Star. — London, England, 1820-03-07 00:00:00

% • S N. • . '•--*\ - THE ogyENING STAR. LONDON. TUESDAY, MARCH 7, 1320. GENERAL ELECTION.. The Friends of the Sr*a are respectfully informed, that Daily States of the different Polls, properly authenticated and post paid, will receive immediate insertion, free of charge.— Advertisements are requested to be sent at least a day before that on which it is wished they should appear. THE FUNDS. PRICE OP STOGIES THIS DAT AT ONE O'CLOCK : 3 per Cent. Reduced shut 3 per Cent. Consols 68 1 A 3 / 4 1 / 2 31, per Cent. shut 4 per Cent. shut 5 per Cent. Navy 104 1 / 4 Bank Long Annuities shut Bank StoCk shut for Election India Bonds 13s. 15s. Exchequer Bills (2d.) 2s. Is. dis. Consols for Account 68%. We subjoin a letter - received yesterday ftotts Spain, on the subject of the insurrection at Cadiz. It comes direct from Madrid, and our Readers are aware that, in whatever state a piece of military history may leave the hands of the writer, the slightest filtering through a Spanish Post•ofice will cleanse it from all nauseous and offensive particles of disagreeable truth. tVe:snd, accordingly, that the corps of RtEco, after harassing Algesiras and its vicinity by the most cruel exactions, was unable to return to the Isla, be cause O'Dortsm.c had interposed to prevent it ; but it does not appear that the interference of that Poyalist Chieftain was at all of a forcible nature, in asmuch as no engagement ensued, although the re- bels (" reduced to no more than a thousand men") remained between Barrios and Tarifa, in an exhausted condition. It must be allowed, that the retiring from Algesiras appears to be a ♦irtual abandonment, for a time, of the plan described to be in contemplation, of marching in succession to the different towns on the coast, and prochiming the Constitution. This change of purpose, whether rendered necessary or not, is the more to be regretted by the friends of their cause, as they were nearly certain of success. Leiters from Malaga of the 16th ult. express strong expectations of the speedy arrival of the Constitu tionalists at that place, and add, that the town was neither in an efficient state of defence, nor the inha bitants Indisposed to receive them. Had Rrzuo's detachment marched on direct from Algesiras to Malaga, it would have arrived at the date of these Letters. The Letters from Bilboa are wholly silent on the subject of the Insurrection in Asturias ; but to those who know the temper of the Province, the event is considered by no means improbable. 44 MADRID, FEBRUARY 111. " We hear from Algesiras, that Riego's troops having arrived at that place on the 31st of January, their Commander exacted rations in greater number than was requisite : that he ordered, on the following day, a new Municipal Council to be appointed ; and that, finding only six individuals prepared for the election, he threatened the principal inhabitants with the most severe chastisement, if they did not realize the choice; that he ordered the whole neighbourhood to surrender their horses, which he distributed among his troops that he commanded the persons who had Composed the different Councils since 1814 to the resent day, to prepare an account of the produce of the different branches of Revenue which they had received ; and that he finally imposed a heavy con tribution on the most wealthy inhabitants. After committing all these acts of violence, which filled the town with terror and dismay, Riego left Algesiras, giving liberty to the prisoners who were confined in the jail of the place. The Insurgents then proceeded to Vejer, with the object of penetrating thence into the Isla, as they had at first intended; but not being able to realize this plan, they thought of penetrating into the Sierra, by Alcala de las Gazules; but the division of General O'Donnell having interposed, they halted among some cottages, between Tarifa and Barrios, where they remain at present in an ex hausted condition. " The Insurgents of this party are so much re duced, that they amount to no more than a thousand In the Isla they are daily losing by desertion; they are therefore obliged to order all the inhabitants to take up arms. " Colonel Don Nicolas Santiago, who succeeded in effecting his escapo from Cadiz, after having at tempted to excite a revolt in that city, is now in command of Torregorda. " General Freyre having commanded a recon noissance on the bridge of Suazn, the Provincial Grenadiers manifested such courage and intrepidity as to excite the admiration of the whcle army, and to create a fcar in the Isla that a general attack had begun. In the Isla there has been formed a junta of go vcrnment, under the presidency of the Marquis de Urcna, a rich proprietor of that place ; and a Journal li.is been established, under'the name of the National (Catete. On Saturday last, General Elio left this capital. Ik proceeds to Valencia ; and it is said that his departure was hastened by the report which !satin circulat►on, that the partisan chief, Fray. Asen sio Nibot, had Left Gibraltar for that province. gg It is likewise said that Mitia is now at Bayonne." Since writing the preceding we have received, through the medium tof The Monitors of Friday last; the following circumstantial details, on the authen tt [city of which, that Paper says ? the Public may place the fullest reliance : PRIVATE .LETTER. 