Star. — London, England, 1816-12-23 00:00:00

FRENCH PAPERS. • PART?, DECEMBER 19. • TE:c• iteplth of he icing continues to be very, satis- Ilictoty. I-i is Ni..je..;) preside.) yesterday at a Coun ail of MiniZters fro n three o'clock to five. The waters of the Seine continue very high : they rose right inches additional yesterday. • The merchants of Cadiz have opened a subscrip tion to fit out several corvettes to make war on the privateers of the South American Insurgents, which infest the shores of Andalusia. His Majesty has been'O:eised to commnte into trans ..portation the sentence o death upon Mounier, who . was convicted of an attempt to poison the garrison of Vincennes. A most sacrilegious robbery was committed in the night between the 46th and 17th in the burying ground of Pere la Chaise. Some robbers escaladed the walk and stripped the tombs cf all their copper and bronze ornaments. Markle ornaments were aim broken, and statues thrown down : the inscription in letters of copper, which were on the tomb of Ravrio. and which brought to mind a benefit to humanity at large, has among others been shamefully mediated. Five individuals of the Commune of Seine, in the Arrondissement ot Vervins , accused of hegging with :nen aces during the night, were arrested on the 12th of this month, and placed •at the disposal of the King's Advocate at Vervins. The Ring of DENMARK continues to take the Jews -eider his protection. the licence of a little Theatre • has been taken away for pee forming Pieces ridiculing the tribe of Ist:tel. The present King of WIRTEMDERG has now en tirely broken up the menagerie near Stuttpatel, which was erected by the late King, and which cost, merely for the food el the animals, 36000 fi nins annually. On St. Louis's day, the 25th of August, M. Hyde de Neuville, the French Ambassador, celebrated the fete of his Majesty Louis XVIII. at his c.iuntry house, situated on the 12...nit0n. The repast, to which several citizens of the United States were was splendid, and the guests were numerous. After we first toast, wiiielfwas "his Majesty Louis XVIII." the French Ambassador rose. and proposed the fol. lowing :—o Tie President and Congress of the-Uni ted States ot America: Ins Majesty the Kiog of France perseveres, and will persevere, in the sentiments of friendship which his onfortunste brother Louis XVI. forinetiy vowed to the United Stares." The most sincere cotdiality presided at this .!inner; and the different toasts MAiiilefted how earnesly the most respectable men visit to see perfect harmony prevail between the two nations. Among those drank we re • snorkel the fo lowing :--" To the memory of General WAshing.on, first President of the Ukited Statesl"- -This o.dUced the French Minister to give another toast, wive!i we mention with pleasure:—" To tole rance and umon between men of different retegions To my f!iiOW.CitsZCIIS the Protestants ot the Souils and other pai.s of FtVIICC I They are all., like the other French. the children of my go sq Z en. jcy pat.snal ituits of the Government of ,Louis XVIII. I'hej are not proscrieed -for their rel.gtous opinions. except in certain foreign Journals, which have the audacity and the baseness to circulate odious falsehoods. Sir, (continued the Ambassador, ad - 4resorig the respectable Bishop of Jersey), I - declare on my ititoour that it is an abominable calumny. No • one i. 0 -seemed in France on account of religion. — eery kind of worship is protected in law and in fact. The fsvours and the graces of the King, my =aster, extend to Catholics and to Protestants, with est any distinctions, save those of virtue, merit, and Adelity."—From the timeriean .17&rna1 the Evaing Post.' „Verna Funds 551. 