The Sun.
London, England, 1832-06-27 00:00:00

BANK COMMITTEE.

(From the Timer..)
The witnesses hitherto examined by the sank Co' nt-
nittee, we believe, are Mr. Palmer, the Governor of the
Bank ; Mr. Stuckey, banker, Somersetshire ; Mr. Beckett.
banker, Leeds ; Mr. Foster, banker, Walsall ; Mr. Wil
kins, banker, Brecon; and last Saturday, Mr. Jeremiah
Harman, late Bank Director. With the exception of
Mr. Harman, who may be presumed in the course of SO
years (during which time, we believe, he was a Director)
to have imbibed some prejudices in favour of the existing
system, of which the Bank is the source and centre, it
must be obvious that these witnesses cannot be expected to
decry what it is their interest to support, and if they give
evidence against their own interest, it must be by trapping
them into contradictions not altogether fair towards the
individuals themselves. Up to the present moment, there-
fore, the interests of the public appear very much to have
depended upon the precarious success of a cross examina-
tion of hostile witnesses, not altogether conducted with
that candour and openness befitting at once the parties and
the subject. Nor can we see how, upon such evidence,
the Committee can ever report; for if they report in ac-
cordance with the views these parties have given, the
interests of the public will, in all probability, be sacri-
ficed ; if they do not report in accordance with
their views, a use will be made of the evidence
which they did not anticipate, and a construction
put upon it which they will not consider justifiable,
and which they will imagine could not haVe been
put if they had been allowed to explain themselves, as is
always the case where justice is fairly administered. Wit-
hout opposing evidence, therefore, which we presume will
be taken, we cannot see how, with any kind of fairness,
any report can be made. At the same time it would have
been obviously fairer both to parties and the public, that
those whose views and opinions are opposed to the exist-
ing order of things should have been heard first, and that
these parties should have been heard in reply, knowing
the objections they had to answer, and the points they had
to meet,—and to this it must come at last.

The public are evidently not, upon so vital a subject,
disposed to pin their faith upon the authority of any Com-
mittee ; and though the Committee may present to Parlia-
ment no concoction of its own, no views which do not
appear upon its minutes, and which have not been exa-
mined and sifted, yet we cannot see how this latter can
ever be done effectually, without the opposing witnesses
have a knowledge of each other's testimony. The safe
course, therefore, and the course which it seems not im-
probable the Committee will be driven to by the difficulty
of agreeing upon any other, will be to ex mine parties on
both sides, both as to the evils and remedies of our
system, and publish the evidence without any report at
all, being pretty well convinced no report which can now
be made will possess any authority whatever.
(From the Morning Herald.)
In a list of persons examined by the Committee on the
Bank Charter, given in a Morning Paper to-day, Mr. W.
Ward's name is omitted. The names, in the order is
which they were:examined, are Mr. J. H. Palmer, the Go-
vernor of the Bank ; Mr. Stuckey, of Somersetshire ; Mr.
Beckett, of Leeds; Mr. Forster, of Walsall ; Mr. Wilkins,
of Brecon ; Mr. Ward, a Bank Director ; Mr. Harman,
formerly in the Direction ; and, lastly, Mr. Norman, a Di-
rector, who has been under examination by the Committtee
to-day. It appears from this that there have been four
gentlemen front the Bank interest, and four from that of
" Banks of Issue" in the country. Whether any other
persons from these rival interests will be called before the
Committee is more than we can say, but it is quite ob-
vious that the investigation cannot be brought to a close
without that kind of full and complete information being
collected which distinguished the last inquiry into banking
and currency, in the year 1826, when the intete,ts of
Scotland and Ireland were under examination. At that
period it was thought that too much labour could not be
bestowed, either by the Lords or the Commons, to obtain
accurate knowledge relating to the influence of the bank-
ing and currency systems of Scotland upon the industry
and prosperity of that country. It was considered to be a
crave and most important matter of national policy which
was then submitted to the judgment of the Legislature,
and the operation of the systems, both with regard to their
general effect and their minute details, was carefully and
laboriously examined into by both Committees of the
Lords and Commons. Manufacturers, merchants, farmers,
and men of industry from obscure and remote parts of
Scotland, were brought to London to support by their
testimony the currency and banking system of that
country. No man was regarded as being too humble and
obscure to throw light upon a subject with which the
welfare and prosperity of all the inhabitants of Scotland
were considered, by themselves, to be identified.

