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1 I , . • a i hi .1 i 4 TILE EVENING STAR LONDON. WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 27, 1819. THE FUNDS. TRICI OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ON! O . CLOCICA Bank Stock 216 k 217 i 217 3 per Cent. Reduced 66-I 66a 3 per Cent. Consols 661 671 66; s 3i - per Cent. 7511 4 per Cent. 83Di 5 per Cent. Navy 102 M Bank Long Annuities 17 7.16 9-16 7-15 • Bonds 9 11 pre. • Old Annuities 66 Exchequer Bills (2d.) 3s. 2s. 3s. dis. , Omnium 2:i dis. Consuls Acct. 67U 67. It appears, by the Accounts made up at the Tree sury of Receipts on the whole Revenue for two weeks from the 10th to the 23d of October, in the years IslB and 1819, that there is a falling off in the latter of upwards of .4:30,000. The Receipts for these cor responding weeks stand thus: r,r the Year 1818 p 1,118,425 1839 1,080,842 Deficiency in 1319 37,561 tit the falling off in the latter ought to be stated higher by the amount which ought to have been pro duced by the new Taxes laid on during last Session, and which the Minister estimated at £3,190,000. The prop,..tion of this sum for two weeks, or one twenty sixth of a year, is £122,692; which, added to £37,561, makes the deficiency of receipt for these two weeks in this year £l6o,2s3.—Whether there be any defi ciency in the Receipts in Ireland for these weeks, we know not ; but it can hardly be supposed that there ' 1 the Revenue can he more productive than in Britain;; and if we assume (for it is but an assumption) a defi- I ciency in Ireland at the rate of £9.0,000 for a fort night, the falling off for the year, estimated by this fortnight, is at the rate of between four and five millions! If the Revenue go on at this rate, the Mi nister will be obliged to raise twenty-five or twenty: six millions to make good the deficiency, and the arrears on the Consolidated Fund, as it stood on the sth of January. A liamburgh Mail arrived at a late hoar this forenoon. The following are extracts from the Pa pers brought by it:— WARSAW, OCTOBER 9. Yesterday evening, at seven o'clock, his Majesty the king of WURTLMBBRO arrived here.' His Royal Highness the Duke of CUMBERLAND, and Prince ANTONY BAZEWILL, Governor of the Grand Duchy of Posen, are also arrived here. On the sth, there was a grand review of 35,090 troops of all arms be low \Vela. His Majesty appeared in the uniform of a Polish General, and expressed his satisfaction at the appearance of the troops. The concourse of spec tators was immense. On the 6th, his Majesty gave an audience to the Senate and the Ministers of the Kingdom. * STOCKHOLM, OCTOBER e. Yesterday, a real National Festival was celebrated in the Soderlilge. The Canal was opened in the pre sence of the King, the Crown Prince, and many per sons of rank. The Canal has been finished in twelve years, and is expected to be of great utility. Among the vessels which first sailed through it was a steam boat, with many passengers, from Stockholm. The Duke of BEDFORD arrived at Vienna on the Bth instant. The intelligence of the birth of a son and heir to the estates and Chieftainship of CLANRANALD dif fused, as might be expected, the greatest joy and sa tisfaction over the extensive and populous estates of Clanranald on the Mainland and the Isles, and was celebrated at Arasaig, Moidart, South Uist, Ben beculo, Eigg, and Canna, by upwards of 3,000 of his tenantry, with every demonstration of attachment and respect. Mr. GLYN, of Glyn, MT. COLMAN RASHLZION, the Rev. W. WALKER, Mr. PETER, Mr. PENDARVES, and several others of the most respectable Gentlemen of Cornwall, have called on the Freeholders of that County to sign a Requisition for a Meeting, to consi der the melancholy transactions of the 16th of Au gust last. - - - • -• A SAGE PROPHTCY I—ln filonris Almanack we meet with the following observations for the month of Oc tober, 1519: " Twice in this month doth nimble Mercury " Aspect grave Jove, from the poienous sland'rous sign ( Scurpio). 4 , Wish 'twere no more but to disturb the sky ; " But mischief-catchers secretly combine " :Alen's minds to poison with their forged lies, " Pamphlets and Libels. Hell's-broacht villainies r. PERSIAN PROVERBS. Cm. 111. A Prince who falleth out with Laws, breaketh with his best Friends. The Laws are the only Guards he can be sure will never run away (runt him. Power in the Prince and Liberty with the People are like licat and Moisture—where they are well mixed every thing prospers. % litre the least useful part of the People have the most credit ith the Prince, men will conclude, that the way to get every thite is to be good for nothing. A wise Prince will not oblige his Courtiers, who are birds nif prey, su as