Star. — London, England, 1820-12-14 00:00:00

TH. ~r ~y ~ THURSDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1820. THE FUNDS. 'TICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONK O . CLOCK Bank Stock 22234 3 per Cent. Reduced 69 1 / 2 44 3 per Cent. Cons. shut..-31 t per Cent. 7844 4 per Cent. 8711 4 IA 34-5 per Ct. Navy shut. Long Annuities 17 15-16 18 4adia Bonds 255. pr. Exchequer Bills 2s. dis. par, Ss. 2s. dis. Omnium 1 0 7 / E , 1 pr.—lndiafor Opg. 228 1 / 2 Cons. for Opg. 70% %. We must again take the liberty of impressing on those partisans of Ministry throughout the country, who are busying themselves in manufacturing Ad dresses to. the KING, in opposition to those which have been presented to her MAJESTY, the propriety of stating plainly and unequivocally what the facts or sentiments are which they wish to lay at the foot of the Throne. Every Address which we see, with the fictitious appellation of " Loyal" attached to it, is nothing but a collection of equivocal expressions, which may as well be applied in condemnation as in praise, or of courtly phrases, as stale as servility it self, and quite as unmeaning, in a moral sense, as the Bishop of LONDON'S saintly piece of foolery, that the " Kara can do xo wrong!" In the Ministerial Gazettes of this morning, for example, we have pre sented to us, byway of news, and so everything of the kind undoubtedly is, an Address, which is said to be from " the Parish of Clerkenwell ; a Decla ration, which is styled " the Ward of Bread-street Declaration ; and another Declaration, said to be from " the Inhabitants of St. Dunstan's in the East; although notoriously and undeniably every one of them has been the fabrication of a mere knot of indi viduals, called together in the most private and secret manner, like a Parish Meeting in a watch-box' without the knowledge or participation of the inhabi tants at large—all of which Addresses or Declarations are pleased to assume the title, par excellence, of' 46 Loyal," but from which we defy the whole body of the Ku m's Ministers, even with the assistance of the QUEEN'S friend and encomiast, Mr. CANNING, to ex tract a single expression which can be of the smallest practical advantage to their public reputation.— The Clerkenwell Loyalists say, that they " view, with the most painful feelings, the endeavours making to excite a spirit of discontent and disaffection through out the kingdom." But why do they not say by whom these endeavours are making ? Who knows but, at an after period, these Vicar of Bray Gentlemen may turn round and tell us, that it was the endeavours of his MAJESTY'S Ministers to which they alluded—the persecution of his Ma.rany's injured Consort more particularly, which had spread discontent and disaf fection throughout the kingdom, with a rapidity and to an extent unparalleled in its history—and that it was from nothing but a feeling of delicacy, and a depend enceon the LUNG'S own shrewdness for taking the hint, that. they had not added to their pointed reprobation a supplication to his MAJESTY to dismiss these wicked Advisers from his Counsels? If they have not some such lurking intention, why did they not at once avow, in plain set terms, that there has been no thing, in all the history of our Government, since the persecution of the seven Bishops, which they so much admire for its morality and consistency, as the threats and bribes with which Ministers endea voured to prevent the Quilt,: from returning to this country, her home by marriage and by attachment— nothing which they could reverence more for its con stitutional justice and equity than the Bill of Pains and Penalties which Ministers brought forward against her MAJESTY, when, despising their threats, and far above their bribes, she threw herself on the protection of the English People, and dared the ut most fury of her enemies—nothing more calculated to promote the interests of morality and social order, and to rally all who wish them well, around the Throne, than the flood of filth and abomination which Ministers poured forth on the country, in the despe rate hope of achieving a dastardly triumph over the innocent and suffering, yet undaunted and dauntless object of their hate ? Why, we ask, do these 44 Loyal Addressets" not avow some such sentiments as these? Whatever else they may say, is absolutely saying nothing. It is on these points, among many others that a vast majority of the British People are agreed in reprobating the conduct of his MAJESTY'S Mi nisters, and loudly