Star. — London, England, 1819-05-21 00:00:00

THE EVENING STAR. LONDON. FRIDAY, MAY 21, 1819.- THE FUND 6. ?MCI Of 11ToCK5 TWA DAT AT ODE *LOCK : Bank Stock 2361 237 235 3 per Cent. Reduced 74%. 6 S per Cent. Consols 711 70i • 31 2er Cent. 7811-4 per Cent. 89 87f 5 per Cent. Navy 10410 Bank Long Annuities 18 7-16 546 Imperial S per Cent. Anns. 68} India Bonds 28 29 26 pre, Exchequer Bills (2d.) 5 4 7 5 premium Bank for Acct. 237' 235 • Consols for Acct. 71i1 701. The proposal to equalize. the Dutra* Coals was last night thrown out of. ►he Commons by' a large majority. Indeed, from the manner in which this measure, from first to last, .has been prosecuted, (to say nothing of the period in which it was nixed ' ) nothing else could, in out. Opinion, have been expected. In the course of the discussionos this subject, ano ther important point came ca,suallyhekore the House. The CHANCELLOR of the Exclueausa, is► expressing his surprise that Gentlemen should pees inch *a abandonment of revenue in the present circumstances of the country, remarked, that " in a *w days he would have to call upon them to consider, not what taxes should be taken off, but how they could best minister to the wants of the country." In plain terms, new taxes will soon be proposed, to meet the interest of the New Loan for which we are all no* looking ; and the inference 'seems unavoidably to be, that no part will be taken from the Sinking Fund. Another circumstance, which cannot be very pleas ing to one of our contemporaries* was also elicited by a question rather out of the common usage, being put to the CuAscaLLoa of the Eadistauta. by Mr. CAL LAGHAN, the Member for Dundalk. lie asked the Minister for an explanation of a paragraph in last night's Courier, stating, that the repayment of the £10.000,000 required by the Bank, was to take place before February, 1820? and he pressed for an answer on the supposed or assumed cordiality between the . Ministers and the Courier. That fook, and the family of thi tvreag-heads generally, swallowing the arro gance of this self-created "ministerial organ," should allow themselves to be abused with the coinage of this mint of fabrication--this advocate of paper cur- reng of the description now in our eye, is not sur prising ; but, tbat,any Member of Parliament should allow his understanding to be so far abused, as to put a Qu estion, os •a tuujeet, to the GRAN. CiLLOR of the EXCiISQUIR D must appear wonderful ; unless we suppose, which is by no means unlikely, that be merely sought far an opportunity to dis abuse the public, by an open exposure of the un grounded assumptions of this soi-disant organ of arduous If this be what the Honourable Mem ber had in view, the answer of the Minister was to the purpose sought :••••• 44 I ani very sorry that my " Honourable Friend should have been betrayed into " this unpleasant situation, in consequence of any " communication he may have had with me. I hope " he never will again consider any thing that may ., " appear in that Newspaper as Official. I have seen " much in that Paper of which I entirely disapproves —What ! in the Courier? In the " Minista's timi d/friar Paper ?"—Let the Courier contradict the CHANcet.Lott of the Exonaututst! Let it insist on its high pretensions. The Public now know their true value. A thitd Report from the Select Committee of the House of Commons on Finance, has just been issued. It relates exclusively to the Navy ; and is more re markable for the scantiness and niggardliness of its suggestions on this branch of our public service than for any useful information or profound views of im provement. _ _ The total Estimates of the current year are less than those of the last year by the sum of 040,018. 