Star. — London, England, 1815-11-21 00:00:00

n ow iny difficulties remaining. We are assired that .h e French Minister positively rein:tell to admit of 4 nT secret Articles ; this refusal does great honour to hi s loyalty. It is probable that in the course of next wek, this Tre.lty will be communicated to the Chambers. POSTSCRIPT.—The Treaty of Peace, which as we !lave said abovt: ,s signed, will probably be comm. R ioted to the Chambers (da Tuesday. CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES. SITTINGS OF FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 17. The Due tie FZLTRE, the Minister at War, mount ed the tribune to communicate the project for a law en the subject of 'Prevotal Courts. it Gentlemen," he observed" His Majesty has ;;ion ;lit it necessary to present a projet for a law on - p rc eotal Jurisdictions, which his Majesty thinks ne cessary to substitute for Special Courts. Yon have ;I d daily experience how indispensable it is to have recourse to this powerful means of restoring tran quillity. Without doubt a slow and wise procedure is prescribed by policy and humanity in ordinary times. But there are circumstances in which Governments ale under the necessity of treating as enemies and striking quickly dangerous men. When the multitude is every instant exposed to be led astray by suggestions and perfidious insinua. lions, justice requires more force—the sword of the law ought to waive with a terrifying lustre, to call back to a sentiment of their duties those who may be induced to abandon them. In all times when tie safety of the State has been menaced, individual security has been for a moment lost sight of. An extraordinary law, which the safety of ail demands, becomes a dreadful instrument when an imprudent legislature permits it to fall into the hands of the factious. If it ought to strike secret crimes and deeds of darkness, it will soon be subr•er eient to the passions rather than to justice. But when the wisdom of a paternal government dictates a law of this kind, nothing but what is encouraging to good citizens presents itself. • 46 Such were the Prevotal jurisdictions conceived by Chancellors de l'Hepital and d'Aguesseau. The wisest ordonninces had limited their competency, and these are the jurisdictions which we re-produce this day. It has been thought that they will produce great advantages, insomuch as they go back to the ancient order, adapting it to present circumstances. 4 , The Prevotal jurisdiction will present no revo lutionary form, but a prompt judgment, an imposing appearance, calculated to inspire terror among the enemies of public tranquillity. The Criminal Code establishes, under the name of Special Courts, tribu nals charged to prosecute the crimes which shall be enumerated as coming within their jut isdiction ; but the enumeration of these crimes which was made in peaceable times, is not sufficient at present ; the pro ceedings would be too tedious, and the sentences too Icr.g protracted. " As to the competency, in attributing to the Pre von' Courts, the cognizance of crimes and attempts which have the character of public violence;, -they have taken from their cognizance secret crimes, rand in general every thing which requires to be examined and scrutinized minutely. A Legitimate Govern ment sees with horror every thing which has the most distant resemblance to those bloody tribunals which existed in those frightful times which. every French man wishes to efface from his memory. " You will find, Gentlemen, in the project of the law which you are about to hear read, the happy alliance of rigorous measures, and the most unques tionable guarantees fur innocence. This object will be attained when the execution of the law shall be confided to pure hands ; and this is precisely *hat the wisdom of the King has effected." His Excellency they read the project of the law. Yesterday morning the Earl of LIVERPOOL received dispatches from Paris by the French Mail. Soon after the Noble Earl summoned a Cabinet Council to meet with all possible speed. They assembled at the