Star. — London, England, 1823-03-15 00:00:00

'LONDON. SATURDAY, MARCH 15, 1811 faz am DS. - - STOCK =wards" TWELVE O'CLOCK. Commis opened Moulin*" no. Rhitio if mad lit* Waimea doing. '-Tipe Expreows arnived ddi Swift liebig die French Funds of FOREIGN FUND& Spanish lionds opened this nursing at 14, I, 28 at which price they seem to be study, owing to this being settling day in the above Stock. current Priees: Milian 71. New Spanish 9.11/ 0 Old r , *few Erma= 701 to 77,, Old 81, Russian 71, Danish 7jl, Gliotabian 118 58, New Spanish &rip 38. The last price of the French is quoted at lOC Inc. PRICE OF STOCKS AT ONE O'CLOCK. S per Cent. Consols 73 3 /s 1/4 3 /s 'A 4 per Cella. New 93 1 ,4 IA 3 /8 Exchequer Bills of £l,OOO, 123.115. Ditto Small 12s. 1 ls.—Bank for Acct. 236 Consols tot Payment 73 1 / 4 1/s In the discussion on the Navy Estimates last night Sir BYAM MARTIN observed, that at no period of our naval history could England boast of such a fleet as she now possesses. We find this to be the concurrent opinion of men of all parties ; for though Sir ISAAC COYSIN made some complaints on the subject, they did not, la e . believe, relate either to the number or to the quality of the ships, but to the proportion of sea men which it has been thought fit to keep in pay, for the purpose of manning them when occasion shall require. Mariners, however, as good as ever " braved the battle and the breeze," can be got at•any time, on a moment's warning; and surely Government, or rather we should say Parliament, cannot be to blame that it has spared the country the expense of retaining more than are necessary for the purposes of a peace establishment. Sir Isaac COFFIN talks of " grinding the Navy into dust"—that is, we 'presume, the Officers and men of the Establishment ; but we would beg to remind the Honourable Baronet that there might be such al thing as grinding an industrious people to the dust, by obliging them to support, in inglorious ease, men s ho oughe to live as others do, by the active exer tion of their own talents. Sir JOSEPH YORKE, with that manly honesty which characterizes the worthy Admiral, expressed his asto nishment that assertions so grounaless should have been made, at a moment when it was of such im poitance that the French should be in no mistake as to the real power of Britain to maintain with honour to herself whatever part she may take in the present crisis of affairs. Sir Isaac COFFIN, with a pertina city and unyieldingness which, reserved for another theatre, would have done him mole honour, since it' would probably give the enemies of his country no cause to rank him on their side, reiterated his assertion' in the face of the House"—in the face of num. bets of Members, all as well acquainted as himself with the Teal state of the fact, but hot one of whom chose to give him a word of support. • The Courier retailed the other day a report cur-' rent in the City, that the Government had ordered a .number of ships of war to be fitted out, meaning evidently that it should be inferred as for a warlike purpose. The real purpose we explained. We have no doubt that it will this evening, with equal knowledge .of the fact, help to spread another report which is to day current on the Exchange—namely, that Goiern ynent have entered into " farther contracts for the Navy," for the supply, of course, of the fleet which the City Oracles were pleased to Out into commis, sion the day before. We need scarcely warn our Readers to be slow in their belief of such rumours.— The Public may rest assured, that, up to this mo ment, nothing has in reality occurred, to give room for the least apprehension that the Government are deviating from that line of strict, honourable, and beneficial neutrality, which they have in so many ways evinced their determination to preserve. The Morning Paper to which we alluded eysterday as condemning the Warehousing Bill, before it was acquainted with its provisions, defends itself to-day— not against our accusation, but by making cther charges. It does not pretend to have read or seen the Bill at the time it was so ready with its condemna tion. "The fact is," it says, " that the framer of this Bill, who gave it to Mr.WALLace and the Board of Trade to push through the House as well as they could," &c. " thought it wise to conciliate the Irish interest, being fearful of losingthe votes of the Irish Members." Here we have another barefaced imputa tion, that Mr.WALLace and the Board of Trade are acting merely in subserviency to the framer of the Bill, whoever he may be. We have no inte rest whatever in this measure, except that ofa Public Journalist, watchful over the interest of the Public, and anxious that the characters and motives of no Gentleman should be unjustly attacked. We are un • acq uainted with the secret history of this Bill,'and are warranted in believing and asserting, from the general character of Mr. WALLACL and the Board of Trade, till some distinct evidence is brought to the contrary, that they are incapable of acting, in such an impote taut matter, from any other views than those which they believe will promote the publicinterest. Buthow • d ogs l ads as accusation of others relieve the writer From eur d o ne? If be had looked further into the Dill he would have found that other B itish manufactures were protected as well as linen. We only mentioned that one, because the writer coodeseassUlsemeasure on the ,ground of iti expbaisig. the glib itspan'manufactiiiit to wleti the fait` I,' thOiit Is iiihtected by the re , gitietions of the Mil. a itiiing dif s t fact, *e did not, as the *tip* in the Fleraki supposes, .fall into any 'blunder, and give up, by adraission, the principle of the measure : we did' not - wafts that Irish linen could not compete in the market with German. We merely said, that the writees objection to the mea sure for this reason, had, in fact, been met by the provisions of the Bill. But even if Mr. WALLACE had found it necessary to except halt a score other commodities, would that have proved anything against the principle of the measure ? Certainly not. It would only have proved that his Majesty's . Mi. nisters, whenever they bring forward any measures to relieve our commerce from the tramping fetters with which ignorance and self-interest have loaded it, have to conciliate and appease the avarice of numerous monopolists, who care nothing for the general welfare if they acquire wealth. We deny that it is good policy, as a general prin ciple, to protect, as it is called, any manufacture whatever. If it cannot protect itself it keeps a cheaper article out of the market, and levies a tax to the amount of the difference in price, on the con sumer, for the benefit of the monopolist. A system of pi otection, or monopoly, when once established, needs to be constantly bolstered up. It is against the interest of the community, and most soon fall of itself if not supported by new restrictions. It is invaded, as knowledge and ingenuity increases from so many sides, that new fortifications must continually be added. Our commercial policy has hitherto been framed on this principle, and the consequence has been that all the various classes of producers have a sort of asono poly against the censumers and against one another. Law has been heaped on law, and restriction on restriction,4 till our commercial -laws have become so extremely complicated that no man knows what they are in fact. His MAJESTY'S present Ministers are acting on an opposite system. The whole of Mr. ‘VALLACE . 3 measures, as far as the conflicting in terests of monopolists would allow him to carry them into effect, have been intended to remove commer cial restrictions. The present measure is of this description, inasmuch as it permits, for the purpose of re-exporting them, the importation of several ar ticles hitherto absolutely prohibited. It will enable the merchants of all countries to complete their as sortments for foreign markets in our rarehonses,which they are now obliged to seek in different places. Ap proving, heartily-approving of all such measures, we have, and as far as our power goes,we will support them. The paragraph in our yesterday's Paper was not sent in, as the Sri iter insinuates: it was our own, and we are equally ready to defend our arguinents, and to repel, the injurious insinuations against public men in the Morning Paper in question. How well shewriter in that Paper understands the'spirit of the measure, may be seen by the sort of clap-trap allusion, at the end cf the article, to John Bull building arid hiring warehouses for the ealribitiou of foreign commodities. The fact is, that the measure merely permits the portation of certain commodities, and none will be imported ; no warehouses will either be built or hired, unless our own merchants find it for their interest to do so. We now leave this writer to correct his own blunders, which would probably be quite as edifying to the Public as imputing to us one which we did not make. In -a preceding part of our Paper we have given copious extracts from the French Papers of Wednesday and Thursday, as ■•ell as from private letters of those days. The system of altering dates, perverting facts, and fabricating intelligence, which the French Jour nals have carried on to such an extent as to render many of them of little authority, is still pursued.