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BANE MEETING.

y ~f the Amendment propesea In Mr. (Ur".
14.1.1., ;It the Gertritl Coon or Proprir!orr of
Book Brock, twill Not the .23.1 !Wm. ISICA
•p4)11 • It, volution proposed for 'il_trttottiog
'Mee Millions to Clorerurdrot. at TRW, per
Cent. lotrost.

That this Court, considering the great advaitt-
iges derived by tt.l.Vorponotiros from the Act of
1797, restraining the Hoak from making its rY‘ ments rifsh, the proviiiintis of which Act lave
barn continued isolorre, without any tottertruiStion,
since that vetiod, Mod err, by an Aet ((the pe-
seta Session, to be prolonged to the sth t.if • July,
1P18; end that in consequence of this Act .olllte
Legislature, the circulation of Bank of &militia
roper, which amounted, upon all overtoge of years,
!lime 'to the yew 1797, to a *mu fluctuating be-
twist deem and twelve mil/iota, has since gra-
stoutly increased, and has for some time foist
amounted, and at present amounts, upon an aver-
age, to a fluctuating betwixt treaty-wens and
twenty-cight sedum's—bring an increase, si nee 1797,
Of:atom iirteeo millions, and yielding a correspond-
iot; iticretux our gross profits, at the rate of
vtliMit eight hundred thonswid pounds per auuuul,
the whole of %kola has hitherto been exclusively
tojoyell by the Bank of Englund.
Conaidering too, that it appears from accounts
tall before l'arliatuesit, that the amount of balouces
of money In-loopog to the public, and deposited
in our haunts, as the bankers of the public, has
toore than doubled itself sauce 1797, when the coin-
butort ainsiiiiit of all sleisoatits at the Husk, whe-
ther piddle or private, was only 5,130,140/. ;
awl timt particularly since the reuewul of our
Charter in the Vrar 11300, these public balance,
amounting lit that period to about 6,000,000/.
have place rl.rii to u aunt fluctuating betwixt 11
.(1 12,000,000/., and the average aggregate
tititiont.t of such public monies deposited with us,
duritig the last tau years, Ism. !melt, and is now,
WA less thus, eleven and an toff, yielding
at the rate of 5 ver cent. pee 111111U1U, an animal
gtaxot profit of about 575,0001.
AnH 'Whereas the cliargo ose Commission for the
management•rif the public debt, ite conformity to
the provisions' t!of the Act of 1808, amounted in the
last year to a iiVni of about 275,000/. exclusive of a
sum exeeeihng 30,000/. allowed to the Blink as a
Contmisinnefor receiving the instalments on LOlllll
and Lotteries, and exclusive too of the following
sums, mustily—

4,0001. Allow-ed annually by the public towards
the " Hutu* Expenses of the Bank."
'11,8911. 3s. 4d. Received annually as the chime of
vria.sasenient ua four million■ of the
public debt, purchased by the Batik fru.
the South Sea Company in 1722.
About 3,000/. Per anemia troll the allowance of ose eighth
Amer carat. on the amount of property duty,
volinituily carried to the Rauk by per-
sons assessed fur treat-6, oftires, and pro-
fessions, since the year 1800.
And whereas the items of gross profit herein be-
fore elltlillefatt-41 moonlit, for the last year, to an
aggregate smut of 1,688,998/. out of which it is
proper to deduct the following autos, wising out of
the advantages which the Government, on the part
of the public, Traders in return front the Batik,
namely --

Advances made to the extent of 2,750,0001 upon
land and malt, at four pee cent , tatter to lie
equivalent to no noitetal sewing to the Pub-
lic of
Lona of three millions, without interest egoism-
Ink to per annum 150,000
Loan of six milliotr, at four pic tent. interest,
equivaleat to per ammo • • 180,000

Together L.237,400

ileaiaes which it may be proper to advert to the
vispiloges ratins e,l by the public, on the advance
of th., Boni, earitri of 11,1586,000/. at 3 per cent.
beii.kt equivalent to 233.71 UL per annum, although
this 'sum has been advanced to the public by the
Bank, at the ►aute rate of interest upon every suc-
cessive renewal of the Bank Charter, ever since
the year 1746. when no restlictisni on cash pay-
ments existed, and a hen the amount of the public
delit, and of public balance s deposited at the Bank,
was Iriffintr, compared with their respective amounts
at present ; this advance of the Batik Capital at
per cent. having always been considered as part
of the price paid by the flank for their exclusive
iiiitileges as bankers, on the renewal of their
Charter. _ _ _

