Star.
London, England, 1814-07-23 00:00:00

THE ADDRESS of CONGRATULATION to
Field-Marshal Lis Grace the Duke of WELLINGTON,
arprnved at a Meeting of Merchants, Bankers, and others, held
taw &la instant. will remain for Signatures a few days longer at
the or LONDON Teviaw, between the bouts of Twelve
and Dorn o'Clock. WILLIAM HOLDEN.

LET! ER FROM MR. .RLMAS TO THOMAS

.HOP.E, ESQ.

All those who feel interested by the substantial
progress of the Flue Anrs—all those who have feel-
ings to admire the sacred solemnity and the awful
gr.►ttdeur of those venerable piles which the genius
of Egypt, of Greece.and of Rome, and of the middle
ages have left us—must be de ply interested by this
discussion of the means by which that spirit may be
irevived, by which these works of onfading enchant-
ment were raised, and which now seems slumbering
beneath them. Animated by such feeling, Mr. ELMES
deplores the decline of Architecture among us, and
proceeds to investigate its causes and point out the
way in which they may be removed. For the new
plan proposed by Mr. ELMaS we refer onr Readers to
the above valuable Tract lately published in the
XAMPILLETEER, No. VI. page 329.

PARLIAMENTdRr PROCEEDINGS.

HOUSE OF LORDS, JULY is
in the Appeal, Roberts v, the J;htle of Athens Ste SAMP"
ROMILLY was heard in rtply.
'the Northern Lig,ht Houses Bill and the Scots Creditors BW
were read a third time and passed.
A Pettier] from the Debtors confined in Warwick Oaol,
praying for relief, was presented by Lord HoLLAND.--Ordered
to lit on the table.
The House went into a Committee on the Irish
Assaults Bill. A long conversation took place as to',
the wording of the Bill, between the Earl of LAu- _

DERDALC, Lord REDESDALZ, Lord HOLLAND, the
Lotto CoANcei.Lon, and the Earl of .I.tstgarcit.
In the course of it Lord REDESDALS, to chew
the disposition of the lower class of the people of
Ireland, mentioned a circumstance of his observing
some men beating another, and on his enquiring
the cause, he was informed that it was because the
khan they were beating was a taylor, and it turned
out teat they had been assaulted by some taylor, and
had therefore come to the determination of beating
every taylor they met with. Lord HOLLAND in the
course of the conversation observed, upon the ano-
maly of applying these kind of Bills to Ireland alone,
and remark-d, that it that principle were to be acted
upon they ought to go into an enquiry as to the ne-
cess ty for s.tch measures, and the causes for that
necessity. It was at length agreed that the Chairman
should leave the Chair, and thesCommittee sit again
on a future day.
The Irish Peace Preservation Bill, the Loan Mis-
take Bill, and the Irish Duties Bill passed through
Committees And were reported.

SPANIEI PATRIOTS-GIERALTAR.

Lord HOLLAND said, a Report had reached
him, which he could scarcely believe, and which he
trusted would prove unfounded, that three distin-
guished Spaniards, who had taken refuge at Gibral.,
tar, had, At the instance of the Spanish Government,
on account of political differencel, been arrested by
the >io.eriloi• aGiriaitar, imd delivered up to the'
Spanish Government. He v►ished to know whether
there was any truth in this rumour ?
The Earl of LIVERPOOL said, he had received
;to intelligence of any such circumstance, nor did he
know whether it had pccurred. It it' had, however,
it had not arisen in consequence of any orders from
dkii.cotpitry.

' GLOUCESTER GAOL.
Earl §TANHOPE presented three Petitions from
persona confined in Gloucester Gaol, complaining
that the letter from Lord Viscount Sidmouth, stating
officially, that the practice of opening and inspecting
the letters sent by the prisoners, and refusing them
permission to communicate with their law agents,
*as illegal, had been disregarded—that the letters
of the prisoners still continued to be opened and in-
ipected —that an Attorney of Gloucester had been
refused admission to one of the prisoners, his client
—that upon the remonstrance of the Attorney to the
Gaoler, referring to Lord Sidmouth's letter, the
aoler had said he did not care for Lord Sidmouth
•r-that it had also been stated that the practice of
opening and inspecting the prisoners' letters would
be persisted in, and that a Prisoner who had petition,
edlhat House had, on that account, been put in
irons, which latter transaction his Lordship consider.
ed to be clearly a breach of the Privilege of that
' House.
The Petitions were ordered to lienn the table.
Earl STANHOPE trusted the House would
take the subject matter of these Petitions into consi-
deration.
The LORD CHANCELLOR suggested that
the regular course would be to appoint a day to take
the Petitions into consideration, and the Attorney
alluded to might in the mean time be debited to at-
tend to give evidence. •
Earl STANHOPE said he would write to the
Attorney to attend, and moved that the Petitions be
taken into consideration on Tuesday. He named
this day because he had received a letter from a
kopil Duke whose motion stood for Tuesday, that
his Royal Highness intended to be in the House on
that day, but if he found himself too ill to bring on
his motion he should postpone it till Wednesday.
• The Petitions were ordered to be taken into consi.
deration on Tuesday,—Adjourned till to-morrow
(this day).
HOUSE OF COMMONS.
The Expiring Laws Bill, and the Local Poor 13ill
were read a second time, and severally ordered to be
ccmmitted to-morrow.
The Tea Export Bill, the Game Doty Bill, the
Gunpowder Bill, the Silk Handkerchief Bill, the
Agent General's Bill, and theWestmioster Improve-
pent Bill, were severally read a third time, and
passed.
The Report of the Duke of Wellington's Annuity
dill teas agreed to, and the Bill ordered to he read a
third time so-morrow.
The Ship Letter Bill was read a second time, apd
ordered to be committed tO.I7IOETOW.
The Post Office Expense Bill was ordered to be
eosnaiuted :h;s day month.
Sir SAbiI.TEL ROMILLY pr_esented a Petition
froM a 'perm l'of the name of W. James, praying
atm the Houle would pass some Measure to enable
• *Sp la the Souse of Lords to chalk, any

