The National Register.
London, England, 1816-07-15 00:00:00

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BlttS,;Ft.c, JUL' 6. --:!,0:re tiuw ago We Meutioned the IVO-
pheey of aqtrogtener at Itotuella, who 01,010 Ike rml of the
world fur tits ISt!' 01'July, and whom the Goverineent 'Hew--
ly had arrested. We mentioned this prophecy only to thew.
the absurdity of it ; but instead of this, old Wllllltll have taken.
the alarm, and the ',reale; iin is now a general .itabjeet ei.ii-
versation. At Cltirtray and in many coloninue• of Flanders,
says the Journal of Ghent, fear, which never reasons, drives
into the douches a crow) of atio4 omen, u!io twin, to prepare
theinsel% es ag.tia,t this di eadeol catastrophe. A dose' Inca
hi a century these iiriscrable presiictions are teptatud,
though always falsified, ntwirys flint dupes; and this will be the
sane: ,or some thousand years to eonae, because thr re will alwa t
be prophets until foots. One thing 4,1.014 to comfort tit ae god
people; sit is, II:at the end 01' the world is to lie aunounceut
by people;
toil, and then: are yet no aceounti of as appein..c.co.

The suspension of the Saving Bank mil, until the
next Session, leaves it open fir those already instituted
to proceed upon their own plan ; to leave overseers of pa-
rishes to their own discretion in the question of r..liof to
the members, n hich the Bill directed them not to refuse
on that account ; and, or to the authority Cu. bencit dabs
joining them, their discretion over their own fund is
clear, if all assent to the alteration : neither need any
question be made as to their legality, without a statute. ;
for they will be represented by their treasurer awl trus.
tees ; and the remedy of the nientb.:ra for their property is
against them. .lui, as to the suggestion of usury, it is
certain, that all the courts of law hold, that if at any re.•
gular settling of accounts interest be ridded to the capital,
they constitute together one integral debt, on vanish
amount interest may be charged for delay of payinent ;
but if no such settling takes place, interest can be charged
only upon the original loan or debt. Tli,is the saving
Banks cannot suffer much 1w the delay of Mr. Rose's in-
tended bill ; and, perhaps, this delay arty afford opportu-
nity for improvement before the next Session.
Gold has again thllen. The finest Portugal Gold is
now ut :tl. 19s. per ounce ; dollars axe at 4s. 100. ;
gandard silver at. is.

The Mint are proceeding rapidly- with the new Silver
Coinage, nearly 150,000 pieces are coined daily ; and in
a week that quantity, immense as it is, will be doubled.
The head resembles that on the last issued :is. peit.vs, anti
is a little clumsy, The reverse is beautiful; it has the
arms of Great Britain very richly emblazoned, in the
manner of the fine Italian silver pieces under Buonaparte.
The inscriptions are handsome, but the letters are in
very low relief The raining round the edge is not only
new but surixming any thing of the kind we remember
to have seen. The edge is raised so as to protect thr
effigies, arms, and exergue from being speedily worn
plain ; and the milling is applied in deep perpendicular
indents upon the circumference. In this rt.•.pect the
money in preparation is flu. Sliperior to the earl coinage
of his Majesty's reign, not only in utility, but in rich-
ness of appearance. The new Coinage is expected to be
issued in January, and stimultaneously all over the island;
in order to accomplish which, large deposits will be
previously made in every considerable town ; and when
all is complete, a Royal Proclamation will be issued.
Between GO and 70 million of pieces, chiefly shillings
and sixpences, will be given at once to the public, and
the larger money will thereafter be circulated progres-
sively us the labours of the Mint enable the issues to be
made.

The Duchess of Wellington East Indiaman has
been destroyed by tire in ,augur Ro ads : the Pilot,
two Officers, two passengers, and many of the crew,
perished.
Among the distinguished visitors now at Berlin are,
the Duke of Cambridge and Kotzebue.
At Portsmouth, beer has been lowered a penny. The
monopolists who keep up the price in the capital re-
duce a mere trifle in proportion to the duties taken off;
hut they keep out of sight all the great fall in materials
of their manutlicture. The publicans of Hull have re-
ducc:l the price of ale to sd. per quart ; York price 4d
per quart: _ _ _

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There is a report that there has been a great defieierki
in the receipts of the revenue tiny the quarter ending ti,
sth inst. One account states it to be x,197.0001. lc••
than the coresponding quarter last year; and anothc;
account estimates it at somewhat less than :2,000,0001.
India Stock has fallen nearly five per cent. within these
few days, in consequence of the belief of the renewal ut'
the war in India.

The French General Humbert, who served under the
orders of General Hoehe, and who distinguished himself
in the descent at Bantry-bay, has, according to report.
assembled and armed at New Orleans about 1000 men
of different nutimis; with the intention, it is understooe.,
of joining the principal corps of rebels in. Mexico, who
are desirous of making him their General-in-Chief.

EPIGRAMS.
A French gun that in Waterloo's battle had burst.
With its frug, mruts was seized h}• Pet from the Shannon,
Who &dared io dispatch such for glory his thirst),
lie had taken a great man!. pieces of CADHOD.
July 10, !slit. H. R. H. P. O.
ON THE SHYER CEP, PRESENTED RV Tun PLAYtHS TO ►kA\.
A silver cup for Kean, and such a thumper!
Tis tit for one, who always los'd a bumper:
And, filter still ( hat se ho would e'er have, thought it
This very cup—..what of it? Hamlet• wrought it.
July 5, • The name of the mak.. r.