Star. — London, England, 1821-12-07 00:00:00

• -daily become more general. There were certain dill ficulties opposed to their progress, but by a madly I and steady perseverance those difficulties might and would be overcome ; as by such perseverance in ;dim lines:it - conduct. that Club had conquered thoseobstacles with which it had had to encounter. It was vain to conceal that they were contending against fearful odds. The spirit of Toryism had so many ramifica tions—so many holds on the follies, vices, and, pas sions of mankind—so .:any temptations to the cupi dity of the selfish—it held forth so many prospects of advantage to the corrupt—its power had been so con solidated by the length of time it had predominated, and every fresh instance of corruption so added to its strength, and every fresh instance of profligacy so increased its means, that it Must be owned it had be come extremely formidable; yet he did not despair of crushing it by a fi'm and manly perseverance...-. That monster of corruption, the National Debt, had enormously increased during the present Administra tion, and the collection of the Revenue now exceeded the amount of the interest of the Debt when the pre sent Ministry came into office. It was vain, there fore, to attempt to conceal the magnitude of the power which they had to oppose, the various wind ings and intricate operations of the system through all its parts, seen as its influence was in the dead vote of the daily pe:itioner at the Treasury, the un principled servility of hungry expectancy, and the arbitrary measures of the actual possessors of official power and emolument. Yet, not content with all these sources of power, the supporters of Administra tion had endeavoured to prop their cause by othei and still mote disieputable means. They had esta- I blished a system of misrepresentation and I ca.umny. alty and sedition, in their mouths and G on] their pens, had become cant words, applied at random to all who opposed the will of the Minis•et. They strove to mix up the safety and I ermaneuce ~f all those i s i• stitutions which the country esteemed as valuable and sacred, with the preservation of their own—he hoped temporary—usurpations. All-ve all, they en deavoured to connect loyalty to the Sovereign with servile adulation of themselves. B.it he trusted that his Majesty would see through their arts, aid that, by going more among his people, he ould be better able to judge of their feelings and o f Minns; and, though his Majesty might not experience that warmth and volatility from his English subjects that he had witnessed in a sister part of the kingdom, he doubted not that the people of this country were as loyal and a. much attached to the King And the Jaws, as any other portion of his Majesty's subjects, however they might disapprove the acts of his Ministers—(Ap planse).—lt was not surprising that, ;sassessed of these various sources of power, almost unlimited, the sys tematic violation of public opinion had been pro gressive; and, accordingly, they had seen each suc cessive year fertile in encroachments on popular right. The daring attack on the Meeting at Man chester was followed by the birth of the monstrous Bill of Pain and Penalties; and, again this year they had seen some prominent traits of a similar descrip tion. It remained for the 14th of August to strew that the petty malice of power could extend even to the grave ; and that, in furtherance of the policy ma nifested towards the late Queen in her lifetime, the Authorities of the country, after her death, were placed in opposition to the best feelings of the People. He should have hoped, that the spirit in which the proceedings to which he alluded had been commenced would have ceased when life was extinct in the ob ject cf ;heir persecution ; and that they would not have carried it to a point which, he thought, Must have startled some of Breit roost devoted adherent.. This led him to the case of Sir R. Wilson, who had been dismissed from the Army without trial, with out hearing, and, he might add, without accusation —(44pplause).—He agreed with his Hon. Friend (Mr. Lambton), that the Ministers, in this instance, had acted under a fearful responsibility. They should re collect, that the odious and forced exercise of dor mant prerogative had, ere now, led to consequences which no man could wish to see recur--(Applause). The evils which he had mentioned, he considered, were to be traced to the defective state of the Repre sentation of the People—(Lord and repealed cheering). It had been justly remarked, that without a properly constituted House of Commons, the liberties of the country were written in sand. The House of Com mons had reversed its natural and proper character, and, instead'of being the Representative of the People, and a check upon the Government, it was the repre sentative of the Government, and a check upon the People—(Cheers).