Star. — London, England, 1818-12-02 00:00:00

THE EVENING ScrAR, LONDON. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2, NUL Iroosaot or liza Dtarsrry.—No boohoos done at the Polk (Aces. PETITION TO RAISE THE PRICE OF CORN. On this subject we meet with the following para graph in the Kentish Gazette of yesterday, which de serves particular attention, as it evidently comes from sing or other of the concoctors of- this conspiracy aggnst the poor, and contains an avowal that the if they can carry their measure, are determined . .that 90s. per quarter shall be the minimum price of Wheat : AGRICULTURAL PETITION. " Althotigh the Petition, which has for its object the virtual repeal of the Corn Bill, and the imposing of certain duties upon the importation of Grain in its stead, has been ostensibly with drawn :.ont the places where it lay for signatures in London, the design is by no means altogether abandoned .even there, much ;ea in the country. Names are still subsctibed at ark. lane, though they arc comparatively few in number, and at Croyuo.i, Chelmsford, and other large Market Towns in the' neighbourhood of London, it is publicly exposed and a great number of names have been affixed to the Petition: We alio learn, that in the West of England, the landed proprietors and Carnets are zealous in the prOmotion of the object, and admit ting that k may be ultimately abandoned -in the Metropolis; where there are a great number of jobber; Enterested in the im pertation of foreign Corn, in the country no such motive pre- Irani, and a general pitsuasinn mists, that the price at which fore Wheat should be imported ought to be 90s. per quarter, and Ca .*.nain purpose of the Petition in question ii to peudaci - skis se,c." Reid and lament, ye poor labourers and artizatis! Rzad and reflect, ye legislators, and all who anxiously desire the peace and prosperity of your native coun try !—When the Corn Bill was under discussion, we were told that its operation would be to keep down the prices of Corn, and keep them equal. It has had the effect to raise and keep up the prices, and to bring them at last to that point at which the Bill opens the ports for impottation. No sooner is this arrived, than a wicked attempt is made to destroy the provision of the law for importations when Wheat reaches the excessive price of eighty shillings, and to t have certain duties imposed which shall have the ef- Ifeet to settle the lowest price at ninety shillings. , When the clause raising the importing price from its former standard to eighty shillings was opposed, lon the plea, that—,g rant th.: Agriculturists this ad vance, i.tsteati of being satisfied, their success in carry ' ing•the measure 'will embolden them to apply far a farther advance—according to the old o adage, .., give an inch, and thij will ta'ce an elr—when this was pressed against the increase, it was strenuously (maintained, that the Corn-growers, &c., would rest ' perfectly satisfied. But, no—they now say, Give us ninety shillings!! Listen to them, and they will ul timately feed you with a pip spoon, and demand - one hundred shillings—one hundred and fifty shillings— two hundted shilling ;for nothing cin satisfy the ra pack), of such men. Instead of'sbutting your ports at any time, they eught to be continually open. Then will the people be enabled to bear all their tares ; and, their industry being left unfettered by artificial enhancement of articles of the first stecessity, all will be rich, happy, and contented. We say all—not excepting the land holders and the farmers ; for the price of all other necessaries will fall• with the price of corn. The farmers indeed are fools to seek for permanent high prices, for it is the same as demanding their land lords to raise their rents. And the landlords of all others should wish to see the industry of the country turned to the best account, that by an increase of population, i. t. of payers of taxes, the load that op presses us as a people may the sooner be extinguished. As the strictures of Sir Thomas RAFFLES, on the system and management of the• Dutch Authorities in Java before it came into the hands of the British, have excited mud, attention both here and in I lol land, a work har. been published in the latter coun try, which seems to have owed its origin to a desire to obviate the severity of those animadversions. • Marshal DAENDELS, the late Governor General, has published a kind of Report on the conduct of his Government, under the title of—" State of the Dutch " Possessions in the East Indies, under the direction "'of 11ERNI AN WILLEM DA ENDELS, in the years 1808 " to 1811 ;" in one vol. folio, with three volumes of justificatory documents. Before this instance the Governor Generals gave account of their conduct only to the Council of the Indies, at the Hague, which took sufficient care that nothing in the shape of authentic communication should be published. The Governor begins by delineating, in a general and animated manner, the state of distress and negli gence in which he found the colonies and establish ments of the Dutch East India Company ; from which he proceeds to narrate the efforts he made and the means he employed to preserve them, and if pos sible, to restore them to a state of comparative pros perky. The documents annexed exhibit the direc•• • tions he gave to subordinate officers and governors for this purpose ; with various tables of commerce, of natural productions, &c. proper to convey some idea of Colonial Administration, Then follows a description of the Dutch possessions, which may be divided into three.parts.