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LITERATURE. ............. Intnia as PATROWARE or, ass DEDICATED to. •IS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE REGENT. Prospectus of a New and Corrected Edition of the DELPHIN CLASSICS ; with the VARIORUM Notes appended. To be entitled The Regent's Edition. To be printed and edited by A. J. VALI% M. A. late Fellow of Pembroke College, Oxford. - - Tns high reputation, in the Learned World, of the DEL. PHIN CLASSICS, and the prevailing scarcity almost of them, ism little doubt that their madslication will be received with petressage and approbation. The Edition now proposed to be published, under the Petro sege of, and dedicated to, his Royal Highness the PRINCE T, will be printed in a neat and uniform manner. The Mars will be beautifully executed; and the WOOD CDs, at present existing in the Durant and Vaunting Emmons will else be inserted. 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OM . del A al al laa 1 1 110 se Pri tin nu i du mt a t nod all 4 YD rso 4 thl 4 MN the • k i es tit ' l ) WI tai IA . 1 fl . w fa oil a S< i • of t '* SC. t 4 i, r th d. di is i l P se P i lb hi xi ir 7 4 ifi 1 )1 I ' . ril re ! ? to C 13 r F d 0 { ' . I c c I r i, s I c i 1 i I J 1 1 4 1 i 1 1 ~' t ! J` t t , , .71t,%•,N, .7., THE EVENING STAR. LONDON. er ALL MUST- BE DRAWN TO-MORROW.--- Too Prizes of £30,000, 34 other Capitals of C. 5,01001 £l,OOO, kc. and above 1,300 Prises of £lOO, £5O ars. arc. _ _ WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8, 1818. THE FUNDS. PRICE or STOCKS TIM DAY AT TWELVE O'CLOWC: Reduced 794 i ex. div.—Consols 80{ Cons. for Acc. 804—Cons. for May 80}k 4 per Cent. 971 ex. div.—Navy Atuts.lo64 l + India Bonds 95 97 pr.—Exchequer Bills 20 25 pr. Consols this morning opened at 79 for the Account, and the Market appeared unusually flat, but soon after business com menced, some good buyers came into the Market, and a rapid rise took place ; they rose to 79 5-4ths by eleven o'clock, and remained stationary there for about half an hour, when they took another turn, and at twelve o'clock were done at 80. The. Commissioners gave so, and were served with £70,000 by one Ik ulcer, and the remainder by the Jobbers. This morning we received Flemish and German Papers to a late date. The following extracts present the only articles contained in these Paiers deserving of the slightest notice : ANTWERP, APRIL 2. Mr. De Bets, Member of the Legion of.•Honour, Barrack Inspector of the troop; in garrison in this city, was arrested and. conveyed to Brussels three days ago. The cause of his arrest is ascribed to va rious reasons, some pretend that he is implicated in the attempt upon the Duke of Wellington, others say that two officers having waited upon him to Crake some remonstrances on the manner in which he exercised his functions, he tore off their epaulets. Time will explain it.—Mercury ?Antwerp. BRUSSELS, APRIL s. 4 detachment of 400 Hanoverian troops arrived here yesterday from Hanover. They are are going join the Hanoverian corps in the environs of Condi, to replace an equal number who have received fur loughs..--. News has been received at Cambray, that the result of the negotiations carried on by the Duke of Wellington will be soon published. His Grace is expected at his head-quarters about the 15th instant.. PALERMO, MARCH s. The telegraph has just announced the destruction of the city of Catania, after several shocks of an earthquake, experienced in the night of the 28th of i February. Etna labours, id makes a dreadful noise, but 'hese not yet Catitted its destructive lava. FRENCH PAPERS. The Park Papers of Saturday and Sunday arr►ved shit morning. The general debate on the Budget closed on Sa turday. The Reporters were to present on Monday an analysis of the Petitions sent to the Commission on the Budget, and to make their general reply on the question, after which the Chamber would pro ceed to go through the details of the law which must yet occupy a considerable