Foreign Office at half past three o'clock. There were present the Loin) CHANCELLOR, the Earls of HARROWRY, WESTMORELAND, LIVERPOOL, BATHURST, aad BUCILINGIIAMSIIIRE ; Viscount Siumotrrii ; the Right Hoy. N. VANSIT RT, and the Right Hon. W. W. POLE. They continued in dcl;beratiun till a quar ter be!or- five o'clock. His Royal Highness the PRINCE RettENT has been pleased to appoint ILTED NictioLL, Esq. to be his Ma j-sty's Procurator Genetal, in the room of CHARLES Listrt.e, Esq. deceased. The Government of Portugal, it is said, has so far 1 Conceded to the efforts of Britain, for the abolition of OP! Slave Trade, as to engage not to carry on that cdicu, traffic on any part of the coast of Africa to the northward of the line. Letnrs from Calcutta mention, that the season has ittierto been unusually favourable to the crops of rithi;n throughout Bengal, and it is supposed duo. the Proj;4:e this year will exceed the most prolific year Ever known, by at least 30,000 maunds ; and will be more than double the usual annual demand of Europe. An article in the French Papers, dated Isiladrid the sth, says-," Reports are circulated here of a serious I isunderstanding with England. No person can he astonished at it." The same article contains a de tailed account of the victory of Huncachiri, gained over the Insurgents of Cuzco by his Majesty's troops, under the command of Field-Marshal Don Juan Ra mirez. The details present nothing interesting. The insurgent army, estimated at thirty thousand men, nude beat a feeble resistance. The Field-Marshal describes his troops as an army of sans culotiu, they having been obliged to strip themselves to swim over a rivet, leaving their clothes behind them. In this situation he laments they remained a whole night. now the I 411 his 10 vek, Chan Po pave %kat , • • ed tlr nn th a I . 1 61 00 C CeSsai ::ad 4 fiCOl l cuilli presc! But I are u striki be lei Lions law back mena of ail an in band: crime Meat the of thi citize 44 by C wises: and t this d great cnciei 44 lution tppea enem: btabl nals c enum the et reAce CteLl Icr.g von' whic have is gc and meal dista man 14w alliai tiom be a coal the Y disp, after meet the 1 were HAI aad Rip) W. ter E plea! .rsty List T conc thle cdic the pro.; C CrV MOr A sth, au° tail( ores end inul ma( deal hay a ri situ DUTCH AND FLANDERS MAIL. The accounts brought by the Mail of this Morning inform us that Prince Bt.uctiEn has his head-quarters 'at Namur,_ where be will remain till the French for tresses are given up. The French frontiers, from the Moselle to the Muse, are coveted with Prussian troops. The first and sixth Prussian corps, under Generals VON ZISTHEN and TAUSSZEIN, event' in divisions behind each other from Amiens to Valen ciennes, the head quarters of TAUENZEIN being at Amiens. The van of the first Prussian corps lind already. reached Mons, when it received orders to turn back. It is now at Guievrain, between Mons and Valen- ciennes. All the environs of this fortress are occu pied by Prussian, Uanoverian, and Netherland troops. Respecting the signature of the Treaty of Peace, l the same uncertainty prevails in the Netherlands as in London. A letter from Versailles, in the printed Journals, states, that the Convention agreed on by the Sovereigns on both sides, to serve as the basis of the agreement, has been departed from ; and that it is much more unfavourable to France than the French had flattered themselves—not only the frontier for tresses, but even some whole departments in the North and East being to remain in the possession of the Allies; that only three fortresses in these departments, viz. Lisle, Metz, and Strasburg, are to have Frcnch garrisons, and these are not to exceed 3000 men; that between these Departments so occupied and the rest or France; there shall be an extent of territory fifteen leagues bioad, which shell not be occupied by any troops, eithei of the Allies or French ; that the civil administration 'shall remain in all these occupied or unoccupied parts Of the country, on the ancient footing. The Gazette. General of the