-1. The City of Batavia and its Territory, including a population_of 200,000 in habitants.'.-2. The Sovereignty of Cheribon, with _~;.- The North-East Coast, with several Regencies, the Island of Madura, and some other smaller Islands, the population of which may amount to 602,000 persons. The Kingdom of Ban tam has been Added since 1808, the population of which may be-about 80,000 inhabitants. The revenue of the whole of these possessions amounted, in 1811 to 10,900,000 rix-dollars ; and the expenses of of Government to 8,700,000 rix-dollars. The Plantations of Coffee (which our Readers will recollect are described as the most oppressive tyranny by the British Governor), according to an official enumeration, amounted to 72,609,860 plants of this shrub. When General DAZNDILLS took the Govern ment, the contents of the Company's Treasury amounted to no more than 569,120 rix-dollars in money, and 533,739 rix-dollars in paper. At this time Java was called on to support seven thousand troops ; there were in the Molucca Islands, at Macasser and Palembang four or five hundred ar tillerymen ; ut the. Governor found this artillery, the engineering service, the public magazines, and the hospitals in the most complete state of dissolu-, Lion ; insomuch, that three years of the most vigo- , rout administration were found insufficient to place , them in a state 'of sufficienCy, in order to meet the attack of the British power, to which they - fell a prey, --~- The private letters from New York to the Bth inst. brought. by . the Francis. Freeling packet, state, that there has been another very considerable depression in all kindc of American Stock. Bank Stock had 'been bought so low as 109. The 6 per Cents. were done at 99—the 7 per Cents. at 102—and the 3 per Cents. at 66. The Exchange upon London was 3 per Cent. below par.! Upon the whole the fall has been nearly 3 per Cent. since the date of our last advices, and it is attributed solely to the great scarcity of money. In order to afford some relief to the Bank, the Republican Government had paid in eight mil-, lions of dollars for the -purpose of paying off the Louisiana Stock, but the relief was only temporary,. and did not produce any m t:erial effect upon the Market. Upon this account ollr eight millions.more remain due, and they will be liqn Lted in the same Manner, at the same time next year. The trta' i lamount of American Stock constituting the National Debt, may be stated at present at 96 millions of dol lars, or about twenty millions sterling, of which 90 millions will be paid off annually. .i 1 • 1 II r 1 . 11 ! , i I t . , i . ( i • . i 1 i . i r 1 I '; I! 1 ! II I , r 1 . NAV.4L INTELLIGENCE. The East India ships Balcarras and Buckingham shire sailed from Boalb.ty the 20th June for China. The Cunning, Thomas Cdutts, Marquis luntly, and Duke of York, were to follow in a few d ays. F:%LMOU'Ifi, NOVEMBER o. Wind S. S. W.—Arrived the Prince„ Charlotte packet, with Mails, from the Leeward Islands, last from St. Tlioma's, in 28 days. PORTAMOUTH, DECEMBER 1. 'Wind W.Arrilied the ship jes.rge, BANsua, from London for the South Setts, Passel.up Chan ne, the Grant, MoirArr, from Utdras, bolded pas sengers here ; M:try, Bitows, front ---. Sailed the Auret, II ZEL rom, for Rio Janeiro, and brought. up again in Cowes Roads ; and London transport, for Deptford. DEA L, DECEMBER 1. Wind S W.—Arrived and sailed for the River the Pilot, PAXTON, fr 'in the Isle of France, sailed 31st August, and fr. m S:. Helena 10th October. Came down from the River the ToHoek. Castle, Wiwi:: ; Lady. Holland, Pown.r.; and Kahl., SHAKESPEARE, for Jamaica ; Lady Harewood, for Grenada ; Caro line, SERGEANT, for Berbice, an 1 remain in the Do•+ns with the rest of the outward-bound u per last. DOVER, DEOEteIDR t •- - - Passed this port the Comet, SACKER, 59 days from Rio Janeiro, for London. RAMSGATE, DECEMBER .1. Wind S. W.—Came in several vessels for shelter. LIVERPOOL, NOV. 29. Arrived the Neptune, Low, from Calcutta; Eliza Ann, STEM e,. from St. Andrew's. (New Brunswick), sailed 31st October: she struck against the King's Dock pier -head, and filled with water. The Bruns wick, NEWMAN, sailed from hence 2.5 th November for Charleston, has put back. SCARI3OROUGII, NOV. 30. . . Wind S.S.W. blows hard.