Star. — London, England, 1821-02-28 00:00:00

T - - cfo.47o3tirf govern . Mem de4yed.givins apyas. i l v tbe,beard.both parties; .• A,RING said, this was a Most important • tO trade. Nene would deny that . the West a lfs peak COmpany had done essential service to ...i n bat as the time was come for considering the made by them, and allowed to be made by , Th iesperinsent, that consideraiion ought now to isto. There was one singular circumstance' ••;;Waag hit company ; by their Charter, they were • :. . ots paated to divide more than ten per cent, the ' of which was, that when their profits ez • • sum, then they should lower their charges da :.raidic. They had not done this. They had jowl, divided more than ten per cent. but the * :Oh I f their profits had made a fund of above half OW. ia vaaisoeset now, he believed they would not s ae io divide that sum, and what they would do shit, be was at aloss to imagine. g r .C. LONG faidthe Docks had, in his opinion, figrat aresed their purpose. Formerly private pro. ▪ w as greatly plundered, which was now pro frTa;g irith,•the utmost vigilance in the dock ware moo; besides, they. must not lose sight of the in siguaame which might accrue to the Revenue by ✓eh ousing. ro o t a few words from Alderman HEYGATZ, the /olio WObrought up and read. s t .MARRYATT then moved, that the Petition i b la ktie on the table; and in doing so, he admitted drat O' r eMe property should always be protected in the a 6ation made in public works of this Lind. ji r ,CiORDON had heat d that £500,000 had been I Aged by the West India Dock Company to Govern oat for its support. Mr. ROBINSON had never heard of that offer ; K J be believed the Public need not be anxious about e at t am, as he understood it had been " put into Chancery!'—(Laughter.) • Kr. GORDON wished to know whether the West bdia Dock Company did not intend to lower their op of charges, when it was known that they had noo,ox in.hand? Mr. ROBINSON considered that they had a right a bound such rates as they were authorized by MORVING held that they were entitled to the oi of the £500,000 which was said to be in their Ws: in fact, estimates for improvements were now Wye them, which would nearly annihilate the whole ars: Abundant explanations could be given to all ons Made to the West India Dock Company. ',Petition ordered to lie on the table and be printed. MISCELLANEOUS. Ik. HUMP. wished to know whether the Government in- Sod is equalise the Duties on Irish and &otch Linens? Ur. ROBINSON said the Acts would not expire till 1822, hi k was impossible to say what would be done. IsrMA BER LY said, he should, early next month, call the Men= of the House to this question. . 14. HUMS moved for a Return of the total Expense M ond by Great Britain for Demerara, Berbke Ceylon, - the asekiss, the Cope of Good Hope, &c.—As alsO, Return of limiss• MI and half-pay in the Army. lit Report of the Con Averages was brought up; the Reso- Via was agreed to, and a Bill ordered to be brought in pursu e., the Resolution. 9 as Teemds• foe Felonies Bill went through a Commit to bereported to4norrow.--Adjourne4. THE EVENING STAR. LONDON. ar.:: ' TOMORROW!!! THREE PRIZES OF TWENTY.' ONITHODSAND FOUNDS, CONSOLS am, MONEY, "ROST BR DRAWN, AND PERHAPS THREE MORE 4n,000, MAY ALSO BE DRAWN. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1821. STOCK EXCHANGE, ONE O'CLOCK. This is Settling Day at the Stock Exchange, and notwithstanding the great difference in price during this Account,• no defaulter of consequence has been declared up to the present time. Consols for this Account have been done at 69% and 73%, a nuc leation of four per cent. This morning Consols for money have been done at 73 1 / 4 % % 8 , and for the Steil Atcount at 73% % Even bets have been made that Consols will be done at 76 before.oext Settling Day.—The current prices at this hour are Desk Stock i26%-3 per Ct. Reduced 73% 7/8 !'~'.. Per CL Qoi 1.5 S ti 72 %a—? per Cent.ll3l/4 ♦ per Cent. 91% 92 9134 iper Ct. Navy 106% % 1 4—Long Anns. 19 1 / 4 IMP. S per Ct. 72 5 4—Ifidia Bonds 425. 435. pr. Exchequer - Bills Ss. 6.. 3s. pr.