Star. — London, England, 1826-03-06 00:00:00

, .... • N• • ~~ ,~ •;. , , . THE EVENING STAR. LONDON. BUSINESS IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS THIS DAY. • 01/LD2AII or qua Day.-1. Debtor and Creditor Arrangenieqt • Bill ;Committee. 2. Usury Laws Bernd Bill (second reading.!-- Z. Prison Laws (Ireland) Rill (second reading). 4. Juries (Scotland) Rill (second reading). 5. Fisheries Act ; Committee thet enema, ri. Church Rates (Ireland) Bill (second reading). 7. Punishment by Hard Labour (Ireland) Bill (second reading). 11. Chelsea and Kit ;mainitanw Hospital Bill (second reading).. 9. Supply; Committee. 10. Small Tithes Recovery Bill (second reading). tt. Ways and Means ; Committee. 12. Promissory Notes Bill (third reading). 15. Prison Act Amendment Bill (third reading). 14. Lunatic Asylum (Ireland) Bill Report. Norms or Marsows.-.-1. Sir Henry Hardinge—Ordnance Esti mates (in Committee of Supply). 2. Isla. NI A —To oppose the Speaker's leaving the Chair on the Motion for Committee of Supply, with reference to the present state of Exchequer Bills, and the transactions of Government with tbs Bank of England. 3. UR. Arroausr-Ginomat-...8i1l to seminal and amend the Act for the relief of Insolvent Debtors. 4. Bill relative to the Law of Arrest for Debt. 5. Bill - to repeal an Act comktonly called the Lord's Act. _ • • MOND IY, MARCH 6. 1826. STOCK EXCHANGE, TWELVE O'CLOCK. _ Consols opened this morning at 761'for the Account, and soon biter were done at 761; they are now steady at 761 1, and some have just been done at 761. In the Foreign Market little is doing Current Prices: Old Spanish 91 10, Mexican 60f 62, Cokmr bian new 47i 4S, Russian 741 751, Brazilian Bonds 54 56, Greek Bonds 18 181, Exchequer Bills par tot premium. HALF-PAST ONE O'CLOCK. Within this quarter or an hour, Consols halm declined from 761 1 to 761 1, with little doing. ?KICK OF STOCKS AT FOUR. O'CLOCK. Bank Stock Shut. S ver Cent. Iced. Shut. 3 per Ceni. Cons. 76% % 3 /s Si per Cent. Red. Shut. 4 per Cent. 94% % Long Ann. Shut. India Stock Shut. India likindF. 2 3 1 dis. 1.1,00 t) Excheq. Bill. 1 prem. par. 1 prem. £5OO ditto 1 prem. par. 1 prem. 4.:100 and E.) ditto I prem. par. 1 prem. Cons. for Acct. 76% % 3 4 76% 5 4 EXCHANGES. .Awsnanast, Msaert 3.—On London, 40. 4. 2M. 40. I. Hassaunon, Faa. 28.—0 n Logsdon, 34. 4. 2M. 5.9. 11. , • Sr. Pzrzassusau, Fes. 14.—0 n London, 91. trirsic, Fes. 24.—0 n London, I M. 6. 19. 4, • Brawl, Fag. 25.—0 n London, S M. 4. 29/. Vitszts, Fla. 18.—On London, 5 M. 10. S. FOREIGN FUNDS, TWO O'CLOCK Colonrbbn Ills, 6 p C. 481 9 Portuguese Bonds 751 Do:Bcts 1814, 471 j 1 71 Truss. 131.. I p C. St Do, Ace. 411 1 IP 71 Do. Bonds. 1822, OS Greek Bd., 1825, 181 Ituss.l3ds. 1822. 6 p C. Mexican &is, 1825, 6pCL 12 Ditto Acst. TS 611 I 1 S,an. Bonds 5 p Ct. 101 Ditto Acct. 611 It 11 12 11 Ditto Acct.lol BRITISH AND FOREIGN SHARES, TWO O'CLOCK. IMAM PAM 100 10 11i 12 92 1 9-19 1 di& 40 90 19 40 11 11e 19 100 1 Ileyet Irish United Mr 1141121 Ditto New Gas Engine Carriage IPrivate letters from St. Petersburgb state, that the appointment of his Grace the Duke of Wstrxtocrrotr, to compliment the Emperor NICHOLAS, on his accession to the throne of Russia. had given great pleasure at the Court of St. Petersburgh. The Euranon is said to have expressed his satisfaction in the strongest terms, and to have declared that he considered it not only as e mark of personal respect on the part of his Britannic MAJESTY, but as the best pledge of the Continuance of those friendly relations which have so long existed between the British and the Russian Courts. At St. Petersburgh, Brest preparationi were making to receive the Duke of WELLINGTON, and OfiScers of distinction were appointed to meet his Grace at the •• - - frontiers, and conduct him to the capital, where his reception will be of the most Hz tering descrip. ties ; a guard of honour will cetnstantly attend the DUKt, and some military reviews will take place in compliment to their distinguished visitor, who is a Field-Marshal in the Russian army, Costal Lams, whose departure for Russia we an• nounced on Friday, will, we understand, be absent from this country about three months ; the letter in which he was invited by the Emperor Nicnotats to St. Peters• burgh, is said to have been very flattering, and as invi• tations in such eases are equivalent to