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London, England, 1804-07-04 00:00:00

CERTIFICATA:r.

iitly 24. fohri Statherd, or coninAsby, Lincolnshire, cont.
mini brewer.
Chortes lohn Itound,oof %%Forgave,' Berkshire; maltster.
William Scarhrow, of St, Neot's, HuntingdonAire, b:kker.
Thomas Winder and Wiliam' Jewitrst; 017 Westining2r.
.hridgerrnad, Surrey. if4.111./0131111C13:
Thonsuo White, the younger, of ii.irood Kent, coal.mer.:
chant,
Thonias Henderson, of Milk-street, ondon,-warehouse.
man. •

A man who was left to watch the, well of the
pump in Golden-square, on Friday evening, which
had been opened on that day, having drank freely,
raid him,ell down on the planks which coveted.tt,
when he.stored and was precipitated a depth of 25,
feet, into five feet of water. Fortunately a rope
bad,been kit suspended in the well, by which he
bald- until his cries brought to him assistance., He
was conveyed to the Middlesex. Hospital.; much
bruised.

A dreadful fire broke out nn Friday. morning last,
at Grays,' in itsseF, -A labouring- man,. who .had
been 'drinking at ar neighbouring public.housr, on
his return home, with a lighted pipe,, incautiously
knocked nut the ashes among wine straw and other
inflammable`-matter that, lay in a" heap close by the
range of warehouses at the back of the town, which
had, been long used as granaries, The consequence
was, the lighted tobacco smothered during several
hours,. and on the Friday morning_ she it,habit,as
were alarmed by the flames bursting from one of the
warehouses, which took tire, and communicated with
the rest 'before assistance could be - kocured the
whole range WAS consumed, with scveral thousand
quartets of wheat and flour. The loss is not yet
ascertained, but' s supposed to be very con,siderable.
One night last week, as a man named Snape, was
'returning from -Ecciestchl to Manchester in a cart,
with his vile and child, the horse took fright, 'and
the man, iu endeavouring to stop him, fell out near
Thiideton, .when the, wheel went , over him t the
"horse continued his. Career' for six miles, arict'wheo
topped, the child was found dead in the cart. • ttie
titan and woman are alive, but both dreadfully
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EXCHANGE 191• TN IRELAND.

EXTkACT
PRO.K MINUTfis or ILVIDINCE

Taken before the.. Committee appointed to inquire into the
state of I reland, as to its Circulating, Paper ; its S pale and
Current Cuin; and the Exchange between that part of the,
United Kingdom and Great Britain
" The Right Hon. 101-1 N FOSTER, in the Chair.
(Cuniinued iron our Paper of gcenJo.)

