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• 46 • %...•••••. lb • -1.••• I • "sk ,rEVENING STAR. LONDON• THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 15. 1821. PRICES OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT OHS O'CLOCK: S per Cent. C0n5.7.5 3 / 4 3 / 4 —Nav7 108 7 / 8 109 1 / 8 109 India Bonds 635. 645. pr.—Exch. Bills 3s. ls. 3s. pr. Commercial.ss. dis.—Cons. for Act. 75% Ys. The following accounts have been received at Lloyd's, this morning, of his MAJESTY : " MILFORD, SEPTEMBER 11. " The Royal squadron, with the KING, sailed this morning, about six o'clock, and was clear of St. Ann's Head about eight, A. At. The wind being about west, we do not think it possible to get round the land, therefore they may run up the Bristol Channel." Another letter, same date, says—" At five A.rt. left this road, his MAJESTY the KING, with his squadron, cottsisting of sixteen sail of ships, brigs, and cutters, wind at W.N.W. moderate breeze. Eleven A.M. wind at west, and every appearance of a southerly wind.— 'No P. M. wind S.W." _ _ " BRISTOL, SEPTEMBER 12. " The Wellington packet arrived in this port this morning from Dublin, and saw the Royal squadron yesterday morning, at ten o'clock, about eight or ten miles from the mouth of Milford Haven, standing across the Channel, with the wind at W.S.W." The Jury appointed to inquire into the circum stances attending the death of Richard How'', have, after fourteen days arduous investigation, returned an unanimous verdict of MANSLAUGHTER against all the Officers and privates of the Life Guards who were on duty on the day of the melancholy occurrence, be tween Tybut n-turnpike and Park-lane. It remains, of course, with the Regiment of Guards themselves, or rather with his Royal Highness the COMUANDER-IN- CHIEF, to determine whether the men so implicated shall surrender themselves to abide the consequences of the verdict which has been thus solemnly recorded. in no other way, that we are aware of, can ultimate satisfaction be done to public justice; and from the opinion which we entertain of the good sense and constitutional feeling which actuate his Royal High- tress the Duke of YORK, we cannot allow ourselves to doubt that such will be the course pursued. To let the matter rest where it does, merely because the Jut y, from ignorance of the numes of the men ac tually on duty, were unable to find a verdict against them individually, would be taking a sort of advan tage, foreign to the manly and high-spirited charac ter of the British soldier; while the voluntary sur render of those concerned, to take their trial for the offence with which they stand charged, will shew a reject for the laws, which it is peculiarly becoming in them, as part of the military force of a free people, to entertain. We are happy at the same time to remark, that this call of justice is on all sides perfectly unmixed with any vindictive feeling towards the individuals who are implicated by the verdict. Every one seems abundantly sensible of the cruel situation in which the troops were placed, on the occasion which led to the catastrophe—of the good-tempered resolution and manly forbearance which they displayed, till provoked by assaults beyond all ordinary power of endurance, to employ the deadly weapons with which they were entrusted; and we are sure the Public in general will view with regret whatever perscnal suf fering or inconvenience may be brought upon any of them for crusequences, the moral guilt of which lies not with them, but on the heads of those who em ployed them, and whose strong headed folly seemed prepared for events even a hundred times more dis astrous than those which actually occurred. We refer our Readers to the extracts which we have given in another part, for the opinions expressed by some of our leading 'contemporaries on this pain ful subject. The Paris Papers of Monday arrived this forenoon. They bring intelligence which, if it may be relied upon, is of the utmost importance. A private letter from Augsburg, of the sth of September, is quoted, which says, A courier from Vienna has arrived to day with the important news that the two Russian armies, comma►tded by Generals SACKEN-OsTEN, ar.d Wit IGEN sTEIN, are in full movement since the arrival of an extraordinary courier dispatched from Saint Petersburgh. Baron STROGONOFF will remain personally at Odessa. Ile will wait there for new orders from the Russian Government.