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SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

t CRICKET.
1 THE MARYLEBONE CLUB AND THE COUNTY OF HANTS,
n. WORCESTER RACES.—THURSDAY. 1 Ivrea Pinex AND GOOD.—This match excited considerable
The Severn' Stakes of 5 sovs. each, with 25 added. One mile I interest, and occupied Monday, Tuesday, and part of Wed.-
1/!r: Buckle 's David, sarnds a quarter. . nesday. Lord's was very well attended on the first and
(Denman) 1 ' second days,' and comprised, as usual, a great number of the
L.ll. icerratt's Intrepid, 3 vrs 2 nobility and gentry of the land. The odds—which, as soon
Zrr• Ongley's King of the Gipsies, 3 yrs
ut • Collect's Cattonite syrs
The fll • ' '
a,, 0 owing also started, but were not placed :—Mr morning were much increased on that eleven so soon- as it
tr'lTuls Hopbine, 3 yrs; Mr. J Day's Bubastes, 3 yrs; Mr. was intimated that Box was unable, in consequence of the
nr,Dert's Joanna, 3 yrs; Mr. Davis's Jack, 5 yrs; and Mr. severe indisposition of his wife, to come up. Another player,
The Miss Susan, 4 vrs. Good, was therefore substituted, we think with some want of
41Le Two Years Old Strikes of 15 SON'S. each, with 25 added. judgment, because the Hants wicket keeper having been lost,
Half a mile. an efficient representative in that place was required. The
kJ; Skerratt's Tottenham (Marlow) I player selected is not distinguished in that department of the
• Hughes's Chevy Chase
elkMaino_r's Birdswing ... 2 game, and the result of the match clearly proved that a mis-
-3 take had been made in the choice. In the prowess of the
._?....tellowing were not laced':—Lord Warwick's Gwalior, contest the want of a good wicket keeper was much felt, for
""a Mr. E Peel's General Nott. several wickets were lost in consequence of the absence
The Worcestershire Stakes of 20 sovs. each, 10 ft, and 5 only of that officer. The first innings was well fought for,
If declared; the second to save his stakes; 501. added. whilst the Marylebone scared 118 their opponents made
~ Two miles. 90. In the second hands,
however, the former completely
'4l,erd Warwick's Yardley, 4 yrs ...(Denman) 1 ran away with the match. Everything was against
111'. Ongley's Roderick, 5 yrs 2 the country eleven. The heavy rain of Monday after-
Collett's Rory O'More, aged 3 noon caused the ground to be very heavy during the
_The City Member's Plate of 501. Heats. Two miles greater part of Monday, so much so as to take out what is
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tr. Collett 's Cattonite, 5 yrs (Marlow) 1 1 termed the " devil "of the bowling.. Sir F. Bathurst and
Er. Pearce's Jack, 5 yrs 2 2 Day bowled beautifully, but for the reason just assigned their
tr:. Most 's Miss Miggs, 4y rs
J. Day's Bubastes, 3 yrs ~... 0 3 hits prove as effective as upon ordinary occasions. The
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'lr. J. Smith's Go-forget-me, 4 yrs ...
fore, reaped all the advantage arising from the heaviness of
the round. They scored 118, of which Mr. Hartopp made
10, Ir. Haygarth 16, Dorrington 7, Mr. Kynaston 20 single
runs—showing the operation of the ground, and such a hand,
we should say, this gentleman never marked on any previous
occasion, seeing that he is of the "slashing" class—Dean 13,
Captain Freer 14, Hillyer 4, Mr. George 4, whilst there were
20 byes and 7 wides. Hampshire followed, and scored 90;
of these Mr. Ward, whose presence in the match afforded
universal gratification, made 3, Pilch 35, Bodle 12, Good 15,
Mr. Keape 9, and Mr. Greenwood 6. There were 7 byes,
and not any wide balls, the bowlers being Lillywhite and
Hillyer, who never bowled so well. The. Marylebone, in the
second innings, fetched 175, in the following manner—Mr.
Hartopp 12, Captain Freer 11, Mr. Kynaston 12, Dorring-
ton 16, Mr. Haygarth 42, Dean 34, Hillyer 3, Mr. George
16, and Mr. Barker 9, added to which there were 15 byes and
3 wides. In the second hands of Hampshire 57 only were
scored, the longest score being that .of Captain Freer, who
marked 13 ; Sir F. Bathurst made 9, Pilch 9, Good 7, Mr.
Ward I, Mr. Keate 4, Mr. Gale 3, Mr. Greenwood 4. The
byes were 7. .The Marylebone, therefore, won by 140 runs.

SAILING -MATCH.
Tne river yachts mustered in great force on Wednesday at
Greenwich, for the purpose of contending for the most costly
prize that has been sailed for since the establishment of the
club. The cup was a splendid silver gilt tankard of large
dimensions, and exquisite workmanship, and for costliness,
beauty of design, and execution, was immeasurably superior
to the ill-designed Brummagem-looking cups which are ge-
nerally contested for by the yachts of the club. This elegant
tankard was purchased some time past at Messrs. Mortimer
and Hunt's, by Captain Cocksedge, one of the members of
this liquid fraternity (people are getting tired of the word
aquatic), and was by him presented to the club to be sailed
for by yachts belonging to the squadron.
The vessels slipped their moorings off Greenwich at about
twenty minutes to: twelve, the competitors being the Gazelle
of 25 tons, Thomas Rutherfoord, Esq. ; Mystery, 25, Lord
Alfred Paget; Champion, 26, H. Gunston, Esq; Gnome,
25, T. Meeson,.Esq. ' • Enigma, 25, Josiah Wilkinson, Esq. ;
Phantotn, 20, A. 0. Wilkinson, Esq. The Phantom got a
good start at the beginning, and was followed by the' Mys-
tery; whilst the other craft were all becalmed, and clustered
together in most admired disorder, The boats drifted down
Woolwich Reach, where the Phantom was obliged to
let go her kedge, as, the tide was setting her on to the
shore, and unfortunately the man in the bow, instead of
taking a turn with the rope round a cleet, endeavoured to
hold on, and let the warp go with the kedge. However, she
went on •keeping the land until Halfway Reach, when the
Mystery caught a light air of wind, and carried it up to the
Phantom, which she passed to windward. In Erith Reach
the Phantom luffed in to windward of the Mystery, and
passed her, maintaining her position up to Coalhouse Point,
where she rounded the buoy at forty-four minutes twenty
seconds after four. The Mystery was barely half a minute
astern of her. The Enigma followed at fifty minutes ten
seconds after four, the Gnome twenty-five seconds after, the
Gazelle and Champion• hringing up the rear, all within six
or seven minutes. As the boats hauled their wind the match
increased in interest, and it was expaeted that t
aus he well-
known capabilities of the Mystery, under the pices of
Stokes's extraordinary skill, Would have enabled her to
overhaul the Phantom, but this little vessel. kept the lead,
and the Mystery did not appear to fore.reach, or weather
on her in the least. At length, in Halfway Reaeht Lord
Alfred Paget carried away the jaws of his gaff, and
he was consequently obliged to douse his topsail whilst
two hands were sent aloft to splice the spar to the mast,
and as soon es the damage was repaired, ha got a smaller
topsail set; but meantime the little Pliantonl was bowl-
ing along, soaking well with the tide, and occasionally jam-
ming up into windward, and it now became evident that
the redoubtable • iron Mystery ipust yield to her smaller
wooden adversary, and accordingly, at twerity.five minutes
past seven, aba rounded the buoy at Greenwich, amidst the
joyful acclamations of the assembled multitude, for the fre-
quenters of the river still retain a lurking tendresse for the
old-fashioned wooden vessels, and are glad to see a small
boat of this class triumph over the most powerful iron yacht
that has ever yet got under weigh. Lord Alfred Paget
rounded. the buoy at twenty-nine minutes after seven, the
Enigma followed several minutes after, then the Champion,
then the Gnome and the Gazelle, but these four latter vessels
were several minutes astern.
Notwithstanding the great disadvantages under which the
Mystery laboured from carrying away the jaws of bar gaff,
it must be acknowledged that she was fairly. beaten by fair
sailing—Lord Alfred Paget might have raised a protest
against the cup being given to the Phantom, as that vessel
had let go her anchor during the race, and had lost it,
whereas by the laws of the club it is not allowed to any
vessel, to throw anything overboord during the race. Lord
Alfred, however, with excellent taste and a generosity which
cannot fail to be appreciated, at once waived his claims, and
refused to avail himself of what was unquestionably a valid
objection. The cup was accordingly presented to Mr. Wil-
kinson by the munificent donor, Captain Cocksedge, and the
yachts returned to their moorings.
The next match will take place on the 25th.

