Star. — London, England, 1823-09-11 00:00:00

THE EVENING STAIt. LONDON. TIiURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1826. THE FUNDS. - STOCK EXCHANGE, TWELVE O'CLOCK. Consols opened this morning at tin, and got up to 113 j, j, at which peke they remain steady up to this hoar; • - Two Represses have arrived from Paris, one of which brings the French Reams of Tuesday at 90f. sk. • FOREIGN FUNDS. Little has been done in the Market this morning. A new Regency Loan has been contracted for at Paris, at 60, and the Contractors are using their efforts to negotiate part of it in out Market. Current Prices :—New Spanish Bonds 21111, Old Spanish 541 f. . Colombian 53 j, Russian 113 k: French Scrip in. FOREIGN EXCHANGES. VllOOll, August 27.—Metalliques 62i —Rank Shares 927. 28.—Metalliques 1114--11 k. Sb. 925 7.10. PRICE OF STOCKS AT ONE O'CLOCK. 3 per Cent. Cons. 82% 83 8294. 3 1 /4 per Cts. 9734. SAI-4 per Cents. New 102% 3 / 8 India Stock 264%.—India Bonds 635. • Each: Bills (El ' 000) 375. 355. 36s.—Small 361. 38s. Consols for .Acct. 82% 83%. The last arri►als from France afford us no better means than we previously possessed of judging of the eztent of the success obtaine4 by the French forces before Cadiz. The capture of the Trocadero was ne cessarily one of the first essential operations to enable the naval force to operate against Cadiz. While the Trocadero remained formidable, and in the hands of the Spanish, the French ships of war could not ap proach within gun-shot of Cadiz or the Isle of Leon ; but if the whole of the Trocadero has been taken, they may now approaoh both, audit is probable that one of the first objects of the naval co-operation will be to effect a landing at - Puntales. Such was the intention of VICTOR during the last war, when the Trocadero was in .possession of the French, but he was prevented from carrying it into effect by a British fleet; bat now that such an opposi tion no longer exists, and the French fleet will, on the contrary, assist in protecting such an enterprise, we think it more than probable that it will be imme diately undertaken. VICTOR'S opinion asserted to be in favour of a landing somewhere between the Cor tadura and Puntales ; thus getting between the army of the Isla and Cadiz, rendering the Cortadura and Puntales useless, and reducing Cadiz to the strength and resources of its own garrison. The Courier Francais considers the capture of the Trocadero as important on account of the moral effect it is likely to have. " The Trocadero," says this Journal, " of which we were masters during the last war, is of no great importance, and does not render the bombardment of Cadiz more easy. However, the prompt and vigorous manner in which it has been carried, may produce on the garrison of Cadiz a moral effect favourable to the besiegers. Perhaps this first impression may be taken advantage of tn renew proposals of arrangement to the Cortes; for it must be acknowledged that this is still the prompt. est, surest, perhaps the only way to finish before Cadiz. "If we may believe the journals which will not bear speak of treaties, the overtures made at the monient of the arrival of the French at St. Mary's, were rejected with haughtiness by the Cortes ; and such was their determination not to yield, that the Admiral VALDEZ said to the KING, " Sire, if you are in good faith, for the Constitution, you mast die with us; if you are not, you must perish before us." " We must not forget that this news is given by journals which seem to have no other wish than that the war should become as long and as bloody as it was at a former period. If they tell the truth, so much the worse; for it will be very difficult to triurnob over so tenacious a resolution, supported by such unapproachable localities." The Do& even goes goes so far as to as sert, that the Cortes had offered to negociate, and that an English agent had been the medium of communicating with the Duke d'Anootment. —" We announced," says the Editor, K that an English vessel, coming from Gibraltaes bad pre sented itself to the French fleet blockading Cadiz, after having saluted his Majesty's flag. The Captain of this ship and a Secretary immediately landed on the coast, and requested to be conducted to the head quarters to pay their respects to the Prince General issimo. It now appears that the Secretary was Sir W. ATounes, and that he came to offer a capitula tion under the mediation of England. The Prince, it is added, answered as a worthy descendant of HENRY IV. that the delay which he bad allowed for negotiations