The Sun. — London, England, 1823-01-28 00:00:00

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MONEY be ing in the bands of the TREASURER of His MA JESrti'S NAVY, to pay BOUNTY for the Year 1822, to 'kb CHAPLAINS of the ROYAL NAVY as are entitled thereto, under His Majesty's Order in Council, hearing date the let February.l76s, ist Fe6ruary, 1784, and i2d October, 1309 , and who have been entered upon the list, by , virtue of the P 4 pets they have respectively transmitted to this Office ; Notieu is hereby given, that the payment of the same will comnienet at the Pay-Office, Somerset-place, on ,Monday, the 3ti of February, at Ten o'Clock in the Morning.—And it is desired that in future the Chaplains entitled to the Uountv will, as soon as it may become due, cause their Atli davits to be delivered into this Office, in order to expedite the payment. VICTILOLLINO-OFF ICE, January c 23, 1 543. TIRE COMMISSIONERS for VICTUAL. 45 ' LING Ills itl.lJ !arr., NdVY, 4e. rig hereby give Pratiee, that en Friday, Me 31st of finuary instant, they will be ready to receive renders ix writing (sealed up), and treat for Four Hundred Pipes of SPANISH RED WINE, to be des livered into his Majesty's Victualling Stores at Dept foril, One-half thereof in the course of Three Months, and the remainder in Two Months afterwards One Hundred Thousand Gallons of WEST INDIA RUM; Fif?3 , Tons of NEW , BLACK SMYRNA RAISINS; Fifty Tons of MUSCOVADO SUGAR; Five Tons of NEW EAST INDIA RICE! Thirty Toni of BRITISH PLANTATICN COCOA ; Fifty Bags of NEW .K.ENTISH HOPS ; to be delivered into the Stores at Deptford, in the space of One Month ; "Ind Two Hundred Quarters of NEW PALE, and One Hundred Quarters of NEW CLOSE-DRIED AMBER MALT; to be also delivered into the said Stores, One half in the space of a 'Fortnight, and the other Hoff in a Fortnight afterwards. The Raisins, Sugar, Cocoa, Hops, and Malt, to be an swerable to samples to be produced with the Tenders. The Conditions of the Contracts may be seem at this,lyer. Bach Tender must specify the Price in /roots at length, and be delivered before One o'Cloch on the day appointed ; and the Perion who make.: the Tender, or some Person on Mr &dint), must attend to answer when called for. 11. IP,I/.1,E12 CLIF7'O.V. BRITISH CONCERTS, NEW ARGYLL ROOMS Tinder the Immediate Patronage of HIS MAJESTY. T O meet the wishes of a numerous Class of Persons, who are anxious to see Native Talent encou raged, it is respectfully announced, that THREE CON CERTS will be given at the above Rooms, consisting entirely of the Works of BRITISH;COMPOSERS, or of Foreigners who have been naturalized and resident in these Realms for at least ten years. Messrs. Attwood, Hawes, and Horsley, are appointed D rectors for the present year. The Concerts will take place on 'Mondays, the 10th and 24th of February, and the 10th of March ensuing. Terms of Subscription for the Season, Two Guineas. In addition to his own Tie.ket, each Subscriber will receive a trans ferable Ticket for One Concert. The Tickets of Subscribers will be transferable in their own Families; but if any Subscriber shall send a Ticket to a Shop, there to be disposed of, his Subscription shall be forfeited for the Remainder of the Season. Tickets arc now ready for delivery at the Royal Harmonic Institution; where, and at all other` principal Music Shops, further Particulars may be had. BRITISH INSTITUTION, PALL-MALL. THE GALLERY for the EXHIBITION and SALE of the WORKS of triODERN ARTISTS IS, OPEN Deily, from Ten in the Morning until Five in the Evening. By Order, JOHN YOUNG, Keeper. Is.—Catalogue Is. The Solpicribers to the Print from ,Mr. West's Picture of aur S'avionr Healing the Sick in the Temple," who have net already leceived their Impressions, may receive them upon payment of the Remainder of their Subtcriptiont, at t British Institution daily. SURREY INSTITUTION. January 97. 18 93. IHE PROPRIETORS and SUBSCRIBERS are respectfully informed, that Dr. CROTCH well com nerice a COURSE of LECTURES on mum, on FRIDAY, / 1 0 31st Instant, a t Seven o'Clock in the Evening, precivtlYs 4kd continue, them on each succeeding Friday, until cum )4ted t and That Mr. CHARLES WOODWARD will commence a COURSE of LECTURES on ELECTRICITY and 131%;EU- MitTICS, on TUESDAY, the 4th of February, and continue them on each succeeding Tuesday, at the same hour, until sortpleted. KNIGHT SPENCER, Secretary. . T he followingAvertisement is Inserted by particular request:— GREAT ADVANTAGE to FAMILIES. 