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FOREIGN' TiIAD Just published, in ;lisle Volume, Octavo, price al. n s. ed. APRACTICAL ABRIDGEMENT of the CUB TOM and EXCISE LAWS relative to the Import, Ex port, and Coasting Trade of Great Britain and her Dependencies; including Tables of the Duties, Drawbacks, Bounties, and Pre miums. Interspersed with the Treaties with Foreign Powers ; Regulations of Trading Companies; Proclamations; Orders in Council; Repokts of Adjudged Cases ; Opinions of Law Officers ; and other matters. Third Edition. Brought down to August the IBM, 1817. By CIIA R LES POPE, Centrollint Surveyor of the Warehouses in Bristol; and late of the Custom-House, London. _ _ London : Pubßah --" Wity Baldwin, Cradoek, and Joy, No. 47, - The Acts of Parliament, and other Regulations dated . since November Ist, 1816, may be had separately, price 5c 6d. ••• Ship Owners and Merchants, it is submitted, would find it to their interest to supply their Captains and Foreign Agents with this Book. THE EVENING STAR. LONDON. SATURDAY, JANUARY 24, 1818. THE FUNDS. .• PRICE OF STOCKS TUTS DAY AT TWELVE O'CLOCK : Reduced 80}-.-Cons. 80f.-Cons. for Feb. 8O •4 per Cent. 99 _Navy Annuities 105; ' India Bonds 107'108 pr.—Exch. Bills 18 28 pr. On the 7th instant we laid before our Readers a Proclamation by the King of SPAtls, issued on the 18th ult. in consequence of a Treaty concluded be tween the Courts of Lonslon and Madrid, prohibiting all the subjects of the Spanish Monarchy from pro ceeding to any place north of the Line on the Coast of Africa, from the date of the Proclamation, for the purpose of buying slaves ; and from proceeding to any part on the said coast south of the Line after the tOth of May, 1820, when the Slave Trade is to be entirely abolished. Our Readers will recollect—indeed their trouble in turning up their file of the Paper to read the Pro. clamation will be well repaid, if they will compare the reasoning and motives therein assigned for this measure with the real fact. Among other reasons therein set forth for abolish ing the Slave Trade, it was stated that in America " the number of indigenous Negroes had increased prodigiously ; and even that of free Negroes, under the fostering care of a mild Government and the Christian humanity of the Spanish proprietors ; the number of white inhabitants had likewise been much augmented, and the soil, being cleared of wood, had become less prejuditial."—That is, there was no want of fresh supplies of labourers.—Other reasons were also assigned, and the whole was summed up with a declaration, that having weighed all the circum stances the KING, in his wisdom, had " determined that the time for the abolition had arrived." Who would presume to question the sincerity and frankness of the motives assigned by his Most Fea t-id Majesty for any act? Who would believe that the receipt of a sum of money from another, Power had any place among the inducements which pro cured the publication of this Proclamation? We are not among the number who would presume to ques tion the sincerity, the candour, and humanity of the beloved FERDINAND : but we should like to know how it should happen, if the real reasons for the abo lition were, that there was no farther want of hands in South America ; that Africa had now a prospect of speedy civilization, and that of course the humanity of purchasing her war prisoners, to prevent their being murdered, ceased to operate as a motive; and that the time for abolishing the Slave Trade had arrived ! We should like, we say, to know, these being the real reasons of the• abolition, on what ground this Mo narch, whom we so much revere and respect, should have demanded and obtained from this country the sum of Four Hundred Thousand Pounds sterling, as a price for the abolition ? Our reason for putting this question will he seen from the following copy of the Third and Fourth Ar ticles of the Treaty to which we have alluded: " ARTICLE Britannic :Majesty engages to pay in London, en the 20th of February, 1819, the sum of four hun dred thousand pounds sterling, to such person as his Catholic 141.4,-sty *ball appoint to receive the same. AAISCLIC IV.