The National Register. — London, England, 1819-01-11 00:00:00

BULLION. A century since, in January 1719, the Lords Com m'Faiouers of Trade and liantations were directed to lay before the House of Commons, " the Accounts of Bullion exported to foreign parts, from 1699 to 1715, distinguishing to what parts such Bullion bad. been ex ported, with their observations thereupon.' At this time, too, several old Treatises were revived, and new ones pohiishgl, relative to grill and silver. endearcuring to develops and expose " the real cause of the present scarcity of gold and silver coin, &e." and with the purie of giving "true information, to those in authority, of the r. it state of the case." It was then proposal to prohibit the exportation of a': Bullion, and that all should be coined of a certain a!!lndard, with free liberty - to '.:port such coin, and also wrought plate. At that period the par of river with gold was much above the present; in the East 'oaks and in China 1 4s. ofsilver were equal to a guinea of gold. In 171 S, silver was at ss. 9:1 an oz. and at 3s. 1 Id. The exportation of' silver to the East Indies was much thought of as injurious and a principal cause of the scarcity, suppsing it to go to purchase chintz and ca lieocß, coffee. tea, china, and japan ware; all then called "foreign supopities." Sir Isaac Newton's Report, of a short time preceding this date, was referred to: 15 ors. of silver were reck oned to be the equivalent of one ounce of gold ; and they were disposed to consider silver as the standard of value, and gold as merchandise only, and its price re lative to silver. variable, as it has ever ban. The SOs. pieces of gold, coined by Charles I. were become worth 435. 641 - . gold having Advanced :7 per cut. Guineas, first coined at the restoration, at ios. had risen to Qis. 61; but this tide was then turning, through a scarcity felt of silver, and its increased value in exchange tvithxeld east of the Cape of Good Hope, and hy the gold mines of Brazil increasing their pro does, while Th o se of silver in Spanish South America Lad Wien off Oa the 21st of September. 1717, Sir Isaac Newton presented his rerrt, in which he stated, that is l!hina and Japan, pound of gold being worth but 1011). of silver, and in Hindustan but 12, was a cause of the illraria of silver from all Europe. In Spain I lb. of gold was then worth 1611). of silver ; the current of sip ver therefore flowed from l'cru, through Spain and Britain, to the eastern regions. The price of exportable silver bullion was at that time (1717-8) 2d. to .Id. an oz. higher than that of ur silver in coin, which caused the melting or export ef the current coin. A proclamation at this time at tempted to reduce the value of gold, by ordering no snore than 21s. in silver to be given for a guinea ; hut the effect produced by this, did not answer to the ex pectations formed of it. In the !rouse of Lords, on the 2.3(1 of January, 1718, the scarcity of silver money was attributed by Earl Stanhope—to the increasing luxury of silver plate—to the exports to the East Indies— and to clandestine ex portation to the Continent. in the year 1717, the East India Company had exported :3,000,000 ors. of silver, more than all the imports of that year. The Lords could do nothing in the matter, but " pass a Bill" to prevent the " inciting down of the silver species." Their Lordships might with as much effect have passed another Bill, to prevent the raising up of the human species. The current of the precious metals has for some time past set strongly towards Russia, whither they arc ~ one from London, Holland, Paris, Hamborgh, and r'ller hn, in great quantities, to the Imperial Mint at Pe tersbusg,h, with a profit very encouraging on this tran sit to all who have been engaged in the practice. Cnited State Papers to the 11th salt have been reached. Among the further documents communicated to Congress by the President, is a detailed Report of the trial of Arbuthnot and Ambrister. It appears from the conclusion of the proceedings in the case of the latter, that the court decided he should be shot, but afterwards considered and revoked the decision, and ordered that Ire should receive stripes oa his bare back, and be confined, with a ball and chain, to hard labour flu. 12 calendar months. Gereral Jackson censured the ascend, and approved the first, and ordered both prisoners to be executed without <lclay. If implicit credit were to a:taelm to the assertion:; of Time Natifkmal Inielligeneer, a CoMmercial Treaty has been actually concluded between Great Britain and the United States, and The New York Gazelle aids, that it is to last ten years. The time assigned for bringing the treaty to a termination, the 20th of October, Tenders 'he intelli gence highly improbable. asoit was positively announced by the Pre:.ident in his essage -on the opening of Congress, that the Treaty was then, the 16th of No vember, under pending negociation. The price of grain continues to fall in most of the d e partments of France, and the Government has i n cons equence been called upon to allow it to be exported. A similar fall has taken place in Germany. Tl-t 1 NATIONAL REGISTEIt THE REVENUE. OFF1(.1 11. sTATENIF.N'r. Abstract of Ihr Nic l'io.lnce of illy iterenne of Great Briiain, for 41. e Unaricr% emlnr.; 5111 JAII. 14114 and 1819, respettivety,racin.ive of shiver of IVar Dutie.:- 15113. 