Star. — London, England, 1817-04-15 00:00:00

SART-INDIA ROUEN, March IS, HIM COURT of DIRECTORS of ohs UNITED MIRCHANTS I INGLAND,teeiks Sr to LAST INDIES, it hash gtem welsh That a General Coon of the said Comm/ el* be bald at their Hone in Leedenhall-street. WEDMSDAY, the lath April next, at Eleven (Meet in the Forenoon," ferns purpose of taking tato coosideration the Maniamei Papers, se far oaths use relate to the conduct of the Cows of Minton in the powers exercised es that occasion by the Hoooorab rui le s % Beard of Conangissioners for the Affatn of indla, in adjedkating disputed pe cuniary Claims, and in dis•ectine the appendage of the Consiany s Funds for their discharge' JAMES CORR. Stnetery. PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS. HOUSE OF COMMONS APRIL 14. A considerable number of Members had assembled in the House by four o'clock; when Mr. Ducat, the Clerk, rose and requested Order. He said he had rei ceived a communication from the SmAXilh, which, with the permission of the House, bewould read. _lt was addressed to Mr. Dyson, from Kidbrook, dated April -IS, and was in substance as follows! . M Sts—l desire you will acquaint the Masi that it Is with great cascara I ass sot able to attend Moir service to-laotrau• and coma my regret at pepsins public bathos.. ' Although it wou be hazardous for me to mars bausedlsteti to my pub lic ducret, I have every reason to bare that my health _. ll4lll be sufkisstly roostabashod by the sod el the *eau male me to at tesdskaierzloo at fah litihse i 'whish 1 Comet yea ;bet In my rime, with dutiful remelt% submit fo Molt- imiddiembom-. I lei; ke. . The 'CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER rose to discharge a duty-4 painful duty ., as It grew out of the circumstance referred to in the letter Which bad just been-nead, but at the same time it Was not without satisfaition tb he rose to address them on t the present maim' she was sun there would, ea such a subject , be b one feeling in the House—an ablious wish to afford a proof of their respectful at tention totbe health of their Speaker. They would not forget that his able and melons exertions in the diacharge of the duties of his important situations, had ' occasioned that lose of health for which he now claimed their temporary indulgence; and remember ing these, he was coofident they would concur in the propriety of giving him a further respite from busi nem, in the • her that this would contribute to' his perfect restoration. These who, like him (the Chan cellor of the Exchequer) had witnessed the whole course of the Right Hon. Gentleman's brilliant career, would unquestionably be among those who felt most regret that such a mark of their high consideration 4Lould now be necessary. • • AU anew bow unwilling the Speaker was to avail himself of the . kindness of the House; and there could be no man among them who did not recollect bow he had distinguished him self, even when his health was much impaired, during the last. week. in which he bad sat in the Chair, by attention to their convenience, in making' sew ar toosemeais ler. regulatiog the printing aid fetus eirculatir:S Id. their votes. These the'. Wine in mind, -be :woe satisfied every on. w ie ld sincerely sympathise with the Right Hon. Gentlesisad,:and be. anxious tessasifen his feeling os the prbeat occa sion. however desirous they might be :.). avoid inter rupting the public business. Thi Speobsellad will them In his leper. ; that be hoped, by the mark of .tire. week, to linable to snood to • the service ofibtateitst He 'batten, tohis nortietY, to coma- down, at the earliest tune possiiik, it was probable. the Lien Hun. Gentlzelan 64 , panted a period which would be t.. soon for him toiesureo. the arduous duties of his ei tuatioo ; sad indied, in a loiter which he had written to hiss (theChincellor of the Exchequa). as a pri vate friend, he had expressed. an eppiehensioe that the adjournment would be of little importance to him k if it Witte not tit/tided to Monday the dlst instant. As the sittings of the House must shortly be later rupted by an important , COOK °UMW'''. be was oi epiniell the House would best Gestalt its ones *term by indulging theßight Hos.Castismatt w 0 tn. se three days beyond the time Mendooed is the 4ealtare, ,private • letter, by adjourning over the _day. set apart Tor the ecciaion. to. which be bad referred« l'iablic . Weise', iiiiglitin less interrupted if such.