Star.
London, England, 1830-12-04 00:00:00

DIVIDENDS.

:_;Dec. 26, R Timberlake, Great Mary-la.boune.striet, poulttrir. nt
ten, at the Court of Commissioners—Dee. 7, W. Parry and C. Be.r:,
Oxford-street, upholsterers, at twelve, at the Court of Commissioners--
Dec. 24, B. Whitaker, New Cavendish.street, Portland-place, linen
draper, at twelve, at the Court of Commissioners—Dec. 14, C. Willett,
Brandon, Suffolk, linen draper, at ten, at the Court of Commissioner.—

Dec. 28, W. !lions, Stalybiidge, Ashton under Lyme, Lanca.hire, e. t.
ton spinner, at ten, at the White Bear Inn, Manchester—Dec. 21, E.
Harrison, Lofthouse, Yorkshire, spirit merchant. at twelve, at the
Court House, Wakefield—Dee. 28, 11. Van Wart, Birmingham, mcr.
chant, at one, at the Royal Hotel, Birmingham—Dec.3l. A. 31`Lough.
land, Bolton le Moors, Lancashire. tailor, at ten, at the. Star Inn,
Manchester—Dec. 21, L. Sharpies and W. Sharpie+, Walton-le-
Daki, Lancashire, cotton manufacturer, at eleven, at the office of
Messrs. Buck and Stringent, Preston—Dec. 31, 8. Sparks, Crewkerne,
Somersetsetshire, hanker, at eleven, at the George Inn, Crewkeme ---
December 23, J. Adams, Bury St. Edmund's, Suffolk, grocer, at
eleven, at the One Bell Inn, Bury St. Edmund's--Dec. 24, H. Sand.
with, Blaekbeek, Lancashire, carrier, at eleven, at the Sun Inn, (Aver-
sion, Lancashire.
- CERTIFICATES, Dsc.24.
IL Wellington, Chard, Somersetshire, common carrier—J. St car-,
Tooley-street, Southwark, linen draper—W. Pays, Leeds, York.t.ire,
coach maker—O. Tanner, High.street Southwark, cheesemonger
—W. Peery, Oaford.4treet, upholder —T. U. Edgley, t:t x
Wharf, Strand, cad merchant—W. Tindall., Beverley, yorks:nre,
nurseryman—W. Ifu.kboon, Haggenbo, chemist. . • " •
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I. Hydon and W. Watson, Yi pipol•Bull,* iron, founder.— r.
Overbury and D. H. Wartl,4 leirsediebelledlleri—S. Lahrin rt
and L. Holbecki Regent-41M% lIPH bonesoY—P. Jackson sad (1. Jack-
son, ILAton-under•Lyne,Jameash Ire, gromre—J. Davey and W. F.
Westiotnli, En _ter, 'boot' S. '1: and S. Taunton, Man.
cheese-4. Wise .and C. Sys nett, Mapdatorke,
,pwe trianuf.ictpp re
—W,Fuiler and P. Fuller, Addington, bartey, Sks---A. V. Snl.
Ain and N.‘ Bt *n, inn. Old atserwels-3. Walker and Jr It.
eelilokillartlett's.buikli /1 , , Airiest .asenti-r.W. liright...,,w
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and Co. Gainsboiough, wbalingses—T: Hecht and .1.
Warm, 161,11111041 Ihnstsepano—a. as,,, los. and• Ho. 5p.1144• g,
up c4lnshirs, connar brewery so far slap* H. Bum. sen. —F. %.
Tumor and G. Reynolds, LiverpoaLwh'dliblidruggiits—T. 314... mil
Vs F. Taylor-41dkawrasetaAnswd J. Batettocrof., Birmingham.. j.,:ei i-
jerg.....W. P.M= and J. Thompson, Adelphi.whati, S-ta-d. cow tn. r-
ihints-8. Moore lid Co. Mielield; licensed brewers--). Hare ant J.
Rester, Teekspolreey'llour•denlera.

LONDON.

SATURDAY. DECEMBER 4.

This afternoon, at three o'clock, a Cabinet Coundil was
held at the Foreign Office, in Downing-street. All the
Members were present, and continued a considerable time

in deliberation.

