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

THE EVENING STAR. LONDON• TUESDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1820. STOCK EXCHANGE. A few more defaulters were declared at the latter part of last week, but none of importance, merely a few in Teets, very like a handful thrown in carelessly by way of giving good measure ! The Committee have not as yet made any new regulations on the subject, nor is , it known - that they have met for the pqrpose of taking it into consideration. If they have met, it must have been secretly, as not even an ex dit has escaped. They are, no doubt, fully im pressed with the importance of the subject, but, with all due deference to their wisdom, we do not think the matter so very intricate as to require much time for consideration. Their resolves are not big with the fate of Nations, but merely with the fate of a few broken dandies, and surely they may be disposed of without much ceremony. If time is wasted, the mischief of the last Account may be repeated ; and if it should be so, we hope the Committee may have their full share of it. To explain the rise in the Funds many rumours have been current. The fact is, that money has been ♦ery abundant, and the recent Ministerial defeat, and the prorogation of Parliament, have given confidence to the Monied Interests to go boldly for an advance for the Opening. The January dividends will fur nish the means of .taking more Stock than will be delivered, as Parliament does not meet till after the Account. The country too is quiet, and we are too much cramped to plunge into foreign war ; in short, the bulls, with heads and tails erect s are in full gallop towards a most luxuriant pasture. Whether the pas ture may not prove a swamp, time will shew. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK : Bank Stock 223 3 per Cent. Reduced 69 1 h % Vs 3 per Cent. Cons. shut.-3i per Cent. 78 1 ,4 v s 4 per Cent. 87% %-5 per Cent. Navy shut. Long Annuities 18 17 15-16 India Stock shut.—lndia Bonds 255. 245. pr. Exchequer Bills Is. 3s. dis.—Omnium Ts pre. Cons. for Account 70% 71 70%. The following is an extract from a letter received by the last arrival from Gibraltar: ,4 GIBRALTAR, NOVEMBER 24. " The Montague packet, bound from Falmouth to the Brazils, arrived here on the rOth inst. under prOtection of the tAVOURITE sloop of war, which fell in with her 300 miles to the westward of Lisbon, in great distresif, having sprung a leak, and in the greitest danger of sinking. She is now hove down, .•: andnadergoing a thorough repair in this Bay. 4 !'Tlie 11th Regiment are under orders for em barkation fer Plymouth, to be relieved by the 80th Regintent, from Cork, which is daily expected. " Lord and Lady STRANGFORD and suite re-em batked on board the CAMBRIAN frigate on the 21st instant, after passing a few days in this garrison, in order to proceed on their voyage to Constantinople, v. here his Lordship is appointed Ambassador. " We are happy to state, that by the last accounts from Tangier, the Morocco States are declared wholly free from plague or infection ; and it is hoped that the communication between that Empire and the Garri son of Gibraltar, will be shortly opened. The Rock is very healthy, and the weather beautifully mild and serene." A Mail arrived yesterday from Lisbon. The mea sures which brought about the restoration of the public tranquillity at Lisbon, and enabled the Go vernment to revoke the irregular proceedings of the military power on the 11th preceding, are chiefly attributed to Colonel SEPULVEDA, who commands the Light Legion. This distinguished Officer, by his remonstrances and admonitions, made the army sensible of its dangerous conduct, and once more obedient to the Civil Authorities of the State. Gen. Texstaa, who redeemed a moment's hasty violence by a prompt and sincere expression of his regret, was on the 18th commissioned by the Junta to frame and organize a Military Council for the improvement and s uperintendence of the Portuguese Army. The first act of this Council was to recommend a distri bution of medals for good conduct amongst the Offi cers and privates, who had been already desigated by his M.