Star.
London, England, 1826-06-01 00:00:00

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

The House met this day, at two o'clock, pursuant to the ad-
journment.
Mr. F. BUXTON brought up the Report of the Select Com-
mittee appointed to inquire tutu the state of the Slave Trade in the
Mauritius. It was bid on toe table, and ordered to be printed.
Mr. NV iumar-noIiTON brought up Returns from the Cape
of Good Hope, relative to the case of Mr. Bishop Burnett.
COURT OT CHANCERY.
Mr. P. GRENFELL, in :king to make a motizn of
very great importarict to that House and die Public,
would have wished for. the presence of the Attorney-
General, of whose .conduct he felt it his duty to make
some complaint connected with the leave he had lately
obtained to bring in a Bill for removing some of the
abuses of the Court isf Chancery.- For although the
relief purported to be contained in that Bill was some-
thing, yet it was altogether' too scanty, and fell so far
short of what the public had a right to expect in the
reformation of abuses (of the existence of which he could
desire no better proofs than were contained in the speech
of the Learned and Hon. Gentleman himself, when he
introduced the subject to the House), that he could
hate wished him to be present when he (Mr. Grenfell)
found fault witli his not having' brought in the Bill at
a much earlier period. There could be no doubt (what-
ever might be the system or object of the Court of
Chancery) that in its practice it was the cause of some
of the greatest evils which any country could be doomed
to suffer. The first thing he had to complain of was,
that no protection was afforded against the expenses
entailed upon the suitors by what was called a " Fishing
Bill,"—a /111 filed only for the purpose of obtaining
information, without knowing whether the defendants
were in a situation to afford it—(Cries of order). The
Hon. Gentleman was aware the circumstances required
him to be as brief as possible, and he would therefore
conclude- by moving for an account of the number of
causes on which judgment had been given in the Court
of Cbancety since the Ist day of January last.
Before the question could be put by the &num, the Deputy
Usher of the Black Rod appeared at the Bar, and summoned the
House to hear his Majesty's Speech dell*ered by commission in the
House of Lords, for the purpose of proroguing both Houses of
Parliament.

The Swann, tecompanied by a considerable number of the
Alembers, then left the House, and after being absent abort twenty
minutes, returned and read at the table-his Maim?' Speech; after
satfelt the &maim quitted the House, and the Members separated.

REPORT TROIS THE (ELECT COMMITTEE OF THE HOUSE
OF COMMOMS ON PROMISSORY NOTES IN SCOTLAND
AND IRELAND.
TINS Select Committee

talus of }lire

inquire into the

report their observations and opinion thereupon to thsr
House, with reference to the etpediency of making way
alteration in the laws dew in force relating thereto. and
to whom the several petitions relating to the Currency
of Scotland and Ireland were referred :- have, pursuant
to the Order of the House, inquired accordingly, and
have aimed to the following Report :
As it appears to your Committee to be advisable to
consider the state of Circulation in Scotland, separately
from that in Ireland, they will, in the first instance,
report the result of the inquiries which they have made
with reference to the case of Scotland.

The first notice of banking in Scotland, which occurs
In the statute book, is an act of King William the Third,
passed in the year 1695, under which the Bank of Scot-
land was established. By this Act an exclusive privi-
lege of banking was conferred upon that bank ; it being
provided, rr that for the period of 21 years from the 17th
July, 1695, it should not be lawful for any other person
to set up a distinct Company of Bank within the King-
dom of Scotland, besides those persons in whose favour
this Act is granted." No renewal of the exclusive pri-
vilege took place after the expiration of the 21 years.
The Bank of Scotland first issued Notes of 20s. in the year 1704;'
but the amount of Notes in circulation previously to the Union was
very limited.
'The Bank of Scotland continued the only Batik from the date of
its establishment in 11125 to the year 1727.
In that year a charter of incorporation was granted to certain
individuals named therein, for carrying on the business of banking,
ander the name of the Royal Bank ; and subsequent charges were
granted to this establishment, enlarging Its capital, which now
amounts to one million and a half.