9111 E EAST INDIA COMPANY'S TARES, 11, , &c. are allowed on all TEAS boug 23 ORPOL ht at the N 114 SUFFOLK TEA WAREHOUS E , No. , LITTLE ' B ILL ALLEY, up Tokenhouseyard, at the back of the bath of England : where all TEAS are warrranted genuine, Wu! equal inequality to the prices offered by any Tea Company in ;melee, with an additional ounce allowed in every pound ; aal, in every six pounds, half a pound is added. A the ebove Estahl ishm en t suNrior fine flavoured Coffee is sold on he same terms, one ounce allowed extra in each pound, and - his' a pound in every six pounds ; which is an advantage not - ttLe equalled at any other Rouse in London. —To prevent hue:hums, the public will particularly observe, th a t t hi s klahli s h ment d oes not employ any sell 'Lis ; t h ey are on l y to be had at the em NORFOLK and SUF. their Nta TEA. NrAR EITOUSE, No. 23, LITTLE BELL - 'ALES', where no common ordinary Teas are kept. 4Fine airong Souchong Tea, 6ti. to 6s. Od, • superior fine - Itakfitst Souchong, 7s. ; best ditto, Os. to lOs i . ; remarkably rlO trireen Tea, Ilyson kind, Bs. to as. ; real Ilyson, very fine, i• t best Ilyson, I2s. ; Gunpowder Tea, las. ; fine Coffee, 2 t-, 4 verY fine 3s . 4d. ; best Turkey Cabe, 4s. iv ineli and Co.'s Superfine Durham llustard ferred by lest of the Nobility and Gentry, at only 20d. peeound, in , 4ati for the Country. ti FOR MONEY ONLY. SIP- Orders from all p arts o f the World, by letter, poet paid, Y Coachmen, with remittances, will be strictly attended to. V v ,and Loaf Sugar k e p t f or t h e pu bli c accommodation. Ir' and &c. from thi s E sta bli s h ment are warranted tae. dd r , mul wr9ped in China Tea Paper, with the Proprietor's ..... "34—A. wARMOLL 23 Little Bell-alley, u p Taken. ..,.. , , , e lAril., at the brick oldie Rank of England. ,fr OBSERVE, No. 23. NOTICE TO ARTI S TS, ALL WORKS int e nd e d f or t h e ENSUING EXHIBITION at the ROYAL ACADEMY must be SENT IN on MONDAY, the 7th, or TUESDAY, the Bth of APRIL NEXT, after which time none can possibly be re. ceived. • The Regulations necessary to be observed may be obtained at the Royal Academy. HENRY HOWARD, R.A. Sec. REDUCED FARES, and UNEQUALLED TRAVELLING, TO DOVER, DEAL, RAMSGATE, MARGATE, AND CANTERBURY. FOUR INSIDE COACHES, AND KEEP GOOD TIME, By S. A. MOUNTAIN and Co. SARACEN'S HEAD INN, SKINNER-STREET, SNOW HILL, LONDON. T HE following LIGHT POST-COACHES, &c. set out from the above Inn:— The " Telegraph," DOVER, Deal, Ramsgate Margate, Broadstairs, Cant e rbu r y, F evers h ant , and Sand wich. new Post-Coach—erery Morning at a quarter past Sev v c o'Clocia. In consequ e n ce of the decided preference given tF,thr above Coach, the Proprietors are d eterm i ne d no extreme shall be sparer; to render it the Ant conveyance on the Kent road. BRONIPTON. Chatham, Rochester, Gravesend, Stroud, Sittingbourne, Itainharn, and Orpringe, every Morning at a quarter past 7, at . Reduced Fares. The " Royal Eclipse," FALMOUTH, Plymouth, Exeter, Truro, %thin, Pen ryn, Ashburton, Tartness, Weymouth, Dorchester, Dartmouth, anal Salisbury, every morning at Seven ; through Honiton, Axminster, Bridport, Blandford, Stockbridge, Basingstoke, Hartford Bridge, Blackwater, and Bagshot. The only Day Coach to WEYMOUTH, (driven through with Two Coachmen only), through Bagshot, Iliackwatcr, Basingstoke, Overton ' IVhitchurch Andover, Woodyeats. Cashmore, Salisbury, 13Iandfurd, and Dorchester, at Five o'clock in the Montiog. The " Union," SO U'rHAMPTON, Lynsington, Lyndhurst, Winchester, Basingstoke, Hartford Bridge, Black water, and Bagshot, New Four Inside Coach, every Morning at ball.p.ist Seven; arrives at the Coach and Horses, Southampton, by Fire. This is a most delightful Conveyance to the Isle of Wight, Jersey, Guernsey, St. Makes, Havre de Grace, Cher • bourgh, &c.—The Proprietors of the above Coach hope to receive a conti nuance of that support which has hithertobeen experienced since th e commencement o f t h e " U n i on. " The " Champion," a New light Day Coach to DOR CHESTER, its la hours only, through Bagshot, Black wa ter, Basingstelte, Overton, Whitchurch, Andover, Salis bury, Witutlyeats. Cashmore, and Blandlord, every Toes day, Thursday,. and Saturday, at Five o'clock iu the morn. lug. The Proprietors of the above Coach are determined no expence shall be spared to render it the first conveyance on the Western Road. BATH and BRISTOL Post-Coaches, through Chippen ham, Caine, Marlborough, Newbury, and Reading, every Afternoon at one; arrive at Mr. May's, the Greyhound Isin, Bath, and the London Tavern, Thival.street, and Swan, Bristol, early the next Morning.