Star. — London, England, 1830-05-07 00:00:00

LON DON. FRIDAY, MAY 7. THE KING. " WINDSOR CASTLE, Mivr 7, 1830. The Kix° has passed the last twenty-four hours lacier a continued mitigation of his symptoms. (Signed) " HENRY HALFORD. "MATTHEW J. TIERNEY." The anxiety of the public continues to increase. The Court-yard was crowded with nobility and gentry at two clock, expecting the arrival of the Bulletin. As connected with the state of the KING'S health, there Appears to be only one fact on which no difference o opinion seems to exist—namely, the warmest sympathy on the part of his subjects, and a corresponding anxiety for his recovery. With regard to our own sources of information, we are enabled to state, that the operation alit& was thought necessary on Tuesday, though not Attended with all the beneficial results which the medical advisers of his MAJESTY could have wished, greatly al lc iated the previous symptoms, producing the refreshing 4!eep announced in Wednesday's Bulletin. The relief, however, was of temporary duration, as the symptoms returned on Wednesday, and produced excessive suffer ing during the whole night. The Windsor Correspon dent of a morning contemporary continues to speak of Lis MAJESTY'S convalescence : we shall be truly re ;Need to find his reports confirmed. In the mean time, 'Ae freely confess that the communication, on which the Preceding statement is made, increases our anxiety to see th e next official intimation of the physicians. Should the illness of the KING be unhappily prolonged Lill next week, we understand it is the intention of Mi nisters to propose a commission, by which his MAJESTY 4111 be spared the tedious and painful formula of signing public papers. The despatch of M. ALAMAN, to which we alluded yesterday, will be found in another page. Although it ould, no doubt, have been more grateful to the holders Mexican Bonds, to have received their dividends, still '! Was hardly possible for the Government to give a grunge' proof of its determination to hold faith with the English creditors. The document bears a character of frankness and sincerity throughout, as honourable to the Minister who drew it up, as it must be gratifying to the parties interested. After stating the motives which led w the late changes, a distinct proposal and promise are 'nade to the Bondholders. The circumstance of such a " 0 1150 as that of the Messrs. BARING, having assumed the management of the future pecuniary transactions of t he Republic, furnishes a strong guarantee to the Public, while we are satisfied that M. DE GOROSTIZA would not, for a moment, lead himself to any transaction 4I the validity of which, the smallest doubt could be en- I tertained. On the whole, we do not hesitate to hail this act of the Mexican Government, as the prelude to a state of things which must, at no distant day, afford a tri umphant refutation of those calumnies which have been so unsparingly circulated by the agents of FERDI NAN D.— By a refe-ence to the debates in the Commons, it will be seen that Mr. Hirst( ISSON has postponed presenting the Petitions from Liverpool, concerning the trade with Mexico, till Thursday next, when a very important dis cussion may be expected. Indeed, we have no longer any doubt but that Ministers have recognized the justice and necessity of interposing to prevent any future ag gression on the part of Spain—we ought rather to say, the Apostolicala of Madrid. One of our contemporaries, alluding to the success of the Hampstead Enclosure Bill in the House of Com mons, since rejected in the Lords, has observed, that " members of the former House can be obtained for any job on almost as easy terms as Irish evidence." Here is a direct charge that of all things the most easy of attain ment is an Irish witness to support an unjust cause— that perjury is to him a matter of indifference. Orators in the Senate and at the Bar, are not unfrequently loud in their professions of devotion to the liberty of the press. Nothing can exceed the ardour of their love, their sense of its value, or the strength of their attachment to it ; but it happens most unfortunately, that whenever an opportunity offers for proving the sincerity of these professions by their actions, these boasted friends are found in the list of its most determined enemies. Some thing of the same spirit may be occasionally observed to prevail in a certain class of writers in the public press. Among them, some who lay claim to liberal