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IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT, I _ . HOUSE OF PEERS. itiDAY,' MAY Cat/NUL were Nailer beard 'relative to the Scotch Appeal. /f.ts,r,ri ERSOW Wad. Othert A ridg A Y viz.—Mr. H. Err sKIN:: in cor.tinuition on the part or the Respondent. . The further be.iring was adjourned till to-titorrow. The Farts of 'B crest...ow EA LCA.kitts, two of the Scotch Kepreeentative. Peers e and the.,Bislibp of DOWN, one of the I 6s:it Spirituel RePresetitative Peers were sworn, and - took their seats. • • The various Bills before the - House were forwarded in their respective stages, The Order being. yead frit the Commitment of the Bank of Ireland Restrietiou 'Bin; 'their Lordships accOrdiegly reL. solved into a Committeeosport the saute, Lord WA LSI kJ G. si AM in the Chair, - Part of-the Bill:Wee forthwith acceded to by the Com mittee. , Lord K tee took the first regular opportunity that pre senttei for proposing the int roduaton . of the. clause he had given -notice of on t'Arn• formeroccasions I the substance earl etKt of this Clause Was, to authoeise the Creditors dt the Cove:Mire and Company of the Bank of Ireland, to com pel, by legal process, that . Corporation to pay t h em , t t h e amount of t heir 'demands in Bank of England Notre, at lowing for the did - ciente of the Cuerency in Ireland. Theadoption of this tot:ammo, thteNoble Lard contended, would in a great de gree remedy the evils prodecett in Ireland by the depreciation of its currency, in consequence of the enormous circulation of Bank Notes. He pointed out the tlifferenee between a real and nominal eXchsnge, and .argued that the latter was by tio • means so much against Ireland as was generally 'supposed ; inasmuch as the ielttel ballance.of trade *timid he found to be in ire favour.-- The causes of the unfaveurable state of the Exchange with respeet to Ireland, arose, he contended, chiefly, it not solely, from the great depreciationJof its-cur rency. The great objection against what he proposed was, that it would tend to draw the specie out of the Catinfry : this he could not think would be the case.--He was of opi nion that an adequate supply orßonk of England Notes - could be procured.fey means of Bills of Exchange, and in the way of ecentherce. He contended, that unleSs the eatises of the depreciatien of its currency were done 'away, ,which his propnsition would tend more than any other MeitStire, equall imexceptionable, to do, the consequences mutt e v entua ll y .he, ruinous to that Country;—The Noble Lord „Concluded with moving his chime, which waeto the eKCI above stated. The M arqu i s cf SLIGO said, oothltig could niore clearly spew the difficult) , of finding any . remedy for the grievance tinder which the Irish laboured in the high and increasing exchange, than that a propesition should conic-front a Noble turd, who had considered the subjedt so ,much with intent to de it away, which was in do sort practicable, and which if praetticable, by any poesible means, would leprodiiitie e Af the most serious miechiefs: his Lordship said, he had considered the suhjc a great deal, not only as a duty to Ire land, but also for .the purpose of giving such local informa eicnt..to their Loidships, as they might not otherways obtain and by tieing of which, perhaps on such occasions, the seat he had the honour of 611ing would he of most public •titilitv. A Bill for confirming the Restrictions on the Bank of Ire- heti could scarcely.have any• Clause added to it more entire ly inconsistent with its principle than that which was pro. poo.d ; neither could his Lordship possible understand what. elittereece there was between ;flowing the Bank to pay their 'epeagements with Cuineae, or with Notes front another Country, which they must euy with Giii.reas. It would ppen the Bank in the worst manner possible, by. aliowingall foe .eercie to go out pf the Country, without circulating any of it through it for its own Internal purposes. Lordship said. the eliffieulty in considering money questions arciee pertly from •not considering Specie like any other at tide of complex:es. 'fake it in that view, and much pf its apparent eorttpije3ey Vanished. Oolti, it was very certain; br,t,:t a proolikini of ebov,e e per cent. in Ireland above its no. mittal wine in Bank Notes; "e r though he was not prepared to say Paper us, not in some. degree of depreciation,' he would not agree t hat it was• necessary consequence result ing from it ; and in the present instance.', he wee much in. • dined to think it eels not the ca s e; Specie it was well keown, was indispansibly necessary, tier the - Linen Trade, the great staple manufacture of Ireland, and not neeeseary, from any preference . eiven to it alone he those who carried on the mete, but from ether very good anr.l eufficient reasons. With a lirnitrcJ rprintity of Free in the Country, it was very itethrol; when intlispeuseily wanting any where, that tho:se who chanced te hole what there was of it, should ivc it au ieenteesed. value.. An horse worth 301. at Smith .. fide 1:.