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f. 1.1 1 THE EVENING STA R. 4 . FRIDAY, JANUARY 21, 1820. Tint FUNDS. PRICE OF STOCKS Till' DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK S per Cent. Reduced 68% 7 8 5 / 3 S per Cent.' Comols 68 1 4 per Cent. 77 3 / 4 pei Cent. s6y l Si SU 7 / 8 5 per Cent. Navy 102 ;s, 103 102 3 / 4 flank Long Atinnitiei 18 1.16 Imperial 3 per Cent. Anns. 67'/ 3 / 6 India Bond's lls.l2s.pr. Old Annuities 68. 1 4 :New Annuities 67 A I:x6equer (2d.) 2s. 3s. pr. Commercial 7 8 discount Uranium par. Consols for Acct. 68r/ s 1/1 It it be true. as is stated in a Morning Paper, "'That it is the int..ntion of the Cu ANCELLOn of the 'EXCH.:QUER, to F:111:1 or Eight Millions of 7.xcheamr Dill, sad to prevail on the Bank to ].old over the payntk-at due to it for a time, so as to prev‘at the necessity •of borrowing, to meet aay temporary want that may arise," it really ar f, a n -s much wisdom and foresight in th e Minister. lie who gains time, gains a great point." Nov. it seems genet ally admitted by those who have reasoned on the subject, that the savings of the Tublic, including those of Corporate Bodies as well private individuals, are little short of twenty Liillions a year over and above what is required fp: Trade ; but this sum can find no other source investment than in the Funds, and every man of common capacity must know, that the price of an article wholly depends on supply and demand ; theref;)re, if an annual saving of Twenty Millions, in addition to the Sinking Fund, is applied to the purchase of Stock, without any new creation by Loan, the denia.id must greatly exceed the supply, uhich will of course raise the Funds, and reduce the permanent Interest of Money to FOUR, or perhaps under that rate, per cent. This will enable the 31i nister either to liquidate the Five per Cents. or to arranze with the holders, so as to save the cotwitry by one stroke of finance, upwards of Thirteen Hun dred Thousand Pounds per Aillium in Interest, which is equal, reckoning at four per Cent. to a CAPITAL of Thirty-two Millions Five I lundred Thousand Pounds! The Paris Papers of Sunday have arrived. On Saturday, the Chamber of Deputies were oc cupied with the adjourned debate on the Petitions against any alterations in the Election Law. The Ministers appear to have been unusually hard run the motion for the Order of the Day being carried by a majority of no more than fire! It is to be hoped, that after this manifestation of the feelings of the Chamber, and considering the present agitated state of the public mind in France, on this great and im portant question, Ministers will refrain, at least for the present, from pre-sing any measure on the sub ject through the two Chambers. The following is a sketch of the proceedings: CIIAMBER OF DEPUTIES. SITTING OF JANUARY 14. The debate on the Petitions relative to the Elec. tion Law was resumed. M. NIECIIIN could conceive nothing more extra• ordinary than what was now passing in the Cham. ber. Principles hitherto acknowledged were now treated with contempt, and the first elements of the representative system completely disregarded. He strongly supported the right of Petition, and con e:tided by voting for the reference to the Bureau des JossE BEAtTvoin observed, that the right of Petition was sacred, and inseparable from Ilepreseti titive Government, but it was a right capable of buing abused. This was in particular the case with Petitions which have for their object matters of le gislation or general policy. The Criminal Code prohibits political associations of more than twenty individuals: and yet, .by an inconceivable 'absurdity, soot) or 10,000 persons may• unite in signing a Peti- tion. The subversion of social order was corn. menced in 1791 by presenting collective Petitions. Let there be no yielding to fear. 'Were the Petitions more numerous, what would be the result? Deduct those who have signed without reading, and there will remain only such as wish a religion without morality, and a church without worship—(Bravo, bratv,f . OM the right side). Last year an old Gene ral boasted, by anticipation, of gaining the battle of tI Elettitins. lie will now lose it on the same ground. The tears, however, which his defeat may occasion, will be less bitter than those which victory would soon cause him to shed. Ile would support the Order of the Day. M. DUMEYLET was for referring the Petitions to the Ikreau des R...nseignemens. M. de VILLE:LE—It appears to me that no one has touched the real question on which the Chamber must decide, viz.—lf what the Petitioners ask, the riaintenance of the Charter, be compatible with the Election Law ; and in case it should be found in• compatible, whether it be not proper to modify that l aw ? In this case, is it not evident that the Peti tions ought to be set aside by the order of the day, since they express an opinion contrary to that which ought to be held by the Chamber? An organiza tion of the Electoral Colleges could produce.only elements of opposition, and is incompatible with the Charter. There is incompatibility.between the exist ing Law of Election and the Charter which tl.-.2. King has given, us. This truth is so strongly.felt, that in retreating from the difficulty of proposing changes in this part, the moment the changes. are rejected we are reduced to the necessity of modifying- the Charter. lam not afraid of being contradicted by Ithe event, when I say, that it is impossible the pre sent. Session can terminate without the Chamber of Deptities being driven either to modifications of the Law of Election or of the Charter—( Violent murmurs on Use lilt ).