to disoblige his People, who are beasts of burden. If a Prince does not chew aversion to Knaves and Dec/IT/mi. ! they will deceive till they ruin him. A Prince who praiseth others too soon, is in danger of repent , it too late. It hi lees dangerous for a Prince to mind too much w►at din 'topic say, than too little. A wire Prince will support good servants against men's anger, ' not ..s port ill ones against their Complaint. ~S Ii 1'• SOUTH AMERICAV CO2VSTITUTION'. The Constitutional Act of the United Provinces on the River la Plata, was proMulgated in the begin ning of May. This document, which is short and precise, consists.of 138 Articles, which describe and limit the Legislative, the Executive, and Judicial Powers. The Roman Catholic Religion is declared the Re ligion of the State. The Legislative Power is to be exercised, as in the North American States, by a Na tional Congress composed of two Houses, that' of Representatives and that of Senators. . The former is composed of Delegates elected in the proportion of one for every District containing 25,000 inhabitants: (the population of the United Provinces, is about 1,300,000). The Deputy must be upwards of 26 years of age, must have been seven years a citizen previous to his nomination, and must possess 4,000 dollars of property, or some equivalent, which is not well defined in the Article. The Representatives sit for four years, but a half of the Chamber is renewed every two years. The House of Deputies, like the British House of Com mons, originates all Money Bills, and has the special right of impeaching Ministers and the High Officern of State. The Senate is to consist of the same num-I ber of Provincial Senators as there are Province s; of three Military Senators, of one Bishop, and three Ec clesiastics ; of a Representative of each University, and of the Director whose period of government is ended. This seems rather a singular arrangement. Why have Military Senators? The appointment of the Senators is for twelve years, and they must at their nomination have attained the age of thirty, having been nine years a citizen. This arrangement seems well calculated to give stability to the system, and appears intended to supply the want of an hereditary Nobility. The mode of electing the Senators is too complicated to admit of description in this short sketch,. The Legislature is , to sit for about six months in the year : they have freedom of speech, and the other privileges of our Houses of Parliament.— They have the power of citing the Ministers before them, to obtain any requisite information. Any of them may originate laws. • When theprojeets of law have been agreed to by both Houses, they are to be transmitted to the Director for his sanction, who must return them in fifteen days, either with his ap probation or objections. If he approves, the bill becomes a Law; if he states objections, these objec tions are considered ; but if two-thirds of the Mem bers of both Houses support the original Project, their votes constitute a final sanction, without a second application to the Director. The Supreme Director is elected by the two Houses assembled. He is to be Supreme Chief of all the land and sea forces. He is to open the Sittings of the Legislature; he appoints all the Officers of the public forie, Envoys, Consuls, and others; he chooses and dismisses his Ministers, who are responsible for their conduct while employed under him ; all objects of Finance, Police, Public, Na tional, and Scientific Establishments:as well as all those formed and supported by the funds of the State, are confided to his supreme charge and inspection.— He has the power of pardon, except in cases .of State conviction. The supreme Judicial power of the State is to reside in a Supreme Court, consisting of seven Judges and two Recorders, nominated by the Di. rector ; every one of whom must have been a regu lar Barrister eight years, and have attained the for tieth year of his age. This Court shall, exclusively, take cognisance of all causes relating to Envoys and Consuls from Foreign Nations, all causes in which a Province may be a party, all those concerning Pub lic Functionaries, all those relating to crimes com mitted against the law of nations, &c. The Members exercise their functions during good behaviour. The Supreme Court, as well as the other Tribunals, is open to the Public. It would be needless to quote the " Declaration of Rights" which follows these and other Enactments, as they must be pretty much the same in every free Constitution. One would have supposed that the old Major had been at the redac: lion of the following Article: " The Corporations and Magistrates invested with the Legislative, Executive, or