The National Register.
London, England, 1820-08-07 00:00:00

LETTER of LORD J. RUSSELL to Mr..W

Lord John Runell has addressed a letter to Mr. 'Wilberforce.
on the subject of the proceedtngs against the Queen, is which 1.0
observes, that the Hon. Gentleman has as opportunity of door.
at this moment, a great benefit his country. His Lettish p
has transmitted the form of a Polam to the King. to Mr. Wits
berforce, on the ova subject of theyresent day. whist Its wishes
him to move. bemuse, if it originoted with the opposition. lie is
sure its object would be deftated. His Lordship says, am width g
to prejudge a question of which they knew nogg, he has meats-
tech many mpim that might be insisted upon. aliudingi vie
suppose to the proceedings in the House of Lords on the airs
and Penalties Bill. His Lordship regrets the leaving the Quentin
came out of the Liturgy ; and also regrets, though he sap be
cannot blame, the language of many of the Addresses pro-
beithal to her IHajtwty. The petition which necompunies Lord
John's letter to Mr. Wilberforce is el course lung, as it umbra*
a variety of topics respecting the existing differences. which.
have been long before the public. It is couched in the in .
respectful language to his Majesty. It remarks it was only whin
the Queen lauded in England that the King interfered on behalf
of the public intircsts and public morals of the country, and sent
u Royal Message to huh Houses of Parliament. The Petition
censures the conduct of his Majesty's advisers in the business.
sod say, that a Bill inflicting Penalties ought in very few cases
to be resorted to. After dwelling on this subject. the petition
goes on to state. " that a feeling as universal as the air, is enters
tamed that the Queen is to be oppressed, not tried—a foelins r
generous, that there are none but must applaud its spirit. Iff
then humbly asks, " Why should Queen Caroline be prarecnttd
at all. so long as she behaves with propriety in this country ? The
petition concludes thus—
We. have endeavoured to make it apparent to your Majesty
that the Act by which it is proposal to degrade the Queen is not
necessary to the state—that. on the contrary. it will be, to use
the words of the House of Commons. • disappointing to the hopes
of Parliament,
interests of
to the honour of rho' Crown, and inju-
rious to the best of the Empire.' We also have attemp•
ted to thew that another course is open. In recommending/Our
Majesty to abstain from further prucesdioge. we give no upuuutt
on Me merits of the case. We do DM ask your Majesty to
retract any opinion you have formed: we merely ask your
Majesty to decline putting the Queen on the hard teak of detend-
ing herselfagainst foreign rumours. springiog up in the course of
six years, and nursed into importance by a Commission sent from
England for the purpose.
•• Your Major'''. we know full well, is too magtianimous and
too generous to put any inclination of your own in the balance
against the real welfare of your people. That welfare requires
repose. During the last m
year the ostalict of broad our
to country the verge ofaril war. A y •is the y thing
wanting to renew those pa • in a more dreadttil form. May
your Majesty nut furnish the occasion ! Already the loyal boa*
who address the Queen are called " Rada:alai" them who age
l her are styled " Persecutors and Calumniators"' a sit
word your Majesty may dispel the impending storm. We.
therefore, humbly pray you Majesty that you will be pleased to
brut orders to prorogue the fartimmut. apd nuts pit as sod to
all proceedings at prustut pending !lama the Qttdo.
And your petitioner. will everinoy," an
We know not what answer Mr. Wilberforce will -pee to the
communication of Lord John Russell. His Lcedship mainly
has given him an opportunity of proposing a measure that we
conWmtly assert is in perfect accordance with the feelings and sett •
Limonts or a large majority of his Majesty% loyal subjects. The
°Neel of his Lordship we consider truly patriotic—it is in our
opinion divested (gall party views, and the prayer of the petition.
if it succeeded, would be 'reductive of inmlathible bencit to the
intends and welfare of the kingdom.

