Star.
London, England, 1824-01-29 00:00:00

HUNT'S EXTRAORDINARY CONFESSION!

THE WEEKLY DISPATCH of SUNDAY, FE-
BRUARY 1, and 8, will contain the CONFESSION of
HUNT, made to Mr. Harmer, his Solicitor; wherein is developed
the Secrets of the late infamous Cat.g; disclosing the plan that bad
been formed for the Murder of Mr. Weare. Likewise a History of
the Plots that had been laid for the destruction of several other Per-
sons, with the hair-breadth escapes of some of the intended victims.
Orders received by all the Newsveaders, and at the Office, 7,
\Vine Office-court, Fleet-street, London,
It is expected that all letters with Orders shall be post paid, and
have a reference for payment to some house in London.
tr:p. No Advertisement can be received after Friday.

ALLNurrs FRUIT LOZENGES, for Coughs,
Colds, Sore Thrrws linarw.uss, &c. &c. prepared solely
by the Proprietor, S. A lI:NUT, Chemist, Portsea; who returns
his best thanks to the Public for the very extensive Patronage
which he has already received, for his highly useful FRUIT LO-
ZENGE, and begs to assure them, that he still continues to pre-
pare them, with the same serupu:aus care, as to the medicinal vir-
tue of the Fruit, which has ohtlined for th:All sa distinguished a
Reputation. In Coughs, Sore Throats, and Hoarseness, they have
been particularly useful, the Acid (which is solely front the Black
Currant) tending greatly to allay Inflamer •tion, .nd to promote a
free expectoration ; they are perfectly harmless to the most delicate
Constitutions. lie carefo to ask for Minutes Fruit Lozenges.
SJId in Bo:,es Is. I id. each, by all Medicine Venders in the
Kingdom.

DIAL WEIGHING MACHINES.
NIARRIOIT having obtained his Majesty's
..1.1.• Royal Letters Patent, fur an improvement in Weighing
Machines, begs leave to recommend them to the Public, as the
most perfect and useful article for that purpose ever constructed;
for accuracy, simplicity, expedition, and portability, it stands
unrivalled, as it teiIANV.I" :.liews the exact weight cf any arrizie
from One Ounce to a Ton, o ithotit the use of Weights, thereby
saving time and labour. liehig perfectly portable, it may be usea
in any situatioa—its universal atility must therefore be undeniable
for Domestic purposes; in Shops, Warehouses, Coach Offices,
Market Houses, Barns; on Wharcs • at Races and Fairs; for Cattle,
('urn, Ilay, Wool, Sec.; or for Loading heavy Articles, it may be
attached to the eh:do of a crane, and shew the Weight at the time
of craning; it may he also made with a chair to weigh Persons.—
Front its extreme simplicity, it is scarcely possible to he inaccurate;
yet, if it ever shdold he so, there is an adjusting Screw which will
momentarily correct it.
H. Ala EILIOTT 1/C SS to Caution the Public against several Spurious
Imitations of his excellent and useful Inv: titian, which are attempted
to be introduced; none are cm his genuine .Patent Principle that
have not a Libel with his name tee.: the iiing's Arms.
H. MA IiSIOTT having made cnnsiderable improvements in pia
PATENT Knelt EN COI3LING APPARATUS, feels a coi,fidence in recom-
mending it to the as a most complete article for !toasting,
Baking, Boilieg, and Steaming, with economy in fuel, by one mo-
derate sized Fire, and with a constant supply of front Twelve to
Twenty Gallons of Hot Water; also Warnt Closets for airing
Linen, keeping Dinner hot, !tearing Plates, Dishes, &c.; the Cook-
ing Utensils are never Foi:e.l, and it is a POSITIVE CUES for a Smokty
Chimney. A new Pateet ',sortable Cooking Apparatus, embracing
the foregoing advantages, well calculated for Ships, or situations
where there is no chimney, and peculiarly advantageous for the
Foreign Markets. Kitchens fitted un with Steam Apparatus, em-
bracing an the late improvements; baths, conservatories, halls, stair-,
cases, amid buildings heated by Steam, opon . a principle of perfect
security. Also, an Improved Patent Suring Roastieg Jack to obvhite
the necessity of weiglit or pulleys. The whole may be daily in
use at the Patentee's Manufactory, London house, b 9, Flett-sr.reet,
London; and had of most of the respectable honniongers through-
out England.
Ancient Armour repaired and re-instated taits original perfec-
tion. Armour Ala:tel.:voted,
Bought, sold, or Lit 011 Hirt*
Smokey Chimnics cared on philosophical principles. • •

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LONDON.

