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No. 15,444.

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MARCH 5, 1842.

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March 1, 1842.

FROM. LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE

March 10 and 30, at twelve, at the chambers of Mr. J. tlisset,
Edinburgh.

FOREIGN-OFFICE, MARcif 4.

CHARLES RANKIN, nail manufacturer, Dunfermline,
March 11 and April I, at twelve, at Laidlaw's Spire Hotel,
Dunlerm!ine.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.
• HOUSE OF LORDS, March 4.
The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack
at Teri Minutes past Five o'Clock.
PRESBYTERIAN MARRIAGES.

The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. George
William Jaenisch as Consul, in the island of St. Helena, for
the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen.
DOWNING-STREET, MARCH 4.

ALEXANDER BROWN, muslin and lappet manufac-
turer, Glasgow, ;larch 11 and April 4, at two, at the office of
J. Clark, (Gla<gow.

The Queen has been pleased to appoint Francis Merewetber,
Esq., to be Deputy-Registrar in the district of Port Philip,
in the territory of New South Wales.

The Marquis of HEADFORT presented a petitioi
from Monaghan in favour of the legalization of Presby
terian marriages. -
SPANISH AFFAIRS.

WAR-OFFICE, MARCH 4.

PRICE OF SUGAR.
The Average Price .of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, computed
from the Reprns made in the Week ending March 1, 1842, is
375. 241. per cwt., exellsive of the Duties of Customs paid or
payable thereol3 on the Importation thereof into Great Britain.

NATIONAL LOAN FUND SOCIETY
FOR ORANTINe
LIFE ASSURANCES, DEFERRED ANNUITIES, &c.
No. 26, CORNHILL.
Capital £500,000.
Empowered by Special Act of Parliament.
DIRECTORS.
T. LAMIE MURRAY,Esq., Chairman.

7th Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Captain Sir H. Darell,
Bart., from the 18th Foot, to be Captain, vice Kennedy, who
exchanges, March 4. -.
9th Regiment of Light Dragoons—Lieutenant N. T. Wil-
liams, from the 64th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Jenney, who
exchanges, March 4.
15th Regiment of Light Dragoons—H. Bernard, Gent., to
be Cornet, by purchase, vice Brett, promoted, March 4.
6th Regiment of Foot—Quartermaster-Serjeant G. W. Raf-
ferty to be Quartermaster, vice Sheahan, deceased, March 4.
18th Foot—Captain J. Clark Kennedy, from 7th Dragoon
Guards, to be Captain, vice Sir H. Darell, who exchanges,
March 4.

31st Foot—Lieut. G. F. White to be Captain, without pur-
chase, vice Bray, promoted in the 39th Foot ; Ensign G. F.
Moore to be Lieutenant, vice White, Nov. 9 ; W. Bernard,
Gent., to be Ensign, vice Moore, March 4.
37th Foot—Ensign T. M. Keogh to be Lieutenant, by pur-
chase, vice Lawrence, who retires ; W. B. C. S. Wandes-
forde, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Keogh, March 4.
39th Foot—Brevet Major E. W. Bray, from 31st Foot, to
be Major, without purchase, vice Bernard, dec , Nov. 9,1841.
46th Foot—B. Menzies, Gent., to be Ensign, without pur-
chase, vice Bigland, deceased, ,March 4.
49th Foot—Ensign G. Weir to be Lieutenant, by purchase,
vice Faunt, whose promotion has been cancelled, Feb. 25.
60th Foot—Lieutenant J. F. Jones, from the 6th Foot, to
be Lieutenant, vice G. H. Courtenay, who retires on half-pay
6.. h Foot, March 4.

BANK OF ENGLAND.
Quarterly -ATerage of the Weekly Liabilities and Assets of the
Bank of England, from the 7th of November, 1841, to the Ist
of March, 1842, both inclusive, published pursuant to the
Act, 3 au44 W. IV., cap. 98.
LIASILITIES.
ASSETS.
Circulation ...... £16,769,000 Securities
Deposits ............ 8,954.000 Bullion 5,687,000

J. Elliotson, M. D., F. R. S. -John Rawson, Esq.
I
John Griffith Frith, Esq. John Riddle Stodart, Esq.
Hunter Gordon, Esq. I Clement Tabor, Esq.
George Lungley, Esq. Joseph Thompson, Esq.
AUDITORS.

£25,723,000 I
Downing-street, March 4, 1
3-

£28,786,000

Professor Wheatstone, F.R. S. I Professor Graves, A.lll. F. It. S.
ACTUARY—W. S. B. Woolhouse, Esq., F. R.A. S.
PHYSICIA N—J. Elliotson, Al. D., F. R. S.
SURGEON—E. S. Symes, Esq.
SOLICITORS—Messrs.
...Sweet, Sutton, Ewens, and Ommanney,

6, Basinghall-street.
BANKERS—Messrs. Glyn, Halifax, Mills, and Co.
LIFE ASSURANCE.

ADvANTAots—Perfect secunty from a large paid-up Capi:
tal and accumulations—Equitable Rates—Power to borrow
Two-thirds Premium paid, without expense .r forfeiture-Land
Profits annually divided.
N.B. Policies for Short Periods at Lower Rates than at any
other Office, with option of continuance for Life, at the usual
rates.

64th Foot—Lieutenant A. H. Jenney, from 9.h Light Dra-
goons, to be Lieutenant, vice Williams, who exchanges, March 4.
6:ith Foot—Ensign B. Langton to be Lieutenant, vice
Trick, who retires; F. W. Astley, Gent. to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Langton, March 4.

UNITED KINGDOM LIFE ASSU-
RANCE COMPANY,
8, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall, London.
DIVISION OF PROFITS AMONG THE ASSURED.

HONORARY PRESIDENTS.
Earl of Errol I Earl of Stair

Earl of Courtown I Earl Somers
Earl Leven and Melville I Lord Viscount Falkland

Earl of Norbury. I Lord Elphinstone
Lord Belhaven and Stenton
DIRECI;ORS.
JAMES STUART, Esq., Chairman.