Judicial Powers, are the Attornies of the Nation, and responsible to it in the manner the Constitution prescribes." The Constitu tion is ordered to be sworn to in the whole territory of the State, and no Functionary shall continue in office without taking the oaths to observe and sustain it. The names of the Deputies, who passed this Charter, are appended to it. It is preceded, in the present publication, by a Manifesto, " addressed, by the United Provinces of South America, to all Na tions, respecting the treatment which they experienced from the Spaniards, and which gave rise to the De. claration of their Independence" in 1817 ; and fol lowed by another Manifesto, addressed to the United Provinces on the proclamation of the present Consti tution, in the April of this year. The former has al ready been before the Public in a volume, containing the Reports of the North American Commissioners and from the hitter, though an interesting document, we have left no room to quote any passage. The Spanish Government have appointed Alge siras as a port of entry for all vessels from South America, in lieu of Curdle, where no ships are allowed ingress or egress. Accounts from Panama state, that Col. RA ?reit, and twelve of the Officers taken prisoners at Porto- Bello, have been shpt there, by orders from the Vice roy of Sanla Fe.--Kingston Chropicle, September 3, PUBLIC MEETING AT BrITILERGLEN. FROM A CORRESPONDENT. " Agreeably to the announcement you would see in our Newspapers, sometime ago, a Public Meeting of the friends of Reform was held on Rutherglen Green, on Saturday, to express their sentiments on the late proceedings at Manchester, and to take into consideration the necessity of a Radical Reform in the Commons House of Parliament.' " The Meeting, according to the Requisition, should have been one merely of the Burgesses and other Inhabitants of the Burgh and Parish of Ruther glen; but it was attended by crowds of people from Glasgow, and other adjacent parts. About one o'clock, the Glasgow band passed through Calton, where it was joined by a large body of the Reformers of that place, and another body nearly as numerous from Bridgeton. The whole party, amounting to several thousands, now gave three loud huzzas, and proceeded onwards to Rutherglen Green. They walked in regular order, five a-breast, and linked arm in arm. Most of them had pieces of green ribbon tied in the button-holes of their coats, and white wands in their hands. Each party had its set of flags, bearing the usual Reform Inscriptions, of 6 Universal Suffrage, Arise, Britons, and assert your Rights,' &c. There were also musical instruments of all sorts—drums, bagpipes, flutes, clarionets, &c. which kept up a most discordant symphony of joyous sounds, all the way to Rutherglen. " On reaching Rutherglen Green, it was found already crowded with people, who greeted the arrival of their Glasgow friends with loud cheers. Altoge ther there could not be less, I think, than from twelve to fifteen thousand persons present. I counted thirteen flags in all. On one there was a picture of a woman poignarding a man, with these words inscribed above, 'So may all tyrants fall r I was told by one that it was intended to represent the sacrifice of the infa mous MARAT by CIARLOTTE CORDS, but more pro bably by another, that it was 'only a figure of Li berty giving Tyraney its last thrapple.' There;were also six or seven long staves, with a bunch of white twigs on the top of each, designed to be emblematic of the power of numbers when united. One staff , taller than the rest was surmounted with a Cap of Liberty —not, however, of red—but of green silk. There was another rod, which had a capital of a still more singular description than any of these.— It had a piece of wood across the top of it, from which there appeared suspended the following darling in struments of social luxury—a tea pot, a snieshin mill (muff-box), a tobacco-pouch, a tobacco-pipe, a gill-stoup (4uartern measure), and a dram-glass—all turned upside down—a rueful indication of the pa triotic resolution of our Reformers to abjure the use of every article of indulgence which can put a penny into the pockets of Goveinment. " A stage had been erected by the Rutherglen people, for the accommodation of the speakers, which was covered with black. They had also a Band of Music of their own, all dressed in tartan. 4. With the detail of the proceedings which fol lowed, it would be superfluous to trouble you. The topics, and the manner in which th e y were_ treated, by the different speakers who addressed the Mee ting, were much the same as at other Meetings of a-si milar description. 