Star. — London, England, 1829-09-11 00:00:00

THE EVENING 'AR. LONIMN. FRIDAY, SErTEMBER 11. PRICK OF STOCKS AT TWO O'CLOCK. Bank Stock Shut. India Bonds 61 9 3 per Cent. Red. Shut South Sea Stock 3 per Ct. Cons. 2/6 4 New Annuities Si per Cent. 1816. Shut. £lOOO ilscheci. nab. es 7 9 36 per Cent. Bed. Shut. 4500 Ditto 611 7 9 4 per Ct. New. 1026 I 4 1100 and £2OO Ditto 4 per Cent. 1826, Shut Advertised, 64 5 Long Ann. Shut. Bank for Acct. MO ina I ls Stock. 222 Consols for Acet. 1196 9 FO titlG4 17114114. TWO O'Ci.ort•K. 136 Chilian Bds. I per Ct. Acct. 166 I :reek Bd.. 1695. b p Ct. Colon/. Bds. 1824, 151 Per/m.11.14.6p C. 9 6 BItITISH AND RI/REIGN 811AIIES. TWO O'CLOCK. 4,4411.1. IPAIth Anglo Mexican (isa. at d 5 pm) 100 100 Ditto Subscription 8 7; United Mexican 40 29i 12 Genetal &eam Navigation 100 13 5f LIBELS upon the DUKE of WELLINGTON. The Grand Jury of Middlesex this morning returned two true bills against Messrs. ALEXANDER, ISAACSON, and MARSDEN, the registered proprietors of the Morn ing Journal, for a series of libels published in that Paper during the months of July and August, insinuating that the Most Noble ARTHUR, Duke of Wellington, was " proud, overbearing, grasping, dis honest, and unprincipled ; and capable of a design to overturn the Crown, and prostrate the laws and liberties of this country." The bills were immediately removed into the King's Bench by certiorari. What ominous demonstrations of sympathy with the Poi. los c prosecutions on the other side ! We publish a letter which bas just reached us from Saint Michael's, the largest island of the Azores. It is of an old d.tte, being the 11th of August, but re markable for its interesting speculations on the expedi tion against Terceira ; which—singularly enough—was ' undergoing demolition, while the very paragraphs which anticipate its defeat were penning ! There can be little doubt that the disaffection of these islands to the Go vernment of the Usurper will eventually achieve their se paration from it, and that at no great distance of time. The bulletins of their heroic countryman, VILLA FLOR, must act upon such a population like electricity. The annihilation of the Ottoman Power in Europe I will render necessary a re-adjustment of the kingdoms ; the balance between these being utterly destroyed. It is humiliating to reflect, that all the calamity which is about to be consequent upon this event might, at one period, have been averted by a word from Ministers. While Russia was on the eastern bank of the Pruth, a mere intimation that the passage of that river would draw down upon her the displeasure of England, would have sufficed to restrain her : it need scarcely have amounted to a threat--at all events, never have exceeded it. Now, she may not only deride our menaces, but defy our power. The Noble Duke is said to be so sensible of this, as to sit no longer with his accustomed confidence on the dictatorial saddle: every courier brings him an aggravation of his embarrassments, and one day he is reported as advising an immediate Parliament, and ano ther a dissolution of it, and an appeal to the country. Whatever foundation there may be for these rumours, one thing is evident; that his Grace is ill at ease, and at fault when he should be in full cry. The incapacity of his Grace's government has lost the nation its com manding influence and position among the States—to such a degree, that it is doubtful, now, whether she can recover her lost attitude even under a change of coun cils. The sensation produced throughout the empire, at the union of so many portentous phenomena—domestic as well as foreign—is become deep and general, and the loud voice of popular dissatisfaction is on the point of bursting forth. County meetings have been resolved on in many places, and in several are actually in progress to be convened, to petition his MAJESTY forthwith to as semble Parliament, that it may take into consideration fr.o critical state of the kingdom. It is said also that pi.tition.s are in preparation, praying the KING to dismiss Ministers ; and if incompetency were the heaviest impu tation under which they lie, we should think them fortunate to come off so cheaply. Distinct impeachments might certainly be carried up against the Noble DUKE and Ca' Noble Earl ; but we fear, in our present degenerate House of Commons, no man of sufficient moral intrepi dity will be found, to undertake to arraign them. In that case, they will go art only disgraced, instead of punished: but that