Star. — London, England, 1816-04-12 00:00:00

T - '' -. T w i h o ko s uitaaolsrlr stairs the West-6U rtiotrlls hir he has moiOW she threatened.punith• :mot opal the otherthild, who had spin Wen guilty - of the-stme mid. In her angfr, o she pushes the Child so that he falls down the statri, finds thi and s wimming in its blood, in the agonies of death, m ks down stairs again..finds the other child lifeless settee foot of the stairs, totters into the bathng-room, . filtdshe youngest child suffocated in h e bath, apd hags herself shortly afterwards in the extremity of d e spair. • ITTIII.- • THE EVENING .TAR._ • LO N DON. . FRIDAY, APRIL 12, 1816. • GOOD FalDAT,—Holiday at . thil Public o.Blces; The abuses which prevail respecting the extent of *Rides of the King's Bench Prison were . alluded to ba night, in the House of Commons. Some of our contry Reacjers will be at some loss to understand the meaning of the term. Its operation is simply t his—A rich rogue, when committed to prison for debt, by.paying for the privilege, never needs to enter itt doorsb There is a certain extent round the prison covered with elegant well furnished buildings, any of which he may hire for his residence, and there spend the money due to his Creditors. By dexterous ma 'nagement he may do more—he may be performing 'the totir of Europe, while his creditors suppose him • immured in the walls 'of a prison. A petition on this . subject was referred to the Committee on the Inwl. vent Debtors Act. tdr. BROUGHAM gave notice of a Motion on the Liberty of the Press. The fever of revolutionary terror having subsided, it is high tile that on this, as on other subjects, the law and practice should be such as sound reason can approve. Wanton, malicious libellers ought to be punished. The 14w ought, however, to allow the ernth to be given in evidence, though not pleaded as a justification- It must be ma terial to the ends of justice that the truth should be known by the Jury. With respect to ex-sficio infor. maims and the regulation' of Special Juries, arise acquainted with the subject will venture to dm' the Necessity and facility of new arrangements. Amitier topic before the Home deserves great attention. The necessity of raising large sums of money has more or less deranged the whole mama. factoring system. In tbe nature of things iewas im possible to finesse or prevent an unequal and coals. • gauntly an isjimious pressure on some branches more than others. The Leather Trade is one of these I and it is one of such vast importance to the country, that effectual and' instant relief should be afforded. • . The weight of taxation on this article is such as not only to threaten its complete annihilation, but in its, ' operation to affect almost every . other branch of our manufactures and also the whole Agricultural system. We have hardly any manufactory in which Leather Is sot mere or less used * the mac Misery ler straps, bands, &c, and the evil which falls on the agricul• turalist is not merely what affects the price paid for harness, &c. but the depressing influence of the taxeb on the price of the raw hide's and skins of every descrip It should be recollected that the English leather is the best in the world, and hence the demand for it on * the Continent—a demand which would be increased fire fold but for the enhancement of price occasioned the high taxes; for no payment of drawbacks can .• 'ever compensate for increased cost, caused by the . ..charges for increase of capital required by the trade, the drawback never exceeding the bare duty on the ar • • title. The encouragement given by our higir prices to nations to prosecute the manufacture, 'should she weigh much in considering this question ; for it ' is easier to prevent the growth of a rival manufac ture than to drive it front the field of competition When once firmly rooted. We have received the Paris Papers of Tuesday, sad subjoin the most interesting part of their con tests. The proceedings of the ChaMber of De _ puties on Monday are rather high coloured. M. LIN', the President, conceiving that a Member had given him the lie, with respect to some for- . inality relating to the Law of Elections, resigned his seat for the day, and walked at la a pet.