... to pay her debts, and all pecuniary obligations to France, even while engaged in war with that nation? Mr. A. said he had not looked into that question. [As "amicus curiŒ," we sent a note to Mr. Ambler , informing him that McCauley's History of England shows the fact that, pending a war between England and France, it was made a penal offence for any corporations or Banks of England to make payments ...