Star.
London, England, 1830-02-27 00:00:00

REVIVAL OF HUNGERFORD MARKET

Yesterday a public meeting of the subscriber% and other persons
desirous of promoting the re-establishment of the Ilungerford
Market was held at the Crown and Anchor Tavern, Strand, when a
numerous attendance took place, William Co:mei-Ay, Esq. in the
chair, supported by the Hon.SVilliam Bouverie, Alexander Baring.
Vsq. M.P. James Farquhar, Esq. M.P. Alderman ‘Viichrster,
Joseph Neeld, Esq. John Lawrie, Esq. Tyndell, Esq. Dr.
Moore, General Thornton, Ald. C. Smith, and several other persons
of diainction.

The CHAIRMAN, in explaining the object of the Meetir...
stated that the revival of the Market was an undertaking which
could not be accomplished without the full cooperation of the
public, who, if the plan was carried into effect, would derive the
greatest advantages In consequence of its contiguity to the ricer
Thames. The property at present belonged to one individual, with
whom a contract had been entered into; but the site not being suffi-
ciently commodious for their future design, it would be necessaty to
purchase adjacent premises, which would be the chief difficulty for
them to ;,surmount, and which must necessarily be met by corn-
pensation. The committee had made a provisional agreement
with 31r. Wise, the architect, who had erected Covent-garden
Market for the Duke of Bedford ; that gentlemen had executed a
model for the inspection of the meeting, to show on what plan the
market was to be built ; and he had also consulted with the pro.
prietor of the estate, and the result of his calculation was that
210,0001. would be sufficient for the purchase and rebuilding of the
market. This plan was to offer 2,000 shares at 1001. each, and to
deposit 2/. on taking a share, in order to enable the Committee to
commencloperations as soon as possible; and the grand questior
was whether the public would come forward as shareholders. The
plan was submitted to the Commissioners of Woods and Forests.
who approved of it. He said that having accidently met with Lord
Bexley, his Lordship immediately requested him to set his name
down for 20 shares.
Mr. FORTUNE said that the revival of the market was most
important to the interest of the public. It commanded the itaffic
of the River Thames for 20 miles up and down, and fish and vege.
tables could be bought there at a cheaper rate.
CRAIRMAN.—He had not heard of any opposition to their plan.
The City had no right to interfere with the fish market. There
was a charter to sell all commodities ; and it had been consulted.
as well as the persons belonging to the freehold. The Duke of
Northumberland, but not the Duke of Bedford, had been consulted;
the former Nobleman was highly favourable to the plan, and it was
not likely forthe latter to oppose them. Parliament, he (the Chair.
man) thought, would not listen to an objection.
Mr. BARING, M.P.6 said the revival of the market was likely
to promote a great public benefit. Every one who had been on
the continent must be struck with the inconvenience of our me-
tropolitan markets. Hungerford market was particularly con-
venient, in consequence of the facility to bring vegetables and
fish, free of cartage, and the pulling down of old London.britigc
would still further establish it. By investing their money 3.%
shareholders, they had a right to expect some security. the ear.
fidence they might entertain of success, would be ultimately con-
firmed, and they would have a return of six per cent. The present
production of the market was 4,0001. per year. in Its present tumble-
down state. It would be more advantageous to have the market
under the controul of the resident inhabitants, than for it to be in the
possession of one great speculator. The expenses already amounted
only to 801. so that the parties had not been lavish ; there were no
Corinthian columns; no unnecessary decoration about the intended
building, but all would be confined to what would tend to public
utility ; and its success depended entirely upon the public corning
Reward.
Thanks being voted to the Chairman, the meeting adjourned coil!
Thursday next.

We understand that the forthcoming poem " The Re-
proof of Brutus," has been delayed publication fora hew
days, in conseqence of an eminent house withdrawing the:i
name from the title page, from certain bold opinions
unreservedly expressed, which the author from conscien-
tious motives could not consent to cancel.
After a severe fox-chase with Colonel WYNn Iu A M'S
hounds, near Brighton, on Monday last, the Duke of
St. ALsax's, who had joined in the sport, was, on re-
tiring from the field, met by the Duchess in her carriage.
and his Grace, " nothing loth," took a seat in it.
THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON'S PATTY-PAN fl•
Yesterday Jaques Morelsi, an Italian Confectioner. wa
charged at Marlborough-street with having stolen forty-
two copper patty-pans, the property of his Grace the
Duke of Wellington. Monsieur Bony deposed that he
is cook to the Duke of Wellington. About three days
previous to the first cabinet dinner two cases of copper
patty-pans were missing. An enquiry was made, when
it was discovered that the prisoner had been to the brazier
of the duke, and asked him the price of the patty-pans
per dosen. The brasier, seeing the duke's initials and
crest upon thew, and thinking they had been lent by him
for a pattern, mentioned the price, when the prisoner
went away. Subsequently he received information where
the pans had been left ftoni Mr. Smith, of Piccadilly,
who baring seen an account of the loss which his grace
had sustained, carried the pans to Mena. Bony, who in-
stantly identified them as forming part ef those which had
been stolen.—The prisoner was committed for trial.

