Star. — London, England, 1817-03-13 00:00:00

co - - . r . tit O ki 6 ' 4 Z4b " ) . • .d . t..... 1 ... • % 4.14 k A pr . gip -7 2 ... %. ~..., at . ~._ _ . .._ I• OIS Su rim 1,371. OFFICE OF ORDNIACI, Airman 1817. TilE PRINCIPAL OFFICERS •1 HIS Mii• J Esrn ORIINANCE, do hooch give Notice, That PriTo ads will be received at their Office In Pall-Mall, ea or before FRIDAY, the 41st day of March neat, from such ?woos as may be willing to undertake the Supply of FORAGE 'vice rorses stationed in the under-mentioned Places, t , be deliverd at the Expecte of the Contractor, viz. PORTSMOUTH, F'..75•• , FX DISTRICT, PLYIVIOUTII, V.TOOD, NORTH BRITAIN, WFEDON, And CHATHAM, 1•'-?•••::'•;:iod of six Months from the let April neat. Tye Oat F,o od, • weer, dry, and clean, without any mixture of Foxy Oat', and must not weigh lett than 37 pounds per Vincliritrr hu-Itel; the Hay to be sweet and dry, and delivered t. tru t.e., iit 361b4. weiitht: the Straw to be good, clean, and dry ",ter: e r itraw, an .I delivered in trusses of s6lbs weight. l'ices to be paid for Os? retpemive Quantities grub 4r. tide which may he ddivered, at the following rates, via For tit: Olt., at I.er hint *red pnutsdA, •Ivoirdupnis weight. For the ilay, at per hundred and twelve pound*. F7r tt , e "t-aw, at per hundred and •welve pounds. DI p., • 04a%% tray he d livened .rattly or jointly. for two A? VW , * C. the sad Stmirris ; aril it is erre...red that the Contrac rie•itait r.ceive the arable Dung, which, during the period of his Come - : may ace:uvulae, making au allowance for the same after the mt., rer imrse per week. Far!ver P.-rticttlars may be known upon application to the Cr.eers Cori•re acting the Royal Artillery in each /Ration ; and -7ro at t ;4ec:etaries Ober lu Pall-Mall aforesaid, any day be eh- hurts of Fen and Foot o'Clock, where the Proposals matt be &Peered, sealed up and endorsed, " Proposals for Fo eve;" 130 Proposals can be admitted after the said 21st of 7,!lirt•l tt *Fa flve o'Cluck at Noon of the same dayowither will rx.; Tends he noticed, unk-ss the Party snaking it, or an Agent iotds beis•utf, dull attend. ivy Order of the Board. R. X. CREW, Saretary. 17ONFP: , -C r FOR COALS TO BE DELIVERED AT GIBRALTAR. COAfIIIISSARIAT DEJWTMINT, T y Mahn. Merck 14, 1817. SUCH Persons as are desirous of Contracting whis the Agent for Commissariat Supplies toddies/ 11,000 CIIALDRONS of COALS at GIBRALTAR, mar/ receive Particulars o' el e Contract at this Mike between the boars of it and 5, and deliver tbelr Tenders staled op and directed to the Agent Cr, , Commissariat Supplies. marking thereon" Tender for Cush;" on or before TUESDAY,tIse skit instam, but bent I will be me veil after Twelve o'Clock sa that Day; our will ant Prorcmel he noticed unless made on se atoned to a printed Psrt•cular, and th^ Price inserted in Werda at length; nee aa len a I.etter be .uttjoined to such Proposal, sired by Two Per.} tons of known Property, enraging to become booed with the Parry enderirg, In the mum expressed in the Particulars for the doe perfurmarce of the Contract. .E.IST INDIA RONSE, Mero 12, 1817. . THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the UNITED COMPA X2' of MERCHANTS of ANGLAND i ereerse: oat MIST INDIES, de Ace* give notice, That a Cetterul Court of the said Company will be held at their hot:te Ia Letdenhallwreet, on WEDNESDAY, the 26th instant, :'rorz. Nine *Mock in tho Morning until Six in the Even. iag, fur the Election of a DIRECTOR of the said Company, lw the from Of JOHN ALEXANDLII BAlllltaatAfe, Esq. who bath JAMES COBB, Ssswiett . 10 THE PROP'RIETORS OF £AST.IIOIA STOCK. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IN lelinquishing the distinguished honour you eon •L fared on me nine years ago of a seat la the Direction a your Maim! feet it a duty and debt of gratkude to masa my deep suss of your kindness. 1 Indulge a hem that the bauble but sezlous devotion of my time and efforts to the boadasts of the Company have insured me your approbabadao; sad as I am again in the Pursuit of active en,* in your service abroad, feel anxious to entitle raysell to a et.•ttletsanee of your favourable entinients.