Star. — London, England, 1821-06-13 00:00:00

FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE. LThis Gazette contains a Aoclamation ordering that the bat lot and enrolment for the Local Militia shall remain suspended for a year, from the 47th of the present monthl. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. George Dommett, late of Deptford, soap-maker. BANK RU PT& James Waddington, Reading, boot and shoemaker, to surren der June 25, 25, and Jaly 24, at eleven, at the George Inn, Reading. Attornies, Messrs. Eyre and Coverdale, Gray's Inn-square; or Messrs. Biggs and Whatley, Reading, Fadwird Renaud, Birmingham, whip-maker, June 26, 27 and July 24, at twelve. Attornies, Messrs. Jenings and B olton, Elm-court, Temple; or Mr. Gem, Birmingham. William Hopkins, St. Philip and Jacob, Gloucester, victualler, June 20, 22, and July 24, at one, at the Rummer Tavern, Bristol. Attornies, Messrs. Poole and Greenfield, Gray's Inn ; or Mr. Sevier, BsiatoL /mob, Peter, and Betty Fletcher, Eccles, Lancashire, cotton spinners, July 3,4, and 24, at one, at the George Inn, Dale street, LiverpooL Attornies, Messrs. Orred and Co. Liver pool; or Messrs. Lowe and Bower, Southampton-buildings, Chancery-lane. Thomas Hayward, Cheltenham, builder, July 13, 14, and 24, at eleven, at the George Hotel, ieltenham. Anomie', Messrs. Williams and White, Lincoln's Inn; or 11r. Good win, Cheltenham. James Middieditch, Bury St. Edmund's, plumber and glazier, June 21, at eight, 22, and July 24, at twelve, at the Angel Inn, Bury St. Edmund's. Attornies , Mr. Leech, Bury St. Edmund's; or Messrs. Bromley, Gray's Inn-square. Ralph Cross, Bridlington, Yorkshire, chemist, June 18, at six, 12, and July 24, at ten, at the Star Inn, Bridlington. Attor r ties, Messrs. Harvey and Wilson, Lincoln's Inn-fields; of Mr. Smith. Bridlington. John Carver, Lancing, Sussex, fanner, June 21, at six, 22, and July 24, a eleven, at the White Horse Inn, Steyning, Sussex. Attornies, Messrs. Marshall and Upperton, Steyn ing; or Messrs. Palmer and France, Bedford-row. Vincent Hammond, Ludlow, Salop, wino-merchant, July 17, 18, and 24, at eleven, at the Angel Inn, Ludlow. Attornies, Messrs. Proctor and Slaney, Gray's Inn-place ; or Mr. Cooper, Shrewsbury. Thomas Atkinson and Joseph Spark, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, li nen-drapers, June 18, July 3 and 24, at eleven, at the George Inn, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Anomie', Messrs. Bell and Brodrick„ Bow Church-yard; or Mr. Dawson. Newcastle. D 1 t 7 IDES DS to be made at CU:11.1)11AM, July 7, W. Blackburn and P. C S. Rousseau, City-road, corn .deslers, at twelve. July 3,J. Tyrrell, Maidstone, ironmonger, at twelve. July .3, C. W. Chapman, Addington-place, Cam berwell, stock-broker, at eleven. July N, G. lloyde, New gate street, upholsterer, at eleven. July 5, J. Wilson, Maccles ttid, bookseller, at ten. MR. CANNING AND SIR FR:INCIS BURDETT. The following Correspondence r,Nos. I. 11. I I I.) having passed 6.lvreen Mr. CANNMG and Sir F. licaom, we declare it to be authentic. W. BENTINCK. JI.YI( 11, 1321. D. KINNAIRD. (No. T.) TO SIR FRANCIS BURDETT. " Geoecerett Loner, JCNI 7, 1821. Sta—ln a letter bearing your signature, and purporting to have been addressed by you to the Chairman of a dinner of Par liamentary Reformers on the 4th of April, which was published in several of the Newspapers of the following day, a liberty is taken with my name, as little justifiable (in my judgment by differences of political opinion, as it is reconcileable with the Ordinary courtesies of private life. " The obvious meaning of that passage in your letter of which I complain is, to impute to me that, in upholding the present system of Ilepresentation in the House of Commons, I am ac tuated by the corrupt and dishonourable motive of a personal p Tuniary interest. " It cannot be matter of surprise to you, that I should feel myself under the necessity of requiring at your hands a dis avowal of the imputation which that passage appears to convey. ffresiikl you be unable, or unwilling, to afford me a satisfactery explanation upon this point, I have then to demand of you the only other reparation which an injury of such a nature admits. " It can hardly be necessary to state to you, Sir, the reason why this demand has not been sooner made; but I owe it to myself to preclude the possibility of any doubt or misrepresen tation, as to the causes of that delay. The first and natural im pulse of my own feelings was to address myself to you the in stant that I bad read your letter in the Newspapers. `, But it was represented to me by the friend whom I re quested to take charge of my letter, that your then situation rendered it impassible for you to accept the second of the alterna tives proposed to you (a circumstance which, I must be per mitted to observe, considerably aggravated the offence offered to me); that the utmost which I could obtain front you was an engagement to afford me satisfaction, so soon as the term of