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land in their respective parishes. The hon. gentleman said a few words in support of his motion, but was quite inaudible. Mr. HUME was not sorry to see this subject again taken up.— Ile deprecated, however, a clause which had been introduced, en abling clergy to enjoy the effects of capital expended in the improve. ment of land, and so far discouraging the honest industry employed in its cultivation. The peculiar feature of—thence the peculiar ob ject to—a tithe-tax is, that it is a tax upon industry, increasing with the application of labour to agriculture, and as a consequence tending to restrict that application. (Hear, hear, hear.) He saw no reason whatever against changing the system altogether, and for not paying the clergy according to the mode pursued in the army and navy. (Hear.) The measure proposed by the hon. member appeared to him objectionable, because it did net go far enough : he, however, would give it his support as a step towards improvement. He should have preferred a plan of more extent—one, for example, which would institute a com mission to value the tithes of every 'parish in the kingdom. He would give the commissioners a power to sell at a fair market-value those tithes which belonged to lay pre prietors. He said at a market-value, for those tithes were a matter of daily sale—in fact were advertised in newspapers, and sold as common as a twopenny loaf (" Hear," and a laugh ;) so that there could be no difficulty in determining their fair value With rest ect to the tithes belonging to clerical incumbents, be would pursue a different course, he would have them consolidated one fund, from which the clergy should be allowed a axed sti. pend, in proportion to their rank and amount of bona fide duty. By this means, all the evils consequent upon tithe-litigation would he avoided, and the meritorious and zealous minister would be reward ed ; while the present system of idle pluralities would be at an end. It could not now be said that church property was sacred ; that to touch it would be an act similar in kind to the spoliation of pri vate property; for the Tithe Commutation Act of the present Chancellor of the Exchequer recognised and acted upon the prin ciple of interference. (Hear.) When he (Mr. Hume) proposed such a measure, he was scouted at by the right hon. gentleman and his colleagues, as one who had proposed to rob the church of what as much belonged to it as any man's house or chattels to him ; and yet, within one year, the right hon. gentleman himself pro posed, and, as in office, passed the very same measure. Mr. TEA NT thought a measure of more extensive interference would be neither more nor less than a spoliation► of property. Mr. HUNI E disclaimed any intention or wish to deprive the clergy of their just claims or public support. Mr. GREENE said that his main object was to put an end to those litigations which so much disturbed the harmony between clergymen and their pat i•bioners. Leave was then given to bring in the bill, which was brought in at a subsequent part of the evening, read a first time, ordered to he printed, and to be read a second time on Friday, the 19th Inst. Mr. PEOTHEROE presented a petition from certain inhabi tants of the parish of St. Giles, against the St. Giles's select vestry bill.—Adjourned at nine o'clock. THE EVENING STAR. . . . r. ' 4l )o t i : z „ -!••• 4 . t F.Vela.9stS LAON DON. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 9. PRICE OF STOCKS AT TWO 0 CLOCK . Bank Stock 218 India Stock, 5 per Cent. Red. 921 2/ f India Bonds 76 5 per Ct. Cons. 911 # 1 I Old Annuities 92/ Ili per Ct. 1818, 100 991 £lOOO Ezeb.Bills 76 7 5/ per Cr. Red. 291 / £5OO Ditto 76 7 4 per Cent. 1011 / 1 £lOO and .2200 Do. 76 7 4 per Ct. 1826, 104 5 Commercial, Long Ann. 19 11-16 tbs f India for Acct. . Do. 50 Years, 19 7-16ths 1 Cons. for Aee. 91# 1 / FOREIGN FUNDS, TWO O'CLOCK. Brasil MN 5 pr Ct. 68 71 Do B. 1825,6 p Ct. Ditto Acct. 681 71 81 71 I Do. Ace, 55 Colon). Bds.6 per Ct. Peruv. Eds. 6 pr Ct. 18/ Do. lids. 1824, 22 Do. Ace. NI Do. Ace. 221 22 Port. Bd.. S p. Ct. Greek Bonds, 5 p Ct. Do. Ace. 591 Do. B. 1825, 5 pCt. Sp. Bds. 5 per Ct. 111 121 I Ditto Ace. 541 I Do. Ace. 12 131 15 1 13 Mex. Bds. 5 per Ct. Do. 510, 151 1 BRITISH AND FOREIGN SHARES, TWO O'CLOCK SHAM PAID. PSI SHAM. Brazillai., Imp. (iss. XS pm.) 35 20 Do. National 25 10 112 23i 114 Real del Monte 400 400 60 General Steam Navigation 100 15 3/ TO CORRESPONDENTS. The Proprietor of the Cabriolet No. 120, who com