Star.
London, England, 1831-08-25 00:00:00

mieA of the beer-shops against being interested

eau:err.
Air. Wood gave notice of a motion relative to
Mr. Carlile for to-day.
Hume complained of the employment of the
military, in questions between workmen and their
employers, to which Mr. Lamb replied that they
were called out only in consequence of violence
lnd outrage.
In the Committee on the reform bill, after read-
:ng the 2lst clause, Mr. Hunt moved an amend-
ment, that the franchise should be given to all
li.wrieholders paying taxes, and road a statement,
or which we propose to give a copy to morrow.
Lord Althorp, Colonel Conolly, and Mr. Wilde,'
Tpplied, when a division took place, One Hundred
3nd Twenty-three to One!
Col. Davies moved another amendment relative
;,) freeholders in cities or boroughs, about which
there were sixteen speeches, which terminated in
division of one hundred and thirty-six to two
hundred and tnenty-five.
A further conversation then took place on filling
up the blanks, and Captain Polhill moved for £5.
instead of flO ; but the original clause was finally
carried at two o'clock.

Death has just deprived the arts of one of the
most celebrated pianists known in all Europe. It
is Madame Marie Szymanowska, a Polonese, and
first pianist at the court of Russia. She died at
Petershurgh on the 24th July, after a short illness.
The Temple of Janus is at London, and M.
Talleyrand is the door-keeper.—Cursaire
The report of the marriage of Leopold with a
French Princess is rereated. The military pro-
menade of Marshal Gerard will, in consequence,
tike the name of the " War of the Nuptials."
In the last three elections, the Lowthers ex-
pended 130,0001. to have the Noble Lord and the
Colonel returned ; and that about 50,0001. of this
sum went—not to buy voters, but to create •otes.
—Times.

The Earl of Chesterfield retires wholly from the
sporting world. His racers were sold some time
ago; his dogs last week.
Forty thousand pounds are demanded by the
Dean and Chapter of St. Paul's, for a renewal of
the leases on the Harrow-road.

The Right Hon. and Rev. Lord Augustus Fitz-
clarenee is positively named for one of the vacant
Irish mitres.

Mr. Cobbett meditates an immediate visit to bis
election friends at Manchester.

There is no other mode of protecting the public
against the too frequent recurrence of disasters by
steam-packets, than by making the owners respon-
sible, under a heavy pecuniary penalty, for the
competency and good conduct of those who have
charge of them.
Some beautiful pieces of sculpture, which have
recently arrived from Rome, are now exciting con-
siderable interest among the artists and amateurs of
the metropolis. They are the work of Raimondo
Trentanove, the distinguished friend and pupil of
Canova, who enjoys among his countrymen a repu-
tation for genius and accomplishment, to which the
tasteful productions of his chisel deservedly entitle
him.

