Star.
London, England, 1827-06-07 00:00:00

GRAND JURIZSIRELAND.

Mr. DAWSON rosentdoln
jsuutbrhymeLitylehwairss,mlsolltsitson.4,7rtacehleratweiviwieictahos
the Grand Jury Presentments of Ireland. The Hon.
Gentleman contended that the defects of this system
le vi were d rn,
uo snt d oe
rp p r
thee u
Gv er
a.
was more than one-third of the whole revenue of Ireland.
The powers which the GrandJary possessed of taxation
were most arbitrary: The powers which the lave rested
solely in the Sheriff lay open to great abuse and fa.
vouritism. The evidence given before a Committee,
proved such to be the case, as was exemplified in the
election at Waterford. The Sheriffs, and he meant
no offence to those Gentlemen who held the offices
now, had not sufficient responsibility in their appoint..
silents of Grand Jurors. He complained that the latter
were the auditors of their own accounts, in which they
Often were careless. There were duties which it was
impossible for them to perform ; he instanced the
Courts of Cork in the year 186, when the Grand Jury
sat only ten days, in the course of which they had to es.
amine 750 presentments of public money, and 1,150
criminal indictments. He cited other cases, in which
the pressure of business was the same, and which made
it morally impossible for them to get through in
the time given them. It was therefore impossible
for them to examine the money presentments with
that exactness which the expenditure of public money
required. He was not singular in his statemen., for
Members were now in the Hdrise, who had served on
Grand Juries, who therefore be it in their power to
substantiate what he was saying. Another ev I which
was apparent was the manner in which country Ada-
wits were examined. Those affidavits were generally
puled by the Magistrates, but the signature of the
Foreman was held sufficient investigation by the rest
of the Grand Jury. The inequality of assessments
was the next source of evil which arose under the
present system. He thought the appoinment of a
County Surveyor would lessen, in some degree,
evils arising from .this irregularity. The Grand
Jury were subject to fraud and deceit in making
the largestants which they annually do to the Do.
pensa.....-;alisir Ireland. They did not institute proper
inquiries to prevent such misappropriation. The whole
system required revision and alteration, and he thought
a sufficient case was made out for going into a Com-
mittee to inquire into the case, with a view of obtaining
d quick remedy for the crying grievances now existing.
He wished such steps to be pursued as would produce
a proper. economy in the expenditure of the public
money. He did not wish, in saying this, to frighten
the Irish Gentlemen by fears of innovation.—( Laughter.)
The Hon. Gentleman concluded by• moving for a
Committee to inquire into the for9ation of the Grand
Jury Presentments in Ireland.
Mr. S. RICE seconded the motion. He did so became
he thought an inquiry so constituted would check the
evils which had for a long time been spreading.
Mr. GOULBURN thought the consolidation of the
Laws relating to presentments would remedy the evils
complained of. Had he retained office, it would have
been one of his first steps to have attended to the subject.
He hoped the House would well reflect before it de-
prived the Grand Juries of their present power, and
transferred their duties to other bodies.
Mr. V. FITZGERALD concurred with his Right
Hon. Friend in his recommendation, that the Commit-
tee ought not to be entered upon with any view to the
transfer of the powers and functions now exercised br
Grand Juries to any other body whatever. The com-
plaint against the present system was, not that Gland
Juries were more corrupt than other bodies, but they,
of necessity, in consequence of the very little time at.
forded them for inquiry, their duties were not as deli.
berately, nor, perhaps, as carefully performed, as was
desirable, and as could be done under an improved aro
tem. He admitted that grounds of complaint respecting
the mode of forming Grand Juries might have form. ray
existed, but since the introduction of a measure lor a
Reform in the appointment of Sheriffs, (which had been
brought into operation while his Right Hon. Friend the
late Secretary of State for the Home Department seAs
Minister for Ireland, and which measure he (Mr. Peel)
bad so ably seconded,) no instance had occurred of the
placing of exceptionable persons on Grand Juries. The
Right Hon. Gentleman concluded by again expressing
his concurrence in the motion.
Mr. M. FITZGERALD thought the power given to
Grand Juries was inch as ought not to be given to any
body of men whatever. He would not go into the
details now; and congratulated the House that repeated
discussions had so far adva,,ced the subject, as to bring
it at last under the investigation of a Comm'ttee.
Mr. W. LAMB had no objection to the Committee,
but, by giving it his approbation, begged not so be
considered as pledged to any particular line of conduct.
Mr. A. DAWSON also approved of the appoint.
ment of a Committee. The manner in which the
Grand Jury now disposed of the County Funds, to
quired investigation. One of the great evils of the
system was, that the whole of the business cartied ea
by the Grand Jury when money was in question, vas
with closed doors. The public ought to be admitta
in order to see that Grand Juries performed the Pits
of honest purse-bearers.
After a few words from Colonel T_RIENCH, in or
port of the motion, it was agreed to.
The Ministers Provision (Ireland) Bill was r. ad A 4t..
cond time,
The 011-
Ind the

11

st
celfri
howl

Aim
Prowl!

