Star. — London, England, 1822-08-20 00:00:00

I . ' , .. ~a % ~ • Cousq, Drawing Rooms, Processions, and banquets, of nett week. Lord 'N'tti.viELE ancfMr. Secretary Pam. set off for London this morning. ANOTHER LETThR, SAME DATE. His :VA./astir arrived in town from Dalkeith early this morning in his travelling chariot and four horses, accompanied by the Marquis of CONYNGHAM and the Earl of Wixcuit.sEA, and alighted at Holyrood House, at a quarter past ten o'clock, precaratory to the Levee, uhich was this day opened at twelve o'clock. Along the streets on the line appointed for carriatztQ, were placed divisions of the Scotch Greys, to prevent interruption ; and the Court-yard of the Palace %vas occupied by the Archers, some companies of the 13th Foot, and three bands of music played national airs, both in the front court and lawn. At twelve o'clock the carriages began to set down. All the Officers of State, Adges, and Law Officers of the Crown, had precedence, by a different entrance from t , a• the Public in front: 140 carriages conveyed the Nob - ity and Gentry to his Ma.resTv's Levee; the greater part of the company were dressed in a military uniform. The whole of the Nobility whose names were mentioned in the Procession of his MA JESTY'S enttance were in attendance, as well as the principal Gentlemen of the Scottish Ear and Church. His MAJESTY seemed in better spirits than he was on the day of his landing; a great crowd occupied the avenues to the Palace, but the utmost order pre vailed. His MAJESTY yesterday received several vi sitors at Dalkeith, among whom were the Duke of MICCLEUGH, the Duke of DORSET, the Marquis of LoTHIAN and Earl of WINCHILSEA ; the Earls of Fitl: :old LAUDERDALE, and Lord MELVILLE, had a long diithrnce. The KING, at seven o'clock, had a select party to dinner, and amongst the company was the Earl of FIFE. . . . The po i .ular bustle seems to have entirely subsided here, and die bulk of the inhabitants have teturned to their ordinary occupations, as if Holyrood House \vas not traced with the presence of a King. The people hat e been so long tt ithout the presence of so august a personage, that they appear, after the pass ing of the tilst pageant, to be indifferent to Court occurrences. The last public reception at Holyrood House was by Prince CHARLES STUART, in 1745, when the principal inhabitants were called upon to pay their assessments to enable that adventurer to attack the throne of his present MAJESTY'S grand father. The very tartans that now decorate the Chieftains who ate doing homage to the KING, were at that time worn by personi who were chivalrously engaged in promoting the interests of the unfortunate man chose success must have involved the ruin of the House of Brunswick. The principal Officers on duty at the Palace this week, are the Earl of HOPE.. TotrN, Captain-General, Sir GEORGE MACKENZIE, Sir DAVID MILNE, and Lieutenant-General Sir J. HOPE. The illuminations last night were uncommonly brilliant, the streets were crowded to excess, and the Theatre closed at nine o'clock. The appearance of the illuminations was extremely grand from the ele vated ground about the city. Rockets and dificharges of artillery and small arms were repeatedly fired from the Castle, Calton Hill, Salisbury Crags, Leith bat tery, and the ships of war ; and the vivid flashes from these gloomy heights hal a sublime effect. In the windows of the lodging in Queen-street oc cnpied by the Magistrates of Glasgow, there was an illuminated Crown and a beautiful Star on each side of a transparency, on which was painted the Glas gow Arms, and an emblematical figure representing the commercial character of that city, and under neath, in large characters, the words " Our King," in variegated lamps. All the towers of the Castle were stuck full of blazing torches, which had a very fine effect; and a fire was lighted up near the flag-staff battery, and another on the main-guard. It is most gratifying to add, that the whole of these rejoicings passed off without the occurrence of any accident. The Civic Fcast will be given to his MAJESTY on Thursday next, the Peers' Ball on Friday, and the Ball of the Caledonian Hunt on the Monday follow ing. The KING, it is expected.will attend these Balls; but it is doubted whether he will lay the first stone of the National Monument on Calton Hill. There is a carriage way ascending within a dozen yards of the spot, so that the ceremony might be performed without any great personal inconvenience to his MA JESTY. It is said that the KING'S stay will be limited to twelve days. FROM THE EDINBURGH PAPERS OF