The frame work andtootirig for the new gadelite
in the House of Lords are preparing in a yard near
the House. They will be so constructed as to be
wholly independent of the walls ; the breaking of
the sides of the House, or the removal or damage of
any portion of the tapestry, will thus be rendered
unnecessary. To guard the tapestry from risk of in-
jury, there will be back-boards or temporary wain-
scoting reaching above any height at which the
tapestry might be affected by the passing and repos-
ing of the Peers to their seats. The fronts of the
galleries will be open, with light cross barred iron
work, surmounted by a hand rail,covercd with scarlet
cloth, to accord with the other decorations of the

House. At each end of the galleries there will be
a light staircase, to enable the Lords to proceed to
their seats. It is said the house of Sir T. Tyrwhitt,
in Cotton Garden—an open space behind the House
of Lords—will be set apart for the exclusive use of
her Majesty.
Friday night about nine o'clock Joshua Arm-
strong, Vann, and John Mance, of Worship-street
Office, having heard that a notorious character,
charged with being an utterer of Bank notes, and
who had some time ago escaped from the Borough
Compter, was in a public-house, NOW:L. then. were
a great number of others, they rei to the plum
to take them into eusto.ly. On the approach of the
officers the fellow leai3O,l en the table, and swans
that he would die sooner tLan taken,-• At these:
words his asso,tiates till rose to 4;;J:k 41e.
but ‘.'uten being armed, -4:4 iay-Aro..troog
and Mance. de terra.ne4 upon tol:ing- the- effent'er, '
in which they succeede.lafter a Ue?pertge ze7i,sl.atire,
anti toe!: hint to the w4tel).llo‘ioe. kle-enwleiwent
a short exatainalio:: oa Satunlay •at Street
Office, and vas rerounde.f: till Thuerdac-. The
ofaeerf., ..taved "e ze:;clutelY, were ranch