Fu
per C
77f. 6

col
pai
Tell
act

Par
kis

Oa

ne, and ordered to be COM Itte,l to-morrow.
alter Orders of the Day were then di.inadolo
House adjourned at TWELVE IiCLoCIL.

STAR.
E 14'

LONDON.

THURSDAY, JUNE 7,1827.
STOCK EXCHANGE, TWELVE O'CLOCK.
may, which left off yesterday at 84j for the Account, opened
parsing at the same price ; but soon after the market became
oil Consuls receded to 841 1, caused by some sale; being
Mil,
igiag....lo the Foreign market, but little is doing at present.
00,,, prices Old Spanish 12 1, Mexican 681 4. Colons-
Penuguese 74i 75, Br-melba 581 59, Russian 92;s
$,l 161 l• •
gee Rath Wales Papers have been received at the am&
pi goo Amnion Coffee-house to the 21st of December.
tesnierstand that the Bank of Australia has been wished.
wirgstan, and that a large suns of money is said to have
nball May. The police are en the alert.
hew Yam Drama's Larm—A Gentleman in the Interior writes
lig& friend in town, that the natives are much worse than the
atebsaditti of Bush Rangers; and that Black Tom, and those
voilini,declate they will murder every white man they meet
with The Legnbtive Council has been sitting the whole of the
auk, we understand, respecting the violence of the native..
CITY, TWO O'CLOCK.
The Ceesol market has remained in a feverish state the whole
of Marooning, and the cause of which Is not exactly understood.
Coach hare seen alternately buyers and sellers at 841 for the
Ament. Cools have just declined to 834 and 84.
PRICE OF STOCKS AT TWO O'CLOCK.
Bank Stock gOti India Stock
spcf Gait it.d. 854 Ditto Bonds 78 79
lye Dm Cons. Shut. South Sea Stock
34 per Cem 991 Old Annuities
*pirCellt. Red. 901 891 £lOOO Excbeq. Bills 48 47
,FIT Cast. New Shut. .5500 Ditto 48 47
4ps Cent. Scrip £lOO and ,keno Ditto 49 47
toe Cmt. 18_6, 994 I i Advertised
Ann.l9 5-16 Consols for Acct. 1141
FOREIIiN FUNDS, TWO O'CLOCK.
925 as Bds.sp Ct. 59 I Greek Ikeda, 5 p Ct. -
Iwas Ajr4s Ras. 6 p C. 60; Do. Ms. 1825, 5 p- Cr. 17
Do Account 604 Mex. Bds. t 825,6 p Ct. 681
14,,bmn H0n.i.,6 p Ct. 25 Do. Acct. 684 1 2I
pre 8i15,1844, 291 1 29 Span. Btis 5 p Ct. 124
Acct. 50 291 S 9 Do. Acct.
D.* Rd& 5 p Ct. 62 French Rentes, 3 p Ct. 70f 25c
Do Acct.6ll Exchange 25150 e
BRITISH AND FOREIGN SHARES, TWO O'CLOCK.
SHAM peso.
lame British and Foreign 100 10 81
Protincial Bank ojlreland 100 25 21
Isaacs FUNDS, Anis 4. Five per Cents. toot. 75e. Four
r Casts. 911. 75c.—Bank Stock, 2,o22f.—Rentes de Naples,
771. 65c. . • a

We feel persuaded if the Duke of WELLINGTON was
111 re that the amendment he proposed in the Committee on the

Can Bill would bare the effect erasing the price of Wheat three
tangs a pater, which it seems to have done, he would not
km unwed it. The same observation will apply to the Duke
ci Barmen, Earl Guar, and the venerable Earl Frtown.t.taw,
As supported the amendment. The Duke of Wer.uscrou,
dm in Administration, approved of the Resolutions for amend-
s the Corn Laws, proposed by the Earl of Lavgaroot., and
wan at a loss to know what circumstance has since occurred
bigots his Grace to change his opinion. From all parts of the
gentry we have the most satisfactory assurances that there is anl
'creasing demand for our manufactures. Foreign orders are ar-

riving daily, and the demand for them at the late Leipsic Fair pre•
rents a cheering prospect to our manufacturer!. It ix sißfortunate
ita moment after their depression, when they are reviving, that
my motion should be carried in either House of Parliament talon-
hied to raise the price of grain,which regulates the price of all sorts
dprovisions. If the latter become exorbitantly dear, as in fact
*are at present, the wages of operative artisans and others must
he increased, to afford them a fair remuneration for their labour,
aaithen we dull not be able to cope with our rivals in Foreign
Markets, who will be able to undersell us. The Resolutions pro.
pied by the Earl of Lregaroot were calculated to serve the public
without injuring the Proprietors of Land, or the Agriculturists,
oho really appear so short-sighted, that with respect to the Corn
Inn, they are blind to their own interest.

