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PAPERS. MUNICH, APRIL 8. Accounts have been received from the Island et Ischia, near dated the 20th of March, by which.we learn that his Ma jesty. tbe King of Bavaria, with his suite, had arrived in that island, :mil sill pass some time there. His Majesty's health has already teen much improved by the fine climate of Italy, and it is to be ex. p.etttl that it will be completely fortified by his abode in this de. tlyutful and salubrious spot. STI:TTGARD, APRIL 8. His Majesty went in state yesterday to the Assembly of the tarts. and dosed the Session with the following Speech from the thrtme " Princts .1170 61 r5, and Faithful .S'ubjerts.— " It is a rea l plcasure for me to announce in person to my faith. tul estates the closing of the resent Session. 3lay you find in this assurance a proof of the satisfaction with which I consider its tenths. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ " 1 Imam seen, with peculiar pleasure, the indefatigable zeal with which the Assembly hiss exarained the general Law of the Finances, and it. steers] Articles. My only object was, to regulate the finances in a tat:alarm satisfactory to those who pay the taxes, as well as to the Administration. " I thank you for the readiness with which you have met my ;impose's relatively to the surplus of the last financial period. Edi. ticca e f general utility—the expences of which are covered by this surplus—will prove *.o your descendants that.you have not sacrificed the interest of the future to that of the present. " I am entirely satisfied with the attention you have paid to the promotion and improvement of our national manufactures. I re joice in the confidence with which you have seconded my efforts to facilitate the commercial relations of my subjects ; when internal r•bstacles are once removed, industry will be directed to those bvanchcs on which a free co:npetition with foreigners promises the greatest advantage. " The projects of law, which there has been time to discuss dur ing the Session, have be en the objects of the most calm and impar. tial examination. I have reserved the farther consideration of those which have not terminated, and the presentation of some others, for another Session, which I intend to convoke as soon as they can be matureu An 'war Lt...tdttatluis. " Our Constitution will be consolidated and perfected in propor tion as our Legislature is developed with composure and delibe ration. Nevertheless, its safest guarantee is in ourselves—in the tidelity with which we maintain it_in the spirit of concord and reciprocal confidence which guides our deliberations, in the senti ment of satisfaction and affections with which I now take leave of my faithful Estates." 'The President of the first Chamber replied as follows: " Your Mr.jesty's faithful estates think you for the gracious and aft; ctionate tams in which you have dosed the Session ; they can not have a more affecting proof of your Majesty's satisfaction with the result of the session than to hear from the mouth of their be. loved monarch the testimony that they have performed their duty. This recompense, with the consciousness of their in. violable fidelity, and their devotedness to the King and the good of their country, will inspire the Members of this Assembly with new teal whenever your Majesty al:all think fit to convoke them again. When love and sinc e re desire to do good prevail the Repre. sentatives of the people act with the most heartfelt confidence. Your subjects find the surest support in the paternal heart of your Majesty, and thousands cherish with us the wish that we express at the moment of parting.—Ood preserve King William." VIENNA, APRIL s.—Metalliques, 103 ; Four per Cents. 98i ; Bank Shares, 1,878, I.374.—Allflonche Zeitung, April R. PRICE OF STOCKS Batik Stock 216 3 per Ccnt. Red. 921 j e. d. 3 per Ct. Cone. 931 5k 3k per Ct. IRIS, /atm Ct. Red.99l 4 per Cent. 1021 21 4 per Ct. 1826, 1041 ex. div. Long Ann. 191 5.16 ex. die. Do. 30Years, 19 1 e. d. AT TWO O'CLOCK. Do. Do. Jul.& Jan.l9l India Stock, 242 i India Bonds 93 £IOOC Each. Bills 80 79 £5OO Ditto 80 71 .8100 and £2OO Do. 80 79 Bank for Acct. India for do 2431 Cons. for Acc. 93i i I i FOREIGN FUND; Bch, 5 pr Ct. 75i 4 51 Do. Acc.73444ii Do. Bds. 1829, 751 Colour. lids. 6 per Ct. Do. lids. 1824, 24 Do. Acc. 233 4 I) Wish Das. sp. Ct. 7SI Greek Bonds, 5p Ct. Do. B. 1825, 45. lj 6Si 1. TWO O'CLOCK. Do. Acc. 46 53 Mex.Bds. 5 per Ct. Do. B. 1825, 6 p Ct. Do. Acc. 35} Pertly. ILK 6 pr Ct. Ditto Am 23% Sp. alt. S per t t. Do. Ace. 171 181 Do. 510, BRITISH AND FOREIGN SHAIIES, TWO 0 CLOCK. WARE PAID. PIS &HARZ. 300 300 495 20 5 11 - 35 20 79 78 Zahn°, Er-zilian Company Brazilianlmp. (in. £5 pm.) MAILS ARRIVED AND DUE THI D. ♦. D. I Dublin ... 0 0 France . 1 i Waterford..... 0 0 Flanders 0 O Guern. & Jersey 0 0 Holland. 