••t feonth, might be Nverth eel, now, without any de 'pos.:ear:on in shc Notes of the hank of Englaert, arid the eaneeareiretent ...you're apply to epecie. --His Lordship said, that the high price ; of Bid hoe is Ireland, and the high ex .ehaege. egainst that Country, were both circumstances neuch to he regretted; and yet though , in soma degree as rouse they tended ro countereet, the mischiefs of each other; and if it were poseible to remove' the tete eetli. out the Other, it wriuld be attended with cOnsenuences the "lruost le:items. The high value. of Specie for internal pur., Nee; kept the money in the Country, - whichaotherways would be forced out by the hieh rremitun of the emchange ; anti the high exchange reimbursed the merchaat' what he had paid far Specie, without obliging him to adder° its prices epees the ceneutrier. The exchange operated ai a tax )Ipoll Al I ttlhiprtS, and as a Comity oe our rove tilaitofidure ; end thus perleips it carried with it a kind of Sinking Fund, ;hat tit .lit ultimately do away a grieeinice in which it tar s 'scarce pessible to find a direct remedy ; the prop°. sets for which were so full of difficulty and danger, that in hisenind it was better fir to Bear the ills we have, then taste of others that we know not ore —With reseed to the C4tIS,CS for the high exchange against Ireland, they were pretty gene raPy known : a great Military Establishment in times when the Cotintry Was disturbed, het incurreclex pence, the means ter which were neeceserily got out of it. The interest on t hose Louis, great in comparison to the wealth of the Court and paid out grit, was one cause. Coale imported, and amounting to near seven hundred thousand pounde a year, one-113110f which wee used in Dehl:n, and paid for in NrieCie, 'eyes another cause. An increase of expense in those who Wird out of; the Country, by the rise in every article 'of con semption, was another cause.. een . increase ofelroreigo arcade, and every other natural CatiSC fur the haLnces of trade, also operated ; end it was untinvitiately No true wha t WaS aiVAnCed by the Noble - Lord., that Ireland had not 1:14.111cg i of trade n her r4vuttr with any' Cotmtry in the, \mitt. Stich were her present circumstance s , hint he hoped trusted with much bctter, prospects helore her. loidship said, there Was 0 11 P Point adV4llCOti, to which from p.srsonal motives he . wes perticulerly anxious to allude - it had he very industriously circul a ted, Ilt;it the -r.igh ..ex chauge againet I relend had he...n 00031011CCI ii iiiereaee of -eebecitteee in conseeputirree of the ttnien, and that it wee fife prica t pay - ror it. ills Lordship said,. the titni. xrac not, $O, 41}ere vats no iilCfCatie of Aheentees worth oomph?;—that lie never believed f he. Union, would inc.reese the A leseiftres, and tfiat if tic had, 'he never would have voted for it, not from regard to the paltry sum which a few individnals might er:penrl, and eseich would be provided for by halt the value of a Linen Ship, lett because' nothing could compen sere any Country- for the loss of its Resident Gentry. The aim - mile of their lives,' the ericouregerneee. of. their. countenance to jedustry, the proteetion of . the weak, end t; cling and caorcing:a regular andltnpartial administration of were dpries.wnich the Great owed to their situa, twin.; they helniAcci to their residence, and the want,of them no advantage could eoitneensete. Lent K tun and the Margins of Set Go spoke severally in 'expiate:thin. - The Eqrl,of L LITER ICK shortly, hut decidedly expressed his dieapprobetion of the:cletzse, on the grounds generally weed by the NOW astertinis, and for the additional and im r,,,tant tqsoni that .its introduOion would entirely do away gqd counteract the imenciert effeels of the bill ; the. purpose of which. was, to rested') the !link of Ireland Illireaors from iesuing . speeie. The SOilfeeten wee then put, and the propo se d Cl ause was rieg:triveil without :t clivist un. .rd hma then propoctet a second provision, which he argued, would bi: attended *itli very salutary 044: it was,- thate he Dieee.lorsesf the Bank of Ireland should be required, at the *cud of every Month, to publish the Amount; a m o f their Notes it, Cirenlatioo, In the Dublin Gazelte, This itroposition Wii3decidedly o pposed by . , • The Ea r l:/ LIME!? fal.", and upon two general grounds:" as it would tend to"east some degree of ten e t - c m 0 . 