Star. — London, England, 1829-09-29 00:00:00

NING STAR. , - • 7 . la „ sit4l:6 GA7 0 S • A LONI)4)N. TUFSDAY, SEPTEMBER 29. MICHAIIIMAS D A THOLIDAY A? TUB BASIC. FOtitlG• , FON Iltt. TWO OCIAICK brazil Bonds. 5 per Ct. 621 1 31 1114 sp. Ct. 71 701 Ditto Acct. 63 1 Mexican Bds. for Act. Chillan Bonds, 6 per Ct. 191 Do. 8d5.1825, 6 per C. 161 1 Dn Acct. Port. Bds. 441 4 1 4 Bds. 6 per Ct. Do. Acet. 441 Do. Bonds, 1824, 17 1 Ings, 5 p C.lOOllOl Do Acct. 17 Do. Acct. 101 liltl'l'dsii AND) FOREIGN SHAMES, TWD 'Ch. CBS Ml. PAID. rift MAIM 300 3471 350 Hulanos Our letters from Lisbon are all unanimous in affirming the ratification of the treaty between FERDI:tAND and Don MIGUEL: there does not exist a doubt about it. Whether Ministers were in the secret of this transaction, becomes now an object of serious apprehension and in quiry : for several of the stipulations are said to inter fere with existing treaties between Portugal and Great Britain. Spanish troops may seize upon Por tugal, the moment any insurrection occurs in Lis bon—the Government there is without a penny— and DE VILLA Fi.oa has given a tremendous blow to its authority. Many adherents even of the actual sys tem are seeking to excuse themselves in public opinion, and showing symptoms of vacillation and change. There has been all along—since the memorable pas sage of the Balkan—a continuous and systematic under valuing, on the part of the Times, of the importance of the Russian victories : and although it was evident, from the first establishment of DIEBITSCII in the plains of Rumelia—with a five days' communication between Bourgas and Odessa open—that the subjugation of the Turkish empire was as virtually consummated, as if the Muscovite eagle were already planted on the towers of Constantinople ; still it was held forth by the Times either that the tide of these successes would be turned, or that their consequences would be purely temporary, and confined to Turkey. Even to-day he talks with as much complacency and self-satisfaction about the negocistions which Mr. GORDON has been directed to patch up any how—in order to afford a hole for his noble brother to creep out of—as if in reality the sus pension of hostilities conceded by the conqueror involved any pledge of retirement from the conquered territory, or peace upon equal terms with MAIIMOUD, or peace with him at all—except as a Russian Governor and satrap. That a ten days' armistice may have been agreed to by the PASSER OF THE BALKAN we do not think improbable : as, during the lapse of those ten days, he would be enabled, by means of the Black Sea com munications, to strengthen his already numerous army with large reinforcements, and render impossibi.c - even if - the Turks were as united by patriotism as they are scattered by disaffection and terror—a phy sical resistance of so much as half an hour. There- fore, we think that General DIEBITSCII may .have consented to such an armistice. But to suppose that he would qualify in any respect his commanding attitude, as the Conqueror of Turkey—fraught, as he knows that attitude to be, with such amazing politi cal consequences—or to suppose that he could relax from it, if he felt the unnatural inclination, without an express understanding and directions usque quo from the EMPEROR; were to impute a want of combination and foresight to that illustrious Comman der, which the talent and resources displayed by him throughout this remarkable invasion would not for a moment justify. Count DIEBITSCH is too well aware of the importance of his position, and its inestimable value to Russia, not to press forward with all his energies to the mark of its consum mation. Would the Noble Duke, for instance—and no one can judge better of military ardour, and military responsibility than he—forego such a prize as now solicits the onward march of General DIEBITSCH, and retire from the triumph that awaited him, with am biguous advantages and uncompleted glory ? The sword of conquest does not thus return into the scabbard. That the cessation of hostilities, which is now merely armistitial, should assume presently a more guaranteed permanency, and conduce to the blood less—but not the less for that, blood-entailing—disputa tions of diplomacy, we are prepared to find. Indeed, whether Constantinople be occupied or not. we do not see how these discussions can be avoided ; since it is as certain as that we now hold a pen between our fingers, that the Russians will rtot relinquish the possession they have obtained, for any expostulations that Messrs. Go a now and Company may prefer. The Times cannot be unaware