The Statesman. — London, England, 1810-11-09 00:00:00

r • 1 of those to 1 ivi;..414. 4 to. support tholes:. These Meetings and their Resolutions furnished the venal prints with the pretence for asserting, that • the alarm was at an end; that the people had had• timA to reflect, and that reflection coishl nut fail to convince them, that theire was no room for suspect ing tltv solidity of the I.3.tnk. The v►ectings and re. solutions (to which latter, in London, there were Ip.m obtained thousands of signatures) were repro. 'lotted as having, been perfoetly voluntary; that they were th o w.spontaneous effects of pure public spirit, working in the breasts of loyal and disinte rest" i tarn, and, of course, that those who did not citne forward to resolve, or to sign, were disloyal !nen. Gentlemen, stop with me here fur a minute. Some of you may have been induced, by these venal writers, to think ill of all those of your neighbours who disapproved of Mr. PITT and his deeds; seine of you may have be -it 'lris led, by the representa tions of these writers, to hate your hottest neigh. bourn, to stigmatize them as Jacobins, aid to sus. pect them, in fact, of treasonable designs; some of you may, from this corrupt and deadly source, have had your minds so 1)(3U:onc!, and so perverted from theiraatural.bies, as to have vontribeied towards those fatal iliVillietlS in the nation, the effect of which, it is l 0 be feared,' your children's children Wesel' of you, therefore, as answer to this desetiptioni let mu beg the earnest attention, while I davelope Ate true source of the above-men- Boned nioitings and resolves, which, as you bare seen, two described by the venal writers, as being perfectly vislaistary, and flowing from pure public spirit. • Yon will boar in wind, that the Order in Conn. cii was sieued on Sunday, the 26th of February, and that it was -laid before the House of Commons on Monday, the 27th, on which lastAnentioneil day, the Mansion House Meeting, Mr. BLIOOR WArson in the Chair, took place. The neit . Tues. day, the 28th, the Minister; in opening the way for his first motion' about the law to sanction the Order in Council, said, ea dilation to this meeting g 44 With respect to the first step to be *considered, " the state. of the 'Bank, that Weedy haa t in a 1 ' great measure, been ascertained by the cunfl. 44 dance of public opinion. Of this public opinion gg the must unequivocal and satisfactory proofs " have been ofai•ded, even within the short space " that has elapsed since the minute of Council has' 6 ' been issued. It has been clearly evinced, that • " there is no doubt entertained with respect to the " solidity of the Bank to aie..eer all the demands of 44 ifs creditors." Titus he appeared to consider the resolution of the Meeting of thetwtikers - and Her. thaws as expressive of the opinions and feelings of the nation at large, and, of course, as Dein a vo. Juntary act, au act of their own, an act not,. by. any means, dictated by him, or by the Bank, nor hatched or contrived by them. Thus the thing ap. peered to the world; • thus it appeared to the . " Nest 66 thinking people in all Europe ;" this was its, outside look; but t let us now take a peep bellied the curtain. For a while no official documents were laid be,,, fore Parliament, relating to the Stoppage. This was avoided by one means or another. Bid, it could not be for ever avoided ; and,_ at lest, some. of Ake papers were laid before the Romeo( Cum. 4111 on : but, by the time that these got priuted, the public was lulled again, wad the piperspissed with • little or no notice. Amongst these papei's was a minute of .the BANK DIRECTORS, respetting an -4 interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer ss (Mr.'Pitt) on the 24th of February, MY/ ;" which, you will observe, was on the Friday before,. the Bank having issued Gold on Saturday for the .last tiro.. On the Thursday the run upon the - Bank - bed been very hard ; and, the measure of - Stoppage of eash.payments seems to have then been looked upon as settled. With this measure in their eye, .the Bank Directors and Mr. Pitt did what we Sisellive recorded iu the following minute of the Bank Directors' Proceediues, wider the date just • mentioned, of the 24th of February, 1791. "The " Gov.ereer and Deputy . Governor this day waited 44 on Mr. Pitt, to mention to him, that it witch!, 46 in the present circeinsrances, be highly requi. 