Star.
London, England, 1822-06-11 00:00:00

IN TERM.

XIDDLLSIM LONDON.
Sfenday - June 10 Thursday -
31onday - 17 Wednesday -
nraday - 24 i Tuesday -
AFTER, TEEM.
Thnre4ay - - !7 1 Friday . 28
To sit at'l2 o'clock on the loth; 13th, 17th, and 19th June,
and son the othikdays at half-past nine.
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stances--snels the sane& &Zeikel/Abe young
woman to America, bringing her back to London,
establishing her In a handsoMe hash., and finally
sending her 1£1119; and leaving her tit )iiry. On'
her way to Irtiaild she fell ill in the urhood.
of her seducer's seat, who, on her y begging
his assistance, procured her and her companion's
commitment to Stafford jait•as Common utgrants.—
The case excited the attention of several persons in
the County, and ultimately Mr..Fearion brought it
before the Court of King's Bench. I • Court granted
a Rule against the parties, and tb has been a
reference to arbitration, which ha £1,g50
as damages and costs to the plainti
JUDICIAL Fosa.—lt will be recollected that some
years back the Marquis of Sligo was tried and con-
victed at an Admiralty Session, held at the Old
bailey, on a charge of having seduced certain seamen
in his Majesty's service to assist him in navigating
his own pleasure yacht, while on a voyage in the Me-
diterranean. For this offence he was sentenced to
dame months imprisonment in Newgate, and to pay
a fine to the King of £5,000. The imprisonment his
Lordship underwent in due course, and at the expi-
ration
of the term paid the fine into the Exchequer.
—Here' however, the appropriation of the fine was
stopped, in consequence of the application of three
different parties, each 4of whom laid claim to it as
their peculiar right. The Attorney-General claimed
it on the part of the King, on the ground of its being
a fine imposed under a Special Commission for a
crime committed beyond the seas. The Sheriffs of
London claimed it as,coming to thein in virtue of
their office, having been imposed within their juris-
diction ; and the High Bailiff of Westminster claimed
it as his perquisite, having been imposed on a peison
domiciled in the City of Westminster. Pending these
rival claims, an order was made by the Court of
Exchequer, that the sum should be invested in Go-
veinment securities until its appropriation should be
properly adjusted. Thus the matter rests—the fine
is gradually increasing by the interest accruing, and
the whole will be 'ultimately applied to the use of
the successful candidate. The further proceeding
upon the subject awaits the pleasure of the Attor-
ney-General.

June 13
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Our Readers may recollect that, some months ago,
we detailed a law case, in which Mr. Pearson, on the
women, Anne Carey and Mary Anne
moved the Court of Kiug's Beach against two
Gentlemen, one of them a Magistrate,
and oppression. The c'se involved an
seduction under very aWravatcd circum-

CHRISTIAN KNOWLEfiGE. IN THE HIGH-

LANDS.•

A Meeting of the Friends of:the Loialosi,CoFrespon-
dent Board of the above. Institution .was bold-yester-
day, in Freemasons flail. The liev.,A.W.anost,'D.D.
Chairman, and opened the business of
dal in a short speech,-in which he ably enforced
the.clainas the Society had on public.support..Letters
were read from Sir J. MACKINTOSH Mr. I•lttm R, and
other Gilitieme-tioipellogiing for their non-attend-
ance. The. Report was theß:r,eado:and presented a
'gratifying detail of thesood which has been effected
'in many parts of Scatiand, by the establishment of
schools, of which there are $57, educating nearly
20;000 4ildren, Icepuliscription in London, last
year, amounted to and upwards. Several
tlemen afterwards addressed the Meeting in able
speeches, and Litanies having been voted to the Chair-
man, the assembly adjourned.

