Star.
London, England, 1824-02-26 00:00:00

Great inconveniency would be sustained, much confu•
sion would follow from the adoption of a system which
had not been proved to be better than our own. He
was one of those who considered innovations and change
evils in themselves, and it was only in the contempla-
tion of some great advantage when they should be re-
sorted to. He felt that it was not an easy thing to alter
the coin of the realm. The proposed alteration was not
Only objectionable, but it did not even point out any ad-
•antaps. He was, howeier, exceedingly anxious that
the Irish coin should be assimilated to our own. He felt,
unless those distinctions which unhappily prevailed be-
tween this country and Ireland were removed, that Ire-
land would never be so happily situated as she ought.
Mr. HUME wished to know if a Commission had not
already sat on the motion of the Right Hon. Baronet;
and if one had, whether any Report had Arisen from it,
and whether evidence had been called in the inquiry ?
Mr. DAVIES GILBERT replied, that the Commis-
sion alluded to had sat on Weights and Aleasures, but
it had done nothing in reference to money.
Sir HENRY PARNELL thought the assimilation of
the British coin with the Irish currency would be pro-
ductive of much advantage.
Mr. THOMAS WILSON said that the inconvenience

and expense attending the propositions of the Hight
• Hon. Baronet could not be counterbalanced by any good
which could result from their adoption.
After a reply from Sir J. Wnorrestirt, the motion
was withdrawn.

AUSTRIAN LOAN.
The Report on the Austrian Loan Agreement was read. On the
second Resolution being put,
Mr. HUME rose, and repeated his conviction that a loss of
$lO,OOOl. .bad been hicurred from the way in which the payment of
the money had been managed.
Mr. HERMES said that the Honourable Gentleman seemed re-
solved not to understand that the agreement as to the mode of pay-
ment had pieceded the Convention. The English Government never
had possession of any part of the Austrian Stock ; the ageets of the
Austrian Government had offered the money on certain conditions,
under which it had been accepted.—Approved of.

NI /SCE L LA N BOWL

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER moved for a re_
newel of the Commlasion of Inquiry into the Revenue. The Right
Honourable Gentleman sib), that although the Commissioners, at
the head of whom was the Paymaster of the Forces, had already
rendered valuable service to the country by their active services, yet
there were several branches of the Customs and Excise which still
demanded their attention.—Agreed to.
Mr. NOLAN- moved for leave to bring in a Bill to amend the
Poor 'Laws.
Mr. CURTEIS said, that the Honourable Member should di-
rect his attention to the power of the Special Vestries, and to correct
the *louses which existed in the letting of houses to the poor.—
Leave granted..
Sir GEORGE CLERK moved for leave to bring in a Bill for
ascertaining and establishing a conformity In Weights and Measures.
Leave granted.
Mr. KENNEDY moved for leave to bring in a Bill to alter the
mode in which Juries are chosen to serve in the administration of
the Criminal Law of Scotland.—Leave granted.
Sir H. PARNELL moved for a variety of Papers concerning the
Ounmercial Intercourse between Great Britain and Ireland.
• Mr. HUME moved for a Return of the Home Consumption of
every Exciseable Ankle for the last ten years, ending at Sth Ja.
nnary, 1824; distinguishing Great Britain from Ireland; and also
for a Return of the Quantity of all the Articles charged with the
Ditty of Cnstem, imported into Great Britain and Ireland, for a
aeries of years, where the valued the Article exceeded .;o,ooul.—
Oath orderd. •
Mr. liERRIES mewed the Annual Indemnity Bill.
• Tbe Bankrupt Laws Amendment Bill was read a second time,
and referred to a Committee of the whole*Hdust, to meet to-morrow.
The Bill for employing Marine Forces on Shore was \read for
the first time. To be read the second time tomorrow.
The other Orders of the Dry having been disposed of, the House
adjourned at Half-past Seven o'aoik.

'rlfE El' EN ING STA It.

LONDON.. -
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26, Int.
THE FUNDS.
STOCK EXCHANGE, TWELVE O'CLOCK.

