The Coinage.
Taesday morning the Lords of His Majesty's mnost lonourable Privy Council asmenlole! in t'e Dacly Cuart of Lancaster, in the Exchlequer, WVestminsier Hafll for the trial of the Ring's coins in the pix of the lint, within the Tower of Lont1on. The Lords pleserit were--the Lord Chancellor, the Lord Presi. dent of the Council, SirJohn .Nchofl, Lord Colchester, lr.Wailace, Lord Bexley, und Sir Henrvs Russell. The numrber of persons qa2liiiedd to serve on the jury. to assay the coins of the realms as returned irom the Goldsmith's Company were read, nnd the foLloreine were swJrn and composed the j'ary: JRobert Mlakepteace, HIenry Chu ner, Thornas Ayres, James Een derson, lCdtnund Rumndell, Santuel isynes, Phlilip Gilbert, Johm Johnson, Percevtal .Norton Johnson, Thomas Hayrer, Walter Smlith, ana Johe Robinson. The LORD CRAxVCELTL.O addressed theni at some length, pointing out thc iinporuint duties they had to pertormi. to act between our Soyereign Lord the King, the 31&stcr of the Alint, and the public at large, to ascertain that ouly a prTper portion of allov was in oar different coins. His loTdship urged it very strongly u4ou the jury's attention, that they should be verv narticular in their trials and investigations, as it was very es- seniiJa that tbe English coinage should retain its bigh character, which it had obtained (br a great number of years. The standard upon which the go!tl coinage had been made was as long since as the year 1688, and for tfe silver coinage from the year 1728. The noble and learned Earl spoke very highly of the manner its which Lord Marybsroxgh had ff'ded the office of M1aster of t'ie lint, particularly t1e arduous task of the extensive issuing of the newr cinae: his lordshlip recomnmended 0toMr. Wallace, the nre. sentholder of that office, to pursue I,ord l?aryhornugh'splans. T'he learned lord recited the different aua of Parliamen.t which had been passed to regulate their proceedings, as well ts the lCing's writ for their assembling, &c. The Lords ol the Council, after the address of the Lord-Chancel- lor, adjourned till the evening, to give the jury time to examine the different issues of coinage which lnave taken place since the 23d of June, IS221, consisting of sovereigns, half sovereigns,-double so'e- reigns, hlaf crowns, and the different coinages called *Alaundy money" fbr the King's royal bounty. The mnelting of the dlifferent quaitities of the coinage, -o ascertain the proportion of gold and alloy which they contained, occupied the attention of the jury till near four o'clock, when Mr. Johnson, the assayist, reported to the jury assembled in the l)uchv (ourt of Lancaster, tlhatthe coinage issued hy LIord Alarvboroagh up 1O last October contained a feCw grains of gold mnore in proporton -than dlirected by the standard, and the is;uAs by 1Mr. Welflace - up to the- present time were in the same proportiap. The jury then adjourned to Goldsniiths'-hall, there to make their report to the Lords of the Council, and afterwards dined together. TH-E COINAGE.