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• ' *TO TIM sprrott OF 1101111A1b...• -.
igia—Owing to the change in iserWatiN trisr,
balers of property, as . contsadistingliehett 61111 a
diiirl
money capitalists and mere mortgagees, Are rosw re-
duced to the most abject distress. Mr. Ricardo and
others deny this, alleging that Mr. Peel's Bill has
Dilly made a depreciation to the eatent of 10 or 5 per
Icent. There as certainly some egregious . fallacy
!here. The only thing to stagger a candid mind is—
lst. Prices, it is said, were as bad, or nearly so,. in
1815. They certainly were; but this arose end*);
not only from a most akundipt crop, but from a
glut of prior importation. This is not the case at pre-
sent. gd. The distress, it is said, is not peculiar to
England, but pervades America, Switzerland, &o. 'cc.
Undoubtedly it does, but who can prove that the
financial concerns of England did not affect the
whole world ? ft is clear that they Aid. For exam-
ple, would not the declared bankruptcy of England
affect every country, at present civilized, from the
Ganges to the Ohio?
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Then again, even granting all Mr. Ricardo says,
who can tell what effect a permanent and admitted
depreciation to the effect of 10 per cent. may pro-
duce in the complicated machinery of a great com-
mercial country ? By turning the scale in the market
between money and commodities, it may have led to
the lamentable embarrassment which has since oc-
curred. But from whatever cause our misfortunes
have arisen, the question now is, what is the remedy?
It is herein that the Report of the Agricultural Com-
mittee is most deficient; and I fear it is so, from the
studied absence and indifference of the. Talents of the
Nouse of Commons. Mr. Tierney and Mr. Brougham
seem to decline saying anything specific ; and their
silence, if not very patriotic, is not unnatural. As the.
House of Commons and the country do not cause W.
insist on their investment with power, they &swat
feel themselves called on to suggest plans to perpe-
tuate the corrupt and unprincipled system of their
opponents. On the contrary, they may view •it as a
national benefit .to see the present race of Country
Gentlemen exterminated. The example of this would
certainly be very edifying ; but is it clear that the
next set would be better ? Most desirable certainly
would it be, if we rather profited from our niisfot-
tunes, and tried to get a• better system. _
The grand plan of relief unquestionably would bc
the Tax on Capital, proposed by Heathfcild. I sub-
mit this to your good sense on the following ground.:
—The pressure of the times at present is chiefly on
the'man of property, encumbered with debt: This is,
and for obvious reasons always has been, and must be
the case with the Landed Interest. In a series of
years, a man of family and of landed estate has en-,
dowments to children, younger brothers, &c. to pay ;
he is tempted also, from such times as we have seen
some time ago, to launch into expensive improves,
rnents. These create mortgages and debt; and so
universal is this, that I believe, through England*
Scotland, and Wales, the landed proprietors are in-
volved in debt to the extent of one-half of.a fair ave-
rage rental. To such men the present, times are obvi,
ously ruin. If a man had no debt, the change in the
value of his commodities would be nothing ; for if
he sold a quarter of wheat for 4s. instead of £4, the
4r. would get him all that the £4 ever could get.
Now to such people, Heathleild's plan of paying
off one-half of the National Debt would be one of the
grandest plans that ever entered the mind of man.—
The fun,lhokler and mortgagee would then be struck
at with honour, and the contribution of a landed
proprietor with debt would be less than others ; for
if be has a property burdened with debt, he would
only contribute in proportion to his free property at
the present depreciated rate ; the rest would be paid
by the mortgagee. This was the principle of the last
Property 'fax, as framed by Mr. Tierney.
My plan then would be like Mr. Heatlifeilifs—Lay
a Tax of 20 per cent. on Capital, by which means
one-hale of the National Debt would be paid. In this
way the Funds themselves (C 800,000,000) would
contribute £160,000,000; and say that-land and
mortgagees, and holders of personal asiets, contri-
buted £24o,ooo,ooo—what a fund let loose for re-
laxation from the heavier taxes !
It is wonderful, also, how lightly this would fall
on a man of landed property with debt. Saythat he
has £2OOO per annum, burdened with £lOOO a-year
of debt; in that case his free income is just £lOOO.
He would have to pay, or grant a Government mort-
gage, for £lOO per annum ; his creditors would have
to assign as much more of their mortgages, but all
would- be more than made up to the landed pro-
prietor- by the diminution of taxes (including, of
course, Assessed Taxes, so burdensome to the middle
classes), and the certainty of his rent. Who has not
been obliged lately to give up more than £2OO out of
£lOOO per annum ?
Just one objection, but it is a most formidable one,
occors to this. It may be said, that it would just lead
us into fresh wars—into every species of corrupting
waste at home, and of foolish warfare abroad. Un-
doubtedly it would, if no precaution were taken.—
Sucha plan as I have submitted can only be allowed
or assented to, if such a reasonable and moderate,
Reform of Parliament is admitted ; and, probably, a
shortening of the duration of Parliaments, as will
enable the People efkctually to check the expendi-
ture of their money in future. Although my all de-
pends on the measures to be soon adopted for re-
lieving the Landed Interest, I would rather be re-
duced to bankruptcy and beggary, than see the present
national embarrassment relieved, without a correction
of the corrupt system which has led to it.
The preceding considerations are suggested to a
candid Public, by A SCOTS LANDHOLDRtt.
June 7, 1842.
P.S. In considering the situation of the country at
the present crisis, it is very singular that reference
has not been made to the preamble of the Act of
Queen Anne, reducing the rate interest, which ap-
plies very strikingly to the state of the country at
this very moment. The preamble in question is to
'the following effect:
4, Whereas the reducing of interest to ten, and from thence to
eight, and from thence to six in the hundred, bath, from time
to time, by AxPedelleas beep found very beneficial to the ad-
vancement of trade and improvement of lands; and, whereai,
the heavy burden of the late long and expensive war hath been
chiefly borne by the owners of the land of this kingdom, by
reason whereof they have. been necessitated to contract very
Luse debts, and thereby, and by del abatement in the value of
their lauds, are become iireatly impovetislied ; and whereas, by
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• No less, than direct drowned bodies jionribeen taker,
out of the Regent's Canal and New Rive within the
last two days.
Saturday noon, D. Cudworth, a nait-maker of
Leeds, fell down upon the bridge of that town, in a
fit of apoplezy4 and almost immediately expired,
breathing only twice after bevies been raised frog
the ground. He was about 66. •
Last week as 41r. John Barton, a fanner, of Chit.
ice, Wilts, in the 88th year of his age, was about td
catch leis horse to ride to. Church, the animal kicked
Mm so severely in the side that he survived but A
few hours. . •
Captain Greet, who was Se severely injured by thi
overturning of the Chester and Holyhead mail-coath;
a-few days ago, on its entering Halkin, died at
head, and the driver has been committed fur trill,
charged by the verdict of the Coroner's Jury with
manslaughter..
A person las week went to Mr. Bickerton, of Mit.
church, in Shropshire, desiring to be shaved, and r!.
guested him to fetch a pint of beer. Diming
Bickerton's absence the man cut out his tongue wi:a
a razor, and threw it into the fire-place. The po:)r
creature was placed under medical care, and is likely
to recovez. •