prin ciples and generous sentiments, will be found ready to maintain and propagate narrow and illiberal prejudices. The journalist who has thus denounced Irish evidence, and cast such a cruel reflection upon the country, is one of those who laboured to obtain the repeal of the disabilities affecting the Roman Catholics, who constitute the great body of the people, and thus to lay the basis of their future prosperity. Now in Ireland, as in every other country, it must be admitted, that the chief se curity, for life and property, is the force and strength of a solemn oath. What rational man then would settle in a country, or commit his property in speculation to it, where an oath, the test of truth in a Court of Justice, has no influence upon the mind of the individual who takes it ? Wherever that is the case, justice is deprived of the means necessary to its administration. The laws are more likely to contribute to the gratification of the worst passions, than to their restraint—to inflict in jury than to redress it. In short, the country, so cursed and debased, is not fit to live in ; and every man, who regards his life and fortune, and the lives and fortunes of his family, should avoid it.-- The imputations thus thrown upon the moral character of the country, therefore, must be considered, whether so intended or not, a caution to all capitalists against em barking their property in speculations in Ireland ; thus withholding from it the important advantages proposed to be derived from the Union, and the recent great measure of Catholic Emancipation. This is its direct tendency and necessary operation. It requires no sagacity to lead to this inevitable conclusion. Well, but it may be said that the imputation is founded in fact, and an impartial writer is not to be deterred by its consequences from asserting the truth. No such apology or justification can be pleaded in the present case. Where did the writer of the paragraph learn that the oath of an Irish witness (tarried with it no obligation ? We have heard of " dicers oaths" as synonimous with fraud and falsehood ; but we have never read any author who has ventured to stamp so vile a stain upon the character of the Irish people. They may be rude, resentful, semi -barbarous, if you will, but irreligious they are not : there are neither sceptics, deists, nor atheists, among them. However ignorant and de graded, the fervor of religious feeling and devotion will not be refused them by their greatest enemies ; and how can this frame of mind be reconciled with total disregard for the solemnity of an oath ? The most hardened wretch, the greatest criminal brought to the scaffold, has been never known to refuse the consolations of religion; and so deeply are the Irish impressed with the obligation of an oath ; so powerful is its influence upon their minds, that they con sider their conscience bound, even by an illegal oath, which they must not violate. This tenet of their faith was fully ascertained on the late trials for murder in that country. The charge, therefore, conveyed in the para graph which we have quoted, is a gross misrepresentation. —This exposure of it may, perhaps, deter others from lightly and inconsiderately indulging in such injurious reflections upon the country. Our readers are aware that, in conformity with the Treaty of Paris, a large sum was paid by France into the hands of the British Government, as a fund for the sa tisfaction of the claims of British subjects upon that coun try. This sum considerably exceeded the claims made upon it up to a certain time ; and our readers will recollect that, upon some late discussions in the House of Com mons, it appeared, a sum of 250,0001. was taken from the balance of this fund, then in hand, by the Com missioners of Woods and Forests, and applied towards payment of the expences of building Buckingham Pa lace. In answer to some observations on this subject, made by Sir J. GRAHAM, last night, in the House of Commons, the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said it was his intention, in a short time, to submit a measure to the House for the re-payment of the sum so borrowed by the Commissioners ; and Lord LOWTHER added, that a small sum had been already paid into the Treasury on' that account. It must be obvious that, if any surplus should eventually remain after all claims upon it have been satisfied, it would, upon every principle of justice and equity, belong, not to the British, but