Star. — London, England, 1814-03-25 00:00:00

^T' ~~ • 0 prevent vexatious actions under the for ty thitd Of the King." :tit. WIIITBREAts moats stoty the Leaette'd Ci. vii .in, with Whom the Bill originated, undcr which these prosecutions had been commenced, had left the 1-louse thit; day: He could have hoped from him some e xplanation, which might have been an a p o l ogy for tie House havinz passed an Act which had pro. duce.l effects so diametrically opposite to those which vele expected from it. But as the Learned Mem ber for the University of Oxford had thought pro per thus to leave them, it was Fitting for those who w ere present to state what occn r red t o th em on this subject. Some few years ago, the bill under which these prosecti i ins were instituted, was p revare d b y a Learned Gentleman of great talents, Mei took the j business out of the hand's of a Cotanty Member, to secure the Clergy from prosecutions under certain , Acts Of lienry the Eighth. This Bill was pissed by the Coate:oils, sent by them to the Lords, and passed there also; and now that it had been in operation e l e ven yeats, another Bill was to be brought in to save persons from being ruined by penalties undo this Act, whose conduct, it should seem, has been not' only innocent, but meritorious: Those who remem bered the proceedings on that Bill, and who heard the 'speeches then delivered, must'be struck with what they had heard that day. At that time it was con tended, that every thing ought to he done to induee informers to come forward. For this purpose, it was thought right that the whole of the penalties should go, to the informers. It was then said to be desirable that every encouragement should be given to them ; they were not then held up to reproach as obnoxious per sons; but the moment an informer came forward, certain he was right according to law, the House was first called upoo to suspend the proceedings which bad been instituted against the Clergy; secondly, to continue that suspension ; thirdly, to crush the prose cutions; and fourthly, they would be called upon to alter the law. One instance had come to his know ledge in the Diocese of Norwi s ch, who had performed the duty ot two churches between thirty and forty years, and in all that time had not been absent so Many earl. Nevertheless, he was now prosecuted for penalties, which, if the law were enforced, must send him to a jail. This was a case which called for relief ; and where there were difficulties in deciding both ways, he should he disposed to raise his voice in favour of giving it. Bit the Right Hon. Gentleman ]tad said ot ninety-two cases, in the Dioce,e of Lon. dr,n, there were but two that Were ambignom,, and these he could not pronounce against : stating this he proved too much. If such wet e the fact, they ought to do honour to the CI .rgy,--admit that the Legis lature had acted under a wrong impression, ---that restr:ctions were unnecessary., and that-all they had beard of their being absent fror^ their pa ashes, and 4teglecting their parochial duties, must be unfounded. He would rather entertain the bill, than ,rifer the un fortunate person affected by these pio , 'Lions to be Utterly ruined. This would be acknoa“.... ging the former act of the House to be one whicti o , iilit not to have passed, and he hoped the Right Ho . Gen tleman VII() brought that Bill in, would assist in framing A pe w one, and in this he wished him better success than he had with the last. Mr. PRESTON was' in favour of the Bill. • Mr. WETHERALL censdred some ot the provi. son of the Act under which the prosecutions were commenced. They attached punishment, not to the offenct, Which they *ere intended to guard against, bot to. the simple fact, of non-residence, under any tiretithstances. In the whole penal cede, he thought no tither instance could be found where the punish. tnent was made conseqUent on thetomission of a form, and not on the commission of a crime. Whoever its author was, he hoped he would co-operate to do awry provisions Which were proved to . be bad, and enact those which might do good. Mr. W. WYN NE thought it hard for the informer, then he called for what he was entitled to by law, that the House should step in to prevent his recover ing the penalties. In a , case of such extreme diffi culty, he could have wished that each petition had been referred- to a Committee, where a counter-state' ment or petition could bare been made or put in by the informer. ~. 