Star.
London, England, 1830-11-22 00:00:00

NOTICES OF MOTIONS.

1.. Mr. StanCanaLley—Resolutions relative to the Expenditure of the R idcau
2. Mr. Severn—Bill to amend Stage Coach Regulation Acts.
3. Mr. Secretary Sir Robert Peel—Re-appointment of the Select Com.
mittee on the present state of the Affairs of the Zest India Com-
pany; and to inquire into the State of Trade between Onlit
Britain, the East Indies, and China.
4. Mr. Chancellor of the Exelteww—To vote 3,000,0001. from the
Consolidated Fund. (In Committee of Ways and Means.)
5. Mr. Jones—On the third reading of Administration of Justice Bill,
to Insert a Clause to authorise Officers to certify Records remain.
ing in the late Court of Great Session, and to be removed to the
Courts at Westminster.
6. Mr. Hume—Return of the Names, Officers, and Salaries of the
Servants of the Ordnance, Freemen of Queensbury.
7. Mr. Secretary Sir George Murray—Bill to render valid the Acts done
by the Governors of any of his Majesty's Plantations after the
expiration of his Commission, by the demise of his late Ma-
jesty.
8. Mr. Hume—That it is the opinion of this House, that no person ap.
pointed to any office after this time should receive any Salary
or Allowances exceeding those paid to the same office in 1796.
9. Mr. James Johnson.... That a Select Committee be appointed (to be
formed of Members of long standing in this House, and rape. '
daily of those most experienced in the forms of law and busi-
ness connected with Election Committees) to draw out a set of
Instructions, as a reference to less experienced members who
may be appointed to sit upon such Committees ; and particu.
larly to inquire into the law relative to pronouncing petitions
frivolous and vexatious; and also, whether or not a member's
keeping his seat in defiance to common law and custom should
not also be deemed frivolous and vexatious ; and, finally, to give
their opinion as to whether or not petitions against elections
should not oftener, at least, ilian has hitherto been the case, be
deemed frivolous and vexatious, and be thrown out upon that
ground.
NOTICES OF MOTIONS—TUESDAY, Nov. 25.
1. Mr. Robert Grant... Bill to extend the clause of the 10th Geo. 4, c.
44, s. 18, which disqualifies persons belonging to the Police
Force appointed by virtue of that Act from voting at the Election
of Members of Parliament for certain Counties therein named,
and for any City or Borough within the Metropolitan Police Dia.
trict, to all Elections of Members of Parliament throughout the
United Kingdom.
2. Mr. Moore—Bill to amend the Act of 38th Geo. 111. for the admi-
nistration of Assets in cases where the Executor to whom probate
has been granted is out of the realm ; and also the Act of 58
Geo. 111. for extending to Ireland certain provisions of the said
Act.

ORDER OF THE DAY.
Charitable Institutions Bill--Second reading.
ORDER OF THE DAY—WEDNESDAY. Nov. 24.
Colonial Trade Bill—Second reading.
NOTICES OF MOTIONS—THURSDAY, Nov. 25. ;
I. Mr. Brougham—West India Slavery.
2. Mr. Stuart Wortley—Bill to regulate the fees and emolumeslo of
Officers of the Supreme Courts in India.
3. Mr. Brougham—Parliamentary Reform.
4. Slr James Graham—An Address to his Majesty, on the subject of
Dr. Phillpotts, the Rector of Stanhope, holding that Living is
eommendans with the See of Exeter.
ORDERS OF THE DAY.
1. Dartmouth Election Petition—Ballot for Committee at three.
2. Caine Election Petition—Ballot for Committee at half alter three.
3. Marlborough Election Petition—Ballot for Committee at live minutes
before four.
ORDER OF THE DAY —FRIDAY, Nov. 22.
Labour Poor Bill—Second reading.
NOTICE OF MOTION.

Sir George Murray—Bill to regulate the Financial Afairs of Canada.
NOTICES GIVEN ON FRIDAY.

1. Sir John Newport—The Constitution of Grand Juries in behind,
and the power of Taxation intrusted to their cam. (Thursday,
Dee. 9.)
2. Mr. Hyde Villers--Select Committee to inquire into the state of the
Law affecting British Seamen. (After Christmas.)

CRIMINAL LAW.

COPT OP PETITION PRESENTED IT DR. BROUGHAM, 011 FRIDAY,
NOT. 19.

To the Honourable the Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Bri.
taro, and Ireland, in Parliament assembled.
The Petition of the wide :signed Inhabitant Householden of the City
of London, liable to serve as Jurors,
Humbly Sbeweth,
That your petitioners view with deep regret the excessive and indis-
criminate severity of the criminal laws, which annex to offences of dif.
ferent degrees of moral guilt the punishment of death, and confound the
simple invasion of the rights of property with the moot malignant and
atrocious crimes against the and life of man.
That the recent acts with the professed intention to amend and
improve the criminal laws, have not remedied the evil of which an en-
lightened communi have the greatest right to complain ; but have still
I left those laws a disgrace to our civilisation, by retaining the oppro-
brious distinction of being the most sanguinary in Europe.
That Christianity, common sense, and sound policy, that the
laws which affect the liberties and the lives of men should proportion the
punishment to the offence, and not teach cruelty to the people by ex-
amples of vindictive legislation.
That where public opinion does not go along with the laws, the per-
sons who suffer under them are regarded as the viethin of legislative
tyranny or judicial caprice, and not as criminals whose doom has been
pronounced by the voice of dispassionate justice.
That the criminals executed in this country are selected out of a far
greater number sentenced to death, and where the practice condemns the
law, the law ought to be altered, that criminal might
ata suffer the pun-
ishment of their guilt by the authority of statutes, and not
by the uncertain and capricious rule of judicial discretion.
That in the present state of the laws, juries feel extremely reluc-
tant to convict where the penal consequences of the offence excite a
conscientious horror on their minds lest the rigorous performance of
their duty as jurors should make them accessory to judicial murder.
Hence, in courts of justice a most unnecessary and painful struggle is
occasioned by the conflict of the feelings of a just humanity with
the sense of the obl*ation of an oath.
That witnesses also are very frequently reluctant to give evidence,
as well as juries to convict, lest they might bring upon their con.
sciences the stain of blood, and thus criminals who, under a more
rational and considerate code of laws would meet the punishment due
to their crimes, escape with complete impunity.
That for these reasons, your petitioners humbly pray your honour.
able house to take the criminal laws into your consideration, tCr the
purpose of the revision and amendment of the same, by drawing a
distinction between the simple invasion of the rights of property,
and crimes of violence and blood, a,:d by abolishing the penalty of
death in all cases in which the legislative power cannot justify, in
the eyes of OOD and man, that last and dreadful alternative—the

of the offender.

And your petitioners will ever pray, te.
(Signed by the six foremen respectively of six suandve London
Grand Juries of 1830, and by upwards of 1,100 merchant*. leaders,
&e. who either have served or are eligible to serve as jutors.)
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INGENIOUS, rr no? DELIeATE.--Atwithstanding
every precaution that could be devised, doulthenethe continued to pm.
rail among the troops in the of the fens in India 't when it waist
length discovered that the soldiers• wives ware in the habit of steeping
their flannel petticoats in &frock, and then wringing them out into ves-
sels, by which delicate means the hitherto undiscovered supply had
been for some time introduced.

(From the HanspAhire Telegraph.)

The tilmmectr, 75. Ratlcritake, 28, tiati Procrir, 10, were 1) ing at
Corfu, on the 14th October. Ilia Majesty a ',hip 31e-rey arrived at
Illachausan from aet ti,ze, 25th September. The Spa. vc...‘ hawk arrived
at Vera Crus from Hav,intuth, let Sept,. tither. Iht Eclipse arrived at
Bahia from Falmouth and Pernatithuct,, 12d &pita:her. The Pigeon
arrived at KM Janeiro from Falmouth, ti;t: rember, and railed for'
Buenos Ayres the Bth. The Frolic arch c.l at Kit, Jam:tro front Fal-
mouth, 14th September. The Volage sailed from Rio Janeiro fhi
II th September. The Hermes sailed from Gibraltar for Malta end
Corfu, 22d October.
The Galatea, 42, Captain C. Napier, C. B. sailed on Wednesday, foe
St. Vincent's, with the Governor of ti at Vand on baud.
The Rainbow, 28, Capt. Sir J. Franklin, with Commissiuncr Briggs
and family on board, sailed yesterday for Malta.
The 8a 'tire 28, Capt. H. Dumias, war paid off on Thursday.
The Tarim, 42, at this port, and the Gannet, at Chatham, us
ordered for commission. It is said that Capt. lion. H. 8. Hondas will
have the command of the former.

On Sunday sailed the Messenger steam-vessel to the Eastwazd to un-
dergo repair.
on Tuesday arrived the Arrow cutter—on Thursday, the Echo steam
vessel, and Snipe cutter, from Plymouth. Yesterday arrival the Spar.
row and Haven cutters. Sailed the Echo steamer, with dispatches for
Lisbon. To-day arrived the Alban stearn-veLsel, from the Eastward
Highfiver cutter, from Newhaven ; and Ann and Amelia transport,
from London.

The wind having shifted on Thursday, the whole of the outward
bound vessels, amounting to nearly fifty sail, some of which have been
detained by adverse winds for nearly a month, got under way, and pro-
ceeded to their respective destinations. Friday arrived the Isis, Harper,
from Oporto, and since came into harbour. Arrived the Hudson, Champ-
lin, for New York, and sailed this morning. The Caleb Angus, While,
for Honduras, remains wind-bound.

At Spithead.—Herald. In Harbour—St. Vincent, Royal Geary,
Ganges, Wellesley, Undaunted, Tyne, Rifleman, Onyx.
Prom Me Devonporl Telegraph.
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The Acton, 28, building at Portsmouth, is ordered to be got ready,
and will be !mulched in the course of the next month.

The Sapphire, 28, from South America, has been surveyed and found
so defective that she must undergo a sonsiderable repair before she can
be again put in commission.

A trial has been made at Portsmouth, of a plan for putting canvas
shot in bags, was to let the bag join between the shot and the side of
the gun, and do away with the use of wads; hut the same did not
to answer when the guns are loaded quickly, as the shot run the
appear
sometimes sticking before they get quite home, and in a quick
fire such a dangerous inconvenience ought to be guarded against.

The doable steam vessel the Twin, built to ply between this town
and Torpoint, has been fitted with two rudders, and on a trial yes-
terday, round the Breakwater, she was found to answer her helm
perfectly.

His Majesty's abip Bramble, 10, arrived yesterday from the western
islands, where all was quiet.
His Majesty's ship Palley 42, Captain M. 11. Dixon, war taken out
of Dock on Wednesday, and will be ready for sea in a few days. The
Ariadne was taken into dock on Wednesday to be inspected.

The Foadmant, 80, and Malabar, 74, have been placed at their
moorings in inary, after having undergone their triennial inspection.
The Praserpine new frigate, 46, the first built on a dry dock, will be
hauled out the next spring tides.
Remaining In H&MONt—Caledonia, Kent, Revenge, Pallas, Arisdne,
&ethane, Lame, t, Pickle, Opossum packet.
At the labia... Royalist, VWlant, Bramble.

DUBLIN, Nov. 17.

STATE OF THE COUNTRY.

