Star.
London, England, 1818-05-28 00:00:00

CAPE IRETON.

Mr. BENNET, pursuant to his notice, mewed as
Address to the Prince Regent, praying, that them
be laid before the House a number of Orders Cea.•
cil relative to the Duty on Rum in the Celow cf
Cape Breton, and Correspondence between the 6.,
vernor of that Colony and his Secretary, and the x-•
cretart of State. The Honourable Gentleman pre-
faced his motion by some observations OR the rains
of the Colony.
Mr. GOULBURN said, that the Correspondence
between the Governor, his Secretary, and the Se-
cretary of State, related merely to a private qurrei,
in which the House could not be interested; he
therefore hoped that part of the motion walk! be
withdrawn. He did not object to the production d
the other Papers.
Mr. BENNET then withdrew that part orbit mo
tion which related to Correspondence.
The motion was then agreed to.
COURT OF CHANCIRT.

Sir JOHN NEWPORT rose, pursuant to his m
tire, to submit to the House a motion relative to 1.5 e
Commissioners appointed two years ago to imp:iv
into abuses in the Court of Chancery in England.—
The motion which he meant to propose was foucdtd
on a passage in the last Report of the Finance Com-
trainee, which alluded to the proceedings of these
Commissioners. At the time when the House avvv.l
to his motion for the appointment of these Comm-
sioners, he had expressed his decided opinion that re.
Master in Chancery, or engaged in the hue-
ness of that Court, ougt7:o6be nominated as Cos-
missioners. Contrary to his opinion, however, the
Commission, as now constituted, included Mr. Cam?
bell and Mr. Alexander, two Masters in Chancery,
besides other Gentlemen in the profession of the law,
and they had all salaries of 1200 it a year.
they should be so largely paid, when the Commis-
sioners appointed for the same purpose in Stolid
had only eight hundred pounds, he did not bros.--
But although more largely paid,: it appeared, this
instead of doing their duty with more activity odors
the Irish or Scots Commissioners, they had been mcdi
less active. The Irish Commissioners had prmentre
several Reports, and the Scots Commissioners hail
presented four; whereas these English Conamiumcen
had presented only one Report. And even in thaws
Report they had committed so signal a mistake,tha
they had been obliged afterward. to make up a sere-
rate appendix or supplement to con err it. Tilts tray
take was, that by their Repoit they had saactsooed
the payment of a fee of from one guinea to twerp-
seven shillings, which it bad been usual to pay ra
the admission of solicitors to practice in the CALit
of Chancery', although there was in existence as Act
of Parliament which expressed directly that such fee
should not, in any case, exceed one think% Scn*.
kind friend having pointed out the blunder, 60.C*
missioners published the supplement to their
it
stating that they had overlooked this ActVe
single instance would enable the House to joc''''
the mode in which these Commissioners est

I,e di

their duties, and of the superior fitness of Mat ten
Chancery to form a part of such a Cozonii:si.n. "44
they overlooked an Act relating to the huar.•%t ".
their own offices. Yet this Commission hai slra-1
cost the country 21,000 L although the Irish l'earn=
non, which had done its duty so much men-4A
talk; cost oali 13,0001. aad the Scots