— The Aulic Council of War dispatched, on the 30th of August last, several Estafettes to the Generals in command of the Austrian troops cantoned in Tran sylvania and in the Bannat of Temeswar." A Frank fort article, of the -Ith Sepember, adds, that the Em peror ALEXANDER is immediately expected at Odessa, whence he will repair to the head-quarters of Gene ral WITTGENSTEIN ; and that a Deputation, com posed of the most distinguished Greeks, is on its way to Odessa, in order to supplicate the EMPEROR to ac cept the Protectorate of Greece. Letters from Constantinople of the 10th August, and from Smyrna of the 2d August a received this mo:ning, mention, that all the shops are open, and that business is carried on as usual. The corn ships are permitted to sail without interruption. The report of the destruction of the Turkish fleet by the Greeks is stated to be without foundation. The following is an extract of a letter received ,* ..,,. 7►' • from the Agent to Lloyd's it Constantinople, dated' August 10 :—" My last, of the 25th ultimo, in formed you that the Baron Strogonoff was preparing to leave the city. He had been detained till this day by northerly winds; but a temporary change having taken place, he succeeded in clearing the channel this morning, having previously caused the Russian Arms to be withdrawn from the Chancery. The Porte, who has constantly expressed its friendly dispositions towards that Power, continues the usual guard at the Russian Palace, as if the Representative of that Power were still here. Our only hope of peace now rests on the mediation of the other Am bassadors, which, should it be unsuccessful, we fear our safety here will be very precarious." We have received, this forenoon, a supply of Spa nish Papers of recent dates. The following are extracts: BIADRID, AUGUST 29. A disagreeable occurrence which took place this evening in the street of Jacometrezo, has troubled for a moment the tranquillity of the neighbours of that quarter. It appears that Don Ignacio Ordobas, Colonel of Engineers, and Officer of the War Depart ment, who had just returned from the Escurial, had a dispute in his habitation with the porter who had unloaded his effects, respecting the payment of his labour. We do not venture to say what passed be tween them, but the persons in the street saw the porter come out with his arm wounded, and com plaining that Signor Ordubas had ill used him with his sabre, because he asked him for the payment which they had agreed upon; the neighbours, with out making any further inquiry, immediately declared themselves in favour of the wounded man, and began loudly to demand that this crime should be punished. Troops came up. One of the Constitutional Alcades presented himself on the spot. At last, General Qui toga came up, who addressed the people, and took Ordubas by the arm, conducting him, with others of his friends, to the quarter of the street of Fuencar ral, between two guards of infantry. The people, as on all similar occasions, as soon as the measure was taken of arresting the person whom they supposed guilty, behaved with the greatest propriety, aisd persed quietly. We have heard various statements of what passed in the house of Signer Ordobas between, him and the porter. Some have suffered themselves to be carried away by the first impression excited by the sight of the wounded man, and affirm that the right was wholly on his side : others give some credit to the declaration of M. Ordobas, and think that the porter demanded what was not reasonable, and grossly in sulted the Colonel. We shall suspend our opinion till time, and the Authorities, who have the affair be• fore them, shall inform us of the circumstances of the affair ; though we find it may be difficult to be ieve that Colonel Ordobas should have so far forgot- ten the rights which an unarmed man has in the eye of a soldier, into whose hands the country has not put arms to outrage the citizens, but to defend them. VALENCIA, AuGusT The plague having manifested itself in Algiers and Morocco, the Board of Health has prohibited vessels under the national colours from trading in the ports of Africa. BARCE LON A, AUGUST E 2. The infection in this city remains in nearly the same state as hitherto, the number of the sick and deaths, &c. in the last four days being Date. Remaining. New eases. Deaths. 18th, - 18 - - 4 - 1 19th, - 21 - - 2 - 2 20th, - 21 - - 5 - 3 21st, - 20 - - 2 - 5 2.2 d, - 19 - - 0 - 0 Only three have left the Lazaretto in the four days, viz. on the 20th.