Star.
London, England, 1814-11-25 00:00:00

SLAVE TRADE.

Mr. HORNER said, that he rose for the purpose
of asking some intormation respecting the present
state of the Slave Trade with regard to this country,
and in relation to the steps taken for its abolition.—
From the publication of the American Commissioners
at Gbent, it appeared; that a number of negroes had
been obtained, he might lay seduced, iron] the
Southern States, by some of our Commanders, whence
they bad been conveyed to the West Indies, and
there sold in the usual way. He could not possibly
conceive a measu, e more affecting the character of
this country. supposing this information to be foun;
ded in facts ;—more especially as it served to corro-
borate the assertion of a neighbouririg nation, who
had imputed to us an hypocritical desire of preach-
ing the trade down among other counti its, while we
intended to continue it for our own advantage at
last. There were two points, therefore, he wished
to ascertain. He was desirous to know, whether
Government was disposed to make inquiry into the
practices now attributeel to us by the enemy ? if
such an inquiry was meant to be set on foot, he'
should suggest, in order to save time, that information
might immediately be obtained from Ghent, where
the charge was preferred. Another point, on which
he wished to be informed, was still more important,
inasmuch as it affected the abolition of the Slave
Trade, prospectively and definitively. We had con-
cluded a treaty with Ferdinand VII. and he wished
to know what stipulations had been introduced on the
subject of the traffic in slaves, during our treaty with
the Court of Spain ? Every assurance had been given
to the House, of the desire of his Majesty's Govern-
' went to negotiate for itsabolition with foreign Powers.
We had done much for Spain ; enough, at any eve,
to authorise us to intercede with her Monarch for an
object we had so honourably at heart.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
regretted that the House should imagine there existed
the least cause for doubting the sincerity of those ex-
ertions which had been math, and were still making,
on the part of his Majesty's Government, for carrying
into effect the Resolutions of that House rexpecting
the Abolition of the Slave Trade. He was only one
among those of his colleagues on whom his Learned'
Friend (Mr. Horner) had- been pleased to call, as
pledged to accomplish the object of the presek in-
quiries; he claimed no merit for himself ; since those
with whom he had the honour to act, and especially
his Noble Friend who now represented the interests of
this count: y in Congress, were each and equally anal-,
nus to fulfil the wishes of that House, so solemnly end
repeatedly expressed. In the present case, he could
only say, that Government had received no informs-
Lion at all bearing on Mr. Monroe's note, and Were in
this respect at present unprepared to refute its tharges."
He could not bring himself to believe, however, mat
any English Officer, knowiNig the sense t.t his country
on the ,tiliject, would act so disgracef al A p.t!:, and
subject himself to the inevitable penalty which so
base a proceeding must incur ; not merely as it re.
spected the law of me country,
.but as it vies calcu-

laced to Wog vpsalim the Indignation of every
man of • integrity and feeling.—(firar, Etar.)..-He
still could not but consider the whole of the statement
as contrived by the American Government, in order
to keep their negroel from running away, by holding
up to their fears the treatment they were lik,•ly to
experience in consequence of such a step. Having
so far endeavoured to satisfy the first question pro.
posed by his Learned Friend (Mr. Horner), he re.
greeted that the second point, concerning which son*
information had been solicited, furnished no matter
of satisfactory communication. Though the-tering
pains had been taken, though every representatina
had been made, calculated to induce the Government
,of Spain •to accede to the views entertained by this
country, with regard to the Slave Trade, no supida.
tion was yet consented to on the part of the formes.
which the House would not be surprised at, when,
they considered what had recently taken place is
that country.
Mr. HORNER making no farther observations,
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
moved the Order of the Day, for the House to resolve
itself into a Committee to take into consideration the
Message of his Royal Highness the Prince Regent,,'
recommending the grant of an annuity to Lord Wal.
siiigham, for his natural life, after twenty years of
upright and disinterested conduct, as Chairman of
the Committees of the House of Lords.
Mr. ROSE seconded the motion ; after which*
resolution to the effect was passed, and the Report
ordered to be received to-morrow.

