Star. — London, England, 1810-03-26 00:00:00

THE EVENING' STAR.. people of England have contended from the earliest ages ; and their glorious success in which contests are now upon record in the great Charter of our rights and liberties, and in divers other subsequent statutes of scarcely less importance. It was this same great prin ciple which was again attacked by CHARLES I. in the measure of Ship Money, when again the People of England and an uncorrupted House of Commons re-- yawed the contest; a contest which ended in the im prisonment, the trial, the condemnation, and the execu tion of that ill-advised King. The self-same principle it was that was so daringly violated byhis son James 11. for which violation he was compelled to flee from the just indignation of the people, 'who not ' only stript him of his Crown, but prevented that Crown from descending to his family. In ill these contests, the courage, perseverance, and fortitude of our ancestors, conspicuous as they were, were not more so than their wisdom ; for, talk as long as we will about Rights,_ Liberties, Franchises, Privileges, and Immuni t i es , o f what avail are any, or all of these together, if our persons tan, at the sole will and command of man, or set of men, be seized on, thrown into prison, and there kept during the pleasure of that man or set of men ? If every one of you be liable, at any time, to be sent to jail without trial, and without oath made against you, and there to be detained as long as it pleases the perces sending you there (perhap s to t h e en d of your life) without any Court to appeal to, without any means of redress : if this be the case; shall we still boast of the Laws and of the Liberties of England ? —Volumes have been written by foreigners as well as by our own countrymen in. praise of that part of our law, which, in so admirable a manner, provides for our personal safety against any attacks of men in power. This has indeed been, in all ages, the pride or our country ; and it is the maintenance of this prin ciple which enabled us to escape that bondage, in which ell the states and kingdoms in Europe were enthralled by abandoning and yielding it up ; and, we may be assured, that if we now abandon it, the bright days of England's glorynvill set in the night of her disgrace. a But I would fain believe that such is. not to be our fate. Our forefathers made stern, g rins-visaged PREROGATIVE hide his head; they broke in pieces his sharp and massy sword. And,. 'ball we, their'sons, be afraid to enter the lists with undefined Peivieece, assuming the powers of Prerogative ? “ I shall be told, perhaps, that there is not much danger of this power being very frequent& exercised. The same apology maybe made for the exercise of any power whatever. I do not suppose that the 1 Gentlemen of the House of Commons will send any of you to jail when you do not displease them. Mr. Yoaxa did not move for the sending of Mr. Jure to jail, till Mr. JONES displeased him ; but it is not a very great compliment to pay to any Con stitution, to say, that it does not permit a man to be imprisoned, unless he has done something to displease persons in power. ft—irould be difficult, should suppose, to find any man upon earth, however despotic his disposition, who would not be contented with the power ofsending to prison, during his pleasure, every one who should dare to do any thing r : displease him. Besides, when I am told, that there is 1:ele danger that the Gentlemen in the House of C. • •Thirl will often exercise this power, I cannot help • oLzri.. .-.- that, though the examples m a y b e f ew , t h e i r -, , effect will, naturally, be great and general. At this We this morning received Dutch papers to the 23d moment, it is trueewe see but one man actually in jail instant, from which we have subjoined some extracts. for havint displeased those Gentlemen ; but the fate of It is at length decided that Holland shall retain her this one man (as is the effect of all punishments) w:11 4 I edepen. ence as a Kingdom, an d L ouis w i ll resume deter others from expressing their o pi n i ons o f t h e con his Throne Ifter the celeb ra ti on of his Brother' s mar ductof those who ha ve th e p ower to pun i s h hi m. And, moreover, itis in the nature of allpower,andespecially rime. I'lie Dutch are