The Stockton Examiner, and South Durham and North Yorkshire Herald. — 1879-04-12 (Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, England)

THE DEPRECIATION OF SILVER.  A numerous and very influential deputation from !lie Liverpool Chamber of Commerce, Manchester, 01.., have had an interview with the hancellor of :he Exchequer, at his official residence in Downing :treet, on the subject of the deprodation of silver, tml its bearing on the trade of the e,intry. With li. Chancel:or of the Exehejaer were Lorl Cranrook and the lion. E. Stanhope. Mr. W. Torr in_reduced the deputation. Sevural (dli‘e :eWletnen taving spoken, the Chancellor of the Exehequer aid he and his noble frieml.(l.ord Cranbrook) Cully admitted the importance of-hearing the spinet gentlemen so well acquainted with the subject as those before him. They all admitted  , I :hat the subject was one of very great itnportance, On Thursday afternoon, about five o'clock, Mr. I oat it was also one of great complication. The relaS. Mills, surzeon, Southampton Street, Strand, woo i lons betwcen India and England. and the particular ealled suddenly to Morley's Hotel, where he found •it which the depreciation of oiler has had in the Mr. Fletcher, M.P. for Cocheriii,th, had committed I Indian lima-T.1110,M was one question, and a large suicide by shooting himself through the forehead piestion, and the relations between this ,ountry and with a revolver. Ile was guile dead when Mr. Mills, i. diver using countries of the worll was another who is the divisional police surgeon, air:ved. old a very important one. Ile thought the last No reason was given for the commisdon of the , 4peaLer luel gone a little too far in saying that the distressing act. The relations and friends of i.polatiiin %;,,, only asking for that wfiich had been the deceased wire immediately summoned to the I use for the last live thou•and years, and he thought hotel. Several of the former remained at the ..hat the instance which had been given of what had hotel all night. The strictest reticence is A.,erved in Lured in Chili, when a similar change was made by. the friends. The. deceased. Isaac Fletcher, dmw..sl that if anything of the kind Wasi done here was a fellow of the Royi4 Society, and was it might lie expected to have similar results. It was a magistrate in Cutnberland. He was Isffn it Orey- inite char that any change in the laws affecting the iowt hen, Cumberland, in 1017, and in 1861 he married .arrency must be very earefully considered. and could . . .  Esther, only surviving datighier of Mr. Joseph K. A Wassel Grove, Worcestershire. The deeeased was Aueated at York and Tottenham. tie Wag a coal ot be adopted as an experiment, amt mast also be inelertaken with some knowledge of what the views ..tier natbits were on the subject. and with a due  3wner and ironmaster in Cumberland. In politics he was a moderate Liberal. He voted for the disestabtishment of the Irish Church in 180, and was in favour of a further distribution of Parliamentary seats. He unsuccessfully consented Cockermouth in April, ISM, and has sat for that place since December, ltiCS. His country seat was Farnbank, Cockermouth. Ile was member of the City Liberal and Rennin  siileration of what its effect Would be. lie could sure the deputation that the subject a-as one that !eel been our carefully considered, and was being very carefully considered, by the Govermnent, both ii rela.ion to the question as b.,tween England and India, and in its more general aspects; and all they afflild be right in saying at the present moment was that they felt very much the value of such communieations as had been made to them t at day, and  ..... t 1 they would receive full and amp!e comiile.ration. Ito deputation thanked the right hon gentleman for hie courtesy and withdrew.