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• Majesty. and to the illustrious Prince 1-11 e the husband of our beloved Princess. had the happiness to convey, and he the House would be not less anxicileto dole with the august personages he had the calamity now brought under their He felt he might be allowed to say, • the expectations had been, Which were he time the marriage took place, the at not only equal to them, bat had stir- A union like that which they had wit se in the alliance of Print-es it was an ual affection, of sincere esteem founded ledge of individual private character. nation had been encouraged to expect narriage, the greater satisfaction which he more painful was the blow gives by trophe. He could not enla on the ut weakening it, and withouirritating rhich had been felt hardly less in foreign en the melancholy tidings were received, greatly as it had been here deplored by I'Luier these circumstances he should, it Messages of Condolence should be sent ouse to her Majesty the Queen, and to old." AKER said, as the Noble Lord wished Meua"es of Condolence on the course en the Addresses of Congratulation were rould probably desire that on this, as on in, the two questions should be put sepa far as he was informed there were no or carrying ,an Address of Condoler ce, l L of a Member of the Royal Family, be rone. The Noble Lord had proposed sages of Condolence now should follow arse as had.been taken some months ago !dresses of Condolence. Though there edent for doing this, it was in the breast' ▪ to make one. question was then put, " That this House ressage of Condolence to Nor Majesty, on ors and untimely death of her Royal High ness: Charlotte of IVales. 'CRAFT felt it very painful to dissent Leasure ; but such was his feeling upon that he felt he should be wanting in duty nd to the public did he not give his nega motion. He would use no harsh words, te enter into any explanation on the sub ! felt something within him which com-, o express his marked dissent—(Hear, heir, ,osition Benches.) STLEREAGH said the manner in which able Gentleman had expressed his dissent !sent motion, precluded him from giving to his opposition. He would only say, 6 he could surmise the cause of it, there slightest colour for supposing it to be L. TAYLOR expressed his strong dissent an was then put.—There was a general e" from the Treasury side of the House, ral a cry of " No" from the other side. ARIA-4 think the "Ayes" have it. 3TLEREAGH thought the House would lesirable that this Message should be car one Member of the House, and by one the habit of waiting on her Majesty,' hat. Mr„Desborough should be appointed. e MeAsage to the Queen.—The motion to. _ _ STLEREAGH then moved, that a Mes. [do/ ence, precisely similar, should be sent )UGH.Ott tose merely to say, that he ere would not be one dissenting voice on .11—( 'fear). ,CRAFI' wished to state how heartily and :ly he concurred with the motion now [louses lie, in common with every fellow [ stroinly the merits of that young Prince, impression was so general, it would be t and troublesome in him to enlarge upon is time. Lion was then agreed to, nein. con. and iGt THYINE was appointed to wait on the th the Message. BANKRUPT LAWS. HN SMITH moved for the appointment of tee to consider the Bankrupt Laws, and re cn to the Rouse. ICKHART thought sufficient evidence had rded on this subject already to prove that as defective at present, as it made no dif tween the honest Bankrupt and the fraudu• r. He hoped, when the Committee was , a Report would be made without loss of that a Bill would be soon introduced to .t evils at present experienced.—The Motion I to, and a Committee forthwith appointed. :FORM IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS. NCIS BURDETT said, he had some Pe. eesent in favour of Parliamentary Reform tt know what effect they would have on the which was in agitation to repeal that Act s commonly called the Act for Suspending is Corpus Act. Whatever was done would his opinion respecting that Act, and the atrocious proceedings of the Ministers un to had used it, perhaps, for the purpose for ias intended—to put a stop to the great f Parliamentary Reform, in favour of which had been presented signed by a million and persons, though many of them had been At the pretence of some defect in form, or he meaning of the petitioners was presented 1, and not in written words. He did not e whether the Habeas Corpus Act was re hether it remained suspended, or whether it :rated from the Statute Book, since it was o this condition, that it might be