calling for their dismissal ; and unless the partisans of Ministers are prepared to ap plaud and defend them on every one of these points in the most open and undisguised manner, they will serve their patrons best by preserving that silence which is the best solace of shame and disgrace. We might extend our remarks to the other passages of the Address from which we have quoted, as also to the language of the two other Addresses; but it would, in truil►, be a task of supererogation. Every sentence and expression is in the same vague and in definite style—nothing clear or positive is to be ex tracted, except this only, that the Addressers would lain praise Ministers, if they could. Again, we say, to all such " Loyal" Addressers, let them applaud-1 :••• $ ING STAR. 1 O I bN. expressly those acts which all the world else con- 1 damn, otherwise let them be silent. Wt turn with much pleasure, from these despica ble efforts of a disgraced partizanship, to the pro ceedings of two Meetings which have been held I the Cities of Gloucester and Hereford, of which our Readers will find an account in another part of our Paper. These too, were Meetings to Address the Ktso, instigated by those who assume to them selves exclusively the title of " Loyal e' but they were not called in a corner, in a back parlour with closed doors, in a Parson's closet, or in a watch-box; they were Public Meetings, convened by the proper Authorities, and to which all had access. What has been the consequence ? In the one case, an Ad dress to the KINO, full of adulation of Midisters, was thrown out of doors by a majority of fifty to one, and another preferred, which contains the severest repro bation of their conduct in the late proceedings; and, in the other, the " Loyal" Address could not be car ried, because it wanted a similar accompaniment. It is unnecessary to enlarge on these facts. We refer our Readers to the Reports of the Meetings in ques tion, which speak volumes as to the real sentiments of the vast majority of the British People. We received at a late hour this forenoon the Paris Papers of Sunday and Monday. The domestic news they contain is of no importance. The accounts from Madrid represent the country as in a state of rapidly returning tranquillity. The only additional light which is thrown on the resolves of the Congress at Troppau, is a demi-official confirmation of the report that the Sovereigns had demanded a personal conference with the King of NAPLES. The place proposed is said to have been Laybach, the capital of Illyria. French Five per Cents. Saturday, 77 fr. 85 c. THEFRACAS ATTROPPAH.—PrinceMETTERNICH is said to have submitted the conduct of Lord STEWART to the Sovereigns, who enjoined the Prince not to fight. On this the Emperor of AVSTRIA, it is said, ordered a courier to be dispatched immediately to London, with a request that the Englishman might be forth with recalled. We mentioned, a few days ago, a report which was prevalent in Vienna, that the celebrated Am PACHA had fled from the fortress of Jannina, and had taken refuge, with a party of his soldiers, in Sclavonia.— The following extract of a private letter, which was received yesterday, referring to this interesting sub ject, seems to offer a decided contradiction to that statement : " The rebel, Am PACH A, still holds out in his strong fortress, the citadel of Jannina ; and as he has within the walls abundance of provision and ammu nition, he will probably baffle the efforts of the Turkish army till the spring, for they are without cannon, and the snow had fallen upon the Pindus Mountains before the last accounts came away ; it will, therefore, be impossible for them to trans port it by that route till the month of April, and even then it will be difficult. An attempt had been made to land and fit up guns from their shipping in the Bay of Bucintro, but the enterprize was too much for the Moslems, and the scheme is for the pre sent abandoned. Signor Cot.Lovo, Alt's Chief Se cretary, has fallen into the hands of the Turks, and his head has been taken off. This poor fellow's civi lity and attention to English travellers made him a great favoUrite among them, and his untimely death will be heard with regret. He had been a Triestine merchant, was of the Greek Church, and went origi nally to Jannina on a mercantile speculation, where Am persuaded him to enter into his service. He often expressed his desire to get clear of the tyrant's fangs, but whenever his wary master sent him on an , embassy he took his wife and children