Star. — London, England, 1822-02-21 00:00:00

.• I 7 1 11 E EVEI LONDON. ING STAR. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21. 1522. STOCK EXCHANGE, TEN O'CLOCK. The Market is not so brisk this morning as yesterday, all parties impatiently waiting for the result of the interview to. morrow with the Lords of the Treasury. We are informed that a large holder of the Navy b per Cents. has sent a Petition to the Lords of the Treasury, begging they would change the hour of meeting to four o'clock instead of one, that no advantage should be taken of the result at the Stock Exchange.—Consols opened this morning at 781 and f for next Account, the Navy 5 per Cents. 104* : it is again stated that a message is expected hourly from the Bank that they will discount at 4 per Cent. The foreign Funds this morning are u follows :—French per Cents 90 ; Spanish 5 per Cents. Bonds 59 ; New Spanish Loan 594 ; Prussian Bonds 881; Danish 84. ONE O'CLOCK. The Market continues, with very little business doing. The Bank is in a bustle, by the attendance of numerous small holders of Navy Five per Cents. who are still selling, but to very trilling imount.—Current prices: Bank Stock 218 219 3 per Cent. Reduced 78% 79 78% 4 3 per Cent. Consols 78 1 / 4 7$ % 3 1 / 2 per Cent. 89% 90-4 per Ct. 97% IA 96 5. per Cent. 101 1 / 4 103 7 A 104 % Bank Long Annuities 20 3 /s India Bonds 60s. 565. pre. Exchequer Bills of £l,OOO, Is. Si. pre. par 3s. pr. Ditto small ss. 2s. pre. Coasolsfor Acct. 78 78%. In the STAR of yesterday we announced that Lord LtvErtroot. had sent a Message to the Governor of the Bank of England, requesting such Bankers, Mer chants, and others, as are interested in the Navy Five per Cents. to meet him and Mr. VANSITTART tOa morrow. This message relates to one of the projects of the present Ministers, that of reducing the interest of the Five per Cents. as intimated by the Marquis of LONDONDERRY in his speech on Friday last. The Noble Marquis then stated, that there was a fund of £155,000,000 in the Five per Cents. and not less than £75,000,000 in the Four per Cents. the com bined interest of which amounted to £10,700,000 annually. " Acting," said he, " upon the great prin ciple of supporting the Public Credit, if the situation of the market should once bring the Three per Cent. Stock to such a point as to render it eligible to re duce the higher Stock to the level of the Three per Cent. it was their intention to do so, by which a saving of interest, andn consequent increase in the Re venue to the amountof E. 3,700,000, would take place." Of the right of the Government in the abstract to pay off the 5 per Cents. or any other Stock at par, there cannot be a doubt : it was one of the condi tions upon which the Stocks was created : but ac knowledging the right we deny the power : for much as Lord LONDONDERRY may boast of the flourishing situation of the country, and of the confidence in his MAJESTY'S Ministers, they cannot borrow 155 mil lions of money at per cent. interest in order to pay off that sum in the Navy Fives ; and the holders are not bound to accept a transfer of their property into any other Stock. That the Minister may endeavour to in-' duce fundholders to admit of such a transfer we have no doubt; but let the holders of the 5 per Cents. re fuse, and the scheme of the Minister falls to the ground at once. The experiment of reducing a larger into a smaller species of Stock is not new ; it was tried in 1766, on a small scale, and found to be attended with consi derable difficulties. The plan was that of reducing 3i millions of 4 per Cent. into 3 per Cent. Stock; but it was not then thought practicable to reduce more than a quarter of the sum in one year, which thus extended the operation over four years, and,had a war broken out, the plan must have been frustrated; and yet Ministers now talk of thus reducing above 150 millions of Stock at once, as if it was a mere trifling operation. It is said that, in aid of this projected plan of reducing the 5 per Cent. Stock, two expedients are to be resorted to. One is an Act of Parlia snent to indemnify Trustees who hold Stock for Minors for converting it into 4 per Cent. Stock.