Star.
London, England, 1831-09-09 00:00:00

TAXES ON KNOWLEDGE.

AT 3 MEETING of the COUNCIL of the
BIRMINGHAM POLITICAL UNION, held at
GLOBE TAVERN, in TRAIPLZSTRERT, this
13:141 day of August. 1831,

THOMAS ATTWOOD, Esq. in the Chair;

°°..".. IT WAS ITSOLVID UNANIMOUSLY,

That we viewlwith: regret the existence of laws which
r ke a barrier agnirat the progress of knowledge, by means
nF the Tax or Stamp levied upon the Teets and cheap
Per'odical Publications, through which knowledge is circu-
lated.

That we deem much laws injurious. because they check
lie improvement of the mind, and because they shelter eor.
n• and tyrannical Governments from expostne, among the
traea of the people who are most exposed to suffer under the
effect% of tyranny and corruptinn.

Thvt we cannot reflect upon the recent Government pro-
krefflions against different political writers, without deeply
)(vetting them.

That among the victims of those prosecutions we consider
that Mr. Carpenter, the author of the "Political Letters,"
who is row in prison for the non-payment of an etorbitant
fine, is particularly entitled to public sympathy and pro-
tection.

That by labouring to obtain his release, we shall COTItTi.
Bute to the progress of the public cause ; and that, therefore,
_ _

we give our cordial

scription which hi now in !woven in Birmingham, with the
view of assisting in that object.

and support to the sub.

THOMAS ATTWOOD, Chairman.
By order of the Council, '
BRNJAM I N HADLEY, Seaetary.

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

LISBON PAPERS—THIS DAY.
T.TSBON.—OFFICIAL
HEAD•QVAITILIII, PALACZ 07 savittrz.

Ave. 22, 1851.

The King. our Sovereip, u Commander-in-Chief of the
army. orders me to declare, that a part of the 2d Regiment
of infantry of Lisbon having hustled astray, and mutinied.
succeeded in leavintr its quarters at a gna•ter past lOo'cloeh
at night, on the 21st inst. and having insolently resumed
the colours, and fired upon the other part, which re.
mined faithful and obedient with its officers, proceeded
to the Rocin. where it wee immediately attacked, and
afterwards taken prisoner, by the other cups of the gar
rim of Lisbon, which decidedly and bravely fell upon
it ; so that at two o'clock in the morning, all was tan.
qui!, without the inhabitants of the capital having taken
any part in this attempt.
The fidelity. subordination, discipline and good apirit,with
which the corps of all arms behaved on this occasion, de.
serve the praise and Royal approbation of his Majesty.

1•11••••••
amil.•ll,
...M. ••••

ORDER OrTHR DAY.

Conde de BASBACZNA.
Chief of the Genera? Ste.

Mount. Atm. 24.—A n Order of the Day of August 24,
announces his hisjesty'a owlets to try the soldiers of the 2d
regiment, who Koh part In the mutiny, to be tried by a
court-martial = to which order is subjoined the fidloiring
decree :

A part of 2d regt. of infantry of Lisbon having been guilty of
the crime of rebelling against my royal person, and con-
trary to the oath which it had taken, sallying in the night of
the 21st ins.ant from its quarters, uttering seditious cries,
and endeavouring to maintain by arms its :shameful re.
hellion, and the Individuate of that corps, who had
revolted, having been repelled, and immediately taken
prisoners, by the fidelity, valour, and firmness of
the other corps of the garrison of this capital, putt-
cularly by the Royal Police Guard of Lisbon, and the 4th
regiment of infantry which were nearest to the spot where
the meeting took place : for these reasons, I have thought
fit that thermutineers shall be tried by a court-martial,
which shall immediately meet, and of which I have
thought fit to appoint Brigadier-General Jose Anto de Ass
rido Lemon president s and members Brig.-General F. R.
de Carvaiho, Colonel J. da Rosa a Grusa ; Lieut.-Colonel
LJ. Doutel ; and Major Jant Rebocho, 'and auditor' A.
Joaquim de Gams Pinto, Judge of the Casa da Suppli-
cacao, and this notwithstanding any laws or decree
which have determined, that crimes of this nature shall
be'.' judged by civil or mixed tribunals; all which lam I
pleased to suspend for this case only. The Conde des
Lorenco, member of my council of State, for the War
department, will give the necessary orders for the execution
of this my Royal decree.
PALACZ OT QUI.OZE. Ave. 20, 18111.---Miguel, con-
formably to the above, the Governor of the Capital, and the
Prince of Estremadura, will order a convenient apartment
in Fort St. George to be prepared for the sitting of a Court
Martial ; giving orders that the accused shall be produced
whenever the President desire'', and that the other demands
of the Court-Martial be promptly attended to.

