Star. — London, England, 1816-12-07 00:00:00

fU TIIE EDITOR OF THE STAR. • ins :4 Street-Walker—don't be alArrneji—r mean th.. r I am it person who, not being enabled by Follow. to keep my carriage, am cor.strailied, when I have occasion to pass Item one part of the town to the other, to make use of the ten toed machine which I)emitir liulgradery speaks of as being in much re. guest among the Haymakers in Ireland.—ln the course of my perambulations I have observed upon various walls t l 2e letters 1....8. placarded—l shall be much favoured if any of your Correspondents will in form me what these said letters mean. I am, Sir, yours, ate. B. L. THE EVENIN6 STAR. LONDON. •• • Sri FIILDS MatTINCL—One half of To-morrow's Odscrutr wal be appropriated to the late Riotous Proceedings. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1816. TIME OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT TWELVE O'CLOCK 3 Reduced 62}f —Cons. me abut—Cons. for opg. 6st t 4 per Cent. 7sl-5 per Cent. Navy ,but ascampter MU), 91.12 a. pr.—lndia Bonds 17s. Igo. pre. 4 FRENCH PAPERS. • We have received the Paris Papers of Tuesday and Wednesday. The Peers have rejected, by a large majority, a proposition for.preventing.Members from reading their speeches : this augurs badly for the quantum of talent which that body possesses.— An English reader, accustomed to the brilliancy of an extemporary debate in our Houses of Parliament, may easily conceive how cold and lifeless, in compa• risen, must be the manner of a mawkish drawling Freedman of the *idle cow., while mattering over some arguments which have been strung together for bim;perhaps, by some garreteer, in the pay of the Minister or the opposition ! The kleniteur of Wednesday formally announces the appointment of CAMILLE JORDAN, as Counsellor of State : this distinction is similar to that of our Privy Council, with the difference that the French man is handsomely paid for his services at the Board of Council :he has also more to do. The appoint. ment of Casur.LE JuEDAN, who is a most estimable character, and whose name is not to be found in the French dictionary of weather-cocks, atones in some measure tor the illiberality with which his predecessor. M. blow, nas been treated. The latter was dis missed from his of of Counsellor of State on ac count of the part he took in favour of the liberty of the Press and of the subject,' in the cause of the Peti tion of the oppressed family of the RoBERTS. It do.. really seem to us from this and similar acts, that the new Ministers are quite as much Ultras in their measures, as their Royalist predecessors—they persecute their opponents with a rigour beyond the letter of the.law, and thereby they incur the risk of being charged with feelings personally rancorous ; they. will probably bring about their own dismissal by this unaccommodating spirit. The appointment of CAMILLE JORDAN in all proba bility, flows from the King himself, without any Ministerial recommendation; in this case it does his MAJESTY Still more honour. CAMILLE JoRDAN always hebnged to the most moderate and enlightened part of the early revolutionists —they ought, in fact, to be distinguished from the latter by the more intelligible appellation of Reformists. To this party the KING himself, when Count DE PuoveNcE, was known to belong, and for this he bas been frequently much blamed, as having once coun tenanced, by the patronage of Royalty, men whose true characters• were afterwards developed by the commission of the most horrid atrocities. At the commencement of the Revolution CAMILLII JORDAN was an Advocate at Lyons, and by his cautious and , steady conduct, secured his personal safety, and that of many of his friends, who would have otherwise fallen a prey to the horrors of which that City was the theatre. In 1797 he was elected Deputy from the Rhone to the Council of 500. His principal speeches were made in favour of as universal spirit of toleration of religious worship, and against the Jaco bin factions which menaced the Government, and of which BONAPARTE was then the secret leader...