Star. — London, England, 1821-04-24 00:00:00

PRIVATE CORRESPONDENC,6% FLORENCE, APRIL 7. When I gave v nu , in a letter from Pisa, an account of the little ban d . of Piedrriontese fugitives who had escaped from Genoa and taken refuge in the States of the Duke of Modena, 1 was not aware that I could add to their number that celebrated Constitutionalist, Charles Emmanuel Albert, Duke of Carignano and Prince Regent pf Sardinia. This young Prince, who probably displayed in the course of a few days as much weakness, folly, and inconsistency as would have set ved a person of ordinary pretensions to those qualities for a whole life, arrived at Florente on Sa turday List, in the disguise of a gendarme. lie had, in this uniform, attended by five or siz more gen darmes, escaped from Piedmont, crossed the fron tiers, passed through Lucca, and entered Tuscany. knowing that he must be despised by all parties— by the Legitimates, for having yielded to the wishes of the Constitutionalists, as well as by the People, for having deserted their cause after having com proznised their safety—he seemed willing to hide his disgrace in strict incognito till he reached this city. Erm here, instead of proceeding immediately to the Palace of his father• in-law—he having married, about three years ago, the daughter of the Grand Duke— he took up his quarters at Sneider's Hotel, where he remained till Monday, when he was sent for to Court. Daring the first days of his stay at Court he was treated with the most marked coldness, if not disre spect. At dinner, oa Monday, the Grand Duke did Lot address to him a dozen words, and the rest of the party paid him no particular attention. When he has expiated the error of yielding to the popular voice, he may again be restored to the good graces of his family, though he can never recover the cha racter which he has lost in the opinion of the world. His wife, the Archduchess, after the flight of her husband, proceeded first to Nice, with the design of sailing for Sardinia; and subsequently, as I have heard, to Marseilles, whence she is expected in a few days at Leghorn. The Prince, it is said, will set out today or to-morrow to receive her on her. debarkation. Though the Archduke is himself a popular character in Tuscany, and his Government is in general mild, this part of Italy has not been entirely exempt from that dissatisfaction with arbi trary power, and that desire of Constitutional secu rities against oppression, which have been evinced with more or less energy over nearly the whole ex tent of the Peninsula. After the breaking out of the ltevolution in Piedmont, a plot was said to have been discovered here for effecting a similar change. It embraced, however, only a few individuals of no great consequence in the State. Some Officers in the army, none of them above the rank of Captain, were, on account of being engaged in it, at first put under arrest, then dismissed the army, and subse quently ordered to quit the country. One of them, a Captain Baldini, when under arrest in his own house, threw himself out of the window, and was killed on the spot. Several other persons were ac cused of being Carbonari, or engaged in the confe deracy. Among the rest, a Priest, a man of consi derable talent and eloquence, who always attracted crowds when he lectured in one of the churches of the city (Santa Croce) was involved. The execution of the plot was said to have been fixed for the 25th ult. the festival of the Annunciation ;'but, whatever may have been the poliCcal opinions of the persons charged with such a conspiracy, the existence of any design on their part at that moment to effect a Revo lution in the State, must be considered an absurdity. Be it remembered, that at that time the Austrians had dispersed the Neapolitan army in the Abruzzi, and the Austrian Ambassador, Bombelles, had taken care to announce the successive advantages and ad vances of his countrymen, by o f f i cial Bulletins issued . • here with as much authority, as if Florence had been the capital of an Austrian Province, A Revolution, it is true, had broken out in Piedmont; but especial , precaution had been taken that the real state of that country should not be known in this. In the Isle of Elba, twenty-four soldiers, and five or six Officers, had raised the cry of the Constitution, and had en deavoured to seize upon a battery of cannon ; but their attempt had been faustrated, and they them selves had been arrested. It is more than probable, therefoie, that the alleged plot for a Revolution at