Star. — London, England, 1818-02-20 00:00:00

rrtt Isms orlered to Ir., received the Report of the Madder Du given to bring in a MI to coati- id reading of the Gambling Sap iervations from Mr. Baran, Sir CHART, the Bill was withdrawn, (Mix would bring forward ano- Lijourned. EVON COUNCIL, I,YOR held a Special Court the purpose of petitioning to the conduct of Minsters ct, and that no Bill of In- EXECITTIONS. respecting the production mittee respecting the late ced and read, and merely ptroller had written to the mittee, but that these Gen- The inquiry into the dis !cutioner ha.l not been gone fore the next Court. rated, that as Mr. Sheriff , the Cburt probably would delay which took place._ declared, that he now rose I :address . the Court on this hich had so much attracted -; w•as persuaded, that were he Fuaire of the case, it would tate the public feelings. He t his colleague was not now I tat he was now to submit to ; a public charge had been c, and on that account he , le Committee, considering take his statement publicly, is might be satisfied. He are that he was actuated by Is of humanity and duty as that Court—(Hear, hear, g his duty on the late me- . fisted he had properly exer doing every thing in }is dition of the unhappy delin he Sunday prior to the exe4; nd not only furnished then . ying their wants, but:gave their bodieiltrileig decently e fees being paid, in order axed . up to their friends— distressing to him in the ex tse, and he therefore merely tent of approaching the fatal omen were in such a state, Oat forward they must have ensible they were entering ace of Gota--(Hear!). Be -1 recollect, that when they trusted them with discre it, therefore, to have eon& p fell at 20 or 25 minutes' ng even rather in a sudden This might have occasioned djusted; and as one of the to salute her, this also might. her case being wrong. He nscience declare, that he did . place till the drop fell, and satisfactorily explained the' !ar, hear, hear !). he motives by which he was before the Court, and con tisfied with the explanation me time, he condemned the er, as shameful and abomi hear, hear),--and such con test inquiry, on account of l nature, he hoped it would over without notice. He re prepared with evidence on lered the most flagrant ever r, hear.) was well satisfied with the Indeed, no man who had 'al office could be unmoved At the awful moment of mart could be callous. He case having been brought the City Lands Committee of examining those serious ,een brought forward against indispensably requisite that i not be trifled with, or any usted there would, therefore, ig a strict inquiry into the dividual had conducted him- confident, that every heart he f.?eling::, so humanely ex In respect to the sufferings of but he must wholly dissent the charge against his col !I by objecting to the present ,ying the bodies into the prison town. zs having come into Court, Resolution, in effect, that it Court, that when any Corn !le attendance of the Sheriffs, attending, act beneath the dig- ES said. his only object in re the Committee, was from a lity of the office. NA9th respect d to say, that the men were and he did not think it proper d with it in their mouths to Mr. D.) if half an hour makes :hall, in the name of goodness, r an hour earlier the next time. general indignation, and was followed Several Members addressed the ;h satisfaction with tho explanation .sore, to whom a vote of Thanks was was made for in cluding Sheriff De-, rejected, and the motion of Thanks irawn. Mr. Watvffstacr expressing ;used in Court would be equally !a an, and it was withdrawn on the ;saran not being includod, it might on his conduct. Several Gentle:nen the conduct and humanity of Mr. : he L-4 spoken as he did, flow nut being neetignme,l to ad4ress the Court. The buitieu WU then amicably terminated. BILL OF INDEMNITY. Mr. WAITHhIAN rose to submit a motion on this most important subject to the Court, stating his at tention not to delay them long. It was obvious that without the protection of the liberty of the subject,. life itself was not safe; for if a Government usurped the power of imprisoning whenever they chose, with out giving the accused the benefit of trial by Jury, there was no saying where such tyranny would end —( Hear, hear). 