—The said turn of four hundred thousand pounds sterling is to be considered as a full compensation for all tosses sustained by the subjects of his Catholic Majesty engaged In this traffic, on account of vessels captured previously to the etchange of the ratifications of the present Treaty ; as also for the losses which arc a necessary consequence of the abolition of the said Traffic." •We are aware that we may be referred to the ar ticles themselves for an answer to our query—the money is to reimburse losses sustained by Spanish sub]cts by the capture of vessels engaged in this un traffic. But do we not know that Spain has engaged to pay to Russia a certain sum of money for ships of war I , itely furnished to her; that she is now preparing an armament for the resubjitgation of South America ; and that her 'Treasury has for some time been, and at this present moment is empty? Can we have any security then 'that the money will be employad in reimbursing property lost by capture? Or r‘.'ner, is there not an absolute certainty that not a shilling of the money will be so applied ; and that the whole will be expended in the new Expedition destined for South America ? But no matter. The Slave Trade is to be entirely abolished by the 30th of May. 1820! We hope apd believe it will—by INDEPENDENT South Ame rica, loag before that period ; but if the accomplish ment of that,objcct w►as any part Qf the motive for making so large a present of money, the gift must have a tended,' to procrastinate the day of abolition l —by enabling Spain to prolong the war. If prevent ing a further waste of human lives was any part of the motive, the gift will, on the contrary, increase the waste in South America, if not in Africa, by maintaining the extirpating armies sent against the inhabitants. We have another objection against the bargain ; rising out of the ofd adage—" There are two bad paymasters : those Who pay before-hand, and those who never pay at all." When ready money is produced the equivalent should instantly be given—not at a future day. The Slave-trade is to be abolished on the 30th of May, 1820—the price should not have been paid till the 91st day of that month. In our Ifnind the money is thrown away. Had Spain not got this money, our object, the abolition of slavery, would soon have been obtained, by the emancipation of South America ; but should Spain, by the acqui sition of this money, succeed in reducing her former colonies to subjection, she will abolish the Slave-trade —when she has obtained another four hundred thou sand pounds—should it be then quite convenient ! The Paris Papers of Tuesday and Wednesday have arrived. The question respecting the Recruit ment of the Army is still the principal subject which occupies their columns. The Chamber of Deputies have had two farther Sittings upon it, and the deter mination of it has been yet farther adjourned. An abstract of the leading speeches we subjoin : CHAMBER OF PEERS. BULLETIN OE THE i9TII JANUARY. The PRESIDENT communicated to the Chamber a letter from the Master of the Ceremonies, purporting that his Majesty would feel pleasure in seeing a De putation of the Chamber of Peers joining in tise cele bration of the anniversary service which will be cele brated at St. Denis on the 21st, in honour of the late King, Louis XVI. A Deputatipn was accordingly nominated, consist ing of M. le Marquis de LAVRISTON and several other Members. CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES. sirnwo OF THE 19Th[. The Sitting opened at one o'clock. The discussion on the Recruiting of the Army being resumed, BONALD ascended the tribune, and spoke to the following effect:—Hr began by observing, that the present measure differed only in name from the Con scription, and was therefore contrary to the Charter, which had abolished the Conscription. He inveighed against the Conscription, not only on account of its oppressive consequences, but as calculated to destroy, instead of nourishing, the military spirit in a nation, as was shew•n when, in spite of its most energetic ap plication, France saw her territory and capital sub dued. He insisted, that compulsory service was little better than the slave trade, and contrary to the genius of Frenchmen ; and that soldiers would never be want ing to defend the country, if they had reason to love the Government. He reminded them of the time when the crook of a shepherdess was sufficient to restore Charles the Seventh to his throne. He then• addressed himself to those who argued that national armies must be formed for the support of public liberty, lie asked whether the armies of Cesar and Pompey were not national ? Were they not composed of Roman chi: ens. educated in the love of liberty, and full of the recollections of a long-established Repub lic? And yet did not these very armies, though fighting against each other, yet conspire for one com mon purpose of overthrowing public liberty? And did not the conqueror make this Republic bow under his splendid Dictatorship? lie asked whether the armies of Fairfax and Cromwell were not national? Were they not composed of English citizens, all born, educated, nourished in the ideas of Parliamentary liberty, and of resistance to Royal prerogative? And yet did not the fortunate Cromwell employ these very• men to stifle all public liberty under his pernicious Protectorate ? Were not the armies of Bonaparte national armies ? Were they not composed of men born in the cradle of the Revolution, nursed with its milk, and all hot with the fanaticism of liberty ? And yet did not Bonaparte nse these very men to extirminate all liberty ? Ah ! (he exclaished) ye r.