Star. — London, England, 1820-12-23 00:00:00

Mr" pripawrl_ .~. a • .. v THE EVENING STAR. v LON` ". CORDWAINW WARD. LONDON. • 'F aNVARDUOTE held on Thursday the 2110, 1 1 - 1 and continued by adjournment nn the December 111t0,111 Bow Church, before the Right Worshipful Cnairroruns gams, Es+ M. ifb. Alderman of this Ward, the Wowing Gentlemen were re-elected Members of the Common Council for this Ward for the year ensuing, viz.—Mr. Deputy Ham men, Mr. William Row, Mr. James Trimbey, Mr. Itichard Abbey, Hr. Charles William Hick, Mr. William Watson, and . Mr. George Stevenson ; and Mr. William Rao, jun. was elected in the room of Mr. Gustavus Adolphus Smith, who retires from nl health. Resolved unanimously, That the grateful and sincere Thanks f this Waidmote be, and are hereby presented, to G. A. Smith, ifsq. late one of the Common Council of this Ward. for his long services and uniform attention to the duties of the office and the interests of the Ward, and for his gendenunly conduct during the period of his public dt.,ty. And this Wardmote truly I sympathize with him in those afflictive circumstances which have deprived this Ward of his valuable services. And this Wardmote is most unions to assure him, that he retires with unanimous good wishes and a mo,tlervent desire for the corn plete restoration of his health, and the permanent enjoyment of every blessing which belongs to the lot of human beings. Resolved unanimously, that the cordial Thanks of this Ward mote be given to the Right WorshipTul Cisatsrumea Smut, gag. M.P. Alderman of this Ward, for his unwearied attention to the business of the Ward, his uniform politeness on all cocci,. Mons to its inhabitants, and most particularly for his impartial conduct in the Chair during the poll which has - taken place for the plection of thcr.ommon, Councilmen for the ensuing year. - THOMAS WEBSTER, Ward Clerk. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1820. • THE FUNDS. PRICE Or 510CK371113 DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK : 3 per Cent. Reduced 691/8 34 70 69 7 / 8 4 per Cent. 87% 3 / B .—Long Anns. 18 1-16 ludia Bonds 245. 2Gs. pre. Exchequer Bills Is. dis. Is. pre. Omn. 1 IA pr.—Cons. for Opg. 71 Vs ° lira 71. We announced, yesterday,. that Parliament would certainly meet for the dispatch of business on the 25d of January, the usual Circulars from the Treasury having been sent round to such Members of Parliament as Ministers reckon among their friends. Circulars of this kind are not out of the common mode of pro cedure, before assembling Parliament; but we be lieve it is out of the usual course to send round to the Members bits of specialpleading, on any question expected to occupy the particular attention of Par liament. On the present occasion, however, not only has the usual Circular been forwarded, but the speeches of the Earl of LivEneoot and of the Loan CliAlg CELLOR, on the Bill of Pains and Penalties, have been sent round, under cover of the SECRETARY of the TREASURY, to air the Members of the House of Commons in whom Mr. ARBUTDNOT imagined he could confide ; and it is said that this step is taken to prepare them for the discussion of the measure which Ministers are determined to hazard on the meeting, ♦iz. that in his Mnszsn's Speech, it will be recom mended to take into their consideration an Establish ment for tke QUEEN, and that the minutes of the late proceeding in the House of Lords will be laid before thorn ; upon which, a comparatively small sum. will be proposed by Ministers as her allowance. The measure last alluded to—the provision for her MaJzsry—is that on which the enemies of that 'l llustrious Individual will try their strength. This negative kind of attack is what is covered by the, rumours that Ministers do not mean to institute any new proceedings against her MAJESTY. But this the Public will view as being as direct an assault on the Quzzx as was the withdrawing her MAJESTY'S name from the Liturgy, and they will treatethe mea sure accordingly. The Public are now everywhere on their guard against the entrapping system of the Ultras—alias, the Enemies of the QUEEN. At the first start many individuals were led to sign the misnamed " Loyal Addresses" from a belief that, in the nature of things, no evil could, at any time, result from a public ex pression of loyal principles to the Throne; not per ceiving that these effusions are got up for no other purpose, at the present moment, but to support Ministers—to be construed into an approval of all their measures—and, especially, of the advice by which it was attempted to destroy the QUEEN CON aouT of ENGLAND ; and thus, in fact, to undermine the safeguards and liberties of the People of England. But now this is well understood everywhere, and all oxen perceive that to subscribe Addresses, promoted for such a purpose, is to court oppression, and sin against justice ! The front of these Addresses is their most for midable ingredient, presenting an imposing appear ance of Corporate and high-sounding Official attri butes; their body a tissue of unmeaning verbiage and declamation against the Freedom of the Press ; and their tail—aye, look at their toil—a few names of t.imc-serving individuals, dangling at the end of the parchment, as puny and meagre as the bits of paper at the tail of a boy's kite, and as easily carried.