Star.
London, England, 1828-03-13 00:00:00

LIFE ANNUITIES BILL.

Upon the motion of the Cameo/um; of the EXCINIQOIII, the
House went into a Committee upon the Life Annuity Acts. The
Bight lion. Gentleman stated, that Me object was to propose a
measure for regulating Life Annuities, founded upon a recom-
mendation of the Finance Committee.
Lord ALTHORP said, that the necessity of the
measure had been proved by the evidence given by Mr. Finlaison
before the Committee, from which it appeared that the power
given to the Commissioners of tie National Debt of granting Life
Annuities, had occasioned ; loss to the country of 414,000 in the
last three months, and that the same loss was now going on at the
rate of £B,OOO per week. Mr. Finlaison stated, that be bad com-
municated these facts to Lord Bexley in 1819, and subsequently to
Lord Goderich. These calculations might be extravagant, but
there was no doubt but that a considerable loss had been suffered
by the country.
After a few words from the Catalcirtioa of the Excifintrza,
Mr. Clamart, and Mr. Huss, a Bill was ordered to be brought
in, to repeal so much of several Acts as enabled the Commissioners
of the National Debt to grant Life Annuities.
The House adjourned at TfitiTt 11li wvas rant

The Marquis of LANSDOWN'S second Bill is intitled
an Act "tor amending the Law of Evidence in certain Cases."
The preamble sets forth that, whereas it is expedient that *okra
should be allowed to give evidence upon their solemn affirnuitionin
criminal as well as in civil cases, and that, in prosecutions for
forgery, the party whose name has been forged should be rendered
a competent witness ; and then proceeds to enact—
That the affirmation of Quakers shall be admitted in criminal,
Wes.

The other clauses provide— •
That the party whose name is forged shall be a competent witness
in prosecutions fur forgery.
Thatevery punishment for felony, after it has been endured, shall
have the effect of a pardon- under the Cleat Seal.
That no misdemeanour shall render a party an incompetent wit-
ness after he has undergone the punishment.

FINANCE COMMITTEF.-FIRST REPORT.

The SELECT COMMITTEE appointed to inquire into the State of the
Public Income and Expenditure of the United Kingdom, and
to consider and report to the House what further regulations
and chocks it may be proper, in their opinion, to adopt, for esta-
blishing an effeetual controul upon all Charges incurred in the
Receipt, Custody, and Application of the Public Money; and
what further measures can be adopted for Reducing any part of
the Public Expenditute without detriment to the Public Ser.
vice :—Have proceeded to an examination of the matters re-1
[erred to them, and agreed to the following Report;

" The Committee basing, in the course of their inquiries, disco-
vered that the conditimis value which the Centesdniessers of the
Sinking Osileti aterequired, by the Act, for eoabliag the Commis-
ilioneri or. the Redaction of the National Debt to gent Life An-
Auld's, are extremely disadvantageous to the Public, fed it to be

their duty to call the Immediate attendee of the House to the
pediency of repealing this Act.-12 tura, 1228."
Yesterday, the above Committee made six ordete for the pee
duttion of documents connected principally with the Army k
penditure. They related to the allowances of El 1,214 foe tit
„COmaminder.in-Chief —the large Staff Allowances both in th,
Itountry •rod Ireland—the sums paid in the Civil Branches of th,
Army, the Cavalry Expenditure, the Barrack Chsbursments; sM
also Accounts showing, in ail its details, the expens► of the pt,,
ventive Service. incurred for the Military who are in Barracksh
different parts of the coast; the number of men employed in esti,
a return of their duties, &c. These accounts Were ordered to he
made out with the greatest dispatch, and were salt to the Tr,,
sury by the Chairman, Sir HOIST PAaNttLL, at five o'clock mt.
day evening.•

THE EVENING STAR.

LONDON.
THURSDAY, MARCH IS,

STOCK EXCHANGE, TWELVE O'CLOCK.

The Consol market opened at at for the Account, and waverti
for some time, fluctuating between nit and ash at which pelt,
they may be quoted at present, alternately buyers and sellen—
Various ate the opinions and suggestions on the Russian declava•
tion, received by the Russian Ambassador ; by some it if asserted
that it is only a Maaifesto, and by others that it is positively a da.
claration of war.
The letters from Vienna of the Ist of March, bring the Masi.
leques at 90.
In the Foreign market little Is doing, except in Russian Beads,
which have lowered.

CITY. HALF-PAST ONE O'CLOCK.