informed, however, that this of assumed and undefined power, to increase as it ad- relax.ition of the Emperor's threatened severity has vances in age ; and, as Magna Charta and the Law 01 not been obtained with out •r considerable sacriaces : theland have not been.sufficient to protect Mr. JONES, as we have seen hi m sent to jail for .havin , " described but whether of a te rr i tor i a l or pecun i ary nature, we Cie conduct o f one o f the mefnbers as ah outrage soon are not informed. The extracts from the Paris papers pt:blie feding, what security have we, unless this power' given in the Dutch journals, with the exception of a of imprisonment be given up, that we shall not see few uninteresting articles from Spain, relate to nothing other men sent to jail for stating their opinion k. respect ing Rott en B oroughs, respecting but the preparations making for the nupti a l s o f t h e sismers sitting i n the House; or, i Placemen and Pen- n short, for ag French Emperor. Among other entertainments with any decla rat i on , g i v i ng any opinion, nia l ion, stating any fact,. which the Parisians are to be gratified, there will be betraying any feeling, whether by writing, by word of 'tournaments, after the manner of our ancestors, in the mouth, or by gesture, which may diriplease any of the Champ de Mars, when the Empress MARIA LOUISA Gentlemen assembled in St. Stephen's Chapel ? " Then, again, as to the kind o f p un i s h ment , why hands. The intended ftltes will, it is sa id, excee d i n should will dispense rew ar d s to t h e Vi ctors w i th her own ould th e y step at sending person s t o jail? If• t h e y can send whom :hey please to jail ; if they can keep the splendour and Magnificence those exhibited in the Persons, so sent, in jail as long as they plea‘e ; if. they " Field of the Cloth of. Geld" of the Chivalrous ages. can set their prisoners free at the end of the bu hour, -AMSTERDAM, MARCH 19. or keep them confined for seven years ; if, in short, • The Supplement ((our R o y a l C ourant Of t hi s day their ab so l ute w i ll is to have the force of law, what ' " t uriq can you have tha t t h ey w ill stop at i mpr i son; contains the following impo rtant art i c l e : a' u?—lf they have the absolute power of imprison- " According to official accounts received from Pa. ing and releasing, why may they not send their pri- ris, a treaty was signed on the 16th inst. by the re soners to York jail, as well as to a jail in London ? spective Plenipotentiaries of his Majesty the King and W hY Art confine men ' in solitary cells, 'or load them with chains and bolts ? They have uot rine these his Imperial and Royal Majesty, the Emperor of lengthsif, the French and King of Italy, by which, with the ex- , , yet; but, what is there to restrain them, /erl are to he the sole judges of the extent of their ceprion of some unavoidable sacrifices, the existence ow e ". Powers, and if t h ey are to exer -ise those po wers attdintegrity of the kingdom o f H o ll an d i s preserved. " boat any controul , an d w i t h out l eav i ng the p arties, the same accounts state, that his Majesty intends '.hem ttkv choose to punish, any mode of appeal, immediately after the marriage of his august brother any meals of redress ? ~ T h at a power such as thi s s h ou ld ex i st i n any to return to this vountry. " u ntrY it is lamentable to be obliged to believe ; r , HAMBURGH, MARCH 15. kit) 1. 1 :4 it should be suffered to exist, ind that On the Isth instant, a Royal Manifesto was issued is e e. z,s,ence should be openly an d even boastfully tin Win. according to whi c h, f rom and after the he areweet . . , in a country, who c hi e f g l ory h as b een its ginning, of the,month of July of this•year, no ships ?ire constitution of government is somethin too Monstrous to be believed, if the pro ' of were not fefore ( which set. sail from any port in Euri .111 be ad our,pe,s la e ti . th j i e ll s e • Had rt the least doubt hung open my mind mittain any Prussian harbours, the ca ego of which it sveuld Et yof the proceedings in the presenacase, :ebb • of any other goods than those which are tin . have been altogether removed by the an- prohibited according to the present continental vs $4 - er s, - s given to the references made by me to the great tem . All East and West India produce