The halfpenny of Richard III. Rose mint mark, 21. 5s.

Henry VIIth's penny, with arched crown, struck at Canterbury, 17. 18 Edward VIth's penny, his head in profile, 31. 8s.

Another; the king on his throne; damaged, 21. 3s. Both these pennies are

of extreme rarity.

Mary. Penny, struck at London, Ertremely rare, 31. 3s.

Groats and Half Groats.

Edward III. struck at Calais, 168.

The English Groats are very common. Richard III. m. m. boar's head and rose, 11. 13s.

The very rare and curious Groat, supposed to have been struck by the Duchess of Burgundy for Perkin Warbeck when he invaded England, (see Martin Folkes, and Akerman's Numismatic Manual,

p. 142.) 8. 10s. 6d. This groat was probably bought in, as another brought a much higher price some time since. The Tournay groat of Henry VIII. (Ruding, Plate VII. No. 13,) 17s. Henry VIII. with the legend, "Redde cuique," &c. well preserved, 21. 4s. Edward VI. m. m. an arrow; very fine, 41. 48.

Patterns for Farthings and Halfpence. Oliver Cromwell, a pattern for a farthing in copper, inscribed, Charitie and Change," very rare, 31. 78.

Charles the Second; a hand issuing from the clouds over four human heads, 31.3s. Anne. Peace in a car. 66 Pax. missa.

This is the rarest

per. orbem." 44. 48. of Anne's farthings. Elizabeth. "The pledge of a halfpenny," with her bust, fine, 11. 19s.

Other pattern pieces were: Oliver's pattern for a sixpence, which brought 61. 88. 6d. and Ramadge's half crown, 171. Charles the Second's rupee of Bombay, 17. 15s.

Mary's Irish shilling, 3s. 4d. Mary of Scotland, her shilling with crowned bust in profile, 27. 13s.

Her sixpence, date 1562, 77. 2s. 6d. Elizabeth's milled shilling, key m. m. very rare, 31. 128.

Her portcullis shilling for the East Indies, 21. 38.

Her portcullis sixpence, 17. 10s. James the First's shilling, ton mint mark, "QUE DEUS," &c. 6l. 2s. 6d. Charles the First's half-crown by Briot; in beautiful preservation, 72. 10s.

His half crown; the king trampling on armour, 61. 2s. 6d.

Edward VI. Crown, m. m. the letter Y, in an unique state of preservation, but not an uncommon type, 117. 15s. Elizabeth. I mint mark. Very fine. 41. Her portcullis crown, in very fine preservation, 61.

The Commonwealth crown, sun m. m. in very fine state, the type common, 21. 28.

James II. His Guinea, in singular pre

servation, 1686, 61. 15s.

Anne. Guinea of 1702; rose in centre of reverse; very fine, 137. Blondeau's half-crown of the Commonwealth, inscribed on the edge, "IN THE THIRD YEAR OF FREEDOM BY GOD'S BLESSING RESTORED, 1651," 141. Blondeau's sixpence, 27. 168. Oliver's crown of 1648, in very fine state, 51.

Oliver's pattern for a shilling, differing slightly from any yet published, 307. Oliver's pattern, usually called the ninepenny piece, 5l. 58.

His sixpence of 1658, of great rarity, 311. 10s.

Medals in Silver.

A medal of the Commonwealth, having on one side the arms on an anchor and cable, with the word "MERUISTI.' Reverse, the Commons' House of Parliament; the work of the celebrated Simon, (Vertue, plate xvI.) 361. A medal of Sidney Pointz, General of the Parliamentary forces, by Abraham Simon, (Vertue, plate xxI.) 10. 5s. Charles II. a vessel, "NOS PENES IMPERIUM;" the work of Rawlings, 67. 68. Charles II. the king in a marine car, by Thomas Simon, 137. 158.