to, the French Governments. By referring to to the freeholders the letter of Fesex, Mr. LOllO WZLLIUILIT. appears that ha is da- termined to redeem hts pledge lately given to that county. The sentiments express:A in this address can hardly fail to make a powerful impression on the electors, while they .are pretty sure to be approved of by the friends of retrenchment and reform. CITY, TWLI.VE. O'CLOCK. We have no mink of ship letters this morning, consequently se are void of information at present. The speech of Lord Onderich last night in the House, regarding the proepetous state of our finances, has excited much attention in the City ; and up to the present period, no doubt, the Quarter's Revenue, in all its branches, is proceeding prosperously. The Cabinet Council held at a late hour last night is looked on as rather ominous by our City speculators. Bysome it is imagined to relate to Greek affairs; and by our sagacious politicians to a com. mission to be appointed to sign for his Majesty. Consols which left off yesterday at 921 1 for the Account, opened at the same price this morning, since which there have been sellers at 92f, and for Money 92i with little doing at present. The Foreign Market is totally void of Interest. The only bu.' sines is In the Spanish Bonds, which are lower than yesterday. Accounts from the Vistula, of the 10th April, state that the in. formation from St. Petersburg brings accounts that the sudden re. turn of the Emperor to the capital has caused many conjectures ; it is certain that since his arrival there is great bustle in the different government offices, and the departure of couriers to the east and south are extraordinary. It Is also added that in a short time there will appear a decree for a new levy of troops. Letters from Malta, 16th April, inform us that General Woodfort is to replace Sir Frederick Adam in the command of the lonian islands. Sir Frederick will be appointed Governor of Malta, and General Ponsomby will go to England. HALF-PAST ONE O'CLOCK. We have not a feature to communicate In regard to the funds worth observation. The whole of the fluctuation during the mom. ing has been from 921 1 down to 9? for the account ;at present they are 92. buyers, and 921 for money. We have neither any political news or reports. The Foreign Market Is also heavy ; Spanish and Greek bonds have receded about 1 per cent. THE KING. His MAJ ECTY appeared to be better during Wednes day, and conversed very cheerfully on various subjects. The bulletin, which we published yesterday, however, stated that his MAJESTY had passed a bad night. The bulletin was shown at the King's Palace, St. James's, at the usual time. The attendants in waiting were Lord CLINTON (for Lord St. HELEN'S) and Colonel NVII AT LEY. Mr. DOBELL, the State Page; Mr. Panel', Page of the Presence; and Mr. THOMAS &tow )1, Gen tleman Porter, were in waiting. Th e inquiries after the health of his MAJESTY were very numerous. The Duke of DavolystitßE arrived at Windsor Castle about one o'clock, and was admitted to a personal interview with his MAJESTY. The Duke of CUMBERLAND dined with the Princess AUGUSTA ;yesterday, at her residence in the King's Palace, St. James's. Summonses were unexpectedly issued yesterday even ing to the Cabinet Ministers, to attend a Cabinet Council last night at Argyll-house, the residence of the Earl of ABERDEEN. The whole of the Cabinet Ministers were expected to attend the Council, which was appointed to be held at half-past ten o'clock. Sir ROBERT PEEL arrived in town on Wednesday night from Drayton-park, Staffordshire: The Duke of WELLINGTON and the Earl of ABERDEEN visited the Right Hon. Secretary yesterday. The Prussian Minister transacted business with the Earl of ABERDEEN yesterday at the Foreign-office. The Earl of ROSSLYN, the Earl of ABERDEEN, the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, Lord LEVESON GOWER, and Mr. FRANKLAND LEWIS, had interviews with the Duke of WELLINGTON yesterday. The Lisbon papers to the 25th ult. received by the mail of yesterday, contain nothing worth extracting. The contents of the German papers received last night were unimportant. Mr. O'CONNELL and Lord J. RUSSELL have post • poned their motions on the subject of the Reform of the Representation of the people, which stood for yesterday, till Friday, May 28. Mr. SADLER has intimated that on the 3d of June he intends to move for leave to bring in a Bill to better the condition of the labouring poor