%.3ESTY as deserving of those honours. The election of Deputies to the Cortes is to take place immediately ; the instructions and details for their art angement being extracted from the new Spanish code. It is plain that the Government found itself compelled to expedite this important measure, that the Constitution might be placed forthwith in a state of active operation, afid that the People should feel themselves committed irrevocably to reject or resist any orders from,Brazil injurious to the liberties of Portugal. We have received letters, dated Sept. 16, from 'buenos Ayres. The people of that city had indulged the expectation that, after the advantages gained by their troops over those from Santa Fe, under LOPEZ and CARRERA, the dissensions between the two Pro vinces would be settled by a Treaty ; but the terms insisted on by Santa Fe being inadmissible, and the troops or the latter being reinforced, hostilities recom- menced. The first act of aggression committed by LOPEZ, was an attack on the town of San Nicholas, in the hope of surprizing the garrison there ; but the attempt was not only unsuccessful, but produced the most fatal consequences to the town of Santa Fe. A large body of Guaycaru Indians, who had been engaged as auxiliaries, deserted Lot= on his change of fortune ; and, taking. advantage of the unprotected state in which Santa Fe had been left, entered it on their retreat--plundering, burning, and destroying many of the houses, and committing the most dread ful outrages. Lovez, as soon as he received intelli gence of them, hastened back to Santa Fe. The Guaycaru Indians having been generally at war with Santa Fe, and the ancient animosity between them now rekindled by this event, it is feared that some time will elapse before tranquillity can be restored and the town placed in security. ALVEAR, it ap pears, is gone to Monte Video, but CARRERA re mains with LOPEZ. Baltimore Papers arrived this morning to the 10th of November. The following is the only article of interest which we have met with : SAVANNAH. —Rarely in any country has the Angel of Pestilence been commissioned to extend more de. solacing ravages than at Savannah, is the present and recent season. A letter to Dr. liall,of Norfolk, from a Clergyman in the first-named city, gives a picture of distress sufficient to cause every feeling heart to bleed. The disease has found its numerous victims is every class, and among every description of cha racters. Early in September, however, the people found the necessity of giving up the contention with the desolating foe. 4 , Old and young, temperate and intemperate, were its indiscriminate victims. Flight was the only refuge : yet, although three-fourths of the inhabitants left the scene, the number of victims did not diminish. The husband and the wife, in one instance, were interred together : the father and son were seen lying dead together: seven or eight Phy sicians; also lying dead together. In the last twenty three days, out of less than 1000 left, 182 diet I-- From the beginning, in the last week of October, 557 died here. We leave the melancholy detail. The disorder yet prevails." Nuremberg Papers arrived last night to the Ist inst• It was reported at Vienna on the 27th, that Ali Pacha, of Janina, had effected his escape from the fortress is which he had been blockaded, and that he had taken refuge, with a part of his soldiers, in Sclavonia. Advices from the Austrian capital of the 27th ult. brought by a German Mail received last night, give a more precise detail of the political communications said to have taken place at Troppan, and indulge a more definite prospect of their leading to a satisfac tory and amicable issue than any accounts which have yet transpired on the subject of the Congress or its de signs. We subjoin the article alluded to. VIENNA, NOVEMBER 27. . It is affirmed that Ali Pacha, of Janina, has suc ceeded in escaping from the fortress in which be bad shut himself up with his treasures, and that he has taken refuge, with part of his soldiers, in Sclavonia. It now appears certain that the affairs negotiated at Troppau will not be concluded there. The King of Prussia left it on the 21st ; and we learn that, after the departure of the Emperor Alexander, the Minis ters of the four great Powers, now at Troppau, will come to Vienna to continue the negociations. It is not believed that there will be any war this winter, and people seem now to be more than ever - persuaded that the differences with the kingdom of the Two Sicilies will be amicably adjusted by means of nego ciations. Count Capo d'lstria, it is said, has formally declared in favour of conciliatory measures, and' against any open rupture. The journey. of Count Bellegarde to Troppau, far from increasing the ap prehensions of war, has contributed to diminish them. The Count was not summoned to Troppau, as Presi dent of the Council of War, to give an account of the Army in Italy, nor to receive orders for farther arma ments, but for a very different object. It is said the Count will immediately set out for Milan, not to take the chief command of the Army of Observation, but to reside there as Governor-General. Others assert that the Emperor has chosen this distinguished Ge neral for his Negociator, with full powers, and that he will go to Naples on an important mission. It is also reported, that a plan has been formed at Tropp= for the marriage of the Imperial Prince of Austria to a Princess of the Two Sicilies, daughter