Star. — London, England, 1820-03-31 00:00:00

, TIIE ECENI.MI STAR LON DON. FRIDAY. NIANCI-1 31, 1820. GOOD FKIDAY.-11o;iday at the Public Mcci, In comnvin with all the Journals who expressed any abhorrence of the merciless manlier in which the un armed Assemblage of men, womea, and children, at Manchester, on the 16th of August, were assailed by the Manchester Yeomanry; in common with all who expressed any sympathy for the sufferers, who were so inhumanly treated en that occasion, we were vilified and abuses!, by tl:e hi; cliag part of the Press, as derers and propagators of falsehood. The truth of car statements, on that occasion, have, however, been hilly e,taniished by the result of the late memorable' trial at York. Of the mistatements which Minis ters were male the instruments of propagating, we, shall sa) nothing as relating to the. said Ministers, • but only that it ought to. serve them as a lessen not to be so hasty in future in giving cre-iit to exparte' statements, and procuring the highest thanks, with out due investigation. to. men whose conduct occa sioned an - unnecessary effusion of human Wood. We allude to this fact as most important, because it. was stated by the Judge, on the trianitbat there was no - , lllls evidence ss hatever of any necessity for employing tl.e Military on that occasion, in executing any warrant atthich the Magistrates had issued against Mr. Iltrxr or others. Bur though we mean to leave to Minis ters to justify themselves, as they best can, to Par=. liament, for their singular credulity, and the won• derful hardihood with which they avowed their credence of all the statements that had been palmed upon them, we letslourselves called upon to remind our Readers of the pretended facts stated in the Manchester C . ronicle cf the 23d August, and then believed to be the official statement of the Magis trates tespecting the proceedings of the 16th. That, it was their statement is substantially correct, for it agrees in all the facts vouched for by them and their corroborating witnesses, in the papers "elating to the internal state of the country, then laid before Parlia ment by command of the PittxcE REONCI. THE STATEMENT. " The Cavalry had not zdvanced many yards before they were assailed with heavy raYies of stones, shouts of defiance, and the mast coarse end insulting languag , . Till thus assailed, no Yeomanry-man used his sword, each man having confined him self to waving A ov. r his head. Now the duty of se:f-rfeservs. film, obliged them to strike." " On terry side the soldiery were attacked with the most deter. mined resolution, meny of the Cavalry were struck to the ground ; and the Reformers attempted to knock out their brains (Oh!) with large stones, previously prouidei, and sticks, while lying on the ground." " Near the Quakers' Meeting-house a furious bat* raged.— In the burying-grour.d many persons committed murderous work from the enclosed wahi, till the gates were burst open by • a private soldier," &c. " Not a s:re.. shot was fired by any of the Military, although they =re fired upon several times by the Reformers and their abettors." " A class of them (the Reformers) were dressed as brewers', servants usuglly are, with lung brats that contain pockets.-- These pockets were all filled with stones !" We beg also to add the following equally veritable statemcnt :rom another quarter, on account of a certain singular effect with which it was atten led in the Metropolis: a In the evening of the fatal day, I Etw the military ani •h, mob 4ttacking each other in a manner I never hope to v.itness again. The order in which the different bodies marched, the regularity wish which they went tLrot'gh the military :movements, tetw not i‘ileriur to av rcgiment in the Aingdom.— The Clergyman who reed the Riot Act did it from the window of a Mr. Buxton's house, and it was afterwards read below by a Mr. Silvester, who was obliged to acoyt for his life from Me _fory of the nut."—" Kray cf them Were armed with bayonets , pistols," &c.—" Then, and net till then, did the Yeomanry act in sentience," Ice. Such was the statement of Mr. SPENCER, the eye stitness, on which statement the Ward of Cheap came to ilesolutious approving the conduct of the Ma gistrates and Yeomanry—the only Public Body in Great Britain that did so ! ! ! A Correspondent inquires, if Me Hundred at Man chester is liable for the damage - done there on the me morable 16th of August?