Star. — London, England, 1815-02-18 00:00:00

IF: , NI ~ . THE EVENING .STAR. , . • MTN DO)t not agree among themselves without delay, how could it be expected that Parliament , in which so many different opinions were entertained, should pre cipitately emne to a decision .Mr. ROBINSON observed that this was not a new measure. He could not conceive that a longer period than that proposed should be wanted, tamable Gentlemen to make up their minds as to which of the two prices, 75 or 80 shillings, should be adopted.— He did not see any precipitation of the measure in the course which he had taken. Alderman ATKINS stated, that had he known the measure was to have been so precipitated, he' would have thought it his duty to divide the House. 13y the present course, he considered that the House would stand pledged to adopt either the one or the other of the prices mentioned. (A general cry of ee`, me.) At all events, he hoped the farther consideration of the measure would be postponed to a later period than Wednesday. After some further conversation between Mr. MINIM, Mr. B. BATHURST, Sir JAMBS SHAW, Mr. BABINCii the CHANCEL.. Ltilt of the EXCHrs2urlt s Mr. Hu aiissom, Mr. ROBINSON, Mr. Alderman A•tiLINS, Mr. Ft rZGESALD, Mr. CALCSAFT and Mr s PROTNEROR, as to the proi:rlety of postponing th e di scussion till Friday, it was agreed that the Resolutions should be reported to the Houw, and that the Report should be received on Mon. day, and taken Into further consideration on Wednesday. In the mean time, the Resolutions were ordered to be printed. Lord PAI.MERS' RINE brought up several military accounts, 'which were ordered to be printed. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER moved for an Account of all Grain, Wheat and Flour, imported and ex. Toned, between January, 1814, and January, 1815. Also an Account of Grain, Wheat, and Flour, imported and exported from to 1814.—A d journed to M o nday. . SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1818. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT TWELVE O'CLOCK Reduced 641f-4 per Ct. 8141—S per Ct. Navy 94 04 Consols 64fi—for account, 644—Omnium 24 edit. Bank Long Anna. In 5 . 1665--Bonda 125.135. pre. Exchequer Bills to. to Ss. prem. The Corn Laws were brought before the House of Commons last night; and our Readers will see, from the ample Report we have given, what kind of argu ments are adduced in favour of a high price of COTO. The advocates for the measure have not offered, nor can they offer, any new or tellable arguments—any reasons, for the measure, which have not been an swered over and over. The measure stands in direct opposition to every principle of sound political eco nomy. To select particular arguments out of a mul titude of bad ones, as deserving a more than ordinary degree of reprehension, would require a space in our columns equal to the debate itself : nor is it neces sary ; but one or two prominent points of this kind deserve notice. Some of the tricnds of dear bread tell us “ that corn produced from land which has bon fertilired at a great expense, must be sold at a dear rate." This is neither m-yre nor less than using a truism as an argument. It is to tell us that a man who has lest a leg must be a cripple, as if any ideot could be found to deny it. The question is not what rental the font should have for his money who lays out muse mosey upon a barren piece of land than the land is worth ? but, what would be a fair protecting price for the cultivation of land fit for corn ?