of the Duke of Calabria. Thus all differences will be removed, and the heir of the Throne of Naples will be attached to the interest of Austria. It is now known that i t was after the third conference at Troppau, which took place on the 6th of November, that the negociations took a turn different from that which they appeared to take at the commencement. In the first conference, on the 28th of October, only the proposals and com munications of Prince Metternich were heard ; and al the second, the Ministers of the four other great Powers delivered their opinions on those communi cations of the Austrian Cabinet. It was in the inter val between the tw•o conferences that the Ministers of Great Britain and Russia presented notes to the Congress. The Press, at the present moment, is met free." So says a Ministerial Pape: of this morning ; and to morrow we shall doubtless have the assertion echoed by all those other Papers which have indulged in a freedom and coarseness of abuse towards a certain Illustrious - Personage, unprecedented is ther.annals of licentious writing,, and disgraceful to men pre tending to the most ordinary share of human feeling. "The Press," continues the same modest writer, " is under the domination of one of the mos: base, bar barous, and brutal factions' ever banded together against the freedom and happiness of mankind." —Read for " the Press," " the soi-disant exclusively loyal Press," and there cannot be the slightest ob jection to the encomium. " nut," (happy news !) " the eyes of all honest and good men are beginning to be opened, and wz now hear, from one end of the kingdom to the other, one loud and common com plaint against the unexampled licentiousnes of the Press—a licentiousness utterly inconsistent and irre concileable with its legal and constitutional libe rty." . We are not surprised at it. Who can b e surprised that a Paper which has found its harvest in libelling the most injured and persecuted woman on earth should be complained of, from far and near, from night to morn, for a licentiousness of observation which is indeed " unexampled," and which could never revel in impunity as it does were the " legal and constitutional liberty" of the country in those protecting hands which would deal out equal justice to the highest as well as lowest of his MAJESTY'S subjects, and not suffer contemptible party and per sonal prejudices to interfere with the faithful admi nistration of high public duties. THE DUCHESS OF CLARENCE. The following is the Beelktin which was issued yesterday morning : " December 11, Eleven o'clock, A.M. " Her Royal Mews, the Duchese of CLASINCI has passed a good night. " The Infant Princess seeing likely to live. "H. HALFORD, W. KNIOHTON, A. HALLIDAY." The Medical Gentlemen appointed to attend the' Royal Duchess assembled again last night at ten o'clock, when they found her Royal Highness and the Infant Princess so extremely well, that they did not deem it necessary to issue a second Bulletin; however, it affords us sincere pleasure to be able to state that the Royal Duchess and her Infant Daugh ter continue to do well. Lieutenant EDWARD HALL, of the Royal Navy, left town last night with dispatches for the reigning Duke of MUNINGNAM, and her Royal Highness s other relations, announcing the happy event of her safe-accouchement. The inquiries in the course of yesterday were most numerous, consisting of all the rank and fashion at present in town. The Duchess of KENT and Princess SOPHIA were both admitted to see her Royal Highness and the Infant Princess. Crowds of humble but grateful pensioners of the truly good and amiable Princess surrounded. the Palace, anxious to ascertain the state a her whose bounty had been their support ever since her establishment amongst us. We understand the extent of her Royal Highness's charities is al most incredible ; uniformly " doing good by stealth, and blushing to find it famed." 'lie Infant Princess is most perfectly, formed, and, though small, is very likely to survive. Our late most venerable Sove reign was a seven months' child, and there is no reason why we should not have a second Queen Eta- ZABETH, as her Royal Highness was christened on Sunday evening by the Bishop of LONDON, "Eliza beth," in obedience to the previous command of his MAJESTY. The answer to te enquiries this morning at the residence of his Royal Highness the Duke of CLA RENcE, in St.James's Palace, was, that Her Royal Highness the Ducusss had a good night, and, with the young PRINCESS, was going on as well as could be expected." Tuesday, the Lord Provost, Magistrates, and Council of Aberdeen, unanimously voted a loyal and dutiful Address to his Majesty the KING, in support of the Laws and Constitution of the Country. A Clergyman of Aberdeenshire prays in this sin gular manner for the Qualm : After having blessed and prayed for his Majesty the King, and all the Royal Family, he adds—" Thou arts GOD of truth, and without iniquity, just and righteous art Thou. We rejoice and thank Thee, that Thou hest interposed and rendered abortive the designs of the many powerful persecutors of 411/T magnanimous and benevolent Queen.