Star.
London, England, 1819-12-28 00:00:00

THE EVENING STAR.

LON DON.

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 28. 1819.
noir INxoczNrs.--lioliday at the Stock Exchange.

I',"c have received, at a late hour this forenoon,
Ne,v York Papers to the Ist December. They contain
the I,llowing Extract from a Letter from St. Tho.
Dias's, dated 29th October. We sincerely hope, that
r!-.e dreadful intelligence conveyed in it, will prove to
to either unfounded, or, at least, greatly exaggerated ;
We have news of Barbadoes being completely
demolished, and part of the island sunk, by a huiri-
one. ;Did earthquake, since the 21st October."

The I'aris Papers of Thursday and Friday arrived
v;:itetday afternoon, and tho4c of Saturday this
r:orning.

In the Chamber of Deputies on Wednesday, the
Deport was brought up of the Committee appointed
to consider tie Project of Law for collecting provi-
sionally six twelfths of the direct Taxes, together
with the whole of the indirect Taxes, until the Budget
for the year is finally settled, and for granting a
Vote of Credit to the Government to the extent of
WO millions of francs. M. TEaNAUX, sen. the Re-
porter, dwelt with some seriousness on the inconve-
nience and hardship of being called upon year after
Tear by the Government to vote provisional advances
:.or the public service. For the present, nevertheless,
1 e admitted the necessity oldie case, Lut stated, that
tle Committee were unanimously of opinion that the
grant should be limited to four twelfths• of the direct
Taxei instead of six ; and with this Amendment, they
recommended the adoption of the Ministerial Project.
The discussion on this Report was deferred till
Friday ; and of the debate which took place on that
day, the Papers received this morning ate full.
M. de la BOURDONNAYS opened the discussion by
zn animated speech in support of the reduction pro-
ched by the Committee. The question, he candidly
vov.ed, was one which had no real concern with the
finances. What the Chamber might refuse to-day,
:.:cy could grant, upon maturer consideration, to-
morrow. The abject in giving less than the Minister
ailed, was to shew the little confidence the Chamber
dad in him—a" Here," say the Journals, " all eyes
sue fixed on M. de Cetze"j --and to call the attention
of the King to the necessity of at last entering into
the necessary conditions of a Constitutional Mo.
tarchy--of fortifying all its elements, by re-establish-
in their full plenitude, the prerogatives of the
Clown and the privileges of the Peerage, and of de-
veloping, by stronger and more complete organic
Iris, the Democratic part of the Representative

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M. de BOULAYE deprecated the intermixture of po-
ee litical questions with a measure of mere Finance,
in He endeavoured to show, from the example of pre-
ts ceding years, that four twelfths of the direct taxes
r- would not suffice ; and on this grotind he moved for
ns
t.e ado' tics cf the project as it stood.
)e
M. Itilkcittx was strongly in favour of the reduc-
t, f')n. It had been allowed by men of all parties that
t- this practice of anticipating the supplies, before the
e, Chamber were in possession of any information on
oe
the subject, was a serious evil, and could not be too
:con checked. The word confidence was not Par-
er

The JII NI sr zft of FINANCES explained.

General DEMARCAY, in a long speech, argued both
lzgainst the Project of Law, and against the Amend-
ment I.le.posed by the Committee. He concluded
moving, that instead of six-twelfths, the Chant-
t:er should vote only two-sixths.
The Minister of the Interior (Count DE CAZE) made
animated speech in support of the Project. He
was perfectly willing to rest the question on the
ground chosen by M. BOURDONNAYE, and to abide
ty the issue as a proof of the degree of confidence
vich the Chamber possessed in the Minis..ers. The
true Government party, he remarked, was the ico•
rr•trise party of the Nation, as it was well represented
the Chamber: The wish of this party was, that
Zs things are so, they should continue.
The debate was afterwards kept up on the one
tide by MM. DUPONT (de l'Eure), BEAusajoun, BEN•
:kAIN CONSTANT, &c. and on the other by MM.
CORNET d'INCOURT, COURVOISIER, PASQUIER, &C.
General DEMARCAY withdrew his Amendment,
;ad the previous question being moved, in order to
P.et rid of the recommendation of the Commission, it
carried by an immense majority.
The Articles of the Projet were then put to the
vcte, and adopted seriatim.
The vote was next taken on the Projet as a whole,
**::en there appeared for it, 157; against it, 97; ma-
ttity in favour of Ministers, 40.

bench 5 per Cents. Thursday. 70 fr. 80 c.

Friday, a Privy Council was held at Dublin Cas-
`, when the Baronies of Ballymoe, Downamore,
,cyan, and Tyaquin, in the county of Galway,
tirc, under the Act of the 54th of the King, de-
Cared in a state of disturbance.. An extraordinary
ttAblisliment of Police will accordingly bt formed
in those Baronies,—The loyal inhabitants of the Ba.
" :ies of Dunmore, Ballymoe, and Tyaquin, county
iiialway, comprising a population of 100,000, have
Ale:ea the:: services to Government, to act as Ca-