Star. — London, England, 1822-09-24 00:00:00

I I • - I LONDON. - THE EVENING STAR. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1822. THE FUND& STOCK EXCH ANGE, TWELVE O'CLOCK. Although great efforts were made this morning by the Hebrew persuasion to raise the market, the attempt did not succeed. and Consols remained steady the whole of the morning, at 811 for .the Account, and for Money 811. FOREIGN Fund s . —Up to this hour there is a total stagnation in the foreign funds, and the market appe ars very thinly attended. Milian 841 j, New Spanish 65, Old 69170, New Prussian 87 11, Old 91, Russian 871, Danish 89, Neapolitan 771, Colombian 861, Scrip 861. STOCK EXCHANGE, ONE O'CLOCK. There is not the least business doing either in the Foreign or British Funds. Chilian Stock is dull, and considerable bets have been made that these Bonds will be done at 83 on or before Monday nest, which is the settling day. PRICES OF STOCKS AT ONE O'CLOCK. S per Cent. Cons. 81 1 81 1 / 8 4 per Cent. New 100% 3/8 • India Bonds 475. 495. Exchequer Ildis ut 1:1,000, 2s. Ss. • Ditto .ss. 8.. pr.—Consols for Acct. 813/8. The French Papers of Saturday have been received. They are entirely silent as to the affairs of Spain, which, considering the slavery of the French Press, gives tolerably conclusive evidence that nothing favourable to the Insurgents has occurred in that country. Private letters from Paris state, that the Court of Cassation had rejected the appeal of the four indivi duals sentenced to death for their participation in the Rochelle conspiracy, and that they weze to be exe cuted on Saturday evening. It appears from the accounts in the French Jour nals that an attempt had been made to rescue the four condemned persons from prison, and to preyelat their being immolated oa the shrine of Bourbon le gitimacy. The following ac:ount of this affair ap pears in the Ultra Journals: " Since the 14th instant, a medical student named Marque, echo attended the Physicians on their visits to the Hospital of the Bicetre, had sought to gain over the keeper. After a few interviews, the conver sation turned upon the situation of the condemned men. liypdeavours were made to excite his sympathy in their fate ; and, finally, very ample offers were made. Conferences took place to concert their escape; the importunities of Marque became more and more' , urgent •he ent so far as to offer .50,000 francs, and 0 gave hopes of much more. Several interviews were appointed, but some difficulties always intervened to defeat them. At length the Student Marque applied to know what terms the Concierge would accept, which be declared himself prepared to guarantee. — He offered to pay down 10,000, and the whole sum (now increased to 60,000 francs) was to be paid the moment the prisoners should be free. Marque pro mised everything ; he assured the keeper that he had nothing to fear, becau:e, as he said, the police (Ices Messieurs (it was thus that he designated certain per sonages) was much more powerful than that of the Government. Lie must, he observed, go to Paris to conclude the treaty with the said Messieurs. He re turned about five o'clock, and stated that two of the Messieurs were absent from the capital, and that he must consequently postpone matters until the follow ing day. At last, after these successive delays, the Student entered the Keeper's Lodge, took from his pocket five thousand francs in gold, and five thousand in notes, and appeared to be sure of success. At this moment a peace-officer presented himself, and an nounced to Marque that he arrested him in the name of the King. Marque was disposed to make resist ance; the officer kept him at bay, and a brigadier of the Gendarmerie, who had been stationed in observa tion, entered and secured this young man. The affair is now under t')e cognizance of the King's Procureur, and the ten rliousand fiancb have been deposited in the RegtStr!:. " Tlv 1/::otidienne is quite indignant that these con spirators should excite the sympathy of the French youth, and expresses a pious wish that they will be dragged forth to punishment. The following letters on the affairs of the Greeks appear in the Augsburg Gazette. Their authenticity is guaranteed; but wit° the news they contain, after the vas ions contradictory accounts that have from time to time appeared, it is necessary to wait for fur ther information. The intelligence is of that kind which we should be glad to confirm. The success here claimed for the Greeks is, with some differences in the dates and