The National Register.
London, England, 1821-03-26 00:00:00

DA.% K OF ENGLAND.

At Gen,r3l Court of Proprietors held at the R ittlt
of England ou Thur3nay, fur the purpose oh con.itlerilig
a t;i‘itlend . . . . . .

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Tne Chairman proposed, that a Resolution, ordering
a dOidend of five per cent. for the current half-yearly
thvidend be paid oil the 6.1 t of April.
Ou he question that the Court do order this dividend,
Mr. Gundy said, sue was a Proprietor of 5001. stock,
and had written to the Court of Directors, requestiog
their prodlicium at we flex: General Court of the ac-
counts of all the Batik profits. Were these accutnits
now sit (7ourt ?

•Fhe Chairman acknowledged having received Nlr.
(;undy's leuet, but slid lie hall i i autilorny, without
tile consent of the Court, to lay open the accounts of
the concern ; tl tney or.lcri:gl it to be done, than coin-
tatmids snook' be nueved.

Nlr. Goody caul, 1-1 r hail a rikht to the accounts as a
matter nt course, for the Act of Queen Antic sail, that
they should not mily be Mrtitcomitig at the call of any
Proprietor in a General Court, but also male the sub-
ject ,i 1 con.nleration at that Court, whether or no the
profits should not he divided in the Dividend upon Kink
Stock.

Mr. Darley &flied this Inv, and said the case was
decoded uoiii in the Can't of and in tile
Court in Puiprietor,.:, when NI r. Gutidy thotioht his
loi tiler

Mr. Gaudy detsicd that he hid hied the question, and
demanded the accounts a; a Ilia! ler ol right..

A warm cliAcip‘sion arose, and the polir was rulet.l
against r. Giiiiily.

PRLViNTION 07 FORGERIES.

Mr J Ihn Smith desired to know, whether the COM-
ittib,iiiiiers had as yet socceeded in a plan of B ink limes
which was Ilk ly to set at 1,...tt tile mutation by for-
The Chairman read (loin a piper, which he held in
his ilaud, a S.ateiii,!lit Of rite Prai:JcSi of the (:0111iiiis-
smilers, front which it appeared, that they were still
eagerly pursuing the attainment of their object to make
such a mite as would invite ordinary forgeries absolutely
uupu•s ,tie. Misty difficulties had as yet delayed the
but they hoped tihilitmely to succeed. Ile ex-
plained, that with a view of siii,prcs,iiig forgeries, the
BAIA hail I iely applied to P.uliaulent for power to issue
rsoverei.nts lot One Pound it tile," pleased, on the
Ist of May next, instead of the Ist May, 1t322_ This
would, he hoped, suppress the forgery of One Pound
Notes.
Tue Chairman said that it was not meant to re-issue
an of tile p,eseet out: pound notes when they should be
exedang,ed fur Silveri:l;4llS.
Tile dividend for tie tuilf•year ending the sth April
was then tieVarel Its he 5 II r cent. and tin Court,
atieitiled by all the bleat mooted men in Bit city,
then twike up.

''CORREN rs or THE OerAN.—A document
which was enclosed in a bottle and thrown into the
sea just 12 months ago, was tacit up on the shores
of Martinique on the 4th of February last. We
give a copy of this interesting document, with the
notice suljoined :
.• The bottle which contains this card was thrown into the ma
in latitude 5 deg.!? min. couch, longitude 24 deg. 40 Min. west,
at noon, on the t•th day of Match, 1820, from the ship ()spray,
of Glasgow, which sailed front Greenock on the tuth day of Feb.
1820, on a trading voyage round the world.
.• Whoever finds this is requested to insert a notice of the tin •
and place in some literary or plitical publication, with the view
of establishiog facts relative to the currents ut the ocean. All well."
• This bottle was found on the 4th of Feb. 1821, near the
eastern Point of the Salines, quarter of St. Ann, island of Mar.
Unique, in the best order, as will be seen by this paper, which
it contained:—
. St. Pierre, Martinique, Feb. 13, 1821,
" T. llournant) printer, and director of ti e
.• Genets, post (Mice of Martinico.”
His Majesty on Wednesday night honoured tl.e
Ancient Conceit, Hanover-square, with his pre-
sence, and was received by a numerous and fashion-
able ,mdioice with every rosible degree of respect.

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