H. DE CASTRO, Esq.,Deputy Chairman.

Samuel Anderson, Esq. Charles Downes, Esq.
H. B. Avarne, Esq. Charles Graham, Esq.
Morton Balmanno, Esq. C. Maitland,
Edw. Boyd, Esq., Resident John Ritchie, Esq.
E. Lennox Boyd, Esq., As- William Railton, Esq.
sistant Resident F. H. Thomson, Esq.
SURGEON—Fred. Hale Thomson, Esq., 48, Berners-street.
SECRETARY—Patrick Macintyre, Esq.
This Joint Stock Company, established by Act of Parlia-
ment, without limited responsibility, affords the most perfect
security in an ample paid-up Capital, and in the great success
which has attended it, since its commencement in 1834, and
the large accumulation of Premiums which has taken place.
On the Ist of July, 1841, the Company, at their General
Meeting declared an addition of one-half to the Sums paid by
the Stockholders, and appropriated to those holding Assurances
at the participating rate 21. per Cent. per Annum, from the
dates of their policies, so that the addition to a policy for
1,000/, in force for the previous 5 years, has been 100/., mak-
ing it in all 1,100/. The Premiums payable to the Company
are nevertheless very moderate, and only one-half of them, when
the Insurance is for life, need he paid for the first five years after
the date of the Policy ; the other half, subject to the payment
of interest at 5 per cent, annually, to be deducted at death, or
paid off at convenience. By this arrangement it becomes easy
for a person of moderate income to secure a provision for his
family ; and the policy may be relinquished on the acquisition
of a fortune, within the five years, the Assured having paid
only one half the premiums, instead of the whole, according to
the usual practice.
Thus a person of 25 years old may, by an annual payment of
28/. 16s. 3d. for the first five years, and afterwards of the full
premium, 571. 12s. 6d., secure to his widow and children at
his death payment of no less than 3,000/., subject only to the
deduction of 144/. 13s. 3d. , being the amount of premiums un-
paid. A person requiring a temporary advance of money may
also, in terms of this arrangement, should he within five years
relinquish the policy of Assurance by means of which he has
obtained the advance, give it up on payment merely of one-
half of the Premiums instead of the whole, according to the
usage of most other Offices.

68th Foot J. M. Napier to be Captain, by put,.
chase, vice Witham, who retires; Ensign P. C. S. Grant to
be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Napier, March 4 ;
the Hon. H. L. Noel to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Grant,
March 4.

71st Foot—A. C. Parker, Gent. to be Ensign, with iut pur-
chase, vice Uniacke, deceased, March 4.

Rifle Brigade—Lieut. G. H. Wilkins to be Captain, with-
out purchase, vice Warren, promoted ; Second-Lieut. F. R.
Elrington to be First-Lieutenant, vice Wilkins, Nov. 23.
BREVET.—Major C. A. Bayley, half-pay Unattached, Com-
mandant of the island of Gozo, to have the local rank of Lieu-
tenant .Colonel, in the Mediterranean only, Nov. 23. 1841.
Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Northamptonshire.
Beriah eotfield, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant, Feb. 23.
Commission signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the county of

The great facilities afforded by the Company, in these and
other respects, are such that it really appears a moral duty in
every parent who is not possessed of a fortune, but of an in.
come, however moderate, to insure his life for a sum which
may yield a provision to his family.

RATES OF PREMIUM.
Age. Without Profits. With Profit!.
25
30
40
50
60
Every information will be afforded on application to the
Resident Directors, Edward Boyd, Esq., and E. Lennox Boyd,
Esq., of No. 11, Waterloo place, Pall Mall, London.

Edinburgh.

IMPORTANT TO THE ARMY AND THE COLONIES.
THE BRITISH QUEEN and. STATESMAN,
of SATURDAY, March 5, will contain, amongst
interesting Intelligence, the Heads of an Important Plan, now
under consideration of the Executive, for the better RE-
WARDING SOLDIERS, limiting their Period of Service,
and increasing our Colonial Defences—Spanish and Portugnese
Commissions— restimonial to Lord Londonderry—Sir Charles
Napier, or Syria versus Portugal—Exclusive Military and
Naval News—Literary and Dramatic Intelligence, with all the
Parliamentary News of the Week, &c. &c.

Early in April will be published, in Bvo., price 125.,
VOLUME VIII. OF THE
HISTORY OF SCOTLAND,
By PATRICK FRASER TYTLER, Esq.,
containing the Relency of Morton, and part of the Reign of
James Vl. ; ending with the Execution of Queen Mary.
A NINTH VOLUME will complete the History to tie
Union of the Crowns, and include an Index to the whole work.
Vol. VII. of the Edition in Post Bvo., price 65., will be
published on 31st March, and Vol. VIII. nu 31st May.
William Tait, Edinburgh • Longman and Co., and Sirnp-
kin, Marshall, and Co., London.

Mice One Shilling Monthly, or 12s. for a whole Year,
TAIT'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE,
in one particular, has, by universal admission, a decided
superiority over all the Magazine literature of the country; we
refer to the abstracts which it furnishes of the more important
and interesting publications which daily issue from the press.
The care, good taste, and decrimination with which these are
generally prepared, are so complete, that the reader is, in most
cases furnished with a condensed view of nearly all that is
valuable in the volumes reviewed. To those who have little
spare time for reading, this a most invaluable quality in a pe-
riodical.—Stirling Observer.
William Tait, Edinburgh. Simpkin, Marshall, and Co.,
London.

On the first of March was published,

Tab LACKWOOD'S MAGAZINE. No.
CCCCXVII. 2s. 6d.
H.
THE BOOK of the FARM. By HENRY
STEPHENS. With Portraits of a Short-Horn Ox
and Brood Sow, engraved on steel, by Landseer. Part 111. 4s.

111.
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V.
PROFESSOR JOHNSON'S LECTURES on
AGRICUL fURAL CHEMISTRY and GEO-
LOGY. No. XVI. Is.
William Blackwood and Sons, 45, George-street, Edin-
burgh, and 22, Pall-mall, London.
Subscribers' names to the above Periodi,.al Works received
by all Booksellers and Newsmen in the United Kingdom.

GENTEEL PECCADILLOES.—A rumour is current
that another case of " nervous irritability," or "moncmania,"
has occurred in this town, the patient 'seine, a lady of very re-
spectable connexions. The rumour goes that a most respect-
able nurseryman, having had frequently to bemoan the loss of
the most choice specimens of floriculture from one of his con-
servatories, was desirous of ascertaining the cause, and accord-
ingly a watch was set upon the preserve most subject to depre-
dation, and on Monday last a figure in muff and veil was ob-
served sauntering among the tempting shrubs, and, by some
strange coincidence, several of the rarest of the rare were
found to have disappeared immediately as she passed. An in-
quiry was set on foot, and it was discovered that the pi omenader
had "stolen the sweetest blussoms, ar.d hid them in her muff."
An explanation ensured, and penitence being expressed and
an apology tendered, the matter was allowed to drop without
the Interference of the police.— Cheltenham Examiner.