circumstances, evidently the same as that announced in the Grealesßulletins, which we gave in our Paper of Saturday from the French Journals: but these Bujletins did not go the length of making the Turks negotiate for the surrender of Corinth : TRIESTE, SEPTEMBER 6. We have letters from the Morea to the 29th of August, and the accounts are rather favourable to the cause of the Greeks. They assert that the Greeks, abandoned Corinth voluntarily, and laid waste the country as far as Argos. The Turks, commanded by li Mahomed Ali Paella, advanced as far as Argolitsa, but they were there repulsed by Colocotroni and Nicetas, on the 13th, 11th, and 17th of August, with the loss of 8,000 men, 2,000 horses, and 260 camels. They retreated towards Corinth, whither they were pursued by the Greeks. SECT. 7.—The following is the copy of a letter from Argos, dated the 20th of August, which is cir culated here : 64 We completely defeated the Turks on the 15th, 16th, and 17th, near Argolitza. The head of the Seraskier and Pacha of Salonichi is now being pre sented to the Senators charged with the government of the interior. We have taken 5,000 prisoners. Those who escaped fled towards Corinth to join Chourschid Pacha. On the 18th the Turks proposed to nego tiate for the surrender of Corinth, dnd, as a proof of the sincerity of their professions, they have evacuated the citadel. We are indebted for the victory to Cola cotroni and Nicetak who had laid waste the country as fir as Argos. The Senate has renounced all influ 'pence in military affairs, and lias recognized a Dicta torship for the War; but many traitors were pre viously decapitated by its orders. Our fleet, consist ing of 60 sail and SO fire-ships, is on its way to Patras. We expect SO sail more from Spezia." The letter from Trieste states that full credit may be given to the above intelligence, which is transmit ted by a Senatbr. It is stated, under the head of Nuremberg, that or ders have been issued by the Aulic Council at Vienna, to raise immediately all the regiments of infantry in the Austrian service to their fullest complement. No reason is given for this sudden order. The following are further extracts: ' PARTS. SEPTEMBER U. _ The Duke of Wellington, finding himself indis- . posed near Beauvais, stopped there on Thursday, and was bled. It appears that this indisposition is a con tinuation of that which his Grace experienced before his departure from London. A letter from Vienna, dated the 10th, states, that part of the Emperor's suite would in the course of a week proceed to Verona. Two police officers have searched the residence of M. Benjamin Constant ; they were furnished with a mandate, authorising them to examine his papers, and to seize any copies they might find of his letter to M. the Procureur-General, Maugin, M. Benjamin Constant has been cited to appear this day before the Judge d'lnstruction, This mandate does not give him the title of Deputy, although six weeks have not elapsed since the last Session closed. It was yesterday evening reported, that the four Sous Officers who are under sentence of death for the Rochelle conspiracy, would be transferred, in the course of the night, from the Bicetre to the Concier gerie. The Eteile states, that the Prefect de Police has already examined several persons accused of being implicated in the project of effecting their escape. M. Mauduit, Ditector of the Colonial Administra tion, has just received his dismissal. The Sieurs Lamort, Editor and Proprietor of Abeille de la Moselle, and Bouquillon, Publisher of that Paper, were cited to a pear on the 19tf. instant beft , re the Preliminary Tribunal of Metz, for having published an article under the head of •• His:orical Narrative of the Events which have taken place at Colmar," &c. having in view to excite hatred and contempt towards the King's Government, and to de fame and injure the Authorities of the Upper Rhine, Foos AT Pam, Strrocua 21.