-. He was ordered to be transported to Cayenne, but he contrived to escape, and returned to France in 18(X) ; at first he was imprisoned at Grenoble, where be had the hardihood, in 180$, to publish a pam phlet against conferring the Consulate for life on BONAPARTE,. We obtained his liberty some time af terwards, on pron4sing to retire from public life, and, in 1814, he was found by the Royalists, at Lyons, in great obscurity. He joined them, on ob taining a pledge that a free Constitution would be given to Isis Country, which we have no doubt be will vigorously support. He is a most eloquent speaker, and able debater. Ten Protestants have publicly abjured their heresy in the Church of St. Charles, at Nismes, and been baptised as Catholics. A. letter from Frankfort, dated September 26, says, 1 " The Constitution of the Kingdom of Wurtemberg is nearly arranged. The States renounce several of their pretensions, for Instance'-1. That of adminis• tering a fund by. their own secret disposal, without being accountable either to the Kim or the people— •l That of having permanent Secret Committees—S. The right of electing themselves, to the exclusion of dte 4tion, Deputies in the room of those vacating. Lastly, they desist from their refusal to consent to the establishosest of two Chambers. The King..who in. to tr CC CI SI 0 tl fa 1 • :serial respecting Liberty. Yesterday, in the Secret Committee of the Cham ber of Deputies, M. de CASTILLSAJAC proposed to present an Address to the King, praying his Majesty to present a Projet of a Law for regulating the Li. berty of the Press, expressly granted by the Charter. M. de Laboulaye stated, that it was useless to dis cuss this proposition, the Minister of Police having written to the President to announce that the Go. vernment would present on Thursday next a Projet of a Law regarding Individual Liberty, and the 1 Liberty of the Press. The Gazette de France says, as above, that the Pro. jet was to be presented on Saturday. After some debate, the discussion of the proposi tion was adjourned. PARIS. DECEMBER 4. The Missionaries, - whose labours have been so suc cessful at Beauvais ate now at Caen, where their pious efforts have been crowned with the happiist results. Joseph Mute), a man of property at Cirey letha teen, has been condemned to three months• imprison ment and a fine of 50 Trams, for having cried "Five ' Emfiersur," and saying that in eight days time Na poleon would appear again. Nicholas Vaillot, a shopkeeper at Bar le Duc, has been condemned to six months imprisonment, a fine of 100 francs, and five years surveillance of the Po lice, for having cried out " rive r Exelfenver." He will also be obliged to find security of SOO francs. Last night a clerk in a public office invited to sup per one of his friends, who was out of place—they supped together, and it being late in the evening, the clerk invited his guest to sleep with him : this was refused by the latter, who said he would rest on a chair. Ac two o'clock in the morning the person wbo was in bed felt a knife at his throat, be sprung out of bed, and a violent struggle ensued between him and his assassin, who being mure powerful suc ceeded in gaining the street. The Police are in search of him. CHAMBER OF PEERS. SITTING OF Till SD DEMISE& At two o'clock the Chamber met. The Order of 1 the Day was read un the proposition for interdicting Members from using written discourses. This pro. position was combated by various speakers, and one only spoke in favour of it as it stood : others proposed modifications. On coming to the ♦ote, 50 only ap peared for the proposition. and 87 against its it was therefore lost. Adjourned until Tuesday seat, ROME, NOVEMBER is. We have the pleasure to announce the arrival at Civita Vecchia, on the 11th instant, of 8S subjects of his Holiness delivered by the English from slavery at Tunis. Captain Forrest, who conveyed them thither, has addressed to his Holiness and the Secretary of State dispatches front Rear Admiral Penrose, succes sor to Lord Exmouth, announcing this happy event. SOUTH AMEaiCA• • • /WWI We' arrived at Cadis, from accotats to tbobeginoing of July. They expresses bad tome on to the VICEROY, lir sailing, with intelligeece that Ad of the Buenos Ayres Squadron, had Choco, situated between Guayaquil and Pah. _ refreshing at the Gallipagos Islands, the general rendezvous of the South Sea Whalers. — This fresh and unexpected visit from the enterprising squadron of the Independents had created great con. sternation among the Royalist Party in Peru, parti. cularly the merchauts, who had already been such