—I should regard it as much the more dangerous, that the modification should not be made lin the Election Law ; for seeing no other legal means for the Government maintaining itself, and saving us, I dread to see it endeavour to succeed by illegal means. It is for your wisdom to con sider the consequences, and not by an ill-calcu lated refusal to support the Government, render necessary a recourse to extreme measures, which must annihilate all that you would wish to preserve (Marks of disapprobation on thrift?. MM. B. Con. stant, de Corcellis, 4c. speak at the sane time, in the ,midst of the tumult ). M. de CIietUVELINT- 4 ‘ Hear!" M. de VILLELE- 4, - I have said, and I believe I have proved, that the Election Law can only pro duce elements of opposition, as long as the Govern ment shall not be sufficiently dreaded for exercising on the Elections the same influence which parties exercise over them. We cannot form Electoral Col leges in our unhappy country, such as the Revolution has left it, except out of individuals whose situation exposes them to the seductions of power, or of the spirit of party."—After describing in detail the cir cumstances to which he attributed this difficulty, M. de Villele argued, that in all the Departments, the Electors of the chief Town, according to the present system, return all the Deputies. This mode of Elec tion, he observed, had existed for three years. It was called the support of the Charter, and was said to be supported by public opinion; but he was convinced that that mode of Election which had been adopted compromised the existing institutions. He could not participate in the opinion of the petitioners, who prayed for its maintenance, and therefore would vote for the order of the day. M. COURVOISIER rose amidst some agitation. With regard to the present question, he asked, miry adopt a different course from that which has hitherto been followed ? We have scarcely ever rejected Petitions On the ground that they referred to an object of gene ral interest. For example, in 1815, a Petition prayed for the dismissal of all persons holding offices who had signed the additional Act. That Petition was not rejected by the order cf the day. It was even refer red to Ministers. He concluded by supporting the reference to the Bureau des Renseignemens, which, he observed, left the main question open, and was only a less harsh mode of proceeding to the order of the day. He would have the reference made with the exception of such Petitions as the Reporter, in the name of the Committee, should state to be disrespect ful to the King or the Chamber—(Cries on the left, Ayeed, agreed I) M. LAME.—" Supposing, for argument, the Peti tions all freely presented, devoid of passion, and ex empt from the influence of party, I shall consider them merely with respect to our practice; and, in that point agreed, the Chamber will not hesitate to pass to the order of the day. The Petitioners have exer cised a right ; they have kept within the bounds of respect for the law. But in examining their petitions, we have also a right to fulfil—a right, if not superior, at least equal to theirs. You ought to pass to the order of the day in the first place, because the. prayer of these Petitions is hostile to the rights of others ; secondly, because it is in contemplation to improve our electoral system. The Petitioners say, the Charter must not be modified, and that the Election Law must not be changed. Ido not regard the Charter as in any way compromised in the present question; but the Chamber is impatient to consider the changes necessary in the Election Law"—( Tumult ). He paid .respect to public opinion, but insisted that the law ought to be changed, and founded his objection on the impolitic weakness in which he thought it left the aristo cracy—(Murrnsurs and laughter). M.LAINE resumed, and observed, that it was a general opinion in France, and avowed in the writings of foreign publicists, that . our Aristocracy is deficient in due weight and autho rity. The two powers which were destined to. act ' as restraints on the People, were too weak (Murmurs). By Aristocracy he did not mean what in former ages might have been injurious, but a body recently con stituted for constitutional equilibrium. To propose that the Chamber should not take into consideration the modification of. a law, was to fail in respect to the Royal prerogative of proposing laws. It would be, in a certain measure, putting a veto on the Mi nisterial portfolios, which might, perhaps, at this moment, contain contrary orders from the King. The Chamber had passed to the order of the day last Sessior, on the motion of the Marquis Barthe lemy; why was not a similar course to be adopted now ? To say it could not, would be to place the right of petition above every other, and we should then have only to envy petitioners. He concluded by voting for the order of the day. M. MANUEL began by remarking, that the discus- sion had entirely changed its character. At first the order of the day was _called for, .on the ground that the petitions trenched on the Royal prerogative. Now it is alleged, that they prejudge the question of any change in the law of elections. He discussed both ,these grounds, and contended, that if it were per mitted to recommend legislative measures by peti-, tion, it could not be irregular to pray that particular