1819. Customs - - • .C. 3.0,7,412.1 f!,4 ,, 5,1,44 - - 5.499.6,e 64:04,040 Stamps . 1,366,552 1,5311,33 i not Oakc . . - 319,1,00 319,0n0 As .: , N1 T:txes 2;430.017 2405,778 I•anai:l,3e, 5:35.4. 1 4 408,3 1 4 Niicalantous - • •e 35,518 133,381 £.13.171464 15 . 1. ,593,76 The above is eheering %tateniriii, upon whirl' we take leave to congtclula e the piihlie. Cc% roms.—lt appear. 11 1 11411 the eninpifra•i%e view of the Cii.tone.', Revenue for the two cot reel .111111 Q11 , 1f1C1 . 4 that there has been a Irss reeeipt iii 111. Qom ter jiht expir%fl than In tie rorrespontling (In:crier last year; loot that Quarto an ailed 11% au 11111Icipt1Ied pa% inent 112011 %niter t• the amount of *boot 7Ui1 , 000L 1 which wound , ICII*I in' nut have beet. paid till the next or the following Qiuti ter. De do ling, theiefore, this Stllll front the Quarter enfled 501 January ISM the receipt of the Quarter ended on Tivesday exceed tit it of the eorrespiiii , ling Quilt ter. Exeisx.—The 'net e a•in the Quarter joie expired beyond the e..treapaioling Qom ter, is 73s:itici/. STAM CA.—Under this hr.ld 111. r.• Is II decrease, but 141 a very trifling 1111 l nt —about 36,00a1. 004 T 01 7 FICIL rr•reipa e!'tue two quartets is exactly the same. AssysxLm 'rixes.—There is an inerea,e of 13,7611. be' youth the corresponding emitter. I,xxnTaxes.—Ati increase of :1,7021. beyond the Quarter last year. hlticat.vseors.—tlntler tithe head there is a difference of above 120,0001. in favour of the corresponding Quarter Last year, but this is to be attributed to a large repayment of iinprest monev. The who:e garner presents an excess of 126,9971. bey o nd the Revenue of the corresponding Quarter last Near, niaieli was deemed a very productive one, and a hit h, if we reeol- Feet right, afforded an opportunity for jinni : d i ll , : s o me predic tions by no wails favourable to the Quarter just ended — how well they have been verified are now show. The dt•tieteory upon'this Qom ter, we repeat (this being the large half-year's paylowiit of dividends), is about 1.279.0301., I Than was autieipated. • 'rids sum includes between 000,000/. and 'it aoco/. paid up in anticipation of the sugar duties, which would not, in the ordinary cour-e of paymont, have been received till the next, or the follo.viug quarter. The Mivellaturous also includes a large incident - 11 repay lut:ut of imprest money. Slvr:rcvn DISCOVERX.—The Nlll'ene , el ,, Correspondent of the 20111 ult„ givr the fallowing as au t hentic:—" A hat maker, of Cassel, named alaulich, has discoverer' a method of inieufactut iii; felt so as to make It impenetrable to the .troke of a sabre in the hands Af the strongest cuirassier, and even to a musket-ball. This fact has been proved lay nt 1111 l .r- OilS 'Ws. He offered to discover the secret to our Govern mein fob a suitable secompence, but no attention was paid to it. A report of this invention, huwever, reached rst. Petersburg, and Mr. Maulich was invited to present himselt to the Empei or of Russia at Aix .la-Chapelle. The Russian Geeserals being satisfied ~f the truth of his assections, he has been invited to establish in Russia a manufactory of this felt upon the most liberal Perms." A COMMON kwon!— Mary Davis was lately tried befote the Baltimore City Court, on an indictment as a Common Scold! The Jury, after a consultation of au hour and a halt; returned their verdict of Guilty.—The punishment for a " Common Scold, - agreeably to the law of Baltimore, is a public ducking! SIMMARY Jt'srice.—lt is stated in The American Village Recorder, that a pedlar at Easton was discovered to have two negro children in his Call. gin examination, one of the littie sufferera was found to have been crammed in, such a manner, that his ear was rubbed off! The people indignantly rose and cut off the fellow's ear.—" I am 110 advocate," adds The Recorder," for the violation of the laws, but from my heart I can't feel sorry for The writer of a {ratter from Port Jackson, (New Smith Wales) lately received at Plymouth-dock, says—" The work here is not hard ; the hours ore (*lcon six to three. Rich and poor can do nine,' better here than in England ; the country abounds in fruit; peaches Id. per dozen; meat Td. per lb.; wheat ss. per bushel; fowls (alive) 2s. bd. per couple. The fruits are so abundant that swine are fed in them. New South Wales holds out such advantages to per sons of industry and character, that I shall never think of returning to England. Plenty of fish here, bat none of them resemble the fish of England, except the mullet sail bream. " The river Hawki:lniry is broader thau iiiinioase, and sometimes rises 40 or 50 feet, overflowing all its banks. A late iminilution has been