Star.
London, England, 1819-08-12 00:00:00

Advices from Lisbon to the 25th ult. refer

late important transactions at Cady, and
them, of great length, goes over all the part
that had come to the. knowledge of the writ(
some of which had already reached this coon.
A few new points are, however, touched upon,
among them it is asserted, that the life of
O'DoNN.EL was attempted by assassination,
some during the commotion. It is also stated,
a very considerable sum had been subs:►i'
Cadiz, in order to carry the objects of the

racy into en-,,,ct. Almost the wliole of the
were in favour nf a Constitution, and it appea,
true that General O'DONSEL, in the first '

appeared to favour the views of the
Whether his intentions were or were no:

preted at Madrid, it seems clear that he
letter from Ferdinand the 7th, shortly before
volt, in which he was charged with being a
This dispatch probably altered his coaduct.
immediately avowed the cause of his Royal
As an inducement to return to their duty, '
promised the soldiers that they should not
the Colonies.
Two Sardinian frigates arrived at Li:
20th ult. in 21 days from Genoa. Their .
the Commercio, Captain Shato'reur; and
ton, Captain Sivory. The object of their v
not stated.
The Cobourg Brighton coach, on its way .
was overturned at Cuckfield oa Monday aft
The accident occurred immediately after f:
had been put to the coach. The leaders, as freq;
happens, were unruly at starting, and, in
every effort to prevent them, brought the co:
sudden contact with a waggon, which was pas
the time, and the whole were precipitated
ground. The consequences were most territ
eleven passengers who occupied the roof,
one escaped unhurt. One Gentleman died
after from the injuries received by the fall,
ther had his arm fractured at the shoulder-jot
severe a manner As to render his recovery de,.
Five others were detained at Cucklield, wait,
proceed to town on account of the hurts the
tained. The coach had three in
time, who fortunately escaped without injury.
Another accident of the ,ame kind happens
Albans on Sunday last, when the Manchesti
graph, on its way fioui London, was upset, anti
of the passengers severely hurt. The coacnr
so severely bruised about the head, that till'
night he could not speak ; one passenger
aril:le-bone broken, ;yid another her arm ;
of the coach was dashed to pieces.
The Carthage Bridge, ever the Gcnessee
(New York), is of one entire arch, 713 feet
wide, and 196 feet above the surface of the
Loaded teems of more than 13 sons have pa'.
it.—" The bridge contains 6'2,513 feet tr
running measure, besides 61,629 feet of !7u3
sure, in addition to 20,:05 feet of tin,b.:r
in the false bridge or supporter. Ail this
effected by the labour of somewhat lees.
average, than 22 workmen, wit:sln the snort
line months."
Montrzuma bridge, between the village
name, and the town of Mcnz, over theSeui
and marshes, Onondago county, New .
about three miles. It is said to be the
in the world. This is the third bridge over
ters of the Caynga and Seneca river in the
seven miles, and remarkably show the Fr
improvement in this part of our country.
On the 2d of March a duel was fought,
raiso, between Mr. LAsnox and Mr. Aurnroit
of New York, Midshipmen of the Maredio
which the latter was• shot cl:;h1, having tcczoii'
ball of his antagoniq in his lungs.
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ITIO.V OF TM NATIONAL DEBT.

TO THS EDITOR OF THE STAR. •
have said that our National Debt is the
an Natiunal Distress, and I have promed
hould endeavour to reduce this Debt by
a 1,0:Ilry I would now recommend that
Land, be disposed of, and the proceeds
the same purpose : these lands would now
ge price, and a more proper application of
It could not well be devised. A consider-
,fth is pre pert y would certainly be brought
!diate oil:iv:alum and thus would employ-
Worded Co thousands of the labouring poor.
11 be the oppositioa which will be strewn,
Icl, a measure; but surely nothing can be
than that national property, which could
without inconvenience, should be applied
on of the National Debt ; but even sup-
s we were making a great sacrifice in pan.-
:is property, will any man venture to say
,uation of the country does not require it?
:!round him will he not perceive that
Manufacturer has pressed down the price
the Landholder has forced up the price of
that the efect of these. measures has been
le Artisan and Husbandman? Would, he
at the wages of labour are no longer suffi-.
rocurc the ant necessary of life? That the
the industrious prove unavailing, and that
icrverre to their sapport, they are dishear-
themselves on tae Parish, and become
:tent he considers of the extreme
i:i.h has been already occasioned by the
A: el our National Debt, will he not at
expedients to be extremely cruel?
!...nd to raise the price of bread, and on
co le.seu the means of procuring it I
the last twenty-five years, the interest of
al Debt, an chic his defrayed by Taxes, has,
Lumbers, risen from ten to forty millions
The Revenue is said to be collected at an
pease of nine millions; and within the same
Poor Rate has amounted to nine millions
It is worthy of remark also, that with
sc cf debt there has been an enhancement
11,: of property generally, but more parti-
that of lard, the price of which new, as
with the commencement of the period I
:d, will be found in racist instances to have
net in many to have tripled, and even

ice of Corn, too, has by Legislative enact-
g; 2:11y enhanced within the same period :
!very thing seems indeed to have been on
o have kept pace as it were with our in-
debt, and thereby enabled us to meet the
coLi.:3, with' thu .e.ception of the wages dt
1 the state of morals. among the working
while our National Debt has increased,
value of property generally has increased,
land, the price of corn has g;;;ratly risen—
the wages of labour, and the state of morals,
.ntly declined. The cause we need not go
Supposing the wages of labour to be the
, that it was twenty five years ago (I am
it it will not be found to be greater), and
Faxes, during that period, have been in-
am ten to forty millions, • it necessarily fol-
t the inci cased pressure upon the people
as four to one. This, together with the
i ue of corn, and the depressed price of

(.I.lect tendency to dishearten and de-
:he wni king chutes ; as have also, the Col-
the I:,..:venue, and the Poor Rate the 'first,
a poisonous example of bribery, frauds,
,; And the latter, from having been, as it
aied originally, the dernier resort of the
infirm, is now applied to in the firit instance
ang and the robust, and therefore become

.nd curse to the nation. These are points
inand, and mast have our attention. We
k the evil in the face ; and when we have
..ve can to relieve the people by reducing
vse shall perceive a revival of the spirit of
and a consequent improvement of morals
the lower classes.

cuation of this country is such as to require
Iperation of all who have the general weal at
We may talk about Sedition, and Reform,
nagogucs, and Ex-Officio Informations, and
Corpus Suspension, but a yoke has been
in the Nation which demands to be heard'
krill not be silenced, and to which the Execu-
wer womld do well to listen is the voice
;er!! The price of labour will not procure
tnd this i; the engine, the weapon, the handle,
xl of the machinery whereby all the existing
;ion is manufactured, by Orator Hunt and
.et 05, then, set our shoulders to this wheel to
a proper remedy, and these fellows will soon
as contemptible in .he eyes of their auditors,
do now in those of the Nation.—l remain,
our obedient and obliged servant,
toe, August 9,1819 k B.

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