The Sun.
London, England, 1833-09-12 00:00:00

EMBASSY

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A seizure of considerable importance was 11.1. s• 01
Monday last at the Custom-house, Dover, contastleveo
silks, blonde lace, veils, and ribands, of the estimated r , pe
of 1,500/., under the following circumstances
son, described in his passport as " Le Baron Fran,,,,l' 00
se rendant en Courier a Londres," landed fee'beisi
Crusader Calais packet, and, on his carriage owl,
brought to the Custom-house, in the usual way, forego' lei
nation, there were found in it 26 paper package, Id to
with the seal of the French Foreign-office, and direeoet,
Prince Talleyrand, in London. The examining ee(iipeti
suspecting the packages not to contain despatches, d,
to pass them, and the Collector of the Customs heigtio''
pealed to, detained the whole, together with tit* (ere
carriage. In addition to the 26 packages, there proe
found a large leathern bag full of packages of the, ore
description, and a portmanteau, which being lockee' led
sent under seals of office to the King's warehou4,e:Jof
the whole transaction was communicated to the 0"„(ia
Customs in London, who, it is believed, lost no el`r,r,t,
bringing the same under the notice of Prince Talie)ol
in order to afforyl his Excellency the earliest opet(Or.
of repudiating all connection with so disgraceful a°
It cannot be supposed possible that his Excelled"
have given the slightest sanction to the use of his ae
such a transaction, or that he can do otherwise thaar,o
his assistance towards the discovering of the auOri
the fraud. If it has been a customary courtesy to Pet if
Ambassadors to receive articles for their own use, ° d'
consumption of their households, duty free, it see!°i,,i
greater reason why they are bound in honour to do; 1
tenance such shameful frauds upon the reeenuete
this case has been brought to light. It can bard
doubted that Prince Talleyrand will follow the ea,lie
of Mr. Canning, who, upon the detection of sio°s;
goods in his baggage on his landing at Dover, le°01(
vigorous assistance towards the discovery of the tifeje4
and, upon the detection of one of his servants, diseal,
Lim instantly from his service. In justice to theett,o
the Board of Customs cannot fail to sift to the °°:l
this last instance of smuggling, carried on under COl(
diplomacy.

THE ARMY.

(Circular.) " Horse Guards, Aug. 21, lStyt
" His Majesty's Government having signified t° 11,t
General Commanding in Chief the King's commendntiii
until further orders, corporal punishment may be Or r
to the following offences only, I have the honour t°i;gl'
press Lord Hill's desire that you guide yourself accore,o,
taking care that except in the instances herein ere,'
the said punishment shall on no account be inflicted
" 1. For mutiny, insubordination, and
using or offering violence to superior officers.
"2. Drunkenness on duty.
Rise
3. Sale of, or making away with arms, anaroull;
accoutrements, or necessaries, stealing from comre'le.'
other disgraceful conduct. e
"It will doubtless occur to you that the object at
of
instructions is not to render the infl:ction of e°rfpti'
Mootthan for the future more frequent or more 0°
than it is at present, even in the casts to which it
to be restricted ; but, on the contrary, that the lot' pit"
is to restrain it as much as may be possible to do
safety to the discipline of the army.

"By Command,
"J. MACDONALD, Adjutant- Geoersl

VALUE OF BANK STOCK.

A correspondent of the Times gives the followieg
mary as to the value of Bank Stock
We have now surveyed the matter in every 13°' sr,
aspect, and, of all that has been said, this is the sea'
recapitulation :
If the Bank should pay a dividend of 10 per celitot-.11
its reduced capital, then the present value of Bank
1544. 7s. 2d. per cent. 9 fi;
If the dividend on the reduced capital should be 01'
cent., then the present value of Bank stock is 1471.15°.
per cent. e
If the dividend on the reduced capital should be or
cent., then the present value of Bank stock is 1411.4
per cent. ;
lfthceornetn
should
to divide 8 percapital,ldbenoreductionceonft.onthe p
and the? 1:e0
should
tal, then the value of Bank stock is 1491. Is. 81 per
prd
If the Bank should divide 7 per cent. on the
capital, then the value of Bank stock is 141/. 45. 6'
cent. —46

orr
If the Bank should divide 6 per cent. on the r
, y
capital, then the value of Bank stock is 132/ 9'•
cent. f
tb
Finally, to buy Bank stock before the reduction od
capital at 1541. 71. 2d. per cent. is the same thing,
buy it after the reduction of the capital at 1721 fi%th
cent. The price of 147/. 15s. 10d. per cent.
reduction of the capital, is the same thing 381631 ,rV
per cent, after the reduction of the capital ; and thei
of 141/. 4s. sd. per cent. before the reduction °
capital, is the same thing as 154/. 10,. 7d. per Cent'
the reduction of the capital.