Star. — London, England, 1816-06-26 00:00:00

. .7 • . l oogra bh Move} bad mat!, on ;he, House.. .As to WC firsr case of Isaic Francis, who bad been con A t 4d for thirtee.n months es a vagrant,. his confine ment was An act of charity When he was, taken up helves unable to give an accouirt who he was —all be could say was the word .. Newpor•." Inquir y was made at Newport in the Isle of Wight, but no soh pers on was known there. At last a woman 'hap nee d to come into the neighbourhood from Newport i n Monmouthshire, from whom it was learnt that the Aesop belonged to that town, and he was restored to h i s parents. As to the female nho bad been men tioned, she was still supposed to be insane, but it se curity was given for her, the Magistrates wo u ld wil. hogly'liberate her. The case of the man who was confined for destroying a pheasant's egg, he was not acquainted with. The cause of complaint which had b een given by solitary confinement would soon be M oved, as two rooms were to be built for the corn non use of the,prisoners. Sir C. BURRELL defended the Magistrates of the District alluded to, whom he could state to be attentive and humane. The female alluded to had, t hen brought before the Magistrates, in the first in stance, coitusitted such acts of violence that he had ctwoidered her insane. Tile incormmience ari.ii.g from the want of windows, in the cells had beau re moved, by introducing a pane of g l ass i nto t h e . slim _ feu , so that even when they were closed there. was light enough to read by. Sir F. *URDETT thought two years and eight fceot hs' solitary confinement was sufficient to calls, o i ntment in the sufferer of such a punishinens, „hooch no predisposition to insanity already existed. v e soderstood that the case of the unfortunate wo am referred to was one, not of insanity;but of violent age, arising from seduction and subsequent ill-treat ,ln such circumstances paroxysms of violence 4,t.ht be expected ; and for such, this poor woman sit sentenced to two years' solitary confinement. lyre system established of awarding solitary confine. m ast for certain offences had been vetj much abused. wo l f been entirely diverted from the spirit and in fection with which it had been recommended by Mr. Iforard. It'was distinguished now by undue and f risproportioned rigour. Only one haur was allowed I the twenty-four for air and exercise. This was indicative of its severity. With what surprise must k strike every one to hear that this was the punish sent awarded for the most trilling offences; An act et v %Taney exposed him who committed it to six ee se ven months of such confinement, and the re ceiving of alc•.s was an act of vagrancy. But coming lithe subject, to deliver his sentiments on which w as his o'oject in rising, be was obliged to ex' rests his seprise u that the - abuses pointed out in the King's Mach prison by the CJusolittre of last year were not ctrected, and that no rurnedy at all had beta ap- Ord. ' The reason why. such remedy was delayed as still more retro rdinary. No farther investiga. tics vie requisite. Gross and scandalous abuses had bees discovered. -stated. and denounced ; and whtn the reason *was asked why they were not corrected, the House wa% told that further investigations werr going forward. The system 1,441 Inch declared c•-r• rupt, and yet no remedy had been attet:lpted. The dicers whose conduct was cornplair.ed oi were Ill<JE removed. Mr. HUSKISSON concurred with what had been stated respecting the disagreeable state of that prison. le was enough to secure the person of a prison•:r, without Adding unnecessarily to his punishment. He us glad, however, to inform the House, that consi derable alterations were at present making in the piton, by order of the Magistracy. The conduct of taros woman shewed her to be insane, aad every tendon had been shewn her in that unfortunate con- aim. He did not wish the punishment of s litary aininenyent to be abolished. It gave the individual time, as bad justly been observed, to review his maduct and endeavour to form good principles, while, on the contrary, unlimited intercourse with prisoncrs actually vitiated the morals and led to bar. , dened incorrigible impenitence. It was unnecessary for him to add that the character of Mr. Sergeant, Chairman of that