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London, England, 1845-06-10 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

The report on the North Wales Railway Bill was brought up
BRIDGEWA'I ER NAVIGATION AND RAILWAY.
The report on tl:e Bridgewater Navigation and Railway Bill
was brought up, and the amendments agreed to.
LUNATIC ASYLUMS BILL.
Lord ASHLEY brought in the Lunatic Asylums Bill,
which was read a first time.
PETITIONS—MEDICAL BILL.
_ . _

Petitions against the 36th clause of the Medical Bill were
presented by Mr. GRANGER, from the chemists and druggists
of Durham ; by Mr. Parker, from the chemists and druggists
of Devonshire; by Mr. Leader, from the chemists and druggists
of Westminster; by Mr. E. Vivian, from the chemists and
druggists of 'i'ruro ; by Mr. Godson, from the chemists and
druggists of Bewdley ; by Mr. Divett, from the chemists and
druggists of Exeter, Dawlisla, and its vicinity ; by Mr. Blewitt,
from the chemists and druggists of Monmouth by Mr. W. H.
Bodkin, from the chemists and druggists of Rochester ;
and by Mr. H. Berkeley, from the chemists and druggists of
Bristol, and praying to be heard by counsel against the bill.
The Hon. Member also presented a petition against the Bill
from an individual named Derby, who complained that he had
not been chosen as a fellow of the Council of the College.
Mr. VIVIAN presented a petition from the chemists and
druggists of Swansea against the Bill.
SCOTCH UNIVERSITY TESTS.
Mr. FOX M A ULE presented several petitions from places
in Scotland against any university tests.
MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS.
Mr. WARBUR TON presented a petition from Charleville,
praying that the same description of charter might be granted
to the several branches of the medical profession in Ireland as
proposed for England.
MONMOUTH RAILWAY.
Mr. GODSON presented a petition from a person
named Collins, praying that he might be heard against the re-
port of the Committee on the Monmouth Railway, which was
ordered to lie on the table.
THIRD READINGS.

The Newcastle and Berwick Railway Bill, the Trent Valley
Railway Bill, the Brighton, Lewes, and Hastings (Keymer
branch) Railway Bill, and the Kidwelly Inclosure Bill were
read a third time.
CHICHESTER AND SOUTH-EASTERN JUNCTION
RAILWAY.
The amendments on this Bill were brought up, and ordered
to lie on the table.

POLICE MAGISTRATES.
Mr. WILLIAMS gave notice that, on Monday, the 16th
June, he should move for the correspondence between the Se-
cretary of State for the Home Departn.ent and Mr. Twyford, a
police magistrate, relative to the committal of Mr. Meyer.
AGRICULTURAL AND COMMERCIAL BANK OF
IRELAND.
Mr. COLLETT gave notice, that on the third reading of
the Agricultural and Commercial Bank Bill, he should move
that the report of the Committee, and the evidence on which
it was founded, be printed.
RIGHT OF SEARCH TREATY.

