The National Register.
London, England, 1816-09-23 00:00:00

BANK OF ENGLAND.

Thursday ;1 General Court of Directors and Proprieters way
held at theliiiiik of Fiagbilid, when the Governor t Ntr.liartums,)
proposed, '' That this ('oust do order- a dividend of five per
cent. on interest and profits for the half year ending on Thurs-
day, the lush of October next."—On this inotien being put, Sir
TI 'Curton inquired whether it was intended to furnish the
Proprietors with any accimot of the nature of their profits
The Chairman replied, that no such proceeding was contem-
plated by the Court of Di reetors.--Sir Thomas 'button then ex-
pressed his astonishment that the Directors should, by a con-
ecalment of their Recounts, allow themselves to sink in the
estimation of the public, and stiller the most injurious epinitins
to remain afloat. Lt vain, he said. would they (feature dividend.;
of two per cent. or even of twenty, so hing as they allowed the
Proprietors to remain in the d,u k as to the nature and extent
of their accoonts. All be would ask woole be, the apuiiiiit.
ment of a Secret Committee chosen unit of the body id pi,,.
prietors, who need not enter into detalls ui.h lily puLlie, litit
confine themselves to a general report.--Wit bout sock a Report
he would protest against any dividends. If it were not
voluntarily gis en by the Directors, then the Proprietors would
he driven to seek it by a another course, and the laws of Eng-
land were different from what he believed them to be, if the
Directors would not elsewhere be compelled to comp') with
the previsions of the Charter.—Mr. Catlyti said, when the
Monist contidenee was reposed in the honour and probity of
the Directors, its the same proportion 010111(1 secrecy be oh
served in the nature of the issue' of their paper, which Ras
under the controol of just act! lionoulable I)arbv
followed on the ,;1111P Skil', 411111 was replied to by Sir Thomas
Tinton, alter which the motion for a dividend of aye per cent.
was put and carried.

Lord Exmouth is coming home. An op'nion was en-
tertained at Paris, and by several persons in this country,
that his Lordship was about to proceed from Algiers to
Tunis and Tripoli, but it is erroneous.
The gallantry, with which Lord Exmouth exposed
himself during the engagement, is spoken of with enthu-
siasm.—He received one wound, and haul one of his epau-
lets carried off; it was his own ship that opened the fire.
A scene still more horrible than any produced by the fire
of the British ships took place, it is said, in the town,
during the battle : the Dey, in his fury, haul several of
his superior Officers beheaded, because they had not re-
sisted so successfully as he had expected : among the suf-
ferers are said to have been two French Officers.
During the late glorious action betiire Algiers, as Lord
Exmouth and ('apt. Brisbane were conversing together,
either by a spent ball, or some other cause, the latter was
struck that on the deck. Lord Exmouth immediately call-
ed the First Lieutenant, and exclaimed, " Nor Brisbane!
he's gone ! take the connnand." Tlue Captain, raising
himself into a sitting posture, coolly said, " Not yet, my
Lord ;" and in a moment after resumed his share in the
business of the day.
Hear Admiral Milne, who so ably supported Lord
Exmouth, as second in command in the Impregnable,
which suffered so severely from the fire of the Algerines,
is a native of Edinburgh. On the commencement of the

war with France, at the Revolution, be was a lieutenant
on board the Blanche frigate, which, after a dreadful
and se••cre action, captured the French frigate La Pique
in the West Indies. On that occasion the bouts of both
ships were so shuttered by the shot when La Pique
struck; that tame of them could float, when Lieutenant
Milne leaped overboard and swam to the sinking French
frigate with the British colours, which he immediately
hoisted. Rear Admiral Milne was raised to the rank he
now holds at the last general naval promotion, and was
appointed to the Halititx station, where he was about to
proceed, when ordered to second Lord Exmouth, previous
to his departure across the Atlantic.
Saturday, about two o'clock, was launched at DetpfinA,
the Hero, rated at 74 guns. Vis. Melville, and other
Members of the Board of Admiralty, Admiral Sir 'l'.
Martin the Comptroller of the Navy, attended in their •
respective barges, as did s:weral persons of rank, and some
thonsand of spectators. This ship was built lo
supply the place in the navy of the fimmer one of
the stone name, which was wrecked in a dreadful stria
on Christmasday, 1811, when returning from the Baltic,
off the Texel. Of upwards of 500 souls then on board,
only eight were washed on shore alive from the wreck,
and those made prisoners of war. She was commanded
by ('apt. James Newman, who with all his eskers
perished.
On Tuesday the Prince Regent went to Claremont to
♦isit the Princess Charlotte and Prince Leopold.—Their
Royal Highnesses spent three hours in walking over the
park and grounds together.
WINDSOR, Sser. •L'l.—Fridav the Duke and Duehessi
of Ohnicester arrived at the Castle from Bagshot-park..—
Yesterday being wet, the fete which her Majesty intend-
ed to give to the boys of Eton College and the neig:tbour-
ing nobility slid not take place, but was postponed till
Tuesday.

This morning the Duke and Duchess of York, and
Duke or Sussex, arrived at the Castle, but returned to
Oatlands to dinner.—This day being the anniversary of
the King's coronation, the morning was ushered in with
the ringing of bells.
The fine state of the weather, which appears now to
be settled in, has spread a general joy and gladness, and
demands our g•Tateful thanks to Providence thr the lii-
vourahle and timely change. The wheat hat:vest is get-
ting on rApiilly in most counties, and promises to exceed
the most sang • expectations.
Tkanksgivings to the Almighty were returned on
Sunday the churches of the metropolis, for the pre.
seat NW weather.