County, for humanity and attention 13 the interests of justice, was too well known to re.. quire any eulogium from him—(Hear, hear.) Mr. BENNET considered the treatment which this Woman had received bad caused her insanity, and trusted the House would not overlook her case. After a few words from Sir CHARLES MONCE, Sis C. Bimini., and Lord COCHRAN 4 the Motion was agteed to. INTENDED MONUMENTS. General THORNTON rose, agreeably to the %nice he had give'', to move that a humble Address he presented to his Royal Highness the Prince Re. Pot, praying his Royal Highness to give orders for the erection of several Free Churches, in commemo. mice of the Battles of Trafalgar and Waterloo. This he considered the most acceptable manner of ' expressing our gratitude to our gallant defenders, and to the Geese of all Victory. He had received sere ratters, upproving of his motion, from two of which he read exttucts. re CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, ;arising oppose the motion, begged not to be tin-, destood as thinking the present number of Esta blished Churches in the City and suburbs to be suffi cient- He admitted there was a very great call for better accommodation of all classes, in the Churches,. and he t ruste d t h ere wou ld b e some prov i s i on m a d e C l 5 this head next Session. At East it was intended to propose to Parliament nett Session to grant a 'Pecific sum for erecting a nurrber of Churches, on a m oderate plan. He did not think, however, that the erecting of Churches as a monument to our gallant defenders was proper. He cculd not see in what light tuvy could be considered as a monument, and he therefore should move the previous question. Mr. WM. SMITH concurred with the Chancellor of the Exchequer. After a few words from Lord COCHRANE, Mr. 14 NG, and General Tnortutorr, the latter of whom expressed his high satisfaction at the intormation,now oentinueicated to the House by the Right Hon. Gentleman, the motion* was put and negatived with out a division. SAYING WANKS. _ Mr. ROSE expressed his wish that the Bill for oling Banks be now read a third time. He was !riiic‘d from the information he had received on ` a 's subject from the highest authorities. that the Bill togld, _be of essential service. It had already pro `lced I spirit of economy in Ireland, formal,' un- . • ' - • • . . knnirn in that cA;unry. and Enid, ha kid no doghte be productive of beneficial consequencea k. , He had heard from the Lord Lieuten4nt and two.or three hundred persons whO concurred in considering the, 13 , i1 .Isenlotely railed for. Sir C. MONCK repeated_ his former objection; to the Bill. am, moved that it be read a third time this clay tortniOrt. "• Mr. ROSE had male all the incoiry he possibly cevld, 411 d found not the smallest objection stated to it. The 'House divided—For the.third reading 28— Against it B—Mahrity 20. 'rhe Bill was accordingly read a third time and p3s,ed. Mr. WILBIR FORCE gave notice of a motion ter to-morrow, founded on the papers which bad been presented to the Home respecting the Slave Trade. Mr. H. ADDINGTON presented an Account of the Amount and Application of Sheriffs Fees. Sir F. iIUR DE rr moved far an account of the lives lost In the Navy and Transport Service, by shipwreck, since January 1, 1814, and of the lives preserved out of wrecks. He stated, that he had been informed that 4000 lives had been lost by shipwreck in the transport service. He wished the retarn to be made; in ord.r f,r illusttate the extent of mischief which might be pre vewed, by the use of the Invention of Mr. Mailison. hir.( lOU I.BUR N said, the lives lost in the transport service, within the time speciih.d iir the motion, fell very much short of tioun. Indeed, with the exception of some transports wrecked MI the coat of Ireland, the bOaS by shipwreck bad been very small. the motion was agree) to. The Carlisle and Glasgow Road Bill was read a third time, and passed. . The Oil and Blul ber Bill, the Irish Tetwn Lands Fine Bill, the Irish Spirits D!it!es Bill, th Spirit 4ntercourse Bill, the Vagrants' Bill, the ChancLry Court Bill, the Irish Cierk of the Pleas 13ill, were reported and ordered to be read &third time to-morrow. . The `tamp Duties Amendment Dill was committed. Report to-morrow.. Ilium the Report of the Leather