On the night of Wednesday last, an armed party forcibly entered the
gate house of William Lloyd, Esq. of Rockville, and took therefrom a
sword and musket. Immediately after the party had decamped, the
keeps: informed Mr. Lloyd of the circumstance, who, as usual, alive to
his duties as a magistrate, instantly ordered out a party of the police,
and proceeded with them in the direction which the marauders took ;
and ultimately came up with them between one and two o'clock, just
after they had effected a robbery of one gun, two pistols, and a sword,
from the house of Michael Barrett, of Carrowreavagh, in the parish of
Kilbunod, in this barony. s .wing to the darkness of the night, and
to the silence which the Rockites maintained, among themselves, the
pollee were not aware of their situation until they found themselves in
the midst of the banditti, and until a shot bad been discharged at one of
the party, when the police instantly returned the lire, and wounded one
of their assailants. The Rockites instantly retreated, leaving their fallen
companion to lament his fate. At the time our correspondent commu.
nicated with us the unfortunate man was not dead, but the wound was
considered mortal.

On the night of Monday last, the house of Charles Mullanny, of
Curgowa, parish of Ardasne, in the barony of Boyle, was attacked by
an armed party, supposed to be about forty or fifty in number. Nine
or ten of the fellows entered the house, and demanded from Mullanny
such arms as he bad in the place ; upon receiving an assurance that
there were no guns In the house, they ordered Mullanny to kneel down,
when oae of the party discharged a gun near him and again used such
interrogatories, and held out such threats as induced the man's daughter,
in order as she justly conceived, to save her father's life, to inform
them where a gun bad been placed. The fellows then commenced a
search, and after possessing themselves of a gun and bayonet, they
swore the inmates if they knew any of the party, and as to their know.
ledge of any persons in the neighbourhood having arms.—Roscommon
Gars:ie.

On the above night, a party (the same we presume) attacked the
house of Thomas Mullanny, mMer, of Esitennow. The fellows finding
11ullanny was determined to prevent their entrance, and making a bold
resistance with a pitchfork, they discharged a gun containing a heavy
load of shot at him, which, we regret, severely wounded him in the
neck and face. The party then effected an entrance, and, after beating
his wife, commenced a search for arms ; they, however, finding none,
demanded ss. for the use of Captain Rock's men.
On the said night, the house of Michael Rock of Ryan, herd to Mr.
John Hackett, was entered and plundered of a gun.
The house of John Tymon, of Fass, in the pariah of Eastersnow,
was also entered on the same night, by an armed party of Rockites.
Immediately after entering they demanded his gun, and being informed
that it was at Mr. D. Bum's, they swore him if he knew any other per-
sons in the neighbourhood who bad arms; and that he would send, be-
fore Saturday, 2s. ad. for the use of Captain Rock's men to the house
of John Connor' near Eastersnow. Previous to their departure they
inflicted, by the throwing of a stone, a severe wound on the hrother.in.
law of Tymon.
Same Hight the house of Martin Flanagan was broken into by an
armed party.
On the same night the said party, most probably, entered the houses
of John Connor and Thomas Higgins of &amino.. In each place
they demanded fire arms and money, and swore the Inman.* if they
knew any of Captain Rock's men. From Connor they wok 4s. The
party perceiving that Higgins was not disposed to be a willing
victim, offered some violence, and after threatening to burn him on
the fire, they inflicted a wound from a bayonet on the person of
H iggins'. son.
Wednesday nigh: a large armed party attacked the dwelling. house of
Mr. James Rouglian, in the village of Camegoul, near Rockvale, forced
open his doors, dragged him out, and inflicted four wounds on his
head, and swore him to be more kind to his tenantry, and not to
demand more than a certain price for potatoes. On the same
night this party swore Pat. Carney and J. Ryan, tenant. to Mr.
Roughen, not to work for him at less than eight pence a day.
The patty were armed, and fired several shots at parting, and had
a number of horses waiting for them at a short distance.—Clare
Journal.
BARBAROUS BIURDRIL—One of the most horrible murders that we
ever recollect was committed, on the moral of Sunday week last, at
Lynbury, the residence of Richard Bourne, . A man named Wm.
er
garden to Mr. Bonnie, with his servant, wen to chapel, leaving his
ntui
wife, aged about seventy or eighty years, In the house. Between nine
and ten o'clock, a body of men, supposed to be three In number, went
Into the house and demanded a gun; this they hnnudiate. 17 *xi=
and their subsequent conduct am only be annMillits: their
victim never spoke. On the return of the tenant, found the win.
dows open, and, having Wetted in, ash the body ofha mistromleyslnj
weltering in her gore, ant horribly dioggneed. As far es am be pi
from the signs made by the pow it is sonseed the amain* on
being recognised by her, tweandttod the net by beating her in