of this ; and yete--in his dishonest resolu tion to palliate the miscalculating policy of Ministers to the last—he talks hardily of a peace to be soon con cluded, and the termination of the Russian dif ferences with Turkey. But how these differences are to be terminated, is a question from which our con temporary shrinks. He knows that Russia—coveting for more than a century the empire which she has just in vaded—has at last fairly won it by right of conquest: and he knows too, if his knowledge of the human heart be not more limited than we can ascribe to him, that she will not retire except by compulsion from such a prize. He knows, moreover, that no protestations of force to be em ployed by the European powers—but only the actual employment of it—can obtain even a moderation of this portentous aggrandisement. Rivers of blood may be shed—and we predict, will be—and yet the disastrous ,consequeiices of British Ministerial incapacity be unre paired. The Noble Duke is out of his place : the " tented field," and not the Council-chamber, is the theatre for his abilities. At the foot of the Balkan, he might contest even the palm with DIEBITSCII-but in the Cabinet he has been his country's unpardonable enemy. For yet another day the Continental papers are un interesting. We have just received the Austrian Ob server of the 18th of September, and the Allgemcine Zeitung of the 23d. In the former there is a communi cation from Constantinople--of an old date—the 29th August, in which we find a repetition of that farcical and hacknied expression—" the PORTE has been eager to prove its pacific sentiments !" Who doubts it? and what would it avail him to prove any thing else? It would appear, by the present communication, that the regular troops assembled in camp and city, amount to no more than thirty thousand men. We find further, that while the SUBLIME PORTE " is eager to prove his pacific sentiments" towards Russia, he shows " his vigilance and firmness" by having every man in his capital hanged " for their imprudence in speaking their sentiments!" By an extract from the Courrier de Smyrne, republished in the Allgemeine Zeitung, it ap pears that temporary tranquillity prevails in the vicinity of Grecian Canes. The following are extracts : CONSTAN.TINOPLE, Ana 29. Since the answer of the Russian Commander-in Chief, dated 24th August, from Adrianople, has given us the certainty that he is ready immediately to proceed, in concert with the Turkish Com missioner., to the signing of preliminaries of peace, the most pro found tranquillity prevails here; and the fears which had before been excited to a very high degree, on the rapid advance of the Russians, have given way to better hopes, and a more composed feeling. The vigilance and firmness which the Government bas displayed in the most dangerous movements, and the energy with which it bas always been able to keep the evil-minded in cheek, gave ground to believe that it would not lose sight of the adherents of the Janissaries, and the enemies of the new order of things, whe bad latterly had the imprudence to speak their sentiments more openly. In fact, some of them have already been executed, and several coffee-houses, in which they held their meetings, have been pulled down. In the Jaffa, which was published on the execution of Hamed Aga, Com mander of the forts on the Bosphorus, be was accused of high treason. Numerous bodies of militia, returning from the field, arrive in the vicinity of the capital, and are sent over to Asia, and to their own homes. On the other band, the regular troops are lodged in barracks, furnished with new arms, and employed at the numerous posts in the city. The number of the regular troops assembled, partly in camp at Ramis-Tchiflick, partly in the city, is stated at 30,000 nen. With them the most distinguished leaders have arrived here, vix. Ails& Pacha, Halil Pacba, Osman Pachs, and Abdurrnsan Pacha. On the other hand, the Porte has been eager to prove its pacific sentiments, by setting at liberty several Russian merchants, who have been long in confinement, as well as all the prisoners of war. Part of the latter, with some officers, and the crew of the Raphael frigate, have been already put on board several merchantmen, ready to sail for the Black Sea, and will soon be followed by a larger number. A few days ago two English ships, with Turkish prisoners of war, arrived here from Odessa.