6 , CADIZ, FEBRUARY is. " Since the 10th of this month a report has been current here, that Lieutenant-Colonel Riego had left Algesiras, after being joined by a party of the troops under General O'Donnell ; that he had marched on Chiclana and beaten General Cruz ; and that even General Freyre was in full retreat on Xeres. To make sure of the truth I went on th* 11th to Port St. Marie. The same reports were in circulation there. On the leth I went to Port Real ; not obtaining there any information, I repaired, on the same day, to Chic lana, where I satisfied myself that all the accounts circulated at Cadiz were false. " The Ist division of the Royal Army, under the orders of General Cruz, is still at Chiclana, and has not fired'a shot; the second division, which was at Port Real, is encamped about one league from that city, on the left of Conduit-a-Chilana, in front of the Arsenal of Caracca ; General Freyre, who repairs every day from Port Saint Marie to the Camp, has re-established, in order to cover it, a battery con structed during the last war. 44 Lieutenant-Colonel Riego (the Insurgent) ex acted from the inhabitants of Algeciras the sum of 10,000 piastres fortes, befdre qu itting that City. On the 10th and llth he retired upon Veger. General Cruz had dispatched a strong detachment against him, but Riego left Veger in the night, It is sup. posed that he marched towards Medina with the view of regaining the Isle de Leon. General Freyre, informed of this movement, gave orders to General Cruz to send his first brigade, commanded by Ge neral Fleires, to take position in the wood between Chic:am and Port Real on the right of the second division. This order was executed in the night of the 12th and 13th. I saw myself, on the 13th, the positions.of the Royal troops. " Since Riego left Veger, his route is not posi tively known. It is presumed that he is gone to wards the mountains of Alcala, or perhaps Ronda. " There are at this moment in Cadiz 150 trans ports, five vessels of the line, several frigates and armed brigs, who were destined for the expedition beyond seas.' To these details, The Moniteur adds the following, received from Madrid, under date of February 23: " According to the letters received from General O'Donnell, dated from Malaga, on the 20th, at tea o'clock in the morning, it appears, that having gone in pursuit of the Insurgents commanded by Riego, after they had left Veger, he had had three engage ments with them ; the first, in the environs of Este pona, on the 17th ; the second, near Marbella, on the 18th ; and the third at Malaga, on the 19th. The troops of General O'Donnell had given proofs of bravery and fidelity; the Insurgents had suffered severely, and their numbers greatly diminished, on entering Malaga on the 19th were still more so, at the time of their precipitate departure from that place, on the same evening. After allowing some moments of repose to his troops, General O'Donnell renewed• the pursuit of the feeble remains of Riego's corps, which had taken flight towards the mountains of Ronda. " The letters from Cadiz, received at Madrid, come down to the 19th; but they add nothing new. The armed chaleupes continued to cannonade the works which the Insurgents are endeavouring to con struct for the defence of the Isle de Leon." of the Central Commlssien, presented a Report on the Project of Law on Individual Liberty, which was presented by the Ministers to the Chamber on the 15th of February last: The Report proposed several most ;important mo difications of the Project; in particular, that' erfthin fifteen days after the arrest of any individual, the Procurator-General of the Royal Court of Appeal shall be bound to take a precognition of the charges against the accused, and to transmit a report thereof to the Minister of Justice, to be communicated to the Council of Ministers, who shall be obliged on their part, before the lapse of three months, either to send the individual before the Tribunals for trial, or to give an . ,order for his liberation. The