— The second expedient is said to be that of raking a loan from the Bank, for the purpose of increasing the Sinking Fund, and of creating a temporary high price in the 3 per Cents. until the reduction of the intezest of the 5 per Cent. Stock shall have been ac complished. But it does not necessarily follow that S per Cent. annuitants are ' o become voluntary 4 per Cent. annuitants, merely because Mr. VANSITTART chooses to make a speculation with a loan from the Bank at the public expense in buying 3 per Cents. at £7B. or £BO. Besides, by every £lOOO. 3 per Cents. the Minister buys now, he lessens his power to pay off any portion of the 5 per Cents. either now or at a future period. Notwithstanding the declarations of the Ministers of their determination to preserve faith with the na- tional creditor, their project has given considerable alarm to the holders of the 5 per Cent. Stock, who are principally small annuitants, widows, orphans, and retired tradesmen. To counteract this alarm it m ay only, however, be necessary to state, that unless Ministers do break their faith with them, they cannot reduce the interest either of the Navy Svcs or of any other sr.i.ies of Stock. According-to Acts of Par. liament, under which the Stock has been at different times created, no reduction of its interest can be made but by the consent of the holders of it.— Any plait, therefore, that m*y be reposed for that purpose, must be accompanied by a notification that lush holders as do not choose to accept the terms of fered ilia be paid off at par. Consequently, the only hope die CUANCILLOR of the EXCIIEQURR can have of being able to effect his object, must be founded on his offering such an amount of other Stock, as may be somewhat more than equivalent to the Market value of the 5 per Cents. It will be for the holders of Stock to consider well, whether, for any specious offer of temporary gain, they sacrifice a permanent advan- 1 tage; since nothing can be more evident, than that if even half of the holders of the 155 millions of the 5 per Cents. declare, that they will only accept their principal in money; it will L• utterly impossible for the Finance Minister to make the payment of so so enormous a sum, and consequently his object, in that case, must be defeated. Let then the holders of the S per Cents. take this as an unerring criterion of the terms which the Mi nister may now, or at any future time, offer to them —that no terms can be worth their acceptance which are not accompanied with the option of taking sterling money ; and that taking that will be better than any transfer into other Stock. If however they accede to any compromise in exchange for their pre sent annuities, it will be themselves, and not the Mi nista, who have reduced the interest of the 5 per Cents. The plan of the Ministers, by reducing the interest on the Stock, is to obtain the 1 million deficient, by taking off Is. per bushel of the tax on Malt ; if, how ever, the Fundholders are firm, the Ministers will have to resort to another expedient, and may, per haps, however reluctantly, be at last compelled to reduce the expenditure to that amount. This forenoon we received a Spanish Mail, bringing Madrid Papers to the Bth instant. The following are extracts : MADRID, FEBRUARY 7. BITTING OF THE CORTES, FEBRUARY 6. In this Sitting the Law for repressing the abuses of the Liberty of the Press was passed : it consists of the five following Articles : 0 1. Those writinp are declared subversive in which the sacred and intiolabk person of the King is insulted, or which contain maxims or doctrines which suppose hint liable to respondbillty." A long debate arose on this Article, which some Members thought was not expressed in terms suffi ciently precise, and left the Judges at liberty to decide arbitrarily, and to punish even a single word which they might suppose insulting to the King. M. ROMIRO ALPUZNIT spoke at great length on the inviolability of the Royal Person, and mentioned many cases in which he thought the notion of the sacredness of the King's character was abused, since it might happen that a King might be possessed of numerous bad qualities, and even be out of his mind and incapable of government, all which it would be right and proper to make known by means of the press. He voted to reject the Article, and be content with what was already fixed by the Constitution. M. CUESTA answered at length. He observed that the situation of the King was very peculiar; that in a Constitutional Government it was necessary to give his person this sacred and inviolable character, that all attacks against him by ascribing to him bad, or immoral qualities, lead to other excesses, as experi ence has proved that as for the cases supposed by Senor R. ♦lpuente, they could not be of any weight, since the King could do nothing without his Minis• ters, who were responsible; and nothing done or cons mended by him, otherwise than by their agency, has any legal force. 