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: person who 'uttered report whikh might hav'e the effe& of &stroking the reputation of annther, or break in upon the credit of Iris mercantile cha Tatier, events answerable in . damages th3t rurnairr.i Bur fie would say, without the fear of contradiction from any quarter,iand With a cer tainty of the confirmation of 'his Lordship, that he 'who propagates a report to the injury of another, most be taken to be the author as well as the pro- , pig:ant- of it, unleSs at the time of propagation, hc give:, up his author ; if lie, does, he shall be pithea. td.' So here, Mr. Merle might have said he heard this report. from A. B. he ought , to be prepared to prove thii, because he ought to,feel, that without such prOol, he must 2 cousideted as xesponsible for the consequences, whatever they might, be. All. Mr. Merle said upon this Record was, " That he. did not utter these words at all ;" for. that was the: meaning of the plea of Not Guilty ; and:therefore; speaking :trial}, Mr. OAR Row said,' he had nothing more - to do than to Prove .the 'Defendant did utter them but this was not all,. for there' were eircum “ances in this Case which aggravated the of Fence of Mr:Merle in an extraordinary degree, 'and w,hich. Called for the most exemplary damages. He di4 not, aired to deny that he stated this to Mr. Fellowes; hut he said that he had heard it himself. Heard froth whom ? That so considerable a house of trade as this, in' the city 'of London, was not only -embarrassed in circumstances generally, that it was fal l ing, or was in a failing way ; but that a Bill . specifically for the precise sum of zOool. had been voted, nr was lying to be noted. " Who will you give up as Your author . " . Why, ; I heard it on the Excha.nze." Very well, not an Unlikely place to hear that which relates. to the condition of a mercantile hou,e—who did you hear it from ?"-= " Why I heard it from a little man upon 'Change." 46 Whu is he haS .he a name ?. how came you to have is from him ? What was the conversation that led to it Wete.you inquiring 'about the house? W.►s h e giving you adice upon the subjed? . Did you want to be informed.upon it for the preserva. tioo of your property ? Do you know the man who told you 1" " 0 nä, •he was a little man, whose name. I do notknOw ; I have seen him on the 'Ex / change and he is a Broker, but I cannot tell who he is.. I was talking.-to another Gentleman on 'Change about the Lord ,Mayor and his house, and the little man joined : in tne conversation."— Now the Jury knew whether this, or any thing like this, ever happened theither of themselves. " Yes," says the little man", I assure you it is ;true.'"-- « What is true?" " I tell you" it is, true, for I have seen a Note of the house for zoool. noted, or lying for noting." What was ,the conversation which the Defendant must have been in, when this . little man came from the clouds without a name— an airy Nothing, without a local habitation or a name ? H.! supposed he. should see this little man; he would come from the clouds again but he would come of the latest, for he ought to appear upon the Record' in this Court. He was to 'say that he did tell the Defendant, " I have seen a Note lying for noting, and•so forth." Now, as die Defendant did ' ;not attempt to prove it, Mr. GARRow said, he did not believe it, because, if. the case was -really- so, Mr. Merle could have put it upon the, Record, and he could call this same little man tb prove it, as well" as this other Gentleman with whom he 'was holding this confidential conversation; he ought to . know thislittle mat., and he must know the other With whoi: he conversed, and as he did not put this upon the Record, he took the liberty of saying that he did not believe this ; but it was enough for him that this was not upon the Record. He main tained that the conduct of Mr: Merle was grossly improper, nor was he at-a loss to knoW how he ought to have conducted himself ; he should have • done as Mr. Maynard did ; his conduct might well be taken as the standard upon this occasion. He Should have gone to the house and said _that hellad. heard such a thing ; he . should have solicited an audience of the Lord Mayor, and said, " My ,Lord I am astonished at what 1 have heard upon 'Change, :Optic a Bill on your Lordship's house being noted, qr : lying to be noted had you not