14ence this great principle of pro tecting liberty had at an early period been recognised by our ancestors, being declared both in Magna Charta and the Petition of Rights, for it was well known that the Habeas Corpus Act gave no new rights to the people. At the same time, it was strik ing to observe the time in which thit celebrated Act took place. It was in the tyrannical reign of Charles the Second—a reign in which the blood of our pest and noblest Patriots had been shed, among whom the names of Russell and Sidney ranked high— (hear, hear). At that time plots were commonly hatched to deprive the subject of freedom ; the pri sons were-crowded with the victims of tyranny, and judgments were passed which were afterwards re versed at the glorious era of the Revolution. But the Members of the Legislature sheaved a most dig nified spirit then, declaring by their conduct that they were assembled, not for mere purposes of taxa- , tion and money levying, but for protecting the people. They therefore enacted.this most valuable law, consi 4ering that the liberty of the subject constituted the glory of the country. Now a different line of conduct was adopted, for whenever the Minister felt the people troublesome with their complaints, or his own power beginning to shake, he came down to the House, de scribed in alarming terms the disaffection of the coun try, and selected a Committee, consisting of himself, his colleagues, creatures and pensioners, to report to the House. Even when the Pretender was alive, and actual rebellion existed in the council , : it was thought a bold act to suspend the Habeas:Corpus, but now when rebellion had ceased, whoa the alarms of war had subsided, secret plot* were formed by execrable Wretches, hired anfliaid by Ministers, to put a stop to the cornp4iDis• of the People, to fake advantage of the existing distresses, to work on the irritated publiOseling, and, for the accomplishment of these diahtilc-al ends, to describe themselves as acting under , Ihe direction of persons of the first character in the country—(hear ' heir, hear.) Such outrages, such total disregard of every thing sacred, made one blush for the country we lived in, and to doubt whether we had actually good and salutary laws. So refined had Ministers become in iniquity, that a bare sus picion of any individual made him their victim, and led them to suspend the Act whenever they pleased ; and it-was singular to observe, that while at one mo ment we were told of the prosperity, happiness, and loyalty of theconntry, we were the next moment in formed, that though the general body was sound, yet a spirit of disaffection prevailed, which nothing but the Suspension Act could remove. For the last twenty years, affairs had been said to be well con ducted; yet, was it not obvious that our workhouses were filled to excess, and an increased number of pri sons found inadequate to contain. the delinquents ? Misters felt the country wee &wadies& with their psalm; and they had the daring presumption to describe WI as high disaffection to the Constitution! He was welawase that the narration °iamb fame was painful to some, and :laughed at by mheriaisut. he-esseiMmea-thefselinge et him who could .thue laugh at his country's woe.