The Sun.
London, England, 1816-06-18 00:00:00

MANSION HOUSE.

THE LATE EXTENSIVE FURGERlES.—Yesterclay
S.
.Netentun underwent a . world examination,
chargell with 'forging and tittering. bills and notes,
to the amount of several
.thonsatid pounds,,. and
,Was remauded for another examination.

RIOT IN THE NEW PRISON.

Thoinas Beleltam, a keeper of I he prison , WI) ite.
cross-street, exhibited a complaint against i•-
miner for debt, John repottd, fur assaulting him.
For snitle time 'a disposit!on to resist certain rep-
SlatiOns Was mattifested. by the debtors on the
Middlesex side. One of the most active (a
maior in the army) was. locked up on Satin-
dity,; the remaining :prisoners combined, and a
threatening fetter Was vvritten to the keeper, Mr.
declaring intent inns of violence if the
'll-111,j,r was not,liherat ell, This proceeding 1):!ing
followed by outrageous conduct to the 011icers
•
about the prison, such us pumping water upon
(me, throwing itt,ntes, olass bottles, striking
with pots, & it was fetind 'necessary to send to
the Lord Miiyor, Who, with the Sheriffs, Mar-
shals,, and ;about one huhdred*Coustables, repaired
ttr the prison, and ordered the prisoners to be.
locked up. •A general riot enstied, and, in en-
deavouring to force them in the lock-up plaees,
many officers reeeved injury. Cartwright the
marslialman' wai stabbed through the railing
AN,ltli a penknife in the thigh; and a marshal-.
man, Was much beaten : however, the refractory
were: s9bklmed, and rocked in. The Lord .Mayor
ordered that they should be so kept the following
day' (Sunday), and be deprived of the privilege
of seeing their friends: Several of thein have
sinee expressed Conti it ion, and solicited pardon ;
hitt the per Son who stabbed Cartwright is not yet
discovered. 'The Lord Mayor ordered a warrant
or detainer to be lodged against Vipond.

A Second Edition of the. Tragedy of Adelaide,
in which Miss O'NEILL displayed such
ing powers, is this tarty published by Mr, COL..
BURN, o Conduit-ctreet.

Adulphe.—The Translation of this charming
production of M. BIINJAMIti DR. W CONSTANT O
itritielltaild will appear in a few days. It is nut,
we believe, generally known that the Author hill,
tinder the assumed name of .4dolph4 ex!iitaited
livily picture of his own feclitios anti sentiments.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT'.

MOUSE OF LORDS, NI6NDAY, JUNE 17.

•
Madder Duty tint, the lrisli Grmoil Jury
Proentlount 114, and.the ErlinbUrgh Ptrlice Ltill,
were brtiusht up (row iheLluimunna, ithd resil
brit time.
Lord tiIiDESbALE presented a Petition from
'Worthing, in favour of the Shoreiviin I.larbour
'13111.-1441'bn the table.._ _ _

The Earl 9f EGitzi4owr Also presewed Peti,
!aqui fr,,m 'Brighton, Steynifig,:.l-jorshain, ant
New Slutrel,tun, in 'frii,lotir of ale ShorrhintlEldr.
hour 1111.—Laiti on the table, '

The Parish Apprentices' Bill teas read a second
time, and ortle,ed to be committed.
Lord Lit.rolan fixed the second rrealling.of the
'Nor Laws Bill for Wednesday.
Lee's Patent Bill was read a second 'time, and
.(trdered to be committed on tVednesday, after -et
Shrill "conversation between the Earl of Lauder-
dale, Lord Redesdate, and the Marquis of Do.ten-
shire.

Sir IV. Abdi's -Divorce Bill was read a thiitl
time, and pa3secl.
stwEtt COINASE.