* omit' were pissed, Jima it would probably, ire,. if the Speaker were prematurely called upon to tenlll 4 l his duties. With this impresses es his ago& ho.antici paled no opPolition to the optima be omen*** to propose, whiel, was•-se That dris Hosandernow ad journ to Thrirsday.ieonight."---(Peir, het w.) Mr. PONSONEK bunny iOsicornd is site so da. Hi fully _agreed with the .Right Hososseble Gestletatin nito had jost.sat down, .in his opinien.m specting their evil 1- &eater ; and indeed there wasbet, ono Wiest in the House ; on that snbjee . . 7 -(lhni Ayer *al.—While, he was .wery foe :the m,iiiiiiii must necessarily maw iothopolt lictrusineei, 'be geoid slot ,but captors , his earnest resew dot the .11.ightMosouriblir.C..rithwairsorbose rem* bettntiotitio:sleus noun o(. testa; ..49,3beds all, skistid rr froMiste.great asniety fo_dieetieggiija Is l a sterii4l2loerissi ise .bilein•baire combrara to itt ill dlii alit lIIIMit INta todo se flows:vele hodilidistiees-41ifer,deor).-*.the House bad often seen hint sitting, evils it was obvious. how painful it was for Has ta 411 "log and be (Mr. Peroaaby) bad oat more ibsaeatemarka tekt-bira of this. •Itaxiest i however, es es halls . Afigia dimrrierme 4 WO' • 'tidal', tbeist sillikteincitifiet ' nisi ma coin. fort, tinnier oar seelesta pr ssiset the Witness a the Hours—(lieet, .iter) . .-.To this sonny his pre sent illness men be traced, and the Acme wine limiter* bound that maim .ott:tbeir pert s!bold be smadog co shard NIP an opportunity of recovery --(Hew, hia.).-•:This they were bound Winne they eqgeidered his unwearied attention to the*, his ieic gag, impartiality. and abilities, 'and the numerous and imaleable services he had rendered to them..- ((Near, leer ir--kle expressed his contest satt-itenst felt wishes, that the health of the Right Hinottsable Gendarme might be re established; aced ti that k was therefore proper that the Hiusii give him all the. time they possibly amid. its they might, by doing otherwise, hazard a relays.. It . . was in Gide way also they wield knin surreisdully oceomplish the basin's. before them &deli s ubs ge i i„ ' use. He concluded by giving tboasetionlis hearty Gil r ills hot) b. GilirilliN—" OW OW, what has info from my Right Hom friend, wim besitdly en toy* my sentiments no this subject. it insmareene ry far me to express my cacti:sacs kill, maim; -Ifie .? . . 1.. • - - -. ~,;.., now merely to lower,.whother / can give notice of a motion ?—(Ne, *NY—nen, Sir, I can at least ap prise the House of my inanition to bring fanned a motion in favour ef *the claims of my Roman Catho lic countrymen, on the 6th of May next." Mr. CALCRAFT--" Mr. Dyson, I too beg 're mission to apprise the House of my intention to forward a motion of io less interest to all chums of the community (alluding to his proinised motion for a repeal of the Salt Duties), be the next Friday after the niseting of the House." Mr. BROUGHAM—u In coneepience of the no tice of the. Right Hon. Gentleman on the Sore, re lative to the Catholic Claims, I beg leave, in the sante of my Honourable Friend. the Member for the Queen's pounty (Sir.H. Parnell), alive notice, that he will move for a , Committee to inquire into the State of the Laves affecting Roman Catholics, a few dam pervioesto the 6th of May." •Mr. Dvson then put the question of adjournment, -which was carried unanimously. The House adjourned till Tbarsday, 24th April DUTCH AND FLANDERS MAILS. . . • TRANXFORT, APRIL O. His Grain the Duke of Devonshire his MOTO hers. on his way. to St. Petersburgb! .:. • .. ~ Court of J • BRUSSELS,. APRIL. r. ' '•• '• 1 • ' .The High . anke Mammas deckled fli t 'meriting lbe clines. of . Mr. Prevost, lobo .app unlit from the sentmicu omulemuieg him f• e :Plearibra gaming house. The Tribunal decided, that k. was sot Roved thee be .was the banker of theca - Wag table ; but as it k- Certain* that be had establiihW gems of chance in his boom, is condemned hied to. twolatatha illiedsooisse.