Star. — London, England, 1824-04-28 00:00:00

THE EV&*ST 1.0ND04. irEDNESDAY, APRIL 28, THE FUNDS STOCK EXCHANGE, TWELVE O'CLOCK. Onsets opened this morning at 961, I, for the Account, and for Money 96j, 11• with scarcely any business doing. Yesterday's rise in the Funds was owing to two circumstances; first, lewas reported late in the afternoon that an Exprtu had ar rived from Paris, bringing accounts that the French Elidster bad carried his Project by a very large majority ; secondly, it was . _ known that the interest of the Ezehequur Bills was going to be reduced. FOREIGN FUNDS. There is little doing in the Foreign Market this morning. The Foreign Stock Exchange Committee, we understand, have given no• nice that they will not take cognizance of any bargain that shall be made of any Stock or Shares, previous to the receipts being issued. Current Prices :—New Spanish 154 16, Old 171, Russian 974, Mexican Scrip 101 4. Austrian 171, French 18 to 4, Chilian 854 to 86, Alliance Shares 164 17, Greek 2 dis. Colombian 934 4, Co- lombian Scrip 4to 4, New Prussian 991 to 100, Old 981, Irish Shares 24 1, Portuguese 81, Equitable 34 1. • PR I CF. OF STOCKS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock 244-3 per Cent. Reduced 95% 4/ 8 11 per Cent. Consols 96 1 / 1 1 1 4 4 per Cents. Assented 102 101 7 / 4 per Cents. New 108 A 109 Bank Long A nni. 231-16 Va India Bonds 81s. 82s. 80s. Exclieq. Bills (1:1,000) 50s. 525. 49s.—Small 525. 508:. Consols for Acct. 96%8 34. HIS MAJESTY. -•4111.-. It has been erroneously stated, in most of the Morn ing Papers, that his MAJESTY arrived in town yester. day, as will be seen by the following Bulletin issued this morning. . __ 44 WINDSOS CASTLIN APSIL 28, 10 O'CLOCK, A.M. " The KING has for some days past been much indiaposed with the prevailing epidemic cold. His Martyry is much better to-day ; and unless, Unhappily, his MAJILSTY should suffer a relapse, there will be no further Bulletin. (Signed) " HENRY HALFORD, " MATTHEW JOHN TIERNEY." We may easily judge how smoothly the affairs of Government go on, and on what a bed of roses the Mi nisters recline, from the total failure of mustering up anything like a tangible charge against them. The Times and the Chronicle have not been so dull of many a year. Where be their jibes now ? Othello's occu pation's gone." The Tread-mill and the Protestant Church in Ireland sometimes afford matter for a diatribe in the Chronicle; but the Times is so wholly at a loss for a subject, that it has actually commenced an attack on the Commission appointed for superintend ing the alteration and repairs in Windsor Castle._ No objection is made to the respectability of the indivi duals chosen.—They are " no doubt," says the Editor, 44 familiarly conversant with the beaux ads, and now enjoying the otium cum diguitate." There is, no doubt, some point in this felicitous combination of languages, though we confess it falls pointless on us; but, inquires the Editor triumphantly—" Is there one of them that knows the difference between the Abacus and the A-Y•agai of a column, or could distinguish between the pure Gothic and the Horse-shoe arch ?" Who dare answer for such a depth of knowledge on the part of the Right Honourable Gentlemen ; not we certainly.— The civic test of counting the hobnails is nothing to i t ; ' therefore, presuming that the Editor of the Times does know those tine criteria in architecture, which can Anne qualify any person for superintending the na tional buildings, and much doubting that another Gen tleman so erudite can be met with, we do hope that the Commission will be dissolved, and that the Editor will be appointed to direct the alterations and repairs in con templation. The Editor having completely proved the incapacity of four members of the Commission—for as to their ever passing the test of distinguishing between a go thic and a horse-shoe arch, no one can ever dream of that—be then proceeds to the three others" Lord ABER DEEN, Sir MATTHEW WHITE RIDLEY, and ALEXANDER BARING, Esq.!!! These are the three who fill up the number, and we have given a note of admiration for each of them." Here we are at fault again, for we really cannot dis cern the smart humour which certainly lurks under the three notes of admiration, but there is, as Hamlet says, • 4 no doubt something in it if philosophy could find it out."