Star. — London, England, 1824-06-10 00:00:00

' -- I . PPP' - ! , * ;: i if the Game La •s. H r .hortiti himself-bring in a Bill to repe the Acts that rualle"the sale of game illegal, and should propose that it should be read a second time to morrow. Tbre_Noble Ea lamented the failure of a similar-Sit% *tor math eflitaM.,, lb • Lord LAUDERDALE was friendly to the principles of the Bill, but thought the period of the Session too late for a measare of that nature. Lord SUFFIELD said, that should the measure of hi&Noble Friend not be adopted, he should feel it his duty :o call the attention of the tiottA to it early in the next Session. Lord CARNARVON thought it a hard case that the sellers of game should be liable to heavy penalties, while the opulent bu)ers should be wholly exempted. lie was afraid that, horn the state of the population, the good effects that might be expected would not re sult from the Bill, and was doubtful how far it was expedient to prescribe the atnusements of the Country Gentlemen. At the same time, he thought many of the evils of the present system would be remedied by the Bill of his Noble Friend, to which he would not assent if he thought it would have the effect of de,troying the game. Th Bill was read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time to-morrow. The E:43 I of LIVERPOOL was of opinion it would be ad visahle to postpone the measuie to auuther Session. EXCISE OA I lIS. Lori CA IaTIIORPEthTniit it an act of injustice to the Catho lics, shit th. y should not be allowed to do that openly which the present 111.1 enabled them to do covertly. The number of Protest sit Oaths taken in this country ought to be diminished. . The Bill was then read a third time and passed.—Adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS. The Smote* was summoned to the House of Peers to hear the Royal Assent given by Commissioni to several public and private Wis. On his return, he informed the House of the names of the Bills.—(See the Lords Report). On the motion that the Report of the Irish Equitable Loan Bill be agreed to. Mr. GOULBOIII4 expressed his disapprobation of any measure which, like the present Bill, would have the effect of depriving a large hotly of traders of their means of subsistence. Ile thought that if the conduct of the pawnbrokers was improper, the evil might be reindict) hi SUlllt general legislative measure. lie should move, as an amendment, that the Itcpurt be received that day six months. Sir It. SHAW supported the Bill. He thought every measure should be encouraged which would tend to introduce English capi tal into Ireland. After a few words from 31r. S. Rica, Mr. GRATTAN, Mr. aim sox, and Sir J. Nxwennr, in support of the Bill, and from Sir H. Fs assr.r., against it; the House divided, when there appeared— For the original motion, 35 j For the amendment, 17. Majority, 18. The Report was then agreed to, and the Bill was ordered to be read a third time. CI'T'Y BONDS INTEREST REDUCTION On the motion that the Thames Navigation-Debt Interest reduc ticni Bill be read a third time, Alderman C. SMITH opposed it, as uncalled for, and unjust to wards th, present haldets of those bonds. Mr. li UME supported the Bill, as likely to effect a considerable saving to the Public. Alderman WOOD, in defending the Bill, observed, that when it was befol'e the House last, it was left in its present state, in conse quence of there not being a sufficient number of Members left in ill:: [louse to divide. That defickiicy had been erroneously attri buted to several Members having gone out to see the balloon ; but he should rither attribute it to the indifference which was some times s: even by Members to the discussions on private Bills. Strangers were now ordered to withdraw, and the gallery was cleared; but oil the re-admission of strangers, the Bill had been passed without a division. On the motion for the third reading of another of the Bills for Reducing the Interest of the City Debts (the Coal-Market Bill), the House divided : the numbers were— Vol the motion, 50 Against it, 55 Majority, 5. On the motion fur the thirst reading of the last of these Bills, namely, the Orphans' Fund Bill, the House again divided, and the ;umbers were— For the motinn, 5R I Against it, 22 Majotity 16. NETHERLANDS TREATY. Mr. CANNING laid on the table a copy of the com mercial Treaty between his Britannic Nl.rjesty and the King of the Netherlands. As an Honourable Member opposite had intimated a wish on a former night to ob. tain some information respecting parts of this Treaty, he (Mr. Canning) wished to state, that a, it was intended by a provision in the Treaty to place Sincapore and another place on the same footing as B.:ncoolen and other possessions of the East India Company, it would be necessary to bring a Bill into Parliament to give ef fect to the Treaty ; and when such a BM was intro duced, the proper time would arrive for conveniently discussing the general subject.