Star. — London, England, 1824-06-04 00:00:00

•' • which had lately occurred at t‘usanne‘where a man had been Pearly stoned to et)aftlttNtertainino; opi ',ions proscribed by the AnthmktiwoHe concluded by repeating his opinitru•that-EhtieianNrequired r.o !,up port f:orn lawoancilfraoperlatirDatOnstead of clteckirg would be always found to increase inftdeity.—"ine Pe tition was then read, anal ordered to be printed. Mr. HUME said, he had another Petition to present, and not withstan jinn ail that had been said that evening, lie should maintain his r:olit of presenting a noition from, aloi in favour of , anybody whomsoever, powided it was re-spec: luny wo:..led. The Petition which he now held in his hand was ft um an individual named John O'Neill, a gnaker, resi jag, 't Bath, praying that the louse would teui the sentence inflicted upon Richard earlile. The Petitioner nb..erve , .l, that he (Mr. Hume) v ished his Honourable Friend below him (Mr. M. A. Taylor) to notice Coe observation, that the punishment of person-. for the expressiar. of their religions opinions was not authorised by Christianity —(Hair, lice;). With. respect to C:triiie's case, he (Mr. flume) thought it a hard one ; and he hoi:el the House would adopt to wards that indivichal th" rule laid down by his lion. Friend, that if the Devil came io:o-Court, the Devil ought to hare inqiee!--( A laugh ). Mr. M. A.TAYLOR repeated that his opioions upon 'the stihject of met:talons for the propagation of bre.' ligi ov and Va , phern v 'n is to;changy,l, and nothing that the flooonral.ste Memter could say would induce him to alter :Lem. S:r T. LETtimuDGE was astonished at the sym path), which the late of Carlile seemed to excite among flononrable Members. He was sure that out of &Jots his conduct was the subject (%f nniversal execration. A Than who, like him, could deny the Divinity of CnnisT, and openly attack the Establitled l.eligion, was in his opinion a bad subject for panegyric. Sir It. WILSON said, that the Unitarians were per- Mined to exercise their religious opinions unmolested, although they denied the Divinity of CHRIST. Sir T. LETHBRIDGE said, that he did not think the Honourable Member near him (Mr. W. Smith) would feel oh?ioed by the insinuation. Mr. W. SMITH observed, that having been the Menris of getting a Pal ed through both ! louses, which exempted Cie Unitarloos from any penalty which rri'ght attach to a 2enial of the Divinity of Cuarst, it was necessary for W. Smitit) to say that he participated opinion —(!liar, hear). And notwithstanding his avowal of that opinion, he be lieved he might, with safety, appeal to the very Re verend and Venerable parent of the Speaker, for testi mony to his (Mr. Smith's) being considered by him as g good Chrioian--4 Hear, hear). Mr. HUM E 'a fished it to be under-tool by the Ho nourable Baronet (Sir T. Lethbridge) that he was ready, as he before said, to present a Petition from aay per son, and upon any subject, provided it %vele properly L the Honourable Baronet was hi roself, like Carlile, in a prise:, he (Mr. Hume) would feel most happy to present a Petition from hint —(A luiigh ). After a few worJs from Mr. Alderman BRIDGES, the Petition was ordcteJ to lie on the table. CASE OF m it. SMITH, NiIsSIuNARY. Dr. LUSHINGTON moved the order of the day for the adjourned debate on the case of Mr. Smith, for the purpot.e of postismin7 it. Ills reason for postponing the (Iv citssion was, that many Menibers Who wished ro take part in if, had lilakit2 arr.tit:2ernent!; to kayo town for the holy days, flout which it would be vet y incon venient for Sir R. WILSON took that opportunity of asking the Secretary fez - the Colonies, first, whether the minutes hid on the table of the House were the only official copy of the trial which the Government had received ; and secondly, whether the Honourable Gentleman was prepared to admit or deny the authenticity of the copy of evidence published by the Missionary Society ? It was evident, that it there had keen any suppression of evidence, it would be a ; t reat tiger ivation of the charge which had been made against the author Demerara. Mr. WILMOT-HORTON, in an , :wer to the first question, said that the minutes received by Government had been printed without the omission or ab.erarion