842.

Edinburgh Regiment of Militia—Walter Francis Duke of
Buccleuch to be Co onel, vice the Marquis of Lothian, de-
ceased, Jan. 6.
Commissi in signed by the Lord Lieutenant of Gloucestershire.
Royal Gloucestershire Regiment of Yeomanry Caval•y.—
P. Godsal, Gent. to be Lieutenant, vice Neeld, resigned,
Feb. 24.

WHITEHALL, FEB. 23.
The Lord Chancellor has appointed John King Watts, of
Saint Ives, in the county of Huntingdon, Gentleman, to be a
Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery.
The Lord Chancellor has also appointed William Bromley,
the younger, of Hayling Island, in the county of Southampton;
Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of
Chancery.
WHITEHALL, FEB. 28.
_ _

The Lord Chancellor has appointed Alfred Baldwin East, of
Birmingham, in the county of Warwick, Gent., to be a Master
Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery
DECLARATIONS OF INSOLVENCY.

SAMUEL JACKSON and THOMAS FREDERICK
JACKSON, woolstaplers, Bermondsey.
THOMAS WORTH, furniture broker, Northampton.
JOHN WATSON muslin •manufacturer, Manchester.
BANKRUP rcy SUPERSEDED.

MARK FOTHERGILL and MICHAEL, FOTHER-
GILL, drysalters. Upper Thames-street.
WILLIAM WILLIAMS and THOMAS HILL, linen
drapers, Bow Church-yard, London.
Tu OM AS HILL, commission agent and factor, Bow Church-
yard, London.
• BAN KRUPTS.

HENRY HARRISON, merchust, Manchester, to sur-
render March 16 and April 15, at ten, at the Commissio,.eis%
rooms, Manchester. Scott, Lincoln's Inn-fields, London ;
Mor is, Manchester.
WILLIAM SLATER, banker, Cheshire, March 16, and
April 15, at two, at the Clarendon-rooms, Liverpool. Saxon,
Northwich, Cheshire; Cole, Adelphi-teirac Strand, Lond•m.

JAMES BIRCH PARTRIDGE, Sheffitld-warp dealer,
Birmingham, March 14, at twelve, and April 15, at eleven, at
the Waterloo-rooms, Waterloo-street, Birmingham. Chaplin,
Gray's Inn-square, London ; Harrison, Edmund-street, Bir-
mingham.
SAMUEL FOX STEPHENS, bill-broker, Old Broad-
street, March 11, at half-past eleven, and April 15, at twelve.
at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official assignee ; Cox,
Pinner's-hall, Old Broad street.

JOHN WRIGHT, cabinet-maker, Birmingham, March
18, at two, and April 15, at twelve, at the Waterloo Roams,
Birmingham. Whitehouse, Chancery-lane, London.
WILLIAM NATHAN HUNT, stationer, Watling-street,
March 14, at two, and April 15, at eleven, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Graham, Basinghall-street, official assignee ;
Wolleer, Bucklersbury.
JOHN CRITCHLEY, bricklayer. Liverpool, March 17,
and April 15, at the Clarendon-rooms, South John-street,
Liverpooi. Sharpe, Fiel i, and Jackson, Bedford-row - Ban •
ner, Harrington-chambers, North John-street, Liverpool.
JOHN MATSON RIGDEN, maltster, Wingham, Kent,
March 22, and April 15, at twelve, at Guildhall, Canterbury.
Egan, Waterman, and Wright, Essex-street, Strand, London ;
Curteis and Kingsford, Canterbury.
RICHARD WALROND FORGE, fish salesman, Billings-
gate, Lower Thames-street, March 11, at one, and April 15, at
eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, Basinghall-
street, official assignil ; Cox, Sise-lane.
CHARLES HgNRY WEBB, corn dealer, Forebridge,
Staffordshire, March 16, at one, and April 15, at twelve, at the
Swan Inn, Stafford. Clowes and Wedlake, King's Bench-
walk, Temple; Hiern and Ward, Stafford.
EDWARD DAVIS, architect, Bath,' March 15, and April
15, at twelve, at the White Hart Inn, Bath. Frowd, Essex-
street, Strand, London; Cruttwell a-d Sons, Bath.
DANIEL ANTROBUS, salt merchant, Great Budworth,
Cheshire, March 16 and April 15, at one, at the Clarendon-
rooms, Liverpool. Saxon, Northwich, Cheshire; Cole, Adel-
phi-terrace, Strand, London.

SPIRI+ of the PUBLIC JOURNALS

FROAOTSIE EVENING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY.

GARDNER BOGGS, WILLIAM TAYLOR, and
WILLIAM SHAND' the younger, merchants, Great Win-
chester-street, City, March 15, and April 15, at eleven, at
the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennel, official assignee, Basing-
hall-street; Simpson and Cobb, Austin Friars. •
JAMES NIXON, upholster, Oxford-street, March 19, at
twelve' and April 15, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Edwards, official assignee; Tate, Basinghall-street.
THOMAS BALDWIN, innkeeper, New-street, Worcester,
March 11, and April 15, at eleven, at the Pack Horse Inn, Wor-
cester, Letts, Bartlett's-buildings, Holborn; Finch, Worcester.
DIVIDENDS.
At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street.
R. P. Vicat, linen draper, Nelson-place, Old Kent-road,
March 26, at twelve—M. A. Cousins, lodging-house keeper,
Maize-hill, Greenwich, March 26, at eleven.
In the Country.
W. Ballinner, baker, Swansea, Glamorganshire, March 30,
at twelve, at the Castle Inn, Swansea—R. R. Juod, corn
factor, Birmingham, March 30, at twelve, at the Waterloo-
rooms, Birmingham—T. W. Brighton, commission agent,
Cheltenham, April 4, at two, at the Royal Hotel, Cheltenham
—J. S. Daintry and J. Ryle, bankers, Manchester, March 29,
at twelve, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Manchester—T.
Dare, builder, Exeter, April 28, at one, at the Old London
Inn, Exeter—B. Bridgewater, victualler, Birmingham, March
29, at twelve, at the Waterloo-rooms, Birmingham—R. Jaques
and R. Wilson, flax spinners, Leeds, March 29, at eleven, at
the Commissioners'-rooms, Leeds—G. Turk, saddler, Chelten-
ham, April 20, at one, at the Royal Hotel, Cheltenham—W.
Morgan, bookseller, Lichfield, March 21, at twelve, at the
Swan. Hotel, Lichfield—W. Lister, cloth manufacturer, Rod-
ley, Yorkshire, March 26, at twelve, at the Commissioners'-
rooms, Leeds—S. Quickfall, draper, INewcastle-upon-Tyne,
April 1, at twelve, at the Comm'ssion-room, Newcastle-upon-
Tyne—S. Wright, grocer, Watton, Norfolk, March 28, at two,
at the Suffolk Hotel, Bury St. Edmunds—J. P. Yapp, grocer,
Weobley, Herefordshire, April 12, at one, at the office of Mr.
J. Hammond, Leominster.
CERTIFICATES—Maacir 25. _ _

