Star.
London, England, 1820-06-03 00:00:00

Mr. 3.UtHAM defended the conduct of Sir Wm.
;.;ms. He said his Honourable Friend (Mr. Ben-
ea) had treated the observations of Dr. M'Gregor
and Surgeon Franklin as if they were the judgment of
a Medical Board,-relative to that Institution. They
slight fix what title to it they pleased, but it was I
neither more nor less than the statement of one party
12.iin.t the statement of anothei. The expense incurred
v the pensions granted to those dismissed as incu
by the army surgeons amounted to nearly
i'120,000 a-year ; or, if those pensions were to be re-
'teemed, to the enormous sum of £1,650,000, while
the expense of the Institution did not exceed 1:2000 a
your. After reading an extensive list of persons cured
cf opthalmia in the hospital, and instancing a few
c ices which came within his own observation, he con-
c'aded by expressing his conviction that the most
benefits would appear to have resulted from
eie ::xperiment if ever the question should be referred
to a Select Committee.
llr. PRICE stated case; where cures had been d-
i:vied by Sir W. Adams after they had been pro-
nounced incurable by, the army surgeons.
Mr. ILUTCHINSON defended the system of Sir
W. Adams. It bad been tried, and found so suc-
cessful, that the Noble Lord, the Secretary at War,
had strongly recommended the practice. After ten
years trial, the system was found beneficial, and it
was rather extraordinary that his Hon. Friend, the
Member for Shrewsbury, should censure Sir Wm.
Adams, who had really been harshly treated.' A
conspiracy had existed to deprive the country of his
services. The Hon. Member cited several cures which
had come under his immediate observation, several
of which were remarkable. He had seen persons
restored to sight who had never before seen their
own children. The whole offence of Sir William
Adams was, that he bad successfully combated a
most destructive disease, which had previously re-
sisted die utmost efforts of the medical profession.—
It was a melancholy fact, that upwards of 6,000
soldiers had been dismissed from the service blind
with opthalmia. He had gone through the whole
establishment himself, and seen several soldiers who
bad been blind for four, and sonic of them ten years,
restored to sight by his skill.
Mr. BENNETT read an extract from the Report
of some medical men, in justification of his opinion.

A NIEMBER asked, whether it was the intention
to keep up the Volunteer Infantry? as the Cavalry
alone, he thought should he retained. Another item
was £30,000 fur the Local Militia, which was a use-
less expenditure, as that force was never likely to bi
called up again.
Lord PALMERSTON said, that there was no
slim included in the Estimates for the Volunteer In-
fantry, as they served without pay—the allowance
w•ts to the Cavalry alone. The grant for the Local
Militia was merely to discharge the half-pay, on the
understanding that their services would not be re-
ciuired. The increase in the Yeomanry since last year
was about six thousand men. The waggons which
were kept in stores could not be otherwise disposed
of, and might be useful on future occasions; and the
Incn were all usefully employed in different depart-
ments. He justified the selection of Marlow, in pre-
ference to Sandhurst, for the Military College, and
justified the distinction granted to the Life Guards,
in point of rank and pay, as useful to the service in
general. The next point to which he referred was
the allowance to the Staff at head-quarters, which
he contended was not too great. The allowance to
the Commander-in-Chief, when increased in 1814,
was not granted to him in virtue of his office, but in
consequence of his rank as Field-Marshal, and the
same was consequently given to the Duke of Wel-
lington.
The office of Judge Advocate was abolished
in Irel mud, and the whole of the service in that coun-
try was placed. under the one in England, which,
of course, consiJerably increased his business.—
The Hon. Gentleman had also complained, that
sufficient attention was not paid to the principles of
promoting the Officers on half-pay, and so decreasing.
that list; but he would assure him that the object had
not been overlooked by the Commander-in-Chief,
who was perfectly aware of the advantages to be de-
ived from it. The Noble Lord defended the Opthal-
mic Establishment and the course of treatment fol-
lowed by Sir William Adams, oldie remarkable suc-
cess of which he spoke from his own personal know-
ledge, against the remarks which had been made.—
He contended that the calling into active service the
Veteran Battalions was not in violation of the Bill
of Rights, but was covered by the annual Mutiny Bill.'
Mr. HUME explained.—ln his opinion, if the Mi- '
Mary College was kept up, all educated there should
have Commissions, and not sent adrift into the world.

