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THE EVENING STAR. LONDON. FRIDAY, AUGUST 17. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. S per Ct. Cons. money, 621:;.--tor ace. 69}j. SI per Ct. Reduced 844-4 per Cco. ash. Navy S per Cent. 9911—Etch. Bills, Sls. to 6s. pre. Bonds 20s. pram.—Omnium 1 die. PRICE OF STOCK 4 YESTLRDAY. ir.dia India Bonds 265. pr. Etc. 2s. 61. prem. Omnium 2 1j di,. Lottery Tickets £22. ISs Cons. for ace. 68ti lank Stock 269} 262 $ per C. ed. 69i. S per C. Con. 6!S ft 4 per Cent. 854 • per C. Navy 99ti Lon; Ann. 18.9-16 The new French commercial arrangement was so unexpected—so directly in the teeth of that system which for some years has been pursued by NAPOLEON, that some people could hardly believe the Decree to be ge:oline. The date r;ftla,... Jocument was on a Sun day : this was alle*red ozie cause for doubt, but it is of no force, for Inal,y of the French acts of Go vernment (since the Revolution) have been dated on the first day of the wrek. Another objection was the high rate of the duties ; hAt, high as they are, the consumer will pay less for the articles than he does at present. But, could a doubt have remained, it is completely done away by an article in the Moniteur of the Bth, in which there is a reference to the Tarif published on the preceding day, and explanations of some parts of it. On this subject, the following copy of a letter has been sent us, which we believe to be authentic, but we have not seen the original. With regard to that part of it which refers to American property, it is, we think, placed beyond a doubt, by what we stated yesterday, and by the information received through the Captain of a vessel, since arrived from Ostend, who says, that when he left that port, intelligence bad been obtained from Paris, that of orders had been dispatched to Bourdeaux, St. Sebastian, and Bilboa, for the release of all the shipping and pro perty of the United States seixecithere, and in pro gress of sale, pursuant to the notification in the Ma siker of the l st instant. 4 ; PARIS, AUGUST 9. 41 The Decree you will receive with this letter has "been published here, and may be considered of much importance. B'inaparte is convinced that he cannot do without Colonial produce, and that after all his pro hibitions by decrees, and after all his attempts to pre vent its introduction by d.maniers, it will find its way into his empire through the North, if it cannot creep •in through tith South. The consequence of this has be"•n that the Northern kingdoms have derived all the advantaße from the revenue they have thus acquired by his adniissioa through their ports, pay. ing duties at their custom-houses. Bonaparte is at present known to be in want of money, and he has no other means of filling his coffers emptied by .the expensive war in Spain. Under these circumstances, this plan has been adopted for tl►e perpose of vple nishing them. This indulgence, we fear, must not be calcutzted upon for, any length of* time, for as soon as the Emperor finds his revenues sufficiently increased, which they, no doubt, will be shortly, he may put another prohibition upon the introduction of Colonial produce. " This scheme, we understand, has been for a long time in contemplation, and it is upon that subject that the Chamber of Commerce has held so many meet ings, That the trade would have been opened in this manner we had no conception till the Decree ap peared. This is supposed to have delayed the Empe ror's journey to Holland, lout now it is settled that he will take his departure immediately, to arrange the . .affairs of that country. . • it The release of all American property is talked • of, though we do not know how to credit it ; and it will be a matter of much difficulty, since the saes have already begun, It is mentioned that Another Minister is to be sent out to the United States, for the purpose of inducing that country to a retonciliation with France, and to a war with England; but I apprehend that this is merely a speculation, founded upon those proceedings so favourable to min..' pierce in neutral vessels. , c This decree has produced a powerful sensation here, though indeed the immense duties will act in a great degree as a prohibition of the introduction of the articles," The followin g is the Tar If of Duties on Napoleon's late Decree, cwiver(ed into English money ; Brazil Cotton mill pay a Duty Green Tea, Ss. sd. of as. a pound. Oth. r Yeas, 7id. Other Cotten, 24. stl. Fine Co , :anion, Os. CI. Turkey Coffee, 2.. sd. Nutmegs, 8%. 