—The copy of the Treaty was ordered to be printed. CASE OF JAMES TAYLOR. Mr. MARTI/4 said, he had once more to call the at tention of the House to the case of an unfortunate wo• man, Maria Taylor, whose husband bad been convicted under the provisions of the .56th of the late King, of having been taken in arms, with several others, who had assembied, as they asserted, to petition for a redress of grievances, and sentenced to be tran,ported. He had laboured hard with his Right Honourable Friend, the Secretary of State hr the llome Department, to induce him to acknow ledge that Taylor was a person who ought to be recallet and his punishment to be put an end to, but in vain. Neither could he persuade his It'ght Hon ,nrable Friend to give him any proof of the guilt of this unfortunate individual ; and having failed in both these points, he had felt it kis duty again to bring this case before the House. The Honourable Member then proceeded to comment on the evidence • upon wh;ch Taylor had been convicted, and strongly in sisted that the Jury ought not, upon such evidence, to have round Taylor guilty. He concluded by moving for leave to Loing tip a Petition from Maria 'Taylor. Mr. Secretary PEEL said, as here was a charge against his Majest)'s Government, for not having recommended to the Crown to extend mercy to this individual, he Could not sit entirely silent under this charge, without pleading guilty ; still he scarcely knew what he had to say. lie held ►n his hand the notes of the evidence taken at the trial by the Learned Judge who tried the cause, and upon which the Jury, who had the opportu nity of examining the witnesses, and remarking on their Conduct, had found the prisoner guilty. It did some times occur to him, in cases where any doubt either of the law or facts of the case could be entertained of the guilt of the privwer, or propriety of the ,entence, to re commend to the Crown to extend mercy to the indivi dual; but when. upon full inquiry and investigation, no doubt could exist of the guilt of the individual, and the propriety of the verdict, it was his duty, as he con ceived, to resist all applications which might be made, from whatever quarters they came, calling on him to, interfere with the course of justice. Tire Right Hun. Gentleman then went into a statement of the evidence, as given on the tr al, Iron which it appeared that Tay. lor lad been apprehended on the coast, in consequence of having been engaged with several others in some ds.spetate smuggling transactions, iu which blood was shed. The transaction took place near, Margate, and the cause was tried before Mr. Baron Wood. Taylor gave or.iers for firing, and was apprehended in the sa.ne cl-thes in which he was recognised by the man who as shot at. The Right Hon. Secretary shewed other evidcnce to convince the House that Taylor had been sufficiently identified, notwithstanding the alibi set up in his favour. Besides, three Canterbury men, who were : admitted as approvers, were previously unac ,quairited with the Margate men, and, therefore, could not identify Taylor. Ile astute the House that no case had ever more it , isiuutly occupied his attention than this one. He had everi had the distance measured be tween the place of action and the house of an indivi dual who had written to him that he had heard woi ds favourable to Taylor, and he found that it w•ai more than h.sif a mile from the place. The Petition was then rejected without a division. Sir J. ASTLEY presented a Petition Irons 11. Goorlay, com plaining of abuses in Schools.—Ordered to lie on the table. Mr. 1108 HOUSE presented a Petition from Seven Oaks, in Kent, praying the repeal of the Window Tax. lie then gave notice, that early in the next Sassion he should move for the total repeal of the Window Tax. Mr. EG ERTON presented a Petition from the White Salt makers of Cheshire, against the introduction of Foreign Salt dirty free.—Liid on the table. Mr. HUME presented a Petition from a person named Jones, of George -street, Baguigge Wells, complaining that he bad to take an oath at Hatton Garden Office, hut refused to be sworn on the New Testament, wishing to b.: sworn on the Bible. A Hebrew Bible was presented to him, and he was desired to put his hat on, in order to be sworn as a Jew. This also be refused, and his Peti tion now complained of the injury done to his feeling*.