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THE EVENING STAR. LONDON. kjit*IIIU4SDAY, JULY 20, 1820. THE FUNDS. PRICZ Of STOCKS THIS DAT AT ONZ O'CLOCK Bank Stock 224% 3 per Cent. Reduced 69% % % 3 per Cent. Cons. 68% 69 3i per Cent. 77% 78-4 per Cent. 87 5 /i Ys '5 per Cent. 103% % ex. div. - Long Annuities 18 1-16 1 /s India Stock 217 1 ,4 217—Bends 20s. 21s. pre. Old Annuities 68% Exch. Bills, 4s. 6s. pr.—Commer. lls. 12s. pr. Omnium pre.—Cons. for Aug. 69 5 /i 1 / 4 3/s. A The Bank Note - Forgery Prevention Bill occasioned some discussion last night in the House of Lords.-- Lord LAUDERDALE contended strenuously that the Petitioners against the Bill should be heard at the Bar of the House. Lord LIVERPOOL said they might, if they thought theniselves aggrieved, seek redress in a Court of Law. This is monstrous! Desire Peti tioners, who, by the Laws and Constitution of the Kingdom, have a right to be heard against any affecting their property, to go to a Court of after passing an Act to be pleaded against them as Law ! The fact alluded to by Lord LAUDERDALE, of an individual being remunerated out of the public purse for plans and experiments not adopted, deserves particular attention, as illthtrative of the impartiality with which Government has acted on this occasion. The individual who received this remuneration is the re:lowned Sir WILLIAM CONGREVE, M.P. and one of the Royal Commissioners alluded to as having re commended the plan,that has been adopted. The City Petition-was last night rejected by the House of Lords, on account of certain expressions which their Lordships conceived derogatory to their dignity. We hope the City will benefit by the oppor tunity thus given them of preparing a new Petition, which, with more of the snat:ittr in modo, may con tain more of the fortiter ill re. We cannot agree v. i:11 a contemporary of this morning, that it is enough that the Common Council's views of the subject have been made " known to the Upper House of Parlia ment:' It is not enough that they toe known ; they can be of no use, al:less the House is induced to re spect them. It is currently reported to-day, that a private Mes senger has arrived from Naples with accounts of a Revolution having taken place in that kingdom, similar to that which has been recently so happily effected in Spain. It is said to have been chiefly brought about by the and without any blood having been shed. We have not been able to trace the rumour to any authentic source; nor in the Paris Papers of Monday; received to-day, do we meet with the slightest allusion to such an event. The near connexion between the Royal Families of Spain and Naples may serve to give a faint degree of plausibi lity to the report; but thcn,•there have not, as far as we recollect, been any of those hollow murmurings which usually precede such an eruption ; and it is a fact, thora;ll not very generally known, that for some years paa, the King of NArt.ms has been doing more, in a quit way, in the wet k of practical reform, than almost any other Sovereign in Europe. The Paiis Papers of . Monday arrived this fore noon. The only intehigenze in them of any interest from Spain. Tho Cortes, after three preliminary Meetings, was, on the Gth instant, definitively orFa nized. The Archbishop of Seville, -M. EspicA, is named Pre,i Jen% General Qui noc A, Vice-President, anJ MM. CLEM ENCIN, CcrEno, St: BB IE, and MAR TIAL Loris, Secretaries. A Deputation of twenty Members and two Secretaries repaired to the Palace, to announce to the KING that .the Cortes was esta blidied. His 7,lAJesry gave them a most gracious reception, and announced his intention of opening the Assembly in person on the 9th instant. We have received, this morning, New York and other American Papers to the 22d of June. The An.erican brigs Canton and Pallas, detained by the Chili squadron, v. are, after a short time, restored, and proceeded on their voyages. A letter from St. Jago de Chili, dated February Gth, says, " I cannot give you, as I dare not write, any news. Everything looks gloomy. Buenos Ayres continues agitated by factions. Lord Coch rane proceeded to Guyaquil, where a frigate he was in search of escaped him by lanthng her guns, and running up the river. His Lordship is said to have been in communication