Star.
London, England, 1829-12-12 00:00:00

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sects in round terms that the lecturer stated the ar-
gument unfairly. He says that all the disadvantages of
Mr. ATTWOOD'B scheme were displayed with much exag-
geration to the auditory, and the countervailing benefits
carefully concealed from sight : that while he dwelt, with
his characteristic force and pathos, on the great reduction
which this measure would operate upon all outstanding
credits—thus diminishing, for instance, upon the books
of the tradesman and high merchant, by one half, their
calculated possessions--Mr. COBBETT omitted altoge-
ther to notice, that all manner of taxes would be dimi- '
nished by one half also, and rent, and rates and wages.
On this oversight of the Morning Journal, it is necessary
, to say little else, than that it is in direct contradiction with
his own report of the lecture, published the day before,
in which Mr. ConsETT is represented as saying—" They
contend that this will be as fair to one as to the other ;
that it will make money plentiful; that it will double its
amount; reduce the taxes by one half—produc,,3 benefits
to every one—be a benefit to all, and an injury to no

it is not, therefore, that Mr. COBBETT has hlinke
the question of the advantages to be derived from this
plan—but because he saw that it was a fallacy, to hohld
out that it possesses advantages at all—that is
demonstrations tended all to the opposite extreme.
Where all must be convulsion and ruinous result, what
" advantages" could advantage us in such au issue ?
But if it were only for its effects on our foreign
commerce—which Mr. COBBETT has proved to con-
viction
that it must utterly and in a moment annihi-
late—the measure of Mr. ATTWOOD could never be
listened to by any sane politician. For one hun-
dred millions—which is usually our floating ac-
count with foreign countries—we should be compelled
to be satisfied with fifty millions : while, on the other
hand, for all which SUBght owe abroad, we should
be obliged to pay E TUE DEBT CONTRACTED.
The Morning Journal says that he never was—and never
will be—the apostle of revolution ; but what he means
" revolution," he does not condescend to explain.
ve—on the contrary—do clearly and unhesitatingly as-
sert, that we are for that, of which our contemporary
expresses so devout a horror : not the overturning of
society by a convulsion, which—if schemes like Mr.
ATTWOOD'S be adopted—must infallibly overturn it,
but its re-establishment on secure foundations by a system
of measures with regard to the debt and currency, which
would unite at once salvation with " revolution."
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one."

We have the Nuremberg Correspondent to the 4U',
and Frankfort Papers to the 6th instant, this day.
The only remarkable piece of news which these papers
convey is, that General DIEBITSCII has declined a
proposed visit from the Count CAPO D'ISTRIAS. We
are now informed that the Russian head-quarters are to
be removed from Adrianople to Aidos near the foot
of the Balkan,—but still in the same fertile district
which the Russians have occupied for such a length'
of time. We select the subjoined passages :
BUCHAREST, Nov. 18.
It seems now to be certain that the grand head-quarters of the
Russian army will-be removed, for the present, to Aidos. We
suppose that they have by this time left Adrianople. The military
hospitals in that city are also to be transferred to Bourgu by the
end of the month, when the city will be delivered up to Mustapha
Pacha of Scutari. The unitary state of this city is now tolerable :
we hear but of few cases of plague. As this disorder gradually die-
appears .Our commercial intercourse wills evieve ; so
the that
fry , unless
some new misfortune occurs, we may hop to njoy ales
some
the restoration of peace, and the advantages which must accrue
from the essential improvement of our political conditione
here
Though we shall have great numbers of troops quartered
during the winter, we hope that this circumstance will not cause
provisions to become dear; as the army is chiefly supplied from the
Russian magazines, which are extremely well fille.
FRONTIERS OF ITALY, Noted
25.
It is affirmed that the projected visit of the President of Greece,
to the head.quarters of Count Dlebitsch, will not take place. The
Russian General is reported to have intimated to Count donor
apo
d'lstriss, in a very polite letter, that he cannot accept the ho
of the intended obit, without first consulting with his So.
vereign ; that besides, he does not see the object of
his visit, as the final regulation of the affairs of Greece
would be determined, partly by directed communica-
tions between the Courts interested, and partly by their
Ambassador at Constantinople ;but that he himself had no instruc-
tions to interfere in them in the most distant manner.—Norentbsteg
Corresoonden , Dec. 4.

ANCONA, Oct. 20.
According to the last Greek Gazettes, the publication of the let. 1
ten of General Church to the National Assembly, on his leas idvinent of
g his '
command, have given rise to that of the report of the Pre
that Assembly to the Government, on the demand of that Ge-
neral relatively to his resignation. He is accused in this report
of having deviated from the truth, and to his declaration that he
cannot approve of the present system of the Government. It is
answered, that it is not for him to form a judgment on this sub-
ject. A great number of private persons have offered to establish.
in Greece, schools on the system of mutual
who instruhad been set atction. A letter
of thanks, addressed by a Turkish Lady
liberty, with her daughters, after being treated in their captivity
with the greatest respect, testifies the humanity of the Government

to the enemy's prisoner.
FLAVIEFORT, Dec. s.—Eachange on London, Two months, 152.
—Frankfort Papers, Dec. 6.
The following interesting details have reached us by
the way of Paris :
LISBON, Nov. 28.
Since my last the Usurper has gone over the Tagus to
Pinheiro on the projected hunting excursion, and with
such a belligerent appearance as to have excited the
astonishment of the people here. The mock King was
accompanied by a brigade of Artillery, the 4th Regiment
of Cavalry, besides a party of Infantry and Cavalry by
whom he was preceded. The baggage was immense, in-
cluding all the table service of the household, carriages,
&c. and ninety contos de refs taken from the treasury.
While in the act of embarking, the workmen of the
arsenal were heard to utter the greatest imps-,
cations against the monster, as bitouzi. is now desig-
nated, exclaiming, "He can get money to satisfy
every wish, while we and our families are starving!"—
There are no less than thirteen months of arrears due to
these poor creatures; nor have they been able to obtain
a farthing since the Bank refused to advance any more
money on account of their wages.

