The National Register.
London, England, 1819-05-23 00:00:00

MANSIOS:.4IOII,.E.

Yeoerday Thomas Porter was liuuliy examined before
51r. Aldelm en J. J. Smith, on a change of ha% ino
Bank or I.ll,laud notes in his passessiou, and Nan Indy
co:omitted lan'
IMBOROUG II STI:1:11.: t.

Yysterday a yoong female, shove app.ararces Lore
marks of past revel. tabilty, v•.av Lronght up on the
ateli•honve, Ella rgell tinder the tollooing cirriumtatice..:
—The vvstetiniati stated, that iu !lie oLset %ed
the prisoner folhining a gen•lellldll.rsqatsting Lim In give
her in charge, IhII sl:e the watch !,c,,,e
ditthig the night : he attt ivatd, ht. Lhimt
nWI a boodle [mart Ler arm, and he tool her to the
\\ 41,C% • I.oUse.

The woman, in her de fence, brought to the recnllt ction
ut. b r. Cunaut that she had hero hetore liiut before. but In
v. thtietent turns; she stated, that r Inut and was some
time agn tine t.f ti.e pint ival Calf.. titt rs at umr of the
Wints atieS, and that in the r ie•tance ehr 44i•A
6'11,1'11 lo distress, and had adopted tint plan to go to the
watch liutise.—Slie was dinttatee.i.
QUEENT-sQlPtl:

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(ieorge Corfu 0,04. charred
o ith a b .rglary, at the Dote oC Vr. P Ipr, \o. I, Ilona frf
road, nal. bro:.gitt up fi olu Tot h+'6, I h lir•deo el: fi r re.
esaavio..tiou, % iifter a 1011 g 111.Nestigatitsu he Wit! Iti:V
committed fur tool.
HATTON GARDEN.

Yesterday, W llhun Price, a youtll of notorious character, was
charged by Mr. Edward Hastings, of Horns al -3. Idgm.rponti-
strtet, Gray's.inn-lane, with bt.'aling a silver watch and its al.-
pentlages, out of his dw el lin -'-1.ej••! tPlir I l.rn in,;. The charAe
bring made out to the satiafac:•on cf the Mahistratcs tie 1.11-
saner lb 50 COMlnittal to Nes:gate
Sarah Courtlani. a girl of toe pew, well known in the
purlieus of Grays-inmlane. was broa,ht up for a final etatoina-
tam, charged by AI:. William livaday, an chiefly gentleman.
re.itang in the nvig!lhoorlioa.l of Soho square, w i:tl ruirhing
of eleven I/. notes, iu a notorious brothel in Charlotte buildings.
The prosecutor sweJ.iug Foil:ice), to the charge, the pawner
was fully committed tin trial.

Yesterday the ScoteliSociety held an Anniversary
at the Freemason's Tavern, to celebrate the 6.-01.
ries in which North Brit Lilt regiments had signalized
themselves. The Duke of Athol presided over a
numerous and respectable company, raid the evening
Wab passed with great Lonviviallty.

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APPENDIX
TO rug

COMMONS' EEPOBT (iN BANK .Arr.IIRS.

At a Cowl of Di►ectors of the Rank of attend, held
•.0 I hut-day the 3Sre March, ItllH I
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'I lie Cuuti, h4viits takes' iota I.elious eorsiderotion the
fullJoing qu rotluu,,proposed by the Secret Cuturuittee of
the Howe of COM MO; hi, via

1. TO what further period, In the opinion of the Bank,
ought the lebitiction on cash-pay nn n s to be custe..lucti?
2. Voce the &mit an) ehgeestion, to offer. with ►•opect to
any assignee that can he afforded to the Batik. by
le„is6►tive enactment or Otherwite,forficititnung their
I eiwitioption of cotth.pr) mails ?

Resolved, That the restriction na cash-payments %VAS
altogether a measure of state necessity: slid that the object
fur inquiry now is preowned to be, not st hen the Rank w ill
be prelim cd to roseate paymenta.hi special, but whether the
pubic will be able to bear that reduction of the circulating
VII damn w bid: a speedy aduptioii of the measure would reit-
der iia!ispensable.