-.en, of ti ttle memory,•pn whom the lessons of history and the inferences of reason are equally lost :*what ! are yon not afraid that out of the ranks of this very army, of which we are now disputing, some enterprising, audacious spirit may start forth, and putting his sword in the place of the President's bell, terminate all our harangues with one word, and iascrihe on the door of this Assembly—This Clamber to let? [llere the French I'apers exhibit a curious specimen of party spirit. The Royalist Paper, La Qnseidiennt, mthich supports the Party to which M. Donald belongs, says, that this observation was recvived with the most Battering marks of applauvs. The Ato nal de Paris, (the paper of the Liberal Party) slates, that it ex cited violent murmurs; and the Jnintal des Moires, a Moister/al Paper, said to be under the direction of de Cazea, essert, boldly that the ()Nervation was followed by Continual bursts of laughter.; M. MORISET spoke in favour of the Ministerial oject. He refuted the arguments of the opponents of the meawre nearly in the same terms as former speakers on the same side. He proposed, as an amend ment, to extend the exception of the ballot to all only sons. Such a measure, in his opinion, could not in terrupt the operations of Government. M. CAUSEL de COUSSERGUES thought, that the adoption of the proposed mode of recruiting would be equivalent to a change of the monarchical repre sentative Government into a democratic, the Royal prerogative would be so much reduced by it. He would, therefore, combat with all h,is force to prevetil such a reduction of the Royal prerogative, and to I repel such attacks made by despotism on national liberty. The military force that the Ministry was raising inspired him with the most lively fears.— " Unhappy," cried he, " the ambitious Sovereign who wishes to preserve a military force which would annihilate his power." M. de SOLILHAC concluded a long speech by de claring his opinion in favour of the project cf law.-- " If," said he, " France is to continue a great and powerful nation, she must have an army to secure her independence. Whatever may be the moderation of Europe, France without an army would still be an humbled nation ; and the remembrance of glory would only be for her a subject of affliction and de spair. The King has well appreciated the wishes of his people, and will not be allowed in vain to de mand soldiers from a generous nation. Our army is in the last state of reduction ; our legions are unfilled; our country in tears looks about in vain for those defenders, who constituted her glory and her security. She sees nothing in her fortresses but the bayonets of foreigners. France has nevertheless sten her population increase, though her colours float over a very small number of her children.— She therefore addresses her complaints to you, and you will answer to her solicitude. The nations of Eu rope have been instructed in our school, and cruel necessity has forced them to adopt our military prin ciples. Conquered by the conscription, they have called the conscription to their aid, and the conscrip tion has saved them. Let us beware of renouncing that which has bad so much influence on their desti nies, and let us dread to become what foreign na tions were before the commencement of the struggle. But the present conscription differs essentially from the former one, as there is a great difference between the situation of a legitimate King and a Usurper.— This latter circumstance should calm the minds of Frenchmen. Our destinies are no longer attached to a man who precipitated whole generations into the tomb, and the universe proclaims now the modera tion of our Sovereign. Forced services have always existed in monarchies, and to say that the charter proscribes all forced services, is the same as saying, that it proscribes the defence ofour territory. The new law is just, it contains no humiliating exception. Vo luntary enrolments are nothing, they ofFerno security. Adverting to the annual vote for the army, proposed by some Members, the orator contended that it was an innovation that would every year expose the ex istence of the Throne to danger. The enemies of legitimacy might then attack it successfully, not with cannon, but with black balls—(A laugh ).