J. Young, shVl7uilder, Newport, Monmouthshire—J. and
S. Holt, glass manufacturers, Liverpool—W. Nash, tea dealer,
Budge. row, City—G. Novra, importer of foreign goods, lied
Lion-square, Holborn—F. T. West, coal merchant, Com-
mercial-road, Lambeth—R. Chilver, upholsterer, Ipswich.
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.
H. Goodday and C. Housley, surgeons, Mitcham, Surrey—
J. and M. F. Lee, printsellers, London-wall, City—S. and
T. R. Guppy, sugar refiners, Bristol—G. Killick, G. Flash..
man, and 111. Orton, furniture warebousemen, Dovor—M.
Knowles, W. Pickup, and R. Whittaker, calico-printers,
Higher Booths, Lancashire—H. Turner and T. Claikson, fur-
niture printers, Coventry-street, Piccadilly—M. A. and 51. N.
Lat bury, schoolmistres;es, Braunston, Northamptonshire—
R. Macdonald and J. Holland, tobacco and snuff manufacturers,
Lower Chapman-street, St. George's in the East— B. Jefford
and J. H. Cox, grocers, Birmingham—W. Sutcliffe and I'.
Oxley, cotton spinners, Manchester—T. Blackburne and J.
Stretch, ale and spirit dealers, Liverpool—T. Thompson and
J. Fauset, painters, Liverpool--T. Jones and J. Coker,
slaters, Tranmore, Che,hire—J. Tipton and W. Jetson, pat-
tei n card and book makers, Manchester—J. Watson and W. J.
Fry, ho iers, Loughborough, Leicestershire—J. and T. Evetts,
plumbers, Birmingham—l. Ridgway and T. Peacop, tanners.
La chford, Cheshire—C. Jones, J. Gray, and R. J. Keen,
opticians, Liverpool (so far as regards C. Jones)—J. and
M. S. Bletchly, common carriers, Exeter—D. D. Secretan
and G. R. Scott, stock brokers, Birchin lane—J. Mersland
and .1. Hope, cotton merchants, Manchester—E. and J. Pa)ne
woolstaplers, Lashlake, Oxfordshire—F. L. Taylor and A
Greenwood, joiners, Sheffield—W. Tweedy, J. Williams, W.
Rogers, W. M. Tweedy, and M. Williams, bankers (so far as
regards W. Rogers)—Jas. Hirst, A. Sykes, Jos. Hirst, J.
Scatcherd, and S. Scatcherd, fancy cloth manufacturers, Hud-
dersfield (so far as regards Jas. Hirst, A. Sykes, and Jos.
H irst ).
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.

GLOBE." Let any_ man, after calm reflection," says
the Post, -declare whether the social and political
changes of the last five-and-twenty years have added to'
the general stock of happiness? and if the answer be, as
we think itnnust be, in the negative, let that man
reflect wheth9r the further extension of principles, which,
in their operation, have caused little else- than wretched-
ness, is likely Ifereafter to be productive of prosperity and
peace?" _Happiness is amide Word; the question,•at pre-
sent, is about jbod. It may be .0)-anteil that the "social and
changel7 of the litSive-ani. twenty years have
done nothing y to secure national supplies of subsist-
ence. The only important measure which has been
passed, affecting lb provide for that object, was the Corn
bill of 1528, which' we beg to disclaim entirely as one of •
the " social and pOtitical changes" effected in accordance
with Liberal principles. If that measure " have caused
little else than wretchedness"—(as we are not concerned
to deny)—that wretchedness; at least, does not lie at
the doors of Reformers—except as they have too
emphatically let their opponents have their own
way. We assure the Post we shall never call
for "the extension" of those " principles," which
at present govern the material well-being of the
general population. The whole responsibility of those
" principles"—in their adoption, and "extension,"
we leave where it belongs —to the party whom
Wellington led, and whom Peel leads. The
party have legislated, and are legislating, on the
assumption that the agriculture of this country cannot
go on producing, unless the price of its products is esta-
blished by law above' the level of the prices of the rest
of the world. To secure this fancy price, which has
varied, since 1814, in the views of its aspirants, from
a hundred and. twenty—eighty—sixty shillings, down
to the average now proposed—to secure this fancy
price, which never has yet been secured, that party
which, as regards the Corn-laws, has been in power
all along, continues to assume the responsibility of
keeping out some portion of those supplies which
would come in, but for their sliding machinery. They
do this in the name of the agricultural interest ; they
do it in the face of the wretchedness which, according
to the Post, has nrevailed ; they do it in the teeth, as
we believe of far die largest portion of that agricultural
interest which they pretend to consult ; and which they
consult in the p'rsons or landlords who, maintain their
political influence by withholding the sine qua non of
of
agriculturalfarm eizroevnedienievid sluggish and timid by such ait, fair leases—and in the per-
sonssystem.
COURIER.—A gentleman of the name of Gisborne,
who when in Parliament was wont to enliven the house
hy his facetix, if did not exactly enlighten it by his fac-
tiousness, has taken i,he trouble to relieve the insup-
portable tedium of the private life and leisure to which
contemptuously condemned by every constituency once
persuaded to take him on trust, by inditing and publishing
pamphlet under the title of " Letter to the Council of
the Anti-Corn League," with which of course our friend
,f the Chronicle is or affects to be mightily taken, al-
though the wag of a panegyrist maliciously interjects
his encomium with the insinuation that the wrier is
:•ather of the latest in the sports of the field, meaning
that he had prudently left other people to start and
slaughter the game whilst he comes slyly forward after-
wards to pocket the brush or bag the quarry. " Much
in this world." quoth the Critic, " depends on hitting
the proper moment ' • and . through Mr. Gisborne has
dissected Sir Robert Peel's speech on proposing his mea •
sure in an admirable manner in this letter, yet we fear
the time has, in some meisure, gone by for obtaining
for it that attention which it must have. commanded
had it immediately followed the speech." For once we
are quite of accord with our satirical neighbour, only
that we may take leave to stretch his " fear" into the
tbsolute certainty, that neither at this present nor any
byegone time could it be possible for any production
from the pen, or speech from the lips, of a person of
Mr. Gisborne's calibre to "command (public) atten-
tion," or to deserve it. That gentleman neither is, nor
ever can be, more than one of the vulgar herd of
More
wearo a s then
o fbmi a
musty
tte moments
arguments
owners, fv
d ge f
ofd' a a s
thinkers—one of the imitatores servum pecus—who
blindly follow the bellwethers of the flock, and, with the
morning help of the Chronicle, catch a glimpse of an
ideasto e up npw
further
a andh
multitude of fabricated facts and false assertions
long exposed and forgotten by all the world besides,
ea n castand ot
byr between,
huselesser ta
for
and derided, as well as repudiated, even now by the
original owners and manufacturers of the counterfeit
wares. All these Mr. Gisborne industriously hashes up
and retails, in speech or print, as the concentrated essence
of wit and wisdom to any assembly which will vouchsafe
him a hearing, or any constituency for whose votes, under
the patronage of Mr. Daniel O'Connell, he may go a

