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TI I 14.1 E EN INtr STAR. LONDON. BATURD AY. JANUARY 26, 1822. STOCK EXCHANGE — ONE O'CLOCK: The Market opened rather brisk, with Consols at 4:6 ;i s , but the Jobbers taking advantage of th.- r.rice ~;d, and it immediately declined. Money is very plznti:ul in the City t the Bankers and Discount Broker , have received large remittances from the county, for the purposes of investing either in . Bills of Exchange, or in Exchequer Bills, the country Ca pitalists preferring those securities to Funded property. CURRENT PRICES: Bank Stock 239 238 A z 1 / 4 -3 per Ct. Red. 76% 3 per Cent. Cons. 76 1 /s 76 31,6 rer Cent. 87%-4 per Cent.96 3 / 4 % % % 5 per Cent. Navy 107 ;A 108 Bank L.4ltz Annuities 19 1 / 7-16 Vs India Stock 238 1 —lndia Bonds 80s. 78s. pr. South Sea Stock 85V Exchequer Bills of £1.000.45. 6s. pr. Ditto small 4s. pr. COW. In Account 76% '4. The French Exchange his fallen—in consequence ef wilich, an eminent foreign Banker in the City has 'exported a large quantity of silver—report states a million of ounces. The French Papers of Wednesday are almost en tirely filled with a Report of the preceding' day in the Chamber of Deputies on M. de SERRE'S Law Pr, ject relative to the Press. The commencement of thisdi,cf:ssion we gave in t h e STAR of Wednesday. p The coatinu.iti,•n, on Tuesday, for it was not then concluded, possesses little interest. • General SaEASTLANL said two Projects had been resented—one by the Ministers, the other by the Committee. He 1% ished to know v. hich of the Pro tv.:s the Ministers intended to s•,poort. M. PEYRoN., irr rose. not to answer the General, but to say that the wishes and opinions of the Nlinist.-r, %tete not cuivocal, but they could not then be sta:ed. Several i iembers complained, that in the C.immiztee, of llcli M. PEYRONNET was a Member, the Jut y had eel unanimously suppressed. Several Members spoke gainst the Project, among whom was M. ROTIIR COLLARD, when the discussion was adjourned to the 17:Lowing day. . A Petition was presented to the Chamber from a 141r.LeAUMONT, proposing nothing short of hostilities i3ainst the Island of Hayti, for the purFo.e of reco- wing pos ession of its territory. Tne Chamber very wisely pa-sed to the order of the day on this insane :-i:)ject, 101 so any attempt to bring St. Domingo igain under the dominion of France must be cot.,i-1 lered. now that the Republic of Patios and the Kingdom of CHRISTOPHE are not only united, but :ven the Spanish part of the Island has shaken off the Fake and proclaimed its independence. The whole )f this large Island will, no doubt, ere long be united in one great Republic. An article from Petersburgh, in one of the French Papers, confirms the accounts of the movements or he Russian and Turkish Armies. A letter f on, guremberg states, that the King of WIRTEMBERO is about to form a levy of 4000 men, of the age of twenty or twenty-one years. At Vienna, news is said to have been received that the Puha of Trebisond had raised the standard of revolt, and secretly declared to the Persians that lie e•as determined to make common cause with them, I trey would acknowledge his independence. The following extr ict of a private letter from Ma ar;.l, appears in the Journal des Debats : " MADRID, JANUARY 12. " Y.7sterday the King issued the following 1)-N.ree: 4 111 Ci.llFcciteznee of the indisposition of my Secretary of State f,,r the Department of the Interior, Don Cauos Manuel, charged with the affairs of the Interior, I appoint to that De partici( nt the first (Id de Bureau, Don Favier l'inella.' " The Government has, with much satisfaction, his day received intelligence of the happy termina ion of ti,e dissensions which agitated Seville. " The Government has also received a Report from M. Albistu, lately appointed Political Chief of Seville, announcing that he was on his way to fulfil his functions without any other authority than that of the law. He proceeds on the invitation of the Com mandant of Seville, who has informed him that all the obstacles which had hitherto prevented the sub ani,:: -,:n of that city to the Government were removed. '' I. consequence of this official intelligence, the fear of a dissolution of the Government is put aside, at least to a more remote period. The submission of Seville wiil necessarily produce the submission of C.tdiz, Alicent, Carthagena, Barcelona, &c. Fiench Funds, Jan. 22, Five per Cents. 