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An Act, passed in the year MSS, is the first and most important
Act of the Legislature, which regulates the issue of Promissory
Noss in Scotland.
It appears from its preamble, that a practice had
plevailed in Scotland of issuing notes which circulated
as srecie, and which were made payable to the bearer
on demand, or payable at the option of the issuer at the
end of six months, with a sum equal to the legal inte-
rest from the demand to that time.

The Act of 1765 prohibits the issue of notes, in which
such an option as that before mentioned is reserved to
the issuer. It requires tbat all notes of the nature of a
bank-note, and circulating like specie, should be paid
on demand; and prohibits the issue of promissory
note of a sum less than 20s.

With respect to the issue of promissory notes in Eng-
land, an Act was passed in 1775, prohibiting the issue
of any such note under the sum of 20s. and in the year
1777, restraints were imposed by law on the issue of
notes between the sum of 20s. and five pounds, which
were equivalent to the prohibition of such notes dr-
culsting as specie.
In the year 1797, when the restriction as to payments
in cash was imposed. upon the Bank of England, the
provisions of the Act of 1777, with regard to the issue
lot notes between 20s. and ak were suspende.i. By an
Act passed in the third year of his present Majesty, the
suspension was continued until the sth of January,
1823, but now stands limited by an Act of the present
Session to the sth of April, 1829.

The general result of the laws regulating the Paper Currency in
the two countries respectively is this;
That in Scotland, the issue of promissory notes, pay.
, Able to the bearer on demand, for a• sum *IRA less than

90s. has been at all times permitted by lase: nor has
any Act hien passed, limiting the period for which such
issue shall contintfb legal in that country. In England
the issue of promissory noes for a Tess sum than 51. was
prohibited by law, fiom the year 1777 to the period of
the Bank Restriction in 1797: It hat been perrrsitted
since 1797 and the permission will tea*, As the law at
present stands, in April 1829.
Your Committee will proceed to give*geaeral view,
deduced from the exam irtation of witn •sses, arid' from
the documents called•for by the Committee. of the taws
which regulate the business of banking is Scotland, and
of the mode in width it is at present conducted.
The general provisions of the law of Scotland bearing
upon this subject are calculated to promote the Solidity
of Banking establishments, by affording to the credit*
great facil.ties for ascertaining the pecten;ary
stances of individual p irtners, and by making the psi.
vats fortunes of those parties available for the discharge
of the obligations of the Binh with which they are
connected. ' • •

There is no limitation upon the number of partners
of which a Banking Company in Scotland may consist,
and,excepting in the case of the Bank of Scotland and
the,twn chartered Barks, which have very con-iderable
caWtals, the partners of all Banking Compaiiies are
band jointly and severally, so that each pirtner is _
liable, to the whole extent of his fortune, for the whole
debts of the Company. A crelitor in Scotland is ens.
powered to attach the real and heritable, as well as the
personal estate of his debtor, for payment of personal
debts, among which may be classed debts due by Bias
and Promissory Notes; and recourse may be had, for
the procuring payment, to each debctiption of property
at the same time.
Enecutipn is not confined to the real property of a debtor !nerdy
during his life, but proceeds with equal effect opou that property
after his decease.

The law relating to the establishment of Records
gives ready means of procuring information with respect
to the real and heritable estate of whi -h any pers.n in.
Scotland may be possessed. No purchase of an.e,taxe
in that country is secure until the seasine (that the
instrument certifying that actual delivery has been
given) is put on record, tux is any mortgage effectual
until the deed is in like manner recorded.
In the case of conflicting pecuniary claims upon peel
property, the preference is not regulated by the date rd
the transaction, but by the date of its record. These
records are accessible to all persons, and thus the pub•
lic can with eaae ascertain the edective means whith a
banking coMpy possesses of discharsing its obiiia-
dons; and the partners in that company are enabled to
determine, with tolerable accuracy, the degree e.E riot
and responsibility to Which the private property df
is exposed.