Communicated from Me spot by our Correspondent.
These extensive premises were erected on the Lends of
on the banks of the river Barrow, within a mile of GotesbrMdge. Fe, a
number of years they have been kept in active operation, and had 1.. c.
Linked much character in the Dublin Liverpool, and Gliesser market.,
fur their excellence in the manufacture of flour and meal. At the period
of the accident, they were at full work, manufacturing 10911 barrslis
wheat weekly. On Friday evening, the 12th inst. the preini.es ,e..,e
inspected at the usual hour of the men's quitting, (eight o'clock) by the
millet, who found all safe. The weighmaster wan La the null a.: hour
after, giving an empty sack to one of the dravnten, and reports that 11(I
light whatever was in the lofts, that the candles were all given up to bins,
and every matter left apparently safe
The family generally retired to rest about 10 o'clock, and a little :If' ;
12, they ware aroused from their beds by the canal luck-keeper,
nan, who first discovered the mill on tire; he had been standing .it
own doer, a very short distance from the mill, and saw flames at d smoke
issuing from the roof ; he ran to the miller', house, rapped
and then commenced ringing the alarm bell. Mr. Murphy, the pin
miens, was one of the first person out in the yard, and butts that
upper part of the right.liand side of the concern, with about seven y.mrds
of the roof, was then one mass of Hawes. The night was d; s.
perately tempestuous, rain, lightning, and violent squalls tat
wind, so much so, that several fragments of burning entint,
were wafted acmes the river. so far up on the opposite side, ss,
Mr. hlurphy's mill; owing to the state of the elements, lad.?
could be done by the country people, who rushed to the scene tat
ruin, to check the devouring element; their whole attention W.ti
therefore directed to cut off the communication which existed between
the mill and a long range of corn stores and kilns. Owing to the ju-
dicious orders given by Mr. Murphy, they succeeded in breaking dow.:
part of a house between the mill and stores, and to this may be attn.
buted the salvation of the other part of those extensive buildings, So
rapid was the fire, that in about two hours the mill, which was 90 feet
long, and perhaps;: feet in breadth, containing five lofts, all filled
with valuable machinery, and a large property in grai 1, flour. meal
and bran, were all reduced to a heap of burning ruins.
Immediately after, Mr. Murphy started f-r Dublin, to communicate
to Mr. Eiffe, of the Phenix insurance Company, the melancholy in-
telligence ; this gentleman, with his usual promptitude and activity,
posted down to the spot, to investigate into the noise of the burning.
After an examination for two days' conducted with great judgment,
we are informed that the general and decided impression appears to be,
that the mill was struck by lightning,and thus consumed. To strengthen
this feeling, it appears by the testimony of several disinterested persons.
that vivid flashes of lightning were observed on the night in question,
from an early hour—that a dark, murky cloud, appeared to hang over
the mills, from which issued a ball of fire, with a long tail, and tins
MLA remarked to fan in the direction of the mill. Although accidents
of electric matter are, generally speaking, uncommon in the county
Carlow, as well as in Ireland, still it Is only a very few years since the
church of Nurney, near this property, was struck by lightning, and
very much damaged.

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With a view to ascertain whether it was posbible it could have been
the act of an incendiary, proof was afforded of the general exceltem
estimation in which Mr. Murphy's character is held by the country
and the people in and about his employ, many of whom are 111. .2,
and some six years in his service.

We understand that Mr. Rife pursued his investigation with every
degree of candour and gentlemanly feeling, and we have no doubt, trotu
the character of liberality be has earned for his prin:ipals ut this court.
try, a very short period will elapse before we see Bally.elkn.miils once
more the scene of industry, and bustling activity.