EXTENSIVE ROBBERIES.--Information has been re-
ceived at the metropolitan police offices that, on Saturday
last, an extensive robbery was committed in, Minshull-street,
Edge-hill, Liverpool, the property stolen consisting of a large
silver cup, engraved on one side with a ship, and on the
other an inscription, importing that the cup had been given
by the underwriters at Lloyd's, to Captain George Lyon, of
the fillip Favorite, for saving the ship and cargo in the river
Delaware ; also six larde silver dinner forks, ten or twelve
table spoons, dessert and tea spoons, sugar-tongs, sauce and
cream ladles, two silver half-pint caps, arid various other
articles. On Saturday the shop of Messrs. Perrin, of Temple
Cloud, near Bristol, was broken into and robbed of a large
quantity of silk handkerchiefs, shawls, black silk velvet,
satin waistcoat pieces, apparel, hats, &c., and a quantity of
copper coin. A reward of 201. has, been offered for the dis-
covery of the depredators.
AMERICAN CLOCKS.—A novel species of clock.; have
recently been introduced from the United States. These
clocks are shaped something like hall-clocks, the principal
novelty of them consisting of a sheet of plate or looking-
glass being fixed in the door under the face. These mirrors
vary in' size from a few inches to two feet in length. On
the first importations of the article, it seems that the officers
at London and Liverpool, uncertain as to their correct deno-
mination, delivered them on payment of the duty as goods
manufactured, at the ad valorem duty of twenty per cent.
The matter has since been brought under the notice of the
Beard of Customs, and they have directed that in every
instance the ad valorem duty be charged on the clocks, with
the addition of' the duty on the plate-glass of 4s. a foot. The
importers have remonstrated, and have requested to be al-
lowed to scrape the silver off, which has been refused, and
the parties informed that they can only be allowed to remove
the glass and export the same. The importation of these
clocks has lately been very considerable, a parcel arriving by
almost every American vessel.
Tan MACKEREL FISHERY.--Upwards of 100,000
mackerel have been landed on the Brighton beach since last
Friday, which realised from lls. to 18s. per hundred, and
were retailed in the streets at six to eight a shilling. The
fish market at Brighton has been completely glutted with
those dainties of the deep during the last fortnight.
At the fifth annual meeting of the Shareholders of
the Union Bank of London, held on Wednesday, a dividend of 5
per cent. was declared (free of income-tax) on the paid-up
capital of the Company. The business of the Bank is satis •
factorily progressing, the increase on current and deposit ac-
counts having been more than 60 per cent. respectively, corn-
pared with the state of affairs last year. The result of the
operations for the year, after paying all charges of manage-
ment, disbursing dividends„and appropriating 500/ as usual
in reduction of preliminary expenses, has enabled the Direc-
tors to add 3,468/, to the reserved fund, which is thus in.
creased to 12,000/., invested in Government securities, be-
sides leaving a surplus of unappropriated profit of 7,000/. It
appears the Directors have not considered it necessary to
make any alteration in the rate of interest allowed to their
customers on current accounts, notwithstanding the low
value of money, because they are pi' opinion that the perma-
nent interests of the Shareholders will be best consulted by a
strict adherence to those principles on which the Bank was
founded, and which has secured for it so much public confi-
dence. The agency business of the Bank is stated to have
most materially increased, and, under the new Government
Ineaaare for the regulation of banking, it is expected this
branch will further improve.— Times.
SUICIDE AT ItICHWIND.---On Tuesday morning,
between ten and eleven o'clock, a tradesman of Richmond
and his wife were crossing the Twickenham meadows when
they heard a splash, in the river, as if some person had
junipeci lip the water. The sound came from the Surrey
side, and apparentiy near to the Dake of Buccleuch's man-
sion. Whilst crossing the bridge the parties Wolfed about,
but could see no person, either on the bank or in the water.
They then proceeded to the police station, and stated the
shove facts, when police-constable Hunt. 207 V, was dis-
atched to the spot. Drags were obtained from the White
Cross Tiwepni and used by some bargemen, who, after the
lapse of a quarter Of an 1104 r, recovered the body of a young
woman. The deceased was taken ta the White Cross Tavern,
-ancillr, White, a surgeon, was sent for, but that gentleman,
on hie arrival, declared life to have been extinct some time.
The deceased was recognised as Elizabeth Holley, a single
woman, twenty years of age, and obtaining her livelihood by
shoe binding. She had been repeatedly heard to declare that
she would drown herself. The body still lies at the White
(kilo Tavern to await an, inquest.
CoIiISEGRATIQZT pf NNW CHURCH AT TON-
InuneF.—On Tuesday morning the linrd Biehop of Rochester
consecrated a new church at lliidenbrough, a hamlet of Tun-
bridge, in the presence of a large number of clergymen and
gentlemen, amongst whom were the Hon. and Rev. Sir
Charles Hardinge, Bart., vicar of Tunbridge i the Hon. and
.Rev. F. T. Noel, vicar of Teston, near Maidstone ; the Rev.
4, podd, rector of Rushurst ; Rev. A. C. Payler, rector of
chicldingstpue ; Rev. T. Curteis, rector of Sevenpaks ; ReV.
N, Harward, vicar' of deal ; Rev. G. Woodgate, vicar of
Pambury I ReV, *UT& Polhill, Arglest Iligtenshaw, Her-
" 1-it. May, Itionevponqy, and liacitoW i
Colonel Aus-
Arthur Vott, Esq., J. Lucas, Esq. The
Ain, C. Dawson,
church is dedicatedito St. ;...17. the Evangelist.
- inquiry which

