Star. — London, England, 1829-12-30 00:00:00

V i~ . NEW SOU '. by his WALES. .... Ralph Darling, eaptain-General and Governor-in-Chief of this Colony and its Dependencies, dated July 13,1829, and inserted in the Sydney Gazette, thus carries into effect His Majesty's, appointment of a Legislative Coun s•il in the territory : TO IS TIM neer OK OBIKOIAL DT131111141 OF Tilt ISOISLATIKB coupons in ram cower Or slew SOOTY His Excellency Lieut.-General Ralph Darling, Governor. Fraacla Forbes, Esq. Chief Justice. The Venerable Thomas Hobbes Scott, Archdeacon. Alezander M.Leay. F.sq. Colonial Secretary. • Akxander blacdulf Baxter, Req. Attorney-General. • Michael Cullen Cotton, Esq. Collector of Customs. William Lithgow, Esq. Auditor-General of Colonlal Accounts. Patrick Lindesay % Feq. Lieut.-Colonel of the 39th Regiment of Foot. John blacarthur, Esq. Robert Csmphell, Esq. Richard Joon, Eat_ • - Alexander Barry, - Esq. John Bintand, Esq. Captain Philip Parker King, of the. Royal Navy. (His place to be filled, until his return to the Colony, by John Thomas Campbell, F.sq.) Edward Charles Close, Esq. • SIERRA LEONE. . FRENCH PAPERS. T The mortality amongst the Europeans at this ill-fated colony continued up to the last departure from thence to au alarm ing smut. By the ship Marla. arrived at Plymouth last week, we learn that the number of deaths bad frightfully increased, and that the season was more than usually unhealthy and unfavourable. The crew of the vessel were all taken iIL Several were conveyed on shore by order of the Captain, so that they might receive Letter comforts and attendance; but, although every assistance was ren dered, most of the unfortunate men died in a few days, and were buried in the Beglish church-yard. It has been found necessary by the owners and captains of ships in England destined for Sierra Leone, to increase the number of hands one-third, and in some vessels one-half, but it is now difficult to procure men even at doable wages, so great and general is the fear of that pestilential climate. From the Meuager des Chambres of Sunday. PARIS, Dec. 26. A letter from Toulon, of the 9da, says—" We have this moment received the news that 2,500 men, making part of the expedition to the Morn, have arrived at Marseilles, where they are under quarantine. • * " On the 20th Dec. last, Count Capo d'lsulas published a De cree concerning the organization of the Senate, of the Ministry of State. and of the Chamber of Accounts." A letter from Mayence, of the 13th Dee. states, that it was re ported that the Act relative to the navigation of the Rhine, pro posed by Russia and Holland, has not obtained the assent of the French Government. This morning, at two o'clock, the thermometer of Reamer at Buis was at 11 deg. below Zero. . From the Gazette de France, dated Monday. PARIS, Dn. 27. It appears to be certain that the Prince of Saxe-Coburg will ob tain the suffrages of the three Powers, parties to the Treaty of London, for the dignity of King of Greece. From the Courrier Francais. PARIS, Dec. 27. The Ministry is so alive to the Representative System, that the most extraordinary reports are in circulation. We have already men tioned that the French Cabinet had submitted to foreign Cabinets some questions relative to the internal situation of France. These communications, so contrary to the national dignity, have of late been mote frequent; and it is said that the foUowing ques tion has been asked :—ln case the French Government should and it necessary to make an alteration in the fundamental laws, could it rely on support from Foreign Powers? To this note no answer has yet been received. The French Ministry relies probably on the peace in the East to allow the co-operation of the Powers in the affairs of France; and it thinks that at present a new Holy Allison may be formed. It is painful to us to mention such rumours. After so many proofs of humiliation, it is time France was restored to her place and *her power, and that the counter-revolutionist. should cease to invoke foreign aid, when at home they meet only with neglect and contempt. From the Constitutionnel. PARIS, Dee. 27. The acquittal of the 'lomat dies Deists has made the Ministry ' furious, and its Evening Paper published yesterday the two follow ing articles