they will go out—qui e'en doute? We announced nearly two months aco, that Parlia ment would meet for the dispatch of business in Novem ber. Our force in the Mediterranean is ordered to be male up to twenty-five sail of the line, but this comes too late as a measure of counteraction. The Times of to-thy feels, at last—with as plenary a conviction as we do—that business is all over there. "If the Russian arms be now arrested," says our contemporary, "it is ur.gvestionatly not by force. The schemes of CA TIIERINE have abundantly succeeded. What new schemes may grow out of their accomplishment, belongs to a different Chapter." This is pithy: how pleasantly he turns upon himself!—We wait now, quietly, for the next announcement—the surrender of Constantinople. The stress which was laid yesterday by some of our con temporaries on the determination of the SULTAN to make peace, is perfectly ludicrous : as if it depended upon the SULTAN to determine! It is almost incredible tw lengths of mendacious denial the disingenuousness of party spirit carries some of our contemporaries. The Morning Journal of to day, in the face of General DIEBITSCH'S official dis patch, dated from Eski-Sarai, in Adrianople, still per tinaciously questions—or rather contradicts- the capture of that city ! In the same spirit, it re-affirmed—after the official silencer of the Courier—the mission of Lord STRANG FORD to Lisbon, and the preparation of an Eng lish expedition, to reduce Terceira for the despot. Does the Morning Journal ever expect to be believed by well informed persons after these displays, or to keep his ground among papers which society acknowledges ? Really he would evince more prudence, as well as a better tact, if he would exhibit his ugly propensities less overtly. —....—. The Austria% Observer to the 31st tilt. has been re ceived this day, containing the concluding—and by much the most interesting—part of the speech of the Greek PRESIDENT. It is of such length, and we are otherwise so much occupied, that we can offer no com ment on this extraordinary production to-day. It is to the following effect : VIENNA, Am. M. ADDRESS OF THE PRESIDENT 01 GREECE. (Concluded). " The budget, which the Committee of Finance will lay before you, and of which we have given an extract, will give you the re sults, for which you have again to thank the Illustrious benefactors of Greece, and the many other celebrated and noble friends of hs num—Extract from the accounts of the receipt and expenditure of the State, from January, IBM, to April 30 (old style), t 5119 : Recurs. Turkish Piastres. Revenue of the State.... 5,539,969 4 Funds of tie National Bank 4,034,660 3 Unlisoddated Prises ..... 235,414 14 Sams advanced by me 1,106,576 11 French Satnidist Russian do •• • • ••• • ••••• • • ••• •• •• 41•51s11/0() Omar 25,616,664 54 Army and Fleet.... Various establishments for the Public Service Monthly Salary to the servants of the State and Internal Government Interest paid by the National Bank 58,772, U Orphan House, with abode and clothing for the Orphans .. 666,508 21 Alms and Food for the Poor, &c. 556,880 Advances to Persons to whom the State is is- debted Arrears of the Farmers of the Revenue Paid to Lord Cochrane Receipt for the unliquidated Prizes paid to Abe 281,771 - 658,948 - 159,510 115,831 8 Austrian Rear Admiral Dandolo Ready stoney in the Treasury .... 1.737,022 5 Payments in money not yet made .. 542.000 0 2,129,022 5 35,613,664 34 " We must here observe, lit. That besides the subsidies already received from the King of France, his Majesty will assign 100,000 francs per month from the Ist April, 1829, for the wants and the orgudsation of the regular Greek troops ; that the French army has left to us horses and military stores, which are to be paid from the subsidies in urear, and not yet paid ; and lastly, that the Baron de Rouen has lately signified to us that he will shortly pay to the Greek Government 500,000 francs. on account of the subsidies in &freer. 44 2. That by order of his Majesty the Emperor of Russia, bills of eschange to t►e amount of a million of rubles were delivered to us some weeks ago. These bills have been sent to Naples, to be turned into money. and we expect the proceeds. .. . . 3 That in the sum of 1,706,376 piastres. 