Star. — London, England, 1830-06-24 00:00:00

MA 118 ARRIVZD AND DUE TH t Dublin ... 011 France . 0 1 Waterford ..... 0 0 Flanders I Guerm &Jersey 0 0 Holland 0 O Buenos Ayres... 0 i Hamburgh .. • America........ 0 0 Leeward Islands 0 TI E EVENING IS MORNING. A. 0 • Lisbon 0 O Jamaica 0 I Sweden 0 O Malta .. 0 O Brazils STAR. 7 )1 111 ( - • &A. A .. 5.% - t , : k I • s , . r eAT S tiltike),2 ) ; LONDON., THURSDAY, JUNE 24. MiDSLICIUR DAT.-HDUJDAY AT ?MT PUBLIC Oman. We are deeply grieved in communicating to the pub lic, this day, the most intelligible and mournful bulletin which has yet appeared on His MAJESTY'S lamented indisposition. It is to the following effect : "WINDSOR CASTLE, JUNE 24, 1830. " The . KING'S cough continues, with considerable ex pectoration. His MAJESTY has slept at intervals, in the night; but complains of great languor to-day. (Signed) " HENRY HALFORD. 44 MATTHEW J. TIERNEY." We have this day been furnished with a copy of the t neral regulations and instructions relative to Crown Lands at Swan River, received by the last arrival.— They are of very great importance to all those emigrating to that quarter ; but they are of such great length, that e cannot to-day attempt even a brief analysis of them. The estafette from Paris, this morning, brings no ad ditional accounts of the progress of the African expedi tion. Among other extraneous pieces of information, we find in the French papers an interesting statistical ac count of the exports and imports of France, from 1716 to 1820, excluding the years from 1790 to 1797, of which no authentic document exists. It appears that the xrorts, for 106 years, amount to 11,993,318,494, and the imports to 10,207,123,681—being an excess of the former of 1,786,194,813. The annual excess of ex ports is about 16,8.50,995 over the imports. We have letters this day from Constantinople, by the Turkey mail, to the 26th of last month. These advices state that no confirmation of the reported piracies had been received there ; and that in consequence the insu rance companies had taken off the additional rates they had demanded on the faith of the rumours: at the same time, returning the extra-premiums which they had con ditionally received. The flag of the Prophet was carried, a few• days previously, with great ceremony, from Ramis Tachelick to the Seraglio—the SULTAN, and his grand officers of State following in the procession. The Su L TA x afterwards set out for Terapia, where he intended to pass the summer; and the Grand I . IZIER had been or dered to Albania to put down the disturbances. When we have lately called the attention of our Readers to the rumours regarding the present state of parties in Parliament, we have argued that any coalition or amalgamation, as it has been termed, between the two main branches of those who now occasionally marshall together, in opposition to the wishes of Government, was very improbable. That line of argument did not exclude the possibility of the present Administration ab stracting to itself individuals from either party—provided they found it their interest so to do; and we cer tainly should, if going more minutely into the character, and party, tendencies, of the component portions of the present Opposition, have pointed out certain indi viduals as not unlikely to be taken into the Administra tion to increase its influence. Perhaps, indeed, we might have mentioned that there were individuals, who, from having already acted together in office, and from their general accordance of political opinion, formed a kind of separate subdivision of the opposition, or a party in itself, to which the administration might, as far as political principle would govern their decision, look with some hopes of success for recruits ; and we are now inclined to think, from a paragraph yesterday in a Journal, for the veracity of which we certainly have an ancient favourable pre-possession, and the information of which, on such subjects, is, in general, good, that such an accession to the strength of Adminis tration is not improbable to occur, as no distant event. The sub-division, or small party, to which we allude, our readers will at once recognize as formed of those in dividuals who have acted before with Mr. Hcsicissow ; who have assisted in all the acts which formed the cha racter of the Administrations in which he took a part; and who are supposed to look towards him; as still a political chief or leader. It is well known tbat between that Gentle man and the Duke of WELLINGTON, circumstances had occurred which the public supposed might have been suffi cientto occasion for ever an alienation in personal regard; but experience shows us, that such differences among Statesmen often yield to the expediency of the times ; and a vindication to the public of such reconciliation, if at all thought necessary, is always ready in the respect able motive which is, in poetry, at least, if not in prose, supposed to actuate all Statesmen—the paramount desire to sacrifice their personal objections to what appears for the welfare of the State, in the government of which they patriotically employ their exertions. The party of individuals to which we refer, as far as the public interests are concerned, may be considered as a useful addition to the business qualities of the Administration. Mr. C. GRANT and Lord PALMERS