Netherlands, contains at length the Minutes of the Conferences of the 13th and 22d of October, relative to the payment of the contributions and tLe evacuation of the French terri. tory, &c. It is sigt,ed CAcTi.ERZUGH, MiargitNlCll, HARDENBERC, CAM ; The last para:tiaph of the first conference respect. ing the demands, runs The Allied Power! mil deliver in to the French Government their de mands respecting tile unexecuted Articles of the Treaty of 1814.; and the French Government, on its part, will likewise give in its proposals concern. ing the means of executing the definitive liquidation and the indemnities that shall have been claimed. From accounts in these Journals, it appears, that on the 17th ultimo, the unhappy Protestants at Nismes again became the victims of an unfuriated and bigotted insurrection. The tocsin was sounded to assemble the daimons, and brought in the peasants in great numbers, armed with sticks, knives, scythes, &c. and vociferating 66 Vive la St. Barthelemy." On this subject we quote the following paragraph from a letter from Lausanne, which we hope will prove corrects 66 The misfortunes of the Protestants in the South have not been listened to with indifference by the Allied Sovereigns. While the King of Paussta was still at Paris, M. de CHATICAUBRIAt4D attempted to sntten the picture in the eyes of that Sovereign, attri buting these disorolcrs to political opinions rather than religious dogmas.---6 You are wrong, Sir,' re plied his Majesty—' these crimes cannot be covered. If the Protestants have been friends of the revolu tion, it gave them rights of which they scarcely had any idea, and they perhaps saw but too clearly what they were threatened with by the fanaticism of some incendiaries."' PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AI'TWELVE O'CLOCK Reduced 6011—Cons. money 6.21—f0r acc. 62i 4 pct Cent. 73-5 per Cent. Sl{ 6e. 76. pr. Chan. 16i pr.—Do. pay. nil 17 pr.—Exch. Dills Ss. to Ss. pr. The arrangements continue. in expectation of the Plums REGENT coming to to*n on Thursday, and holding a Council on Friday. Yesterday his Royal Highness the COMMAND= IN CHIEF arrived in to from Oatlands, and transacted business at his Office at the Horse Guards. This day his Royal Highness held a Military Levee. - All the British Officers that were severely wounded at the battle of Waterloo, have received leave of ab sence for six months, to return to England and Ire land. The following infantry regiments, who sus tained thegreatest loss on the memorable 16th and 18th of June, are reported to be under orders for Great britain, viz.-3d battalion Ist Foot, 28th, SOth, 32d, 42d, 43d 2d bast. 44th, 7Sd, 79th, and Istbatt. 95th. The 2d battalions 25th and 37th, at present in Hol land, are also expected to embark for England. All regiments that are not 700 effective are to leave France for Belgium, where they are to remain for the present. The Post-Office Eclipse Packet, Captain Bnurono, is appointed to take Mails for St. Helena, the Cape, Mauritius, Ceylon, Madras, and Calcutta—to make St. Ilelena, if practicable; if not, that Mail to be left at the Cape s—will be dispatched from Gravesend the 20th of December. The days for remaining at the several places on the voyage out and home are limited; and the Packet will carry freight and pas sengers under the authority of the Act of 55 Geo. 111. ' cap. 153. The weather has assumed very suddenly the ap pearance of winter. We have had a continuance of hard frost since Wednesday. IRELAND.--A few nights since a party of Carders from the borders of the county of Westmeath, made an incursion in the neighbourhood of Tullamore, and succeeded in plundering some persons of arms. They I appeared to be of the very lowest class, badly clothed, and on an appearance ut resistance, where they were preparing to commit some deiredations, they made ' off. Lord CHAPLEVILLE and General K emus have arranged a play of c..mmitilication in that part of the country, and carry on their measures with such acti vity, that the best consequences arc likely to result. NArift INTELZIGENCE. . . LOS OP THE LEITH SMACK' ECLIPSE. We regret to state that accounts have been re ceived from Yarniouth, this morning, of the loss of the Eclipse early ors Sunday morning on the Sands. We ate happy to add that tlic crew and passengers were all saved by a Pilot cutter, and landed at Vat mouth the same morning. 