Star.
London, England, 1820-09-27 00:00:00

lA)N DON.

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1820.

THE FUNDS.
PACE Of STOCKS THIS DAY AT 01411 O'CLOCK
3 per Cent. Cons. 661/2 3/11
5 per Cent. Navy 1023/4 VI %.
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India Stock 215—Bonds 20s. 21s. pre.
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Cons. for Acct. 66%

The proceedings of the Meeting of the Ladies and
Gentlemen of London, Westminster, and Southwark,
held yesterday at the Freemasons' Tavern, will be
found very interesting. We cannot, when so much
was said, and well said, attempt to give even the
leading points, but must content ourselves with the
mention of two or three :—Mr. HOBHOUSE had looked
into the Statute of Treason, and he found there that
it was treason to conspire against the life or character
of the QUERY,—none of the Commentators denied
that it was treason to conspire against a Queen whose
husband was reigning.—Mr. P. MOORE maintained
that ills MAJESTY'S Ministers were at the bottom of
such a foul conspiracy.—Mr. Hulls insisted, on prin-
ciple, that, were the QUEEN as black as he believed
she was bright and spotless, still she was entitled to
the protection of Englishmen, for the laws ought
never to be violated even to punish the guilty : he
could not, however, believe that his MAJESTY'S Minis-
ters were at the bottom of the conspiracy ; but they
had become its tools, and made themselves parties to
it.—Mr. PeAtsos was very animated and pointed—

especially on the dogma that " the KING can do no
wrong." A clergyman had maintained that this was
true morally as well as to politically. In politics, as
in law, there may be fictions, but in morals there can
be no such thing, unless we have power to strike out
from the volume of inspiration any of the words of
the decalogue.

If anything but the trial of the QUEEN obtains that
degree of attention which all important occurrences I
demand, the last dispatches from Persia should turn
our thoughts to the future safety of India. The '
Russians have obtained so firm a footing in Persia,
that they no longer disguise their projects. The
Russian Charge d'Affaires, at Tebrias, has declared
publicly, that on the death of the present KING (who
is in the last stage of decline), and in all time coming,
the Persians must be content to receive their Sove-
reigns from Russia, which has now in Georgia, and on
the line of the Caucasus, upwards of one hundred
thousand men, thirty thousand of which formed
part of the Army of Occupation in France.—
The Russian Charge d'Affairer, at a dinner which he
gave to British Officers in the Persian service, said
openly, that General YAnht A corF, Governor-General
in Georgia, would be in Tabrias in less than four
months. Six days' march, he said, would bring their
infantry and artillery to Tabrias, after which what
was there to stop them till they came to the Indies?
It is the opinion of the British Officers in the service
of Persia, that there is a secret understanding be-
tween the Court and the Russians; for the army of
his Royal Highness Arms MinzA, Prince Royal of
Persia, has been suffered to dwindle to almost nothing.

The Paris Papers of Saturday arrived this fore-
noon. They do not yet announce the delivery of
the Duchess of BEaR!, but private letters of the same
day have been received, which mention that her
Royal Highness had been seized with the pains of
labour. She has ordered a portrait of her lamented
husband, painted by KINsoN, to be pladed in her.
bed-room to animate her in this hour of trial.
An article from Trieste, quotes letters from Corfu,'
said tp be deserving of credit, which announce that
.it conspiracy had been discovered in the island of
Zante, and happily defeated in time.
French Five per Cents. Friday, with div. from 221
of §epternber, 7t fr. 85 c.