The Earl of Lauottab_see cOnsidered the' mea-
sures to be pursued relative to the uesv.Silver
Coinage , would invOlve the people in
,great
Eculties and eitperree, without being of any
earthly benefit to them. lle shoal(' state whit
be hail to ;say on this sithject, more with a view
to dirot the attention of Miiiistetstd eertaiu points,
than to bring over the House tri his opinions.
The Noble Lind opposite (Liverpool), in stating
that gold was the proper Standard for this coun-
try, declared, that he believed all agreed with hint
in that opinion. Bet until lie (Leuderdale) had
read the late Lord Liverpool's letter to theking,
he had trever found any anchor (Mr, Lotke es-
pecially) that did not ,consider siker as the hest
51811(11rd of value. Neither should that standard
be altered on account of the increasing riches of
the country. But it had been asserted that
gold was least variable in its price. How that
could be .proved he was at a loss to know.
Where gold was the measure, and silver the thing
measured, the fluctuation in price of the former
would, no doubt, appear to be in the latter, when
it really was not so. He contended that they
would do a thing fatal to the country, if they did
net make silver the coin of legal tender, and the
statvlard of value. With proper alloy it was
harder, and preserved its impression 'longer, than
gold. Silver was a less encouragement its:coun-
terfeiting or defacing the Coin than gold. Be-
sides, silver, however debased, would circulate/on
the mere principle Of convenience. From the dis.
'eppearance of Ott Gold coil', he proved that silver
wss the most proper for Coin, because it afforded
less temptation fur sending it get of the-country.
should also ,be adopted as a legal tender in
retetebee to gohl, instead of ConOning.silver to
being a legal tender to the extent of 425. Accord-
gto the opinion of &briers in exchanges, ',it was
impossible for any 'country, whose standard was
%old, to have an escheoge at par. 'Lle hail tin.
dertfoiel that the next gold coinage was, to he
only of the value of 200. arid not :4, Us. He
agreed in the propriety of that measure, which he
thought few would object to, uniess it might 'be
the profestion4l ens n.—(A laugh.)-;.410 thought,
hnvreyer, that nothing effeCtual could be done for
the amelioration of the state of the coin, until
some measure should he adlopted to "lessen the
issue of
,dank paper, He conidice no reason far
hurrying on this new coinage in the present state,
of the country. He concluded by moving for a
Committee to enquire whether there was any pros
bability of the new silver coin remaining In circu-
lation; anW ale° to inquire into the policy of
melting silver a legal tender beyond forty-two
'Lime Earl of LIVERPOOL said, his opinion on
this subject rentained the same as when be brought
the Prinee Regent's Message on the new Coin
before the House. He believed that gold had
been brade'the standard measure of value, because
it was necessary foe the extensive dealings of the
country. : When our gold Coin was defective,
the exchanges were against its *; 'mid when it
was re-estublished, the exchanges came round
in war favour. It was also in the recommenda.
lion of gold as a standard of value,, that it was
an article not so generally used in manufacture as
silver, and therefore must be much less fines
trusting in value. Besides, it was easy to keep
the gold standavd perfect by weighing the Coin ;
but he woehl defy any man to prevail' on the peo.
pie to weigh silver coin in, circulation. It was
no innovation to make gold the standard, for, in
tact, it hod'heen so dike 1774. The reduction 'of
the deuothinative value of a guinea to 2Us. was
is mere questitht of convenience; but for his own
part, he would have liked better to have preserved
the old denomination. lie did not believe that the
whole amount of shillings and sixpences in circula-
tion, was more titan_ si million step ling. There was
on intention to keep the Bank tokens iii circulation
'more than about 2, or at most mouths, alter the
Wire of new Shillinei and Sixpences, because, by
that tittle, the new Coinage of Half-crowns, and
Crown-pieeeS, would be ready for circulai iou, to
supply the place of the Bank' Tokens. Ile sin-
'eerely concurred with the Noble Earl in his
`anxiety, that the, Batik shank) resume its cash
payments; but that could not be done without
furnishing the country with a lieW Coinage.
considered that all the arguments, and facts, and
information thatsexisted on this subject, were be.
fore the House and the Public ; for which' rea-
son he would oppOse the present motion.
The Earl of LonEitoSta'cOntentled in reply,
that here, 'as in France, the people Would Weigh
the silver if it was made the legal tender of this
country. repeated that he considered this as
.rs meastrte. full of danger to the country, nor Wiauld
fie take triton himself so heavy a responsibility as
that which the Noble Earl had thought on
The Earl of Ltvenivoe replied, and the motion
mils Regal ived without a division,---Adjou'roed.