The Sun.
London, England, 1810-08-14 00:00:00

TU.E S D A Y, AuGusT 14, 1810.

PICTU LUNG.° FP IC E,
ANgvst 7, 1810.
THE COMMISSIONERSjor VICLUALLIA G
IBS MAJESTY', NAVY do hereby give Notice,
That on Sairday, the 18th insh. at 3 ?Clock in the afternoon, will
be exposed to Public Sale at the Viitualling Office at Dover, the
the following COOPERAGE STORES, its small Lott,
viz. •

New Dantzic Boards-ends . SOD
New Doublet-ends - - 16„dou From to to Is
New Quebec Boards-ends -t, am inches lung,
New Doublet-colds - 2,600
bbig in the Stores of that Office,--where any Person inclinable to
Purchase may have the liberty of viewing the same in the common
working hours Any day before the Sale. •

• • MERINO SHEEP. -
EUR SALE 13Y nUCTION, •
A T Hof wood, near 'Bromley, in the Count)", of
.„C-1. Kent. on Tuesday, August- 28, tSlo, •
•• I 7 NIERiNO EWES.
67 'MERINO EWE LAMBS.
9 MERINI) RATh.
M ERINO 1: A LAMBS.
6ft MERI;,:O W_ETtIERS.
63 MERINO Ivi:Titliit LAMBS.
Catalogues and further particulars will he delivered in due
time, ,by Thornas. Martin and Co. Broke:s, 63, Coleman.
street, London. -

• . .
To THOMAS TAILOR, Esq.
SIR, No, 9, New Bridge-street, Blackfriars.
I CONSIDER it but an aLI of justice due to the
• merits of your LEAK L's PAT E N•l' PILLS, to coin-
- munieate to you the following Cure which hakreCently been
periOrnied by them : Acquaintance of by (he
• oreaking out of an old Venereal CompLiint (attended by a
complication of disorders arising therefrom), was reduced al-
most to a skeleton ; anti aithougli lie had the best Medical
advice which Could be•Obtained,and tried a vaciety 'Of Patent
. Medicines, nothing could be procured which seemed to•suit
Ins case, or to do him any service i he remained in a' most re-
&lced and pitiable situation for two years, unable to folLw
his profession, and scarcely able to walk.or event to stand cat
his legs ; in fact, no one who knew Min ever supposed it pos-
sible for bias to recovei% He was advised at last to. try your.
Leake's Pills ; he did 'set, adhering strictly to tfe-direCtions
given with them. - fie had not taken More than two. boredbefore he found An alteixtion tor.the better : this encouraged
him to proceed, and by' taking a few boxes. more he found
his appetite and strength gradually return, and is growas
healthy and stout as any man I know. You are 'welcome,
Sir, to refer any person to me for a cold-hi-nation of the above
account if it should be doubted. • ,
•d am Sir, your obedient humble servant,
Library, Folkstone. . Tat) S. 1' U IWAY.
Prepared and Sold by the Sole Proprietor, •,
THUS. TAYLOR, Member of the Royal' College of Surgeons,
London, at his Llouse, No. 9, New Bridge-street;
Where, after a constant residence of more than Forty Years,
in a prattice particularly diretted to the Cure of Venereal
Complaints, anti those incidental to the Parts of Genera_
Lion in both Sexes, with that inviolable secrecy winch men
~ of his profession should always observe, •he flatters
self, the advice and assistance lie gratuitously administers
to persons takiiig thin will be esteemed by a dis-
cerning Public, as an actiamage seltkon to be obtained, and •
void of ambiguity.
Also sold, by his Appointment, for the tonveriience of
those living at a distaiy, at the Perfumer's, No. 3e, St. Al.
ban's-street, Pa11•1‘1.1i1 ; the Tojshop, No. £O3, Oxford-
street ;• Mr. DiSboru. gin's, No. 7, Fish.'street- ; Mr.
tiaxter's,'Suoth Bridge, Edinburgh ; Mr. M'llonald's, Glas-
gow ; Mr. Bull, Dante-street, ; Mr. Biliinge's, Li.
verpool ; Mr. Atkinson's, Manchester ; and by owe Person
in every considerable Towil in. Great Britain and Ireland, in
Boxes of only as..9d. each, sealed up with full and plain di-
reCtions, whereby persons of either sex may cure themselves
with ease, speed, secrecy, and safety. - •
.N. B. EVcry Box. sold in Great Britain is sealed up with
a stamp, on which, by. favour of the Commissioners, is .
printed at the Siainp-otike,. " 'l'. Taylor, No. 9, New
iiiqae-street," to iiilititte Whicl-Lis Felony, and all utiwra are
counterfeits.

REPORT,

TOGETHER WITH MINUTES- OF EVIDENCE; AND.AC-
,s COUNTS FROM THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON THE
HIGII PRICE COLD BULLION..

