The National Register. — London, England, 1820-06-19 00:00:00

_ postscript. LONDON, MONDAY, JUNE 19. Three o'Clock, p. m. We have received the Paris papers of Thursday last. The King is still confined to his apartments, but transacts business daily with his ministers. — Tranquillity, it is said, is restored in the capital, but sonte persons above the ordinary ranks of life have been arrested, charged witth been concerned in the late riots. Paris, however, is still full of .troops, who parole the streets at all hours, and . tome of the coffee-houses have been 'Shut, which were retorted to by the disaffected. The elusory movements of the chief leaders of the rioters seem heretofore to have baffled the pursuits of the Police. The embers of insurrection are nut yet extinguished, and if not carefully watched, will burst out in a flame that the Government will not easily subdue. The Chamber of Deputies on Tuesday resumed the discussion of the Bill relative to the Public Expen diture. M. l'Abbe de l'ompieres proposed seve ral reductions, viz, in the Judicial Department 1,000,000 francs; Foreign Affairs, 600,000 francs; :Home Department, 1,849,000 fr.; War, 3,740,000 'francs; Navy, 150,000 francs; Finance, 3,177,000 francs. Total, 10,000,000 francs. He was fol lowed by several other speakers. The debate was then adjounied to the next day. The Second Coun cil of War has condemned to two years imprison ment a person named Antoine, a soldier of the Seine .and Marne, for seditious words. Two cases of se ditious writings were brought on Tuesday before the Court of Assites--the one, that of the Sieur Vuidet, the Editor of the " Aristarque," charged with provoking a civil war; the other, that of the Editor of the work entitled "Varieties Historique," a chapter of which, under the head of " Upon Se ' cret Government," has been denounced as contain• ing the twofold crime of an attack upon the King, and an incitement to civil war. M. Patris, the prin ter of the latter, appeared. The Jury found him guilty by a majority of 7 to 5 ; but the Court ac quitted him by a majority of 4to 1. M. Cauchois Lemaire, the writer of the article, was then con demned, for default of appearance, to five years im prisonment, and a fine of 10,000 francs. An order from the Treasury was received at the Custom-house in the course of last week, which has since become a general subject of conversation, not to say animadversion, in the city, on account of c vain fetitures in the transaction, which assumilate it rather to an undue indulgence to individuals than to a politic attention to the mercantile interests at large, or to a still more important point—the health of the community. This order is for the reduction of the duty on a drug called chillies, a production of the East and West Indies, and of Africa, which has been maidenly lowered from 2s. 6a. to 3d. per lb.— tt will no doubt be distinctly in the recollection of a great portion of our commercial readers, that in February, 1317, a memorial was presented to the Lards Commissioners of the Affairs of Trade, by the rrerclom ts of Liverpool trading to the coast ()I Airica, 11;r the purpose of removing certain difficulties, pre sented by the high rate of the - then existing duties, to the commerce carried un by them. The effect of their representation was a material remission of duty on the greater part of the articles imported from that quarter. An exception, however, was expressly made in the articles of chillies (called also Guinea pepper) and Guinea grains, because it was understood that those drugs were improperly used by brewers and distillers, and it was thereflire deemed expedient to impose on them such a duty, as should be tantamount to a prohibition, or at least a prevention to that mode of employing them sup posed to be injurious to the health of the consumers of spirits or porter. Instead of a reduction of the duty on Guinea pepper or chillies to 4d. and on Guinea grain to td. as was solicited by the Liver pool memorialists, those articles were raised, the former from Is. 7d and the latter from 94d. to a duty of 2s. 6d. the pound, by the Consolidation Act of 1619. And so it has remained till the issuing of the present order. The first impression that will he made on every man who hears these circumstances be an anxiety to know what new information has been obtained concerting the properties of chil li‘s to remove the opinion before entertained of its •.oxious qualities, and thus to justify its circulation THE NATIONAL rtEGISTER _ . at that low price for which it may now be purchased. To the merchant other considerations will suggest themselves. He will naturally dispute the equity of a regulation so injurious to those who have stocks on hand of the same article, and which appears to have been issued, nut upon any thrmal intimation of the prohibitory effect of the old duty, which would have thrown open the trade to fair and general com petition, but after the arrival of vessels freighted with the article in question. The first, after, all, is the must important consideration, and is of such .a nature indeed that we trust some official informa tion will be given on the subject. Yesterday morning, about ten o'clock, his Royal Highness the Commander in Chief came on the Parade, in St. James's Park, dressed in full regi mental grenadier uniform, accompanied by a gen tleman in undress clothes. As soon as his Royal Highness was recognized by the vast multitude assembled in the Park, he was