Star. — London, England, 1829-11-19 00:00:00

41 ment has, therefore, done well to recognise him as such. and to restore the ancient pacific relations formerly existing t be tween both countries, without regar d to the personal conduc of the individual who wields the reins of the &ate, nor to the oaths or obligations be may hue violated when accepting the Throne. Even if be were what Veil represented to be, our Government - ought not to refuse to recognise him, since he has been recognised by his own natiou. Had our Government followed another rule, it might, perhaps, have to disown its relations with some other mc narchy. It ought to have demanded, not what policy thvotherPowen of Europe would adopt, but what Portugal has done? It is pretended that our recognition of Don Niguel .as King may give umbrage to the Government of Brasile, with whom it is much more important fee its to be on a good footing than with the king dom of PortugaL The Emperor Duo Pedro cannot dispute our right of receiving the re presentative of a defaces King. Such are the dilferent views our Journals have taken of this important nu es ,t ion. W ith respect to She national opinion, as far as we can jildge of the same, this measure of Government dose not seem to sa tisfy it. Fascia PinaltPaars, Nov. 16. Five per Cents,lollf. 60e. Three per Cents, 84f. Sc. Bank Actions, !Ole. 1910 f. /owes rustle. Neapolitan Renter, Cert. Pal. 93f. 15e. Rents, 71. Royal Spanish Loan, 791 Rents Perpetuellu d'Repaine, 9111. Hayden Loan, 350 f. wherever meals may be found sufficiently spirited and powerful to break in sunder the bonds of despotism, than that an effeminate and bigot tyrant should regain his ascendency over a people struggling to be free? Our ingenious contemporary, The Globe, announced in his column, of Tuesday evening, a discovery, of which we venture to affirm that tie merit is exclusively his own :—yet had he contented himself with the simple ex pression of bis own rsady belief of the fact for which be somewhat rashly vouches,—without endeavouring to ex ali himself in the good graces of the risisfty,. at the expense of his more liberal and indepetigeht-brethren—we should have pt.ssed over his abject sYtiphancy, and his impudent attempt to bolster up the character, and to screen the mal-practices, of the Neer Police, with silent contempt. But it is fit that the inhabitants of " the Metropolie should be made generally acquainted with di* flippant air of authority in which their self-consti tunid oracle declares, that " The idle prejudiersgainst die New Police appears to be wearing off in the Metwpo - Hi, as their efficiency against plunderers, and their in noxiousness towards all peaceable perstinikeis are becom ing apparent. The idea that the:poor men with coarse blue coats and oil-skin capes are lid as domestic spies, and to return regular accounts of the conversations of the higher circles to the Secretary of State's Office, would be now only treated as a jae by the most Credu lous of the alarmists." And &pin, " The condition of the streets is improved, many nesti6f``plunderers have been broken up ; the complaints alienist the New Police are much more rare than against the watchmen, and the redress more easy." Before we reply to each and every of these hardy as sumptions,-we are compelled injustice to ourselves to say, that so far. were we from hastily condemning the estab lishment of the new constabulary force—obnoxious as the mode of its organisation, and the strong repulsive features of its foreign origin, were to our notions of a Constitutional Police—that whilst we pointed out some of the evils, and many of the mal-practices which mili tated against its early reception by the people, we stre nuously urged the necessity, as well as the policy and justice, of giving fair play to an experiment, to secure which we felt that Mr. PELL had incurred a very serious and twofold responsibility. For whilst, as his Majesty's Secretary of State for the Home Department, he is offi cially responsible for the efficacy of the Police ; as the author of the measure, he is not only officially, but per zonally, responsible for the " well-working" of the new system. Now, then, for the assertions of our contempo rary :—We deny that the " prejudice against the New Police" was " idle," or