Star. — London, England, 1818-04-15 00:00:00

ii iy of the Privately Stealing in Shopaill, IREFT GENERAL shortly made some objec he preamble of the Bill, as well as to some *,.P.C5. He proposed to leave out the. state t the extreme severity of the penalty led to se of the crime, and to insert that—" the not being found effectual, it was deemed ne rapeal it." ROMILLY said, he could not ac le proposition. The phrase " expedient" had rept into our Statutes through the indolence lug them in modern times. It was proved ' s of extreme severity caused crimes to be NI with impunity ; and the crime of stealing passed with impunity, because persons would !cute when they knew the penalty was the of life. rILBERFORCE thought every man who, ;elf, had been long in public life, must feel ,e who laboured to make our laws less bloody Lions to render an important service to their He was of opinion, as an Honourable f his bad been on a former occasion, that a of our penal laws, with a view to make them re, was desirable. The Motion was then car d the Bill was passed. ilderman ATKINS moved that the second reading lock Auction Bill should be postponed to Thursday, eras his intention to propose that the subject should be to a Conunithe op stairs. The second reading was ely Postponed till 'Thursday. lUTTERIVORTH presented a Petition from the Cot ufacturers in fa , our of the Cotton Manufactory BM f. SMITI I took the opportunity of saying, once for all, ad listened with disgust and indignation to the 'livid'. unfounded insinuations which had been sent forth lose who favoured the Cotton Manufactories Regula- Ile bad made some inquiries on this subject, and was Sat the conduct of the friends to the Bill, which had ght in by an Honourable Baronet, was as pure, and actors as free from all imputation, as those of its oppo d be. rition was read, and ordered to be printed. Motion of Mr. Douctrs, a Return of the Pardons ' luring the last ten years, specifying the number on had boil paid to the Crown, was ordered to be laid llouse.—.ldjourned. HAMBURGH MAIL. WARSAW, MARCH 27. rday, his Majesty the Emperor, our King, he Diet with the following Speech, which ken by his Majesty in the French language, :wards read in the Polish language by his Icy the Minister Secretary of State : presestutives of the Kingdom of Poland, hopes and my wishes are receiving their accomplish. e people, to represent whom you are summoned hither, mgth a rational existence, secured by arrangements e has matured and sanctioned. The most sincere oldis very thing that hag passed could alone produce your on. It was resolved upon in my mind the moment t h an lculate upon the means of effecting it. Proud of t h e sy country, I have endeavoured to procure it a new fact, Russia, after a passed melancholy war, returning, to the precepts of the Christian religion, good for evil, tally held out its arms to you ; and of all the advan. ch victory gave it, she preferred one—namely, the raising and restoring a brave and estimable nation.— Rating to this, I obeyed an internal conviction, power. oned by events. I have fulfilled a duty which was only by this conviction, and which is for that reason my heart. organization which was in force in your country, Me l It immediate establishment of that which I have gives ietting into effect • the principal of those liberal am. s which were always the object of my care, and whoa* Le influence I hope, with the help of Goo, to extend to I,ctres which PIIO7I.IINCII has committed to my cere..-., mum you have offered me the means of showing CO try what I have Long since 'been preparing for it, and will obtain when the basis of so important a work shall mired the necessary consistency. Poles! it is for you bin under the fatal prejudices which have drawn upon any evils, to give durability to your regeneration. I indissolubly united with the fate of Russia ; all your' tat be employed to give stability to this salutary and onion. Your re-establidunent is fixed by solemn It is confirmed by the Act of the Constbution. The Lai of these foreign engagements, and of their funda -4111, ensure to Poland in future an honourable rank he notions of Europe —a valuable posseulon which it sought in vain under the severest trials. career of your labours is opened. The Minister of the will lay before you the state of the Administration of dam ; you will be made acquainted with the projects of ch will be the