with BordvArt, at Quito." The latter part of this lettmappears to be ex pla;ried by the following extract of advices from Angostura, dated the end of June : " The President BOLIVAR secretly left his Head quarters with only four dragoons, passed the Cor dilleras, and appeared at Santa Fe de l3agota, where,. in a few days, he organized two corps of three thou sand' men each, put one in movement for Popayan, and the other for Quito, and having established a plan of concert, he returned by the same route, and was again at the head of his troops at Actagua." We must confess this account has much of the air of romance in it. The same accounts add, that the Royalist General, Moun.Lo, had published a Pro- • • , clamation, announcing the Revolution in favour of the Constitution of Spain, and offering a pardon to all who would return to their allegiance, but that it bad preljuced no effect. " The termination of the Revolution in Venezuela is," we are told, " near at hand ; the people now begin to feel that they haie country and liberty." The American Minister at Madrid has written home, that he has effected an agreement with the Spanish Government, for the liberation of all Ame ricans of the United States, confined in Spanish pri sons for having taken part with the Independents of South America. THE ARMY. By a Return to Parliament, from the Horse Guards, of the number of Officers.who have been appointed from the Half-pay to Full-pay, upon vacancies in the Army, and not by exchange, since the, 31st of December, 1815, it appears that the total numbers are as follows Colonels - - - - It Lieutenant-Colonels - - - 33 Majors - - - - 11 Captains - - - - 48 Lieutenants - - - 157 Ensigns - - - - 54 Paymasters - - - 11 Surgeons - - - - 28 i Assistant-Surgeons - - - 59 By a similar lie - turn, it appears that the number of Gentlemen who have been appointed to Commis sions in Regiments of Cavalry and Infantry of the Line from the 2Gth January, 1819, to 25th January, 1820, has been 182. Of these 40 were Gentlemen Cadets from the Royal Military College, of whom nine obtained their appointments by purchase, and !.31 without purchase. Of the I.:maining 112, there were 69 by purchase, and 73 without purchase. The following Return has also been made of the number of Gefitlemen who have been appointed to Commissions_i 17 tlil Line, since the 14th March, 1819, and who have subsequently been placed upon half-pay : Purchasers of Half-pay Commissions, liacant at the pe ricd of the reduction of the Corps, or its establishment I Wiling Masters of Cavalry, to make them eligible as such, they having been Non-cummissioned Officers of Cavalry At his own request, he having affairs of the utmost con sequence, which prevented his embarking for the . Eaat Indies - - 1• At his own request, for the restoration of his health, and the prosecution of his studies 1 An old Quarter-Master, for the purpose of appointing an efficient successor, as such, at the earnest recom mendation of General Sir Robert Brownrigg, Bart. 1.;.C.11. and Cotimiunder of the Forces at ('el lon 1 . 'Foul - —lO • Bnth Gentlemen Cadets, appointed from the Royal 31iii -17.11, College. Monday se'nnight, the North York Light infantry Regiment of Militia concluded the period of train. ing for '2B days, at Richmond,' under the command of Leutemint-Colonel CIiAMCK, during which time the conduct of the men was most eiemplary, and did honour to the military character. Tuesday se'nnight, the Mid Lot:li:in Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry assembled on Portobello sands, under the command of Colonel Sir Jails HOPE, to go into quarters for eight days' permanent duty. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. Lieutenant Mt•ntrt, with some of the Midshipmen from the Ilut.wAttn, are appointed to the ROYAL SOVEREDai yacht, Sir EDWARD Own, to attend upon the KINo. The Governor Milne, from Sierra Leone to London, which put into Barbadoes on the _Bth of April, in distress, has been condemned, as unseawurthy, and the cargo transhipped into the Richard aid Siliena. The American brigs Canton and Rena', taken off Lima, in November, by the ('hiiian squadron, and carried into Valpa raiso, have been resiortd, and proceeded on their voyages. The Perseverance, I:Ai-wan:), his arrived at Poole, from the ('.narks, with lws of foremast, bawspr:t, &c. Laving been run foul of. Fatator-.:•, Jet.r 17.