— One of the }stench Journals professes to have re ceived advices from Madrid up to the 6th instant, in which it is stated, that the Krxc had signed a Decree' by which he restored, and confirmed in their func tions, the late Ministers; that a Proclamation had, been published through . Madrid, announcing that war was definitively resolved upon ; and that another Decree ordered the transfer of the Government, the Cortes, and the person of his MAJESTY, to Badajos; It is unnecessary to argue on the probability or ins probabliity of these rumours, since they rest on no authority; for, up to Thursday afternoon, no Courier had arrived in Park, with intelligence from the Spa nish capital, of a later date than the 3d. instant ; up to which - period we had intelligence exclusively , on Thursday, although some of our conterraporaries pro fessed to give news from Madrid of two days later— a proof that fiction, as to intelligence, does not belong exclusively to the Journals across the-Channal. lamm.i••=imer••• We have private advices to-day from Paris, dated at a late hour on Thursday evening. The Preach Ultra Journals are constantly repre aenting Madrid as the save of considerable agitation, bat the fact is, that neither the threats of France, the change in the Spanish Ministry, nor the repara tions for transferring thc Government from the capital, have excited so much sensation in Madrid, as the ex pulsion of M. Maslow, has done in Paris. Party spirit has seldom been move active thatt it is smise pre , sent moment in the Preach Government; sed it is not .. • . yet certain that France, will Amp beiroliflialvar a , • o'oo / 0 which threatens to involve her internal —The *port of a defection in the French atmy was veeriprevalast in Paris on Thursday afternoon, end tothis cinamitance, and the strong feeling which an arbitrary stretch of poiver on the part of the Cham ber of Deputies, in expelling one of its Members, is to be attributed the decline of the French Funds. Dutch Papers to the 13th inst. Frankfort Journals to the 9th, and the Piedmontese Gazette to the 7th, have reached us, but they contain no intelligence of , importance. An. article from Cagliari (Sardinia), states, that the Police has been improved by the in stitution of the. Royal Carabineers, and that the 40 re storation of the Jesuits, which is preparing, will pro cure the incalculable advantages .of a better system of education." We certainly ought •not to quarrel with the Sardinians on a point of-internal arrange ment, but we should not have thought a military power the best means of executing a civil duty, or a Jesuits' College the most desirable medium of extend ing education. THE SVRNING STAR. NAVAL INfiELLIGENCE. Active preparations are making at Chatham for the launch of the Parma Racine, of 120 guns, which is fixed for the 12th of April next; she is one of the largest ships in the Navy. The Isn, of 58 guns, at Chatham, was commissioned on Wednesday; she is to be fitted for the Sag of Rear-Admiral Sit G. Eves, who is to supersede Commodore Sir T. Maur, on the South American station. Sir Hasay /guar ' it is reported, is to have the command in the Mediterranean. and the Itaraucia, 74, is to be fitted out as his lag -ship. tatoitru__, MASCH &W.—Sailed the Henry, Queer, for Hamburgh; Venus, GaAr, and Harmony, ANCEL, for London. PISRESMOI7III, Ms lieu 15.