as hostages, leaving Signor Co:4.ov° the choice :of having his family butchered, or returning again to his splendid bondage. It was on one of these missions that he was seized by the native Albanians, and delivered over to the Turks." Yesterday, Viscount SIDMOUTH had an audience of his Mmesrit, at his Palace, in Pall-Mall. The Duke of YORK set out from his residence in the King's Palace, St. James's, yesterday morning, accompanied by Mr. Cow NO SMITH, to join a shoot ing party at the Earl of Joanne's, in Oxfordshire. His MAJESTY'S stag-hounds will meet to-morrow at the Dolphin, near Slough. Prince LEOPOLD has lately purchased an estate in the neighbourhood of Claremont, from Dr. ANDERSON, which is intended to be the future residence of the Duchess of KEN?. The purchase is said to be about £15,000. The estate comprises an excellent house, with 150 acres of land. WINDSOR, DECEMBER 11.—Her Royal Highness the Princess AUGUSTA and suite arrived this morning at Frogmore hom llagshot Park, where she had been for some time on a visit to the Duchess of GLOUCES TER. Her Royal Highness is attended at Frogmore by Lady MARY TAYLOR. Extract of a letter from St. Thomas's, dated Oc tober 2:—" The piracies which are daily committed in this direction, are becoming worse and worse : our trade here, and indeed to any of the neighbouring islands, is extremely hazardous, let it be under what flag it may, for there appears to be no respect paid to any. Notwithstanding the American Gcvernment has been repeatedly apprised of the shameful depre dations committed, they seem to let it pass as an occurrence of no consequence. In every other sea we hear of their cruizers, but in tbis quarter, where they are most required, 'there are none." ... 7'HE DUCIIESS or CLARENCE• Yesterday the following Bniletin was issued re specting the state of the Duchess of CLanittce and the infant Princess ELIZABETH t King's'Palace, St. James's, December 15. Twelve o'Clixk. " The confinement of her Royal Highness the Dadoss Cunene Is proceeding very satisfactorily. " Our report of the Infant Princess Eusasern continues quite as favourable as yesterday. (Signed) " HENRY HALFORD. " WILLIAM KNIGHTON. " ANDREW HALLIDAY." The Physicians have naturally been very anxious for their important charge. Doctor HALLIDAY has never left the Palace since the commencement of the Duchess's illness, and Sir HENRY HALFORD And Sir WILLIAM KNIGHTON have met hint regularly twice a day, besides occasional calls of inquiry by command of the KING. Mr. CHARLES CLARICE, the Princess's regular Accoucheur, was unfortunately out of town on Sunday, the accouchement not being expected till Christmas. When the express reached him, at Dun ham Lodge, in Norfolk, he set off immediately, and arrived in town on Tuesday evening, having travelled upwards of 100 miles in ten hours. Yesterday, the Duchess of GLoucesrett and the Princess AUGUSTA came to town, expressly for the purpose of paying an affectionate visit to their sister the Duchess, and of seeing their niece, the infant, Princess ELIZABETH. The Duchess of GLOUCESTER left Bagshot Park at nine o'clock in the morning, and proceeded to Frogmore, where she was joined in her', travelling carriage by the Princess AUGUST A, when the Royal Sisters proceeded for London ; on their way they stopped at Kensington Palace, paid a visit to the Duke of Sussex, and remained about half an hour with their Royal Brother. They arrived at George-street, Hannver-square, the residence of the Princess SOPHIA, between one and two o'clock. Soon' after they went in the Princess SOPHIA'S carriage to pay their intended visit to the Duchess of CLARENCI, when they experienced the pleasure of a personal in terview, and found her Royal Highness going on extremely well. Their Royal Highnesses next pro ceeded to visit the KING, and remained with his MAJESTY till past five o'clock, when they returned to Frogmore. The Duke of Sussex sent yesterday morning, to inquire after the Duchess and the infant Princess. Baron PAGEL, the Ambassador from the Nether lands, the Spanish Ambassador, the French Ambas sador, the American Minister, and other foreigners of distinction, and a numerous assemblage of distin guished characters, left their names. Upon enquiry this morning at St. James's Palace, we learn, that her Royal Highness the Duchess of CLARENCE is going on extremely well ; and that the infant PRINCESS is in the same progressive state of improvement. A Matrimonial Alliance is on the lapis between the Heir of the Noble House of