Star. — London, England, 1823-09-25 00:00:00

CAPITULATION 07 THE PLACE AND CITADEL OF PAM PELUNA, 71001117)41I41i BETWEEN CAMP MARSHAL BARON ST CYR-NUGUES, CHIEF OF THE STAFF, IN VIsTED WITH POWERS BY •MARSHAL LAURISTON, AND Doll RAIMOND SANCHEZ SALVADOR, BRIGADIER OF Till NATIONAL ARMIES, GENERAL COMMANDANT OF Tile PROVINCE, AND ' GOVERNOR OF PAMPELUNA. Art. I. The place and citadel of Formelima shall be delivered to the French army. t. The garrison, that is to say, the Governor, the staff of the for mes, and the division, the chiefs, officers, and soldiers, including the military reserve, both infantry and cavalry, shall be prisoners of war, and shall be conveyed to France under a French escort. The pr rime will march out on the 18th of September, and will proceed by shbrt marches to St. Jean Pled de Port. The means of transport for themselves and families will be afforded to them during the march. 3. The arms of the ganiabn shall, before marching out, be depo sited in the arsenal of the citadel. The officers shall retain their swords, horses, and @qu i t s :Land the aoldlers their havresacks. 4. The Militiamen, rs, and Volunteers who have borne arms shall also he conducted to France as prisoners of war. They Tay return to Spain on obtaining the permission of the French ..... 5. The clerks of the military administration, the physician, sur geons, and apothecaries, shall all be treated as the dicers of cor responding rank. 6. The sick of the garrison shall be taken care of by the French army, and the Spanish phyuicistis or surgeons shall continue to at tend them until they are cured. 7. The chiefs of corps shall have power to leave, in deposit, their . regimental accounts. 8. Two covered waggons shall be allowed, On leaving the garriiion, and shall not be examined. 9. Every doubtful article shall be interpreted in favour of the garrison. 10. The Marshal of France, commanding in chief thd fifth corps of the army of the Fyrennees, will employ his influence with the llpanish Autbotities ' to prevent political re-actions and vengeanCe. 11. Artillery and Engineer Officers shall be appointed on each side, to verify the state of the arsenals and the magazines. 12. Cnmmissaries of war shall also he nominated to draw up an Inventory of the chests and magazines of every kind belonging to the State. 15. As soon as the present capitulation shall be signed, the gate of the citadel called Segurns, and the gate called La Taconera, shall be occupied by the French troops. Done in duplicate at Paumeluna, September IT. (Signed) SAINT CYR NUOURS. RATION SANCIIEZ SALVADOR. Approved by the Duke of Angoulecne. (Signed) LAuitisToN. The news received from the Baron de Rotours, Rear- Admiral, and commanding ad interim the squadron cruising before Cadiz, states, that during the month of Augii,t, the F.ench stationed at the entrance of S.uui Petri, under the command of Lieutenant Trotel, took, sunk, or burned, 56 vessels of various sizes, the greater part of them laden with flour, and other pro visions destined for Cadiz. • Independently of these 56, a great many others were compelled by the flotilla to run on shuie. CITY OF LONDON AUXILIARY BIBLE SUGIET The Anniversary Meeting of the friends of this Insti tution- was held yesterday, at twelve o'clock, in the Egytian Hall (Manion-House). The floor of that mag nificent chamber was exceedingly crowded; the plat form ste have seen mud) more numerously attended on former occasions. Shortly after twelve o'clock. the LORD Mayon, accompanied by ta•o Ladies, the Right Hon. Lord 1!./xnnY, Mr. Alderman BROWN, Mr. Alder man TuomPsom, and several other Gentlemen, pre sented themselves to the Meeting, and were extremely %Tell received. The Loßu JlsYon, having taken the Chair, addressed tl:e Assembly. I lis Lordship said, that before he called on flick worthy Secretary to read the Report which had been prepared, they would allow him to express his re gret that inJi.perisable busines of a public nature had prevented his being as punctual to the appointed hour as he could have wished. It was unnecessary that he &mild prs'ceed to discuss the nature of the Institution which they had met to commemorate, since eve® ar zurnent that could be urged for or objected against it, hid been long since exhausted. It was at length de cide.►, by experience and time, that though in a few cases some errors might possibly arise, and some mis aiefs might result, as regarded the minds of those who were extremely ignorant and uninformed, from a pert'- . sai of the Scriptures, yet, on the whole, the general dif fusion of the Bible among all classes was one of the grmtte.t blessings that could by possibility be conferred on them—(lleur, hear). His Lordship concluded by requesting the Secretary to read to the Meeting the Committee's Report. The Secretary then read the annual Report, of which the following are extracts: " If your Committee have no surprising details to furnish of a splendid success—if they make the frank avowal that the fruits of their efforts have not been so abundant as on a former day, yet they are not without the cheering persuasion, that the following statement will inspire the joy and awaken the gratitude of the pre vent Assembly. s' The Committee have the pleasure to inform you, that they have teceived in the past year, In subscriptions, and on the sale of books sad donations, £406. SA. 7d. and in remittances from the Associa tions, £519. 18s. Id. and that they have paid to the British and Foreign Bible Society £715. Cs. 71 making a total of £15,921. 4.. 4d. paid to the Elretit Society since the establishment of the _ . •• The Committee have distributed, during the past year, 1,043 Bibles, 032 Testaments, making a grand total of 31,752 copies of the Holy Sculptures circulated by your society." The annual meeting being convened earlier than usual, the fol lowing explanation is given: " A. the use of this Hall was given by the Chief Magistrate of the City, and as it has been with considerable difficulty that arrange ments could be made amidst the pressure of business at the close of the Mayoralty, it became of importance to fix the anniversary at a / different period of the year. It is therefore proposed to transfer gradually the public meeting from the autumn tospring. " The Committee have to acknowledge with gratitude the import ant services which are performed at the Ladies' Branch of the So ciety. There are connected with that Society about 150 Ladies, Who have, during the past year, cellected from among the poor 0E357, and who are new paying weekly visits to upwards of 604) industrious families, in order to receive their humble bat cheerful subscriptions."—The report having been read— Lord 13Ext.iiv rose, and congratulated the Lord Mayor and the Society on the appearance of so large and so respectable a proportion of the inha bitants of the metropolis at this season of the year, when an at tendance by no means so numerous might naturally have been expected ; —(lierrr.) This circumstance he could not help looking upon as a certain indication, that since the period of the last meeting of the Society it had lost none of its former supporters. He (Lord Bexley) derived pleasure from the recollection of having been present at the first establishment of this auxiliary insti tution; and it was not without being reminded of some matters that excited in his breast many serious mike tions, that he adverted to an occasion happening so many years ago—reflections as to the condition of him self at that time, his friends, and his occupations ; .as to the situation and prospects of this Society, apd, abOve all, the situations and prospects of this Ireat country. He could not but recollect, that at the period to which he alluded, the country was engaged in that protracted and awful struggle which was to determine the stability of its greatness, and the existence of its liberty ; he could not cease to remember that Great Britain was then, if be might use the phrase, in the crisis of her fate : that the great question was then undeterrhined, whether the extra-' ordinary individual who had usurped the throne of one of the greatest Powers in the world should prostrate at his feet the independence and happiness of all Europe; or whether England,under Pao VIDINC; would be enabled to arrest his career, defeat his projects, and Successfully combat the many and mighty dangers by 'which she was threatened. He thankedActxt she had since oter come them all. When he referred to those eventful times, he,could not help adverting to his own political engagements, and to the unremitting anxiety• and ap plication which they had occasioned ham ; nor could he! refrain from expressing his gratitude for having been assisted to reach, at last, a hiven of peace and quiet ness; and after a long season of trouble and uneasiness, to enjoy the calm pleasures of a peaceful repose— (Hear). He could not allow the present opportunity to escape him, without offeting a very few words in re lation to the signal success which had attended the great cause which was advocated by this Society. When the establishment of so admirable an institution was first proposed in the City of London, its friends were told that their cause was hopeless; and when they talked of the benefits to be derived from translating the Bible into :forty or fifty languages, they