The Selea Committee appointed to inquire into
the cause of the high price of Gold Bullion, and to
take into consideration the state of the Circulating
Medium;_and of the Exchangesbetween Great- Bri-
tain and foreign pails it and to report the saiue, with
their observations thereupon, from time to time to
the Houtee; have, .pursuant •to the orders of
the
House, examined
.the mat ters _to. thetnleferred, and
have agreed to the following. Report
Your Committee. proceeded. in ,the first instance,
to ascertain what the price of Gold Bullion bad
been, as well as the, rates of the foreign exchatigt.:,s,
fur some timp. past; particular;y during th 6 la.st
year.
•

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Yo t'r
Comniittee have found that the price of
gold bullion, which by the regulatiotis cif -his Ma-
i-sty's Mint, is 31.. 1.75. 10itI per ounce of standard
fineness, was,. during the yeari 'lBO, , ail;1
1808, as high as 4L in the market. Towards the
end of 1808 it. began to advance very rapidly, and
continued very high during- the whole year 1809
the market price of standard gold in bars fith'inating
from 41. g 4 :to 41. 125.. per oz. Tile . marl:el. price at
41. 10s. is about 15i per centatiove the Mint price:
Yoir Committee have found, that during the
three first months of the present yea), the price of
standard gold. in bars remained ;nearly at the same-
price as during last year ti ii. from 41.105. 1041. 12s.
per cz. In . the . course of The months of March
and April, the price of standard gold is quoted.
but once in Wettenbalrs tables : viz. on the 6th
of April last, at 41. 6s. .which is._ rather more than
10 per cent. above the Mint price. The last quo-
tations of the price of gold, which. have been
given in those ;tables are upon the 18th and 22d.
of May, when Portugal .gold in chin is quoted at
-41. 'lts. per oz.- Portugal gold CQIII is about the
Sam,.: fitietiess as .our
Standard. stated in the
:Same tables, ;that:in the month of March last, the
price of new doubloons rose from 41. 7s. to 41. bs.
per oz. S,:anisii geld is froth 4 (0.41 grains better
than standard, m.iking abOut 4s, per oi. difference
.
In vAltie.

= - It a,,pearsby the evidence, that the price of foreign
gold coi❑ is-generally higher than that of bar gold,
on account of the fur mer finding a mare ready yens
in foreign markets. The difference bet Ween Spa-.
nish Po► tug4l gold in coin and gold.in bark. hay_
of kite ben about
.2s. per. ounce. Your Contnittee
have also to state, that there is said to be at p,e-ient
a difference of between :3s. and 4s. per ounce be-
tween the price of bar gold which may be-s.worrt off
Zxportai ion as being foreign gold, and the price of
bar gold as the.dealet- not venture to swear
off; while the formeiWas about 41: in the mar-
ket, the latter is said to have- been about' 41.'65. Oa
account of these extrinsic differences„ occasioned
either by the expence Of coinage, or.by ,the obstruc-
tions of law, the price of standard gold in birs, such
as may be exported, is that which it is most ma-
terial to keep generally in view through the present
inquiry.

It appeared to your Committee, that it might be
of use, in judging of the cause of this high price of
gold bullion, to be informed-also of the ptiees of sil-
ver during' the same period. The price of standard
silver in his Majesty's Mint is os. '2d. per ounce; at
this standard price, the valde of a Spanish dollar is
4s. 4d. Or, which comes .to the same thing,.Span'sh
dollar's are; at that standard price, worth. 4s. I iLd.
per ounce.. It is stated in Wet tehhall's..tables,. that
throUghout the year 'lBO9, the price of new dollars
ftuauLve,d from 54. sd. to ss.- 7d.'pek ounce, or from
10 to 13 per cent. above the Mitt( price of -standard
silver. In the course of the last month;. new dollars
have been quoted as high as ss. Bd. proonce, br
more than 15 per: cent. .above,the Mint price.
- Your Committee have likewise found, that to-
wards the end of the year 1808, tire exchanges with
-the Continent became very urtfavourabie to this
country, and continued sill more unfavourable
thrOugh the whole of I Soy, and the three first
'months of the prt4sent year. .
Hatuburgh, Amsterdam, and Paris, are the prin- •
cipal places w itti which the exchanges are -esta-
blished at present,. During the last six tn,:nths or •
1809, and the three first months of the present
year, the exchanges 'on Hamburg') and Atuste!darn
weiedepressed as low as from id to 2u per' cent.
below par ; and that oar Pairs still lower.. The ex-
changes wiih Portugal have cut-responded with the,
others ; but they-are coMplicated by some eircrim-
stances which-shall be explained separately.
Your Committee ,find, that in the course of the
mouth of March last, that is, from the 2d of
March to the 3d of April, the exchanges with the
three places above-mentioned received a gradual im-
provement. The exchange with Hambnrgli rose
gradually from 29. 4. to 31. ; that with Arniter-
dam from 31. 8. to .5..; that with Paris own
19. 16. to 2-1 e 11. Since. the 3d of April last to the
present time, they hate remained nearly stationary at
those rates, the exchange with Eltunburgh, as stated
in the tables printed for the use of the merchants,
appearing as much agaitht this copuitry as 91. per
cent. below par; that with Ainsteriota appearing to
be mote than 71. per cent. below par; atid•triet
with Paris more than 141. percent. below par.
So- extraordinary a rise in the market price, of
gold in this country, coupled with so remarkable a
deptession of our exchanges with which. the con-
tinent,- very early, in the judgment or your Cum 7
Juittee, pointed to sornethin'g in the state of our own
domestic currency as the cause of both appearances.
But before they ailopted that, cbnclosion, which