--Justrian Observer, SePt 18* CANEA, .Tutx is. From the Courrier de Smyrne. For nearly three months the Greeks have ceased to come down from their mountains, and the tranquillity of the plain has not been since disturbed. According to the last accounts from the cities of Candle and Rettimo, the same tranquillity prevailed there. Both parties remained in their positions, and waited for the result of events. _ _ . The foreigners, who alone lead and direct the insurgents, gra dually withdraw, now that the oil harvest is drawing to a close. Captain Hein is gone to Carabousa. The hostile posts have con cluded a kind of armistice ; armed Turks ate daily seen to go with confidence to the Greeks, and armed Greeks to the Turks. M. Capo Grosso the British Consul, has set up the English flag before his house, which was saluted by the guns of the fort. The English Commodore Staines returned the salute of the fort, gun for gun, to show biustapha Paths how much he valued this mark of res• pect. Last, week we saw on our coast the Austrian schooner Sophia, the English brig of war Washington, (which same from Alexandria, and touched at Suds and Canes), the English frigate Isis, the French corvette Egle, (which brought dispatches fur Mus tapha Fiche and Suleiman Paths), and the Netherlands brig of war Echo."—Atemense Zealots. Sept. 23. The Hamburgh steamer arrived this day at one o'clock, bringing the Hamburgh Reporter of the 25th inktant, the contents of which partly relieved our anxious citizens. The lateness of the hour at which we received the Mails precludes the possibility of our making any lengthened comment on the contents. They are not official. S+4;' H A MBURG H, Sirr. 25. Although we continue without any thing in the shape of official Intelligence from the Russian army, there appears to be little doubt that au armibtice has been c Deluded, and that Count Diebitseh has nut thought it necessary to . &anew upon Constantinople. The .following is from the Prussian State Gazette of Wenestlay : FROM THE TURKISH FRONTIERS, Stn. 9. " We are credibly informed that the expected Turkish Plenipo tentiaries did really arrive on the 28th August at Count Diebitsch's head-quarters at Adrianople ; and that the negotiations have since commenced. The General, it is said, has issue.l orders to the troops, along the whole line of march, to make halt, and to sus pend every kind of hostility. Intelligence of this order has been sent to Constantinople, and has had the effect of dissipating all ap• prehension of any public disturbance." Letters from Constantinople have been received at Vienna, of the Ist inst. Attempts, it appears, were made by the adherents of the old Janissaries to excite disturbances : the Government, however, was on the watch, and a number of persons, according to some as many as five hundred, were seized and executed.— Borsen-Halle, Four o'Clock. Wheat has been abundantly provided ; but few sales have taken place, and those at reduced prices. Most other kinds of Gnin firm and in demand. From 12th to the 18th inclusive. Forty-four cargoes of Corn passed the Seund-16 were bound to British, and 16 to Dutch ports. _ _ Dantsic Wheat .. ris dollars. Pouunevanian Anlialt (white) y..... 123 to 130 Ditto (red) . . 118 to 128 ... _ Discount 5 per Cent. End of Beptembe Anglo Danish Loan, 3 per Cent. Anglo Russian Hamburgb Rusdan 92* Polish Bonds Austrian Bank Shares Austrian Nletalliques —Harnburge Reporter, Sept. 25. =MS TSOX ADILIANOPLIfi arr. 4. The Turkish Plenipotentiaries are arrived here, and every thing indicates a happy result to their overtures. To-day the news is spread that the preliminaries of peace are already signed (30th August, it is said), and sent to Con stantinople for the ratification of the Sultan. General Dlebitseh has granted a ten days armistice, within which the preliminaries must be ratified by the Porte, The late disturbances In Consul,. dnoide seem to have hastened the signing of the prelhninaties.—. Hamburgh Coevappoidens, apt, 25. ISCNIUKIZ ON LONDON. Roasuitax, Serr.2so-15 lli; Two monthn.l9 91. Liznic, Sm. el.—Three months. 6 16. Beaus, &err. 22.—Three months, 6 264. &mecum(' Sim 15.—Ninety days, 11 25. CITY. Twzi.vg °Twat. Consols which left off yesterday at 89a for the Account, opened this morning at 891, soon after were done at 891, and may at pre sent be quoted at 891 buyers, and 89 to e for Money. The Hebrews being again absent from the market, as their holidays does not finish till this evening, their operations will re main masked until to-morrow. It is not believed that the Hebrews were the great sellers yesterday, but persons who bad followed their operations. CITY. HALF-PAST ONE. There has been a re-action in Consols since the early part of the morning, when they were at 89j. and at present may be quoted 89j e for the Account, and 891 for money, with little business doing.