EXPLOSION AT BOLTON._ After
lasted three days, the jury returned the folloiving
" We are unanimously of opinion that the death of James
Swift, Bridget Hart, and J. Macdonald, was, caused by an
explosion of a steam boiler at Mr. Brook's null ; than the
said boiler exploded from the pressure of the steam being too
great ; and that George Branscombe has caused the explosion.
We are also of opinion that due care has not been used in the
general superintendence of the steam -engines and boilers."
George Branscombe was thereupon committed to take -this
trial for manslaughter. .A subscription was entered into by
the jury for the relief of the families of the deceased ; and the
sum of 8/. 10s. was handed to ,the coroner, as the commence-
ment of a subscription for, that purpose.

SUT*LieONDON, SATURrDAY MORNING, JULY' 13, 1844.

Noble Friend's-notice, that- he. intended-to enter into:the I
question of the Sinde territory, but he thought that his
inquiry would relate solely to the question of the Pun-.
j,itin. _He (the Earl of upon), however, would advert
the whole of the topics which had been introduced by the
Noble Marquis. • His Noble Friend had said that'he spoke
entirely upon public rumour as to certain operations
that were going on. Now, public rumour in this in-
stance, as was generally the case, had greatly exagge-
rated the truth: The rumour it appeared was, that an
army of 80,000 men was collecting in the Punjaub for
, the purpose of invading and conquering that country.
He could tell his Noble Friend that this rumour was en-
tirely without foundation. He knew of no army being
in existence in that part of the world, except that which
was under the command of Sir C. Napier. With respect
to our military force in the north-west, it was right,
perhaps, that he should make a few remarks. It was
perfectly well-known that within the last few years it
had been deemed indiSpensably necessary that a large
portion of the military force in the Presidency of Bengal
should be concentrated in the north-west provinces.
Everybody who was at all acquainted with India knew
that that portion of our territory was most liable to
sulden attack. It was, therefore, indispensably neces—
sary at all times that it should be an object of care, and
it would be obvious to everybody who considered for a
moment the actual condition of the Punjaub, that that
part of our territory ought not to be left without ade-
quate means of self-protection, particularly when it was
recollected that that country immediately joined the
Sutlej. It would be recollected, too, that the affairs of
the Lahore settlement were administered by an indepen-
dent chief, who ruled remarkably well. That country
was now very:flourishing, and cultivation, he understood,
had greatly extended ; and this very circumstance was
likely to prove a temptation to depredators. He said,
therefore, that they were bound, in goo& faith to the
Sikhs, and by principles of public policy and justice, to
take care that our position in that quarter was secure.
With this object, a force was maintained there by Lord
Ellenborough and the Indian Government, and he (the
Earl of gpon) could assure the House that neither the
authorities in India nor at home had any wish or desire
to obtain one inch of territory in that country. Their
views were essentially pacific. Nobody could say, under
the circumstances in which that country was placed, how
soon it might be necessary to defend ourselves. or at least
to defend those for whose defence the British army
was supported. He trusted, however, that he had said
sufficient to allay the fears his Noble Friend entertained.
With respect to Sinde, his Noble Friend asked if he
(the Earl of Ripon) .had heard the rumour _that it was
intended to extend our territory still further beyond the
banks of the Indus. He had never heard of such inten-

sure. The more ,he reflected on :the subject, the more
Convinced was he.thit all that was wanted was to give
and:bei►eficiai effect_ to the Act of 1819, and,tO secure
that certainty which it was the object of this Bill to
'Mail'. Under these "circumstances, he trusted their
Lordships Would. he wepared to go into Committee on
the Bill..
.....