44 2. AU those writings are seditious which propagate maxims or doctrines, or relate facts directed to the exciting of rebellion or the disturbance of the public peace, though they should be disguised, and on allegories of imaginary personages or countries, of of times past, or dreams or fictions, or in any similar manner. " 3. Those writings are declared inciting to disobedience in the second degree which invite it by satires or invectives, though the Authority against which they are directed, or the place where that Authority exercises it functions, should be disguised by allusions or allegories, whenever the Jury shall believe in their conscience that a certain person, or persons, are spoken of, or al luded to." Some objections were made to the Article, and, on the motion of M. MARTINEZ de la ROSA, the follow. ing words were added :- 48 As regulated by the four. teen Articles of the Law of October 22, 1820." " 4. These writings are declared defamatory libels which wound the reputation of individuals, though not indicated by their names, but by anagrams, allegories, or in any other nmener the Jury shall believe in their conscience that certain persons are spoken of or alluded to." After the word individuals, M. LASARTO moved to insert, 66 outraging their private conduct," which are used in the Law of the 22d October; which addi tion was approved. & Caricatures are subject to the same rules, classifications and penalties, as are matted by the Law of th e 22 d October,. 1820, and by the present Law." General Campo Verde entered Seville on the sth, accompanied by the new Political Chief; Don Joaquim Albita, amidst the acclamations of all the well-dis posed citizens, who were rejoiced to see an en d t o the system established by the anarchists. On the 1 27th, there were disorderly scenes at Zamora, in which a great number of women took an active part Order was net restored till the 80th. Lisbon Papers to the 12th inst. reached us this forenoon. The following are extracts: LISBON, FEBRUARY S. • The Cortes having resolved that the 6th of Fe bruary, as the anniversary of his Majesty's Corona tion, shall be observed as a national festival, orders have been accordingly issued to that effect. Fri. 10.—The Cortes continue to discuss the Arti cies of the Constitution. The law: respecting the Wine Company of the Alto Douro has' sat been 1 1 1 1 gone through. Several of the Articles proposed have been rejected, and others demanded, or sent beck to the Committee to be revised. • Various dispatches have been received from the Brazilian Provinces, announcing the election of De puties, and ckchiring their adherence to the Con stitution. The brig Maria Primuera, in 75 days from ßio Janeiro, brings news that all was tranquil in that city. She brings five Deputies to the Cortes, from the province of St. Paulo. A Decree has been published, relative to the sale of wine of the Alto Douro, which states, that the whole quantity of wine of the first quality is 54 569 pipes ; of the second quality, 11,214 ; and, adding those in the magazines of Douto. and Porto, the whole is 157,112 i pipes.—lt is allowed to export to England 25,000 pipes to be selected from those of the first quality, at the price 0f15,000 rees per pipe. The Paris Papers of Monday have been received ; the following are the only articles of importance they contain : VIENNA, FEBRUARY 7. The courier so anxiously expected from St. Pe tersburgh, has not yet arrived. but an English courier has brought dispatches, containing, it is said, the copy of a Note Which the Marquis of Londonderry has caused the British Ambassador to present at the Court of St. Petersburgh, in the name of his Britannic Majesty, and the object of which is to maintain peace between Russia and the Porte. It is added, however, that England declares its in tention of observing the strictest neutrality in case of a rupture, reserving to itself power to send reinforce ments of troops to Corfu, and a more numerous squadron to the Mediterranean. Persons who have the means of knowing the opinions of our Cabinet, assert that there is not the least probability of war. hob, DISTURBANCES IN IRELAND. The Whiteboys are still active in the South. On Monday night, the 11th instant, they searched Mount Tenchard House, the seat of S. E. Rice, Esq. the father of Mr. Spring Rice, M.P. for Limerick. The arms had been previously removed. They asked for some water to drink ; the servant offered them beer, but they said that 4 , they were bound to drink nothing but water."