Star. — London, England, 1819-02-13 00:00:00

7 ; 4 ' %, COVENTRY CANAL.--Two Shares, dividing F 44 per Share, per Annum; Grand Junction and VAlts and Berk. Canal Slur.% Imperial Assararce, Commercia l Soaterset Coal C.sael Lock Fund, and Gloucester and Berkley Canal Shares, and Optional Lean Notes, bearing Interest it .4. - ; per Cent, on Sale at the Me of Mr. Scott, New Bridge street. PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS. HOUSE OF LORDS, FEBRUARY M. The Royal Assent was declared by Commission (the first this S-..ssion) to the Bill for vesting the Care of his Majesty's Perscn In the Duke of York ; and to the Westminster Hustings Bill. The Lords Commissioners were, the Loan CIiANCILLOR, the Earl .if S•t.irirssaav, and Viscount Metvut.t. The Earl of Pastsamtz and the Bishop Of Ctsicursrra, took the oaths and t:teir seats. Th, Knareshorough !load Bill was brought up from the Com mons, by Mr. La esoN, and the Cutlery Trade Bill, by Mr. S. WOWTLET ; both of which were severally read the first The :Marquis of LA NSDOWN r. stated, that with respect io Lis int4nded motion for certain !utther Papers touching the sur render of the Dutch East India Colonies, as he understood it would b.• inzonvenient for the Kahle Secretary at the head of the COloisbil Department to attend this evening,. and it would also be a ratter of convenience to himself; he would, with leave of the ll•use, postpone it until Monday.— To which day, no other business bring before the House, their Lordships Ad journed. HOUSE OF COMMONS. Mr. SCARLETT, the King's Counsel, took the oaths on Thurs day, as Member fur Peterborough. . , A Petition was presented from the Manufacturers of Lates t:l., complaining of their distressed situation. The two Members for that town, Mr. t'axiirteras and Mr. PARES, bore testimony to the distresses and the :and conduct of the Petitioners. Lord G. 11P.RESFORD presented Papers from the Prince Itrgent, in pursuance of Addresses of the Rouse. Lord MOR PETIT presented a Petition from some Land holders of Cumberland, praying for protection against the Im portation of Foreign Agricultural Produce. Mr..CURWEY presented a Petition from Workington on the subject of the Poors' La..vs, which, after a few tvurds from Mr. S. Roma, was (lettered to lie on the table. fir. RIDLEY COLIM)UIINE presented a Petition from the Corporation of Thetford, praying that an altetation might take place in the marmer of holding the Assizes for the routity of Norfolk... lie observed, that this Petition was presented in con sequence of another Petition which had been presented from Norwich, praying that the Assizes, which were now beta once in the year at Norwi.7b, and once at Thetford, might be held both in the spring and fall at the fortnte city.—Ordered to lie on the table. The Bill for preventing the employment of Climbing Boys wis read a first time ; to be read a second time on 31onday, and ordered to he printed. Lord A. lIAM I LTON presented a Petition from Wigtown, in Gallov:ay, against the bystein of Burgh Eletkions. Mr. C. LONG moved for a New Writ fur New Romney, in the room of Mr. Drat Grosvenor, deceased. _ _ )Ir. LUSH INGTON moved for an Accoant of the Expenses Incurred for the support, ite. of the Penitentiary at Milbank.-- Notien granted. The Exchequer Bills' Bill went through a Committee. The Report to be received on Monday. The Holyhead Road Bill was read a second time, and re ferred to a Committee. A New Writ was ordered for Tipperary, in the room of Vis count Cahir, Low Earl of Glengall. APPEAL OF MURDER. The Bill for the abolition of the Appeal of Murder and Trial by Battle, was read a second time. Mr. DENMAN observed, that as the proposal to abolish the Appeal of Murder had called forth some remarks in another place, it might be advisable that the Committee should stand over for some time, to see whether any Petitions were presented against that measure. The law, too, proposed to abolish V:sger of Battle, not only in writs of right hereafter to be brought, but in any which might be now pend ing. Though he d;d not know whether there were any such writs now pending, he thought it would be a bad precedent in legislation, to introduce a clause having an effect upon suits pending.