Star. — London, England, 1830-05-06 00:00:00

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National 25 I2i Sr. John Da Rey British Iron Tle:1 del Monte Ditto Subscript. Thirds United :\ lex, (its. at Li pm.) 40 MAILS ARRIV 12i - 62i $3 '2O 50 400 . 5 - - - 483 8 1 i 400 64 - 3 91 10 224 204 - 'ED AND DUE THI lA. I F France 1 l Flanders Io Holland. 0 0 Hamburg,' .. . 1 0 Leeward Islands 0 I Dublin Waterford .. . 0 o Guern. & Jersey 0 O Buenos Ayres... 0 O A merica.... .... I :S MORNING. ♦. D. 1 Lisbon 0 0 Jamaica O Sweden 1 O Brazil . 0 O Mexico 0 E =EVENING STAR. LONDON. THURSDAY, MAY 6. THE KING. KING. " WINDSOR CASTLE, M 6, 1830. " The KING passed the whole of yesterday comfortably. Ills MAJESTY'S symptoms were mitigated ; but his J EST Y has passed a bad night. (Signed) ,4 HENRY HALFORD. " MATTHEW J. TIERNEY." The close alliance which ought always to exist betweei England and Sweden, gives a peculiar interest to any details connected with the political situation of that country. We have, therefore, great pleasure in calling the attention of our readers to a letter from Stockholm, disclosing an intrigue, for which the European public is not altogether unprepared, since it has been more than once alluded to by the Paris journals. We trust, that, hatever the predilections our present, or future, Rulers may be, they will never lose sight of British interests to such a degree, as to admit of any change in the reigning dynasty, which could only tend to the introduction of a creature or tool of Russia. We are fully aware of the motives which first induced the Emperor ALEXANDER, and subsequently his successor, to confer honours on the son of Gun' v :an example which was followed by the KING of the Netherlands. But these are the very rea sons which should create suspicion in the mind of a British Statesman. There are many other reasons for our guarantee ing the integrity of the present family to the throne of Swe den. The whole conduct and policy ofC It A R LES JOHN gives him an irresistible claim to the friendship and protection of England; nor can we for a moment apprehend that any Ministry would be found so reckless or ignorant of our interests, as to lose sight of this claim. The &Mut:: of praise bestowed on his SWEDISH MAJESTY by the writer of the Stockholm letter, will be re-echoed throughout Europe. A friend, conversant with Mexican affairs, some days ago assured us, that the new Government was com posed of men who were determined to act in such a way as not only to restore tranquillity at home, but inspire confidence amoog foreign nations. These gratifying asauranees seem likely to be realized much soon er than the public were led to expect. M. DE GOROSTIZA, the Mexican Minister, yesterday issued a notice to the Stock Exchange, stating that he had received a com munication from his Government, containing some pro posals to the bondholders. These have appeared in print this morning, and will no doubt greatly tend to improve the credit of the Republic. It is proposed to set apart from the payment of the dividends, and the gradual extinction of the capital of the foreign debts, one-eighth of the net produce of the Custom Duties at the sea ports, and the whole of the duties on export of gold and silver, whether coined or un coined ; that law was not enforced—the whole of these receipts were in fact employed to cover the ex pense of the Government. They have resolved to apply an eighth of the produce of all duties on imported goods, in paying the interest on the loans raised in London ; but not for the present to employ in this way the duties on precious metals, spoken of in the same law. The Government can not reckon with confidence on being able to fulfil more than what is here promised, and a confident hope of coati nuinf to fulfil all that they have now undertaken, and to make regular payments to their English creditors. His Excellency, w ith the consent of the Minister desires that you will communicate this to the holders of Mexican Bonds." We regret that the important despatch of M. ALAMAN, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, has reached us too late for insertion to-day. It is a highly important document, and well calculated to tranquillise the bondholders. We trust a similar communication will soon be made by the Columbian Government. It would appear, from re ports confidently circulated at Paris, that the news of the meditated expedition against . Algiers, has led to a defensive alliance among the Bar bary Powers, more espeeWly Tripoli, Tunis, and the 'menaced State. When tile ties which bind the hlaho-I mesas together, and their natural hatred of Christians, are considered, we should not be at all surprised, if some understanding for mutual defence is proved to have taken place. On the other hand, it would not be difficult for the French Consuls at the two first named cities, to pick a quarrel with the Bey and Bashaw at a moment when a pretext for landing on their coasts might be convenient. Those who have visited the Regencies, and observed the system of intrigue pursued by the different