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tely fixed in the honest and unldal of the people in every part of the itself it constituted a reason to get o abhorred. But there was also this roof, that the ends of public justice y their continuance. It was on evi eports of that Committee, that in e evidence was given by Police 06- ) bring the offence within the reach tion. Such was the evidence of Mr. .f Mr. Holdsworth. What had that Ir. Shelton, the Clerk of the Arraigns ▪ stated? Did he not declare, that he ,e Officers endeavoured to stretch the view of sharing in the price of alendars of the Criminal Courts esta c conclusion. In London, Indictments )5 offences, all carrying rewards, and 40 convictions. Thus, as Mr. Shel ilic justice suffered by this endeavour indictment, not by the crime of the y the hope of profit in the Police Ofb gh the criminal proceedings of all the the House would see nearly the same .ween the indictments and the convic d before stated took place in London..— strong protection was afforded to Go lust cnminal offenders ; and as strong s held out to persons, whose duty it was offenders, as ought to be held out to übtedly there was but a choice of evils ; but the greatest evil was the system is. The sum made no differenciCas ward (above the cost and expenses of 1) was offered for what was termed the Lit of criminals it would prove to be or less than the vigorous creation of persons who were connected with the ledged that the principle of the present d ; and that from the beginning of it Read of checking or controuling crime, r to those base and designing men who t merely to tempt adults to the com ne, but (which was the most lamen rain up children to be criminals. Chil or ten years of age, instead of being y ought to be for picking pockets, were, ward, indicted for highway robberies ! nths ago two children, one thirteen, the !re convicted of highway robbery, one es being a child of six years of age; -as as sure as he stood there, that were system of reward, their offence would !en ranked so high. With respect to could not have done his duty as Chair 'ommittee on the subject, had he not to the House. The system of reward the proofs of the wisdom of our an s contained in the Act by which the slued a human being at five shillings, part of that general system of legisla subjects, which the honour and charac ntry demanded should be put an end to. nan WOOD reprobated the system of s; and instanced a number of cases .e him as a Maistrate, in which the Officers had induced to tempt indivi bad money, that they might receive the on their apprehension. Many Honour rs were not aware of the straggle that ok place in a Justice-room, to indoCe . a" r a capital offence. For instance, if a Tying her ridicule loosely in her hand, ,watched from her, that was no capital if it was twisted round her arm, and • force, that was a capital offence ; and .e the Officer apprehending the offender deavoured, for the sake of the reward, he latter case. He trusted that Parlia no longer allow the continuance of the Ced rewards. _ _ _ VOOD thought the country highly in le framer of this Bill. He was for the m of rewards, taking care to give to pro ir LST denied that a single sound objection ade to the principle of the Bill, and was that the utmost thanks were due to the Gentleman for the pains he had taken. ICITOR-GENERAL contended, that it sirable that there should be the power of nstances of extraordinary activity on the cers. NET said, his only anxiety was, that the ad have a discretionary power to give or I rewards. was then read a second time, after a few 11 General THORNTON and Sir T. BARING, dered to be committed on Wednesday next. MISCELLANIES. man WOOD movtd for a Committee on the Em the Poor. N FELL said this measure was nothing else than an galize Joint Stock Companies. -man WOOD denied that it had any such tendency. ent to incorporate large bodies of persons who may .ed great sums of money. mittee came to a resolution that a Bill be brought in much of the 26th and 27th of the King, and for the t of the Poor in the Fisheries, &c. by regulating and partnerships.—Report on Thursday. rt of the Saving Banks Act Amendment Bill was, words of explanation from the Ousels.Loa of the and one or two other Members, ordered to be taken consideration on Thursday next. INCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER (at the parti. of an Honourable and Learned Gentleman, Mr. ravedpostponement of the Order of thc Day re. Petition of the High Bailiff of Westminster till ta illight. US Slave Trade Treaty Bill was read a second time, to be committed to morrows—Adjourned. ght lion. Sir JOHN NEWPORT, M. P. " Itantsgate, April 13, 1818. *nerving that you took act active part in the Debate, reading of the Chancellor of the Exchequer's Bill, the Issues of Country Notes, I trust you will par tsumpti-m of an humble individual like myself, its L , iificotty which will probably arise as to the Chan- Posed tad Notes; for in the event of any Country . 1 0 may is sue N o t es o f t hat d e sc r ipti on , wi s hi ng to tr banking business altogether, how, or in what man be asked, are the Nines totally lost, to be accour.ted uvernment to reap the benefit in a twofold degree by r they hold? thereby shutting out the Banker from his profit—and again, it is to be hoped these Stank b made a legal testier, otherwise Country Bankers in be placed very awkwardly, after depositing a large of their floating Capital out of their reach. Should tufts be deemed worthy of your notice on a second ' l '' Bill, I shall be glad in having -laid them before !I, Sir, y our respect f ul and very o b l i ged, AN OLD COUNTRY DANKER'3 CLERK." THE EVENING STA LONDON. TUESDAY, APRIL 14, 1818. THE FUNDS. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAT AT TWELVE O'CLOCK : Reduced 79Q ex. div.—Consols 791 80 Cons. for Acc. 80i I-4 per Cent. 9714 ex. dive Navy Anns.lo7l- - India Bonds 95 97 pr. Exchequer Bills 19 22 pr. A considerable degree of bustle took place this morning at the Stock Exchange. At ten o'clock, Mr. lIASE, of the Bank, made his appearance in the House, and read a long statement, occupying about five pages, containing a proposal from the CHANCEL LOR of the EXCHEQUER, which had for its object to convert a part of the S per cent. Consols into a New Stock, bearing an interest of 3i per cent. The House was in such confusion, that it was utterly im possible to get all the particulars With perfect accu racy ; we must, therefore, for this day, confine our selves to the leading features of the proposal. Those holders of three per cents. who ate willing to transfer them to the new Stock, in sums not less than 50001. each, are to pay in money for every 1001. .so transferred ill. by instalments of 1/. each, on the 19th June, 24th July, 7th August, 4th September, 16th October, 13th November, 4th December, 15th January, sth February, and sth March. Discount at the rate of two per cent. to be allowed for prompt payment. Books have been opened this day at the Bank for subscriptions. On completion of the payment of the 11/. the subscribers are to transfer their Stock to the Commissioners for reducing the National Debt. When the measure shall have received the appro bation of Parliament, the Subscribers will receive for each 1001. transferred, the sum of SBl. in Annuities, bearing interest after the rate of Si. 10s. per Cent.; and on completion of the payment of 111. per Cent. a further Annuity of 12/. bearing the same interest. Without offering any opinion on this scheme of Finance, we may be allowed to observe, that it is substantially a creation of so much new Stock, and consequently must reduce the value of what already exists. For our Readers will observe that the Stock holders who suubscribe to the plan, engage to pay in the course of ten months a certain sum of money in monthly instalments. It is, therefore, not enough that the Stock-holders take a part of this loan with a view of still obtaining the regular interest for their ' , original stock, but they must also pay an advance. The alternative which the Minister gains by the plan is merely an opportunity of funding Exchequer Bills. For were it proposed openly and fairly as a loan, he would be obliged to provide taxes to pay the interest,. or to take a sufficient sum from the Sinking Fund for that purpose. The country gains nothing whatever by the plan, and we cannot see what the Stock-holder is to derive from it. The principal topic of discussion last night in both Houses of Parliament, was a Message from the Pat NCB REGENT, informing them that Treaties of Marriage are negociating between their Royal Highnesses the Duke of CLARENCE and the Princess of SAXE MEININ GIN ; and the Duke of Cataintoon and the Princess of Hesse. The intimation, probably owing to some of its accompaniments, was, if we may judge by the magnitude of the Minority in favour of an Amend ment moved by Mr. Baouottast on the Address of Thanks proposed by Lord CASTLEREAGH, but coldly received. The Address stated that the House" would consider the Message in such a manner as should be consistent with the honour of his MAJESTY'S person and Family"—and the Amendment would have ad ded " and with the burdened state of the country." The Amendment was supported by such a formi dable Minority as evidently to shew that the general feeling of the House was against the proposed grants , the