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body to which he belonged* the Country Baninci
said that he knew Many of them tabi.eo tgliond ii
be himself was, to confine the small curreili'y' us-Bank..
of-England notes, as the only effectual way to check
the abuses which must otherwise endanger the Systeni
of country banks.
It was, however, impossible that the circulation of
the country should not at all be affected by a weighty
foreign expenditure ; it must necessarily have its con.
sequences, the sending out our specie in large quan-
tities to support large armies upon the Continent;.""
He had, however,great doubts that the patting guineas ,
into circulation would be attended with the good eon.
sequences which it had been pretended woulitresult
from it. He dii not think it would put a stop to the
boarding, and should ever the silver be issued to its
full extent, he did not think it would remain long in
circulation. 7
The motion fixing the sett quarterly payment. of
the dividend was then put and cairieds and soon after
the Meeting was adjourned.

MATCH ILIMIRKS ON TN! 11.(14.V911
RAPORT. licoir

Rye ExtfaCt tf te suiljoined-remarks from the iroirnsal
els 1' biotin, on their corresponding paragraphs us the•
Report of the Bullion Comtnittee •
A gesetal rise el all prices; a rise in the niiritet iafet
gold, and a fall of the foreign Etehangee, will be the efreeiTish.,
excessive quantity el circuladng medium in a country which hsw
adopted a currency not exportable to other countries, cif,nreapis
wird* at will into a coin which is exportable." ;,!
listed jthe Balsa Casseitter,late
Note.—lt will excite laughter on the Continent
to perceive that the Bank of London could indulge"
an erroneous opinion on a question of such an elemen-
tary nature.
England has a Paper Money ; for a Bank Note,
tphich cannot be exchanged at pleasure, and at all
times, for gold, is in reality paper money. It is suf-
ficient to cast one's eyes over the different States of
Europe, to be able to judge of the effects of. paper
money. The effect of it is, to cause gold to be sought
after, and wholly to disappear. .

Money is only the representative sign of a certain
portion of income ; no state requires more than a
certain quantity ; and when that quantity is exceeded,
the sign is depreciated in proportion to its issue.

Isi'rance' we had assignats. These were for som e
tithe at par, because they were receivable in payment
for the purchase of national domains, the sales of
which Were carried on with great activity. During
the time that the assignats supported their value they
did not obtain this credit, because the pledge, was
solid, and equal to the quantity of asitnats issued;
but because tfle sale of national domains was orga-
eiseel, and a great deal of them were sold, which gave
proportionate emp'oyment to the assignats : but when
the issues were augmented, the depreciation became
progressive. Their depreciation did not arise from
this, that the pledge was no longer equal in vane to
the quantity of assignats issued ; bnt simply to the
rapidity of the sales, which bore no longer a propor-
tion to the quantity issued.. The assignat was then
depreciated in proportion to the augmentation •icif. the
numerical quantity, in such a way, that when. several
thousand millions were issued, they no longer bad a
greater valise than as many hundreds of millions which
represented the income of Trance for one year.

In Austria, it has been observed, that the value of
their paper•money was exactly in proportion to the
quantity issued; so that when they had exceeded SOO
millions of florins, which were the amount necessary
for the circulation of Austria, what was issued beyond
that sum suffered a proportionate loss. Thus, when
they had 600 millions of paper in circulation, the paper
was at a discount of 50 per cent. When there were
SOO millions, it was at a discount of 100 per cent,
Ind successively in the same progression. The value
of the objects which it represented remained still the
same. The same observation may be made as• to
Russia. England is at the commencement of the de-
preciation of her paper currency. The observ4iOn
applies also to her. In proportion as her paper-money
n augmented, its valuedecreases ; it now loses 15 and
10 per cent. of its value ; and if the Bank continue to
ksue paper-Money, that is, if it continue its discounts,
it is evident that the paper must soon be at a loss of
100 per cent.
" According to the best Judgment your Conseillgee has been
misled to form, no sullicient remedy for the present, or security
forthe Niue, can be pointed out, except the repeal of the law
ikicit suspends the cash payments of the Bank of England."