—Again I. we are told how desirable it is that this country should be isikpendent of others for a supply of necessaries —:.especially corn. Of all the arguments used, this, though very specious, is perhaps the most absurd and false. It is precisely of the same kind tbatasight be urged to induce a Landholder to learn th‘ art of weaving, cutting and sewing, boot-making, &c. that be may be independent of the weaver, the tailor, the ' 1 shoemaker, farrier, &c. &c. In the community of stations an interchange of the respective fruits of their industry is as indispensible to their general individual prosperity, as the employment of different artisans in swore limited society is to the securing the greatest possible quantity of productive labour. .It may to same men appear preittropmons to question the sagacity of such sapient men as those wit° now attempt to quack the Nation out of its senses; but ignorance and imbecility call for expo sure—their covetousness and selfishness, for repro. bation. The danger with which the country is threat ened is so great, that we should hold ourselves crimi. sal, and as failing in the duty we owe to the public, were we, in the smallest degree, to compromise the present question by our silence. Theeountry, very generally, petitioned Parliament last year•stgainst the proposed alteration in the Corn Lusre. The petitions were received and ordered to be laid upon the table—where they are now vir. tuellT deposited in the sight (4 the House. Yet we are told that the country has changed its 60- Woe. On, this question since last year, and is now sa tided that'the proposed measure will be for the go. nerd benvilt.—Miserable subterfuge. The country believes that h has done its dutt in petitioning against measure; that its petitions are now in the eye of representatives; and holies that though our land- Igen be our lqw-markers, they will pay same ct to the claims of sound policy and justice.— unless the counts, shall petition every year► not to be believed earnest in its prayers. too late to petition, since some men, the hardihood to. maintain that with them. proposed, as it will be Seen in the pro shotild be substituted for 80s.— agreeing to this cannot have fully question, as applying to present cir• The Bank must ere long resew its pay. Eigtuy shillings, the proposed prier, • alomeat, be equal to 90s. 1n other words, to fix 80s. as the price, in the relent state of our currency, will in its operation have, in a short time, precisely the same effect as if kis. Sd. were the price below which corn shall not be importable!! for the price of gold is at the present moment £4. Ss. per ounce. If the price be fixed at 755. if payable in gold (which it must be ere long) the amount . will be equal to d. I Every qu of this kind stands intimately con nected with the state of the currency. Political eco nomists are well aware of this ; and it is undeniable that the rate at whatever it may now be fixed, must be viewed - the light in which we have exhibited i t . For the taking their measure under the still de pressed state of our currency, and its expected speedy improvement will eventually operate as an ad dition to the price of thocorn equal to the increased value of the circulating medium. How would the Landholders look were it proposed 1 to fix a maximum price upon Corn, above which they l durst not sell it I This would, however, be equally reasonable in principle as' to fix a minimum. Had they any limits, or what limits to their demand when corn was scarce I They would have taken agloo per quarter if they could have got it. We have received the Paris Papers to Wednesday inclusive. Tho r length of the Debaie obliges us to confine ourselves to their leading topics. The prin cipal, indeed the only article of any length which they present, relates to the occupation of their ancient colonies of Guadeloupe and Martinique. The pro claniations, &c. are such as might be expected on the occasion. A letter from Vienna, of the 3d instant, announces the arrival there of the Duke of Watuturrox on the preceding day. The intelligence from Rome is of a distressing na ture : much alarm prevails there on account of the approach of MURAT'S army, which still threatens the City. The Paris Papers now assert that Franeeiits an increase of territory from the Congress at Vienna. BottepeaTE, it is said, has formally offered to the Congress, toexcliange the Island of Elba for an estate in Great Britain or Ireland I • We have also received Brussels. Frankfort, and other continental journals, but their contents are not very interesting. The Staff Officers of the British Army in Belgium, hale received