Star.
London, England, 1818-12-02 00:00:00

DISSOLUTIONS-OF PARTNERSHIPS.

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Jonas and Bing, Commercial Chambers, Mingles, commis-
slon.agenta Taylor and Vaughan, Bristol, maltsters.. Badam
and Dibadall, Castle-stfiet, Brisol, linen-Gripers. Morris and
James, FahszOnth, merchants. Frearioti and Ce. Nottingham,
lace-manufacturers. Wrigley and Co. Spotland-bridge, near
Rochdale, Lancashire, cotton,spiuners. ilubrey and Cvnis,
Took's-court, Chancery-lane, solicitors. Fox and Nicholson,
Barnsley, Yorkshire, linen-manufacturers. T. and S. Turner,
Framfield Sussex, tailors. Burnett and Co. Sutton St. Mary,
grbcers. Zacary and Roberts, Wolverhannon,
indliners and dressmakers. Roberts and Co. Sheffield, sant-
platers, Dean and Bargen, Macclesfield, cotton-spinnets.
Drinkwaser and Syers Liverpool, brokers. J. and T. T. Litt,
Difinthesfet, c'alico.printers. Boyden iod Harrison, Cheapsfets
Hollingiwortb and Co. Weston-street, Southwark, brenrets.'
Mull and Co. Horton.eovrn, leather-dressers.
DISTIIIMMON OF PRIZR.MONSY.
The Confianee. fer-the-reduction of the Colony of Cayenne,
the eels inst. at No. 4, Clement's Inn ; recalled every Tuesday
and Saturday. .for three months.
The Iflawar,•for tlae fiver rascal, Lcs l)eux Freres, Vrow
filinabetli and' stdrili at Culhaven 'and St. Criel. the stir last.
• • at rms. 1; JUIPIPMITMV, 111121;Pel ; recalled every•Vitsluerday „net.
$ Friday, for thrx months.
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improvement has been realized. It is rather an un-
precedented event, that at such an early period, there •
should be a scarcity of good Sugar s ; as far as we
have observed, the crop this year has been of an in-
different
,quality, consisting chiefly. of very inferior
brown Sugars ; the latter cannot be stated at any
improvement. The deliveries of•Muscovades from
the warehouse are again eztersive ; the stock much
less than at the same season last year. The public
sale of Barbadoes Sugar this forenoon consisted of 92
blids. 20 tierces, the whole of a very indifferent qua- •
went off with much briskness, at pricei again Is, '
pet cwt. higher. lit refined goods the principal pur-
chasers were the Wholesale grocers, and some parcels
were reported to be taken for the Mediterranean
for immediate shipping there• was little doing. The
purchases of Lumps have lately been so considerable,
that few remain on sale. Crushed Sugars, in several
instances, were purchased a shade lower, and there
are buyers for parcels deliverable about the .Ist of
March at 60s. and 61s. yet the refiners spew no in-
clination to comply with these offers. Towards the
close of last week Molesses, which had been very
Iteivy for ‘ame time, again were hiletpie4t ;'and to-
day the price is 375. 6d. to 38s. In Foreign Sugars
there is little doing.
Come.-There were two public sales of British
Plantation Coffee last week ; the whole went off with
much briskness, at a further advance of 2s. td 3s. per
cwt.-ordinary Jamaica sold at 1325. 6d. gceid oyai.
nary 131 s, 6d. fine ordinary 1375. 6d and 1 atis. good
middling Dutch realized 1525. 6d. byprivate con- "
tract good ordinary St. Domingo realized 14.05. and
the holders not being anxious to effect sales, fle
buyers advanced in their offers, and parcels were re •
ported to hive realized 1425. and 113 s. There were
no public sales this forenoon ; the request by private
contract continues, bat the greater prop:a-Lion of tof-
fee being held by speculators, who still not sell a,
the present prices, there is little offering. A consi.
derabie parcel of good ordinary''Jaa.aica, boeght
about tiro weeks ago, attire greatesr depression ni
the marker prices,. /30s. has this. morning been so l,
at an advance of 6s. per cwt. By public sale lac
week, 53 bags Mexican Coffee, imported from Ver..
Cruz-ordinary and musty, all sold 1265.
Int at PROVISIONS.--The Provision market re.
mains exceedingly heavy; the prices of Beef and Pork
cannot be stated at any variation. The weather is
still eice•Lelingly mild, yet no redaction can be stated
in Butter.
Coonreeat.-The public sale last week v,•ent off
veryat moderate prices ; it consisted of 186 semis,
chiefly 255. to 275. 6d. per pound ; a feW lots 21s.
and 21s. 9d. gerblings 12s. to 13s. 9d.
• H EMP, FLAX, A !..:D TA LLO tt'.--The demand for
Tallow continues limited ; the prices decline ;-the
market is exceedingly heavy, and the letters received
from St. Petersburgb mention that the quantity
brought to that port for shipment far exceeds the ex-
peered supplies. Flax and llcnsp are very heavy.-
The Exchange from St. Petersburgh is stated lower,
12 3-10ths.
Tonacco.--There is no ereort demand for To-
bacco, and for a length of time the manufacturers
have only purchased small parcels for their imme-
diate use, the prices continue nominal.
MAHOGANY.-By public sale last week, 156 logs
Honduras Mahogany, 15d. per foot.
Ttmeen.-By public sale, 200 loads yellow Pine
Timber 925. 6d. to 955. one lot 112 s. 6d. 60 loads
ICoVa Scotii Pine Timber 81s. to 90s. per.load ;-
Deals, 120, 11 ft. S in. yellow Swedish ss. 7d. Stock-
holm yellow ss: 9d to 6s.
.OiL.-The prices of Greenland Qilcontinue to de,
dine ; the.market is heavy. An arrival of 20Q tuns
Sperm has damped the market, yet the quantity on
hand is inadequate to the expected consumption. Seall
has given way considerably. Beed Oils are exceed-
ingly- heavy.
.litost, Bwso'r, AND H.or..t.awns.--The business
'done in Itrim has been at steady and improving
prices. The déliverie from the 'warehouse„partictu
early for exportation, continue rather extensive ; die
lower descriptions-and Leewardi are more in request'
than the other qualities. Brandy continues in a very,
depressed state, and the purchasers only buy._ernall
parcels for immediate use. Thedemandl'or"Getteva
continues limited; the prices ate ItiOtttied.
grtcia......Spftccs'arelieitiy;eitteffiCUittattica;wbOdi
continues itstreqbestk •