—This, if it can be done, would lead to the true authors of the hot by which that damage was occasioned. Our Correspondent also asks, whether :he Hundred is not liable to make pecu niary inderocificatlnn to those who have suffered in ;ury in their health and limbs?—This also is an im roctant question, 311 d deserves consideration. The Spanish letters received in town furnish very few particulars relating to what is passing in the Peninsula, that are not stated in the French Papers. :Inch anxiety prevails on the subject of the blood :he'd that has taken place in Cadiz, but we know of adviccs from the spot, detailing the event. The ' authorities from v.hich the report is derived, are Sc.s ille letters, quoted in others from Madrid, but some confusion prevails in the dates. From the vague accounts we have been able to trace, it would appear' that the inhabitants were determined to proclaim the Constitution, and for this purpose sent a Deputation to the Governor, VALDES, to request he would accede to the general wish of the people, by proclaiming the Cons..itution; but V 4 iLDIS became so extremely in :gnant at the application, that he ordered the De pu:ies to be put to death. This inhuman and tyran niell oriel ‘i.culatiiig among the people, they rose en tita:ie, with such arms as each man was able to • provide ; and a.ter an obstinate conflict, in which many lives were lost, succeeded in oreTewering the garrison. VA t Dvs, ana CA MPA NA , the G overnor-in-1, Chief, it is said, lost their hires on the occasion. It is I remarkable, however; that the Dutch vessel, which brought to Gibraltar the news of the proclamation . of the Constitution at Cadiz on the 11th, brought no advices of the tumult on the 901, and this omission forms a strong ground of hope that the statements have at least been greatly magnified. The next arrivals from that quar.er are expected with great anxiety. A Letter from Irun of the 15th March, says : " A quick sailing vessel has been dispatched from Bilboa, with very important dispatches from the Government for the Commanders of the Royal Armies in South America. The Aide-de-Camp sent by General Morino to hasten the departure of the I reinforcements, of which he was so much in need, is on br..ard this vessel. This Officer has been wit ness to the events which have changed the face of things in the whole of the Spanish Monarchy ; and he is going to carry the news to General Mo rillo. It seems that, by the instructions of which he is the bearer, an armistice will be proposed to the Independents ; each party retaining the positions they occupy at this moment, till the Assembly of the Cortes shall take a fm al resolution to put an end to ere civil war which desolates the finest part of the New World." Almost every provincial capital of Spain, since the re-establishment of the Constitution and the restora tion of the Liberty of the Press, has set on foot one or more Journals, to record opinions, and to diffuse information. We have received several Numbers of a new Paper, established at Barcelona, called tke Constitutional Diary, several Numbers of the Gazette of. &sragossa, and other similar publications. At ! Saragossa, the Authorities took the oath to the Con stitution on the sth of March, two days before the Capital or the Court had declared themselves; and on the 6th an Address was published to the Arra ... gonese, by the garrison of that City, calling upon them to imitate the example set them in the South, to defend the rights, and maintain the Sovereign, whiCh they swore to defend and maintain, in 1808. To this is subjoined a spirited Address of the Arra gonese to the Peuple of the rest of Spain, in which }_e a r call upon them to unite in support of the King and Constitution, telling them that a spirit of sedi tion is contrary to what GOD and Nature have im pressed on the hearts of men who are bound to gether by suci-d ties, and destined to mutual support. —They consider the various calamities which have befallen Spain, since the return of the Kis°, as the juagnients of PROVIDENCE against his Government, for overturning the Constitution; and they call upon their countrymen to join them, in order to recover, their