—But under all these circumstances of discouragement, it was consoling to reflect that we were fighting with the spirit of the age on our side; and, if the People were united, firm, and per severing, he confidently anticipated that, sooner or later, they would accomplish that change.which was so essential for the respectability of the Sovereign, the independence and purity of Parliament, and the liberties and prosperity of the People.—His Lordship concluded amidst long and continuea cheering. 4. Sir Robert Wilson; and may every (Meer in the British Army and Navy be equally attached to the liberties and best interests of the People." Mr. LAMBTON returned thanks, and apologised for Sir Robert Wilson's absence. The lion. T. DUNDAS, M.P. returned thanks On his health being drank, and was greeted, on rising and sitting down, with reiterated cheers. Mr. HARGROVIt prefaced, with a few appropriate remarks, the health: of the City Members, which toast was greeted with the warmest acclamations, and drank with three times three. ", D. Sykes, Esq. IL P. and the Independent Electors of Hull" Mr. birsLas returned thanks. J. S. Dormouse, Esq. on his health being drank, begged to acknowledge the honour conferred upon him. He assured them it was-with pride and satis faction he felt that he was a Member of the York Whig Club—a Society equalled by few and sur passed by none, for its independence, importance, and utility! After the able and eloquent speeches which bad been delivered, in the sentiments of which he entirely concurred, he would not trespass at much length on their attention. The principle on which that Association was founded would, he trusted, one day triumph over the malice of its opponents—that malice which could pursue-2 broken-hearted woman even beyond the grave. Lord Normanby had well said, that disloyally and sedition had become cant words iu the same iu which they were too frequently used. • For himself he subscribed tcraite sentiments of the Poet, who said— " We love The King who loves the law, respects his bounds And reigns content within them: him we serve Freely', and with delight ' who leaves us free But, recollecting still that he is man, We trust him not too far. King though he be, , And King in England too, he may be weak, And vain enough to be ambitious still— , Slay exercise amiss his proper powers, Or covet more than freemen choose to grant; Beyond that mark is treason. He is ours, To administer, to guard, to adorn the State, But nut to warp or change it. We are his, To serve him nobly in the common caese, True to the death, but not to be his slaves!" " A. Witham, Est. and may an end be speedily put to all civil and political disabilities, on account of religious opinions." Mr. WITHAM thanked the company, in a long and able speech on the policy and justice of placing the Catholics on a level with their fellow-subjects. On the health of Earl Grey being given, Mr. LAMSTON b. icily returned thanks. That of Lai FITZWILLIAM, the Vice-Chairman, and various other toasts followed. Mr. LAMITON lett the room about ten o'clock ; the CHAIRMAN soon after quitted, and the whole com pany broke up and dispersed with the most amicable feelings and apparent satisfaction. of it distributed, and that it be Men into considers■ rim on some future day was then put and carried. !tourist BEISINIMIL The same Committee then presented a Report in relation to the Court of Requests, when it was or dered that the said Court should, from and after the 19th instant, be held in Aldermanbury, instead of Staining-lane, until the further order of the Court. Twenty Coal-market Bonds of ;100, numbered from 141 to 160, both inclusive, were ordered to be paid off and discharged.—The COUI t then adjourned. THE EVENING STAR. COM( I' OF COMMON COUNCIL. Yesterday, a Court of Common Council was held for the purpose of receiving the Report of the Com mittee for General Purposes, respecting the affray which took place between the Life Guards and the populace at Knightsbridge Barracks, on the day of thy funeral of R. Honey and G. Francis. The LORD MAYOR presented the Answer of his Nlajcsty to the Address of Congratulation on his re turn to his native land. On the motion of M. OLDHAM, Ms Majesty's most gracious answer was ordered to be entered on the Journals. Mr. S. Thum said. that it was his intention to move (according to the practice that all living Mo narchs should have statues in the City) that his pre sent Majesty should have a statue erected. Mi. OLDIIAM said, it was only done after his Ma jesty had dined 1% ith the Corporation. Alderman BROWNE took occasion to reprobate the undue haste that had been used to canvass for the