—Wind W.S.W.—.Arrived the Duke of 3lirlbortoo s is packet, with a Nail from Lisbon, in nine days. ELYmorni, Jru.r 18.—Arrived the Lynx, H.F.LWATII, from Quebec: she spoke, on the 23d tilt. in the River St. Lawrence, the Active, of Ayr, with 200 passengers, all well. Postrutorrm, Jura' 19.—Wind S.W.—Arrived the liarriet, Sex r, from Virginia; Elizabeth, &win, from the Mediter ranean; Vilma cutter, from a cruize; anti the Riga, from ila vannah. Sailed the Fox, and Crown, far Cork. Dr..u., Jr, 19.—Wind &W.—Arrived and sailed for the River the Policy, 5%%%%%%1, and Cretan, Sitexwsnritv, from the St.tith SeL..s ; LcSto, Jotinson, from Antigua ; Barbados-9 Planter, • Azoeran, trout Barbadoes ; Gorge and lanes, Pi. s, from area; Shannon, l'atnNEß i from Dorniaica; Alacrity, fIt•NTLY, from Demerara ; Eclipae, IIMACEY j Crown, Brasexituns; Louisa, Ban ; James Laing, Kind; Clyde ' &din ; Garland Grove, Pl..ecsa.Le ; and the I erceval, from Jamaica ; John; JACKSON, from Jamaica fcr Nee+castle; John Campbell, Selmer., from St. Vincent's; Caledonia, linemen, from Grenada; Unicorn, Wit.- soN, from Demerara; Sussex, FIIANLI.II4, from St. Lucia; and some more, na.nies not known. Sailed the 'fimandra, Pawn, and Providence, .Itssin, for Angal; and the Pacific, Sminat-. LIND, for St. Ander°. I.lM:row., Jrt.r I B.—A rrived the Briton, %mu, from Ja maica ; Arn:ata, PORTER, from Savannah ; Hercules, Cons, from New York ; Belfast, and W. P. Johnson, DAWES, from New Orleans; Neptune, Fisusa, from Savannah; Hannah, Pam, csornii, from Antigua; and Birch, Wyman. from Jamaica. Jet.v 19.—Sailed tlie Lord Nelion packet for Holland, and the Lord Duncan ditto for Cuxhaven, each with a Mail. DovEs, Jt•Lr 19.—Passed this port the Betsy and Sophia, from the Straits for London. SHIZIINTAS, JCIX 19.—The steam vessel Prince Cobourg, Kathy Master, intended as a packet to carry the Mail be tween Southampton and the Isle of Wight, left this pert to-day for Cowes. Wurrav, Juxr 18.—The Ophelia, WOOO, from Sunderland, with coals, got on shore here yesterday in a fog, and sunk ; but, should the weather prove tine, she may be got up. AattiezoZ-At the liavannah, the Julia, Jongheim, from Am sterdam. At Halifax, Princess Royal, —, from London ; Two Ftiends, Hoskins, front Bristol; Oliphant, Christie, from Belfast ; and the Princess Elizabeth packet, —, from Fal mouth, and sailed on the 21st ult. for New York. At Oporto, i the Aurora, Blackstone, from London; and Maria, Lovey, from Bristol. At Colombo, the London, from London; 13orodir.o, Marshall; and Lady Ilamilton, —, from Cork. At Jamaica, 'Montreal, Benson ; and Waterloo, —, from London. At Oporto, Manchester, Hancock; and Rebe cca, Shaw, front Li verpocl ; also the Active, Palms, front London. Currost.Hossz, JULY 19.—Ships Entered Inward*: The Her cuk, front Rouen • Friends, front Newhaven ; Twee Jonge, from Worcum ; Sp e edwell , rom Stangate Creek; Unity, from liamburgh ; Rester, from Ostend ; Lively, from Harlingen ; and Sun, front Riga.—Cleared Outwards : The Lotus, for Cal cutta; alous, -for Hamburgh; Gleaner, for Malaga; Mary, for Newfoundland; New Union, for Csiais ; Ann, for Konigs. burg ; Harriet, for Leghorn • and Madam for Pictou. Vessel.. sroxxx wixn.— T h e Fame, of London, from St. Jago to Halifax, on the 6th ultimo, in lat. 6. 34. long. 39. 40.—Con solation, from Madeira to London, on the 12th instant—Triton, from Liverpool to Boston, on the 9th, in lat. 4s. !3. long . 2 9.25. and Glatton, from Honduras to London, on the lath, in lat. 49. 31. long. 16. 33. TRIALS FOR HIGH TREASON. STIRLING, JULY I.s. - JAHNS CLELLAND AND FIFTERN GHAROXIVWITIFI HIGH TREASON. Mr. JEFFREY—'.g My Lord, as Counsel for the.nn fortunate prisoners, the name of one of whom has now been called, as next in order, to take his trial upon this . serious charge, I trust I shall relieve 'the Court and the country a t large from some protracted anxiety. -My Lords, I hope, without departing from my duty to my clients, I may venture to state now to' the Court, that, after the event of the trials of the two last days, which have been gone through with xi mach deliberation, and so great a struggle on both sides, I have advised the unhappy persons at tbe'bar, that, if they are conscious of the guilt charged against thent, their wisest 'course would be to retract their plea of Not Guilty, and acknowledge their guilt openly in ,Court; and I believe I am now authorized to state, that they are ready to withdraw that plea." LORD ADVOCATE.