Lord -MO.Y.V.NGLE said he did 'not rise for the
purpose of opposing this Bill; on the contrary, it was
founded on principles which he had advocated on former
occasions. He thought the Government deserved in-
finite credit for the manner in which they had carried
forward this measure. What was more striking even
than the courage of undertaking to legislate on such a
question was the peculiar skill with which, by a con-
cession here 'and .an arrangement there, without any
materialsleeiatien irons the principle on which this Bill
was foundek , s , measure of. this description and mag-
nitude had been proposed, and carried through Parlia-
ment with the least amount of opposition ever offered, he
believed, to wineasure of that nature. Nor could he help
alluding to those high authorities from whom chiefly this
measure had proceeded.—( Hear, hear.) He referred not
to any Parliamentary authorities, except so far as those
authorities were to be-found in evidence before the other
House of Parliament ; but he alluded more especially to
the calm, sound, and practical attention which had been
given to this subject by such men as Mr. Loyd and
others who had devoted their minds to this question.—
(Hear, hear.) Whilst, however, he concurred in the
general principles of this measure, there were some parts
of it to which be could not give his consent. The Bill
had been properly called a complement to the Act of
1819. There was in this country a class of persons who
objected to it on that very account, and who, for that rea-
son, considered it likely to be productive of evil conse-
quences. It was unnecessary for him to go at length
into the discussion of the point of difference, but he
thought no one could hesitate to say that, after the
events which occurred in 1797, and which were con-
tinued till the restoration of cash payments, it was the
absolute duty of the Legislature to restore the coin to
the state in which it had, previously been. He knew it
was said, "Aye, it was right to restore a standard, but,
in restoring the ancient standard of the country, you
inflicted -a great wrong on the mass of the community."
If they were to restore a standard at all, he conceived
that they were limited to the ancient standard.—(Hear,
hear.) They heard persons say, " What an injustice
you inflict on the whole community by compelling
them to pay in gold coin, at the Mint price,
debts contracted in • paper, subject to a depre-
ciated currency." What an extraordinary fallacy was
there in that statement.—(Hear, hear.) Did not every
one who had considered the subject, know that although
those debts might have been contracted in a depreciated
currency, they were so contracted subject to the obliga-
tion of paying in the full standard at the period subse-
quent, to the restoration. There was no standard to
which they could honestly revert, except the ancient
one. Befers he quitted this part of the subject, he could
not help saying, in reply to those who were against re-
striction, on account of its pressure upon the productive
classes, that there never was a grosser delusion than the
supposition that the productive classes of this country
were interested in a continued depreciation of the stan-
dard. _ The natural effect was a rise of prices.—(Hear.)
UltiMately, indeed, there might be a rise in wages, but
it followed, at a long and painful interval, the rise of
prices. In a depreciated currency they had an evil of
the most portentous magnitude to all, but the evil
pressed more severely on the labouring classes than upon
any; other class in the community. On this subject, as
on many others, they had of late made very considerable
progress ; and they were enabled to discuss it with the
aid of experience. Experience had shown that many
remedies hitherto relied upon were altogether valueless.
Between the year 1832 and the present time, the cur-
rency of this country had not been managed in away which
was satisfactory to the public, safe to the Bank, or con-
ducive to the interest of the labouring classes. They were
now called, upon to consider a new proposition; and they
would be rash indeed, if they were to predicate the re-
sult. The experiment was one which the Government
deserved, credit for making, for it was based on autho-
rity which fully justified its proposal ; but looking to
the peculiar circumstances of the country, the state of
the manufacturing interests, and its dependence on fo-
reign markets, and other matters, he could not agree
with his Noble Friend that they were, by passing this
Bill, laying the foundation of a perfectly safe and satis-
factory state of things. But if, after the passing of this
Bill, there should still be periods of pressure and diffi-
culty in this country, he protested against the supposition
that they were all to be attributed to the work-
ing of this measure.—(Hear, hear.) Now, a great
deal of controversy had been carried on in reference
to the principles upon which this Bill was founded.
They were told by some that it was perfectly absurd to
imagine that any issue of promissory notes payable on
demand could act upon the exchanges, or upon prices?
provided the paper was convertible, and that, therefore,
the mechanism of this Bill was altogether unnecessary.
He could not, he confessed, adopt this theory. Would
any man tell him that the doubling of the quantity of
gold in the country would not have an effect upon priests.
If that were the ease, surely the effect with regard to
paper would be the same, if: that paper were convertible
into gold. But this Bill was founded on the very oppo-
site theory, viz., that by regulating the paper currency
—the promissory notes payable on demand—they regu-
lated all. He doubted whether there wore not
other things besides promissory notes and metallic
coin which acted upon the currency. He believed that
bills of exchange and Bank cheques acted upon the cur-
rency—he believed that every ingenious commercial
contrivance adapted for economising prices acted upon
the currency. He wished to call the attention of the
House to one branch of this species of currency, which
was so entirely identical with promissory notes payable
on demand, that it struck him as matter of snrprise,
that it should have been altogether omitted front the
Bill. If it were right to regulate and restrain the
issue of promissory notes payable on demand, he
would like to hear how the Noble. Earl would discri-
minate between an accepted post-bill at three or seven
days' sight, accepted before it left the Bank, and put in
circulation with a general indorsement, and a pro-
missory note payable on demand. He felt
some anxiety on this subject, lest through
an 'omission the provisions of the Bill should be ren-
dered a dead letter. The first symptom of weakness in
the Irish banks was the substitution of bank post bills
for promissory notes, to such an extent that the former
Constituted one-third of the whole circulation. The Bill
seemed to him to proceed too much on the fallacy that,
by regulating promissory notes, they did everything
that was required. The great merit of the measure was,
he conceived, its approximation to a single issue. The
first effect of a restriction on the part of the Bank of
England would be to raise the value of money; but
that would induce other banks to issue more
money, because the profit would be increased. On this
point the Bank of England had been just as much to
blame hitherto as the country banks. They had seen
its discounts increase just at the time, and almost in the
ratio, in which its.bullien was diminishing. In 1839 the
amount of bullion was 8,300,0001. ; in 1840 it fell to
4,200,0001. The discounts in 1839 were 3,700,0001.; and
in 1840, when the bullion had diminished nearly one-
half, the discounts had increased to 6,200,000/.--(Hear.)
Mr. HorSley Palmer himself admitted the fact] that,
at the period when the amount of bullion was diminish-.
ing, and the pressure was most felt in the market, the
greatest demand was made on the Bank for acoommoda-
tion. If the principle of the Bill was a good one, he did not
think the proper means had been chosen for carrying it
into effect. It had been his fate to be Chancellor of
the Exchequer at a time of great pressure, and he had
had no sreater difficulty in his adios than was occasioned
by his interference with the issues. He should un-
doubtedly prefer to see the separation of banks of issue
more completely carried out, The Noble Lord then
read an extract from, a speech of Mr. Huskinson's, of
which the -purport was, that the withdrawal of banks
notes from circulation increased the pressure in a
monetary crisis, instead of diminishine. it. He would
next draw the attention of their Lordships to the fact
that the harvests had considerable influence upon the
currency. • He was very well pleased to see that in this
Bill some consideration was given to that view, and
that .tho depreciation of the silver standard was not
overlooked. Gold was increasing much in quantity, and
on the other hand, silver was becoming so scarce, that it
might have a preference as a standard—if scarcity was
to be the condition of a standard, then gold. There
was one consequence of the Bill which he could not un-
derstand, namely, that if the Bank and the Government
should agree to increase the issues, the Government
should go shares in the profits. He was strongly op-
posed to any such arrangement. It would be small
comfort to a man who 'found his means of purchasing
necessaries curtailed by this Act, that it was a symboli-
cal system.—(Hear, hear, and a laugh.) The Noble
Lord concluded by thanking their Lordships for their
indulgent hearing, and assuring them that he had not
trespassed upon them from any motive of personal ambi-
tion or mere vanity.
- Lord ASHRURTON was saved some trouble by the
speech of his Noble Friend who had just sat down. He
musts however, dissent front the statements of his Noble
Friend, that the principles of banking were less under-
stood in former times than now. It was of the highest
importance to the morality of, the people _ to
maintain a regard for the public credit, Every
one who recollected the difficulty which the country
had in returning to a metallic currency, would see
the'fallacy of the Noble Lord's dogmas, which were de-
livered in a tone-of authority such as, to lead to the in-.
ference that all other persons we:o idiots except his Noble
Friend himself. The period of paper money extended
over the years from 1797 to 1810, which was said to be
a return tq the standard abandoned in 1797. But silver
Wee fbrmerly the established legal tender of the country.
Any man might take silver to the Mint to he coined.
The Duke of WELLINGTON—OnIy up to a certain
sgm,
Lord ASHBURTON begged the Noble Duke's par-
don ; that was precisely the mistake that was generally
entertained. In 1774, the Act of ['ornament first limited
silver as a legal tender to e5l. ; but that only applied to
the worn and depreciated coin of the realm, Any debt
might be paid in silver at the usual rate of ss. 2d per
ounce, They had lately seen a similar principle in
operation in the Neo,tion of' payments 'in gold, if the
coins were. beneath the proper weight. The
of of 1774 was renewed in 1776, and again
in 1783, when it was lost sight of, and was
not again royivad till 1786. But in 1758, there was
a real prohibition applied to pAyments in silver ; the
issue of silver from the Mint was also stopped, on sto-
count of an alleged temporary reduction in the price of
silver, and it was feared by Lord Liverpool that silver
was becoming the substitute for gold. The reasons given
by Lord Liverpool for tilia opinion were very unsatisfac-
tory. He said that a rich nation ought to have a rich.
and valuable standard, as if a than six feet in height was
to be measured by a different stendard *cm the man of
five feet!—(Hears hews.) -Against this he placed the
authority o.f Mfg -Lecke, who says that " Gold is not the
cesqpnon money of the world, nor is it fit to ha so." -He
t'19414 491YMI4e,t9thqkviitatlAcaltathatitondaxdr!r...to that