Trade Regtdation Bill belag brought up, Lott COMPTON proposed a clause to exempt from Stamp Duty upon drawback, any quantity of Leather exported below the value of Lin. The CHANCELLOR of the FXCHEQUER thought the princip:e of the propositions submitted by the Noble Lord de serving ..f consideration as a erneral measure, with respect to dra's hacks, Gut that su ch a clatve could nut be consistently in sert. d in tht. poetic Bill. After a conversation between Mr. Benson, Mr. Luau I moron, and the CHANCKLLUIt of the Exculevea, with regard to certain allowances to Fanners, (which Mr. BLS II ul4 alleicti to have been strongly :I:ea:lntended by the Committee upon this measure,) the Report was agreed to, and the Bill ordered to be read a third time to-morrow. Mr. V. VI IZGERALD gave notice or a Motion for the next Session, fur leave to bring in a Bill to estend the Jurisdiction of the Asst , t alit Barristers in Ireland, with regard to the recovery of Small Drbts.--m-Adjourned. EV LONDON. It. . WEDNESDAY, JUNE le, 1816. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT 'f*FT,vr O'CLOCK& Reduced 1130—Cons. shut—for ()punkin 641 65 4 per Cent. Tnif—S per Oita. Navy shun—liondt Ss. Ss. pr. • Omnium pay. 11.31—F.schequer Bills, Ss. tlis.2s. pr. In the House of Commons last night, the Report of the Committee en the regulations made by Foreign Courts, in respect to their Catholic subjects, Iva! brought forward by Sir Jont4 Cox HIPPISLEY. Report was commended by Mr. CANNING, the New Minister, who stated the practice adopted in France which tolerated the return to Parliament of Protes tants—admitted them into the Executive Councils— . tecogntsed them in Catholic proc•ts.ion—confeired the order of Nobility—and, In short, according to Mr. CANNING'S rigvv, the. Governl.:nt proceede4 upon that amiable and fraternal footing of' sociable friendship and intercourse which reconciles religious animosities, and makes a State happy and tm:ted. The Report was ordered to be printed. The French Papers of Saturday arrived after cur Paper was at press yesterday, and to-day we give such extracts from them as appear to be interating. The private letteri dwell upon the marked attention which continues to be paid bj the KING of France to the Duke of WELLINGTON. At the entertainment on the Duke of Benaa's marriage, none of the Fo reign Ambassadors were so much noticed as our gallant Countryman; and, en the other hand, his Majesty evinced much coolness towards T A LLICYRAND, who attended officially as Grand Chamberlain. A Mail from Hamburg!' arrived to•dap. The German Papers contain minute details of the cele bration of the Anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo in various parts of the Continent. The Plague still rages with great violence in the Egyptiau Provinces of the Turkish Empire. NEW DUTIES ON SOAP. The Act dated slat of May—" Be it enacted, That after the paving of the Act, there be levi.:d the-following rates and duties of Excise for every pound weight avoirdupois of Hard Cake Soap or Ball Soap in Great Britain, to be paid by the maker, 3d.; for Irish, to be paid by tb: importer, 3d: per lb • AL.MWANCES. " For every pound weight made is Great Britain, and consumed in making of an? cloths, strges, kerseys, baize, stockings, Cr: . other manufacturers of sheep3' or lambs' wool only, or where the greater proportion is wool, or in the fittisrini; the said manufactures, tad For every pound on:la': uNed its whitening sew linen in the piece, for *air, Yd. Fur every pound u e;ght used in preparing aad finishing any manu factures of fizz or cotton for sale (..Tacept such as shall be used in whitening new huen in p ece, in order to the sale thereof) lid. The wls:de duty to he rerunteJ on eaportx ion. . . 