Star.
London, England, 1831-03-02 00:00:00

WEST INDIES.

The Order in Council system pitied towards our Crown C.thtnics
In the West Indies, is ar length producing that spirited rem•tance on ,lie
pan of the Colunists,which every ratiosal being foresaw must 11:•tnittely
follow the rash experiments made by Minister,, without am salutary
check either from the law or the legislature. From a copy of tt,e Tri-
nidad Guardian, which has just reached us, and which hest, date the
26th November List, we observe that a very numerous and revectable
general meeting of the inhabitants of Trinidad had been held on the 2:11
of last month, to tame into consideration the propriety of notsiMming a
Committee to`conespood with the Standing Committe of thell'zst I tali.i
Planters and Merchants in London, and of adopting such other mea-
sures as should be deemed requiai:e and proper for protectir4 Cie rights
and promoting the interests of inc inhabitants.
At this meeting several gentlemen spoke with great spirit and
ability on the subject of their treatment by the-Wolter country, and the
consequent injury done to their interests ; and in conclusion it was re-
solved, that, as above noticed, a Committee be appointed, with autho-
rity to make to his Majesty's Government and the other branches of the
British Legislature, such representations respecting the actual state of
the political, commercial, and agricultural interests of the colony, anti
such suggestions for the amelioration thereof, as they rimy consider
I most conducive to the general advantage ; and for ibis or any whet
purpose, to enter into correspondence with the acting Committee of the
i cat India merchants and planters in London, and all other a,,onations
and individuals who may he interested ia promoting the prooperity
of the West India Colonies ;—also, that an efficient agent be ait •
pointed to reside in England, for the purpose of making known t.t
his Majesty's kiloliters the grievances under which the Colonists
lemur, and of endeavouring to procure some relaxation of th.:ir bur-
dens, and some improvement of their political condition; with full power
and authority to adopt such other measures for promoting the interests
of the colony, at all times, and in all places, as to him shall scent pro-
per ;—and, farther, that the Committee be directed to prepare an Ad-
dress to the Coinmoos of Great Britain in Parliament assembled, call-
ing their attention to the peculiar grievances of the inhabitants of
Trinidad, and praying for an amelioration thereof ; and especially
praying that she lolunante of the colony should be empowered to el-
egise sosseefreorsol Gonad over the enannouffaxidon, and some ex-
andaation into the extravagant expenditure of the public money, under
the influence whereof their properties are fast falling into decay ; and
that tbe Committee shall take all the uiaite measures for procuring
thsaajgaile. lorwallied se Mud. sad resented to the
Bosse .aMt•isers. as sow as
This is the cmlyereetual way= the West India Colonies can
stem the tide of popular erect and prejudice that at present flows so
strongly against them, and we therefor. congratulate Trinidad on the
inirited example she has thus exhibited. The other colonies ought
promptly to imitate her. Each of them should have its own local coin-
miuee, and its own resident agent in this country, in order to enable
them not only to stifle every calumny in the bud, but also to diss(.mi-
nate correct information on all question relating to their affairs, arid
bringing to bear upon any given point an amount of energetic influence,
too great to be disregarded by any ministry.