tion having been entertained, and he could say that no
such intention was entertained—(Bear, hear)—either by
means of negotiation or anything else. It was perfectly
true that in the neighbourhood of. Shikarpore incursions
had recently been made by an armed body, and there
could be no doubt that they had committed great cruel-
ties. But the number was small, and he trusted that
measures had been, taken to prevent a recurrence of such
a misfortune, and that means had been adopted by which
the inhabitants would be protected, and confidence estab-
lished for the future. The last question his Noble
Friend had .put to him, was whether her. Majesty's,
Government would be prepared to lay before Parliament
before the end of the session, detailed information as to
the state of affiirs in Sinde, especially with respect to
the revenue, and the power of meeting the expenditure
of the country. Ile (the Earl of Ripon) was not pre-
pared to give his Noble Friend that assurance, although
her Majesty's Government were certainly desirous of.
giving
,every information 'they could upon the subject.
But, he certainly was not prepared to say that they
were in a condition to lay the information asked for on
the table of the House. The Noble Marquis must,
recollect the position of this country with respect to
Sinde. Holding that country so recently, it would be
premature to communicate any information respecting
it, which, after all, might be imperfect, and, if imper-
fect not valuable. With respect to the revenue, he could
only say that it had not evallei the expenditure, but
then it must be remembered that they had been called
upon to administer a perfectly new system, that was to
say, a new system so far as conducting the affairs of
that country upon just and reasonable principles was
concerned, and in doing this they were obliged to incur
considerable expense. Sickness had occurred; but it had
occurred as much amongst the natives as others, and, from
all he had heard, there was no reason to expect that
that sickness would be of constant recurrence. There
were very few parts of India in which, from time to
time, sickness which was fearfully destructive did not
occur. He believed he had now noticed the whole of
the topics touched upon by, the Noble Marquis.
BANK CHARTER.

The Earl of RIPON then rose to move the order o:
the day for going into Committee on the Bank Charter
Bill; and in doing so he said he would briefly explain
the grounds upon which this measure had been sub-
mitted to Parliament; and in doing this it would not be
necessary for him to detain their Lordships at any
length in discussing the principles of currency and
banking, as that subject had frequently been under con-
sideration in their Lordships' House. It was, however,
necessary for him to state to their Lordships, in the first
instance, how it happened that this question was brought
before them in the present year. In the last Charter
Act provision was made that the Bank Charter might
extend to the year 1855, but that after the expiration of
the first ten years it might be competent to Parliament,
after giving notice, to revise the regulations of that Act,
if circumstances should occur to require it. It was quite
clear, therefore, that Parliament, at the time they passed
the last Act in 1833, did not consider that the provisions
of that Act were so complete or so perfect as entirely to
meet the object intenadiind they no doubt considered
that grounds might arise, after experience had been ob-
tained, for the recommendation of the provisions of this
Act. The proyisions of the law were, that notice should
be given at the expiration of ten years if it should be
thought expedient to make any change; but in case no
such notice should be given, then the charter was to con-
tinue for the full 21 years.- When the period, therefore,
arrived, it was competent for the Govern.ment to recon-
sider this question. They felt that there were many con-
siderations which rendered it desirable that
-some step
should be taken for the purpose of more completely car-
rying out the principles upon which the Act of 1819 was
framed. When the last Act was proposed. many opi-
nions expressed in favour of a system still more ex-
clusive ts character, as regarded the power of the
Bn
than that Act was expected to be.
atwereofin E nigland,
Many persons expressed an opinion—amongst whom
was'his Noble Friend, then Chancellor of the Exchequer
(Lord Spencer)—in favour of one bank of issue in the
country. Many persons went' the length of Saying that
Government itself ought to be the bank ,of issue. But
this opinion did not-appear to have been generally enter-
tained. He (the Ear iof Rip mi) thought this would have
been a measure of very doubtful policy, if it would not
have been a dangerous one. He thought there were con-
stitutional objections to it. He doubted very much whe-
ther, if the Government had that power, it would really,
have the power of Tractically controlling, the currency so
much'as this theory would suppose. He thought that
there would be great risk in the Government proceeding
from time to time to relax the screw upon the pressure
of a supposed expediency. That view of the subject,
therefore, having been rejected before, was certainly not
adopted by her Majesty's present Government. But
they certainly did think that, looking particularly, to the
effect of the law both here and threu,ghout the country,
they did think it was desirable that the Bank of England
, not the sole—because, theoretically
woulde main be so—but the ain instrument for
of creating a paper currency, and provid
jug auikn
for
n tgpb,em
i
h paper,
e
e ittowants of the country. It appeared, and expe-
rience confirmed it, that the principle upon which the Act
of 1819 was based, was not that of trusting everything to
the convertibility of paper into gold, for it did not ap-
pear that that simple principle had the effect of prevent-
ing injurious fluctuation, as was shown in 1825, when
the stock of bullion in the Bank of England was almost
exhausted, and the credit of the Bank was only, saved
by the sudden arrival at Dover of it quantity of sove
reigns from the Continent. The Government felt that
it was indispensably necessary that something should be
done to prevent the tremendous evil of fluctuation. It
appeared to them that the only safe rule upon which
they could rely was the foreign exchan es. If they
were against us, the gold must go out. he present
measure was intended to prevent the evil of fluctuation,
and he believed that it had met with general enproba•
thin in all parts of the country. The plan of the mea-
sure was, in fact, to limit the circulation of the Bank of
England in the firseplace, and to limit the , circulation
of the country banks in the second. The limitation of
the Bank of England they proposed to effect in this way
—that they should be at liberty to issue notes to the
amount of the securities which they held; and is exact
pioportion to the bullion they might have in their
coffers. In 'order to effect this the Bank would be di-
vided into two branchesone the bank of issue and the
other the bank of deposit. The amount of issue, in the.
first place, would be fourteen millions. It was quite
ob-
vious that the sum of 'fourteen millions would be a very
inadequate provision for the wants of the country ; and,
therefore, it was provided that the. Bank of England
should be obliged to issue notes for all gold bullion that
might' be brought to them for that. purpose. Their
Lordships would
,see how this stood at the pre-
sent mament. `At the present moment the actual
issue of the Rink did not exceed twenty-four millions,
'so that if this scheme were now in force the actual issue
woeltlbe fourteen millions on securities and seven millions
quite; sixteen millions, so that their
upon bullion. But the bullion which they now held was
might, if they thought proper, extend
oifulndotsee that, so far from limiting them to
vzorrychnheiaprsl nearly,
2thifttrssltoli they might,
; but he did net, mean to say
that 'it would be desirable for them to do so. This mea-
sure proposed to limit the issue of country bans, but
there' was nothing to prevent a country bankeesupposing
it now---to prevent it from giving
upthe issuedpvil teegneo,asnodftiatks taking to the notes of the Bank of
England. The country bank circulation would, there-
fore, pro tanto, be diminished, and power would be given
to the Bank to issue another number of notes on securi-
ties, equal to about two-thirds of the paper that sholild
be displaced. With respect to country banks, it was
proposed to restrain new banks from issuing paper. He
believed that no scheme could have been devised which
would not have had some prejudicial' effect, and he be-
lieved that the limitation which had now been taken wa,,r,
'just and reasonable, and would answer the i-,iapose for
utt ount of currency
ncttr.le
der the provisions of this
ch
and a half, on an average'
which
three was
hhr
emiet mouths.iwagbhawas
übdtr
e in g
circulation
esi
eightn Te d
millions.
he
eT
were under
re provisions, in the Bill
for securing periodical-returns of the issues, and these l
returns would be made monthly. This e- considered a
very important part of the measure. He had now stated
the general provisions of this Bill. The,Government
had been anxious to introduce as little of novelty as
possible,thestandard Theymight have raised a question as to
whether should be gold or silver, and pro-
posed various alterations which would have een palat-
able in some quarters; but they did not think it would
have been 02trdiellt tro lftrQduCe nQYQI49 4044 lileik;

