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

~' % A ~. TUE 143`ENING STAR. i * ,?ONDON• MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1822• THE FUNDS. STOCK EXCHANGE, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The Market opened rather brisk this morning, and Consols were done at 814 to ; but, owing to the report of Lord Ltvstt roe'. having resigned, the Market got somewhat worse, and Consuls up to this hour arc 81a to 1 for the Account, and 80& to 81 for Money. Foams+ FUNIA.—The above Market is rather heavy up to this hour, and little doing in any Foreign Securities.—Chiliati 823 to 83, New Spanish 64, Old 664, New Prussian 871 1, Oki 901 ij, Russian 861 1, Danish 881, Neapolitan 771 4, Colombian 861, Scrip 861. STOCK EXCHANGE, ONE O'CLOCK. Within the last hour the Market has improved, and looks well; Consols are 811 (buyers) for the Account, and 81 for Money. CURRENT PRICES: 2 per Cent. Cons. 81 1 /s 80% 81-3 1 4 per Cents. 93 1 4 4 per Cent. New 10034 1 4— India Stock, 252 India Bonds 435. 501. Exchequer Bills of El ,000, 3s. ss. 4s. Ditto Small, 4s. 7s.—Bank for Acct. 252 1 A 253 252 India for Act. 252 1 h—Cons. for Act. 81 IA ih %. While the Ministers are hesitating or disagreeing among themselves, as to the successor of the Marquis of LONDONDERRY in the office of Foreign Secretary, we would recommend a very easy mode of freeing them from all embarrassment on this subject; and that is by returning to the good old mode of having but one Secretary for both Foreign Affairs and the Colonies. The introduction of a third Secretary is of recent date, and though it might be allowable in time of war, yet it would be difficult to prove any ne cessity for it, now that the " piping times of peace" have so materially lessened the business of Foreign Affairs and the Colonies. It is not, we believe, more than two or three Ses sions since a motion was made in Parliament for abolishing the third Secretaryship, which was nega tived ; we trust, however, that the motion will be re newed next Session, and that so important a saving to the country of an unnecessary expense will be effected. Nothing is yet definitively known as to the new Ministerial arrangements. The Earl of LIVERPOOL still insists on the necessity of Mr. CANNING'S return to office, and the Loan CHANCELLOR, it is said, has withdrawn his opposition to the measure ; but the repugnance in a higher quarter is not yet overcome. Indeed we are of opinion that his MAJESTY would prefer a Whig Administration to one with Mr. CAN NING at its head. We have reason to believe that an attempt will yet be made to establish a coalition Ministry. Of one thing we are assured from good authority, that on Saturday his MAJESTY sent for the Marquis of LA NS. DOWN; the nature or result of the interview has not yet transpired ; but it can scarcely be doubted that it had reference to the present disjointed state of the Cabinet. The Earl of Ltvenpoor. had an audience of the KING yesterday morning, at Carlton Palace ; after which his Lordship went to Hampton Court, where his intended bride and he were among the few pro menaders of distinction in the Palace Gardens. It was reputed on 'Change this morning, that the Earl of Ltirarmoor. had resigned. Other rumours were in circulation, which caused a slight depression in the Funds. This forenoon we received a Flanders Mail, bring- i ing Brussels and German Papers to a late date. The Austrian Observer, up to the 27th ult. was still silent respecting the affairs of Greece and Turkey; having I blade no mention of them since the 16th of August, when it contained a long article, attempting to prove that the Turks had gained a great victory. This si lence on the part of the Austro-Turkish Gazette, is strongly corroborative of the success of the Greeks. The writer oT an article from Venice seems duly to appreciate the value of the information contained in the Austrian Journal. " Since we have belonged to Austria," says the writer, " the Austrian Observer gives the law among us on political subjects. At this moment, however it strangely embarrasses us. It assures us that the Tui ks are everywhere triumphant, while not a single letter comes from the Levant that does not confirm the destruction of the army of Chow schid Pacha." The Emperor of RUSSIA was expected at Warsaw on the 20th ult. Part of his equipage had arrived there on the preceding day. Count NESSELRODE was in the suite of his Imperial Majesty. Count Pozzi nt Boaoo passed through Frankfort, on his way to Vienna, on the 20th ult. A letter from Paris, in a Brussels Paper, states that the Order of Malta intends to renew its application to the Sovereigns at the Congress, in order to obtain its re-establishment as an independent power. Vim*, Aca. 26.