Star. — London, England, 1829-10-08 00:00:00

1 ' '-' _ THE EVENING STAR. sJ? )N )N. OCTOBER 8. AT TWO O'CLOCK THURSDAY, Pit ICE OF STOCKS Betsk S.nek Shot. il India Ponds 6 1 3 per Cent. 140. Shut f: South Sea Stock 5 per It. Cone. 89/ 5 • '1 New Annuities 5 per Cent. 1818, Shut. IEIOOO Excheq. Bills, 70 1 .'ii per Cent. Red. Shut. £5OO Ditto 70 1 4 per Ct. 1031 31 1 £lOO and £2OO Ditto 70 1 4 per Celt. 1846, Shut 1 Bank for Acct. Log Ann. Shut India for Acct. 1 , :ta Stock 222 Consols for Acct. 895 5 FORRIG v FUNDS. TWO O'CLotsK Brazil Bonds, 5 pr Ct. 615 Greek Bonds, 5 p Ct. Ditto Acct. 615 5 Do. Bds. 1825, 19 Colons. Bds. 6 per Ct. Ditto 100, 215 Do. Bonds, 1824, 175 Port. Bds. 5 p. Ct. 465 Dailkh Mk 3p. CL 705 Spanish Bds. 5 per Ct.. 85 7; 8 Do. Acct 704 Do. Acct. BUITISH A NI) FOREIGN SIIA ItES, TWO (WI "el% . CHASE. TAM ?111 SOURS. Anglo Mexican (its. at £5 pm) 100 100 24 Rolanos 300 ' 300 350 Brasilku . Imperial 35 20 755 74 Hibernian 50 9 3 Real del Monte 400 400 69 . ` 70 United :Mexican 40 ;95 145 PEACE. The Prussian State Gazette of the 30th September, received this morning, has the following important infor mation:—" A dispatch from General Count DIEBITSCH SABALKANSKY announces that, on the 14th inst. a de finitive treaty of peace was signed at Adrianople, between the Plenipotentiaries of his Majesty the Eatrzaoß, and those of the Su LTAN." The same Paper to the 2d October, also received this day, has the following passage, dated from Warsaw on the 28th of September :—" We have learned from an authentic source the following particulars of the circum :-tances which immediately preceded the conclusion of peace In order to remove, as far as possible, the objections which the Turkish Plenipotentiaries, charged with the negociations at Adrianople, ap peared latterly to oppose to the definitive conclusion of the treaty of peace, and in the well-founded apprehension that in case General DIEBITSCH should find that the time which he had positively fixed was suffered to elapse without effect, the inevitable consequence would be the advance of the army against the capital—M. V. ROYER, Prussian Ambassador to the Porte, wished, at the express desire of the Sul: TAN', and :the urgent request of the Ambassadors of England and France, to embark without delay for Ro dosto ; and thence to proceed to the head-quarters of General DIEBITSCII, to remove the difficulties. His exertions essentially contributed to the signing of the treaty of peace within the time given to the Porte." The Austrian Observer of the 28th September, now before us, has the following brief notice on the same subject from Vienna, dated 27th :—" Simultaneous ac counts from Bucharest and Semlin announce the signing of peace between Russia and the Porte at Adrianople on the 14th September." The Allgemeine Zeitung, just received, has the follow ing information on the terms of the Treaty, which appears from the previous article, to have been definitively signed tm the 14th Sept. This article is dated from Pera, the 10th September : " Ever since the sth inst. when an Express from the Turkish Plenipotentiaries at Adrianople brought dis patches to the Porte, relative to the progress of the negociations, all the Turkish and European Ministers have been in motion, and the Diplomatists betray an un easiness which will scarcely be calmed, till the re turn of M. Von ROYER ; who, after a long con ference with Mr. ROBERT Go RDON and Count Gun, I.Est xoT, set out on the Bth, in the morning, for the Russian head-quarters. It seems that the terms demanded by Russia are the cause of alt this bustle; the Turkish Plenipotentiaries, though furnished void' unlimited full powers from the Sultan, would not venture, before they had received further instructions, to pot their names to a treaty—the fulfilment of which they conceived to be impossible—because the payment of 48 millions of Turku piastres, for the indemnity of Russian subjects, stipulated by the treaty of Ackermann, is to be made immediately on the ratification of the treaty of peace ; and Gen. DEIBITSCH has declared that the Russian army shall remain in Its present position till the payment is made. The Turkish Plenipotentiaries had succeeded in obtaining a delay of ten days to pro cure fresh instructions, which have now been sent to them, with directions to sign the Treaty, and to declare to General Di EBITSCH that he will not refuse his ratifi cation ; and that he expects, from the generosity of the EMPEROR, conditions which he will be able to fulfil. " M. VON ROY ER seems to have gone to the Russian head-quarters, at the desire of the French and English Ambassadors, in order to obtain from General DI E IT SCH a modification of the demand of forty-eight mil lions of piasters, immediately on the ratification of the treaty : so that one thirdonly should be paid immediately, and the remainder at certain intervals. At the same time, he endeavoured to obtain an important alteration in one ar ticle of the treaty relative to Greece, and at which the two Ambassadors are greatly surprised. This article is stated to be to the following effect :—" That the Porte shall rescind, not only the treaty of London of 6th July, but also the protocol of 