Star.
London, England, 1822-01-03 00:00:00

LONDON.

THURSDAY, JANUARY 3, 1322.
SThCK EXCHANGE, ONE O'CLOCK.
Consols for the Opening have risen suddenly this
morning ; the first price was 771 h, but not many bar-
, gains were done at that price. Several Brokers were
Coly on the Market, bidding for Stock at high prices.
nsols from 771,4 rose to 78. The Market is looking
well, and will, it is presumed, improve, should the
report prove correct that all differences are amicably
adjusted between the Porte and the Emperor of It ussiA.
—The Jews are looking on ; the purchases today
have been principally for the hue sellers, who had
anticipated a fall. Further buying by the Bears
would alone produce a favourable re-action, as this
party has for some days past sold large amounts of
time Stock.—Current prices:
Bank Stock 2135 1,4-3 per Cent. Redu. 76% ;A
th per Cent. 87% 34 1/4 3/s-4 per Ct. 955/i %
Bank Long Ans. 19 s.l6—lndia Bonds 70s. pr.
Excheq. Hills £lOOO, Is. 3s. pr.—Small 2s. Ss. pr.
Cons. for Account 77% 78 77% 7814.
Tna DIVIDENDs.—The Merchants and Bankers
sign on Monday and Tuesday, and the Public will
be paid on Wednesday next.

The accounts from Ireland are not calculated to
increase the hopes which a two days' respite from crime
had excited. On the contrary, they shew that the
evil spirit, though checked, is still unsubdued ; and
that something more than the terrors of a Special
Commission will be necessary, before anything like
permanent tranquillity can be looked for. But,
wretched as the state of Ireland is, and deep as are
the crimes of too large a portion of the peasantry, it
would appear that they are not sufficiently so for
some wanton or malicious persons, who give accounts
of murders and outrage: that have not been com-
mitted. We wonder that any Irishman should wish
to aggravate the crimes with which his country is
already stained, but such has been the case in too
many instances, and one of the most flagrant is the
account received on Tuesday last, of the destruction
of a whole family, of the name of WHITESTONE, at
Charleville, by fire, which turns out to be a scandal-
ous falsehood. It is true that a letter to the effect
first stated was sent in the name of a respectable Ma-
gistrate to Mr. O'BRIEN, one of the Coroners of the
county of Cork, requesting his presence on the scene
of the alleged massacre, to hold the necessary In-
quests ; but that on. Mr. o'l3RtaN's arrival at the
spot, the letter turned out to be a forgery, and the
tale a mischievous and malignant fabrication.
•The first act of the Marquis WELLESLEY'S autho-
rity in Ireland, that of conferring the honour of
Knighthood on the LORD MAYOR, who is known to
have been an active member of the Orange Faction
—a faction stigmatised by the Sovereign, and of
which the Noble Marquis has been the avowed
enemy, has excited considerable sensation in Dublin.
Many of the- lower class of the Orangemen have
considered it as expressive of something like partiality
to illiberal principles ; on the other hand, several Ca-
tholics apprehend that it is a symptom of disregard
to their feelings. • The Dublin Journal says, it is
neither one nor the other, and that the offer of
Knighthood is a matter of course on an occasion
when the LORD MAYOR and Corporation, in a
body, make part of a public entry. Knight-
hood, however, it would appear, was not honour
enough, and Alderman JAMES hinted, that as
the Sheriffs had been previously knighted, some
higher distinction should (according to custom) be
conferred on the Chief Magistrate, the Noble Marquis
then promised to recommend him to a Baronetcy. If
the Baronetcy to this Lord Mayor was a sort of fa-
vour which could not well be refused without offence
to the Corporation, being a mere appendage to his
place as Chief Magistrate, the LORD LIM:TENANT did
what he could not help doing. It is not surmised by
the Dublin papers that there existed any claim in the
public-or private character of Alderman JAMES, which
could of itself recommend him to the special grace
—and.feareur of a VgiROY, who had prObably never
heard of bins but as a limb of that confederacy from
which the Noble Lord has often pledged his wishes
that Ireland and her Government could be rescued.

American Papers hay. arrived to the 9th December,
but they do not contain any debates in the Senate.

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