44 site, that some rweral meeting of the bankei:s " and chief merchants. of London should be held, • -• 44 in order to bring on sense resolution for the sup. • " port of the public credit in this alarming crisis ;1 44 and they took the liberty to recommend to Mr. 44 Pitt to have a private meeting of some of the_ 44 chief bankers at his house to.morraze, at three gg o'clock, in which the plan for a inure general . 6 ' meeting on Tuesday or Wednesday next might 64 be laid, in the propriety of which Mr. Pitt agreeil l and said he Would, summon a previous 44 mitten! for tooaporrom accordingly. This Thomas Ev.oicc., ltd. Carpenter Smith. GeorAe Griffin Stouestrcet, James fluleock, W :Ilium Hint . Robert Burnett. Gideon Fournier, Benjamin fLolsertson, Jounthati Stoney', James Feild*, Edward Layton. • Ordered, That the Clerk of the Peace do cause the above to be forthwith advertised in the Morning Papers.-14 IM IP Court, LAWSON. $ At the Council Chamber, Whitehall, the %Soh of Fe. bru.iry, 1 i97,—Yreivio,--irlie Lords of hi. Majesty's Most li n oo u v a ble Privy Council.—We, whine names are hereunto Itubscribed, being desirous to contribute, as far as we can. to the support of the pabitc and commercial credit of this King &Ha at this impoetant crisis, do hereby agree end bind our dyes 40 receive the Notes of the Bank of Eng.lord In all pay ments as MimeY, and to support, as far as depends on us mill *thirdly, -their circulation., J. Caatuar, Sydney. Loughborow:h. C. Grenville, Eltathaas, P. Osolow aid Cranky, . Dorset. W alslngharp, Leeds, Kenyon, Montrose, Mahnesbury. R o &burgh. . Auckland, Portland, St. Helen's. To waisheml, Henry Addington, COrliwalii., W. PITT, Bute, • HF.NRY DUNDAS - Pembroke, Cha. Townsheud, . - Vest Moreland, C. C. Greed*. V. C. Chesterfield, J. C. V I I.LI ERS, • Sandwich, James Oceanic, Dreannund Hay Yinutsal R.. P. Anktli • ' Macclesfield, Wm. Wrote. SPilicer, TRONA IS ST UELE, . Liverpool, A.. Misedonaltly 31nriungtint, 11.1:1Ouglits, • Slower liutiontand, W. Windhoek Thomas It-trrow, • Francis Lawson, John J.w'. Sherrser, Robert Firrest, Joha Pardon, }Award Morris. Vitruvius Lusies. Samuel Marryatt, W. D. Beat. Arthur Omlow. .'"11 • , ••• • NW.. / ~ •AI • •The following 'is the itePoet taketi entire, from The,' Morning Chemitcle, of the Sd Mare4.ll9i : " Yesterday a Caen of Iltoarietors Sass held at the Bank. ..—The Governor of the B ink, after the Order in Council, Of the With of February, was read, stated, that tit:Court of Di rectors had aholightit their duty to acquiesce in the Order, and hoped that they had acted in conformity to the opinion and wishes of the Proprieton of Bank Stock.—Mr. 11•SMAII unwed, " that it is the opi • of this gourt, that the thanks I of the Proprietors of think Stuck are doe to the Court of Di- reetors, for their acquiescence in the Order in Count it, and for their speedy communication theredt to Illis Court."—The ant ties was put and carried unatiiitiously.—Mr. A I.LaRDYCE risk ed, whether Ike application had been made from the Bank to Govern:Sent, for the Order in Council, to prohibit them from is -striae specie I—The Governor of the Bank replied, that so such applwation bad been made by the Court of Directors, but that the Bank having experienced an soexanipled drain of spe• cie for some time past, that Court bad thought it their duty to acquaint the Minister of the cowers with the circumstance, that he might take what measures he 'nicht deem necessary, a nd at thesanie time remove all responsibilite for stick measures front _ the Direction. lie added, that a Secret Committee of the House of Commons bad bees appointed to enquire into the state of the Bank accounts. and that the Court of Directors were fully per:raided that the result of that enquiry would be is repqrt of the perfed solidity of the Corporation. Mr. Si nso re wish- 1 rd ta he informed. whether there was any precedent fur the liodse of Commons appointhr, , , a Committee to enquire into , the affaira of the Bank? In his opinion, if a Committee was. In be appointed, it saelit to be a Committee chosen from the Proprietary ; but sifter the assurance which they bad trout tbe ' Directors of the solidity of the Batik capital, liesaw no two 'MY for nay Cliepsiey at Proprietor stated, that there was a precedent for the mishit nit theakaraals of the Howe of Commons, in 1696.—Mr. ex too said, he had examined into the proceedings of the Hiiuse of Commons St 1696, and found that there was out the smallest reseitiblatice between that and the present measure. At that time the Bank had been es tablished fur only two )ears, their Notes were at a discount all ever the kingdom, and the silver coinage was called i t, circum stances which were totally different from (he preeeut. —Mr. Boa & tighoe beegedleave to trouble the Court with a very few words.. lie said than the Order in Council was to be consider ed entirely as ni great state measure, which was not adopted at the instance or those Loncerntd in the direction of the Bank. The Court of Directors, in the present state of public affairs, bad considered it to he their duty to keep the Minister of the Country inlprined - respecting the sittaition of the Dank. For some time past there had been au unexampled run fir specie upon the Bank, and this they communicated to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, leaning his. to adopt what measures he might think prepsr, The consequence. was the Order in Council, of the Vliih of February, was issued. It would have been absurd ht the Directors of the Bank to have resisted this Order, be cause the Minister must have been supposed to hr in possession of a great deal of information to-which they had no aeons, and to be in the knowledge of circumstances of which they were nut aware; besides, that there was no, knowing what might have been the consequences had the uisumal drain for cash, u rich they had experienced, been coutinued for any length of tint:. They complied, th-refore. with the Order of his Majesty's Council 4 understanding it to have been dic tated by nalinnal and meant to opreate only for a short Bow. De had no iirwaiion in 1:13 in that the, alratrS ni the laink were in 'a state of the greatest affluence and prosperity, tied they had even a consideratile surplus, and that be earnestly hoped ibty would tows an rentarretta to pay their Nowt ili cash in the 114111 e manner as they had for merly dnne.—Mr. TMOIINTON wished it to be understood ex plicitly, that the Order in Conned was not issued at the stance of the Mink . Directors I that their accnuotb stern not teihterod to The House of Commons for exainin ttion, and that :they uritherlisked nor wiskedfor the portnerslip and gmarattlee fq . Crisoseament.-1 here ben% no other buoys', liefeae the sondes, they adjerurned !apnea* . forblight,, teiteu th e divi • 'ideadditeeense due." Lir s • 1 ---- e ".was Communicated by the Governor tiOheCom. reHort of the Bank Proceedings of the day here re 's mittee." ferret! to, and I beseech you . to read . every word of Thus, etenilemen, Were 66 the meet thinking it, yoit will, doubtless, be astonished at the bardi -66 peosile in Europe" treated. Here you. sue the hood of nom, who could, under such circemstatio, origin ; here you see the real cause of the public. ces, hold suck language. Whet! thank the niece. spirited media: at the Mansion-house; here you tors for not paying their promissory notes.! Thank. see how those pure and disinterested persons were them for this ! The Proprietors of Bank Stock, put in motion. You have, heretofore, seen the who were the persons composing the Meeting upon . show ; hut, you hare now seen, as to this part of this occasion, were the, persons who owed the it, the funnels, 'Allies, piss, and wires ; and the amount of the Banknotes ; they were the debtors only misfortune is, that you see them a little too of the note-holders ;.the Directors were their agents. late; though, I trust, t h at. the exposition may yet Su that, here we sac a parcel of people, who had is • do some good, and, at any rate, it must, I should sued great wiantities of promissory notes, assemble think, make you a little less credulous in future, a together, and.thartk, aye, and Publicly thank, their . little less inclined to believe every word that comes agents for having refused, illegally