Florence, on the 25th ult. was a mere plot of the Police, invented or charged against the individuals who have been punished for it, for the purpose of getting rid of those whose political opinions excited the disapprobation of the ruling Powers, or did not exactly square with the perpetual domination of Austria in Italy. Though the Police in this country has been ex tremely active during the recent troubles; though it has resorted to, and even now resorts to, the employ ment of spies, who are seen offensively to mix them selves in every considerable party ; and though it has shewn no backwardness to gratify Austria in her zeal for the tranquillity of Italy, by keeping under sur veillance all who are thought Carbonari, still the imperial agents have not been satisfied, and the firm ness of the Grand Duke alone has prevented more rigorous measures or . a more extensive interference with the freedom of opinion and the peace of fami lies. Thrice has the Austrian Minister demanded that the Police should be placed on-the footing on which it was maintained in the time of Bonaparte, and the direction of it given to the Austrian Minis ter; and thrice has the demand been resisted or evaded by the Grand Duke. It was once made by Fi 7 tielmont, the late Minister here, who is now sent to arrange the affairs of Naples, and twice by Born belles, the present Ambassador. The Grand Duke is said invai iably to have declared that he placed the 'most pei feet reliance on the fidelity of his subjects and the vigilance of his Officers, and that his brother the Emperor might as soon require him to abdicate his Throne as to give up the internal administration of his Government. The same answer, it is said, was returned on the demand of Austria to place gar risons in the towns of Tuscany. The report of the (hand Duke's conduct in these cases has been gene rally circulated, and has increased the respect for merly entertained for his personal character and civil admini-mition. But, although these insolent de mands have been resisted, because they would have amounted to a complete and formal surrender of in dependent power, Austrian authority is here so strong, that it •amounts nearly to sovereignty. A British zurtchant has been ordered from Leghorn, merely for doubting of the truth of Austrian Balloting ; and the Austrian troops, that defiled round the walls of Rome without entering the " eternal city," made no scruple of occupying for successive days the convents and squares of Florence. Nay, at the first breaking out of the revolution in Naples, the Minister of Aus tria required from the Head of the Police of Tus cany a list of the persons suspected of being Carbo nari. The list was granted. The first name upon it was that of Prince Borghese,— probably because married to Bonaparte's sister, from whom he has been separated ever since 1815. It was sent to Vi enna, and returned with a command from the Em peror, that the Grand Duke should be requested to banish the persons whom it• included from his domi nions. •It is sa d that his Imperial Highness learned for the first time of this interference when the re turned list was put into his hands, and that he imme diately tore it in pieces, saying that he would be an swerable to his brother for the good and quiet con duct of his subjects. There is no doubt that these persons have been since under Austrian surveillance. We hear very little here of the affairs of Naples, though we have here the Neapolitan Court. All the Neapolitan Newspapers have been suppressed but one—the Jo:rrnal of the Two Sicilies, and it wisely occupies itself with the affairs of every nation but its own. It has hitherto contained only one or two offi cial documents regarding the settlement of the coun try. By one of these the houses and papers of the Carbonari are ordered to be searched, though the Convention of Naples guaranteed freedom from mo lestation on account of previously declared political opinions. The King has received one or two Deputa tions with Addresses from the smaller towns. It is surprising that more hale not been sent. One would have supposed that Ferdinand, being so popular a Monarch, and so strenuous a supporter of the con stitutional independence of his people, would have been overwhelmed with Loyal Addresses on his re cent victories. In order to increase his popularity, he has re-appointed Prince Canosa Minister of Po lice. This Minister, for his oppressive - and arbitrary conduct, had been dismissed from his office, even on the request of the Austrian Minister, and