Star. — London, England, 1830-06-17 00:00:00

PRICE OF STOCKS 13.10‘ Stock 2141 IS 3 per Cent. Red. 911 3 per Ct. C"ne. shut per Ct. 1818, 99; 7,5 per Ct. Red. 991 9 4 per Cent. shut 4 per Ct. 1826, 1041 I Long Ann. 191.16 Do. 30Years, ApLOet. 18 13.16 Do. July, Jan. FOREIGN FUNII lir.szil Bds, 5 pr Ct. 731 3 D. Account 731 1 3 Bds. a per Ct. 22 Uo. Mts. 1824, Do. Ace, 231 Creek Bonds, 5 p Ct. Uo.B. 1825, 5 p Ct. 381 • Ditto Acc. 3S Mex. Ms. 5 per Ct. Do. Bds. 1825, 6 p Ct. AT TWO O'CLOCK. India Stock, India Bonds 72 Old Annuities NI Biooo Each. Bill. 77 5 2500 Ditto 77 2100 and 2200 Do. 77 to Commercial Advertised India for Acct. Cons. for Ace. 92, I, TWO O'CLOCK. Do. Ace. 571 1 Peruv. Bds.s pr Ct. 221 1 Do. Ace. 221 S Port. Bds. S per Ct. 411 Ditto Acct. 611 2 11 Prue. Bonds, 5 p Ct. 101 Sp. Bds. 5 per t'L 181 1 1 Do. Acct. 151 1 re Fr. R. 5 p Ct. 731. 50c. Exchange, 251.50 c. THE EVENING STAR. LONDON, THURSDAY, JUNE 17. )11( fr , ' ife m ;fl, f"ktWl Flue rr iZ,...tCie( TO CORRESPONDENTS. We are indebted to A. B. for his tender concern for our in tegrity ;--although, as he possesses, we conclude, some know ledge of the conduct of a daily journal, we think he should not be " astonished" that a paragraph from another paper might appear inadvertently in a column of varieties with out the acknowledgment of its origin. The present Editor of the STAR denies having ever entertained any hostility towards the 'Bases—and assures A. B. on the contrary, that he acquiesces generally to the truth of his own opinions regarding that respectable and able Paper. A. B. as censor of the daily press, must have his hands full, and we recommend him for his own sake not to be so jealous of furtive intentions. ti WINDSOR CASTLE, Jtrits 17, 1830. " The KING has slept well. His MAJESTY'S respi ration is considerably less embarrassed. (Signed) ~ HENRY HALFORD. MATTHEW J. TIERNEY." This day despatches were received at the Colonial Of fice, in Downing-street, from Lieut.-General Sir EDWARD BARNES, Governor of Ceylon. This day the following Noblemen had an interview with the Duke of WELLINGTON in Downing-street, viz.—The Marquis of SALISBVRT, the Marquis of CLEVELAND, the Earl of HARDWICII, the Earl of WESTMORELAND, the Earl of VERVLA m, and the Earl of BESSBOROUGH. Letters from Paris, by Express, of Tuesday evening's date, are this day received ; by which it would appear that so late as the 11th June, the French fleet were at anchor in the bay of Palma—the weather continuing very boisterous. A great part of the scattered flotilla had not then rejoined the ships of war. Accounts are this day received from Naples to the 28th ult. A regiment of the Royal Guards, one of infantry, and one of cavalry, had set out on the 27th for Calabria, to put down a disturbance which bad broken out in that province. Advices from Berlin — or:7sTh inst. announce that the Krivc had set out for the Castle of Zuchback, in Silesia, to meet the Emperor and Empress of RUSSIA, and that he would not return before the 18th June. — Great expectations were entertained at Berlin that a member of the Royal Family of Prussia would fill the Greek throne. These accounts assert that Mr. CRAD DOCK, attached to the English Embassy at Paris, was to set out in a few day, for Constantinople, and that he was the bearer of a treaty of alliance, offensive and de fensive, between the Porte and England. We have Halifax papers to the 28th ult. The spirit of strife, occasioned by the unhappy difference between' His Majesty's Council and the House of Assembly, con tinued to distract the Colony, and excited the regret of all those who saw the injurious tendency of such a contest. The resumption of the government, by Sir PEREGRINE MAITLAND, which it was hoped would be speedy, was expected would terminate this unfortunate affair. The Barracouta Packet from England, arrived out at Halifax on the 21st ult. The express from France came to hand yesterday so short a time before our paper went to press, that we had not the opportunity to remark on the important Procla mation, from the King of France, which it contained. The period, to which we might almost apply the epithet awful, at which this proclamation is issued—its earnest ness, dignity, and decision—cannot, we think, but ob tain for it great weight in the minds of a people, who are so much governed by what produces ardent tem porary impulse, as the