Star. — London, England, 1830-05-26 00:00:00

THE EVENING STAR. LONDON. T7l.7'lfrY - 6 . " WINDSOR CASTLE, MAY 26, 1830. "The KING has passed another good night, but his M A JEST Y's symptoms have not improved." (Signed) ,4 HENRY HALFORD. MATTHEW J. TIERNEY." Two very important documents selected from the Pa pers submitted to Parliament relative to Greece, will be found in another column, namely, the answer of Prince LEOPOLD to the note of the Ambassadors offering him the Sovereignty; and in which he accepts the high honour, with such observations as his Royal Highness thought necessary,concerning the future well being of the nation he was called on to govern. Of these the prin cipal one relates to the boundary line. This he pro poses to ascend the left bank of the Aspropotamos, as far as the limits laid down to the north as those of the Canton of Vlachoe, from thence towards the East, the natural boundary formed by the mountains which join Mount fEta. A frontier which, the Prince says, is " indispensable for the security of this important portion of the new state." So far as we are enabled to judge from the data before us, a non-compliance with the above proposition, is the only cause assigned for the Prince's resignation. By referring to the second document, the answer of the provisional government to the note of the residents, it is evident that there is a marked disinclina tion on the part of CAPO D'IWERIAS to conform to the wishes of the allies, without first consulting the na tional representatives. After a long string of profes sions, as to the " unlimited gratitude," &c. which the eon duct of the Great Powers towards Greece, calls forth theready acquiescence of the Russian Satrap is thus qualified : " In proportion, however, to the earnest desire of the govern ment to be the faithful Interpreter of these sentiments, is the sincere regret which it feels at its inabWty to acquit itself of this honour able mission in the forms prescribed to it by the acts of the list National Congress." Here we have it at once plainly indicated that all the arrangements were entered into without consulting the wishes of the Greek people. It will, perhaps, be re collected by those of our readers, who take an interest on this subject, that we alluded very strongly both to the injustice and impolicy of so uncerimoniously deciding the fate of a people, who have made such a glorious stand for freedom, when the nomination of Prince LEOPOLD was first announced. A very slight glance at this document proves, that while Russia fully agrees to all that has been done at Paris and London, her agents will strain every nerve to create new obstacles in Greece. This fact is surely too palpable to escape the at tention of Lord ABERDEEN I As connected with the sys tematic plan of the Russian Cabinet, we do not for a moment doubt, that the most alarming communications have been made to deter the Prince from proceeding to Greece. When, therefore, the stumbling block of the boundary line, and the representations from interested agents, are coupled with the prospect of momentous changes at home, there is undoubtedly some excuse for the extraordinary act which continues to occupy so large a share of public attention. With regard to the dislike manifested by the Greeks to give up Acarnania, nothing can be more just or na tural. The people of that province have made greater sacrifices for independence than any other section of the Confederacy ; whereas the range of Mount (Eta is abso lutely necessary for the security of the new State against foreign aggression. In the observations made by the Times of this morning, it is put forward as a set-off against giving up Acarnania, that the allies have agreed to give up Negropont. We are enabled to inform our contem porary that they might as well have given the Morea back to the Turks as this most important tract. The truth is, that the power possessing Negropont can at all times invade Attica and Livadia without any effectual op position ; so that it is quite as indispensable to the safety of the new state, as the line for which Prince LEOPOLD is said to have insisted. Taking it for granted that the resignation is indisso luble, we hope another choice will be made forthwith, and that the party chosen may possess the requisite talents for making himself respected, and forming such a government as shall put an end to those rival fac tions which threaten Greece with new calamities.