Star. — London, England, 1818-08-28 00:00:00

i 1 ' r i I i , - t , ; i • , 1 1' i 1 1 i 1 1 ''' 11 1 1 1 - I • . 1 t .1 , ipi II . It i , . . , . 1 if . f I 1 , I 1 ' . i 1 i t I A 1 ; 1 1 i TA 1 a Te, t I , ; -.. . .. ' 1 i c r I I, 1 .r ;41 ~ , • :•.„I..A‘ ALGERDIEVAI'iITITY. st . • ,'kok Tag LUSZCL-POLICICAINIAZETTE or JULY 21. The brave Captain Schuman, lately returned home, confirms aiterally the account of his captivity and li beration from the Algerine pirates; as likewise the tTaylor and the seaman Muller , of the village tendorf, tendorf, in the Lubeck territory ; as likewise the cabin-boy, William Thee, who were taken in the vessel commanded by Captain Schuman, and carried to Algiers. They have arrived in our town, and give the following detail of their adventures :—Bestdes them, there was also the cook's mate, Russman, of Pttetsburgh, whither he is already returned. In the Algerine vessel, they were placed on deck near the guns, without straw. The ship's provisions being exhausted, from a cruise of four months near the Canaries, they had daily, as had also the Corsairs, a piece of black moist bread, and some oil and vinegar, and a glass of water ; at the end of their voyage they were reduced to bread and water. On the second day of their captivity, the pirates took a Hamburgh vessel, named Reysursteig, the crew of which was put in the same place with them; the vessel was manned by pirates, and remained constantly with them. Except bad food and lodging they do not complain of ill usage ; on the contrary, the chief pilot, a renegado, encouraged' them constantly not to be alarmed as to their becoming slaves, for the English had opposed this. On the Ist of August, 1817, 10 A. AL they arrived in Algiers, and- were taken out to the slave bagnios. Except themselves, all the slaves were gone. Their daily food was four black loaves and water, except some apples given to them in charity from some Jews for refreshment. In the slave bagnios, there was no other furniture than a wooden bench; they were obliged, therefcre, to sleep on the stone floor. On the following day, the 2d of August, the pilot, Taylor, was brought before the Government, composed of ten members, besides the Swedish and other Consuls General ; after an swering many questions proposed by the Swedish Consul - , concerning the vessel and the cargo, he said that she was loaded with flax and flax seed, loaded, for Correil, that the Captain was of Holstein, and himself an Englishman. After the Swedish Consul bad conferred with the members of the Regency, he told Taylor, that he and his ow wEre free, and that as soon as the vessel, which was taken and expected every day, should arrive, they could depart. Soon after he was brought back to the slave bagnio, but called at two , o'clock, after dinner, by the Dragoman, before the Swedish Consul—the Consul had given him permission to. stay in his house, nevertheless ad vising him to avoid the rage of the mob, and to go out as little as possible. Three days after he forbid them from going out. The Consul departed next day for his country-house, but assigned them four Spanish Oast: es per week for their allowance, that they should be satisfied with it, and ordered that his servant should receive their instructions as to making purchases for their daily food. When the Consul re turned to town, he told them that in eight days they might return in a schooner which was then unloading her cargo, they might proceed to Leghorn, and he left it to them if they would go immediately on board or stay in his house till the vessel was ready ; they preferred the first—five days after they were ordered to come to the country-house of the Swedish Consul and commanded to stay there till the vessel taken from them should arrive. SOon after they heard that the Dey had heird from the servant of the American Consul, that he (the ser vant) had read in the newspaper that the Captain, Schuman, had retaken his vessel, and he was obliged to return to the Marine in company with the Swedish Consul, or. horseback. After the Swedish Consul had given them again the assurance, that he would do all in his power, in conjunction with the English Consul. that they should not be put with the Turlcish slaves, and that they should work separately from them ; they were brought again to the slave bagnio, where they remained of terwards ; they had an inspec tor constantly with them, who treated them with hu manity, and they had no irons on, like the Turkish slaves. Their labour consisted in pumping out the water from an old barge, which would not have been - heavy labour, if the heat had