Star.
London, England, 1830-03-13 00:00:00

CITY. TWELVK O'CLOCK.
MAILS ARRIVED AND DUE THIS MORNING.

gerous condition of the country, and some strong Peti-
tions and Resolutions were moved and carried. The
first of these—being an address to his MAJESTY, setting
forth the unexampled distress and privation prevalent
in all classes of the community, and calling upon the
Kura for his gracious and saving interposition between
the people and his own Ministers—was moved by Lord
STAN ROPE, after a prefatory speech reflecting upon the
government for its incapacity, or lmckwardness, or both,
to adopt such measures as the exigency of the times re-
quires. The address is little more than an appeal from
the suffering petitioners, couched in the language of
humble entreaty to the SOVEREIGN; it is destitute
altogether of any remonstratory tone, nor does
it breathe one public-spirited, independent sentiment.
It is true, the document states that —if the pre-
sent distress continue—it will be utterly impossible
for the Kt NG'S subjects to pay the existing taxes, and
that a national bankruptcy may be the consequence :
but as to the remedies, which are alone applicable
to such a state of things, it observes a silence
which renders the entire petition reprehensibly im-
perfect. It was seconded by Lord 'rim; lIAN, who
said also—in his turn—that the voice of the PEOPLE
ought to be appealed to, and by their concentrated
efforts the Government must be now compelled to retrace
its steps : but the Noble BARON spoke vaguely and
doubtingly of any immediate benefits, which could be ex-
pected to result from Parliamentary reform.
It was not, however, so thought by the majority of the
Meeting assembled; for Mr. LARKIN—in a speech of
great animation and energy—moved another Address to
' the Kix , in the shape of an amendment to that of the
Noble EARL, entering at great detail into the question of
remedial measures, and specifically that of Reform, and it
was carried by a large majority. We regret that want of
time does not admit of our analysis of the speech of Mr.
LARKIN, which cannot be too attentively considered.
That there exist, at this awful conjuncture, anomalies
in the State, " which threaten the dissolution of society
itself," we think no reflecting person can deny : and we
go all the lengths that Mr. LARKIN goes—and a great
length farther—in our view of the requisite remedial ap-
plications.
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But why do the Peur La meet in such an hour as this,
and separate without any definite thing done ? After the
example set to the whole Country at Birmingham—fol-
lowed up, too, as that example has just been by the mid-
dle classes of the Metropolis—why do the PEOPLE meet
anywhere, and disperse again, without forming Political
Unions? It is in these—in these alone—that for them
is the slightest hope of salvation. Noble Peers may
declaim, and County Members arraign Ministers on a
distant hustings : but fools—and worse than fools—
must be the listeners, who hope any substantial
good from these ad captanduns exhibitions of
piqued aristocrats, and discomfited partisans. They
will, however, many of them, go cordially with
the people, so soon as they are once convinced
that the people have discovered the principle of their
own power, and are determined to act upon it. But
while they continue to regard the mass—aye, and not
unjustly regard it—as a brute animal unconscious of its
physical strength, and incapable to give it a moral direc-
tion, it follows as a matter of course that they will turn
that strength to the promotion of their own purposes
and pleasures. Nor is there any thing at all un-
natural in this; seeing that it is a part of the ever-
lasting ordinance, that intellect should exercise a domi-
nion ever the irrational world, and mind have
the controul of matter. While, therefore, the PEOPLE
choose to continue brutified, it is in order that
they should be slaves : if they would be emancipated—
let them form Ms sox s, and declare their resolve. Their
voice—coincidental with such an attitude—is the voice
of GOD.