— Upon the subject of the boundary line, we cannot con ceive on what principle the Allies could persevere—re fusing the earnest prayer of the whole Greek people. We conclude by repeating, that the speedy settlement of the question is entitled to the most serious attention of Ministers. The nomination of M. DZ PZYBRONET as a member of the POLIGNAC cabinet is said to occupy undivided at tention at Paris, and cannot fail to increase the rancour of party to an unusual degree. When the unpopularity of the V t LELLE Ministry, of which M. DE PETILKONIT formed the most conspicuous part is considered, the effect produced by this event is not at all to be wondered For ourselves, we consider it as the triumph of the ultra royalists, and shall anxiously wait for the result of the new elections. Want of room again obliges us to defer some observations suggested by the present crisis. From the arrival of Count MAITUCHEWITZ at Paris, and his conference with the foreign ambassadors there, tt would appear that Russia is disposed to co-operate in the projects of France against Northern Africa. This is a curious and important feature in the news of the day. A letter from Lisbcn, dated the 28th of April, says " a repo r t is spread that the Emperor Don Pawn, has , eS t ' % p WEDNETSI,TIAY 26. i i # I i proposed to His Majesty, FERDINAND VII. to unite the Princess DONA MARIA DA GLORIA to the Infant of Spain, Dow C A RLOS Lu is MARIE, eldest son of the Infant Dow CA RLos, brother of his Catholic Majesty, married to the Infante Dona MARIE FRANCOISE n'Assts, sister of Don PEDRO: the Infant Don CARLOS-LUIS was born the 31st of January, 1818. It is said further, that the Emperor of AUSTRIA has caused it to be signified to our Sovereign, through the interference of England, that if his MAJESTY does not espouse Dona MARIA DA GLORIA, Don PEDRO Will be invited to abdicate, and give that Princess to a Prince of the House of Ba varia. Of these two reports the latter appears the more probable, as the Emperor of AUSTRIA has wished for some time to give to the King of BAVARIA a compen sation in Italy for certain territories on the Austrian frontier, which his Imperial MAJESTY has long coveted." Yesterday we had private advices from our friend and correspondent at Cadiz. They are of such extreme length that we can only afford a brief notice of them to-day. With respect to commerce in Cadiz, and ge nerally throughout the neighbouring towns and coun try, much depresssion and distress prevailed. The house of PEDRILLA and Co. at Seville, had just failed ; and at Port St. Mary, MInUEL Loco—a great wine exporter to England—had become bankrupt, minus £150,000. The exactions laid on by the Director of the free port of Cadiz, had become so vex atious and heavy, that many persons engaged in trade, to a great extent, have been driven to the necessity of shutting their shops—being totally unable to pay them. Silver coin had become scarce ; and most of the pay ments, by merchants, were made in gold and copper— one shilling being lost in the exchange of a doubloon of sixteen dollars. The exportation of wine—parti cularly Sherry—to England, had been very limited for three previous months; the state of the crops, from continued dry weather, was miserable in the ex treme ; and the horn-cattle were dying on the ground for want of food. A few cargoes of wheat have arrived from Oram—yielding about two shillings a bushel, clear profit; but the Emperor of MOROCCO had strictly forbidden the further exportation of any grain, till he could judge on the appearance of the crops, through out his own dominions. All these untoward cir- cumstances combined had necesarily caused that privation and distress which our correspondent states, to prevail. We lament to perceive that the slave trade is carried on with impunity. The Spanish brig Marinero bad sailed from Cadiz, in August last, to Port Avonah, on the African coast—there forced in a cargo of blacks—took them to the Havannah—sold them as slaves, and returned last month to Cadiz with a full cargo of sugar, coffee, &c. &c. the produce of their vil lainous expedition. When the Marinero left the Ha vannah, suspicions of a revolutionary disposition were gaining ground ; and fifty