Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1819-07-13
FOREIGN NEWS,

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mercial Advertiser, per the packet snip
Courier, from liverpool.
The Report Of the Bank Committee was
discussed at great length. in the British
Parliament, on the Gath and 25th of May,
The discussion terminated in the adoption
of a number of Resolutions confOrmabIe to
the spirit of that Report. The Bank is
made liable from the Goth of February next
to RI deem its notes IN Gold bars OF not less
than 50 ounces, at the rate of AZ. Is. per
ounce. The bars are to be assayed and
stamped at the Royal Mint. The redemp-
tion of the Notes Of the Bank in the Com
of the Realm is to commence within the pc.
riod of four years.
Lord GrenvilIe, in the House OF Peers de-
cared, that he now regretted supporting
the Restriction Act in 1897. He observed
that the facilities which it had afforded to
Ministers towards the continuance of the
late war, were more than counterbalanced
by the dlstresses it had brought on the
country and that no urgency could, in his
| mind sanction the expedient OF putting in
to the hands of the Bank Directors the
power of changing at their pleasure the va
lue of all property, and the price OF all COM
modities. by the excessive issue OF their In
controvertible paper At one moment, and
by the contraction Of it in the next. This
power, which was not given to the throne,
Parliament would no longer confide in the
direction of a company OF bankers; and all
connexion between them and the govern
ment must be dissolved.
The Attorney General has introduced
into the House of Commons, Bill to pre-
vent the enlistment of British subjects in
the service of foreign States, without the
permission of their own Government and
Circular has been issued from the War
Office, under date of the Goth Of Iay) de-
string the persons TO whom it was address
sed, TO transmit to the Secretary Of Var,
with the least possible delay, list OF all
British Officers, whether on half pay or O.
therwise, who are now holding any militia
ry appointment in the Spanish or Portu-
guese service, or in the service of any Fo-
reign Power.
liverpool, May 81.
4 circular has been sent to ministerial
members, inviting them to meet lord Cas-
tereagh at the Foreign Office on the 9TH
June. The object, according to report, is
to sound them on the measure OF reviving
the property tax, with certain modihca7
tons, and even on the principle Of a COM
mutation, by which persons of real pro
perry, would be relic, ed from assessed
taxes, in proportion to the sum that they
paid as property tax-while trade and
professions, not chargeable with property
tax, would still be liable to the full amount
of their assessed taxes. Ii this should fail,
taxes to the amount of two millions and a
half per annum, are to be devised to pay
the dividend on the expected loan and
among other articles. il is said, that an adj
ditionai tax is to be laid on malt.
AN ATTEMPT ON THE DUKE OF YORK.
On Tuesday last, man by the name OF
Delany, was examined at Bow-street, Lon
don-he had been found in the Duke of
York's house, near his bed chamber, after
his royal highness had retired to rest. He
was discovered by the page, as he also
was going to bed, and had he entered only
minute later, he would have got uninter-
rupted to the dukes chamber he had
entered over the garden wall from The
Green Park, by means Of large stone tied
to rope, which he threw over the wall
His plea was, that he had written IN vain
to the Duke, informing him of his distress,
and having been denied Abundance by the
porter at the front door, he bad recourse to
the expedient described, in order 10 have
an interview with his royal highness he
was committed TO Bridewell as vagrant.
The unfortunate man attempted ,ome time
since, to drown himself in tke canal, in ST.
! James's Park.
London, May e8.
The following interesting letter from
Spain has just reached US. and contains
some important information. II seems that
the Spanish government intends to form
two separate ornaments of the ships col
lected at Cadiz, some Of which, it is firm
ed, were to have quilted that port the be-