/. Ile therefore moved a Reiolution to
effect:
Gimmittee of Finance having in their Tenth
It under the vino of the House the expenditure
tee Appointed to inquire into abuses in the Court
nd the tendency of Commissions which are highly
g their labours, the House entirely agrees with
, that no delay should be allowed In the proceed-
omission—that frequent returns of its proceedings
eto the House, and that a due execution of the
a Commission can hardly be expected where the
have other duties to perform."
HURST objected to the specific motion
Hon. Baronet, without meaning to enter
lion whether Masters itt Chancery should
I on such a Commission. He understood
igbt Hon. Baronet, that if the motion
I to, he meant to follow it up by another
that if any vacancy should occur in the
a alluded to, no Master in Chancery
appointed to supply it. Now, as to the
appointing Masters in Chancery to form
uch a Commission, his opinion differed
m that of the Right Hon. Baronet, and
e must oppose the motion. But he chiefly
o the imputations which the Rigbt Ho-
laronet had cast. upon the conduct of the
men. The chief ground of Complaint
they had overlooked a certain Act of Par
lacing ro Foes payable on the admission of
to practise in the Court of Char.ceri,.—
lie mentioned to the House the title of the
which the enactment on this subject was
he wits sure they would not wonder that
overlooked as relating to the fees payable
s. The tide of the AcCivas, "An Act.
certain Acts relative to the freight and
if goods, the distemper among horned
affirmation of Quakers being taken instead
h," &c.—Laughter).—lt had been said
ish and Scots Commissioners had been
than the one in question, but on exa-
returns, it will be found, that so far from
the case, the num'ozr of days that the
mmissioncrs hat employed in their duties
hcreas the Irish Commissioners had only
523 days in their labours, and the Scots
Ic the:dole moved the previous question.
RTNEY defended the conduct of the
mmissioners. It was not the Clerks of
Mancery who received the fees on the ad-
Solicitors, but the Secretary of the Alas-
. ..

LIBER insisted on the laborious attention
the Irish Commissioners, on whom he
he Right Honourable Gentleman (Mr.
have cast some imputation. They had
noted days, but even nights to a strict in-
of the abuses in the Courts of Law.

'HURST explained that he meant no im-
ainst.the Irish Commissioners.

ACI'tOR-G ENERAL animadverted on
pursued by the Right Honourable Bare
sting} found out one solitary instance of a
the Report of the English Commissioners
e too, which they themselves had corrected,
:d that mistake as one instance, among
the inea►ciency of the Commission. This
I was not justifiable, and he defied the Right
le Baronet to produce any other instance of
committed by these Commissioners. No
ere more fit to be employed on such a Com-
►an Masters in Chancery.

;AXTON said a few words as to the acti-
E? Irish Commissioners.

rfORNEr-GENERAL opposed the mo-
contended, that the Commission could not
better constituted than it was, and that
no ground for agreeing to the Honourable
motion.

►CKHART defended the conduct of the
wets.

few words from Sir JOHN Nzwroar in re-
►otiou was negatived, without a division.

MISCELLANEOUS.
WELL brought in a Bill to enable Dissenters in
uild Churches for their Clergy by voluntary contri-
cad a first time, and ordered for a second reading

srt of the Committee on the Allowance to the High
postponed to Monday.

cage Vesselb' Bill went through a Committee, the
received, and the Bill was ordered for a third read-

destine Marriage Bill was read a third time and passed.
arts of the Appropriation and Sale of Grain in Ire-
rere received, and the Bala ordered for a third read.
'OR.

ort of the Scotch Churches' Bill was received, and
lewd to be read a third time to-morrow.

Ise agreed to the Amendments trade by the Lords in
hurches

1:1WPCIK1:--rmsved for a return, to be made on 43r be-
th of next February, of all sums of money kvied by
y Prekntrrier.ts in Ireland for the last three years, for
s except roads and bridges, distinguishing the amount
for all charitable establishments.—Agreed to.
COWPER moved that the Excise Returns, ordered
of May, be made forthwith.
lEWPORT compiiined of the delays which occurred
oduction of Reimus from Ireland. If that practice
ntinuc, he should think it his duty to move that the
ho were guilty cf it be brought to the Bar of the House.
on was Men agreed to.
derman ATKINS withdrew the Mock Auction Bill,
notice that be should move to-morrow for a Committee,
w to bring is another Bill on the subject.—Adjourned.