—Omaiuni 6W I pie. side of ,the House to keep up the notion that the scheme had not failed, but was still - proseOtihk with every-hope of success! gr. DAVIES GILIgRT, who, is one bf the Royal Commissioners for investigating this subject, said, he had reason to believe that the Bank were still employed upon the achievement of . , the measure in question; but he, at the same time,' candidly confessed, that he had had no communica tion with the Bank for the last three weeks. Mr. CALCWT asserted that " unless there had been a revival of the plan since yesterday, it had dis appointed the Bank, for yesterday U had entirely failed." To this explifit statement no contradiction was offered. If the Bank Directors have really abandoned the idea of any invention for the prevention of forgeries, in utter despair, they should openly confess it. For a long time past there has been a most indecent trifling with public humanity. Although the Bank Directors, embarrassed by particular connections, and misled possibly by studiously inculcated' misconcep- dons, may not be able to discover a modeof rendering the forgery of Bank Notes sufficiently i mpracticable ; it is probAblt, nay we may safely say it is quite certain, that were the Legislature to take the matter into its own hands, the science of the country would, under its liberal auspices and straight forward direction, speedily vindicate itself from the reproach under which it at present lies—the reproach of not being able to produce a note beyond the power of any engraver's boy to imitate! The obligation is im perative on Parliament, either to check the still enormously increasing crime of forgery, by ren dering its commission as difficult a thing as art can make it; or, at all events, to correct the horrible anomaly of shedding blood for an offence tiii9CCOM panied by violence, and into which, in most cases, a famished wretch is tempted, not merely ST the secrecy, but by the unexampled facility of its commission. A discussion of some length subsequently took place on a Petition introduced by Mr. MARRYAT, from the Merchants, Ship-Owners, &c. of the Port of London, against renewing the Charter of the West Indic Dock Company. The Petition, which was signed by 6000 persons, complained of the heavy dues imiiosed by the Company ; it was supported by Mr. BARING, who said, that though the Company had confined their dividends, as restricted by their Charter, to ten per cent. yet they had accumulAteJ a fund of five hundred thousand pounds. Mr. GORDON had heard, that this £500,000 had been offered to Government, for the renewal of the Charter; but Mr. ROBINSON, the President of the Board of Trade, said, he knew nothing of any such offer; and in reply to an ob servation, that the Petitioners could obtain no pro mise from Government that they would not renew , the Charter, the Hon. Gentleman observed, that it had two years still to run, and as the Company had not yet applied for its renewal, Government delayed giving any assurance till they had heard both sides. The Petition was ultimately ordered to be laid on the table, and to be printed. The Catholic Question is to be brought before the House of Commons to-night by Mr. PLUNKETT, and, as may well be supposed, great interest is very generally felt with respect to the result. The cir cumstances under which it is now agitated are con sidered, by the friends of Catholic Emancipation, to be peculiarly favourable to its success. It comes before a new Parliament, who have not, as yet, corn -mined themselves in any-shape on the subject ; it has the open support of some of the most efficient Mem bers of his MaJaarv's Administration ; and, should it ever reach the length of being submitted to the Royal pleasure, will have the advantage of coming under the consideration of a Sovereign whose opi nions are not, as his father's were, avowedly and invariably hostile to it ; but supposed, on the con trary, to be open to whatever the sense of Parliament shall declare to be just and right. We subjoin, for-the information of our Readers, a statement of the former divisions on this subject : In 1813 the Bill for Catholic Emancipation