When Mr. O'Connell, on Thursday, presented the
English and Irish petitions on the subject of " Radical
Reform," one of them being that adopted at the Metro-
politan Political Union Meeting on Monday last. Sir. F.
Burdett and Mr. Hobhouse were not in their places.
—What makes the accidental circumstance the more
remarkable is, that they had been in their seats all the
previous part of the evening. •
It must, we should think, appear somewhat extraor-
dinary to most people that the first authentic announce- 11
ment which the British public is allowed to receive o(
Prince Leopold's appointment to the throne of Greece
should be through the medium of the French King's
Speech to his Parliament. The British Parliament
would, if it possessed either the feeling or the spirit of
its ancestors, resent the indignity thus apparently put
upon it, in seeing a matter, in which the interests of its
constituents are so deeply involved, made a mystery of
here, while it is treated as a smatter of notoriety in the
French Legislature. But this apparent mystery, unne-
cessary and unjustifiable as it is, is not, to our minds,
half so repehensible as the conduct which the Greeks
themselves are experiencing in the transaction. Ws al-
ways understood that the object of Mr. Canning, as well
as the cry of the Philhellenists in this country, was, to
give liberty to Greece ; to rescue her from the Ottoman
yoke, and from the bondage of a foreign sceptre. Now,
political freedom may be defined to consist—first, in a
choice of the Government and institutions under which a
people are to live, and secondly in the full and free en-
joyment of those institutions. And how is the first part
of this definition secured to the Greeks; but by the
Allied Powers dictating to them a Sovereign, of whose
person, character, and capacity, they are wholly ignorant;
and who may carry with him an iron yoke, or an easy
one, as may suit the good-will and pleasure of these
self-appointed arbiters of Greek freedom ? We do not
say that Prince LEOPOLD might not have been the choice
of the Greek people, had the choice been fairly put to
them. But what proof is there that they have had so
much as a shadow of an option upon the subject ! And
what is the difference, we would ask, in principle, be
tween the Ottoman yoke as it has been called, and a
Sovereignty, however mild in its nature, forced upon a
people by the will of Foreign Powers ? We wish the
Phillhelenists would answer this. Such of them as as
Whigs can, of course, tell us how much freedom that
people possess who have escaped from the dominion of
one foreigner to be delivered up, bound hand 'afoot, to
the despotic grasp of another l—Merald.

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O Leeward Islands 0

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Lisboa 0
0 Jamaica 0
O Sweden 0
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The Address by the Peers of France to the King, and his Answer,
are looked on as very conciliatory. liie Majesty hnnoun them with
being good judges, who knew well the meaning of the latter part of
his speech ; and there is no doubt but the Chambers will also ac-
cept of the olive 'wanes. I hir arrivals this morning are very few,
and not of the least importance, consequently we are destitute of
political intelligence.

Consols, which left off yesterday at 92U for the Account,opened
at the same price, but the market at present rather appean languid,
and Consols have receded to 92i to i, and for Money 92 to I, with
little or cothing doing. In the foreign market there is not a lea
tun worth observation, and the prices may be quoted as per yes-
terday.

lIAI.F•PAST ONP.

The Comal. Market, since the early part of the morning, has
been heavy, owing to one hundred and fifty thousand Consols being
sold at 92,. but :within a short period a reaction has taken place,
and Consols are at present 92 to 1 for the Account, 911 to-92 for
Money.

We also had a report that the Chancellor had put off his Budget,
one might suppose had this been the case, It would have been an.
flounced in the House last night.

We understand that on Monday there will be a reduction of 7s.
In the duties of 'hid NI, raw sugar. _ _ _

In the Foreign matket the only business doing is in Greek Bonds
which have declined 2i per cent. from 44i to 42, owing it is said
that the speculators are disappointed in their orders from Holland,
u the Dutch Mail still remains due.

The Duke of Cumberlaud came to town on horseback
yesterday, from his residence at Kew. His Royal
Highness returned to Kew in the afternoon.
Prince Leopold came to town yesterday morning, from
his residence at Claremont.

llie Duchess of Kent entertained the Duchess of
Clarence and Prince Leopold to dinner yesterday evening,
at her residence in the King's Palace at Kensington.
Prince George of• Cumberland, attended by his tutor,
the Rev. Mr. Jelf, came to town at twelve o'clock yes-
terday, from his residence at Kew. His Royal High-
ness remained in town about two hours, and then re-

turned to Kew. His Royal Highness is attending the
astronomical lectures of Mr. Bird of Eton, with a grand
transparent orrery, which are in course of delivery at
Kew.

The Duke and Duchess of Clarence came to town yes-
terday morning, from their residence in Bushy Park.
Their Royal Highnesses visited the Princess Augusta, at
her residence in the King's palace, St. James's. The
Princess entertained the Duke and Duchess, and also the

Duchess of Gloucester, to a dejeune. The Duchess of
Clarence and the l'rincess took an airing together after-
ward. in the Regent's-park and its neighbourhood. The
Duke of Clarence presided in the evening at the Covent
Garden Theatrical Fund Dinner, at the Freemasons'
Tavern.