—lle op posed the 28th Article about promotion ; and, with that exception, would vote for the Ministerial Project. Trie Marquis de DoRIA terminated the Sitting by a speech, in which he combated the opponents of the Project.--Adjourned at five o'clock. SITTING or JANUARY 20. The discussion on the Project of Law concerning the Re:iuitment of the Army resumed. M. SARTELON—" At the point at which the dis cussion has arrived, I consider it quite unnecessary to justify or defend the fundamental principle of the project of law, that of a compulsaoary ballot, in the event of the voluntary enlistments proving insufficient. Our militia, before the Revolution, composed more than a third of our standing army ; their incorpora tion into the line, in times of war, has, at many dif ferent epochs, taken place, and you all know well that the system of forced service may be traced back to the remotest periods of our monarchy. I think our thanks are due to the King for having proposed this law, so truly national and monarchical, and I feel ' it my duty to give it my unqualified support? M. DE VILLELE+" It has been said that the mili tary system adopted by all the other powers of Eu rope, imposes on us the obligation of adapting our means of defence to the spirit of the times. You can not believe that I would inscribe myself to combat a proposition too just not to have made an impression on my mind, too French not to carry along with it my heart. But does the admission of this wise pio position imply the admission of other measures com prehended in the project of law before you for gua ranteeing our national independence, and putting our means of defence on a parity with other nations ? Is it necessary to begin' by striking at the root of all military discipline, by substituting for that authority, which ought alone to be known in the army, an au thority Which cannot, without the greatest danger. have the slightest connection with it? Is it neces sary to tell those brave men, who have escaped by a sort of miracle from our l a t e disasters, that the) must renounce the comfort of aKtablishments whith they have formed upon the faith of their disband ment? is it 'necessary, after having, for eighteen months, refused all voluntary enrolments, to declare all at once, that voluntary enrolments are insufficient? Is it necessary to put suddenly into execution a gene ral system of forced recruitment, which, if adopted, will be productive of hardships, till now unheard of amongst us ?"—M. de Villele proceeded to develope a plan of his own, by which the army might be kept up by voluntary enlistments, having recourse - only to forced service for a body of reserve. " I demand of you," continued the speaker, " in the name of the Government of the King and of legitimacy, that you will transmit to our children, as the only guarantee of their prosperity, the safe maxim—to precipitate r-Ithing. The description of force which my propo sition would go to establish will lie a Militia, which has in it none of the features of a conscription." Furthef discussion adjourned till Monday. PARIS. JANUARY Solemn Prayers will be offered up to-morrow, on, occasion of the funeral celebration of the 21st of January. They will be 'followed by the readieg of the Will of Louis XIV. ' The charge preferred by the Countess of St.Morys, relative to the unfortunate affair in which her hus band fell, on the 21st of July last, has been referred to the Court of Peers, the late Count being a Peer of Tratce.—French 5 per Cent: 65fr. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. MAILS Y HIS DAY. •Itt. DI IL. • Dublin I 0 Llll.can Waterford 2 0 Malta Guernsey and Jersey 0 1 France Holland o I Hamburg!' Gustenburgh 0 5 Flandera DPAL, JANUARY 23. Wind S. W. blows strong —The CLai for Savannah, lust an anchor and cable Put back the Qneen, FIOTT, with loss of Arrived the Isis, SMITH, from llull, fu. Wharfe, HUSBAND, from Cadiz; :LA Julia. STEM, in 2ts days from St. John's New The outward-bound Sect appear to ride w•r' MARGATE, JANUARY Arrived in our Rusids yesterday, and proce., the River, the Charles Mills, from India. T reported to be the Norton, on shore on t!,e I Rock, is the Acteon, Fuvrow, for Berbice ; off last nights tide without damage, and tic,. anchor in our Roads. Arrived in uur test, G2MMILL, from Demerara, and 'r..b letters. DARTMOUTTI, JANUARY Arrived the Samuel. Rutin-, from GA ing sprung her mainmast and n.a.in-zciJ lost an anchor and cable. - LIVERPOOL, JANI: ARV 2.!. The Seaforth, CROSSSY, from Lk-erp.r..; bay, was spoke `2.