. Griffith, of Pencraig, Esq.
BRECONSHIRE.—John Maund, of Tymawr, Esq.; J. E.
Evans, of Brecon, Esq. ; and C. A. Parkinson, of Dony-
pare, Esq.
CARNARVONSHIRE.—Lord Newborough, of Glinllifon-
park ; John Loyd Jones, of Broom-hall, Esq. ; and J. W.
Greaves, of Sanyrallt, Esq.
CARMARTRENSHIRE.—Isaac Horton, of Yshad, Esq. ;
Richard Jennings, of Gelleydeg,Esq. ; and Allen J. Gul-
ston, of Llwynberllan, Esq.
CARDIGANSHIRE.—Wm. Price Lewes, of Llysnewydd,
near Newcastle Emyln, Esq. ; Wm. Jones, of Glandennis,
near Lampeter, Esq. ; and Wm. Buck, of Abercifed, Esq.
DENBIGHSHIRE: T. L Fitzhugh, of Plas Power,
Wrexham, Esq. • R. C. Naylor, of Nantclwyd-hall,
Ruthin, Esq. ; and J. Hardcastle, of Pen-y-lan, Ruabon,
Esq.
LINTSHIRE.—P. P. Pearson, of Bodfari, Esq. ; H.
M. A. Jones, of Wepre-hall, Esq. ; and P. W. Goodsal,
of Iscoyd-park, Esq.
GLAMORGANSHIRE.—Sir I. B. Guest, of Sully-house,
Bart. ; Geo, Rous, of Court-y-ralla, Esq. ; and Chas. Wil-
liams, of Roath Court, Esq.
MONTGOMERYSHIRE.—E. Morris, of Berth Lloyd, Esq.;
Wm. Curling, of Maesmaur, Esq.; and R. J. Drew, of
Glafhafren, Esq.
MERIONETHSHIRE.—H. J. Roveley, of Brynygwin,
Esq. ; D. Williams, of Castel]. Dendraeth, Rag. ; and J.
Williams, of Castellfawr, Esq.
PEMBROKESHIRE.—G. A. Harries, of Hilton, Esq. ;
Wm. Owen, of Poyston, Esq. ; and E. Wilson, of Hean
Esq' •
RADNORSHIRE.—Sir W. S. R. Cockburn, of -Downton,
Bart. ; J. A. Phillips, of Gunama, Esq., and J. W. G.
Watt, of Doldowlod, Esq.
The duties of High Sheriff will devolve upon the gentle-
man whose name stands first in the list for each county.

DREADFUL CALAMITY IN SPITAL

FIEDD S.

During the whole of Sunday night it blew a
hurricane, and many accidents occurred upon the
river and in various parts of the metropolis. One
of a fearful nature occurred in Palmer-street, Ten-
ter-ground, Spitalfields, near the parish church.
The house No. 1, Palmer-street, was occupied at
the time of the accident by several families, princi-
pally of the Jewish persuasion. The top room was
occupied by a Jew named Capper, an industrious
and well conducted man, but in great poverty, his
wife, and four young children. There was a stack
of chimneys ascending six feet from the roof on the
top of the house. About half-past twelve o'clock,
when the storm was at its height, the stack of
chimneys was blown down, and fell upon the roof,
which was carried away, and fell into the room
where poor Capper and his family were sleeping.
The most terrible screams and cries for help suc-
ceeded the fall of the chimneys and the burying of
the family in the ruins, and the occupiers of the
lower rooms rushed from the building in a state of
bewilderment, and with nothing on but their
night-clothes. The police and a few stout-hearted
men entered the house, and, after much trouble,
succeeded in extricating Capper's wife and three
children from the debris, and it does not appear
they sustained much injury beyond the fright.
Capper and one of his sons, aged five years,
were both killed in their lied—in fact, they were
crushed by the falling materials, and died in-
stantly. The bodies were left in the room where
the poor creatures met with their deaths, and now
await the usual investigation by a coroner's jury.
The poor families who fled from the house were
sheltered elsewhere. Inspector Price, of the A
division, no sooner heard of the accident than he
gave directions, in order to prevent another acci-
dent which seemed impending, for the floors to be
shored up and two strong buttresses to be placed
against the front wall, which has bulged consider-
ably. This was immediately done. Mr. Thomas,
the master of the Shoreditch Workhouse, to whom
the house belonged, also employed men to remove
the materials of which the chimneys and roof were
composed, to lessen the weight on the upper floor,
and they were bu§ily engaged all day. The widow
of the deceased Capper is very ill. Mr. Edwards,
divisional surgeon of police, was called in to at-
tend upon her in the course of yesterday, and found
the bereaved woman in a very low state. Her
escape was very miraculous. She escaped with
only a few slight bruises, but her husband and son
were killed by her side. The melancholy affair
has caused great sensation among the poor resi-
dents occupying the old and dilapidated houses in
Spitalfields and Bethnal-green. Many of the crazy
tenements ought to be abolished forthwith, and
better and cleaner habitations provided for the
humble occupants.

A little pamphlet, called " Histoirc de Mou-
stache, ou les Deux Bandes de Voleurs," printed in Lon-
don, and purporting to be a Roman Ristorique, is being
largely circulated, much to the annoyance of the police,
who cannot discover the means by which it is distributed.
It savours strongly of the Jersey mark, and it is thought
to be by a well-known hand._ Court Journal.