Consols opened this morning at 91i for this Account, and 92 for
next Account, and, up to this hour, they are 91k; for April 92k.—
This befog Account-day, a good deal of business was done, pant-
colarly in fettling the Accounts. The fluctuation in this Account
has been about du pet Cent. Consols were done as low as 86, and
as high as 9.2.

HALF-PAST 'f WELVE-
Censors have improved—they are now 91
FOREIGN FUNDS.
Very tittle has bees done iu the Mat ket this morning, and al
Foreign Funds remain stationary.
Current Prices:—New Spanish 19k to a. OW Iltk a, Austrian
10 pre. Milian 80k, Russian 91k, Meiican Scrip 7k, New Prus-
sian 931, Old 96, Neapolitan 961, French Scrip lik to 1, Peruvian
Scrip 78, Greek 3 pre. Bullet's Mexican bfmes % a to par, Anglo-
Mexican Mines 7 to 8.
FOREIGN EXCHANGES.

liamsunov, FEn. 20.—0 n London, 36. 7. 5(. 10.
Baum., Flu. 17.—0 n London, 3 M. 7. 11.
Lursic, Frs. 16.—0 n London, 2 M. G.
PRICE OF STOCKS AT ONI O'CLOCK.
Bank Stock 2381,4 IA 3/4-3 per Lent. Resiu. 9214 %
3 per Cent. Call‘ 911,4 % 5,4
4 per Cents. Old 10231 A IA vs
4 per Cents. New 106% 107
Bank Long Annuities 22 11.16 %
India Bonds oi. 775. prem.
Exch. (4.:1,0a0) 425. 435. 44.s.—Sma11 Vs. 445.
Consols for April 92 91 Yi 92%.

The Times has twice essayed to render the Public dis-
satisfied with the financial Expose of the CHANCELLOR
of the EXCHEQUER, but twice essayed in vain. Yesterday
we were told that 64 consideration having succeeded to
the first perusal of the CHANCELLOR of the ExcitEQUER'S
speech, a dead stagnation it will be perceived has taken
place in people's minds ;" and to-day, with a felicity of
expression which is peculiar to that journal, the Editor
says, 64 We perceive, if we are not mistaken, that stun
of surprise in the nation, at the late exposition of Mr.
ltoasssores astonishing plan of finance, which imposes
silence at first, but will shortly break forth into indig-
nation and exertion."
NOW, as the speech of the Cat.tccxtton of the Ex-
CHEQUER is before the Public, and as it is so clear of all
obscurity—so candid, manly, and intelligible, that he
who runs may read it, there is little necessity for com-
batting the assettions of the Times, for arguments it
has none, by simply denying them! and this we feel no
hesitation in doing. The new plan of finance has
created no," dead stagnation," has excited no " stun of
surprise," except at the continued prosperity of the
country, and the singular rapidity with which the Vessel
of the Stitt is righting herself (to use a sea phrase),