subjects of your deliberations. The oh- Sem is progressive ameliorations. The improvement of' . ,c finances requires knowledge, which only time and a minion of the resources of your Government can give. ratitutional form of government will be gradually ap ill pans of the Administration • the t of sill soon be formed ; proposals relative t i ote rt (: a l l w e rl and egisla:ion will be laid before you. I will readily believe, en you examine them with persevering attention, you to laws destined to ensure the most valuable blessing... security of persons and property, and freedom of opi. is I cannot be always among you, I have left you a bro y confidential friend, who, from our earliest years, has iowparable companion. I have confided your army to the depository of my sentiments and my care for you. earned himself to fulfil his task. By his cure this army, is rich in glorious recollections and warlike qualities, has d, since he has been at its head, all the habits of order galuity which can be obtained only during peace, and : the soldier for his true destination. One of your woo eterans, U my representative among you, because grey oar standards and a steady partaker of your adversity 'verity, he h as never ceased to give proofs of his attach the country. Experience has fully justified my choice. finding my exertions, the evils under which you had Jr, are not, perhaps, all repaired. It is, however , in the of things, what is good thrives but slowly, and perfection ainablv by human weakness. epresentatives of the Kingdom of Poland!—Elevate your to the height sf your destination. You 'are called u hew pon a great example t o Europe, whose eye, are fixed upon your eotemporaries, that the liberal institutions ever sacred principles it is sought to confound with those five doctrines which in our days have threatened the in tent with a dreadful catastrophe, are no dangerous Mia mi if they are sincerely carried into effect, and are direc an object useful to humanity, are perfectly compatible . der, and that they produce in common accord the true of nations, Hencefurth it is for you to prove this great 'nary truth. May harmony and concord prevail in your Sly; way dignity, calmness, and moderation characterise :liberations. Guided solely by love to your country, pu -4r opinions, make them independent of all private or ex :nterest,; express them with simplicity and frankness, the i:dactiveneis which may often accompany fluency lowly, may the sense of paternal friendship which LIVIIVerhaS presented to us all never forsake you. 'in manner your Assembly will obtain the approbation and the general esteem which such a one will \then the representatives of a free nation do not suf t4trd character with which they are invested to de fus °Seers of the State, Senators, Representatives, De '. i hive eipressed my thoughts to yo u , h ave s h ewn you & t i es. ..._ t esilt of your labours will skew me w h at t h e country = m future from your attachment to it, as well as from LNllertirtent towards me, a n d w h et h er , f a i t hf ul to my I tail farther extend what I have already done for ss thank MX who alone has power to enlighten 4 i. snsder nations brethren, and to spread over them ar us d of peace —let implore sins to bless and 44 Mr ifroek:. THE EVENING MR. LONDON. WEDNESDAY; APRIL - 13, 1818. THF. FUNDS. PRICE OF STACKS TIM DAY. AT TWILVZ CaLOCIL Reduced 80ii ex. div.--ConsoltBlii Cons. for Acc.Blli-4 per Cent. 97ez. div. Navy Anns.lo7f 108—India Bonds 96 98 pr. Exchequer Bills 23 26 pr. The new Plan of Finance has created an =usual Wade at the Stock Exchange this morning. The Howe was at an early boar crowded to excess, and the moment business commenced, Coo /Oh for the Account were dose at Si 7-11ths, went to U and then kept falling till one o'clock, when they Ware &Sas. The Commissione rs gave SI 1-4th, and were served by tbeJobbers• The struggle Iles between the friends of Ministry and the Moose. The latter appear generally against the new scheme, and are of opinion it cannot be carried into full effect. A great number of the most respectable Merchants are favourable to the plan, and have this morning subscribed liberally in support of It. A Meet ing of the Directors of a Public Body was to take place this day, at which a proposition is to be made for subscribing Six Mil lions. The tot.d amount subscribed at twelve o'clock, was Four The consideration of the