Star. — London, England, 1820-09-18 00:00:00

THE°EVENING STAR LONDON. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1820. THE FUNDS. S per Cent. Cons. 66 1 / 4 Ws 66 655/a % 6 per Cent. Navy 10254 3 / 8 %% India Ste - A'3l3—Ditto Bonds 20s. 19s. pre. Exchequer Bills, (2d.) Ss. 4s. pre. Omnium 4 1 / 4 1 / 2 —Do. Payne nt 4 1 / 4 5. Cons. for Acct. 66 1 / 2 65 76 . The public opinion was never perhaps more ra pidly or unequivocally pronounced upon any trans action than on the proceedings against her Majesty the Quart. The People have, with an approach to unanimity truly astonishing, given, on the mere spew ing of the prosecutors themselves, a verdict for the de fendant. Addresses of affectionate sympathy and at tachment to her Maazsrv's person are still daily for warded from thousands and tens of thousands of all ranks and classes, in every part of the Empire. Exactly in groportion as the nature of the evidence. has developed itself to the Public, does her MAJISTY appear to have risen in the public estimation.— Not a single was produced to swear against the Canes's honour, to whom an honeit mind could give the least credence, excepting always the two Li4 ; lish Captains, Whose testimony was as fa veura!)le to her Maazsry as her most zealous friends could wish. The more gross the scenes were to which the Italian fry deposed, the mere incredible their testimony became—and that incredibility amout,teci at last to an utter impossibility. Even her Maazsry's enemies seem to have begun to look at her with something like an anticipation of a result which must and will command respect, and the habitual traducers of her character are no longer to be heard, except in low whispers, retailing the slanders which have been trumped up against her. Although tl.ere may be a few who conscientiously dissent from the general opinion with respect to he r Mn.sesTv—we trust, for the honour of human nature, they are l'ut lew—yet we believe we may safely aver, that throughout the country there is not one dissen tient voice, as to the judgment to be pronounced on the conduct of her MiJESTY's enemies. In eves y place where we have been able to trace a Manifestation of the popular sentiment, and among all classes people, scarcely excepting those who are rn. st directly dependent on the Government for their subskerce, we find that they are considered as malignant and dating per , :ecutors of a much injured Prince..s ; and though there are many persons who do not jc in in Addrefses to her MAJESTY, it is re markable enough that there has not been found, from one extremity of the land to the other, a single com munity of l ersons, 1:ii . 111 or low, who would so far degrade thenielves as to present an Address of Ap probation to the Authors of the 13i11 of Pains and Penalties. When Lord LIVERPOOL opposed MT.BROUGIIANI'S 71IntiOTi • to proceed immediately to the Qt.- EN'S defence, he expressed great apprehension in the House of Lords, lest the speech of her MAJESTY'S ATTORNEY GENERAL, unaccompanied by evidence, should make an undue impression on the public mind, and thereby foul the gleam of public justice, which Ministers are so anxious to preserve flee from contamination : but what will the Public think of the sincerity of these professions, when they are informed, that the opening speech of the KING'S Attorney-General, containing the charges against the QUEEN, printed in a handsome and expensive stile, and wholly unaccompanied by evidence, has been, for some time, gratuitously cir culated in the neighbourhood of Leeds, by persons holding office under his MAJESTY'S Government?" v -Leeds Mercury. The Paris Papers . of Thursday and Friday have at tired since our last. The French Army has lost in two days two of its most illustrious Generals. Marshal KZLIARMAN, Duke of VALMY, died on Wednesday, and Marshall LEVERVRE, Duke of DANTZIC, on Thursday. We have given, in another part, the substance ofl dispatches received on Thursday, by an extraordinary Courier, from Madrid. An article from Turin, of the sth inst. states that a camp of Austrian troops, estimated to amount to 80,000 men, was then forming under the walls of that - city. It is, however, added, that the greatest tran quillity prevailed there, and that the formation of the camp was supposed to be part of a system of great military measures which were contemplated by the Allied Power with refereace to the south of Europe. The Vienna, accounts say, that the interview be tween the Emperors of RUSSIA and AUSTRIA, and the King of PRUSSIA, Oil the frontiers of Silesia, is to take place at Troppau, on the 16th of October.— The Russian Ambassador at Vienna is 'said to have refused to affix his vial to the passports of Prince Cl auras, who bad been sent from Naples with dis patches to the Russian Government, and without which he could not proceed. Rench Five per Cents. Thursday, 74 f. c. We bare received to-day, by an arrival from New York, Papers to the 19th of August. We regret to observe that the yellow fever has again made its-ap pearance at Philadelphia. REVOLUTION IN PORTUGAL We wait with anxiety for =daunts from Lisbon .for in fact nothing absolutelycertaintas yet been received from that city respecting the conflict be tsieen ,the Revolutionists and the Regency : so that we have still to learn whether there was any blopd shed on that occasion, and if any, to what 'client. , Our accounts from Oporto now come down to the 4th inst. inchisiVe. The