We are this afternoon informed, on what we consider
very respectable authority, that in the circular which the Em-
peror of Russia hu issued, he states that no Russian army,
or any of his troops, are to pass the Russian frontiers, with-
out the previous sanction of the five high powers. Lord
PoNsol.: BY is about to depart for the Continent, to settle
the affairs of Belgium, with the sanction of the five groat
powers.

The Court Journal of this morning, has the following
remarkable intelligence :—" We can state, that in October
last, an Additional Declaration was signed by Russia, Aus-
tria, and Prussia, pledging themselves to the certain points
relative to the settlement of the kingdom of the Netherlands,
in the family of Nassau ; and that in the event of the anti-
Orange party persisting in their exclusion of that party, the
witima ratio will certainly be resorted to.
The Journal further adds, that the parts in the " bloody
drama" were distributed ; and that our late Cabinet had
agreed to a declaration to this effeet, signed by the Ministers
of the Three Great Powers.

The particulars of the examination of the Ministers now
on trial in France, and the other details on that subject, we
are under the necessity of postponing until Monday. The
unfortunate Powcw Ac and his colleagues, appear to answer
with candour and dignity the questions put to them ; and
the order to fire on the people does not appear to have pro-
ceeded from them. It appears they were not the guilty
parties.

It will be seen, under our Foreign Intelligence, in this
day's paper, that M. LA FITTE, and Gen. LAJFA TETTE, have
both, in public speeches, the former officially, and the latter
at a convivial meeting, taken occasion to make strong allu-
sions to the warlike position which has been lately assumed,
both by France and its great Continental neighbours. All
that has been said, however, is, highly satisfactory. The
policy which France is at present pursuing, must be con-
sidered wise, and the only policy, whether it be sucessful or
not in its object, which has any chance of averting the
" War of Principle," to the con sequences of which every na-
tion in Europe has reason to M " tremblingly alive." The
French Government hays taken the most successful way to
prevent another crusade against the program of legislative
improvement, by collecting a strength adequate and ready
for the combat, sad boldly maintaining that non-Warren-
ion must bo ad adopted political principle of all the

nations of Europe, or war between the great, nations be tie
consequence.

It may be concluded, with some degree of probability,
that the policy now adopted by France, supported, as it is,
by uniformity of sentiment in the British Cabinet, will inti-
midate the despotic monarchs, who have taken a warlike
attitude, from conduct which would inevitably terminate
in their destruction ; and which, although certain and de-
sirable, could be wished, for the advantage of mankind,
were rendered, if possible, more gradual.
It is likewise satisfactory to observe, that France and
Great Britain, are now, perhaps, in a more probable way,
than at any future period, to accomplish that political
union, which has long been an object of ardent aspi-
ration, by all whose benevolence is co-existent with
their species; and which would make them, embracing, as
they do, the largest share of intelligence, what they should
be, the controllers of the destinies of Europe
Such, a priori, may, perhaps, be considered as the pro-
bable result of the present warlike preparations of the
Gallic nation. If the interests of the existing inhabitants of
Europe were to govern their Rulers, such, we will boldly
say, necessarily must be the result ; but as long
as there are Governments in Europe, who fancy that
the Governors have an interest to protect, distinct and
antagonist to the governed, there can be no certainty in
political reasoning and political predictions, founded on the
interests of the people. Under the Continental Potentates,
unfortunately there is no people ; and unril the human beings
called subjects exchange their names, and cease to be the
doers of whatever they are ordered, there can be no cer-
tainty of present peace. Wo are not sanguine in our
hopes, that this unnatural metamorphose of subjects into
people, which we consider it indispensable to a state of per-
manent peace, can take place without still more
havoc among the existing inhabitants of Europe.—
If inscribed on the book of our destinies,
that such a tremendous conflict is to take place—that such
a good fight is to bo fought—perhaps nothing can be so
propitious to its happy and speedy termination, as the pre-
sent union of sentiment and policy, between the two most
enlightened, and bravest emancipated nationst on the globe.

