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.1 i i 1 111111 111:1t: ,~ . ;, 'l'l i 1 i ,11,71 7fillif - EVENING STAR. LONDON. THURSDAY, JUNE 3, 1819. THE FUNIIS. TRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAT AT ONE OtLCCK : Bank Stock 216..! ! 217 2168 3 per Cent. Reduced 6.5f1i. 3 per Cent. Consols G5l 6611 per Cent. 73-H-1 n er Cent. 848 84 85 5 per Cent. Navy 991 100/ • Bank Long Annuities 17 3-16 India Stock 210 200 210 India Bonds 6 4 dis. Exchequer Bills (2d.) 1 dis. 1 pre. pat Commercial 31. discount Consuls for Acct. 653 66i1. No doubt is entertained at the Stock Exchange that Thirty Millions will be the amount of the Loan. The Stocks had been so well worked down, that the avuouncement of the Loan has had but little effect on their price: indeed tte certainty of the Loan has nut been doubted for some, time, and therefore all the engines of money-bargaining have been so effectually, at work to prepare 'for it, that little change could now be expected. The Commissioners were gerved in the Reduced by the House generally, at 6.5 i. Immense Accounts had been carried over to this day from last settlement, and large quantities of Stock were wanted fo make them up, which has helped the price. • In the City there is much demur at the communi cations now known to have been made by the CUAN• cELLOR of the Excimauen 'to one or two individuals. Yesterday, between three and four o'clock, after the STAR was at Press, the expected Message from the FIRST Loan of the TREASURY was announced by Mr. Hnse, of the Bank of 41 England, to the Gentle men of the Stock Exchange—that the CHANCELLOR of the Excn MUER will be ready to-morrow, by twelve o'clock, to meet those who may be disposed to offer terms for the ensuing Loan. . . The same subject was brought into discussion in the House of Commons, on a motion being submit ted, by the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, that £8,599,600 be granted to pay off Exchequer Bills outr standing and unprovided for in the present year. Mr. G RIO:FELL, without objecting to the motion, again insisted upon the expediency of subscribing the Sinking Fund, amounting to about 15,000,0001. to the Loan, and repeated his inference from papers on the table, that its application to the Public Ser vice, in the years in which the four last Loans were contracted, would have produced to the country a saving of 6,000,0001. The Hon. Member further ob served, that he had heard it reported, that the CHAWO4 CIILLOR of the EXCREQUER meant to propose a Lean of 30,000,000/. and had communicated the amount of the Loan, which he intended raising, to one or two Locns Contractors and to thy: only. This he should consider a calumny upon the CUANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUIA until he heard it avowed by the Right Hon. Gentle man himself. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCIIEQUICIt said, he was necessarily obliged to communicate with individuals in the City, but that he had given no pledge which would deprive the Public of the be nefit of applying the Sinking Fund, if it should be found expedient ; and that he had only consulted those individuals upon the question, whether a Loan of £15,000,000, which would meet the deficiencies of the year, or a Loan of £3O 000,000, which should cover this year and the next, would be preferable for the country ? From this.we infer that there will be a Loan of £30,000,000. It is exceeding likely that the Contractors whom the CHANCEL LOR of the Exuma:Eß consulted in the simplicity of his heart, would recommend the larger Loan, and if he also asked advice from the same disinterested quarter as to the expediency of applying the Sinking Fund, it is equally probable that they ad vised him to ab,tain from touching it. Upon the retaining this Sinking Fund intact there is now but one opinion among those who have consi dered it. There is not one rerson, not influenced or interested, who does not see in the Sinking Fund an expensive and gross mystification. The communica tion of the CllAxcELLon of the ExorrElauna to !‘ one or two Loan Contractors" gives those at unfair ad vantage over the other Contractois: for it is evi dent, that two will not venture on a Loan below £30,000,000. The Cu.