By the Express arrived from Paris this morning, private lents,
bring accounts that the Russians are op their march to take p•sµ
sion of Moldavia and Wallachia.
Consols are rather sickly at present, and maybe quoted at NH
for the Account. Russian Stock 551 to 116-67Petw1 Fonds a
Monday, Three per Cents. 69f. 60e. • • .
PRICE OF STOCKS AT POUR O'CLOCK.'
Bank Stock Shot India Stick •
3 per Cent. Red. Shut Ditto Bonds 87 09
3 per Ct. Cons. 823 a 1 3 per Cent. 1731,
31 per Cent. Shut £lOOO Easing. Ma 511 9 6 n
54 per Cent. lied. Shut sesoo Ditto 55 59 56
4 per Ct. New 100 993 100 £lOO and',S2oo Ditto 36 59
4 per Cent. Scrip Advertised 58 56
4 per Cent. 1826, Shut India for Acct. 243
Long Ann. Shut. Consols for Acct. 821 223 1 1
FOREIGN FUNDS, TWO O'CLOCK.
Brazilian Bds. 5p L. 1.. Do. Ace.= 11 2 11 1
Do. Act. 613 3 Peruv. Dds. 6 p C. 221
Colombian Wail., 6 per Ct. Pm& Bond*, 5 p Ct. 99 Si
Do. 80nd5,1824,23j g I Russ. lids.i 622, 5 per Ct. 86353
Danish /1.14. 3 p Ct. 603 Do Acct. 863 63 0
Do Acct 60 Spanish Bas 5p et 103
Mex. 13d5,1825, 6 p Ct 311 1 Do Acet.
BRITISH AND FOREIGN SHARES, TWO O'CLOCK.
SHARI. PAID.
35 20
100 224
100 23
Provinelit Bank of Ireland 100 23

Brazilian
Colombian
Moirican

7S 74 75

17e lak

7
24 13

No public business of
.importance occurred in de
House of Lords lest night. _ _ _

In the House of Commons, Mr. VFW(' obtained lean
to bring in a Bill for the Improvement of Covent Garden Marko
Among -a number of Petitions on different subjects, one was pn.
sented from the Clergy of Gloucester against further concession
to the Catholics. Mr. 111131112 in moving for certain returns co
nected with Savings Banks, said that t►ese was a very generally
entertained opinion that those institutions had not benentoi
the persons for whom they were originally meant. He staid
that the loss to the country, in consequence of the high rate of
interest which Government paid on deposits in Savings Banks, *ad
amounted in ten years to nearly half a million ; and it appears that
in case of a war, and a fall in Consols, a loss of two or thre
millions might be sustained, as Government were bound to pay
the deposits at the price of the Funds whets they were vested.—
The motion, after a few remarks from )fr. G. DAWSON, woe
agreed to. Lord STANLIT brought (toward his motion for a
Select Committe, to consider the laws respecting Irish vagramtt.
The Committee was appointed accordingly. Mr. Nuns moved
for a number of ret mos connected with promotions in the army;
by their production, he contended, he would prove that great unse
cessary expense was occasioned by the present system. Lord
PALMIRSTON defended the system, as introducing young noes
into the army, and also into the haltpay, when they weft
ready for service if !ailed for. Mr. blAszatv thought the
Finance Committee would enter into the question fairly.—
Mr. Caticaarr said, Mr. HUMS would starve the service whit*
be aimed at reforming. The Returns were ordered. The
House, on the motion of the Cnancattoa of the Pacoima'
went into a Committee on the Life Annuity Act: A Resolutiss
roc commending the repeal of the portion complained of by the lrr
Dance Committee was carried, and kave given to bring in a Bill to
that effect. It was stated by Lord A , on the repeal of the
Act in question being moved, that the losses by the anoui,ic,
amounted, according to the cakulations of Mr. Rotation, to 8,004.
a week. This fact, his Lordship added, bad been communicated both
to Lord Bauer and Lord GODERICH. The calculations of Givers-
ment were, it seems, made by the Nottingham tables.

We have received the Paris Papers of Monday, and
the Gazette de France dated Tuesday. The intelligence
contained in these Papers respecting Turkey is of the
same character with what reaches us from every guar-
ter, and war may be considered as almost impossible to
be avoided. It appears that the Austrian Internuncio
has also quitted Constantinople, and is as his returato
Vienna. The reason given for his retirement is the bad
state of his health ; but the rejection of the last propo-
sals which he transmitted to the Porte is supposed to
be the true cause of his departure.
_ .

The papers of Monday put us in possession of the
Address of the French Chamber of Deputies, in
answer to the Speech from the Throne; it embraces all
the topics which the KING had mentioned; but whitest
does little more than echo his sentiments, it sometimes
opposes them. Their boldness seems to have given great
dissatisfaction, if we may judge from his MAJESTY'S
answer :•"•••44 When," says his Maxesirv, 64 I made you
acquainted with my resolution to strengthen our Coe•
stitution, and called upon you to labour with me for the
happiness of France, I depended on the union of yew
sentiments, as well as on the concurrence d rill
enlightened judgment. My words were addressed to the
whole Chamber; it would have been extremely pleasivg
to me if its answer could have been—unanimous."--
His MAJESTY does not even thank his faithful Deputies
for their address, or express any satisfaction for their
loyal professions.

We received this forenoon Frankfort Papers to the
7th instant. The previous advices we bad received from
Constantinople pourtrayed the deep misery undir
which the Armenian Catholics were suffering is that
capital, By the following letter it would appear, how