The National Register. — London, England, 1819-05-23 00:00:00

MAY 23. OF ES GLAN D.—C.lBli Pal ..11 EA% The following are Official Copies of the Resolu tions Jill on the of the Houses of Lords and Commons:— 110VSE OF LORDS. That it is expedient further to columns• the restriction isioin cash payments by the Bank for a 61111- to lie limited, 114 sack manner, and un such conditions, as shall be No s ailed by Pailiament, aith a view to ensure its final ttr wirlatimi at the petimi so to be fixed. That previously to the t esiimption of essA payments by tbe Bonk, it is es pedient that the Batik should be reviled, at a bite to be fixed by Pau liamunt, to give in exchange boa its notes gold 4101 y assayed and sl3lllpPli at his Majes -1).8 Mitit demanded to an amotoit not less than a unm- Lu minces to be limited), settling tl:r same iu such exchange at a ri ice not exc. tdisoz V. Is. per ounce. That at the expsuabon of a tot 1.0 r period, to I.e sib° fixed by I'm haisient, the liana sloml4l be lupine.' lu gis t . in exchange for is notes gold so assayed and stamped (if deniatoled to an amnion of shot lees than a cei tain tit:miter of minces to he li sided), valaing the same iss such txriintige at the Nilo puce. That at some I ime between the two periods above men armed, the Bank shn.ilJ br 11.111111 rd to give in exchange for its lades gold an and stamped, valaiii4 the saute al a price laciarf.ll V. IS. and she 11in1 price; and that aftes the price at which gold •hall he valued its sues ex• 4 laatiges shall have been once toweled, it should not again lie aised. lhat after the shall have airive,l at ohich the Bunk shall hr requited to give gold in exclialige fur its notex, at the foie.., a finale( pet hid to he fixed Is Fat hanient ‘lllllll.l l'll, told a certain notice given, licfoie the Book be ri 111111 ed to pay its notes iii cash. That it is txpetlictit that all laws the inching or expo: tation of the gold ur silver 11)111 of the team, and th • exp,ii tannin of gold or sitt er t uilwn wade ui s uch Coils, should be tetiezdial. nousr. 01' COMMON c. ' 6 That it is exig.ilieht to contir.ue Aloe Restriction on pay ments in Cash b) the Bark m I:oglattd, beyond the time to ‘‘ hi. hitis at present limited lass. •• That it is espi dieot 'ha; a definite period should he fixed fig the teriotoottion of the Hestia( on Cash Pays 'aegis ; mid th.t pi eparidory measures smould he taken n ilb a view to f.icilit ote and ensure, MI the art lag' of tlhi, period, for I,a)itsi ct of the Promissiory Notes of the Bias: of Lug laud in legal II of Lie .• l M.t iu oiler to give to the Bank a greater contrmil over the issues of their notes that the) at prrsrut pi , nbeSS, pro% isimo ought to he made fgr the goadual repos me..t to the Batik of the vain of ten miliions; being part of the tutu f!Ut• to the Bank, no at . eoUlit of adsvIICC6 111.111 e by them fur the public service, Nod un account of the purchase of E torquer Bills othler the authority of tlte Acts of the Legislator , . . _ 'I hit it is expedient to provide, by law, that front the let of February, IS4O, the Bank shall - be liab:e to dolts cc, on demand, gold of standard hornets, having been assayed and 'tat: ped at his Nl..jest) 's NI int, a quantity of ti-.t less than silty ounces being required in exchinige for such an :taloa:it of notes of the Bank as shall be equal to the slur of the gold so required, at the rate of four pounds one shillidg per ounce. " Itrit front the Ist of October, I a2O, the tioak shall be liable to deliver, on demand, gold of standard fineness, assay• ea and stamped as haute mentioned, a quaidity of not less !Imo siyt) ounces being required iu en hau..e fur such ati innount of antes shall bet quill to the value of the gold so sequivid, at the rate of 31. 