Whether the same course will be taken by the Com-
mittee on the Bank Charter is not yet unequivocally known.
Lord Althorp declared to the Deputation of Country
Bankers that nothing short of a full and complete inquiry
would satisfy the Government and the public. "I am one
of those," said his Lordship, " who thought it would be
improper to grant a renewal of the Charter of the Bank
without a previous inquiry by a Committee ; I am of the
same opinion still—and, having begun the investigation, I
am quite sure we must go completely through with it,
whatever inconvenience to individuals may be occasioned
by such a proceeding." Front this declaration the inten-
tions of the Chancellor of the Exchequer cannot be doubted.
But we have heard rumours in the City to-day of the
Bank Directors endeavouring to create a strong feeling in
favour of an immediate termination of the inquiry, without
seeking or admitting much further evidence. No doubt
these worthy arbiters of the value of property would be
glad to frighten Lord Althorp into an acquiescence in
their views, in order that they might continue to hold
possession of that tremendous power which they have for
so long a period exercised in this country. But what
would the public say at seeing a subject of so much interest
and importance huddled up, and disposed of, upon partial
and defective information ? It is the greatest public ques•
tion that can occupy the attention of the Legislature, and
the proceedings of the Committee must correspond with its
importance : they " must go completely through with it,
whatever inconvenience to individuals may be occasioned
by such a proceeding."

Mr. BULWER, the distinguished Member of
the House of Commons, and the author of " Pelham" and
" Eugene Aram," who now presides over the New
Monthly Magazine, has obtained, we understand, the
were assistance of a
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buten than
are averse from having their names made public at present.
We have already stated that the Viscount de
CHATEAUBRIAND, when the order for his arrest was an-
nounced to him, was about to compose a few lines on the
interment of a young lady, the daughter of an old and re-
spected friend, whose funeral he had attended the same
day. He has since written the following stanzas ; they
possess a touching interest, from the affecting nature of the
subject, and also claim attention from the circumstance,
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Qu'un pore y deposa, tribut de sa douleur
Terre, tu les portas, et maintenant tu caches
Jeune fille et jeune fleur.
Ah ne les rends jamais ace monde profane,
A ce monde de deuil, d'angoisse, et de Malheur;
Le vent brise et fletrit, le soled brule et fane,
Jeune fine et jeune fleur.
Tudors, pauvre Elisa, si legere d'annees I
Tune crains plus du jour le poids et la chaleur ;
Elks out acheve leurs fraiches matinees,
Jeune fine et jeune fl
Mais ton pore, Elisa, sur to cendre s'incline,
Temps
sur sa racine,
Aux rides de son front a monte la paleur,
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Galignani's Messenger.
THE FOX CLUTS.--.-- Upwards of sixty Noble'
men and Gentlemen, friends of freedom and of Retool),
and throughout life attached to the principles of the Right
Hon. CHARLES JAMES Fox, held their annual festival at
the Ship Tavern, at Greenwich, on Saturday. There
were present the Duke of Sussex, the Duke of LEnisTltg'
Earl GREY, Lord HOLLAND, Lord ALTHORP, Sir JA2k/0
GRAHAM, Earl CAMPERDOWN Earl Of ALBEMARLE, Lord
Pourlatortr, Lord DUNDAS, Lord PANMURE, Lord Dll4°
ortuEN, Lord Sky and SEEK, the Attorney-General, JAMES
BARNETT, Esq., ABRAM ROBARTS, Esq., Wm. WSW
BREAD, Esq., Enw. ELLIce, Esq., Sir M. W. ItioLo:,
Mr. COKE of Norfolk, Sir RONALD FERGUSSON, &c. Thle
Club, since it was first instituted, has been accustomed to
drink ore toast only, " To the memory of the Right 11?°'
Cuaatts JAMES Fox." By universal acclarnatioa
another toast was on this day added, which will annually
t
he repeated, " Earl GREY and the Rerforin Bill." A '
concourse of persons resident in Greenwich and the
neighbourhood, who have been enfranchised by the rece°,l
Act, assembled at the Ship Tavern, and were loud 110:1
vehement in their cheers of his Majesty's Ministers, an
the other Members of both Houses of Parliament, di
whose efforts their rights and privileges had been restore
NEWS FOR THE PARSONS.—Already sub-
scription, amounting to 500/., has been made up ju reelb.
h ird, collected to defeat the tithe supporters.—. TiPPero*,
Free Press.

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PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE.

(From theTintes.)

PARIS, JUNE 24.—Prince Talleyrand arrived
here on the evening before last, and yesterday he
waited on the King, by whom he was very cordially
received. This circumstance, and the return to
town of M. Dupin, to whom the King had written
that his presence is particularly desirable at the pre-
sent moment, have given occasion to fresh rumours
about intended changes, or at least modifications, in
the Ministry. It is hoped at Court, that if Prince
Talleytand accepts the Presidency of the Council,
M. Dupin may be induced to take charge of a porte-
feuille under so ancient a Member of the State.
The sketch of a plan of Administration has, it is
affirmed, been drawn up, for the purpose of being
submitted to Prince Talleyrand; but it is under-
stood that carte blanche will he allowed him for any
system of policy which his experience may suggest.
The public in general seem to be indifferent about
the possiblity of Prince Talleyrand's accession to
the Ministry. Two years ago this would not have
been the case; his participation in the Government
would then have been decidedly unpopular. At pre-
sent, the only remark which is made is expressive
of a doubt as to his ability, at his time of life, to
take that part in the debates in the Chambers which
his official station would frequently require.
If M. Dupin really entertains the sentiments
which are attributed to him respecting the illegality
of the ordinance which has placed Paris under mar-
tial law, we may now expect that it will be speedily
withdrawn. lie has been the King's confidential
adviser since 1815, and lie could hardly fail to make
use of his influence for the purpose of restoring once
More the reign of the charter. This week must, at