--aCoachts to Wells, Bridge. water, Taitnton, and Plymouth. The " Umpire," a New LIVERPOOL Light Coach, only one Night on the Road, carrying Four Inside, sets out Daily at One ; arrives at Liverpool next aft erisoun at Five, though Wilburn, Lathbury, Northampton, Welfurd, Luiterwortls, Hindkley, Atherstone, Litchfield, Stone, Newcastle, Knots. ford s Warrington, and Presets'. .SHREWSBURY, Wellington, and Shitfnal, Light Post- Coach, every Afternoon..--Guattled. The "Union,"WEYMOUTH ; through Dorchester, Bland ford, Salisbury, Andover, Overton, Basingstoke, Hartford Bridge, Blackwater, and Bagshot, new Post Coach, every Af tentoun.---Drivett through with two Coachmen only.—The Packets from Weymouth to Guernsey, Jersey, Cherbourg, St. Make's, &c. every Wednesday and Saturday afternoon, at Two o'Clock. BARNSTAPLE and Southroolton New Light Post Coach, every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday Mornings at 7 o'Clock. " Rockingham," LEEDS light Post Coach, Pets opt every Afternoon at Four ; and passes through Italdock, Big gleswittle, Eaton, Buckden, Stilton, iVansford, itamford, Greedier's, Grantham, Newark, Tux ford, Markham Moor, Retfoid, haw, ry, Doncaster, and Ferrybridge, to the Golden Lion, Leeds, next Afternoon, at Reduced Fares.--Luxe Luggage and Packages only 9.41 per In.—Notwithstanding the uncommon Expedition of this Coach, it is allowed to be tit most agreeable and complete Politic Conveyance un the siert!' Road, being unequalled by any other. HARROWGA'rE and Ripon new Light Post Coach, every Afternoon at Four, mad Eight its the Morning. GLASGOW, Longtown, Gretna-green, Annan, D um f r i es , Brownhill, Thornhill, Sanguluir-Kiln, Cannon:it, Kiugswell, anti all Parts of Scotland, a light four inside Post Coach daily. The '6 Express," to YORK, ticarburough,.Whithy,'Shields, Sunderland, Newcastle,& Edinburgh, a New light four-inside Post Coach, with a Guard throughout ; sets out every Morn ing at Eight o'Clock, by way of Newark, Rettord. Doncaster, Ferrybridge, Tadcaster, Darlington, Northal tenon, Durham, Mos peth, and Berwick, and arrives at York the next Morn ing at Twelve &Clock. Passengers finding themselves fa. tigued on the Journey, may rest what time they please, and then proceed without any additional Fare. MARLBOROUGH and Swindon, four-inside Day Coach, through Aldbourn, Reading s Lanibourn, Parton, Lyilingtun Pewsey, Wootton Basset, Ramsbuty. Hungerford, Newbury and Maidenhead. IIItIDGENORTH, Wolsal, Shrewsbury, Salop, and Holy head New Light Four Inside Coach, eves y Afternoon. BOSTON, 'Hornatitle, Spalding, Petesborough, Stilton, Huntingdon, Caxton, Dockland, and Ware Day Coach, to Spilsby, Louth, Gtimshy, and Hull, Morning, at Six. The only Day Coach to Boston and Horneastle. The ' 1 Express, Penrith," a New d WhitL Four-inside Post Coach to C ARLISLE,Itav en , goes with Four Horses, and a Guard all the way, passes through Appleby, Brough, Bowes, Gretashtidge, Itichntood, Catterick Bo roughbrolge, Ferryb r id ge , D oncaster, Newark, , Grantham. Stamford, Greethatn, Stilton. and I l iggicswade• Sets out in the Morning, and performs the journey with the greatest facility. Passengers detained on the Road by !nisi- Hess or pleasure, have the peculiar advantage of their Seats being secured in the next Coach.—The only Coach to Carlisle. KENDAL, Lancaster, Preston, Kirby-Lonsilitle, Bolton, Morley, Otmsktrk, anti Garstang Light Post Coaches, cvery Afternoon. . The " Royal Express," New Light Four hoick Post Coach, to LIVERPOOL, Warrington, Prescot, Cough:tun, Lawton, N..wcastle, Ruilgly, Knutsford, Stone, Stafford, nod Litch field, (onlyNig on the Rad), every Afternon arrives at the Sarace h n' t s Head Inn,o Pale-street, Liverp o ool, next Evening. WAKEFIELD Four inside Pust-Cwacts, every .Morning and Afternoon. CHES'rEIt, Newport, Whitschurch, Tarporley, Nampt wide, Northwich, and Middlewich Light Post-Coach, every Afternoon. SUNDERLAND, Stockton, and Yarm Light Post Coach, every Stunting, to the George Inn, Suuderland. Mountain's , " Express," to MANCHESTER, Wi ns l ow , Conletort, Newcastle, Walsal, Wolverhampton, sod Knots ford, new Four lostde Post-Coach, every Afternoon.