% NcELLoR of the EXCHEQUER moved that the house shobld resolve itself into a Committee, this day, upon the Revenue and Expen diture. His intention is to propose certain Resolu tions to stand over for discussion on Monday. The Budget is expected on Wednesday—and 'the Excise, Customs, and Assessed Taxes, are the veins dui:R*l[h which the Right Honourable Gentleman threatens to • let the Nation blood. It will be seen from our Report of Proceedings in the Houk of Commons, that the Navy and the enor mous Ordnance Eitimutei were agreed to, after hav ing occasioned sonic discussion, from which we can not but draw this infarence—that our national er-. penditure is not to be reduced—that useless places and pensions arc to be continued, and the means to pay them to be v. rung front the People by new taxes. How long is this c) stem to continue? is the ques tion of every real fricnd to his cbuntry. From pre sent appearances, urel every effort to increase the revenue, by flew taxes, prove unavailing; nor is the day so, distant as some may try to persuade them selves, A given number ot" people, labouring given number of days and hints in the year, can only bring into the cornmott stock a given quantity of convertible products of industry. It is with the industry of a nation as with the labour of a horse; you may load him till he fall down with the weight: or you may for a few days increase the size of your own loaf, by stealing a portion of your own horse's corn; but— Well, what then ?—Nothing more: a fool can supply the rest ! It is reported, with more than the usual confidence of a mere rumour, that a change of some kind is contemplated among Ministers. Mr. PEEL, it 'is said, has been solicited to take on him the office of Chancellor of the Exchequer : and Mr. PEEL, it is likewise asserted, refuses to take that office separa,ed from that of First Lord of the Treasury. The result will; probably. not be known till the business of the Loan and the Budget shall have been disposed of. . It was announced at the same time, that one of the Bank Directors had been desired to attend the Cunnext.t.tnt of the Excnxotran along with the Bid !Skrs for the Loaa ; and from this it is inferred, that an Amster will be obtained, in their hearing, to an im portant question, namely, Whether the Bank will take in the Omnium or not? ; Jt is reported, that a kind of compromise has been come to by the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER and certain leaders among the Landed Interest, the result, of which is, that they are not to oppose an additional duty on Malt, if the Minister will give them a pro tecting duty against foreign Worl : but reports vary as to the. amount of this Tax, some stating the addi tion at 6d. and others at Is. per pound PARIS, MAY 29.—(From our own Correspondent.) " The Minister at War, Marshal Gouvrow ST. CYR, is going to the Baths of Carlsbad, therefore all doubt as to his remaining in the Ministry is at an end. Who will be his successor? This neither the KING nor Ministry are yet agreed upon. The Marshal was an excellent General; but rumour states that he carried the manners of the Camp into the Cabinet, and al ways seemed to fancy that he had the Marshal's staff in his hand. resides, he was no politician; and the want of knowledge cannot entirely be atoned for by honour and rectitude of principle. His retiring from the Ministxr will be followed by few regrets; for his disciplinarian ideas, which some called harshness and severity, obscured his other brilliant qualities. The Ministry has had several trials of strength in voting the Budget, and has uniformly had a majority.— Baron Lours is the worst treated : his implacable enemy is M. Roy— ' Tel brillc au second rang qui eeclipse au premier !' _ . As a Minister, M. Roy was null ; as Reporter of a Committee of Finance, he is excellent: but he forgets that there is no wit without truth, and he weakens his own cause in chewing that passion, not reason, is his guide.