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London, England, 1845-06-09 00:00:00

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

The SPIAKER took the chair shortly before four o'clock.
Lord EDWIN HILL took the oaths and his seat for the
county of Down in the room of the Earl of Hilsborough, now
Marquis of Downshire.
A messenger from the East India House brought up certain
returns.

NEWCASTLE AND BERWICK RAILWAY.
Mr. HODGSON HINDE moved the postponed to Wednes-
day the third reading of this Bill.—Agreed to.
OXFORD LINES OF RAILWAY.
Mr. H. DRUMMOND brought up the reports upon the
Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Railway, and also the
report upon the Oxford and Rugby Railway.
CORNWALL RAILWAY.
The Report on the Cornwall Railway Bill was brought up.
NOTTINGHAM ENCLOSURE.
The Lords' amendments to the Nottingham Enclosure Bill
were agreed to.
ULSTER LINES OF RAILWAY.
The Reports on the Dublin and Belfast Railway gill and the
Ulster Extension Railway Bill were brought up.
GLASGOW AND AYR RAILWAY BILL.
The report on the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr
Railway Bill was brought up.
CLAUGHTON-CUM-GRANGE CHURCHES BILLS.
The two Claughton-Cum-Granges Churches Bills were re-
spectively read a third time and passed.
BRIGHTON (WANDSWORTH BRANCH) RAILWAY
BILL.
An How. MEMBER presented a petition from certain indivi-
duals, named Raven, against the above Bill.
NORTH WALES RAILWAY.
The report on the North Wales Railway Bill was brought up.
BRIDGEWATER NAVIGATION AND RAILWAY.
The report on the Bridgwater Navigation and Railway Bill
was brought up, and the amendments agreed to.
LUNATIC ASYLUMS BILL.
Lord ASHLEY brought in the Lunatic Asylums Bill,
which was read a first time.
PETITIONS—MEDICAL BILL.
Petitions against the 36th clause of the Medical Bill were
presented by Mr. GRANGER, from the chemists and druggists
of Durham ; by Mr. Parker, from the chemists and druggists
of Devonshire ; by Mr. Leader, from the chemists and druggists
of Westminster; by Mr. E. Vivian, from the chemists and
druggists of Truro ; by Mr. Godson, from the chemists and
druggists of Bewdley ; by Mr. Divett, from the chemists and
druggists of Exeter, Dawlish, and its vicinity; by Mr. Blewitt,
from the chemists and druggists of Monmouth ; by Mr. W. H.
Bodkin, from the chemists and druggists of Rochester ;
and 11r. H. Berkeley, from the chemists and druggists of
Bristol, and praying to be heard by counsel against the Bill.
The Hon. Member also presented a petition against the Bill
from an individual named Derby, who complained that he had
not been chosen as a Fellow of the Council of the College.
Mr. VIVIAN presented a petition from the chemists and
druggists of Swansea against the

SCOTCH—UNIVERSITY TESTS.
Mr. FOX MAULE presented several petitions from places
tri Scotland against any university tests.
MEDICAL INS FITUTIONS.

Mr. WARBUR TOVireienied a petition from Charleville,
praying that the same description of charter might be granted
to the several branches of the medical profession in Ireland as
proposed for England.
AIONMOUTH RAILWA Y.
Mr. GODSON presented a petition from a person
named Collins, praying that he might be heard against the re-
port of the Committee on the Monmouth Railway, which uas
ordered to lie on the table.
THIRD READINGS.

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The Newcastle and Berwick Railway Bill, the Trent Valley
Railway Bill, the Brighton, Lewes, and Hastings (Ke3rner
branch) Railway Bill, and the Kidwelly Inclosure Bill were
read a third time.
CHICHESTER AND
RAILWAY SOUTH-EASTERN JUNCTION

The amendments on this Bill were brought up, and ordered
to lie on the table.