latest were brought by the . ship Active, which arrived at Portsmouth on Friday evening, in eleven days, from that port. When she sailed, on the 4th, every thing was tranquil at Oporto. The Provincial Government had proceeded. to the Custom-House Treasury, and also to the Wine Com pany's Treasury, and had broken open the chests, from which they took all the treasure, with which they paid the troops, who were seven months in arrear. Some letters say they demanded the money, and their demand was complied with. The whole of the regular troops marched from Oporto on the Sd, for Lisbon, to induce that place to adopt the same measures which they had done, leaving the artillery and the militia to garrison and protect Oporto. After the Provisional Government was sworn in, 'the town of Oporto was illuminated three successive nights. During the whole of the business the E.lglish were treated with. every possible respect and civility.— The services of the British Officers were suspended kw the present, but they were permitted to wear their swords and uniforms. Their full pay was to be con tinued as long as they remained in the country; and such as chose to leave, were offered a passage, free of expense, to any port in Great Britain. The post between Lisbon and Oporto had been suspended by the Regency, and the Old Government party was considered to be very strong at the former place. Our informant states, that about 40,000 Spaniards; under arms, had offered to march into Oporto, in case the New Government should require their aid. The latest accounts received from Lisbon were. of the 28th ultimo. All was then quiet there. The Proclamations transmitted from Oporto had been .placarded in the principal streets. The people, it is said, read and applauded them, but manifested no disposition to subvert the Regency by violent means, and the latter, it is asserted, satisfied themselves with remaining on the 'defensive, cautiously avoiding all measures which might exasperate the feelings of the people. This state of things, however, was not ex pected to last for any length of time. The result of the impending conflict between the troops of Oporto and Count d'Amarante would, it was supposed, de- termine whether the Government should submit to the wishes of the great majority of the nation, or enter Ili on a vigorous system of coercion. A letter of the 2d inst.communicatei the following particuiars relative to the state of affairs in Oporto: gi Everything now seems to portend a conflict be tween the two opposite parties. The post from Lis bon is not arrived, and there is every reason to be lieve that the Government is determined to make a• stand. The Conde d'Amarante is in full communi.. cation with Genes al Vittoria, commanding in the' South, and the advanced guard of the former is in the town of Amarante. The Provisional Government here is in a state of alarm, and has sent, as the report goes, to call in assistance Irons the Spanish frontiers. It appears that the Revolution broke out here sooner than was intended, the lOth of this month having been originally fixed on. The Chiefs imparted their design to the Conde d'Amarante, and attempted to gain him over. He seemed to concur in their views, but secretly gave information to the Regency, who immediately dispatched General Pamplona to Lis t hon, to take the command of the troops, and to ar rest the conspirators, one of whom, Fernandez Tho mas, having intimation of it, acquainted his coadju tors that there was no time to be lose and that they must instantly declare themselves. This accounts for the want of combination among the provinces, as it was intended the rising should have been simulta neous all over the kingdom. The Conde d'Ama rante, it is expected, will march on Oporto from Tras-os Mentes, which province holds out against the Constitution, and General Vittoria from the South. Our situation is far from agreeable." A letter, dated early in the morning of the 5d inst. says--“ Last night there was a forced levy of troops to strengthen the ranks of the Constitutional army, and among them was taken a man employed in •ur establishment as a cooper. They have marched off this morning, to the number of 5,000, to meet the, Conde d'Amarante, who is advancing from Tras-os- Montes. The resultheannot be contemplated without alarm; but a very firm expectation is .entertained here that the moment the two armies arrive in sight of each other, the troops of the Regency will lay down theii arms. Intelligence has just come in that Abrantes and another strong place, the name of which I could not learn, have declared for the Con big with that t6tps to Lisboa; bat havag bes*.ir prized that Colonel Silveira was adigtizinenpoi Coimbra with the 220 regiment of infantry, he pre cipitately fled, abandoning the fewthassearrwhallad not yet found an opportunity of iiserting from stitch a Chief. It could not have been supposed - ihat a *son of the.ranFZmukleirtlx.of Senor Manuel Pam,. plona would have condutted himself in so disgrace ful a manner. The above mentioned battalion is re assembling at Coimbra, where the patriotic and in defatigable Colonel Sepulveda had arrived, and where the liberty of Portugal had already been pro claimed with inexpressible joy. The troops now collecting at Coimbra will soon form a respectable division. The following Proclamation had been issued by the Provisional Junta, in reply to that of the Regency : " Ctrumns or Oroam!