Address of Thanks to the PRINCE REGENT on the Message respecting the Royal Marriage►, was last night put off in both Houses till this day. The discussion was interesting. The Op position dwelt on the unusual circumstance of de- terring the Address, as being contrary to all prece dent ; while Ministers, in substance, stated, that the delay was necessary, to enable the servants of the Crown more faithfully to discharge their duty, both as it regarded the respect due to the Royal Family, and the consideration due to the circumstances of the country. The plain matter of fact is this : The amount of additional provision for the Royal Dukes—no less than £116,000, which had been proposed at the pri vate meeting at Lord LtvattvooL's, had excited so much disgust, both in and out of Parliament, that Ministers judged it proper to re-consider the proposed arrangements before bringing the question fully before the House. In our mind this conduct, whatever may be said against the original intention of propSsing such large grants out of the earnings of a people so heavily burthened by a long and expensive war, deserves praise. Had Ministers, in spite of the disapprobation that had been manifested, persisted in carrying through the measure by the power of official influ ence, it would have been a poor return to the country to learn that they had followed precedent ; that none of the usual forms of procedure had been departed from. What are precederds but recorded proceed ings, dictated on the real or supposed ;ides ofl former occurrences ?- At the moment when first acted upon, they were steps without precitilffir; and we contend that, to defer any measure whatever for the purpose of making the acts connected with it less exceptionable, is to form a good precedent—and that those who establish the new precedent, deserve praise instead of censure. It is ever good to endea vour to retrace steps which might lead to an objec tionable result, which we think would have been the case had Ministers persisted in prosecuting their first intentions, as announced at the meeting at Lord Lt- VERIACIL.S. As things now stand, it is pretty plain that the propositions to be submitted to Parliament will un dergo considerable modification—perhaps such as to render them perfectly unexceptionable. Indeed, if, Ministers duly consider the whole bearings of the measures they mean to recommend (and we have no right to suspect they will do otherwise), they will be convinced that the Royal Dukes can better afford to maintain a family on their present incomes, than the great mass of the People to spare any thing from theirs for the purpose of enlarging them. The Paris Papers of Sunday arrived this morning. The liquidation of the Foreign claims on France appears to be still a subject of active negotiation at the hotel of the Duke of WELLiNceron. The Moniteur quotes a long article from the Publicists, which gives reason to believe that the matter is at length ap proaching to a satisfactory termination. It admits in principle the perfect justice of the claims advanced by Foreign Powers—that nothing is more equitable than that France ought to abide by the political situation in which she has been placed by public Treaties—and that any thing which may have occur red since the period of these treaties to develope the amount of her debts to be greater than what she originally anticipated, ought not in strictness to mo dify the obligation imposed by these treaties ; but at the same time it submits that, imperious as the obli gation of payment is, the force of things is more im perious still ; and that, it being impossible, as we are desired to believe, for France to pay all she owes, we must be content that she shall pay all she can. In an abstract point of view the proposition thus laid down is perhaps fair enough ; but we are at least entitled to contend, that the certainty of not being able to pay the debts in question, shall be made as clear as the certainty that these debts are owing, before any abatement or remission is allowed. In spite of all the abject professions that are made on the part of France, we suspect that this may be no very easy matter. French 5 per Cents. Saturday, 67fr. sc. FROM THE FRENCH FRONTJERS. It appears that the levy to iecreasethe army will begin in the course of the month of May. It ts as serted, that as long as the troops of the Army of Occupation remain in France, the