4s. Bd. In the Estimate for the Admiralty, there is an ex cess, compared with last year, of £3,676,' which is owing, we are told, to the expeasesineutted by the late Expedition to the North Polo. In speaking of the Royal Naval College at Ports.' mouth, the Consmatee seer some observations on the mode of educating the superior Shipwright's Appere tices. It appears desirable, they state, that no greater number of this class of prams should be educated at the public expense than is likely to be absolutely required for the naval service of Orem Britain ; and, in order to do away the facilitrof entering into fo reign service, which stises from their being instructed in the French language, the Committee suggest, that in future none of the said superior Shipwright's Ap prentices shall be taught French l A passage follows this, extremely comprmsentary to Mr. Sunless, for the improvements he has intro duced into Naval Architecture. The services, they stags, which he has rendered, w although they have nothing of that brilliaacy whiCh forcibly attracts pub lic admiration, will cootiase to confer eluting benefit on the British nation, long after that period Irina the betieficial victories, however splendid, shall bare pas. aid *vitt:* Oaths object of Foreign Dock Yards, the Can since can say nothing. Whether any farther redac tions Ain be made in these namerons Establishinests depends, they say, " upon circumstances conlol4o with the political state of the country, o( which the Committee can have no cognizance." Why they cannot, they go not say. The - Victualling Office continuing - to 4, wear an appearance, differing from that of all departments, arising from the number of extra Clerks employed in 4,7 the Committee thought it right to enter into a detailed examination of the reasons for this difference s The result has been that the Committee are satisfied that there are no grounds for supposing " that the Public have not had the full benefit of the services of this Establishment." A charge of £14,000 for the Royal Navy Asylum, for One Thousand Orphan Children , of Sailors and Marines, appears, we are informed, for the first tin'se in the Navy Estimates, on account of the means of that Establishment being insufficient to cover its ex penditure. To the charge for such an Establishment, whether naval or military, the Committee state, that they would not object were the means of the Country more adapted to meet its expenditure ; but " under existing the Committee cannot conent in recommending to the House to engage in an our anal expenditure to this amount!" Alas Britain, how fallen ! that thou art no longer obit to provide for the Orphan Children of thy Gal lant &amen ! To what straits has our Economy batched, when nothing else can be found—no Bi► neentes— no extravagant Pensions—no su Establishments—when nothing but the portion of the Orphan is left to make a saving of, at the expense of every feeling of humanity and of national honour 1! The Paris Papers of Tuesday arrived this morning.l The proceedings of the Chamber of Deputies on Monday present a more than usual degree of interest. The Committee on Petition's made their Report on, a number of Petitions which have been addressed to the Chamber, soliciting its interposition with the Go-' vernment for the recal of those individuals now in exile l fer their conduct during the recent Revolutions in France. The Report stated it to be the opinion of the Committee, that the Chamber ought not to interfere in the matter, but wait in respectful silence the decision of the KIND. The RZPORTICR therefore moved the Order of the Day. M. DE CAUMARTIY, who had been in a minority in the Commission on this ques tion, moved on the contrary, that the Petitions should be remitted to the President *of the Council. The discussion on the question became warm, and ended at last in noise and confusion. The question was put to the vote, and the Order of the Day on the Peti tions was carried by an immense majority. Five per Cents. Monday, 66 fr. 70 c. A Dutch Mail arrived this forenoon, with Papers to the 19th instant. The only important part of their contents ire some advice, recently received frees the Dutch possessions M the East lodise s BATAVIA, DPC&MBER The robber chief, Bagoes genier, who, in the month of July last, at the head of a body of armed men, troubled for a while the public tranquillity in Chest. bon, and was afterwards taken prisoner by the Re-, sident Servatius, was brought to trial on the 31st of, October, and found guilty by the Jery, of insurrec tion and disturbance of the public peace, and sen tenced to be hanged ; which penalty he suffered on the 17th of November. At the same time the Court declared a certain Naymg guilty of the same crime, who was a chief promoter of those troubles, and who, in 1811, was one of the adherents of the notorious Bagoes Rangin. The