—Metatticines, 81 21-52—Bank Sham, 870. Just as nur Paper was going to press, we received a Dutch Mail, with Papers to the Bth instant. An article from Hamburgh says, it is confirmed that all secret societies, including even the Freemasons, are prohibited in Russia—not by an Imperial Ukase, but by a Ministerial Rescript. Every person in office is ordered to appear before his superior, to declare that he withdraws for ever from the Order, on pain of losing his place. Some sa); that, besides this, every Freemason shall engage, in writing, that so long as he remain in ltus sia, he will have no intercourse with any secret So ciety, either in or out of the Empire. The Sublime Porte has granted to Swedish and Norwegian vessels the free passage into the Black Sea.- ' liaxsuson, SIFT. s.—Exchange on London, 37. 1. ; 37. 4. Parzaisupans, AUG. 20.—Exchartes—Landon, 10 3 16— Amsterdam, 10 7-52—Hamburgh, 9 7-16—Paris, 106 b. The French Papers of Thursday and Friday have reached us. They bring the •conclusion of the trial of the conspirators of La Rochelle. This mockery of justice terminated on Thursday, when four indi viduals, Dories, Goubin, Ponder, and Raoulx, were found guilty of having participated in a plot, and cohsequently received sentence of death. Two others, Henon and Goupillon, had also been found guilty, but the former only by a majority of seven to five, in which case the Judges have a right to join the mi- nority, and to pronounce a verdict of acquittal. They exercised this right in behalf of Henan, and Goupil lon was spared on account of his having turned King's evidence. Three were condemned to five years' im- prisonment, one to three, and three to two, for not having revealed the existence of the plot, and twelve acquitted. The fate of those sentenced to death seems to have excited an extraordinary interest. Several Advocates embraced and wept over them in the open Court. The eldest of these convicts is only twenty seven year; of age. From the nature of the evidence produced in the course of the trial, no capital conviction had been anticipated; but a' circumstance happened on the very day on which the ATTORNEY-GENERAL was to make his reply, which probably effected a great al teration in the minds of the Jury. Each Juryman received letters containing a printed list of the Jury, with these words in handwriting at the bottom— " Blood wit have blood." Their wives received simi lar letters, all of which were sent by the post. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL did not fail to avail himself of this circumstance, to argue that it was proof positive of the existence of an immense coalition and conspi- racy. M. BARTER, the Chief Advocate for the ac cused, expressed the deep indignation which they felt at the iniquitous manoeuvre thus planned for their ruin; And declared that nothing but a hostile hand could have endeavoured to revolphe Jury against them. On the part of the accused he therefore earnestly solicited the Court to take evet y possible measure to discover and punish the authors of these letters.—The Court complied with the joint request of the ATTORNEY•GENERAL and the accused, that the letters should be deposited in the hands of justice.— But the inquiry, if it ever comes, will come too late. The trial of General BERTON and his accomplices proceeds ; forty-nine more witnesses have been heard, making in all 148 ; but the details have no interest, and are scarcely intelligible. The ATTORNEY-GE NERAL was to address the Jury on the evidence on the sth. The three following days were expected to be occupied by the defence. The ATTORNEY-GENE RAL was to reply this day ; the PRECIDENT would, probably, take a view of the whole case to-morrow, and Wednesday next was considered as the day on which the verdict of the Jury would be returned. One of these Papers, the Constitutionnel, affords an instance of the rigour with which persons con victed of political offences are now treated in France. It relates to the persons foued guilty of the Belfort Conspiracy, as it is called—and who, though con demned only to correctional punishment, were put into heavy chains, in which they were to be con ducted to their respective places of detention. Although we are still without any further confirma tion as to the decisive battles said to have taken place in Greece, yet the French Papers continue partially to corroborate the original report that the Turks had been totally defeated. 