Star.
London, England, 1828-05-02 00:00:00

Colombian
Guardian Fire Ass:

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General Steam Navigation 100

Pkeet Gas

We are sorry to announce the death of Captain
CLarPawrow. not by assassination, but of dysentery. at
&mato°, on the 13th of April. According to reportt
Major LAtso was in Timbuetoo in March last.

The Duke of Ricustonn Is is postponed till Monday
his .motion for a Committee of Inquiry into the Wool
Trade. The inexpediency of such a step, Rod the alarm
and dismay it would excite in the manufacturing dig'•
tricts, and the mischiefs of publishing the secrets of the
trade, Mere well pointed out by the Earl of HARRWOOD
and Lord WHARICCLIYM These fears, however, will
be somewhat allayed by what fell from the Duke of
Wiruaticrote, who stated, that although he might be
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brought to consent to an inquiry into the depressed con
dition of the growers, it would be by no means with
the intention of increasing the duty on foreign wool.—
L,-rd Dant:Lev brought forward his motion on the
distressed state of Ireland. The so-often-told tale of the
poverty and misery of that unhappy country was again
repeated by the Noble Earl, with a view of inducing the
Ilouse to adopt an, assessment on Property, in the nature
of a rate, for the relief of the Irish poor. The effect of the
poor rates in England,which with the numbers of the poor
are annually increasing—holding out, as they do, an
incentive to improvidence—destroying the independence
of the lower orders—and powerless in removing their
distress—should be a warning against adding such an
evil to the present misfortunes of Ireland. The agitation
of such a measure would greatly disturb the minds of
the Irish, and induce them to look for relief from a
quarter whence it cannot come. The motion was nega-
tived nithout a division.
In the House of Commons, Mr. D. W. HA nvia moved
for tte appointment of an efficient controul over pro-
secutions by the Customs and Excise. The motion
was negatived by a majority of 107. It is not in
the power of any revenue officer to commence a
prosecution either in the Exchequer, or betore the
Magistrates in the Country, w ithout the approval of the
Commissioners of the department to which he belongs.
The Acts of the Commis;ioners WC controlled by the
Treasury. and if these clacks, together with the watchful
eye of the pub!ic, do not form a sufficient security

against frivolous proceedings, we do not know wh it
better can be devised. It is to be admitted, however,
that the expenses of Exchequer suits are too heavy, and
the system of the. Crown receiving and paying no costs,
is bad. The jurisdiction of Country Justices is some-
times rather too extensive over matters which so
seriously affect liberty and property; but it is well
known, that the bias of Magistrates in informations for
these heavy penalties, is, as it should be; always in
favour of tie prisoners, many of whom escape upon
very trifl•ng objections indeed.
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The French Papers are without interest, and aid
nothing to the German accounts inserted yesterday. An
opinion seems to prevail in the city, that an armament
is to be dispatched to the East by England and France.
Whether such will be the ultimate tesult, we believe
the Government itself is unable to say ; but at present
there is no other ground for the idea, than a small in•
crease that has been made to the contracts for naval

We regret to perceive that the master manufacturers,
as well as the operatives, are still petitioning for a scale
of wages wbe fixed by law. If any one principle in
Political Economy is clear, it is this—that the value of,
labour, like all other commodities, nut depend on the
rule of supply and demand. A price fixed with*
regard to this rule, must, in the long run, be injurinas
both to master and servant.