The Sun.
London, England, 1844-06-27 00:00:00

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COLRT CITICULAL
The Queen and Prince Albert. walks d, yesterday fore-
noon, inc idle royal gardens of Buckingham Palace.
ner Highness the Prine,•ss Royal, accompanied
the Dowager Lady Lyttelton, was taken an airing
Yesterday, in an open carri:ge and four.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by Mr.
George Edward Ansln, want, yesterday morning, to the
°ffice of the Duchy of Curnsv,-.11, in Somerset House.
Tne Royal 'Tinnily- acre taken airings yesterday, in
the royal gardens.
th!Ter Majesty, attended •by her Lady in Waiting, left
Palace yesterday, fa- an airing, in an open carriage
and four. Prince Albert accompanied the Queen, on
horseback' the Equert ies in Waiting. Colon, 1 Arbuthnot
and Major-General Sir EdWard Bowater, also attended
on horseback.
The royal dinner party at Buckingham Palace, yester-
,°43 evening, included .the Portuguese Minister and the
Barone;; de Moncorvo, the Duke and Duchess of Argyll,
the Alirquis of Lorne the Marquis and Marehioness of
ere'-n, the Earl of, Aberdeen, the Earl and Countess
of duoßoieher Lord John Russell, and Mr. Fraser Tytler.
The ban f the Coldstream Re:,iment of Foot Guards
Was in attendance at the Palace during dinner.
Her Royal Highness theThichess of Gloucester left
town on Tuesday, for her residence, Bagshot Park.
lier R').) al Highness the DuChess of Cambridge took
an airm-, yesterday, in a carriage.
O'Reilly-, Attorney-General fur Jamaica, had an
interview with Lord Stanley yesterday, at the Colonial-
olß

Mr. Ashbel S:nith, Charge d'Affaires of Texas, left
town for Paris yesterday.
The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England had a
There yesterday, at the office, in Whitehall-place.
There were present—the Bishoof London, the Earl of
Ilesborough, the Right Hon. H. iobhouse, and the Dean
of Westminster.
Mr. Wood. Chairman of the Excise, had an interview
with the Chancellor of the Exchequer, yesterday, at his
official residence in Downing-street.
Mr. Robert Neilson had an interview yesterday with
Lord Stanley at the Colonial office.

°BSERVATIONS ON THE SPEECH
OF MR. WILLIAMS ON THE CURRENCY
BILL.
c, TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Mr. 'Williams's speech occupies by far the largest
rtion of the debate on Monday evening, and as every sen-
tence contains an error in statement, or principle, and those
T°ra are evidently adopted by the great majority of the
ch7use, I intrude on your columns to point out the mis-
evous mistakes to which the Hon. Gentleman. gave ut-
terance ;--
, First. He asserts
of En That the excessive
ra circulation of the
England paper had encoug ed speculation."
olv, it is clear, that Mr. W. imagines (from the vast im-
pnance he attaches to its Operation) that the Bank of Eng-
circulation constitutes a preponderating portion of our
teal circulation.
He admits that our trading transactions are far greater
tllan those of France, yet he does not discover that specula-
t4l IS carried to too great an extent in that country, though
the currency of France amounts to one hundred millions, and
the
Bank notes have not averaged twenty-five I
oeeondly. He complains that while 1. ranee has one hun-
t';;fd millions of gold and silver, we, requiring more, have only
~,,irtY• The obvious inference is, that we ought, in his
ark'n, to import and pay for the difference, seventy millions
least ! lie then treats us with the monstrous absurdities
,(3,1-IJaciel Hardcastle and Mr. Horner, and their stuff about
depreciation."
e he truth is, that our paper circulation never was, never
f"; 14 be, depreciated in any degree—the idea arose from con-
") 11 of terms. Gold was much wanted for payment of
orf°()Ps and rose in price ; and our ingenious theorists, instead
saying that "gold had risen," said " paper had fallen I"
.e.Y might as well have said that paper had fallen, because
i
aret or burgundy, from a short harvest, had risen in price,
that my son Henry had fallen or shrunk in stature, because
ill, brother Leopold had grown three inches taller during the
last Year.
triMr' Williams refers to the panic of 1825 (like the inns-
°us Attila), but cannot perceive that the country was then
saved from convulsion by the enormous issues of Bank of
„Iltgiand paper between the 10th nd 20th of December, and
ni fapvour of a Bill which wall render any repetition of
sae..h saving process impossible.
ell might the old writer say that " those whom Jupiter
"Its determined to destroy he first deprives of reason."
COMMON SENSE.