plains of an aggravated outrage committed on the driver last night, at Lisson Grove, and of the refusal of the Policeman D. 175, to take charge of the offenders, is strongly recommended to apply to Colonel ROWAN and Mr. MAYNE. • In our last page will be found a great many particu lars relative to the afflicting catastrophe, which occurred yesterday near Hanover-square. We know not when the public feelings have been harrowed by the contemplation of so distressing a tragedy. Deep, dreadful, and compli cate, are the circumstances connected with it; yet—if we forbear to expose these circumstances now—let it not be imagined that it is for want of a clue to guide us, in this dark labyrinth of palatial perpetration. No : respect for One, of whose feelings, even allegiance—if we did not spring towards him with a more affectionate ac tuation—would command us to be tender, shall for the present set a seal upon our lips. For his sake, we will withhold our curses ; for his sake, repress the smouldering fires of that indignant denunciation which we would send forth in quest of the lurking criminal, and which should poet after him—whithersoever he fled—like the ban of heaven, into the obscurest recesses of the land. The blood which was shed on Sunday —aye, and more blood—would we conjure up to bear witness against him : the wail of destroyed families should make demon music in bis cars— Nor wide Earth hide bin', nor the trackless path Of Ocean, bear him from fast following wrath. But—as we have intimated above—we have set a seal upon our lips. Woe unto him, when the day comes for the opening of that seal—for it will be one of terrible revelation. Surely, the hand of GOD is upon this cor rupted country, when those who are its most exalted in station are become also its most exalted in vice and crime. Will the pestilence, which has burst like a flood upon the nation's morals, be restrained by the political regenera tion, for which its people are at length confederating together ? GOD send that it may ! The atrocities of TA RQU I N the PROU'D led to the redintegration of indig nant Rome. A morning contemporary yesterday noticed a pamphlet hich has just . come forth on the subject of Mexico. On looking over the extracts, we 'were not long in recognising the precise facts clothed in almost the same language, which have appeared in the columns of this Journal during the last six months, under the signature of MEXICANUS. Previous to the receipt of these com munications, we were the first to urge the adoption of a totally different policy towards the new States of South America, and more especially with regard to Columbia and Mexico. Our view of the subject was then as it will always be, that having recognised their indepen dence, and entered into commercial treaties with them, our own interests and the long-established usages in similar cases, justified every measure having for its object the prevention of aggressions on the part of Spain. The justice and expediency of this policy are so self-evident, that none but those in whom prejudice and ignorance alike prevail, would dream of opposing it. But we took another view of the question, as it regards Mexico. We said, and we now repeat, that this State, from her relative position with the United States, is entitled to the special alliance and protection of Eng land, Having laid these positions down as the basis of that policy, which reason, interest, and common sense dictate, we could hardly expect that our suggestions would produce the desired effect in quarters where they have been so often thrown away on other matters connected with the dearest interests of the country. We are, therefore, glad to perceive that the subject has been taken up in the House of Commons, where it was very ably treated last night by Sir ROBERT WILSON. It does not appear, however, that any concession was obt►ined from Ministers, beyond the mere assurance that we shall observe a strict neu trality, unless an excitement of the negroes be medi tated. This allusion to the negroes is one of the greatest absurdities we have heard for a long time. A hundred reasons might be mentioned to prove that it would be the interest both of Mexi:l3 and Columbia to avoid such a course. We shall only name one. Although measures have been taken by the Sister States for abolishing slavery, such is the dis proportion between the white and black population, that if there is any ono procaution to which the attention of the respective governments is directed in the event of an attack upon Cuba or Porto