—Madrid Papers, August 30. CADIZ, AUGUST 17. - - Last night, a circumstance occurred here which seems impossible to have happened in the cradle of Liberty. A citizen, an Officer in the National Mili tia, whose name we have no mind to publish, came to the office of this Paper in his uniform and with his sword, accompanied with other citizens, one of them with his sabre, abusing and threatening us, to make us tell them who was the author of the article " Plaza de la Cons, it a: ion," in our Number of the 13 th inst. ' We answered that he was not authorised by the law to desire this information to be given him, and that the only method of obtaining it was pointed out by the law, which he was violating in a most scandalous manner, by his violence, &c. Seeing that all our re presentations availed nothing, we gave notice to the patrol, and accompanied by it, one of us went with' the Officer before the Alcade, who, by influence of his authority, at length convinced him of the impro priety of his conduct.—Mercantile Diary of Cadiz. Tuesday, his Royal Highness the Duke of YORK held a Levee at his Office in the Horse Guards, as Commander-in-Chief. Among those presented to his Royal Highness, was General Sir HUDSON Lowe, on his return from St Helena. -- - Colonel QUENTIN arrived at the Horse-barracks on Friday, and left on Monday. Thursday se'nnight two young men were unfortu nately drowned while bathing in the mill-dam at kingoldrum, near Dundee. Wednesday se'nnight, Alexander Barnet, mariner, Broughty Ferry, and John Anderson, a boy belonging to the West Ferry, having gone out in a small boat to fish for mackerel, were suddenly overtaken by a squall, which upset the boat, and her little crew were drowned. ADJOURNED INQUEST O.V R. HONEY. FOURTEENTH DAY, SEPTEMBER I. Several of the Jury had assembled this morning before eleven o'clock (the appointed hour of meeting). At eleven, the CORONER and all the Jury were pre sent. It being at this time understood, that as soon as the names of the Jury were called over they would begin to consider their verdict, no strangers were al lowed to enter the room. _ _ As soon as the names of the Jury were called over, the Foreman addressed himself to the Coroner, and begged, on behalf of himself and his brother Jurors, to express the gratitude which they felt towards him for his great kindness and attention to them through out the whole of this tedious inquiry. As they were now about to commence the consideration of their verdict, and as some lengthened discussion might arise, they hoped to be allowed to have a room to themselves. The Constable said, that there was no other room in the house where the Jury could be so comfortably accommodated as the one where they then were. The CORONER said, he would save the Jury the trouble of leaving the room ; he would retire to the Hyde Park Hotel, where he would await their deci sion, or any application which they might have oc casion to make to him. He would now leave them to themselves, and he hoped that their labours would soon terminate.—The Coroner then retired, and at half-past eleven the Jury were left to themselves. At a quarter before six o'clock the Jury-room was thrown open; and shorly after the CORONER rose, and said, GENTLtmrs—l understand this is the verdict to which you are unanimously come—namely, 4 A ver dict of Manslaughter against the Officers and men of the First Regiment of Life Guards, who were on duty between Tyburn-turnpike and Park-lane on the day on which Richard honey was shot, namely, Tuesday, the hilt day of August, 1821: Is this your una nimous verdictr The Foreman.—" Yes, Sir, it is." The Jury then signed the record of the Inquest, and Mere discharged in the usual form. On the Crier's concluding with the words " God save the King," the Jurors replied, " Amen." FROM VIE TIMES. This, we doubt not, is, on the part of the Jury, a conscientious verdict. The impression which was left upon our own minds by the whole of thesvidence taken together, and mere espe cially by certain portions of it which were the most positive, uncontradicted, and unsuspicious. might perhaps have induced us, had we been Jurymen, to lean towards a judgment less qua lified in the degree of guilt which it ascribed to the destroyers of Honey. nut though, on fair and manly grounds, we dissent from the exact terms of the verdict, we respect the motives by which it was governed ; nor shall we follow the modern exam ple of intimidating Jurors, or vilifying their decisions, when they happen to be at variance with our own. Much as, in our opinion, it would be desirable, that so far as was consistent with the sworn facts of each case, the