—One Gentleman is acknowledged as worthy of being on the Commission. " The late Sir HARRY EN : GLEFIELD was, from taste and learning, a very compe tent person to have put upon such a business; but he is no more." Now, the only person " competent to put" on the Commission being incapacitated from the duties for va rious causes—one of which is, that he is no mote—is an additional reason why the hero of the Abacus and the Astragal should have the sole appointment. Jack Cade declared that his mouth should be the Parliament of England, why, therefore, may not the Lditot be mouth and wisdom to a Parliamentary Committee? Besides, the Gentleman of the Times is as acute a reasoner as he is an able architect—the WREN of the nineteenth cen tury. " An inefficient and incapable Commission," says the Times, " then, having been nominated, one of two inferences is inevitable, viz. either that it is meant to back out' of the projected experiments upon Windsor Castle, or that the business is to be intrusted to other hands." 'We suspect these are inferences that none but the writer himself would draw ; but what is meant by other hands? did the Editor expect that the Commission was to consist of bricklayers, carpenters, stone-masons, and bi s b labourers, all skilled in the Abacus and Astragal of , , course, who should do the work themselves; but we must really leave this profound logician, whose reveries, we confess, are to us incomprebentible. The following interesting information relative to our squadron off Algiers was this morning posted at Lloyd's: 0 ADMIRALTY OFFICE, 27m APRIL " By the last dispatchfrom the Admirat command ing in chief in the Mediterranean, dated the 2d instant, it appears that the whole of the Algerine squadron are dismantled and blockaded in the harbour of Algiers." The latest letters from Leghorn and Genoa state, that all our shipping in the Mediterranean had pro ceeded to their destination in safety, without meeting a single Algerine vessel, from our strict blockade of that port. The commerce of other Powers, Spanish and Italian,will experience the full benefit of our protection. We shall thus, without the loss of a single man, annihi late the pursuits of these barbarians; not a ship can quit or enter Algiers but with a certainty of capture, and the Pirate of that Regency must of necessity sub mit to any measures we dictate. Whether any new ' outrages may oblige us to attack and bombard the place, and again lay the defences of Algiers in ashes, we cannot now anticipate; but such an attempt cannot be made but by a powerful fleet, and at great loss, and every purpose is accomplished by the blockade. The Corsair can now dispatch no aid against the Greeks, and the Egyptian PACHA will pause before he forms an expedition. No half measures with these barbarians would accomplish anything ; they must be taught to feel the consequences of their outrages before they will relinquish the perpetration; and our blockade, at pre sent, is annihilation to them. The entire Mediterranean at present appears free from them ; and if any of then cruisers are abroad, they must ultimately fall into out hands. But for the interposition of this viuntry, the 'Mediterranean would be impassable; these pirates would swarm in every part of it, and make descents on the unprotected coasts of Spain and Italy, Carl ying away whole villages into slavery, as they did in past times, and inflicting incalculable miseries on the wretched inhabitants ; but this horrible traffic is nuw annihilated by our blockade. Lisbon Papers to the 13th inst. reached us this morn ing. The following are extracts: LISBON, APRIL it. A Supplement to the Lisbon Gazette of this date con tains the following article: We have the pleasure of communicating to the Pub lic the dispatches just received from Macao, dated the Bth of November last, by which we learn that that city was at length delivered from the factious, who by troubling the public order, endangered its safety and its preservation to the Crown of his Majesty the King our Sovereign. It is certain that these dispatches are drawn up in the language of persons unacquainted with the happy restoration of Portuguese loyalty; but it is easy to perceive, on reading them, that the sentiments of all the inhabitants of Macao, as well as of those who were actors in the proceedings which overthrew the factious Government, were analogous to those of all . true Portuguese in these Kingdoms, before the glorious days at the end of May and beginning of June, which effected here the salvation of the Mona: chy ; and that as soon as they are in possession of this agreeable informa tion they will rejoice at it, as may be expected from their loyalty. The official accounts from the authorities at Mack), state in substance, that the Governor General of India had sent the Salamander frigate, with some troops, to establish a Provisional Government, in the absence of the Governor, Don Jose Osorio, and to remove the Senate, which had intruded itself into the Government. The rightful Government being established, several persons were arrested, one of whom was a Brazilian, Major Paulin() da Silva Barbosa, who had taken an active part in the preceding disturbances, and in the, hostile measures adopted against the Salamander frigate. Great praise is given to the conduct of the Officers and, troops of the expedition. The place is stated to enjoy perfect tranquillity, and to be on the best terms with the Chinese Government, and that of Manilla. This Gazette contains also a letter from the King to the Bishop of Macao, enjoining the measures to be ob served in the present state of the Colony. The Gazettes from the I2th to the 17th April, are chiefly filled with extracts from Spanish, French, and English Journals. They give also long extracts from two Papers of Pernambuco, the Sealinetla and the Araro, with a view of sheaving the fermentation, anarchy, disunion, ignorance, fanaticism, and in fine, all the ele ments of disorder and revolutionary rage which are ma nifest in these productions. This forenoon we received the following accounts re lating to Spain from Bayonne. They are much of the same complexion as all the intelligence from that country : BAYONNE, APRIL 20. The accounts from Madrid -of the 15th represent , Spain as remaining in the same state of distress and un certainty with respect to the measures of the Govern ment. Meantime many persons continue to be arrested and imprisoned: even the Nobles are not exempt. The Marquis of Polomarez is arrested. The Madrid Ga. mite gives the details of the ceremonial which took place at Toledo on the entrance of the King. As all these fetes resemble each other, it is unnecessary to re peat what has been so often said : we will mention, however, that the whole Court went to pay their devo tions at the shrine of St. Raymond, founder of the Or der of Calatrava. The Alcaldes of Madrid have pub. lished a long Ordonnance of Police for the conduct to be observed in she capital during Passion Week, which in Spain is a season of scandal and disorder. —The severest penalties are clammed against those who transgress. Madrid has been set fire to in four places at once; thanks to the activity of the French gar rison, it made no progress, and the damage done was inconsiderable; two children, however, perished. The two parties reciprocally accuse each other of this crime. On the 13th, in the evening, a Royal Resolution was published, which orders that the Decree of the Regency, of the 27th of June last, relative to pacifications, shall be carried into full effect. It is reported that the cele brated Empecinado has been assassinated. The return of Don Saez to the Ministry is more spoken of than ever. It is said, too, that the Count de Bourmont is going to be created a Grandee of Spain, by the title of Duke of Albufera, or of some other place. A letter from Toledo, of the 13th, has the following passage: " The French Ambassador has just arrived ; the Count de . Bourmont has received orders to quit the command of the army in twenty-four hours. General Ordonneau will take his place for the present. This General is expected to-day. The King will be back at Aranjuez on the 19th, as well as the head-quarters, and the troops will resume their former cantonments. This change is expected to be productive of much good, as it seems to indicate that the moderate party is going to obtain the ascendancy." The Paris Journals of Sunday have reached us.— The most important feature of their contents, the dis cussion in the Chamber of Deputies on Saturday, rela tive to the reduction of the five per cents. was described in our Paper of yesterday, but there occurred in the same sitting a proceeding which deserves to be briefly noticed. A report was made on two Petitions from a Sieur DeLONCLE, of Bordeaux, who prayed, Ist, that a chapel dedicated to the Virgin Mary, and consecrated to Madame the Duchess of Angouleme, should be built; 2d, that in the celebration of marriage, the re ligious ceremony of the Church should precede that " , kith takes place before the Civil Magistrate. The Committee proposed the order of the day on both pal. ions, and this recommendation was readily adopted with regal dto the first. On the second, however, some ditcus-ion arose. M. de BLANGY moved that the peti tion be referred to the Minister of the Interior; and M. EvouL, that it also be referred to the Bureau des Itenseignments. M. MECIIIN and M. de GIRARDIN objected to these references. The former observed, that the decision of the Chamber might induce some persons to consider the religious ceremony sufficient, and to neglect the civil contract, which would pro bably occasion much trouble and confusion in families. —The latter resisted the references, on the ground that the Charter secured liberty of worship to all sects; and as a consequence of that liberty, the law required that a civil contract should precede any religious ceremony which the patties might choose to superadd. tie de precated the alarm which would be the result of the Chamber chewing a disposition to favour petitions of this &se' iption. These objections were received with murmurs ; a motion for passing to the order of the day was rejected by a great majority ; and the references proposed by MM. BLANGY and Renotm ordered. A We of Charleston Papers to the 30th March reached us this morning, from which we make the following ex t rac t s:- FROM HAVANNAII.—Our files of liavannah Papers are to the 20th instant inclusive. By the schooner Sally, a letter received in this city says, the new duty of two per cent. on all provisions has just been imposed. Two British Officers arrived at Havannah on the 20:h instant in his Majesty's ship Kangaroo, with dispatches from Jamaica, which have not transpired. RETRACT OF A LETTER PROM PORT-AU-PRINCE, FEB. 17. " There is a rumour here that the French Govern ment is about to issue a decree, by which the produce of the country will henceforth be considered as foreign productions, and pay foreign duties, even in French bottoms." 'AR. 28, 1824. FROM THE COURIER or THE 29D MARCH. We have now before us a file of Official Gazettes of the Department of the Isthmus of Panama, to the 18th of January. We do not perceive anything new in these papers. We learn by these papers that the Government of Colombia have, by a formal decree, granted to Run dell and Bridge, the famous London jewellers, the mo nopoly of the pearl fishery, to be carried on with machines on all the coast between Cape Corientes and the South Sea ; the consideration of the Colombian Government is, that they are to receive one•fifth part of the produce of the fishery. Tnost Maxtco.—A letter from Jalapa, February 11, expresses an apprehension that an arrangement will be concluded with the British Commissioners, by which British goods will be admitted only by vessels of that nation. Sir BENJAMIN IYURUAN has proceeded to the go vernment of Demerara, and is succeeded in the command of An tigua by Sir Homo Lows. Lady Lows has not accompanied Sir Huosos, but remains in the neighbourhood of Windsor, where she is esteemed not less for her personal attractions than for her libera lity to the poor. Monday, the Duke of WELLINGTON left Cheltenham, for Strathfieldsay, after a fortnight's stay. Lord SHERBoRNE had a select party at dinner yester day, at his house in Lower Grosvenor-street. It is stated in a private letter from Spain that Colonel CHAnLis DowNta r who, it is known, took the part of ithe Constitutionalists and was wounded while serving with RJEGO, has been restored to favour at the Court of FERDINAND, and is in a fair way to promotion. General SAN MARTIN has arrived at Havre, from Buenos Ayres. Letters have been received from Lord BYRON, dated Missolongbi, March 16.—At that period his Lordship had perfectly recovered from his severe indisposition, and was taking an active part in the affairs of Greece. Letters from Paris, received yesterday, state that Sir H. B. NEALE bad arrived in the REVENGE man of war at Marseilles. All negoctations w►th the DET of ALGIERS had failed ; the port was strictly blockaded. ACCIDENT To THE TALBOT STEAM PACKET. A rather unpleasant accident occurred to the passengers in this packet, which plies between London and Ostend, hut which for tunately has not been attended by any serious results. She left her lusual station off the Custom-house quay, at eight o'clock on Satur day the 17th inst. with the intention of proceeding to Ostend, to which place she had generally made the passage in from 15 to 18 hours. Upon arriving off Sheerness, however, about five in the evening, it blew so hard that the Captain deemed it advisable ro come to an anchor, and he remained there until one o'clock the following morning, when he proceeded towards his destination.— Upon arriving within a short distance of Ostend, at eight n'clie 1 / 4 on Sunday evening, owing in all probability to the darkness, whi. it prevented him from seeing that the flag which indicates wh et h, bar is passable had been hauled down, he attempted to cross the , when the vessel struck with much violence against the groom:. Several boats, whose owners had been looking rut for the pAck,i, immediately put off, and the passengers, to the amount of b et , thirty and forty, amongst whom were several ladies, were with tom, difficulty landed at Ostend, as a strong ebb•tide was rlltlnltlg. ac, companied by a heavy surf. It was rather fortunate tot the! packet that the wind, which had been previously very boisterous, died away immediately after she had got aground, otherwise she must inevi. tably have gone to pieces daring the night. She was brought into Ostend at three o'clock the following morning without having re ceived any apparent damage. We understand the British Consul at Ostend has in consequence of this accident made application to the proper quarter to have buoys laid down, with a view to afford a surer protection to vessels entering this dangerous harbour. ARMY. Dune OR YORK'S Laysn.—Yesterday afternoon, soon after faux o'clock, tke Duke of Yong, as Commander-in-Chief, held a I vv..e at his Office in the Horse Guards, and it being a fortnight since hi, Royal Highness held a Levee, it was very numerously attended, there being between fifty and sixty Officers present. Among the principal Officers were—The Marquis of Carmarthen, Marquis of Londonderry, General Drummond, General Loftus, Lieut.-Gen, Sir Robert Bolton, Lieut.-Gen. Sir William Cockburn, Lieut.-6.-n. Sir R. H. Sheaffe, Lieut.-Gen. laird Blayney, Lieut.-en. Steven son, Lieut.-Gen. Sir John Oswald, Lieut.-Gen. Pre, Major-Gen. Sir William Hutchinson, Major-Gen. Sir George Airey, Major-Gen. Stuart, Major-Gen. Peachey, Major-Gen. Pattenson, Major-Ceti. Macquarrie, Major-Gen. Hill, and Major-Gen. Vincent. Commissions in the Stamen Militia, signed by the Lord Lizutenant of the county of Sussex. Edward Borough, Gent. to be Ensign; Thomas Tourle, jun. Gent. 1 to be ditto. KING'S THEATRE. The Opera of Otello was repeated last night to a full house, and Madame PASTA was not less favourably ic ceived, or less successful in her exertions, than en t:,e occasion of het first appearance. The grace ot her manner, and the feeling evinced in everything she Joes, have an exceedingly powerful effect, and would ietv2er talent far inferior to that which she real) , posses:e: ir resistibly fascinating. In the Ballet of La !%oce du Village, a new performer made his appearance; a Monsieur FERDINAND. style of dancing is neat and graceful, combining, in some degree, the agility of ALBERT and the elegance of VESTRIB. In a pas de deux with Madame RoNzt TRIS, he acquitted himself in a manner to call forth the warmest applause. He certainly will prove a very great acquisition to the Carps de Ballet, notwithstanding its present strength. Monsieur VENAFRA, the grotesque dancer, was also much applauded in a dance in which he appeared towards the end of the Ballet. The House was exceedingly crowded immediately after the doors were opened. THE KING. WINDSOR, APRIL 27.