Esowsmater.—On Saturday morning, whilst
the family were at church, a fashionably-dressed
young man, attired in a green frock-coat, was
observed to drive up to I—y Cottage, near Ton-
bridge. Soon afterwards a lady made her appear-
ance, enveloped in a white veil, which completely
concealed her face, and instantly sprang into the
vechile which waited for her reception. The gay
Lothario immediately set off with rapidity. The
lady has since been discovered to be the accom-
plished heiress, Miss —; but the name of the
Hero of this exploit is still unknown.
COALS.—A return has been made to Parliament
of the price of coals in April, May, June, and July
1830, and the same months in 1831, in the inter-
val between which, the coal duties were taken off :
we shall select Wallsend Russells to shew the
prices :—On April 30, 1830, the price was
32s 3d, and on May 3, same year. 31s 9d; on
April 29, 1831, (duty off,) it was 31s 6d.
TRADE WITH PORTUGAL. —The attention of
the merchants and others interested in the trade
with Portugal, was yesterday drawn to the subject
of petitioning Parliament respecting the equaliza-
tion of the duties on wines. A petition has been
drawn up for the purpose of receiving the signa-
tures of those opposed to the measure, and was
sent about yesterday afternoon on 'Change.
In addition to recent measures taken to propa-
gate primary instruction in the towns and villages
of this metropolis, the King has granted various
annual pensions to be dedicated to the education of
a certain number of females, with a view to their
being employed as instructresses. Before, however,
any, female can enjoy this privilege, she must en-
gage to follow the profession of a schoolmistress,
and undergo an examination as to her perfect
knowledge of the English language, grammatical
analysis, logic, and the elements of calculation.
The late Archbishop of Dublin was a contem-
Petery " class fellow" at Trinity College with Lord
Plunkett,and successfully exerted himself to secure
his Lordship's election for the " silent sister.;'—
The Archbishop was elevated to the Irish Epis-
copal Bench in 1819, when he was promoted to
the See of Raphoe. On the translation of John
George Beresford, from Dublin to Armagh, in
1822, Dr. Magee was elevated to the former
see, which is understood to be worth about
8,0001. per annum.
The Enclosure Acts Titles' Bill, attracts pub-
he attention. The mischievous effects that must
arise from a measure which declares, that because
the provisions of inclosure acts had not been com-
plied with, all and every the awards of conaris-
sioners appointed uader such acts should be as
rood and valid as if the several formalities required
thereby had been observed and performed.
During the heavy thunder-storm in London, on
Wednesday afternoon week, the horses in Thum,
wood's Windsor coach, which was standing at the
White Horse Cellar at the time, took fright, and
Orenkieg from the " cad," set off at a rapid rats'
Oeng Piccadilly. It luckily happened that the
coachman (Denham) was on the spot, andeaw the
horses start ; for, with the greatest promptitude, he
snatched at the wheel hories heads, got hold of
the reins, and hung to • thetnuntil the horses bath
fell, when he was also Amens lows, and narrowly
escaped being run over.

ROTA L RXC HA NOE, ON 11 O'CLOCK.
Consols, which left off yesterday at 811 for the
Account, opened at 81 i f, at which price they
continue, with a steady market. Nothing as yet
doing in the Foreign market.
TWO O'CLOCK.
The speedy evacuation of Belgium by the
French troops being now ascertained as an un-
doubted fact, has caused an improvement in the
Funds.

Consols, which were in the early part of the
morning at 81i for the Account, got up to 84
with an improving market.
THREE O'CLOCK.

Bank Stock, 1991 81. Three 5.
Three per Cent Consols, 81* f 2. Three and a Half per
Cent. 1818, 90*. Three and a Half per Ct. Red. 901 I.
Three and a Half per Cent New, 89* I 11. Four per Ct.
1826, 99* 1006. Long Annuities, Jan. 1860, 17 1-16.
Annuities, Oct. 1859,16 15-181; do. Jan. 1860, India.
Stock, —; do. Bonds, par 1 prem. 1 die. South Sea
Stock, —. New Annuities, £lOOO Exchequer Bills,
10 13 ; X5OO do. 9 11; AlOO and "200 do. 10 11. Con-
sols for Account, 81f Pe 2.
FOUR O'CLOCE.—Coosols 82.

This day Lord Hut held a Levee as Com-
mander-in-Chief of the Forces, at his office in the
Horse Guards, which was attended by Lieut.-Gen.
MOLYNEUX, Lieutenant-Gen. Sir W. HOUSTON,
Lieut.-Gen. Sir W. HUTCHINSON, Gen. EDLN,
Sir C. OGLE, Sir C. GMANT, Major General
GRANT, Major-Gen. BURROWS, Major-Gen. Sir
G. ELDER, and about fifty other distinguished
officers.

Despatches were received this morning at the
Foreign Office from our Ambassasors at Paris,
Brussels, and the Hague.
The retailers of beer have very properly resolved
to petition the House of Commons against the
amended New Beer Act, as proposed by Lord Mel-
bourne in the House of Lords.