your conlinement should have expired ; that the interval must be full • hazard as to setresy ; that without in any degree impeaching either your honour, or that of any Gentleman whom you might select, the mere fact (which could hardly be concealed) of a com munication between me, or any triend of mine, and the King's Batch, could not fail to excite suspicion ; and that such suspicion would necessarily be strengthened by my prolonging my stay in England, till the middle of Nay, after having repeatedly and publicly announced my intention of waiting only fur Mr. Lamb tir.esmotion of the 17th of April. . . " Yielding, for the time (and I know not how I could have done otherwise), to the force of these repesentations, it remained fur me only to keep my own counsel, and to quicken, as much as possible, my return from the Continent. " I arrived here yesterday evening. My first business on my arrival has been to communicate with Lord W. Dentiock, who his the goodness to undertake to deliver this letter to you, and to settle ' on my beh,lf, all necessary arrangements on the mat. ter to which it relates. I assure you, upon my honour, that Lord W. Bentinrk is the only person who has any knowledge of this letter, or of my purpose to write it. " I have the honour to be, Sir, your most obedient servant, (Signed) " GEO. CANNING." (No. II.) TO THE RIGHT HON. GEORGE CANNING. " ST. JAMES'S -MACE, Juss 8, 1821. l 6 Stn—l am not aware of having made any unjustifiable anu s; in to you, or of having said of you in my letter to the Chair man of the Reform Meeting, more than all political men, who benefit from the system which they advocate, are fairly and ne cessarily subject to. 1, The letter in question is now before me ; and I am at a loss fora form of words in which .1 could have more guardedly marked the disqualification under which I conceive yourself and others to be from giving authority to your opinions on Parlia mentary Reform, and at the same time have avoided making any allusion whate►er to personal character. 16 Not having intended, and not having made (as I read the letter) any such allusion at the time, I cannot nosy hesitate, in a more particular manner, to disclaim having ever had such an intention. _ _ " 1 bate the honour to be, Sir, your most obedient, bumble serrasn, (Signed) " FRANC'S ISURDLTT." (No. III.) TO SIR FRANCIS BURDETT. " GLOUCESTER LOOGE, Joss 9, 1823. " Sit —Lord William Dentin& has just delivered to me the answer, which you have transmitted to his Lordship, through Mr.Kinnaird, to the letter which I addressed to you on Thursday. " Lord William Bentinck's opinion (with which my own feel- ings entirely coincide) satisfies me that I can have no other re ply to make to your letter, than to express my acknowledgment for the frankness and promptitude with which you have dis claimed any intention of personal offence. I have the honour to be, Sir, your most obedient servant, (Signed) " GEORGE CANNING." To the above correspondence we think it desirable to add the particular passage in the lion. Baronet's letter, respecting which Mr. Canning thought it necessary to call for some explanation. The letter was addressed to a company of lieformers, who met at the City of London Tavern, in April last, the Lord Mayor in the Chair. The following is the sentence: " Gentlemen, that Mr. Canning—l mention him as the champion of the party—a part of the whole—should defend, to the uttermost, a system, by the hoems pocus tricks of which he and his family get so much public money, can cause neither me, nos any man, surprise or anger— " For, 'tis their duty, 211 the learned think, 4 * To espouse that cause by which they eat and drink !" THE EVENING STAR. LONDON. - WEDNESDAY, JUNE 13, 1321. THE FUNDS. PRICES OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK : 3 per Ct. Reda. 75% % 76 1 / 4 -3 per Ct. Cons. shut S l / 2 per Cent. 86 VB-4 per Cent. 94 1 / 8 94 5 per Cent. shut—Long Ans. 19 1-16 India Bonds 50 49 pre.—Etch. Bills. par, 3s. pr. Cons. for Acct. 77 14 It was observed the other day, at the Leicester Meeting, on the subject of Mr. SCARLETT'S Bill, that should " the existing liability of certain Parishes to maintain the Paupers legally settled in them be done away with, there would be a breach of faith not easily reconciled with the principles which had hitherto regulated British legislation." This is most true; for surely those who have made purchases in populous places upon the faith of the existing laws, will have ample reason to complain, if a Statute of ex post fado operation is to be adopted, which is cer tain to deteriorate, and may possibly reduce their properties to nothing. Whenever the proposal for a general rate throughout the kingdom has been made, what has been the objection urged against it? Why, that it would be a breach of faith towards those who have purchased in either extra-parochial or easily rated places. We should be glad to know if this ob jection goes not hold in equal force with respect to Mr. SCARLETT% Bill, as far as concerns the pur chasers in populous and manufacturing districts?