Peer interested in the tense, to abstain fintli vot-
ing on it.
A Bill to authorize the issuing of Three Millions
of Exchequer Bills for the service of Ireland, was
brought in and read a first time.
The usual Addresses were voted to the Prince Re-
gent, praying that some dignity of the Church be
conferred on the Rev. James Webber, Chaplain of
the House ; and fur the issuing sums
.of money to
raise the emoluments of the Office ofJerethiah Dyson,
Esq. Clerk of the House, to 12,500; those of J. H.
Ley, Esq. to X 52,000; for the Printing of the Jour-
nals, and remunerating the Committee Clerks.
Mr. TIERNEY said!, be held in his hand a Peti-
tion from certain corn growers, praying the House
to adopt and act upon certain Resolutions agreed to
by the House of Lords, for removing the taxes
to which growers of corn were subject. He had
doubts whether with propriety such a Petition could
be received.
The SPEAKER said, that such would be cer-
tainly improper, for the House to receive a Petition
praying them to act on Resolutions of the other House,
which had not been communicated to them.
The Scotch Spirit Duty Bill was brought hi, read
a first time, and ordered to be read a second time
to-morrow. •

The Cordage Bill was committed ; and the Re-
port to-morrow.
The Thames Police Bill was read a second time,
and ordered to be committed to-morrow.
The :Report of the .Princess of Wales's Annuity
Bill was agreed to, and the Bill ordered to be read a
third time on Monday.
The Report of the War Duties Bill was agreed
to, and the Bill ordered to be read a third time to-
morrow.
The Report of the Committee on the Compensa-
tion to the American Commissioners was brought up,
and ordered to be printed.
ARRESTS ON MESNE PROCESS.

Sir F. BULWETT presented a Petition from a
person of the name of Walter J. Baldwin, which he
said contained the account of a case of great oppres-
sion under the present system of imprisonment for
debt. The Petitioner had been arrested under a
charge of debt, and had taken every legal means to
obtain his discharge, yet he had been detained more
than eleven months, although on his liberation the
Judge said that there had been no ground whatever
for his arrest. It was too late to take any measures
on the subject in the present Session, but
,early in
the next Session he should make some motion on
the subject of the grievance complained of in the
Petition The Petition WAS read,, and ordered to
lie on the table.

The Honourable Baronet presented also another
Petition of a similar nature from John Abraham von
Lengerke, formerly of Bremen, complaining that
he had . been arrested in this country for a debt
contracted at Bremen, for which he would not have
been liable in that place, as he had made a surren-
der of his goods as a bankrupt, and obtained a cer-
tificate after the manner of that country.—Ordered
to lie on the table.

:VES.
Lord MORPE CH said he had read in a Morning
Paper, an account of three Spaniards of 'rank having
been seized by the Governor of Gibraltar, in which
they had taken refuge, and delivered Up to the Spa-
nish Government. He wished to know from the
Noble Lord (Castlereagh) opposite to him, whether
any orders on the subject had been issued to the Go-
vernor ? He also wished to know, whether any ap-
plications had been made to the Spanish Government
in favour of those persons who had acted, perhaps,
imprudently in their ideas of liberty ?
Lord CASTLE R EAG H said be was totally ig-
norant of any such trinsaction as had been alluded
to. The col rcsr;ondence with Gibraltar did not come
exactly within his department, but lie had not heard
of it, and his Honourable Friend (Mr. Goulburn)
near him, connected with the other department, knew
also nothing of it. There had also arrived dispatches
from the Court of Spain within the lait three days,
which alluded to nothing of the kind. He should,
however, make further inquiries on the subject and,
communicate the result to the Noble Lord. He
could state, that all the legitimate influence this
country could use with the Court of Spain had been
employed in a manner which the Noble Lard would
highly approve of.

SP.ANISU Fl:6lTl'

GOVERNOR
Mr. GOULBURN wished to know whether it was
the intention of the Honourable Gentleman opposite
(Mr. P. Moore) to make the .motion, of which he
had given notice, respecting Governor Gore ? He
(Mr. Goulhurn) was anxious to bring the question
to a discussion in order perfectly to clear the charac-
ter of that Officer.