—Five per Cents. opened at 92f. 25c. closed at 921.3.5 c. Some of the Continental journals contain specula tions as to the business of the approaching Congress, but they are either observations dictated by autho rity, or such as are written by individuals who dare not freely express their sentiments. But although they state the objects of the Royal deliberations, they speak very vaguely as to the probable results of this Coun cil of Scvereigns. An article from Nuremberg says, The deliberations of the future Congress may be probably directed to general affairs and special affairs. In the general deliberations, in which only the five great Powers of Europe will take part, the state of Europe as a whole will be considered. The other de ' liberations will relate particularly to Italy, and the Princes of the Peninsula have been invited to take part in these discussions, either personally or ky their Plenipotentiaries." The waiter then proceeds to observe, that the ut most harmony prevails among the five Powers, and that k may therefore be foreseen " that the results of Congress will be the consolidation of the monarchical pt inci ple." That the " monarchical principle" requires conso lidating, or something done to rescue it from the obloquy into which it is sinking in some countries, is evident enough, but we suspect that the Holy Al• liance Junto have not hit on the very best means of retrieving its character. ie Let every one reform one" is an old adage strictly applicable on the present oc casion, and before the Emperors of RUSSIA or Aus- TRIA attempt to interfere with other States, it would be well for them to satisfy their own subjects at home. Let Russia relinquish her usurpation of Po land, which she nominally recognises as a distinct kingdom but treats as a conquered Province. And if the Emperor of AUSTRIA wishes to preserve his Empire from continued discontent and distraction, let him relinquish the iron rod as well as the Iron Crown of Italy; and though he may wish that all his subjects should be as ignorant as himself, let him rest assured that he can never reduce them to that state of degradation. Another of the five great Powers, who are repre sented as so unanimous in their resolves, is Prussia— a nation of importance only in time of war.— , Every law and every act of the Government has a military cast, and the whole nation represents but one camp, where the KING is President, and his Council lors members of a Court-Martial. In time of war, when almost every man was a soldier, such a state of society was.easily tolerated ; but peace, and the pro gress of liberal opiniOns, have taught the Prussians that a military despotism is not the best government. Besides, the KING, in order to urge them to make every sacrifice during the war, promised them some thing better worth fighting for in future—namely, a Representative Government. Peace came, and with it—not the new Constitution certainly, but—new promises and new evasions, which have proved what folly it is to put trust in Princes. But, though the Government of Prussia is a despotism, and although the KING has not kept faith with his subjects, yet he is a prudent man, and is very cautions of not com mitting himself too far in the measures of his brothers of the Holy Alliance. Prussia, therefore, stands rather aloof at present; and, though the KING dreads liberal principles as much as the hydrophobia, yet he fears to join in a crusade against them. France is the fourth of the• great Powers; but the nation which, under a more powerful genius, ba-, lanced the destinies of Europe in the scales of her own will, is, by the weakness of the present Govern ment, rendered incapable of holding any decisive tone, even as to her own affairs, much less those of her neighbours. France possesses all the elements of a great and powerful kingdom, but it is a kingdom divided against itself; the seeds of disaffection to the BotntioNs can never be eradicated; the race of Bourbonites is as nearly extinct as that of the Boua sous themselves. The present generation have been taught only to hate and despise them ; and to their inherent antipathy has been added what they con ceive the unpardonable insult of having the old dy nasty, with all its errors, thrust upon them. A firm and moderate Government, acting in ac cordance with the principles of the age, might have reconciled the discordant factions into which France was divided ; but a succession of weak and intempe rate Administrations have driven it to the very verge of a new revolution. In the worst period of NAPOLEON'S absolute reign the personal freedom of the subject was never so violated, nor the Press more enslaved, than it is at this moment in France; while there were redeeming qualities in his character and government, which re conciled the people to their privations. The British public has not the slightest ideatif the state of society and public feeling in France, where law, justice, and honour are contemned, by an arbitrary, fanatical, and monk-ridden Government. The trials in the Criminal Courts are a mere mockery. The Juries are all regularly prepared ; the