—(tea:, *ear.) Repeatedly had the friends of reform been branded with the name. of Jacobite; but could the Court fail to observe in what manna the people now so grossly insulted, were cajoled, whets the cosign teemed tom in danger from invasion? and were the country again to be tltr tened, he had no doubt arms would be put into the wry handsof those who were now called traitors. It was the eternal disgrace of this country that such a system of Spies had been saucticemsk . Good Goo! Had England now come to this, that her jails were crowded with persons drawn into the mare, by the' esacrible creatures paid by Ministers ; that them unfortunate victims of tyranny were sent exposed from city to city, and village to vil lage then immured in unkesitz e isEal , de dungeons, their characters blasted, their property their children sent to the workhouse, and perhaps with bro hearts to the grave, while themselves were Ironed, and when they complained, were refused all redress, because one of their characters was perhaps too good, and another too bad—(laud and repeated opplanses)?— Was it possible to look at the manner in which the prisoners in Scotland had been treated, and one man tampered with, and yet not feel indignation at seeing all investigation refused ? The worthy Member then alluded to the prosecutions of Hone, and observed, that the Jury could scarcely restrain their laughter at the farce carried on under the mask of protecting religion. A late Attorney-General, well known to be a man of ddicate nerves (d letup , 1)--had been so shocked at the Parodies, that be could not find strength to read them ; and yet hie successor bad taken care to give them every publicity. On the whole, it was di► gusting to human nature, it was insulting to the character of Englishmen, to see the detestable system of espionage and ty ranny now introduced into this once free ltd happy, but now degraded country ; and be therefore should conclude with read ing a Resolution (see Advertisement in our first page) which, he had no doubt, would meet with the support of the Court, as they had formerly expressed their opinion of the Suspension Act—(Hear, hear, bear.) Mr. Fawns seconded the motion, considering he was bound to do so from a regard to consistency of character. After the very able manner in which the cau.e had been advocated by his worthy friend, it was not necessary for him to say more than r xpress his decided conviction of the motion meeting the "Prot of the Court. The motion being then read, and no reply made, it wall car ried by a great rn ijority, only a few individuals opposing it. THE EVENING STAR. LONDON. t-TIIREE PRIZES OF £10,000.- One Hundred Capitals.—Twelve Pipes cf Port.— Wednesday, 4th March, Lottery draws. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1818. THE FUNDS. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT TWELVE IiCLOCK Reduced 80i—Cons. 791 I—Cons. for Acc. 791-1 4. per Cent. 99n —Navy Annuities 106-11 India Bonds 100 pr.—Etch. Bills 18 27 pr. The late hour at which the Hamburgh Mail of yesterday arrived, prevented us from doing more than briefly extracting the notice of the reigning King of SWEDEN'S Death ; but we do not find on looking into the details respecting it, that we have any thing new or important to add. His Majesty was nearly seventy years of age, and experienced during his illness the most tender attentions from the CROWN PRIMO; to whose accession to the Throne, as settled by the States of the Kingdkun, we see little probability of there being any opposition. This morning a Dutch MAU arrived. We learn by accounts from Brussels, brouglit by this conveyance, that the Police at Paris have caused several persons to be arrested on suspicion of being concerned in firing the pistol at the Duke of W;LLINGTON. The news of this event, as might be expected, caused a great sensation in Holland, especially among the 1 , English residents. _ _ The fall of tke prices of Corn in the Northern French Departments has tended to reduce the prices in Flanders ; where, besides, the winter corn presents a most promising appearance. _ . On the 11th of February, the union of the two Protestant Congregations at the Hague was cele brated, on which occasion Mr. VETTER, Clergyman of the Congregation of the Reformed, performed the usual Divine Service, after which be adminis tered the Sacrament, in conjunction with Mr. Onyx wAt.o, the Lutheran clergyman. This solemnity made a great impression on a numerous audience. 'A circumstance, not uncommon in Holland, took place at Schredam on the 9th inst. A widow, named Maria Busscher, born at Beckon, in 1711, celebrated with her children, the eldest of whom is about 80 years of age, the 107th anniversary of her birth-day, In perfect health. NA VAL INTELLIGENCE. FALMOUTH, FEBRUARY 17. Wind B.—Arrived 'the Duke of Marlborough pac ket, from Lisbon in ten days. PLYMOUTH, FEBRUARY lc Arrived the Resolution,. LEE, from St. Andero, for London. PORTSMOUTH, FEBRUARY IP. Wind S. S. W.—Arrived the London, DUNCAN, from London, for Tobago, and sailed again this after nootL Sailed the Duke of York, FINLAvsoN, for St. Michael's; and Joseph and Jane, for Guernsey. DEAL, FEBRUARY 19. Wind S., and thick fog.—Arrived and sailed for the River the Fortitude, )01INSON, from Seville ; Al fred, MAIN, from Waterford ; Good Intent, HoPELT, from Boulogne ; and the American ship.Oris, from the westward, for orders, with lose of anchor anal cable. Came down from the River the General Graham, WERTHERHIAD, for Madras and Bengal; Java, THOMSON, for Batavia; Fortitude, Woats, for Rio Janeiro; Tontine, PURLEY, for Philadelphia; Loyal Briton, ELLINGHAM, for Jamaica ; Hannah, PEARSON, for Brest ; George, THOMSON, for Belfast ; Mary, NEWPORT, for Dublin ; Narova, DAVIS, for Honduras; Deptford, WILLIAMS, for Dublin ; Mars, EVANS, for Liverpool; Astrea, WILSON, for Cork; Fanny, —, for Montseratt ; Charles, Snonte, for Tenerife ; Maria, LOVEY, for Newfoundland ; and remain with the ourirard. bound, as per last. DARTMOUTH, FEBRUARY is. Arrived the Dart, SILLY, from Lisbon ; and the Shakespeare, LIDDELL, from Gibraltar. DOVER. FEBRUARY am. Wind S. E.—Sailed yesterday afternoon the Tra falgar, Captain HARE, with his Excellency Count de PAMaLA, for Calais ; also the King George with the -Calais Mail; and the Lord Duncan packet, Captain Pascoe...with a Mail and passengers for Ostend.— Arrived this morning the Princess Charlotte packet, Captain HALLAtros, with a Mail and passengers from Ostend.—Sailed this morning the Lord Duncan pac ket, Captain HAMILTON, with the Calais Mail. GRAVESEND, FEBRUARY IP. Arrived theVrew Jacobus, Bink, from Antwerp ; Melville, Smith, from St. Andero ; Providence Mitchell, from Lisbon ; Fanny, Beattie, from Hamburgh ; h ope, Leach, from Lisbon ; Lonack, Driscoll, from Bombay; Prince Regent, Rogers, from Amsterdam; and Christina, Fotheeingham, from Antwerp.— Sailed the Andromeda, Sugtrue, foe Jamaica ; the Perseverance, Scott, for St. Thomas s; Starling,lierrett, for Malta; Liverpool, Cowley, for Maranham ; Harmony, Jones, for Antwerp ; and the Minerva, Scholl, for ditto. CUSTOM-HOUSE, FEBRUARY 19. - - Swum imam) Imrsaas.-11:e Goede Hoop, and Bastian', from Rouen ; Alert, from St. Michael's ; Mara, from Lisbon ; Longford, from Pernambuco ; Letitia, Tennant, from Belfast ; Staff of Life, from Cork; William Dickson, from St. Michael's; ', Summer, from Lisbon; Hannah, from I Lunburgh ; Vittoria,' and Mary, from Charante ; Providence, from Lisbon; Bonne Henriette, from Rouen ; William, from Cita:ante ; Ellen, from Bourdtraux ; Phyllevea, from Sake ; Hope, from Lisbon ; Nimble, from Santa eruz ; Violet, from Cork; Constance, from Hachures ; Fanny, from ditto; Harriet, from Copen hagen ; Perseverance, from Amsterdam ; and Cato, from Ham burgh..