Star. — London, England, 1817-03-15 00:00:00

:toe HonotxraHe Member Oh the Uhl Mt might prove, WIN ;t •o Inconvenient a place..--(A /me) \tr BENNE 1 . I' thought that t • charecter given of ilde )et by SS of ills fellow students ou g h t to h ave cure d h os • such treatment as he had received. ~!ivieicri then took place, when there appeared for the third r ,:•,•g....1yr5, 179 - Noes 44 - Majority, Ins. Ort brine re admitted, we found Joni N[WrallT oppodeg r.'-rodueed by the dt , tomer-General, which enacted, t h, prottiillOin of the Act shook: no extend to Ireland. Sr Newport said. thas in Irelai.tl thrre were mscierles called h•rcietice, which were ih ho.rility vi ehe e o.. t .ortim .1 their r i;see c untrymen, aid were Sound •••igitri•-r by secret oaths, be oaths of qualified ailiss.nnoce: lie t r tore wtshed that, t ,iseovisions of the Act revert*. Wept soa r ti e s s h eat h' •,..e to Ireland. Lard CAS I LEREAGH said, that it had helm already dis declared. that !Maw! len le such a tranquil slate as not !squirt any such unusual restranni ; and also that it was quVe s e :.!..,assay to extend to Ireland any enactment respecting the 1.1 2 • 0 0 the King's person. That as to Orange Societies, he see nurb regret eel the r existence, and kit persuatied that what e::e said o a former ocrathwi relative to them, would prevent further ex • flaunt; th.tt Oil that occasion it was not t h ou gh t tier 1' trlialnent to interfere, and that doing su now ac 1J provoke resentment, and that therefore he must oppose 1... e extension lit the Act to Ireland. : I he question that ft should ties extend to Ireland was then put • carried Sir M. KIDLEY moved an Amendment to the Preamble of et; Nil, which was as follows ss Whereas Assemblies of divers Persons collected for the put.. F ee i,t exercising their undoubted Right a offering Petit lons,enni yissatt, Remonstrances, Declarations, or outer A.l.lresses to his ,a! I-lioness the Prince Regent, or to both Houses, or to either House of Parliament, have of late taken place ; and whereas It'e,ts may be apprehended from large Meetings of Persons suf isms under the pressure of Distress at the present time." Anien.linent was negatived. l'uN ONhY moved, that instead of the words "one or n:Jrt Justice tit JUstirt s," there should be inserted in the Bill • swo ur more Justices " 'I his Motion was negatived Mr. POOSONKY then moved, that instead of the words `. Coostitution and Government," there should be inserted the ivied " Coned:won" only, omitting the words " and Govern. rent." Ibis Mction was also negatived. the Bill then passed, and the House adjourned to Monday. A LIST OF THE MINOR' FY VOTED LAST NIGIT AGAINST TIM THIRD &LADINO Of TLC SEDITIOUS MEETINGS SILL. i:..!;rey, Sir John Fitzroy, Lord John Peirce, Henry Arthur Folkstene, Vise. Pomouby, Rt. Hon. i.zuen, lames Hughes W. L. George tAuet, Hon. H. G. Hamby, E. Friuli, Hon. F. A. kiair, J. E. Jervoise, G. P. Romilly, Sir Samuel Przod t Hoe. Thos. Lemon, Sir Wm. Rowley, Sir Wm. Brougham, Henry Mackintosh, Sir I. Russell, Lord Was. Martin, Henry Russell, R. G. Lateen, Charles Marvin, Joint Sefton, Earl of Larter, John Munch, air Chas. Smith, John Cuchr.aw, lord Moore, Peter Smith, Wm. Curwen, J. C. Newport, Sir John Waklegtave, lion.W. Duman:ion, Visc. North, Dudley Wilkins, Walter F. zakerlry, J. N. Ord, Wm. TILLZRS. I , errissoo, Sir R. C. Osborne, Lord F. Indict, Sir M. W. I : - rserald, Lord W. Otsubo's, Lord Sharp,Richard SALT. We are very happy to find that the attention of Parliament will be again drawn to a commutation ter the Salt Duties. When we consider that Salt is a most essential ingredient in our food, and as neces sary to our health as to oar comiom and that the Tas amounts to forty time: its first cat. we wonder some substitute has not been alre dy found for it.— A bushel of Salt, which foreigners may buy of us fife _limn duty, costs them only fourliente-halfpenng : but we pay on that bushel a duty of Finset; atm, ilea% and in most parts of England it is not to be bought by the poor man for less than 6s. a stone. But that It not tie worst of it. As foreign Mame facturers can have English Salt duty free, they can -imisiey their awn mar, whilst our poor want epploy mem ; they can undersell us at foreign markets, and even send us back articles made with our own Salt, at twenty times the price they paid us for the Sall they used for them. Again, as their Gsl. amen can have our Salt duty free, and without difficulty, Or any limitation as to pewit, to be used, the Theta can come and catch our ash un our own coasts. mere it with our own Salt, and then sell it us and our commis abroad, at five times the pike at which we could have caught and cured it, whilst we should have been thereby employing our own sailors and fishermen. So in America, the sub jects of the United States have run away with more than h.li our Newfoundland trade, and then supply our West India colonies by anderselling us. The allowance of Bth for our own fisheries is sub ject to such pains and penalties, and • fettered with such restrictions and conditions, that a door fisherman and sailer cannot possibly take the benefit of it: and other fishermen prefer paying the duty. or more fre quently throwing away their fah, to the providing of inne-houses and incurring the risk, trouble and vexa-- tioa of the Salt Laws. Yet with all this severity, the temptation of a tat of FORTY TIMES TEM VALUE IS such, that gangs of thieves and smugglers are to be loend' in the neighticialihood of all Salt-works, and as much :alt is stolen, pl un d ere d, or smuggled, as actually pays duty: A few years back many hundreds of loads of refuse •lalt, not fit kir the market, were allowed to be used for natsunz in Worcestershire, Cheshire, &c. and paid to Governtnent a duty of fourpence a bushel, for leave to use it ; but since the great increase of the general tax on Salt for home consumption to fifteen oilliogs a bushel, all this valuable manure is thrown iota the River. and entirely last to the country. At the same time we may observe, that as Salt is perchased by retail in small quantities, the annual expense of it is greater than most persons seem to be swat, of. Few cottager: use much less, and many s'se more, on an average, than a pound of Salt a 1 441 little, however, as that seems, it amounts to bushel a year ; which, when bought by the pound, , hill hardly be got for less than at the rate of six shil imp a stone, or twenty-four shillings the bushel. Other housekeepers use double that quantity ; some four times a, much; and even, in great country „Lmesi above ten times as much ; particularly where 'kills a good deal.tif Salt-Meat. Farmers are taxed at a still higher rate; for they want Salt for their better, c h ene. pork. beef, 3tc. dm. and would hod it ° . f great use when getting in their hay in wet weather, la Making damaged bay palateble and wholesome for their cattle, m a c:serving their sheep from the rot, and i n many jespect s—ao that there can be no doubt, but that the wisdom of Parliament may b e able to fi nd a mo de Of CtoMMUTAT3OI4 son TVs °ALT DUTIVi, which whilst it does not cost us bait of the extra price we now pay to the Emile for the 411 tY on Salt, m a y p rov id e AgesuptlAL IMIPLOYMNT in "mita, manufactures, trade, alid consnsercs, for siarand poor mill mar Ibisaid saws ,aa aeon, a. 'd thereby materially relieve as is Oaf pOotAratlis 2"1 'flake us su richer. sad luippiai sad bend, THE EVP:NING STAR. I,ONDOV SATURDAY, MARCH 15, 1817. PRICE 41'00(A This DAY AI" r 1.1.VE n•CLOCx 'trifocal shut—Cons. money, G9H—far Ace. 69ii 4.per Cent shot--S per Cent. Navy; 993 Exchequer 88. 4% I Is. pc.—lndia Bonds 33 pr. In the Home of Commons Several tarts were last night voted for the expenses of the Navy and Trans port service, for six months, commencing with the Ist of January, 1817. In the course of the discus• sion Sir Monism WHITE RiDIXt intimated his into*. von to take some opportunity to bring again before the House the question of reducing the Lords of the Admiralty—or at least of diminishing their salaries. The situation of the Pursers of the Navy, thrown upon the world penniless and unpitied, was also alluded to. The income of some single extra oalcer created by the war, and therefore now of no use, would proviale for a great number of inch men. A long debate followed nn the third reading of the Seditious Assemblies Bill, which was carried 179 against 44, FLANDERS AND