19s. 6J. per ounce. • Thoi Il otn the nt of NI ay Ibdl, the Baulk skirl' he liable to lrliver, on demand, gold at' standard fineness, assayed an tidiard as berme-mentioned, a qu until. of not less than i sty ounces being n citified in eschinge for such au amount ~r notes as s'.1:111 he urinal in value to the gold so I eyured, at the riite of 3/. lii. 10:01 per " That the Bank 11111, at :in, period between the Ist of February, I8':0, ma. the Ist of 'Slay, IS% I, ontlettake to deliver guild of standaid fluent sS, assayed and stamped as before mentioned, at any rate heti% een the runts of 41. I. per eunee, a n d St. I is. I t,d. per ounce; but that such inter mediate ruit.• liaviag been mice lined by the Bank, that rude shall out be subsequently increased. " That front the lit of 'Slav, the Batik shall pay its notes, , 111dernalid, in the legal loin of the Realm. . . " ilia it is expedient to repeal the lax k, proll'ihiting the melting ei.ct the exportation of Coin of the 19til CoRRESPONDENCE BE rIVEEN TIIF, CHAN CELLOR 01."111E EXCHEQUER AND THE BANK DIRECFORS. " Dtm oing-strret, Ist of .10,, 1,519. - - " Gentlent( m-11 t being ahvointely siere,vary that the ruin adviita VII Out of the consolidated fund in Ireland for the service, shoulsl be replaced to the credit of the Coo solislats-d Fond before the close of the preseti quarter, and it a ' , pea. in 4 proliable that the payments into the ►•exchequer the means of doing it, and of providing for (elver ntcessary payments, in which case the only tootle in v. Inch the stone can he 'villa, est wtil I r by au issue of Ex eh, qi.ct -bit for that purpme, which will not exceed 6 " I request, t h e refute, sat will llitve stir goodness to move \out out Coat t 10 I muwtt to s eceive .uch Ey heques -hills as money, I o he applied :on tads payment of the dividends be sotting due nit the sth imtant. e " 1 wi•h it to be understood that this advance is not in tended to itici.ease the perm:mem advance of the Litiik, but is to be vitt% idrd for sephrately. " l have the honour to he, fletitleisti it, " ►'our num. olvedietil :h. V .VS%IITART." " The thivettior and Deputy Governor of the Batik of England.' " the Committee cannot recommend to the Cou t of Dort-tort to conicity %% ith the foieioing " Resolved,—'that the application of the hancellar of the Exchequer cannot be complied " " At it Court of Directing at the on Thin silay, the 9th ot July, IHl.t. tic Goveroor reported that hinoelf mid the Deputy Govetuor had waited upou the ChacceDor of the THE NATIONAL REGISTER. I:xt.hequer, %lib the Itcoolutions uf the lust tout. The Chnorellor of the Exch. quer said, he N:lb sorry the. Court tre nut inclined to illivisioce the (00,00:1. in the manner opos.ed, he .dt uld Iherefrre bun ii o the o lode Atm 1,11 the trine taw eed opoo, tronel . %, to he reimid out of tit:: fi,.t le t oipts upon xroo log produce of the Luusoliduted fund iu the mituittg, gutli ter. " At a Committee of the Tteatury, 220 of July, 1818,1 he f o lio s% - re4 letter from the Chanel:tau ul the LAthrguer was read, viz. : " Downing street, 21st of July, ISIS. " (kmilerneo. —I beg leave to represent to eau, that it will he a gieut 01citiiiinodation to the public secur e if your Court n 'lt ctimiebt to exchange the Lticlicani r-bill• io ion. dated in Nia, 1817, (lo the amount oi . 90,0001, of which pat. his aheady heel' paid J.'S, and the tem:tinder o ill lit paid ..s •otni as the e public will admit) for other bill, to the like amount, to be dated on the 4th of Auz,u,t ht xt, and to beat iiitei est at Cite rate of 2d. per et at. per diem. I hog, tit. retort' to i•quest you will have the goodae. to lUDV )out C0..1 Eto CE/LaCUE thereto ; and " I have the honour to remain, &c. " V NSITTART." " To the Governor and Deputy GOVCfIIUf or tile flank of Lng:nad." " Rem)ived.