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memnralrie ft.strictiun Etil. Let any one prrase these rua-
issinatiows, as recorded in Mr Aliardyee's iiithlication, and
them if hr eau, call tint for env:deuce 111 the Du r."ha It
appears from these examinatmos, that after making muse
thin Ihi.t totally ineffectual seprraentattums to the then
%lutist's., .Ir. Pill, during the years 1795, 17911, an.: 1797.
sin the injurions massless sires revultieg to the Biuk !ruin
Ilse 111.11,11111.1's of .y made by them 111 Gum e 11111 l rot, soil
out repaid iii primer time, the dietresa 1/..e111/41 :a1 gr. at, that
a Deputation which woi to wait oil Mi. Pitt, ou Saturday
the 25th of Edit nary, 1791, was instructed to tell hint, that
if he persevered its the measure he then told m cositempla-
Sion, it threatened ruin to the house, and /mail boy thaw
under Ike uterwalit of shutting up their dames 1,11. at she
d of Mr. Pitt hems less hi in 111111 11. l'll6lVr. 111111 11411 it 1101
immediately suggested to loin the hold lint 6atas dons mea-
sure of issuing the Orders of Coursed for restricting ere-11
payments, it is easy to see, from.) the I rohatile drain of cash
during the succeeding seek, what at the snit of sisal WVlk
must have been the situation ut the Bank, and cisusequentl;/
of the whole kingdom. Such then h. lug the proof of the
conduct of the Directors of Ilse Bak during the three years
alluded to, may it not justly be said, that Mlle's the Gen-
tlemen then composing the Direction are to he stigmatized
as sit Rektor or ability and integrity, what reason eau be given
fur placing implicit coNfidence in any %ILO have succeeded,
ur may encored them ? Directors of that day, by oasis-
taming that ,ysiessi of concealment winds notiortsinately has
prevailed ever toner, had it in diets power, by producing no
account of the state and conit,t ion of the Company, its glilllo
and its losses, to keep from the knowledge of Ike Proprietors
therein that war impending. 'nee Kopriely and reesioinhle-
ness of producing an account is vii.lent Ouzo the practice
that pievaila in Scotland, where, Mr. Al:al dye.. Says, MN:
of the Bank* eatahlisheil at Ediulotrgh products its accudists
half-yearly, and the other quarterly. Such an lionoinable
mode of proceeding, ought to need uo recommendation to
Geotlemen selected as the Mr...clues of the Bait of England
are, from among the first and greatest isarrehants in the
world. It is painful to find such situ deficient in the per-
formance of their duty ; and, I can truly say, that it would
hive given one the greatest pleasure if I could hale ialisßed
myself that 1 had no cause for complaint : but the sense of
the injustice that has been shine me arise. rat from sky rea-
soning of my own mind, whirls might easily deceive she, bid
from the simple perusal of the written law relative to the
administration of the affairs alive Bank, which is caressed
in such, dear mid decisive language, that it canusi be ail&
taken or misunderstood. The uncoistruleil ponmesaisiN of
power is a its nature dangerous; and it has utsfortunatily
happened, that from a variety of causes the Proprietors of
Bank Stock have nut kept a watchful eye im the esouisct of
the Directors Happy will it be foe the future jurist of
the great body of tlw Proprietors, if their enmities shusild
be called forth. Nothing bat exertioa oil their part is waist.
tug to obtain that justice, and that fair participatiee of the
profits of the trade, child' is so strictly their dose. SloniM
they come forward, and 'Mend the Halt:Yearly Courts held
at the Batik, a great diffeieuce as to what passes there would
10110 take place.
The observations made its this Paper are laid before the
public with some faint hope, that they may NOM tits eye of
isidepeadent Proprietors of Bank Stuck, sot interested la
conciliating the good will of the Directors, and had them to
examiee into their rights, which they can iso way dons effec-
tually as by the perusal of the late Mr. Allardrees *by able
Treatise usi Rank Affairs, who ea our part of it sugirestri,
that any Proprietor of Bank Stock may thus address the
Court

" Having considered your article, of co-pairtnevehip,vic
your rimier, your Ity• Laws, and the Acts of Parliament
which relate to the Batik, I eutered in partnership with you.
under a conviction that I should twice a year see n state of
my affairs, and that I should twice a year receive say propos-
lion of the net profits If you do not strew me a general
stated our debts and credits (I du nut want the parti(ulars)
--if you do nut shew me an account of our inconie and ex-
penditure for the last half year, and also give me my share
of the net profits of the laid half year, I An sot think you di
me justice. If IAo sot gag justice here, I mum seek it else-
where, where t make so doubt I shalt find it.", .
I shall conclude this address to the Governor, Deputy
Governor, and Directors of the Rank of Loglint.l, with an-
other extract from Mr. Allardyce's work, who says—" If the
Directors will seriously and conscientiously consider, that.
what I deinaud is my lawful right, and that, iu point of
moral delinquency, be that withholds it from me is as bad as
be that lakes it from me, that they are milder solemn mad
sacred obligations to administer the affaira of the Hank ac-
cording to what its constitution really is, and not according
to what, in their opinion, it ought to be; and when I entail-
der that 1 am not defiling with housebreakers and pick-
pockets, bot with men of religious and mural principles. I
have reason to think the answer to my demand will he
favourable."

1 am, Gentlemen,
Your hun:ble Set vant,
NATI' ANILL GUN DRY.

GENERAL ELECTION.