productive of considerable nti-chief to the harvest. it is dreadful to a contemplative mind to observe tier distress of both vexes here, in one of the fittest soots on the globe, arising from the abominable practice ef drinking rani to excess, to obtain which nu metros arc lett monied. No Mall's house is safe ; you are stare of having your premises robbed, unless a person is left iir them as a guard during your absence. Tire Methodist connexion, of which I ant a member, is very small; Mr. Lee is thepreaeher, a very pious, goo,' man. Sunday--choills are estahlislied, ne well as a school wherein 40 girls are clothed and supported. The Gave r oor of this place, and his lady, are both from Devonshire. A party Fws lately been despatched across the Rate hlotititains to explore the countiy, but lid news 114 s arrived from them for these two months. When the news or the death of the Princess Charlotte arrived here, the glum batteries at Port Philip, &c. fired minute guns, and the belts dled au hour at sun rise and von-set. The gentry encoded the Governor to church in deep mo. ruing, ege." in the village of Katsehatiowka, in the district of Liskinsh, in Russia, a location woman was lately delivered of a ahid, ha , big tour banal. and four feet. Its LiAly, lions the breas:. Was divided btu two parts joined to each other. The child its btkpliZtd, rind lived two days.: the moths r was in nu danger whatever. Lt imramatice of a law ul Pelcl rive to these kind of phenomena, the hod; was item to Pe tershurgh, to be deposited in the cerrisiet of the Imperial Academy of SCICFICI.A. A JewiNit Merl Willi I.oto liataboralt baring recently, in it ht of otelancht.l„ eto hi. tliront ut .to too tat Flaw:fort, they were aoitte, Reek/1(1. 0 g to toe trotge of the Coy, to gi • I . WO i.luJy to a Theatre of Anatomy ; hot the Hebrew Cortatnottity ureliaiied it for 5400 florins, iu order to bury It iu their own 0( metry. JAN 11 LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, JAN. 7. Bunx A NAO ()THERA, ASNIONEEAOF UEN:3O?: AND IWax. V. VIRQt7IIAR. This was an action upon the caw for lova sla of warrantry in the performance of a contract. fur the pi rcha,c of ;260 pipes of HA Sfianialt Wine. appaidcil by the defendant to be goad and merchant able. but which turned wit to be .our and unmercluantabl. • whereby the platatiffi !wit. upon the re-bal.! of the voila. t.is7l. mt. td. Tae circani Welt of the en lc.. as stated by %t r. Marryat, and ans. trine,' in evidence, wet ai tAlow _ _ . .lessrs. Beason. Mint and Co. were Wine Merchants, resbling in Imadon, aid were in the habit of supplying wine fur the use of his NlfOrsty's Army and N.,vy. great r out of which was procured from Spain. In the year 1a,:9 the planuffs etunlnyed the defendant, then residing in Gibraltar, as their nwnt, to purchase Catalonian and other Spanish wines ; and as at that time great part of Spain was oectipied by French troops, who were extending c• ery where, and were approaching Cataluna'. it was apprehended that the usual sup ply from that province to England would he cut off: Considerable numbers of Spaniards, who vrere proprietor, of vineyards, had taken refuge in the garrison of Gibraltar ; and the plaintiffi, desirous of purchasing as much wine and brandy as could he obtained Irons Stain at the time, as a considerable advance in the prices was all. peel...tided front the titcnmstances above mentioned, wrote to the defendant. and commissioned hint to purchasie to the amount of'. or 600 alas of good and men:lntatable wines and blandiss. on the best tuna he could effect, end ship then: as rapidly a, pw,sibie for England; directing hint at the same time to send them in new casks, to have several rahlitional hexaps of iron on each, and to have the wines forti fied with brandy. as they were nsully light or thin wines, to came them to keep on the voyase. offering at the sante time to the defend ant, that if he eltdd nut undertake the commission, he was to hand it over to another person. The defendant accepted the commission and en4aged to fulfil it; and wrote to the pi:sniff,. stwing that he would take a share in the adventure if the consignmna ,hwald land To this the plantiffiansweisl, by slating it was better for ohn to rest content with his commission. as it was not worth wi ile to confuse accounts for the sake of the small prolts that might accrue hem I the snail share he ptoposed is take in the acksenitue, but desiring him to do the best be solid, promising they should always be satisfied with what he should do for them. and leaving him at fall discretion to act for their intere,t, to the best of his power. Ths defendant arum ding!) , purchased and cmodgned to them on beard the ship Process, 460 pipes, and 3K hogsheads of Catalonian wine, which he mated to be good and merchantable, and which he invoiced at Y 1731. Is. sd. being 361. per pipe; and the charges of pi image, t reight, and other cons, amounte to 11311 19s. Yet. But en the arrival of the Pmtens, the cargo of which the plaintiff had add while on her voyage, the wine