that it is " wearing off in the Metropolis"—unless, indeed, repeated complaints of unjustifiable outrages committed, and proved to have been committed, by the New " Police Offi cers," can imply " an idle prejudice," and the fact that some parishes are engaged in organising—as we long since said they would—a parochial police, or " watch and ward," of their own, be symptoms of the prejudice " wearing off." We deny that their " efficiency against plunder and their innoxiousness towards all peaceable persons, are becoming apparent :"—unless the negligence which permits the escape of offenders, and the audacity with which peaceable persons have been assaulted, render such benefits " apparent." On one point—and one point only—the Globe may be right ;—but for its accuracy it is indebted to a Wilful perversion of the popular complaint :—" the poor men with coarse blue coats and oil-skin capes" may not be instructed " to act as spies" upon the " higher orders," or " to return regular accounts of the conver sations of the higher circles to the Secretary of State's office." Such "an idea" may be " treated as a joke :" —but such an idea was never before broached by any of the " alarmists"—who know too well that in structions of such a nature would never be issued against the favoured great—the privileged, the imma culate " higher circles." But does the Globe pretend to say that the " lower orders" were exempt from the infamous eves-dropping—the inquisitorial pestilence of espionage, with which the new system " teemed at every pore r —Let our honest contemporary read over the " PROVISIONAL INSTRUCTIONS OF THE Nsw POLICE" once again, and ifhe then dare to repeat his unblushing de fence of this most offensive trench of their duty, we shall hold him either too obtuse to comprehend that which " he who runs may read"—or too inveterately besets be longer corrigible. We deny that " the condition of the streets is improved:"—some peculiar districts—some places where " the open and unblushing shame" of their neglect, or of permitted infamy would be too monstrously glaring, may indeed be improved ; but to assert that improvement is general, betrays gross ignorance of the fact, or a wilful disregard of truth. It is very easy to assure us—on paper—that " many nests of plunderers have been broken up ;" but while the Police Reports of every succeeding day attest the non-diminution of crime, we are warranted in withholding credit from a statement hasarded upon mere conjecture. The nests of plunderers, we suspect, were something like the giants of Tom Thumb, who " Made the giants first, end then he killed them." " The complaints against be new police" are not " much mere rare than against the watchmen." Take the average of any two months preceding the establish ment of the new force, and contrast it with the proceed ings of the two months during which they have been in authority, and the result will be favourable to the " ancient watchmen ;" both in the number and, the description of offences and abuses laid to their charge :—and the redress, except in one or two in stances, has been more certain end more prompt under the old system than the new. Will the Globe demand our proofs of this allegation?—We pledge ourselves to produce them. That " the ancient watchmen" were occasionally given to drink—we ad mitt' but have the constables of the. New Police been proof against that besetting sin ?—Did the " ancient watchmen" suffer pismire to escape ? Even such mg- ligence have the New Police betrayed : -it is not a west since the escape of an offender charged with felony, was brought to light. It is true we have had wretched females dragged by the constables from the street! at midnight, and irmetwed in the watch-house--wa pardon—" the eation of the l e t ac hment ;"—fer "looking as if they intended to misbeave themselves:" —ad we have had serjeants threaten respectable housckecrrs with their mighty displeasnua " bniirg lights In le:: houses a eleven o'clock at night ;" wl have these same :erjeants knocking the Kinei. subjects on the head with their truncheons tor daring -to clemand the number and the letter of their divisioL, although the in structions tell us that " each man is conspicuously marked with the latter of his division, and a number cor responding with his name in the book, so that he can at all times be known to the public." So far we think the New Police Force has gained but little credit from the injudicious advocacy which has forced this comparison upon us ; and so far our contem porary may be taught the danger of suffering his officious servility to betray him into a course which is beset with difficulties ; and in which—even if the object of his eulogy escape unharmed—his own integrity must infal libly make shipwreck. By the Flanders Mail this day we have a variety of gossiping continental notices. As indications of the dissi milar aims and tempers of our illustrious neighbours, we observe, by one Journal, that the Duke of Bay sw wit has lately issued a mandate prohibiting the writing of criticisms on the theatre of Dusseldorf, either for the home or foreign Journals ! while his MAJESTY of Prussia has been . pleased to allow the Academy of Sciences to import books, instruments, and other things, for the encouragement .of learning and the .fine arts, duty free. The Emperor NICHOLAS appears to be still occupied in heaping henouri on hianilicers " for their services in the late war With Turkey ;—and we ere lastly informed by the Brussels Papers of the 18th inst. that the ceremony of the Coronation of the Bishop of Liege took place on the 15th, " with much more order and decency than might have been expected !" The fol lowing are our selections confirmatory of these obser vations : AUGSBURG, N0v.12. The diaries Okerwr of the 7th, Sib, and 9th of this month contains the Protocol of the conferences at London of Nov. 16, 1222, together with the several documents ; all of which were published in the Allentseiss &atm of the 10th and 11th June this year. We shall take an opportunity to setiecallov dlEerences which appear on comparison. The Desseldwfirsurnat says that his Serene Highness the Duke of Brunswick has lately issued a mandate prohibiting the writing et cikiciuns oa the theatre of that city, either foe the home or fo relp Journals. GENOA, Nov. 1. General Prince Von Muffling, on his return from Coestandnopie, arrived on the 19th October from the quarantine at Vergnano in I* of Genoa, where he was admitted to the Lawn Patios en the 51st.--Agestssine Zeitung, Nev. 15. ST. PETERSBURGH, Nov. 4. His Imperial Majesty has just been pleased to confer additiona i promotions and distinctions oa several general Oaken for their services in the late war with Turkey. Prince Cheney Mina, the Persian Ambassador, left this city with his suite on the 50th ult. Majesty has been pleased Is allow the Academy of Sciences to import books, instruments, and other things, relative to the pro t of learning, duty free.—Prossint State Gowns. Net. 13. FRANKFORT, Nov. 12. Her Highness the Princess of Lowks left this city yesterday.— The Greed Duke 'Constantine will depart to-day. BRUSSELS. Nov. 14. In the Sitting of the Second Chamber of the States-General on the itch, the question of the admissibility of M. Burrows, as a Member of the Chamber, was discussed, and decided against the report of the Committee, the majority of which had judged him eligible-45 Members voted against the report, and 41 for it. The; election of U. Bergman , was therefore declared void. Nov. i50 , --On *Mb of this month the Vice Consul of France at the Helder, returning from the Mimeos Diep, was blown by a gust of wind inter•the canal : he remained ten minutes in the water but was happily recovered. The Joss Gnats of the 14th July contains the details of a tour undertaken by the Commisslooer General, in the province of Bantam. the chief object of which was to examine the coal mines at Lebak. His Excellency testified to the Resident Smol ders his particular satisfaction with the new roads, and other public works which be had undertaken. These sew cosensuni cations will greatly promote the prosperity of Java : workmen are employed in that province in making the great southern reed, which is to traverse the whole island of Java. I t Nov. 17.—A British Cabinet messenger passed through tbi city yesterday at midnight, on his way from London to Vienna with dispatches. The ceremony of the consecration of the Bishop took place at Lege on the iStb, with mach more order and decency than might have been expected. Admission tickets were forged by a litho graphic engraver, and sold at high prices; they were ill executed, and the forgery was easy to be seen. Tag ma g istrates, who appear to have been informed rather late et this circumstance, took the precaution of doubling the armed force, which seems to have fully answered the purpose.