Star.
London, England, 1812-10-09 00:00:00

COLD AND BANK-NOTES.

Major Caseeermok, and a few staunch friends of
Reform, were also present as spectators. 0
Mr. STURCH, after a speech of considerable length, TO THE EDITOR OF THE STAR.
in which he descanted en thepublic and private virtues SIR—In your esteemed Paper, of the 21st inst.
of Sir Francis Burdett at great length, proposed the there appeared an article, entitled Gnu) AND BANE
Honourable Baronet as a Candidate. Mr. STURCH NOTas. So much has been written on the subject
began by asserting, that every man, woman and by pens more capable than mine, that I fear the
child, in every free country, had a right to a voice in few remarks I have to offer on the article above al-
framing the laws by which they were to be governed luded to, will add but little to the protection of the
—(Leed.4o/auses.)—This right was enjoyed by our good cause which so many have advocated and de-
ancestors from the creation of the world ; but in the fended with ability and truth.
course of time, the inhabitants of the earth having at Our country and its currency, at the presentowitil
length found it inconvenient to be called away from crisis, ought to receive the support of every good
their occupation to deliberate on matters of legisla- - Englishman. The writer of the article above men-
tion, they selected deputies or representatives, who` '
tioned is not deserving of such an appellation ; his
had a turn for legislation and the faculty of speech, "intention evidently being to alarm the country, and,
and sent them to some chief town or settlement, to hold up to detestation its Rulers as the protector;
there to agree among themselves upon the war in of a set of ptivate individuals who .witib to enrich
Which they and their constituents were to be best themselves at the expence of the whole nation.
governed. Frill this era of the history of human Bank
The characters of the of Esoglausl Directors,
society, the learned Speaker proceeded to the Con- as well al thosegf the present Administration, can.;
stitution of Great Britain, which he said was found- not be injured by insinu ttions so base and contempe I
ed in Magna Charta aril the Bill of Rights—He tible. The dark cloak of an anonymous writer wae I
then noticed the flagrant abuse of the peoples' privi- well chosen for such a purpose. s-:
lees in the usurpation by the Parliament of King .
George the First (the first Sovereign of the House : The article states—that " Gold is now selling at
of Hanover), in voting themselves septennial—de- ".fivesumeas an ounce if paid for in Bank of Eng- !
dared it to be his opinion, that the country could -" land *per, but if paid fee in guineas, the price is
not be saved but by a recurrence to the good old se £3 17s. laid. per ounce. I deny this ass: rtien. :
system of annual parliaments—Great applause.)—He Where do people find guineai to purchase gold with ?
concluded with a warm panegyric on Sir F. Burdett,. None are to be seen, the exchanges with foreign parts
whom he described as the most perfect model of a (from 25 to 35 per cent. against this country) having
patriot who ever visited the world. With respect to drained us of millions. The fettered state of the
the Honourable Baronet having apparently declined Continent of Europe, has caused commercial affairs
the honour of serving them in Parliament, he observed, to take this turn—the exchanges are govern 4 by our fo-:
that this 'declaration ought to have no weight, when reign commerce; and whenever there exists the diffe- l
it was recollected that the Honourable Baronet had . rence in the exchange, as at present, or even less, in- i
'more than once solemnly said, that he considered it dividuals will be found wicked enough to profit by i
to be the duty of every man to serve his, country in the circumstances, in defiance of all laws, hoiveeer
Parliament, if any given body of electors sent him strong. Gold and silver coin blends itself with Bd.!
;here, even although against his will. Mr. Sturch lion, and thus becomes, like it, an article of mcrchass- I
then proceeded to nominate Sir Francis, in the usual dize. In the present instance its price is enhanced
form, which received with shouts of applause, from a twofold cause :
Mr. PULLER seconded the nomination in an elegant Ist. The Exchanges, which have caused an immense ex-
