The Sun.
London, England, 1821-03-23 00:00:00

BANK OF ENGLAND.

Yesterday a General'Court of Proprietors wag
held at the Bank of England, for the purpose of
considering a dividend.

The Chairman (C. PoLE, Esq.) announced to
the Court that the Directors of the.-Back re-
commended for their adoption the Resolution he

held 'in his hand, which was declaratory In the
usual form of a dividend of 5 per.ceut. for the
Holders of Bank Stock, for the half-year ending
the sth of April next and that the warrants for
receiving it should, be ready for delivery at the
.Bank _on Friday, the Gth of 'April.
Before'the 4uestioß was pitt,
, Mr. D..Gusaar(of Richmond) i6se; and in-
quired whether- the Governor anfli.peptity.Go-
veruor had received a notice which he had ad-
dressed to then] in due foim Ihreemontbs ago,
the tinie'required by law;, callingipait them to
produce an account, of
.the profits arising out of
all the concern; of the Bank, after deducting, of
course, the expellees of management.
The CHAIRMAN said he had•receiyed suck .a
letter. •

On being asked by .Mr. Cundry.to, producer-
and read that letter,
The CHAIRMAN immediately complied. e
letter as 'dated at liticlunond, and stated
the- -Wiite.r(nr..p. Gundry),. as a Proprietor of
5661. 'flank Stoerk, _cave notice ,of hie
at the next Oeneral.Couri to Call for the due
lion of the accounts of the profits of the concern,
as he was'entitled to do' by tile 7th ofAnne, c. 7,
section .bh: That Act,• 1 e said,,directed that
accounti•of. 'all 'the protits of the affairs of the
Bank, 'after dedlictitig-the ''cliariei of nlanagit
• meat, should be laid before 'the COnit ate there
quisition of the Proprietors, so as to enable them
,if:they 'thought fit, to make a' division of the
same, for the half year previous totheCOuit ftir
declaring the half yearly diV:Aend..•
-A long conversation ensued between tho Chair-
man and Mr,Gundry, and -at the cry of Ques-
tion becoming loud,. the Resolution rec m:-
.mended by, the:coart of Directors for,the • h
yearly dividend was put and unanimously carried.
Aqbject, of. Bank Forgeries came under di'-
mission, and another.. lopg. convertation
place.,77At length,,,

The CitAIRPON took occasion to, observe,
respect
itoskho gy,estion pi,b4nk, forgeries,
those upon the Bani, of England were not, consi-
tiering the respective circulation of notes in cacti
country, grptiter than tke fergetie§ c. .the 13aut
of Ireland.

..r, 4.:yrz..sani that the bomber of persorg
charged *ith'Torgin4 the iriettiffix currency•
greater last year than those for, forging bank-
notes.

The cinestion
tied unanimously, of adjournment ins pat, anaCL L

" The urgency of the circumstances in which his Majesty,
the King, Victor Emmanuel, • has appointed us Regent of the
Kin.gdona, though the right of succession does not belong to us—
the clesire, so strongly manifested by the people for a Constitu-
ton :informable to that which governs Spain, induces us to sa-
tisfy, as far as may deicnd onus, what the chief safety of the
'Kin:gam now evidently requires, and to adhere to the general
vd-:h which has been expressed with unspeakable ardour. In a
OriZtf4,2o. difficult it does not appear to us possible to consider
precisely the ordinary limits of the authority of a Regent. Our
:aspect and our submission .to his Majesty Charles Felix, to
whom the Crown has devolved, would have induced Us to make
r-o change in the fundamental laws of the Kingdom, or at least
to wait until the intentions of the new Sovereign should be
/E.:lawn, But as the exigency of the circumstances is manifest ;
as it is, above all, important to present to the new King a Na-
riDn safe and secure, happy, and undisturbed by factions and
eifil warfare ;—having maturely weighed all these reasons, and
• with the advice of our Couneil—being besides persuaded
that his Majesty the King, moved by the same considerations,
will invest this decision with his sovereign approbation, we have
resolved on what follows :

" The Spanish Constitution shall be promulgati and ob-
serrad as the law of the state, with the modifications which
may be made by the national representation, in concert with
the Xing.

." Given at Turin, March 13. . " CHARLES ALBERT.
(Countersigned) " MA NGIARDE,
" First clerk in the office of the Secretary of
State for Foreign Affairs."

COPT OF THE DECLARATION OF THE MAGISTRACY or
THE CITY OF TURIN, AND OF THE GENERALS AND
CO•AMANDANTS or THE CORPS COMPOSING THE OAR-
BISON.