TON both stand justly fair in the public estimation ; and so should WHIM( msow,with every well-informed reasoner on the lice of policy which has become almost identified with his name. He is not, however, popular with the unfortunate merchant and ship-owner; for they forget that a sequence in human events, does not always prove a necessary connection ; and attribute all the stagnation of trade, and the fall in the value of their property, to the measures of free trade which had preceded their mis fortunes, and formed the boast of the HusxissoN banner. The good people on the coast of Kent, who are said to have accounted for the Godwin Sands by the elevation of Tenterden Steeple, are not more out in their logic than the ruined ship-own, attributing all their evils to Mr. Husitissox, u in his system of free trade. If they said that his system had not proved a preventative, or remedy, for much of the evils they have suffered, by his not having had the courage to carry it far enough, and include corn in his liberating legislation, they would then have been quite correct in their views ;and this leads us to remark on what we think the fault which, to the public interest, mars the utility and public good which might result from the general fair views and integrity of the party, on whose political importance we are observing. If they are to join the Administration with the acquiescent, tame, half-and-half, compromising spirit which has hitherto rendered unsatisfactory all the good they intended, then will their junction prove no addition to the popularity of the present Administration, or to its intrinsic value to the interests of the State. On the con trary, their abstraction from the Opposition, will prove an evil, as diminishing that salutary check which at pre sent exists against the acts of Administration, when those acts are censurable, and which goads or stimulates the Administration forward to accomplish great popular ob jects, which temporary expediency might incline them to postpone. We have, as we have before had occasion to state, great confidence in the general intentions, and useful de cision, which characterize the present Government. That confidence has resulted entirely from events, and has su perseded an adverse prepossession. We do not hesi tate to state • that any addition to the Ministry, which will not add vigour to the late liberal tendency of their acts, would be destructive of our confidence, and, we are sure, injurious to their general popularity. It would be, perhaps, advantageous that the influence of Government should be increased.—lt will not be in creased in strength by being diluted merely with milk and water ; and we regret much that, to carry on our metaphor, the grand chymist does not find it expe dient and practicable to include in it a portion of rectified spirit—which, we even think, we could indicate where he might obtain. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. This being Midsummer Day, it is a holiday at the Bank, Stock Exchange, and Foreign Markets ; in con sequence of which the jobbers and brokers are assem bled on the Royal Exchange, as usual, but, up to the present time, no business of the least importance is transacting. Consols may be quoted as they left off yesterday 92f} for the account. In the foreign Funds, nothing doing as yet. The Brazilian frigate Prince Imperial arrived at Brest on the 15th, with the Duke of Leuchemberg, son of the late Prince Eugene. He his been permitted to land, and to travel through France ; but ho is not to make any stay in the country. Our arrivals this morning are very few, and not of consequence ; with the exception of the estafette from Paris, which brings the French 3 per Cents. 78f. 25c. CITY, HALF.PAST ONE. Up to the present hour we have not a feature worth communicating in regard to the Funds. Console have continued on 'Change the whole of the morning at 92ii for the Account. No business worth mentioning has been done. It is the same with the foreign funds, and the prices may be quoted as per yesterday. South Metropolitan Gas, 21 a premium. Yesterday Alderman Smith, as locum Mucus for the Lord Mayor, attended by a number of the civic of ficers, according to annual custom, visited St. Thomas's Hospital (the same being under the ma nagement of the city), for the purpose of inspect ing its various wards, examining into the manner in which its officers discharge their respective duties, and listening to any complaint which any of the patients may consider themselves justified in preferring. After the inspection, the result of which was under stood to be satisfactory, had been concluded, and the Alderman and retinue had left, the hall and museum of the hospital were, as usual, opened to the pub.. lic. As this was the only day in the year on which they are open to the public generally, the crowd collected ,to obtain admission, particularly to the museum, was very great, and although the objects to be seen con sist principally of skeletons and anatomical prepara tions of various parts of the human body—objects which, it might be thought, female curiosity would not be excited to witness—still the proportion of oven well-dressed females who were struggling for admission was as ten to one of the other sex. There being no de scriptive labels attached to the preparations, there were but