1 , a Body of Meti, against 'whom, whatevpf• may be asserted, no whatever of mistahclati '.v,4 iglablished; anti secon d. he, ott Thu ground °fits' beine'etniertluous-As the Sessions bf f' arliiltriciit of late 'were l c ry long in this Country, hia Lordehip Would leave frequent epportuhifieg' of !nu yi - ng f or Accort44 respecting the Non suestiori. • - , • . fx; a few wards from Lo rd KING, the . Queetion %vomit, ;tuft rll4 , proposed`Cleuse was'negatived;- their Piidships then Wfni titratkli the remaining 1)1,0'4 the Bill, ancj the Hp ur , 4 reap,;: in,tl i4E4eltAith; ftcp9r.; Ixr rvccivoi 0444941:9w,.-;- eldipornett..-,. 1 .._.`, , AA," vu Sr . WA' %of ViIXIVIW4Va• at hi THURSDAY, MAY 5. Mr.'Lovii.REß brought up the Report from the Committee appointed to try and determine the merits of the Eledion fore Taunton. The Report, after stating that the legal Returning Officer of. the Borough was the - Bailiff chosen by 'the Court Leer, concluded with determining, that the Sitting Mem bers were ,duly elected, and that the Petitioa was neither frivolous or vexatious. • The_ Order of the Day was read for going into a Committee, to consider of making a better provi sion for the Schoolmasters'of Scotland, The House having_ resolved itself into a Com mittee, The LORD ADVOCATE of SCOTLAND rose, to move for leave to bring in .a Bill fr, making a better Provision for this very aeservin g , class of persons. He commented upon, the great advan. cages that had resulted to Scotland from their la. hours with resped-to the morals of the People . ; as a proof of which, he said, there were. fewer crimes -committed in Scotland, than in any other Country in Europe ; and it was a notorious fact, that there were more persons convicted of crimes in Manches. ter iti one year, than there were in all Secitlarid in the same .period. The prOviSion made for Paro. chial Schoolmasters formerly was fixed thus : the Minimum was too marks Scotch, or little asore than 51. a-year, and the Maximum was 300 marks. —A salary so small must obviously appear totally inadequate to the purposes of subsistence, and in proposing an increase, he thought the best standard to take would be the average price of oat-meal, and taking that "as a guide, he should propose that the Minimum should be in future' 300 'marki, and the M4ximum 400. In certain cases, where the Pa. rishes were very large, and where one school would not be sufficient, lie should propose`, that if the'He. ritors could raise a salary of 600 m.oks, that two or more schools should be instituted in the .Parish. He concluded with moving for leave to bring in a Bill fur making a better Provision for the Paro. chial Schoolmasters of Scotland. • Mr. DEN!' said, lie should not have troubled the House, if the Learned Gentletnan had not Ira yelled out of his way.as far as Manchester. The Learned Gentleman had stated, that there were more persons convicted in Manchester •in one year than in all Scotland, hut the Learned Gentleman had forgotten to inform the House, how`many of the criminals were furnished by Scotland. The Resolcrion was agreed to,- and the House being resumed, leave was given to bring in a Bill. GeneraIGAG:OYNE moved, that there be laid before the 1-louse an account of the quantity of Coffee charged with the Duty of Excise for the last seven years, and the amount of the Excise Duty ; and alSo an account of the number of Prosecutions instituted for frauds cotmoitted against the Excise. Mr. VANSITTART eaid, that with regard to the first part of the motion, he had no objection to it, but with resped ,to the latter. part of it, he doubted whether such art account as the Hon. Gen .tleinan required could be made up. Mr. ROSE was also of opinion, that an account 'could not be made oat of the number of Prosecu. tiers ; it would he better to move fiat the number of fines paid into the Exchequer. Mr. W. DUNDAS conceived that some ground ought to have been stated for the motions because certainly the House ought not to grant papers merely to gratify Curiosity. • Ginerai GACDY said, it was the wish of the Merchantsrto have some information upon this subject before the question cane on to he discussed relative to the Consolidation of the Duties, and it was upon that gtound he made the motion. Mr. DUNeDAS said, that tlte Hon. Gentle- Man having stated his -- reason for the motion, he should agree to it ; Ire merely meant to contend, tha t ; motions of this kind