Sir R. PEEL laid on the table the ratification of the treaty
with France for the regulation of the right of search.
Lord PALMERSTON wished to know whether there was
any indisposition on the part of the Government to lay on
the table the evidence which had led to the terms of the treaty.
Sir R. PEEL said that, as that would implicate the state-
ments of some members of her Majesty's Government, he
thought it would be inconvenient.
IRISH BANKING BILL.
Mr. ROSS stated that he had received several communica.
tions only this morning, which induced him to request the Right
Hon. Baronet at the head of the Government to postpone the
reading of this Bill for a week.
Sir R. PEEL said that he had already given sufficient no-
tice of the third reading of this Bill. Several other important
motions had with it been delayed for a long period, and were
now waiting for decision, so that he could not consent to any
postponement.
Mr. ROSS replied that the Right Honourable Baronet had
stated that he was willing to receive suggestions, and as the
communications he had received contained what he thought
were matters for serious consideration, he hoped his request
would be complied with.
Mr. ROCHE said that the Scotch Banking Bill stood for
the first thing to-night, and it would probably occupy the
House till midnight, so that there was little probability of the
other Bill coming on at all, and that no inconvenience could
possibly arise if the Irish Bill were postponed.
Sir R. PEEL said that the same principle might be applied
to every Bill, and he could not recognise it on the present
occasion, as it was very desirable that the Bill should be car-
ried through its stages as early as possible.
RIGHT OF SEARCH.
Lord PALMERSTON wished to knew whether Govern-
ment had any objection to lay upon the table of the House the
evidence which had been taken before the joint Commission, and
which had induced the two Governments to abandon the right
of search. If Government had no objection to do so it would
prevent ary public inconvenience which might arise from the
want of information on the subject, and enable the
House to judge whether Government had properly or not sus-
pended the exercise of the right. At all events, they ought
to have that portion of the evidence which related to the right
of search question, and as to whether the right was or was not
necessary for the suppression of slavery. He wished to know
also, whether the Right Hon. Baronet opposite had any ob-
jection to lay upon the table of the House a continuation of
the correspondence which was produced in 1843, and which re-
lated to the affairs of Syria ?
Sir R. PEEL would have no objection to lay upon the
table the continuation of the correspondence relating to Syria,
but as a considerable time had elapsed since it had taken place,
there might be some portion of it which ought not to be produced.
He would, however, have no objection to produce portions of
the correspondence. With respect to the evidence of the officers
taken before the Commission, relating to the slave
trade, he did not think that any inconvenience
would arise from its not being produced, and the Noble Lord
would see that the instructions given on the subject to the
officers of the two countries were contained in the treaty.
PORTUGAL.

Mr. S. WORTLEY wished to know whether there was
any prospect of a re-opening of the negotiations between the
Government of this country and Portugal, relating to the com-
mercial treaties of the two countries.
Sir R. PEEL replied that no negotiations of any kind were
at present pending between this country and Portugal.
PAROCHIAL SETTLEMENTS BILL.
In answer to a question from Mr. S. CRAWFORD,
Sir J. GRAHAM was understood to say that he would
postpone to a distant day the Parochial Settlement Bill.,
SCOTCH BANKS.
On the motion of Sir R. PEEL, the House went into Com-
mittee on the Scotch Banks.
On clause 8 being proposed,
Mr. FOX MAULE proposed an amendment, to the effect
that the bankers be allowed to amend their returns of circu-
lation.

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER opposed the
motion.

Mr. HUME supported the amendment, and protested against
any interference with the Scotch currency.
Sir R. PEEL was much disappointed at the manner in
which the measure had been received. He certainly had
thought that the Right Honourable Gentleman opposite
would have seen, in his ( Sir Robert Peel's) exposition of this
measure, a desire not to alter, but to preserve within safe
limits the system of Scotch banking.
The clause was agreed to.
Clause 9 was then passed.
On clause 10 being proposed,
Mr. HUME objected to it. He understood that the Right
Honourable Baronet had determined not to make any
alteration in the currency of Scotland, and he couid
not therefore allow this clause to pass without opposition.
All he wanted was an explanation of the measure. If it was
good it should meet with his support. The Right Hon. Ba-
ronet had stated that he wanted, in case of an overflow of
paper money, to guard against the Scottish Bank drawing on the
Bank of England.
Sir R. PEEL said that when the notes were convertible
into gold there was generally a tendency to issue more paper,
and to continue issuing and increasing the notes. For
a certain limited time the value of the paper would
be favourable ; but when a period of depressien should
come it would be incumbent to convert notes
into gold, and the demand must have a tendency to
reduce their circulation. These remarks applied to the Bank
of Scotland, and were also equally applicable to England. The
value of the whole currency would be diminished, and it would
soon be discovered that paper was issued to excess, and with such
a simultaneous demand for gold from Scotland and England upon
he Bank of England, great inconvenience n ould result, and com-
mercial transactions generally would he greatly restricted and
impeded. It was, therefore, sound policy to ask that some
restrictory prohibitions should be made or, the issue of notes.
Mr. WILLIAMS thought, in justice to the measure that
had been passed last year, the Government were bound not
to afford any greater facilities for the issue of
paper money in Scotland or in Ireland.—( Hear.)
He remembered when the Bill of 1814 was re-enacted in 1826,
after it had been partly repealed in 1822, so far as regarded the
circulation of one-pound notes, a strong objection existed
amongst the people of England and Scotland. He remem-
bered the threat of the Scotch bankers on that occa-
sion. They said that they
property in the funds, and
.they w hoaudl d adnipose of immense
h a amountprp er t yo,f
and get the and put the of England in
the issue of IL notes in Scotland.
It was said
diffieulty. amount That thirneagtolpd;evente.d the Government from ex-
tendingfafilauilruerses.in tAhe Sshcootrcth btiamnkes.
ago,
He
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that therebered were no failures
in consequence of the failure of a bank near Paisley, there
existed the most intolerable distress, when the Paisley manu-
facturers were obliged to apply for charity.
Mr. HAWES denied that the Scotch circulation was sus-
tained during the time of the greatest drains by drawing on
the Bank of England.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER had a state-
ment in his hand which he would read to the House, and
which would set the point at rest as regarded the pressures of
1833 and 1835. The whole effect (if these transactions was to
benefit, to a great extent, the banking interest in Scotland.
Mr. HAWES said that in 1539 the whole of the Scotch
debit in the books of the Bank of England was on account of
foreign credits. The Honourable Member then read a
number of documents relating to the banking trans-
actions between Scotland and the Bank of England,
which we could not follow with exactness, or even with
perspicuity, in consequence of the rapid and indistinct man-
ner in which such difficult quotations were read.
Mr. FOX INIAULE had understood the Chancellor of the
Exchequer to say that Scotch securities to the amount of
3,000,0001. were sold and paid for in gold in the year 1839,
and that this gold was carried into Scotland.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER was under-
stood to explain that he had said the gold so received might
have been carried into Scotland under the circumstances. _

Mr. 31UNTZ considered that if the Bank of England had
suffered any inconvenience by the alleged operation, it was en-
tirely owing to the defective arrangements of that body itself.

ROUSE OF COMMONS, Juue 9.
The SPEAR ER took the Chair shortly before Four o'clock.
Lord EDWIN HILL took the oaths and his seat for the
county of Down in the room of the Earl of Hilsborough, now
Marquis of Downshire.
A messenger from the East India House brought up certain
ret urns.

NEWCASTLE AND BERWICK RAILWAY.
Mr. HODGSON HINDE moved the postponement to Wed-
nesday of the third reading of this Bill.—Agreed to.
OXFORD LINES OF RAILWAY.
Mr. H. DRUMMOND brought up the reports upon the
Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Railway, and also the
report upon the Oxford and Rugby Railway.
CORNWALL RAILWAY.
The report on the Cornwall Railway Bill was brought up.
NOTTINGHAM INCLOSURE.
The Lords' amendments to the Nottingham Inclosure Bill
were agreed to.
ULSTER LINES OF RAILWAY.
The reports on the Dublin and Belfast Railway Bill and the
Ulster Extension Railway Bill were brought up.
GLASGOW AND AYR RAILWAY BILL.
The report on the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr
Railway Rill was brought up.
CLAUGHTON-CUM-GRANGE CHURCHES BILLS.
The two Claughton.Cum-Granges Churches Bills were re•
spectively read a third time and passed.
BRIGHTON RAILWAY (WANDSWORTH BRANCH).
An HoN. MEMBER presented a petition from certain indivi-
duals, named Raven, against the above Bill.
NORTH WALES RAILWAY.