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London, England, 1818-06-25 00:00:00

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LETTERS ON ENtLISH HISTORY'; for the "[lse of
Schools. By J. BIOLAND, Author of " Laters on Ancient
and Modern History," " Geographical • and Historical
View of the World," " History of England," " History of
Spain," &c. one vol. 12mo.—LoNG•mAN, Minn, REES,
Dame and BilowN, Paternoster-Row.

A very pleasing IntroduCtion to English His.
tory has lately appeared' from the pen of Mr,
BIGLAND, already well known, and generally es-
teemed, as the Author of several excellent elemen-
tary publications. The admirable plan of this
Work is well explained in the following passage,
extracted from the Preface, on which we have
only to remark, that the method recommended by
Mr. BIGLAND, is happily calculated to render the
Memuria Technica Of GRAY superfluous ; the Mne-
monics of Professor FEINAIGLE are, we believe,
already forgotten :
" In every department of Education, it is ne-
cessary that the pupil should begin with the ele-
ments and outlines of science, without being per-
plexed with minute details. These elements arid
outlines, however, should be deeply impress'ed ott
his mind, -and fixed in his memory. Bot it is
will known that youth often read with little at-
tention, and soon forget what they have learned,
and that .it is only by frequent repetition that
knowledge is - instilled into the juvenile mind.—
Impressions slightly made arc easily effaced, -and
it is only by fixing attention, that permanent
ideas can be inculcated. Many curious devices
have been •contrived for aiding the memory, and
treatises have 'been published on the subject.--:-
But every one who has investigated the operations
of the mind, must have perceived that remem-
brance depends almost wholly on attention.—
Whatever greatly interests the mind, makes a deep
impression on the memory, and is seldom tor,
gotten.

" From this consideration, I have divided these
letters into distinct articles, in numerical order,
and subjoined to each a collection Of questions tor
the examination of pupils. By this method the
instructor will be enabled, with very little.trouble,
'to ascertain the degree of attention with which
the pupil has perused his lesson. If it he found♦
that he does not remember shat he has read, his
attention may be immediately recalled to Any par
ticular article by numerical reference, and the
very act of recurrence will contribute to fix the
subject in his memory."

FOR. THE SUN.

BANK OF ENGLAND NOTES.

MR. EDITOR,--A short time ogo I sent you_my
opinion on the stopping, defacing, and detaining
a Bank of England note, from an innocent holder
for value, on a pretence that it was torged ; and
I proved to you that it was contrary to lalv. It
a note be redly a counterfeit, it is to the loss of
the drawer, and not the bona fide holder. The
drawer must- prosecute, and the delinquency is
charged in the indictment to be a fraud against

him; yet he imposes the loss on the fair holder,
by not only refusing to pay the contents, but by
stopping and obliterating the note. Referring to
my opinion in your Paper, I there quoted as an
authority for its truth, the case of Miller and
Race, reported by Sir JAMES BURROW in his first
volume, with the judgment of Lord ;MANSFIELD;
and 1 now repeat that the Bank has no right to
stop ur deface notes, on the surmise of for.
gery ; and that so doing, they are liable to an
action in trover and conversion, wherein a plain.
tiff will recover judgment against them for their
value and costs. This is Manifested by the event
of an action against one of their clerks, for falsely
imprisoning a person who refused to deliver up a
note he had received in the course of business.—
On the very opening of the case, Lord ELLE:N.IIO.s
itoucti declared that the clerk had acted WRUNG,
and recommended -a verdict-for the plaintiff with
nominal damages, so as to avoid unpleasant con-
sequences to he Bank of England ; but the cause,
proceeded, and was so clearly in favour of the
plaintiff, that his Lordship most liberally sail,
the question was whether he were to assert the
rights and liberties of the people, rather than a
clerk of the Bank should be found wrong ;
_that
the commitment of a man to prison for refusing
to deliver up a note is UNFOUNDED IN LAW. It
is SO, and confirms my opinion, which for public
benefit ought to be universally known, that it is
equally so in any clerk of the Bank, who, on
tender 9f a note for payment, shall refuse so to
do, mark it as bad, and detain it from the fair
holder for value.

AN ANCIENT BARRISTER,
(Whose name is left with the Editor.)

The Books will be open till 12 o'Clock To-
Night, as the Returns must be made up, at 9
o'Clock precisely To-Moasotv (FarnAY) Morn-
ing ; when the 6th Prize above 10001. must be
40,000/., or 23,0001., and all the 44 Capitals, in•
eluding Two Prizes of 20,0001 &c. must be drawn
To-Moaßow, as the Lottery Fiivishes. Tickets
and Shares are on Sale, \Varrsuted Undrawn, at
the very old Office of HAZARD and CO. the Comm.
tractors, Royal Exchange.
UNTIL TWELVE O'CLOCK this Night WEBB'S
Offices, 9, Cornhill, and 17, Ludgate-street, will
remain open for the disposal of the few Undrawn
Tickets and Shales remaining unsold. The Draw-
ing will commence early To-morrow Morning, and
in the course of the day the whole of the Capitals
now in the Wheel, consisting of 2 of 20,0001.
and 44 others of 30001. &c. must be drawn: And
it is only an even chance that Both the Twenty Thtm-
sands- will fall to the lot of one Ticket, and be-
come thereby a Prize of 40,000/.11! s