* las of 24120torins; and .. . .. • to the costs. .: . , . I.ettets from Otheisw,aiiethy.of credit, inform its, that the last Sittings of the Diet. Opened on' the Sd of .February, were rather stein. ,It Was owing to the ;firtn.aod_prudent measures of General Zasengsek, that order and.tranquillity were maintained. . ~_ •Thejleletters say expr essly, th at the, Diet does not eo rem. in may *unit in tha regulation of the Con stittition,sibe basis ofit having been laid down at the Congress of 'Vienta; and the final development be. lingutfentiadf . 40 the Commissionen of the three Allied rowers,: _ • ... . : - naussict.s, APRIt a. -., - Her Serene Highness the Princess of Oninge ires-, .terday attended divine service fel the first time once berimenthentersi, to return • thadks feir bevreeovery, together with the King and Queen, his Royal-High ness the Prince of Orange , Prince Frederick, the Princesses Dowager of Orange and Brunswitk, dad a great number of public functionaries and laMbi. team of this city. , According to the last accounts front the North, it seems that people's minds are greatly agitated in S4e •den, and that several persons were arrested at Stock holm, oe the 4914 and 23d of last Month. IllttieSELS, APRIL so. The increasing plenty of provisions in the northern departments enables the French Government to 'fold! `frith less diffictrity Its.engagemenu for the support of tiutalliedsroloys..) 2 ' .. - - ••''' Her it Highness the VVincess .of y esterda y reel-ei."44•conerelolothissof do ',..._ t•uabassadan k aaskather pessmittc dittineden..oiio her recovery. • .. . i , • • 'lnitineitt.s. APRIL. It. ' ' Nis Majesty liii juet done eierasery justice le dite inhatiitante of tbn Say of Antwerp. A *chitin 114bn . 7th instant ordresi; t. net the Swifts/Oda *TA of Plead* (Dralts.dritil) don whiny ems. •• • • I. The mu levied spill the iderehaste seder rids load Ala be reseivet. & The undoes of Receivers et nom, TI be beer** Isis of it. rime, Ad* emend' • . - His . htsjeatT, who is gone to Aossjerdans - with . Prince . Frederick, *ill visit the Niewe Diep taliate in* dal works carrying on at that port. as will;as other works of pebneetility, and will return to this city is ifortnight.. .. BTOCAHOLM, MARCH as. The Marshal ofthe Court. Gyllmtrons, who pelt.. ' misses estates in Poinerania, has been banished froW the kingdom ; he Nitta trek the' capital in three dos. The Jooroal called Thr /Taira, sr Srosifieenee Araisifil Aim's,, hvs ceased to appear, and the last number. which contained amine other things, obseriations ogp the ci.droant Govera i ments of foray Ling% has bar sub)ectedi to the cod*. of the Jury of the Liberty," lit - Press. of Merck, is SW Mn suppressed by the Ed* ..* ibrost. immedisttel d er its appearance. Thai Taigas hire ti so ... fermentation, the _ quince of whielik easy to foresee. The 02a'agent displays tiVicktieniy under these cite itigorous tines yes are _talked of, calculated pi Bowe the partin tvlikkibeer themselves in tail dins; Age tringlu liiy . is rivirfag in lofty!.' 7 • r• . . 1. ,Hiatalinitoti, APRIL,. • - . -6 1 .;:ass0 hellit letter.s.lrootAeockholo announce, that my' Torsi tegiments 101,Creceived orders to put tip* • selves s in march ,to Approach . the capital. . Cells) saron Reiskollis is t unned Captain Lieuteaant dill carps of Body Guards, who de duty at the sii= , lif the interior apartments of the Xi" sad Kola. For the rest, the reports which are spreastei the existence in Sweden of a nuatroos party, who wish din osiertlerenv. of the or* dynasty, are awes' sadism coairmed.,The measures taken - by the 00. vernsmeat thew tit ewe its uneasiness, and the impet uous of the affair which is the object of its hiqukieu AMIITERDAM, APRIL it. 1 . '• Yesterday imolai. at eight o'clock. his Majesty arrived in this City. Their Mmllimciu the Ministers Falck. Vander Hoop, and Six, ire also aniseed. COIIIIMITINOPUI, FM. M. •••• - -?,.