Star. — London, England, 1820-09-27 00:00:00

`; . 11 ‘ .. _ . -- _ , _.......-_______,_.. ' It Is only from sinister intentions, or manifest Infatuation, that TEL — ig - 01 1— MAZETTES. any one can refuse obedience to the Government, the legitimate . • . • e —.... Representative of the King our Master, when it adopts the legal VS ri lllN • . ,BON, SEPTEMBER 4. means to meet the complaints , the wishes et the nation, and is firmly and sincerely determined to carry its Resolution into effect NS e have the satisfaction to announce to the whole with an possible promptitude. Portuguese nation, that their Excellencies the Gower- ii Portaguese who were deluded ! slaw to your countrymen, f nors of the Kingdom proceed with the greatest dili- to an o ft i rr l e, momentarythatfyneimirambiti did d n d ot o no ar t ise ve r e o a m r ous :r pence in realizing the solemn and legitimate convo- wan to th t e per fi dious instigations which p ro j ects, may be made you. ltmem cation of the Cortes, already announced ; and in for- ber that the first duty, the first wish of every good Portuguese,' warding all the s:eps that must precede this most is to maintain the independence of the Monarchy, and its unity important act. indissoluble. We have also the pleasure to inform the p üblic, " The Governors of the Kingdom solemnly promise, in his Majesty's name, entire amnesty to those who promptly return to that, in consequence of the measures adopted by the their duty, and submit to the lawful Government ; declaring be• Government in these critical circumstances, the happy sides, that in every case, secure of the loyal sentiment, of the results' begin to be already experienced, as appears great majority . of the Portuguese, they are resolved to cause the ,, from a letter received by Brigadier Domingos Ber- authority of h is Majesty to be recognised i n the whole kingdom. (Signed by the Governors of the Kingdom). nardino Ferreira da Souza, which announces, that Another Proclamation, addressed "to the loyal some Officers, who had for a moment deviated from and veteran POtsuguese Army," was published on the their duty, have begun to acknowledge the error of 7th',' at Lisbon. Its purport is, to recal those who which they had been guilty, by leaving their corps, have . deserted from their duty, and to encourage and joining those who had remained in that subor- those who have remained faithful. dination which was always, as well as valour, the LISBON, SEPTEMBER 11. honour of the Portuguese troors, and which affords The Conde de Feira has written a letter to the Conde the fairest hopes, that, in imitation of these Officers, de Palmella, requesting him to defer his departure the whole of the corps, following their example, will for Rio de Janeiro, his services being of the utmost speedily 'cairn to their duty, and join the centre of importance at this moment. The CREOLE frigate the legitimate authoiity of our beloved Sovereign, will be - kept in readiness for his conveyance; The In order to facilitate the attainment of so important Conde de Palmella has acceded to this wish. an object, the Governors of the Kingdom have issued SEPTEMBER 13.—The Gazetti of this date contains the following— two Proclamations, one of the Commander of the trooos assembled at Coimbra by order of the Govern ment at Oporto, addressed to the people of Beira; and another by the General of the troops in Minho, to the inhabitants and soldiers of Tras-los-Montes. The Government have opened a subscription by way of loan, to meet the exigencies of the moment. PROCLAMATION. THE GOVERNORS OF THE KINGDOM OF roaTtGAL ANTI ALGARVE, TO THE conrs or THE ARMY WHO HAVE SWERVED YROWTHEIR DUTY. Valiant Soldiers, who have suffered yourselves to be de luded !—After having maintained, with your blood, the rights of religion, of the throne, and of the country—after having, in the midst of dangers and privations, astonished the nations of Europe by the glorious deeds which you performed in a war without porallel—it is in the bosom of peace, in the centre of your families, and in your own homes, that insidious seduction makes you lose the merit which it has cost you so much to ac quire, by staining your hitherto unsullied fidelity. "'lire Governors of the Kingdom, if they employed force and the means which his Majesty placed in their hands, and which are supported by the loyalty and brave conduct of the troops in the provinces of Traz-los-Montes, Beira, Estremadura, and Alentejo, and of the kingdom of Algarve, where the appli cations made to them by the pretended Supreme Junta were re ceived with the contempt which they merited ; they would boon make you know into what a melancholy situation the authors of your error hurled you ; but convinced of the paternal love of our mild Monarch. and how painful it would be to him to have Portuguese blood spilt, they grant you, in his Royal THE EVENING .STAR. name, an entire pardon " Considering that the Officers and soldiers of the corps who have erred, failed rather out of obedience to their Commanders, than with