first-mentioned was only a common Javanese, in the service of Nayrem. who persuaded him to assume the name of Bagoes Serrier, as a descendant of an ancient family, and possessor of supernatural powers. Since the ap p tebens oa of Bagoes Serrier no fresh movements hh e been ob served in Cheribon, and tranquillity is restored. The Sultan of Palembang has arrived here from Palembang, on board his Majesty's corvette Eclipse. On the 16th instant, another new ship, of between 400 and 500 tons burthen, was launched from the dock-yard at Bantjar, equal in beauty and solidity of construction to the best ships hitherto built to the East of the Cape of Good Hope. Admiral Wolterbeck has returned from his mission tp Malacca and Rio, with his Majesty's ship of the line Tromp, and the Wilhelmina frigate. At Rio he left Captain Koningsdorfer as Resident, Major Muntinghe, who had the command of an Expedition to Borneo, has returned with the Officers and meq under his command, so far as they were not necessarily left to occupy the different posts. Tuesday and Wednesday the PRINCE RESENT ho noured the Marquis of CHOLNONDELEIC with visits. The Marquis is extremely indisposed. The Duke and Duchess of WELLINGTON enter tained a large party of distinguished personages yes terday at Apsley-House. The Duke of Nottsout gave a grand Entertainment ussday to a large party of distinction.' Thursday the election for a Member of Parliant Isl . oe . Town and Port of Hythe (occasioned by Co- TAYLOR having accepted the Chiltern Hundreds) Mita on and terminated yesterday at noon. When Pen closed, the numbers were—For Lori), E 1157—Sir JOHN C. HONTWOOD, 90. The election for a Member for Shrewsbury, in the room of the late Colonel L:araa, commence on Monday. At close of the second, day's poll. th# Lumbers were, for Jona Mmos, Esq. &5; 'AMOS CMILAIITT, Esq. 80. We have inserted - in another part an inturisthif . extract from a Letter from Frankfort, on the suirai df the singular rumours which haw* leen MIK *pectins Sweden. If the writer, who appears *" infortned, may be credited, the Princes (lithe of Vasa have never Made any attempt since . * gress of Vienna to recover the Minnie of 3 but the son of GUSTAV'S (now aliOnt to CO his studies at Oxford) has declared, that " ta w s arm would accede, to • '' •: L,i.l►t' • , \ 4 I ; .• JO 4, 4111 THE PERSIAN AMBASSADOR. au 1/XCILLIMICIeS PUBLIC AUDIZMCS Olt TIM MUT. The pablic audienne of his Heeellency MINNA AWL ASSAY KHAN, AIMMINSINir Extraordinery from his Majesty the awl rt l'alsm , 104 , kia_t_ e yesterday, between the horns Iwo and dame cIo CK, at Carlton-House. His Royal Highness the Panics KIIONST,.hs consideration of the distinguished honour with wh ich our Ambassadors are recetved at the Court of Persia, conferred upon his Excellency the distinction of a public audience; and it is WTI since the Metropolis has seen a procession so brilliant as that which took place on this occasion. At twelve o'clock, a Subaltern's Guard was mounted at his Excellency's door in Charles street. ' He was waited upon by several of the Police Magi strates, who with their Officers were in readiness to keep order. At half-past one the Guards, in white gaiters todk their station is the streets through which the procession was to pass, making a double row along Charles-street, Berkeley-square, Hay hill, Dover-street, St. James's-street, and Pall-mall, to the gates of Carltonhouse. At the turns of the principal streets, squadrons of the Life Guards and the Blues were stationed, and throughout the diffe rent lines, bands of music were stationed at intervals. Sir RANSOM CHESTZR, Master of the Ceremonies, who ,directed the ceremonial on this occasion, waited upon his Excellency at two o'clock ; and shortly after, Lord Haanroar, one of the Lords of the Bed-chamber, on the part of the PRINCE RICIDIT, came to invite the Ambassador to the audience. The order of pro cession was as follows : A Troop of Lancers. A Royal Carriage and Six, containing the Ambassador's Secretor', bearing the Letter from his Majesty the Satan, to his Rapti Higher* the PLIIICE lizerst. Two Royal Carriages and Sa, containing the Presents made by the Suess to tbe•Parnea Rancor. Eight Hones, caparisoned after the fashicio of Persia, in brocade trappings, gold and silyer mounted