The New York Gazette of July 6, states that
an Englishman, named Wm. Murray, has been
tried and found guilty of stealing, from the City
Bank there, money to the amount of 248,000 dol-
lars. Sentence had not been passed.
On Tuesday last a Council of the Corporation
was held at Oxford, when a motion was proposed
and seconded, " That the honorary freedom of the
city, with the rank of bailiff in the Corporate body,
should be presented to W. H. Hughes, Esq. one
of the Representatives in Parliament," which was
negatived by a majority of 39 to 21.
STEAM NAVIGATION.—His Majesty's steamer
Echo sailed on Monday to join the squadron under
the command of Sir Z. Codrington. The Echo,
it will be recollected, is the vessel which has been
fitted with cylindrical boilers and serpentine
tubes, by which four great objects are obtained—
increased safety, considerable space, a great saving
of fuel, and an accession of power. The safety of
the vessel is increased by the greater strength of
the cylindrical, than the square, boilers ; space is
obtained by the new being much smaller than the
old boilers ; the consumption of fuel is lessened
very considerably, we believe to the extent of
about one-third ; and an accession of power is ob-
tained by being enabled to work the engine at its
greatest power without fear of injury to the boilers,
which will bear 60 or 70Ibs. on the square inch.
A Court of aldermen was held on Tuesday, at
Guildhall, at which the Lord Mayor, 13 aldermen,
the recorder, sheriffs, and city offisers, were present.
The sheriffs delivered in their reports of the state of
the several prisons. The Chamberlain reported the
produce of the Orphan Fund for the last quarter, and
was directed to take the requisite measures for the
discharge of the sum of 11,2001. further part of
outstanding debt, agreeably to the provisions of the
act of parliament in that respect. The Rementbraneer
reported to the Court the proceedings he had
taken in respect of the attendance of the Alder-
men at the ensuing Coronation of their Majesties;
upon which the Court adopted some regulations,
and requested the Lord Mayor to provide himself'
with the usual crimson velvet robe. The Inquest I
of St. Andrew's, Holborn, presented a nuisance of!
a disorderly house in their parish, and the Court
referred it to the Alderman of the Ward to give
such directions about it as he should see fit.

There is at present living at Deighton, near
Huddersfield, a person named Joshua Hobson,
who bas attained the age of 101, but who, not-
withstanding these advanced years, is able to work
daily on the land of the farm, which he has rented
of the Thornhill family for the last 70 years. The
rent of this farm when he first entered it, was 91.
but it is now near 401. He has been remarkable
for the most regular habits, never having been in-
toxicated in his life.

A great difference of opinion has existed for
some time between the magistrates of Lambeth-
street Police-office upon the Poor Laws ; and a
short time since one of the magistrates, in cones.
quence of the many cases of imposition that had
come before him, issued • notice, to the effect
that after the let of August, 1831, he should
hear no more applications from paupers for relief,
but should leave them to the discretion of their'''
respective parish officers. The other magistrates, I
however, so far from concurring in this arrange-
meat,
declared that if he would not attend to the
pauper applications they would ; as they considered
that although no doubt there was a great deal of
imposition practised, yet, nevertheles, it was too
much to leave the whole of the cases to the dime-1
tion of parish officers, who, in many cases, might
out of seal to curtail the expenses of their respec-
tive parishes deny the necessary relief to persons
who might be in actual want of it.
YASMOUTA, Avo. 24.—Sailed this morning,
for Leith. the Duncan, 74, and a large fleet of,
coasters, for the North. Arrived the Cygnet,
White, from Medemblik Cheese. The Viewley,
Hill; the Jane, Neal, which was on shore on
this beach, as mentioned in my last, have been
got off, and are in this harbour, and will be sur-
veyed. The Moriak, Hewson, with coals, which
drove on the beach, same gales, is sold for a wreck,
and also her cargo.
Richard Lewis, who was executed at Cardiff on
Saturday last, for stabbing Donald Black, of the
9341 regiment of highlanders, at a riot at Merthyr,'
about wages, died professing innocence.' Mow
the *ensue*, Lewis Lewis, the brother of this
unfortunate man -ender present COOfUNIIMIA 4f4
having been cone;reed in the same
i affair, declared
sofeesniy, that his brother Richard was innocent,
fee be knew that he was not there, and-hid h 11;:
L Lewis,been sharing-the same fate, he would
said the same ear the scaffold. This warden paimel.

fay ameliorates the declaration of litickmddicgbe,
day before his lamented oxecutioe,fir lorlygo,
te make a full esefession, as all bip_or..were gone,
IA replied, " the way to obtain moicyls itSelk
the trash, and, is amercing my inseam:a, I do
Britaloimberstb!"