French have proved themselves to be, in every page of their history. The English are not habituated to such appeals, because their sober loyalty is fortunately not so frequently subject to require adventitious support. By loyalty, we mean that rational principle of fidelity in support of an exe cutive power, according to the institutions of the coun try—not that pseudo species of loyalty of which the' , French, when in the humour, occasionally afford the most extraordinary specimens—which is never sincere, and always degrading both to subject and monarch. That the position taken by what we believe is the po pular party in France, displays the characteristic impetu osity of the French people, more than their sound judg ment, we have already had occasion, on a former day, to observe ; and as such, for the happiness of that nation generally, we cannot wish that party be triumphant, although we are decidedly of opinion that on many points they are in the right; and likewise decidedly of opinion that the Royalist party might, with the exertion of a prudent, and yet not disreputable policy, have avoided coming to that hazardous exhibition of their real power, which appears now inevitable. The melancholy history of the French Revolution, which, however replete with unusual events, developer nothing quite new in the French character, to the critical student of French general history, has certainly proved, thit no people on the globe require so much, for their own tranquillity, the existence of an adequately powerful executive authority. The French are too ardent to be sufficiently reflective—their ardour blazes, and is soon exhausted; hence the vacillation which, from the time of Caesar, is well known to have been their characteristic. Perhaps the quickness of their intellectual character, is the cause, or inseparable concomitant of this quickness in their moral resolves. They are too prone, to use an expression of Dr. JoriN sox's, " to grasp a sub ject by intuition"—and they adopt a moral result and its consequent action, too often with the same dan gerous rapidity. An Englishman thus may have an ad vantage in his comparative ratiocinative sluggishness. He handles an implement a long while before he comprehends its peculiar shape and use ; but his knowledge thereby be comes compleat„ and his employment of it expert and, efficient. The French people, like every other people, have a right to a representative Government ; but their politi cians should have patience to model that Government conformably to their character ; which can only be ac complished by degrees. The existence of an efficient de cisive power somewhere none of their politicians would, we hope, deny ; and yet it appears some of them would put to hazard that power which exists, without seeing their I way to any settled substitute. We sincerely hope yet that the French Government may be successful in the present struggle to maintain its ascendancy, as the 1 horrors of oligarchical misrule, are we fear, still probable to to be the only alternative ; but the present French Go vernment should know, that the good wishes of surrounding nations only go with them, so long as they endeavour to cultivate the French popular esteem, by modelling their institutions consistently with tha extension of know ledge, and the solid advance of the people they govern, in moral character. The present French Government should likewise know that any attempt to check the course of popular educa cation—to legislate in matters which are proper ly in the province only of a man's own moral sense —to introduce the discarded superstition of a past age, and confer undue civil authority on those who have possessed and abused sacerdotal influence—do but expose them to the contempt of all the improving part of Europe, and cannot fail to bring to the ground that authority which they should wish to maintain. The public mind has been greatly divided on the sub- . ject of the New Police, and we have remarked, with con siderable regret, that some of our contemporaries com menced by eliminating, the system without waiting for the experience of facts to guide their judgment; and, in the same spirit, have continued, up to the present time, in viewing, through a jaundiced medium, the whole arrangements, and invidiously seeking out individual cases to hold up to public opprobrium. We are by no means inclined