Star.
London, England, 1828-02-16 00:00:00

FRENCH PAPER&

FROM TDB GAZETTE DR PRANCE, ran 13.
FRANKFORT, Fes. 8.
Letters from Vienna say, that a levy of 48,000 men
is going to be made to template the army.
The celebrated astronomer Baron de Zsch is going
to fix his residence in bur city.
PARIS, Fs& 19.
A letter from Vienna, of Feb. 2, contains the follow•
ing paragraph :&—ii At eleven o'clock in the morning,
the mortal remains of Prince Ypsilanti were removed
to the Greek chapel, to be interred according to his
rank. The Bishop of Pharsalia, assisted by four priests'
officiated. During the prayers for the dead, the Princess
Razumowsky apt e ired with tears in her eyes, to see
once more the Prince, who was dressed in the Polish
costume, and bad the Russian orders upon his breast,
and a garland of loses and Athanasia. His two bro•
thers were plunged in the most profound grief."
(The Gazette de France is filled with the d-bates in
the Cbari.ber of Deputies, and remarks upon them, and
extracts from the English 3qurnals.)

FROM THE gERMAIr PAPF.nI aecerval, THIS MORNING.
MUNICH, Fa& 4.
A Rescript was read yesterday in the University.
which his Majesty has issued, in consequence of a duel
between two students on the 42.2 d ult. in which one of
the parties was killed. Hi- neje- ty observes, that oh
the 26th Nov. 1826, he had most se; iomly &tithed Eli
the studeutt that he would nt.t permit any Xitray,s and;
duels among them, and was resolved to puni-h eseesses
of this kind with all the rigour of thclaws. 1-I,z renewed
this declaration in February last year, and also his de-
claration respecting the associates among the students,
aacithe coisditions upon which they would be permitted.
After these positive declarations of his will, his Majesty
had a right to expect that the students in the Unirrralf
would yield implicit obedience, and never presume.
to act in contradiction to his Ordinances -respecting
duel,. lies Majesty has there's re learnt with great
displeasure the occurrence of the duel in question, and
again repeats his injunctions to the Stu lents if this Uni•
versity punctually to obey his cbtnniandas and retrain
from all such excesses, which it is his unAlterable sew•
lotion to have punished, according to the existing laws.

EAST IND,E9.

-A Calcutta Governmeat Gazette, containing the Mi-
nutes of the Judgment of the Judges of the Supreme
Court, in regard to the Registry of the famous Calcutta
Stamp Regulation, has been received. As the original
documents ate of greath length. we can only find room
for the following brief summary of the chief points in
di•pute, as derived from the decisions themselves, and
given by the Editor of the Gazette :
The arguments aga'nst the Stamp Regulation urged
by tie Counsel retained against the Registry, resolved
themselves into three heads. The dental. of any autho-
rity in the Government to levy duties in Calcutta,
ceps such asravere of a purely comtiretcial nature .; the
absence of any necessity fur registering the regulation
at all ; and its unfitness for regulation. on account of
the penalties it imposes and power it. confers.
On the renewal.of the Charter, authority was duly
given to all the Local Governments to impose upon all
persons resident at the several Presidencies. duties of
customs and other taxes,' in as ample a manner as
they hadbefore been lawfully imposed. To tliii it was
replied, that the words' other taxes' teferred only to cus-
tom or transit duties, or their like, and that all duties
previously imposed in India were illegal. The Bench
deeided against such a perversion of langusge and facts,
and vindicated, what no one ever -befoie questioned,
the acknowledged exercise of the sovereign power in
India by the Company, and the literal import of the
words employed. What, indeed, would an Emp•ror
of Dehli, even Akbar himself, have said, had any of his
Jesuit friends attempted to subtilise away his sovereign
rights, and what would the Ghost of Lindley Murray
say to those who argue that ' other' means ' similar
or same ?
With respect to the R gistration, it is weed that the
sanction of the- Board of Controul, and Orlin of Dime-
ton, having been previously obtained, the Registration
was unnecessary; and we must confess that this seems
to be a correct view of the case. But an important
distinction was drawn by the Chief Justice, between
the imposing and enforcing of the Tax. The concur-
rence of the home authorities justifi:s the enactment,
but the Registration is necessary, before the Supreme
Court can receive any motion relating to the enforce-
ment of its provisions. The two other Judges consi-
dered also the Registration indispensable, under various
Acts of Parliament. •