of a single wotd. With respect to the second question, he could neither affirm nor deny the authenticity of the copy of the trial by the Missionary Society. There were discrepancies between that and the official copy, with tespect to which he would leave others to draw their own conclusions. Mr. BUXTON said, that as some doubt exi•ted as to whether the Court had rejected hearsay evidence, he begged to state, that Mr. Elliot, a Missionary, who was present at the trial. was now in London. Mr. LOCKHART asked the Colonial Secretary, whether the Authorities in Demerara had is: nevi a Pro clamation revoking martill law ? Mr. WILMOT HORTOIk; replied, that there could be no doubt that martial law had been repealed. Mr. BROUGHAM had at first intended to propose the resumption of the debate to-morrow ; but for the reasons stated by his Learned Friend, he consented to the postponement. The order of the day for resuminA the debate was then fired for to-morrow week (I::iday). At the request of .'!r. CANN:NC, the Loot> A ovocatr. withdrew his notice of nuoioo " to refer to a Yi.lucr. Conunittfe the Ninth Report of C.Annii•Auilers of Courts of .T::szie!: in Scotlind, rela tive to the of she Pelee," which stood for this evening, with the renowin:; it early in :he next &ssion. TIME N EV; CU CRC!! The of thz EXCHLQUEP, moved the Order of the 1/ay for zoing into a Committee on the New Church 1;i:i. tho question for the Speaker leaving the Chair, Mi..lA:l lES declared he must oppose this 13111. lle was a member of th Church of England, and anxious for its honour and pi asperity ; and upon that principle it was that lie must (. : -pose the pioposed grant of mo ney for building new Churches. The Chu; ch of Eng land, it was wel n, was a rich Church, and well able to pay for t.::;.• building of new Churches for her self, if requited. What would the Ilkhop of Durham, for instance, :ay, at seeing die C!,urch, f which he was so distinguished a member, in the character of a mendicant, beg for money to build houses in which her ceremonies wet eto he per iortned. Encourage the -people, and they %told(' build Churches hy Inivittc contribution, as dissenting ch.trels were. It was a want of encouragement alone, as be could pove, that prevented this being done. He knew an instance which occulted sonic yea's ago at Liverpool, kk bele a very eio. r i ucrit Clergyman of the Church of Englar,d, !inkling hi. churdi not sufficiently capaciousto accommodate f:. t 1 ;, built, at his own exi,ense, a Chapel of Lase; lucre he thter...ed to preach occasionally, and remune. tate himself by the letting of the pews. After the chat el " . ii" itted, the Bishop sent to Mr. Bragg, to say l.e Hz, ivady to consecrate the new church, but tidt oek T ereee...ee r ee, NT! I Mr. Bragg knew Letter ;be knew if t he buildin g was where a coesecrated, he should lose his property in it; h e de tainire alined, therefore, the offer of the Bishop, and proceeded r nclutice to preach. The Bishop, upon this , commenced pro- L ed ro ceddings against him for preaching in•an uncons e cr a ted , c'ieckir. building; this, however. did not intimidate Mr. Bragg , The Pe who applied for, and obtained, a license as a Dissenting Preacher, and continued under that license to preach the doctrine of the Chinch of England in this building resent, nil it;: I un:il his death, at which time the property in the build itionling descended to his heirs ; they sold it, and, would the l e d i flouse believe it, the chapel was converted into a sugar ~„. house, and an enormous boiler occupied the precise spot 1 , in which the pulpit formerly stood !—(A laugh).—Under 1 the present circumstances of the country, he should op- I pose the grant of a single shi!ling more fur new churches, and would move, as an amendment, that instead of now,l the Bill should be committed this day three months. Mr.HUME seconded the motion. He contended that there was no necessity whatever for new Churches, they were not wanted, they were not asked for, and even of the 1,000,008. which had been granted, much hid been forced upon parishes which did not want or desire it ; this might be said of St. Mary-la-bonne; and of Manchester ; and such might be said of St. Mary, New- 1 ington, where a new Church had been built, and the parish had been put to an expense of 1001. for a solici-I tor's bill, and upwards of 100 summonses and distresses ha'.l been iseeee against the poor inhabitants of that pat ih for the charge of building this Church and the soiieitor's Bill. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, the Honourable Gentleman had coutounded two sepa rate transeetions in one. The Church at Newington, of which he had spoken, was built umber a specific Act of Pailiament, which was obtained by the Parish for that purpose. Mr. J. WILLIAMS put it to the Hencurab'e Gentle man, if he would divide the House ; its many were ab sent who probably would have voted wilt him?—Mr. Jeetes would not trouble the Howie to divide. The House then went into the Cornell:tee. Mr. TAYLOR thought the parishioners should have a tree choice of a Pastor ; and in many ca .es s ould, hi that event, probably build the churClieS at their own expense. The parishioners might choose three, out of whom the Bishop might select the incumbent. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, the object of the Honourable Gentleman was, in a I great degree, accomplished, by a provision in the Bills, by which three Trustees might present for a period of forty years, where the church had been built by pri vate subscription. The Bill then went through the Committee.—Re port to-wet row. The Bonded Wheat Bin was read a third time and passed. 'fhe Vagrants' Bill was recommitted. Mr. J. SMITH, on the subject of the clause relative to indecent exposure of the person, thought no convice Lion should take place without the intervention of a Jury. At all events, one Justice of the Peace was not sufficient, and no conviction should take place unless' before two Magistrates. Mr. MONCK was at first against the clause, but saw the necessity of it from the frequency of the offence. Mr. Secretary PEEL said, the propriety of the clause must depend on the evidence. The evidence of the female who had been insulted was necessary, as well as that of the informer, and the risk of abuse was much diminished by the right of appeal. The character of the individual preferring the accusation should be vigi landy looked at. The clause remained unaltered.- Mr. Moser( proposed to leave out the clause relative to whipping incorrigible rogues.—Mr. LOCKHART also objected to the clause. Mr. Secretary PEEL, from the experience lie had had in the administration of criminal justice, was re luctantly compelled to support the clause; and it should be recollected that the punishment of whipping was limited to incorrigible rogues. The clause was agreed to, and the Report was or dered to be received to-morrow. COMBINATION LAWS. On the motion for the recommitment of the Combina tion Laws Repeal Bill, Mr. J. WILLIAMS was happy to find that all these laws were to be swept away by the Bill; he congratulated the House on the unanimity that was likely to prevail. Mr. HUME said, it was the unanimous opinion of the masters, that combinations had been greatly promoted by the laws on the subject.—The Bill was ordered to be recommitted to-morrow (this day). 1 On the motion for going into a Committee on the Marine Insurance Bill, Alderman THOMPSON moved, that the Bill be re ferred to a Select Committee, in order to allow the re spectable Members of Lloyd's to be heard against a measure which would take away their livelihood. In surances were effected in this country from ell parts of the worh!, at a most moderate rate, and with the most perfect tranquillity. Sir F. OM M ANNEY seconded the amendment. Cp.n this the House divided— For the original motion ... ... 29 Against it ... ... ... 2 3 Majority ... ... On the re-admission of strangers, Mr. ROBERTSON was found contending that this Association would in jure the commerce of the country, by raising the rate of insurance 100 per cent. From the time of passing this Act, Lloyd's would be no more. Mr. T. WILSON said, this was one of the most im portant questions that could be agitated. Foreign merchants sought no better security than that of the in dividual Underwriters at Lloyd's. This was a most un fair attack made upon them at the close of a Session. He therefore thought it should be withdrawn. The House then divided on the motion that the Speaker should leave the Chair. For the motion Against it ... .. Majority ... ... The Bill then went into a Committee. Sir F. OMMANNL I' moved to fill up the blank with the year 2000 fol the commencetnent of the operation of the Act. The Committee then divided amidst loud and general laughter. For the amendment ... 