Star. — London, England, 1813-03-31 00:00:00

• tiNita mum. • . • , . CADIZ; MARCH to. In yesterday's Sittitig of the Cortes, Senor Coors, one of the Secretarfes, announced, that he had just received an important letter fieni the Secretary of Grace and Justice. Which it was necessary to conso enunicate to his Majesty. • • The letter, transmitted by Order of the Regency, and dated the Bth instant, was accordingly read. It conveyed three Memorials, one from the Vicar-Gene oil of this diocese; another from the Parochial Clergy of this city and suburbs • and the third from the Chapter of the diocese of Cadiz. The Vicar-General in Ilk Memorial set forth his reasons for not obeying the orders of the Cortes of the 22d of February, that the decree abolishing the Inquisition should be read at the celebration of High Mass, on the 7th, l and two following Sundays. The substance of his reasons was, that it would be a matter of scandal to read Resolutions purely civil in a sacred place, and in the middle of the sacrifice of the mass; he mentioned a •variety of other laws, which had not been published in that form, and concluded with praying, that the reading of the Decree in the form ordered might be dispensed with. The Clergy in their memorial set forth, that the pulpit was not intended for the publication of civil laws; that such publication from them would be a profanation of the temple ; they also impugned the Decree for **dishing the Inquisition, and its spirit; begging thermight be exctsed from reading . it on three successive Sundays, as containing doctrine eon- Wary to that which they .had always preached to their parishioners. The petition of the Chapter of the diocese of Cadiz Was to the same effect. The parish priest of' the Rosario was the oily one who had not !ivied these memorials. The Regency, iu the letter conveying theit Me inorials, informed the Cones, that they did not chose to take severe measures for fear of disturbing t!:e public tranquillity ; and recommended the business to the consideration of Congress. • Senor 4USIALACARREGUi condemned the Regency ior not cietuting the order's of the Cortes. .4 Your Majesty," be observed, "ought not for a moment to yield what you have ordered. De gaizndet is thrown down, and it is necessary to take it dp." Sella TaaAs.—The Regency ought to have given the proper direction to this affair, by their authority and their enlightened views. It cannot be concealed that bad men are constantly discovering theiw•clves, Who, desirous of disturbing public order, toy or.:(1 bf every means to prevent the execetion of nsolu tions which are not agreeable to them. This is not the first law whiCh has been read in the ChUrches. The Indian Decrees and the Constitution were read then, though solely political; while this law was in timately connected with rtlibion. How happens jr, there is now so much seal, and not when the holy sacrifice of the mass *at itself interrupted? and for what f To litter the infamous favourite Godoy, and even to place his foul statue in the Temple of the Unto io—(:fotkrore.) Senor Anougoom.—The observations of the Cler• y, be they what ilitY may, do not require our at= ientioti. btu sole business is to discuss the conduct if the Goverilment in the observance di the laws.— The Regency of the Kingdom Ought to be deposed, the moment it does not cause die laws to be eiteti led, whihh duty it bad sworn to perfoim. inaiked, that a decided protettion was given to all those individuals who disobeyed the resolutioni of the Conei, and moved, that the sittio be declared permaneht till this blisinesi was termin ated. Several Members opposed this motion, which; however, was tarried by a large majority: Senor Aitooauss proceeded to declare, that the Ration was on the brink of'ruin, linters measures were taken, adapted to the ci ideal circumstances in which ive were. A terrible contest was declared between the two aothorities, depositaries of the Government o• —a contest which might involve the natiott Ina thou sand calamities. Had we a Regency full of vigour and energy, it would have caused the law tii bb obeyed, and we should not hive been involved inohis seandaluut affair. He moved, that a Regency should be named, ad inkririi, compoted of.individuols pointed out by the 189th Article tf the Constitution. , Senor CALATRA.VA supported the motion. The standard of rebellion, he said, had been raised, and lhat in the very residence of the Government; tor this purpose a plan, long ago combined, had been funned, and the Resolutions dE the Chaptesi of Cadiz,• by which they endeavoured to ettite other Corpora tions, were QM toikhown to him. The Regency, if not a Forty so these plans, was at least culpable for its woikronf. Senor OrrooazA °pried the tnorion, contending tl•Jt,it was tincenitauttonal