Star. — London, England, 1819-01-02 00:00:00

THE EVENING STAR. LONDON. SATURDAY, JANUARY 2. 1819. THE FUNDS. PRICE Of STOCKS THIS DAY AT TWELVE O'CLOCK : S per Cent. Reduced 78 78.1-1 per Cent. Cons. shut Cons. for Account, 79i-5i per Cent. 871 k 4 per Cent. 95U-5 per Cent. Navy shut India Bonds 79 81 pre.—Omnium pre. Exchequer Bills 15 18 pre. Consols commenced at 79i, went to 79i, but se= renal of the principal Brokers then began to sell for die Jew interest, and they fell to 79k, with the Mar ket looking as gloomy as the day. The determina tion to limit the Discounts at the Bank, has created general confusion among the Speculators and the Jews have been completely foiled, from this unfore seen circumstance. Near a million of paper was thrown out by the Bank on Thursday. We were enabled by the arrival, at a late hour yesterday, of the Monitemr of Tuesday, to communi cate, in a part of our impression, the 'official an nouncement of the actual changes which have taken place in the French Ministry. The Members who have retired are the Duke of RICHELIEU, M. LAINE, PAsclutint, Count MOLE, and M. Roy; and they have been succeeded in their respective departments by' the Marquis Dessotzs, Count de CAZES, M. de SERRE, Baron PORTAL, and../laron Lou.A Marshal St.Cya retains his former.appointment. as Minister of War. The Ministry of Police is suppressed. It will be seen, from this authentic list of the new French Ministry, that it includes some names which were not anticipated in Oirprisque accounts pre viously received. The Premiership, - particular, has not, as Was generally expected, heen conferred on 4.7 e B. uru. de Cazcs, but on the Marquis DESSOLES, whose name had not even been once mentioned in any of the various lisiS of pew7Members which were in circulation. As the Count; hoWever, is allowed on all hands to be the triumphant party in this Cabinet Revolution, it is more than probable that he has yielded, as a matter of choice, to'those considerations hinted at in the private letters which we quoted yes terday, a.td piefertud the Ministry of the Interior, ith its collateral Direction of the General Police, to the higher official rank which rumour had assigned him, in cotjunctic,n with his present •JfEce. The united Ministries of the Lite! i-Sr and Police, from the nature of their delicate and extensive du • ties, must bring the administrator of them into more immediate contact with the spirit of party, with public opinion, and with the most interesting rela tions between the people and the Government, than any other office under the French Crown. It is, in fact, the post both of difficulty and danger; and we have not observed any person on the stage of French politics, who seems better calculated by his experi ence, active habits of business, and sound and libe ral principles, to execute the duties of that post with uprightness, ability, and success. The Marquis DESSOLES, the new Premier, was in 1814, the Commander of the National Guard of Paris ; when be conducted himself so as to acquire the perfect confidence of the Km:, and was raised to the Peerage in June of the same year: he is a Lieu tenant-General of the Armies of France, a Knight of St. Louis, and Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour, and was, previous to his present exaltation, a Mem ber of the Privy Council, and a Minister of State. M. de SLIME was President of the Chamber of Duptities during the last Session, and was within four votes of obtaining the same dignity this year: he is a Knight of St. Louis, and of the Legion of Honour, and was, before his new appointment, one of the Council of State, and a Member of the Committee of Logislaion. M. LOUIS was Minister of Finance in 1814, being one of dee Administration of which M. TALLEYRAND was at the head : he is a Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour, and a Member of the Chamber cf Depu ties ; he was also a Member of the Privy Council, and a Minister of State. M. Pont.At. is an Officer of the Legion of Honour,' and a Member of the Chamber of Deputies ; he has also been one of the Council of State since May, ISI4, and has been, for two years past, intrusted , nith the Direction of the Colonial Branch in the De partment of the Minister of Marine, over the whole ci which he is now appointed to preside. The following are extracts from the Moniteur and other Papers which have been received : • DECIi " Loco, by the Grace of Gov,. "To all those whom these Presents may concern. We hive ordained, and do hereby ordain u follows: •, The Marquis Des.ullcs, Peer of France, Minister of State, is