orders to join thsir respective regiments in atito. frui which it is in ferred that the !kid& troops are about to yrithdraw entirely fronellielgium. ihtionfia. PEBRUARIO . II4,.., The officers ,balanging so the _OM of tioritti 4isb arms whieh occupies Belgimn, hoe Olt waived orders to rejoin their respective corps, which ate in ' lamd a this meow* is considered the depinure of the English as not far distant, lAA *oak,. eviOutly prove that the indepesitlance nf our country is secured by she strongest guarantees. - HANOVBR. TranuAßT S. The English Gomm Legion, now in Brabant, is coming back to this count;7 ! We expect in a few days Count Keilasaasesge back from An g ianci. FRANKFORT. FEBRUARY 9. Several =pews arrived here last night .. Vienna, with news thilt the exchange at Vienna, which had fallen en ,the 3d to 356 florins of A ugs, berg, rose on the sth to - 206. del SWITZERLAND, FEBRUARY 4. - One dour Papers has tbs following article :- 0 AU the Editori of Newspapers are warned, on the part of Gustavus, Duke of Holstein-Eutin, to avoid all offer = use expressions towards his von Prince Gustavus a( Holstrin-Gottorp, such &shave been employed un . the head of Hamburgh and Sweden, representing as improper the tide of Prince Gustavus of Sweden, used by the Gazette of Carlsruhe, in speaking of this Prince." 11411. AN, FEBRUARY t. The few, but daring partisans of Joachim at Rome, bare posted up a pretended cleave of the Congress, which secularizes Rome, and fixes a Ger man Prince there as the temporal sovereign. Though it is not to be supposed that Christian Princes can have such a thought,, yet the want of countries to divide has certainly made them turn their eyes on the fine provinces al Bologna, Ste. which , contain 1,800,000 inhabitants, while the rest of the Roman territory is poor and ill peopled. His Royal Highness the Panics !hoax! will bold a Len, on Thursday week. At i Special Court of Examiners, held yesterday, in the Royal College of fi Mr. Roans &wash of the Rt 71124127, ob s. his Diploma*** Member of that i .) The Maria riseVt o %tain Hinrann, will sail on Tuesday nut from Colchester. to Ostend, and will take sett bags of letters to Brussels, Ghent, Antwerp, Frankfort, and all pails of Germany and the Belgic Pwinces. • Miss Honiturr e niece to the Earl of IIUCKINOIIIOI. WIRE. gives tic/ band on Wednesday neat:by special licence, to kgr. Fount, son of the Duchess of Davos: SHIM The Ceremony, it is said, will take place at Fife /louse, said that the 'Earl of Livaarocir., who is Mudd to thilmide, is to give her away. • The happy pair valtimspediately after set off for Copiiisagen, Mr. Form being appointed Ambaspi4or 4 :the, Court of Damask. The Lady of an Irish absentee Nnblalnan has isle been safely deliveied of a fine hlickboy. This h mo ther sport of lea!urg. The Lady scow* for this es• raordinary accidint by saying, that she was the Vic zim of curiosity, and could not avoid lookin g a u en ., , lie at the face of a black servant whenossr he same MN the room. • ... NAT.IL - htftblioENCE. b.APTVItIi pE TAR,AP4SILICANSRIGArE PRESIDENT. 01 1 . 1 Whits of extreme exaltation we communi cate this jpisiasing event. The Prcrou schooner ar rived .yMterday at 'Portsmouth in 22 days from off Bostas; with the intelligence ; and a Naval Officer immsdiately set off for London, wi:h dispatches on the subject. He reached the Admiralty bdtween nine and ten o'clock, and Mr. CROKE', the &ere tarycipmediately communicated the event privately in isisid Members of the House of Commons. It stpligari i •that the day after the President escaped from 1110'York, she was met by a British squadron, which immediately gave Chace, but by throwing her anchors, provisions, and stores overboard, she con trived to outsail all of them but the ENDYMION frigate, of 40 guns. This ship, commanded by the gallant cap tain HURT Hoes, immediately ran up alongside her antagonist, and commenced an action in the good old English style of yird-arm and yard-arm; The con test lasted several hours, much so the credit and bra very of hods nations; but the