—Witit sincere gratitude and retinal, I remain your tl-voted servant, 10IIN ALEX. BANNERMAN. East-ludli Hume, the 14th March, 11817. BAST-INDIA MOSS, March 12. THE COURT of DIItECIVRS e the UN ftED COMPANY MERCHANTS q INGLAND,frafitg to lA, ZAST INDIES, do hardy:lye mike, Tta.r the Quarterly General Court of the said Company, as pointed to be held at their House in Leadenha4•street, its li*El)24licl)Air. tie ibth iustatit, is made Special at the request It trrsain Proprieter, , , " for ;he purl ose of taking into cond.. c!entit,u the Mandamus Papers as far as the same relate to the of the Court of Directors is resisting the powers cater. eked on tlat , occasion by the Honourable the Huard of Commis dotter.: 1 ,, r the affairs of India, in adjudiestmg disputed peet niacy Claims, and in directing the application of the Company s eau.% fur their stscharg:•" JAMBS Cr.. 39, Seceders. MONEY. VOBLEMEN, Gentlemen, &c. may be supplied 4-'4 with Money to any ;mount, op terms equal to mortgage, mtcred on Freehold, Copyhold, Leasehold Land, or Houses, :%!,.kr.cy is the Funds, Marriage Settlements, Widow,' Jointures, acrgytnens'ldeings, or any other Property. Persons cf respect rri!ity may be aicommodated on their personal security, and the !':shicss completed without exposure or delay. Application from t to toe, or letters (post-paid) addressed to Messrs. Wills c .1 Co. No. 49, South-street, Beclutley-square. VASiIIONABLE DANCING, by Mi.ALLEN, pcvattly 'aught, at No. 15. Sherrard-street, Golden-91litre, tl I- 01 ot and flentlemea of any age, who have never learn: that gtrOtt , plishnient, or have not tbe modern OPAC. „ Mr , firtJti o' tesehlrg Is evpre*sly u lted for those eiftsitom it is an object to acquire easily that fashionable requisite r genteel si.cimy espeditiously, privately, and In a superior -tyis a grace and elegance. Those who do not want private teaching ;toy learn at a small expence, with a respectable set of pupils, on public trashing evenings. Professors of dancing taught the ;..oct eleg:mt fancy dances, and the superior parts of the pecks t on. 'I he Subscription Assemblies are every Friday. C. DELL'S SURGICAL OBSERVATIONS. This Day was publishtd, la Ito. illustrated with Pier', Part lit. priced% sewed, of SURGICAL OBSERVATIONS ; being a Qaar terly Report of Cans in Surgery. By CHARLES DELI., Surgeon of the Middlesex Hospital. Cnrteat.—i. Report of Pulmonary Diseases in connection erhit Surgical Llompia•nts-2. C does of Wounded Arturicv, &c. --tt. 01 Amputation in Wounds folloWed by Mortification-4. W Antrutrion in consequence of Wounds by Machinery—S. Vcirptitt.! Fractures, contrasted with Gun Shot Fractures—C. Aimilit.itioat in Casts of Gun• Shot Fracture after Suppuration has wial):istird, with an Account of the French wounded at thou.-7. Discussion of the Question of Early Aaspiß.T.loo Ut the Nitro•hlutiatic Asia Late, in canal's obscute Caw :'yvlia Pritreci tor Longman, Hunt, Reis, Orme, and Brown, ra tPmeiver-P. OW. Of whom may be had. 111 t, 1. of the abuse Work, price tie. akin _THE CATHOLIC QUESIiON. This day Is published, Price Is. 66 THE SOURCE OF THE EVIL i addres sed to the United Parliament. and the Peiftple of Great Britain, to the League formed between thy Irish Lay Separatists and the Irish Kornai: Catholic 111.1 tops, on the Measure Of Eman cipation By ANGLO- HIRER NUS. Printed for Longman and Co. Law and Co. Loudon; Cum ming, Dublin; Macredie and Co. Edinburgh. •.• 'llls Pamphlet Is also publlsbel in the PAMMILETILI. No. XVIII. for March, 1817, with 7 other pamphlets, pr. 80.81 THWRSDAY, MARCH 13, 181/. 'age on the Property Tax which had been paid, £30,000 had been saved to the country by that por• min of the Tax having been thus paid. Mr. GRENPELL said he was in a great error if the charge of sllB9B was sanctioned by Act of Par liament.—The Vote was agreed to. The House resumed, and the Report was ordered to be received to-morrow. Mr. WEBB obtained leave to bring in * Bill to amend the Act of the twelfth Of George the Third, for regulating the Wages of persons employ. l iu Ow Col limes. A Petition was pterented from the Rector. Church wardens, and Inhabitants of the Parish of Broseley, in the County of Salop, praying for a revision and amendment of the Poor Laws. Mr. CUR WEN expressed his hopes th It some steps would speedily be adopted for equalizing the ratirg of property in this respect. Mr. HALL stated, that in the county in which he was interested, namely, Cardigan, the evil of the pre- sent system of Poor Laws bad .wrisen to its greatest height. In many parts of that district, the rates were at 18s: in the pound; yet a sufficient sum could not be raised to provide for the Poor, who were in the extremest distress, many of them without firing, and even the bread, which they with di ffi culty obtained, they Were obliged to send fourteen miles to have baked.