—Brustar Papers, Neal*. It will be remembered, that about a week since, a let ter was inserted in all the papers, purporting to be—as indeed no doubt it was—from the authority of Prince LZOPOLD, contradicting, in very unmeasured language, the statements of Mrs. Hz xox relative to the " allow ance of 241. per annum," directed to be paid to ber by the late Princess CHARLOTTE. In this letter— which was dated from Marlborough House, and written by Colonel COST—the protigie of the lamented Prin cess was not only repulsed in her application, but stig matised by the husband of her late portectress, as one seeking to obtain money under false pretences. The speech, addressed to this now unfriended applicant—by some German underling, we suppose, called A-:3IZR SCHUBIERS••••" that I.is Royal Higkress could no longer* afford to pay her," is the best evidence of the spirit in V which that princely widower fulfils the known wishes of her, wi.o would have exited him above a throne. Wehave often regretted the precipitate manner, in which this country heaped its magnificent endowments upon that pitiable and =requiting foreigner: and we have always thought that it was a very silly and short-sighted ar rangement not to have settled the annuity of fifty thousand pounds upon the Heiress to the British throne, instead of upon her husband, who had no claim to one farthing of it but through the prospect of her inheriting the crown. His LO N DON. rOVEMBER 19.. ' PRICE OF STOCKS AT TWO CL OCK. Bank Stock 9141 14 India Bonds 3 per Cent. Red. 911 1 I Old Annuities • 5 per Ct. 0 9 18 se New Do. 99e 31 per Ct. 1918, 991 £lOOO Each. Bills 044.79 13 31 per Ct. Red. 991 1 § zsoo Ditto 22 1 3 per Cent. 1031 1 1 £lOO and .2200 Ditto 72 1.1- 44 per Ct. 1826, 1051 1 Contmercial, 68 I nd Afro. 19 15-16 tbs ; Bank for Acct. India Stock ititS 6 Coos. fee D 0.9111 2 FOREIGN FUNDS, TWO O'CLOCK. Brazil Bds. 8 pr Ct. 661 Do B. 18 7 23, 22 6 i C. Do. Am. 661 # 6 ; Colotn. Bds. 6 per Ct. Perry. lid.. 6 p C. Do. 8d5.11124, Do Acct. 151 Do. Arc. 201 Port. Bds. S p. Ct. 501 1 Danish M.. 3r. Ct. 74 1 Ditto Acct. 501 Ditto Aces. 741 4 Rua. DU 16119, 5 p Ct. 1171 II Greek Bonds, 5 p Ct. Do. Am. 106 Do. Bdc i MIS. .5 prCt. 26; Sp. Bds. ii per Ct. 91 a 111exican Bds. 5 per Cent. Ditto Acs. 91 1 BRITISH AND. FOREIGN SHARES, TWO O'CLOCK. StIA alt. PAID. nip, NAM Brazilian, Imp. (ha. 25 pm.) 35 20 73 Do. National 25 z 10 16 20 1 General Mining Also 101 111 United Me:, ass. at 21 per) 40 391 16 Protector Fire 40 9 ill 95 Canada 100 131 211 THURSDAY, This morning despatchaji iveiti:reCeTted at the Foreign Office from Lord STOAST DE ROTHSAT ILI Peal; Sir C HAR LES BAGOT at the Ha g ue ; and, at the Colonial Office, from Major General Sir DAVID STUAZT, Governor of St. Lucia. There is an article in the Morning Chronicle of to day, whioh—though very short—stamps him as a satel lite of the Noble Duke, and a betrayer of the people's interest, as fully as could the evidence of a thousand volumes. After stating that the Duke of WELLINGTOW had a three hours' interview—" audience" is the term usually employed—dwith the Kix o on Tuesday, be proceeds : We mention this fact the more patti etalarly, in older to give an opportunity for noticing * rumour circitlitted with an industry that would bi me. - Actions, if it we r e not exerted for the purpose of deb *option." Our contemporary then defines this rumour to be, a diminution of confidence and cordiality on the pot of the Soi **malt towards his chief Minister to inch a degree, 'as to impede the prompt and efficient working of the, Government' entrusted to his di rection. To the existence of any such distrust, the Morniny Chronicle not only offers the most di rect contraiffiction, but contends that the Noble Duke is higher in the Kixo's confidence than ever. "At no one time"—says our contemporary—" were the relations between the parties [noo, ET REX DEUS, we suppose I .] more perfectly cordial and satisfactory." How does he know that ? • Was he behind a screen in