situation of Upper Marshal, in consequence of the lamentable accident which he met with on the day of carrying up the Address to the King. He could say that he had seen him the evening before, sitting up in a state of greater comfort than could have been ex ected ; and he had no doubt he would soon be able to attend to the duties of his office. Mr. HICK spoke to the same effect. Mr. FAv'Ect. said, that if he should again be returned to that Court, he should have the honour of support ing a motion to be introduced by Mr. Oldham for an amelioration of the Criminal Code. The Report from the Committee of General Pur poses, respecting the aff.ay at the Knightsbridge Barracks, was presented. It certified that they bad endeavoured to obtain the fullest evidence on the subject, by examining many witnesses, from which it resulted that the statement of Mr. Ex-Sheriff WAITH MA N to Eirl B ‘THONST, was fully borne out; and that the Sh eriff acted with great humanity, wisdom, and firmness, with the constitutional force under his com mand ; that a gross outrage had been committed on the Sheriff; and that an inquiry should be instituted by Government into the origin and causes of these outrages. It was moved to be agreed to. Mr. CLARK thought they ought to pause until they knew whether the Report was founded on full, or on ex-parte evidence. He therefore moved that the evi dence should be printed. Alderman Baowse disclaimed all personal feeling on this question ; but he should not shrink from using that freedom of debate to which, in a free country, he WAS entitled. He allowed that an outrage on a Sheriff of London was an outrage on the City • and that where a Sheriff of London disgraced himself, the Citizens of London were disgraced also. He thought the Sheriff had gone too far on the Inquest on the body of Honey— Mr. Huncomaz rose to order. The topics which the worthy Alderman was introducing had nothing to do with the reception of the Report. He trusted, therefore, that the worthy Alderman himself:would see the impropriety of pressing them. Mr. Alderman WAITUSIAN also begged to say a word to the point of order. As an individual, he had no objection to have his conduct upon this or any point submitted to the strictest investigation. Still he thought that, if it were intended to go into an in vestigation of his conduct, it would be more fair to introduce a distinct motion to that effect. If his Lordship should be of opinion that the present was a proper occasion for discussing such a question, he, for one, had no objection : he should only claim it as a right to enter, in reply, most fully into all the circum stances connected with the affair. Mr. S. Dmow observed, that at present there was no question before the Court. He wished to know whether the other side had any objection to having the Report printed, without entering at present into any discussion on the evidence? The Mover of the Report said, that he had moved that very point. Another Miscue stated, that as there appeared to be SOD folio pages of evidence annexed to the Re port, it was fit that time should be given to the Court to peruse and consider them. The tine-don was now put, on which Mr. Alderman littowne again addressed the Conte. He thanked the worthy Gentleman who had inter tupted him: perhaps he might have been uncandid in the remarks which he had - uttered, and have takes the Court by surprise; but what had induced him to act as he had done, was, a recollection that on those very matters to which he had alluded, the late She riff bad received the thanks of the Court. He also was under the impression that the Member who moved the Report intended to enter at that moment into the discussion of its merits He concluded by 'giving notice that he should, upon another occasion, I move that it be referred to the Committee of General Purposes to examine into the conduct of Mr. Sheriff Waithman on the Inquest on the body of Honey. In doing this, he again begged to disclaim all feelings of personal hostility to that Gentleman. IThe question, that the Report be printed, copies LONDON. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1821. THE FUND& PRICES OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ON$ O'CLOCK 3 per Cent. Reduced 76% % S per Cent. Cons. shut-3% per Cent. 87 1 %4 4 per Cent. 96% Ys- 5 per Ct. Navy Anns. shut Bank Long Annuities 19 5-16 % Imperial 3 per Cents. 75 7 /s % India Bonds 655. 