command, his Facat.t.astcv lost no time in discharging a duty which cannot fail of very gratifying to him. We understand thst the CHAscELLoR of the Excase QUER has deferred the Budget from this evening, until some other day, which has not yet been fired. At this we cannot feel surprised, when we see not only* few Members of the Opposition, but also an important portion of the daily press, fasten on the Estimates of the year, and clamour for their reduction—not with reference to the services to be carried on, in regard to which they neither . ask nor cam whether the safety and dignity of the country is concerned in their being performed or neglected, but with reference to the temporary pressure which now hangs over the monied world. Hut is this magnanimous, or worthy of a great nation, the resources of which are unbroken, undiminished—nay, far ad vances! beyond comparison with any former period of its history ? We, on the contrary, would raise our voice against this pusillanimous proceeding, and arek.on fident that the country at large will concur with us in affirming, that notwithstanding the momentary want of credit and confidence among commercial men, this mighty nation is able and willing to meet all emer gencies that may arise, much mote to provide for its ordinary expenditure. 142rfibUrgh PipPT'S to the 29th nlt. reached us this forenoon. They contain the fo:lowing intelligence I tom limit, by which it will be teen the EMPLROIi 4 vety careful that the sins of the persons implicated in the late conspiracy shall not be visited on their families; T. PETlidtsl4lßdit4A.N. ts. , La Imperial, ukase of ; the "St so. inst. orders. sluttib*,. z ttn.or aeptember,thefetesof 444(tAtiANDER Nairsit44' land of his law IWAMTT, shall : lbef•kept as hitherto on, thy .of September ; socrthe" accession of his. pre sent Majesty on the 2d of December, though it should . be reckoned from the Ist. Though his Majesty the Emperor has resolved to punish merely the accomplices of the conspiracy of the' '26th of December, he does not let their relatives suffer in asy degree the consequence of their guilt ;—on the contray he generously load, them with benefits. Thus he has given to the wife of the poet RuLsizri, one of the conspirators, a temporary relief of 200(Y rubles, and Madam VON BtartrwitEre, whose four sons are implicated in the affair of the 26th of December, has obtained an annual pension of 2000 rubles, which, after her death, is to be continued to her three daughters.' Hi, Majesty has also shewn his goodness by the fol lowing rescript of the 4th of this month, addressed to General Itajessky, two of whose sons were arrested on suspicion of being concerned in the cpnspiracy. It is in the following terms:- 6, I have very great pleasure in informing you, that the commission which has investigated the conduct of your sons, has found them perfectly innocent, and free from any participation in the association of the evil minded, and that I most heartily rejoice at seeing the children of so worthy a father perfectly exculpated." The funeral procession of the late EMPEROR arrives to-day at Moscow, where it will remain till the 17th ; on the 2sd it will arrive at Tim, on the 7th March at Novogorod, and the 12th at Zarskojiselo. Our Papers contain an affecting desciiption of the belbeviour of the inhabitants of the towns through which it passes. . Prince MENZIROFF is going to set out in a few days on an extraordinary mission to Persia, and is to deliver to the Schah the magnificent crystal bed which the late EMPEROR had made as a present for him. This forenoon, we re:eived Dutch and Brbssels Papers to the $d of February. They do not contain any in- telligence from the East Indies. An article from Ghent of the 27th February states, that on the preceding day Volunteers of the 17th Division, who had engaged in the service for the East Indies, set out for Antwerp. Many others wish to join them, and they will embark together at Hardermyk. The Second Chamber of the States General of Hol land has passed a law for guaranteeing the late loan of twenty millions for the use of the Colonies, by a•ma jority of 78 to 6. A Royal Decree was issued on• the 21k of February, declaring that the Association of the Brethren of the Christian Schools should not be admitted into the kingdom of the Netherlands. The Brussels Papers contain the -following