The Duke of Sussex would have favoured the

party with his company, but declined in consequence of
the decease of Lady Augusta d'Ameland, to whom his
Royal Highness was married in 1793, which marriage
was subsequently declared null and void. Owing to the
death of her Ladyship, his Royal Highness declined pre-
siding at the Festival of the Masonic Institution for
Girls, and was also absent at a dinner party given by the
Duke and Duchess of Gloucester on Friday, to which his
Royal Highness had previously been engaged. The
Royal Duke, who has been slightly indisposed, took an
airing yesterday in his carriage.
A Meeting will this day be held at Huddersfield, for
the purpose of petitioning Parliament to investigate the
causes of the prevalent general distress. The requisition
to the constable, Mr. Beaumont, is numerously and re-
spectably signed : and the meeting is expected to give
rise to much interesting discussion. In Huddersfield
and township there is a population of 16,000 persons, of
whom 1,500 (209 families) are in a state of severe dis-
tress - a proportion of about one in eleven. In the out-
townships of Lindley, Golcar, Longwood, Scammonden,
Slaithwaite, Marsden-with-Almondbury, Kirkburton,

Kirkheaton, &c. the population is about 70,000,0 f whom
3,700 families, or about 13,000 persons, are deeply dis-
tressed, a proportion of one in five and a half. This is
a dreadful picture. The late donation sent to the Rev.
J. C. Franks, by the Manufacturers' Relief Committee
in London, was laid out in clothing and bedding solely,
and applied, as we have stated, to the poor of the out-
townshipe.—Leeds Intelligencer.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer was yesterday so far
recovered front indisposition as to be enabled to attend the
Committee for opening the trade in beer ; so that, con-
trary to the fears of some, he may be expected to be able
to open his Budget on Monday.
The Dowager Marchioness of Salisbury's evening
party, on Thursday, was attended by upwards of 150 dis-
tinguished fashionable', amongst whom were—The Mar-
quis of Hertford, Marchioness of Wellesley, Countess of
Tankerville, Countess Cowper, Lady Cowley, Countess
of Antrim, Lady Glengall, Baron Cetto, Lady Freman-
tle, Baroness Rothschild, &c.
We last night received papers and letters from Lisbon
to the 28th ultimo. Neither of them contain any news
of interest. Our correspondent details some of the
tricks which Don Mto um. has been playing off upon
his courtiers at his hunting quarters at Salvaterra, where
the Marquis of LouLz was murdered. It is fortu-
nate that no fancy struck his Highness to try a simi-
lar trick now, and that farce has been substituted for
tragedy. It would offend the delicacy of any one but a
courtier of Don Mtn vim, to enumerate the wanton
pranks, or practical jokes, which enlivened the Royal
retirement of Salvaterra. Judging that the health and
taste of his nobility were nothing, compared with his
craving for coarse buffoonery, he had wolves roasted and
served up to them for dinner, along with a kind of pastry
which we cannot name. At other times our Portuguese
Nimrod varied his sport, and amused himself with mixing
raw eggs and sugar in the hats of his noble attendants!
But we cannot go on with the detail. It will be remem-
bered that Don Mtn UEL, two months ago, annulled the
election of the Jul.' do Povo and the 24
of the trades of Lisbon, on account of t:elentatives
Ming 1
sus-
pected of liberalism. A new election was in cssooquosso
ordered, and the world was scandalized with is ins less
of arbitrary despotism into the most enclose one loot
dangerous of civic institutions. What has best the
consequence ? Why, the trades or corporations el Lisbon
have re• elected the very same Juiz with his 24 camellia»,
whose return had been so insultingly annulled. A few
examples of such civic intrepidity would allow us still to
entertain hopes of the Portuguese nation. By the inter-
ference of our Consul-General, the police boat which plied
round the British.packet, and which lately intercepted a
British subject proceeding to it with letters, has been
removed. But, if our correspondent's statement be cor-
rect, the regulation adopted in place of the boat is worse
than the former practice. No person can now proceed
on board the packet without a passport !—Worn. Pap.

METROPOLITAN UNION.

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Last night an open meeting of the Reform Committee
was held at the Globe Tavern, Shoe-lane, Fleet.%treet, Mr.
Ilium in the Chair; when, after some discussion, it was re.
solved—That a meeting of the Political Council should be con.
ve►ad for Tuesday morning neat, at eleven o'clock, at the
Globe Tavern, and that the members should be summoned ac-
cordingly.

Before leaving the Chair, Mr. !Imre said be would relate an
anecdote of some importance in connection with the great Metro-
politan Meeting of Monday last. He said, gentlemen were aware
that a considerable number of the new police were in attendance at
the meeting. While the proceedings were going on, one of the
officers walked up to his (M. 11.'s) servant, who was in waiting to
convey Air_O'Coxwct.t. and himself from the meeting when the
business should terminate, and commenced applying the most
abusive epithets to all present, " wishing that HUNT and every one
at the meeting might be drowned in boiling oil, and that they might
go to hell afterwards !" The servant remarked, that he thought
such language was very improper, and was calculated to break the
peace, rather then to preserve it. The policeman made some care-
less reply. When the meeting was over, Mr. HUNT was informed
of the circumstance, and he accordingly thought it his duty to lay the
matter before Col. ROWAN. The officer attempted to deny the
abusive language, but afterwards wished to apologise to Mr. Heir,
who remarked that he had no personal feeling in the matter. Colonel
Rowow said, that it was evident the officer had greasily misbehaved
himself, and had acted quite contrary to the instructions he had re-
ceived, and he was accordingly discharged. All who were present
at the Political Meeting, may easily conceive the dreadful conse-
quences that would, in all probability, have ensued, had the officer
succeeded in creating a riot, or confusion, as was evidently his in-
tention.

