The National Register.
London, England, 1818-03-23 00:00:00

M.AIICII (23

BA .;ti OP ENCLAND.

A half.yearFs General Court of Proprietors of Bank
stock was hell e.:llll'eduesday, for the purpose of decla-
ring. a dividend, Nvhfin it waj rcsolved—That a DM-
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dend of Five per Ccnt. should be declared.
Mr. :Alan, wished, before the adjournment of the
Court, to calithe attention of-slt.e Court of Dire:.tors to
the tieccF!ity of adopting measures to render more diffi-
cult the tOrging of Rink notes, which was now very
easily etketee.. Ilon. Proprietor ;conceived, that
the attention of artist,: ought to ht.. called to this sub-
ject, through the DICtIitIVI of the pt.blie prints, or in
some oth,r

Mr. Thompson coincided-in opinion.y.;th the bon.
proprietor, that something ought to he done to prevent
the frequency -of lOrgericr. Ile kd drawn up his opi-
nion on this: ,f:••Licet, wh th h should take the liberty
cf readiog. In this the' -!.m. Pro:irietor expressed his
conviction, that it watt the duty of the' Bank of Eng-
land to withdraw their <Ate and two pound notes from
circulation, and to :substitute a metallic curren:y in lieu
thereof, as soon as possible, to do away the tcmptatica
to forgery and until they etrald etlixt this, that seers'
should be taken to render forgeries more difficult.
The- Chairman said, that, tbr tifteeti ortwcnty years,
this subject .hc.d.been uncle: the coot. d. ratiun'of thelhmk,
it had occupied the attention- -the Directors night
and Ciay, and every thing that cmild he done to prevent
the crime of forgery wou'cl be considered. lle could
not, however, admit that their notes were as easily for-
ged as had tze,ni stated. It woullba a dangerous state-
ment- to 1.71 forth to the • rublie. • There was in fact,
much greater difficulty in counterfeiting them than
Gentlemen seemed to imagine. 11."itli respect to ca'..
ling -in their one and two round notes, he must ohserre
that sach a measure invo!ved a question- not proper
be entered into there.—Adjoarned.

The Duke of Wellington.en St. Patrick's day, gave
a most slaw :won:, dinner at the Cadran-blue, whieh is
a flunous tavern in the •boulevards of the Temple.
The party invited consisted c! forty ore leading per-
sonag,cs, all of them Irish. .The entertainment was
ordered a week previously. The Honourable Cavendish
Bradshaw undertook to -superintend, assisted by 'Mr.
!Moore of Dublin. Among . the • nersons invited
personally by the Duke were, Earl Coningbai, Col.
Watson, Gen. Sir Edward Barnes, Col. Hamilton, ike •
Sir George Hope has returned to town from I Listings,
and will retire from the Admiralty Beard in about a
fortnight to Scotland.
We understand that some arrangements are expected
to take place shortly, in consequence of which NIr.Wo.
that'll will beco:ne Solicitor-General.

Vireount'Melvilie and the Comptroller of the Navy.
Sir ,Thcmas Martin, leave town is a few days, to in-
spect the new works carrying on is the Duck Yards at
Sheerness and Chatham

Sir Rooert Wilson, it is said, will be proposed as a
candidate for the Borough of fioathwark, and supported
free of expense. • • Englishman.
Miss Kelly is arrived at Manchester from Dublin,
where she is en,sawd to perform, d'uring the Easter
week, after which she takes the Birmingham Theatre
on her way to the• capital.
John Len, Esq. the Chairman of the East India
Company, has declared himself a candidate for the City
of Roch.:ner, cn eae diswiution of the laesent House
of Commons.

• Mr. Young is gone down to Bath. to perform seven
ai his principal characters there. His tinir first parts
are •to be Lianikt, Sir Etiivard Mortimer, Lord
Totrneii, and lic:ruddock.
A new Tragedy,' called TL: .11k:dercd Maid, hac
been produced at the Sunderinr.:l theatre, the story of
which is founded upon that of Mary sAshfurd,
Incledon was singing the latter end of January hist,
with much success, at the Boston Theatre; so that the
report of his death, from New York, is in all probabi-
lity unfounded.
The cause alter Royal Highness the Princess ef Wales
against-the Assignees of the I)uke of Brunswick, in the
Court of Chancery, has excited much curiosity.' It is
said, that, in the month of May last, her Royal High-
ness transmitted two bonds. one in German, and ouc
in French, to Mr. Canning, with a request that he
would apply for their liquidatien, instead of addressing
them to her own regular Trustees. Why she chose
'Mr. Canning as her agent in this business may easily
be accounted for. 'There are circumstances attending
those bonds, which induced the • Trustees to hesitate as
so;heir discharge. •- fiat affidavit of Count
ster was thought irsoflicient to authorise the Lord
Chili:a-nor to call tin the pruduct:on of the dociutiewJ.
A second affidavit has been now. made, but which,
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delicacy, was not read in Court. 'We understand,
however, it states the grounds of distrust upon which
•the Earl of Liverpool and Quint Munster have resisted
the payment of the • bond::_ The circumstances are
strong ; and- -which Count Munster would „riot have
stated, but for the observation of the Court, that rea-
sons must be assigned for departing from the est:::.
practice.-.-Courier.