Star. — London, England, 1824-10-30 00:00:00

SPAIN. ?ROM THE ETOIT.E. MADRID. OCTOBER 21. The King and the Royal Family continue to reside in the Palate of the Eicuciat . The following ordonnance has been published by the Captain-General of this Province : " The Executive M litary Commission of Madrid, having signified to the Minister of War its wish to see fixed the degrees of punishment applicable to certain crimes, and the Military Commission of Valencia having likewise expressed its doubts on the case of an indivi dual named Salvador Llovens, accused of having called out 4 Death to the King,' his Majesty, not being able to regard with indifference the notorious and shavneful abuse which the revolutionists make of his natural cleniency, in contempt of his dignity, and to the scandal of Enrope, finds liintelf compelled to do violence to the benevolence of kis heal t, and, by the advice of his Supreme Coo ncil of War, lie wills and orders as follows: Art. 1. All those, who, since October 1, 1823, have declared, or i.rovei themselves, by any acts whatever, to be enemies of the legitimate rights of the throne, or partisans of the self-called Consuution of Cadiz, shall be considered guilty of high treason, and, as such, sub ject to the punishment of death. 2. All those who shall write pamphlets or journals with the same object in view, shall be comprehended in the preceding article, and subject to the same penalty. 3. Those rho, in public plates, shall speak against the sovereignty of his Majesty, or in favour of the abolished Constitution,in cases where the speeches pro duced no overt act, shall be punished with from four to ten years of preside. 4. Those who shall attempt to seduce their fellow. citizens to form parties, and to procure for themselves the means of acting offensively, such as money, at ms, horses, and munitions of war, shall be considered guilty of high treason, and punished with death s. Those who shall excite insurrections, for the purpose of constraining the King to perform any act contrary to his will, shall be likewise considered guilty of high treason ; but where the object of the insurrec tion is not of so culpable a nature, the punishment shall be but from two to four years preside. 6. Intoxication shall not be admitted as an excuse, when it shall be proved that the delinquent is subject to that vice: but in this the same rule which prevails in the army of his Majesty shall be acted upon. 7. It is for the discernment and the equity of the Judges to deter mine the force of the proofs for or against the accused. 8. The cry of 4, Death the King!" is considered to be high treason, and shall be punished with death. 9. The Fieemasons, Communeros, and Sectarians, being necessarily ►egarded as enemies of the throne, are subject to the punishment of death, and confiscation of all their goods to the profit of the Royal treasury, as guilty of high treason against divine and human laws, excepting those who ate comprehended in the amnesty' of August 1, in the present year. 10. Every Spaniard, to whatsoever class, rank, or distinction, he may belong, shall be subjected to the above penalties, under the judgment of the Military Executive Commissions. 11. Those who shall dare to raise cries of alarm and revolution, such as—" Long Lire Riego," " Long live the Constitution," " Death to the Serviles," ig Death to Tyrants," " Five Libera," are to be subjected to the punishment of death, conformably to the Royal decree of May 4, 1814. THE EVENING STAR. LONDON. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 30, 182 k. TILE FUNDS. STOCK EXCHANGE. TWELVE O'CLOCK. Consols opened this morning at 96i to for the Account, but soon after a sale took place of 100,000 Consols, for next Tuesday, at 96 , • which caused a turn in the market, and Consols are up to this hour 96 to k. with little doing. The rise yesterday in 'Mexican Bonds was owing to a great failure, as the parties were obliged to buy in their accounts. FOREIGN FUNDS. The Most doing is in Mexican Bonds, which have reached us this morning 6.5}. Also the Alliance Shares have rose, owing to a new Prospectus coming out, greatly advantageous to the Share holders. Alliance Shares have risen to 141 to 16 prem. in consequence of the great number of buyers. Cuseent Prices; New Spanish 15} a, Old 203 21, Russian 961 1 Mexicali 65 to t, Colombian New 821 3, Old 8313, Peruvian 691, Chino 751 76, Prench Scrip 141 15, Portuguese 95/, Buenos Ayres 1 disc. Brazilian It 1 pre. Alliance Shuts 121 to 13 pram. Crock 6 5 disc. FOREIGN EXCHANGES. HAMM:PAH, OCT. 22.