Mr., WHITBREAD inquired when the Right
aonourable Gentleman opposite (the Chancellor a
the Exthequer) would be prepared to lay the Papers
relating to the Spanish Patriots given up at Gibraltar,
,betnre the House
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER.
" Probably, to-morrow."
A Messale from the Lords announced their Lorchhips having
agreed to the Seamen's Encouragement Bill, without any sintost-
menu ; and also to Mrs. Reynolds's Legacy 8.11.
The Irish Timber Duty Bill, and Irish Excise hill, went
throsigh a Committee, and the Reporu were ordered to be re.
ceived tomorrow.

Owing to some informality, the Fire-arms Bill was with haw'.
Mr. LUoHINGTON brought in a new Hackney Coach Bill,
repealing that ul last Session, when it was ordered to be printed,
and read a second time to-morrow.

The Committee on the Foreign Lice Bill was postpoood till
to-morrow.

Sir C. MORDANT brought up a Petition from the Gun.
makers of Birmingham, praying to amend the Firearms Act.
Reports from the Commissioners of Education is Ireland, ad
front the Commissioners for the affairs of the Nabob of the Car.

antic were received, and ordered to be printed; after which, the
House adjourned.

FINANCIAL PAPERS.
An account of the net receipt of the Permanent,
Annual, and War Taxes, for the years ended 10th
of October, 1813 and 1814, laid before the House of
Commons, states it as follows:

PLIMANINT TAXIS. le. I. A
Total Net Receipt for the year ending 10th/ 34.623,72 i 7 soi
October, tBl3
Ditto . . . 1814
..._.._ - 3G,589,087 7Si

ANNUAL bunts.
Total Net Receipt for the year coding iOth 1 5055,553 5 Hi
October, 1813
Ditto . . . 1814 • • 3,101,847 0 10*

WAR TAXIS.
Total Net Receipt for the year ending
"kb 22,740368 4
October, 1813
Ditto . . . 1814 . 1:3,475,41S 19 61
CONSOLIDATED FOND.—AD account of the Income
of,' and Charge upon, the Consolidated Fund, for the
quarters ending the sth of July, 1814, and 10th Oc•
tuber, 1814, states— c. s. 4
Income for the former, at . 11,165,313 9 91
For the latter . • . . 10,9Z4,933 6 S
Charge for the former qaarter . leiost,ol7 14 to
Making a Beficiency of 1186,704 1 ¢ ei
Charge for the latter . - • . 9,734003 0 &
Leaving a Surplus for the latter quarter of 9.012e,9e5 S
The Dificiency of Surplus of Cunool•dated
Fund, the sth April, 1814, amounts to 2,90,355 6 si
the aum of

NAmBURON MAIL.

CUXHAVEN. NOVEMBER Is.

The stormy weather on the I I th and I 2th has done
much damage is our neighbourhood, of which the
following particulars are known :

The Oak, Captain Perth, from Leith, is stranded on the Vo•
gelsand, crew saved, and arrived here. The Haniburglwr eorie,
Captain Sarr, is stranded orSeharhorn ; crew and part of the
cargo saved, but the ship Is lost. Yesterday a brig coining from
London was totally lost, with the whole crew, on the Noarder
Ground, with the exception. of a pilot belonging to this plate,
but who knows &either the name of the ►hip, nor of the Captain.
Two other brigs are ashore notch of this place, but we bate no
accoont of them.

Nov. 14.—We have not yet any partkulars of the two stranded
ships : preparations have been making since yesterday to go is
their assistance. A great part of the cargo of the Hamburgha
Base is saved, and hopes are now entertained of saving the ship.

LSIPSIC, NOVEMBER 11.

Yesterday was posted up at the corners of all the
streets an advertisement from the Colonel Command-
ant, of which the following is copy :

" Soperior Orders command me to give tip the place of Corn-
seandant to the Prussian Major-General Von Sisnurk, to whom,
as Commandant, every one is from to-morrow directed to apply.
;14 Curia ENS or Lamm !—I publicly thank you for all the
Pfltio•Ce you have had with me on rnany occasions, and for your
constant guod-will—l thank you for all the friendship you have
sheen me.