has since resided at Pisa, in this neighbourhood. As soon as the entry of the Austrians into Naples was known, he was sent for and again re-installed, to give, it is supposed, some examples of salutary severity before the arrival of his Majesty. He is still, however, here; being unable as yet to proceed to Naples on account' of indisposition. The persons instrumental in bringing about the Neapolitan revolution have fled in considerable num bers. Some of them have gone to Malta, and some ' to Spain. Pepe has retired to Corfu. All the books and papers that enter the Neapolitan States, are strictly ex amined. No political work whatever that expresses the slightest freedom of opinion is allowed to pass. It is said here that an embarkation of Austrian troops is taking place for Sicily, in the port of Naples. The Austrians will not venture into the Calabrias, which are occupied, it is said, by about twenty-three thou sand men of the remains of the chief Army, besides the Native Militia. Some obstacle to the complete settlement of the kingdom must have occurred, other wise we should have seen the King hastening away to receive, on the soil of Naples, the congratulations of his faithful and affectionate people. The most probable cause of his delay is, that the Allied Sove reigns have not yet decided what words or promise they will put into his mouth at the first tender meeting. FLORENCE, APRIL 10. It is said here that there have been some disturb ances at Naples, and that Sicily has declared itself independent, and determined to adhere to the Con stitution adopted under British auspices in 1812. The King of Naples sets out from this on Saturday, for Rome. The Gazetta di Genova of the 1 1 th, just arrived here, contains the following Proclamation : " THE POLITICAL CHIEF TO HIS PILLOW- " You have, by your wise and tranquil conduct, realized the expectation of the Public. You have justified the honourable testimony which I recently gave of the excellent spirit by which you are animated. " The circumstances which have occurred now render our d- tuation more than ever serious. According to accounts received this day, the Austrian troops have passed the Po and the Tesino, and arc penetrating into the States of his Majesty. This, then, is the moment to exhibit to Europe the spectacle of a People united by the bonds of perfect concord, and actuated by the feel ings of a true and holy patriotism. " While the Commission of Administrative Government is, in concert with the first Ecclesiastical, Judicial, and Ministerial Authorities, employed in adopting the means best calculated to avert possible evils, and while deputations of worthy atid select Citizens are departing to make known the wishes of the Public, do you aid the paternal solicitude of the Commission, and render us worthy of obtaining that which forms the object of univer sal desire. " But the National Guard Is on foot; its attitude and its zeal are sufficient to dissipate every apprehension. These troops wit watch indefatigably, as they hitherto have done, for the security of persons and property, and for the unalterable maintenance of confidence in all classes of society. A day will come when the Officers and soldiers of this Guard may say, with a noble pride— ' In 1821, I belonged to the National Guard of Genoa. ' " Woe to him who shall dare to disturb public order ! The Police will be firm and active in repressing perfidious machina tions. Union, then, Citizens, the love of peace, subordination to the Magistrates, a perfect confidence in the Divine dispensa tions--these are the duties, these the virtues of men who seek their own security, and who wish for the salvation and the glory of their country. (Signed) " Genoa, April 10, 1921. " BOTTO." TURIN, APRIL 10.—Tax o'Ccomt, This day the regiment of Savoy Light Cavalry, and that of Piedmont, which form part of General Latour's troops, entered Turin. The Marquis . di Faverges was at their head, and they were accom panied by six pieces of flying artillery. The spec tators who had collected to see them were not very numerous, and neither satisfaction nor dissatisfaction was expressed. A detachment immediately occupied the citadel, and the rest halted in the Piazza de Cas tello, to wait for the arrival of the main body. After dinner the people set out on the Italian road to see the troops. Several carriages belonging to the nobi lity of Turin, chiefly filled with ladies, drew up on the same road, to wait for the arrival of their good friends, who were coming to deliver them from the dreadful cry of Viva la Costituzione di Spagna ! The troops arrived at last, about seven in the evening, with the cry of Viva il Re! But this cry was not repeated by the people ; and then I plainly saw that something more than indifference was felt towards the new corners. I saw a detachment of the troops passing before the palace Carignano, salute the Na tional Guard, who were then on duty, with cries of Viva it Re ! but the guard tnade no.reply. All the troops assembled on the Piazza Castello) where General Latour, accompanied by his Staff, and two Officers of the Austrian Staff, reviewed them.