whichwas the old standard of England, that was to say, the 1 The Earl of RADNOR had, in 1819, opposed the re-
standard as taken before 1793, and before the tampering turn to the old standard, but having the standard now
with the currency, either by the Act of 1797, or by fixed, and having gone through all the suffering, he
Lord Liverpool. There might possibly be some degree theught it would be foolish to depart from it now.
of equity, on a return to a state of peace, in making they were to have a joint standard of gold and silver`
some allowance for the altered condition of money ; but every debtor would pay in the cheapest coin: If ecl-
at all events, it was unnecessary to determine on screw- pay a debt of 1001. by 961. ss. he need ldo so. would,, -
ing the standard up, till the debtor was made to pay the in fact, be giving every debtor an opportunity _L.-beating
creditor more than he was liable to in the year in which his creditor, an the effect would be that t 1 creditor
the Bank Restriction Act was passed. He contended w mid take precautions to defend by ncreasing _
.•
that the debtor was entitled to acquit himself according the rate of interest. In France there was nu
.1 it 4 van-
to the ancient standard, either in one metal or the other. dard. The standard there was silver.
If they had left him alone, and merely passed an Act j Lord ASHBURTON—GoId can always be pr i s siVeLLY
allowing the country to go back to the standard that , at an agio.
then existed, the consequence would have been this— I The Earl of RADNOR said that peovesl that silver
that if he had owed the Noble Lord 100/, at that time, i was the standard, because if you wanted ;fold yeti must
and the debt had continued up to the present moment, hey it. It was absurd for us to have a ,lifr•ront standard
he could, according to the present price of silver, have from all other countries, and he hal !lever heard any
acquitted that debt for 911. 16s. Bd. This was a good reason for having the standard a poi 1 one. One
proof that the return to cash payments did screw great object of the Bill was t o limit the circulation of
up the standard. If there was any case in which paper. Now, according to his view, it was unnese to
there should be a statute of limitation, it should be on limit the circulation—it was unwise to entrust any 'per -
the subject of the currency ; they might as well go back 1 son with the power of doing so. The country weti!4l
to the times of William 111. or Elizabeth, as go back I always provide fear itself the anmerit of eiretils nen it
thirty years. On the question of a silver currency, he j wanted, and no more; and it was an aet of presinnetioe
should state what had happened during periods of great I —he did not use the word in an offensive sen eny
difficulty and panic, su rh as the year from 1825 to 1826, person to art ,mpt to limit the circulation. A geeat, but,
known as the great bubble year. He perfectly concur- he believed, an unfounded alarm, existed in ma ly Fates
red with the opinion expressed by Mr. Huskisson at that of the country lest the circulation should be- so chilli-
time, that the inability of the Bank of England to right nished as to increase the price of core. Heethetight per-
itself in such difficult periods was greatly increased by feet convertibility would give perfect security teat no
the inability of the Bank to use one of the precious i more paper would be issued O. in was required, because
metals, that one being the circulation of all the rest the moment any depreciation feel{ pi lee, it eveu'i, re-
of the world. When bills were taken up in Paris, Ham- turned to the issuers. Ile did not think th,t the Bank
burgh, and Amsterdam, they were paid in silver. But of England and the country banker, were aim naile to
the Bank of England having acquired that silver; was the reproach of having unnecessarily i;crete ed
compelled to go and purchase gold with it, in order to their circulation. That increase had, in must
make the settlement; and the relation between these two instances, arisen from circumstances over which
metals, produced great differences in that which they had no control, and if they had fallen into those
it was necessary to keep the most steady, the errors, and suffered from them, they were the less
unit of value, the pound sterling, which, in this likely ti fall into them again. These difficulties had
country, was composed of gold and paper, and mainly arisen from the corn laws. because whenever a
every kind of circulation. He alluded to the great large impartation of corn took place un ler the present
fluctuations in the business of the Bank of England, system, an immense quantity of bullion had to be ex-
that sometimes threw out money abundantly, and then ported to pay for it, thus affecting the course of the ex-
held it in by a check, discounting at 21 per cent. at changes. The Bank was then obliged to contr.' its cir-
one time, and at 6 per cent. at another, and con- culation, until prices were so reduced that goods were
tended that it was useless to insist on the philosophical exported instead of coin. Now if articles of luxury,
argument that the difference between gold and silver such as wine and silk, had to be imported, the rise he
was sometimes as little as 1 per cent. The consequence price would lessen the demand, but quite the contrary
of the discussion on this subject which he had with Mr. was the case with regard to corn, because the dearer it
Huskisson was the evidence which he (Lord Ashburton) was the more necessary it was to have it. and the more
gave before the Committee, to the general tenor of necessity there was to send out gold. Mee. Jones Loyd
which lie still adhered. He still thought the authority had fully explained this fact in his recent pamphl: ton
of Mr. Huskisson was quite equal to that of Lord the subject. The Noble Lord had said that eueh would
Liverpool, and he stated that, to make the pound be the case under any system of corn-laws. But suppose
sterling fixed in value was a great mistake. There they had no system of corn-laws, but an entire free-
was an outcry in the country against paper trade. Would not that, by making corn a regular ar-
currency ; but, in a commercial nation, having tide of trade, remedy the evil. The fact was that
such vast commercial dealings, having such an they were attempting to introduce a sliding scale
immense debt, that all the coin and all the bullion of for currency as well as for coin, and he thought that this
the world collected together would not pay
.it off—it measure would only increase their difficulties. It should,
was necessary to deal largely by paper credit in various be recollected that, in general, there was a large amount
shapes. The great object, undoubtedly, was to take care of deposits in the Bank. Now, when money we s rising
that that paper answered the purpose for which it was in value, these depositors would demand their deposits
issued; that what it promised to do should be honestly of course in bullion, which would still more increase the
and exactly done, and that those promises to pay should diflicnities of the Bank. This was one of the mi- chiefs
be met punctually. But the basis on which they were of attempting to do that by legislation which had best be
issued ought to be made as broad as it could be. In- left alone. If they provided that no one should issue
stead of taking one standard—a fanciful one, though notes without their beirg convertible into gold at the
philosophically it might seem more certain—they im- option of the holders, they would obviate every diffi-
mensely increased the difficulties of a difficult period, as culty, and do all that was required. The Noble Earl
the whole rested on an insufficient basis. What had concluded by eulogising the Scottish banking system.
been done in the cases of the several crises which the which had given the greatest satisfaction, and beenro-
country had undergone, and of which they had great ductive of immense benefit. p
varieties? The most formidable, was that of 1853 to Lord ASHBURTON explained. His argument about,
1826. There was another in the year 1837-1838, the corn-laws was this. He contended that there mist
in consequence of the derangement of affairs in Ame- be times when we must be taken by surprise, and whererice. In the case of the panic of 1825 and 1826, it was an unexpectedly large demand for foreign cora must
very well known that the Bank was almost reduced to arise, which would require a considerable effort to meet