found on iu • Ilniaries of our law, 'fl it . A r and to the laws themselves. , bard of such ships shell immediately he coefiscated, the atiMent, by which I endeavoured to convince Gentlemen of the House of Commons, that their the importation of the like commodities being only ace • '"n the case of Mr. Jones, were illegal, T shall permitted on board of ships which set sail from ports r ' c 'w lay before Ir ay than it couhylou, tar), Reporters possibly in a more full and connected lof America, destined direct for a Prussian harbour ; ; and, in doing this, he done by the Parliamen- 1 Or from such ports of the East and West Indies as t hat nowl shall do all tion of h. remai ns in mr power ' towards the correc- are on terms of amity /with France. powte _ t is, as I deem it, most enormous abuse of • It is said that with the consent of Russia a certain a and most dangerous of all uPus the rights and encroachments empire is 'ere long to undergo a very important rnain,,Gent_lemen, liberties of English Men. I re- Pic change. It is also reported, that the Archduke Fer. your most obedient humble servant . ,. --eat, marcirtll, 11110. dinanal, brother of the Empress of Austria, is soon to ETbe 66 FRANCIS BURDETT."' , , n follows the Speech which he delivered in the a Princess of one of the .raos se of com lead to the hymeneal altar, MOUS Oa the subject.] ' Molt alustricius houses of Germany. . • ,:4.4416 47, :,,, , i . L0ND0N..... • • 5 . .•• , • .e. • •. MONDAY, MARCH 26. r . PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLACK 3 per Cent Cons. for money 5811—aec. 69 to 69}. 5 per Cent. Navy 08i—Exchequer Bills 3s. to 10c prem. Bonds 13s. to 14s. preen. Yesterday we received two Gottenburgh Mails, and this morning a third arrived. A strong sensa tion had been excited in the North of Europe, in con seqnence of an official notification given at Ham burgh, of the sequestration of all American property in the ports of France, Holland, Spain, and Naples. This intelligence is corroborated by letters from Pa ris of the 17th inst. which state, " that so soon as the frequent conferences between the American Minister at the British Court, and the Secretary of State for the Foreign Department, became known to NAPOLEON, and the expectation of their reaching a satisfactory conclusion, he is said to have directed a decree to be drawn • up and expedited to every port in France, Italy, Holland, and Spain, ordering the immediate 'seizure and sale of all vessels and proptrty belong ing to the subjects of the United States." It is once more said that General ARMSTRONG, the American Minister, at Paris, has made preparations for quitting France ; it is understood that the Ame rican frigate JOHN ADAMS, will call at Havre de Grace before proceeding to America, when she will pro bably take General AKIATRONG on board. Lieute nant Etuosx, of the John Arms's, left town on Sa turday, for Cowes, with dispatches for America : these it is said, contain the project of an arrangement agreed upon between Mr. PINCKNEY and Marquis WELLESLEY ; having for its object the restoration of , commercial intercourse between the two countries. Letters received at Stockholm from St. Petersburgh, mention the probability of an approaching war between Russia and France ; some late movements among the Russian troops on the frontiers of Poland, appear to have given rise to these conjectures. The Danes are said to be preparing for an attack on Anholt, the possession of which must be very preca rious, while England commands the sovereignty of the sea ; strong fears are e„iertained at Copenhagen, of another visit from the English. According to the Copenhagen Commercial Gazette, 126 ships arrived in Touningen from North America from June to December last year, which brought 13,511 bales of cotton wool, 13,000,0001b5. of coffee, and large quantities of all ether sorts of colonial pro duce. Among the said ships were 22 from Balti more, 23 from Boston, .31 from Ne ff York, and 19 from Philadelphia. I • it • ARIIV. An 9 r4ediiion, on A large scale, will in a ihoft time be fitted out for South America. It will include Some 'cavalry and artillery, end not only evcryeffec. tive regiment in the kingdom, but likewise several of the ineffective Walcheren corps, as kis thought that this change of climate will promote their recovery. Friday the First West York Militia embarked to do duty on board the prison ships in Hamoaze, in the place of the East Devon Regiment. The sth Regiment has marched into Lewes Bar racks from Bexhill. •A dt , . . 