— Contrast these with the genuine, loyal, truth-speak ing Addresses of the great mass of the People—so solid and substantial as to require wheel carriages for their conveyance! We have received, this forenoon, Neiv York Papers so the Ist of December, which contain the important intelligence of the consummation of the Haytian Re volution, without farther bloodshed. After the re volt of the troops at St. Mark's and the Cape, and tho death of Csaustorsts, the several quarters of the ' - 4-,- ~• 1r AL 1V".•.7- North declared rapidly for the Govereeteet of the abut ; and the only resistance which codtinued to offkred to President Rom, wes by the fortress of La Friers, near the Cape. to which the remainder of Ca atirropne's family had fled, and by some troops under the - ekonesand of Genial ROMAIN (Prince of fristsa)ovhohad taken post in the mountains of Gross Morrie, near Gonaives, with the assumed title of Gene ral-in-Chief. The fortress of Ferriere appears, however, to have been, at last, quietly given up to the Repub lican troops, together with the members of CHRIS TOPIIR'S family, and the whole of the es-lEsito's trea sures, &c. On this, ROMAIN also made overtures to surrender so President BOYZA, on condition that him self and all with him should be admitted to the privi : leges of citizens of the Republic. To this proposi tion POTER readily acceded, and a conference was appointed between ROMAIN and the chief Authori ties of the Cape on the one hand, and Plenipotentia ries from BOYER on the other, the happy result of which was communicated to the inhabitants by the following Proclamation, signed by a great number of Magistrates and Generals, with the name of Ro- MAIN at the head : " REPUBLIC OF HAYTL Libirty, Equality. and Independency " ADDRESS TO THE PEOPLE OP HAYTI. CITIZENS, Some'—The undersigned Magistrates and Ge-' nerals announce to you, with the most lively, ioy, that they have just made a solemn declaration, that there exists this day, in Hayti, only one Government, and only one Constitution. £4 Crimes, Sormsss—Peace is made, and there is no more war amongst us. All Haytians are brothers, and re-united.— President Boyer and his army will soon enter this town, to re ceive and give the salutation of peace and fraternity. Prepare to receive them with all the enthusiasm which characterizes true Haytians. Then let us repeat a thousand times these cries, (pledge of the happiness and safety of the Country), rive /a Re pulgiriede Hayti Vise Inelepsitelenee ! —rise Libertif et —rite President Thayer I ‘.4 Given at the Town Hafl of the Cape, 21st October, 11120, Seventeenth Year of the Independence of Hayti." Dolma, with his army, entered the Cape on the day after this Proclamation, amid general rejoicings. 4. Such (says a letter received at Baltimore) was the government of this monster (CHRISTOPIIE), as to force into revolt a race of people whose ancestors, emerging from the night of time, carried already on their brows the indelible marks of submission and slavery, and who may be truly said to have been born in chains. Yet to this people, even, las govern ment was insupportable." • The Paris Papers of Tuesday arrived last night. The Chambers of Peers and Deputies were to meet on Tuesday, so that in the Wednesday's Papers we shall have his MAJESTY'S Speech on opening the Session. The KING is said to enjoy a continuance of the best health. Tha intelligence in these Papers from Naples, is not so late as that which has been received through private channels. They, however, inform us, that the Duke of SAN CATALDO, and Signor ORLANDO, who figured during the disturbances in Naples, have (led to Malta ; and that the brothers Micolout, who were sought after on the same account, had gone to Genin. According to these accounts, tranquillity had been re-established in &day. Letters from Vienna, of the 9th inst. say—n No one can doubt the result of the propositions which have been made to the King of NAPLES.; it is the dominant party, and not the Monarch, who will re ply. It is on this supposition too probable that all the military arrangements will be completed? According to the latest news from Constantinople, the GRAND SEIGNIOR was displeased with the slow progress made by his army in the campaign against A LI PACHA ; and especially, because the reinforcements of men and artillery, which the Ottoman Commander had demanded, had not been sent to him. The SEL-TAN had, in a letter of his own writing, reprimanded the GRA NDVIZIER, which caused that Officer immediately ,to hasten off the orders for the supplies required.