70c. Bank Actipns MADRID. DECEMBER S. The Commission appointed to superintend our Ultra Marine Expeditions, was directed, by an order of the King, of the 10th of June last, to report upon the best means to be adopted, in 'order to raise the sums necessary for continuing the transportation of troops to the provinces of America, which unfertto. sagely have not enjoyed the most perfect tranquillity. The Report of that Commission _ Presented to the King oat the 4th of July following. advised the esta blishment in foreign ports, of the ditty exacted for the same object in those of the Peninsula and adja cent Islands, in virtue of Decrees of the 9th and 16th of September, 1811. This duty is one per cent. upon the amount of goods exported from these ports, in addition to that of five, per cent. to which they are already subject. - His Majesty, having advised with hi; Supreme Council Of the,lndiee, has ordained—lst. That all goods imported into the ports of America, and those of the Philippine Isles, shall pay the Iforestid duty. That gold or silver imported or exported. by the iid.ports, shall equally pay site!' duty. And 3d. That the duty shall be levied according W the valua tion fixed by the Royal Tariffs. Extract from the Dispatches of the Viceroy oC Pi ru, dated the 11th of June last, inserted in our Gazette of this day : 44 The Royal army of Upper Peru, according to a statement of the 2tst of April, subsequently received by his Excellency, the Viceroy, consisted at that date . of 5350 infantry, 1590 cavalry, and 403 artillery— total 7843 men, well clothed, well armed', and paid up to the end of April ; the strength and excellent disciplinc of which could not fail to overcome any re sist :net on the part of the languishing and in dated aorny of the insurgents. the squadrons of hussars of Ferdinand VII. and that of the dragoons ot the Uniiio, have besides set out from Lima; in ordy to reinforce our troops. Front Cuzco there has also been dispatched a battalion of 600 chasseurs, newly raised and disciplined. A route for the like destination, has at the same time been given to the battalion of voluuteers of Gerona, which went from Spain, and upon their arrival in the Isthmus, were joined by more than 2000 area. The conveyance of t i me troops is provided for. a sufficient .number of transports having set sail from Callao for the.purpose. 44 . Su far, therefore, from baring any thing to fear from the rebels of Rio de la Phila, we may hope that in a short time the insurgents of these countries will acknowledge their error, and the irremediable evils which they havve brought on tbcir country, or did dory sill be ctighed by the arms of our invinci V.: soldiers." HAMBURGH MAIL. COPENHAGEN, DECEMBER 10. The sharei of the Asiatic Company,. wilieh a foil days ago were offered for sale at 214 cilltrOlbrra,cosei on the sth instant to 270 and '2sO ti: dollars. The' reason is said to be, the good news that has been re ceived, that a sum of 8/30,()00 silver rupees (230,000 )ecie) which was due to the Company in the East Indies, will probably be soon paid. This debt from England proceeds; as we hear, from some prices which they made in 1807, in those seas, and whit,' by chance bad not been condemned and sold at the contlusion of the Treaty of Kiel in 1814. Accord ing to this Treaty all property not. yet condemned was to be given up on both sides, a d the English now offer, not only to pay the 91 f the ships, but , also, as it is affirmed, to pay S per cent. interest on the principal from 1807, but this assertion seems to want confirmation. The Company expects also 200,000 piastres besides from England. so that the receipt of these sums will place ii in a very nourish ing condition. DECEMBER 1.4.