better Sept and I.ll:quireabotit it, perhaps some mistake has happen.. ed, rnc.. ;" but he did not. He contended that a Meichant and a man of business should have done so as a friendly thing, because if' there had been such.a thing, by mistake or accident, it would have been but fair to put the party whose reputation was at stake, upon his guard ; but. Mr. Merle did no such thing ; he circulated the rumour as if it was well founded, giving it the sanction of his authority. —lt was unnecessary for him, 'in. the Guildhall of London, before such men as were now assembled to try this cause, to make observations on the value of commercial Charader and Credit : it 'was. necessary, however, to state, that inconveniences had resulted to the Plaintiffs in consequence of this rumour, otherwise the Action could not be supported., He did not undertake to say, (for -that was impoSsible), how much different persons were affeded - by this story,. nor could, the Jury, after the evidence was gone through, tell what was the whole effect of it.—Nobody could know what, orders might have been withheld from the house in consequence of this rumour, and consequently what effect it might have on the property.of the Plaintiffs, and it was one'of the n. hiels of Slander, that nobody could ascertain effect of it ; this was the Case with Slander upon reputation, generally, but- mare ern phatically when it was aimed at commercial credit might involve a respeEtabje house in abiolute He could„ however, .give the Jury some account of some of the effeds of this tumour-:—and here indeed was, his great difficulty. Persons who not .know the : rules of a Court of Law, were often astonished, that' ,on the trials of Causes alfeaing the reputation 'of parties,' that they .could not .go into the whole of its historybut rule 3 must be obser,vect, and they must be general, and . made ,t r p suit all cases, whatever indiiidual hattlship apight sometimes be felt in consequence of lchem. Such . , was the case here—Sir John Eamer was very desirous that. the whole history of his corn- Mercial ,life should be laid before the jury ; but that 'te was restrained by Rules from doing.—The effect this.. rumour, : however, could be partly shown. le. krte.w, travelled' like, light when 4r. was sent ruin. forth.—Re hear 4 it himself; and 'he confessed it*. damped, in some degree,, the joy he felt at the pro, clamatiun of Peace, for it was propagated that ve.ry. day : ana all the evil,,he was entitled tv say, .as 'it appeared upon this Record, ori g inated with Mr. Merle. Wha t. was the nature of this rumour as it affeCted those I,vhb,were at a distance, and even in a foreign country ?, Why it was this : That we had a Cilia Magistrate in the greatest commercial City in the world,. marching on, by slow degrees, to inevitable Ba.*ruptcv ; and in this point of view, the cause became a cause of national import-. ante ; 'for it was not, a. trifling thing, even to the Nation ,at. large, thai,i,C.should travel. with the Journals of the day that- on the day of vtroclaiming Peace 'between Great Britain and, France, the Chief Magistrate of the City of Lon tion'-was a. Bankrupt this might have excited, even in France, sentiments,: which it would not be our interest to sprehd. He mentioned this merely to shew the impossibility of ascertaining precisely, the extent .or .the effeil of such a rumour as this ; but he must, cornett) some particulars. He' would shew to .the jury cases, .in which Brokers made contraas on behalf of the Plaintiffs, in which, on accorinfof this same rumour, the parties made ex cuses instead 'of carrying them into.effea, as for, : nierly they were glad to do; and this sort of proof classed under the head of what are called '" Special Damages," that was to say, damages specifically sustained on account of this Slander. He Should shew, that on account of this rumour, several houses of trade affeaed and assumed a want of money, as a mere excuse for sending their bills to the house of Eamer and Co. long before the usual period in similar cases, where. no doubt was entertained of the solvency of" the customer.