22d March: and to engage to assent to the extension of the boundaries, of Greece, to the gulfs of Volo and Arta." This * stipulation by no means accords with the instructions of the two AmbassadOrs ; and they therefore exert them aelves to the utmost, that the arrangements to be made Grero may be left to be settled at the , erences in London. From the PORTE, Sir R. GORDON could only obtain the declaration that it wishes the Greek question to be settled at London ; and leaves the fate of Greece to be discussed there —provided the Russian General gives his consent. We are now impatient for the next accounts from Con stantinople, and do not doubt that peace is at hand. The other more important points are said to be the demoli tion of all the Turkish fortresses on the left bank of the Danube. The remainder of this article, respecting the cessions in Asia, the payment of the indem nity, &c. coincides with the statements received through other channels. The Turkish fortresses to be demolished are Ghiurgevo, Kale, Tournoul, and Ibra low ; which, being on the left bank of the Danube, are to be incorporated with the principalities in which they are situated." This morning Major HOLME arrived at the Colonial Office with dispatches from the Hon. Major General PoNsowsY, at Malta. Another Cabinet Council met this afternoon, at the Foreign Office, in Downing-streot, and was attended by all. the Cabinet Ministers, with the exception of Lord Viscount MELVILLE, who is still in Scotland. We have not done yet with the Duke of NEWCASTLE. The question between his Grace and the Borough of Newark is of too great importance to the electors of England generally, to be dismissed with such a superficial notice, as—amidst the pressure of multifarious avoca tion—we were compelled to assign it yesterday. It is an example of oppression in its most odious form ; of op pression aggravated by the exalted rank of the oppressor; and portending—if the perpetration be suffered to go un redressed—the speedy annihilation of the elective liberties of the people. We believe, however, that reparation will be obtained for this enormous wrong ; it is so flagrant—so nakedly tyrannical—that the appeal against it must be irre sistible. On no point of popular right is the Constitution more clearly defined—of none is it more jealous—than the right of uncontrolled suffrage: the voters are called free men, because the vote is assumed to be free. It is uncon stitutional for a Peer to intermeddle in the elections of the Commons ; if he do so in a glaring manner, it can be made even matter of impeachment against him : if 'it were not so, the people would be bought and sold by a corrupt oligarchy, like beasts in a market. We do not affirm that the votes of the electors of England are not often so bought and sold, and that a crying deprivity is not the frequent sub stitute for A pure franchise ; for the notoriety of this condition of things has at last led to a general agreement, .no longer to delay reform. But we will say that such a monstrous, such an iniquitous, such a violent interference with the exercise of the greatest popular prerogative—if ever it has been attempted be fore—at least was never defended so audaciously and so alarmingly as to-day. What does the Duke of NEWCASTLE mean, by saying that " whilst the laws of England exist, and are respected, he will permit no clamour, ncr threats, nor even force itself, to deter him from doing as he may think fit with his own property ?" Is he not violating the very " laws," to which he appeals with such a cool effrontery ? Is he not employing " threats and force" himself, " to deter" others from the performance of a capital public duty ? What? drive away more than two hundred of his tenant ry—who have always paid up their rents with regu larity—because they would not vote for his nominee, and then swagger out the oppression, by declaring that he will " permit no clamour ?" Really, this is past en durance. But we can tell the Noble Duke that the " cla mour" is only beginning, which his presumptuous aggres sion will yet certainly draw down upon him: to the latest hour of his life, he will be made to remember this unconsti tutional invasion. We know that he is not accustomed to hear such plain language as our's ; the parasites at Clumber have spoiled his ears for the auscultation of truth : therefore, it is the more imperative that he should hear it from us—whose failing, at least, has never been to flatter the vices and insolences of proud men. The Noble Duke, strong in his fancied power to pervert even the laws which he has outraged into auxiliaries of his fantastic oppression, presumes to give advice to the con veners, as if they had asssembled more in igno norance of what their duties are, than in support of their violated rights. They " deceive them selves"—exclaims the supercilious peer—" with the notion that they are acting as becomes free-born English men : my advice to them is, to maintain the well-balanced scale of even-handed justice, and not blindly to engage in an unjust crusade against any man or men—especially when those men themselves are the real friends of ge nuine freedom and the constitutional rights of the people —merely