The Morning Herald puts forth a complete retractation of the
charge against Lord Normanby as having meddled in the Exchequer Bill fraud " In our paper of the 21st ult., we noticed upon authority on which we have been accustomed to place implicit reliance, the existence of rumours relative to the Exchequer Bill fraud, which we were assured had gained an extensive circulation in the City. The result of inquiries which we subsequently instituted on the subject now leads us to the conviction that we have been imposed upon, and that such rumours had gained no such circulation as our informant confidently stated. To have given currency to an unfounded statement such as we allude to, is a matter of regret ; but having ascertained its want of foundation, there is only one course to be adopted, and that course we do now spontaneously adopt by thus making the fact Just stated public. " It has, we regret to find, been supposed that our paragraph, with its quotation from Milton,
What seemed its head.
The likeness of a kingly crown had on,' alluded to a noble Marquis lately Viceroy of Ireland, and subsequently high in her Majesty's Government. We take this opportunity to avow our thorough conviction that there could not be the smallest foundation for any such charge. We need hardly add, that to any one who should understand our allusions as directed against him, we should convey a most false imputation against that noble Lord, which we should be the first to regret."
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