Star.
London, England, 1825-11-04 00:00:00

been very fint; but somewhat frosty, and the summit 01
• 4
.Mount WeHinson was covered with snow.
AsVanDiedian's.l,ansi, the Wsnt of rain had been
seriobily, 1!1t, bit it Was beginning to set in. Wheat was
10s. per bushel, and very scam even at that price.

The Brazil Packet has brought letters from Rio de
Ja:.eiro to the Bth of September. One of theme states,
that Sir CHARLES STUART, after concludi-g the Treaty
'•etween Brazil and Portugal, was about to proceed to
Iltienos Ayres, and exercise his mesiiatorial ta'ents in
adjusting the differences subsisting between the Re-
public and Brazil on the subject of the possession of
Monte VidLo. It was rumoured that his views were
favourable to the cession. of that province to Burling
Ayres. This negotiation, it was supposed, would oc-
cupy Sir CHARLES STUART during the e taqiiired
for obtaining the ratification from Portugal of the Bia•
zilian treaty of independence, on the arrival of which
he proposed to repair again to Rio de Janeiro, whence,
having completed his mission in all its parts, he would
return to England.
The Letters from Rio also state, that General FLtt2•
BERT° BRANT was about to proceed to Portugal as
Ambassador. It seems the packet which left Rio de
Janeiro, whilst at Bahia, was joined by a Brazilian main
of war that left the cvpital a few day s later. She re-
ported that at tie review, which took place at the
Campe de Santa Ana, on the 7th, the EMPEROR ordered
the badges, hitherto worn by the soldiers on the arm,
with the words I.drpendence or Death upon them, to be
taken off, the object for winch the motto was used !Icing
now attained.

Letters from Valparaiso to the 30th July, vr'n Baehos
Apes, and from Lima to the sth of the same month,
have been brought by the Rio Mail. Roost: still re-
mained in possession of Callao both parties appeared
tired of bombarding, and the Patriots seemed inclined to
try to reduce the place by starvation, rather than
hazard au attempt at storming it, which might cost
them 500 or 1,000 men. The few persons who had
escaped out of Callao lately, and passed over to the
Patriot camp, gave the most dismal accounts of the
state of the inhabitants, and even of the troops; in fact,
from these accounts it seems almost impossible for
Room to hold out much longer.—llis Maje,ty's ship
TARTAR was expected to sail in about five weeks with
specie or England. The CAMBRIDGE man of war was
at Valparaiso.—The agents for the Pasco Peruvian
Company were making arrangements to work the
:nines for which they had contracted w ith the Gove:n-
meut. Business dull, the traders from the interior being
afraid to venture down, dreading chit, as the war was
not yet finished, they might be taken for soldiers.

We have received D!m:•rara Papers to the I Ith ult.
They. con• aiu the proclamation of the Governor respect-
ing the change in the currency; it is dated the 10th
of Septertiber. The change wAs to tete place the 2-I.th
of September, after which time the following regulation.,
as to ihe coin and the value were to take effect :

British Coin. Colonial Money of Account.
Guilders. Stayers. Pennings.
lf-crowns . - 1 . . . 15 . . . 0
Shilling., or 12 pence . 0 . . . 14 . . . 0
Stxptoce . • . 0 . . . 7 . . . 0
Our Penny . . 0 . . . 1 . . . 4
Halfpenny . . 0 . . . 0 . . 10
Farthings . • 0 . • . 0 . . 5
The circulation of Bitts was prohibited.

The inordinate mania for specufation which raged
so mischievously a few months ago, appears now to
have in a great degree subsided, in consequence of the
absurdity of some, and the fraudulent nature of other
of the projects. The passion for this species of gain!)
ling, for so in fact it really is, was not greater dur:ng
the celebuated South Sea Bubble, and some of the
schemes scarcely less riel;culous ; in point of fluctua-
tion, and perhaps in mischief too, they exceeded that
celOrate.l project. We believe that the South Sea
Stock was never at a premium of more than 1000 pear
cent. but the Real del Monte Shales have, within the
last twelve months, been at a pre.nium of 1.500, and so
great has been the revulsion, that within the last few
days they have been nearly at par ! How is ti is, some
persons will say ? Why, simply, that there was nothing
whatever in the project to j istify such an extravagant
advance, and the mania subsiding, they have more
neal ly approached their level.
The number and tx ant of the Mining projects
skewed their fallacy, and now that some of them have
been established tekelve and eighteen /malts, wi.hout
producing v.; the Share!) aeers as much silver as would
coin a Maun.:ay penny, they begin to look about them,
and think that the golden or silver dream in which they
indulged is vanishing.