—The Petition was then received. _ _ General GASCOYME presented a Petition from certain shopkeepers and traders of Liverpnol, pray ing some regulations might be adopted with respect to the rating of shops and houses used only as ware houses. In presenting this Petition, he wished to know whether it was intended soon to adopt any steps on this subject and whether it was intended to as similate the practice in England t o t hat of Scotland ? Mr. LUSHINGTON informed the Honourable General, that he had this evening given notice of a lit , tion for to-morrow, for leave to bring in a Bill to regulate this subject, and that it was intended to assimilate the practice of England to that in Scot. land. Lord STANLEY wished to know what steps would be adopted with respect to those individuals who had been improperly charged with these duties? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER observed, where individuals hid paid Lou much. they would find no difficulty on making proper application to get the excess returned. The Petition was then ordered to lie on the table. PARLIAMILVTARif REM O. Lord strroN said he held in his hand a Petition from Liverpool in favour of Parliamentary Reform, signed by upwards of fourteen thousand persons, many of Thom were known to him as being most re-1 apectable, and some of them hp had the honour of ranking amongst his particular friends. It was adop. ted at a Meeting where the greatest harmony and unanimity prevailed, although a regiment of the line .arid a company of yeomanry were under arms during the time the Meeting was held. Why the Petitioners had not selected one of their own Representatives to nt their Petition, he could not tell ; but one thi ng present el e ould say, that he considered himsrlf as highly ho noured in being selected to present the Petition, which prayed for radical Constitutional Ref°, rn.- The Meet ing at which this Petition was adopted was not called by the Chief Magistrate, who for some reason had re fused to call the Meetiag, at which a most respectable Magistrate presieed. Mr. BIRCH bore his testimony to the respectabi lity of the Meeting at which this Petition was voted. Mr. BENSON could not suffer this Petition to be laid on the table without saying a few Words in de fence of the Mayor, who, as a man and a magistrate, was equally respectable. The Mayor had certainly refused to convene the Meeting for petitioning; and be had refused from the best motives—a wish to pre vent a recurrence of riots and disturbances in the town, which bad of late occurred on various occasions. When the Meeting did take place, he adopted every precaution which prudence dictated. The Noble Lord had talked of the quiet and decorum of the Meeting: he believed the regiment of infantry and the company of cavalry were entitled to all the credit of having rendered it so. Lord COCH RANE had heard a great deal about the disorders and riots which had taken place at Meetings held on the subject of Referral, in various parts of the country ; but be believed there never was a Reform Meeting held at which riot and confusion predominated so much as it had done at the Hamp shire Meeting, held yesterday, called professedly to congratulate the Prince Regent on his happy escape' from the atrocious attack upon his person. At this Meeting all the Parsons in the county were assembled, and 4 most noisy set they proved;—(mil laugh)—the marrowbones and cleavers in Covent-garden market never equalled them. At length, so great was the confusion, the Meeting broke up without coming to any determination as to the manner in which their Address should be presented; and in all this confu sion the Parsons led the way. Lord FITZHARRIS defended the Meeting; which be said was most respectable. He believed five out of siz of those present were favourable to the Address, though from the noise made by the rest, be was ready to allow not a word that was said on either side could be heard. Mr. BROUGHAM complained of the imputa tions which had been cast on the character of the people of Liverpool by an Honourable Member (Mr.. Beason) ; who had accused them of rioting on vari ous occasions. He wished to know, from the Ho nourable Member, when these riots occurred. • Mr. BENSON said, he spoke of his own know ledge as to the existence of riot.; and as to the time, he would tell the Honourable Gentleman they were never more numerous than at the time when the Honourable. Gentleman wu their leader—(Near, hear, Order, order.)