• On the Mk a are eonsentedthere 300 Min, tad on the ilstahrither &rebooks out in the sane quarter, nod destroyed way mere. . 7 SIVTGARD, MARCH i Y ,A.depotaaisset the Catholic Idoshesse sr fS sits* of the flutes. was psassted to Ms • by dse Bares de Weifiesheitn, " That t r i • ll 4he. Psis* tit Hassles %Madill*. )1. - shop of Teo" *ohm at the head df this demi., *Os posted skall.ses to the diankins fifit' for basis. iced is dist mikado* the &gal reladabs' of the Cabala el she kliaidehs. .. STAX THE EV iIONJDON. •• • TUESDAY. APRIL 18, 1817. MICE OF SrOCIDI Thu DAY AT TWELVE O'CLOCK • Caw 70 /...Do. for Ammo, 7slf—Rotlikod 70 S par Coo. navy, 1011-4 per Gat. sat Itadrsierr MY MK 100. pr...Zotlersed do. 70. 10s. pr. bollk Soma 10 perk The business of the House of Commons has been unexpectedly retarded for ten days, in coasequena of the illness of the Beasts. All who are amiss tomed to respect worth and talent will regret the cause which has rendered the adjournment of the House necessary. It is - gratifying. however, to learn that Mr. Ansnres indisposition is not likely tabs long continuance. . < The SPRACIII having expressed a hope in !thistles that it would be in his powsr to resume his &fictions by the end of the week, die CHANCELLOR optic fat, sieoutOthought it desirable that the Right Honour: able Gentleman should be indulged with a irialeye. longer, as their sittings would at all .events beim pended by the Birthday' d the Panics Ratite.: 'which will be marked' Srlth Ad doe ceretiatiegr ess# splendour; aid is to be` 4elebrated on dse instant, • being St. Oeorgei' Day, when Knights of the several Orders will appose is their Cothirsiat4 insignia. All the Household Officere 'also, will be in their new:sid magnificent Stant Uniforms. Dinners wIU be givasi by the great oil ars of State, Msrquis ol Herfenan and Lord Cmozawisitor. , Lord Carrustaann is w entertain all the -Foreign Ministers, and the Bishop • of Exam receives the Bench of Bthhops. Within these few diys there has been a considera ble bustle among the Officers of the Poit.Office de partmeat, and which will probably not be terminated without an investigation which may eventually prove beneficial to the Revenue and to the public at large.. who has been in the Office for up wards or forty years, and for a easiderable period. One of the Vice-Presidents, has given in his resigda— tion in copses:once of sane- revisor supposed coun teraction which impeded the exercise of his dudes in way: l satisfactery to himself. 'The TreasurY has been memorialised on the subject, and, we believe, an investigation has *heady command. We cannot speak with absolute certainty u to the precise steps which led so Or*, but they were some what lib the following t Wee Standing; in the Of wad, by an arrangement liftmen ass: of Heads of the Office and.; Mr, trans lined fiollll the (Sept:tame of the former to that a+ she latter. Ha .was sty kraWar . 'in his attendant:4' tfiat repestid.compliintswerwiniide by which, as heentkWere treated with contempt. Oa' enquiry, he • toun4 that the ,tom . 0/ Mee person of whom he complained was iny much esuipied witk the superintendence of a.Newspaper concern—on 'slice for the vending of News-papers. Iu Out peace the Clerk was suspended, bat, to the surprise of Mr. In eight or ten days, after the same Clerk came and occupied bie.place at thedesk , - biting a warrant for his re-instateinent 1 On farther inquiry, it was found that among the partners of the Newspaper cams to which we been alluded, there were woe *U tile name which formed the ostensible name of the firm. This ciraueithnee, with the return of the CIO to hifplace is tiny not reckoned the most dacceints towards Mr. induced Mm. to :edge, and to deinand as lam& ,tigatien.