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, PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS. MOUSE OF COMMONS, JUNE 12. -- - - he Loan Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed on Monday. The Seamus took tbe Chair at three o'clock. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER moved for leave to bring in a Bill to amend the Act of last Session for the building of New Chu►ches. The Right Hon. Gentleman ob served, the Bill he HOW wished to bring in was not intended to snake any alteration - In the provisions of the Act of last Session, bat merely to authorize the issue of Exchequer Bills to carry that object into effect, at a higher rate of interest.—Leave was gives, the Bill brought in, read a first, and ordered to be read a skond time on Wednesday next, and to be printed. Upon the motion of the CHANCELLOR of the ESCHZQUEE, the House then went into Committees on the American Convention Bill, the' Justice,General of Scotland Bill, and Mr. Matthews's Safety-Coach Regulation Bill, the reports on which were ordered to be received on Moaday.—Adjourned. Mr. Erni was the only• Opposition Member in the House. THE IVENING STAR. LONDON. MONDAY, JUNE 14, 1819. THE FUNDS. PRICY OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK : 3 per Cent. Reduced 3 per Cent. Consols shut 3i per Cent.76U-4. per Cent. 861 87 86{ 5 per Cent. Navy shut Batik Long Annuities 18f 18 India Bonds 5 3 dis. Exchequer Bills (2d.) par 2 pre. Omnium I discount Consols for Acct. 691 69 ff. The Paris Papers of Thursday art ived in the course of yesterday. The Chamber of Deputies having proceeded on Wednesday to the Order of the Day on the Budget, the following items of the Department of Finance, were taken into consideration : Life Annuities, 11,100,000 f. voted without discussion. Pension% 66,938,000 f.—The Commission proposed zo sub tract from this grant, a sum of 1,500,000 f. demanded by the Minister as a Supplementary Fund for the payment of Arrears of Military Pensions. After a good deal cf discussion, the Amendment of the Commission was rejected by a large ma jority, and the sum dentanded was voted without modihcation. Tautest on Securities 8,000100 f. Granted. Interest of the Flouting Debt, 10,317,000 1. The Cornmis --lion proposed, on this head, a reduction of 2,81T,000 f. on the ground that the capital of the Floating Debt, - stated in the Pre jeit at 20,000,000 f. did not, in reality, exceed 13,000,000 f. In consequence of this difference between the cal culations' of the Minister and the Commission, Seve ral Men:lbws suggested a preliminary investigation t.) ascertain the exact amount of the capital, before voting a sum for the interest. The consideration of the subject was adjourned-until next day. Marshal Sous,T arrived in Paris on Wednesday General VAtmAnsts, who was comprised in the Ordinance of the 24th of July, but was understood to he included in the' list of those recently recalled, has.arrived at Havre. As he had not, it seems, any sanction for being there, he has been placed under the surveillance d the local Authorities, who have ordered Lied, until instructions are received from GO. velment, not to go beyond the bounds of the city. The Court Martial on General Morand have una nimously pronounced his acquittal. The chief head of accusation against him was his having, on the 3d April, 181.5, caused a Proclamation to be printed and published at Nantes, in favour of Bonaparte.—' The ground of defence taken up by the General, and sustained by the Court Martial was, that the Procla mation had been sent to him by the then Minister of War, with peremptory orders to publish it, and that, independently of a strong desire, which he naturally felt to avoid the horrors of a civil war, he did not conceive himself at liberty, as a military man, to re fuse executing any order transmitted to him from the War Depariinent. How happy would it have been for many individuals who have been condemned for acting precisely in the same way, under the same cir cumstances, could their trials have been defer t ed, like General Morand's, till a period when there is at length justice and moderation enough to appreciate the i merits of such a defence ! The Duke of HAMILTON arrived at Parts some days ago. It is said that in virtue of his ancient rights and possessions in France, he is taking mea sures to obtain a seat in the /trench ChatnbEr4f Peers. The French