—Wu the Hen. Gentleman satisfied? Mr. BROUGHAM would not tell the Honourable ,Gentleman whether he was satisfied or not with his explanation ; bat asked the Right Hog. Gentlemen , EVEN-P 1 NCE. opposite if it WAS true that he had ever been the leader of the mob ? The eipressions used by the Hon. Gentleman *ere unparliamenzary: they imputed► to him the leading a r-lb for mischievOtst purposes. Mr. BENSON deried having imputed to the Ho nourable Gentleman any such purpose. Mr. BROUGH , IN, said, the t:pression used by the Honourab'e Gentleman would be.r that con struction. He r.culd, however, again appeal to a gallant General near Wm, and to the Right Hon. G•mtletran rpposite, wl:ether such had been the cha racter of the cornet in which he had been engagtd —whether, .sn thec•>ntrary, the general expression on the last dry cf the Election was not that the whole had mrie the appearance of a peaceful pageant than a political contest ? General GASCOY?IE declared he had never knovn an Election contest ia Liverpool so peaceable as that alluded to. Mr. CANNING observed. that on the occasion alluded to he hid used his ermost endeavours to re. press every sympteil of riot, and he believed the Ho.. nourable and L6aried Gentleman had done the same. He was of opinion his Honourable Friend had con founded recent elections with that in question. These had certainly not been so quiet as that which had been alluded to, and the Mayor might justly and reasonably apprehend a recurrence of disorders which had repeatedly occurred. With respect to the Peti tion, he observed, it did not pretend to be a Prtitio:l from Liverpool, but from certain inhabitants of that town. TheM could. therefore, be no technical ob jection to it. He had. indeed, heard some accounts of the manner In which signatures had been obtained for this Petition. He understood, that out of the 14,000 signatures, the greater number were of the sorter set, and others of a very tender age. But this, however. Was not a reason which he should adduce for rejecting the Petition. On the century, it was a reason with him for recommending the Home to re ceive it with the greater indulgence; for in these times, when the doctrine of Universal S was contended for, it would be hard indeed if hit gee were to be denied their privilege of voting. Mr. Baoronatu and Mr. Bemsots explained. Mr. CU RAVEN could not avoid complaining of the conduct of the Mayor 011 this occasion, who had not only refused regularly to convene the Meeting, bet had after wards, on its taking place, nrmecessarily and unconstitutionally called out the military.--The pad tios was then read. SEFTON did not knew from whom the Hon. Gentleman ( Mr. Coining) hid received his information as to the signatures attached to the petition ; brit he had received communications di , ' reedy contradicting the statements of the Right lion. Gendenian. General GA SCOYNE also defe!lded the signattuts of the Petiti;m, and entered at length into the question of Parliamentary Refatm. lle eotttended that our present system was ot,j!ctionals:e in its most perfect p .rt. Eve.* the elections for csati tes were under the influetice, in many instances, of Peers, and persons of large landed property. Lot .k at the system in every way, reform was necessary.