The infallibility of the inferior tribunals is a respectable action. The arra of the Court the day before yesterday it beyond our com . petetcy ; but we can assert, as within our competency, that the licentiousness of the Press has now no bounds, and that legislation has left the Government disarmed, exposed to the attacks of fac • tiers. It is wisdom not to be vexed at what is past, but to make • it a guide to improvement in our institutions. Thus the checks which the cause of order may receive are useful ; for this is for the general interest, which must prevail." " No, the penal laws against the Press are not snEcient. This is proved by the Tribunal et Correctlonel Philce having sentenced the Editor of the Journal des .Delats to ils months' imprisonment, and to pay a floe of soo francs.nd that the' Procureor de Rol had appealed quint the minimum. The article of the kW invoked against the Editor increases the ens to 10,000 francs, and impri soomeat to Ave tears, : ',than interdict on all civil rights. We must 'ea, ander', for another source of the licentiousness of the , Pens, and ko' believe that our legislative education is every day nuking fresh peeress.* It becomes the anarchical apologists of right divine, the era breeds et site tricks, to complain of the licentiousness of the Press, when they haie pushed it to the greatest extreme. It was net asseegh to maintain that the Menke Chamber could not re fit* Its assent to the. Budget—Doir the tribunals must submit their consciences to the passions of the Ministry; and, for the satkfact of M. de Pullin; declare an author guilty when they theoghtliinsinneent. The Magistrates, therefore, are inehe same Miran as the Deputies. It la not the Legislation that must be refound, bet the Magistrates who must be changed. What is Wended by these threats of the Ministerial Journal? Are we to have Polignac Commission, as we bad formerly Munn Petite glens ? Or, will the Chief Minister, condemning himself to be po polar, 'teethe Press the Trial by Jury ? .The Press can never bring a Government into con tepays but by giving it credit for virtues which it does not plssesit, on, the principle that " praise undeserved is se .' tire most severe. At the annual tithe audit held at the White Hart, at Abridge, on Saturday last, the customary liberal enter• pinment was given by the Rev. R. Sutleffe, who made an abatement of ten per cent: on the usual payment on account of the late unfavourable season, and. the low price of agricultural produce, the original tithe being "wally moderate with the nei g hbouring parishes. aystm of determining the rent of land in proper la tWvalue of its produce is - Working well where it has bees establiehddin this county. The bfichaelmas i r:t=yeb‘e just maw, under such covenants, have been *Aare implinces, 25 per cent. with satisfaction tetialklidkril sal tenant.—Bs ex Herald. NING STAR. Prince respected, and holding out that example of dis cipline and obedience eo indispensably necessary to the future tranquillity, happiness, and prosperity of the new State. With respect to the 50,0001. a year, now drawn from the exhaustedrevenues of England, we need hardly say that it would cease the moment Prince LzoPoLn obtained a sovereignty. It is not likely that either the Greeks or the parties to the forthcoming Protocol, would allow the pro posed King to be the pensioner of any foreign State. Upon this subject we are enabled to state, that the resources of Greece, if managed with the smallest attention, are more than sufficient _to provide for all her wants. Here we cannot help recurring to the btoken promises and ruinous policy of CAPO DISTRIAS. Had that individual, on his arrival 'at Egina last year, instead of promulgating an endless variety of impracticable proclamations, issued one solitary decree providing for the interest of the debts contracted in this country, Greek Bonds would now have been far above par, and her political organisation greatly advanced. Instead of this being the case, we lament to say that but little, progress has been made. What with the truly. bungling policy of the great powers, in not taking up the Greek question long before the accession of Mr. CAN.. NINO to office, and the subsequent measures, alike tardy and irregular, the new Monarch will