its last sovereign. It was just enabled to say that it did the demand for bullion which would arise in.consequence,
not refuse any payment. But he remembered that on no state of the law could obviate that, teeiless they could
one occasion the officials of the Bank were anxiously govern the seasons. If, for instance., we had produced
watching the clock to ascertain if they had five minutes more sufficient for our own consumption for three or four years,
to provide for. Mr. Richards, the Governor of the Bank, and then had a bad harvest, a erisis, such as the one to
,
stated himself' that they were likely to be run dry ; yet,
which he had alluded would arise.
during the whole of that time the Bank had silver in its The Bill then passed through Committee.
possession, and was at that moment in treaty with Mr. The Sudbury Disfranchisement Bill was read a second
Rothschild to exchange that silver into gold, in which time.
the Bank was to make its payments. That silver Mr. The Bills on the table were then forwarded a stage,
Rothschild was enabled to put into circulation abroad ; and the House adjourned.
and it was stated in evidence before the House of Com-
mons that the financier made somewhere about 100,0001.
by his patriotic • exertions in helping the Bank of
England out of its difficulties. (Hear, hear.)
In 1836 and 1837, what was the condition of the Bank ?
It was saved from failing by the Bank of France. Now,
if they had sustained two such crises in times of pro-
found peace, what difficulties might they not expect if
they should ever be plunged again into a state of war ?
That consideration induced him to state his belief, that
two years of an expensive war could not be gone
through without returning to the measures adopted in
1797. It should be remembered that, throughout the
rest of the world, both gold and silver were convertible
into each other, and were both equally available for the
purposes of circulation, without the consequence of one
driving the other out of it. Throughout the whole of
the Continent, the two metals were found circula-
ting in harmony with each other ; but if he
were compelled to make a choice of one of the
two he should prefer silver, He should take it on the
broad principle, that it was most important to be in con-
formity, in the nutter of currency, with the rest of the
world. It was a great desideratum to have the broadest
possible base for the currency of the country. He should
trouble their Lordships no longer on that question, but
should confine himself to three words on the new prin-
ciple established by the Bank Charter Act. He agreed
with his Noble Friend, that the first part of this Bill—
separating the Bank into two departments—was wholly
useless in operation. It might be a harmless regula-
tion, but in fact, it was a mere delusion on parties not
acquainted with the practical management of the Bank.
The present issue of the Bank and the management of
the debt were divided into half a dozen depart-
ments, all distinct from each other, and whatever Act
was passed it would be the same. The Bill stated
that the Bank should only issue 14,000,0001 on its own
account, and then to the extent of its bullion. The Go-
vernment provision of the Act was the limitation of the
circulation, and it contemplated the gradual stopping of
all the issues of the country banks. Now, if that limita- 1
tion was desirable, he acknowledged that the thing was
well, and carefully, and judiciously done. The Bill had
certainly conciliated the country bankers, as it had se-
cured them a monopoly of business for the present. If
they acknowledged the thing to be right in itself, he
must admit that it could not have been more cleverly
managed, With regard to the check on the issue of.th:e
Bank of England, undoubtedly the Bank had occaseon-
ally been a great offender in the matter of its issues ;
but he apprehended, after all, that this Bill, was an ex-
periment, and its working might not tune out so perfect
as was expected. The limitation of 'the Bank of Eng-
land was, first to 14,000,0004 on its own paper,
and then it might issue to the amount of its specie.
That specie amounted to something like 16,000,000!.,
which, with the '14,000,000/ of circulation it was
allowed, woifid bring the whole amount of its possible
circulation to about 30,000,000/—the real issue of the
Benit being between 20,000,0001 and 21,000,000/. Thus
the law would have no immediate operation at all. The
Bank had a large margin of 9,000,0001 or 10,000,0001,
which would prevent the restriction from having any
immediate effiset. The check on the Batik might
operate as some check on the exportation of gold;
but, for the home circulation, the Bank might be
drained of every sovereign without a pound going
out of the country. At the end of 1825, what took
place ? It was then proved that the demand for gold
might arise from circumstances which could not be cor-
rected by the reduction of the issues. Saturday,
the 17th of December, 1825, was the critical day
to the Bank of England to which he had referred.
The lowest return the Bank of England made of its cir-
culation was about 10,000,000/ The difficulty cor-
rected itself before the Monday morning following, but
the relief was entirely owing to Mr. Rothschild. From
the 10th of December to the 17th they increased the
circulation from 18,000,000/ to 24,000,000!., from the
17th to the 24th they further increased it to 25,206,0001.,
and on the 31st of December, the last day of the year,
they had increased it to 25,709,000/, They had un-
doubtedly begun, like timid men, who stood in awe of
the responsibility which they were incurring, but they
went on boldly, and that issue of bank. notes saved the
circulation of the country. Mr. Tooke, who was a phi-
losopher of the same school with Mr. Lloyd—
The Marquis of CLANRICARDE—No, no ; he is
quite opposed to him.
Lord ASHBUR roN was happy to have such an
authority on his side, Mr. Tooke had stated that that
was a bold measure, but a most successful one. One
word as to the effects of the corn-laws on the circulation.
Whatever might be the system of corn-laws, if, after
depending for two or three seasons on the home supply,
we should, in consequence of the bad harvest, be com-
pelled to import corn suddenly and largely from abroad,
there would undoubtedly be a large demand for bullion,
and they must run this risk under any system of corn-
laws. Otte word as to the indiscretion which was charged
against country bankers ; tie believed that those who
thought to manage the, issues by the Bill would find it a
more difficult joie than they expected. The great
reproach which was made against Mr. Stuckey
and the country bankers was that they issued
their notes without reference to the foreign exchanges.
He had known Mr. Stuckey many years. H was a
most intelligent man, and perfectly understood what he
was about. He thought the framers of Islas Bill deceived
themselves in reproaching the bankers with inattention
to the foreign exchanges. The slightest fraction—a
difference of one-eighth per cent. might cause gold to go
out of the country, and the same difference might occa-
sion it to come back. If the country bankers followed
these minute fluctuations they would be grossly mis-
taken in their calculations. Their issues must be
guided by the state of their neighbourhood. He looked
at this Bill as no party matter. He believed it was
originally a Whig scheme, and he had voted pretty
steadily with his friends while he was with them. But
in all matters relating to the trade or commerce of the
country; .he ?bad honestly considered the pro-
positions,...tuid. voted without any view to party
interests. In the event -of country banks sus-
pending their issues the Bank of England
might increase its issues in proportion, and the profit
of such issues were to go to the Government ; but how
that profit was to be calculated, he confessed he was at a
loss to understand. The Government might be trusted
with power to check the increase in the circulation, but
they ought not to be under the temptation, or to have
the power of extending it. In time of war, Government
was always pressing the Rank for advances. In 1797 it
was not the Bank which got itself into difficulties, but it
was the Government pressing the Bank. That pressure
from the Treasury was fatal to the independence of the Bank,
It was never safe to give the Government an extending
power over the issuesa of the Bank. This was a great
experiment. It had been favourably received by the
public., and be hued it would be stleoessibl.

