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Statistics. 
even while I am writing, the power of Buonaparte seems near it^ 
close. But the value of the facts will remain the same. The 
philosopher will ask himself, what causes produced the difference 
between 1792 and 1812 ? What causes have produced the differ- 
ence between 1812 and 1814? What part of the statement is like- 
ly to be permanent ? T. C. 
BANKS. 
Belzebub en^endra Law^ 
Law engendra la Banque, 
La Banque engendra Mississippi, 
Mississippi engendra Systeme, 
Systeme engendra Papiers, 
Papiers engendrerent Billets, 
Billets ont engendre Agiot, 
Agiot engendra Larrons, 
Larrons engendrerent Souscription, 
Souscription engendra Dividende, 
Dividende engendra Intrinseque, 
Intrinseque engendra Argent-fort, 
Argent-fort engendra Compte-ouvert, 
Compte-ouvert engendra Registre, 
Registre engendra Billon,. 
Billon engendra Zero ; 
Zero, 
Zero s’estenfin trouve impuisante. 
I shall have occasion to say something by and by about Banks^, 
in mean time I must collect materials and facts, and make a few 
preliminary observations. The publications of Dr. Bollman on 
Banks, viz. paragraplis on Banks ; and the letter to Alexander 
Baring, Esq. on the currency of Great Britain, in the second vO- 
lume of Walsh’s American Review, are tracts of sterling merit. I 
shall probably vary from Dr. Bollman, in my views of the subject. 
For the present I shall brieBy sta.;te the nature of the Bank-es- 
tablishments of Great Britain. 