. A Bill is before Parliament for extending the Powers of
Courts of Conscience to debts not exceeding 51. This would be very
good, if it also compelled the Judges to hear both sides on oath, and
commit in cases of palpable perjury.
According to the " Code Napoleon," which had been esta-
blished at the Mauritius, any two persons who were dissatisfied with
each other, or who found that their tempers, tastes, or habits did not
assimilate, might obtain a divorce, and the parties were at liberty to
Marry again. Ineompatlbiliti d'hunteur" was the cause most fte-
quendy alleged teethe dissolution of the conjugal engagement !
A serious law-suit is now pending against one of the
colleges of Oxford, which, it is presumed, has appropriated large sums
to its own purposes, instead of devoting them to some public school.
the Commissioners of Woods and Forests are said to be
lin treaty for the leases of the houses in Knightsbridge opposite Wilton-
crescent, in order to pull them down, and make an opening from Hyde.
Park.
It is rumoured that Mr. Coltman is to he the Chief
Jnt-
tiee in bankruptcy ; that the other new Judges are to be chiefly of the
Common-Lew Bar; and that the compensation to be given to the Coe'.
missionera, is in some cases to be 4001. and in some others 3001.
The value of imports from Great Britain to the port of
Quebec, during the year ending the 4th ult. has exceeded that of the
preceding year by 115,5041. ss. ftd. the total of the former year was
724.7991. 17s. Id. and Mat of the last vest 727,3601. 17s: Id.
It is said to be the custom in turkey to blacken over the
front of the house of a well-known liar. If such • custom prevailed
in this capital it would be singularly disfigured. Ao English Journal
says whole perishes would appear in deep mourning, and many onsets
would be in block from one end to the other.—Furlt de I ondres.
ATToRNEys.—It has recently been made a question whe-
ther an attorney is liable to the militia ballot. It seems that formerly
they were exempt, but since the service may be commuted, by paying a
fine or procuring a substitute, it is Po longer de need penutial, ttnij
thevefore the exemption in this respect has ceased.— Alerrlfiekra L•ii6
se etelueseep and Costs,l37, citing Giword's Case, 2 W. Bi. 1126. •
TUE PENsioN LIST.—The Duke of Wellington, from
the commencement of his course as Prime Minister, up to the INt of
June, 1840, granted pensions to forty-five individuals, at a emu to the
country of 0,6771.5 e. Bd. per anuum. Out of this sum 4.08:11. leas. Gd.
was bestowed on twenty-eight females, in some instances for Once rr
four lives. The pensions granted from the Ist of June to the 20th a
November, 1830, amount to the sum of 4,7341. I Is. making a total
of 11,4111. 16s. Bd.
MUSICAL LIBRARIES.—The most complete musical li-
brary ever collected was that of Padre Martini, which contained the
works of nearly seventeen thousand writers and c.mposers, and yes,
even at the period in which it was formed, u was very incom-
plete, and would be still more so at the present day. Neat to
this, the most numerous ever formed by an individual, comes that
of the Court of Vienna, which is maintained with great care, and
has been suencuively enriched by several Emperors, who were amateurs
of music. The Bibllotheque du Rol at Paris possesses a fine collectior.
of works, both theoretical and practical. This collection dates from
the gift made by Sebastian de Brossard to Louis XIV. of his 'outdo;
library, which has been augmented by several successive additions, and
is particularly estimable for the number of ancient works it contains...a.
After this comes the library of the Bade Royale de Musiquei which
numerous, hut allay remarkable on account of Its collection of dramatic
music. A well known amateur, M. Pockhan, of Berlin, and the Abate
Santini of Rome, are eosaessek of musical libraries, which pass flu the
best in Europe; in eifixt, they are rich in works in every department
of the art, but au nut less incomplete than than those already named.
The library of the Eoole Royale, rich as it a scores of the seven-
teenth and eighteenth centuries, possesses little or nothing of the
fifteenth or sixteenth. The sawed music of the German school is al.
most entirely unknown there; nothing is found but fragments of the
works of Bach, Handel, and the other great men who enriched the do.
main of music from 1700 to 1750.
TIIE LAST HOURS OF TILE LATE KING, By SIR HENRY
HALTomp.—ST. JOHN Love's Dereice !—On the Ist instant, was
punished, price Is. No. 3, of " The Monthly Gazette of Practical
Medicine" containing, besides reviews of tight publications, flumes
sous important original communications on the propriety of using the
catheter, during the last stage of labour, by Dr. Jame Blundel, cases
of Compoundi Fractures, successfully treated by chloride of silver,
by Dr. Sall . The evident use of the Spleen, by Professor Twain ;
Cotaneous 1• and Lowness of Spirits, cured by Oxygen, by
Dr. Thornton ; Remedies for Contracted Joints and Muscles, and far
Epilepsy, by Mr. Town ; for Fluor Albin, Chronic Inflammation of
the Eyes, Nervous Restlessness. &c. &c. by eminent Physicians;
very important advantage of 3lr. Gaitkill's Abdominal Bandage during
the last months of Pregnancy, Labour, &e. interesting experiments on
Cows, with small pox matter, by Surgeon Marshall,remarkableinfiuence
of various diseases, and the gradual approach of death, &c. on the
mind. The last hours of his late Majesty, 'by Sir Henry Halford. A
full and impartial examination of the defence cf St. John Loog, on his
late trial fur Manslaughter ; the powers of the Medical Police; exposure
of Legal Quackery; Petition of Physicians to the Legislature against
Quackery. whit other Pnilosophical Intelligence. by &aspirin
and Marshall, Stationer's-court, and all booksellers in the United
Kingdom.

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' CORN-EXCHANGE-THIS DAY.
With very moderate supplies of all kinds of grain, we bate but little
or no busineu doing, and priers remain nominally as on Monday.
Whest.new,Kent, Baser 74s 781 Peas, Grey . 36, 401.
Old . —s —s Beans, Small . . 40s 42s
Suffolk. (White) . 72. 7681 Tick . 32s 36s
Norfolk & Sul: (Red), 66. 72s I Oats, Potato. . as 311 s
Rye . 30s 34s Poland . 264 21is
•
Barley, :18s 40s ..Fine 44. 48. Feed . . 22, 24s
Peas, White . 40s 42s Flour, per seek.. . 60e 011 a
Boilers . . 461 48. Rapeseed . £36 £3B per last
a auwisa.
Wheat, English (qrs.) - 1,030 i Barley, Foreign -
Irish - - - 1 Oath Boom
Foreign - - - 2,063 Irish -
Barley. English - - 2.280 Foreign
I Irisb - - - Flour (sacks)

2s.

4,760
6,060
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1,190

COAL-EXt: H A NGE—THIS DAY.
The Cod EsehinKee Wage he erection, was pmbehly wet so cam-,
pletely crowded by merchants, factors, captains of ships, &a as it was
' this day. About ISO new Alps were entered for sale, and *the RAO
• s,PillY was Immense, Wag 440 ships. Owing to thoacrafileag stfgo of
the medley it was impossible to get a perfectly =watt s!mrot of
the prka s bat when she apart Wan awbfi'dilly UM* **Ws to gam
per chaldron. The event of this day's market wiU prove whether the
repeal of the daty will benefit the commas of coal, or other parties,