—The Bin was ordered to be committed on Monday. CUTLERY TRADE BILL. Mr. DENMAN objected to a clause in the Bill, which gave a reward to persons employed in a man ner forbidden by the Act, for discovering drove who had employed them. This clause offered a reward to treachery, and probably to falsehood ; and as the Bill itself was of doubtful policy, being for the pro fessed purpose of preventing the public from being deceived in the purchase of article , : of Cutlery, he thought it would be hardly svcuth the ill example of such a clause. Mr. S. WORTLEY said, the came objection had oc:urred to the framers of the Pill, but it was thought impossible to make it effectual without the clause al luded to.—The Bill was read a third time and passed. DROGHEDA ELUTION PETITI)N. Sir JAMES GRAHAM presented a Petition from Edward Alderson, Agent for the Petitioner, against the Election for Drogheda, praying either that Geolge Collier, a rejected surety, should be accepted, or the time enlarged ler procuring sureties. The SPEAKER said, that the question here ap peared to him to be, not whether the House was dis posed to grant the prayer of the Petition, but whether they were not precluded by the Act from interfering a: all ?—(11;:‘.,-, hear.) The case was not one in which the recog,nizanc es had been entered into before the 14 days had elapsed, and the Report had not been made in time to the House; neither was it a case in which the enlargement of the time was prayed for be fore the expiration of the 14 days; but it was a case ir wl:ich the recognizances had,not been entered into before the 14 days had elapsed after the Petition had been prccented. The House had already enlarged the time for giving information to that Huse, but that enlargement had no reference to the case now before them. The Act said, that good and sufficient sects lity must be got within 14 days, and h. allowed that period to be enlarged only once, and that for 30 days. list the question really was, whether it was not im perative on the House to have granted that enlarge ment before the 14 days elapsed ?—(llear, hear.) In the present case, it would not be an enlargement, bit a-revival of the time—( Hear, hear). The ques- Con then was, whether the House, having prolonged the period once, for receiving information as to re cognizances having been entered into, could now re vive the period for entering into those recognizances? He did Ant know whether he had made himself suffi- 1 eetttly understood—( Hear, hear). If he had made, anyirosstatements, the Honourable Baronet would. correct him. Sir JAMES GRAHAM said the statement was' perfbetly correct. Mr. C. W. WYNN asked fin. what period thotime had . been ettarged ? . The - SPEAKER said, it had been enlarged for the perpo:e of giving intimation to the House, and 14 days - had been allowed for ;ending over notice p but the ttUdition tiOw u a:, WlietlOr iutisuatkon having been received that recognignces had nett been entered into? the House could now give any enlargement. Mr. B. BATHURST said, that the House had of themselvcceniarged the period for receiving intima tion, and that the Petitioners might have known no thing of it; therefore, the Petitioners could not be misled by it. Mr. STURGES BOURNE asked what enlarge ment would be required? . Sir JAMES URAIIAM answered, to the 3d of March. Mr. C. W. WYNN said, that this was the first new Parliament since the Act had passed, and conse quently the Petitioners might not have been aware of its operation. A new or Special Act might, or. till:, ground, be thought necessary and pro r. There were instances of such Acts, where the Petitioner had• been absent on public service. Whether the circum stances of this case were such as to justify a Spc:ial Act, he would not say ; but he agreed with the Speaker, that the house had not the power of ex tending relief—(/lour, tear). Sir JAMES GRAHAM moved, that the Petitioner be ordered to verify his Petition at the Bar. The SPEAKER ordered the Serjeant to summon • Mr. Alderson to the Bar. Sir JAMES GRAHAM said, that since the sense of the Speaker and of.the House was against the prayer of the Petition, he begged leave to withdraw it. It was accordingly withdrawn. i! i o • 4 1) i l ,1 I k ~~ ~~ I! , Ji. , i 44 1 i , . i 1 4 i t , , ;r'~ ~ NOTTINGHAM PETITION. Mr. BROUGHAM said, he now rose to make the Motion, of which he had given notice, for deferring the consideration of the Election Petition from Not tingham. On the 25th of Jaen:lr)% a Petition had been presented to the House, signed by two Electors; on the 3d of February, another Petition, in the same terms, but signed by other two Electors, had been presented. 'The first Petition had been fixed for con sideration on the Std of March ; the second was fixed for the same early day, although it would have been fixed for a much later day, if the first had been with drawn before the second was presented. Petitions presented on' the 25th of January, were fixed for some day from the 2d to the I I th of March ; those presented on the 3d of February were fixed in the period from the 23d to the 30th. Thus, by keeping the first Petition alive, and not abandoning it till the second was presented, the second Petition had been forced into a day four weeks earlier than its regular day. This was the short ground of his Motion. He wished to put the only Petition now in force into the same situation that it would hold it there had been no petition presented but that-on the 3d of February. Since the petition of.the 3d was the only one, it would •be violating the usual terms allowed to the parties to take it into consideration so early as the 2d of March. After the petition had been presented, 14 days were Allowed for entering into recognizances; after which eight days were required for making arrangements and preparing lists, which were again to be exchang. ed by the parties, eight days before the petition was taken into consideration. The lists in this case must therefore be exchanged on the 24th of February ; the 14 days for the tecognizances extended to the 17th. Between the 17th and 24th there was not the neces sary time, it being only seven days. The SPEAKER stated, that the question wls, that the order as it stood be discharged. Mr. B. BATHURST said, that the Hon. and Learn ed Gentleman appeared to him to have shewn no necessity for his Motion. The history of the case had not been stated, although he was sure the Hon. and Learned Gentleman must have known it. The agent for the petitioners had not been aware of the time limited Cnr entering , into recognizances ; he had, therefore, be.. surprised, upon coming up to town, l to find that it was s.s late. The plan advised and adopted in consequenct, was , nct to apply for en largement of the time, but to resent anot h er pet i t i on in the same terms, but different wa...o s subscribed.— At the election a scrutiny had indeed bet..4emanded and refused—he would not say improperly, for it for fear of increasing the agitation which then pre vailed. Ever since, too, Committees had been sitting, to consult and arrange what measures they should adopt, and for preparing for this very thing. The lion. and Learned Gentleman had shewn no incon venience arising to the sitting Member, and therefore he saw no reason for the delay. Mr. BROUGHAM said, that the time for recog nizances on the Petition on the '2sth January, did not expire till the 7th of February, and that Petition had not been abandoned till the '2d of February ; upon the second Petition of the 3d, the time for re cognizances extended to the 17th ; and thus ten days were gained by the Petitioner. So much for the ad vantage of the Petitioner. But the second Petition put the sitting Member to the greatest inconvenience, as it allowed him to be proceeded against earlier than he ought. Members did not at once prepare as if they were sure that the petition against him would be prosecuted. There were many instances of petitions presented and not prosecuted ; there were instances of petitions being presented without any in tention of prosecuting. But if this case should re main unrcdressed, a sitting Member, so soon as he learnt that any petition at all had been prepared against him, must have all his agents at work, and make every preparation for defence—(llear, hear). All this he must do without being at all certain that any recognizances are entered into till fourteen days elapse—(hear, htar). The inconvenience of this to the sitting Member was most obvious. If the second petition had been presented after the first irad been abandoned, the period would have beer. longer for the various preparatory steps required. The Honour able Member then said, that he had been asked in what manner the sitting Member had beer. injured? lie would reply to that question by asking another, and that was, in what mariner is the Petitioner in jured? The proceeding, on the Camelford Petition appeared to support his view of the subject. The' ' Right lion. Gentleman gave one reason for his op position, and another Gentleman on the other side of the House had, from courtesy, given him another in private conversation. Mr. BROUGHAM said that he should move, that the Petition be taken into consideratiOn on the first open day between the 23d of February and the 13th Of March. The SPEAKER then intimated, that the regular method of proceeding would he to withdraw theire-' sent Petition, and bring forward a rfrw Motion. Mr. C. WYNN considered that no injury could accrue to the sitting Me m b er , if the considefation-ar ;this Petition were delayed. The tiittal practice of the House was to take the Petitions into consideration on' the day ori3inally appointed. The (louse did, how ever, sometimes defer it, when it was not likely to be attended with onerous expense to either of the parties. Lord CASTLEREAGH said, that he should pro pose to the Honourable Member to move, that the present Order should be discharged, and the farther consideiation of the Petition be fixed on 9th March. Mr. BROUGHAM acceded to this proposal, and moved that his original motion should be withdrawn, and the proposal of Lord Castlereagh adopted in its stead.—Adjourned at half past five. THE EVEN' STA R LONDON. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1819. TIIF. FUNDS. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK: 3 per Cent. Reduced 77; 6i—Cons "Ciff Cons. for Acc. 7601-4 ner Cent. 861 5j 6 4 -,er Cent. 95p-5 pet Cent. Navy 106.; Mi. Lg. Ans. 2O 3-16—Excheq. Bills (2d.) 12 18 pr. The fluctuation in the Funds has been but trifling during the morning. Consols commenced at 76f, went to f, but again fell to f, at which price they appeared steady. The Jews have again been at their old manceuvres ; they have bought an immense quan tity of Stock for the month of March, at 77, for the call back at 80; before this ruse de guerre was disco vered, they got out of large quantities of Stock. A Flanders Mail arrived this day, bringing Brus sels Papers to the 10th inst. The day for the Second Chamber to meet again is not yet fixed, and of course nothing is yet known 'respecting the fate of the pro posed Duties on Coffee and Sugar. On the policy of this project the Northern and Southern Provinces are divided in opinion. The Dutch are for having as few restraints on Commerce as possible, while the Brabanters are for avoiding local taxes, and collect. ing a revenue on foreign products. Brussels is about to be lighted with Gas : a vessel with part of the apparatus from London arrived in the Canal on the Bth instant. A letter from Iron of the '24th ult. appears in Thy Oracle, which states that such Officers belonging to the Expedition now fitting out at Cadiz as had not joined their Regiments, have been superseded ; strict discipline has been established ; and desertion has ceased. The men in cantonments waiting for orders to embark ife stated to be eleven or twelve thousand, who are yet to be joined by other battalions. Madrid is tranquil, being well watched by Spies, and having a numerous garrison ; but the bands of robbers be come more numerous in several provinces. The differences with the Court of Rio Janeiro are not yet settled—the latter requiring as the first condit;on the restitution of the town of Olivenza and its territory. Two days French Papers are now due. By private letters we learn, that in the sitting of the Chamber of Deputies on Monday, was read the Report of a Com mittee appointed to consider a proposal made by Mi nisters for fixing the month of July to be the com mencement of the financial year. The Committee approved of the proposition. Jamaica Mails to the 12th of December bring ac counts that provisions from foreign ports have, by Proclamation, been declared admissible for three, montns. Accou.a, .eccivo.l there from the Spanish Main, state that a sharp engagement had taken place between the Royal and Insurgent armies, in which the Spanish Commander•in-Chief, MoitaLo, was slain, but that the Patriots had also severely suffered. The harbour of Angustura was much frequented by merchant ships from England, France, Holland, and North America ; and as the above intelligence was on its way, many more vessels were met with in the Oronoco, destined for the same port. A volcano, or rather, from its dimensions, a mkt:- nil/0, has been discovered in the neighbourhood of the Indian River : this toy of Nature is but six feet high from the base to the summit, and the diameter of the crater is two feet two inches. Accounts from Angustura of the 27th November from Margaritta of the 24th, and from Trinidad of the 12th December, have been received. General Bou VAR left Angustura on the 24th November, to co-operate with the forces employed against Cumana, who are said to be in excellent condition. Admiral BRION had quitted Nlargaritta, and one of his squa dron had captured a Spanish brig of war, with an immense quantity of treasure on board. The brig was condemned at Margaritta. We have received Curacoa Gazettes to the 21st of November. The following is au extract: , g On Saturday, the 14th instant, a dispatch was received by Admiral Brion from Lord Cochrane, stating, that his Lordship had arrived at Testigos (a small island to windward of Margaritta), with four vessels under his command, and that Sir Gregor M'Gregor sailed from England at the same time with his Lordship, with 3000 men, to join the lnde. pendents of Venezuela. Immediately on the receipt of this news at Afargaritta, a discharge of artillery from the batteries and vessels of war, followed by ringing' Of bells, &c. &c. announced the welcome tid.ngs to the inhabitants. Lord Cochrane's flag ship (a frigate of 44 guns) had been struck by light ning a few days previous to his arrival at the Testigos, and the foremast somewhat injured. Brion's ultra drab lying at Pampatar, consisted of a fi igate pierced for 50 gots but mounting only trl, two bt igs of IS gutti . oi(ch, &Or schooners of 10 gluts t:Acb, and ..bowl tW Of feLects, of one gun each." • S PAIN. Yesterday we laid before our Renders the c:pa r . . General Ecio's Proclamation relating to the Ex,.c.. ; tions in Valencia, on the 20th ult. A private let , from Madrid, of the 29th ult. 'gives the follcw:. acco , int of the manner in which the late alley, conspiracy at Valencia was discovered: ,‘ On the night of the 2d of January, an of the Queen's Regiment of Infantry, warred the Captain-General Elio, and told him 11lut been selected, by a body of persons who were scmbled in a house which he named, to assassinate him. am, satisfying.llirnself of the truth of accusat;on, took with him eight soldiers, and, - ducted by the Officer, went towards the said hk having met upon the road a Captain, who was of the conspirators, he joined the Officer and Etn the latter was disguised, and had his soldiers at distance. The Officer ascended the staircase of , house, till he came to where the meeting was hcld ; there were eight conspirators assembled ; but when they found they were betrayed, they immetfittely locked the doors, and attempted to fire from the w; r .. dows upon the soldiers. A Colonel r the only pers- 1 of rank who has as yet been apprehended, dete:nii.led to clear himself a passage with his sword and attaketl Elio; and slightly wounded him in the left Elio, finding he would not surrender himself, imme diately ran him through the body. It was thow;ht at first that he was killed; but he survived, th ox i, grievously wounded.. As to the rest, they surren. dered themselves, were conducted to prison, arid trild by a Court Martial." _ The following interesting, particulars relating to the same affair are from an individuAl who has for som e months been a resident in Valencia, and who bii such opportunities for observation as enabled hita to ascertain the facts with conziderable precision: VALENCIA, JANUARY 92. . _ On Saturday evening, the '2d Janualy, a Conspi. racy, which was to have broken out 'at Sunday, the day following, was interrupted, and entirely fro. traded, by General Elio, the Commander of the Toaa of Valencia. A Setjeant, in ahem the conTirates had imprudently confided, has been the cause or the ill success of the plot. The affair had been on hand for some time; and it seems that the General had, by moans of this spy, received a regular and continual notice of all the steps taken and to be put in erect:. tion by the consphators, and, without intempting any of their proceedings, had been watching tam 'for some months past. On the Saturday evening above mentioned, at ' past ten o'clock, the Serjeant went to inform the Ge neral that then was a favourable moment for takug his menures, as all concerned were actually assem bled in a certain coffee-house. Elio immediately cent for eight of his body guard, and with no other force proceeded to the place of