—0 n London, :S6. 55. 2' M. :56. 55. PITSRIBURGII, OCT. B.—O London, 9.19-Z.2. AdISTISDAM, OCT. 26.—0 n London, 39. 8. 2 M. 59. 6. VILQ&t, Ocy.l6.—hletalliques 96 5-16. Kink Shares 1171 9-10. Pit ICR OF STOCKS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock 233% 3 per tent. lied. 9514 Vs per Cent. Cons. 96 95% 96 per Cent. Red. 101% % 1 / 2 4 per Cent. New 108 107% Long Ann. 23 3-16 1-16—India Bonds 100 99 1.:1,000 Excite+ Bills (2d.) 53 4; (1 Vail) 55 3 4. Cons. tor Acct. 96'/ 96 1/8 This forenoon we received the Austrian Observer to the 17th in,t. The following is an extract: VIENNA, OCTOBER 15. Among the crimes of a time which now belongs to history, is the blowing up of some parts of the fortifica lions which surround the capital of the Austrian Mo narchy, after peace was concluded. From the ruins of the destroyed works there has arisen, by the care of the Emperor, new works, which comprehend in their vast extent large squares and a public garden, appropriated to the recreation of the inhabitants of thii capital. Ac- cording with the intentions of the Emperor, tao great usilinnments adorn the theatre of preceding, devastation—one a Memorial of the triumphant snuggle with unpatalNled difficulties, the other con secrated to the Arts. A portal, the architectrite of which is in the purest style, closes the square befote the Imperial Palace. A temple, built on the model of the temple of Theseus, at Athens, contains Canova'sl greatest work. The whole has been executed by the soldiers, and thus the same hands which, dining a more than twenty years war, combated the enemies of the country, have contributed, after the re•e,tablishment of tranquillity, to the noblest works of peke. The public garden has been finished above a year, and the Palace gate, with the adjoining works, have been completed for some weeks past. His Imperial Majesty, however, wished particularly to indicate the historical design of this gate by.the time when it should be opened, and has therefore ordered that this shall take place on the eleventh anniversary of the battle of Leipsig, which was so importaut to all Europe, and especially to Germany. Frankfort Papers to the 23d inst. reached us this fore noon. One of them contains a letter from Smyrna,' dated the 17th Sept. which states that " an engagement took place from the 9th to the 11th of this month, be tween the Greeks and a division of the Turkish and Egyptian squadrons. The Greeks succeeded in setting fire to a Turkish corvette, but they lost five or six fire ships and one or two brigs. 'rne Turks were preparing to return to Samos, to attack that island. Troops are still assembled at Scala Nuova, and in the environs." Brussels Papers to the 26th of October, reached us this forenoon. One of them states that " the number of persons arrested in the kingdom of Wirtemberg, for political transgressions, is 17. They ere most strictly guarded in the fortress of Holten Asperg. It is affirmed• however, that M. Leisching is not accused of revolu• tionary intrigues, but of dangerous connection with the French Liberals." Accoents from Brussel* of the 25th inst. state, that news had been received from St. Petersbuigh, of the 9th of this month, by which we learn that the Empress Dowager was to set out on the 10th. for Jamburga, a little town about twenty leagues from the Capital, to meet the Prince and Princess of Orange, who were ex pected at Gatschina on the 12th. Dutch Papers to the 27th inst. and Hamburgh Paper; to the 22d, reached us this forenoon. The following are extracts: ST. PETERSBURGBI, OCTOBER 9. In almost all the cities of the empire, convenient and roomy prisons are now building, by order of the Em peror.