Star. — London, England, 1818-01-09 00:00:00

SUPPREsSSION hoot of dusk until. the morniog. You cause the er nici o us habit of street.charity to cease du rin g th e, ors a t which you receive these poor people, by sa ming the scruples of all charitable persons, who ou able to resist the individual appeals made to the i r co mpassion ; and, finally, you gain that which, an y be useful, not only for charitable purposes, but a measure of police--namely, a nightly muster or m a objects, by compelling them to go where' s ul will receive food and shelter, and will at all is be out of harm's way for that night. We know of little that need be added to the parti aar m ode of beneficence so wisely suggested, but the establishment of accurate rules and regulations un der which it may be brought into immediate ac. non throughout London. Even were no second ex pedient adopted, wonders would result from this alone; for it is night which adds its most cruel sting s to the d ou ble sc ourge of nakedness and famine ; and it is the terror of that dismal moment which sinks she spirits, and undermines the health, and exhausts the frame of a miserabk being, even while the rest of man kind re converting to profit or to pleasure d it beams of the mid-day sun. The Paris Papers received yesterday announce the departure of the thalte of WELLINGTON for Cambray, and the arriTal of Li.s CAsas at Egra, where he'w-as' , delivered over to the keeping of the Police Officers of t he r a ther-in-law of his late Master. Neither of the Chambers has had any public sitting since the com mencemett of the year. The Report on the Plan for. me Recruitment of the Army was expected to be nade in the Deputies as on Wednesday last. it Hamburgh Mail has arrived, but except a corn armication of some importance " From the Seine,. as the subject of a Free Trade, which we subjoin, tie intelligence which it brings is not of any interest. FROM THE SEINE, DECEMBER 19. We learn that applications have been made to the Government by many French commercial cities, in rapport of the wishes of those who desire the free tank of goods, and have applied to the Govern rent for it at an earlier period. This subject excites at present great attention among the merchants, and bas given occasion to numerous Memorials from . Itimbers of Commerce to the Ministers of Finance. On the other hand, the petition of the merchants is several frontier provinces, as for example, Lille, lleLtz, Strasburg, Etc. to obtain the importation of denial goods by land, and for the above cities '" privilege of an Entrepot for such goods as is to be definitively rejected, because the interest France makes it necessary to encourage its • trade and its sea ports. The hope of the restoration of the free cultivation' tobacco, and. the abolition of the goverrntteatd monopoly of that article is also given up for ther eat; yet they have in France positive promises, Idle free culti v ation at least shall be restored, oak Indolent does net seem favourable, because present state of the finances it is feared to make periments which may injure the treasury. According to letters from Alsace, all the tobacco which the Government does not want for its fict°rY is there sold by the country people, at prices shish are very favourable to them, to merchants elso formerly had manufactories of tobacco in 'Al um, and particularly at Strasburg, but have now fled these establishments on the right bank of the Line, in the territory of Baden, where they succeed wry well. We here see the consequences of all pro hibitory laws of this kind. A branch of industry, sirich formerly employed many thousttnd workmen, is removed from Alsace to Baden, *here the manu• factories belonging tp people from Alsace are of the lr.eatest advantage to the inhabitants of Baden, and bring a great deal of money into the country. The following interesting letter on the stave of rablic feeling in France with respect to the Army of Occupation, has appeared in several German Papers. It is dated Thionville, 11th December: " I have been now for two months in the beauti ful. Frar.ce, and think within myself &ail possideetes. Accorlng to our host, things cannot long remain so; for that the Allies must return home next year sihefner :hey will or no, is taken for granted, by the Liberales, the Ultras, and the Ministerialists. they saly want, they say, a few more hundred horses to ae.vance in full gallop to the Rhine, and at a coup ae seet, hundreds of thousands will be in arms. —ln fact, France is not so reduced ; there is no want of good will, and they may find men enough. One 7be convinced of this by walking on a Sunday rotig'a the villages, and seeing the sports and gym . c exercises of the F r e nc h y out h. O ur presence is an abomination to them, and the aversion to the Prussians the most decided. " The visit of our King to Paris, and the distribu xof coloured ribbons, have made no change— ey behave with politeness on both sides, but