Star.
London, England, 1820-07-27 00:00:00

ADJOURNMENT.

Mr. LUGHINGTON moved That this House do
roc adjourn to Monday, the 21st of August next."
Mr. HUME wished to know, before the House
fidjourned, why certain Papers relative to Gibraltar,
for the production of which an humble Address had
beau moved to his Majesty on the 4th of May last,
were not yet laid on the table? He asked this ques-,
;ion because he intended, when the House met, to
call the :menden of Gentlemen to the subject to
which these papers related.
Mr. LUizIiINGTON answered, that certain papers
respecting Gibraltar had been laid on the table : but
he was not aware whether they were those moved for
by [he Honeural;de Gentleman.
Mr. HUNIE observed, that, from a letter which he
held in his band, it ap?earad to be understood that a
Bill had passed for the commutation of the punish-
trierit attacied to the forgery er Bank Notes; and,
in consequence of that understanding, an application
had been made to the Secretary of State for the
Horne Department to respite the execution of three
individuals who were to suffer for that crime to-mor-
row. Ile.wisled t 9 know if such a Bill had passed?
The ATTOBEY-GENgIIAL answered, that the
Bill (one o( tht4; introduced by Sir Janney Mackin-
tosh) stood over for faiths-7 consideration.
Mr. HUME:asked, wile:her, under all the circuits.
staaces, the subject being thought woi thy of 'further
consideration, it would not be proper' to reseice the
execution of the sentence on those three-individuals?

No answer was returned, and the House adjourned
to the 21r of Augud.

111 E EVENING STAR,

LONDON!

JULY 27, 1520.
'IHE FUND&
r 'Mt Of STOCKS THIS DAT AT ONII 0.11:LCICII,
3 per Cent. Iteiticed 6934 V 2 8A
3 Per Cents Cons. GO 637.1 691 A
per Cent. 781/s-4 per Cent. ES FS .
5 per Cent.lo;i3/4
Long Annuities 131/4
India Bends 2t2s. 235. pre.—Scrip S 1/4
Exch. Bills, 4s. ss, pr.—Crammer. 10$1
Orunituu 3/4 Ya
Cans. for August 69% %.

Mr. Ilse, from the Bank of England, this fore-
acquainte4 the Contractors of the Loan, that
the liar k would take in 'the Omninln. 'This event
Las been anticipated, but at the same time:it is. 'ex-
pected to have a favourable effc:t on the Funds.
The Market remains stationary at ptesent.—Consols
hire 69% for the Account.

This morning, contrary to a very generally enter-
tained hope, London was again compelled to witness
s:ene of bloodshed. Three. poi:t. wretches,
clackm:2.i for forging or uttering Bank Notes, were
this morning execitted 'at Newgale, Qur Readers
will se; by what passed in the House of Commons
last night, that erroneous opinionS are er.tertained
respecting the state of the laws as applicable to this
case, even by some of the Members. If seems pretty
chylous that Mr. Holm addressed the Nouse under
the impression that the Bank Note Forgery Prevtntion
Act, which received the ttopl Assent svithin these
two days, and which makes the punishment to be
transportation for 14 years, embraced the care of these
three men. The, fact.isi, however, techhiCally, other-
wise. The Act 411140 to relates only,to, the forgery
of the Bank Notes ;hoot tp be issued, printed in 4 new
rnauner. The other 4ct,l,the pp, • that. would have
embraced their
,case, and which .watf:hroughi in by
Str JAMES IM44lNrosx-441 not receiieci the Royal

Assent, but stands cver till after the Adjourn%eta.
.—B4t, as the principle of the commutation of death

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for transportation is embraced by the Bill-that has
received the Royal assent, and also by the ons sow
in progress, does not this amount to arecognitionom
the part of Parliament, of the principle that the foe-
per (still existing) law, as to the old Bank Notes, is
unjust—inflicting a punishment beyond the demerit
of the crime ? and if so, why should it he acted upon ?
If the punishment awarded to the forgers of the new
Notes is to be only transportation, is it humane, just,
or even prudent, that the forgery of the old Notes,
which, it is believed, may be effected with a hun-
dredth part the ease of those printed on the new plan
—or, in other words, to the forgery of, which the
temptation is a hundred fold greater, should still be
punished with death ? Who are to be chiefly blamed
for the forgery of the old Notes? Those certainly
who have continued, and still continue, to issue them,
twenty-three years after the Plan was offered them,
which they are, at last, preparing to follow. Why
all this delay ? Why are the feelings of the Public
continued to be thus outraged ?

