Star. — London, England, 1822-08-28 00:00:00

• • •• •% ~v 11.1 E ii,\ - *SI NG. STA R. LONDON. WEDNEBI)A Y, AUGUST 28, 1822. STOCK F.XCIIANGE, TWELVE O'CLOCK. This being Settling Day at the Stock Exchange, the chief business doing is in settling the accounts ; there has been some bargains done, hut not to a large amount ; the fluctuation of this Account not heir% more than one per cent. has made the differ ences of The payments to fall easy, and. up to this hour. we do not bear.of any defaulters.. Consols are 803 3, Reduced 813 to 3. F°lkriet Finnts.—ln the- above Funds there is but little busi ness doing up-to this hour, and the Market remains steady at the following prices-Lehllian 843 to 3, New Spanish 64i, Old 663 2, New Prussian 873, Old 90, Russian 853 3, Danish 893, Neapolitan 77, Colombian 863, Scrip 863. OF STOCKS AT ONE O'CLOCK. , Bank Stock 2511,4 252-1 rely Ct. Reduced 81 1 4 V 8 per Cei:c. Cons. 80 3 / A 1 4— 3 1 /?, per Ct 5.95 1 1,4 4 per Cents. 99Y 4 3 / 4 -4 per Cent. New 993 3 / 4 Bank Long Annuities 20 15. India Bonds 185.5 05 . 6 21 Imperial 3 per Cents. 80 1 / 4 Exchequer Rills of £l,OOO, 73.65. Bs. 7s. Ditto SmAll Ss. 6s. 7s.—Cons. for Oct. 80%8 81 807/i The French Papers of Sunday bring the glorious intelligence of a signal victory gained by the Greeks or,-er the Turks. According to this account, CHOURS• CHID PACHA, having joined the Pachas of Negro ponte, Larissa, and Janina, advanced with an army (that is to say, an undisciplined rabble, as all Turkish crrnies are), 90,000 strong, agairst the Greeks, who A% ere e,:mmandeJ by ODYSSEUS or ULYSSES, YPSI LANTI, NORMANN, and BAZARIS. On the 7th he gained considerable advantages over the Greeks, and ODYSSEUS lost his life ; but having allowed himself to be drawn into defiles, he was routed next day with immense loss. CHOURSCHID escaped with the wreck of his force, and the other three Pachas were made prisoners. The following are the details: CONSTANTINOPLE, JULY 26. The G;eeks are in the height of joy. Three Tartan have a .uounced that Chourschid Pacha, who had called to arms all the inhabitants of Macedonia, to the number 1, 1 . seventy thousand had done great teats.— He repulsed the Greeks on the 7th of July; but on the day after he suffered a total defeat. It is said that four of the Packac were made prisoners ; but the Porte conceals from all the Foreign Ministers the dispatches which it has received. Cbourschid Pacha was joined by the Paellas of Negroponte, of Larissa, and of Janina. His forces were estimated at 70,000 men, but a great part was but an undisciplined militia and brigands. The Greeks were commanded by the brave Odysseus, by the Generals Ypsilanti, Normann, and Bazzaris. Chourschid Pasha, who hnd sent to the Porte a Tartar to announce the extermination of the Giaours, was engaged imprudently in the defiles of Zittury (Thermopylx) at one side, and by those of Neopatric on the other. The Greeks had formed an ambuscade, and com menced the battle with the courage of true Spartans. The three P.tchas were made prisoners, and Chours chid Pacha saved himself, with 4000 men, on the side of Larissa. The loss of the Ottomans is com puted at r,0,630 men, that of the Greeks at 18,000. — The consequences of this event are likely to be most important. The General Count Normann was sa luted by the Greeks as the heroic Prince, and they carried him on their shoulders through the camp. This intelligence is copied from the Augsburg Ga zette ; and the Editor of the Journal des Debats ob serves, that it " wants much to be confirmed and explained. There are many circumstances in the number of troops, the account of loss, and the line of march, which excite many doubts as to the authen ticity of this document." That doubts may justly be entertained as to the extent of this victory, we will admit; but we have strong reasons for believing that the Turks have sus tained a signal defeat. We yesterday stated, on the authority of lettcrsfrom Constantinople, that CHOURS CHID PACIIA, with an army of 80,000 men, had de feated the Greeks; and the intelligence, though re ceived through the German Journals, mentions that the Greeks were repulsed on the first day, but that on the day after the Turkish army was overthrown. In confirmation of this account, there are letters in tov. , n from Vienna to the 15th instant, which state that 4. A letter had just been received there, by an eminent Banker, from Zenona, dated on the 31st of July, by which it appears, that Chourschid Pacha had endeavouted to penetrate into Thessaly, at the head of an army, amounting to nearly 60,000 men. It also states, that the Grecian General, Ulysses, ith 18,000 Greeks, after retreating to a proper posi tion, fought a battle, and gained a great victory seven thousand Turks, amongst whom were three Paellas, were made prisoners, and a still greater number is represented to have fallen in the battle and in the pursuit. The Greek General was slain, and Chourschid Pacha was reported to be one of