'l'lte Achim, after striking the Sand, sunk in '23 fathoms water. Kti.moo at, NOVEMBER lc Arrived the PolpeTTO, JULIAN, front Cork. Sailed the Duke of Kent packet, K ith a mail for Lisbon ; and the Rapid racket, with a mail for Colima. YARMOUTH, NOVEMBER M. The Thomas and Martha, of and from Cromer, is on, shore on our beach, but is expected to be got off. The Expedition, SHANK, from Newcastle to New haven, is put in here with damage. PORTSMOUTH, NOVEMBER 20. Arrived the Lavine, SMITH, from Archangel, ont .52 days ; parted company about a month ago with the Flora, MAJOR also arrived the Rapid, RHODES, from St. Petersburgh Sailed the Latona above mentioned for Plymouth. D' AI., NOVEMBM 20. Sailed last night the Cape packet, AGNCW, for the Cape of flood Hope ; Louisa, COOK, for Jamaica; Hope, Wtt.sox, for Tobago; Enterprise, BLAIR, for Jamaica ; Flor.t, Maa:nt, fot Portsmouth ; and seve ral other outward-bound vessels. Sailed several home ward-bound vessels for the River. Remain in the Downs, the Rosario sloop of war, and Rattlesnake, Revenue lugger,=-Wind East. MILFORD, NOVEMBER la. Arrived the Little Do airy, WA it it EN, from Wateford to Newfoundland; sailed the 10th September; on the 22d, '23J, and 24411 of October, it blew a gale, in which she lost her foremast, and was obliged to throw part of her cargo overboard. MONTROSE, NOVEMBER 17. Arrived the Bellona, Baowx, from Pictou, with the loss of maintop -mast, top-gallant -masts, boats, bulwark, and every thing movable on deck. GRANGEMOUTH, NOVEMBER 11. The Betsey and Janet, of this port, was lost at North Summercoats, near Saltfleet, on the coast of Lincolnshire, in the gale of Sunday the '29th ult. ; to which we have to add the melancholy fate of the master, Captain Mackie, with his two sons, one a fine youth of 19, and the other ten years of age, who, with the whole of the ship's crew, were drowned. GREENOCK, NOVEMBER 17. Arrived, on the 12th inst. alter a boisterous pas. sign of fifty days, from New Orleans, the Prince of Wales, Captain : November 3, lat. 47. 18. N. long. 42. 9. W. spoke the brig Amiens frdm Mirtmachie, bound to Liverpool,out 19 days—No vember 6, in lit. 48. 52. N. long. s 4. 25. W. Spoke the brig Louisa Ann, from Liverpool,bound to St. John's, Newfoundland, out 28 days.--Lent at ?kw Orleans the ship Richard, Hall, of Liverpool, to sail for Liverpool in a few days. The Canada, Ross, of London, was to sail fur Cork on or about the 28th of September, partly loaded. Left at ditto the brig Leander, Mid dleton, of Aberdeen ; ship Neva, Roby, or Newcastle ; ship In dian, Balberney ; ship roily, Orlilitlis ; ship Halifax Packet, Richards ; ship Thomas, Oberry; and the brig Charlotte Gam bier, Story all of Liverpool; ship .I.lgesiras, of Gaernsey, load ing flour frtr Jamaica.—On the 24th of September passed a Spa nish ship in the Missistippl, name unknown, recaptured by the Fox Arnet ican cruizer, front a Barratarian privateer. Arrived this day the Irish Revenue cutter Hard wick, Captain Lacy, with the American schooner Akina, Bum), burden 270 tons, laden with tobacco in bales ; fall in with her off the Racheries observing her sonrwhat suspicious, the cutter firech gun, when, attempting to escape, she was chased through the Sound of Mull, Islay, &c. During the chase the Akina threw her guns overboard; she had landed part of her cargo on the coast of Ireland. CALCUTTA, JUNE 8. We regret to hear of the disaster which occurred on the 21th tilt.. near Monghyr, to a fleet of boats coming down to the Presidency, with 2.5 lass of ru pees, accompanied by GOO men of the European re giment, and many Officers, under the command of Captain AUIIIAL. They were overtaken by a severe storm, and out of fifteen boats which contained the treasure, we regret to hear that only two weathered the storm, thirteen boats were lost, with fifty boats , of the European regiment, two pinnaces, and seve ral budgcrows belonging to the Officers. They were dashed to pieces on the rocky bank near Surojpoor. We are glad to hear the Europeans behaved extremely well; neglecting their private property, they be stowed all their exertions to cave the treasure, in which they succeeded, after two days of extreme la bour—not a single box of money was lost. But the Europeans are nearly all naked and destitute, having lost their clothes and furniture. We lament to add, that six European:, and one woman were drowned on this melancholy occasion. The treasure was con veyed in safety to Monghyr. The Paihmose, Captain PIIILLOTT, and the 13%1I MUDA, Captain PAKENHAM, h.tve sailed from Ports mouth, for the Jamaica stat,on—the former on Fri day, and the latter to Saturday. The VOLONTAIRS, Hon. Captain WALDEGRAVE, arrived in the Downs on Thursday, from the Medi terranean. The division of Royal Marines, under Major ADAIR, whi ch went from Portsmouth to repress the riotous seamen of South Shields, have returned in the REDWINO and SNAKE. Sir JAMES A. Gomm is appointed to the MADA GAsciut (found, upon a re-survey, to be fit for ser vice); Captain DANIELL, BRIMS; Captain Lax- Nom re-appointed to the Em—both for the Jamaica station. Messrs. J. A. MOUAT, W. EDWARDS HAY, and W. YOUNU, are promoted to the rank of Lieu tenant. Monday, Mr. GRAY FORD, of Weymouth, an offi cer of his Oajesty's Customs, and Mr. S. BA RTLETT, went out fishing in a small boat, when, in a few minutes after, they were both drowned. They have e,,ch kft a wife and family 'to lament the afflicting event. Letters from the Hague, dated the 7th, contain the following piece of intelligence :—The sea has thrown on the shore, near the mouth of the Texel, a phial centaining a note, on which is written—"" The ship the Conan d has been cast away on the coast of Madagascar, where we shall all perish ; I pray the person into whose hands this phial may chance to fall, to make the present known to all our go •: d friends and parents." This note was dated Feb. 13, 1815, and was sizzled WANDORF, of Amsterdam. THE AR mr. Transports, having detachments on boird for the 3d, 4th, 7th, and 40th Regiments, sailed on Sunday morning from Dover for Ostend. A detachment of the 2d Battalion of the 71st R.?. giment, light infantry, consising of one Captain, two Stilialtetns, and 110 priva:cs, left Glasgow Barracks on Wednesday, to join the Ist Battalion in France. Tuesday morning a detachintnt of the Perthshire Militia marched front the B.irrAck at Perth, having received, the preceding evening, their mute to Ber. wick. They were followed next morning by the re. minder of the Regiment. The depot of the 21 Battalion of the 9lst Regi ment, for sum! time stationed in Barracks at Perth, left them on Tlior4day, to join the Ist Bittali.in in France. Detachments of the 3d, 4th, 7th, 40th, and ‘,.'d Garrison Battalion, sAiiesil horn Dover iur Ft'.olCe yesterday. Detachments of the I6th, 21st, 23d, 29:h, 39th, 57111, 71st, and 79th Regime,ts of Foot ; of the Ist and 2.i Dragoon Guards ; and the 7th aid 15th Hussars, arc about to sail from the same port. The head-c,u.irters of the Furfarshire Militia are at present in Downpattick. PEDESI RI !NISH. HE ROCHLS fER PEDESTRI Ig. Rot:llEBl'Eu, Novioterit 29.—This morning. at See minutes before live O'clao. k, 8.410 ER completed his tick of low miles, a; d one mile and a 11.df over; the whole of which lie has accomplishr.4 in twe:ity days—one day less thin the time allowed him to per form it. Last night, at balk) sst ten o'clock, on his completing his 50t11 mile, BAKER, to the astonish. ment of even his confidential friends, sheaved Out game and bottom which he had tor !lido rtn dode, by stating that he intended to finish his arda-us un dertaking before he retired to rest. Dr. Neu,ost, whose attention to the Pedestrian has been iiiiremit ting, being fully confident of the stiength a his con stitution, readily acquiesced in his determination.