Star. — London, England, 1824-04-14 00:00:00

DUBLIN COAL BILL. Mr. ELLIS moved the second seading of the Dublini Coal Bill. He urged the importance of the Bill, to prevent the Dealers from mulcting the Poor to an enor mous and unheard of extent. Mr. GRATTAN said, that this Act was filled up with summary powers, and severities of so monstrous a cha racter, that they would not be listened to in this coun try. This Bill was most obnoxious to Dublin ; and fie should therefore take the sense of the House on the sub ject. He moved, as an amendment, that the Bill be read a second time this day six months. Mr. DAWSON supported the Bill, maintaining that it was requisite to put an end to the enormous abuses that now existed. Without it the poor would continue to have no protection.—Sir H. PARNELL opposed the Bill. Mr. PHILLIPS said, that according to what had passed, it appeared that all the sellers of coals were rogues, and all the buyers fools—(A lau,gh). The Bill was more objectionable than the law as it existed. The Bill was so objectionable that he hoped no House of Commons would pass it.—Mr. CURWEN, Lord Low. THER, and Sir R. SHAW, wished that the Bill might be allowed to go to a Conimittee. Strangers were ordered to withdraw.—The numbers were— For the BM - - - Against it - - - Majority against it - The Bill was accordingly lost. HAMMERSMITH BRIDGE. 34 47 -13 Mr. H. SUMNER presented a Petition from Richmond, in favour of the Hammersmith Bridge Bill. Mr. WHITBREAD presented a Petition from Inhabitants of Hammersmith in favour of such Bill. Mr. BY NG presented a Petition from Kensington. also in favour of such Ibll. Mr. HYNG moved the second reading of the Bridge Bill. Mr. Serjeaat ONSLOW said, that this Bill was un necessary and uncalled for. It would interfere with the rights of a private individual, who possessed Kew bridge; and the bridge at Hammersmith was not wanted. He moved that it be read a second time this day six months. _ _ _ Mr. HUME tiusted that the Bill would be allowed to go to a Committee. If the rights of private indivi duals were attacked, they would be protected by the Committee. As to the bridge, it would be a public ad vantage; and he therefore trusted that it would be read a second time. Mr. SYKES wished to say a word or two for the un fortunate proprietors of Fulham-bridge. They paid 15,0001. for the rights of the Ferry ; and they would be entitled to compensation. Lord LOWTHER was favourable to the Bill. The toll at Kew was exorbitant. Mr. DENISON observed, that the Proprietors of Fulham-bridge (though they had only paid 9,0001.) were entitled to compensation, and with a view of obtaining it he was for going to the Committee. Besides, when there was so much surplus capital, it could not be better expended than in the improvement of the country, in- 1 stead of sending it to Colombia and Goo knows where. Sir F. OMMANNEY supported the Bill, and spoke of the defective state of Fulham Bridge, through which " horses' feet" occasionally went. Mr. LOCKHART observed, that proprietors of other bridges had been told that they should have no com pensation; but till some compensation was secured, he should oppose the BiII.—Mr.CURTEIS was in favcur of the Bill. Sir J. YORKE said it was very heart-breaking that the roads and bridges led to the encroachment on pri vate property, and he should, therefore, oppose the Bill. Mr. BYNG spoke it, support of the Bill. Sir J. GRAHAM observed, that the House ought not to encourage wild speculations. The bridge was not wanted. As that was the case, private property and private interests ought to be considered. The bridge would produce no profit; there were statements of the profits of the other bridge, and it was found that they did not produce even one farthing profit. Sir J. SEBRIGHT trusted that the House would not set its face against improvements. 