article from Frankton, where Comthercial 4lstress.Nts Wei felt as here t . FRANKFORT, Pesavatir MI: • • • The tallewing Bede* has bus riblisbed here t • e We, the Burgotnuten and'the 'ants of the fetecity,si Praalt. fort, atter a constitutional roulades of, tbe assembly of the Lede lathe Body of the 25th of Yehrsary this year, order u follows, to remedy the *cushy of mosey sow felt la the circulation, bat only for the duration of the circumstances which render this so- - necessary t ~ 7 ~.. " 1. The Chamber of Accounts is authorised to purchase gold and silver coin, not leplly eurreat, which is in this city, as well as I gdd and silver bullion, to the amount of 3,600,000 florins. and ac cording to the tariff,wbich may be seen at the Chamber of Acoostots. "I. Every seller has the power of re-purchasing between this time and 3,lse sth of April, 1112 S, on paying down the sum received in notes, without interest and without expense. S. As the Mint of the city cannot immediately convert We legal currency the geld and sitter sole, and the bullion, which it shall have received, the Chamber of Accounts shall deliver, for the sums received in gold and silver coin, or in bullion, Motes of 500 forins each, the amount of which shall be repaid to the bearer on the Ist of May, 1826, at the Chamber of Accounts also, without interest and expenses. "4. FL ens this time to May 1, 11116, these notes are to be re. ,ceived as money in all payments, nor can they be refused; but after the Ist of May, ISW, they shall be put out of circulation, and shall not be payable to the bearer except by the Chamber of Accounts. " Resolved by Senate, In full assembly, Folk 25, iSild, in order I to put into execution the law of the 25th of Febreary, 1•1111, the undersigned Chamber of Amounts declares that it is ready to receive, to.diy, from ten o'clock, proposal., and to-morrow, from two o'clock in the afternoon, limpid or silver buWen, or gold and' silver coin, not being legal currency, in exchange for notes of the Chamber issued for this purpose. lieb. 16. " The CilAilillEtt of ACCOUNTS." The third and fourth of this month, which some of our contemporaries predicted would be as fatal to the enmmercial world as the ides of March were to CMIA have tome, and not only come, but passed, without ful filling the prophecy ; and we think we may now con gratulate the public eat the fiery ordeal of mercantile • difficulty being in a great measure over. It is true that some houses on Friday and Saturday ..ere unable to meet their engagements, but the number of dishonoured hills were by no means numerous, and certainly not nearly so many as might have been et., petted, considering that 'these were the days on which many renewed bills became due. The formidable list of disbonouted acceptances, thetefore, which some persons foreboded. has vanished into air, and there has been no failure of importance. In fact, there was nothing to distinguish Friday and Saturday from any other days, except the gloomy anticipations to which we have alluded, and the gratifying circum stance to find, that though the pre s sure was great, yet that it was promptly met. This is the more cheering. avit cannot have bftn in any great degree owing to the assistance which the Bank of England is ready to give in advance on goods, bit untier all the difficulties which exited previously. The Batik, however, we are assured, is Frepared to carry into effect the suggestions of his Majesty's Ministers with the utmost alacrity, and wr have no doubt that it will not merely relieve the present .. 1 0 '''', A.hAye the ighest 422111, ern:stbaorrrea confiden ceembarrassments, commental world, hiCh has been. iq much shaken by so.maszifqilures, stud by an exaggerated alarm. Even before tho .bank assistance is given, trade is manifestly improving ; during the last week the sales were considerable, particularly in sugar; and in Spite!