And whereas 'there has been divided aniong%t the
Proprietors Of Bank Stock, sinee the year 1797,
snider the denomination of Bonuses, and by an in-
crease of the alumni dividend front 7to 10 tier cent.,
sum of money amounting to 7,101,6641. Aud
whereas, in addition to'this aunt so divided, the
market ',rice of Bank Stock, winch, during the
selaile of the year 1797, when the Restriction Act
pa-sad, Wll4, Oil lul average, about 1251. per cent.
111.ot since iiseti, and amounts at the present
tuaa—
uteut to 262/. per cent., thereby yielding an in-
cres-e since the tear 1797, iii the market value of
the Bank Capital Alm sum of 15,950,0861. which
sum of 15.950,058/. added to the above-
mentioned 4.11111 of 7,101,864/. already distributed
simongst the Proprietors. gives au aggregate snail of
0,051,951 f., and constttutes the actual unproved
value upon the Back Capital, during the last 19
years.
A lid whereas it appears to this Court, that profits
..r the magnitude herein-before described, and aris-
ing principally, if nut wholly, out of transactions
subsisting betwixt the Bank and the public, inns
of necessity attract the notice of the Legislature
and ilublic, and may be prejudicial to the
flame welfare and permanent interests of this Cor-
p., scion—by inducing the Government to devise
other lra fur I OildUrtlll4 the public
and may lead cern to the discontinuance of the
. xvlti4ve prisileg,s of the Batik of England, when-
ever the period fixed %hal! airier for the renewal
of the Bank Charter, tither hy tlte estislifishettellt of
;mother great Ilankilig Company. or by some other
arrangeuients, which taught be destructive or tilt
foundations of the iserinatittit pron_prrity of this
Corp.iration.:
Court, taking all the abate cirettrustances
and Crag into consideration, is of option, that, iii
justice to the public, coosistently with pi incillvs of
sacred !milli, Mid with a view to the future stain-
-I,ty and pernsaiiesit prosperity of the Baiik of Eitg-
-I.ind itself, it is expedient that the sum of three
'WOO should now he advanced to toklvtruincia,

out any charge of interest ; nnil the Court of rti-
rectors of the Govermir and C pally of the Bank
of tug. lanii are hereby authorised to take such mew.
sures with hi+ Iliojetity'a lluvermuent, as may ap-
pear ueceliary fur this purpose.

RIOTS.

DOWNHAM (toiftrot.x.)
On Monday last, a great ..wr of pervious of
'the labotiring claw (owing to the late advance in
corn. and the lowness of wage.) assembled at the
village esf Southery, iii Norfolk, and immediately
proceeded for Mndani', bktweeit which places
(about sevestoitilra distance) they forced the ht-
tosiirers from their houses mud work to join them,
and every ;Deno., they met visa compelled to return
with debit. When arrived at the hitter place, the
slumber ited to nearly 1,500 : they imme-
diately cosionesserd their scene of action by eater..
itiglhe shops of the millers atoll-bakers, and taking
away floor. bread, ,t c. At Mr. W. Baldwin's
mill, a great malty sacks of wheat meal were thrown
into the yard mild spoiled. They then proceeded
to the publicans, atid demanded ale, wiiich was
brought in pails into the street.; the rioters forced
many of the inhabitants to drink with them. They
then went to the Crown Inn, and drove the
61s-
gastrmtes (who were bolding their weekly Fitting)
from the room into the street, and who, with great
difficulty, succeeded iu escaping. Afterwards they
proceeded to the butchers, whore shops they
cleared; during.which time the tradesmen in ge-
:tern' we►e in it ►tate of dreadful anxiety, expecting
the rioters would make an attack upon their pre-
mises; but they were prevented by the appesrance
of the Upwell troop of cavalry, when the Magis-
trates, escorted by the troop, read the Riot Act,
and the greatest possible confusion ensued. Several
Gentlemen narrowly escaped with I.fe, from brick-
bats, stones, clubs, &c. that now flew in every di-
rection. With the aid of special constsibles, how-
ever, 10 men and four women were taken, and put
into coutiaement, and the rest gtodually dispersed.
Nu lives were lost.

Captain Lee (who commanded the troop) ordered
the men to use the back of their swords, thereby
were' ll i;; g the carnage that must have otherwise
ensued.

The following morning. Tuesday, brought greater
terror to the inhabitants than the preceding day, as
it was generally reported that the rioters were pre-
paring to attack the town with redonbled vigour;
the Magistrates directed the inhabitants to arm
themselves with whatever could be procured, and
in a short time the town wore a very formidable ap-
immure ; the inhabitants, with the cavalry, then
proceeded to meet the rioters, who armed theta-
selves with guns, pitchforks, clubs, and other wea-
pons, ready for a general attack, when an agreement
was made by the Gentlemen to allow them an ad-
vance of wages, and to release those persons already
t sketi, which induced them to return peaceably to
their homes.