Lisbon Cas.`Aug. 23, 25.

CONDI: DI BARIBAILIZU.

L st.nou, Atm.:G.—Tile King, with his usual suite, went
• yesterday, at noon, to various military qu►rters of the capi-
tal, which had not before been honoured by his pre-
sence. Sentiments of extraordinary enthusiasm and
fidelity were manifested on this occasion, in the
most brilliant manner, by all the brave corps, which
vied with each ether in displaying the pure loyalty which
tbey feel for eur legitimate king, who so nobly wields the
sceptre which be hasj, inherited, acccrdirg to the fundamental
laws of the monarchy. It was easy to read in the counte-
nance of our adored sovereign, that his royal heart enjoyed
the most delicious sensations at the moment. The
King was, indeed, a Father in the midst of
affectionate children, receiving the most lively testimonies
of pure love, unshaken fidelity, and true attachment. It
were to be wished that these lames could be witnessed
by some of those calumniators, who write at so much
per line, and who..-but we will not deviate from the just
contempt which we feel for them.
The Gazette describes the rejoicings at these several
quarters, which •were brilliantly illuminated, as well as the
parts of the city that which his ?Majesty passed. Triumphal
arches, finely illuminated, and adorned with laurel, were
e!ecttd before the quarters of the troops; the corps embracing
,acts other, in proof of the anion between them. Immense
.umbers of the inhabitants joined the troops in there re-
joicing.—Lisiton Casette, Attpusi 27•

The Colonial Tunes of Van Diemand's Land,
says, that it is very• currently reported, that Go-
vernment salaries, exceeding two hundred per
annum, are to be reduced forthwith one-fifth of
their respective amounts. This reduction, if true,
%ill be of no trifiling advantage to these colonies
were great abuses exist.
Accounts from Brussels state that a person who
left Amsterdam recently, reports that the Belgian
prisoners arrived there to the number of 300, were
well treated by the people, who gave them beer,
and clothes; but at Utrecht same of them
laa I a narrow escape from being killed. It is
—lt is not true that there are a great number of
troops in the Rhenish provinces. At Julien there
Ale about 3 c: 4,000 in ,Tarrison, •• A:x•is Cha-
Pe ilethere areonly 1,26'

THE EVENING STAR.

LONDON, FRIDAY, SEPT. 9.

EaseTvm.—ln the Article as the Coronation, the day
before yesterday, in the second paragraph, it should hare
been, they are, instead of their legitimate conclusions.

6,6 Our Correspondent, "A. L." who complains qf the
difficulty qf obtaining sight of the STAR in the Neornitoon
to which he subscribes, hos the remedy in his NM hands,
and it is a twain' which he has mere poorer to adjust with
the Committee than we possess. The spirit with which this
paper has latterly been cowhand, of course leads to as
increase of its napoodere in ail well-conducted Suloriptiom,

ONE O'CLOCI. THIS DAT.....TheIMONIeter, U. Bs.
rometer, 29.59. Wind N. Weather, showery and damp.