all events, clear up any doubts as to M. Dupin's
opinions on so important a subject, unless the siege
is raised immediately, as the hearing of the appeals
of Geoffroy and Colombat (condemned to death by
the courts-martial), by the Cour de Cassation, has
been fixed for Thursday.
It is now believed that the proposals for the new
loan, which were expected to have been made on
Friday or yesterday, will be dalayed until the mo-
nied men have had time to recover from the panic
which has been lately spread by the rumours of a
war, and the military preparations going on among
the principal Powers of Europe. The Ministerial
papers have already begun to try their influence in
restoring public confidence ; it was with a view to
such an effect that a paragraph appeared in yester-
day's IMlonifetu• giving a flat contradiction to all the
rumours and statements about the chances of a war.
But of late that paper has so frequently asserted
what has been contradicted by fact the very next
day, that few persons will now place any reliance
on its good faith.
The Prefecture of the Police has been unusually
crowded the whole of last week, in consequence of
the requisition that all foreigners staying in Paris
should exhibit their passports, and apply for per-
mits of residence. Previously to the proclamation
of martial law, no such permits were imposed on
• foreigners, who were allowed to live as they
Pleased, and as long as they chose, in Pa-
ris• Under the military regime, however, this
indulgence seems to have been deemed too great,
and special permits for three months' stay have been
granted to those who could show cause why they
should not be sent out of the country immediately.
I have not been able to discover why so much sus-
picion should have been conceived of foreigners since
the late riots, inasmuch as it is quite evident that
none but Frenchmen took part in them. The only
thing gained by this unnecessary assumption of rigour
regarding foreigners, is to send a great number away,
and to prevent many others from coming, by which
Paris is deprived of the large accession of money
that their stay in it brought into the circulation.
The Madrid Gazette has at length spoken of the
intentions of the Spanish Court respecting the ap-
proaching contest in Portugal. Its number of the
14th instant states that Spain will observe the
strictest neutrality so long as other foreign Powers
do; but that, as there is a large English fleet off
Lisbon, a Spanish army of observation will remain
on the Portuguese frontiers, which will act as cir-
cumstances may require.
Our latest accou►►ts from Rome continue to show
that the Papal Government is exceedingly anxious
that the French should withdraw from Ancona.
The presence of the small French garrison there is
looked upon as highly dangerous, but the presence
of the Austrians in other parts of the Papal States
gives no uneasiness whatever to his holiness. The
former are regarded as the natural eremies of the
Political system by which the Roman terrritories are
ruled, whereas the latter are considered as its na-
tural friends and protectors. Z.

PRICES OF STOCKS THIS
Flank Stock - I
3 per Cent. Red. 53%.%
3 per Cent. Cons.
3 V, per Cent. -
Ditto Red 0110,1
%Tow:3% per Cent.
3 per Cent. Ann. 1728 - i
I per Cent. 1E+213
Rank Long Ann. to expire
Jan. 5, !Pei+ 16,c4 7-16!
Oct. 10, 1839 l6 5-161
Jan. 5, IP6O -
Jan. 5, IPBO -
Aprils, Fa ... Jan. 5, 1670..„.. ... -

PRICES or FOREIGN FUNDS
Austrian Bonds 914.
Belgian Bonds 75
Ditto Account
Brazilian Bonds
Ditto Account
Buenos Ayres Bonds "4 3
Ditto Account
Chilian Bonds ........
Ditto Account
Columbian Bonds ll

Ditto Account

Ditto Bonds, 15•24 l2
Ditto Account l2
Danish Bonds 67
Ditto Account 6044
Greek Bonds 22

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Ditto Bonds, 1525.
Ditto Account 3014
Mexican Bonds, 5 per cent. 26
Ditto Account

Ditto, 6 per cent
Ditto Account 321
Neapolitan

COURSE OF EXCH.
Amsterdam C.F 12
Ditto, at sight 3
Rotterdam
Antwerp 12 8
Hamburg M.B. 14 1
Altona l4 11
Paris, 3 days' sight 25 95
Ditto 2 U. 26 25
Bordeaux "6 30
Berlin

Frankfort on Maine, Ex. M. 155
Petersburgh, ruble, 3 Us. 10 0
Vienna, effective 11. 2 M. 10 13
Trieste do lO 14
Madrid 3s'
Cadiz 3SN,
Bilboa
Barcelona 35
Seville 3~
Gibraltar 4714