with )Ifiness. L es " Therefore we seld om h ear a f ree express i on re -IPcting the present state of France and the Bour - . It is certain, however, that Louis XVIII. has Ifrach gained in the public estimation, and it is very tarzly that he is mentioned but with respect. The Naves too seem to have become convinced, that the nil road does act lead to the goal. Even the Duke tf Angonleme, in his last tour, always spoke in forst of the Constitution, The Duke of Berry is ki to behave very- prudently, and to try partitu- liarly.to ingratiate himself with the old .oldies. often visits the barracks, cowrerses affably with old soldiers, hears than that exploits, and "`" t makes them presents. ." :, w *l - • . A singular circumstance lately occurred on an occasion. The Duke visited the quarters newly arrived Legion; he was 'struck with the ap pearance of an old soldier, and enquired after his campaigns ;—the old grenadier grew saanimated by his own narrative, that in relating the storming of a battety he cried out, Mire 'Empereur! Roe Napoleon! —All those who were present imagined the soldier would be immediately delivered to a Court Martial : no such thing: the Duke of Berri, smiling, clapped the old man on the shoulder, saying—" You are a brave Pretchrnan."—Truly it may be said of certain persons in other countries, with more justice than of the French Princes, that they have learnt nothing, and forgotten nothing. In addition to the Message of the President of the United States to Congress, which we yesterday laid before our Readers, we this day lay before them the roceeclings in a Committee on the State of the anion. Mr. CLAY brought forward the cruel case of the British officers immured is prison at Philadel phia; by what appears prettly clearly, from the speeches delivered on the occasion, to have been a 'stretch of power, rather than an enforcement of law . Mr. CLAY was followed by Mr. Sza.rzANT, who con.. firmed his statement in all its parts. Both these members bore testimony to the correct deportment of our unfortunate countrymen, and both were re strained by a mere sense of decency from giving ex pression to their sentiments respecting the conduct of Judge WASHINGTON. Mr. CLAY'S amendment, which we have inserted under the proper head, was carried without opposition. We have also some accounts from South America, of whiCh the particulars have not before been so fully stated. These will be found in another column. They will be read with interest, as serving to increase a well grounded hope that the people of this large and fair portion of the globe will ere long bid de fiance to all their adversaries, and End themselves in those circumstances which will secure to them all the 1 benefits of the local ci in which they have been placed by Pnovtnrwcz. • by distinguished for his agreeable manners, and from which he did not retire until one in the morning, four hours after which he commenced his journey. has been remarked, that the Noble Duke, during his very short residence in the capital, accep ted only three invitations to dinner : he dined first with the Minister of Police ; secondly, with the Duke of PERNA), Nimaz, the Spanish Ambassador ; and, thirdly, with the Russian Minister,. Count Pozzo DI BonGo. He was also invited by Sir CHARLES STUART and Prince TALLEYRAND, but the reason which in duced him to refuse these invitations is not known. The nine bureaux of the Chamber of Deputies did not complete the Committee on the Budget until yes terday, when they appointed a Committee of 18, two Members far each bureaux. The composition of this Committee is far from being satisfactory to the Minis try, who havereason to expect new and strong bicker ing: from it. There are, indeed, in this Committee, six Ultra-Royalists," • COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE—This house boasted a most numerous and el ant audience last night. The Play was " Artaxerxes, in which Mr. BRAHAM, as Arbaces, exerted his great vocal powers with all his accustomed success. Mozwar's 44 Ah Perdansa," , adapted to English words, was sung by Mr. BRAHAM and Miss STEPHENS ' with great taste and spirit, Their efforts called forth the most fervent approba•, ,tion. The quartetto of " Mild as the Itfotutteirei" was admirably executed by the two performers. just. named, with Mrs. BISHOP and Mr. Duauser. Miss STEPHeNS was compelled to repeat " The crud tyr'axt love," and " The soldier tied." DURUenT and IsAAcs acquitted themselves with great 'ability as Artaxerxes and Artabanes, and the Opera went off altogether with great eclat. DUBLIN, JAN. s.