'Was the House to become Dr.y Nurse to the public? No, let the public embark in favour of fair speculations. Mr. H. SUMNER spoke in favour of the Bill. The proprietors of the property on each side of the river were in favour of the Bill. Alderman WOOD observe 1, that the Southwark Bridge had improved the property on both sides of it. Mr. CROKER was surprised at Sir J. Yorke's oppo sition, he who had been the main promoter of Waterloo Bridge—(Hear, hear)—in which he (Mr. C.) unfortu nately had some little share—(Hear, and laughter). The gallery was cleared for a division, but none took place. The Bill was then read a second time, and or dered to a Committee above stairs. MISCELLANEOUS. Mr. KENNEDY asked whether the Report respect ing the Scotch Courts was likely to be in the hands of Members before the end of the recess? Mr. Secretary PEEL said it would, and that he should propose measures founded on such Report. Mr. HUME presented a Petition from merchants of Montrose, in favour of the Oil Gas Bill. Sir J. ACKINTOSH complained of the unusually late hour (seven o'clock) to which private practice was protracted.—No comment made. Mr. DAWSON moved for Returns of the number of Tread-mills in England and Wales, the diameter of the wheels, the number of steps taken by the prisoners, &c. —Ordered. Sir J. MACKINTOSH presented a Petition from the Missionary Society, complaining of the trial of, and sentence on, one of their Missionaries. He would ab stain from comment at the present time; the time for observation would hereafter arrive. The Petitioners disclaimed all intention of desiring to interfere with the legislation of the Colonies; they only wanted to maintain the independence and security of their Missionaries. Mr. WILMOT-HOItTON regretted that the present ing of the Petition, as well as the discussion of it, bad not been reserved until the minutes of Mr. Smith's trial were before the House. If he abstained at present from commenting upon the document produced, he must be understood as not thereby precluding himself from ex posing, on a. future occasion, the extreme inaccuracies with which it abounded. Honourable Members, in re serving their observations for the present, would do well also to reserve their opinions: he (Mr. Wilmot-Horton) believed that the Petitioners might have no wish to de. ceive ; but in many points, they hid (past question) been grievously deceived themselves ; and he doubted Touch, if they had exercised a sound discretion in the course they had pursued.—Petition brought up and nod. Colonel TRENCH presented a Petition from the re sident Nobility, Gentry, and Occupiers of Land in the county of Roscommon, in Ireland, praying for the con tinuance of the Bounty on the export of low priced Linens, and a Duty on the importation of Foreign Mr. HUME presented a Petition from the Ministers and Elders of Dundee, praying an inquiry into the treatment lately experienced by a Missionary in the Island of Demerara, and the State of the Slaves in the West Indies, with a view to the gradual Abolition of Slavery. The Hon. Gentleman gave notice, that he would, on the 3d of June, bring forward a motion on the subject, which would include the principle of com pensation to the slave owners; and that on the 23d of May, he would bring forward the motion of which he had previously given notice, relative to the Church Es tablishment of Ireland. Mr. CURWEN presented a Petition from certain Holders and Dealers in Foreign Grain, praying that the bonded corn now in this country might be ad mitted to sale. The Hon. Gentleman said, unless the prayer of the Petition was complied with, the ports would probably open for the importation of foreign corn on the sth of August next. Dr. PHILLIMORE moved for leave to bring in a Bill to amend the laws respecting the Marriages and Burials of Roman Catholics in England, and the Regis try of the Births of their children. The object of the Bill he said, was to relieve Roman Catholics, whose marriage in this country, by their own Clergy, at pre sent is not valid. He proposed that the banns of mar riage of Roman Catholics should be published in the Protestant Church as at present, b'ut that the Roman Catholic Priest should be allowed to perform the cere mony, on obtaining a certificate from the Protestant , Minister that all the requisites had been complied with. Another object of the Bill was, to register the Birth of Roman Catholic children ; and another was, to provide for the Burial of Roman Catholics. After some observations from the SOLICITOR-GENE RAL, Mr. MONCK, and Mr. GmsEnT, leave was given to bring in the Bill. Mr. F. BUXTON moved for Copies of several Pro clamations and legal Proceedings respecting the treat ment of Slaves in the West Indies. Mr. T. WILSON thought it unnecessary to continue to agitate the subject, which might be left in the hands of his Majesty's Ministers. Mr. HUME was astonished the Hon. Gentleman should object to the House receiving the fullest infor mation on a subject so important —he was confident more injury would be done to the West India Interest by with holding information than could possibly be effected by any other means.