rights, and to prevent the enemies of their peace from calling foreigners to aid them in renewing the horrors of anarchy. The Mario Constitutional, of Barcelona, publishes various articles of political discussion, written with great freedom, but without any tendency to a licen tious spirit. The Inquisition being abolished in that city, its misdeeds and cruelties are painted in the darkest colours ; but no attempt is made to defend that presumed liberty of opinion which it was esta blished to check. We have also before us a file of La Isla Gazettes, including the operations of the Constitutionalist army under QuIROOA, during the month of February, which appear to have been chiefly defensive. Their interest, of course, is greatly diminished by the variety of more recent events which have occurred in other quarters, I though every thing is momentous that relates to men who first raised the standard of insurrection, and opened the road to the wonderful reform effected through their example. By these papers it would appear, that when RIEGO advanced from Algesiras on San Roque, O'DoNNZL withdrew and avoided an ac tion, and on the plains of Taivilla, 1200 . choice cavalry also fled before him. From these details, it seems evident, that the fighting, of which such pompous reports were published by O'DoNNEL, was little else than skirmishing, which never made the Constitu tionalists alter their intended line of march. The whole of the lines of La Isla were put in a complete state of:defence. Farms, more than once, had advanced his troops from several points, sup ported by gun-boats ; but on approaching and find ing the formidable situation of his enemy, he had been more sager to withdraw. The greatest cor diality prevailed among the inhabitants and soldiers at La Isla, and the supplies of provisions were plen tiful. Vessels were frequently entering the port of Santi Petri, and among them one that had arrived . lin a short passage from La Guira, having passed the port of Cadiz, the - whole of the letters on, board fell into the hands of QUIROGA t but those for privateindividuals he had forwarded to Cadiz, re taining only the Government dispatches, and those of a public nature. Some of the most interesting are dated at the end of December, and among them is one to General Montr.t.o's father-in-law, in which great stress is laid on the want of vessels of war for the security of the coast, and as a relief to the gar risons there. At that time PAEZ was collecting 1000 Cavalry in Achaguas, and SOUBLITTR 1200 more in Guasdalito ; these were to be joined by Dotty/La. The Royalists were in Culuta la Torre and Barqui sinter°, where Morino had his head-quarters.— This letter states the Royalist army of operations to be 6000, and that they had 5000 more in the garrisons op the coast. The following is' even in Galignani's Messenger,. as a correct list of the recent changes in the Spanish • Ministry: . " M. Peon ns Casvao, a Liberia, and formerly a Deputy of the Cortes, is named Minister of Foreign Affairs, in tie place of the Duke de Sax Fear:sumo, who is chosen Ambassador at Vienna, in the room of M. CavaLLos, who is to have a seat in the Council of State. " The Duke de Fearer NEtst, Ambassador at Paris, is re called, and succeeded by the Duke del PARQuz, one of the first Generals who made war ag.iint NAroutou during the late Re volution. " The Duke de SAN Csatos, Ambassador in London, is also recalled, and the Duke de FRIA', whose sentiments have always been liberal, is to take his place. Don °NIS, former Minister in the United States of America, is named Ambassador at Naples, in the Paco of N. LLBILADOI4 who is recalled. " M. na Cann:sax°, former Secretary of the Dnbassy in London, is named Ambassador at Dresden, in the place of M. SALMON, who is to go to St. Petersburgh. " The Count DK TORRENO, former Deputy of the Cortes, late an exile in Paris, and now in this capital, is named Ambassador at Berlin. " M. ca PANDC is named Blinister in Portugal, in the loom of Count DS CASA FLoass, who is recalled:* To the above we have to add, that M. ALVAREZ (in irons at Ceuta), has been named Minister of the Interior; and M. PORCEL, Minister for the American Coloßies. The appointment of General GIRON to the War Department, we noticed yesterdiy. . A Hamburgh Mail arrived this