0 O Buenos Ayres... 0 0 Hamburgh .. . 0 O America........ 1 0 Leeward Islands 0 S MORNING. A. D. O Lisbon 0 O Jamaica 0 O Sweden 1 1 Brazil . 0 O Mexico 1 THE EVENING STAR. LON 1) ON . SATURDAY, APRIL 17. THE KING. STAR OFFICE, HALT-FAST THREE o'CLocs. With feelings to which we shall not attempt to give utterance, ne are compelled to state that the accounts received this day from Windsor, are by no means so favourable as we had yesterday most anxiously antici pated.—The difficulty of breathing, under which our **loved and revered Sovereign has laboured from the commencement of this last indisposition, has not at all subsided; and it is said that the symptoms of his malady n.it those indicative of water on the chest, but that the obstruction of breathing arises from some affection of t.!,(‘ ventricles of the heart. No Bulletin has been issued tip to this hour. Of all the Constitutional inununities which we possess, there is none more dearly prized—none more highly appreciated—none more enthusiastically eulogized—none more jealously guarded, than the TRIAL BY JURY: and yet we much question whether a fair and dispassionate in ve,tigation of the component parts of the system, and the exercise of the important functions and discretionary powers, thus committed to our fellow subjects, would not lead directly to the conclusion that, as no privilege is, from the frailty of human nature and the imperfections of mankind, more liable to abuse--so there is no privilege more frequently or more vexatiously abused. The great purpose for which the TRIAL BY JURY MS instituted,was undoubtedly to secure to every member of the community the advantages of " that sacred principle, that every man shall be tried by his Peers." But is the end at tained under the present system ? Or rather, let us somewhat more boldly ask, is not the introduction of the Special Jury an innovation prejudicial to, and mainly subversive of, " the sacred principle" itself ? We con tend that it is so;—if not generally, at least in nine cases out of ten. True it is, that when the parties to a suit are on an equality in worldly consideration, in point of fortune. of personal influence, and of local connection, the Special Jury may with safety—nay, with great pro priety—be resorted to. Then it may fairly be said that a man is " tried by a Jury of his Peers." But let us just suppose one very possible, and even very probable, case : Let nii suppose some wealthy, consequential, and purse proud, but really worthless, person, whose overweening vanity renders him so sensitive to the breath of censure, that he cannot endure the indignant castigation which his own folly, his covetousness, or his selfish practices, may have provoked from the pen of some individual of humbler means, but purer principles and more exalted feelings, than himself;—and he, forsooth, flies to the law for redress ! complains of libel—demands extravagant damages for the injury inflicted upon his immaculate reputation ; and in sists upon the intervention of a Special Jury to vindicate the honour of one of their aunt class !—The more honest, but less wealthy, object of hi.; revenge, is thus exposed to all the prejudice that c.ln be excited against him in the breasts of those whom he cannot regard as his Peers, merely because in their chsequious homage to " worldly considerations" they forget that they are hex—and feel bound to protect the " caste" from the deteriorating influence of that censo , ship which the Press has an unquestionable right to exercise for the good of the people at large. Thus, all their sympathies are engaged on the stronger side ;--they are arrayed, not fi,r the equal administration of j , iiticr.s, b:tt for thr pro tection of their order ; and they pronounce such a verdict as tile" think best calculated to bee;VC their own future te;emption from a similar visitaticu. It happens indeed- as we may be told—that a full attendance of those Spe cial Jurors is seldom, if ever, obtained ; but just so much the worse is it for the unfortunate defendant. The Jury is then filled vp by a Talcs, Nvhich introduces to the box, a set of men who --if assiciated with individuals of their own order and habits:, would no doubt deliver upright and honest and conscientious verdicts. -but when miNed up with those of a higher grade, flu): lose all consciousness of their own responsibility, and of the independence and importance of the station in which they are placed, and aro sure to be influenced in tlit , ir decision by " what their Honours may please to say." The consequences, almost invariably, are, that excessive damages ate awarded ; —the Plaintiff's counsel moves his Lordship to certify that it was a proper cause to be tried by a Special Jury; and the De fendant is not only mulcted in tho amount of damages for the alleged injury done to a character that may never have been susceptible of any injury whatever, but ho has also to pay for the Special Jury, by which that character has been estimated at two or three hundred times more than its actual value. It may indeed occur—and we know it sometimes has occurred—that the Judge does not coincide with learned Counsel in thinking it a case that required the peculiar intervention of a Special Jury ; and the cost of such a Jury—say somewhat about 501. or 601.