Star. — London, England, 1830-06-04 00:00:00

THE EVENING STAR . . • ' ~.. ,6 ,,,, ,, k ; - I t - • --2 : ,p 5 : 4 , ; , - - '-1, 4‘ . . - •: -. 7., ,,, . : N. ..... t,:, t ,,C g/tr - 4, e _e,V ..S . • • ~ , ,g eieß.i . /4 :. -- ,1,t. f#1 4443 1111W) ••' , " NIAW alzh, dX F 5'L 1 i: 2 % 1w......4 ' • ~.i.e., : .1...-_,,,,..,__Ci 0 Awir 1 s• ,• . . .: 2 1„=„%-. , , , . iikj.,,..ip LON Dt FRIDAY, JUNE 4. THE KING. " WINDSOR CASTLE, JuNE 4, 1830. The KING had but little sleep last night, yet passed .t, on the whole, quietly. His MAJESTY'S respiration as embarrassed from time to time (Signet!) " HENRY HALFORD. " MATTHEW J. TIERNEY." We regret that want of room prevents us from insert ing a very important letter on the Currency question, addressed to a Member of Parliament, in this day's impression. It shall appear to-morrow. The Allyemeine Zeitzuttg has published a letter said to have been addressed by the French Ambassador at Madrid to the Minister at Naples, on the subject of Al - giers. If any reliance can be placed on the authenticity of this document, it possesses considerable claims to public attention. We are very sceptical whenever any strong professsions of moderation are put forth, by the Cabinet of the Tuileries, nor shall we easily forget those which preceded the invasion of Spain. Nothing more can be ingenious or natural than for the French Ministers to put forward the PAcITA of Egypt, as a scape goat in the intended attack on Algiers. It is equally prudent to proclaim, that the Expedition is undertaken for the mere sake of humanity. Before our credence given to any of these fine-drawn sentiments, we shall wait the final result of the armament. Although we have received a positive assurance that the letters of 0. P. Q. in the Morning Chronicle are ma nufactured in London, still it cannot be denied that the writer is well acquainted with the state of parties in France. His last letter brings the whole of the Bour bons forward, and concludes with a favourite prophecy; namely, that a Republican form of government will suc ceed the death of CHARLES X. unless, " mutual con cessions be made, and mutual errors are forgiven."— Having been among the first, and we believe, almost the only Journal among our contemporaries, to notice what we considered either as erroneous or cor rect in the statements of this writer, we are to confess that every thing which has taken place in France subsequent to his earlier communi cations, impress us most strongly with a belief that a crisis is fast approaching among our neighbours. That the two great parties, the royalists and republicans, are completely separated, and anxious to proceed to the last extremity, we firmly believe. And with regard to con cessions, or mutual forgiveness, every act of the govern ment forbids us to think there is the smallest chance of so desirable an event. It has been said of the BOURBONS, that they " never learn, and never forget." The trans actions of the last six months give their enemies but too much reason to acquiesce in the above assertion. No thing, surely, but the moat cruel of all fatalities, could induce the KING, and those around him, to select his Ministers from the most unpopular men in France,—men who are regarded as being diametrically opposed to the opinions of the great majority of the nation ! If it be asked, why we have so frequently recurred to French politics, our reply is, that we are, in the first place, desirous of witnessing the adoption of such measures as can alone prevent a catastrophe ; and in the next, naturally anxious that the event so generally anticipated, should not take our own Statesmen by surprize. The effect of any ma terial change in France, among neighbouring States, cannot be doubtful, at a time when the spirit of Reform and change is hourly gaining strength throughout Europe. To render this effect as little calamitous as possible, there seems to be but one line of policy for men in power to pursue—that of going with, instead of running counter to, the spirit of the age. However improbable the adoption of such a course may '4 in seine countries, we venture to predict that the Feriod is not far distant when its necessity will be nth - 1 - u -sally recognized, by sovereigns and their ministers. the meantime, it cannot be denied, France presents a pi.ctacic, at this moment, pre-eminently calculated to xcite the meditation of the philosopher and politician. Tl.e increase of divorce cases induced Doctor Pit IL :. tllultE to submit a motion► on the subject last night in .I.e 'louse of Commons. H• did