—8 y the Success transport, which left Barbadoes on the 13th ultimo, we learn that Commodore OWEN'S squadron had been separated in a heavy gale off Lisbon, in consequence of which the Foists, Sir Tnoaas Cocas/M ; Ileums Captain Leen' ; Emelt, Captain LAWRENCE; and Va toaous, Captain MURRAY, arrived at Barbadoes before the Com modore, and immediately began refitting and watering. On the , arrival of the Commodore, the aboVe ships, with the SCRINAM, Captain Caotz, and 'coatis, Captain Warms, on the West Iddia station, were ordered instantly to sea, with sealed orders, and at sun-set they were nearly out of sight, steering different courses. The Commodore in the GLOUCESTER, with the Paws. two, Captain &SUET. were refitting in Carlisle Bay, Barbadoes, and anxiously looking for a cutter from England; they were telegraphing every sail that hove in sight. The French squadron had sailed three days prior from Martinique, consisting of a flush 64, with a round stem, and nine other sail—destination un known. Commodore °Wm's, squadron suffered severely in the gale oif Lisbon ; the Ottnrcsstaa, Pict:row, Baxter; and Votonous, had lost various spars; they were thirty.nine days on the passase. The squadron was in perfect health, as were also the different islands and the troops ;—the last year was particularly healthy, and every promise of a good crop this year. —The Packet from England had been due ten days.—Letters quitted Barbadoes on the 13th ult. to follow the Parka at St. Thomas's, for England. Lieutenant Csioncu, Commander of the Success transport, has brought home dispatches from Com modore Owing a Mail from Barbadoes, and letters from the squadrom—The 4th Ilegiment was at Barbadoes, the Sth at St. Vincent's, the 9th at Grenada, the 21st at Demerara, and the 35th at St. Kitts and Antlgua.-.-The Success broug ht home Lieutenants Forma and &toots, R. A. with a Company of Artillery : also, on leave, Lieut .- Colonel Aowrt, of the 4th ; Captaln-Mocataxwas, of the ist W. I. Lieut. FEARER ft. E. Mr. Canons, A. S. Lieut. Wasson R. M. and Mr. Roman ian, gunner, both of the EMI; invalided; also 1$ seamen from the Commodore's squadron. Accounts had been received at Barbados. of a boat having been picked up with " George Can ning" painted on her, and no doubt was entertained but that she belonged to that ill-fated ship. The Success took out Captain Down's Company of Royal' Artillery, for Barbadoei. Major- General Sir JOHN K cots, had gone to St. Lucie. -MAaCn 14.—Wind W.—Sailed:the SUCCESS transport, for thi eastward. DLit, Mown 14.—Wind W.—Arrived and sailed for the 1 nicer, the Manly, Ilionerr, from Berbice.—Rentain, the out ward-bound, as per last. Helmut -4 Maass+ 14.—Wind I , l:E.—Arrived the lady Ne pean packet, from Holland. Cowes, Marten 14.—Arrived the A ugusta,Chuts,fiiikeinso, in 131 days. " • Larsamot, Mown 13.—Wind &W.--Arrived the Roscoe, MORRISON, from Bombay—sailed on the 44th of October; Do rothy, Ilaaaasayss, from Calcutta—sailed on the 13th of Oc tober ; - Huskisson ' Warm, from Demerara--salled on the .sth of February ; the mas, Fowtes, from Sayannah—salled en the 11th of February; Edwards, SALTER, from ditto; and Belus, Gisas, from Lisbon.—Sailed the Indian Trader, &studs, for Sierra Leone; and Marshall, for the United States. DEAT II or EtaL ST. VINCENT AND LoRDKEITII.. Dvath is busy in our high places. We have this day to as flounce the decease of two of the oldest Admirals in the iirideh Navy—men who for a long series of years, we had almost ear for generations, contributed to maintain that maritime suprosobsy which Britons have so long possessed as to consider it a portion of their birth-right. The intelligence of the death of Earl St. V.:scrim and Lord KIITH readied the Admiralty yesterday from two parts of the Empire considerably distant. Earl Sr. Vnteaer, G. C. B. died on the 13th instant, at his country seat at Rochetts, near Brentwood. His Lordship, who was in the 89th year of his age, was made a Post Captain, April 10, 1786; Rear• Admiral of the Blue, Dec. 3, 1790; Vice-Ad miral, April 12, 1794; Admiral, Feb. 14, 1799; and Admiral of :he Fleet, July 19, 1821. His Lordship was also appointee General of the Royal Marines, May 7, 1614. When on gainim the victory from which he derived his title it wis proposed raise Admiral Sir Jolts Jesus to the Peerage, he wished to P the title of Karl of Plymouth; but he was told that it thought, a more honourable distinction would be to give him name Where he bad gained his greatest triumph. " Well," the gallant Admiral, I cutout object this; but the title of Vincent belongs to every Miter and man in the fleet, as Well a myself." His Lordship is succeeded in the title by his relative, l ow Ricaares, Esq. Barrieterat Law. Admiral the Right Hon. Viscount Krim, K.e.B. and F._ died at his seat near Kincardine, North Britain. Hi( Lordship was made a Post Captain, 'March 11, 1775; a Rear-Admiral, April 12, 1794; a Vice-Admiral, June 1, 1795; and an miral, Jan. 1, 1801. His Lordship was in the 79th year of age. . The title s we believe. becatnes extinct. Information has been received of the death of Captain , Gum., commanding the Rnyal Engineers, at Sierra Leone. died on board the brig Bedford, the 19th December last, on 4. passage home, in consequence of illiseith. He had Isla Iberia Lenne only a month. The -French Payers statt,.