— None of the Austrian troops have comb to Turin: they have all marched fro.n Verveil to Alessandria, to invest that place, the possession of which is im portant to the Austrians. If Alessandria and Genoa ' hold out, the invading troops are not yet strong enough to take them by force. I have heard it said, however, by Piedmorftese Officers (but belonging to Gen. Latour's army), that Alessandria will not hold out, and that the gates will he opened to the Austrians. Most of the persons most deeply implicated in the late revolution left Turin yesterday. Some took pass ports for France, others for Spain. It is said that the French Ambassador has given more than 400 pass• ports. The Junta did not attempt to remove the scat of Government to Alessandria or Genoa, or to con vey to those places the treasury, in which them were twelve millions. P.S. The authorities of the city having ordered the inhabitants to illuminate in celebration of the ar rival of the royal troops, the illumination took place this evening. TURIN, APRIL 11. This morning the following Proclamations were posted up : 1. That of the Duke of Genevois, dated the 23d of March, and which has already been publiAred. 2. Another from General Latour, dated yesterday, in which he still calls the new King the Duke of Genevois, which causes it to be belic‘cd that the old King, Victor Emmanuel, will return. 3. A Proclamation from Count Bribna, the Com mander-in-Chief in Lombardy, on the entrance of the Austrian troops into Piedmont.—[We gave this Proclamation in the Star of yesterday.)—lt is worthy of remark that Count Bubna does not say that he enters Piedmont in virtue of any resolution of the Allied Powers. It appears that Austria has passed over that formality. According to the news received this morning from Alessandria, the Austrians were not before that place at noon yesterday. On Sunday afternoon there was an action near Casal, bemeen the Austrians and the Constitutional troops. The latter, it is said, re pulsed the Austrians, and retired in good order to Alessandria. P.S. It is now reported, with wltat truth I know not, that Alessandria bas surrendered. TURIN, APRIL 14. The submission of Genoa, and the surrender of Alessandria, have succeeded to the events which 1 recently communicated to you. The troops that op posed the Austriani and Latour's corps formed a force very inferior to their enemy ; and in their retreat they were abandoned by many of their Officers. The con fusion into which they were thrown prevented them from concentrating at Alessandria ; and the disorder in that place was so &teat, that it surrendered on the approach of the Austrians.—The following Ordinance was published here yesterday : " We, Count Vittoria Sallier de Latour, Commander in Chief, Governor-General of Piedmont, acc. " By order of his Royal Highness the Duke of the Genevese, given in Modena on the 10th of April current, a Coart-Martial is created fdr the purpose of trying the military, and other per sons who have taken part in the rebellion carried on in Piedmont is March last. _ _ " This Military Commission is composed as follows —Count Thaon Revel di Pratolungo, President; Major-General Count Yenanzon ; Major-General Vizlardi ; Major-Gencral Count di Sambrey ; Major-General the 'Marquis di I. averges ; Count Lan gosco di Langosco, President of the Royal Senate of Turin ' • the Chevalier Roget de Cholex, formerly Intendant-General in Sar dinia; Count Calvi, President, Auditor-General for War, and charged with the office of Reporter to this Commission. " Turin, April 13. " DR L iITOUR." This publication has produced a very disagreeable effect here, for the men who are appointed Members of the Commission are the most violent of the Ultras. We are still uncertain who is to be King, whether Emmanuel or Charles Felix. It appears, however, that preparations are making for receiving the former, who is at present at Nice. I shoulc: before have mentioned