Star. — London, England, 1815-12-25 00:00:00

THE EVENINU STAR. LONDON. MONDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1815. C 11111111146 Das4—Hollday at the Pubhe Mee. We have rtceited the Paris Papers of Wednesday and Thursday last ; they contain mere routine Intel. igence, but the private letters of the same dates an t:ounce that M. LivAutrra has escaped from prison i female habiliments. It is said that Madame LA. Aunt Changed clothes with him on the occasion, nd of course remained behind as a dtteasse to await it KING'S pleasure. The French Journals do not sable us to say a word in confirmation or discredit n this statement : the report reached Brighton yes- Inlay by the Duke of Wellington packet, from -)iceppe. According to our promise we have this day in %erted a copy of the pretended 4 4 Accurate and an hentic Detail of the Events that have taken place at Nismes." From a perusal our Readers will see that It is precisely of that character which we ascribed to :t—a tissue of abuse against the Protestants, and a lamt justification of the Catholics. To follow it through all its windings would be a useless labour: It may not be improper, however, briefly to point out the general sophism which pervades this pro duction. It is briefly this :—ln that District the cause of the BM/Rama had enemies—the Royalists were opposed by Bonapartist: and in the same Dis tricts there were Protestants. Therefore the dis affected were all Protestants; and being thus proved to be anti-royalists, they deserve to be exch.. paced by the loyal adherents of the Bouasosi ! ! ! How lame must that cause be which can support itself only by such an abuse of common sense ? Let us sce whit would be the conclusion afforded by a similar species o! . logic, applied to those districts in which the Protestants are so few in number as not to have temples, or even to be known as such. In these Bolia,PAltra was received with open arms; the Royalists were maltreated, obliged to hide them selves and conceal their principles. In these the people are Catholics ; all the Catholics are therefore Anti-Royalists, and deserve te be put to death by the loyal adherents of tba.AoUltisOns ! ! The Catho lics themselves—the defenders of persecution—the calumniators of the French Protestant, would be the first to expose such an abuse of all legitimate reasoning. • We shall only at present notice one point in the statement which carries a contradiction on the taco. of it.-4 4 The iron band of 805 4PARTE repressed all: Catholic and Protestant, equally subdued, were at first united by the common hatred of the Tyrant ; but this sentiment soon yttlded among the Protestants to their invincible aversion to the House of Bourbon." If the Catholics were equally subdued with the Pro testants, could it be more criminal in the latter than the former to be carried away with the stream ? But which current gives character to the torrent i... The little brcok or the sweeping river ? the feeble Dissent ing minority, or the overwhelming orthodox Catholic majority? If the Catholics were not the majority, even now when the Protestants are left unprotected, we doubt much if they could have wound up their courage to attack them.—But the Protestants have an invincible aversion to the Efiurbost"..." they became sealons partizan; of she Usurper." So say their eaemies. Assertions are easily made. Such charges will need other plod; than any lurnishid by the detail. It promised authentic particulars, and for these it pours birth unsupported calumnies. These charges, how ever, call lot tit other recollections. How many reasons have the P:otestants to love the Bourbons Alas! alas ! they have every season to curse them, were it allowed to Christians to curse their enemies. On the other hand (for we shall give the devil his due) Bonaparte gave them many reasons to bless him —he gave them the same protection in kind and degree which he gave to his other subjects. Who dared to persecute a Catholic in France on account of his religiun during Bonaparte's reign ? Who dared then to persecute a Protestant for his religious , opinions ? No one. There is riot a single instance known of one of them suffering for his faith, during the reign of Bonaparte.