have every thing to create. Let him not forget that all other considerations must yield to the formation of a good financial system : without this, we boldly assert, that no permanent govern ment can ever be established in Greece. A letter will be found in another column, with the signature of SIMI IT ; and it is not too much to say of it, that the spirit of that immortal-Patriot seems to re visit us in those paragraphs• A few such appeals, and we doubt not that the too long dormant virtue of England will redeem itself : a few trumpet notes in that stirring tone, and the voice of a manly people vindicating its rights, will be heard answering the ancestral summons. Now, or never—for the time is come. Owing to an inadvertence, some of the manuscript translation of our Bogota Correspondent's fourth letter was omitted yesterday ; and we attach too much im portance to his historical and luminous views on Colum bian affairs, not to prefer republishing the whole letter rather than suffer it to remain in an imperfect form. We deem it quite unnecessary to repeat that these letters are, on every account, highly worthy of public attention. We have German Papers this morning, by which we rerceive that the Russians have at length' evacuated Adrianople—leaving only 1,500 men with the hospitals ; and the place is now occupied by 3,000 regular troops, ordered from Constantinople for that purpose. The par ticulars of this movement will be found in the subjoined article from the Nurentburg Correspondent. The same Papers bring us an interesting, though brief, statistical account of Rome. In this city, it would appear, by the Roman Journals, that there are 33,689 families; 35 Bishops; 1490 Priests; 1984 Monks ; 1390 Nuns ; 287 Heretics, Turks and Infidels—not including the Jews ; 107,060 Catholics ; and what are called the Non- Catholics amount to 37,481. During the past year, there have been 5055 Christenings; 4584 deaths—males and females ; and 1190 marriages. FRONTIERS OF WALLACHIA, Drowns 7. 'HE EVENING STAR. N 4v sip % ti t • GATOS I * * 011 LONDON. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 30. • PRICE OF STOCKS AT TWO O'CLOCK. Bank Stock 216 17 India Stock shut 3 per Cent. Red. 941 4 1 4 India Bonds 70 1 3 per Ct. Cons. shut Old Annuities 34 pet Ct. 1818, £lOOO Ezclußills (2d) 76 7 31 per Cr. Red. 1004 1 1 £5OO Ditto 76 7 4 per Cent. shut 100 and £2OO Ditto 76 7 4 per Ct. 1826, 1051 I Advertised, Long Ann. 1911-16ths 13.15 tbs Bank for Acct. Do. 30 Years, 191 i Cons. for Jan. 9111 1 1 1 FOREIGN FUNDS, TWO O'CLOCK. Brasil Bds, 5 pr Ct. 73 1 Do. Ace, 30 291 31 Do. Am 731 I Mex. Bds. S per Cr. Buenos Ayres Ibis.' p Ct. Do B. 1825,6 p Ct. 96 Do. Acc.".B Do. Ace.2ol 4 Colon,. Bds. 6 per Ct. 231 Peruv. Bds.6 p C. Do. Bds. 1624, 1161 4 6 Do. Acc. 171 151 .. _ Ditto Acct. 264 Port. Bds. 5 p. Ct. 521 In Danish Beads:A p. Ct. 754 Do. Ace. 60 1 1 ^r• Ditto Ace. 751 Rua. Bda. 1952 1 5 prelalbe e. Greek Bonds, 5 p Ct. Da Amu° loin • .. Do. Ace. 30 M 0411,100 g , Do. R lint& 5 pCt. 291 301 Sp. Bds, 5 per Ct. 10;' I • BRITISH AND FOREIGN SHA NES, TWO O'CL4tCI. SNAIL PASO. Pit assns. Anglo Mezlems (its. at en pm) 100 100' 414 44 43 Ditto Subscript. • 10 774 17 i &WIMP. Imp. (ha. 45 pm) 55 20 95 96 95 Do. National 95 10 15 Colombian (iss. at 45 pm.) 55 . 35 151 13 Potosi La l'as & Peruv. Assn. 15 5 Se. ad. United Sire, (im. at it pm.) 40 391 174 184 TO CORRESPONDENTS. ITANICOS to-morrow. This morning M. CONTINI, the Italian Messenger, arrived at the Foreign Office, from Corfu, with despatches from the Honourable ROBERT GORDON, our Ambas- sador at Constantinople; Sir PULTENEY MALCOLM, Commander-in-Chief in the Mediterranean ; Mr. Dew x ma, our Resident at Greece ; and from Sir FREDERICK ADAM, Lord High Commissioner of the lonian lalsi. So many statements having appeared, at intervik, in , the columns of our contemporaries, attributing with great confidence increasing infirmities—and particularly approaching blindness in one, if not both eyes, to the Sov Easto a—it is with a satisfaction of no ordinary nature, that we are empowered to give to all such state ments a decisive and unequivocal contradiction. The KING has not for twenty years enjoyed better health, nor shown it more conspicuously in his looks, than he does at present. So far from