—ln consequence of a paragraph which appeared in Carrick's Morning Post of the 30th ult. Lieutenant-Colonel Ross, of the 4th Dra goon Guards, conceiving himself alluded to as the " Officer of High Regimental Rank," ascertained that the author of it was Captain FOTTRZLL, of the Royal Marines. Having demanded personal antis. faction of that Gentleman, they met on Saturday in the Phoenix Park, and after an exchange of four shots each, their respective friends agreed that Cap tain Forrasi.t. should make the following apology on the ground : " Colonel Rem I have been brought bere to give yon satis faction for a paragraph published by me in Caprioles Mama; Pot. We have fired four shots each. I nose declare, that I' did not know, save from report, to whom the amide alleged, which has given you offence ; and that I did. not ottuswholosow you to be the Officer of high rank mefttioned in that artidts— and being now told by your friend, Captain Idandkott, thatthe paragraph is incorrect in other particaLun, I none revet any having done so."—Witnessed and signed by " I'. HaNuxes, Captain 44 Oast Overdo; " Jextas Mairsza.". . .~ • _ The Grenadier Regiment ot 'Tuardi, now doing fury at the Tower, will march for Windsor in. a few weeks, to take the Royal duty. The 58th, from Bath, &c.. is arrived at Plymoutl‘ to do site Garrisun duty.. The much-lamented Major G 2011131 SAVILL Bus- Dan', who lost his life by the dreadful hurricane at St. Lucia, on the fatal 21st of October, was the son of the late Sir Cn.timia, and bendier to the present Sir CHAELES WYNDHAM BII7I4)ZST, Bart. His and+ able and accompliShed wife, who perished at the same time, was the daugluer of the late Colonel, and 'sister of the present Lieutenant-Colonel WILKINS, K.C.B. and their son, who also perished, was E fine l youth, nearly 15 years of age, the only male descen dant of this very ancient family, except, the present Baronet, and the son of the late Captain BraDirrr, of the 34th Regiment, who died in March, last, fro's! the effects of arduous services during the war. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. MAILS TRIG DAY. v . AAR. 11194- .. AU* MOM Dublin 1 0 Lisboa • . L 0 Waterford 0 I Maha •• •.- • 0 co Guernsey and Jersey 0 1 France • ': 0 0 Holland 0 1 Hembursk 0 1 Gottecburgh. 0 3 Flouters 1_ 0 VALMOLTTH, JANUARY 6. • Wind N.W.---Arrived Ol e. Puke of Marlboronirls Pit 106414 EASTMAN, WilialAblik from Lisbon, in six teen days. PORTSMOUTH JANUARY•B. Wind W. N.W.—Arrived the Abeona transport, from the Cape of Good Hope, v for Woolwich, with Ordnance stores. Left the Cape 28th October, St. Helena 18th November, and Ascension 24th Nov.— On the 19th of December spoke. the Hercules and Fanny, brigs, from Glasgow for St. Vincent's—got a supply of provisions from the latter. On the 4th January fell in with the Zelia schooner, Capt. LAX G, from the River Plate, bound to Liverpool ; wok her in sow and put provisions on board, she having lost her masts, leaky, and only three days' provitioss left. Patted with her yesterday, off the Manacles, for Fal mouth ; the brig John, from Prince Edward's island, in company, who had one man killed by an accident, otherwise all welL • DOVER, JANUARY 8. • Wind N.W. and moderate.--Sailed last night the Lord Duncan packet, Captain PASCOE, with a Mail and passengers for Ostend ; and this morning the Lord Duncan packet, Captain HmottvroN, with a Mall and passengers for Calais. Arrived this morn ing the Princess Charlotte packet, Capt. HALLANDS, with a Mail and passengers fFom Ostend ; and the Chichester packet, Captain Rvrrait, from Calais, with passengers. twenty . John's, JERSEY, JANUARY 2. Monday arrived the large brig Queen, with a . cargo of dried fish, from Newfoundland, in twenty ds; also the brig Surprize, from Bristol. Tuesday ai v 'ed from the Azores, the sloop Mary, of this p e, after a boisterous passage of nine days—she brought a cargo of fruit—she has lost her bowsprit and boom. fry. A public Meeting was yesterday held at the CTOWM and Anchor Tavern, in the Strand, in pursianis of i srpublic dories, to take into consideration the 411111 st Itthisable steps to be taken for the ininsmiialtalido iiirstit* -Destitute, and the ultimate 81011111kliiriff lettimiltity in the Metropolis. Acme misconception having arisen as to the time MI for 12) at which the Chair was to he Mien, the sommencement of the business was delayed till neat Sue o'clock, when William Williams, Esq. was called ii.the Chair. - Mr. WILLIAMS said, that while he attended with - sure to the call of the Meeting, he was sorry the air had not been taken by some person better fitted • - that station. No one could feel more than he did • importance of the subject, which deserved the men "... -of evreerry friend of humanity and his country. It sits impossible for them now to enter into all the de ails of the subjects before them ; those details would fall within the province of some future Committee, Which might look at it its all its ramifications. The object was the ultimate suppression of mendicity, with due attention, while the laws were enforced, not to oppress individuals, but, on the cony, to afford them temporary relief. The DukrarNor. thumberland, he had him induced Sn. tope, would have taken the Chair; 'but his Gracilia sent a letter to say, that a reeent loss in his family had prevented him