Star.
London, England, 1826-04-07 00:00:00

COMMITTER ON IRISH STAMP DUTY ACTS.

The House then resolved itself into a Committee upon the Irish
Stamp Duty Acts.
Mr. HENRIES moved a Resolution to continue certain Acts
about to expire, by which Duties were granted on Stamps. He
:Rated that souse of the Officers in Ireland who had been formerly
paid in a great degree by fees, were now in consequatice of recent
regulations remunerated by Sled salaries. The continuance of the
Acts In question had been rendered necessaty by this alteration, as
the Stamp Duties granted by them constituted the fund out of
which the remuneration of those offices arose.

Mr. HUME bad received a lett;r from Ireland complaining of
the oppression of these Law Officers. He objected, besides, that
they had no previous intimatiou of what Acts were intended to be
continued or amended.

Mr. BRIGHT urged a similar objection.
Mr. HERRIES replied that nothing could be more guarded
than the proceedings of the House on occasions like the present.
'lle House first went into a Committee upon a particular class of
Acts. Resolutions were proposed to that Committee. If carrkd,
they were reported to the House; and when received by the
House, Hills in pursuance of them were brought in, which Bins

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had of course t• go through all the regular stages.
Mr. li hilt moved as an intendment, w That the Chairman

report progress and have leave to sit again."
Alter a new words from the Cls4tiCeLLol of the BicHarms,
the Resolution was agreed to, and the Report was ordered to be
received to-morrow.
DERRIk:S moved the Order of the Day for the House
going into a Committee upon the Custom Duties' Collection Acts.
A similar conversation so the last ensued as to the propriety of
giving notice of the Par*Alm' Acts to which Resolutions of Com-
mittees were to refers,.
The lirtuse went into 4 Cornmime, the Resolutions were agreed
and the Report ordered to be received to-mu/row. .

C•smmitt.e nn the Facise Arts' runsoiilitiun was post.
poned to Monday nett.
The Annual Duties' Bill was read a third time and passed.
The Insolvent Debtors Bill was re-committed:

The ATTORNEY-GENERA T. said that the object of ;le
. Bill was to continue the former Act, and that the alterations we•e
limited to details, and did not interfere with the principle of the
former law.

The several clauses, with some verbal amendments, were agreed
to, and the Report ordered tube received to morrow.
The hiiiiilleiez :fistrvike Trust Bill was referred .to a Select
Committee. —•

The Sheriff of Durham Bill was read a third time and passed.
The other Orders of the Day were then disposed of, and the
House adjourned at HaLf4arr Tax o'CLocit. -•-
PUBLIC BUSINESS BEFORE THE HOUSE OF
COMMONS THIS DAY.
Orders of the Day—l, Supply, Committee--3, ' Ways and
Means, ditto-3, Bank Charter Amendment Bill, ditto-4, Fast
India Writers' Bill, Second Reading —5, Juries in India Bill, U.
port-6, Resolution of 50001. per mourn to Presilcut of Board of
Trade.

TH E EVENING STAR.

LONDON.

FRIDAY, APRIL 7, MS.
STOCK EXCHANGE, TWELVE O'CLOCK.

Consols opened this morning at 791, for the Accouq, the
same price as they left off yesterday, went up to 791 1, and are
now 79} Same business has been doing, but chiefly iu making
up Accounts for Settling Day, which is near at band

In the Foreign Market, the most doing is in Colombian aad
Mexican Securities, which are considerably drooping.
Current Prices: Old Spanish 10, Mexican 641, Colombian new
48, Greek 16 17, Peruvian 27 29.

P n [CR OF STOCKS AT FOLHI. O'CLOCK.
Bank Stock ex. div. 203%
3 per Cent.- lied. ex. div. 78% 5/8
3 per Cent. Cons. 7914 3/8 3/8
31 per Cent. ex. div. 861/4 '
Si per Cent. Red. ex. div. 85% %
4 per Cent. 963/4 3/4 3/8 3/8 •
Long Ann. ex. div. 19 7-16 5 16 '
India Bond. 7 5 preen.
121,09 J Exclieq. Rills 6 7 prem.
1.:100 And £2,10 ditto 6 7 prem.
£50() ditto 6 7 prem.
Cons. for Acct. 797/8 3/4 % 3/8 791/4 3/4
EXCt-TANG F.S.
Hammerman, Mitten 31.—0 n London, 37. 2. 2 31. 31. 1.
Bratty, MARCH 28.—0 n London, 3 M. 7. 34.
FRENCH FUNDS, Etats, Aran. 4.
Five per Cents. . . . 971.
Three per Cents. .' . 65f. 60c.
Bauk Stock . . • 2015 f.
Rentes de Naples . . . 74f.
Royal Spanish Loan . . 4811.
Ilaytian Luau . • . 765 f.
FORE! I; NI FUNDS, TWO O'CLOCK
Austrian ilda 5p Ct 904 Gt. Bonds 1825; 3 p C.lOll 15i
lirsielhan Hondo, 554 i i 16i
Ditto Acct. ES Mexican Bonds, 5 p C.
Suenas Ayres lion k6l
Colombian lid., 6 p C. Mex. Bonds 1825,664 654 1 31
51 3
Do. lids 1824,5014950 4517)6 Ditto Acct. 664 6 4 651 6 41
Do. Ace. 50i 50 4 454 7 61 6 Peruv. lids. 6pC.28 6) 7
Danish Rds,lB2s' Sp C. 571 II Ditto for Arse. 27 61 7
Ditto Acct. 571 Russ.Bds,lB22, 5 p C. CO
Greek Winds Span. S p Ct. Cons. 9)
.
Ditto Acct. Ditto Acct. 91 10
BRITISH AND FOREIGN SHARES, Tll/0 O'CLOCK:

. SNARL PAilh
British Iron Company 100 30 121
Paseo Peruvian 100 10 1 1
Potosi La Paz and Peru. Ass. 50 5 1 i
Real del Monte 400 400 SAO
lialpuzahua 400 SO SO
United Masker% 40 20 .-
Ditto New 40 15 11

Last night, in the House of Commons, the CHAN-
CELLOR of the EXCHEQUER moved that the salary of
the President of the Board of Trade for the time being
should be fixed at 50001. The Right Hob. Gentleman
pointed out the important duties of the office, and Mem-
bers from all sides of the House bore testimony to the
zeal and ability with which the office is filled by the
present President, Mr. Husctssow : a discussion arose
on the subject of the Treasurership of the Navy, aad
the motion was postponed to this day.

In our last page will be found an additional docu-
ment on the Revenue, which tenth to confirm the favourable view
We gave of the Quarter's Return, in the STAR of yesterday.

From the commencement of the war in Greece it
has been with the utmost d'fficulty that correct in-
formation of the events that have occurred could be
obtained. The Greek Journals and those in their in-
terest have, in the course of the contest, annihilated
five times the number of Mussulmen that have entered
the Morea ; while the Austrian Observer and the Orien-
tal spectator have certainly, if their accounts are to be
credited, exterminated twice the population, both on
the Greek Continent and in the Islands. It is just
about twelve months since the German and Italian
Journals assured us that Patras had fallen ioto
the hands of the Greeks—a day sr two afterwards we
were told that Missolnnghi was invested, and the
Greeks tendering their submission in all directions;
nay, we recollect being assured by a Gentleman who
took a lively interest in the struggle, that he had seen
letters front Zante, announcing the fall of Missolonghi,
and with it alt hopes of Grecian independence.

We have been led to these remarks from one of our
contemporaries having stated that an express reached
London yesterday from Marseilles, bringing an eclat
account that Mis,olonghi had been taken by storm, and
all the garrison put to the sword.. This news is staved
to have been received by the steam-boat from Corfu.
" Now, although we arc aware that our contemporary
has expresses which reach no other Journalist—the one
from Liverpool to wit—yet we have some doubts as to
the correctness of this information. It will be observed
that no date is given, either when Mi,solonghi fell, the
steam-boat left Coda, or reached Marseilles ; and ha..!
intelligence of such an event really been received el t
Marseilles, we think it would have been more natural
to communicate it by telegraph to Paris than by an ex-
press to London. On the contrary, the Paris Journal,
make no mention of it ; the Frankfort Papers, which ate
to the Ist inst. are also silent on the subject; and ac-
counts from Corfu to the llth, and from Trieste to tl e
23th of March, represent Missolonghi as vigorously de-
, t.nditig itself. We trust, therefore, that the report

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►he Ml of this fortress, which his acquired so mud,
glory by its gallant defence, is unfounded. .

Hamburgh Papers to the Ist instant have reached
us. They contain an article from Weimar, stating that
the proposed introduction of a system of uniform
weights and measures had been rejected in the local
Diet, but it was resolved that the GRAND Dram should
he requested to support the measures in the German
Diet, with a view of extending the reform to all Ger-
many. How necessary it is m.ry be inferred from the
circumstance that there are thirteen different corn
measures in Weimar.

Lisbon Papers to the 21st ult. reached us this fore-
noon; they contain an account of the funeral of the
late Kiag of PORIUGAL, which will be found its another
column. Every thing appears perfectly tranquil at
Lisbon. On the 20th, an Order of the Day wa. issued
to the Army, commanding in the name of the Regency
a year's mourning, on account of the death of the KING.
These papers contain an account of the breaking the
escutcheons of the late KING, a view of his reign, and
a high eulogium on his character. The following is
an extract: