The Statesman.
London, England, 1810-09-04 00:00:00

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,bere to ingaite into the cause of the coiit' s not
.inerearing with
r the Lies:ease or paper, sudice it say, tlatt such war the fact.
f••ar af.er year we saw more of bank-notes sari less of gold
wJ silv..r ; till, in thaw. such was the quantity of bank-notes
sego:n.l to meet the purposes of gold andsilver in the paymeet
sf the interest of the still iocrrasing Debt, and in the payment
of the taxes; ninny ether books were opened, anJ they also iii-
syekl their promissory noti.s. Tee -aui't Catal,awY's "es,
which ha.l,nPrer before been made for lesssums than 10 poucds,
were, so:m after the beginaing of Pi r r's war, iii 1793, issued
for fig..: pounds, after which it was ',IA to be supposed, that
peuVe could Rave the lime upiniou of baiik•Motes that they
formerly hai. Every; part of the people, e seem the very
poorest of them, oiti4; orxasionstly, at frast, pti,se,sed bank-
notes. Reels, mhoPigor. Josily Sages, al bums obese tivt
Powndss were 4 ,w Fedi N leech-matesi and the gosertitnent it-
self was saw paid ido bases in this same sort of ,Currency.
In such a state of things, It was quite itop.t.sible that people
*odd ant begin to perceive, that guild and silver wai better
than hank-note, and thatthey should ant be more desirous of
Oostessing the former time the latter ; mid, the moment this is
time tate, the banking system must begin to tremble; bw, es lite
note► ate payable tic the bearer, amid pay. ble an stemard, it is
very eertala, that no man, with such a Pre' terrace in his •
Wad; will !tiepin his possession a batik-note artless we cat,
suppose a man so absurJ its to keep a thing, of the goodness
of iviiich lie has some st:spicitiu, how everisaull, while, for
..ierely op mia; his suoult, or stretchil forth his hand
he eau err:Liar it for a thilt;, of the sew nominal value, ,
and of the gooduess of which it is impossible for We
or any one eke to entertain any suspicion.—" Pub-
lic Credit," us it ha- been culled, bat, as it may more pieV.
prey be MIA, " ris eirdit of bank-notei,"- has been em.
irwuicallr denominated, " Surrictuu AIILEIBP." lo tlte
Oast of events like ilisnelif li9a apt the years immediately
...tees-edify ; in the midst of eiretawstaucts'llke those above-
ineutioued,relatias to the bank-ootes, It was impossible that
•UirlClolo shissiktsleep any longer. ..The putting forth of the
live Woad Walkout.' appear to have reused it, add, in the
month of-February, 1797, k became broad awake. The
stoppage of payeient ou tire part of the 13 nik Coinpany was

Lhe immediate eini.equeoce; bat, a particular account of that

important' evont, whku totally changed the nature of all our
money tr.thactions, and which will, in the end, produce, in all
!lowa.) probabilitc, effects of the most serious nature, must be
the eobject of a future lettrr. In the mean while I am,
Y our friend" WM. COBBETT.
Pate Prison, Nevgage, Thurulay, 31th August, 1110.

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which he gave, and which was couched in mighty
civil language, wherein hu disclaimed it4ving,simed
at the brig Vixen, and so forth. Thus ended our'
fight. The ATTORPIET-GVIEkAL*II son el:wised,'
cut iwthe lip, and I got my faa• scratched from a:
splinter—none others were wounded."

Tilts omitting arrived a Cadiz and a Gibraltar
Mail. 'fhe fyllowing are the principle articles of
Intelligence contained in the Papers, brought by these
Maili t--

and brig Cepitolio, neat
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the Ensli*„fr,igat Success,
Catrare, when 30. ware captured, and the remainderdestroYetkaWd a tthirsi , cpe, also. of 40 sail, *as
'attackeitAiittillus off &palace, by the British
....... iw. 1.•• ,
4.4.34,,* ence.which-souk 17, and dispool
1 . .
. fissess wt PAPPRS err-Awned town last night to the
-ltdillej Wm, Pettugtiese to the 40th ult. Lord Wit.
itittoidcliit'l areniremoined nearly in the saute psi,
tints: Thu headquarters were stilt at Geherico.—
The cavalry were advanced beyond Altera). A
letter from Lord WesurroTos to Don M. Foaab,
dated on the 10th ultimo, states that from the l t
to that date, the enemy had made no Movement 1,
front; that the treacles' had not been opened 6,„
lure Almeida, and that no certain intelligence had
been received of any preparations having ben mate
by•the enemy for the sage.
The Supplement Extraordinary to the L'ullua
dittaite of the 17th August, cuntains a toter tin
Marshal Betessonn, stating the surrendeiof to,
''` teatii-orPiebla de Seoabrit, which was garrisoned
byli Swiss bateilion of 400 men, including Nine et.
. Beers. The'principal conditions on which they so,
rendered were, that they should be rondoctedto Co.
Altana, to be conveyed to their owe country the Int
tapptoPtorsity,:and.not to serrooltgainst either 4 th
sibree allied **lions. . .
. . ..
...-- It is said, in a letter from Lisbon, that thecae.
. my's troops continuo todellert to our army, at ikb
rate 0140 a day.
BA 4LASTEROS and CAnnraa are said to hare de.
feated a French force, consisting of 9000 leen, st%
11th nit, between Garria and Lerma, and the onci,
third of that number were either killed or made
prisoners ; but the greater part of this statemeat
appears to rest chiefly- on rumour. •

. • &nen Papers: to the 25th ult. are in town...
Thor contain a nunsber of articles relating to the
-Ibwalictween tho. Turks and the Russian,. No
eitivo'cutispquence had occurred sub,equen tto
li:
theMPitemeole, in the vicinity of Salami,. Ths
Galin I - Smeayso a. • war' Impeded to set out fur
• ~,i. A
ateisilsiopie .towards _thig‘pludle of July, to pet
isitikirwillic wail of the troops there collected.
This army . wowld probably proceed soon after to
okicata tho.daant?Tazietz.
~..a...-
tits ameliotatiOn4 the ei. it mad military govern.
utent of 'Holland, ori• we should rather say, the
adopkg it to that of France, seems to occupy a
goollcal of flontrAra Rites attention,
Loins! front IJamburgb, of the lit) Ghia%
ceotirm the report of the entrance of the Phial
into Rostock and Wismar, where they harass.
questrated all property suspected to be British.
'Etre pstriA Courts of Admiralty have condemned
. ..
Sho..4fliallips which were taken in the Sound.
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' 111101 Leopard man of war arrived en Sunday at
.I!*.iesemaiiatt 441in0 ItSt Gape of Good 11Jpe, from
OhetAWslaii itopooots to the 4th of hip—.
liteiree iiiiiiil
tiro- 4.41.bY these that the garrison of
iii
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tirm 1,1 op refiCet Alt receiesld a very B,,osider.
41,1416:410.044041411eo frigate., fOlod with troops,
iitiimigmbern4 Aljice,
.ti '!ail- ilsiL.' -.14"43"1"-
:.1 c _
... ander the late commercial re.
gokattpaig,pohlishad by ailliAPA aft, ware yesterday
oop:oloot in town. t• They arms. btought stith-some
tetterill-a vesseliviith loft Ostend on Friday last.
In another part Of our Paper, Wu have gi a copy
of one of these. ,
The letters also state, that orders hart beoi issued
from Paris to all the G,minissaries Of Police at the
various sea- worts, directing that all the licences for.
mcrly granted, should be considered as void and of
,no etri.ci, . after the 15th day of the present month
of September.