Star. — London, England, 1824-12-27 00:00:00

r SOUTH AMERICA. CIIII.E. ,r ; !:!,;;41 LtF'-4 " • ' FROM THE ARGUS OF 'MEMOS AIRES OF OCTOBER 9. The ship of war fitting out at Valparaiso to join the maritime force of Peru, had not yet sailed from that port in the middle of Septen:her, but the equipment of these vessels was carrying on with iedoubled ar.:out since the appearance of the Asia. On the I.sth of that month the elections were to take place in Santiago, the capital, for deputies to the new Congress convcked by the Directory, which was to meet at Quillota, a city or inferior rank, which has, however, 10,000 itlhabitants. Y. ivate letters, wrrthy of implicit credit, say, that the Liberal party will certainly triumph in the elections.— S:ni.r Zanartu has been appointed Minister Plenipo tentiary to the United States of North Ametica, in the room of Senor Camdino, who has been hindered by ill health from proceeding on that miision. 1 1 P" -- BUENOS-AYR ES. The Government has sent to the Chamber of Repre sentatives the following Note and Project of Law : - “Beuros-Avirs.s, OCT. 6, 1824. " The provinces of the Rio de la Plata have already the glory of having abolished the African slave•trade by a spechrl law; and have thus prevented the country from having to blosh for the sacrifice of new victims. They may also boast of having laid in the interior solid foundations for the genei al emancipation of the slaves; but the Government of Buenos-Ayr es considers that the sanction of the annexed project of law is indispensable !o complete this great work, d.ee to therevolution. The Government believes itself to be supported by the •de cided opinion of etch representative, and this induces it to hope that the sanction of the litw which it proposes will he due to the fourth Legislature. The Government respectfully salutes the honour able Representatives. "JUAN GREGORTA LE LAS HERAS. " MANUEL JOSE GARCIA." PR )J ECT of L 1. The African slave trade is declared to be piracy. Those citizens of Bn.:nu s •Aytez, who after the publication of this law shall engage in the slave trade, shall be punished as pirates. BUF.NOS.AYRES, OCTOBER 20. The Chile mail, which at rived on Monday, brings no recent information respecting the operations of the Li berating Army against that of Canterac, because no vessel had arrived after that which ipought the news of the defeat of the enemy's cavalry; and though there are in thii-city two letters dated from Santiago de Chile, which affirm, that at the time of the sail:ng of the abovementioned vessel, a communication was made by a messenger who followed it, that news had just been received from Truxillo of a second defeat - sustained by the enemy's army, we however think it prudent to sus pend our opinion till we receive more positive information. The mail from Salta, which arrived here on the 13th, brought news of the entire evacuation of Upper Peru by the Constitutional General Valdez, and consequently I of the triumph of the Rol alist General Olaneta, in his pretensions to the command of the provinces from Po tosi to the Desaquadero. It was pretty certainly known, that the prcipitate ,reiteat of Valdez was caused by positive and repeated orders of La Serna, grounded on the imminent tlan:;cr in which he and Canterac were, of being over powered by the great for c e of General Bo livar, and the advantages gained by him over the Royal army. Valdez left Pt-tosi at the beginning of September, having first sent a communication to Olaneta, in which, he permits him to occopy the said provinces, and makes' him responsible to - King Ferdinand, in case he does not preserve them against the power of the American Go vernments, which he calls insur gents. Olaneta entered Potosi on the 4th of September, with a force consider ably reduced. 1 1 11 E EVENING STAR LONDON. MONDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1824. ST. JOMN.