—The fair at Neschney Newopod has turned out very favourably. The wine-merchants, in particular, have done a great deal of business. The Government , had lowered the rent of the magazines 30 per cent. During the whole of this summer the drought in the Crimea has been excessive : almost all the wells were dried up by the burning heat of the sun. The exports fiorn Riga in July, were nearly four and a half millionsof rubles; the imports, 890,000 rubles. NUREMBORG, OCTOBER 21. It is affirmed, in a letter from Paris, that Count Pozzo di Borgo has presented a •ery important memoir to the French Government, the object of which is, 'to induce it to associate (on the principles recommended in the memoir) with the other great Powers, in the restoration of peace in the East. Nothing has transpired of the plan proposed in this Paper, and it seems that copies of it have been presented also to the Courts of Berlin, London, and Vienna. The following is an extract of a - letter from Cartha gena, dated August 15:—" The political state of the country improves every day; and a supply of one million of dollars, landed a few days ago from Eng ' land, has improved things wonderfully. The officers and men of the army and navy receive their pay regularly, which puts much cash into circulation. The fleet of transports, consisting of one frigate, four men of war schooners, and four merchant vessels, with men, money, and prtvisions s will sail for Chagres on the 17th instant." The ICING's invitation to the Duke of DSVONSHIRI to spend a few days at the Cottage, is reported to have been conveyed in a most• pleasing and graceful epistolary bilk, written by his MAJESTY himself. His MAJESTT'S recollection of early friasdship and attachment to the Noble Duke's honourable father naturally stimulates to this intimacy. The Marquis and Marchioness of LANSDOWN have arrived at Bowuod Park, from a visit at the Earl of CASNARVOins seat, lighclere, Berks. _ _ The LORD Cll Awczu.oft's house, at the corner of Ha milton-place, has been newly painted and decorated, previously to the return uf the Noble Lord from his seat at Encombe. The Candidates for the City of Dublin are, Mr. HENRY GRATT/A Sir lbenaan STEEL, Alderman Suaw, and Al derman KING. HOW TO DISTINGUISH A FRENCHMAN.—Observe when he enters a room, and takes his hat off, if he makes a comb of his fingers, and settles his hair (which is generally pretty long) with them. You may be tolerably certain of your conjecture. Observe him still farther; and if, when at dinner, he picks and cleans his teeth with the table-knives, you may be perfectly sure you are right.—Probatuve eat 1 _ As a black as a chimney-sweep" is a proverb and simile that will not do in Patio—there the chimney-sweepers are all as yellow as saffron. We observe by the Edinburgh Papers, that we may hourly expect the long-promised and favourably anti cipated new Work, " Rothelan, a Romance of Me Eng lish Histories," by the well-known Author of Annals of the Parish, The Spar:vile, &c. We understand that it also contains three shorter Tales, the scenes of which are chiefly laid in foreign countries. A meeting of Messrs. Marsh, Stracey, and Graham's creditors took, place yesterday evening, at Guildhall, when further debts were proved to the amount of seve ral thousand pounds. It is a striking phenomenon in the natural world, and in some places is creative of no small degree of appre hension, that so many rivulets and springs disappear, and chat many large rivers have such a scanty 4}pply of water. Fur instance, the river Oder is scarcely rm. •vigable at present. • Whenever you hear a man declare himself indifferent as to what the Newspapers may say of him, you may &pen 1 upon it that he reads them aIL WEST INDIA SLAVY• TO THE BDITOR OF THE STAY/. Stit.Observing your liberality, in admitting into your columns a letter from the Editor of the fish and Colonial Weekly Register, whose style did not seem to entitle him to the silent, but satisfactory notice which he has received from Nrlt4coax, in the new edition of the Sixth Letter, I hope you will not refuse an observation from me on that Letter of VINDEZ. In the first edition were these words : "Let ANGLUS " cease to suppose that the cause of the abolition—the " cause of putting an end to the worst form in which " human society ever appeared, can by possibility be " permanently aided by sophistical arguments, or by ‘.f perverted facts." In the second edition of this Letter, the words which precede the hat sentence, now read, the cause of the Abolition of Slavery," am I correct in understanding VINDFx as speaking of Slavery ab stractedly, and not of any particular form of Slatery ? The clear exposition which we now have of the awful question at issue, the close reasoning in confutation of the unfair statements of ANtmus, and the able manner in which the fair pecuniary interests of the Planter have been defended by VINDEX, have created that interest about his Letters, which makes it of great importance that he should be clearly understood on the point on which I have made a short observation.