not propose any spe cific retro dv, but merely an inquiry into the state of the !are• respecting it. He suggested, however, that nothing but adultery should be a ground of divorce from the ma ..raitonial chain. The existing system he considered a der:ial of justice to the poor, who were precluded from its t, enelit by the great expense attending it, while it formed ob4acle to the rich. Sir C. WirritERSLL, opposing the motion, observed, that if the remedy were made cheap, ' it would follow as a necessary consequence that the hwer classes, whose morals were more corrupt, and -*hose principles, on these subjects, were more lax than those of the higher classes, would be continually apply mg. for divorces, while the facility of obtaining them at I small expense would increase the immorality of adul tery, and, indeed, give encouragement to the commission of that offence."—This is a very poor compliment to the highe r classes, but even greater, perhaps, than they de serve. Adultery is not the offspring of poverty, of hard labour, and care. The hot bed, which wealth, idleness, and luxury afford, is much more favourable to its would not still continue to enjoy their present supe- riority. As far as the expense operates as a check upon divorce cases, it may be wise to leave the state of the law as it is. At all events there can he no pressing ne- cessity for a change for the sake of the lower classes, until it be satisfactorily shown that they complain of the present system.—When indeed we shall have public meetings of poor cuckolds, lamenting their inability, on ac count of their poverty, to procure a release from their faithless partners, it will be time to consider the means of affording them redress. _ Mr. SADLER, last night, brought forward his motion for the introduction of the English system of Poor-laws into Ireland. An objection was taken in limine, grounded upon the vagueness of the notice in the Order Book, in which it was described a motion for leave to bring in a Bill to improve the condition► of the labouring poor of the British Empire. Mr. WILMOT HORTON expressed great disappointment, and complained he had been kept in town by a notice which turned out to be that of a Bill for the relief of the poor. What did the Honourable Member expect ? Did he suppose that Mr. SADLER was going to adopt his plan of emigration, and therefore it became necessary he should stay in town to assert his title to that favourite panacea? Lord F. L. GOWER also complained that from the ge neral tenor of the notice, he did not expect it would fall to his lot to oppose the motion submitted to the House. We are not aware of any difficulty the Noble Lord could sustain from any defect in the notice. It would ill become the Secretary for Ireland to admit that he could have been taken by surprise, and was not prepared to discuss, at any time or place, the policy of introducing the Poor Laws into that country.—The principal, and indeed the only valid objection to the motion,' for the merits were not gone into, was the existence of a Committee now sitting, to enquire into the state of the poor in Ireland, and the impropriety of interfering in the subject until they had made their report.—This objection was considered so decisive that Mr. SADLER'S motion was negatived without a division.—As a display of laborious research, the speech of Mr. SADLER was tolerably good, but lawyer-like. He had a whole string of authorities, from Grotius and Puffendorff down to Burke and Paley, all asserting the right of the poor to a maintenance from the State. The honourable member might have spared himself all this trouble, and been content to quote simply the provision made for the poor in England before the Reformation, and the act of the 43d of Elizabeth, which forms the ground of the present system of Poor Laws in this country. There is no op position to the claims of the Irish poor. The only ques tion of difficulty is, the mode by which they are to be met. One great objection to the introduction of Poor Laws into Ireland is the want of machinery to work them, but Mr. SADLER thinks the system, once established, would remove that objection by bringing back the present ab sentees. It is a shocking reflection upon the character of the landed proprietors of Ireland, that they should abandon their country to avoid contributing their share to the relief of the poor. In the numbers included in this censure are there none with whom pleasure, improvement, health, or business, may not be the determining motive of absence ? The number who expatriate