Star. — London, England, 1819-03-01 00:00:00

l~ t~ LONDON 4 ' i 1 1 x h , 1.1. ..! 1 . i 1 ‘ ' i * • ss i t ' THE EVENING STAR. MONDAY. MARCH 1, 1819. THE FUN Ds. . PRICE Or STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLCCK 3 per Cent. Reduced 73H 731—Cons. 7.31 Cons. for Account '4; '73i 74 72i 7311 Si per Cent. 8318214-4 2er Cent. 92t 6 per Ct. Navy 104; 1031; —India Bonds 30 20 pr Bank Long Anus. 19i 9-16—South-Sea Stock 81; 1 Exchequer Bills (2d.) 6 1 9 dis. Considerable fluctuation took place this Morning in the price of the Funds. Consols commenced at 731 for .Money, and 711 for the Account: an im mense quantity of Stock was immediately thrown upon the Market, and they fell to 72i for Money, and 73 for the Account. 'fwo very considerable failmes were announced on the Continent one of which was at Havre, and had very extensive deal ings with this country. The distress in, economical affairs continues; and the numerous Bankruptcies, Compositions, and Meetings of Creditors, have put a top to all confidence. Public Securities are falling in proportion. India Bonds, which were a short time back at 965. pr. were done this morning at 255. and Exchequer Bills were on Saturday . at 12s. discount— to-day they arc at 7s. A great quantity of Stock has been carried over from last account until to-morrow, which is the reason assigned for the present depression. A Supptempt to Me tondon Gazette was published this morning, containing dispatches received at the East-India House from the Governor-General in Council, and from the Governor in Council et Ma dras, relative to the petty war that has for some time been carrying on : several of the Extracts relate to trill, affairs last summer, of which the results are already known. A Dispatch from Captain W. Goa- DON, from Comptah, situated 80 miles from Nagpore, between that place and Ruttunpoor, dated the 18th September, announces the capture of that place with the loss of only four killed and 4.0 or .50 wounded.— Another Dispatch, from Major MuNT to the Resident at Nagpore, dated the 19th September from Mooltye, near the source of the river Tapty, mentions some slight skirmishes which had no result of importance. The Paris Papers of Thursday arrived yesterday, and this morning those of Friday came to hand. The Moniteur of Thursday doles out at last the pro ceedings in the House of Peers on the suggestion to have the Law of Election altered. The proposition was first brought forward so far back as Saturday sennight. From the statement in the Motiiteur it would appear that the Marquess de BARTHELEMY, with whom the suggestion originated, did not in the least explain what amendments or modifications he sought to have made in the Law of Elections ; but contenting himself with a general speech, remarkable only for obscurity, he concluded by making a general proposition for praying the KING to present a Projet of Law, having for its object to make such modifica tions in the Organization of the Electoral Colleges as may appear to be indispensibly necessary. A propo sition so made, having nothing tangible about it, and put forth without any explanation of its meaning, must, of course, have been preconcerted with the ' • understood object of overthrowing, if possible, the Ministry. The Marquess de LALLY TOE.LENDAL, who was the next speaker, strongly opposed the taking into consideration the proposition, on the ground of the alarm that would be caused by the Chamber en tering into a discussion upon so undefined a proposi tion upon such a subject. Ile called upon the Mover, either to explain what he meant, or to withdraw his proposition. The Count .de CAns, the Minister of the Interior, characterised the proposition as the worst that could have been made, and conjured the Chamber not to allow it to be taken into considera tion, as by such a step they would be considered to be favourable to it. The Marquess de PASTO• NET, who supported the proposition, followed the example of its Mover, by dealing in obscure