** great ,numbers the English are quitting France, and tat very few are now to be met with in the saloons efliselcapits l . Out of 162 men, of ithidslbeflesicant Msacrae, company consists,: ISt.!mhe Adresdr snbsCribed tc .liarda purchasing girilinir itnenrnitesome iestimunisl dibrrespect. tilleignue of a chaste in the Aim& •Idlitiserrineemy preva het in Paris. It is asserted that 31. DC CHATIAUSIJAND isaimipg at the Presidency of the Council, to supersede the mcillath s is Vitus'. Adother report is, that th e letter Minister Mnwi maim the • Petaidmey ; but 'that, bs cyder to strengthen his' widen in . die Cabinet, he will dtitala • the nomination of Warr, Duke of Aeons, to the Wag faluinry, instead of Vk Dote of Stiletto. , liAluerece may brie( more talent to Pasch Sinker? (which brcettairily musk waited), bat he *wadi to Autrepasesks. • . " . . • . • COURT OF CHANCERY-TUTS DAY. LORD PORTSWOUTIL , I &love the sitting of the Court s the LORD CifAit. *ALLOWS Secretary in lunatic cases informed the S.„ licitor for the late Commission de lunatic° inquire . 44.' on the above Nobleman, that the Cst ANCELLt.a wo o l& hear the appliCatl?n for an ad interim Committee o f the person of the Noble. Earl, on Tuesday next. 116 1 , case, at present s is somewhat singularly situated, k the Solicitor to the above Commission retommendhi that a petition should be presented, in the usual forii to the LORD Citakno.aLtpa s praying that a commie* of the person, as one result of the verdict by the Noble Earl had been found non comps menqii might be appointed; and the LORD CHANCELA had made, upon that petition, the usual order; whia was, to refer it to the Master of the Court to appoix a proper person for that purpose ; but, for some real son. or other which does not appear, that order hit not been acted upon ; so that this application for tie appointment of a committee, ad interim, is becom e necessary : the effect which that may possibly p r duce, it is probable the parties do not allanticip.% for, if the CHANCELLOR s ho u ld appoint an interim Committee of the person of this Noble Earl, that Cne l ; mittee may be continued, whether the parties like it or not. Meanwhile the care of the person of the Noble Lord is without due authority, although there i s no doubt that he is under very proper care, fee l u:1 Mr. Comuz is the Gentle man to , iorn ho th a t lrad c ge is entrusted, and he is the Gentleman care of that Noble Lord in the time of his first wife; still it is a care for which there is at present no du e authority, nor can there be any such but under the or. der of the LORD CHANCELLOR ; consequently the ab,.e e application has become necessary, which, of course, will probably renew certain topics, of which the Pub lie have already heard too much. FIRE AT CAN TON. Although the letters from Canton relative to tit late fire vary considerably as to the extent of the 4 mage, yet we are assured, from unquestionable as. thority, that the injury sustained by the East 104 Company is not so considerable as was at (list stated,' and that only a small portion of the stock of Tea ha! been destroyed. We deem it necessary to give thi assurance, as it is too frequently the case that evy calamity forMs a pretext for raisins the price of the ankle :apposed to be affected by it ; although, as is the present case, there is nothing to justify the slight. est alteration.. The loss to the Company, which bad been estimated at nearly a million sterling, will tiot t it is believed, exceed £450,000. The value of woollen goods consumed is upwards of ..!::00,0000, exclusive of 13,000 chests of tea, of the estimated value of ; and the Factory, with its furniture, &t. which is valued at £OO,OOO. According to letters from Barcelona, the highest enthusiasm was excited there by the speeches of Lotfl',l LIVERPOOL