to remove the Regency without a regular trial, aid their being proved de.: Lac:amts. tienor Goorro darted that the aatkin had at that moment a GOVe2llllleilt. The Conde de Teussio said, that if he had knoWit lice necet:slty of temoving the Otivernmerit, the ar guments of its defenders Would have convinced him of it. He supported the proposition .of Sews Ar gueliel, and said, that it would be dangerous to ,rs tH;n at the head i f theCovernment those who feared sloit the el:forcing of the hes should disturb thiipub lic tranquii,ilys Alter a eintsideraMe dissussicn, the motion of ilkr Tulles was put to the vote, and carried by 87 :1 , , .611 48. Th:.! tierce Counsellors of State, upon whom, in ronsequence q f their seniority, the appointment to the Oiovitional Regency fell, were Cardinal Bourbon, 2.Yon P. Agar, and Don. Gabriel Ciscar. the Deputation from the Cortes was then appointed to wait upon the new Regency, and another to dismiss • the Id. At three-quirters past eight o'clock r. sf..the new Regents appeared, when the President pronounced a oocourse suitable to the occasion, in which he ex. I - the patriotism ' .ressdsatisfaction the Cortes felt in the of the Regency; and hoped that, by ful fi lling the sovereig:t Rtsolutions, they would contribute to the liberty and independence of the nation. The President of the Regency repli74, that be wt at have refused the office, being cons:ions of not pessessing power to perform its duties ; but as the "eMplvymeut was only teturray, he attested it. TE' EVE ria -: . LORD CHAMBERLAPOS OFFICE, MARCH 3 1t Notice is hereby giver, That the LEVEE, advertised le lot night's Gazette for Taves°AT, ihi lot of Aron., will t#t tie held till the rollowieg day, Fatale; the 2d et Aram, it air o'clock. VirEDNESDAY,MARCii SI, 181 S., , PRICE OP STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK Coos. 515 ii 59 SB3—dos ae. 583 59-5 percent. Etch. Bills 3s. ss. pre.—Bds. 3s. Os. di&—Otnn. aethiDs done. Last night's Gazette contains th, official notifica tion from the British Governor of Heligoland of the occupation o'i Hamburgh by the Russians. Colonel HAMILTON also mentions the spreading of the spirit of resistance against the French throughout Hanover; the inhabitants of which are eager to be placed once , more under British protection. We regret to learn from the same source; that the Danes continue to act with hostility towards those s,ho art now opposed to the trench. The affair with the Danish gun-boats, re cor d e d b y Lieutenant bEvon, while it is an additional proof of the invincible intre pidity of our seamen; affords painful evidence of this fact. We have already stated that the influence of ALQUIEIt over the hapless King of DENMARIL WAS un dizitinithed, even by the recent events in Russia. It iitas at this Frenchman's instigation that two Danish iniments left Altona for Hamburgh, to protect the villainous French douaniers from the legitimate re sentment of the populace, and thereby occasioned the death of several worthy citizens. It was doubtless the same malignant spirit which directed the sailing of they gun-boats to annoy the infant trade 6f the poor Hamburghers with Heligo land; but the sooner it is crushed, the better for Den mark and for the common cause. We trust, there. fore, that we shall not witness any further temporiz ing on the pat of Audis, Sweien, or Great Btitain, towards this ill-fated remnant of the French Com mercial System. It the Rulers of Denmark are sin cere in their desiVe to throw off their chains, they kcannot be too warmly courted by the surrounding Powers; but if they prefer being the foster-fathers to a nest of hornets, they ought to be instantly deprived of the power of doing farther mischief. The flame of resistance is spreading More rapidly over the Continent than the most sanguine politicians could expect. Bavaria, we have reason to believe, is at this moment the scene of much discontent and tumult. Meantime, the rumour gains ground, that the young Prince is the State Prisoner so often allu ded to in the Foreign Journals: The private letters from Cadiz exPlaiz a little the nature of the change of the Administration, noticed in this-Szsa aid yesterday, but not sufficiently to enable us to anticipate what may be the consequences. It appears that the ecclesiastics, as we stated in our last, had refused to read in the churches the decree abo. lishing the Inquisition. The Regency, instead of em ploying the power with which it was vested to enforce the obedience of the priests, referred the remonstrances of the latter to the Cortes. The Cortes instantly, and I we think properly, psoceeded to dismiss the Re gency ; 'but whether they have appointed a better re mains to be seeh. The new Regency is composed of the Archbishop of MAMBO, and the Senors CISCAR and AOAR. The first is understood to be nominated solely because he is a Boutusos ; and the active duties of the office will principally devolve on the two others, Who have been Members of a former Regency, and are Considered to be men of talents. • Our private letters state, the first order issued by the new Regency was to compel the refr4ctory Priests to read In their churches the Decree abolishing the Inquisition; and•the next day (the 11th inst.) was to determine whether they would incur of not the heavy penalties inflicted on disobedience. It would be absurd to attempt to anticipate the isine of this badness: Thi next Mail Will probably 'throw some light upon this important transaction.