-1101.IDAY AT THE BANE. .. TIIE FUNDS. STOCK F.XCHANGE. TWELVE O'CLOCK. Consols opened this morning at 951 96 fur the Account, with little doing. - FOREIGN FUNDS. Current Prices: New Spanish 151, Old 221, Butslan 95/, Meal. can 713 g, relumbian New 88, French Scrip 14 pre. Portuguese 881 /, Alliance Shares 8/ pre. Marine Alliance 11 1 pre. Brazilian Scrip 51 pre. Colombi in Mines 201 pre. Rio de la Plata 101, Gas dis. A par. Greek 571, Brazil Mines 11 2 pre. - ,An Extraordinary Gazette was this morning re ceived from Sincapore, dated the I len July, by which we learn, that several skirmishes had taken place with the Bur mese, and that a number of stockades had been carried, but with great loss on both sides. The Court returned this evening to Madrid, amidst the applause of the Royalist Volunteers, and a multi tude of people, assembled owing to the fineness of the weather. The re-establishment of the Inquisition, for which the Decree had been already signed, is postponed which is attributed to the presence of Prince Maximilian, whose journey to Spain is political. It is still the opinion there will be a change of Ministry. The order to halt the Fi ench troops on the Ebro has disconcerted our fanatics, who only waited their ab sence to commit all kinds of excesses. Dm 24.—French Rentee, 101 f. 80 C. By the arrival of a Jamaica Mail, which sailed on the 16th of November, Papers have been received at the Jamaica Coffee-house. They contain no intelli gence of any interest from South America. The House of Asiembly was opened by his Grace the GOVZHNOR on the 2.fult. The following are extracts : FROM THE JAMAICA-COURANT OF NOVEMBEII S. . • . At a late hour we received the Etoile and Constitit tionnel of Friday. The KING continues the pleasures of the chase. There has been nothing of any consequence in the two Chambers. The frigates Arethusa and Ci,ce had left Rochlort for Cadiz. Accounts from Sr. Petersburgh, of the 30th, state that the Minister for Fi• nance had published a notice of the late inundations, in which he stated the principal loss to commerce was in sugar, salt, and potass, and that few merchant vessels had suffered at Cronstadt. The following are extracts from the Constithtionnel: TRIESTE, DECEMBER a. AustrianAn vessel arrived yesterday in this port, has brought letters to several Greeks residing in this town. The above vessel was visited, off Cape Saint An. tonio, by the Greek Vice-Admiral, who put on board the aboie letters. One of the letter s, written by theV:ce.Ad ntiral himself, dated Heights of St. Angelo, states as fol lows: 16 that the Egyptian fleet has been met and beaten on the 12th Nov. by the Greeks, near the Isle of Candia. Twenty transports; with regular troops on board, were taken, and the remainder dispersed. After this event. (says the Admiral), it is doubtful if the Vice-roy of Egypt will make an attempt on the Morea, and it is doubtful whether he will be able to remain at Candia." —Augsburg Gazette. MADRID, DECEMBER IS. PRIVATE LETTER. The opening of the House of Assembly took place yesterday ; and if we may judge from the tenour of his Grace's speech, is likely to pass over without any extra ordinary calls on the patience of the Members. His Grace delivered a speech, of which the follow ing are the principal passages : 41 The unlimited confidence I have always reposed in the loyalty and fidelity of the lower classes of society in this Island, renders it more painful to me to acquaint you, that since your last meeting, partial disturbances have taken place amongst the slaves in several parishes, attended, in some instances, by acts of open rebellion ; and, it appears, by the declaration -of the principal offenders, made at a time when there could be no reason to doubt their sincerity, that they had been led to be lieve his Majesty had made them free—a delusion which even his Majesty's Royal Proclamation, containing the most distinct and positive assurance to the contrary, seems not to have removed. Deeply as these events are to be lamented, it is a consolation to reflect that the great mass of the slave population has continued to preserve that peaceable and orderly demeanour to which I have so often bore testimony. " I have received instructions from his Majesty's Go vernment, containing some propositions for the im provement of the condition of the Slave population, which I shall make the subject of an early commu nication to you. I am also to acquaint you, that his Ma. jesty has been pleased to appoint a Bishop fer this Island, to whom is to be intrusted the contioul of the clergy of the Church of England. The Lords Commissioners of his Majesty's Treasury have had under.consideration the heavy charges to which the navigation and commerce of the United Kingdom are liable in his Majesty's colonies, with a view of reducing as much as possible all