—may thus be spared to the Defendant, and cast upon the Plaintiff's shoulders ; but still the Defendant benefits little even in such a case; for the great injury —the award of excessive damages—and the stigma of being convicted as a libeller, —where, in all human probability, no other twelve men in the world could have discovered any thing beyond fair and legitimate discussion—have by means of this very Special Jury been inflicted upon him, and subject him be sides to the payment of all costs in the action. No : we declare solemnly, that if the TRIAL nv JURY, in its original institution, be worth any thing, it is ren dered worse than worthless in the majority of cases by the change of character and of principle which it must undergo to merit the designation of a Special Jury.— There is one extensive and opulent county—which we could name—the Common Juries of which have long been proverbial for their want of intelligence, and for their inaptitude to tho discharge of their ordinary duties ; —but were we to be subject, to-morrow, to the ordeal of a legal tribunal, we have no hesitation in asserting, that we would rather submit our fortunes, our characters—nay' our lives—to the decision of any one of the Common Juries of that very county, than we would place them at the mercy of such Special Juries as we have thero seen empannelled. These remarks have been drawn from us by some ob servations which appeared in an Evening Paper of yes terday, and which are in our view obviously calculated to excite suspicion that some measure is now in contempla tion, amongst our Legal Reformers, for superseding Com mon Juries, in all cues where Special Juries can hence forth be introduced. "If it were possible," says this Minis terial writer, " that a Jury should bo always composed of not only twelve impartial, but of twelve intelligent men— or, in other Words, if it were possible always to have a Special Jury—the institution would be as efficient as we could reasonably desire it to be. But the absolute neces sity of having recourse to Common Juries more particu larly in the country, too often leaves the important office in the hands of men, who from their habits or educations are incompetent to it."—lt would thus seem as if the impar tiality of the " twelve men" were but an inferior con sideration to their " intelligence:"—but we must own that without " impartiality" all the " intelligence" in the world is valueless in our opinion as constituting the essential qualification of a Juror. There is an inherent love of justice_a respect for the established opinions of society—a reverence for the laws, and a sympathy in that sense of protection which they afford—to be found in the breasts of the great body of the people—and especially of that class from which Common Juries are selected—that no intelligence of the schools could supply ;—and there is, with all these attributes, a stern impartiality, for which intelligence, alone, would be but a dangerous substitute. But, until our contemporary can prove to us that both these qualities are more certainly to be found combined in the Special than in the Common Jury, we never can assent to his proposition that " if it were possible always to have a Special Jury, the institution would be as efficient l as we could reasonably desire." As it is—we maintain the very converse of this postulate. If an opposition to Government could justifiably be or ganised and carried on, upon the principle of external warfare; and it were held a legitimate mode of combating the injudicious and impolitic measures of a national ad ministration, just as we would repel the attacks, or effect the overthrow, of a foreign enemy, by raising the whole population en masse against them, and by exciting tumult and disorder throughout the land, in order to impede their progress ; then, indeed, we might concur with " AN Oc c ASIONAL CORRISPON DENT " —whose second letter we this day publish—in thinking Mr. O'Con w est " the I only efficient man of the people ;" and that his system of hostility to the Government was constitutional and pa triotic. But we do not hold any such political tenet. If " the cloven foot or o'CON N EL L'S papistical parti,anship stood out conspicuously from beneath the mantle of his Irish patriotism," before ho " tried his own influence in the House ;"—that cloak has now been cast aside, anti the embodied Demcn of discord stands confessed before the world. The demagogue tells us that, it is not only the REPEAL OF Tile UNION, but the dissercration of the Kingdom, that he aims at ;—and that he will never cease till ho has achieved the absolute Imkpcndence of Ire land! The Repeal of the Union is but a preparatory step a mere prelude to the fittal tragedy of which ho would make his native land the theatre. " Ireland," he tells us, is too good to be longer looked upon as a province." He would " achieve her independence—only to make her more wor thy the acceptance of England's friendship."