—How many suffered on that account during the reign of the Bourbons kfors How many have been maltreated, robbed, nay, mur dered rime, under the reign of a Borba; I Kings, however, cannot prevent crimes—they can only punish them. '!'rue.. How many then of these murderers have been brought to justice ? Not one!!! Ytt the Protestants should love the BOURBONS.— Mitme, shame on such jargon. Subjecti can only love their Sovereigns for benefits—for protection re. ceived from them. If the BOUUMONS seek the sup port of good men, let them act so as to deserve, and , they will be sure to obtain it. If they shall act s otherwise, they will sooner or later find, that all the power of all the Kings of the earth cannot keep them on the throne. We have great pleasure in recording that the exam pose of taking into aonsidsration the present state of! the persecuted Protestants in the South of France , when several Resolutions were passed, expressive of their sympathy and regret. and also of their confident hopes that his Majestep Government would remit no exertions in favour of thti sufferers. The Reverend JAMES COLLINS was unanimously called to the Chair ; afterthe information was read which had been received Mr. MINCIIIN expressed, in common with every one present, his concern at the cruel scenes of pillage 4qd assassination which had, taken place in the South of France. He said he did not consider the present as a meeting foe the discussion of any political question, but merely of morality and philanthropy, yet when he reflected that Protestant armies and Protestant va lour had been the means of replacing the House of BOURBON on the throne of its ancestors, there was certainly something anomalous in the present perse cution of the Protestants in that country. • He could not but call to mind the time when persecuted Popish Priests sought and found an asylum here, and that this nation did suppott and did succour them whilst in this country. He considered that in the trans actions of this evening, they were only raising their voices to sanction what the Government were desirous of. He said he could not refrain from giving credit to the Ministers of his Majesty's Government, for the very liberal answer which had been given by them to the deputation which had waited on them ; and expressed his fervent wish that they would never relax, until, according to the recent Charter of France, •• full and free protection of reli gious worship was granted to all its inhabitants."— ( 4/0/aum.)—Mr. MINCHIN was followed by other Gentlemen; and the sympathy which pervaded the Meeting was such as to do honour to its feelings. Yesterday the QUEER and Pnixcessmi attended Di vine Service in their private Chapel, in Windsor Castle. The Archbishop of Cmiritasuav arrived at Wind sor Castle on Saturday, from his sea at Addington, Surrey. • The Duchess of CUUMLAND is recovered from her indisposition, and daily takes airings in the Park. Yesterday her Royal Highness received a visit from the Countess Lelveu, the Lady of the Russian Am bassador. Saturday night the Lodges of Carlton House had two additional splendid lamps, lighted with gas, for the first time, as were the gates in the Park, and all the avenues to the stales, acc. FUNERAL OF THE LATE DUKE OF NORFOLK.—The Procession with the remains of the late Duke of NOR. FOLK arrived at Dorking At four o'clock, on Saturday afternoon.—The coffin was placed on a bier in the centre of the church, with four Heralds standing on each side. and the Chap Lin at the head. The pre. sent Duke followed, as chief mourner, with the Earl of Smutty, Lord Aunoven, and several of the de. ceased's intimate friends, when the interment imme diately took place.—The funeral service was read by the Rev. Mr. DALLA WAY, his Grace's Chaplain, assis t(4l by the Vicar ((Dorking ; immediately utter, the Principal Herald proclaimed the deceased's titles, broke the wands of the office of Earl Marshal of Eng land, and placed them on the coffin in the vault.