Lnrd NUGENT- said, the calling out of the Ve-
teran Battalions had not been satisfactorily defended.
Those battalions had been called out in August, and
the case had not been submitted to Parliament till
November. It was contrary to the Bill of Rights,
that a force greater than that authorized by Parlia-
n;eat should be raised.

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said,
that the Crown had taken the earliest opportunity of
sttbmitting the case to Parliament.
Lord PALNIERSTON asked, -.vhether the Noble
Lord (Lord Nugent) would deprive the Crown of
the power of increasing the forces, to meet the emer-
gency of an insurrection, without the previous sanc-
tion of Parliament?

Lord NCORNT said, the Crown, on an emergency,
should meet 'the emergency; but the Minister who
advised, even is such a case, unconstitutional acts,
should take the first opparttmitfof applying to Par-
liament for an Act of Indemnity.
The Resolutions were agreed to, as were the votes
...sr the various sums to meet the different expenses of
•he Army.
The CH ANCELLOR.ot the EXCHEQUER said, that at
..=hat late hour of the night be should not make any remarks, but
should move a vote of £38,500,000, to pay off the Exchequer
and Treasury I.lllls which he had on a former night suted to be
outstanding.
Lord NUGENT said, as there were so few Members in the
House, he could not reconcile it to his duty to sanction so Liege
a vote, and he should move that the house be couuted.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, 'that he
would withdraw the vote tiU Monday.
The House resumed, and the Report was ordered to be re-
ceived on Monday.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER stated, that
it was his intention, on Friday next, to submit to the House his
general statement of the Finances of the Country. It was his
wish that the great branches of Supply might be settled on Mon-
day and Wednesday, as a pnlimiiaa y to 4 consideration of the
Ways and Means.

Mt. DA LY asked the Secretary for Ireland if it was his in-
uttisin to propose the se-enactment of the. Insurrection Bill for

LONDON.

SATURDAY, JUNE 3, 1820.
THE FUNDS.
PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK
Bank Stock 224%
S per Cent. Reduced 69 691/i
3 per Cent. Consols shut
4 per Cent. 861/4 4-5 per Cent. shut
Long Annuities 1774 13-16 3
India Stock 220—Bonds 145.165. pre.
Exchequer Bills, 3s. 4s. pre.
5 per Cent. Sctip. % 1/4
Consols for opg. 70% % %

We understand that there are four Lists forming
for the ensuing Loan, namely, by REID, 'arum
and Co. RICARDO and Co. N. M. ROTHSCHILD and
Co. and F. and A. BAILY and ISAAC L. GOLDSAIIII.
The three first Lists are nearly the same connections
as last year: the last is a new List.

The Army and Ordnance Estimates came before
Parliament last night, in a Committee of Snpply.—
Lcird PALMERSTON, while proposing the former,
was taken suddenly ill, and obliged to break off in
the midst of his statement. The Ordnance Estimates
were then disposed of; after which his Lordship,
having somewhat recovered, was enabled to go on
with the Army Estimates. The increase on our mi-
litary expenses, occasioned by embodying the Vete-
rans, is £224.,000. Thus, as stated by Lord Nuozwr,
we are placed in a circle, of which there is no end.
Our expenditure creates discontent; discontent creates
new expenses, in the increase of our military esta-
blishment ; and this new creation of expenditure is
calculated to excite new discontents. If we cannot
in some way or other get out of this circle, what
must be the issue?
The attention of the House was also, for some
time, occupied with an incidental discussion respect-
ing the Leeward Island Duties. By she Act of
Queen ANNE, these were imposed expressly for main-
taining the fortifications, &c. in our Colonies ; but
they have been converted into a fund for pensions,
while the Nation is called on to furnish the expenses
which should have been borne by this fund.