JOHN WEIR, tea dealer, Glasgow, March 8 and 29, at
twelve, at the office of R. Hall, Glasgow.
ANDREW MACKENZIE, merchant, Dingwall, March
7 and 29, at twelve, at the National Hotel, Dingwall.
WILLIAM WADDELL, factor, Glasgow, March 7 and
April 6, at twelve, at the writing chambers of A. and A.
M'George, Glasgow.
DONALD ROBERTSON, coach hirer, Edinburgh, March
7 and '2 8 , at two, at Ferguson's Ship Tavern, Edinburgh.
JAMES HUNTER ROBERTSON, merchant, Greenock,
March 10 and 31, at twelve, at the White Hart lon, Greenock.
THOMAS WHITTET, merchant, Perth, March 10 and
31, so two, at the George Inn, Perth.
JAMES SUTHERLAND, coal merchant, Edinburgh,

STANDARD.—The Bill for leave to introduce
which the Chancellor of the Exchequer, moved last night,
appears to be well calculated to do all that can be de-
sired in the matter of the Exchequer-bill fraud. It is
a Bill empowering the Crown to appoint commis-
sioners, with the usual authority of a court of law,
fully to investigate the affair. These Commis-
sioners will thus be able to extort evidence by a com-
pulsory process, to demand access to an necessary docu-
ments, and, in short, to take all steps necessary for the
development of the truth, while,
acting under the autho-
rity of a special statute, and, as it were, under the eve of
Parliament and the country, they must discharge the duty
allotted to them diligently, zealously, and honestly.
The report of men even less skilful and upright than
those whom Sir Robert Peel may be expected to se-
lect for the office of Commissioners, must, therefore, be
satisfactory, much more satisfactory than the report of a
mere prerogative commission, which would have no power
of extorting evidence, or a Parliamentary Committee, sub-
ject to no responsibility. In the course that Ministers have
taken they have, therefore, done the best that could
be done for the country. Nevertheless, some objec-
tions were last night raised, if not against the course
itself, against the manner in which the subject of it has
been treated. It has been suggested, that a hope of com-
pensation ought to be held out to innocent holders of
forged bills. This, we think, a mistaken view. There is
nothing more dangerous than to assign to the same
parties the conduct of the investigation of an
alleged wrong, and the measuring of the reparation to be
made for it. Men charged with the discharge of offices
so naturally distinct will be sure to confound them, and
too often allow their sense of an injury suffered to stand
in the place of evidence that it has been suffered wrong-
fully. Our laws take all the precaution that human wisdom
can devise against such a confusion. A wrong is complain-
ed of, the Judge first determines that the wrong complained
of is one for which the law provides a remedy ;
he then strictly superintends the evidence on both
sides, as to the commission and amount of the
alleged wrong— taking care that no evidence pro-
perly, and that no evi-
dence but such as law and experience prove
to be conclusive to the elucidation of truth shall be due shall be withheld
principle never departed
ad-
vanced ; and then he leaves a Jury to decide upon the
Pverne(biTaJuries
fact and the degree of the injury. This is the principle
by which our administration of justice, in cases of al-
legedrarelY.
fromf
r wrong,t h oJudges,uciasi sing mischief.

MONEY MARKET &nd CITY NEWS.

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days
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foreign Power should inter-
pose to avert so great a calamity., It Seems, however, that a
M
war is not the only scourge the 1 exians are exposed to, since i
various commotions have occurred n the Republic, partaking
more of the character of a petty rebellion than a riot. Bodies
of armed men, in numbr. from thirty to forty each, were
coming into constant collision with
leach other, under various
political denominations, such as I% ocerados, St,
—c., and the result
being generally the massacre or mutilation of a good
proportion
on both sides, and Lynch-law.
.reignedr. triumphant in various
quarters, threatening notices be_l9,, served upon any one who
became obnoxious to a gang 01. desperadoes.
In one of these
barbarian documents, the party is
.coolly required to quit house
and lands within a very limited. tun!, although, as the notice
observes, ~ it may be very inconvenient to him."
The whole
state of society in fact, in some parts of the Republic, is
spoken of in worse terms than could be applied to an unci-
vilised community.