ought. not to he made as maters of course, without any notice being givens. Dr. LAWRENCE contended, that Gentlemen had a right to bring forward motions of this kind without any notice, if they pleased ; and he hoped ro see Motions- made for accounts • relative to our Finance, our Commerce, and the state of our Navy, and th'itt it would not be said to the Gentlemen who •made the motions, that they were kluged merely by Curiosity. • The ATTORNEY GENERAL said, that his Hon. Friend had only contended, that when a Mo. tion:was made, some ground ought to be laid be. fore the ! - louse to.induce them to agree to it. The Motion was then agreed to. • General PASCOYNR made a' similar M o ti on , re . seeding t h e Custom Duty upon Coffee 'for HoMe Constuiiption, which was agreed to. . • The Me?nbers chosen to try the merits of the Kilccudbript peaion, were . j. Forster Barham, Esq. Sir ohn Dashwood King, Bart. Right Hon. C. Bpgge, Sir win Cox Hippesley, Robert Duncomhe, Esq. Sir R. Wm. Vaughan, f. johns, Esq. Sit Jacob Asrley, Bait. • Ehah Harvey, Esq. - F. lane, Esq. Lord Viscount Clements, • M. Archttall, Esq. Hon. lohnNeweomen,' NOMENSES. lohilYonblanque, - Esq.. Lord Advocate of Scotland., The 009- of the Day, being read for calling John Simpson, Esq. Mayor of Great Grimsby, to the Bar, in, order - to his being reprimanded, and - discharged, Mr. ROSE objefted to it ; lie said he was sure that the Hon. Member who made this Motion en a former day, was only actuated. by motives of com. passion. It was true that Mr. Simpson appeared to be an ignorant and uneducated man, and aurally un. acquainted with. the Rules and Orders Of that House, but there were some circumstances conneeted w i t h his case which deserved the attention of the House. This man was not only attended by Deputy Re corder 'ache Borough, but he called In a C o u nse l upon the occasion, who advised him how to at, hut he - had chosen to ad upon his own judgment, and in direa contradiction to the advice of his. Counsel.-- He not only ,admitted persons to their freedom who were not entitled to it, but suffered persons to vote w ho wcrenot qualified. Under these circumstances be wished to ask how it would appear upon the Jour. oats tinit a Man' who had been guilty of such enod u il should escape with it slight fignisliment of three or four days confinement in the custody of the Serjeanr ar'Actus, whe.o he had lived touch better than would; 94abli have don at tiool' ansiprohabiy n6t ...s own expence ,e would therefore go back, if he was now discharged, with only this slight punishment, and his case so far from being an example to deter, would rather be an encourage ment to'other Returning Officers to set in the same manner:: Since the Revolution another case had occurred with regard to this very town 'of Great . Grimsby : in that case the Magistrates 'had been guilty of very great offences, though not so great as that imputed to the present Mayor; bur in that case the House ordered the ATTORNEY GBP/ER.11., to prosecute the offenders. U n d er a ll t h e circuns. sta i nces of' the present case, he was therefore of opi nion that the slight punishment which this man had undergone, was by no means adequate to the offence he had committed. Mr. EL giCKBURNE, Jun. Rid, he. had been informed that the allegations of Mr. Simpson in his petition, were not.stridly true ; he understood that he was by no means so poor a man as. had been re. presented ; on the contrary, he was on the point of building a house which' would cost him 2001. and at to his having a family to sustain, it appeared that two of his sons had voted at the Eledion, and . that the rest of his children wire grown up; as far as his pecuniary circumstances were concerned, he was not so far an object of compassion as . had been rePre sented. • • Mr. CALCR4FT said, he had been creditably informed, that the fads stated in the Petition' of Mr. Simpson were true : with resped to his building a house, the fan was, that he had been warned.out of, a farm, which he held, of 01. a year, And. he was also obliged to quit the house, and be' was theiefore obliged to expend whai little property he hid to build a residence for himself and his family. really' thought that. this poor man had. suffered enough for the purpose of example, and it was" in that view of the subjea that he had presented the Petition. Mr. SHAW WEFR4 said, if the punishment was merely of a 'pecuniary nature, the arguments - which had been used would be entitled to weight, but he thought that in cases of this kind, the punish_ 'meat ought to be corporal.