organization of the reserve will be deferred. Officers on half-pay continue Mbe Put 'into active service, but with much precaution, since out of twenty thousand applications, not many more than two hundred and fifty brevets have been delivered. Some Officers of the Nationl Chard, who have behaved well, may, if they desire it, be received in the army. A Dutch Mall, with Papers to the 11th instant, arrived to-day. An article from Frankfort states, that a complete stagnation in politics prevails there, and is expected to continue till the Diet recommences its public sit• tinge. In trade, on the contrary, there is great acti vity. The number of strangers who have already arrived for the fair is very considerable. It appears that the fair will be a better one than was at first ex pected. A great deal of business is done in English goods, and good Saxon manufactures are in demand. Good sole leather is sold some dollars dearer than last fair. The prices of provisions have not declined for some time, owing, it is presumed, to the bad weather. The corn-fields, however, are described as looking extremely well, and promising an abundant harvest. The King of PNIUSIIIA has dissolved a company of his Body Guards, for insubordination, and ordered the same to be divided among the other regiments. Should such a case occur agiin,-the ancient Roman custom of decimation is threatened to be revived.— This is said to be the first instance of the kinJ in the Prussian army. A French Officer, who arrived at Brussels from France a short time since, has been arrested. It is now stated, in letters which have been received there from Paris, that the attempt upon the Duke of WEL tattorox is considered as sufficiently cleared up, and that the particulars will shortly be made public. A Hamburgh Mail arrived last night, the Papers brought by which have supplied us with the Speech of the Emperor ALIXANDER on opening the Polish Diet, which will be found at length in a preceding column. It is an eloquent document, and abounds in the same liberal and beneficent views which ap pear to actuate the whole policy of this enlightened Prince. We are concerned to find, in addition to the cala mitous accounts which we stated yesterday from the Mediterranean, that the plague has made its ap pearance in Fez, the capital of the Morocco Empire. BANK OF ENGLAND FORGERIES. The High Bailiff of Birmingham has, in compliance with a Requisition, signed by upwards of one hun dred of the most respectable Gentlemen of the town . who state that they " perceive with deep concern the progressive increase of the crime of Forgery of Bank 0/England Notes, and believe that one inducement to its commission is the facility with which these Notes , -in:thsie4rEssent form *re imitated"---appointed a Ge neral Meeting of the inhabitants of the town and neighbourhood to be held on Wednesday, the 22d inst. to determine on the propriety of Petitioning Par liament to take the matter into their serious conside ration. " The temptation," says the Birmingham Gazette, " afforded by the comparative ease with which Notes of the Bank may be imitateal, has proved a heavy affliction, and highly injurious to the charac ter of Birmingham—very few of the Assizes having, for many years, passed without consigning some of , its inhabitants, convicted of engaging in the execu tion or uttering of forgeries, to a long term of impri sonment, transportation, or death. The recently con cluded Assize furnishes a dreadful, but remarkable illustration, of this fact.—No town in the kingdom will, therefore, have greater reason to hail, with plea sure, the adoption of any plan by which Forgeries of Bank Paper may be, if not entirely prevented, at any rate placed above the execution, as at present, of al most the lowest class of engravers." In another column, we have given a copy of the communication made yesterday by Mr. HASS to the Stock Exchange. It proves to be exactly what we stated—a new loan, to an undefined amount. Con siderable bustle followed the proposal, and in the course of the day between two and three millions were subscribed in the books at the Bank, and the Funds rose. Should 100 millions be subscribed into the Con sols and Reduced, 11 millions will be paid in money and 22 millions of Exchequer Bills be funded, making the new Loan 33 millions—and so in proportion for a less or greater sum. Taking the Consols at 80, it Would require 131.65. Bd. (being the sixth part of 80 shillings), to buy an Annuity of ten shillings, but Government agrees to sell it for 111. payable by in stalments, or for la 12s. ready money ; being 21. 