—" Compliments to Messrs. Eamer and Co. will esteem it a favour if they will remit jool. &c." They were all paid immediately, to •the astonishment of some of them, who thought the house to be on the verge of Bank ruptcy, and which of course, did away the eflea of this false rumour ;'but,no man had a right to put his'neighbour to such inconveniences. Here he recited many , aas of the kind he men tioned, by way of proof of the Special Damages he claimed on behalf* of the Plaintiffs. , He then came to what appeared to him to be the greatest difficulty .of this case, he meant the diffi culty-of following his instruaions. He had before him copies and extracts :fr,Orn, the . books of the Bankers ofMessrs.-Eanier and Co. the Plaintiff's in. this Aaion.—He . had also the Bankers themselves. in Court, by which extraas, and by whose testi_ rnony, it would appear, that no house in London stood more eminent for opulence than that of. the Plaintiffs.—That they were most valuable cus tomers but he was aware that the Noble and Learned Judge, now- upon the Bench, would tell him that he could not be ,allowed to go into this species of Evidence, and this was the very thing which constituted the hardship of the case, for this was indeed . the main objea of bringing thisAdion, for it was not wished by Sir John Earner, to take a large sum of money from Mr. Merle by way of resentment, his objea was to refute the Slander of which Mr. Merle was the propagator—and if that could effe&ually be done by any other mode than by obtaining a Verdia for large Damages, he should he satisfied; however, as he knew of no other likely to be so effeCtual, here the cause came, and here he did ask for large Damages; not to-go into the pocket of Sir John Earner, for that he did not want, but to shew the, sense of a Jury of Merchants on the subjea of his commercial repu. tation, and to vindicate it against this Slander, which was all pure invention.—He- had alteady ;tilted the reason why he asked large damages in ~his case, and when he considered where he was, and to whom he was speaking, and upon. what sub_ jet he thought ,he should betray a gross ignorance of them, atvd of his, own duty, if he said more than that he expected justice.. at the hands. of the Jury, and that he knew he should obtain justice in the. Damages which he should obtain on the present occasion. Mr.'ThomasHowes was then examined.--.He said, that he was acquainted with Mr. Merle the Defendant ; he remembered, in the month of April last, he believed on the loth of April, having a conversation with him about the Lord Mayor; he called on Mr. Merle at Little Britain, for he want ed to speak to him and Mr. Cox-, with whom he had the pleasure of being acquainted ; a conversa tion of various kinds past between him and Mr. Merle, and among the rest concerning the Lord Mayor ; and Mr. Merle said, " that a person had seen a Bill of 20001. on the Lord Mayor,. that was either going to be noted, or noted, he could not take upon him exaBly to say which; but nothing more whatever 'past tipon that . subjett—he under. stood it to be noted for non-payment." Cross-examined by Mr. ERSKINE—Mr. Fellowes said, he was positive that this was on the 20th of April; he had been in habits of acquaintance with Mr. Merle. Mr. GIBBS asked Kr. Fellowes anther ques don:. 44 Whether he had, at any other time than he had already spoken, had any conversation with Mr. Merle relative to the Lord Mayor ?" To which he answered, " Never !"--and he said, he did not recolle& any thing Whatever -passing- between Mr. Merle and 'Mr. Seddon - concerning the House of Sir, John Earner and Co. on any occasion whatever. Mr. EisxtrrE;then prefaced, his examination by observing, that to the auditors this .mode of exa mination might appear abrupt, but to the Wit ness not so. . . . Mr. Merle said, that a Gentleman had told him, that a Bill,of 20001. of Sir John Earner's Wa 4 either noted, or going to be - noted. • Then, said Mr.. Eli. - sictivE, I believe, Sir, that a report prevailed before tlit time, that met you in various parts of this \ great City, perfeEtly without foundation, lam happy to believe ? • Mr. Gipps objected to this, because, he said, that as the Defendant had not stated upon the re lord, of whom he heard the rumour, he was not at iberty to give it in evidence ; had he stated of whom he heard it, the Plaintiff would have had an opportunity 'of tracing it from 't6t source, and would therefore come prepared to meet the evi- ( I•.. .. , dente, or .to have brought an . a6lion against the Author of the Report ; but . the Defendant himself must upon this record be deemed , the Anthor'Of the rumour, since he