It ai,pears that the amount of capital of the several
Comparri s f rmeJ for working Foreign Mines, is not
less than 125,110,000/. which was divided into23ti,ooo
shares—more than 12.5 millions sterling, for working
Foreign Mines alone; but it may be added, all the
money was not paid ; this we are fully aware of, and
had one half of the adventurers who speculated in these
Companies ever dreamt th it they would b.: called on to
pay even ten per cent. on the Shares, the r nan-,es
had never swelled the list. It appears that the deposits
reaily paid on this 51181 i of 125 millions, w•a, filly
1.832,(001. or about thirty shillings for every I€lol. The
fact is, that nine persons out of ten who put their
names down for Shares. only did so milli a view of
selling them at a premiu►n, and that many of the
&hues nese bought and ►old before tl e first insta'anent
w s paid.

i..us as great fluctuatioas in any species of pro•
petty or stock must be t' the fortune of the adven-
tuters, till') is nit the oily rvi►, hy' cteavng or
exci:ing a passion for gambling, it it p•ejudicial to the
public mor..ls. We have seen one banker's clerk, who,

. .
is note-tinder seatenee of hanisihnent, ascribing all hi
mis(ortunes.and Weriors to-his disastrous speCulations
in the money matket ; and we know thfit the passion
s- . •
was rapidly spreading among all classes.
Government his sometimes been called on to interfere,
in older to :oppress what are called 44 time-hargains,'
on the Stock Exchange, but this would not be easily
effected ; besides, in a commercial country like this,
in erference is a delic-tte point, and the capitalists of
England aright say to our Ministers, what the mer-
chants of France said to COLBERT, when be,asked what
he could do for them ? .. Laissez noas
.faire." It has,
however, often occurred to us, that these speculations
might be rendered subservient to the revenue by a
'tax ; and yet there are, we doubt not, Legislators who
would oppose this, on t' e ground that it would render
that legal which at present is illegal. Certain, how-
ever, we are, that the gambling in Companies' Shares
has arisen out of speculations in the Stocks, which now
vat y so little, as to afford a narrow h&d for adventurers.
However midi we m ry doubt the policy of t' e Le-
gislature passing any new law nn tl e subject of J .int
Stock Companies, we cc: 'nly think Parliament may
do much service to s, ciety, by causing a rigid investi-
gation int., the schemes which have lately been imposed
on the public. We stated in the STAR of Tuesday
that tittle was no want of precedent for such a measure.
ar :he conclosi n cf the Parliament.iry Inquiry into
the South Sea Sche me, in 1720.1, not only were four
or five kchviduals as we stated, expelled the House
of Commons for their connection with the fraud,
hot the grea'er part of the estates of the Directors of
the Company were confiscated, for the benefit of those
who had been ruined by their chicanery.
lhe following list of the Directors, the value of their
estates (greatly increased by the S ruth Sea Scheme),
and the sums they were fined, will shew the rigour
with which the Parliament administered justice on
this cccasion:

DIRECTOR% VALUE. OT LTATII AMOUNT UT FUIL
Sir Theodore Janssen £243,244 e:193,244
Sir John Fellows 243,096 233,096
Sir John Blount 183,319 178,349
Mr. Chegter 140,373 110,372
Mr. Read 117,297 197,297
Mr. Surman 112,321 107,321
Mr. Gibbon 106,543 96,543
Sir Lamb Blackwell 83,529 68,529
It will be seen that there was no fixed ratio for the
fine, which was no doubt varied according to the ag-
gravating or extenuating character of the offence.
Whether the persons blamed for conduct so similar in
the present day, may equal in rank or fortune the abet-
tors in the South Sea Scheme we know not, but an in.
quiry seems necessary, and where the offence is, there
let the great axe fall.
Since writing this, we have been informt.cl that one
of the Law Officers of the Crown lately gave it as his
opinion, on a case laid before him, that the self-elected
Directors of a Company, are not by law authorized to
expend the subscribed funds, before the Company is
duly incorporated: and that on failure in obtaining a
chatter from the Crown for that purpose, the Directors
are bound to return the funds subscribed, after deducting
such reasonable expenses as have been incurred in pro-
secution of that object; no person being by law com-
pellable to become a party to a deed of copartnership,
conferring on certain self-elected individuals an uncon-
trouled power over the whole of his property.

The Duke and Duchess of CLARENCZ left their resi-
dence at Bushy yesterday morning, and proceeded to the residence
of the Duchess of Kner, at her apartments at the King's Palace,
Kensington, where the Duchess of Clammier alighted. The
Royal Duke arrived at his residence in Charies.otreet, Berkeley.
square, shout eleven o'clock. His Royal Highness left town about
three o'clock for Kensington, from whence the Duke and Duchess
of Cc/Lam:co returned to Bushy.
The Duke CUMBERLAND visited the Princess So-
-IPHIA yesterday.
Prince 1,E,,P to left town yesterday, for his residence
at Claremont.

The Princess AUGUSTA paid a visit, yesterday after-
noon, to the Duke and Duchess of CLAIRESCIE, at their residence at
Bushy.
Ltad LiNEDOCH is shortly expected to lead to the
Hymeneal Altar Mrs. Monists, sister to Lady Racer.
Mr. Hume, arrived at Eiinburgh on Tuesday
afternoon, where a public dinner to that Gentleman is to be given
at the Waterloo Hotel, on the 19th inst.
The tolluw mg extract of a le:ter dated Calcutta,
May 39, is given in a Morning Paper—is The war is
drawing to a close, and the Burmese are flying in all
directions. As a and Ummerapore only remain to be
taken possession of, and the instant our army move
they are sure to be evacuated. The work of
dis-
charging the transports has commenced in the last
to, might ; they will only retain about twenty out of
seven, y large ships, with the view of supplying the
armies at It irignon, Arracan, and Ramree."
The Sonio ship Lavinia arrived at St. Helena on
the :10th of August from Manilla, which place she left
on the 19th of April, having on board the officers of
his Cathol c Mari.-wry's ships of war, Asia, Convantia,
and Achilles. The mutiny of the crews of these vessels,
and th. rr sm.' end r to the Mexican Government, have
been long ago made public. It appears that the Officers
made some resistance on that occasion, and that the
Captain of the Asia was wounded on the head by a cut-
Jars. 'Diey were all pia in o a boat and landed on
(iorgnire, one of the Marian Islands, whence they were
takers to Manilla by the English whaling ships Renard
And Siipply. lhey are now on their way home to Spain.
Bow•Svontur.—Tbree young men, (one of them naval) of respect.
able appearance. were charged with assaulting a constable, who had
interfered to prevent the man-of-war's man capturing a young girl,
nemtd Mary Stuart, in Wel iin gt 011-SU eet, Waterloo-bridge. Their
tactics differed so much from the ordinary business of " making
love on dry land," that Mary screamed, the officer appeared,the par-
ties struggled, and the peace-keeper got a tooth or two knocked out.
The defendants treated the whole as a joke ; but bail not being at
band, the chorus were sent to eschew the sequel in the strong-room.
UNION- I i A u..— A pair of turtles, the gentleman about forty sum-
meets older than his " dear Matild I," aged somewhere about 18,
and who had ertered the holy state about six weeks, wap charged
with cruel treatment ot the said Matilda. Mr. Pearce, the hus-
band, almost in his dotage, tut reed upon his accuser, and. com-
plained that she had ruined bi:n by dressing fine and drinking gin.
The Lady rejoined that the " old hedger had slapped het shops
and kicked her," where she would h we shewn the Magistrate, but
lie declined;—and the " old bonud ban deceived her altogether."
A separate ntaintenanee for the Lady was in the end poposed
Os. a week), and the yorehful Videgruum consented.