Cam, and an opulent Yorkshire Heiress. The following is a Copy of the Letter sent by the QUEEN (in her own hand-writing) to his MAJESTY, in behalf of Sarah Price, the unfortunate woman who was executed at the Old Bailey, ,last Tuesday week : " Bruidenborgh House, December 5. " The QUEEN has heard, with pain, that a female is con demned to suffer death on Tuesday, for the offence of passing forged Bank-notes. Her Maass.: cannot refrain from pre suming to recommend this unfortunate person to the mercy of the Knot. Her Manssv does not enter into any judicial dis. cussion ; but, from the particular nature of this offence, and the very peculiar state of the law respecting it, she is encouraged to hope that the earnest appeal which her feelings have prompted may not be made in vain." Lord SIDMOUTH'S answer was, " That the warrant for the execution was in consequence of an Order in Council, and that the KING could not interfere r THE CORONATION.—Some half-dozen carpenters, and other tradesmen, still continue at work in the Great Hall of Westminster, forwarding the prepa rations for the ceremony of consecrating his Ma jesty. The long galleries that run longitudinally at each side of the liall, and also the gallery that is im mediately over the grand entrance, and connects the two others, have been for some time finished. The galleries are extremely commodious, and are calcu lated to contain a vast assemblage of persons. They consist of three tiers, each tier comprising several rows of seats, and each rising higher than the other ; but the second and third tiers are respectively thrown back, so that each successive tier dues not, like the tiers of boxes in the Theatres, overshadow the one it immediately follows. These galleries communicate by flights of stairs with the area of the great Hall.— Two immense tables run longitudinally through the Hall, from the lower extremity to the platform that is raised at the upper end of the Hall several feet for the King's Throne, and the table at which his Majesty will dine. Recesses are formed at conve nient distances under the galleries, and accommo dated with shelves to serve the purposes of side-1 boards, for the noble guests who are to fill the long tables. The King's table is not yet placed oil- . the platform. The workmanship throughout the Hall is excellent and substantial. When the carpenters' work is finished, it is all to be painted. Mr. ARNOLD is actively employed in preparing to open the English Opera House at the commence ment of the Christmas holidays, for which he has en gaged several new performers. When the Tragedy of Pizarro was first produced at Drury-Lane Theatre, the Dramatis Personae con tained the names of thirty-two Actors and Actresses, not one of whom now appears in it, with the excep tion of Mr. POWELL, the original Peruvian Monarch of the Play. WESTMINSTER PLAY.—The Phormio of TERENCE was performed onWednesday evening by the Westmi nster Scholars, to a very crowded audience. Among the juvenile actors,,with the due allowance for inex perience, there was much talent discovered, though the performance had less spirit and effect than either of the two preceding seasons. In the Epilogue, with a commendable discretion, all political allusions have been avoided, and the topic introduced is a harmless satire on Bibliontania. Among the noble and dis tinguished male visitors on the occasion were the Dukes of YORK and WELLINGTON, Sir WILLIAM 6RANT : &C. &C. MEETING AT HEREP I ORD TO ADM 'S THE KING-DECEMBER 11. In consequence of a Requisition to the Mayan o f this City, signed by the exclusively loyal men (the Clergy, Half-pay Officers, and others connected with them), for calling a Meeting of the Freemen and In. habitants, on this do, for the purpose of voting a Loyal Address to the KInG, hand-bills were issued on Saturday last, by those Gentlemen who promoted the Address to the QUEEN, requesting the attendance of all who signed that Address, in order to oppose any reflection which might be made on their proceedings upon that occasion. About twelve o'clock the Met -IA took plat the Sessions Room, when the whi ie of the tam, the Court was pre-occupied by the Requisittonis., , their friends, with Lord Somalis at their head, Ica , no room for the vast concourse who attended. ' • ever, it very fortunately happened , that M-. MALL, the Mayor, entered from Wit's-marsh-v.,, and, turning to the right, went up Al-, ('our., tl 1c..