refused t pay forth under appearances like those above described. went for their notes! Gentleman, our venal prints, While Meetings ware going on, in such a jovial may talk as they please; they may refer us to what way, in all oth e r quarters, it would have been instances they choose; but any thing equal to this, strange indeed if the Bank itself had not had its . any such instance of cool assurance, I defy them to meeting. This took p:ace on Thursday, 2d of produce from the history of the world, or„ even March. The Order of Council hail been issued on 'from the works of imaginatiOn. the Sunday, 26th of February ;it had been laid 1 But, as yet, we have nut seen these proceedings before the [louse of Commons on the 27th ; on I in their true colours. We have seen them in colours the same day the Neetiag had taken place at the' pretty strong; but we have not seen 'them as they Mansion nous* ; ots.the2Blll(as we shall presently i will appear when we have taken another look at see) the conduct of the Bank began t01e.% discussed I the Rank documents, which were afterward laid be. in Parliament, and it had been asserted there, that if o re Parliament, and which, as was before observed the Order of Council was the sole work of the never got-out fairly to the knowledge of the people. government and. not of the Bank ; the manifest' We have seen these Bank Directors making ppbtic intention of which was to cause it to be believed, declarations, that they had no hand at alt in the that the grcriment forced the Bank not to pay its Stoppage; that they did not apply for, the Order in creditors agreeably to its promissory notes; and, Council; that it Was a measure of the government ; that the Bank neither wanted, nor wished any such that it Was a state; measure; and that th , :y earnestly measure on its own account. Declarations to this hoped loan to be PERMITTED to resume their amount had been made in Parliament ; but, it ap. payments in cash. This iqaihist they told the pub. pears, that a repetition of. them at a Bank Meeting I tic on the 2d of March. "And, it was not only at. 'was thought necessary ; and accordingly a meeting . the B ink tiO•etirig that il4,laration was esmii. took - Wiwi; use their own lauguage, "A It was repe a tedly ati‘dein ' tielroitiO4 Comnions 66 Caves. 07 ritOIMIETORS was held" on the day but, Weeifll,4feril l tq' . 4 to;14 jolt maatkinid, namely, the 24 of March. . was Sad by the ink ereetors tnemsetves. At this meeting at the Bank, where ono might Such, then, atei*e (11F1ot.attone On the Zit Jim expected to see tho Directors and Proprietors of March. ' Nagle, tT4eu , luS es see what they, had Clothed in sack.cluth and Coshes , the first thing done been at is secret' with ilia Minister . dyting the nine was, the passing of a vote of THANKS to th.; days before.."N"tbr 3 2lst i of., February, they, Directors fur having acted agreeably to the Order observing, witlfigritif l ends's; a Os, large end of Council, that is to say for having avaa:ed them. constant decrease JR 'liar 6•14;, ortt a prtieular Kim of this Order to refuse payment of their pro. consul ta tion on thh iiatiCkt; , ..peitoUving thee signory notes, to refuse payment of their just their cash was reduevCtoli cart sum, 'of whiclbl debts legally demanded. They had been guilty of a certain snm, be it Otetivlii4 theik'do Not stile Mi . violation of the law, and for that violation they amount, they came to a retoluty*, 'to' go to Mr. were thanked by their constituents, the stock Pro. Pitt, and tell him " 6 how'their was .circ.uai, victors, who, in fact, were the Debtors of the " staticed," they did so, and Mr. rat olmeived sip holders of Rank cotes ! Having, with an unanimous them (and you will laugh heartily at the observe. voice, dispatched this part of the business of the lion) 66 that the alarin'oflovasion, was now becomb` day, the Governor of the Bank took, it appears much more general :has he could think 'tiedes:wry,* - frein the report of the proceedings, the opportunity they theta, , pressed Mr. Pitt, to make some decla. of ifubliely declaring"(in a way that it might get ration in 'Parliament,. qpon this subject, "in order, into print) that the Batik Directors had mode no to ease the public mind.". ~This is a. pretty sped: - app(imseion to the government fur an Order fur the men enough Of the intogeoptse that eeisted between' stoppage of. •Cash payments at the Bank. Mr'. these parties, sad wa rms to explain the reason BeitasnautT, who, it seems, was e Director, thi. for many or the epoisaleiliat we have, at different. elared, that the measure " was not - adopted at the times, heaid*.