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r: . , • PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS. HOUSE OF LORDS, MARCH so. Their Lordships met at fifteen minutes before four o'clock. Mr. Beam= and other Memben of the House of Commons brougitt up the Irish The per Cent. Annuities Reduction BM, Go Dublin Fever Hospital BM, and the Receivers of Stolen Goods Amendment 13111. They sled homy* or the Admiralty Quorum HO, with a musings that the ROW of Commons had agreed to it without any qtr — Adjourned to Monday. MONUMENT TO HIS LATE MAJESTY. At throb o'clok on Saturday last a Meeting of the Subscribers to Mr.Witarr's Design for a Monument to commemorate the virtues of his late Majesty, King GEORGE the THIRD, was held at the Thatched House Tavern, St. James's-street ; the Earl of HAII RINGTON in the Chair, supported by the Marquis of LOTHIAN, the Earl of BLESINTON Lord KENYON, the Lord Bishop of SALISBURY, a nd several other Personages of rank. The object of the Meeting was to consider the question of throwing open the Monumental Design for general competition, instead of letting the work rest altogether with Mr. WYATT, who was the ori ginator of it. A letter was addressed to the Chairman of the Spe cial Committee from the Earl of LIVERPOOL, regret ing that any particular public business prevented his Lordship attending. The Earl of BLESINTON then opened the business •cf the Meeting, by reading the following document, explanatory of the proceedings of the Committee t • REPORT. " The Special Committee (nominated by the F..atl of Liverpool) for the purpose of pointing out the best course to be adopted in order to carry into effect the wishes of the Subscribers to the National Monument) assembled on Saturday, March 16, and proceeded to examine the documents, resolutions, &c. contained in the books of the Secretary. " It appears that Mr. M. Wyatt, on the 3d of June, 1820, sub mitted a specific plan to his Royal highness the Duke of York, which, on the 21st of June, 1820, his Royal Highness consented to patronize. Mrs Wyatt then applied to the other branches of the Royal Family, to many Noblemen and Gentlemen, who con sented to be mentbers of the General Committee. Previously to submitting the plan to the Public, Mr. Wyatt, on the 7th uf Oc tober, obtained, through the friendly assistance of a warm sup porter of it, the sanction of his Majesty. " It appears that the sketch designed by Mr. Wyatt was ap proved at a Meeting of the Committee, on January 27, the Mar quis of Donegal in the Chair. " The Sub-Committee, consisting of persons conversant in various branches of art, was instructed to facilitate the execution of the plan, and at the same time protect the interest of the sub scribers. It has been very erroneously supposed that the Sub-Com mince was formed of personal friends of Mr. Wyatt, for the sole purpose of advancing the interests of their friend. The Members of that Committee were induced to act from various motives ; but, generally speaking, the great inducement was an affectionate recollection of the private virtues of King keorge the 'third, and a just appreciation of the zeal and intrepidity of Mr. Wyatt, which were sufficient to inspire him with hopes of patronage. and confidence of success. "''he first Resolution published in the different Newspapers, established a subscription for the plan, which, on the 13th of February, was publicly announced u designed and to be exe cuted by Mr. Wyatt. " The first document that appears on the books as an impedi ment is a letter from his Royal Highness the Patron, stating, that a strong opposition had been created, and that he consi dered it advisable to make new arrangements.' To this letter the Sub-Committee respectfully replied, arguing, that the plan was Mr. M. Wyatt's; that he had long laboured and arduously exerted himself to further its sneers+ ; that be had devntesl much time and incurred much expense, and that his reputation was now intimately connected with it.' " The Special Committee took these circumstances into con sideration, and it was argued on the one side, that the Members of the Committee were pledged to Mr. M. Wyatt and his plan; n.r the other side it was contended, that the Subscribers were n hound to adopt the plan, nor compelled to confine the Na. ti a! ‘lonument to any particular Artist. The result of the de• base was, • That a Deputation was directed to wait on the Illus. trious Patron, to ascertain his oi.inion whether Mr. M. Wyatt was or nut to be the artist employed?' By the report of that mission, his Royal Ilightizsio sentiments appeared to continue fa vourable to competition, though not unfavourable to Mr. Wyatt or his plan. It may not be considered improper to mention the Cenotaph to the memory of her Royal Highness the Princess Chatliate. One of the objections to Mr. M. Wyatt was, that the Cenotaph was not finislmd ; but that objection must now cease, as the nine figures are casmpleted. For this work there was no competition. " 'rite figure to be erected in honour of the Duke of Welling ton is not the fruit of competition ; and here it may be observed, in opposition to one of the objections to the National Monument (viz. that it is an