—Only One Night on the R oa d SHEFFIELD and Rotherham New Four-inside Post-Coach every Morning, called " The Express," awl al so " Th e Rockingham," at Four in the Aft ernoon . The " 114kyal Express," New BIRMINGHAM Light Post Coach, sets out every Afternoon, carrying Four Inside only; passes through Warwick, Leamington, Sonthant, Weedon, Daventry, Stoney-Stratford, and TOwceiter, to the Saracen's Head, Bull-street, Birmingham, early the next Morning. The " Exptcsa," a New Light Post Coach, to HULL, Lin coln, Non heave, ()wilco, and Doncaster, every Morning at Eight o'Cluels, to the Cross Keys, Market-place, Hull ; and also the " Itualtingliam" in the Afternoon at Four o'Cluck. HERTFORD, Weft:, Heddeediel, and Chesbusit Coach, every Morning. TO'IVENHAM and Edmonton Coaches daily, at Eleven, Half-post Two, Five, and Eight, *** At Reduced Fares to Leeds, York, and Doncaster, Luggage and Packages at only 2i per pound. S. A. MOUNTAIN and Co. respectfully acquaint 'brit Friends and the Public, that they wilt not be accountable for any Parcels, Passenget's Lnir ge, ‘Vrititiga.Plate, &c. of mere than Five Pounds Vahlealost, atoltu t or damaged, on , less entered as such, and the Insu rance pa id accordingly, at the Sat sac tell Heed ren t Skinner-street, Snow-hill, London. Just published, The Twenty.Fottrth Edition of THE POST-OFFICE LONDON DIREC TORY for 1823 ; being a List of 20,00 Merchants, Traders, &c. of,Lond on , and Parts Adjacent; List of the Lord Mayor, and List of London and Country Court of Aldermen ; Newspapers,with the Places List of the Rankers in Lon. and Days of Publication ; don ; Lists ofArmy & Navy A gents , List of Seven Hundred Coup. Directors of Fire and Incur. try Bankers, with the ance Offices ; Bankers they draw on in Lists of the London, West In- London ; d la, & East India Dock Com- List of Public Notaries ; ponies, Foreign Ministers, &c. &c. General Informationrelating to the Post-Office, including the Last Rates of Postage. Regulations of the Twopenny Post-Office, &c. &c. Also, a List of the General and Twopenny Post Receiving Houses. Sold by all the Booksellers and Stationers of the United Kingdom ; price 3s. &L sewed, 4s. hound ; or, 'with the Coach and Carriers Guide, ss. hound. • • • .• On Saturday next will he published, price bs., No. XIII. of THE RETROSPECTIVE .REVIE.W, containing:— I. The Si c k ness , Heresy, Death, and Burial of William Chillingworth. t. The Memoirs of Philip de Cousin's. 3. Sir A. Weldon's Court and Character of James I. 4. Archbishop Laud's Diary of his Owu Life. 5. John Webster's Dramatic Works. 6. Bacon, Curnaro, &c. &c. on the Prolongation of Life. 7. Life and Adreniures of Peter Wilkins. .8. George Wither's Shepherd's Hunting. 9. The Newgate Calendar. • ' 10. Character and Anecdotes of Charles 11. by a fortunate coincidence the last Article. is a fall and stritiing•lllustration of the Historical Part s Of Peteril of the Peak.' Published by C. Raldwyn, Newgate.street, and'?!. Trip. hook, Old liond.street, of whom more &toiled ProsPsetUses may be bad on application. CORONERS' INQUESTS. • SUDDEN DEATH. • Last night an Inquisition was taken at the sign of the Coach and Horses in (Niettluit-street, Bond-street, before Mr. Iftoos, the Deputy Coroner for NVestminster , on vieveof the body of Mr. , Peter Bailey, late Editor of the periodi tal publication The Afriseuni. John Searle deposed that his father was proprietor of the hackney-coach, No. 120, apd resided in Jane-place, Old Kent_ road. Witness was 16 years of age, and was driller, of the said coach. On Saturday evening between seven and eight o'clock, witness was called from the stand at the end of Qtebee-street, by the doceased's female servant, to take up, at hr. l a t e resid ence, No. ii. Cumberland•place, New-road, near the Vorkshite Stingo. The deceased and his wife entered the coach, and the deceased,who appeared in good health and spirits, desired him to drive to the Italian Opera. Witness drove gently to the Opera, and, reaching it, some of the watermen in attendance opened the door, and before the deceased and his vtifagot out he was compelled to move on a few paces, to prevent obstrtlction.to the other carriages that were approaching. Witness got. off his box to let his fare out, when the lady told him the gentleman was very ill, and that he must drive back again, to Cumberland place. .Witnes, accordingly . proceeded tow ar d s h ome , w h en the lady . pulled th e check,stnng in Warwick -street, and desired him to pull pp at the first chemist's shop became to. Th© first he came to was llttSsrs. Butler's, in