Medals in Gold. Oliver Cromwell. Reverse, the olive tree, a small oval medal by Thomas Simon, (Vertue, plate XII. fig. F.) 167. An honorary medal given by the Commonwealth to naval commanders, with. out the border, (Vertue, plate XVI No. 2) 141.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

May 21. Mr. Lyall moved the second reading of the MERCHANT SAILORS' WIDows' Bill. He stated that the leading and prominent feature of the measure was the provision by which it was proposed to transfer the sixpences contributed by the merchant seamen, and now paid into the naval chest of Greenwich Hospital, to the general fund of the Merchant Seamen's Institution, for the relief of the objects of the latter establishment. Although when the sixpence-tax in support of Greenwich Hospital was first levied, it had been intended that all seamen, whether merchantmen or those belonging to the King's service, should equally enjoy its benefit, yet by its present constitution and invariable practice, the former were entirely and most unjustly excluded. He hoped that as the measure involved the interests of 120,000 British seamen, the House would agree to the second reading without opposition.-Sir James Graham was perfectly ready to admit the meritorious character of the merchant service, and would be most happy, if they possibly could, to make any concessions in its favour; but after the best reflection, he and the other members of his Majesty's Government found it totally impossible, consistently with a sense of the duty they owed to the public and to the Hospital itself, to give their consent to the motion. Lord Althorp said that the proposition before the House was simply this -to take 20,000l. from Greenwich Hospital and give it to the hospital for merchant seamen, and then to supply the deficiency thus created to Greenwich Hospital by a charge on the Consolidated Fund. Let the House recollect that this bill did not propose to relieve the merchant seamen from any deduction now made from their pay; it only gave a different application to what they paid. On the whole, he saw no case made out for the bill, and he would therefore oppose it; and he hoped that the House would not consent to make this deduction from the funds of Greenwich Hospital until some provision was made to replace it. The House then divided, when there appeared for the second reading, 94-against it, 57.

The JEWISH CIVIL DISABILITIES Bill was, after some opposition, read a second time, by a majority of 123 to 32.

Mr. H. Fleetwood moved the second reading of the Lord's Day ObseRVANCE

Bill.-Mr. O'Connell moved that the bill be read a second time this day six months. The House then divided, when there appeared for Mr. O'Connell's amendment, 77-for the motion, 45.

Mr. Poulter moved the second reading of his bill on the same subject-Sir W. Molesworth moved, as an amendment, that it be read a second time that day six months. For the amendment 12-against it, 52. The bill wasthen read a second time.

May 22. Mr. E. L. Bulwer proposed a resolution that "it is expedient to repeal the Stamp-duty on NEWSPAPERS at the earliest possible period," which after some discussion was negatived by 90 to 58.

Mr. Pollock obtained leave to bring in a bill to abolish arrest for DEBT, as to all debts contracted after the first of January, 1835, unless the debt be founded upon or secured by a bill of exchange, or promissory note, bond, or other security in writing.

May 26. The LONDON and WESTMINSTER BANK Bill, though strongly opposed by the government, was read a third time, and passed by a majority of 137 to 76.

On the motion for the House going into Committee on the Poor Law Amendment Bill, Mr. P. Scrope opposed several provisions of the measure. He particularly objected to the enactments relating to vagrants and the able-bodied poor, and affirmed that the latter had a clear legal right to relief in the hour of destitution. The greatness, wealth, manufacturing superiority, and all that gave England so many advantages, she had obtained under that system; and let them look to the condition of Ireland, left destitute of it. The Hon. Member offered several other objections to the Bill. The House then went into Committee, and after a good deal of desultory conversation, clauses 13 to 20 were agreed to.