`2.d November it: lat. I:. all well. SCILLY, JANL'APY 2ri. For several days past a quablity of been picked up, -floating allow the s:• o . some small staves, which ale oak, appears tons as if from America. P. wark of a ship about 300 tor,s have al 1 On the sth, a small boat, cuitcr-,igye.: Agnm., with four melt, went off so a S.E. when in the night a gale came on—.! since been heard of, and is supposed to dered ; one of the men has left a wife al, s l children in great distress. SOT THWOLD. JANUAR7 3 On Wednesday the brig Maria Rose, CL Sunderland, coal laden, came into Er. she now lies full of water, and it is feze.; come a wreck. GRAVESEND, JANUARY z. Atived the Latona, Lovie, from Demerara ; Vanderstein, from Ostend; Charlea Miih, 3larrit gal; and Friends, Maw, from Ostend.— ton, for Cadlz and flavannah • Erin, Hum Pheebe, Ms, for Dublin; E milie, 83r%.r.,, Jonge Jerrit, Piockken, for Amsterdam. CUSTOM-HOUSE. J A NTA RV Sailed th for 0 SHIP% ENTIMPIP INWA azo—The Thetis, Marti 4 . ,: the Sally, Itiasium, Peraeverance, Cope; and ton, Martin, from Ostend ; Ceres, Adey, an.:! C.. • from Oporto; Antes Maria, Andrysor, and Per , ert! from Cadiz; Fortune, Biggins, from Fero; Cani.r from Berbice; Ttyphena, Conch, from Oracabessa, Mane ' and Triton, I.:ft is, h Janet. Dunlop, Scott, from Demerara; Yo, and Hope, Janssen, from Rouen. OCTIVARIM—The Ackland, Jones, for Waterfo York, Finlaylion, for St. Michael's E.., Georgiana, Warren, for Berbice; Hero cf the t: for Demerara • Magnet, Gras e, for Cape St. Hutchinson, f or flamburgh ; Samuel Whith7f,c, Cadiz; and Wiliam Sibbald, Paddon, for Wu:. Yesterday, at two o'clock, another r.,W7-: cil was held at the Foreign Office, which ded by all the Cabinet Ministers, who s.i ration till about five o'clock, when the S i c opening the Session of Parliament WIS En ranted to be cubmitted to the PRINCE RECCS the Speech on the opening of the Sessi , r...' day next is to be delivered by Commission. certainly have been painful for his ROYAL Hi to hive had to announce from the Thror e, lancholy event of his beloved Daughter's de., Address in the House of Lords is to he moved Earl of AYLESFORD, and seconded by Lord S: The Address in the Commons is to be muted WODEHOLSI, and seconded by Mr. Wrstm AM Q Last eve ling, Earl HARROWS!, as the Lor' dent of the Council, gave the annual, or wha: the Sheriff's dinner, being at the time the Shc pricked for for the year, which was attended Cabinet Ministers, the Clerks of the Council, & Sir SAMVEL RA;MILLY was at the Rolls Cori terday evening, and the Learned Gentleman notice to his Friends, that it would be his hut ante there. These notices, we suppose, alwa,. except upon the Bench Mr. and Lady WBBDEREURNE WEBSTER at the Peter s b u rg!) Hotel, yesterday, faz; tinent. The Earl of WerrstrAni arrived yester,!:,7 seat of the Marquis of SALISBURY, from Sir THOMAS SIOSTYN'S Hounds will met. 7 . day, the 26th, at Shuckhurgh-hill, and L tArros's on the 27th, at Shennington Ncw 1. Last week the workmen began taking ii houses in Tavern -street, Ipswich, prepxx.:: improvements about to be made there. 'Mere arc now no less than live Frenc the Common Quay, Ipswich. They vtre with apples, &c. a waggon load of which Cambridge one day this week, broke down ton, where there was a general .seramble bidden fruit! The Concerts at Derby this week have trcmely well attended, which were van supported by the Duke of DEVONSHIRE. Ti of the Concerts are applied towards the 5.. : certain charities in that town. After the pen' , 3liss STEPHENS, Mr. W. KNYVETT, Mr. DI and Mr. J. SALp., the principal vocal perform , to Chatsworth Castle on a visit to the Dust.lN, JAti.2l.—Mondav evening hi, 1. , the LORD LIEUTENANT visited the Theatre I lies-Excellency occupied the Manager~ inet. The entertainments of the errni::. The Belle's Sirotagrot and The In n kr t p,.r . • ter.—His Excellency the LORD LIELTI' floured with his presence the Ball given at t tur.da, under his Excellency's patronage, Lo: for the benefit of the Lying-in Hospitalk—'l: ; of WEsrstEArit has arrived at .11orrison's110: , derick-street ; Lerd DrYFERTS has likewise a-7. A duel was lately fought near Tipperary. JAMES lion , Esq. of Roeborough, and WILL kN I LIER, Esq. of Tipperary. The former was by CROSItE MoortE, Esq. of Moores-fort, latter by F. Mu..c.tilY, Esq. of Tipperary ; wu . shots each, happily without effect. #3 4 , TA tic C .5 V on a.. .1 '••,! tz I V 7 •it B S J J. .0 . Dr ro: By Ik Ti • . Af Frt Pzu IL ry srt Lic rot Dic St: Mu E. ( 7 .11. 1 C.. Fd Ben nri Het J. • e Chi .0. The c . en Th, ffice : r •s c "11 it tize Y, thi the cha At •11 mit • put Wee bee ' tin -n, The r day tter, ..- The .gro s E tern • The ct, i GE( Gre The .nsoi ng, et We the • ma 's h • .e fi a said this • ded ie, • t• oj WI is fil Wa • jectil her Itoy N• ed : e Ce or S. by thei till I obse t:. t. 1 mitosi is lilt an.atic praci A t