HOUSE OF COMMONS, July 12.
The SPEAKER took the Chair at Four o'clock.
',Mr. PLUMPTRE presented two petitions for the
better observance of the Lord's-day, also a petition in
favour of church extension.

' /
~..

Mr. GROGAN presented a petition respecting the
Irish jury list.
Mr. ESCOTT presented a petition from the Southern
Division of Hants, in favour of the existing corn-laws.
Viscount PALMERSTON presented a petition from
the engravers of London in favour of art-unions, and
complaining of the neglect with which a former petition
presented by them had been treated.
GREAT SOUTHERN AND WESTERN RAILWAY

(IRELAND) BILL.
On the motion for further proceeding with this Bilk
on the third reading,

Colonel RAWDON complained that there was n
clause in the Bill which interfered with the vested rig;its
of Colonel Fitzgibbon. He moved that this clauf,e' be
expunged.
Lord ELIOT said the clause only applied to money
deposited in the Court of Chancery by enig railway
company under the standing orders of that House. The
fees of Colonel Fitzgibbon were only taken upon money
paid into the Court of Chancery by suitors in the Court,,
and therefore he (Lord Eliot) apprehended that the
clause ought to stand. _

After —a
few words from Lord G. Somerset. Lord
Eliot, and the Solicitor-General, the amend ;lent was
withdrawn, and the Bill was read a th
'..rd time and
passed.

_
GREENWICH PAP K:
Mr. AGLIONBY said he had
which he trusted would rece d petition to present,
'
Noble Lord at the head of .ve the attention of the
was signed by a number -the Woods and Forests. It
of persons residing, or having
property close to Greenwich Park, and the value of
which materially d_ , .
epenueu upon the view into that beau-
tiful locality. ihe petitioners statrd that they would
not have
Pre-oumed to approach the House upon this
subject if reablic benefit was not coneerneit in it to quite
as greal".. an extent as private interest. The Park, by
one means or another, had been constantly diminishing,
air:lL they prayed that a stop might at once be put to any
Further encroachments.
POOR-LAW.,

Mr. FERRAND presented five petitions from town-
ships in the West Riding of Yorkshire against the
poor-law.

NOTICE OF MOTION.

Mr. WAWN gave notice that, on Monlax next, he
should put a question to the First Lord of the Admiralty
to ascertain (as we understood the Hou. Gentleman)
whether English ships were manned with a strength
equal to that of ships in the Russian navy.
LAND-TAX RETURNS.

Dr. BOWRING moved for certain returns connected
with the land-tax.—Agreed to.
MAYNOOTH GRANT.

Sir G. CLERK gave notice that he should in Corn-
mittee of Supply, this day week, move the education
grant for this college.

- Mr. BRIGHT moved for returns of the number of
murders and attempts at murder which had been com-
mitted in the county of Tipperary ; the number of in-
dictments which had, been preferred on those charges ;
the number of true bills which had been returned by Ow
grand jury, and the results ; showing the uumner of
acquittals and convictions, and the punishments inflicted
during the last ten years.—Agreed to.
SALARY TO THE CHAIRMAN OF THE MID-

DLESEX SESSIONS.
Sir C. NAPIER wished to ask the Right Hon. Gen-
tleman, the Secretary of State for the Home Department,
if it was his intention during the present session to in-
troduce a Bill giving a salary to tide Chairman of the
Middlesex Sessions.

Sir JAMES GRAHAM said he had .a measure on
the subject of the administraVon of criminal justice in
the county of Middlesex ; and in the Bill there was a
provision for the appointment of a paid magistrate to
preside over the admiiii•stration of criminal justice.