• OUR FATE IS SEALED.
Sins—'l
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
he astounding, the inconceivable ignorance of our
tiii6:slature leaves us without hope for the future. Peel con-
tones his currency course without opposition; he makes
is,',',cessions of points as unimportant as whether a soldier's
„,s'i(el should have on it twelve or fourteen buttons, and no
4;7, rises up to denounce-and lay bare the monstrous fallacies
::::uhrfreerifonouorseussypstrein:.iples on which Procustes Peel bases his
write on the 26th of June, at a distance from London—it
possible that some Member whom Providence,
4,(3: "nearly miraculous interposition) has blessed with com-
evill sense, may have pointed out to the House the terrific
s with which we are threatened.
11,04" an enactment comprising a thousand evils, it is scarcely
Lihrtfi while to notice more than the most enormous of the
""ders
th!. will 'content myself, therefore, with calling attention,to
The
features of this legislative Frankenstein.
altzlhe first is, the attempt to convert our circulation from one
ste,,,°Bt wholly of paper, to one almost wholly metallic; the
the4.l, to restrain our circulation to a fixed amount, though
respt4tension of commercial transactions may render a cor-
11"ding extension in our machinery of transfer imperative.
(4s e objections to a metallic currency are manifold. First
thir,aYing most on the surface), is its costliness. If we add
millions of gold to our currency, we must give thirty
the
of
second objection is, the impossibility of obtaining a
si4t eient supply of the metals. Our real main currency con-
,B of bills of exchange, of which 250 millions are constantly
ti;,at. These hills pass through as many hands as Bank' of
08,ee5!,4-land notes of like amount, and perform exactly similar
in our transactions.
"e third objection is, that metal, instead of being steady,
eoetinually shifting its relative value ; and that if cir-
-4lstances cause it to flow out of the kingdom, thus making
it tv,aeimm in our circulation, there are not any means of fill-
top that vacuum.
N Attila Peel imagines that he protects commerce, by
pine Bank notes convertible into gold. Now, independent
fact that he cannot accomplish this, his effecting his
th:lr'se would do little to benefit commerce ; the rendering
(~,,blohler of a note secure, would not protect the depositors
4„,'", se interests are in the ratio of four to one of that of the
t,-;"„t,"olders), nor the billholders, whose interests are as eight
11oe of the noteholders.
could in no degree create additional wisdom or caution
sitquaorikers in lending their own capital, or those of their de-
s..rs; and it is obviously on this point that the whole
of power to meet engagements depends.
f 04.1! Robert admits that the Bank of England may issue
2 to the amount of thirty millions—sixteen on bullion,
thaeeli on Government debts, &c. The deposits exceed
letL.e.eli millions. I repeat a question I have put in a former
thir,'"--If panic should arise, and the depositors withdraw
tiot:een millions of the gold, how are the thirty millions of
8 to be cashed? COMMON SENSE.

SINGULAR CASE at the MANSION-

HOUSE.
th'el Mr. Cornbedun, on behalf of his friend, a foreigner, of
tio„ll4lne of Bergstol, requested permission to call the atten-
pof af the Chief Magistrate to the outrageous conduct of a
sitt4c,,man, of the name of Hamgra, who had stopped the un-
enligrant the other evening, and taken away from him
Ti tie and gold watch.
114 'a foreigner' as well as his broken English could express
ts, had called upon the policeman to take him
:t ?, magistrate, that any charge which the man " dressed
eka- little brief authority" might choose to make, might be
titrt,lllll?ed into. This Mr. Hamgra declined to do, or to re-
folh„.."le abstracted property. M. Bergstol had, therefore,
,the;,"„a,(l—(we were going to say the "robber," we mean)—
„T'acer, and luckily meeting with Mr. Cornbedun, to whom
well known, that gentleman had insisted on the great
accompanying him to the Mansion-house.
rtt,A asked what justification he could offer for the out-
ac had committed, Mr. Hamgra assumed a profound and
rcir tV look, assured the Mayor that he had great deferenee
e authority of the Chief Magistrate, but must "most
faetfully, but firmly, decline to answer the question. He
n tittered divers grand sentences about the power given
k4tl:yolice, and referring to the case of the Secretary of
tikiVor the Home Department and Mr. Mazzini's letters,
cktiti jed his conviction bf the similarity of the circumstances,
v.iaat any inquiry into his motive for taking the property,
the '44 he intended to do with it, would "be fraught with
DroZast dangerous consequeces to the empire," and was
``tling in this strain when n
our reporter left.

A/ r „
4ncii, '.GED CHILD 1 URDERs.
ti.,,,4lYesterday afternoon at the_ —llr.
-ladtrenent,
114,,-,1! on the body
a•
myaeleanignfawnetm, aalalegh.eadmetdo
aral,(l,ll'd by the handef nofletsw.iliyiobthnerrn
`ll4dr dYland, late housemaid in Geifbstohnis, .
,54,,4)ra of the above house. the service
young
circumstances of
f Mr.
narrated. Hy-
-10
ss gathered from the lengthened examination of a lel-
Lii, sissrvant of the accused, may be briefly
,r, a een in the se
rise
th-(' 11 11 b •service of Mr. Gibsony durin given st,
latterly had
to e atonths, and her appearance
ciente. When questioned
oil tluspicions that she
le subio t however, swheasstoutly denied the fact, and
pait' I's went on ai usna in .
11144. '-e
'
and was unable
Derr
very much of spasms in the chest,
elf-o;t'urin 'her usual work. retired to rest with her
d went down stairs for a
peC'Servant about eleven o'cSlonac• but appearing to be in
ustti, P,?irl the latter got up a
' Iles -(, warm water,.which the accused placed upon her
to her mistress's hed
1- inc ''''his gave her no relief, and her sufferings appearing
ti,),,,, -tese, the witness went down to
illness, and inquired
if ' to
she informed of 11Y141
1 bour, and the witness
qit,„; should call in assistance, or take her anything. . Mrs.
tt'll inquired if Hyland was in
.a
Gibson then said,
%Iv'', that she did not know, adding that she complained
it flint acute pain from spasms. Mrs. thin 4t were the case,
she
f(4,4 and the witness returned to her room, where
it was not necessary to send for any-
d
(ilt•ii,, and
walking about, apparently in great agony.
and Hvlan
Nlibett,,elY, both parties went to bed g
tirt, ne witness between five and sts ao'callotk on Tuesday
"list' ;<e>i saying she was unable to get up to do her work, and
A slight link in
th, ei( that a charwoman might be sent for.
I%lqeti.,l4ill of
newt witness's evidence was here. w ting, the
ethe Savoy
I.lv 1t Pc'"At upo ich she entered being the dapnarture of
NI and, at nine o'clock in the morning, from
previously
latidteta, in a cab. Her quarter's wages had. been
541,1 0 her by Mrs. Gibson and after paying oP or three
"Ns t 4ecuunts to her fellow-servants, sherwuested wit-
Isft till earl up her box and send it to a certainplace, to be
41lew 'Vaned for; cautioning tier, at the sane time, not to
'ThiQi.t i_s mistress to look in it, as there as wast
tosom_ey linen
(let,„!! she did not wish her to see. Subsequen IH land's Ivr4;gits the box was examined, and the body yof an infant,
wound
• tiqti 41) in petticoat, one string of which wash ere lip; round its neck, was discovered therein. Tpolice
, 10 di tantly informed of the circumstance, and succeedede
144k:covering the mother at a lodging-house, near Shoe 7
,t 4 ti f„r'Qt°''', Blackfriars from whence she had been removed_t
ti,i'ri-- ...tray-)
2.1, 'm Union wo'rkhouse, where she now remains let th,-,,''sen thought desirable that a postmortem examination
.te
Pro„rdy should be made before closing the inquiry, h
Fbu'ngs were adjourned for that purpose.
ioni ,11,,il'iN AND CASHET RAILWAY.—The House of
''e rn"" Laving, suspended' the Sanding Orders in favour odf
tiale ~.gissa of this measure the Bill has been read a secon
1,1;-uu Mill go into Committe«: in Monday next, Ist July:
• et Laden)uis and Marchioness of Douglas (Princess.Marut.
Port are expected tce arrive at the Duke of Hamilton's,
" ArritZ square, on-Monday m at, from Brodrick Castle, Isle