POLICE MAGISTRATE.
Mr. WILLIAMS gave notice that, on Monday, the 16th
June, he should move for the correspondence between the Se•
cretary of State for the Home Departrr.ent and Mr. Twyford, a
A
poGRICULTURIice magistrate, relative to the committal of Mr. Meyer.
AL AND COMMERCIAL BANK OF
IRELAND.
Mr. COLLETT gave notice, that on the third re of
the Agricultural and Commercial Bank Bill, he should mng
ove
that the report of the Committee, and the evidence on which
it was founded, be printed.
RIGHT OF SEARCH TREATY.
Sir R. PEEL laid on the table the ratification of the treaty
with France for the regulation of the right of search.
Lord PALMERSTON wished to know whether there was
any indisposition, on the part of the Government, to lay on
the table the evidence which had led to the terms of the treaty.
Sir R. PEEL said that, as that would implicate the state-
ments of some members of her Majesty's Government, he
thought it would be inconvenient.

IRISH BANKING BILL.
Mr. ROSS stated that he had received several comninnica-
' tions only this morning, which induced him to request the Right
Hon. Baronet at the head of the Government to postpone the
reading of this Bill for a week.
Sir R. PEEL said that he had already given sufficient no-
tice of the third reading of this Bill. Several other important
motions had with it been delayed for a long period, and were
now waiting for decision, so that he could not consent to any
postponement.
Alr. ROSS replied that the Right Honourable Baronet had
stated that he was willing to receive suggestions, and as the
communications he had received contained what he thought
were matters for serious consideration, he hoped his request
would be complied with.
Mr. ROACH said that the Scotch Banking Bill stood for
the first thing to-night, and it would probably occupy the
House till midnight, so that there was little probability of the
other Bill coming on at all, and that no inconvenience could
possibly arise if the Irish Bill were postponed.
Sir R. PEEL said that the same principle might be applied
to every Bill, and he could not recognise it on the present
occasion, as it was very desirable that the Bill should be car-
ried through its stages as early as possible.
RIGHT OF SEARCH.
Lord PALMERSTON wished to know whether Govern-
ment had any objection to lay upon the table of the House the
evidence which had been taken before the joint commission and
which had induced the two Governments to abandon tht right
of search. If Government had no objection to do so it would
prevent any public inconvenience which might arise from the
want of information on the subject, and enable the
house to judge whether Oovernment had properly or not sus-
pended the exercise cf the right. At all events they ought
,o have that portion of the evidence which related to the right
f search question, and as to whether the right was or was sot
ecessary for the suppression of slavery. He wished to know
-dso, whether the Right Hon. Baronet opposite had any eb-
;-ction to lay upon the table of the House a continuation of
he correspondence which wa, produced in 1,543, and which re-
fated to the affairs of Syria.
Sir R. PEEL should have no objection to lay upon the
table the continuation of the correspondence relating to Syria,
but as a considerable time had elapsed since it had taken place,
there might be some potion of which ought not to be produced.
He should, however, have no objection to produce portions of
the correspondence. With respect to the evidence of the officer
taken before the Commission, relating to the slave
trade, he did not think that any inconvenience
would arise from its not being produced, and the Noble Lord
would see that the instructions given on the subject to the
officers of the two countries were contained in the treats..
PORTUGAL.

Mr. S. WORTLEY wished to know whether there was
any prospect of a reopening of the negotiation between the
Government of this country and Portugal, relating to the com-
mercial treaties of the two countries.

Sir R. PEEL replied that no negociations of any kind were
at present pending between this country and Portugal.
In answer to a question from Mr. S. CRAWFURD,
Sir J. GRAHAM was understood to say that he Would
postpone to a distant day the Parochial Settlement Bill.
SCOTCH BANKS.
On the motion of Sir IL PEEL, the House went into Com-
mittee on the Scotch Banks.

On clause 8 being proposed,
Mr. FOX MAULE proposed an amendment, to the effect
that the bankers be allowed to amend their returns of circu-
lat ion.