A conversation, of rather an important character, took
place last night in the House of Lords. The Duke of
NEWCASTLE complained of a statement, reported to be made
by the present Attorney-General at Nottingham, in which
allusion was made to the well-known interrogatory of the
Noble Duke—" Is it not lawful for me to do what I like
with my own ?" The Duke acknowledged to have written
the sentence ; and complained of the remarks of the
ATTORNEY-GENERAL, as virtually a breach Of privilege.
At the conclusion of his speech, he earnestly recommended
the Noble Lord at the head of his MAJESTY'. Government,
to postpone the agitation of the measure of reform. " His
wish would be," be said, " to see a strong Government—a
very strong Government, acting on constitutional princi-
ples; and as he did not care who were the men that com-
posed it, he would give them his support. The Noble Lord
might be assured, there was not much difference between
them on the question of reform, and the consideration of
those differences might be set by, until the public mind was
calmer than it was at present. With respect to the subject
of ballot, to which the paragraph he had read, referred, he
could only say that he trusted no Englishman would ever
consent to debasing and humblinghimself, es to vote by ballot.
Lord GREY, in reply to the appeal to him, on the sub-
ject of reform, made the following important and highly sa-
tisfactory declaration, of the intentions of his Administration :
" With regard to the question of reform which the Noble
Duke had pressed upon him, that was not the time to intro-
duce a discussion, either on its principles or details; and
though with respect to the subject of voting by ballot, he
had strong objections to resorting to it, still the whole
question should, in his opinion, be reserved for the
proper opportunity of fully entertaining it. And if the

measure of reform received the sanction of the other
House of Parliament, as there, doubtless, it should
orginate, when it came before their Lordships he would have
only to repeat and enforce the sentiments and principles
which had been already stated by him as much as they could
have been, on such a subject (hear, hear). He would merely
answer the appeal of the Noble Duke, who called on him to
delay it, from the apprehension that great mischief would
arise from the agitation of the question, in times like the
present. It was, because he thought that delay would pro-
duce mischief that he differed from the Noble Duke. His
opinions on the subject had been long known—they werenow
confirmed by experience ; and what be had said in the pre-
ceding Session, was so far from being altered by what had
taken place since, that he was more convinced than ever,
that the question could not be delayed (hear, hear). He was
convinced that it must be solemnly and fairly dicposed of,
for, if it were delayed, he feared that it would he forced
upon them in a manner, that would carry destruction with
it." (Hear.)

The further remarks which were offered by the Noble
Speaker on the subject, which had originally commenced
the conversation, were of little comparative interest to the
above, and were at last interrupted by the LORD CHANCIL•
Loa, as being out of order—the Duke of NRWCASTLE not
having made a motion on the point. The Regency Bill was
committed, after a verbal and unimportant amendment, and
the House adjourned.

In the East Anglian of Thursday—a new and very excel-
lent weekly Paper, published at Norwich—we find a series
of very sensible resolutions, adopted in a Vestry Meeting,
at North Welchem; and believing, that were the example
set forth in these resolutions generally adopted, k portion of
the present distress would be removed, we readily give the
aid of our own circulation, to the resolutions in question—
not that we believe, that two shillings and sixpence a day,
is sufficient to maintain a married man, with seven children,
but that we think a tytbe of a man's discontent is removed,
by having ten or fifteen shillings a week, in place of hav-
ing nothing at all. The resolutions of which we speak am
as follow :

That it Is the sphdea et dds modes that the Women et dds
Ash (Welshmen) have bag bees, sod as sew hi a very sehereble

and distressed state, which they have hitherto borne with exemplary
patience and good conduct.
That this meeting consider the wages of one shilling and sixpence
per day, now paid the Labourers, insufficient to maintain themselves
and families ; and are of opinion that industrious men ought to
receive such wages as will enable them to do so, without subjecting
themselves to the degradation of applying to the parish officers, every
week, to have their wages made up out of the pirish funds, to furnish
the necessary means of providing food for the existence of themselves
and children. It must be very galling to the feelings of an industrious
man to become a pauper, when, if a remuneration were paid him for
his labour, it would be in his power to live, without being burthen.
some to the parish. And this meeting consider that an advance of
wages will not be very injurious to the occupiers, ae they are now
obliged to pay that in Pooe's Rates, which ought to be paid in the
shape of wages If the latter mode of payment be adopted, It must
be very pleasing and satisfactory to the Farmer, to see his labourer.
happy and comfortable, and himself in no worse situation than he was
before, u he will find very great relief In the diminution of Poor's
Rates. And it is to be hoped, that the Land Proprietors and Tythe
Owners will come forward, and co-operate with the occupiers, in this
laudable undertaking.