were assured that their hopes were visionary, and their expectitions exagge rated and unreasonahle--(Hear). Happy he was, how ever, to find that since that day those hopes and expecta tions had been realised beyond the most sanguine anti cipations for the Meeting lead now the satisfaction of knowing, that not 'in forty or fifty languages only, but in 110 different tongues, the Bible had either been already published, or was now preparing for publication, through the exertions of the Parent and Auxiliary So cieties—(Hear). The number of Auxiliary Societies established in aid of the principal'lnstitution had more than doubled in the same period ; for there were at piesent; in` this kingdom alone, no less than BQO Auxi liary Bible Societies., In various countries abroad there existed two thousand Associations of the same sfescrip- tion—( Hear, hcpr). The flame which had been so au spiciouslikindled here, seemed to have sin rad itself with equal promptitude in foreign parts ; for at that former period to which he had alluded, there existed only six Foreign Bible Societies. The Meeting might now look round them, and count, in different States, twenty-six National Associations, in correspondence with our own, and having six hundred Auxiliary Associations to sup port thern : —(Hear, hear). In Great Britain, almost every district possessed an Auxiliary Society ; on the Continent, though it could not be denied that much had been done, there remained yet much to do. Amidst this galaxy which shed so bright and healthful a radiance over this kingdom, the City of London, as it was to be desired, shone a resplendent luminary. Placed in the situation which they occupied, as the Citizens of the Capital of this great Empire, it well became the inha bitants of London to shew that commerce might be de voted to nobler purposes than the acquisition of wealth, or even than the establishment of our national great ness, which_ has hitherto been the just and constant sub ject of our eulogy and attention. lf, therefore, they wished their country to be powerful without ii.justice, rich without luxury, great without wickedness, it be came them, by every means, to encourage and support institutions like this of the Bible Society—(Heetr)—ln stitutions whose establishment would rank them among the benefactors of mankind. The Noble Lord con cluded by moving the first Resolution. Mr. FAVELL felt particular pleasure in seconding this resolution. He remembered that at the first institution of the Society he had had the hoaour of supporting a similar proposition. The Noble Lord who preceded him had well observed, that at this season of the year it was matter of considerable congratulation to witness so nu me rous and highly respectable an assemblage ; and he (Mr. Favell) most again congratulate the Ladies—the wives, daughters, and female friends (as he might call them), of this ey:cellent Association—on the encouraging pro. spects which now rewarded their kind exertions in its favour—(Hear, Tliey, who like himself, were its public advocates, laboured, on these occasion!, under a considerable disadvantage ; because, from the length of time that this Institution had existed, they had, of ne cessity, very little new to say upon the subject. He could only express a hope, therefore, that raOVIDENCE would continue to smile upon their labour; and he did trust, that he might appeal for the demonstration of its favours to the success with which they had been hitherto blessed. Wherever these Associations had been esta blished in the City or its vicinity, their good effects had been sensibly felt; and it was found, tl4at among fe• males, all who were the fi iends of the Institution, had become better wives, mothers, sisters, daughters, friends, than they had been before they were connected with it. Before he sat down, he would observe that there was one topic which seemed well worthy to attract the at tention of their Chairman ; and it was this—that the establishment of the Auxiliary Society had proved most beneficial, not only to the Parent Society, but also to the Magistracy of the city of London, by operating towards the rreiention of crime—(Applause). —This sort of preventive service, effected by the di& fusion of the Bible, was one of the highest utility ; and much as all who heard him, in common with their fellow-countrymen, must feel indebted to the hu mane exertions of those benevolent individuals who de voted their time, talent, and attention to the improve.. ment of prison disciplir.e, their thanks were due in a yet greater degree to that institution which prevented the commi,sion of crime —(Hour). From one the late prison discipline reports, be observed that out of 119 female convicts whom the Ladies had visited in the pri son of Newgate, it appear ed, on examining them to that fact, that only three or four had been either brought up in the schools, or had in any way participated in the advantages which had been furnished by Bible Associa. tions—(Hear). This fact alone might manifest the vast importance of supporting such societies, and the inti mate connexion which subsisted between their well being and the well-being of the Magistracy, by their tendency to prevent crime. That they did so, any one might be immediately satisfied, who would compare the condition of a family, however poor, which was thus placed in possession of a Bible, and a family which, like too many in this great metropolis, was without the sa cred volume. In the one case, good order and good morals—in the other, profligacy, vicious habits, and consequent crime— marked the effects of possessing the Scriptures, or chewed the miserable results of an ignorance of them. The Honourable Gentleman con. cluded by briefly contrasting the pleasing example afforded by a Lord Mayor and Aldermen, and a She riff elect, who were friendly to an Institution founded on the liberal principle of disseminating the Sacred Vo lume to all denominations of Christians, without dis tinction of sect, with that frightful picture of intole twice and bigotry which the neighbourhood of that Hall presented only a century or two ago, when men of the purest lives and most unquestionable piety were impri soned, insulted, and even executed, for their religious opinions.. He hoped that ilitovinzxce would give to the efforts of this Society " the wings of the morning" wherewith to fly to the uttermost parts of the earth, to promote peace and good-will towards men —(Hear). This Resolution was carried unanimously. The Rev. Mr. HALL, in proposing the second resolu tion, observed, that London possessed a claim to pre-eminent distinction among the cities of the universe, for its opulence, its vastness, its population; its public walks, its munificence and spirit, its progress in arts and sciences; but the same distinction, in former ages of the world, had attached to Babylon, Nineveh, Car thage, and Tyre ; and these, and Rome herself (vainly called the Eternal), had perished in their turn from the excess of luxury and grandeur, .and were now utterly extinct. Rome, indeed, still languished on, in a state of enfeebled and miserable existence ; but she was the mere wreck of her departed might and her ancient re nown. The successive fall of these magnificent capitals was mainly attributable to their want of a great and general moral principle, which might have stemmed the torrent of popular corruption, and withstood the influence of those inevitable evils which are entailed by luxury and power ; but he did hope that London, from the multitude of her benevolent institutions, and espe cially from that strong feeling of piety and religion on which this institution was founded, was destined, im movable in that moral principle, to remain to the end of all things, great, mighty, and respected, amidst the cities of the world. The Rev. Gentleman then combated the objections which had been urged against the society, and concluded by moving the second resolution. Mr. LAURIE (Sheriff elect) seconded the resolution. Had he consulted his own feelings, he would have been at the back instead of the front of the platform. The Bible was a rock on which all might rest, and a foun- Lain at which all might drink. The civic Palace iu which they were met changed masters every year, yet he trusted that each new one would be more zealot' , than the other in supporting•that Bible, the first trans lation of which was patronized by the City of London, though it was in vain attempted to be destroyed by burning all the copies that could be got, at kit. Paul's Cross. He concluded by seconding the Resolution, which was carried unanimously. The LOUD MAYOR returned thanks for the honour which had been paid him; and doubted nit that all Chief Magistrates of the City would be happy to give the same assistance and encouragement which he had been able to give to this society. Mr. Alderman BROWN also expressed his acknowledg ments for the compliment paid to himself and his col leagues, though he felt that as they had simply per formed duties to the fulfilment of which it was an ho nour to be called, no thanks were due. The other Resolutions were then proposed, and unanimously carried, after speeches from Mr. Sheriff Thompson, M.P. Mr. Alderman Keys, the Rev. J. Fletcher, of Stepney, M. Boissot (Minister of the French Protestant Church in