gene ralities : he . spoke of inconveniencies attending the Law of Elections, but declined explaining them. —The Marquess de GARNIER opposed the proposi tion, an the ground that nothing had been suggested by the mover as a substitute for the present Law of Elections. The Count BOIS3Y D'ANGLAS .also de precated the proposition, on the ground of the alarm which must be excited by so vague an announcement, and moved the Order of the Day. After a short discussion on a point of form, the Duke de BROGLIE asked if the proposition - of the Marquess de BARTII E- LaMY was to be taken into consideration, how the Chamber were to know upon what they were to de liberate? The Viscount de MONTMORENCY spoke at some length in favour of the proposition, .but with the same happy obscurity which characterised the speeches of its other supporters, leaving all details for future explanation. The 'Marquess de Mansors expressed hii astonishment at 'a proposition being brought forward which wa•-, unintelligible, and de precated any disturbance being given to that tran quillity which happily prevailed throughout France, but which would immediately be interrupted if it was agreed to take this proposition into consideration. He, therefdk, supported the Order of the Day. The Count DacAltaa, in a second speech, dwelt upon the injurious consequences that would arise from the pub& lication of such a proposition, if it was determined by the Chamber to take it into consideration. The Count de CASTELLANE, with reference to the argu ment of unintelligibility; maintained that the warmth with which the proposition was opposed, proved that it was sufficiently understood. The Count CHOLLET characterized the proposition as a brand of discord, which could not fail to excite commotion throughout France. A discussion of some length again took place upori points of form, the op ponents of the proposition endeavouring to get rid of it by proving it to be informal, but in this they were unsuccessful. A scrutiny was at length commenced on the question for proceeding to the order of the' day. There were present 142 Peers. The result was, two-bulletins null, 51 votes for the adoption, and 89 for the rejection of the order of the day. A new scrutiny on the main question, for taking into consi deration the proposition of the Marquis de BARTHE. LEVY, was insisted on by those wlio opposed it. There were then 140 Peers present. The result was, two bulletins null, 49 for the.negative, and 89 for the affirmative. It was therefore decided that the proposition should be taken into consideration. The Chamber immediately separated. It had another sitting on Tuesclay to receive the Project respecting Saltpetre, agreed to by the Chamber of Deputies' which was ordered to be referred to the Bureaux, but no further step appears to have been suggested or taken with reference to the proposition of the Mar quis de BARTHELEMY. An adjournment trk place till Friday. _ . There had been no publiC Sitting of the Chamber of Deputies. The Committee on the Projet respect. ing the responsibility of Ministers, assembled again on Wednesday. It is said that a supplementary Projet on this subject is to be presented to the Chamber. The Duke of GLOUCESTER' dined with the King on Tuesday, and on Wednesday paid visits to Monsieur, Madame, and the Duke d'Angouleme. The Duke of GLOUCESTER took, on Thursday, leave of his MAJESTY, and was to set out in the evening of the same day for Compcigne. The Germanic Diet is, it is said, to remove its Sittings from Frankfort to Manheim. An article from Hamburgh gives rather a curious statement. A Journal, or periodical work, published there, entitled The Plenipotentiary ef Reason, was re cently suppressed at the request of the French and Spanish Ministers, on the ground of its containing attacks against their respective Governments, but the Portuguese Minister, it seems, has disapproved of this rigorous measure, and has not only expressed a de sire to have the work coutinned, but, it is said, in tends to hive it printed in his own hotel, in order to secure it against further persecution. IMENCII Ong lat C/DITS. Monday, 69E—Tuesday, 69f. 10e.