time. The Project of Law for the Suppression of the Slave Trade has passed through the Chamber of Peers in the same way as it did that of the Deputies. Baron MOUSIER, the President of the Mixed Com mission for the Liquidation of Foreign Claims, and the Duke of RICIIELIZI4h*d severally long audiences of the Duke of WELLINGTON on Friday. A brilliant Ball was given by his Grace on the evening of the same day. More than 600 persons were present, among whom were Monaca, Ma dame, the Duke D'A NoovLasc a, the Duke and Duchess of Beatty, the Duke and Duchess of ORLEANS, &C. ATTEMPT ON THE LIFE OF LORD PAL- MERSTON. STAR OFFICE, TWO O'CLOCK. We stop the Press to state, that information has just reached us of a most atrocious attempt haviug ~been made on the life of the Right Honourable the Secretary of War, Lord PAGMIRSTON. His Lord ship was going up stairs to his Office, in the Horse Guards, when he was fired at by some execrable assassin who was in awaiting for his Lordship, and !hot through the side. The wound, we are rejoiced to understand, is not dangerous. The assassin is said to he an Half-ray Officer, and was taken into cus tody on the spot,. TIIREE O'CLOCK. The Officer who fired at his Lordihip is stated to be a Lieutenant. DAVIS, of the 62d Regiment, on half pay. A gieat conccitirse of people are &WM bled in front of the Office in she Horse Guards. FURTHER PARTICULARS. Th.: assassin made no attempt to escape, but after discharging the pistol gaie himself up to the Mes sengers in attendance at the War Office.- On their expressing their horror at what he had done, he - said, that ".if he had succeeded, It was . ouly what he wished." He was happily, however, so far unsuccessful in his attempt, that his Lordship was able to walk_ to i carriage, in which he immediately drove home. Lavender, the Officer, being lent for, took the prisoner into his custody, and conveyed him to the Queen-square Police Office, where, after undergoing a short examination, he was ordered by the attending Magistrate, Mr. MARILLAND, to stand over com mitted to Tothillfields Bridewell, until Lord PAL. SIERSION shall be able to attend to give evidence against him. He is a genteel looking young man, dressed in black. He gave in his name at the Office as DAVID DAVIS, Lieutenant on half pay ; and we understand he avowed to the Officers, that Es object was to re venge some supposed injury he had received from his Lordship in his official capacity.—" I had nothing else for it," he said, 41 but either to kill his Lordship or myself." He had put forward, it:seems, a claim for the pen sion, on account of a wound pretended to have been received in the service, but which had been wilfully inflicted on himself, under circumstances of apparent insanity. The ball cut Lord PALMERSTON'S clothes through, but only bruised the skin. It was found lying on the stairs. Thursday last the Commission of the General As sembly met at Edinburgh. Dr. DAVID 11.yronta shortly stated the urgent necessity of having the pro posed legislative measure of the increase of churches extended to Scotland. Dr. Nicol. then read a printed report of the speech of the Chancellor of the - Exchequer on the subject, and from this inferred, that it was only necessary to draw up a strong case of the very destitute state of many parts of Scotland of religious instruction, to obtain the concurrence of Government for the requi- site extension of the Bill to this part of the island. Dr. levsste of Little Dunkeldf in a short but most interesting speech, stated, that it was consistent with his personal knowledge that there were parishes in the Highlands of 60 miles long by 40 broad, with only one place of worship, and that he had met with', persons of 60 and 70 years of age who bad only, once, in the course of their lives, heard a sermon., That the ignorance of the people in many places was consequently extreme. They were, therefore, the ready dupes of the Missionaries of any superstitious or fanatical creed with which they