SATURDAY. His MAJESTY expressed his great delight at his reception, and at the appearance of the city and peo ple, to several persons to whom we have spoken. We yesterday heard, horn the very best authority, that his MAJESTY was quite confounded with delight at the first appearance of Leith. At Holyrood House his MAJESTY said, that "he had often been told the Scotch were proud : and well they might be," added he, " they seem to me to be a nation of Gentlemen." One circumstance we are proud to mention, as it gives a better idea of the characteristics of the Scot tish people than volumes written on the same subject could convey ; there is not one single record on the Police books of this metropolis, of any offence com mitted against the laws since his MAJESTY has been in Scotland. An immense crowd, and no viola tion of the laws ! Hear this, proud England, and learn of us ! His MAJESTY heard the intelligence of the melan choly event from North Cray,when be was off Dunbar. Stirling, says the respectable Journal of that place, h left almost entirely to the keeping of old men, and women and boys. The streets, at mid. day, have the deserted appearance ola S. , bbath-day during Divine Service. For the last eight days the steamboats have been inczssautly plying between that and New haven ; and the facility and easy rate which thi s means of conveyance affords to our townsmen ' pre cluded the necessity of resortiag to the more irksome and tedious one of being transported by gigs, carts, sad waggons. FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT. •• EDINBURGH, AUGUST 17, Sax P.N. - •t Never was there an assembly for splendour and tank more distinguished than that which met at Halyrood this day, where the KING, as you already knew, held his first Levee. It is not that a Scotsman utters the assertion or that it is meant as a false I LONDON. TUESDAY, AUGUST 20, 1822. STOCK EXCHANGE, ONE O'CT.OOK. The Contra inners have purchased in Reduced at 80e; Con sols 801--wit ii a fiat Market. CURRENT PRICES: S per Cent. Reduced 81 1 / 8 81 3 per Ct. Cons. 80 3 / 8 1 ,6 3 / 8 — S l 4 per Ctc. 92 1 / 8 1 / 4 4 per Cents. 99% %-4 per Ct. New 99% Vs Bank Long Annuities 21 20 15-16 India Bonds 675. 695. 665. Exchequer Bills of El,OOO, 7s. ss. 6s. pre. Ditto Sal:1116s. 7s.—Consols for Acct. 130% 34. The death of the Marquis of LONDONDERRY has once more set our speculating politicians, of 'all par ties, actively at work. The Ministers, whose love of office is notorious, are anxiously seeking for a suc cessor to supply, as far as possible, that support so essential to their preservation, and which they have lest by the death of one of the most efficient of their members. Intrigue is, however, at work here; and more than one individual is looking forward to mount a step higher in the ladder of Ministerial patronage. —The Whigs, who, whatever hostility they may have had to the measures ofthe Marquis of LONDONDERRY, are sensible of his talents, and of his importance, even entertain the hope that the Administration is so shaken by his death as not to be cemented again; and that they may yet have no distant chance of power. They are, however, so subdivided that we believe they are sensible of the difficulty of forming an able Mi nistry among themselves without taking in the Minis terial make-weight the Grenville party, to which they have great aversion. To us it appears that, whatever temporary appoint. ment may take place, the Ministry must be entirely new n.oielled before the next Session of Parliament. The situation of Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs may easily be supplied, as well as a fit Representative for the approaching Congress, since, though the Mi nisters were sensible that Lord LONDONDERRY was deranged, yet they did not consider it any disqnalifi cation for the diplomatic mission. But the greatest difficulty will be found in getting a Leader in the House of Commons. That Mr. CANNING possesses eloquence, genius, and even versatility of talent enough for the office, will be readily admitted; het he is wanting in that steadiness and solidity, that calmness of tempef and deliberation essential for the avowed advocate and defender of the measures of Ministers in the House of Commons. It is, however, extremely probable, almost certain, that the duties of Foreign Secretary, Leader of the House of Commons, and Representative at the ap proaching Congress, will devolve on three different individuals. The Duke of WELLINGTON, assisted by Lord CLANWILLIAM, it is reported, will be entrusted with the office of attending Congress ; and though the busy tongue of