— lie seems, by the bye, to be rather a decided enemy to the enlightened views of the maj•irity of theCharn bet of Deputies with respect to the law of elections. The Report of their Committee w.is read in his ab • :cuter it is a masterly prodection, but we have not ; ,„room for the whole of it today. Suffice it to say, c,; drat it aims at giving France a really free coustitu ' 'Coo, by crippling the influence of the Crown in the elections of the Deputies. It gees toset !side the ElectoralCoilegesfrom which • On Vippties at present emanate,..and which Electoral •• Cbileges are specially nominated by the Crown. We heartily wish the Committee may carry their point : mince will never again raise her head as a respect. &Me body politic, if they do not. COURIER EXTRAORDINARY OP TUESDAY MORSUNO. Among the interesting documents lately found in • public Archives, in addition to the .Autograph Testament of Louis XVI. we may now reckon on the' Protest, also autograph, solemnly made by his Ma jetty, at the time of his departure in 1791 ; a Journal, ' .. * *ll ° in his hand-writing, which comes down to Jane, 14 ::: "Iti k and the manuscript SpeOch of M. Deane in his : 7 10 1d ar.---This last manuscript, this original copy - of *fen ce of virtue, traced under the 'dictates of ilasno and justice, by fidelity itself, exhibits an in kiest the more Impress; ve; because we therein remark the eteeltrillUW ieWiminotiontdep by Ws A Client, always more occupied with the dangers I might menace his (binders, than with the perils w which he was hiinself surrounded. It eaktsot be without the most tender feelings that we contemplate this manuscript, in which th& most sublime solicitude studied to enervate, under inch circumstances, and in such a situation, all the effects of zeal and devotion, and all the strength of eloquence ! An accidental fire has consumed about sixty acres of the Forest of Chantilly. The business of the Nal,. Trkolorr, which was to dome' on before the Cour Prevotale, is sent to - the Court of Assizes. CHAMBER Ot DEPUTIES. PRISIDENT, N. LAIN& The PiteSIDeNT" The Order of the Day calls for the conclusion of the discussion of the Douanes." M. de VlLLaut—u I demand leave to speak, in the name of the Committee of Elections." The Passmater" The Reporter from the Com mittee of Elections, only this instant. demands leave to make his Report; and yet the Standing Orders re quire that I, as President, should have twenty-four hours notice. Some persons came to me to-day. five minutes before twelve o'clock, and asked me if it was true, as the Journals stated, that the Report on Elec tions was to he made to-day 1 I said, that I had not been apprised of it, otherwise I should have put it in the Orders of the Day. This Report must therefore be given in to-morrow at noon. I shall inform the Minister." • The Marquis of Foams, des Isere— " The Presi dent was inforined—..:.. The POMMES-I' (with animation)—" Whew the President declares, openly, and in a public meeting, that he was not previously informed, it is astonishing that a Member should permit himself to say the contrary." M. de FOitini ii I have not said tht the Presi- - dent was informed twenty-four hours before." M. de Vita.at.a...•." The Committee assembled on Saturday : it charged me to make a Report in our sit tings of today. I spoke to the President of it on Saturday." The PIIMIIMINT—" Do you mean to sq that you told me you would make the Report to-day, Sir ?" Made Vtuis.a-4 4 It is not my intention, certainly, to say that AL Gahm has not stated the facts as they =evened; but I must state such as came wahin isfy own knowledge. lam not certain that I said to the President that I should be ready at the meetings of to-day; but I am ceriain that he told me he would oppose with all his might the Report being made be fore the discussion on the Budget was terminated." — (Mermen mad noire.) The PAIiSIDENT." M. de Villele mis:akes me, er my memory must be very unfaithful. coniowlds what he has said to me with the conversatioas w ,ich he has had with other persons: 1 said, The report will be made during the deliberation on the Bedge, bat the discussion cannot take . place until arterwArds.' Yesterday I read in one of our journals, that the re port was to be made to-day : I said, to all those who spoke to me about it, that the President had received 110 information on the subject : in (Act, it is only this instant that M. de Vilele iiilntnied me of it. M. de FOIiBIN.—.I have not failed in my respect to the President, in announcing the fact which I have advanced. In short I know, and the President must admit it himseit, that he was informed of it." Thg PIitSIDINT.-•• 66 I call you to order."—Several voices— (Order, order.) M. de FORBIN to the President—" You have not the right of yourself alone to call me to order ; this right belongs to the Assembly only."