With respect to the third objection, the Bench con-
curred in thinking the provisions for enforcing the rest).
lotion no mere than were requ;red by its purport, to s
severe than analogous conditions frequent at home, and
fully warranted by authority already given_to the Go•
vernments of India.: _ _

With respect to every thing essential to the enforcement
of theltegulation, the Judges of the Supreme Court have
entertained and expressed but one opinion, and we may
be satisfied that the ostensible grounds of the opposition
to this Act were wholly unfounded and untenable. On
the right to be heard by CounEel against the registry of
the regulations of this Government, the Learned Judges
differed, Sir Chai.Grey and Sir John Franks denying its
existence, whilst Fu Edward Ryan inferred that the right
of appeal to a higher tribunal, the King in Counail,which
is granted against all proposed Regulations, involved
the right tube heard before the inferior Court. The Bench,
however, agreed as to the advantage of permitting Re-
gulations to be discussed before Registration. The
Chief Justice, a 0 Sir Edward Ryan, also concurred in
holding, that the Court is bound, by the
.worts 't f
the Statute, to consider the expediency as well as
the legality of a Regulation. Sir J. Flanks did not
advert to the subject, and the question of expediency
in this case, was, in fact, not before the Court. The
extent to which such a power is vested in the Supreme
Judicature of the country, is a subject that has probably,
before now, beCome matter of consideration at home, in
consequence of the opinions pronstilgated at Bombay.
The objections _to its exercise, ax, far as "'lards the
Supreme Court alone, are well stated by the Chief
Justice, but it is also a manifest, and it might easi!y be
a mischievous inconsienience, to have two Legislative
Bodies, subjecting the determinations of the Supreme
Administration to the revision, and possible subversion
of that,which, in the general government al the countiy,
is a subordinate authority.

