Star.
London, England, 1830-06-04 00:00:00

THE DINNER.

At five o'clock the patrons and supporters of the institution r..e.
together at the Albion Tavern, Aldersgate-strevt, where an excellent
dinner was provided. The Lord Mayor officiating as President.
The company formed a very numerous and respectable assemblage.
The Lord Mayor, on taking his scat, was supported on his left by
Mr. Sheriff Richardson and Mr. Sheriff Ward, and on his right by
the Rev. Dr. Monk and Dr. Chaffey, Vice-Chancellor of the Un:.
versify of Cambridge. After the usual loyal and patriotic tiaAs
were gone through, together with some immediately pertaining to the
institution,
The LORD BlaTon rose, and expressed his hope that the car..
pasty would cordially concur with him in drinking the health of :h.
Very Her. the Dean of Peterborough, whose advocacy of the tau,.
of charity had that day been so deeply felt and so generally acknow.
ledged.— (Applause).
Dr. Mom:, in teturning thanks, begged leave to assure loss
Lordship and the company, that this day was to him onc
the proudest of his life; for never for a moment could he t.
insensible of the glorious, the heavenly spectacle which h.
bad that day witnessed. It was a spectacle not only worthy
of Britain—his native land, but of the whole civilised world. (Great
applause.) Whether he regarded it as a friend strictly attached t.
the Protestant Church of England--whether he regarded it as at.
individual belonging to any Christian communion, or whether he
regarded it as a man, 1w must still say that the impression was such
as must fade only with the very decay of his memory. (Cheers.)
Mr. CHILD then said that he mast, for a moment, claim the
tention of the company while he proposed the health of a gentlerr...c
whose career he had observed for a long period of years ; a gertie-
man who, by stern integrity and honourable exertions bad d
himself to the very that situation to which a citizen could awn.
a Gent. whom he bad known first as a Common Councilman, al.
terwards as Deputy of his Ward, next as Alderman, and
as the chief magistrate of the city of London. In each of thew
gradations the gentleman to whom he referred was. to the v.ty
utmost extent, worthy of the tribute which was to be offered to bin:
and, therefore, without adding another word, he (3lr. Child) sou:::
beg leave to propose " The health of the Right lion. the Len'
Mayor." This toast called forth loud and reiterated plaudits
and the
Loan MAYOR, while addressing the company in return, Ostlh,:
them that he felt beyond the power of expression the kindness who
they evinced towards him. His highest pride, and his utmost atr.b:•.
Lion, was to deserve the good opinion of his fellow-citizens ; and 1:
he had been so fortunate as to succeed in this respect, no higher cc.
ject remained to be realised. He had now attained that period c -
life which was beyond the ordinary lot of human existence ; sac.
while the snows of age still lingered on his head, he had yet sorne
energies left, all of which should be employed in promoting the in-
terests sot only of this, but of every other institution which could
redound to the honour and happiness of his native land.
This brief address called forth the most animated demonsfrall.rs
of applause.
Mr. CHILD (the Treasurer) then read over a numerous list a
subscriptions; and, after some other toasts were given, the comptny
separated, highly gratified with *scene which was no less interesting
to their hearts than edifying to their minds.

Prince Frederic of the Netherlands, Gustavus of Save
den, and the Princes of Hesse and Wurtemberg, are al-
ready mentioned as candidates for the sovereignty of
Greece.—Paris Advertiser.
The Duke of Reichstadt has been appointed major to
the regiment of Salim, and it is said the Prince will reside
at the imperial castle at Prague.—Augsburg Gazette.
Letters from Lisbon of the 15th ult. state that the
Pope's Nuncio has broken off all intercourse with the
government of Don Miguel.
The Venerable the Archdeacon of TOTNTS held Ins
annual Visitation Court on Friday last. Divine service
was performed at St. Andrew's Church, and the Rev. S.
Row a, dean rural for the ensuing year, preached a very
appropriate sermon on the duties of a minister. On the
conclusion of the service the Venerable the Archdeacon
delivered a charge to the clergy, in which he urged their
conformity to the minutest ordinances of the Established
Church. The secular business of the Court was then
proceeded with at the Royal Hotel.

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FRIDAY, JUNE 4.

THE KING.

" WINDSOR CASTLE, JuNE 4, 1830.

The KING had but little sleep last night, yet passed
.t, on the whole, quietly. His MAJESTY'S respiration
as embarrassed from time to time
(Signet!)

" HENRY HALFORD.
" MATTHEW J. TIERNEY."

