Journal of a Tour And Residence in Great Britain, During the Years 1810 And 1811 2
Journal of a Tour And Residence in Great Britain, During the Years 1810 And 1811 2
L Louis Simond
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From the year 1797 to 180ft no material diflfer^^ ence existed between specie and bank-notes; fo-^ reign exchanges were but little against Engl^md,— not more than the expense of transporting specie^ which is estimated at 6 or 7#per cent. ; and the' price of bullion remained about L. 3, 17s. lOd. ai^ o^nce. In 1806-7, however^ it rose to L. 4. ; and^ towards the end of 1808, continuing to rise^ tbe^ Bank ceased to buy any more ; it is now arrived^ at L. 4, 14s. There is a profit of 20 per cent, ...m melting guineas, and they nave accordmgly disap* peared. A state of things so alarming determined* the Parliament, last year, to appoint a committee, of twenty-one members to examine into the caused and the committee reported, that there was a real depreciation of bank'-notes, occasioned by over* issues, the directors having fallen into the error of MpposiDg llkat they maj safely ditscount all the mer- eraitile acceptaQcea offered to them, proTided the s^natures are good, and the paper issued in conse« mence of real purchases and sales ; and also that wey may dijscount all those promissory-notes of the €r0Temiiieint, called Exchequer-bills, which may he offered to them, without any limits ; a doctrine of which the committee has shewn the fallacy.
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