The letters this morning from the Continent specu-
late with increased confidence on an approaching rup-
ture between Turkey and Russia. A letter from Bras-
:els, after announcing the passage of a Russian courier
through that City for London, says, it was immediately
reported that the Emperor NICOLAS, tired of the eva-
Was lithe Poste, had at last decided upon having re-
mise to arms, and that, in addition to his other pre-
Pulliam, a considerable naval armament was getting
Rapt Cronstadt. We shewed yesterday the credit we
attach to these speculations.

It appears by accounts received this morning from
Paris, that the Duke of SAN CARLOS, for whom former
Uvices had reserved the first place in the councils of
his Catholic Majesty, has been actually appointed
Spanish Ambassador to the Court of France.
We learn from the same accounts, that the state of
Catalonia is becoming every day more alarming. Two
patties, as opposed as possible to one another, ate deso-
lating that province, whilst it is represented as a pro.
blem, whether the royalists or constitutionalists are the
more implacable enemies of the existing order of things?
There is probably much exaggeration, if not downright
misrepresentation, in this statement.

We received this morning the Austrian Observer to
the 27th ultimo. It quotes letters from Constantinople,
by the way of Bucharest, of the 7th ultimo, which
merely state that the SULTAN had been obliged to levy
a new tax, for the purpose, no doubt, of meeting the
extraordinary exigencies of the war.
The Emperor and Empress of AUSTRIA arrived at
Vienna on the 26th, from their summer palace at Laxen.
burg, for the purpose of giving some audiences, and re-
tuned the same evening. It is said that the Archduke
CLIAILLS Will go to Berlin with his Consort in the course
the present month, but whether for pleasure or husi-
sess,isnot mentioned. The former may be the ostensible,
and the latter the real motive—particularly as the
Austrian Government appears to be somewhat alarmed
It the negotiations pending at Constantinople. This,
hoverer, is mere surmise.
Metalliquel, 90 7.16.—8ank Shares, 1067.

Welke received this morning the Algemeine Zeilung
the3lst ult. but it does not contain any political in-
tillitnce whatever. It appears from an article ur.der

the head of Darpat, that Pi ofessor &rant's, Director oft
the Observatory of that University, has recently givenl
an account of all the discoveries which be has already
been enabled to make by means of the great refracting
telescope of FEAUENHOPER. Two years ago, his cata-
logue of double stars amounted only to 440, and he
now enumerates 3,063 in the not them hemisphere alone.
Many of these double stars, says the Learned Professors
consist of owe than two.
It is stated under the head of Geneva, 25th May, that
a young German from the Duchy of Baden, had arrived
there on his way to join the Greek fleet, in which he
holds the rank of Captain, being the only European
who has attained a similar distinction. Last year he
returned home on a visit to his family; and, if the
account which is here given of him he correct, we
think the Greeks will have no cause to rejoice at his
re-appearing amongst them. His description of
their situ ation is very disheartening, which, consiJer-
ing his long absence, and the commission he holds
in their service, is a proof at once of his surpass.
ing modesty and overflowing zeal. The nation is
so 'worn out by its exertions, that, unless it can accom-
plish the great work of its independence in the present
' year, it must succumb. He has great confidence in the
exertions of Lord COCHRANE, qualified however, by his
knowledge of the people, who are " quite exhausted, and
who do not dissemble that their fate must be shortly
decided, whilst they ate prepared for tie worst." At
the same time, he highly panygerizes the character of
the nation, but of the chiefs he speaks with ineffable
contempt. This young German, who speaks so dog-
matically of the present state of Greece, notwithstand-
ing his long absence, set out on the 25th ult. for Genoa
to embark foi his destination, and we have only one
wish, that when he lands, his despondency may not in-
fect the people, whose ranks he is going to rejoin.
Frankfort Papers to the above date have in like
manner reached us, but they do not contain a single
article of general interest. The Paris Papers, which
• have arrived in due course, will be found, upon re-
ference to oar extracts, to be fully as uninteresting.