'The conflagration of Jassy, in Moldavia, is fully confirmed. The appointment of a new Hospodar, and the apparent settlement of all existing differences, had induced many of the Boyards to return to their possessions in that principality; trade revived, and all announced peace and pro sperity, when, in the night of the 10th of August, the streets suddenly resounded with furious yells, and every house was forced open and plundered by the Janissaries, who had marched back unknown to the inhabitants. In a short time they proceeded from pillage, and all its concomitant excesses, to wanton destruction, and the town presented one entire blaze. " At the departure of the Courier," says an ac count dated from Suczawa, on the Moldavian fron tier, " the number of houses destroyed by the confla gration was estimated at twenty thousand ! It was feared that those which had hitherto escaped would share the same fate. This intelligence is unfortunately official, and we expect more detailed particulars every moment. Till then we are lost in conjectures respect ing so surprising and so deplorable a catastrophe." These Papers announce, that the Viscount de CUA.- TEAUBRIAND is expected at Paris forthwith, on his way to Verona, and that the Emperor ALEXANDER left St. Petersburgh on the 16th of last month, and is expected to be absent from his dominions six months. The Constitutionnei says—" We are assured that Sir W. A'CoURT, the new English Ambassador to the Court of Madrid, is specially commissioned to to the Spanish Government, that, far from contributing even by wishes to the success of the affair of the 7th of July, the English Ministry, on the con.l trary, most formally disapproves everything which has been undertaken against the Constitutional order. FUNDS AS PARIS, Sart. 6. 7 —Five per Cents. opened at 94f. ssc. highest 94f..90c. closed 94f. 70c. We received some American Papers this morning, of the same date as the last. _ The Democratic Press states, on the authority of information from Charleston, that in consequence of the Negro plot,. recently discovered in that place, a law will we proposed, and probably passed, in the next Session of the Legislature of South Carolina, pro hibiting any slave or coloured person from being taken out of the State, or any coloured person from any of those States from residing in South Carolina. FROM TILE RICHMOND COMPLIER. The drought in the surrounding country, particu larly north and west of us, is blighting in the most destructive manner our corn crops ; should this se vere drought continue and sweep bare districts of country, the short crop, together with the doorlavhich is now open in the West Indies for Indian corn, free . of duty, will cause an important advance of price. Letters from New Yoi k, received this morning, state that the fever was not so great as had been re potted in the Philadelphia Papers. The Duke of Your: arrived in town ye , ,terday, at twelve o'clock, from Brighton. his Royal Highness afterwards paid a visit to his MAJESTY. The LORD CuAticau.on and the Earl of WESTMOR LAND had audiences of the KING on Saturday. The Duke of GLOUCESTER 'has arrived at Bagshot from Salisbury. Last week the Duke of DEVONSHIRE arrived at Lis more Castle. His Grace was received, on reaching the boundary of his estate, by a very large body of his tenantry from Lismore and Thallow,well mounted, and preserving in all respects an appearance as cre ditable to the tenantry as ►t must have been gratify ing to the landlord. • A Fancy Ball was given at the Coburg Hotel, Tenby, on Friday even►ng, the 2Sd ult. by eighteen bachelors, who distributed nearly 100 tickets among their personal friends. The band of the Pembroke shire Militia was in attendance, and played many martial airs and enlivening tunes. Dancing com menced at ten, and the Ball was opened by the beau- tiful and accomplished Miss OWEN . , led off by the Hon. W. YELVERTON. An excellent supper was pro vided, and the company did not separate until Au rora's golden beams proclaimed the opening day. Measures are in contemplation at the Bank for re ducing their capital, or the annual amount paid for interest. Different plans have been proposed for the consideration of the Directors. One of them is, to reduce the interest at once from ten to seven and a half per cent. and to tender to the proprietors, in re turn for their acceptance of that dim►nished rate, a bonus of 25 per cent. on the capital. The other is to employ the surplus capital of the Establishment in buying up and cancelling Bank Stock, until its total amount is brought w►th►n the prescribed lin.its.