Rryfrort ofZillion Cesessittee, p. 31.
Note.—The Committee reasons justly. AU men
vho have reflected on the subject think, with it, that
a Bank-note ought never to be paper-money, that is,
paper which you are obliged to take; that it ought
tot to reinain a Bank-note, but when it can be ex-
changed at pleasure for money ; that the Act of Par-
liament Which made it unnecessary for the Bank to
pay in specie, created a paper-money ; and that Oc;
remedy is to render it convertible for cash.
But has this Committee well reflected on what will
happen when Bank-notes are exchanged, at sight, for
money The notes whiCh are depreciating will come
to be exchanged. They have not calculated, that
the mass of notes being diminished by a third, which(
Will go to be exchanged for money, supposing t 11
treasure of the Bank sufficient to pay this third, dais
tank itself will be paralyzed, and unable to discount
for a long time. But what will be the fate of the
commerce of England, if it ceases to enjoy the assist-
ance of Bank discounts I The Bank, even at present,
discounts more than it wishes, because it is pressed
by the wants of commerce • eCall3O commerce has
an immense quantity of goods, for which it has no
market. The encumbered state of the English ware-
houses obliges the merchant to apply to the Bank for
discounts. If the Bank continues to give discounts on
bills of exchange for this property, instead of dimi.
It sidling its paper in circulation, it must augment it.
it does not augment it, one half of the merchants
roust stop payment, and will only be able to pay their
"Sun with hogsheads of sugar, with coffee, India
goods, &c. In the embarrassed state of her coin-
amerce with the Continent, England having no other
relief but the Bank discounts, the very day when the
}huh
of they be PA 9 Ply iP Meek. the presse
Bain and Man ,0.4 "Una felt urt
at all its
force.

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"C a

MAMMA" ibeitilitt. of which
was the retreat of the former... This rumour we con-
sider as entitled to no credit. It has probably arisen
from some incorrect statement respecting the fall of
Almeida. We may soon, however, expect to receive
important Intelligence from that quarter ; for, now
that MassaNA has no other operations to attend to, it
is probable he will press upon Lord WELLINGTON, to
force him, if possible, to a general action. Indeed,
it is known, by an intercepted letter from NAPOLEON to
IhiAsszNA, of which we gave the substance some days
ago, that the Emperor has enjoined the Marshal to
leave no effort unattempted to bring on such an event.

A letter from Malaga dated the end of July, states
that no new duties have been imposed there since the
French took possession of the place'; but that it was
sipped that the enemy would avail himself of such
a source of revenue as soon as he could do se with
any prospect of advantage. No further contributions
had been recently demanded. The- Poles in garrison
conducted themselves with strict discipline, and to the
general approbation of the inhabitants. Some Spa-
nish Officers had been sent from Cadiz to the neigh-
bourhood of Marbella, a few leagues to the West of
Malaga, to organize the patriotic peasantry in that
vicinity.

We understand that 50,000 stand of arms are im-
mediately to be sent to Spain, the half to Gallicia,
and the remainder to. Valencia anti Catalonia.

Yesterday a General Court of Proprietors of Bank
Stock was held at the Bank, when the Bullion Report
was taken into consideration. We have given the
proceedings in the preceding columns of our Paper—
also Remarks on the same document, published in a
French paper, the Jomrnal a P Empire. The whole-
some admonition in the Report, to resume cash pay-
ments at a specified period, seems not to be well
relished in Threadneedle-street.

The Earl of Morns arrived on Wednesday at his
house in St. James's-place from Norfolk.

