The National Register.
London, England, 1816-07-14 00:00:00

EPIGRAMS.

A French gun that in IV.iterlooN battle Iv) lwrst,
With it, fragmeqs vim ac•sr•l by P. Iv it the Shannon,
Who I lirclar.fi in ilici•Ach (.tich or elory hig tliiist
He had taken a great wan p;ccer of CAIIIIOII.
Jo 4 10. H. R. H. P. D.

o♦ TOO SILVER CUP. PRVSEPCI ED BY THF PLAYERS TO ILEAN
A silvcr cnp fur Ken, and such a thumper!
"1.- fit for one, who alwa~> lov'tl a tuottim; :
fi'ter Al'il r but WI:.) woad i a...r ha., thong/It it),
Th, v •r, cup--a hot of it? filar.let'wrought it.
July 5, 1616. *The uautc of the palm.

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END OF THE WORLD.
DRUMM., JULY 5 —Some time ago we nvoitioned the pro-
phecy of an astrownner at Bologna, who fixed the end of the
world fur the 18th ofJu.y, and whom the Government prudent-
ly It.al arrested. We mertioned this prophecy only to chew
the absurdity of it ; but histeud of this, old women hare taken
the alarm, and the prediction is now a general .abject of emu.
versarion. At G watray and in many communes of Flanders,
says this Journal of Guent, fear, which never reasons, drives
into But chorches a crowd of good woot.m, waif coal • to prepare
themselves against this dreadful catastr 'pile. A dozen times
in a century these mbieratile pred:clions are repeated, which,
though always falsified. :itways find dupes; and this will be this
same .or some thousand years to come, because there w.il always
be prophets and foOls. Oiie thing oa.ilti to conflict these tiO sd
people; that is, that th e end of the %Lurid is to be announced
by Anti-Christ, said there are yet no accounts of his appearance.
Th

Le surension of the Saving Bank Bill, until the
next Session, leaves it open for those already instituted
to proceed upon their (mu ; t leave overseers of pa-
rishes to their own discretion in the queition of r_ lief to
the members, witich the Bill directed theta not to refuse
on that account ; and, us to the authority foe benefit clubs
joining them, their discretion. over their own fund is
clear, if all assent to the alteration: neither need any
question b: wade as to their legality, without a statute ;
for they will be representel by their treasurer and trn.
tees ; and the remedy of the members for the-rp •uperty is
against them. And, as to the siurgestion of usury, it is
curtain, Cut all the courts of law hold, that if at any re-
gular settling of accounts interest be aided to the (.3 ital,
they constitute together one integral debt, on which
amount interest in ay be charged for delay of payment ;
but if no such settlinl; takes place, interest can he charged
only upon the original loan or debt. Thus the Saving
Banks cannot suffer mach by the delay of Mr. H use's in-
ten.led bill; and, perap), this delay may adOrd upportu.
nity tbr improvement before the next Session.

Gold has again fallen. The fine t Portugal Gold is
now at 31. 191. per ounce ; dollats are at 4s. 101 d. ;
standard 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 res,:►nbles that on the last issued Ss. pekes, and
is a little clumsy, - The reverse is bountiful ; it has the
arms of Great Britain very richly emblazoned, in the
manner of the fine Italian silver pieces under Buonapartc.
The inscriptions are handsome, but the letters are in
very low relief. The milling r ,und the edge is not only
new but surpassing any thing of the kind we remember
to have seen. The edge is raised so as to protect the
effigies, arms, and exergue • front being speedily worn
plain ; and the milling is applied in deep perpendicular
indents upon the circumference. In this respect the
money in preparation is (hr superior to the early 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 stimultaneousle all overthe 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 as the labours of the Mint enable the issues to be
made.

The Duchess of Wellington East Indianian has
been destroyed- by fire in Saugur Roads : the Pilot,
two Officers, two passengers, and ninny of the crew,
perished. . •

We learn from Sunderland, that on Thursday last, the
banking-house of Cooke and Co. at•that place, was vi-
sited by an extent in aid from London, which obliged it
immediately to, stop payment: Several expresses were
sent to town to communicate the eircumstaiwe.—(/bid.)
The Sunderland Bank:, which, we understand, has
now stopped payment, is said to be indebted to the house
of Messrs. Bruce, Simson, and Co. in the enormous sum
of 184,000/.—(Observer.)
The Sussex and Horsham Bank (Blunt and Raper)
stopped payment; on Wednesday morning, in conseluence
of the failure .of the Banking-house of Mess:s. Bruce,
Simson, Freer, and Co. London —(lbid.)
The brewers have at length determined to reduce the
price of Porter two-pence per gallon.
At Portsmauth, leer 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;
but they keep out of sight all the great tall in materials
of their manutiwture. The publicans of }hill have re-
duced the price of ale to hl. per quart ; York price. Id.
per quart.
There is a report that there has been a great deficieno
in the receipts of the revenue for the quarter ending. th
sth inst. One account states it to be 2;197,000I. le-
than the coresponding quarter last year ; anti iollthr,e
account estimates it at somewhat less than i,000,0001.
India Stuck has fallen nearly five per cent. withi,) tn. ,e
few days, in coasequence of the belief of the renewal of
the war in India.

The French General Humbert, who served under the
orders of General Hoche, and who distingo;.slitd himself
in the descent at Bantry-hay, lies, ac.or ,in to report,
assembled and armed at New Orleans about 1000 men
of different nations; with the int;ntion, it is understood,
of joioing the principal corps of rebels in Mexic3, who
are dcairotto of waking him their (j;ncra?-ia-Chief.