THE KING.

WINDson Nov. 1-41. s JE3T arr 4.
Royal
Castle yesterday afternoon from the
&Loyal 1.11
companieJ by the Duke of Dzsrnsifina,
three o'cicck, and drove himself, in his Livow,
ton drawn by ponies, into the quadrangle.
Yesterday the Marquis of Hain plus waived at the it
and had an Interview with his AlaJesrv, after which 11,
departure.
This morning the Duke of Devonsmas took leave

FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE.

The Duke and Duchess of Leeds have arrived at tht4
Hornby Castle, Yorkshire, from a tour.
The Duke of Devonshire has left town, for Windsor ew
The !Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbury have kft ,
their seat, Hatfield.
Sir Gilbert Ileathcote has left town, for his teat,
Park, Lincolnshire.
Lord Grant ley left town yesterday, for his seat,
Lori Frederick Beauclerk has left town, for his ~,t,
Vicarage, Ilerts.
The Marquis of Chandos has arrived at Avington, II
Wo!ron' Bucks.
The Ladies Fitzpatrick hive arrived at their teat,
Woods, Northamptonshire, front a tour.
Lord John Fit eroy has left town, for Norfolk.
Departures from the British Hotel :—Mr. and Nit‘.
for Bath ; Captain I'rice, R.N. for Portemouth ; and
banks, Esq. for Itlelton Mowbray.
Colonel Lowtber, iII.P. has arrived at the Earl of
seat Cottesmore, Rutlandsblre, from a tour.

Sir George Warrender, Hirt. has 1.4 t town, for his ,
Departures from Miller's Hotel, Jermyn.stre.l:-I'.7lin
Mrs. Newton, for Suffolk ; and Won. Russell, F. 1.14 p,„„.
Lord It. Manners has left town, for Cheveky pni
bridgeshire.

Departures from the Brunswick !louse Hotel, Balmer
—Mr. and Mrs. Sherwood, for their seat, near Bith; -
Stuart, for Cheltenham.

NEWMARKET, N'ovEmaztt 2.

The weather to-day was extremely favourable, the
fine, and the company numerous and fasltiouah's.
His Royal Highness Prince Leopold left Cheveley
o'clock for the Heath; after which his Royal Highnca kit
town. His Royal Highness returns to Chevele) next Sunda,

PARTIES.
At the Cheveley dinner party, were his Royal High,
Duke of York, hlarquis Graham, Ran Chatham, Hor
Mr. and Lady Caroline •Powlett, Mr. Pierrepoint, Mr.
Lord Kennedy, &e.

At Mr. Lushington's—Earl Lowther, Lord C. Manner.,
Mr. Bloomfield, Mr. Douglas, lr. Prendergast, Mr. Hoe3r,
At the Rooms—Marquis of Exeter, Lord Jersey, Lord
Lord Anson, Lord Dunwieh, Colonel Aubrey,
Colonel Synge, Mr. Payne, Mr. Iz:riding, Mr.
Walpole, Mr. Leeson, Mr. Rosh, Mr. C. Wilson.
THI C• URSE.
The match between Ruins and Surprise, for 200, will cot
run, the latter having paid 60 sovs. forfeit.
Fifty Pounds (handicap) for three year olds and upwards. .-,
They all went off at a spanking late to the Bushes, where
came out and took the lead, watched by Tontine and 1/11;:i1;
others either tailed or beat off. Mr. Hunter's filly kept to ir
until within the la,t two lengths of home, when 'conk« got
even with her, and the Judge declared it a dead her. TV
was not run again, as the Duke and Mr. Hunter agreed to
the Plate, Tontine, agreeable to the rules of the J. C. w;
Tontine was rode by Buckle, Lisette by a lal, Dahlia by R.
First Fly by Chit, and Conviction by Itobillsou.

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