—he Salter, TURNBULL, of South Shields, got or. shore on Filey Bridge, at five o'clock on Sunday morning, and was got off again last night's tide, and brought to this place with considerable damage. SWANSEA, NOVEMBEB so. The ship Sarah, OAKS, from Quebec to London, has been driven up this Channel, and is in so leaky a state that it will be necessary to discharge the cargo, previously to proceeding on her voyage to London. The erection of the Breakwater at Plymouth has proceeded rapidly during the late summer; and the western end is frequently seen above the tide. The statement that the Is*antra. and AtexAm- DER, forming one branch of the Arctic Expedition, had succeeded in determining that there was no Northern communication between what is called Baffiti's Bay and the Pacific Ocean. is now contradic ted. The Officers of the two ships say that they have very little doubt ofa passage, and that they certainly would have discovered it through one of the deep Sounds on the western side of Baffin's Bay, if the season had not been so far advanced, and the great deal of time they lost by going up the Greenland side. It is now known precisely where to look for the pas sage, and all are sanguine of finding it next year. The French 'Journals record, that between the 16th and 24th ult. six packets arrived at Calais from Dover with 74 passengers, and that sixteen packets quitted Calais with 225 passengers; also ninety one trans ports, having on board 112 Officers, 2,334 soldiers, 191 women, 297 children, 1,916 horses, artillery, and baggage. HER LATE MAJES l'Y. This being the day appointed for the interment of the mortal remains of her late Most Excellent MA- Jitsrv, in the Royal Vault at Windsor, the persons who formed the procession on the solemn occasion, assembled at Kew, at eight o'clock in the morning. The procession began to move at ten o'clock, and proceeded to Frogmore in the route and order already stated in this Paper. We yesterday stated that the remains of the late Queen CHARLOTTE were removed from her chamber down stairs into the grand dining-room on the ground floor, and placed in the state coffin, which arrived at Kew Palace between seven and eight o'clock in the evening, from the Manufactory of FRANCE and BANTING, in London. The arrangements were so judiciously made, that the screwing down 01 the state coffin only occupied about two minutes. Prepa rations were then commenced for the lying in state, which occupied several hours. The dining-hall and anti or coffee-mom had been previously hung with black cloth, or, more properly, literally covered; the sides, ceiling, and floors, and the canopy and the sides, if we may be allowed such an expression upon such a solemn occasion, elegantly festooned. Behind, or at the head of the coffin was affixed to the black cloth attached to the room, a silk hatchment, with the late Quegs's Royal Arms. An elegant new pall was placed over the coffin, except a small portion of the foot, which remained uncovered for the public view. On each side of the coffin were placed four silk escutcheons, with the Royal Arms - on them. Near the head of the coffin, on the top, was placed a crown, on a cushion. The coffin was inclosed within a large square space, for the Royal attendants to be stationed, and not to be interrupted by the public, who were to be admitted. On each side of the coffin were three round pillars, covered with black, of the height of the coffin, when ou the tinsels. In each of these were placed remarkably large wax candles, in proportioned sized candlesticks. Round the sides of the room were forty-four wax candles, in white branches. The anti or corce-room was fitted up in a similat manner. The carriage entrance to the Palace was new gra velled, and for a considerable distance round the outside of the gates were enclosed with posts and ropes, and a narrow path, separated by lar means, for the departure of the company. .The foot man and others of the live r y servants of the late QUVFN, appeared in mourning yesterday morning. Abouf nine o'clock a guard of honour, the whole in white gaiters, marched to the Palace, the Officers with crape scarfs, sashes,. and . crape round the hats and ca, s. The top of the colours w ere covered with crape, and the drums muffled with black cloth, ex cept those on attual duty. Their arms were piled in the lawn in the fi-c:n: of the Palace, the colours low ered. TowNsEND and Sayeas, the Buw-street Offi cers, and NKr:, the Constable, with a party of the yatrole, were in attendance to keep orders, &c. • Mr. MA sir, of the Lord Chamberlain's Office, upon 'whom the laborious task: of arranging and directing in every department this national state ceremonial and processiou has devolved, was in attendance, at an early hour, in the Palace, to direct the opening of the rooms for the reception of those who were fa voured with tickers to see the Royal remains lying in state, and which were arranged most judiciously, 'and with the greatest order and regularity, so that not the least impediment occurred, but every thing passed off' with the most perfect decorum and awful silence during the whole of the day. The company began to arrive abotit ten o'clock, in different de scriptions of carriages, from London and various parts of the country, as well as perambulators. As they at rived attire temporary enclosure, they shewed their tickets to the Bow-street Officers and Consta• tiles, and passed on to the Palace-yard, where there were a number of men distributed in different parts of the yard, in large