such charges ; and I expect to have it in my power to communicate to you more conclusive information on this subject ip the course of the present month." FROU TUE COURANT, OF NOV. 4. EXTRACT OF A LETTER, DATED CUAORES, OCT. 18. " The victory obtained by the Republican Army, on the 6th Se, tember, on the plains of Junia, has caused, the liberation of six provinces, Tarma, Jauja, Pampa Huancavelua, Huanca, and Huamanga, from the Spa nish yoke. On the 6th inst. fourteen vessels, one of war, arrived at Panama frum Guayaquil, to transport part of the five thousand men; the same day, they re. sailed•for Guayaquil. The greater part of Peru is in our SALTA. The vanguard organizing in this province daily im proves in number ai.a nisei prine. Above 50 men, most of them corporals and serjeants, have come over from the army of Olaneta. They affii in that those t‘ ho form the Spanish force ate disposed to abandon colours which are displayed only in favour of personal interests, and of despots more cruel than Ferdinand VII. himself. 0cr.23.—1n our preceding number, we alluded to a report of the defeat of the Constitutional General Val- • dee, by Aquilera, of the Servile party (that of Olaneta.) We find this report to be founded on the fullowing ex. tt act of a letter from a merenatA in the f.rovinoe of Salta: The late events in P. 4 it are of a very flattering na ture. On the retreat of Valdez, sent for by LA Serna, on account of the danger which he is in from Genlral Iloiivar, Aquilera, in concert with the Barbarucho, at tacked him in the environs of Potosi, and completely defeated him, Valdez being wounded in one foot, an d Caratala killed ; hence Olaneta is master ft urn Mojo to the Desaquadero inclusive, who, uniting all his forces, except the small gars icons, has commenced his mrch, protection to his distressed rivals, though no body knows his secret vies s." The Chile paper 14 Liberal of Sept. 4, contains 1. A Note front the Nlinister Pleitip. tentiary of the United States, to the Minister for Foreign Affairs, dated Santiago, August 4, in which he complains that the subjects of the United States and other foreigners, are prohibited by the laves of Chile from the free exet cise of their religion, and even the rites of burial; and he there fore, according to his duty, calls the attention of the Goverrunent or Chile to the necessity of renteds irig th s grievance by a law which shall ensure them the enjoy ment of the privileges to which they are accustomed, and thus teurove all grounds for future complaint. '2. -A letter from Mr. Canning, dated April 23d, to the Consul-General in Chile, desiring him to require from the Government of Chile, for the subjects of his Britannic Majesty, not only the enjoyment of civil rights, but the freedom of religious worship : these civil rights are, freedom of peitons and property, against every act of the Government emanating from political relations with other countries, or political dissensions at borne : and pt incipally,exemption ft our personal militar y ser►ice, and (mom every impost which does not fall on the general mass. The free exercise of their religion, and the decent celebration of the rites of sepulture, are equally indispensable to the tranquillity aura welfare of the members of a Christian community. On the other hand, his Majesty's suhject s s ate to avoid all ostentatious display of the religious worship —to behave in a peaceable and orderly ,rnanner—to respect the laws, customs, and civil and religious in stitutions of the Government under the protection of which they live; and the Government of Chile may be assure,!, that any of his subjects acting otherwise, and in a manner offensive to the Government and people of Chile, will incur his Majesty's serious displeasure. - N • Ids.3Lm~ _ PROM THR COURANT OF THE 9rll NOVEMBER. The folto►ring was received, by Express, yesterday from the North side We have this Moment received the pleasing inteUigence•that a skirmish . has taken place between the Militia and Maroons, and the runaways, anti that two of the lager have been killed, one of them ,opposed to be their Chief. Their township consisted of fifteen comfortable houses." - . .