—lt is said that the Whitebeys drill every night, between Loughill and Ballyhahill. Monday se'nnight, a number of the peasantry went to the demesne of Lord Courtney's agent, where se veral ploughs were at work, and ordered the plough men to desist, who obeyed this command. On Thurs day night the Whiteboys a second time visited Water Castle, and entirely demolished the house. A part of the 42d Regiment on Tuesday se'nnight scoured t he country for several miles, round the ruins of the Rev. Mr. Geraghty's house, and succeeded in apprehending five men, in whose custody was found part of that Gentleman's property. They were com mitted to the County Jail. The Limerick Chronide of Saturday states, that a Gentleman, who was robbed a few days ago of fire arms, sent to a friend, on Friday, several valuable arti cles for safety, accompanied with the following note: The Whiteboys having the country to themselves, and plenty of arms, no doubt will commence to plunder us all. 'llrz plan now is to commit all their depredations by day, as they seem to have little fear of the military, and certainly none of the Yeomanry.' An armed party entered the house of a tenant to the Lord Chief Baron, near Abbeyfeale ; the family r escaped through a back window, but the ruffians de stroyed the furniture, and set fire to the house. SPECIAL COMMISSION.—CORK, FEBRUARY 6. Yesterday evening Baron hi‘CLELLatmentered this city, to open the Specirl Commission. There are on the Calendar, up to this day, .10G persons !—of whom nearly 200 arc charged with ♦Vbiteboyism. During the sitting of the Special Commission in this city an additional guard will be mounted in the vicinity of the Judge's lodgings. kr:Justice Moose will arrive in town to-morrow evening, accompanied by the ATIORNILY- GENERAL. At about half-past eleven o'clock this day, Baron 'AliCt.rxtano proceeded to the County Court, where the Commission was read, and the Grand Jury sworn. The Baron then proceeded to charge the Grand Jery.—The disturbed state of the country was so well known, that it was unnecessary for him to enter into any details in order to picture or describe it ; but, beyond all doubt, there existed in this and the neighbouring counties a conspiracy, the objects of which were so wicked and daring, as only to be exceeded by the atrocious means by which it was sought to be effected. ft commenced by armed bodies traversing the country by day and by night, issuing their laws as they passed, and punishing any violation of them with sanguinary vengeance ; they were guilty of the foul crime of murder, and in the prosecution of their nefarious designs had with every obligation sanctified by the laws of Goo and man. In illustration the Learned Baron stated an instance which had occurred at the late Special Commission for Limerick, where a man came to prosecute some persons who had been con. corned in a daring attack on his house ; when his wife gave evi dence against hint (her husband) and admitted that she bad sworn, if he ever prosecuted those persons she would never cohabit with him. In the same case was seen the Crown prosecutor, at one side of the Court, receiving suggestions from the fattier, in or der to lead to the conviction of those who had plundered and robbed him of his property ; and at the other side, the son of that father directing tat defence of the same persons. But the objects of these miscreants may be traced farther. Not content with aiming at the lives and properties of the peaceful and in dustrious—of net only those who resisted, but those who did not abet them, they aimed at the dissolution of the entire frame of society, until, from the tarots of impending danger, all sunk before this lawless conspiracy. The Learned Baron then pro ceeded to state, that as soon as Government had ascertained that a 'sufficient number of persons were in custody, on charges which were capable of proof, they determined to send slown the Commission. He next proceeded to take a revive of the dif ferent laws which had been enacted to meet the disturbances which had broken out in this country, first in 1776, though those at that period were not so great its extent, or so criminal in their nature as those of the present day. Several persons were then sworn to give evidence before the Grand Jury, and the Court adjourned to the City, where the Commission was opened, and the Baron charged the Grand Jury, in nearly the same words as he addressed the County Grand Jury; after which the Court adjourned till Monday. The Duke of YORK entertained a distinguished party to dinner yesterday, at York