Star.
London, England, 1818-03-10 00:00:00

THE EVENING STAR.

LONDON.

TUESDAY, MARCH 10, 1818.
THE FUNDS

PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAT AT TWELVE O'CLOCK:
Reduced shut—Cons. 78—Cons. for Ac. 78}I
4 per Cent. shut—Navy Annuities 1051+
India Bonds 93 9.5 pr.—Exchequer Bills 11 17 pr.

The event which took place on the first day of the'
last Session of Parliament, to which we adverted
yesterday, was last night alluded to by Mr. LAMB*
11 Ton, in the House of Commons, on the first reading
of the Indemnity Bill ; and the subject has again'
been taken up this morning in the Times. Mr.
LAMBTON (Member for Durham) stated, that he was
acquainted with the person who had furnished the
statement to the Times; that the individual was very
respectable, and that he was willing to prove the
truth of the statement at the Bar of the House.—
Oliver the spy, he said, was in a great measure the
author of the outrage offered to the PRINCE, by his
inflammatory harangue, and yet the House was called
upon to throw their shield round him. The Times re-
marks, that though Ministers were called upon by Sir
MATTHEW az RIDLEY, and the Ilouse had waited
for the reply, yet Ministers " had not a word to say :
nor did they attempt to deny, either that Oliver was
at the Horse Guards at the time charged, or that he
attempted to stir up the commotion there which end-
ed in the infamous attack on the Palms Ritostri's
carriage."—But What is intended to be inferred from
this ? Oliver might or might not be there (though
we think it very probable he was) without Ministers
being able to answer the question. On the face of
the facts that have been stated they could know no-
thing of his being there on the day named, the " very
respectable gentleman" who has now brought forward
the statement having kept the whole from their know-
ledge till yesterday. Is it meant to be insinuated
that Ministers sent Oliver to the Horse-Guards to en-
deavour to stir up the populace to insult his Royal.
HIGHNESS ? If so, why has this not been stated by
one or more Members who know the respectable in,
dividaal who saw Oliver there, and heard his ha-
rangue ? The question vactuld then come in a tangible
shape, and Ministers could not by any means evade it,
with all the power of their• decided and great majority.
But we must notice another fact, which changes
entirely the inference insinuated from the retrospec-
tive operation of the Bill, happening to reach to the
precise day before the opening of the last Se,ssien.—
The day originally proposed was the Ist of January ;
but on an inconsistency pointed out by Lord LAU:I
VERDALE in making the Bill, which was stated to
be a corollary on the Suspension Act, which was not,
passed till the sth of March ; after some conversa-
tion on both sides of the House, the day was fixed
for the 26th of January, " because (as observed by
Lord LIVERPOOL) some retrospective Indemnity
should be given in all cases where persons might
have been aleprehended for practices against the
State, upon the expectation that Parliament would
pass an Act to suspend the Habeas Corpus Act ; and
it ought to be recollected that on the first day of
the Session, a very daring outrage had been
committed against the person of the ReozNr."—
The day, then, was so fixed as to protect those who
might in their, zeal to bring traitors to justice for the
offence of that day, have overstepped the limits of
law ; and not for the purpose of screening the per-1
petrators.

We shall at present offer but one remark more.
It is very possible that Ministers might have had
their spies among the crowd that day, and that 0/I4er
might have been one of them; and it is also possible
that spies might go beyond what was required of them,
in their zeal to prove that they were entitled to ther
wages : but it is not possible that Ministers, in em-
ploying them, meant that they should themselves
perpetrate, or excite others to commit treason. In the
case of Watt, a Government spy, instead of protect-
ing, they had him tried and executed, for doing that
which he was only employed to detect and prevent
in others.

'We are greatly mistaken if Ministers, though net
prepared yesterday to speak to a fact of which no one
had bef re heard, will not now bestow upon the state-
ment that degree of examination which it calls for.

We have have been for several days without any
arrivals from France.. Four days papers are now
past due.

Yesterday the Duke of YORK transacted business
with the PRINCE REGENT at Carlton House.
The Prince of HEssz Houma visited the Duchess
of WELLINGTON yesterday morning, and in the even-
ing dined with the RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR.

The whole of thejaluable plate and effects belong-
ing to her Royal Highness the Princess ELIZABETH
was removed from N% indsor Castle last week, is ten
large carts, and was safely deposited in the Queen's
Palace.

• A new Satirical Novel, caned " The Steyne," is on
the eve of appearring. Public curiosity is greatly ex-
cited towards this production, which is suspected to
be from the pen of a man of high fashion. The hero
of the tale is reported to be a distinguished Scotch
Peer : upwards of a hundred other characters are also
said to be drawn to the life by the Author:

NACAL INTELLIGENCE.

MARGATE, MARCH 9.

The return of the boat last night from the Mar-
quis of Wellington, East Indianian, confirms that
she is full of water, and that there is no likelihood of
her being got off. The blowing weather experienced
again last night and this morning, must have contri-
buted to make a complete wreck of her, and has also
prevented any boats or smacks going from hence to
try to save the cargo. If the weather moderates they
will certainly proceed to endeavour to save as much
of the cargo as possible. Sailed this afternoon the
Java and Europe, East Indiamen, for the Downs;
the Lord Wellington, Kwit, and the Franklin, a
Dutch East Indiaman, remain in our Roads.
RAMSGATE, MARCH 9.

The Glory has been got off this morning, and
gone into the Downs. The Auckland has also been
got off and into this harbour. The Asia remains on
shore, but the greater part of her cargo has been or
will be saved without damage. The Argus conti-
nues in the same state.

DEAL, MARCH 9.
Wind West and moderate.—Came down from the
River the Europe, ASHTON, for India;
WALLIA, for New South Wales, with ccnvicts; and
the Glory, GRANT, for Montserrat ; and remain in
the Downs with the rest of the outwward-bound.--
The Java, —, East Indianian, is now coming
through the Gulls again for the Downs, five o'clock.