— Whether these or any others will be in reality acted on, time alone will determine. That something of the sort must be attempted is pretty certain, on ac count of the inability of the Bank, in the present state of the money-market and of commercial affairs, to find employment for their capital. This has proved to be equally the case, notwithstanding the diminu tion of the rate of discounting from five to four per cent. as before that measure was adopted. It was currently reported on 'Change this day, that it is the intention of the Bank to take the Annnity Pen sion Loan. _ _ Extract of a letter from Captain WILSON, of the brig Duke of Richmond, of Greenock, dated Bahia, July 12th, 1822:—" There is an expedition coming against this place from Rio, and expected in a few days. It is thought there will be some sharp work, and no one can tell what may happen if a cannonad ing takes place among the shipping, forts, &c. I was the bearer of dispatches from the Prince to the Go vernor here, ordering him to give up, but he is deter mined to hold out and resist. There are no British men of war here to protect British property, but there is a large French frigate, the Captain of which has very handsomely offered to do so."—Glasgow Herald. A very numerous Meeting of the Inhabitants of Portsmouth, Portsea, and Gosport, was held on Wed nesday last, at Portsea, on the subject of the discharge of persons employed in the Dock-yard : the following `Memorial was unanimously adopted: 1 . TO THE RIGHT HONOUSAELE ROHM PEEL, ONE Or HIS MAJESTY'S PRINCIPAL SECRITARIZS OF STATE._ " The humble Memorial of the undersigned Inhabitants of Portsmouth, I'ortsea, and Gosport. " Snewirrn—That the object of the present Memorial is to represent, with every due respect, the distress occasioned to this neighbourhood, in consequence of the reductions that have al ready taken place, and the prospective reductions that are or dered to be effected in his Majesty's Dock-yard, and other public departments at this port, and to submit to your compassionate consideration a means, the adoption of which would, they sub mit, in a great measure avert further impending calamity. " That the present system of reducing the number of men employed in the naval arsenals, deplorably affects the local inte rests of the several sea-port towns of the kingdom, and it is with the utmost deference and respect that your Memorialists represent to you, that the diminution of labour and of trade in consequence of those reductions, necessarily raises the Poor. rates, already extremely oppressive, and may increase them to an alarming extent, so that few tradesmen, hitherto reputed to be what is termed respectable, may be able to contribute to their support, or to pay so extensively to the general revenue of the country, as they have heretofore done, without bringing them selves to a similar state of indigence and misery. " - That under such circumstances, though your Memorialists are aware that much cannot be done by his Majesty's Govern ment to relieve the distress which is become so generally preva lent in these towns, yet, as applying to this vicinity in particu lar, the removal of the convicts from hence, or the ceasing to employ them in his Majesty's department here, would be the means of retaining in the public service many honest, but ne cessitous individuals, and thereby prevent that overwhelming addition to our parochial burdens which must otherwise occur, and, they fear, eventually terminate in a much greater extent of ruin. And your Memorhdists at the same time suggest, whether the interests of morality here would not be better supported and benefited by the removal of convicts, whose punishment by transportation to parts beyond the seas, they conceive, was ge nerally contemplated by the Legislature; and though their em ployment in time of war, when labour was scarce, could not be - dispensed with, the necessity for their continuance now, in time of peace, does not appear to your Memoria li sts to exist." The Memorial is skid to have nearly four thousand siguatures to it. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. The Liner passed the Cape on the 18th June; for India. The Fame, 98, is commissioned at Mptford, by Captain Joan Lawns:nee; C. B. Lieutenants Genitor Taionsw, Joants.lolnl JOHNSTON, and Just STUSSINS, are appointed to her. Captain Lord Hamar Farnainct lanais is appointed to the Teammate; 28, building at Cochin-China, for Post rank. Cap. taro Genoa& Rime= is restored to his rank in the Navy. POSTSHOUTH SEM 7.—The PHARTON frigate, Captain W. bloonou, C. 13. taLtiors, Lieutenant JUSTICE; and Ces t er tee , Lieutenant WITHAM, arrived here yesterday. The ROT A & GEORGE, Commodore the lion. Sir Ctemst.cs Pacer, Captain hreasar, and the FORTE, Sir THOMAS COCHRANE., will arrive to. morrow morning. The DILIGHT 16, Captain Rossi H AT , if under orders to proceed to join dinmmodore Noussa (who as. rived at the Cape, in the ANDROMACHE, on the 18th of June), but is prevented sailing by strong westerly winds. She will re. lieve the Cromer. The Hettcox, Captain Dsteems, arrived on Wednesday front Guernsey, and sailed this afternoon for the Itymouth station. The SHAMROCK, Captain M. Wutn, ar rived last night, from surveying in the Channel. Arrived th e Triton, Mast.mst•to front London to Si. John's, Newfoundland; and the Frederickton, lionxrrr, from ditto to ditto. Remain at Spitheasl, the Pussrox, Duna (for South America), DRIAGHT, SHAMROCK, CAMKLMS, CALLIutE, and Dove. Seer. B.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived the Rrntrota, from a eruize ; Woodman, from New South Wales for London; Jan; bloaLev, from the Mediterranean ; Triphena, from . . FALMOUTH, SHTT.6.—Wind N.W.—SAiled the Dukr of Ken t , for Lisbon. Sam 7.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrived and sailed fur Sierra Leone, the George, Demme, from London. Pam/ousts, Serraansen 6.—Sailed the NIMROD, Is, Captain ROCHFORT, for the Leith station. The PANDORA. for Newfound land, will sail in a day or two. Came in the RACEHORSE. The launching of the LANCASTER, 60, round stern, will take pLce shortly. Remain the Josue', fur India; and Aitimazia, for the Cape, waiting orders. Sorrammus 7. Wind S.W.—Arrrived the Nepos, Connote, from Boston ; and Triton, CARTER, from Faro. PSNSANCE, SEPT. s.—Arrived the Active schooner, of th's POrt• BRYANT, from Newport, with coals; French schooner l'Eugene, of Noirmontier, CHESEAU, with a cargo of s tit, (ions Noirmoinier for this port ; Lord Wellington packet, Titc. sit 's-note, from the Islands of Scilly ; ACTIVE cutter, Capt. Mu.Lta, from a eruize ; Avon brig, JONE , 4 from Plymouth, with a cargo of limestone, for Hoyle; Savi.Aite cutter, Doman, from Ply. month, whither she had been to refit ; and Perseverance smack, Gm-, from Southampton, to take on board lobsters, &c. Szerzwisa 6.—Sailed the Avon brig, JONES, for lloyle, with a cargo of limestones. SEVTEstaert 7.—Sailed the ACTIVE cutter, Nlll.Lan,•on a crulze; Lord Wellington packet, TZECARTHEN, for Scilly; and Perse verance smack, GILL, for Southampton. DEAL, Sam. 7.—Wind W.N.V.—Arrived and sailed for t!:t. River, the William and Alfred, DRY.IDAIX from Antigua; Francis, SANDS, from Richmond ; and front .Ta maica. Came down from the River, the Pater for Rio Janeiro; Telens, Cuivros, for Pernambuco; and Vro tilers, SILLY, for Newfoundland. Seer. B.—Wind S.W.—Arrived and sailed for the River, the Crisis, Meant, from Virginia; Stakesley, Joussoy, front Que bec ; Willer Edkins, COKER, front Port-au-Prince; Trafalgar, NVavrita, from St-Mary's ; and several others, particulars ea known. Put back again by contrary winds, the Milford, I Isa woos, for Bombay; and Zealous, REED, for Itio Janeiro.— l Lilf past Six.—The remainder of the outward-bound still keep out : ' Wind S.W. blows very strong. Custom-House, Sari. 7.—Ships Entered Inwards: Speedwell, from L'Orient ' • Good Intent, from Memel ; Elsira, from Gar; Margaret and Duke of Wellington, from limerick; Nimble, from Dublin; Richard, Duke of Manchester, and Belinda, from Jamaica.; Reward, from St. Vincent ; Phoebus, from Archangel; Nancy, from Southampton ; Charles, from Tarragona; Caroline and Martin, front St. Petershurgh ; Venus and Britannia, from Lisbon ; Socrates, from Oporto ; Claremont, truth Naples ; and Matilda, from Antwerp. Cleared Outwards : Mercurius and Elizabeth, for Rotterdam ; Woodstock, for Jamaica; Brliten and Manley, for Van Dieman's Land; Venus, for Philadelphia; New Hariliony, for Dublin; Wilson, for Antwerp; Nymph, for