4 The dealer, may Ad 1 the new duties to the contracts made previously to the passi'ig of the Act. " ►he duties to be under the maoagement of the Commis sioners of the Excise, aut to be levied in the same manner a; the former rates ; the new duties are to be carried to the Con solidated Fund." FRENCH PiI.PEAS. PARIS, JUNE 22. Yesterday his Majesty and the Royal Family ap peared in the balcony on returning from Mass ; an immense crowd were assembled to see them, and testified their joy by the most lively acclamations. Tte King held a Privy Council, and afterwards took his usual airing, accor4anied by the Duchesses of Angonleme and Berri. His Mai:sty paid particular attention to the Duke of Wellington in the Banqueting Hall, immediately after the Infix Royal. Count CapO d'istria • has been recalled to St. Pe tersburg!' by the Emperor Alexander. He leaves ' Paris in a very short time. M. Gallatin, the newly-appointed American Mi nister to this Court, is expected dftily at Havre. He j does not go to London first, as was reported. M. Irwing, the United States Minister to the Court of Spain, who has been for some time in Paris, left this city for his destination on Thursday morning. Great honcurs have been paid to the Persian Am bassador at the Court of St. Petersburgli. He has had bit; last leave of audience. A French squadron, consisting of the Medusa fri gate, the Echo corvette, the Loire and the Argus brig, sailed on the 17th from the Isle d'Aix for Se negal, to take possession of the French Establishments on the coast of Africa. _ M. de Lessen, one of the richest bankers in Paris, died on Friday. ' A Swedish fr i gate Ititioned off Gottenburgh has seized two English merchantmen, under the plea of tl,eir having failed to perform quarantine. Mr. Fors. ter, our Minister at Copenhagen, has represented this matter to his Cabinet, and it is thought the event will lead to some explanations between Denmark and S..ked en. It is affirmed that HaboVer gives p the Duc,hy of Enda and a sum of money to Denn...rk, for thkt of Lauenburgh. Marshal Marmont, Doke of Ragusa, is mentioned as one of the candidates presented by the Academy of Sciences for one of the vacant places of Free As sociates. • 'fhb following is a new trait of the insolence of the Barbary States :—The French bomb vessel the Alexander, Captain Escarras, which left Smyrna on the 17th of May, and entered Marseilles on the 13th of June, was met on the Bth near cape Argente by a xebec of Tripoli, which carried off its guns and some of its, provisions. The Correspondent de Naihrnkrif announces that M. Fouche continues to pass a very retired life at 1 ' Dresden: and the memoirs of his political life, writ tea by himself, will appear there in two volumes, and be published at the approaching fair of St. Michel. General' Excelmans had his passport for Hamburgh examined at Antwerp, and then set off for his place 'of destination. • • M. Real, Prefect of Police at Paris nntler Bona parte; embarked on the sth of June. at Mita**. . tur the United States. rtinds—AFire pet Cents..s9lr. 40 e: T~7 ~• • I . ' , I'itIEST, MAY 30. Accounts irought by vessels from the Levant say, that the plague has broken out in the most destruc tive manner at Alexandria and Cairo. It is even said that many distinguished families have fallen a sacrifice to it. BOHEMIA, JULY 10. On the Bth, in the evening, Prince Blocher of Wahlstadt arrived at Carlsbad with a suite of several carriages, among which is one ..bat was vip?-istid to be Napoleon's. He looks chearttil and in good health, though he was detained by indlsposltion so•nc d: r:, on the way from Silesia to Carlsbad ; and the physi cians are still deliberating whether he shall use these waters. .He has his own physician with him. There are already 1200 persons at Carlsbad to use the waters. FROM THE MAINE, JUNE IS. The Princess of Wales has sent frtun Tunis two young lions as a present to the Emperor of Austria. CASSEL, JUNE 14. Immediately after the return of the Elector se veral officers have been here arrested by superior au thority, 'and confined in the Castle, tar being the first authors of the clause addressbd by the subaltern officers to the States, for an increase of pay. It seems that this matter will be taken up seriously, and it cannot be denied that the proceeding was a vi,,latior; of military subordination. The petitioners themselves• appear to have been sensible of this. for they remark at the end, that they are resolved to bear, jointly, the consequences which might ensue to individuals by delivering the petition ; and people's expectations are on the stretch how this afLtir will terminate. HANOVER, JUNE 19. A dreadful storm on the 14th did great damat , ,e abont Heldeshouse, and a water-spout, at the same time, inundated the-fields, and did great injury to houses, fences, &e. &c. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge lately gave a ball, to which the son of the late Hanoverian Captain Wilding, now a Sicilian Prince, was invited with his wife. STUTIVARDT, JUNE IS. - His Majesty has established a Sinking Fond for the extinction of the National Debt, and assigned for this purpose the sums hitherto paid, or to be paid in future from the French contributions. The Statute relating to this Establishment, is also published. The French money which forms the Fund amounts is all to 4,530,000 francs. ITALY, JUNE IL The King of Sardinia will spend a part of this summer at Chambery, and invite the Foreign Mini sters to follow him thither. It is now certain that the Ilishrip tsf St. Malo, Courtois de Pressigny, hitherto French Ambassador to the Papal See, is re called, and that he will be succeeded in his post by the Count de Blacas. Jamaica Papers to the Bth May, arrived this morn ing, brought by the Onyx. " Jamaica, MAY R. " We learn by the 'lsabella, that information had reached Santa Martha previondy to her sailing, that Santa Fe de Fagots, the capkal of New Granada, had surrendered under capitulation, to the forces under General MlAlio, and the Congress of that place bad previously led to Antiogali kis also mentioned that MO troops had recently arrived from 014 Spain." " Roman, (Dusessica), MAT 5. " The Barbados., Legblature, as its meeting last month,' passed two laaportant Acts, the one repealing the Act directing the payment of 4100 for the Manumission of a Male Slave, and ZaCto for the blandtnission el a Female Slave; and have also made the Return of Stamper Census Act, a perpetual instead of ati annual Statute." The Ptivr Council at Guadeloupe have addressed a letter to Su. J. Lean .at much length, voted him the hduse and lands at Matouba for his residence, and rded. to his income 120,000 litres, and put at his es' disposal £2OOO starling, to be laitf.out ikt any article 'be thinks proper. Sir JAIIIOI, in a handsome answer, visited d sword piuLhased with their lit 'donation. ' . --~~-,..r-..,.~ Tor" ,1 • • v ... 77 • -0 """ ' NitrlL INTL►LLICENCE ~ ,;:: "- • • : FAI.MOUIII, •JUNF, *S. ' I I • Arrived the Lady Arab-J1 packet, with aWI from Lisbon, in 14 tins. s PLYMOtrf 11. MN?. t 4. '• • • No arrivals. —.I tiled 114 MAjestvts slip WOOD. Larn, to the Eastward. —Wind W. N. ¶V. PORTSMOUTH, JUNE es. . • - Arrived Ole Harvest, DAvinson; Iron the Waver, net, left loth Mar9h ; also arrived his Majesties ships K uTINE : tynn C3l k ; Maffei, from Jamika ; and TT RIANI from It W . DEAL, JUNE 21. Came down from the River And sailed iriPt the outward-bound, the Marparet, for Madeira; Lord Cawder, fur Tenerife; ,leaner, , for . Malta; Sala manca, for Africa; and the Mary, for Smyrna.--, Arrived and sailed for the River, the Fleetwood, from Dominica; Martinis of Wellesley, from Cal. cutta Land Onyx, from The whole of the =word-bound are sailed for the River. Wind N.W. - C A.VEsaeo. JUT u. Alt-iced the Na'ntiecx, Bevis; from Gortenimrgit; Hare',lel, Rusiell.from Hamburg:. ; Carton, Short, from D ants i c Maw. beim, asalthbat. and lA:an:. zlearnan, • from Norway; Ameia, &nut ; au!, Atlantic, Rumbert, from Hatriburgh ; Bare, from riarlitig.e—Sanad the Skits'oth, rien4,:r.:;n, for the Cape.of Gool M Mark, ritticonr, for 1.1,b.n3; Urine:is of littat3, Stewart, for Calais; l'i'aroble, Warkson, f: , r Cork; and Vrow Vilna, Berg, for Antw..rp. The Farina, ALLeN, (rum Jamaica to St. Domingo, was lova the sth Apr il , near St.Denzisape. • The Scio.v.ale, Cox's rrausox, fro:.t Fsenfours to St.Crolx, was lon the 1€ h iit,t. near the Tezel. YesterdAy the rrincitss Cast:Lori:: and Prince Leerot-u received a •cfingratnbtory a !•!res frens Barnstaple, presented by ev: Mem'iers of that town. The Loan MAYOR, tOPet!).l* with tie Mager War ' den and Clerk of t! e Fishmongers' Comp try, alter. wards waited on his Serene Highness, and presented him with the freedom of that Society. The rrincess eHARLOTTR, en being asked by the Duchess of Yonk when she would visit the Opera again observed—u certainty onSaturday next ; 9 ° And we understand her Royal H:ghness has already communicated her intentions of having a box of her own for the next season of Operas. The Duke of You vas so much recovered yes terday as to be able to t..tertain at dinner the Prin: cess CHARLOTTE and Prince LEOPOLD. We lament to say that last night the life of Mr. SHERIDAN was despaired of. He has, fnr seine time, laboured under a most excruciating malady, and the physicians have expressed the most serious apprehen sions of the result. Rooms-mu ELLcrtov.