—The Motion was then agreed to. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL obtained leave to bring in a Bill to enable infants to transfer money in the Funds, under the direction of the Court of Chancery. WAREHOUSED WHEAT. On the Motion of Mr. Husxisson, the House resolved itself into a Committee on Warehoused Wheat. Mr. HUSKISSON observed, that the proposition which he was about to submit to the Committee would, in no respect whatever, alter the law respecting the in troduction of Foreign Wheat into this country. The object which he had in view was, simply to grant per mission to the holders of Foreign Wheat under bond in this country, to grind it into flour for exportation.— The Bill would, therefore, permit any person pos sessing such corn to take it out of the warehouses, on giving security that he would replace it by a cor responding quantity of flour. The question then arose what would be a corresponding quantity of flour? It was calculated, that one barrel of foreign flour (an Ame rican barrel) could be produced from five bushels of -rood wheat; but as the wheat which had been so long in the warehouses was somewhat deteriorated, and had lost part of its weight, and as the owners of it had suf fered considerably, he intended to suggest, that a barrel of flour should be replaced for every six bushels of wheat taken out of the warehouses. As the late harvest had been a wet one, and the flour produced from it was in many parts in a moist state, there could be no doubt that the owners of the foreign corn would mix some of that flour with the flour produced from the foreign corn, which was too dry ; and this would be beneficial to all parties, both to the consumer and to the owner. He repeated, that the Committee would observe, that the present proposition in no way interfered with the ex isting laws. Whenever the time should come for a change of those laws on general principles, he, as every body knew, would very freely express his sentiments on the subject, but the present was not that time. lie would now merely move a Resolution that the Chairman be instructed to move for leave to bring in a Bill, &c. After some observations from Mr. CURWEN and Mr. T. Wu.sox, the motion was agreed to.—The House resumed. The House resolved itself into a Committee on the Fishery Bill. Mr. CHARLES GRANT stated, that the object of the Bill was to reduce the bounty of four shillings a barrel on herrings to two shillings; and the bounty of four shillings a hundred weight on cod fish to two shillings a hundred, for two years, after which they were to be abolished; and all the other bounties to be abolished immediately. It was proposed to apply the saving that would be made in the grant of bounty to Ireland, to make piers, and an accurate survey of the coasts of that country, which was now in progress. Mr. BRIGHT said, the expediency of the measore must depend on the repeal of the Salt Tax.—The seve ral clauses of the Bill were agreed to. The House resumed—the Report was brought up, and ordered to be taken into consideration to.mortow. The Report on the Glass Duties, and the Duties on Made Wines, were brought up, and Bills ordered to be brought in, in purse nice thereof. The Marriage Act Amendment Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be taken into consideration to-morrow. The House resolved itself into a Committee on the Scotch Juries Bill.—The several clauses were agreed to. The House resumed. The Report was brought up, and ordered to be taken into consideration to-morrow. The House resolved itself into a Committee on the Vagrant Acts' Amendment Bill. The clauses were agreed to. The House resumed, the Report was brought up, and ordered to be taken into consideration the 6th of May. The Insolvent Debtors' BiU was read a third time and passed.