because they may be the possessors of title or property." Is it the Duke of NEWCASTLE, who talks about the maintenance of even-handed just Noble oppressor yet flagrant in his tyrannous delinquency —is it he who talks of balancing the scale ? Did he balance it like a just man between himself and the poor elector, when he turned him into the street for not voting against his conscience ? Is it the Noble Duke, who deprecates others from embarking blindly in an unjust crusade against any man or men, and does he fancy— when this amusing deprecation comes to be made pub lic—that his own " crusade," against more than two hundred men who did not brook to be the slaves of his dictation, will not be uppermost in the reader's mind ? Is it he who calls himself " the friend of genuine free dom and constitutional right," and yet persecutes—ex - terminates—hie tenantry, who will not vote as he re quires ? It is too preposterous. The conclusion of the Noble Boroughmonger's letter arrogates pretensions of another sort ; virtues and bene volences of which—since his Grace lays claim to them — it is fair to examine the grounds of his arrogation. " Neither I nor my ancestors have ever been oppressive or tyrannical landlords. The very reverse is the well known fact. in us the town of Newark has on all occa sions found ready and prominent benefactors ; by us the deserving poor and needy have always been regarded with steady kindness and consideration, and not to suit the mere purposes of the day." The first thing to be remarked in reply to self-attri butions like the foregoing, is the improbability that they can be true. Charity vaunteth not. The pharisaical and ostentatious parade of sympathies, which ever shun ex posure—deeds, whose chiefest beauty is to have been done without unnecessary testimony—smacks of hypocrisy far more than benevolence. The sweetest of all virtues ever abhors to proclaim itself. On these principles alone — principles which are known to constitute the essence of genuine charity—we should be quite prepared to contra vene the Noble Duke's assertions of his own philan- thropy. But we are spared the trouble of these un erring deductions, by the fiat contradiction with which they have been met by the indignant Newarkers them- selves : audi alteram partein. a We confidently appeal to the experience of our fellow townsmen for the truth of our assertion, that we are not in debted to his Grace the Duke of Newcastle for any of those acts of beneficence to the poor, or utility and liberality to the town. for which, in his letter, he takes credit ; on the contrary, the ar bitrary and exclusive principle by which the letting of his pro. perty has been governed, has impeded the march of improve ment, checked the progress of wealth, and confined (for election purposes) within narrow and inconvenient limits a town, which from its local situation, the fertility of the surrounding country, and its proximity to the best market's is well calculated to become, and, in despite of every impediment, is to a con siderable extent, the granary and storehouse of a large portion of the manufacturing districts. The acts of be nevolence adverted to in his Grace's letter are, like himself, entirely unknown to the inhabitants :—he nei ther contributes to their charities, nor does he promote their trade—he lives in their recollections only from the periodi cal visitations of his rent collectors, and In the rare case of de falcation in rent, it is exacted with the strictest severity ; parti cularly so if the unfortunate defaulter is suspected of holding sentiments adverse to the Dukes political influence In the borough. The Duke has also Ing been accustomed to provide the town with Members of Parliament, which, from the power the Crown lands have given him, he has been enabled to get elected; and, although they have nonsinally represented the tows, they have even been insensible to the promotion of its in. terests, holding their seat but to swell the number of his Grace's claims upon the .Minister of the day, for the advancement of his own personal and family interests ; and so completely have such members been the puppets of the Duke, that, at his pleasure, be has displaced and replaced them without notice to, or the knowledge of those to whom they nominally were indebted for their elevation. Had the conduct of the Duke been such as in his letter he is pleased to represent it to be, his property and virtues would have been surely sufficient to confer influence within the borough equal to every just and rational expectation, without attempting to dragoon his tenants into a compliance with his will, by the present undisguised attempt to reduce the town to the degraded condition of a rotten borough." It turns out, then, that instead of assisting the town with his liberalities, the Noble Duke has impeded its im provements, and checked its progress to prosperity : that instead of contributing to the relief of its poor, and the encouragement of its industrious population, he has ob tained an odious distinction from the visitation of his rent collectors, and the severity of their exactions. We " arraign him," therefore, not for having deviated from the course which he pretended