—(llere *A very great agitation prevailed in the Hall.) Ist. de FOIIIIIN-46 I say that the President has not been officially informed : I demand that the Reporter shall be heard." M. de Bouvictza I have the honour to be a Member of this Committee, and I can assure you that all this is a mere misunderstanding on both sides. It. is certaiu that M. de Villele has reported to the Committee that he had told the President that he would make his report on Monday, and that the latter had answered him that he would oppose this report being-made before' the end of the discussion on the Budget. To conclude, I see nothing in our rules which cau prevent the - report from bring made while we are sitting." Tae P/ALSIDENT." The power of the Pre:ident to call an Orator to the question when he wanders from it, has been contested : Article 21 of the Rules is imperious in this respect. I shall accuse no one of artifice, but there is here a jeu d'esprit at least. The tact is, that it was only after this meeting was opened that leave was asked to speak. I think that ' the rules and orders not haring been observed with respect to the Preiident, or rather with respect to the Chamber, the report ought not to be made to-day. and we may, without inconvenience, plit it off until to-morrow." tHere the Minister of the Interior room.] The Question was then put, whether the report be how heard? The Pll/011DENT. 4 4 I confess I think the sense of chi House is doubtful." On the second scrutiny, a small majority decided; that the report should be made immediately, • The PRESIDENT. — " As my health does not permit me to preside at this meeting, I beg M. de Bouville to take the Chair." [Hat the President retired* evidently much agi tated, in.• M. de actuville wok his place.] Several Members then attempted to speak irrein-, entered the • !tarty, knit M. de Vu.ttbe Stu* succeeded in readtel the report on the Law olfaction!. The Report went to *commend certain Amend tnrlts to the Law of Elections, which should prevent the Electoral Colleges, originally nominated by the Crown, from having any influence on the election of Deputies. The Chamber decided that the debate on this stib. ject should take place on Wednesday. The debate on the Budget was dm resumed, and the farther discussion adjourned till next day. FRANKFORT, APRIL t. 'rite following are the most interesting heads of intelligence from various pars of Germany The Chiefs of the great Houses comprised within the territory of the Grand Duke of Hesse Darmstadt, have made a requtat to the Grand Duke, which has made a great sensation. They declare that, being witnesses of the misery of their subjects, they accede to their reiterated solicitations—Princes and saliects' are equally persuaded that there is only one way to put an end to their misfortunes, and that is, to con voke the Provincial States of the Grand Duchy.— They develope with energy the motives which have determined them to make this request. The ,memoir is signed by the Princes and Counts of Solms, Counts Erlaach, Linange.Westerbourg, Westphalen, Stol &c. The answer of the -Grand Duke is ex pected with impatience. The Waters of Toplitz and Carlsbad are very -Muds frequented. Several great personages will proceed there this year. The King of Prussia will go to Toplitz; but it is not true that the three Allied Sovereigns will there have an interview. Count Bruges who has arrived at Beilia Isom Paris, is charged with paying the expense's irmgred by Prussia for the Fiend' prisoners in 1814 e. ' .. • The Merchants of Hanover have proposed to the Government to abolish, for the suns of 300,000 crowns, payable every year, the importation duties on foreign merchandize. The proposal has, it seems, been adopted. A 111ai1 Isom Hollani, which arrived this corn. ing,ll.ls broughr us the fonowing intelligence : BRUSSLLq, APRIL 6. The English (411 et al Colville has successively put a great part of the garrison of Valenciennes in bar. racks, ant the rest .are not permitted to dernand of those in tah.:se ?..hey are qua: sexed • any thing belt fire an..l candle. The above-namel General has also, in an Or.!er of the Day, invited the inhabitants to acquairt him with the slightest bieach of disci mt•asures, and, the attundance •Of !noley, tri eke the inhabit lilts of that town much, happier than they had imagined. At Cambray money is still more abundant, because , the Giatid head quit.. ters are then:. A courier arrives • there daily willl the correspondence of Lord Weirmgton. stilton) int.. portant. circumstances stilt hinder