The Sun.
London, England, 1819-01-28 00:00:00

SILVER COIN.

Mr. GRENFELL wished to ask if the fli =ht Hon.
Gentleman opposite was aware of the tact that the
price of standard Silver, at the present moment,
was five shillings and seven-pence haltptnny an
ounce, being three halfpence an ounce above the
Mint Regulation, which the year before last was
four or five per cent above tha: pri'-e ? His rea-
sou for asking was, that wider such circuit).
stances, a
temptation existing, k: melt or ex.,ort the
Silver Coin, we might expect its gradual &sap-
ipearmuce, in the same manner as the Gold Coin
had disappeared under similar circumstances. He
also wished to ask the Rigll Honourable Gentle-
man whether, if the fact was as he had stated.and
believed it to be, he (the Chancellor of the Ex-
!,chequer, was prepared with • 'any expedient to
counteract the effect of such an operation on
the commerce and industry of the country ?
The CHANCELLOR of 0)2 EXCHEQUER replied,
that the House must be aware he could not im-
mcdiatti!jy answer such a 'question as that
propos-
ed to tal her the Honourable Gentleman. A. 1(1e
,e
could lay was, tie::t although be bad-heard of,(1
circumstance attvet ted to by .t be Honourabla Crfacq:-
lemur), he had Itiatself k""k-dge of the fact
and he hdd reason
be the high price of Silve:. at the present mon
it would not be of long coot inuence.
n to beli.zve, that whatever
je,ut,

13ANK. oir ENGLAND.
Mr. PROTHEROE expressed his hope that some
Hon. Nlember, who was one of the Directors of
the Bank of England, would (4-et to the Com-
mittee appointed to investigate their capacity to
resume Cash Payments being a secret one ; be-
cause it was most important that the Commi;tee
alipoioted to examine, that fact should carry with
it the public confidence, and he very .nineb dottlit
ed whether the Report of. a Secret Committee
.
would he sn accompanied.
Mr. IVIAS:Ntsw observed, that for one he was
hound to discharge his duty ill that House as a
Member of Parliament, and not as. S 1 Bank Di-
rector, and that he should he infineneed
in
his'eOnduct by 'a strict reference to that coo.
sideration.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHIMVER said, that
if the Hon. Member for Btistol would refer to
the Report of the'Committee 17D7, tvoidd
prechtded the public
not find any thing which
from becoming possessed of all the considerations
on rr hich that Report was (minded. He now
gave notice, that on Tuesday next lie would move
for a Committee of Secrecy on the state of the
Bank of Eugland, with reference to the resump-
tion of Cash Payments at the period now
fixed by law, and on other matters .connected
therewith.
Mr. TIERNitY observed, that the last expres-
sion used by the Right Hon. Gentleman was ob-
scure. It might mean that which he (Mr. Tier-
ney) wished to moved for, and it might not. The
motion which he (Mr. Tierney) intended to make
included the whole subject. Did the Right
Hon. Gentleman object to his motion ? The Right
Hon. Gentleman said, that he would move for a
Committee of Secrecy. He requested him to
state, as a matter of candour, whether or not he
meant to propose that the Committee should be
chosen by ballot ?
The CHANCELLOR Of the EXCHECLUEIy replied,
that he meant to propose that the Committee
should be constituted as Secret Committees al-
ways were. If the Right Hon. Gentlemen's no-
tions did not agree with his, both their notices
might still stand.
Mr. TIERNISY observed,, that the Right Hon.
Gentleman's notice at present was different from
that which he originally gave ; which was con-
fined to a mere inquiry into the capacity of the
Bank to resume Cash Payments. Of that he
(Mr. Tierney) had no doubt. iiis object seas ro
institute a more general inquiry, in order that
hould the resumption of Cash Payments tie fur-
ther postponed, the House and the Country :night
act with their. eyes open. Was that the flight.,
Honourable Gentleman's object ? If so, let the.
Right Honourable Gentleman say so. and he
(Mr. Tierney) would by no means object to the
proposition. Or was the Right Honoordhle Gen-
tleman's only intention to oppose hint (Mr. Tiet-
ney) at air events—to contend that what he him-
self proposed was right, and what he (Mr. Tier,
ney) proposed was wroog
? In other words,' did
the Right. Honourable Gentleman mean the saute
thie he igntrienlTainernaegyr)eetdlid?eneirfaitilyie
Ig
Honourablea s
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:.Anar•
tpirannpycrictititoosne,n,a;illtel
wnnld tFootmotbniiet(t,eteroxi.zirse.rni(ictril:
After some ft,rtlier explanation by the Chance
lor. o; time Exchequer, toy
Mr. TLIIRNEY asked if he would
tb*
ld
quirt' by Pie Secret Conamitiee to 311-rred
fact—whether or not the Bank would be PriPa
to pay in Cash on the sth of nett JolY
To this the Cif e! ..AN...at.t.da of the fixca."-.,tee
replied, that he meant to propose the Co'llf°r_imirt
for the same potrtniSeA thoge fur which the Copt
was appointed in 1797. till
Mr. TIEPNBY fintii4, said, theft
sio
t he had doOehtic
that he could to avoid unnecessary diartisni
that snch being the determination of the gigrse
lion. Gentleman, he muse persevere in the
e 00,4
of which he had given notice; for every °lt o•
what would he the Report of a Committee
pointed by ballet.

