Star. — London, England, 1815-02-17 00:00:00

FRPNCII VIENNA, FEBRUARY I. . - An English courier, who arrived here tin the 29th of January , hrmi lit directions to Lord Castlerea g h g to set out for Le radon immediately . after the arrival of Lord Welling - on. Th e greatest tranquillity prevails among the Mi. tnese, as well as throughout Lombardy, whet's' opi ri.,ns are u nited in favour of Austria : thi s , h o w. ever, a rk's solely from the hope of seein g the king. d, , rn Ittly reestablished, and the iron crown placed On the head of Francis 11. The Nobles of 1:alv are singularly favourable to this project. so n o result from the Congress. The marriage of the Prince Royal of Wartern. I,ertT with the Duchess of Oldenburgh will be tele bi.tted at St. Petersbirgh. and not at Vienna. Spain and Portugal have, it is said, declared at ~ittia that they will consent to abolish the Slave Ti.ide, in five years. A considerable robbery has for two days occupied the public attention and the irigilance of the Police. 'file day before yesterday the Grand Chamberlain, the Count Rodolph de Ur bina, returning after dinner, fitind his casket had been plundered. Besides some ruleans of gold. and 8,000 florins in paper, it eon tiined 00 ,000 florins in jewels. Hitherto the re '2 s...A:tiles of the police have been ineffectual: suspicion is fixed upon his domestic. Our Exchange continues to fills it was yesterday at 9f6 to-Jar it is at M. RONIE, JANUARY 119. have not penetrated into The Neapolitan troops yet _ cur city : but they keep it, as it were, in a• state of blockade, anti the interrupted communications with Naples are become very difficult.... the kingdom o f Na There are 2.1,000 men about Rome. We are assured' ellt there are in the number some Austrian batta. lions: however, we cannot confirm this, as we ca n see only Neapolitan bivouacs from our wall. Pa. voles of lancers have had the audacity to ride even to the gates of the city s they were open, and we are with Out defence. Nothing was more easy than to give us the finish ing blow but such is the veneration inspired by the capital of the Christian world, that it seems that a Prince who respects nothing else, trembles to place within it a sacrilegious foot. Nothing is more noble and interesting than the conduct, of the Holy Father —he appears to wait in the middle of his sacred col. lege the destiny which these new scourges of the church shall reserve for him. Austria does not appear to have attended to our eomplaints. Why did she send us 1000 muskets and gm hems, when she had no invention of defending ' —lt is remarked, that for some days the Austrian Envoy has ceased to communicate with the Cardinal secretary of State. NAPLES, JANUARY SS. It appears that our Court wished to make reptisals with regard to the Court of Rome, and to avenge the insults offered to our Consul Get:feral: but the police has thrown an air of pleasantry over the business.— Eght days ago, three persons of a religious order, sailing themselves missionaries, arrived here. They sere, in fact, furnished with authority from the Apostolic Chancery to make collections for the enter. edionseet and restoration of their order. They et h;bited the signatures of the greatest families in Europe, and of the most illustrious prelates, and thus got access to the first families of the kingdom. —The • Police conceived that it saw in them three atents of the Court of Rome ; it therefore caused them to be arrested, and made them undergo several muninations. They spoke equally well the Polish, the German, and the French. At first, they were s!esirous of giving great eclat to this affair, when they discovered that these three priests were in fact three robbers helonging to the association in the val ley of the Bordeggiana, in the Apennines; that all their papers were mere forgeries. They were con sia,ned to the hands of justice, and for this time our police has not had occas.ion to humiliate the Holy Father. Nothing, announces the departure of his Majesty from Naples. He has been employed in reviews all the week. They estimate our military force at nearly 100,000 men; but this is an ezaggetation. GENOA, FEBRUARY 2. There is great preparation for a fete is our city. We expect his Majesty the King of Sardinia. We are iis.ured that he intends to bestow marks of bis bene t'leeee en our first citizens, and to alleviate the mi. mit', of the people. His arrival will cause a great ;,is i tion it is a proof of confidence of which we are ,! ly sensible. Our new Sovereign will be sur i thideti only by the national guards, and the guards honour. It to th'ught that his Majesty will remain among us till the end of the month, and will await t:e arrival of the Queen. His Majesty has ordered that an account shall be given to him of the situation ef the districts, and of the progress of vaccination. It appears that vaccination has taken place in the &um pPpottion as formerly. PARIS, FEBRUARY On Friday the 10th, the Marquis de Riviere, Am. bagsador to-Constantinople, bad his audience of leave of the King. The Chevalier de la Boullage, First Secretary of limbassy, had the honour to be presented to the king by the Doke de Duras. VIENNA, FEBRUARY I. (EXTRACT FROM A PRIVATE LETTER.) 711 C Lmperor Francis is much better : but the phy. Ins do not yet permit him to leave his apartments. e expect Lout Wellington to-morrow, or the alter, at the latest. Public curiosity, for a long cooled, is a little re-animated at the news of his •••••,v.ii, for which every one assigns a different, and 3 l'l;mes even contradictory reason. The best in people think, that his Excellency will find the important affairs decided. Its truth, how could "t 1 Castlereagh return to England, unless he was ILled to reply precisely to the questions that will Pt to him by Parliament We recollect the cm b:ttassment of his colleagues is this respect during late session. " I tE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AI TWELVE O'CLOCK I luted 6411-4 per Ct. 611-5 per Ct. Navy 931 94 t " %soli 64111—for account, 6411-otunlam 21 &a. ,• ilk I • , ong Aims. 16 5-16the—Bouda ID. lON pro. 14e iuerDl4 Ss. to 4s. prem. • THE EVEMNG STAR. LO N DON. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY It 181 g. This day the Corn Question comes before the Commons ; and from all that we have seen we cannot doubt that it is thk intention of some mess, if their influence be sufficient, to hurry the House to a decision favourable to theit own hews and injurious to the prosperity of the country. The Report op , the Corn Laws last year, stated that farther informa tion would be necessary before the House could with propriety come to a decision : now, some individuals, who from their situation might be expected to shew greater respect to its Reports, affirm that any farther investigation isunnecessary I We can tell them the reason • I of this opinion. A new examination, even if managed entirely under the influence of the Landholders, would prove that the whole assumed basis of last year's Re• port no longer exists; that all the expenses of Agri cultnre are greatly diminished that what would have been a fair price to the grower, labouring under the pressure of war taxes, would now be a direct and shameful toasty of the rest of the community; that the proposed price, 'if establielted' by hew, lirM eitntually ruin the manuracterrett . and (whip!) some short-sighted politicians may not see) the renews of the Empire—and even the posterity •of the Land• holders. All this - would be rendered evident by a new examination; but some men, like owls, dare not look at the light, and are so blinded by a mistaken interest, that they disregard all consequences; they are afraid even to be convinced of the truth. We have already declared, that we think the agri cultural interests should be protected, but not to an extent to endanger the general welfare. Some Land. holders talk of the expenses of the war as having al. tered their circumstances, and they wish the inference to be drawn for them, that they were great sufferers. Now the fact is, that so far from being sufferers, they were, as a body, highly benefited by tyre war : they bore none of its burthens, for they more than covered themselves by doubling their rents; and the value of their esiates has been increased for their posterity Compare the situation of the Landholder with that of the Stockholder. The one has now to sell at 66 what cost him 96 before the war : the other, who bought at 30, may now sell at 50 years purchase.— It is nothing to the purpose to tell us that corn is now too cheap. The Agriculturists, like other traders, should expect times of depression ; and the law has already given them a remedy : at 635. the ports are shut, and they will have the entire monopoly of the market for three months. Some men have no shame. At a protecting price of even 635. it will be found that our bread will soon be higher than it ought ever to be in England. Let the effect of shutting the ports be fairly experienced before you endanger the prosperity and the peace of the community by a system of quackery Opposed by the soundest priaciples of political economy. We have given in other columns various selec tions froM French and German Papers received since yesterday. From Vienna we learn nothing of a decisive character, and on the side of Italy all is represented as tolerably tranquil. Neither the Pore nor MURAT seem disposed to come to blows. Both shear their prudence in this respect. In a Second Edition yesterday, we stated the arri• val of Admiral COCHRANes Expedition off New Or. leans. The event is now communicated on the au. thority of the following letter, received at Liverpool from Pensacola : " On Sunday, the 6th of November, the advanced guard of the American army made its appearante before Pensacola, and was fired upon from the forts above the town. In the evening an Officer was sent by the Commander with a flag of truce, to require the immediate and unconditional surrender of the place to the forces of the United States. The demand was almost in• atantly rejected by the Governor, when other messengers were dhpatched, and whit as little effect. On Sunday morning the shack was commenced, and the town was carried, with the loss, es the part of the assailants, of et men killed and wounded, the Spaniards losing only three men. At eleven on Tuesday night the fun was surrendered, which the General entered at four .the nest morning, with the espress condition, that the place shed, still remain under the Spanish Government, and that the leg his Most Catholic Majesty should not •be removed from Me ramparts. 6 , The Americas tyres, to the whole, eensieted of abet %/VA • Men,•lncluding maim, usable, and Indians. Tbe sisal detei anent of English marines and Indians had emanated the fort twii days prior to the stack,. in emeseeenee of a quarrel with Ills Spaniards, and were all en based the ships of war at the time it Americans took possession of the plat*. At that period it ties generally believed that -hams would give up the town to pl. lige, and under this apprehemden more than two-thirds of the inhabitants were also embarked in the different vanish in the Bay, and the scene was that of confusion and misery. Contrary to all our expectations, the American troops conducted the selves, during their short stay, with perfect discipline, and even with 'unordinary decorum. The reason assigned by General Jackson for this attack was, that It became necessary that he should expel the English and the Creek Indians, and that he should infer= the strictest neutrallrf of the place." From Pensacola General .Imic6on withdrew with his troops to Mobile, and inWat situation he conti nued on the 10th of December. Our army remained on that day at Pensacola, but preparations were making for its advance against the enemy, who, it was presumed, would not wait its arrival,. but would proceed westerly to New Orleans by water, destroy. ing all the craft they could not employ in their retreat, to impede the pursuit of the British army. It was supposed that the Governors. of the Haven tkah and Penned!, Who hai ntgociAted aid) o►►r Cottimander in Chief for the defence of the Spanish k;oioniet, had entered into an .arrangentent tinder which the Floridan, Which were incompetent to their own security, should be placed under the guardian ship of the British forces. COURT-MARTIAL ON SIR J. MURRAY. a HORSE GUARDS. IRS. IS, 1815. " Sitt.Having laid before the PRINCE RFORNT the Proceedings of a General Court-Martial, held at Wincheiter, on the 16th of January, 1815, and con tinued by adjournments to the 7th of February fol lowing, for the trial of Lieutenant-General Sir Jowl MURRAY, .Bart. who was arraigned upon the under mentioned charges, sit. tu. 44 For landing, or continuing on shore when landed, be tween the ids and the 14th of June 1818, near Tarragona, a large quantity of heavy artillery, ammunition and stores, when he had good reason to believe that no real benefit could be de rived for ten oe twelve days, as to producing the fall of Tarra gona by these means; and when he received infornavion, which be believed, that long before that time a superior force of the enemy would be near him, and was aware that the siege must then be abandoned, knowing at ti e same time the great difileul. ties and dangers attending a sudden re-embarkation on that coast —such conduct being highly unniiiitary and against the spirit of Ids instructions. ▪ " For neglect of duty and disobedience of the express written order of his Excellency Field Manhal the Marquess of Wellington, the Commander of his Majesty's Forces in the Pe ninsula, by not immediately re-embarking the whole of the forces under hie command, after he bad determined to raise, and had actually raised the siege of Tarragona, and n-turning to Valencia, la order tp assist the Spanish armies in that Province, in Ravine the positions which they might have acquired there. • " For Neglect of duty in hastily re-embarking the forces under his command, without any previous preparations or ar. tangements, and thus precipitately and unnecessarily abandoning a considerable quantity of Artillery, Stores, and Ammunition, about the 14th of June, 181 e, near Tarragona, when he was so far from being compelled to this degrading measure by the im mediate approach of any superior force, or by any other sufficient cause, that by due seal, firmness and exertion, the greater part, if sot the whole, might have been embarked in safety, Admiral who was at the time on duty on the station, engaging to effect the same; such conduct being highly to the prejudice of the service, and detrimental to the British military character. 14 Upon which Charges, the Court came to the fol lowing Decision: " The Court having maturely weighed and considered the whole of the /video& which has been adduced before it, is of opinion— " With respect to the Pint Charge, that LI Sir John Murray, Ban. isllbT oirstrv. " With respect to the Second Charge, that Lieutenant-Gene ral Sir John Murray, But. is—stot OVILTT. " With respect to the Third Charge, that Lieutenant-General Sir John Murray, Bart. is guilty only of so much of that Charge litittlh.. " That he necessarily abandoned a considerable quantity of artillery and stores, which he might have embarked In safety, such sondact being detrimental to the service. " Aod the Court does therefore And him Colby of such part, hut does acquit him Oast reminder al that Charge. u And the Court, ender an the cirtuntatanees of the ease, eon aidering the conduct of Sir John Murray to have proceeded from a mere error in judgment, is of opinion, and does adjudge, that for the part of the Third Charge, of which Lteatenant-General Sir John Murray has been so found Guilty, he be admonished in eneh manner as his Royal Highness the Commander in Chief may think proper. 66 I am to acqnaint you, that his Royal Highness was pleased, in the name and on the behalf of his Majesty, to approve and confirm the finding and sen tence of the Court; but his Royal Highness remark ed, that as the Court only attribute to Sir JOHN MUR RAY, a mere Error in Judgment, the,case did not appear to his Royal Highness to call for any further obser vation.—l am, &c. (Signed) FRIDIERICK. Commander in Chief. nt•General, &c. Ste.* " lhe By our Portsmouth letter it will be seen that his Majesty's ship SULTAN on 11,r passage from .T.imaica spoke his Majesty's ship FAVOURITt at Sea, carrying out the Treaty of Peace to America. The Etvounrrt had a fine passage from Plymouth, and it was ex pected she would arrive at Halifax in a month from the day of her sailing, which was the 2d January. DZATII 01 THIt DUES or DORM. —This morning Goirernment received an express from Lord Wmr. worm, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, announcing the melancholy event of the death of his son-in-law, the Duke of DORSIT. His Grace, is hunting in the neighbourhood of Dublin, was thrown from his horse, and died soon after. ' He was a Nobleman of great promise, universally beloved, and but just come of age. The Duchess his mother and Lord Wurr- WORTH are inconsolable on this lamentable occasion. Tua COURT.—Yesterday, at half-past one o'clock, the French Ambassador, accompanied by the Depu titioo from the French Court, arrived at Carlton; House, in two state-carriages, the servants in state liveries, &c. to present the PRINCE REGENT with the full Order Robes, &c. of the Grand Order of St. Esprit, with which the King of FRANCS invested his ROYAL HIGHNESS previous to his leaving London for France. His ROYAL Houma afterwards held a Privy Council. An order was agreed upon, de claring the port of Hull a proper place for the recep tion of goods, wares, and merchandize to be imported into this country from any place within the limits of the East India Company. Soon after four o'clock, the Sheriffs of London and Middlesex, accompanied by the City Rementistancer, were admitted to an audi ence of the PRINCE, to take his Royal Highness's commands when he would be pleased to receive the City Address on the Peace with America, when his Royal Highness was pleased to appoint this day week, at half-pint two o'clock. N4/ 7 .a INTELLIGENCE. - FALMOUTH, FEBRUARY 14. • • . • Passed ht his Majesty's ship Busman, Lord Joint Flit. and the LEVERS?, Captain CHRISTIAN, whh convoy from Lisbon. Sailed the Lady Arnbegis packet with a mail for Lisbon. PLYMOUTH, FEBRUARY Is. Came in the PA MA frigate from the Westward s and the Mvaminum frigate from a cruize. Sailed his Majesty's ships Pit EA SA NT o HELICOV, GOLDFINCH. Fosnouen, and CONSTANT, on separate cruises in the Channel. PORTSMOUTH. rI'BRUARY 19. This day arrived, under jory-masts, his Majesty's ship SULTAN, of 74 guns, from Jimaica; sailed on the 12th ultimo, with a convoy, which she lost in a heavy gale, on the Banks of Newfoundland.— In the same gale the SULTAN lost her bowsprit and fore -mast, main and mizen-top.masts, and received other damage. Spoke his Majesty's ship FAVOURITE, on the passage to America with the Ratification of Peace; she had had a fine passage, and was expected: to arrive in the Chesapeake in a month from the time of her sailing from Plymouth, (she sailed from Ply mouth on the 241 of January). Arrived his Maks. ty's ships BUSTARD and LEVERET, front Lisboa, sailed on the 9th instant, wfth'st fleet of about twelve sail, which are understood to have arrived. Arrived his Majesty's ship Tvatatelbfrom off Brighton. The outward-bound remain. MEMORANDUIde•••ADOIIRAL'S OFFICE, FEL 16. Any vessels bound to the canaries or the coast of h a i Africa, that may have been l e f t b e hi n d b y t , may receive protection to Cork u n d er con y his Majesty's ship MUTINE. Wind AVesterly. ANOTHER LETTER, SAME DATE. This day arrived his Majesty's ship SULTAN, of 74 guns, under jury topmasts, having experienced very bad weather and lost her mizen, on her passage from the West-Indies. Arrived also the Harmony and the Nu. 54 transports, from Gibraltar, and are now under quarantine—left that place with 13 others, which were dispersed on their passage. The out ward.bound fleets remain wind.honnd.—The ketch Marianna, Captain Hons, one of the outward-bound vessels for the Mediterranean, went out of harbour, having repaired the damage done her by a man of war, when under weigh on Tuesday last at St. Helen's. The whole of this forenoon it has tlown hard at %V. S.W. and rain, but now more moderate. DEAL, FEBRUARY II!. Came down from the River the True Blue, Ctrs• maims, for Gibraltar, and remains, with the Mary. Ann, from Madras. Arrived several Transports, from Portsmouth, and sailed for the River; nod the GRIPER gun-brig, from a cruize.—Wind LW. HARWICH, FEBRUARY 16. Bailed the Lady Nepean Packet for Holland, and the Beaufoy Packet for Cuxhaven, both with Mails and Passengers.—Wind W. RAMSGATE, FEBRUARY N. The Vrede, Et LMAX, from Ostend, for Nintz, was last night wrecked on the Goodwin Sands—crew saved, and landed at Broadstairs. The Heron, Wa sox, from Portsmouth to Shields, a discharged trans. port, last night struck on thF Goodwin Sands, and beat off her rudder ; she is now at anchor off the North Foreland, making very little water. The In dustry, MATTHEWS; l'Alican, D'ARLAN, from Lon don for Rouen; and two or three coasters, have put in for shelter—the former with loss of main boom. Wind S.W. blows strong. His Majesty's ship LEVIATHAN has the signal fly. ing at Cork to take vessels under convoy to Madeira, the West Indies, and the late Dutch Colonies. She was expected to sail on the 20th instant. The Istinta packet, Captain HOWARD, has arrived from Ostend at Colchester, with the Frankfort and Brussels Mails, containing upwards of 4000 Letters; and we understand that it is now arranged by the Postmaster-General of Belgium, that the German and Baltic Mails shall in future be regularly conveyed by the Ostend and Colchester packets. In the Commissariat department, 150 persons, mostly employed as Clerks and Subordinates, have been lately discharged. Two sets of papers have just been printed by order of the House of Commons—one relative to the naval force, &c. on the Canada Lakes; number of ships taken by the Americans, and by us ; of American prisoners, &c. Ships of war and armed vessels taken by the Americans--two of 58, di of 18, two of 12, two of 10, and three of 4 guns— contain's* 2,015 men and boys. Ships of war and armed vessels taken by the British from the America s-42 national ships, and sits private vessel, of war— containing 2,560 gnus, and 11,266 men. Number of seamen captured and detained, 20,1161. _ _ _ Number of American inerthaomen taken, 1,407. The second set of papers contains copies of Memo rials from any of his Majesty's subjects, complaining of insufficient protection—they are four in number. There does not appear to be one from Lloyd's. Monday, the 6th instant, a Meeting of the Free. holders of Tipperary took place at Cashel', to take into consideration the Corn Laws, when a string of Resolutions was voted tending to encourage the Legis lature in laying restrictions on the importation of Foreign Corn. CORN•EXCHANGE. MARK-I.ANC FEB. 17. We had a pretty good supply of Wheat tram Suffolk this morning, which met ready sale at Monday's pricee...hut there is very little demand for Foreign Wheat, although the parts are no w shut again►t any further importations for three months.— Barley k ls. per quarter lower, having a considerable arrival this dag.—Oats are dull sale, and rather cheaper.—in Peas, Beans, and other ankles, there is no variation. SIAITHFIELD MARKET. FEBRUARY 17. Ike Ss 04 to es Od Yes) 7. Ord to so Od Mottos Ss Od to Ss 44 1 Pork es fid to 7. 44 Isom 7110-1 bosp and Loops I,llo—C9ves 110—Pigs NM HAY AND 8 CRAW, PER LOAD. Maim Hs, 41 to SI Os Clover SI Os to it Si Straw 41 111 s. w 41 145.