Journals observe truly, that their consti tutional system is not altogether ‘favoulable to the Duke's pretensions. He could ooly:hecotne a French Peer by creation ; and feudal rights can have nothing to do with a Chamber which was c a lled intp exist ence in MC We consider it, however, altogether improbable that a British Nobleman should seek to come under the incompatible obligations which would be unposed on him by a French Peerage. Five per Cents. Wednesday-67fr. 90c. A Flanders Mail has brought us this morning Brussels Papers to the 11th June; but they are quite barren of intelligence. An article, under the head of Madrid, talks, for the hundredth time, about the " necessity of striking a great blow" in South America, and asserts confidently that the grand :pedition from Cadiz for that purpose will sail some time or other. An aid of two frigates and several transports is expected from Barcelona; more piastres are expected from Madrid; and when these, and many like expectations are fulfilled, the Expedition will be wady to sail. It is admitted that, 4 6 all hope of an arrangement with Buenos Ayres and of its sub mission to the Mother Counts" have vanished, and that nothing remains but to try the force of arms." From a letter which was received in town yester day, from a Gentleman of respectability in Georgia, it appears that the citizens of the Southern United States have recently had a very serious lesson read to them, on the consistency of a people calling them selves Republican and Christian, keeping so many of , their fellow -creatures, of like passions and feelings with themselves, in a state of slavery and wretched ness. The following is an extract from the letter : " Augusta, May 6. " A plan of insurrection, of the Blacks of this place and surrounding country, as well digested, perhaps, as that of St Domingo, was to have been executed on Saturday last, but by Providential interference, was yisterday fortunately discovered. Many of the ringleaders are now committed for trial, and will probably soon meet the awful sentence which awaits them !" We have received to-day Papers from New-York and Philadelphia, to the 20th of May, and from Bal timore to the 19th ; but have met with little in them of interest or importance. A number of Banks have stopped paying in specie, and in commercial matters there is the greatest stag nation. Intelligence had been received from Ha vannah, that Sir Home POPHAM was daily expected therefrom Jamaica, with the Commissioners appointed on the part of Great Britain, to decide in cases of capture of vessels engaged in the African Trade. —The report that Cuba was to be ceded to England, is said to have excited great indignation among the people, who did not hesitate to say that a declaration of their independence should immediately follow such a Treaty. It is scarcely necessary to put our Readers on their paid that this is only Jonathan's account of the matter. It is of course the policy of the United States to cast as much obloquy as possi ble on every proposition for an acquisition of dominion in the Gulf of Mexico, by any power but themselves. A series of Ceylon Gazettes to the 10th of January has arrived. At that period nearly all traces of the rebellion had disappeared, and the principal leaders of it had been brought to trial. There appeared no disposition to extreme severity, as the punishment of death had not been inflicted in more than three or l four instances: among these was the noted KApPrriz POLA, Prime Minister to the Pretender s who was be headed on the 20th of November last. In every Pro vince of the Interior the inhabitants have been called upon for the surrender of arms, which have been de-' livered up in such numbers, that it is thought very few can remain in the possession of the Candians. The pri soner, who was thought by many to resemble very nearly the description of the Pretender, does not turn out, upon closer examination, to be that mock claim ant of the Crown. The real personage was said td have resumed his priestly garb, and to be lurking In the forests of Wallassee, not far from AlipoOt. Many parties of Vedaks were sent in search of him, and it was extremely probable that he would be captured in the very country where he first began the insur rection, and by the same Vedaks who then formed his body-pard. A letter from Colombo, dated November 29, says, ,‘ Upwards of 800 men and more than 30 Officers fell