few, the observation of which could afford gratification to the unprofessional visiter. Among the latter is the skeleton of a little boy, who died of water in the head. The skull is larger considerably than that of a man, while the rest of his frame is not above 18 inches long, and slight in proportion. Several models of parts of the hu man body, apparently cut open as if in the course of dissection, which are executed in wax, also attracted much attention. Wa are grieved to state that the small farmers in the vicinity of Maidstone, are at this moment enduring the greatest distress. Our readers are aware that a deputa tion from amongst the overseers and churchwardens of several parishes in the neighbourhood had an audience of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, who promised to take their case into consideration. But we much fear, that however well disposed the Government may be towards this industrious and useful class of the community, no substantial (if any relief can be expected from the Trea sury, under the present circumstances of the country. We are bound to say, however, that if such relief be at all compatible with existing arrangements at head-quarters, it should not be withheld from the agriculturists of this county. We are assured that arrears of poor's rates are fast accumulating against these " little far mers," while the chance of payment is becoming every day more distant. Only last week the overseers were compelled, in self-defence, to attach the agricultural implements of one of these unfortunate persons; the consequence of which was, that the parish was imme diately burdened with the support of himself, a wife, and five children I—Maidstone Gazette. COURT INTELLIGENCE. THE KIN G.—The Duke of WELLINGTON had anaudi ence yesterday of the King. His Grace arrived at the Palace at twenty minutes before twelve o'clock. A list of Treasury warrants and other public documents were, it was understood, submitted to the King, when hie Majesty signified his commands that all of them should receive the Royal signature. The documents had pre viously had their intent inscribed at the back ; to this en dorsement was appended the signatures of three of the Ca binet Ministers named in the Act. Lord FA RN Boaotro and the other Commissioners appointed by his Ma jesty to apply the stamps of the signature, then stamped the whole of the instruments which had received the KING'S approbation with his MAJESTY'S signature, at testing the application of the stamp in each instance ; the Duke of WELLINGTON also witnessed the act of applying the stamp. The Duke took his leave a few minutes before two o'clock. His MAJESTY received a visit from the Duke of CLA RENCE, who arrived at the Palace at half-past 12 o'clock, and remained with the KING till a quarter before four o'clock, when his High ' ness left, on his return to Bushy Park. Mr. BROM E, the surgeon, left the Palace yesterday morning. The bulletin was shown to the nobility and gentry, at the King's Palace, St. James's yesterday, by Earl AMHERST and Colonel WHATLEY, as Lord and Groom in Waiting. His MAJESTY took some slight refreshment yesterday, and was in some respects better in the afternoon. The Duke of LEEDS called at the castle to make inquiries after the health of the KING. Prince Frederick of Prussia, attended by Colonel Poten, visited the Tower of London yesterday, and in spected the whole of the curiosities in that edifice. The Duke and Duchess of Cumberland, accompanied by Prince George, came to town yesterday from Kew. Their Royal Highnesses received visits at their residence in the king's Palace, St. James's, from the Princess Augusta, the Duchess of Gloucester, and the P r i ncess Sophia. Prince Frederick of Prussia honoured the Marquis and Marchioness of Londonderry with his company to dinner on Tuesday at Holderness-house. The Duke and Duchess of Cumberland dined with the Princess Augusta on Tuesday. A deputation from the West India planters and mer chants, including Mr. George Hibbert, Mr. Colville, and Mr. Innes, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday at the Treasury. The French Ambassador and the Spanish Minister had interviews yesterday with the Earl ;of Aberdeen at the Foreign-office. A deputation, headed by Mr. Western, M.P, had a conference at the Treasury yesterday with the Chancellor of the Exchequer. The Duke of Wellington entertained the Cabinet Ministers to dinner yesterday evening at Apsley-house. The Marquis of Lansdowne entertained a distinguished party to dinner yesterday, at Lansdowne House, Berkeley square. His Grace the Duke of Rutland, with Lord and Lady Southampton, and Colonel Leigh, have arrived at his Grace's little villa, at Stanton Woodhouse, and are now enjoying themselves with the delightful amusement of drake fishing on the river Lathkill. Tuesday, the Fitzwilliam Club celebrated the eighty third birth-day of their patron, Earl Fitzwilliam, under the presidency of Mr. Robinson. Notwithstanding the ab sence'ofseveral of th e honorary m em b ers , and of several pro fessional glee singers, who were expected on the occasion the afternoon was spent in the greatest conviviality. The club consists of as many members as the number of his Lordship's years, and is, we understand, in a prosperous condition. The funds have increased 641. during the past year. _ _ The sleeves of ladies' gowns, according to the present fashion, are even more ridiculously wide than they were some time ago. A gentleman, on a visit the other day, had the curiosity to measure the length and width of a lady's sleeve which was on a dressmaker's table. The length was 36 inches, the width exactly 35 inches. The usual girth of a lady's arm is about 10 inches. Lady Elizabeth Fielding gave her second ball for the season, on Monday night, at her residence in Sackville street. It was both numerously and fashionably attended, and decidedly one of the best balls of the night. The whole suite of apartments were fitted up in great taste, and most brilliantly illuminated. The company begun to arrive at an early hour. Collinet, Michoud, and Mu sard's band were stationed in the ball-room, and conti nued to perform several new sets of Quadrilles, as given at the Duchess of Bedford's recent ball ; but the new Galopades were the favourites of the evening. Dancing continued until after four o'clock in the morning. THE ARUNDEL MANUSCRIPTS.—The negociations which have been for some time pending between the Trustees of the British Museum and the President and Council of the Royal Society, relative to an exchange of the Arundel MSS. in possession of the Society, for va rious works on science in the Museum, have just been concluded. The MSS. having been inspected by judges chosen by both parties, were valued at about 3,3001. and it was agreed that the President of the Royal Society should select books from the col lection of duplicates in the Museum, which amount to nearly 100,000 volumes, and are valued at 10,0001. Mr. Davies Gilbert, aided by the Council of the Royal Society, examined this immense stock of duplicates, and in some instances quadruplicates of books, and could only select out of the 10,0001. worth of volumes about 6001. worth, which could be admitted with propriety upon the shelves of the Society's library. The assent of the Duke of Norfolk to the exchange was obtained a few days back, in the event of the Trustees of the Museum consenting to keep the manuscripts in a case by them selves, and affixing a stamp on them, showing how they had come into the possession of the trustees ; and to which the latter had no objection. After considerable discus sion on the mode of exchange, it was finally agreed that so much of the stock of duplicates, &c. of books in the Museum should be sold, and the proceeds laid out in the purchase of scientific works, suitable for the Royal Society, less by the 6001. just mentioned. The exchange is now considered as finally arranged. NATIONAL SOClETY.—Notices were issued for a spe cial meeting of the general committee of this society, which took place on the 23d ofJune, at the Vestry-room of St. Martin's-in-the-fields. The chair was taken by the Archbishop of Canterbury at half-past 12 o'clock. There were present, the Bishops of London, St.A d z i ph, Carlisle, Exeter, Lichfield and Coventry, and Llan ; the Right Hon. Lord Kenyon, Rev. Archdeacon Cambridge, Joshua Watson, Esq. Wm. Davis, Esq. John Round, Esq. and William Colton, Esq. the Rev. Dr. Walmsley, Rev. Richard Landon, Rev. H. H. Norris, and the Rev. Joseph Cotton Wigram. No grants of money were to any schools, nor any schools received into union with the society, on account of the special cause of this meeting (which has not yet transpired) interfering with the general business. The members sat in deliberation till three o'clock, when his Grace left the chair, and the meeting adjourned till the first Wednesday in July. PROVINCIAL INTELLIGENCE. The friends of Mr. O'Gorman Mahon have been this week actively engaged in canvassing the electors of the county Clare resident in this city.—Lcmerick Citron. It is rumoured in the vicinity of Beverley, that th e head of the Maxwells in that neighbourhood, is to be rat io , to the Peerage. An address — from Dr. Lushington to the electors of Chichester, issued from the press on Monday morning, in which he declares his intention of contesting the repre sentation of the city. The emancipation of Rye must eventually lead to the introduction of ten independent members into the House of Commons; for to affect to believe that the remaining four of the Cinque Ports will continue fettered, is to suppose that all moral virtue has vanished with our na tional greatness. A considerable sensation has been created throughout the town of Lewes, in consequence of the Rev. p. G . Crofts having signified his intention of not preaching t c the members of the Lewes Equitalle Association on their anniversary, which is to be held on the 28th instant, assigning as a reason that the society was composed of Pinks, and that in all probability Mr. Donovan would be present. A serious defalcation has been discovered within these few days in the accounts of a commercial traveller for a respectable house in Birmingham. The amount is stared to be near 3,0001. The hay harvest has partially commenced in thiA neighbourhood. The crops are exceedingly heavy and ready for the scythe ; we only want fine weather. There is scarcely any foreign wool left in the Leeds market ; the next supplies are looked for with some in terest, and they will in all probability sell with briskness. Trade is toleraLly brisk in the clothing districts in the west of England, and a considerable number of kith. tional hands have been set to work. A material improvement has taken place in the de mand for iron, and the manufacturers iu Warwickshire confidently anticipate another advance. A further dividend of one shilling in the pound on the debts of Crick itt and Co. the late bankers (makity 15s. in the pound,) is announced to be paid this week.