The Statesman.
London, England, 1818-08-12 00:00:00

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TO THE'EDITOR OF THE sTATEsmAN.
Sin,—The 'hid of late has been reeled to
a degree of surprise far esiegkji any former peri.A
by the cps ntity of Notes the Bank of E
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has refused payment,of, and branded krged '4041
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they detain them, although the late decision is the
Court of King's Bench declared that they boils
lawful authority to withhold them. Mr. EDII.O
being a tradesman, I received a notice from the g--$
dated June 19, 1818, informing me that No 4:07*
• 51,
dated March 9, 1815, value one pound, is a (*tyro;
two applications have been made at the
the Note is still detained, for what cause Ilse, ilk
not esplein. Mr. EDITOR, as On point of isith
been decided, I conceive, as
.s!ell as a nook,
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sufferers in, the Borough of Soot hwatk, the lit •
of the Bank of England to pay th,,se N op, by 17,
ing the question at law, for no one intuit ton boti
established on this point to satisfy •the minds oft
Jury,as to the means !,ovr they or the Pohlieesesek
(sin what was really issued from the Book, and sit
was not. No explanation will be given by.thoot
of the Bank,, who are ioerested persons, odor
'condemn one.half the Notes in circulatiaa tot
greet injury 'of the Public. B.t joetii p
have taken wing from the Legislative laws itel*
-Company have had enacted, that puke their as%
lawful tender in payment of debts. Miners/ 04i
laws have distinctly pointed out in what meow%
Public are to judge of the gekuine Notes and tho
ones. How am I to satisfy my mind that this Net
62,751, has net been issued from the Bank, in pp,
ing the public creditor, or in their other transactim?
Mr. EDITOR, the object
,of this address is **if
this: a number of tradesmen in the Borough, when'
sufferers by this unjustifiable conduct of the 8.4
(who act rather on the principles of the Star Chink,'
than men of liberality),have it in contemplation ton%
public Meeting of those • persons only that have bpi
sufferers by what the Bank, has branded forged,
form a subscription, and try the point at law; ah
Cher they are not hound to pay because they force ill
Public to take their paper in payment by Legisktist
laws of their own proposing, contrary to the gesee
consent of the Public ; and in those laws no crit.iis
is pointed out to judge of the quality, good orbit
It must be evident that the Bank has derisill oat
profit by the great issue of their paper, besidss•sk
must of course be lest, which will never appeolit
payment: Upon this polo, I should be glad to
by what rule of justice or Equity, the Public lel
called on to bear the loss and the Bank the Inuit..
Mr. EDITOR, as public principles have always dire
ed your observations, your opinion, or the npieita
of any of your legal oirrp.pondeftif, on this tit,
would oblige the Public, a hn are Im=ers by thesis,
I am your's, Mr. EDITOR, one of the Sufism,
Blat.kulan-screet, Smanwark.

TurhowisENT IN TII 1: QUEEN'S firEALTIC— 110
MAJESTY'S health is considerably iniprovod, by As
being enabled to take an airing out of Kew Rego
as she had been accustomed to do.—Such is the/Haw
ment furnished by the Court Neuman ; and h.'
adds, that this improvement was produced by bet.
MAJESTY being allowed to ride out for half an hos',
on Monday evening, through Kew Garden., in her
garden chair, drawn by her favourite pony, and at.
tended by the Duchess of GLOUCESTER, the Vrioces
AUGUSTA, the Duke and Duchess of CAMBRIDGE,
Surgeon KEATE, and Sir H. HALFGED.

The Duke and Duchess of CLARENCE disembarked
at Calais on the 4th inst. from the Royal Soveieiga
yacht. Their Royal Highnesses set out the uest di, ~
for Germany. ,
The departure of the Duke of WELLINGTA 'T
which took place on Monday, was, it appears, a
consequence of previous arrangements in From, iHil
where be is espected to arrive on the 16th, to sow il,
mence his reviews of the different corps of the Ara, 1
of Occupation.
The Duke of GLOUCESTER arrived et Rochelle's ".
the 3d inst. The garrison were under arms, and his r
Royal Highness was received with every demonstro i
lion of respect and enthusiasm by the Authoritiessed '.
inhabitants of the town. His Royal Highness wings -..
from thence, by sea, to Hourdrauz.
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Lord CASTLEREAGH does not proceed to Ais.oli.
Chapelle till the 25th inst. as the Congress does not
commence its sittings till the first week in September.
The Noble Lord is to be att► nded in all by L0ra1...,
CLANWILLIAM, Lord FRANCIS CONYEGHAR, MG
PLANTA, and Mr. Cain.
Letters are said to have been received in France
from New York, dated the 15th ult. which speak
with considerable ensiety of the late events at Perna.
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cola. At New York, it was much feared that a war •
with Spain would ensue; and iii consequence of this
apprehension, the premium of insurauce on vessels to
Europe had risen to 10 per cent.
The Hank of the United States, it is said, in order
to countervail the great demands of silver drillers to
supply the East India Trade, are sending them to the
Mint, to be recoined into haloes and quarters, these
being a denomination of coins not shipped to Indio.
Letters from Pau of the 30th ult. say, 66 Since the
shock of an earthquake which was felt here on (ita .4
19th instant, we have had every day violent storms i
and torrents of rain. The lightning has struck down
in different quarters, but without gaming any serious
accident."
REPRESENTATATE CONSTITUTIONS.—At the close •
of the late DietLilf Sweden the King, in the Speech
delivered on that occasion, maintained the wise, bat
unkingly doctrine, that a Representative Govern'
ment was the loose proper for consolidating a good
understanding between Monarchs and their sofjects,
and for piecing all legitimate rights upon immovable
based. He eulogized the Emperor of RUSSIA, and
the King of BAVARIA, the one for restoring their
country to the glorious, but unfortunate, Polish Pia-
lion (is this true ?), and the other for giving toils
People a free and Representative Constitution. The
Monarch who can act up to, as well as profess seek
noble principles) deserves to hi the first man is $
frpe State.

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