Star.
London, England, 1820-02-25 00:00:00

BARNSTAPLE.

The Lill of LALDEItDALE presente] a Petition
from the Mayor and Aldermen of Barnstaple, against
the Writs' Suspension Hill, and praying that they
might bu heard by Counsel against it on the second
reading.—The Petition was raid on the table, and
Lord LAUDERDALE moved that the Petitioners
be heard by Counsel on the second reading to• morrow.
1.7,a1l of CA RNA RVON opposed this motion.
11,.; wished their Lordshii:s to proeeed as speedily as
possible to the discussion of the principle of the Bill ;
but the time that Counsel must occupy would pre-
vent that object, it they NTeie called in on the second
reading. lle therefore proposed that they should be
beard in the Committee, Or on some subsequent stage
of the Bill.
A long conversation followed, ig which Lord LAU-
DERDALC and the LORD CHANCELLOR supported the
motion, and Lords GROSVENOR, CARNARVON, LANS-
DowN, and DAcRE, opposed it.
A division took place, when the numbers were—Contents 12,
Nott-CAutcuts 11...-Counsel will of course be heard. Adjourned.

THE EVENING STAR.

LONDON.

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 25, Is2o.
THE FUNDS.

PRICE 01 STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK :
3 per Cent. Reduced 657/8 3/4
3 per Cent. Consols 681/s 1/4 GS
Si per Cent. 773/s
4 per Cent. 8734 3/8
5 per Cent. Navy 1031/4
Bank Long Annuities 181/s 3-16
Imperial 3 per Cent. Anns. 67 'A 1/2
India Bonds 13s. 12s. 13s. pr.
Exchequer Bills (2d.) 2s. dic. Is. pre.
Consols for April 681/2 3/s 3/s.

We lay before our Readers to-day all the addi-
tional particulars which have transpired respecting
the atrocious conspiracy, the foi tunate detection of
which we had yesterday the cosolatory task to an-
nounce to our Readers.

The event is of that dreadful maitre, that it over-
powers the petty distinctions of party, and unites all
men who have the hearts as well as forms of men, of
all sects, in common feelings and expressions of hor-
ror against
a crime which breaks the bonds of civi-
lized society, and aims at consummating the subver-
sion of. public tranquillity, by murder. Never have
we heard or read of a crime spoken of with more
general or deeper execration.
Of the intention of the conspirators to overturn the
G,vernment by force of arms, and to commence the
work of destruction by the assassination of Ministers,
there are, we arc assured, the most -deLisive proofs.
We understand that more than six months ago, the
Magistrates of Police were in possession of informa-
tion that such a conspiracy was hatching ; its pro-
gress was vigilantly watched ; and at the moment
when the conspirators thought dick diabolical scheme
ripe for execution, they riatind themselves, to their
astonishment and confusion, detected, seized, and
handed over to the cognizance of those just and equi-
table laws which it was their intention to overthrow.
The ruffians had made themselves intimately ac-
quainted with the residences of all the Ministers, and,
as we stated yesterday, it was at the house of Lord
BAntunsT, on account of its extreme loneliness, that.
the bloody scene Of their assassination was to have
been transacted. Some of our contemporaries have.
stated that it was at Lewd liAnnowlm's house, in
Grosvenor-square, that the attempt was to have been
made; and to confirm it, they add, that a Cabinet
Dinner was actually held there on Wednesday. Both
statements are equally en oneous. There was no
Cabinet Dinner at all on Wednesday ; and the one
which was to have taken place was to have been at
Lord Bnruunsr's, where the conspirators were, up
to the moment of their detection, in the confident
expectation of meeting their devoted victims..
Its fact, although the Cabinet assembly at Lord
BATitunsT's was, on -account of the knowledge of
the plot, deferred, the circumstance was not made-
known even to his Lordship's Househtld ; all the
preparations for the dinner were allowed to so on as
originally ordered; the house was lighted up ; and
there wa; nothing, in short, wanting of the sort of
.
festive bustle usual on such occasions.