It so happens, that while the people of Eng-
land are engaged in celebrating the festivities of
the CORONATION of their patriot ICING, no subject
of foreign interest claims their attention, if we
except some incidents connected with unfortunate
Portugal. We have fulsome documents, evidently
drawn up by some ecclesi est ic,for the Lisbon Gazette,
describing an unsuccessful mutinyof the2d regiment,
which, for want of an efficient leader was speedily
suppressed; and therefore affords a further oppor-
tunity for the tyrant, to satiate his thirst
for blood. For this purpose, he thought
proper to dispense with all the laws, and
to appoint a special military commission, con-
sisting of agents worthy of their master. Of
the result, we have as yet no information; but the
terms in which the affair is described, and the
usurper spoken of, are most disgusting and revolt-
ing. It is to be lamented that language and learn-
ing are susceptible of such abuses.

We yesterday, and to-day, received French
papers and letters ; but as usual they contain no
intelligence from Poland later than we bad recievsd
by the Hamburgh mail. We have also received a
Dutch mail this morning; but it contains no letter
from Berlin, later than the 27th ultimo, which de-
scribes some military promotions and dispositions of
the Prussian army, while our readers will recollect,we
published some days ago, extracts from the Berlin
papers of the let and 2d, giving news from Poland
subsequently to the 23d, when PAI[EMITSCH still
had his head-quarters at Nadarzyn, and wan re-
ported to have fallen back. A letter from Lem-
burg which we gave yesterday, of the 23d, of
course, throws no light on the state of affairs
near Warsaw. Public impatience on this subject
must, therefore, remain in oheyance, till the ar-
rival of the next Hamburgh Mail. In the mean-
time, we may infer, that nothing unfavourable had
occurred to the Poles, or it would have been trans-
mitted with due emphasis to Flanders orHolland.

Our correspondent at Paris, in a postcript to
his letter of Wednesday, apprises us, that there
have been some serious tumults in Paris, chiefly
directed against a shawl manufactory, which had
reduced its wages from 22 sous to 7 per day; be-
sides discharging a number of its hands. The
rioters were chiefly women, to the extent of 1500,
who were joined by multitudes of the other sex,
threatening the destruction of the manufactory ; but
on the appearance of horse and toot soldiery,
.hey dispersed, singing the Marsellaise,—
and crying bread or blood. In fact, it ap-
pears that in France, as in England, the manu-
facturing and commercial system has been pushed
oo far, the producers exceeding the consumers,
and the supplies being so far a-head of the
demands, that manufacturers cannot find ca-
pital with which to sustain their stocks.
The Pitt system engendered in England,
to manufacture for all the world, and thereby
renuer all nations tributary, has inspired them
with similar ambition ; and the manufacturing
system is in consequence arrested, by a glut in all
markets. It becomes therefore a very Important
problem to all Governments, to decide on the
means of assuring subsistence to unemployed, or
inadequately employed workmen.

Owing to the loose, perverse, or mystified manner
in which some of Contemporaries think proper to
treat the affairs of Poland, there have been
stock jobbing rumours this morning, that Warsaw
hid surrendered ; but if the propagatois of such
rumours were Readers of the STAR, or attended t o
the evidence of dates which it has correctly exhi-
bited, they would perceive, that no probable
ground exists for such a rumour. The bare idea
of treating with the Russians, on any terms,
had been so resented by the Polish patriots, that
the lives of those who had undertaken some nego-
elation were endangeed ; and it appears, by every
account, that the spirit of the Poles rises with
apparent adversity. We flatter ourselves, there-1
fore, that if through mediation, a cessation
of hostilities take place, it w ill be as convenient
to the Russians as to the Poles. We forbear to
point out by name the London paper or papers,
which have thus abused the public ; but leave their
demerit, and our merit, to liberal discrimination.

Accounts from Napoli, Aug. 15, state that 3
Austrian Consuls have arrived there, to represent
the interest of commerce. It is reported that a
Protocol for Greece has been signed in London,
which at length fixes the frontiers.
Quebec papers to, the sth of August, and Van
Diemen's Land to the 9th of May, have been re-
ceived. The Quebec papers from Kingston, Upper
Canada, July 50, state, that the weather up to the
16th July has been remarkable for drought, and fort
continued great heat.