Minister having a majority of only 51—the num bers being 93 to 151. In the course of the discussion it was ascertained, that Ministers had called a Meeting of their friends, in Downing-street and communicated to them the amount of the grants which are to be proposed this evening, a proceeding highly censured by the Oppo sition as tending to establish a Parliament within a 'Parliament. Lord LASCELLES, who was at this meeting, declared to the House, that what trans pired at it had not met with the approbation of himself, and some other Gentlemen present. It was asked (without any answer being returned)— " Whether it was not intended by Ministers to pro pose £19,000 a-year in addition to one of the Royal Dukes, besides £19,000 outfit, and £12,000 a-year to each of the others ?"—Lord CA.STLEREAGH reserved his particular explanations for the discussion of this evening, when we hope and trust it will prove that the reports in circulation upon the subject are grossly erroneous. The Duke of GLoucx.sren refused, on his marriage, to receive any increase of income with one of the amiable daughters of our beloved Sovereign' and it should be recollected that the Pateces have eighteen thousand pounds a-year, exclusive of their various appointments; and, which is of great impor tance, that they are freed from the payment of the Assessed and other direct Taxes. Nor can it be said that there is want of liberality in any part of the pro vision made for the maintenance of the necessary Royal splendour : in some branches it is so profuse, that if addition he wanted to others, it might easily be Made ' Without laying fresh butt/len s on the people. In one branch in particular there might bb great re trenchment ; indeed, though the public pay the money, it is impossible that It can be expended for the pur; pose for which it was granted ; and therefore, if far ther ptovision for the PAINCES be indispcnsible, it is Possible that Ministers may avail themselves of this resource. The Paris Papers of the 9th, 10th, and 11th, ar- 1 rived this morning. The celebrated Madame Manson has at length broken that silence which has thrown such a myste rious interest around the trial of the assassins of M. RIALDES. " Never," say the French Journalists, " did a scene more eminently dramatic astonish the auditory of any tribunal—never did the CLAtaows, the Itatucousurs, of tragic memory, produce upon their spectators an effect so instantaneous, so horrible. Every one groaned—Bastide alone appeared calm." But to proceed to particulars : The Court were in the course of examining one Sieur &Atm, who had had some conversation with Madame MANSON about the assassination of M. FUALDES, when the PROCURSUR-GENSRAL put the fol- lowing question to her : " Did you say to the witness,' My deposition teal kill them j or to that purpose r . Madame Mentssts.—" I cannot charge myself with skeve lii pressloss. I said, perhaps, that the conduct of the accused, in respect of me, during the trial, might lead them to the scaffold. I added, that Madame POW depended upon me; but that Iwas not at the house of Bancal; that they implicated me very im properly in this affair ; and that I knew not how to extricate myself from so difficult a situation." The Widow Balscal.—" Madam, I beseech you teU the truth." Desbernard.—" Madam, in the name of that Gen whose eye is upon you, tell the truth; I conjure you in the name of justice and of society." Bastide, rising--". And I also, Madam, I conjure you teU the truth." " ' _ Madame Manson (advancing between the two gene-d'armes) " Look at me, Bastide ; Do you know me r Bostide, confused—" No. I do not know you !" Madame Manson struck the ground with her foot, her eyes flashed fire, and in a tone which carried terror into the soul of every spectator, she articulated these solemn words: " rous sus tin onalkeurens 1 Bolide I rota ewa rostlst +Wegner /"—You are a wretched man, &stick ! you wished to have murdered me ! - - _ A general cry burst from the auditory : a moment of dread silence succeeded : again the Hall resounded with plaudits, which all the respect due to the Temple of Themis could not restrain. Bastide en deavoured to appear calm—Jaussion was terrified. After some moments, the agitation of the assembly subsided, and M. Foams, the son, rose—" I beseech you, Madame Mas *Da, finish your work. You have told a part of the truth—en. veil the whole. You have been explicit in respect of Bastide— /as have signalized him as one of the assassini of my unfortunate 'Miter. Make known the other crlminals--" Peocuaava-Gzszsat..