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THURSDAY. JANUARY 29, 18'24.
Ma MaersTv's Acesestom—Holiday at the Bank.
THE FUNDS•

STOCK EXCHANGE. TWELVE O'CLOCK.
Consols opened this morning at 90i, but afterwards were done at
91 for the Account, with little doing.
Both to. day and to-morrow are holidays at the Bank.

FOREIGN FUNDS.

The only business done this morning in the Market was in the
Mexican 11.mdr, which opened at 31, and got up to 4%.
There is very little doing in Spanish Bond, which opened at
24%, I, and remain steady at that price.
Cunt tit Prices :—New Spanish 164, Old 24j, Colombian 65%,
New Aut.trian 5% J, Chilian 771, Russian 90, New Prussian 89%,
Old 914, French Scrip 7%, Portuguese % prem. to par, Mexican
Loan.% to I, Poyals 34 to j.
AMSTXRDAII, JAN. 23.—Exchange on L0nd0n,39.10. 2 M. 39. 7.

The shake of Lord Burleigh's head is not watched
with more important anxiety by the dramatis persona
in the Critic, than the rising of one of his MAJESTY'S
Ministers to return thanks at a Public Dinner ; and, be
he e• er so careful to avoid alp topics not immediately
connected with the object of the meeting, there is sure to
be an attempt to convert sonic passage into a declara-
tion of the views of the Cabinet, or the state of the
tountiy. At the annual dinner of the Society of Ship•
owners, on Tuesday, the Chairman, the Earl of LIVER-
POOL, theßight HOD. SECRETARY for FOREIGN AFFAIRS,
and the Right Hon. the PRESIDENT of the BOARD of
TRADE, severally addressed the Meeting, and, as might
be expecte t, in a company consisting almost exclusively
of Merchants and Ship-owners, they dwelt on the im-
portance of commercial navigation to the maritime in-
terests of the country. 66 The seamen," said the Earl
of LIVERPOOL, " who carried oar commerce in time of
peace, learned thereby to be our protectors in time
of wai." There was nothing certainly in this obser-
vation to excite particular remark; •but Mr. CA N-
• NI NO, it seems, after noticing the proud situation to
which England bad raised herself by her commerce,
her arts, and her arms, when we had shewn, that
whilst, with one hand we held the trident which
ruled the seas, with the other we were able to
launch the thunderbolts of war," expressed a hope that
no untoward accident would disturb our repose, but
that should this be the case, such was our situation, that
we might look with confidence to the future.
From these observations, a Morning Paper has ins:-
mated inferences wl.ich we suspect the SECRETARY for
FOREIGN AFFAIRS never dreamt of. That in Mr.
CANNING'S speech, says a Morning Paper, there was,
as usual, one of those ingenious thoughts, happily ex-
pressed, which give to common truth the air and charm
of a new discovery—and though evidently resolved
upon brevity and reserve, enough escaped him to set in
motion men's imaginations and their tongues. The"
bare suggestion of a possibility that an untoward,
accident may t,terrupt growing prosperity' of'
the country—of course by 101,1 a-opting the peace of
nao(,ns—is a hint to be fastened on at such a moment.
Mr. CA NNI NG net only seems penetrated with the coa-
viction, that the sea is the native and proper field of
Britil power and glut y, but gives reason to infer, that
any untoward accident of the nature to v.hich he
alludes, would be chiefly combated on that held."

The obvious inference which the Editor insinuates is,
that his MAJESTY'S Ministers have some idea that war
is not altogether improbable. If the Right Honourable
Gentleman really thought this to be the ea ,e, we should
learn his opinion, in the efficient means he would be
taking to prepare for it, rather than in an incidental ob-
servation at a convivial party.
We confess, we do feel somewhat surprised at the
Morning Herald reviving the exploded rumour of war,
when the Courier has abandoned it, and it has been
scouted by every other Journalist. We agree, how-
ever, with the French writer quoted by the Editor,
that the naval power of England could destroy the
manufacture, and disorganize the commercial system
of every nation of Europe at present ; but we
do not feel surptized that England forbears plunging
into a maritime war for the purpose. Our Ministers
are too w:Il convinced of the rapidly increasing
prosperity of the country in peace, to involve it
rashly in a war, though, should an event be unavoid-
able, they ate fully prepared for it. The firmness and
moderation of the present Ministers have saved us from
one war in which some hot-headed politicians wished us
to plunge, and we have no doubt of their still preserving
the peace of the country, increasing its resources, les-
sening its burdens, and extending our commerce in every
quarter of the world.
The confidence that the present Administration has
inspired in all ranks and parties is the best evi-
dence of the correctness of the policy it has pursued;
and never, perhaps, did any Ministers go before Parlia-
ment more auspiciously than the present Administra-
tion will do on Tuesday next. The Herald, to which
we have already alluded, observes of the Secretary for
Foreign Affairs, that " Mr. PITT and Mr. Fox, as Mi-
nisters—and as leaders of their respective parties, had
snore strenuous partisans : but it stiikes us that no Mi-
ssistcr since the Revolution, excepting only the great
Lord CHATHAM, has acquired the same national popu-
larity which is at thiS moment possessed by Mr.CANNING.4
The Times, " so willing to wound, and not afraid to
strike," congratulates its Readers on the improving con-
dition of the agricultural interest, and the rapid con-
sumption of the products of the earth by a people " in
full employment•and capable of earning sufficient sub-
sistence by the labour of their hands," and acknow-
ledges the prudence of the Legislature in not resorting