—" My Lords, the prisoners at the bar have the• assistance cf able Counsellors, and must, with such advice, judge for themselves, what is thg most wise line of conduct for them to pursue. I wish it, however, to be known to the Court and to the country, that this proceeding,-on their part, does' not take place in consequence of any arrangement between the prosecutor and those acting on the part of the prisoners. I eat nestly hope that the mercy of the Crown may be extended towards a part of these unfortunate men, in such a manner as may seem most fitting to his Majesty ; but these prisoners are not to suppose that, by any confession they may now make, they are to escape a punishment of a capital nature. It is right that they should be fully aware of this, and that before they plead guilty to this in dictment, they should well weigh dhe consequence of the step, and feel that nothing has, or can pass be tween us, ichich may exclude the popaibility, or even the probability of a considerable portion of these in dividuals snaring the highest punishment of the law." • Lord Pi•esidcat Ilopz --. 14 James Clelland, you have heard what has been stated on your part by your own Counsel ; and you have heard also what has been stated on the part of his Majesty's Advocate. I have also to inform - you, that there is no discretion upon the part of the Coital-the punishment'is a Sta tutory punishment, and we can do nothing upon the plea of Guilty, but pronounce upon you the• same judgment that we pronounce upon those prisoners who have be,Ni Elie(' and regularly convicted. You will, therefore, consider all the e things in your own breast. Certainly and unquestionably I may add this to you, that, according to my apprehension of the matter, it is your wisest course to plead Guilty : it implies not merely an acknowledgment of the offence, but it chews contrition for it. At the same time you most judge for yourself." James Clelland then withdrew his plea of Not Guilty, and' pleaded Guilty. • Thomas M'Culloc h , Benjamin Moir, Allan Murchie, Alex ander Latimer, Alexander Johnston, Andrew White, David Thomson, Janus Wright, NVilliam Clackson, otherwise called William Clarkson, Thomas Pike, otherwise called Thomaritink, Robert Gray, Alexander Hart, John Barr, William Smith, and Thomas M'Farlane, included in the same indictment, were than severally asked if they understood what had been stated by the Learned Counsel on each side, and answering in the affirmative, were allowed to withdraw their plea of Not Guilty, and plead Guilty, which they ac cordingly did. John Anderson, charged in a separate indictment (for whom Mr. JEFFREY and Mr. nom CULLEN ap peared as Counsel), was put to the bar. Mr. JEFFREY" My Lord, as Counsel for the un fortunate person at the bar, I believe I am not irre gular in interposing thus early with a statement, which, I trust, will be satisfactory to the Court, and all persons concerned in this trial. This unfortunate person, since his arraignment, has had time to reflect both upon the acts in which he has been engaged, and upon tlie evidence which I believe he has already furnished of his concern in them ; he has also received the admonition (which, I trust, will be more exten sively operative) that all persons concerned, in any measure, with the transactions, must have received from the result of the two trials which took place yesterday and the day before; and, under the influ ence of these considerations, and, I trust and believe, of a wholesome contrition for the part he has been led to act in very improper prweedings, I am autho rised to ask leave, on his behalf,' to withdraw the plea of Not Guilty, which he has pleaded, and to plead anew to this indictment in other terms." LORD ADVOCATE.--" My Lord, on the part of the Crown, 1 must repeat what I stated before, that this proceeding takes place, not in consequence of any understanding between the prosecutor and the prisoner relative to any. mitigation of punishment; and I now tell him before he pleads, that I can hold out no as surance or expectation that the capital part of the ' sentence of the law will not be inflicted upon him." Lord President HOPE.