the Proclamation which Latour issued from his head-quarters at Verceil. It was to the following effect: " We are informed that certain wicked and perverse persons, enemies to their country, are endeavouring to seduce the Royal troops under our command. We shall therefore immediately appoint a Military Commission, before whish every spy or crimp shall be brought and proceeded against within twenty-four hours, with all the rig our of martial law." The Gazette of Naples states that 8,000 Austrian troops have marched from that city for Reggio in Calabria. MORAVIAN MISSIONS. ONADENTHAL, AFRICA, JULY 31, 1820. To give encouragement to our Hottentots, I lately took a walk to the plough-land, and what a charming sight 1 Seventeen ploughs belonging to the Hotten tots were in motion. Surely this one circumstance alone is undeniable evidence, that this once so idle nation is improving in industry. We are indeed in great straits for arable land, every little patch left of that descriptiob was distributed among our people about a fortnight ago, and several of those who ap plied could not be gratified. One of our Hottentots has rented a considerable piece of ground of a neigh bouring farmer. They have also exerted themselves to a degree never before known, in cultivating every spot that was at all likely to repay their labour. There is a want of manure, and therefore the land must be left to rest after two or three years culture. The Hotten tots have, however, endeavouted to remedy the evil by putting straw into the beast-kraal, and otherwise taking better care to collect manure, to which, in former times, they could never be brought to attend. In this, as in many other instances, they are in a course of gradual improvement. Such a scene as the valley of Gnadenthal presents at this time pf the year, when almost every tree is in blossom, is well worth a flight from England to, barren All ica. I cannot resist the temptation daily to mount one of the lower hills overlooking this charming orchard, where I stand amazed at the ex ternal change wrought in this wilderness by the in troduction of Christianity. Tuesday evening, about seven o'clock, whilst James Harrison, about 15 years of age, son of Mr. Harrison, of Trinity-lane, York, was preparing to give a gig. horse some meal and water, at the door of the Black Bull Inn, in Dewsbury, having loosed the mobs franc' the animal's head fort the purpose, the horse ran off with the gig, and the boy in endeavouring to stop it, .. a as tlirown down and lulled: WINCHESTER, APRIL 21. A man named William Brown was on Wedaesd ay apprehended in this town, on suspi c i on o f h aving stolen a lad, apprenticed to a chimney-sweep er , 4 1 the neighbourhood of St. Giles's, London. The pri: soner and the boy (whose name is Thomas Lewis) were proceeding by the coach from London to Southampton, and the appearance and pensive man: ner of the latter, induced one of the passengers to interrogate Brown relative to him, and his answe rs tending to confirm the suspicions which had be ta previously excited, he was taken into custody, on tha arrival of the coach in this city, and the case inves tigated before the Mayor. From the boy's statement, I it appeared, that on Tuesday afternoon, when stand ing at his master's door, a man named Smith intro duced him to Brown, who furnished him with a snit of clothes, and next morning took him in ;he coach, on which they were to proceed to Southampton, and afterwards to embark for Jersey, at which place the prisoner exercised the occupation of a chimntr sweeper. He was committed to the County Bride: well, and a letter written to the father of the boy, who is a slater, residing in Blaclariar's-road, London, from whom no answer has yet been received. During the last month a desperate gang of tLieves has infested the neighbourhood of Illachfrius-road, Kennington, and Cant. l berwell, who, within the last week, have committed no less thai four burglaries in 131ackfriars-road, viz. the house uf Dr. in which silver plate, &c. valued at upwards of sf:100, was stolen; of Mr. FOLKA xi), silversmith, in which property valued at Z 709, was stolen; the house of ;fir. IlyNesoN, Sheriff's officer for Sur rey, in which property to a considerable amount was stclen ; and lastly, the bOuse of J. Mosao, Esq. in Nelson-square, was en tered on Saturday night last, and robbed of plate, jewellery, wearing-apparel, &c. The gang, it is believed, consists of three persons. They got over a wall eight feet high, and effecteduk entrance by taking out a panel of