— The greatvit order and decorum was observed doting the ceremony, through the previcus arrangements made by the Magistrates. Among the carriages which followed in the cavalcade were t!,ose of His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex, Earl of PAK; Lord Petro, Earl of Surrey, Edward Molyneux, Esq. the Countess of Falconberg, Sir Isaac Heard, Michael Angelo Tayior, Esq. M. P. Mr. Scott, Mr. Denison, and Mr. North. PEDESTRIA2:I , II.—Maichtime, Dec. 23, (20th Day.) Saturday morning, at twelve o'cl.:ck, A. at. Turrest started, and, with the assistance tit his son, completed, at half•past six o'clock, 3 miles; at twelve o'clock, 42 miles ; and finished their task of 1200 miles ten minutes after tour o'clock, being allowed till ball after ten o'clock yesterday morning to accomplish it. Of this yerformance young TUFFEE, a boy twelve years of ege, went 50:1 miles, without the least fa tigue—the father 6911. IHE BLACKHEATH Pinasrstsx.—The concourse of ptrsons assembled yesterday upon Blackheath to view the extraordinary performance of Eaton, the pedestrian, was very considerable. He appeared in undiminished health and spirits. Not the slightest doubt seems now to be entertained of his final suc cess in this unexampled undertaking. Doubts were almost univetsally entertained at the commencement of this ti: culeau match, of the possibility of erect ing it. During the performance of the task also, repos is were circulated injurious to the character and exertions of Eaton. The following affidavit, how ever, was made at the Mansion House, on Saturday : We, the underegnecl, do make oath, that Mr. Eaton has up to this time, in every respect conformed to his convenient, of walkirg t 100 milts in 1100 successive hours; oat or otbef of ea having gone over the ground with him, night and day, since hie cowmeueement, on the 10th of November lad. (signed) aH. H. Gatirts. "I. Centigram*, " W. HARPER, " Daus Warr." " Sworn before me at the Mansion House, this 11.1 d day of December, 1015. " MAT rush Wooa, Mayor." At sill o'clock, this morning, Eaton had com pleted 1074 miles, at which time he was proceeding with his usual vigour, towards the completion of los task, which will be ultimately accomplished oet 1 1 111111., day morning, at eight o'clock. • Ftas.—A letter from Portsmouth, dated yesterday morning, at sis o'clock, says—Gs-About two o'clock, ' a dreadful fire broke out in the house of Mr. How, Broad -street, on the Point, which raged with the greatest fury for a considerable time. The house and store of Mr. How are entirely consumed, together with two or three houses in Seagues-court. Mr. Heather's Office, and Mr. Jubbet's shop were in such imminent danger, that they were completely stripped. Assistance was afforded with the utmost alacrity, and of the Royal Engineers, 11711 IR mr. The reteaining part of the SU Regiment, part of the 36th Regiment. and a few of the 23d'Dragoons, landed from Calais at Dover Saturday afternoon. The 82d Regiment marched yesterday from Dover for Canterbury. The 2d battalions of flit 7th and 40th Regiments in garrison at Dover, was disb a nded this day. Wednesday the Depot of the 6th, 59th, and 57th regiments of foot, in Winchester Barracks, were in. spected by Major-General GORDON. Saturday the 23d Light Dragoons marched into Southampton to the Depot at Weymouth. The division of the 66th (Colonel Dooom's Regi. ment) which embarked at Portsmouth for St. Helena, have nut yet sailed. They are waiting for a wind, as are also the remainder of the Regiment for ships from the River. It is supposed the whole will be em. barked on Monday. Five comFanies of the 25(14 from France for Ire. land, are still detained at Portsmouth by contrary winds. The Ist battalion of the Bth, from Windsor, will march int() Gosport on the 27th, '2Bth, and 29th inst. The 2‘l battalion, doing duty in Portsmouth garri son, will be disbanded, and the men turned over to the I st battalion. The 28th Regiment will march into Hilsea, on the 27th, 28th, and 29th instant. They are march into the garrison, and it is supposed will occupy Colewort Barracks, which will be vacated to-day, in collie. quence of the 2d battalion of the Bth being removed. RAUSGAT4 Die. 2 3.