May 27. Mr. Ward brought forward a motion relative to the CHURCH ESTABLISHMENT in Ireland. He said that the first consideration for the House was the extraordinary charge which the Irish Protestant Church occasioned to the country at large-an expense to which they must put an end if they desired to economise the resources of the empire. The Hon. Member then adverted to the Tithe system as a fruitful source of heart-burning and discontent, against which there existed a deep rooted and animosity. The revenues

Church amounted to 937,4561. annually namely, Bishops' lands, 120,680.; Deans and Chapters, 23,6061.; Glebes, 135,5001; Returns of Tithes, 657,6701. The total number of benefices was 1456, of which, 74 ranged from 800l. to 1000., 75 from 1000l. to 1500., 17 from 1500l. to 2000., and 10 from 2000l. to 28007., which was the maximum. There were 407 livings, varying from 400l. to 8001. per annum, and 386 livings exceeding 2001. From a return presented in 1819, it appeared that the number of resident clergymen was 758; Non-residents, 531. What he should propose to do would be to give to commissioners the power of assigning certain salaries in particular cases to Clergymen of the Established Church in Ireland, subject to the control of Parliament. The Hon. Member concluded, amidst loud cheers, by proposing, "That the Protestant Episcopal Establishment in Ireland exceeds the spiritual wants of the Protestant population; and that, it being the right of the State to regulate the distribution of Church property in such manner as Parliament may determine, it is the opinion of this House, that the temporal possessions of the Church of Ireland, as now established by law, ought to be reduced."-Mr. Grote seconded the resolution, which he conceived to be conformable with the strictest and purest principles of justice, and the general interests of the empire. The motion having been read from the chair, Lord Althorp rose, and said, "Since my Hon. Friend, who rose to support this motion, commenced his address, circumstances bave come to my knowledge which induce me to move that the further debate upon it be adjourned to Monday next. I cannot now state what those circumstances are; but I hope the House has sufficient confidence in me to believe that I would not make such a proposition unless I were convinced of its propriety. (Cheers.) I now move that the further debate on this motion be adjourned to Monday next." The motion was then put and carried, and the House adjourned till Monday.

June 2. Lord Althorp rose, and requested Mr. Ward to postpone for the present his motion respecting the appropriation of IRISH TITHES. His Lordship deeply regretted the separation which had recently taken place in the Ministry, and the loss which the public service had thereby sustained-adding, that though they differed on the present, they agreed on all other points. His Lordship then said, that his Majesty had, by the advice of his Ministry, issued a lay commission, "having power to visit all the parishes and ecclesiastical divisions in Ireland, for the purpose of ascertaining in each of

them the number of members of the Established Church, not only in each union, but in each separate parish in each union; also the number of Ministers of the Established Church in each union and parish respectively, of whatever rank, and whether resident or not; and the number of times Divine service is usually performed in each, and the number of persons attending such services; that is, the average number, and whether the same be increasing, or diminishing, or stationary; with similar information respecting the number of Roman Catholics, Presbyterians, and other Dissenters in each parish; with every particular respecting the moral and religious education of the people; the number of schools established in each parish, whether they are increasing, diminishing, or stationary, and the same particulars respecting the children attending them; likewise, whether in any or all of the parishes there appear to the commissioners adequate means for the purposes of moral and religious instruction for the people. The commissioners are to report not only on these subjects, but on all other matters relating to the moral, political, and religious condition of the members of the Church, and of those belonging to the various denominations of Dissenters, so as to acquire as complete a comparative knowledge of the relation in which those several classes of religionists stand towards each other as circumstances may permit." His Lordship added, "Having in this way proposed to make known the number of Catholics and Protestants in each parish and union respectively, I am sure the House will do us the justice to believe that we have not given advice to his Majesty to issue such a commission without being prepared to follow up that advice by acting upon the report to be made by the commissioners in such manner as the exigency of the case may seem to require." Mr. Ward declined to accede to the Noble Lord's request, observing, that if the Noble Lord and his colleagues left office, the commission would be worthless.Lord Althorp then rose, and said the best course which he could adopt, was to move the previous question.-Lord J. Russell stated to the House, that the appointment of the Commission involved the principle of the Hon. Member's motion, that Parliament had a right to dispose of the surplus revenues of the Irish Church; and if Hon. Members believed Ministers to be men of honour and character, he conceived that they were bound to support their amendment.-Mr. Stanley lamented the unavoidable alternative which had separated him from colleagues, with whom, in all the great principles of our