the audience-chamber, when this long interview took place Z Or did he receive assurance from the Noble and Gallant FIRST LORD himself, that his MAJESTY ••••• notwithstanding the terrible crisis at which things have arrived—is determined to stick to him per fas et nefas? We did not expect this of the Morning Chronicle. He knows, as well as we do, that the Kura is truly unquiet at the state of the country, and has lost all confidence whatever in the Premier : he knows, moreover, that the people will not tolerate longer this extreme and overbearing Minister. Our contem porary is the very last journal, ~ vhom we could anticipate to see crawling at the feet of unconstitutional power, in fraternal prostration with the Times. We have received a letter from Liverpool, bearing the signature of F. Gam, on the subject of the Mexican invasion. The writer vindicates--with more zeal than judgment—the right of Spain to re-conquer her colonbs if she can ; and conquer Mexico—he asseverates--she will, V she can only land there an expedition of ten thousand men. Mr. Gauls tells us that he has been in Mexico, and knows the natives well : that they—as well as all the South Americans—are worthy of their old mastitis only. Me, moreover, insists that the reasoning with the Times adopted from us—not we from the Timis, as he misconceives—" ought to be confuted, titter than admitted as a text." We have no desire to press Mr. Gay's bard, upon the all-important political question, which has been decided by the unanimous assentation of Europe in favour of South American inde pendence, and which he ventures to contravene on the reenclef some personal intercourse which he may have had with a portion of the population of oni of die Re publics Only : but we will ask him, if he be not spariisan, or an agent 9f Filar, *un--which we by no means insinuate that he is—Avisether it is not of infinitely greater consequence that the cause of constitutional government should be supported firmly and consistently, NG STAR. Tilt EVENING - *- --- t • t , . IN 73' - yep k,',... ; . Puo i tinS ' . . _ A ....., 1 . - - • •:1 • •;.; MAJZSTT, at one time, had very nigh topped these un justifiable prodigalities, by creating him Duke of KEN DAL but the spirit of his royal consort not brooking that he should owe any elevation, except to Halt, the par liament of England was thus—by a girl's capriciousness —spared the mortification of seeing him enter it as a PEER. The death of that almost idolised Princess pre sently :nterceptcd his passage — Lords merely—out to im throne; and deep and sincere was xt:onpl *mow at that occurrence : Yet see, how bane and antidote oonene— Death awed the Crown from Ma, in +Wins it ef Has! The letter t f Hi xow—which we have inss#o. in another colt. tna—retiu:res nu elacidatory commute= us : but we have not been able to endure, silently, the sight of this over-pensioned personage revelling in his wife-reflected prosperity, and yet spurning from him the humble pensioner of her to whoisi he owes his magnifi cence. Why, on the demise of the Heiress to the throne of these realms, was not that grant—which was propor tioned to her splendid expectations -yoked, as it in justice ought to have been and an allowance of some ten thousand a year—far, far above this LEopoLD's per sonal deserts-reasigned 'him in lieu .of this excessive provision We hope it will be considered in Parliament. The country can ill afford to pension, so immoderately. such unprofitable and ungrateful strangers. A highly esteemed correspondent infbrms us, that the late visit of the Porn's Nuncio to Don Mroum., had nothing whatever to do with the recognitOn of the usurper. He went there merely as the Archbishop of PETRA, and at the pressing solicitation of the Viscount de SawTanana, who represented the inquietude of the faithful at the Sovereign PONTIFF'S positive refusal to acknowledge him. The visit of the Nuncio may there fore be regarded as a mere matter of•ceremony. Ne vertheless it was very natural for the agents of the usurper to avail themselves of such an incident, in order to allay the popular prejudice which now loudly attributes the power of Mit; an. to the curse of Heaven. With reference to the " box grt malgri" concession of Don Minuet. hi rescinding the Decrees against Mr. NoaLE—alluded