EI.ECTION PE rims.
9lain!
A Petition froth 14,nd C. rownsbentlo OM' s or,
ing of an undue return for Tathworth,
&led to be taken into consideration on I%l°'
the 9th of ALtrch.—Adjourned.

LAW INTF,LLIGENCE.

COURT OF KING'S BENCH, JAN. 97'

TOE XING v. AICoRN AND BRIDGF3.
The defendants'ih this had heed' i(7-1110
llisl d op, against whom the e d
ten
evi,it aols 1"11
euce in the Court of Exelic(fuer, s 5
deo assisting in a stuttgglito, tran•atilo" "
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111„it,litgeS,e[ittlictsttili'sesre,x.1617,
Parta tnal place ealied ill' 1
on the prosecution of the deteni:llat'll:tcse,
that they had swot') falsely, was, that, 0" "9.
,;11sri
day the 13:h of September, a grand-chili' Its
the elder, died ; that on Sunday, the I'Ll)l,l);,.drlilic
went to church, to appoint a (lay for ir.s
°a
that he then returned nine did not 0ftcr,,,,,t1
stir out ; and, consequently:could not ha" j'ijis
at Milhide-bridge, which is several miles f'-°lll
residence. „t
o
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL ow moved that
„(..
verdi'f should be set aside, mid a new find grr;ic
ed. He founded this application on
of the Clerk of the Church to which theo.
Guy swore he went, on Sunday, the 14th orl;is
ternber, to consult respecting the boirisl or ad
grand-child—which grand-child, the C1e,r_4,11,114
deposed, was buried on the 9kh of SepteuluectbC
though lie* was stated not to have(lied hot"
13th.—Rule granted.—(British Press.)

SbRREY SESSION JANUARY 27.

CHILD DROPPING.
tr°9g
A case /teas tried here whit! excited the of itiro
.f N interest. It occupied nearly five hours. .no
URTO vary ably conducted the prusealti-
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Mr. COWLEY lIIC defence. ,
A/the Atkinson. and Thomas Stephens ariseWe
dieted for haying conspired to defraud the t
of Bermondsey, by exposing their male 105‘--(
child opposite the Workhouse of that parish. c
Jane Johanna Stapleton said, she bred
No. 56 Brunswick-street, Biackfriars
The female defendant came to take a lodet
at, her house ; 3aid she was the wife ut
uxeiserm n. lo the evening she came 'W.'.
wi‘h the rude defendant, rind paid e•tril(;sfeci
both
,took possession in about a week, anti blus
together as -man and wile. The womao
1
ti,r advanced in pregnancy. The man tii(11:
when the child was born they sho"id
to his mother's, alethey were ,going
The child, a boy, was born on the 26•11
Witness was at the birth. Mrs. Lewis et;?ts '19,.17,5r
The child remained in the Noose tithe 1'47; try
after which it was taken to
nurse. The fettli;:r nod mother left the ho"'`„n`e
same day, and returned aliont. a tveA, and
for the child. They tutu took the rWit:,,,C
with them: they returned at' half-pas'
night without it. The man %vas in a v"Y Jirre
hoed and fainting state. Witness kiSk°l verf
the child was; The woman said it v'
and well taken care of, at
tier's. Witness was not satisfied, it"' f-14 i1,,10
lined her enquiries for several days. The leitooic
defendant told her, that she 1111(1 the owl' of
the child, and bought a rush ha4:et and a Pie t:t to
stew flannel, wrapped the child up it) it, ) the
e
into the basher, and that the man tied it itls),oo,,
knocker of a door, opposite BermondseY't ro
or
h wt
!louse, while site watched at the top of thfl,
chit there were two or three napkinc, a Ca re-
two, and a sleep ' "
sleeping gown ; that there Was 0/.
ward of la for the discovery of the poid oat
Witness afterwards atv the father, and"%Ohl'
site midersiood what he had done with 0)e the
Ile said he had no other means of gett"',
child into the work-house.
tans see
The defendants wete found Guilty,
tented to six months' imprisonment.
Dove?
A Gentleman who bud just landed At Id
from France, on Saturtlity last, was 094010
by the Tide Surveyor of the Customs, °fro%
gold watches and 55 gold musical seals t"kerin tea
his pin son ; the value of the whole la cst'll,:rli
at neatly I 0001. The articles were very claw
conceakd round different pints of his l!,00.-1

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MARRA F.D. IC"fol
On the 26th inst„ at St. Pancras, Sir julrn MacleBitlirder i,„
the Bath, to Sa'rah, only child of I.3enj
Conlin:Hider tit the Must Honourable and Military ow o
Highgate.
DIED. ..o.of
.
On Sqttirday, 1 he 2d inst., after a short illness, 111i01'
0f35
on:y d,Jot4liter (if Sir it ott.in..Lewes, KO. „f frh r
Ott ;tt twily, the 2;td trot , Elizabeth, wif.- od ;''''
Dow,liittz, Esq., of the King'. • 'CII.'i" we - o'
s-road, de sea.
;twin Price)
tll
of i,er age. ' • , io j,
. On the 3d inst. at Scofield, Mrs. Elizaltetli Let.'d gron,(
10.411; year of her ace. Out of fifty-six children a" ‘iii hwr,„
elii!Oren, deceased wus Pt esent tit the birth of forg' clool,j.
59tit year she Was delivered 01 her youngest chitot., 0 alof
I,AI ( 122.45 q. Site was never ii:loWfl to employ ti PhYs,lc:llo.;t)
mil,. 1t to
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