—" John Anderson, you have heard what has been stated for you. on the part ,of your Counsel, and on the part of the King's Ad vocate; and with regard to the Court, we have no discretion; this is not one of the crimes, nor is this such a Court as the Court of Justiciary, that has the power of mitigating punishment according to the degree of guilt. The punishment is inflicted by law, and it is the punishment of death, and we can pro nounce no other against you, and therefore by your plea of guilty, whatever expectation you may have in making that confession, which implies an acknow ledgment of the fact, as well as contrition in some degree, it must depend upon the Crown alone. There fore, under these circumstances, if you wish to with dravi you plea of Not Guilty and plead Guilty, the Court will receive it, but remember it is your own act alone, and you must consider the consequence:* The prisoner then withdrew his plea of Not Guilty, and pleaded Guilty. William Crawford, also charged in a separate in dictment (for whom Mr. JEFFREY and Mr. MUNGO BROWN appeared as Counsel), was put to the bar. Mr. JEFFREY.—" My Lord, I believe I may cut short this part of the procedure—for, on behalf of this man, the last, I believe, in this fatal calendar for this place —upon this occasion I think I am autho tised to make the same statement I have already made with regard to so many of the others, although there are circumstances in this case which render the recommendation which I have thought it prudent to give, more questionable than in'the other instances. And I believe it is known to the prosecutor, that this . `. . is not one of those aggravated Cates, whiet, unfot tunately, cannot be said of all the others. He svAt connected with,.and misled by, persons who have in volved him In the guilt with which he stands charged, but in full reliance on mercy from that - quarter, oa which, he is aware, his only legitimate reliance for indulgence can be placed, he is advised, with all hu. mility and penitence, to ask leave to withdraw hi s plea of Not Guilty, and to plead again, in different terms, to the Courr." LORD ADVOCATE.—" I hive only to repeat again, that he must plead without any assurance being held out to him of mercy." Lord President HOPF,.--=" You have heard wlz.lt. has been now stated—of course you say, your on', reliance is on the mercy and clemency of the Crowli. - The pri.onzr th2a withdrew his plea of Not Guilt:, and pleaded Guilty. LORD ADVOCATE.—" My Lords, now tiut the prisoner (Crawford) has pleaded guilty, I trust I am not going beyond the proper litie of my duty, when I state, that as there necessarily must be different shades of criminality attached to the individuals who lava this day respectively pleaded guilty to the h. g l i charge exhibited against them, so it is satisfactory to me to have it in my power to say, that the case of this prisoner is not one of the most aggravated dt scription, and that I shall feel satisfaction, if, on a re. presentation of the circumstances of his case to e.e proper quarter, mitigation of his sentence shall 1-e deemed admissible.' The Court has adjourned its flu eller proceedim;s till Monday, the 31st of July, wben it again and upon which day the SheriiT has received !lie in structions of the Court to summon the Grand Jury, for the purpose of arraigning certain prisoners, against whom a true bill has been already found. YORE SUMMER ASSIZES-JULY 17. The Coln t was opened this morning with the u•ti:11 formalitief, and the Grand Jury having been sworn, Mr. Justice BAYLEY addressed them at some length. and alluded to the prisoners charged with High Trea son, regretting the circumstance of so many heing that situation, and remarking that a considerable rising of the people to accomplish any general pur pose, fully constituted the crime •of levying war against the King. His Lordship then entered into a full statement of the law upon the subject, and ci eluded by remarking, that gills of IndicAmea again-t the following twenty-five persons, charged with Hid' Treason, had been preferred : Thomas Blackburn, Nathan Buckley, John Lindley, Willi. 