JAMES Cltortow, stq. CHIEF CLERK 07 THE IRISH
ricr. AWRY—CONTINUED.
Question put to the Witness the preceding day,
Whether it is not under the authority of.
His M..je,13,'• orders, in consequence of the
Address of the House of Commons in Ire.
land, that the , Public Money. has been paid
into the Sauk of Ireland, being again read :
Can you give any further answer to that
question ?-•L-On' looking into -the At 35' George
111. width I yesterday 'mentioned, I cannot find
any dirraions for making the. payments into the
Bank of Ireland: I however find a Resolution of
the' House of Commons, referred to in.thar Att ; and
not being able to find anylaw to that. effat, must
conclude it to he under the Rzsolurion of the House
of emnmnns. •
Can the hooks; which you mentioned to he kept
of the entties, of the names of persons applying for
drafts, be produced to the Committee ?--It can.
the Witness, in addia ion' to an answer given by
him yesterday to the questions, Was it the habit
of the Lords of the Treasury, to order their drafts
to be at a lower rate of exchange than the lowest
of the preceding day ; and how much lower in his
reColleCtion, states, that when he said yesterday
never more than. I per cent. and very seldom to
that extent, generally or from that to 4, one
particular tranSattion escaped his memory, namely
In the month of September last demands had been
made On the Treasury in one day, when the ex.
change was at. 1,3 per cent. as well as he recolleds,
for drafts on London, to the amount of about
tso,oool. which were accordingly given ; the day
next but One, similar drafts were applied for to
nearly the like amount, and it was thought advis.
.able by the Lords of the Treasury, not to give
drafts to so large an amount on. that day, but to
issue them at the rate of 30,0001. per week, bur
to eorvinue the exchange at the same rate, namely,
13 per cent.; and those persorA who had applied
on the day last mentioned, were given to understand
that, their demands should be complied with in rota.
Lion, if they .chose to wait the period of their turn,
and take at that exchange:; to,oool. was accord:.
ingly issued on 'that day,• and on the following day
the exchange in the market getting a considerable
rise, he believes t0,'16, the Lords of the Treasury,
on first considerarion,, did nut feel themselves kis.
rifled in continuing to issue bills to so great
amount as still lay on the book, at so reduced an
exchange as 13, where the market had so consider.
able a rise, and therefore, they ordered. the exchange
to be charged as the rate of the preceding day.
This occasioned. considerable murmur among the
dealers whose names were on the book, anti they
atlually charged it as a breach of faith and, he he.
lieves, memorialized the Government on the sub.
jet ; who, having referred the subject to the fur.
'het' consideration of the Chancellor of the Exche.
quer and Lords of. the Treasury, it was. thought
advisable to issue drafts-to" all those who were upon
the book, at the rate of 13 ; and, in order immedi.
ately to give operation to the Lords of the Trea.
sury on the market of exchange, it was ordered that
the. whole of the persons shook! be supplied in one
day, instead of at the rate of 3o 0001. pet week,
and they were supplied accordingly.
Had the issue of the 40,0001. at t 3, 'any effect
on the exchange I—l cannot recoiled.
Is it • yuur opinion, that the stacementi of the.
rates of exchange will show it, upon being re.
ferred to for the days on which the transactions
took place ?—lt
On what days did the tranoadions take place ?--
I cannot at present say, but will obtain the. neces.
sary information for..ahe Committee,
Is it ever known to any other person than you ,
self, what are the amount of the.applications for
drafts at the Treasury, or the applications , '
selves ?--It is known by the Lords of the Treasury;
their secretary,- and the clerk or clerks who must
necessarily beemployed in filling the drafts, giving.
advice of the bills, or making entries thereof.
Is it understood those clerks are bound- rci
crecy ?—Ceitairas,

TtIONIAS Ttioßya FRANK, Es(4. tXCHANCE MEL;
CHANT OF DUBLIN, EXAMINE.D.

Do you know any thing of the state of the silver
coinage in Ireland ?—I do know of its state in Dub.
lip ; it is of the very worst possible description, and
thedif.rerent retail traders, who of necessity receive it
in payment for their goods, are in, a great measure
unable to pass it after they, have once received it.
I understand that since I left Dublin, which was
On the /3d March, there has been a general deter.
mination not to take it At an, which has occasioned
much public disturbance .diere;, the public offices;
particularly the Treasury, reinsert to take it from
the Poet Office, and in consequence the postmen
refused to take it from the public, 'and detained
their letters ; I believe this to be the first cause of
the alarm; I, mean by the Treasury, the Treasury
at the Castle.

Was there any other circumstance which created
the disturbances y,ou allude to, or in any way gave
cause to them?—l do not know of any other but
what I have stated; but for some time previous to
that, in going to Market, the sellers of the nrces_
sauce of life required a higher price for their era.
dies, if to be paid in silver.. "The way the difficulty
was managed to those who could afflrd it, or get
credit, was to let it 'run up to a guinea, note, and
then to pay it.
How was the stare of the silver coin in the rest
of Ireland ?—I do nut know of my,,fmn kuolvfrilv,
but I understand in the North the coinage ~
better deseriptidn; a very tittle in the rest of any
description, as, in other parts of Itel,o)d, th7,ob.
stititte silver notes,