suspended the Ministers theught proper, or on any which they thought proper to allege. It perhaps, better that it should be obliterated Statute Book, for this reason—that the Mi w concealed the real import of their mea ,er the name of a Suspension ci the Statute is Corpus; whereas if it were altoge;ler re he people would be left to the protection of hurta, under which they had the same right Al protection ; the Statute of Habeas Corpus only a summary remedyto persons aggrieved. t body of the people of England who had d Parliamentary Reform, had now found it necessary tn:preeZeatttioogly, In mt . sequence . n, the practice which had been pursued by the Govern- Messed( saiang . ibout spies and inforniers,.if Is& for the purpose of entrapping the people tnto'illegal acts, yet m such a manner that they always toot en'thenr. sel4es to entrap those who were unwary. There wa an old manta of Charles the Second, ,which Petitions for alterations in matters of- Church or State, signed by snore than 20 per sons.'FrOm the dis position which had been shewn to revive duping laws, the persons 'who were desirous of Petititining imagined that this law might be put in force against them. The Petitioners were not to be frightened out of the course they had adopted to obtain their consti tutional rights ; but they also were desirous not to alarm the timid and the weak, or to give any oppor tunitT for the employment of spies and informers, or to bring together lidrgt timbers of people, among whom these agents of the Ministers might find some whom they might excite to riot, and thus throw dis credit on the cause. They had therefore determined, in order to accomplish all these objects, to present Petitions, each of which would be signed by 20 per soni. The question of a Reform in that House, was, in his Opinion, the only great and important ques-, tion which could come before them ; and he had thereto* thought fit to lose no time in presenting the first of a series of Petitions on this subject, to which he should hereafter have to call their attention. He concluded by presenting a Petition, signed by twenty of the inhabitants of Bath, which was read, . They ',complained that the House, instead of . representing' she people of the realm, represented the interests of few Peers, rich trading Borough-holders, and persons ' who purchased seats for the purpose of selling their votes to the Ministers ; and they prayed that it be re formed. It was ordered to be prmied...—Eight other Petitions, each signed by 20 inhabitants of the same city, to the same effect, were presented by Sir Francis Burdett, read, and laid on the table.djournecl. THE EVENING STAR. LONDON. THURSDAY, JANUARY 29, 1818. THE FUNDS. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT TWELVE O'CLOCK : Reduced 8011—Cons. 79H —Cons. for Feb. 79if 4 per Cent. 989 —Navy annuities 105{ India Bonds 107 pr.—Exch. Bills 18 28 pr. The Bill for the repeal of the Habeas Corpus Sus pension Act passed through the House of Lords last night. Lord HOLLAND took this opportunity to cen sure in strong terms the conduct of Ministers in every thing that respected the Suspension Act and the late 'Trials for Libel. Lord Stomourif defended Mini sters ; denied that any measures had been resorted to, to surprise Parliament into the salutary measure it had adopted last Session, Ministers having laid before Parliament without reserve all the facts of which they were possessed, and Parliament, after , examining the facts, having decided on its propriety. The good effects that had followed proved, his LOM ship said, the wisdom of the measure. As to the Parodies that had been prosecuted, it was admitted on all hands that such publications were calculated to sap the morals of the people—the first step and aim of Revolutionists, and the very mean that had been employed in another country to overturn the Government. ..... In the Commons, the Treaty with Spain was laid before the House, of which we have given a copy in another part of this Paper. On the motion of an Ad- , dress of Condolence to the Quirxx, on the lamented death of the PRINCSSS CHARLOTTE, Mr. CALCRAPT expressed with pain his determination to dissent from it, as did also Mr. M. A. TAYLOR. The question having been put in the usual manner, the SPEAKER said, " The ayes, I think, have it," and the Resolu tion was allowed to pass without a division. Sir nutrias BURDETT brought forward a Petition for Parliamentary Reform signed by twenty inha bitants of Bath : there being an old Statute in exist ence prohibiting Petitions on such a subject from