speech. He said he wished to see the good old days portation.
of England return, when the people used to pay their 2d. Scarcity, arising therefrom.
Representatives their travelling expences to and from Diamonds, and other preeous stones, are valuable
Parliament, besides entertaining them sumptuously only in the proportion to the quantity 57:p,.•.,:,1,5) sale.
every day when in London, and then he would be a So is it with gold and silver in the Bullion Islsa kat:.
Member bimielf—( Mach laughter and great applause.) From this natural course of things it would he madness
These days were, however, sadly changed ; but he to permit, or expect the Bank of England to pap in
still trusted that Sir Francis Burdett, if returned, speck. Its issues would share the fate of former
would restore them. Now a.days ones—there would, indeed, be less paper in circuits-
Wealth made the man, and waist of It the fellow; tion, but ere long the internal trade of the country
All the rest was LEATHER AND PRUNILLO I would be distressed and stagnated beyond calcula-
' Mr. RICHARDSON then came forward, and proposed tion for the want of a circulating medium..
Lord Cochrane as another Candidate. His Lord- •
Permit me to,
ship's merits, lie said, were too well known to need , Mr. Editor, ask you, or the writer'
of the article alluded to—What the persons do with
much speechifying from him. If impriso Cochranee
the guineas they have sold gold for ? Do they melt,
a man any claim to their suffrages, Lord's
them, to make another sale of gold ? Do they per.,
affair in the Island of. Malta was evidence of that.
He was only sorry, that when his Lordship broke mit them to remain locked tip in their houses ? Do
they send them to the Bank to be exchangedfor notes?
prison, he did not also break the Governor's head !
No—ln the former cages profit would not attach.—
his Lordship knew how to comfort others in a similar (Loud laughter.)—Having been a prisoner himself,
In the latter, a lass would accrue above one pound
situation, and had therefore comforted his beloved per ounce. The holder of gold bullion is, therefore,:
colleague in the Tower—that circumstance alone in a better situation than the holder of guineas—the
.ought to fit him for being again returned. one may export his gold as an article of commerce
. Mr. H ica RIES seconded Lord Cochrane's nomination. the other cannot, without infringing upon the laws of
Hhis country, at a considerable risk.
e was authorized to say, on the part of his Lordship, •8 0
' that he' was a decided friend to Parliamentary Re. Your anonymous correspondent, continues—" The
form, and that although a friend to religious tolera. " Chancellor of the Eichequer intimated lately in
tion, he was an enemy to Papists, and would not suf. " the House of Commons, that energetic measures of`
ter any person to be Pope in England, that is to say, " Finance must bercaorted to, to meet the demands on
his Lortish p would give a Roman Catholic the riehts " the national Purse," and infers, that "ft cannot be
of an Englishman, but he would not let the Pope " otherwise, if the present swindling system is permit-
have any controul over him. " ted to continue," that "from the preterit state of our
Mr. GJISBONH then came forward, but an unlucky " payments,Government are paying for aH their Con-
shower havieg damped the ardour of his auditors, e tracts 30 per cent. above the coin price ;" that
this Gentleman only made himself so far audible as " at this time a small fraction above tseo-thirds of the
to say that he was decidedly hostile to Lord Coch- " annual amount of the Taxes would be equal to all
raise on many grounds—more particularly, as he " the demands upon the Treasury, if the fahricaters of
could not see bow a naval officer could do his duty " paper money were compelled to act justly toward;
at sea and on shore. " the public." And lastly, that " the Agents of
No other candidate having been proposed, Sir " Government are, at this moment, buying up silver
FRANCIS Bufterrr and Lord COCHRANE were unani- " coin at the rate of 6s. 64. per ounce, in place of ss.
mously elected. Neither of the candidates having " 2d. to pay the Army in the Peninsula." .
condescended to honour their constituents with their To this specious and fallacious mode of arguments
_.s.