persons—opulent and res pectable inhabitants—had already been put under arrest. In the meantime, FIADINAND bees no opportunity of sending troops to the Havannah. The LORD CHANCELLOR, last night, in the HORN of Lords, brought in a Bill for the purpose of carrying into effect the recommendation in the KING'S message, with respect to instruments requiring the sign manual. It is proposed, as a substitute, that a commission under the sign manual should issue for a limited time, authorising one or more therein named to affix the KING'S signature, by a stamp prepared for the purpose, to such instruments as require such signature ; and as securities against the abuse of the power thus delegated, the Commissioner or Commissioners are to be bound by an oath never to affix this stamp to any instrument, except in the presence, and by the express command, of his MAJESTY; nor until the contents and nature of the instrument shall have been indorsed upon it, and signed by three Cabinet Ministers named in the Bill; the said stamp to be prepared and kept in the custody of certain high Officers, and not to be affixed to any instrument except in their presence, which they are to attest. Were a second CABAL to arise, these restrictions would seem sufficient security against abuse ; but as precedents are of great weight in such cases, the Minister is not content with the arrangement, however perfect it may be, without their support. The LORD CHANCELLOR enumerated several, some of them of doubtful authority ; but to two cases in the reign of King EDWARD VI. there does not appear to be any objection.—The Bill having been read a first time, it was proposed to dispense with the usual forms, for the pur pose of forwarding it through the remaining stages, so that it might pass the House this day ; but on the sug gestion of Earl GREY, that such haste would not comport with the importance of the subject, a Com mittee was appointed to search for precedents this day, and the further proceedings on the Bill were postponed until to-morrow.—From the pains which the LORD CHANCELLOR has taken to inform himself on this ques tion, we consider the appointment of a Committee as little more than a matter of form, and do not expect much new light from their labours. The constitutional jealousy which has suggested it, is, however, a laudable feeling, participating in which we still hope that the Heir Presumptive to the Throne will be the individual by whose band the stamp will be actually affixed. This distinction, we think, is due to his position in the State, and that to withhold it would be a mark of disrespect to that Illustrious Person. _ The silly prejudice that our laws, civil and criminal, are the perfection of wisdom, has been a long time giving way to a more liberal, humane, and enlightened policy. It is due to the memory of Sir SAMUEL Ro- MILLY to acknowledge his meritorious exertions in the cause of legal reform ; but the progress which it has made since his death, far exceeds his most sanguine anticip►- tions. One great step more in advance appears now re rived at the moment of completion—the abolition of the ' punishment of death for forgery, and the substitution of a less sanguinary penalty.—Publio opinion has met in so strong against the exiting law, it mast sweep all opposi- tion away. In the course of the last eleven weeks, no fewer than two hundred petitions have been presented to Parliament against the penalty of death for this offence, but these are in addition to the g eneral petition to the same effect signed by upwards of 1000 bankers es tablished in 214 cities and towns of the United Kingdom. The great objection usually made to the repeal of laws is the injury to be sustained by those for whose benefit they were specially intended. Here we have the very individuals most interested in the prevention of the offence, coming forward to denounce the severity, the inefficiency, and utter uselessness of the enactment. Mr. LENNA.RD'S motion for the appointment of a Commission to superintend the production of new plays on the stage, instead of the Lord CHAMBERLAIN and his Deputy, was negatived last night in the House of Commons. The abuse of the power, as now exercised, was made the ground of the motion, but on the correct ness of the charge we are not competent to decide. To whatever cause it is to be