— In the mean time we shall only add, that the Cardi nal Ds &yam:: (son Of the Infant DON LEWIS) is a person not remarkable for energy : the proceedings of the Regency will therefore, it is probable, take their tone from his colleagues. The crisis is import= ant, and much yet remains to be done by the Spanish nation, to totitle them to the bleNtings of liberty, and to rack them high among the nations of Europe. Last night the Holt* of °Smith:ins resolved itself into a Committee 'on the affairs of, the East-India Company ; the whole night was spent in the exami nation of two witnesses at the bar. The venerable Witt tax HASTINGS, who has spent his latter years in dignified repose, was again brought before the public, and was the first witness examined. He was con ducted from the Speaker's Chamber to the House by Sir THOMAS PLUMER, and Mr. R. THORNTON, the Director. Mr. H. is little altered in his appearance from what we well remember him, nearly 20 years ,back, On the never to be forgotten occasion of his trial in Westminster HAIL He is rather thinner in his person and stoops a little, but though in his 84th year his eye retains its wonted fire and animation, and his countenance its intelligence and expression. He was dressed in mourning, and he still wears his hair pow *deted, and dressed with a toupee and short queue. The Earl of MolnA, and the Countess of LOUDON, will leave town for the Isle of Wight, to-morrow, ae companied by all the family, except two, of the chil drtm, and - Lady Cumtr.crrtx RAWLQN, who are just about to set tiff for Bath. . irt FUNDING OF EXCHEQ aa =••••••=••=.• I iTAROFFICE; Thug O'CLOCK. The Deputation ire kin returned from the CHAN. csailoit of the Emu'twin. He proposes to. fund Tivelve Million of Exchequer Bills in the Five per Cents. at the rate Of 4113. lOs for each sellt, and to raise Sit Millions by way of debeiitures. The funding to be terminated before the 13th of April. Five per Ceiti. done it 57. WINDSORe 1N44C11 30. • Yeiterday and today Princesses Amon& - aid SOPHIA came out of the Castle, anti rode on horse back for ab Q ut two hours for t he first time since the death of the Duchess of Batmatikez. The QUEEN, Princesses ELIZABETH and Mist took, an airing to Frogmoii Lodge and Gardens. . - 1111 E DUCHESS or plume:mt.—The State Coffin was finished on Monday night s , and removed to the house, in Hanover-square, where the corpse in the leaden coffin was put into it. Some tickets were issued yesterdat to allow a few select personates to view it; but it was obliged to be stopped; the public beciiming clamorous for admittance. Early this mor ning an immense number of periods of all denomi nations were assembled in Hanover-square to wit ness the funeral procession Soon after eight o'clock, the mournful cavalcade proceeded down BOnd strot and along Piccadilly, towards Windsor, atten ded by the Puma REGENT'S carriages, and those of the Royal Dukes, with six horses each, and the servants in their state literies: several of the Minis tets ..of State also sent their carriages. A party of the 7th Dragoons attended to keep order. The fu neral ceremony is to take place at ten o'clock this evening, at Windsor. The LORD MAYOR has fixed Friday next for sa Common-hall, to take into consideration the propriety of presenting a loyal and affectionate Address to her Royal Highness the PRINCESS or WALES, on the sub ject of the lately-exposed wicked and cruel attempt against her Royal Highness's character and life: Yesterday the Duke of YoRK transacted qhusiness with the PRINCE REGENT at Carlton House ; after wards went to his Office in the Horse Guards, and held a military levee. His Royal Highness the Panics RaciEwr . bas been pleased to grant the dignity of a Knight of the United Kingdom to ALEXANbU ANSTRUTHER, Eitio Re. corder of the Court of Judicature at Bombay. An act of atrocious barbarity is said to have been committed by RAPP, the Governor of Dantiic. It is stated that 200 of the citizens, having waited upon him as a deputation, to advise the surrender of the town to the Russians, in consequence of the