That the occupiers of this parish be recommended to pay their work-
men according to the following rata of wage, vb.—For thrashing
wheat, varying according to quality, from ls. 6d. to Is. Bd. per coomb;
barley, from 10d. to Is. per coomb; oats, from Bd. to 10d. per coomb;
and 2s. per day for day-work, to able-bodied men.

That from this day no parish relief shall be granted to any per-
son who has employment, and whose family does not awed four
children.

That when persons are' unable to find employment, the Overseen
shall set them to work, and pay them the following wages, viz.
A single man . . . 1 0 per day
A married man without a family 1 4 ditto
Ditto with one child . , 1 0 ditto
Ditto with two children 1 8 ditto
Ditto with three children . 110 ditto
Ditto with four children . 2 U ditto
Ditto with five children . 2 2 ditto
Ditto with six children . 2 4 ditto

Ditto with seven children . 2 6 ditto
No children to be included in this calculatinn that are able to go out to
work, without satisfactory reasons being given to the Overseers.
The East Anglian, at the same time, conveys to us the
satisfactory intelligence, that there are no very violent re-
cent outrages in the especial district over which ho has
the means of obtaining information; and that district must
now be considered rather an extended one, when it compre-
hends Norfolk, Suffolk, and Cambridge-shires, as well as
the important towns of Norwich, Lynn, and Yarmouth.
While, however, the East Anglian assures us of this
gratifying fact, he hesitates not to pronounce his ver-
dict, upon the critical condition of the disturbed pro-
vinces. " Great as the distress is"—says he—" it is
not irremediable. Much depends upon the promp.
titude and energy of the local authorities, who are not alto-
gether exempt from the charge of supineness. Much more
depends upon them, however, in their individual than in
their magisterial capacity. The outrages must be repressed
in the first instance, resolutely and without compromise:
and the ringleaders must be punished. But the severity of
the punishment—except in the case of incendiaries—
should be tempered with a commiseration for the
sufferings which have led them to the commission of
these outrages. The labourer must again be allowed to
suck the breast of his mother—Earth : he was forcibly
weaned from this maternal breast, before other sufficient
nourishment was provided for his sustenance. There is a
pleasing story somewhere told of a mother who, seeing her
infant child running heedlessly to the edge of a cliff, called
aloud to him, with the utmost eagerness, to stop ; as soon
as the boy turned round, she exposed her bosom, when, al-
lured by the sight, he returned in safety to her arms. The
peasantry of England are heedlessly running to this perilous
cliff; let the mother expose her bosom, and they will return
to it with gratitude and delight." It is quits unnecessary to
add one word of comment to this pointed quotation.

CITY, ONE O'CLOCK.
Consols, which left off yesterday at 821 for the account,
opened at 821, and are at present 821 1: Reduced 84 I,
little is doing at present. In the Foreign Securities, nothing
doing.

LIVERPOOL, Dic 2.—There has been a good steady de-
mand for cotton this week ; the supplies from America hav-
ing been for some time limited, the Brazil are offering
freely, and the imports trifling this week.
Tuesday his Excellency Major-General Thornton arrived
at Guernsey, as the new Lieutenant-Governor ; be was well
received by the inhabitants.

CITY, TWO O'CLOCK.
The public and speculators in the City have been amused
this morning by large placards of the Court Journal of in-
evitable war on the Continent, and the insertion in
that paper of a Treaty betwen Prussia, Austria, and
Russia as far back as October last, of their determination
to have a Prince of the House of Nassau on the throne of
Belgium ; no credit is attached to the above treaty by our
City politicians ; if such a treaty had been agreed upon
by the above three Powers, we have no doubti Lafitte
would have mentioned it in his speech. The commercial
letters from Paris are unfavourable in regard to the distress
which exists in the above capital in commercial affairs.
Consols have rather receded since the early part of the
morning, and are at present 82i sellers. In the Foreign
Market little doing.

BRIGHTON. Bic 2.