—Punishment was to be inflitqed merely for the purpose of example—the man himself ought to be punished for the commis sion .of a crime so very serious and flagrant. He was sure, that the Hon. Member who moved for the entailment of this man, had been aauated by the bear motives, but he thought the dignity of the Hope , required that. Mr. 'Simpson should be con. tinued in prison. • Mr. BURDON thought he ought not to be con. tinued in- the custody of the. Serjeant at Arms, but that he should be sent to Netvgate. - Mr. BURTON and Col. PORTER also spoke on the same side.. Mr. QRMSBY and Serjeant BEST spoke shortly for ,a mild punishment for Mr. Simpson, on the ground of his acting from ignorance. . The question being put for the discharge of Mr. Simpson, it was negatived, and he was, on .the tion of Mr. BURTON, ordered to he committed to Newgate. . • .The Report of the: Committee on the Ri;:h.Coorts of Law Bill was read, and the, Report was then or. tiered to be referred to a Committee on Wednes day next. ? N Mr. GREGOR moved, that there be laid before the House ark account of ,the Flour and Corn im ported into this Country, from the ph of January. 180 i, to the ph of January 1803. . Mr. V ANSITTART said, than he was prepared to lay before the House the Accounts asked for by the Hon. Gentleman, except those of the last Quar ter : he then suggested that it would be better to move for those Accounts to be laid before the House from the loth of 041ober 18oz, to the loth' of Ottober 1803, which wAs agreed to.: The Report of the Militia Families Bill %vas or. dered to be received to-mOrrow. A Message from the Lords stated; that they had passed the Bill for the Relief .of Soldiers and Sailors Wives, and desired the concurrence of this House. Read' a first time and ordered to.be printed. A person from the East India House brought up some Accounts; which were ordered to be panted.. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER moved, that the House be called. over on Thursday next,. which was Out, - and agreed- to. The SPEAKER their informed the. House that the names of the Members would• he called aver on that day, and those. absent, be reported to the Sr eAxeit.' Sir WM. SCOTT moved that the House should re. solve itself into. a Committee of .the whole Howe on the Clergy Non. Residence Sir Wm. STOTT then proposed several Amcnd.. merits; which were agreed to without opposition. • Owthe clause being read, which gives *IL: Rec tor, &e. leave of absence for three months, The ATTORNEY GENERAL opposeti it, in a speech of utansiticrable 'length. He said this had been entitled a Bill .of Restriction, when it ought more properly to have been termed a Bill of Relaxa. tion. He was inclined to. give to its authors and supporters every credit for the relitude of their in tentions, but he could not approve of this clause, which extended from one to three months, the leave. of absence, without a penalty. The avowed objed of this Bill was to enfore the residence of the Clergy, hut in this instance there was an obvious departure from the principle, as three months of absence were given with a subsequent extension of that term, at the discretion of the Bishop. He felt this so far objeelionable, that he should move to contrail the term to " six weeks" at one time, or to " three onsits' l at different periods in the year. He con. eluded with a motion to this effeet. Mr. GREGOR, Mr. G. Rose, and Mr:WILBER. FORCE, were for the original Clittat's and for a clause of indulgence to the Clergy. Lord PORCHESTER, after stating that the Aa Of HENRY VIII. was a dead letter, until certain lots persons had taken it up as a trade, said, that fhe leave of absence fur three months was by no means.too far extended. Th e H ouse should look to the talents and respectability of the Clerical Pro. cession ; the • English Church would be greatly endangered by their degradation, Tke clidarc,#LLOß of the EXCIIEfZURR said, owe was ituiterial difference between the clergy of thepresenf dun and clime of the reign of Henry .end'iherfore 0(414 .the Htrise not m a th! ) , poncur ritil the 1-fonourablF would man who had proposed - the amendmzot,, giving the clause due consideration, and then ha thought that every liberal Gentleman would not think the indulgence of time allowed by the Committee too much to be granted .to a bodY of men so highly deserving every attention from that House. It was to be considered, that the Clergy Of that day were solitary beings—men secluded from the world; but since the great intercourse which has taken place between all orders of men, and the great improvements that have been matte in the .Manners of Society, the Clergy have become a re., fined part of our Society, and