— The other Orders of the Day were disposed of, and the House ad journed at Half-past Nine o'Clock. SIEuRA LEONE. We have received Sierra Leone Gazettes to the 31st of January inclusive. Their accounts of the growing trade of the Colony are highly gratifying. More cara vans of Gold Merchants had arrived from the interior with that precious metal, which they bartered for Eng lish goods; while, on the other hand, a large ship had arrived from the post of Dublin for Ton6er, and another from England for the same commodity. The benevo lence of the colonists is extremely active. In addition to the long established Bible Societies, a Prayer Book Society was about to be set on foot. News had been received from the Bight of Benin, where Mr. Belzoni had landed, and after some short delay from a slight attack of fever, had departed for the interior, perfectly recovered, and with every hope of success. The present state of Sierra Leone, while it forms a striking contrast with the ill-fated though benevolent attempt which was made in 1792 to colonize the Island of Bulama, trates in a striking manner the lottndness of some of the views entertained by Captain Beaver, who commanded that expedition. "As one of the means that would in evitably tend to the abolition of the Slave Trade," says he, "I would recommend the cultivation of Africa by its free natives."—" I know that those who choose al ways to see the African character in its worst light, will probably say the natives will never be induced volun tarily to labour."—" As far as my knowledge of the Africans will enable me to judge, I have no doubt of their readily cultivating the earth for hire, whenever Europeans will take the trouble to employ them. I ne ver saw men work harder, more willingly, or more regularly, generally speaking, than those free natives whom I employed upon the island of Bulama."— ,, Now what effect could the cultivation of Africa have upon its inhabitants ? The cultivation of the soil must ne cessarily induce commerce; and the intercourse result ing from this exchange, this barter, this trade, will and must soften and civilize the more barbarous of the two parties carrying it on; and will by degrees introduce letters, and in the end the Christian Religion."—" Ci vilization may for some time be confined to the terri tory colonized ; but commerce will begin immediately to extend by little and little into the interior."—" The convenience of a mart being once established, and the certainty of European articles being always to be found there, would induce the interior traders to come, instead of annually, whenever they had commodities to sell, which would keep up, except in the rains, a constant communication with the interior. This constant com munication would tend to civilize all those people through whose territories it was carried on ; and this increased civilization would produce additional secu rity, which would tend also to augment that communi cation."—These predictions, published 19 years ago, are now every one of them literally accomplished at Sierra Leone; and, what is most remarkable, by the agency (excluding military) of little more than 100 re -1 hite persons! silent' THE EVENING STAR. LONDON. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 14, 1824. THE FUNDS. STOCK RXCHANG S. TWRLVE O'CLOCK. Consols opened this morning at 96j, it, and got up to 964 for the Account, at which price they remain steady, with little doing, owing to this being a holiday with the Jews. An Express has arrived from Paris, which states the French Funds at 10z.f. 80c. FOREIGN FUNDS. There was a good deal done in all the Foreign Securities this morning, and Colombian Scrip got up 41 5 pre. Current Prices :—New Spanish 164 to 17, Old 171 4, Chilian 854 86, Russian 974 to 4, Mexican Scrip 111, Colombian 934, Alliance Shares 154 4, Colombian Scrip 4, French Scrip 174. PRICE OF STOCKS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock 245% IA ex. div. 3 per Cent. Reduced 95 1 / 2 Ys 1 / 2 ex. div. 3 per Cent. Consols 96 1 / 4 3 /s 3 1 A per Cents. 102 1 / 2 5 / 3 ex. div. 4 per Cents. Assented 1021/ s 1 / 4 ex. div. 4 per Cents. New 106 V 2 y s Bank Long Anns. 23 ti-16 1 / 4 3-16 ex. div. India Bonds 80s. 765. Exchequer Bills (1:1,0(10) 465. - 445. 475. 465. Do. Small 465. 445. 475. 46s.