44). Other Ccffee, 11. ed. Cochineal, 86. 4d. Aaw Sugar, Is. 2itl, Cocoa, is. 2•1. Cloyed, 15. Bd. I Cloves, 2s. sd. H 71013 TO) M4'. 9 id. We announced yesterday the sailing of anoiher Cirtel. for Morlaix, and we bore soon to be enabled to date that the exchange of prisoners is going on as rapidly as transports and other accommodations can keep pace with the measure. We have mason to be ter• that all the impediments Which have so long obstructed the exchange have at length been removed. The value of this accommodation on the part of cur unmy wiH be best understood by those who have been the objects of his unnecessary rigours; but who . c-r.observes the stratagems which are practised even by the French prisoners in this country, in order to .et their escape, will not doubt of the inexpressible joy with which the tidings of their liberation will be .11161404 tq Ow AsitiA m TraAce, 11.- lIRIGHTDIV, AUGUST' 13. THE ARMY.' • ROYAL CORNWALL REGIMENT. ' - A paragraph, some time since, appeared in* the Pub& Ledger, which imputed disaffection to the Royal Cornwall Regiment. On application at the Office of that Paper for the author of such an asper sion, the Editor ascribed it to a Mr. CLAYTON, of Plymouth. At a meeting of the Officers of the Corp!, the Officer commanding having been requested, in their name, to seek from Mr. Clayton an explanation on the subject, received the following answer : " Plymouth Dock, August 7,11110. " SlR—Your letter of the 31st alt. did not reach me till yes terday afternoon, owing to an error In the address; In answer I have to state tha t I never sent a paragraph or any communication whatever to the Public Ledger. I well recollect the article you mention but do not conceive that it went so far as to attribute disaffection or want of loyalty to your regiment. I heard several persons in this plate state (what indeed I treated as a falsehood, and contradicted in all the papers with which I correepond) that one of the Cornwall Militia Regiments was to remove from the vicinity of London, in consequence of some of the men having expressed their opinion rather too freely relative to Sir Francis Burdett's political dispute; this was heard by several persons here, but to fix upon the person who originated it., would be im possible ; nor can I learn that ever the paragraph appeared In print.' His MAJESTY, under his sign manual, has graci- Certain I am, however, that 1 contradicted it ; and wish, with ously restored the Castle of Burguy, and the extensive all my heart, I could trace out the person who originated it. If demesne and other estates thereunto appertaining, i n , you wish any thing stated publicly on this head, whatever yourself the county of Wexford, to JAMES HARVEY, Esq. bro- ,or any other Gentleman in the Regiment may be pleased to draw ' up shall be inserted in the papers here, and in those London ones titer to Mr. BAGNALL HARVEY, who foreited them, I with which I correspond—gratis—but I know nothing of the with his lite, to the Crown, by his conduct during the Public Ledger, in fact, I scarce knew there was such a paper in late Irish rebellion. !existence. You may, Sir, rest assured, that in no part of the The Duke of Yomc's Birth-day was yesterday cele- ' kingdom are the Cornwall Militia more r espected than in this place, and by none more than by, Sir, your 's very respectfully, prated by his Royal Highness's tradesmen with the " M. I. CLAYTON. usual marks of respect and gratitude. A numerous "To . the Officer company partook of an elegant entertainment given commanding the Royal Cornwall Regiment." at the Thatched House Tavern, in St. James's-street. The above needs no comment. But to those who The illuminations in the evening were very brilliant, have incautiously or maliciously assisted in circulating particularly those exhibited in front of the Opera a report so infamous and so absurd, we have to ob- House, and the Theatres. The devices were D. Y. serve, that few carps of militia have been so fortu crown and star.