European Con suls, do not require to be informed, that besides the con stant bickeringa among themselves, there is always, as in the case of Russia and Turkey, some unsettled point, which enables them to exercise their diplomatic skill, and, at the same time, threaten the Moorish rulers with the vengeance of their respective governments. This has ever been more especially the case with the French agents at Algiers and Tunis. There is no doubt of M. DUVAL, the late French Consul at Algiers, having been treated very rudely by the Day ; but it is equally well known, that he conducted himself with great arrogance and impropriety during his intercourse with the former. The opinion entertained by the best informed persons at Mar seilles and Toulon, is, that the dispute might have been adjusted with the greatest ease immediately after it took place. Be this as it may, the idea of e:;pending a large treasure, in trying to carry an impracticable blockade into effect, is one of the most peurile and absurd that could well be entertained by any Government.— But by far the greatest blunder connected with this affair, is the continual threats held out, and the very open way in which the object of the armament has been blazoned forth. Had the French Ministers possessed the smallest tact, they would have given out a totally different apparent destination to the public. Their awk wardness on this point has been so glaring, that one would be almost tempted to suspect this far-famed expe dition was intended for some other point. Supposing'' Algiers to be really meant, success depends on such a variety of contingencies, that it is difficult to offer a con jecture as to the final result. It is certain that the Dev has had ample time to prepare every means of a formidable resistance. What with the natural strength of his posi tion, and the difficulties which the mountainous charac ter of the country presents to military operations, a very short period of that boisterous weather which so frequent ly occurs, even during the summer months, on this coast, would render a failure very probable. It is also hardly possible for a European army to avoid those epidemic diseases which have hitherto attacked every force landed on the African or Egyptian coasts. This is, indeed, much more likely to be the case on the coast of Barbary, than in Greece, which possesses a far better climate ; and yet the loss by disease in the Morea amounted to nearly a third of the whole force sent out. One of the greatest obstacles to be encountered at Algiers, is the want of a port, and badness of the anchorage. There is, in fact, no shelter whatever on this coast, so that a single gale from the northward, might destroy the whole fleet, without any effort on the part of the enemy. —Another obstacle will be found, in the difficulty of keeping up a regular communication between the army on shore and the ships. The planners of the expedition are acting wisely in providing every thing in the shape of provisions, for the DEY will take good care that no supplies shall be found near the coast. His great hopes of repelling the assailants, must be derived from time. If Algiers does not fall by a coup de main, the chances of ultimate success are exceedingly doubtful. Should the French Government, on the other hand, not be very particular as to a point of attack, and change the desti nation to Tunis, a much easier task is before them. The conquest of this Regency presents no such difficulties,while the advantages of position are out of all comparison greater than those of Algiers. There is, perhaps, no country in the world so well adapted for the establishment of a new colony as Tunis : nor is it possible to survey the magnificent prospect of sea, plain, and mountain, which is beheld from the ruins of Carthage, without feeling astonished that such a delightful region should have so long escaped the attention of modern enter prise. But, as VOLTAIRE said, eighty years ago, the Powers of Europe feel more pleasure in tearing each other to pieces, than in extirpating the Pirates of Bar bary, or introducing civilization there. To return to the subject of Algiers, we shall merely repeat what we said when the French expedition was first mentioned, namely, that it behoves the Ministers of this country to watch its progress with attention. Since writing the above, we perceive that our old ac quaintance, 0. P. Q. has taken up the subject in the Chronicle. His letter is very interesting, and well worthy of an attentive perusal. The writer fully confirms our remark as to the facility of settling the dispute between the DIY and M. Du v L. It appears from the whole account, that the Count de is BORDE's definition of the quarrel was not misapplied. "Le Dey reckons, on le vole ; it se plaint, on rinsulte ; it se fdche, on le tue Many cases may be conceived in which complaint might be justly considered unworthy of an answer, and passed by without particular notice. It may be preferred in an offensive manner ; the matter may be too obvious to require explanation ; or the subject may be too insignifi cant to