great sufferers. It is therefore probable that the ship Count de Palma; said to have arrived at Barbadoes, must belong to some other expedition, as the above name is not among the ships which originally ac.' companied Ntowx from Buenos Ayres. The following are extracts front the American Papers, alluded to above. From these it will be seen that the Patriot General, *Galena, killed in the Royal Spanish accounts, has not only come to life again, but taken and plundered Barcelona, after de feating, with great slaughter, the Royal detachment sent against him t RETRACT OF A LETTER FRMiI THE AMERICAN CONSUL, DATED BUENOS AY M t EMT. 4. de The threatening expedition of the Portuguese does not appear ; and even if it should, this govern ment does not much apprehend that any hostility will be used against this part of the country, being deter mined, unless attacked, to stand neutral during the contest. Property I consider as safe here as in the United States, thus far." RETRACT FROM ANOTHER LETTER, DATED WINOS ATM, AUGUST 19. 44 I have omitted to say any thing about the Por. tuguese Expedition ; indeed we have generally forgot it; it put into Saint Catharine's, whether inten tionally or by stress of weather is not known. Many think that its destination was for Saint Catharine's, there to maintain the troops at a cheaper rate, andin a better climate than Rio Janeiro ; but it appears to me, the Portuguese Government, if such had been its intention, would have advised this Government. — The Government of Buenos Ayres, since its declara tion of Independence, has written, I am told, to de mand of the Portuguese Govetnment the object and the destination of the expedition." " MOBILE, SEPEMBER 22. " The sloop General Jackson arrived heft on the 19th inst. from Campeachy. She received on her passage two wounded men from the schooner Gene ral Jackson.(•a republican privateer) which vessel had 22 men wounded by a Spanish brig of 20 guns, and about SOO men, 44 The schooner General Jackson bad three guns and 60 men, and had completely flogged the Spanish brig, after an rng9g••nrnt of one hour and forty minutes, and was about taking posession of her, when, a drop of war and a brig bearing down upon them, they thought it most prudent to make their escape, and leave their prize. The vessels were a part of the squadron destined for carrying out a new Vice Roy to Mexico from Havannah. The Jackson privateer was loaded with arms and ammunition, and proceeded on her voyage, much cut to pieces." 44 LEGUME, SEPT. 11. 44 Since the date of my last respects by this oppor. tunity, the Patriots have taken possession of Barce lona, after routing, with great slaughter, a detach ment of Royalists sent out to oppose them. They amounted to about 1500 men from the Oronoco, and it is said are commanded by the same M'Gregor whom the Government officially stated to have been killed, with the whole of his force, in the battle of the 2d August, at Quebradita, a place not 30 leagues from Caraccas, upon which they marched after land ing on the coast, but who, on the contrary, escaped into the interior with nearly the whole of his men. 44 Within the last three days, eight vessels have arrived from Barcelona, with as many of the inhabi tants as the shortness of the notice enabled them to get off. It is stated, however, this morning, by an arrival from that quarter, that a force from Cumana had marched upon Barcelona, and that the insurgents, after plundering the town, had abandoned it with great precipitation. The markets are still the same." BOUQUILLA DE PEDItA. sFPTEMBER 16. . General Guadaloupe Victnria has beaten the ene my at Oiisava, and taken from them all the crop of tobacco, so precious for fattening their treasury. The Commandant, Teran, had joined by forced marches to the villages on the coast To the South of Vera Cruz, to seize on the port of Guanatnalos, from whence the Royalists fled to Vera Cruz. A Spanish squadron lately sent several launches, mounted by a hundred soldiers, to drive the Patriots from Boquilla de Pedra; but the Dons, repulsed with the loss of several men, retired with the greatest pre. cipitation. mmallMMllsk , 4..- • , t , 't - , i 1 P." 4 4:. • ~ ted -- ‘' PArrit -i SI • .v.,44 , Tv0k - -s. • -: -. .. • • , s. ..a,-•••tok. ~' ‘1 11 . 14 SPani'll c. • ./ • -* Mora, with acct _ Tex* ' " . : , t a i nt' s,. ~., . . The King* is :'' ,- ; 9 1 . '• ' ripen that expi ith ids Miniitem: •' ?,- , .00 ~ 1 ' • It is said, that :in Saturday daplCAtill ba a Mini, previous to thei erial Communication tothe Chamber of DePoriero mita} Baowx, ( appeared off Ch specting the Liberty of the Press and Individual Panama, after DUTCH MAIL. - A Mail from Holland arrived today. From Rue. sia and Denmark it has brought us the rmst gratify ing intelligence respecting the state of the harvests in those countries. The inhabitants will thereby have abundance to spare for their neighbours. We give the following extracts: BRUSSELS, NOVEMBER si . The extraordinary dearness of provisions in the French Departments which are occupied by the allied troops, gives rise from time to time to disputes be tween the inhabitants and the military. To prevent this, the commanding Generals at Cambray and Va lenciennes have given orders that the servants of officers shall not purchase provisions in the markets at higher prices than the inhabitants ; and in order to ergo= these regulations, there is in every market a strong guard of the allied troops with some officers of the French police. The Duke of Wellington takes every means to accelerate the supply of provisions. All the Netherland troops are in motion to rspair to their new garrisons. The earabineerslltalfrortned this city are coming here to form part of the garrison. Yesterday an English Courier arrived from the headquarters of the Duke of Wellington. He de parted again this evening. A Courier from St. IPetersburgh passed through here to Calais, to embark there for England. In the Dutch Papers there are various accounts of benevolent exertions for the indigent at Utrecht. A magazine is opened for the sale of potatoes at a very reduced price. Similar examples of beneficence are displayed at Rotterdam, Amsterdam, and in almost all the towns of Holland. In West Flanders, the Government paid 519,000 francs to the districts which had furnished provisions.for the Allied Troops in 1815. ST. PETERSBURGH, NOVEMBER I. Within a few days we expect the iegulations for the Post will be made public: they are drawn up by the Minister of the Interior. The whole administra• tion of the Post is to be placed on the same footing , as in all the States of Eurape; so that the traveller shall not only bear the burden, hat also find esswee., Mance, exactness, and.expedition. It is added dial diligence: will be established. On the 18th of October (0.8.) there was.* grind parade' of 4,0,000 men. The comma el eperintore Was immense, and the city was.ilmolnaled • .the evening. . *- NEW YORK, NOVEMBER & Captain Upton, from I.aguira, sailed on the 4th October. He informs that he was detained 15 days by embargo, laid in consequence (as was generally supposed) of a defeat of the Royal troops in the vicinity of Barcelcmst a , by the Insurgents, who had appeared II that neighbouthdod in great force, say from 1100 to 2000, with a considerable number of cavalry. The Royal troops alounted to front 1200 Ito 1500, aetwere defeated with &helm et .8 or 900 atewldikd and vase primers. • . This tabus place abput.l6•lollE of 3eptem b er . I n conseqnence all 'the. inhatitarts of Barcelona, (those excepted wit° were in favour ,)f tt s Patriotic cause) left the place and arrived ..k L Agu i r 4 in a most wretched condition. A few days previous to Captain Upton's sailing, ine or two vessels had arrived froM - Ckimana with' women and children, who kft that pine for the same reason as those from Barcelnnr. The Captain of the vessels informed, that t h e greatest consternation and alarm prevailed there, on account of the Insurgents, who had possession of all the coast to windward, and were in eery directicin round the City, so that none of the inhabitants could attempt to go into the country without falling into their bands. Skirmishes took place daily. Immediately after this information was received by the Captain General of the Caraccas, all the troops that could be spared from the defence of Laguna, about 1,100, were sent against the insurgents ; ant • r when Captain Upton sailed information was hourlr expected of an engagement, which would decide th fate of the provinces. Business was completely at a stand at Lagairs.., Two or three vessels were lying in the harbour,-wit., their cargoes on board, and would not discharger one had actually returned to St. Thomas's, with her cargo of dry goods. UNITED STATES. New York Papers to the Bth ult. reached us this morning : also Boston and Philadelp!iia to the 4th; and Quebec to the Ist. The following are their principal contents : The United States sl'►op of war Alert, sailed from New York on the 31st of October, with stares and dispatches for the American squadron in the Medi. :erranean. The Congress frigate was dna preparing :o sail for the Gulf of Mexico. The following statement is given, in a Salem Paper, of the American East India trade: " Twenty-one ships and three brigs hare cleared from Philadelphia, since the Peace, for places beyond the Cape of Good Hope. During the same period, the following Salem vessels have gone out, on the same route, viz. : —Twenty-six ships, two barb, and 14 brigs, averaging 290 tow ; of which number 16 have returned to the United States, viz.—two from Canton, two from Calcutta, and one from Batavia, discharged their cargoes in Boston ; one from Cd. cutta, in New York ; three from Calcutts, and one from Sumatra, in Salem ; two from Manilla, three from Sumatra, and one from Batavia, proceeded to Europe with their cargoes on board. Sixteen ships, one bark, and 11 brigs are now absent on voyages to India." NEW YORK, NOVEMBER it. Captain Johnson, of the schooner Spartan. mild at Savannah in fourteen days from Port.an-Praxt, states, that on the 18th and 19th of September, the port was ♦isited by a tremendous hurricane, which ' either sunk, drove ashore, or dismasted almosteucy •essel in the harbour. The brig Sphynx, Moak of New York, was sunk, with a cargo on board amounting to 20,000 dollars ; she had been got up, and was repairing damages when the Spartan sailed. A fleet from France, it was reported, was off Pon au-Prince, and that a Minister was on board to treat with Petion. Captain Johnston also states, that be learned, just before he sailed, that Petion was on the 14th ult. to be made President for life. The Sputa, nn her passage, was chaced and fired at by a schooser under Spanish colours. IROM THE NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE& We are without further particulars of the outrage committed by the Spaniards in the Gulf of Mexico, by the attack on our national vessel the Firebrand. We fiad in the St. Stephens' (Mississippi) paper the following article.:—'4 The privateer General Jackson, therein referred to, mttst have been the one reported to have been in sight or in company of the FirebranJ, at the time she was attacked. •It appears probable, on one hand, that this schooner was the same verse! which the Orleans letter says the Le Gera► (one of the Spanish squadron) app.?ared to be in purist:4 at the time of the attack on the Firebrand ; but, of the other hand, if it were so, some one of the public accounts of the attack on the Firebrand, would ter• tainty have referred to so important a circumstance.". BOSTON, OC I'OBER 22. ANOTHER SPECK OF WAR.—A letter from Port. land, of the 17th inst. to the Superintendant of the Exchange Coffee.lrouse Books, gives a long account of an affray between the people of the Isle of Grand Menan and some American fishermen. Two at. tempts were made to drive the fishermen off, but t) el proving the strongest, followed the people into the woods, where a skirmish ensued, and several rte ' killed on both sides. Yesterday the Duchess of Your tame to town from Oatlands, and walked through sever :l paits of Lon don, without being known by the public. • Placares were stuck up in the eillaKc of AircreA in Lanarkshire, a few days ago, cailing a Meeting for Parhammtary Refolin, but the inliab;tants peared to treat it with great indifference. The Op°' , rative Weavers, &c. who, much to their credit,* fused some tune ago to accezit any gratuitous ass's• tante, but were anxious to be employed in any kind of labour that would afford them an independent • subsistante„ are again happily empl-yed at their 0 0 trade, and not one individual in that populous Istria • left his loom to attend the proposed Meeting. Large sums have been lately raised in Arniaghser t . pall as in Belfast and Newry, for the purrs" *Purchiteing coil fur the p Joys ; - - si Br N r ~. If-.: t)ete, tke siip4 Ye irto I cf scl i n IMPS bin» Is 111Den1 able 054 lb. i Hi ct PA Wai Gre lArit DA six to 1 a; kJ DI CTI