The Sun.
London, England, 1832-09-21 00:00:00

gentleman shall not be repeated, namely, that 1
Ministers had, by tin it interference with the
Currency of the Bank, occasioned great losses
to the Corporation. This was said at a meeting
called to receive a dividend at the rate of 8 per
rent. on a capital increased one-fourth V, ithin the
last 16 years, and with a reserved fund or "rest"
of nearly 3,000,0001. more ! If this be a los-
ing concern by the interference of the Govern-
ment, how enormous must have been the losses
of the country by the same mismanagement ! It
was amusing to hear the insinuating manner with
which another Hon. Proprietor coaxed the Go-
vernor to tell him whether the " rest " bad in-
creased since February last. We can assure him
that his rest will not be so snug or'secure under
a reformed Parliament. With the vote of thanks

to the Governor and Bank Directors, as mana-

gers of the private concerns of their establish-
ment, we have nothing to say. They may have
their proposed " statue of gold " for aught we
care, if there be so much gold in their cellars
as to compose one for each ; and if there is not,
probably a brass one, covered with their own
stamped paper, may be as appropriate. But
for the management of the public concerns of the
establishment,—for making and issuing paper
money to the nation,— for acting, in short, as a
paper mint, we owe them neither gratitude nor
respect. By tampering, with the currency,-,--.by
capriciously or selfishly enlarging and contracting,
their issues,—by rending restriction acts 'neces-
sary at one time, and taking the shortest way of
amassing gold at another,—they have been ,the
source of greater calamities to this country than
any nation ever endured from a single source. of
evil Times.

It was our intention to have offered-a few re-
marks on the part which Mr. Hume 'has-taken
in proposing Mr. Roebuck at Bath ; But we
must leave them for another day. The ques-
tion of how far men of the same party should
pull together, at a time like the present, is one
which it is difficult to settle satisfactorily. The
best answer will be found in the determination
of the people of Bath. We have occasion to
know that Mr. flume did not volunteer the
proposing of Mr. Roebuck, but that it was re-
presented to him (as it was personally to our•
selves, with what justice we know not) that
Mr. Hobhouse was not acceptable to the peo-
ple of Bath, and that they were determined to
have another Candidate. If Mr. flume felt

satisfied that Mr. Hobhouse would not be re-
turned (and we assume this merely for the sake
of argument), he might wish to see the pla.ce
filled by one of whose views he approved, rather
than by one of whom he knew nothing. There
is a material difference between stepping for-
ward in orderi'to create dissatisfaction between
the electors and the Candidate, and stepping
forward after the dissatisfaction already exists.
The people of Bath may be fond of Mr.
Hobhouse, but if they are not satisfied with
him, we really do not see with what consia-
ency any Reformer can object to their seeking
out one who is more to their satisfaction, or to
the new Candidate for yielding to the wishes of
the Electors. There should be an understand-
ing on these matters, in order that liberal Can-
didates may not stand in the way of each other,
and an enemy be suffered to come in. When
a Candidate discovers that he has nk -good
prospect of success, he should withdraw,
in order not to be an obstacle in the way of
another, who, though differing from ,him in
some things, is still nearer to him than a. Tory
can be.—Morning Chronicle.

We call the attention of our readers to the
account of the dinner given to Lord John Rus-
sell, at Torquay, on the Bth of September last,
and more particularly to the important speech of
his Lordship, in which, alluding to the intro-
duction of the clause regarding the 501: a year
renters, contrary to the opinion of Ministers, he
declares that " if the landlords of this• country
should presume upon their power—should pre.
some upon their terrible position, to compel men
who have entered into no such bargain, to -dis
pose of their votes as mere servants of their
landlords—l must tell them, 'and- fairly • tell
them, that we shall resent it, and -that other
measures must follow.—(Long and continued
cheering.)" His Lordship did not leave his
hearers in the dark as to the mode•in which it

would be resented. "If (he said) it should
come to this, that I must either adopt such a
measure, or that I must see the• tenantry of
England ranged at elections, contrary to the•
wishes and feelings of themselves—(klear, hear)
—I should have no hesitation—l should have
no doubt—l should renounce my previous opi-
nion, and I should at once adopt the vote by
ballot.—(Cheers.)" We knew it-would soon
come to this. The Noble Lord warns the Tories
not to use that harsh and arbitrary power—but
they will neglect his warning—and The tenantry,
in self-defence, will insist, as a matter-of -course,
on the ballot. One sword drawn keeps another
in the sheath.—Morning Chronicles • ' -
At the meeting of Bank Proprietor's; yesterday,
the feeling seemed to be, that the evidence commu-
nicated by the Directors to the Committee'ofthe
House of Commons had raised the Bank in the
opinion of the country. Mr. Lloyd moved the
thanks of the Proprietors to the :Court of 'Di-
rectors, for the manner in which thby had Sus-
tained the character of the Bank in the evidence
given by them before the Select CoinMittee,
which was adopted with one or two dissentient;;.
The Governor, in returning thanks, said " he
could not omit returning his personal thanks to
the Hon. Proprietor, for the handsothe manner
in which he had spoken of his own -condUct:;
coming from such a quarter, whetectalent and
enlarged views were combined, it-was doubly
gratifying." The Bank Directors And the. pri-
vate Bankers sail in the same boat ; bnt liotwith-
standing all this " claw me, claw 'yo'n,""we are
much mistaken if a Reformed Parliament will
altogether coincide in opinion with their'', that all
is for the best.—Morning Chronicle:
We need only very briefly notice the meeting
of the Proprietors of Bank Stock held yesterday,
for the whole tenour of it proved that tte indi
victuals composing it were impressed with thlo
opinion we have uniformly maintained, ,that th
Directors are entitled to the utmost confidence
of the proprietary and the public. Theluestion
raised respecting the advantage of giviug pub',
licity to the accounts, distinct from thepublica:
Lion of the bullion reserves, is undoubtedly one
for serious discussion ; but we do not
,believe
that a half-yearly publication of them, ikould
answer the purpose proposed, because an
_excess
of profits, or casual losses, might swell or
decrease a half-yearly account, and thus give
false view of the affairs of the Bank: flowevci,
we will not now enter more into this question.
The Governor, of course, did not consider him-
self justified in producing accounts that would
expose the affairs of the Bank, unless he had
the sanction ofa majority of the Court for doing
so. Under all the circumstances of the case, we
should think that the proceedings of the Court