prosecutors indulge in the utmost latitude of cri minating not only the persons before them, but men of the most honourable character, because they hap pen to be in opposition to the Ministers. The Judge sits there only to record a verdict of guilty, or, if he interferes, it is to make more sure of his victim, by depriving him of every means of defence. It is not, however, against the accused only that the power, or rather the vengeance, of the Govern ment is directed ; it exercises an inquisitorial power, which is still more oppressive. If any worthless or hired spy chooses to give information to the police that he suspects an indiv i idual of having a plaster figure of NAPOLEON, an eagle, a bit of riband of three co lours, or a song, in which the word Liberty, Empe ror, or Napoleon, occurs, the gendarmerie will break into his house at midnight, force open his bureau, and seizing all his papers, viaduct the unconscious individual before the Prefect of Police, where he may think himself fortunate if he escapes fine and imprisonment, The agents of police hesitate at nothing in execut ing the wishes of their employers, even though it should be the death of the individual. An instance of this occurred lately in Paris : A tailor who had gone out of the barriers to one of the guingettes to take his wine, was followed by an individual whom he did not know, and at length arrested. He was then handed to a gendarme, who took him immediately into Cus tody on being shewn a medal or card by the mouchitrd. The gendarme conducted his prisoner to the first corps de garde, and charged two soldiers to conduct him to the Prefecture de Police. Oa his passage, the poor fellow, arrested he knew not why, nor by whom, took advantage of a favourable spot, and endeavoured to escape—the soldiers pursued him, and he was killed in the street. The soldiers made their report, and as they were the only witnesses, they took care not to criminate themselves. However, there was the fact of homicide, and it was necessary to have the formality of a Council of War. The men made their statement, and were acquitted. The Officers desired to have further information, and solicited the at tendance of the etouchord who first arrested the de ceased ; but they solicited in vain—the Prefect said that was his business, and he should attend to it ; but that the tnouchard eould not be produced. Thus was a father of a family, of good reputation, murdered, in consequence of an arrest made nobody knows why or by whom; and, instead of the villains being brought to justice, authority endeavours to shelter them. Such is the " monarchical principle" in France, which the Congress at Verona will have to " consolidate." England is the last of the five great Powers that are to settle the destinies of Europe. What share she will take in the consolidating process of the Holy Allstate, we know not; her duty we hive more than once pointed out.—that of preserving the integrity of all free States, and entering II solemn protest against all interference between the Sovereign and his subjects in every country. The affaits of the Drains ate rapidly drawing.to a the animosity between the native and the Ew ropean troops increases, and they are every day et. petted to come in contact, The absolute and uncon ditional independence of the Si arils alone'can restore tranquillity, and every attempt to keep this Country subject to Portugal must prove abortive. 13) the fo/• lowing extract of a letter from the Agent to Lcovo's, at Rio Janeiro, it would appear that the opposition to the Portuguese is better organized than we had been prepared to expect: RIO LAN BIRO, JULY me The Union Portuguese frigate, Runo Mid° brig Marca da Gloria and Liberal, corvettes, sailed the 14th inst. it is said for the purpose of preventing assistance from Portugal entering Bahia, and to compel the Eu ropean soldiers stationed there to return to Europe. It mast gratify every friend to the progress of hu man reason to learn, that notwithstanding the diffi culties so long considered insuperable, a glorirus change is effecting in British India. The tree Press of Calcutta has operated mos; pow etfully in ref°, m ing the most inveterate and revolting abuses. Ihe effect of seven native Presses at work in that reat city has been to triumph over Hindoo superstit en in its strong hold. During the last festival of Jag nant there were so few pilgrims present that the • were unable to drag the car. The Brahmins Ca' ed in other aid, but no devotee could be past: i ed to sacrifice