—l am, Sir, 'dour most obedient humble servant, I Oct. 28, 1 824. A BRITISH COLONIST. ABERNETHEYIAN CONTROVERSY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE STAR. SlR—The dispute carried on between the Abernethey ans, or Somatopsychonoologists, and the advocates for materialism, affords a novel instance in the history of medcal literature, of a physiological disquisition into the nature of the vital principle ending in a vehement theo logical controversy, in which surgeons, physicians, and divines have been engaged. This controversy, which began in a Hunterian Oration, delivered at the London College of Surgeons, has at length ended in a series of Essay, on Body, Life, and Soul, in which very many lof the scientific journals of Europe have taken a part. It has divided the speculative philosophers of the Con tinent, as well as those of this country, into three par ties, who have received the following appeliations :- 1. The Somatopsychonoologists ; '2d. The Materialists ; and, 3dly. The Mystics, who are by much the most numerous and popular, and who defend the true Ca tholic, doctrine against the above innovators. Another remarkable thing in this controversy is, that the Phy siologists have shewn a spirit of persecution at variance with the general spirit of philosophy, while the Christian party have shewn and recommended the most liberal discussion, and abjured all persecution whatever. In an anonymous pamphlet, written in defence of this latter parry, we have the following passage, which follows an elaborate defence of the Catholic religion: " It is absurd, as well as profane, to connect the dog mas of religion with the demonstrations of anatomy. " And while I am convinced that excellence of cha racter is to be promoteJ by inducing moral habits in children, and exhibiting to them a virtuous example of benevolence and rectitude, rather than by any precepts of philosophy, I am desirous that physiology should take its natural course, leaving abstract speculations concerning the mind to the metaphysicians. The truth or falsehood of any doctrine whatever, is a question which will always be perplexed by superfluous argu ments, and can never be solved but by liberal and unrestrained inquiry, devoid of the odious shackles of persecution and literary censorship of any sort whatever. Let all parties follow the excellent precept of judging of the tree by its fruits ; if we have recourse constantly to this mode of inferring good or evil principles from good or evil conduct, we cannot much err. When we consider what powerful motives to action are the passions of hope and fear, to which Religion appeals, compared with reason and intellect, which Philosophy labours to instruct; when we consider also the different kind of persons likely to be influenced by each of these respective sources of instruction, I think we need be under no apprehension that the cause of the faithful will suffer from any branch of natural history, much less can the theologian fear the encroachments of the physiologist. But past and woeful experience must, one would think, have taught all parties to abjure inter ference, and to make common cause against persecu tion; and as the advocates of no party can justly claim infallibility, nor pretend to predict what may eventually - turn out to be true, I would recommend them all to inscribe on the tablet of memory, as an everlasting me morial of human frailty, that Galileo was imprisoned in a dungeon, for instructing mankind in truths afterwards eolfirmed by Newton r' EDINBURGH MUSICAL FESTIYAL. This splendid exhibitiorroi musical science, which has for so long a period occupied general attention, commenced on Monday, under the, of Sir G. SMART. The influx of fashionables was not c3nsi derable till Saturday, when travelling carriages began to arrive in great numbers. Dining-the whole of last week, however, many distinguished strangers were observed in tows ; and the hotels and lodging-houses had all been previously engaged. Every necessary arrangement was made to prevent confusion in the arrival and departure of the company. The Performance opened with HAYDN'S eighth Symphony, which has been published and performed in so many shapes as to be intimately known to all Professors. A gl ee . by Mr. ‘VEBBE followed, which introduced Miss TRAVIS, Mr. TERRAIL, Mr. VAUGHAN, Mr. PHILLIPS, and Mr. BELLAMY. Mr. lIRAHAM was rapturously received, and sung the Recitative Air, composed for