- , fields, airtirs begin to VSURIC a brighter aspect, as seVerat of the masters; finding the Government firm in their determination respecting the importation of 'French silks oft - the payment of an ad valorem duty of 30 per cent., have begun to re-employ their men, and are preparing for a spirited competition with their foreign rival. In order the better to do this in the country, several new silk looms, on the French model, have been recently erected at Stamford. .. The accounts from the manufacturing districts in the _ north of England are also rather . favourable. The knowledge of the fact, that the Bank of England had determined to do something to relieve the severe em barrassments which press upon the country, from the diminution of the circulating medium and the want-of commercial credit, has already tended in some degree to re-inspire public confidence. At Leeds there was more business done in the Cloth hall, last Tuesday, than there has been for some weeks previous; there is also a large order for the East IndiEs executing in the neighbouring towns of the West Riding, which employs some hundred hands, and by the time it is completed, trade will have resumed much of its activity. In several parts of Lancashire, particularly the neighbourhood of Wigan and Chorley, the working classes are pretty well employed ; so that we again re peat, that the crisis of commercial difficulty may, in a great measure, be said to be over. The AUgemeine Zeihnt . rO77le 27th ult. contains an article from Rome, stating that Messrs. JARVEQUL and Amnia; who lately arrived there from Mexico, have 00 diplomatic character, and have not entered• into any negociation with the Papal Government. It is said that a Priest of the Order of the Jesuits is commissioned to make an arrangement with the Roman Conn for filling the Episcopal Sees in Mexico. If the intelligence from Spain contained in the Etoik l of Saturday be true, it is probable that the French troops in that country may, at no very distant period, be more actively employed than they are at present. It appears that an extraordinary courier had brought news to Madrid, that on the 19th-ult. Colonel BAZAN,. formerly Political Chief of Valencia, and an Officer of great merit, had landed at . Quardama, 7 leagues from Alicant, at the head of about 100 men, and that after baring pillaged the town and church, he had thrown himself into the ,mountains. The Royalist Volunteers, we are told, had cut of his retreat to the sea, and par ties ofjpfatitry and cavalry had been alit in his pur suit, together with a squadron of the• Royal Guard. All this, however, only serves to show the importance which the Government attached to the event, and the *alaipi which it had excited. A report war circulated in Madrid that General MINA had quitted London and embarked at Plymouth for the Peninsula, on the coast of which he was, to fall in with two vessels sent by Bouvaa„ This rumour having been circulated with immetse rapidity through. out the South, had produced so much exultation amongst the Liberals that the Royalists had in several places risen against them, and sanguinary affrays had been the result-. CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. There are various reports in circulation on 'Change; among others it is said that Ministers have in contemp• lation to propose a new Property Tax to P4rliament of, Five per Cent. on Lands, Houses, and Funded Property, which, if adopted, will enable the CHAWCZLLOR of the Excazuout to repeal the Assessed Taxes. Another report is, that the Wink is going to advance money to Government. The Budget, it is said, will be brought forward on Monday. Consols have fluctuated be lween' 76} 1. A Supplement to the Landon Gazette was published" this afternoon, containing Dispatches received at the India House from the Governor General. Some of them are of old date,. but the latest, which is dated the 3d of October, contains an Official Copy of the Armis tice concluded between Sir ARCHIBALD CAMPBELL and the Minister of War, the terms of which have already • been given in the STAB; the armistice was to continpe until the 17th of October, and the negotiations were to be entered upon on the 2d of that month; two Officers of each Army were to meet on the 23d of September, to mark off the ground for tbe encampment of the respective Chiefs, and to as• range every thing preparatory to the meeting of the said High Commissioners. The armistice was concluded on the 17th of September. --•-•••••• •••••011.1•1•1•14=1119.•••• Lord GRANTHAM and suite ; Mr. and Mrs. Er unr Gaarrias airfarnity, arrived at the Ship Hotel, Dover, yesterday warning, and sailed for Calais, in the Britannia steam-packet. CovatTy F.LEcrlorr.