bridles, led by Royal Grooms, and liethe Persian Grooms. A Royal Carriage and Six, containing the Ambassador's Nephew sad Captain WILLOCIC, who accompanied his Excellency from Persia. A Royal Carriage an Six. captaining three Officers of the Ambassador's Suite. A Troop of Forty Blum A Royal State Carriage, with Six Black Horses, richly capari soned, with THE AMBASSADOR, Accompanied by Lord Moores:, Sir Roam: Cussrra, and Dlr. Dioxin'. The whole Proceuion was closed by a large Troop bf Cavalry, and was daubed in its whale length by Lancers. The A MBAsSADOR, on alighting at Carlton House, was received by the Duke of Mormon, and after having rested a little wbile in the Anti-room. was conducted by the LORD CHAMBERLAIN to his ROYAL Hionwns's presence. The interior arrangements of Carlton House were admirable, and well calculated to give his Excrt.i.Emor and Suite a proper idea of the taste of our PRINCE. In the room next to the Throne the Foreign Ministers were assembled.— When his EXCELLENCY entered the room, his ROYAL Hummitss was standing under the Caropyi of the Throne, with Lord CASTLEREAGH on his right hand, and th e' other Ministers and Nobles of the Court surrounding -him in a groups. The approach of the AmnAssAnost to the Throne was quite after the Eastern style of etiquette. On his approaching the person of the REGRET, his ROYAL HIGHNESS &- evaded from the step of the Throne, and advancing two or three paces, received him with that dignity and affability of manner for which be is so eminently distinguished. The AMBASSADOR then, in very good English, made a most appropriate speech, which was answered by the Panics REGENT in terms calculated to gain his confidence Ind admiration. After much conversation, in which the Mums- Lawn astonished his Royal Highness and every one present, at the fluency with which he spoke our lan guage,, the Panics Rainur and his Excellency went into the next apartment, where the presents were laid out ; they consisted of— A Gold Enamelled Looking Glass, opening with a Portrait of his Persian Majesty; the object of which was to exhibit, at one view, the portraiu of two Sovereigns ; the one in painting, the idler by reflection ; and around which were poetical allusions ; a Gold Enamelled Boa; a Sword, celebrates!. is Persia for the exquhdte temper of its blade; a String of Pearls; Carpets of Cashmere Shawl, composed of four distinct pieces; the principal Carpet is in iength 17 Persian yards, breadth nine yards. They were manufactured for the King of the Afghans, who sent them sia present to the Shah, and who, without hesitation, sent them as the greasiest rarity he possesse d, to the PLIOCI RielOrr. Persia they are inestimable, such a specimen of manufacture being awe hitherto unknown ; two Carpets of Herat; a large Painting of his Persian Majesty ; ten magnilicent Cashmere Shawls, of swim's sixes and denominations. Alb:This Royal Highness had examired the various presents, be re-conducted the Ambassador to the Hall of Audience, where his Excellency took his leave, highly gratified with the kindness of his Royal Highness, and the dignity and affability of his man ners. His Excellency returned in the same order of procession in which he went. The crowd collected, notwithstanding the rain, was immense, and the whole cortege was extremely splendid, and highly calculated to make a proper impression on the minds of those who are accustozne4 4 at the Court of their own So vereign, to see daily displays of magnificence. THE FRENCH AND ALGEBINE AMBASSADORS. At two o'clock, the Fez Not AMBASSADOR, attend ed by his , was introduced to th e Pa tter REGENT, in his by Viscount CASTLERR AGHt conducted by Sir ROiIERT CHEATER, the Master of the Ceremonies. His Excellency delivered his cre dentials, and was most graciously received. At half-past three o'clock, the ALGEatts AMISS*. SADOR, attended by Mr. SALAMIS, his Excellency's Interpreter, arrived at Carlton House in one of the REGENT'S carriages, the servants in their State live ries, and the five beautiful horses brought by his Excellency as a present to the REGENT--three of them light greys, one iron grey, one bl ac k ; one o f the light gre ys - had been rode by the DEY of ALGIERS, and was most richly and costly caparisoned, with a ,saddle shabrac, bridle, winker; and