did not give up the name of any body else; and therefore he should not be at -li berty to-give any evidence of a general rumour to justify his own miscondud. Mier hearing. Mr. ERSKINE at some jength in support of the question, . Lord ELLENBOROUGH held that it might be given in evidence, not to justify The 'aft of the De.. fendant ; but the prevalence of the rumour might be given it evidence to repel the idea of malice in the Defendant in uttering it. Mr,:=ErtaKlNE. then asked, " Whether, before this time, and a considerable while, there was not a re, port ihe was glad to say he believed it to'be wholly without foundation) prevalent in the City, of the kind alluded to by Mr. L. - Merle ?" -Mr. Fellowes, said, there certainly was such a' re port, and he heard it in several places. . Lord ELLENBOROUH said, that this was no juS _ tification, nor indeed could the words beiustifi-d, unless there- had beert.a justification on. the Re cord, but the effect of it was to repel the idea of malice ; and his Lordship added, .it was really too much to call it malice---4ustice - and common -sense .repudiated the idea of malice in any man who ut tered what was a prevalent rumour. The Witness then said, that he had heard ,reports of the then supposed Insolvency of -,the Plaintiffs' Ho - use three weeks, •or a month, before the aime he heard this from Mr. Merle. The first time he mentioned what the Defendant said to him upon this subjea was on the zoth of April ; and he was certain that lie did not mention it to any body between the 20th and the z9rh. An objeCtion was then taken, and supported by Mr. ERSKINE and Mr.,MA'tYAT, on the part of the Defendant, to the Declaration of the Plaintiffs upon the Record—the substance of which was, that it was not,stated, with sufficient distinctness, what this Bill of 20001. was ; fur that it might, con sistently with the. Record and the proof, be a Bill drawn on the Mayor of York, as well as the Mayor of London, it being stated " - the' Lord Mayor," without s,tating, after it, "-thereby meaning Sir John Earner, Knight ;" 'and alsts that, consistently I. with this Record, the Bill in question- might , be drawn ,in favour of Sir John Earner instead of be ing -on -Sir John Eamer . ;,, for which reasons. the Learned Gentleman submitted they were entitled , to nonsuit the Plaintiffs in this case. . But, however, Mr. ERSK IN E took another course, and addressed the Jury, and spoke very handsomely - of Sir John Earner. He observed, amongst other' thing's, such was the constitution of the him-an charader, that we were often attraaed to each other, and became muted in friendship, by the mere observance. of civility .and courtesy, when it is unexpeded—when we might, at the same time, be too indifferent to the'most solid and essential obli gation ; the former of these was his case with regard to Sir John Earner; the latter, he hoped, never would be his case with any body. He remembered-when, after indescribable fatigue,-upon the State Trials at' the Old Bailey, and when he . was retiring, 'or ra ther unable to retire, Sir John. Earner, then a straw: ger to him personally, sheaved him much personal civility, and which laid the foundation of an esteem for that- Gentleman which made him glad of the present opportunity of avowing it. He was glad this adion was brought, glad that the purposes of it .were answered,. for the ()hie& was to do away in the Guildhall of this mighty City all idea' of there being any foundation, for the rumour which had once prevailed against the 'Plaintiffs' House ; the opu- - knee and perfect respedability of which was beyond all question, of which no-man was better convinced , ' than Mr. Merle the Defendant, with whom,- how ever, it was now manifest this false rumour did' not • originate. He had it now r in his power, from the imperfedion of this Record, to nonsuit the Plaintiffs, but he was not dispos•aal .to do so ; he wished Sir John Earner and Mr. Merle to renew their friendship, and the only way by which they could shake hands in public was to withdraw a Juror, and discharge the Jury from giving' a verdict in this cause, which- he now offered to . do on the part of Mr. Merle, and which lie .hoped would be accepted by his, Learned Friends on the part of Sir John Earner. 