—Wednesday, isSE loc. , DIFIRS.I3) STOCK Monday. Tuesday. Wednesday. Of the 22d Marsh, 1817, 82f. 90e 82f. 95c 82f. 60c. 22d Sept. 1817, 801.90 e 90f. 95c ROL 60c. 22d March, 1818, 78f. 90c '7Bl. 95c 7$L 60e. 22d Sept. 1818, 77f. 771. 10c 761. sk. The inflammatory measure which has been brought forward by the Ultra party in the Chamber of Peers, on the subject of the Election Law, has been promptly met by one of a counteracting tendency in the Cham ber of Deputies. We are assured, says the Moniteur, that M. LAFITTE, Member of the Chamber of Depu ties, has deposited on the table, in the sitting of the 2.5 th, the proposition of an Address to the KING, praying that the Law of . Elections, such as it now exists, may be upheld as the principal basis of pub lic peace and a Constitutional Monarchy. Should this proposition be carried, of which we think there is little doubt, the KING will be thus very happily relieved from any embarrassment which he might probably feel in acceding, as of himself, to the pro position of the Chamber of Peers. The Moniteur contains a series of Ordinances offi cially announcing the various changes which have taken place in the Prefectures and Sub-Prefectures of the kingdom, since the present Ministry came into power. They amount in all to fifty-four; and yet, if we may believe private accounts, Ministers have hitherto not been able to make this part of the state-machine work altogether so pleasantly as they could wish. The Journal de Commerce has been suspended for making some remarks in censure of the Noblemen who supported-the proposition on the Election Law, in the Chamber of Peers. The Chamber of Deputies received on Thursday the Report of the Commission appointed to.consider of the ether Bill introduced at the beginning of the Session, concerning the fabrication and sale of pow. der, which it proposes shall continue, as heretofore, a royal monopoly. The discussion on it was defer red till Saturday. The creditors of Luciax BONAPARTE have had a meeting lately, at the house of an advocate at Paris, when an offer was made to them of a composition of 70 per cent. on their respective claims. The Tribunal of Correctional Police has con demned three individuals to' short periods of impri sonment for invoking the name of the Usurper and making seditious proposals in public places. The Finds have fallen considerably, owing, most probably to the uneasiness caused in the public mind by the proceedings of the Chamber of Peen, to which we have just been alluding,-0a Thmsday they had sunk at the close to 68fr. 30c. PRIVATE LETTER. . a PARIS, FEBRUARY 25. a The fury of duels increases every day: twel Officers of the Gardes du Corps, and twelve of the' Garde Royale, were io have fought, on the 18th, 24 of Bonaparte's Half-pay Officers. Luckily for the fornier they were put under arrest. It may be thought singular, but there is no law existing in ' France against duelling. It is high time that there. should be one. Duelling foments a demoralizing spirit, and saps the foundations of social oniler. But after all it is a mere straw in the balance compared with the ravages in society committed by the Holy Missionaries. They are reprobated every where ; wherever they go they leave living remembrances of their piety; they pillage the inhabitants, and their daughters . . . . Let us draw the curtain over the infamies they commit, and for which an indignant pa rent cries in vain for vengeance. We have, with some difficulty, procUred M. Durand's Lent Mandement, or Homily: be is the Capitulary. Vicar-General of Besaucon. M. Durand warns every one to avoid penetrating into the mys teries of the Gospel, and he triumphantly asks who would believe in Goa if it were necessary to compre hend him ? ( Qui croirait en DIEU sil,fidlait k cnnt 7 prendre?) In his holy zeal the-Vicar-General de clares the Lancasterian