Regentestreet, where he sew a lad, and the lady to ld hi m t h e gentleman was dyi ng ,. an d requested a medical man might attend him. The lad replied, no person was present that could render any assistance. Witness then drove about in search of intdical aid for nearly three marters of an hour, and at length arrived at the house of Mr. King, the surgeon, in Cond u i t - street; when, on opening the coach-door, the deceased was lying on the seat a lifeless corpse. He was carried into the house, and every exertion was made to restore him, but life was extinct. The Rev. John Corfield, residing at Kensington, deposed to having assisted to take the deceased out of the coach, who was quite dead, and pulsation had ceased. Mr. Hunter Nicholson, assistant to Mr. King, the surgeon in Conduit -street, deposed, that he used every . , endeavour to restore the deceased when brought into his presence, but could not. His dissolution was occasioned by the bursting of an aneurism of the aorta in his inside, from which a n e ff us i on of nearly t wo p i nts of bl ood had taken place, and had lodg. ed in the chest. He understood he had laboured under the disease for some time, and the least exertion would produce the effects that caused his death. 'Was infonned that he had sung an Italian air in the coach just before he expired, and that he ejaculated " Oh, Mary. 4", and then fell de a d i n t h e arms of his wif e . A friend of t h e d ecease d said, that the' deceased possessed considerable literary acquirements, and that he was about pursuing his avocation, in attending the Opera, for the pur pose of making his observations on the same and theperfognere, for the weekly publication, The Museum, of which he was editor, when he died. He has left a family of three children to bewail his loss. The Jury expressed their regret that so much time was Lost before medical assistance could be obtained, as, in all pro bability, if it had been immediately at hand, Iffe would have been preserved. Mr. Nidasoa, the surgeon, said, that he was convinced that had he seen him at the moment he was first taken ill in the conch, he could not have preserved him. The Jury expressed themselves satisfied, and returned a ver diet of—" Di e d by the Visitation of Gov, SUICIDE: On Saturday last, an Inquisition was held before J. W. UNIVIN, Esq., Coroner for the Eastern Division of the County of Middlesex, at the Pitts Head Tavern, Tyson-street, Beth nal-green, on view of the remains of Mr, Joseph -- Moses, well known as a stock-broker in the City of London. The deceased was of the Jewish persuasion, and had don e considerable business in the Span ish Funds, the fall in the prices of which had greatly embarrassed him, and in a state of mental distraction he put a period to his existence. The Jury having viewed the body. Mrs. Moses, the wife of the deceased, was examined, and she stated that her husband had been, for more than three weeks, in a state of Mind the most distressing that could possibly be con ceived, which she attributed to his losses in funded property.— During each d a y f or t h at per i od he h a d b een in a melinc.holy state, and at night he cou ld not s l eep , b ut frequently got out of his bed and tr averse d t h e room f or h a lf an hour together, and, by his sighs and groans convinced her that hi s M enta l suffering were very gr eat . , O n Friday morning hist, after a very restlesss night, the deceased rose f rom hi s b e d, s h out seven o ' clock, and went down stairs ; and during the absence of t h e servants, he suspended himself by a cord, from a staple, which was fastened in the wall of the kitchen. And after he had hung about Ave minutes, he was di scovere d , and cot d own ; his face wattdis coloured, and h e appeare d quite lifeless ; there w as no breath ing or moti on o f t h e b ody or perceptible pulsation. Medical aid was immediately called in, but every exertion to restore animation .proved unsticcessful. She was convi nce d the de ceased was Insane at the time he put an end to his existence.