44 The proceedings terminated about four o'clock, when the multitude departed to their respective homes in the greatest peace and good order- The Provost of Rutherglen mixed familiarly among them in the course of the day, and having, at one time, gone rather close up to the hustings, in order to get a near sight of the handsome bauble, the cap of liberty, no thing would satisfy the Radicals, but that they mast put the cap on the Provost's head. His worship submitted to the complement in the greatest good' humour. " The Glasgow bands returned as they came, and entered town about dusk, playing Rule Britannia,' Scots who ha'c wi' Wallace bled, Erin go Bragh, and other popular airs. They spewed no disposition to disturbance whatever, and, after a short time, dito parsed quietly to their homes." A very active canvass is carrying on in all parts of this county, for signatures to a paper, called a Loyal Declaration, and we have received letters and verbal communications, stating the different kinds of undue influence resorted to for the purpose of obtaining signa tures to this document, that would, ifpublished, py a very inconvenient portion of our Paper. But such a publication is useless; the thing is perfectly under stood without it; and names obtained under such cir cumstances are-not worth the paper they are written upon. It will easily be conceived that this Loyal De claration is-an expedient to break the fall inflicted at the-York COunty Meeting upon those that felt so conscious of their weakness that they durst not ap pear in the Castle-yard. Ministers, we have no doubt, will, thank the Gentlemen.who are endeavouring to bolster them up with these scraps of waste paper, but , neither they nor the Public will entertain any very high estimate of the benefits to be del ivedlrom their, services.—Leeds Mercury. Thistlewood has transmitted, through the medium of his Grand Plenipo, Waddington, a letter to Lord Sidmouth, apprising his Lordship that he holds his situation as Secretary of State on a very precarious tenure, and advising him, while he has the power, to repay hint the £lBO which he lost when illegally ar rested on board the Alien brig, with simple and com pound interest, out of the candle-ends and cheese parings of office; in order to make amends for some of his Lordship's misdeeds ; and adds, " I wrote to yoni Lordship about a fortnight ago ; the letter mis carried I have no doubt, for your Lordship is too polite to omit answering a Corre.poildrut." WINDSOR,.OfTOBI4I26, Saturday the Earl of WINCIIELSEA left, for Burley Hall ; and the Earl of Mace Lap rived, in Waiting, from Slicrburn Castle. Yesterday being Windsor Fair, th e pi L cusra, the Duc.h e . is o f CLovtesrEa, atiti ce,s SOPHIA of,Gtoucerren, attendtd by 0' MAccr.e,rlETD and Geaeral 111ANIER4, through the whole of the Fair, and mad e w , chases, which they gave to the children ; wards viewed Progmore. This day the Duchess of GT..nr7tsittl Princess SorettA of Ctouct.sacr. :etz the Bagshot Park. MANCHESTER, OCTOBER MANCHESTER QUARTER SESSion These Sessions commenced to-day at the Bailey Court. House. They are County ' and held here by adjournment. Li this Cool' Sessions are not held at one place, as is 1J:11 . others ; but, on account of the quantity of IN N and the extent of the jurisdiction, are held at towns. They comnience at Lancaster, and a adjourned to Preston and Manchester succes4 and end at Liverpool. They usually occupy a month. The sitting at Manchester is - about eleven or twelve days, and is a most :at one. It comprises the business of the hunai Salford, in which are situated the populous tot Manchester, Bolton, Bury, Rochdale, Oldham„ ton, Heaton Norris, Stc. Mr. I-LAY always siu Chairman of the Manchester Sessions. He rt' metly a practising Barrister, and has fulfilled arduous duties of his present situation for years. He is assisted by Jalms Nom% El. Stipendiary Magistrate of Ma:r!.ester, and a practising Banister, and many other Gent,, of independent property in the neighbourhood Manchester. The Magistrates on the Bench were-- Mr. Hay, the Chairman; Sir William Harsh-twe, Km. limn Marriott, James Norris,'Jures W.akias, Robert r C. Crowley, and John Berwick, &qrs. E. W. Ethelstcn, and Hahne, Clerk, The Grand Jury were— Robert Peel, Fsq. of Ardwick, the Foreman ; Thom..? wall, Joseph Green, Jeremiah Fielding, Je:enLah V Samuel Barker, Thomas Fleming, Esqrs. and MC., respectable Gentlemen. Amongst the Counsel were— Messrs. MIL Ashwortla, Williams, Coltman, 1 - •!I, Armstrong, Lloyd, Cuortney, Brown, Brauthw•aite, AzHanby, and Strickland. In his Charge to the Grand Jury, the principally observed upon several important passed in the last Session. He did not take notice of late events, or the present tine of 'County, except by merely stating, that a!! J r lien to the Bench had been made by Frrttal respectable inhabitants of some of the ou; to , 'to hare the Watch and Ward Act enforced in He thought it was necessary to urge the prept:o those- townships putting this Act in force, bi haps the measure could not b e too s.rongly mended it the present time. He ..sas happy to serve, that the number of felons was much le,s usual, and hoped this was not merely accidental. The business of this morning has been coafined Appeals; and there has been nothing cf any interest.