Rico, it would bo to avoid giving the smallest encouragement to the negroes. The necessity of this policy is so clear, that we are surprised it should have for a moment escaped the pene tration of the Home Secretary. Our real belief is, that Mr. PEEL wanted an excuse, and that he availed himself of the first which presented itself. Without pursuing the subject any farther to day, we ask the Right Hon. Se cretary, whether, instead of begging an improbable question, it would not be infinitely better at once to tell Spain, that England will not permit any more expeditions to be fitted out at either of the above named Islands. If Ministers want a plea for such a declaration, they can safely assert that the only effect of these chimerical at tempts to re-conquer the New World, is that of injuring British Commerce, and interrupting our relations with States which are entitled to our protection. The Brazilian news is thus noticed in a postcription to the Paquete de Portugal of this day :--" The Princess Elizabeth packet has arrived from Rio de Janeiro, from whence she sailed on the 2d of Dec. The news commu nicated by persons in that Capital, on whose statements we can place implicit reliance, affirm, that the New Mi nistry was formed, the Marquis of BARBACEN A for Fi nance, the Marquis of PARUA GUA for Marine, the Marquis of SANTA AMARO for Foreign Affairs, and the Marquis de CARAT ELAS for the home depart ment. The Decrees of nomination have been signed, and were to be published on the sth.---This Mi nistry is determined vigorously to support the rights of the legitimate QUEEN of Portugal. The frigate Izabel sailed on the 26th of November for Brest, with the Duchess of Go Y A z as, second daughter of the EMPEROR, whose arrival the Viscount of ITA BA YA N A waits by order of the EMPEROR. Senhor OLIVEIRA comes by this fri- gate, charged with despatches ; but the ultimatum of the affairs relative to Portugal, will reach England by the following packet, which arrived when the Princess Eliza beth sailed. Don THOMAS DE MASCARENHAS, one of her Most Faithful MAJESTY'S Lords in Waiting, is to be the bearer of these dispatches, and he must be already about fifty days on his passage. We are glad to perceive that the subject of Greece is to be taken up on an early day by Lord HOLLAND and Lord JOHN RussEL. With the exception of Portugal, there is no question, connected with our foreign policy, that calls so budly for inquiry. It cannot be in better hands than those of the Noble Lords who have declared their intention to bring it before Parliament. The Paris Journals of yesterday and Sunday are re ceived this day by express.—They inform us that all eyes are now turned upon the expedition against Algiers. It is confidently added that, in the Council of Ministers held on the sth instant, it was determined that this expo dition, consisting of twenty-five thousand men, should sail in May next. New York Papers to the 17th ult. are received this day. They contain the report of the Committee to whom was referred that part of the PRESIDENT'S mes sage which relates to domestic manufactures. We re gret that our space this day will not admit of the insertion of this interesting document. A modified system of poor laws and other plans for the hnprovement of Ireland have been suggested, among which Parliament is pledged to make a choice in the present Swim An article in our last page, containing the views of Mr. Dawson, the inclapendent Member for Louth, upon this important subject;‘, we think, deserving of par ticular notice. The great objection to some of the plans which we have seen, is the danger, in the cue of failure, of their leaving the country unable to recover at once the ground from which they commenced, a clang* to which all sweeping changes and imperialism@ are liable. Now Mr. Dswson's views are perfectly free from this objec tion. His plan for affording employment to the labouring poor, if unsuccessful, would not disturb the present order of things, nor render any other mode of improve ment more difficult, and his views on other subjects are little more than the correction of acknowleOged abuses, by means at once himple and easy. There are few Country Gentlemen in Ii eland who have reflected more anxiously on tbo subject than Mr DA W son—or whose opinion is entitled to more respect. We lately adverted to a pamphlet entitled, " Histo rical Illustrations of the Portuguese Question," and promised an early notice of it at some length. The re cent debates in Parliament have delayed until now the