Star. — London, England, 1820-01-29 00:00:00

ti.. THE OBSERVER.—The particulars of the late Illness and lamented DEATH of his Royal Highness thg..j DUKE if KENT, accompanied by a Memoir of that Illustrious rince, will appear at some length in Ts-morrow's Ossasexa. C:II.3I:CH PREFERMENT. • TO BE SOLD; subject to the Life of an Incum- .. bent, in his 83th year, an ADVOWSON in one of the 'Midland COun - lee.—For particulars apply to Mr. Tyndale, So -11;itor, Lincoln's Inn Fields. - THE EVENI\G STAR LONDON. SATURDAY, JANUARY 29, 1820. TILE FUNDS. TRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY . .ATON6 O'CLOCK: 3 per Cent. iteduced 68 3 / 4 1 ,4 3 per Cent. Consols 67 ;;;; 58 3b Or Cent. 77 1 A 4 I,er Cent. 8678 3/ 4 5 per Cent. NAky 102 1 4 - 7 8 Bank Long Annuities 18 1-15 Irish o per Cents.'lo2 3 / 4 India Bonds 13s. 15s. pr. Exchequer Bills (2d.) 3s. 4s. pr. Commercial Ss. discount Consols for Acct. 68 1 / 8 67% 68. This morning, at twelve o'clock, Mr. Hess waited on the Gentlemen at the Stock Exchange, and in formed them that the Minister would see them on WeinesdAy next, at twelve o'clock, to Contract for a New Lottery. THE KING. We have'forborne to mention distressing rumours that have been industriously circulated day after day, fcr some time, respecting our venerable SOVE• REIGN. We can now assure the Public, and from a source that could not be deceived, that his MAJESTY is really as well as could be expected at his years, and in his circumstances. As was stated in the last regular Bulletin, of the Ist instant, " His MAJEsTY's bodily health has partaken of some of the infirmities of age, but has been generally good," since the be ginning of December. INDISPOSITION OF THE PRINCE REGENT. We are extremely sorry to learn, that the PRINCE REGENT has been confined to his room during the whole of the week, by the prevailing severe catarrh of the season, but we are happy to be enabled to state his Royal Highness is better to-day. The Paris Papers of Wednesday arrived this fore. noon.—The Moniteur contains an Ordinance, ap ' pointing Count StmtoN Under Secretary of State to the Department of Justice, and entrusting him, in the absence of the Keeper of the Seals (M. de SERRE) with the port.:feuille of that Department. M. PASQUIER, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, transacted business on Wednesday with his MAJESTY. The news from Spain continues to be of a very serious complexion. Nothing appears to have been yet done towards putting down the rebellion, and wh i le the adherents of FERDINAND' are listlessly locking on, the conflagration is speeding to a height which may soon baffle all attempts to subdue it. The latest accounts received at Paris all concur in stating that the Insurgent force, much increased by new defections from the Royal Army, had ulti mately succeeded in possessing themselves of Cadiz ; and the report is strongly confirmed by the admitted fact, that, from the 10th to the 15th, the daily Cou rier from Cadiz had not arrived at Madrid. We subjoin these accounts as we find them in the Journals before us, given, of course, with consider able variety of colouring, but agreeing generally in the leading results. IRON THE CONSTITUTIONWEL. 4 , The accounts from Spain continue to be of an alarming nature for the Spanish Government. The effective strength of the Insurgent army is now stated at :.'4.,000 men, without reckoning a great number of citizens who are ready to take up arms. ♦ private letter says that they are in Cadiz. We are assured, that after the conferences be tween the Chiefs of the Insurgents and General Freyre, the former offered him battle, which the latter declined. " The King, by naming M. Fretre Chief of the Army, and Captaiu-General of Ando ltisia, conferred upon him unlimited powers. Among the instructions which have been given him, there is one which proves to what am, extent events and the progress of public opinion have changed the spirit of his Majesty's counsels. It is affirmed, *at General Freyre is authorised to offer to the Insurgents, in the name of the King, a Constitution in jimn (wee eonst:tation dans ks fee rases). " '....ktwithstanding the affected silence of the Mi nistc ial Journals upon the affairs'of Spain,• our Go i vetnment does not appear to regard them with in ' difference; it dispatched, to-day, an extraordinary Couricr to its Charge d'ilifaires at Madrid, with instructions. We arc assured that, at the desire of the Spanish Ambassador, two French ships of war have sailed horn P. theflirt, to cruize off Port du Passage, near Bayonne, kr the purpose of observation." I • FROM ]'DE GAZETTE DE FRANCE. 