—India for Act. SOM4 Consols for Acct. 96% %. The proceedings of the Court-martial on the trial of Mr. Swint, the Missionary, at Demerara, have just been printed, by order of the House of Commons. We have no time at present to make an abstract, or even to give an extract. The evidence occupies ninety-two folio pages, and the witnesses examined on both sides were numerous. The written defence of Mr. Sswrit alone occupies four teen pages. He denied that it had been proved that he had any knowledge of Quamina being an insurgent, or that it appeared in evidence that he had given him any intelligence, or held any correspondence with him that could implicate himself. He dwelt on the good effects religion had had upon the slaves, who, in the midst of the revolt, were heard to say, " We will shed no blood, for it is contrary to the religion we have been taught." " We will take no man's life, for we cannot give it." The Court:found him guilty on part of the charges, and sentenced him for execution ; but at the same time recommended him to mercy. The result is known. By the arrival of a Brazil Mail we have a file of Rio de Janeiro Papers, from the 24th of January to the 17th of February.—These Journals contain addresses from various towns and provinces, expressing their entire sa tisfaction with the proposed Constitution, in which they see the most decided proofs of the Liberalism and good intentions of the EMPEROR, and a sure pledge of the interest, happiness, and greatness of Brazil. All desire to have it immediately sworn to as the Constitution of Brazil, and in some places the oath had been already taken. Among the very numerous orders of the EM PEROR, one says :—" It being indispensable to maintain a considerable force, both by sea and land, to secure the safety and independence of the Empire against all the at tempts of its enemies, and a Dectee of January, 1823, having proposed a general voluntary subscription, his MAJESTY recommends the Government of Minas Geraes to take measures for remitting, as soon as possi ble, the amount subscribed." In the Diario of the 7th February is a long Decree, directing the measures to be adopted for civilising the savage tribe of the Botocudos, who are stated to come in greater numbers than usual to the Banks of the Rio Doce, in the Province of Espirito Santo. The Director of the Indians is to use all means to induce them to settle, and for this purpose is to form three aldeas, or In dian villages. He is to have a guard of 80 soldiers. These Botocudos are a warlike people, though their warfare is of a singular kind. They do not estimate their victories by the number of heads or ears they cut off; like a Mussulman, or by the number of scalps they take, like an American Indian, but by the number of wooden plugs they knock out of each others lips and ears, so that a Botocudo conqueror is like an itinerant bung merchant. An Edict of February 7, commands all persons v. ho have arrived from Europe, or any of the provinces of the Empire, since the Ist of January, to appear at the Police Office within three days, and give an account of their names, ages, native country, profession, &c. This order extends to all persons who shall an ive in the se. quel ; and those who neglect to comply with.it, are to be proceeded against as suspicions characters. The Paper of the 11th contains an order dated Fe. bruary 2, stating that his Majesty having been informed of the events that took place the night before on boar.l the Netheroy frigate, from the criminal insubordination of various soldiers and sailors, who have been in cob. sequence imprisoned in the fortress on the Ma das bras, and on board the Prince Royal man of war, tt :e , are to be brought to trial without delay. Many Officers of the National and Imperial arm.' still continuing to serve v►ith commissions signed by the King of Portugal, they are ordered to deliver then, up, and receive gratuitously commissions signed by the Emperor, on pain of being dismissed the service, and banished from the Empire. The French Consul, General Conde de Gestas, has addressed a Note to the Minister for Foreign Affairs, stating, that the King of France, being informed that many families of distinction in Brazil intended to send their sons to Paris to finish their education, his Majesty had ordered him to afford the parents all possible assis tance, not only in procuring a passage for the young people, even in French ships cf war, but also in fa cilitating the means of correspondence. The i‘linister is ordered, by his Majesty, to signify to thc Consul how much he is gratified by this wise and generous pro ceeding of his Most Christian Majesty. The French Papers of Sunday and Monday have reached us. The Journal des Debuts has inserted an article, purporting to be a letter from the Maine, f„riving an account of the state of affairs in Peru and Colombia. We have no doubt at all of the perfect