We regret that want of room prevents us from insert-
ing a very important letter on the Currency question,
addressed to a Member of Parliament, in this day's
impression. It shall appear to-morrow.

The Allyemeine Zeitzuttg has published a letter said
to have been addressed by the French Ambassador at
Madrid to the Minister at Naples, on the subject of Al -
giers. If any reliance can be placed on the authenticity
of this document, it possesses considerable claims to
public attention. We are very sceptical whenever
any strong professsions of moderation are put forth,
by the Cabinet of the Tuileries, nor shall we easily forget
those which preceded the invasion of Spain. Nothing
more can be ingenious or natural than for the French
Ministers to put forward the PAcITA of Egypt, as a scape-
goat in the intended attack on Algiers. It is equally
prudent to proclaim, that the Expedition is undertaken
for the mere sake of humanity. Before our credence
given to any of these fine-drawn sentiments, we shall
wait the final result of the armament.

Although we have received a positive assurance that
the letters of 0. P. Q. in the Morning Chronicle are ma-
nufactured in London, still it cannot be denied that the
writer is well acquainted with the state of parties in
France. His last letter brings the whole of the Bour-
bons forward, and concludes with a favourite prophecy;
namely, that a Republican form of government will suc-
ceed the death of CHARLES X. unless, " mutual con-
cessions be made, and mutual errors are forgiven."—
Having been among the first, and we believe, almost the
only Journal among our contemporaries, to notice
what we considered either as erroneous or cor-
rect in the statements of this writer, we are
to confess that every thing which has taken
place in France subsequent to his earlier communi-
cations, impress us most strongly with a belief that a
crisis is fast approaching among our neighbours. That
the two great parties, the royalists and republicans, are
completely separated, and anxious to proceed to the last
extremity, we firmly believe. And with regard to con-
cessions, or mutual forgiveness, every act of the govern-
ment forbids us to think there is the smallest chance of so
desirable an event. It has been said of the BOURBONS,
that they " never learn, and never forget." The trans-
actions of the last six months give their enemies but too
much reason to acquiesce in the above assertion. No-
thing, surely, but the moat cruel of all fatalities, could
induce the KING, and those around him, to select his
Ministers from the most unpopular men in France,—men
who are regarded as being diametrically opposed to the
opinions of the great majority of the nation ! If it be
asked, why we have so frequently recurred to French
politics, our reply is, that we are, in the first place, desirous
of witnessing the adoption of such measures as can alone
prevent a catastrophe ; and in the next, naturally anxious
that the event so generally anticipated, should not take
our own Statesmen by surprize. The effect of any ma-
terial change in France, among neighbouring States,
cannot be doubtful, at a time when the spirit
of Reform and change is hourly gaining strength
throughout Europe. To render this effect as
little calamitous as possible, there seems to be but one
line of policy for men in power to pursue—that of going
with, instead of running counter to, the spirit of the age.
However improbable the adoption of such a course may
'4 in seine countries, we venture to predict that the
Feriod is not far distant when its necessity will be nth-
-1-u-sally recognized, by sovereigns and their ministers.
the meantime, it cannot be denied, France presents a
pi.ctacic, at this moment, pre-eminently calculated to
xcite the meditation of the philosopher and politician.

Tl.e increase of divorce cases induced Doctor Pit IL-
:. tllultE to submit a motion► on the subject last night in
.I.e 'louse of Commons. H• did not propose any spe-
cific retro dv, but merely an inquiry into the state of the
!are• respecting it. He suggested, however, that nothing
but adultery should be a ground of divorce from the ma-
..raitonial chain. The existing system he considered a
der:ial of justice to the poor, who were precluded from its
t,enelit by the great expense attending it, while it formed
ob4acle to the rich. Sir C. WirritERSLL, opposing
the motion, observed, that if the remedy were made cheap,
' it would follow as a necessary consequence that the
hwer classes, whose morals were more corrupt, and
-*hose principles, on these subjects, were more lax than
those of the higher classes, would be continually apply-
mg. for divorces, while the facility of obtaining them at
I small expense would increase the immorality of adul-
tery, and, indeed, give encouragement to the commission
of that offence."—This is a very poor compliment to the
higher classes, but even greater, perhaps, than they de-
serve. Adultery is not the offspring of poverty, of hard
labour, and care. The hot bed, which wealth, idleness,
and luxury afford, is much more favourable to its

would not still continue to enjoy their present supe-

riority. As far as the expense operates as a check upon

divorce cases, it may be wise to leave the state of the

law as it is. At all events there can he no pressing ne-

cessity for a change for the sake of the lower classes,
until it be satisfactorily shown that they complain of the
present system.—When indeed we shall have public
meetings of poor cuckolds, lamenting their inability, on ac-
count of their poverty, to procure a release from their
faithless partners, it will be time to consider the means
of affording them redress. _

Mr. SADLER, last night, brought forward his motion
for the introduction of the English system of Poor-laws
into Ireland. An objection was taken in limine, grounded
upon the vagueness of the notice in the Order Book, in
which it was described a motion for leave to bring in a
Bill to improve the condition► of the labouring poor of the
British Empire. Mr. WILMOT HORTON expressed
great disappointment, and complained he had been kept
in town by a notice which turned out to be that of a Bill
for the relief of the poor. What did the Honourable
Member expect ? Did he suppose that Mr. SADLER
was going to adopt his plan of emigration,
and therefore it became necessary he should stay in
town to assert his title to that favourite panacea?
Lord F. L. GOWER also complained that from the ge-
neral tenor of the notice, he did not expect it would fall
to his lot to oppose the motion submitted to the House.
We are not aware of any difficulty the Noble Lord could
sustain from any defect in the notice. It would
ill-
become the Secretary for Ireland to admit that he could
have been taken by surprise, and was not prepared to
discuss, at any time or place, the policy of introducing
the Poor Laws into that country.—The principal, and
indeed the only valid objection to the motion,' for the
merits were not gone into, was the existence of
a Committee now sitting, to enquire into the state
of the poor in Ireland, and the impropriety of interfering
in the subject until they had made their report.—This
objection was considered so decisive that Mr. SADLER'S
motion was negatived without a division.—As a display
of laborious research, the speech of Mr. SADLER was
tolerably good, but lawyer-like. He had a whole string
of authorities, from Grotius and Puffendorff down to
Burke and Paley, all asserting the right of the poor to
a maintenance from the State. The honourable member
might have spared himself all this trouble, and been
content to quote simply the provision made for the poor in
England before the Reformation, and the act of the 43d of
Elizabeth, which forms the ground of the present
system of Poor Laws in this country. There is no op-
position to the claims of the Irish poor. The only ques-
tion of difficulty is, the mode by which they are to be
met. One great objection to the introduction of Poor Laws
into Ireland is the want of machinery to work them, but
Mr. SADLER thinks the system, once established, would
remove that objection by bringing back the present ab-
sentees. It is a shocking reflection upon the character
of the landed proprietors of Ireland, that they should
abandon their country to avoid contributing their
share to the relief of the poor. In the numbers
included in this censure are there none with whom
pleasure, improvement, health, or business, may not
be the determining motive of absence ? The number
who expatriate themselves from the base and uncharitable
motive imputed to them is, we are convinced, compara-
tively very small. But there is another class, consisting
of individuals possessing estates in both countries, and by
what charm shall Mr. SADLER'S plan operate so as to
induce such persons to abandon their families and friends
in England, and fix their residence in the sister island ?
The promised machinery, therefore, is not only imperfect,
but also not attainable within a reasonable time. Does
Mr. SADLER think his bill would ensure the return of
the Irish absentees, many of them fixed for years
upon the Continent, exactly in proper season, just as the
Summer brings back the swallows ? And, if not, where is
the machinery to work the measure in the interval ? As
the means of improving the condition of the labouring
poor of England, by keeping the same description of Irish
poor at home, the establishment of Poor Laws in Ireland
would be inefficient. They are not Irish paupers who
come to England and beat down the wages of the native
labourer, or supply his place; but able, active, and indus-
trious men. The competition between these two classes
upon English ground must continue, as long as the pre-
sent facility of iutercourse, and the inequality of condi-
tion, exist. Let the condition of the Irish labourer be
improved, and lie will cease to trouble his English neigh-
bours; .but that is only to be done by finding employment
for him at home.