—Ordered to be laid on the table, and to be printed. Mr. HUME 'moved fbr Returns respecting Criminal Com mitments, Mr. Secretary PEEL adverted to a statement of the Hon. Gentleman, as to the increase of Commitments; now he had looked back, and found a decrease in them as well as in the executions, since Mix This applied also to capital convictiona. Since that year there had been a diminution of capital convictions to the number of 2,000, and of capital punishments, from 108 to 55, throughout the whole country. Mr. MARTIN (of Galway) obtained leave to bring in a Bill to abolish Bear-baiting, and other inhuman sports. On the motion of Mr. Mammy, an Account was ordered to be laid before the House of the sums raised in the Metropolis, for the last seven years, fur Lighting, Paving, and Watching. The Transportation of Offender:, all was read a third time and passed. The Magistrates of Ireland Indemnity Dill was read a second time, and ordered to he committed to-morrow. The Report of the Dublin Police Bill was brought up, the amend ments agreed to, and the Bill was ordered to-be read a third time on Monday. Tile Land Tax Redemption Bill went through a Committee. — Report to-morrow. The other Orders of the Day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned at Fight o'clock. EAST INDIA HOUSE. Yesterday, a General Court of Proprietors was held at the East India House, for the purpose of laying be fore them the draughts of two Bills at present before Parliament—the one to authorise the Edst India Com pany to trade direct from China to the British Colonies and Plantations in America : the other, to grant certain Duties on Sugar imported from the East Indies. The CHAIRMAN having stated the objects for which the Court was called, said, that with respect to the Ame rican Trade Bill, he begged to call their attention to the correspondence which bad taken place with Mr. Huskisson on the subject. The correspondence was accordingly read by the Se cretary. Mr. Huskisson stated, that not one tenth of the teas introduced and consumed in Canada were ex ported frOm this country, but were smuggled in from the United States. This fact having attracted the notice of the local authorities, they had come to three Resolu tions on the subject, which they had transmitted to his Majesty's Governn - ient :-Ist. That it would be desir able there should be a direct trade from China to Ca nada : 2d, That the trade should be opened to indi viduals : and lastly, that the trade should be open to the United States on payment of certain duties. With respect to the first Resolution, Mr. Huskisson observed, that he saw no objection to its being carried into effect: to the second, he was not aware of any objection on the part of Government,though he thought there were a num ber of obstacles in the way : but to the last Resolution, there were such objections, that his Majesty's Govern ment could not concur in any proposition for carrying it into effect. The Directors having considered these Resolutions, returned an answer to Mr. Huskisson, con taining their approval of the first Resolution. The Bill now before the Court was consequently brought into the House of Commons, and was now in progress. In reply to questions from Mr. It. JACKSON and other Proprietors, The CHA RM A N stated, that it was the present inten tion of the Directors to send ships direct Lions Canton to Canada. In answer to the question, whether it was in :ended that the Act should extend to the West India Islauds ? he begged to refer the Honourable Proprietor to the Act itself, which specifically confined it to the Continent of North America. With respect to the other Bill now for the consideration of the Court o it was merely to continue the present duties on East India sugar for one year longer, with one alteration, namely, that sugar from the Mauritius, instead of the present heavy duty of 40 per cent. should pay the lighter duty of 27 per cent. The questions being severally put, both the Bills were approved.—On the question for adjourning the Court, Mr. GAHAGAN complained that the present mode of laying Bills like these before the Court was merely a formal compliance with the letter of the by-laws, to the neglect of their spirit; and it was impossible, without a longer time for consideration, that the Pr oprietors should be able to judge correctly on important measures. General THOR NTosr concurred in the opinion of the Honourable Proprietor, and trusted that an alteration would take place, and the Bills be laid before the Court earlier in future. The present Bill had already passed the House of Commons, and though they might, it they saw tit, petition the House of Lords aga►nst it, yet no ulceration could be made in the details, as that House could not interfere with this, it being a money Bill.