— Verdict—/asaaiN. It has been for sons tithe . past in cortternpla tion by the leading Intigs of this county (Durham) to have a meeting on the subj ect o f Agricultural Distress and Podia mentary Reform; within these, few days, however, the mana gers of this sc h eme h ave suddenly abandoned, it, baying been deterred, it is said, from the further prosecution of their project in consequence of its being generaity known. that the great Dr. Cohbett intended to make his appearance. indettl we learn from tolerable good authatiiy, that an old liouse on Ei vet . bridge has been conveyed to the Doctor for the porpose of enabling him to attend anti exhibit his invincible front, should any such meeting take place. w o hope the opportunity wbe afForde4 him, for we ca n not contemplate may thing whichill ,would be productive of greater amuse ment to the public than to see tbe ThAlical Whigs of Durham and the exhibitor of Paine'a bones fairly pitted at 4 County 51 ef t . in k —(1)4 thilin ColaitY, Advertiser.) FOR THE S.U. ON THE METALLIC AND PAPER CURRENCY. TO E. SCILLY, ESQ. CURZON..STREET. SIR--I was very much gratified by the letter, &c. which you directed to the Right Honourable ROBERT PEEL in the Morning Clownicle, on Friday, August 16, 1822; and coinciding with you, as I do generally on the several subjects on which you have dwelt, I should not have taken the liberty of thus addressing you l did I not differ with you 'on the result of your argument, by which you disapprove of restoring the metallic currency ;—recommend the total abandonment of it ;—and adopt in its stead " the plan ofiMr. RICARDO, OP OBLIGING TUE BANK TO PAY THEIR' 46 NOTES ON DEMAND IN BULLION BARS." I will*, Sir, rowlocks the observations I have to make on this subject, as much as I am able ; and requesting your candid indulgence, if I have fallen into any essential error, will thank you to take the trouble to make such amendments upon the following opinions as your view of the sub ject may suggest. .Lhave delayed the, observations I had to make that I might draw your attention to' them, as well as that of the public, as nearly to the meeting of Parliament as convenient, allowing time for the discussion of a matter so highly im portant. I do not perceive what essential difference there is between paying the value of paper with gold in the shape of bars, and' in that of coin, except its partiality; in, the case of coin th e whole public is accommodated, and in that of bars a few persons only would be so. The de mand for .either bars or sovereigns can only be in the degree in which business is brisk or other mise ; in a small or in a torpid community, the circulation of both will not be very active, but in Such au one as that of London, the sove reigns will change owners every few minutes ; and the bars, only because they are more vain able,, not so often. But bars and sovereigns, shillings and half-pence, are nothing , more• thou the change (the break-pieces), the lesser for the greater; in which capacity the ono or ONE 'mon- SAND pound noteolsoequ,ally,oomes in for its place according to its estimated value. But still, not ! . withstanding this similarity, there isnri essential difference betwen pope': and metal; paper, as a currency, possesses no commercial value, metal a very considerable. one ; and therefore metal being liable to be withdrawn upon every rise of the market, is of inferior value us a national currency when compared, with gaper ; which, possessing no intrinsic value, is nut liable to that inconveniency. ‘Vheo we talk of currency, we are supposed to comprehend under that idea every thing which Operates as a general medium for universal ex change, as a contrary distinction to the meaning of the word barter, by which we usually under,. stand the very circumscribed operation of ex. chauging a single article of merchandise of limit ed utility, for another that is 'quite or nearly equally so. If this definition •is correct, Bank of England notes ;—noieg of other chartered banks ;—.country bank notes;—inland bills of exchange ;—foreign billsk—exchequer bills ; in short every other species of obligation, whose meaning expressed in writing, promises to pay a certain sum in pounds, shillings, and pence, is as much a currency of money, as sovereigns, *shil. , lino, and half-pence are ; and paper money, if . responsibly backet4 that possessing validity .. of payment to the amount of its expression, comprises the superior advantages over metallic money, of bearing interest if we chuse it should do so ; lesing nothing by ,wear ;—and of ,being so very portable, that m illi ons o f pounds are as conveni ently conveyed and trimsferred, without counting, as a single pound in metal, whose inconveniency is so great, that it is estimated that all the popula tion of London would not be sufficient to count in metal, the daily traffic of that city ; nor - would all the