Chamber or. dered the Report to be printed. Five per Cents, Friday, 74 fr. 40 c. Following up the proceedings •at Glasgow against the Delegates from the Radicals, two persons have been apprehended in Ayrshire, James Logan, a weaver in Wallacetown, and John Kennedy, a weaver in Kilmarnock. The lodgings of both were searched, and some papers connected with their proceedings, were found in the house of Logan. This person acted as Chairman of the Public Meeting at Wallacetown, in October, and the letter which one of the Dele gates tore, on their apprehension, bears his signature. Both of these persons, after being examined, have been admitted to bail, have found sureties, and are out of prison. One of the Delegates taken up at Glasgow, was a cobbler, of the name of Sinclair Camp bell, who represented the Radicals of Wallacetown. It is said that, separate from political considerations, a combination has for some time existed among the cotton-spinners of Glasgow and neighbourhood, for the purpose of procuring a certain rate of wages fixed on by themselves. On Thursday night last, a gang of these confederates made a most atrocious attack upon the workers belonging to Messrs. TODD and STEVENSON'S cotton-mill, Coal Quay, in the neigh bourhood of Tradestown, Glasgow. The villains had previously assembled at a public-house, and thence proceeded along the Paisley-road, as the workers were leaving the mill. When within .6i few yards of Mr. TODD'S gate, they began their horrid work, by knocking down and beating the foremost of the workers: the Police of Gorbals being at hand, a scuffle ensued, and four men were taken, three of whom appear to belong to the gang. One of the workers in running along the road, received four or five small shot in his head, but is doing well ; the four taken were lodged in the Gorbals Police Office. They are supposed to be the same villains who re cently attacked Messrs. DUNLOP and Son's work peo ple, and who also attempted to burn their mill. BRIGHTON, MARCH 6. The strong and piercing North wind continues, giving a heavy swell to the Channel, and robbing the rides and walks of all attractions. Our beloved MONARCH, under such uninviting circumstances, con fines himself to the Marlborough-row part of the Palace, but in the happiest state of continued health and excellent spirits. Carriage airings, and on horse back, it is understood, his MAJESTY will have re course to, as soon as the weather becomes a little more favourable. Lord STRANGFORD had his audience of leave at the Court of Stockholm on the 12th of February. The King of SWEDEN made his Lordship a present of his portrait in a'snuff-box, richly ornamented with diamonds, and also gave him two vases of Swedish porphyry. His Majesty presented Lady STRANG room with a rich diadem, ornamented with brilliants. FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS. The Marchioness of Salisbury, at her house in Arlington street, from her seat, Hatfield. The Earl and Countess of Coventry, and family, at their house in Piccadilly, from their seat Crome, near Upton, Wor cestershire. - The Countess of Hardwick, at her house in St. James's from a visit to the Earl and Countess of Caledon, at The Paris Papers of Friday and Saturday, which sOare, their seat near Tonbridge Wells. arrived at a late hour this forenoon, are chiefly filled Earl Cowper. at his house in George-street, Hanover-square, with the proceedings of the Chamber of Deputies from his seat, Pansanger, Herts. The Earl of Westmeath, at his house in Bolton -street, Pic on Thursday and Friday. ceding, from his seat in Ireland. At the Sitting on the former day, M. DUPONT DE ilir Lanky Sheffiogton, Bart. at his house in Charles-street, Gros n. from a tour. L'Eune made a Report on 442 new Petitions, rela- Hon. Colonel Edward Luria, in St. James's-square, from five to the integral maintenance of the Charter-and Worcestershire. Lord Boston, at his house in Lower Grosvenor-street, from the Law of Elections. Appointed by the majority bis seat, Hedso r Lot*, Bucks. -' of the Commission of Petitions to submit a conclu- 'DEPARTURES. sinn on these Petitions different from that which the Lowther, from ß his i d hore in Bruton-street Ber The kele Hon. Colonel Chamber had formerly adopted, he proceeded at Geosse y- Tyn are g, Es t q. .fro mo hi t s e lrouse t i a :: S s t. l7 .l ‘ 's-sq to great length to develope the reasons on which this his seat, Wrotham Park. difference of conclusion was founded. He terminated Lord CASTLEREAGH left town at four o'clock yes. terday afternoon, to visit his constituents in the by proposing that the Chamber should pass to the County of Down. His Lordship intends being .in Order of the Day on five