from taking any part in public meetings. He hoped, that, on some future occasion, his Grace might be inclutcd to preside at a meeting of this do scription. They would now hear the xlifferent Reso lutions which had been drawn up, and any Fende man might deliver his opinion. Ile hoped al P differences of poNticOl opinion would be kept out t a view, confining thernselics to the temedy of that evil which they deplored in common. The Advertisement for the Meeting being read, Mr. METHUEN MARTIN rose to propose the raw Resolution. In offering it to the consideration of the Meeting, he was sorry that some person of greater rank and talent had not been found to perform that due, bin he believed no one could be found who had greater experience in the investigation of the evil which it was their object to remedy. It did not need much argument to convince a feeling public of the magnitude of an evil Which they all witnessed.— It was an evil which called forth all their humanity, and deserved all their exertions. • He had been long labouring in this vineyard, and he had been con famed in his idea, that there was such an extent cf suffering, that the major part of the poor of the me tropolis died prepsaturely, from want of those, com forts necessary to the support of infirmity, rckness, and declining age. He was confirmed in this opinion by a Gentleman of great experience in the populous parish of St. Martin. As to the artifices of paupers sons proper places, -- parishes, they were relieved, as by the exertions of the Society they might be, from foreign applicants, would have more leisure to relieve their own paupers.' As for those beggars who had 'settlements at parishes Ut the country, the Society should either assist in their maintenance here, if they had the mains of subsiding by trades which they could only exercise in London, or in conveying . them to their own homes. The cases would require to be looked into. There were others whose settlements were uncertain, but by the efforts of the Committee these settlements would be ascertained. As to the non-parochial paupers, they were either Scots or Irish, - or foreigners. As to the Irish, it was to be hoped that some exertions would be made to raise a subscription for them in their native country, as it was very hard oft to'me parishes in London, &. Giles's for instance. As for the Scots beggars they were few, and very industrious; o me 'would be relieved by the Scots Hospital, and others might receive small aid to return to their native country. The Foreigners would receive some relief by application to the Consuls ; so that when a proper plan was digested, the difficulties in disposing of all the applicants did not seem insuperable. He had re ceived much information in researches, in which he co-perated with the Committee of most respect.ble Noblemen and Gentlemen, as the Earls of Spencer, Hardwicke and Chichester, Lords Dynevor and Calthorpe, V2nsittart, and others. It was net necessary to rack their hearts with needless relations of scenes of misery. But this he eoold say, that however the giving aims in the street was to be de precated, there were many mendicants, who if they did not receive alms to-day would die to-morrow— ( Hear ).--He hoped lie should not plead in behalf of such distress, in vain. Neither should ht investi gate the causes of it. He believed one 'cause was the tardy administration of parish relief. He did not throw blame on the parish officers, who were forced into their offices without allowance, and who were distracted by the necessity of attending to their own concerns. When they retired to their homes to take their meals, niter attending to the business of the parish, they were then again besieged by app:i cams, and the money was extorted from them. It would be a duty of the Society, when it was forme,i, to relieve them of some of the business which pre sr id on them. A subscription would be necessary, IA ) enable the Society to support the applicants, ti:l they were finally disposed of, and he hoped, by the exertion of benevolence and activity, an end would be put at last to the disgraceful craft of begging raid imposture. He then moved the first ResolutioN: stating the great extent of the evil of mendicity. Mr. HA RAISON seconded the Resolution, and said, that if the Meeting were enabled to carry its benei p. letu object into effect, the time would notbe fir l 46...-MAlia 1.0. r a - pans,' ax ouun,arun. ..caz 4.., ism saassmca vs raurs..s.s c i t i es the Yesterday the Duke of Yonn took the diversion of DEAL, JANDARY S. there wore, oe doubt, i great many impostors in the shooting in the neighbourhood of Ealing and Brentford. Wind W.S.W—Arrived and remains in the Downs, is stated and 'such nshad steeled the hearts of the , Prince LisoroLD, before his departure for Came, wind-bound, the Hiperion , HORN, from.Borhbay:— loveliest a n d Most benevolent females, by the frauds 'term o f visited the Qatari and Patseasetm- at Windsor, and Oetward-bound remain an we n, , which, had been repast:4i practilied upon them.