In Belfast Barracks, on the26thuit. Mrs. Farquharson, of a sore.
June Y,.at Coats-crescent, the Right Hon. Lady SineLir, of
a daughter.
Yesterday, at his Lordship's house in Berkeley-square, Vie
Cowen of Dartmouth, of a son and heir.

PRICE or TALLOW, SOAR', &c. per 11211 i.
Town Tallow 37: Oil Ditto rough
Yellow Russia ... ..... 37s Od Yelimy Soap
White ditto
Soap ditto
Melting Stuf... .....

PRICE OF CANDLES—From Tal/ow Chandlers' ball.
Candles, per duz. 9s Od—Moulds, loa 64; 6d. per dozen
allowed for ready money.

RAW HIDES.
Best Heifers and Steers (per Ordinary... 2s 21 to is 41
stone) 3s Od to 33 ed Market Calf 10, Od to Os (4
Middlings 2s 8d to 2s 10d Eng. Horse Os Od to Os Cd

PRICE OF LEATHER
Butte, 511 to 561bs each 18d .to 20d per lb.
Ditto, 5G to 661bs cacti 99d to. 23d •
Dreshing Hides l7i to 18}
Floe Coach Hides 18* to 904
Crop Hides, 35 to 40Ibs for cutting 18d to 19d
Ditto 45 to 501bs 19d to 21d
Calf Skins, 30 to 401bs • 43d to 274
Ditto 50 to 701b5...... ........ .... 2Bd to 356
Ditto 70 to 801bs ... „. 26d to 284
Small Seals (Greenland)... ....... ....... 186 to 20c1
Large ditto.— ....................................lad to 18d
Tanned Horse Hides , 15d to 17d
Spanish Horse Hides I7d to 2C4

SVGA .—Averagv Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com-
puted from the Returns raade in the Week coding sth Jure,
1822, 335. 80. per cwt. exclusive Of Importation Duti,

COAL MARKET, JUNE 19.
Adair 511. 6d.—Burdon 311.6d.—Ceziodge 336. ir ais
Primrose 32&—Holywe11 Mo.—Killinewortit 535. 641.—Lidtiers
Sts.—Ptiaw Main 54s.—P Whither's 525. 61—Shipcote
50a.—Townley 55s.—Walisend Bell's and Co.'s 565.--flitte
Bewleke 375. 6d.—Do. Down's 525. 9d.—Do. Burrows 32x.:1
—Do. Green 50s. 9d.—Do. Newmareb 335. 6d.

MAILS 111111 DAY.ARIII. nos.
Dublin 1• 0
Waterford - 1 0
Guernsey and Jenny 0 1
Lisbon 0 2
Holland 1 0
New York 0 0

♦RM. sus.
Franc. 0 1
Hamburg 0 0
Flanders 0 0
Jamaica 0 0
Gottenburgh • 0
Leeward Islands o •-0

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