We have received, at a late hour this forenoon,
the Paris Papers of Tuesday and Wednesday.
The QUEEN Of ENGLAND if stated to have passed
through St. Denis, on her way to Calais, with a suite
of three voitures, at five o'clock in the afternoon of
Tuesday.
The Court of Assizes at Paris has given judgment
i n the affair of the National Subscription for the Re-
lizf of Sufferers under the Laws of Restriction lately
passed respecting the Press. None of the individuals
who Are prosecuted for promoting the Subscription,
appeared to make any defence; so that the judgment,
as to all of them, was passed in absence. The Court,
it appears, were a long time in deliberation ; but
finally agreed in inflicting on the accused the maxi-
mum of punishment allowed by the laws. In conse-,
quence, MGM. ODILON BARROT, MERIL HOU, Gevis U-
DAN, ETIENNE, and Count PAJOL, are condemned to
five years imprisonment, and six thousand francs of,
fine! The Editors of the Journals who published the
Prospectus of the Subscription are• condemned to the,
same period of imprisonment, and to twelve thousand
francs of fine!!!

The parties in the Chamber of Deputies have at
last come to a trial of strength on the Election
Project of Law. Among several AMendments pro-
posed to the first article of the Project, there was one
by M. CAMILLE JOURDAN, the chief tendency of
which was to negative the proposed innovation, ofl
making two stages in the Election process, and to se-
cure the continuance of the system at present in being,
of a direct nomination of the Deputies. The question
was put, whether this Amendment of M. JOURDAN
should have priority of the others? ' The anxiety for
the decision was indescribable.

The PRESIDENT announced that the priority was
carried by a majority of one ! The votes were, for
M. JOURDA N'S Amendment, 128—Against it, 127.
The exultation of the liberal party at this decision
was unbounded. What made it more remarkable
was, that they were indebted for the majority of one
to the zeal of M. CuAttvzult, who came from a bed
of sickness, unable to stand, and supported on the
arms of his friends, to give his vote in favour of the
Amendment. •

A new debate on this Amendment was immediately
commenced, and after some speeches, adjourned.—

The division which has taken place will probably
give quite a.new turn to the question.

The island of St. Maure has been almost destroyed
by a succession of earthquakes since the 15th of Fe-
bruary. Scarcely a house or stone-building of any
kind is left standing. The loss in lives is not stated.
French 5 pet Cents. Tuesday, 74 fr. 90 c.

We have received this morning a further supply
of New York Papers to the 2d of May. The fol-
lowing are extracts :

. " WASHINGTON, APRIL 26.
(EiritAer or A Larras.)--" Make your mind easy : the
Tariff Bill will pass our House by a large majority ; the Auc-
tion 13ill with little opposition; and the'Cash Bill, on Imports,
with modifications, enlarging the credits a little; Ctrs- is making
a noble speech on the subject."
" NEW YORK, MAY 1.

" We learn from Captain Holmes, that the report at Curasna
was, trim the Province of Maracaibo had revolted in favour of
the Patriots; that some troops bad been ordered from Porto
Cabello to quell the revolution ; and that Admiral Brion's squa-
dron was lying off near Msracaiho."

" ST. THOMAS'S, APRIL 5.
We have a report to-day that the Patriot squadron, under
the command of Admiral Brims and Commodore Stafford, have
captured the Royal Fleet, after a sharp conflict. The particu-
lars of this engagement we are not fully In possession of. It is
thought to be correct, as the two squadrons were seen at no
great distance from each other by a ♦easel which arrived some
days ago."

We have received,. via Boston and Rio Janeiro,
some further particulars respecting the late occur-
rences at Buenos Ayres. ,
It appears, that on the Ist of February, an engage-
ment took place between General RONDEAU and RA-
MIREZ, the commander of the troops from Santa Fe
and Entre Rios, in which the former was defeated.—
A temporary Government was, in consequence, formed
at Buenos Ayres; and it is now stated that SA RRATEA
was at the head of civil affairs, and that SoLER had
the command of the military. These important
changes in the ruling persona of the province pro-
duced an expectation that a mutual good understand-
ing might be established with General RAMIREZ ;
and we know already that this has been effected by
the Convention concluded on the 23d of February,
the articles of which we published a short time since.
The fact of General SAN MARTIN having arrived
in Chili, which coincides with the latest direct advices
from that quarter, is confirmed.

