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.1' 4 . ~~1 t 1 1 . 1.16 ' 'llll 4 . 14.1 1.4:11A(i s'l'A R. LON DON. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1822. ST. Marrnew.—llolidai at the ilMk. ROYAL EXCILVSGII, TWELVE O'CLOCK. This being a holiday at the Bank and Stock Exchange, very little busimss is transacting in our Funds on 'Change. Foxstcx MARIET, liat.r-PAST Twat.vs—Very little has been done up to this hour in foreign securities ; all foreign funds re main steady in price.—ChilLit 84i, New Spanish 65 to e. Old 70, New Prussian 9:i j, Old 901 to 91, Russian E7} 1, •Danish 89: Neapolitan 771, Colombian 961, Scrip 861. Although the forms of proceeding, and the subjects to be discussed, will be agreed upon at Vienna, yet it is supposed that the Congress at Verona will not be opened until the Ist of October. It seems doubtful whether any other Sovereigns than the Emperors of RUSSIA and AUSTRIA will be present; indeed, except the Kii:g of PRUSSIA, there is scarcely a Monarch on the Continent .that could be expected to possess any influence there, and the interests of FREDERICK are not likely to be affected by any new arrangements that may be formed. The accounts from Berlin evi dently manifest a reluctance on the part of that Go vernment to interfere with other States, the KING, perhaps, feeling that he has quite enough to do to keep his own subjects quiet. The French Funds are said to have fallen consider ably, in consequence of a report that England was likely to interpose Ler influence at the approaching Congress, to prevent all interference with Spain and Portugal. Most happy, indeed, shall we be to find such report veil founded; the'Powers of Russia and Austria, s.itla France to boot, may then proclaim, enact, and decree, what they will, the Peninsula will have nothing to fear from them. A declaration on the part of England, in favour of the Constitutional system in Spain and Portngal, would seal the happiness of those countries, and give an eclat to the new ministry of Mr. CANNING of more 'value than the success of our arms-or the conquest of a kingdom : since it would be a triumph of prin ciple which would emit our national character.— Mr. CANNING we know to be ambitious of fame, and we can assure him there is not a more certain way to attain it than by using his influence in the British Cabinet, to prevent the liberties of Spain, Portugal, and Greece, from being bartered away or attacked by the Holy Alliance; for that such was the princil pal object in calling the Congress we are convinced, thlugh the parties may perhaps be scared from their purpose for the present. • The French Papers of Wednesday bring very gra. tifying intelligence from Spain. The " Army of the Faith," alias the band of rebels, tinder QUESA DA, has been completely defeated by the Constitutional troops; and it is said that, being suspected of treachery by his own soldiers, he has been bound hand and foot, and con!e)ed to the fort of hairy, to have him tried as a traitor. This intelligence is conveyed in letters from Bayonne, Oleron, and St. Jean Pied de Port, of the 10th, 11th, and 12th, and is so far considered authentic in Paris as to be inserted in the Minis terial Journals. One of these letters gives the follow ing account of this affair " It is at Sanguesca, quite close to Inca, that the l factious have been completely beaten. Sizty.mules, laden with ammunition, haie been taken. Besides this advantage, the Constitutionalists obtained one of still greater importance, the day after, over the corps which had marched towards laca. The soldiers of the Army of the Faith,unwilling to credit the cowardice of their Chiefs, called out that they were betrayed. Nearly 1,000 of them joined the ranks of the Consti tutionalists ; many others retired to their respective homes. General Espinosa had arrived at Pamplona on the Gth inst. having been preceded by a division of five or 6,000 good and experienced troops. He. was preparing to march against the factious who might still hold out in the Basque Provinces. All the roads of Spain are covered with troops approaching the frontier. • Military movements continue on that of France. The formation of a camp of 40,000 men, and the arrival of 15,000 at Bayonne, are announced for the 22d inst. Provisions and ammunition of all kinds have been collected for a large army, which is now completing with the greatest activity." An article of the Ist inst. from Lisbon announces, that the expedition against