privations endured by the inhabitants, he ordered the whole to be surrounded and shot. We are sorry to learb, by letters from Bermuda, that a malignant fever, confessedly the yellow fever of Amerita and the West Indies, bad beet! imported into that island. The ships of war had not experi enced any extraordinary sickness ; but — among the crews of the American prizes which had been breught in for adjudication, and with which thetharbour *as crowded, the mortality had been considerable. A private letter from Hamburgh, dated March 20, says-66 It is no longer a crime to write to you by the direct way ; our deliverers are here, and have proclaimed our former liberty and independence. The inclosed paper will give you an account of the whole, to which I will add a few particulars. On the 16th and 17th we heard the cannonading of the Rus sians and Freneh; till the latter were driven from Bergedorf and Vierland across the Elbe. The Rus sians haVing no infantry and only two field-pieces, could not prevent their crossing. In the mean time, we fluctuated between hope and fear, as our friends were not strong enough to cut them off entirely, and the French might retreat to ourcity, all former accounts of their having passed the Elbe at Ortlenburg being without foundation. From time to time we received news from Betgeridorf by the piquets of the Burgher guard, which had been posted at that place, till at length, on the 17th, at five o'clock in the afternoon, a troop of Cossacks galloped into the town, and were received with the utmost joy. The Russian Com inander having declared to • the Deputation of the Municipality that he would eat acknowledge the French authority, and that he knew Hambargh only as a Hanse Town under the old Senate, the fOrmer *ere obliged to resign their functions, and seven Members of the Senate were appoibted.-.- On the same morning the inscription on the Town House :•••.•41 Tribunal prosier instance," was cut away, arid every body began to manifest his joy ; French spies, disguised Douaniers and rascals of this descrip tion, were maltreated and arrested. In the evening the populace paraded the streets in full joy, and called for lights whereter they did not find any bin there was no riot; On the 1&h an immense crowd went to meet the Russian warriors, and a deputation of the old Senate repaired to the country-house of Sena , tor Kocti, to receive the Russian Commander.— At two o'clock they returned tb the city. I can assure ion never felt such joy ; tears sparkled' in every The Cossacks bivouacked in the streets, an es were set out for them in the Irengfernsbeg, with meat, ac. The Colonel and all his officers were expected at the play in the evening, where Kotzebue's Russia& in Germany, and a small Opera were performed, and every allusion in it to our deliverers was received with marks of joy. At seven o'clock the Colonel appeared, and immediately the Band struck up our national air, composed to the tune of 6 , Cod save the King." When he went home, the populace took die bnyses from the carriage, and drew him to his house. The city was brilliantly illu minated spcntaneously, even manufactories andware hou'ses. Our city has quite the appearance of a camp,l the Cossacks are both within and without—their ap pearance is singular, and many of them base de corated themselves with the insignia of the Legion of Honour—their horses ate covered with the saddles (4 French, Saxon, and Bavarian soldiers. The old con , stitution of Hamburgh is re-established, and the citi zens have to-day their first meeting." ».- t • LIVERPOOL MARCH e liti t reply to your in4uiries respecting the . BoNNst Crwr • Captain Vann of the William reports , that be parted frolis her; in Company with, the Mon , taiiux in lat. 17. 15. South, keg. 29. 54. West and it was supposed that AdmiraiDiaos would keep die Bottik CrrointiNt with bias upon a cruise until ' be fell in with some British tiiati of war, in order to clear the 'coast of . . MARCH 28. sailed the Queen Charlotte Packet with a Mad for Lisbon: NO arrivals.—Wind N. E. PLYMOU'IIL MARCH se. . Arrived Dios:sin, of 6,) guns, and Fox. of S 5 gabs, troop-ships. The Success is not yet in. The whole of the eitpeditiOn (as per list yesterday) Is now assembled is the Sound, waiting the orders of Go. Sernnient to start. A Powerful convoy is to be ap pointed, as the troop-ships carry few gum. Sailed the BLAKa, of 74 guns; for Portsmouth ; als:s this lIIALARK. and ACIIATIEI on crtiizes. Arrived the NISI: ROD cutter from off Brest—Fleet all well.—Wind DOVER, MARCH so. The Lion Cuitom.hutise cutter liss taken and sent in a 'Smuggling lugger, with near 200 casks of con: traband spirits, which hive been landed here, and the hien sent on board a man of war. PORTSMOUTH, MARCH SO. Arrived his Majesty's ship hate from the Medi terranean, last from Plymouth. Sailed the D APPI 4 with a convoy of traniports for North Yarmouth.4- His Majesty's ships PomoNx and IRIS give instiuc• tions to the trade hound to Coninia and the coat of POrtugal.