0_ Mr:BATHURST, in reply, said it was not a new case that a law should not exactly answer the purpose for which it was framed, or that it should be pervert. ed in its application. He thought the process recom mended by the Hon. Gentleman (Mi. Wynne) one that it would have been very improper to adopt, as, had this been done, the informer might have gained any information he needed, and frequently asi.ettain et: whether he could support his action or not. The Bin. Gentleman (Mr. Whitbread) seemed to think he had proved too tnucit. He had fairly stated that of ninety-two cases, there were but two that appeared ~,: ithout excuse—but granting that -against ten or ?wive more, a good flaw could be found, where such a disparity as seventy to twenty appeared, he thought the Interference of Parliament was called for. It was not the worst cases that Mr. Wright looked for.— Thos , , where t;.e parties were least culpable, would suit his purpose quite as Well. He might even.Rrefer going to a Clergyman, who had no vicarage house, 'lnd say to him at once— ,, You have no proper resi dence—you are living in your own house, and I will bring An action against you." It was such cases a, these that Mr. Wright might think he could best turn te his own emolument. With respect to what bad beet said of the Learned Gentleman who brought tte former Bill into the House, he had to say that he di..l not take it out of the hands of a county Member.` The House, after trying their hand at it, had thought trim most competent to the task, and at their desire it - was !hat helook it upon himself. l‘lr. W. WI. s:Ne explained. Leave was given to bring in the bill, which was `•hortly after bronght in by Mr. Bathurst. It was read a m first, and ordered to be read a second tie on Thursday next, and to be printed. Mr. BATHURST obtained leave to bring in a Bill to extend the Act suspending the proceedings against the Clergy for a time to be limited. He then brought to the Bill, which was read a first, and or- 1 tiereu to be read a second time to-morrow.. Mr. BROGDEN brought in a Dill to extend the period within which the .Lords of the Treasury are enabled to purchase legal quays.—Read a first, and ordered to be read a second time to-morrow. The Committee on the Copper Currency was post- Por,cd by the Chancellor of the Exchequer to Tuesday. " — Adjourned till to-morrow (this thiY.) THE EVENING STAR. LONDON. FRIDAY, MARCH 25, 1614, LADY-DAv.—Hlliday at the Bank. The Thanks of Parliament were last night voted to the illustrious WELLINGTON. The debate in both Houses was rendered peculiarly important from the various topics introduced, and all bearing on circum- stances connected with the present interesting crisis. The vessel which brought the Messengers or De puties from Bourdeanx, as announced by Telegraph on Wednesday evening, was his Majesty's cutter 14 ANDRAIL. She left Bnurdeaux on the 18th, six days after the occupation of the place. Nothing has transpired respecting the official accounts brought by the LANDRA IL, farther than that they are highly satis factory. From the following letter it appears they-can not be otherwise. The whole country is in a state of Revolution, in favour of the ancient dynasty: s' FALMOUTH, MARCH 22. 