—The number of felon prisoners in the lendar is 151 ; of those for mistleincanours, irh e r ~ re, • TO, ma ce% dc , , t awl the rkg 114 , for Watu, tr ; and Jar h p 'ER an d thz' Castle t py At the 'S. iei l 'acnOsuc e S u cdi s cP:a t : o :: :.r a is gen i isr -lai tldhant, al [Ways se's Henas k fulfilled ' rgl es a for m- r Its, E. •• , t :r, aced rc ' f. el T Gentle... iboui licod Knt. Robert fie:;.. !thrlstcn, C:.: st Thom ,f Ib Irmittaiw t ie; -, ec.bera: T.'l, Stark's write, Del,. he Chaim, portAt,t A take the lei titte of :I[[ a Fe7tZal ro, I totvas:::, reed in the- e prorr:ety. rce, but . ongly ItCo[[ happy to .. Rich less th- :cider.tal. m cnafined ef any pub::- Ts in the C ranours, , ATE. on some dart ;ton Divisier, ection in the to meet and and to expreo e transactins ed an answer, loroughreeve, Magisrrattes meet, and o At, upon act' rd Dust', in :ompanied br Id not }:e jut- tercise or .112 ed themselves r, colic:tided ntei f.e:e wit:s e:istra:se% w:i:ch cast, dezlined in Lnrd Sly• ng that there tance in their d. Hence. it es of th.tt Di- at least, are views cf the ter. ANOTHER LETTER-SAME DATE The People of Bolton sent a Requisition some ago to the Magistrates of the Warrington Dili acting at Leigh, .requesting their protection in exercise of their Constitutionalß.ghts to meet Petition for the Redress of Grievances, and to their opinion upon the subject of the late at Manchester. They have just received an ansl addressed to Mr. Bowiten, the late Borough .Irom Mr. BARROW, the Chairman of the Magi:. recognizing the right of the People to meet, and •Petition either Parliament or the Pan ca, upon ,subject ; and inclosing a letter from Lord Thum, which the same recognition appears, accompanie a declaration, that the Magistrates would not I:: lified in interrupting the People in the exercise et ~ .right upon any occasion, if they conducted then:sell - a peaceably. The Noble Lord, however, colic:, rwith expressing his disinclination to inter fee .the•discretion which belongs to the Magistrate. 'Die Magistrates of the Warrington Division, wh:cli comprehends a population of 80,000 at least, declined .to act upon the suggestion' contained in Lord Sic- MOUTH% Circular some time. ago, alleging that thr o e was' no reason to appreh en d an y di stur b ance i n thei r 'district, or call out the Watch and Ward. Hence, it appears, that the respectable Magisuates of that Di vision, who comprehend about twenty at least,. are not disposed , to correspond with the v ie w s d thi chosen band of Magistrates at Manchester. Immediately before the rising of the Court, at the •termination of the Sessions at Rnutsford, Mr. Dm rose for the purpose•of mentioning the case cf Jcs. STEWARD, who had been imprisoned is Knutsfurd jail- for some time past, in consequeitce of a Bill et lifrdictment found against him at the last Quarter Sessions on the s prosecution of Benjamin Brow: hill, when Mr. LOYD, of Stockport, celebrated as the co ductor of the prosecution against Sir C. Wousncl, Bart. and for otherwise giving effect to the proceed ings of the liberal Magistrates of that observc , l to the Court,. in a low tone, that he was conceruc! far the prosecutor, who had no evidence to offer. The Magistrates were accordingly about to d '• charge the prisoner by proclamation, when M: Moonitoust: addressed the Court, as the friend of t! prisoner, with great warmth, and detailed, in hvol. terms, some of the injuries to which this unfortunar man had been exposed. The Magistrates intetfer:d tb prevent the recital. Mr. Moonlionsz t how-eve.:. persisted in noticing the length of which the prisoner had saffered,on a charge for wine: there was not the slightest foundation, and whw had been invented, for the sole purpose . cf defeatiq poor STEWARD in his application to the G' and Jury for redre s s. The M ag i s t r ate s seemed sensio• affected by Mr. Moolinottsu's artless statement; Jai recommended a civil action against the piosecuter: as the only means of seeking compensation for his wrongs. We understand that the suggestion of the Magistrates will be promptly acted upon, as it hap pens to correspond with the impression of 'lr. PEA:. son, who was is Cart at tl:e times