—Out of his own mouth shall be be judged.—At a festive Meeting which should have been exempted by the charitable pur pose for which it was ostensibly held from the intrusion of political discussion—at the dinner of the friends of the " Teresian Orphan Charity"—O'CoN N EL L, in an address by far more Inflammatory than any of those which we have' lately censured, gave utterance to the following memorable expressions: "But let it be remembered that I never said, because I never thought, that every thing was to be obtained by Emancipation. No—but that it was the first step to wards the gaining for Ireland peace, wealth, and consti tutional liberty. What ought to be the fruits of our triumph ? What should be the consequence to Ireland ? —(Hear.)—Do we not find our country struck oil the muster-roll of nations by dissensions amongst her chil dren ? Every thing is to be gained by a combination of her sons —nothing can be accomplished by our quar rels. Yes—my country was intended by Nature, and by Nature's Goy, 'to be a nation—she is too mighty for a province. (Cheers.) Her abundant fertility, her super-abundant produce, and her inter nal wealth, mark her out as an independent nation."_ The absurdity of such language—the titter ignorance it betrays of the natural position and capabilities of Ireland —would be scouted in any rational assembly ; but the ab surdity and the ignorance are both assumed for the pur pose of veiling the deeper designs of the " Agitator" be neath the semblance of warm-hearted and incons:derate enthusiasm. IRELAND could not stand alone as a na tion ; neither h'r internal resources, nor her means of defence, would enable her to subsisist for twelve months in a state of independence. But this is only " the merry prologue" to " matter deep and dangerous." " Ireland has the power of internal self-subsistence— and if the rest of the universe were annihilated, the little green island could flourish and prosper. (Loud cheers.) Our haughty neighbours could not do without us, and we do not intend that they should—we only want to be bet ter company for them."—Mark how gradually he advan ces to his purpose, warming the hearts of his hearers, and insensibly preparing them for the reception of the most seditious doctrines :—" The morning is approaching, and the sun will soon shed its splendours upon us in free dom and perfect equality—(Cheers.) The repeal of tho Union would not be a sectarian measure."—This affected moderation can deceive none who know the man. With him " conciliation" is but a cloak put on to hide some project for his own advancement, and for the destruction of the rights of all mankind beside. " Let me remind those who hear me, that a country is never liberated in a moment. First, some persons begin to hope—next, they entertain strong wishes—thirdly, a few agitators begin to act—fourth, they are joined by many persons, some of whom are determined, and others who are only half-determined—the flame of liberty is at length lighted up—it spreads wider, and from a small but fervent centre, it at last reaches the extent of the circle, and the whole circumference of the country glows with patrio tism—and where patriotism is strong and combined, as it was, and will be, in Ireland, its fires become irresistible, and nations revive in them.—(Loud cheers.) Grattan said, that he hnd watched by the cradle of Irish liberty, and he had lived to follow her to the grave. An humbler indivi dual, in repeating his sentiment, declares—lreland is not dead, she only sleeps, my countrymen.—(Loud cheers.) A feeble breath may blow the trumpet of her resurrec tion, and we may see her again exalted."—This picture of the progress of sedition, is drawn, it is true, with all the ability of a master spirit, but with an accuracy of de tail which none but an active participator in such scenes, and in the development of such plans ever could acquire. Whose the " feeble breath" may be that is to " blow the trumpet," there can be little difficulty in surmising ; but, in the words of Junius, we tell Mr. O'Cos NELL that, though lie" may live to make the experiment, no honest man can wish he should survive it." Letters from Naples state that some differences had arisen between the Courts of Naples and Rome, in con sequence of a claim preferred by the Pope to view the acknowledgment of feudal supremacy, claimed by the Holy See over his Majesty's dominions. The demand seems to have been resisted ; and it was reported a Bnll had been privately fulminated from the Vatican. By the Hamburgh accounts this morning, to the 10th inst. it appears that the storm which raged there during the night from the 3d to the 4th inst.