• Mr. Purr, however, did, itseeins;. . 66 instance of those concerned is the direction of press. them , in his turn,. " to endeavour to obtain ; . 66 the Bank ;" and Mr. Tnottivrolv, also a Di. a supply of gold fromabroad," and the Governor .rector,, said, " that hu wished it to be understood told him they would do what they could in that . explicitly, that the Order in Council was not is. way. sued at the instance of the Bank Directors."-= On the 221 of February they bad another inter. they Mr. ROSA 61 WET maiml the stoppage " a great state " measure;" a measure dictated by 66 natioitei policy." He said it was 66 meant to operate OttZ for a short time ;" and that 64 he earsteiet hoped" (how different from tho language of .Randle Jackson and the present governor of the Wok) yes, " he EARNESTLY HOPED, that 61 " the Hank,. which was quite able, would aeon " be PEE.MITTED to pay its notes in cash, In.' 44 the same wanner that it had formerly donc*.". When, Gentleinou, you have read through the view . titth Mr . PITT, and they gave GoLnsorot and ELiatow orders for ,the purchase of gold at Ilansbargli. But we Ito where find any accountof the gime:os of thi* order, which was, besides, nl. dered usclAse iy thoPider of Council, which ren dered Gold iinnSPessaryt. Ors the 21th of February they had another in taview with Mr. POT; *ad, what they say as to - this isiteiviei; we must pay particular attention to. At a Committeeoonsisting of the whole Court, it appeared that the cash was going away faster than ever," which gave such an alarm fortheS4FETY OF TILE MUS E" (mark the words) that no time was lost in sending a deputation to Mr., PITTi to ask him how far they, might venture to go is paying cash, " and when ILK would think it ne. " cessary to INTERFERE." Mr. PITT told them, that this was au affair of such importance, that he most be prepared with some resolution to bring forward in the Conneil¢. • Resolution o f the Court of Directors, and Deputation's In terview with the (7hencellor of the lixcherser,2l it of Feb. 1791 . The Committee al/serving, with greet urieasiners, the large and constant decrease in the casb,held aparticular causal' atioo on that subject this day ; nod on examination into the state of thexash since the begineing of this year, they found that in the course of the month ofJanuary there had been adecrease of 1. and, since the beginning of this month a further loss of and that the cash wasisiw reduced to between 1. and about I. value, in hullinu and foreigo coin, and about the value of 1. hi silver bullion. Perceiving alsrr, by the constant calls of the bankers from all parts of the town for vosli,that there most be some extraordinary reasons for this drain, arising, probably. (roil) the alarms f an expected invasion; the Cominittee, after maturely considering the matter, resolved to send a notice's; toe Chauvelior Of the Exchequer, of the situ ation of loaners at the Batik ; and se explain exactly to him how the cash is circumstanced, that he was, if possible and pro per, strike out some means of alleviating Me public alarms, and stopping. t its apparent dispositina ia people's minds for having alarge deposit of cash in thric houses. The Governor, I)er my Governor, with Mr. 1)arell and Mr. Bosatiquet, were deputed to wait upon Mr. Pitt ; who went to him; and after describ iug to hialthe auxiety of mind which all tho Directors were un der cent thissuhject, they explisieseldp Mr. Pitt the exactparti ul ors above-mentioned. Mr. Pitt seemed aware, that this un usual drain of cash from the Rank must arise from the alarm ~f hica be observed was sow beanie much more gene fat t 'Jars he could think necessary. lie said, that by all his lafarinsi rocs he could not iearu of any hostile preparations of coasAiisnce making lu France to invade this country, except the fleet is inch was re-fining at West, after being