— maritime , the Duchess of .Yoait, at Oatlands. His Serene Arrived and sailed for the River, yesterday, .sur misattaa was ssecasag % The multitude • Highness has been soafilictaivith rhea:swim in the Edward, Jassisaa, frees Bombay ; Diana, CUMULI* or 2p - ries': a — I A list it j ii*sii sa9nsiaig. , But what MucliAiscli thi vat i on .face, that he has been out veep little lately, except in from Lisbon, alld wall , illbssf— slap cuss d o ";i was iiiatitiurei or lin kradertalms, d' die Oen. vennneav ,a close delver. Min his abode at Came, it is ex- the Lanham FAAMiIt, for Madeira ~ pected asst e vrill occasionally visit Weymouth, a Rambler, Near ; ibr Malta; test Wrist dta, . -- - - 7 - 77,7- - • - - -iira s er ac if r ? by 2iiiillW deatesi'irliiim ii‘tbirore. aim. iroulil unite with r thuPre'' place anninsfully endeared to him as having been the Ser‘Operse.-•.-The oetwarsibeend thee - m e - iiiiiirtiiniprilM* be done. uses, that residencoof his beloved Princess. day have put back. TbiAns ' - bi . eirectiserwouldirit t to &vide the . , only the A private letter from Paris, dated January 5, says: TM NMOUTH, 3Atit7Aiir I': . ,"' '• - , paivoiresix *asks, kiy which they might see that it se in the- " The Duke of !Arms . left Paris yesterday. to Arrived the Dove and Unity, MiiiisMil,lialle i rl- . . was ractialk to do much. The applicants should return to his head-quarters at Mont St. Martin. It is guera, in twelve days ; she brings an account of the be divided into parochial and non-parochial. Of the make ek- believed that he win go to London, and, after spend. loss of the brig Ben and Susan, Darn Master, be-: parochial- he could-confidently aisert, that one-third • ing a few days there, return here about the 20th. On longing to this port, near Vim.% all the crew lost, of the beggars in the meniapolislelonged to parishes e tobacco the evening before his departure his Grace was present long-boat and about twenty casks of oil, part of the i n t h e metropo li s , I t wou ld b e easy to send those per- its menu- at a ball given by Count de Cern, where he was cargo, saved, from St. John's, Newfounandd. sons to their proper places, and those parishes, if ABERDEEN, JANUARY 3. 'The following particulars of the loss, and damage of shipping, we - have just learned from the Orkneys On the 541 ultimo the sloop Sentolo, George Petrie, of and for Kirkwall, from Inverness, with timber and staves, was found bottom up in the Pentland Frith, and carried into WidewalL Five bodies were found in the cabin, four of them pasetions. The schooner Polito, about 70 tons, from Riga to Belfast, was totally wrecked in Deerness on the Gth ult. Crew saved. Alarge ship, about 460 tons, brlunguig to twedish Finland, and bound from Revel to Liverpool, with wood, iron, and tar, In shard gale about the 14th ultimo, shipped a heavy sea, which carried away her bowsprit, with the fore and main-masts ; and after being a week at sea in distress, the vessel, with the greatest difficulty and danger, got Into Ehvick on the 21st ultimo, and net day was carried round to Kirkwall, wh«re she lies in safety. A4vecossilitshing smack is said to be lost, with all on board, at IRA. mound. A number of reeds, it is reported, lave put Woo lillfferctstilsfes in the Highlands. itAVESEND, JANUARY 8. Arrlie4tbletoting William, from Dunkirk; and Commerce, Bottrdeaex. Sailed the Wanstead, Young, for Bengal; Ann, Reynolds, for Bombay ; Roebuck, Nukes,* Game and Sierra-Leone; ' Edward, Haman, for Ca diz New Braganza; Carnzby, for Malta; Lyra, QOM, for sults*, Ike. • The sloop William, from Yougtia, laden with 'butter and oats, for Portsmouth, was lost, 'during the late gales, on the coast of Cornwall, and all on board perished. On the 27th ult. the Mayor and Magistrates of Dover committed to gaol two midshipmen of his Ma jesty's ship Severn, stationed on the coast to prevent snitiggling, under Lord Ellenborough's Act, on a charge of stabbing, maiming, and wounding two ps in - the street. " - thirsitsstri SEAMEN.—A hundred and sixty poor fellows, who had been examined by the Committee, and found deserving, were sent of yesterday from the King's Head in the Poultry to a house, which has been prepared for their reception, at Newington. In their yvay there, they stopped in a body before the Mansion House, and the poor fellows resumed an old habit, so far as to give three cheers. Coax EXCHANGE, JANUARY 9.—Our market was thinly supplied iiith Wheat and Earley this morning, not having any arrivals since Monday, and our prices remain Ole same as on that day, except for the info. riot iffserii?tisMs of Baxley, which are 'unsaleable at - reduction "of &s per quarter. Oats are 2s. per quarter tolver."And sell slowly at that decline. In Peas, L EVOK:giii - othdr articles, no alteration. I ii , 1 . . • 1 ' t t '::. . . i 1 i o . •Y 1 1 . . I. ii ti , . i 1 1 I ! . 1 t. 1 i • : ' 1 r ~ r