to become the advocates of a new measure before we have fully understood its practical effects ; but, at the same time, we will never condemn an object merely fur its novelty. As far as we have hitherto been able to observe, the New Police is, unquestionably, a very great improvement, as contra distinguished with the ancient mode of watch ; but, like all new systems, being still, as it may be termed, in its infancy, it is susceptible of much and im portant improvement. It cannot be denied that ma nifest advantages have been produced in those dis tricts where the New Police have been established for any length of time; and, however prejudice may ar raign individual cases of misconduct, which, in so nu- morons a body, unavoidably must occur, especially while the parties themselves are new to their duties ; yet those whose opinions carry weight, have been unanimous in ap proving the general conduct of the new police, and distinctly avowing the great benefit they have conferred upon the community. With all this feeling in favour of the New Police system, we would, however, earnestly suggest to Government the propriety of so far altering their regulations, as to place the several distinct bodies of the New Police under the immediate controul of the parish officers 01'1 each district, those parish officers, nevertheless, being' themselves subject to the supervision of the Board of Commissioners. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. Our arrivals this morning are few, and do not bring , any information of consequence. Various reports were afloat on the Exchange at Paris, in regard to their expe dition at Algiers. One, in particular, and which gained some credit among the well-informed, was, that negoci ations were entered into between the Dey of Algiers and M. Bourmont, in the Bay of Palma ; and that the land ing of the troops on the African coast would not take place until the Dey had finally refused to give that satis faction which the Court of France required. It was also stated that the negociations were going on under the in fluence of England. Should this actually be the fact, and the expedition return to France, the present French ministry will not be able to maintain their situations. Consols opened this morning at the same price they left off yesterday, 92i * for the Account, since which they have rather receded, and have been done at 92i. — No speculation of importance has yet taken place. In the Foreign Market, Greek and Spanish Bonds have a little improved. Jamaica Papers, to the Ist of May, have been received at the N.S.A. Coffee-house, but they are void of interest. CITY, HALF-PAST ONE. Console which had a firm appearance in the early part of the morning at 92i for the account, receded to 92i, since which they have been buyers at 92i : no business of importance has taken place up to the present time. In the Foreign Market, at the commencement of busi ness, Greek and Spanish Stocks were looking up; but on the arrival of the Dutch steamer, which brings the Foreign Securities in Holland, to per cent. lower, has caused a reaction in Greek Bonds from 39 to 37. In shares little doing. Anglo Mexican 361 to 37 ; Bolanos 190 to 200 ; Brazil 81 to 9 ; Imperial 72 to 74 ; National 29 to 30 ; Real del Monte 58 to 60. South Metropolitan Gas Company of 501. per share paid 11. per share, 21 i premium. COURT INTELLIGENCE. THE KING.—The King gave an audience yesterday to the Duke of Wellington, who arrived at the Palace about twelve o'clock, from town. Lord Farnborough came to the Palace soon after his Grace, and was intro-. duced to his Majesty. A number of public instruments, including a commission to signify the Royal assent to certain bills in Parliament, were submitted to the King, when his Majesty signified his commands that they should receive the Royal signature. Lord Farnborough and the other Commissioners then stamped them with his Majesty's signature. Under each signature the Com missioner who applied the stamp wrote " affixed in his Majesty's presence, and by his Majesty's com mand," and signed his name. The Duke of Wellington, as First Lord of the Treasury, attested the application of the signature. The warrants and commissions had pre viously been endorsed by three of the Cabinet Ministers named in the act. A few minutes before 4 o'clock the Duke of Wellington and Lord Farnborough left the Palace