after enduring, and that often alone, the storms Ind
tempests of so long a war.
. Every man, to his trade.—lt was very well for Mr.
Counsellet BROUGHAM, in a certain place lately, to talk,
in considering the Taxes proposed to be reduced by Mr,
Roalasors, of the preference that should have been given,
to the Stamp Tax, on Law Proceedings. We doubt not
that the Learned Gentleman would be very glad Of au
increased-demand for •his Mazueacruazs—that is to
say, his opinions and speeches—which would, perhaps,
be the natural result of making law victories of cheaper
purchase; but it is not quite so clear that the Public
would be much the gainers. It is a common thin&
among those of Mr. BROUGHAMS TRADE, to represent
Law as Justice, and hence there appears, on allocc minty;
.when the Stamp Tax on Law Proceedings is adverted'
to, a disposition to represent it as in many instances a
bar to justice. Now we appeal to our columns tor a
view of the sort of subjects by which the time of:Judges
and Juries is consumed; for our reports of such trifling
'matters are, perhaps, the most circumstantial of any
Paper, whether it does generally appear that the matter
in dispute is rarely worth a tithe of the costs ? The fact,
is, that the Law Trade is not supported by those seeking
the redress' of wrongs, but chiefly from tht litigious
spirit (a glowing evil) of individuali. We shall 'say
a few words on this subject.
The progress of knowledge and information has had
the effect of exciting a corresponding degree of self-,
conceit and speculative opinion—and one of the prae-
tical consequences of this darkening shadow thrown,
by the increasing splendour of the ascending luminary,
is to make half-instructed and dogmatical spirits mar-
vellously wise and acute, as they think. Of this class
the Law-going people principally consists,—for one
lawsuit arising from teal grievance twenty originate in
personal dogmatism. See how seldom it is that a law-
suit for more than £lOO is ever decided. To repress
this overweening and uncandid temper in individuals
we hold to be just as wise a principle in domestic eolicy
as it is to controul the conduct of that less numerous
class of litigants, the law-visited worthies. Both are
nuisances in society, and in most cases it would be dif-
ficult to say whether the reptile that filches one's hand-
kerchief, or the self opinionated personage that resists or
demands the payment of a debt, by the aids and helps
of the law, is the greatest mural disgrace to civilization.
Upon this view we therefore maintain that the Stamp,
Tax on Law Proceedings is one of the very last that
should be removed, because it is a check on the bad
feeling to which we. have alluded, and because it tends
to induce litigants-to prefer arbitration to the Courts; or,
to state the truth more broadly and philosophically, it
tends to necessitate men to submit their controversies to
the judgment of those in whose good opinion they are
anxious to stand well, rather than to seek refuge for
their chicanery in the confessed doubtful processes of
Law. To speak, therefore, of the removal of such a'
tax as a thing to be put in competition with the removal
of a tax on any raw material employed in our manofac-
tu:es is, to speak in plain English, rank-nonsense; and.
for Mr. BROUGHADI to do so, argues somewhat more
of the esprit de corps, on a question of political economy,
than seems befitting the character of one who has written
so muclo. about it and about it" in the Edimbure Review.

The appointment °La Commission to inquire into the
delays which an increase of 'business in the Court of
Chancery has occasioned, is calculated to give univer-
sal satisfaction, the Editor of a Morning Paper ex.
cepted, who has attacked it by anticipation, because,
forsooth, Lord RILDESDALIS is likely to be one of the
Commissioners, and Sir WILLIAM GRANT. The ground
of opposition to the Noble Lord is not stated, but that
to Sir WILLIAM GRANT is, because he retired some
years ago 46 from that eminent legal station, which
he adorned, in consequence of his age and infirmities.
Merciful Powers!" Merciful Powers indeed, (we quote
correctly), to talk of Sir WILLIAM GRANT'S infirmities ;
why, though certainly not young, he is in full health
and strength, with a mind as active and acute as ever,
But al though the Times cannot even 44 hint a fault"
in Lord It Eli ESDA Le, yet it "hesitates dislike" and drags
in an auxiliary, under the mask of a Correspondent,
who, while he acknowledges the Noble Lord to be " a'
very respectable man," to whom 46 the nation owes
some gratitude for the pains he took about the Insolvent
Act," objects to him because he was Lord Chancellor
of Ireland.—What pitiful malignity is this!

Brus..els Papers to the 24th instant reached us this!
morning, by which we 12arn, that in Upper Italy the
Austrian Government has issued some
.new orders
against Secret Societies.
A letter from Madrid, dated February 12, in the
Oracle of Brussels of Tuesday, states that the Decree of
Amnesty is certainly signed, and that the Government
merely delays the publication of it till French troops
have been placed in some towns, where it is ffared it
might excite troubles.
It is added, that it is considered as certain, that the
treaty of occupation is signed for three years, front the
Ist of January this year. It is certain that partial con-
tracts for the supply of the army of occupation, fr a
year, have been entered into with several Spaniards.

The following are extracts:
FRANKFORT, FEBRUARY '
It is reported that the police. both in the Mikan,
and the Venetian territory, has received front .Iresaaa
fresh instructions, prescribing increased vigilance with
respect to all individuals are members of societies,
e►en such as are recognised by the ordosnanses of the
kingdom of Lonzlrardy and Venice. It seems that pub-
lic opinion in Upper Italy has a tendency whiek env
*eases the House of Austria.

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