happened to come in contact. That there had very recently arisen in the Highlands of Perthshire anew sect, denominated Freemen, who professed open hostility to all existing denominations of Christians. In other parts the Ca tholics were gaining ground in a most alarming de • gree ; and though the Missionaries sent out by the Church of Scotland were very useful, yet their in fluence was necessarily of a far inferior description to that of established Clergymen ; and the want of ac commodation was such, that he himself, when em ployed in that service, had usually preached under a tree or a rock, in a cave, or a barn. Sir H. Moarcaziro wished to have a Committee appointed for furnishing particular information to Government, and moved that the Commission should draw up a memorial, to be transmitted to Parliament. It was accordingly agreed that a Committee should be appointed w draw up a memorial, to be submit. tad to the consideration of the Commission. FORGERY OF BANK-'.;RTES. The facility with which Bank Notes may be coun terfeited ; the number of unprincipled ignorant crea tures who are in consequence tempted to commit an offence which, with due attention and care, might have been put beyond the power of by far the greater part of them ; the great losses suffered by the public in consequence of the great number of forged notes that are in circulation, and the consequent interrup tions and hindrances experienced by people in bu siness, are beginning at length, as our Readers will see from the subjoined extract, to rouse the public to turn their attention to this subject, and to look about them for the best means of obtaining some kind of remedy against such enormous and growing evils. FROM THE BIRMINGHAM GAZETTE. " FORGED BANE NOTES.—We are glad to i,tiserve that the public attention has been drawn to the sub ject of the Engraving of the Notes of the Bank of England, and to the great want of precaution in guarding against the possibility of forgery. It is well known that the very slight manner in which the plates for these Notes are executed, is the chief cause of their being so perpetually imitated. At different pe riods proposals have been made to the Bank Direc tors, by some of the principal Engravers, to execute the plate in such a manner as should effectually pre vent forgery ; and within a recent period specimens of a peculiar style of Engraving have been presented, with recommendations from Artists of high reputa tion. We regret to find that these proposals have been rejected, and the public, in consequence, re main exposed to the loss and trouble arising from the circulation of forged Bank Notes. But what is more serious moment, the waste of human life con tinues, by the cogviction and execution of numerous persons, who are tempted to violate the laws of their countryfr en: the want of due care on the part those who prosecute. The sum annually expended in these . convictions is of great amount, and if a portion of it was expended in obtaining plates executed in the' best style of Engraving, the trading part of the com munity would be protected, and the heavy calendar of prisoners abridged. We are informed it is inten ded, to call a Town Meeting, to petition for legisla tive interference upon a subject, too important and too much neglected, to be longer entrusted to the kuNdnit.,y or discretion of kink Directors." " WARWICK LENT ASSIZES, APRIL 1. " Mr. 