Star.
London, England, 1824-05-19 00:00:00

FROM WASHINGTON, APRIL 16.

The Tariff Bill is passed, 107 to 102. What benefit can our
woollen manufacturers promise themselves from it, when the maxi-
mum duty on woollen manufactures is 37.1-2. per cent. while the
maximum duty on the raw material is 50 per cent.
A Spainsb privateer of 16 guns was cruizing betwecn Valparaiso
and Lima, in December. The Peruvians have a small naval force
under Admiral Guise : the Chilians have neglected their naval
force ; and the arrival in the Pacific Ocean of the small Spanish
squadron which is on its way there, will probably cause much alarm
and injury to the Patriots.

The French Papers of Sunday, and the Eloile of Mon-
Jay, have reached us; and in another part of our Paper
w•e have given an extract from them, relating to the
recent events at Lisbon.

The other contents of these Papers are uninteresting,
except the account of the Sitting of the Chamber of
Deputies on Saturday, when the Report of the Com-
mittee 011 M. BENJAMIN CONSTANT'S eligibility was
read. This Report is a laborious performance; it re-
jects M. 13. CONSTANT'S claims to be considered a
Frenchman, in consequence of his paternal descent, but
admits them on the side of his mother, and therefore
recommends his admission. The discussion of this
port by the Chamber was postponed till next Saturday.

The Memoirs of Lord BYRON, written by himself,
are, we understand, lost to the world for ever. This
posthumous record of the deceased Nobleman had been
deposited, as our Readers may have informed them-
selves, in the keeping of Mr. TUOIIIAS MQORE, and de.
signed as a legacy for his benefit. This Gentleman,
with the consent and at the desire of Lord BYRON, had
long ago sold the manuscript to Mr. MURRAY, for, we
have been told, the large sum of £2OOO. Since the
death of Lord BYRON, it occurred to the sensitive and
honourable mind of Mr. MootsE, that, by possibility,
although the Noble Author himself had given full
authority for a disclosure of the document, some of Ili.
family might be wounded or shocked by it. Ile ap-.
pointed, therefore, a time for meeting a near connexion
of the Noble Lord (not Lady BvrtoN), and alter a deli-
berate and joint perusal of the work, finding that this

Lady apprehended from it much pain to the minds of
many persons still living, though no sort of imputation
on her brother's memory, Mr. Mooar, with a spirit and
generosity ‘rhich the better part of mankind will he at
no loss to appreciate, placed the manuscript in the
Lady's hands, and permitted her to burn it in his pre-
sence! This sacrifice of self-interest to lofty feeling
was made the day before yesterday, and the next morn-
ing the 02000 was repaid to Mr. MURRAY by Lord
BYRON'S self-destituted legatee.
We can appreciate the amiable, and feeling, and dis-
interested conduct of Mr. Moons, but we have some
respect for the wishes of individuals deceased; and if
Lord Braores Memoirs were necessary to the vindica•
tion of his character, they ought not to have been de-
stroyed, though it might have been well to delay the
publication. The last words of that Nobleman, before
the delirium which seized his powerful mind within
three days of his death, were—" I wish it to be known,
that my last thoughts were g;ven to my wile, thy
child, and my sister I"

The crews of the HECLA and FunY Discovery Ships
were paid their wages yesterday at the Nore, and they
sail this morning. The Officers and men are in high
spirits. The William Harris transport, having onboard
twenty-six live bullocks, and laden with provisions and
fuel, will accompany them a cettain distance, to keep
up the supplies.

PUBLIC ASSAULI'oN SIR HENRY IIARDINGE,

B M.P.

We regret, and every generous bosom will regret
to hear, that Sir HENRY HARDINGE, the second in
the late duel to the Marquis o► LosooNnartity, was
grossly insulted yesterday afternoon, in his way to the
1-louse of Commons, by a person who said his name was
Mr. BATTIER, one of the principals on the above occa-
sion. Sir HENRY had just crossed from Parliament-street
to the iron railing which divides St. Margaret's Church-
yard from Palace-yard, when Mr. BAT riEn stepping
up to him, asked his name, and, shaking a whip at Sir
lIENRY; begged him to consider that he had been horse-
whipped, at the same time telling him that his name was
BATTIER ! There were few persons passing at the time
of this insult; Sir HENRY gave his card to Mr. BAT-
TIER ; and thus the matter ended for the prescnt.—
Sir HENRY HARDINGE has lost an arm in the Service.