and Mr. CANNI NG , on th e opening of tlal Session, which had been translated into Spanish, ed. circulated among the inhabitants.. .'They, interpreid them not only into an Approbation of tile Coast ituf cause, but (very erroneously) into a promise of in ference on.their behalf, or support, it attacked. feeling that England - was aixtut Eo .beeettn;he all Spain grew so general, that tie Pfficers,aeci IpeN the Army of the Faith were daily coming into Bir celona to claim the benefit of the amnesty publishel by the Cortes. MuCh good may the mistake do them! The LORD LIEUTENANT of IRELAND held a secoad Levee on Monday, at the Castle, Dublin, %thick' oat numerously attended. The latest Limerick Papers contain accounts of some outran similar to those which we have too often had to record. oat, however, whiCh was made in the B arony bf Merin se Sunday, on th e house of Patrick Guitslera, to obtain arms, fagot and a Michael Connor, styling himself Captain Rock, and to others of his party, were apprehended. Flu have been cow mitred to jail at Cloomel to t a k e th e i r tr i a l. t At the Liaeoln Assizes the - covet was occupied for twit,. hewn an the trial of Means Assien, late of Great Poke* street; Benin** Coulter, late valet to the Duke of Newcastle; 4 and .Tohe Doughty, late of Grantham, who were committed so* months ago b a cisme of thembAt heinous description. Mei were all found Guilty, and the Judge (Mr. Justice Panil passed sentence of death uponibens. Thursday night, as Mr. Nocella, of 14ing.street, St. Anaseel was passing the Basin, in Hyde-park, he was knocked dusvnig two horse soldiers, in their undress, and robbed of his watch sid some silver. NISIANCROLT AoaDlET.—Thursday list, Mr. UMW, d Fludyer-street, accompanied by his niece, Miss Loon, teak.' boat to go to Battersea. The Lady had a favourite dog, whirl jumped out of the boat, and i n attempt i ng t o save the= . II int "' she fell in herself. • The Gentleman, who is a 6 experts w 1112 to instantly plunged in after her, but all his efforts W nave kernel oed th g have in vain. She sunk never more to rbe Ave. . : :ilt ( A wee Thursday the subscription pack of harri e rs, which ti n t h e on the Brighton • race.courso, bad more of sanguinary vital. • said than was compatible with interesting diversion, and lengtbran . g s t . salutary exercise, Four hares, after short runs, fell victims li A mu as their more staunch and fleet pursuers. • alive, CORTI. AID WARMX.—A second nutch, • fur 4 1 '45 a-side wil made on Monday evening last between the above light 44.111 .R.& to take place on the 16th of April. Curtis is a great fa jil •dship throughout the Fancy, and Peter is equally so, but in a 1 miral, Une. Warren is a first-rate cherun:ei, and the odds arc upon t Ad- that he will soon spoil Peter's singing, if he don't mind than* of his Itaeenzs.—To those Gentlemen who are parties lar in that article, and wish to experience a great treat, we hi til to recommend a new invented Snuff, called the Barran Pi.. II j,,, cats, of such peculiar flavour that It cannot fad of prod 6 1 e . B e most delicious treat to the olfactory nerves, and also of NI hi s general satisfaction. Such is its particular excellence, tb AIN II si c * Proprietor has obtained the patronage of all the Portuguese FP Meissen and Gentlemen resident in England.—May be had st 33 o f J. Boom's -a', Sole Manifattllter, at the Sir Walter Rate* . I fee Bithopsgate-street Within, near thlt'aty'Of Lokdon Tanis r t , LUC - HA/MOON IC , GOODLUC, and Co. respectfully, ' 1 its% quaint the Public, that the New State totietyArA .1 dRS -begin Drawing the9th of NPXT MONTH (Aprlg,fr 3 to- ; , cond Day, 23d,- and. Last Day, Bth of May. '1 9114 ' Scheme contains S Prizes of 49, 000, 2of 13 1 '' - . .'2 of £2,000, 6 -of wi ,000 1 and 70 other Capital P re " - Tickets and Shares - .are selling by. Reeds - . ' t g timin • mu ss GOODIA/Cfc, and Co. at their old-estaglishe4 . , .. c , n. win No. I 0 i, , corner of Sank-bu_ildingt,•Conshil ', en kis . • . _ ___ —•-• Mast; • ~_ • • • • At Ediatirgk, oil fhe lOW' Of ... _liti f ivis;.‘ka Lady ifi to IdacDosstan. 0 Swahili ;Ifs 43 vilirarf , 4414. , v. -i: he • 0/le 4—. a,e ,..-7.44— F#V4 -1 Zen 1 , . tJ 4 9. 1 .1 4 ,4 4 .i r mi .. • ----* ~ •.. ••• 1. 1 .9. p . /... at: 0.414,1^, ,",,, ~ t, 1 •.: e 4 ,11 3, .4 .ir 4 .4i - • 4 e.ligeitdi IA .1 : . • • . . • - . • . • . ' . • • . ' •