There are other provisions of the law of Scothmd which it It not
necessary minutely to detail, the general tendency of which Is ,the
same with Moss chore -mentioned. s
There are at present Mt banks la Scotland, three of which are it.
cli ted by Act of Prribunent, or by Royal Charter, viz.
er
Bank of -Scotland, the Royal Dank of Scotland, and 04
Bank called the Britt* Linen Company. .
The: NedeopotAilt if ilootimdhas lase pentium

Tb. Aershis II Toys sod Couaiy Binh 11w +sq.
01 the remaining *aka, there us three is which the number of
partners exceeds 100; six in which the number Is betworess 20 aml
100; and IT 6a which-Me number Wm short of go.
The, greater part of the Scotch Banks have branches
in connexion with the principal establishment, each
branch managed by an agent acting under the imme-
diate directions of his employers, and giving security to
them for his conduct.

The Bank of Scotland had, at the date of the last
return received by your Committee, sixteen branches,
established at various periods between the year 1774 and
the present.
The British Linen Company had tweaty.seven hnuscbes.
The Commercial Banking Company In Edinburgh, thirty-oae.

Tire total number of branches established in various
parts of Scotland, from the Southern Border to Thurso,
the most northerly point at which a Branch Bank exists,
is one-hundred and thirty-three.

Speaking gentrall y, the business of a Scotch Bank con-
sists chiefly in the receipt and charge of sums deposited
with the Bank, on which an interest is allowed, and in
the issue of promissory notes upon the discount of bills,
and upon advances of money,made by the Bank upon
what is called a cash credit.
The interest allowed by a Bank upon deposits varies
from time to time, according to the current rate of in-
terest which money generally bears. At present the
interest allowed upon deposits is four per cent.
It has been calculated that the aggregate amount of
the sums deposited with the Scotch Banks amounts to
about twenty or twenty-one millions. 'lire precise
accuracy of such an estimate cannot of course be relied
on. The witness by whom it was made thought that
the amount of deposits could not be less thin sixteen
millions, nor exceed twenty-five millions, and took an
intermediate sum as the probable amount.
Another witness, who had been connected for many
years with different Banks in Scotland, and has had ex-
perience of their concerns at Stilling, Edinburgh, Perth,
Aberdeen, and Glasgow, stated that more than one-half
of the deposits in the Banks with which he bad been
connected were in sums from tea pounds to two hun-
dred pounds.
Being asked what class of the community it is that
makes the small deposits' he gave the following answer,
from which it appears that the mode of condecting this
branch of the banking business in Scotland has long
given to that country many of the benefits derivable
from the establishment of Saving Banks:
0 Question—What class of the community is it that makes the
smaller deposits?
" Answer—They are generally the labouring classes, in towns
like Glasgow. In country places, like Perth and Aberdeen, it is
ftom 'errants and fishermen, and just that class of the community
who save from their earnings, in mete trines, small suns, till they
come to be a bank deposit. There is now a facility for their placing
money in the Provident Batiks, which receive money till the deposit
amounts to ten pounds. When it cows to ten pounds it is equal to
the minimum of a bank deposit. The system of banking in Scot-
land is just an extension of the Provident Bank system. Half yearly
or yearly those depositors come to the hank and add the savings of
their labour, with the interest that has accrued upon the deposits
from the previous balf-yeir or year, to the ptinerpal; and in this
way it goes on without being at all reduced, accumulating till the
depositor is able either to buy or build a house, when n tunes to
be one or two or three hundred pounds, or tilt he is able to com-
mence business as a master in the line in which be has hitherto been
a servant. A great part of the depositors of tbft bank are of that

