Star.
London, England, 1831-09-20 00:00:00

THREE O'CLOCK.

Bank Stock, shut. Three per Cent. Reduced, shut.
Three per Cent. Consols, 811 j e. Three and a Half per
Cent. 1818, shut. Three and a Half per Cent. Rel.
shut. Three and a Half per Cent. New, 891 1 Fo,IT
per Cent. 1826, shut. Long Annuities, Jan. 1860. shut.
Annuities, Oct. 1859, shut ; ditto, Jan. 1860, 16 15-16 j.
India Stock, 1971; do. Bondi, 1 dis. New Annuities,
cot. £lOOO Exchequer Bills, 9 10 ; £5OO do. 9 10;
4100 and .1200 do. 10 12; Advertised, —. Bank for Ac-
count, 198. Consols for Account, 81j 2 11.

The only arrival this morning is from Sydney.
New South \Vales paper hare been received at the
North and South American Coffee-house to the 8!li
May. The papers of the 7th May says : "On
Thursday the market was well supplied, with Ole
exception of grain. Sydney has experienced a
considerable influx of persons from up the coun-
try. The floods from up the country, occasioned
by the late heavy rains, has been productive of
several melancholy accidents."
VAN DIZMAN'a LAND.--Average Market
Prices : Wheat, per bushel, 4s. 9d. Barley, 3s.
6d. Oats, 3s. 6d.

Accounts from Savoy state, that the Duchess
de Berry has hired a country-house in a fictions
name, at a league distant from Aux-les-Bains,
where a Russian nobleman of great distinction had
arrived from St. Petersburg.
The papers of the sth May states, " By a letter
received in town on Monday, from Hobart Town,
we learn that the schooner, Eagle, had just arrived
in that port with very dismal news from Swan
River, and with as many passengers as she could
carry. The settlement is represented as being in a
state of extreme distress, they who had the means
flying from it as fast as they could. Tradesmen's
wages, which 12 months' ago were 10s. per day,
had dwindled down to Is. 6d. and even that could
scarcely be had in cash.
The money had disappeared, having been carried
off by the speculators : but we have been so long
accustomed to contradictory accounts of this noisy
snail, that we scarcely know whether she is
black or white, and nre quite afraid to desc3nt
upon the information we receive.

We have the satisfaction in announcing that the
whaling season has commenced at a much (Juliet
period.
Rto JAN zato, JULY 20.—Business, which
Iwas just beginning to revive, has again been in-
terrupted in a most disagreeable manner. A small
part of the garrison of this place hag declared itself
in a state of insurrection against the Govern-
ment, and committing every species of excess
in the streets. As these disorders have no political
motive, the present interruption is not likely to
last long. In the meanwhile nearly 10,000 Por-
tuguese have fled, either on board the shipping, or
into the country ; u they aro not likely to recover
immediately from their panic, a brisk sale of foreign
merchandise cannot for some time to come be
looked for. Jose Bonifacio de Andrara Silva hut
entered a protest against the act of the Chamber
of Deputies, by which he is deprived of the
guardianship of the children of Don Pedro,
intrusted to him by the Ex Emperor previously to
his departure.

Sir Peter Laurie stands next in rotation for the
office of Lord Mayor ; but there has been an in-
trigue on foot to re-elect the present Lord Mayor.
Mr. ROBERT OWEN having proposed to Go-
♦ernment a plan for the incorporation of a company
to cultivate. the 4,000,000 acres of waste lands in
Ireland, by means of a loan of .£3,000,000 a meet-
ing
of friends to the design and of Mr. Owen, metl
yesterday at the King's Arms, Palace Yard. The
chair was occupied by Mr. G. E Bruce, and a
committee appointed, consisting of Lord Beresford,
Mr. French, Mr. O'Connell, Mr. Ruthven, Mr.
Wyse, Mr. Hare, Mr. Robert Owen, &c. to
further the object, and if possible carry it into
effect.

Br news from Malta, we have been iiif,rmcd,
that in consequence of a dispute between Admiral Mullis
and the President of Greece. Capo d'lstrias, the former had
taken possession of the whole of the Greek fiett, and con.
Toyed It to Poros. The President employed some Russian
men of war to go in pursuit of the Greek fleet, and on their
entering Poros the tuts open, d a lire, but ;Mimilis, finding
the Russians likely to prove victorious, set lire to all the
ships, and completely destroyed the whole fleet. The trews
made their escape in boats.
The King of Denmark, to prevent unnecessary
litigation, has established a Court of Equity or Arbitration,
the•membevs of which are paid by Government, and no ex.
penis is incurred by the patties appealing to its decision.
No suit can 1•e instituted in acs Court without a certificate
to mate that the parties have ineffectually attempted to settle
i; by arbitration.
In proof that Portugal will soon become a sub-
ject of public interest, the' following is the le•tter
ehich has brought the Marquess P.ilinelt from
the Azores.

" Monsieur le Marquess—Relying on your fidelity to bee
3lajesty the Queco 3larle, my daughter in whose behalf
you have made so many sacrifices, and to whom you have
rendered the most splendid invites, I request you to come,
without lows of time, to this city, in ortkr to cut errt with
me measures respecting the affairs of Portugal. 1 seize ti is
opportunity of test:4mA to you my friendship.
•'TIIR DUKE DE DIIACIANZA.
‘, M. le 31arquen de Palntella.
" London, June 1831."
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The Council of the Birntinghim Poltical
Union have been very properly engage) bee nights, burl g
the last and present week, debating the impertant si bje. t of
the curteney. After much di.cussion, it wee at length ur.a.-
nimously agreed that a memorial should be pres.nted to'
Earl Grey, praying tOr the enactment of certain pall at ye
measures. The first proposed was the making of silver a
legal tender ; secondly, the re-hwuing of 11. notes, and the
making of these a legal tender except by the lank it-elf ;
and, thirdly, the re-issuing of the large notes of the Bank
of England recently called in • in fact, increasing the Bank
issues ftom 17,000.0001. to Y 3,000,041. A menu:trial re-
commending these measures, and drawn up by Mr. An-
nelid, was carried ; and a deputation, consiating of Mr.
Attsrood, Mr. Jones, and Mr. Blunts, appointed for the
purpose of presenting it to Earl
As a proof of the spirit of some of the Portu-
guese clergy, it may be mentioned that Prior M'or
de (iuimaraens openly avows that he advised the
assassination of our Consul, and the persecution
of our countrymen.