on their return to town. The Duke of Cumber land arrived from Kew at half-past 12 o'clock, and had an interview with his Majesty. The King remains in a favourable state. His Majesty takes suitable nourish ment. The Earl of Warwick, Lord, and Sir William Houston, Groom in Waiting, were in attendance at the King's Palace, St. James's, where the bulletin was shown to the nobility and gentry. Among the inquirers was Prince Frederick of Prussia. WINDSOR, Wednesday Evening. This morning, at 11 o'clock, Lord Farnborough arrived at the Castle, rnd at 12 the Duke of Wellington. Soon after the ar. rival of the Duke, his Grace and Lord Farnborough were intro. duped to His Majesty, when a number of official documents were signed by Sir W. Keppel and Sir A. Barnard. The Duke of Cum. berland arrived at half-past 12, and had au interview with Ilia Ma. jesty. After the Duke of Wellington left the King, his Grace had a conversation of some length with His Majesty's physicians. The whole of the above-named personages partook of refreshments, and left the Castle this afternoon. His Majesty was somewhat fa. tigued after witnessing the signature being affixed to the several documents this morning; and when left alone he enjoyed some sleep, and up to this time is considerably better. The Duke of Glocester, on Tuesday evening, went to see Madame Malibran as Angelina, and Signor Lablache as Don Magnifico, in the opera of Cenerentola. Prince Frederick of Prussia went to Covent Garden Theatre on Tuesday evening. The Princess Augusta visited Lady Taylor yesterday, at her residence in the Regent's Park. The Duke of Glocester visited Mr. Burford's Pano rama of Amsterdam yesterday. The Spanish Minister had an interview with the Earl of Aberdeen yesterday, at the Foreign office. The French Ambassador was occupied a considerable time with the noble Earl yesterday. Prince Esterhazy, the Austrian Ambassador, some what suddenly set off for the Continent, and embarked on Sunday at Dover, on board the Royal George steam boat. His Excellency, it is said, proceeds with all ex pedition direct for Johannisberg, there to hold a confer ence with Prince Metternich. The Countess of Arran had a select musical party yes terday evening, at her house in Dover-street. Lady Mary Petre entertained a distinguished party to dinner yesterday, at her house in Grosvenor-square. Mrs. Munday gave an elegant ball and supper on Tuesday night, at her residence in Queen Ann-street. It was both numerously and fashionably attended. The Duke of Manchester is constantly engaged at the General Post-office—engaged, it is said, in investigating the proposed union of the General and Twopenny Post departments. Last week, Mrs. Tremayne Rodd administered in the Prerogative Court, to the estate of her late father, Major Rennell, when theproperty was sworn to be under 70,0001. The Rev. Doctor Phelan, formerly a Fellow of Col lege and Rector of Killyman, in the County of Tyrone, and of Artray in the County of Derry, departed this life on Sunday. He was a man of profound learning and great abilities. The living of Artray is in the gift of the Col lege, and its acceptance will, of course, occasion a va cancy at the Junior Board. The living of Killyinan is in the gift of the Lord Primate. BoROUG II OF CAR LO mr..—We have been informed, by unquestioned authority, that a candidate, of independ ent principles and , fortune, is ready to start for the bo rough, on the first vacancy. Alas poor Lord Tulle ' more, and the good old times !—Carlow Morning Post. CHICIIESTER.It is now certain that Mr. Poyntz retires from the representation of this town, and Mr. I Cullen starts as candidate to succeed him. We find that John Smith, Esq. of Dale Park, has announced his in tention of becoming a candidate.—Brighton Guardian. HASTINGS.—We are pleased in being able to report progress. A second candidate has come forward, who will stand with Otway Cave, Esq. on the popular inte rest.—Brighten Guardian. Sir Henry Hardinge, it is understood, will decline the honour of soliciting the freemen for their votes, as he is likely to be appointed Secretary for Ireland. Such being the case, Mr. Taylor and Mr. Chaytor are at present the only declared candidates.— Tyne Mercury. Great rejoicings took place last week at Houghton, near Lynn, occasioned by the arrival of the Marquis of Cholmondeley at his seat in that village, it being the first visit of the Marquis since his marriage with Lady Susan Somerset, fourth daughter of the Duke of Beaufort.— The horses were taken from the carriage, and ropes being attached, the vehicle was drawn through the beautiful park by the rustics, loudly cheering on the way. The pulling down of the rear of the house in Pall-mall adjoining that of his Grace the Duke of Buckingham, is said to be for the purpose of making domestic offices to that of Mr. Herries. Milk and mackerel, by special act of Parliament as old as William 111. may be cried and sold before and after, but not during divine service. In the latter case, especially if cried near to a place of worship, the police ought to take cognizance of them. Captain Howard, of the Pearl steam packet, and Captain Read, of the Eclipse, were yesterday summoned to the Thames office, and fined, the former 31. and the latter 40s. for proceeding alon g _ the river at a more rapid rate than that allowed by the Watermen's Acta. The figure of Eloquence in the monument to the me mory of the Duke of Argyll, by Roubillac, is said by Walpole to be very masterly and igraceful. Canova, when in England, was struck with its beauty: be stood before it full ten minutes, muttered bis surprise in his native language, passed on, and, returning in • few minutes, said—" That is one of the noblest statues I have seen in England!" A new and unsightly building, said to be stables for Mr. Huskisson, is raising in the rear of the United Ser vice Club House—against the further progress of which the members of the hitter are said to have warmly pro tested. PROVINCIAL INTELLIGENCE. The emigration mania continues without abatement in the neighbourhood of Canterbury. Several fanlike, during last week quitted their native homes, taking u ail them property to a very considerable amount. N e • York is the fancied paradise these people have fixed upo n as a residence. May their expectations be realized , _... Kentish Chronicle. Friday morning three families, named Anderson Parker, and Burton, took their departure from ningsby, for America: they were 30 in number, and they went by Mr. Babington's boat to Liverpool. Th e , were sent by the parish, which it is supposed will e,,; ! the parish 2001.—Burton Gazette. The bill relating to Irish bankers provides, that anv company of bankers, more that six in number, not hav ing their establishments less than fifty miles from Dublin. may pay their notes in Dublin without being liable to axis penalties for so doing ; but the notes so payable are to be re-issued in Dublin. Wednesday last, a woman in Mare was taken up by the county police there as one of the convicts who c caped from our city gaol. Knowing her innocence, and having occasion to come to Limerick, she feigned th, part, and was safely escorted on a car into town, where. on her arrival, she was immediately liberated, to the great disappointment of her captors, congratulating her self on her safe and easy conveyance.—Limerick Paper. A warrant was issued on Friday by the magistrates assembled in Petty Sessions, Cloumel, against William Griffin, of Killaloan, who stands charged with having destroyed a civil bill decree, by eating it! which had issued against his goods, and which had been given to a man named Bulbard to execute. The crime is, by a late Act of Parliament, made a transportable offence. The informations have been returned to the next Clonmel assizes.--Clonmel Advertizer. Sunday morning, about nine o'clock, the convict hulk at Kingstown was perceived to he on fire in three dif ferent parts, but all upon the lee-side of the vessel. The commander of the hulk immediately had the assistance of the marines and sailors stationed in the harbour, and with their aid, the tire was in a short time completely extin guished. Had the vessel been on fire on the opposite side, and upon which the wind was blowing, it would have been impossible for human means to stop the progress of the flames, and the consequences to many of the inmates in this prison-ship must have been most fatal. As the vessel was on fire in three different places, at the same time, it is considered that the fire could not have been accidental. and the most strict investigation as to its origin, is now making. The commander of the hulk, upon first noticing the fire, immediately sent off a dispatch to the head-office, and the horse police were upon their way to Kingstown when they were countermanded by peace-officer Church, who assured them that the fire had been completely sup pressed. The fire broke out close to the water, and near to where some of the convicts slept. Eight women were arrested on Saturday morning by peace-officers Gorman and Payne, on suspicion of being concerned in the robbery of a gentleman in Sackville street, of 1001. a few nights since. Fifty pounds of th. stolen notes have been found on their persons, and they have been committed for trial.