was lost, after several divisions in its favour, by the celebrated opposition of Mr. Aaarriv, thi Speaker. A motion having been ca ried that Gentleman, that Catholics should not be allowed to sit in either House of Parliament, tlf a majority of 251 to 247, Mr. Pomo/tar declared the Bill with this clause to be nugatory, and gave it up. In 1916 Lord Cavrclazatin supported the Bill brought in for the relief of the Catholics ; Mr. Peat., the Secretary for Ireland, opposed it; and the question was negatived in the House of Commons by 179 to 141: in the Lords by only 73 to 69. Mr. GRATTAN'S motion the ensuing year, in the House of Com mons, was negatived by a majority of 44; and that of Lord DONOCOHItOII, in the Upper House, by 149 to 90. ' On the 3d of May, 1819, the motion for a Committee was ne gatived in the Commons by a majority of two; the numbers being 943 to 241. In the. Lords, the numbers were 147 to 106. From this abstract of the several divisions,. it ap pears that the fairest prospect of succeeding with the Bill was in the year 1813, when, in fact, Petitions were most numerous against it. The Paris Papers of Sunday arrived this forenoon, ' An erroneous report bad spread, of an attempt to assassinate the Duke D'Asootaassz. It appears to have had no other origin than in the ravings of a sol dier of the Royal Guard, who must have been either inebriated or mad. He went to the Bois de Boulogne, and brandishing his musket, declared loudly that he waited for the Duke, for the purpose of killing him! This is a new way of taking off Princes; it beats the petard story all to nothing. Accounts from Madrid of the 14th February state that the KING will indisposed. He had been Coasols for Aril 783 % A conversation of some interest took place last night in the House of Commons, on the present state of the Currency. It now appears, that after all the Atomises of the Bank of England, the pretended en couragement held out to ingenious artists, the deli berations of assembled men of science, and the eager ivectations of the humane Public, the hope of at- Timing at some plan which may render the forgery of bank Notes to a sufficient degree impracticable, has, if not entirely, been at least so far abandoned by the limit Directors, that the CHANCELLOR of the Ex areQuza is to submit a proposition to the House, to enable them to issue Cash, in conjunction with their Motes, in May next. The extent of the CHANCELLOR 0 the Excnettusa's intended proposition was not filly explained . But Mr. CALCRAFT stated, that if die. Ministers themselves did not propose such a mea wee, it was intended, on his side of the House, to sing forward a motion to compel the Bank to with jaw all its One and Two Pound Notes from then iktion, in order to check the crime of Forgery, to ilk* by their not having produced any new form eh Note, they confess themselves unable to devise ft check. Although the'proposition which the CHANCELLOR of 1411 &Quitman has in contemplation, has most 'NPR* hs origin in the failure of the scheme with Mitlitbe Bank has been so long occupied, of devis i'l oxide of engraving which might render the ;me Clone and two pound notes as safe as the issue (I glus, something like an effort was made on oue .- ~. - • .and.coafined for several:loMo bis apartments.. it . was . reported that D0ti . 049 .' the gpanibh Ambassa dor at Naples, was to bettsnsferred to the same of at London, and to be• succeeded at Naples by M. Z A RCO del VA LI.R. From Lisbon there Su* accounts in these Papers to the 7th of February. the liigantine Treize de Mai was on the eve of sailing for Rio Janeiro with dis patches for the Kixo, containing an account of all that has been recently transacted in Portugal. The Cortes continue their sittings. They have resolved on the appointment of a Commission of Public Safety, but its functions arc not to extend beyond the police of the kingdom.