—The event was celebrated at Oat- nate as the Royal Cornwall in opportunities of pro lands with the usual festivities. Their MAJESTIES ving their steadiness and loyalty. It is only necessary and the Princesses were expected to make their visit to remind such calumniators of the services of this in the morning, and the PRINCE and all the Royal fine body of men at the Riots of Bristol, and at the' Dukes, and a number of persons of distinction were ' Mutiny of the Nore, to bring to their recollection the invited to dinner. The entertainment given by the , extraordinary march° which the regiment performed Duchess of YORK to the peasantry of the neighbour.' when selected to quell the disturbances at Manchester hood on the occasion, suffered much from the rain : I —and, finally, to remark (during the late comma a more bleak and comfortless day was, perhaps, i tions) it was amongst the first which were called on never seen in the month of August. to preserve the peace of the Metropolis, and amongst LYCEUM.—The Haunted Tower was last night per- the last that quitted it. To insert the official testi formed at this Theatre, in which Mr. BRANAM re_ -monies of approbation which the Royal Cornwall sumed his old character of Lord William. His return Regiment has received for its conduct on all these ' to the metropolis was hailed by the lovers of music i occasions, would occupy too much of the columns of with rapture, and he was received with plaudits corn. , this paper. mensurate to his extraordinary merit. The part of • The Regiment, consisting of 800, marched (with the excep- Adda was performed with much vivacity. nd effect i dee of one man left sick on .b : road) SO miles in one day. by Miss KELLY. A short time since was married, in Berkshire, a Mr. Rolle to a Miss Butter. The Hon. Lady HONEYMOON was taken very dan gerously ill last Saturday, at her house in Suffolk. The following is a statement of the Gold and Silver coined in England during every reign from the Re storation, to the 25th of March, 1810, extracted from authentic documents : By CHARLES 11. . • . - - £7,524,105 By JAMES 11. . . . . • . . 2,737,637 By ANNE - . - • - - 2,691,626 By GEORGE I. - - , ar• • a - - 8,725,921 By GEORGE 11. Gold 511,662,218, Sliver £304,360 11,966,576 The great re-coina g e of Gold, between 23d Aug. 1773, and the end of 1777, amounted to £20,447,002. From the commencement of the rei g n to Aug. 1773, there were coined about .010,000,000, makin g :— By Gen. 111. be- Gold 30,457,4571. 30 30,464,931 furs 31 Dee.l7Bo Silver 7,126 S i From 1780 to the Gold 33,310,832 1 end of 1802. Silver 56,473 33,367,305 66,277,489 5 From 1802 to 28 1 Gold - - - . 22,445,258 March, law. Total Gold and silver Coina g e since the Restoration 99,923,354 In the above statement it will be seen, that the Batik Dollars (amountin g to many millions) duly stamped, and issued by au thority, are not included. The last silver coinage was in 1802. This morning, the Dukes of MINT, %. and CAMBRIDOg, set off for, Oatlands. The. followed them at five o'clock this atteirooon. departures were this morning rather numberless, and ennui here„ for the moment, as may be expected, predominates. The military struck their tents in this neighbour. hood this morning, and were marched for their for mer quarters. The 51st, &c. have also left the town. A privateer !bade her appearance in the offing last night, in chace of a merchant vessel ; but the appear ance of one or two of our gun-brigs ultimately COM. polled the enemy to stand out to sea. A Jewish wedding took place here to-day, the fe male attendant of one of the Ladies of the Goldsmid family, giving her hand, after their custom, to a person of the name of Mynas,of the Jewish persuasion also. Mr. G. GOLDSAIID I and others of opulence and distinction, honoured the nuptials with their presence, which were celebrated at a house near the New Bank. A ball will finish the diversions of the day. A General Court Martial assembled yesterday at Chelsea College, for the purpose of investigating thel following charges against Lieutenant WALTER WIL I LIAM LEWIS, of the 2d Regiment of Royal Tower Hamlets Militia, preferred by Colonel SMITH, com manding the Regiment, viz. lst—For irregular and insubordinate conduct, on or about the 14th of June, 1810, on the Parade at Deptford , when the regi ment was assembkd;and demanding a Coot-Martial in an in sulting manner, taking off his sword, and refusing to resume it, as ordered by Major Forsteen. 