---Gorwasaw—The Harriet, for St. Michael's • May- Flower, for Quebec and Montreal ; Amide, for Calais ; Orwell, for India and China; Henry Porcher, for Inds; Mary, for Stettin ; Scaleby Castle, for India and China; Nelly, for Stettin ; Chance, for Ltamburgh ; Agnes, for Malta, Syracuse, and Mrs , sins; Latvia, for Demerara; Princess of Wales, for Calais ; Europe, for Madeira, Fort George and Fort William. The Eliza, DAVIS, from America to Lubeck, up set in the Baltic on the 12th ultimo, and was aban- doned by the crew. The Paula, ANDREAssm, from Lisbon to Trieste, was carried into the Island of Melida, and sold by the Master : she arrived at Palermo the sth Decem- ber, and has been seized there. The brig Derwent, of Workington, JOHN BOWMAN master, from Philadelphia, with staves, tobacco, &c. for orders, arrived at Cove on Thursday sennight. On the 6th ult. in lat. 39. long. 62. picked up a boat with the crew of the ship Sally, of and from New York, JOHN BOUCH master/ with a cargo of staves, for Limerick ; she hiving proved leaky, they aban doned her. In the STAR of the 14th instant, we stated, on the authority of the French Papers, that the Favourite packet of Dover was wrecked near Calais on the 4th instant. The fact, we understand, is, that this vessel got on shore in a snow squall, but got off again in about three hours, withditt damage, and arrived safe in Calais harbour nearly as soon as the passengers who landed from her when on shore, reached that town. It is now stated with confidence, that the destina tion of the line-of-battle ships, which we mentioned some days ago, is Copenhagen ; and' the object is to bring to England her Serene Highness the Princess of DENMARK, the affianced bride of the Duke of CLARENCE. His Royal Highness the Duke recom mends his friend, Admiral Sir HENRY BLACKWOOD, to the agreeable duty of conducting the expedition. THE ARMY. • STAFF IN GREAT BRITAIN AND IRICLAND, roa 11112. A ATER& ' I Assistant-Adjutant-G:2ml. I Deputy JO. do. 1 Quarter-Master-GeocraL • Depot-Ldp. 2 MUSLIM do. • 2 Deputy do. do. SET, AND otiROSIST. 7 Majors of Brigade. 5 Aosist.-Qr.-Master-Geoerph. .AND. HEAD-Q 1 I Fwd-Maraltal. 4 Aides44-Camp. I Secretary. .1 Chaplain. Adjutant-General Deputy-Adjutant-General. sol7lll BRITAIN, 7 Major:Generals. AWes-do.Cansp. 1 Major-GeneraL 1 Aidc-oo•(`antp. SCOTT Deraty-Adjuiant-General. 1 IREL. 1 Principal Asssistant- Adjut.- General. 7 Assistants do. 1 Assistant Deputy do. do. 1 Quarter-Master-Oeuenl 1 Deputy do. do. 5 Assistants do. do. 2 Lispectors of Clothing. 2 Majors of ihigade. ONED IN FRANCE. MIRY. 2d Dragoon Guards. 11th Light Dragoons. 3d Dragoons. l2th Light Dragoons (Lancer') :th Light Dragoons (Hunan). 111th Light Dragoons (11suan) WCorps of Cavalry. gon rain-..t . Tr oops. Fatabliabanant of Crater Corp-124 rank and. Sle. INFANTRY. 1 Dslostf-Quarter-Master.Go. - sera. 1 Major of Brigade. END. 1 Commander of Fours. 3 Aides-de-Camp. 1 Secretary. 1 Lieutenant-GeneraL 2 Aides-de-Camp. 7 Major-Generals. 7 Aides-de-Camp. 1 Adjutant-GeneraL 1 Deputy do. CORPS NOW STATJ Fcan-Granno;-.lst, or Oseaadier Resitnent, 34 Battalion. 24, OF Cohiatrons, 241 Battalion. , • Riontrwrs ae. Foon-341, Oth, 3thaftk, 741, fttr, 234, 99th, 39th, 434, Sad, . 374 1 / 4 71st, 7922, •,. Bite Brigade-1K and Sd Battalions. Staff (..kap,altrite_ Cointies. Batablialuneni of o leanni-- rank and me.' CORPS STATIONED IN INDIA. CA VA L RY. Art .1 Bth, 17th, 2111, and 42d—Farablislunent, 840 rank and Me. INFANTRY. Ist, or Royal Scots, 2d Battalion, 14th, 17th, 114th, - 20214 54th. 46th, 47th, 53d, 59th, 65th, 67th, 69th, 117th, •9th.— £stablishment, 1000 rank and file. _ _ The Governon.at the Cape of Good Hope, Ceylon, and °Mo nitor, receive no Staff Pxy as General Officers. The 84th regiment, from Galway, is r.ow stationed at Fermoy. Yesterdar, at two o'clock, the PRINCE lIECENT held a Court aftarhon House, which was numerously at tended. Soort after his Royal Highness held a Chap ter of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, at Whkh the Marquis of ANCILESE was elected a Knight of the Garter, in the room of the Marquis of ARERCORN. The Prince of Huss HOMBERO attended a Ball at Wq.us's Rooms, on Wednesday night. Yesterday his Serene Highness received visits from the Duke of CUMBERLAND, the Vice-Chamberlain to the Queen, the Judge Advocate, &c. His Serene Highness visited the Duke and Duchess of GLoucrsrEn, the Duchess Of WELLINGTON, the Marquis of HUNTLEY, Lord ST. HELENS, and