Schools an invention of the Devil, and cautions all his flock to beware of sending their children to them. If they do, they will incur excommunication here and damnation hereafter. He invites, with Moloch ferocity, his diocese to extermi nate the heretics, (i. e. the Protestants). It is, (says he,) a mark of grace ; its omission is' a mortal sin. We ask, what does the Government think of such an invitation to assassinate those declared by the Charter to be entitled to worship Gon in their own way ? Will M. Durand be dismissed? Were we to answer only from the known constitutional principles of the Minister of the Interior, we would say yes ; bat, as there is a power beyond his, we think the contrary." A Hamburgh Mail arrived this day, bringing let ters, &c. from that city, which communicate some facts that are rather interesting. The Exchange on London, which on the 19th was 32.10. a 33.1. was, on the 23d, 33.4. The Emperor of RUSSIA has issued an Ordinance. by which all peasants in the Empire are authorised to establish Manufactories ; a privilege which they did not before enjoy. This right had been hitherto confined to the Nobility, and to the Merchants of the first and second class. It appears by accounts in the Vienna Gazette, that the PonrE has been rather hasty in concluding that the 'Wechabites would be no more heard of. This numerous and wandering people sometimes assemble to the number of 300,000. Without doubt, Isaanire PACHA has obtained a brilliant victory over them ; but the corps which he has destroyed was only a single one,. and A BDULLAH, whotti he took prisoner with his family, was only one of their Chiefs. At the head of the nation, and highly honoured, is the beautiful and enterprising daughter, only twenty-two years of age, of the deceased Wechabi, from whom these people have taken their name. It is even as serted, that it depended only on herself to obtain the hand of the son of the Viceroy, but that the haughty virgin refused it. The States of Hanover have been assembled again, and the Treasury chest is now no more in the Palace, but in the House of the States. Its condition ap pears to have had a material influence on the deci sion of the question when the reduction of the Army shall commence? the Government and the States having long since agreed that a reduction should take place. It will begin on the Ist of May, and fall on the Infantry, which will be reduced from 30;000 to 20,000 men, and the Military Establishment will cost two millions of dollars instead of 2,0000/0 and a half. Another subject, which may probably be more difficult than the reduction of the troops, is the regu lation of the arrears of the interest of the PubliC Debt, as these arrears amount to above a third of the collective Revenue of the kingdom, and it is, there fore, impossible to pay them from the Revenue.— The creditors are in general convinced of this, and wish merely to have the arrears of interest converted into principal bearing interest, and above all a speedy decisinn, that they may know what they have to trust to. The increase of the interest of the public debt, which was below four per Cent. to that rate, has produced a favourable impression, as well as the speedy progress of the arrangements by which the claims of the subjects upon France have been regu lated and finally settled, within two months. • During the journey of, the Emperor of Austria through'ltaly, negotiations will be entered into with the Papal Court for the cession of some frontier districts of Ferrara. These distritts are, however, very inconsiderable, and merely desirable for the purpose of regulating the line of Custom-honse stations. In the course of last year there arrived at Cron stadt 1208 vessel's, among Which were 611 English, 120 Swedish, and 91 RussiOst The number sailed was 1171, of which 633 were bound to Great Britain. Jamaica Papers to the 19th ultimo arrived this day. An extract from a Caraccas Gazette of the 6th No vember states that the Independents had made an attack upon Cariaco, not knowing that the place had been reinforced. They are said to have been de feated, leaving one hundred dead behind them, and some muskets. The Royaltsts pursued 8 6 11 direction of Cumanacoa. CURACOA, lexEmE rj , "From Puerto Cabello we have rece; ve d counts of the posture of affairs in Veneze:l4, pears the Royalist Commander, Calzada,l;,ts Barinas with 3,000 men ; and that part o r division, which had been raised and otanited Santa Fe, said to consist of 3,200 me n , . cuta, in communication with !lira. " Morales was in Calaboza with atout and the Independent Commander Paez is hi s at San Fernando De Apure, with 3000 cavalry. neral Morillo was in Caraccas, and put understood, to set out fcr the Head-quarters at koza towards the end of the week. It that, besides the garrisons which the Roy all have to leave in Carepana, Cumana, Barcelona, Guayra, Puerto Cabello, Valencia, and of defence, they will be able to bring into th e 12,000 fighting men, two-thirds of which - BRIGHTON, FEBRVARY 28. His Royal Highness 'the PRINCE REGENT, that humanity and warmth of feeling which tense him, visited his old and faitafal serva:u, BECHT, and administered to the sick, 11.JF, dying man, at his bedside, that consolatio n fort which his long-tried integrity was sure from so generous a mister. We are assured his Royal Highness took the poor maa by with the affection of an equal. Mr. BECNt deeply affected. He became, however, much composed than he had been for several hours after the agitation which the unexpected sight of Royal Master had subsided. Mr. BECHT Jul ' for many years House Ste Ward to the Prime. Colonel and Lady CHARLOTTE SEYMOLR , at the Pavilion on Friday evening. Viscount Viscountes HAMPDEN left the Palace the same for their seat at Glynde-place. The Duchess of RICHMOND, Lord HERST, and Sir H. TURNER, arrived lion yesterday in time for dinner. was expected. NAVAL IffI'ELLIGE, FALMOUTH, PKBROARY 26.—Wind S. to Blucher packet, with a Mail from Jamaica and from Crooked Island the 29th of January. lington packet arrived at Jamaica ou the 13th ship Bulwark, of London, was lost ou the end of December,. crew and part of the cargo cher passed a great number of spars off the Sailed the five transports with troops for Hope, and some outward-bound vessels. Put BELL, for Naples, with loss of her fore-chain-plates. 116 PLvarouru, FEBRUARY 27.—Wind W.—The ' Haavrv, from London to Malta, ran on shore Batten, in going into Catwater, but is expected without damage. I PORTSMOUTH, FABILTARY 28.—Arrived his " MRLION, from a cruize. The whole of the of got under way this morning, but the wind South, the Streatham; Atlas, General hyd, Waterloo, and Hiseefordshire, East Indiamen, brought up again.—ltix P. M, Wind E.S.Y DeAL, Fes. 27.—Wind S.W.—The brig ._ on tht. Goodwin Sand, is a French vessel bound bs. been rot off and carried into Ramsgate, . FEL 2s.—Wind tionth.—Came down from remains with the outward-bound as per last,t/ for Dominica.—llalf past four, rat. At rived the Little Cherub , Pal‘KrrEa, 33 days from Hovel'. Fan. 27.—Suiled this day the Lord Captain Hamlin's, for Calais, with a mall and the Princess Charlotte packet, Captain Hai.t..av with a mail and passengers. Arrived this evening packet, Captain Hurray; Poll, Captain STRAUSS, French packet, from Calais, with passengers. Fu. 28.—Witid S. E. blows fresh.—Ari' Lord Duncan packet, Captain Pascua, from and passengers. L;VEREOOL. FEBRUARY 47.—The fast, which wits on shore near Red Noses, lus t. rivmi in the River. Sailed the Neptune, Lows, Baismt, F►eaVaaT V.—The Friends, I.Er Bideford, by getting athwart hawse of a vessel this River, was driven on the rocks at that place has since been got off and placed on the mud. FiIIiGUARD, FLARUARY 24.—The sloop John • Kirkcudbright, was totally lost near this place gale, and it is feared all the crow are lost. Cosrom-Housr., LONDON', Fes. ST.