—Arrived . from Calais the Hebe, Maronson, John and Eleanor, and Harmony transports, bringing over detachments of the 12th, 36th, and 73d Regiments of Foot : also 'arrived the Trafalgar and Vane, horse ships, with 52 horses and. 180 men of the 23d Light Dragoons. The Chiches ter, Captain Rurrart, Dover packet, has come in with the loss of her mast and other damage. She was bound over with the mail and passengers- DECESISER 24.—Arrived from Calais, the Boston packet, and Catharine and Union transports, with detachments of the 12th, 32d, and 3341 Foot. The Union not carrying sufficient sail to cross the tide at the harbour's mouth, had the misfortune to fall to the back of the East Pier Head, where the sea made a compleat breach over her, but luckily it was a falling tide. Captain RAM, the Agent for Transports, was immediately upon the alert to save life, which be effected with that promptitude so conspicuously marked in his character on all occasions. A rope and two other ladders were instantly got by his direc tion, and Let over the Pier wall, by which means the men ascended with safety. The Harbour Master manned his boat, and went round the Head to the vessel, bringing back with him a boat load of women. About 20 persons were saved by boats, and upwards of 100 by the ladders, and we here cannot help re commending very strongly to the Trustees of Rams gate Harbour to see that laddLfs are provided for such unhappy occasions, and hooks fixed on different parts of their pier -wall to suspend them from ; the lad ders used on this emergency were picked up where they could be fortunately met with. The Union was frill of water—she has been scuttled, as she lays on the sand, and the sto:es taken out of her. Arrived, likewise with infantry, several Dover passage vessels, hired on height to bring the troops home. We ate' sorry to learn that upwards of fifty horses, belonging to the 23d Light Dragoons, have perished on the passage, though a short one—it appears many of the Ises broke aJrilt in the night, owing to the tempes tuous weather, when carrying others with them, they were all lost. Piles of dead horses are now lying in the bacon, which have been got out of differeut ves sels—it is a melancholy sight. WAR-OFFICE, DECEMBER CS, 11115. His Royal Highness the Prince Regent has been pleased. in the name and on the behalf of his 'Majesty, to approve of the undermentioned Regiments being permitted to bear uu their Co lours and Al.poititinents, iii addition to any utber badges or devices which may have been heretofore granted to those Regi ments, the word " Lois," in commemoration of their distinguished services oat the liith June, 11115. ist Lite Guards. e 341 Isegimcut of Foot. i2d Life Guards. 17th Ditto, Ist Batt. Royal Horse Guards. 2sth Ditto. ht Dragoon Guards. SOth Ditto,. 941 Batt. Royal Dragoons. 32d Ditto. 24 Royal N.rth British Dra. 534 Ditto. goons. 40th Ditto, lit Batt. Mk Regiment of Dragnet's. titil Ditto. 7th Regiment of Light Dra. 44th Ditto, sd Batt. goons. 51st Ditto. 10th Ditto, Ditto. 524 Ditto. Ilth Ditto, Ditto. loth Ditto, 2d Batt. isth Ditto, Ditto. 71st Ditto, Ist Batt. 12th Ditto, Ditto. 79d Ditto, 941. But. 15th Ditto, Ditto. 79th Ditto, Ist Batt. 111t1 Diu.), Ditto. 92d Ditto. ISth Ditto, Ditto. 95th Ditto, let Butt. gad Ditto , Ditto. Ditto, Dit to, lid Batt. I Corn- Royal Waggon Train. panics. Royal Artillery. Dinu i Ditto, 3d Batt. 2 Corn- Royal Engineers. pan ics. let German Light Dragoons. Royal Staff Corps. iid German Light Dragoons. Ist German Light Battalion. Ist Unman Hussars. 2.4 Ditto, Ditto. ad German Hussars. lot German Line Battalion. Grenadier Guards, 24 Batt. Id Ditto, Ditto. • Grenadier Guards, 3d Batt. 3d Ditto, Ditto. Coldstream Goart 24 Batt. 4th Ditto, Ditto. 34 foot Guards, Batt. sth Ditto, Ditto. Royal Scots, 3d Ism Bth Ditto, Ditto. 4th Regt. of Fast, lit BIM German Artillery. 