themselves from the base and uncharitable motive imputed to them is, we are convinced, compara tively very small. But there is another class, consisting of individuals possessing estates in both countries, and by what charm shall Mr. SADLER'S plan operate so as to induce such persons to abandon their families and friends in England, and fix their residence in the sister island ? The promised machinery, therefore, is not only imperfect, but also not attainable within a reasonable time. Does Mr. SADLER think his bill would ensure the return of the Irish absentees, many of them fixed for years upon the Continent, exactly in proper season, just as the Summer brings back the swallows ? And, if not, where is the machinery to work the measure in the interval ? As the means of improving the condition of the labouring poor of England, by keeping the same description of Irish poor at home, the establishment of Poor Laws in Ireland would be inefficient. They are not Irish paupers who come to England and beat down the wages of the native labourer, or supply his place; but able, active, and indus trious men. The competition between these two classes upon English ground must continue, as long as the pre sent facility of iutercourse, and the inequality of condi tion, exist. Let the condition of the Irish labourer be improved, and lie will cease to trouble his English neigh bours; .but that is only to be done by finding employment for him at home. A meeting of the Lords of his Majesty's Most Honour able Privy Council was held yesterday morning, in the Council Chamber. There were present, the Lord Chancel lor, the Lord President of the Council, the President of Ithe Board of Control, the Lord Chief Justice of England, the Master of the Rolls, the Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, the Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer, and the Judge of the Admiralty Court. Mr. Buller was the Clerk to their Lordships.—The cause for which the meeting was held was to hear an appeal from the decision of the Su preme Court of Judicature at Bombay, by the Hon. Mr. Elphinstone, the late Governor of Bombay, and others, v. the executors of one of the native Princes of India, whose territory had been conquered by the British. The Prince had been besieged in one of his forts, and had capitulated to the British, and, a few days after this event, the pro perty in dispute belonging to the Prince, and consisting of specie to a very large amount,w seized. The principal points contested were—whether the booty was a prize of war, or whether the Prince and his property could be con sidered as protected, or included in the terms of a procla mation addressed to the inhabitants generally of his domi nions, on the breaking out of hostilities, offering them protection, on condition of their submitting to the English Government. The army of the Prince was at this time dispersed, but not subdued. A second question was,whe ther the Prince had, after the capitulation, done any act which caused him to forfeit the protection claimed, or if, in fact, he was not stall times considered in the light of CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. We have no arrivals this morning of the least irnportaree—not even a single ship letter. By the arrival tsf the cstafette from Paris, we are informed that the French 3 per cents. have rather improved —BO 25 cents. This has had a little (tilt' on the funds. Consols, which left off yesterday, 92n for the .ccount, opened at the same price, and have since been done at 92:'. No money price can be (poled, 11:4 Cong..la i. h yesterday for the payment of the dividend. In the foreign market Greek Bonita have got up to 3l buyers ; in other foreign securities little or nothing doing as yet. Extract of a letter from Matanzas:- 1 ° A large Spanish guinea. man, with 300 slaves on board, was chased on shore by his Bri tannic Majesty's schooner Pincher; but she succeeded in landing all her slaves, got off, and arrived here. The Captain of the Pincher has demanded her of the Governor, but the latter refuses to give her up." The Buenos Ayres papers of the 9th March mate, that the number of British subjects of all ages, now resident in the pro vince of Buenos Ayre., is estimated at about 4,000. Count 31ontlevault, prefect of the department of Calvados, in France, has published a proclamation, in which he states that an imposing force is on its way to the departments of Calvados and La Manche ; likewise two regiments of the royal guard. Accounts from Colocza (Hungary), 3d May, state that the above town for these last six weeks was entirely under water, owing to the inundations; and since the 16th March, the Danube has broken its embankments in several places; and more than 180 houses have been carried away. Accounts from Lisbon mention, that the French Consul was co the eve of leaving the above capital. HALF.PAST ONE. We still conthue without any information, and in consequence of which the funds remain rtcady, with little doing to the present hour. Consols are 92./ for the account, alterna , ely buyers and seller*. The French expedition begins to excite the public attention, owing to the boisterous weather which has prevailed within these few days. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. The Erato, Blair, from Sunderland and Lisbon to Quebec and 'Alontteal, foundered last month near the Azores. Crew saved, and landed at Havre. The Clyde, Oldham, from Liverpool. has arrived out at Bonn. bay, and sailed on the 10th March, bound for Cowes. DEAL, JUNG 3.—Wind E. to S.S.W.—Sailed the rest of the out. ward bound. No homeward bound arrivals are reported. PLYMOUTH, Jura 2.—Wind variable.—Sailed the Briton, and New Eagle, for St. John's, N.B. PORTSMOUTH, JUNE 3.—Wind S.S.W.—Arrived from London, the Mellish, Vincent, for Van Diemen's land. and his Majesty's cutter Industry, for the Downs. Sailed the William Hardy tran sport, and his Majesty's ship Albatross, for Chatham. SHEERNESS, JUNI 2—Sailed the Lord Melville, Brown, for New South Wales. Coax, May 31.—Wind W.—Sailed the Perseus transport, l Jackson, for Dublin. JIM I.—Arrived the Conceicao, Aranjo, from Villa Nova, and Boa Fe, Echevera, from St. Übe's. HOLYKILLD, Jima 2..—Arrived the Henry Grattan and Atlantic, from New Orleans; Minerva, Hugocy, from Savannah; Greeds, from Charleston; and Atlantic, Geary, from Halifax. Lrvaaroor, Jima 2.—Arrived the Navarino, Weeks, from New Orleans ; and Allighany, Potts, from Philadelphia. Off the port, the Ann, from Philadelphia. Cxrisz, Jose 2.—Arrived the Osprey, Salmon, from Charleston, and Argyle, Kerr, from Newfoundland. Noway, Jose I.—Arrived the Acorn, Gessen, and Gratitude, Baker, from Memel. IS IVIORNING. A. 11) O Lkbori O Jamaica 0 O Sweden 1 O Malta O Mexico . 0 AT TWO 0 CLA 'OK. India Stock, shut India fiends South Sra Stock Old Annuities 9la £lOOO Exch. Bills 77 8 £5OO Ditto 77 £too and £2OO Do. 78 9 Bank for Acrt. India for do. 240 Cobs. for Ate. 92i 1 1.1 1111S11 AND it 'REIGN KO Alin, TWO (1 CLOCK. %Bemis. PAII. Pll mow. 300 ZOO 190 s; 7n!Ann. St.Jorttes D • I Rey United rt. pnl.) RN-EXCHANGE, 31Ak7i.LANit. .loss 4 issrmereesnits MACS MONDAY. Wheat, 'English (qrs.) . 1,5601 Ge Holey. Foreign Foreign . 12,400 ts, Is . Irish . e— Per ign Rerk7, English . 1,100, bask lrlsb . . Film outs) . 1.20 u 7•bo Oa . 4.160 3•00 'MANGE, .1m - •....y dziura, Is MUM more ISVOUTIIOIO 1.47 1111 ;rowth ; and if the poor man could resort for rtdr it ess to the cheap justice of a Pie Poudre Court, an enemy and an alien. Another point urged was, dal the •' • could not be country, so recently the scene of hostilities, re, considered as being under the control of the numicipal rnay b e a question whether the upper classes authorities at the time when the transaction took place. cir. L.OTES, Inf. ASHLEY, crc. The attempt to form a "Clerical Club" in London, has failed, at least if we may judge from only one per- son hiring announced himself to attend the last meeting. COAL-EXCHANGE, lore 4. She arrived chain the moth . lest Wallsosd Ccals Inbar sorts 46 mar at market, 50i. 334 Od 334 Id no Id 22, Id THE KING. His MAJESTY went through the proceeding of giving his command for the affixing of the stamp on all the warrants and commissions on Wednesday, by the com missioners, without experiencing any inconvenience. The operation occupied upwards of two hours. The KING enjoyed some refreshing sleep on Wednesday night, and spent yesterday quite as comfortably as the day preceding. At the King's Palace, St. James's, Earl FIFE and Colonel ARMSTRONG were in waiting to show the bulletin to the nobility and gentry. Among the inquirers was Prince KOSLOFFSK Y. Prince LEOPOLD left town yesterday, for his seat at Claremont. _ The Duke and Duchess of CUSIBERLANn, accompa nied by Prince GEORGE, came to town yesterday from their residence at Kew. Their Royal highnesses re mained at the King's Palace, St. James's, till past six o'clock, and then returned to Kew. The French Ambassador and the Spanish Minister had interviews with the Earl of ABERDEEN yesterday, at the Foreign Office. Should an early dissolution of Parliament take