ABSTRACT
Cash or Bullion increased to such a degree, that on the 25th of Feliruary, 1797, the Bank of England was restrained from making payments in Cash by an Order of Council, confirmed and continued to the present time by divers Acts of Parliament; and the Exchanges became still more unfavourable, and tho price of Bullion higher, during the scarcity which prevailed for two years previous to the Peace of .Amiens.
