The National Register.
London, England, 1820-01-09 00:00:00

THE MONTY VAREET.—GoId anti silver may be
an easily obtained, on account oldie steadiness with
which bullion has maintained itself at the Mint
rice, that it is more in compliance with the existing
restriction, than from any inability to do so, that
the Bank does not at this moment pay its notes In
specie. The Goes rnment, at present, keeps a
watchful eve over the state of the precious metals—
a practice which, if persevered in will he the be t
security against any poisible ill effixts from the re
stouption ofcash payments when they shall be adopt-
ed. A gentleman of the first consegnenve in the city,
well knows for his experience in fort ign exchanges
and money transactions, was employed, as soon as
the late scarcity of money became apparent, to re•
.
reedy the inconvenitmee, by procuring a supply sit
that metal from the continent, a commission which,
we understand, he executed most promptly, and on
very advantageous terms, to the extent of one mil-
lion and a half sterling. To the surprise . f the
most experienced merchants on Change this large
transaction has been effected, with a sensible fall
in the Tate of exchange with the continent.; its •.
utility has been immediately felt, and silver is now
4ta
,pleatiful us ever. The prospects ut the Stock-
exchange,-to judge front present appearanca, are
net less flattering than those of commerce : so little
scarcity of money has existed during the week, that
loan for short periods, ut the rate of five per cent.,
has been of very rare occurrence; three or tour per
cent. have been the wore usual rates. Exchequer-
biils so materially recovered, that they are now
only at r discount of 3s. with the reasonable pros-
pect, as soon as the dividends are in course of pay-
ment,-of being at par. This circumstance has lad
to doubts whether the intention of Government to
issue them at a higher rate of interest will be carried
into effect. The aggregate of unemployed capital
in the country must be great indeed to absorb so
large an unfimded debt at so low a rate of interest.
As the demands of commerce increase, u portion of it
rill be abstracted; anti though the measure of
issuing higher bills may be postponed for a short
time, it must ultimately be resorted to.
Nortistonsm.—Friduy se'imiglit, to the great sur-
prise of the tutiAbilaiits of this town, that extensitu and
noble builditia iu ale Matket place, called Bromley
brotse, was taken possession ut by !our cuntpatties of the
h'n it-giatent of Font, whit maiened into the town for
that worm ; two other co:i 'panics of the vane regiment
have shire been adeled, and it is generally understood
that mtntile mansion is henceforth to he devoted to mili-
tary occupa: . Large 9a: unities of ammunition have
been lodged within its walls, and Nottingham may now
be considered a what in the light of a garrison town.
.(u Monday morning, alarming reports prevailed : it
was said, the day was at length arrieed when the" Rade.
cais" were to put all their " bloody purposes" into exe-
cution, by a general rising throughout the country. On
Sunday night, as we have limn inhumed, the soldiers,
both in the barracks and at the earrison, were tinder or.
der to hold theintelses in readiness at a momeas no-
tice ; and on Monday molting, the Watnall troop of
'Yeomanry Cavalry assembled, while the llolme troop
mustered very strong at the Riding Schou!. Many won-
ylered what war .the meaning of all these preparations,
end the astonishateut was increased when it was found
that the Hahne troop proceeded to the Trent bridge,
and were quartered at the public homes on both sides of
it, as though they were apprehensive of en enemy pass-
that way. lhe horses were ready saddled, and were
keia ready for service along with-the men all the night
till Tuesday, when, no enemy appearing, they were
dismissed. The mountain in labour did not tiring forth
even a manse. Such was the alarm produced by le-
ptons, and letters Sent to individuals, that several gen-
tlemen in the country were induced to shut up their
houses, and Ay to other situations for safety. Some old
women had taken alarm g their fear, had hatched an
hideous phantom; the coil and military authorities
were all arrayed against a nonentity, and the whole
proved to be Mach ado about Nothing.
The Rev. Mr. Hay, Chairman of the Manchester
Quarter Sessions, has been presented with the
rectory of ,lleohdale, vacant by the death of
1)r. Drake. This living, which is the gift of the
Crown, is estimated at '2,500. a year. ills gen
tleman is one of the stipendiary magistrates of
Manchester, and was one of the (pt rhapa we might
say the) most active of those whose p omplibule and
adividy on the fatal 16th of August were so much
praised by Government ! ! !

Accounts have been printed by order of the House of
Co ttttt tuns, showing the alliOtillt of the total capital of
the funded debt of Great Britain, including the Austrian
and VortitAnese loans, as it stood On the In of February
or 9th of January iu each year, from Use year 1786 to
the year 1819 inclusne, By these accounts it appears
01111 Use jots! amount of the unredeemed debt to the
year 1786 was 238,231,2481, of which the total charge
was, 10,302,4021. The writhe debt thence was gra.
dually sinking to the year I79:1, when the utak:deemed
debt amounted to 227.9H9, I -411. Front that year it ra- ,
indly and constantly increased to the present year ; and
on the sth of January. 1819, the total debt of Great
wain and Ireland antounwd In 1,181,502.3621.; of
has been redeemed .389,637,4)491., leasing the
total nurcuoeined debt 791,807,3131 J The sinking
'god amounted to la,815,0011.: and the total charge,
iiseboling the sinking (wad, to 447490961.