Bahia, escorted by a ship of the line and several smaller vessels, and convey ing 1,200 troops, was to set sail on the Sd. The tortes have addressed a conciliatory Proclamation to the Brazilian People, in which they abjure the idea of force to maintain the union between the two countries, and wish it to rest on a community of in terests, of rights, and of laws. The news flora the East is gratifying, and slims that the affairs of the Greeks are not so hopeless as their enemies would have us believe. The following Bulletins relate to transactions in another quarter, and of a much more recent date than the much dis puted events in Thessaly: FIRST BULLETIN. " Peleponuesus, Clenia, July 26. Tchar-liadji-Ali-Pacha, an ancient Sadriazem (Grand Vi zier), after haying united his forces to those of blekeined Pacha, at Xyla, and again taken the chief command, penetrated into the Argolide at the head of from 14,000 to 15,000 men. coloco trone, who bad reached Argos one day before him, attacked him ou the 25d of July, before that town. The first aadour of the TEE DUKE OF IViLLINCTON. Turks presented great obstscles,but aoltl animated by an lengtlfthe We could not support the upper fart, the invincible courage, repined the, etiosny,"Orise.tirew themselves ! pyramid fell with a dreadful noise, and a Cloud Of . upon Cuzopoill (near Oros). The tenth, whirjr was conducted • fro ... EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM BOULOGNE, nrr. lEL burning smoke, ashes, and Pieces of wood; with much disorder, cost the enemy h 'tattler of men.un The Duke of WELLINGTON and suite landed herd the volcano; the ashes an d splinters filled the air, a* yesterday, between two and three o'clock, P.M. from " The following day the enemy retired id greater order. Our riflemen pursued them closely, an d ' f armed them the whole Isome of them were wafted as far as the street des Co , his Majesty's Mail Steam Packet, the ARROW, Cap. way. In passing a part of the mountains we marched o ver dead deliers. _ln falling, the ruins of the pyramid set theitai d i n AMILTON Sir . His Grace f ttoun I. d an old sit friend resg here, Joust MALcoa,C.I3. io ro. bodies. The Turks encamped attarvathy. roo f o f t he church on fire, a part of the nave was burnt mained with him the short time . ht stopped at 800. " The 25th, they set out at break a day, our riflemen conti- —all the covering of the choir, of the sacristy, is con- logne. All the beauty and fashion of this place were Inued to harass them; on the passage of Camila, a corps of Flab- `timed. The roof work of the Place de la Calendre, in waiting to see his Grace, who looked very ill. notes advancing with impetuosity, broke through the rear ranks pf the Turks and made a great carnage. The advanced ranks, street St. Roman, has also suffered considerably ; the The names of people here are not of the highe - t far from sucomiring them, only accelerated their pace. Arrived interior of the church, however, has not suffered rank, though we had one day here six Irish M.P.'s, at Tretes, half way between Argos and Corinth, the enemy was much, and the Archbishop's p alace ver y little. The and we have two K.C.15.'5, with stars and re.l rib. obliged to fight before passing the defile. An obstinate engageL bons, .besides some Generals, retired Asiatic Judges, houses in du Change-street, contiguous to the church, and cs-devant Lawyers ; but not one Peer of the ment took place, more than 1,500 Turks perished, a great num- and those also of Saint Romain-street, have serf- realm of Grear Britain or Ireland. ber more were killed in the passage, 260 horses; and part of the baggage which fell into our hands were sent to Tripolitzs." feted considerably ;as also the chapel. Besides the SECOND BULLETIN. total destruction of the upper part, and the calcina " Concise, near Corinth, August 8. tion of the stones of the tower, the galleries and the " The Turks received within the last few days from five to arches have suffered very considerably. It seems six thousand men from Patras and Lepanto. Counting on these certain, however, that we have to deplore the loss of reinfoteements, they pretended again to act on the offensive, and only oneindividual, who was sent to the hospital in to penetrate again into the territory of Argos. The stratagem such a condition as to be despaired of." was easily divined. In consequence, we left them a free passage on this side, and our army all moved towards - the side of Co- FUNDS AT PARIS, SUM 18.