to state that he had fol lowed, but for having followed a course, the opposite of that to which he so insultingly pretended. The " cor rection," which—in the case of his deviation from a sin cere course—he admits that he would have merited, is due to him d fortiori for having persisted in one which has been always vicious. We let him off—without any far ther amplification—for the present, but we recommend him to commence his career of atonement. A revocation of his oppressive discharges may yet save him from a Parliamentary enquiry, and perhaps continue the borough—over which he has domineered with such a feudal spirit—for another Session under his noble pa tronage. When, however, the excision of the rotten parts of the Constitution comes to be called for by Lord BLANDFORD—in pursuance of his notice in Juue last —we feel assured that the Noble Marquis will not pass by this appendage to the domain of Clamber. So many false and scandalous assertions appearing perpetually in some of the metropolitan prints concerning the state of Portugal, we have been long determined to ascertain the real condition of that distracted kingdom. It is now, therefore, with sincere satisfaction, that we can call the attention of our readers to a description of the political state of that country—which appears in our columns to-day—and on the faithfulness of which they lice—the I may depend. CITY. TwaLve o'CLoec. Consols which left of yesterday at 89k for the Account, and 89j for money, opened at the same price:this morning,sinee which they have been done at 891, buyers for the Account, and 89i sellers for Money. The Paris express received this morning brings some corroboration of the signing of the peace in the But, which from the source of information received some days since, could not be doubted, although the official accounts are not as yet arrived, but may be expected in a few days. HALF-PAST ONE O'CLOCK. Consols continues at 891 I for the Account, and 119 j 90 for the nest Account, with little business doing. No further news has been received from the East up to the present hour. In the Fo reign Market all the Northern Securities have rather improved. We have Brussels papers of the 7th instant, by which we find that his MAJESTY has granted his placet to the Bulls of the Bishops of Leige, Tourney, and Ghent. His MAJESTY was to leave the Palace of Laken on the 7th, and go to the Hague. The Grand Duke CONSTANTINE arrived at the Palace of the Prince of ORANGE on the 4th instant in the even ing; and the Government of the Netherlands received the news of the conclusion of peace between RUSSIA and the PORTE by an extraordinary Courier Sunday last. THEATRICAL NEWS EXTRAORDINARY . We understand that as a set off against Drury-Lane, for thus supporting the dignity of the British drama, by permittin g the Intellectual tumbler, Ducaow, to exhibit his antics on the stage, Covent-Garden has engaged Mons. Commas., the fire-king . to run against this object of attraction. Mr. Pates, it is whispered, having learned ibis, resolved to steal a march upon his rival, and is now in treaty with some cockers and prize. lighten, to uphold Shakespeare. and do honour to an English audience, by turning the stage into a ring and cock-pit, be tween the play and farce. But Covent-Garden, watchfully on the alert, is again making ready for his opponent even here. by engaging the wild beasts—late of Exeter 'thenge—u a part of his dramatis persons for the ensuing month. Puce has conceived a plan for rendering his theatre most popular during this winter, by permitting gentlemen the indulgence of segars at his entertain ments. Covent Garden, once more ready with a Roland for his Oliver, means on the other head, to distribute cake and bottled porter to his audience rags. AU the trans lators of lifelo-drema represented at those most distinguished theatres at Paris—the Gaited, Agmbige, and Park St. Marine, lately attached to the Cohn and ifstley's—are all labouring in behalf of the two great houses; from which we augur a most bril liant feast of intellect for the season. The great English bloaaar, Mr. Lax, to the terror of Roman, is ready with thirty-two grand Operas, all composed within the last fortnight ; and fifty-four fresh "debutantes" on the town, of most alluring charms, are about to come out at the Saloons. Previous to granting them the usual free admisaions. the beauty of their persons, nymph-like taste in dress, and gay vivacity of disposition, have been strictly ascertain.] by the Directors ; who beg leave to inform the public, that Brandy and the best Old Tom are still retailed in the Saloons at reduced prices. We are happy to hear that the New Police have orders to permit no lady to vociferate any oath amounting to blasphemy and Gentlemen are particularly requested not to toy with his female friends in any of the lobbies, under the second or third tier. These worthy efforts and wise regulations of the Chiefs of his Majesty's Servants, promise to raise theTheatre to aU its former honours ; and make it, at once, the resort of decency and the envy of foreigners. N. B. If Sir WALVIS SCOTT, SOUTUZY, Moots, or any other distinguished writer, can be prevailed upon to compose for the Stage, Messrs. Morton and liernotas promise to be indulgent, and Managers to be liberal. A private Box,well shrouded from the upper range, and ear-proof, is about to be fitted up for the accommodation of the Clergy. respec c onfei • . NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. MAILS ASSITIID THIS Day.