immediately sue roanded, being on toot, and a general cry of " The Queen for everl" resounded in every direction, when his Royal Highness, with the greatest affisbi lity and condescension, moved his cap, which was received with a general acclamation by the crowd, numbers of whom shook him by the hand. His Royal Highness proceeded from the parade with the troops who had come off guard, to the Birdcage Walk, where he met another body, headed by three officers on horseback, going to Whitehall t Impel. This body halted, and the music ceased for a few minutes, while his Royal Highness conversed with the officers; alter which he returned, at the head of I this party, to the Chapel at Whitehall, saluted at , intervals with a general cheer. SATURDAr NIGIIrS P4111.1.431.ENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS. 1141'LIRDAY. Just 17. Mr. WILBRAHAM the Deputy Clerk of the Crowu Office, attended and amended tue Return fur Bishop's Castle. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER broufht up the report of the C ...... mittee respecting the Failure of Irish Bunk., and contitinin; a resolution to grant 500,C001. ns temporary relief. Agtced to, and leave given to bring Mu Bill accorditigly• Mr. BROODED presented the Report of the Loan Bill. Agreed to, and Bill ordered to be read a third time on blond:or. The keport of the Sugar Bill was brought up, read, and agreed to. The other Orders of the Day were then disposed of, and the Hou•e adjourned to Monday. IMPORTANT TO MERCHANTS. The following is a copy of a letter from G. Har rison, Esq. Secretary of the Treasury, to Messrs. Inglis, Ellice, and Co.— .. GENTLEurs,--1 am commanded by the Lords Commis missioners of his Majesty's Treasury to acquaint you, for the information of the merchants of London, engaged in the import ation of spirits. who signed the memorial praying that the duty of Excise might not be charged en the deficiencies of spirits in the warehouse, that my Lords have given directions to the Com missioners of Excise to the following effect:— I. " That exciseeble goods hereafter exported, which shall have been warehoused for exportation only, and shall have re mained uninterruptedly under the locks of the officers of the Excise revenue, in warehouses as herein after mentioned, shall not be charged with duty on deficiencies of strength or quantity, provided such deficiencies do not exceed two per cent. IL " That if the deficiencies do exceed two per cent., the parties interested shall be required to pay the home consumption duty on the total amount of the deficiencies, as at present, in addition to any other pen:dues to which they may be liable, unless upon an investigation of all the facts and circumstances, made with the strictest attention. and on the oath of the parties con cerned and interested, the Board of Excise shall'be full; satisfied that such deficiency shall not have arisen either from fraud or any want of due care and attention. " That for the necessary protection of the revenue, as well as to encourage the building of ducks and warehouses sur rounded by high walls, from which the revenue and the mer chants derive so much advantage, this indulgence should be confined to excisable goods deposited in warehouses within the walls of the docks in the port of London, and to warehouses, within dock walls, or surrounded by high wells, equalling docks in security. in the out pmts. 1V... That this indulgence should apply to all exciscable goods at present in warehouses as above stated; but it is to be distinctly understood that no application will be entertained fur a return of duties on goods already taken out of the warehouses, or which may be depoUted in warehouses otherwise than as above stated. I am, gentlemen. your obedient servant, '• Treasury Chambers, June 16." " G. HARRISON." Lord Limerick coincided with his noble friend Lord Donoughniure , that since the meeting had been called as much had been done as could in the present state of affairs be expected, and the meeting had now nothing to do but to dispeise, reserving to themselves to meet again should affeirs require it, which he trusted would not be the case. Major Torrens said, that the whole of the distress arose from a general run on the bahks of Ireland, in consequence of the withdrawing from circulation a part of the Hank of Ireland notes on Mr. Iticardos plan of paying in gold bars. This had the effect of raising the exchange of Ireland from seven per cent. to a pat with this country; and, therefore, he thought they ought to procure a retain to tile circulation of paper for a time, and suppress the payment of sold bins until the present distress should be alleviated. The meeting then separated without the chair being t a k e n, or any resoliti !!!! hai;isa twen proposed. TUMULTS NEAR WELLINGION.—With regret we hear that the colliers in this vieibity,wlio conducted them selves an peaceably. when in great distress, (luring the period of total unemployment, appear at preset)* to risk tile loss of the honourable character they then obtained, anal the c!! misserat !!!!! which was then felt for them. —.- Oil account of a reduction in their wages, great numbers 111 the nenthbouritorxt of Wellington have, during the test week, refused to engage iti their employment, and a cry riotous spirit has manifested itself among They have gone about in large oodles, cutting the ropes 4,1 - the pits, and letting the water out of the engine "oilers, preventing the well-disposed from working, forcing others to join them, and mulling or ill-treating any who have the appearance of gentlemen. Ott Mort day last a body of 600 or Wu, armed with large sticks and pick hafts, violently assaulted three young gentlemen residing with a clergyman in the neighbourhood, who were on the canal, in a small pleasure-boas, assailing them with stones of considerable weight, and letting clown the draw-bridges while they were under, in order to sink the boat. In this daring way they followed them nearly a mile. One of the gentlemen was very severely hurt. Thursday last little business was tram acted in Wellington, although it was market day, as a visit was apprehended from the rioters. It appears, how ever, they have taken another direction, confining their exertions to stopping the forges and furnaces. All the colliers in the neighbourhood have discontinued their operati )))) s. The yeomanry, under that respected officer, Col. Cludde, have since been called out, and are gone to disperse a body of 4000 or NU% who are carrying t n heir depredations at Ironhridge and Sitedshill wink). SHIP NEIVS. . .... DISTRESSES IN IREL.IND. Saintslay a meeting of the nobility and gentry, bolding landed property in Ireland, was held at the *1 hatched Tavern, in St..dames's Street, to take into consideration the ettlatnitutis failures iii that country, and the best node of atlimling reilet to the sufferers by them. lord I)otionglimore shortly addressed the meeting, and obverted, that after the liberal 'chef which had beet. voted in the House ul Commons on the previous nigh', and the sympathy Which had been manifested by the Government, the tOject of tile meeting had been accom plished as far as was reasonable to expect; he did not see that these was any necesoty Mr any one to take the chair; unless it was Its pass a vote of titatiks to the House of Commons, and to the buvertitsieut. Nis. Stertoye deprecated the idea of parting without appointinA a Chairman, or suffering it to .4,0 forth that they were sat islied with what had already been dune, and that no more relief was necessary. He contended that she relief was inadequate to remedy a tythe of the dis tress which had carried 111111 to the palace as well as to he cottage. DEAL, JUNE Ht.—Arrived yesterday, and sailed for the River, the Ida. Passmore, from Jamaica, and Ark, from Antigua. Came down from the River and remains, the Hyperion, Nox, for Bomboy. Arri -ed and sailed for the River this day. the Barker, Guerdner, from Jamaica, in eight weeks; Lapwing, Gunti. from Smyrna; Anne, Whitmore. from Montserrat; and Agnes, Coverdall, from Havannidu nosed by the back of the Goodwin Sands, the Jain, Cox, from Baltimore for Amsterdam. FALMOUTH, JUNE W.... Sailed the Francis Freeling packet, with mails for Halifax and New York. The Osborne packet. with mails from the Mediterranean, has just arrived of the Ma nacles s she will not be in till late, but the mad will be landed in time for post. PLYMOUTH, JUNE 17.—Arrived the Perseverance, Stool.- ley, from London for Fayal. HAawrcu. JUNE 18.—Sailed the Prince of Orange packet, for Holland; Castlereagh do. for Cuxhaven; and Charlotte do. for Gottenburgh. each with a mail. ilonDon sioartiets. CORN EXCIIANGE,Muir, Juus: 19. We had an abundant supply of fine Wheat this morning at market. consisting chiefly of arrivals from our own coast. for which, however. there was not an adequate demand, the finess samples submitted to a reduction of Ys. per quarter; the inferior descriptions, olfered at 3s. and 4s. per quarter lower, met with very few buyers. The supply of Barley was also large. but the finest samples only supported the prices of this day week. We had a good supply of Oats, which ear ls. per quarter lower.— In DOM, Peas, &c. there is no alteration. AVERAGE PRICE OF CORN, Per 'Matter, tot the Tuette Al:tritium Diatricts of ENGLAND aut.* PALES, fur tl e AVM( cutting June 10th, extrActrtl irons Sattutler. Gazette. Wittat... 69* 9.1 I Barley—. 38; lull I Beaus 441 34 Rye.... 4:14 11l Oats.... 26. tot 1 Prase... 454 114 JfiIII4II•IE4.LJ :11/11:it I MONDAY, Jt:IVE 19.—We had a good supply of prime Beasts at market this morning, the demand for winch was in proportion to the supply, and the prices of last week were fully supporud. Mutton was a trite cheaper, but dull in side. Pork and Veal were also cheaper. Lamb remains as per last—The business in the Bay-market was brisk, and our lust prices were fully sup ported for llay. Clover a•as dearer, and brisk in sale. Suss remains the tame in price. 'l'he following is a correct statement of the prima and numbers at marker-. 1!1:11-1., eat MEAT, exclusive of the t)11al, which t•Ulltittt 0 1. Head, Entrap., suit Illtie, and Is worth about Id. I•tr lu.—l'er *Wile ut mosuxv. Beef 4. lid to be $J Shawn S. 4il to OS 0411 Lamb tts 4d to bd cat Ss titl to di 6J Puri. bs Id to us Bead of Castle at Market. Beast► • • 2,100 sheep and Lattil,s . IS,b4/0 P'sl • . . 220 Calves • 190 FKIDAV. Beef 4t. Yd In 5, od to Lamb 61. We to 1. Veat tis tkl to lie Pot k bit 4d to bb tot iteid ut tattle at ?Oat 1.1 .0, Beata& :sheep and Lambs Iti V:t 11,11 Hay - - - Clover • - travo Y 6 u to ♦4 b u .5 0 0 t j,7 4 " .1 8 iil44 II !4 - - - - - -- --- LONDON . Prints:al sad Published by the Prerriettn, JOIIN TWIrsG, at the Nice, 76. Fleet Street, u here all Icttere to the !editor, &c. (psst rad) must be Imidrebm.J. Orders, A •ssOotts, au. art also n.ctival by J. IC• JOHNSTON mad Co., Eden Quay, Lower ta t eL‘llle Street, Mame. ..-.....:-