That pre t loos to the war, the amount of sperie in circa.
lation was variously estimated, even by persons hest quali-
fied front their situations to obtain infoimation ; it seems,
however, to be ag: red that it was about 20,000,0004; but
whatever the amount, the tt hole has lit en exported.
That this Court has never ceased to he duly impressed
with the great additioatti resposisib.lety which devs lied upon
the Bank out the passing the Rests ita ion Act, cod the dime-
tors base uniformly endeavoured conscient musty to discharge
a most delicate and important duty.
That coasiderations of profit to the Bank have never
iallueliced the Directors iu the issues of their paper, bet
they have invai Oily endeavoured, us much as pirsitile, to
laiiit the amomit ; and, when all r ircunist wares are con-
sidered, it taus j•ialy admit of a question, whether, instead
of e p•ainin4 of excess, there is not rather ground for sur-
prise that the amount has been so cm uniscriberl.
That its the course of the veal.. 1816 and 1817, a favourable
turn in the excliami.es enabled the Bank to collect a sum of
ti 7asure, which, its addition to what was already in its clif-
fs.' t. w mild Is tve beets ttilficiesit to meet the opening, Ville
lopes -which were the.' catettaineil had been reatized
in-re especially, as the 'lan* t.• Governinelit of 6,000,0004
and 3.000,0001. were in ethsr,e of pay no sit. and the greater
part of tlw salter advances on elkehrquer halt became due
before the bth of July 1818, the day ou which the Restric-
tion 13111 was to expire; that the systeni of finance which it
has been thou.:let proper to adept has not favoured the sub-
sequent liquidation of these advances., is in no degree alit i-
• bitable to the Bank.

That this Court, believing thene was a positive evil in
keeping nut of the general cireitticti ni thew hole of the Inrge
amount of gold which had been collected, determined, in
some degree, to anticipate the opening ; and accordingly, in
April, 1817, advertised the of atl mites under 5/.
stated prior to January, 1816: and isubsequentl, in the mouth
of September, fit:thee advertised the payment of lie/legal
every deteript.on dated prior to January, 151.% being to the
amount of many millions.

That the public, instead of availing themselves of the op-
portunity thus ietTor.led of obtaining gold for notes, brought
.their guineas into the Bank ; and this continued to tie the
case iill the issue of the sovereign.; sod half-sovereigns, for
'which there ass au iinno diate dentund, though at fast only
as objects of curiosity.

That thus f r a ,hart fen.on there appeared every reason
In hope th it tar resumption of cash payinems, an event
to which 01 had looked aith lame or less anxiety, might
have taken place imperceptibly ; hut this flattering prospect
was of *hart duration : the ejttemive financial operations on
the continent, in a hich subject • had taken so large is
share, caused the exchanges, a hich perhaps hod been forced
above tlwir natural level, to fall so greatly below par, as to
snake gold, mere especially the.uew coin, a very advantage-
ous remittance ; anti 'has the Bank has been drained of a
lar4e portion of what had been accumulated.
That, with the experience already possessed, and after the
must mature doliheration, this Court is of opinion, that, in
order to the re-estel4iAment of a metallic currency, it will
Ire necessary that the Batik should not only he provided with
a sofficiesd fond to meet the densailds which max be made
upon it, with reference to the amount of its noses in circula-
tion, hut a "apply must also be obtained, nearly if not folly
equal to the amount of specie in the country previous totac
'ear 1797.

That it then heronries a question, front what sources, and
in how blmrt at<pace of time, such n gold is likely tu,
be uhtalned.

That it appear: -certain, that little is to he expected at
present f Smith America, and therefore it is to the
continent of litirupe the country must chiefly look for
supplies.

That in deliberating on this most important subject, this
Court ii,miints. it u, 1,, an incontrovertible proposition, that
every attempt to bring in and retain tin precious metals,
white the exchanges are helms par, inu,t be imavailing.
That then only can a country be s.tid, to he s;tslwlug rich
in gold and silver, *hen it receivtsihem as the. balance of
ezported goods actu ,Ily paid fur.
That although it must be obviates, that the returns from
the Costom.house books ury uo wire crit,rion of the proslue-'
tiveness of nu (sport trade, because adventurous pessons
erten export produce and manufactures fur which they
receive little or no return ; still the Court is riot dispo-ed to
take an unfavourable view of the state of our forrign com-
merce : it must uevertheless be acknoule4edjutiging from
the exchanges, shut uhatever the balance a trade may be,
the balance dpayments is greatly against the country ; and
iu the opiulon of this Court, there is not much encouragement
to carat any maxcr,id amelioration in the exchanges for the
presents nor would& sudden improvement, to what test,
decide the question, as it is on a grsdnal and permanent rise
only that full reliance ought to be placed.
That, with respect to the continent:ll finance operations
already alluded to, this Court does ,not consider their
• ilijurious effects to be bounded by the iarestorents whirls
.lacy have already burn wade fur account of British stab-
joc ; but it is apprehended that these eperations, Jailor;

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