Star.
London, England, 1822-06-07 00:00:00

r thereat, by the name of English or Eritisit CoCoa, or
0.1,„ name of cocoa, the same respectively shall)* forfeited,
scith the packages containing the sante, sod shall and
1a wired by any officer or officers of Excise; and the person
. ;:.,s preixtr.'";, Manufacturing, or selling the same, whetting
h,.s, ter, or their custody or pessusinis, or the dealer or
.z.v...r4 in. or seller or sellers of, coffee or cocoa, in whose cue-
szrne shall he found, shall forfeit and lose the sum of
huildrcd rounds ?"
V.l.)e,i the sweer•ing nature of this Act is consi-
i.r t • „e need not be surprised at the frequency of
•
the
rro,cctitions, which might, however, have been
i:,co.i.ed a thousandfold, since there is not, perhaps,
A :t;1 gi e village or hamlet in the United Kingdom,
v:::,re vegetable productions are not used " as a sub-
:i:010," and " prepared for the purpose" of being an
of articles used for breakfast ; and yet the

rcolation, yea, even the possession of such articles
an individual to all the penalties of this Act,
to all the terrors of the information of Excise
_ _ _

ric clauses proposed by Mr. LUSIIINGTON will CET...
I tiii:r be of some advantage to the dealer in Vegetable
in legalizing, for a small license, what was
!.c: wise subject to a very heavy penalty ; but to the
0,115k1 mer it will afford no relief: and we do not
;,:ly law more oppressive than that which
uctil.! exact half-a•crol,vn from the poor cottager,
f re:tnitting him to use mint, sage, rosemary,
mea-
;,,:•h::y, beans, or blunt bread (all of which are con.
:!::::ly used), as " a substitute" for tea and coffee,
vl.:cli are so heavily taxed as to be beyond his reach.
I:: the Bill has not yet passed through Parliament,
we trust that a clause will be added to it, to pro-
:: the mere consumer froth so searching, so wide-
:;-:.l.ling an Act of Parliament. But something more
t;:s.. this should be done. We believe that there are
tcreral persons now in prison for the penalties that
ii,wt been imposed under the Act; surely, when the
t Ince is legalised, the penalties of all that have been
cc.:lvicted will be immediately remitted, and that we
not continue to punish that as an offence con-i-
-t:it-xi yesterday, which to-day we declare to be no
canoe at all. There is something so absurd and so
r.onstious in the idea of having persons in confine-
tilt.lt for what is declared to be legal, that we cannot
c.:-.:rive the Legislature will omit inserting a clause,
w..itli shall, from the date of the new Act, quash all
per.ding, prosecutions, and remit every penalty in-
tuited under a law, the operation of which has been
suoppressive as to call for its virtual repeal.

New York Papers arrived this morning to the 16th
-f sr.ry, from which we give the following extracts :
\I THE COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER OF MAY 15.

MEXICO.

Our readers have heard a good deal of later
;boat the proceedings of ITURSIDE, who, in imi-
mien of 'NAPOLEON, wished to take advantage of
c political distractions in Mexico, and get himself
i.evated to the Imperial purple. Accounts received
Ilavannah, direct from Mexico, to the Sd April'
trim some new light on the attempts of this Chief to
tiny his ambitious projects into effect. He had so
f:r succeeded as to gain over a part of the military,
tl.o shouted " Viva el Rey!" and when another regi-
v.:a was sent to bring them to reason, they also re-
fuA to obey their Commanders, snatching off their
cockades, and delivering them to their General.
Elated by the success of these treacherous proceed-
ing, ITURBIDE presented himself, like another CROM-
tilt., before the Congress, and demanded the dismissal
:certain Deputies, whom he charged with conspiracy.
Ile was answered, that it was contrary to the rules to
comply with his demand, and that as he himself did
tot alone compose the Regency, he would please to
retire.—Shewing no disposition to leave the place,
1).,n YAsez then observed, " I hope your Excellency
till pardon me, but I think you are the only man
tllo usurps all power."--ITURISIDE observed, " We
:hall soon find, Signor Yanez, who is the traitor."—
YANEZ replied, " I shall not leave this spot before I
convince your Highness you are that traitof l"
Mu:h tumultuous discussion is stated to have fol-
lowed, but we have no account of the result of this
Cuing attempt to destroy the Congress. He is said
t, have presented a forged letter from DEVILLA, in
thick he was invited to " reconquer the empire, and
'lace it under the protection of Spain ;" but the plot
tax discovered. It is added, that these plots had de-
stroyed the equilibrium of the Mexican Government,
'.Lich was now in the situation of Buenos Ayres.
COLOMBIAN REPUBLIC.

Ily an official statement of the population of the
seven departments composing the Republic of Colom-
L,, it amounts to 2,014,600, each of which is enti-
doc', to four Senators, and the Provinces seventy-three
Representatives. The population of Quito, composed
(I seven provinces, is stated at 550,000, and, when
they declare themselves independent, they will be
ctititled to nineteen Representatives ; the total popu-
lation of the Republic of Colombia will then be
'1:644,600, and the Congress consist of forty-four Se-
:;tors, and ninety.five Representatives.
By the schooner Ranger, from Laguira. we learn
ti-at an embargo had been laid previous to the sailing
cf the Patriot squadron, for the blockade of Puerto
Cabello. They sailed the 25th April ; the fleet con-
s:sted of a gun-brig and four schooners, under the
czemand of Commodore Daniels.. It was the gene- j
tal opinion that Puerto Cabello would capitulate
soon after the appearance of the blockading squadron,
their supplies being cut pff. The Spanish frigate ia
tier;, and licrolei sna-brig, were at Puerto Cakelle.