Naples; Flying Fish, for Ostend; and New Volunteer, for St. Petersburgh. THE ALBION PACKET. The following particulars relative to the loss of this vessel, which excited at the time so much sympathy, were communi cated by Mr. EVERHART, the only surviving cabin passenger, on his return to Philadelphia. This narrative establishes the eict that General Canavan Daseonarres was one of the siiffet ers: " When the ship was thrown on her beam ends, a prodigious destruction took place below ; the doors of the state rooms, tile tables bound with iron, the furniture. were all destroyed and thrown into heaps. Many of the passengers were severely injured. General Lefebvre Deenouettes had one of his arms broken— Colonel Prevost was wounded in the face. She coon righted, and the water which was shipped in the cabin was let below, so that tbg passengers, until nearly three in the morning,were as comfortable as they could be under these distressing circumstances. Froua the time of her shipping the first sea, at eight o'clock, until nearly three in the morning, Capt. \Villiams concealed their imminent danger from the passengers, consoling them with the !ille el relief at daylight, and of the winds coming off the shore. They were thus saved much anxiety and distress fur the five hours preceding the total destruction of the ship. " At about ten minutes before three, the Captain perceiving the ship to be embayed and near the breakers, communiraced the intelligence, and ordered every one on board forward, wilich Mr. Everhart considers was the most prudent thiug that co be done. Mr. Everhart, from extreme weekness, un - ; the lass up the companion, crawling on his hands and knees. At the top be found Madame Gamier and her child in great distress! Le assisted her as well as he could across the lumber on the forward. The ship struck on two or three rocks before she cane to the reef where she lost her bottom ; and her decks, bare:, hanging together, were floated inside the reef, immense swells covering all the passengers from time to time. About an hots after she crossed the reef, the swells increased in bulk and fre quency. Amongst the last persons he saw alive at this time was young Mr. Hyde Clarke, holding his wife; and at this retied the swells entirely covered the forecastle, arid drowned all who were there. Colonel Prevost, by great exertions, reached the rock which Mr. Everhart had gained, but was washed off. Mr. Everhart had. barely room to stand on one foot. It was a rock that jutted out from the main land. Mr. and Mrs. Clerke's bodies were found and interred, and many of the pas.clgen some weeks after were washed ashore, so much niutilated that it was impossible to recognize them. The sailers at an eat:y period were in a state of insubordination; many would not oley orders, and got drunk." The Hampshire Telegraph of Saturday says: " It being found that affair: of considerable State inipo:tarte will prevent his I%bia awry leaving town again so soon as be wished, to avoid the approaching Equinoxes, the ships that rcr posed the Royal Squadron have been ordered to resume t!i2ir respective stations, and the novas. GEOICGE yacht to proceed from Greenwich to Portsmouth, to be laid up for the sqaion." Sir T. BYAM MARTIN, K.C.B. Comptroller of the Navy, accompanied by Sir IL SEPPINGS, Commis sioner OwEN, and E. KNOWLIS, Esq. Secretary, ar rived at Plymouth Dock on Thursday se'nnight, oa an official visit. They are expected to make a simi lar visit to Portsmouth dock-yard. The at med transport Dasher, Lieut. C. W olm ixor, has arrived from the Leeward Islands, bringing ,ev ral Officers (passengers), about Unity army and navy invalids, and returned stores. She left Barbadoes on the '2.sth of July, when all the islands were in toler able good health; but the 4th, sth, 9th, and '2lst Re giments, which garrison them, were anxiously ex pecting a speedy return to their native country. The ships stationed there were healthy, consisting of ti'e PvRAMUs, Captain F. NtiwcomuE, StutrsiA‘r, Captain CROWLE; ICARUS, Captain IlEnueacr ; EMI, Captain LEE WARNER. Commodore Sir Leis. MENDS passed Barbadoes on the 18th of July, in the IPHIGENIA, for Jamaica and England: his arrival may be daily expected. The Others who came lime in the Dasher are, • Coptain Mackenzie, of the sth Regiment ;Captain Knox. West India Regiment; Captain Cameron, and Mr. Whital.A.- . , Royal Artillery; Deputy Commiassry-Usucral Dance; itud Wil s on, of the Medical 6t.. a. (~