Star. — London, England, 1816-06-19 00:00:00

•C • , 1 • d e nt amine of Government in iorransacttots *ith the Bank, and complimented, his Hon. Friend, (Mr. Greaten) for the exertions he had made in behalf of t h e public. Lord A. H.i'st ILT6N observed, that not one fact stated by his Honourable Friend, either on the ,r any former occasinn, had ever been cootro. V ie et j at : I However, having i nc urred the mischief, all b e f could do now was to say. tbat no profits what. t 7 p-r cent should be divided among exceeding !. • ever t he proprietors till the removal of the suspension of a t payments ,• and the Noble Lord concluded by p r oving a clause in that effect. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER o pposed the clause. Lord A. HAMILTON explained. Mr. THORNTON objected to the clause, on the pad that it would take out of the hands of the Bank the managetbent of their own affairs. He con- 1 • feted tl:e language of the Hon. Gentleman op-1 1 extu. poke (Mr. Grenie:l) rath . er intemperate. Mr. DROUGIIM•I said, the objection of the Ho. seueit hie Director was very extraordinary, since he h a d never o pposed the Bills which from time to time hat altogether taken out of the hands the Bank the p 0 w e r of paying their creditors, and which formed e n interference most direct and unprincipled. When Bills of this descriptitin had been proposed year after ' tear t h e y hid not been opposed by the Bank Dim. toter These Gentlemen had professed their rep ret at 04-interference, but they had, nevertheless, always d cenclode.by voting in favour of the measure. 'l't.e only proposed that so long as the Banksltcl data! t eed •itteif behind an Act of Parliament, from its at oms; it shot'ld be limited as to the profits which i t s hould bi suffered to divide, but that whatever • profits were made beyond a certain per tentage, s hould be suffered to accumulate till they were again pt upon the same boating as other debtors. Mr. GRENNELL and Mr. S. THORNTON explained. The clause was negatived. PIRA riCAL STATES OF ApilICA. Mr. BROUGHAM rose, according to notice, to move tor pipers relating to the late negotiations retried on in the Mediterranean, under the sanction asd by the intervention of our Naval Commander in that sea, Lord Exmouth. The result of those nego. ciations had been, as be was informed, treaties between the Neapolitan and Sardinian Governments and the Dcy of Algiers, with all the pat ticulars of which he was not acquainted. But this much was blown, that the two first mentioned powers had agreed to ransom their subjects who were slaves at a large sum per captive, and in consideration of a farther large sum per year, the Alg lines were to abstain from capturing tl:e subjects of thaw.; powers without a formal aiaratian of hostilities. 'fnese facts were the grounds on which he rested his motion, • for if the country are a psrty in any shape, and saactiened by its authority, especially the case of allies so completely under our haluence as Naples and Sardinia, it gave a sanction to piracy. It was wither more nor less than saying to those pirates— • You may make as many captives as you please from other Powers, and you may hope from the example of these Treaties to receive ransom for them under the sanction of Great Britain. (Hear, kar.) It gave a permission, by inference, to the Algerines to commit depredations on all other states who might have their territories burned and plun dered, and their subjects carried off slaves. ( Hear.) The fact, 4:deed, Was, that the Algerines fixa been disgusted by this abridgment of what they ceeceivei Ilwir natural rights, and had been guilty of excesses as the occasion. The Dey, however, had appeased ran, by representing to them that a wide field was rail open to them ; chat all flags at sea, besides the Sicilien and Sardinian, and the Roman and 'Tuscan crest% were subject to their depredations. On the Tueten and Roman coasts, especially the Territory et Rome, the depredations of the pirates had in fact touch tacreaseJ, and the al trrn was indJscribabie.