645. prem. Exchequer Bills £lOOO, 2s. dis. par Ditto (Small) Is. dia. ls. pre. Consols for Acct. 78% 77% 78. The French Journals, of which three days' Papers are now due, have not arrived; but two expresses have been received from Paris, by which we learn, that, up to Tuesday, nothing decisive had taken place, either in reference to a change of Ministers or a dis solution of the Chamber of Deputies. Indeed, it is said that Ministers had declared to their adherents, their determination to persevere in carrying on the public business, notwithstanding the oveawhelming majority of the Legislature against them. After the KING had given his answer to the re monstrance of the Chamber of Deputies, that body met, when a most stormy and angry discussion en sued ; but the Members separated without adopting any specific measure, or coming to any agreement as to their future operations. The French Funds do not appear to have suffered much by the collision of parties.—The Five per Cents. were fluctuating from 86 fr. 50 c. to 88fr. 25 c. and closed on Tuesday at the former price. The ample details which we gave yesterday of the state of Ireland, have almost entirely anticipated the accounts brought by the Journals from that country this morning. A. few additional particulars will, how ever, be found in another column. It is stated in some of these Papers, that the tumults are consider ably exaggerated, and some reported outrages are contradicted. We doubt not but this may in some instances be the case, but we have reason to know that Ireland is in a much worse state than even the aggregate accounts of all the Irish Journals together represent it. _ _ _ We have seen letters written by Gentlemen of the strictest honour and veracity, who give a much more alarming picture of the misery, distress, and disaffec tion of the Irish peasantry, than any accounts that have come before us. A letter from Limerick, dated on Monday last, says, " We are in an unprecedented state of disturbance here. The lower orders of Mun ster are now one body of assassins." Other letters, from various parts of Ireland, are scarcely more favourable. The Dublin Evening Pod, which, it appears, is honoured with the especial patronage of the Earl of DONOUGHMORIt s contains two rather amusing docu ments by his Lordship. The first is addressed to Lieutenant JREtcs BUTLER, of the 22d Regiment, appointing him Commander-in-Chief of four men, which have been raised and armed by his Lordship, to defend the unprotected inhabitants of Ardfin nan. This little " armed band" are to assemble every night, and ultimately to guard " that im portant pass, the bridge," at Ardfinnan, for so his Lordship terms it. His Lordship has, in concert with his brother Magistrates, ordered the public-houses in the neighbourhood of Ardfinnan to be closed at six o'clock in the evening, and any persons found these after that hour, to be arrested. The second letter of Lord DONOUGHMORI is to the Editor of the Dublin Evening Pod, a Paper which his Lordship (flatteringly enough) calls "a talented and discriminating print." It contains a contradiction of a rumour that his Lordship's arms had been sur rendered to some rioters at Knocklofty. His Lord ship is quite indignant at such a report, which, he serfs, is " a malignant lie," for which there is not the shadow of any foundation. While so many Irish Peers and Gentlemen are ab sent from their country at this critical period, we are happy to find that Earl DONOUGH molts is on the spot, directing his exertions to suppress or prevent any tumult, and sincerely do we wish that his Lordship may be able to keep hit arms at Knocklofty, and de fend the" important pass of the bridge of Ardfinnan."- We yesterday inserted an article, from a Boston Paper, on the subject of the American Navy, in which department it called loudly for retrenchment, not by diminishing the number of Officers, nor by reducing them to half-pay. It recommended a reduction in the • • higher o ffi ces, and among those who had accumu lated fortunes by the Navy. There is airold proverb, that " what is sauce for the goose may be sauce for the gander!" and if retrenchment in the United States is necessary, where the expenditure of the Navy is ,ebmparatively trifling, and thir Snantes are flourish- ing, how much more essential is it with ns, whe re , cost is tenfold, and where our Revenue ne ver 1 . 41 the current expenses of the year. An American and an English Red Beef form singular contrast of the economy of a new, an d the lavish waste of an old Government. Tlie whole e s ,. pence incurred in carrying on the Govern ment at Washington, from the salary of the President, & mats the porters and messengers, is only 351,887 c l o u t annually. Of this sum the President ha s 25 3000 di. lars ; the Vice-President 5000. From are o r th Officers at Washington, it appears that the Se qua , of the Navy has 4500 &liars a year ; the Chkic it - g - i 2000: four Clerics and Messengers 4910. I n s e Navy Commissioners Office, there are th ree N an Commissioners, with 5500 dollars each; the Secret" to the Board, 2000; three Clerks and one Mestenges. 