--1 In consequence of this the Pasha of Thessalonica had assembled a numerous body of troops, which was to join the army of the Pehlivan Pacha. Reinforce- ments had also been sent to ISMARL PACHA. Never theless, AL! continued to oppose an obstinate resist ance to the repeated attacks of the Turks. It was, however, believed that some one of his followers would be found who would save Wouelf by taking away his life. The French Five per Cents. left off on Monday at 78 f. e. We have also received, at a late hour this fore noon, the Paris Papers of Wednesday, containing the Speech of the KING on the opening of the two Cham bers on Tuesday. The Chambers were convened in one of the Halls of the Louvre, which was laid out for the purpose with great taste and magnificence. Of the KtNo's Speech we have only time to give but a very brief abstract. His MAJESTY, after advertitig to the melancholy fate of the Duke of Bantu, and the consolation which he had received in the subsequent birth of an heir to the Throne, congratulates the Chambers on the continuation of peace, that source of all prospe rity. Time, we are told, has cemented the alliance 1 of which France makes a part ; an alliance wkch, at the same time that it averts the causes of war, tvill guard against the dangers to which social order, lor the political equilibrium, mar be yd exposed. Suth dangers, continues his Majesty, are every • day farther removed from France; yet he ca of silent op this solemn communication with his people maze serious events which, daring the course Of the past year, have afflicted his heart. He feels happy ,in saying, that the plot with which his Family mid the State had been assailed, had only called forth stronger manifestations of the fidelity of the great body of his people. The internal state of the Kingdom is described as most flourishing ; and, in consequence of the improve ment of the Revenue, and the economy which his Majesty has prescribed, he is happy in being able to announce, that a new diminution of the direct Taxes will be proposed. A strong declaration follows, of the views by which his Majesty is guided in his public administration, which he protests aims at no other object than to put the Constitutional system, created by the Charter, into the most complete and harmonious operation. The modifications made in the Law of Elections have, we are informed, produced all the advantages which his MAJESTY anticipated. The force and in dependence of the Chambers have been encreased, and thereby the authority and dignity of the Crown additionally sustained. His MAJESTY concludes with declaring, that it is to accomplish the designs which he has in view for the good of France, that he desires to_ see his days prolonged ; and that, as the Chambers may be as sured of his firm and inviolable good-will, he trusts to their loyal and constant support. After the KINO had concluded, all the new Depu ties who were present took the oaths. The CHANCELLOR then declared, in the name of the Klarc, that the Session was opened, and invited the Chamber to proceed on the next day to business. The KING retired amid reiterated acclamations of rive le Rol 1 Five per Cents.—Tuesday,"Bfr. 15c.. We regret to have to announce that on Thursday night those extensive, elegant, and far-famed pre mists, the Kingston, or Lower Assembly Rooms, Bath, were totally destroyed by fire. The loss of preperty is stated to be very great. The insurances effected amount to £13,400. We are extremely happy to say, that the Duchess of CLARENCE and the infant Princess ELIZABETX are going on so extremely well, that Sir HENRY Hit.- , roan and Sir WILLIAM KNIGHToN only occasionally call in upon the Duchess, and the care of her Royal Highness is now left to Dr. HALLIDAY, her Royal Highness ' s regular Physician. The Royal Duches; has sat up for several days past, and is gaining strength very rapidly. The infant Princess ELIZABETH im proving daily, Yesterday, the Princess AUGUSTA had a party of distinguished characters at her residence at Frog more, to meet the Kurt. Thursday, his ....m.tassrr, accompanied by the Da• chess of GLeucssr Ica and the Princess AUGUSTA, ho noured the Earl and Countess of HARCOURT with their company to dinner, at the Noble Earl's seat St. Leonard's Hill. The good folks'of Norfolk appear to have been this year even mere liberal than usual, in the transmission of Christmas pre sents to their London friends. The coaches from that prolific County are laden so excessively with every description of pool. try and game, as to be retarded several hours beyond the usual time of their reselling the Metropolis. The Norwich long coach was this morning so crammed with turtles, that there vraa not room left for even one passenger. Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at the East-India House, when Captain C. Ripest was sworn into the command of the ship Princess Charlotte of Wales, consigned to China direct. A letter from Rio Janeiro, dated October 25, says, " The Creole frigate has arrived is 38 days from Lisbon, and numerous reports were immediately in circulation of changes said to have taken place in Lisbon ; the consequence of the movements at Oporto. The Ministers are reported to have sent for the Cap tain of the vessel, and to have reprimanded him for nut keeping secret what he had seen ; and that his reply was, that he could not be responsible for the indiscretion committed by his crew, and that in his country the people were in the habit of talking freely on public events." The following is an extract of a letter from Per nambuco, dated the 11th ultimo; _ Affairs are in a dreadful state in this Province. The late act of butchery, which is here termed the Battle of Bonito, has caused a't impression which will not be easily effaced, and is by some thought to be only the forerunner of more serious disorders. The Insurgents, as they are called, are described as having been a peaceable, though deluded, set of men; they believed that King Sebastian would, one day or other, return and put things to rights; and were averse from, and would not submit to, the military despotism ich is exercised throughout the country, by the petty delegates of power. Their contumacy was exaggerated ; and Luis do Rego (who served under Wellington), sent two battalioniof Cagadores, with as many of militia, and a troop of horse to ex tirpate the rebels, which they did most effectually, and returned to Recife' with all the s pomp and circumstance of war,' bringing captive divers old women and children, decrepid old men, and a few boys. The Royal loss amounts to 178 killed and wounded ; that of the other party is not known. Bo nito is about 30 leagues distant from Recife. The cream remains : Madureiro, who is a Major com manding the militia of the district, was made Chief of the expedition. Sa, a Lieutenant-Colonel of the Cacadores, was piqued at this, endeavoured to get to the windward of the other, and, by forced marches, put an end to the affair before the militia came up. It, however, so happened that they both arrived, by different routes, at the same time; and those who are disposed to be charitable say, that Sa, mistaking the other party fbr the enemy, ordered his men to fire without asking any questions; the consequence was, Sa lost 44 men, and Madureiro 134. The mistake might well have happened, as the militia were in their shirt sleeves, having been sumnumed too hastily to think of their uniform." me — ,n Rte. I . OtiORD ADDRESS. TO TUE JDITOR OP THE ST A*: _ Otroaroi Dacsmsca 18, 1816. Stst—You will, ere this, hiss 4 seen an Adclrer: voted by the Corporation Chamber of this City. I take the liberty of apprizing you of some ciicurr.. stances connected whh it. • Six of the City Magistrates (nearly equal to yo !i , eight City Aldermen in. talont) Sent a Requisition to the Mayor, requesting him to call a Council to at. dress the LNG. The :Mayor accordingly issued his Precepts summoning k Council; when an Address to the Km; was moved and carried unaninionsly. The Corporation consists of a Mayor, Recordyr, and eleven other Magistrates, two Bailiffs, t „, Chamberlains, and about. seventy otlKr Membe:s, including twenty-four Common Councilmen, why represent the Freemen at large ; out of which mon. her, with great exertion, forty were assembled, that number being absolutely necessary to make a Council. It has been customary, whenever a Council Ls been called for a particular purpose, to express it the Precepts, but no such notice was given, nor we;e any of the Members of the Council apprized vf it, save the said six sapient worthy Magistrates tind their friends—this I conceive to have been smugglior ; an Address. Had it been publicly known that a Requisition had been signed, these said Magistrate. probably anticipated a Requi , ition would also have been presented to address the QUEEN, or that those Members who disapproved of an Address to the KING, would have moved all Amendment. The real fact, however, is too notorious to be con cealed. The Members of the Council Chamber. with scarcely au exception, are tia.!esinen tin the University : and some o: the Membeis of the Council, who had heard .1 the intended A.:dies, and disapproved of it, staid away, not choo.iog give it sanction by their pre , ence, nor bei:.g enough to oppose it, least they should Ouciiii.e marked men. I cannot conclude without stating, that on Sun day, the 3d instant, the ltev. W. CROWE, B.C.L. and Public Orator of this University, preached a Sermon before the Coiporation, for the benefit of the Blue Coat Charity in this City, and in the Pra)( r before the Sermon, he prayed for our gracious Queen CAROLINE, to the great astonishment of his auditors. lam informed this very respectable and learned Divine has expressed his determination, upon all occasions where he may preach, to