- 1 - I..iuse could ;lot c:.nsisteoily take measures fed the ex npalion 01 the fi iti ei Sieve Trade, without any effort to put a stop to a Slave fraJe exceedioe even that exec; able trairt.: in hor:nr. For, bad as th:: African Slave l'rade was, the Stave TraJets weir civilised beings ; but in t! . .1-• :Pave l'ride 44 the Me diterranean, the Traders w nub Toe treat ment of the an istian -es in A,1%.:s V‘ . P.S 50 pro verbial, that it was necessary to shork- the House with d tans ; 'sititi from an account which had receraly been published by a Naval Gentleman of tie name of Cruber, W:7O was an eyc.witness of the mi. series of these %%retched being*, i , appealed that the cruelty practised towards them even exceeded in enormity what was generally imagined. When this Gentleman was at Algiers, there had been 300 cap tives brought on shore, or whom 59 died of ill usage within a few days aster the': -'ere landed, and7o within a fortnight. The wre-tchee: survivors were kept on a scanty subsistence of apc of bread, which was scarcely eatable, and a very small quantity of water a day. Thq were led cut to work on the fortifications in common with the mities, and subject from morning to night to the lash of these cruel savages. At night • there were confined 24. of them in hammocks in one small room, and the dampness of the walls and their wretched food accounted for the mortality. These savages spared neither sex nor age. When they pounced on any part of the Italian coast, they carried 441 man, woman, and child ; fo7 to one brutal and abamitiable purpose or other the very children- were made subscrvitia. The Gentleman who had pub lished the account he had referred to, bad wen a Neapolitan Lady, who had been carried into capti vaity with eight children, of whom six were then .sur iling : she had been in slavery thirteen years.— (Hear, hear.)—When this tralac was detailed; it was •layossible not to feel indignation that it had been setfered to exist, while we had been making such ET:111011S ta•AIS to abolish another Slave Trade. rat.when such a traffic was sanctioned by a Treaty concluded by the intervention of an Officer who had the naval power of Englasd in that quarter at his Solornand, it became necessary to inquire whether the British naTtle had' received no stain by such a trans. actio n He should therefore ntove, That an fumble Address be presented to the 1 1 :ince Regent for Copies ( i Any Treaties concluded with the Dey of Algiers, under the mediation 'af Admiral Lord Exmouth, and of all Cerr% spondelice respecting the same. `tor LASTLEREAGH said, the Government Was 01 '.. '•• ► • , ott partial information respect. "ig thes, i.e,•,•• aa.es should therefore for the Present abj,t;t • e e • When the whole of the inkrelittlon *as iit pft*ion of Ministers, he should,be willi n g to : produce it, and to justify the proceedinp which had taken plate on the best prin ciples of humanity, and of attention to the Wishes and ioterests of our Allies. O ne res u lt of ale nego dation in the Mediterranean had beat, that two out of tilt*, of • the African Powers had agreed, in the event of A war with European Powers, they would relinqUish the practice of treating their prisoners as slaves, and would treat them according to the hum ine rules of European States, and restore them on the renewal of peace. Sir THOMAS ACKLAND thought it was the bounden duty of this country to use all the exertions in her power, consistently with the claims of her orn subjects, to rid the world of this horrible Slave Trade. (Hear, hear).—He was happy to hear the assurance, that two of the African Powers had given tip this practice; and it was our duty to insist that the third should follow their example. Mr. W. SMITH said, he ,had intended, in the course of the Session, to have brought forward a motion on the subject of this Slave Trade, which was an opprobrium to all the Maritime Powers of Europe, but more especially to England, whose Navy had of late years exceeded those of all the other Powers put together. This nest of Pirates had been suffered by the stronger Powers to plunder the weaker; arid the only ground which had been urged for suffering them to do so with impunity was, that it was convenient to our commerce that others should be insulted by robbers by whom we were too strong to be attackel The Americans had shewn us that it was not even necessary to have the Naval power of England to re press th;:se Pirates. We had