—We are sorry to state, that the KING is again indisposed to Jay ; in consequence of which his MAJESTY will not leave Windsor for London, as was expected. But we feel happy in stating, his MA. JESTY is not confined with any severe attack of gout, but labours chiefly under a severe cold. Sir H. FIALVORD arrived at the Castle last evening, and left again this morning, for London. . The Princess AUGUSTA honoured the Italian Opera House with her presence last night. Yesterday, the Duke of Yon*, the Duchess of Gi.ot.. CILITIS, and the Princess Sortsra, visited the Princess Aueurra. The Princess A uousTis honoured the Viscountess Ca'MORN& with a visit yesterday, at her house in Stanhope-street. Mr. CANNING transacted business at the Foreign Of. See, yesterday. We learn that Earl GREY will be in town shortly to attend his duty in Parliament. It is understood that he will return to the Governor's house, Plymouth Dock, next winter, on account of the health of Lady Gaze. The Duke and Duchess of BEDFORD are expected in town this day, from their seat, Woburn Abbey. The Marquis and Marchioness of SALISBURY arrived in town yesterday, from their seat, Hatfield. The Bishop of Ossoax and the Hon. Mrs. FOWLER arrived in town yesterday, from a visit to Mr. and Mrs. GEORCZ BING, at their seat, Wl'Othatll Park, The Rol and Countess of CowPER arrived in town yesterday,. from Brighton. The Countess of Essax's ball, on Monday evening, in Hill-street, Berkeley-square, was attended by about 150 distin guished fashionable', including the Dowager Duchess of RienstoND, the Ladies Lennon, the Ladies PAGI,T, and Lord and Lady M/Re. 112711. The spacious suit of drawing-rooms were elegantly feted up for the occasion. Dancing commenced about tea o'clock, and did not finish till put four yesterday morning,. The Right Hon. Lord GWYDYR has issued circular letters to his tenants, on his extensive estates in Perthshire, rm.. mising them the third part of the game killed on their respective farms. provided they ate attentive in protecting the game from being destroyed by poachers and other unqualified persons. DUEL PREVENTED.—Having copied from a Morning Paper of yesterday an incorrect account of the proceedings at Mary la-bonne Office on Monday, we now give a correct statement : Monday, a young Gentleman, named Gto. S. Amsinck, appeared at this office, before J. RAIVLINSON, Esq. on a warrant, charging hint with having endeavoured to provoke Mr. Ambrose George Campbell, a medical gentleman, to fight a duel. Mr. Campbell being sworn, said he had received a letter from Mr. Amsinek, which he begged leave to hand to the Magistrate. The Magistrate read the note, which, for a challenge, was a very long one ; and in rather coarse language abused Mr. Campbell, calling him a liar in direct terms• The cause of the quarrel arose front some observations, reflecting very strongly on Mr. Amsinck. Mr. Amsinck was asked if he would forego his intentions to-wards Mr. Campbell, which, how ever, he declined to do, and Mr. Campbell's note was then read. It was couched in very taunting language, and ascribed the chal lenge to the juvenile effort of an unrestrained boy, and considering Limas such, and as one who, from calling him a liar, and from other circumstances, be could not meet as a Gentleman, be should, instead of meeting him personally, send a police officer to keep his appoint ment. Mr. Rawunson said, that Mr. Campbell having made the complaint, it was not necessary to call upon him for securities : but he should require bail from Mr. Amsinck, himself in £3OO, and two sureties in £lOO each, which were found in the course of the ‘l4y, and Mr. Amsinck was discharged. = A letter from Jamaica, received by the last mail, states that BOLIVAR, the President of Colombia, has a large party in Cuba, and that his future views, aftn settling the affairs of Peru, point to the acquisition 01 that Island. Extract from the Demerara Gazette of the 27th February :-4 , Dominica is in confusion and upr'at• The Earl of HUNTINGDON, who dissolved the Iloti,,eol Assembly a short time ago, has refused to issue ail new writs for the re-election of Members until 'lr= MAJESTY'S pleasure be known regarding the issue be , tween them." i Th_ ll lost th drawr Cap "alp Greer Dr. Amite at the ''Yards The spring F. 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