froinleaiing Thu French Government, according to accounts from Lille. has ordered all, those .:irhO shall attempt to introduce into France certain. Journals published -at Brussels or Liege. amolg which is the Arai:: Jaunt, to be immediately arrested and brought to trial. Th, same order is given in respect of those in whose pos. session these journals shall be found. A'dountier and a labouring man acre lately thrown into prison on this account. BERLIN, MARCH tn. They are now placing Wore the Royal Arsenal a cannon and two mortars of enormous size. Our troops found the firtt at Paris, With another of the same size, which the Austrians sent to Vienna. We took the t►ro latter pieces at La Fere. Napoleon had kept these four pieces on account of their prodi glens size and destructive effects, to employ them one day, with other heavy artillery, in the siege of Gi braltar. These remarkable pieces will add a new ornament to our arsenal, which is distinguished for its beautiful construction, and will at the same time daily remind our brave warriors of their martial achievements in the war which has effected the deli- verance of Europe. Yesterday Prince ESTERIIAZY, the Austrian Am bassador, had an audience of the PRINCE ttEoExT at Carlton House, and introduced two Gentlemen from Austria, on their arrival in England. Lord CASTLE REAGH and Count MussTEn had long audiences of his Roval Highness. The mzr•iage of the Princess Cr.?Ant.orra to the Prince of Conowrio will not take place till Thursday, the 25th of this month. The applications to become Maids of Honour to the Princess CHARLOTTE, already amount to 571. It is now said that Clerrn4nr, the seat nt Mr. Elms, in Surrey, is to be the residence ul the Princess CHAR LOTTE and her consort. Prince Licovorm of COBOURO is a Botanist. He de lights in the useful science, and is himsett a proficient. We may hope, thetelbre, that under his auspices hor ticulture will rapidly advance in England. The Marquis of SALISBURY transaved business on Wednesday at the Post Ofilce;for the first time since his appointment to the office of Postmaster- General. The Duke of KENT has appointed J. PHILIFPART, Esq. of Chelsea, Librarian to his Royal Highness. The two Misses HALser, daughters of the late Ham HALsax,,Esq. of Henley Park, Surrey, have given their hands—ANNA LOUISA to Captain LAKE of the Guards, and &muslin' CAROLINE to GEORGE NANun.t o Esq. of Chelmsford, in Eras. The happy couples were united at the same time. • Mr. PARRY bas just published a Ballad, called 46 The Cambrian Zullaloss," the words of which are sup- I posed to be of Druidical origin, recently trandated by Luirn, Bard of Snowden, and presented to gr. P. gt " a 'OUT of his country ajid its stielodies.". Iti 4r4L INt'S .4 tALMOVriI i APPAL IA Bailed the kchth PEARct, for Guernsey. PLYhtOUTH, APRIL 10. Cstne in the Hibernia, CATTY. from Yemenll tot Portsmouth, Bailed the Lomat sloop of ow, on a cruise. PORTSMOU TH, APRIL tt. • •Arrieed his Majesty's ships LARNIS and RnaAato, !from a cruize. Sailed his Majesty's ships Noartt STAR and AQUILON % for Deptford; and the DWARF, for Plymouth t also the Aana transport, for Drpt ford.—•Wind W. HARWICH, APRIL it. ' Artived the Prince of Orange Packet, with a Mail and Passengers, from INland.-.-Wind • COVE OF CORK, APRII. s. Sailed his Majesty's schooner BRITON. Wind N.W. CUSTOM HOUSE, APRIL 11. SHIPi NNTEURD OLITWARD9LaureI, WiLLIkU Jonas. for Hamburgh ; Neptune, JAPANS EDMONDS )N. for Bermuda; Jong e Elisketh, R. C. BLooT, for Antwerp ; LOILiSN, C. Dunarunnn, for Rotterdam ; Frau Elsabe, Pluton Fuwn, for Amsterdam ; Marie Frarri., L. S. PAULMIER, for Calais and Dunkirk ; Anna, I'. BERGH, for Antwerp ; York Merchant, .brit Thompson, for Antwerp.; Zealous, RoNERT YOUNG, for Petersburgh Sarah Margaret, ATKIN sox NICIIOLSONi for Bremen ; Fliends, GEORGE Rt. comtnsom, for. Quebec and Muntreal—.sth March, for Quebec only Three Johns, Joun Ronr.nrs, for Amsterdam-22d February, for Hamburg's. The MISOTAUR, nt 1 . 