The Earl of CLARENDON 'ished to put a question,
pursuant to notice, to the Noble Lord, the Secretary for
Foreign Affairs, respecting the preparations now beinl
made in France for a fresh insurrection in Spain.
Those preparations were carried on with st
much system and publicity, that they excited
the alarm of all who were interested in thi
welfare and prosperity. of that country. He had no
doubt that communication on the matter had passed be-
. tween the Noble Earl and the French Minister for
Foreign Affairs, and that the Noble Earl had been as-
sured that those preparations were not encouraged by
the French Government, and that, with such an
• assurance, he would rest satisfied. But, on the
other hand, in the strugg,'es against foreign ag-
gression for which Spain was now preparing, it
would be of great advantage, and a vast encouragement
to the Government and people of that country, if the)
learned by a public _ declaration in Parliament, that tin
real interests of Spain were not now a matter of in-
difference to this country, not treated as on a former
occasion, as a party question, but that her Majesty':
Government were determined to uphold the present go-
vernment of Spain as the best which the circumstances
of that country admitted ; and that it was the opinion of
her Majesty's Government that it was the unquestion-
able interest of this country that Spain should Ix
completely free and independent. He confessed that
was his principal motive for asking the Noble Earl for
such informatiotion as it was consistent with his duty
to communicate. If any correspondence had taken
place it certainly had, as yet, not produced any
beneficial results ; for it was well known that an aide-
de-camp of the Premier of France, Marshal Soult, had
been sent down to Don Carlos, and was still
resident with that Prince. It - was also welt
known that an army for the invasion of Spell,
was uniting on the South of France, and
that the Carlist leaders had been allowed to leave the
:owns which had been assigned for their residences, and
to repair to the frontiers. Many civilians also had been
permitted to come to the frontiers, and to trans-
mit large sums of money across the borders • ane
these people declared openly that they had the
authority of the Government of France. He did not
believe that they had any such authority, and that what-
ever might be the policy of that Government, it was toe
prudent to give any direct sanction to such proceedings.
But yet those things could not take place if the French
Government chose to prevent them: as it was well known
that no man could stir a league in France if the Go-
vernment chose to prevent him. Mitch less could those
refugees, who were under the immediate surveillance of
the police, and receiving daily rations from the Govern-
ment, move about where they thought proper, against
the will or without the knowledge of the Govern-
ment. It was also well known how easily the
Government could interfere . when it suited its
purpose to do so. In 1839, when the war was
drawing to a close, and it suited the purpose of the
French Governinent to put an end to it, an instant stop
was put to the transmission of arms, ammunition,
provisions, and money across the frontier, and even
persons who were considered obnoxious to the Go-
vernment of the Queen, were not allowed to approach the
frontier. But all those things thus suddenly prevented,
had been permitted for five years before. If the French
Government could effect this along—a long line of
monntain frontier, how much more easy to prevent
the . same proceeding on the part of men who
were scattered throughout the interior towns, and were
dependent upon the bounty of the Government for daily
subsiitance ? That Government was the last which
should tolerate those hostile preparations against a
neighbouring and peaceable state, when it considered
what had been its own conduct towards Switzerland,
which only gave a refuge to Louis Napoleon. The
present conspiracy had no other object than revolu-
tion and disorder, and these were points well worthy,
the attention of every one who wished well to the coun-
try. He rejoiced in the conviction that no foreign inter-
vention in Spain could be of the least avail if op-
posed to the wishes of the people, nor could, any-
thing now deprive Spaniards of a constitutional
G overnment. Spain had of late made prodigious pro-
gress in the establishment of order, and he was perfectly
convin..tAl if Spain could only enjoy a few years of peace
and tranquility, she would soon regain her place amongst
tire nations. He merely wished to ask the Noble Lord
whether he was aware of the preparations which were
tilting place in Spain, and whether in the event of a con-
splracy taking place in Spain, it was the intention of Go-
vernment to send over any British men of war to protect
the interests of Britain?

Lord ABERDEEN was not surprised that the Noble
Earl should take an interest in the state and prospects
of Spain, where he had so long represented her Majesty.
But he (Lord Aberdeen) would not consider Spanish
politics as a party question, for he believed every Govern-
ment, and every man in this country, united in desiring
to uphold Spanish independence and prosperity. This
policy was the motive of the great triumphs of
the Noble Duke near him, and of the Govern-
ment opposite. This was their principle, whether
Spain was under a King, Regent, or Cortes. But the
present Government deserved particularly the support of
her Majesty's Government, for it had done more to ad-
vance the interests of that country than any other since
the days of Ferdinand. The recent attempt had been
completely defeated ; that in projection was well known
to the Spanish Government, and her Majesty's
Government had received every assurance from the
French Government that every attempt would be made
to check and suppress that movement. Our Government
had received the strongest assurances from that of
France.
.However, her Majesty's Government would
do all it legitimately could in the provinces and on the
coasts, to support the Government of Spain. But
the apprehensions of the Noble Lord were
premature, for he (Lord Aberdeen) knew for
a fact that no union had taken place be-
tween the Carlists and the Christinos. As for Cabrera,
he had not even been permitted to go to Paris, much less
negotiate for the beginning of an insurrection. Cer-
tainly, however, if notwithstanding the knowledge and
strength of the Spanish Government, an insurrection
should take place, her Majesty's Government would cer-
tainly send ships of war for the protection other British
Majesty's subjects, and also to give every
.proper sup-
port to the Government of Spain, as our ancient ally.
THE LATE SIR ROBERT KENNEDY.

thetlhageira and the Azores, the
Post-office authorities have adopted a new regulation,
operationwhich
view to greater
facility
of communication l sl-i G T
came into
on Thursday, respecting the transmission of
the mails to those places. The West India Contract Packets
are in future to touch at Madeira in their outward voyage, so
thot letters intended to be delivered either there or at the
Azores, will be forwarded by that conveyance, and not by the
Brazil packets, as heretofore, n.rille,s specially marked to be
sent by other channels. The mails will be made up on the Ist
.-
witIVII i
and lsth of every month. By this means it is considered that
a more rapid and more certain ornnunicat ion will be establ shed
than could be obtained by adhering to the former mode of transit,

Lord BROUGHAM wished to call the attention of
the Noble Duke and her Majesty's Ministers to a matter
which he had seen with great pain. He should do no
more than simply call the attention of their Lordships
to the fact. By 6 sec. 2 chap. of the Act commomy
called " The Civil List Act," it was enacted that certain
proportions of the public funds should be at the disposal
of the Crown, for' purposes set forth is the pre-
amble of the Act, and that it was the bounden
duty of the advisers of the Crown to recommend
to the Crown for grants of pensions, such persons only
as, by their services and integrity, were entitled to such
benefits. No man who had read the despatches of the
Noble Duke opposite—which were more interesting,
perhaps, for the statesman to read than the soldier—
could doubt that a more gallant and noble man
than the late Commissary-General, Sir Robert
Kennedy, did not exist. That man-a-who, if possi-
ble, added to his nobility of character by dying in
poverty, a proof that he could resist a temptation before
which many great men had fallen—left two sisters who
were in circumstances of extreme poverty. To these
ladies, the sisters of Sir Robert Kennedy, had been
awarded a pension of 501. a year. Unless he (Lord
Brougham) obtained a satisfactory explanation
of their granting so small a sum to each of those parties,
he should give notice of a motion for the production of
papers relative to that grant.
The Duke of WELLINGTON was glad that
the Noble and Learned Lord had called the
attention of the House to this subject. No
officer was more deserving of the high respect of the
public than Sir R. Kennedy. That officer had served
the public in most arduous situations with high credit to
himself and advantage to the country. He had ac-
counted for a sum which was almost incre-
dible—a sum not less than fifty-four or fifty-
five millions sterling, to the satisfaction of the
authorities at the Treasury. He (the Duke of Welling-
ton) would give his attention to the matter under con-
sideration, as there could not be a worthier officer than
the individual now mentioned.