—Favour her, .we beseech Th ee, with the continuance of Thy Protection, that she may be long pre served as a blessing to the Nation, and may be crowned at last with immortal glery. We pray for our National Church,that in dependent Church, whose only bead Is Cuarrr, where, unfettered with Liturgies and Forms, we can present our united supplica tions unto Thee, net only for ourselves, but also in behalf of others, even of,any persecuted individual of the human race— none making us afraid. May we long enjoy our inestimable pri vileges, and may we all use them so as not to abuse them." The Duchess of BEDIVID left her card at Bran denburgh House, on Sunday. FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS. Prince Middle and suite, at Grillion's Hotel, Alberts, street, from Italy. At Kirkhain's Hotel, Upper Brook-street : General Dowdes well, from Oxford; Mr. and Mrs. Monillet and family, from the Continent ; --- Jewer, Esq. from a tour ; and Mr. Stephen son, from a tour. The Marquis and Marchioness of Bundy, at Huntly Lodge, North Britain, from a tour. The Hoa. Mi. and Lady Caroline Lamb, at Melbourne House, Whitehall, for the season, from Brucket HalL The Marquis and Marchioness of Worcester, from Brighton. —...- Raikes, Esq. from the Continent. At Cook's Hotel, Albemarie-streetMiss Stewart, from the Continent. At Thompson's Hotel, Cavendish-square—J. Crawford, Faq. and Mrs. Crawford; George William Ricketts, r.sq. and Mr. Ricketts, jun. Charles Mitchell, Esq. and Sir Walter Cur. DEPARTURES. - From Thompson's Motel, Cavendbis•aquare E--Charles Hast ings, Thyme Esa il to Brighton i Thyme Howe Gwynne, Esq. W. Z. ' Ward, . and Miss Ward, to Guilsboeough Hall, Northamp tonshire ; . Rodham, Esq. From the Royal,' Hotel, St. Janseerairett ..--Litke White, Esq. M.P. to his seat in liens; Henry Swann Esq. M.P. to his seat, near Epsom ; Major Shudbrick, to Ep som;: Edward Robinson, Esq. to his seat in Yorkshire. Lord Brudeuell, from his father's, the Earl of Cardigan's seat, Dean Park, near Wansford, Northamptonshire. Warden Sergisson, Esq. and son front Shelley's.lisitel, Co* spur-street, for Oxford. . The Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge, and the Rev. Mr. Hust ler, from Warren's Hotel, Regent-street, fig Cambridge. lIDDRESSES TO THE QUEEN. The number of Addresses presented yesterdar, was as great as upon any former occasion ; and is:s MMESTT received them with that grace, airaLiiit•-, and dignity which have always distinguished her.— They were all of them conveyed to her by select d e . putations, with one exception, and that exception was the Address of the Seamen of the Metropolis. Among the Addresses received in the early part the morning, that from the respectable Paris!' of Paul, Covent-garden, was the most cnn.picuous.— The Procession which brought it was very har!.. some, and consisted of several barouches and The Address was presented by Lord W. RUSSELL, and was very graciously received. The Address from Southwark was conveyed by r. select deputation, consisting of Ladies and Gentle men, who occupied fifteen barouches, each drav by four horses. The deputation was preceded by three trumpeters, and was accompanied by the Parish Officers in their official dresses. Sir ROBERT WILSON and Mr. C. CALVERT accompanied it. Sir ROBERT WiLsoN was dressed in full regimentals, and etas almost covered with foreign Orders of Knighthood. The Address from Camberwell was conveyed by a select deputation of Ladies and Gentlemen. A large flag, inscribed with the words—" The Camberwell Address," was borne by a man sitting on the box of the foremost carriage. This deputation occupied three barouches, each drawn by four horses. 'lle members of it, after they had presented the Address, had the honour of kissing her Maseary's hand. The Clerkenwell Address was presented by Mr. STEDMAN, the senior Churchwarden, and a large deputation, male and female. This deputation occu pied eighteen carriages and four, accompanied by trumpeters : kc. The St. Leonard's, Shoreditch, Address, was pre sented by Mr. PEARCE, the senior Churchwarden, ac companied by a deputation of both sexes, occ upyi ng 16 carriages, with the Parish Beadles and their maces, white banners, a caravan covered with laurels, and filled with musicians, &c. The Address was read by the Rev. Mr. PEIRCY, who, on approaching to kiss her MAJESTY'S hand, delivered, in a loud and energetic tone, the following extempore benediction: " May the KING of Kings, and LORD of Lords, abundantly and for ever bless your Majesty