FRENCH MAILS. A Flanders Mail arrived last night. The Journals state, on the authority of knots from Paris, that a new L t aw of Amnesty Is in contempla tion, which, with a very few exceptions, would again open the bosom of France to all her children who have sought refuge in foreign countries. The fact may be so, but the French Journals, which we have also received this morning, to the 12th inst. are quite silent on the subject. The Rhine and the Seine continue rising in a most extraordinary degree, in consequence of the late rains. At Strasburgh, Kehl, and other places on the Rhine, the inundation has done great damage, and most se rious apprehensions are entertained for the safety . of the bridges. The Seine, at Paris, has risen higher than it has been known to rise for a century past The Quai de la Greve is almost entirely overflown, and the usual roads to Versailles and Saint Germisio en Jaye, are become quite impabsable. ICI HAMBURGH MAILS. Nu fewer than live Mails have arrived from Ham burgh this morning. A report having been Circulated in Denmark that the ports were about to be shut against the exporta tion of corn from that kingdom, an official notice has been circulated, that the Government has no in tention whatever to stop a trade from which the kingdom has. derived great benefit. . By the care of the Swedish Government, that kingdom has been secured against any distress res pecting corn, for the present year. In Norway, where there was more cued for foreign supplies, large granaries have been established, and distillation from corn of every kind has been wholly prohibited. The only other article deserving notice is one from Petersburgh, which, as it will have some influence in a saannersialfiaiatof 12;ftU a though prolessing only to contemplate the personal convenience of Ambas sadors and their suites, we insert entire; ST. PErERSBURUH. FEBRUARY 11. A Note has been delivered to!the Committee of Ministers by the Minister of Finance. This Nute, after rehearsing the Regulations formerly made re specting the freedom from Customhouse Dues gran• ted to a certain extent to Foreign Ambassadors, and stating that it has beeh judged proper, now that ami cable relations are restored with all the Powers, and a new Tarif for the freedom of Trade. on the re• pealed applications of the Diplomatic Bcdy, to esta. blish the following Rules: " 1. The Members of the Corps Diplomatique. accredited to the Imperial Court, are permitted to import, without obstacle, for the space of ten months front the day of their arrival, every thing necessary to furnish their establishments there, as horses, carriages furniture, tapistri, mine services. gold, sliver, !masc. glass, china, liveries, WM. &e. i in a word, every thing sects. eery toe a great establislitnent. All these articles shall be ad mitted without obligation, and without examlidng whether they are permitted or not, °plan the simple declaration of the Mem her of the Corp! Diplomatletue, that they belong to them, and are destined for their WI and that of their suite. it a. But if alter the capitation of ten months they desire to have prohibited articles, they 1121111 make a special application fur permission. Upon all the penal ted articles above specified there I shall be made once for all, counting from the day 01 their arrival, ' a remission of the Import Duties iii the following prrportion, First, To an Ambassador ' Legate, or Nuncio, NO° rouhies in sliver; Id, To Mmisters,Envoye, and others, accredited to his Majesty, 2000 roubles " 9 To Charge.d'ACalres or residtints accredited to the Mi nister for Foreign Affairs, 100 u roubles." This allowance if,,es not timed to Consuls. Gen e-1 rid, Consuls, Vice-Consuls, or Commercial Agents residing in Russia, with fell power from foreign States, who ate all subject to the general Taril. Those members of the Diplomatic d who have already _lave already obtained an ab.itement of the duties accord ing to the ancient regulations, are to enjoy the same allowance as those who shall arrive in future, de ducting the sums 'which they have already been. ezen3hked from paying. The Grand Duke litcnoLas and part of his Suite left town yesterday. They proceeded no farther than Woolwich. where his Imperial Highness will re main this day, jwith all possible attention paid him by Sir WlLLlent Com:mare a and to•morr9w be quits England for the Continent, accompanied by the Duke of Dsvousnina. _ _ Dr. Catc.nrns. in the Suite of the GRAND DORI. who received yesterday the honour of Kaighthbod e is son of Colonel CIUCHTON, of Edinburgh. Coots* Goan tat TotAtros.