to artificial means of alleviating a ttimporary pressure
on the agricultural interests.
But the strongest testimonial we have in favour of
the policy of the Government isin theMorningChronick,
a Journal that, of all others, can least be suspected of
an undue partiality. It is, however, an honest tribute, and
we will not inquire how it has been exacted from a
Journalist who lives by the badness of the character he
gives almost every Administration. The following ob-
servations are from the Morning Chronicle of to-day

-" We have good reason to believe that Ministers have been auc-'
cessful with France and Russia in the late negotiations with these
Powers respecting the independence of South America. In fact,
we learn, from what 'we consider good authority, that the last Mes-
senger front St. Petersburgh brought intelligence front that Court
which set the question completeiy at rest; and that at the Cabinet
Council on Saturday last, it was determined that the recognition of,
the States which have effected their independence should form a',
part of the KING% Speech at the opening of Parliament.
" It is but justice to Ministers to say, they have played off the
United Stares against the Holy Alliance; at this critical time in a
very able manner. There can be n 6 doubt, that there was at one
time a strong disposition, on the part of both France and Russia,
to second Fe:aniNANn in his chimerical views of regaining his lost
Empire in the New World. But after Anierica had come so com-
pletely into the views of England, and the latter had eviticed a de-
termination to secure South America to our industry, -it would have
been little short of madness in Russia and France, to have persisted
any longer in schemes, the execution of which, mit withivit any
opposition on our part, would have been attended with the greatest
difficulty.

" We have all along thought that Ministers were really sincerely,'
desirous of the emancipation of the New World, as a means of en
riching the country, and thereby strengthening their inibience at
home; and under these circumstances, wh. n we considered the ad-
vantages which they possessed over the Col:tinental Powers in a
dispute of this sort, we were not very apprehensive respi cting the
issue. As to Russia, we know that a collision with this couinry
would only expose her weakness; that though the 200,000 Russian
bayonets may dc very well to awl: the discontented popuiatinri of
the neighbouring States, they would hardly intimidate Ministers,
who could, indeed, without much difficulty, place ALEN.ANDLII ill a
very embarrassing situation.

" With an assurance of the continuance of tranqiiillitF, and a
flourishing state of industry at home, Ministi:rs will meet Parlianicnt
under favourable auspices."

Accounts from Madrid, of the 13th instant, have
reached us ; but as they conic through the medium of
the Bayonne correspondent, they must be received with
caution. They state, that reports prevailed in the
Spanish capital, of the involuntary abdication of the
KING. An abstract is also given of the Extraordinary
Gazette, of the 13th instant, for organizing the general
Police of the Kingdom, which is to be placed under a
Superior Magistrate, called Superintendant General of
the Police of the Kingdom ; in the provinces there will
be Intendants and Snb-Delegates of the Police ; their
attributes shah be—to keep exact accounts of all the in-
habitants of the Commune, ; to deliver and counter-
sign passports ; to give cartes de surele ; permission to
sell in the streets and markets ; to open inns, furnished
hotels, ordinaries, col'ee-houses, &c. to carry arms; to
open registers of all public carriages ; to watch over
the furnished hotels, coffee.hotries, public places of di-
version, &e. or servants out of place, mechanics without
employment, and all persons whose means of subsistence
ate not well known ; t ) take up beggars, and children
who are lost, abandoned, and exposed, and gypsies,
without settlement; to take care that there be not intro.
duced over the frontiers, by sea or land, any work, in
any language v hatever, unless the bearer presents an
express order, signed by his MAJESTY, or an order of
the Council issued to seize all books which shall have
been introduced, in contempt of these regulations,
whether they be in possession of a bookseller, printer,
or private person, or communities, however they may
be privileged ; and to deliver the copies into the hands
of the Magistrates ; to hinder the importation, the cir-
culation, and the reading of periodical publications, sa.
tirical pamphlets, and other papers and prints, in which
the person or the prerirgatives of the KING are attacked,
or in which the measures of the Government are ridi-
culed or censured ; to arrest all individuals who shall
utter obscene words, and insults against the KING, as
well as all drunkards, professed gamblers, &c. to pursue
robbers, both in the town and highways ; to prevent
riotous groups and meetings which threaten the public
tranquillity ; to pursue with the utmost rigour, the
secret societies, whether Communeros, Freemasons,
Carbonari, or any other dark sect, which does, or shall
exist; to take care, in concert with the Custom-house
°dicers, to prevent smuggling ; also to provide for the
security and salubrity of the prisons, hospitals, manu-
'actories, slaughter-houses, &c.