94—For disobedience of a written order of the 14th of June, 1810, from Colonel Smith, in refusing to take back his sword and return to his duty. 9d—For appearing before the ColonPl of his regiment on or about the 17th of June, 1810, at the Tower, in his regimentals, i without his sword, an d for refusing, in the presence of Major -1 General Turner and other Officers, to obey the express commands of Colonel Smith, that he should return to his quarters and re sume his duty. 4th—For breaking his arrest at Deptford, on Saturday, the 25th of June, he having been seen the same day by Lieutenant Quar ter-Master Brash and Serjeant Creswell, in coloured clothes in CornbiU. Adv ices have been received from Rio Janeiro, and by the same opportunity dispatches of a vey flattering nature have been transmitted to his Excellency Don DOMINGO DE SOeZA, at this Court. We understand that the Prince Regent has conferred upon him one of the highest titular distinctions in the gift of the House of Braganza, with the Grand Cross, of the Tower and Sword. He is al so ra i se d f rom t he rank of Minister to that of Ambassador. By a former treaty with this country, it was stipulated that the Represen tatives of the two Sovereigns at their respective capi tals, should not be furnished with credentialsinahigher character than that of Minister. Under the present treaty this restriction has been removed, the article re specting ir, however, requiring that both the public Agents should sustain the same dignity. It is there fore to be presumed, that when the new Treaty was lately transmitted to the Brazils, it was accompanied with the regular authority, investing Lord STRANG& FORD with the legatorial functions at the Court of Rio Janeiro. On the Continent these diplomatic grada tions are much more familiar than they are in this country: VATTEL (Liv. 4. ch. 6.) defines an Ambas sador as one who represents his Sovereign in his dig- nity, and a Foreign Minister as representing him only in his concerns. It will be recollected that the remittances of dia monds from the Portuguese settlements, vAtich arrived some months ago, was deficient. The total quantity expected was 50,000 carrats, English weight, and on opening the case at the Bank, it was found to contain less by 1567 carrats. In order to prevent any unfounded suspicion of fraud in the transaction, we understand that the Portuguese Ambassador has written a circular let ter, expl.tining that the variation has arisen from the , %I I -position, on the other side the Atl an ti c , t h at 50,090 ; carrats were to be transmitted according to the re ceived weight in the settlements, and not according to that adopted in Great Britain. Before the last re. mittance was made we presume this misunderstand, ing had been corrected, as we are told on the same authority that there is rather an excess of quantity in the present consignment. It Appears by letters from the Caraccas, dated the beginning of July, and from information furnished by the Masters of vessels, by whom these letters were trarlsr.,*tted, that those provinces rigidly adhere to the pr;uctples adopted in the capital ; and it was expected that very moon the districts of Coro and Maracaybo would join in perfect harmony with their neighbours. So far from there being any civil disorders, the aspect of affairs improved every day, and the value of cola. nial produce progressively augmented. The military preparations had no other object than protection from oxtoroal hostility, sth—For breaking his close arrest, and for having, on the 19th of July last, violently resisted a party sent by Colonel Smith to bring him to Head-quarters, all such conduct being highly irregu lar and unufEcerlike, and to the prejudice of good order and mili tary discipline The Judge Advocate have read the charges, Major FOR9TEEN was called in, whose testimony occupied a very considerable time.