—though not felt in the North Sea--appears to have been severe on the Baltic coast—even more than at Hamburgh. In Kiel, and its neighbourhood, several houses were materially in jured; and large trees are represented to have been torn up by the roots. The probability of a war between Spain and Hayti, it is supposed, will operate as a powerful diversion in favour of Mexico, by occupying King Ferdinand's land and naval forces in opposing the free blacks of Hayti, and by the necessity of keeping the black slave population of Cuba at the same time under subjection —so that no large force could hardly be spared for a landing on the coast of Mexico. According to letters from Madrid, of the 4th of April, the abrogation of the Salic law, and the disturbances ap prehended on that account, have had a great share in the decline of the Spanish Funds at Madrid. CITY, Tw•ELvl o'CLock. Great dissatisfaction is manifested this morning by the pe him h not being favoured by Government with a Bulletin of his 31.;j, sty's health ; still they rejoice to learn that the King is not in that dso, gerous state as when the doctors caused so great an alarm to public by the publication of the first Bulletin. Consols opened this worning at the /We price they kit ~-. tcrdsy, 931 fur the Account, and 92/ 93 for 3loney ;at press a r • arc 93h to /, and for 31oney 93, with little doing. In the Foreign Market the business is very languid, at ptss -t prices noniinal. A Brand mail has arrived by the Rinaldo, sailed from Ri J nciro on the 20th of February, Bahia on the 27th of January, Per nambuco on the 22d of Jan. The Exchange on London, 24. ,W have seen the papers of the 16th February ; they do tot contain :.^ F information of consequence. The Gips,•y has arrived nt Liverpool from Bombay, sailed on tie 19th December. Captain Works died on the passage on the Ist o• 3larch. No papers have not as yet come to hand. Thc'Cseneral Brown, a stenm lighter, wi,ll :150 Bales of Cotton, was totally con sumed by fire at Liverpool, en the 14th April. Accounts nom Tampico, of the Bth Feb. state that a law ha,! passed Congress, prohibiting all foreigner% from retailing throng: the R public gotAls. It was also in contemplation to take nimiur:s against snuggling, and in future evtry vessel that introduet,' eontrabrand articles were to be conliteKted, and those engaged the% r severely punished. Letters from Toulon state that the port and roads were encur - bend with merchant vessels, freighted for the expedition : at prescn• there were 450 ships; more were arriving daily. ONE O'CLOCK. Consols have been fluctuating during the morning front/3h to 934 for the Account ; at present they arc 93i sellers, and for Money 93. We have no further communication in regard to bis Alajaty's health. Up to this hour Ave do not hear of any express having arrived from Paris. In the Fordo Market Brazil Bonds, which improved in the early part of the day, arc nut so good at present. Greek Bonds lowered about 2 per cent., since which they have somewhat improved. other foreign Securities little doing. The private leans by the Brazil mail this morning state, that t. loan has been tuntracted for there at 62, mid got up to 6411; change 21 to No political information ;—but the accounts r,. coked from Chili were very unfavourable, and which promises to b one of the worst organizza States of all the South Amctican R,. publics. lIIALF-PAST TWO O'CLOCK. This moment the Consol Market has given way from . 9:11 to 92, for the Aceaunt, owing to a report that a Bulletin hs been 'stood stating that his Majesty is work. The following is an extract of a commercial letter front Trieste :—" The Ordonnance, declaring Venice a fret port, cannot fail to be prejudicial to Trieste ; because the situation of Venice for free trade is much more favourable than our city. The transport of merchandise is mud: more easy and extended there, and its produce much more considerable and varied, than ours. The environs of Trieste are mountainous and rocky, and yield but fet —and these unimportant•—articles of commerce ; whik the fertile plains of Lombardy present to the Venetinr. merchant vast supplies for exportation—and all tha , grows in the environs of Trieste is to be found at Venic,. Thus, Trieste must sink in proportion to the progre : , Venice shall make. The latter city is indebted for it, prosperity entirely to England, who never relaxed h,. endeavours to induce the Court of Austria to grant wlhe it at