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LONDON.

TRSDAY, APRIL 9, 1818.
THE FUNti&
iTOCIS TlllB DAT AT TWV.VZ O'dLOCK
T9ft ex. div.—Ccesols 80if
\cc. 80-SI--Coas. for May 801 81
97;i ex. div.—Nary Ann& 107 ti
9597 pr.—.Excliequer Bills 18 44 pt.
me again IlUellited very Much this morning—
,a-motrow (settling-day) commenced at 80 7-Bths,
' fell to 80 5-Bths. For the May Account they
went to 81 5-Btbs, and fell to 81 1-Bth.
. were bought and sold this morning, and many so-
ina,, were settled. The great differences in price during this
apt will leave such large balances to settle, that some men
edit first respectability are expected to find some difficulty in
raking up their differences.—The Commissioners gave 80 5-Bths,
were served generally by the Jobbers.

another column we have this day continued our
farther convictions during the Assizes for the
of forging Bank Notes, or uttering, or having
in possession knowing them to be forged. No
ige can describe the distress and horror that
les the country, especially those quarter&where
evictions have been witnessed, on aecount of
tumber of unhappy victims who are daily tempted
commission of a crime than which nothing can

more easy.
• great increase of this crime was noticed last
lathe !louse of Commons, by General THORN-
& expressad surprize and regret that the plass
toed to the Bank by Nlr.TlLLocrt, in 1797, had not
then adopted, recommended as it was bysuch artists
VIJLOZLI, IIEATILLANDSEER, FITTLER,SHARP,
other eminent Engravers. The General, unable
:aunt for the rejection of the plan at that time,
,sed that it was on account of the great expense
would have attended its adoption. He and others
be surpnzed when informed, that the Directors
• asked a single question respecting the expense.
Main matter of fact, we have good reason to be-
was this Mr. TERRY, the then engraver of the
was, as was very nataral, consulted by the
:tors; and we believe we could furnish evidence,
he was greatly alarmed, conceiving that if
plan were adopted he might lose his situa-
though Mr. Tu.t.ocn had never once even
:iced that he expected or desired to be appointed
rarer to the Bank, and indeed it would not,
are assured, have been by any means conve-
fer him to have devoted himself to the details
the Bank Engraving and printing. But under the
'aence of this alarm, Mr. TERRY did every thing
.is power to induce the Directors to reject the
tan. lle asi.cd them to allow him six weeks to
make a fac.qimile—at the end of six weeks he en-
trzated to have more time, and, to be brief, the at-

.q.t he made to produce a copy occupied his whole
time for between two and three months. When pro-

laced, it was by no means a fac-simile ; but if it had
Bank ought to have adopted it in preference to
use of plates which can be counterfeited in a

:ple of days with great facility.
Ar. TERRY'S imitation, such as it was, was so de-
that no person wishing to circulate Forged
rtes would have ventured to try to pass it. TERRY,
offering a defective imitation to the Directors, did
)t, like a forger, run the risk of a gibbet; and with
impression under which he laboured, conceived
own personal i3terest deeply concerned in pre-
venting any change of system. This is not a mere
itemise, arising from a consideration of the motives
• which he may naturally be supposed to have been

actuated; fo: we have in our possession an Affidavit
a most respectable individual, to whom he owned

is fears at the time, and that he was determined,
et the time, trouble, and expense be what they might,
Lo labour bard to induce the Directors to reject the
lan that had been proposed to them—and eventually
le did succeed us persuading the Directors that his
Ingle opinion was of more value, and entitled to

lore attention than that of the first artists, BART*.
L 0721, HEATH, SHARP, LANDSERR, BYRNE, FITTLER,
LOWRY, HOLLOWAY, BASIRR, and other Engravers,
eminent in their profession.

It h certainly greatly to be regretted, that the Di.

sectors of that day should have set up their own
,figment in opposition to the first Engravers in Lon-
don, or in the world, as much blood has in conse-

czence been shed vditich might have been prevented,
rad the Public have suffered losses to an extent of
Vaich no idea can be formed, till the return of the
amber and nominal value of the Notes that have
seen stopped at the Bank, shall have been laid before
Puliament.

The Directors, instead of exerting themselves to
Prevent a change in their system in 1797, should have
event° Mr. TILLOCIN every facility to improve and
render still more perfect the Art he had offered to
hem; for, as Mr. LANDSEER remarked at the time,
the Art offered was certainly new, and by a parity:
of reasoning, capable of extension and improve-
' meet; for so Art was ever carried to its me plus
" ithra of perfection in the beginning."
It is poraible, however, the evils being so great,
"141 have flowed from adherence to the old system
fur''' long a period, that the present Directors may
gin this business that degree of consideration which

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