The Sun.
London, England, 1818-04-24 00:00:00

COUNTRY BANKERS.

Yesterday a numerous and most respeel;
Meeting of Country Bankers took place at t,r,
George and Vulture Tavern,'Cornhill, for the Ping
pose of !milting into consideration the Bill pen(
'nits
in Parliament, requiring them to make der9a,
iii the public funds, or other Government sec

rities.

Sir W. Eutonri was-, called to the chair;- !!!
ob9erved, that the meeting had been calle(l,llr°E,
a subject deeply affecting their interests, ail(' 5."4
ed that a great number of letters bad been recet/)
from Country Bankers who were unable to 010.°i!
.0 triit;
eXpressing their approbation of the object
they had been suminoned for. FL-tying' bri:be
'petitioned Oat object, Sir W. Elford said'
-of
meeting would be happy to hear th.esentimentoa
any Gentleman, and to receive any pros" td
declaratory of the view entertained:of the 15i,1.te
Parliament, by those most severely to be aud.e. --
by the paSsing of that Bill into a law.
Mr. JAMES, of the house of Galion and Pintehlet
of Birmingham, said, he Objected not onlY
details, hut the principle of the bill. Mr. Tait
proposed a resolution, expressive of tbe I 1e
which the.meeting regarded the bill in Parli_f 1)..1t
10;
rn naeiy, as an attempt to injure free tia"e'
jiirious to the country .banker in particular,
to the public in general.

The Resolution was c irried unanimOtislY•
nee"
The Chairman, and some other hankers, "e' jcated every thing likely to create disooi"%:ted•
suggested that the Resolution should be
of •every thing likely, to give occasion_ for cilvi • did
Mr. PAYNE, of .Wells, censured the bill, as
Sir JOHN Mon+Locx. ' • ore
'1 he words objected to in the Resohition
omitted, and it was then carried unanim°"slif.oit
It was suggested that a, deputation shnuid th°
upon the Chancellor of the Exchequer oP'''l,ol
subject, and it was stated that that GentleAftell
pos.tponed -the further progress of the Bill' 11t tl6
a very long conversation upon the proper, $
of applying to the Chancellor of the ExeLle,_q;',.inall
Resolution was agreed to, that the
shohld write letters to Lord Liverponi
Chancellor of the Exchequer;'soliCiting tl'a
,de'
would appoint a day for an interview- witll,l4le
potation upon the subject,..and eontaining-t'!" •
solutions to which the Meeting had come.
II PO
Previously to the passing of this ites`:;(
Mr. Howes, ho was one of those mho c4"e vent
meeting together, stated, • that he lind ire-I,lloo'
conversations with Lord Orford, Lord C°1")
anti several other Noblemen and GentlerneT.„tho
ccmple•tely entered into the vims expressed 1 to
'meeting, and had- declared their detertninati°
support the application to Parliament. vit che
also mentioned that the Chancellor of the vxe
quer bad intimated' that he wished to brice,ais
monication with some of the Country .13'1"—",
:rs,dtg
order to hear fromihem any objectionstlieY-1-
have to the hill.
the.,Meeting objected to any
,thinci, which(ise
not appear respectful, but .all idealof
was disdained.- A Committee was app"il“,-:
power to ac,t, The, power to- compiotoi,c -3
only power withheld,

At is stated that the plun.derers" of the
th°
packet were no 'common pirates. W'R'-Icie
pirate-boat came alongside, the craw "see
Lerred from boarding by the throats-es to the clot
sequence. The' Captain of the packet "'"' and
ordered on board Abe pirate with, Lis P;,Perftliog
the m4il; the latter he declined, °ace"
the. packet, he gave orders to his first
that-if he returned with his own boat. °Dcb,t if
his own crew, that every thing was right 5 in hi',
he returned in the 'boat of the pirate, qe-pilie
own brat manned with the other's creme'. "1;1110
was to be instantly sunk. After some Hlter-toril
on board the pirate, they demanded peren" e tiP,;
the mail; which he stated he would never g"vierei"
They laughed Lit hii bold language. and 011,111,1.6
him on board their boat. The fitst.Officer:tika",,
packet, seeing the Captain thus- situated,
sunk the mail. When the packet ykras b°:iater'„r
and no mail fOund, the apparent disaPP°';lol-le.
of the Pirate Captain was- extreme ; the lanall°
of the vessel immediately commenced ;. tbe,;- .°ll
t.ity of dollars was only 6000. The it'rs,V'e,
board were, however, reported to be
o's'
A most wanton and unfeeling outrag-
committed in the church-yard of St.. INDrY f:t
Walls, Colchester, on Tuesday morning Ps" ~o,'
tween the hours of three and four, by '"'neal,i4
i iciops persons,- in thruwin'i,,,. down Rod b"
eleven tomb-stones.

BITH.
On the lOth init. at Marseißlles, the Lady 01 ""'
of the Royal Navy, of a son and heir.

•
of OA
•
OR Tuesday last, at Camber wMARRIED; Mr J 13nt geed'
, Henry'•
.Bank, to Rebcce:t, ibird daughter of the late Jo I
Esq. of PeckhaM.
• •

DIED. Dr" • tolr
•OM Friday, April, 10th, in St. James's-squ3,rl OLY'
Henry Bengough, Esq. one of the Aldermen of d '45-141•
the advanced age "of 79. He had long" beers ho 13
loright ornament of the Corporation and City of and r'r
most highly-reSpeetedsfor iiis'usefulness, 1)601,110"-o ;se,'
rate. He was of the profession of the-law, and Prekots 311:,
a long series of years in that City with Unrivalled t3;ing la%
worth of Character.; was a prototrutarr&discriminaid roli,
yer, of-sound judgment, :rod the .iotiexible aft.' for Ile
sailed integrity; and many have reasiirfto'he grit retilth
advice on professional business.' Seal-O.:years ag°
rested
from the active duties of his professioni-andlvas Dive
~liiess!
the office of magistracy, and thus Coatinued his iisitur, upo;
and his brother Aldermen were happy to resort Whi'was alsj
all occasions of doubt or difficulty.--Alr.l3enguug"„e, 3,111-0,
a judicious steward, with others, of the corporate the pug
paid unwearied attention to the care of such of ~,,.00041
charities of the City of Bristol as.are under the rUttn'7o,rid.',l
or direction of the body corporate; and 'he liberallY 1
an asylum for the suppoit of the aged and
Hill lung testify his zeal and- regarafor charitable. „ ;40:
tions. In a word, he was one of the best order or I"e"e'opr;f
having died truly lamented, his memory will vet-I°,,ntwo°o‘
nue to be respected and che 1 Iby • ftie,;d " h 9
EIS let ever wort
integrity,h9
and virtue; his, example; indeed, is We'
imitation.
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