•7 6 (over the front gate-way), and was fol;cweL l h 5 of those who signed the Address to tt- tauseN, w. . he immediately took the Chair, unconseou, friends were waiting for him in the Session. " ••.r , Thus the two Parties were entirely divide.. : having taken the Chair, that part of the Ni;..!t:: 4 would not suffer the MAYOR to leave it, ana gc: the Sessions Room, for the accommodation of his friends. The MAYOR being, as it were, a close pri soner in the hands of the QUEEN'S friends, they agreed to his liberation only on the condition of his adjourn. ing_to the Old Town Hall, where all parties might be accommodated. During all this time, my Lord SOMERS and his friends were sitting in solemn silence, in the Sessions Room, waiting the arrival of the MAYOR. As soon as the MAYOR acquiesced in the motion of adjournment, most of the Queen's party moved for ward towards the Town Hall, and occupied positions equally advantageous with the Requisitionists. No opposition was intended if the Address had been confined solely to the feeling of loyalty and attach ment to the King ; but if it reflected, in the most distant manner, on the conduct of those who voted Addresses to the Queen, or approving the conduct of Ministers in their late disgraceful proceedings, it was resolved to give it our most determined opposition. The MAYOR having again taken the Chair, he pro ceeded to open the business of the Meeting, and was followed by Sir HUNGERPORD HOSKYNS, Batt. who proposed the Address, which was seconded by Dr. HUGHES. The MAYOR then read the Address, and the former part, expressive of their loyalty, was ap proved of, but the concluding paragraph was highly disapproved of, as it alluded in substance to " the present eventful times, which wicked and designing men took advantage of; in order to subvert the Throne and the Constitution of this Country." Strong expressions of disapprobation were now manifeste' when Colonel CooKE presented himself, and submit ted to the Meeting an Amendment to the original Address, which was instantly received with the loud est acclamations. Its object was to express their dis approbation of the conduct of Ministers in their late proceedings towards her Majesty in the Bill of Pains and Penalties, and also a hope that they would not again agitate the question, and disturb the tranquillity of these Kingdoms. This Amendment was seconded by Mr. Wooottouse, Attorney, and supported by several other Gentlemen. The Rev. Mr. LILLEY objected to this Amend ment, as being irrelevant to the object of the Meet ing, and insisted that it could not, and ought not, to be incorporated with the Address, and that the Meet ing was called for the purpose of voting an Address expressive of their loyalty alone. Mr. LILLEY was attempted to be supported by Lord SOMERS, who, on presenting himself to the notice of the Meeting, with seeming confidence being graciously received, excited the hisses and groans, with cries of " off' Ste. Lordship did not expect to be thus greeted by inhabitants of Hereford, but they are indignant his late conduct in the House of Peers. continued, but his Lordship, notwithstanding, severed in speaking, with great fury gesture, inaudible to all but those AO him. Mr. Lilley endeavoured several pease his Lordship, hut in vain. - Lord SOMERS'S son, the Hon. JAMES alike unsuccessful; and, after a vain antra heard, sat down, much chagrined, amidst uproar. All we could collect from him I if the Meeting did not agree to the origii he would advise the Mayor to dissolve if Mr.JAMES, attorney, in a very bold speech, combated every argument th, advanced by Mr. Lilley, and insisted on of the Amendment, and of incorporatit loyal part of the Address, which should his Most cordial support. . After an interval of a few minutes, explanation between the Rev.Mr.LILLEY t and other Gentlemen, the Mavon called of hands for and against the Addre_s, the whole of the persons assembled brio; the MAYOR dissolved the Meeting, Address to be lost; and the disappointed - tionists and their friends retired amidst the Melo the multitude. No sooner was the Meeting dispersed, than a bcr of independent Gentlemen and Tradesmen, st / a g e qui , for the MAirsT cidedly ing held Pose of Constitt blished, sures Pt :onfidence the loud race. Ili eeted by the indignant The clamor anding, per of tone an were close t times to a B COCKS, ttempt to be Ist the loud n was—" ginal Address it." and energeti• hat had the proptiet ing it with t d then receiv s, occupied Ey, Dlr.JAst lied for a 0( •, when negi ring against deckling t inted Reg" . it the hisses d, than a na destnca, st:,n. 'CI vil AI