12 Against it ... ... ... 35 Majotity ... ... —2l The Bill then went through the Committee. 'lle other Ordtrs were disyosed of, and the House adjourned. BRILLIANT PIER ANL CHIMNEY GLASSES.—CooPER and Sox, 93, Bishopsgate-street Within, respectfully solicit the at tention of the Naility and Gentry, to their rich and splendid as sortment of PIFL, CHIMNEY, Toler; and CKEVAL GLASSES, manu factured upon the latest iniprovi.d principles, from the smallest to those of the most magnificent dimensions, and at such prices as will they Hatter themselves, cesure a decided preference. Carving and Gilding in all its branches, from the simplest to the richest Style of execution. comhining frames for Painting, Prints, Mouldings, and ornamental work of the choicest description, upon terms equally moderate.—L a di es an d G ent l emen d es i rous f avoiding the bustle of the City, wilt find an easy and pleasant access to Bishopsgate street, by Lakin; the route of the New Road and the City Road through Finsbury -square. .7% :22. IntE I. 4 ,VENING STAR. LONDON. FRIDAY, JUNE 4., MA. TliE FUNDS. STOCK EXCIi A NG !;.. TWELVE O'CLOCK. Con:ors opened this morning at 954, 4, for the Account, at which price they have continued up to this hour, with 11?t:r business doing. It is reported that Mr. Titomits Wasos, with some of the City Bankers, hiis taken the Brazilian Loan. FOREIGN FUNDS. There is little doing this morning in the Foreign Market, except in Colombian, Mexican, and Portuguese Securities. Current Prices:—Oa Spanish '20% to Chilian 74, Russian 954 41, Mexican Scrip '2 disc. Austrian 95/, Frenc:i 10, Portu guese 92, Colombian Scrip I 1, Colombian 82i t New Prussian 99/, Old 984, Alliance Shares 174 to 14, Irish Shares disc. prem. Greek 10 to 9 dis. I".E OF STOCKS AT ONE. O'CLOCK. Bank Stock 236 237 11 / ./ 2 -3 per Ct. Ite(incecl 9;V4 1 / 2 8 pet Cent. Cons. shut-3t per Cents. 101 1 / 2 4 per Cents. Old 100 M—I per Cents. New slut 4 per Cents. Assented 1007 s 101 1 / 2 Bank Long AdlnF. 22 7-16—India Bonds 71 72 73 Exchequer Bills (1:1,000) 30 3229—5ma1l 29 36 Consols for Acct. 93 3 / 3 3 / t . 5 4 4. EVENTS Al' LISBON. ARREST OF BRITISH 1%72.1 (21!9NTS. This morning V,*2 received the Lisbon Ga.:eitcs el the 223 and 2-14.11 of i\lay —thew of the 17.11, .20th, 21st, not having yet come to hand. The intelli gence in the former is of great interest, in sliming the extent to which the Infant Don MtouEt. and his rebel lions partizans had pushed their measures. It will be seen by the documents we subjoin, that commerce had been so paralyzed at Lisbon that the French merchants demanded passports; while several British subjects, partners in respectable commercial houses, had been torn from their business and families, and thrown into prison. Our Ambassador, Sir EDWARD THORNTON, had remonstrated against these illegal and arbitrary proceedings so early as the 6th of May; and there is no doubt that as soon as the Royal authority was restored, justice would be done to our countrymen. The liberation of all the persons arrested by the order of that hopeful Prince, Don MtutEL, we first announced in the STAR of Friday last. The French Ambassador, Baron HYDE DE NEUVILLE, had also protested very spiritedly against the anarchy into which Lisbon had been thrown, declaring that if such a state of things was to be prolonged, he should have to ask for passports "for many families, who would rather embark for France, and abandon every thing, their commerce and fortune, than live in the midst of tears and anarchy." His Excellency presented another remonstrance, against the violation of the French church of St. Louis, and the at rest of the Chap lain, who was also Chaplain of the French Embassy. —His Excellency sent the keys of the church to the Marquis de PALMELLA, and demanded the immediate release of the Chaplain. He at the same time sent a declaration to Jones ANTONIO MEYER, Justice of Peace, remonstrating with hint on the violation of the Church of St. Louis, and the illegal arre3t of the Chaplain : he makes him personally responsible for this illegal act, and for the neglected state in which he left the church and its tre.ture, which was in the care of the Chaplain. —The Ambassador adds, that he has caused the seals to be affixed by the French Consul, for the safety of the valuable articles in the church, and to preserve it from profanation. The Gazettes from which we give the following extracts, contain also the Marquis de PAL• lacra.A's circular letter, thanking the foreign Ambassa dors for their spirited conduct in the late transactions. THE. BRITISH EMBASSY IN PORTUGAL. " The undersigned Envoy Extraordinary, and Minister Pkr,ipotentiary of his Majesty the King of Great Bri tain, has the honour to lay before the Marquis de Pal mella, Minister Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs of his Most Faithful Majesty, the enclosed representa tion, which he has received from a number of English merchants resident in this capital, on account of the events which have taken place within these few days. " The undersigned though, as well as the petitioners, he has no idea of interfering in the internal Government of his Most Faithful Majesty, or with the ordinary and legal administration of justice, cannot but feel himself justified in expres , ing, with them his own uneasiness at the view of the proeeedings, which have been acknow- 1 , !edged to be irregular and illegal, but which proceed in ' such a manner, and to such an extent, to every class of peaceful subjects, that if they do not directly compre hend the persons and property of the subjects of his Britannic Majesty, attack indirectly their principal in terests, and threaten, by their continuance, to put an end to all commercial relations between them and the subjects of his Most Faithful Majesty. " The undersigned ear nestly requests his Excellency to lay this representation before his Majesty, expressing to him at the same time his ardent wish that his Majesty may be pleased to give the most positive orders to put an end to these iilcgal arrests, and for the restoration of that regular and legal administration which has for so many years happily consolidated the interest of the sub jects of his Majesty with those of Great Britain. " Theyridersigned take this opportunity to express, &c. (Signed) " WA RD 1 1101t,N T ON. " Lisbon, Nay 6, 1824." TO SIR EDWARD THORNTON, ENVOY EITRAORDINAHT AND MINISTER PLENIPOTF.NTIARY TO HIS RRITARNR: MAJESTY AT THE COURT 01' PORTUGAL. We, the undersigned merchants, English subjects residing in Lisbon, seeing the cxtraordin at y occurrences of the last few days, du►ing ttihich persons connected with us by the relations ct commerce and partnership have been suddenly torn front their families and husi- r vrl Hess, and thrown into prisOn in the most unusual, and , as it seems, illegal manner, exciting the most alarmin& apprehensions for the security of our persons and the property which we confided to t'oem; hasten !c) apply to your Excellency to claim that protecti. ll which you may afford us as representative o! our nugn.r Sovereign. Having the most complete reliance on the spirit of justice, the benevolent disposition, an 3 arderr. desire 01 his Most Failiful Majesty for the good of Peoi)le, we ive persuaded that, by the intervention o i your Excellency, his Majesty will deign to order are a2option of such measures as will calm our fears an! restore cur confidence, without which our comi neß ; d l transactions will be completely interrupted ;aid rvir sonal security and property exposed to great hazard. We confidently hope that our Excellency such steps on the subject of cur tepresentat:on ac v he the best calculated to obtain the object i.les;reti.— have the honour, &c. &c. kThe Z.::;natuseso ` Lisbon, May 3, 1824: " I.JSBON, I.n. The Gazelle cont7;ns the f , .. , Aowillg iI :T.c;AI docurnewl : FRENCII F.MILASSI• VORTUGAL. " LissoN, MAI: 7., " Not knowing how far he can recur to the mate autho:ity ! . or the immediate remedy of an tray! act., a:;:thrt.t which he proteAs in the name of I.is rts he alto pro:e.,ts in his name nr s ainst 4:i thlit was done and pissed on the fatal of April, at least as far as regards the rights of the throne, the :n -tereqs of all 'tin's whom lq!itimacy unites tol - ,sether, and lastly to the reciprocal relations betwecn St..