1 r PAL INT . ELLICENcA . -.1 . 1, -.-- TRURO, MARCH 24. . . . I* ' Tice Easterly and Northerly winds of the week Ws sielirlliod • 1 .. us of news from the Westward. The Princess Ma packet] from Cadit, the P r i ncess Fli za b eth, f ro n t Liibon, t Princes!. Augusta, from M a l t a, an d t h e E xpress, from Anteri/ , are all hourly expected a t F a l mout h . 1 II FALMOUTH, MARCH 22. . Sailed the Prince Ernest packer, Captain Partin, for Giirralg tar and Malta; and the Windsor Castle packet, Captain Sum TON, fcr Jamaica. PLYMOUTH, MARCH Q 4: The BONNE CITOTENNt sibop callcd here on Thursday night, from Portsmouth, •havirg the outWard.boued Quebec Set under convoy—she took two empty masts ships from this port. Her convoy consists of near 160 sail. • •• Arrived the ADRIAN hired cutter from offL'Orient and Ushant, the ENDRAYOUR hired brig from Swansea, with a fesv coasters 'ender convoy; the CRANE sloop, Captain WTNTZR, from the Downs; and the We'd cc schooner from Torbay.—Sailed the LYRA brig of war for Rochefort ; l'Atatmmx frigate, for ;he North Sea; andthe HOUND bomb-vess:l for Cadiz. The Devas tation bombs under coders for the same place. Admiral Sir CHARLES COTTON will take his de parture from Portsmouth, in a few days, for the Me. diterranean, in the LivELy frigate, Captain M.Kix., LEY. Sir CHARLES , will hoist his flag on board the HolkaNlA, 110, Capt. NEVE. The PERSIAN, Captain COLQUITT, sailed from Portsmouth, on Saturday morning, for the West In dies,.with a convoy of 30 sail. Captain STANFELL is promoted to the rank of Post- Captain ; JOHN DAY,. Esq. to be Secretary to Admi ral Sir CHARLES COTTON ; T. COLE, Esq. (of Ply mouth,) to be Secretary to Admiral Yousio. Arrangements are making at Portsmouth, in cons fident expectation that an exchange of prisoners will take place. Friday morning a deputation from the Corpora tion of Bristol, consisting of Mr. NOBLE, Mr. BAILLIB M. P. and Mr. CLAXTON, th;ee of the Aldermen, waited upon Lord GRENVILLE, at Camelford H.ntse, to present to his Lordship the Vote of the Mayor, Al dermen, Sheriffs, and Common Council of that City, unanimously electing his Lordship their High Steward, in the room of his Grace the late Duke of PORTLAND. The deputation was received with every mark of po lite attention, and his Lordship expressed himself fully sensible of this mark of distinction conferred upon him by the Corporation of Bristol.—lndeed when we con sider that Lord GRENVILLE was unconnected with the Corporation of that city, the election of his Lordship to that honourable and ancient office of High Steward, must be considered not only a very great compliment, but an evident proof of their high opinion of his Lord ship's great abilities, and his constitutional principles. —We understand Lord. GRENVILLE was afterwards invited by those Gentlemen to Bristol, which invita tion his Lordship politely, accepted, and will proceed to Bristol after his installation at Oxford, where he will be magnificently entertained by the Mayor and Body Corporate. The order for the assemblement of the Court Mar tial for the trial of Colonels DOVETON and BELL, at Bangalore, has, it is said, been countermanded,- in eonsequence of the movements of the Mahrattas, having required the presence of the officers who were to have consituted the Court with their respective re giments. PORTSMOUTH; MARCH 25. The CArrtwarr sloop of war has arrived from the Downs with a convoy, and the GANYMEDE sloop of war, from a cruize. The TYRIAN takes convoy for the Dowus.a-Wind Easterly. It has blown a gale all day. DEAL. MARCH 55.• The brig Samuel, from Vallery for London, ran fin shore this morning near Walmer Castle, and it is feared s:ki will be lost. A galliot, from Holland, is just arrived and-brought up in the Downs, and has a signal flying for a pilot.—Wind N.E. blows hard, YARMOUTH, MARCH 25. It bas blown a gale from the East all nigHt, but the ships of war are all safe at anchor, withtheir yards and topmasts struck. Sailed the BRUIZ ER gun-brig, Lieut. PRICE, on a cruize. The Bravda gerin and her convoy, with the trade from this port for Heligo- Jana, remain wind hound.