'BAI.in GARROW having taken his seat at the Crown Bar, the Bank PrOsecut:ons imnicdi tteiy corn inenced. " The first prisoner brought up was John Brad fray, charged with uttering aforged Rarr4 of England One Pond Note, to which indictment he pleaded Guilty. The Judge humanely advised him to put himself upon his trial, and gave him time to reconsider his plea, but upon his persisting in the determination to plead guilty, that plea was recorded, and SENTENCE MATH imMediately passed upon him. " Mary Bradney (wife to the last-mentioned priso ner) Rebecca Bamford, Elizabeth Bamford, Amelia Hirons, and Betarnin Hirons, were also capitally in dicted for uttering forged Bank of England Notes. They all pleaded guilty, and his Lordship immedi ately paned sentence of DEATH upon them. " William Gray, indicted for a similar offence, was likewise found Guilty. The principal witnesses against this prisoner were John Platt, an assistant Constable to the Police of Manchester, who had been directed by the Solicitor of the Bank of Englaad to visit this town, in order to detect persons engaged in uttering Forged Notes; and William Marriot, employed for a similar purpose. These persons, the one disguised as a broker, and the other as a boatman, contrived to introduce themselves to the prisoner as dealers in *hates and sAreencs, (cant terms for base coin and forged notes) and having gained his confidence, purchased of him two parcels, each containing thirty, at 6s. Gd. or 7s. a piece.—Martiot, on his cross-examination, stated, that he goi his living principally by being em ployed in this way of detecting utterers of Forged Notes. The notes were produced in Court, and all declared by Mr. CHRISTMAS, one of the Bank Inspec tors, to be forgeries, and apparently from the same Plate. " Richard Hancos, John Poultney, and John Jones, were severally allowed to plead guilty to the minor charge of having forged Bank of England notes in their possession, and the Court immediately sen tenced them to Fourteen years transportation. " Ann Bamford was next tried and convicted of ut tering forged notes. " Andrews, charged with a similar offence, *as acp)itted, in consequence of the suspected testi tr.ony and had character of one of the witnesses on the Dart of the prosecution. ' "John Williams, Frances Hitchins Wi ll iam Stewart, and Ann Thckens, were next capit ally indicted and convicted of uttering forged notes. 4. In the cases of - Wiltram Sandiland and Benjamin Bamford, charged with uttering forged notes, Mr . Serjeant VA jC:-SAN declined offering an y ev id ence, the prisoners were consequently acquitted. Mr. Baron GARROW, in passing sentence of death upon Ifllliont Gray, Ann Banil'orti Stewart, and Ann Dickens, observed, that their crimes Were of such a nature as to place them beyond the reach of mercy on this side the grave. The of fence of forgery, particularly as it regards Bank of England Notes, had increased to a most alarming degree in this part of the country. The pernicious ness of the crime was almost inconceivable; for not only was it calculated to impose on the lower classes of society, but to interrupt and injure the trade and commerce of the country, which at the present mo , anent mainly existed upon the Notes of the Bank of England as a circulating medium. To you (said the Learned Judge) the guilty dealers iii* this horrid sy s . item no mercy can be eateadnd." NAVAL lATELLIGE'ZE. FALMOUTH, Al' P.l r Wind S. S. E. flesh breezes an, Sailed the Plutus, BRYAN r, far 1L• land, HIOHDALE ; and Cipsey, Also sailed his Majesty's ships a cruize. t;,ei: i^ PLYMOUTH, APHTL 6. Wind West.—Sailed the Ctanrac-•ce c , HArrt for Prince Edward's Island. POP.TSMOUTH, .ArRIL - Wind S.W.—Arrived his Majtst from a cruize; and the brig Har . ,p; YoughaL—Sailed the Wilk. m for Amsterdam.--Put back t::e lin t the Providence, JCB.CESON, 1:101 to DEAL, Al LIL Wind S. E.—Arrived and s:tilc Prince Madoc, IioLDEY, 40 da Came down ft om the River the !. Fame. ROBINSON. for • for Jlaranham , Xenoph,-., 2 • • - Ann, JACKSON, for ditto, a: of the outward bound with a Passed through Jowns, t FOREtEi s from Rams-zote Five o'Clock.—The .tarn'.s again, the wind having shif..F.. mains in the Downs DOVER. APT; -. Wind S. thick hazy we.v.;l::r.--..*_ which got behind the Ne-t': got off, but with ccr.•iScra`_ic R. MS'.3 ATE, Wind E. S. E.— The Fort don to Rio Jancirc, has ise.