— The Court then adjourned. SPAIN. PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE. " PA Juni 7. " The following is all the intelligence from Spai which I have been able to collect. You will find in. - _ the complete address of the Supreme Council of Castile, as well 45 information respecting the Apostolic Junta. " The Apostolic Junta continues its manseuvres with the greatest ardour in several parts of the kingdom.— Its agents have proclaimed Charles V. (that is, Don Carlos, the brother of the King), in Galicia, Arragon, and Catalonia. The following are the members %.110 1 compose the Apostolic Junta at Madrid; namely, Ge• neral Nlatafloiida, the son of the member of the Urgel Regency ; the Captain-General Corbajal, the King's Lieutenant in the garrison of Madrid ; General Bessit res, Grimarest Capasse, Royo, alias Lotcho; Aymerick, in• spector of Infantry, Chanvo, Merino, the Trappist, Mosson, Colonel Cantero, and ail the great office's of the Household of the Infant Don Carlos; the Arch. bishop of Zamora, the Archbishop of Toledo, and Fathea Martinez, friar of the convent of La Merced, where the Junta tegularly meets. Senor Etenard, one of the richest men in Spain, is Secretary ; and Victor Stet, the late Minister and Confessor of the King, is President. They count upon the assistance of Senors Paloniera, An trtignaro, Davila, Campo, Kornai°, and Father The following is the entire Address of the Council of Castile, of which a part has already been published in some of the Paris journals : " Sire—The Council which has hitherto directed your attention only to the lenticular facts which have occur) ei at ()Tiede, but which could not remain igno rant of those which have happened in other places, tier neglect to fix its regard on the distrust which has gene rally seized upon Spaniards who are devoted to your Majesty, arid decided to defend you and your decrees, would fail in one of its most sacred duties, if, passing by the present occasion from considel atitais of a base policy, it concealed from your Majesty established woofs and well-founded fears, that a tot rent of calamities must inundate Spain, unless your Majesty dictates prompt and efficacious measures to re-eeithlish contider.ce. " We are not no.v, Sire, as in 1814—a period, when ignorant of the extension and the object of the different sects united under the general specious title of Liberals, the individual fidelity of those who ate pr.'ind of being your Majesty's subjects was engaged or compromised to the last degree against those sects—we know by rea son and experience what ate the ideas aad plans of that race which our age has produced, which neither retro gades nor stops ; and whose members, labouring in their dark lodges, are painted in a thousand shapes, present ing themselves as feeble sheep, while they are within devouring wolves. The people already know them, because they have heard their doctrines, and had to suffer three yea: s of calamities under these cannibals. " And how is it possible, Sire, that while so great a number of these men figure now as they figured for merly, when they are seen obtaining the most important places, and displacing in the management of your Ma jesty's service the most pure and devoted subjects, whose fidelity they check—show is it possible, we ask, that the nation can have confidence, and not fear a third revo lution? Would this triumph be more striking than that which they now obtain, in enjoying, not only impunity for their crimes, but remaining in possession of public employments and the confidence of your Majesty ? " It is true that some of them, less fortunate, are in dun geons, and are suffering the consequences of judgments called for by public opinion ; but what fear can these judgments inspire, while so little importance has been attached to the registers and documents found in their lodges and secret associations ; yet, in spite of tire almost infinite number of this sect in Spain, we are still without any other law for their punishment than the penalties enacted in the decree of Ferdinand VI. on the 2d of July, 1751 ? But further, these men, who committed so many wrongs against your Majesty and the nation, not satisfied with the manner in which they are treated and tolerated, have dared more than once to take some oaths with an arrogance which is peculiar to them, and have insulted those who, full of zeal for your Majesty, make a pride of hay ing ideas different from theirs. " They cease not to give indications of their hopes of a new triumph, and already they begin to celebrate that triumph over the ruins of the volunteer corps, which they think reduced to nothing in consequence of the