performance of our promise, while they have, at the same time, rendered it a more imperative duty. We allude' particularly to the speech of Mr. PELL on Thursday night, in which he is reported to have said, " There were great doubts whether Don PLuito had the right to give tha crown to his daughter, and all the Portuguese lawyers have decith..d in favour of Don Mto var.." Now this gat: meat is false as an argument, and is unfounded in fact. There necor was a cause so bad, which a tyrant, commanding the resources of a country, could not fee shoals of lawyers to advocate ; but their jtalgment is a very different case from the pure, unbiassed, impartial opinion of the legal profession of Portugal, of which the writer of the pamphlet is a member. The remaining part of the At it , ..ment is still more fallacious. The infant Queen Donna MARIA us GLORIA'S title to the crown of Portugal is not in virtue of a grant from her father, but. in her own absolute ri2ht. Adverting to this point the pamphlet says, "It has become neces sary to state the relative positions of Don PEDRO'S ! present descendants, the offspring of his Majesty's marriage with the Archduchess LEOPJLDINA of i iAustria, by whom he had six children—five born prior to • the separation of the Brazilian empire from the kingdom of Portugal, and consequently entitled to all the rights of I Portuguese native subjects; and one, who, as his birth was subsequent to that separation, is, by the fundamental law, regarded as a foreigner ; and though the only male issue of the marriage, excluded from the succession to the throne of Portugal, the prince, Don Jona CARLOS, who was one of the five Portuguese-born issue of the mar riage, and who, had he lived, must, by the law of La mego, have now been the King of Portugal, died in early ' infancy ; and, on his death, the succession devolved upon his sister the princess of Beira,Donna MARIA DAGLORIA, as t! - .0 eldest daughter of Don PEDRO, her claims to the throne as a female being sanctioned by the law of Lamego, which does not admit the distinction established in some European states by the Salique law, but contains the ' following provision: " Si hex Portugalir non habuerit masculum, et habuerit filiam, esta erit Regina. Her Majesty has three sisters, Donna MARIA, born on the 11th March, 1821; Donna PAULA, born on the 17th Feb. 1823, and Donna FRANCISCA, born on the 2d August, 1824, with whom the Portuguese line of the immediate descendants terminates. The Treaty by which the independence of Brazil was recognised, and its sepa tion from the body of the Portuguese nation accomplished, *as ratified on the 25th Nov. 1825, and the Imperial Prince of Brazil, Don PEDRO, was born on the 2d of December in the same year ; when, conformably with the terms of the Treaty, he could not be considered as a Por tuguese subject, but as the native of a foreign soil, a Brazilian Prince, and consequently the heir apparent to the throne of that empire ; but his birth having taken place subsequent to the declaration of Brazilian indepen dence, he stands in the condition of a foreigner, and is debarred from all claim or pretension to the inheritance of the Portuguese kingdom, according to the Lamego Act of Settlement, which says, nunquant volumus nostrum Regnum ire de Portugalensibus." It thus distinctly appears that, by the abdication or civil death of .her father, the Emperor Don PEDRO, the crown of Portugal belongs to Donna MARIA DA GLORIA by right of inheritance, as certainly as if his Majesty had died a natural death ; and it is the more material that this should be clearly understood, because the idea of a so vereign transferring his people to another by the stroke of the pen, is revolting to British feeling, aad the statement of Mr. Peel is but too well calculated to strengthen this false impression. The act of her royal parent confirmed, but does not constitute her title to the crown of Portugal. Our limits will not permit us to notice particularly the able refutation contained in the pamphlet, of all the ar guments,grounded upon the principle of non -interference, resorted to by the English Ministers, in justification of their refusal of all active support to the cause of the infant Queen ; its exposure of the duplicity which would represent the present acquiescence of the Portuguese people in the usurpation as a pure. and free expression of the general will, and its vindication of the loyal and suffering constitutionalists. In doing justice to the cha racter of these generous men, the writer observes, " the