Mr. WELLESLEY POLE. Prince ESTERHAZY gave a superb Entertainment. yesterday, at Chaudos-House;to the Pa ;Noe R /IGEN T. Among the distinguished party to meet his Royal Highness, were— HU Serene Highness the Prince of Hew Homburg, the Duhe and Duchess de Sea Carlos, the Count sad Giantess Lieven, the Ambauader from the King of the Netherlands, the Marquis sod Marchioness of Herttord, this Marquis and Marchioness d'Ospted. the Jilarquis of Anginas, be Marquis `the' Es ii 'rind Countess Hathurq, Lord and Lady Castlereagh, Lord Stewart, Baron llumbolat, Sir B. Bloomfield, &c. &c. Lord Halves and family are arrived at the Waterloo Motel, in Jermyn-street, from their seat, in Yorkshire. Join! Smtarorat, Esq. kft the above Hotel for his seat, Pun. Lord CARILAGION arrived at the St. Petersborgh Hotel, Do ver-street, from the Contiutnt. Mr. and Mrs. Tamom and family and Mr. Ss. Gamma, art& ved at the Pulteney Hotel, Piccadilly. The Earl of BELFAST'S coming of age was celebrated at Belfast se Monday se'imight with the utmost festivity and unbounded testimonials of affection and joy. The dinner of the Highland Society takes place to-morrow, when it is to be hoped the Members will not be unmindful, in their liberality, of their brave countrymen, who have been lately exhibiting at the Lyceum (English Opera-House), in the Strand, in such perfection those powers of music and leas of sword tranship for which their native hills are famous. The share of patronage which they have received hum the citizens of London, has not, we fear, been such as to afford them any thing like an adequate reward for the distance they have travelled, and the great exertions they have made. Most of them have fought and bled in the battles of their country, and that is a merit which might gild even the brightest accom plishments. The amount of Bank Notes in circulation, on the 12th of January last, was 30,619,4401. being !Pine thing above two millions more than on the corre sponding day in January, 1817. The increase is entirely in notes above 51. in the smaller rotes there has been a decrease of about 750,0004 The amount of unclaimed dividends, on the sth ult. Was 1,122,4091. 13s. sd.—Lottery prizes not claimed 10,857k—Total 1,133,2661. 13s. se.—Ad vanced to Government,' pursuant to the 31st and 48th Geo. 111. 1,033,2531. Ss. 2d.—Balance in the hands of the Bank 99,743/. 10s. 3d. William Haitch, who murdered the young woman in Unioa-street, Middlesex Hospital, on Saturday last, as stated in our Paper of Tuesday. in so barba rous a manner, and who was this morning to have been brought up for trial at the Old Bailey, has an ticipated the sentence of the law by his own hands. At half-Past eight this morning he was found by the turnkey weltering in his blood, haying cut his throat from ear to ear with a razor, which had come i nto his hands in some manner not explained. Life was quite extinct. Thus it is that crime leads to crime. David Evans, whose case must be fr es h i n t h e me mory of our Readers, charged with the wilful murder of his wife on the 10th January, at their lodgings, Falconbergh-court, Crown-street, St. Ann's, was morning arraigned at the Bar of the Old Bailey, and his trial - was still going on when our Paper went to Press. - - CORN EXCHANGE, MARK -LANE, FEBRUARY 20.-- Although we had but little fresh corn at market this morning, the sale of all grain was heavy, and Barley is from Is. to 2s. per quarter cheaper for the middling qualities. Oats are Is. per quarter cheaper, in con sequence of the ports being now open for importa tions from abroad. Foreign Wheat and Earley are also admissible. % • ~. ' 1 i 'c i 4 1' i • . 4 ! ' '., . : 44 i 1 1 r # .. t ! , : t. ' 1 / 1 '4 1 I 1 1 1 i. ' i 1 . 44, i ‘ ; ! i 1 I ' , • ' i/ '1 , • • • . , .( ?I 1 i ) ' I . ,i. 1 , 0 , ~I! !! X ' •, i i i. ' 1 ft ... A , t I , . *. VZ . 4 i .• ii i . i - I'• . ' . , Ai 4 • • 'i ' I . :I . '4 . 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