being in the last stage of cataract, his MAJESTY'S sight is still of that strength, as to enable him to read every thing but the smallest print without the aid of glasses ; he doss not revolve them at cards : indeed, it is only when be takes a news paper, that his MAJESTY—and then not always—is in the habit of putting on spectacles. In his pony-chaise, which the KING uses much, his MAJESTY'S sight is quite sufficient—unassisted—for all the purposes of driving. It is now, also, more than a twelvemonth, since he has had the slightest attack of gout, and his general bodily health is even robust, considering his age. His MAJESTY'S hands—which are known to be re markably handsome—are still as fresh and as smooth as a boy's. . But what is more gratifying even than all the fore going, is the fact that at no period of his life, probably, has the Kt so's judgment been sounder, or his intellect clearer. He reads, not merely the newspapers of the day, but every thing new—as it comes out whether in politics, or miscellaneous literature. On State matters, he determines for himself, often against the officious prompting' and suggestions of people round him: and— in spite of all that has been said, concerning his sub mission to a magi' Minister—it is well understood at Windsor, that his MAJESTY was never KING or ENGLAND, in the potential acceptation of the term, more completely than at this moment. That he may long continue so, is our sincere and fervent aspiration! for—notwithstanding all that is said to his misrepre . aintation and prejudice—when shall we , have a better? *sides what is stated under our foreign bead, relyt time to Prince LEOPOLD'S becoming king of Greece, we think the report too important not ,to etdd,the fol- •lowing version of it, from our City Correspendent,--. and which appears to have been received by him from Paris: is generally understood in the political circles here, that Prince LaovoLp of Saxe Cobourg will be King of Greece. He has a good deal of ready money besides his annuity of .50,0001. a year. This will pre clude the necessity of a subsidy from the Powers, parties to the treaty of the 6th July. However, at the departure of the last advice from London, die Protocol taus not signed, whatever the Allgenteine Zeitwsg may say." We frankly confess that the repetition of this rumour has greatly surprised us. But as the motives of our surprise have been More than once expressed in the columns of the STAB, we shall now merely supply a few hints —founded upon personal observation made • in . Greece itself, and which may not be altogether without their use . to the entbiyo monarch. - • Having frequently . 'stated that the people of Greece were desirous of seeing a limited : Monarchy established among them, and expressed our .own conviction of its necessity, we 'Wail ourselves of this occasion• to observe, that whoever may be destined to fill the new throne, cannot hope to 'consolidate his power without possessing, not merely very large disposable funds, but an auxiliary corps, capable at once Of making the authority of the From the Nuremberg Correspondent. We have now positive information of the evacuation of Adria nople by the Russians, only a division of 1,500 men remaining with the hospitals. Soon after the departure of the Rumbas, 3,000 regular troops, that bad been ordered from Constantinople for that purpose, entered the city. The Puha of Scutari, with his Al banians, has at length quitted his position, and has commenced his march to return home. The frightful excesses which these troops have committed in Phillppopolik and the adjacent country, must have convinced the Solon that it would not be advisable to put Adrianople in their power : however, the intervention of the Rus sians in these measures of the Porte, is evident. The accounts from Bucharest are very gloomy, which will not seem surprising when we consider what that city has suffered during the last ten years; and yet every thing appeared to be reviving after the conclusion of the peace, and the cessation of the plague, when the catastrophe of the 26th November—the earthquake— entirely discouraged the inhabitants, and again interrupted all business. VIENNA, Die. 18. I per Cent. Metalll4pm lO3 4 per Cent. ditto Nook Shares . 