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IMPERIAL "
HOUSE OF LORDSlataituater
The Loop CHANCELLOR tpl "ijiis seit.upon the Woolsick at Five
4
.'Clock. ‘‘. •
• J`‘.l We AND CORIVIATIUM AC%
Lord AUCKLAND presented Petitions from the Protestant
Dissenters assembling at the Meeting House in St: Montag-square,
Hackney, for the tepee) of the Test and Corporation Act.—Ot-
dered to lie upon the table.
PITZW I LII ANI presented similar Petitiote from the
Parish of Fulwood, in the Town of Sheffield; from the Congrega-
tion of Independents of Queen-street Chapel. Sheffield ; and from
one other Con‘regation of Protestant Dissenters in the same town.
—Ordered to he upon the table.
Lord EM LYN presented Petitions to the same effect from the
Ptotestant Dissenters of Lammas-streetCbapel, Carmarthen; from
another Congregation of Protestant Dissenter in Carmarthen; and
front the Prote.tant Dissenters of the Baptist denomination of Ha-
verfordwest, in thC. Omnty of Pembroke.
Lord TRY NHA NI had to move for the production of several
Papers of great importance. In the first place, he would move for
an Account of the numbersof men .committed upon criminal charges
in Enlaced and Wales during the last two years, distinguishing
those committed under the Game Laws; the number of persons
who have received Parochial Aid in England at:d Wales during
the same period ; of the number of persons now in Prisonl, an Ac-
count of the Parochial and County Rates fur the same period in
England and Wales. In the second place, he should move for a
Return of the total number of Persons receiving Dividends upon
Three per Cent. Comoli, Three per Cent, Reduced, Three and a
Half per Cents. Long Annuities. Four per Cents.. and New Four
per Cents. on the 10th October, 18271 and the Sib January, 1128,
distinguishing those who received under 101. under 201. under 40f.
tinder 1001. 2001. 3001. 4001. 6001. 1,0001. 2,00 1. 4,0001. and above
4,0001. and specifying the sum total received by each class.
The Duke of WELLINGTON had no wish to withhold the
information to be derived front the first class °lvrea moved f r
by the Noble Lord. But be believed that a• large proportion of
that information was already before the House, and be would sus.:
lest the propriety of postponing the motion for a tew days, in order-
to afford an opportunitrol etiquiriog into that fact. With respect
to the accounts relating to the holders of funded property. he con-
felsed that he felt some degree of difficulty. A similar Return had
been moved for, and furnished five years ago. But he wrs not
without anprefiension that the production of this -account might
now give rise to some degree of excitement, and produce surmises
and speculations which it was better to avoid.
The Earl of ROSS LY N strongly recommended to his Noble
Friend to postpone his motion for the present, to afford time to
ascertain how much of the information he sought was already before
the House. He could nut recollect the whole, but he was quite
certain that many of these papers had already been moved for and
presented. Considering the mass of papers which were laid upon
their Lordships' table every Session, it was desirable to exclude
every thing that was superlunus. For if the man should be too
mut:better-eased, the•effect would naturally be to prevent Members
from attending to any of them.
The Marquis of LA NSDOWN said. that it was quite time that
the great mass of papers continually brought before the House was
likely to have the effect stated by the Noble Lord. And he believed
that every valuable information of the kind required was now in
possession of the House, although perhaps not printed. blued of it
had been long before the House, and more recently a Noble Friend
of his, who took a deep interest in all that related to the welfare of
the' Agricultural body, hail moved for many of the Returns in-
cluded in the Noble Lord's motion. But, although before the

House, this information was not very easily accessible; for recently,
when at the head of the Hume Department, he had had occasion
to refer to some of those papers, and found great ditficulty in getting
at them. _

Lord THY NH ANI said that be would be the last person in the
world to move for any unnecessary papers, and so tar as regarded
the first class of documents, be bad no objection to defer his motion
till Monday. But the motion for a Itmusu of the persons holding
funded property, clastifiesl as belsad.ahasscribed, he should make at
present. The former Return of the same kind was made five year.
ago,and be wished to ascertain what alteration ►ad taken place in
the interval. . .

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The question wu accordingly put upon this motion, and it was
agreed to.

WOMACK Slow Till COMMONS.
Sir ALEXANDER GRANT, and several other Members,.
biought up the Biiifor the issue of I_ 1'2,000.000 Exchequer Bills
fur the service of the year 1528 ; and also the Appropriation BilL
his. CRAY/Flo front the Treasury, presented several Returns
rusting to Corn ad Wool.
The Marquis trf CLEVELAND presented a Petition for the
Repeal of the Test and. Curporatil•a Act, from the• Protestant
boomers and other friends of religious liberty, of Stockton, io the
County of Durham.
On the motion of Lord SHAFTESBURY. the Exchequer Bills
WI Mid the Appropriation Rills were severally read a first time.
-Atijottised at St: o'CLoce, until To-mortow (this day).
HOUSE OF COSIMONS.
.Seriaere took the Chair at four o'clock; and the attendance
&Mtifibtrs, on both aides of the House, was unusually numerous.
• ThiebeMg the last day allowed for bringing forward Petitions,
for kave to introduce Private Bills, an unusual number were
presented.
Mr. taArtit, from the Treasury? presented Retorna respecting
the Assessed Taxes from ScotLard.—Ordered to be printed.
• Mr. BANKES brought in a Bill for the purpose of enabling
Francis John Browne, Esq. to convey a certain house and estate to
tbrettse of the County of Outset, as a Lunatic A.ylum, in accord-
attar with the 48th Gee. llL—The Bill was read a bra and
steena time.