—The petition was the* ordered to lie on the tauk. TIIE EVANS'S. Mr. BENNETT rose to move for a Return of the number of perioas confined in Coldbath-fields Prison under the Acts of the ;39th and Mk of the King._. When be formerly brought this subject forward, he . stated what he had been informed of, as to the . state and treatment of the Evans's. • He then stated what he knew, Only on hearsay. He had since that time been to the prison, and found his information - was correct. The elder Evans was confined with such a person as he had formerly docribedt and the younger Evans • Was in the foul ward. Mr. BATHURST was ready to give the Mo. nourable Gentleman all the information in his power. He was sorry to say that there were at present seve. ral lunatics confined in the prison in question ; but their cases were not such as came under the cegni tame of his Majesty's Government ; they were con fined by the Magistrates under the power of the Act of Parliament. With respect to the Evans's, the Honourable Gentleman had toll the House that to had seen these persons, and that they were in the si. tuation he described; but he wished to know from the Honourable Gentleman io candour, what those per sons said to him ? Whether they did not tell him distinctly, that they had no complaint to Make ? He wished to know whether the elder Evans was not in the state apartment, and whether Evans had not himself requested to have the person with him, whom the Hon. Gentleman had described as an informer and thief and whether the elder Evans bad not said, this person appeared to be a decent man, and that he had a pleasure in his company ? With respect to the younger ,Evans, he put it to the Hon. Gentleman, whether, though the apartment in which he was con fined was called the Infirmary, it was not the best and most airy of any room in the prison : and whethe r it was at present occupied by a single person, except the person in question ; and whether be was not told by Evans himself, that he had the privilege of walking for hours in the day in the Governor's gar den ? and whether the young man did not himself say he was perfectly satisfied with his treatment ? The Hon. Gentleman ought, in candour, to have stated these facts to the House. Mn BENNETT said, he bad not invented the fasts which he had stated to the House, nor bad be inven ted names. He was told the place where young Evans was confined was called the Foal Ward; and he was told that the elder Evans was made the com panion of a thief. If the ilder Ev its liked his corn panioa, that was his own:Coucern : misery made a man acquainted with strange friends. But he, as a public man, had a duty to perform , which called on him to say, that to confinemvo persons for high tr... - son, one with one thief as hip/companion, and the ( ther with five or six, was 'a ciromstance tuiprecedenteci. The defended and nded withth e ttreatmen t Tl whi 'O ch lt u N le E E Y v - RA an G s E 's N b E adrec L deieed ot t . 111.1111.1.11111. 11 I ••4C • S O4 • • le • 4. • • , .o‘c a r i:‘ . 5) 6 , 1 r .1••• . PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS. HOUSE OF LORDS, MARCH 12. The House proceeded In Appeals. Farther evidence was beard in the ease of Bailey's Divorce Bill The Loan COUNCILLOR intimated an opinion ID favour of the Divorce, but evilest bastardizing the child of which Mrs. Bailey had been delivered, on the ground that the evidence re speedo( it, was not of that positive nature to authorize the taking away the rights, or altering the state in society of inch ehitd,and mare particularly with a view to the sort of precedent which would be thereby established. The Registry of the Baptism •rt the child, as the child of Lieutenant Keby and Mrs. Kelly, with out mentiooing the latter as the wife of Coioliel Ba ley, hisl.ord ship saidebe should move to morrow to expunge from the Jour nals u improper to remain there. Further consideration de• (erred till to-morrow; the Lords to be summoned. Mr. Thorns presented the stoles and Regebtions of the Peni tentiary at Milbank..-.Ordered to lie en the table. The Barrack Department Bill, the Coffee OW, the Climatic Commis timers' BM, and the Passengers' BID, were read a third time and passed.