Lord DUDLEY and WARD is perfectly recovered
from his late indisposition. His Lordship and fa-
mily intend leaving town in a few days for Ramsgate.
An article from Dusseldorf, in the German papers,
dated September 6th, is asserted, in a paper of last
night, to state, that " Two hundred men have arrived
here, the remain: of twenty regiment: of the contingent
of the Grand Duchy of Frankfort, which have been
serving for the last two years in Spain."—ln the ori-
ginal article we read " the remain: of the 20th regia
of infantry of our Grand Duchy, consisting of abquel
200 men."
SQUARING THE CIRCLE.—.A letter from Leghorn,
dated July 29, says, " Sieur PASCAL Ciono painter,
architect, and Geometrician, resident in this city,
conceives be has discovered the famous problem of
the squaring of the circle, and proposes to del:
strata it in an• assembly of the mathematicians.
has invited all the professors of physics, Land mathe-
matics to be present at his demonstratipny and to pro-
nounce their judgment upon it."
Letters from the Rio de la. Plata state, that three
of the Judges of the Real Audiencia, and the Fiscals
of the Civil and Criminal Courts, accompanied Cis..
neros, when he was disposed of on board the Dart
schooner, destined for Cadiz. It is asserted that the
determination of the new Junta to get rid of these
Functionaries arose from their interference with the
Provisional Government, and from their endeavours
to excite dissatisfaction among the people. The Vice-
roy was allowed in his retirement an annuity of
20,000 dollars, which was equal to half his salary.—.
The Regent, who from his office succeeds to the go-
vernment in case of the death of the Viceroy, and who
was President of the Real Audiencia, was allowed to
remain at Buenos Ayres, not only on account of his
age and infirmities, but from the general approbation
of his conduct. The opposition at Monte Video to
the new order cf things was attributed entirely to the
interference of the Spaniards residing at Buenos
Ayres.
A duel was fought early yesterday morning, on
Wimbledon Common, between Mr. Rost, a purser,
and a Veterinary Surgeon, lately returned from Por-
tugal, whose name we understand to be Leven. The
dispute was occasioned by Mr. Roan persisting in tres-
passing with his dog and gun over the grounds of
his antagonist, near Kingston, after having been
warned off; but the immediate challenge was given
in consequence of the former having menaced the lat.
ter with his fists. The parties fired twice, when Mr.
Rose was wounded in the hand, which was dressed
at Battersea-bridge, oo his return to London, and he
is in a fair way of doing well.
"Iris was finally dismissed from his situation of Go-
vernor of Cold Bath Fields Prison, at a meeting of
the Magistrates of Middlesex, held last night.
A silk purse, containing upwards of one hundred
guineas in gold, was lately emptied of its contents in.
a professional gentleman's house at Cheltenham, and.
an equal number of halfpence was artfully left it..
their stead by the successful depredators, who have.'
no doubt long since aided their booty to the circu-
lating medium, cogyar, the wishes of the kegler
owner. 4Z-=;10-' •

much ._ revision. Pea.lltiege
stead being appropriated as before to providing
substitutes, are now paid into the Exchequer, and
since the present balloting has commenced• the sums
which have been thus paid are immense; *hilt the
consequences to parishes and societies are most dis-
tressing. The enormous bounties required by sub-
,,stitutes, put it altogether out ofi power of indivi-
duals to provide them, and the eagerness of Societies
to procure substitutes, has raised the premium to such
a height, that on an average, Sixty Pseud:, and in se-
veral cases One Honked round:, have been paid to
persons eligible to serve as such. These high boun-
ties, we are assured, are not only contrary to, but are
eaftress4praii6i4od tr the Mi4tia Act, carder a penalty of
Tomei, Pisa& Why. therefore, Parishes or Socie-
Oes shouldthus fly in the. face of an Act of Parlia•
stunt, in holding out sudi inducements to substitutes, '
we are at a loss to tuiderstand ; the eiil consequences
of a continuance of such a practice being $o obvious,
as scarcely to need elucidation. We may, however,
just remark, that in the first instance, these extrava-
gant bounties pmt a complete stop to the recruiting
for the regular arum, ; as no man would in' any cue
accept of the bond, offered by Government for re-
cruits into the regular service, while the odds are so
much in his favour by entering into the militia; and
in the second place, the Parish or Society are likely
soon to lose the service of their recruit, for whom they
paid the sum of One lizard Postal, by his volun-
teering into the regulars for a new bounty of Eighteen
Pottst&, and the country may then be soon deprived
of his services altogether, by his paying £trso for his
discharge ;, thus, in the course of a few. months,
realizing, with very little trouble, a considerable sum
to himself, and subjecting the Parish or Society to the
payment of an equal sum for a man to supply his
place.

Last night the Drury lane Compaq began thtir
Theatrical campaign for this season, at the -Lyceum
Theatre, acting under the authority of the LORD
CHAMBIRLAIN.

The pieces were the comedy of the Hypocrite and
the farce of the Major of Garrott. All the performers
were greeted by the audience, on their re-appearance
before them, in the most friendly manner, particularly
Mrs. EDWIN, Mrs. SPA RIM, Mr. MATNEWSp and Mr.
DOWTOZie • •

The house has been newly painted and decorated,
and presents a neater appearance than formerly. The
Inational hymn of GOD save the King preceded the
_ •