4 , Our Corr..,sendent at Bayonne has transmitted to us the copy ot - a letter from rvladri3, da:ed %the Itth instant. kcording ,irshich ix appears, that the Rebels are in possession of Cadiz. 'The defeCtioti• of the Infantry Reginent of Soria, and of three squadrons of Cavalry, two of Whom are of the Royal Carabineers, had decided the success.of the Rebels: ' The same letter says, that the Constitution had been immediately proclaimed it Cadiz, and that the oath to it had been taken at the Hotel de Ville; it is added, that she merchants had given a grand banquet to the civil and military authorities, and that the Insurgent forces amounted already to 24,,000 men. We give the contents of this letter with great mistrust, although there is no question that such was the news at Bayonne at the departure of the courier; We believe that it-is at least exaggerated; the ordi nary lost, which will arrive here the day after to morrow, will bring us the con espondence from Ma drid to the 17th instant, and we shall then be relieved from inquietude a 3 to this important event. " A letter from Madrid, of the 13th, which has met with some delay in coming to our hands, states, that no Courier from Cadiz to Madrid had arrived since the 10th." At Seville, the Authorities exerted themselves strenuously to maintain the fidelity of the army, but the inhabitants sheaved great indifference as to pass ing events, and took no part in them. The following •fcial Notice was posted there t)n the 6th: &v t; .ImtuArir S., 1820. • Don Isidore S3IIZ de VelTisco, Counsellor of his Majesty, and Regent par interim of the Ansliencia (Royal Court) of this City, in the *tame of all the Constituted Authorities of the Pro vince assembled in this capital, makes known to its loyal and faithful inhabitants, that, at three o'clock this day, he has re ceived, by express, a Dispatch from Utrera, written by M. P. Simo, Counsellor of the Audiencia of that City, by which he announces to the Junta of Authorities of the Province assembled at Seville, the interesting and agreeable news that the city of Cadis had closed its gates on the Revolutionary Troops, and resisted their iniquitous projects, and that, after having been repulsed, they took shamefully to flight. He adds, that there bad been a general salute of artillery in the said city, in testi mony of its fidelity to the King; and that he hastened to give this news to the Junta, for its satisraction, and that of the inha bitants of Seville. (Signed) 4 ISIDORE SANZ DE VELASCO.' " Colonel Zuiroga (or, as some accounts have it, Quiroga), whom the Insurgents elected to be their Chief (bat since said to have been deposed), was one of those cashiered after the seditious affair of Camp de la Victoire, on the Bth of July. " The first reports of the insurrection were sent to Madrid by Genetal Ferraz, Commandant of Cavalry at Utrera." (FROM THE CENSEUR RI:ROPES:I, OF TIIR 25TH.) , 4 We have received a Letter from Madrid, dated the 19th, which confirms the important news of the occupation of Cadiz by the Constitutional troops. .All the towns in the environs of Cadiz, and nearly all Andalusia, are Constitutionally governed. The greatest harmony reigns between the people and the soldiers. At the entry of the troops into Cadiz, the inhabitants gave them a most sumptuous repast; . flags bearing the inscription, Vive to Constitution! were placed at each corner of the tables. Since that moment, the Constitutional troops, who amount to about twenty-four thousand men, have been con, stantly receiving recruits. Many Regiments, among ethers that of Soria, two squadrnns of Carabineers, and all the Artillery of Freyre, have proclaimed the Constitution in their different cantonments." FRENCH FINANCES. In the Sitting of Saturday last, M. ROY presented to the Chamber of Deputies a plan of the Financial Estimates for the ensuing year. Many of the details are uninteresting for English Readers ; but there are a few heads of the subject not altogether unworthy of their notice. The interest of the Debt, and the income of the Sinitins Fund, r.re, in round numbers A - f. 698,341,100 Equal to about £9,514,2111. The Expenses of the Government, Civil and Mili tary, amount to X 41,307,148 - 511,571,550 Total af30.921,364 f. 739,719,750 Being not a great deal more than half of the annual expenditure of Great Britain. The expenses cf the respective Departments of State, exceed in