House, The Countess of HARM iGTObi had a select party yesterday evening, at her house, in the Stable-yard, St. James's. The Duke of WELLINGTON and suite visited the Adelphi Theatre on Tuesday evening. Yesterday the sale of the QUERN'S furniture com menced at Cambridge-house. A great crowd col lected at an early hour. The auction, which will last for eight days, began by the sale of the lease, which was knocked down for £8,500. SPURTING. INTELLIGRYCE. NRWMAI NO MEETING, FED. to. Newmarket Coursing Meeting was newer nuke nonwnsuslT attended dust open the present eeeed.m. Among the rt t a 47 sporting chareeten present were Leeds Rivers, Maynard. D uo . wick, Jae. Mews. Worthy', Redbeed. &e. 1101111 'llll3 mums. Mr. Drawees bl. b. p. Owen, beat Mr. H. Redhead's br. 4. Tessler. beet Mr. Gent's d. Sampson. Lardßi vers ..bib Lord Denwkles r. d. M Rodney. Worlds: Denn's bl. d. Duke. MAICIIIIII6 _ - r ;: . e Scott ' s l b r. r. thabd. io, 4l. best IA Rivers's bL b. Reda, best Mr; H. Redhead's M. d. York. Id River's M. b. Rider, beet 14 Mayeard's M. b. K e y. Mr. Nortbey's M. b. Netabell.beat IA Mayeares !alb. k. Id Utvers's d. Rupert, beat Mr. Denn's ab. Dinah. Mr. Gent's bi. b. Spitfire, beat Mr. Wilkinson's r. b. cu rt . Id Meseta% w. b. Mop, beat Mr. H. Redhead's bf. d. r a d" Mr. Scott's M. and w. k Ibis, beat Mr. Redhead's br. Linhboy. HUNTING. On Friday last Mr. Hammood's hounds met at Heekb an , Norfolk, from whence they hunted a buck belonging to Dumb, Req. of Wsetbam, and after half an hoses run they took him at Shropbeas; in c menet of which Air. p artr i dge. of Hockham-hall, immediately home, and from his park turned off a fresh buck to indulge the bloods of the Rey with a second gallop. While the accustomed law was given to the stag, Mr. Partridge hospitably negated kis brother spirts. men in the true old English style, which gladdened their hearts, and fitted them for a sturdy burst, in which they were net dis appointed, the dogs pulling bias down, after a chase of one hoer and twenty minutes. THE GREAT MATCH FOR 1000 GUINEAS ASIDE. A 1111111101 •000011% The great Trotting Match between Mr. Fielder's American black horse and Mr. Qyson's bay horse. was decided en Afon day, upon Sunbury Common, over a three-mile piece of mem% starting from the two-mile stone from Staines. and finishing at the live miles. Mr. Dyson gave a stem, carrying 12 stone, and Mr. Fielder 11 stone. The betting was five to two ile a the American at starting, and it was a close race for nearly two miles, when Mr. Dyson's horse took the lead, and the Yankee broke and gallopped ; he was ordered to atop and turn by the umpire, which he would not do, and broke twice after.. ward. Mr. liyson's horse was kept steady and not hurried the last mile, as the thing was decided ; and, about 200 yank from home, he was rode against and made to gallop, when he stopped and turned, at which time the American passed him, and came in first. The ground was done in eight minutes an& 56 seconds--a thing unheard of in the annals of trotting, and exceeds any performance of the phenomena mare foe speed,. Mr. Fielder's party attempted to dispute the thing, but the match money was given up to Mr. Dyson by the stake-bolder, on Tuesday evening, which decides all bets. The American horse was what is termed a plant, and was brought purposely from that country to trot against anything in this country ; but this match has proved (what will always be the ease), that aid England will always maintain its superiority, whenever it it attempted to be disputed by foreigners. OLD BAILEY SESSIONS. Yesterday the business of these Sessions commenced heir.re the LORD MAYOR, Mr. Justice Base, Mr. Justice RLI:A R3ii.R, Mr. lissom Garram, and Mr. Alderman BRIM'S. The Fi loners were placed at the bar, and severally pleaded to the in dictments; and two or three cases were called on, le:t could net be proceeded - with on account of the absence of Cie p7o-t.cut The Court ordered that in no case where the reo.ecntore were not in attendance when the cases were called on should they be allowed their expenses. Willisas Osborne, aged 20, Edwin Cochronc, alias .I,:nies 31. - -views, aged 19, and Jahn Clare, aged 23, were indicted fur bt:r glarionsly breaking and entering the dwelling-house of Maria Kelly, and stealing therefrom a watch, a quantity of plate, and other articles, to the amount of upwards of 2001. W. Duckett, gardener to Mrs. Kelly, deposed that he was in the house, at Harrow-on-the-Hill, on the 16th of January. There were then two female servants in the house with him.