—That tinier tie circumstances of the deft• riencv of :1•43, , ;(X1I. of theNuoi of 1,00),0 .01. eitaiged to be paid for the month of May. the dis.ippointinent in not re ceiving 1,000,0001. fur the month of June, and no piovisiou twin,: yet Anode, for the hill, of the ttrt o 1.1 mouth, now neatly spiting: the Committee tue of opinion that th e Court of Directors are not to comply with c.e re quest contained in the v.,id letter: neve,thuh.s, they teal) to it to the Omit, ii the lition.e.lor of the Lx chequer desire it. 'That the Governor and I) pntt Governor be reepie.ted to unit upon the Chancellor ‘f the Exchequer uiiii the atioi,e resolution." " At a Committee of Treasury, 231 July, 1819. " Th•• Gaversior argil:lime" the Committee, that him-elf and the Deputy Governor Lad waited upon the Claim, Iliir of the Lai liequiet, and had commailicaird to him the Cu so lution of the Committee on his linter of the ,1•t ingot, in eon* (thence of ss hich the Chancellor of the I,schequer had derired that his letter n4lit not he laid before the. Court. " At a Committee of Treasury, sthy'kugust, ISIS. 11 The Governor Lid before the Cionetatite a proposition delivered to himself am! the Deputy Cove' nor this omitting, by the Cii•mceloi of the Exchequer, as foitaos : lt is p.oposed to complete the pay nimit of 1.000,0.01, an the ;its bids bill by the li ink, 116 , 1 to pay. 200,0001. on the June bilk, itn.l M advert se the ;one bilk, the Bank coo scniiii; to exchatt;e the remainder of their Alay 1 • Keno!, cd, —The Cononittee, havinsr, taken into conside ration the proposition of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, are of opinion, that consistently s% ith the ss iiimisnts expres sed uu the hth and 11th Ala}', and um VIA Jul., they cannot recommend the (uwt to exchange the bills misted in May, Nio st the instalments for June and Jul . . are unpaid ; 11411 that the liuvernur he desiicd to acunaitit the Chancellor of the Exchequer a tilt the :.but t• resolution." " At a Committee of 'freasnry, 15111 Jan. ISI9. " The Governor 'ital. d the convsrsation which, had pas‘cd at Fife-house on Tuesday last, and that a question t o th e ret!ois e ffect had been put to " Whether, in case the advances ul the Bank to Go vernment vtiuniti he r.doced to £TI,')00,000 in the of it %%odd euudile the Bank io can't ul the foreini exclideires, and give the Directeas sufficient confidence to heel the opt niog " The Committee of Treasury beg to give it as the opinion of its members, that if tbe GliVillieei of the Batik to Govt foment are only t educed in the month of April to the degree proposed leg the last Sessio n s of meat, tl.o inters al betncen Oat time and the sth of July will be too Omit to effect so essential a reduction lit the issue of Bank notes, us appear, to them necessary to try the experiment, of n lietLet theforeign exchanges can by that measure he tinned iu favcor of theist Britain, and be afterwards maintained in that roiti se, mare esiieciady at a time when the then comparatisely high rate of inte rest glut it abroad induces persons to invest their capital in foreign countries. " It has ever been :lie des're of the Directors to keep the issue of Bank notes at as low an amount as they could had cumistelit with a due attention to the great interests of the cotiliti y, which they diem to be the peculiar object of their care and although a reduction room their pre sent amount may be thought expedient, wish a view to th e: resumption of cash pay meats, yet such a mess are t!,1!Illst be attained by any other than gradual nieani, witiiout great to the commercial pelt of the cositmanity, , us h ow eo _op t ation is must dtsrraLie in producing a fi sourable turn in the exchanges. . . . . " Whilst the standard of the gold coin is continued, as now established, the cape timice et the last tau y esi:s, 111 which a large issue of specie has been made, as %sell as the experience of a course of fornivr Cat 4. lb ince• that the law cannot restrain its exportation, under cii coin at,. nees similar to those in a Lich this country is now placed, and its relaliaa to the rest at ; it is not a soildt..l/, but a steady and settled favourable rate of exchangs alsieh Call alone ¢h e hopes to the maintaiiiim; a 1111 villa . . corr. 