ENDYNIIOI4, although less in point of size and metal by fully twenty guns, was ultimately victorious. Towards the close of the action the POAIONE I another English frigate, came in sight, when Commodore DEcAvun, who commanded the President, hailed the ENDYMION to say he had struck to her. The Americas ship had at this time six feet water in her hold, 4nd her decks were literally covered with killed and wounded. The gsnyknos has suffered considerably in her sails and rigging, it being evidently the chief intention of the Americans to cripple her, and then to run off ; but such was the precision with which the guns of the ENDYMIOII were served, and the coolness and steadiness of her crew during the action, that out of their whole number 10 men only were killed, and 14 wounded. • The conduct of Captain Rom and of the whole of his officers and men, is, in short, beyond all praise, and will doubtless be rewarded in some distinguished manner by a grateful country. Commodore Demure, both among his country men and our own, 'has been long in high estimation as a wilful and brave naval officer. The triumph .01 she Zee:session ie titsoeforo move complete in having subdued him. Some among our Jteaders will re gret however, that Romans, the original and but WO successful Commander of the President, was not doomed upon this occasion to undergo the humilia don of seeing the British ensign hoisted over the Anserftan. The ENDYMION conducted her prize into' Bermuda after the action. The Exonizox was launched in 1797, and is re, sewed as one of the finest frigates in our nbey. She is rated at 40 guns, but carries a few more. The President is nominally a 44 gun frigate, but is, to all intents and purposes, a 50 gun ship, and she even exceeds in dimensions a British ship of that rate. The Picrou schooner, Lieutenant HARZ, which *ought the above dispatches, was off New York on rthe 94th ultimo, she experienced so much tempestu idtts weather during her passage, that out of her complement of sixteen guns, twelve were necessarily thrown overboard. For six succeuive days the crew orresed she would founder every moment. PORTSMOUTH, FEBRUARY IY. • Arrived the Pictou schooner, from America, with ktches, which were immediately forwarded to London ; also arrived the Mercury and Fairy (82) transports, from the Mediterranean, and are put un der quarantine; and several sail from the Downs. bailed the PLOVER and Pastssusto the Downs. I.4ispai DEAL. FEBRUARY 17. • Sailed the Mary Ann East Indiaman, for the River. Arrived and sailed for the River the Little Sophia, from St: Micbael's. Came down from the River the Campersown, City of Bourdeaux, Euphe- Lie, and Stranger, all our- Remain all is per last.—Wind W -- • LYMINGTON, FEBRUARY 17. Passed by pis Majesty's ship Pzuroti, from Boston, in America, in 22 days patine. RAMSOANi s FEBBUART I'l• The transport usentsosed yesterday as betas on the Goodwin Sande, limes to be the Heron, of Welds, Wo e sUtf, mastel ; she had been working to wifidward all the tide, steered by the smack that sad le r In charge, and has just brought up near the North Buoy of the Braker. Came in about tea sail for 'bolter, principally foreigners: MUJORP. fEBRUittY If. istArrived the Happy Couple, BOND, from Waterford Bristol, with loss of mainsail and foresail; Francis reeling Packet, with a Mail and Passengers, from Waterford; his Majesty's ship Stuvente, of la g uns,, paptain Davron, free; cruising against the Ameri rile ntrivateen in the Irish Channel; Speedwell, Di ‘ el, Fox, and Bat Revenue cutters, from cruising 'it respective stations in the Bristol and St. George's Channels; Delight, JAM KS, and Active, WAIMAIHI. from Chepstow for this port ; scho. , :ter °Mary and Scotland, WHIJIY. from Bristol Irr Bout- deans. Sailed the Speedwell Revenue cutter, on a stain; Earl qL_Leicester Packet; with a Mail and 'miners,' briMraterford ; Mary and Scotland, for grourdeaux. Reraaistahis Majesty's ships MY1113:11 find Sternas.—Winet W. GREENOCI, FEBRUARY 14 His Majesty's ship SHAMROCK. which arrived here yesterday, has, we understand, instructions to take the fFesselt intending to join the West India convoy, ice. 