being signed b, a greater number. He afterwards presented other Petitions signed by twenty ; and it is. understood that in future many Petitioners will ad here to this plan. The Petitions of last Session were said to have a million at least of signatures : should all of these petition again this Session, in batches of twenty, the number of Petitions will amount to 50,000. The important question with respect to the right of appointment to the Clerkship of the Pleas in , Ire land, has at length been solemnly determined by the decision of a Court of Law, and the judgment, we are happy, for the sake of public economy, to an nounce, is in favour of—run Cuomo. The Judges of the Court of Error in Ireland, before whom the question had come in'the shape of a guo trarratito, and been discussed at great length, and with great ability, proceeded on Tuesday, the Sikh instant, to deliver their opinions upon it, which occupied the whole of that and two succeeding days. The report, of the final decision, as contained in the Dublin Jour nal received to-day, we subjoin : " Tat Krim% WALLZA CYGILLST, EIIQ.—..BILrOII Sir WiLLUdt , ' Swim resumed his argument at the sitting of the Court on Fri day, and continued speaking for nearly four hours. His Lord ship gave his opinion in favour of the Plaintiff in Error (Waller; O'Grady.) His Lordship is the only . Judge whose opinion was delivered against the Crown.—Mr.Justice DALY followed Baron Smith, and reviewed the case at considerable length ; his Lard- ship, in conclusion, declaring Ms conviction that the Plaintiff in Error (Waller O'Grady) had not ahewn any legal thin to the office In question, and that the proceeding by quo narrates was perfectly proper.—Mr. Baron Gana's delivered his opinion on fkiturday, Whin the (teal judgment of the Judges was pronounced for the Crown." *I4IIIUOA34.PAPFAIs. Vie' hart received Weerlfert Papers to the 294 uls.lmo.-+An anonymous attack luring been made Upon Captain Lisaaocit, Of his Majesty's charging him with kidnapping an American subject, the following answer from the British Consul_appears in the New York Evening Poet of the 24th Decembers " His Britannic Majesty's Consulate Mice, New York, ikcember 82, 1817. • " TO TIM EMMOR Or TUT WATIOUAL AVVOCAT4 Sh—Perceiving in your Paper of this date a statement re lathe to an alleged impressment of an A uerican seaman being detained on board his Majesty's ship 13.11 C, and that the Coma maoder treated with contempt the Writ of Habeas Corpus that was , served upon him to ►ring up Joint licu.i.tAms, and appear before' the Recorder of this City, I feel it my duty to deny these charges in the most unequivocal manner, and offer the following explanation of a circumstance that is set off in a manner calm,- laced toexcite feelings that every friend to Great Britain and the United• States must and does deplore :—fate on the evening of the lees, a man delivered the copy of a writ to Captain Lanwoc►' of the doop of war Esc, to bring up the bi:ody of JOHN WILLIAMS, stated to have been imprhoned on board that vesseL Although the writ was not addressed correctly, either as to the name of the Captain or of the vessel (as the' name of the vessel is the Esk, and the Commander's name Lennock), yet Captain Lennock immediately enquired for this mulatto lad, whose name on the ship's books it John Robinson ; who then, is the presence of the pilot, denied that he wanted his discharge, Abilt only to obtain a protection. Captain Lennock accordingly %errant a letter to me, requesting I would call on the Recorder and state these facts, and also to mention, that if it was required the boy should be sent back from Jamaica : with which state ment the Recorder expressed his satisfaction. " It must be well known, that•since the peace there has been no impressment in the British Navy ; and it appears this lad was paid or in England, and entered freely on board the Bermuda, from which vessel be was turned over to the PAL—Relying on your wish to set forth the true state of this case, I have the ho nour to be, &c. " JOHN 1113CIIANAX. " NEW YORK, DECEMBER 2.6. A letter from an Officer at Fort Hawkins, dated December 10, says, that General Gaines had dis patched two boats, with fifty men, under the com mand of Lieutenant Scott, to proceed up to Apalacha, to assist Major Mecklenburg in the collection of pro visions, and that about twelve miles below Fort Scott, one of the boats was attacked by the Indians, and the whole crew massacred, except six, who saved them selves by swimming. Of the other boat nothing had been heard. Accounts have reached Savannah from St. Mary's . to the evening of the 12th instant. The United States troops which were to drive off Commodore Aury, and take possession of Amelia Island, were still a t • Point Petre on that day. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. • FALMOUTH, JANUARY es. . Wind W.&W. fresh breezes and thick dim:Nitta ther.—Arrived the American ship William, BLOWS, from liew York in 25 days, for orders, lipeellides: PLYMOUNKJANSARY 27. N.Nr.--Cie in lila Wmarara paeket.:.vall Knistes, from Demarant to London. and sailed again. PORTSMOUTH. JANUARY 25. Wind W. blows fresh,, , ArriYed from the ' Downs, the Renwick, CosaTON,. and Urania, Hon - sti., for Barbadoer ; AMU 8.110101.115, for Bombay; Acteon, —, for Berbinit; Orion, WifITMORE, for ditto ; Vittoria, Chtitztiln fOr Cruz ; George 111. Flamm, for Bengal; illkesey, ELlfir. for Hopduras ; Rambler, WooDrilOßtz,for: tkin biediterraneaw ; and several others. Sailed the Shipley. for . Rotterdam. DEAL. lANtltsilY es. Wind S.W.—Arrived and sailed foc the River, the Oswin, KAY, from Bengal, and Garland, Baowx, from the Cape cif Good Hope. Came down from the River the. Unity, -for, Batavia ; Briton, BMW, for Tarragona ; Lucy, SPRY, for Rio Janeiro; Ura inia, HuccuiNsoN, for St. Vincent's; Sarah, LUCAS, for Charante, and Latona, DENAMON, for the South Seas, and remain in the Downs. DOVR.R, JANUARY es. Wind W.and moderate.—Arrived this morning the King George, Captain Manta, from Calais, with Admiral Sir JOHN BORLASE WARREN ; and the Flora, Captain WATSON, from that port, with Lord W. BEN *llllO‘. :Sailed this day, the King George packet, Captain KING, with a' Mail and passengers for Ca lais; and the lord Duncan racket, Captain PAscoa, with a Mail and passengers for Ostend. Arrived the Sown Packet and Venus transports, from Calais, with troops. HARWICH, JANUARY es. Wind N.W.—Sailed the Phoenix, POTTER, with Mails and passengers for .Cuxhaven ; and Nancy's Increase, with ditto, for Helvoetsluys. • - MILFORD HAVEN, JANUARY M. Wind W.S.W.--4esterday arrived at the Quaran tine Station here, the Active, OVINGTON from Ga lipoli for Orders ; she has a clean bill of health— sailed thence 9.5 th November last ; the Norval, of Greenock, was at Galipoli when she sailed.—Arrived alm the Invulnerable, Ctiononst; from London for Newfoundland, with loss of bulwarks and consider able other damage, so as to make it necessary to dis charge her cargo (potatoes) in order to repair ; the Diligence„Dolphin, and Resolution Admiralty cut ters, Crain their respective cruizes. GRAVESEND. JANUARY &. Arrived the Apollo, Rue, from Carolina ; and Louisa Frrde dna. froth Stoekholtm—Sailed the Blender Hall, Barr, for ianudea ; Proteus, James, for Vera Cruz; and the Meuenger, Pike, fur St. Thomas's. - itrucT OF A LETTER FROM THE AGENT TO LLOYD'S AT DARTMOUTH, DATED THE 27TH INSTANT. " I beg leave to inform you of the arrival of the French snip Elizabeth, belonging to Rouei, Captain La Cowers, from Mar tinique, bound to Havre, with sugar, coffee, &c. fc.c. in 58 days. I find Captain litaaatim and Officers, of the French frigate tft ravan, lately lost at Martinique, are pawengers on board, and am glad to find that only one officer and nine of the crew were lost, belonging to the frigate." The Subscribers to LLOYD'S have voted 1001. to,tlie ten boatmen belonging to Margate, for saving the crew of the Vittoria, of Dublin, on the 14th instant ; and 501. to five boatmen belonging to Broadstairs, for saving part of the crew of the Aimv.ell, lost on the 13th instant. ~~oed APPSAL OVIORPEg. .._ ..r . . . $4, . COURT OF KING'S lIENCII, JANUARY sii. AiNPORD V. THORNTON. The interest which the singular proceedings io this case has excited in the public mind, was again nlaai- Msted thifinotning by the crowd which . t,hhooged the Court and all the adjoiniag avenues at a very early hour, Several Ladies were again conspicuous among the crepid. The Appellee, Thornton, entered the Court before nine o'clock, accompanied by a friend. Shortly before ten, Mr. Justice BAY LEY took hi, place on the Bench, and proceeded to hear some short eases from the Insolvent Debtors' Court, durtno, the discussion of which the Appellant, Ashford, 'a • rived, with:the'sime two friends who had accomila= nied him on the last day his case was under c‘n sideration. Lord ELLEtittonoucit, Mr. Justice ABBOTT, and Mr. Justice HOLROTD, took their seats on the bench about a quarter past ten, upon which Mr. CLAVtx, the Appellant's Counsel, rose— Mr. CLARKI—" My Lords, in the case of Ashford against Thornton, I have to state, that