some in stances, and in others fall short of, the charges of 1819. The excess of the department of Justice amounts to between 600,000 and 600,000 f. but is covered by .equiralent funds. The department of Foreign Affairs requires an ad dition of 90,000 f. to its establishments, ou account Of an increase in the number of Consuls resident is fo reign countries. The Ministry of the Interior will cost the country 1,200,000 f. more than in the preceding year, chiefly for the purpose of providing premiums as an encou ragement to the fisheries, and for other specified aloes The. War Department presents a real diminution of , only 900,000 1. The Marine, an increase of 480.000 f. The Ministry of Finance will not require any aug mentation of its funds, although it will make provi sion for a number of objects not included in the Esti mates of that department in 1819. On the whole, there is an apparent increase for .thel coming year, of 8,900,000 f. but 11,000,000 f. of fresh expenses will be covered by the present esti mates, and the necessary funds are provided, without any new draughts upon the Nation. There will not be any Loan in France for the ser vice of the year 1820, and the Minister expresses his concern that some reductions which Were made in the Land-Tax, in 1819, cannot be followed ap be_ 'fors !be wspisktion of twelve motes morerff fur- ther efforts at reduction,. . . French. Five per Cenis..,Tuesday,.. 72f. 20'c. '•A Flanders Mail arrived this day; bringing Brui. sels and Continental 'apers to the 12th inst. The Brussels Papers are filled with distressing accounts of calamities occasioned by the Sudden thaw, which has caused the rivers and canals to overflow, and done considerable damage. A considerable part of 'Brussels was under water. The only political intelligence in these Journals, deserving of notice, relates to the Kingdom of Wur- temburg, which has had its first Meeting of the States under the new Constitution. How fortunate for that Kingdom that its Constitution was •Settled before the organization of the Congress, which is, forsooth, to determine for avery State, what Govern ment may be best suited for it. The procedure at Siutgaid, on the occasion to which we allude, is of a character which deserves to be recorded, and there fore we give it at some length. STUTGARD, JANUARY is. Yesterday morning, after Divine Service, which was performed in the presence of the King, and all the Members of the States, his Majesty repaired to the Hall of the Second Chamber, accompanied by his. Ministers, his Privy Counsellors, the great Officers oihis Court, his Aides-de-Camp, and,a deputation of twenty-five Members of the States ; after the •Presi dent of the First Chamber, and all the Members of the Assembly, had taken the oath, the King, seated on his Throne, delivered a speech, which made the most lively impression on the Assembly : " It is with real joy," said his Majesty, " that I to. day see, for the first time since the establishment of the Constitution, my faithful States assembled around me, called to deliberate with me on the welfare of the country; I meet you with the sentiments cf confi dence, which unite me with my Wurtemburgers. After the conclusion of the constitutional compact, I have learned with real satisfaction, from all parts of the country, that my sentiments ate repaid by the most faithful attachment; it has everywhere been expressed, in my presence, in the most open and cordial manner. " This spirit of unity and confidence, is a pledge of the happy issue of your deliberations. Imbued with a real and unalterable love for the country, you will examine objects with coolness and impartiality-, and with due regard to all the circumstances. I shall always be disposed to listen to your requests and wishes, the objects of which are the good of the coun try ;_ and, in my decisions, the happiness of my people will be my sole guide. You will learn with pleasure that my exertions to support the public credit, have been attended with a favourable effect: after a long series of years of war, after an unpa ralleled•starci;y, and now, in a season of abundance, which becomes injurious to the land-owners, the public burdens still require great sacrifices. " Economy, in all the branches of Administration, will always be a leading principle of my Govern ment. I consider it as my duty, as a Sovereign, to set the example ; but wise econotay cannot produce much effect at once, it must respect existing obliga tions--it must not become more injurious to the pub lic