The greviest praise is due to every individual of
the troop for their exertiuus in the above cause.

LONDON, MAY 24.
A Paper of this moruing contains the following
parograpli:—
" Last night, alarming advice was received st
Lord Sidmouth's Office of a desperate insurrection
having broken out in the Isle of Ely ; that to im-
mense body of armed Ft omen had attacked the
house of the Rev. Mr, Vtlehel, a Magistrate, real-
dent at Little Newport, which they destroyed, after
despoiling it of its most valuable property, having
brutally turned Mrs. Yachtl and her daughters out
of the house, to seek an asylum, at twelve o'clock
on Wediserday night."

The Candmidge Piper, received this morning,
says--.

1, We are concerned to state, that there was an
alarming riot at Ely yesterday, the particulars of
which had not readied our Office when this Paper
was put to prem."

CHTLMATORD. MAT 23.
On Monday morning an express arrived here,
from the %Par-Office, directing the march of the
47th regiment, front the barracks of this town to
Colchester, for which place they proceeded the fol-
lowing morning.
Ot. Tuesday last two squadrons of the First Drs.
goon Guards marched into this town front Houns-
low, on their route to Colchester.
An honest industrious poor man's hovel was set
oil tire on Friday night last at Clare; but by the
prompt exertions of the inhabitants, the villains
were disappointed in their aim, and the fire got
under without doing much damage.
On the illation, James Muys, the yomiger,
of Stoke, near Clare, Suffolk, was brought before
the Rev. H. H. Syer, of Kelton, Suffolk, one of
his ,Majesty's Justices of the Peace, charged with
having threatened to set tire to a barn belonging to
General Elwes, and having given surety for the
peace as the law requires, was discharged. lit con-
sequence of the arrest of this offender, some of the
misguided populace assembled, and proceeded to
tweak up a threshing machine in the iteighboarhood,
but the General having, with a very laudable
promptitude, procured the attendance of sonic
!nary force, at the very crisis of the riot, the ring-
leaders were committed fur the trial and punish-
ment consequent on such illegal proceedings.
Ott Sunday and Monday last, dttachinents of
the Ist Royal Dragoons marched into Bury from
Ipswich, part ..f whom will remain till further or-
ders, and the others proceeded on their route to
Brandon, where, we understand, some symptoms
of disorder have manifested themselves, but the ac-
counts given to several papers are greatly exagge-
rated.

*cern. ANIL

At Rutherglen May Fair, on Friday, there %es
tome rioting, and fifteen young 11/Cll from Claogow
were apprehended, thirteen of whom wire, on the
following tiny, convicted, lined, and imprisoned
till the tines were, punt.

()n Mondry the Fir.t Dragoon Guattls mart-lied
from /loonslow and Breutiortl. Some of them on
'heir route to Northampton ; the others to Col-
t:lß...ter.

_
The two black• fight next Tuesitiy at Uxbridge.
Then. vione ;ere uritl Sum. Curter has beat
both-7 to 4on .Iyor pig.

PRINCE LEOPOLD OF S.4XE-COBOURG

SAALFELD.

An Historical Account, interspersed with Bio-
graphical Anecdotes, of the Howie of Saxony,
containing a Memoir of the Life of Leopold George
Cloristimo Frederic Prince of Saxe-Cubourg Saal-
feld, written by Mr. Frederick %oohed, has
been just published by Mr. Ackermann, of the
Strind. To *hew the entire ignorance of the peo-
ple of this country, respecting this illustrious
Prince, a single circumstance will suffice. He has
been universally represented as the sun of Prince
Frederic Duke of Cobourg, who commanded
the Allied Army in the late revolutionary war,
whereas we find, from the present wink, that he
is the grand nephew of that celebrated Com-
mander, who was the younger brother of the
reigning Duke Ernest, the grandfather of Prince
Leopold. The interest which attaches to this illus-
trious youth, from whose union with our illustrimos
Princess the nation anticipates a new Dynasty,
■od whose fortune,' are now identified with our own,
is universally felt throughout the empire. The
history of a Prince so connected with England must
be universally desirable to all classes, snit how very
necessary to the attainment of that object the
present work moist be, the circumstance which we
have mentioned sufficiently illustrates.—The fol-
lowing is an extract from the present interesting
Memoir :--