' James Wilson, found guilty before the Court of I,
High Commission at Glasgow, on Friday, was on
Monday morning last sentenced to be executed as a
traitor, on the 30th of August. He had been re-
commended to the mercy of the Crown by the Jury.
The I.ORD ADVOCATE declined to prosecute the re-
mainder of the prisoners arraigned at Glasgow, and
they have been sent, rejoicing, to their respective
homes. A particular account of the proceedings will
be found in another part.

The Paris rapers of Sunday arrived last night,
and those of Monday this forenoon.
The Session of both Chambers of the French Le-
gislature was closed on Saturday last, by Royal
o.clamation.

Madrid Gazettes bave been received, containing
the following account of tht• proceedings of the
Cortes down to the 13th inst.
SITTING OF THE 10TH.

Count TORRENO, Member of the Committee for
preparing an Answer to the King's Address, com-
municated the draft of that Answer. It was nearly
a literal reiteration of the expressions of the King.
The only remarkable change which the Cortes
thought it necessary to make in it, was the suppres-
sion of the mention made of a Treaty concluded be-
tween Spain and the Netherlands. " As that Treaty,'
said M. Golfin, Deputy, " was concluded without
the concurrence of the Cortes, we can know nothing
of it." Count To! ten° consented to suppress the
clause. The words " Trial by Jury ~,promised by the
Constitution." were also changed into " Trial by
Jury suggested by the Constitution," seeing that the
Constitution does not formally promise the establisb-
ment of Trial by Jury. It
.was afterwards decided
that this Address to the King being neither a propo-
sition mist Project of Law, should not be put to the
vote, but that the President shduld be entrusted with
the naming of a Commision to present it to the King.
Count MUNCZ TORRERO submitted a proposition
for revoking the Decree of the Cortes of the 18th
March, 18124 which excludes nom the succession to.
the Spanish Throne the Infant D. Francois de Panic,
,and the Infanta D. Marie-Louise, ci-devant Queen of
Etruria, considering that the political motives for such
delusion no longer existed.
- D. PALA CIA added to this proposition the follow-
ing clause :—" .The exclusion from the succession is
continued in respect to the Archduchess Maria Louisa,
daughter of the Emperor of Austria, and spouse of
Napoleon Bonaparte, in order to prevent by all means
any of the descendants of Bonaparte from ever reign-
ing over Siiain."
These propositions will be discussed according to
the forms prescribed by the Constitution.

The MINISTER of JUSTICE announced, that the'
King had thought- it proper to secure the persons ofl
the 89 individuals, who had, in 1814, petitioned his
Majesty against the Constitutional system, and that,

they were now in different Convents, at the disposal
of the Cortes.

The Assembly, after some discussion, resolved that
a Special Comuiittee should be appointed, to report
as to the course proper to be pursued with respect to
those individuals.

D. CALATRAVA proposed that a Committee should
be named to examine all the Decrees and Ordinances
which kay! appeared in the course of the last seven
years, in order that the confirmation of such of them
as'deserved to be confirmed might be proposed to
the Cortes. •

D. MART/AL LOPEZ proposed to erect a pedestrian
statue to the King Ferdinand VII. and that he should
be represented holding in his hand the Constitutinni'
and having on his bead the Civic Crown.

SITTING 01 THE 11TH,

The PRESIDENT announced that D. Antonio Qui-
roga, one of the twelve Deputies who bad been
named to present the Address to the King, had ex-
cused himself on account of indisposition.

The hittsisTga of the liTtatott announced that
the Provisional Junta of Government had ceased its
functions. - •
D. MARTINEZ DR L 4 ROs4 proposed a Vote of,
'Thanks to the Junta.

D. Mascots° wished that it should be extended to
all the Juntas.

D. RAMOS A MPS observed, that it was necessary

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10 deliberate mattae4 2sasing eulogiti..ms Oa
*WE bodies in this manner. -
tVhe assembly decided by a majority of 68 to 66.
that they should conUne themselves to the recepdp
of the announcement.
The Ministers were introduced. .
The SECRETARY Of STATE for the DEPARTMENT
of Foagiox AS PAIRS read an Expose of the relations
of Spain with other Powers.
The Pal:sumer replied to the Minister—'" The
Cortes will take into consideration this Expose, and
will concur in whatever means are necessary to make
the Nation respected, and to maintain a good intel-
ligence with Foreign Powers."
The MlN'arca of the leventoe read an Expose
on the parts of the Admiuiztration which came within

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his Department.
The PRESIDENT made an answer similar in form,
and begged the other Ministers to deter till to-morrow
the reading of their Exposes.
The Deputation sent to the King returned; and
Count TORRENO announced, that his Majesty had
received, with satisfaction, the sentiments of the Na-
tional Congress.
The PRESIDENT replied—" The Congress did not
expect less from the known goodness of his Majesty."