LONDON.

SATURDAY,
PRICE OF STOCKS
Bark Stint 219 5
4 per Cent. Red. 92
n per Ct. Cons. 91.5 5 5
35 pet Ct. 1818, 1005 /
35 per Ct. Red. 59/ 1005
3 per Cent. 1025
Err Ct. 1826, 1051
1.0r4 Arm 195 11-16th.
D. 30 Years, 19 7-16th.
FOREIGN FUND
Brazil Bds, 5 pr Ct. 691
Ditto Acct. 695 5 81
Dat:ish Bonds, 3 p. Ct. 75
Creek Bonds, 5 p Ct.
Do. 8.1825, 5 pCt. 411 1
Di:ti) Acc. 415
lIIIITISII A NI) FOREIGN Sll A RES, TWO trrt.•
RN* ?ctn. PEI .HARE.
Anzio Mexican (iss. at £5 pm) 100 100 345
Brazilian Company 20 5 9/
Brarlia , Imp. (iss. £5 pm.) 35 20
DI. National 25 10
!jolted Mix, (iss. at £1 pm.) 40 ;95

7EBRUARY 27.
AT TWO ()CLOCK.
Do. Do. Jul.& Jan. 19 1-16th
India Stock, 246 i
India Bonds 77
3 per Cent. 17.51,
£lOOO Eich.Bills 77 6
£5OO Ditto 77 6
£lOO and £9OO Do. 77 6
Bank for Ace.
Cons. for Ace. 911 i ;
5. TWO O'CLOCK.
Mex. Bd.. 5 per Ct.
Do B. 1895,6 p Ct.
Do. Ace, 25;
Buss. Bd.. 1829, 5 pr Ct. 110/
Sp. Bds. 5 per Ct. 13

20 191
191 1

A most curious Resolution—having for. its direct ob-
jett, to annoy and stigmatise the Honourable Member for
(7olchester—was moved last night by Mr. LYTTLETON in
the House of Commons. It appeared that Mr. D. W.
I! vr i had been guilty of disseminating his professional
circulars, under the privilege of his parliamentary frank,
:mu the House was called upon—by Mr. PEEL among
others—to discountenance and reprobate the unseemly
scandal. " The practice referred to"—said the Right
Honourable Secretary--" gave Members of Parlia-
ment an undue preference over the other members
of their own profession, and thereby it should not
be sanctioned by that House." In short, a great
kick-up was attempted to be made against Mr.
(laity EY, for abuse of his Parliamentary privilege, and
all scrts of invidious things were said: Mr. PEEL not
merely joining in this denouncement of private ad-
lantage drawn from the privilege of franking, but say-
ing the most invidious things conceivable on that sub-
ject, himself. But we all know that the prac-
tice is notorious in every banking and mercantile house
in the city, where a Member of Parliament is in
the firm ; and that the saving to such houses is no less
than nine hundred pounds annually, in postage, which
else would have been added to the revenue. It is not,
however, quite so generally known, that the House of
ROBERT PEEL and Co.—very distinguished trades-
men—has saved nearly thirty thousand pounds by
that identical practice, under the cover of its respectable
Head! The following—which is a literal transcript from
their printed bill—will perhaps be reckoned both a par-
liamentary and commercial curiosity :

MR.

London,

BOUGHT OF ROBERT PEEL AND CO.

I,.'lease address all letters to Sir Robt. Peel, Bart. M.P.:

the line in parenthesis being in a smaller character
!hln th rest of the shop-bill. This is rich: read it, ye
unprivileged Wholesalers, with envy—the shop-bill of
rt,)BEItT PEEL