—Five per Cents. opened at 91 f. rinth, which it completely closed against them. The enemy, 9 0 c.—highest 91 f. 95 c. — closed at 91 f. 85 c. defeated in his calculation, came to attack us here. The con test lasted about two hours. The Turks were repulsed on al l points; with the greatest loss they regained their posts in disorder. " The next day, August 9, the enemy, who had no other al ternative, resolved to force a passage, whatever it might cost.— Tchar Hadji Ali encouraged his troops to do their duty, and put himself at the head of his cavalry ; but this Intrepid Pacha pe rished in the foremost ranks. His troops fought with the courage of despair. At the height of the battle a confused murrain- was heard from the enemy's ranks. Almon (quarter), they cried. Let us go away; we only desire to quit the Morea.' Three thousand Turks remained on the field; the number of the wounded and of prisoners is not yet known exactly. " About two thousand horse, all the baggage and ammunition, and the military chest, were the booty of this day's battle. The enemy is closely pursued towards Corinth. " P.S. Capt. Vidale, who brought these Bulletins, assures us that till the 18th of August, the day of his departure from Spezzia, new and more circumstantial details were continually received of the advantages gained by the Greeks. Everything proves that the Turkish army is in the most desperate position, and the news of its total destruction was every moment expected. He says, that going to Argos, on the 12th of August, on his pri vate affairs, he had an interview with the Viet-President, Kana kara. When they were together, a Mainote came, and brought the head of the Commander-in-Chief, Tchar Hadji Ali Pacha.— It was known by two large scars on both sides of the face, and his long beard." An article from Vienna announces, what we stated two days ago, the arrival of the Emperor of RUSSIA in that capital,with a suite More numerous than usual. It appears that at the approaching Congress of Mi nisters, as well as at that of Aix-la-Chapelle, Prince METTERNICH Will, in some measure, perform the functions of President. The departure of the two Emperors for Italy will not, it is said, take place be fore the middle of September. By this way of reckon ing, the Congress will not open till the beginning of October. An order has been sent to the Austrian Authorities in Italy, to prepare as quickly as possible at Verona, lodgings for the Princes and Ministers about to assemble in Congress. Great quantities of precious furniture bare been sent from Vienna to Trieste, fur the purpose of being transported thence, by the way of Venice, to Verona. In proceeding to Italy, the Emperor FRANCIS will have an interview with the King of BAVARIA, which was to take place before this, but which has been put off until this opportunity. The French Government continues its tyrannical proceedings against the liberty of the Press. The responsible Editor of the Constitutionnel has been cited before the Judge of Instruction, and has under gone an interrogatory on the 'subject of the account of the debates in the affair of Rochelle, for which he has already been condemned to one year's imprison ment and a fine of 5,000 francs. Thus, on the one , hand, has the Editor been subjected to the operation cf a special and exceptionable Legislation, while, on the other, he has had a second proceeding instituted against him,in the ordinary form,upon the same charge. A letter published by M. BENJAMIN CONSTANT, in answer to the charges made against him by the AT. TORNEY-GENERAL in his speech before the Court Royal of Poitiers, has been seized by order of the Police at all the booksellers. The four Officers found capitally guilty in the affair of La Rochelle, have been induced by their Advocates to persist in their appeal to the Court of Cassation. The Quotidienne, an Ultra Journal, displays the cloven foot of the French Ministry rather auk- 1 wardly. Speaking of the disposition shewn by the soldiers, whose time of service had expired, to re-en list, the Editor uses this remarkable, if nut ominous expression : " The eagerness which our soldiers dis , Play to remain under standards which they are soon perhaps destined to render again illustrious, proves the confidence to which our warriors are entitled, and their fidelity." Against whom is then war to be de clared? It might probably be against Spain, if the Constitutionalists were not at present triumphant. ROUEN CATHEDRAL. The following additional particulars