The Sun.
London, England, 1806-03-26 00:00:00

THE LOAN.

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We yesterday stated
:accurately the.substance p,
what passed'at the Meeting which t00k...1)1[16e at the
Treasury bet Ween the First Lord of the TrcOury,
the Chancellor of the
,Exchiquei-, . and the Gentle-
nien who intend bidding for the Loan,
The Gentlenion who attended were—

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Sir FRANOS• 4ARINIG,' Wir..A.NaiastElN; Mra
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BATTY.S, and Mr. LLIS. •

z. Messrs. B. and A;GoLeitifiii.

3.. Mr. Rba.A.R.Ts, Sir Vrrti.t.tAi.l CURTIS, Mr, P.c.,
nART.s., jl.lll. Mr. CUR.TI*, THELLUSSON,
Mr. C. WARD.

4. M. joHN .BARNES, Mr. D. RicAka°, Mr. !AMY.
STEERS, Ste.

Lord GRENVILLE opened the business by :;ratings
that theumount"of the Loan which Would
sary for the service of the present. year fo!‘.
Bt-itairk.and Ireland would
.be twenty-two tnillion;;
viz. eighteen Millions for Great Britain and film; for
Ireland. Of the fOtir millions which were %‘-rant-.:1
for .Ireland,, two millions were to be'borrov:red
England, which would make thy; sum to be raiw,l
in England twenty millions. The other two mil-
lions to be raised for the service' of Ireland. were to,
be borroWed in that Country. His Lordship proposedat first that the Loan Should be funded in the lleducei
but Mr. A. GOLP;NiIi) suggested that the Rea-iced
not being so marketable a Stock as the Consols, was
generally sold at a quarter per cent. below its real
valtie. This statement , cOnfirrued. by the
Governor and Deputy Governor of .the Bank, whO
Were preSenti his Lordship deelared,. that Jrf every
tool. sterling- the COnti-Olor should liaVe.loo COn-
sok, and the bidding: to be in, ftedteed.

Sir PaA•kis ItkaiNo•Ohserved; thatras if Was pOs7
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ible that the two millions which it was proposed to
raise in. Ireland might not contrath-d for in that
Country, he htiped the Gentlemen wild contraL•ttA
for• the English Loan would have the, preii,rence, at
a fitir price; whiCh was assented to by bird' GREN-:
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'VILLE. " • •

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It was then agreed, after sortie conversation, thni
the lustahnentS ihyaid be paid-on. the roiiowin
days:

lot. on Satiirduy the
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lot.' -
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sth April.
23c1 b4y.
zoth tune..
18th . July.
z:zcl August.
xjth September.
17th Ottober.
21st November.
•Igtb Decenther:•
x6th January.

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The discount for, prompt. payment to be five per-.
.ccnt., It was understood that this was the whple Loan
for the service of the•yeal•-; but no engagement _
'made to thateffett. The First Lord of the Trea-•
sun/. begged that it might be understOod that -a -pro;
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position would be Madein. Parliament-that the Pro-
perty Tax should be in ftiture paid at -rthe flank, and
dedutaed from the dividends. •
The busihesS of the Meeting was eoncludecf by a'
declaration from Lord GRENVILLE; that as it was the
-first objet of GOvernthent. that an opent fair; and
public competition be made for the Loan, ..any per-
son would be at liberty to offer himself as-a bidder
'at the Treasury chambers before three. b'clock this
day, tut not afterwards .And at ten o'clock, ori`
Fiiday morning, he and the Chakellor of-,the
che- quer would he re:!cly'to receive their _sealed bid
din s, atid conclude the contradt.

On Satur:day morning a duel- was fought on Gal,
ley wood Common, near. Chelmsford, Essex, be
tween Lieutenant Tt.iiißENs, aid Mr. Fisniß, Sur-
geon, both of the 6th 'Regiment of Foot, in barraCks -
there.' The partie§,• with their Seconds, arrived oil
the spot appointed for the encounter at day-break,
when the preliminaries having been settled, they
took a short distance, and turning round; fired'at
the same instant. The Lieutenant received his an-
tagonist's ball in the groin, and -ithinediately fell ;
on which Mr. Fisrtnri went up and took him by the
hand, expressing much regret at the lamentable*con-
sequence that had ensued ;. as, from the nature. of
the wound, he was apprehensive it would prove .
mortal. Assistance having .been procurel, the.
wounded Gentleman was removed to a windrnillat
a short distance; and as soon. as possible cOrieved
from thence to his apartnients, inthe barracks, where
every, attention was rendered that_ his Unfortunate. si-
tuation could require. The ball having lodged on.
the side Opposite to which it entered, cxtra&ed
by Dr. WELcir, at four o'clock the same
.afternOon,
• but he expired between nine :and ten o'clock on Sun-.
day Morning. An Inquisition wa§ tak.ert 'before
J. O.'PARKER, jun; ,ESq. Coroner, -on view of the
body, on Monday, and. a Verdi& returned of Wilful
';.llTurdei• against Mr. FISL;ER -alid:the two Seconds;
one of whom is under arrest : Mr..Fis-irEa and the
tither have abscerided. • -

CORN ,EXCHANGE, 1\ ARCH 26:—Wheat is very.,
dull of ,Sale, at about last price; Barley in tolerable,
supply, little Of fine, .which keeps its price,, other
sorts a trifle lower ;• ..Malt.,is 'almost Unsaleable ; in
Pease and Beans srnall • variation ; there' are Se-
veral cargoes of foreign Oats arrived; 'the, Sam-
ples, ,:being ,of rather. i.
lower ;TFitie for Seed Rea
is rather lower ; general sr
Wheat 445 a 605 a 72.5.0d'
Fine ditto 735 a 75' oct
Rye _ , - .3os a zps cd 4
Barley - -26 s a 325-bd
Malt - %. -63 s a 68's cc(
W hite Pease 345 a .4os cA
Grey ditto- 505 a 345 oci

aferior. quality,. they are
a- 375. per quarter.; Flour
ales of Fins about 60s.
Beans_ • -33 s 'a 39s 'od

Tick Beans - 4 2s od
Oats 2Zs, a 254 a I,Bs ed.
PolaTtditto a'9s a 315 oil
Rape Seed. - 321 - 4zl
Fint_Vicar 6,:s a 63s osi
Seconds . sis a 6os cc!