rumour has already fixed on in dividuals for the other offices, yet nothing is yet po sitively known on the subject.. The French Papers of Saturday have reached us. The accounts from Spain in these papers do not come down lacer than the intelligence we gave last Wed nesday from the Madrid Journals. The Oriental Spectator states, on the authority of a letter from Tauris, that the English Ambassador at the Court of Persia had, after a warm discussion with the SCHAH, demanded his passports and left that re sidence with the Consuls of his nation. Such a pro ceeding would, doubtless, be the strongest mark of, an alliance with the Porte which the British Cabinet could give; but it is very doubtful whether it has taken place. The English have interests of too great importance in Asia thus to sacrifice them to the cause of the Turks. 1 A letter written by a French merchant, and dated Pera, July 15, gives some interesting details respect ing the late massacre in Constantinople. The mutiny of the Janissaries, by whom the atro cities were perpetrated, took place towards the close of the Ramadan, or Turkish Lent. Preparations were making for the celebration of the grand festival of the Byram, "glen the Mnuulmans usually indem— nify themselves by great messes for their privations during the preceding month. The mutineers took ad- ~. vantage of the security in which the Government ap peared to beplunged. Five Ortas, or Regiments of IJanissaries, revolted. Numerous parties of them i ranged throirgh the different streets of the capital, pil lased the houses, 'particularly those belonging to Greeks and Franks, and massacred even Mussulmans whom they suspected not to be of their party. A party proceeded to the quarter of the Jews, where they com mitted the greatest excesses. Paying no respect to customs held sacred in the East, the Turkish baths were broken open, and the females violated. All the Christian women the banditti could discover were dragged to the Slaves' Bazaar and sold to the highest bidder. The plan of the rebels was to gain possession of the Grand Vizier's Palace, and afterwards to proceed to the Seraglio. At first, the most laudable efforts were in vain made by Hadschi-Salih, the Grand Vizier, to appease the mutineers. He went among them in dis guise, and encountered the greatest risks. Finally, not daring to trust the remaining Ortas of the Janis saries, which had taken no part in the revolt, he re solved to oppose another description of troops to the rebels, and called to his assistance Ibrahim Pashaw, Commandant of the Asiatic troops encamped at Bu jukdere. After distributing considerable sums among these troops, Ibrahim put himself at their head and atttacked the Janissaries. The streets of Constanti nople became then the scene of a dreadful carnage, but the Asiatic troops at last obtained the victt ry.— More than 200 Janissaries were killed, and some thou sands have since been executed. The usual mode of cutting off the head took up too much time, and they were dispatched by tying several together and throw ing them into the sea. Some thousands of the less guilty have been embarked for the coast of Asia; all the prisons, the arsenal, the lazaretto, and a number of ships in the harbour, are filled with prisoners who await their sentence. " Tranquillity (says the writer of this letter) has thus been established, and the crisis is for the moment past ; but unfortunately it may soon rise again. The Janissaries are convinced that the Sultan and his favourite, Haleb Effendi, wish to destroy their corps, and that the private Councils of the Grand Seignior have eften under consideration their suppression, at least the abolition of their most important privileges. They besides believe that this plan is strongly supported by Lord Strangford and the other European Ministers. Their animosity against the Franks and the inhabitants of Pera is therefore extreme." The Journal des Debats contains the following article from Pamplona, dated August 7:—" An action of importance took place this morning at day break, and lasted till noon, between the Army of the Faith and the Constitutionalists, at the distance of two leagues from here; we heard the musketry dis tinctly. The Army of the Faith amounted, it is said, to more than 2,000 men ; that of their opponents to 800 or 900. The latter had the advantage at the commencement, and broke through the first line of the soldiers of the Faith ; but they brought up their reserve, and at the end repulsed the Constitutionalists as far as our walls. The loss on both sides was equal. If Quesada had had 400 cavalry he might