to in the Times of this morning—it is notorious that there were very few cases in which our countrymen have been concerned, more u‘just or outrageous. We are, therefore, at a less to see the merit, either on the part of Lord Aazanztx, in remonstrating with the Usurper, or on the part of the latter, in yielding, when the injustice was so flagrant. While this solitary act of the tyrant is put for ward so conspicuously, it may be as well to remind our contemporary and 44 . correspondent, that the cases of Sir JOHN MILLET DOYLE, Mr. ASCOLI, and many other victims of cruelty and oppression, still remain ex redressed : and that British ships, laden with British manufactures, hay, been seised and condemned, without the smallest regard to equity or public law. With a knowledge of these facts before him, we could have wished the writer in the Times had used lan guage somewhat less palliating and .equivocal• The closing paragraph of ear oontempintry calls for a more extended reply, and be noticed.to-morrow. CITY. TV/lILVII O'CLOCK. out arrivals this traondag are few, and not of much Import. Coniols, width-left aryebterdaiat IMei i for the present Account, and 92 sellers for January, sport rather lower—at 921 to 1 foe Account, and 921 for the neat &amt. At present, Mtde bud- Ness is going forward.—Tise Amiga Market is alto inactive; Brasil Stock is rather lower. CITY, HALF.PAST ONL We bays scarce a heart wotth observation to the vaunt dim to commosolace with regard to the Fonds. Consols ham continued steady the whole of the morning, with a fluctuation of about g pet cent. They have been done at 92i for the present Account, and are now nn to ; and foc January Account mi 4, The only business doing In the Foreign Market is in Brasil and Nampa. Stocks, which are not so good as yesterday. We have an arrival from Rio Janeiro of the 23d Sept. via Jersey : the contents of the private letters have not as yet transpired. Accounts from Paris this morning state that a misun derstanding prevails amongst the French Ministry, owing to a discussion of the choiCe of a President of the Council. Prince Polignac was to be appointed. M. Beurdonnaye accepted the portefeuille, on condition tO fulfil the situation • but being disappointed, he is said to have resigned.—No great matter ! Accounts via Madrid, state, that on the 19th an earth quake was felt at Grenada. Singapore papers have also been received at the North and South American Coffee-house to the 28th of June. The Singapore Price Current of the 27th June says— " In consequence of the deficiency in the circulating medium, and the peculiar mode in which business is con ducted in the settlement, scarcely any sales are ever made for cash ; therefore, it being impossible to give the cash prices of every article, all sales are effected at two months, for payment in prOduce." EUROPEAN Piece GOODS.—Large sales have been made, particularly of long clothe, at our quotations, of the goo recently imported per Thomas Parsons. " 0num.....-Great fluctuations have been experienced during the week ; and in consequence of the principal junks having sailed, prices have declined. The last sale of Malwa at Bombay took place on the 30th May ; the following is the result :--Highest 1815 reel ; lowest 1780; average 1794-93. The demand for Cotton throughout the week has been extensive, the total transactions reaching 24,500 bags, o: which 2,500 American have been en speculation, and 400 Brasil for shipment. The Madras Gazette of the Bth July, received to-deY, states that the ADVOCATE-GENERAL appeared in Court on the day previous, with his Mat EsTir 3 molt gracious pardon to the , daughter of the late Nabob W aUa l sh in the case of i t i nTilaughter, to which she pleaded gum' at the 2d Quarter Sessions of 1828, and moved the Court that her recognisance. be discharged, which was ordered. On the Bombay side of India a band of desperate plunderers had been dispersed by a detachment of troops sent 'gland them, under the command of Captain Mackintosh, of the 27th Madras Native Infantry. The Bombay extracts contain the particulars of the boss of the Oscar, Beattie, belonging to that port, on the Arabian coast. This lewd had a cargo on board, estimated at about 50,000 1 . starli t * the greatest part of which was insured at Bombay. .; N