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THERMOMETER, Lowest, 46 ; Highest, 63; Noon, 66.
BAROMETER, 29.87.—W1ND, N.E.

Government Bank. Then came the important part
of the Right Hon. Baronet's speech. He proposed
that the Bank of England should continue in the
possession of its present privileges, but that it should
be divided into two distinct departments—the issue
and the banking departments. To the issue depart-
ment he would transfer the whole amount of bullion
in the Bank, and the issue of the Bank should take
place upon two conditions only. The first was, that
there should be a definite amount of security ; and
the second, that the banking department should
have no power to issue notes on deposit, and that the
amount of issue should not exceed 14,000,0001.
"I propose further," said he, " that there be frequent
reviews of the accounts of the Bank—both of the
banking and issue departments. Objections have been
hitherto made to the publication of these accounts,
but I confess I see no reason why these accounts
should not be published, and I think publication of
these accounts would be highly salutary. I propose
that it be enacted by law that there shall be returns
to the Government from the Bank weekly of the ac-
counts of the issue of notes ; of the amount of bullion;
of the fluctuation of bullion ; of the deposits ;
accounts of every banking tranr,ction in the issue
and banking departments of the Bank of England."
With regard to country banks, he proposed that they
should retain their existing privileges, but that they
should not issue more than they had done within the
last three years—that they should have the privilege
of suing and being sued, and that they should be com-
pelled to select competent, efficient, and responsible
directors. He proposed, also, to place the joint-stock
banks in London on a similar footing with other
banks, and give them the power to accept bills to any
amount, and at any date. He proposed, further,
that, with regard to joint-stock banks, there
should be a periodical publication of the names
of all directors and partners, and that they should
publish periodically the amount of their issue.
No new joint-stock bank was to be established la ith-
' out application to some Government department.
He again reverted to the Bank of England, and pro-
posed that when the issue exceeded 14,000,0001., the
profit should belong exclusively to the State, and the
increased issue was not to be left to the Bank, but to
three Members of the Government. The charter was
to continue for the original time specified, namely,
till 1855, with power to the Government, on giving
notice one year previous, to make alterations at any
time while the charter existed. With regard to
Scotch and Irish banks now existing, he proposed no
changes. These are the main principles of the Bill,
and the Right Hon. Baronet, after adverting to what
he had done in 1819, and stating the interest he took
in establishing a secure currency, submitted them to
the mature deliberation of the House and the country.

NOM—The number 32 on the Thermometer Ilenotes the
freezing paint, and 55 temperate. In Barometers fair is
usually placed opposite 30, and rain at 29.

111011- WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE DIT.
Napa ... minutes after 5 J Evening...2B minutes after 5.

In the House of Ldrds the Bill introduced by Lord
CAMPBELL, entitled the English Debtors Bill on the
Continent, went through Committee, and was ordered
to be read a third time on Monday. Lord CAMPBELL
deserves credit for thi. measure. It will reach a
number of thos3 unprincipled men who have fled from
their country in debt, and live like wealthy English-
men abroad while their creditors cannot reach them.

Lord \VHARNCLTFFE laid on the table the report of
the Committee which had been appointed to watch
the building of the new houses of Parliament. It
appears from this report that Mr. BARRY has departed
from the regulations laid (t)wn by the Committee,
and his Lordship intimated that he would call the
attention of the House to the subject on Thursday.
Lord MONTEAGLE gave rotice, that on Thursday
he would move for a Select GAninittee to inquire into
the effect of protecting duties en the commerce of
the country.
A discussion took place on a motion of the Mar-
quis of NORMANDY, relative to the appointment of
Mr. O'BRIEN as a stipendiary magistrate, but it led
to no result. The House adjourned at a Quarter to
Nine o'clock.

In the Commons, Mr. RoEnccK presented a pQti-
tion from Mr. 13..tisAnn GREGORY, complaining that
he was confined in a .solitury cell, that he had no bed
but a matrass on an iron frame, without sufficient co-
vering, and the only drink allowed to him was water-
gruel.

Sir JAMES GRAHAM said Mr. GREGORY VMS not
kept in solitary confinement; he was placed in a room
of a superior kind, where there wa3 a fire, and many
other indulgences a 110..% el, which would not be al-
lowed to prisoners of Ihe same class; and so far from
his health being implired by confinement, he was
better than when he entered the prison. Under pre-
sent circumstances, V did not consider it expedient
to make any alterations with regard to his treatment.
Mr. HORSMAN put a question to Sir JAMES
GRAHAM relative to a statement which had appeared
income of the newspapers, to the effect that a soldier
had committed an aggravated assault upon a woman
in Westminster, and had been fined 10s. by Mr. JAR-
DINE, the magistrate, on the ground that the soldier
was intoxicated.