85 f. 50 c. A Dutch Mail arrived this forenoon, bringing Pape:. to the 23d inst. The following are extracts : HAMBURG% JAUNARY re. Accounts from St. Petersburgh, of the Ist of Is y , s ay, that fr om want of snow, the communication v the interior is for the most part impeded, and that t!:is circumstance is a great hindrance to commerce, which is already in so unfavourable a situation. In many of the provinces of Russia a want of grain be :ra to be felt; so that several persons, high in office, 2:e gone thither, in order to adopt such measures as may be found necessary. Other accounts from St. , l'cte.rsburgh, of the date abovementioned, say— " A sort of gloom still prevails here respecting the question of peace or war• The inhabiumts of IL wry, as well as of the otbcr cities of the empire, are generally patticipitting in ardent zeal for the cause of the Greeks." The accounts from Sweden likewise state, that from want of snow the bringing of iron, &c. to the sea ports is, for the most part, stopped. BRUSSELS, JANUARY N. . I Private letters from Paris say, that the Order of Malta has the project to make itself master of an island in the Archipelago ; and there to fix the seat of its sovereignty, but that its endeavours to obtain the consent of the Great Powers are counteracted by England. PETERSBURGII. DECEMBER as. The value of the merchandize brought this year to the great fair at Nishnynovogorod amounted to 138 millions of roubles; the quantity sold to ni millions. Their Inperial Highnesses the Grand Dukes Ni cholas and Michael have returned from their tour to inspect the troops. The trade between Odessa and Constantinople goes on in its usual course. According to the statement just published by the Synod (which, however, includes only the Greek Church), the number of the births, &c. in the Russian Empire, iu the year 1819, was as follows : BIRTHS. Males . - - - 796,428 Females - - - - 725,708 Total - - 1,522,154 Being 90,686 more than the year 1818. DEATHS.. Mater - - . - - 467,668 Females - - - - 451,441 Total - - 919,109 Being 41,102 more than in the year 1818.—The numbet of hi. ills exceeds that of deaths by 602,025. Among :he deaths were 233,697 males under five years of age.—lt is N orthy of remtirk, that if we ex cept the first ten years of infancy, the greatest mor tality takes place at the age of 60 to 65 years, for in these years there died 17,745 males, i. e. the 26th or 27th pan of the whole. _ _ _ Anions the de.sths of the male sex (the age of the females is not gated), there were— . 18,741 - above - SO 5,754 - • - • 98 1,094 - - - . 100 324 . • . - 105 179 - - a 110 90 - - - 116 56 - - - 129 93 - - - 125 13 - - - 130 , Two the extraerdinary age of between 140 and ISO. STOCKHOLNI, JANUARY' 8. The flambe' of births here last year was 2,3.56 ; deaths, '2,628 BASLE, JANUARY 12. For some months past a correspondence has been carried on between this Canton and Geneva, respect ing the hest system of defence of the Swiss frontiers. Sevetal of these letters have been published, and discus very important questionc. It seems to be generally agreed that our cc....titrA should have no fortresses; but another qu , stion, on which opinions are much divided, is, whether certain important passes in the Swiss A'ps shall be fortified or closed up ? What makes this a very ticklish ques tion, and in fact a problem that can hardly be solved, is, that the defiles and roads through them are indis •pensabir to the existence of some Cantons, and that these districts mould he converted into deserts if they were deprived o the communications which are so n ssary to their industry. The Vallais, which has begun to prosper since the opening of the Simplon, will certainly oppose the closing of that road, which. besides, may be easily blocked up in crse of danger.