American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1825-06-14

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The King of England has resped the execution az
Henry savery the banker, recently condemned for forge
ry until further orders. This will probably terminate ina
PARDON and may be considered the first decisive evidence
of the intention Of the British government to modify s
sangninary laws relating forgery This is however
the first act of clemcncy Of this We have either
read il in book heard it from some intelligent tra
eller (but from such convinced Of its cor
rectness at the me) that George the third day
highly grated with quotation used by his Chaplain in
his discourse, that he for him and desired know
where he obtained The Divine said from the SER
mon OF living autho hat obscure Baptist preacher
The King insisted seeing the entire Sermon which
procured for him and persrg it he highly de-
lighted to request an interview with the aniho and such
was the impression produced his Majesty by this inter-
view that he gave the Baptist preacher, parting yaua-
bic ring and told him whenever he desired favour call
freely upon him and should be granted. Several years
after this, young man, clerk in counting ROOM who
wasin some manner connected with the Baptist Clergyman,
was condemned to death for the Of forgery Every
effort to save him having proved unavaiing, the Baptist
preacher at last appealed the King and desired the par
don OF the young which ultimately granted; but
being contrary to the POLICY Of the criminal law ad
mnistered in England, it passed with little pub
cty possible, that il became Of
rety. Providence Journal
The rage for forming joint stock companies in
England exceeds, at This moment, every mania
which has gone before 1t. and left its trace on the
history Of the country. From The London papers
which have just reached US, we copy the following
list THE Anglo Mexican, Anglo CHILEAN, Brazil
lian, Chilian Colombian, General Mining Associa-
| ton, Pasco Peruvian, Royal IIsh, Real del Monte,
! United Mexican, Ditto New, WEIGH Iron and Coal.
All these are Mining Companies. We would re-
commend the addition of North Carolina Company
to the list. Independent Of the above find The fol-
lowing Companies, all, like the others, with their
stock in the market, and all bearing premium Of
from to 500 per cent. viz.-Alan,ic and Pacific
| British Iron Company, Canada Company, CHILEAN
and Peruvian, Colombian Colonial, General Steam
Navigation, Great Westminster Dairy, Hibernlan
Joint Stock Company, Mexican Company, Metropo-
Titan Fish, Pearl Fishery, Yellow Receipt, (fom
which we may infer the existence Of an opposition oil
some other co!our) Irish Provincial Bank, Patent
Bricks, Patent Steap' Carriage, Royal Stannary.
Then, again, we have The Tlalpuxshua, the Amsief-
dam, the Gold Coast Association, the Metropolitan
Alderney Dairy /; the South American Gem the lm'
perial Brazilian Mining the Guatemala Assocla.
ton the British Baiilla and Soda; Argna Iron
and Coal Mines; birmingham and Liverpool Kali-
way; London Northern Ditto London and Bristol
Ditto; and hundred other Companies.
/ On the second reading of the Bill 10 incorporate
q the Pasco Peruvian Company, considerable ois'
cusslon took place in the House Of Commons, from
which it is evident that there considerable ex-
Ierion of LOBBY influence on the subject. by inc
opponents of the Bill the scheme was decrled as
Inclusive, anu INTENDED only lot the oe"eht VI ~
unprincipled gamblers. The advocates OF the mea'
sure, the other hand censured the opposition az
intended 10 depreciate the value of shares IN 'ne
market. Several Members OF Parliament admitted
themselves to be shareholders and the genera,
character Of the discussion such as not TO aao
much the dignity Of the House, nor the pure dls
interestedness Of its Membe,s
There can be little doubt that this new eSper ~
ment on the credulity of the British people wiz ~
4; the pockets Of few knowing schemers; ana soin'
of the associations may produce proht TO the pro
: prietors OF shares; but, it is more 'hah Ptooaoe
h that most of them will out to be mere ouno'e
n The bursting of which will awaken many silly ad
% yep,urer from a dream of brilliant spendor 10
y gloomy reality Of loss and disappointment. ra,;