after Parliament had provided for the interests of true religion, if there remained a surplus revenue, the State had a right to deal with it. It was not intended to give the Roman Catholics the spoils of the Church; but, looking at the state of things in Ireland, it was impossible to say that a change was unnecessary. The purpose of the Commission was, to collect such evidence as might enable Parliament to decide what ought to be done. He called upon their Lordships not to be led away by clamours about the Church being in danger, but to accommodate themselves to the spirit of the age, and pursue a course which would be alike honourable to themselves and beneficial to the country.-The Earl of Ripon bore testimony to the truth of the statements made by the Noble Earl relating to his attachment to the Established Church; although he declared that he could not in his conscience support such a measure as that proposed by his Majesty's Government respecting the Church Establishment in Ireland.-The Earl of Eldon denied the right of the State to apply Church property to any other end or purpose but the one originally intended.

The Duke of Richmond felt the deepest regret that a paramount sense of duty made it imperative on him to separate from his colleagues, the more so as be had agreed with them in all those great measures of reform proposed by them, and now happily part and parcel of the law of the land.-The Archbishop of Canterbury had not the least doubt that the Noble Earl (Grey) was determined to support the Established Church of England, at the same time he could not coincide with the Noble Earl's plans for preserving the permanency of that Church.

The Earl of Winchelsea, the Bishop of London, the Earl of Harewood, the Earl of Limerick, the Marquess of Westmeath, the Bishop of Exeter, and the Dukes of Cumberland and Wellington expressed themselves averse to the object of the proposed inquiry; while the Earl of Radnor, the Marquesses of Lansdowne and Clanrickarde, and the Lord Chancellor, supported the view of the subject taken by Earl Grey. The motion was agreed to.

In the HOUSE OF COMMONS, the same day, the House went into Committee on the POOR-LAWS' AMENDMENT Bill, when, after some discussion, clauses 21 to 32 were agreed to.

In reference to GREENWICH HOSPITAL, Sir J. Graham said, that an arrangement had been entered into by the Government, that 20,000 should be allowed from the Consolidated Fund, in lieu of the six

pences exacted from the merchant seamen. He moved a resolution to that effect.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

June 9. The House having resolved itself into committee on the POOR LAW AMENDMENT Bill, a good deal of discussion took place on the 33d clause, which gave one vote only to the rate-payers in a parish, but allowed cumulative votes and the right to vote by proxy to the owners of property, on the ground that, although the immediate expense of supporting the poor fell upon the occupiers of the land, still the effects arising from an increase or diminution in the poor-rates affected the landlord much more than the occupier of the soil. After two divisions of 35 against 128, and 30 against 125, the clause was ordered to stand part of the Bill. The House then proceeded as far as the 45th clause, on which Mr. P. Scrope moved an amendment, giving guardians of the poor power to grant relief to their sick and impotent poor out of the workhouse, or to such widows, orphans, and illegitimate children, as they might choose to succour, without being subject to the control or prohibition of the Commissioners.-After a few words from Lord Althorp, who denied that the Bill took away that power from the guardians, as it was thought that the subject might give rise to a protracted discussion, the Chairman reported progress, and the House resumed.

The House having gone into committee to take into consideration the payment of the holders of FOUR PER CENT. ANNUITIES, Lord Althorp said he was happy to state, that he should be able to pay off the dissentients, though their number was greater than had been anticipated.

Lord John Russell obtained leave to bring in a Bill having for its chief object the more effectual registration of persons entitled to vote in the election of Members to serve in Parliament in England and Wales; and though it would be necessary to alter many clauses of the existing Bill, yet the original principle of that measure would remain unaltered. It had been found, that, in consequence of leaving to the overseers the uncontrolled duty of registration, they had acted frequently upon their own notions, and in many places in the country, especially in the county of Somerset, they had been very negligent in the discharge of their duty. It was proposed, therefore, to follow the practice of which they had an example in the Jury Bill, by which the

Clerk of the Peace in counties should issue his precept at certain periods to the over