'ley, amidst the es tonding circulation is irked by the financial and commercial intim ests of Oie•t It i OHM. " There r. mains another question on whi.di die Du tic tors requebi the opinion of Corellllllelr, as in gis ing it they will be donbtless assi•tt d by the 14‘s othreis of the ('town. TH.. reintes to the inor.t plop,' pineerdi..4 on the lout of the IS.tok, iu pr....ennui:: the n. wli ate ultuo,t daily committing the citine of toigiug of attn. lug countei frit not es. Also, whether any and %what proceeding it Imetnnes Item to take r gains! a desetipt ton or pe t Son s.•%, l i n, by their u iiing%, :sit endeavouring to deery the plume cie.lit of the country, and to vat() those pi tacos c hose duty it is to maintain it.. . The Thiectoi. have an anxious Inlre that his I.ijes t's ('iosetument NM consider it to he ho intptol•er aplai luuoff its anthoiity, to beCO:ll46 the idoscrtitois io the most flagrant of throw ewe., and not let the task fall ii l wn Ecntleinen, who, liens the delicacy oh their conGd‘sin4l 165 trust, are very lunch averse to become the dervanitis of tu-i r ossa i otput,oion, although so unjustly attacked." " At a Committee of Treasury, J4ll. 20, Ina,. " The Governor having Rill:lilted the +lllllO4llCe of the conversation at a coaferem e at Fire.hoti•e, on the Wit inst., which was attended b) set rle.l members of the Com mitter, as well as Ibr eloar, of the Bank : " Itentilveit —Thit Ctnumiltre his &Mit-rarely weiglied tlnr. subj...rt, aii.l run•idertql tl:c improbalditty that the fortign rkeltdoges will he turned and irerithitrehtly sruhd in fesmir of Groat ite Onto by Nl•orult, Ib2o, the time to which it is proposed to limit the darillit..si on the restlietioti of ctivli itapiit Ills, think it a owner .4 - the kipt.ll4,lle Ul.nt tltr pub ie ,11•01 cot br thlutled with an oxiieetatiou st bnrh iv not lik, ty to he I enlised. • " Thal it apprers 1.14.4.1.461 u to sownit to the c. , hst.- qhehr.es of o P“ilioths. flinty 'wintry, aarLer than 1 a•s bill tot a, time ihatlegh.tte to the (II etoostunech tU which than ...wittily may be plated." THEATRES. CqVINIT GARDEN.—A melt-drairie, rayed Sterdi,li Pa. lri,diam, was produced on Wediiesday. 'l lie principal li:t -oaster of the story is a Colonel Alpert, a Swede, the hi nil of the Gothlatid insurrection, fair the exiled King o.ot:was-- Ile is Mimed through the country after Bic def. nt 'tarty, and thaituelt u %urirty of advetitares, till he is rats , .1 by the troops of the rico , jou; tinstarus. Terry was the Colonel, Aiihott his Iris aid, and ',Hiss Foote the lady fair of the friend. 'f he scenery vas charact et istic of the counts,. ;and very doves ; and the tied explosion war su bt illianr as to seem to our terrors an ex tersion of the fire frets' the 'mg.! to the theatre. It vans extieniely well receive , l. Bishop's music had a large share in its popularity ; but ferry's acting was the mei reit& orthe DiCIO-drattle. Last ilia after tire Heart of Mid-Lothian, a draniatick Sketch we% perfointed for the first time, entitled " C.izen itig, or Half an Hour in France." The plot, if Rosy plot belong to it is sitiwly that 411. kdfulnAk. (Yates,) a youlig man attached to Julia, (AI rb. T. Hill,) is visited by his la th. r in France, accompanied lay Jllll4 tool her moat—lie contrives to make his father think he is in au hOthi, and lay these means he is enabled tuirermilate a Swiss putter, and to eive