welfare than the burden which it is proposed to remove. The satisfactory solution of this important problem will be the work of a subsequent period, rather than of the present ; for this reason, you will be called upon to grant the Taxes for the current year only. The existing system of completing the army, the goad effects of which are already sensibly felt, makes'a partial annual recruiting of it necessary. " The War Minister will lay before you my pro posals on this head. They are founded on what is required by the dignity and independence of the State, and especially on my obligations as a Prince of the Confederation, which L shall fulfil, like every other, with scrupulous punctuality. The necessity of a more uniform and therefore a more just distri bution of the public burdens in Wurtemburg, is ur gent, and deeply felt ; but at the same time one of the points which it is difficult to accomplish. I de pend upon your judgment and patriotic zeal for pay ing especial attention to this important question." His Majesty then recommended the Chamber to draw up, and lay before him, without delay, a plan roe the method of conducting the delkberations.— " May they be directed," said his Majesty, " by the spirii of our Constitution, the spirit of love and con fidence. Then you will give the fair example pf an Assembly, which does not place itself in opposition to the Government, as if there were diftrent•inte-, rests to be defended ; but which; in the • generdus spirit of ancient times, unites with its Prince, cont.- dentially, to deliberate on what is required by cir cumstances and by the good of the people, and, after an amicable agreement, returns borne, rewarded by the approbation of their Sovereign, joyfully wel comed by their fellow-citizens, and regarded with gratitude by all their contemporaries.. Then you will act in conformity with your sacred duty, and in the spirit of the oath which you have just taken, according to that spirit • wish which I am myself animated, and which never separates the in terest of the King from that of the 'Country. Then, at length, my most ardent wish will be fulfilled, then I shall be the happy father of a happy people." The Prince of Hohenloc Ocktingea, President of the Chamber, made an appropriate answer to his Majesty's gracious speech. THE LATE DUKE or KENT. The inquiries of condolence upon the death of the late Duke of Kawr, continued very numerous yes terday at Carlton-House, and the other Royal Esta blishments. Prince Cosouno and the Duchess of KENT are expected to arrive this evening at Kensington Palace, orders having been received to prepare for their le• ception. Similar orders have been received-At Mari borough.Hou.se. , ANNIVERSARY OF MR. FOX'S BIRTH-DA i, AT THE ROYAL HOTEL, EDINBURGH. Lord ERSKINZ, in the absence of the Duke ti HAMILTON (who was expected, but was indisposed) was requested to take the Chair. Nearly one. h n- ' dred most respectable Gentlemen being assembled, .. Lord ERSK:NE, afer giving the health of lris /lb jesty,. which was drank in silence, and of the Princ't Regent, which was drank with three times three, said—" Gentlemen, before I announce to you th,- next toast on your lit before me, viz. • The immo • tal memory of Chan ies James Fox,' I must er..:,• your to preface it with a few word-.. The ki t .}, and flittering manner in which you hare receivr, Me, by calling upon me to preside, in the absence f your Noble Chairman, whose indisposition I vc much lament, has placed me under a difficulty tL.. am not able to conceal. I feel much affected by .1. ' scene so new to me. It. is not as if I were at :Pi. London Tavern or the Crown and Anchor, in En,,,- land ; and, indeed, I never even presided there this Anniversary, the Chair being always filled t ; some person of the highest distinction in that par. o, the island. I expected only, besides, that you woufu take-notice of me as a guest, and I thought it he•i to, trust to the feelings of the occasion, in ieturnitia you my thanks ; but it comes upon me rather al a. ni- ' ingly, and too much upon the sudden to be the ti: ~t, and speaking also to strangers, to take the lead on the subject of this. memorable day. Trusting, boo ever, to your:kindness and indulgence, I will sped. as the moment dictates. Let me begin, then, voti, expressing the high satisfaction I feel. in seeing around me so numerous and so respec:able a meet ing as that which I have the honour to address, ;ma it• greatly adds to it to be informed, that there are . many in this great