•i coming (4 r. 34.) for this h LIVERPOOL. r Arrived the Georg?, 15th March. ~...e , ArTri The William:, Llaummor I), :1-! mouth, has been on the much wltter th.lt she ha. 1:4:eil cut from an ancitta aaki c.o)le. Gl' IVLSE:, D. 11 F Arrived the Thuma.., tins, Grant, from lOrgingen ; Duke of York, Fa yet, from Rntte tian, :Horton, from MA-way ; Dolphin ' Fronton, from St. Tt and the Martha, Bell, fr , ..a. Kay, for Fort ; the Richardson, for Montreal ; R f .r, Ellen, Gordon, for Cape St. ; Solon, Stoddard, fur New York : CUSTOM-HO'. *SE, , Al *• • ~~.~ .~ I•. for SHIPS Erma.= INWARDS.— rat with; Prince of Cobourg, Godfree, Industry hoy, from 5!... ac Prince Regent. Evans, for a : L---, Lay; Asia, Baldustin, and India; Apollc, Smith, for S.c.c;r!-.•..1n ; that Blocher, Cunn, for }Lamb iri!l ; Prlnce of Wales, Dsviscn, for tor Fayal; the Throe Johns, fo Wolfsrove,-- , —, for 3fadc.r , and William. .:„ "e fa. A Quarterly Meeting of the Men Charitable Society took place o. Thatched House Taverr, S:. Jar: Right Hon. Admiral Lord RADt ro Fifty-six petitions wore presented f 49 of which were relieved with .s(ki were rejected as inadmissible. A True Englisbman.--A publ!can son, a youth at school, purchased a Ji a Prize of £30,000, sold by 13tsx, havit the money last Friday, he on Satarciay his neighbours to a capital owe taiaik:Lt of r7as and plum pudding, and heartily eta - reared hv• to drink all the wine in his cellar ; for lizir.g high luck by getting the best Prize, he horn new his Stock by gaining the first Blir.k, Four Pipes of Port To-morrow, when the TY:of of £30,00D, and the 34 Capitals cf43.oCii. all be drawn, as the Lottery then finishes. FATAL ACCIDIN T.--A boat twelve o'clock in: noon, as three men were employed in ele76 the rubbi s h in an old vault in :Co. 32, Lincoln, fields, the vault fell in upon them, when or,e I of the name of Roche, was crushed to piece the two others do adfully mangled. The 5e Roche has been taken to the Work house in C street, to remain there till an inquest is held and the survivors have been carried to the H • but in so bad a state, that little hope is czar:, of their recovery. __ al Bris: THE AFFAIft OF FUALDEII.--ALET, Before the opening of the Sitting the Ushers b: into Court the Articles of Conviction, wiazh placed in front of the Bench. Thvy cs.aarct! linen, the bloody coverings which served .o the body of the victim. His clothes and cart thrown along with the guns with which the as; were supposed to be armed. At siio.:t of rowful remembrances M. Fualdes coild not ro his emotion. Bastide arid Jausion were tared a severity which was probably ncce , sary. loaded with chains that bound their arm anti r The other prisoners had only 1.g1,. dame Manson was no longer ar the bench ; she occupied one of the priv...ird is stated that on the 19th of ltirt h. :Le of the murder of M. Fualdes. Mao.lme )1 peared melancholy and agitated ; was constantly interrupted by uncap r. sobs, and sighs. About noon, conztlry t she wished to sleep. Hardly had Lc: when she seemed to have frvzlitful dr are armed with poniards ! h -- life !"—" Oh, the monsters !" nations which were distinctly hca, duced some persons not f:ir-frori her rat her assistance. Seven witnesses were ,:snl of these, Ursule Battut, now depose 4, before the murder he heard Bastille consultation near Jausion 's house, viten U 7 5 ,.. " I have my people ready:' " Let us tak: :Az: Jausion) be quiet; it remains with yen. - \% . t l '• then regarded these expressions as of c..) At the openiik, of the Sitting of the f..'"el the ATTORNEI-GENERAL, on b. half of Mad.trne )Lne son, stated that, having heard th a t scan: .;no - E tt O accused had wished to postpone the tt:Al, s!!e• i. whatever concerned it, on the contrary Was c'esirolts that it should be proceeded with. Several ritneirs I were again examined. Their evidence vent to a C'. ‘. I sidcrablg length, but it related to facts alicadr kno' 1. Such vc: 1.10 1 is . k P Ars • i 11I t / t he ce 'th ablo ars! .e 'inol ke •uoi ) an+ e ; 2:in cue thi ye y icl lo; Th cal • . e tr rale hit 1 an ves (J 1 • n.t • et e.l • • • 1 ••.• •. :11 e• . n rived :ef • re• 1 ti) • cu t err. 2...1 cdy of •.• ,• 1 1, r eCd 4:1.e a(cl , . , . •• lots