—Nothing doing in the Foreign Market. PEACE OR WAR ? The affairs in the East seem to distract the City po liticians in no small degree. Towards the close of the Consol market yesterday afternoon, Consols gave way by reason of accounts having been received that " some event" had suddenly prevented the final signature of the preliminaries of peace between the Turks and Rus sians. Would BUONAPARTE have agreed to sign a peace with the King of ENGLAN D, if it so happened that he had been encamped with his legions on Blackheath? We rather think he would incline to have a peep into Saint James's first. This morning again, there is an express from Paris, distinctly setting forth that hostilities had recommenced on the 6th instant; and this has considerably damped the Consol market. — A very simple apologist, with reference to the " renewal" of the war, says : " if the Russian troops advance, and the Turks oppose them, any bloodshed that takes place must be put to account of the Russians—not of the Turks." No doubt of it ; and there is as little doubt that Russia would sacrifice half her own troops, as well as the whole of the Turks, to obtain pos session of her darling object Constantinople. A letter from Paris, dated Sunday evening, sets forth : " As to the rupture of the armistice, that assertion is founded on the erroneous supposition that an armistice has been agreed to" ! So then, it appears that the City story—proceeding on authority that never deceives — about the armistice, has been altogether humbug. Still we must have peace! " The 13th of September," says the Paris Oracle, " was the day on which peace was expected to be signed"---we were told from 'Change that it actually had been signed on the 29th of August—" And notwithstanding the rumours that may be circulated, there seems to be no reason to fear that the negociations will be ultimately broken off !" Well : be it so. But, as is elsewhere said, when peace is signed, it will be called the Peace of Constantinople. DUBLIN, Sept. 26. ARRAN QUAY OFFICII. DUBLIN. Yesterday morning Chief Constable Cooper, of this ofiiee, hav ing received private information, arrested two persons, named Patrick Duffy and Patrick Farrell, at Messrs. Scot and Paisley's cabinet warerooms, in Stafford-street, charged with being con cerned la the late murder. Nineteen persons are now in cus tody, including Hughes, the comrade of the unfortunate Hanlon, who was murdered—be is confined in Kilmaiiihanr. Four of the persons in custody have been fully identified. The magistrates were busily engaged yesterday examining wit nesses, and privately investigating this dreadful affair.—Freeman's We have been favoured with a sight of letters, received last night by express by an eminent mercantile house in the City, dated Constantinople, Sept. sth. Their contents are anything but satisfactory. According to these let ters, the Turkish Commissioners who had proceeded to Adrianople to treat for peace, had been referred to St. Petersburgh for an answer to their terms. If it be so, we conceive that the negociation is at an end. In the Turkish capital tranquillity prevailed, but it was only pro duced by the energy of the Sultan : 162 individuals suspected of treason had been arrested and decapitated. —Some of them were men of high rank. The Sul tan still continued his efforts to raise men for the protection of his capital, and none of the Asiatic troops had been sent home, as the official Courier, a short time since, intimated. With respect to the amnesty,which the Courier asserted to have taken place, on official authority, it appears to have existed no where but in the brain of its au thor. The letters to which we allude,make noallusion to any such event; on the contrary ,it was known atConstantinople, that the Russian General had not discontinued any of his operations ; and from other sources, we know that, on the Bth of September, the head-quarters of the Russian army were within sixty miles of the Turkish capital. A division of the invading army had also occupied Enos, which commands a gulf in the Mediterranean bearing the same name, and communicating by a river with the city of Adrianople. This important intelligence com pletely contradicts the demi-official statements put forth last evening in the Globe and Courier. We place the most implicit confidence in the news which we now exclusively communicate to the public. We know the source from which it springs, and we know also that the Gentleman who received it has no interest whatever in misrepresentation.—Ledger. Madras Papers have been received at the North and South American Coffee-house, to the 3d May. Extract from the Madras Gazette of the 2d May : " The Coro mandel had not sailed when our paper went to press, in consequence of an untoward accident. A box, said to con tain 10,000 rupees, slipped out of the slings, and fell into the sea on Thursday evening, which we learn had not been fished up yesterday, although several attempts were made during the day. The divers will be again set to work this morning, and we hope with better success." Accounts from Frankfort of the 14th September state, that the result of the last fair has not proved so satisfac tory as that of Easter. The market was crammed with English merchandize, which sold at reduced prices. Cot ton fell 10 to 12 per cent. TRIESTE SEPT. 13.---(Not from our usual Correa pondent)---ieveral commercial houses here have received letters from the Archipelago, stating that the Porte had proposed to the French and English Ambassadors to have the Castles of the Dardanelles occupied by troops of their respective nations, in case of the advance of the Russian army. It was not known whether the AmbaS seders had accepted the proposal. THE KING. Her eagle flight " Fancy renews ; and now athwart mine eye " Throws an enormous cataract!" Truly his MAJIISTY has much cause to complain of those literary and loving subjects of his—the " diurnal sages," who in the excercise of their tender anxiety for his health, are perpetually giving the world to understand —nay, positively affirming, that he is afflicted with " all the ills which flesh is heir to." If his MAJESTY was a hypochondriac, he might probably feel obliged to them for their services : but as none but a hypochon driac is proud of a reputation for bodily ailments, and as his MAJESTY is not a hypochondriac, he can not but take it unkindly in " the diurnal sages," to be eternally stuffing the world with an opinion that he is the most diseased man in his dominions. Some times their " terrified imaginations" represent him as " overmhelm'd by the swoln hydrops ;" sometimes he is labouring under the " burning gout ; " anon he is af flicted with inflammation of the chest, with fever, with palsy, with general debility, and all these mortal mala dies, " the least a debt to nature :" having failed to keep him from driving his phaeton, they have now afflicted him with a cataract, yea, with two cataracts ! ! and nothing but the unquestionable fact of his MAJESTY having only two eyes has saved him from having as many cataracts as a certain gentleman is said to have vomited black crows, to wit, three. Nay, had his MAJESTY had as many eyes as Argus, they would have gone on, day after day, until they had given him a cataract in every one of the hundred. Luckily for his MAJESTY, however, the cataracts, toge ther with the surgical consultations and couchings attend ant thereon, to which, " upon the most unquestionable authority," he was about to submit, are, like most of his other maladies, " suggestions of mere fancy." If they are not, then is his MAJ EST Y the most unaccountable of pa tients ; for, with " a cataract in each eye," and of course as blind as a beetle, he actually reads three or four news papers every day, " without spectacles ;" besides reading all the dispatches sent to him daily from the Government offices, and signing such state documents as require his signature. " But how do you know all this ?" the cataract amateurs will demand. Why truly we do not know it, of our own knowledge ; we only believe it, on the solemn affirmation of divers persons who have the best means of knowing the truth, and no interest in disguising it ; and on the fact which all Windsor knows of its own personal knowledge, that the afflicted Sovereign —" afflicted with a cataract in each eyc -actually driveth his own phaeton for several hours daily ; sometimes along the margin of Virginia Water ; sometimes through the intricate Forest walks ; and sometimes to Windsor Castle; where " all blind as he is," he directs the laying out of parterres, the arrange ment of statues and of pictures, and finally drives away by a narrow unfinished road upon the edge of a steep de clivity, upon which road a cockney would be afraid to venture in a donkey -cart, except he was blind drunk. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. • CHAIGES. The Marquis and March Woes. Clanricarde, for Ireland ; the Earl of Egremont, from Grosvenor-place, to his seat in Sussex ; the Countess of Gosford, from her seat in Suffolk, to Margate ; Viscount Harberten, in Upper Brookatreet, from his seat, Salt Hill; Lord Lynedock, in Albemarle-street, Isom Scotland; Lord Templetown and the Hon. Miss Upton, from the seat of S. Lane Fox, F.sq. Dorringten Hall, Ferrybridge, for the seat of Colonel Howard, Levine's Hall, Westmoreland ; Lord and Lady George Quin, in Bryanston-square, from Brighton ; Sir Charles and Lady Cockerell, is Piccadilly, from Brighton ' • the Hon. George sad Lady Georgina Apr IDLs, at the Earl of Harewood's seat, Hare wood House, Yorkshire, from the Earl of Carlisle's seat, Castle Howard; Major and Mrs. Norman, in Bond-street, from Paris; Mr. Berkeley Noel for MozaU, in Warwickshire; Mr. John Fa zakerley, M.P. on a tour; Capt. Hugh Middleton, in Waterloo place, from Naples; Mr. William Henry Fellowes for Ramsey Abbey, in Huntingdonshire; Sir Simon Clarke, Ban. on a tour; Mr. Robert Cutler Ferguson, from Edinburgh. for Craig Dar roch, Dumfries ; Capt. Vac in Albemarle-street, from Madrid • Mrs. and Mi.s Maitland for Bath ; Mr. Walter Bu rrell for Ea.; Grinstead Park • Captain and Mrs. Lock for Brighten ; Captain Gore for Manchester ; General Sir Alured Clarke, Bart. from blansfiekl-street, on a tour ; Mr. William Fitzhugh for Southamp ton; Sir Samuel Fludyer, Bart. for Harwich; Captain Foley for Paris; General and the Misses Buller, in Gloucester-place, from Cornwall ; the Hon. and Rev. Mr. Howard, at the Pulteney Hotel, Albemarle street, from Paris; Mrs. Green, at Morley's Hotel, Cockspor-street, from Hastings ; the Hon. Mr. French, at ditto. from a tour; Mr. and Mrs Hatfield, at ditto. from their seat in Essex ; J. Anwyl, Esq. 4.t ditto, from North Wales ; Mr. Mn. and Miss Page, at Ellis's Hotel, St. James's-street, from their seat in Sussex; Mr. and Mrs. Cochran and sons r at Hawkirw's Hotel, Albemarle-street, from Scotland; blajor Haly and son, from Mor ley's Hotel, to Tunbridge Wells • A. Bolton , Esq. from ditto, to Dublin ; H. Kynaston, Esq. to (Word ; Capt. Wardley, from Re gent-street, for the Continent ; Mr. Mrs. and Miss Melville, from the St. George's Hotel, Albemarle-street, to Amsterdam ; the Hon. Colonel Stapleton, from ditto, for his seat in Berke; Mr. and Mrs. Hawkins, from the British Hotel, Jermyn-street, for their seat in Cambridgeshire ; Lord and Lady Gleolyon and family, at Fenton's Hotel, St. James's-street, front Surrey ; Mr. and Mrs. Acker., at ditto, from Swindon; L ord Fitsharris, from ditto, on a tour. The Duke an Duchess of CUMBERLAND took an airing yesterday in an open carriage to Richmond. The Earl of ROSSLYN, the Earl of ABERDEEN, and Mr. VESEY FITZGERALD, visited the Duke of 'WEL LINGTON yesterday at the Treasury. The Russian Ambassador and Count MAsTuctwiTz had a conference with the Earl of ABERDEEN on Sun day, which lasted nearly two hours. The noble Earl after the conference bad an interview with the Duke of WELLINGTON. The French Charge d'Affaires tran sacted business with his Lordship yesterday at the Fo reign Office. Mr. BARBOUR, late Minister Plenipotentiary from the United States to this Court, left town yesterday morning for Liverpool, on his return to America. Despatches from Sir. R. GORDON, at Constantinople, were received at the Foreign Office on Sunday night, by way of Ancona. Despatches were also received from Lord STUART de BOTHSAY, OUr Ambassador at Paris. Des patches from Sir PULTEN EY MALCOLM, iu the Mediter ranean, for the Admiralty, were brought by the same messenger. Mr. Secretary PEEL has arrived at the seat of his fa ther, Sir R. PEEL, at Drayton Par k, near Tamworth, Stafordshire, from his residence in Norfolk. We understand that Mr. M‘LANE, the new American Minister, has special instructions to use his best endea vours to persuade our Government to again throw open the West India trade to the United States. Saturday, Major WARBURTON arrived in Ennis, and immediately after proceeded to his residence, Castleguard. Major MILLER is now engaged in an inspection of the Kerry police. Lord Enni)arrow, Sir JOHN NEWPORT, Mr. O'CON NELL, and Mr. Oyw Air CAVE, are invited to the public dinner to be given Lord DUNCANNON, at Carrick-on- Suir, the Ist of October. The Hon. NEWTON FELLOWES, who has the care of the noble property of the Earl of PORTSMOUTH, to whom the entire of Enniscorthy and an extensive tract of lands belong, is at present engaged on the banks of the Slaney, making a survey of the most practicable mode of forming a ship canal, from the shallows above Ifollevue to Enniscorthy. Saturday his Grace the Lord Lieutenant, the Duchess of NORTHUMBERLAND, and suite, visited Clondalkin, for the purpose of viewing the round tower, one of those curiosities in architecture peculiar , to Ireland,