" We, the undersigned, in our stations as added below, being
sumtnoned by his Royal Highness the Prince Regent, declare—.
That the present circumstances are of so serious a nature, the
clanger of a civil war so imminent, the will of the people sO
szongly expressed, that we are of opinion that, for the public
safety, and from the necessity of the case, it is indispensable to
promulgate the Spanish constitution, with such modifications as
his Majesty the King and the national representation may con-
ga: ihjudging proper.
t Here follow the signatures.]
" Turin, in the palace of his Royal Highness
the Prince Regent."

" CgARL Es ALBF,TIT 01' SAVOY, panacr Or Cs.RIGX.ANTO,

SEGEVT.

" We have thought proper to nominate, until the meeting of!
she National Parliament, a Provisional Junta of fifteen, as well
for receiving the oath which we shall make to the Constitution,
as for participating with us in the deliberations which, according
-so Ole terms of the Constitution, will require the intervention of.
Parliament.

• " This Junta may, in case of the absence of any of its mem-
b=s, deliberate to thefriumber of s2v:en. It is composed of the
fullo;vine, individuals
" Agosti, Chevalier, Advocate for the poor of Alexandria ;
Baroli, Marquess Tancredi ; Di Brame, Marquess ; Bruno
Auvstitti) Advocate; Della C3•iterna, Prince; Costos, Pre-
sadeza of the Court of Appeal ; Ghilini, Marquess ; Sano,
"IC.Duasellor of State ; Mogenta Pio; 3farentini, Canon ;
Marquess--; Piacenza Collateral Pareto(Augustini) Mar-
Serra di Alhuguano, Count; Serra Gioriamo, Mar-
caAir

Our first Secretary of State for the affairs of the interior is
-Gl:larva with the execution of the present decree.
" CHARLES ALBERT.
" DALPOZZO.

" Given at Turin, March 15.

PROCLAMATION.
" GILARLES ALBERT, OF SAVOY, PILINCF. OF CARIGNAN°,

ILEGEN r.

. • ". Under the weighty circumstances in which the country is
piooed by the abdication of his Majesty Victor Emmanuel, it is
4.uty of all good citizens, and more particularly of the armed,
facz, to rally round the aufnority to which the Government is
intrusted. Without this union, neither happiness nor tran-
•- quillity can be hoped for. We may be exposed to anarchy, and
probably to foreign invasion- All persons who Circulate insidi-
ous reports, as well on the nature of the King's abdication as on
ether imaginary events, or who endeavour to setince the soldiers
and citizens from the path ;:t" obedience to our legitimate autbo-
r2ty, must be regarded as enemiesof the country, of good order,
and of public tranquillity. With the advice of oar Council we
have therefore order* and do order, as follows :—.

Art. I. Full and entire iainesty is given for every political
act which has hitherto taken place, on condition that, from the
si.ste of the present proclamation, all persons return to order,
viEd yield obedience to the directions which they may receive
from us.

As it is of importance to remove all marks which may
aceite discord among ,the citizens and the troops, it is hereby
T.tk.tly prohibited to hoist colours and wear cockades of a dif-
ferent form or colour from those which have hitherto distin-
guished the Pieilmontese nation, under the govermnent.ef the
august House of Savoy.
" Those who contravene this. article shall be punished as dis-
tubers of public tranquillity. •
" S. The act of abdication of his Majesty Victor Emmanuel
a6all be published wkk the present decree. •

" 4. As soon as the provisional junta, which is to supply the
place of site national parliament Until it be convoked, is nomi.
cased, a day shall ite fixed for the troops to take a solemn oath

and our health, we have frequently contemplated the abdication
of the Throne.

" To this idea, which we have always entertained, was joined
the considerations presented to us by the constantly increasing
difficulties in public araircat the, present time, our constant de-
sire having always been to do every thing which might-contri-
bute to the happiness of our beloved people.
" Having now determined to accomplish this design,-We have
resolved, after hearing our Council of State, to choose and no-
minate Regent of our dominions, our well-beloved cousin, Prince
Charles Amadens Albert of Savoy, Prince of Carignano, conse-
quently conferring on him all our authority.
" And by this act of our royal and free will, our council be-
ing heard, we declare—
" That reckoning from the 13th of March, we irrevocably
renounce the crown, and iri the same manner the exercise of our
rights of sovereignty, as well over the territories which we ac-
tually possess as those which by treaties or otherwise may fall to
us by right of succession.
" We mean it, however, to be understood that the following
reservations shall be the essential conditions of our abdication,

viz :--

" 1. That we shall preserve the title and dignity of Bing,
and the honours we have hitherto enjoyed.
" 42. That there shall be paid to us quarterly, and in ad-
vance, an annual ,ension of 1,000,000 of Piedmontese livres, re-
serving to ourse'. es, besides the property and disposition of our
property, moveable and immoveable, allodial and patrimonial.
" 3. That we shall be free—we and our family—to choose
whatever place we shall please for our residence.
" 4. And also the persons with whom we may desire to live,
and whom it may please us to admit into our service and that of
our family.