a win dow - shutter, wham, cut out by means of a centre-bit. They retrained in'tbe hare upwards of an hour, and regaled thtsriselves by drinking viva bottles of wine, and eating meat, bread and butter, and half a jar of preserved fruit. One of the thieves took a ha; and left his own behind him. Mr. Mowao applied to the 3lagistrates d Union-I Lail for assistance, and the police arc on the alert to dr cover the robbers. BIRTH& At Carrickmorn, near Rathdrum, the Lady of the Rev. W. limn Lodge, of a son. In Rutland•square, Dublin, the Lady of G. A. Lewis, Esq. of a son. Li Dublin. the Lady of the Iron. Mr. Hewitt, of a daughter MARRIED. At Wodenstovni, In the County of Tipperary, Mary Anne, eldest daughter of the late W. Butler, Esq. And in Dublin, her eldest sister, B. Butler. At Edinburgh, 'Mr. Ccarles James Bancks, of Bewdly, Wor cestershire, w SArab, only child of John fluter, Eq. solo, Bridge. At Edinburgh, on the 16th inst. Adam Ferguson, Esq. late of the 59th Regiment, to Mrs. Margaret Stewart, widow °e thane Lyon, Esq. of Bucklerthury, London. 4 Tuesday last, at Steeple Ashton, Mr. Werest, of 13rattoft, to Mrs. Smith, whose united ages amounted to 120. This is tie third time Mrs. Smith has had the honour to be led to tbe meneal altar ; and her present happy bridegroom had also pre. viously pa: taken of connubial bliss. A gayer wedding was neret remembered at Steeple Ashton. DIED. On the 3d instant, at hi; residence Chateau De Lambert, is Lombardy, Count Laborde De I.ambert. lie Is succeesed his estates by Josias Lambert, Esq. yo ingest son of the 1* Rev. J. Lambert: • • Satutdsy, in Prince's-place, Lambeth, Mrs. Mary .113* widow of the late Mr. William Robins, of Fiert...trp,r. Lately, at Hanover, A. Herschel!, Esq. Well known in de musical world as a profound and elegar t musician. March 27, found ddwnedi in Dublin harbour, Captain Lye, of the brig Betty, of Irvine. Saturday tenttight, at Giatlmsey, Sr Peter De Haviland, Bailiff of that Island, and President of the States. Wednesday, at bin house in Windsor Castle, in the 85th year of his age; Edmund Taylor, Esq. on the ball-pay as Surgeon of the Forces, one of his Majesty's Poor Knights of Windsor, f ormer ly Surgeon of the 15th Light Dragoons, and for many years Sue Surgeon and Superintendent in the Hospitals in the blacd ti Antigua. He served his late Majesty in various partsof the globe, with zeal and activity, for forty-one years. Da'vid Worsley, Esq. aged 50, third son of the Rev. IL Won. ley, of Dillingham. Tuesday last, at Wigton, whilst on a visit to the Rev. Mr. Halifax, of that place, Major Cliffe, of Violet Bank, near Anna, aged 61. lle was in the act of eating his dinner, when he expired. Feb. 6, near Falmouth, Jamaica, James Fraser, son of Mr. s' Fraser, teacher, St. James-quare, Edinburgh, the third son tal has lost in that island since May last. Lately, at Buenos Ayres, Archibald Primrose, aged 26; aid on the 10th of July last, at Cape Henry, St. Hauling°, George s aged 24 ; and at the same place on the 28th January, Allan, aged 22, sons of the late Allan Fowlis, wood-merchant, Glasgow. At his Station, on the South Bank of the Nerbudda, on the 17th of November, Alexander Dick Lindsay, Fag. in the Civil Service of the I-lon. East India Company, second son of tit Hon. Robert Lindsay, of Balcarras, in Fifeshire. April 9, Mr. James Robb, writer, Glasgow. Tuesday, aged 43, after having suffered the amputation dose of his legs, Mr. Francis Ilmson, printer, York. Thursday, at Chelsea, in the 67th year of his age, J. James C. Miniardiere, Esq. late of the Ordnance Office, Tower. Friday, at his house, Pentonville, Charles Price, Liq. Resit. tear of the Legacy Duties, Stamp Office. Friday se'naritht, Mr. Charles Rrightley, an eminent printer and publisher, of Buil. ay, in Suffolk : happening to be in Sons. ford, in the course of a journey on business, lie went from the Crown inn, to secure a place by the coach for Leicester, from the George mid Augcl inn. Ile was remarked at the coal elfice as a fine robu.t-looking man, about 60 years of i"er sod seemed to be in perfect health. He paid his fare, and Ituipnt reached the gateway of the Crown inn, when he fell down and died instantly, without uttering a wort or greats. NEWGAIIi axis LRA DE MIA Li. MARKETS, Ana 2:: (By the Carcase.) Beef "s (kl to 44 od Veal .........3s Od to Si a Mutton 36 od to 3s 841 Pork .........3s 441 to Ss 41 Lamb .ss. 4d. to 71. 4d. _.... PRICKS or HAY Atm STRAW YESTERDAY. ST. JAMES ' S. nit. 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