—" Yes, it is necessary that Madame Mattson should complete her revelation : it is necessary that she timid unfold to our eyes all the particulars of that horrid scene which Pawnees:ex has made her the witness." The agitation of M. MANSON from the moment that the awful secret escaped her was such that she could not reply to these urgent appeals. The Court, in order to give her time to recover herself, suspend ed the proceedings for a short time ; and on resuming the President asked her if she could now proceed?— Madame MANSON had only strength to utter a faint expression to the contrary, and the Court, actuated by a humane consideration for her feelings, adjourn ed till the following day, when it is probable the opinion of the Public will at last be determined as to the part which this inexplicable personage has acted in this horrid mystery. The Chamber of Deputies are still occupied with the details of the Budget, and in the mean time the Funds continue rising. On Friday the 5 per Cents. left off at as high as 67 francs. The KING is to go about the middle of June to St. Cloud, where he intends residing for about five weeks. We are much concerned to find, by accounts from Gibraltar, dated 21st March, that positive informa tion has been received there that the Plague is raging at Oran, and that the greatest apprehensions are en- L tertained of its shortly extending its ravages into the Morocco States, as it is ascertained that the crew of a man of war, presented by the EKPEROR of Mo aocco to the DEY of ALGIERS, on returning overland into the Morocco dominions, has introduced the Plague there, one having died, and others left on the road with that disorder, and therefore it is natural to suspect that more of the crew were infected.— By the same letters we learn, that the Portuguese squadron of frigates, &c. are still blockading the Tu nisian corvette lying in the Bay of Gibraltar, and which they shewed a strong desire to attack at anchor. Yesterday morning Baron de GERNING and Baron de KRANE left London for the PRINCE REGENT'S Cottage at Windsor, on a visit to the Prince of HESSE ROMBERG and Princess ELIZABETH. Yesterday the Dukes of YORK and CUMBERLAND visited the PRINCE REGENT at Carlton House. The Earl of LIVERPOOL had an audience of the PRINCE REGENT yesterday. The Princess AMELIE ADELAIDE LOUISE THERE.SE CAROLINE, of SAXE MEININGEN, to whom the Duke of CLARENCE is about to be married, was born on the 13th of August, 1792. It is reported the Duke set tles a thousand a year on each of his daughters by , Mrs. JORDAN. The Duke and Duchess of GLOUCESTER honoured Covent-Garden Theatre with their presence last night. kANIL FALMOUTH, APRIt it. Wind W. to N. strong gales, with constant rain.-1 Arrived the Emma, COVRTNAY, from Messina for Pe tetsburgh, in 47 days. Sailed the John and Thornas, —, for London. PENZANCE, APRIL ti. Put in by stress of weather a y t he ^ , VANDERICONSI, from Cette to =am, and is put under quarantine Sailed his Majesty's schooner SEAL ARK, on a cruize. The Vitgeria, —, is entirely gone to pieces—there are about 200 casks and pipes of wine saved, and greater part of her stores. PORTSMOUTIK APRIL is. Wind S. E.—Arrived the Francis and Harriett, BURN, from London for Picchu: Sailed the May flower, ALEXANDER, for Bristol. MEAT., APRII.I3. Wind S.W.— Arrived awl sailed for the River the Anna Dorothea, ALLRN, from Madeira; Venus, %Wm, from Leghorn; Nancy, NicitoL, from Pa lermo ; Concord, BRANFORD, from Malaga; Albion, WAwX, from Trieste for Hamburgh. Came down fit= the River, and rernain In the Downs the Ro cheater, SUTTON, for Madras: ILFRACOIIIRE, APRIL 11. Arrived the Oporto Packet, FODEN, from Pernam bucco, bound to Londbn, with lost of sails, and run ning rigging damaged; DOVER, APRIL 13. Arrived off this Port, the Ann, PENTREATN, from Lisbon in-seven days, for London. HARWICH, APRIL is. Wind S.—The sloop Industry, PINDER, of Hull, from Gainsborough for London, was totally lost on Sunday morning on the Sunk Sand- , -crew, except the Master, saved. CUStCi3I-HOUSE. APRIL is. Sutra :macro lswaans—Tbe Charente from Charente, the Pyrennees from Sierra Leone, Deux Seers from Dieppe, Sin gleton from Stangate Creek, Charles from Rouen, Lord Hill from %Ye:ford, Resolution from Hambuigh, Bellemele from Stangate Creek, Tagas from Hamburgh, Sarah from Charente, Britannia frdin Liverpbol, Speedwell from Stangate Creek, the Margaret from Lisbon, Jane and Matilda from St. Michael's, Swift from Lisbon . , Trim Jinni ditto, Snipe from Dunkirk, the Friends from Waterford, New Blessing from ditto, Barbra and Ann from Listion, Minerva from Limerick, Susannah Dom Dublin, Nonsuch from Stangate Creek, Earl of Morley from Calcutta, Oakwell from Waterford, Eagle from Charente, In dustry from Cork, Heros from Calais, Prince Regent from Bristol, Alexander from Berbice, the F.ndeavour from Bclfat, Jenne Henry from Rouen, and the Hannah from St. John's.