assigned, the decline of dra matic talent appears to be universally admitted, and it therefore becomes the more necessary to provide that i. shall not have to contend with injurious restrictions. We do not see, however, any that would be avoided by the change proposed. The power of licensing is one, unfor tunately, that Bever can be exercised with universal sa tisfaction to the parties interested. It would be very hard to persuade the author of a rejected piece that he has not suffered injustice; nay, it would be difficult to find a parent who would like to see his child suffering even wholesome correction from a stranger's hand. An author objects to a house where the Manager writes, and he may have a like objection to a writing Lord CHAMBER LAIN and Deputy; but the present Lord CHAMBERLAIN does not write for the stage, and his Deputy, we believe, writes nothing except his own Memoirs, or other oddities. CITY, TWELVE o'CLoct. Consols opened this morning at the same price they left off yes terday, 921 for the Account, and 924 a for money ; the only business doing at present is paying and receiving accounts. A de faulter has been declared in the House, but he is only a duckling... not of much importance. It is reported that an express has arrived from Paris, bringing Monday's prices of the Rentes 00f. 40c. and that they were done as low as 80f. In the Foreign Market, Mexican has rather gone down, owing to unfavourable accounts from that quarter. The sew Company of South Metropolitan Gas Shares have been done at l premium. The following important account from Vera Crus to the 28th March, has been received at the North and South American Coffee. house :—" The affairs of Mexico are in a very distracted state; the reign of the present dominant party, it was anticipated, would be of a short duration; and who would succeed them was very uncertain.— as the soldiers, In whose hands seemed to be the disposing power, were ready to elevate any leader who bad the means of paying them, by pillaging the cities. Bustamanto had been enabled so far to sustain his government ; but his resources were needy exhausted, and his power must end with them. Among the evils growing out of this disturbed State at Mexico, are the depressions sustained by foreign commerce. Indeed to such an extent has this evil been felt of late, that it seems, for the present, almost to have extin. gulahed trade. There was not an American vessel in the port t the United States ship, Peacock, has been fortunate in rendering effec. tual aid to several vessels in distress at Vera Cruz. Among which were the British Government packet Goldfinch, the French ship lona, and an English brig. The Chamber of Deputies was informed by the Government, that the Governor of Durango, and the civil militia, had Bed; carrying with them the money which was in the State Treasury, amounting to a very large sum A packet has arrived from Vera Cruz, by the Sphynx—sailed 28th March ; also, a nail from Lisboa, by the Bandwkh—sailed May 16. HALF-PAST ONE. The information received via of Ameritarthir morning from Vera Crus, at the North and South American Coffeehouse of the un favourable state of Mexico; is not correct, as accounts have singe been received at the above Cofee.house by the Mexican Packet, by private letters from Vera Cruz to the sth of April. Mom°, Mtxcn 23.—The Opossum packet sailed from Vera Cruz, for England, on the 12th, with 500.000 dollars in bullion and specie on board. The new Executive Government is more and more established, and has improved its financial resources, by sus pending the receipts of Custom House debentures in payment of duties, and agreed for their gradual payment by instalments. The law of prohibition of 22d May last has been relaxed, by both Chambers having agreed that the Executive Government may admit any of the articles named in the said law, on condition that the duties of im. portation be paid immediately upon the landing of the goods.