carts and waggons of that Metropolis be able to .convey in metal the exchanges Made in the feur-aud-twenty - hours from the persons who pay, to those who receive them. I 'atn, therefore, of opinion, that the idea con veyed by the word moncy, is much more unalter able, or less mutable, when expressed on paper, than when it is expressed on metal. I haVe myself, in foreign countries, for 'the - convent ency of carriage, given a larger expressed amount of gold, for a lesser expressed amount of paper :—and was 'once under such cir cumstances that I must have left the metal behind, if I could not have procured paper, and probably should never have - seen it more. In my then exigencies, gold was of no More use to me than it was to Alexander's horses. - During the war of the French Revolution, on the Other hand, the bills of the accredited Agouti of the ,British Government, in all foreign countries, from 1807 to 1812, were generally at a discount of 18, and even 9,2 per cent.; and on the Penin snits of Spain, I believe, 26 per cent.; not, hose:. ever, so much in opposition to gold and silver, zs to provisions ; for the British armies were, like that of Macedon, distressed for food ;--and when the Americans, as neutrals supplied their neces sities, they took our bills at the market price, which, from a variety of causes, easily accounted for, end those independent-of 'the scarcity of coin, then happened to be in favour of the metals. But in the Mercurio Peruano it is related, that on the occasion of a breach of one of the Gorda.; leras of the Andes, so large a vein of pure silver was once displayed, that the price of that metal fell - at Lima to nearly one half its former value. In these several cases, and in which of them more than in the other, I would ask, did t he value of money say money without refer. TRICE SEVENP.ENCL dice to either paper or coin exclusively), rise or fall The metallic currency now in circulation, bears a proportion to the above enumeration of paper currency (viz. Bank notes, Sic.) so very' small, that its amount, in real effect, independent of its quality as break-pieces, 'cannot possibly proauce any essential consequence upon the affairs of this nation, so superior as it is in commerce to the other communities of Europe using metal only : in fact, as is hinted above, the coin now hi cir culation in this kinfdorn is.merely large and small change, which passing' thrbugh hint:mei:lWe dif ferent hands every day, assists in ,giving circula tion to those individual pieces of currency, paper or metal, that are of bigher value; and were It not that piecep _of paper currency are most liable to he forged ills proportion as they are of smaller expressed value, there can be no doubt, that pa per shillings, &c. would answer the same pur pose as those do which are made of metal. I believe, then, that. experience will at length oblige the world to confess, after interest and pre judice have had their play, that metal of any sort, as a medium of exchange, though necessary, is of very limited consequence when compared with its ally, paper; and that' if the Par liament is firm, the dispute will end, as that of the beginning of the cenfury:did, in the asto nishment of the disputants, that there could be found persons so ignorant and So idle as to keep up the ball on a subject whose ri,erits and deme rits were so obvious to every pelun of mathe matical understanding. The subject of forgery, also touched upon L Sir, in your letter, is one of very great importance,; but the remedy though simple in itself, is ren dered difficult by the interests of various kinds that bring emolument to those who have the ma nagement. We ought to resort to the old prac tice, never to issue notes of a less value at least than ten pounds, but not less than twenty would be better.; and, by some means or other, render it expedient/hut all persons should book the dates ) —the numbers,—and the names of those from whom they receive,--and to whom they paN (hem. In regard to the -coin, it should be sunk by means of alloy to a certain degree below'its esti. mated value, suppose 24- per cent.; and that amount should be expended in rendering the coinage like unto a medal, - inimitable by any means of inferior expence :--the old practice of weighing and gageirig may also be resorted to if necessary, as I believe it would riot be. But if the Bank of England, as you very justly ob. serve, by the issue of their small notes, and by being permitted