— There are many who possess real estates in such places, who have no more to do with the trades car ried on in them than the most distant agriculturalists. The plan of leaving the support of the poor to private benevolence (though not exactly connected with Mr. SCARLETT'S Bill), we consider to be unjust, not only to the poor, btft to the rich themselves. It would throw the burden upon the liberal part of the community alone, and leave out of the question the penurious and the unfeeling, who are generally to be found among the most opulent. Scripture tells us, " the poor you have always with you." Humanity tells us, that, if unable to obtain a livelihood, they must not starve; and for our own parts, we prefer a compul so►y provision for them, dispersed as equally as may be throughout the community at large, to any other scheme. The Morning Chronicle, after a week's silence, has to-day returned to the subject of this Bill, and seems now disposed to qualify extremely the support which it at first indiscreetly gave to the measure. " Though we are friendly," it says, " to the main principle of Mr. SCARLETT'S Bill, " we have never been in sensible to the objectionable nature gf some of its provisions. The idea of fixing a maximum of rates has always appeared to us particularly indefensible. ''Phis part of the Bill would soon be rendered a dead letter by the exceptions necessary to prevent its being the means of producing the greatest injustice. But the great object of the Bill, namely, the confining parish relief ultimately to the aged and infirm, has our warmest support." The confusion which reigns in this passage is indi cative of anything but distinct notions on the subject. We shall shew, in a few words, that the " main prin ciple" of the Bill, to which this Journal professes it self to be " friendly," and " the idea of fixing a maxi mum of Rates," which appears to it to be " particu larly indefensible," are, in fact, one and the same thing. The shape in which the Chronicle has so placed the matter as to deceive itself, is this :—We are of opinion, it seems to say, that parish relief should be confined " ultimately to the aged and in firm ;" but it does not, therefore, follow that we are for having any maximum of this relief established. Is the Chronicle aware that it is solely by confining the relief to the aged and infirm, that Mr. &a IILETT expects to arrive at a maximum ? He does not say that the Rates shall never exceed a certain sum in the pound, but that the present Rates shall never, in future, be encreased, in order to give relief to men who are able to work, setting the possibility of get ting work altogether out of view. It is in this alone that the maximum of Mr. SCARLETT consists; and so far from being a subordinate provision of the Bill, it is the leading principle on which the whole hinges. The Chronicle says it " is particularly indefensible;" — we said so at first,• and find, by the effect our argu ments have contributed to produce, that we were right. The Chronicle adds, " this part of the Bill would soon be rendered a dead letter :" we hope it will never live to become a dead letter on the Statute Book ; we think, indeed, we see symptoms already of the bantling's being still-born. There is, at all events, no probability of Mr. SCARLETes Bill passing this Session. We disclaim all intentions of creating an improper popular feeling upon the subject ; but, as Englishmen, we shall not cease to raise our voices against the erroneous principles upon which the mea sure is founded. We are informed that a proposition is to be intro duced into the House of Commons, before the close of the present Session, for the reduction of the interest on the National Debt ; or, in other words, for striking off a part of the Debt itself. It is grounded en an assumption, which we should be glad to think further from the truth than it is, that the Nation cannot go on much longer paying the present rate of interest. An alteration, say the advocate* of the measure,l must be made somewhere, and an effectual altera tion is, of course, the best. There ate, indeed, poli-' ticians who reason upon this subject as Sir Abel Handy in the play speaks of a house on fire: " I have hit upon a plan—perhaps it may go out of itself!" This " is doubtless quite as logical, and as much to the pur pose, as the speculations of those honest gentlemen who think that the remedy for our present evils may be found in a gradual increase of national prosperity. This was plausible enough five or six years ago; but the experiment has now had a fair trial, and what is the result? The state of our affairs is worse than ever; and the same destroying principle which made them so is still in full operation. Retrenchment is not sufficient; increase of Taxes is out of the question; and borrowing is worse. To avoid falling under the load, therefore, we must lighten it; and as no process' can be simpler, none, say the