• NA

'CR.

The Sally, Rodham. from ilaryport to Dublin, is totally
wrecked in Dundrom flay.
The Isabella. Gilham. from Sierra Leone to Plymouth. and the
William, Wear, of Liverpool, were wrecked at St. Michael'.
during a termer :doss gale at S S.W. 24th ult. Crew saved.
Dam., Masco 12.—Wind W. moderate.—Arrived the Albinia.
Purvis, from Demerara and Antigua; British Monarch, Pearson.
and Paragon, Austin, from Jamaica.
PORTSMOUTH. Al A RCH ISt.—Wind S —Arrived the Prince Re-
gent, Scott, from St. Michael's. His Majesty's ship Wolf is got
off, and coming up the West Channel, in tow of a steamer. Her
masts and bowaprit were cut away, her rudder knocked off, and
guns, anchors, cables, and all her stores. thrown overboard, to
lighten her. His Majrsty's .bip Galatea, which went to her assist-
ance, in returning this evening. got aground on the Middle Bank,
but is eipected to he got off nest tide
PLTMOOTM, Malmo ti.—Wind N.N.W.—Arrived the Solace.
CroN. from Urnia.
Rumours', Mamas 11.—Wind W.S.W. to W.—Arrived his
Majesty's cutter Bramble, from Plymouth.
We hare received very interesting communication

from a Reformer at the East-end of the town, repro-
bating the conduct of certain newspapers, on the subject
of the first Meeting of the Metropolitan Political Union,
at the Eagle Tavern. The writer, who gives his name
and address, says that one formidable priut went "golden
lengths" to obtain previous information as to the details
of the Union ; but was indignantly refused, on account of
the heal tless manner in which the people, and their present
sufferings, have been recently treated in that consistent
diurnal. He further goes on to say that a sl)rt of " round
robin" has been addressed to the Editors of the Paper in
question, containing the opinions entertained by a number
of individuals respecting it—characterising its conduct
as " disgraceful, unmanly, and unfeeling ;"—in token
whereof, at a certain house in Bishopsgate-street, and in
presence of one hundred and fifty persons, a con-
flagration was resolved upon, the paper consigned to the
flames, and the ashes carefully transmitted to the Editor
and Proprietors. We believe we could suggest a better
scheme of revenge to the parties who quarrel with the
Time-server in question. This conflagration reminds us
of the conduct of a man who had been persecuted by his
banker. His revenge was to collect all the promissory
notes of his adversary, on which he lay hands, and having
procured a considerable number, he burnt the whole—
" there"—said he—" you lose so much of your circula-
tion at all events !" We shall only add, that oar sen-
timents are in perfect unison with those of our corres-
pondent. As a parting word we urge him and the hun-
dred and fifty to persevere in the cause of Reform. To
obtain the great object of their wishes, nothing but fol-
lowing up the POLITICAL UNION, can afford the smallest
hope of a salutary change.
By the overthrow of the excise system—the most si-
cursed system that ever was invented under heaven—we
should destroy the influence and extirpate the corruption
of the Government. There would be no fat commission-
erships or collectorships to bestow upon needy relations,
distant kinsmen, or illegitimate sons. There would be
no gaugerships to give to the cousins or dependents of
needy mayors or greedy Scotch bellies. We would have
one grand, and grateful. and sublime funeral service
chaunted over the remains of these persons. From sea
to sea—from the chalk cliffs to the blue mountains—from
Exeter cathedral to the kirk of Tain, we should have a
clear field—no rascals informing against us—no hounds
smelling out mashed malt—no lazy drunken dragoons
riding over the laud in searchof whisky-stills and candle
moulds—no impudent brute poking his nose under our
beds, inspecting our wash-tubs, sniffing our tea-kettles.
and thrusting his dirty fingers into our saucepans. All
this would be done away with. Th. farmer and cottier
would then be enabled to brew their ale in peace. Cider
would cease to be poison, and porter once more would
be the juice of malt and hops. We should then have a
blink of sunshine in our bed-chambers free of charge,
and a glimmer in our darkest kitchen equal to that which
lighten' the drawing-room of Apsley-house.—Morning
Paper.
Friday, Mrs. Bentley, of New

of s son.