City, who, though not personally present, are yet equally attached to the person and principles of Mr. Fox ; some are prevented by their high stations as Judges, a fit and well-considered dis qualification ; and there are others, amongst alarm, most eminent and learned men, above all suspicion of disaffection or coldness, who have thought, as I have heard, that in the high tide of power and pre judice, our meetings for a while a ould appear insig-. nificant, and had better be revived then it had passed away. We are all, therefoie, or one mind, and all good wishes are with us. For my 0 n part, Gentlemen, subject to these exceptions, a hich ale in their very nature only transitory, there can, in my . opinion, be no better way of consec,ating avid per: petuating sound political principles, than la) blend ing them with the memories of illustrious men, w ho have maintained them owing • their lives; above air,' when, like Mr. Fox, they have maintahred them 1 amidst great difficulties, and against Lorr-o)t c mi)i.. nations of power to overpower or undermine them I find no fault with men, who, honestly lioldi.ig op- posite opinions, celebrate annual') the mernor of Mr. Pitt. Statesmen in office, an., the highest Ma gistrates, take the lead at those commemorations, and they are joined by very many alio have derived very solid personal benefits from his administration ; advantages we have no means of bestowing, and who may think that their country had flouit,hed in pro• portion. I do not presume to question. any of them, but surely, when so much rank and, power, and riches, and influence of every descri s , tion, is thus thrown into the scale, to support principles and mea sures which we think dangerous and inimical to the Constitution, as established at the Revolution, surely it becomes the more incumbent upon us, who feel the value of that auspicious era, of our liberties, to use every practicable and useful effort to support the principles which gave it birth. As to the effects and consequences of the principles and measures we have opposed, it is not difficult, though extremely painful, to express them. We are bound in justice to believe that they were not contemplated- by those who so long and pertinaciously acted upon them, through out a calamitous and exhausting war, begun, as Mr. Fox thought, without necessity or justice—persevered in, after many opportunities lost, till the time was gone by, for safe and permanent peace—and ending, even after a kind of miracle, in our favour, at the battle of Waterloo, iu a state of Europe far less fa-- vourable to our prosperity, than probably - would have been its condition if we had left France, in the beginning of her Revolution, to exhaust herself by the contentions of desperate and conflicting factions, or rather, more honestly and nobly, to haze given her a friendly and generous assistance, to consolidate her freedom, and to save her from the miseries which -oppressed her ; and, if the other Nations of Europe, guided by such an example, instead of uniting against and combating that great but distracted coultrv, by an unjust invasion of her territory, had prudently r& mained in their own, in an attitude of self-defence, and husbanding the means of it until they were at , tacked—a period, I confidently maintain, which would never have arrived—France might never have sought to extend her dominion by foreign conquests, ,-it her own independence had not been wantonly in sulted, and, by an ill-timed conspiracy of nations, put in hazard—( Long continued and loud applause).: Against all this, Mr. Fox uniformly protested. The I language of Scripture applies equally to all men— ' By their .fiuits ye shall knot, them.' Now, what are the fruits of the system we have opposed ? Our country, the fincst upon the earth, the garden ta„ the world,, the boasted scat of freedom and happiness, has become a scene of the most conflicting priva tions to the great body of the People, producing in evitably proportional discontent. We are staggering under a taxation beyond all example in the histery of the world, arising from a debt of nearly a thousand millions of money—not contracted, as has been as serted, under the pressure of inevitable conjunctures, but incurred only to exasperate the evils against I which we had to contend, and which' has left the .1 States of Europe in conditions of advan c i ng pros peritv, already beginning to riv a l us i n our tom ', merce and manutactures--contlitimis entirely ta--: . 7 '. t • • , • • 1 1 , 1 I 1 1 • • !