—Saturday afternoon, at the close of the Poll, the numbers were; Mr. Batt., 1,159; Mr. lummox, 1,1511; .Majority for Mr. Bata., 27. To prevent further misapprehension, it is necessary to state, that the firm Of JOHN MANTON and SON, of Dover -street, is set connected in bitsiness with Mr. Jolliest Meares, of Hanover-square. Letters from Hamhur?h, to the 95th ultimo. state that the Atock•panic from England had extended there: Danish Stock fell three per cent.; Russian, five; the later from 74 to 69.- There were, however, no failures Accounts from Hanover, of the 24th Feb. say—, " His Royal Highness the Duke of CAMBRIDGE has' been gradually relieved from his pain for some days" past, and has ventured to le4ve his apartments ; and the entire recovery cf his Royal Highness increases the ' joy of the Hanoverian; on the anuivetarafl of hisbfffil-1 Jay, which is kept to-day." • .4 THE KING. WINDSOR, Marten S. Since our last his biaitsrv's health has undergone litle of ro improvement, and he is still confined to the Royal Lodge. Divine Service was tbis nsrttning performed to his nasserv's Suite and Household by the Ref. Dr. SIDINIM, at the Privet. Chapel.—' l his morning her Royal Highness the Princess ABOUSTA attended Divine Service at the Parish Church, accompanied by her Lady in Waiting. FASHIONABLE ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE trzsr. ._ MN ST MEM. Emily, Marchioness of Londonderry's Rent, St. James's-vinare. Countess of Arran's Card Party, Dover-street. Countess lAstowell's Party, at Kingston House. WEDDZSDA Y. Marchioness Dowager of Salisbury's Brit, Arlington-street. Lady Owydyr's Rout, Terrace, Piccadilly. Lady Pringle's Party, Stratford-place. TIMMS DA V. Countess of Essex's Ball, Hill-street. F ams T. The Hon. Ma. Hope's Assembly. Countess of Charleville's Card Party, Cavendish- The Countess of Arran's Card Party. srWDA T. Marchioness Dowager of Salisbury's Converazta FASHIONABLE CHANGES. The Marquis and Marchioness of Huntly, from Cook's Hatel t Alberharle-street, for Kimbolton Castle; Colonel Blackburn. and Mrs. Blackburn., at Marshal Thompson's Hotel, Cavendish.nquare; Baron de Butten, at ditto; George Deering, F.sq. at ditto ; Lieu tenant Colonel Cooper, M.P. from ditto, to the Royal Creseeut, Bath; Rev. C. R. Deering, from ditto; Henry Willoushby, F.sq. M.P. front ditto, to Apsley House, Nottinghamshire ; Garforth, Esq. from ditto, to Wollaton House, Norte; Mr, and Mrs. J. Tomkinson, and family, at Batts 's Farnity Hovel, Dover street, from Italy; General Sir Robert ('Callaghan. at ditto, from Scotland; Mrs. and Miss Boyce ; at ditto, from a tour; Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Freeland, from ditto, to Cobham Surrey ; Mi.. Brook, from ditto, to Cobham, Surrey; Mr and Mrs. Wilkinson, from ditto, to Doter ; Mr. and Mrs. Bristow, fret* ditto, to Wim ple-street: Miss Ruggles, from ditto, to Sarre.: KING'S THEATRE. TEBALD 0 ED. ISOLINA. A rioted notice prepared the audience, on Saturday night, fist the omission of the character of Gerald*, and the curtailment of that of aententa owing to the illness of Signor Dc Vita and Mad. Cssritu. Considering the late hour at which the entertainments at this Theatre conclude, these characters might be judiciously shortened, although the action of the Piece and the groupiug pf the Stage eannot dispense with them entirely. The Opera went off, however, with great eclat and the many melodic and liar. manic beauties, which discover themselves on further acqa .intance, aided by the exqvisite performance of Vett.un, will ensure it a. degree of success equal to that of the C'rociato, and, we trust, reps. ) r the expense and attention act liberally bestowed on its production. The arena, netts trensenela, ending with the nemeses " Coro ammo lusinskidr," (in which the Composer has borrowed the opening notes from MOZAILT'S " Bali Batii,") is, as sung by Vattost, a rare union of music with feeling and sentiment, and must be heard to be duly appreciated. Although the charming impteision of this meta has always created an encore, the majority of the audience hive, with mere consideration, opposed so fatiguing an exertion. Yesterday, Mr. and Mrs. CANNING gave a grand dinner to the Count and Countess NI esirrsa, Count LUDOLF and his Lady, the Prussian Milliner Baron MALIZATIN the Swedish. Bavarian, and Sardinian Ministers, and the flu Lian, Danish, Saxon, Wurtemburg Charges d'Affaires, the Marquis of Cwiitataaaut, Mr. PLUM, Stc. His Excellency Count LtavgN, the Russian Ambas. sador and sake, arrived on Friday evening, at Waicascand MAT. noon's Ship Hotel, Hayti ;. and we Saturday morning embarked int beard H.M. steam-packet, Spitfire, Captain Kara, for CAWS.