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER opposed the

Mr. HUME supported the amendment, and protested against
any interference with the Scotch currency.
Sir R. PEEL was much disappointed at the manner to
which the measure had been received. He certainly had
th.aught that the Right Honourable Gentleman opposite
would have seen, in his (Sir Robert Peel's) exposition of this
measure, a desire not to alter, but to preserve within bah,
limits the system of Scotch banking.
The clause was agreed to.
Clause 9 was then passed.
On clause 10 being proposed,
Mr. HUME objected to it. He understood that the Right
Honk urable Baronet had determined not to make any
alteration in the currency of Scotland, and he could
not therefore allow this clause to pass without opposition.
All he wanted was an explanation of the measure. If it was
good it should meet with his support. The Right Hon. Ba-
ronet had stated that he wanted, in ease of an overflow of
paper money, to guard against the Scottish Bank drawing on the
Bank of England.
Sir R. PEEL said that when the notes were convertible
into gold there was generally a tendency to issue more paper,
and to continue issuing and increasing the notes. For
a certain limited time the value of the paper would
be favourable ; but when a period of depression should
come it would be incumbent to convert notes
into gold, and the demand must have a tendency to
reduce their circulation. These remarks applied to the Bank
of Scotland, and were also equally applicable to England. The
value of the whole currency would be diminished, and it would
soon be discovered that paper was issued to excess, and with such
a simultaneous demand for gold from Scotland and England upon
the Bank of England, great inconvenience would resul, and com-
mercial transactions generally would he greatly restricted and
impeded. It was, therefore, sound policy to ask that some
restrictory prohibitions should be made on the issue of notes.
31r. \%ILLIA3IS thought in justice to the measure that
had been passed last year, the Government bound not
to afford any greater facilities for the issue of
paper money in Scotland or in Ireland.—( Hear.)
He remembered when the Bill of 1814 was re-enacted in 1826,
after it had been partly repealed in 1822, se far as regarded the
circul ion of one-pound notes. A strong objection existed
amongst the people of England and Scotland. He remem-
bered the threat of the Scotch bankers on that occa-
sion. They said that they had an immense amount of
property in the funds, and they would dispose of that property,
and get the amount in gold, and put the Bank of England in
difficulty. That threat prevented the Government from ex-
tendit g the issue of V. notes in Scotland. It was said
that there were no failures in the Scotch banks. He
remembered several failures. A short time ago
in consequence of the failure of a bank near Paisley there
existed the most intolerable distress, when the Paisley manu-
fact eters were obliged to apply for charity.
,k,r. HAWES denied that the Scotch circulation was sus-
tained during the time of the greatest drains by drawing on
the Bank of England.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER had a state-
ment in his hand which he would read to the House, and
which would set the point at rest as regarded the pressures of
1833 and 1833. Ihe whole effect of these transactions was to
benefit, to a great extent, the banking interest in Scotland.
Mr. HA WES said that in 1839 the whole of the Scotch
debt in the books of the Bank of England was on account of
foreign credits. The Honourable Member then read a
number of documents relating to the banking trans-
actions between Scotland and the Bank of England,
which ne could not follow with exactness, or even with
perspicuity, in consequence of the rapid and indistinct wan-
ner in which such difficult quotations were read.
Mr. FOX MAULE had understood the Chancellor of the
Exchequer to say that Scotch securities to the amount of
3,000,0001. were sold and paid for in gold in the year 183 g
and that this gold was carried into Scotland.

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER was under-
stood to explain that he had said the gold so received alight
have been carried into Scotland under the circumstances..
Mr. MUNTZ considered that if the Bank of England had
suffered any inconvenience by the alleged operation, it was en-
tirely owing to the defective arrangements of that body itself.
Mr HUME considered that the bankers ol Scotland should
not be interfered with, with respect to their issues, when there
was no occasion for it.

(LEFT SITTING.)

MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY.)