regulation to which they have been subjected. And truly they have some grounds for forming such ideas, for the union of high qualities which are required for admission into this corps, as well as for those who already compose it—the fortune and property which they must enjoy—the great number of duties which are imposed upon them, and above all the limit placed to their number—all these measures appear to be designed for the destruction of this corps, or at any rate for its reduction to a force totally insufficient. " Things being in this state, on what force can your Majesty rely for making bead against the Constitu tionalists, and repressing, if need be, malcontents and sworn enemies? Is this force, the remains of the Con stitutional army, dispersed over the whole of the Penin sula, and still preserving its arms to the last extremity? Is it composed of those columns who now enter Spain, and who preferred being prisoners of war to the swear ing fidelity to your Majesty? Will it be composed of the militia and the other instruments of ruin to your Majesty—to our country, to your subjects, and all their dearest tights? Ah, Sire, forget not the past, and do not believe, as has been attempted to persuade your Ma jesty, that certain men will no longer be what they were ' in 1820. They were in 1820, what they were in 1814, and what they will always be. " All these reasons, which experience has brought within the reach of men the least clear-sighted, will decide good Spaniards, who love the altar and the throne, to unite in defence of their rights by taking the title of Royalist Volunteers ; for this is the only force in which your Majesty can now rely, both from their sen timents of honour, and the manner in which they have been compromised. It is expedient, then, instead of taking an opposite course, to labour for the organiza tion and increase of this corps, as far as this is compe -1 tible with tlke object and the conduct of individuals, without omitting any of the means proper for this pur pose, and in making use of all the reports furnished to the Government,whose interests should not suffer injury. " What wonder is there that the people should be come distrustful, when the calculation of evils, being within the reach of everybody, no one can penetrate the mysterious secret of advantages. This general opi nion being taken in a contrary sense, is of such an re sistible force, as was seen in the last struggle for indepen dence, that it would be rash to act against it. " Although it would be of great interest for your Ma jesty, to leave you to proceed in your natural sense, there will not be wanting those who will think in a dif tcreut manner; but, Sire, should this sentiment ti iumph over that of so many zealous Prelates, of so many Cor porations, of so many individuals who openly affirm the contrary, but above all, over the profound conviction of reason? Your Majesty is surrounded with enemies full of sagacity, constant, united, and working on well-con certed plans. Your Majesty has no other force tu op pose to them but the majority of the nation concentra ted in the corps of Itoysilist Volunteers. L it, then, pro per to destroy them, and to remain at the mercy of the enemy ? The Council would never finish its rcpteseii tation if it fully developed what it has to say ; but its wish is not to afflict the heart of your Majesty by ex pressions little flattering to your situation, while it be lieves-that what it has pointed out is sufficient to war rant a hope that the wisdom of your Majesty will apply the remedy which the nation desires to the evils which it suffers, and to those still greater evils which are con cealed in its bosom. " The Council has spoken to your Majesty with the greatest frankuerss, because such is its duty ; but still more, because its Tate being identified with that of your Maje,ty and your rights, malevolence cannot suspe, ; its intentions. May H EAVEN enlighten your Majesty,by you with such wisdom in your determinations, that )'n may terrier the memory of your reign eternal in the Gspetity of your people and the gratitude of your sub. jects. Such Are the wishes which the Couucit submits to the sovereign resolution of your Nhijcst..." _ _ TIIE EVEN' N( ; ST. it LONDON. THURSDAY, JUNE 10, 1524.. THE FUNDS. STOCK 11X CIIANGE, TWELVE O'CLOCK. Conwh opened this morning at 956 to a, for the Account ; t h ee afterwards rose to 936, then fell to 951 to 6, with little doing. An Express has arrived from Paris, bring:fig the French Reeks of Tuesday at 105 f. 10c. for the Account. FOREIGN FUNDS. Tlr i. hai been very little done in tke Market this morning.