the Appellant is in Court, and prepared to put in a general De; , murrer to the Replication of the Appellee. I move that it be now, read by the Clerk." The Demurrer was then handed to Mr. DIALT/iT i c the Clerk of the Court, by whom it was read, merely sets forth, that the allegations contained in the Replication are not sufficient to set aside the facts stated in the Counterplea, so as to entitle the Appel• lee to put his case upon a Wager of Battle—upon which point the Appellant craves the Judgment cf the Court. When Mr. DIALTRY had concluded, Mr. READER, on the part of the Appellee, row , and prayed permission to put in a Rejoinder toil* Demurrer of the Appellant—with which he stated the Appellee was prepared, and was anxious to join issue without loss of time. Lord ELLENBOROUGH—" The Court allow time Ref joinder." Mr. CLAixe--" I have now to 'move your lArtf , ships to fix an early day for arguing this Demurrer Lord ELLENBOROUGH—" In doing so, the Court would wish to consult the convenience of the Coun sel for the parties." • * Mr. CLARKE-" I believe any day The't4d:t:l,l27. appoint, will meet our apr9bation." Mr t 1144neit--:":Certainljr,,,, The Court having consulted for a fee minotes, M#4o.astte,....-a With your Lordships permission, I - beg to suggest Tuesday nest." u• :4451141171.a;t}1:at day Brill not he 144' wi t Ft. ;:gts .all Lords perbiti tto,Fam *- .- • . Ir4l-ibit R...+ more convenient. • • - • , , REA DER , —" T b s t af , winec libt obi. to Mr. Chitty, AD :4 - tp gyc 41* case fer. 114., Appellee." 'Lord ELL IINIOR000 1 1^•••" 0 2 .4, 1 0 kit in Court on Friday w eek.". •.; ::• An arrangenient was thorn by the totolott and the Court, that the Carts!'sllnuld not be put down, in the Paper, but should crane on the first thing cyrs- Friday as a matter of course-.,and also-that copens.of ; all the proceedings which have taken place, *mild . - be sent to their Lordships as possible. Thornton still retains liisstiacipcpenld and kaitisy look. He left the Court in. thit - aamis way ar44i4. on Saturday last, and on, passing thin WA was received by the crowd with a prolissinin4arma and hisses. . : • 1 Tuesday the Duke of ScS6EX'i Birth-day was eV: • lebrated in a very marked and highly respectful mals.;' ner, at the Freemason's Hall, by. the Ancient Fri- - ternity of Masons.---The Royal Duke's Birth-day' was also celebrated in a large room, in the same house by the Regiment of Royal North Britons; and the Highland pipers played during the entertainment, in their uniforms. The Performances on Tuesday last, at the Kips 's Theatre, went off with more than ushal spirit. Kiss • CORRI, as she gains greater confidence, sings with. more ease and better execution. The Pee de Decuri introduCed for the first time, was highly applauded. A new melo-dramatic Piece, in two Acts, called The 7'sirrct Clock, was produced last night at Drury lane Theatre, and was announced for repetition with very little opposition. Jamaica Papert, to the 18th ult. state the island to be very healthy. The hurricane of theJ2l st of Ø. tober had not visited that island, but had been felt at 'La Guira, where seven vessels were driven on shore ; and at the Caraccas, where the Governor's house was struck with lightning. The House of Assembly had voted an addkion of WOOL per annum to the salary of the Duke of Maw 11 Cll9l lk, in testimony of their high satisfaction 'pith his Grace's conduct. _ Three Resolutions had passed the House :define to fees charged at the Custom-houses, stutins; ,thne any attempt to levy fees a .der orders of his Mijeisrs Commissioners of the Treasury, not recognised bt the laws of Jamaica, is unconstitutional, and ought to be resisted; and that any Custom-house Of cets presuming to demand or receive such fees, should lie prosecuted. By a return of the slave population, it appeals there are 315,252, and that the number baptised In 1817 amounts to about 40,000; but no returns had been received from three parishes. Dom. Pasvmerru.—lnformation having beta given that a duel was about to take place on Putney Heath, at darbreak yesterday morning, he, ween Mr. MC—u, a Staff surg eon , and. Ensign B --t. in consequence of some high words at ar Coffee-house in Bond -street, constables were waiting their recep tion, which being made known' o the parties when at Putney, they took the direction of Richmond. . , ( Itit. ~ i I ; 1. . • , 1 1 t I . fl, 1 i lAI . • 4 ' (! "1 . ) , I•k I. . t : ! I . 1 1 i ;I , t 4 11 ; i. :(l‘ \ r- . ll ~_j „ I . , . . .. i . 1 , • t • ,'„, • .., .. 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