4 guns. building at Chatham, will be launched on Tueslty next. We find that large exportatiofti of grain from this country have laiely tsifen place. The accounts from Ilavre amiounce the arrival of between 30 and 40 vessels with COM and &kir within the List three weeks The :Jitney Regiment of Militia at present in .Ferruoy Barracks, is ordered for Kingston, in Surrey, previous to their being disbanded. Extract of a letter from 'Brighton :- 44 We are all extremely happy here to find that the beautiful and fast-sail ng Leith smack the.El.l2A packet, which ha* been so long, and so deservedly, a favourite with the public at Brighton, will still continue to sail between this ;dace and Dieppe every Saturday afternoon, not withstanding the heavy tonnage duties paid in France o.i vessels of tier description. It is lamentable that the French Government should be so short-sighted as not to encourage such fine 14rr vessels as the Eliza, in preference to smaller ones. Not only are vessels of her class far superior in point ot safety and accom modation, bat their immense value operates as a most leffevual check to all contraband traffic being carried in by their meant." Yes.erday - a Court of Directors was held at the East India House, when- the new Directors, elected on Wednesday last, viz. the Honourable Wttuast FOLLA RYON ELPHINSVINP ; .10/IN INous, Esq: JOHN ' gft/117 Esq. JAiIES PATTISON. Esq. JAMES DANIELL, Esq; and J. B. TArtra, F.sq. took the oaths and their seats. "ltouas Rein sold Jorm Bova, Esqrs. were 'chosen 'Chairman and Deputy Chairman, for the year in stiftig.' ' /e 4 4day, being Maundy Thursday, the usual • Rsijal. Donntions were 'distributed at Whitehall Chapel. 'III the morning the Sub. Almoner, attended 'b it party of the Yeomen of the Guard, difitributed I•to 7S poor women, and as many poor Men, being as magi of each in number as the.Kneo is years old, .t 1 rnantity of salt fish, consisting of salmon, cod, and herrings ; pieces of beef, several loaves of bread, and some ale ; at three o'clock they met again ; the men on one side of the Chapel, and the women on the other ; a procession then entered of those engaged in the.ceretnony, consisting of a party of the Yeomen of the Guard, one of diern carrying a large gold dish nit 1 his head, containing 156 purses, with 78 penny pieces in. each, for die poor men and women. The evening church service was then performed, at the conclusion iii which the silver pennies were distributed, and a cup of wine given to each, to drink the KING'S health. The Mansion House . never exhibited a grander appearance than it will on Monday next, at the Loup hlAvoit's Fete ; 500 dinner tickets are issued, and most of the Nobility, are invited. to this banquet ; the Egyptian Hall is fitted up in greater splendour than ever, and the tables made much larger, in order to accommodate his Lordship's numerous friends; the inside ornamental decorations are Of the most superb and splendid kind ; the whole house is to be open on the occasion, and the preparations are on the largest and grandest scale, the designs for lighting are en. tirely on a sew construction, the table decorations are also new, and extremely beautiful. In the even ing the LADY MAYORESS will give a grand ball, 'to which upwards of two thousand persons have receiv ed tickets. The first Spring Meeting of the Golf Club was on Saturday last, at Blackheath ; the day proved highly favourable. After three hours play, the Club, to gether with a few friends, sat down to an excellent dinner of the Green Man. The afternoon was spent in conviviality and good humour—virtues for which this Club has long been eminently distinguished. Sream r ßoaTs.—These vessels, which have hitherto b, en confined chiefly, it not entirely, to river osiviga tiors, will probably soon come into very general use for packet and passage vessels employed in deep wa ter. Within these two or three weeks one of the ste.fm-boats.went from this country, and navigated up the Seine to Paris, to the great surprize of the Pd. risians, who already anticipate innumerable benefits Irons tAis mnde of navigation. In one word, the nu. tural inferiority of the Seine to the Thames is to be compensated by the powers of steam, and Paris, ere long, is to rival London as an emporium of ge n er a commerce. They seem never once to recollect s that by . employing stcans•navigation oa the Thanes, the the relative difference must be preserved betwe.n the two rivers.—,Wedateday a very fine vend, in tended to be worked by steam as a passige-vessel to France, was launched at Ramsgate.--Some people, perhaps from the best motives, think that Govern ment should interfere, to confine the storms-naviga, tion to our rivers and canals I bet this week! only benefit those who now have passage-vessels navigated in the usual way, at the expense of the general vons munity. If the steam-vessels shall be fooid 1161401 to those now in nee, this very circommence> ern cause them tube laid aside iWe • 11 " 1 " / 11P r nDr ' it would be highly improper, by sat ____ 41111141111 " . ' to prevent the public from reap i ng the t.