—Arrived from Sheerness, where they have been paid and repaired, the TARTARUS sloop, Captain MAI NWARI NG ; and the LY NI, Capi. MARSHALL. The Vitra* gun•brig, Lieut. WRIGHT, from a cruize. One P. M.—Three sail of men of war are now in the Offing ' making for the Gut t—t he gale still continues. GREENOCK, MARCH Arrived on Wednesday, the Commerce, Watt, from Demerara) sailed thence 25th lan. in company with the Belfast, of Bel Cast, a nd Ebenezer, both for Liverpool, and kept company only two days. The Hawke, Gemmel, from hence for the Brazil , ' put into Demerara about a week before the Commerce sailed, having sprun; her masts. likft completing he: loading, the Garthland Skelton, which had arrived a few days before f ro tu Berbice, and would sail next springs for this port. Arrived same day, the Robert, Begg, from Grenada and Tris nadad, a running ship ; sailed from the latter island Ist February' Left at Grenada, the Eginton, Gilkinson ; and at Trinadad, the Benson, Spencer, Fly, Fairly, and Hermit, Cumming, all of Ob..t• gow. FROM LLOYD'S LIST. GRAVRSIND. MARCH 25.—Arrived the Taunton Castle And Fort William East ludiaauer. The spire of St. Mary's church, in Manchester, has .. been surveyed, and is sentenced to be taken down.-.- The steeple of Childwall church h as b een f oun d out THE PARRS.—The cold air which prevailed yerter of its perpendicular.--The tow er o f S t. P eter ' s c h urc h day prevented that display of Sunday gaiety which in Liverpool is also undergohig a repair; the turrets we so frequently observe in the Parks. Sarsenet ;,e -lisses some time since announced the approach of at the angles are already taken d own . RIOT.—The generality of the le ases o f h ouses i n Spring, but cloth and velvet will be more convenient during the keen winds of March. The grand bustle St: George's fields expiring on Sat ur d a y, t h e greater was among the carriages, which cantiined many per part of the inhabitants left them This was taken ad- sons of fashion. The dust was disagreeable, and those vantage of by numbers of the low est orders, arnica- who ventured on a promenade were glad to return larly those who are dishonestly di s p ose d, who ' attacked and pulled down several houses, during the whole of home. Yesterday morning, between eight and nine o'clock, Thursday and Friday nights, and carried off the a whirlwind took place at the bottom of St. James's. whole of the materials. The assembly, on Saturday, street, and proceeded with great violence towards the had a very alarming aspect, being increased in one top of the greet ; in its way it upset the sedan chairs place to the number of about a thousand, in Bennett's- opposite Brookes's, six in number, and broke the poles row, nearly opposite to the Magdalen, it being the and glasses. Such a scene has not been witnessed last day of Mr. Hedger's lease, whi c h returns to the for many possession of the City. This daring assemblage actually years in the streets of London. A fire broke out yesterday morning, about twelv e pulled down and carried off four entire houses, and o'clock, in the dwelling-house of a boot and shoe. scarcely left a brick remaining. They carried away the principal part of about e ig ht ot h er h ouses, leav ing nothing but part of the w a ll s rema i n i ng. N ot I maker, in Ogle-court, Queen Ann-street East. There was no alarm of fire given until the flames were per. content with attacking empty houses, th e y exten d e d ceived to have burst forth out of one of the windows. I Fortunately it was got under in the space of an hour, their depredations to some that we re i n h a bi te d , and ! carried off articles of furniture belonging to the poor but not before the premises were nearly gutted. The defenceless inhabitants, who were obli ge d • to escape family, and some lodgers (mechanics), it was sup out for their lives, or the buildings w ou ld h ave b een , posed had fled on the first alarm of the fire, except one unfortunate young man, who, from indisposition, pulled down upon them. An aged woman , w h o got her living by selling milk, was turned out of her was confined to his bed. Him the firemen found house to enable them to pull it down ; some h umane . nearly dead, and in great torture, from the injury he neighbours assisted her in saving some of