41 Arrived his Majesty's cutter LANDRAIL, Lieut. Firt.t., from Bourdeaux, which pl4ce she left on Fri. day last, having twn French Messengers on hoard, wearing the White Cockade. They report that the streets of Bourdeaux were strewed with laurels to re ceive the British, and that the whole country was in a state of RevOlution, and declaring for Lours XVIII. Also arrived a galliot from Bourdeaux, laden with salt, prize to the Telegraph selunner." A frigate is ordered to convey the Duc de BERRI forthwith from Jersey to Bourdeaux, he being a more active and enterpri:,ing young man than his brother the Duc d'AscouLENts. Let us hope that this burst of loyalty in the South of })-ance may not have been rendered abortive by any event in the North. At this moment great appre hensions have been excised on this point by the know ledge that a heavy firing was heard at Dover, yes terday afternoon, from the French coast, as stated in the following short letter : " DOVER, MARCH 24. 6 , This afternoon a heavy firing, supposed from the guns at Calais, Boulogne, and neighbourhood, were distinctly heard on our pier-heads and on the heights. It continued between two and three hours." The report of a great firing along the French Coast ha 4 a great effect at the Stock Exchange. Consols opened at 70, and rose to 7O for money, and almost immediately fell to GS 1, at which price they remained , at twelve o'clock. The report, we are happy to add s is now discredited, as the 'guard of the Dover mail coach, who left that town at seven o'clock last night, afrixinc that no firing was heard; indeed the writer of the letter received at LLOYD'S, proves to be the Cap_ tain of one of the Jamaica fleet, who had separated, and put into Dover, nor do any other letters mention the circumstance. There are several letters in Town from Holland, which repeat the rumour of the rupture of the Nego- ciations. -1 1r — A Messenger arrived a's morning with dispatches from our Minister at Lisbon. They contain no in telligence of importance. Her NIA.7EsTv and the PRINCESSES went to Carlton Howe to dinner on Wednesday evening, in chairs, attended by a party of the Yeomen of the Guard, and their footmen in state liveries. The Princess CHAR LOTTE and a select party of the part icular friends of the QUEEN were invited to meet them. At nine o'clock there was a select party to meet her MAJESTY to tea. At halt-past eleven the party broke up, when the QUEEN and PRINCESSES returned to the Queen's Palace, and the Princess CHARLaTTE, attended by the Duchess of LEEDS, to Warwick Home. At two o'clock, her MAJESTY and the PRINCEMES weile i to honour Mrs. and Miss FIELDING with a morn ing visit, at their apartments in St. James's Palace ; and at four o'clock returned to the Queen's Palace. In the evening, between six and seven, they went to Carlton House, to dine with the PRINCE REGENT. Yesterday .the Dukes of . Yont and Sussex, the Duchess of Yoait, and a number of the female No bility, visited her MAJESTY and the PRINCESSES at the Queen's Palace. The Duchess of OLDENEURGH (sister to the Em pet or ALExanEtt), who is expected to bestow her tau hand on the Duke of CLARENCE, is expected in England in a feW days. The whole of the Pulteney Hotel, in Piccadilly, has been taken for the accom modati,n of her Highness and suite for six months, at the price, it is said, of five thousand guineas. Lord WeLuNtrrot4 dispatched several couriers by different routes, with instructions to make their way to Lord CASTLEREAGH with the news of his victory ; and there was therefore reason to hope, that one or other of them would reach him in safety. The fallowing sick and wounded Hussar Officers were doing well at the beginning of the present month, at tile Hospital Station, Vittoria : Captain Hamlin, 7th Hussars. Lieutenant Make, 7th Hussars. Captain Hyliger, ditto, severely. I Captain Croke:. 18th Hassan. LialLenallt. Greenfield, ditto. Lent . G. Woodberry, ditto, The Vesta has reached the Coast from Passages, after the short voyage of three days, and by this op portunity we are informed that the desertions in the French army, during the late actions in Gascony, amounted to 16,000 men. It has not been correctly stated that they threw away their arms. Subsequent to the transmission of the dispatches, it was discover ed that the greater part of them was regularly piled, in order that they m►ght devolve into the possession of the Allies. The men who bad deserted did not join the standard of Lotd Watuttaron, but dispers ed, aud proceeded to their haws.. VigAICA PAPtkl We hive teeeived Letters awl Platte (ronl la rriaict to the 30th January. They contain accounts ftors Ppanish America, from- which it appears, that the Revolutionists have gained some important ad vantages over the Royalists. The following letter ptetents some of the particulars : " CURACOA, NOV. 21. " The affairs of Venezuela are 12 1 the most prospe rous state. Since the fall of the Province of Cumana, on the 2d of August, which was succeeded by that of the Province of Barcelona, on the 19Th of the m, ionth, there does not remain a single Spaniard in either of those Provinces. In the Province of Cit.. raccas, General Bolivar has completely beaten the Spaniards arrived from Cadiz in Porto Cave}lo.— There have arrived 1300 men, who united to some misguided Creoles whom Monverda forced to re main in Porto Covello, amount to about 2000. They attacked General - Bolivar near Valencia, and they were completely beaten. " The loss on the Spanish s;de was at least 1000 men, 24 Officers, killed and prisoners, and the re mainder which escaped are now shot up in Porto Cavell°, where they are dying from starvation and disease, as they are so closely besieged. " An army of 2500 men, under the orders of Bri. gadier.General Urdanceta, is now marching against Coro, which, we are assured, will surrender to this army, as the people of that misled province now mast fully see their past errors. " I forgot to mention that Monverda was mortally wounded in the battle near Valencia—the shot entered his back and came out at his month; and he received two other wounds besides. He commanded on that day, and is now succeeded by a Lleatenant-Colonel Solloman, who came out with the troops from Cadiz. 41 Our army at present consists of 13,000 well .equipped troops, besides many others with lances, &c. It is imposssible to form my adequate idea of the energy and love of country and liberty, which per vades all ranks of people.' " KINOSTON, JANUARY 2q. " The Snake brig, 18 guns, Capt. Robbin, which arrived on Saturday from a cruize, unfortunately got ashore on the Jardines about three weeks ago, and was compelled to throw her guns overboard before she was.extritated..Tbe Variable brigantine, of 12 guns, Lieut'nant Yates, anchored at Port Royal the same day, from a cruize off the Mississippi, last the Havannah, in thirteen days.—The schooner Desiree, from Barcelona, in four days, arrived on Friday after. noon, last week. In her came passengers, Captaiq Furse, Mr. Hodge, Master; Mr. Baker, Surgeon ; Mr.l.Henry Senior s and eight seamen, late of the Lap. wing packet, captured. on the 22d of November, near Barhadnes, by the American privaser Fox, Captain N. Vial, of Baltimore, ani landed at the South Har- bour in the Island of 71inea, from whence they went in a small ve .sel to Barcelona, and Captain Furse purchased the Desiree to proceed with them to this island. " During the engagement between the Fox and Lapwing, the former had one man killed, the First Lieutenant and Captain of marines, and five men, wounded ; the latter four men killed, and Captain Furse, Mr. Hodge, master, Mr. Senior (passenger), and nine men, wounded. Previous to the departure of Captain Furse from Barcelona, a report had reached that place, of the Royalists having defeated the In surgents in that neighbourhood, with upwards of 4(X) killed. The Bird is one of the last convoy from Que bec, from which she separated ; and. in the Mona Passage, spoke Li Pique frigate, of : l6 guns, the Hon. Captain Maitland, cruizing, but learnt nothing new. The Maria sailed from St. George's nn the Ist inst. and on the 4th spoke the Morgiana sloop of war, of 18 guns, Captain Scott, which shortly alter proceeded in chace of a large ship, supposed to be an American letter of marque, but from the