'node her protection to Cork. The Hope, Prinsout,' , from Glasgow to the River Plate, was captured on the 2d January, betwixt Madeira and Porto Santo, 17 the' yv ffrior American privateer, of t wZnty twelves a bo, long 24-pounder. The crew were landed at Tenerife, from the Frances and Eliza - convict ship, which was also taken by the same privateer, and given up. THE ARMS". COURT MARTIAL ON SIR JOHN MURRAY. Upon the three charges brought against Sir Jots•. MURRAY, the Court came to the following decision OtNtitAL ORDWA. " The Court having maturely weighe d and concidered a:- whole of the evidence which has been aduced before it, is of optnion— " With respect•to the Pint Charge, that Lieutenant-General Sir John Murray, Bart. ii—'lllllT OUtiTir. " With relived to the Second Charge, that Lieutenant-Gene ral kit John Murray, Bart. 1111••••110T GUILTY. '! With respect to the Third Charge, that Lieute t-General Sir John Murray, Bart. Is guilty only of so much t Charge as states— " That be neeesurOr abandoned 4 antity cf artillery and stores, which be might ha in safety. ss conduct being detrimental to the " And the Court does therefore find b m Guilty Of such part, but.ates acquit him of the remainder of that Charge. ~ And the Court under all the cireuentesies of the we cen shining the Nadia of Sir John Mural to have proceeded s mere error in judgnumt, is of opinion, and does a•ludge, ih.: for the part of the Thlrd.Chasse, of whisk Lieutenant-Gcnerai Sir John Mumay has beet so found Guilty, be be atirnonitheti is suck manner as his Royal Hightms the Commander ir. Clw' way think proper. • I auk to acquaint you, that his Royal Highnest was pleaiad, in the name and on the behalf (if hi s Majesty, to approve and confirm the finding and sera teace of the Court ; but his Royal Highness remmk. that as the Court only attribute to Sir JOHN MLR. RAY, a owe Error in fad:n*4 the ease did not aprat to hi; KO Tat HighpesS to call for any further obsci vation.—l am, *C. (Signed) ww FailDeßiCat Comniander in Chief. " The Adjutant-General, &c. fitc. l The 2d battalion of the 59th VQOt have embarktd at Dublin for Ramsgate. TIM' CHACE. —The Epping Forest stag-hounds, which are now down at Newmarket, had a fine run of a hind on Saturday last. A gallant stag is to be enlarged on Warren Hill to them on Saturday near. —Mr. HOUBLON'S Esse; fox-hounds bad a desperate run of five hours with a fox from Beckwood, re.ti Duntnow ; after running him five hours, they unfor tunately changed their fox, which they ran till dark, knocking up every horse in the The Fox-hounds of R. S. Lloyd, Esq. meet oar Tuesday the 21st, at the kennel, and on Friday t!ie 24th at the kennel, at half-past ten o'clock. We stated yesterday the death of the Duke of DOM err. That melancholy went was occasioned by '4 fall from his horse while hunting near Bray, in the vicinity of Dublin. IA consequence the Ode, Levee, aid Bali, to celebrate bee bitauarrs's Birth-d ay, have been postponed by the 1..0an Lilt/TENANT. The Duke of Dooassr has left two sisters, who are married to the Earls of DELAWAIIB alld PLYMOUTH—both whom were schoolfellows with his Grace, at Harrow. His Grace was only in the 22d year of his age, being barn on the 15th of November, 1793. He was un• married, and is succeeded by Viscount Si!.CKVILLE, ,born 27th of August, 1767. COILONCIet Ineerarr.—Yesterday afternoon an inquisithrt was taken at the Light Norge, Orange-court, Leicester-fields, upon the body of a man unknown, who wee ntint deed In Ha. sover.strem, yesterday morning, between twelve and one &dock. it appeared, by the evidence of Dunn, a watchman, that he wasps:l hit rounds, about ten minutes stir 12 o'clock, and saw the deceased lying in the coachway of the street. He caned two Gentlemen to his when they discovered thin be was bleeding Frahm*,anti was nearly ilfejess. '1 be de eased was put upon the door of the watcb.box and carried to It. Martin's with-hoes. , and open being search ed, there was a ' remnant of a litter found la his pocket, which appeared to pone him Bath. It was dated the lOth of January, 1815, aid was partly written in figures, beginning "Dear Kendrick." Front this it was conjecured that this was his name% and chit the person from whom it came was his wilt, as eh( speaks of her sewn ! and her two childrens' distress.—Mr. filleinanas the Surgeries 100 examined the deceased, stated that be had received two fractures on the right side of the head, which be had no hesitation in saying were the cause of his deaths whether, however, they were inflicted by a blow, a fall, or coining in contact with any herd substance, he could not say.—Mr. 1 melt, of No. 20,115., nover.street, was knocking at his own door , at half past twelve 0106, when be saw a coach drive down the street in a most riotis manner ; the horses were fidl gallop, Ind the coatltman continued to whip them violently. Witness thought that the fracture might have been occasioned by the coach so .'riven.— The Jury deliberated for a short time, and returned a verdict of " Accidental Deatb."—The deceased to be about s 6 years of fie, was a good-baking amo. iManly dressed—there was no money, or any thing found ern bbt but the above letter. Ous BAIL/Y.—Yesterday, Oraigname, a watsrman, was tried on an indictment,, charging him with the wilful murder JamesOrpston, on the river Thames, at Wapping. It appeared by the evidence adduced, that the deceased and his brother were rowing a ship jolly-boat, when the prisoner got foul of them, which produced_ from the boy a vulgar expression among sailors, and the prisoner struck him witb one of his oars, and then pushed him with the point of it, by which he fell overboard, and was drowned. It ap peared that the deceased wore a rough auernsey I jacket, in which the oar got entangled, and there was no musics lifetime ; on the contrary, the prisoner used every exertion to save the boy.—Verdict Manslaughter. OSTEND AND COLCHESTER PACKETS. Ust4lHE MARIA, Ca in HOWARD, will sail on Tuesday alterne neat from Colchester to and return Sun thence on the following Friday, whul and weather peppephig. This Picket, drys* fitted, well snooped. and erne of the fastest in the klogdaps, will Patinae to sail regularly "HI Toady liftman, from Coleleeter, and oral take light gds of orrery descripdon, regularly attend at the Costons.houae. further Pink*" may be bad by aPillfution to Mr. Vms. Circus, Minocies ; Messrs. Gammon and Ben)andn, Hi reign-lane ; Mr. gases, I It, Miseries; at Gimes Cole...house, Strand; sand at the Bull inn Aidgate ; from wince the Ostend Coact Parts, and where places and passage may be taken, and priratt Cabins in the P4eket bespoke far Parties. - . MARRIED. At Lisbon, op the 94th of January, by the Rev. Mr. Milk' Assistant Consnaissmy-General Spurner, to Louisa, punts , daughter of Roben resents% Esq. of Stoke Newington. Feb. 14, at Wareham, DorseWdre, Mr. John Saunders, of di Post Oilice, to Miss Deane, of the seine place (after a conntillf of about U years.) map. 'On Stmday last, at autmt, Emma, youngest daughter of Wi: Hans Lewes, lon. Esq. of Tordngton House, gasses. The sth instant, et d, William Morris Her kelo . aged 19 years, son of Dr. Bsrksky. Friday sennight, in the prime of life, at his seat, Ross Cott , g o County of Clare Henry V. D'Esterre, Esq. late Caplan la i s '' City Limerick regiment. COAL MARKET, 1 1 1J3. et. Ships at Umbel. Ships :acid. • Price. 43 Newcastle 49 gas 94 to 5111 Sd. S. ilunderbnd - 4 45 s red , t, 4' ... 2 .....„. ..s Od. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO .MQRSOW. Morning ' - 99 'edam's aster 9 Afterooie - S minutes after 10 LONIX*; Cringed by 4.0,11111X!ILT, PlC4ftt pubHsketi t4ere, and at the 9 , A: =ski*Wl Mar. the measure; that its pe its representatives; aad holders be our lqw-u respect to the claims of But nol unless the cone it is, it seems, not to be b It is not yet too late t without it, wilt have th, the country is now with • It has been, proposed, readings ! that 755. shoo • Thou, who are for agree eiamined. the question, cumstances.—l'he Bank swats in gold. Eigluy would, fa cbsi present mt