imitations of Yew„ Kimble, Kean, I. t thews, Teri y.aild Telma. Its imitations were very :0041, pa rtiradarly those of Talma, in %Well lie proved himself a good Preach sehular. Mr. Blanchard Came forward to announce the repetition of the Interlude for Monday. but the audience imitating the quvrekcry of the rival Theatre called for " es," by wt oils it was give n out far 3londay with, we believe, an unanimous feeling of approbation. ‘Ve admit e tl c versatility of talent that can so far Atbe cee,i anal Mr. Yates imitated each person iiiimitaLly, hut we would remind that gentlemen that imi tation is closely allied to miiniekry, and that inimickt y at hest is a cninemptible fat . 11 e think fir. Yates "has that in hint which raysetli thew" of Atli soil, and in the vitt amt dear ill of teal ability on the stage, we would cunjiire.liiiii not to allow the powers mature, study, a n d educ a ti o n, appear to bate Writ illy conic' ed open hint to dwindle into imitation. If lie cbust ,we .thiuk lie may take higher, more noble et mind. POLICE. 110 W-S I liEl T. Yesterday Roberts, Hantuur•ly, Oliver, fate•, and Stannefoi d, pi is ales belonging to the 1%1 regituvnt ut F.. 01 were again brought up, and moat., lit a lime examination before Mr. Ilic4c, caarged with the tobbety at the tire in llt , vrr.•treet, Piccadilly, on the mut Mug wt . 'lltursday the I3tb instant, and sere again iernanded far a final prating on \l'edne•day. MANSIOS:.4IOI I, .E. Yeoerday Thomas Porter was liuuliy examined before 51r. Aldelm en J. J. Smith, on a change of ha% ino Bank or I.ll,laud notes in his passessiou, and Nan Indy co:omitted lan' IMBOROUG II STI:1:11.: t. Yysterday a yoong female, shove app.ararces Lore marks of past revel. tabilty, v•.av Lronght up on the ateli•honve, Ella rgell tinder the tollooing cirriumtatice..: —The vvstetiniati stated, that iu !lie oLset %ed the prisoner folhining a gen•lellldll.rsqatsting Lim In give her in charge, IhII sl:e the watc h !, c ,,, e ditthig the night : he attt ivat d, ht. Lhimt nWI a boodle [mart Ler arm, and he tool her to the \\ 41,C% • I.oUse. The woman, in her de fence, brought to the recnllt ction ut . b r. Cunaut that she had hero hetore liiut before. but In v. thtietent turns; she stated, that r Inut and w as some time agn tine t.f ti.e pint ival Calf.. titt rs at umr of the Wints atieS, and that in the r ie•tance ehr 44i•A 6'11 , 1'11 lo distress, and had adopted tint plan to go to the watch liutise.—Slie was dinttatee.i. QUEENT-sQlPtl: - - - - (ieorge Corfu 0,04. charred o ith a b .rglary, at the Dote oC Vr. P Ipr , \o. I, Ilona frf road, nal. bro:.gitt up fi olu Tot h+'6 , I h lir•deo el: fi r re. esaavio..tiou, % iifter a 1011 g 111.Nestigatitsu he Wit! Iti:V committed fur tool. HATTON GARDEN. Yesterday, W llhun Price, a youtll of notorious character, was charged by Mr. Edward Hastings, of Horns al -3. Idgm.rponti strtet, Gray's.inn-lane, with bt.'aling a silver watch and its al.- pentlages, out of his dw el lin - ' -1.ej••! tPlir I l.rn in,;. The charAe bring made out to the satiafac:•on cf the Mahistratcs tie 1.11- saner lb 50 COMlnittal to Nes:gate Sarah Courtlani. a girl of toe pew, well known in the purlieus of Grays-inmlane. was broa,ht up for a final etatoina tam, charged by AI:. William livaday, an chiefly gentleman. re.itang in the nvig!lhoorlioa.l of Soho square, w i:tl ruirhing of eleven I/. notes, iu a notorious brothel in Charlotte buildings. The prosecutor sweJ.iug Foil:ice) , to the charge, the pawner was fully committed tin trial. Yesterday the ScoteliSociety held an Anniversary at the Freemason's Tavern, to celebrate the 6.- 0 1. ries in which North Brit Lilt regiments had signalized themselves. The Duke of Athol presided over a numerous and respectable company, raid the evening Wab passed with great Lonviviallty.