—French 5 per Cents. Saturday, 851 r. 95c. The intelligence from the scene of the approaching warfare, remains nearly in the same state in which it was left by yesterday ' s accounts. The French Jour nals, received to-day, furnish us with articles from Vienna of the 14th, and Augsburgh of the 19th of February. The Supreme Council of War at Vienna received, on the 13th, the news of the passage of the Po having been effected, between the 4th and 6th of the month, by the advanced guard of the Austrians, and of the whole Army being in full movement to wards Naples. The Army is composed of five' divisions, which are respecctively commanded by Count , WALmonaN, Prince WIED-RUNKEL, Baron STUTTERHEIM, Prince PHILIP de HESSE•HONIROUEO, and Baron LEDEsteft. It is said to be in the, most complete state, and " to be animated with that spirit which has at all times distinguished the Austrian troops." No resistance, it appears, was expected till after they had passed the second frontiers of Naples ; but in this there is every reason to believe they would find themselves mistaken. The Augsburgh article of the 19th Feb. says—" The Neapolitans, on their side, have advanced their forces to their frontiers, and seemed . to wish to be beforehand with the Austrians in occupying Rome. We are even assured that some scouts of their army had been seen on the Roman territory, and that the PKINCS RLGENT had announced, by a Proclamation to the army, the necessity of preparing for war." The Papal Government had, in great haste, put the Castle of St. Angelo in a state of defence, and was avowedly under the greatest apprehensions from the Neapolitans. The King of SWEDEN, in a speech which he has made on opening the Norwegian Diet, praises the mo deration exhibited by•the British Government, in its claims of indemnity for the seizure of British property at Bode. An allusion is made to the restrictions imposed by foreign States on the trade of Norway ; and, according to an article from Stockholm, it was supposed that a negociation would be opened with this country, on the subject of the duties on Norwe gian timber. Demerara Papers, to a late date, have come to hand. They contain the Triennial Report of JAMES ROBERTSON, Esq. Slave Registrar for the United Co lonies of Demerara and Essequibo, made by order of his Excellsncy the Governor. We extract as follows: 3 Inks. I Females. African s. *4 526 14,385 Creoles Ditto of other Colonies 2,005-42,989 I 1,999--33,940 —Total, malts and females, 76,929, which includes the births during the last three years, amounting to 4,817. Since the last Triennial Report (in 1817). there has been an increase of 763 males, and 977 females. The births are reckoned as one to 46. There are now upon the Island twelve slaves, between the ages of 90 and 100, and three between 100 and 110. Monday afternoon the Duke and Duchess of GLOUCESTIM arrived at their house in Park-lane, from Bagshot, for the season. Yesterday morning the Duchess rode out in her carriage, and •isited the Duchess of CLARENCE, where her Royal Highness was met by her Royal Sister, the Princess SOPHIA. Yesterday the Isuke and Duchess of CLARENCE walked in the Park, &c. The Marquis and Marchioness of LANSDOWN gave an elegant entertainment, on Mondaj, to the Duke of DEVONSHIRE, Lord and Lady OSSULSTON, Sir JAMES MACKINTOSH, Bart. Mr. and Mrs. ALEX. BARING, and several other distinguished personages, at Lansdown House, Berkeley.square. Mrs. HoPE's rout last night, in Duchess -street, Cavendish square, was very elegantly attended. The Duke of Noarocx is arrived at his house in St. James's square, from his seat, Fornham, Suffolk. The Dowager Duchess of RUTLAND arrived on Monday at her house in Sackville-street, from a visit to C. W. Fosiorres, F.sq. M.P. and Lady K. FORESTER, at their seat,Welling, Shropshire. Tae Dowager Duchess of RICHMOND arrived on Monday at her house in Waterloo-place, from her son, the Duke of RICH MOND'S seat, Malcolm. Sussex, whom she left, we are glad to state, in a fair way of recovery. The Marchioness of STAFFORD is arrived in town; the Mar quis is expected this day from the Earl of &mazy% seat,Work sop Manor, Notts. The Earl of Mauro:prom has left town for his wag, Raby Castle, Durham. Lord and Lady Gaaxvn.La arrived yesterday at their house in Hamilton-place, from their seat, Dropmore Lodge, Bucks. ' Sir Haw