victims to the climate, during our late war with the Candians. Many men lost their lives from the bites of leeches, which swarm in the Jungles ; 25 men of the lath Madras Regiment have lost a leg each from the bite of this disagreeable and troublesome little animal, u Lich, in spite of every precaution, will make its way into your boots, or under your clothes, whilst marching during the night. Four of the state prisoners (chiefs in the rebellion) wer e sentenced to die; but, KAPPITAPOLA and MADOGAL LE only have suffered. Their heads were struck off by two blows: their behaviour was manly and cool. The Governor (General BROWNRIGG) having at length restored peace to the island, has issued several Proclamations re specting the future government of the Candian ter ritories ; one of which contains the following clause ; " It is also directed, that on entering the hall of au dience, every person shall make obeisance to the portrait of his Majesty, there suspended : and as well there as in any other Courts of Justice to the presiding au thority." Advices from the Cape of Good Hope to the 27th of March have been received. 7'he .Cape Town Get, retie of the 13th contains a Proclamation of Martial Law in those districts where the rebellious Cafftes were then carrying on their depredations. It appears, however, by the same Paper of the 20th, that a speedy prospect existed of these marauders being re dOced to submission, or driven across the frontiers. The extent of the insurrection itself seems to have been exaggerated. It was begun, in the first instance, ,by three Chiefs, named Sambie, Congo, and Lynx, of subordinate note; but one of the most powerful of them, named Hinza, kept aloof during the aggres sions, and took care to convey to the Governor assu rances of his peaceable disposition. The rebellious party, with the whole of the plunder they had col lected, had concealed themselves in a thick wood. A strong force wars immediately sent against them. A great scarcity of wheat existed at the Cape, in con. sequence of which, the Governor, Lord CHARLES . Sommer, had issued a Proclamation, requiring the farmers and others to make a return of the stock On hand, in order to husband the resout ces of the cololvit 7 "r' PROCLAMATION. " Whereas, information' has been reetiied that the •Iti r e r Chiefs, who are at variance with the principil 'Chief, Oaths, have entered the province of Albany (Zunrwild, severol rections, and have conunitted great and 0 411" devastations, and murders. , " Now, in order to put a sop to - • thought proper to call out a cossiderab ' fr,_ the interior districts, for the purpose of driving those marauders over the knows tioundarits of this his Majesty's settlement ; and I have further thought proper to send a military force to' support the same, under the command of Lleuteruutt-Colonel Wiltshire, of his Majesty's 58th Regiment of Poet, whom I haveed to the command of the whole of this united force . " pare, therefore, to give notice, that from and after the promulgation of these presents martial law shall be in force within the drosdies of Graaf-Ileynel, Ultenhage, and all such places in which the aforesaid force shall be employed, for all cases connected with the assembling and conducting the afore said corronnado, and continue to be in force until the object thereof be accomplished, of which the aforesaid commanding, or senior Officer for the time be.ng, duly authorized by us, shall give public notice, but without prejudice to the usual course of law in all other matters whatsoever.—Goo save the King. " Given under my band and seal at the Cape of Good Hope, this 3d day of March, 1819. (Signed) "C. H. Samsun.. " By 11. Excellency's command, " C. BIRD, See. A Gentleman who left the Cape of Good Hope on the 25th of March, states, that Gaika, the King of the Caffres, had surrendered himself to Major Fraser, and was on his way to Cape Town. He also states the Caffres had joined the Bushmen, and their force is thereby considerably increased. Saturday night the PRINCE RenENT arrived 2t Carlton-house from his cottage in Windsor Park.