The Sun.
London, England, 1850-08-02 00:00:00

LONDON,

established, with the mutual guarantee of
the real and personal properties of the com-
panies. It was afterwards decided that each of the
companies should draw up the statistics, which would
be required to serve as the basis of the arrangement.
A proposition for establishing a certain uniformity of
tariff for the conveyance of goods on the railways
from Cologne to Vienna was referred to a special
committee, which was charged to make an early
report.
The Prussian Government has appointed M.
d'Auerswald Chief President of the Rhenish pro-
vinces, M. Eichmann of the province of Prussia, M.
de Flottewell of the province of Brandenburg, M. de
Duesberg of the province of WeAtphalia, M. de
Benin of the province of Posen, M. Witzleben of the
province of Saxony, and M. Manteuffel Vice-Presi-
dent of Kcenigsberg.
The Cologne Gazette, on authority of a letter from
Berlin of the 29th ult., states that it is now certain
that Austria has invited the German Governments to
nominate seventeen envoys to the Germanic Diet.

We read in a letter fr(;nl Frankfort of the 29th ult.
—" This morning M. 11.lathis opened the dispatches
which recal him as Plenipotentiary to the Congress,
and all the representatives of the states which have
adhered to the Prussian Union withdrew with him.
M. de Peuckes, wbo is a member of the Federal Com-
mission, will remain here. It is thought that Austria
will withdraw the members of the Commission named
by her.

BANK OF ENGLAND.
(From this night's Gazette.)
AnAccount, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth of Victoria.cap. 32, for
the Week ending on Saturday, the 27th day of J uly, 1650.
ISSUE DEPARTMENT.

Notes 155ued........ 30,181,795

Government debt .. 11,015,100
Other securities .. • • 2,984,900
Gold coin and bullion 15,962,537
Silver bullion .. • • • • 219,258

130,131,735
3IARSHALL, Chief Cashier.
Dated the Ist day of August, 1850.
BANKING DEPAIMIZNT.

430,181,795

Proprietors'earAtal•• 14,553,000
Itlet • •• •• 3,187,155
labile deposits (in-
eluding Exchequer,
Commissioners of

Government secur!.

ties (including Dead
Weight Annuity) . • 14,285,583
Other securities .• .. 10.166,075
,Totes • - •• • • • • • • • • • • 9,421,020
Gold and silver coin.. 659,926

National Debt, Say-
Lngs-banks, and Di-
v' lend accounts) .. 5,c22,745
Other deposits •••• •• 10,404,440
Seven day and other
bills• ••••••• •• • • • • 1,155,264

£31,53.:,504

X. 34,532,604
F. MARSHALL, Chief Citshier.

Dated the Ist day of August, 18.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT

(THIS EVENING.)

HOUSE OF LORDS.

The LenD CHANCELLOR took his scat on the Woo]
suok at five o'clock.
BOROUGH GAOLS BILL.
This Bill was rind a second :imc.
IIIUSEIIIII6 AND LIBRARIES BILL.
This bill was read a second time.
PETITIONS.

Lord BROUGHAM preseuttd a petition, prayinz for
the enfrancilizemett of copyholds.

EIYDE-VARIi.

Lord BROUGHA underetood that it was intended
to pave the read from Hytie-park-corner to Kensington
with huge blocks of granite iu the nature of paving-
etones, and he wished to know if it was true or not,
tied it a similar operation was to take place in the Park
itself, which would render it more safe for waggons to
eo upon, his: not for persons to ride upon. Thia was
one of the consequence of the new law that the Attorney-
General was toe s ;le judge o: all cases be-
tween the subjects and the Crown, and exercising
judiciously a more than judicial power, a power which
uu attorney had any right to assume, and the Attorney-
General was, according to Sir Robert Farmer, only the
attorney to the King, and he exercised it by
giving judgment in his chamber in favour of Lis
client. There was no petty prince in Germany,
eurkey, or Russia, who was more absolute than the
Sovereign of this realm, if the opinion of the Attor-
ney-C-eneral was to be taken in opposition
to the opinions of those lawyers who had been engaged
in hundreds more cases tha❑ the Attorney or Solicitor-
General. Ile had neeer received more hartfelt thanks
than he had from the persons engaged in this case.
There was dead silence in this House and in the other
House when the case was mentioned, which proved the
power there was when the name of Prince was tttered.
The LORD CHANCELLOR had not on a former oc-
casion thought tit to entertain the discussion, because he
thought it was irregu!ar. He did not think it right to
express an opinion so long as the case might come before
ihe House in another manner. When his Noble Friend
said the other House was silent, he thought his Noble
Frieud could not have consulted the early channels
of information, because the Attorney-General had
given en answer which he considered perfectly
legal and satisfactory, as he should bo prepared to show
when the subject should be brought before their Lord-
ships in a regular manner. As to the quotation of his
Noble Friend, it merely went to show that the Attorney-
General represented the public es an attorney repre-
sented his client. He represented the public,
and in a case of this sort it was ; did these
people represen the public and complain of
public wrong. They did not. Were they private persons
they could proceed by indictment if they had suffered
indirect wrong ; if they came as representatives of the
public, the Attorney- General was the proper judge. This
park was the property of the Crown, and he took it that
she Attorney-General had exercised a sound discretion
and was responsible for what he had done. Let his
Noble Friend then bring this before the Rouse in a
regular manner, and he would not fail to prove to
the satisfactionof every impartial man, that the Attorney-
General had exercised a sound discretion.--(llear, bear.)
Lord BROUGHAM said it was a common course to
meet questions by this course on presenting a petition,
and if his Noble Friend bad no better foundation
in law, than i❑ his knowledge of the rules of Parliament
he would foil in proving his case. He had a perfect right
on presenting a petition:to open the a hole case. No One,
ever denied that the Attorney-General had the right to
act as ho had done, but the whole question was as to dis-
cretion, and he repeated that this was not a tree country
if the Attorney-General refused access to the courts of
law and equity.
The LORD CHANCELLOR explained.
The Marquis of LANSDOWNE rose to answer the
question about paving. He contended' that his Noble
;slid Learned Friend had departed from the orders of
House in entering into a discussion as to the functions
of the Attorney-General on the presentation of a peti-
tion. In answer to the question, he had to state that the
persons who had to erect the building had undertaken to
pave the way from the gate to the building.
Lord BROUGHAM—Not the road?

The Marquis of LANSDOWNE—Not the road.
Lord BROUGHAM was very glad to hear it, and
placed the moss implicit trust in the statement of his
Noble Friend.