—Wired light and Variable to the N.W. DEAL, MARCH so. Came down from the River, the Tottenham East Indiaman, for Madras and Bengali George Canning, for Buenos Ayres; and the Lady Juliana, for Ports inotith. Arrived the Magi cutter, with a convoy. from Portsmouth; which are sailed for the River..— Patted at the back of the Sands, the TIORISS gttn. brig, with 20 sail of tninsports, for Yarmouth. HARWICH, MARCH SO. The Charlotte, pilot boat, has this instant arrived from Heligoland, The accounts she brings from the op , posite coast are truly satisfactory. The whole country between the Elbe, Weser, and Ems, is in rindiiturbed possession of the Russians, and nothing Out thti roaring of cannon, and joyous litizzas of the inhabitants on the coast (as indicative of their,com piece emancipation from French tyranny), was now to be heard: Veisels laden with wheat, butter, hams. and in tort all sorts of provisions, *ere arriving lhourly, and by dozeni at the Island, and every hand and heart teemed to join in generous cnthusiastn on this happy epoch.—Wind E. YARMOUT7I, MARCH so. Sailed his Majesty's ships ROLLA anti CHIME% for the Baltic, IN OF PRIZE-MONEY. The Rota for the A li cia Hill, Concorde * ;nd Fame, will be paid on her ' arrival, and recalled at IS, Surrey-streer, Strand. the Mosquko for the Tabe Maria OuteVerwagdog, lout. nette, Jonge Ma ria, la Femme Elizabeth, Hoop al+ Esperance i and Kondwich, nu board, on Saturday i recall+ at No. sit, Nor• folk-street, Stand. The Exertion, for the Diable a Quatre, a Danish seltnyt, minis unknown, Gate Intentle, and Kleine Annette, on Wednesday s •April 7, At 2, Adelphi 'remits, and there retalkd. Orders have arrived at Calscrona, from Admiral MORRIS, at Gottenburgh; to issue instructirms to all ves*els that are to procted with convoy on Saturday. The Buena Fe, PINAGA. from Curunna to 1.044 , don, is captured add carried into Dieppe. A Message was sent, on the Bth of February, by the Lieutenant-Governor of Virginia, to the House of Delegates, communicating several letters, of which the following is one " Norfolk. 10 o'clock, Saturday, Ireto le gg The troopers sent down yesterday, this moment rateratA and report, that the enemy continue in the same position, an. were joined last night by two other frigates; that yesterday emu. log they burnt a schooner, and sent her crew on shore, who ay that Admiral WAILILLN is determined to water, and, if nomermer i , to land 1000 men to effect this object, and that his lateness In to de so this day or to-morrow. It has been stated that the wow will make an attempt on Norfolk. Your Excellency aomiest told what the consequences to the State, as well u to sdWNrar here, will be.-1 have the honour to be, &c. (Signed) 64 IC Si AM* To-morrow there will be a new moon, about eight in the morning, and, according to the c:lcalations of M. LAPLACE, the French Astronomer, the highest' tide during the present year may be expected on the' following day—so much so, that if favoured by the wind, considerable inundations may be caused. In the night of Monday se'nnight, the synagogue in Severn -street, the meeting-house in Cole:hill-street ; and the chapel in Bond-street, in the town of Bir. nainghans, were severally broken and entered, end different articles feloniously stolen thereout. CORN-MARKET, MARK-LANG, MARCH $l, We have no fresh arrivals of Wheat since Monday, but a eon• slderable quantity of Inferior quality remains on sale, for whisk there is no demand, and our prices are nominally as on Moaday.l Barley is Ss. per quartkr cheaper, and nearly unsaleable, the sup ply' far esceeding the present consumption. Malt continues very dull sale, as well as Oats, which latter article Is full gs. per quer. ter lower, and a great quantity at market. White Peas are la., per quarter - higher, but Grey ones have declined 4s. per quarter, In Beans and other articles there is no variation. English. Wheat, Kent and Essex, 115 s. 138 s. per quarter. Ditto, Eurolk, 1 its. 1258. Ditto, Norfolk, 1105.14411. Rye TOs. 745. Barley 4118. ti6s. Nish, 86s. 100 s. White Peas, Otts. 955. boilers, Foreign. Wheat, American 110 e. 120 per quarter. Ditto, Mutate 120 s. 150 s. Ditto, Baltic Red 115 s. 1261. Ditto, Hambro' or Bremen, 100.. 120 s. Ditto, Brabant Led 110 s. 1200 Rye, 70s. 725. Haley, aft. 601. White Pees, 05s. 101 k. Grey Ditto, 765. 711 s. Flour American, 7ts. 711 s. pet barrel. 102 s. 107 s. Grey, ditto, 755. SM. Small Beans, 70s. Sta. Tick ditto 60s 70$. Oats, Potatoe 40s. 545. Ditto, Poland , SOs. 50$. Ditto, Feed, u is. 4U. Fleur, Eagl:4b, 105•4106. Sack _ , I