The Potowmac guardian, and Berkeley advertiser. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1790-1798, 1797-04-20
Latef Foreign Advices,
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BANK on ENGLAND.


In confealeace of order MS m isftys priv
council. notified to the Bark ! # nieht, copy Of
which IS kereunto annexed, the governor. deputy
governor, and directors of the Bank of England,
mink 1t fteir duty TO inform the proprietors of
bank toel, as wei as the public large. that the
general concerns Of the ban, in tie uo!r ia
cot aud Properous E.uation land och as 10 preclude
every doubt as the iecurfty OF Tvs notes.
The directors mean 10 continue their ufhal dit
counts for the accommodation Of the commercial
ntereit, paying the amount in bark notes, ard the
divided Warrants will be paid in The an3e manner.
FRANCIS MARTIN, Sycry.
We have this day the matt important con,nluni-
cations TO lay before our readers. By an efpscial
recommendation Of government 70 s7a,S /3rf;. will
be i7aed liz payment i,om Tie Baak Of Ehgla7d.
Iii COM piatio7 OF This Wait uieaure an expreis
was, yeirerday morning, fsnt Windfor and
loon alter, his majeity wed in town, and al,end-
ed a privy council hed at Buckingham hou(e, which,
lat three hours, and sfterw ards adjourned toDown
ing ftrcet.,
The gentlemen vto attended this counci, beGdes
their miniiers, @e,e MIR. taM knet the clerk OF the
council, the attorney ap4 folc,1or general the 60
vernor and deputy governor Of the bank. Mr.. Sam.
Thornton and MFR. Poennuet Bank Directors;
when II was reolved that communication houf
this day be made from bis m$ Ieity in parliament,
granting the two houles that he had thought il
e2pedient for The public iervce that the above i'm
portant ttep ihcosd be taken Immediately.
The following is an oGseal copy of the order Of
council
cat the coun.il charber, Whitehall, Feb IS.
By the Lords of his Mseity's mott honorable Priyy
Council, Prei-nr;
The Lord Chancellor Earl Spencer,
Lord Proficient, Earl OF Liverpool,
Duke of land, Lord Granville
Marquis CorDwaNis, Chancellor of the Exche'r.
Signed W. FAWKjlER.
IS IJDOn the rsDreeD Var ion oF he rh. rof
the exehequer. ating. tina, from The retnlr of tho
information which he has received, and of the en-.
quries which it has been his duty to make repccr-
ing the effect of the unu!na demands for fpecie, thar
have been made npon the metropolis in coniequence
OF Ill-tounded or exaggerated alarms in different
parts OF the country, IL appears, that, uneis fome
msafnre is Immediately taken, there may be reaon
to aPprehend want Of luficiept fupply Of cath
antwer the exigencies of the public ieryice.
g II Is the unanimous opinion of the board that
1t is IndliPenibIy necessary for the public ervice,
that the directors of the bank of :. sland ibould
forbear lisnng any cath in payment u,tl the tenfe
OF parliament can be taken OIL the iubiect, and he
proper meainres adopted thereupon, for maintaining
the means of circulation, and Importing the publ:
and commercial credit of the kingdom at this i'm
porant conjunciure and it is ordered, that copy
OF this minute be tran!mitred the directors of the
bank of England and they arr hereby required on
the ground Of the sigency of the cafe to conform
thereto, until the iene of parliament can be taken
as aforefaid.
Signed W. FAWKNER."
AT meeting of The principal bankers. merchants,
&C. held at the msptlon houie, at which rhe general
ienfe appears TO be iimilar TO that which governed
the commercial nereft during the bellon of AS.
TO take the bank notes in all payments and by every
exert'o, TO promote the circulation of them.
he fecurity of government will probably be un'-
ted to that of bank notes, by the way of indorie-
ment' tor the Purpole of Prefe4ving their credit