blisters, most richly embroidered with gold, with wide silver stir nips, made according to the fashion of that country, :nth filigree ornaments. The other numerous and toody.rtients wee sett to Carlton-House ja the ccosttse of the !twang: His Excelleley vies most traeiettslurreniesd, and boa the lgetiqcorii closet Amanda of , the Panics RIGRWS. The AvirMAR AMBASSADOR,: dill AwsassA • • lat frismdedlictintotA tiisoiod 'haw.); mi l us TE a, tptaglikawesc tha Rammediatlismaeladed his reception Of like Fact 'Ambassadors. his Royal Highness held • elf the' mat mica Order of the Thistl% "w e b was atte n t e d by the D o k e of ATROLL, of Ear, of GALLOWAY, and Earl mettnodivastrr, when Rata! QIJARXL, }:s l . *ntleman Usher of the G reen R od, introduced th, Ili a d of t A o y c L o n n e f s er oa th r e , h w o h nov en rthoef PKanitgxenhthßoorzsrwaltill t l ob as l t : l Earl with the Sword of State, and afterwardi to invest him with the Order of the Thistle, th Gceea Ribbon, Ike. ht the *seal form. THE BANK RESTRICTION. We are informed. that isopposition to Mr.Ptres, the following Resolndulge win be subtnitu.d to b ot h Houses of Pat'Lament: That, u h appears notaary to sum to Cast Parn ent , the Bank within as shut a time u may b e deemed exp4,.:7 and as the measure Oa all sides is admitted to be many Misukies of width It Would be advisable to chow: il l , k a , That, from the apparent difficulties in the way of at izse i t . the relative roportiou beverage Gold and Sever, it appear viable to seket one or other of these metals 0,4, to m y, the standard of value: That, in order to combine a return to Metallic Currency x the greatest possible circulation of Bank Paper; aifer r i . , : , z the one land a currency as extensive as the wants of the may require, with. on the ork-r, a security to the wt;; Its Intrinsic value, which alone can maintain ow 1% , .t.47:•. changes at par; and further, with a view to retwn t , ) tb, deosiminatioas of Al sterling as fixed by the 431 Elitabcol, Stsvaz of the standard fineness and ancient Mint liegal.;t:.J.4 114 as the Standard of Value of these Realms: at l ,in order not to rer.dcr nugatory tan the useful reform of our Silver Cnitiage, lately isvle: inky with the Act of Geo. Il I. c. 56—usefal, I 10! has beta issued at a depreciation hi wcight, but betrwe q L given us a far better coinage, both in weight and sst:T ester reduced the former may be by the pi es.nt bons) than was formerly current • That Crowns, Half-crowns, Shillings, and Sixpen:es„ by virtue of the aforesaid Act of 56 Geo. II I. capsdu, do :cos, current, as by l'rochdetation they now are; but that 'bi t in discharge of debt, continue, as heretufae, restaicted tow * not exceeding forty shillings in anmunt: - . That, with respect to Paymmts exceeding forty sh.:l.:gx to any amount, they be hereafter, from a date Is be fi n d Parliament, payable in silver to be imniediately aimed tut. formity with our ancient Mint Regulations of sixty-two per pouted Troy in weight, and in fineness of el!Tell ounces', pennyweights fine silver to the pound Troy, with the esk remedies, into pieces of ten shillings each, bearing the Sows* Effigy on the one side and the National Arms on the other: That it be incumbent on the Governor and Company of t, Bank of England to exchange its notes at the will of the hake thereof, into either of the two above Silver Coinages, t: amount demanded: That from and after a day to be fixed, an Notes of ,Cl of Governor and (company of the Bank of England be call, and no more issued That it is axpodknt that all Laws which prohibit the *kite or Exportation of the Gold or Silver Coin of the Realm, lai the Exportation of Gold or Silver Bullion made of sash Cum, should be raveled That, with respect to Gold Cele, whether Sovereigns or' was, or *sir subdivisions, those now extant or likely to retch to this country, be left free to find their relative values, accui. ing to their weight, and to the fluctuating proportion benves Gold and Silver, without Lett or hindrance, and that whit • Bard to i the continuation of any fainter coinage of the urn; his Majesty's Mint, at the request of individuals brircing tide Gold Bullion (but always with nuance oft or * yet cert for charges of Dressage and no sum) That it be left a gonna for the wisdom