...d 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 of money to the enemy. Mr. Ambler was thus enabled to reply to Mr. Macfarland, the last-named gentleman being ...