—Dul'lin Mom my RE. gistcr. . _ His Majesty's pardon was on Wednesday received fill John Dawson, against whom sentence of death was recorded at the last Assizes for York, for stealing a hor se, the property of Mr. Greenham, of Blankley, in Lincoln shire. He was immediately liberated from gaol, having undergone an imprisonment of two months.—Hull Packet. On Friday, a lady named Da Costa, who has resided for several years at Bishop'sCleeve, Cheltenham, walked from her house with a loaded blunderbuss in her hand to the opposite side of the road, where she applied the muzzle to her breast, and fired its contents through her heart. An ingenious mechanic in the neighbourhood of Hull has invented a small lamp, which nriy be attached to spectacles of a particular description, by means of which and a reflector, any person may read in tht: darkest night —and the contrivance is such, that the only light visible is on the part of the book that is read. A very beautiful gold coin of Richard the Second, in a high state of perfection, about the size of a half-crown. weighing 4 dwt. 14 grs. was lately dug up by a labouret hoeing amongst corn, in a field of Mr. Lindall's, at Ot tringham, and is now in the possession of Mr. Little, el Patrington. The device is a ship, or galley, with bow sprit, mast, sail, and rigging, ornamented on the gun whale with lions and fleur-de-lis ; a half-length figure of the King crowned, with a sword in his right hand, and under his left arm a shield, with the arms of France and England quartered alternately. LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER RAILWAY.—LI. VERPOOL, JUNE 14.—We reached Manchester this morning, after a most interesting and gratif y ing journey of only two hours 23i minutes, of which 15 have been taken up by two stops to receive water ; and, including the inclined plane, our load is computed to have been about 33 tons gross weight; 7 waggons with 3 tons each of stone blocks, the Bolton coach, and an open carriage. with about 33 passengers. We returned safe and sound to this place, and have performed the whole distance in one hour and 4G4 minutes, including 12 minutes water. ing and to set down a passenger. LATE ALLEGED MURDER AT ILIPORD.••—A short time since a young man, named Green, disappeared in a very mysterious manner from the neighbourhood of 1. ford, and it was supposed that he had been murdered Nothing was heard of him until yesterday, when a gen tleman, belonging, as it was understood, to Christ') Hospital, where Green had been educated, called :It Lambeth-street Office, and stated that he had a letter from a gentleman, a friend of his, in the country, in which it was stated that Green had a few days before made his appearance among his friends. He accounted for leaving Ilford in the mysterious manner he had by saying that he wished to whom he cohabited, and who used to annoy him very much. get rid of a female there with EXTRAORDINARY CASE OF LONGEVITY. -- When a tourist of some celebrity passed through Scotland some years ago, he found the following aged persons in the small village of Lusa, in the Minister's own family and that of the Kirk-officer: the Minister himself aged 90 ; his wife aged 86; Ann Sharp, their house servant, 94 ; Niel Macnaughtan, Kirk-officer, 86 ; and Christian Gray, his wife, 94 ; making the united ages of these five per sons to be 450.—Elgin Courier. A living authority, who served on board the " Prince George," in Rodney's celebrated action of the 12th of April, assures as that on board that ship, a woman, named Sarah Picket, previously attiring herself in her husband's cloths, took up her station, at the beginning of the battle, at the fourth gun from forward, on the main deck, and coolly and sytematically worked at the ' side-tackle-fall' till wounded in the wrist at the close of the engagesent.—Tales of a Tar.