Various reports are circulating relative to the journey
of the Usurper. That which has gained most credit is
the following :—lt is said that, in consequence of news
lately received, it was resolved in Council that he should
cross the river with a strong escort, and there await the
result of a storm which is apprehended and foreseen by
some of the Ministers : so that, in the event of its taking
place, he might gain the Spanish frontier, and return on
a future day with an Apostolical force capable of put-
ting down every vestige of the Constitutional
Lao az
party.
This project was strongly urged by MoNT ea
who produced several letters from the leaders of he
faction at Madrid, recommending that every prectau-
tion should be taken to prevent M Gt: EL from falling
into the enemy's hands, since that would at once put
an end to their hopes. The old Queen remains be-
hind for the present, and assured her darling son that
she would be revenged on their enemies before quitting
the capital. One of her first acts has been to pub-
lish the decree of confiscations against the emigrants:
orders have also been sent to the Alcada of Oporto to
follow up the trials there. I have just heard that the
learned AMES DE CARVALIIO, formerly a Deputy ori
ive in his defence i
Cortes, has been ordered to gn
five days, (de facto e dereito). Great alarm prevails
among the inhabitants, lest the old fury should carry
her threats into execution. The consequence of these
fears, and general state of the country, is, that emigra-
tion continues, and not a ship leaves the ports of Por-
tugal without taking numbers away. From Viana do
Miuho, a party of the 12th Infantry lately embarked in
a vessel for Terceira, while a number of the 4th Regi-
ment, stationed at Oporto, contrived to quit that place for
the same destination. It is impossible to convey any
just notion of the deplorable state to which we axe re-
duced. lam convinced that the smallest demonstration
from without, would be sufficient at this moment to save
the country, and rid us of the tyrant.

CITY, Twzcvs OTl.ocit.
There is a great pause Ibis morning in the transactions of the
British Funds, this being a day of the non.arrival of F.staffettes
from Paris ; consequently the speculators are without the French
prices of Reines, or political information from that quarter. And
the arrivals from all other parts being scanty, cause a great dull-
nese in the market. Consols,morning for the Account, and re which left off yesterday at 946 tmain
o 95,
opened at the same price this
steady at present at the above quotation.
The transactions in the Foreign Market are very limited to the
present time, and most of the prices are the same as yesterday.
CITY, HALF-PAST ONE O'CLOCK.
The Consol Market has continued the whole of thtishe early morning
part
at
941 95 for the Account, witt business doing. In
of the day they were done at ith l
95.1 e
The Foreign Market is also in a state of stagnation. The only
business transacting was in Greek Bonds, which have improved to
I 27i 28.

Up to half-past one o'clock, there was no private Ex-
press from Paris, which is an indication of no news of
importance having arrived.
LivnKPooL, Dac. 10.—The demand for Cotton is
very limited this week ; in consequence prices have re-
ceded about one-eighth of a penny per lb. from the high-
exceed pnt. The sales on Monday and yesterday did not
ee 1300 bales, and to-day are estimated at about 1200.
Accounts received from Virginia of the I:ith Nov. state,
that important developements are making at Washing-
ton, concerning former officers, and th a few
ront of
100 the
dismissed collectors are supposed to be minus f
to 150,000 dollars. It is suspected that the monied
actions of the government had become extremely

rotten.
The accounts from Sierra Leone are melancholy. The
Black Prince Abduhl Rahma is dead, with about 30 of '
the colonists, who last departed from Norfolk, of the
yellow fever. Sierra Leone was almost desolated, and it
was doubtful whether this post would not be abandoned
by the British Government. The slave trade was still
carried on with activity.
Accounts from Martinique of the 24th Sept. state, that
in about three months it was expected that the above
intrepot would be re-opened in almost every kind of
goods, except cotton manufacture.
M. DERBIGNY, Governor of Louisiana, died on the
6th of October, after a very long illness. M. Bee-
n Ants, Ex-President of the State, fills, in the interim,
the functions of M. DEUDIONY.
A letter from Havre announces that a most deplorable
event had occurred in that town. Whilst some carpen-
ters were occupied in breaking up an old ship (La For-
tune), a part of the side of the stern fell off, and crushed
the men who were at work underneath. Of nine, four
only had time to save themselves at the moment they
heard the first crackling of the vessel, or they would in-
stantly have been struck. The other five were pressed
under the wreck. The master carpenter and one work-
man were taken out lifeless ; a second workman had his
legs broken; a third was grievously mangled, and an lip-
prentice had one leg broken. The unfortunate persons
who have been killed have left widows and orphans.—

'GENCE.