personal presence, no chairing took place, and the
mob dispersed, evidently much chagrined.
The close of'an election for Westminster has been
usually attended by a demolition of the hustings by
some of the lower orders of the people ; and their
eagerness to appropriate the fragments has exhibited
a dangerous and disgusting scene, not unfrequehtly
accompanied with disagreeable accidents. .'!'his,
however, was effectually prevented yeterday : bills
were stuck up on the hustings, informing the pdpu-
lace that they were-private property, and that peace-
officers were in attendance to take those into custody
who should attempt to pull them down. This no-
tice had the desired effect.

I have to oppose the words of TRUTH. Theintime..,
tion of the Right Honourable the Chancellor of the
Exchequer as to strong and energetic measures of Fi. '
nance, arose from the presumption that the war must
be continued, and an increased annual revenue be required
Ifor its support. Nor (as your anonymous friend would
wish the public to believe) from
a desire to lax the
Nation 30 Fier ant. purposefy.to earich. a FEW private is.
dividuals.
. _ •
The contracts entered into:l6.,Government foi: the
loathing and other necessary supplies .fur the army '
and navy, are paidfor With Bank•notessin'thesame pro.
portion (according to the value of the artides furnished)
las they were before the Batik ceased paying in cash.,
MaLaacoot7 ACCIDENT.—On Wednesday after-1 This fact clearly demonstrates, that the Nation does
.not suffer a loss in consequence of the Jumoreddepre-
nonn the following accident happened in St. James's ciation in Bank paper, Bullion has increased in va-
ark :.,-..A person•of the name of Holniewood, said , hue from circumstances before explained,• which ac-
to be an assistant surgeon in the army, got over the counts for this seeming depreciation of Out paper cur-
, iron railing where the guns aie fired for a particular rency, when Measured with gold or silver. Admit-
purpose ; on his retorn over the rails his foot slipped, ling that
.Agenti are employed by Government to '
when he fell on the spikes,_ which entered a consider- purchase Bullion At the resent: high Ji•ece ; I co
able way the lower part of his belly. Medical assi.l- •
tend that, by so doing, under the existinestate-of
1 tance was immediately orocuredt notwithstanding
things, a raving (in lieu of a loss) to the Nation is the •
Which he died in about an hour, at• the sliding house ; consequence. Wei e the British Commissariats abroad
14to the Horse Guards. He was respectably dressed[ to to draw
l. 44.12.0 f Exchange neon the Treasury for the
end in bis pocket was a checque fur £B5. He hai
some relatives resident at Maidstone, where infor .
Lion of his death was sent on the same night. supp lies and paurierit of our armies, a still greater
i loss by the Exchange Would be felt, than the oaie now
I experienced by the purchase of Bullion.
Ftar.....-Saturday afternoon, about four o'clock, a
most destructive fire broke out in a hay-loft in the i The bold assertion of the Alarmist that Bank of .
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ionth-weit quarter of Dalkeith, which, owing to the ' Engla.nd.islotes are depreciated because Gold and
high wind, soon communicated to some others, and Silver are at high. prices (aritiag solely from naturd
mutes not to be avoidid) is a saph;.ori TIWLY contemptillei.'
seven tenements, including stables, a bake-house, Bcr. '
were completely consumed. Two en He would wish us to change a siStem under which
on the spot, one belonging to the Duke
were soon
of Enc.
as a Nation we have flourished withntit a preCelettil,
CLEUGH, and the other to the Town ; but from the merely to follow his chimerical ideas.—He.hiadly alai.
, scar city of water, and the very heavy, wind,_it was
[ions us to meet the I4nstra (to emphatically sated by
difficult to approach the flames,
which prcsventeci the him) with fortitude, or it ty.dh destroy. us. • • -,.
fire frombeing got' under. The hOnses were i • and iOstly I REASONABLE MEN ' .
- ,ou.-wpazis ot Aw•
g at, to p ctice* rf
thatched, which waii th mu Country' must agfee with me—
e cause of io iy.buildiogs
being enveloped in the flames. 'Every euerenr! w4a equity, hi: boasted wisdom and how' taleY the' de:tient:4r
made to extinguidi Vie fire by the, inhabitants, art's'. ourpobricaPero;anffy, would in really-1) m* upon usle I
also by ihe ' riadieri of the Aberdeenshire . Militia" Hydra that would dem oy tke•Couneryi and renteve i
quartered in Dalkoith. The Duke of Buccurbortl,us from the proud and envied eclat:fence on WhicirWO
was on the spot, and- animated the people by contrt. 44, laiilpe&st the rations of the world. •
bating his individual exertions to suppress the fl ''t. • •
. Jitillye
j 1 London, September 28,1 site • ' '-'' • - •
No accident of any conseltionce occurred.•