inappropriate record of the private virtues of his Majesty George II I.) that Mr. M. Wyatt wished to include the glories of the Regency in the monumental record of the reign of King George 111. What allusion more appropriate than on the design of Mr. M. Wyatt does there appear in a bronze figure of a Castor, a Pollux, or an Alexander, brought from .Monte Cavallo, without his horse, to stand in naked and classic beauty, as an emblem of the valour, the wisdom, and the perat verance of a Wellington ? The statue to the memory of President West is the proposi:ion of an individual. The monument to Lord Nelson, at Liverpool, was competed for, and the prize gained by Mr. M. Wyatt ; but in this case the money was raised, and the plan advertised for. In tkepreaent case the plait was proposed by an individual, and approved of by a Committee, which Com mittee advertised for subscriptions to carry it into execution.— Th. se observations hive been made in order to give the sub scribers an accurate view of the situation in which they are placed, not with the intent of giving any unfair bias to their de cision. The Special Committee is anxious to appeal to the sub scribers, trusting that the great object in view, viz. a splendid monumental record of the reign of King George 111. will, by their decision, be effectually attained. (Signed) " B LES INTO N, " March 50, lin. Chairmen of the Special Committee." Mr. Kenn, M.P. considered that nothing could be more unjust to Mr. Wyatt, than to throw open the work which had cost him such labour to general com petition. Mr. Wyatt wan the person from whom the design originated ; and had it not been for his indefa tigAble exertions, probably the erection of a monument would not have been undertaken at all. The model was now completed, and he trusted the Committee ould continue their support to an artist in every way so entitled t 3 their confidence. The Rev. Mr. CROLY addressed the Meeting at considerable length in support of Mr. Wyatt's plan. Nothing could be more absurd or malicious than an assertion which had been so sedulously, and, no doubt, injuriously circulated, that the erection of a tnonu ment to the memory of our lamented Monarch, had been converted into a " job" by the subscribers, for the benefit of Mr. Wyatt. He had no doubt what ever, that the impediments thrown in the way of the subscriptions were occasioned by the attempt to de prive Mr. Wyatt of the rewards of his labour, and to throw open to competition . a woi k which might be al , considered complete. If competition were in tended, it should have originated before Mr. Wyatt had ' , xished his truly elegant and classic design, which had 'ins so much time and money to execute. Let no suppose that the subscriptions had languished any want of public confidepce in the talents ofthe The fact was quite the reverse, and these very ,ns who were most anxious for competition could withhold their admiration of his transcendent ' ,, Q7.77777 0 T1R 7 1 ,1‘f!" 1 " 5 `F merit. But the l =atere of the undertaking ac counted fbr the increase of subscriptions. It could mot be supposed 'there wasuay want of ardour or attachment to the memory of our late Sovereign. But the circumstances of the times had materially obstructed the channel of benevolence. This was not a fund for the relief of actual misery pining in dis tress ; it was not a fund for the compensation of the widows and orphans of those braie heroes who had so nobly shed their blood in fighting the battles of their country. No, it was the silent ttibute of the good and loyal, paid into the unrefunding treasury of the grave, to commemorate the virtues of one of the best of Kings—(Hear, heir).—But still it must be remembered, that however worthy the object, it was that kind of moral excitement, whose importance and value was recommended to the mind by slow degrees, and was not elicited bythe enthusiasm of the moment. Had it not been for the unfortunate doubt which existed as to Mr. Wyatt's right to be the artist, a very large sum of money would have been collected last June, at the dinner given at the Freemasons Tavern. He the more lamented that any obstruction should arise in the undertaking from a desire of competition, because he knew if it were thrown open to-morrow, no respectable artist would offer himself a candidate; for artists of eminence were afraid of competition, 'not on account of the wisdom, but ignorance of their judges; and he could not bring his mind to believe that any man of real genius would come forward in so iniquitous a transaction, and endeavour to raise his own fame upon the ruins of another. You might, indeed, get the striplings and apprentices of the'school, who would bring forward their crude conceptions from their copy-books; but depend upon it, no man of eminence would venture to subject himself to the universal indignation with which he would be justly overwhelmed. He therefore called upon all those present to persevere in their exertions to have the monument completed. The subscriptions had been given for the specific work of a specific artist, and they could not now throw the door open to cotnpeti tion without dishonour to the members, and ruin to the fame and fortune of that unrivalled artist. Mr. Lowniss said, that on general principles, he was an advocate for competition, but it would not be common justice to Mr. Wyatt, after all his labour and complete success, to allow competition. The Marquis of LOTHIAN admired as much as any man the talents of Mr. Wyatt, but he was always a friend to competition, and would remain so. Colonel TRENCH, M.P. strongly deprecated the in justice of admitting others to a competition with Mr. Wyatt, after he had completed hisdesign,which gave universal satisfaction. Lord Krayost was deeply impressed with a sense of Mr. Wyatt's merit, but he thought his friends acted injudiciously in opposing a competition. For he thought if a Committee of taste were appointed, and. the designs of various artists were submitted to their inspection, it would be ten times more creditable to Mr. Wyatt if his model were approved by them, which he thought extremely probable. For his part he was a decided friend to competition, and should therefore propose that a Committee be appointed to inspect whatever models should be submitted to them for a Monument to the Memory of George 111. Dr. BUTLER was of opinion that the present plan had been already tried and had failed, and if the doors were thrown open to competition, he had no doubt a flood of sold would pour in. Lord KENVON's Resolution was then put and ne gatived by a large majority. hr. Jan: A ai.i N.ible Lord and the Gentle man who seconded his resolution, had spoken of the subscription as if it wa. extinct ; but it was still alive, and was only kept in its present languid condition by the fears and indecision of those who had it in their power, by adopting a plan for the Nlonun.ent, to give the public some assurance that one would be erected. Various Resolutions, declaring that Mr. Wyarr should have the undivided support of the subscribers, were then proposed and carried by acclamation. Thanks were then proposed to the Noble Chair man, who expressed hi; hearty concurrence in the course which had been ultimately adopted. The Meeting then separated evidently well pleased with the result, which must be extremely gratifying to the feelings of Mr. WIiATT, on account of the high eulogiums pronounced upon his private and profes sional character, by individuals whose opinions must always carry such weight and influence. most c tended finite cost In mans * from a artist. person aut W ALI PACHA. The following particulars respecting the death of this daring Chieftain have more the air of probabi lity than any account that has previously reached us. In consequence of repeated offers made to him by CHOURSCHID PACHA, of the SULTAN'S pardon, on condition of his surrender, ALL was at length in• duced to negociate. The result of the negotiation was, that an instrument was drawn up and signed by himself, and all the seven Pachas opposed to him, by which he engaged to surrender himself, his for tress, and treasures, on the condition of his receiving the SULTAN'S pardon. During the interval, while measures were understood to be in progress for ob taining the promised pardon, both parties remained inactive. At length the arrival of his pardon was an nounced to Au, but he received notice at the same time, that it was necessary for him to give up his for tress, &c. before the pardon could be delivered to him. Au saw now that he was lost, but he had already gone too far to allow of his receding. Arrangements were made for giving up the fortress: when posses sion had been taken, one of the Pachas, with other Officers, went to read to ALL the supposed pardon. Having entered his chamber, they found him sur rounded by a few faithful followers, and they an nounced to him that the Firman of the SULTAN con tained his death warrant, and recommended to him, as his fate was inevitable, to make no resistance. ALL on this drew his pistol, and declaring that he would not allow himself to be taken alive, fired at and wounded the Pacha. A bloody scuffle now ensued between Arc's followers and the Turks, in which ALL received a wound in his breast and fell. His followers, who amounted in number to about 150; were at length ov i zz e o r svered, and most of them shared his fate. His t was secured in the place where he himself had deposited it, to wait the pleasure of the SULTAY respecting it. The news of this event had scarcely been made known, when most of the Turkish troops dispersed, and proceeded immediately to their homes. - 'yi 4'~^t'.`•~ „ % . *'HE EVENING STAR. I.ONOON. MONDAY; APRIL 1. 1822. • STOCK EXCHANGE, TWELVE CfCLOCK. Up to this hour there is but little business doing, and the Mar,. het appears rather Sat. We do not hear as yet any reports es 'Change. Gawk for the Account, 791 to ; for Money, 7911. Five per Cents. 104. FORM N STOCK& • There is but little doing in the above Stocks as yet ; but we understand the French Funds have come rather higher. The prices as Ibliow :—Spanish, SIM 4 Prussian, ea dividend— the dividends are paying today; Danish, ; Neapolitan, 71; French, 89f. 40c. STOCK EXCHANGE—ONE O'CLOCK. There has been little business done within the last hour, and Consols continue at the same prices. Current prices 3 per Cent. Consols 79% % % % 5 per Cent. Navy Anus. 103'4 % % Exchequer Bills of £l,OOO, 2s. ss. pie.. Ditto Small, Ss. 7s. pre. India Bonds, 535. 635. 61s. pre. Consols for Acct. 80 79% 80. New York - Papers arrived this morning to the 11th March, from which the following are extracts: PROM PANAMA. By the schooner Sabina we have received a file of Papers from Porto Bello of the 6th January, which contain the following Commercial Regnlations for the Isthmus, including a Tariff of Duties on Imports and Exports: COMMERCIAL REGULATIM/S FOR THE ISTHMUS OF PANAMA. Artless I. The Ports of Panama, Charges, and Porto Bello remain free. Friendly and neutral vessels, with every kind of merchandise, produce, and liquors, are permitted a free entry S. Masters and Supercargoes shall, on arrival, deliver an exact account of the number of packages on board. with their marks and numters, whether their own or belonging to passengers. I. These accounts shall be delivered to the Governor of the place. 4. Every Master or Supercargo, arriving at the Port of Pa nun% shalt within six days, etcher discharge or quit the Pert. Those arriving qt Porto Hello and Charges are allowed 15 days. 5. Strangers will not be permitted to transact their own bad. ness, but must, on determining to sell their cargoes, name a Consignee, who is a citizen of Colombia, and has a commercial establishment in one of the cities of the Isthmus, who shall be responsible to the Custom-house fur the duties. 6. Merchants, Captains, and Supercargoes, either foreigners or belonging to any other State, shall be subject to the different usages which the laws of the country provide. 7. The manifests of cargoes must express whether they are intended for home consumption or exportation. 8. Duties are not required in advance, nor are securities cn exportation demanded. 9. All former dutia, except such as are hereinafter established, are abolished. 10. AU the Custom-house and Municipal duties, as applied to their several objects, still exist. Brandy and wine imported from the North and South, either foreign or domestic, shall pay two dollars per barrel. 11. The existing Tariff is adopted for the present, until Go vernment can nuke a more suitable reform. 12. The duties now paid un produce of free countries of the Pacific, still remain in full force and rigour. IMPORTATIONS FOR EXPORT OUT OF THE PROVINCE ARTICLE 1. There shall be public stores in the ports of Panama, Porto Bello, and Charges, in which all articles entered for ex portation shall be deposited. 0. AU goods put into these stores for the purpose mentioned in the preceding Article, shall pay according to the valuation in the 10th Article, 6 per cent. duty if imported ►y Citizens of Co lombia ; if imported by citizens of Peru, Chili, Buenos Ayres* and Mexico, per cent. and 10 per cent. if by foreigners. 3. Brandy, wine, and liquors, and foreign dour which is not imported from the South or Mexico, shall be subject to the Im port Duties. 4. Tobacco can be warehoused for exportation, but not for sale in the province ; and shall pay a duty of six dollars and two reels per quintal, if imported by citizens of Colombia; eight dol. tan and two reals, if by citizens of Buenos Ayres, Chili, Peru, and Mexico; and twelve dollars and four reels if imported by foreigners. S. No person can remove anything from the public stores with out paying the whole of the duties. 6. If any part, or the whole, of these goods be exported, they shall be entitled to a debenture for so much as they have paid over. ON EXPORTS. IP ARTICLE I.—Gold and coined silver, gold dust. bullion, silver in ban, and platina, are permitted to be exported. 2. Silver, on exportation, shall pay 4 per cent. gold 2 per cent. and platina four reals per pound. 3. All the productions of the country may be exported-free of duty, cxcept gold, which is regulated in the preceding article. 4. AU merchandise which has paid import duties is permitted a free export. IL The export duties must be paid as soon as permission . is granted. NEW YORK, MARCH 9. ' We learn by Captain Folger, of the brig Abeona, arrived yesterday afternoon from Curacoi, that, on the 11th ult. there were one brig and three schooners, Spanish armed vessels, enticing off the harbour. Two days previous a Patriot privateer schooner entered a small harbour, fifteen miles to windward of Curacoa, and cut out two Spanish schooners, both of which had a quantity of specie on board. A Spanish man of war was sent in pursuit, but did not overtake her. Ma. PI xicsim.The death of this Gentleman( which we announced on Saturday) has produced a great sensation in the United States. Both Houses of Con.l gress, and the Judges and Members of the Bar of the Supreme Court, attended his funeral. It was Noted in Congress that the Members of both Houses, in respect fer his memory, should wear mourning for a month. The citizens of Baltimore have also ex pressed thetr intention to put on mourning for the same period. The French rapers of Thursday have been re- --- ceired. In the Chamber of D:puties on the preeelfirt clay, a Preget de Loi was intro-lined, by which it w s proposed to permit investments in the Five per Cent s . of as small a sum as ten francs. The minima, at preient is