the, intention of withdrawing from their allegiance to the lawful Government of their Sovereign, they do not offer re wards to those who shall return to their duties, it being unwor thy of a Portuguese that such a stimulus s hould make troops return to their duty, who never were mercenary; but they offer the clemency of their Monarch, and perfect oblivion of the in considerate step of which they have been guilty, to all those who shall promptly abandon the unjust party to which they have un happily suffered themselves to be attached, and shall join the fakhful corps which are the nearest to them. " The Officers of the misled corps, who shall promptly con cur in causing the said corps to return to their proper obedience, shall nut only be pardoned, but especial consideration shall be had of the merit of their conduct. " The CARDINAL PATRIARCH. " Marquis de BOIL BA. " Conde de PENICHE. " Conde de FEI RA. " ANTONIO GOMEZ RIBEIRO. " Lisbon, in the Palace of the Government, Sept. a." The King has been pleased to name the Archbishop of Evora, the Conde de Barbacena, of his Council ;; the Lieutenant-General Counsellor of War, Mathias Jose Diaz Azedo, and the Chief Judges (Desembit" gadores) Antonio Jose Guiao, and Antonio Thomas de Silva Leitao, both of his Council, to form the Com mission which is to prepare the necessary meaaires for the convocation of the Cortes, which his Majesty orders to be proceeded in ; and he further orders the above-named Members to meet immediately in the Royal Record-office of the Torre de Tombo, and to proceed, without interruption, in these preliminary measures. A letter from Brigadier de Souza announces, that D. Joao, Captain of the 20:11 Regiment of Infantry, had arrived at Thomar, coming directly from Abran tes, who stated that Lieutenant- Colonel Jose Pinto Saavedra had abandoned the command of the corps and of the place, and that the corps was consequently in the greatest confusion. General ehampalimaud having made the said D. Joao take the oath.of alle giance in the front of the battalion, which being done, he restored hint his sword. General Champalimaud, accompanied by Lieutenant-Colonel Aaddok and Captain Ricardi immediately set out for Abrantes, and there is no doubt but the General will have the particular glory of making that corps take the oath of fidelity, as he did the Captain. LISBON, SEPTEMBER 6. We have the greatest pleasure in seeing the good news verified which we mentioned in our Gazette yesterday', in consequence of the letter of Brigadier de Souza, respecting the faithful disposition of the regiment No. 20, stationed at Abrantes, which had been misled for a moment by the insidious suggestions of its Commander, the Lieutenant-Colonel Jose Pinto Saavedra, who had abandoned the regiment and place, as appears from the dispatches below inserted. They demonstrate the sentiments of honour and fide lity which constantly animate true Portuguese, who cannot fail to perceive how requisite is the prompt ad herence of all to the legitimate Government, to secure the independence of the Monarchy, which the infatua tion of some military corps has brought into danger. 'Then follow three dispatches, stating the reading of the Proclamation of the Governors of the King dom, amidst the general acclamations of the inhabi• hints, in the towns of Punhete, Abrantes, and Elves, all on the 241 of September]. Notwithstanding the assurance which these favour able accounts offer of the laudable and loyal senti ments which prevail in the army, the Governors of the Kingdom, as the faithful organs if the generous clemency of our august Soeeseign, hive offered the most ample amnesty to all those Portuguese who have erred from their duty, and are persuaded that this paternal care will shew the whole nation how eager they are to promote peace and union between all his Majesty's subjects. “ PROCLAMATION. " Inhabitants of the City of Porto, and other Portuguese, who, by their example, have suffered your elves to be led astray ! The Governors of the Kingdom, the sole legitimate drpositor: ,t the Royal Authority in the absence of ou r be l o v ed soverei A have just given to the nation the most evident proof of the pater tr tit s of his Majesty, by adopting, in his Royal name, the resolve:kis to convoke the Cortes, in the persuasion that this means will fill with intlislaction all the provinces of the king dom, and, above all, chow who founded on this desire the error low w hich th e y have b e edbd, They hope that this resolution as ill, be. the signet of general unit weelot petard ; persuaded that lA)N DON. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1820. THE FUNDS. PACE Of STOCKS THIS DAY AT 01411 O'CLOCK 3 per Cent. Cons. 66 1 / 2 3 / 1 1 5 per Cent. Navy 102 3 / 4 V I %. Imperial 3 per Cent. Ann. 65 1 / 2 India Stock 215—Bonds 20s. 21s. pre. Exch. Bills 4s. ss. 3s. pre.