place, it is thought that a more than usual number of members will be sent to " the right about," and not a few of them, strange to say, from a too ready obedience t 9 the mili tary word of command. Prince and Princess LIEVEN and suite are expected to leave town on Sunday next, for St. Petersburg. The Earl of MANSFIELD and MONTAGUE BUR GOYNE, Esq. had grand dinner parties yesterday. The Earl of CLAN RICA RDE has a grand dinner party on Saturday, the 19th inst. The Countess of ARRAN entertained a select party of fashicnables yesterday evening, at her house in Dover street. The last State Paper prr‘sented to Parliament, bearing the signature of Prince LEOPOLD, is very generally reported as coming from the pen of Earl Gar:v. &Nem] actions are still going on against the projrrtors of seme of the Bubble Companies of 1825, who find to their cost the old proverb of " the biter bit" realised. GENERAL ELECTION.—CoIoneI Young is canvassing for the county of Cavan. Mr. Richard Mortimer has addressed the electors of the same county. Lord Acheson is canvassing the county of Armagh; his Lordship visited Newry on Thursday, and Portadown on Friday. Mr. Caulfield and Mr. Brownlow are also on the alert. Kenn Y Et.F.c.rtoix.—Mr. Wilmot Horton, the bro ther-in-law of the Earl of Kenmare, will not offer himself as a candidate for the representation of Kerry at the next election. One of the brothers of the Earl of Kenmare will offer himself as a candidate on that occasion.— Trake Mercury. The Cabinet Council, held at three o'clock, at the Fo reign Office, yesterday afternoon, was attended by the Duke of Wellington, Earls Rosalyn and Aberdeen, Vis count Melville, Sir Robert Peel, Sir George Murray, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and Mr. Herries. Earl Bathurst joined his colleagues at half-put three o'clock. The Lord Chancellor and Lotd Ellenborough were pre vented from attending the Cabinet, owing to their being engaged at a meeting of ti.e Lords of the Privy Council. The Ministers broke up at half-past four o'clock. WILBRAHAM EGERTON, Ifsq. had another grand dinner party on Wednesday, at his house in St. James'ai square, among whom were Lord and Lady SKELNERS DALE, ViSCIMIDt EASTNOR and Miss WILBRAHAM, Earl HAREWOOD and Miss LASCELLES, the Bishop of LON DON and Mrs. BLooktytELD, Colonel and Miss Akotx, Mr. COTES, Mr. ASHLEY, &C, COBURG THEATRE. On Moaday night, and during the week, the holiday folks hose been gratified with the usual novelties of the season at this theatre Old Mortality—Trial by Battle—and Paul Jones—the piece compressed into acts by the author, lure been the enter: menus, “1:i1 each piece has been got up with great care and atttnti.ni. The house on Monday night was crowded to the very ceiling by at' audience who seemed throughout the evening to be in the best pes • Bible humour. and who failed not to give frequent and noisy cneulti tokens of approbation. One improvment at the Coburg deserves our notice—we allude to very neat anti-rooms which the enterpris. ing fifanager has added to the private boxes, for tie accommodation. f parties who may be disposed to order refi catmints at the theatre. We believe Mr. Davipoz has the merit of being the first to pr t. vide this additional accommodation for the visitors of the minor Ott at:Ts. It is rumoured that Mr. D. is to be the acting or %tsp.- " toc r of Drury-lane theatre under the Lcv: Lessee. HINTS TO MANAGEPS. From a Correspondent. It has been asserted that, in order to form .: cora- , ef emote of the moral character of any communi• y eaple, especial reference should be made as to what p t; ticalar kind of theatrical representations are upheld and encouraged by them. I will not trespass on your ribs - ab:e time by entering into detail, hut merely observe that numerous examples are not wanting to confirm the truth of this► statement. With respect to the modern stago, the source from whence we draw so largely for our edi fieation and amusement, I think it will be generally ad mitted that great improvement has of late year: itiken place ; but we must not suffer an over-weening :T;rit of self-commendation to blind us to the errors which still exist, and which imperatively demand a speedy reform : for, notwithstanding the all-puissant " march of Intel lect"—that ideality of perfection, who ritlt gig.mtie strides traverses our till now benighted re f .:ion— n e e r_ turning at one swoop the collective wisdom of ages, and establishing iu the place thereof a system, the rroximity of which to purity and excellence could not for a inor.ent j be doubted, were it not for the daily instances of its al, surdity—still, Sir, there arc tome points, and on. which I would particularly refer, which not er,ly reyniu► to be attended to " indifferently," but to be " reformed altogether"—namely looseness (obscenity were a har , .