A meeting of the Lords of his Majesty's Most Honour-
able Privy Council was held yesterday morning, in the
Council Chamber. There were present, the Lord Chancel-
lor, the Lord President of the Council, the President of
Ithe Board of Control, the Lord Chief Justice of England,
the Master of the Rolls, the Chief Justice of the Common
Pleas, the Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer, and the
Judge of the Admiralty Court. Mr. Buller was the Clerk
to their Lordships.—The cause for which the meeting was
held was to hear an appeal from the decision of the Su-
preme Court of Judicature at Bombay, by the Hon. Mr.
Elphinstone, the late Governor of Bombay, and others, v.
the executors of one of the native Princes of India, whose
territory had been conquered by the British. The Prince
had been besieged in one of his forts, and had capitulated
to the British, and, a few days after this event, the pro-
perty in dispute belonging to the Prince, and consisting of
specie to a very large amount,w seized. The principal
points contested were—whether the booty was a prize of
war, or whether the Prince and his property could be con-
sidered as protected, or included in the terms of a procla-
mation addressed to the inhabitants generally of his domi-
nions, on the breaking out of hostilities, offering them
protection, on condition of their submitting to the English
Government. The army of the Prince was at this time
dispersed, but not subdued. A second question was,whe-
ther the Prince had, after the capitulation, done any act
which caused him to forfeit the protection claimed, or if,
in fact, he was not stall times considered in the light of

CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK.

We have no arrivals this morning of the least irnportaree—not
even a single ship letter. By the arrival tsf the cstafette from Paris,
we are informed that the French 3 per cents. have rather improved
—BO 25 cents. This has had a little (tilt' on the funds.

Consols, which left off yesterday, 92n for the .ccount, opened
at the same price, and have since been done at 92:'.
No money price can be (poled, 11:4 Cong..la i.h yesterday for
the payment of the dividend.
In the foreign market Greek Bonita have got up to 3l buyers ;
in other foreign securities little or nothing doing as yet.
Extract of a letter from Matanzas:-1° A large Spanish guinea.
man, with 300 slaves on board, was chased on shore by his Bri-
tannic Majesty's schooner Pincher; but she succeeded in landing
all her slaves, got off, and arrived here. The Captain of the Pincher
has demanded her of the Governor, but the latter refuses to give
her up."

The Buenos Ayres papers of the 9th March mate, that the
number of British subjects of all ages, now resident in the pro-
vince of Buenos Ayre., is estimated at about 4,000.

Count 31ontlevault, prefect of the department of Calvados, in
France, has published a proclamation, in which he states that an
imposing force is on its way to the departments of Calvados and
La Manche ; likewise two regiments of the royal guard.
Accounts from Colocza (Hungary), 3d May, state that the above
town for these last six weeks was entirely under water, owing to
the inundations; and since the 16th March, the Danube has
broken its embankments in several places; and more than 180
houses have been carried away.
Accounts from Lisbon mention, that the French Consul was co
the eve of leaving the above capital.

HALF.PAST ONE.

We still conthue without any information, and in consequence
of which the funds remain rtcady, with little doing to the present
hour.

Consols are 92./ for the account, alterna,ely buyers and seller*.
The French expedition begins to excite the public attention, owing
to the boisterous weather which has prevailed within these few days.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

The Erato, Blair, from Sunderland and Lisbon to Quebec and
'Alontteal, foundered last month near the Azores. Crew saved,
and landed at Havre.

The Clyde, Oldham, from Liverpool. has arrived out at Bonn.
bay, and sailed on the 10th March, bound for Cowes.
DEAL, JUNG 3.—Wind E. to S.S.W.—Sailed the rest of the out.
ward bound. No homeward bound arrivals are reported.
PLYMOUTH, Jura 2.—Wind variable.—Sailed the Briton, and
New Eagle, for St. John's, N.B.
PORTSMOUTH, JUNE 3.—Wind S.S.W.—Arrived from London,
the Mellish, Vincent, for Van Diemen's land. and his Majesty's
cutter Industry, for the Downs. Sailed the William Hardy tran-
sport, and his Majesty's ship Albatross, for Chatham.

SHEERNESS, JUNI 2—Sailed the Lord Melville, Brown, for New
South Wales.

Coax, May 31.—Wind W.—Sailed the Perseus transport,l
Jackson, for Dublin.
JIM I.—Arrived the Conceicao, Aranjo, from Villa Nova, and
Boa Fe, Echevera, from St. Übe's.
HOLYKILLD, Jima 2..—Arrived the Henry Grattan and Atlantic,
from New Orleans; Minerva, Hugocy, from Savannah; Greeds,
from Charleston; and Atlantic, Geary, from Halifax.
Lrvaaroor, Jima 2.—Arrived the Navarino, Weeks, from New
Orleans ; and Allighany, Potts, from Philadelphia. Off the port,
the Ann, from Philadelphia.
Cxrisz, Jose 2.—Arrived the Osprey, Salmon, from Charleston,
and Argyle, Kerr, from Newfoundland.
Noway, Jose I.—Arrived the Acorn, Gessen, and Gratitude,
Baker, from Memel.