not been so great ; be sides four small loaves and water, and fiom time to time some grits, they had no other subsistence ; they received for their covering the dress of the Turkish slaves. The mob spit in their faces, called them Christians, and made them signs that they would have their throats cut. From the 17th of September to the 18th of November they were in slavery ; du r:ng the time of their abode in Algiers, the pilot, Taylor, had been eighteen days, and the seaman, Muller, eight days, dangerously ill, without medical aid. After their deliverance they were conducted by the Port Captain to the Swedish Consul, and had permission to take the few rags they had in the slave bagnio. The Swedish Consul could not explain to them to whom they were indebted for their deliver ance. Through the arrangements of the said Consul, they departed on the 15th of December from A 4: iers,. with a Genoese captain, who took thenru; Getioa gratis. After they had perfermed quarantine they went ashore. Muller and Thee received some assist ance from the English Consul at Genoa, who sent them in a Danish brig, commanded by Captiin Jur guns, to Cadiz, from whence they came by land to Lisbon, and then returned with a Bremen Captain, under the Hanoverian flag, to Hamburg t. Taylor and Scluunan were not so fortunate in Gepoa; they had been seized by the pollee and thrown into prison, from which they only came out by Taylor having his watch, and Schuman some money, which he had got at Algiers by working as a tailor. By this means they obtained passports ; after having received them, they left Genoa instantly, and went on foot to Leg born; here they received money and passports from the Russian Consul, and paying two rix thalers weekly for their board, they were brought back by Captain Meinertz, of Drontheim, in Norway, to liamburgh; they arrived there on the 2d of July; the money agreed for their board has been paid to Captain Meinertz, in Hamburgh. They (the unfortunate captives) do not themselves know to whom they owe their liberation, after being a second time imprisoned; but no doubt they owe it to the intercession of the diplomatic agent for the Hanse Towns with the British Government, who hu manely instructed their Consul-General at Algiers to interfere. THE EVENING STAR. LONDON. FRIDAY, AUGUST 28; 1818. THE FUNDS. PRICE OP STOCKS THIS DAT AT TWELVE &GLOM Reduced 75i 76—Cons. 74 —for Acc.7sa Si per Cents. 85.11-4 per Cent. 950 5 per Cent. Navy 1044 105—Bonds 80 82 pre. Omnium S disc.—Exchequer Bills 18 21 prem. The Commercial World feels great interest at this moment in the mission of Mr. GALLATIN on the part , of the United States to negotiate a Commercial Treaty with Great Britain. It is now pretty gene rally admitted among political economists, that libe rality, and mutual facilities for the easy circulation of the products of industry among all nations, are the best and only sure bases of inter-national commerce ; and, proceeding on this admission, it is reasonable to conclude that future commercial treaties will be made more and more to approximate to that state of reci procity which, meeting the wants and interests of all, shall tend to silence the claims of individual cupidity. Errors in political economy are always productive of an unnecessary waste of general property—often to the prejudice of those whose narrow policy aimed at individual and local advantages. Thus the United States, desirous as a people to embrace manufac turing as well as agricultural profits, with the view of discouraging the importation of European Ma"u factures, particularly British, fell into a great political error. The system which Mr. JEFFERSON adopted for raising the Revenue of the United States, has ope rated against the general interest of the Country. He relieved the Union from internal taxation, aficl im posed a custom duty of 16 per cent. on Imports.— The consequence has been, that the Northern States are supplied with foreign commodities through the channel of the St. Laurence, and Montreal has since become a valuable depot for American imports and exports. This fact is known to our Government, as well as to that of the Union; but many difficulties now exist to prevent the correction of the late Presi dent's impolitic measures, and the tie between the Northern and Southern States is, in fact, too feeble to admit of new experiments. But the following ar tick more particularly explains this important subject! THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA. " The country or. the southern shores of the great American lakes, represented as among the most fer tile in the