Marquess de PALMEI.LA, and his brother-in-law, Conde deLtwil A ass, were the only grandees who refased to take the oath of allegiance to the insurgent government of Oporto in 1820, yet, strange to say, the Mar guess de PA LMELLA and Conde de LINHARLII are now included in the list of proscribed and persecuted patriots." It is satisfactory to perceive in the recent debates in Parliament, that the attention of both Houses is so fully occupied with this subject ; and it is of the greatest importance that the public should have a just and correct idea of its actual merits, it being a question in which the good faith and honour of the British nation are deeply and intimately engaged. This full and correct information is the more necessary because the speeches of Ministers, in the debate upon the Address, evidently betray a disposition to smooth the way to the recognition of doe Usurper. Tkis, however, may prove a more rugged and dif f icult course than they are aware of. Have they never enquired what the country must think of a minister, who, after having advised his Sovereign to recognise Donna MARIA DA GLORIA rightfdl Queen of Portugal, would sow strive to invalidate her title ? No extent of commer cial advantage, the only temptation to this wiest dons step, will compensate tOr the sacrifice of liohow that would accompany it, and the countenance which it may receive from the example of the President of the TTnited States of America, will be more than countervided by the disapptobation of the Emperors of Anstria and Russia, boih of whom are understood to continue ad verse to the recognition of the tyrant. Any reference to the conduct of the American Government, as a precedent for England, is too absurd to deserve notice. America was at perfect liberty to give or withhold recognitio►►, as she should think proper. England• stands co►nmit(ed, if not by actual treaties, by various public acts,—from the spirit of which she cannot depart, without a sacrifice of her consistency and her honor. All that has occurred relative to the Portuguese Question, since the opening of Parliament, is of high interost, and demands a more detailed attention from us; bat we have neither tint° or space to enter into the sub ject to day. CITY, TM' Et., V O . CLoCK. MAILS ARRIVED AND DUE THIS MORNING. •• D. lA. D. A. e. O DubUn......... 0 0 France • 0 I Lilbon ....... I 0 Waterford..... 0 0 [dander*o 1 Jamaica 00 O Guern. do Jersey 0 0 Holland 0 0 Sweden 0 ' 1 Leeward !bland. 0 0 Hantburgb .... 0 0 Brazil Consols opened this morning at the taste price they left raff yes. terday, 911 C fur the account ; soon after they receded to 911, and at present may be quoted 91i fur the account. A great deal of business has been done, the house being thin morning crowded with brokers and jobbers ; but up to the present time we have no political information of conscpence. In the Foreign Market the chief business transacting was in Brazil Stock, which has rather im; roved. We have a number of arrivals this morning. The letters and papers were delivered very late. _ FROM THR MONTREAL PATERS or Tin 3117 DICTMIER. At a Special Meeting held of ski. Montreal Committee of Trade, on account of the recent intelligence from London revect ing the ucgociations said to he pending for opening to the United States a direct intercourse with the British West Indies and De merara, it was resolved, that it gives great and just cause of fear that the interests of there colonies, so distant from the ob.rirat;on of his Majesty's Ministers, may be misrepresented, and the pro tecting system of intercoms.: +which now exits and binds !hew , i gethsr among themselves and with the United Kindorn may b.- weakened. It was then resolved, that, in order to prevent such lamentable consequences humble memorials and petitions should be framed and transmit:ed to the Right Honourable the Scci. - tary of State fur the Colonies, expressing their alarm felt co the occasion. Vasa Cam Dic.l4.—A nsw loan has been made of two mil lions, to be got one-half payable in cash. A conductor of one million of dollars was safely delivered on the 30th ultimo, and another was expected. Trade has been brisk. Madras Paper. of the 30th September. and Calcutta Pam s to the 7tb September, have also been received at the North aid South American Cuffre-house. The Madras Paper says: s• We understand that something in the nature of a fraud has lately hero discovered at the Bank, bet we forbear publishing names." HALF-PAST ONE O'CLOCK. The Consol Market has been fluctuating during the morning from 911 to 91j for the Account, and fee Money, 919 Buyers.