— Ourwsam—The St. Antonio de Padua for torunna Prince Royal for Rio Janeiro, Garland for the Cape of Goo d; Hope, Resolution for 'Venice Duke of York for Rotterdam ' Rodin for New York, William for St. John's, and Janet for Anal • The Royal Yatch at Deptford is now in perfect readiness to sail for the Continent, to bring over the Duke of CAMBRIDGE and his Royal Bride, and is ex pected to sail in a day or two. JAMES ARCHIBALD STUART WORTLEY, Esq. M. P. by the death of his father, succeeds to estates of the annual value of 60,0001. The old woman who took a fancy to the LORD CnexcELLon's embroidered bag, no doubt supposed it to be the Learned Lord's ridicule ! . . Mr. WALTER FAWKES, in reply to an invitation • e offer again for Yorkshire, says,'he will take no s ep to procure a seat in the Commons, as at present con- Ma. CANNING.—A pamphlet having tern circu lated, under blank covers, in which Mr. CANNING is censured in a mode which he considers to he expres sive of personal malignity in the author, Mr. C. has addressed a letter to the nameless author at his book , seller's, in which is the following passage :—" To you, Sir, whoever you may be, I address myself thus directly, for the purpose of expressing to you my opinion, that—you are a liar and a slanderer, and want courage only to be an assassin." WILL OF THE LATE RIGHT HON. GEORGE Rose. —The will of the late Mr. Rose has been proved in Doctors' Commons, by his son, GEORGE HENRY ROSE, one of the Executors. It principally consists in providing for his wife and children ; in it he men tions having secured the reversion (after his death) of the situation of Clerk of the Parliaments (held by him) to his eldest son, GEORGE HENRY ; also, the valuable place of Reading Clerk, and Clerk of the Committee of the House of Lords, and the succession of Assistant-Clerk, upon the death of him self and his eldest son, for the benefit of his youngest son, WILLIAM STEWART ROSE. Amongst other be quests in one of the codicils are the following : To my eldest grandson, Glottis Peer Rost, my enamelled repeating-watch, set with brilliants ; and a walking-cane, which belonged to his godfather, the late incomparable Right Hon. WILLIAM PITT, whose memory will always be dear to me, to long as my own endures—it has the crest of that great man set in gold in the bead of it. " To my grandson, Hums Rosa, my which was presented to me by the Manu ham, as a token of their regard. " To my grandson, WILIAAM Roar, a gold-headed cane, which was presented by Bing Wiu.iaat to the grandfather of my Lae invaluable friend, the last Earl of MARCHMOWT. " To every male inhabitant resident within the manor of Burgh, Christchurch, and Lyndhurst, county of Southampton, who shall be poor enough to accept the same, and who shall at tend Divine Service at their respective Churches (elcept they arc prevented through illness), on the Sunday after my funeral, the sum of ten shillings etch." In rpeaking of himself, he says, " Fortunate— greatly fortunate as I have been in this life, yet there is no part of my good fortune on which I set so in estimable a value, as the qualities of those on whom my happiness depended. My children have been a blessing to me, during a long series of years, such as seldom occurs, and never caused me one hour's pain." He appoints his wife and two sons executors. His personal property sworn under 35,000/. FIRE AT SOMERS' TOWN.—Soon after five o'clock this morning, a fire broke out at Mr. Claims 's, oil and raco;eodurmmoasnt,fuinriously till Skinner-s t reet, half-past six, when the Somers' Tow n , and house fell in with a most tremendous crash, carrying away with it the upper part of the one adjoining, so as to completely block up the corner of Hertford street; and we are concerned to state, that there is great reason to fear that many persons who were but a moment before seen standing on the spot, are buried underneath the ruins. The firemen, who were in front in Skinner-street, most miraculously escaped._ Great exertions have been making the whole of this morning to clear away the ruins, but we have not as yet heard of any bodies being f ound. Mr. CLARKE and his family got safe out by the back part of the premises ; but the whole property in the house was destroyeo. unted sword, of Birming- 1 1 1 ' , $ 1 .% i 1 1 . liti . i. I. 0 '+ 4 1 .. i ~. ~ ~ i .- t ~. . , - I .. . . t i ‘1 , . I, 1 i 1 i..r i1 ; I , I ; l ‘i 1111 il . i , if +' I t I, it. iii I t I' . 1 i„. P $ . . . • i . I 4 6 i 1 , , , . . )I'' , 4 I , 3 1 1 4 ' il F ' . Ii . i 1 . ' f , 4 1 1 ' : 1 A if , ‘ t ; I ; • 4 t i I ..i i i t .t I. t . , i 1 il l is i , l i ' 1 , V J{ I I 1 6. r f,