ssipetiority of the lat ter's sailing, there was little probability of the Mor giana's coming up with her. Rear-Admiral Cock burn was to sail from St. George's on the 2d instant, with an expedition destined for the Chesapeake. " Several vessels bad arrived at Bet muda from the United States, and gave accounts of the law, laying an Embargo, having passed the House of Represen tatives, in consequence of which provisions at Bcr. much' had enhanced considerably in price The Sap pho brig, of 18 guns, Captain O'Grady, sailed on Thursday to collect the vessels for the homeward. bound fleet. in the gale which separated the Planet and Medina from she rest of the fleet, several vessels were, at its termination, perceived to be dismasted, and the Medina passed one vessel, supposed to be a brig, bottom upwards. It having been represented to Rear-Admiral Brown, that it would be an accommo dation to the Merchants to postpone the sailing of the fleet to the 31st instant from Port Royal, he has been pleased to signify to his Honour the Mayor his ac. quiescence therewith. 4The sloop Hannah and Emma, Cofood, from this port to St. Jag° de Cuba, went into Morant Bay on the 14th inst in consequence of having encountered a gale of the East-end, on the night of the I:ath, du -1 ring which she received considerable injury in her sails, etc. The damage having been repaired, she pro. seeded for her destination on the lath. The schooner Maria, Halfield, which sailed on the 19th ult. from this port for Halifax, has been captured by an Ame rican privateer, and ordered far Charleston. The crew were landed at the Havannah, and her Master arrived in the Mary. The Forester brig, of 18 guns, Captain Kennedy, touched at the Havannah, and proceeded from thence on a mime on the 2.1 inst. 64 The Nimrod brig, of 18 guns, lately cut out of Tarpaulin Cove the American ship Chili, of Nan tucket, from a whaling voyage, with a cargo of oil : two boats, with 100 men each, went out of Holmes' Hole to try to recapture her, but did not succeed.— The Majestic ("wee), of 54. guns, and la Junon fn gate, of 36 guns, were lately lying in Cape Harbour, United States. The sloop Catharine, Church, from Bath to Boston, went in there, when she was carried alongside the Majestic, her cargo taken out, her mast cut away, and she drove ashore on the beach." NiffyilL INTELLIGENCE. The Susannah brig is arrived at Portsmouth 'torn tl►e Isle of France, where she left the Rawdon, from BengNl. She sailed from the Cape in rehrnary i and' left the Laoto man of war there, under ord...rb for St. Helena, to convoy, as was scppoUtd, the homeward. hound Indiamen. c4e are sorry to , learn, that from a misunkterstand ing, our trade at China %%is interruptea; when tha last accounts came away. . PINMOUII4, MATZ:Eff s!. Arrived the- gary and NI •rgaret, fr.rn TtrrAgrorfx —left Gibrdrar with '22 sail, under convoy of his M , jesty's strip CONFOU NDE it ; Lord Eldon transport., from Gibraltar ; Hero, KEn.u, from Tat-raga:4la r Agamemnon Transport, ,from Passages, with Liss of mainmast ; the galliot Hope, of Pappenbirrg, bound to Passages from Bristol, captured by the Tr:ie Blooded Yankee American privateer, on Monday lan off I.:skint, and recaptured by the iactmonst frigat-t, which , was left in chase of the privateer. The brig Favourite, Wool), of Cork, to Spain, was captercd by an American privateer, and recaptoral by the Imam [so sloop of wir. S til M 4jest)'s ships GRANtIIi WOLlorrl!I it EDPOLE, for the Down* and Portsmouth, wilth a law convoy.—Wind W. POR I ~MOUTH, MARCH 24. Arrived the MosoLyro schooner. from Bermuda ; REnPoLE, from Plymouth ; and FERMI!" trorn Lis bon. Also the Clarendon, Antelope, and Berl transports, from Passages, part of the DrawaNT'a convoy Mars, Spring, Berwick, Acteon, wad Bern transports, from Plymouth, under corwoy of 17;s Ma. jesty's sbip GRAMPUS. Also the Heart of Oak trans port DC. from Passages—sailed under convoy of hia Majesty's ship Orossust on the 9.h instant, parted on the 12th; it is supposed the remainder of the con. voy, 11 or 10 sail, are. gone for Cork.