— Supplies of British manufactures have arrived. and more expected ; but the prices are rather lower. The mines of the Bolan, Anglo- Mexican, and United Mexican Company, continue with the same success, and favourable prospects. Exchange, 446 to 441 per dol. We have received the express from Paris, with Monday's papers, which do not bring any important news ; but instead of the French funds coming lower, as reported in the Stock Exchange, early this morning, they came higher, and were done on Monday 3 per cent, rents at 81-10, but they left of 80-90, in consequence of which consoli have rather improved, and are at present 93 to for the account, and 924 for money. In the Foreign Market,Mexican, Spanish, and Greek stocks, have also got up. Little doing in any other foreign securities. The Horticultural Society, instead of giving a public breakfast this year propose to dine with Duke Humphry. On Monday the marriage of Lord Lilford and Miss Fox, Lord Hollaid's daughter, took place at Holland-house and, at a quarter before three o'clock, the bells of Ken sington church struck up a merry peal, to signify that the celebration had taken place. The Chancellor of the Exchequer, on Friday next in tends to move for leave to bring in a Bill " to reduce the bounty now payable for the capture of slaves." About two o'clock yesterday afternoon the Marquis of ANGLESEA visited his two sons at Westminster school. The Noble Marquis was on horseback, accompanied by his son Lord GEORGE PAGET, and looked remarkably well. Soon after taking leave of his sons, he was recog nised by an old out-pensioner of Chelsea Hospital, who formerly served in the Coldstream Guards, and was pre sent at the memorable battle of Waterloo. The veteran, addressing the Noble Marquis, reminded him of having been an old companion in arms, and showed him a severe wound which he received at Waterloo in the heat of the action. The Marquis listened to the brave fellow with great condescension, and, at the conclusion of his nar rative, presented him with a sovereign to drink his health with, which the old soldier joyfully received, re tiring with a low bow. The late Sir ROBERT PEEL is said to have died worth 2,000,0001. The will was proved on Friday in Doctors' Commons, and sworn to exceed 1,000,0001. which bears highest probate-duty (15,0001.) I THE ICING. The physicians remained in attendance on the KING daring yesterday. Mr. BRODIE went to town in tho morning, but returned to the palace last night. Tln Princess AUGUSTA and the Duchess of Gi.ouc LA T Es e ' spent upwards of an hour and a half in company with his MAJESTY on Tuesday. At the King's Palace, St. James's, the Earl of Firs was in attendance as Lord iu waiting, for Lord STacrtia v : Mr. TOWrsilENu was the groom in waiting. The inquirers were ai usual numerous. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. The following vessels have arrived :—The Emma, Tucker, front Oporto, at Topsham • Hero, Fell, from New Orleans, and Dover, Barsky, from Charleston, at Liverpool ; Antield, Newlands ' front Jamaica, and Consdtution, Stone, from New Orleans, off ditto ; Lady Shaw Stewart, --, from Antigua, at Whitehaven ; John. Doe& from Memel, at Shields; BUsay Castle, Richardson, front Memel, in Yarmouth Roads; Samuel, Wright, from Charleston; Ellen, Jenkinson, from Lisbon ; and the Pacific, —, off Li • verpool. The San Jacoba de Galicia sailed from Havanna' on the .29th March for Coruna', and was wrecked off Maternillo. DLit, Mar 25.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived from London, the Susan, Halliday, for the Cape, &c. Protector, Waugh, and 313- dras, Beach, for Madras. Arrived the Do rothea, Gray, front Grenada. Possawomm, MAT W.S.W.—Atrived his Majesty's ship Isis, from the Mediterranean. Fausownr, MAT 24--Antved the Sandwich packet, from Lisbon—sailed 16th instant ; and Sphyns packet, from Mexico. NORTH Samna, May U.—Yesterday several ships broke adrift. The Nymph, Jackson, lost mainmast. Omar-moo, Aram 22.—The Dorothea Louisa, Mittenhzra. sailed hence on the 17th inst. for Bremen, and put back yesterday, having struck the Bar, and knocked off the rudder, but no further damage. The Duke and Duchess of CUMBERLAND came to town yesterday from their residence at Kew. The Duke of CUMBERLAND dined with the Princess A uovrrs, at her residence in the King's Palace, St. James's. Them was a select party to meet his Royal Highness. Ti:f. Duchess of CUMBERLAND returned to her residence at Kew in the afternoon. The Russian Ambassador left town yesterday, and paid a visit to the Duke and Duchess of CLA KEN CL, at their residence in Bushy Park. Prince LEOBOLD dined with the Duchess of Ki'N I yesterday evening, at the residence of her