nominated Minister Secretary of State for the Department of lortign Affairs, and President of our Council of Ministers. " The Sieur de Serre, Member of the Chamber of Deputies, is appointed Keeper of the Seals, banister Secretary of State for the Department of Justice. " The Count de Cows, Peer of France, is appointed Mini ster Seeretuj of State fur the Depart:net* of the Interior. j 60 Baron Portal, Member of the Chamber of Deputies, is ap.. pointed Minister Secretary of State for the Department of the Marine. - . •• Baron Louis, Member of the Chamber of DeputteA, fs ap pointed Minister Secretary of State of the Finance IN pArtment. " The Ministry of Polite is suppressed. " Our Minister amretau'y of State of the Dep.sumcnt of Fa- reigi Affairs, President of our Connell of Ministers, is chugod with the execution of the present Ordinance. " Done in Paris, at the Castle of the Thud Jerks, in the year of Grace, 1818, and In the 24th of our reign, (Signed) " LOUISi " The Minister Secretart of State of the Department of Fo reign Affairs, President of the Council of Ministers, (Signed) " The Marquis De DESSOLLES." DECREE. " Lott; by the Grace of GOD, ke. " The state of health of our cousin the Duke de Richelieu having obliged us to accept his resignation, which he has offered, the Duke de Richelieu is named Minister of State and Member of our Privy Council." ANOTHER DECREE " Loris, &c. - " In consequence of the resignations offered by Count Mole and Messieurs Laine and Roy, they are appointed Ministers of State and Members of our Privy Council. (Signed) " LOUIS. (Countersigned) " The Marquis De DESSOLLES, Minibeerof Foreign Affairs, President of the Council." 'PARIS, DECEMBER 29. - - His Majesty continues to hear Mass in his apart ments, but the state of his health is becoming more and more satisfactory. There was no Levee at Court yesterday. The day before yesterday, his Majesty, at a solemn audience, and with the accustomed ceremonial, be stowed the Grand Cordon of the Legion of Honour on M. le Comte Co rvetto, Minister of State and Mem ber of the Privy Council. _ _ The first Sitting of the Court of Assizes at Albi, for the uew process of Fualdes, took place on the 9.lst of December, and presented nothing remarkable.— The three accused appeared firm and resigned. In coming to Paris the Duke ofGLoccEsTen visited Mentz and Verdun.. The inhabitants of the last place testified their happiness at seeing a Prince among them who had never neglected any opportunity of alleviating the hisrdshilss of the French prisoners in England. The Paris Papers of Wcdnesday have also arrived at a late hour this forenoon. The appointment of a new Ministry appears to have revived public confidence considerably. The Funds opened on Tuesday at 66, and left off at 65 francs 4. cents. In the Sitting of the Chamber of Deputies oil Tuesday, the order of the day called for the discus sion of the Project for the Collection of Six-twelfths of the Taxes for the ensuing year. After a long and interesting debate, the six-twelfths were granted, and all the indirect taxes, till the promulgation of a new Law of Finance. The third article, for opening a provisional credit of two millions of francs, was also adopted. On the general question of passing the entire Law, the Chamber divided, when there ap peared 185 for it, and 17 against it. The Chamber adjourned till Monday. On Wednesday there was to be a Meeting of the Chamber of Peers. The Duke of RlctieLtEu continues seriously indis posed. The KING sends several times, da'iy, to en quire after his health. Baron de la Bout r.Lent E. Under Secretary of State to the late Minister of Finance, Lis followed the ex ample of his master, and given in his resignation, which has also been accepted of. We by Pt ivate Accounts from Paris,. that the Stocks still continue to advance: they had risen on Wednesday to 67, and were expected to rise still higher, in consequence of a determination which the new Minister of Finance, Baron Louts, is said to have made to bring the Royal forests to immediate sale, and to apply the produce, estimated at from ten to twelve millions of francs, to the purchase of rentes. Frankfort Papers arrived last night to the 2Gth ult. On the receipt of intelligence at Vienna of the demise of the late Grand Duke of BADEN, the entertainments which were in preparation, in consequence of the visit of the Emperor 4.LEXANDER, were suspended, and a Court Mourning for ten days was ordered. The dif-, ferences between Russia and the PORTE still continue; the latter Power, it seems, refuses to give up the for tresses