having expired, khe should trust for t he issue to the valour of the French arms and the justice of the cause which the Km; had sent him to defend. The bombarding of Pampeluna began on the 2d of September, so that we =raison expect interest ing intelligence from that part of Spain. This forenoon we received Frankfort Papers to the sth inst. and the Austrian Observer to the 30th ult. The Frankfort journal quotes a gloomy article rrom the Oriental Spectator of Smyrna, relating to the Greeks. The following are extracts : SEMLIN, AUGUST 22. • According to accounts from Belgrade, dated yes terday, three Tartars have brought to the Pacha the information that the Seraskier Mahomet Pacha, who, according to letters of the 7th, was still at Larissa, has entered Livadia with his army, and is advancing towards Corinth. The last letters from Bitoglia, of sth August, con• I. firm the mounts lately reesived of the defeat of a divisio,n of the army of the Podia of Scutari, near Agrapha. The •Muuulmans at Constantinople loudly *Wry mur at the course of public events. Other letters sap, ' that the Pac h a of Scutari is endeavouring to gain the Greeks by negociations, before be attempts his expe! dition against the Morea. SMYRNA, JULY is. While the Captain Pacha is preparing at Patras, which he seems to have chosen as the centre of his operations, his plan of vigorously attacking the pe ninsula, when decisive events may be expected, the state of the Greek islands is extremely singu lar—they seem to act each for itself. They hive be held the conflagration of Eubcea without any at tempt to extinguish it, and they will contemplate, with the same indifference, the flames of the Pelopon nesus. Ilhere have been some troubles at Hydra, and the chief persons of the island were on the point of being massacred by the people : all the islands are in a state of agitation which is insupportable. The Greeks are not really tranquil, except at Mytelene, which has not revolted, and at Scio, which has re nounced the party of the revolted. The conduct of Odysseus is strange and inexplica ble; at present he expresses bis displeasure, and pours out imprecations against the Government of Greece. He has publicly declared, even to European agents, that he offered the Tusks to join them if diet would pay his corps of 2500 men, and allow them a certain sum by way of present. He then engaged co march with his people at the head of the Turks, when they would invade the hlorea. It is after having made such declarations that Odysseus has commenced his march. But can he be trusted? It is certain, however, that the Greeks in the Morea have been ready to massacre each other; some Gene rals have disobliged the Government, each Chief thinks himself independent, and there is not, in all the Morea, a single man capable of directing the af fairs of the State. Napoli di Romania ought to have seven or 8000 men to defend it, and there are only 300 Greeks in the fort of Polamedes and six or 700 in the town. • , • A Greek has lately been arrested on the coast of Scala Nova by some Turks, who, seeing a large • fire kindled on the coast, justly suspected him. He has been brought before the Pacha, and confessed that he was in league with the Samians, and with two other-Greeks, servants to Turks who are owners of flocks; that he had come back from Samos with instructions to light a great fire to point out to the Sa mians where they should land to seize the flocks, which they should find ready at the spot. These two Greeks have been arrested. The first has been sentenced to death : the fate of the two others is not decided. By our latest accounts from Rhodes, of July 2, the EByptian fleet had left that island, which enjoyed tranquillity, which had been interrupted for a mo ment, at a point where the landing of a corps of troops was opposed; one or two farms had been plundered, and two or three men killed. We learn from Santorini that the Greeks have laid that island tinder contribution, and compelled the in habitants to pay them 60,000 piastres, informing them that they would return and make further de mands at Syra: they have levied a contribution of 40,000 piastres in money, and four or five thousand in provisions. The situation of that island, which is threatened both by the Hydriots and the Ipsariots, is so deplorable, that numbers of persons leave it, and , come to Smyrna; among them is M. Fanoel, the , French Consul, who, when obliged to quit Athens, toot refuge in Syra, and is now forced to seek an asylum on the CO/11. of Asia Minor. Notwithstanding the