— The same may be said o: St. Gotherd, the road over which is so necessary to the trade of Switzerlard, that the closing of it would he a death-hlow to whole districts. Switzerland has so superfluuus resources. Monday her Royal Highness the Princess Au- GUaITA, atternled h ; 4 Lady in Waiting, took an air ing in her rim e and four , and paid morning visit to the Duchess r•I 's GLOucEsTER, at Bagshot Park. ller Royal Highness returned to Fr ogmore in the evening. Thursday his Highness Prince ESTERHAZY gave a sumptuous dinner, et Chandos House, to Sir Henry ILolford, ninon de Cazes, M. Auguste de Cazes, 111. du Souza, Dr. Benin. and a select party. We are requested to state, that the next Number of the NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE, to be published the Ist of February, will contain, among various other original Papers, a Letter from THOMAS CAMP BELL, Esq. to the Indian Chief, JOSEPH BRANDT, on the subject Of GERTRUDE OP WYOMING. On Wednesday a Meeting was held at the York Hotel, in Liverpool, for the purpose of thanking Mr. HOME for his public services. After Mr. BOOTH, the Chairman, Colonel WILLIAMS, and several other Gentlemen, bad addressed the Meeting, a series of Resolutions, declaratory of the high sense entertained of the services of Mr. HUME in Parliament, were passed, and the Meeting separated. CITY BOSlNESS.—Yesterday a Court of Aldermen was held at Guildhall, which was fully attended. The Return of the Election of Common Councilmen for the Ward of Walbrook, after the late scrutiny, was laid before the Court. The Court then pro ceeded to the consideration of the petition of sundry inhabitants of the Ward of Langbourn, against the Election and Return of Mr. WILTSHIRE, as Common Councilman for that Ward, and after due deliberation thereon, declared and adjudged the said Election of Mr. WILTSHIRE to be void, and requested the LORD MAYOR to issue a Precept for the election of another in his room. FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS. The Marquis of Londonderry, from Korth Cray, Kent. The Earl of Jersey, and two of his sons, in Berkeley-square, from Paris. The Marquis of Exeter, at Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley-square, from Borleigh, Lincolnshire. Captain Bastard, M.F. at ditto, DEPARTURES from Devonshire. The Duke of Devonshire, for Brighton. The Earl of Shannon, from the London lintel, Albemarle street, for Brandon, Suffolk. J. Wiltshire, Esq. from ditto for Bath. George Silvertop, Esq. from Fenton's Hotel, St. Jarte's-street, for Suffolk. A bre broke out at one o'clock this morning, in the extensive cooperage of Messrs. Encore and Co. sugar-bakers, in Rupert square, at the bottom of Lambeth-street, Whltechaptl. On its first breaking out it raged with great fury, threatening destruc tion to the two sugar-houses between which the cooperage was situate. The engines soon arrived, and having,a good supply of water, the Artiness were enabled not only to save the houses, but also the new German Church, from which it was separated only by a narrow passage. The whole of the cooperag-, with the valuable property, were totally destroyed, as was the counnutu eating pater, between the two hooch beta% the Um awe catapulted. NAVAL INTELLMEYCE. The Bridgewater, from London to China, was parted with on the 9th of July, in lat. St. S. long. U. R. by the Hythe, which arrived in Angler Roads on the 7th of August. The Rio de Santo, from Campeachy to the Havannah, was abandoned on the nth of November, near Cape Antonio. Crew saved by the Sceptre, arrived at Liverpool, end landed at the Havannah. FALMOV7i, JAN. W.SW'.—Arrived the Mery -1 Ann and Isabella, Stentzesort, from 'Hull for Rio Janeiro; Commercial Paeet, Newron, from London for Lisbon; and Minerva, Mos Lay, from London for Seville. PLY:norm, Jax. 24.—Wind S.W.—Arrived the Two Bro then, Fancirtmo, from Figuiera : Charlotte, Nark_lfrom Mes sina, with the loss of boat and bulwarks; Patienee,lkst, from Messina; and &illy, STININNS, from St. Michael's. The Char lotte spoke ' on the 2d inst. the Jane, of Bideford, beating up l in Malaga Bay, having been blown out from thence with loss of anchors, cables, and boats. The Swallow, Ross, from London for Bombay; Regent, CuLutworra, from Newcastle for Jamaica; Rob , :r• Edu ands, SHEN/MAN, from London for New York, have p.c in by contrary winds, and remain with the George and James, COULTHARID, for Africa; Medina, NiArnsos, for Bom bay; Placidia , FAIRCLOUGL for Genoa; Sappho HiMNITALL (under repair), for M a lta, Constantinopl e , and Odessa. Poarssicsern, JAN. 25.