—At four o'clock yesterday, :he state of the Poll was as follows:—Mr. BAuscrr, 397 ; Sir T. l'uos . te4o/4, 376.—Majority for Mr. BA It. Nert 21. BLACKHEATH, PEDESTRIAN, (22D DAY).•••••EATQX this morning 0 nine o'clock, after having gone on the whole of last night in his usual gooey spirits, made good his 317th mile. CORN•ExcitAxue, Ju:en 2G.—We have had na fresh • suppl) of Wi.eat since Monday, east there being but little of fine quality at Market, such description fully maintains its price, but there is scarce Any demand fee the inferior samp.es. Oats are fall as high as on Monday, but not ready. sale. In Nal l Bbans, and Barley. there is no alteratioe. Free.—The beautiful village of Tborverton, about six miles North of t retie., suffered greaily by fire, in ' the night betwe-n Friday and Saturday last. Its commencement was purely accidental in the stable of James, an Exeter carrier. at the West end of the village-12 cottages were consumed. ACC/DENT.—The following melancholy accideot occurred on Stinday, evening, on the River Swale, r war Faversham, Kent. A party of persons, chiefly females, had spent the thy in a water excursion to 1 Whitstable, and had arrived at Faversham Creek's , Mouth, on their recur& home, when it was proposed to proceed to Harty Ferry House to take tea. After staying there until nearly nine o'clock. they all ('reing ten in number) re.embarked in a small bc.at, and were in the act. (.f going off to . their vessel, which lay at anchor rte tr lj the opposite shore, and to which they had alrivet arrived, when the boat turned over. The ferr:!nan crossing the River is • his boat, at the same time with eight passengers, went to the assistance of the unfortnnate snfferers, and succeeded in rescuing two owe front their dart. A getout situation. They also dragged into their beet the lifeless body of one of the women. Proceeding in their humane endeavours to save others; their own bnat b•ine tinder a pressure of sail, and keeling still more hour ti•.eir reaching over the side, was almost tilled with water. Another party of young men im.- mediately pushed off from the Fern , Way, ere third boat, and happily succeeded in seeing till ferryman and the whole of his passengers, and alga the two young men who were in the first boat. The remain der, viz. tae swan, :ix females, and an infant, met a %emery grave ! , Fa.UMOY BaNt.—t`edticsday a Inceiiitg took place at the Inn, in Fernroy, of several Noblemen and Gentlemen, friends of Mr. ANDERVIN, whose recent failure has excited considerable sensation. Abont one o'clock Lord IsleusTcasnet. was . tarred to the Chair,. after which Mr. BELL FOCeeded to suhrsit a statement to the meeting of the situation of Mr. AN DERSON'S affairs, by which it 2 ept.os that the debts owing by hint amounted to 5e2t0....),0'9, to meet which there was a prbperty to the amount of X 130,000, leaving a deficiency of 490,000. The pas-IL:dart tet which this Leneral statement was.tounded wts not submitted to the meeting. 'From what was said it was collected that there 'appears to be due to Messrs. ANDERSON and Co. a stun of R 111,930. The probable value of whicb was about re30,000, The value of the Buttevant and Fermoy estates was not stated, and the former of these was charged with annuities to the amount of ‘4OOO a-year, which, at ten years' purchase would mike/84.0,0W, to Ire added 'to the A'22.0,000. A Committee was named, con sisting of the following Gentlemen :—Roßeer DE LA COUR, SAMUEL PERROT; TII3MAS WALKER, DAVID REID, and MICHAEL B. ROBERTS, Esqrs. to whom the affairs of the concern were referred, and who are to report on the same on the 6th of July. After the appointment of the Committee, Lord Dorresteme proposed several resolutions expressive of the regret which was entertained at the reverses of Mr. ANDER• sow, and acknowledgment of the important services which be had rendered to the county of Core. during his long and meritorious life; and in these sentiments the Meeting unanimously coca:red. . .... . . . . • . . -7 „ ~M .