honour of the journalist, and therefore are assured that the fabrichtion does not lie with him ; but we nevertheless are On ' vinced, that his letter from Terra Firma is of French or Spanish manufacture, and that the facts, or rather reports, on which it is founded, have passed through the English Papers on their way to Paris. The Etoile contains an extract of an Extraordinary Supplement to the Madrid Gazette of April 1, which gives the Proclamation issued by the SpaniAr Royalist General OLANETA, after the defeat of SANTA CRUZ in Peru. This Proclamation is worthy of the day in which it appeared at Madrid, for it is a tissue of exaggera- tions and falsehoods, of which an idea may be formed by the single fact that it states SANTA CRUZ to have lost in the action 6,0(30 killed and 1,500 prisoners, or about three times the amount of the force under 1)s command ! This specimen of Spanish veracity is fol lowed by an assurance (said to have been transmitted in letters from Buenos Ayres) that General CaNTERAC had completely defeated BOLIVAR in three successive actions, and that the latter, closely pu; sued, was endea- vouring to effect his retreat to Truxillo, but was likely Ito be overtaken and entirely destroyed. The following are extracts from the Etoile. MADRID, APRIL. L Great changes in our Diplomatic Corps arc spoke of as certain. The Duke of San Carlos, Ambassador at Paris, i; said to be recalled to Madrid, where he will exercise his functions as Counsellor of State. His successor will he Count Revillagigedo. The son of the Marquis of Cass- Irujo is appointed First Secretary of Legation, as a re compense for the services his father has tendered to the Monarchy. The Second Secretary is Corpas, formerly Consul-General of Spain in Algarve. M. Nivia, now First Secretary of Legation, is named Minister of Spain in Holland. M. Doncel, the Second Secretary, is re called, to fill the office of Magistrate of the Chancery of Valladolid. M. Joseph Heredia, brother to our Mi nister of State, is recalled to Madrid. He was sent to London as Agent of Liquidation : he is succeeded by Mr. Orue. M. Alvarez de Toledo, Colonel in the Spanish ser vice, is gone to Munich as Charge d'Affaires. In my last I said that we expected here M. Gneb hard. We now positively know that that banker has con tracted with our Government for a loan of 200,000,000 of reals (50,000,000 of francs), and that he is coming in person to Madrid, for a second loan, equal to the first. Their Majesties and Royal Highnesses enjoy good health at Aranjuez. The French Military Hospital is removed to Toledo, where General Bourmont now is with his Staff and the Royal Guard : this seems to indicate that the Court will be absent from Madrid for some time, though many persons affirm to the contrary. i FP.ILTICII FUNDS, Arm 12.—Five per Cents. 1021.25 c. 15c. New York Papers to the 17th of March have reached us. They contain a long account of the attempt at re volution in Mexico, the particulars of which were in serted in the STAR of Thursday last—indeed our intel ligence came down four days later than that in the American Papers. Accounts from Lima state that the Spanish Royalist Generals CANTERAC and VALDEZ had declared the independence of Upper Peru. The fol lowing are extracts : FROM THE NEW YORK GAZETTE OP 16TH MARCH. We learn from S. Craig, Esq. American Consul a! Panama, who arrived in the schooner Quito, from Chagres, that just before he left Panama a French hi gate arrived there from Lima, and informed that Boli var was , at the head of an army of 15,000 men, and in tended soon to attack the Royalists. Mr. Craig heard of no battle having been fought ; the report, therefore, v ia Val be incoi Januar: The Cruz, St C dez:wi saved a of this divisior and Ca We 1 indcpei The a man the pot naule. which to say imposs affo:d were otitrag the po: inurde again s than '. and tr of the . blood was c: CAUse wasll mess unfbri whisp the tc. witne to th 4 His e heard police Mr. / on th 4 found the di lact i both ~~~I:ie occas man ( der w• crimii an ern to th. ought condo The Cannir fairs, I ten of recess: for the the nu and ell late th Ye Messt Div+ I'l to be Britai Great of the dale; the tit Chan, time 1 Gene the C ty's ( Civil of the .John Beam for in, H K.T. Chun Yi of It 4 Pant YI CARD his it Mons by ui the I the h Bligh tingu bcreci Cour 11r. point Esq. 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