—Wind W.—Arrived the Vesta, &r -oams, fr orn Trepani for Poole; and James and Isabella, Milroy, from Amsterdam for Cadiz. Sailed I'Aigle, STARBUCX, for the South Seas. DiAL, JAN. 25.—Wind N.W.—Came down from the River the Coma:Nes sloop of war, and sailed with his Majesty's ships Lavax and BARIRAC3UTA, for the Westward. Also sailed the Duchess of Athol, for the East Indies ; and the William, MVO-. 131110GH, for Sierra Leone. Came down from the Rivet and re main, the Express, BAnaarr, for Gibraltar ; Elizabeth, CARR, for Berbice; St. Patrick, Caossr, for Belfast; and Glory, MON, GAN, for Demerara. Arrived anremain the Starling, DOUGLAS, from Rio Janeiro; Oporto Packet, Cover, from Pernambuco; Vigilant, ScrooLzs. from Cephalonia for Hull; and I'Eclair, Musnow, from Messina. HARWICH, JAL !S.—Arrived the Vansittart packet, with a Mail from Holland. TOPSHAM, JAN. 24.— Arrived the Susannah, PROCTOR, from St. John's, New Brunswick, having received much damage. WNITeV, JAN. 24.—The Ann, of Sunderland, whkh was on shore to the Northward of this port, has been get off, and is now safe in the harbour. The Prompt, Berwick smack, for Lon don ; and Maria, of Newcastle, got on Whitby Rock this morn ing, but got off again and proceeded, not making any water. DAIIIMOUTH, JAN. 24. Arrived the Maria, Boom, from Figueira , en 18th instant, in lat. 45. long. 12. fill in with the French brig Esperauce, from Guadaloupe fur Bourdeaux, with loss of rudder ; supplied her with provisions, Ike. 1111111TOL, JAN. 25.—The Speculation, from Bilboa, has been weighed and removed to a place of safety, after taking out part of her cargo by cutting her decks. Livaaroot., Jaw. 24.—Arrived the Three Friends, Cots, from Lisbon : in lat 40. 41. long. 11. saw a brig about 200 tons, dis masted, and no person on boarJ ; she had yellow sides. Cusrox-llouss, JAN. 21—Ships Entered Inwards:—The ♦ctive, from Dunkirk ; Mercury, from Ilatuhurgh ; Emperor Alexander, from Demerara; Pomona, front Bourdeaux; Alba tros, front Quebec ; Loyalist, from St. John's (N. 8.): Danube, from Cork; and Resignation, from Bilboa.—Entered Out wards: The Coventry, for St. Vincent's; Atalanta, for Naples; Thomas, fot Malta; and Reward, for Cork.—Cleared Outwards: Blues, for Rio ; William, for the Cape of Good Hope ; William, for Jamaica; Manley, for Demerara; and Spring, for the Baltic. Aaartae—At Jamaica. the Pyrennees, Lady Popham, Wood stock, O:iyx, and Janc, M'Clure, from London; Triton, Sharp; James, Leggett ; Sophia, Burn ; and Claremont, Walker, from Liverpool. At the Texel, William, Neilson, from Samarang. At Ilelvoet, Echo, Pomeroy, from the Havannah ; Amphitrite, De Cr-10:e, from Hamburgh ; and Hendrico, Hardrich, from iiarlingen. At Rochelle, Industry, Brown, from llutterdam. ' At Bilboa, San Juan Baptiate, and N. S. Dolores, from Bristel ; Commerce, from Dartmouth ; General Brock, from Archangel; and Ilabnat, from Newfoundland. At Gibraltar, Pelle Alliance, from Rio Janeiro; Dolphin, from Monte Video; and Elk, from Boston. At - blalaga, Emmeline, Palk, from Newfoundland. LAW INTELLIGENCE, COURT OF KING'S BENCH, JANUARY 25. RETFORD V. SIAM The plaintiff in this case had brought his action against the defendant, who bore a prominent part in the n ansactions which took place at the Manchester :Meeting of the 16th August, as one of the Yeomanry Corps, for an assault arising out of his (the defend ant's) conduct on that day. Mr. EVANS now applied to the Court for a Rule, directing that several of the pleas pleaded by the defendant should be struck out, as being irrelevant. He thought their Lordships would be of opinion that this was a point highly to be desired, if it could be attained, when he informed them that time were no less than fifty-one pleas, occupying a space of 731 folio.. This proceeding would render the ex penses enormous to the plaintiff before the issue could be brought to trial. The Learned Counsel then proceeded to call their Lordships' attention to certain parts of the pleas, which, he contended, were only repetitions of preceding pleas, and might be struck out without prejudice to the defendant. The COURT granted a Rule to shew cause why it should not be referred to the Master to strike out such pleas as should appear to him unnecessary. THE KING T. kiDcwAy. This