1,159 —4lgemeirse &thaw, Doc. 25. CORFU, Nov. 29. We learn from Pons that eleven Russian men awes' have as rived there, as well as the two Admiral. On the 46th October, for the lint time in these two years, there arrived at Syra two vessels laden with core from the Black Sea. ANCONA, Dec. 9. A great number of ships, with corn, have strived, from Odessa, in Greece and the Archipelago. There were some Greek vessels among the Among the ships that have arrived at Fermate the Russian corvette the Navarin, and the Elizabeth. a two-decker, which has been one hundred days on its voyage from Cloastedt. A great number of the inhabitants of Megan have manifested a desire to establish a public school, as in the other cities of Greece : they have already Sized on Professor Rochidy as the head of this school. Many citizens have made liberal titers to support this useful establishment. ROME, Doe. 10. The Ronson Jamul' state the population of Rowe to be 144.141 souls ; which is an Increase of 2,221 souls during the year. In 1120 the population was 151,046. CITY, TwzLvz o'CLocx. Owing to the north-easterly wind, we are without snivels this esseung et foreign Malls and ship letters. Consols, which left oil meads , / at sae 4 for the Account, opened at the same pries, and at present nasj be tread 954 1, with a liras Market. Mosley, thislweraing. b worth 4 per cent. in the Hone. In the Foreign . Market it is settling day; the chief badness doing hi esteliti their accounts. HALF-PAST ON S. We still remain without any political information, there is a great dearth of information from all quarter= have been done at 954 for the Account, but at. present must be quoted 951 1. Their firmness is attributed to the ban of in the ensuing mouth, after the January &video& have been It is reported that the Money Broken are going round to the coos menial houses,to procure good bilk coming doe in the menthe of January sod February. In the Foreign Market, the setting of the Account appears at present to gore wok's we do not hear of any defaaker, although there are several heavy accounts to settle, particularly in Brand Seedy Colombian, Dinkh, Medan, and Pannone. A sudden she bestehen plass in Greek Stock of three per COIL owing to the report in the French Papers et Prince Coburg going to be placed ow the theme el Greece. _ — Lwannos., D.c. ss.—The sales to-day In Cotten ailment to 1,300 belaeot kap f of a penny per lb. advance as last Thursday's ps lay met the yb.. appear WWI to hold for a further advance. The Mee, indodles dams by auction this week sweat to upwards of ISIM rap. There bee been a very Ur demand for &lab Plissalsa =.. the sales of this week reading 100 hie. at shady pleas; 600 bags of fine White Bengal, width bave beat taken by the pia , oars at the fanner rates.—Cam for boon alellempdas, embus in rood Mout. The DUKE of WELLINGTON and the PEOPLE• TO THE EDITOR OF THE STAR. SlR—Amid all the concurrent signs of political and moral deterioration which rise around us, it is impossible not to be struck--e►en more than with the late prose- cutions of the Press, though I shall speak of these presently—with the Petition of the KENTISH GRAND JURY IO the Duke of WELLINGTON. Such a spectacl e , in such a country as England—Goa be thanked—is atm equally novel as it is extraordinary : but it depends upon us—the People—by our manifestations of sympathy or abhorrence at such a proceeding, to make it common and notorious as the daylight, or prevent for ever its humi liating recurrence. Great GOD, Sir, who and what is this Duke of Wzia.tuorow, that his name is to paralyse a whole nation's manliness, and hold the minds of millions in such a passive and ignominious thraldom ? Let us analyse the man : is he, indeed, supreme in this much abused land? lake MAXIMUS Irma mnxtuos Are Englishmen, then, so degenerated, as to bow the bead and bend the knee before an ambitious, usurping subject—the equal of them all by nature—superior to some among them, by adventitious circumstance alone ? This train of ideas—these self-asked questions—do they not force themselves upon us, when we peruse that ful some and abject composition which has made its round in all the diurnals, purporting to emanate from the Grand Jury of that County which glories in the boast of its invincibility ? Invicta !