The Rio Janeiro letters confirm the disasters of
ARTIGAS, who is stated to have sustained so com-
plete a defeat in his last engagement with the Portu-
guese, that he had not ten men with him at Mandi-
sovi, on the 20th of February. His chief reliance was
on the return of the troops sent against Buenos Ayres.
This, with the hope that Buenos Ayres and Santa Fe
would take part with him, kept up the spirit of his
partisans; but it was believed they were too much
weakened in all quarters to attempt anything of im-
portance for some time to come. The Convention be-
tween Buenos Ayres and Santa Fe had restored the
intercourse with the interior. Business was improving,
and confidence rapidly reviving. The Meeting of
I)eputies, whenever it should take place, was r.••t
likely to encourage the wish of the Artigas party for
A war with the Portuguese.
Letters have arrived from Havannali direct of as
' late a date as the 22d of April. It will be seen by
the following extract of a letter, that the news of the
'Revolution had arrived. This is the first notice of
that important intelligence having reached a Spanish
Colony: Havannah, April 17.
" On Saturday a vessel arrived from Corunni in thirty-one
days, with the joyful news that the Constitution was proclaimed
by the King, at Madrid, on the 7th of March. I sever saw
such madness of joy as gladdens every countenance. On the

great square people begas to assemble. immediately on the ar-
rival of the vessel. Two or three merchants had received the
printed postscript to the Comma Gazette, contaidag the official
notification. It was read amidst the most happy people I ever
saw. Cheers— Vim / rim /—resounded from every one. I
never saw joy of the heart so apparent in every countenance.—
The first step of the Governor, who had received no official
communication from Madrid, was to publish the extract from
the Cornnna paper in an Batmeivlissory antirtic, stating that he
acknowledged no other rule than the will of the King, and
that, whenever officially communicated, be held himself bound
to fulfil it, and to obey strictly his Majesty's commands."
By another letter, dated the 22d of April, it ap-
pears that this mode of proceeding. was so little satis-
factory to the people, that, in combination with the
military, they forced the Governor to swear to the
Constitution immediately, which was effected m ith-
out bloodshed, and the whole of the people had sub-
' sequently been occupied in rejoicings and illumina-
tions. An improvement in trade was anticipated as
an immediate result, and some of the duties had al-
ready been lowered.

Yesterday the Lords of the Council assembled at
twelve o'clock at the Cockpit, Whitehall, by sum-
mons, when their Royal Highnesses the Dukes of
YORK, CLARENCE, and GLOUCESTER, Prince LEO-
POLD, and about thirty Privy Counsellors attended.
Their Lordships proceeded with making. arrange-
menu and giving directions for the Coronation, which
are understood to be nearly complete.
So great was the expectation of the QUEEN'S arri-
val at Dover yesterday, that the town was quite
crowded by visitors from Ramsgate, Margate, &c.

Devonshire House was again opened, on Thursday
last, with a Concert of vocal and instrumental music.
The refreshment-tables were most splendidly deco-
rated with gold plate—no silver being used. The
party broke up at three o'clock.
Lady LAMBERT gave a grand Ball and Supper
on Thursday evening, at her house in Manchester-
square. Most of the distinguished Fashionables were
present.
A fatal affray took place on Friday sennight at the Fair of
Donemona, within a few miles of Mayo, between a small party
of soldiers and the towns-people, in which one man was shot
dead on the spot, and two or three others severely wounded.
An Inquest has been held, who ban brought in a verdict of—
Justifiable Homicide. •
Thursday last was the Third Day of Drawing,.
when No. 12,95 g was drawn a Prize of Fifty Pounds, which
was Sold in Shares by J. and J. Stvzwatcnr, who would not
have taken aey notice (by Advertisement) of so small a Prize,
were it not merely to remark that it was the highest Prize
drawn on that day, and is a coetinuatiod of that great success
which invariably attends Surawasoure Othces, but more parti-
cularly in the present Lottery, as. they Sold in Shares the highest
Prise the Fine Day, N.. 9,814, 4:110,090; the highest Prize
the Second Day, No. 18,513, £10,000; and the highest Prize
the Third Day, No. 12,952, £3O; and they hope, after the
Fourth and Loa) Day (the 45d instant), to be enabled to an-
nounce, that they have, Sold one or more of the Foes 1:30,000.
Undlawn Tickets and Shares are selling at 57, cornhill; U,
Haymarket; 11, Holborn; 144, Ozford.street:

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