of the British Empire. The nature of the Bill has not transpired. According to the remarks on a petition last night about a new street Lacing Waterloo-bridge, and crossing the site of the ruins of the English Opera-house, it appears that Government is not disposed to devote any pecuniary countenance to the suggested improvements. Fish, an article of prime necessity in the West India Colonies, is prohibited to be imported in any foreign ship, or from any foreign country. All supplies go out, and produce comes home in British ships, the cost of sending which to sea is 221. per ton, while foreign vessels can be had at 91. Inrd PRUDHOE, brother to the Duke of NORTHUM BERLAND, has recently introduced into this country, from Dongola, on the Nile, a most extraordinary and curious animal, called the Leucoryx : it is very beauti ful, and has a spiral horn, upwards of a yard in length, reaching completely to the extremity of the hind quar ters. His Lordship has deposited it at the Royal Mena gerie, Charing-cross. The Duke of NEWCASTLE is still confined at Clum her by indisposition. His complaint is an affection of the spine. —Newark Times. The Duke of Grafton entertained a distinguished party to dinner yesterday, at his house in Clargcs-street, Pic cadilly. The Earl of Sefton had a grand dinner party en Wed nesday, at his house in Arlington -street ; among whom were Prince and Princess Esterhasy, Count de Mony, the Marquis and Marchioness of Worcester, Count and Countess Caroll, Earl of Clonmell, Lord and Lady Fitz roy Somerset, Lord Foley, Lord Alvanley, Mr. Dun combe, &c Mr. and Mrs. Camac gave a grand dinner on Wednesday, at their residence in Mansfield-steret. His Royal High. ness the Duke of Gloucester, owing to the KING'S ill ness, was - prevented attending. There were present—the Dukg and Duchess of St. Alban's, the Earl of Limerick, Viscount Deerh urs t, L or d and L ady Clifford, the Hon. Dr. Wellesley, Sir John Beresford, Lady Ramsay, Sir Charles Doyle, Mr. and Mrs. Rothschild, Colonel and Mrs. Whatly, Mr. Brisco, Mr. and Mrs. Brisco, Mr. Cholmely, &c. The Duke of 'Wellington's house at Hyde Park corner was originally built by Lord Bathurst. After it was finished, the late King visited Lord Bathurst ; and having looked about tbe house, his Majesty said, with reference to its situation—" Well, well, I must congratulate your Lordship on your p romo ti on. " L or d B at h urst, t hi nking his Majesty had changed the subject, regretted that be was not aware to what allusion was made. " 0 yes," coatinued the Kin, " you have had a conspicuous pre action —You are now Muster-Master 0.9071111 of dust for the western district." . # l l )1( li e fr- 3 ' ' - I/GATOS 4 11.4'5 TO THE FREEHOLDERS OF THE COUNTY OF ESSEX. . GENTLEMEN, IT having been communicated to me from various parts of the county that an active canvass of the freeholders is pro ceeding on the prospect of a General Election, and that many false reports are in circulation respecting my intentions, I think it right to remove from your minds any doubt as to my desire to become an ac. •we instrument In giving effect to those public principles by which I hare already made myself known to the freeholders of Essex; and to assure you that I shall solicit your votes as soon as I can do so without violating decency and the constitutional practice of the cow. try, by anticipating an event which it is forbidden to every loyal mind to regard without pain. At the present moment, when all minds are in suspense upon a subject to which I need not more particularly allude, I am per. suazled that by abstaining from actively canvassing the freeholders for a personal object I shall not ultimately be a loser In their esteem. At the same time this short address will suffice to assure the free. holders that I am not unmindful of their interests, and that I have not withdrawn my pretensions to their favour, whatever may be said to the contrary by interested persons. To my opponents I beg leave to state that I am well informed of their secret combinations and hostility, and in due time shall expose them. I have the honour to be, Gentlemen, Your devoted servant, W. L. WELLESLEY. Dovrratreet, May 3, 1830. PRICE OF STOCK Bank Stock 214 s per Cent. Red. 911 3 per Ct. Cons. 904 1 si per Ct. 1818, 99. Si per Ct. Rod. 991 81 9 4 per Cent. 1011 1 4 per Ct. 1826, 104 Long Ann. 19 1-16 Do. 30Years, 18 13-16 FOREIGN FUN Chitin Bds. 6 pr Ct. 291 Do Account 29 Colom. Bds. 6 per Ct. 251 Do. Bds. 1824, 261 Ditto Ace. 261 D 1 , 1,13 lid•"lSp. Ct. Do. Ace. 751 Creek Bonds, 5 p Ct. Do. B. 182.5, 451 Do. Ace. 451 31ex.Bds. 5 per Ct. Do.B. 1825, 6 p Ct. 381 AT TWO O'CLOCK. Do. Do. Jul.