Royal High ness in the KING'S Palace, at Kensington. The Princess AUGUSTA and the Duchess of GI s - CESTER visited the new residence of the Duke of CA MBRI DG E in Piccadilly, yesterday. Their Royal Highnesses were attended, while viewing the edifice, by Colonel KEATE, the Equerry to the Duke of Ca m - BRIDGE. Mr. HUNT, the architect, ITU also in at tendance. The number of commissions, warrants, &c. which require the Royal signature, is very great ; in one de partment of the Government alone there are several thousand public instruments ready to be issued on re ceiving the sign manual. The Spanish Minister was occupied a considerable time with the Earl of ABERDEEN yesterday at the Foreign Office. The noble Earl afterwards visited the Duke of WELLINGTON at the Treasury. The Danish Minister paid a visit to his Lordship yesterday. The Lord Chancellor had a conference, which lasted upwards of an hour, yesterday morning, with the Duko Of WELLINGTON, at the Treasury. The Earl of MoaLitY, the Earl of ABERDEEN, Sir ROBERT PEEL, and the LORD MAYOR, had interviews yesterday, at the Treasury, with the Duke of WEL• LINOTON. In Mr. Robinson's observations on the Cape of Good Hope petition on Monday night, it was one of the late Assistant Judges, and not the Chief Justice, to whose conduct he alluded. It is rumoured at Chichester that Dr. LUSHINGTON intends offering himself a candidate for that town at the next general election. The resignation by Prince LaOPOLD of the sove reignty of Greece has produced a marked effect on the value of Greek stock, which has fallen 7 per cent. on the price of Saturday, and is full 20 per cent. lower than the price it had attained three or four weeks ago. It left off at 35 to 36. All the better class of foreign securities are lower, in consequence of the fall in con sols. In the trans-Atlantic stocks there is much steadi ness, but business has not been transacted in them to any great extent. A letter from Gibraltar, of the 3d of May, states that the Emperor of Morocco's cruisers are getting ready for sea. Mr. BROUGHAM presented a petition to the HORN) of Commons last night, of great importance, praying for the abolition of capital punishments in all cases of forgery. It was a petition signed by bankers, and by bankers only, of no fewer than 214 cities and towns of the United Kingdom. The signatures consisted of the names of 233 banking firms, 36 joint-stock banking companies, and 502 individual bankers—being in all 771 signatures. This shows, beyond all question, how decidedly the bankers in general throughout the nation are convinced of the inefficiency of the existing law, and bow much they hold in abhorrence those periolical sacrifices of human life, which, under the pretence of especially protecting their property, exhibit only the ead spectacle of human blood unprofitably shed ! PRICE OF STo'.:lt: Bank Stock 2181 1 S per Cent. Red. 92 11 2 3 per Ct. Cnns. 921 1 31 pet Ct. 1818, 31 per Ct. Red. 991 1 4 per Cent. shut 4 per Ct. 1828, 1041 1 Long Ann. 19.1-18 Do. 30Years, Apl. Oct. 181 AT TWO 0 Cf.' oCK. Do. July. Jan. 19! Do. 80 Years, do. 24 1-16 India Block. 242 3 India Bonds 85 4 Old Annuities 9145, N.w 92 .ClOOO Each. Bills 79 $l5OO Ditto AlOO and A'2oo Do. Cons. for Ace. 934 FOREIGN FUN Brazil Bd.. 5 pr Ct. 731 Ditto ACe. Milian Bd.. 6 pr Ct. 30 , TWO O'CLOCK. Do. Ace 37i Mex. Bd.. 5 pa Ct. 31 Colons. Ms. 6 pot Ct. BRITISH AND FOREIGN SHARES. TWO OCLOCK. •I , A+lt FACIA. Anglo Mexican (i;s. at £5 pm) )00 100 Brazilianlmp. £5 pm.) 35 20 I)'. National 55 ise _ __ _ KR WARS. 3q 37 76 ?Sli St..lohn Da Hey so S . " 'otombiati (iss. at £5 pm.) 55 40 9 .... United Mn.x (i.s. at set pm) in 29i 19! MAILS ARRIVED AND Deli THIS MORNINGT D. lA. D. •A. D. I Dublin 0 0 France . 0 0 Ll.bon ....... 0 t Waterford ..... 0 0 Flanders O Guerra. J erry 010 Holland Ol 1 Sweden 0 O Buenos /lres— 00 Hamburgb .. . 0 0 Malts .. 0 O America........ 0 0 Leeward Islands 0 1 Mexico . 0 CoRW r" — M LAN' ...ARK ~ _!E, MAT IC INITORIIITIONS IMO NOMA Ir. Wheat, English (qrs.) . 1,350 Batley, Foreign Foreign . 2,960 Oats, English . Irish . Foreign Earley. &gbh • 750 I bleb . I • . --1 Fuse (puke) 1.1,00 ........ . SW 1,850 COAL.EXCHANGI, !ley SS Ships arrived tiering the mesa ...... I Deefmg the week Beet Wagtail Coals . Us 011 We Pi! Whet nets. Ms se Maass, A . I• 10 of ~ - I I I' II