Star. — London, England, 1815-12-26 00:00:00

F' s I 11 THE IWENING STAR. LONDON. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1815. sr. sratasn's Dar.—Hoflday at the Bank. It is confirmed, beyond dispute, that LAVALETTa has escaped the execution of the law. All the pri. trate letters received yesterday confirm the fact. In one which we have inserted is detailed' the popular rafted of the event. It is such as is usual in cases where the doors and gratings are too strong to be forced. In a word : his wife went in a sedan chair to see him—they changed clothes, and he was carried out in the sedan chair ! Other letters give the event a political complexion. By marriage he is connected with the Kum of BAVARIA, whose daughter is wife of Prince BEAUHARNOIS (son of JOSEPHINE) ;—and BEAUHARNOIS IS the brother of LAVALETTIs'S wife.—' One of the late Paris Papers announced that the KING of BAVARIA had applied for his pard n : the Editor was enjoined to contradict the statement, but still its truth is credited, with only this diference, that the KING of BAVARIA is said to have, through his Mobster, demanded the free and emirs acquittal of Count LAvocerre, in virile, 0'46118412 ij the Convention of the Sd of July, which guaranteed Me live: and profterties of all those who had mien any part in the revolution. It must be allowed that the escape of the prisoner, at so critical a moment, was well calculated to prevent any embarrassment from the discussion of such a de mand—a discussion for which there was but little time ; for M. BARBE MARSOIS had, on the 20th (the day of the escape) sent to his Majesty's Attorney- General the papers which, ex4cip, passed through his hands from the Court of Cassation, and, on the following morning, without the intervention of the KING, he must have been executed. We have taken some pains to inform our Readers of the actual state of the Protestants in the South of France. We have now a fact to state, which shews pretty clearly what would be their fate every where throughout that kingdom it their enemies could count c.ti the support of big is and enthusiasts in other quarters. A private letter from Paris of the 20th contains the following paragraph •6 The Lancasteriau System of Education bad commenced in France under the happiest auspices ! but its great end, universal education, is defeated. The Directors, the mouth-pieces of superior power, ;are refused to admit I'ROTEsTANT CHILDREN. Ibe affair at Nismes was not an isolated act, but essen tially cour.ected with the religious policy of that horde of bigots Who dictate to the Crown." We have also to notice a persecution of another hind, in territories lately belonging to France, bu'l which, by late events, have reverted to the King of SARDINIA. We allude to the Protestant inhabitants of Piedmont. A brief retrospect of their histori may be useful at this moment. The dreadful persecution commenced by the King of SAvov, in 1654, against his unoffending Protestant subjects, a persecution during which several hundreds of innocent victims perished by the sword, and many others amoogst Alpine snows, is unfortunately too well known to require any detail of its atrocities. —When the account of that persecution reached England, Cnosswitz, who was' at the head of the Government, immediately wrote on die subject to the different powers in Europe, and to the King of SAVOY in particular; so strongly did he express his abhorrence of the barbarous outrage, that the perse cutions were not only terminated by his interference, but even a treaty was made, by which the Protestantin habitants of Piedmont, known under the name of Vau dois, were placed under the protection of Great Britain. —This Treaty was ratified at different times, and the worship of thete,Protestanti was, in fact, supported by English contribution down to the time in which the present Sardinian King was expelled from Pied mont. Regardless as the French Revolutionary Go verment was in many instances of church property, yet so great was the respect paid at all times to the virtues and poverty of the Vaudois, that even that Government not only endowed the Protestant Church of the Vaudois with a provision arising out cf ;he revenues of the country, larger thau the sum they had been in the habit of receiving front England, but they made that perpetual which was before preca rious, and they also gave them perfect and complete civil equality. • When at length the French were obliged to give op Italy, and the King of SARDINIA was restored among the other legitimates, he issued a Proclama • ion, declaring as null every act which had taken glace during his absence. By this general declara ion, the Vaudois have been actually deprived of the :evennes for the support of their religion; and it is !o be feared that this may be followed by similar ,utrages, on the part of their bigotted enemies, which rave been poured upon the Protestants of Nismes- Respecting the Vaudois, however, we arc not under such apprehensions as for the Protestants under the Bourbons ; for though the old covenant in favour of die Protestants may not have been inserted in the New Treaties, it is not to be believed that our Mini sters will allow such a construction to be put on the ,utter as would amount to their revers il. data for their proteation--these having heed pait of the acts that took place during the Muncie of the King; nor is ft impossible that our Goiertuntmt may exert itself in favour of these Protestant cOngrega. lions, as we are assured they are doing in favour of the French. May the King of SARDINIA lend a more speedy ear to the dictates of reason and justice, than the French government have done. So flow► has been the march of justice in France, that many of the poor Protestants have found it necessary to seek an asyium in other countries, as our readers will see by the subjoined letter, extracted froM Prussian Papas, received this morning : BERLIN, DECEMBER B. According to accounts that may be depended upon the first payment's of the French contribution are to be made to Austria and Prussia. This is a favour which is fully justified by the circumstance that both these States suffered so greatly in the war with France during thelast ten years. It is generally asserted here, that in the course of this winter some thousand Protestants, from the South of France, will settle in our States, with the permis sion of the Government. Several of these unfortu nate people are already in the Cantons of Vaud and Neulchatel, to which they . fled, in order to save their lives, in the months of August and September.— General L.igarde, as it is affirmed, really had from the King strict orders to destroy the seeds of disoider at Nimes; but he was not furnished with sufficient means. He seized Trestailler, who, with his own hand, had murdered fourteen Protestants, and was going to send hiM to Montpelier. But this was the cause of his misfortune ; for before the prisoner could be sent away, his partizans set him at liberty, and threatened the life of the General. The General frightened them by the appearance of two regiments of chasseurs. Scarcely, however, were these with drawn when the party of Trestailler caused the last tumult. FRANKFORT, DECEMBER 9. The Prussians march back in very strong columns; the bridge of boats at Mentz is removed on account of the ice, fir which reason the troops pass the Rhine at Oppenheim by means of the flying bridge and many boats ; the passage there continues without in terruption, because an increase of the ice is daily ex pected, ‘stit,:ii will render it impossible to use boats. the mirth of the troops through this city will be ended sooner than was expected. Yesterday a very large train of artillery passed, which concluded the passage of the corps of General Thielmann, and marched away this morning ; towards noon several regiments of 13ulow's corps came; of which we shall have'in all only 18,000 men, 8000 pass the Rhine at Coblentz, and 8000 remain in France. It is not confirmed that Prussians will go into can ton mcnts in our neighbourhood. The Prussians have now with their regiments singers who are tegnlarly , taught. In the evening of the day before yesterday we 'were agreeably surprised by a vocal concert exe cuted by 20 soldiers according to all the rules of art. They sang military songs; by their comrade Theodore Koerner, who fell upon the bed of honour ; it were to 'be wished that such inspiring songs were introduced among all the German troops, who are all very fond of music. AU the Prussians who arrive here receive clothing to defend them against the cold. . _ Some accounts from Vienna, which seem entitled to credit, state, that some Provinces, formerly be longing to the Pope. but which lie had ceded at an earlier period, will not be re-annexed to the Papal dominions, but be considered as a military indemnity. Pivot, vn Alsace; which teiisala to France, its in- eluded (*laves) in its territo4 estimated, in 1799, at 60i airman iqutre miles, 160,000 in population, and 1,04000 florins in revenue. 4. Ditto in Lniraine. six German square miles, O,OJO in popul.ttii4l; and 80,000 florins in revenue. 5. Possessions ..1 the Catholic Clergy in Alsace, including those t.f . the Maltese and Teutonic orders, 56 o,4•nnan square miles, 120,000 in population, and 548,0'0 florins in revenue en:acing a total of 168 Gelman square miles, 500,000 in population, and 2,747,600 florins in revenue. N. B. A Getman square mile is about 21 Engii4ll square miles. that France has to pay to the Allies _however, adding the support of the allied troops, &c. amounts to at least 1 500 'millions, or a millard and a half; and yet this immense sum is far below the half of what France has drawn from other countries in the last twenty•five years. ARAU, DECEMBER 12. I: is affirmed that the Districts of Savoy, which by the treaties of Vienna and Paris are ceded to Swiaerland, and to the Canton of Geneva, and which are now occupied by Austrian troops, will be de livered up to their future Sovereigns before, or at least as soon as the other parts are given back to Sar dinia; and that the Austria* General Stephani, who commands at Carouge, has orders to this effect.— , Mean time it is probable that Deputies from Switzer ' land will soon go to Turin to carry on the negotia tions with Sardinia. There are also reports that Swiss Deputies will go to Frankfort and Milan. FROM THE RHINE, DEC. 6. France has evidently gained by the late treaty of peace in being rid of extraneous parts, which con stantly kept up the temptation to add still more to what it had already conquered. Its four lost for tresses are, in a financial point of view, gain, rather than loss; and, in a military point of view, they are not dangerous to France; they only render France less dangerous to Germany. Maaoco was rather a burden—Bouillon produced nothing; and the only real loss is that of a little strip of the district of Gcx, and the corner between the Lauter and the Queish is very inconsiderable. It would be different it the lines of Weissemburg had not remained to France. On the other band, it is interesting to calculate what France has gained in territory and population, in corn. parison with its state in 1790, which was assumed as the basis of the treaty of November 20.—France gains in, 1. Avignon and Venaissin, 45 German square 200,000 in population, and 100,000 florins in revenue. 2. In Muihausen in the Sundgau, one quarter of a German square mile, 10,000 in population, and 40,000 florins in revenue. of the Princes, Counts, and the Protestants may not nave peen ...ae..‘,. ... .... In „ c „„„. stem will allow inch a construction to be p ut on the a German square mile, 10,000 in pop ulation, and heated, and it was discovered at siz o'clock, and :'suer as would amount to theis r reversal. They will still have the benefit of the old stipule - . . ... ~.1 I• • 2. In Mulhansen in the Smidgen , o ne q uarter of from the kiln used for drying grain being— over- 40,00011orins in revenue. naries (200 feet in length) S.. The possessions of the Princes. Cou n t s, and rigged with such fury, that in a short time the gra- were reduced to ashes.— The damage is estimated at upwards of 5e15,000. gram:lF:n[lyr, 4 mai amu ism., .16 New Treaties, it is not to be belie ved that our Mini- of al..rge fortune. ('several du KinINET HOWARD , who marr ie d tke sister of the Earl of ROSESK iiiilf, rec eives a le g ac y of &WAX), under the Duke of NORFOLI eII Will. I- • • BULL PROTESTANT MEETING. On Mond.iy, the 18th inst. there was a most re- spectable Meeting of the Inhabitants of . Hull, in the Mansion House of that ancient town, CHRISTOPHER Booms, Esq. Mayor, in the Chair, to take into con sideration the distressed state of their fellow Protes . tants in France. Some of the Gentlemen present de . livered their sentiments in a most animated and im pressive manner, but our limits do not allow us to state their observations. We can only at present in sert the Resolutions aslopted by the Meeting : Resolved, I. That this Meeting has heard with feelings of the most poignant grief, that well authentkated accounts have been received in this country, of a violent and sanguinary Persecution new preniling against our Brethren of the Protestant Faith, in ,he South of Frame; of *Mch Pirseeudea the dreadful effect. are stated to be, the sacrifice of ntiltitutlea of Innocent and va• isabk lives, the pillage and destruction tom incalculable amount of Private Property, the int& demolition of many of their tell &us Edifices, and the total deprivation of the means and ad van tages of assembling themselves together for the Public Worship of Cob. L That we have sufficient Yemen to believe this Persecution to be purely of a religious nature, and directed against the faith and worship of the sufferers; and that the object of it is to sup press and eztinguisb, as far as possible, the inalienable right of private judgment in matters of religion. 3. That, happy in witnessing and enjoying religious liberty ourselves, und.r the mild and equitable government established in this United Kingdom, we should think it a dereliction of duty not to use our best endeavours to extend and secure the same inestimable blessing to our fellow creatures in every part of the world ; and that consequently we will earnestly and without de lay, intercede with his Majesty's government to ntake every effort, cousieent with the political relations of this country and France, to restore to our Protestant Brethren that security and freedom its religious profession and worship, of which they are now unjustly and inhumanly &pa teed. 4. '1 bat we reflect with grateful satisfaction on the bind and flattering receptiqn, given to the Dtpotation from the general body of Protestant D.sseteing Ministers of the 'Three Denomi nations in London, which on the 25th of November last waited on his Majesty's Ministers : who hb.sally and humanely expres • sed the deepest regret at the hnrrld scenes lately 'deb:v.l, and a disposition to use their best efforts fur the support co the freedom of relitious ftith and worship. S. That the thanks of flit.) Meeting fie given to the General Body of Protestant 1) sun. ing Ministers of the three denomi. nations in London, fur taking the lead in this labour of love, and that a copy of these Resolutions be transmitted to their Secretary. C. That corunivrating the state of extreme penury, to which numbers of the French Prooestanto, both clergy and laity, are reduced by the devastations of their oppressors, we will imme diately institute in this place a SubFcription fur their relief. 7. That a copy of t'sese Resolutions be transmitted by the Chairman to the Earl of Liverpool, his Majesty's First Lord of the Treasury, with a request that lie will promote the wishes of this lel ectilig to the utmost in his power. I. '1 hat a enry of the . same be trattsnti;tcd to his Grace the Lord Archlishop of York, in the hope that they will receive hls Grace's approbar , on and concurrence. 9. That a copy of these Resolutions be sent to the Lord Lleu tetiaces of the It Wings of the County of York. to. Tba• a copy be also sent to the Members for the County of York, and to the Members for this Borough, with a request that they will u 42 their influence with his Majesty's Ministers, and their efforts in Parliament, in furtherance of the object desired. I I. That the Bankers in this Town be requested to receive Subsetiptions. 12. 1 bat the Gentlemen who signed the Requisition be ap pointed a Committee, to carry these Resolutions into effect. 19. That the Thmks be given to the Right Worshipful the Mayor, for his promptitude in calling this Meeting, and for his conduct in the Chair. BI IGIITON, Dec. 25.—A most superb yacht is preparing at Deptford, to be called the ROYAL Gaottos, for the Puma REGENT, which is to be sent round, and stationed off here, under the command of Admiral Sir Edmund Nagle. Sir Lorrus OTWAY is gone to Paris on a special mission from the PRINCE REGENT; after which, we understand, this Noble man will take a tour of the Continent. Yesterday being Christmas Day the Right. Hon. the LORD MAYOR ordered the Prisoners in Newgate, Ludgate, and the Comptes., each to receive one pound of meat, one pint of porter, and half a three penny loaf, in addition to the increased allowance of bread, meat, and coals given by the City of London. A Mail from the Cape of Good Hope arrived yes terday. From the Bourbon Caudle lixtraorimary, re ceived by this conveyance, it appears that the intel ligence of BONAPARTR'S return to Fiance from Elba had been received at that settlement ; hut instead of producing -any declaration in favour of NAPOLEON, it had only served to strengthen the loyalty and fidelity of the Governor to Louts XVIII. LAVALETTE. has a daughter married to Sir Get. PRO/COTT, nude of Mr. YALICOTT, the banker, of London. The Countess NITHSDALE effected her husband's escape from the Tuwer after the Rebtllion, by a simi lar maneuvnt wiU that practised by Madame LAVA.. LETT& A letter from Paris, dated December 12, says— " The barriers were shut yesterday at tight in the evening, in consequence of the escape of Lavalette from the Prison of the Conciergerie in his wife's clothes. Madame Lavalette remains in prison." Flute AT BERWICK.---A most dreadful fire broke out on Wednesday evening last, in the extensive gra naries of Messrs. Johnson and Co. John Waugh, John Forger, and George Sligh. The fire originated from the kiln used for drying grain being over. heated, and it WAS discovered at six o'clock, and raged with such fury, that in a short time the gra naries (200 feet in length) were reduced to ashes.— 'The damk i ted wards of seismo. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. FALMOUTH, DECEMBER IS. Arrived the Gerrge Hibherts, Captain HpArs from London for Antigua ; Wellington, %VaI.:AN! , from London for Bermuda ; his M..jvity's schontwr SICALMIK, from Plymoqth ; his M jrsty's r DtvARF, from a ertiize; and Mintura. DENNts Irt,tn Bristol.—Wind W. lies , ' breezes and fine. DEcEMBER 25. . Arrived the Regan' transport from t!. , ! Dostna I Witland, Isfitglik::::tE, from Batavia. No hit dings.— Wind W.S.W. rnoderare. DEAL, DITEMBER 25. Came down from the River and s.vlecl, the Eclipse , 131r4Foun. fnr Inaia ; Nancy, BARNEe, fOr Antigu.l ; Levant, M‘Hisecat, fet 13dfi t ; Lune, Yotiwo, for St. Thomas's; Lord Hungerford,NAnkn, for loofa; John Barry, l'eAr, for JAnm;c.t. Arrived the Duke of Wellington, KEItR i from Barcelona. Tll.B AR Mr. A grand inspection of the Grenadier Rep,iment of Guards took place yesterday on th , ? Parade Ground, oppo!ite the Horse Guards. ii[s Roy.tl Iliglaws the Commis:am/it is CHIEF, COIo&-1 of that distin guished Regimenr, WAS present on the occasion, having arrived in town from Oatlands at ten o'clock. His Royal Highness was accompanied by the A rc h. duke JOHN of Aus[rntA, in St. Itmes's Park, to view the ceremony of relieving guard. The bards of the two Regiments of Guards were in their fill; dress state uniform. The Duke of Yours WAS in full mi litary dress. The Archduke wore that of the Imperial Guard. The parade was crowded by an elegant assemblage of Ladies and Gentlemen. The Allied Army under the Duke of WELLisorote is denominated the Army of Occupation ; Lirute. nant•General Sir GEORGE MURRAY is appointed [Chief of the Staff to this Army. The following artifle, issued front the War Office confirms the statement we gave a lew days since : " List of Battalions to be Dlbbanded and Diseonenued, or Re• duced in Establishment, from 115th Dec. 1815, inclusive. " Second Battalion of the Sd Foot, stationed at hythe; 4th ditto, Deal; 6th ditto, Winchester; 7th ditto, Dover; ink ditto, Portsmouth; 9th ditto, Chatham ; loth ditto. Malta. "'Third Battalion of the 27th ditto, France. " Second Battalion of the s9tli ditto, Winchester; 40th ditto, Dover; 44th ditto, France; 57th ditto, Winchester; &Bth ditto, Hull; 711 u ditto, Glasgow; ditto, Ireland; 79th ditto, Dundee; 82d ditto, Gosport ; 91st ditto , Perth; 93d ditto, Sun derland. ." To be reduced from Ten to Six Companies eacb..— " Second Battalion of the sth Foot, Gosport; ulst ditto, Stir. Hog ; 47th ditto, Cheln.sfurd; .51(1 ditto, Canterbury; ;Sib thy°, Flanders; gist ditto, France; sLti ditto, Clare; 90'4 &nu, Ar magh. " Mnatoa.anowss —Such of the above-mentioned Battalions u are abroad, have been ordered home." Friday sen'night, tile Officers of the Ist Roy4l Lancashire Regiment of Militia, quartered at Bray, gave a splendid hall and Supper at Quin's to all the rank, beauty, and fashion of the neighb:-.,ur hciod. The Forehonse Earracks will be occupied by the Queen's, from Govort, immediately the 66th embark. The German Legign has marched to Hanover to be disbanded, and tie recsoiting at Heligoland has been ordered to be dLcontinueil. _ _ The Court-Martial for the trial of Sir GEORGE PuitvosT, ordered to take place on the 15th January, it is presumed must be deletrtd from the present st»t• of that °dicer's health. A Veteran Battalion has ben stationed in Eng land, Scotland, and Ireland, tor the purpose of re ceiving respectively soldiers, nauves of each counuy, who may be deemed unfit for more etEcient service. RAINSUATE, DEcamnot 21—Several mere pasF...i;e vessels an last night, with men and horses of t.ie 2:id Light Dragoons. They have been _landed this frit-ming, and we never recollect to have seen hones in such a dreadful condition, when the shortness of the passage is taken into consideration—numbers of them lie dead on different parts of the Picr, presenting a dismal and at the same time disgusting sight. Many of those which came on shore alive, are so but by name, and we expect to learn that numbers of them have died on the road to Canterbury, whither such as could at all walk have proceeded to-day with this.once fine-mounted regiment. It is possible that even so short a voyage might be attended with such havoc without blame attaching any where ; but it is a circumstance so unprecedented as to demand a rigo rous enquiry. A letter from Curacoa, dated November 4, says— is Several individuals have been lately shot in Carac cas, and others imprisoned ; among the latter is J. F. Montilla, in irons in the dungeons of Languira, and deprived of all comnannication. It is s iid that up wards of 400 American prisonersaccompanied the Spa nish expedition from Porto Cabello to Santa Martha. A Royal Order has been received in Caraccas, by the last arrival from Spain, prohibiting any Spanish Offi. cer, or other native Spaniard, from marrying an American. The Independents are in possession of the whole of the Orinoco. The troops in that gnat ter are commanded by the Patriot Chiefs Ledene and Monagat." Captain Sir E. OWEN, the Commodore and Com. mander-in-Chief on the Canadian lakes, arrived yes. terday at the Admiralty, having relinquished that command in consequence of the peace. He had a long conference with the Board of Admiralty. 'I he Pixenix transport, Lieutenant CIIANIPION, agent, from Canada, tur the safety of which the most alarming apprehensions were felt, was towed into Portsmouth on Frid.,y, by a H tyre packet. She was dismasted in the late gales of wind. The re mainder rd the naval mechanics, from the Canadian Lakes, are arrived iii Tiie reduction in the several Public Offices of clerks, &c. takes place on the first of next mouth. Arrangements are making at Bath fe - the Duke of YORK'S temporary resichnce in that to take the warm douche. An elopement has recently taken pla-., which has involved in deep distress several noble and highly ho nourable families. The Lady is young, beautify), the mother of several children, and wife of a distin- ' guisbed Officer. The gallant is old enough to be her grandfather, a married man, high in the Peerage, and of a large fortune. General du RENNET HOWARD, who married tke sister of the Earl of ROSERYRRY, receives a legacy of if 130,000, under the Duke of Nouromes will.