— Evert custemay honour was paid en his Excellency's arrival and departure ; and on Sunday evening his Grace the Duke of Davi:w anks, accompanied by Captain Currey.° and tleir sake, also ar. rived at Wright's Hotel. The Marquis and Matibissieis of HASTINGa have at last sailed from Spithntr, after waiting there wind-bound let nearly aura. weeks. The departure of the Russian Ambassador was any petted in the official circles for about a *leek previous teat* event taking place, and during that time treestant communications were kept up between his Bacellency and Mr. licoretary CANDLING early and late on each day. Mr. Dysas. the King's Messenger, was sent of ore Ilaturday evening from the Foreign Ober, with despatches to the Duke of WILMINGTON and Lord PILIGIOURT, at St. Petersburgb. from Mr. Secretary CAN3II/016 Mr. Drees was to proceed by the way of Berlin, having also dispatches front Mr. CANNING to the Earl of CLANWILLIAII, our Ambassador at that Court. Friday night, Mr. HuNTEa, sen. the King's Messen ger, was dispatched from the Secretary of State's Office for Foreign Affairs, to Lotd Gratuvit.t.a, our Ambassador at Paris. A meeting of the Lords of the. King's Most Honour able Privy, Council, was held on Saturday at the Council Officr, which sat about two hours. Lord DARLINGTON is seriously indisposed.. Ritzy'', the comic actor, of the Adelphi Theatre, is engaged by Mr. MORRIS, for the Haymarket Theatre. Reeve takes no part in YAM'S Entertaitunent, the whole of which is to be recited and sung by himself. I'he death of Lord CARLIITON has occasioned another vacancy in the Representative Peerage - of Ireland. Three Candi. dates are already spoken of, Lord Metonreauan., and the Rads of Meant and GIJINGALL. A duel was fought on Saturday morning on Clapham Common, between C. S. F-6-1., £•q. and a Gentleman Gf the name of M—wr—ay. The dispute originated at the Hartland Coursing Meeting on Thursday last. Mr. M. was wounded in the , Bra fire, but not seriously, and the matter rests. A duel has taken place at Florence between M.. A. de L. the Secretary of the French Legation in Tuscany, and • Colossi General P. is consequence of some construction put on a passage relative to Italy, contained in one of the was*, o( M. de - L. The tatter received a sword wound in the arm, and the affair terminated in a manner worthy of the loyalty and honourable sentiments of both parties. Messrs. SHeARS, the coppersmiths, of Flcet•market. obtained a compensation of 30,15111. for the freehold of their premises, and good-will of their trade, in Fleet market, in the Court of King's bench, on Wednesday. Jane Hogg, an inhabitant of the town of Bideford, performed penance in the Parish Church, on Wednesday last, for defaming the character of Catherine Bennett, a respectable young woman of that town. The spec. tators to witness :the scene were so numerous that it was feared the gallery which fronts the communion table would have broken down. The Ordnance Department in Canada, in consequence of the Report of the Commissioners, who. were sent out to that country lan year, is to be considerably augmented immediately, particularly in engineers. The bulk of the expense is to be defrayed by the Treasury, and not by the Ordnance,. as is, generally the case in the ex penditure of that nature. The Lisbon Gazette of the 20th of February contains an official account from the Inspector of the Royal Rape Manufactory, relative trio fire whkh broke out is that building on the 16th. About one-half of the building has been destroyed, and the damage is estimated at 120,000 milreas., The crews of the English ships of war in the Tagus assisted with their usual promptitude in checking the progress of the flames, for which due gratitude is expressed in the official account to them and to their commander, Lend ANCLIVS BIM/CLIME, who led the crews of the squadron of his Bat rennet: MAJESTY, anchored in the port, airier his command, land •was one of the first who appeared to a,sist in checking the progress of the flames, co-operating with the people in perfect harmony in the, chsagerons e;er. Lions which were judged best calculated extiugnish the fire.