forenoon. The navigation of the Elbe is now quite restored. The vessels that wintered at Cuxhaven, &c. as well as others directly from sea, have gone up to the City, and several have sailed. A Dutch Mail, bringing Journals and letters to the 29th instant, has also arrived. We subjoin some accounts from Batavia, which shew that the Dutch have not yet carried all the measures projected for establishing their undisputed sovereignty in the Eas tern Archipelago. By this Mail we learn that the King of PRUSSIA has strictly prohibited young men in public offices, and also all teachers at academies an &school s, from wearing the ancient German costume. BATAVIA. OCTOBER 11 By the latest accounts from the Island of Banca, the corps of our troops which were sent .against the district of Banca Kolla, was quite ready to make it self master, by assault, and without considerable loss, of the fortress made there by the rebels, of beams and other materials, which was in a very strong po sition. Contrary winds, and the low water thereby occasioned, on the bank of Soenfang, on the Palem bang River, hindered the largest shies from passing over it. At the new moon, the whole expedition was in good condition ; the smaller vessels were in the mouth of the River, and the larger were to attempt to pass the bank at full moon. New York Papers arrived this morning to the 11th of March. The Missouri question has been at length finally settled. The 13111, with the Slavery Restric tions, as it passed in the House of Representatives, was taken up in the Senate, and returned with a clause substituted for -the restrictions, prohibiting Slavery in the territories. of the United States North of 36 degrees. This amendment of the Senate was adopted in the Representatives by a majority of only four; and the Bill being reported to the PRESIDENT, has received his assent. The Election for the County. of Middlesex was yesterday unexpectedly brought to a termination by the' retirement of Mr. MELLIsH. The contest was spiritedly yet ht•nourobly conducted ; and nothing in the course of it became the losing Candidate more than the good temper with which he bore his defeat. Yesterday, the Duke of YORK, after transacting 1 : military business at his Office in the Horse Guards, and giving audience to several General Officers, set out from his house in St. James's Palace, about one' o'clock, for his seat at Oatlands. His-Royal High ness may be expected in town again to-morrow. Sunday next, his Royal Highness the Duke of YORK will leave town for Newmarket. The Duke and Duche s s of CLARENCE arrived at their residence in the King's Palace, St. James's, from Frogmore, last evening, to dinner.. Yesterday, the Duke and Duchess of GLOUCESTER had a party to dinner. . Prince LEOPOLD dined yesterday with the Duchess of KENT, at the King's,Palace, Kensington. It was upon the Marquis of HERTFORD, and not upon Lord HARsw•ooD, that the surgical operation, mentioned in our Paper of Wednesday, was per formed. The Noble Marquis, we are happy to hear, is in the most favourable state. FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS. The Marquis and Marchioness of Lansdown, at Lansdcwn House, Berkeley-square, from his seat, Bowood Park, Milts. The Earl of Essex, at his house ink Hill -street, Berkei-y -square, from his seat, Cashiohnry Park. Sir R. and Lady Boroughs, at the Clarendon Hotel, Bond street, yesterday, from their seat in Beiks. Sir W. Peacock, Ban, at Kirkham's Hotel, Lower Br-sok street, from Bath ; also Major Russell, from a tour; Mon teith, Esq. and son. from the Continent. Sir John and Lady Shelley, at their house in Berkeley -square, from their scat in Suss-x. Viscount Cranky, at his house in Clarges-street, from his Feat, Clardon, surrey. . _ G. Gic,:the;-.ii, Esq. at Mivart's Hotel, Lower Prook-street, from his seat in Staffordshire; likewise Mrs. Davies, from ht.!. seat Croft Castle ; G. - C. Osenden, Eq. from his seat Broome Park. DE PA RT Ult E§. • Tae Marchioness of Buckingham yesterday, front her resi tierce in to her scat, Southgate. General Crawkrd and the Dowager Duchess of Newcastle, frcan Kirki.am%qlotel, Lower Brtio'...-trt.iet r to her seat, Thet ford, Nottitt;liwnishire. _ • . Lord Arden, from kis house in St. James's-place ; to bis seat i n Surrey. _ Lord Clifton, from Tterkeley-wriare,tn Cobham-Hall, Kent. The night Hon. Thomas Grenville, from his house in (. kve land-row, to. Drovmore Lodge. The Countess of Ashhort.hatn, from her house in Dover.