•h term) of language on the stage. This is an evil of n' trivial account. Those who are advanced in year.., and whose judgments are matured, must necessarily feel grc;,t disgust at such a violation of decorum ; and, if this e etc the whole of the mischief, it were comparatively harm less; but its baneful effects on the rising geeneration e Incalculable. We aro not now to learn how stisceptibl.: the human mind is to evil rather than good impression: ; and though the faithful portraiture of vice be one main design both of author and actor, yet surely suificient in this way may be effected without " o'er-stepping tile bounds of Nature's modesty ;" at all event,:, no palliative can be advanced for disgraceful language. I would hope that this scandal will quickly be removed. Does the fault rest with our dramatic writers—let the authority it, whom is vested the duty of revising pieces for public re presentation see to it. Is it to be attributed to the wan ton levity of the performer—let the Manager strictly enforce both the letter and spirit of the regulations by which he professes his company to be governed, and the grievance will soon be remedied. A grateful conscious ness in the bosom of the Proprietor and an influx to the (funds of the Treasury, would undoubtedly follow such a course ; for the father, the tutor, the governess, and others entrusted with the care of youth, would no longer hesitate, as is now frequently the case, to introduce their respective charges to this impressive and enlightening species of relaxation and amusement. REQUESTING A FURLOUGH. The late General Barber, of the Royal Irish Artillery, was an ex cellent officer, a strict disciplinarian, and most punctilious in every thing relating to his military duties. He had a regular form of ad. dressing him when any of the men had a request to make, such as for a furlough or pass. &c. he form was three regular taps upon the dour, three steps into the room, then to the right about, three steps back, then shut the door and advance. _ One morning a private came to request a furlough ; his manner of entrance did not please the General, who was just sitting down to breakfast. General.—Stop, Sir, that ls not the way to enter your General's room. Sit down here ; you shall be the general, and 1 will be the private soldier. Down the soldier sat at table, and commenced to the good things so unexpectedly within his reach. The tea, toast, and ham vanished like snow off a wall, while the general marched to the outside of a door—the three taps were given with masked precision, and" Come in" pronounced by a mouth crammed with toast—the three steps made—the door shut, and the salute given—the soldier quite at home. Soldier—Well, my lad, what do you want ? General—A furlough, your Honour. Soldier—For how long busy eating.) General—Six weeks, your Honour. Soldier—What kind of a man arc you ? General—A vet' , good man, your Honour. Soldier—Were you ever flogged ? General—No. Sir. Soldier—Well, have you any money? You know I never grout leave of absence until I see the ash necessary to carry all expeners. This was a puzzler, for the Ger.eral happened to have no CAW, 10 his pocket. Soldier—l can't grunt your request, my lad, until you show me the cash. The soldier resumed his repast, v hile the General ap. plied to one of his aids-de-camp, who was present, and enjoyed the scene, from whom the General got the necessary supply. Soldier—Well, my man, have you got the cash ? General—Yes, your Honour. Soldier—Well, my lad, you shall have your furlongh. The General now resumed his rent at the table, is sohliLr, who had paid all dt:e at tt mion, sc:Ld to ail:tar.ttioa us tie General had done, obtained his furlough, and the beat breakfast he had er.r made. The good natured General enjoyed the assurance of the s:,l - diet as much as his aid-de-camp, for he loved a joke. MAILS ARRIVED AND DUE Till 0.1 A. n. I Dublin .. 0 1 France .0 I Waterford..... 0 ' 0 Flanders O Gum. &Jersey 0 1 Holland I 0 O Buenos Ayres... 0 0 Hamburg's .. . I O America........ 0 0 Leeward Islands 0 PRICE OF STOCK! &tali Stock 217 161 3 per Cent. Red. 91* 1 I 3 per Ct. Cons. shut 3i per Ct. 1818, 991 3; per Ct. NI 941 4 per Cent. 4 per Ct. 1828, Long Ann. 19 1-16 19 Do.3oYears.ApL Oct. 16;13-16 Do. July. Jan. 19 5-16 * ,C .1