-tt , s, as laid down by the I:iw of mitions ; and net d c ,,; : i. ig embarrass by a claim for TC:.31.31.1.n which may he seasonable, a Minister always faithful to !;is Saverciql, Baron Hyde de Neuville requests the Ilarains of Palmella to be pleased to send ante led de,:lara, Lion, and the keys of the Church of St. Louis, to the individual who violated the possession of lis Mof. Christian Majesty, in case the release of the of St. Louis, arrested on the mere .order af a strtjec: of the King, without his Majesty's authority, cann.-4: take place immediately, a release which would at least be a beginning of reparation. It is tlte duty of the Ambassador of France, as well towards his Most Faith ful Majesty, as towards Lis august masse , , to perform immediately this act, reserving to hi ;:self to proceed in the sequel as the importance of the case requires. " Baron de Neuville begs his Excellency the Marqu:-. de Palmella to accept the assurance of his clisti”guishel consideration and esteem. •TILE FRENCH LEGATION IN LISBON. I I.M:9N, MAI" 6, 1321. ' Sestou Mnitoris The subjects of his Majevy the King, my master, establislted in Lisbon, are so alarmed by the extraordinary events of AA hich we ate witnesses, that I have to request of your Excellency whe ther such a state of things is to be prolonged ? If it does not cease, I hall have to ask cf your Excellency passports for many families, who wid emba , k for France and abandon everything—their commerce and fortune—than live is the midst of tears and ;Anarchy. Accei't, Scc. HYDE DE NEUVILLE. To his Excellency the Matcris Pahnrlla, &c.' " LISBON, MAT £4. The Gazette cantains a circular letter to the Generals in the Provinces, informing them that all orders isaied from the :30t11 April to filth May, during which time the country was in a state of anarchy, and which were is sued by the intrusive Chief of the Staff, Lieutenant- General Alanoel de Brito Mozinho,l are null and void. --Dated 15th May. Another circular to the Generals is as follows: " The horrible consequences of a Om subversive of the established Government of his Majesty and of the public tranquillity being happily checked, and his Ma jesty having, by wise and vigorous measures, restored the order which perverse or misled persons sought to overthrow, his Majesty orders you to be informed, that this happy event is by no means to cause any relaxa tion in the execution of all those measures of police, in structions, &c. hitherto given to prevent the absurd and anti-monarchical principles established by the faction of the 24th of August, 1820, from farther deluding any of his subjects; on the contrary, the King recommends to you the greatest vigour in the execution of the sa;,l measures, and particularly to concur with the Magis. mates of the Province, in order that the present events may not serve as a pretext to the said faction to con ceive new hopes against the Royal power ; and his Faithful Majesty not having spared any means to c. , :s up by the roots the machinations of tile 30th of Apt il, at the expense of the most painful sacrifices, has there fore given the most decisive proof that he never w•;11 permit any faction whatever to dare to disturb the tranquillity of his subjects, or in any manner tta attack the authority which I'nov►DENCE has given him, and which his Majesty will always maintain, with the h: n: ness and dignity suitable to the respect due to his Ito :3 rer3on and to the good of the people whom he governs, 'y the Divine Mercy, and who, from duty and love, a•% the first object of his paternal care.—Goy pre , ier ye, " CONDE DE SUB SERRA. l'alAce of Bempoqa, 2,A1 May, 1824." This forenoon, :it a late hour, we receiver..., by preis, the Et ode esLet day . The new financial rriea• ithe for reducing the measure on the Renck Rente;, Las passed in the Chamber of Peers, though in a somewh... modified form. Oa the pleeeding day the Chamber 4ssembled at oi.e o'clock, when a long discussiot arose as to the oi der which the pmposed amendment; were to be put, wl:en it was tewhed that they should decide oa each of them in the same order as the pal - a • graphs in the project of law to which they related. T::s tiist agiendment proposed, which had :or its object t • 1 II ~:. I L'