advocates of the measure to which we allude, can be wiser, than to throw part of the load away. Thefairness of the measure is the next thing to be considered; for, embarrassed as we are, we are glad to see that there is no person so un principled as to advise that.the Nation should get out of its difficulties by taking a dishonest advantage of its creditors. One party, as we lately mentioned, say that to reduce the interest will be fair, because the currency is now far higher in value than it was when the interest was contracted to be paid,; but, in answer to this party, Mr. Mostar, of the Royal Mint , has published a Series of Tables, exhibiting the Gain and Loss to the Fundholders, arising from the Fluctuations in the Value of the Currency, from 1800 to 1821 ; from the general results of which, we con fess, it does exfacie appear, rather unexpectedly, that the annual permanent gain by the Fundholder is at pre sent so little as not to be worth talking about. There i, another party, however, who rest their support of the measure of reducing the interest on more unquestion able grounds. They shew it to be fair, because it will ' be to the advantage of the Creditor himself as much as to the country at large. They prove it to be no thing more than striking off the proportion which the Fundholdcr himself, as one of the nation, pays it - 4 taxes towards the discharge of that interest. Instead of receiving five per cent. he will only receive four ; but then ; for every five pounds of taxes which he pays at present, he will in future have only to pay four. Can any matter of accounts be simpler or fairer than this ? The Reader who wishes for farther satis faction on the subject, will find the view which we hare thus biiefly adverted to very ably urged, among other reasons, in a paper in the last number of the Pamphleteer, on the expediency and necessity of striking off a part of the National Debt. Two Mails arrived from Hamburgh this forenoon, with Papers to the Bth instant. They bring a great variety of intelligence from Turkey, but of, so con fused and contradictory a description, that it is diffi cult to know what reliance to place upon it. One thing only is evident, that the cause of the Greeks is not losing ground. We subjoin some extracts : FROM TILE FRONTIERS OF MOLDAVIA, MAY re. According to letters from Jassy, of the 12th inst. the Greeks arrive in great numbers at GaLica. On the 21st and 22d of April, two ships arrived there l which brought 40 cannon, 2,000 musquets, 2,000 sabres, and other military stores. The same accounts say, that Ali Pacha had de feated the Turks sent against him, and was advancing towards Thehsaly. FROM THE TURKISH FRONTIER, MAY is. An unauthenticated account states, that the Turks have occupied Bucharest ; and that another Turkish corps arrived in the neighbourhood on the 10th of May. The Greeks in Moldavia and Wallachia were stated to be flying on all sides, and their forces to have dispersed. FROM TRANSYLVANIA, MAY so. After the body of the Greek Patriarch had been dragged through the city by the Jews, with the most dreadful insults, a Greek at length succeeded in ob taining the body from them (while yet entire), for 100,000 piastres, on which it was thrown into the sea, but immediately taken up by sailors, who were ready for the purpose, and sent to Odessa, where it has since arrived. The corpses of five other Bishops, who had been put to death, were also expected at Odessa; and the Russian Government had sent to St. Petersburgh for instructions respecting their burial. The Greeks Ratter themselves that the cruelties offered to the Head of their Church will greatly con tribute to induce the Servians to take a more active part than they have yet done in the insurrection. Sixteen Greek Churches are either profaned or de stroyed, and the Palace of the Patriarch is half in ruins. His successor, whose name is Eweny, is not likely to have a better fate; he has been already dragged through the city by the beard, and with dif ficulty rescued by the Janissaries out of the hands of the mob. Respecting the armaments and undertakings of the Greeks by sea, there are various reports in circu lation which nearly coincide. One hundred and five 'armed Greek vessels are stated to be cruizing in the Archipelago. This number does not seem exagge rated, if the numerous barks are reckoned which have always carried on a piracy in those seas. Six teen large vessels, fitted out at Jassy and Spezzia, have taken their station in the Dardanelles, and already obliged six French vessels, with wheat for the Turkish Government, coming from Alexandria, to deliver their cargoes to them, on payme nt , 37 freight, though these vessels were escorted by a frigate belonging to Zi Ali, Pacha of Egypt. Letters from Varney confirm the news of hostilities committed against Turkish vessels by an Ameri. can squadron. Instances are even mentioned in %%1 1 ;4 the mere neighbourhood of that squadron has b een of essential service to the Greeks, in some