nothing to do but to signify our pleasure, and it the third Power, which now continued piracy, consented to become part 01 the European Republic, it was well--otherwise it was our duty to use f•ice. Lord COCHRANI: said, that he had witnessed the manntr in which the Christian slaves were treated in Africa, which was horrid beyond dt,crii,tion. As to Algiers, it tvas notiliously in the power of two sail of the line to impose nny terms on it, as it was built on the very mar ,, ,in of the sea , gone undefended and indefensible. T t nis country was dew aded in the eyes of foreigners, by tf:e idea that we san:tioned the hor rid slavery whi,:h existed there. Men of acTtire ments and rank, who hAppctd to beco.ne captives, were 13:aten out in the sr( n he:tt of that climate, chained two and two, and compelled to perform work almost beyond the power of man. He was informed by the Conick at AlAiers, that there was scarcely an article eapotted or imported, thow_;ll we paid 50,00) dollars alear for the trade. An order to the Com . maAhler of our fleet to reduce thest Powers t:1 ocrtai, , hulls, would be more eifectual than presents or nr- gociations. Mr. J. W. WARD thought no convenient oppor tnnity should lee neglected to put an end to this sys tern of piracy, the existence of which was every inju• views to our character. Nlr. BROUGHAM said, he did rot regret the bringing forward a 'fruition, which had produced an expressilit of indignation so unanimous at the conti. nuance of this system of piracy. He could nrit, how. einsr, but con:h.:mu the Treaties which In.,' b-en con. du.:: d, which sanctioned the atrooties of theta: Powers, and renotinced th,i maxim that piracy should be put He agreed that two sail of the line wouid batter instiuments of nevrt..tion the :e l'..wets than Ambassadors. Onr rulritinte force was ;lie real remedy for this crying evil, and a wit- to re dece these rct.vers to the tales of European Slates would n• t be objected to by those who were 1111,4 lir.stiie to wars. As Ticaties had hien made, he tr Qs :eJ t h e se Pow. I s would be kept t' their engage meats, and if a sin;.,le Neap Titan or Sardinia!' vir-, sel was hemmer captured, that our ships would be sent to demand justice, to inflict punislimetat, and even to carry vengeance among these barbatians.— Lie hoped the Roman coast would nut be left open to •11 the fury nt the Al;i,erines, but our naval force wt.uid ev.rt itself to detend tLat ten itory, and the other co.::.ts open to the pirates. He trusted that by our efforts this Christian Slave Trade would soon be so euthely d-. Fla. led, that- we should become almost to its pa't existence. •As a 'mason had givi.it for widinolding the information at pee sent, he slsAuld withdraw his motion.—The mutton WAS withdr.. wn. Mr. BANKES brought in a 13ill to amend the Laws respecting Roues and Vagabonds, which was , restd.a first time. REP inT Of SUPPLY. The Report of Supply was brought up, and seve ral Resolutions ai,teed to. On the Resolution granting seleo,ooo to the Com missioners of Queen Anne's i3ounty, Mr. W. SMITH stied that he had objected, and should object to ail such grants till there was some inquiry into the revenues of the Church, to see, whether the aggregate provision fur the Clergy was not amply sufficient ? A living in the Isle of Ely haL. tecreased of late years to re7()oo.Fer annum, many other livings were inordinately large ; he did not, therefore, see why, under these circumstances, and Without inquiry, so large a sum as £luo,ooo should, year alter year, be voted to increase the revenues of the Church. The Resolution was agreed to. PORTUGUESE SLAVE TRADE. On the Resolution for the grant of 4100000 to Portugal as - an indemnity, for the capture of certain slave ships off the coast of Africa, Mr. BARHAM rose and deprecated the grant, because he thought that these captures were the con sequence of orders from the African Institution, and that the country should not be taxed to supply an in demnity which would, in fact, go into the pockets of British Proprietors, who made use of •the Portuguese flag to cover their nefarious :raffic in slaves. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER stated the proposed grant WAS a Conyrunlise for a demand of nearly three times the amount, and that the object of the grant was to indemnity such Por tuguese subjects as should prove that they had suf fered a real loss in consequence of the captures al luded to. These captures were held to be illegal, and the course in such captures usually was to restore the property, but as it was justly. deemed inconsistent to restore the slaves, it was thought right upon this occasion rather to make a pecuniary compensation. Mr. LOC KHART said, that he felt himself some what eo.bor.r,bed how to dt cide with regard to this prOpositi..n ; tor *bile it was unquestionably right to en i*l tiac Gomm:aro' to prrtorat its contract with • Portou~al, it nigat be lam*ted that tisk country should,, especlalli In ice isrelhak s .situ4ion, be elm skinned to submit in socb a serious hurthen, to satisfy the views, onto au:l4.e fin the mistakes of any society, however philanthropic, under whose ordersthese cap tures were made. He admired charity as much as any man, but he could not help thinking that charity was due in the first instance to, our own.penle. Mr. WILIWtFORCE said, th It there was con ceived to'be some ansoignity in the Treaty with Por tugal, which led to those captures. In his jud3ment, it was quite clear that the Portuguese were .-:ntitle.l to trade only with thrist parts of the coast of Africa where they had actual settlements, and tinder that impression thou captdres were made. But vet it was thought right to afford to the Portuguese the benefit of the ambiguity alluded to, and heuce this proposi tion was brought forward. As to the application of charity, he was stire, from the gener.l character of the Honourable Gentleman who had just sat down, that he would be as reiey.as any man to admit that nations, as well as individuals, were bound to prac tice that sacred virtue, and that theref ne the atl,:p tinn of this motion was far p - elerible to the reitt•ta• tion of the captured pmpert). _ _ _ _ Mr. BA lt A !s.l tzpltine.i. Mr. W. smrra thought it eztraoriinary and ex tremely unbecoming, that while Portugal was de pendent on this country for defence, Portuguese should have engaged, or been soff•:ted to engage in a traffic, which our laws and the precepts of universal humanity had so decidedly proscribed. The ltesoltrtin was a., , ,reed to without a division. The CHANCELLOR of thu EXCHEQUER brought in a Bill t: appropriate a certain propqrtion of the Consoliiat::d Fund to the set vice ot the year I SIG ; also a Bill to enable his MI tiessty to authori,,e the exportation of M;chinery, tor the purpose of erecting a Mint in the Uoited States of America ; also a Bill to regulate :he Trade in Spirits between Great !Multi and Ireland; also a B:lt lor allowing Drawbacks upon the Conveyance of Coals for the use of the Lead Mines of Cotitwall. Itead a first, and ordered to be read a second time to-morrow. The Hou:e went it:to a Committee on Spirit Li censes, when the Cit.sm:EcLon of the EaCti ps o pos t•d. 46 that the Duties on the Licenses for retailinA Spirits, Bee r and Ale, &c. do ce.ise And determine; and that there he charged on every licence a duly of el. 2s. whete the linote in which such spirit, beer, ale, &c. ate sold is not rated at a rent exceeding £15;" Ani where such house Vas nut kept by.a licensed victualler, the duty was ordered to be £5.55. ou each suit it licence.—The Repoli. was ordered to be re ceived to-mnrrow. Mr. BROGL)EN brought in a Bill to regulate the MattufaCture and Export of Leather.—Re td a first, and ordered to be read a s..:cond time to.rnorrow. The House h siting resolved Mtn a Committee upon the Stage Coaches Regulation Bill, a conversation took pixe, in which Mr. D. Ginuv, the ATTORSEY- G Er: PAM., Mr. WROTTZSLEY, Mr. SHAW LeFErnt:, and Mr. LncKll ART took a pet, the Resolutions ve:2 re agreed to, and the Report was ordered to be re. cefved to-morrow. Mr. BROGDEN, brought up the RFport of the CutniniAce on Oil nd Blubbet, which w,,s agreed and a Bill a-citzted to be brut: lit in in punt:A:ice thereof. The itape Cake BM and the New Street Bill went thrcugh a Otrnmittee.—Report to•morrni.v. Mr BROC-lii.N brought up the Re:tor: of Ways and Means, which was agr: .d to, and a Bill Ordered to b.: brought in pur suant thereto. The Hou.e want into a Committee on the Spirit Intercourse Act.