" A year is passed, and during this whole. year you have not
obliged me to come forward, as Commandant, to give orders; a
single word, a wish, was enough to induce you to do every thivg
in your power; neither have you, on any occuion, withdrawn
from me your valuable esteem. I have received continued prras
of your love.
•' Your conduct will make me, for my whole life, proud of
having been Governor of lwipsic. Our requuit I have un leash. g
you : do not change your behaviour towards your new Comcan-
lant ; thus you will become dear to hint, as you are tu ate•
:lON good Citizens of Leigaic, I thank you. Far well.
•` Hie Russian Colonel and Commandant of the City,
" Leipsle, Nov. 10. " ',almost "

Yeaterday evening the principal cit;zens repaird
by torch•light, and with a tine hand of music, to tile
house* their esteemed Governor, and bade linn
adieu, with three linaris 1 The Colonel appear J,
and again recommended himself to the reniernorabce
of the people of Leipsic. To show how readily they
complied with the last wish of their Commandant,
they repaired to the :louse of General Bimini& and
wished him much joy on his new .rirses. redommeed•
tog themselve s tee His favour. Tug then L-e
same cosiepliments to the Prussian Major SuAlii'•—
lhese two Gentlemen also returned thanks in the
m est affable manner, and their countenarces %hewed
."`v happy they were to be assured of the love 01 the
peopla of Leipic.

THE EVENING STAR.

LONDON.

NEXT WEDNESDAY THE STATE LOTTERY BEGINS
DRAWING—THE WHOLE 18 TO BE DRAWN ON
THAT DAY. •
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 25. 1814.
PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT TWELVE O'CLOCK:
Reduced 5414-4 per Cent. stoil}-5 per Cent. 56,;(
Consols 65;}—for account, 66i—Oniniunt
Sank Long Anns.l6 1-16t1s—India Bonds 14s. 153. pre.
Ezalsequer Bills 11.40.51. prem.

The Funds experienced a temporary and trifling
rise yesterday, in consequence of a report from Am-
sterdam, that the American Funds selling there had
risen ten per cent. The inference drawn by those
who were not in the secret was—that the Negociations
at Ghent had suddenly assumed a most pacific aspecti
and that Great Britain had passed from all het
claims for a new boundary. We firmly believe the
reverse to be the case. The fact is, as we have al•
ready hinted, the American Negociators at. Ghent
have secret instructions from their worthless mas-'
ter, to do every thing but snake Peace with Grunt.
Britain. At Amsterdam they are playing-dda.kind
of underplot against this country, by trying to 'Sego.'
ciate a Loan, to enable him to carry on the War.....;
We know that they have failed in thil 'attempt-, at
Paris, and (will it be believed that their Agents had,
the impudence to make this application) even in
London! It is quite natural, therefore, in these trans-
atlantic tricksters to raise the American funds by the
circulation of what they know to be direct falsehoods,
isa to the state of the Negotiations at Ghent. We
trust that the PRINCE SOVEREIGN of Holland will act
the same noble part which has distinguished the vir-
tuous and enlightened Sovereign of France, and ex-
pel tram his dominions all those Americans of doubt-
ful reputation, who are now prowling about Enisme
in search of weapons withinsich to combat England.,

To-slay we receiirea Pans Papers of Tuesday, and,
have selected tits most interesting part of their con-
tents. The articles which relate to the Vienna Con-
gress and the affairs of Spain are the most prominent.
In the latter country there is evidently a smothered
viticans4 which must presently have vent. A most
wicked and malignant spirit seems to direct the
Comas of the Government of that unfortunate
country. Let us hope that, like other scourges of
humanity, it carriis its cure along with it, and that
Its violence will bring cni a bloodless and a happy
Crisis !