THE EVENING ScrAR,

LONDON.

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2, NUL
Iroosaot or liza Dtarsrry.—No boohoos done at the Polk
(Aces.

PETITION TO RAISE THE PRICE OF CORN.

On this subject we meet with the following para
graph in the Kentish Gazette of yesterday, which de-
serves particular attention, as it evidently comes from
sing or other of the concoctors of- this conspiracy
aggnst the poor, and contains an avowal that the
if they can carry their measure, are determined
..that 90s. per quarter shall be the minimum price
of Wheat :
AGRICULTURAL PETITION.
" Althotigh the Petition, which has for its object the virtual
repeal of the Corn Bill, and the imposing of certain duties upon
the importation of Grain in its stead, has been ostensibly with-
drawn :.ont the places where it lay for signatures in London,
the design is by no means altogether abandoned .even there,
much ;ea in the country. Names are still subsctibed at ark.
lane, though they arc comparatively few in number, and at
Croyuo.i, Chelmsford, and other large Market Towns in the'
neighbourhood of London, it is publicly exposed and a great
number of names have been affixed to the Petition: We alio
learn, that in the West of England, the landed proprietors and
Carnets are zealous in the prOmotion of the object, and admit-
ting that k may be ultimately abandoned -in the Metropolis;
where there are a great number of jobber; Enterested in the im-
pertation of foreign Corn, in the country no such motive pre-
Irani, and a general pitsuasinn mists, that the price at which
fore Wheat should be imported ought to be 90s. per quarter,
and Ca .*.nain purpose of the Petition in question ii to peudaci

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skis se,c."
Reid and lament, ye poor labourers and artizatis!
Rzad and reflect, ye legislators, and all who anxiously
desire the peace and prosperity of your native coun-
try !—When the Corn Bill was under discussion, we
were told that its operation would be to keep down
the prices of Corn, and keep them equal. It has had
the effect to raise and keep up the prices, and to
bring them at last to that point at which the Bill
opens the ports for impottation. No sooner is this
arrived, than a wicked attempt is made to destroy
the provision of the law for importations when Wheat
reaches the excessive price of eighty shillings, and to
t have certain duties imposed which shall have the ef-
Ifeet to settle the lowest price at ninety shillings. ,
When the clause raising the importing price from
its former standard to eighty shillings was opposed,
lon the plea, that—,g rant th.: Agriculturists this ad-
vance, i.tsteati of being satisfied, their success in carry-
' ing•the measure 'will embolden them to apply far
a farther advance—according to the old oadage,
.., give an inch, and thij will ta'ce an elr—when this
was pressed against the increase, it was strenuously
(maintained, that the Corn-growers, &c., would rest
' perfectly satisfied. But, no—they now say, Give us
ninety shillings!! Listen to them, and they will ul-
timately feed you with a pip spoon, and demand-one
hundred shillings—one hundred and fifty shillings—
two hundted shilling ;for nothing cin satisfy the ra-
pack), of such men.
Instead of'sbutting your ports at any time, they
eught to be continually open. Then will the people
be enabled to bear all their tares ; and, their industry
being left unfettered by artificial enhancement of
articles of the first stecessity, all will be rich, happy,
and contented. We say all—not excepting the land-
holders and the farmers ; for the price of all other
necessaries will fall• with the price of corn. The
farmers indeed are fools to seek for permanent high
prices, for it is the same as demanding their land-
lords to raise their rents. And the landlords of all
others should wish to see the industry of the country
turned to the best account, that by an increase of
population, i. t. of payers of taxes, the load that op-
presses us as a people may the sooner be extinguished.

