Star.
London, England, 1820-05-13 00:00:00

MISCELLANIES.

Mr. TIERNEY, in the at*eace of his Hon. Friend, post-
poned the motion on the Wel,ll Judicature.
Lord A. IIA 171 LTO N postponed his ilunion relative to the
Scotch Burghs, from the huh to tke 2,-;•h of this mouth.
The Marriage Act Bill wac read a seeotd time, and ordered
to.be committed on Mouday next.
The several lb% were forwarded is their respective stages.
JtyliN NEW I'ORT amed leave to bring is A Bill to
e.tend the jurisdic.ion of Ai.,i,tgot Barristet sin Ireland. The
1 ight Hon. Baronet re:nal ked, that the object was to lessen the
of : for that, in Ireland, the expenses of judi-
cial proceedings, and other calamitous circumstances, made the
people too often take the 12W it.to their own handt.
Mr. Alderman WOOD moved for a Select Committee to in-
quire into the present state of London Bridge, and to consider
it any, and what alterations and improvements were necessary,
tinder existing arcutrutances.—Agreed to.
An Account of Warrants fur Salaries and Pensions was pre-
Alerted irons the Coon of Directors of the East India Company.
Mr. GRANT bzm'ght in a BM to regulate the House of In-
dustry and the Foundling Hospital in Dublin ; which was read
a first, and ordered to be read a second time.,
The edict orders of the day were then disposed of, and the
at a quarter past seven, adjourned to Monday.

Fosznair.---The current Number of the Montfily Magazine
contains a beautiful specimen of tLe Steel Engravings of 111e3srs.
rzsitiss, FA4RILAN, and Ilman, the adoption of which, either
by thz limb of England, or Country bankers, would render
forgeries of their Notes in:practicable: The process is also de-
scribed at large, and the figures being produced on a principle
like that of the Kaleidescope, are not even imitable by the inven-
tors themselves, when once they have been engraved.

THE' EVENING STAR.

LON DON.

SATURDAY, MAY 19, 1820.
THE FUNDS
[MICR Of STOCKS THIS DAY AT ON; O'CLOCK
S per Cent. Reduced 691/4
$ per Cent. Consols 697/8 70 69%
per Cent. 871/8-5 per Ct. 106% 1/2
Long Annuities 18 1-16—India Bonds 225. pr.
Exchequer 13ills 3s. ss. pre.
Consols for Acct. 70.

A question of considerable importance, not only to
Clergymen, but to all possessing Rights of Present-
ation, came before the House of Peers last night.
The speeches, on this occasion, deserve the attention
of all who are interested in such discussions.

Several Petitions were presented to the Commons
on behalf of the Agriculturists, who complain
loudly of the pressure of the times, and solicit the
attention of the House to their circumstances.

A Petition from Newcastle-upon-Tyne, praying
for a Reform in Parliament, was also presented.

The Petitioners disclaim all mischievous doctrines—
such as Universal Suffrage and Annual Parliaments;
but express a wish that the Elective Franchise may
be taken from the rotten Boroughs, and given to
other places not properly represented.
A Petition, from Liverpool, prayed that economy
should he regarded in settling the Civil List.
A Petition, signed by nearly 3.000 Inhabitants of
Oldham, praying the house to inquife into the

tary Outrage alleged to have occuned in that place,
was also presented.
Another Petition was presented from the Merchants,
Manufacturers, and Traders of Birmingham, stating
the existence of great distress in that Town.
That the Agriculturalists fed the pressure of the
times, cannot he doubted. It would be singular in-
deed, considering the immense revenue which the
country has to furnish, it the whole could be raised
without any part of the pressure being felt by them.
It is felt, and must be felt by every class of the com-
munity; but can the weight be removed firm) one
class ithout adding to the load put on others ? Let
the Petitions be investigated, but let tho_e of the ma-
nufacturing and commercial classes be at the same
time examined—for example, the case of Birming-
ham, as stated by Mr. SrooNca. In the first four
months of 1818, 51 17 head of cattle were slough-
,
tared in Birmingham, whereas in the first four months
of 1820 only '2783 were slaughtered. In the same
town 1l,1;9 sheep were killed in the first four
months of 1818, and only &2dB in the first four
months of ISM. Wherever commercial distress
exists, there mast be a diminution of consumption
similar to that which has taken place in Birmingham,

in the ratio of that distress. But how a diminution

in the demand for agricultural produce can benefit
tbe_Agricultui ist, we are utterly at a loss to know.
Remove all unnecessary commercial restrictions,
and you will lay a foundation for remedying the
es ils complained of both by Manufacturers and
Agriculturists. Wed() not mean—take off all duties
on Foreign products, for, at present, it would be
quite impracticable ; but annihilate national partiali-
ties, and let tl:e productions of all Countries be ad-
mitted on equal terms, without favouring those of:
any one country more than those of any other.-7
That nation which shall first adopt this system, will
be the first that will recover from the derangement
and distress induced by the long war with which
Europe was lately afflicted. No nation could benefit
so much as Britain by adopting this change: in fact
it would give us, for some time at least, the grin•
cipal trade of the woad.

The Paris Papers of Wednesday arrived this fore-
.noon.—Gravier, the detected incendiary, has been:
transferred to La Force. A number of individuals;
are said to be implicated in this affair ; five or six
have been arrested. One of the Journals says, that.
during the hundred days he was employed by the
Police to go about as a spy, in the disguise of a
mendicant.

The Chamber of Deputies concluded, on Thursday,
the discussion of the Project of Law respecting the
Customs. The vote upon the whole Law having been
taken, there appeared only one dissentient voice out
of 156.

The Madrid Journals, of the 29th April, announce,
that in consequence of the inquiry instituted into
the unfortunate events at Cadiz, Generals CAMPANA
and VALDEZ, who were then in command of the
place, have been arrested, as also the Colonels of
the Regiments of Guides and Loyalty, who had
shewn themselves instruments in the massacre com-
mitted on the inhabitants.

French 5 per Cents. Tuesday, 73 fr. 85 C.

A private letter from Macon, of the sth of May,
confirms the report of the Queen of ENGL A ND having
arrived there, on her way home. She travels under
the name of the Marchioness de Bult, and her voi-
ture has this expressive device, Spe »whore vehor!
Some equipages belonging to her MAJESTY ar-
rived at Gheut on the 6th inst. They were proceed-
ing diiect for Brussels, whence it is conjectured that
her MAJESTY will not take Paris in her route.

The Proclamation for the Coronation of his MA*
JUII the KING, on the Ist of August, was this

day published, with all the usual by the
Heralds at Arms.

It was first and in front of Westminster Hall,and
afterwards at Charing-Cross, whence the Heralds,
escorted by a body of Horse Guards, advanced to
Temple- Bar, where they had to wait about-half anl
hour for the necessary permission of the Right I
Honourable the LORD MAYOR, to enter the City.
Lordship arrived in his state carriage, which'
drew up at the bottom of Chancery-lane, at one
o'clock, and the usual form of demanding and grant-
ing 'permission being gone through, the Heralds ad-
vanced in front of his Lordship's carriage, and there
a third time read the Proclamation.

The Cavalcade, joined by the LORD MAYOR, then
proceeded onwards into the City, where the Procla-
mation was repeated at the Exchange and other cus-
tomary places. The concourse of people was consi.
derable, and the Proclamation was everywhere hailed
with the loudest acclamations.
The Household Band, and the Band of the Horse
Guards, felt med part of the Procession, and enlivened
~the scene by a succession of animating airs.