—Omnium 3 3 / 4 dis. Cons. for Acct. 66% The proceedings of the Meeting of the Ladies and Gentlemen of London, Westminster, and Southwark, held yesterday at the Freemasons' Tavern, will be found very interesting. We cannot, when so much was said, and well said, attempt to give even the leading points, but must content ourselves with the mention of two or three :—Mr. HOBHOUSE had looked into the Statute of Treason, and he found there that it was treason to conspire against the life or character of the QUERY,—none of the Commentators denied that it was treason to conspire against a Queen whose husband was reigning.—Mr. P. MOORE maintained that ills MAJESTY'S Ministers were at the bottom of such a foul conspiracy.—Mr. Hulls insisted, on prin ciple, that, were the QUEEN as black as he believed she was bright and spotless, still she was entitled to the protection of Englishmen, for the laws ought never to be violated even to punish the guilty : he could not, however, believe that his MAJESTY'S Minis ters were at the bottom of the conspiracy ; but they had become its tools, and made themselves parties to it.—Mr. PeAtsos was very animated and pointed— especially on the dogma that " the KING can do no wrong." A clergyman had maintained that this was true morally as well as to politically. In politics, as in law, there may be fictions, but in morals there can be no such thing, unless we have power to strike out from the volume of inspiration any of the words of the decalogue. If anything but the trial of the QUEEN obtains that degree of attention which all important occurrences I demand, the last dispatches from Persia should turn our thoughts to the future safety of India. The ' Russians have obtained so firm a footing in Persia, that they no longer disguise their projects. The Russian Charge d'Affaires, at Tebrias, has declared publicly, that on the death of the present KING (who is in the last stage of decline), and in all time coming, the Persians must be content to receive their Sove reigns from Russia, which has now in Georgia, and on the line of the Caucasus, upwards of one hundred thousand men, thirty thousand of which formed part of the Army of Occupation in France.— The Russian Charge d'Affairer, at a dinner which he gave to British Officers in the Persian service, said openly, that General YAnht A corF, Governor-General in Georgia, would be in Tabrias in less than four months. Six days' march, he said, would bring their infantry and artillery to Tabrias, after which what was there to stop them till they came to the Indies? It is the opinion of the British Officers in the service of Persia, that there is a secret understanding be tween the Court and the Russians; for the army of his Royal Highness Arms MinzA, Prince Royal of Persia, has been suffered to dwindle to almost nothing. The Paris Papers of Saturday arrived this fore noon. They do not yet announce the delivery of the Duchess of BEaR!, but private letters of the same day have been received, which mention that her Royal Highness had been seized with the pains of labour. She has ordered a portrait of her lamented husband, painted by KINsoN, to be pladed in her . bed-room to animate her in this hour of trial. An article from Trieste, quotes letters from Corfu,' said tp be deserving of credit, which announce that .it conspiracy had been discovered in the island of Zante, and happily defeated in time. French Five per Cents. Friday, with div. from 221 of §epternber, 7t fr. 85 c. PORTUGAL. We yesterday briefly mentioned the arrival, it a late hour, of letters from Oporto to‘the 13th instant, announcing the important fact of the defection of Count AMARANTR, who commanded the province of Tras-los-Montes, and General VICTORIA, Governor of the of Beira, from the cause of the old Government. We also received, by the same packet, a series of , Lisbon Gazettes to the 14th inst. the contents of which form a curious contrast tor the statements in the Oporto letters. It will be seen from the extracts which we have given from these Gazettes, in another partof our Paper, that the Proclamation from the Regency, on the subject of convoking the Cortes, not having produced the'effect of submission on the part of the Oporto Junta, others have been issued, in suc cession, addressed to the revolted troops, the army in general, and the inhabitants of Oporto, calling upon those who had been misled to return to their alle- glance, under a promise of entire amnesty, and incul cating upon all classes the duty of rallying round the throne and the three estates of the kingdom.