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deserts/oa. sad a greet put et the Dam Sevin of OWN Immo sad
atanefeettlrers here wises kept each
°ewe& advanoed the= the discount of
bills of exchange, and upon'cash credits, an interest of
fiie per cent. is at present charged.
A cash credit it an undertaking on the part of a bank
to advance to an individuill such stuns of money as he
may front time to time require, not exceeding in the
whole a certain definite amount, the individual to whom
the credit is given entering into a bond with securities,
generally two in number, for the repayment on demand
of the sums actsilliadvanced, with interest upon each
issue from the day des. which it is made.
Cash credits are rarely- given for sums below one
hundred pounds ; they generally range from two to
five hundreds pounds, sometimes reaching one thousand
pounds, and occasionally a larger sum.
The hank allows the ,party having the_cash credit to
liquidate any portion of his debt to the bank, at any
time that may suit his convenience, and reserves to itself
the power of cancelling, whenever it shall think fit, the
credit granted.
With the view of ascertaining the total amount of the
paper currency of Scotland at different periods, and of
estimating the variations in its amount, a le ter was
addressed by the Chairman of the Committee to each
bank in Scotland, requesting information as to the
amount of notes issued below and above five pounds,
and outstanding at certain given periods.
The Banks were informed that ,this communication
would be considered by the Chairman as one entirely of
a confidential nature; that he would make no disclosure
of the amount of the issues of any single Bank, but col-
lett from the returns the general result, and present that
result to the Committee.
An answer has been received to this communication
from all the Banks in Scotland, with one exception.—
Some of the Banks that have made returns have not
been able to distinguish the notes under and above fire
pounds ; where that distinction has not been made, the
proportions have been estimated by a computation
framed upon the proportions that appear in the returns
of those Banks which were enabled to distinguish their
notes below five pounds from those above that sum,
and the result is stated in red ink.

Three of the Banks from which returns have been re.
ceived have omitted to state the amount of their present
circulations that circulation has been taken, in the sub-
inined gtneral estimate, on an average between the
highest and the lowest amount of the aggregate circu-
lation of those Banks respectively during 1825.
Subject to the foregoing explanation, the following is
the g neral account, deduced from the return made by
each Bank of the paper circulation Scotland at the
different periods referred to in that account.
An Azcovirs of the Amount of Bankers' Notes simulating in Scot-
land, *hewing the Highest and Lowest Amount in the Years
HRS. 1121, 1125, 1414, sad 1125; and also of the Amain; in

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Circulation at the latest period in 18:26 to which the Account can
be Made up ; distinguishing the Amount of Nemo under £5 from
th me of l 5 and upwards.
11115.—Highest Amount—Al and upwards, 1,145,95 S ; under
Xi, 9,195,498; total, 1,551,496. Lowest Ansount—AS and up.
trar15,9011,306 ; osier £5, 1,668,394; total, 1,776.430.
11351.—Ilighest Amount—AS and upwards, 1,309,555; under
£5, 1,935,224; total, 3,244,759. Lowest Amount—.fs and up.
warts, 963,143 ; under £5, 1,517,303; total, 1,540,445.

11161.—ilighist Ansouni-LESand spratdi, 1,366,390; under
alts, 4,066,692; total, 3,464,011. Lowest Arnount—Xs and up-
Wards, 11) 6,606; under £5, 1,706,631 ; MA1,2,713,236.
1624.—Ilighett Amount—Es and upwards, 1,701,106; under
ar6, 1406,492 ; total, 3,617,616. Lowest Antoont—XS and up-

wards, 1,095,190 ; under ,85, 1,764,825; total, 2,080,015.
11125..—Highest Amouat-45 sad upwards, 1,46,791; tinder
sts, 2.736.491; total, 4,683,212. Lowest Amount—El and 1110:
wards, 1,323,451 ; under XS, 2,110,648; tetal, 3,4184,019.
Amount of Notes at Present its eircu/adon.....Almonnt of Beaks
which have made the return-51. and upwards, 1,125,743 t under
lg. 1,903,452; total, .1,028,995. Three of the Banks who have
made returns have omitted to state tho amount of their present
circulation. The amount of their aggregate circulation during Ins
was, at the highest, 311,646 ; at the lowest, 248,441 ; the average
of tiscw two sums is therefore taken 8s the probable amount of their
present circulation—S/. and upwards, 104,195; under M. 175,992;
total, 280,087. Probable Amount at present in Circulation.—a
and upwards, 1,929.835; under 51. 2,079,241; total, 3,309,082.
Two of the Banking Companies la Seodaaditave made no Re-
turn whatever.

It will be seen from the above Return, that the present
amount of the paper currency of Scotland, being in fact
(with the exception of silver) nearly the whole currency
of that country, is computed to be three million three
hundred and nine thousand pounds, of which two
million and seventy nine thousand pounds are in notes
below five pounds.
It has been calculated by Dr. Adam Smith, that the
amount of gold and silver coin current in Scotland
before the Union, and then constituting nearly the whole
circulation of the country, was about one million *ter-
ing. He oh:el ves, that the amount of silver coin
brought into the Bank of S:utland for the purpose of
being recoined, immediately after the Union, was four
bundled and eleven thousand pounds sterling; and that,
it appears from the ancient records of the Mint in Scot-
land, that the value of the gold annually coined some-
what exceeded the annual coinage of the silver. He
calculates, therefore, the total amount of gold and silver,
in circulation, about the year 1707, at one million.

l'he same authority, speaking of the year 1771, estimates the
whole circulation of Scotland at that time to be about two millions,
" of which," he obsetves, " that part which consists in gold and
silver most probably doss not amount to half a million.
[To be concluded to•morrow.]

In the House of Lards yesterday, the Royal Assent

was given, as we stated, to the Banded Cerra Liberation Bill, and
the Foreign Corn Importation Bill ; and also to the Garden and Hot-

house Bicl, the Rortilment of Annuities' Bill, the Metropolitan
Turnpike Trust Bill, the Charing Cross Improvement Bin, the
Westminster Improvement Bill, the Irish Prisons' Bill, the Irish
Church Rates Bill, the Irish Benefices` Bill, the Limerick and
Waterford Road Bill, and several Private Bills.
Tuesday, a Special General Meeting of the Proprie-
tors of the Arigna Iron and Coal Company took place at the King's
Head Tavern, Poultry, J. Basemen, Etr4. )LP. in the Chair, when
a &sadistic°, moved by ildr. Moses, ft exclude from the future
controul as Directors of the stairs of the Arigna Iron and Coal
Company, viz, Joseph Clarke, Henry Clarke, John Dunstan, Ti.
stocky Francis Burr, and Anmas A. Surtees, was, after a lung
discussion, carried.
The new Romance, by the celebrated Mrs. RAD•,
emirs (Gaston de Mandeville), appears to be another tale of Kenil.
worth, giving 'an account of the lofty doings and arrange events
Which occurred in that Castle bet Ween three and four hundred
years bifore it became the theatre of the Memorable actionsra

corded in Sir WALTCS Scrrris Romance.
bloodily, the Lords of his Msjesty's Most Hon. Privy
Council assembled it the Council Office, Whitehall-place, us hear a
variety of Appeals; among them was one from the Island of Jersey,
on the question of libel against a Clergyman, which was published
in a newspaper, charging the Rev. Gentleman with having received
subscriptions towards erecting a Cenotaph to the memory of the
late Princess Csaaxorta, and having applied the subscription se
received to his own use. Their Lordships confirmed the decision
A the Court, but whether to the gull extent of the damages or not
we did not ascertain. An objection was taken to the proceedings,
the of the Reverend complainant being deceased since the
proceergisadhad commenced, but their Lordships overruled the
objection. The Lords of the Privy Council present wires—The
Lord Chief Baron, Lord Srower.t, Sir Jowt Nicuotx., the Master
est the Rolls, and Lord Cowan:am

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'SNING STAR.

LONDON.

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THURSDAY, JUNE 1, 1626.
STOCK KXCHANGI3,I44LVit O'CLOCK.

Consols opened this morning at 791 for the'Acetiont, mon after
the Market became heavy, and they receded to 791 for the A c
count. It appears there are great Bulls in Money Stock, which
must be taken this day ►lore the closing of Consols. Consols, up
to the present hour, are 791 Buyers, Money 791.
In the Foreign Market little is doing, except in Russian Stock.

Current Prices: Old Spanish 7S, Mexican 6SI I, Colombian
sew 401 4, Peruvian 2 50, Russian SO;, Greek Bonds 141 ti,
Exchequer BM II 9, New Scrip i i prem.
ONE O'CLOCK.

The Bears have commenced their operations, and opened their
batteries on the Bag. The replt of disturbances having brekrn
out at St. Pvtersburgh has caused Consols to decline from 791
Buyers, t. 791 for the Account ; but within this half hour a re-
action bas taken place, and Consols may now be quoted at 791,
and for Money 791 j. The business doing is not to a great extent, as
the Jobbers are principally passing their Tickets for the shutting of
Consols and Nvw Four per Cents. Consols are 7S) Buyers fur the
Account, and for Nloney 79k. The Bank have sent notice to the
Stock Exchange, that they will take the Scrip in at Five per Cent.l

PRICK OF STOCKS AT TWO O'CLOCK.
Bank Stock 202 201%
per Cent. Bed. 781 3/s 54 114
3 per Cent. Cons. 793 % % % V 4
S i per Cent. 85%
Si per Cent. Red. 84% % 8.5
4 per Cent. 951/4 944 f 95%
4 per Cent. Scrip IA 46
4 per Cent. 1826, 93%
Long Ann. 18 13.16 %
India Bonds. 6 7
£l,OOO Exclieq. Bills 8 9 preen,
£5OO ditto 8 9 prem.
£lOO and £2OO ditto 9 10 prem.
Crns. for Acct. 79% % % 80
FOREIGN FUNDS, TWO O'CLOCK.
Srandlian Ronda, 51 Perna. Rd& 6 p C. 30 119/
Colombian lida,1824.:811201481 Pottegueic Ronda 5p G 731
Do. Ace. 414 14 401'1 Ditto ror Ace. 74
Dania!) Bonita. 3 p Ct,S6l Prom Elk c p C. 901
Do. Acct. 561 1 1 Do. Bonds, 1822, 92/
`Greek Ilds 1625.5 p C. 151 1 Run. Litls,lBll2. pC. 801401 1
Ditto
.Acct. 151 15 Ditto Acet. aO4 1
Met. Bonds, sp. 6.1 Span. Bonds 5 p Ct. 71
Ma- lids 1825.6 p. Ct. 621 21 11 Ditto Acct.
Do. Acct. 64 1 41 Neapolitan Reeds,
'stimuli AND FOREIGN SHARKS, TWO O'CLOCK.

masa. ram.
Brazilian 100 15 131 14 13 12k 131
Pasco Peruvian 100 15 4
Liverpool & Manchester 100 9 13
Canal Gas Engine 50 1 4
Gas Engine Carriage 100 1 44
Provincial Bank of Ireland 100 i 5. 4
EXCHANGES.
Astsletaate, MAT 80..-..011 London, 40. 7. 11 U. 40. 4.
Hascausose, Mar 25.—0 n London, 37. 1. 2M. 36. 10.
Sr. PITRIUIOIIOIII MAT 12.—0 n London, 9 5-16.
Beaus, May 25.—0 n London, 3 M. 4. 27.

It is very currently reported its the City that the Sir
William Curtis, arrived off Yarmouth, prom St.. F,ters.
burgh, has brought a letter, dated the 19th of MAy,
from that capital, stating that great fermentation pre-
vailed there ; all the shops were shut, the Custom-house
guarded by military, no business transacting, and the
Police parading this streets. not suffering a person to be
from their homes afttr a certain hour; and the military
is said to be greatly dissatisfied with the Emperor
NICUOLAS having made peace with the Turks.

Hamburgh Papers to the 29th ult. reached us this
forenoon. They contain an article from Stockholm,
stating that the Cnown PRINCESS and her infant are so
well that no more bulletins are to be issued.—All the
Provinces had requested, through their Governors, to
send a deputation to congratulate the Royal Fami'y on
the birth of the Duke of SCANJA. The Kiss, how-
ever, has intimated that he does not wish deputations
to he sent, being convinced that the expressions of gra-
titude to Providence, and of fidelity and attachment to
his person and dynasty, which have been manifested in
all parts of the kingdom, are as sincere as if they were
laid at the foot of the Throne.

Accounts from Madrid, of the 1&h May, state that
the fimous PANTISCO, so celebrated for his cruelties
during the revolutionary wars, has again appeared in
the mountains of Andelomia, at the head of a strong
party; troops have been sent from Malaga, Seville, and
Grenada, in pursuit of him.

The negotiations are still going on with the English
Ambassador and the Spanish Government, for the ac-
knowledgment of Mexico and Colombia, but great fear
is entertained ber will not succeed.

The dispute with the Regency of PORTUGAL and the
Court of Spain does not appear as yet to be settled.

Antigua Papers to the 26th of April, St. Thomas's
to the 15th of April, Bogota Papers to the 181 of
March, and Caracas Papers of the 12th of April, have,
been received atthe North and South American Coffee-
house, none of which contain any information of conse-
quence. The Paper from Bogota of the Ist March,
states that the Senate has repealed the law which limited
the interest of money to 6 Per Cent.

The most cautious neutrality appears to be observed
by the Prussian Government with regard to the Turks
and the Greeks, notwithstanding the report that the
subscription for the latter was sanctioned by it. The
Berlin Stole Genzdto of the 23d ult. contains a long article
correcting what is said in the Hamburg!, Correspondent
of 28th April, the Allgenteine Zeitung of 7th May, and
other Journals, on the subscriptions raised here for the
suffering Greeks, and observing that they are to be
considered not as means to enable the Greeks to con-
tinue the struggle, but solely for the purpose of re:
lieving their misery, and would be restricted within its
natural limits, by the sonsideration of the many calls
which their own country offered upon the beneficence
of the charitable and humane.

Brussels Papers to the Slst ult. reached us this fore-
noon. They state that the Minister of the Interior has
transmitted to the Governors of the Provinces a cit•

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'taint% enjoining them to take care to prevent all recrdit-
Jag for any foreign service whasevir.
The Military Tribunal at U.recht continues the in-
vestigation of the affair relative to the fortifications on
the Southern frontier of the Kingdom, in which several
superior officers are implicated. General K RAYENFInFr
has lately been to Utrecht to give evidence before
that tribunal.

The Netherlands State Courant gives accounts from
Batavia up to the 21st of December Wt. The tenor of
them is very favourable. The Govei nor Central ar-
rived on the 16th at Weltoreden. Major General VAN
Great returned on to e 12th to Djo jocarta, where Le
took the command of the troops of Lieutenant Colonel
CoCHINS. Between the 10th and 17th of December
our troops had had various engagements with the
rebels in different districts, and had everywhere re-
pulsed them. Among others a corps of 2,000 men
were routed on the 12th by Colonel VAN DIEL.

Dutch P.ipets.to the SEst ult. have reached us. They
contain an article from Antwerp, stating, that the Sani-
tary Cordon, on the frontiers of Moldavia, is removed,
and the communication entirely free, as usual. These
Papert contain the following intelligence from Batavia:

AMSTERDAM, MAY 30.

Our Papers contain long extracts from the Batavia Journals to
the beginning of January this year. They contain very advanta-
geous accounts of the operations of our troops In the rebellions
districts. His Excellency the Governor General Van der Capellen
gave up the Government on the lit of January, into the hands of
his fficeliency the Lieutenant General de Kock.
There have been mute troubles in the Residney of Bantam,
which ender other circumstances would merit little notice, but in
the present state of affairs, appeared to be of importance. An old
Mahomad Tommongong, of Menes, had collected some ad-
herents, ind farmed a plan to surprise Triringen. The plan being
discovered and frustrated, he returned with three or four hundred
Men from his district. The Resident immediately collected a
considerable fore. under the native Chiefs. On the 15th day of
December, the rebels were met and put to Sight by part of this
force ; and on the 17th, they were discovered on a steep hill where
they had fortified themselves. This post was attacked en all sides and
the enemy put to light. Subsequent accounts say that the Chiefs have
been abandoned by most of their followers, and there Is reason to hope
they will escape the measures taken by the Police to arrest them.
Seven of Mahomad's followers are killed, two of whom are recog-
nised as two of has principal adherents. There is no indication
that this affair has any connection with the revolt in Djoejocarta,
hut that It is one of those occurrences formerly so frequent In
Bantam, but of late years have happily been rare.

In the STAR of yesterday, we gave, exclusively, the
Kroa's Speech on proroguing the Parliament, which
was copied into the second Editions of our contempo-
raries. We bad, on the preceding day, stated, that the
prorogation would positively take place yesterday, and
in this the Pul?!:, will perceive the correctness of our
inforzaton.

There never, perhaps, was, a time in which a General
Election took place under more fsvoarable circunt-
stances, both to Electors and Candidates, than the pre-
sent. At peace abroad, and tranquil at home. without any
party politics to agitate the country, of give a bias to
Ithe ferlings, the Electors can calmly examine the con-

duct of their former Representatives, and investigate the
merits of new Candidates on such points as they deem
requisite in their Representatives, The Candidates,
trio, a• e situated quite as favourable; the Parlia-
ment has spun out its term so nearly, that no per-
son doubted for a moment that its dissolution would
take place about this time ; no person has therefore
been taken by surprise, but, like the Welsh Curate, who
placed himself at the head of his congregation when the
cry of a wreck reached their ears,—they all start fair.

The Ministers, and no Admieistration was ever mote
deservedly popular, rely with' conscientious firmness
on their integrity and the soundness of their principles
for support; and there is no doubt, that those principles
will triumph at the ensuing Election, although they
have disdained resorting to any clap-trap for popularity,
but have pursued the even tenor of their way amidst
some opposition certainly, but none making them afraid.
There is one point on which we think the present
Ministers have never had the credit to which they are
entitled—we mean the readiness with which they throw
open the door to investigate any subject on which doubt
may exist, andthe candid manner and piomptitude with
which they yield, when they can be convinced that their
views are mistaken. In some cases, perkaps,the concession
may have been made too readily ; but if so, it is " a fail-
ing leaning to virtue's side." That Ministers are not de-
ficient in firmness, has been proved on all occasions
where firmness was necessary. and part'cularly in the
late discussion on the Bonded Corn and Corn Importa-1
Lion Bills. We have not room now to dwell on the •
ineasures which entitle the present Ministers to the
support and lasting gratitude of our countrymen ; nor
is it necessary, since they are well known, and will, We
are sure, be duly appreciated by all classes of society.

Letters have been received from Carracat of the 20th
April, stating that the Expedition against Cuba has been given up.
Private letters from Vienna express great uncettainty
of the recovery of the Emperor of Avarua.. The King of Name
is severely indisposed with the gout.
The Princess ESTERNAZY, wife of the Austrian Am-I
bassador, arrived at Frankfort on the 24th ult. and will come to
London after visiting the Courts in the neighbourhood of that city.
New Peens.—We hear, en authority en which we
can place reliance,' that the following distinguished persons are to
be raised to the British Peerage t—Lord Bawasnas, Mr. Jamas
STIMIrr WOWL&Y, Mr. CMARLIIII SO= &Ms Mr. Humana, Sir
Jonst LllCirritly Sir CHASLICS &MAW. Sir Caustsa Lase, Lord
Nowrimaso, and the Lady of Sir H. HALFOIIO. We also under-
stand that the mother of the Right Hon. VMS` Ftrzataatn is to
be created an Irish Peeress, and that be is to succeed Sir CiLIALte
Lowo as Paymaster of the Forces. There being no precedent of a
physician raised to the British Peerage, and it being the gracious
intention of his Ma:alert to ennoble the family of Sir HIWZY
HALFORD, it has been found necessary, for the accomplishment of '1
that purpose, to confer the title upon Lady Hatroan.a-Morn. Paper.
Prince BIRNARD of Saxe-Weimar was at New Or
leans on the 20th March. This Prince hoped to be ip England in
the swath of July, and to arrive at Ghent actin beginning of August.
An article from the Lower Elbe says, in the aiight 0:,
the tid, between twenty and thirty houses were unfortunately
destroyed by fire in the village of Biankentie, and a man burnt to,
death in the Ferry-house where it began.

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