heir consideration, it was his wish that they should
searchingly inquire into the conduct of an officer who was es-
weially responsible to them, if he had been guilty of any
' aeglect of duty. The resolution come to in the other House
vas, to appoint a Parliamentary Commission, which he thought
vas not only the best which could be adopted, but certainly the
nly one which could satisfy those who had any just claim on the
.lovernment, and to exclude those who had no such right.
Out he did not think it would effect what he desired to be as-
•ertained. What he asked their Lordships to inquire was, not
whether the owners of those bills ought to be paid or not, bat
whether there was any delinquency in the affair which he held.
It the inquiry could, in the opinion of the Noble Duke, be st-
ained in any other way than that which he proposed, he would
latily accept that mode. Altheugh no one in the House had
nade any charge against him personally, yet, there had been
iands and tongues busy elsewhere, which rendered it necessary
..or him to put himself, as it were, upon his trial, for the value
if millions of public securities would be endangered if the opi-
don once got abroad that there was any laxity or carelessness
ti the management of the business of the office over which he
sresided. He would take it upon himself to say that there had
tot been, in any one instance, the slightest degree of deviation
'roes the established rules and usages of the office. There had
seen no carelessness, no relaxation. Much had been said of
he carelessness ofleaving printed forms, and stamped papers in
he control of the chief cle.k. Certainly, it was easy
-0 point out a remedy for a particular fraud after it had been
liscovered ; and although the Commissioners had found that
he particular fraud in question had been facilitated in that
way, yet for 140 years the same had been the usage of the
ffice, and down to the time of Mr. B. Smith, not one fraud
tad been committed. He would beg to call their Lordships'
itten ion to the fact, that this carelessness, as it was called,
vas not the result of a new system. There was not one of
hose inativertencies which had not been made the subject of Par-
iainentary inquiry, which had existed not only anterior to the
Ast century, but which had been frequently brought under the
iotice of Parliament. He might say that the very question of
he amount cf confidence placed in the senior officer of the
Exchequer had been brought befbre the Treasury from the
year 1696 till the Administration of Lord Grey, at various
Mmes, and was uncorrected. Upon the extinction of the effice
if the Comptroller-General, the Legislature had all these facts
'efore them, and they made no alteration whatever in the
system practised in the ExChequer Bill Office. Orders were
received to carry on the department as had been hitherto the
sustom. The Treasury acquiesced in the practice, and lie
Lord Monteagle) must say that he did not blame the Treasury
for their acquiescence, for they had the example of 140 years
iefore them; during which time there had been no one
n ttance of any thing unpleasant having occurred. In
eality, the the Government selected every clerk in
he office of the Comptroller-General, and they were se-
, iected solely in consequence of their fitness for the office.
11r. Arthur Eden, a gentleman who had been 30 years in the
Exchequer, and had been long accustomed to offices of trust
end integrity, was appointed to the office of Assistant-Comp-
troller, and he (Lord Menteagle) would say, that a more cau-
tious and attentive man—a man better qualified for the office,
,oukl not have been appointed. They were selected on ac-
sount of age and service, except one junior, selected at the re-
coaimendation of Lord Camden ; than whom no man ever
made greater sacrifices to his country.—( Hear, hear.) Mr. B.
strnith had been entrusted by Lord Grenville and Sir J. New-
prt with the same functions he held under him (Lo:d Mont-
'agle). He was nephew to the late Sir Sidney Smith and of
Lady Grenville. Thus he had been for a long series
if years in his office, and he had the highest
testimonials. A great saving had been effected in the
exchequer bills of late, especially since the Noble Duke
time into power.—( Hear.) A great change was also made.
An establishment, costing 8,000/., was made to do the duty of
.ne. costing 48,000/. a year, and it worked well, with the ex-
seption of the late fraud. He (Lord Monteagle) had no
nowlodge of any suspicion of Mr. Smith till Monday, the 25th
S October. He had been at the office that day. He (Lord
slonteagle) received a communication from the Chancellor of
the Exchequer, and found to his dismay that the issuing clerk
was in custody on a charge of forgery. He (Lord Monteagle)
gave the Government all the assistance he could. He had
seen it publicly stated, nevertheless, that the Ministers who had
isked his advice had severely treated him. He ( Lord Mont-
eagle) got all the keys of Mr. Smith, and nothing gave him
inure pain than when, on opening his desk, the first object met
was the sword of the late Sir S. Smith—given to the man now
under sentence of transportation as a mark of regard. The
Government could hardly be blamed for trusting such a man.
Next came an examination of the bills of the clerks.
and a sum of 18,900,000/. went through their hands
without any mistake. This was greatly to their credit.
Of the responsibility which might fall upon any party for detain-
ing these bills, he took his full share. It was the duty of the
Government to withhold them from those who might turn
iheni to a bad account. But at the same time it was under-
taken that the bills should be at any time produced for the
purpose of enabling the innocent parties to recover against
those from whom they had received them. .Mr. Smith plea4ed
g silty, his accomplice having been admitted as a witness.
Now of neither of these facts had he any knowledge until the
morning of the trial ; though an absu,d report had gone abroad
t het Smith was induced to plead guilty in consequence of
what transpired in repeated interviews between hitn (Lord
slonteagle) and Sir Thomas Wilde, his (Smith's) legal
adviser. Nothing could be more absurd than such a rumour,
but it had made some impression on the public mind. On
this account he had thought it necessary to declare that
he never had any communication with Sir Thomas
Wilde on the subject of the trial ; nor did he
know anything of the course to be taken by Smith in the Crown
prosecution until the morning of the trial.—( Hear, hear.) As
to the Commission appointed by the Government, he did not
think a wiser course could have been taken, or a better selection
made of Commissioners ; nor would it be necessary for him to ack
then Lordships to institute any further inquiry, but fir two or
three statements in their reports, which were made in ignorance,
or through that carelessness and infirmity to which all men
were liable. He begged at the same time to declare that he
had the highest opinion of their talents and honour, and meant
to cast no imputation upon them personally in the remarks
he had to make. They stated, after having gone through the
whole of the evidenee, that they had been unable to trace, during
the whole of the last fifty years, a departure from any useful
practice or any relaxation in duty, except in five cases. If he
( Lord Monteagle) disposed of these five cases, he trusted he
should bring their Lordships to acknowledge that there had
been no relaxation whatever in the execution of duty in