—The Court then adjourned till this day. The Kirkcudbright Gentlemen and Yeomanry Ca valry assembled for inspection on Tuesday, the 7th instant, and to remain for four days in quarters at Kirkcudbright, in order to complete their annual exercise. After the inspection, Colonel MiMuano ex pressed his entire approbation of the appearance and discipline of the corps. Thursday Thomas Harris, a private in the Mon mouth Militia, was drummed out of the regiment, at Bath, as a thief and a vagabond. He had committed repeated acts of theft upon his comrades, and upon the landlords where he was billetted. Neither pu nishment nor disgrace, neither lenity nor pardon, made any impression on his conduce. When th% usual ceremonies, of drumming-out were over, the press-gang took Harris in tow. The following paragraph in the return of killed and wounded Officers, annexed to General CHAU ruan's dispatch in the Gazette of Saturday last, hav ing been the subject of much doubt, we have inquired into the fact, and are enabled in consequence to re move the ambiguity. The paragraph is— WOUNDED-95th Regiment, Captains James Crash, and Sa mud Mitchell, severely, since dead, Etc. The general construction was, that both these Offi cers had died of their wounds; but some conceived that Captain CREAGH survived, and that Captain MITCHELL'S wound alone had proved fatal ; the ex pressions, severely, since dead, following more int.' mediately after his name. The fact is, however, though it is a construction which would have occurred scarcely to any one, that Captain MITCHELL did not die, but Captain CREAGH unfortunately did. Mr. BRUNTON, upon the application of Mr. HAYNES, proprietor of the Brighton Theatre, is prevented from performing dramatic pieces at the Brighton Circus, and is obliged to confine himself to pantomimic repre. sentationa only. It will be recollected that some time ago a man was convicted of attacking Mr. Bryan, an aged gentleman, is his parlour, and robbing him, and that sentence of death was passed OR the calprit.—.-On Monday a pe tition was prepared, praying his MAJESTY that his sen tence might be commuted to transportation. The parties . accordinsly called at Mr. Bryan's to =mat him to sign the petition, but were intormed that he was then e;piring, in consequence of his wounds, which terminated in a mortification, of which)), died awn before they left slip hope, REPORT OF THE BULLION COMMITTEE. This report is written with groat ability and caution indeed, with so much of the latter ingredient, that the Committee havr avoided to make any inferences which result from the evidence printed in the Appen. 'di:. Apparently they are unwilling to display the whole truth, lest popular indignation should be ex. eked too strongly against paper .currency and t h e Banks which issue it. But the public will, no doubt, perceive that the evil they suffer does not justify hatred of the individuals who have done nothing if. legal or improper. The imprudent law which re stricted the Bank from gold payment is solely to blame, and to the repeal of that law only, all efforts should be directed as far as prudence may advise. The Bullion Committee first inquire into the price of Bullion, and find that a guinea is worth about 2Ss. of paper-money ; and this degree of depreciati on o f paper-currency is confirmed lay the rate of foreign exchanges, which are from 15 to 20 per cent. against England, though the real exchange would at present otherwise be in her favour. It results frbm this unnatural state of things, that while a good guinea can only be current at 21s, the same guinea melted or mutilated is worth 235. and that a guinea too light to pass in currency, squires value by it: de . ficienty, and is actually worth about 225.! It is impossible, therefore, that any gold coin should remain in currency, and the result is clear, that the public lose about 2s. in a guinea on their income and expenditure ; in other words, that the substitution of paper currency for gold is nearly double the evil of the Income Tax, and consequently costs the public about twenty millions a year. The Committee in their Report have given credit to the Bank Directors examined by them, for an in- credible degree of alledged ignorance of this inevi table effect of issuing Bank Notes indefinitely, and even compliment them on their forbearance in not pushing a greater quantity into circulation. The fact seems to be, that the stoppage of payment in 1797 was occasioned by no fault of the Bank of England, but by a concurrence of untoward accidents ; but that the continuance of that stoppage has been caused by the natural disinclination of the Bank to obviate what they found so profitable, is undeniable. How. ever, it is really a questionable point of casuistry, whether a Bank Director, entrusted