)tch gentleman, who came to town the other
the purpose of receiving his share of a
Prize, went into Bun's, at Cornhill ; but
many clerks, so many strangers, and such
,:y of Bank Notes, (for Brun was then paying
rs of his 49 capitals) he imagined he had got
Bank by mistake ; but his error was soon
by Mr. B. who politely begged him to wait
mutes, and he would give him a draft.—
troth!" exclaimed the Caledonian, " I was a
to mak' sic a blunder. I ken weel enough
1.4•.! Shifting Fund here."" No, Sir," rejoins
; " my Fund is Fortune's, a lady who
sai.c her votaries, and keep them from

iin:RnAT the first Twenty Prizes Drawn
to•eive lino/. in addition—the Scheme ccn-
lree of 2fb,000/. ao,llol. other Capitals, being
an tht la ,t Lcatc. y, although there are 4000
kss in the I', ese..t. Oifices, 9, Corer-
litigate-,,lrcet, are of course supplied
asital variety (.1. Tickets and Shares, from
the Public are it.viu:d to select immediately
f the above great Prizes.

THE EVENING STAR.

LO? DON:

NEXT THURSDAY, £l,OOO PER MINUTE.
£40,000, £28,000, or 4:22,000,
For Sixth-drawn Prize abore £I,OOO.
S of £20,000-107 CAPITALS
IN THIS LOTTERY!

THURSDAY, MAY 28, 1818:
TILE FUNDS.
PRICE OE STOCKS THIS DAY AT TWELVE O'CLOCK
Reduced 77B—Consols 78a—for Opg. 79ti
9i per Cents. 87f}-4 per Cent. 964
Navy Anus. 1073+—India Bonds 88 90 pr.
Exch. Bills 18 21 pi;.—Omniurn dis.

Mr. BROUGHAM'S Bill respecting the Abuses of Do-
nations for the Education and Maintenance of the
Poor, met with cetnsiderable opposition last night in
the House of Peers. The LORD CHANCELLOR pro-
fessed himself by no means hostile to the object of
the would indeed have been strange if he
had}—but he was averse to the means by which it
wits sought to attain that object. His Lordship,
wished to know what was ultimately to be done after
the Report of the Commissioners shall be received—
before one step was taken he must be apprised of the
second intended—this, he said, was absolutely neces-
sary. He would not, however, object to go into the
Committee, but, certainly without any intention of
supporting the third reading of the Bill unless great
alterations were made in it to meet the objections
stated in our report of his Lordship's speech.

Lord HOLLAND, in ar.swer to the LORD CHANCEL-•
LOR, remarked that the Bill was merely for ixquity,
and not to correct the abuses—which would be an
after measure. The Noble Lord on the Wool-sack
was remarkable, he said, for his acumen, but, he must
say, more fond of picking holes in the Bills of others,
than of introducing remarkably correct ones himself!

In the Committee, the Bill received several Amend-
ments, one of which restricts its operation to Chari-
ties for Education. We are sorry that the inquiry
should be in any way limited, but, even in its re-
stricted form, much good may come from it. We
confess ourselves so dull that we cannot even conceive
it possible that inquiry should disgust or vex honest
Trustees. WE would seek no better evidence to con-
vince us that the Trust is, in some way, abused, than
an evident reluctance on the part of the Trustee, to
disclose any or every thing that relates to it.

In the House of Commons, the CHANCELLOR of
the EXCHEQUER again repeated the statement he had
made on the preceding evening, respecting the Fi-
nancial situation of the country. The Revenue, he
said', was improving, at the rate of 100,0001. per
week, and he saw no probability of being obliged to
raise any money next year by loan.
Mr. J. Swint moved for leave to bring in a Bill
to alter and amend the Bankrupt Laws. He spoke
at considerable length on the frauds and abuses to
which the present system gives rise. In the course
of the discussion that followed, much well-earned
praise was bestowed on the labours of the Committee
on the Bankrupt Laws. The general sense of the
House was, that considerable alterations are impe-
riously called for; and a conviction seemed to pre-
vail, that much benefit would result from an adoption
of the whole, or greater part, of the Scots Code re-
specting Bankrupts and the management of their
estates.