A Gentleman, announced in the bills, by the name
of WALoacinays, made his dried at this Theatre in
the part of Spy ward. The part, fortunately for Mr.
WALDSGRAVE, did not require much, and in such
characters he may prove useful.
WILTS AND BSSICS CANAL.—The opening of the
Wilts and Berke Canal into the river Thames, at
Abingdon, was celebrated there on Friday last, with
every demonstration of joy. At half-past two o'clock
a.bodral the Proprietors, in the Company's boat,
with music playing, and flags flying, passed the last
lock into the river Thames amidst the load huzzas of
a large concourse of people who lined the sides of the
gmal. The party proceeded from the banks of the
Thames to the Council Chamber, where they were
joined by Members of Parliament for Cric klade, Abing •
don, Oxford, Hereford, Ludgershall, Ste. and many
gentleman of the neighbourhood, and partook of an
excellent dinner prepared for the occasion. Win.
HiaLsrr, Esq. the Chairman, prefaced his toast of
a Success to the Wilts, and Berks Canal," with a
concise Speech. His address was received with every
mark of satisfaction ; and the day was spent with
great conviviality and harmony, enlivened by many
appropriate toasts and wngs ; and the company„
highly gratified, separated at a late hour.
Tuesday se'nnight a boy, eleven years of age, being
entrusted by his master, who lives at Harpole, near
Northampton, to carry a loaded gun some distance,
wantonly levelled it at several persons, and at last
discharged it among a groupe of pretty little inno-
cents who were playing at a tottage4oor. The
young wretch seems to have followed them into an
inner apartment of the cottage before he took aim,
and they had all' crept into a corner as if to protect
themselves. One out of the five children was shot
dead, and the other four so badly wounded that doubts
are entertained of their recovery. The juvenile mis-
creant has been committed on a charge of wilful mur-
der, such being the verdict of the Coroner's jury.
CORONER'S INQuEsr.—The wife of a tradesman in
Pimlico was found drowned in the Thames, near
Chelsea College, on Friday last, and a Coroner's In-
quest sat on the body on the following day. The
deceased had gone on a visit to Wimbledon on the
morning of Wednesday ; but, as she was accustomed
to tarry all night at times, there was no anxiety about
her until the folloiving dAy, when it was ascertained
that the bad left Wimbledon at six o'clock on Thurs-
day evening. There was no evidence to ground an
idea how the deceased got into the water ; but it was
supposed she had fallen in by accident. The verdict
was—Found Drowned.

Late on Tuesday night, or early on Wednesday
morning, the White Hart public-house, Charles-street,
Bermondsey, was broke open, and the bar stripped
of glass, china, and liquor vessels, to the value of £2u
and upwards. The robbers also took away a tea-chest,
in which were half-a-dozen silver tea-spoons, and cash
and notes to the amount of near £2O more. The
villains obtained entrance by forcing up a cellar-door,
which projected into the street, and thus through
the cellar made their way into the house. It is
somewhat singular, that Mrs. Biown the rnistres,
of the house, was up during the whole of the night'
with a sick infant. 'vet heard nothisp_of the robbers.