& Jan. 19 5-16 1 India Stock, 2401, India Bonds 82 1 New Annuities £lOOO Rich. Bins 77 9 .1500 Ditto 77 9 .6100 and 4900 Do. 77 9 India for Acct. Cons. for Ace. 92$ I, TWO O'CLOCK. Do. Ace. 58 Peruv. Bds. tlpr Ct. If Ditto Ace. 115 i I Pros. Bonds, S p Ct. Do. Bds, 11121, 1031 Do. Ace, Bds 1111 DoMs. 5 per t. 18* . . Act. 18} • Do. 85, 18 j Sp. 8d5.1823, S per Ct. 101 Ditto Acct. i BRITISH AND FoRRIGN SHARES, TWO 0 CLOCK. !HALM PAM TM 1111111111. Bo!antis 500 500 470 Brazilian Company 20 5 12 Brazilian imp. (iss. £5 pm.) 35 20 $2l $2 Do. National 25 121 "1 St. John Da Rey 20 5 _ Hibernian 50 9 Si Mrtican 100 37i 19 Real del Monte 400 400 Ditto Subscript. Thirds West India NAILS ARR/1 D. i Dublin ... O i Waterford..... 0 o Guem.Bc Jersey 0 o Buenos Ayres... 0 9 America.— .... 1 10 9f 193 - [IS MORNING. A. D. I Lisbon 0 0 Jamaica 0 O Sweden I O Brazil . 0 O Mexico 0 THE EVENING STAR. ED AND DUE TH . A. 1 France .0 O Flanders. o 1 Holland. o 1 Hamborgh . 0 O Leeward Islands 0 171117 ARTS. JUi 11 it ‘ a.:4 of Danne'3 7 : Opening of the Sixth tee asserted thst the British School had assumed a pre-eminence io Uir peculiar style of that artist, and his bold predecessor, BleuTte, which gat: it a marked superiority over that of our neigh bours, art! even Italy itself. We are ashamed to say, that while thus paying a just tribute to the above trained Ar tient, we were almost ignorant of the existence of another avirant in the same line.—Having been invited to a first view of Mr. WALK me& large picture of the Delup this morning, together with his illustrations of BloNToomeav's " World before the Flood," we cannot defer expressing tote high gratification af. forded by the visit..—We regret that want of time and space prevent our entering into a more detailed examination of the merits of the painter, who has, in the various subject' chosen, grappled with the greatest difficulties of his art, and git en proofs of excelletice which, we doubt not, arc likely to place him in the first rank of bit pro. Cession. COVENT-GARDEN. The new and beautiful Opera of Cinderella c4titinues to affurd unqualified delight to the frequenters of :this Theatre. On its lavt representation, the applause was enthusiastic. Min PATOtei Cinderella is an inimitable effort. Of the other performers, Miss CAwsx is well deserving of our notice : we never saw her appear to more advantage. Her acting was excellent. Then was a decided improvement in her performance altogether, and she gave proof to the audience of how much she is capable of doing by study and per. severance. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. V8448L4 ME= WITEI.—The Demosthene, front Bengal to Bourdeaut, on the 13th March, in lat. U. long. IS. The John and Mary, from Liverpool to Demerara, on the 19th ulu in ht 19. long. 32; and the Fame, of Baltimore, on the 27th, in lat. 48. long. 17. by the Augusta, Giles. arrived at Cowes. The Harlequin and Sophia Jane lift Calais together yesterday, at Il o'clock. The Harlequin arrived off the Tower a little before 10 o'clock this morning, leaving the Sophia Jane oa shore on the Spaniard Sand, at the entrance of the Five Fath ont Channel. The Julia, Grant, from Charleston, bas arrived off Penzancr. The Margaret, from Campeachy, bas arrived of Kinsale. DIAL, May 6.—Wind E.—Arrived the Cyrus, Young, from London for Valparaiso; and Prince of Waterloo, Dearing, from London for Honduras. PLYMOUTH, MAT S.—Arrived the Fatty, Thornton, from Malaga. Famous's, MAT s.—Arrived off the port, the Ceres, Hornet. from Honduras. DraarooL, Mir s.—Arrived the Lon, Chase. front New Or leans, and Hobert, Candler, from Charleston. COURT OF KING'S BENCH-DUBLIN. At half put nine o'clock on Tuesday morning, one of the Court keepers' maids, a plump, arch-looking girl, entered the Court, and ascended the Bench to arrange their Lordships' inkstands, cushions, Re. Having completed all matters for judicial accommodation, she sat down very gravely in the seat usually occupied by Judge Jebb. A Reporter, who generally labors under the influence of a couph of glasses (spectacles,) while mending his pen, threw a glance at dm Bench, and asked if her Lordship would go into law arguments to-day. Her Lordship, gravely—" Not until my brother Judges come into Court: they will be here presently, as I just left ene of then dressing. Reporter—My Lord, will the Court hear motions to-day. Her Lordship-1 will hear motions in chamber only, where I will also try ap p lications to make conditional rules absolute. Her Lordship was in the set of leaving the Bench, when the Re. porter asked if he would attend her Lordship in Chamber. Her Lordship with great quickness and gravity, replied, " Before en us ter ds in h pinto then arguments in Chamber, I must sit in error."