Yesterday the PRINCE REGENT held a Court, and,
afterwards a Council; at the latter, the RECORDER
made his report of the convicts under sentence of
death ; and Captain MURRAY MAXWELL, of the At.-
CF: was knighted, on being presented by Lord
AMIIER'sT, on his return from China. The Land.
grave of liesse-CAsseL had an interview.
A little before twn o'clock yesterday, the Duke and
Duchess of CAMBRIDGE arrived at the Queen's Palace,
and the Duke had the pleasure of introducing his
Duchess to her MAJESTY, who received her daugh-
ter-in-law with great affection.

The Grand Duke MICHAEL arrived on the 14th
instant at Hamburgh, whence he was immediately to
embark for England.
It is reported at the Bar that Lord ELLEHRoRoucti
will immediately resign as Lord Chief Justice of the
Court of King's Bench, on account of indisposition,
and that the VICE-CHANCELLOR will succeed him.

Quebec Papers to the 3d ult. have been received.
The Session of the Parliamer.t of Lower Canada
closed on the Ist, with a speech from the Governor
in Chief, expressing his satisfaction at the harmony
that had marked the proceedings of both Houses, and
the laborious diligence wherewith they had been
conducted. He gave the Royal Assent to all the
Acts passed during the Session, with the exception
of three, which he reserved for tLe signification of
his Majesty's pleasure. These were, an Act to re-
peal and amend certain parts of the 34th of the King,
" for the division of the Province of Lower Canada,
for amending the Judicature thereof, and for repealing
certain laws therein mentioned," inasmuch as the
same relates to writs of Habeas Corpus ; an Act for
the Encouragement and Promotion of Education in
the Country-parishes of the Province ; and an Act
for t establishment of a Bank in the city of Mon-
treal. The Civil List Establishment has been voted
by tae House of Assembly, upon nearly the same
scale as of late years ; but not without some strong
observations by several Members, and even by the
Speaker, as to particular items, and pretty broad in-
timations that, next Session, the House Is ill minutely
scrutinize this Establishment, and strike off, or place
upon the Pension List, all Sinecurists ausi non-rest-
deist ()dicers.

editoirATlON emi kEW KING of SWEDiM
A itlifittiiih, Msll has brought us this itioiaing aii
ieeciUnt at the Coiiiiiglaa of the New Kix° ttf $w-
DIN, CHARLES JOHN, haiitig taken pkace Stock.
holm on thd 11 th instant. The following are some
Particulars of the ceremony :
44 STOCiltOille,

" Yesterday the Comrades took place of ids Majesty, King
Caesium XI V. Jam, in the great Church of at. Nicholas;
which was hued op with pest splendour kit tide solemnity.--
About eleven thousand troops. of the anew • appointed, were
drawn up in bid& line the whole way that the Proceeded
pissed. The Procession, which was extremely sombtald anti
spkndiel, repaired to the Church, when the Archblehap Lam-
as= =minted his Majesty and placed the Swedish Crown en kit
head. After the King had taken his place on the Throes, sad the
Crown had been placed an hie head, by the Archbishop and the
Minister of Justice, the Minister for Foreign Affairs and the
Archbishop presented him the sceptre, globe, sword, and keys,

the Archbishop each time malting a suitable addreSs. The Mar-
shal or the Kingdom then gave a sign to the Herald, who, as-
cending to the highest step of the Throne, procialmed—' New
is Charles XIV. John. crowned King of Sweden and Gothland,
end the Provinces thereunto belonging, be, and on 'thee—
The kettle-drums and trumpets sounded, and thousands of
voices exclaimed, tong live King Charles XI V.' Te Deem
Was performed, and a saluted gill CILIUM fired, accompanied
hp adliss ham all the battalions of troops.
• " The William of Foreign Adikirs received the cad et the

Crown Prince, who was kneeling before the Throne; afteritards
all the ether high Nobility took the oath. and the procession re-
turned to the Palace at four o'clock in the afternoon. After the
King had laid aside in the Palace the crown and mantle, and
put on a short coat of silver stuff and shining with jewels, and a
hat a la Sete{ h. with a megullicent spate, he mounted his
hone and rode through the innumerable crowd, who every-
where received him with unceasing acclamations, to tae Royal
Park, where he reviewed the troops assembled there; consisting
of 21 Battalions, 25 Squadrons, and Artillery, which concluded
the ceremonies of yesterday.
To-day the Fete of the Queen Dowager will be celebrated.
The Deputies from the Norwegian Diet have presented to the
King an Address, in which they congratulate his Majesty, on
his Coronation, and express the hope of the Norwegian Nation
that they shall soon receive the King and the Crown Prince
among them, and see the Norwegian Crown again placed on the
head of a Hero."