— They profess to join in the general wish for a Re form, but not for a Revolution. They endeavour to dissuade the military from dictating laws, " which, to be prudent and permanent, ought only to emanate from the Deputies of the Nation, and from the Throne;" and they solemnly disavow the imputation of having summoned the - Cones only to gain time, and of having called in foreign aid to silence the voice of their countrymen. A Commission had been appointed to take the necessary measures for assem bling the Cortes, and the 15th of November is said to have been fixed as the period of their meeting. A subscription, it further appears, had been opened, by way of loan, to meet the exigencies• of the mo ment. The steps thus taken by the Regency are re presented to have had the happiest effect. Several Officers are stated to have deserted the Patriotic standard, and it is alleged that the authority of the Junta was acknowledged only in the province Of Minho and the district et Oporto. In opposition, however, to these official statements of the Lisbon Government, the private letters, which have come by the same conveyance from that Capital, happen to be in perfect accordance with the accounts from Oporto ; and spew that, notwithstanding all the precautions of the Regency, the Revolution does go on prosperously, and apace. Some interesting ex tracts from these Lisbon letters we subjoin. A trial of force between the two parties will be a melancholy spectacle. The probability, we think, is, that it will yet be avoided. The Regency is likely to yield. Their language is that of conscious weak ness ; and if, as stated, AIIARANTIC and VICTORIA, on whom they placed almost their sole dependence, have abandoned them, their speedy dissolution may be looked upon as a fixed event. 4, LISBON, SEPTEMBER 13. el All the troops who were with Count de Barba cena marched to join the Patriots, and those remain ing. in Lisbon openly declare they will not fight against their countrymen and comrades. By this packet a dispatch goes over to M. Guerreiro, Portu guese Charge d'Affaires in London, to request a loan from the British Government ; but on no account what ever to accept of naval or other aid. British Officers in our service have been suspended for the present. This is a measure to which the Regency had thought proper to resort. " The Lisbon Government have ordered the Cortes to assemble in the ancient manner on the 15th No vember, but they have not promised to grant the nation a Constitution. The Oporto Provisional Go vernment, of course, are not satisfied with this, and apparently require the abolition of this Government. It . we are to believe the reports, the Oporto party is the strongest ; but as the communication has been stopped till within the last two days, the letters opened and only partly delivered, nothing certain is known here of their operations, excepting that the Constitution has been sworn to by all the province of Entre Douro e Minho, in part of Tras-los-Montes, in Coitnbra, and the other towns of Upper Beira. " At present both parties appear to be acting on the defensive, and making ready to commence a civil war; but the troops here declare that they will not fire upon their countrymen, consequently the result cannot • be doubtful, should ey proceed to hostilities. Both parties have published many Proclamations, desiring the troops and people to embrace their se parate causes, and the Lisbon Government have of fered pardons and rewards to all who will desert to them ; they also attempted to obtain money from the capitalists, but it is said that one only offered four hundred thousand reals (1:100). " They afterwards published, that a Subscripts would be opened at the Treasury, and they expected that all loyal Portuguese would contribute to raise a Fund for suppressing the Insurrection, and promised to publish their names in every Saturday's Gazette ; but the Gazette of last Saturday did not say a word on the subject. " The Lisbon Gazette has condescended to contra dict several rumours that were afloat respecting thel success of the new cause, and intentions of Govern meat to call in foreign troops : they have also pub lished a letter from the Count da Teira to Count Pal mella, requesting that he would delay his voyage to Rio, and assist them in their Counselsb to which he has agreed, and the British frigate Creole sailed 10th inst. for Rio without him. The Portuguese frigate Perola is preparing to take him. All is said to be quiet in Algarve and Alemtejo. I have no doubt-that the muse will succeed, as the troops and people are all longing for a change, but no one has courage to begin it. The Oporto Government have reason, force, and money on their side, and these have none to defend them but the vermin who feed on the effects of their vicious administration, and who will not replace any of the money they have defrauded the nation of, con sequently the tesult is certain, if the Oporto people remain fim." NAPLES AND SICILI. NAPLES, SEPTEMBER 5. On Saturday, the 2d inst. the expedition for Sicily 'sailed. Yesterday there were some more embarkations, from Naples and other parts of the coast. the HEREDITAEY PRINCE has this day ordered the immediate departure for Messina of a battalion of Calabrian Militia, 600 strong, under the orders . of Lieutenant-General Prince de la SCALETTA. Rya Royal Decree of the 3d of this month, an extraordinary call is made on all those who have served since 1806 in any army whatsoever, and who are not above forty years of age, to join the army on service for six months. By another Decree of the same date, the MilitiA Regiments now existing in the Provinces are to bd kept up in their present state of organization. Be, sides