Star.
London, England, 1817-06-25 00:00:00

ELECTIoN LAWS.

Mr. C. W. WYNNE asked leave to bring in a ri
to alter and amend the Law concernincr the E.:ect:c.,
of Members to serve in Parliament. fits object was
io shorten the duration of Polls, for at the last Eks-
tints for Devonshire, one person kept the poll or'l
three days and only yolled IS votes in all. An, thr:
n1;111.16(11 in the Bill would be, to prevent the &re-
ralion of the voters in the ribbons of the differet:
Candidates, which sr;, a heavy expense, and produc-
tise of tnischiet. .

- Mr. BUTTERWORTH had no o'_•;ection to
shorteninp, the duration of Polls; but as he rern-
sented a plaCe now much distressed, and whose pr" •
cipal mpinment .consisted im the mannfaciory e:
ribbims, he trusted nothing would be done to iacrease
the distress of Coventry.
The LORD MAYO it s:id, he knew that therib-
bon weavers in SpitalF:elds a. d its neighbettrhto
were in the greatest cf.tress, and he would j•iin tte
Member for Coventry in any thing for t!leir rctief.
• Mr.. BENNETT said,. an Honourable Frieud
of
his had paid no less that' set.:ooo for tiaix••,s.
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The Repert of the Ways and Means being then
;wight e.
Mr. GR EWELL complained of what he consi-
dered a delusion on the part of the Bank, which had
Fut)lished its intention of paying in cash all the notes
.hat had been issued prior to a certain date, when the
Ct wAS, that no notes of that description existed.—
(Pear, hear.)—He had applied for such notes at three
..1 the principal banking-houses in London, and was
r.ld that they had had none within the prescribed
Este for a long time. The assertions, then, of the
p ;gin Him. Gentleman, (the Chancellor of the Ex-
cllequer,) that the Bank had resumed its cash pay-
ments WAy perfectly nugatory, and he should like to
hear what the Right Hon. Gentleman meant by cash
payments.
Mr. P. MOORE thought it necessary that an an-
-Aver to this statement should be given by the Right
:ion. Gentleman, because as long as any notes under
AlO were refused payment in cash, there could not
beany resumption of cash payments. lie hoped an
answer would be given as to what was meant by cash
payments.
Mr. PONSONBY thought it was extremely unfair
of his two Honourable Friends to urge this question,
because they well knew what the answer was which
the Right Hon. Gentleman would be able to give. It
could be only for the purpose of a bit of a flourish that
they put such a question, the answer to which might
be anticipated by every man who was in the slightest
degree acquainted with the subject.
The Report was then agreed to 6
Mr. PONSONBY said he should put a ()nation to
the Right Honourable Gentleman, which he knew
he could answer, and had no doubt, from the amica-
ble temper which distinguished him, would not be
met in silence. He then proceeded to put his ques-
tion, which was similar to that put by Mr. Tierney
ire the early part of the evening.
The CHANCELtOR. of the EXCHEQUER
skid, the reason why be had not answered the two
Honourable Gentlemen was, because be had an-
sacred tie same question three times at least already
—(Hear, and a laugh).—The last question put by the
Right Honourable Gentleman he had only answered
once that evening, and therefore he should have no
objection to go thrtiugh the ceremony again—(d
heigli)—He then repeated the answer be had given to
Mr. Tiesney.
Mr. PONSONBY replied, that he had not pot the
question before, nor heard the answer, till that..mo-
Event. It appeared then from the statement of the
Right Honourable Gentleman, that fifty-two millions
some odd hundreds still existed in an unfunded .debt,
and that provided for" meant unprovided fos--
Wear, hear).

Mr. BARING did not think the answer sufficiently
clear and explicit. He wished to know whether, at
the end of the year, the amount unprovided for
be fifty-two millions, when the sixteen millions said
to be provided for was paid off? and further, whether
the nine millinus voted for the *merit year would
make the whole sixty-one millions, or would it be
that amount minus the sixteen millions said to be
provided for ? He wished to know the total-amount
of the unfunded debt under these circumstance:.

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
replied, that the sixteen Millions would be provided
for ►y fresh issues, according to the Acts which had
passed on the subject, and that the total amount at
the end of the year could not be much less than what
appeared in the return laid upon the table. •

ACCOMMODATION TOR THE DIVINE WORSHIP 01 THE
ESTABLISHED CHURCH.
The House having gone into a Committee to eon-
sider the best means of affording further accommo-
dation for Divine Worship,
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
stated his object to be, the giving authority to private
persons, so disposed, to erect churches and chapels ;
and secondly, to allow the majority of a parish to
impose a rate for that purpose, in parishes where an
adequite number of churches or chapels is not pro-
vided-rwithoot obtaining, as in the case of other
rates, the sanction of Parliament. The Clergyman
was to be paid from the sale of pews, but provision
was to be made for the accommodation of those who
could not purchase them, and there might also be an
accommodation of Eachequer Bills to facilitate the
carrying the object into effect.
Sir JOHN NEWPORT thought that a proportion
of at least three-fourths of the parishioners should be
rendered necessary.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
said, that would be matter for future consideration.
Mr. LOCKHART hoped it would be provided
that such parts as belonged exclusively to the Rector,
such as the Chancel, should be repailed at the Rec-
tor's-sole expense.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER'
said, there'could be no question about repairs, as the
Churches were to be all new.
Mr. GORDON wished to know whether it was
intended to apply the whole or any part of the money
voted for -National Monuments to the building of
Churches,-as had been suggested ? •
Mr.,
BANKES said, the sum of 41,000,000, or

A 3.000,000 would go but a little way in building two
Churches suited to the grandeur of the achievements
they were to commemorate.
Aker a few words from Sir T. ACLAND, General
HORNTOS, and Mr. HUSKISSON, -
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
Proposed his Resolution, " That leave be given to
bring in a Bill to authorise the erection ot. Churches
mad Chapels, in Parishes where there is not adequate
accommodation for Divine Worship according to the
kites of the Church of England, upon an application
from the majority of each Parish desiring to resort
thereto." The Resolution was agreed to, and (the
1-louse having resumed) Wave was given.
The other Orders were then disposed of, and the
House adjourned. •
The Leeds listeiligencer, in a third Edition of Mon-
day last, states that John Smaller, of. Horbury, and
James Mann, of Leeds, were fully committed for
trial by the Magistrates of Wakefield. This is agross
mss-statement; they were discharged by the Magi'.
tracy, but Were immediately taken into custody by a
king's Messenger, under a warrant of the Secretary
of State, granted on the infotmation of Oliver...,
(Leeds Mercsay.)

THE EVENING STAIt.

LONDON.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE `2.5. 1817.

PRICE OF STOCK!' THIS DAY A-IrwEi.vF O'CLOCK
Reduced 7S}}--Consols shut--Consols far Om 7CL
4 per Cent. 94—Navy, shut—Bank I.uan Ani.s. 19 9.16
India Bonds 91 92 prt.—Zech. Bllls 91. 1 Ls. pt.

The Suspension Bill was read a second time last
'night. On the division the numbers were, for the
second reading SO, against it W. On this occasion
Lord Deunnul4 who had voted for the first Bill,
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declared his conviction that sow the. safety of the
country required nothing but the usual course of the
laws, and therefore he felt it to be his duty to vote
against the present Bill.
The Town of Dewsbury having of late been re-,
peatedly alluded to in the Public Papers in such a
manner as to bring the conduct of its inhabitants into
a seeming discredit in the present situation of political
affairs, the, Clergy, Ministers, Churchwardens, Con-
stable, other Parochial Officers and principal Inha-
bitants have signed and published a Declaration,
f, That, to the best of their knowledge and belief,
there does not exist, nor ever has existed, any Society
of People in that Township, who are or ever-hre
been in the habit of meeting or assembling toge&r for
any political purpose whatever, save such as the Con-
stitution and Laws of the Country warrant; nor have
they any grounds to believe or suspect that there exists
any conspiracyof any kind whatsoever in that populous
Township inimical to, or subversive of, its peace and
good order, and the general tranquillity of the coun-
try at large ; and, moreover, that there have not been
found in that Township any individuals who have
suffered themselves to be seduced to attend the Meet-
ings which have been promoted by those political
missionaries or spies who have been recently detected,
and who, with intentions the most criminal and dia-
bolical, haveendeavoured to inflame the minds of the
lower 'classes to acts of treason and open rebellion,
for the purpose alone of betraying them ; and, fur-
ther, that the suffering inhabitants of that place bear,
and have borne, their privations with patience and
fortitude, under the pleasing hope, that ere long com-
merce would revive and flourish, and that they would
thus be enabled to earn, by the sweat of their brows,
that maintenance for themselves and families to which
they are justly entitled."

- The Paris Papers of Sunday arrived this morning.
The price of Corn continues still on the, declirie.—.
Already we have annonnced a fall of 14 francs per
sack at Paris; and we learn that on Saturday there
was a farther reduction of 10 francs. At Lyons,
Auionne, Colmar, Strasburgh, and other places, a
corresponding decline has also taken place. The
crops present eiety 'where the promise of a most
luxuriant harvest; and it is not doubted that plenty
with its almost invariablaconcomitant, popular trio..
mill be soon re-established throughout the
kingdirin.
The French Funds have also experienced a re-
markable decline, but for reasons which are not quite
so obvious. On Saturday the 5 per cents. had fallen
to 63 fr. 40 c. being 3 fr. 40 c: lower than the,
were some few weeks ago. The necessity which the
Government mill be under of retorting to a New
Loan, is.reported, and we think with some probabi.l
lity, to be the cause of this depression. At the recent'
meeting of the French Ministers and Ambassadors of
the Allied Powers, at the house of the Duke of War.-1
LINGTON, the most important part of the discussion
is understood to have referred to the inability of the
French Government, at the present moment, to eon-
tinne the payment of the Contributions to the Allied
Powers; and an uncertainty as to the result, may
naturally have had a depreciating effect on the Money
Market.

A private Letter from Vienna states, that the news
of the late insurrection at Pernambuco having at
last transpired in that capital, had produced a great
sensation. The &emote immediately dispatched
couriers after the Princess his daughter, and no
doubt is entertained that she will now repair provi-
sionally to Lisbon.
The Regency of Portugal have issued a Procla-
mation on the subject of the late Conspiracy, so
disgraceful, they say, to the hereditary loyalty of the
Portuguese, iu•which they direct, that the individuals
accused shall be immediately prosecuted. sold, if
guilty, punished with all the rigour of the law.
In Spain, it is generally rumnured, that the polity
cal persecutions, by which the Government has made
itself so opprobrious in the eyes of the world, are at
last about to be put an end to by an Act of Amnesty.

By the Leeward Island Mail that arrived this morn-
ing we have received the following Letter :

" ST. THOMAS'S. MAY 24.

44 We have news from La °aka, that a brig of war had just
arrived from Cadizs stating that an espartos of two frigates
and moiety. whit 4,500 mai, had parted two days before, di-
recting Moir wane to Marguetita.
u Adis 25.—We bays notbiog farther meanies them."

Saturday evening the Prince de SALA% brother to
the Ducheu of Cuataaat-atia, arrived at the King's
Head Hotel, Canterbury, where he slept, and on
'Sunday, after taking a view of the Cathedral, be
proceeded to the York Hotel, Dover, from whence
he embarked for the Continent.
Yesterday morning Mr. ItornouLD introduced
Prince EATFAMAJT and suite into the Subscriptids-
room at Lzioves.

A'Ii%AL INT2LLIGENC'.

FALMOUTH, JUNE 4'.2.
Arrived the Montague packet, with a Mail front
the Leeward Islands; she sailed from Tortola the trld
of May, and from S;', Thomas's on the 2Uth of M iy.
the Geerge, NORM, from Leghorn for Havre. I ,s:
'runt Itarcelona, put into Nlallr44 on the 23.1 of May,
.rnd railed and put hark again, pm! was !titre ca :!.e
I st following.—grind N.