—Frankness is the first of the virtues of a just Government; you shall knew, therefore, all that we know, and the certainty of which we guarantee to you. Those who were the Governors-of the kingdom have proclaimed that a very few men are concerned in changing the ancient order of things, and for this reason nobody ought to obey us. You know to what a degree they are deceived, or seek to deceive, because you know perfectly well with what rapidity the cry which you raised is repeated' on every side. Do not fear : In Lisbon you are considered as heroes and true patriots; and its inhabitants, who desire to imitate you in the. calmness with which you pro claimed your independence, only expect the approach of some force to declare theme elves, without the fear of suffering any evils, and without seeing themselves under the necessity of in dicting them. Otis ens of Oporto, we have forces :we have the means of supporting our cause. It is just; it is also the cause of our neighbours the Spaniards: and for this reason the r troops already occupy our frontiers towards eallicia, where they are ready•t o assist our independence. We would wish to owe to our ow n exertions alone the liberty which we are going to enjoy ; but the enemies of the nation even in this desire to obscure the glory to which it bas so many titles. Citizens , of Oporto, fear nothing. Gon is with us! (Signed) " ANTONIO DA SILVEIRA PONTA DA FONCECA, President. " SEBASTIAN DRAGO VALENTE DE BRITO CA BREIRA, Vice President. Opprto, in the Pilaw of the Government, Sept. 2." One of the Paris Papers, received tliji morning, presents the following singular paragraph: " The Miscellanea, of Madrid, says, that some letters • from Lisbon announce that Revolution had also taken place at All Saints Bay (at Brazil), with much order and concert.' It is impossible, on' such slight materials as the above, given without date or details of any kind, to offer the slightest observation. The Portuguese Ambassador to this •country had, on Saturday, an audience of two hours with his MA JESTY, at Brighton. - • 1 . 6••••••16 WILY. '. • The accounts from Sicily are involved in sme . it degree of contradiction ; 'so that we must content ourselves with submitting them to our Readers in l the shape in which they reach us. A letter from Madrid, of the 4th instant, says: 4 , The latest accounts from Sicily are tolerably satis factory. The people haVe perceived the abyss into which they were about to plunge, and-have become sensible that it was folly in the extreme to desire to be separated from Naples, governed by a Constitu tion 'mach more liberal than that which the factious made them demand ; they have, therefore, renounced so extravagant an idea, and all the Authorities have sworn to-the Constitution adopted by the Neapolitan Nation and its King. We may, subsequently, an nounce the re-establishment of order in that king dom, which, if separated from Naples, would have fallen, in a very short time, into the hands of a cer tain foreign power." A letter from Naples, dated the 29th ultimo, an nounces in the postscript, on information deemed by the writer to be in a high degree worthy of credit, that the Neapolitan Government had determined on a complete acknowledgment of the independence of Sicily."--From Palermo, advices have been re ceived, by way of Genoa, dated the 28th ultimo. The subjoined extract of a private letter describes the state of affairs in Sicily at that period: " PALERMO, AUGUST U. " Thanks to the exertions of the Provisional Junta, we enjoy tranquillity here, though business is entirely at a stand, ani we have little or no intercourse with the interior. The want of money, the sinews of war, was never more strongly felt by any Government ' than this, which, at the commencement of its func tions, found a treasury wholly exhausted. A forced loan was inconsequence apprehended, as one. of its earlier measures, and an intimation has at length been officially given to that effect. The sum required by the Junta is 200,000 ounces (£lOO,OOO sterling), and all the foreign mercantile houses in Palermo are expected to contribute to it in proportion. To enable you to judge of the,extent to which this is likely to 'affect them, I should add, that two houses, the most eminent in the city, are called upon to contribtfte ten thousand ounces each ; and I know another house, whose proportion is set down, at five thoutand.. The dreadful fate of Caltanissetta has intimi dated into submission to the Provisional Junta all the . open towns and places of Sicily not under the im mediate controul or protection of a Neapolitan garri son. Messina, Trapani, with, as is'believed, Catania .and Syracuse, still adhere to the old Government • Committee of twenty of the most eminent persons of this City is employed in the organization of a Re gency, the Members of which are to be elected by the Representatives of all the communes -of Sicily, and before whom a formal oath is to be taken to the Coll4itlitioll Of stain, aid dig ladtpendeace j licaY; Feeder a loyal Noce of the peseta dynasty of Ica. plies. We are without any regular communicatioa with Naples, and are in much anxiety concerning th e beputies sent to treat or our independence, who have not returned, nor sent any dispatches to the l'ro%:- sional Government. The civic guard amounts to +.35 5 000 mes s asid,4 , :eottuipok4/1. individual, :-.,ry l eighteen to fifty-five yea' s of age, including all