call for serious attention. No objection of the kind can be alleged against the late motion of the Earl of MOUNTCASHEL for an inquiry into the abuses in the practice of the Church. The subject was of the highest importance to those whom he addressed, us well in this world as in the next—of one portion of them in par ticular, the episcopal bench, it involved their highest, bounden, and most sacred duty. In the manner of the noble complainant there was every thing that could con ciliate an audience, nothing that could offend ; yet, in the long catalogue of abuses charged in the practice of the church, there was not one solitary instance in which one member of that bench stood up to defend, justify, or deny the charge. The complaint was heard—the bill of indictment charging, not light and trivial matter, but ' abuses of grievous nature, was read, and the par. k 4"-ry c IS ~ ties arraigned kept their seats in silence. Not one word was offered in answer. The motion was negatived without division or debate. Was this silence the result of a conviction in their Lordships minds that the charges were entirely groundless ; that, in fact, none of the various abuses which his Lordship enu merated, actually exist, that his complaint was a dreani ; the dream of a poor infatuated visionary, which it would be a pity to disturb ? Their conduct will not admit any such apology. The Bishops know perfectly well that their incomes are as much too great as the salaries of the useful, the labouring, members of the profession, are too small; that they are out of all proportion, and that justice demands a very different diqribution. The ARCHBISHOP of Dumas; lately :,:übseribed to a fund for providing for the support of the pauper cler gy. Was there ever known such an anomaly ? A pauper clergy with a church immensely rich ! and the Bishop of FERNS, in his epistolary controversy with the Earl of MoosTCASHEL stated, that the enormous incomes of his brethren were large prizes necessary to tempt Gen tlemen to embark in the profession—thus viewing the Church establishment as a lottery, in which the favourites of Fortune would gain the prizes, and the poor Curates might share the blanks. The lottery has been deemed unfit for a place in the Minister's budget: its principle, it seems, is necessary to the welfare of the Church.— But if the eyes of the episcopal bench be seared: if they cannot see these things, or if their hearts be callous, and will not open to receive them, the peblic arc not equally blind, nor is their temper equally adverse to the correction of abuses. The mode proposed may have been objectionable, but it is not of its rejection we cons plain, bet of the mode of that rejection. We complain that the charges have been left to sink and settle in the public mind, without any attempt to reduce their weight. For what is the consequence? The friends of the Protestant Church maintain that its welfare depends, not upon wealth and power, but upon the purity of its doe-' trine; but what becomes of this purity if it be polluted, disfigured, and disgraced, by its practice ? and must not the statement of the Noble Earl, going out to the world without an answer, be now assumed as founded in fact, and received as decisive evidence of such pollution ? ' Convinced as we are of the flagrant abuses of the Church, we do not, therefore, regret the fate of the motion. It will accelerate reform by the very means its opponents expected to defeat it. Sir Thom/is WILSON'S Bill for the enclosure of Hampstead Heath was rejected last night in the House of Lords. This was no ordinary case of enclosure. It was not intended for the conversion of a barren, un sightly, often a noisome waste, or moor, into a smiling garden, verdant meadows, or fields clothed with golden grain. No, it was intended to be the conversion of one of the most picturesque scenes, of which the citizens of London can boast ; the scene of their amusements and recreations, which they have been accustomed to visit for exercise, health, and pleasure, into a dull and heavy mass of brick and mortar,depriving the wealthy of their pleasant drives, the humbler classes of their favourite promenade, and the present inhabitants of the beautiful distant views, in the contemplation of which they now feel so much de light, and which so much enhance the value of their ha bitations ; and dooming them, instead of enjoying the fresh, pure, and salutary breeze as before, to inhale con taminated air and dust, while burned up in the heat of the sun, reflected from brick, slates, and tiles : in short, to find themselves pent up in a town, on the very spot where they new enjoy all the pleasure of an open country. The citizens of Westminster have always proved themselves jealous to excess of any encroachments upon the Parks. There, an old tree cannot fall without exciting their sympathy, nor an inch of ground be yielded to gratify the taste, or contribute to the personal convenience, of a beloved Sovereign, without a grumble. What the Parks are to the citizens of Westminster, Hampstead Heath has been, from time immemorial, to