drison •if from the coot of Ireland; but that he could nit answer that no par tial attack on this country would be made by such aimed and desperate enemy as we hod 10 deal with. The deputation pressed on Mr. Pitt its declare something of this kind in Par liament, in or er to MSC the public mind. Mr. • Vitt also men tioned, that he iioped the Committee would, in the present si tuating of matters, think it necessary to esideavoar at obtaining a supply of gold front foreign countries, stbicli the Governer told iiirn they acre considering about, and should do what they could therein. t Interview with the Chadeeller of the. Exchequer, 224 of February, 147.—hisn. Goldionidi and Elitism attended the Committee this day, and were directed to give further orders to .ii4intsurgh far the purchase of gold; and were told that an applieatiou scould iminediateiy be made to the Minister to or der a frigate or armed sloop to go to llamburgh to take in such old as might he bought, and istso to desire that the restriction on the Captains of the packets, not to take any gold on board at Ilamburgb for this country, might he taken WC The Go vernor aid Deputy (itivernor waited on Mr. Pill 4811 this sub "ject, promised to apply at the Adinir.,lty for directions about senility; out a fsigate or armed sloop; and that he would up ply to the Postmaster-Geaeral to give the orders to the Cap tithes of the packets. Interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer, 44th of February, 1 7 97.—At a Cnnimitteeolthe whole Court h e ld t h ee day. it appeared elsat the Imo of cash yesterday was abo v e t. ', and that about I. werealreatly drawn oat this des', iehich gave • such an alum' for ?'NE s.ipKte OF I'EIE BOWE, shut the Deputy -4orermse and Air. Besanquet were desired wait An Kr. Plll to mention to him these eircemstanoes s ad to ask. him !low, far lir theueit tbc Bank might vcuture goon pki r= 7.l. -~.:. .► _ Thus, you Ace, pooch...nen, the stopp age clearly originat e d in 'herepre sent kni ' B E M* Directors; and, which is very * e l l 4 of. your marked attention, Mr. Busaticturt sito o; y e tti ii o ; s t the ji lt ! . c olt s h o eie ns i. t if:l d : e el p icki u t loc o: rc ea s t c o it o n onr • a ; i t 1, 1 (. 1 u s r u c i i M. sxhi:olgtxdofdiilasusinatigiitiayhtt ovifiletjtwuhreeehtfhaetdehe:sli'iuioafbtlti,:rheis,etioirtou:iisirueheortst:rbi,.:i:e Tae 14 ~ . , :., c ii %eight ; fur, whose . claim upon the Bank c ,,, e notes 7 And nho were " the public" b ut holders of these notes ? atoyautii,ccastiled iwtihtialilthbecei gain* to I .4;ave no room cvenoffort-Itlint tempt at ()tense, the minute of the Directors./ 2ith oC February, expressly says, that it alarm for the safety of the HOUSE" 'k it the .deputation td ask fur the interference f• Pi L y ala m ri o n ti f v o e r a t t he a s il are c service ur the public good. Having now pulled aside the curtain ; hiring the whole thing bare to your view ; halin g 1) ; • I the application to Parliament in its trne io n next, lay before you an accost 1 Iwthilheailchni'agia:auis7;sti owdi.i.lricohntehcpri:Zinire4eleoiltrihtfaa:ilio:ftlili:; continued t i t force to e to an t .ow hi he s in d lite, a l:t y muieznain, 1 'State Prison, Newgale, Thursday, WC 1111 COO October '25, ISIO. log eash, nod when he would think it necessary TO INTt FERE before our cash was so reduced As 'sight is, &w ine , to the immediate service of the State. Air. & a thwart, Hi , a matter of great importance. and that he mast k e with some cesututioti to bring forward in the Cgurttii,N„ Proclamation to stop the issue of cash front the.b.,ek sad g ive the security of Parliament to the *tote s o f th e Bank. ly, sequence of which he should think it might b e proper tuapis a Secret Cnm :ritteeot the House of Commons to hulk j,,i„ 'state of the Bank affairs; which they tissured him ttit were well 'prepared for, and would ;midget to such u anittee. Mr. Pitt also observed that he should have thi g tiro to propose to l'arliameut. in Vibe of a Pruclawatiao give parliamentziry security fur Dank-awes. The Grua and DepatyGovenior this day waited on Mr. Pitt, to moo to hon. that it wool,' iu the present eircuatstasets* "requisite that some general meeting of th beakers., chief merchants of