h er h u mbl e had sustained by the fire. He expired in the arms of furniture, and gave her refuge in one of their houses, two men who supported him, as they were carrying So determined were they upon plunde r , th a t th e most him to the Middlesex Hospital. ihsignificantdetaChed buildings belonging to thehou ses The Jury that was summoned at Portsmouth, on did not escape them ; they were so active in their the death. of Mrs. Ullock, wife of Mr. Thomas Ulloel, proceedings, that onehouse was attacked, demolished, Purser of his Majesty's ship APOLLO, returned a ver and carried off in about half an hour. One man i dict of wilful murder against T. Ullock, for the murder. boasted that he hadsold the tiles taken from one house : of his wife, Johanna, after three days' minute investi. for fourteen shillings ; a.woman got as much wood gation. JAMES GRIGG, Esq. the Coroner, immedi as won'.d fetch her four pounds. The scene at times i ately committed T. Ulloci to take his trial. had rather a ludicrous appearance ; men and women M CORN.___ARKET, MARK -LANE, MAaca CI.—To-day there 'running away with doors and knockers on their . are tolerable farther supplies of Wheat arrived, fine in demand, backs; roofs of houses, shutte rs , &c. in a similar' . other qualities are cheaper—Barley and Malt scarcely at last , prices—Beans of the two kinds, likewise White Peas, are rather manner. In taking out a window-frame of one' d - earer-1 here are considerable fresh arrivals of Oats, and sale s in Muse, they broke twelve siluares of glass for the sake.' this trade are named cheaper—Flour at our last currency. GENERAL CURRENCY Al UNDER. of the frame. The women were far the most nitre- i Wheat , Beans, (all 561.625. genus. This alarming conduct continued till past f Tick. ditto ofd ) 455. Sla t two o'clock, when it was stopped by the arrival of 1 Rye, F‘v "ineedatii3t08,25514•1,39625...111°655... Oats 22.. 255. 305. Mr. Newman, the City Solicitor, and several of the Barley, 34.. 475. 6 . Poland ditto, Us. 34.. od: ! 49. • d Police o:fizers belonging to Union Hall, who : Malt 7os. 775. Potatoe ditto, sets.od. White Peas (boilers) 6118. 7Gs. Rape Seed, 461. 501. took sever al of Cie ringleadm into custody, and i ditto 461. Sls. disPersed the others. In other parts of St George's-1 GieY Fine Hour 85s, SOs—Seconds 20t. 8.55. Fields, in the course of Saturday, several wooden, I COUN rRy MARKETS. buildings ware r.ii:, , ...ct by jacks, and carried off by I " PRICIS Of GRAM Al THE FOLLOWING INIAREETE • 'sled rces. G 1.1:1 n an, the offi,ei, observing a man named : . BA sittosTozz.—Wheat 8:J1 04 to liOs Od per Quarter. ~,Viii.was ripping tip the lead from a hoes., and car- Barley slit Od to 47s 6d I Beans 50s od to 61s Od • rying it sway, Leek him into custody, an d Si r Joliet L oats 27s Od to 35s Cl• Feast 00s Od to 00s Od PINIIORN committed him to the county gaol. ,Ann-Bread 2s 40. per gallon.no- I Hex cm—Wheat 90s Od to 111 s 0d per Qr tiler, of the name of Lk, Griffiths, for an offence of : SOs Od to S9s Od Beans 4.45 Od to. 68s Od the same dc.)cription, was also committ e d. . The pro- , Barley Oats 24s Od to 44$ od I Pease 50s Od to 64s od cee , lins of Satu r day an d d ie p rev i ous days, attracted I • Bread 25. 6d. per gallon an immense crowd to St. George's-fields, yesterday; • MAtuawattao..—'Wheat 1 12. Od to 124 a Od per Qr. I and it was deemed necessary to send the milit ar y to Bar n ,,ZY ils 061 to 48s Od Bouts 50s ed to 64, Od 28$ od to Sos Od I Pease 54s Od to 80s od soppert the civil power. . A party of the HI rse -- Bread • 10. 6d. per gallon. Guards did ilnty round .the King's Bench Prison and i Nawava v.—Wheat 985 Od to 126$ Od per Qr. ,its secinity. The City Marshal _and Constables a l so 1 Barley . 2 3 6 25 s 0d y......1 t t o o 4 6 49 : od Od I Pease 54. SOs Od to fOs 04 54. (1.1 to 58s ed rec , i , ed large reinf o rce ments , an d were upon t h e 1 Oats • Bread vs sd per gallon, _ ilea during the %%hole course , i the day. - Seven - . u journeymen cl.ne•r. alters have been. (Cm- Barley 311 s ato 481 Od roans 431 Od to itss od spitted for tWo months, to the douse of Correctioi ' Oats inis 04 to 341 6d Pease .ik 5111, Ild ta 81/4 Od .... . .. at Preston, for a conannatiou to raise their wa w 9 s. i Bread it. 7d. per gill • 4 s; 4111'0) • .1 • . ' • ' • • . ' ..---