slOcip cruize
to the westward ; the ENCOUIiTIBR gun-brig from a
cruize ; and the Neptune (2) tender, from Dublin,
with impressed men and volunteers for the navy.—
Sailed the MARINER gun-brig on a cruize off 'Scilly,
the CONFLICT gun.brig for Corunna, and the Sam
and PLovr.a sloops of war on a ci-uize. Several other
vessels of a similar description are to be dent to cruize
on the North Coast of Spain, to act ns circtimstances
may require.—The DRAGON, 74, is fitting with all
possible expedition for the West Indies.
PORTSMOUTH, SEPT. 19.
The GLADIATOR, of 44 guns, the 111g...ship of Rear-
Admiral SAWYER, came out of dock this afternoon.
The MA ILL BOROUGH, of 7t• guns, and the PutsaaNT
sheer-hulk, are ready to go to Spithead, and if the
wind is fair will go out of harbour to-morrow. ,
DEAL, SEPTEMBER 20.
Arrived the !Das cutter and FLYING Fuji schooner
from the Fleet off Flushing. Came down from the
River the Catherine, HAGUE, for Cork, and rediains
for convoy.—Wind N. E.
SHEE.R NESS, SEPTEMBER 19.
Arrived his Majesty's sloop BELVI MIRA from Yee-
mouth. Bailed the PICKLE schooner for theWestiratd.
SEPT. 20.—N0 arrivals or tailings.
FROM LLOYD'S LIST.
0111A•z1BIND, Rm. 20.—N0 Arrivals. Sabel the ROA
Howland, for Boston.
ARRIVALS.
At Liven** Ardent, lamb, from Won Sestia.—ArQiebee,
Harriet, —....., from Livetpoolos-ht the Clyde, Lady Caere, Con-
seil, fres lawalearAt Cork, Lady Kabinet, Smith. fro= Gus.
ddeope; wet behistry, Dedd, from Lishast..-At lettatte 'reim-
port. Wake,beas Vlighda.
• me Lamb, has" of Rant, Olio prepay at Mr. WS.d,
morchant,) hound to Pals, wick ems we Orkkareesedli was
otorfy captured en the Stb lanall inter pintalk it
Fairtelith, which was an the petit behribag the Lamb, Whoa
one of by Majesty's brigs of Inc btir ease stmdia. across Ger
Game, the Frenelumn limered very meek" as Capt. leek-
ma says, in a laconic letter to his owner," te rsy eatiefacno.".—
He adds, " I hear Me cause le taken by the Mg of wit."
A British sloop of war has lately beet discovered on
leke Ontario, 44 miles East of the Fort, about 20
*t below the surface of the water, which was lost 30
Years ago. This vessel was going across the Lake,
ftss Niagara to Kingston, on the opposite shore, and
hid seXeral British officers, and others, at passengers,
wheitshe sunk.
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11,4
COM MERCE. —•COLIigiNittAIST, Director;deneral of
the French Customs, has addresed a circular to the
inferior Officers, dated Paris, the Vth inst. containing
instructions relative to the execution of a Decree, not
yet received in London, bearing date from St. Cloud
the Slst of August, which, we are informed, orders
that certain vessels, with licences, shall be allowed to
import Into France, various articles of colonial pro-
duce enumerated, on condition that they shall export
from France, grain, meal,-oil, wine, and brandy, of a
valueequal to the cargo so imported from Great Bri-
tain. The directions are extremely complicated and
prolix. In order to ascertain with precision that the
export and import cargoes are of the same value, it
is provided that accounts current shall be kept of the
worth of each of them by•the Custom-house Agents
at the respective ports irons which the vesseli shall
take their departure. The ships obtaining the licences
are to commence their voyages from France, and ez-
port a cargo previous to their appearance with a load-
ing from a foreign port. If tvlue of the import
shall exceed that of the export cargo by one-thirdrthe
one-third is tole placed in extreptit until exports to
that extent dr be made, which being done, the par-
ties are to be entitled to the release of the one-third so
in estrepot Bonds are to be given by the merchanti
in France, for the excess of the import above that of
the export from France so deposited in tab.:pm. Each
ship thus employed is to be furnished with a certifi-
cate, and other formal documents, from; the Custom.
houses, stating the value' of the export and return
cargoes ; and if fraud or collusion shall be discovered
in any of the documents thus provided, the cargo is
to be subject to seizure and confiscation.
Willson Tay/or, butcher, at Cheltenham, was, on
Monday, convicted on the statute of the 16th Geo.
111. fof having part of a deer in his possession, with-
out giving an account of his coming lawfully by it,
and paid the penalty of 430 incurred thereby.
MA ItE-LANE.--This Say the Market continues with
considerable supplies of foreign Wheat, but few ar-
rivals coastwise, and sales at last prices—Barley and
Malt continue to fluctuate but little—White Peas
likewise—Beans of the two kinds rather dearer—
There are tolerable supplies of Oats on hand, and
sales nearly at last prices—Flour without alteration.

CI N [RA L CUPALLINCT AS ingot'.
Wheat, 701. Cs. 100 s. Beans, dts.
Flap ditto, 105 s. 1 i os. Tick ditto OW 545. Od.
Rye, 4Se.sos. Oats 245. alls.
Barley, 3... 425. Poland ditto, Ms. 38.. Od.
Malt 725. 50s. Putatoe ditto, 375. ltd.
White Peas (bailer') 50s. 545. Rape Seed, 148.
Grey, ditto, 465. 545.
Fine Flour, his. to fOk-Soosods NM to 5%.
COUNTRY MARKETS.
GLOUCISTIR-Wheat 11.. 6d. to 111 s. Barley Ss. 6d. to ft
Beans 7s. ad. to 10s. Oats 4s. to 6s.
WooessTra--Wbest 141. Od. to 16s. Id. Barley 611. M. to N.
Bean I Is. 4d. to 7s. ad. Oats 4s. to Ss. 64.
snit twesuoy....Woest 161. od. to its. Od. Oat. 7s. to 7s. Q.
Wocosamastrroo-Wbost 130. tO IN. Batley 6s. to 74.041.
Beans fs. to 10s. Oars :11.6d.
Watttiroirott-Wheat ITs. to 19s. 6d. Borleyits.lll
Butslunostost-Wheat 19s. 6d. to 146. 114.
Ts. Beans 816 SO AI. ON* 4s. Si. ft y •

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lof a vessel. arrived at Dublin in ten days, from The provisions of the Militia Act now in force, ' Grenada, captain T. oir.•,„„, troin Geertitda.
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