to reap such enormous profits as it has done tiering the last 25 years, is suffered to controul this important article of public econos my, forgery will continue in practice;---and. I may also add, that if the IVlint'continues to issue coin bearing such coarse impressions as are at this time in circulation, and so calculated in regard to value as to give a profit to coiners, exporters, and melters, we never shall possess any stability in our metallic circulating medium ;—The con tinuance of both the evils will prove the means of prolonging disputes upon a subject which no thing belt avarice could have rendered per plexed ; and in addition to the'pecuniary evil, the lives of many desperate wretches will con thole to be sacrificed t o n o good purpose what. 3 ever. I am, Sir your very bumble Servant. SENEX. EDINBURGH, 3 ,cx. 23. COURT OP• SESSION.:-.PIRST DIVISION. THE RING'S ADVOCATE v. JAMES DUNCAN. The defender in this calm, who was a grocer and-spirit deal e r in Leith, was, upon the 20th July last, inca rce r a t e d b y war runt of the Peelle or liolyrwd-house, in the goal of the sanctuary, upon a charge of fraud, at the instate* of hi* creditors. The defender presented a bill of suspension and liberation, t o which no anew era lodged. But, upon the 20th of Aug. .a.warrant was obtained by the Lent Advocate Moan the Court of -Justiciary, for incarcerating the defender in tile tolbooth of Edinburgh, upon a eta ,rge of fraud 'and fraudulent bank. ruptcy. The defender then applied to the J ust i c i ary f or letters of intimation, in terms o f the Act 1701, cap. 6., which were served on the Lore! Advocate, on iliq„,l6th August. - - The eixty days prescribed by the Act having expired on the ifith October, without any indictment lievirig een served bn the defender,' he' pplied to the Jui t iefitry for w b arrant of libe , ration. But on the 12th October, a petition and complaint. by the Lord Advocate founded upon the Act .106, cap. A, eherg ing the defender• With fliuidtifent bankruptcy, was presented .to the Firet Division of the Centre; .and was served upon the .defender on the 14th et' the *bow. month. On the ltith October, Lord'Nfeadowtink, one of the Coin missioners of ilustielary,' refused the defentier‘ti petition for liberation .; " reserving to hint, if so advised, toapply for libe ration to the Coureof Session, or, Lord th . dinarybn the bilis." ' The defender lodged answers to the petition and complaint before the Court of Session. But, the period allowed by the Act 1701, cap. 6, to the Lord Advocate, " for insisting in the trial and prosecuting the same to a conelintien," h aving alerted, the defirrider, upon the 28th November, prosetted a petition to that Court for liberation within 24 hours, in tentni of the Act. Answers were lodged for the Lo r d Ad vocate, in ihleh him bordehip maint a in t h at t h e Court of Session' .had :a Price-. i l rive jurisdictio n in e case of fraudulent bankruptcy ; a nd that, neither to that case nor to the case eflorgery did the pro visions of the Act 1701 apply. The Court ordered- a hearing at the bar e . and, an the ,21sr . curt. delivered their opinions. Lords TILItMAND and GreLers were clearly of opinion, that the Court had only a cumulativejoriedietion,with the Jose ticiery in the case of fraudulent bankraptcy ; touLtinte the Act' in question cornprehended that case as well as every other that its terms were imperative, and left no alternative to the Court but to give effect to the m , i n d epen d ent a y of all intent veniences which might be experienced, and winch. if they ex isted, it belonged to the Legislature alone to remedy. Lords, Su ocoxst -and Ba 1.0 Ravi ftnd the Loan Pull - rir, XT, were of a different opinion, and, it wesaceonlinglY de rided, that the provisions of tne Att, 1701, slid not apply ter the case of. fradulent bankruptcy, in which the Court had a rel. votive jurisdiction. ... .• ' The case excited s t rong i nterest , an d we obeerved the Lord Juggle* Clerk within - the bar during the advising. Th e s p eot , of Lord Githes made apowerful impression. Ws Lordship gro took up high cons ti tut i ona l as we ll it le al und*, and d e l l . cored his opini o n w i t h an occurs worthy of the subj ect . - Counsel ?or the prosecution—The Lord Advocate the Soli.. eitor.Ciener a l, an d Advocates-Depute, 'Agent, Adam Rid land, Esq. Couture] for the defendere-Flosteis Jeffrey and Jetn*s M. coucehle, Bags. Agent, Robert Playfair, E'sq. J r_