rendezvous. A s;go, was that of clapping the hands, and of which the General was already apprized, obtained the opening of the street-door ; but on a second sign being de manded within, of which Elio was ignorant, the per son who opened resisted his proceeding farther than the passage. This occasioned some noise, winch alarmed the conspirators ; and one of the Chiefs, DO2 Joaquim Vidal (Colonel) •descended with a drawn sabre to learn the cause: he immediately recognized the General, who called out to him "Rendite,terror " Surrender, dog!" and a smart attack ensuei. The sabre of Vidal, however, proved bnt a weak defence against the pointed sword of the ether, and he was soon run through, from breast to shoulder, at two different thrusts. Those above not understanding the nature of the tumult, a second came down to make inquiries; on seeing two men fighting in the passage, he ran ap stairs to procure an arm, but his companions, wl.o had already proceeded as far as the head.of the stair case, taking their fellow conspirator for an enemy, fired a pistol at him, the ball of which entered at the crown of the head. and came out under the chin. He instantly fell dead—his name was Sola. Elio now ordered his guard to enter, and the whole band, con sisting of thirte:m, were taken prisoners without any further resistance. An account of this event, and of the General's measures, was drawn up, and at one o'clock on the morning of Sunday, a Courier wa..dis patched express for Madrid, to carry the intelliience to the King. Vidal was conveyed to the guard•roorn in the Hospital, and the rest were put into one of the town prisons. Every body here admires the intrepi dity of the General, and it cannot be denied that he acted with that firmness and promptitude of deci sion, which have ever characterized all his proceed ings. Hut he is a man of whom one may say, th.it good fortune never quits his elbow. It was a mere stroke of hazard which raised him tq the elevated si tuation which he now li(dds; since he has been Com mander of the Kingdom of Valencia, he has had ti.:e of the narrowest e!a:apes from death that have ever, perhaps, happened to any man. Once he was shot at in a general review by some soldiers who had purposely loaded with ball ; and again, when shooting game in a wood near his roan try seat, a ball from an unknown gun pierced his hat; not long since a command, with the King's stamped signature, was sent express from Madrid, to order him to resign his post, and to have him. shot Ivithin the space of 24 hours ; but the person who received the order, choosing to act with precaution, a me:,ser.- ger was dispatched to have the thing verified, aT 3I the whole proved a forgery. Last year a plan - VAS tormentor attacking him as he came out limn Lte Theatre ; but the play happening to finish hour earlier than usual, the scheme failed ; ins::,rt, the present is the filth escape he has had. I t:l,7er to mention that Vidal, en recognizing the General rn the passage, first drew out a pistol, which :lashed to the pan and misted flue. It was nut till afterwards that the combat ensued, in whit!, Vidal fel wetandefi The messenger returned im about ten days with or ders from Ferdinand, empowering General Elie te act in every respect as he might think proper. — Twenty-four hours were allowed the prisoners to make their defence, which is a mere matter of form, for no defence is ever listened to ; and the day after, all the thirteen were condemned to be hanged; but the executioner, who is :t pour slitn fellow, with too much feeling for his employment, gave noise he was in consequence of having strangled a father, son' son-in -lass, and two cousins, the rune week ; he ma.; then asked if he could hang ones he aassvcred, Ye% Vidal was tuned upon, sad the otil.:re scntenceLl to Exeen, in 2 let te: :t,t4 lotai 0j ere al kEed id. t °Seer d herd a ere as ,„ hi , assinate of tl.:1 i sd t c, house, vas ote I Etto; 'n TS at a of th e is held ; t when xliatey he w; r .. pers- 1 :ttaked rid: bat inime- thouAt • th:N-} 1 surren. atd trild g to the Of some Mho bii I him to Comp:, laYi the lv fret~ ie 'foal pintas e of the on hand ral had, ontinual erect:- rrnpting tatm at Inif the Ge- r tak:ag 4'iSerla- ttly cern Ler force itch the opening 'ing de- the per- ler than which fs, DO2 drawn )gniseell terra r I The defence he was at two - e of the ries; on ran lip ns, he stair- enemy, d at the