Dutch Papers to the 2.5 th instant reached us this morn.
ing. The falh,wing the only article worth translating

FRANKFORT, JANUARY 20.

The Anlic Counsellor, F. Murchardt,..known as one of
the Liberal German writers and as correspondent in this
city of several French and German Jx.trnals, has for a
considerable time attracted the attention of the Diet.!
The publication of some of the Acts of that Assembly
in French Journals, which none of the Deputies can
publish without a violation of his duty, caused, in the
beginning, the late Minister for \Vurtemburg to be sus-
pected. The latter demanded a strict investigation, and
in this M. Murchardt appealed to the deceased Hessian
Minister, Von 'Limier, with whom he never had any

connection.

This and other things have induced the Diet to re-
solve, on the proposal of Austria, to prohibit Mr. Mur-
chardt from residing at Frankfort. After various nego-
ciations during the period of six months, last Saturday,
the utmost time allowed to M. Murchardt, expired, and
he was obliged to leave the city on Sunday. His in-
tention was to go to the Bavarian dominions. Though
he is a subject of the Elector of Hesse, and well known
as a distinguished partizan of the late French West-
phalian Government, and though he has had a great
share in the very violent writings of the purchasers of

Westphalian domains, he ventured to appear publish
at Hanau, where he was, howeier, immediately ar-
rested. In the following night his papers were seized.
The reason assigned by the Hessian Government is,
the suspicion under which he lies of a secret connection
with one Keich, who is also an object of suspicion to
the Hessian Government. This belch has lived a long
time in America; and sometime ago, being at Mentz,
expressed himself very freely on political subjects, in
the presence of two Members of the Central Committee,
on which account he received a very serious reprimand•

We have received Jamaica Papers to the sth ult. the
contents of which are of considerable importance, and at
the same time of a gratifying nature ; as notwithstanding
the fears which had been excited, no symptom of dis-
turbance or insurrection had appeared in any part of
that Island. It will be recollected that the free persons
of colour lately presented a petition to the House of As-
sembly, complaining of the re-t,ictions under which they
laboured, and claiming a greater pal ticitnttion in the
rights of their white fellow-citizens than they bad
hitherto enjoyed. The moment selected for making
such an application was certainly not the most oroi:i
tint's, and from the spirit which the Assembly had dis-
played in its first sittings, we anticipated nothing less
than the total rejection of the petition. A wiser course,
however, has been pursued. The demands tending to the
acquisition of political power have alone been rejected:
those claiming the removal of inconvenient restrictions
have been admitted, and a Bill has been ordered to be
brought in for tbe purpose of giving them effect. Amongst
the p, i v ileges which it secures to the free persons of colour,
will be that of being received as witnesses in all cases,
without being compelleJ to produce, as heretofore, cer-
tificates of freedom and of baptism. As this was one of
the o',jt.cts to which the Petitioners seemed to attach
most importance, there is no doubt that the com-
pliance of the Assembly will produce the effect for
which it is intended, that is to say, in the words of
the Itesollitions, will tend " to promote good order, and
encourage habits of induary, a contented disposition,
,ind a cheerful obedience to the laws, amlng people of
tree condition." It is only to be lamented that the As-
sembly should not evince as much temper and weld
sense in its transactions with the mother comary as in
is dealings with the free black population.

Application was yesterday made to the Court of
King's Bench for a Rule to slew cause why the verdict
in the case of Howes and Co. v. WATSON and Co.
should not be set aside and a new trial had. The point
at issue was of considerable impot tance as affecting the
transfer of mercantile property to a great extent. The
question is clearly settled by the judgment delivered
yesterday.

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THE EVENING STAR.