— Repot t to•morro..v. fhb: Report of the acutch Dis:Utery Bill was brought up and :greed to, a. -.v.: alto the Report of the :rou t ,hug bill, butts of which were 0r,..1 rd to lie read a third tune to•ittorrow. Eke Report ut the Santo Sea !ode 12211 was brought up and agreed to,. and the 8.11 ordered to be read a third time to -11101 I he Insolvebt Debtors Amendment Bill was read a second lime, and ordered tote comm;tred to•mt•rrow. Nutitties IStll was r..ad a third thus and passed, as was also the M :itch 181;1 Ward Bill •Ilie Militia Pay Bill and the Naval Stores Bin went each through a Cononitter.—Report tomorrow.--A2jourited. kV; NING SI'AR. 140 N 1)0a: NEXT TUESDAY THE t.o ITERY WILL BR ALI DRAWN. ONE lICIUf MAY C.I3N THIRTY JUJU SAND WZDNESIJAY, JUNE 19, 1816. PRICE OF S JOCKS THIS DAY A r t WELVE O'CLOCK* Reduced sst —Con*. shut—for opening 641 i 4 per Cent. 78 1-5 per Cent. Navy shut—Bonds el. Si. pr. ()mutual pay. Of —Exchequer Bills, is. dts. 4s. pr. Our Readers will observe that last night, in the House of Commons, Mr. Gazsrem. called the public attention to the enormous pr.:fits which the . Bank of England have been in the habit of chaining from the Public Puise for the last nineteen•. years. We have more than once endeavoured to discharge our duties as Journalists, by exciting a sinail it spirit of inquiry and remonstrance. It now appears that the evil is of greater magnitude than at first supposed : one. tenth of the Bank Proprietors are foreigners residing abroad I They of course have a double interest i:• increasing our financial embarrassments, for it now appears that the suspension of cash payments has been the great if not the sole means of increasing the profits of the Bank of England. We have received the Paris Papers of Sunday: They contain the following intelligence only. The KING left Paris oa Sunday to meet the Duchess de BEftm ,at Fontainebleau. His Majesty to return on Monday. PARIS, JUNE 16. The Act of Accusation against the 28 Conspira tors, who called themselves the Patriots of 1816, is very voluminous; we shall publish it on the cons mencement of the debates. It was in . the lowest tAverns that they hatched their plots. One of the Publicans complained that one of them, who was de corated with the insignia of the Legion of Honour, took an opportunity , of robbing him of ' siz bottles of wine. Pleignier, the leather.dresser, gives a curious au= fos putting himself at the head of the secret' organization called the Patriot* of 1816. An Orchin: natiel of the Ring having changed the boot, of the Cavalry, the branch of industry in which he was oceuered more particularly, was a little pat-a l:zed, and he wished to put an end to that state of things. The Council of Revision, which is to sit on tix a2p4l of Ilconaize and Mieton, the assassins of Cobo -1 net Gordon, did not assemble to-day. Caroline Let nth, who was yesterday condemned for.an attempt to assassinate M. rielacour, has ap pe4led. Yesterday about eleven o'clock, on the Place Ven dome, Lehi: me, the Ex-Lieutenant of the Guards, who was ccinv; , :ted ef cruelly Stabbing a person f.a. shouting Vivt le Roy ! and condemned to lir lahou: for life, wa.: degr.ttltfd front the Legion ef with the tt3ual ccrem , :nies. Ile was then rl.ken ',tack to prison. NdrilL INTELLKIEVC.F. FALMOUTH, JUNE IC. Arrived jesty's ship JA!ti frcrn Plrrlytetla. Ten o'clock, tr. m.—The Duke of Kent riack«.t is n' , es oft this port shoat two leaglies, with ;t Lisban.—P.S. The Mai! I.,toded • ar,J gone for don.—Wind N. .canter , *sou! E, JUYE 17. ( 4 ' 4me in the WuncLattic sl , op of war from 071 Mediterranean; DwauF cutter f.om Liverponl : the War Tm.: schooner from Milford.—S oLd the FLY sloop of war to: Ish!wfottncil.ind ; Hut9s: stoop of war on a cruize; and the EDWARD, —, lb: An tigua. —Passed up the Channel ',lv Prince Regent - , TAYLOR, Irom Tobago. Pol<rsmot!T;f, JUNE 18. Arrived tLe StIWMOW, LAZARETT, from Berre ; off the Western .Isl incis fell in with the brig Betsey, of ?lymouth, with all her masts gone, w and deserted by her crew. Arrived the Ve,ins and Recovery transports from Corfu ; Flor.t min iport from B.trbadoes; and the Pomona transpnrc front Guade loupe. The Flora landed Deputy Commis iry Dltro. VAN, and other passengers, at Newhaven. Sailed his Majesty's ships Acrrvit, for the West InJies, and Skit:axon:44. for the Eastward.