have en tered Pamplona." An article quoted by the Journal des Debats from the C'ontervator of Petersburgh, is remarkable for the manner in which it speaks of the affairs of Spain. The terms rebels, insurgents, banditti, brigands," &c. given to the Servile party, is strongly condemned by the Russian journal, which observes, such were the names which the French Jacobins gave to the Royalists of La Vendee. It then goes on to say— " The factious chiefs and their subalterns may be called Communeros, Exaltados, Descamisados, or Anarchists. They are not even entitled to be called Constitu tionalists, because they have not been constituted, and because so long as they persist in an absurd and , monstrous cumulation of usurped powers, they will , never have a Constitution. The opposite party may justly take the title of Royalist, Army of flee Faith,' &c. for that party defends the altar, the throne, the liberties, the institutions of its country, and endea yours to annihilate or repress the efforts and the au- 1 dacity of a class of men who, having nothing to lose,' but everything to gain, in troubles, are always ready to subvert social order, of which they are always and everywhere the avowed enemies.'" Fascism FUNDS, Auo. 17.—Five per Cents. opened at 93f. 40e. closed at 93f. 50c. This forenoon we received a Dutch Mail, bringing Papers to the 18th inst. The following are extract:: HABIBURGH, AUGUST 13. It is affirmed on good authority, say our Journals, that the Emperor of Russia will set out from St. Pe tersburgh on the 15th, to arrive at Vienna on the 6th or 7th of September. With respect to the Congress to be held in Italy, it is involved in obscurity. It is not believed that the King of Prussia will come to Vienna. It is asserted that the negcciation for a marriage between the Crown Prince of Sweden and a daughter of the Duke of Leuchtenburg is broken off. -- x Tr' the 28th of May, and tooic a largo• quantity of pro visions for the garrison of Puerto Cabello. The fort Veliga, situated on an eminence ti:at commands Puerto Cabello, has capitulated : the Spa nish garrison has arrived at La Guira. The Colom bians, being now master's of .the heights that com mand Puerto Cabello, bombard the place from them. The accounts from Curacoa give long details-of the expedition of General Morales, of which the fol lowing is a summary : ' The inhabitants of the province of Coro, who have been always much inclined to the Spaniards, did their utmost to assist Morales, whose force being iocreascd by the junction of many fugitives from 'Maracaibo, where the Spaniards have many adherents among the people of colour, he collected with great difficulty some light ceOsels, and by favour of the night eluded the strong naval forte of the Colombiars, and crossej the Lagoon of Maracaibii With 800 men. Meantime the Colombians had sent a corps, eonsi ring almost entirely of veteran troops, under Pinongo, against Coro ; and the Caraccas Gaze!tc affirmed that Morales would not possibly escape, either by sea or 1and..... The Colombian force proceeding from Corona had a most fatiguing march through a desert wholly desti tute of water, but took Fossession of Coro, which wa s deserted. Another division of the ColoMhians, under Regos Vargas, was to attack Mt•rales on ti:e south side, and Pinongo on the north ; but Morales, who possesses extraordinary courage, attacked Var_ gas, defeated his division, and proceeded by a rapd march to Coro. Pinongo, surprised, retreated to Comm but ;.;: troops, which suffered severely on their advai:ce., nearly all perished in their retreat through the desert. When they were mustered at Corora, 700 were miss• ing, and the remainder in the most wretched condi tion. The Columbians lament this loss of their best and oldest troops. Morales, after this advantage, would doubtless have taken Maracaibo, and thus re covered a great part of the coast for the Spaniards, had not the troops that had been embarked, consist ing chiefly of natives of Maracaibo, made a prema ture attack, without waiting for Morales. They pene trated into the town, and sheweJ great bravery, but their number was too unequal, and they were com pelled to retreat, after losing two or 300 men : the loss of the enemy was equal, and included the Go vernor of Maracaibo, Don Eres. The town, having been so long threatened, had a strong garrison, including many British troops, and the assailants were ill armed. The Columbian Co vernment at Maracaibo then sent a flag of truce to Morillo (nephew of the celebrated General), per suading him that Morales had bee., wally defeated by Pinongo—that he himself