We hare ottee or twice lately distinguished the Morn-
ing Post by the mention of its name in our columns, but
ue really do not think it of sufficient consequence, to
warrant our insertion of the letter signed FLAG ELL(' m, in
answer to some absurd misrepresentations of the Marquis
of BL A N P I'OR n, and his plan of Parliamentary Reform, by
pettifogging correspondent of that paper. Imbecility
and corruption are so generally understood to be the
presiding deities of the Morning Post, that they
!nay be safely left to their united operation on
t:i3 public mind ; for the corrupt principle is so
plentifully sluiced with imbecility, that the antidote
is always certain to be found interblended with
the bane. Who ever pins his faith upon the
politics of the Morning Post, or takes his rule
of reasoning from that inane echo of cleverer ma-
lignants, even among the rankest of its Tory
s'unerters ? It circulates among fops and spinsters—
the first class, destitute of mind altogether ; and the se-
cond, with minds like a sheet of white paper, i. E.
minds like MR. Gourd'', ares : and it finds protec-
fmt with dowagers and dandies. The dowagers like
from long habit and prejudice—because it was.
v'e ii;hionah/e. paper when they were girls, and retains
the title of " fashionable" still--and there is a spell in
au that remind .+ a woman of her girlhood. As for the
`II4A-4, they patronise it for its congenial insigni-
`-kince, on the principle of similis simili gaudet.
if we add to these classes, the tribe of lackeys
and ladies maids, the circle of its dissemination
will be described : the devil a reader else—excepting
'always the scrubs and minions of corruption—does that
herolapArodite diurnal enumerate.
Surely, then, FLAGELLUM will excuse us, if we hold
st beneath the dignity of the Marquis of BLAND-
`"D to insert his vindication of that Nobleman
`saint the railings of the beggarly ZETA ? Every
"Y —nay', every hour— is establishing his name with
wuntry, as one of its purest friends, and firmest advo,-
'es: what, then, should he care for the vituperations of

anonymous revilers ? Tile laurels of the Noble MA ittaU rs
are too bright and vigorous, to be tainted by the breath
of these.

A very able, and we may add, eloquent article on the
subject of Portugal appeared in the Morniny herald of
Wednesday. While we fully agree with the writer as
to the vices he so justly attributes to the usurper, and the
inconveniences arising from the present anomalous state
of things, we are as decided as ever on the impolicy of
recognising Don MIGUEL. We will go farther, and
maintain that, great as the injury done to our commerce
by the interruption of diplomatic relations with this in-
dividual is, the injury would not only be aggravated by his
recognition, but the Ministers of England would be com-
mitting an act of cruelty towards the Portuguese nation,
which nothing can erer justify. Is it likely, we would
ask, from the ruin and desolation which hare till now
marked the usurpation, that things would improve were
the tyrant and his satellites to receive the sanction of
the great Powers ? We are convinced that every argu-
ment of this kind, is founded on a palpable fallacy.
Portugal, like every other member of the European fa-
mily, can only be rendered prosperous and happy through
liberal institutions and good government. We would
fain call the attention of our clever contemporary to a
letter which appears in another column, the first of a
short series we have received from a writer eminently
qualified to do justice to the subject.
CITY, TwELvi: o'CLocx.
MAILS ARRIVED AND DUE THIS MORNING.

♦. n.
1 Dublin. ... 0
O Waterford..... 0
I Guern. & Jersey 0
O Leeward Islands 0

♦. D.
O France......... I
O Flanders .. 1
Holland 0
O Hamburgh

a. s.
O Lisbon ..... 0
O Jamaica
O Sweden 0
O Malta .. 0

LIVERPOOL, FED. 25.—The demand yesterday for Cotton was
very brisk ; about 8,000 bags having been sold. The advance on
American and Brazil was generally iof a penny per lb. The sales
on Monday were 3,000 bags, and on Tuesday 4,500.
We have only arrivals this morning from the East, Singapore,
Mauritius, and Ceylon, which do not bring any thing of import-
ance.

The Dutch Mail, which has arrived, brings the Dutch funds
per cent. higher ; Russian Stock the same as per last ; Spanish
Hope Loan 1 per cent. higher; Cortes Bonds f per cent. lower;
Consols done there per cent. higher ; Greek Bonds as per last
account.

Consols, which left oil yesterday at 911 to 92, opened this morn-
ing lower I, at 9111, and are at present 911, with a heavy market.
Little or nothing doing as yet.—Nothing doing in the foreign market.
AAI.F.PAST ONE.

Up to the present hour we have no political information, and the
Conaol Market has remained during the morning at 91j and 91i
for the account ; at present they may be quoted 916, and for
money 91i.

It is supposed in the House that the Hebrew party have been
shipping their stock, owing to an expectation that the present French
ministry will not be of a long duration : important events may soon
be looked for from that quarter.
A French Paper states, that out of the 430 Members 200 are for
the Ministry; and it is clear that the French Ministry treat with
contempt their minority, and will not loose their courage in the
loss of 16 votes ; but at the same time they acknowledge that there
is a majority against them.
The Foreign Market is not worth noticing—nothing doing.