5410. In the Office of the Accountant of the W r y the Accountant has 2300; thirteen Clerks am at Messenger, 14,710; making a total of 44,330, heist little more than the salaries of the First Lord of* British Admiralty, and that of the Principal Beau tart' ; and considerably less than, we believe, the le y of one single Officer, that of the Treasure of d e Navy, amounts to! Charleston Papers arrived this morning to the 16 November. The following are extracts: . 11AVANNAIL NOVENIBER i. By the arrival of the schooner Margardta, is 1 days from Campeachy, news has been received this city as late as the 25th ult. from the Meg" capital, and to the 4th inst. from Vera Cruz. T accounts mention the approaching entry of India into the metropolis of New Spain, and the no, tion of the individuals who were to compose thek preme Junta of Government until the convocation the Cortes. We have also received a 6le 44 Yucateco, a paper published at Merida, and frcei we collect, that that Province declared itself iod a pendent on the 15th September last, and was dam mined to follow the fortunes of the Imperial Leads[ of the Army of the three Guarantees. There is r longer a doubt that the Imperial cause, which ha already reached the Banks of the Sabine, would u. tend through vast and rich Provinces to the Inbar of Darien, the boundary of the Spanish dominions is North America, which, in the cause or raced bds pendeoce, has, through the cunning of Iturkideood Inquisitorial Priests, far outstripped the Satin lominions of the same Power in the new wadi Captain Couthony, late of the brig Aristides,cm it was reported that the pirates had captureiaFreadi ship off St. Antonio, and murdered all on bml, cluding a Lady passenger ; and the fact of a laths clothes being found on board of o:.e of their meas. stained with blood, is a very strong confirmatia of the report. MEXICO. Extract of a letter from New Orleans, Mediae( October, containing an account of the Realities I the internal Spanish Provinces t "Tom, Alma. a Sue—l arrived at St. Antonio on the Mit with my Company, all in good health, and kids Government had been changed, and that, isseall entering the dominions of Ferdinand, I was is ib Independent Empire of Mexico. There has beta commotion of importance in any part of the esalis, except at the cities of Mexico, Vera Cruz, al Durango, which are the only places in the *I that have not declared in favour of Indepewlse Iturbide was besieging Mexico (the last assn. tb. no Pow wegd-+ some na 000 fia re itop: NOW Caw NIA sa sark I iv: Z o t wew i dis wl SW Ina fad. Visa had) with 56,000 men, and bad detached under General Neyrete, against Durango; large body against Vera Cruz. There has disturbance in this Province—btliey are all for their independence," EXTRACT 07 A LETTER 71011 LA BAHIA, 07 TEXAS, DATED SEPTEMBER I. The Mail arrived from the interior this via St. Antonio. Mexico has not surrendered, PI was still closely besieged, and no doubt is __ of its falling into the hands of the Revolutionits, were redoubling their efforts. All is quiet in their terior, and the Independent Government is keit established, with the exception of my former lent (Mexico, Vera Cruz, and Durango).. The newels vernment promptly confirmed the proceedinpag old one, in regard to my grant of land, andiatil ready furnished me with guides, &c. for eqionil the country : this labour I shall commence Ito or three days. CHARLESTON, NOVEMBER COMMERCIAL News.—The following is all tbele formation we could gather from our New Torla , pees yesterday relative to the state of the kg markets, at the last advices per the Orion:—At counts from the Continent concur in represe a linal harvest to be good, and the crops plentiful A the arrival of the Orion, large sales of flour* . made in New York, at from seven dollars to 0" 1 dollars and a quarter, being a reduction of from . . dollar to one dollar and a quarter from pool! prices. The cotton market also assumed moo.. vity, and vales were readily effected at price 1114 before had been heavy. ta r t , lkdk Nod Nam tha 1 ham ihe At n mud !tom Liver htw Sr. ANDREW'S DAT.-011 Friday this F."a1 . " 1 ._.1 observed at Birmingham by the Scots Greys 0 0 7, at the Barracks : one of the men, appropristet tired as St. Andrew, was paraded on hosgn through the principal streets, attended by the l; Band of the Regiment. The soldiers were Ato ll regaled by their Officers. the eaipis CI idepeaderoa accost a , :lied 120 ; and mak a bas bees all wig 1 Ploll* P 1. ari endered, s enteitaise d itionisti, tM ). tiet in &I' wit is Rot ou Fortner leaf or fhe newer one edinvedi h I, midis& For egiorbg new ill 0 11 %a 15, is all tbeio few York? , the &Ili ion preseadiga! ntifol ..e.rom2l Df flOet ao icei tirimorefrostop:o : i 01 s Fel"! r evs stow , ropristelt! it on hors''''' d by the al ere