14th Ditto, t.. 1 Batt. MURDER OF MR. BAKER.—The Irish Papers, re ceived this morning, afford strong grounds to hope that the perpetrators of this atrocious deed have at length been seized. Three of the villains have been committed to Clonmell jail. On Friday se'nnight, a man who applied to the Officer commanding at Waterford, to enlist for foreign service, having excited some suspicion, a strict examination was instituted, io the course of which he ackaowledged that he was present when the murder was perpetrated, and gave information of three persons who committed this atrocious act. Mr. WRIGHT, the gaoler of Water ford, set off next morning, and at Clonmell he received the assistance of an escort of Dragoons.— Thus supported, he went to the house of the men accused, who resided on the Fair Green of Cashel, about a quarter of a mile from .the town, and took them privmers in the dead of the night. They were se cured in separate places, and on Sunday were lodged in the Gaol of Clonniel. One of them (Mulcahy), on his being seized, appeared greatly agitated. One of these men has five children, and the other seven. A minute search was made for arms, but none were found. VIM 4.11 G imminent Ganger, mat tiny were cuuipacway auuppsu. accuse We have great pleasure in recording that the exam- Assistance was afforded with the utmost alacrity, and about pie set by the Protestant Dissenting Ministers of Lon- owing to the great exertions of the Royal Engineers, them i don is now followed very generally, both by Proles . Ro y al Marines, 66th Re g iment, and other military, cured tail Dissenters and Churchmen, throughout the together with many inhabitants, Mr. Knott's brew- in the on his house, and Mr. Smith's shop, as well as several other cauntry. A numerous and very respectable meeting . • ..at one time, actually on fire, are houses, 'which were, of the inhabitants of the town of, Gosport was held at at present considefed out of danger, and. the fire is ap- Am u die Star Inn, en Tuesday evening last, for the pus- parently nearly extinguished.", found Yard* IMMUGRAYM AU. Due. Dublin - • 4 0 Waterford - 2 0 Guernsey and hefty $ 0 Holland . I 1 France . t 0 Gettenbergh - 0 4 Lisboa - 1 A AR. (Mk . • • 0 0 Malta . . O • Hambursk • • 0 3 Flanders - 0 0 New York • 0 Oorunna - - O 0 Halifax. - 0 • FALMOUTH, DECEMBER U. Arrived the George packet, Captain Noltton, with Mails from the Brazils, in 64 days.• Sailed the Swift sure packet, Captain CADDY, with Mails for the Bra zils ; Blucher packet, Captain BRIM with M:tils Isr Surinam.—Wind from W. to N.W. fresh breezes and squally. P3RTSMOUTH, DECEMBER 21. Arrived the Martha transpnrt,CAGELL ; and David transport, HUNTER, from the Downs; Mariner tr4ns pritt, lturrEa, from liarbadoes. Sailed his Majtsq's ships llone, fur Plymouth ; and ALUERINX and LARNE, on a cruise. DOVER, DECEMBER 24. The Defence passage vessel in guie:g out of the harbour about three o'clock this altetoonn, was run on board of by a vessel coming in,'by which her matt was cart led away, and she drifted behind the H..ad, and soon after went away for Ramsgate with boat's sails. Almost at the same moment the accident happened to the Defence, the Chichester packet, which was about four miles off, on leer passage to Calais, with the Mail, had her mast carried away by a sudden squall, and with the assistance of two large boats which went out to her, she was towed safely into Ramsgate ; happily co one was hurt on board either vessel, although the latter hid many passengers on deck at the time of the accident oc curring. Du:es:nee 24.—The King George packet arrived this morning from Calais ; about 2() vesiels sailed from thence with her, having troops oa board, but the wind blowing hard from the S. W. they bore up for Ramsgate instead of coming here. The Lord Dun. can packerhas taken the Mail on board, which was in the Chichester, and sailed with it for Calais this afternoon. RAMSGXCE, DECEMBER 24. Late last night and early this rooming, a great many transports had arrived with troops from Calais; one of them, the sloop Union (1), DRAPER, in coming into the harbour, struck the East Pier, and is sunk at the hack of the Head ; fortunately all the troops and crew are saved. We are landing her stores, and shall try every endeavour to save tile hull : if the wind continues Westward and the weather moderates, we hope to succeed. The Chichester packet, Captain RUTTLit, and the defence bye boat, Hall, of Dover, have put in here dismasted I and the King George packet, MELICED.—P.S. Several transports are now coming in with troops on board from Cal 44; among them are the brig Trafalgar (GW), and the brig Juno, (E. B.) MILFORD-HAVEN, DECEMBER 23. Put back, the Depztind, WILLIAMS, !vim London for Dublin. Arrived the -Albw;►, Diviits, from Newport for Liverpool; the Venerable, GrottGe; the Royal George, WILLIAMS; the Union, ZVANs: and the Joker, Thomas, from Newport for Cork. Sailed the Ann, Flattrusos, from Baltimore to Cork ; Medborgeren, BLom, from Dublin for ditto; Specu lation, TAYLOR, from London for ditto ; Grace, GRAHAM, from Liverpool for B iboa ; Miry Ann, DoissoN, from Lisbon for Antwerp ; Maria, NICHO. LAS, from St. John's for Waterford, The Brig Warren, FISHILIt, from Dublin 1,,r Chepstow, in Bal last, was driven on shore in Ramsay Sound, to the northward of this harbour, in a heavy gale on the 19th inst. and wrecked, crew saved.—Wind north. The 134UNTLess ;loop of war, Captain BARBER, arrived on Saturday at Portsmouth from Antigua, after a Izitg and tempestuous passage 01 six seeks, bringing dispatches from Sir Jamas Lean, Cover. nor-General of the Leeward Islands, a Mail from Guadaloupe, and one troth Antigua. There is not any very interesting intelligence from the Islands—. they were all healthy. The only ship lett at St. John's was the Seinen, breaking up. The recent alarming fire there was confined principally to the stores of Mr. OwEN Pent., Government Contractor. On the 7th instant the DauNTLEas fell in with the brig Maida, from St. Kitt's, bound to London, in great distress, she having, on the Wth ultimo, during the Most dreadful weather, been struck by a sea, which, in a moment, washed the caboose overboard, with the Mate, cabin.boy, Mr. and Mrs, HARDIN% and their son, and a young Lady, who were passengers; they were never seen afterwards. Mr. HARDING helon;ed to the Ordnance Depart. meat at St. }Wes. J'he DAUNTLais put four men on board the MAIDA, and she has site arrived at Portsmouth. Since the . DA U P:Ti o irss 1 efi E :tg l an d s h e has been employed in the Chesapeake, Gulf of St. Lawrence, at the Cape of Good Hope, Isle of Bour. bon, and at St. Helena. She conveyed the Phasniz transport, having part of the Bourbon corps oa beard from St. Helena to Barbadoes. On Saturday the dispatches were finally closed at the India House, and delivered to the Pursers of the following ships, viz. ; Lady Melville. Capt. J. C. Lockner; Marquis of Ely, Capt. J. Dalrymple; Cabalva, Capt. J. Hine; and Centlsaignd, Capt. T. H. Wilkinson. PASSENGRIS /RR CA it vc.v.4,—For Bombay. Messrs. G. Reade and W. Stubbs, Winters. Pea CUSISSILAND—Fur Bombay Lieut. J. B. Byers, Mr. L Whiteside, free mariner. Psa LADY BAss.vitie—For Bombay: Miss C. Baynes, Messrs. J. Morris and J. Reid, free mariners--Fur Surat: Miss M. Stuart. Pre himiquis or ELY--For Bombay: Mr. W. Fraser, As e`staut Surgeon, Mr. B. Shelley, free mariner. PER CASTLE He surt.v—Por Bombay: Captain wid Mrs, Meale, Mrs. Lewis. PLR MARQUJS HENTLT--For Bombay: Messrs, A. Crawford and A. Bell, writers; Major 1. P. Dunbar; Lieut. A. Manbon. The ships LORD MELVILLE, METCALFE, Rosr e ATLAS, BRIDGEWATERg and PILINCISS CII ItlrOrrE OW WALLS, were at Madras the 24th July. The country ship Mom*, arrived off Portsmouth the 22d instant—she 19th October, and St. The sloop BOweAT dency of that name, st (a Russian vessel on on the sstl Nov. in St. Catherine's. Spoke is lat. 24 N. long. SS. left Bengal 7th July, the Cape t. Helena the Sd November. IN just arrived from the Praia spoke on the passage the Rnrich discovery), Captain Korsoun. lat. 6 N. long 2$ W. bound to oke the Philipps sally in Des. 3. W. !