CORN EXCHANGE-MONDAY.
The past week's arrivals of most kind of grain of home
produce have been on a very moderate scale, but those of
Irish Oats, together with the imports of foreign Wheat,
Barley, and Oats, were tolerably extensive, though by no
means large. Fresh up the receipts of English Wheat were
small, but of very superior quality. Although the attend-
ance of buyers was by no means large the demand for
all descriptions was steady. Our accounts from nearly
every quarter speak in favourable terms of the grow-
ing crops, but which are somewhat backward. There
was a fair sale for all kinds of free Foreign Wheat, at
extreme figures ; while parcels under lock (of which about
10,000 quarters were disposed of) were in good request for
speculative purposes, at improving currencies. There were
disposed of a parcel of about 200 quarters of Australian
Wheat, in very tine condition, at sixty shillings per quarter.
The quality was excellent. Grinding Barley was again in
excellent request, and extreme rates even readily obtained.
In other kinds comparatively little was doing. On the whole
the Malt trade was steady, and last week's figures were sup-
ported in every instance. For Oats we had a fair inquiry,
vet nu improvement was noticed inN-alue.Beans anii4d3tPot:
were thecutußrnnEdNeacryerr.4l:o:Ftt
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Wheat—Essex & Kent,
Lincolnsh., Feed. 22s 23s
Red .
d.
.C. o. r. k. ,
203
220
Ditto, White 458 578
YoughaJ rtn. 24s 25s
Norfolk and Lin-
coln, lied.— 405 475
—42; 5-5:
2I a 23s
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Deans—Tick Scotch,orklllia‘ ich'kie.i et ed
::: : : 22s 23a
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34s 39s
New. 3ss 36s pigeons.— •• • • 363 39s
Barley—Grinding .•. • • 235 28, Pease—Grey .•••• • • • • 36s 38 s
Slatting .•••• • • • • 325 34s Maple .....
Chevalier • ... •• •• 36s —8 White ... •••• • • • • 38s 40a
Malt—Suffolk and Nor- Boilers _ 40s 42s

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Brown .• •••• • • • • 565 COs
Kingston and Ware GOS —s
FOREIGN GRAIN A.
Wheat—Dantzic • • • • • 32s to 36s
liambargh • . 30s —s
Barley • • ....... 205 23s
Oats —New . ..... 19s 23s
) eed
330 R OUGII AND SPITAZTIELD a.
Selected qualities of Potatoes are in fair request, at full
rates of currency; but all other kinds are extremely inac-
tive, and the turn lower. The arrivals are large for the
season.

Flour—Town-made .• . 42s . 8
Suffolk 33s 353
Stocktn & Norfolk 338 35s
D FLOUR IN BOND.
Beans
Pease •••-•••• • • • • • • • • 28s 32a
Flour—American .•• • • 19s —8
Baltic .• • •• • • •• • • 138

BOROUGH HOP IMMILR.ET.
The plantation accounts represent an increase in by ; home
holders of nearly every description of Hops are very firm,
and will not sell except at extreme quotations. As vet very,
little is doing in the duty.

WOOL M.1172,RET.
In the past week we have received an immense supply of
Wool from our Australiaa colonies, the total import Unmet
!laving amounted to nearly 5,000 bales ; while, from other
quarters, about 1,000 packages have come to hand. Pri-
vately very little is doing in foreign Wools, but English par-
cels command steady sales at full prices,
TALLOW
This market is about the same as last week ; prices are
steady and firm, but we think not higher, either on the spot
or for the customer. We see but little prospect of lower
prices for the present. At St. Petersburg a fair business is
doing at higher rates. Town Tallow is 39s Ed to 40s
net cash.

cal led th
ERRATUM.—In a notice, last week, of the play
e King's Friend, performed at Sadler's Wells, we incor.
rectly stated that the part of La Plume was played by Mr. H.
Mellon, whereas it should have been "by Mr. Frederick Morton."
infant son of Lord and Lady Charles Welles-
ley was christened on Saturday at St. George's Church, Hanover.
square, in the presence of a select fatally circle. The ceremony
was performed by the Hon, and Reverend Gerald Valerian Welles-
ley, the infant receiving the name of " Arthur." The Duke of
Wellington, the Earl of Manvers, and the Marchioness of Exeter,
were the sponsors, all of them attending in person.
By the orders of her Alajesty, instructions were
yesterday received by the Ordnance authorities here, to give up as
much of the fortifications at Gosport as is requisite for the purpose
of forming a lino of railway from the present terminus, across the
moat, and through the ramparts to the Royal Clarence yard, for
the express use of her Majesty.—Hampskir! Telegraph.

MAYNOOTH GRANT.—At a special meeting of the
Lancashire and Cheshire Presbyterian Association lately held, a
petition to the House of Lords was unanimously adopted in favour
of the grant, and signed, amongst others, bj fourteen Magistrates
of the two counties.