71 Comstine, Richard Addy, Charles Stanfield, Benjamin Ilan-ca, Abraham Ingham, George Brion, John Hobson, Gorge L': r. kinshaw, John Johnson, William Holland, Benjamin Itozi:r,, John Valiance, James F lowers, Joseph Chapiel, Abraham son, John Peacock, Wm. Rice, John Ferrymond, John WI shaw, Michael Downinz, Thomas Morgan, and Joseph Firtl The total ariotint of Bank Notes and Bank Pact Bill's in circulation during the week before laq, amounted to £26,210,300. In the preceding week, the amount was only £22,397,210; so that them lus been an increase in the chief circulating medium, in .one week, of no less than £3,813,090. The QUEEN has taken Brandeuburgh House, (.1 the Thames, the late residence of the Margravine c ANSPACH, for six months. Her NIAJESTY will take possession of it on Tuesday nest. A family at Milan, that lent the Qwtxti a 1 oust it r six weeks, have volunteered to come to E gl .ud, to speak in behalf of her MAJESTY. The Lauy of this family is seventy years of age. Friday last, Mr. B. J. CA - PEER arrived at Dunkirk with five Italians; he took them to Ostend, and from thence they were to go on to the Hague. Lord and Lady Arno); have left town on a visit to Mr. COKE, a: his seat, in Norfolk. The Count and Countess LI Evara entertained a larg: party of distinction oa Tuesday, at their residence .tr Harley-street. Sir HUGH and Lady DALRYMPLE HAMILTON and family, leave the Pulteney Hotel, Piccadilly, on S 4. turday, for their seat, Scotland. J. L. Fox, Esq. and family, have left their house in Albemarle-street. for their seat, Bramham Park. The Duchess of BEDFORD gave an elegant Juvenile Ball on Tuesday evening, at her residence in S:. James's•square, which was attended by nearly two hundred distinguished Fashionables. The Marquis and Marchioness of LAWIDOWN and family, left Lansdown House, Berkeley-square, yes terday, for their sea, Bowocd Park, Wilts. The Marquis and Marchioness of SLtoo, left the Clarendon Hotel, Bond-street, this day for Paris. Recent advices from India represent the - Marquis of HArrrisca in very bad health. His Lordship was strongly urged by his physicians to return to England, but he does not appear disposed to follow their advtce. M. PREWAR', an Italian traveller, writes from Egypt that he has , succeeded, after sixteen days of excessive fatigue, across the deserts of Lybia and Marmerique, in reaching the famous Temple of Jupiter Ammon, called the Great Temple, which no person appears to have visited since the time of Aux- ANDER the GREAT. M. PREWAR' hacrWitil Lill an escort of 2000 men, and had to tight his way to this celebrated monument. ILternaactre Tusasvar.—Faanunaa's Comedy of the Incon stant, compressed into three acts, and its name lengthened co Wine does Wonders, was last night played with excellent effect. Cmsaxes Kunaxes Young Mirabel has long been rensirk able for its finished style; and Mrs. C. KimaLa plays Bicorm with so Bauch spirit and gaiety, as almost to present a performance for midably rivalling that of her husband. The Play is supported in a very strong cast of characters. linotam Orme. Boum —Don Giovanni continues to be re- MINA with universal bursts of laughter and applause. It is r.- immtimably the very best burlesque representation the Stage ba, resented in modern times ; and its attraction naturally continues Nightly to incense. AIWYLZ Rool4S.—Miss MACATJLIIIT'S performances yestere,c were more than usually successful. The approbation of the 7 - • &nee by loud shouts of Bravo ! and repeated bursts of «ppla"`e• mad her farewell Address was peculiarly pathetic. The eO7:- =related of her Patronesses, and many of their dist -.- and fashionable friends and acquaintances. In the Consistory Court, yesterday, Viscount Gr..? ItAWLIIf (of whose case in the Court of King's Benca we gave a detailed report in our Paper of the Ist instant) obtained a sentence of divorce against 1:6 Lady for adultery, committed with J. H. Buns, Esq. Sunday last, the LORD PhovosT of Edinburgh re ceived a respite for James Meat, now under sentence of death in Jail there, for robbing the Paisley Bank, Glasgow, in 1811, for one month from the 26th which was immediately communicated to Mal by tbe Magistrates. Lt.N ; Framed and published by Lars,. Katis, Place, Temple -rat. , •