Mr. MOORE presented a Petition from the Members of the
Hibernian Joint Stuck Company, praying for leave to bring in a
Bill to dissolve the same.
Mr. Alderman SMITH presented a Petition from the Justices
of St. Albans, praying for leave to bring in a Bill to enable them to
erect a new Court House fur that Borough.
shh: WOOD presented a Petition from certain Electors of the
Borough of Preston. praying for leave to bring in a ma for the
better regulation of taking the Poll in that Borough.
Mr. MASSED DA WSON presented a Petition from the
Roman Catholic Inhabitants of t.fuomel, praying for Catholic
Emancipation.
Viscount CA .;TLERE A GII presented a similar Petition from
a Parish near Dongarvon.—Ordered to be printed.
Mr. wArty presented a Petition, from the Protestant Dissen-
ters of Plaistow, in Essex, praying for a Repeal or the Test and
Corporation Acts.
Mr. MARSHALL presented similar Petitions from the Pro-
testant Dissenters of Great Smslkeid, in Cumberland; Prescot,in
Yorkshire; and from another place in the sante County.
• Mr.•GUEST presented a similar Petition from the Protestant
Dissenters of East Bulkeley.
Mr. LYGON presented a similar Petition from the Protestant
Dissenters of Kilminster, in Worcestenbire.
Mr. J. bi A RTIN presented similar Petitione from the Protes-
tknt DissentersOf four different places in Gloucestershire.
Lord STANLEY presented similar Petitions from Dover-street
Chapel, Manchester; the Protestant Dissenters resident in Preseot,
Lancashire; and from the Protestant Dissenters of Barnham Castle,
and another place in Yorkshire.
Mr. P. BARING presented similar Petitions from the Protes-
tant Dissenters of Lymington, Hiochbetd, Broad-street Chapel,
Jersey, St. Hilliard's. and also two other places.
• Mr. WARBURTON presented similar Petitions from the Pro-
testant Dissenters in Cardigan, and from Haiston,in Essex.
Mr. JONES presented a similar Petition from the Protestant
Dissenters of Abergwilly.
Mr. ABBOTT presented similar Petitions from the Protest-

Dissenten of Newton Abbot; Glossop,in Herta; Exeter; &John's.
Jersey; Everdale, Northamptonshire; and several other places.
Mr. B. BARI NG presented a 'loader Petition from the Prows.
tam Diamenters of Hinchfield.
Mr. WOOD presented a similar Petition from the Protestant
Dissenters of Yorkhouse, Lancashire.
Mt. X ASTHOPE presented similar Petitions from tie Prates.
tent Diseentersof the Borough of St. Albans; Dalton, Glouces-
tershire • a place in Surrey; and the Congregation of Preston-
street Cbsipet, Goodman's-fields.
Mr. PROTHEHOS presented a similar Petition from.the Pro-
testant. Dissenters of the Borough of liveshans, in Worcestershire.
Mr. W. SMITH peesented a similar Petition from the Depu-
ties of the Baptists residing within twelve miles of the metropolis.
Ile would not then desire the Petition to be read at hongth as it was
very longs but be **meetly entreated that every Hou. Member
would devote *leisure quarter of an hour to its perusal.
These Petitions were severally ordered to be printed.
• Mr. WODEHOUSE presented ?ratios from the Maltsters
of Wakinsham, and another place, pining for a repeal of the Malt
Act pas..A last Semi
Mr. G ILOSVP.N 0 ted a similar Petition from the Malt-
seers of Chests!.
The Petitions were ordered to be primed.
• Mr. MA BERLY moved for an Accoult of the public Revenuel
for the years eadSsig January 1821, 1842, 1823, 181111, 1825, 1326,
1267jand 1888. Also of the payments which had been made oat
gibe panic each year, specifying the particularist:ass; and also an
Account of the iturplos.-7-9ydered.
JOHN W ttOTTKIILEY moved foe some returns of a sled.
isresture.—Ordered.

Mt. WOOD moved for ari Account of the Number of Comic-
lions thew bad been of Retail Brewers, for selling Beer to be (bank