himself to the Idol. They now of re moving the Rath to a more central situation The wily priesthood have sagacity enough to- erceive that they must remove the theatre of their sangui- nary superstition beyond the sphere of a to e Press; or that the bigotry of thirty centuries will d sa t pea-. To the permanent glory of our Indian Administra tion, a large portion of the population of Bengal are receiving the rudiments of an improved system of education, while thousands of elementary woiks are circulating throughout our Empire. Even Hindoo women, against whom widowhood, and consequent burning alive, are denounced for learning the alilta bet, and who must not read the Veda, under pain of death, have placed their daughters at the rublic schools. The celebrated Hindoo Reformer, RAM Mouvw Roy, has held public monthly Meetings at Calcutta, for the purpose of freely oiscus,ing the tenets of his religion, and exposing the cruelties prac tised under it. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of CLARINCR have reaches' Ghent. and are expected in this country on Sunday se'nnitht. Sunday, the Duke of YORK returned to town from a shooting excursion. Ytuerday, his Royal High ness visited the KING. Yesterday, Count MUNSTER had an audience of his MAJESTY. The Earl of LIVERPOOL visited Mr. CANNING at the Foreign Office,yester day. Mt. CANNING has bad one of the rooms in the Fo reign Office fitted up as a bed room, so that when the House sits late, the Right Hon. Gentleman will be able to retire earlier to rest, and with less fatigue than in going so far as Gloucester Lodge. Monday se'nnight, the seven Incorporations of Dumfries presented the Freedom of their Crafts to the Rev. Dr. DUNCAN, Minister of the New Church of Dumfries, as a testimony of their respect and esteem for that enlightened and re.pectable Gentleman. The comedy of John Ball was announced, about a week since, by the English players in Paris. It was thought too scandalous that profligacy and knavery should be made the characteristic of the rich and great—virtue, honesty, and independence, that of the poor, on the stage—and, accordingly, the Prefect of Police addressed the following precious " invita tion" to the Manager: " Sri—l am informed that the piece caned .Ifolus Bull, to be represented this evening by the English players under your ma nagement, is a gross farce, and might produce bad effects. I invite you, in consequence to change the performance, and sub stitute a less Indecent piece. —Receive, ace. ace. _ " The Prefect of Police, G. DaLAvAu." ENGLISH OPERA-House.—Last night, the Opera of Inkle and Yarico was performed for the first time this season. It was admirably got up, both in the vocal and acting departments. Miss KELLY'S Yariee is the most perfect that we remember to have seen. The whole went off in such a way as to warrant a presumption that the Opera will be repeated, though the bills of the day announced it as its first and only performance for the season. Mr. HARTLEY, of Stanhope -street, was stopped and knocked down between seven and eight o'clock lon Sunday evening, in the New-mad, leading from the Yorkshire Stingo to New Lord's Cricket (7round, by three villains armed with sticks, and robbed of two sovereigns, some silver, and his watch. The attack was instantaneous, and Mr. HARTLEY was picked up in a Senseless state. Mr. THOMPSON, of East -street, Manchester-square, was knocked down and robbed of a valuable gold watch, in Lisson-street, Paddington, by three fellows, who got off; and it is greatly to be feared that, un less the-New Road is better lighted and watched than it is at present, the inhabitants in that neighbourhood will be subject to frequent depredations during the ensuing winter. The house of the Rev. Di. Law- RANCE, in Gloster-place, was lately entered and plun dered, with impunity, of plate and other valuables to a considerable amount. • Sunday evening, some thieves broke into the house of a silk-mercer and haberdasher, in Aylesbury -street, Clerkenwell, and carded off velvets, silks, &c. to the amount of 4001. Three houses in New -street, Kennington, have been attempted to be robbed by some daring ruffians within the last eight days; a circumstance which naturally excites apprehensions for the approaching winter, should the present defective system 01 lighting and watching Newington parish be continued ; for it is a fact that at present there is neither a light nor a watch. man in the whole of New-street ; and there are many other greets in that parish in a similar situation.