—Of coarse, &edifies:it proceedings Meath be yet perfectly bola. Repoli, 'however, soft, (though we will not believe 4 • nor *ill adY ems else, till established by evidence, give credit to ft) * that it appears, rem information since furnished- by the Clerk biting, drat among the partners ol.the News. paper beldam, repertod tti bee , been asikril a *le der a fictitioni Arm, were ; Or are) some dentjeases who from their high ofilcial.raak sad great iitoolu menu it the Office, ought act io have been found acting. as privati tradere4hat A, •under , whatever I:barmier, whether as piatpets, air by wbmkver oclikr name they may have been 1410,.thipiefts, to the, extent of many thousand posails-a-year, are re italiely . we hope) so have both diiided among ibis) Clerk whose titteduitil th..that concern vaned his fiat disliked tries M;ogscial situation, receiving only mere &gory for managing the Newspaper concern. • .:r) We will not dye onibtsblisinessai prempi s nor state all diet has reackiell ni tM adieet.for foar . of eni mistake I sod omen ph•it Asa ham stated we ' beg oar Readers to moulder-merely as a rumour, al-' together iacreitebie, till it dad% be established by evi chnits; . Int f at tbi bosiaisi is-now !whim the Lords of the Tleasary, we caziaattorbrar preksingtira their consideratioa the proprietrEkesitirely patting an end totrading. in Newvar tot brienY of the Officer. or Clerks of the. General Poet-Ace. ' no other Re mem department are tba`viiimii or seriaisti allowed tai be traders—especially iii7artiChaccrigisecsed.with re veaws—end dillies the plainegtininciplas si radon*. —Reopie so permitted nom,* wadd-be - asposed to the temptation of seekhit.pelwate eiseipieneist fit F e. feresee to public reveao4 inid' m paintaf fact the Itarentto has suffered,, 4 '04 *g..4s A i k .T in tows bas-taithe Clerks of *liait'ollwe being pereek ted to seed. - News-papers 1013,k4est glare Tree if raise, while all. other dbaihrtis l'-peree e Ire 'compelled to pay a h;gb postage. The conseque.c, is what might be expected, they obtain s monnoni hot the evils of the monopo'y afee t-ven deeply--they charge so high tor the Pare ,, . ;1,4t oat of the Kingdom, comparatively speaking, can afford to bay them. Were News-papers d go post-free by the Packets, as by the inland M. 4.11, the Stamp Office revenue would receive an increJib: e increase annually. FRENCH PAPERS. We have this morning received the Paris Paper: of Saturday, from which the follow/is are extracts: PARIS, APRIL U. His Majesty transacted business to-day with 1; , &saliency the Minister of Foreign Affairs. The Duke of Wellington had the honour of ~;•,',„ .ytiterday with the King, the Princes and Prin.:L.ss, r 4 the Royal Family. $ It is said that, according to a new Treaty, t..! soridas have been ceded by Spain to the 1.7::i:c1 ,St.ates. —Fends 65 fr. 25 c. • , . . . . . . . 1 w • • MAILS. Irene* ntsr imot tin, Dutch and two Flanders N 17, 41 ,am iliorm arrived. By the accounts from the North the affairs of . w ...7.• i . appear far front being in is-settled state. 'n, c. .. n r sns evidtntly to be some party at w7•rk t , rr•l .. e tit CnoVraf.tiains, and bring back Gu7;r_ivu . .1. fa her his son I bet enough has not yet tranvir, ; , initble as to form any opinion est* the probable rebuit. . The Moo of the NCTIIettLANDS has at hig , h qikted the apprehensions of his Citizens of Antwerp by an official disavowal of the droll els la, e nd the L. gradation of the Officer who had presumed to exact it. This declaratory act cannot fail to be highly satisfactory to all who are interested in the trade ani prosperity of Belgium. BRIGHTON. APRIL 14. - The Pause. Reamer had not come in from his siring when the Austrian Ambassador, Prince Eit. TWIALY, in his travelling chariot, arrived at tLe Pa vilion, about half-past four o'clock. His Royal Highness returned shortly afterwards. Prince E..