Star.
London, England, 1814-10-12 00:00:00

BONDED GOODS.

Yesterday a numerous and most respectable Meet-
ing of the Merchants and others interested in the
Bonding of Goods in the Port of London, was held in
the City of London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, for
the purpose of taking into consideration the very
alarming situation in which they were likely to be
placed by the recent determination of the Lords of
the Treasury to enforce the payment of the duties
upon all goods which may have remained in the ware-
houses under bond, beyond the period allowed by the
several Warehousing Acts.
Sir CHARLEc PRICE, Baronet, was unanimously
called to the Chair. Ile said he felt it necessary to
apologize to the Meeting for having accepted the
Chair on an occasion when he SAW around him so
many eminent merchants, interested in the investiga-
tion of the subject for which they were met, and pos-
sessed of 11111C:1 greater abilities than himself. The
manner in which he came to be called to the Chair
was this s—On coming to town last Thursday, a letter
was put into his hands intimating the intention of the.
Treasury to enforce, on the 30th instant, the payment
of the duties on all goods remaining in the warehouses
under bond, after the period allowed by the Ware.
housing Act. In this letter was inch.sed another
from Mr. ARBUTHNOT to a most respectable merchant;
scat hag, " that the Lords of the Treasury did not con-
ceive themselves warranted to give any further ex-
tension to the time mentioned in the Warehousing
Act." This intimation appeared to him of such im-
portance, that as Chairman of the Merchants trading'
to the Continent, he thought it his dint immediately
to call upqn the Secretary of that body, for the pur-
pose of convening a Meeting to take this most impor-
tant notification into their consideration. To his very
great satisfaction, he found that a Meeting had taken
place, which had been attended by those most respect-
able names that appeared to the advertisement for
etovening this General Meeting. It was in compli-
ment to then Society of Merchants, of which he had
spoken, that he bad been this day called to the Chair.
He did not think it necessary for him to make many
observations, as he conceived that every Gentleman
present must-feel how ruinous it would be to the trade
.41 London, and what a cruel hardship it would.be to
'many individuals, to have those chides strictly levied
on so early a day as the 30th.
'Fite Committee had come to certain resolutions
which would be submitted to them, but he should be
happy to hear any Gentleman who wished still fur.
ther to elucidate the subject. He hoped, however,
that in whatever observations might be made, the
subject would be considered coolly, and that no ex-
tram dinary warmth might be introduced into the dis-
cussion. They had only one object—the benefit of
the trade ' • and although they might differ from the
Lords of the Treasury on this point, yet so far from
making any severe observations upon his Majest)'s
government, he believed that it was the wish of every
one present to support it. It was, thank GOD, the
best government now existing in the world.
The Resolutions agreed to by the Committee were
then proposed, and unanimously adopted.
A Committee was then appointed to wait upon the
Lords of the Treasury, and point out to them the rui-
nous consequences, both to trade, and to the indivi-
dual merchants, from acting upon thenotification that
haat been given.
The thanks of the Meeting were then given to Sir
C. Price for his conduct in the Chair.

The ship destroyed at Hamden is a strong sloop of
war, of 26 guns, named the Adams, and not the John
Adams, which is of the rank of a frigate, and which
left the Texel with Mr. DALLAS, American Secretary
of Legation, on the evening of the 28th of August.
The Hon. AUGUSTUS Fosutft has returned from
his embassy to Copenhagen, for a few weeks, and set
out to join his mother, the Duchess of DEvortsmaE,
in Ireland.

UTOPIA REALISED 1 (cry practical Politi-
cians) a Goverment without a fault I—Jurisprudence
without a flaw 1 You may as well expect a Loiter,
without a Blank I—But facians est ! —Vide CARTER'S
Lottery Prospectus, which invites you to give him a
preference, and his List of valuable Capitals, sold last
Lottery, will, he presumes, justily that preference.—
Purchase of CARTER' No. 8, Charing.Cross.—Lot-
tery will be all drawn livir SATURDAY.

well-known as being convicted of the late
Stock-Exchange fraud, has at last made his appear-
, ance in this country, and has been apprehended.

to 4Aiiit

Friday ti detachment of the 86th Liet Infantry;
marched from Hythe for Dover., to emb.uk to join
their comrades, who so heroically s.gnAliz. d their;
selves in carrying the American linei rt B: id • n shut g:
The depot of the 44th Regiment hAi been rem iv:cl
td Hythe.
The Second Battalion of that fine SeTts Regiment
the 15th, or Royal Borderers, is ordered 'write from
the Netherlands to e disbAnded. They .x;,.•cted to
tmbark at Ostend t r Berwick-upon Twe d fix the
above put-pose, in tie course of the prow: week.
It is reported in the military circles, th it a pretty
general reduction of second battalions is in contem-
plation.