length obtained, and which was, it is said, followed by a commercial treaty that will shortly be published." Accounts from Penang mention that an insurrection broke out in Tavoy on the 9th of August, effected by ninety prisoners, assisted by the Burman peons in charge of them ; at the same time, that an attempt was made on a Naique's guard, at the magazine. The detachment stood firm, end eventually the insurrection was quelled, and the ringleaders executed. The circumstance of Lady ELLENBoaoncti Navin, set up no defence against the Divorce Bill, and that he: family took no part in those tedious and unfortunatu discussions, has given rise to an erroneous supposition. that their non-interference arose from a promise of marriage given by Prince ScitwaltTZENßLltn, and that in the event of the divorce being accomplished. tl:eir union would not fail to take place immediately. It in our power, and we deem it our duty, to put the fat in its true light. It is highly improbable—indeed im possible—that the Prince should have made any promise of marriage to Lady ELLExtioROUGII, since the laws of his country do not recognize any marriage with a divorced woman during the life of her husband. The Catholic re ligion admits no divorce, properly so called ; and unless a marriage be absolutely annulled, to the degree of bein; considered never to have existed, the tie is indissoluble. and precludes, during the lives of tho parties, the possi bility of either entering into new matrimonial engage ments. In countries, although Catholic, whore mar riage is regarded as a purely civil contract, the laws orc rate differently ; but in Austria, where the marriage of a Catholic subject is a religious act, and can only be re garded as valid in as far r.s there exists no canonical bar to its completion, the union of Lady lit.LENno au cc tr and Prince SCIIWARTZENBERG can never be iuvestet with a legal character.—Times. _ We have papers from the Cape of Good Hope to the 31st Jan. Rain had fallen, but not sufficient to remove the 'trough!, although it was thought in the interior the rains had been copiou.. as the rivers were swollen. . . . . A fresh experiment is now making. in the application of the reciprocity system. The Governor of Honduras, having isst:el a Proclamation for the admission of American vessels in that colors. which was to come into operation on the sth of January, and as the best mahogany grows at Honduras , lame, quantities of which a - . I manufactured into furniture in the United States, and apt:: exported, vessels were about to be despatched immediately arcs. Boston and other ports, to take advantage of this boon gralted to American commerce, which must of course tend to the injury c. British shipping. We are are deeply concerned to announces the loss of the Hope schooner, of London, Phillips. master, burden 108 ton s , laden with plates and ingots of copper, and bound from Saar.. sea to Chester. She went down on Friday List, about 'even leagues E. 8. E. of Tuskar. One man had previously died, any another was washed overboard, both natives of North Wales. — The muter and remainder of the crew, consisting of one tr.a: and two boys, and an American, a passenger, took to the boar., With great i ffi culty they got on shore, with the exception o f . the passenger, who, unfortunately, died before t hey reachc.. land. The survivors intend to proceed to Liverpool as soon as they have recovered sufficiently from their disasters to enable them to se: out.— Wexford Herald. HOAX.—The Limerick Post gives an account of the following curious hoax, which was played off on the philosophical lads and lasses of Limerick :—" On Sunday last placards were seer. in every direction of Limerick, announcing that Sir J. Anderson's steam-coach would arrive here from Dublin, at two o'clock in the 'afternoon, and thousands of persons were Wont an early hour of the day parading Clare-street and along that line of road as far as Anna. cotty (three miles off), by which the fiery wonder was to proceca. 'while many of the knowing ones were seated on perches convenient to the road all anxiously on the look-out. Their patience ws4 admirable —they were determined to see it out, even while ander som, smut showers of rain.. However, two, three, and four o'clock arrived, and no coach still; many were kind enough to make allow ances for delay, acme saying that an accident must have occurred, but it must arrive; others said 4 that new machinery was generally stiff, but by the time the coach was to reach Castle-Connell it would come on at a sweeping rate, and ;twould be well worth their while to wait a little longer.' The whole affair turned out a hoax, and hundreds returned, pretending that indeed 4 'twas not to see it at all they west,' they knew that there would be no such thing, and changed the subject, ashamed of the wilkoose chace."