---Adjourned si l tu.morrow (this day). HOUSE OF COMMONi. Colonel WOOD brought is Ms Bl'lto allow the Sale of Game, which was read a first time, and ordered to be printed. Colonel WOOD said, it was not Ms intention to move the . second reading till after the Easter rece •a. Mr. ROBINSON brought in a Bill to repeal a part of the Act relating to the Exportation of Bar Iron, which was read a first time, and ordered to be read seemed time tomorrow. Wit'. ROBINSON gave notice, that on Monday ha shi old mo►e for a Ounintitme on the Ars orate 554 and 54th of the King re lative to the East ln•tia trade, with a view to propose the exten sion of the privilege of the free trade to India (as now enjoyed by this country) to the ports of Gibraltar and Malta. WAYS AND &MANS -.111.101 UNYUNDED DEBT. In a Committee of Ways ancideiiis,thedlAN CELLOß of the EXCHEQUER proposed a Vote of 818,000,000 of Exchequer Bills for the service of the yeir 1817. He took occasion to state that it was his intention to pay off the Unfunded Debt of Ire land by Exchequer Bills raised in this - country. A great saving to the public would be thereby effected. as the Unfunded Debt in Ireland bore more than 5 per cent. interest, while money could be raised in England at less than 4. The present accumulation of capital in the money market promi,ed to be of the utmost benefit to the agricultural and manufacturing interests of the country Mr. CURWEN wished to know what part of the Unfunded Debt was already provided for Mr. SHARPE observed, - that the issue of a large quantity of Exchequer Bills would prevent the great benefit which was anticipated to the merchant and landholder from the accumulation of capital, by ab sorbing that capital in Government securities. Mr. P. MOORE said. it would be expedient that the House should have a general view of the Ways and Means before it, previous tovoting particular sums. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCH.EQUER, in answer to the Member for Carlisle (Mr. Curren), said that the Appendix to the account of the Un funded Debt. which had been presented to the House, contained particulars of the sums already provided, and of those which remained to be provided for. As to the observation of the Honourable Member (Mr. P. Moore) that a general statement of the Ways and Means should be laid before the House, he could only say. that it had not been usual, and was not very possible to make that statement at so early a period of she Session. Sir J. NEWPORT said, that the reason the in terest on the Unfunded Debt was so high in Ireland was this—that the Treasury Bills, of which it was composed, were issued entirely to the Bank of Ireland, who exacted from the public the highest rate, which by their Charter they were allowed to take from any in dividual in the kingdom. - Before the Chancellor of the Exchequer paid off those Bills by money raised in England, he would adfise him to inquire at what rate money could be raised in Ireland. He hoped that if it could be raised there at as low a rate as in this country, the Chancellor of the Exchequer would not do the monied interest there an injury, by trans. terring the tlnfonded Debt to this kingdom. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he had no objection to raise the money in Ireland, if it could be raised there at as low a rate as here. Hitherto the Treasttry Bills in Ireland had been held by the Bank : the withdrawing them would do ao in. jury to the monied Interest. Sir .1. NEWPORT said, merchants in Ireland had often endeavoured in vain, for weeks, to procure 'rrea sury Bills; and it was in fact next to impossible for a private merchant to get them. Mr. GRENFELL wished to know whether any means were to be taken to relieve the country from any of thirenormous charges of the Bank of Eng land t There was a charge of 41898 for the Ilia• nagement of four nations of Stock. which had ceased to exist siaee 1722, As a Committee had been re fused, he was obliged to take up this subject piecemeal. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER having given no answer, Mr. GRENFELL said, there was another subject on which the Chancellor of the Exchequer would pro- bably condescend to give the House some informa tion. A sum of 43874., it appeared by the accounts, was received by the Bank as a per tentage on the Property Tax, received by them from individuals. Them was no trouble or risk whatever but to give a ressipt for the money; yet the Beak had the modesty to demand, and the Government the profligacy to give. 2s. 6d. per cent. for this transaction. • The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, he bad no transaction to propose which affected the Bank. The sum mentioned by the Honourable Gentleman bad been often explained—(Heer, ker.) The was of 41898, paijl for the management of four Millions of South Sea Stock, was sanctioned. by Act set Parliament ever since 1722. As fur the per cep. 11,j ch .c. ...h