decree of the Colombian Con gress was so unfavourable to the Loan, the holders of this Stock are not without hopes that Boravan's Government may find it to its interest to act honour ably in the business. It is idle to deny the powers of M. Zia, when the Government received the money raised by him—a circumstance which is in itself a virtual recognition of those powers and of the manner in which he exercised them. If Co!ombia expects the friendship of any European State, she must manifest a spirit of honour and good faith, that may inspire con. fidence in her adherence to any treaty she may make: Considerable anxiety prevails in the City on the subject of this Loan. The Stockholders have deter mined on calling a Meeting, which the Contractors are not very anxious to meet; and we have beard that the latter are in expectation of receiving a ratification of the Loan from Bogota, and a proposal to pay it off by a new Loan to be raised in this_eountry. Whether this is really the case or a tub thrown out to the whale, we know not; but it does not appear that it will divert the holders of Colombian Stock from meeting to consider what is best to be done under all the circumstances of the case. A Notice for convening such a Meeting was posted in the Foreign Market this morning, signed "Jolla Moxose aad J. B. LuSADO, bolder: of Colombian Bonds;" in which they state that they are " per suaded, in common with a gent number of other persons, that an early opportunity ought to be pro vided for a public explanation on the present state of the Colombian Loan in all its points." Whether the Contrietors will attend and give that information which can, perhaps, be obtained from them alone, or not, seems doubtful. - THE POYAIS SUFFERERS. &tree of a letter from Belize to a Lady in • neighbourhood of Edinburgh ' 4 &lbw, 18th June, ISt& a It is with pleasure that I take op my pen to write you, although scarcely able to handle it at this mo ment, owing to my present state of sickness. You no doubt will have heard of our awful situation after landing on the Black River ) St. Joseph's, the state of starvation we were in, the sickness that prevailed amongst tit, and nothing to support Us after a few days, but salt junk with dour and oatmeal. The medicine chest, too, ran dry. About one hundred and twenty turned badly in the course of a fortnight after landing, the rest were in a state of mutiny for want of regular provisions and rum, the sick beginning to die very quick, and some shooting themselves in despair. In fact the scene was awful; the whole of the camp was seized at one time, and not one could help another. I myself wanted meat for four days, but recovered, and I was able to walk a little in a short time. Archi bald and Dick were alongside of me equally bad. The Governor of Belize by this time heard of our awful case—he sent shipping along with the Marshal and Recorder of the town to take us all off. Sixty-five were soon put on board, and sailed for Belize, all in a state of sickness. They were lauded there in a few days, and put into the Hospital—the vessel imme diately returned for us,•and we were all in Belize in the course of a short time after. I myself still keeping on foot, did not like the idea of an hospital, but was obliged to put in the two boys, as they were not able to walk. " N.B. I forgot to mention the death of poor who died at Belize on the 11th Jure, after a long illness. They are dying at the rate of one, @Po, three, or four daily, out of the Hospital here." THE TROCADERO. The following account of the Trocadero appears in a Morning Paper, where it is said to be written by a " Native of Cadiz," who is " thoroughly acquainted with the subject, and on whose opinion the highest confidence may be placed." " El Trocadero, situated on the south-west side of l the road leading from Port St. Mary's to Port Royal, is (at its junction with the road) about three miles and a half from the former, and one and a half from the latter; it runs from thence nearly south-west about 2000 yards towards the Bay of Cadiz, is very marshy, intersected with lagunes, low, and nearly covered with water in winter and spring tides. At its south-west ex tremity, immediately on the bay, stood the forts of Ma tagorda and St. Louis, the first originally constructed to assist in defending the entrance into the inner harbour or bay, the second built to cover this, and both now a shapeless mass of ruins; the one destroyed on the re treat of the British troops, who so bravely defended it under Earl Fife, in the war of Independence—the other