—Tbs Oratorio% with a fate Dot a- to topodtloos, bight to Ito non crowded as elm or* tattoo 2rd. flat of last eight iwoolbt ow of the Whet hawse of seam Mt read performance soma wipe plassre. MORE ARRESTSi (estetd+r enoin ng NICHOLLS, theßoW-stieet Cat apprehended d man its London who, we un derstand, is charged with being a great promoter and propagator o! what ii called the Spencean System. He was taken to the Secretary of Slate's Office, and, after undergriing a short in'vestigati.m, he *as com mitted to prison. Yesterday morning Mr. Stcyctrea, the King's Messenger, accompanied by Mr. Mil.t.s o . a police of f icer of Manchester, arrived in London by the Manchester Mail, with ELlsli.l DIXON, charged with seditious practices. He - was confined a short time in Dow-street, and afterirards conveyed to the Secretary of State's Office, where he underwent a short exa mination before Lord SIDNIOUTH, Sir NATHANIEL CONANT / and other Magistrates, after which he was committed to Dridewell. Dixon was apprehended at two o'clock on Wednesday, at work, as a cotton spinner, in a large manufactory at Manchester. He has been a very active man, particularly as a spokes man, at all the public meetings which have been held at that town, except the last. We did not learn that papers of any importance were found on him, or at his residence. DNOISIOND, BAGULLY, OGDEN, and JortmsoN, who I were brought to Town on 'Monday morning or late on Wednehday evening, by Mt. VW( arid others of the King's Messengers, from Manchester, underwent a short examination yesterday, and afterwards were again remanded. One of them is a•tailor, and was living in one room with his wife and six children : he lelt London about six months since to go mid live in Manchester. There is no doubt that he was appre hessive of being taken into custody, as be had pre. pared two retreats from the bask of the house where he lived, by two large holes being merely filled up with laths and plister r and his wife denied his being at home when a Magistrate and Officers went to take him, and said he had been out for three days ; but he was taken in attempting to break through the lath and plaster at the back of the premises. A broker, charged with being Annected with the Rioters at Manchester, was on Wednesday taken off 'Change under an arrest. On Monday another schoolmaster, charged with treasonable practices, was lodged in Glasgow jAil. He was brought from the village of Carmunnock, a few miles distant. Rewards of £5O are offered in the Glasgow Pipers for the apprehension of J. M'Ewen, who is described as a carding master in Gorbals, and M'Dowal Pate, a weaver in Anderston, who are also accused of treasonable practices and administering unlawful oaths. A reward of 4/20 is alsoo3ered for the seizure of one Moses Dawson, accused of sedition only. Dawson is said to be the author of the sedi tious pamphlets, for the publication of which several printers and booksellers are under bail. He is described as irbastrhing - - COMMITMENTS TO cHistas. CASTLE. " Chew Chronicle Olio. 'Monday, i pat Ow. P. M. " A coach, escorted by a strong body of that va luable corps, the Earl of Cuanza's cavalry, has just pabsed this office, filled with the misguided men en gaged in the 'Ate seditious meetings at Manchester; kc.