the three Pachas made prisoners." Should this victory be but to one half the extent it is reported, it will have the happiest effect on the cause of the Greeks, in the new courage which it will infuse into their ranks and the terror it will strike among the Tulks, whose very superstitions will aid their overthrow. To be able thus to defeat the Turks by sea and by land without the slightest aid from any foreign Power, is a proof that the cause of the Creeks is by no means so hopeiets, nor the prospect of complete independence so distant as has been re- • ' - presented. for eit one of the . restoring the fr rom the debasing the British Ambassador at the approaching would free them and seal the fate of the haughty. Mussulmans for ever! but will that word be spoken? we fear not. In the STAR of yesterday we gave some official documents, published at Rio Janeiro, shew•ing the state of parties in the Brazils, and the progress that country was making towards a separation from Por tugal. The letters from Bahia, which are to the 9th July, are still more decisive as to the disposition of the People in that Province. It has long been known that the native population of Bahia entertain views favourable to IndependenCe, but which they have been restrained from declaring openly by the pre sence of some Portuguese troops, in all about 1,300 men, who preserve their fidelity to Portugal, and avow their intention to resist to the last extremity all attempts at a separation. These troops are in pos session of the two forts, which are of great strength. in the town of St. Salvador, which stands on a high point of land, projecting into and washed by the sea in the front and on two sides,thus forming an almost impregnable position. Many overtures have been made to the troops to induce them to embark quietly, and suffer themselves to be transported to Portugal, but without effect. MeaSures were therefore in pro gress throughout Bahia for compelling them, by levying troops in the neighbouring districts ; and, not depending altogether on their own strength, an application had also been made to Rio de Janeiro for assistance, whence a body of about 500 troops were consequently ordered to Bahia. The inhabitants of St. Salvador, thus menaced, were some of them quitting their houses for the country, while others who were unable to do so, were providing themselves with a stock of provisions for the expected siege. In the country round Bahia, the feeling in favour of In dependence is stated to be almost unanimous. In this state affairs were left at the departure of the packet ; and unless the determination of the Portu guese troops could be shaken, either by the danger of their situation or other inducements, a scene of alarm and confusion,with, perhaps, bloodshed,was inevitable. In another pan of our Paper we give a list of pira cies committed in the West Indies on British ship ping, and that on the very station where we have a fleet cruising for its protection. The apathy which Ministers have shewn to our Commerce in this re spect, is in the highest degree disgraceful ; and skews that the naval power of Great Britain, which the world united against it could not shake, may be frittered away, or rendered contemptible by an imbecile Administration. Almost every day we have to record some outrage on British shipping, but none so glaring as the pre sent, when three merchantmen, all British, were, so late as the eah of July, seized and ransacked in open day, and British seamen cut to pieces or hung up like cqrnmon felons, with complete impunity, by common bravoes, the scum of nations. The Govern ment of the United States has taken active measures to put down these pirates; but our Ministers, with frigates rotting in our harbours, and sailors starving for want of employment—nay, even with a Naval establishment in active service sufficient to sweep the ocean of every piratical cruizer, suffer our com merce to be at the mercy of any marauder who may fit out a vessel for the purpose. If the Administration wished to annihilate our commerce and our naval cha racter at the same time, they could not devise any means better calculated to effect both than by their neglect in avenging the injuries our merchants have so long sustained. It is understood to be his MAJESTY'S intention to return to London by Sunday or Monday next, if pos sible; arrangements are making at Carlton Palace for his MAJESTY'S return on one of those days. Direc tions, it is understood, have been forwarded to have eve: ything in readiness for the holding of a Council at Carlton Palace on Monday ; and,when the vacancy in the Cabinet is supplied, by the appointment of a new Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and when the Special Ambassador to proceed to Congress has been named, the KING leaves town for Brighton.— Orders have been given to have everything prepared at the Pavilion to receive his MAJESTY; and, from the nature of the commands and preparations, it is inferred that the KING contemplates an extended sojourn at Brighton. Monday, the Princess AUGUSTA took her departure rom Leamington, in her travelling carriage, to the great regret of the visitors and inhabitants. The Princess was expected to arrive at her residence at Frogmore between five and six o'clock. Before her departure her Royal Highness expressed herself gra tified with Leamington, and the attentions which she received there. Earl GaosvzNoa has purchased the magnificent mansion of Fonthill, in Wiltshire. It is positively determined that the Royal Gardens, Vauxhall, shall close on Friday next. This is melan choly news for the thousands who so recently have passed there so many delightful yet transitory hours, " for Vauxhall mornings ever come too soon. " The Haymarket has certainly been extremely for tunate this season, and much of the success has arisen from the int; oduction of Miss PATON ) and the effective, way in which the Opera of Figaro has been got up. , We expect much also from the Barber of Seville, and a new Farce and a new Opera Are immediately to be produced. • The Regiments doing duty in future at St. James's, eacept on particular occasions, are to meant guard in grey overalls, instead of breeches and gaiters; the Officers to wear the sane, with a scarlet stripe down the sides. !lesbian boots and pantaoous to be eonsidtred the full dress. .. x:~ ~ ~-' ... ~..~ _ .4~ aised here for the extent chaste beiety of its ornaments. It is nearly an oblong apartment, much narrower and not longer than Free- Inosons%hall, and lighted from ones* ; it is heavy in the general character of its ornaments. The roof is of oak, suppOrted by Gothic limbs, more stily but not so geometrically placed as those of Westmin ster-half, and rendered heavy and tasteless by the liaise glare of gilded ornaments, which. was shewn and reflected so as to exhibit in broken and scattered tights the general illumination of the room, which might otherwise have had a good effect. Galleriei might have been easily thrown up, so as to admit accommodation for Ladies, whose presence would have graced and enlivened such a' banquet. The Lord Mayor of Dublin provided a very different place for the accommodation of his Royal guest, much better adapted in every respect for the OC:A • sidn in point of taste, and administering in a far su perior manner insubstantial corporate appetite, for he gave a hot. dipner-.-here the dinner (except at the Royal table) was cold, if we except soup and a scanty supply of fish. The arrangements of these festivals are generally uhimportant; but when so great a noise has been made about the preparations as dinned a stranger's ear for the last fortnight, it is right to strip the Corporation hospitality of all supereroga• tory claims. The guests, on their arrival, were shewn into the Advocates Library, a spacious hall, which served as a drawing-room; and shortly after five o'clock they came down in quick succession to take their places at the tables. His MAJESTY'S table was laid for 2.5 covers, and the other* for about sop. At a quarter past six o'clock, all the Nobility, and as large a portion of the Gentry as could well be ac commodated, were seated in the banquetting room. At half-past six o'clock a herald entered, and the cry was general along the tables "The KING 1.; come." Soon after his MAJESTY entered in a full Field Mar shal's unifo:m, and attended by all the Officers of the Royal household. The anthem of " GOD save the Kin( was struck up as his MAJESTY entered the room, and when he was conducted to the head table, Principal BAIRD, of the University, said grace.-- , The company were then seated. The KING looked well, but still retained a formal and rather depressed expression of features. He sa luted several personages whom he recognized in the room, and then took his seat under the canopy pro vided for his MAJESTY'S reception. His MAJESTY was supported on his right by the LORD PROVOST, the Duke Of HAMILTON, and the Duke Of ARGYLE; and on his left by the Earl of ER ROL, hereditary High Constable of Scotland, the Duke Of ATHOL, and the Marquis of QuRENSEERRY. There were also at the Royal table— The Earl of Morton, Lord Melville, the Lord President, the Lord Justice Clerk, Admiral Sir John Deresford, Sir Thomas sradford, Commander of the Forces; the Marquis of Graham, Lord Cathcart, the Marquis of Tweeddale, the Lord Advocate, the Duke of Dorset, Lord Francis Couyngham, the Marquis of Winchester, and Lord Glenlyon. —The opposite extremity of the room was occupied by Chantry s statue of Lord Melville. Three tabh s were placed longitudinally from the Royal one, and to the central one. Sir WALTER SCOTT acted aE Croupier, or principal Steward. At a quarter before seven o'clock the company commenced dinner, and this enjoyment of Corporate hospitality lasted until nearly eight o'clock. As soon as the cloth was removed, Non nobis Do mine was performed in an impressive manner by Mr. MAO Arri, (who directed the vocal arrange ments), Mr.Swirr, Mr. Lees, and several amateurs, who lent their assistance on this occasion. At a quarter past eight o'clock a Gentleman, at tended by the son and nephew of Sir WALTER SCOTT, as Pages, presented on his knees a ewer and napkin to his MAJESTY, in virtue of some ancient tenure, the name of which we could not ascertain, there being no formula prepared of the ceremony of the feast, and no means of access open to learn any particulars. The LORD PROVOST then rose to propose the health of his MAJESTY, which he prefaced in these words— " I have the honour of proposing the health of his MAJESTY, who has this day done us the high honour of his presence, and, together with his most gracious visit to our country, thereby conferred a signal mark of distinction on his good town of Edinburgh, which will never—l venture to say never—be obliterated from the memory of the present generation." His MAJESTY'S health was then drank with the warmest greetings. The KING rose amid this applause, and his MA JESTY'S attitude commanded immediate silence.— " I am," said the KING, " quite unable to express my sense of the gratitude which I owe to the people of this country ; but I beg to assure them, that I shall ever remember as one of the proudest moments of my life, the day I came among them, and the grati fying reception which they gave me. I return you, my Lord Provost, my Lords and Gentlemen, my warmest thanks for your attention this day; and I can assure you with truth, with earnestness, and sin cerity, that I shall never fOrFt your dutiful atten tion to me upon my visit to Scotland, and particu larly the pleasures have derived from dining in your Hall this day." Loud greetings hailed his MAJESTY'S speech, and the band played - up " GOD save the King," which wa afterwards sung by the vocal Gentlemen present. After his MAJESTY had for the moment resumed his seat, he again rose, and his attitude equally com manded silence, while he proceeded as follows:—" I take this opportunity, my Lords and Gentlemen, of proposing the health of the Lord Provost, Sir Wm. Arbuthnott, Baronet, and the Corporation of Edin burgh:' Upon his MAJESTY naming the LORD PROVOST by the title of Baronet, that officer dropped on his knees, and kissed the KING'S 'hand, which was held out to him at the moment. This gracious manner of giving additional rank to the Chief Officer of the Corporation was loudly ap.• planded by the company, and his MAJE:ay bowed repeatedly in acknowledgn,ent. " The healths of the Dukes of York and Clarence, and the Army and Navy," ((Ahmed. • The KINU 4uun alter rose, and said" I have one tokaire tit in which I trust you , ifin join me: to the Miami's and CIA" and ALMIOSTY bless the Lad of Ca es.'—Drialt '• three times three, Gentlemen r VATY's command was obeyed with entire , to the regret of the company, the KOKO r .amarted, at tea minutes. past nine o'clock. His MAIItiTT was loudly cheered as be withdrew, and attended to his carriage by the L ORD . PROVOS-T and the principal Officers of State. The Chief Magistrate soon returned, attended by the chief Noblemen ; hi; Majesty's seat wader the canopy was removed, and the Lonn PitoVosT took the timer s ' imid the applause of the Meeting. It may be worth mentioning here, M a trait plata raCter, that in the absence of the Lotto PRovOST, a certain venerable Judge, who is said to have beet present at many a symposium #nr the last sixty Teal! of his life, cried out in an audible tone—" I rise to propose a toast." Being told, however, that he was out of order, he playfully said—." This is the inter• reare,, um, so we must make order for ourselves!" The Duke of* HAMILTON then rose, and was about to address the company, when The LORD PadvosT respeCtfully interposed, and said, that, with his Grace's leave, he had a toast first to give, which was—" The health of his Majesty, who had this day honoured the Corporation with his pre sence, and let us beg for him a long, prosperoui, and happy reign." This was dr.ink with loud applause. The Duke of HAMILTON then ro.se and aid, that when he bad just now obtruded himself upon the at tention of the company, it %% as with a view of seizing the earliest opportunity of congratulating their Lord Provost upon the distinction so deservedly conferred upon him by his Majesty in their presence but a short time befote—(Applause).—lt they considered that compliment in a convivial light alone, they wee bound to express their gratification at its most feli citous occurrence, at a moment when all must ea-- press gratitude for so handsome a mark of corpor.t:e hospitality ; but still more were they bound to express their gratification, if they reflected upon what !lad been passing within their town during the r;st fc-.? days. The Lord Provost and Magistracy h..d played the most praiseworthy arrangements fel the preservation of order. Everything done by them was most proper, most quiet, and most conciliatory; in deed, they had conducted themselves in such a w.y as to do honour to themselves, while at the same mo ment they were reflecting it upon the city entrusted to their care—(Loud applause).