was an indictment preferred by the Bridge• street Association against the defendant, a petty bookseller, residing at Manchester, forxublishing a seditious libel. The trial took place before Mr.,Jus tice HOLROYD, at Lancaster, and the defendaut was found Guilty. Mr. BROUGHAM, on a former day, obtained a Rule to shew cause why there should not be a new trial, on the grounds that the only witness who proved the Rublicatton at the trial had, in the course of his testi mony, been guilty of perjury, he having sworn that in March, at the time he purchased the pamphlet, there was a board over the door of defendant's shop, containing the words—" Ridgway, dealer in tea, coffee, Ste." Whereas that board, as appeared by the affidavits of three individuals, which he then held in his hand, had been removed before Christmas. Mr. Serjeant Hut.Locx now shewed cause against the Rule, and in reply to the three affidavits produced on a former day, by Mr. Brougham, he now pro duced the affidavits of six respectable individuals, all of whom stated, that they were in the habit of pass ing Ridgway's house frequently, and remembered to have seen the board in question over the door, not only up to March, as sworn by the witness Millar, at the trial, but even down to the month of May-.a period two months later at least. He therefore sub mitted, that the affidavit of the six persons, which he had now read, was a full answer to those on which his Learned Friend (Mr. Brougham) had obtained hisßule. The Oiler JUSTICE asked Mr. Brougham it he had seen the affidavits on the other side, and whether he thought he could oppose them ? • Mr. I3aouciumt submitted, that the case, as it now stood, had assumed the appearance of a•question resting on conflicting testimony; and the Court were ' now so say whether they would decide on such con flicting testimony, or send it to a new Jury ? As for the circumstance of the defendant not having sworn positively that he did not sell the pamphlet, but only. to the best of his belief, it was to be accounted for by , the fact of there Wog other'pamphlets brariog the game tide. o Addrewto the Reformer, of Great Brie taro," which contained nothierobjectionable. and he might have sold one of those. Observations had been made on the lack of affidavits on the part of the de fendant. It was said Ridgway might have had the affidavit of his wife. The defendant was a poor man, and could not get affidavits and witnesses with the lime facility which his opponents could ; but the fa I was , his Learned Friend (Mr. Evans) had the affida vits of Mrs. Ridgway, and also of the person in whose keeping the board had been ever since its removal ; but- they reached town at a period too late to allow of them bring put in. The Conti Justice observed, the Learned Counsel must he aware that the affidavits, not having been read, could not be regularly alluded to. If they had been put in and read, the prosecutors might have answered affidavit by affidavit. Mr. BROUGHAM proceeded to argue in support of the Rule. The CHIEF JUIITICE, however, observed that there was nothing in, this case which called upon the Court to depart from its usual practice. Where a Role was obtained on a statement'nf facts, and those fAc:s were fully answered by other affidavits, to the satisfaction of their Lordships, the consistent course was to •dis. ' charge the Rule, and leave the verdict undisturbed. The rest of the Court agreed in this opinion, and the Rule was discharged. THE XING N. JOHN AMBROSE WILLIAMS. In this case Mr. SCARLET? last Term obtained a Rule to shew cause why a criminal information should not be filed against the defendant, the Editor of the Durham Chronicle, for a libel in that Paper, reflecting on-the body of the Established Church. Mr. BROUGHAM said, in this. case he h:td to shew cause against a Rule obtained on a former day—why a criminal information should not be filed against . Mr. Williams, but before be went into the ca...e, and his reply to the Rule, he must submit to the Court an objection to the proceedings, which he was per suaded would save the Court much trouble. The present was not one of those cases in which the pro secutor was a person or a body unknown to the law, but it was a new case entirely ; it was a case in which the