~~ .. • - possession." This forenoon we received* Lisbon Gaieties of the 13th, 14th, and 15th inst. from which we make the fol lowing extracts : LISBON, DECEMBER 12. "DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE. " It having come to my knowledge, that in the province otAlentejo, frequent and considerable robberies continue to be committed, to the general scandal, cawing great injury and alarm to my faithful subjects inhabiting that province, who, fearing the repetition c•f such crimes, suspend cn this account the course of their commercial affairs, to the great detriment of my Royal Exchequer and of the Public ; and considering that such crimes require a prompt and exemplary punishment to restore public tranquillity, I am pleased to order, that in the tribunal called Casa de Supplies°, the Commissipn be re-established which was created by the Portaria of l&h December, 1812, for the purpose of passing ser. tence according to the laws, on the persons who have been implicated in the said robberies, since the first day of the present year, or who shall henceforward commit them in the districts of the Province of Alentejo, and others, within the jurisdiction of the said tribunal : the Chancellor, who acts also as Chief Justice, is to see to the execution of the Decree. " Palace orliemposta, Nov. 24,1824." (Signed by his Majesty.) An of der addressed to the Intendant-General of the Police. commands him, in concert with the Military Authorities, to pursue well-combined measures of Civil and Military Police, by which the robbers may be promptly arrested, and the confidence of the inhabitants restored. LISBON,' DECEMBER 13. To-day his Majesty gave an audience to the Paion Hyde de Neuville, Conde da Benaposta, who delivered his new credentials as Ambassador from his Most Chris tian Majesty Charles X. In a preceding column, we have given extracts from South American Papers. The news they contain, though not of a very decisive character, are favourable to the independence of the New States. ' At Buenos Ayres we are happy to see, not only the abolition of the African Slave Trade, but a project of law presented by Government to the Representatives, for declaring that,odious traffic to be piracy, when car. tied on by citizens of La Plata. Rumours prevailed at Santiago de Chile, of a second defet of Camraaac, but na positive knowledge of tl.e fact had been received. It appears, however, to be better authenticated that LA SERNA and CANTaRAC felt them selves to be in imminent danger, from the orders trans mitted to VALDEZ to evacuate the whole of Upper Peu to OLANETA, and to join -the Viceroy with his forces. —An extract from a mercantile letter in Salta inform; us, that VALDEZ, on his march to effect the above junc tion, was attacked by AGUILERA in the neighbourhood of Potosi, and totally defeated.. The Chilians were busied in fitting out vessels to re inforce the Peruvian squadron, which was presumed to be too weak to cope with that-of FERDINAND, since the appearance of the Asia and the Achilles in those Sc as. The approach of the elections had given flesh anima Con and confidence to the Patribts, who were said to make sure that the Liberal candidates would triumph throughout the Republic. Mr. Secretary CANNING and the Minister from the United States, have addressed letters to the Government of Chili, claiming for British and American subjects the free exercise of religious worship, and the decent cele bration of he rights of sepulture, according to their respective customs, which, we doubt not, will readily be granted. THE KING: WINDSOR, DECEMBER M. Yesterday, and this morning, his MAJESTY, aecom• panied by his suite, heard Divine Ser.Vice performed in the dining.room at the Royal Lodge, by the Dean of SALISBURY, the Rev. MT. SUMNER, his MAJESTY'S Chaplain, having gone upon a tour to Italy. This day his MAJESTY tok an airing for nearly three hours, in the Great Park. Yesterday, the weather being unfavourable, his MA JEsry did not pay his intended visit to the Castle. In the evening, the KING entertained a select pasty at dinner, amongst whom were—his Royal Highness the Duke of YORK, Lord Sr. HELENS, Sir A. and Lady STANHOPE, &c. His Royal Highness left, after dinner, for London. The Princess Auc VSTA had Divine Service-performed yesterday and this day, at Frogmore. The Duke of Yons attended Divine Service yester day, at the Chapel Royal, St. James's Palace. The Duchess of KENT attended Divine Service at the Royal German Chapel, on Saturday, being Christmas day, and heard a sermon by the ltev. Dr. Kerma. Mr. Secretary CANNING was not so well on Saturday, but was much bettet`yesterday ; and we are happy to state that the Right Hon. Gentleman is still better to-day; and that the symp toms of gout are considerably abated. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER left town on Thursday, on a visit to Lord Chet:mt.', at his scat at Dropmore, and returned to town on Saturday. In the evening, the Right Ho nourable Gentleman left his residence in Downing-street, for East Comb, the mat of Lady BUCLINGRAIIIIMILI. His Royal Highness tl:e Duke of Susses, pave an elegant dinner to a .elect party yesterday, at Kensington Palace. Mr. STRATFORD CANNING, our AnIDAS3AJOT to the Court of St. Peterbburgh, arrived at Frankfort on the 16th inst. Friday, the Bishop at CHICHESTER lett the Episcopal Palace to spend the Christmas with J.llllllll Meaux LAMM, Esc. at Upper Lancing. . . iii TO THE EDITOR OF THE STAR. Sia—Tf Ciivis (the candid, gentlemanlike, and liberal corresper.„ dent of the Times) will be patient yet a little, he will have a better opportunity of judging whether the propostd Quay will reatiy " Beneficial to the navigation of the Thames, an accommodation to the public at large, and tend equaily to the embellishment of the finest River in the World, and to the health and recreation of the inhabitants of the Metropolis." ems truly and accurately descrilo s the only uses to which the majestic Thames is unto spplied carry coal and country barges ; to afford m.d-banks for tli,n rest upon. and to carry off the streams of the common StWtIS." L el Cm's look at Petersburgh and Paris, nay, at Dublin, w,th iu narrow Liffey, and blush for his own London. As to expenditure and profit, a very short time will enable Cs % and the public in general, to draw—conclusions for them,.::v2s.—; have the honour to be your obedient servant, A FRIEND TO IMPROVEMF.N THE SEASO.V. Yesterday was one of the most beautiful days ever knnivn at this season. The astonishing and agreeaide effect was felt by a s it body, of persons, who gave up the pleasures of a Christmas morn. ing repast fur a walk in the environs of the metropolis. The Kent. road, and 'western roads, were thronged with pedestrians, eitjuyin a fine walk and clear atmosphere. Several gay parties extenued to Woolwich and Greenwich, where they partook of all the pleatw ei of the testier board, and returned by moonlight to town. ge e " years since we had snow and frost at the end of December, not ot in England, but in Italy. The last Christmas, and the- present se: s . , seem, however, to point out a visible alteration in the usual solstice. Our old friend Horace, in his Odes, tells us to mark how t;.., trees at this season of the year are betiding under the weight of si and frost; and he invites his friends to live merri!y—to drink ! lernian wine, and to take no care about the future. note ob. er vations applied to the general appearance of Europe at the corn. mencement of Winter, but, at the present day, when we are clos ing the year, we have no snow or frost to which the language of I the poet can apply. We leave these partial changes to be explained I by those who can trace nature to her sudden recesses, and Lecobi t for her extraordinary variations. The air, which yesterday gave life and spirit to theliedestrian, tinged the fair cheek of almost every dashing Belle with the roseate hue of health. Some of the most elegant and beautiful women were seen dashing in their gay winter pelisses along the walks of Hyde Park. A stylish Hack velvet chapeau, ornatgiented with lowers and black plumes, gave an almost irresistible charm to the weartrs. Tile muff, which is expected to be about this time a necessary appendage to walking attire, was left In the carriage, or carried useless in one band. The Parks displayed much fashionable company, and the that of the day was the recent dispute between a celebrated young actress and her admirers. The general sentiment events favourable to the Lady, whose couduct is pronounced to be bettet than that of the gay Lothario who frst became the object of her affection. ALARMING F2Re. FARTHER PARTICULARS. Friday evening, between eight and nine o'clock, the newly-erected and exten-ire I remiei belonging to A:r. Bradford, a patent varnished leather•manutacturer, in William -street, Spafields, were discovered to be on fire, aand though the engines