in Asia, the cession of which had been stipu lated in the last Treaty. The report of ALEXANDER SUZZO having been appointed Hospodar of Wallachia, is confirmed. An article from the Maine, contra dicts some reports which have been afloat in Ger many, as to meditated exchanges of territory, by which Anspach, Bayreuth, Cleves, and Berg, would once more pass into the possession of new occupants. The Duke of Cosmos, who was pursuing his studies at the University of Leipsic, died of the measles on the 16th ult. in the 17th year of his age, to the great grief, it is said, of his subjects, who were much at tached to him. We are enabled to lay before our Readers to-day, an extract from a highly interesting and important document relative to the recent military operations in India. Upon the return of the Marquis of IlAsT mos to the seat of Government, after the clo-.e of his triumphant campaign, the British inhabitants of Cal. cutta presented an Address to his Excellency, con gratulating him upon the occasion. To this Address the Noble Marquis returned an elaborate a9ssver, de tailing, in the most lucid manner, the causes and tile progress of those events which, to use the words of the address, " will long be memorable in the history of India." Lord CASTLERVIGH, we are happy to state, is much better. tOMMERCIAL, PETERSDURGH, Mktlath I. PRivAtlt LESTCI Business is now rather flat, but het barn tol6ably brisk until these few weeks. Coarse Woollens, Ca licoes, and Flannels, have fetched a good price; and in the latter part of the summer we had a very good demand for fancy goods. Stuffs, too, of all kinds, have sold well. Indeed, on the whole, every thing has gone as well as our most sanguine expectations could have anticipated. Among the many Agent from different English commercial houses who ate here, I cannot meet with one that is dissatisfied at the prospect which the winding up of their accounts is likely to present. The Russian Merchants are not only kind and civil to the English residents, but ex tremely liberal in their dealings with us ; there is no chicanery or deceit in them ; and we are welcome guests at their tables almost regularly three times a week. Russian produce is at present rather high in price; and so are most articles of Colonial growth, the im ports here having been very slack for some time past. Coffee and Sugar are very high. This city is greatly improved since I last visited it, by the erection of many handsome buildings. The weather has now become extremely severe ; but we have had it as mild as in England until within these few weeks. There arc many English Merchants here, as well as workmen in the different branches of trade; and they are all treated with the greatest respect and attention by all ranks here—every Rus sian vies with his neighbour in acts of civility towards us ; they make us truly proud of our country, by the continual high encomiums they bestow on it. I have been several times at the country seats of their No bility ; and have always received as much kind at tention and hospitality, as if I were in the house of the nearest friend. Living, in St. Petersburgli, is very' high ; and were it not that the frequent invitations we get in the houses of the respectable inhabitants relieve the purse-strings, the expense would be insup portable to a person in my situation, obliged, as I am, to keep up a genteel appearance. Yesterday forenoon, his Royal Highness the Duke of YORK. left York-house, St. James's, fOr Windsor, to visit his Royal Sisters, as well as to congratulate them on the beginning of the New Year. In she evening, his Royal Highness took leave Of his Royal Sisters, and proceeded to Oatlands, to dine with her Royal Highness the Duchess of YORK, and a select party of friends. His Royal Highness will return to town again on Monday, to superintend the affairs of his office. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Yontc, whose benevolent and charitable disposition is so universally felt, distributed, with her usual munificence, on Christmas Day, to all the Poor surrounding her, her half-yearly contribution, in money, clothes, coals, bread, meat, &c. as well as new clothing, and a sumptuous dinner, to all the children whom she has educated. Yesterday, Mr.WEJ.LEst.Ev Per E had a long inter view with the CHANCELLOR of the Excliroveft. In the evening, the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUFC left town, for his seat at Blackheath. HARLEY, the Comedian, is nearly reinstated in his health, and will shortly again take his station in the light iiifuntry corps of New Drury ! About nine o'clock last night, during the fog, as a Dutch Captain, belonging to the 'row Jane, laden with butter, and lying off the Folly House, in the River, was goingon board from shore, his boat up set and himself drowned. The boy with him saved himself by clinging to the boat's bottom. NVe have to record the sudden death of THOMAS •LEACH, Esq. who filled the situation of Police Ma gistrate at the Hatton-garden office between 19 and 20 years, and was also Chairman at the County Court of Requests in Fulwood's-rents, Holborn ; he was in the 72d year of his age, and never married he has been in an ill state of health for some years. In November last, he scot in his resignation of Police Magistrate to the Secretary of State, which, of course, was accepted, and a successor appointed to act at the conclusion of the year. Wednesday last Mr. LEACH presided as sitting Magistrate at Hatton-garden ; he appeared to be more cheerful, and in better health and more even temper, than for some months before. At half-past two o'clock he entered his carriage, ac companied by a young lady his niece, on his return home to his seat at Muswell-hill ; on entering Ken tish-town, Charles Virgin, who had been formerly messenger at the Police-office, Hatton garden, but now fills another situation, rode up to the carriage to speak to his old master, but receiving no answer, and seeing Mr. LEACH leaning back in his Carriage, thought he was asleep, and was on the point of riding away, when the young lady called out to him, For Con's cake, Charles, don't leave me thus, I fear lie i. dying !" Virgin immediately opened the car riage -door, and took Mr. LEACH by the hand, which he found as cold as kali ; he had life, but was speechless and insensible t : in this alarming state be was carried into the Kentish-town Assembly Rooms, being the most convenient place near. l'hvicians and surgeons were sent for: Dr. Cootte of bower street, the family physician, and Surgeon Dam, shortly arri...e2. Mr. LEacit vs as stripped and put to bed ; he was bled in both arms and cupped, and every possible remedy was .had 'recourse to, but without effect. He continued in this state of insensi bility till the time cf hi's death, which happened at eleven o'clock on Thursday_night. Yesterday was to have been his last day at Hatton Up to Wednesday, the last andlo a ler en. month have hen in Ireland, as mild as could be expected in April or blay.—New potatoes were brought into Uahlin,•on Tuesday, from the neighlooud of it athfarnh am. There was then in the garden of the Rev. W. B. Mamma, at Belmont, near Stillorgan, strawberries, some ripe, and othirs.fully formed. The ponds in the viciniky of the metropolis, yes terday, yielded a pretty tolerable supply of ice for the store. of the conlec6mers.lt appeared in general to be about unc inch thick. At 4 Ai. Arilli_tabidE, ISF.C/tlkti3Eit so. The French brig l'Engenie, by putting a spa.- c!' t' into her, was got off last night's tide and brought int; this Pier, with her keel and stempost grine, and h. bottom much damaged.. Two of the Indiamen, (a reported yesterday to be off here,) are gone into Sc;11. PORTSMOUTH, JANUARY t. Calm.—Went out of the Harbour the Lyon cutt fttr Spithead. DE.U., JANUARY 7. Wind N.W. foggy.—Canic down from tl , e the John Shand, for Jamaicn. Remain tl William Vitt, Gnnitam, for Sz. Helena; l'iince lc. gent, CuFronn'; and C:ltilerine Stuart For - evs, LA:a for Bombay. PLYMOUTH, DECEMBFR Came in his Majesty'iship SriatrAll from a crui7 Sa;led the Ocean, REMIdtSGTON; Fountain. MILL• and Nas , ,au, —, for London; and Alexander, for Rotterdam. VERPOO!„ DECEMT3PR St. Arrived the Mary, lik:sserr, from Londonderr very leaky, having been on shore on West lioyle. 110LYIIE 111, DECEIIBER 31. . _ The Hercule , , Coax, grounded in movirg dev this harbour, and lay on her bilge, and, before sE righted, made some water: it is supposed some par of the cargo lowest in that side has been damages and it is thought she must return to Liverpool to h overhauled. She now waits for a rudder to be mad. WEYMOUTH, DECEMBER Put in here the Ant, iiwEN, from Antwerp, wit wheat, and discharged a part of her cargo, and Hi. sail again to-morrow for Drogheda. SCILLY, DECEMBER 99. • Came in the Eliza, HUNT, from Batavia for Iio• ter.l.l rn. WEXFORD, DEC'EMBER es. The cargo'of the Sat-lah, of Workington, strande here, is :d1 saved, and there is some hopes of wain . the veb.el off. CORK. DECEIIIIKR 24. Arrived the Deleuce traasport, ' with troops, ficr. Portsmouth. COWES, • J kNIARY 1. _ _ JANUA RY __ Arrived the Drie Geistceders CLAussEN, from 0, tend, with wheat—Sailed the Waterloo, PIiATI, with sugar and logwood, for Antwerp.