—The Emperor of Austria, it is reported, is determined on taking posse s sion of certain fortresses to which he has only the right of the strongest. I will not repeat the remarks to which this gives rise in Paris." A Hamburgh Mail arrived this morning, bringing the Northern Journals to the 25th. ult. The follow ing is an extract : GOTTINGEN, MAY I!. Yesterday his Royal Highness the Duke of Cla rence, accompanied by his Duchess, honoured this city with a visit. To gratify the people, who thronged in crowds to meet them, their Royal Highnesses' alighted from their carriage at the gate, where they were reoeived by the Magistrates, and walked on foot to the Inn. .His Royal Highness had, indeed, de siered that no kind of ceremony might be shewn; but his great popularity and the general regard which he enjoys, would have made it impossible to suppress .theexpression of geneial joy at his visit. 'The Duke was never before in Gottingen, and it was, therefore, particularly interesting to him to see a place which was once the residence of a branch of his family, namely, of the Dukes of Gottingen, in the Old House of Brunswick, where his brothers once studied. This was easily remarked s' hen he viewed the cu riosities of the University, the ;Library, the Botanic Garden, the Observatory, &c. In the evening great part of the town was illuminated. His Royal Highness was pleased to accept the Di ploma of Doctor of Philosophy. This morning the Duke left us, on his way to Cassel. Tina Dueness or Kra. —We are happy to state, that the Duchessof KENT is going on extremely well. Her Royal Highness sat up for some time on Tues day. Yesterday the following Bulletin was issued: " Kensington Palace, June 2,191 P. " tier Royal !tallness the Duchess of Krar is advancing rapidly in recovery. The Hord Lame continues to do well. (Signed) "J. WILSON. "D. D. DAVIS." The Duke of Ynni transacted military business with the Patrick . . REGENT yesterday. The circular invitation to thefriends of Ministers to meet Lord CASTLEREAGH on Monday next, is the most pressing of any preceding card of the kind. It is signed 11y Lord CASTLEXEACH himself, and re quests their company to hear a proposition that is to be sebmitted to Parliament, of the most impoitant kind. It is understood that this alludes to the Taxes that are to be brought forth out of the Budget. We learn from ur.doubted authority, that Messrs. METER and Baal N r.a, of St. Peteriburgh, have been authorised by his Imperial Majesty to nezociate in this country a Loan for Ten Millions sterling; they appear to tis t* have chosen an inauspicious mcment for their financial operitions. while slur own Minis ters are, at the same time, pre:sing heavily on rho Money Market. k NA rilL INTruicElya, Th.t.Dulte of Marlborough and Duke of Kent puke's. have strived at Falmouth, with Mails from Lisbon. The forint r sailed the inch, and the latter tbe e3d ultimo. Yir»ot cu, Jt3141. I.—Wiod S.W.--Came in the I.9rd Wel- . Easton, Hitt, from London to Botany Bay, with female con victs. and remaits wind-bounde--Passed up flannel, the Nurth American, —, from Baltiniore to Amsterdam. —Arrived the Perseus; Ricusimavox, frum Trieste, with timber for the Dock-' yard, 71 days passage—put wider quarantine. Ponzason:zu, Juai: W.S.W.—Arrived his Majesty's brig Casa:Lion, (r uns a cruize. Caine into harbour the Isabella, Lairsox, from Gibraltar, to discharge troops. Doves, Jues 2.—Sailed this day the Princess Charlotte packet, Captain lIALLUMS, for Ostend, with a Mail and jiassengen ; also the Chichester packet, Captain Ruzzea; and Flora, Cap. WaTsox, for Calais, with passengers. Arrived thii day.the Lord Duncan p a cket, Captain IL% and le Desiiite, French packet, frum Calais, with passengers. DIAL, JUNE4.— W in d S.W.—Arrived and sailed for the River, the Ann, LAYDOWIN, from Leghorn ; and the Andrew Savage, Calle, from Belfast. Came down from the River and sailed, ie Hannah, IlzazuosN, fur Bombay; Juliana, °citric, for Batavia and Penang; and the Cherub, CLINT, for Quebec. — The Centurion, of Scarborough, was spoke with by the Ann, arrived from Leghorn, on 28th May, in lat. 46. 30. N. long. 6. 40. W. bound to St. Ilelena ail well. Coal, NIA'. 49.—Suited Chic Daphne, lifazsums, for New South Wales, with convicts. Custom-mouse, Jvaz 2.—Entered Inwards:—Man, Darnell, from Ancona; Netherland prince Jeisma, from W , .rciun ; Betsy, Lasigrin ; Dorchester, Suatridge, from Waterford ; Amity, Anderson, from Jamaica ; Vriendschaft, Vessen, from Wu/cum ; Matilda, Whiley, from Antwerp ; Sprightly, Baker, from Lit bon.—Entered Outwards :—Nancy, Bruck, for Philadelphia; Jenne Laura, Aubert, for Itockfort; Telcmaque, llaynest, fur Dunkirk; Eliza, Ireland, for Norway; Pro..perous, l'eck, for Rotterdam; Jane, Nicole, for Quebec and Montreal; Levant, hPliebbin, for üblir. LAW INTELLIGENcr. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, JUNE 2. ARTHUR MORRIS, ESQ. V. HENRY HUNT, ESQ. This was an action brought by the High Bailiff of Westminster against Mr. Henry Hunt, one of the Can didates at the last General Election for the Repreen nation in Parliament of the city of Westminster, to recover a third shareof the expense of erectieg a hus tings, paying poll clerks, &c. in Covent-Garden, du ring that Election contest, the action being founded on the Statute 53 Geo. HI. c. 1.52. Mr. SCA KLETT (with whom was Mr. MA lIRVATT, Mr. GURNEY, and Mr. SMEDLEY) stated the plaintiff's case, and observed, that the action was brought by the High Bailiff of Westminster, against a gentleman whom the Jury might probably have heard of before, as a person who professed himself to be a great advo cate for public independence, and a candidate for popular approbation. The claim which the plaintiff now preferred was one recognized by Act of Parlia ment, and which could not be resisted upon any grounds of reason or justice that he (Mr. S.) could pos sibly anticipate. Probably, however, the defendant, whose popularity had now arrived at its height, might suggest, as a defence on the present occasion, that his extraordinary anxiety for the public welfare, and his devotion to the public cause, both in mind as well as in person, had deprived him of the power of attending to his own private concerns, and of per.; forming those obligations which his individual ca pacity required him to discharge. The Jury, how ever, might think that this plea would not serve the defendant on the present occasion. According to the Act of Parliament, upon which this action was found ed, the High Bailiff of Westminster was entitled to recover from all persons who stood as candidates for representation in Parliament, a proportionate share from each, of the necessary expense incurred in the erection of hustings, paying poll clerks, and other charges incidental to a contested Election. The ques tions which the Jury had to determine on the present occasion were, first, whether Mr. Hunt had offered himself as a candidate for Westminster; secondly, whether he was one of the three candidates only, who were called upon to contribute toward; the ex penses in question ; and thirdly, whether the charges and expenses of which he was recitiir.:d to bear a share, were reasonable and just? It was true, that by the construction which the late Lotcl Ellenbo rough had put upon the Statute, 5:1 Geo. 111. c. I 52, in an action against Sir Francis Burdett, a person who did not actually present himself as a candidate upon the hustings, was not liable to contribute to the expense of the Election ; but the defendant could not avail himself of any thing in that decision, as a ground of exemption. At the late General Election there were undoubtedly six candidates put in nomination; three of whom, namely, Sir Francis Burdett, Major Cartwright, and the Honourable D. Einnaird, were exempted from liability, on the authority of the de cision referred to, ivasmuch as on being applied to by the high Bailiff, before the election, they had dis claimed the character of candidates, notwithstand ing their political ft iends had put them in nomination. The avowed Candidates therefore were only Sir Sa muel Romilly, Sir Murray Maxwell, and the defen dant. The contributions due from the first two thus mentioned, had been most cheerfully paid, without any difficulty or objection,_ and the backwardness of the defendant in following their example could only be ascribed to the reason already assigned—sanely, that his devotion to the public interests bad corn pktely put it out of his power to attend to his private concerns. It ftequedtly happened that men like Mr. Hunt, who dedicated the wl v of their lives to the public, and who felt pi ardent patriotic 'zeal, wete disposed to forget the ceremony of attending to their private affairs and paying their