sense of every tribunal through out the land, from the Coroner's Inquest to the final array of the Petty Jury, should be declared against the agents of military violence, and should stand in the breach to protect our free Con. stitutiob no humane or reasonable being could entertain such a sentiment from vindictive feelings towards the unfortu nate soldiers. Where the soldier betrays no peculiar and malignant ferocity, but acts, although strictly speaking, in contravention of the law, yet, speaking morally, under the pressure of painft.l and per plexing circumstances, arising of necessity out of the situation in which his superiors have unjustly placed him, a Jury, it is true, may he compelled by their oaths to find such a man guilty of the crime of murder : yet the Ministers who have exposed him to the risk would be unpardonable for suffering him to undrrgo the punishment. Why, then, we shall be asked, call for the trial of a criminal, only that he may escape the gallows? We answer, that it is of inestimable importance that an arbitrary Minister should be forced to screen from punishment a crime which has been perpetrated in obedience to his wenvetters. It would be such an exposure of the red criminal—it would be such a signal condemnation of that kind of Government under which crimes become inevitable, and punishment impossible—that after a very few public instances of subjects shot, and soldiers after convicting' pardoned, little more would be heard of peace-officers in helmets, of constables' staves represented by drawn sabres, er of Magistrates receiving orders from a Captain of the Guards. It is from our constitutional anxiety to see the end of this ter rible system, that we are disposed to lean in every case of mili tary violence against the principle from which the violence ema nates, though not against the persons (more to be pitied than condemned) who have been its unwilling agents. It is there_ fore that we feel disappointed in some degree, when we find, or think we find, a Jury entrapped by their own moderation and tenderness into a judgment which militates against a great re form in our state policy, but which saves no culprit from legal punishment; because, as we said before, none Is in danger of his life. At the same time, let it be well borne in mind, that a bill of indictment may yet be found for a crime more serious than that which the present Jury have recorded, and that a con viction, even to the extent of Manslaughter, would not be with out advantage to society. FROM THE MORNING CHRONICLE. The pews of the Jury will, we have no doubt, he generally racogn ' .,:cl as sounder than those of the Coroner, who recom mended a verdict of Justifiable Homicide. The defence set up for the soldiers by the Coroner, that their lives were in danger, and they were acting only in self-defence, was rather at variance with the suggestion thrown out by him, that during the interval of calm which preceded the firing, they were leisurely employed in loading their fire-arms. But such a defence as this for military in array ought at all times to be viewed with great distrust, as withdrawing the military from all dependence on the civil au thorities. To allow soldiers to act against the people without orders from a Magistrate, and on a supposition of die people's having no legal right to the position they may chance to occupy , to drive them from it, and, if resisted, to fire on them, on the pretext of self-defence, would be to relieve soldiers from all civil controuL The Jury, however, have adopted sounder views, and have not made themselves accessary to the establishment of practices which are directly at variance with the principles of our Constitution. While we consider ourselves bound to give expression to these opiates, we arc fax from estertah)ing any hostility against the unhappy instruments of Nlinirderial obstinacy and litvs 3 ,.. deuce. We are anxious to expose a ‘ystem gradually iuvadLl the Constitution, the baneful effects of must he and traced in their destructive progress. In mercy, then, t,, is dividuals, we cannot spare principles of actico pregna nt mischief to the community. The rash folly of a self-willed nos may give motion to a piece of dangerous maettittery, the ( ler , Lion of which it is nut in his wisdom to foresee, nor in his posht to commit! ; but he is no less answerable for having gi7t„, etc impulse, and the primitive Wisdom of the law would withdraw from bins the opportunity of ever again employing sh e ensitk of mischief; the passive instrument of death