— Yesterday the Duke of Youx and the Duchess of GtoucesTEß visited his Royal llighness. The LORD CHANCELLOR, Viscount CASTLEREAGH, and the VICE-CHANCELLOR, had audiences of the PRINCE REGENT, at Carlton-house. Friday, the Princess AUGUSTA was present at the Ascot heath Race-course. The Patrice REGENT had numerous parties to dinner daily, at his cottage, during the Races. The Princess SoPHIA rides out daily on horseback in Windsor Park, whet] the wea ther permits. Yesterday the Duke of YORK attended divine ser vice at the Chapel Royal, St. James's. His Royal Highness is so much recovered from his late fracture of his arm, that he is enabled to drive himself in his single horse chaise. Yesterday Divine. Service was performed at Carl ton Ilnuse by the Rev. F. H. BLOMBERG and the Rev. Dr. STANIER CLARKE. On Friday the Persian Ambassador, accompanied by Lord MELViLLE, Sir GORE OUSELEY, and others, visited the Tower, and afterwards proceeded in the Admiralty barge to visit Greenwich Hospital. The report noticed in the American papers, of the Duke de SAN CARLOS having, in a letter to a friend at the Havanhah, stated that Cuba had been ceded to this country, is contradicted from authority. OA the 15th ultimo, the port of Cronstadt was en tirely free from ice, and 50 vessels had arrived there since the opening f the navigation. Newfoundland Papers to the 12th ultimo, received on Saturday, state that the seal fishery had been un commonly successful. Between thirty and forty ves sels were employed in it from St. John's, and 16<2 from Conception Bay. Dispatches have been received at the Admiralty, from Jamaica. They announce the departure of Ad miral Sir HOW& PoPHAM, iti the Iphigenia frigate, Captain PARKER, to visit some of the places under his orders. The Sybille frigate, Captain PoPitAst, had sailed on a cruize. The Wasp sloop of war, and the Serapis hospital ship had arrived there from Ports= mouth on the sth and 7th ultimo. Letters from Jamaica of the 18th April state, that Sir GREGOR M'GREGOR had arrived at Old Provi dence, which, as our Readers arc already apprised, has been for some months in the occupation of the force under Commodore AURY. Preparations were making for a disembarkation on the Main. As Don JUAN ELIAS LOPEZ, formerly Governor of Cartha gena, accompanied Sir GREGOR, it was the general opinion that the Expedition would be, in the first in stance, directed ag ainst that city. Auay ' s cruizers had, a short time before the arrival of Sir GREGOR M'GREooR, taken three Spartish vessels, one of which was laden with provisions, including 1.500 quintals of salt beef. The bilander, the Friends, had sailed for Old Providence, with about twenty of MlGnEoort's followers, who had been left at Jamaica. The Friends had also on board a cargo of bacalao, and other provisions. It was calculated that the' supplies already collected would be sufficient to sub sist the joint force of AWRY and 141.Gnitooa for five months. Their united Squadron consisted of ten vessels, well armed, manned, and equipped, and . morel 'than an over-match for any naval force possessed by the Spaniards in those Seas. G. CARROLL has the honour of calling the atten tion of the Public to the State Lottery which will be ALL drawn on the '24th instant. Among other claims to attention, it possesses the novel circumstance of being the smallest Lottery that ever contained Two Prizes of £3o,oooo—ln the last Contract CARROLL sold a larger amount of Capitals than any other Office-keeper, amongst which was No. , 706, a prize of 20,000 Guineas.—No. 19, CORNHILL, Ox- FORD-STREET. The Bill to relieve parsons compounding for their Assessed Taxes, from an annual assessment, for three years, has been printed. One or two of its enactments, which were not men tioned by the CMANCILLOR of the EXCHZQVIIIL in his general de scription of the measure, it may be worth while to communicate to our Readers. Every composition on dwelling-houses, entered into under this Act, shall cease at the end of the year, if the parsons entering into It shall remove from such dwelling-houses within that year ; and all compositions in respect of other articles now subject to assessment, shall in like manner cease, by the dcatb, bankruptcy, insolvency, or assignment of effects, of the party compounding. The composition monies ate to be paid quarterly, in the same manner as the Assessed Taxes. Persons paying the composition in advance, are to receive a discount at acertain rate per cent. per annum. The rate is not yet filled up. When any person applies to the Commissioners for the Assessed Tar of the district in which he resides, to compound, Surveyors are to be appointed, to examine his assessments for the last year, and his returns for the present one. The object of thi s cl a u se i s to guard against . those frauds which might otherwise be at- I tempted. The Surveyors employed in the execution of this Act, are to have an allowance of additional salaries. When the com positionsve not duly paid at the times prescribed, Collectors may distrain for the money in arrears PitIESTCRAFT!—An Abbe lately catechizing in the Church of St. Nizier some young people who were making their first communion, thus addressed them: " If your fathers and your mothers command you to do any thing contrary to the Church, and unfortu nately, now-a-days, this is but too often the care, what would you,do?" None of the children made ,any2nswer to this question. The Abbe . continued in viif ! ,ines , :„.4 , Without "......ng Wanting in respect or al piety, you will do 111 that you can to free IroPsiselvesirom their controul." Strange language! tihitti druid. be edif t t o inagpo nobody, but which may . t .. f6:44. ht en men srelates whose business it is stitor ties proiffiatork of evangelical. doctrines. • *ch .Papq..., . . , . : t 1 . :1 , ..-.. :`.•'''' awl. i ; i' Ij t ~I;.T ~.. ~' i ne t = ab k ' ! So exi • tin 1 arl 111: %V i THE ARMY. The 10th Light Dragoons, or Prince Regent's Os; are arrived at Edinburgh. Wednesday, a Troop of the ht, or King's Dea goot Guards, commanded by Captain MAxwet..., qua , tered at Linlithgow for some months past, marched thence for Ireland. The detachment of the I st Ds igoon Guards, whi c h has been quartered at Dumfries for some time pa; marched on Friday se'nnight for Ireland. The whole of the 13th Regiment have arrived Hilsea Barracks, from Jersey. The Loyal Briton, Borodino, London, and James, transports, with the 21st Regiment of Foot tat board, from Portsmouth, arrived at Barbadaes n the 224 of April. The 4th, sth, and 9th Regiments, which left r ut . chester garrison in the early part of the year, for th e West Ind ies, sic static •^d as fallx.v :--Head.qu ar . tens of the 4th at Grenaua, and dt tAchments to serve in Tobago and Trinidad; the s:h at Antigua, s t , Kitt's, aad Nlontscrrat ; the head-ill:titers of th e 9th at Sr. Vincent, with detachments in St. Luci a and Dominica. Monday a soldier of the Rifle Brigade unforta. nately had his leg broken, whileendeavonrin z to stop a horse which hAid run away with a cart, ar.J w , ts proceeding with great violence through the street, at Gosport. A general change of quarters in the Army in Ire. land, is to take place this month. . . On the Ktso'a Birth-day, the whole of the troops forming the Garrison of Dublin were brigaded anti* Phoenix Park ; they consisted of the follo.ving corps: a division of Artillery, the - 3d Dragoon Guards, and 14th Light Dragoons—the Ist, 7th, 42d, and 91st, battalioas of Infantry. The line was of cOnsideralsk extent, and, being formed of such highly-distia. guished and effective Regiments, presented a ve r y i n . teresting military spectacle. The LORD LiEL72. NANT's appearance on the review ground, at rat o'clock, was complimented by the usual discharge of artillery. His Excellency wore a military umlonx, and was attended by his suite. The Countess 'FALAI; in a state carriage, with a suitable retinue, and a Guard of Honnnr. arrived nn the ground with tie LORD LI!'UTENA NT, and accompanied his Excellency in his inspection of the line. The movements of the troops were peculiarly martial and steady, and were greatly ace :fired by a prodigious concourse of spec. tators of all descriptions, The scene, generally speak. ing, was singularly splendid. Several rows of band. some equipages extended along two sides nearly of the square within which the troops moved. After paying a formal compliment to the VICEROY, the troops were marched from the field to their quarters, The day was un:ommonly favourable. Saturday last the remains of Lieutenant-Gencral Sir JAMES CAMPBELL, of Inverneil, Bart. G.C.H. and K.S.F. were interred in Westminster Abbey, in the same spot where are laid those of his uncle, the late General Sir A RCN !BALD CAMPBELL, K.B. DUELS AT GIBRALTAR.