—Wind S.W. DOVER, JUNE 13. • PAssed flr Lewd-la, the Jane, WILLTAWSO!47. from Burnos Ayres ; the Mary, NIONTGOntErrY, from Jamaica ; the Mercury, Cone?, front I3arbadoes; end the Frederick, ALLE', from Antbnyna. DI:AL, JUNE 18. Arrived ani sailed fnr the River, the Chalet Milis, Carnatie, and Matilda tast.lr.diain n, from Bengal ; the Pitt, Fortsirtrir; Qt-ert, an .1 I Ann, HANIILT:IN, from Jamaica ; Sirah Christian, Yousa. from Grenad ; Anna and Jacoba. —, front Port au Prince ; Emma, from the Sot , th S from. Boston ; trona St. Vinc,nt's, and %vent I others.—Wind Si. W. Ye‘tere. , y at eve o'clr,ck her MAitsty I , eld a rrt. vale Ht 13 , 1- lc°, 3cconllytuied AUGUSTA ELTZI±KTII, when Netr:•!:e. 174 r: intcodnze(2.to I;er MAJE,Ty by the E row. and conder.!ed by Roneut CHEgTII. Assistant M.tster of the Ceremonies. Hi, Ele,:'ienc; - - had the hon. - err of a private cedienct, de'irved tt,•; credentials, tied was mr.st eraciensev rece:veti. 'r e late Minister had an audience el the (jot:re, 'and took leave of her MAJLSTY. The Medical Gentlemen in attendae:7e Penn t!^e rrincess CUARLOTTE, hating pronounced her Rtival Highness's recove; y from her severe iedispesitiou yesterday at two o'clock, her Royal Higheess ses-nt out in her ctirrisle, for the,first time, acc , ,nipatti.!d by her Royal Consort the Prince Leoroto, and drove ,o Hampstead, and Hi A l,gate, &c. On their return to Camelford House they received a visit from tl.c Dtke of CM:MVP:AND. Prince Le:teet n atterweds rode out On horseback, attended by Sir R. Grereten. A Mertine ft was held at Maidstone en Mond ty rf the Freeholders of the C-unty of Kent, for the pose of voting Congratulatory e'k.,J.iresscs on the t4 IT* riage of the Princes!. CIIARLOrTE of Weters. The Meetine was held in the Market. Place of Meilistoet: ; but although the lii h Sitrriff ( Mr. Eete.ve), CAMDRK, Leitel Ciertoe (son to Ear! at ee L .m ). Colonel HARRIS (son to Lord Hams), eel the Cou,ity Members were present, and did a:1 itt the:r power to maintain order, such was the npro.tr that ;t was impossible to come to any resolution. Or the show of hands, it appeared that, excepting. in'_ the centre waggon, which contained the aboveeteneed personages, only Aleut two hands were raised in 14- vhsir of the Resolutions ; and it being. Eut.,prcted by the multitude, that Mr. Evet.ete, who had uithdr it`: n, proposed to sanction the proceeding as if the Motion had been agreed' to, a loud call was made for him to come forward and to dlclare the majority, with ee. clarnations of—ig Give us work"-46 Supp'y us with Bread"—" No rnreigners 1" Those who had called the Meeting then adjourned to the Bell inn, and voted the Resolutions by themselves. We understand Mr. flurt's Petition, presented to the House of Commons by Mr. SWANN, ye...fxri.!:ty, will be published in Tie Examiner on Sutel 1 . - ; nee:. In the Borghese Pal:lce, in Italy , is e staore, by CANOVA, GI BONAPARTL'S sister PALL! . e, • Of t!te Prince • of 'lotto/test : she is represented i.alteti Venus. A foreign lady, asking ..LS how she mod resolve to be represented in thin manner, reetived to answer, 66 Oh. the room was well heated!" In consequence. of the horses and of .!•,lacirtne S.scrn's re-appearance at Covent-Garden Tileatrt), last night, the following appropriate lines were H. troduced into the Address spoken by Miss I'...ELLY, at I the Lyceum Opera House : " For we've no substitutes to feed• your hopes— Ne dancing here of foreigners on ropes— No prancing palfreys we, front As'iey's straT'J; We hope to draw—without the horses' aid i" These lines were received with acclamation. 131-anstu RATH PEDIL ( FITT NE Is: D ay. ).... EATON this morning, shortly atter nine o'clock, p, r formed his 354th mile. CORN-EXCHANGE, NARK-LANE; IrNE 19. We have a large quantity of Wheat at market, but chiefly consisting of that trom Scotland and other northern ports, the quality of which not being fine, is nat in demand; but prime samples from Essex and Suffolk find buyers, and Monday's prices are fuliy supported. Oats, Peas, Beans, and Barley go uf slowly, but without any variation in prices.