—Here, apes userulacissinta ! What a lesson is here presented to this once great people, if they will but rouse from their lethargy, and profit by it ? If they will but read, in this letter to . the great DI/az—for it is recorded there in damning characters—how degenerate their condition is become, how unhealthy the working of the public mind ! How long will men, and Englishmen, blindly permit others to think for them ? How long will they thus tacitly subscribe, thus niggardlily assent to any doctrine, which shall spare them the trouble of investigation ? This indolence—this criminal apathy—this dangerous slothfulness—how truly are they colleagues and helpmates of corruption l Bro thers of mischief—offspring of the devil—how mutually do they contribute to each other's delinquencies ; how lovingly are they found reciprocating in alternate pulsa tions They are as inseparable as the St AMESS BOYS. But to the letter itself—that letter, which already dis seminated through this degraded empire, must have car ried shame and indignation to the hearth of every free man who loves his country : let us consider a moment this letter from the Maw of KaNT—this rescript of the ielf-styled " Invicti !" And who is it, in this crisis of our destinies—this hour, perhaps, of approaching political extermination—who is it, whom these constitutional men address ? Their KING ? No. The representatives of the nation—such as they are ? No. The two Houses of Parliament ? No. The Ministers of the Crown—•as a responsible body ? No.—Whom, then ? I blush for my country, while recording with my pen the answer—lt is their fellow -subject, the Duke of Wax.- LlNorow, whose leniency these isvicti of Kent now supplicate with prostrate bodies! It is their fellow sub ject, the Duke of WZLLlNGTON—conqueror by favour ing •contbiflations at Waterloo, victorious by connivance at the Old Bailey—whom Englishmen and freemen now implore as a demi-god, now would conciliate as the sole arbiter of their destinies / Pass, we, Sir, from these reflections—painful and hu miliating—to the speeches of the ATTORNET-GZ NERAL, on the occasion of the fourth Government prosecution against the freedom of the Press. Re velling and luxuriating in previous success—grown bold and daring, by reason of the ready compliance of three former Juries—we here find the astute lawyer metainor- phased into the insolent tyrant. Speaking of ALEX ANDER'S partners, we hear him state, " that these men at last thought fit not to continue with Mr. ALEXANDER, to share either in his perils or his crimes." His crimes ! By what right dares the ATTOEN ILIrGENERAL desig 'nate—previous to conviction—the act of any man as criminal ? By what right presumes he thus to prejudice the minds of the Jury, then sitting in judgment upon the defendant? Let Sir JAMES SCA ItLETT explain that. Look, again, at the threat of this Whig ATTOZWZY GENZILAL, respecting the publication of the names of the Jurymen : If any person dared to publish suck a. list, he—the Attorney-General—would bring the indi- vidual so offending to condign punishment !• Truly, this Sir J A NES SCA a lATT is a prodigious fine. fellow wonderfully clever but I question much, whether a little reflection upon his past language will satisfy even his mind, that he has discreetly exercised the power of speech. His exultation at his monstrous successes has led him astray. He is drunk with his an-English triumph, and reels ,to and fro. In his unguardedness of incrimination, the cloven foot has been ton palpably exposed, to suit either his or his Master's ulterior aim. But the Cov TILT, Sir, will rouse itself—who, now, can doubt it ?—and seeing the abuse to which these laws of libel may be carried, will indignantly demand as enactment,. which shall wipe away from our code powers so atrocious —statutes so disgraceful in a laud of liberty. SIDNEY. • As to Sir JAMES SC AILLETVII doctrine—that the names of the Jurymen shall not be made public—we defy the names. We have a . right, as English men, to know the parties, by whom our fellow-citisens —in any and every cue—are tried and judged. e give notice,tberefore, to the ATTORNITGIN ZEAL, MS we shall—at the first convenient opportunity—pub/is* the forty-eight nmesee, and we snap our fingers at his uncoosatudonal isndacity. RD. STAR. i