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AE W BANK NOTE ACT.
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Whereas the4mtery of B ink Notes Hata or late-A eery miter
increseed in this kingdom ; and a; well for the prevention tilerw4
as to fvilitat:: the detection of the same, tile Governor and
Comp my of the Bank of England, have, after great consider:l•
tion, labour. and exp.mce, formed a new plan for printing Batik
Notes. in which the groundwork of each Bank Note will be black.
or coloured, or black and coloured line work, and the words
• Bank of England' will be placed at t..e top of each Bank Note,
in white letters, upon a black. sable, or dark ground, such
ground containing white lines intersecting each outer, and die
numerical amount or sum of each Batik Note in the body of the
Note will be printed in black and red register work, and the
back of each note will distinctly show the whole contents there •
of, except the number and date in a reversed impression ; there.
fore, for the better prevention of the forgery of Bank Notes,
sad for the security of the poblic, be it enacted by the King's
most excellent ale/city, by and with the advice and consent of
the Lords Spiritual and Temporal. and Commons, in this pre-
sent Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same.
that from and after the passing of this Act. If any person
or persons (other than the officers. workmen, servants, and
agents for the time being of the said Governor and Com-
pany, to be authorized and appointed for that purpthe by the
said Governor and Company. and for the use of the said Go-
venter and Company only) shall engrave, cut, etch. scrape, or
by any other art, means, or device, make, or shall cause or pro-
cure to be engraved, cut, etched, scraped or by any other art,
means. or device, make, or shall knowingly aid or assist in the
engraving. cutting, etching, scraping. or by any other art,
' means, or device, making, in upon any plate of copper, brass,
steel. iron, pewter. or of any other metal or mixtures of me-
tal, or upon wood or other materials, or any other plate what-
soever. for the purpose of producing a print or impression of all
or any part or parts of a Bank Note, or of a blank Bank note,
of the said Governor and Company, of the description afore..aid,
without an authority in writing Oren the said Governor and
Company, or shall use any such plate so engraved, cut, etched,
.scraped, or by any other art, means, or device, made, or
shall use any other instrument or contrivance for the making
or printing any such Bank Note, or blank Bank Note, or part
of a Bank Note of the description aforesaid; or if any' person
or persons shall, from and after the passing of this Act. without
auel authority as aforesaid. knowingly and without lawful ex-
cuse. hive in his, her, or their custody any sucy such plate or in-
atroment, or without such authority as aforesaid, shall knowingly
or wilfully utter, publish, dispose of, or put away any such blank
Bank Note, or part of such Bank Note, of the description afore.
said, any person so of in any of the cases aforesaid,
and being thereof convicted according to law, shall be adjudged a
felon, and shall be transported for the term of fourteen ysass.
" e. And whereas divers frauds have been practised by making
and publishing papers with certain words and characters so
nearly resembling the Notes of the Governor and Company of
the Bank of England, as to appear to ignorant and unwary
persona to be the Notes of the said Governor and Company
and it is necessary for the security of the public, that such prac-
tices, as wiled to the Notes of the said Governor and Company
of the description aforesaid. should be prevented ; be it therefore
further enacted. that if any person or persons, from and *tier
the passing of this Act, shall engrave. cut. etch, scrape, or by
any other art, means, or device. make, or shall cause or procure
so be engraved, cut, etched, scraped? or by any other art, means,
or contrivance. make. or shall knowingly or assist in the engra-
ving. cutting. etching, scraping, or by any other art. means or
contrivance, making, in upon any plate of copper. brass, steel.
iron. pewter. or of any other metals. or wood, or upon any other
materials, or upon any plate whatsoever, any line work, as or for
the ground-work of a Promisory Note or Bill of Exchange, the
impression taken from which line work shall be intended to re-
semble the ground-work of-a Bank Note of the said Governor
and Company of the' -description aforesaid, or any device, the
impression taken 'from which shall contain the words • Bank of
England,' in white letters upon a black, sable, or dark ground,
either with or without white or other lines therein, or shall con-
tain in any inn thereof the numerical sum or amount of any
Promisory Note or Bill of Exchange, in black and red register
work, or shall show he reversed contents of a Promisory Note or
Bill of Exchange or of any part of a Promisory Note or Bill of
Exchange, or shaU contain any word or words, figure or figures.
character or characters, pattern. or patterns, which shall be in-
tended to resemble the whole or any part of the matter or orna-
ments of any Bank Note of the description aforesaid, or shall
contain any word, number, figure, or character. in white on a
black. sable. or dark ground. either with or without white or
other lines therein, which shall be intended to resemble the nume-
rical sum or amount in the margin, or /any other part of any
Rank Note of the said Governor and Company, without an au-
thorityin writing for that purpose from the said Governor and
Company. to be produced and proved by the party accused ; or if
any person or persons shall, .from and after the passing of this
Act (without such authority as aforesaid), use any such Three.
wood, we other material so engraved, cut, etched, scraped, or by
arty outer art. means, or connivance, made, or shall use any other
instrument or contrivance for the Making or printing- upon any
paper or other material, any word or words, figure or figures.
character or characters, pattern or patterns, winch shall be in-
tended to resemble the whole or any part of the matter or orna-
ments of any such note of the said Governor and Company, of
the description aforesaid. or any word. figure, or character in
white on a black, sable, or dark ground, either with or without
white or other tines therein. which shall be apparently intended
to resemble the numerical sum or amount in the margin, or any
other part of' any Bank Note of the said Governor and Company ;
or if anypaten or persons shall, from and after the passing of
this Act. without such authority, knowingly have in his. her,
or their custody or possession, any such plate or instrument. or
shall knowingly and wilfully utter, publish, or dispose of, or put
away any paper or other material containing any such word or
words, figure or figures, character or characters, pattern or pat-
terns. as aforesaid, or shall knowingly or willingly hate in is,
her, or their custody or poe-sasion. any paper or other material
containing any such word or words, figure or figures, character
or characters, pattern or patterns as aforesaid (without lawful
excuse. the proof whereof shall lie upon the person accused).
every person so offendine in auy of die case, aforesaid. and being
convicted thereof accordmg to law, shall be adjudged a felon,
and shall be transported for the term of fourteen years.
" 3. And .whereas it is expedient, that the name or names of
the person or persons intrusted and authorized by the said Go.
venter and Company to sign Bank- Notes on behalf of the said
Governor and Vanpany to legn Bank Notes on behalf of the said
Governor and Company, should be impressed by machinery upon
Bank Notes of the description aforesaid. in such form as may
from time to time he adopted by the said Governor and .Com.
pany, instead of being subscribed in the hind-writing of such
person oe persons respectively : And whereas doubts may arise
respecting he validity of such Nola ; be it therefore declared and
enacted, that alt Bank Notes of the said Governor and Company
of the description aforesaid, whereon the name or names of any
parson or persons intrusted or authorised to sign such Notes on
behalf of the said Governor and Convene,. shall or may be im-
pressed by machinery provided for that purpose by the said
Governor and Cowardly, and with the authority of the said
Governor and Company, shall be and be taken to be good and
valid to all inteths and purposes, as if such notes bed been sub-
scribedin the proper band writing of the person or persons intrus•
led or authorized .by the said Governor and Company to sign
the /Mile respectitely, end shall be deensel and taken to be *lit