In the course of the afternoon, tl:e house, we are
informed, was repeatedly reconnoitred by some of
the Chiefs of the gang, and the external appearances,
no doubt, had completely deceived them into a belief
that Ministers were actually assembled, and that they
had ( illy to but st in upon them, in their hour of ho-
nest unthinking security. •
connts ate given of the course said to have
been meditated. One was, to murder the first Minis-
ter who went to his catriage, and in the confusion
created by that act, to have rushed in and destroyed
the rest. The other was, to have cbutlned entrance by
a feigned message. We ale satisfied that the ...cheme
' would have teen, in either way, practicable, upon
two conditions :—first, if Ministers had known
nothing of ir, which does not appear to have been the
fact; and, secondly, if the agents had proved as hardy
in execution, as they are charged with being re-
morseless in the conception, of their plot. But the
icked heart will often devise what the eye would
not bear to see, and the arm would want strength to'
I;ei form. We earnestly hope the execrable plot will,
through all its ramifications, soon be laid open.
Gieat credit is due to Mr. Justice Bums; and his
Officers, for the pt omptitude and bravery with which
they attacked the banditti, with so inadequate a force,
If they had waited to assemble more men, so as to
surround the house, the bustle of preparation might
have got wind, and put the ruffians on their guard..

Mr. BIRNIE was yesterday admitted to the honour
of an audience by his MAJESTY ; so anxious was the
Sovereign to inform himself of the exact particulars.
of a transaction, the atrocity of which was not less
than the danger to the public tranquillity and welfare.
His Grace the Duke of WELLINGTON was among
those who went to examine the premises where the
murder was perpetrated, and also the body of the
unfortunate Mr. SMITHERS.

Yesterday, Prince EsTinitnzv, the Austrian Am-
bassador, was introduced to his MAJZSTY, at his Pa-
lace, in Pall-mall, off his return to England from
Vienna. His Excellency had the honour of a private
audience.

DUTCH MAIL.

A Dutch Mail arrived this ferrenoon, with Papers to
the 23d inst. The following are extracts :

HAGUE, FEBRUARY Is.
SECOND CHANIDER OF THE STATES GENERAL.
SITTING OF THE 13TH FEURUA ItT•

The President informed the Chamber that he had
received a Message from the King, with twe Projects
of Laws ; the first containing the Budget of the
ordinary Expenditure for the year 1820, the second
containing the Ways and Meals. The amount of
the expenditure in this new- Budget, is 67,150,780
florin, and GO cents. The Ways and Means to meet
this expenditure are, Ist. The indirect taxes.-2d.
The duties en stamps, mortgages, legacies, Su.--
3d. 'The Customs and Excise.-Ith. The duty on
Ilgold and silver plate..—fith. The revenue of the Post-
' office, the land-tax, the poll-tax, the tax on doors and
windows, and patents, shall be collected monthly by
twelfths. The principal sums are fixed as 'follows :
Land Tax
Personal Tax '2,706,580
Window and Door Tax
—These principal sums shall he levied on the several
Provinces, according to the table announced for the
following year: the proportion to be paid by each
•
Province shall be again considered.
Besides the principal sums lbovementioned, there
shall be charged on the Land 'fax, and on that on
houses and furniture, '23 per Cent. to make good the
sums not received ; and the expenses of collecting
and management, upon the Door and Window Tax,
ten per cent. ; to meet the expenses of the Communes,
five per cent. shall continue to be levied on the Land,
Personal, and Furniture Tax ; till other arrangements
are made for the local expenses, Stamps and other
Duties, the Customs, and Excise, shall continue to be
levied according to the laws now in force.
The Budget of the Extraordinary Expenditure
will be presented to the Chamber in the sequel.
His Majesty signifies farther, in his l‘lesage, that
the Committee appointed to examine the system of
Indirect Taxes, ha already commenced its labours.