r To which the Queen replied, "I thank ! I thank you!" Several Addresses were presented by Mr..). Hume, M.P. and one from Soleby, in Lincolnshire, by Sir GERARD NOEL. They were most graciously received. The Address, which excited greater interest and curiosity than any other presented during the day, was that of the Seamen of the Metropolis, which, it was understood, would be presented by them in per son. About half-past two o'clock, a large body of sailors entered the grounds of Brandenburgh-house, attracting the loud cheers of the multitude there as sembled, as they had done along the whole line of their road from Blackwall to Hammersmith. They appeared to be in number not less than 1,000, and they marched in better order than any person ac quainted with their usual habits could possibly have anticipated. They came into the grounds six abreast, wearing in their hats favours of blue and white ribands intertwined ; they were headed by five Gentlemen on horseback, one of whom carried their Address, and were accompanied by a very respect able hand of music. They had three flags with them; one of which was of white silk, bearing the inscrip tion C. R. Heaven protect the Innocenti; and the other two were union jacks, whidilseenred'io be not a little the worse for wear. Their *Batiks- were a little broken before they reached the lawn in front of the house, owing to their having to defile through the narrow path of the shrubbery. .Het-'NfAsastri, who at the time of their arrival, Was receiving Addresses in .the room to the east of the long gallery, shortly afterwards removed to the Stott on the south of it, under the windows of which the' sailors hid drawn themselves up in a line. As soon as she exhibited herself to their view, they hailed her with the most vociferous cheers, and kept repeating them far some minutes. Her MAJESTY, who looked-very-well, appeared to be delighted with this proof of their affection, and frequentiy curtsied her gratitude in return. On her retiring from the window, she entered into conversation with Sir Ito- BERT WILSON, Mr. Home, Alderman WOOD, and other Gentlemen, who, on being recognized, were much applauded by the crowd. The Committee in the meantime entered 'the house, and were intro , duced to her Majesty's presence. The Chairman then proceeded to read the Address to her MAJESTY, who, immediately on its commencement, took her for mer situation in the window, and did not quit it until it was concluded. She then gave her answer to Mr. Alderman WOOD, who read it with a loud voice and good emphasis to the body Of sailors who were as sembled in close column before him. After the cheers with which it was received had subsided; the depu tation had the honour of kissing her MAtazary's hand: That ceremony being performed, they left the apart , ment much gratified with their reception, and shortly afterwards departed with their messmates in the same order and regularity as that in which they entered , — ' Her MAJESTY then returned to the room in which die had been receiving Addresses previously to the ar rival of the sailors, and continued to receive them until three o'clock ; shortly after which, all those that were appointed for that day being presented, the company departed, and the grounds were cleared. The following is a list of Addresses presented terday to the QUEEN: Lincoln, by -- Slam Esq. M.P. StOUrpOrt, by K. NORTHAM i Esq. Whitehaven, and Stranraer, by H. MUMMA, Benefit Societies, Prestonpans, by Sheriff Dartmouth, by Lord J. ltussELL, Mr. BROOGIUM, man WOOD. Cork, Ardesier, Spalding, Wellington, Axminster. Bromley, Congleton, Buck fastitigh, ' bury (Ladies), by Alderman WOOD. Southwark, Codalnung, Al4ersgate, St. Clerkenwell, St. Jame: (Westminster), _ den), Seamen, and King's Lynn, by Deputation. Yesterday, a numerous Meeting resident in the Metropolis, wars' hell Well public-house, in Barbican, td. priety of voting an Address Of Csingratull hiais.srv, on the abandonmentot and Penalties. Mr. J. GA:pr ivas; and after a variety of sriealles, ,. the an Address %vete 'unaniniou;lr' Meeting separated. "' •ing wou have the 11 numb beg so d sses presented yes- WWI, Esq. r wAtTemas. and Ott* Axminster, Bow and Bokby, aad Shrews- Leaned Shoredit , Bt. Paul (Covent-f -t' 3rputatban. g of the Mechanics held at the JACAS to consider the I go. ingratulatiou 01 the Hilt of Pll toted 4e the Clair the Resolutions a 4 rt ed-to, acid Yestet p as .s eematha S TY,icoeield 2 s nfmmarril in .1 1 en At se hair, it 'luso* The i a, as uisitior Mr. S ble spe • a wai em ha eetinE onsent at the BT Ist , eetini ay for esertin n the 1 any of ths I is asses soon to causes I to be at ings a 4 of the J of the c There lament hear); of the I round . ther w 4 of the a man to th Lords proce it vta Alm M expr duct diffti thir ilavl Wh to c the one bq ou w 1 a? U w la Cl a