If we except the enactment of severe restrictions on
the importation of British manufactures and colonial I
produce, little worthy of notice occurs in the Cham-
ber of Deputies. The Paris Papers now abound in
temperate and well-written appeals to the people and
to the world at large, with a view to induce a general
spirit of peace, moderation, and good order. The
personal character of the Sovereign of France, is
more than once alluded to in these articles, as the
best pledge to mankind that France and Frenchmen
will no longer be the disturbers of the repose of Eu-
rope. Happy and sublime truth ! and how shame-
fully have statesmea and moralists neglected to en-
face it in latter days!
Let our Readers lookat the relaxed state of morals
in our own country during the reign of the thought-
less CHARLES 11. ; let them look at the improved
Moral conduct sad increase of intellectual powers
during the reign of our present most venerable and
most exemplary Sovereign, whose private virtues
alone have repeatedly saved the vessel of the State
from fouradering !
We seek not to call up any disagreeable reflections
by pointing to the moral state of France under the
execrable tyrant and unprincipled villain who lately
directed her energies, but may we not be,permitted to
strengthen the argument we seek to inforce in favour
of the influence of the personal qualities of the Chief
of the State, by a reference to the population of Ame-
rica? Is it not notorious to all Europe, that the succes-
sive Presidentships of those atheistical and dishonour-
able wretches, JEFFERSON and Mitursorr, have demo-
ralized that once-respectable people ? We ask such
of our Readers as have lived in society to compare
the moral character of a Federalist or Washingtonian
American with that of a disciple of the Jeffersonian
or Madisonian School. The former is a Christian
and a gentleman—the latter an atheist and a ruffian!
PARIS, NOVEMBER 21.

We have this instant received the important news
which follows, and which puts an end to all uncer-
tainty as to the Negociatlons at Ghent :
" HAVRE, NOVIMBIII 19.
" The American ship Fingal has arrived here to-
day. She left New York on the 23d October, with
Dispatches for Paris and Ghent.
" The Americans have rejected the proposals of
the English Government, of which Mr. DALLAS was
the bearer, on board of the John Adams; and the Fe-
deralists have joined the Republicans to continue the
war with more vigour."
A great number of letters from Vienna, which have
arrived to-day, contain the most satisfactory details
The Allied Powers. struck with the spirit of wisdom
and moderation which pervades the communications
of the Minister of France, seem disposed to measures
of conciliation and justice, which alone can lead to a
solid and durable peace.
Their politics, better enlightened, embrace a longer
range into futurity, and they seem to agree in recog-

nixing,- that: k ialpOrtant WI the ellnillisrinfd of
team. theta,* King of France, as eldest son of the
Great Family, -.herald 'preserve that preponderance
of which the virtues of the august reigning family
render him so worthy. These virtues are the surest
guarantee that France will never, in future; use that
preponderance but for the repose and happiness of,
the world.
Private letters from Madrid announce the arrest of
the Minister of Justice Don Pedro Macanaz. He is
in prison, shut up from all communication. Our
Correspondents at Bayonne confirm this extraordinary
intelligence, and refer to the Gicial Gazette, which we
have not yet received.

M. Macanaz had been long detained at Vincennes,
he was then Secretary to King Ferdinand, who was
at Valenc ay. On his arrival at the Ministry he signed
the circulars of the 4th and 30th of May last, which
produced unhappiness to so many families. We shall
endeavour to make our Readers acquainted with the
causes and consequences of this event, which may
have a great influence on the political system of the
Court of .Madrid.

They speak here of the speedy creati ,n of six Mar.
shah of France, among whom will be found the name
ii General Desseles.

Avery appearance announces that the approaching
*inter will be brilliant at Paris ; already several
large town establishments have been opened, and the
parties given have been frequent, and numerously
attended. Anxiety as to the future no longer induce
the rich to economize revenues, which, under the
reign of the wretch Bonaparte, they justly regarded
as uncertain. In future it will not require Imperial
Decrees to compel our Grandees to sustain honour-
ably their rank in society, and already every thing
has resumed the appearance of affluence, comfort,
and security.
Two grand sepulchral monuments are tobe erected
by public subscription to the memory of the brave
Roya!;-•- -

Ists who fell in the sacred cause of truth, hu-
manity, justice, and religion, at Quiberon. One of
these monuments will mark the spot which was ren-
dered memorable by their deaths, and the other will
adorn the grave in which their ashes are deposited.