were in tolerably prompt attendance, the flames, from the combustible nature of the ingredients used in the manufacture of the varnish, were such as not to be got under ; and though the premises - Are within about two hundred yards of the New River-head, the supply of water was even here deficient. The situation of the ground, however, in some measure explains this circumstance. It is neat ty level with the Head, and therefore some propelling power might he necessary to raise it above the top of the plug; the New River Company therefore cannot L•e (only blamed in this instance; but a tank of water st a greater height would be highly serviceable, especially. in the neighbourhood contiguous to and level with the. Works. The manufactory was deserving particular . attention, and much praise is due to Nit% hr tdford for Isis adoption of the iron roof, which is of simple yet ingenious construction, and which, though the pre mises and everything they contained were reduced o ashes, remains very little the worst. The material with which it was covered is still more_ novel ; it con sisted of thin sheets of zinc, laid on in the usual manner of slating, and which from its being readily fa ible at a degree of heat much under what may be requisite to the melting of lead, ran off, lightening by that means the roof of its burthen before the heat required roe its fus'o I was sufficient td render the iron ductile, and ul imately leaving the roof, rafters, &c. to sustain the walls, not a brick of which seems to have been dii ['laced. It may be observed here, that in many ia stances the falling in of the roof displaces if not brings down a considerable part, and in some cases the whole of the walls, which in all buildings are considerably tied and strengthened by the work of the roof. The heat was intense, occasioned by the burning of a great quantity of oil, resin, &c. and from seven to eight hundred gallons of varnish, which prodficed a brilliant display of colour. Blue and green balls of fire were thrown up to an amazing height, illuminating the whole neighbourhood. One of the adjoining houses suffered materially ; in other respects the fire was cur fined to the factory. Sir ;JOSEPH COPLEY, 13art. is ervert i ling a ;hooting party at Sprotbrough ; amongst whom are, Lord Gamma wow", Lord F. Lynam+ Gowea, Non. Gsoacit Foaxascur, Hon. HENRY LiDIiZLL, and G. VEWASLES VIIINON, Esq. Lord GWYDYR, with his usual benevolence at this season, has distributed many wagott loads of Ere-wood, to the poor of Llatirwst, and the neighbourhood. Et.orrixszNT,-'-The neighbourhood of Ludlow has lately been the scene of considerable agitation, occasioned by the elopement of a young:lady, possessing considerable personil charon, with a gallant son of Mars, who has been some months rusticating to recover the effects of a West India campaign. The tugs iv~ notwithstanding every exertion of lhorses and post buys, woe quickly pursued, and overtaken by a relative of the fair one. The firm and decided conduct of Messrs. llurrol and Sons, of Dublin, with respect to the resistance ni ide by some of their workmen to use the wrought i-,11 work imported from Birminghavo, has completely suc ceeded in bringing those foolish and shunt sighted in ii viduals to a sense of what they owed to themselves, Their employers, and their country. Mr. Savery, of Bristol, was brought before the Nla• gistrates, fct• a final examination, and after a patient and careful inquiry, was fully committed to Ne.,vgate, Bristol, for trial. Mr. P. PROTII RIME is reluctantly cern pelled to be the prosecutor, %Ouse name he has tor for 14,0001. A person from Birmingham deposed to such facts as left the Magistrates no option as to Lis committal. " Will you do me a favour ?" says young Georg:: Brooks to his wealthy ftiend, Simon Hanson. " Wliat is it, George?" says Hanson. " I wish you to lend Me 4 hundred pounds, Sir," replies George. "Call at n.y counting house," rejoined Hanson. George was w)t long in paying his respects. " What security can you give me, young Gentleman?" "My own personal se curity, Sir." " Very well ; get in here," says Hanson, lifting up the lid of a large iron chest . " Get in there !' exclaimed George in astonishment; " what for?'' " Why, that is the place whet': I always keep my se. cuticles." I ___J_ _.~.~ .~i . 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