Tawas, Bart. is arrived in town, from Scotland. Arrivals at SheSey's Hotel, Cockspur-street :—Colonel Luca, from his Regiment, the 19th Lancers, at Nottingham ; Ltsce, Esq. from his Regiment, the 83d, at Nottingham; Cap. taro DAC:LUSH, from Scotland ; Coaboa, Rsq. from Bath. Captain and Mrs. Farms have left ditto, for Chatham. There was a general fall of snow last night over the Metropolis and its vicinity, On the Essex side it was very heavy, and accompanied with hail. Three partridges, supposed to have been pursued by a hawk, dropped down, on S a turday last, in the poultry market at Nottingham, and were all taken alive by the market-people. An eagle of an enormous size was caught on the estate of Kr. TENNAST, at Tempo, in Ireland, last week ; when taken, it had a spring-trap, with an hip chain, which both weighed full six pounds, attached to one of its feet. The bird is supposed to'be wild, and had been caught in the trap with which it flew away. _•.~ THE: IgAVS ANSWER TO THE DURHAM 1 ADDRESIr- " **:" • The Durham Chronicle contains the following re. port from the Earl of DARLINGTON, respecting his presentation of two Addresses to the KING : " TO TIM PORIUTT, Gym, curium, AND TIM COMM,' OF DOSHAN. is or 1 ' Garrets—l have had the honour of obeying the earn. mends of the County, in presenting to his Majesty the Address that was confided to my care, which was voted at. the hat County Meeting, and which his Majesty received from my hands at Brighton, on Wednesday last, when he was pleased to reply, had dear toy duty, arid he had dorm his " At the same audience I had also the honour to present thst very respectably and numerowly signed Address from Sunder land, the Wearmouths, and their vicinity, width me with a similar reception and reply. " I have the honour to be, Gentlemen, " Your very faithful and obedient bumble servant, Raby Castle, Feb.l9. " DARLINGTON." NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. Pt.vmouvat, Fes. 26.—Wind E.—Arrived the Resolution, M'Clattoott, from Venice for London; and Vittoria, Puisots, from Newfoundland. Mat., Ft& 27.—Wind R.S.R.—The Mary. Romeo', from Rotterdam to Surinam, got on the off part of the Goodwin Sand this morning ; several boats went off to her assistance, and it is supposed she will he got off next tide, as she has received little or no damage. Arrived and waded for the River, the Vittoria, CfriWTON. from Palermo. Gaavasasn, Fes. 27.—Sailed the General Harris, Ws:ass:AN for China. HARWICH, Fa. 27.—Sailed the Princess Charlotte packet for Cuxhaven, and the Charlotte ditto fur Gottenburgh ; each with a ;Wail. Pomvsuoire, Finiseaav 27.—Wind S. S. F..—Arrived, the Charlotte, Wzreitt., from Hamburgh ; and the Minerva, HALL, from Limerick. The latter supplied the brig Amphitrite, of Peterhead, off the Land's End, with provisions. Sailed, his Majesty's ship Han, on a cruise. NZW/lAVEN, Fnauwav 27.—Arrived, the Serapis, LONALIALE, from Bideford fur London, leaky, and it is supposed must dis charge to repair. Cuwv;, FAIRUAIIY 27.—Arrived, the Amphitrite, Meanocsr, from Forta Ventura, short of provisior.s ; and the etsy, Cas t:n.l4 from Lisbon for London, also short of provisions. Currox-liousa, Fax- 27.—Ships Entered inwards : The Leo pold, from Almeira ; Lord Middleton, from Liverpool ; Flora, from Antwerp ; Good Intent, from Ostend ; Scipio, from Tar ragona ; St. Patrick, from Belfast ; Horatio, from Grimsby ; Telemachus, from Dublin; Hazard, from Dunkirk; Pilot, from Antwerp; Jemima, from ditto; and Kate, from Odessa.—Eo tered Outwards : The Bridgwater, fur China ; P.. znix, for Bom bay ; Aurora, for Waterford ; Lavinia, for Bahia • Briton, for Rio Janeiro ; and Kitty, for St. Petersburgh.