—The following is said, on the authority of an Officer of the 64th Regiment, to be a more correct detail than that formerly publibhed of the recent Duels at Gibraltar, between sortie Arne. ricans, belonging to the United States sloop Eri!, and some Officers of the 64th: " On the 2z4 of Maffh, Captaiff Johnsorf. of that filament was on duty at the main guard, when some Americans wee brought in by a centry, for being without lights, on their retina from the Play, contrary to the garrison regulation. Captain John son sent men to see them home, but one of them, named Archi bald Taylor, attempted to escape from the men, and used insult ing language to them on which Captain Johnson ordered kin to the crib. When he was released, be demanded midst. tion froth Captain Johnson, which was refused, on the grossed that he had acted according to his orders: saeh after 'rafts sad, and Capt. Johnson rectiVed a Message from Mr. Browne, Sargent of the Erie, demanding satisfaction for his tat:4r: it to Taylor. This was accepted ; they met, and fired at eight paces distance. Three shots each were fired without effect ; but in the foe* Captain Johnson shot Mr. Browne in the thigh. By this moat the latter reserved one of his fires for a considerable time, tort the better aim at Captain Johnson. Lieut. Stockton, of the Erie, then took his friend Brown's place, and Captain Johnson ad he were about to renew the combat, when a serjeant's goad came up. Next day Stockton and Johnsen met ; when the lot. mer proposed an unlimited time to take aim. This was, door" opposed by Captain Johnson's second, who was obliged togire Stockton one of his principals pistols, he baling brought vane of his own to the field. They *ere then about to Are from the same distance as in the tint duel; bit Stockton proceeded collie aim at Capt. Johnson, steadying the pistol by laying theme.* of it over his left hand. This was of course objected to; and theyhad only time to fire one shot when the guard again cantor. They were both unhurt, though Stockton's ball passed tiro* Capt. Johnson's great coat. The Americans then went away, Stockton's friend declaring himself satisfied with the eoedret of Captain Johnson. The second quarrel arose in consequence d an American coming to the guard-house, whose appearance we unlike an Officer ; and after being allowed by Ensign Nun, who was on duty, to have the draw-bridge lowered Ist order to hail the United States, came back and abused Ensign Nuts, because he had answered him while lying on his guard-bet —He gave his name as Huhafries, Purse of the United States frigate, and soon brought in another to witness his abuse of lite sign Nutt, which the latter very properly reported to his Com minding Officer. The next day, the person who had came hos the guard-room with Humfries, brought a challenge to Ewa Nutt from the Purser, stating his own name to he Montgomery. and that he was Surgeon of the Erie. Ensign Nutt having rea suited his brother Officers, not to make it a persons] affair, as he had only done his duty by making it a public one : be, there fore, sent a note by Captain Freetb, refusing, on this ground, Hum ' fries's challenge ; but Montgomery, to whom the note was addressed, having called Ensign Xutt a coward in Capt. Preeties presence, the latter instantly challenged him, and was wounded by Montgomery. As soon as this cattle to Ensign Nutt's tans he challenged Montgomery, who refused, alledging that he bad met his friend, Captain Freeth ; and next day the Erie sailed, — From this it will be seen, that Mr. Nutt was as little to blame as Captain Johnson, and that in point of gallantry, where the honour of a friend was attacked, the British Officers were quite as forward to become their champion as the Citizens of Ame rica. While we lament that these disputes should have arisen, we cannot help observing, that the conduct of the Officers of the 64th was such as to entitle them to the approbation of theig fellow-soldiers throughowe the empire." LIMERICK, JUNE s.—We understand, that in ad. dition to the man killed, no less than fourteen per sons were wounded at the fair of Killaloe, on Tucs. day, The disposition to riot was manifested at the opening of the fair, but at the suggestion of a few persons, who did not wish so have the transactions of tke mart dispensed with, suggested to the turbulent, that in order to gratify themselves, by retiring to an adjacent field, their diseates might be settled, without at all interfering with the business of the fair.. Accordingly, both the parties complied, when operations immediately commenced, by the firing of a regular volley of musketry and other small arms. A charg most then made by the oit numerous pen/ upon their opponents with cutlasses, scythes, etc. aad the havoc they made was truly alirgung-