London), the Rev. J. Hillyer, of Bedford, Mr. James Allen, of the Society of Friends, the Rev. H. Venn, blisthter of St. Dunstan in the Bast, Border, LL.D. and Barrister at Law, the Rev. Dr. Macbride, Arabic Professor in the University of Osford, and one or two other Gentlemen. Thanks having been voted in the usual course to the Lord Mayor (who had left the chair to attend the Justice-room, before the close of the meeting), and Sir C. S. Hunter, who had presided, as his successor, the meeting broke up at about four o'clock. EAST INDIA 110 USE. -sr-- A Quarterly General Cow t of Proprietors of East India Stock was yesterday held at the Company's House, in l.eadenhall•street. The minutes of the last Court having been read, The CuLAIRMAN (W. WiGnAm, Esq.) proceeded tolay before the Proprietors a variety of Papers which bad been presented to Parliament, since the last General Court. He also submitted to the Court sundry docu ments relative to Haleybury College. Mr. HUME took the opportunity of inquiring whether any Report had been drawn up by the last College Co mmittee? It would be satisfactory to know hove the Col lege had been conducted during the last half-year : whe ther it had been conducted quiet and peaceable, and free from disturbance ? The CHAIRMAN had the satisfaction to state to the Court,that at the last visitation, which occurred in June last, the situation of the College was in every respect entitled to praise. Mr. Hume wished to know whether any alteration had .been made in the statute? They had been told by the late Chairman (Mr. PA PTISCHI), that the recent disturb ances in the College were under consideration of the College Committee, who would be prepared at an early period to lay the result of their inquiry before the Court. Under these circumstances he should be glad to learn whether the Committee had come to any determination, and what it was? The CHAIRMAN answered, that the College Com mittee bad made a report on this subjecr. It was now before the Court of Directors, but they had not thought it necessary to alter any of the College Statutes. Mr. Hyrax inquired whether there was any objection to producing that report ? The CHAIRMAN was sure the Hon. Proprietor would not pre s s for the production of a document on which the Court of Directors had not founded any proceeding. After a few words lion] Mr. It. JAcxson and the CitAttistAn, the conversation dropped. Mr. HUME asked how many Cadets, exclusive of those in the College, had been sent out to India during the last year ? The CHAIRMAN answered, that 131 Cadets had been appointed to India, and 35 appointed to the Military Seminary—making a total of 166. Mr. Home strongly impressed on the Court of Di rectors the necessity of adopting some means by which every young man whom they sent out to India should be completely instructed in the Oriental languages. The CHAIRMAN was then about to put the question of adjournment, when Mr. Hume rose, and having referred .to what had fallen from Mr. Pelly at a former General Court, rela tive to the case of Mr. John Hinde Pelly, entered into a defence of the course he had pursued with respect to the grant which had been proposed to the latter Gen tleman, and contended 'that every statement he had made was borne out by documents. He expressed his conviction, that if the Court of Proprietors had been' in possession of the documents, which were now accessible to them, more especially the Penalty Bond, when the case was formerly before them, the question never would have gone to a ballot, but would have been negati►ed. After a few words from the CHAIRMAN and Mr. GRANT, the Court adjourned. TH E E‘rENING STA It. LONDON. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1823. THE FUNDS. STOCK EXCHANGE, TWELVE O'CLOCE Consols opened this morning at en for the Amount, owing to no information having been received from Paris . " this hour, the Market appears heavy, and there are sellers ato j for Money, with little doing. It was said early this ruoroinuits the French Reines had come 90f. .Sc. but we could net tr ki to any authentic source. FOREIGN FUNDS. Scarcely any busincu doing in this Market except In Columba t and Spanish Bonds. Current Prices :—Colombian 57 to I, Old Spanish 351 to I, lc o Spanish 2.9 k, French Scrip 2to Russian 81. VlENNA.—Metalliques Si 13-16; Bank Shares 917 2-5. PRICE OF STOCKS AT ONE O'CLOCK. 3 per Cent. Cons. 83 1 / 4 83 83 1 / 2 4 per Cents. New 102 1 / 2 % yi s India Bonds 61s.— South Sea Stock 94% New Annuities 83 Exch. Rills (#.:1,0(X)) 365. 375. Small 375. 