—Dublin I—Waterford I—Guernsey and Jersey 2—Flanders I—France 1. The Waterloo, from Jamaica, arrived at New York on the 12th ult. bound to Landon, &masted—towed in by the American brig Merced. Arrived in the Downs, on the 7th, the Endymion, f rom Berbice, and Lord Stewart, Haddart, from )diramichi. The Fame, Malcolm, from Port Patrick, is totally lost in the St. Lawrence. The Abeam, Tait, from Belfast, is on shore in the St. Law rence, with loss of rudder, anchor, and cable. The Milo, Bower, from Dublin to Memel, was totally wrecked on Saturday night, near Jersey. Crew saved. The Mem, Dodson, from Landon, sunk in the Mersey on Tues day morning, having struck on the North Bat. Crew saved. The Leander, Fell, from Havana, arrived at Virginia 4th ult. with loss of sails, &c. bound to London. Dud., Oct. 7.—Wind N.E.—Arrived from London, the John, Munro, for Berbice. Futmorrn t Ocr. 6 . — Wind N.W. to N . N.W.—Salted eye Flushing, Ketnpe for Lisbon. PORTSMOUTH, Oct. 7.—Wind variable. Pcrstourm Oar. G.—Arrived the Perseverance, Buckingtop, from Sierra Leone, and Hayden, Smith, from Quebec. Gammas', Oct. 4.—Arrived the Laura, Mellish, from Rio de Janeiro. Bonin., Ocr. 8.---Arrived the Augusta, Boladen, from De merara, and Mary Jane from Prince Edward's Island. Livia:coot., Ocr. 6.—Arrived the Floraville, Stephenson, from Monte Video. Coen, Oct. 5.-0 E the port, the Mount Stewart Elphinstone, from Bombay. From Napoli di Romania of date the 4th August, we learn that the PRESIDENT had arrived there the day be fore ; and paid a visit to General FREZEL, who had been there for some days, and who was hindered from going to Argos, by the weakness following a long illness. M. Mu u.za, Governor of the Fort Palamidi, died of a fever two days before. This young Wurtemburg Officer had been three years in the service of Greece, and fought under Col. FARV LER, at Chaidari, near Athens, where he was wounded by a musket-ball, 18th Aug. 1826. His premature death is generally regretted. We can state that there is an increase in the Customs of this quarter's revenue, principally owing to the high duties on corn, large sums for which have been paid at a duty of more than one pound per quarter of wheat. Montreal Papers to the 10th September, and Quebec to the 9th September, have been received at the North and South American Coffee-house. The Montreal Paper states, from Upper Canada, that it is the intention of his Excellency Sir JOHN COLEURNE to assemble the Le gislature early in the month of November next. His Excellency Sir JAMES KEMP, with Co!onel HERIOT, arrived at Drummondville on the 29th August; and his Excellency's tour through the eastern townships created much interest amongst the inhabitants. The Quebec Paper of the Bth September says, that the past month was one of the finest ever remembered for getting in the fruits of the earth. Thousands of loads of hay and grain have been housed in the finest condi tion, without one drop of rain ; and the wheat harvest begins about the middle of the month, and in many places is a good average crop, and the quality generally good. Barley is a good crop, but the grain is not of the finest quality. The private letters from Lisbon to the 20th Sept. state, that the Gazette has published an order for Lemos, who commanded the troops in the expedition against Terceira, to resume the command of his regiment, which is a proof that it will not be attempted again this season. Villa Flor has published a Proclamation to the inhabitants of the Azores, inviting them to follow the example of Terceira and open a commerce with the above fa island, assuring them they shall be received with good ith, and their shipping shall receive every_ protection. POSTED AT THE NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICAN COVFILLHOUSIL EXTRACT OF A LETTER, DATED VERA CRUZ, AUG. 15. The Spanish expedition, about 3,500 men, effected a landing on the 28th ultimo at Cabo Roxo, near Tampico, which latter place they have since taken. This keeps us in suspense as to our operations ; not that we fear any unfortunate result, for the Spanish force is very trifling, and as the Government is concentrating far superior force, they must soon either re-embark or de liver up their arms. But, in the mean time, business is naturally affected, although we have no doubt of its revival after the expulsion of the Spaniards, P. 3 this suc cess must inspire confidence in the Mexican, and satisfy the Spanish Government of the folly of sending their paltry expeditions against this country. General St. ANN A has the command of the forces operating against the Spaniards ; and we anticipate much from his enter prise and experience. Previous to leaving this with the Expedition, he was under the necesssity of enforcing a loan, which he did from the native and Spanish merchants ; but exempted all the foreigners, whom he always endeavoured to favour and protect.