—Her retired. The mother of M. de Potter has determined, notwith standing her advanced age, to accompany her son into banishment. She has visited him in prison, and there declared to him that this was her irrevocable resolution. M. de Tielemans has been dismissed from his office of Referendary to the Minister for Foreign Affairs. The decree is dated the 28th April. This date is either erro neous, or it must have been conceived at the Hague that the sentence against him had been pronounced some days earlier than it really was. A young man in the crowd that assembled to see M. de Potter and his companions return from the court-house to the prison, having shouted Vive M. de Potter!" was arrested.—Brussels Paper. A very useful Bill has been introduced into Parlia ment, entitled " A bill to make provision for the lighting, watching, cleansing,and paving ofparishes in England and Wales." A general enactment of this description available to the inhabitants of every parish throughout the kingdom, without the trouble and expense of producingdistinct local acts, has been long wanted, but the present measure is, in one respect, calculated to defeat its object. It appears that the rate out of which the expense of watching, light ing, &c. is defrayed, is to be levied generally upon the 'rate-payers in the parish by the overseers. FROM A CORRESPONDINT.—It is surprising how some of the loudest advocates for liberality are led, by the force of natural prejudice. into the expression of senti ments of the most illiberal and unhandsome character. In the Morning Chronicle of to-day it is observed, in alluding to the defeat of Sir Thomas Wilson's Bill in the House of Peers, that in the Commons, " Members can be obtained for any job on almost as easy terms as Irish evidence."—Meaning thereby, that with money you can purchase in Ireland any description of evidence your case may require. If the remark were applied to the easy obtaining of evidence in Me city in which we write, no ono could question its correctness ; but, speaking, as we do, from an intimate and extensive knowledge of Ire land, we can inform the Editor of the Morning Chronicle that, with all their poverty and misery, the morality of the Irish population will bear a comparison with that of any other country in Europe. Party spirit, thanks to English policy, has almost desolated the land ; but, in speaking of morality, we must separate it from political feuds. The vice of drunkenness was one imputed, by the common con sent of all writers, upon Ireland—and yet, by a late re turn, it appears that the moral and reflecting people of Scotland beat the Irish hollow in the consumption of ar dent spirits. So much for national prejudices. The Irish are poor, and it is convenient to throw all kind of insults upon the country. Yesterday, in the Court of King's Bench, an indict ment was presented, and a true bill found, by the Grand Jury of the county of Middlesex; against Mr. William ' Jones, surgeon and apothecary, for having signed a certi ficate of insanity, without having visited and personally examined the patient, and for untruly setting forth in such certificate that he lied visited and examined the patient to whom it related. enlIN-EXCHANGE, 3 IARILLANE., MAY 7. The market this uay condnues as dull as on Wednesday last, and Wheat, even the best samples, may be considered 2s. per quarter lower than on /dontlay, and ordinary sorts cannot meet with sale.— Bask', for the best hash malting quality, barely rapport) Monday's prices ; the inferior are not looked at. Oats may be phased about la. cheaper, with very little doing. Flour, though sointhially the same, may be expected lower. INLIPOIMAIIOIM SW= 11101111 DA T. Wheat, English (qrs.) . 2,850 Barley, Foreign Foreign . 9,750 O ath English . Irish . Foreign Earley, English . 1,800 Irish Irish . . Pkmat (seeks) . t 2,701 4470 COAL-EXCHANGE. MAT 7 Ships strived dub. the smooth Boot Waited Cools 3b Id 1131 Id Wain torts be N 3b N Ships at Market, 121 e. f 4