London should be held io onto brief on song rap/Idiom for the support of !h' me credit in this a:arming crass; and they to o k the em to recommend to dr. l'itt, to haus a private meti of some of the chief kmkers at his house to-milt:us, three o'clock, iu the pion for 11. more second Tuesday or Wednesday nest might be laid; in the pruptict7 which Air. Pitt ligveed, and said be would evasion a r ub meeting far to-morrows .:.:corrlingly. This was cowalske by the Goveruer to the Committee. On t'Ac.evening of the 4th instant, two►i were wrecked on the Wclah coast, and trery on board perished. On Wednesday afternoon the funeral of the It Rev* Mr. Burnham, a Dissenting Minister of t Calvinistic Conneetiott, whose Chapel was in Grit ton.street, Soho, tool, place in the burying.grutin of Whitfield's Chapel, Tottenham.court.ruad.— Thu funeral was attended by 20 persons, walking two and two, with black cloaks and silk hatbands. The pall was held op by Six Dissenting Ministers. In the week before last, an•irnmensely lug! Eagle was shut by a Lnoker belonging t 3 Ur, MtirtTorr, in Greettborn' Marshes, in the patina( Upchurch, in Kent. It was, in the first instants only wounded, and for a time kept at hal both by the wan and his dog ; it aeon, how. ever, became sick and throw up : o kitten , soon after which it was killed. It mettsurod,, from the billto the tip of the tail , three, feet ind,an half, and will the wings expanded eight feet. The colour of the body, from the head to the tip of the tail, vat of a dark ash colour, bordering on black ; the fa. then of the wings also nearly black ; the bill ;that the nostrils thiek—i , towards the tip very sharp; tla talons and legs ralow and very strong—the lattu feathered only just below the knees, and this ck contsterree seems to indicate its specips—that of tit Sea Eagle* et Osprey. .A writer of reta knowledge and eiperience ob. oerves, " that at the spring and fall of the led, tbo mortality is generally greater than in the other sea. ions •f the year," and %Ida great truth ; but many arc also sent to their long hone by early indisers. Lions which materially affect them at these seasons, either from injudicious treatment, or by not hat. ng recourse in due time to medicine. It is, how. • ever, a pleasing consolation to the afflicted, to re. dect that a Medicine of the first character is now extant, and which, if applied, will effectually re. lieve them and restore them again to the blissful en. joyment of health and liappiuess. This Medicine is the CottnlOi. BaLsa di GMAD, which has cured thousands in the last stage of a Cudithaptibn,bruo on by this destructive habit, and the 0,46004 De. Swanson, of Liverpool, is rendering the rising generation a service of the first magnitude. BIRTHS. On Monday last, at Whitehall, the wife of Jol4'o llll3l ' more, L. L. D. of a con. The lady of Riclutrdzoo Purees, Esq. of Plaistow, Lam ef a daughter. mmettaito. traderday, at St. Mlchaerr. Cortthill, Mr. John M11d.. 4 St. Paul's Church-yard, to Anne, eldest daughter of Mr. tile* set- Cltter, of tipper Clapton. On Thursday la,t, the Rev. Samuel Locke, D. D. to Sara Clinch, both ,if Farnham, Surrey. On Wednesday last, Matthew Waddelow, Esq. of Littler/. Cunitori:igrAire, to Swan, daughter of the late Mr. log ing, of 31 ilden Hull. On Thuewda,, at Hackney, by the Rev. J. J. ITaisnn, Charles L4nginore, of Hackney, to Loaisa. Jenkins, of tie same place. D 1 ED. On Tuesday, at Falwell :Age, Twickenham-common , the infant daughter of James Temple ilowdoia, Esq. Yesterday morning, ut Camber well, Mrs. Rich, wife of gr. Win. Rich, of Ludgate. hill. Oa Wechteeday last, at Riotersea, aged 67, John Perry, Eit of Moor-hall, in the county of Essex. Lately, ut the Madeiras, the eldest son of Sir Ctquiei Wat' son, 1140. ; l e.sartio On the 7th imtant, George Tharn,sUphnlsterer, of le. . h, Lincoln's-inn-fields : his tiefilt wan occasioned by esertior. self at the tire in the above plate. This poor man has ler a wife and ten children to lament hi.. low. PRICY OF srocKs y ESTER DA Y. Mink Slot% 201 • • Onautium 5.j1 tic. .1 per Coot. Itvd. Cant ludic Stuck .1814 .11per Colt Cnits'.6liiii bulia Itmnti V. 6 il pr. 4 per Cent. 811 1,..4 . 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