world, has of late been rapidly advancing in population and productive industry. The inha bitants of the Atlantic ports of the States hive,• however, been disappointed in their expectations of the trade likely to accrue to them from these quar ters. Fhilidalphia and Baltimore can only commu nicate with these tracks by a long and painful land carriage ; and the same thing occurs at New-York, where, though the navigation of the North River be unobstructed for 20 miles to Albany, and a kind of navigation by looks has been formed along the Mo hawk river to the neighbourhood of Lake Ontario, yet the expense of transport along this last is fully as great as by land carriage. Frorchthese causes the in-, habitants have been induced to turn their attention to the natural outlet of the St. Laurence, and, in parti cular, since the non-intercourse laws of the American Government, by cutting off the market for their pro duce in their own ports, obliged them to adopt the alternative of trying the markets of Montreal. " Since that period an immense and constantly in creasing trade has arisen between these countries and the ports of Canada, which, on the part of the Ame ricans, is in a great measure contraband, since the fa cility of running the goods imported prevents the pos sibility of levying the duty of 16 per cent. charged on entering the States—and the adoption of rigorous measures to that effect, it is feared, might endanger the allegiance of that part of the Union. " Goods can be brought by sea from Europe to Montreal, nearly as cheap as to New-York ; and, though the current of the St. Lawrence retards a little the voyage up, it favours the return. From any part of Lake Ontario, large vessels navigate to Montreal, and return against the stream with little trouble. After the short land carriage above the Falls of Niagara, which may probably soon be super seded by a canal, a ship navigation extends through out all the great inland sea of Canada, to the head of the Michigan and Superior ; and, lastly, an inland boat navigation exists, connecting these lakes with the upper branches of the Ohio and Mississippi. " Lake Champlain is navigated by large vessels tawithin ten miles of Montreal, and its river admits of rafts floating down to the St. Lawrence; but, in ' the direction of New-York, its ether extremity is dis tant .50 miles from the navigation of North River.— , Here the inhabitants of the State of Vermont find themselves also chiefly connected with the market of ' Montreal and the St. Lawrence." Thus it is that the errors and blunders of States men ever have a tendency to produce correctives' which, by their operation, are ultimately beneficial to the pursuits of general industry, though often pre ceded by local distress. The very fact that a people can supply themselves better and cheaper by import ing than by manufacturing, furnishes a demonstra tion that, in such circumstances, to attempt the latter is to misapply capital. Bat on this topic we cannot at precept enlarge. The United States, by the impo litic attempt to raise the pridcipai part of the ,Re venue by Duties on foreign imports, instead of in juring, have greatly benefited the commerce of Great Brittin, abd till they shall entirely change the system, they will but aggravate the evil by their palliatives. To counteract the natural tendency of the foreign commerce of the Western States, which Vas been sti mulated to action by this commercial war against foreign iadustry, the Legislature of New York have, within these two years, resolved upon, and actually begun, a work of great magnitude, viz% a canal of three hundred miles in length, from the lower part of Lake Erie, parallel to the Lake Ontario, and by the vale of the Mohawk River, near Albany, where there is a tide navigation to the city of New York.— But will this, when finished, tend to the exclusion of foreign manufactures ? No : it will only extend the sphere of action, and bring new competitors into the field for a portion of the profits offered to specu lators by the evasion of the 16 per cent. duty. As to the interests of British industry, it matters not whether the products reach the consumer by an eva sion of the payment, or by regular importation, at a comparatively low duty. The Paris Papers of Tuesday arrived this morning. On Monday evening, being the Eve of the Pete of Saint Louis, the whole of the Theatres were thrown open to the gratis admission of the public. Although the concourse of visit•rs was immense, no distur bance occurred, and every where couplets, or pieces adapted to the occasion, were received, we are told, with transport. The solemnization of the Festival itself occupying the whole of Tuesday, none of the particular details of it are contained in the'Papers of that day, now received ; but we are presented with whole columns of tolerably respectable adulation on the subject.— In the case of the Journal de Paris, the enthusiasm bf its Editors hts even .kindled into something like' poetry on the occasion ; for, abandoning the path of dull prose, they have hailed the auspicious day in a rhyming leader of some two hundred lines and more, which concludes with a wish, not in the least hyper bolical, that " Le Solon des Francais soit aussi lour Nestor." 'The poetical Editor adds, in plain prose, that he is enabled to announce, with certainty, that the wishes of himself and all good Frenchmen for the perpetuation of the BOURBON line, are so far likely to be fulfilled, that the Duchess of Benny is again iu that state which all ladies delight to be who love their lords." We trust there is nothing poetical in this cowception. The most important fact, however, connected with this festival, is one which we have yet to notice, and which:we do with a very great. deal of satisfactiOn, The cirectation which has been generally entertained that the KING would distinguish this anniversary by an ample extension of his royal prerogative of mercy towards those suffering under the sentence of the laws, particularly for political offences, has been rea lised. The Moniteur 'states, that his MAzasrtr has granted no less than Three Hundred and Forty-five Free Pardons, and One Hundred and Forty-five Commutations of Punishment; and that of the three htindred and forty-five free 'Pardons, there are one hundred and twenty-one which are for political delicts, His MAJESTY could not possibly have done any thipg better calculated to conciliate the estranged affections of his subjects than this signal act of mercy. The oc. casion has been weil chosen ; the manner of it is of a character entitled to the appellation of illustrious. Whether any of the persons now in exile in foreign countries, on accoutt of their political conduct du 'ring the late commotions, are included in this am nesty we are not informed; but wewould fain hope, that the graciousness of the act will not be fouad to be impaired by any imprudent exclusion. For, such 25 are not fortunate enough to come within its beneficent operation, the Moniker adds a word of consolation which we feel pleasute in recording, as indicating that the spirit of conciliation and oblivion which seems now to be animating the French Go vernment, has become a fixed principle in their sys tem of policy. tt The fact that the Royal Mercy has been extended to some, opens to all the hope that they may, ere long, reader themselves worthy of the same favour." The Ambassadors of AUSTRIA and PORTUGAL had on Monday a conference with the Duke of WaLLING- Tox, and afterwards accompanied his Grace to another conference, which took place at the house of Sir CHARLES STEWART. The French Funds still continue rising. The five per cents. reached on Monday, 79 f. 50 c. Tile QUEEN.—The account from Kew, yesterday, of the state of her MAJESTY, was, " The QUEEN has had a good night, and is better to-day." An idea was entertained of removing her MAJESTY from Kew to Windsor in the City State Barge ; but, upon an application being made for that purpose, it was found that it drew considerably too much water to be rowed so high up the river. Letters have been received yesterday from Spa. The place is full of company ; amongst whom are their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of CITNEERLAIVD. The extensive Sour mills of William Allman, Esq. of Bandon, near Cork, were burnt down on the night of the 21st instant. Saturday morning a fire broke out in one of the houses at Leven Prmtfield, near Dumbarton, which was burnt to the grounds ' , NAVAL INTELLIGEXCE: PORTSMOUTH, Atcrst 2`. Wing W. S. NV. blows fresh.--Came into his Majesty's ships lrran and WA lie p DEAL. AUGUST 27. Wind W.—Sailed the Princess Mary, for Creek. Arrived and sailed f or the River, i gator, LUGGAN, from J ama i ca ; A nn and Al HOWARD, from Norfolk, (Virginia) in 45 Came down from the River and remain, d ie and Ann, JEFFERSON, for St. John's, (N o wick) ; Angerstein, PURCHASE, for St. Kiti ham Penn, for America ; • Favourite, for Belfast. Sailed the Cyrus, for d Seas ; the Richard and Ann, for B ' t. Joh, Brunswick). Remain, the Paragon, Cice many, Maimbrock, and several ntora—p unknown.,—Five o'Clock.—Wind W. blcro. Some of the outward-bound that sailed ti.:i at* coming bac k. DOVER, AUGUST 28. Sailed yesterday evening the Princes packet, Captain HALLANDS, for Ostend, wit and Passengers. Sailed this day the Kir?: packet, Captain KING ; and Lady Castle-.e: tain MAWLL, for Calais, with Passengers. this day the King George, Captain )ileac sannah, Capiain Moon ; and Leopold, C a p CiERS, from Calais, with passengers. • HARWICH, AUGUST t.s. Wind W.—Arrived the Beauloy packet Mail, &c. from Cuxhaven. HULL, AUGUST v. Arrived the Kiero, TRUEMAN, frmri Dari with S fish. The Elizabeth, frcm Gretzl4n posed to be arrived. NORTH SHIELDS, AUGUST 45. Arrived the Mary, DvaAsir, from Tc under jury fcre-mast and top -mast, having passage to Shields carried away berfore-ml thetop, and was obliged to cut away her rig LIVERPOOL ArGUST SE. Arrived the Nassau, GRAXTUAN!, from J sailed 24th June.--On the 20th inst. In 'tat spoke the brig Ann, from Picton to Liven sir weeks, short of provisions, and very le s i arrived the Tom, HANCOCK, from St.titfi sth July. On the 12th, in lat. 26. U. long spoke the ship Malabar, from Bombay, for : GREENOCK, AUGCST 21. Arrived this morning the Unity, *Vic. New Richmond, New Brunswick ; sailed 9 The Hero, PORTER, for Port Glasgow, saide same day. _ ASR, AUGUST to. Arrived in the Bay the brig Eclipse. Ca] from Quebec, with a cargo of pine timSer. Alexander, of Ayr, Captain REID, was f below Quebec, from Belfast, with pa<se well, on the sth July on the 17th Augusi Sisters, from St. John's, :yew Bruns. ick. off the Mull of Cantyre, all well. The sh of Ayr, Captain Mg..F.Arr, u•as off Core cf August, from St. Andrew's for Ayr, iu t'? I days , all well. CUSTOM-HOUSE, LONDON, ACGLT Smug tutus WwAins.—The Friends, Rutin, rick; Donegal, Gowan, from Belfast ; Three %a from Cork; Sisters, Bond, from Greenock; The from Pillau ; Seven Brother*, Fenwick, from Prise Islend ;. Union. Carr, from Dublin ; Joseph, Cole,fr Comm, Canning, from Archangel; Sceptre, Sae Oporto; and ten ships with corn. Ovewsaos.—Earl of Belfast, Aberdeen, for pelf' Pugh, for Cork; Neptune, Stranack, for Osten Drake, and Antwerp' Geluc, Jerjcn, for ADna berson, for Marseilles ; and EtugLeden, Chri Chrlstiansand and Arendal. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. EGHA3f RACES. ?man I.IT, TIWIMAY, atroc,f 27. The Sunninghill Stakts did not fill. Sweepstakes of sgs. each, with 9.5g5. added, three-ye four, Est. 71b. five, 9st. 211 s. six and aged, 9st and geldings allowed 21b. The winner of the C carry 51b. extra. Heats, the 'Kew Mile. The w sold for 150 gs. if demanded, Ste. Mr. Steven's Charming ' l / 4 4011y, Syn. old Mr. Day's ch. c. by Dotterill, 3yrn old 3 Mr. Parrall's b. f. Georgiana, Syn. old 1 Mr. Pierce's b. f. Telltale, Syrs. old - Mr. Mill's b. g. Jubilee, 4yrs. old 4 Two to 1 agst. Charming Molly-2 to 1 agst. the and 5 to X apt. Georgiana. After the first heat, 6 to 4 apt. the Dint:trill c.— Georgiana-4 to 1 apt. Charming Molly. After the second heat, 5 to 4 on Dotterill; and S . alarming Molly. After the third hear, 7 to 4 and 21 to 1 on Rand The winner carried 51b. extra for winning tit The Doke of York. wan on the Stand in the early day, but left before the quarts *concluded. The reduction of the prices of admission lane Theatre, in the ensuing season, is a TI which the Sub-Committee have determi following, we are assured, is the arrangem To else Boxes, first price, Ss. I To tie Pit, p Half-price But it seems that there is still some cioul the additidnal 6d. shall be taken off from ih to the Pit. Mr. H. JOHNSTON retains his situation 2 Drury-lane-Theatre; but the chief mans wholly confided to Mr. STEPHEN KEMBLE, authority of the Sub-Committee.—Mr. Si among the new engagements. The new piece fo rth coming at the Eng House, called Amateurs and Adors, is ago satire on the fashionable amateur theat: Drury-lane Theatre to boot. GEORGE COLMAN and JOHN BANNTS being c lately at dinner with Lord Easaix , Chancellor, among other subjects I served, that he had then about SOOO liea " I perceive (interrupted Colman) your L still an eye to the .Wool-sack!" Monday, Lord ELGIN and a servant passing a cart in Trongate, Glasgow, w out, in consequence of the horse falling. , was running at a very quick pace, and owing to a recent shower, were extreme Although the impetus was so great that h and servant were thrown several yards a horse, neither of them appeared to be bul The following melancholy circumstan at Paisley yesterday se'nnight : A fine three years of age, got hold of a dram- . half full of fl y -water, which he drank oft of the family could prevent him. Med immediately administered, but without c died in asout . eisht how-rafter. 1 ‘ ~toi-It ' • -*,•60.,