Star.
London, England, 1830-12-23 00:00:00

SPIRIT OP THE JOURN4LE.

POST.—We give some particulars of the proceedings against the
ex. Ministers, for whose blood the savages of Paris cannot conceal their
thirst. The cry of vengeance now hourly assails the ears of their
Judges, and the:capital Is again in a state of the greatest alarm. Never
wu firmness of conduct more requisite on the part of a government than
it is at the preseat. Nothing but a determined resistance to the yell for
blood raised by the rabble s illajesty of the people' can save that unhappy
country from again being thrown into all the horrors of anarchy and
bloodshed, or even ensure their own personal safety ; fur the guillotine
once set at work, their own heads cannot long escape, and extensive hu-
man devastation will speedily mark the renewed reign of tenor through-
out the land. Well did 31. de 31artignac warn the assembled Peen,
that should the excused be condemned to death, theirs would not be the
last blood to be shed. But will the Government have the courage to
refuse obedience to the sanguinary cry of the populace, or will the means
be at their disposal of enfoi eing reyeet to the decree of the Peets should
it prove just and merciful It is certain that a spirit of discontent and
sneer is strong and extensive among the lower classes, and that every
effort is making by the ultra Radical Journals to excite them to fury,
and utg• them to seise the present favourable occasion for asserting the
supreme rights of number and of brute force.

CHRONICLZ.—It seems to be allowed on all hands that a revo-
lution of property has been for some time going on through a great
part of England. The question is, who will suffer ultimately ? The
tanner who has been paying the increased wages forcibly extorted
from him, thereby impairs his means of paying rent and tithes. Rent
and tithes are in effect lowered. But in apportioning the loes will the
landowner and titheholder act fairly towards each other ? We do not be-
here they will ; and it will be seen in this as on many similar occa-
sions, that the weakest will go to the wall. Of this the Bishop of Lon-
don seemed in answer to Lord King to have more than a suspicion.
It lue in fact, been in many places distinctly told by the tenantry to
rectors and vicars, that they have made their last payment for tithes. It
remains to be seen how far the resources of the tenantry—countenaneed
is the tenantry are by the generality of landholders--will be availing to
fender the law nugatory. That a plan has been chalked out foe the oc-
cupiers of land we know ; and possessing this knowledge, we would ad-
nee the Church to avoid pushing matters too far. The tithe should be
summated without loss of time. A fixed rent for ever in emu would secure the Church against changes in the value of money, and provide a
maintenance quite adequate in all times for the payment of spiritual in-
nructots of the people. The agricultural labourers form an important meat in the consideration of this question. They cannot be reduced to the
condition from which they bare forcibly extricated themselves. They
were the victims of &departure from the law. This practice of paying
rages oat of rates is clearly illegal ; the law authorises no parish relief
to able-bodied men, except in shape of work to " those who hare no
means to maintain diem, and use no ordinary and daily Inds." The
Magistrates were bound by the law they had sworn to administer, in ex-
ercising the office of auditors of the pariah accounts, to refuse their unc-
tion to fraudulent and illegal payments of this nature; but, instead of
this, they voted resolutions, and termed addresses, recommending this il-
legal practice. The agricultural labourers welt not, therefore, living
tinder a system of law, but under a constant violation of law ; and where
the rich combine to trample on the law, it would be strange if the poor
alone ehould respect it.

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EAST INDIA HOGS&

Y.Nterday a General Quarterly Con►: of Proprietors was held at the
East India House, headenhall.street, for the purpose of declaring a
dividend.

The attendance of Proprietors upon this occasion was very thin.
A ditidend of flee and a quarter per cent. was declared for the half
year, commencing the Bth July last, and ending on the sth Jan. 1831.
r. RIGPY moved for a return of all pensions, half.pay supersomia.
dons, salaries, emoluments, grants of money, with the names or the per.
sons, dates, Ike granted by :he Company since the last renewal of their
Charter. There were, he said, reports abroad, which rendered this return
highly desirable and important. His only object was that the real state
of the case should he elucidated, and brought fully and fairly brime
the public. It was well known that there were Clergymen and o'hers
on the half-pay list of the country. Pensions or other emoluments
might in the same way be held from the Company by persons who
ought not to hold them ; and, though he did not doubt the honour of
the Directors, it was most desirable that these matters should be clearly
ascertained.
General THORNTON seconded the motion.

The CHAIRMAN and Mr. WIGRAM opposed the motion as unne.
ceovary. They had no objection to communicate the most full informa-
tion, but as the returns must be laid before Parliament, the Hon.
Proprietor might thus have all the information he desired.
The motion was withdrawn for the present, with the understanding
that it was to stand for the next General Quarterly Meeting.

STATE OF THE COUNTRY.

CLARE (SUFFOLK.)

CAPTURE GP A (SUPPOSED) GENTLEMANLY INCENDIARY.

Saturday the Rev. B. B. flyer, of Ketton, and the Rev. William
Mayd, of Wethersfield, Essex, Magistrates of this county, were occupied
with the investigation of charges preferred against a respemahle.looking
person, connected with the 'editions practices too prevalent in this
part of the country. The prisoner, who is about sixty years
of age, rather uncle, the middle size, thin face, dark eyebrows,
prominent nose, and very grey-headed, is well known in this and
the adjacent counties ea a wholesale purchaser of straw plait. His
name is Joseph Savill, of Gamblingay, in Huntingdonshire, near the
bottlers of Bedfordshire. On Wednesday, the 16th inst, he put up
for the night at a public.house in the village of Winchambrook, at
shout six miles from this place, which he left on the ensuing morning.
When passing through the adjoining village of Stradishall, he was
seen by a poor woman, named Elisabeth Ray, to drop two papers from
his gig, whielt she at once picked up, and of which the following are
copies :
" Oh ye farmers and parishioners, pay the poor men wages, or I
will put you In bodily fear I" SW I NG."
" Church of England parsons, who strain at gnats and swallow
camels, who (woe), who, who unto you—you shall one day. nave your
reward !" "SWING."
The old woman shewed these papers to Mr. Brown, steward to W.
Rayner, Esq. of that place, who with grer promptitude and propriety,
went in pursuit of the suspected person, and overtook him just as he was
entering the small village of Stoke, • few miles hence, where he had hint
taken into custody, and detained until his examination before the magis.
trate% • before whom it was satisfactorily prated that the prisonet had
dropped the inflammatory papers from his gig, and that while he was in
custody, when searched, parts of others to the same effect were found upon
the prisoner. His luggage, when examined, was found to contain a well.
arranged journey ledger with numerous orders, valuable bills of exchange,
sovereigns and silver to a large amount, altogether about 7001. There
was also a testament with numerous written hymns, Including one re-
lating to the approaching millenium, and a book deemed by the magis.
trates to be of an inflammatory nature, which contains many coloured
plates, by the same printer as the " Prophetic Almanack " for the en.
suing year ; this it is determined to produce upon the trial. All his
other property, with a beautiful grey horse, and neat nearly new gig,
were given up to be delivered to his family, for he is a married man,
and has a family of daughters. He has made no defence, nor did he
tender bail : he has been fully committed to Bury gaol to take his trial
at the next maims.

STANTOID, MONDAY NIGHT, Dec. 20.—1 t is with the most
painful feelings we have to record some details of the most terrific and
destructive fire which has been lighted in our neighbourhood in these
days, or rather nights, of horrible incendiarism. Between twelve and
one on Sunday morning the premises occupied by Mr. Clark, a cele-
brated Scotch farmer, situate in a place called Stowgate, about midway
between James Beeping and Crowland, were discovered to be Igniting
by the persons upon watch, and before assistance could arrive were
enveloped in flames. Crowland, the Deepings, and their neigh.
bourhood, poured out their population to stop the progress of the
devouring element, but alas ! with but little erect. A barn, more than
70 feet long by 60 wide, in which were sixty quarters of wheat
and other valuable property, an adjoining building containing
a fixed threshing and dressing machine, a stack the produce of seventy
acres of beans, thee stacks of wheat, stalls large enough for feeding 60
beasts, and the stables, were entirely consumed, and with them, we are
sorry to add, many valuable animals. We hnow not, nor perhaps does
any one, the precise numbers destroyed, but we believe the following
enumeradon to be near the truth :.. Twelve fat beasts, intended for
Smithfield in a few days, two ranch cows, four hones, and a quantity
of pip ! The cries of the poor inoffensive animals for relief, when Ito
relief could be afforded them, were, we understand, painful in the ex-
treme, and the wreck when the Sabbath day-light came, was more hor-
rible than can well be conceived. The loss sustained is estimated at
from 20001. to 30001. A dwelling-house, about fifty yards from the
barn, was saved. We have not heard whether Mr. Clark was insured.
—Sfersifeed Chempiem