Sir JAMES GRAHAM said he had made inquiry, and
the magistrate had given an explanation which was
satisfactory. Mr. JARDINE had never admitted in-
toxication as a plea for outrageous conduct, and on
that occasion had distinctly stated that it could not
weigh with him for one moment in adjudicating pu-
nishment. ' •

Mr. HORSHAM said he was perfectly satisfied with
the explanation.
A brief conversation took place relative to the mo-
tion of Mr. HumE on the recal of Lord ELLENBO-
ROUGH, when it was understood that Mr. HUME'S
motion would have precedence this evening. Sir
ROBERT PEEL intimated that what he had to say on
the subject would be very short.
The House went into Committee on the Bank
Charter Act, when'Sir ROBERT rasa, moved a num-
ber of resolutions, which we have) referred to in a se-
parate article.
After a few observations by different Members the
resolutions were laid on the table, and ordered to be
taken into consideration on Monday se'nnight.
The House then went into Committee on the Fac-
tories Bill, when all the clauses were gone through ;
the House resumed, and adjourned at a Quarter to
Two o'clock.

A Correspondent in the Times, of this morning,
makes some forcible and pertinent allusions to the

shameful manner in which Trafalgar-square has

been already disfigure], notwithstanding it is only

a few days since it was thrown open to the public.
" Already," he says, " this noble Square has been
polluted by brutes in human shape; and dirty boys,
besides, are suffered to disfigure the reservoirs, and
fill them with orange peel, wood, filthy rags, and
paper. Meanwhile, the police, whom we pay so
well, are idly looking on, or engaged in the

elegant employment of ogling the women." Ii
is a remarkable fact, but one that has been ob•

hour iu thQ day, nuisances should be perpetrated with
impunity which, as the writer in the Times observes,
are "an offence to common decency." The terrace
in Trafalgar-square is one of the greatest ornaments
of the metropolis, and should be thronged by re-
spectable people, for whom it forms a most agreeable,
airy promenade at all hours of the day; but if no
pains are taken to keep it in a decent, orderly state,
it will assuredly ere long be quite deserted by all but
the lowest and most vagabond portion of the com-
munity, and instead of being the boast, it will be-
come the disgrace of London.

We have received Madrid papers of the 29th ult.,
but they bring no political intelligence in addition to
that conveyed by the telegraphic dispatch of the
2d inst. One of them contains a letter from Malaga,
giving the following details of the expedition to
Morocco.

" The frigate Christina arrived two days ago, along with
a sloop of war, and has just left for Tangier, to demand
satisfaction for the insult offered to our nation in the person
of its representative. Probably this satisfaction will not be
given. The Moors prepare for the struggle, and are al-
ready approaching the coast. Foreseeing this, the head of
our naval force has made the proper preparations to carry
such of the consuls and the Spaiiards as may wish to quit
Morocco into Spain. The expedition sailed to-day, the
24th, and yesterday an English ship left Gibraltar for
Tangier, no doubt to watch in case of an outbreak of hos-
tilities."

Nearly all the Paris papers have articles on a mea-
sure which now excites general interest in France—
the abolition of slavery in the French colonies. The
subject, as we have already stated, was brought un-
der discussion in the Chamber of Deputies on Satur-
day, when M. GuizoT made one of those impressive
and common-sense speeches for which he is so re-
markable. The measure, he said, was taken up
earnestly by the Government ; slavery in due time
should cease for ever in all the French colonies, and
all the Government wanted to carry such a glorious
purpose into effect was the support of the Legislature.
The Chamber responded to the appeal by unanimous
cheers. The subjoined is a brief outline of the
speech :
" No doubt or uncertainty ought to exist, either in France
or in the colonies, at the conclusion of this discussion, as to
the intentions of the King's Government. It must not be
said, either in France or elsewhere, that it had drawn back
in place of advancing. The Government decidedly wished to
have the abolition take place. No person would, he thought,
recommend that measure all at once, and no proposi-
tion of the kind would, he believed, be made in the Cham-
ber. What the Government demanded was to make certain
preparations for the measure, both in the colonies and at
home. Measures had been already taken to produce an
amelioration in the condition of the 'slaves, and establish a
better intercourse between them and their masters. It was
true that some resistance had been experienced in the colo-
nies from the landowners, but how could it be expected that
so considerable a step could be taken without some difficulty
being experienced? But all difficulties would besarmounted
by the Government, either by the authority it possessed, or
by coming to the Chambers to ask for additional powers.
The Government did not suppose that it was by doing no-
thing, or by waiting for the benefit of emancipation to ar-
rive by the will of Providence, that the great negro family
was to be set free. That could be effected only by strenuous
endeavours on the part of all. Much had been already done,
and the Government felt convinced that if it were firmly sup-
ported by the Chambers, the abolition of negro slavery
would be attained with better conditions than had been
effected by England. It was an immense and grand result,
the one obtained by that country. And yet faults had been
committed. Nobody admired more than he the grandeur of
resolution and excellence of result connected with the Eng-
lish measure ; but something better still could be done. The
French Government would profit by the experience of their
neighbours, and attain the seine object as they."

The Riforme seizes the opportunity of the change
of Ministry in Spain to make anattack on M. GVIZOT,
and blames him for conferring the Legion of Honour
on such a renegade as BRAVO. This is a most unfair
mode of attack. The writer in the Reforme knows
who is only responsible for that act, but has not the
courage to lay the blame on the right shoulders.
" The Spanish Ministry," it states, " has been over-
turned. BRAVO, a deserter from the ranks of the
Radical party, has experienced the fate of all rene-
gades. He has been made use of to betray and per-
secute his former friends, and when, after accom-
plishing his task, his services as an informer and exe-
cutioner were no longer wanted, he was rejected with
contempt by the Muderados, who could not suffer
the presence of a traitor in their camp. It is to that
man, nevertheless, who is an object of indignation to
all parties in Spain, that M. GUIZOT has lately sent
the Grand Cordon of the Legion of Honour I"

The police have discovered another infernal ma-
chine, invented by a gentleman with a Polish name.
The affair, which appears very ridiculous, is thus re-
lated in the Siecle :
" M. Leweski is the inventor of a machine to be moved by
atmospheric pressure. His workshop is in the Avenue des
Veuves, in the Champs Elysees. He was anxious to form a
company to work out his invention, and for that purpose he
was making the necessary experiments on board of a boat
which he had purchased for that purpose, and which was
moored at the Quai de Chaillot, near the Avenue des Veuves.
While doing so, he was visited on the 26th of April by a com-
missary of police and four officers, who inquired what he was
doing, and M. Lew•eski, who was afraid that his secret would
be discovered, told the commissary that he would not allow
any one but himself to enter. A few minutes after M. Leweski
was arrested and carried to prison ; seals were placed upon
the machine, and his assistants were also arrested. The fol-
lowing day the assistants were liberated, but M. Leweski is still
detained, and no communication is allowed with him. Some
of his friends have made anxious inquiries as to his fate, but
the only information they have been able to get is, that he is
detained on a charge of constructing an infernal machine."

On Sunday the Three per Cents. were quoted a'
TORTONI'S at 84f. 55c.

A Court of Directors was hold at the East India
House yesterday, when Lieut.-General the Right Hon.
Sir Henry Hardinge, K.C.8., was appointed unani-
mously Governor-General of India.
ART-UNIONS.-A deputation on the subject of the
Art-Unions had a conference with Sir R. Peel this
morning.

THIS DAY'S NEWS.

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

NEW SPANISH MINISTRY.

MADRID, MAT 4.
General Nervaeg, President of the Council, and
Minister of War.

The Marquis de Villamit, JNlinister for Foreign
Affairs.
M. Mon, Minister of Finance.
M. Pidal, Minister of the Interior.
M. Mayans, Minister of Justice.
And General Armero, Minister of Marine.— Times.

PORTUGAL.

FALL OF ALMEIDA.

Almeida surrendered on the 28th ult., at four o'clock.
The officers and chiefs were permitted to retire into
Spain; the men were to depose arms, and to be held
exempt from punishment. Our correspondent's
letter is dated the Ist inst. The details of the whole-
sale sweeps of despotism which have been recently
practised—of the transportation of newspaper editors,
Deputies, members of the Opposition, and others ob-
noxious to the Portuguese Minister, deserves atten-
tion.—Chronicle.

BANK OF ENGLAND.-(THIS DAY.)

served a hundred times, that wherever the police
are most wanted, there they are sure never to be
found. On almost every occasion of a street disturb- A General Court of the Directors of the Governor and Com-
p any
ofc: the Bank of England was held this day, for the pur-
ance, whether by day or night, it invariably happenstaking into consideration certain special affairs re-
that they make their appearance on the scene of ac- noseating to the charter.
Itinlteenettoarsa Cenotuenrseedl
til. for the Bank.
tion just at the moment when order is restored, and firslltirtinEierlseinteehehtilueen'i! Counsel, was in attendance, for the
their services may be dispensed with; while they may
and the minutes of the last meeting having been The Governor asnadp
be seen idly lounging about in twos and threes, and o'clock,monad,Gforthe opiutrspaoisde tolfie
laCe.urt
,loid been s
ever ready at one's call, when there appears not the
slightest chance of any demand being made on their prietors the communications)My ehoar:. thereceivedCo fromtof Pro-
interference. Where were they, let U 8 ask, when the A
1 lajesty'shGovernmdel, in reference to their charter.
Before,her
nuisances alluded to by the Times Correspondent were answerslo'e
ver,w
which
cp proceeded
t °the Court to roefailitrleieotsoersliladuit
oucommunications,tt and the
perpetrated in the most magnificent Square of which give to those communications from the Government,g irti•golilotutl)
Direc-
this, or perhaps any other, metropolis can boast ? tboersbbaat
dlehvtiaotnedh ksopmartthteocostautesetotht.ehyehCoadurtadwo htydthe
Why were they not actively on the alert to repress last renewal of the charter, inasmuch as thep epruopproinettohres
with a firm hand any attempt at a nuisance ? ought to be satisfied and assured that there was peltyentwreebie
Pro-
It •
might have been taken for granted that sire on the part of that House to communicate with theprietors, and to show that they had not been unmindful of
the
.throwing open of Trafalgar-square more their interests.—(Hear, hear.) On the last revival of the
especially when it is borne in mind that the charter the Proprietors were called together on the day of
nearly the announceluent in Parliament, but, as in the present in-
opening of the R' )lillyl .1 I
aC
tadtehnel y
same
Emxchitbiimtieon—lN to
time--would
theld stance the measure to be proposed to the Go-
public took place la
vernment had reference not only to that House,
have attracted a vast but to the general banking of the country, the Court
and motley crowd, and fur ,some of Directors had thought that it would not be right to call
days to come at least, the
nei
bpolice should have mus.. the Pt roprietors together before the announcement to Parlia-
tered strongly in the neighbourhood. True, True, there 'an portionen
ofm tahee,fbacetcsa,uasnedthteheDyirceocutowrs
ncootultaovnelysthaax given
t
were a few policemen about,g scattered
among the mob—we saw one or
two
ourselves
and there the intentions of the Government were as to the other great
terday— but the must have paidve3its-
why the
itnh6e, interests of
Dofirtelicteorcso,uieTt.edif'rhoesme
thelN'erceontrhsee
adopted
attention to their duties, otherwise the reservoirs
li little. ( in(., 1835. The Proprietors had expressed a wish at the Flast
would never have been in the conditionrs 1
hoonuortmt(!iate (the
b 1 loi tell c e in that Governor)
ionseshouldcolleaguescontinuetobandolrd that
which our Contemporary's correspondent describes. itieielided him to the choice of the Proprietors, and in conlineu°imnt,-, 1
We trust that the nuisances which he so justly de- , situlautlidoiittoTtgroefla'tiedeiffihecufletlt tbhatt litet‘he vas placing himself in a
nounces will not Le suffered to be repeated ; or, if thatone thde pursual of a straightforward htforward samecourset imweashetitieholuigghhtt i
repeated, that the offenders will be instantly taken by ,pu'rsuinh atthe should best fulfil his duty to the Proprietors
dealt with accord-
up by the police, and summarily
communicaatniy (Hear, hear.) He would not detain them
observations of his, hut would read the first
ing to law. It is perfectly intolerable that in one of ,Chancellor orithtehLCcTrt of Directors had received from the
the greatest thoroughfares in London ; which is in
April,ttie BanklB44 charter. Exchequer with‘vas refedraetnecde tot Lhee renewal
26th
off
the immediate neighbourhood of some of our most po- Governor theirdprowceaescleiligned Henry Goulborn. The
pular public exhibitions; and which is thronged every was to the following etrectto—it
rea:.as the letter, which
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