— Curtest( Prices : New Spanish 15, (Nd 2O to 21. Chilian 79,, Russian 9:4 8, Mexican Scrip 2, Austrian 95i, French 17t, Co lombian Scrip r, COlombian 86k, New Prussian 9911, Old 98 to ), Greek 9 dis. Alliance Shares 15i, Portuguese 91i to The payment of Mexican Scrip is deferred to the 14th July. FOREIGN EXCHANGES. Hsusuitast, „Toxic 4.—On London; 36. 71. 2 Us. 36. 4i. Leirsic, Abor 31.—0 n London, 2 M. 6.17 e. &mist, Jrne I.—On London, 3 M. 6. 21 r. PETZASSUKCIf, MAT 21.—0 n London, 9.13-32; Paris, 100. PRICE OF STOCKS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock 238 1 4-3 per Cent. Reduced X l / 8 1 /* S per Cent. Cons. shut-3i per Cents. 101 1 / 2 100 7 / 8 4 per Cents. Old 100% 8 101 4 per Cents. Assented 100 1 4 78 3 / 8 4 Bank Long Anus. 22-7-16 Excl!equer Bills (E 1,000) 31 7—Small 32 9 5 Bank for Acct. 239 Consols for Acct. 95 1 / 4 3 / 8 Vs 'A• The Catholic Association is every day becoming mole active, and its meetings more fiequent. On Sa turday this body decreed that in future none but mem bers should be allowed to speak in the Association. A debate afterwards ensued on the subject of some obser vations attributed to Lord REDESDALE, in the House of Lords, when, in the true Hibernian style, a motion was made, which, as Mr. SHIEL well observed, bestowed on the Editor of a London Newspaper the castigation really intended for his Lordship—but no matter, as it afforded Mr. O'CoNNELL an opportunity to make a speech. The meetings of this body begin to excite alarm in Dublin. A: private letter from Dublin, in a Morning Paper, dated Saturday, says— " Never did political animosity and alarm run higher here clan at present. The Catholic Association has grown like a carbuncle out of the diseases of the country. Nothing else is talked of, even in the highest quarters. Where is all this to end ? I have nu doubt that if there were war, and 5,000 foreign enemies landed, the country would be deluged with blond." This morning we received Hamburgh and Bremen Papers to the sth instant, and Brussels Papers to the 9th. The following are extracts : ST. PRTERSBURGII. btf li ttY 91. - - It is now said that his Majesty the Emperor will not set out on his tour to visit the Eastern Provinces of the Empire, and the troops stationed in them, till the month of August, and will first be present at the solemni zation of the Saints-day of his august mother. Great changes are spoken of in the organisation of the Senate, and of the Council of the Empire. The Waßactrian Boyer Constantine Buri, who has already taken the oath of allegiance to Rustia, has been enrolled, by his Majesty's ccmmand, in the body of the Nobility of Bessarabia. After a few fine and mild days in April, we have now a continuance of cold on , pleasant w cattier. COPENHAGEN, JUNE 1. Hardly anything is spoken of here but the new loan for the large sum of five millions and a half sterling, negotiated by the houses of Hambro and Son, and Blacks, widow (Erichsen), on extremely favourable terms, and at the low interest of three per cent. The conditions are not yet known to the public, nor is the object to which this great sum of money is to be ap plied, whether to redeem the two preceding English loans, which were contracted on less favourable terms, or for other financial operations. Meantime our bonds have risen still higher, and the course of exchange has improved to seven per cent. We hear that the Constitutional Committee of the Norwegian Stotthing has proposed to reject the King's proposal respecting the absolute Royal Veto. Sir B. Bloomfield, the British Ambas-:adar at the Court of Stockholm, has arrived here with Captain Bloomfield, and will remain till the Swedish camp is formed in Scania, where the King of Sweden has in vited him to be present. Some of our Staff Officers have received orders to repair to the S wedish Camp, to be present at the re% iews. The French Ambassador, the Marquis de St. Simon, who has long since had permission from. his Court to return to France, on board the French squadron, on its voyage back from St. Petersburg!), has taken the op portunity of visiting Russia, and embas ked on board a French frigate fin• St. Petersburgh, instead of waiting for the retain of the squadron. _ . The steam-boat expected from England not having yet arrived, their Majesties embarked on hoard tLe stem-packet Caledonia, for Eckernfolde, where their Majesties at t ived on Sunday, at eleven o'clock, and im mediately proceeded to Louisenland. VIENNA, MAY 26. His Majesty Inc Empei or has written a most gracioui letter of condolence to the Countess of Stadion, aii,l ai• signed her an annual pension of 6,000 florins. Prince William of Brunswick, travelling under Cle name of Count of Eberstein, set out on the Wth this city, on his journey to Naples.