the Militia no/' embodied, there is to be raised in each Province a Legion composed of men of the age of from 21 to 40. The following accounts have been received from Messina:—" A ship from Trapani in six days, se ports that the inhabitants of that city hici had an en gagement with the Palermitans and 'shewn great proofs of courage. In the action, which was very sanguinary, out of 600 Palermitans more, than 300 were killed) the rest were made prisoners and cork fined in the Fort de Columbara. More than 2090 Trapanians were preparing to march on Marsala. where the Palermitans have their principal depot of provisions." The accounts from Catania announce, that 2000 men had arrived from Messina, and that these forces, joined to 1000 Catanesians, had marched for Casts girone, occupied by the Palermitans. From Palermo, we hear that General OTAnitts is dead;_ General ROSEN II El m has been released; Lt:- CUESSI still suffers from his wounds. VIENNA, SEPTEMBER 13. The Court Gazette announced yesterday, that the Duke DE GALLO, who was stopped at Clagenfuith, to wait there the passports for which he had sent to Vienna, has received orders from the Governor of that , city to depart instantly. He set out accordingly on the 6th for Naples. This decision of our Court puts an end to all un certainty, if indeed any could remain. The Austrian Observer contains news from Palermo of the 24th August. Agrigentum had opened its gates to the Palermitans—they besiege Trapani, aad have cut off its supplies. CONEGLIANO, SEPTEMBER io. . The passage of Austrian troops from the interior of the monarchy still continues. Accounts have been received this • morning from Bombay, of the 20th of May, which state that the insurrection which we lately mentioned had broken out at Kutch (one cf the provinces recently ceded to the British), was of such extent as to require that se veral regiments should be 'immediately di:patchei to subdue the insurgents. At first orlf a detachment of one regiment was c.a. Some skirmishing was reported to have taken place. I FAMILY OF THE LATE MR. RAE. Application having been made to Mrs. SIDDONS, for her professional aid at the Benefit for the Widow and Family of the late lamented Mr. RAE, she has returned the following answer, which is as creditable to her regard for the Profession, as it does honour to the feelings of her heart : " Sik—l should with the greatest pleasure embrace those means which you propose, to pay my tribute of respect to the memory of poor NIL Rae, and to evince my sympathy for the unhappy family who have suffered so great and irreparable a loss; but, upwards of sixty years old, it is not to be sup posed that I can be exempted from the natural infirmities at tendant on such an advanced age, and be assured, Sir, that it is my inability, and not my indivatien, which leads me to decline what it would give me the greatest pleasure to accede to. With the sincerest wishes for the success of ypur benevolent efforts a this melancholy event, ' 6 I have the honour to be, Sir, 1 1 Your most obedient servant, " Sandbeck Park, Sept. 23. " S. SIDDONS" LINES TO DRURY. Mourn, Drury ! mourn thy half-deserted stenci l Thy triumph once, thy sorrow now is KCAN And, in fresh gloom to wrap thy setting day, Lost h thy other Son, extinct thy RAZ : llops's anchor rais'd, her bwelling sails unfurl'd, This seeks " another,"—that, " a better world!" & Ijis MAJESTY is expected to return from his marine excursion on Saturday next, to the Royal Cottage is Windsor Great Park. Meetings of the Inhabitant Householders of tile Parishes of St. George, Hanover-square, and Sr. James, will take place in a few days, tor the purpose of addressing her MAJESTY. The QUEEN has appointed Mr. LONIDALE to paint her Portrait, presented to the City of London, fer which her MAJESTY has sat several times. The Paris Papers announce the publication there of Memoirs of Baron Pergami. They are sa id to contain some curious facts. The Election for the vacant seat in the direction of the flank of England, in the room of the late Barstow LONG, E.q. com menced this morning, at ten o'clock, and finally closes at four-- C. Buttes, Esq. is the only Gentleman who offers himself to fill up the vacancy for the remainder of the year. Coru-Esenaxtur, Maas-Lax' Sarr. 27.—in addition to large quantity of new W heat, which remained over front Mon. day's market, we had several fresh arrivals from Suffolk this morning, but the detnaod being trifling, very few sales could be made, although the finest qualities were offered at an abate ment of from is. to tts. per quarter. We bad a fair supplY of Barley from Su ff olk, which" met heavy sale, even the of samples, at Itlanday's prices, but the ordinary qualities are per quarter lower. Oats sold freely on full as good terms 118 Altioday, in consequence of the certainty of the Ports shucirg this week against the importation of this ankle st em the Ports between the Eyder and Bidassua. In Beam and Peas no altennia Gec sine tner Wit V in w C T Con Cap -Con 'Jaca Got sure 2rla I)! op of