—Their nant:s are Beujamia Mellor //tarp Pickup William Whack William Neal John Shaw William Marsh W:Illam Smith John Garlick John senior lames &swirl William Pluitut Arthur Irwin Richard Junes Robert Evans Mathew Eery William Goddard Samuel Whitmore James Caßilbao • Benjamin Ematibent Henry Hokling George Hyde. " An immense crowd followed the cavalcade to the Castle, where the cavalry formed opposite the lodge, and the prisoners dismounted : we never recollect seeing a more wretched looking set of beings ; two of :hem are mere boys. They are charged in the commitment, with gamma* aid ranee: practicer. They were apprehended at Heaton Norris, and tin der the recently pined Act, were committed to our Castle. One hundred and sixty-four of their asso. times are now confined in the New Bailey, Mahches ter. Six of tho oratorical members of this con federacy against the Government, are sent to Lon don under warrants from the Secretary of State. a" Since writing the above we are sorry to add, that numbers of Bike -heady have been found in Stockport, and large heavy sticks, containing a dagger-shaped ' , sharp piece a iron, about eight inches long. This speaks in language too plain the Patine and Confirm :l2nel objects of these to whom they belonged." a l We have heard, (says the same Paper) and k is with grief we notice it, that several of she misguided people were severely Burt by the cavahy—the mob, we understand, made a very ludicrous appearance ; many of them baying their bed.blankets thrown over their shoulders, and Listened in front over the breast with a skewer. They were in fall marching order ; toose, who could not procure knapsacks or haversacks, having large bundles attached to their shoulders." It i s with regret we learn. from the Dublin Papers received yesterday, that the banks of the Grand Ca nal continue tote, the scenes of outrage and distur bance. In a late tumult, one man was killed, and several more were wounded. The dearth, or rather we ought to say, the high price of previsions, is the cause of the irritation and discontent in the minds of the poor which have incited them to these lawless crop of potatoes is described as having bees most plentiful throughout Ireland last year, and we must presume that the enforcing of the laws in all, their seventy agaiast the ref/raters of this prime ne cessary of lite. would tend greatly to allay the restless spirit maultested by-the pout. - 711 E Ans Saturday a detachment of the SOth and S4th Riments marched from ChathaM to Gravesend, id embark for India. A Court of Inquiry Fommeneed at hell past ten' ►'clock, yesterday morning, upon Major Boyce, of the V,d Guards, ai the OfEcer. . 4 /1 partments. in Knightsbridge Barrack.. The Ofii:ers or the l'Aues Are on duty. The !liquify is private, there Mini' peremptory order to admit none but persons concer ned in the case. The tine; furnish the Field Oflictrs. NAVAL INTELLIGEIVCE. DRAL. MAVCH 14. This morning the'wiltirshitted to the Borth-tivr. and the whole of the o utwar d-b oun d got un d er we i g h and proceeded dow n Ch anne l, except the STRIA, /!AM. Ross, WATERL OO , and PRINCESS CIIARLOTTIo Ol' WALES, Ind.amen, which wait for their Pursers. Also sailed the ROYAL 8 'venoms yacht for Dov,:r Roach, to wait for the Grand Duke NICHOLAS and Suite, to convey to Calais. Five o'clock.—TheWmcn (lAEA, SCOTT, for China, is just come in sight, and will be in the Downs in the course of an hour. All the Pursers are arrived, and will sail this evening. —Wind fair and light bre( ze. DOVER, MARCH ii. His Majesty's yacht Rovnt. Sovenvima has hrnugl•t up in our Roads this slay from the Dowits : she %tin come into the Harbour this evening's tide, for the purpose of receiving on board his Imperial Hight...els the Grand Duke Nictundin. The wind having got round prom the Eastward this morning, a large fleet of outward-bound ships has passed by here for the Westward. PORTSMOU FM MARCH 14. Arrived his Majesty's ship PROISETIIISUS, from a cruize ; Brilliant transport, from Deptford; and Ranger, from the Downs for the South Seas. Sailed the following East Indiamen— Hertfordshire. Bridg water, General KyJ, Atlas, Marquis of Welling' ton, Minerva, Victory, Mary Ann, Oswell, and Marshal Wellington. Also sailed the following sels, outward-bound—Cossack, Kentish, Maria, and Oromucto, for Liverpool ; Ware, for St. * Kitt's ; Emily, for Baltimore; Solon, for New York;. Stakeshv, Moreland, General planters, Leda, Prince, Lively, .Wm. Brine, and Waterloo, for Jamaica ; Halls, fjr the Westward; Triton, for Marseilles; Moon, for Teneriffe ; Jane and Barrosa, for Berhice ; Swift, for St. Michael's ; :infield and Coluinbine, for the West Indies; Sprightly, fer St. Domingo; Syrnetry, for Leghorn; Brothers, for St. Helena ; Haabet, fur Malaga; Hussdri:n transport, for