is forfeited with us, and was abhorred by antiquity. There is no law, in the ease ttnw before us, unhappily, that reaches the cause of disaster, the sur fortunate agent must bear the punishment, his employer only the disgrace. Military interference, the root of the evil, is ex,, now in this country in its infancy, but it is the infancy of a gig. , whose clumsy strength is not the less forinitizble because Suite by little reason, and exerts.] on frivolous occasions, to aseertais the extent and measure of its powers. It behoves us : 0 uwch the growth of the monster. FROM THE NEW 'mfrs. We shall not at present enter into any inquiry respecting rSe effect of this verdict, nor by whom and by A% 112. t me...ns the cers and privates on duty at the pzrricular time when Hote l was shot are to be ascertahwd. Leariug chlt ni ::ar view qu ks , tions of law which may arise upon such a verdict as 'Lis, it it clear that unless the ascertainment lcz,z:lly devolve on some ptll, lic authority, the verdict int:;t be a mere brutiox 4. • • • The le al right of the soldiers, as well as of ::ny other citizen=, to interfere to appca3e a riot , even when not cially on any panic:dor duty, we have reprzt..ally shown ins% the highest legal witliorities. • • • • ft is to he regret"' that the Verdict is not accord.: with the wry clear, and satisfactory explanation of C:e b the C. ner's Charge to the Jury. FROM TILE MORNING POST. On this verdict we congratulate the dnry, the Life Goa% and the community. We congratulate the dory, because, wa the propensities which they had displayed in the course of the investigation, and the strong excitements constantly admioisi d , t i to them by a seditious and blood-thirsty portion of the Pos, they have, to a very considerable extent, redeemed their k. ratter fur good sense and impartiality. We congratulate ;it Life Guards, because they now stand completely acquitted froa the charge of having wantonly shed the blond of the assalza And we congratulate the community, because all the arts ad efforts of the enemies of order have failed in perverting and& gracing the noble and valuable institution of the Jary. Thera sent verdict being general in its nature, leaves no roam for hi. vidual prosecution, or, indeed, for prosecution of any kind. Ts character of the offence, cleared of all the dark colouring threw upon it by calumniators, is reduced, if not to its natural huen least to one less removed from that of truth. To declare tin naangaughter has been committed, Is to proclaim that had limn given for the act ; for had there been no provocation would have been wilful murder. FROM TILE BRITISH PRESS. Upon the indiscretion of the Ministers of the Crown in isetii ' commands which were known to be distasteful to the greatly* of the people, and must, thereto*. have necessarily led to g. *ls and the shedding of human blood, we have already expreol our decided sentiments ; but we must conCess th.it we unfair and cruel in the extreme to censure the troops VA10742 employed by the Governr.::nt upon that occasion to ennet their unwise commands, or u. attribute to them the r.:rrirl of whatever accidents tnirbt wise from their heir g ylaced'atal lision with the people. We are firmly persuaded that trod in the world could, under the painful circumstances dna mid the day of the Queen's funeral, have displayed gn . .itt r forbcr. ante, temper, or humanity, than was evinced by the Life Guari. It is quite evident to common sense, that had they used at means of attack which they had in their power, with all the effect that necessarily belongs to the use of them, the toe* quences to the people must have been tremendously desunan There were, however, in fact, but few casualties among crowd, while, on the part of the soldiers, the accidents wen very numerous. A soldier is often placed in very painful ad difficult circumstances, in which he is entitled to a large portal of indulgence. The soldier must be considered merely as du instrument of another's will, and if, when acting under thel commands of his Officer, or in a supposed obedience to the eivll power of the Government, he should not nicely calculate the precise operation of a penal law, his involuntary crime ought not to be visited with a disproportionate severity. Not upon the soldier, therefore, ought the censure of the Public or the penalty of the offended laws to fall, but upon the real triads*. by whose authority his actions have been governed. Day nv-LA E.