fifty francs. The articles of the Bud still continued to form the subject of discussion, and gave rise to the usual bursts of intemperance between the opposing parties. General GIRARD took occasion, in the course of his speech, to eulogize the military administration of Marshal Sr. Cva, and to reproach the Ministers with the practical abandonment of the 'law for recalling the veterans of the Imperial Army to activity, under the form of an army of reserve. It is stated, on the authority of the Nantes 'aurae!, that twenty-five Officers of different ranks have been arrested at. Rochelle, in consequence of the informa. don given•by some of their associates in the plot. No further circumstances have yet transpired to deter. mine its extent or its precise objects The only foreign intelligence in these Papers is contained in a paragraph in the Drapedu Maw, 'which says—" The news from Spain is more satisfactory than w•e had expected. The quarrels between the different regiments of the garrison are at an end.— The superiority and good spirit of the ltoyal Guard have overawed the soldiers of the r:giment of Fr:. dinand VII. and about 1,500 Natu,aal Guards in fected with the literal contagion .1 great number of faithful Spaniards repair every day to Aranguez to give proofs of their devotion to the King." French Funds,Wednesday, Five per Cents, 9)11 31c. Private letters from Paris of Thursday evening state that the French Funds had declined to 88f. 85c. being a fall of full 1 per cent. This is ascribed to large sales made ou English account, and to rumours of approaching hostilities between Russia and Tut key; but the first cause is inadequate, and the last has been so often repeated as to have wholly lost its effect.— We understand the real or the principal cause to be the receipt of some unpleasant intelligence front Brest, relative to the temper of the military in that place, who were said to be in a state of insubordination.— What added very much to the impression this news made at Paris, was the entire uncettaiuty as to the actual extent of the danger. Nothing was known but that the gates of Blest were closed by order, and that no individuals were suffered to enter or to go out.— With so imperfect a degree of information, it would be idle to speculate on what may bathe actual grounds for the alarm. A Spanish 'Mail, bringing Madrid Papers to the 18th instant, has been received ; but their contents were anticipated in the STAR of Tuesday last. This forenoon we received three Hamburgh Mails, bringing Papers to the 23J instant. The following are extracts: STOCKHOLM, MARCH 12. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince went yes terday to Upsal, where he will probably make some stay. He will there personally ermine into the affair which the Chamber has laid to the charge of the University respecting the deficit, on account of which the property of the Inspector of the Treasury is sequestrated. A question has likewise been raised, whether the academical jurisdiction shall be retained or abolished. Some persons think, that if the latter is not done, the Government will, however, modify it in such a manner as to promote the course of public administration, and the execution of the laws. His Majesty has ordered that the Convoy depart ment shall be supplied, from the archives of the king dom, with copies of all the treaties and negotiations with the Barbary States, that it may be able on a',l occasions to apply those treaties as circumstances at,d the obligations entered into may demand. According to our laws, every judicial proceeding is the property of the Public (i.e. has a right to pub licity), unless it is contrary to decorum, or relates to notices of private conduct in the Church book, or contains blasphemous expressions respecting GOD, or insults to the Magistracy, or anything indecorous, offensive, or dishonourable respecting persons" whom the law- uit properly concerns." According to the verbal tenour of this passage, -parties have been con demned for printing their trial ; but one has now ap pealed against such a decision, affirming that thee is evidently a typographical error in the law, and that it ought to be " whom the law-suit does not properly concern." The Emperor of Morocco has written a letter to our Consul, M. Graberg, which has not appeared in print, and which contains personal, offensive, and very rude expressions. ALTONA, MARCH 40. One of our Greenland whale ships which was obliged to come back on account of its having re ceived some damage, has had the good fortune to save, in the North Sea, a ship bound from Hull to London, consisting of eleven sailors and five passen gers, among whom were some women : they were taken from the wreck and brought safe to this town, They saw the wreck go to the bottom au hour after they left it. BERLIN, MARCH 19. The amber fishery on the coast, especially near Rugenwalde, has been uncLtamonly productive, on account of the great storms. A piece of amber, weighing 12 ounces, was lately found. HAMBUROH. MARCH 20. The Swedish Consul at Riga bas acquainted the Board of Trade at Stockholm, that a purchase of 20,000 ship pounds (a ship pound being S4O lbs.) of th ei SI th al be wi ski