- laallAse, in the interim, had crossed to the Bteyne promenade, which was gaily thronged with pedts. trians, including several of the Palace suite of nob. Itty, and a large proportion of the rank and &thin ad the place from other quarters. Prince Esvartr:AkY *as here joined by Sir SII2IJAMIN BLOOMIPIILD, took Nveral turns with him ea the walk, and then, arm in *rah crossed back from the green with him to (Le Palace. A Proclamation has been issued by the Coverlet Of the bland of Trinidad, denouncing the severe 7e- Wally of banishment from the Colony, and contista dm of property, against ail persons detected in tram. letting arms, warlike stores, or money, to the Pa ssion cat South America. The Boma Goodie states, that on the lit of is. nWy the House of Assembly paned An Act for rzeodeg the Profanation _a religious rites, and wonbipping of COD, under the pretence of . lag and toadies, by illiterate, ignorant, and &di and also for the better regula tion or A rd etbl ir dist ala ttissionaries, sea other Dissenting Breatbirs; within these idands."—We were not be fore *Ware that stitch injudicious interference with metiers of conscience bad latterly been manifested of Jamaica.—Wben will legislators cease from stleh folly ? A Bull front the Yore againit reading the Bible is not more absurd among Roman Cuba than laws to prevent religious worship, under the pretext 0 preventing-profanation, is among Protes tants—Both flow from the same source.—lt was this items House of Assembly that lately ordered tbeAr tilutev-thmesit. of the Settlement to be arrested— imid was dissolved by the Governor. The event now Abided to was subsequent to the passing of the above but the Gazettes received do not come down Mt* enoug h to enable as to notice that occurrence. * * Extract of a letter from Rio Janke), dated the 10th of January, 1817:—" On the 7th instant we dire visited here with one of the heaviest gales, ac companied with rain, that we ever witnessed : fortu nately it was of sheet duration, lasting only about Ilk hour.. It commenced at N.W. and continued to blow very strong for about a quarter of an hour, When it shifted suddenly to W. attended with in:- ensue torrents of rain, and Mowing with irresistible fury s the conaeqnence was, that out of 300 sail which lay here, few escaped sustaining mare or lets dtinage. Three Portuguese schooners were sunk, • loge vends driven high on the shore et Is!e Vnibst. end his Majesty's man of war hulks broke tft, carrying with them all vessels is their way, !htt,t otherwise might have rode securely. Next morn. 144, After the squall, the whole shore resented one untversil wreck." From .a • Retorts to an .Order of the House of Commons, it appears, that the total net assessalcws of the several Duties under the head of Asseucc! Toes, amounted for the year ending the sth cf Ara , 1 61 6. to £6,763,910 ss. 9d. and for the yen! ending sni the 4th of April, 1816, to A 16,805,728 that the Assessors' charge for the year IS:'-• siding the &hot April, 1817, (the net assesstr.-r.'s , including the supplementary assessments, not bcinl completed) amounts to 46,238,410 Os. 9d. being fe veal hundred thousands less. than the amount of either of the preceding years. The chief diminutions are in carriages, &c. from £508,921 ta at 454,93:; in riding horses, from 4808,890 to £670,01 ; in game certificates, from 41 51.246 to 499,154. Lord &mourn having been informed that Es avf and his Son had been ironed, immediately sent °rex. to the Keeper of the gaol in which they are confi Ira to hive them taken oiL J. Lana, who has been some time in cturrlY at Reading, on suspicion of being the murderer or late Mr. Lencusr, (the French Teacher,) h.a -.1 doehnsed. th l .esuipara reen an comparative strength roefcentimtlybeh i m r ade t the rite& pine is the -strongest wood nest to t!,e . dab cork. !e.t, 0.• ) kw Coq d ~1 it):0 pert • cts: 1: s twn itcl .4 , 11 ~ r 1116 g ,h rip ani • Et Pa- E..- yne tin ALY °nit 111 Th tie net • ma- Pa- ja. for and of and :la- iag I be. ••1 rith ' tad ing ;ha 1 the tes• 1 this OVC nen the - we ac- 'to- 104t to 01, ial- ible sail lets Is!e oke on. of red cf enr 9. te- : Uf or etl9 q. 5; ikv! 4,1 at 1 • •