—0ur exchange has risen within a short time to 580 per cunt.; and though many fortu nate circumstances, among which we will only men tion the large purchases of corn in Denmark, have doubtless concitired to effect it, )et it is not to be de nied that the active, economical, and admirably orga nized administration of the finances has must eisen ,tially contributed to it. HAMBUROII, DECEMBER t 4. Though we have had since the I Rh mild weather with storms of rain, none of the other thirty.two ships, lately arrived at Cuxhaven, have been able to come lip, on account of the quantity , :t drift ice an the Elbe. We expect, however, snore of :hem to.morrow, if t l e weather continti , :s 4v it is. STU TGARD, DECEMBER 8. • The Commission appointed for a new organizaainn of the army has not yet terminee.ti its labours. It it said that a new unilorm will be intr-duced, in which mote attention will be paid use and convenience than for spew. A Special Commission is app ,anted to draw up a new Military Code The punishment of the gauntlet is to be certainly abolished, and the cans not used, except to great crimes. Hambui gh Lxchamge on London, Dec. 1 7, S 5-3. - 11 1k LV v.NI STA' I.ONDON. MONDAY, DECEMBER 23. 1816. PK ter: F :ITOCKti iTITS DAY Al' TWELVE O'CLOCK Reduce., 6214L-cous.mo. st.ut —Co ns. for opg. 611 , if 4 pr" Cent. —5 per CcAt. Navy shut Exchequer bills, as. 72. bonclaJ Ss. pre. i Last night we received the Paris Papers of Thurs day. The only tact which they patent at all in ' terming is the result of the project ior levying tile 'first Toirrtsvelftte‘ er the t..xes for 1817. The Mi. nisters carried the question against :he limas by majority of 164 to SO. TALLORAND, it is said o has left Paris, find.nit him self abandoned by all the visitors who formerly crowded round him. His departure is eien ascribed to an intimation from the Lisa, In consequence of his being suspected of caballing against the Ministers. According to-ptivate accounts, the Duke of Wm.- rawctou is to spend his Christmas in Paris. On the '2sth he dines with Sir C. STEWART. A Hamburgh Mail also arrived last night. nit Diet of Frankfort proceeds in its usual snail-like pace. It is announced, however, that the inhabitants of the Roman States are to have a National Representation ; and in -consequence the Pori has ordered a general enumeration to be taken of the population.—Extracts relating to other particulars brought by this Mail are given above. It appears by private letters from Hamburgh, that a meeting of the Burghers was lately held at the 'Town House, to take into consideration several ques tions relating to commercial affairs. It was resolved, that the duties of customs, on both exports and im ports, should remain on the present footing for one year longer ; and, at the expiration of that term, du. a new and more moderatetariff should be introduced. The export duties, in particular, will, it is expected, be considerably reduced, if not entirely abolished. The enormous charges of the brokers, of late years, constituted another subject of discussion. The im porters of tobacco complained that the brokers mic- Led t ve. per pent. commission, whilst they could not charge the consignees oT the ws)amepoiNer as -than two per cent. -,With the exception of very few ar, tides,. it was resolved, - that t:ie broker's comae sir should net, in future, exceed See-sixths per ewi' This determination has, of course, occasioned dissatisfaction among the brokers, who. so - MO persons. • . Fridiy evening. after the breaking up of the Cabi net,Council, Mr. WARS, the King's Messenger, was sent off with dispatches to Sir HOMY Wam.ssutv, our `Ambassador at the Court of Madrid. Wednesday a freehold quAllfi:ation to vote fot a Member of Parliament for the County of Edinburgh was sold by public 'Ale tor Al 05. Monday the Grand Doke NICHOLAS. brothay o f thi Emperor ALEXANDER, Arrived at Edinburgh 'gild) his suite, consisting of I.i4ron NICIIoLAY. Sir W. Coo cam's, clenefillS KIJTCSOFT and flanaAsost, Dr. CRICHTON. Monsieur' KLINKIIII. MAaa&LL, and PA. • RO s i tY. wilco a grenadier guard'of honour 0.