Cork; Lady H. Ellis, for St. Lucie ; Lively, for Savannah ; Charles, Wildman, and Venus, for the South Seas; Venus and Equity, for Trieste; Vittoria and Renewal, for Barbadnes ; Admiral Gambier, for Ceylon; and Mary, for the Cape of Good Hope. Lady H. Charles, ; Ventis wal, for on; and As, from ;ewY.j I S. \V. (2), Mi. lards 6. passengers, ten in pas- te touched work, yet She had on board,' of her en. r births 1 the Pier tartly re- t o was to T of the al nom- : .ot the 116, W4i and the ; 178,820. :ilitating nuns of it singly ;hall aF- voidable ; 4 inted by re stated, Inspiring by Lord 111,,ored to this a decla- ispicion, dzed in a ,e was in evening, Nab cur.- ries, ca- lm their bclard, I at Om !moved `placed e hut:- to the t • of Cr- ')adhes, 'moved . 3 e— the rrowL f, t • when:- 4 lie pa yy - Octo- IS SOS.. Ist the FAI.MOU I H, MARCH IL Arrived the American btig George, W AL - ros, from New Orleans.—The Princess Elitabeth, for New Your and Halifax, gone into t!ie Roads.—Wit id S.W. HARWICH, MARCH Sailed the Camden, Vittoria ( I ), Vittoria (2), Mi. nerva, and Medusa transports, for Deptford. Long OP THE PREELING PACKET. " Jersey, March . " The Freeling packet sailed from St. Helier's with passenger., and the Mail for Weymouth, on Tuesday week, when siog Elfaalieth Castle, scarcely a mile f shore, she t. rm a rac k, and th o n g h the pumps were set irota•ttly to work, the water gained so tast that the was fore,tl to return. She scarcely entered Ihr Pier when she stink. Every article on ' Isett!loc &e. Sic. was tlestmyed, as at the moment of It tering the Pier, the water had eover...t the sipper tier in the cabin. About two hoots titer the vessel reached th the Weynanutb packet, then doe, arrived, and inirnectat turned to England with the mail, which the Fret:ing have taken." From a Custom House Return to an order of House of Commons, it appears that the t..tal bet of vessels be!onging to the several Inv: .of British Empire on the 20th of September, 1816, 25,864; the amo unt of fonage 2.78:040 ; ani number of men and boys usually employed 178,, The Bill brought into Parliament for facilitio the progress of shies it Equity before the Cour Exchequer, authorizes the CHIEF to sit for the hearing of snits, at such times as he shat point; or. in case of his absence, for any nnavoid. reason, one of the other Barons may be appointed the Royal sign manual to sit for him. On the authority of tl.e Glasgow Chronicle. we that the people apprehended there fur conspii against the Government had not, as staud by Coctittmvs, been lodged in d imp cells, but in A. apart.i.er.ts, with tire places. In opposition tF statement, the Glasgow Herald has published a cation of a JOHN Wtj,t, apprehended on suspi and afterwards discharged, that he was " lodges felons low tell, ltordy «mem! coil's water." Ile custody fiom Sunday morning till Thursday cvei and during all that time, except tire hours, w a it fined in that or a similar cell. Letters rectived yesterday from Merthyr-T , state, that the workmen of all the iron foundries "cept one, in that nerstirbourhood. weie still from work. but evinced no disposition to riot. The ashes and the tombs of Eki+a and Abel Descartes. Malnlhn..and &silts:lit. are placed al disposal of the i';'•fect of the Seine. to be rem from the Museum or French M inuments, and' pi in the burial-ground of Pete La Chaise. Oee dred and fifty other Monuments are sent to Church of St. Denis. FUSEKAL.—This day, at noon. the rem a i n , o f neral Sir JANtns Lycra, Lite Govsrnor of llaibadi who fell a victim to the yellow fever, were rerno , Aran Whitehall-place for interment in Westniini Abbelti The funeral procession consi.,ted 1— feiz Mourning Coaches ;Ind sis— the Family nptipa•ti , cllisiaers of his Grace the Luke of Moribun), rind, th e qui, of Huntley, Ears Bathurst, Loral Han:wood, Hammel aad Eaton, Capt. Belcher, and Sit T. Hardy. ESSEX ASSIZEI, MARCH I3.—A itsou.---111/Saw Raiford was indicted for setting lire to Sve when: stacks, Stc. the property of Anthony Cos, of the rich of Ramsay, near Harwich, on the 2.51 t. of C.N per, by which a loss of upwards of £l2U') was tained. The principal evidc.;ce adduced against , prisoner was his own SC3. Me Jxy toJud hun Not Guilty.