Mr. P. MOORE said he was in expectation of a
Petition which was to be presented on the subject of
Mr. Gore's Government.

Mr: GOULBURN was sizions that a refutation
of the charges against Colonel Gore. should go forth
in the same Session in which Zie accusation had
been brought.
Mr. WROI7ESLEY thought the question ought
speedily to be brought on.
Mr. P. MOORE said, that the postponement of
the motion had•not arisen from any neglect of his,
out from the quantity of information which had,
poured in on him from all quarters respecting Upper
Canada, which caused the private injuries which he
had at first intended to redress, to merge in the gene.
ral question.
Mr. ONSLOW thought it unfair that a charge
should be so long kept hanging over Colonel Gore.
On the motion of Mr. WHITBREAD, the Amend-
'stsent made by the-Lords in the Finsbury Sewers Bill
was taken into consideration, and, after a few words
from the SPZAKRR, agreed to. The Bill was ordered
'to be sent to the Lords by Mr. WHITBREAD.
After sonic prefatory observations front Mr.
BABLEB, it was ordered, on the Honourable Mem-
' bees motion, that the Committee upon the several
petitions and documents respecting the New Post
Office should have power to report its opinion to the
House, together, with the evidence taken before it.
The Offenders' Escape Bill was committed; pro-
ress was reported, and the committee was ordered
to sit again to-morrow.
GRANT observed, that in consequeace
of the Bill which had passed to prevent 'seditious
meetings id Ireland, and the declared opinion of Mi.
'nispeni that such a measure was rendered Atcassary

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br the disturbed situation of that country, upon
which opinion that House had thought proper to
adopt the measure not for one year only but for three
years, be should feel it his duty (unless the subject
were taken up by some more able person) to move,
early in the next session, for the appointment of a
Committee.to inquire into the state of Ireland.
Sir E. BRYDGES also gave notice of a motion
for next session, upon the subject of the Poor Laws.
The Irish Yeomanry Bill was read a second time,
and committed for to-morrow.
POST HORSIC FARMING BILL.

The House having resolved into a Committee upon
the Post-horse Farming Bill,
Mr. WROTTESLEY proposed the clause which
he described last night, with regard to the suspension
of any prosecution for penalties under the existing
Act, upon the certificate of two Commissioners of
Stamps, who should have power to issue such certifi-
cate, upon any case made out to their satisfaction,
that a penalty was incurred through mere inadver-
tency, without any intention to defraud the revenue.'
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
opposed the clause, as affecting the interest of those
pull% and as inconsistent with the contract entered
into by Government with the farmers of the Pest-
horse Duty; but he should have no objection to a
clause of thus nature prospectively, with reference to
the Bill under consideration.
After a few remarks from Mr. Serjeant ONsLow,
who dwelt upon the grievances suffered by innkeepers
and others under the existing law, in consequence of
vexatious prosecutions,
Mr. LUSHINGTON proposed a clause actord-
ing with the opinion of the CHANCELLOR of the Ex-
CHEQUER, such clause to take effect from and after
.4nuary, 1815.
After some farther conversation between Mr. R.
SMITH, the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, Mr.
WETHERALL, and Mr. WROTTESLEY, Mr. LUJIIING-
TON'S clause was brought up.
The Report to be received on Monday.
COLONIAL AUDI'. BILL.
The further consideration of the Report upon the
Colonial Audit Bill being moved,
Mr. ABERCROM BY objected to the Establish-
ment which the Bill proposed, as unnecessary arid ex-
pensive. The duty to be assigned to the propose.'
Commissioners might, in his opinion, be discharged
by the West-India Commissioners, or by the Colo-
nial Department, without encumbering the country
with any additional burthen.

The 'CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
defeadtd the Bill ; and contended that the proposed
Commission WAS necessary to audit the account, of
those distant Colonies which were dependent upon
his Majesty, namely, those which had no local legis-
lature. The new Board was particularly necessary,
with a view to the expeditious examination of
accounts, without which expedition, indeed, it was
found that no examination was likely to be effective.
This new Board, he observed. was also to examine 1
any accounts
.referred to it by the Commissioners of
the Treasury, under whose orders the Board was to
adjOurn from place to place, as it became necessary
to the effectual examination of public accounts. As
to the West India Commission and the Colonial De-
partment, both were to 4 much occupied to attend to
the objects which were to be assigned to thee new
Board. .

Mr. BANKES concurred with the Chancellor of
the Exchequer, that the most effectual way of audit-
ing public accounts was, that the examination should
follow the expenditure as soon as possible; and he
wished that this rule were generally attended to.—
He wished its application particularly to the auditors
of public accounts in this country, which was lamen-
tably impeded by old Exchequer forms which ought
to have been long since removed.
After a few observations by Mr. ABERCROMRY, Mr.
R. SMITH, and the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER,
in which it was understood, that the Bill, which is
immediately to apply to the Cape of Good Hope,
Ceylon, Malta, Mauritius, and Trinidad, is to be li-
mited to five years, in order to see whether its farther
continuance may be found necessary.
The Report was recommitted; Report received
and agreed to, and the Bill was oidered to be read
a third time to-morrow.