-the Highlanders WAS immediately mounted in front of the Hotel where his Grace resides. A letter from Catnismy says—" The coition who arrived from India to the Dge of WELLINGTON in the month of September is gone to HA mburgh. It is believed that he returns with digatches from his •Extfelleacy without passing throup Loudon." • bLI of ad al C g' of Q. 1 1 AMERICA. Boston Papers to fhe 50th ult. have been received. General Brayer, oae.of the French refugees, had ar rived at Baltimore in the Rolla, from Amsterdam. This is the person who was .supposed to be ftlarshal Souk. The British and American Commissioners for running the boundary line, had met at Albany, and were making arrangements for entering upon their task early in'the spring. The South Ametican privateer G neral Airman, of four guns and 110 man, has been seized in an American port for smuggling un shore a part of the plunder with which she WAS laden. According to the latest adiices which bad reached the United Stales from Cadiz; Mr. Mead still remained a prisoner in the Castle of Santa Ca talina. In giving this piece of intelligence, Duane, Ehtor of the Aurora, says, .. It is not improbable that nine out of ten of his fell Ow-citizens had forgot ten him, because he had not the better fortune to be imprisoned on the coast of Mahomedan instead of Christian Barbary." It is scaled that John Q tincy AJams is to be Secretary of State, on the accession of Mr. Monro to the Presidency. A' number of fast sailing vessels are building in the southern ports of the linked States, which are to cruise a gainst the Spaniards under South. American or Mexican com missions. It is stated that tl - e Mary, Cox, of Mon treal, while in pursuit of a lawful trade, and while in the Rio Tiger, on her way to Augustura, was cap.. tared by Spaniards, in launches, and 14 of her crew, (which consisted of 20) butchered, among them the owner, Charles Burnham, Captain Cox. &c. A letter from Balize contradicts a statement in the American journals, that the ',strict: of Mexico rigidly acted on the principle of retaliation with regard to the Spa nt.rds; and that those sent into the interior from Matagorda and other ports were destined to be cu. cuted. It says, on the contrary, that they were so sent .. for the just and humane purpose of retaining them as prisoners of war, and to offer them for ex.. change ; by these means, if possible, to compel the Spanish Governnient to desist from their cruel bar barity, and come to terms of Christian warfare.' Mina's expedition, which left Port-au-Prince on the 1 28th of October, consisted only of a ship of 14. guns, a brig of 18, and a small schooner. Its destination WAS kept a profound secret. The misunderstanding with Russia cevtimied to engins3 much of the public attention in the United States. From dispatches which arrived in America on the 25th tilt. from Mr. Harris, the Ametican Charge d'Affaires, it appeared that he had not re ceived any answers to exnlanatinsis sent out by Mr Coles, as the Emperor Attica:tier was absent on ;.t visit t o ;lib Polish dnmiutens. One of the Anleii Can Journalists observes on this subject, that commu nications between the Russian capital and Warsaw would not consume the time - of a fortnight ; and as a month had elapsed from the arrival of Mr. Coles to the departure of vie Prometheus, which .brought Mr. Harris's dispatches, without any such communica• tion, he infers that the explanations made were not considered of importance sufficient to require imme diate attention, or that the Emperor, notwithstanding ,all his pacific principles, is not unwilling to quarrtl with the United States. Up to the 20th October Mr. Harris had not been readmitted to Court. In the mean time Mr. Daschkoff, the Russian Minister at Washington. has intimated to the American Go vernment that he delays withdrawing, under the ar dent hope that some circumstances will occur, to pre vent his taking that step. He at the same time insists upon the fact, that the Russian Consul had never committed any breach of the American laws, and that the charge upon which he was confined with felons was the result of a mercenary conspiracy.. The offi cial correspondence on this subject was expected to be laid before Congress soon after the 2d instant, the day on 'which it is expected to meet. tat We find that we were misinformed in the statement which we inserted in our Paper of Thursday last, re specting the alteration of allowances to limp al Officers. something, is arranging on this head, but till it be officially announced, implicit confidence must not be given to any of the rumours in circulation. Among others the following is mentioned as part of the arrangements respecting the Pay of Officers of the Navy, when enolt4ed. The long-accustomed compensation for servaits to be taken away; and the following full pay established :—Captains of lit rates, ‘BOO ; 2d ditto, 4700 ; Sd ditto, £6OO ; tR - ditto, — 4500 ; sth ditto, 4400 per annum ;- 6th ditto, £26. 