the occasion by TERKANI, in his best manner. Madme and Signor Da &cuts next ap peared, in a duet by GENERA4I. LINDLEY, an old, and deservedly a great favourite with the Eiinburgh audience, with his sots, performed a conceitante for two violoncellos. Miss STEPHENS sung with her usual del racy and pathos, arid was deservedly encored. The second part was introduced...l,f the Overture . to Der Frieschatz. Miss GOODALL iung "Bid me di:. course;" Miss- STEPHENS sung her . favourite air "Donald;" and the performance concluded with the finale to the Opera of La Clemenza di Tito. Accounts from Munich of the 17th inst. state, that the Queen of Bavaria is perfectly recovered. The King has most magnificently rewarded the physician who attended the Queen. Me " affecting incident" of the recognition of two brothers of the name of Worte, related in some of the Morning Papers, as haring taken place on Tuesday last, at a wharf in St. Catherine's, is as tad Skin. THE ARM?. Six hundfed Ent trunks, belonging to the Royal Affican C. Taal Corps, will embark in a fortnight, at Chatham atal the o f Wight, on board two transports, whkh are now fitting in the Bie n for the purpose of comikying them to Cape Coast Cattle. The 2d (the Queen's) Reginient of Dragoon Guards has been o u dered from Birmingham to Nonvieh. EDMOND BACON, Esq. is appointed Captain of the 4d or F.Ottn, Regiment of Norfolk Militia, vieeiblacs, deceased. The 31st Regiment of Foot is ordered to embark, in 3 1825, for Bengal, to relieve the 09th Regiment of lnfactry, %%)„,,; is ordered hem. The 37th Regiment of Foot will embark, in a short time, f w New South Wales. The Direetor of the Orthtance Survey, accompanied by au ot cer of hit Corps, have recently arrived at Head-quarters (the Tow er ,. from a tour of upwards of 1900 miles in Ireland, where th ey h ot been taking point", Ste. preparatory to the survey of that country's the ensuing spring. A detachment of Sappers and Alinets se l ecte . 4 from the different companies in England, are now rterivinz Sons at Chatham, in s u r v e yi n g, drawing, Ste. and will he atiache4 to that service. They will amcunt to about a full company (s ixtl, In !Leland, the Director has established hit [lead - quarters at a h uu ; he has taken in the Phenix Park, Dublin. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. The Hercules, BECKER, from Hull to Stettin ; Trios, WILV.V front Memel to Hull ; and a Swedish galliot, from Gotteobutgli.:. England, were lost on the 12th inst. near liellesund. Crews The Bonn Pim has put back to Bahia leaky. Among the Officers promoted for their gallant behaviour o il- 11. Biers, and on the Coast of Barbary, we notice Lieutenant LI, be Commander ; Mr. S. W. OLDHAM, to be Lieutenant. lbw., lkT. Y9.—Wind S.W. to W.S.W. and moderate.— rived yesterday, and ;ailed for the River to-day, the Alert, ticnoLi,, from Zante; and the Montreal, Twos', front Tobago. Cams d A rm from the River , the Colombian Packet, JONES, for La (;tw a; Amitie, HEY?, for Hare Coriolanus, Batcrow, for Africa ; bier, Komar: for Malta; bleanwell, Pommel, for Jamaica ; akt . . . . Speculation, --, for Faro.—At seven A at. nearly the a iLlc the outward-bound tailed, but have since put back, and rem 4;,. POILTSIIOUTH, OCT. 29.—1 v Ind S. W.—No arrivals or &lib! ,;•. FALMOUTH, OCT. 28.—Wind S.W. to S.—Arrived th e Theti., DuttLev, from Bilboa, in 14 days, for Bristol.—Sailed his M a j eny ., ship ORILITRS, on a cruise; CAWS, ASHTON, for Riga; and Soplii-i Rouses, for Bristol. • LAVR4POOt... Os.-r. 22.—Arrived the Lightfoot, than, from Sm!L Martha—sailed 18th August. On the sth Sept. in kit. tki. 701. long. 75. 55. saw a suspicious-looking armed schooner, which, a s s the approach of an American armed schooner, made off. 1k nan., SMITH, from Quebec; Friends ' WiLerns, from Boston; and tt: (110, KENNTDT, from Smyrna. The Amity, VAUGHAN, for Bison Ayres, has put back, with bowsprit sprung. Witmer OCT. 28.—Arrived the William and Ann, TTRILY, from Davis's St raits, with 13 fish, 158 tuns; and the Jame., WIC El•la', from ditto. Het.t., 28.