—Ships The Frederickton, Sinclair; -Alen, Noun; insole, from liamburgh ; Joseph and Ann, Sibsey, Waterloo, Warren, from Harlingen • Briton, I)ol onto; Victory, Braithwaite, fro m B ombay ; and Van Wyk, from Harlingen.—Cleared Outy tins, Klok : and Vnendschap, Dynmeyer, _ Royal Sovereign, Gibbs ; and Prince of Orange. Rotterdam; Bideford, 11 , 1 4 Donald, for St. Mir' Trivett, for Leghorn ; Lord Exmouth, Mills, Sophie, Bolloche, for Rouen ; Salus, Thompson Swan, for liamburgh ; and John Crawford, St. Übe's. DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZE.. The Thracian, for the Fcrgou•t and Stephanus, at No. 4i, Norfolk-street, and retailed there and Friday for three months. The Hope, for the Fox and two small quantities of spirits, the Sth inst. at No. 41, Norfolk-street, Strand, and recalled there every Tuesday and Friday, for three months. The following transports, with the 27th regiment on hoard, arrived at Gibraltar on the Bth ult. in 13 days from Cork, viz. Wyton, Collinson ; Lady ILL milton, Young ; and Defence, Iteynoldson. Toe Duke of York packet arrived at Gibraltar on the ht from Falmouth, and sailed on the 3d for Malta. The WYE, of ?.li guns, Captain Watts, arrived on Friday at Portsmouth from the River, and sailed thts day for the North Yarmouth station. Lieutenant General HALL, late Governor cf t2:e •Isle of France, is arrived at Liverpool in the itlex der, Captain SURFLEN. General OGRECOR arrived at Nassau on th.= of Jannary, in the Hero, HunsoN, irom Londoa• The LOrd Hobart packet has brought letters ttv7a .Malta - and Gibraltar. The latter are of the I2th The ohicial details of the state of.the Plague on t!;:•• Coast of Africa continue to be unfavour.:hle. Governor had deemed it expedient to continue restrictions, in order to prevent i:Ac:ion. The REDWING, IS, Captain lIGNN, put into 3L I deira on the sth ult. having sprung her luainmag, and after refining, sailed on the 9.56 for St. fle:cna. The Cntotx, 12, Captain W. B. DAsinvooD, ar rived at Rio Janeiro on the Sth of,Clecereber, frcar Spithead, and sailed again on the 15th . for the River Plate, to relieve the Am eut9N. Captain FArrtit•ut iti apreinted,,Oß- theALER7; Captain Pirrassus to. the On Tuesday ten sail of Freacb i stptsels,arFised 4 l'oilsmoutli, with about half luilliou of eggs. lied *ern DECEMBrp, received ;tim e Is I •renezuola. I t Calzada, t.,, s • • P 3 rt or ar.(r_ nd otgani ted • the men, twat • tout 4000 tt Neez in his f t et% 000 c avky, C • a si purposed, at • ..quarters at C • It is salcui • . e ha a : ri ß ti itoar o ya Barcelona, and ing into the hick are Cr..tiet, lli , • Y 28. sh REGENt, r;• ng which c' ;rat ilfal servant, !i! sick, nay, air., sola:ion arJ „ Vas S'Jte to leCtiv are assured th Tan by the ha. Mr. Becnr ever, yr - inch fi e. eral hours beet , . ected sight of h . • BECHT Jul be the Prime. • SEYMOL R arriy • P. l'iscount • .) ice the same Jar , •• d anti Lady Au I red at the Pill- ' . Lord Guava A bl ENCE. to W.—Arrived :he lea—sailed the 11. k, ary. The Lady Wel. 3tli of January. Tte Anegada, the Irby rgo saved. The fib. the Western !shads ✓ the Cape of Goof Put back the Eagle, ain-plates. .—The brig Mary, shore under Moon ,petted to be go; cif is Majesty's ship Cs. outward-bound ships id having got to dm Windsor, Bomks, en, and several others, ; mentioned u being ound to Holland, aid , leaky. rent the River, ati ~ the Fair nen, ed and sailed lor ▪ Philadelphia. Lord Duncan picket, and passenger,; also &Lustros. for (Mend, rolling the Chichester ants, and l'Aliugoor, re. 'fisted last night the Ostend, with I: :cud 6, SPARKS, from Fvd, tws been got off. all Lowe, lot Calcutta. LEMORIIIT, from mei lying at Pill, Is place and bilged, bar d. ihn end Catherine. et Lee in Sunday night s Entered Inwards— ; and Jane, Hutch- Sibsey, from Seville; 1, Dobson, from Cal- and A rins Johannes, wards—lke (Iris. r, for Amsterdam; )range, Collins, toe . Michael's; Hetty, lulls, fur Gibraltar: DMPSan ; and \lary, ford, Ferguson. far MON E'r• phallus, the sib lost. here every Tuesday entities of spirits, the , and recalled there s.. If, IV )