was so very inferior, being pricked and un mtrehant able, the purchasers refusal to take it. awl they were obliged to sell it fax exponntinit to South America. at 151. per pipe. l although *hey had accepted and paid the drafts of the defendant to the full amount already stated. The wine was in old casks, great quantity was is con-. sequence lost by leakage, and the quality mjnred by cue consequent idle : neither did it appear that it was sufficiently fortified with hrtoilly for the voyage, as directed; and there was every re , son to be lieve, that the wine was, at shaping , of a very inferior quality to what was ordered by the plaint, and warranted by the d fondant. The house of Benson anti Co. had commenced a former action against the defendant fur the recovery of the loss thus sustained by his neg— ligence. but became batik aipt, and the assignees(of whom t lie present plaintiff, a partner in the house, was one) renewed the action for the benefit of the estate. . . . . Mr. Scarlett, for the defendant, contended, that the me r en t action could not be maintained, inasmuch as the transaction on which the action was founded took place near ten years since, whereby the de. fondant was prevented front bringing forward such evidence as could have clearly proved, had it been brought to trial sooner, that there was no negligence whatever on his part. and that he had faithfully performed his duty. Neither was it probalde to infer any failure on his part. as he was a partner in the vulture, and must be equally lia ble to loss with the plaintiff. in case of its failure ; and further, that the had quality of the ainc wan not to he imputed to any negligence on hi, part, but to the failure of the vintage in the preceding year, which was generally had in Spain. Mr..lustiee Ilolroyd summed tip the evidence for the Jury; ob serving. that although the lapse of time since the cause of this action accrued was no bar to the action itself, still to long a delay must ne cessarily debar the defendant of the opportunity of bringing forward many witnesses for his detlnce, to disprove any negligence on his part, and .o chew that lie had performed his contract to the hest of his power, which must have afforded much more satisfactory evidence to &Jury than any thing he could now be able to adduse. Ills Lord ship then desired them to couple this consideration with the whole of the testimony, which he summed up accurately, and find a verdict_ to the hest of their judgment. The jury, without any delay, found for the defendant. The following are the Rllltß Nilich that Weltly esteemed Judge Sir 11Iatthew Hale, set to loinselt akt the entry Mit) Ili( employment of a Jodge (and Nhich ate stattd by Dish, p But nett, his historian, to have been copied from the oligiutil under his own hand): ."Chings necessary to be continually had in remembrance. 1.. That in the adnimietration of Justice I am intrusted for God, the King, and Country ; and therefore, Y. That it be done-1. Uprightly. Y. Deliberately. 3. Reso lutely. 3. That I rest not upon my own understanding and strength, but implore and rest upon the direction and strength of God. 4. That in the execution of Justice, I carefully l.ty aside my own passions, and not give way to Man, however provoked. 5. That I be wholly intent upon the business I seen about, remitt ing all other cares and thoughts as unseasonable, and interruption& 6. That I suffer not myself to be prepossessed with any judgment at all, till the whole business and both parties be heard. 7. That I never engage myself in the beginning of any canoe, but reserve myself unprejudiced till the whole be heard. s. That in business capital, though my nature prompt rile to pity. yet to consider that there is also a pity due to the country, 9. That I be not too rigid in matters purely conscientious, where all the harm is diversity of judgment. 10. That I be not biassed with compassion to the poor, or favour to the rich, in point of justice. il. That popular, or Court applause, or distaste, have no luta ence into any thing I do in point of distribution of instice. It. Not to be solicitous what men will say or think, so long as keep inyeell exactly according to the rule of justice. 13 If in criminals it be a measuring cast, to imiline to mercy and acquittal. 14. In criminals that consist merely in words, when no more herrn ensues, moderation is no injustice. 15. In criminals of blood, if the fact be evident, severity is justice. 16. To abhor all private solicitations, of what kind soever, and by whomsoever, in matters depending. 17. 'Co charge my sfrvants-1. Not to interpose in any business whatsoever. 2. Not to take more than their known fees. 5. Not to give any undue precedence to cause*. 4. Nut to recennuend Counsel. 18. 'To be short and sparing at meals, that I may be the fitter Ibe business. sem. time sinee a Messenger to the India Beard, a man :Hearn-eel ht yr..re, With d large foeill), iljd the tne.fet tone to break Lis thigh ; Mr. Canning on healing of hie calamity, „V' nerousi) . sent !Lin 501. 10