The weather here is becoming wintsrly, but without snow,
and but litte rain ; the wind, however, is brisk and cutting,
but the Princess AtIOUSTA, notwithstanding, pursues her
ferriage ride before dinner.
The names left at the Palace On Tuesday were those of
Lord and Lady Clinton, the Viscountess Nelson, Mrs.
Newnbam Collingwood, and Mrs. Stead ; yesterday, lady
Caroline, Miss E. and Miss C. Dundas, Lady lambert,
Rear-Admiral Hall, and lady and Miss Tierney ; to-day
Sir George and Lady Pocock, Lady Augusta and Mr. Went-
worth, Capt. and Mrs. $w p 1 and Lord Bandon.
A company of the 2d imadier Guards, I believe the
eighth, came beek to this place this morning.
We have been almost without military during the week
pest—the Palace, consequently, has been left to the mercy
of the inhabitant, of the town, who view it with indescri-
bable feelings of gratitude and respect, and who incessantly
guard it with all their hearts—it needs no better protection.
We abound now with special imitable@ of duty, and
what is better, with no chance of ever being lon duty.—
the town altogether was never more tranquil than at this
time ; and nothing but the presence of their Modesties is
wanting to make us happy.

Hie Majesty Las bees pleased to appoist Mr. Sans, of
St. Jeases'irstteet, his Bookseller end Stoicism..

NON-RESIDENCE OF THE 4 CLERGY,
ITS DEMORALIZING INFLUENCE ON THE LA-
BOURING CLASSES.

" These Curates ben so negligent and aluw
To gropcn tenderly a conscience."
TO HIS °Lica THE LOAD aacartrartor OP CANTERBURY.
BIT Loark—l beg leave to call your attention to the paragraphs I
bays addressed to Earl Grey, relating to the Tithe Composition Bin,
submitted to Parliament by your Grace on the 10th of May last, to the
landed interest ; and to a practical Tithe and Labour Rate, to appease
and satisfy the agricultural population.

Permit me to allude to that passage in the paragraph, expressive of
permanent improvement in the morals of the labourers ; and to üb.
serve, and without any disrespect to your Grace, that from the want o:
a moderate reformation in the established Church, especially in regotd
to pluralities and non-residence; of a uniform and exclusive per.
formance of religious duties ; and of the constant superintendence of it,
flocks by the beneficed Clergy themselves—the demoralization of
ciety, and the appalling Increase of poverty, pauperism, and crime, 3r,
hi a considerable degree to be attributed.

By the parliamentary return of 1814, there were 4,405 Curates, 3,73;
of whom were licensed to do duty In the churches of absentee
men ; and the document shows how very indifferently, at that peraAl
many of the Curates were recompensed. Since then, that
condition has been improved by the Act of the 97th George
ill. c. 99, which empowers the Bishop to grant a salary
Curates out of the benefice, where the Incumbent does not re.
side; the salary is not to be less than 801. per annum, or the annual
value of the living, if under that amount, and it may be increasLd in
proportion to the population of the parish. This statute does not apply
to a Curate assistant to a resident Incumbent, who, on performinf,
duty himself, may obtain the revocation of the license of his assintant.t
It is true, Incumbents cannot absent themselves from their benefices
for more than three months, without being subject to a penalty _yet,
the Act has not the desired effect. The statute, consequently, requires
some alteration ; the wealthy of the order, whilst they delegate the cute
of souls, should remunerate their Curates in a liberal manner; sad,
although an immense sum of money has been applied to improve at
smalllivings, still the poor Clergy are very unequally paid.
_ _

_ .
A word more my Lord,on the subject of absenteeism. In 1814, it appear,
that 4,814 Incumbents were absolutely non-reeldenta, and performed no
duty in their parishes. In a late Session of Parliament, the Hon
Member for Aberdeen declared that, in the diocese of Lincoln alone:
there were more than 1,500 benefices = that 881 of these Incumbors
were non-residents, and did to duty.

From these defects in our Church, it is not surprising that the Clergy
possess little or no influence over their parishioners, and that the social
and political fabric should be endangered by internal connotions.
Innovations such u these are highly calculated to revolt a people urda
any form of Government; they impair the happiness, and involve the
tranquillity of the Empire; and are too important, in every point ct
vievr, front the force of public opinion, to be much longer disregarded.
I have the honour to be, &c.
_ _ _

London, Dec. 4, 111:10. W.
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