Star. — London, England, 1824-10-26 00:00:00

.4);.lima. * wi wwwiw•- - COLOMBIAN LOAN.—The HALT YEARLY DI . VI DF.N D, due on the Ist Noiember next, on the Bonds' is.eed by the Hon. Manuel Jose Hutted°, will be PAID on that and every succeeding depot the Counting-house of Messrs. Herring, Graham, and Powles, 3, Freeman's-court, Cornhill, between the bows of Ten and Three &Clock. The Dividend Warrants, with a List thereof in numerical order, are to be left one day previous for examination. THE EVENING STAR. LONDON. TUESDAY. OCTOBER 26, 1824. THE FUNDS. STOCK F.XCIIANG R. TWELVK O'CLOCK. Consols opened this morning st 96h to for the Account. In the early part of the morning a good deal of business was doing. The Markot afterwards lowered. to 96 for the Account, and 93 fJr 3lonvy. FOREIGN FUNDS. The chief business doing is in Mexican Bonds, of which a grea deal has been sold. Curient Prices : New Spanish 15% I, Old 20% ;, Russian 96, Mexican 62k, Colombian- Old 80%, New 79, French Scrip 1.1% pre. Austrian 98% k, Chilian 74%, • New Prussian 100, Old 99, Portu guese 923, Brazilian I I pre. Buenos Ayres 2 disc. Alliance Shares 10% I pre. Greek 4 31 disc. Peruvian 66%. PNICE OF STOCKS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stcck 231% 233% 234 3 per tent. Red. 95% 95 1 / 8 3 per Cent. Cons. 96 Vs 95% 77 8 3} per Cent. lied. 101% 1 ,4 4 per Cent. New 103% 107 A Long Ann. 23 1-16 Vs—lndia Bonds 101 100 Old Annuities 95 1 / 3 -3 per Cent. 1751. 91% £l.OOO Bill, W.) 55 4 ; (1 1 / 4 d.) 55 4 , 3. £5OO ditto (1 1 1 2 d.) 56 4 £1 00 and 1:200 ditto (1 1 ,( 2 d.) 55 4 6 Con,. for Acct. 96 Y I 95% 96 Much as has been written on the law of libel, and frequently as it has been defined in our Courts of Justice, yet it appears by an article in the Times of this morning, that there is one species of libel that has hi therto e.caped all notice—it is no less than the accusing a Sovereign of humanity and tenderness! The charge is, however, a distinct one, and we must give it in the specific terms of the writer, who, in an article com plaining that the REconnaa of London does not make his reports of the prisoners snider sentence of death so frequently as he ought to do, says— " The question naturally is asked, to what cause is this lamented delay to be traced ? Will it be credited that it has been insinuated by those in office, that it is to be found in the humanity and tenderness of the Royal mind;-so insuperable is the repugnance of hiaMAJESTY to receive the report, that he cannot be prevailed upon to appoint a Council to be held for the purpose of de liberating upon a subject so disagreeable ? It cannot be possible that the Ministers are possessed of sufficient effrontery thus to libel their Master." It appears by this accurate logician's inference, that humanity and tenderness in a KING are not only crimes, but that to accuse Majesty of being guilty of either is in itself a libel! Of all the charges ever preferred against a KING or his Ministers, this is the racist extraordinary. But, with regard to the delay complained of, we consider it as having its advantages as well as disadvantages; and are inclined to think that the former do more than counterbalance the latter. The criminal records of the Old Bailey, during the last few years, present many instances in which a hasty execution of a sentence would have been nothing short of a legal murder; and it is a paramount advantage of delay, that it affords an opportunity for the discovery of extei.uating circumstances arising on behalf of the %%retched convict. The blood-money conspiracy, detected about six or seven years ago, is fresh in the recollection of the public : had there not been a reasonable delay between the conviction and the carrying the sentence into effect, innocent men, who had been entrapped into an act which they were unconscious of being a crime, would have suf . - fered,and the wretches by whom theywere betrayedwould !Hoe been revelling in the price of blood, instead of hying brought to condign punishment. This is a striking, but by no means a solitary instance of the advantage of delay ; and we shoeld like to know of any equiva lent to it, in the precipitancy for which our contempo po: ary so lustily contends. We understand, from the best authority, that Capt. FRANKLIN sets out on his next expedition the first week in February ; and tllat`tbe ioute which the Expedition is t Like on the present occasion will be different from the former, as it is to land at New York, and proceed from thence to the nouthward across the country, in canoes. We have received Gibs altar Papers to the sth inst. The only important part of their intents is a commu nication from the Dutch Admiral in the Mediterranean to the Dutch Consul at Minorca, stating that he had received orders from his Government to confine himself in future to the protection of his own commerce and shipping, and requesting him to transmit the intelli gence to the Spanish Authorities, in order that they might take the necessary measures for the security of their trade and vessels, and to guard against any unex pected attack from the Algerines. Letters have been receive — J, via Liverpool, from the Havannah, of the 11th of September, but they do not bring any news of importance, except that the convoy, which sailed from that port for Vera Cruz, has arrived there safe, and relieved the fort of San Juan d'Ulloa. We have no late arrivals from South America; but it is reported, that the last accounts received there from the Main state, that the Armies remained in the same voiition. Everything was going on well in Mexico. This morning we received - the Allgemeine Zeitung to the 19th of October. It contains another account of the teteptioit Sir FREDERICK ADAM met With at Napoli • di Romania, which all the Continental Journals conti nue to state he visited. The following is an extract: • TRIESTE, OCTOBER G. Two days before . Captain Diamandopulo, who ar rived here in 16 days, from Zante, left that island, the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Wands, Sir T. Adam, arrived there from Napoli di Romania, and after performing 21 hours' quarantine, sailed for Cotfu., He bad been to Napoli di Romania with one frigate,l one corvette, and three brigs, and bad been received there with a salute of 105 guns, which be returned with an equal number. When he landed, about 8000 Greek troops were drawn up on each side of the way, and on entering the city, he was received by 70 Mem bers of the Senate dressed in grand costume, each of whom had a white flag borne before him. At that time the object of his visit was not known at Zante. We are always happy when we find Governments availing themselves of the advantage of peace in the improvement of their respective countries. In Great Britain much has been done, and is doing in this way ; and we find by the German Papers received this morn ing, that Austria has just completed a stupendous work, the formation of a military road over the Stil ferjock into the Tyrol. The toad, the highest in Europe, is in some parts 8,4.00 feet above the level of the sea. Inns are erected along the road for the accommodation of travellers. The following account of this great work appears in the Austrian Observer of the 13th instant : VIENNA, OCTOBER 19. At the beginning of October, the great military road was opened, which leads from Borneo in the Vatteline, which passes over the ridge of the Braglio and the Stillerjock, and then descends into the Tyrol, to join the Inspruck road in the plains of Pradt. It is the highest road in Europe, for the summit of the Stilferjock, over which it passes, is 8,400 feet above the level of the sea. In the inhospitable Alpine regions, where Nature op posed at every step the efforts of Art, genius has tri umphed with happy boldness over every difficulty. —The traveller is astonished when he sees how some- times by the erection of bridges, or by galleries hewn in the rocks or built of stone, the most frightful preci pices are surmounted, and obstacles of every kind over come, which united at the same point, placing in the way vast mountains, rising perpendicularly from the valleys, or prodigious avalanches which had rolled from the summits. It does honour to the GOvernment, that by the erection of very solid covered passages of stone, it has provided a secure retreat from the danger of avalanches along the whole road. In one part of these galleries are cart ied to the length of 800 yards : care has been humanely taken to provide sheltee for travellers, who, when surprised by sudden storms of snow or high winds, might be in danger of losing their way, or being buried in the snow. Six very spacious inns, built on the highest part of the road, afford the wanderer at all times a secure retreat, where persons, appointed by the Government, will afford him every kind of assistance and refreshment. On the road over the Stilferberg, where nature appears in all her terrific sublimity, the at tention of the traveller is attracted by the sources of the Adds, which rushes from a rock, at a very great height, and by the celebrated summit of the Order, covered with eternal snow, which rises far above the clouds. The numerous beautiful waterfalls, the diversified pro spects are as interesting as the singular forms of the rocks and the immense glaciers which hang over the valleys beneath. The ascent and descent of the road are almost always easy, the railing on the side is erected on the whole road, and the magnificence of the work is the more calculated to excite astonishment, when it is recollected that it was first begun in the summer of 1821, and that in these rude and elevated regions, the work could be carried on only for a few months in the year. The new Pretender to t1117 .-- hrone of France, PRESTAT, of whose insanity his own brother gives indubitable evidence, has been mad enough to quit the United States and proceed to France. He arrived in the Galaxy, and landed at Havre last week. In the United States he issued a declaration, in which he stated, that he is the DauPuttr ) and son of Louts XVI. On landing at Havre, he presented himself there in the character of CHARLES X. King of France and Navarre. As . yet, he has only succeeded in proving himself a madman, and, in despite of the numerous certificates and documehts which he produced, the King's Lieutenant, Baron le Pic, has not hesitated to arrest him, and place him in safe custody. If there were any proof of the poor man's insanity wanted, he would supply it in the absurdity of calling himself CHARLES X. whereas, if he was the llauenttr, as he pretends, his title would be Louts XVII. Letters from the Mauritius of the 26th of June, bring intelligence of considerable interest and import. ance. Commodore NOURSE was on the point of sailing from the Mauritius for Bembetoc to meet RADAM, the King of Madagascar, who had left Ova, his capital, on the 9:11 of June, for that place, in company with Mr. HASTIE, the Government agent; the Chiefs of Bombetoc having fully submittea to RADAM'S authority. The progress of events in this long neglected part of the world is gradually opening prospects of the most gra tifying nature. Captain OweN, who commands the surveying squadron in the Mozambique channel, had arrived at Mauritius, having on board his ship a chief tain from Mombass, an island, situated on the coast of Africa, between the 'JJ and 4th degree of south lati tude, deputed to - offer that island, and the island of Pemba, in full sovereignty to the English. It appears that a few men have been stationed by Commodore Owes on Mombass, until orders can be received fromi England. This position is an extremely favourable one for opposing a further check to the foreign Sieve Trade, as well as for the exten)ion of British.commerce. —.lt forms part of the dominions of the Imaum of' Muscat, who, it will be recollected, was - the first among the native Powers to enter into a treaty for the suppres sion of the Slave Trade with the Btiti.h Government, which was concluded about four years ago, through the medium of Sir ROBERT FARQUHAR, then Governor of Mauritius. The Imaum behaved on this occasion in the most magnanimous and disinterested manner, enter ing fully into the enlightened views by which the treaty was dictated, and not requiring, like some more civi lized Powers, to be bribed into an observance of the' laws of humanity. He even sacrificed on the occasion a very large revenue which lie and his predecessors had been accustomed,time immemorial, to derive from this source. --All the occurrences that have taken place in this part of the world tend more and more to the conviction, that so long as the other European Powers do not cordially co-operate with England in the abolition of the Slave Trade, that scourge can only be completely rooted out by going to the fountain of the evil, and, by engaging the native Powers on our side, destroying the markets fot this infamous traffic. The strict observance of the treaty hitherto by the Imaum of Muscat, who even allows his own vessels, if carrying slaves, to be captured, shews that this has been effectually done on the eastern coast of Africa. It is hoped that the same system may be pursued with equal effect elsewhere. There are still rumours of a change of Ministry in Paris. The Times of this morning -contains the fol lowing observations and anecdotes on the subject: " As a sign of M. de Corbiere's declining influence, or even abso lute loss of favour, we have received the following anecdote, which, as it appears well authenticated, may be worth repeating.— M. Cbaptal, in waiting upon the King on Friday, was asked by his Majesty how the Council of Commerce (lately created), of which the Count is a member, was going on? •Su so, please your Ma jesty, replied the Count ; we have as yet met only once.'—' But why not oftener?' rejoined the King. • Because,' answered the Count, in order to meet, we must be convoked by the Minister of the Interior, and his Excellency has not thought fit to call us toge ther.' Very well,' concluded the King, ' since he does not choose to convoke you, I shall, and preside myself at your sitting.' It is needless to say that his Majesty fulfilled this engagement, to the no small annoyance of his negligent or suspicious Minister. The per- Bowl most likely to succeed to the anticipated vacancies in the Ca binet are Prince Polignac and the Duke de Montmorency; but it is said that no change will-take place till after the late King's interment." THE ARMY. Recruiting instructions have been issued for increasing the 2d Regiment of Foot to ten companies, which is the usual strength of Regiments stationed in the East Indies, whither the 2d is ordered to proceed, to relieve the 67th. The 9Sth Foot is ordered to the Cape of Good Hope , to relieve the 6th Foot, which will then proceed to Bombay, to replace the 47th, which is ordered home. The Surrey Regiment are about to change their uniform to the more modern one of the Light Dragoons ; it is to consist of blue jackets, with light blue turn-backs and silver lace ; overalls same colour as the facings, with silver seam down the sides; dragoon charb and plumes. FASHIONABLE MOVEMENTS. Tke Duke of Richmond has arrived at his seat, Goodwood, Sus sex, from a tour. Lady Bloomfield arrived yesterday at her house in Backville street, from the Stud House, Kingston. Lord Frederick Lennox has left town to join Ms Regiment at Chatham. The lion. John Edwards, DI.P. arrived yesterday at the Royal Hotel, St. James's -street, from Oxfordshire. Captain and Mrs. Luizley have arrived at the St. Petersburgh Hotel, Dover -street, from 'Paris. Count and Countess Ogaroffsky and suite left the Pulteney Hotel, Albemarle -street, yesterday morning, for Paris, on their way to Russia. Also Captain Douglas, for Scotland. Captain Cartwright left town yesterday, for Windsor. The Dowager Marchioness of Salisbury has left town for Hatfield. The Right Hon. W. Sturges Bourne, M.P. has arrived at his seat, Testwood House, Southampton, from a tour. The Duchess of KENT, accompanied by the Princess FIODORZ, attended Divine Service on Sunday, at the Royal Ger man Chapel, where a sermon was phached by the Rev. Dr. Kona. Friday se'nnight, the Duke and Duchess of HAMILTON, with their dgghter, Lady . Susan, arrived from Aboyne Castle at Hallyburton House, where they were to pass a few days. Wednesday, the Duke and Duchess of ATHOLL andi suite arrived at the Isle of Man, in a steam-boat, from Greenock. Friday, the Hon. Earl Gave passed through Sheffield, on his way toWentworth House, to pay a visit to Earl FITZWILLUAL The Lord Lieutenant of ABERDEENSHIRE has, with the approbation of his Maseerr, named and appointed Sir Joux FORM; Bart. of Craigievar, and WILLIAM URQUHAII; Esq. of Craigston, to be Deputy Lieutenanu of that County. The Bishop of JAMAICA arrived at Portsmouth on Thursday, preparatory to his embarking, with his Lady, clerical suite, and establishment, in the ilsaat.n yacht, for that Wand. Mr. HILL, a King's Messenger, arrived at the Foreign Office, Downing-street, on Saturday evening, with dispatches from Lord GRANVILLIt, the British Ambassador at Brussels. Mr. WALSH and Mr. Rostssos, King's Messengers, arrived in town on Sunday, from Paris, at which city Messrs. Knave and Amax, also King's Messengers, had arrived. Letters by a Leeward Island Mail were received in Glasgow on Friday. The dates are from the 26th August to the 12th September. They contain no po litical news of importance. The islands remained free from internal convulsion and civil war, but the com plaints are heavy of the unsettled state of their affairs, the gloomy prospects before them, and the poverty into which, from the depreciation in the value of their pro- perty and reduced value of their produce, they are plunged. The consequences of these things are begin ning—we say beginning to make their appearance in the reduction of the salaries of the highest public officers, as in Antigua for example, where the Governor's salary is reduced from £ .5,000 to £3,000, and the salary of the .Chief Justice from £l,OOO to £600.. The Order in Council for Trinidad has been greatly modified, and is, we learn, in course of being still more so. Communi 'cations from the Colonial Secretary to the respective Legislatures were making, which were supposed to relate to the new laws regarding, the slave population. These coming from his Majesty 's Governmeut in the spirit of justice and moderation, will, se have little doubt, be met by a corresponding spirit in the Colonie,, and what is necessary to be done, and what can be done with safety, will be gone into readily - and with good faith. The islands had been visited with seasonable rains, and some severe gales, which have done some damage in the Leeward Colonies. A company is formed in Grenada, to establish Steam Navigation be. tween the islands. In consequence of orders from Britain, application has been made to the disbanded African soldiers, settled in the Islands, requiring them to return to Africa, and be placed at Sierra Leone, but they decidedly refuse to comply with the request.— Glovers Courier. TIIE TIIEATI:1:1 -+- DRURY-LANE. Pizarro was performed last night, and a NIL STRONG made his first appearance in the part of A/unzu Without pretensions of the highest order, Le may tairi; be allowed the possession of much useful and tesp ec .; able talent. WALLACK played Rolla with glen s.k. cess. Mrs. WEST and Mrs. BUNN sustained their uri.l prominence in the parts of Cora and Llvira. The Farce of Monsieur Tonsou followed, with G AT . TIE in his original character of the hero. His quiet h ut rich portraiture of the poor Barker's miseries, Mr:. 11i' 2 1 ; , relished and applauded. A Mrs.•Wasvom, f rom Worthing Theatre, gave a good representation of .11 c . dame Belle,garde. COVENT-GARDEN. Der Freischutz was repeated last night, and went tz with its usual eclat. The fine chorusses in this were performed excellently, and received grt),l applause. Two of the Gseek youths, with Messrs. BENTHAM An' I.ll.maut Ens, sat in the centre box; and Miss Foon i c . cupied a seat ;n the box of Mr. HUGHES BALL. Pantomime followed. The House was full. COURT OF KINGS BENCH, OCT. 15. The Sittings in Banco recommenced yesterday, at Westminster. The four Judges were in attendatice. - - - PARIS O. LLOYD. In this case Mr. PARKE moved to enter up judgment for the plaintiff, a verdict having been given for t!'e plaintiff, subject to the opinion of the Court. It was an action on a policy of insurance, effected by the de fendant, an underwriter at Lloyd's, on the vlainte r vessel. The vessel sailed in 1818, from Live, pool to Jamaica, freighted, amongst other things, with a cargn of horses. The passage was extremely rough, and the animals broke through the bulk-heads which styarated them, and, attacking each other, the majority of them were kicked to death. The policy was couched in the usual terms, with the common re,ervations against "ac cidents by the King's enemies and mortality." It ap. _pared on the trial that there was no neglect attributable Po the shipowner. The question therefore was, did t h e loss come under the description of loss for which ship. owners were liable? Mr. CAMPBELL contended, that mortality meant death by any means, and stated that it was so utldel. stood by the best authors in the English tongue. Mor- tality was the absence of vitality. The Learned Gen tleman quoted some passages from Shalcspeare, in which " mortality" was used synonymou,ly with death, as in the following passage in the fifth scene of the foutth act of llenry VI. where John Talbot addiessesini father : " There is no hope that ever I will stay, lithe first hour I think and run away. Here, on my knees, I beg mortality, Rather than life preserved with infamy." The Court postponed its judgment. Mr. Secretary PEEL has sent down into the Potteries two of the Bow-street Patrol, Itutbven and Bishop, to attend on the Police Committee, and obtain proper information of the state of the Potteries, to report the same to Government, to enable them to adopt suitable means to preserve the peace of the place. Jour; SMITH, Esq. of Brighton, has announced to the Electors of the Borough of Shoreham, his intention of again solicit ing their votes at the approaching Election. Mr. DOWNIE of Appin, stands again for the Stirling district of Burghs. Friday morning a duel took place at llayling Island, Hants, between Lieutenant L—, of the Royal Marine Artillery, and Mr. S--, of Portsmouth. Lieutenant 1..-6 was attended by a Mr. GI--.—, and Mr. S— by Captain bl Two shuts were exchanged by each, when the parties were reconciled. By Captain Ross, who came passenger in the Nor folk, from Quebec, which place he left the 15th ult. we learn that off the Pillars, about the 19th or 20th Sept. in the night the Norfolk was hailed by a Pilot-bloat, who bade the watch inform the Captain that the Columbus timber ship was on shore a little above the Mallacogea shoals. Captain Ross went from Quebec down to Be with the Columbus, and was on board when she touched shore the firs: time, but left her about the Bth ult. A division has taken place in the first Associate Con= gregation at Cupar Angus, in consequence of sone misunderstanding regarding the election of a Clergy man. The offended party have withdrawn themselves under the name of Protesters, and siding with those Dissenters who have stood aloof from the Union, have it in contemplation to litigate their right to the Church: Gravesend fair commenced yesterday morning. The Magistrates have limited the time from one week to two days; but from the arrangements made by the owner of the field where the fair is kept, it is not likely to be much attended. Ile had the whole of the yriund ploughed up last week, and, from the rain that fell last night, the mud is nearly knee deep—a charming place for the neighbouring Ladies to promenade in white kid shoes ! The proprietors of a cotton Mill in Glasgow sent notice, the beginning of last week, to all the big piecers lately employed in it that could spin, to come forward as soon as they pleased, and bring the ocher piecers along witit them, and they would get employment at spinning un til the spinners returned to their work, at which they could earn from tw' to three shillings per day, after paying the piecers their useal wages. But, althoui;:: they have now been six weeks out of employment, and a subscription raked (which they no doubt are much in need of) for their support, only two'cif them came Of ward, although several more could spin. Some of dem seemed willing to work, but said they were afraid to do it, for fear of being insulted or abused while others :e -jected the proposal with contempt, and the two piece: who began to spin, from being insulted. or only continued for about one, day. -One of them, when pressed by his friends to continue at his work, began it) cry, and said he durst not, but would not say who threatened him, which clearly shews that a system of intimidation is still kept up amongst the operatives, that they are not at liberty to do as they wish, or et their necessities require. —Glasgow' Courier. RE“nutterros MEs.—Friday night, some of the.,^ wretches tnadea daring attempt on Wanstead Chum - yard, and in• part succeeded. They first got up tLe body of a child, recently interred, and afterwards 10e body of a female, which they placed on the edge of t!le grave ; they-then commenced on the grave of the par;sh oeadle, anclihad•made - progress, when they were - curbed, and Made their. escape with the child only.— These fellow's* are Supposes to belong to the same peg that last year a i med a grave in dChurch yiirs!, from which they .took a patent iron coffin, broke it to pieces, and carried away itsquitonsciouAenant. Workmen have entrinteneed pulling down :ix or eiAt houses at the cornier of St. lune:s-stieet and l'Acc : aillY , tiltion the site of which istUbc Iktilea.ltutgiiiteent .•._. ...,~ i'el ha Pe' La II a d 41 111 4 66 6 fol 6 'lf 6 1111 St I Se 1 u i .ti it ' lll bOl tia dir for Inc be the di 1 u 1 Ili I 44 1 N di or 'it tt di 64 _...