" In the beginning of October the allied army
returned to Saxony.
" On the ltith of October, the first day of the
battle of-Leipzig, when the enemy had made a
general, and not unsuccessful attack with cavalry
upon the centre of the main army posted near the
villages of Magdeborn and Cossa, the honourable
service of covering not only this important point,
but also the Itus,ian batteries planted opposite to
those of the French,was allotted to Prince Leopold,
who, on this occasion, lost a great number of his
mete-. On the 17th he coot. ed in the same posi-
tion, and had already received orders for the attack
of the enemy's hatteriea, when it was deferred till
the following day, on account of the non-arrival of
several corps which were eapectod. Ou 115 e 113th,
the last and decisive day of this gigantic conflict,
the Prince pushed on, with his cavalry in the centre,
to the environs of Leipzig. In the afternoon, when
the left wing, under General Colorado, was very
furiously attacked by the French, it was asked what
cavalry would go to the support of this wing ?
Though a greater force was wanted than Leopold
had with him, he nevertheless offered himself, as
there was no Austrian cavalry at Fatud, and went to
the assistance of Culoredo. On the 19th be
marched to the support of General Giulay, and
followed the advanced guard and this corps to the
vicinity of Erfurt.

" The Prince then proceeded to Frankfurt, where
he remained during the residence of the Allied So-
vereigns in that city, and afterwards went through
Swahili and Switzerland to France. Here he was
detached on the 30th of .January, 1811, to the sup-
port of Field-Marshal Blucher and Gen. R:ijefsky
to Rizaucoitrt, whence he returned on the Ist of
February to the Grand Army. From a bivouac
near Bar-sur-Aube lie marched to the battle of
Brienne, and assisted on the 2rl to pursue the beaten
enemy to Lemont. The Prince then marched to
Bar-sur-Seine and Troyes, and afterwards to No-
gent-sur-Seine, Trainel, and Braye, whence the
army again retreated.

" In the plaits* in advance of Troyes, the whole
of the cavalry made some demonstration* against
the enemy, but no affair of any consequence
On the 23d of February the Prince formed
the rear-guard at Troyes; the army 'rid a position
behind the Seine, and then fell back to Chau-
mont._

" On the 12th of March, the Prince, ns well as
the greater part of the Russian troops belonging to
the main army, advanced upon the road to Vitry.
After the French had recovered Rheims and occupied
Chalons, the Prince formed the advance guard tn.
wards the roads leading to those places. In this
service the troops, already extremely fatigued by
the repeated night marches and incessant Ina-
nceuvres in an exhausted and desolated country,
and continually harassed moreover by the armed
peasants, who were particularly troublesome in
Champagne, had to endure extraordinary hardships
and inconveniences.

" Till the 20th of March the enemy was daily ex-
pected to make a general attack upon the right
wing of the army, which therefore occupied all its
positions in readiness for battle. %%ien, however,
the enemy on the 20th suddenly retired from the
Marne to the Aube, the allied troops of the rig,ht
wing marched to the left upon A rcis, by winch
movement the main army effected its jam:non. The
French now made a very impetuous ethnic, which
the allied army repulsed with the greatest limitless,
on which °erasion the Prince had to support the
ring wing. On the morning of the 2 Ist , Leopold
was sent forward with his cavalry, fain of the Prus-
sian guard, and a reinforcement of horse artillery
to form u communication with the corps of the
Prince-Royal of Wirtemberg, which had not yet
come completely into line. The enemy, apparently
deterred from an attack upon the allies by their
excellent position, occupied Areis as a rear-guard
position. and retired upon the road to Vitry. At
night- fall the allied army also marched again to the
left bank of the Aube, and then likewise directed
its course towards the Marne, when the Prince
formed the support of the advanced guard upon
Vitry.
" On the 24th of March the allied army took the
road to Paris, and on the 25th its advanced guard
attacked Marshal Mamma at la Fere Cliumpenoise.
The Prince being sent with his cavalry to the sup-
port of this advanced guard, attacked the enemy its
the right flank at C ttttt tentrai, drove lam from his
position, and took lire pieces of vanillin. Being
joined by the rest of the allied cavalry, lie followed
the Marshal from position to pissitioo, and did not
desist from the pursuit, eveti when the greatest part
of the allied cavalry was recalled against the corps
of General Pactud. Marshals Marmot and Mortier,
who had by this time formed a junction, profiting
by the consequent weakness of the pursuers, sent
their cavalry to attack the artillery of the ftioman
viiard. Prince Leopold took this attack in Hank,
drone hack the French cavalry to an elevated posi-
?toil abich the Marshals had occupied, saved the

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