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. 441,z,*-oGrost*i.
• •
,
which left nib c"-Stjday • t„,
stopped by-a numerous band of robbers, sea.lest
a
cock, and completely plundered. The rohl,trs,beitve
they stopPed the coach, tired a Volrey, by which th
guard was killed, and our of the passengers
ded. They then plundered the coach, wilicht"
it is said, property to a considtrabk satr.otlnt lof
fair of Ballinasloe. -The mail.' coxeb coming from
Galway fortunately-stopped, fut several Lou, 4Atgil.
k:beggan, on having heard the airocioni circa
aist
• and thus, avoided a :Willa Tate.

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The public. hp's been. informed that
of WALes went tp s°l' •§644llleaUigtit
with the intentiod'otipaying a to'llie
CHA ei.orre. Her' MI/ Highness drove to Aam;
to Lodge, where' she:understood the hack"
be, but she had not the pleasure to see herdatote
in consequence of thedeßialshe.reqixestedane •
of the QUEeN, tonklilt But
we understand • that her. Roy.,( • ighnenit tot ea*.
I fled with the result of the intertie.ws ; and &was
has expressed her deteinsinatitn, urn le al atlsieg
! to bring the matter. of her.situation town inuartitai
question, which is to be done by moving toe kelitct
' in Parliament on its meeting.
s nivoust ii said to have been kitty's' eirly ;ait
battle. of Borodino, and the frillnwingigict ;ow
. upon him might greatly tend to inset:hes. Wm
army, and Accelerate she defeat es ilse
, Right 20,000, Centre 40,000, ,Let1,20,1.X4, Com 6
Reserve in. Columns 3,01.0, LOU% atc. train of
Artillery,—Total 100,000 Pounds Ca a careful
examination of" the Notes, they proved to be crtly
remarks on the Capital Prizes in the peseta Lottery,
and which will be all drawn en Tur.snav,2oth Instant

Isinussr.--A pugilistic conies! took place onTied.
nesday on Hand•heath, two or three miles from pot.
ter's-bar, between G. Hankey, a.waggolier, and..
Holnies, a navigator ; when, after one hour and $
minutes hard fighting, Haiikey received a yam, ski
never spoke alter. The quarrel originated at s
neighbouring house, and the .combatants sallied oil
to tight by mutual consent. A Surgeon, who yu
called in, attributed the cause of death to be asps
fall rather than a blow ; but the act being ink',
ante of the public peace, a verdict of Massy
was returned.
Wednesday morning,between four and five cickek,
as Mr. Hanson, a hii;ler, was coming to town rn
Dartford, in his cart, he was stopped between Vid.
ling and Shloter's.!ii.l by two le.lows, armed wail
bludgeons and cutlasses, who demanded his money;
but Mr. H. being quite prepared, resis'd
mind, and threatened to shoot them it '11.4 pers.
at the same time presenting a biunderbuss,wivn two
persons On horseback appearing in sight, the villains
made -a'precipitAte retreiat across a field.