debts. The instance no* before the Court was but too strong a ratifica tion of this position. At the same time, - however, it was to be hoped that a Gentleman of Mr. Hunt's pa. tiiotic dispositiou would not be disposed to Niggle about sixpence., after the distinguished mark of pub lic approbation which he had experienced at the late General Election, in the flattering testimonial which the poll-book disclosed ! • The witnesses examined in snpport of the plaintiff's case,' were Mr. Francis Smedley, the Deputy High Bailiff, and Mr. Imwcod, a surveyor, v‘ Ix had made an estimate of the expenses incurred by the-plaintiff at the late General Election.' From the testimony of the former Gentleman, it appeared, that the only avowed Candidates for the Election were, Sir Samuel Romilly, Sir :slurs:ly Maxwell, and Mr. Huht t and that the plaintiff had incurred a very considerable expense in the erection of hustings, paying poll clerks, stationary, constables rates, printing, &c. and he stated that Sir Samuel Romilly and Sir Murray Max well had, without hesitation, paid their respective shares. The testimony of the latter witness went to sliew,.that the esti mate of expense for the erection of the hustings H as reasonable and just. own cha rge, for making the shitty teas fIC ) e l.:. was, made in respect of his atterdaree,* erection of the hustings, redairs dur: and the final removal of the liusriegs." At the suggestive of the le.:th e n tiffs Counsel waieed elle demand age;i:s; th dant, in respect of the chafge for ecneeele Iris Lordship thought was tot s este i nal ,: ey Act, and also l the items in the ec , :nee t ler and feinting. It appeared that alactieh tiff had received the ccer.rilenines fro-., e'; Itomilly and Sir Murray Mee veil. lie lnr. the carpenter's and had onle pe:e 26 in number,lielf a gsinea eacit per ti ei ef ,... e fee being one geiren, het with an et'e.: they were to be paid the ;ern:tinder -e c his recovering his demand against th e ; t a r . Mr. thee, who was his C , close of the plaintiff's case, took th ree e i,i, the plaintiff's right of netion: first, tliat t ,, , dance had not been adduced of his 'nevi : n :4 h, didate, inasmuch as the poll-hcoks had not duced ; secondly, that the Act of Verb irn ee . the plaintiff sued, being a private one, h proved ; and, thirdly, that it nas neceseire• the original writ to the High Shenftesf t e r instead of the precept to the fi pose of proving the right to hold the E, All these objections, however, were oven-, Octet...des-ries holding, as to the first point best evidence of the defend:rues being a Was his own declaration in writing to that to the second, that the Act of Parlianient was in fact the renewal of a public Act ; the third, that the production of the re quite suffir ient for the purposes of this aati Mr.IIUVI then addressed the Jery, and :is the principal ground of his defence to ill that at all events, he was only liable to (-7 the elpentes in question, urging, on the at the action tried in I teoll, agairee Sir Eranci that it was not necessary, according to Lot borough's ruling, that a candidate should be present on the hustings, to render him li contributor to theexpense of the Elec.ien, et: from thence that Sir Francis Burdett, Mr.Carteet and Mr. Kinnaird, being represented during the Election by thtirAgents and Cemmittees, weir ce,ne liable to contribute towards the plaintiff's dem. Ile complained that the Learned Unreel for t. plaintiff had resorted to unwatrartable insinuati , in suggesting that he had attained t'ne hcieht of popularity in the City of Westmineter. these ins -nuaticns, he said, were the more unjustifiable, it was considered, that probably other Candidates a seat in Parliament, had been as backward aili: self in paying their Election debts. He was net posed to follow the Learned Counsel through ' peregrinations at Lewes and Petersfield, but it not unlikely that the Learned Counsel might be 7 jetted to the same species of complaint. M. SCA RL trr.—a In all events, Mr. Hunt,:'. paid my bibs at Petersfield." Mr. Huse. resumed, and complained of the to which had been thrown out against him by the: ed Counsel, and alluded to the injury he had tamed from the improper mention of his name' Learned Counsel, at a late trial at York, in a 5 ting it with that of Sir Samuel Itomilly. Mr. SCA R IsTe--..