The Sun.
London, England, 1867-05-24 00:00:00

Bank of England Returns,—Last Evening.

An Account, pursuant to t'
cap. 32, for the week ending 1
ISSUE ur.r
Notes issued —.X33,532,935

;he Act 7th and Bth Victoria,
Wednesday, May 22, 1867.
rAItTMs:s-T.
Governint. Debt.Xll,ols,loo
Other Securities 3,984,900
Gold G and
Bullion 18,532,965
Silver Bullion

£33,532,965

X33,532,9'53
BANKING D.

i'roprie tors' Capi-
tal £l4, 553,000
Re ,t
Public Deposits
(including Ex-
chequer, Say-
ings' Banks,
Gononissiouers
of National

Debt, and Div
- Accounts) 8,584,861
Other Deposits 17,195,45'.'•
Seven Day and
other hill 3 429,571

£43,901,251

.£43,901,254

The Compound Householder.

The following are the amendments to clause 34
of the Reform Bill which the Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer played upon the table last night, and the
object of which is to give effect to the proviso pro-
posed by Mr. Hodgkinson for abolishing the com-
pound householder :
" Clause 34, page 11, line 29, after (' Where')
omit to the eud of the clause, and insert :—The
owner is rated at the time of the passing of this act
to the poor rate instead of the occupier in respect
of a dwelling-house or other tenement situate in a
parish wholly or partly in a borough, his liability to
be rated iu any future poor rate shall cease, and the
following enactments shall take effect with respect
to rating in all boroughs :
" 1. After the passing of this Act no owner of any
dwelling- house or other tenement situate in a parish
either wholly or partly within a borough shall be
rated to the poor rate instead of the occupier, except
as hereinafter mentioned :

"2. The full rateable value of every dwelling
house or other separate tenement, and the full rate
in the pound payable by the occupier, and the name
of the occupier, shall be entered in the rate book :
"3. With the joint consent of the owner and
occupier given in the form marked in the sche•
dule hereto, the overseers or other authority em-
powered by law to make the poor rate shall rate
the owner instead of the occupier, and may com-
pound with the owner for the rates, in confor-
mity with the provisions of any statute for rating
the owners instead of the occupiers in force in the
parish at the time of passing this act, or in con-
formity with the provisions of the act of the session
of the 13th and 14th years of the reign of her pre-
sent Majesty, intituled An act for the better assess-
ing and collecting the poor-rates and highway-rates
iu respect of small tenements,' where the same shall
have already been or may hereafter be adopted by
the vestry; but no occupier.of any dwelling-house
or other tenement, the owner of which is rated with
the consent of such occupier as aforesaid, shall be
entitled to be registered as a voter for-any borough.
"4. Any arrangement made in pursuance of this
section for rating the owner or compounding with
him with such consent as aforesaid, shall determine
on the 19th day of July in every year, but may be
renewed with such consent aforesaid ; nevertheless,
the determination of such arrangement shall not
affect the recovery of any rate made previously to
the determination thereof.
" Provided as follows :
" 1. That nothing in this act contained shall affect
any composition existing at the time of the parsing
of this act, so nevertheless that no such composition
shall remain in force beyond the period of 12 months
composition
powerso sinferr
ed
from the time of passing of this act :
2. Thut nothing herein contained shall affect
any rate made previously to the passing of this
forexisting
th e
the
ompti on
co entered
purpose of collecticollectingbianyctt; a noy asr
sluaabsnstyi saforesaid,actand
and recovering a poor rate shall rem •
atn and con-
tinue in force for the collection and recovery of any
such rate or comi.osition :
"3. That where the occupier under a tenancy
subsisting at the time of the
passing of this
any dwelling-house or other t act of
been let to him free from tenement which has
rates, is rated
paid rates, in pursuance and has
of this act, h
de-
duct from any rent due or e may
accruing
in respect of the said d • due from him
dwelling-house
any amount e or other tene-
mentpaid by him
on account of the
rates to which he
may be rendered
liable by this act.
Nothing in this sectionliability
shall affect the of
any owner to be rated instead
of the occupier under
any act in respect to any dwelling-house wholly let
out in separate
apartments or in lodgings.

:PARTMENT.
Governint. Secu- 1
rities(ineladiug i .
! i
Dead \Veiglit
Annuity) :...£12,886,314 i
Other Sveurities 19,122,323 •
Notes 10,761,515
Gold and Silver
Coin ..., 1,131,1031.