Star.
London, England, 1822-10-12 00:00:00

YOILITGIN MAILICIT.

About eleven o'clock the new Chitin Loan was brought on
the market at the Royal Exchange. For 'a length of time past
we never witnessed so great a confusion; numerous were the
bidders, followed up by a crowd of at least 200 persons, dancing
about from one part of the 'Change to the other, bellowing out
as if a menagerie of Balls and Bears were let loose on the Pub-
lic. The premium it bears, up to this hour, is eight per Cent.
and is eagerly sought after. A great deal has been done in new

Spanish, which are lower this morning.—Chilian 88; New Spa-
nish 71k ; Old 85; New Prussian 901; Old 901 ; Russian 90;
Danish 91; Neapolitan 82k; Columbian 95; Scrip 95k.
STOCK EXCHANGE, ONE O'CLOCK.

A good deal of business has been done within the lad hour,
and the Market looks well. Consols are 82k and for the
November Account 8211.

PRICES OF STOCKS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Bank Stock 248 247 ex. div.
3 per Cent. Reduced 811/8 1/4 ex. div.
per Cent. Consols 81 7/8 821/4
4 per Cents. 991/8 1/4
4 per Cent. New 1013/4 5./e vs
Bank Long Annuities 20 11-16ths
India Bonds 555. 575.

Esti). Bills ( C1,0()0) 6s. Bs. is.—Do. small, 7s. 9s.
Consols lot Acct. 81 Y 8 B2l/4.

Death and Quarter-day are not more certain in
their visitations., than boasting' and congratulationi
on the part of Ministeri and their agents, on the
flourishing 'state of our Revenue and Finances, a
short time previous to the Returns being made pub-
lic ; and even, the first statements are generally so
fallacious, or so mystified, as th give countenance to
the assertion; that our Revenue is really improving.
Subsequent details, however, often dissipate this drerim
of hope, and spew that for relief we must rather look
to the reduction of our expenditure than to the im-
provement of our R.:venue. If there could be any
doubt of this, the Return of the last Quarter's Re-
venue, which we this day present, would remove it ;
and before we proceed to notice the details, we may
mention one very natural reason why the Revenue must
improve, and that rapidly, if hot counteracted by other
causes—that is, our increasing population ; with
which the increase of Revenue has never kept pace.
It will Le seen from the returns which we give in
another column, that there has been a decrease in the
last Quarte,'s Revenue of £805,598, as compare.)
with the corresponding Quarter of last year. This
decrease is attributed to the reduction of the Taxes
on Leather, Malt, Salt, Tonnage Duties, and the
Assessed 'fazes, but we much doubt that this reduc-
tion has operated to any considerable extent, as there
must have been a considerable sum in arrears, which
we doubt not the Tax Collectors have been very ac-
tive in getting in ; besides the reduction of the duty
on Salt cannot be taken into account, for it does not
take place until January next.
The reduction of a tax upon any article of general
use may be expected to produce increased consump-
tion; but this has certainly not been the case in the
present instance, for the great decrease is in the Ex-
cise; and although the taxes upon malt and leather
have been reduced, yet has there been no such in-
crease of consumption as should indicate that even
those articles are brought to so purchaseable a state
that the people can consume them freely, or use them
as their necessities require : for even were the Revenue
which was desired from them, in any Quarter when
they were in full operation, substituted in the place
of that which was reaped last Quarter, still would
the general aggregate of Revenue for the Quarter
fall much below the Revenue of the corresponding
Quarter of 1821.

In the Excise, the decrease in last Quarter, as com-
pared with that of last year, is £519,229, in the As-
sessed Taxes £140,304, andin the Land Tat £44,270
while the Stamps (owing, we believe, to some heavy;
Legacy Duties lately received) present an increase of
£39,283, the Customs £97,656, and the Ent Office
£lB,OOO. This may be considered as gratifying, inas-
much as it shews that even the gross neglect of Mi-
nisters has not prevented our foreign commerce from
improving in some degree, though it seems to have
lost its usual power of vivifying internal trade. On
the whole the Revenue of last Quarter affords no
cause of congratulation as to the improved condition
of the country, and we suspect that, when the reduc-
tion of the Taxes becomes more felt, as it will be in
the ensuing Quarters, the deficiency will be still
greater.

The Duke of CLARENCE arrived from Bushy on
Thursday, and paid a visit to the Duchess of KENT,
at her residence at the King's Palace, at Kensington.
Last night, her Royal Highness the Duchess of
KENT and the Princess FEODORE, honoured the Hay-
market Theatre with their presence.
Yesterday, the PORTUGUESE AMBASSADOR visited
Mr. CANNING.

Count de SANTA ROSA, the celebrated Piedmontese
refugee, arrived in London yesterday morning.
Yesterday, a Board of the Lords of the Treasury
was held at the Treasury Chambers, at which the
CHANCULOR of the EXCHEQUZIt was present.

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PERVVIANIOAN. • • 10 •
ROYAL EXCHANGE, TWELVE O'CLOCK.
A Loan of One Million Two Hundred Thoustind
Pounds sterling, has been contracted for the service
of the State of Peru, with their Excellencies JOHN
GA twin Dat. Rio, Founder of the Order of the Sun,
and lately Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, and
General PAROlssiEß,Founder of the Order of the Sun
and Officer of the Legion of Merit of Chili, Envoys
Extraordinary and Ministers Plenipotentiary from
the Peruvian Government for that purpose.

The amount of the Loan will be issued in Bonds
payable to bearer, of One Hundred, Two Hundred,
and Five Hundred Pounds sterling, each bearing in-
terest at the rate of six per cent. per annum.
The interest will he paid half-yearly; on the 15th
of April and 15th of October in each year, in Lon-
don, at the Banking•llouse of Messrs. EVERETT,
WALKER, MALTBY, ELLIS, and Co. free of all ex-
pense. The first payment to take place the 15th of
April next.
The instalments are to be paid into the Banking-
house of Messrs. EVERETT, WALKER, MALTBY,
ELLis, and Co. at the following periods:
Twelve per cent. on the 17th instant.
Ten per cent. on the 13th November.
Twenty percent. on the January.
Ten per cent. on the 14th February.
Twenty per cent. on the 12th April.
Eight per cent. on the 12th May.
The Bonds, with Dividend Warrants attached, will
be delivered on completing the last payment.
The revenues arising from the Mint and from the
Customs will be mortgaged to secure the payment of
the interest and the redemption of the Loan.
The Bonds will be paid off at par, in equal por-
tions each year. during thirty years, commencing in
1826, and ending in 1856.
The present Debt of the State of Peru falls short
of six millions and a half of dollars, being about the
amount of this Loan. The extent of the resources of
Peru is too well known to requite any relation of
them. The annual net produce of the Mint, on an
average of five years, is about 275,000 dollars, or
£55,000 sterling.
ROYAL EXCHANGE—ONE O'CLOCK.
The principal business is doing in the New Peruvian Loan,
which came out at 80, has been done at 90, and is now 88. It
is said that by reason of the outrageous proceedings, the Gresham
, Committee intend to close the gates until after one o'clock. Up-
wards of 500 persons are acting as Brokers upon the Royal
Exchange, who are not even Freemen of the City.

LAW CHANGES IN IRELAND.—It is reported that
the LORD CHANCELLOR, who is now in England, will
not return. Mr. SAURIN is mentioned as his suc-
cessor, and we have also beard Sir WM. Wiklmios
spoken of. If the latter Gentleman gets the Seals, it
is probable Serjeant LEROY will succeed to the Mas-
tership of the Rolls, and Mr. PENEFATHER to the
Serjeantcy.—Dublin Journal.
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Lady MAtiozvILLE (late Miss SPARROW) adds
£20,000. a year to the rent-roll of her noble husband.

TAXATION BY STEAM !-A steam-engine is about
to be erected at the Stamp Office, for the purpose of
working off stamps with greater rapidity.

A negociation is said to be on foot between some of
the leading Members in Parliament in the Agricul-
tural Interest and his Majesty's Ministers, on the sub-
ject of the proposed commutation of the Assessed
Taxes for a tax on realised property. It is said, that
should Ministers decline the adoption of the proposed
change, it will be brought forward by Sir T. LETH-
BRIDGE early in the Session.

FISNCH PAPER&

" TO U. LIECHTICSIBEROIR, ADVOCATE AT STRASBURG.

An interesting circumstance is stated in the Irish
papers to have occurred on Tuesday last, in Dublin,
connected with the Sheriff's dinner. It appears that
Sheriff THORPE, being indignant at some late inno-
vations on those good old practices by which the
wholesome spit it of factious and religious animosity
has so long flourished among the citizens of Dublin,
resolved on quaffing one more bumper to the 4, Glo-
rious Memory I" The worthy Sheriff, however, seemed
somewhat eager to play the old soldier on this oc-
casion, by obtaining a sort of smuggled countenance
from the Castle. He invited Mr. JOHNSTON, the Lord
Lieutenant's Secretary, to his feast, letting him un-
derstand that the respect which was due to the KINO,
and to his Representative in Ireland, would not be
violated by that obnoxious toast. On the faith of
such an understanding, Mr. JOHNSTON appears to
have gone from Woodstock to the dinner: but a trap
had been prepared for him : on arriving at the hotel,
he was for the first time informed that the toast would
be given. Had this Gentleman been disposed to act
the spiritless part of which Lord TALBOT had set all
public officers an example, he would have sat down
to dinner ; and stood up again to cheer, or tolerate
others in cheering, the 64 Glorious Memory I" But
he did a wiser thing, and more calculated to attest
the sincerity of the head of the Government, than a
thousand formal speeches, however eloquent or able.
Mr. JOHNSTON did not hesitate, but went away at once,
and took care, it is said, to express pretty strongly
his disgust at the trick which had been attempted.—
One such burst of feeling in, a confidential servant of
the Government, is worth a whole file of Proclama-
tions a.. d State Papers ; so directly will it act upon
the conviction of the Catholic multitude.
A most inhuman transaction occurred on the ISth
ult. about four miles from Dundalk, on the borders
of the County of Armagh. A poor woman, named
Kirk, went from Balriggan, County of Louth, to
Carueowna, where her brother-in-law resides, •on
some business; she bad a borrowed cloak, which her
brother-in-law attempted to take from her in lieu of
eight-pence that she owed him; the woman resisted,
and a scuffle ensued, when the wretch beat her about
the head, !woke her nose with a stone, and otherwise
abused her in the most inhuman manner ; not having
obtained medical assistance, she died on Tuesday
last. A Jury was assembled by Mr. P. PARKS, Co-
roner for the County of Louth, when Dr. GETTY' of
Dundalk, was examined, and gave his opinion that
the abuse she had received had caused her death,.
(Drogheda Journal.)