11 pares, which we employed on the building and expense's of the orphan-house. and to many other public works, by which thousands of indigent persons gained their daily bread, are included nearly 900,000 piastres, coo• tided to us by generous friends of Greece. The remaining 900,000 piastres, with the 912,000, which before our arrival in Greece, was sent for the support el the army in Western Greece. are the last remains of our property that we then bad left to dispose of. " We shall give to the benefactor of Greece a detailed account of the application of the sums which they have been pleased to confide to us. " Too me the state of our small revenues. and can at the same time calculate the needless labour Is which you will have to en gage in order to enable: the national treasury to meet the engage ments of the nation, and to provide for the most urgent events. " We have employed oar utmost endeavours to procure revenues for you. You wUI be acquainted with all the steps we have taken at the Allied Courts. in order to bring about the negociation of a loan of 60 millions of francs, under the Royal protection. You wiU read the communications made to us on the subject, and de. rive from them the same hopes that we entertain. ' 6 In every thing we wish, in the present difficult state of things. you may consult the ezpectations of the country. of the Allied Powers. and of all civilized nations. Comparing the pa-t with the future, you will readily find the right and prudent mea sures to place the nation in the position best adapted to the future fate that is reserved for it by the providence of the ALMIGHTY. We ourselves cannot otherwise contribute to it than by the mag. nanimity with which the sacredness of our cause Inspires us, and by the purity and moderation of the principles which we shall pursue, in order to support this our holy cause. " Negociations have commenced. Should we be called upon, in consequence of the articles of the Treaty of London. to take pan in them, you will furnish the Government with the requisite full powers. " You can already deliberate on this matter, as being perfectly informed, since you have official documents before you which leave you no doubt respecting the plan of pacification adopted in the con ferences at London. " Once more we repeat it—consult your hearts ; bear in mind the sense of your duties, and never doubt the justice of the Allied Monarchs. " Secondly, you must deeply consider the internal administra tion of the State, and if you give your assent to the opinion I have already expressed to you on the same subject, you will then judge that it cannot possibly be regulated by constitutional and perma nent laws till the fate of Greece shall be fully decided. You will, perhaps, be induced to confirm till that time the continuance of the provisional system, with the modifications, however, that the Go vernment, surrounded by new councils, can maintain and consoli date internal order and :ranquillity, proceed with advantage in the revisal of our constitutional laws, and take all the other measures which honour, justice, and a prudent foresight and utility, particu larly recommend to your attention. •' In the same class are the measures relative to the finances and public credit, as well as to the foreign debt, and the indemnities which the Government must in equity give to the citizens who have sacrificed their property for Greece, and also the payment of what the national Assemblies at Astros, Epidaurus, and Tratzene promised to the same citizens and to those brave men who shed their blond for their country, and in general the assistance which the Government mast endeavour to afford on the one hand, to the towns which now lie its ruins. and on the other, to the respectable and unfortunate peasantry. In order to resolve with practical ad vantage these questions, and others connected with them, there is required, or in other words, information, from abroad are re quired which we are still without, and also internal inforrnadon, which we will carefully collect. " If, however, you immediately determine the principles and plans upon which the Government with its Councils la to turn its attention to each of these great questions, and the most essential interests depending on them, you will thereby have done half your work. But it will not be completed till Tou shall again assemble to be made acquainted with the proceedings of the Government, and then definitively to discuss the projects of law that will be laid before you. I 4 lef, A ;. • - v ; * " -4..% \ I # ' •'' ' .. .If A ., ' fe , ''' ' -' ' - •' ::( ' ' '' l4l - Pe,' a " If yoa agoe to Ms plan, tin GO‘etninete "NI dos reply to the Roraima Powers according to the prindpie width yen Asa adopt whatever transaction are in speedos which rota to tie Treaty of London. " The Nation. bowever. is not to be bound by sub transaedoms, unless tbey than be ratified by yes. " We say the same of the Cessdtetional laws : they win be drawn up alter mature deliberaden, upon the prindpies approved by yes, and wiU is like manner remain with yes to mar= than by your suction. " t•sth. you win fix tbe priselpies and forms meardhsi to which an other lamest, shin be regulated. MI the convocation d the sew National Assembly. " Meanwhile, upon the close et the Assembly, you wfti altoge ther :reload, show year desire to be the orpas through which the oaths sends up the tribute of ids thanksgiving to the Donn Pomace, that times the fate of nations, and expresses its gra diode to its august benefactors the Allied Monarchs, their Admi rals, the naval expedition, their illustrious Commanders, and to those friends of Greece who, by numerous and isacesslng works of charity and great exertions, have testified their regard for Greece. " Ily the above frank and &ewe representation, I have, Gen demon, performed my duty to the nation. " As the effite of Chief Magistrate has been confided to me by it, I consider myself as happy to dedicate to it the remainder of my days, especially If I should be called upon, es I greatly wish, to serve the country as the most simple citizen, I should then be able more effectually to prove to the Greeks what I feel for the repeated masks of confidence which they have been pleased to bestow on me. " Argos, 23d July, nu. "Tiu PRICSIDIPT, J. A. CAPO DISTRIAS." Austrine Obanver, 4s g. 51. CITY. TWO O'CLOCK. The balms dobg in the Funds is scarcely worth nodee.— Comas have remained during the whole of the morning nearly at the same price. T►ey opened at Uto g for the Account. and 8871; for Money ; bat the an ival last sight of the great City capitalist, at his mansion in Piccadilly, from Paris, give hopes to the jobbers and speculators that the stagnation in the market will not be of leng duration. The Foreign Mulct keeps pace with the British—scarcely a bargain doing. We have an article this day from the frontiers of Po land, dated the 21st August, by which it appears that the Government has made contracts for the purpose of esta blishing magazines at Lubin, and other places on the south east provinces of Poland. It is also added, that in part of the regiments of the Polish army, the usual fur loughs will not be granted this autumn ; but that, on the contrary, they will be completed by conscripts. In Po dolia and Volhynia, according to the accounts of travel lers, the roads are still covered with detachments of Russian troops on their way to Bessarabia, to take the place of the corps that have lately been sent from that province over the Pruth and the Danube. Accounts from Wallachia, August 18, state, that Gen. Geismar sent a dispatch he received from General Die bitsch to the Pacha of Scutari, not to commit any act of hostilities in the desolated countries, at the moment ne gociations for peace were going on ; but the Pacha did not put any faith in the dispatch, and thought it a ruse de guerre. Our City oracle informs us, that Russia, Austria, Eng land, and France, are on the best of terms : and that the demands of Russia to make peace with the Porte, will not be so exorbitant as expected. HOT AND CoLD.—A Gentleman halted at the Opera Arcade until the passing shower had ceased ; many fo reigners of different nations, availing themselves of welcome shelter, were assembled ; their propensity— well known to all travellers—to chit chat, is not to be subdued, either by clouds or showers—and, wet or dry, they will talk cheerfully. Not so with Mr. Bull, for a cloud or a shower ensures his taciturnity ; their chic ! cla ! dada! flowed most spiritedly—but the prevailing topic was climate, and the comparative cheapness of natural luxuries, in their respective countries, con trasted with those of England; loud and verbose, they all spoke at the same time, perfectly accordant, and, ultimately, they incidentally seemed to have selected the subject of bathing—contending, how very reasonable, hot and cold baths might be procured on the Continent, compared with the enormous price of such comforts in England. Mr. Bull, at length aroused from his torpor, broke his silence, and addressed them, but in a polite and graceful tone and manner, observing—" Gentle men, I have heard with due attention all that has been remarked by you—ringing the changes, on the advan tages of the Continental climate, and the refreshing comforts of baths, hot and cold ;—but, surely, it is but fair to do justice to this country, where, you must con fess, as to climate, we have the advantage of cold wea ther in summer, and warm weather in winter ; then, as to baths (and the moderate charges for them on the Continent) you must also confess that, from the Prince to the peasant, every man, woman, and child, may enjoy the salutary luxury of a shower bath, every day in the year, gratis." NAVAL COURT-MARTIAL.