those of the North-eastern districts of London. To use an expres sion of the late Mr. WINDHAM'S, it is " their lungs." It is worthy of remark, that this is not the only recent instance in which the House of Lords has shown itself more anxious to preserve the rights and comforts of the people than the Commons. An able article on the subject of the Four per Cents. will be found in our first page. It will be read with great interest by the holders of that Stock. In the new Stamp Act, Soda-water, in bottles, and Friar's Balsam, about which there have been so many disputes with the Stamp-office, are expressly exempted from the necessity of using stamps. Professional men are seldom sparing in their sarcasms upon each other; as a recent proof of it, it is said that during the unavoidable absence of certain eminent me dical practitioners from London, nearly all their patients have recovered. A great many farmers in Hampshire have lately been robbed of their bacon, which, contrary to the old pro verb, they have not been able to save. Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at the East India House, when the ship Ann and Amelia, engaged for China, was thus timed, viz—to be afloat the 10th inst. and sail from Gravesend at the expiration of twenty days from the date of her coming afloat. The Pope was lately said to have fallen into a state of weakness, which excited apprehensions for his life : but it is now said that his complaint is not dangerous, being chiefly an attack of gout in the knee. A meeting of the County of Edinburgh was held on Friday last, to consider the Bill now before Parliament for altering the Scotch Judicature, when it was unani mously resolved that a Committee be appointed to exa mine the contents and probable effect of the Bill, and to report upon it and any matter connected therewith, to the County meeting in July next; and that the Duke of BUCCLEUCH, the Lord Lieutenant, and Sir GEORGE CLERK, the Member for the County, be requested to use every means in their power to prevent the Bill pass ing into a law this Session, in order that time might be given for the full consideration of a measure of so much importance to the people of Scotland. CITY, TwELvil o'Cr.ocu. Consols, which left off yesterday rather firm, at 92v, for the Account, did not open so good this morning, owing to an estafette from Paris, which is said to have brought the rcntes lower. Th, opening price W3:4 021, since which they have been done at 92?1, and the sante for Money. Spanish Bonds also come l ower , f ri ,„, Paris 15t in consequence of which Spanish Bonds et the Forete,n Market have fallen about 1 i per cent. Grecli the sant: yester. day. Mexico.' Bond.; rather lower. A Lisbon 3lail has arrived by the Duke of Marlborough, mile! 25th April. According to the last accounts from Bulgarie the plague on . : Dues its ravages. It was reported at Constantinople, that 11.3 i, Pasha could not obtain from the Emperor of Russia any importam reductions of the Treaty of Adrianople. Accounts from Carmelo, of a late date, 21st of March, state, the Commissioners sent by the Government of Bogota to treat will. the Chiefs of Venezuela, had arrived at Merida, and could not obtain permission to proceed further. Three Commissioners left Carroccas to have a conference with them.—M. Tovar Niorvate, and Gencial Marino. The situation of affairs theme has become terrible ; thing but persecutions. They are also threatened with famine. Accounts front Marseilles state that the activity in fitting out the expedition is doubly displayed; troops arrived there from all ;cr. tors : 1511 transports had left for Toulon ; the rest will soon follow when they have the materials on board. The captain of the iligst. Bellone, attached to the blockading squadron of Algiers, has taken soundings under the batteries of Algiers; also along the African coast, which he executed with the greatest courage. HALF-PAST ONE O'CLOCK. The Consul Market continues rather heavy at present, at 92: for the Account, and 92} j for Money, which is attributed to some sales in the Money Market. We understand that the French Reims by the Estee tte comes rather higher instead of lower, 83f. loc. Up to this hour we have no political intelligence or reports in re. gard to His 3lajcsty's Health. In the Fore ign Market most of the securities arc heavy.: The document which the Mexican minister sent to the Stock Exchange is considered to fall thou of the expectations of the holders a: Mexican stock, in consequence of which the above stock has faller 2 per cent. Brazil and Greek bonds have also fallen about a pit cent. THEATRES. ITALIAN OPERA. Tuesday evening, afeer Rosststt's Opera, Matilde de Mabrun Gorradino, in which Madame Bursts acted with her accustomed excellence; the last act of ZINGARELLI's Romeo el Giulietto, w.is perfutmed, Madame Manurial( as the Romeo, the character in which that lady obtained so much celebrity last season, and which stamped her reputation as a first rate singer. The music of the parr is admirably suited to her voice; Madame MALIBIIAN% mere acting of the character is