of the de struction of the cathedral at Rouen, are communi cated in a letter from that city, dated the 16th inst. the day after the fire : "At half-past five o'clock of the 15th., an electric cloud advanced to the centre of the town. Several Saps of thunder were heard; the last, more terrible than the others, struci with lightning the base of the steeple, which in an instant set it on fire, from the bottom to the very top of the pyramid. The lead, which ran dawn in large waves, the beams separating from the upper parts, and burning as they fell, till at This forenoon we received Frankfort Papers to the THE ARMY. Detachments of the 15th and 61st Regiments embarked 2t Plymouth, in the Industry transport, last week, for Chatham. Tuesday a party of recruits arrived at Cowes from South ampton, and marched to Albany Barracks. 15th instant; but their contents possess little interest. The Diet of Zurich has, determined on adopting pro tecting measures in their commercial relations with foreign States, but still to recognise the principle of free trade with all those States that allow it to them. The following are extracts: BRIGADE 01IDERS.-SF PTEMBRIt ig. The COMSTANORR-111•CitlEP having laid before the ICtso the proceedings of a General Court Martial, held in Pornzan-street Barracks, on the 13th and 14th of Stptembrr, 1822, for the trial of Lieutenant-Colonel TuomAs Goetz, of the Coldstream Regi ment of Foot Guards, who was arraigned upon the undermen tioned charge, viz.— " For having, on the 2d of August last, at a public-home ha Oxford-street, associated with, and joined company with, and thank beer with, Corporal Samuel George, of the Coldstream ' Regiment of Foot Guards, such Conduct bring unbecoming the clikractex of an Officer and a Gentleman, and to the prejudice of good order and military discipline." Uyon which charge the Court came to the following decision " The Court having taken into consideration the evidence ad duced before them in support of this prosecution, and likewise the evidence received by the Court on the part of Lieetenant . Colonel Gore in his defence against the charge preterred agati:it him, are of opinion— " That the charge exhibited in this case against Lirarrnant- Co!ontl Gore, is false, wicked, d scandalous; a.td they da most fully and honourably acquit him thereof." His MAJESTY was pleased to approve and confirm the fit:eling and sentence of the Court. By command of his Royal Highness, (Signed) 11. TAYLOR. ORDERS RESPECTING TIE_ ROY 1. VETERAN BATTALIONS. When Veteran Battalions are foimed ;hey are intended exclu sively for the reception of meritorious st:ltliers,who, from vmamds. age, or infirmity, are become unequal to Oa.: nt,:re active duties of the Line. The Commanding Officers of Regiments of the Liar, front which men are transferred to Veteran Battalions, 4re to send with them the following documents, viz. 1. A list of their names, ages, services, lac. extracted from the Rigimental Description ' Bonk—specifying also the general character of each man, and the cause of his being transferred. 2. A statement of their accounts aorardhig to the form pre scribed, chewing the period to which each man has been paid— the period for which he has received clothing—the nature of the claims of any man which remain unsettled, stating the cause which prevents the settlement of them—and a hst of the neces saries which each man has in his possession at the time of his quitting the Regir ;eta from which he is transferred. The Colonels, or Officers in the command of Royal Veteran Battalions, are required to make an especial report to the Min. taut-General of any man who may arrive at their head-quarters, for the purpose of being rec .ived ir.to their Battalions, without the documents above directed. The Officers commanding Veteran Battalions are restricted from promoting any Corporal or Private Soldier to the situation of Serieant, unless they shall previously obtain, through the Id jutant-General, the special authority of the Commander-in- Chief, which is granted only in particular cases, as the vacancies which occur in the establishmeet of Serj •ants in :he Veteran Battalions are to be filled by S.:rjeants front the Regular Army, who bring unequal, front age or infirmity, to very active ser vice, are recommended by their Commanding Officers for such appoint meet.. It is to be fully explained to the boys or lads who are enlisted to serve as Drummers or Fifers in a Veteran Battalion, that whenever they attain sufficient age and strength to qualify them for more active duties, they will be transferred to Regiments of Infantry of the Line; and the Commanding Officers of Ve:erac Battalions are requested to report from rime to time to the Ad jutant-General, the names, age, and size of such Drummers as become fit for service in Regiments of the Line, specifyin t ; the Regiments to which they are desirous of being transferred. The sum of one guinea and a half is to be allowed to each Drummer who is transferred from a Veteran Battalion, for the purpose of completing him with such regimental necessaries as he may require. This sum is to be paid by the Paymaster of the Regiment to which any Drummer is transferred. Non.commissioned Officers or Private Soldiers are not to be .discharged from Veteran Battalions, except they are rendered totally incapable of further service by age, infirmity, or accidents ORDERS FROM HEAD-QUARTERS. As these Orders and Regulations are applicable to all stations where the Army may be employed, no reason can exist, Will any excuse ever be admitted for departing from tlitin rr arly particular whatever; and his Royal Highness the C,sti atssoss-ns-Cutxr holds all General Officers employed on the Staff, and all Commanding ()Seers of Regiments strictly respon sible, that they shall be invariably obeyed and adhered to in all the more detailed instructions which may be issued front time to time in local commands, or to Brigades and Regiments, for the general arrangement of discipline and interior economy. By command of his Royal Highness the Commander-in-Chief, (Signed) HENRY TORRENS, Adj.-Gen. ORDERS RESPECTING OFFICERS ARRIVING IN GREAT BRITAIN OR IRELAND FROM FOREIGN SERVICE. Officers arriving in any of the ports of Great Britain or Ireland from foreign service, in the command of divisions of the army, brigades, regiments, or detachments, shall on no account quit their commands until they have reported their artival, and have especial leave from the Commander-in-Chief to that effect. Officers commanding regiments or detachment=, on arriving at any sea-port or military cleptit, are to make an immediate and particular report of the state of the corps under their commands, to the General or other Officer commanding. Officers, on their arrival at any sea-port, are immediately to report themselves to the General or other Officer in the command of the troops, if of a rank superior to themselves. They must, during their stay at such place, constantly appear in their proper uniforms, and must, in every particular, conform to the regula tions and discipliue of the garrison. All Officers returning from a foreign station (except when they return with their Regiments), are required to report, its writing, to the Adjutant-General, their arrival in Great Britain or Irelaud, and the cause of their return from abroad. If they have returned on leave of absence, they must state by whom such permission is granted, and fur what period; they must leave their addresses with their respective Agents, to whom, iu case of their changing their places of residence, they are immo. diately to give notice. They are also to report themselves, either personally er in writing, to the Colonels of their Regiments, if their Colonels arc not on foreign service. When a Regimental Paymaster returns home from a foreign station, he Is to report to the Secretary at War as well as to the I Adjutant-General, and to the Colonel of his licginient, the ens thority under which he returns, and the period for which ha may have received leave of absence. • All Medical Officers, returning front a foreign station, are re quired to report their arrival, the authority under which they return, &c. to the Director-General of the Army Medical De partment, as well as to the Adjutant-Geueral, and to the Colo ' uels of their respective Regiments. We are happy to learn t!nit the Marquis of Srar- FOR D,who is now athis seat, Du nrobin Castle, Scotland, is last recovering from a serious attack of illness. Earl G REY has recently communicated to his nume rous tenantry in Northusnbei land and North Durha n,, his intention to remit 20 pes cent. ut all his rents from Martinmas ; 1821. ZURICH, SEPTEMBER 7. The Duchess Hortensia of St. Len (formerly Queen of Holland) expects a visit, at her seat of Arena berg, from the Duke of Leuchtenburg (Pi ince Eu gene), the ; widow of Marshal Ney, and General Bertrand., Prince Oscar, and his mother, the Countess of Gothland, passed through Schaffhausen last week. They will make a tour through the finest parts of Switzerland, and perhaps of a part of Upper Italy. The King of Prussia, it is reported, will also visit a part of Switzerland this autumn. In the Canton of Frieburg, the clergy have been prohibited wearing black straw hats. VILVNA, SIFT. 7.—bletalllques 83i—Bank Stock 873 1-stb. Sir RICHARD 131RNIE has recently been nominated on the Commission of the Peace for the County of Barks, in addition to his other appointments. Sir WILLIAM CURTIS arrived in the Downs on Wednesday, on board his pleasure yacht, from Rams gate, accompanied by his Highness Prince CHARLES of LEININCIEN, son to her Royal Highness the Duchess of KENT. His Highness went on board of the SEVERN frigate, where he was received by a salute of '2l guns, and every other mark of respect, suitable to his rank. After minutely inspecting the ship, his Highness re• turned on board of the yacht, and immediately pro ceeded with the worthy Baronet for Ramsgate. The improvements and alterations in St. James's Pa lace are proceeding rapidly. The rooms leading to the entrance of the drawing-room have been completely repaired, so as to form their original appearance.— The entrance by the German Chapel and Priory is considerably widened, sufficient fora carriage to pass through, and at a future period there is to be a tho roughfare across the Canal in the Park. The incon venience owing to their having been only one staircase to the entrance to the grand room is remedied by the erection of another. Greater alterations were to be made, but it getting so far advanced in the year,orders have been given to complete the present immediately. POLITICAL RUMOGRS.—The Patliamentary influ ence of the House of HERTFORD, which, in conse quence of the long illness and political indifference of the late Marquis, had fallen into decay, has been recently revived, and, in fact, recovered by the pre sent Noble inheritor. The Martinis, it is said, di seedy and indirectly commands thirteen votes in the Lower House of Parliament. The Duke of YORK, Mr. CROILER, of the Admiralty, and Mr. HOLMES, whose utility in the House of Commons is pretty well known, are now on a visit to the Noble Mar quis, at Sodbourn. Couple this fact with the ab sence of the Marquis of CONYNGIIAIU in Ireland, and his son, Lord FRANCIS'S, permission to tra vel, and Perhaps the veil of mystery may be re moved in a certain high quarter, " given to change." It is industriously rumoured, that the office of Secre tary at War will 'be abolished. Lord PALMERSTON is to resign upon a Pension and a Peerage. The Pension, however, is but to equal one moiety of his present emoluments—the other moiety is to be made up to his Lordship from another source. The friend, of the Duke of BUCKINGHAM have pushed hard for the appointment of his Grace to the Head of-the Ad miralty, in the event of Lord MELVILLE going to India; but the claims of his Grace, although backed by a Noble Relative, distinguished for his proficiency in the art of manoeuvring, have not yet been acceded to.—Morning Chronicle. Letters, dated Wednesday last, received yesterday from Paris, state that the fall of the funds which took place on that day, was caused by a rumour that the postponement of the Duke of WELLINGTON'S de parture for Congress rose solely from political motives; and• that England, prompted by zeal in behalf of constitutional liberty in Spain, meditated an entire se-, paration from the Holy Alliance. A.letter from the Cape of Good Hope, dated 19th March, contains the following unpleasant intelligence.: " Starvation stares us in the face; all have extended their little means in bringing the land into the present' state of cultivation,w•ithout realizing a single shilling. Many settlers have been obliged, and still are, to dis pose of their cattle and other stock, and even their clothes, to support themselves and families,and are lite rally naked. We are informed that Government intends to supply us with potatoes to set, and Bengal wheat to sow, the latter not taking the rust, but that is all ideal. We shall, therefore, try what another season will produce: if it tails, we shall have to move from this district, or petition his Excellency to send us to England as paupers. The Caffres are also great ene mies of ours, and very much dreaded. 'I hey drive off our cattle, and murder those who have the charge of them. But our greatest enemy is starvation, and yoti in England hare no ide.a of the dreadful state we are in."