- •GNAT STRAINING AND CAMEL SWALLOWING....-.WIISt can be the object of that preposterous charge against Captain DICKENSON, " for firing upon the Albion ?" Is it wished to be inferred that he meant it as a rebuke to the Albion for not doing her duty ? or, that he was playing a double game, and destroying both friend and foe ? or, that he did not know an English from a Turkish ship ? or, so wild in his sanguine ambition for promotion, as to hope that one of the Genoa's chance shot might kill the Cap tain of the Albion, and increase vacancies for immediate promotion, to ensure his (Captain Dlc KENSON'S)?— What other inferences can be drawn front such absurd, indefinite charges ? It is, indeed, indigestible to every rational mind : for, even had an English shot been de tected as wounding the Admiral, it must, from the irre gular position of the hostile fleets, be presumed that the Genoa had fired in that direction by mere mistake. But we must presume that more is meant than meets the ear and eye ; and, where such a melange of mystery and spleen presents itself, we are compelled to conjectures compara tively vague as to the charge. Let us guess, then : may it not be hoped by jealous authority that the re-action of those bolts, so malignantly and indirectly pointed at the Vice-Admiral, may hit his Royal Patron, and stigmatise him in public opinion? M. D'ORLEANS DE LAMOTTE, Bishop of Amiens, was remarkable for his wit :—One day, while discoursing with some persons on some matter of the times, one of his antagonists, a dealer in phrases, unable to reply to the clear reasoning of the Prelate, exclaimed, " I de cidedly adopt the part of silence, and envelope myself in the mantle of humility." " Behold," rejoined the Bishop, " a mantle—that will not inconvenience you much—the one you carry might be borne in the dog days."—MENTOß. The same Prelate being presented after dinner with a liqueur named Oil of Venus, his host was at first em barrassed to pronounce its name • but when the Bishop bad learned it, " I will drink with pleasure," said he ; " every means should be employed to destroy such im pieties.—Mentor. PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE. ~. PONTA DELGUDA, ISLAND OF ST. MICHAEL, AUG. 11. Ere this reaches England, you will hear of the long projected expedition against Terceira having sailed from this place. The troops collected here for the purpose, amounting to fifteen hundred, were embarked on board the blockading squadron and a few transports on the 25th ult. and set sail the following day, since which time, strange to relate, nothing whatever has been heard of their operations, although the intended scene of action is not more than seventy miles off. As the whole number of troops destined for the attack did not exceed 3,000, and nearly the whole of the common soldiers are known to have gone with the greatest reluctance; its failure is considered as inevitable. Had any thing been effected, we must have beard of it immediately, and the general impression now is, that the Miguelite foree has not been even able to land. It is supposed by many, that there was never any serious intention of attacking the Con stitutionalists, and that the object of embarking the troops was merely to intimidate the patriots, while every effort should be made to produce defection among the garrison, by the offer of large bribes and an amnesty to the soldiers. As to the Officers, it is ascertained that the Commanders of the expedition have positive orders to put the whole of them to death the instant the place surren ders. They are fully aware of this atrocious fact, and determined to act accordingly. On a late occasion, when a communication was opened between the squadron and the Conde VILLA FLoa, the latter intimated that in the event of a landing, the men under his command " would neither give or take quarter." The Officers who have been collected at Terceira during the last year from different points, are formed into a sacred battalion, and as may be imagined, not likely to disgrace the cause they have espoused. In point of numerical force, the Constitutionalists have a large supe riority ; all the accessible points of the Island are well defended, while the fortress of Angra itself is repre sented as quite impregnable. Under all these circum stances, no apprehension is entertained ; on the contrary, it is generally believed that the expedition will return to Lisbon, without having effected any object except that of exhausting the treasury of Don Mic v EL, and prevent ing further attempts in this quarter. With respect to the feelings of the inhabitants in these islands, they are decidedly in favour of the young Queen and the Consti tutional charter. Their not openly declaring them selves, arises from a fear of being exposed to the fury of the faction at Lisbon ; for, with the ex ception of Terceira, none of the islands possess any means of defence. Had the policy of Don PEDRO admitted of his taking a more active part in the cause of his daughter, the question would have been decided long since ; as it is, there cannot be a doubt of the anxiety entertained by all classes in the Azores to see the Usurper put down ; and when the squadron withdraws, public feeling will, there is every reason to believe, be no longer concealed. Up to the arrival of the blockading ships here, the vexations against the commeroe of all nations, as well as our own, continued with unabated violence. There are at this moment two English vessels and an American detained in this Roadstead: the former have been here for some weeks, and are still without any pros pect of release. When the facts attending the deten tion of these vessels are known, it will be found that every kind of irregularity and injustice has been prac tised, both with regard to the mode of capture, and the treatment experienced by the captains and crews. The case of a large American ship, the Galatea, of New Bedford, is of a most aggravated nature. This vessel was proceeding on a whaling voyage, and the Master, who knew nothing whatever of the blockade (indeed, it had not been notified before his departure from America), was steering towards Terceira, in order to procure some supplies, as he had been accustomed to do for several years. On being boarded by one of the squadron, the officer apprized him of the blockade, on which he di rectly made sail in it different direction ; another ship coming in sight, she brought him to, and took imme diate possession. Soon after reaching this anchorage, ROCIIA, the Miguelite Admiral, wanted a vessel to send to Lisbon with sick and invalided soliers. By a singular assumption, the Galatea was chosen, and sailed a fort night ago in possession of a Portuguese crew. The most extraordinary part of the story remains to be told. It had been settled that the Master and his crew should proceed in the vessel as matter of course ; but on the evening before sailing, while the former was in the act of going alongside, the boat, which was partly man ned by English seamen, was fired into, and two of the people severely wounded. In order to justify this unprovoked aggression, the officer in charge of the Galatea, immediately attacked the American crew who were on board, under pretence that they wished to take her out of his hands, although there were only ten or eleven unarmed men, whereas' there were above fifty Portuguese, and the vessel was anchored under a large battery. After knocking down, and violently beating the poor Americans, a report was sent on shore to the Governor, upon which the whole of the crew were taken out, and thrown into the common prison, where they still remain, every effort for their release having been treated with contempt. Bad as some of the cases in which the English flag has been concerned are, it must be confessed that this affair of the Galatea is by far the most out rageous. Owing to the hurry of writing, I have given but a very indistinct notion of the business, but I hope to be able to forward the Captain's deposition by an early opportunity. The representation of the American Consul having gone by the circuitous route of Lisbon, sufficiently accounts for no steps having been taken by the United States Government. Whenever they reach the new President, it is not difficult to divine the probable issue. Those who know any thing of General iccKsoN, pre' tend to say that his resentment will be fully equal to the enormity of the offence ; and that, whatever other Go 1'