The principal charges against Sir Jams MURRAY,
for his conduct at Tarragona, are to be adduced by
Rear-Admiral HALLOWSLL, upon wheie arriv .1 from
the Mediterranean the Court will be immediately
convoked. As these charges regard the precipitate
embarkation of the troops, aid the consequent aban-
dohthent of the cann'n, when the Admiral considered
himself to be in possession of suffic'ent time and
meaas for receiving the whole on board, his evidences
will be principally naval men.
The 2J Battalion of the 63d Regiment was inspect.;
ed at Ipswich, on Wednesday last, by M..j ir.General
See°, previous to its being disembndied on the 2.401
inst. After the inspection of the corps the Officers
had a fat ewell dinner ; and, the cloth being removed;
Major Chapman, and all the Officers, presented an
elegant silver cup to the Commanding Officer, Major
La GETTE, with a short but appropriate speech, ex-
pressive of the gratification the carps felt in giving
him a durable memorial of the sense they entertained
of his virtues as a Commander, a soldier, and a man.
The reply was appropriate.—He had received an 64111 J.
ple reward for his solicitude,
.in the flattei ing testi-
mony they had now given him, that he
.possessed the
confidence and approbation of his brother officers.
The cup was then handed round, and all drank suc-
cess and happiness to their Commanding Officer.--:
Loyal and appropriate toasts followed, and the even•
ing was spent with much gratulation at the recellec-
tion of the harmony that had ever existed among the
Officers of the corps.
From Cork, under date of the 6sh instant, we learn,
that an expedition ig immediately to sail from that
harbour. Its destination is not known. The :Nth and
40th Regiments, with two others, have received orders
to embark forthwith, and are to sail the first oppor-
tunity, under the convoy of the Sultan, now at Cove.
The transports which are to convey these troops have
been provisioned for twelve months. On the sth, six
companies of the 28th regiment, under the command
of Colonel BELSON, marched into Cork, three compa-
nies of which marched next morning to Monkstown.
The Ist division of the 40th Foot, under the com-
mand of Colonel THORNTON, marched into the garri-
son an the sth from Mallow, and on the 6th proceed-
ed to Monkstown for embarkation ; .and the same day
the remainder of the 40th, under the command of
Colonel Gikues, marched in and were to embark on
the 7th.

The Duke of Yoax is expected to leave town this
day, on a visit to the Duke of RUTLAND, to meet a
shooting party.
Carlisle Racer have been numerously attended this
season. The dancing and card-parties at the Crown
and Mitre and Bush Inns were supported wilt much
spirit ; and several well-contested boxing and wrest-
ling matches took place on the Course.
The Duke of RUTLAND WAS the most successful
member of the Jockey Club, at the late Newm aket
Meeting; it is conjectured that his Grace wr,n, on his
two principal matches, not less than 12,000 guiaeas.
TEMPLE OF CONC'MIf), IN the GithEN 1714
structure, after having been ineffectually offered for
sale by private contract, with all i:s remaining magni-
ficence, fell yesterday, under the hammer of the aim-
tioneer.—The spectators were very few, the bidders
much fewer. The sale began at noon, and c ntinetd
several hours. The costly Temple was divided into
100 loth which, with two lots of timber belonging to
the fencing, fetched the sum of £l9B. 6s. Gd. Some
skeleton wood-work was not put up, and the emble-
matical transparencies had been taken away, proba.
bly to embellish some other scene of public festivity.
We have not room to notice many of the items of the
catalogue. " Europe Reeved" was sold for Bs. and
" Strife De:tending" went at precisely the same value.
" The 7 risunph of Britannia" was knocked down for
50s. The names of " Frederick and Blucher" brought
two guineas. " The Golden ifgc Restored," £3. 10.—
The "Sceptre of the Bourbon: Restored," three guineas.
" Austria and Holland" went together for £2. " The
Regent and Wellington" were contended for rather
stoutly, and cost the winner £3. Fur " ll'ar DUO.
hieing the Earth," one person went to the expence of
ihree guineas. " Russia and Prussia," and " the Arms
of Spain and Portugal," fetched ,C 2 each lot. " "lie:f-
ancier and Kututrff," two pounds fifteen shillings
Seven beautiful Vestals, with vases of sacred oil, were
disposed of at thirty shillings to two guineas each;—
the purchasers undertaking to carry them away at
their own expence.
Yesterday morning the family of the Hon. Mr.
Ilenanur, at Mitcham, were alarmed by tie report
of a spring-gun, which hall been placed in the gar-
den (and of which the regular notice had been given);
the servants, on repairing to the spot, found a man
lying a few yards distant, lifeless ; and, on examin-
ing the unfortunate victim, he was discovered to be
an old offender, who, only a few days before, bad
been detected, by a similar report, in another Gen-
tleman's garden, and then only a few shot being
lodged in his legs, he was, under the idea of this cir-
cumstance being a sufficient caution, set at liberty.
A Dublin Paper states, that a certain Alderman
of that city having been on his departure lately from
a dinner at the Mayoralty House solicited by a poor
woman for charity for herself and five starving chil-
dren, exclaimed—" D—n you, I would give 850 to
be as hungry as any of you I"