islands or the Archipelago. The Americans have also fired salutes to testify their satisfaction at the deliverance of the Hotta. According to the latest accounts, Jassy wa s stir without a Turkish garrison, though the l"cha of Ibrailow, after committing many Crueltie:, had ea• camped near Galacz with a corps of eight o r tea thousand men. It is still affirmed that Ypsilanti has pa%ed Danube with 40,000 men. A certain Por,le formerly a merchant, is said to infest Moldavia with a corps. The Turks having cut off the communica tion between Kischanow and Wallachia, prevents the arrival of authentic intelligence. VIENNA, MAY 50. All the Ambassadors and Ministers lre to l ea ,, Constantinople, where no Christian is safe flour th e cruelties of the Turks. The war nsm breakiir B ( Alt , appears to be one of the most bloody of our timo, as it has become entirely a war of religion. The Greeks at Constantinople cageily expect a Declaration of the Emperor of Russia, respecting the atrocities lately conimittcd in that city. It canret doubted that the Allied Courts will perfectly agree in the conduct to be observed towards Turkey. Yo credit whatever is due to the report that there was found in the Palace of the late Patriarch .1 can spondence with a foreign diplomatic character wel known in Greece. Letters have been received in town from Constan tinople of the 10th of May, being considt:rably later than any of the accounts which had previous'y reached us through France, Holland, or Haniburgh. The conduct of Lord St RA SGFOftD, the 131 itidt Am bassador, is said to have been alone the means of pre serving his countrymen residing at (7onstatainop:e from sharing the unfortunate consequences of the be sotted fury of the Mussulmans. His Lordship or dered some ships of war up from the Mediterranean; and in a spirited remonstrance which he made to the Porte, declared, that unless complete protection were afforded :o the persons and property of the English, he should order a numerous squadron to the Dardanelles, which would repay with dreadful retri bution any insults or outrages that might be com mitted against them. There hardly remained a single Greek establishment of any consequence in Cobsian tinople, most of those who had escaped the fury of the Turks having fled to Odessa and other neutral. places. This was erpected to operate favourably to the British commerce with Turkey, as the trade, having been principally carried on by the Greeks heretofore, must naturally fall in a great measure into the hands of the English Merchants esta' , lished there. The trade, indeed, had already partly revived; some considerable sales of imports having been effected. The warehouses had been re-opened, and the Janissaries had received particular orders from Government to arrest any persons who might be found committing violences on the shopkeepers. The Paris Papers of Sunday arrived this forenoon. They are chiefly filled with the debates of the Cham ber of Deputies on the Budget for the year. The Constihttionnd contains details of some length from Turkey, but not of a later date than the 25th April. French Funds, Satitrday, 87 fr. 20 c. We have received, this forenoon, New York Papers to the 13th, and Boston to the 18th of May. We extract from them the following interesting intelli gence from South America. It appears that news of the fall of Lima may now be daily expected. EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM KINGSTON, JAMAICA, DATED hIARCII 28. " By a vessel which left Chagres on the I3th inst. We learn that all the ports along the southern coast of New Grenada, from Guyaquil to Panama inclu- sive, and all those of Peru, excepting Callao, by an almost simultaneous operation, have hailed their in• dependence. The Spanish General, Count of Torre taglie, a native of Peru, governor of the Province of Truxillo, in the said Peru, walking upon the track of Delgado, the Commander-in• Chief of Maracaybo, spontaneously, and without the least disorder, pro claimed the freedom of the whole province under his command. The Royal army of Lima made two sorties, the first one as far as Guancho, where it was worsted by the Chilian hosts under San Martin, and the battalion of Numancia, SOO strong, composed chiefly of Venezuelian and Cundinarnarcan warriors. During the engagement a very great number of the Spanish forces went over to the Patriots, in conse quence whereof the Royalists had to fall back towards the Capital with considerable loss, pursued by their opponents, who advanced to the gate of El Sol, but two leagues distant from the said Capital. llere again the Royalists, headed by General O'Reilly, et tempted to attack the enemy a second time, but they were completly foiled, with considerable loss of slain and prisoners, and among the latter General O'Reilly himself. This battle spread tl:c greatest confusion throughout Lima, as San Niarlin Was already m aster of all the vallies and the whole of the interior, while Lord Cochrane closely blockaded Callao, cutting Cif