-" I don't knew what yon but if you wish to report 'cutetely what I said hundred and fifty miles off, I beg you will do so. have no wish to conceal what I then said. I thi then said, that yell did Sir Samuel ltomilly all harm you could, by saying that you were of the side with him:* Mr. HUNT proceeded in his address, and insieel that there was no foundation for this assertion. if to the other part of the case, he contended, that de charges made by the plaintiff for the hustings one most exorbitant and unjustifiable, as compared the expense of the last Election ; and said, he call witnesses to prove this part of the dr' Accordingly he called—Mr..lames Mills, a . surveyor and engineer; Thomas rhunming, a penier ; Mr. Jenkins, a poll-clerk, employed at Election : Mr. Butt, a linen-draper, one of Mt Cartwright's Committee at the last Election; Mr. It. tiarrell, a constable, who was employed the I lustings on the (ieneral Election. Mr. SCARLET'- made a very ingenious and elt reply on behalf of the plaintiff. The CHIEF JUSTICE summed up the case wits strictest impartiality, and The Jury, who were chiefly composed cf men, found a verdict for the Plaintiff—D.: C 274. 10s. Bsl. being one-third of the plkintiff's mand, exclusive of the items above-mentioned.' Court sat until half-past eight o'clock in the eveniz' OLD BAILEY. Yesterday the Sessions ended, when sentence Death was pronounced on the following prisoners: John Smith, for highway robbery ; Sarah illakeney acd Brown, for privately stealing in a shop ; Sionuel Solomon, highway robbery ; Mitten Muzietti, for stealing prlvatti . ; 1. shop ; Patrick Court and Hobert Rbodes, for stealing in a ling-house • John Burgess , for louse - breaking the dby-tirt Hannah Dowling, for privately stealing in a shop ; John Grte and John Shearing, for horse-stealing ; Fdwud Shribbs, for vs wring a forged £1 Banknote; and Judith Brown, for stew:::; in a dwelling-house. Three were sentenced to be Transported for Life, vit. 111 Sam Brown, Edward Macey, and Willizm Bauch; Nine for Fourteen Years, viz. Thomas Potter, George To=4 John Moore, John Martin , Lydia Hogan, John Shaw, Miche l Mullins, Hamilton Ross, and David Sharp ; and Fifty-eight were ordered for Transpertation Aar Seven Teti Marks Rennet, for stealing Mr. Horsley's chit.... was brought up to receive the sentence of the lac He was indeed the very picture wretchedness—Ns hollow eyes and emaciated countenance, evident , ' strewed the dreadful mental sufferings he had under• gone during his confinement in Newgate, even for the short space of time which had elapsed since his tris and conviction on Friday last. Vlrlsen brought into the bock, and while sentence of transportation passing upon him, he held down his head and was silent ; but as soon as the sentence was pronounces. he became dreadfully agitated, and barst into a flood of tears. In this state he %vas led out of Court by of the turnkeys. A stout determined-locking who stood by the side at Rennet, and who rev:ice:. a similar sentence, formed a striking contrast to his be haviour; and to shew how little he cv.red (iv t" punishment, addressing the lircomoza. voci!er.ttri an oath, « And I hope you may sit there t i i come back !" • - _ .11; BON Pry:tett I.T Lyn IC Tettri't-i • tt : •;. ! trip e , elacti. • 1, h ells d m ce, ••••.2.-"" ••il ler NI ;,)! an! 74 .: At cV•ri. • ,t; c ••••• "cc; vii •c e beer. : been,,, d teS!.. IC CT Eire* : • rruled, ;; tlt, !hate .1 canui . 1 t effect : . in n te ..:, 3 % 1 as rece i p t s :fun. I tor. .1 this a , tuthm ity :is ntrd Lord Elie• be actu , " liable, al • conclud:. L'artwri3* ing the . rere eq.se. "5 den 1• el for t' nsinuati richt of ' 'I hese insi iable, "Ph ndidates f,. arci as tsi^f was not Ji through s' but tt fight be s lunt, ;have d the taunt; r the Lean. !te had sas• name by ct in associa• :goameas sat I said ill do so. I I. I think! nilly t?". t of the suss and insistt3 sertion. led, that tk 'stings set %pared aid id, he shock e defence. la, a Briski Ling, a cu• loyed at tit ne of Alija lection ; ahsi employe,' and elegoei scidt Pre .f F—Damaga de tioned--Th the evrairp sentence ti prisonersterieyardJari F