The Statesman.
London, England, 1821-03-07 00:00:00

114.

MUM OF STOCKS TIIIII DAY AT ONF: O'Cr.OOK.
Sank Stock ° Irish 6 per Cent.
3 pee Cent. Red. shit. IsAia Stook
3 am Celli. Cell. ittli Ditto Roods —s. 445. pee.
4 per Ceet. shut South-Sea Stock
3 Per CUM. shut. Ex Rills 24. Os. bs. 3s. re.
3 per Ct. Navy ION! thenter... for Money pm
Sper Cant. Bank for Account
Long Ann. shut Con. for Acet 7s. 411
Imp S per Cent. Lott. Tickets V/. Itts.

LONDON:
WEDNESDAT EVEN!? G, 31111 V/ 7, 1921.

STOCK-PACIIANGR. Otte o'Clork.

Yesterday Consols for the Account were done at 73,
hut left off 73; 1. Money is still very scarce ; trday
being a holiday there has been little

Ch-,destown papers arrived this morninf.-. to the
2-Itla January, from which we give the following► :
CitAnt.rsTown, JAN. 121).—1t is understood that the
Ooveinor of India, the Marquis of flasTixol, was to
retnni to England about the dose of the year. Hr is
ninth beloved in India. An immediate war was ex-
. reted to take place between the liermians and
Siamese ; both of than arc powerful, and can bring. a
large number of troop% into the field. Pro,lnee ii•as
very high at Calcutta, owing to large shipments fo
South America. Tbe los, el property has been r eater
in the Bay of Peng:A in Mai, Jane, and July last,
than evir was known before. The must Fait were
Country and Pritish ships.
Gen. Mount.° arrived at the Havannah on the 10th
inst. in a Spanish slcop of war, in 21 days from Porto
Cavello. Accordinr, to an official statement publi,lied
iw Ilavannalf, on the 31st ult., 1395 vessels entered
that port, and 1312 sailed. The revenue amounted to
93,01,496 dale. 1 t may he e•ell to state, that during
the year I !419, there arrived 1253, and tailed 1112.
['nom TIIE PIIILAPELPRIA ►APER OP THE 17TU JAi4.l

1:C1"10 utrtrtirßClA
A very ready way has been Claud out to neutralize
the oppiebsive operation of lite Frene!, retaliator"'
Totitive Law on American teiii-piagt, thron:di the me-
dium of the It;:iian Ports in tlie neig-hboitrhood of
Marseules. By an article from New Orleans, it also
appears, that French vessels are availing themselves
of u ibrecisvly similar advantage, by loading at Pen-
sacola with car..;oti, carried thither from New Or-
lean, at a trill mi expense, in American vessels.
How difficult it is for Governments to effectually
shackle the operations of commerce!

PRWATE conunspoNDL:NrE.

Paris, March 4.

A manifesto has just reached this place from the
Spanish Cabinet, in reply to the declaration of the
Sovereigns at I.sybach. This document protests in
the Wen spirited terinhvainst the deetfiliet: 11:dd out
in the alone state pages, a7lddesiguates the resolutions
t:ith regard to N fides, rgettc,-01., and :pain, no lest
unjust than they are subtettetrof the holc.eubbilibed
lash of tlttion's. All the sephiAry Aiessrs.
idet tergiell.., and Neseeireite, cmji olesely destroyed
I,vilers aide tiocninettf. and the Minister? of Ferdinand
have left no pains untried to, provoke the Holt.
Alhatir” to attack Spain us well as Naples. Those
who have seen the .uianifesto represent it as being
drawn up with great eloquence an dignity.
It is eonfitlently a:merits' in the circles l,are, that the
Nea:trtFtan Parliaurnt hate signified to the old King
Ferdinand, that if he does not return to hit capital
within a mouth, his Throne will be considered as
abdicated and his i.rterer at an end
A motion for having the docuntents relative to Spain
nrl Naples laid le•fure the Chamber of Deputies has
;,-nvetl unsuccessfat. It has, however, been fully
slowed by the Alinisters, that Prance is not expelled
either be furtsiih troops or subsidize the Austrian
stmt. The conduct of M. BlaCas in this respect
lass been disclaimed.
The return of Dmates to Paris is attrilotted to the
Ettglith Ministers, who are desirous t.f Loul3 XVIII.
being informed by his favourite. of the ilarwerons pre-
dicante•Fin which his policy with retard to :caplets has
placed Prance. As to the tedra-royal:st faction, its
alarm f the ;attire fate of the feigning family is
increasing hourly, and great CVI nit may be expected.

Among other interesting snlfjerts which occupied
the attention of the }louse of Commons last night,
was a resolution inured by Mr. MANEIMT, that it
seas expediemt that the supplies for the rear 14.2 l
should not exceed the estimates made in the Re-
port of the Filmset Committee in June 1 17 : that
to the amount of the difference betwixt that
sum and the titles/an to be pr.-posed far the
service of t'.:• yea 1821, certain taxes should be re-
pealed ; and that a reduction of 50 per cent. be made
in consequence upon the ditties on inhabited bonses
and wittdoisc After a course of very masterly sta,e-
tot nts and reasonicy in stipp !rt of the prop-,..itinag, a
debate ensued, alit a divisi, !. took pl ore, Ivben the
motion was negatived by a ttia;ority of !WI to li.
From recent accounta we learn, that the Neap-
litans have abandoned the desizn of advancing to
Rome, and limited their exertions to the defence of
their native soil. With this view, it appears that
orders had been issued, and carried into prompt effect,
for the destruction of the roads between the Roman
capi-.al and their own.
Want of room oblives us to postpone the insertion
of several articles, relative to South America. Among
1
others is a hizlily interestin.; communication from
Angostura, relative to the atfaiis of Southern Colum-
I bia, where things are going on admirably well.
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It has been atcertaineti by an eximination of the
transfer books the Bank, that since the 6th Jan.
last, the real stock-holders have sold upon balance, in
the different stocks, deem) millions, which it is not
probable they will he induced to repurchase until the '
funds fall consiberably.
A NOTIIIIM BOLT PROM Till STOCK.EICII trea....•-•-
If eatertiay afternoon it was ascertained that a Stock
Jobber of eminence hail taken to his heels, after having
defrauded various persons to the amount of upwards
of Ten Thousand Pounds, having given his own
checques on his Bankers' fur theirs, as well as obtain-
ing' a large amount of Stock for different persons.
The Queen has appointed W. A. Madocks, Esq..
M. P. of Trevanter, one of her Majesty's Vice Cham-
berlains. Tbeesilaryis SOUL alear.—(The Cambriess.)

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lIIREI7NG AT Ilii-GUILDHAL'a
A respectahie meeting of the Inhabitants of the
borough of Plymouth *is held on Wednesday lest,
the 2t+lll alt. pursuant to notice by the liforshipful
the Mayor, to consider the propriety, of petitioning
Pas liament for a revision of the Penal Code, especially
with reference to the numeruna crimes to which capital
punishMent is attached. The businiss of the meettug
commenced about lialflast l 2 o'e!ork. The Mayo(
was called to the chair, and the f,llowing ambit; other
resolutions were proposed to the weedy :
That the inefficacy of Capital Punishment to the present
deplorable extent, has been shown by too lone experience.
That the fact that *arroyo( the existing laws are too serer*.
is abundantly proved by the freysency of the necessity to.
the littervention at the Royal Mercy.
That this severity Is a:so manifested by the yet!-known
fact, that It operates to deter the humane from prosecntin*
Offenders, while in the minrinistrn ion of those laws, the
Jr.riges are often embarrassed, and Juriei induied to re:lnt
the sanctity t.f a Judicial Oath.
That many of our Penal l'Aus were not 'menthol for, and
are not adapted to, the present state of Society. •
That this System of Puoishavent is nut consonant with the
m 1d rrece;l:s of the Christian Renirion, the influence of
wis:th is nor ,o hepoily athouciog in lids Country.
Upon niovinz the first resolution, Dr: B•lliimy
*poke in a most energetic manner itpon tha necessity
of revising the Penal Code. lie said it was no way
adapted to the presrat state of Society ; kept no int:,
with the march of intellect—contradicted our best
notians of justice and moral rrtitode. Speaking of
the prerogative of the Crown with rearti to con:.
tontine-the pritiFliment of death in the rase of forgery,
he said the King. no doubt, was prone to mercy, and
would mere frequently forgive, were the CAsci
properly represented to him by his advisers; but tl.;.y
were not the men to do so—they, *limo the woed
souirtitnes looke.l up to as to 111041cli of •tetinement,
were far behind th" nation in actual improvement, end
therefore no pr Ter persons to direct the prerogittive
of mercy inherent in the Crown.
The sec.:nil rerniu!ion was moved hr Mr. Pa
who descanted in a masterly manlier uron Cie strong
herctsity of amending the criminal law. At present,
he said, it held out an incitement to the worst of ..rsears,
by putting upon equality the common 'Aber all:1 the
atrociiiiis murderer. Nothing could be more itnjost
than thus to confound the very nature of crime—it
necessarily impelled the robber to commit a great....
offence a wainst lied and the Wet, in the fond
the lesser might be concealed—it itultttesl in;iny to
commit murder in order to escape detaktion. 'file
unanimity which prevailed wasp proof of the feelings
of the gentlemen present as to the necessity of souse
reform in the laws.

,PLIMOI'TH.