by the. Spaniards, when Victor was compelled to evacuate Andalusia. They are commanded, at a distance of less than 700 yards; by Fort Puntales, mounting twenty pieces of artillery, and taken in flank and reverses by the redoubts of San Jose, El Egua-1 do, Las Huertas, &c. and more particularly by the new strong castle of La Cortadura, which, from its position immediately intersecting the isthmus con- 1 necting the cities of San Fernando and Cadiz, consti tutes a strong outwork to the latter, presenting a for midable point, mounting on the curtain and two demi-bastions about forty pieces of artillery, whose fire enfilades the whole causeway or road above-men tioned, whilst its flanks project into the sea, and which they at once cover and are strengthened by. " The relative value of the Trocadero, as regarding the defences of the island of Leon, "which compre hends the cities of St. Fernando, Cadiz; and all the territory circumvallated by the Atlantic, Cadiz Bay; and River Saint Peter's or Santi Petri, is compara tively small, so small that the cut or ditch dug across it in 1813, has been allowed to fill itself with sand by the ingress of the tide, without any effort having been made to keep it open, or to put its SW. bank in-a state of defence. " When Ferdinand reached Cadiz in June last, he directed some batteries to be thrown up, merely with the hopes of detaining the French a few days, and thus gain time to put the works of the island of Leon out of the reach of a coup de wain : on the arrival of the French forces a few days subsequently, a reconnois sance of the Trocadero was practised by the Spanish Commanding O ffi cers of Artillery and Engineers, ac companied by the Minister of War La Puente, and the works were found so incomplete, that it was de dared not tenable, no guns being t hen in battery." BERKLEY CRAVEN, Mr. BERKLEY, Mr. BRUMMEL, with many other persons of ton, and an English po pulation amounting to nearly 2000, are at present re siding at Calais, where new houses, occasioned by the increased demand for them, spring up like mushrooms. We have seen a letterfrom Paris, dated Monday . last, containing what are understood to be the senti ments and expectations of that party in the French Capital, vi hich, having been from the first the parti sans of the aggression on Spain, is disposed also to view its probable termination through the most flat tening medium. It is roundly asserted, that the per severance of the French in the Zystens of bribery has produced a defection from the Constitutional cause, even among the military of Cadiz and the 'Cortes itself; bat It is at the same time admitted, that what ever motives to serve their invaders may have been excited, the risk of openly manifesting them is too great, in the' present state of Cadiz, to be encoun tered. A dangerous popular commotion, or a mas 'sacre, might, it is hinted, be the consequence of any re demonstrations iu favour of the enemy.— agree, perhaps, with this description of traitors, itt isui*Ving the cause of the Constitution desperate, but the, are actuated by the wish of preserving some vestige of that reputation and high character which has attended them to this stage of the contest. The fears of the one party, and the honour of the other, are, it is said, to be consulted; and for this purpose the same expedient is to be adopted—namely, as vigorous sa attack on the fortresses surrounding Cadiz, and finally on Cadiz itself, as may allow each to give utterance to the wished-for proposition— r " Ca pitylatioa ,diR Youth." We present this statement as the repeessaaninn of persons too much interested in the result not hi - give it a colour favourable to their own views ; but we must allow, at the same time, l that events have recently occurred in Spain which must prevent its being regarded as improbable.- Times. • t•O'; ' *":" . OLD BAILEY-tHIS DAY. TRIAL /OR YORGRRY. JOhnlith was placed at the bar, charged indictments, With uttering forged £5 Bank land notes ; on being asked, whether he " g.uilty, or not guilty, he pleaded guilty. " RECORDER—I hope you will not persist present determination, because if you do, sen death must be passed upon you; and in all prr the only public atonement you can make wi Abet sentence being carried into effect ; then In/advise you to withdraw your plea. Prisoner—l ant aware of my awful sitilati diet I stand on the brink of an awful eterniti fibre I fear to utter a falsehood. If mercy c: Otended here, I hope to receive it from my CI RECORDER—Let it stand till to-morrow, i may have time to