was killed—that the little corps of Morillo (about 500 men) could not escape—and that, to spare the effusion of blood, they offered to convey his ticreps, with their arms, on board Columbian vessels, to the Havanna!). The capitula tion was signed, and Morillo's troops were to be em• barked. The latest accounts from Coro say, that they were in fact put on board ; but that, when they were at sea, Morillo and all his Officers were thrown overboard, and only the privates who were not na tives of Coro or Maracaibo, saved alive. The situa tion of Morales is thus made very desperate, as be is in want of provisions, and has lost his last vessels by the capitulation of Morillo. Later accounts state, that Morales, having per sued the corps of Pinongo, attacked and dispersed it, on the 7th of June, near Davajuro ; and that Pi nongo himself, and seven of his Officers, fell into the hands of the Spaniards. Viss*A, Aro. 6.—Metalliques, 80 5-16--Bank Shares, 794 1-3. The latest intelligence from Rio Janeiro tends shew that nothing short of absolute independence will satisfy the Brazilians; indeed one of the private letters states that the PRINCE REGENT had declared that the Brazils should be independent. This report, we believe, is premature, though that the PniNc7 must yield to the public wishes, if he hopes to kceo the sovereignty in his family, is pretty evident. In a Proclamation of the Ist of June the PRINCE REGENT directs that the Cotincil of Representatives of the Provinces c'f Brazil, created by his Decree o the 16th of February last, shall meet on the 2d of June. Two days afterwards he issued another De cfee, in which he says—s" I have thought fit, with the advice of my Council of State, to order the convoca tion of a General Constituent and Legislative .Iseirf-. bly, consisting of the Deputi es o f t h e P rov i nces o r Brazil, newly elected according to the form cf the instructions agreed to in Council, and which shalt published without delay." According to the form of the oath prepted the Representatives, they are to swear on the Gov e ll to defend the Roman Catholic religion, the dynasty of the Royal House of BRACANZA, the Regency c,f his Royal Highness the perpetual defender of Brazil, and to maintain the sovereignty and integt icy of Brazil. The Ministers and Se cr e tar i es o f S tate swear that they will, with truth, conscientiousness, and frank ness, advise his MAJ ESTY i n a ll atEtirs, and on ail oc casions when convoked for that purpose. When the Council of Representatives met, a num ber of the Representatives presented an Address the PnINcE REGENT, calling on him to convoke a General Assembly of Representatives of the Pr: - via:cm of Brazil. This Address contains the fallow ing passage: “ Brasil possesses the indefeasible right of ebtablishillg it► (;4. statement—all that Scotland contains of nbble or honourable—all that is ancient or dignified in the land, wete assembled in their most splendid state to give welcome to the first of the Guelphic race, the last and lineal stock of the STUAXTS and the !latices, in the Halls of hii ancestors, where.they lived and triied for centuries past. _ reignea Almost all the Peers, and many of the Chieftains equally ancient as the Nobility, and respectable as to rank, went in state; and the mixture of splendid Saxon' with the Celtic dresses, gave a beauty and brilliancy to the scene which no other Court in Europe can boast of. There is something romantically sublime in the garb of old Gaul—even more splendid than the glitter of gold and scarlet. We are within bounds when we say that upwards of fifteen hundred attended the Levee. We heard of the numbers who attended the Levees in Dublin; they might be more in number, but let it be recollected that the Scotch are too considerate a people to put themselves into the presence of the KING, without having any prem• sions to do so. No man under the rank of a Gentle man, both in point of birth and fortune, presumed to visit the interior of the Palace. I have not time to say more. It is hoped his MAJRSTY will attend church to-morrow, to hear Dr. BAIRD, Principal of the University, who is decidedly a favourite with his AIAJECSTY." Tlith; EVENING STAR. CURACOA, JUNE t. The war on the coast continues, and the Spaniards, who were lately reduced to the possession of Puerto Cabello alone, have gained ground in.,Colombia,— Though the Colombians have long blockaded Puerto. Cabello by land and sea, the Spaniards still hold out Three Spanish ships of war, with several merchant men under their convoy, sailed from this island on , °.t*. :~ `i `•. {~ ~~ . i; , i ~~ ,A F . • .