—His Grace concluded by proposing the health of "Sir William Ai buthnott, Bait. their Lord Provost." After the toast was drank with suitable honours, The LORD PROVOST rose, and begged to return the company his best thanks for the honour they had done him, and he begged to assure them that tier approbation must ever animate him to persevere in that line of duty which had secured for him hi. S. vereign's and their approbation, to the best of 1 - . s humble abilities. His Lordship then gave " The re membrance of the 14th, 15th, and 24th days of Au gust," those on which his Majesty arrived, laude?, and dined with the Corporation of Edinburgh. The Lord Provost next gave The Constitution in Chu:el and State, and may it ever remain the envy of the world, and lite for ages >et to cone. " The'Lorto Pfteivosr said, that he had to pro pose the health of a statesman, who was, he !evened to say, ab.ei t through indisposition—he meant the Right Hon. Robert Peel, his Majesty's Principal Se ctetary for •the Home Department"—a statesman who executed the important duties of the office which he filled with as much honour to himself as utility 'o his country.—Mr. Peers health was drank with con siderable applause. The LORD PROVOST again said, he had to propose the health qf another Member of his Majesty's Cabi. net—a man who was universally revered and re spected for his private virtues; he had long acquired the affectionate friendship of those who had the ho nour of knowing him, and he was equally eminent for the manner in which he discharged his public duty, with firmness, mildness, and utility—he meant " Lord Melville."— His Lordship's health was then drank with great applause. Lord MELVILLE, in acknowledging it, trusted they would do him CI edit when he assured them hey. , deeply sensible he was of the honour they had conferred up , :i him. At any time, and under any circumstance , , such an honour would have been highly acceptable to him, but at the present moment the occasion made it doubly grateful to him, when it was received as coming from and among the most distinguished per-. sonages of the land, and amid the most illustrious who could confer honour upon any compliment. Ile begged to re-assure them that he felt the favour highly, and would ever entertain a deep sense of this distinguished mark of their attention. lie might also beg leave to add, that the compliment on this occasion became the mole gratifying when he had to reflect upon what had, not only on the present glorious cccasion, been the conduct of this great metropolis, in which he Icit so deep an interest, but also of the immense popu lation which had poured into it on the late occasion. and whosebehaviour, and he begged to speak of it born as a citizen of Edinburgh and a Scotch man,was such as to do them honour and credit—(Loud It, in fact, appeared from their universal demeanour, that from the highest Peer to the meanest peasan: but one feeling predominated—namely, the desire each individual to manifest his loy4lty to his Save leign in such a manlier as if he RIR his own indiv.- dual character involved in the credit of the genel conduct of his countrymen—( Loud cheers).— 11: 0 'ntr said this, he now begged leave to allude to another class of the community--namely, that high and ccii spicuous body which had come forward so generally, and as might indeed be expected upon such an occa sion as this, to attend upon the Sovereign ; and be could the better speak of the Peerage of Scotland because he did not belong to them himself. At the bead of them came forward a Peer of the most dis tingui,lied rank. He could state to them, front the highest and most illustrious authority, that die im pression of their behaviour upon the Royal mind was one which time could nevereilace—(Applouse).--His Lordship concluded by proposing the healths t hip GI ace the Duke of Hamilton and the Peers of Scotland. The Duke of HAMILTON then rose and said, t ait after the toast which had beefs proposed, and the m !t -iler in which it had been introduced to their notice. by the coupling his name with those of the Peers f Scotland, it was impossible for him to remain site although it was painful lot him to speak, feeling tit L 4, . • . - .... . . ..,...,, t , , .u. O S VISIT To solgicifirvwc mg 6 stecl. What a gloriousilpptditity now offers T iirmAg ..., ,'. ° lad it is.- 4 ither England er France AssiOnting itself with it to-00 Pr—s., „•,,,, , ~. t, , A . the noblest achieiemeno of any. age, that of The Kiri . o E: i r n t:Ty a t: t lf tee / t 4FO irith VlLlS o . R 4r i p lr icarl.. i tp us. w. A ith.. l.m ai ts i . , 4Corporatio . ii of thisitty, in the Parliament ling the Greeks as a nation, -ind rescuing them the debasing slavery of ages. One word from , an • • '4 l . is LVIAJI . The chamber in which this feast was given is highly 1/115/" ; , but* , . imme di ate ly Mr t 41- - il