consider. Prisoner—My Lord, it is of no use; rely made up to pleid as I have done. The prisoner was then ordered to be remoi the bar until the arrival of the Judges. The then walked away with the turnkey very relt Upon the arrival of the Judges, John SIT again placed at the bari and r. Barbn C addressed him On the improbability of mere extended td him; but the prisoner replied— , consequence be what it might, he would pleading Guilty." James Hughes, aged 17 years, was pdt tc charged with assaulting William James Hu on the King's highway, and robbing him and key, on the 30th of August. The prosecutor resides in St. George's in i and on the day stated he dined with a Clerkenwell ; on returning home,with his wt. mily, about nine o'clock at night, by way e fields, and when at the corner of Gun-street the prisoner leaning against a post. On se prosecutor, he ran at him, struck him a viol' and snatched at his watch-chain, which br the prisoner ran away. The prosecutor c pursue him, as he was carrying his child. soner was taken into custody,and when at tl house, the prosecutor told the prisoner if I say where the property was he would not against him; but the prisoner declared his Mr. C. PHILLIPS, for the prisoner, cross the prosecutor, but nothing particular wa , after which a witness was called to charact The Jury found the prisoner--Guilty. The RECORDIR addressed the prisoner, that he had aggravated his offence very calling his landlady as his witness, who had perjured herself.—She was then committed gate for perjury, and the two witnesses in bound over to prosecute. ROBBERY OF COLOSRL METRICK. James Clark, aged 26, and Gilbert Down were put to the bar, charged with stealii dwelling-house of Colonel William Henry of Berkeley-square, a variety of necklaces, and jewels of various kinds, to the amouoi than 1,0004 on the 13th of August. Mr. PLATT stated the case, after whirl Meyrick was called.—Witness is Colonel in and Captain in the Third Regiment of (3 , prisoner Clark was his servant about 12 ITI Wednesday, August 13, witness discharged a Kingwood box about 14 inches by six de contained the articles enumerated in the ii ' except two watches and two seals. TIT the whole was about £1,200 or £l,. the morning of the 14th of August 1 the bqx, which had previously stood in 1 rick's dressing-room ; that room was user of breakfast-room ; Clark used occasion, into that room and probably knew its conte ness caused advertisements to be inserted in papers, and he afterwards received a lette mg to come from two persons of the name and Dobson ; and in consequence of inform tained therein, he went towards Portsrr took William Westcott, an officer, with hi, twenty-five miles from London witness rai a chaise, and just afterwards saw a man nai Werger, and another man ; upon coming several of the articles stolen were then pn Werger, which witness identified; on asl what he had done with the remainder c petty, be stated that he had broken box in a copse by the road-side, about twc yond Dartford, and had left the box in He also said he had disposed of two ene of gold and the other of silver, tc sons (but did not name them) in Chat by his description witness was enabled t them next morning. Witness went to t bourhood of Dartford, and a man at the gate, near the copse, told him where he the box, and he found it where he stated ; ii found by another person, who gave it up Witness went to Chatham about the watch covered them ; the gold watch from a to Sloman, a Jew ; and the silver watch was i window of a Mr. Price. The property was placed in witness's hands, butsealed u seal of the Police Office at Marlborough-sti ral articles of trifling value were found a on the ground, by the man who found the a secret drawer, containing several other opened. Witness recovered every article o The examination was still going on whet went to press. Lord and Lady Gamtvit.t.s are at where his Lordship's time is occupied bets tare and his garden. When the Archbishop Of CANTERBURY I telligence of the burglary committed al Palace, he was in the vestry of the Cathedi terbury. His Grace read the letter with in ness, and after remarking to the Clergym him that he rejoiced Mrs. SUTTON and his were safe, immediately entered upon his c Tux ARMY.—The Duke of NORTHUI has been pleased to appoint Lieutenant WOODS, on the half-pay of the 6th or Dragoons, to the Adjutantcy of the North' and Newcastle Cavalry, vice JoHNsO4, rev Msikiewe's personation 'of Dick Cyp4 English Opera House, is said to be a filo ble' hit" than any of. his 'revivals since from Amu ica. !it 'll -