14s. Bd. above the market price of the day, as a bonus for la 12s. Had they opened a Loan as here tofore, in the Consols and Reduced, it is believed they might have had the whole sum wanted in one day at 78; and have thus raised their loan at 3/. 15s. per Cent. whereas they are to pay nearly 41. 15s. We will not enlarge at present. A few days will decide more correctly the operation of this new measure. Accounts were yesterday received from Madeira of the death of the Honourable JOHN PERCEVAL, eldest son of Lord ARDEN, on the 15th of last month. _ _ Mrs. HANNAH MORE IS so dangerously ill as to be given over by her physicians. His Royal Highness the Hereditary Grand Duke of MecicLENauao-ScHwEitis was to have been mar ried on the 3d instant to her Serene‘Highness the Princess AUGUSTA FREDERICA of Hassz-lloidautto. . On the 12th ult. a cook in a rich private family in Petersburgh having got drunk, got an assistant to do his business for him, and gave him some flour to use with which poison had been mixed to kill rats: four teen persons who partook of it were poisoned, one of whom died, and the rest arc dangerously ill. SPORTING NEWMARKET - CRAVEN MEETING, Isis. Tursumr, APRIL 14. Swoopstidass of liars. each, b. ft. colts, est. 71b. Silkt, M. •Ib. D.M. Those out of untritd tastes, er by waviest atadiuro, allowed Mb. if both Mb. Mr. Watson's colt, by CS:flier, est. 71b. - - - I Loot G. H. Cavendish's Ally, by Middkt►orpe, 7st. ilib. Mr. Payne's filly, ►y &In, est. 41b. - - - - $ 6 to 4 out Mr. Payne's filly. Sweepstakes of 100 gs. each, h. ft, colts, est. Tib. fillies, est. 41b. Mr. Goddard's chesnut colt, by Dotterel - - - Lord Solield's bay filly, by Sorcerer - - - - d Mr. Rush's bay filly, by Orville 5 to 4 apt Mr. Goddarsrs ea& Sweepstakes of leOp. each, h.ft. - for oaks, &e. Anne 5-yes-014 and not enra ge d in the Derby, Oaks, Newmarket, or lay Stakes; cake, eet.llb. Ades, est. Mb. Ab. Lord Moss's bay colt Lops', by Zodiac - Mr. Thorsbill's Brother a CoTsr - Mr. Maeda Matelek Cale rby Sorcerer - - 7 to 4 041 Brothe r to Cwrw. - - 1 Sweepstakes of leers. each. h. ft. coin, Sat. 71b. 1111 s, est. 41' Lord Itans's grey cult Zenith - - - 1 Mr. lionlyoki's ebeenut colt Mahern , - - • Mr. Crockford's colt, by Dick Andrews - . - S Mr. Andrew's 1. by Walton, out of L'Huile de Venus - Four pa' to 4 on Malvern. The Qedands Stakes of Dogs. each, h. ft. D.J. Mr. Flencies Fugitive, aged, bst. 101 b. - - - 1 Mr. Wataoa's Pt: Orville, 3-yrreld, 7st. 121 b. - - 2 Mr. Wyndtianes W.nderer, 6- id, est. 10Ib. - - 5 Tea starunl:-JFiv.: pall—The Judge placed but three. 6 10 1 art Fits Orville-7 to i apt Wanderer-7 to 1 agst Sovereign. - PEDESTRIANISM: Mr. Twsesert, the yeoman, who undertook to go go from-Cam den Town to Leieebter, and back , in three days, 196 miles, was boniest g' Sims on Meilday, he having between 13 and 14 mile. to do when the dock strusk twelve, burotheirwise it would have taken him sic bouts to have daze it, as a vein started in his right leg near Dunstable. He did 67 miles the Arm day, and 0 the meted, having 110 left for the third, one half of which be did fresh. The Pedestrian attributes his failure to the wetness of Saturday afternoon and' Sunday. ONE Mu.. FOOT R.cs.—Yesterday after. oon, Brookrs, th chicken-butcher, and Grist, a trumpeter in the I)fe-Guards„ started at roar o'clock from the four-mile stone, on the Uxbridge road, the above distance, for 20 guineas. Grist was allowed 20 yards at starting. The race was admirably contest d, and the thing was so nice, that, on their both catching hold of the stick at the same time, the Umpire pronounced it a dead heat. . Colesisan;who was engaged to run from Canterbury; to Dover, sad back, in four hours, started about two o'clock, on-Saturday, but failed in the accomplishment of the undertaking, being so much exhausted on reaching the Half-way house, on his return, as to be obliged tu go to bed. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PutAor.—The Petite Auguste, arrived at Havre, from eadiz, was boarded about eight leagues from that port, by a bout's cri.w, consisting of twenty armed men, and was plundered of sin , - teen barrels of cochineal and some dollars. The boat appeared to belong to Cadiz. The Juno, Way, arrived at Milford from Palt..