HIGH WATER ATLOI4bON BRIDGE TO.MOUOW.
Pyloming 47 minutes after 4
'ilfr•-tasoon

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ADVICE. • •
• AA, HEN Men of Education and professional skill
v v - • use persevering endeavours to discover the port we and
ceitien method of creating a few prevailing Moues, the =cue.
'fel result If their experience Is the best pro4ohapertority.
Messrs. GOSS and Co. surgeons, have been intim:nits owls
the cure of the tollowfug the object of their particular study,*
a certain Disorder, frequently contracted in a moment drawls
cation, and its concomitants, Strfetures and Gleets,
an improvetkplan, are speedily and effectually cured; as ahotk-
bility, whether arising trinn tacchatiasian indulgences, keys&
dente it aim climates, or I secret solitary vice, .00 cies se.
happily pureatd by the you(h tit both sexes, in the one cawing
otprility or barrenness, and in the other a numerou. train rides
vows diseases, which, if ow timely remedted, term mate Wimp.
tenet and consumption. In that distressing state of debility fl
de6oiency, whether the consequence of such baneful Indies; is
arising from tiny other cause, by which the powers of the espd•
tution become enfeebled, as regularly educated aergeons et Low
don, they offer a film, sate, and speedy restoration to sound ini
vigorous health.
The result of a long did extensive practice has enabled the/,
by a superior method, to remove venert al complaints, however
inveterate or complicated, without subjecting the patient fa til
least restraint in diet or exercise ; and in recent Cases shell is
early application is made on discovery of the infection, they he-
quently perform a cure in the short space of two days. Thew
precedented success of their mode of treatment (which has attar
been known to fail in one single instance in a practice of 15 yeas,
during which period many thousand persons of both woes-hew
been cured, even after severe and Injurious methods had bee
pursued brother Praci blowers without effect), ioduces theetc
thus publicly offer their advice. -
To be consulted daily personally, or by letter, by penal's .11
either sex. Letters from the country, containing a Beirk.ects,
duly attended to, aid advice' and mediciuss forwarded to fig
part et the Kingdom Ss and Co. 13, Bouveri&street.

etiAl.l.la46ll. •
MESSRS. CUR RIE and Co. Surgeons, late big
Majesty's Servke, challenge the wnule world to pro,!s
single instance where their fsiedicim and method of ctur
tstr
failed of the desired effect. The practice of many yaw is• 68
particulat branch of their profession has not given rue lira
unsuccessful case.
They continue to direct their studies to thetreatment sod 01*
of Venereal. Comp'aints, and that derangement of the
which is the consequence of the perniciousand wasteful dell&
habit long and ms.st unhappily pursued by the ) ouths of bedolift,
in the one it will be .found to be the nnfailing source if UM'
tress; the other have its ravages latally developed to thembligfr
tressing state of debility, which, if not timely remedied, moll
in impotence. These are its remote and ultimate affects,whi
sumptlons, loss of muscular powersand various nervous
usually, characterise the earls. r stages of this solitary vice. ,
sons languishing under the disorders incident to such a MOO_
treatment is simple and.has never proved unsuccessful.* I"
course of a long, laborious, and much extended practice.
Trost obstinate and complicated' of ventral infertile& Ow
as obstruction& in the urethra,
more, calluui ulcers, eruptions. •

Whether recent
skill efother Practitioners
treatment, effectually
suliering the excruciating
often follows the
to years extensive
Strictures have is
eradication of which
dolls mod! of practice,
weaknes*, relaxation,
plaint, is speedily re
and vigoroUs heahlt.

t4atupreror been Pen n
chlance
Stricture tivl'
the slumbering 'parks
• Messrs. Currie;
the gieatest defiCacy-
-107. filittGn.Gadokin:
Faituatiric!.to
' of their ease, age,
remittance for advice
Lgiven or sew to any r

LONDON:
published

'rid complicated uses of venereal infeetiolkow
in the urethra, spungy ercreeetares. hodt
leers, eruptions, seminal weakness, glees,. ....
sTßicrußrs, Wait
:or of beg dnrationrond which have 4
ictitioners ; are by their present imptoveilite
wally and permanently cured, without WES
au
creciating pain and alarming hemorthiV27
e application of the lunar caustic. la tilalMi
Ice practice in this metropolisom
dootc
rn-7-41i
been and are daily under their carp 11
Welt are effected by a safe, certain.
ractiee, superior to spy other yet
lIIP
;altos, and debility &Weeding frtlel.....det
was
lily removed, and„the patient resto
oath'. But where the debility has Nifty'
mesuance in their restorative mesa*
.en ()viol ed, is Indispensably revisits te
sparks of bre, mutts drink:aft the
_diheale,lo6
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ucacy, f ecrefi and Ileum') ...• ."-.7 , •
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govo:
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