It is reported to-day in the City, that a Board of In-
quiry has been sitting for some time to investigate some
case of alleged delinquency in one of the public De•
partments. As neither the name of the delinquent, nor
of the Department, is mentioned, we hope there is no

truth in the rumour.
Mr. CROTCH, the King's Messenger, was sent off yes-
terday morning, from the Foreign-office, with dispatches
for St. Petersburgh.
A Cabinet Council was held yesterday afternoon at
the residence of Mr. Camino", in Downing-sweet. which was
attended by the Lord Chancellor, the Duke of Portland, the Mar-
quis of Lansclown, the Marquis of Anglesey, the Earl of Har-
rewhy, the Earl of Carlisle, Me. Canning, Mr. Secretary Bourne
Viscount Dudley and Ward, Viscount Goderich, Viscount Pal-
merston, Lord Bexley, Mr. Huskissos, Mr. Wynn and Mr.
Tierney. The Ministers met at two o'clock, and continued in de-_
liberation foe upwards of two hours.
The Lords of the Privy Council had a Meeting yes.
terday at the Connell Office. The Lords present were the Lord
President, the Lord Chancellor, Lord Colchester Lord Bexley.,
Lard Payola, the Lord Chief Justice of the Colchester,
of King s
Bench, the Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas, the
Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer, Sir John Nichol!, and Sir
Gore Ouseley.--Their Lordships sat between two and three hours.
Tuesday was the birth-day of the Duke of CUMBER-
LARD, when his Royal Highness completed his fifty-sixth year.
The Duke of GLOUCESTER had a grand dinner party
yesterday, at Gloucester House.
The Duke of BEDFORD entertained a distinguished
party at dinner yesterday, at his house in St. James's-square.
Lady SMITH entertained a select party yesterday
evening, at her house in Piccadilly.
The Duke of NOSITHM4II/NLAwn gave a grand dinner
yesterday, at Northumberland House, to a nanterous party et
Nobility and Gentry.
Tuesday night, the Duchess of WELLINGTON was in
her box at the Opera, with two of her children, dressed in allusion
to their father's military fame, in scarlet jackets, trlbuned with
silver, en milloire. One child was about six years of age, and the
other about four; and both appeared remarkably pretty, intelligent,
and vivacious; whilst the Lady was absorbed in her affections.
After the Divertissement, the Duke appeared in the house, and sat
with the Duchess, and caressed the children for about five minutes,
when his Grace repaired to a side-box, where Ise remained during
the whole of the Ballet.
Sunday evening a letter was received by the Chief
Magistrate of Greenock, from the Right Hon. W. &mean Baollll2,
Secretary of State for the Home Department, acquainting him that
the Loyal Address of the Inhabitants of Greenock had been pre-
sented to his MAJESTY, and which he was pleased graciously to re.
wive.--Greasock Advertiser.
The following is a copy of Mr. Pales reply to the
,Magistrates, Gentry, Clergy, and other inhabitants of
the city and county of Hereford:
Jove 4, 1827.
" Gairressimi—/ hays had the honour of receiving from the
bands of Sir John Cotterel, one of the Representatives of the county
of Hereford, the Address which was adopted at a public meeting

at Hereford, on the 64th of May.
"It is very gratifying to me to be assured by a large and most
respectable Body with whom I have no local connection—to whom
I stand in no relation which can unduly influence their judgment,
that they render full justice to the motives which have induced me
to retire from the Councils of my Sovereign.
" I relinquished my office because I felt satisfied that my reten-
tion of it, under the arrangement which was proposed for the re-
construction of the Government, would disable me from taking
with effect that part which I bad uniformly taken on a greet pub'.
die question, and would justly subject me to a suspicion, wldeh Is
most disparaging to the character of public men, that I had becosse
Indifferent to the maintenance of my former opinions, precisely at
that conjuncture when it would best suit my own personal interests
either to abandon them, or, what is worse, to give to them a merely
specious, hollow support.
" I set a just value on the
esteem.
" I have never courted popular applause; but I will not deny
that the chief stimulus to my exertions in public life, and the sole
distinction which I ever coveted as the reward of those exertions,
are the confidence and good opinion that are founded on a deliberate
judgment of the intentions and conduct of public men.
" The sentiments which you have expressed with regard to those
of my late Colleagues who have recently retired from office have
been conveyed to them by me ; and I have bees desired to return
to you, on their behalf, the cordial acknowledgements of their
satisfaction: " I have the honour to be, Gentlemen,
" Your obedient and most faithful servant,
" ROBERT PEEL.

of your approbation and

" To Sir E. F. Seudamore Stanhope, Bart.
" The Rev. Arthur Matthews, &e. &C—liereferd Journal.
In the Court of King's Bench yesterday morning,
' Mr. BROUGHAM appeateJ, for the first time, in his silk
gown, since receiving the patent of precedency. He,
accordingly took his seat within the Bar, and, after
bowing to Lird TENTERDEN, the Counsel rose, and se-
verally congratulated him on the occasion.
Sunday morning, about nine o'clock, ten persons
escaped from Glasgow jail by assaulting and overpower-
ing •the turnkeys. One of the culprits named Glen,
accused of the murder of his natural child, surrende.ed
himself next day.