— Bury Post. We have been informed on the most respectable au thority, that 150 families have emigrated this smsor. from North Wales.—Chester Courant. Mr. Reeve, a farmer at Starston, near Harleston, re ceived on Monday so'nnight, by a special messenger, the joyful news of being heir to a real estate of the value of 20,0001. and upwards, and a share of personal property to a considerable amount.—Norwich Post. A disgraceful proceeding took place at New Bucken ham ou Thursday last, in the sale, not of a wife, but of a mistress. A man named William Wright disposed of Sarah Wright, as his wife, for the sum of 1l 1. with a written agreement, signed by all parties, for mutual ac commodatiou and peaceable possession !—lbid. On Friday morning a race for 1001. took place at Galley wood Common between the celebrated mare Naomi, the property of Mr. Elwes, of Stoke by Clare. and Snirshot, bred by Mr. Wilson, of Bildeston, in Suf folk. The mile heat was extremely well contested Naomi took the lead and kept her place until withit. about 200 yards from the winning-post, when Snipshot passed her, and von by about a length. Both were ridder by Newmarket jockeys. A very beautiful specimen of that interesting animal. the Virerra Zibetha, or true Civet Cat, recently arrived from India, is in the possession of Mr. W. Pitt, King's. road, and is so domesticated that even in a public shop it pursues its gambols with all the familiarity and play fulness of a kitten.—Brighton Guardian. On Saturday last a swarm of bees belonging to Mr Barnes, mill-wright, of Gazeley, alighted upon tle. head, neck, and arms of a woman, named Smith, and, after some fruitless attempts to brush them oil, she re mained still (being an old bee-woman), and a le ', NI were hived without stinging her.—Bury Post. Ma. GREEN'S BALLOON.—WC have received, frok ;. respectable correspondent, the following letter, frees which we are greatly afraid that Mr. Green's one hun dred and fifty-second trip to the clouds has been his last Should any further intelligence reach us, before all our ;impression is worked off, we will insert it Wisbeach June 20.—We are credibly informed by a Mr. S. Pro vost, of Thomey, a farmer, upon whom we may rely that a grand balloon, belonging to Mr. Green, was taken in Thorney-fen by him, without any person whatever being with it, and, upon securing it, it was also found that the rope and grappling irons were missing. It of course threw him, and others who by this time had come to his assistance, into a state of alarm as to the safety of Mr. Green, and any other person who might have been with him. We have not as yet heard any thing of him. but we trust that in our Champion of Tuesday we shall have a full and favourable account of Mr. Green." W have just heard a rumour that Mr. Green is alive, hav ing saved himself on the top of a house near Coventry ED.—Stamford Champion. The town of Barnet has for some days been a scene of much distress, from the accumulation of poor Irish de tained there, deprived by bad weather of employment as hay-makers. The generosity of Mr. Byng and other gentlemen, who have subscribed liberally for their relief, had hitherto kept them quiet, but the late change of weather having afforded the means of support, the ordi nary distributions were this day discontinued. The con sequence was, much disappointment on the part of the Irish, and at five o'clock yesterday nearly 4,000 met to gether and surrounded the premises of a Gent. residing in Hadley, demanding an order for bread, and threatening vengeance in the event of a refusal. The leader, ha ranguing this mob, declared that he knew there were -100 loaves in the town, and that the result of non-compli ance would be—to compel force. The gentleman in question thought firmness a duty, and refused the re quest. The cry of " Bread, or blood," was then raised, and the neighbouring shops were immediately broken into, the property scattered, and the lives of the proprie tors threatened. The confusion that ensued is not to be described, and but for the firmness and prompt assistance of the respectable inhabitants of the place, much damage and loss of life must have ensued. Mr. Hill, the high constable, assisted by W. Andrews, Esq. R. Tap ster, Esq. and others, formed a force amounting to about 200, who, after a short but desperate fight, succeeded ie. securing seven or eight of the ringleaders, and drove the main body from the town. The exertions of the victo rious party did not stop here, but the outskirts of the town were searched, and although a very furious resist ance ensued, and pitchforks and knives produced in de fiance, the parties were at length overcome. The vio lence of the country people against the Irish was so great, that much exertion was necessary to save them from their anger. As it is, it is thought that many of them must be seriously hurt. At 9 o'clock the town was might quiet, and aructisevrieousof furtheralarm a lT i s m f u e c l h t disturbance. that the d th ange e nigh t s