—Not with standing the unfavourable state of the weather last evening, the House was filled in every part. In the dress circle were mas fashionable and elegantly-dressed females, among whom were Lady POLE, Lady FRAZER, &C. The attractions of the coronation continue undi niched ; this splendid pageant went off with its customed eclat. HAYNIARILET.— Venice Preserved was repeated • night at this Theatre, when Mrs. BRUDENELL, Lady who made her debut last week in the parts Bclvidera, having in a great measure subdued tls timidity attendant upon a first appearance in so IP duous a character, confirmed the impression rhich her earlier exertions had made upon the favorable opinion of the audience, by a fuller developew t of her powers, and the exercise of a more steady reliance upon her own judgment. The applause which re. warded her efforts was marked, warm, and judic im% Mr. CONWAY'S Ager, and Mr. TERRY Finn. nightly gain ground in the public estimation. Tt.' lively little Interlude of Match Making followed,r. i which the spirited acting and genuine comic tales' ' of Mr. TERRY, Mr. JONES, Mr. OXBERRY, and CHATTERLEY, afforded a high treat. The Farce (; Too Late for Dinner concluded the performances: the evening, and went off with its usual cc/at. I.' House, considering the unfavourable state cf weather, was well attended. ENGLISH OPERA•HOUSE.—A just tribute 11 . 2.. , ' night paid to the successful efforts of the 31432 e. 4 :1 of this entertaining Theatte, in as num eroo audience as we have witnessed since its evelliPr; The new Piece, A Care for Coxcombs, excite warm and deserved applause. The g;se' . . and lady-like acting of Miss BLArC/lAED let ,I leart powerful recommendation. :I tunrher,l fashionables graced the chess circle, anongst'. l were the Marquis and Marchii Lusuolw and party. - By an oversight, an article in our Paper air'.' day, headed " BowArnarE," was given in 4: 3 . of a letter from Paris. It was it fact written is don, and addresced to 1•&.,,, forw.uile l / 4 1 . The 'Reiland Trot o n ch.? Gth October, Captail 'N TV. b e en appciintea B rio si r ARCHIBALD ( 'I: RI The Command ant s hilling; a daY, with Establiihmritt but Chathant G rison, Battalion, and a Pew NA V. Dann, Seer. IC: • eellency Prince Es c unwr ous Stilte • guns of the batteries board the Rob R o l salutat i o n. —Sailed Lark, passage vesse l , for O s tend. His N l f o rd for Portsmoutl this harbour last nig flowing of the tide a rearly all boded: 613 gut off. DeAt. Srrr. V 2.- LEY, front St. .its , d for Demerara; at. and 'lope, CASSE, ft Sailed, the back, the Samuel_ at: n.; *mo this moral 7. parted from h:r and Gaairz.srap, Sem Bengal FALMOUTH, SI. Bali4bury, wita M„ tor Tiiebie. MARGATE, Sart. from St, reter.burgl cable. H•ltWlelf Serr. land; and Lady Nep Liveuroot., Seer. St. John ' s New lira The brig Hope, of was spoken with on leaky, both pumps gi Cowes-Housa, BeaLl, from firer) from St. P..tet front ditto; arid, f Joseph, from St. Pei see, from Montreal Out ward.; : The V, r: for ditto ; David, 1 and Ann, for Antwe tersburgh ; New Fri and Industry, for Ni AfteivEn—At Puu drew's (N. 8.). At DOS Ayres ; Mary, .---, from Jamaica 100, M‘Donald; and Britannia, Stewart, grew, front Quebec; Island ; Pelican, NI! Sundswall ; Enterpri Neptune, I leard, fri Hancock, from Opoi ramichi ; Carolina, E burgh. At Quebec, I Duck, Nicholls, frog VFNSELS SPOKEN W draa and Bengal, on E. Dove and Eliza, land, on the lath ult. Yesterday a C East India nous thus stationed, vi: For Liengal and Ch (Nov. ship); New SI rain CA►IERON (early For 'Aladras and ( BANE 6; and New tiln For Bombay and (late) ; Berwickshire abbe, Captain Alum! (early); and Dunira, For 11.:::coolen aui For St. Helena, WALIFIL ; and Orwe For China direct— quis of iiundcy, Cai &muzzy Canni Friday, a pub trates of Kilmar Sir JAMES SUAII London, to whic FULTON, Chief 11' pony spent thee , conviviality, eni priate toasts and lations of respec these distinguish , dignified virtues success in life, ai generosity they bringing forwarl honour to the ph IFS The Marquis an Ban, Warwickshire Mr. Vivian, from Duke of Mr. and Airs. Mr. and Mrs. II for Brighton. Mr. and Mrs. Ra Mr. and Mrs. Th Mr. and Mrs. M Sir Mark and L slack seat in Yorksli The Duke of M don Hotel, Rondo ditto, from Winyin Lord Viscount, Jermyn.ritre 11r. and ;Irs. Duwauer Lady Du The bodies of and of the asNi dug out of the street, thi s mor o'clock, the rub rrach The wif e o f J ac vas found, an d they world fin !‘rt.:l a ledger u I . his led ger wa Ins life. Ilaviti out of the acco there was only went for it, bur his return. r ere tak...11 to A toes: will sit or