ia,,ks, from masters of ships upwards to Pi iests, Friars, on 4 the first Nobility. ge An etpeditiotl was sent off smite - days ag6 rot. Syracuse, under the Chevalier Abela, but when ou the road, a party of the Guerilla troops em i :l oyt q na the occasion wished to plunder. The Commander and Officers remonstrated, but to no purpose: they were attacked, and some of the officers wounded ani stripped. The mutineers, who )em ai ned in possf-i -sion of the artillery, had the hardihood to return tt., this city, where immediate measures were taleil against them. They were surrounded, di.armed, ar..l arc now in confinement. The British brig Bacchus, in two days from Messina, with a cargo of mo:lifao. tured goods, arrived here on the 23d, but without any bill of health, which was refused him I,y the Lieutenant-General Prince Staletta. Such sac :he confidence of the people, however, in fir itch hollow, that the vessel has been admitted to pralique on the parole of the Captain." stitution." Of the result of Count Pamplona's mission, alluded to in the letter of the 2d inst. the following account is given in the fourth number of the Diario Nacional: " Marshal Pamplona, being on his way from Lis bon to take the command af . l interim of the troops in this city, learnt at Aveiro that his countrymen, the loyal inhabitants of Oporto, had manifested the heroic resolution of saving the country ; and, as this intelligence was qot very gratifying to the Marshal, he caused the 10th battalion of .Chasseurs to be put in starch for Coimbra, with the integiou of return- •-•- SPAIN. We regret to say, that our accounts from Spain, received this day, are less promising than any that have reached us since the commencement of tie Itt.. volution. The demon of discord seems to hate shewn its countenance an.ong tho-e mho ought tol.e animated by one mind and ,entiii.eht—the cau eof Liberty and Justice. It al tear firm the stateme is in the Paris Papers, that General •Rittoo, the father of the Revolution, has, in some way, incurred she displeasure of the (ones, and has in tonse..ue.l:e been deprived of his Government of G 1J sent in exile m Oviedo. He may ha% e merite: the displeasure of the Rulers, hut r augur s ill to see a man—and one, too, who has •ei ved Ivs country— subjected to any kind of P unishment, without even the term of a trial. According to the Ministerial French Journals, the dismissal of Ritmo has given very general satistacrion tt.e Journals of the Lik rates, on the contrary, assert that it had excited at Madrid the.greatest sensation. -FROM TME GAZETTE DE FRANCE. We are assured that an Extraordinary Courier from Madrid, who arrived to-day, has 131 tiOn t; following news: " GeneralEfico:Las:been deprived of the Govern mentof Gailicia, to which he had been ail,..la.ed, and exiled to Oviedo. • I , The Governor of .Madrid, VELASCO, has been also exiled from the Capital, as well as all the prin cipal leaders of the club of ,Fontana de Oto. " It appears that R too had. made a represmtatica to the Cortes, divi..ek into two parts. " On the first, relative to his services, they decided that it should be remitted to the Commission for Na tional Recompenees ; on the second, which trt ated of the injustice of Government towards him, they passed to the Order of the Day, after a discussion which was very stormy. " This energetic determination of the Government has caused pretty general satisfaction at Madrid." FROM THE CONSTITUTIORNEL. " General RIEGO al rived incognito at Madrid, but left it to make afterwards a triumphal entry. A few days after being received in the most flattering man ner, he received an order of exile to Oviedo, in the Asturias. The apparent motives assigned for this ex traordinary proceeding, are the great popularity of the General, the extreme enthusiasm which the people of Madrid manifested on receiving him, and a song in favour of Ittzoo, in which the Government was severely criticised. Before quitting Madrid, Riaco demanded from the Government an escort of twenty men for his per• sonal safety. This escort was granted to him, and Rum quitted Madrid ; but it is generally believed that he will repair to his Army of Andalusia instead of going to Oviedo. " The news of the departure of the General had produced the greatest sensation at Madrid ; the people appear in consternation. a A Proclamation was expected immediately to appear from the Cortes, announcing to the People some essential modifications which they have made in three Articles of the Constitution. The fact is, that the present state of affairs Is not without inquie tude, and orders have been given that 12,000 men shall be permanently kept under arms in the capital... SITTINGS OF TV COSTES, ♦UGUST 31. The Secretary of the Finance Department States, that hilMajesty, desirous that *the operations relatise to the Expenditure and to the Ways and Meant. should be concluded as soon as possible, hadvesolved to transmit them to the Junta d'Arancelos. The Minister of the Rorie Department stated that the Xing had given his assent to the Law prohibiting the importation of Foreign Corn and Flour. The Committee of Finance and of Commerce pre sented a Project - of a Law, which was read, on a ge neral regulation of the Duties of Customs in all the dominions of the Monirchy, and ordered to be printed. 81171210 of BIPTEMBIM I. A Reppft was read froin the Committee of Finance, cis thi Memorial plumed by Om Minister of that ....•