—The shi:• Hope, S'EA.TON NlaLter, laden with deals and herring from London to Bristol, struck on a ledge near th, Needles, in the morning of the 29th ultimo; but b the exettions of the Pil'ots' and Custom-house-boat crews lac been not off, after taking out part of he. cargo, and is now in Cowes harbour. The accidcr to chi; shit) may be attributed to the eiceptims i• the Pil-itago. Laws in rarcur of ships and vessels o coasting voyages—the Master of the Hope havini under the sanction of the Act of 52 Geo. 111. th. refused the services of a licensed pilot of the di-trict whereas, on the contrary, had the ship been en a fi reign voyage, he must have accepted the pilot'. offe. and the accident would then have been averred. The Sandwich Sessions were held on Monday, th 22d ult. at the Town Hall, before the Br:cot:mei an,' a full Bench of Magistrates. The cases erre ne • ther numerous nor of great consequence. A eel Bill, however, was found by the Grand Jury, at th • suit of the King, against George Dowers, Jame Dowers, John Ilfaistle, William Hart, Luke Pain, and Edward Cannel, the elder, for a conspiracy, aaa which is expected to excite much interest. The favourable expectations which had been formed for improving the navigation of the river at Woolwich, by removing the men of war ie ordinary. hare been fully realized. The removal of the moor ing chains, &c. have had the effect of nearly carry* away all the mud and silt which used to accume late ; while, at the same time, the tide in ebbing and flowing, has been greatly incre.ned, and therefore more forcible in its effects, and causing the na‘iga• tion not to be so impeded as when the ships were lying there. This is not the only advantage obtained by this meeetie, for the Public have derived a saving of more than :025,000 per annum, which was paid tc .t contractor for the removal of the mud and silt by lighters, which yielded him in addition, it is said, 1 considerable sum of money. MACBETH'S CASTLE..--(CCMODS DISCOVERY.)-- A letter from Dunsinane, in Scotland, states as fol lows:—cc On the 19th Nov. as the servants belonging to the West Mains of Dunsinane-house, were employec in carrying away stones from the excavation made among the ruins that point out the scite of Maumne! castle here, part of the ground they stood on sud denly gave way, and sunk down about six feet, dis covering a regularly built vault, about six feet lone and four wide. None of the men being injured, cu riosity induced them to clear out the subterranea recess, when they discovered among the ruins a larg stone, weighing about 6001 b. which k pronounce • , to be of the meteoric or semi• metallic kind. Th stone must have lain here during the long series c ages since Macelall'S reign. Beside it were eh found two round tablets, of a composition resembling, biOnze. On one of these two lines are engrave . . which a gentleman has thus deciphered—' The scorn . (or shadow) of kingdom come, until sylphs ie a carry me again w Bethel.' fhese plates exhibit t' !ivies of targets for the arms. From time Mir modal it has been believed among us here, that in seen lands brought Jacob's pilow from Bethel, ar ' dropped it on the scite where the palace of Scoon nr* stands. A strong belief is also entertained by n.ae in this part of the country, that it was only a rep sentation of Jacob's pillow that EDWARD sent te Westminster, the sacred stone not having been feure' by him. The curious here, aware of such tradition and who have viewed these venerableremains of an tiquity, agree that Macbeth may, or rather mud. have deposited the stone in question at the bottom his castle, on the hill of Dunsinaue (from the trou'e._ of the times,) where h has keen found by the wort men. This curious swne has been :hipped for Ler don for the inspection of the scientific amateur, in • order to discover its real quality." FALL—Saturday a dreadful sre accidentally broke out on ttv Ropery vrizt. Irstiete Sieve - es, a: llarwieh, and in conseqer ee of there king a quantity of gunpowder in tie bons, at tree the inhabitants were deterred from using the means for exti - visiting it, until the explosion took place, when tbe house was in a complete blaze, and too far gone to be preserved. me ku - u estimated at 1:1,,C00, and nothing insured. Last night, a fine boy, only five years old, son of Mr. Harris, of {tack-laic, Commercial-road, was so dreadfully scalded by puling . a tea-kettle of boilinr water over it, that it lingered i n gicat torture. sill dui morning, when he ,lied.