of his Majesty's Privy Connell to decide spin, but that boncefonrard Silver Coin do cen-inne to be the e' Standard Measure of value of this Malted IGiessicsn. THE ARMT. ' The 24th Regiment of Dragoons, which landed last week from India, is now gestrtered at Chatham. It consists of about 200 Officers and privies, chiefly those enlisted for a limited time. The others entered into other Regiments befors.dbe 24th sailed. The above Regiment leftaaslend about 24 years ago. NAVAL INTEELIGENCE. The Hoomoroble Company's aiiip WiUhm Pitt, Gammi, waa spoke on the 25t1 Marsh, W lat. 4. & keg. 19. O. W, also the ship Neptune, of Calcutta, Low, front Liverpool Calcutta, on the Ist April, in 111.0. 6. S. long. 20. W.—alp the ah‘p Cadmus, Arrimnr, from London to the Isle of Frwes, so the ad April, in lat. 1.51. N. law 20. W. by the Wis. pensable, arrived from the South Seas. PLYAIOO2III, MAT 19—Wind N.W.—Carne in the Valimis, Cum, from Rio Janeiro, for Hambureh for water aid pre& dons. in 90 days Poarsesourn Mir 90 N.W. -Paced by fee lei• don, the Amatila, Remain, from Jantaisa ; Mary, —, frees Hawannah, for Bremen ; and Del Carmen, Nana, from Rimier for London. DICAL, MAT 110.—Wind & S. W.—Arvind and sailed for River, &c. the Catherine, GRARAII, from the aped Good Hope; ['dispensable, B from the South Seas; limerick Trader, Gawnres, from La rick ; Helena Margaretta, lima [tors Cette, for Petersburgh ; Helena, Gaire, from ditto, Heathen* Came down from the River and sailed, the tory, BILAITEWAITT ; and Zephyr % TAYLOIL, fur Quebec. Dooms, Mei W.—Arrived this slimming the Susanna, Gr. Mow, with a mail and pawners from Ostend. Soled this rnernhig the Lord Daman packet, Captain Haasu.tax, for Cash, with a mail and passengers. Arrived this afternoon the Prince Leopold, Captain Roams, from Calais, with passengers. 11VALPOOL, MAT IL—Arrived the Aries, Tama, from Yaaeira---eatled 7th March ; on the 10th April, in Lt.!. S. 1 34. W. was boarded by the brig Valiant, of Baltimore, they. captured a Portuguese ship and a brig of war, the latter a an engagement of half an hour : on the 17th April, in lat. It. long. 399.60. was boarded by his Majesty's ship_Lwrzr. Yesterday the Dispatches were closed at the F India House, and delivered to the Pursers of lowing ships, viz.—Princess Charlotteof Wales, Car. tain C. B. Gataatz ; and Marquis of Wellingto ,. Captain J. Wow), for Bengal direct. Passessgen per Princess Charlotte of Waks.—For Bentz ( - Ca Andree, Dickson, and Pratt ; Lieutenant Peahens' and Lady; Miss Smkh; .11dessn. Ashmore and Gardner, Sr' merchants; Mr. I. Moyne, free mariner; Messrs. Galan, vans, Garrett. Wilson, Shortland, Dalzetl, and Temple, Cafe% Per Mara* of Wellington.—For Bengal—Mears. Mama* Hope, (and Lady), senior merchants; Messrs. Cheap, Cake, Wyatt, and Campbell, writers ; Mr. Assistant-Surgeons Mai*. leinl, Weklunan, and Gratin ; Mr. Brennoz:, free merclars. Xrs. Wyatt ; Messrs. Bathed, Wakefield, White, Cr a te". M'Marine, Corbet, Fleming, Cautley, and Motskesd, STATE OF THE ODDS..—BETTING.ROOM, MAY ' DERBY. 2 to 1 apt 'Meths S to 1 apt Louisa 6 to 1 apt Sultan 8 to 1 apt Dotninie (taken) II to 1 apt Tar Topaz (takedJ 14 t 1 apt Quail 16 to 1 apt Euphrates (take 17 to 1 apt Iris OAKS. 12 to S apt Rvadne 7 to 1 list Sister to Osman 5 to 1 agst Blue Stockings Very Iltde betting on the Oats, sad none on the St. Leger. CORN-MARKET. MARE-LANE, MAY In' We have had no fresh supply of Wheat since M day, but a tolerably large quantity was left over from Wednesday's market, which met heavy sale morning, in consequence of the price of Flour bavi been knvered Ss, per sack; and what little was di posed of was at a decline of full 2s. per quarter. Harker, Peas, and Beans, are nearly unsakable, cept at very low prices. Oats are ls. cheaper, supply being very great and the consumers unw, ling tp ptuthase. . - I DON i Printed and published by Ltvig — cl i eu Mao Terlas Lim Cf he ds :e 4 br a-to y Jf g at. :a !cl .z t It 4 4 'it rota lraa Lop ao, d fr'A I tw o dVes tie Me& anf Ld, elthe .eai Coo, =fll xer4. mos ta tia 2 es colt mist :only sded 13113: iy ered The P. Lem 41 to woo, , from radar or tie Goof lorick !km tr, tar Vit- Oft d hims: n Rio long. East fel- Cal- ro r, bee 1, Ste- idea. no* 44ke, dark- tbts.ell, V 20. km) akco) In I+3lo dais gte eu-