of these Petitions, which London again by the first day of the ensuing month. the Commission thought exceptionable in their lan- The Dowager Countess of Essex had a card-party yesterday evening, at her house in Curzon-st reet , guage, but that all the others should be referred io the Commission on the Project of Law recently pre- Mar-fair. Trolls entertained an elegant party of fa sented respecting the Electoral system. shionables yesterday evening, at her house in St. The Report of M. DUPONT was ordered to be James's-place. • printed. A meeting took place at day-break, yesterday morning, in a h eld between the third and fourth mile It was, in the meantime, replied to by M., M.Es stone, on „the Kilburn-road, between Capt. H-- N — N TAMER, the reporter on the former occasion, when and a Mr. B—n —E, which arose in consequence of 189 Petitions to the same effect were rejected. He the latter having imputed to the Captain ungentle thought there were equally imperative reasons for manly conduct towards his sister. The first shots missed, and in the second fire the ball of M r . B— rejecting the present Petitions, and he accordingly passed through his adversary 's arm, below the elbow. moved the Order of the Day upon the whole of them. The greater part of the beautiful South side of M. JOBEZ, M. DAUNOU, and General LAPATETTE, Crowland Abbey, in Lincolnshire, was blown down spoke in favour of the Report of the Commission. by the very high winds of Thursday morning last, M. CASTELBAJAC supported the motion for the and several of the surrounding trees torn up by Order of the - Day. the roots. The Order of the Day, on the whole of the Peti- For the two last nights the frost has been nearly as tions, was finally put to the vote, and carried by a intense as at any period during the winter, and yes very considerable majority. i terday morning the Canal in st. James's Park was frozen over. At the Sitting on Friday, M. RiviEnE, in die name, completely THE ARMY. It has been thought necessary to countermand the movements of the Bth Veteran Battalion, destined for Scotland, and to direct its march to the County of Galway._ Two Companies of the 6th Royal Veteran Batta lion are under orders to embark, one for Heligoland, and . the other for the Isle of Man. Wednesday, the Regiment of Coldstream Guards, nearly 700 strong, stationed in Portsmouth Garrison, was inspected on Southsea Common, by Major-Ge neral Sir GEORGII Cooing, K.C.B. the Lieutenant• Governor, when the troops performed a number of evolutions in a manner that evinced the high state of order and discipline of the Regiment. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. The Nancy, Prince of Wales, Isis, Elizabeth, and Thomas, of Sunderland; Fleece, of ditto; Mansura, of Fowey; Blessing, and many others, names unknown, were driven on shore be tween Ostend and Calais during the late gale. FALSIOUTH, MARCH 4.—WindENE.—Arrived the Mirservo, COOPER, from Cork for London, with loss of bowsprit aad gaff; and Lord Duncan, STEPHENSON, from Lisbon, short of provisions. WErstorra, !Waite), 6.—The Happy Return, KIARIDGt, from Waterford for London, got on shore in this Bay yesterday, bat was got off again without much damage, and brought in here. Thrßerkeley Castle, Davis, from Aberthaw for London, was brought in here this morning, with loss of anchors and cables, and leaky. PLYMOUTU, MARCH s.—Wind N.N.E.—Arrived the Nallfalt, MASDOCIC, from London for Waterford, with loss of two an chors and cables; Colombo, RSCIIARDSON, from London for the Isle of France and Ceylon ; Henrietta, DOPNIE, from the Medi_ tetranean for Falmouth; Union, Karns, from Ipswich, with loss of two anchors and cables; and la Dame Collin; Seta, from Marennes for Ostend. Ponvastourn, 3.laacn 6.—Wind N.E.—Arrived the Prince Regent, Inns, from London for Madras, with loss of an anchor and table; Thetis, Rosati, from Alicant ; Liberty,Wu.son, from Lisbon; Dunira, Hastizzow, from London for India; Princess Royal, Gairrirm, from Waterford, with loss of sails, /cc.— Sailed the Dunira for India, and the Viers cutter on a cruize. Cows., Kasten 4.—Arrived the Hannah and Sophia, Ilwa mans, from Bourdeauz for Amsterdam, with loss of anchor, cable, and sails, and one man washed overboard. DEAL, MAacts 6.—Wind N.E.—A piece of the stern of a vessel was drove os shore last night, near Kingstown, having written upon it " Minerva, of London." Sailed the Naval transports for the River, and several vessels for London, which put in during the late gales. Dovra, Mann s.