Star.
London, England, 1830-10-02 00:00:00

I pressed in•the Times of the 30th ult. on 64 speech of M .Beats.- 1
TEE, in defence of the unfortunate French Ministessomd
perusing the remarks on the same subject in the same I' aper
of this day, we cannot resist the temptation we feel, to call
the public attention to the impropriety of our Comm-
porary's conduct. We have more than once expressed
our views on this subject;. and we think it our duty to do
so fearlessly again : we say fearlessly ; because we know
that the object of our criticism has obtained considerable in-
fluence among the newspaper readers of this, and other
countries ; and we are not inclined to deny that, on many
occasions, it is justly entitled to that influence. It is for
that very cause, its columns should be vigilantly watched,
and its aberrations from the path of right be boldly exposed.
Our Cotemporary may well be inclined to sneer at those
who speak of " humanity and dignity ;" for we con-1
ceive, before he could bring his mind to write as he has done,
in the paragraphs which be has so repeatedly given to the
public, on the subject of the unfortunate French Ministers,
what is the usual meaning •of these terms must be a little
unknown to kim. We hold it to be the primary duty of a
public writer, to disseminate doctrines of peace and good-
will among men—when irritated feelings are known
to exist, to endeavour to remove them—and when ex-
citement, leading to false judgment, is known to pre-
dominate, to endeavour to tranquillize the excitement,
and direct the judgment. If such be not the grand di-
recting motives of a public writer, the exertion of any
energies which nature and circumstances may have con-
ferred upon him, becomes a curse to his fellow-creatures.
All who can view the present state of France at this
moment, and who know the temperament of the French
character, must know that their party-strifes require no

adventitious excitement; and when the lives of individuals—
the particulars of whose conduct and circumstances cannot,
ette maintain, be adequately known, even in France, and
muck less in this country—are involved, in an undue direc-
tion of existing excitement, we must say that any editor of a
foreign journal, travels very very far out of the line of
his proper duty, who takes upon himself so coolly, to thrust
his particular presumptuous adjudications, or more shameless
prejudications, before an excited people. We really can
hardly conceive, a more wanton outrage on feeling and
justice can be committed,than pending a public trial involving
life, to interfere with criticisms on the arguments of the
defending Advocates—by arrogant assertions to prejudge
the accused, and, instead of nurturing a spirit of fair-dealing
and mercy, to mis-employ the human intellect in the truly
demoniacal work of its extinction.

The principles we are endeavouring to inculcate, we are
sure are the generally received principles, not only of law but
of equity, in this country. To prove this, our readers need
only recollect the trial of the murderer TUUkTILL.
-If they recollect the pleadings of his Counsel, on much
loss matter for appeal than that to which we are call-
ing the attention of the public—if they recollect the
opinions of the Judge, who presided on that occasion, and
if they recollect the acquiescent conduct of the whole
British Press—we are sure they can have little doubt that
the authority of all that is to be respected in this country, is
strongly adverse to the prejudications of officiously callous
propagandists of mischief, pending a legal investigation of
facts.

We hope and trust that the French people will on this oc.

casion, feel that mercy will add a dignity to their present
Revolution, which nothing else can. The horrors of the first
Revolution, they must be aware, injured the character of
the nation in the estimation of all Europe. They now have
a fine opportunity to redeem that character. They have
set an unequalled example before all Europe, of va-
lour and united patriotism ; but little will that raise
them in the estimation of the wise and good, unless they
likewise prove themselves capable of mercy. We recom-
mend the remarks of our cotemporary, the Herald, to our
Reader's attention.

We hope that the remarks of the Times, to which we have
called the public attention, have been inadvertent. We
know that the Editor of that Journal possesses commanding'.
powers ; and we are mortified when we observe them mis-
directed from their proper object—that of doing good and
fostering the kindly charities of our nature. We have spoken
freely, because when the interests of humanity are con-
cerned, we cannot avoid it. For the " tomahawk school," u it
is termed, we have no respect; u its principles of action
are, we know, quackery and self-conceit ; but when the
cause of humanity and justice is concerned, we shall loss
not only our scalp, but our whole skin, rather than be silent.

CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK.

During the early part of the week, the Consol Market was
tolerably steady ; but on Thursday some alarm was evinced,
and yesterday a panic took possession of the speculators, large
sales being made, and the price for Consols falling to 86b.--
There has since been a partial re-action, and the quotation for
the Account is this morning at 86f f. India Bonds and Ex-
chequer Bills have both been much depressed : the premium
on the former has declined to 47 to 50, and on the latter to
51 to 53. The events on the Continent, which the specu-
lators imagine will ultimately involve the peace of Europe, is
the cause of this decline.

We had letters yesterday afternoon from Amsterdam, of
Wednesday's date, which that the intention of the
Dutch Government to pay off the 4i per Cent. Stock, and
substitute in its stead one of 3j per Cent. and which was to
have taken place yesterday, had, in consequence of events,
been postponed sine die, certificates being given to the
holders at the rate of 5 per cent. until it could be effected.
As this proved the embarrassment of the Government the

speculators have become alarmed, and heavy sales of stock
have taken place, by which the price has been reduced
to 451.

In our Foreign Market the quotations have all given way,
and Russian bonds are quoted at 9810, but have been done
las low as 97. Mexican bonds ere at 36i-37 ; and Danish.
011 dividend at 64i I, after being as low as 631. The di-
vidends on Brazilian stock are in course of payment, end
651 to 661 is the quotation on dividend. Greek stock has
I been done as low as 291, and is now at 30 to 31. All oar
other stocks are heavy—Columbian being 18119;; Chan,