prosecutor was entirely unknown to the defend ant. Mr. Brougham then proceeded to argue, that under the Statute, there must be a known and de clared prosecutor : if it was otherwise—if the Court. would rake the simple word of Mr. Scat iett—he «as not aware how they could resist taking the wrud of any other Gentleman at the bar. He trusted the Court would be of opinion pith him, that this objec tion was unanswerable and, by such a decision, he should be spared the pain of going into observationi on a body cf highly respectable and dignified Clergy, and a comparison of characters, which he would most anxiously, if possible, avoid. The CHIEF JUSTICE said, it would be inccnvenient to take parts separately. Mr. BROUGHAM said, he must then remind their Lordships of the rule invariably acted upon —namely, of having an affidavit, denying the truth or falsehood of the assertion in the libel. Mr. Justice BAIILEY.—What fact do you say they ought here to have denied ? Mr. BROUGHAM said, that here the fact alleged against the Chapter of the Cathedral of Dui ham was, that they had failed in their respect to tl;c Royal Family, by not tolling the bell on the demise of one of its principal members. The CHIEF JUSTICE said, if the fict svas rot de. nied by affidavit, it must he taken to be true. Mr. Justice BAYLRY said, it might be so that the fact was not denied, and yet the party mii i ht have a right to proceed by this mode. The fact charged, he would not say it was so in this case, might nut be a crime. Mr. BROUGHAM said, it had always been held by the Court, that there must be an affidavit going to the merits of the party applying. Mr. Justice Houtoyn.—That is not invariably the case, Mr. Brougham. Mr. SCA RLETT.—My Lord, my Learned Friend has a case in point which occurred recently, and within.his own knowledge. Mr. 13 ROUGH Al 4 then proceeded to urge his ground - of complaint, that lie dial not know the party or par ties applying. It might be all the Clergy of the Ca thedral and Diocese of Durham ; and if it was so, he would submit that this clerical body had been so con ducting themselves for some time past, that the Court would not grant them its aid; but would oblige them, if they thought fit to proceed, to go before a Grand Jury of their country, and proceed by indict ment. He then proceeded to comment in strong terms on the political conduct of the Clergy of Dur ham ; their political bias had always I'cen strong, and always one way, and there were no arts too base for this faction to adopt to carry their political purposes into effect. The COURT inquired who this faction were, and who the party was to whom the Learned Counsel contended the passages of the alleged libel alluded? Mr. BROUGHAM said, certain Clergy, clerical parti zans of the Cathedral and Diocese of Durham. The CHIEF JUSTICE read the libel, and observed, it applied to the whole body of the Clergy. Mr. BROUGHAM submitted it did not. He would mention the provocation which the defendant had re ceived in this case: some of these clerical persons, embarking in a secular contest, had publiAled pam phlets, in which they had no: spared abuse of the grossest description, as applied ts Mr. Williams by name, whom they had described as a hireling pan ' der, parasite, flatterer, and slanderer ; and further than this, he was enabled to state fiom his affidavits that a General Meeting of the Clergy had taken place at the house of a Dignitary of their body, when an Address had been agreed to, in which they were guilty of a gross breach of priviler,e as regarded one branch of the Legislature; for in it, alluding to the House of Peers, they say that some individuals of the highest order, in the highest situations in the king dom, had been guilty of conduct Which would have disgraced the lowest, in the lowest situations. After some further observations, Mr. Brougham obser ved, he confidently hoped that their Lordships would leave this, he would not say clerical body, for they were acting only in their secular characters, to sea l , their disputes as well as they could, by an appeal to the laws of their country, if they believed they had grounds for such au appeal. Mr. Cartzsit loAowed on the same side. • The Curse/ JCETICS said the Court would bear Mr. Semites reply tO-1130171M.