— He retired that evening about ten o'clock, having first secured the doors and windows. :I!) ,, tit twelve o'clock he was dit , - turbed by a light passing his charnher door, and be inquired who was there. to which a man's voice replied," What's that to you ?" Witness then rose, and went to them, upon which one of them preseuti..i a pistol at him, and ordered bins to re turn to his bed, with which demand he was obliged, having arms, to comply. He afterwards heard them ransacking his mistress's bed-chamber; is quite sure there were at le.!st three in the house, for one of them remainel in the room with hi n, ,and witness heard the other say, " D—n bins, blow his breins out !" After remaining there same time, some one called cat " Richard," and the man went down stairs. However, :le returned some time afterwards to see if witness remained the::, and finding him, went away, and locked the door after him.— Witness escaped by the window, and alarmed the neighbours. On his return, he found several things lying ab.aut, but the niea Were gone. Elizabeth Bobcn, another servant of Mrs. Kelly, corrohe. rated the evidence of the last witness. Mrs. Kelly, the prosecutriz, deposed that she was in town at the time of the robbery. She received an account of it early the next morning, and immediately returned home; she found her drawers' broken open, and her clothes strewed a b o u t the roots, ; in her bed-room there Is a very strong closet, ti.e door of which has the appearance of leading into another room ; it contained plate; and witness locked it up herself, before leav ing home ; on her return she found It broken open by force, and the plate gone. It consisted of six silver candlesticks, tour dozen silver table-spoons, two dozen silver forks, and a vast va riety of other articles of plate; there was some riband taken away, which witness had in her possession since 1809, she pre served it on account of its being almost the only article that was saved when she had the misfortune to be shipwrecked. The watch and some other articles wltness saw again at Bow-street, and can swear to their being her property. Cochrane had been in her employ for some months, and was discharged on the day of the Coronation. He knew where these articles were kept. W. Scott, a Bow-street Officer, apprehended Cochrane and Osborne, when Osborne endeavoured to throw a watch in the fire, but witness prevented him. On searching him he found a gold repeater and scone other things in his possession., Sayer, another Officer, searched Cochrane. On his person were found two picklock keys. of a peculiar construction. ' Cochrane, in his defence, said, that he saw Osborne pur chase the watch of three men ; the reason why he attempted to escape was, that he owed a person a small debt, and be was fearful of eing detained. Osborne told the same tale, and added, that he received the riband at the same time. _ _ John Clare denied any knowledge whatsoever of the rubbery. Several respectable persons gave Clare and Osborne good characters; when Mr. Justice Herr summed up, and the Jury returned .1 vertlict—thboine and Cochrane Guilty—Clare Nut Guilty. • Inmsr.—An Inquisition was taken yesterday at the rThck Horse, high-street, Poplar, on the bodies of Mrs. Rose Ellison and her son Thomas a fine boy six years old. The deceased was wife to the mate of the Lord Melville, now lying at Graves end, having lately returned from India. On Saturday night she, accompanied by her son (deceased), her brother-in-law, and the Captain of the afort said ship, set out in a waterman's from Blackwall Stairs to meet the Wellington Gravesend packet boat, by which she meant to go to her husband on bo.:rd the Lord Melville, she not having seen him for some years. The night wu very dark, and on the boat getting down the River, opposite the Gun Tavern, it was overtaken by the Wellington packet, which sudden!): ran It down, and the vraterman and all the passengers were plunged into the River. 'th e y all however escaped by clinging to the dead eyes of the rig g ing of the packe, with the exception of the two deceased, who, after suruggling for some minutes, sunk to rise no more. They were dragged next day (Sunday) and both pulled up together, the hiy en twined in his mother's arms. Verdict—Accidental Death, with a deodand of £5. on the Wellington packet. DIED. At Newland, In the county of Gloucester, on Monday, thc 11Nth Instant, Elisabeth, the widow of G. G. lhicarel, Es 1. . lac of &mouth, in the county of Dew" aged is. LONDON: Printed and published by Lerns. lima-, Teutple-Bar.