19s. Consols for Acct. 83 3 / 4 Vs 14. A paragraph appeared in most of d! Morning Papers, and has, we understand, produced tonsiderable' sensation in the City, which states " that Consuls ha actually been appointed to several of the South Ameri• can States, on behalf of Great Britain." We can assure the Public that nothing farther lin yet been done in the matter, beyond what Mr, PLANTA lately stated in his communi:ation to the body of Merchants who applied to the Right Hon, the Foreign Secretary, on the subject. The esta• blishment of Consuls to several of the South American States is still under consideration merely. None hare yet been appointed, and when they are appointed, which will probably be ere long, it will be for comber. dal purposes solely. We have given in another part of our Paper some • further extracts from the Paris Journals of Monday, which explain more particularly the recent operation in Spain. It would seem as if something had iota vened to cause a postponement of the intended attack on Cadiz beyond the period originally fixed for it. Whether this delay has originated in a sense of the dif ficulties of carrying, by a coup de main, the strong works of the Isla, or in a new hope that the negociations might be resumed, with a better prospect of a successful issue, we are unable to determine; though the sudden order to the Marquis de TALartu, the French Mi nister at Madrid, to proceed to Head quarters, would countenance the latter part of the proposition. It would be difficult to discover any other motive for his journey, but to assist at some diplomatic conferences ; unless it was thought that his presence would be considered as a mark of respect to the KING, when his Majesty - should be set at liberty. The former opinion, however, seems the more reasonable of the two ; and it re ceives further support from the circumstance, that his departure had been delayed by the arrival of a courier from Pall', who is said to have been the bearer of some important communications. On the following day he proceeded on his journey ; and it is possible that the French Government, having taken into its consideration the terms proposed by the Cortes, may have sent out new instructions to the Duke d'Atiootmeats, containiag a modification of its former demands. In the meantime, the whole of fhe intelligence is the French Papers agrees in representing the attack upon the Isla as finally resolved upon; whilst ir de. scribes the preparations as fully commensurate to the object in view. The French troops, it is also said, burned with impatience to be led to the attack; 14 bating a little of the ardour of the figure, it is probable that their late success against the Trocadero may have inspired them with the wish of engaging in a far more difficult and perilous adventure. It would be rash to speculate on the issue of such an attertipt, though east enough to anticipate the effects of an unsuccessful Pia A very serious miscarriage might even now tura d* tables against the invaders. FROM OUR PRIVATE CORRESPO) PARIS, SEPTEMBER 22, - "The last message of the Cones to gouleme, offered to give up the King, a general amnesty, and that all those leave Cadiz, should be permitted to do residence anpw•heie in Spain, save the they should not be called on to answer deed committed by them. The ansi unconditional surrender only would Duke engiging only ;o support ao _ _ _ by bis Majesty. The Isle de Leon is said into the hands of the French on the this is doubtful. By the 20th All would bonibuding Cadi;." Letters from Havannah, dated the mention that the place was in a state of an extensive conspiracy having been _ had for its object to throw off the supremacy and erect an independent Government Cuba. Numbers of arrests had taken We have receivedoat the same time, the zette, entitled Diario des .Gobierso Coaditutiond, 29th of July. It contains nothing of Cuba, and is chiefly filled with documents the affairs of Mexico. It appears from in the name of the Mexican Secretary Home Department, that the delay in 1 ititutional Government,after the deposition had occasioned some discontent in the provinces. proclamation states that Brigadier Don A wrosi Da SANTANA had, on the 5;11 of Juae, published at • J SPONDIINT. • Sts o'Csars, P.N. 1 to the Duke d'Ao• g, on condition of f use who wished to I to so, and 6: their i t capital ; and tint ter for any act cc cuter was, that so be Accgptedi to t Act of eleraga l ? 4 said to have folios I 18th or 19tb, oilid be ready fly 1 e 14th of Ate of great confotioto discovered, 'v ,remacy of SO nt in the island d I place. the Havanna/IG.. .4. estitutional, of tbt F importance frail imenu relative to i in a proaannaital ry of State for tbo 3 I forming a Cor ition of Ituastatt provinces. Tb. n ANTONIO Lora publklied at Si;