at the same time re. tam all the perfeetions of their former situation in the State, without that stifness.and formality whicht in former times, accompanied the Clericid CharACter. ; Indeed, the major part of the Cfergy are at pfe.:,ent allied, or .canoe led in some way with that great • body of -Gentry who are to be considered the. Conservators -of the Country. There is not Parish in this Kingdom, but whose inhabitants look up to the Clergymen as their guardians, It was therefore the duty of the House to set . that this highly respeetable body of men wer e not degraded by too severe a restriCtion , in any -way that .would render their .situation in the - . Church painful to them. He had heard with atten• (ion all the: had been said agaiust.the clause in qua' tion, and he had given the subjed serious considera - tiso, therefore he %vas prepared to say that the dame ought to receive the sanftion of the HM.343C. - • it " 5 very well k no wn that the Pasidr . seldom or ever suffered by the fibs:nee of a Clergyman fora fov weeks, as lie `tvas able to get some profes 4on3 ) , Gentleman to do his duty for that time. fin; I t the Restrinioo mentioned was carried into effett, I.e, was afraid it might preVel:t men of fortttne Ana o f enlarged minds from entering into Holy Orderi: he therefore should give his vote fur thz origio 3l . Clatise. Mr. I.ItZTON said.a few ,words in favour of the original Clause. • Sir Wm. Score's po'ke at considerable lenel support of it.- The MASTER of the Po t.t.s also addres!ie 3 t he House for a considerable time, in f!vour a the oti• ginal Clause. After the CHAwczt-LoR of ,the ExcIIEQC 11:1 ; ‘ 1 concluded another short, but elegant and covr"" tnentary Speed) on the Clergy', the House divided, For cite Qriginal Clause, '53 For the Amendment, 1 7 After some further discussion took place on clauses-and.provisions of the Bill, in which sever" Members brire a part, the Chairman was direttedT leave the Chair, and ails leave to sit again, whic'' being done, on thelloose resuming,- the ConunitrO were diretled to sit again to-thorrow. Adjourned at t I o'clock. MAILS. I DUB. V"! flollar,(1 t - liamlluret 2 1.6004 0 • . . J• - - PRICE .C)F STOCKS, - THIS DAY. AT T Vflt LYE O'Ct.CtCIC• t • COD '' ... SCiis f • 63* a 64 4 43• l: • THE SU N. SOL&I4 QUI , AIC2;:k I 4LSUNI All0"T LON D 0 AV, M A so3' We yesterday apprized our Readeri of the Fraud that had been committed upon the Lotto 1 06 " it ' and some of its consequences. The scene of OA' sign and consternation exceeded all belief. The LORD M AYOR , unsus picious 91 any fra ud , and overjoyed at the agreeable intelligence, %;h° he supposed thus officially eorqmunicateci to hilt went himself to the Stock,EXchange CO announc e it !- Posted up Bills in the front of the Mansion.llol3s4 and rook every other means of making it public. I : • was not till past twelve that any s uspicion began t Ire. entertained. Mr. ABRAHAM GSLDSMID, 1. • understand, wa i te d upon t h e L ORD MAYOR/ :16 : begged leave to see the Note that he' had receive' l ' 1-le immediately pronouriced•it to be a Forgerii a : , 3 1 it certainly w as not t h e h an d-writing of 1 4` )T HAWRESBURY, nor wag it the official form of communication of such importance. This gave r ise to the first doubts upon. the subjeff. The L°l' : I‘.4Avoa, with that a nx iety w hi c h b e long, to a 1113 th - P g • not only meaning, b ut eager to do . every thing is right, instantly dispatched a Messenger to Le r HAWREsitTRY, to ascertain the real charaoer f the Nate he had received. The following Lette r was sent . by Lord HAIA'KESRORy to the 1° ,,,,, 1 11 MAYOR, the moment t h e f ormer beard of the ' 1 " .• position that bad been pralised : "Mir LORD, Dcuming-Stall, Afff 59 " As I have just been informed that a Letter has becn i s ' ia to your Lordship, pretended to be signed by me. re 3 Pt ei . the state of the Negotiation between this Country and Er 7, - i; I lose no time in informing your Lordship that no salt 7 01 , ter has been sent by me ; would take immediate steps for undeceiving the Public, deteaing the daring Forgery. and I request, therefote, tha t ).A " I have the Hocour to be, 8:c Sec. &C. HAWKESBURY. " To the Right Hon. the Loan MAYOR." The Under City-Marshal was sent by the 1- 0! “ ) MAYOR to the Stock Exchange, to announce the deception. Some time previous to this the idea had been broached, that a fraud had tak en place, and the Funds began to decline, but Co° WI the declaration of the Marshal, all was . negation and Uproar. Such indeed was the efrd t . that no further business could be transaard, ant! tl4. Stock Exchange vas,, very wise!y, shut of. :boat