'Mr. GARROW said, that Sir John Earner bad no wishes that were hostile to Mr. MerlesLall he wanted was to vindicate his charader and credit as a' Merchant' ; than purpose was now 'completely answered. The report originated 'in malice from somebody, but it now appeared .not frdm Mr; -Merle, and therefore on the . pait'of Sir John Earner, he accepted' the offer of Mr.-Merle, made by his Counsel- Mr. ERSKINE-, 414.,contented that a jurbr . should be , 'withdrawn. Lord ELLENBOROUGH said, it appeared, to hiM proper to say,,alew words. upon .this yery,importat2J Cause, Considering the Record and the -proof together,. ,it would have been his duty, if calleAtm, to have-non-suited the Plaintiffs ; but he-kzeW he . could :safely -trust the Learned Advocate for the De fendant when he rose, last to address the Jufy, arid therefore he did not interpose.. It was proper, his Lordship said, for „him now- to observe that„ from the manner .in which this Cause was *tight before - , the Jury, Sir John Earner had put it in the power of any individual' to come forward to prove ,-any thing he ‘knew (if -there was any individual who knew) of any circlinitanCeuf_ • felling the credit of: the PlaintiffS' house .; and as nothing in the world was more 'den than fame, . especially . comMercial fame, his Lordship thought it his - duty to say that front the manner in. which this matter now terminated, t ihe credit of the house.of Sir John Earner and Co: stands as`bigh,,and irpos sible,higher than it ever did before. Juror, withdrawn. , ' • A fatal accident occurred a few days age, near Sr. George's Fields: a child naked gding into the wa: ter, immediately sunk ; a man, who was standing in his ZOOM, saw the child sink, *ithotit any emo_ tion, or Offering to giVe any assistance ro him, 'by which tlie child lost his life. On beiiirt- dragged for, it proved to be the offspring of till's unfeeling individual, whO no* pretends to shc'iv•nivaiscirrow and dejcaion. • '1:0 1 , a)()N : Printed by-BUCHAN/I N .114.'111ILLAN, (of Bow-Street, Covent„darcten , • and, rubJisht.d.by. 1,1,L1 A m m tew.g / Scir IP es, (of Horse"-*rry..rnari, Westiitilistzfi; . thc FF Cl,' No , 1 1 2 3 Strand . fOz Ll* Paper, Letter, for ,the Editor s Bu. {p..o-paid), must be; aditirdssed:s-- rf On IVIo:4DriY NBKT the ENGLIsh LoTrta begins dra wing. • rat, day,'Monday, 2d Aug., Eirst drawn, ,C. s,OOO, 4 24 day, Thur,sday„ sth Aug- First draWn, 2.,000 3d day, Monday, 9th Aug. First drawn, to,ooo 4th dAy, Thursday, izth Aug. First drawn, . 2o 0 ,00. sth day, Monday, 16th Aug. First drawn, • 5;000 tith day, Thurs'llay, 19th Aug. Fist drawn, • zOOO 7th-day, Bloralay,' '23d Aaig. First drawn , 2u,000 Bth, Last day, Vursthq, 26th Aug. Firsedr, r0,,000 Besides Capital and other •Prizes- to till amount of - i 4,7% 146,000 - -The TICICRTSe HALVES, QUARTERS, EIGHTHS) and SIXTEENTH SHARES, aie ' Sold and Registered, on the lowest' Terms, at Mr. NicHor.soti's Office, No. z 6, ColtNHILL,.OlmOSite the Bank of England, where, in die" the last Lngliat Lottery, more than one hundred and fifty different 'persons In elnbi, and, Individuals, received Shares of CAPITAL t`RizEs. frOin .cp,oool. to cool. ParticUlars iniheScheines at. large, .Office hours from Eight in the-Morning un til Eight - at Night. - - On Monday next the new. State Lo t t er y, ccm• mences Drawing.. Tickets and. Shares, in great variety orrinmbers . , and 'lowest .prices, continue ori , Sale; at the Offices, Cornhill, and Charing Cross, of RICHARDSON, GOoDLUCK and Co. SI-lIP NEWS. YARMOUTH, JULY 23. Arrived—the Susanna, Bocuthby, from Lynn ; Swinnard, and Swan, Bonifant, from Hull ;.New-Kerrison, Crickmay, and Che'mei - , Stone, from Christiana. Sailed-,the Triton, English, and john, Carter, for th e East, in ballast. GRAVESEND, IDLY 23. Passed by—the Maria, M'Arthur, from Jamaica; Cm , lew, Caithness, from Mogadore ;. Brothers, Redwold, from Nor.vay ; and Weston, Trotter, from Pillau. Sailed—the Caledonia, .Thomas;•• for the East Indies; arquis of Lorn, White, for Rowen ; Venus, Burch, foC Dantzic ; Caroline, Aires, and Harrietta,--,-, for Hambro' ; Mary Ann, for-Naples ; Drie Gebroders. ,fir Amsterdam; Herrick, Stark,• ibr St. Vatlery ; Pleasant Hill, Wren, for Rotterdam - Olive Branch, Wright, tor Cibraltar ; Liberty, Dyce, and Anson ; Oliver; for Dantzic. COAL, TAR BROWN, ANo.VARNiSH PAINTS- THE PUBLIC are xnQst respeafuliy inforince , that the above-mentioned Artieleg eeni‘intlCTO be prt: pared by the BRITISH COLOUR COMPAN.I only, 5 ' No. Walbrook, London ; and are recommended as cheaP' useful, and ornamental coverings for wood and iron Ivithouc doors. The Tar Brown is _intended' for . rough boarding , paling, sunk fences, &c. The Paints'are.of Various shade s of Green and - oiher Colours, peculiarly adapted for fence s round pleasure grounds, planed wooden-builuings, iron rail ings, &c. They are easily applied, being sent in a state fq use, and are very durable. DireEtions for their use ale sen t with the Articles. • The Company Supply also ground White Lead, and al l other Paints, Linseed Oils, &c. of,the-beSt quality, and at tl l ° lowpst prices. CAPITAL ,PINNING .MILL, ItETFORD, NoT - TiNGHAIYISHIRE. . R. SMITH • respeafully inforais the PAlic , tht the SALE tot' the, REVOLUTION MILL:: near RETIORD, advertised to, sake place on Wednesd 39 next, is POSTPONE D till Wedne'sday the t ith nt . Augus t ! and that 44t01. of the Purchasenioney may remain o n Moil CAPITAL SPINNING MILL, RETFokI.), NO'rTiNGHAMSHIA.E. . TO BE, SOLI) BY AUCTION , By' Mr. SMI - - At G.arraway!s, oft Wednesday, A upst at Twelref,„ Ih One Lot,, unless anaixejitable offer is made to the ilIcA" time by'Piivate Contrail, • • THE. FREEHOLD, substabtial MILL, • w eil , planned Spinning Works, cal led-the REV ()LC TIO' MILL, with convenient Wool and Sorting Rooms, I)Y . . c " house,, Drying .luinses,- Warehouses,. ,Store-rooms, Stabling' and Work-shops, : of eyery - deSO•iption4 a capital ,Steani; Engine.of great power, try Bolton. and Walt, and:an Engil i c for extinguishing lire, with 'every sort. of Machinery. Drawing, Rovitur Spinning; and 'other Opdrations u e r Wdol ; and several . of ,Cartwright's Patent- Machines combing •Wvol. the Preinise.i. are remarkably well situate`:: adjoining: the GainsbOrough. Canal, supplying th e Wori`, With Coal at a cheap rate, and close to the G rea t Nore Road, in . the Parish of Clerhorough, with nineteen D‘vo l , ing , .houses and ten Aeres,ol' rich Land adjoining. 1 mined ixossession maybe had, may remain oil' Nlsr tgage, • • 44 0 0: of the •Purchase-molt'/ 5 To be viewed at ally time, and Particulars hal 'ten daY; prz'ee.ting the Sale, at the Saracen's Head, Newark ; Black, Head,,Nottingham Ahgel,,Duncaster; White Hart, 11 , C , ‘ torsi; at the Mil ; Garraway's.; and of Mr. Smith, No. "" Broad-streef,• near the Royal ,Exchange. ESTATE AND MANOR,'NEAR BOSTON, • COLNSIIIRE. TO 13E SOLD•BY AUCTION, By Mr. SMITH, • At (;arraway's Coftez.-ttotse, Cornhill, oA _ . . Wednesday`the tither' Augtist, at TWeive o'Clock, f _ 11}1E . MANOR and EXTRA.:PAROCHIAV 1 TOWNS HIP-and ESTATE-et BROTH E R.TO bounded by ..Navlgable: Streams communicating tb opulent Sea-port 'Kewn . of-Besp.m, and thennost considerabl e , Navigations of :intersected' by a:. 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Mortgage. • ' • , 14 1113 e and Partieiilats had; ten dew's precehe the Sale; of Mr: Thirk ill, Attorney at Law, BoSton ; so i ,* o r, P?interS. of the Cambria& - cury, and -Nottinghatu-dourual-i..ler' Solicitor , sex-court, .Temple ; at Q.irraway's. ; ana of Mr. SO - No. 62.,' Broall-street, near the Royal 'Exeliangel DIED, Lately, at his house, in Upper Berkeley-street Portman' square, Lieutenant Colonel )ohn OA Tuesday last, at his house ih,liedford4ow, the Lady of the Rev. Thoinas ,Fleatlicote; ReCtor of Stone, in Kent : she was the youngest daughter of the late Right lion. Sir Parker, Lord. Chief Baron of the Court of Exchequer. r O'L SAT 11 It A . Bank Stock India.Sfcick Navy sperCent. tool I tooi i Inxiii•SondS.,.; prem. per . Cent. (797, rc4a.,3z Lxchey.l3ll : l=js., 4s. prem.. Irish ; per Cent. - " Hindi:l)le ditto prem. .4 per Cent. Con. 88. a .-i 3(11 - c,ite..titter dis.: per C•zitt. Red. 7 - i(1 : 11 .() nintiiin 3 4 n dis. per Cent. Con. 72. Pe- '3 rut. 70M Ditto Sail) Ditto .Ann. 12 - 5 , ,16• Bank L. Ann.zo 13-16 riani: for opening Ditto Short . Ann. India for'openi; • Ditto Scrip ' :Consols for August • To CANAL CONTRACTORS' and MASONS. jE ,KENNET and. AVON CANAL COM.. MI TT E intend meetingat the Beal Inn ' Deviezes, O ' • Wednesday the 4th of August, at Twelve o'Clock at noon , to receive Proposals, -and enter into CONTRACTS fol. TWENTY-NINE LOCKS, and TW E Y' BRIDGE'S ; .and also tor Cutting and Forming Four Miles of Canal, nel l. the said Town of Devizes.—Plans and Specifications may be '• c.(31 . by 4pplying to. Samuel liodgkinson,'of Devizes afore' said. ~ .. '.