-mo, spoke on the 25th ultimo, In lat. 37.10ng. 10. an armed brig, full of wen, supposed to be a Carthagenlan pirate. They made inquiries re lative to Spanish cruisers. FALMOUTH, APRIL it Wind from N. to S.W.:—Sailed the Lady Pelham packet, with Mails for New York ; Nocton packet, with ditto for Jamaica ; Lady Arabella packet, with ditto foe Isiitbcm ; Lady Louisa packet, with ditto for Gibraltar and Malta. Also the Hope ana Alexander, for Quebec. PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 14. Wind S.E.—Arrived the Lady Hamilton Youso, from London for America; Lady Macwo rth, Iton- SON, from London for Barbadoes; un.l John, BIN ' NINGTON from London for Mirtmichi . Sailed the Martha, DRIVER, from lnd:a for London; Francis and Harriet, BURN, for Picton ; and the Mayflower, MoYLE, for ditto; Harmony, TRUEM A N, for Mi rani kill. DEAL. APRIL 14. Wind S.E.—Arrived the Ibis, SMITH, from Oporto, for Hull. Sailed this morning after post, the Roches ter, SUTTON, for Madras. Came down from the River and sailed the Coventry, Hoax, for St. Lucia. A brig was observed on the Goodwin Sands this morning; several boats have gone off to her assis tance. The boatmen report her to be a foreign yes • sel laden with timber, from Norway, for Falmouth.— Five o'Clock, the brig has just got off, and is pro. ceeding on her Voyage ; her name is the St. George, HENCH, master. DOVER, APRIL. 14. Wind B. S. E. and moderate.—Arrived last night the Princess Charlotte packet, Captain HALLAttue, with a Mail and passengers, from Ostend. Arrived early this morning the Chichester packet, Captain RorTtut ; and Flora, Captain WATsotr, from Calais; with passengers. Sailed this afternoon the Prince Leopold, Captain RUCHES, for Calais, with Earl TEMPLE. Arrived this afternoon the Cumberland, Captain BLAKE, from Calais, with passengers, also two transports from that port, with dischaged men from the British Army. LIVERPOOL, APRIL 13. Arrived the Jane,* WHITNEY, from Dartmouth, with loss of bowsprit, foremast, and main top-mast. The Nancy, PEELS, from this port for Quebec, was lost 16th November, near Cemlyn ; the master t.id three of the crew saved. The Caledonia, KINGSTON, from this port for Prince Edward's Island, was lost the same day, at Ballyteague, near Waterford, and three men drowned. The Henry, Rtch ARDso., from Whitehaven for Pictou, was lost I Oth instant, near Red Wharffiay ; crew saved. The sloop Swiftsure, WILLIAMS, was also lost the 10th instant, on Camel Point, and all the crew perished. The Marchioness of Anglesea, —, from this port for Alnwtck, was lost 10th instant, at Dillas, and all the crew drowned; threw passengers, who were on board, are saved GRAVESEND, APRIL 13. Arrived tie Susan, Ayles, and Knights of Kerry, Evans, from Limerick; Lady Lord, Strange, from Lisbon; Caroline, Prole; Atalanta Comer ; and Bayard, Smith, from Bestock; Thetis, Reed ; Harmony, Shur; and Bonetta, Humsley, front Hamburgb ; Margaret, Simpson, from Antwerp ; Edward, Herd, from Gottenburgh; Commerce, Burton, from Sicily ; Valt n tine, Hancock, from SeiMe; Fortuna, Jonge, from Woka s t Ann, Alder, from Marteilles; Diana, iansen, from Strakund, and a few'foreigners. Sailed the Orwell, Leech, fur China ; Providence, Seel, for Flsineuesinli Riga; Providence, M'Clel land, for New Providence; Palladium , Paulson, for Smy rna and Constantinople ; Two rother's Taylor, fur Geno a and Leghorn; Jeanie, ill, for Dublin arid Prince Edward's Island; and Britannia, Jackson, for Harnburgh. CORN EXCHANGE, MARK -LANE, APRIL 15,-.-Sh veral cargoes of foreign Wheat have arrived since Monday, which occasioned dull sale for that article, and what was disposed of was at a decline of 2s. per quarter. We had also a large supply of Barley, both English and Foreign, for which the demand was very trifling, and our prices have fallen full 2s. per quar ter on that of our own growth, and H. per quarter on foreign. In Peas, Beans, and Oats, there is no 'alteration. - , . , . . ' 1 . 1 1 . . i " 1 .• I, i I r ( .1 t !Ir . ' t i '1 ' ' 1!) , . 4 . 11 4 1 I .1 1 . 4 i i!)1 ‘, 4 .i 1 : it hh . 1 al r ' ' : 1 . f*, ti , !J ' / I 1 l i l 1 lii 1 ' 1 i i • , 1 i I t ' • 1 . 1i II i .it 1 li 4 . I , ii) % 1 , ; • 1 1 ., # / i It J 1 , , j t t 1 ' f 4, ; I ,z' ( t i l 1 1, j 1 . .. t * 1 " ; , . i , i 1 il ie. ' • . . 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