— Thia rise in the market is owing to an eminent broker having sold 4 per Cents. and purchased the 3 per Cents. which certainly denotes that that the 4 per Cents. are going to be paid off. Con sols at present ate 911 A noted Hebrew died this meaning, a Mr. Levy. lie was a great taker in of National Shares, and Brazil Stock to an ins- Meuse amount. His death has caused a depression in the market. Mexican and Brasil Stocks are lower. Spanish has got up. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. The Hope, Fitzsimmons, has arrived at liverhaven, from .14- maiea. The Orange Grove, Bouch, was stranded at Algoa Bay on the 11th November. The crew and part of the cargo saved. Drat., Fax. B.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived the Maria, Lowrie. from the Cape. Arrived from London, the St. Vincent, Young, for St. Vincent's. and Gen. Harris, Stanton, for In !la. POILTIMOUTN, Era. B.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived the Hudson, Champlin, from New York, and Louisa Barbara, Lewis, front Rio Janeiro. Passed by, the Protector, Waugh, from Calcutta—sailed 6th September. Armours, Frs. 7.—Wind W.N. W.—Off the port, the Olive Branch, Anderson, from the Cape of Good Hope. FaLsoutm, Frs. 7.—Wind W.S W.—Arrived the Osborne packet, from Jamaica—zailed the 42d December ; Nocton packet, from the Leeward Islands—sailed from Sr. Thomas's the 12th of Deeember ; and Magnet packet, from Lisbon—sailed the 24th ult. Sailed the Swallow packet, for Brazil, and Vigilant parka; for Lisbon. Put back, the Plover packer, 'or Jamaica. THE LATE LORD GRAVES. TwistAs NORTH GRAVES, Lord GILA vEs Baron of GRAVESEND, in the County of Londonderry, tha circa m- stances of whose unhappy death, are detailed in another part of this day's STAR, was born on the 28th of May, 1775. On the 27th of June, 1803, his Lordship nyr ried MARY PAG LT, youngest daughter of HEN It v,,lat, Earl of UXBRIDGE, and sister of the present Marqui4 of ANG LESEA, born on the 9th of April, 178:3; by whom he has left issue, WILLIAM THOMAS, now Lord GRA YES, born in 1804, and eight other children, including four daughters. The youngest of the issue is a son born in 1821. His Lordship was the son of Admiral GRAVES who commanded the van of the English fleet, under Lord Howe, in the glorious action with the French fleet upon the Ist of June, 1794 ; and was• for his gallant service on that memorable day, rniaud to the Irish Peerage. The late lamented nobleman coast quently the second who bore the title, to which he suc ceeded on the death of his father the first Lord, on the 9th of February, 1802. From this brief statement, it appears that his Lordship was in his Gfty-fifth year, end that his Lady, who survives him, is in her forty-seventh. Prince LEOPOLD left town yesterday for his scat .it Claremont. A Morning Paper is wrong in stating .that Mr. C KOK ER would be entitledto his full salary on his retire ment from the office of Secretary of the Admiralty. That gentleman contrived in the administration of Mr. CA N- N I NO, to secure to himself in seeb event, a pemion of 1,5001. a-year. Died, on Friday the sth instant, Francis Roseman ; and•on the following morning John Watkins, both ia the employ of Messrs. Hunt, Pourdrinier, and Co. of Sherborne-lane, in which establishment tho former had beck engaged 37, and the latter 32 years. The same clarion which John Watkins died his mother was in terred. ----- Tilt DANGER or WET FEET.--There is no .a 1 which nusaliind is exposed, Of squat inagnitutle in Wet Fret. Tt is s face universally acknowledged by the Facuky, that muse DgATms tissue front this one cause than from soy other. The risk of encountering this evil may be avoided by using Hunt's Patent Warerproof-Compusidr, which will reader Hoots and •Sjsoes pervious to all moisture, even that ul Now wafer.—Sold in Dot tk at la. each, by Mme./ Drugasto.. Grocers, Its. iftc. The splendid establishment of Mr. Itics in the Stand, continues to sustain he reputation loth for Silver He valusahs and unexceptickakis Mecca. .1. , • • NEW FARRINGDOW4RARIRT—THIR DAY: Veal wu a Utile lower at thithgaffint to-day. bat the moor 7 was =MP. Of alter wet Otero imp Ana . • Prices ger lb. VaaL—Leg, lid Breast, 111 ,, . 7 . /funkier. Sid. ab l ir Bur—Flosat Roasting, did. sal quantity. fed. Ramp Steaks. fd. Ramp of Reef, N. ea ffirrion+stieg. fed. Saddle, fd. Hanna, Ildi ry lid.. Ned. 414. Breast. 4d. Peas— sp. to 714.—There *fa! s Vegetables sad Fri th s in the ans. , . ..