black cloaks, black cloth caps, and black staffs, eight feet high. The tickets were shewn to some Gentlemen of the Lord Chamber lain's Office. On the outside of the Palace door were six Mar shalmen, in their full uniform, with black silk scarfs 'and sashes, crape sword-knots, and crape round the right arm, also with black silk flat-bands. At the entrance to the Palace were Mr. GARDENER and Mr. SnYMOUR, the Grooms of the Great Chamber, in black silk scarfs and hat-bands, to receive the tickets. The company thin passed through a short passage to the hall where the remains of her MAJESTY were lying in State, where the wax-candles above described were lighted, which, in addition to the well-directed and stat:onaty situations of the Royal attendants, gave the whole the most imposing, awfully grand, and majestic appearance possible to be conceived. The Dowager Countess of 11m/court?, one of the Ladies of the Bedchamber to the late geck.N, ap peared as chief mourner, in which she was relieved by the Countess of kotizsrsa, another of the Ladies of the late QUEEN'S Bedchamber—they were assisted by Going and VINCENT, Lsqrs. Gentlemen Ushers to the late QUEEN—also by two Maids of Honour and two Bedchamber Women. The Ladies wore black crape veils, and the Gentlemen were in full Court dresses. A party of the King's Body Guaids, consisting of an Exon, a Yeoman Usher, and ten Yeomen of the Guard, attended upon tho occasion, who had .their. stately uniforms of black, velvet caps, and their batc upper part. The Yeoman Usher recei front of the enclosure at e rtirnains, and the attendailts of the Guard. The Exon the company out, •or in he politely desired them to was attended by Yeomen ing, Mr. NAST, ore o Great Chamber, was also i the company out. On the company leavir7, the ple.tsure-grounds, where wee in attendance to din Every person on their depat with the solcninity of the oc Yesterday morning earl carriages left Carlton House to joining the solemn procei Great preparations have without St. George's Chape chola• splendour of the scent has been erected on the st Which terininates in a larg sough porch: *Another cove in front of the eloiittr leadir are lined, both internally•ai cloth. They are intendeill numerous personages scho ft and that on the south-side mourners may alight and f while the coal is removing entrance at the south•door which, gradul:':ly rising, c ai'le and up the na , :e into th ve:-.:enience of ascenOin7 ;avoided. The whole Of this black cloth. A 17nal , ra:c Guard; who flank the prose choir is hung with Slack kc;ts is lin.ited to 1).:3-so.:s The Roral Standard on V half-staF,. and is surmounte crape. The most positive that no money-Aatever she to any part•of the cereti..4 Chapel at Windsor. Aleyr days since a .L.pu;.; nufaciu•ers waited on Lori pose of representing to his I convenience that was very 1 tropolis and country at large fended Cain Mourning:, at tiw of such Mourning:, Inc/ be limited to ix weeks. t answer has been sent freim t/ Mr. sotstor•sc presents hi. ca I; sorry to int - will him, this it i; nvect• Mutt° the Panscs Rn.sart* fete 311..arstr, to insert in the Ca iny 'Authoritative Notice cn the s ntotirninp.` ""Mr. H. it not without hope, t; Order wilt bo dade, whie Kni me men who attended :t Srhitchall on S tually than the r.-insertion of the 0 The Duke of Tonic left tat between two and three o'clocl The Warders of the T3svet in their long mourning robes ; the death of her :%lAntsrri • DEATH OF COLONEL DI'S! LAIN TO THE LATE Quiix.- day last that the Colonel ss whole day in visiting and e r:li families in Windsor, penstone In the evening he complaine, an& he continued so the titre no serious apprehensions were night, about five o'clock, I worse, and between nine and Coltman' Isovr_ses.—Monday a Sepulchre's Poor-House, on the bo parently about 50 years of zge, who the deor of Giltspur-street Prison moved to the above place, where was found a pawnbroker's duplicate had pledged two dais before bet des that the death of the unfortunate siosease and Foc.•rty ! There were I which, In all probability, were oc they were not of that description ill Verdict died by the Visitation of ceased is supposed to have been lie Yesterday an Inquisition was he Blackfriars-road, upon the body n years. The deceascd..who appear, s s some girl, was found dead i mbed o brothel in St. Ceorge's had relations. The Jury viewed the b about the neck and sums. Mir was no reason to believe that any s the deceased ; but it appeared that, had taken aunt,: strong medicine, which bad hastened the progress of lypus of the heart, which had rep' tion. The monadici who had scan,' three weak, ago, and placed her in she died, had nut been near her for to send her the miserable pittanrt• keep her front starving! the surf black marks about the neck were and the blackness on the arms by it tiou that the body could lie in the serdict Natural Death. Friday last a a fare font Poplar across tlu a Lady and Gentleman, and distance from the opposite sh they were all precipitated ii boat went to the assistance < sons ; the Lady and Genticrr recovered from the shook, bu fortunately drowned.. • I, nal