— —Cleared Out wards: The Ann, for Hamborgb ; Beverley, for Bremen; Elec tra, for Philadelphia; Prospect, for Rio Janeiro; Melempine, for Jamaica; Albion, for Trieste; and Alice, for Jamaica. Amman—At Southampton, the Aimesley, No: s, from Se ville. At Cork, Aurora, Howell, from London. At Waterford. Hero, Wilson, frdm London. At Helvoet, Jong Wilhelm, Jan son from Smyrna. At Hamburgb, Nautilus, Pearson, from China. At Londonderry, Alexander, Lyons, from Alkant. At Penzance, Amphitrite, Murdoch, from the Canaries. At Bout dean:, Nelson, Morgan, from Cork ; and Java —, from Penang. • At the Havannah , America, Bremer; and C lemens Albert, Us. wald, from Bremen. VVISELS SPOKLN wing—The Speedy, Andrews, bound to Rio Janeiro, the 27th ult. in the Straits of Gibraltar ; Rebecca, front the Clyde to the West Indies, the sth inst. on the edge of sound ings, with loss of sails ; Ebenezer, from Bristol to Jamaica, the 15th, in lat. 48. 49. long. 8. 40. and the Rio Packet, from U.. verpool to Rio Janeiro, the 20th ult. in lat. 54. long. 41. DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZE-SIONEY.. I IThe Vestal, for the St. Sylvestcr, the 6th of March, at No. 5, lirick.court, Temple, and recalled there ou Tuesdays and Thursdays. DEATH OF MR. Scorr.—,We lament to state, that this unfortunate Gentleman, after languishing for neatly two weeks in a state of extreme suffering from his wound, expired last night, at ten o'clock.—An Inquest is to be held on thoz.bodi this evening, at the Tavern, at Chalk Farm. The Army Eqimates for the, present year hare been printed. The t(.tal number of men is 101,367, from which deduct 19,899, amount of Regiments serving in India, there remain, exclusive of Corps in tended for reduction, 81,468 ; add to which, Corps to be reduced in 1821. amounting to 11,794, there re main to be provided for, in the present year, 93,262; the total charge of which is £(,613,968.55. 3d. Sir WILLIAM WlLLiams, Colonel of the 13th Re• giment of Foot, at present quartered at Londonderry, gave an elegant ball and supper, last week, to all the Fashionables of that City and neighbourhood. FASHIONABLE.% AT OAKLEY House.—ln Bedford shile, this week, the Marquis and Marchioness of TAVISTOCK have been keeping open house. A se ries of Dinners, Concerts, and Card-parties, have been given to the Fashionables in the vicinity, which, on Tuesday last, were joined by the Duke and Duchess of BEDFO/tD, the Earl of ALBEMARLE, Mr. COKE of Holkham, Earl and Countess of JERSEY, and the Earl of ESSEX. On Friday the party proceed to Woburn Abbey, to finish the week. MR. ALEXANDER BARING'S MANSION.—This Gen tleman has lately purchased the freehold ground on which Bath House lately stood in Piccadilly, whereon a mansion is about to arise that will probably eclipse almost all others. The order will be after the purest Tuscan models ; to contain seven or eight rooms on a 'floor. The entrance-hall will be in Bolton-row, in stead of Piccadilly. This edifice is expected to be finished, for occupation, about_ the end of the year, %%hen it will be opened with a magnificentfde. Yesterday, a Meeting of the Friends and Su rporters of the Institution for.the Relief and Education of the Orphans of Clergymen in Distress, was h e ld at t h e Freemasons' Tavern. The Right Rev, the Lord Bi shop of Lotipost topl: the Chair, and was supported by Lord KENYON, Sir THOMAS GRAHAM, Sir THOS. ACLAND, Sir NATHANIEL CONANT, Justice PANKE, Chief Justice ABBOTT, Dr. WATSON, Rev. Mr. YATES, and a numerous body of the Dignitai ies of the Church. Seven boys and five girls were elected into the School as proj-er objects ; and after the Election the company adjourned to partake of a sumptuous dinner ; the Lord Bishop of LONDON in the Chair, supported by Lord KENYON, Sir CHARLES FLOWER, Bart. Mr. WILSON, M.P. and other perscins of distinction. A handbome subscription was made. The company broke up at A seasonable hour. The Old Theatre in the Haymarket is now occu. pied by a number of artists and workmen of various descriptions, in preparing the materials, scenery. and decorations for the New Theatre, the walls of which are rising rapidly. COIN RICHANCIV, MAIIII-ILANt, Fee. IS =Although we brd but little Wheat fresh in this morning, the trade was not so brick as on Monday, and only the finest samples could be disposed nf` for which Monday's prices were obtained. We had a tole ire arrival of Barley from Suffolk, which met heavy sale, portico larfry the inferior qUalities ; but there is no alteration in prices • that article, uor of Beams, Peas, w Oats. • .