quite perfect, and would afford a lesson to most of the modern Romeos on the London stage. Mad. CASTELLI was the Giu/ictia—fortunately, she had not much to do. The effect of the melancholy fate of the Italian lovers was quite spoiled, as the curtain dropped some yards short of the place where they fell; and in order not to spoil the keeping of the tragedy, they were car. tied off, to the no small amusement of the audience. Monsieur LABLACNE, the celebrated bans, whose arrival has been so long ex. peeled, was in the house on Tuesday night : he makes his first ap. pearanee this evening, for the benefit cf Signor DONZELLI. The opera selected is CIMAKOSA'S chef d'cruvre,--" Ii Magrimoni . Seerego." COVENTAIARDEN. Last night Miss FANNY KEMBLE again appeared in the cna. racier ot Isabella. The performance was marked by much of the same feeling which charaeterized her previous efforts in the part. She evinced considerable power in her scenes with Biro's, and was especially effective in her first interview. The frantic despair of Isabella on seeing lihn a corpse was depicted by her with great force, and with the energy requisite in so trying a sane to place it vividly before the eyes of the audience. The most pro. mincnt defect in the performance was one which we conceive Miss KEMPLE falls into in her other parts—namely, too measured a manner both in the style of her acting and in her elocution. Her mode of speaking is not correct, nor adapted for effect. She delivers her words with something of a whine or a drawl which is by no means agreeable to the ear, and savours too much of the artificial. Defects, however, of such a nature, may be easily remedied by study and attention, and Miss KEMPLE would do well, with a view to future: fame, to attend to these things in time. To say the truth, we think the young Lady has already much cause to exclaim—" Save me from my friends !" It is really painful to be obliged to sit and listen to the thunders of applause which are on all occasions poured into her ears without the slightest attention being given as to the justice or neces‘ity for such incessant tokens of admiration. The fruit of this folly, az. fear, is already becoming apparent—and if the admirers of Miss KEstime do not for the future shew themselves more judicious I:. ' their praise, it would at least be kind in her relatives to point out to her the folly of placing too much dependence upon(such support Circumstances connected with her appearance during the present season will soon pass away, and Miss KEMBLE should study foe the future to be able to meet criticism under less favourable auspices NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. The Dido, Lobeek, from Havannah, has arrived of the Wight : and the Johanna CorneUa, Labor', from China, has arrived of Dartmouth. 'I be Amelia, Story, from London to —, foundered on the £7tk ult. in lat. 49. long. 19. Crew saved. The Agrapbea, Finny, from Campeaehy, has arrived off Castle• town, leaky, and with lose of boats, bulwarks, &c. The Wm. Davison, !Roble, from London, has arrived at Sligo. The Nile, mins, from Namburgla, has arrived In the River. DIAL., Max s.—Wind R.—Arrived the Ina, Thorn, from To• ban; a nd Adour, Frerseiton, from Hamborgh. PLyastanar, May 4.—Arrived off the port, the Anna Dorothea. Ahlman from Rio Janeiro. FALMOUTH, MAY 4.—Arrived the Duke of Marlborough packet. from Lisboa—sailed 25th ult. Off the port, the Belle Alliance, Frands,from Mauritius; Thalestris, Roebuck, from Aux Cayes and Citizets,Helmwell, from New Orleans. CLIIM, Maar 4.—Arrived the George, George, from New Or leans ; James *Queen, M'CoU, from Tortola ; and the Trinidad, Watson, from Trinidad. Coat, MAY 3—Attired the Hope, Harrison, from Sierra Leone, and Mary Eliza, Gittery, from Catania. LIV;11,1100L, MAT 4.lklTillefl off the port, the Fame, -----, roan St. Domingo, and Margaret, Granby, from Charente. Macadamization is proceeding so rapidly is the parish of Marylebone, that, in the course of a few years, there will not be a paved street remaining in that extensive district. By the accounts just published, it appears that amount of property chargeable to the county rate fur Middlesex last year was increased above 10,0001. It will be recollected that a few weeks ago Mr. Heath cote, the Member for Coventry, received a letter from his constituents, requesting that he would resign his seat in the House of Commons, in consequence of his non-attend ance during the whole of the Session ; to which that gen tleman did not return the most gracious answer. The worthy Member, however, has not thought it expedient to remain at Coventry ;" for since the holydays hu ' has frequently been in his place in the House, and spoken upon some of those occasions with great effect ; so that the request, though not complied with, has not been with out its beneficial result. It would be well if many other Representatives that might be mentioned were to receive a similar hint from their constituents, which would, doubtless, in like manner, produce a more punctual and better discharge of their Parliamentary duties. I ■