measures might not be passed at all. Petitions which prayed for the maintenance of the Charter, were con formable to the sentiments of the Chamber. If, in deed, they had been contrary to the Charter, or had impeded the legal course of Government, he would have been one of the first to vote for the order of the day. He then argued at great length in favour of the right of petitioning, and endeavoured to refute the rea sonings built on the small number of petitioners ; and asserted that the number would have been much greater, unless the most strenuous exertions had been used to prevent the citizens from adding their signa tures. In support of his assertion, he read a Circu lar of the Prefect of the Moselle, which ordered the Mayors to ascertain who were the carriers and fac tious subscribers of these Petitions. (During the speech of this Member a disturbance arose.in the gal lery, which was quieted by a threat of sending away all strangers). M. PARQUIER, Minister for Foreign Affairs, was sorry to occupy a second time the attention of the Chamber, but he felt compelled to say a few words in answer to , the preceding speaker. He insisted that the Chamber was bound to direct its attention to the different character of the petitions presented to it; and as a proof that unworthy means had been used to procure signatures, he referred to a pamphlet which had been circulated in the Department of La Sarthe, in which the writer announced, in the most alarming terms, that in four years the Charter would be abro gated, the purchasers of national estates dispossessed, and the feudal government restored, and that blood would be shed in torrents. This Department had, in consequence, produced the greatest number of peti tioners—a circumstance which alone was calculated to excite the vigilance of the Chamber in respect to these petitions generally. N. BENJAMIN CONSTANT remarked, that the pam phlet just quoted was written before the Speech from the Throne, and therefore kad no intention to attack his Majesty, but merely the conduct of Ministers.— He was of opinion, that the dismissals from office, and violent persecutions which had taken place in La Sarthe, were of themselves Sufficient to produce the utmost alarm. The most respectable citizens had been given up to the cognizance of foreign tribunals, and all this oppression had occurred under the Pre fecture of the brother of the Minister who had just spoken. Was it astonishing that a Departments, still under the government of those who have so long op pressed it, should be uneasy at any alteration of the Charter, and be anxious, to preserve that law to which it looks for liberty and justice As to the par ticular point under discussion, he could not agree with a Member (M. Laine), equally distinguished for talent, and for that frankness alwaysinseparable from real talent, and who bad openly avowed that the Chamber, in pronouncing on the Petitions, would prejudge the main question of the Law of Election. The debate was then closed, after a few observa tions from M. M ESTA DI ER, the Reporter. The motion of the Reporter was then put to the vote, and the Order of the Day was carried by 117 to 112—Majority five for Ministers. The Chamber adjourned at nearly seven o'clock, without fixing any day for the next meeting. We extract the following observations on the im. pertance of the anticipated acquisition of Cuba by Great Britain, from a Boston Paper of the 6th of December, received this morning : The situation of the relations of the United States with Spain, England, and South America, is much more interesting and curious than may at first sight appear : it demands the most dispassionate consideration ; and the more serious it will appear to the best interest and security of the United States. It is not the Coffee, nor the Sugar, nor the Tobacco, nor any of its rich products, that renders Cuba de sirable to Great Britain : she is not indifferent to those commodities ; but they make nothing in the calculation of her policy there. There she would ac complish two great purposes—she would hold the -balance, and controul of the two Americas—she Would check the growth of freedom in the South, and repress and retard the progress of liberty and pros perity in the North. The Gulf of Florida, and the Mississippi, are under the guns of the Havannah—her fleet might there rendezvous and equip—and when her policy is sustained by a release from financial re straint—the whole of the regions on the Mississippi, and its tributary waters, would be placed at her di rection —not a ccek-boat (as was said before the late war) would she permit to pass out of the Mississippi— ; twenty sail of the lineoccupying those avenues, the industry of the Western World would be puzzled !" Lord KENYON has added two troops of Yeomanry Cavalry to the Flintshire Regiment, which were raised and fully equipped in a few days. The Duke of Sussex is not at Sidmouth, as has been stated, but at Mr.Comfs, in Norfolk. Earl IirrzwILLIANI and Lord MILTON are returned to Milton, Northamptonshire, born his Lordship's s eat, Wentworth house, Vo:kthi:e. THE DUKE OF KENT. The following Bulletin was exhibited at Wool brook Cottage, January 18th : " His Royal Highness the Duke of Hair experienced last night a considerable increase of complaint, but we find his Royal Ilishness somewbat,better this morning. (Signed) If W. G. Massom. " J. Wawa." . Five o'Clock, Thursday Afternoon. We have great pleasure in adding, an account is just received that his Royal Highness continues better.