- street, to be: slat in su.siea. 7fNDSOI?. ofARCII SO. Prineess.AuousTA arrived at r horse at Frog. more, on Saturday, from London. On Monday their Royal highnesses the Duke and Duchess of CLA RENCE arrived at Frogroore, on a visit to the Princess. Yesterday, the weather proving fine, the Pi incess AUGUSTA, accompanied by the 13..ke and Duchess of CLARZNCIC, took an airing in Wield For Great Park, through the delightful rides to Virginia WAters, by - Cumberland Lodge, &c. and returned to Frogmore to diGnet. NA VAL hti TELLIGENCE. • The Indiana, Marna, from the Havannah for Bremen, put into Charleston on the S3d ult. short of provisions. The Layton, Moionsi, arrived at Weymouth from Berfal, sustained considerable damage; sprung her mainmast, lo•_t her bulwarks and boats, during a heavy gale on the 14th instant. She spoke, on the I fth, the• Favourite, of and for Boston, frost Liverpool. The Fortuna, MARIII4I, from Tunis, was wrecked en the Inth uh. near Cape Carbonara. The Samuel Whitbread, GA MUCK, from Lerwick to London, is lost near Lynn. The Little Bek, GOLDZIL, freM Sicily to London, was tetary wrecked, near Cape Palos, about the nth iostant. The Lord Wellington, —, from Porto Ric* to Tortola, w.. 3 lost in February, off The Retrench, 'rum, has arrived off Nevis, with lon of two anchors anal cables at Tenerife. The Europa, Si mislay:, has arrived off Memel, from Londe, with loss of rudder, and leaky. PLY1101:111, MARCH 29.--Wind W..—Arrived the llenry Clay, CAIIINS, front London to Virginia, to take passengers. Sailed the DRAKE cutter, on a cruizc. PP/MO/HMI, •RCH 30.—Wind S.W.—Arrived the Zcphyv and Crown transports, from Cbatharn for Guernsey. Sailed his Majesty's ship Vloo, for St. Helen:, ; -Duke of Marlborough, Jsrrsitv, for the Cape of Good Ilope; and Concordia, JAaisz for Genoa. • Mmten 30.—Wind N.F.—Came down from the River the Camillus, Alansua;.:., for ; Amity, for the South Seas ; Juliana, 811:1'11, for 'Montreal; Alargaret, AIEIN, fur Halifax ; Sovereign, &urn, for St. John's, New Brunsivick s Aid, BAtter, for Honduras; and Archimedes, PeArr, for Cadiz. They have sailed with the Buckingham shire, _teems, for China, and the whole of the outward-bound. Arrived cod sailed for the River, the Layton, llostaisse, from Calcutta and the Cape. The Princess Charlotte of Wales and Minerva were to leave Calcutta the end of December. Arrived his blajesty's ship tincnrostv; from Portsmouth.. HAinvirst, Mance :A.—Arrived the Lord Duncan and Earl Leicester packets from Holland, and Castlereagh packet frrr.n Cuxhaven, ail with Mails S..ilccl the Princess Charlotte packet for Hoßar.d, and Lord Duncan packet for Cuxhaven, each with a Mail. Cuter', MAncx 30.—The anchors, cables, and materials, have been saved from tL blig Bzyard, but the vessel and carpe re ut•.tter Live utocit., Mattcu 29.—A rrived the llarannah packet, Iln.ia, ftora nkiir, Caanau„ from New Orleans, sailed 24th February; Ilizlimond, !waits, B:tsy, Cal, and Ann and Let.l,3, Taartz, frolu Savannah; Levlnt, R071RT6014; from Leghorn • and Albion, NVi tttsus , front Nest York, sailed 10th instant. 'lle Frances and Eliza, of London, was condemned at New Orleans, for touching at Fahnouth (Jamaica) to provision on her way from 2kl..rgaritta, to which place she carried troops, and was to he sold 25th February. Albers—At Bengal, the East Indian, Wishart, from Hull; 'Vary, Brown; and Aknorah, Winter, from London; China, kora Leghorn ; Nancy, from Fouriltaux ; and l.usitattia, Brash, from the C.. -7e of Good Hop,. At the Mauritius, Illusicn, l'ie Vert, LeoMe, and Louise, trout Bourdeaux; also, the Grand Navigateur, from Marseilles. At St. Thomas's, Ann, Dash wood; and Atlantic, Brown, from Liverpool; also, the Spark, Robertson, fiom the Clyde. At Tortola, Sugoal, Jones, from Liverpool; and Mercator, Brown, front London. At Domi nica, Louisa, Pollock, from the Clyde, and Harrington, 111.191, from Liverpool. Ar Grenada, Aurora, South , St. George, Brown; Louisa, Walker ; and Tobago, Bragrie ' from London; St. Vincent, Coupland, from Liverpoc.l ; Nestor, Crauford, from the Clyde; and Paget, Swan, front Newfoundland. At St. Vin cent's, Dela ford, Young; Mirables, Rutherford; and George, Sayers, from Loudor. STEAM BOATB.