—Saited his Majesty's ship DRYAD, with a convoy for the Downs. The Rem.°Le is appointed convoy for the Downs. ANOTHER LETTER, SAME DATE. Among the numerous arrivals here this day are the following transports from Passages :—Latona, Captain BACON ; Atlas, Captain Mita-Rosa ; and Antelope, Heart of Oak, Captain NICUOLSON, from St. Sebastian--left that place on the 1 hh inst. in company with the Baltic Merchant, No. 119 `and Spence, No. '2.0. Arrived also the PERSEUS fri gate, from Lisbon; his Majesty's ships REcoroz.z,frem Plymouth ; Musoutio, from Bet muda ; and the .Gnowcra, from Plymouth. We are concerned to state the loss of the Zephyr transport, Captain WIL• LIAM CARTF.R, at St. Sebastian's; on the 3d inst. in a gale, and more especially to state that Captain CAR rEa, his Second Mate, Steward, and two boys were , drowned. t--. The Ciller Mate, carpenter, co..it, and all others were saved. The James, bin. 17, had her tnizen.mast sprung ; Agameumon, lost her main mast, boats, and other damage ; Thistle, 0, lost her main-yard. A transport brig was spoke'on her pas.. sage with five feet water in leer hold. DEAL, MARCH g 4. Came down from the River the Henry Adding. ton and Thames East Indiamen, for China ; and the Lord Keith Indiaman, for Madras, &c. ; Somerset.. shire, for New South Wales ; and allow a dozen ships for Canada, &c.—they all remain.—Wind S. W. HARWICH, MARCH 24. No arrivals. Sailed the following transports, with army clothing and ordnance stores, under convoy of the HAsry gun-brig, for the Weser, viz. Apollo EE, Isabella 3E, Mary JL, Triton EL, Jolly Bache lor JP, and the Elizabeth EE. Alb° sailed several ships with merchandize for Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Bremen, &c. &c. The Dash, WriLsust, arrived at Diver yesterday from the Havanna,' ; parted from the Jamaica Reet in hit. A. long. 62. The last London fleet for Jamaica arrived at Kimzston cn the 24i1l of January, under convoy of the Quers, Capt. Lard CoLvtu.E. The following i% a list of the captures made by the American frigate Essex, during her long and success• till cruize in the Pacific Ocean last summer : IAI 11:Kg or Ninsev E.—Me:presume, Y 7.1 tons, 11 men, 2 gnus; Purity , 973 ton:, 21 men, in gees; Georgians, 880 taus, vi men, 6 guns; Atlantic, 331 tons, 94 men, 8 gun.; Greenwise, 338 tons, 2.5 men, itigurs ; Hector, stru tens, VS men, t I gum , ; Catharine, frra tuns, lift sues, 6 guns; Rose, 8110 tons, 21 men, 8 guns. Tae Neptune, ---, from Palermo and Gibraltar to Lisbon, was abandoned by the crew on the 13.11 ult. near St. Jtdian's, and is supposed tr) he foundered. The Mary Ann, BAILEY, bound to London, was taken off the Burlings ; and agate oa the thhh about 200 miles West of Oporto, by I'Llize French schooner privateer, of our guns, which plundered her, and. gave her up. She put back to Lisbon on the 15th instant. Assistant-Surgeon J'ilkn, of the 7th West Intraa giment, who was fully committed for trial for the murder of SHEA, at Kingston, in November last (as mated in a farmer Paper), has been acquitted on the ground of insanity. A dreadful tire broke out on the night of Fr;d:iy. last, at Godmanchester, near Huntingdon, Owing ra the carelessness, we understand, of a servant man, who left a candle burning in a stable, where were eight hums, seven of which were hurnt to Lleath, and the eighth had its mine and tail burnt. The stable, and considerable barn a p d joi t , y were ofo i c d o nbceraoir,reLi wheat, the t ogether with, as property of Mr. Kisby 7 t CORN EXCHANGE., MARK-LANE, MARCH ci. We have had a s!`ort sorpiy cf all gram inner Monday ; and ohiwiiivaanding , abie,h, the . ale of Wheat is rather heavy; y&1 our prices rent in as on that day. tiuley N Ys. i.er quaver chcapei, and dull %ale at that decline. Beaus. being in A t taa and % are 2s. pre quarter higher. Oats are Is. per quarter Luster. tng but ftw .rrtvalS ut %t►at attlriss. Itltstisre graiu sw .1.1t4"."`"1% i t 1