The Paris Papers of Monday arrived this morning,
but are wholly destitute of interesting intelligence.—,
The reigning Duchess of Saxs-Httonottnonatsau;l
formerly Princess of MiCKLENBOURG-STRELIT; die&
on the 14th instant, at the age of 48.
The following Address, by the Jews of Leipsit,
to their brethren of the same persuasion frequenting
the fairs at Leipsic, has been published in the Ger-"
man and Hebrew languages, and extensively circu-
lated throughout the Continent. The party which
has been formed at Leipsic against the troller: of this
persuasion appears to be very strong—the booksel-
lers, from whom we should generally expect as much
liberality as from any other class of men, having re-.
solved, by a majority of 101 votes to 10, that in fu-
cure none but Christian booksellers should be admit-
ted on their Exchange. Such a proscription as this,
every person of just and liberal sentiments must con-
cur in regarding as most disgraceful to the character
of the city and people from whom it has proceeded.
The Jews affirm, and we believe not without suffi-
cient reason, that it has been mainly owing to
.ffie
persevering industry of merchants of their religion,
that Leipsic has been raised to the distinguished rank
it holds among the commercial cities of the Conti-
nent; and, should the attempt to transfer their inffit-
Ince to another place, to which they are now driven by
an ungrateful intolerance, be attended with success,,
there can be no injury resulting from it which the,
people of Leipsic will not, in the judgment of all un-
prejudiced men, have richly deserved :
It is notorious that Leipsic owes its internal pros-
perity and riches to its commercial gains aloes ;
without its fairs, this city would be at the most an
insignificant country town. The most numerous vi-,
sitors of these celebrated fairs, and those who make
the greatest traffic in them, are Jews who resort
from Russia, Turkey, and all Europe: without them
these fairs might be compared to a body without a
soul. With an intolerance which is wholly contra-
dictory to the liberal spirit of the age, a part of the
inhabitants of Leipsic have again exerted themselves
to seek out and to enforce a law' originating in the
darkest intolerance of ancient times, that the Jews
shall not be permitted to expose their goods to
sale, except in a very confined part of this city (in
itself but small) which is assigned to them. The
noble-minded King of Saxony is not to be blamed
for an intolerance which is to be exercised to-
wards the professors of the Jewish faith. It is the
inhabitants of Leipsic themselves who, by the lapse
of time, have forgotten by what means thousands
of families in this little city must maintain them-
selves. Indignant that at a free fair, which, if
not visited by our brethren, cannot and will not sub-
sist, the inhabitants notwithstanding attempt to insult
and oppress them ; we hereby invite all our brethren
to form an union for the purpose of respectfully
petitioning the generous and tolerant Monarch of
Prussia to allow two fairs to be annually held, at
Easter and Michaelmas, at Naumburg, which is in
the neighbourhood and more conveniently situated
for fairs ; in return for which we engage entirely
to abandon the fairs of Leipsic, and to assemble
only at the fairs of Naumburg, under the pro-
tection and mild Government of Prussia. The
Jewish inhabitants of Poland and Russia, out of
true and sincere attachment to the adherents of their
faith, and out of patriotism, will doubtless readily
accede to the wish of their German brethren, that
our desire may be fulfilled. A Berlin and Ham-
burgh house will willingly take the trouble, at the
next Easter fair, of collecting signatures for such,
union; and this good cause, which speaks for the in-
terests of humanity, requires no further recommen-
dation, except that we join ill imploring Goa for his
protection and blessing.'