—The effects of the - dreadful hurricane of the 2d and 3d Inst. will be long felt and deplored by number; The oldest seamen here do not recollect so sudden and terrible a gale; and I am much afraid that we shall hear of more dis trening accounts than those which already present themselves, if that be possible. The property and victims to the devastating and destructive element are quite incalculable. The whole line of ;French coast, for a distance of 40 miles, and many parts of the Chinnel, are strewed with floating wreck. It is stated on ptelfy good authority; that there are no less than 63 vessels .. • 'wrecked between Calais and Etaples, the crews for the most pert saved; but they present such a &hocking scene of misery mad distrinis to be quite appalling, the greater part being frost. piped, and worn out with fatigue. A person saw about 500 of these.poiir seamen huddled together in a barn. Yesterday. the Providence,•of Wells (Norfolk), Captain Hass, came in, having two of her crew dead with the cold dead excessive fatigue; their names are ELION and JORDAN, both of Wells, and have left wives and families. The James, of Newcastle, Captain limier; ar rived off here, and landed six of the crew of the brig London. of Sunderland, which foundered in the gale on the SheePwash. A brig, belonging, it is thought, to Weymouth, went down of here. Six vessels were wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, two or three off the Knob, and three off the Swin. The King George packet, with the Mail for Ostend, was caught by the gale within six miles of that port, and had a very hard time of it, but returned here in safety, though damaged. Forty vessels have taken shelter in this port, but they have all more or less received some damage. Many of the houses in the town were injured by the hurricane; and the vane from the old Church at the Castle, with part of the wall, was blown down. A boat, with “ Sophia, of London, Cor.uxes master," upon it, has been picked tip at sea. AiAscu 6.—Arrived the Lord Duncan packet, from Ostend. She reports that seventeen vessels are on shore between Dun kirk and Nieupert. LTICA I AnCM 4.—The Celerity went on shore near the at trance of this port, and is likely to become a 'total wreck; the pilot and two of the crew drowned. A sloop, name unknown, laden with fish, sunk ; the Master found drowned in his cabin. The Pandora was driven on shore the 2d instant, near Hun stantin ; since gone to pieces. Alliance and Hester sunk. Staines on shore upon Terrington ; Sally on shore upon the Brest Sand; Commerce onshore near Ihnstantin ; Master's son died through Jatigur.. Acorn and Alfred driven up the river, the latter having been overset and filled. John, Wren, Ann, True Friends, and Dione, driven on shore upon the bank of the river. Lady An— delver, Pelican, Eliza, alai Fly, blown into this port with logs of eyelet.* and cables. A. brig, name unknown, foundered at her anchors on the evening of the 2d instant, in these Reads—Crew supposed to have perished. Hem., Marten s.—The following vessels were driven on shore between Grimsby and Trusthorp, in the late gales'—The For, ALZIANDIES, of Aberdeen; Triton, AARON, of South Shields; Lavinia, Gittisers, of Sunderland; Collins, HALL, of ditto; Cepheus, HANSON, of ditto ; Rosamond, Youno, of South Shields; Garland, Newt:max, of North Shields; and Janet, Stnestre, of Montrose. They are all in ballast, and it is ex pected have not received much damage. The Industry, Muir, from Sunderland, is wrecked, and one boy lost; part o f the cargo and stores will be saved. The Vriendschap, Dice, from Ostend, is lost, the Captain, his wife, and one boy drOwned. Caws, 4.—A most tremendous gale blew all day on Thursday and a part sf yesterday ; 'lie wind blew N.X. W. N. and N.E. I send you a List of the vessels that are on shore five or six miles on each side of our harbour: Nancy, SIZZIMAX, from Leith fur St. Michael's. Fleece, Mesarau, from Spitbead for Sunderland. Isis, Lzosysza, from Sunderland. • Elisabeth, Was:r, from Sunderland for Lisbon. Th o mas, SIIIEY, from Portsmouth for Sunderland. P r i nce o f Wales, Sasaar, from Sunderland for Poetstoa a ix Ann, Mitts, froni Waterford for London. Jeune Auguste, Qenierti, from Ilavre for Rotterdam. 'llemistoeles, Mair% from Bourdeaux to Dunkirk. Union, Da LA PORTMIIII, from Havre. Celestin, liartoot•lN, horn Havre for Duckirk. Mentor, Reatricirs, from St. Michael's for Loudon. Mexico, DAYTON, from Amsterdam for St. Übe'e. blessing, Gozs'v, from Rouen for London. Hercule, Ersmasus from Rouen to London. There are sixtrtwo •hips preparing at the port of Ilvl/, for the ensuing Fishery at Davis' Straits and • theenland, Dr a• • d, s, • n, e- • r• Di of of in at as .1, ♦, e Dr se • a- 1 . , a al • • of ie is- tar ag roo of ' Ist of be mg air ICS a.- d of '0 be it, ye ed ed he •••• itla td :a- -n-tie tie , N f~ I, . i. ~,. I~ ~I !. / i,