with the interest of so large a body of constituents, could with pro. priety strive against their interest so manisestly as to remedy a public misfortune indeed, but one which produces little less to that opulent Company than £500,000 per annum. Hence their various disguises • in sharing their augmented profit, and the enormous rise in the value of Bank Stock. It is plain that the above statement of their increase of annual profit is deduced from the amount of their notes at present current, being about ten millions more than at the time of the stoppage of actual payment on demand. The quantity of Country Bank Notes is proved by the Committee to be greatly dependant on the quan. city of Bank of England Notes, in which they are payable. One of the witnesses estimates these country notes at twenty million:, but they are probably rather more than thirty million:, as the gold coin in circula. non used to be estimated at that sum, when there were only ten millions of Bank of England Notes, making the then circulation forty millions, besides country notes, at that time, perhaps, five millions.— Forty-five millions must have been augmented to fifty-four millions, to produce a depreciation of 20 per cent. as at present, whereby the country bank notes appear to amount to about thirty-four millions, the Bank of England notes being twenty miihrns in circulation ; herein sqrposing the augmented rapi. dity of pecubiary trinsactions to balance the greater quantity oi them, and Liat the same amount of claw Laing medium is n..r.v necebs.try as in 1797. Supposing the Bank of England to gain £500,000, and the country hankers £1,500,000, per annum, by the extraordinary and artificial circulation of paper currency, it is a curious instance of vast ev:l produced by a small comparative benefit. If one man robs another, the robber gains what the other lobes, but by the present depreciation of the national currency. twenty millions per annum is lost by the rublic, and only two millions gained by the Bankers. So dan. gerous is it to tamper ignorantly with coin or paper money. Under the glaring and increasing Injustice to the public above-described, no doubt can remain respect ing the conduct of the Legislature in recurring as speedily as possible to the old fashion of exacting an actual value for paper-currency ; but it is to be ob served in favour of Government, that till the close of 1808 gold was not decidedly depreciated, at least not above 6d. in a guinea, but so soon as the depreciation became decided and unquestionable, all gold disap. peared of course, and Country Bankers increased their number as well as their Notes to fill up the ea, cancy. The number of Country Bankers in 1797 was 280 ; now it is about 721, of whom 121 have sprung up in the last year. In the close of the Report powerful motives are ably urged, founded on the virtual breach of all bar, gains of any duration, and on the injustice of ruining the public creditor, and all other annuitants. They express an opinion, 44 That the Integrity and Honour of Parliament are concerned not to authorize longer t ha n is required by imperious necessity the continuance of a system of circulation, in which that natural check is absent which secufes the substantial Justice and Faith of monied contracts and obliga , tions between man and man." They then recommend the Repeal of the Rt.:fridge Law atter two years' notice, in which time they think warning enough will have been given to-the Bank and other Bankers, gradually to lessen their paper issues, or to retire from the trade with the gain they hare already acquired. COIN MARNIT, Mittit.LANS, AUGVIIT It.... This day theta are again coesiderible supplies of Foreign Wheat, bet the coati. nuance of the demand for Fine, those samples are at a small ad• ♦ ►nca—ln Barley little fluctuation—Rye and Malt dell sale—Naf White Peas as per currency—tcw B. ens, of the two Mods, and somewhat dearer—there are a ..host supply of Oats, and this ar► tide tally maintains last pnees—Flour remains without aria** omsssAs. counsel' •s 'Willa. Wheat. Sic mos. la4e. Beans, 545. SOL Noe ditto, 12118.13g5. Tick ditto, 4614 Rye, 404; VW Oats itSs. SOa. 345. amigo U 5 .444. Pela;al ditto. 475. 4041 Malt, 74a. 1104. Potato/ ditto. 445. Whits Peas (bailers) 442. 704. Ripe Seed, Mo. AK an Thor, tot. to 100.0.4sosolt s Oft to Hs E