pzay for his QUEEN ; and this Gentleman has stated, that until the QUEER . S name is directed to be omitted in the Liturgy by an Act of Parliament, he should con skier himself bound to pray for her. I am, Sir, your most obedient servant, VERITAS. P.S. Since writing the above, a Requisition has been presented to the Mayor, requesting the use cf the Town Hall, to receive signatures to an Address to the Qtrze.w. The Mayor refused. A room in' respectable house has since been procured, and an Address is this day laying there for signatures. NEWBURY, DECEMBER 18i Friday last, a Meeting of the Inhabitants bury wok place, at the Guildhall of that Bow ugh, J. G. MARRINER, Esq. Presiding, when Atidro..e* to the Kteo to remove his Ministers, and for Itte.tress of grievances; and to the QUEEN, congreel'ating her MAxzwry on the withdrawing of the Bill of PADS and Penalties from the House of Lords, were agreed to. Several excellent speeches were made, by Messrs. Bunn, BIGEENS, and HEDGES. The ut most unanimity was shewn in the object of the Meet ing; but there was a difference of opinion as to the wording of the Address to the KING. All Amend ment to the-original Address, which was couched in strong terms, was proposed, by substituting another of a milder nature ; but upon a division (although the Mover of the original Address offered to with draw it), it was carried. Several Resolutions were passed. Our worthy Rector, till he was ordered to desist (but which he resumed directly the Bill of Pains and Penalties met its death blow) and the After noon Preacher have, ever since the death of King GEORGE lIL been in the practice of praying for her MAJESTY, by name, in the solemn services of the Church, till last week, when they were served with an interdiction from the Bishop of SALISBURY, or dering them to omit her MAJESTY'S name, er else they would:be prosecuted with the utmost rigour irs the Ecclesiastical Court. In consequence of chit, and not being generally known, a watchmaker of the town, on Sunday last, immediately after that part of the service, « 0 LORD, save the Kura r did, in a firm and audible voice cry out, a and not forget the QUEEN!" immediately he left the church, followed by thirty other persons. Such is the disgust felt by a great many of the inhabitants of this populous town, that it is their intention to absent themselves from the church, out of no disrespect to their Mi nisters, but in consequence of the conduct of the Di. shop of SALISBURY. Copy of a letter from the Hon. Roankv &rani M.P. for Bucks, to the Inhabitants of Great Marlow, on receiving the Address of Congratulation, to b. presented to her MAJVATI WIEDNIZILLY, Dim 134 " Gunman--I have had the honour to receive this morning the letter you have addressed to me, together with a copy of the Resolutions adopted at the Meeting lately held at Great Mar low ; and Ibeg to assure you, that I will take the earliest oppor tunity of presenting to her MUMMY the Address of Congratula tiod which you have been pleased to entrust to my care. I can not let this opportunity pass without requesting you to believe how cordially and entirely I agree with you in your expression of satisfaction at the abandonment of the late most unconstitu tional proceedings; and, however we must deplore the disgrice to which this country has been exposed in so unnecessary arid wanton a manner, by the instigators of the late odious mea sures, still have we reason to indulge the hope that its ulti mate effects may be beneficial to the general interests of society; for we have seen public opinion, expressed in a strong but con stitutional manner, triumph over all opposition, and the sense of the People prevail, even in thaibranch of the Legislature theoretically speaking, it would appear least likely to infhicnce. Fresh proof is thus afforded us of the excellence of the institu tions of our couatry ; and though all impartial men must feel s necessity of a moderate Reform in the House of Commons, in order that a sufficient check may there be given to unprincipled politicians, who might even be found willing to sacrifice to tliLic love of office the prosperity of the Country, the preservation of its liberties and its morality; still a mote decided contradiction cannot well have been afforded to the dangerous doctrines of those few who urge the necessity of a radical change, or a more satisfactory refutation. of their calumnious attacks upon those public men who have taken so great and glorious a part oti this 9 rAggell• X tel Fains (isll,llGliattle rag's, Ica Mr , v . t inn, KIN Min attae le Le deac Doc man feret rsghl to s' feate , the I wit (ercl sign; 411 Minl TI frees whit oWij valu: dict and P. has i sign of so Colo Irt impr Harr publi was it en senta ratui to di KIN( 3EbT' three than since But of th their men men t aubtr indee party chest in the stud 1 Tesult worse treat of th terest ough A Cows Mulct off d and to a 'were' at ti t En ar