—. BAKER then went off in high spirits. and at the time above alluded to, accomplised 75 miles and 192 rods, thus making good his match. In the course of the night he halted three times, and each time danced a hornpipe, to the astonishment of all prese'it. After finishing his task, he retired to the Cossack public house, amidst the acclamations of the spectators, and the roaring of a huge elephant, till ten o'clock, when he again made his appearance, dressed in a white flannel jacket, his oew hat, and old boots, and walked up and down the course several times. At twelve o'clock he began to complete the miles he had done in the rods : the course at this time was crowded with thousands of spectators. At one o'clock he made good five miles t and at a quarter alter two, he accomplished his ten miles. Ile was then put into an open carriage, drawn by two beautiful black horses, elegantly decorated with leaves of laurel and blue ribbon, accompanied by Mrs. BAKER, his eldest son, his nurses Mr. MILES, Mr. Cll ALNIERs, and others of his friends, .some of whom had leaves of laurel with gilct:l litters—Baher and I" ictory. In this man ner they proceeded among!' the towns of Itrchestcr, Stroud, Chatham, and Troy Town, attended by the Marine Band, playing--- ,, the an:tering Hero comes." They then retired to the Coss lok, to tp.r.l the remainder of the day. The following is a colr:ct stati-ment of BAKER'S daily performance Eters his commencement at halt past five o'clock on Tuesday morning, October 31 : Day. Mils. Tuesday, Slit October I Weliesday, Ist Nov. tt 51 Thurtohy, 21 -- 3 54 19u Friday, 3d --- 4 r 0 144 Saturday, 4th 5 50 144 Sunday, sth --- 6 £0 144 Monday, 6th --- 7 50 144 Tuesday, 7th 50 19:1 lircdaesday,Nth 9 50 161 Thursday, 9th 10 50 luii Friday, 10th --- 11 56 214 Saturday, 11th --- 12 50 21i; Sunday, 12th -- 13 SO 144 Monday, 1 3th 14 17 924 Tuesday, 14th 15 L7O 192 Wt.:Weed. 15th 16 SI 169 Thursday, 1611 17 51 192 Friday, 17th --- 18 50 168 Saturday, 18th -- 19 52 168 Sunday, 19th 20 75e 192 THE BLACK-HEATH PEDESTRIAN. _ Yesterday the concourse of spectators exceeded any day last week, and the Hare and Billet continued full to excess. EATON came out regularly to wall• hit two miles in every two hours, which he now mos►ly does in twelve or fourteen minutes each. He looks extremely well, and is very confident of ultimate success. BRISTOL PEDESTRIAN. Mr. CHARLES STOKES commence.' his match yester day morning, precisely at six o'clock, and had com pleted twenty-three miles at nine minutes thirty-four seconds past ten o'clock, when he took breakfast. He started again at forty-nine minutes kitty-nine se conds past ten o'clock, and at two minutes fifteen seconds past two o'clock he completed forty miles, when he arrived in a summerhouse adjoining the walk, and took two glasses of port wine negus. At forty-taro minutes past two o'clock he started agan, and has this moment (three minutes and fifty five seconds past four o'clock, p. m.) accomplished toty. seven miles. At fifteen minutes thirty-six seconds after four o'clock, he accomplished his forty•eighth mile; and at thirty-five minutes past four o'cloci: performed fifty miles, all but going to his lodgings, about a quarter of a mile distant. The two mcst important Works whi: h have en gaged the attention of the M. rc +mile Interest for many rears, have just been pub:ished by 81'00034LE, 41, Pall Mall, one by awlio:ity of the Lords of the Treasury, the other under thq auspices of the Erince Regent. The former is, " A Digest of the Laws :e. lative to Shipping, Navigation, Revenue, and alt matters cognizable by the Officers of the Customs, from the earliest period, by N. Jicsano. Esq. ;" the latter, " Most interesting Travels in Russia, Poland, the Baltic, &c. by Rontler JoutcsvoN, Esq." sug. gesting new channels at trade, so extensive ni ad vantageous as probably to create an entire change in the direction of our greatest commercial branch, which may seriously affect the India Company. A new association is already said to be contemplated, under the name of the CtUna Company. 1 I 1 :