1.75. per month ; 7th ditto, X23. 05.4d. per month ; Lieutenants of seven years rank, it seiv. ing as First Lieutenants, all. 10s. per month ; all other Lieutenants, 49. CDs per month. Commodores to have 20s. per ddy ; Commanders, in Chief to receive three gikteas per day as table Money ; all other Admirals, £3IXO per annum. Midshipmen, who have passed, to have £5 per month. The. Kingston transport, which arrived at Ports mouth.on Monday, from Jamaica, brought bonne the Officers and men of the 101st Regiment, under the command of Captain CAKTBR, alter an absence from itemative country of eleven years, the last sever years of-041v it served in Jamaica, the former four in 'North America. Colonel WILLIAM .PoLLoost, its Commander; died on Mx let of -November, on board the, Kingston; •after having jested his country forty year's. • The troops (six companies) have landed at Haslar, when!, rt is expected, they will be disbanded. A cargo of 360 quarters of _wheat has been received at Porstsmouth, from Amsterdam, for the Dockyard Society Mills.. It is competed that the Society has saves' all 6 per load bt making their purchate•in a fo reign . . country. The wheat is remarkably good. much it to GLASGOW. By recent accounts from Glasgow we ~,„„ ;awl to believe that a discovery had been ma 'e byte, Kates of sonsething like an inrendiM insurrection. T he Glarsozu Chronicle st.;.e:: the a•sernblage of Wi ley, the . embodying of S)) of the L,ical Militia, vd swearing is of between : 4 )(,) and 40t 'iPecial Calm. tiles, was in cons , quence of an arprehendcdrefte ne I in the Calton, which bad nit however taken The Calton is one of Coe rpulous s t en ir b s r:f gow, arid the meeting was probably in.c7 r o b e of the sArre kind as rl.at Which la•ely 4 field on the uorth-sil: or Gzsgow, vrhie all die people went liGine quiztly. al+rr 4 at Glasgow may be V 4( - VIOd AS a cor.serin.:nce o! the 1.,• shameful excesses in London on the day c f th e Spafields meeting. _ _ _ _ We have already mentioned that " the Op erat i ves p an appellation apprnpria„ai , d to the workme n o f t 1 ,,, different trades in C irli ;le, had sent rb ui . t i to their employers a Circular, requesting them to use e tc , tions to Obtain a P.nit.tmentary Rrtoim. "the link: have since had a mreting for the porpsse of signiq a Kequisition to the Mayon, to call a Meeting of 0 ; Inhabitants, to consider of the cause of the p resent distress, wit' the expediency of petitioning the ph„,, REGENT and Parliament, " praying a reform in the Commons House, and the abolishment of a:I uselessplaces, sinecures, and unmerited pensions."Ti,s y GLo. Nl.C.. t ian t , t h e Requisition was signed by t v etcy - s i s housekeeper , , of whom The Carliele Patriot, who attempts to be b w e i l t i t m y a. innhisTrehpeoNrti,Aylc7iewresionnsed to call such a M eet . l ing, " as such a measure might endanger the public peace." An article from Dundee, sreakin7 cf the ivedis tutbance there, says—" It t. (.Irvions now, chit rm want but the desire of plond:l. ti:e trot c.,he e i iz. Meal was icAtieTed about ..uJ tiestrcyeJ—e n t' carried away ; uh.ie tea, c.ugar, 44 milar articles were vvr tip beiZed an•l carrie,i(l, lo A subscription has been enwred into Glair" for the rcio , t of the poor. The sum stit.scutedtty Ow fist ten on the List amounted to r.:e. kis that st 1,600. p a bitn • Vlaterfold Gsperose, ' Mr; fi 80 48 Y CI , MATY, sloop Of jan3l.