—Two Steam Packets are to be employed in conveying passengers, this summer, across the Irish Chanrel. These vessels, one of which, the Talbot, has already made several voyages, and the other, the Ivanhoe, may be expected to com mence in April or May. The Talbot, as we me:l - was very successful during the summer months of last year, but the trade was found less pro fitable in the winter season, and the proprietors with drew the vessel. The Talbot, in the meantime, has received several improvements. DUEL AT GISRALTAR.— The following is an Ex tract of a Letter from an Officer in the 27th Regi ment of Foot, stationed a: Gibraltar, relative to a Meeting which took place on the 11th instant, be tween Lieutenant T. C. SMITH, of that Regiment, and Lieutenant DOWLING, of the American Nan Lieutenant SMITH is said to have honourably distin guished himself throughout the Peninsular campaign, and at Waterloo, where, and at Tarragona, be sv;:s among the wounded : GISIVITAI6 MARCH 11, If2o. " I prnfit ofhthe immediate departure of the Rochefort skip of war to send you a fesi hasty lines to counteract the alarm which might be excited in your family by any aggravated re ports of the affair in which your brother has been engaged. In !Assiut letter he informed ye Li, that the performance of his duty at the Raggthr-staff Guard had involved hint in a dispute with a Dowling, of the Air.erizan squadron. His conduct upen the occasion has received the approbation of the Governor, and of every Officer of the Garrison. A Court-raartial was held en the American Officer, and he was, as he says, acquitted; but It seems that the American Commodore disapproved of the ver dict, and dispatched the minutes home to the United States' Go vernment. The neat day ~the 10th haws) Lieutenant Dothling came on shore, and meeting —, (an Officer of the :7th), tela him that the American Courhmartial discredited Your brether's evidence, the. ; and added, that if be bad belocged to the American 'Navy, be would have been turned out of the service. —On hearing this, your brother, in the first place, called upon our new Colonel ',who, by the way, is a noble fellow): he assem bled the Officer:: • and it was th e ger.eral opinion chit the Bret step to be taketi;reas to make application to our Governor for a Court-ma:tie!: this was refined, and Tom immediate)y sent Its demand an apology, or a meeting, from Lienteuant Dowling.— Ile refused on the ground of the calumny invented by birnsy.f, relative to 'our brother's testimony. Tom immediately replied, that as his condhat had .been sully approved by Use Governor and the whole garrison, the refusal could not be justified, sad repeated his dcr..and. This was again refused verbally, and Thin had prepared to post him, when the nest morning (yesterday) he rant to agree to a meeting. They met amordiagly at three o'clock, yesterday afternoon, or. the mistral ground.--.. .......h.— was secec.. Teal demanded to fighhat eight pacts ; Lieutent.nt DewEah., wlio, it seems, is th e b est rnat ksznoo in the whole scuadreh, demanded to fight at tea paces ; the difference was si;lit, and they met at nine paces' distaresh. —The fire shot struck poor Tont on the shin-hone of the right leg, but did not break in Ile took this with gallant sanifroit.;,. The newt shat knocked up the grcttud, and wounded his lett hand, which he held behind his back. The third, unluckik, toak effeet in the right thigh, and, traversing the pelvis, came cot on the left thigh.; Poor Tom fell upon- ship we: was each veheil to ohr hospital In a spring-waggen, wit-ce, - I am i t , : p f y to say, he is doing very welloand in excelkat 'Oren. I lett taj t e, last night, atter his wounds were dressed, and returned with, p his secerhi) at half-past eight. 11e then found him in v, sound sleep, in "'dab he continued until fwr this mooning. We have (very reason to hope a favourable icsun. car} equal the general admiration of his cot:d act, hnd the symparbt chp • rt ss-d by the whole garrison, military atrd civil. A IN a y. which was to have been performtd to-mornaw, by the Officer% ul the garrison, is postponed out of rape, to your brother.. I leave blot space to wrthe a . .Sw to egeMagy yolk dm IA is in a bar Wel:." • : 4 , ' f. r