As the strictures of Sir Thomas RAFFLES, on the
system and management of the• Dutch Authorities in
Java before it came into the hands of the British,
have excited mud, attention both here and in I lol-
land, a work har. been published in the latter coun-
try, which seems to have owed its origin to a desire
to obviate the severity of those animadversions. •
Marshal DAENDELS, the late Governor General,
has published a kind of Report on the conduct of his
Government, under the title of—" State of the Dutch
" Possessions in the East Indies, under the direction
"'of 11ERNI AN WILLEM DA ENDELS, in the years 1808
" to 1811 ;" in one vol. folio, with three volumes of
justificatory documents. Before this instance the
Governor Generals gave account of their conduct
only to the Council of the Indies, at the Hague,
which took sufficient care that nothing in the shape
of authentic communication should be published.
The Governor begins by delineating, in a general
and animated manner, the state of distress and negli-
gence in which he found the colonies and establish-
ments of the Dutch East India Company ; from
which he proceeds to narrate the efforts he made and
the means he employed to preserve them, and if pos-
sible, to restore them to a state of comparative pros-
perky. The documents annexed exhibit the direc•••
tions he gave to subordinate officers and governors
for this purpose ; with various tables of commerce,
of natural productions, &c. proper to convey some
idea of Colonial Administration, Then follows a
description of the Dutch possessions, which may be
divided into three.parts.-1. The City of Batavia and
its Territory, including a population_of 200,000 in-
habitants.'.-2. The Sovereignty of Cheribon, with

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The North-East Coast, with

several Regencies, the Island of Madura, and some
other smaller Islands, the population of which may
amount to 602,000 persons. The Kingdom of Ban-
tam has been Added since 1808, the population of
which may be-about 80,000 inhabitants.

The revenue of the whole of these possessions
amounted, in 1811 to 10,900,000 rix-dollars ; and the
expenses of of Government to 8,700,000 rix-dollars.
The Plantations of Coffee (which our Readers will
recollect are described as the most oppressive tyranny
by the British Governor), according to an official

enumeration, amounted to 72,609,860 plants of this
shrub. When General DAZNDILLS took the Govern-
ment, the contents of the Company's Treasury
amounted to no more than 569,120 rix-dollars in
money, and 533,739 rix-dollars in paper.
At this time Java was called on to support seven
thousand troops ; there were in the Molucca Islands,
at Macasser and Palembang four or five hundred ar-
tillerymen ; ut the. Governor found this artillery,
the engineering service, the public magazines, and
the hospitals in the most complete state of dissolu-,
Lion ; insomuch, that three years of the most vigo- ,
rout administration were found insufficient to place,
them in a state 'of sufficienCy, in order to meet the
attack of the British power, to which they-fell a prey,

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The private letters from New York to the Bth inst.
brought. by.the Francis. Freeling packet, state, that
there has been another very considerable depression
in all kindc of American Stock. Bank Stock had
'been bought so low as 109. The 6 per Cents. were
done at 99—the 7 per Cents. at 102—and the 3 per
Cents. at 66. The Exchange upon London was 3
per Cent. below par.! Upon the whole the fall has
been nearly 3 per Cent. since the date of our last
advices, and it is attributed solely to the great scarcity
of money. In order to afford some relief to the Bank,
the Republican Government had paid in eight mil-,
lions of dollars for the -purpose of paying off the
Louisiana Stock, but the relief was only temporary,.
and did not produce any m t:erial effect upon the
Market. Upon this account ollr eight millions.more
remain due, and they will be liqn Lted in the same
Manner, at the same time next year. The trta'
ilamount of American Stock constituting the National
Debt, may be stated at present at 96 millions of dol-
lars, or about twenty millions sterling, of which 90
millions will be paid off annually.

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