‘ Mid a el DEc DRY Down from I Sailed Sout►~ Eat Be lnder 'er , item At from sod r hike The young Ladies of Poole have firmed as an s. ciati , m for the laudable purpose of to pro f coal and bread wetkiy. The lurid to rra'ir throb 6, thi s act of charity, arises from tami.:es plying each Id. per head wetly. We are happy to stare that Mr. PL %TT is :renter ing rapidly from the effect of 1 - .;s wound. It has been determined not to cut for the bail. It the ball i retains it, spherical form, it may work out of woe cther part i t the body, without it:it‘tinz the WWI of the patient. Pt' in 79 .14PG TI on si ►kel' TI from The younger Watson is pmv described as having a tkopi:s This deseription Its!: excited a mat sensatiOS Gites's arnortg t;: . shops. In the present difficulty of finding out 'um; Wol- Ms a Correspondent recommends the employment of those Gentlemen who have Litely been so success ful in discovering the author of Junius': Letters! , A poor fellow dropped down, on Tl.ursiLiy, in Bench-street, Dover, 'apparently dead ; but by the humane interference of Mr. HARE, and the prompt assistance he idministered, his life wai preserved. He had not tasted food for four days, and was lite. rally starving to death. The celebrated Mr. Hague, who wrote so much against the Duke of CUMBERLAND, was apprehended by Lavender and Gilman, on a Judge's warrant, lot contempt of the Court of King's Bench, on Saturday morning, at his lodgings in Westminster. Monday came on before the High Court of Jet!• tiny. at Edinburrh, the trial 'it Million His/W.lrue Ayr, and Daniel Kennedy, collier, at Knoeshogle,ac cused of stealing two sheep, the property of Richard !Alexander Oswald, Esqatii Auchincrinve. Kennedy, ot appearing, was oittlawed. Highet was fend Guilty, and sentenced to 14 years its-cratitn. e • Wednesday John Douglas, a journeyman s!,oetnalle from the Calton; was apprehended in the act e tin ing and throwing stuns at persens going in vadat of the barracks, at Glasgow, and was afterward; committed to prison. Saturday last an investigition took place before Sir L. VORSLEV Hon:an , , and a hill Bench of 15- gistrates, into the circnnistancei of flit: sctlar 'uetetzi the Custom House Officers and smugglers, at Sect Catherine's Point, Isle of Wight, on the .sth when, atter a long and minute inquiry, Jaw: .104 1 and Wi ll iaw ('ash, two inhabitants of St. 1-liteit were committed to tike their trials a: the n. cc As sizes, on a charge of having assaulted t t e Cotton , Housethlicers and rescued the liquor, hich olerai •we understand, is made felony, by a late Act 4. Po* liament. The Board of Customs have s:r.ce offert a reward of two-heineired pounds for the disking/A I , any one or more of the '..ratios assistioz in tae Wags and rescue. Ma. KEAst.—.Saterilay morning Mr. KEAY, s D7nry-latte Theatre, received an anonymous lette r , by the twopenny post, evidently writt en, or attewpte4 to be written, in a Lady's hand ; c:7rapiaining that the character of Sir Edward :if oilim:r he " gtioile! like a monkey ;" and if such grins were repeated during his performance of the par t on Sa orb night, that he should he shot by the wri:2r of the let ter. Mr. KEAN, as w should have expecte, fro a man of his mind mu e t, understanding, trea d ted th contents of the letter with an ind i f f erence which itd e served ; and accordingly on Saturday night grine,,e' as ferociously as he was in dory bound ti rie was not shot: and bad that event happened, Mr But. r arm the Magistrate, •WAS at hand to vise the olfen' hr The Tragedy of Oroon•ko is.in !vivaria' At Wul f ' t lane Theatre, and we understand , iminediatelf il t he at p the Christmas holidays, Mr. KEA N if to Per" Royal Slaw. 11 Mr. KEAN has within these few days twee I'le r ed with a young Lion by Gentleman lately worn L from abroad, so remarkably docile that it follows blra ; about his &Ilse with all the sagacity of a dog' a iro try, may S; Last t 311,1 h four Ai rid J Davi Le's I: raj Wit in