—Arrived the Wiephyr,....., from Davis'a DRURY-LANE TIigATRE, Last night, the Comedy of The Wonder was per. formed, in which Mrs. Yates, who was known to the London public a few years since as Miss Ilawiroti, made her first appearance on these boards, in the cha racter of Violante. This Lady is certainly a great tic .ition to the Theatre, Miss NICOL, from the Edhihutgh Theatre, made her first appearance as flora. The pact, though subordinate, is one of tho,e which pia talent the test, though not to the highest test. hi, enough to say of the present effort, that Miss . :Clem-acquitted lie:- self so well, as to excite a wish that her abilities may be further tried and advanced, in the expectation that they will be found equally competent. Mr. EL LISTON'S Don Felix is well known. He is, beyond all dispute, an admirable Don Felix. The play was succeeded by the new piece. 'I he Euelsonled Courser performed his ex ploits again, and with increased effect. The horseman ship was better managed upon the whole, and the au dience expressed themselves, towards the conclusion, with every mark of satisfaction. HAYMARKET THEATRE. The popular comic entertainments at this House con. tinue to draw g ood audiences. Three of the mo st fa vourite pieces formed the attraction last night, in which LISTON and Miss KELLY displayed their inimi table talent, and excited continual rounds of laughter and applause. Letters from Smyrna have been received, to the 180 s ult. at which time all was quiet there. His Majesty's 'ship ALACRITY was the only vessel then in the port. These letters continue to speak of the injury done by the Asiatic troops to Use grounds in the interior, and state that the inhabiaants, civil and military, were by no means satisfied with the conduct of the Turkish Autho rities, in allowing the troops to quarter in that neigh bourhood. These letters all speak of the defeats of the Turkish and Egyptian fleets; and represent the latter as totally destroyed or dispersed, while the remnant was blockaded in one of the small ports in the neighbour hood, by a division of the Greek squadron. At Kidlington, in Oxfordshire, the custom is, that on Monday after Whitsun week, there is a fat live lamb provided, and the maids of the town,• having their thumbs tied behind them, run after it, and she thrt with her mouth takes and holds the lamb, is declared " Lady of the Lamb," which, being dressed with the skin hanging on, is carried on a long pole before the Lady and her companions to the green, attended with music, and a morisco dance of men, and another of women, where the rest of the day is spent in dancing, mirth, and glee. The next day the lands is part baked, boiled, and roasted, for the lady's feast, where she sits majestically at the upper end of the table, and her companions with her, with music and other attendants, which ends the solemnity. ANECDOTE OF EARL ST.VINCENT.--In the year 1796, Corsica was evacuated by the British, St. Fiorenzo being the last post they held on the island. The French had taken possession of the town and batteries, and all com munication with the shore was suspended. The com bined French and Spanish fleets rf 10 sail, were in the offing, preparing to attack the British, of 13 sail, at anchor in the bay. Sir John Jervis had information that they meant to attack him by dity-light on the fol lowing morning ; so as soon as it was dark, he dispatched some - light vessels of no use, to endeavour to escape by the eastward ; they were seen by the enemy, who gave them chase, and thus separated their fleets. He then fastened a boat, with a light suspended to the mast ' head, at every buoy belonging to his ' ships, on board of which every light was carefully extin guished; and, getting under sail, passed - out of t!.e gulf and clear of the enemy's fleet •undiscovered ; l r while, part of them were engaged pursuing the light vessels Sir John Jervis had sent as a decoy, the others `were watching the lights in the bay, which they irna• I, g red to be those of the British fleet; and only whet they bore down to make a certain conquest at day-light discovered.the trick. that had deceived them.--Nana:' Live of Lord Byron's Voyage tek Sicily, 4tc. • ." The Duke ofSaapy took indifferently sometimes t'.e part of France, and icarietiroes• that of Spain, For this purpo e he had ajult au corps, or close coat, white oa Dee side and - scarlet on •the , other ; so that when 13 ! meant to declare himself-for France he wore th: outside, and when for Spain he turned it and w ne red. This is said' to be the origin of the term tur ico ft. .111 ITee deuce, as the day et Wiser, an sec •ions I indign ben b In ti afterw COUnt preach crime .suppoi for the by an: T 6 h :ani sums the F Conti As it writhe differ COUT trans plan; by N. Se seen visit( Ti at Nl' Aldi the lerie beer On I Was