the Exchequer-office. The Commissioners further stated that
the internal errors in the office had escaped notice during a
peried of 100 years. The first of these cases was the abandon-
ment of the second counterfoils ; that took place upwards of
forty years ago, and was under the order of the Treasury of
the day.—( Hear, hear.) The second case was the neglecting
to compare the counterfoils with the bills. 'This duty had, in-
deed, been neglected in the Paymaster's-office, but that was
not his (Lord Monteagle's) office, and did not come under his
cognizance. ,He should now proc red to the sth case, the des-
truction of the counterfoils without the authority of the Trea-
sury ; that, no doubt, was in his ( Lord Monteagle's) office ;
but it had been done since the year 1828, and could be of no
real, practical convenience to the public. The others were
more material points. The third was the signing of the bills
by more than one person. Lord Grenville signed about 5,000
bills out of 240,000, leaving Mr. Eden to sign 235,000; and
if any error lied been committed by him (Lord Monteagle)
it had resulted solely from his (Lord Monteagle's) undertaking
a larger portion of his duty than his predecessors had done.
He had actually signed more bills than Messrs. Eden and Per-
ceval. The next thing (as we understood the Noble Lord to
say) was an omission of the notification of his attorney. Lord
Granville bad certainly notified who his attorney was,
but Mr. Eden was not his (Lord Monteagle's) attor-
ney, and was not to be notified as such. He might be
censured for signing bills without signing a book, or in the
presence of a clerk. Here he might be censured for
tisrespect to their Lordships' Judicial Tribunal, for thinking
that his presence on appeals was merely formal, he did sign
Exchequer bills on their Lordships' table. Those bills came
and went in a despatch-box, and never were out of the custody
of a responsible person. Also, he had signed on Committees
and in Privy Council. But he was never absent from the office
when he ought to be there. But, if every official paper must
be signed within the four walls of the office, the business of the
Treasury or of the Secretary to the Home Department, could
never be gone through. An impression had, however, gone
abroad that the business of his office had been carelessly con-
ducted. On this ground, he asked for inquiry. He knew of
the Commission of Inquiry proposed by the other House ' • but
what he wanted was an inquiry whether or not he had relaxed
in the duties of his office. In the Report, page 74, some mis-
take occurred. It would appear that. Mr. Eden and Sir J. New-
port were examined. The fact was, both those gentlemen did as
he did ; but when he approved of a document, he put his
initials to it, that it should not come before him again.
He hoped the Committee he proposed would not be objected
to ; or, at least, unless their Lordships thought that there was
nothing to be inquired into, lie asked them to propose some
other inquiry. But he could not do his duty consistently
without asking for, and inquiring after, the imputations that
had gone forth. Of course, he would not have the audacity to
be a member of the Committee he asked for ; and in asking
for this inquiry, he redeemed the pledge he gave the Go-
vernment to bring this matter before the attention of the
Parliament early in the Session.
A message from the Commons brought up the Mixed
Marriages Act (Ireland), which was read a first time.
Lord BROUGHAM said that no parts of his Noble Friend's
candid, clear, and satisfactory speech were in the slightest de-
gree objectionable, except those in which he went into vindica-
tions of his whole conduct,which were objectionable only because
they were unnecessary, unless they might be considered neces-
sary to answer the insinuations which had been made against
him, which were as absurd as malignant. The course which
the Noble Lord proposed to their Lordships was one which it
was competent to them to take. The inquiry could not, he was
sure, affect any one in the office of which his Noble Friend was
at the head, although it might affect other persons in this
great metropolis, and give rise to prosecutions. That might
be a consideration which might cause their Lordships to hesitate
before they acceded to the motion. His Noble Friend had
stated that the only occasion on which Exchequer bills were
signed out of the office, were, twice by himself, once at the
Privy Council and once in that House; but that they were
sometimes signed by Sir John Newport, at his own house,
when he was unable to attend the office through illness.
He would beg to remind their Lordships that there was a
great difference between signing those bills away from the
'Ace, which Sir John Newport signed, and the signing of
those bills away from the office, which the Commissioners
said his Noble Friend had signed. The bills which Sir J.
Newport signed were " deficiency bills," and no others. The
bills which the Commissioners imputed to his Noble Friend
were " supply bills." Dsficiency bills were those which were
issued payable upon the growing surplus of the consolidated
fund. Supply bills were issued payable to " bearer." The
deficiency bills were made payable to the " Governor and
Company of the Bank of England, or order." If a deficiency
bill miscarried in its way back from the place of signature
to the Exchequer, it would be useless to the person into
whose hands it might fall, because being only payableto the
Governor and Company cf the Pank of England, it would be
be useless to any one who could not undertake to forge the
signatures of the Bank of England; and, again, the defi-
ciency bills were for sums of enormous amount (from
20,000/. to 100,000/. ), which would make it impossible for
those, who fraudulently got hold of them, to use them for their
own account. But it was not so with respect to the supply
w bills ; for in the first place they were payable to the bearer, and in
the second place, there were none of them to a greater
amount than 1,0001., so that whoever got possession of them
(but for one circumstance) might use them, and instantly

Lord BROUGHAM said nothing could be more satis-
factory than the observations of the Noble Duke.
FOREIGN FLOUR.

The Earl of ENNISKILLEN presented a petition
from the millers of Armagh, against the importation of
foreign flour into Ireland.
EXCHEQUER BILLS.
Lord MONTEAGLE rose to make the motion
which he had postponed on this subject, not from
any wish of his, but to suit other parties. Had he been
aware of the motion to come on in the House of Com-
mons last night he perhaps would not have postponed his.
He hoped, however, he should not be prejudiced in the
opinion of the Noble Duke on this account. He (Lord
M.) wished to separate the present subject from that of
the holders of forged Exchequer bills. He would leave
the question between them and the Parliamentary Com-
mission. He proposed an inquiry for another purpose.
His office was of a peculiar nature—of great and serious
responsibility, and which had for a long time been little
known to the public. But the functions of making
out and issuing Exchequer bills were not his
only functions, he had the more responsible office to
judge of the propriety of all money payments and re-
ceipts for the public service. He was not removable
from his office, except by an address from both Houses
of Parliament, to which he was responsible, and whose
officer, in fact, he was. He had addressed himself to
this part of the subject, to show that in inviting