Star. — London, England, 1819-01-27 00:00:00

tlan we do the operation and effects of the COrn Laws, in raising to an undue price the first. neces saries of life, we cannot see how their operation can at the same time tend to reduce the price of wages. The facts stand in direct opposition as to cause and effect : but in their origin of action they flow from a common source, the avarice, cupidity, and irrlainta ,;sy o f men determined to be rich: A set of unfeel men raise tke price of corn, and in simultaneous J tion with another—(the nianufacturcrs) depress the price of wages.—" &rot keek" for • full fr yloymoit ! At no time for these fifty years past have corn and other products of land been at such prices as to enable a labourer or mechanic to main twin himself, (ilot to F peak at all of his family,) on su ch a miserable pittance.—You complain, all of you, o f the increase of thefts and robberies of late years— you are yourselves the cause of this increase by your o n robbery of your labthirers and wcrkmen of the fair reward of their industry. The Paris Papers of Saturday arrived this Morning. A Courier is said to have been dispatched, in the course of last week, to 'Borne. charged with impiar tant dispatches; but it is not known whether they relate to the affairs of the Church of France, or to the Bull fur the approaching Coronation of Lovrs. A pension of 20,000 francs has been granted to the Es-Minister of Finance, Count CoavErr°, in recom pense for the " distinguished services" which he ren dered in that department. According to a Notice which has been issued by the itew Minister of Finance, the anticipated payment cf the dividends falling due on the 22d March next r.ay to received in the Departments from the Re c;cll-General, and the trouble of drawing on Paris c thus avoided by. Stockholders in the country. We ;!:,re that this is only part of a general plan which Aron Lavt:: has in contemplation, for giving to all rinc i pal placeS throughout the Provinces the same facilities in the purchase and transference of itock as have been hitherto exclusively. possessed by the residents of the Capital. The Duke of GLOUCESTER was to set ont as yes terday, in company with Prince TALLEERAND, for ',ntainebleau, where his Highness intends passing some days. Accounts from Munich represent the public mind there as gr.ratly interested by the approaching meet ing, for the first time, of the States General, granted to that Kingdom bY the New Constitution. It is mentiored as a proof of one of the best desires which :an possibly actuate a free Government—a desire of publicity—that the Hall of the Deputies is to have a Gallery etital to the accommodation of 250 stran• gers—a greater number, it is truly said, than can End admis.ion into the House of Commons in Eng,- 1.r.1 An ex pet.tation is thence reasonably deduced, :hat tle Jouttuils will bi; allowed to report the pro reediLFc with the utmost freedom—a liberty with = representative Constitution can Jo little good, mid may be tendered even -worse than usel:ss. The PCIITE 11'15, at the intervertion of Russia and Prussia, recognize d the recently established kingdom of the Netherlands. The .Iga of the Janissaries, who lad been only very lately appointed, has been de posed, and his Lieutenant elevated to his place. French Five per Cents. Friday, 68fr. 20c. New York Papers to the' 3d of January arrived morning : FROM TILE NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER. WASHINGTON, DECENIBEIt 9. Then.. was yesterday transmitted to the House of Representatives, by the PRESIDENT, in conformity to ule Resolution of that body, calling for further in f-rmation relative to the state of our relations with Spain, a number of documents, amongst which the Solt important is a letter from Mr. Secretary Adams tt o.or Miuister in Spain, dated on the 9.;>th of north. This letter is devoted to the examination of the !Ate from the Spanish Secretary of State, addressed to our, Z Ilnister, Mr. Irving, respecting the events of the late war with the Seminole Indians, and the in rts'.on of Florida, which, through the of the Etrropean Newspapers, has found its way to this tortry, and, doubtless, to all the Cabinets td Europe. The letter of Mr. Adams may be regarded as tits rt'plication of the Ametican Government to the Ma.. zies..o of the Government of Spain, for such the let te: of M. Pizarro became, by the usual and ostenta publicity given to it. In this light the letter of Mr. Adams became a thy interesting State Paper. Its length does not deter us . from presenting it to our Readers in our tit. though we cannot venture to say when we shall it ab'.e to publish the documentary evidences ap ;ended to it, consisting of more than seventy papers; ' sane of them, from their bearing on questions of late rnltch agitated, will be worthy of publication. We are told that a friendly and animated Corrcs rcpcience has been long kept up between President Adams and Jefferson, a part of which will shortly be published. Tic river Su%quehanah was so firmly frozen on the that the passengers from BAltimore walked over from Ilavre-de-Grace ; and the baggage and mails were drawn across on sledges. The following is an extract of a letter from Nia gara, Upper Canada, dated Ilecember 1 : " The Editor of the Niagara SpccWor is in jail for publishing a libel on his stxcellency the Governor. Mr. Gourlay is the author of the publication termSd a libel. It is the opinion here that Mr. Gourlay will soon be with the Editor." Rouse's PoINT..The Canadian Courant of the 19th instant contradicts the statement of the Mon treal Herald, that " the Fort at Rouse's Point falls within the British line," and acknowledges that the exact line is yet undecided. The fat effect : cornmo hity of ro MCI jtioll V price of t ryfrloyn have co prices a tin hit such a r o f the you are rol fair rev.; The A Cc course taut dis relate t the Bul . A pei Ex-Min pease fc dercd ir Acco the :lew of the r.ay t e be ttus F'Lvc Baron I r tl same f: stock a the rcsii The'. ter day, l'ontain some d: Acco there as for to that mender can pos publicit Gallery gCTS--4 find ad 'az& :hat thc reedits?, acct Jo Ltd than u! The Prussia of the 1 had bey Posed, Frets New , asis me Ther Represi the Res f rmati Spam, host ir tc o,: r l:tmc ir.is !Ate fr to our Ste lam sas'on Euro ? tcur.tr The Mica :Jest° ter oftoys F , deter ttE, t to ab'.l per.det sane raltch We yercie Adam be p u t rif over I mails • NEW YORK, JANUARY 1. It is well known that during the late Indian war, ' the Indians, viz. a Chief named Hemattlernico, who commanded the party that destroyed Lieut. Scott and his men, and the Prophet Francis, were decoyed no hoard an Arneii:an schoener, believing it to be a British vessel, and were, by the orders of General Jackson, hung. We have been furnished with an account of this transaction by a respectable Gentle man of this City, which he received from an eye witness. The two Indians were recognized by Ham bly, who was on board. Upon discovering that they were prisoners, the Prophet shewed considerable alarm, and even wept, the Chief was silent, but 6rm and undaunted. Upon the arrival of General Jackson,le went on board and. put several questions to them, which they utterly refused to answer, behaving with great firm ness and savage dignity. Upon finding them so stubborn and re.erved, General• Jackson immediately issued an order, and had them both hung. They were not apprised of their fate until they were upon deck and saw the gallows prepared for their execu tion. Without uttering a syllable, they marched up to it and submitted to their doom with perfect firm ness and composure, furnishing a practical exposition of the principle of the Law Of Nations, which, to the honour of this country, is, it seems, about to be esta blished here, that a General has absolute powir in all cases over the lives of his prisoners, and is an swerable to nobody but GOD for his conduct. Yesterday, about one o'clock, the Duke of YORK arrived at his house in St. James's Palace frorn,his visit to the Earl VERULAM, near St. Alban's. Soon after three o'clock his Royal Highness held a Levee, at his Office in the Horse Guards. Tin FOUR PRINCESSES.—The only one of these Illustrious Ladies who sill visit this country for the purpose of lying-in, is the Duchess of KENT. We are assured, in a high quarter, that her Royal High ness may be expected in April. Hut LATE 3IAJESTI'S WILL.—It will be recollect ed, that in the Queen's Will two lists.were referred to, which, however, did not appear. The Executors in the subjoined Declaration, filed yesterday in the pro per Court, explain the cause of this f orlission Appeared personally the Right Ilon. Charles George Lord Arden, and Herbert Taylor, of Windsor, in the county of Barks, Lee. and being duly sworn to depose the truth, made oath that they are the executors named in the last will and testament of her Most Excellent Majesty Charlotte, Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, deceased, bearing date. the 16th day of November, in the year of our Lord Inn. And the appearer Herbert Taylor, for himself saith, that immediately a f ter t he execution of the said will by. her said Most Excellent Majesty, It was delivered to him for safe custody ; and he there upon sealed up the same, in the presence of her said Majesty, in an nvelope, from which It had teen taken for the purpose of being executed as aforesaid ; and the said will remlined so sealed lap in his possession until the death of her said Majesty, which hap- r -ened on Tuesday, the 17th day of November, 1818.. And tuth the appc.irers for themselves, that on the following day,:to wtt, the 18th day of the said month of Nnveniber, the said will was opened and read by them ; and they thin olisersied the fel k.wing clauses, in the seventh page of the said will, viz.—" Hav ing brought from Mecklenburg various property, as specified in the list No. 1, annexed to this my last will and testament, it is my wish and desire, and my last will and pleasure, that such property shall revert to the House of Mecklenburg Strelitz, and I direct that it shall be sent back to the senior branch of that House." _ _ _ " I give and bequeath, as specified in the list No. 9, annexed to this my last will and testament, to be paid out of the value of nal personal property, within six months after my death." An d& they further made oath, that no list of property, as stated to be arinexed to the said will, under the mark No. 1, or any list of bequests, also stated to be annexed, under the mark No.s, were found annexed to the said will, or contained in the envelope in which the said will was enclosed, as afores.:id. And the ap pcarcrs further make oath and say, that they have carefully looked over and inspected the papers lea by her said Most Er cellent Majesty, and that no such lists as thoie referred to in the said clauses have been discovered or found by them, or either of them ; and they do verily and in their consciences believe, that no such lists were ever prepared by her said Majesty; and that ;he died without preparing the same, though it is within the knowledge of the appearer, Herbert Taylor, that her said Ma jesty had signified her intention to prepate the lists so referred to iu the said clauses, under the marks N.'. I and No 2, and to have annexed them to the said will, so as to have formed part thereof. The Bth day of January, 1819, the Right Hon. Charles George Lord Arden, and Herbert ARDEN. Taylor, Esq. were duly sworn to the truth H. TAYLOR. of thisaffidavit. A Before me, S. IL BUR.RABY, Surrogate. PreSait, ILTIO NICHOLL, Notary-pub. lite following are the Heads of the Bill, intitulcd, " A.: Act to provide for the Care of his Majesty's Person, daring the continuance of his Majesty's 111- ness," now before the House of Lord,: T:ie first Clause provldes--.Triat the rare of his Majesty's Person and Housdiold. &r. he vest:4 in the Duke of York, with a ,-ese:vation as to the arpointment of the Lord Chamberlain. Tilt 2d. Limits the powers of the flousilhold Officers. Zl. Appoints a Council to assist the Duke of York. 4th. Prescribes the form of the Oath to be taken by the Members of his Royal Highness's Council. sth. The Council empowered to examine the Physicians and others upon oath. 6th. The Council to meet, and to declare the state of his Ma jesty's health, and transmit a copy of such Declaration to the Rnesident of the Privy Council. Ith. In ca s e of the restoration of his Majesty's health, the , same shall be notified to the Privy Council, and catered upon their books. gas. After such entry, his Majesty may, by sign manual, re quire the Privy Council to assemble. 9th. Powers of the Act to cease on his Majesty's declaring, by Proclamation, h;s resumption of the Royal Authority. Mb. Its case of the Duke of York's death, the care of his Ma;eaty's Person shill be vested in the Duke's Council, until provision shall be made by Parliament. ilth. Tile Prince Regent to issue a Proclamation for the meeting of Parliament, in case Parliament be not sitting. 12U4. Regulations for calling the Meeting of a New Parlia ment, if the event shall happen before the day appointed by Writ of Summons ; or, in eases where it shall happen upon or after the day appointed by Writ of Summons. Lastly, It is provided that the Act may be altered or re. pealed during the present Session. yesterday a numerous assemblage of Peers, &c. took place at Fife House, Whitehall, the residence of the Larl of LIVERPOOL. MANCHESTER, JANUARY 25. Mr. HUNT and his friends having made known their intention of visiting the Theatre this evening, vast numbers of his admirers had made preparations to repair to the same place ; and, In addition to his adhetents in this town, there was a considerable muster of Reformers from Oldham, Ashton, Stock port, and other neighbouring towns. The Magis trates, however, anticipating a repetition of the dis graceful occttrtences of Friday, interposed their au thority, and induced the Managers to close the Theatre for the evenings in consequence, when Mr. HUNT and hil friends arrived, there was no admis sion : the doors were closed, and all was silent and still as the temple of Janus. It is not my business to canvass the propriety or impropriety of this singular interference of the Police ; but, independent of the disappointment to many respectable indiviivals who intended to have witnessed thiperformance of Miss S. BOOTH, the circumstance has occasioned no ordi nary degree of sensation. Mr. HUNT was accompa nied by a numerous retinue; but on finding the doors of the Theatre closed, he addressed them in a short and emphatic speech, advising them to return quietly to their respective homes. There were some passages in his speech which it is not worth repeat ing ; but the weather being extremely boisterous, ma terially coutributed to the dispersion of the crowd, and Mr. HUNT returned back with his friends. Up to this hour (11 P. M.) there has not been the least indication of any disturbance. The following Is a Copy of a Letter from Mr. HUNT, to his Royal Highness the Duke of YORK, Commander-in-Chief : " Manchester, January 25, 1819. Srit—l have inclosed your Royirl Highness a Hand-bill, and a Paragraph that has appeared in a public Newspaper, printed in Manchester, which will convey to your Royal Highness some idea of one of the most wanton, cowardly assaults, and violent outrages, that ever disgraced the annals of a free country, com mitted upon npyseif and three respectable Tradesmen of this town, by some Officers belonging to the 7th Regiment of Hus sars, on Fri Jay night last, at the Theatre. A Memorial front some of the most respectable and loyal inhabitants of Manches ter, who were eye-witnesses of the whole transaction, will shortly be forwarded to your Royal Highness, which will prove the correctness of this account, accompanied by many aggra vated circumstances. The whole of the persons concerned in this disgraceful Riot, will be immediately prosecuted in the Courts of Law : but, as Mass of the 7th Dragoons were not only the instigators, but the actual assailants of unarmed and peaceable Citizens, without the slithtest provocation, I feel con fident, that your Royal Highness will hasten to investigate this atrocious deed, which has Inflicted such an indelible disgrace upon the authors of it ; and fixed such a foul and cowardly itain upon the character of the British Soldier, that nothing can re-. move but the prompt and decisive interposition of the Cernmans der-in-Chief of the British Army. " The People of England have often been falsely accused of wishing to produce anarchy and confusion. It is also a fact o; ell known to your Royal Highness, that the daring insults of the Military, repeatedly offered to the peaceable Citizens of Paris, at the Public Theatres, were the principal immediate cause that produced the French Revolution. If these wanton violators of the public peace be not imme diately brought to justice, the day of anarchy is arrived in this coueitry. If your Royal Highness should suffer the Military, under your controul, to perpetrate suoh daring outrages upon the peaceable Citizens of this country, without bringing the of fenders to immediate punishment, neither your Royal Highness, nor any other person will be surprized to find, that it should produce the same results in England, that similar conduct pro duced m France.—l have the honour to remain, your Royal Highness's most obedient and most humble servant, " Ilzway Flinn." MANCHESTER Row.—The Manchester Mercury at Tuesday gives a long account of this affair. After Mr. ELM' and his friends were seated, there was a bawling from the Gallery of " Hunt and Liberty r,- 44 Rights of Man !" "No Corn Laws!" &c. This induced " the respectable part of the House" to call for the King's Anthem, which was complied with by the Per formers—the atidience standing, and "even HUNT, it must be admitted, and three of his disciples, rose to pay that deference which a common regard to deco rum imperiously called for;" but one CHAP MAN le fused to conform, and placed his hat on his pericranium. A young man behind them flourishing his hat, it ac cidentally came in contact with HUNT s, and Johnson, who was with HUNT, knocked him down, (according to this statement.) The Officers of the 7th Dragoons ran to assist the young Gentleman, and turned out Haar and his friends. They soon after returned, and finding the young man had placed himself on their seat, they chucked him over into the Pit. * Ktscis THEATRE, HAYMARKET.—The first public opening, for the season, of this superb Establis':- ment took place last night, in presence of the mos: crowded audience we have beheld for many years'at the Opera, nr indeed any other Theatre. The perfor mances were Litt:liana in "Vgieri, and Zephyre, ou le Retour du Prixtems. The skill, power, and taste with winch Signora BELLOCHI executed all her airs, particularly that in the Mirror Scene, and the mag nificent Address to the Italian Captives, before - the attempt to escape, excited general admiration. Iler acting was excellent, and also obtained much applause. An apology had been made for Signior PLACCI, who made his first appearance in the part of the,Dey, as account of a severe cold. His personal appearance is highly in his favour, and notwithstanding the dis advantage under which he laboured, he exerted him• self in a manner which, to those who were not pre viously acquainted with his pOweis, might appear to render the apology unnecessary. His efforts were also rewarded by general approbation, the loudest marks of which were also justly bestowed on Sign Conn' and Signors AMBROGETTI and GARCIA. The Grand Chorus at the end of the first Act, and seve-, ral other parts of this excellent Opera, produced the most rapturous applause; and thawhole , perform ance promises to become a lasting favonrite. The Dresses-are.splendid, and the 'Scenery beautiful.—ln the. Divertisement and Ballet, Mademoiselles Gesse and LE FEVRE, and Monliebr Aciftua, made their first appearance, and Obtained a most favourable re ception. The figures 7/fE ARML It is repi6rted that COlohelinn ShfiTß, Of the Royal Engineers, will succeed Major-Genera Fvens in the command of that Department In Ireland: The ship Albinia Aeith part of the 20th Regiment on boai'd, for St. Helena, sailed from the .Cove r f Cork, put back, and sailed for het- destination, and since put ba . ck again On the 19th of January. A division of the 15th Regitn-mt, under the com mand of Major SrAcicrot.n, is embarked en board the ship Layton, at the Cove of Cork, and *ill sail as soon as the weather permits. The remainder of the above regiment will also proceed to the Island of Ceylon, in the 'ships Dick, Maisters, and Mace of Orange, free traders. The 92d Highlatid Regiment, under the command of Majilr HERRIEk, have arrived at Co;k, Fermoy, and the ncighbourhebd. in order to embark for the Island of Jamaica. The 52d Regiment are at present embarking at the Cove Of Cork fer the Isle of France, and the 27th, (or Enniskillen Regiment) for Gibraltar.° The llth Light Dragoons, dismourted, at present in Canterbury; are under orders to embark at CI. . end, for the East Jndies. It is, conjectured they will march for that purpose tti•morrtnii NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. AYR, JANUARY The Irelawney, Rita, from the Clyde to Jamaica, was totally lost yesterday morning between Saltcoats and Irviue. A boat from Irvine. with four Ship mastefs, put off to the vessel, and having rescued the Master, and 15 of the clew, swamped before she reached the shore, and every one perished. The Lifc-boat went round from this place to take off the survivors, but before she reached the wreck, they had been taken on shore by a boat from Saltcoats._ The number saved is ten, including the First and Se cond Mates. FALMOUTH, JANUARY 24. It flew a strong gale all last night from S. W. with heavy squalls of bail and rain; towards the morning it moderated, and is now, 7, P. M. a calm. FOR TSMOUTII. JANUARY 26. Wind S. E. and a light breeze.—The Loyal Briton transport parted from the bridle of her moorings yesterday, off Gosport, and drove to the Borough. bank, but got no damage. DEAF., JANUARY 2.6. Wind S. R. and moderate.—The Abeona trans port lost an anchor and cable yesterday ; the Eliza. beth transport broke an anchor. Remain in the Downs all well the whole of the outward-bcnnd East and West Indiamen, and others, except tl.ose menu tioned yesterday. RAMSGATE, JANUARY e.s. Wind S. S. W. and moderate.—The Prince t f Orange, SILK, was got alongside of the East Pier in the night tide. The Nancy, TREAGgit, laid along so much in the Basin. that she had nearly four feet wa ter in her hold before she righted, and must have damaged the lowrr part of her cargo. Lll - I RPOOL, JANUARY Wind S. blows hard.--:The Alexander, WIN'T.OW, from London to Philadelphia, has pm into New , 'York on account of tLe 'ice. The Amity, IRVINE, from New Brunswick, is arrived in Boole Bay, brought in by a sxam-boat from East Hoyle. I 1 •t; jl i r. ; . 0 • 1 r e 11 • 1. ~ ~ r 7 .~ ° : 1 le ii ' i i : 4 1 • A 41 ~;: • I 1 1 A. CUSTOM-HOUSE., LONDON, JANUARY 26. Earns= Ism-taus—The larkins, Wilkinson, front Cg utta ; Thomas, Peek, from New York; Margaret, M•lntyre, front Leghorn; Active, Langden, from Lanzarottl; Constellation, Fell, from St. Domingo. OUTWANDS—The Hoffnung, Honeekets, for Bremer.; ItlarL garetta, Buining, for Antwerp ; the Iris, Hutchinson, fur Ilam burgh ; the Minerva, Milier,• Warren Hastingi. Hawes, General Harris, Welsteqd, and Rose, Ml•Taggart, for India. CI-CARED °I.: maims—The Rucker, Soper. for Grenada; Se., mepher,Crevecceur, for 11.1vre; Cinus, Saunders, for Odessa. The Martha, SKETCHLZY..from New-York—shiled . the 3d of January ; and the Earl Lonsdale, Gnomic, • from St. Domingo—saileJ the 12th December, hsvi arrived at Liverpool. _ Yesterday three men s: ho have beat brought to England from the Isle cf France, underivent an ex • animation at the Secretary of State's Office, charged with offences under the Slave Trade Act. The Regulator, GIBSON, from Belfast to Liverpool; was put on shore the 18th instant, at' Laudelfoot ; vessel and cargo damaged, the latter discharging. • • The brig Rambler, from Liverpool, bound to War- badoes, has arrived at the Cove of Cork, in distress; having put back after being t'ree weeks at sea, with her sails split, and otherwise much damaged. Mr: MACDOWALL, Deputy Assistant Commissary General of Barbadoes, is passenger on board this vessel. Viscount CASTI.EREAGII left town yesterday after.; noon, about half past three o'clock, for his seat at North Cray. Captain Fixos, has arrived in town from Lord FITZWIL LIAM'S seat, in Northamptonshire. Letters from Naples announce the sudden death, in that city, of 'Mr. JOHN It ANISBOTHAM, a respect able merchant and manufactut er, of Manchester. Monday, a fire broke out on the premises of Mr. FLETCHER, a silk throwster, of Portland -street, Man chester, which occasioned considerable damage be fore it was got under. This morning, a child, four years old, the daughter of. Mr. JONES, a boot-closer, in Prospect-row, near Dalston, Was run over by a butcher's cart, by which accident The had her leg broken, and was otherwise dreadfdlly bruised. A Gentleman who had-just landed at Dover from France, on Saturday last, was overhauled by t Tide Surveyor of the Customs, and 75 gold watches and 55 gold musical seals - taken from his person ; the value of the whole is estimated at nearly £looo. The passenger's name is said to be Levey, and the ankles were very curiously concealed round different parts of his body. CORN-EXCHANGE, MARE-LANE, JANUARY '47. We have had no fresh'arrivals . of any Grain since Monday, nor any alteration in our prices ; but fine Wheat went off on full 4 good terms, there bcii g .but little of that description at market. Fine Barley was rather' under request, there being more inquiry after and, better. sale for Malt. Foreign Beans are selling rather freely, the great reduction in the,price of that article having brought many coon ry buyer, considerable 'lnce, and obtained a most tavouratne re- w! le figures of these Ladies are. very graceful, who have taken off a considerable quantity. • . . •1 • • • I