--(Ereter Flying Post.) WELTER FOR THE HO USELESS. This Asylum is making rapid approaches to a state of complete organization, so desirable to all Institutions of this nature, and so difficult in one established on a new principle, without esperience or precedent to guide its operations. The attention of the House Committee has been directed to no part of their arduous duty more strongly, than the means of removing the filth attendant on the last stage of des titution, and of preserving cleanliness among their inmates. They are now separated into divisions Ai twenty-five persons, and each division is placed undc: - the superintendance of an Officer, whose business is to regulate their labour, their food, and their ablu tions. They were. employed yesterday in removing the straw originally provided, and which the use of a few days has rendered unfit for the purposes to which it was destined : it was carried into Moor- fields, and there burnt, the floors subsequently being cleaned, and the rooms fumigated with vinegar.— The benevolent Mrs. FRY, attended by Mrs. IlicKs and Mrs. CAMPBELL, yesterday visited thelnstitution, and, under their superintendance, many useful regu lations will be adopted, particularly as regards the treatment of the females. The ventilation of the building is about to be im proved, by making new windows both at the sides and at the ends. Too much praise cannot be bestowed on the persevering attendance given by the House Committee, some of whom lave been employed on their work of charity, with very slight intervals for ' refreshment, from seven in the morning till mid night; and this is done by Gentlemen engaged in business, to whom time is most valuable and import ant. The numbers were not materially increased yesterday, there being but 60 new applicants. A case occurred early yesterday morning, which proved both the utility of the Institution and the activity of thoSe concerned in its management. About one o'clock, a Member of the Committee,' returning home from the Refuge, found a poor woman lying in the street, in the last stage of pregnancy, wbo had been turned out, and was likely, without aseitt• ance, to perish. Several attempts were made, buc without success, to place her under the care of this Officers of the Parish in which she was found : she was then brought to the Refuge in London-wall ; but the place not offering the accommodation suited to her situation, a Medical Gentleman, who is a Mem ber of the General Committee, caused a coach to be brought, and accompanied her in person to the Workhouse of St. Giles, Cripplegate-Without ; where, on urgent representations being made on the necessity of the case, she was admitted. Without this timely in terference, she must have perished in die open street. The Special Committee, mentioned in our last, met yesterday, at twelve o'clock, at the King's Head, in the Poultry, to consider a proposal for extending the views of the Society towards the relief of poor persons at their own habitations. The BISHOP of CHESTER is at the head of this Committee. We believe, on account of the magnitude of the evil, and the difficulty of devising a mode for admi nistering effectually to disci ess which shuns exposure, that no specific plan has been determined on ; but this Committee is to meet again to-morrow. A De putation limn the Committee of the Society for the Relief of Destitute Seamen had an interview yester day morning with some Members of the General Committee of the Refuge for the Houseless, at the Nlansion House, when, we arc informed, the expe diency of a co-operation between them was admitted, for the sake of providing,. in the most efficient man ner for that portion of the destitute who are seamen. No definite measures were, •however, agreed on, it being deemed advisable to make some previous ar rangements with the Admiralty. Six hundred families have, through the exertion of the Committee in Plymouth, been supplied with bread at three. farthings per lb. coals at three-pence per peck, and potatoes at 71b. for a penny. The Anniversary Meeting of the Lincoln's Inn , fields' Bible Association, comprising the Ladies' So ciety, was held yesterday evening, in the spacious Chapel. in Great Queen-street. At half-past six o'cloc k J. BUTTERWORTH, Esq. took the Chair, surrounded by several eminent Divines, and a most numerous and respectable assemblage of other persons.—Tile CHAIRMAN opened the business of the evening inn a brief speech, in which he observed, that the exertions of the friends to the Society were more than ever wanting to resist the attempts of the infidel.—The Report was then read. It detailed the labours of the Committee during the last year, and stated, that 2595 Bibles and Testaments had been distributed. The Report further stated, that many persons in the dis trict were still without the Word of GOD, and that the Ladies' Association was in great want of active co operators.—Wxt. BL AIR, Esq. the Rev. Mr. MORLRT, the Rev. Dr. WAUGH, and Davie" Esq. made eloquent speeches in' behalf of the object of the So . clay, and a liberal collection was made.. • Sc P; su 613 dri she pra nea 1110' picl T ..:t ten yen "ect A tat ran tni lore lOU wa: he i des' • on the and gen Cot the arse Gas sire! reqt Hit to t the tail; wit; Cor the Noi Cut bert Tian coal ber, and to ti mer tion Indi exce vent rect I that ran to tl of tl tere whi Vic moi be bon we wit •et ma fore I die the pro In Inn but in atG ous ani • not is t Nat in: arc .1 la .tac