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The French Papers of Wednesday have been re.
ceived. They contain accounts from Vienna to the

29th ult. The Emperor of AUSTRIA was to set out
for Verona on the Ist inst. The Emperor of Rossi*,
who we are told received that wonder-working Prince,
AL 'ZANDER of HOHENLOE, with particular attention,
would leave Vienna on the 2d inst. The foreign
Ministers were to set out on the 29th or 30th ult.

Mr. BOWRINC4 an English merchant, and the ele.
gent translator of the Russian Anthology, has been
arrested at Calais, in consequence of an order trans,
mitted by telegraph.
M. LAPITT/4 Member of the Chamber of Dept.
ties, has addressed to the Kitzvenw of the SEALS a
complaint against M. Marton', Procurenr•General
at Poitiers, with the view of proceeding against that
Magistrate for his allegations on the Samar con-
spiracy. M.LAFITTE intends•to publish a Memorial
on the subject; and his colleagues in the Chamber,
who have been equally inculpated by M. MANCII4
are also determined to proceed against that Ma-
gistrate, and to publish Memorials in support of

their complaint.
It is stated that Colonels FABVIER and DENTZEL,
who were arrested four days ago, and who are still
detained at the office of the Prefect of Police, are
suspected of having taken part in a plot for the
escape of the four Rochelle conspirators from the
prison of Bicetre.
The two following letters were written by Colonel
CARON an hour before his death : the first is addressed
to his wile, the second to his Advocate:

a To day, my well-beloved, thy friend quits thee never to see
thee again, except in eternity. Oh! my well-beloved, how cruel
to my heart is this separation ! Take good care of my poor Alfre
take care of yourself for his sake : abandon not thyself to de-
spair; he has still need of thy tenderest concern. For myself.
from this moment I can no longer be of any service to him. I
carry with me to the grave thy two last letters: they shall be
placed on my heart.—Adieu, my diar friend ; I embrace thee
L with all my soul, and also my too unfortunate Alfred."

" My dear defender and latest friend, I have received ',oar
farewell: receive mine aho, together with my last thanks. Con-
sole yourself : I know how to die. If ever you see my unfortu-
nate wife, assure her that the memory of her and Alfred never
quitted me for an instant. I beg you to remove my effects, and
to have them conveyed to my wife; endeavour also to procure
the paymeng of the three months' pay due to me : it will serve
to discharge some trifling debts. They prohibit you from seeing
me again, but they cannot prohibit me from loving you : I em-
brace you for the last tune. " CARON."

When Berton was brought upon the scaffold,
he cried out 66 Five la Liberte." He obstinate;y
rejected all consolation of religiun. Caffe, placed
in his prison between a gen-d'arme and a soldier, aid
with a priest before him, from whom he asked abso-
lution, struck himself with a deadly instrument.

The Tribunal of Correctional Police has dismissed
the complaint against the Aliroir, a critical jou:m.l,
which was accused of having, through the medial'
of theatrical criticism, made an. attack on the kirg
and the established religion.
The Quotidienne, after exulting in the alleged vic-
tories of the Royalists over MINA, adds that the troops
of the Fiench army of observation were to be reia-
forced by six regiments, and would be ready to take
the field by the 15th of the present month. This
would be menacing intelligence to the peace of Eu-
rope, and to that of France in particular, if it were
not well known that, notwithstanding the ardent de-
sire experienced by the French Ultras to wage war in
support of superstition and despotism, they dare not,
at present, move a single regiment across the Spanish
frontiers.

An account from Caen says :—•• On Friday, :he
6th of October, towards nine o'clock in the morning,
a thunderbolt fell in one of the squares of this town.
It penetrated an apartment where there were a num-
ber of females employed in making lace, one of
whom it struck in the legs, and wounded severely
without, however, doing her farther injury. It car-
ried away the shoe from the foot of the other leg
without doing it the least harm."
An article from Trieste, dated the 24th ult. brings
the most gratifying intelligence respecting the Greeks;
their cause, so far from being lost, is now most pro-
mising, and with a little aid they would soon ke free.
The following are extracts: