Star. — London, England, 1822-09-11 00:00:00

rr 'S • `'s'4l'l. • • • THE M'ENING STAR. LONDON. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1822. TILE FUNDS. STOCK EXCII ANGE, TWELVR O'CLOCK. A great deal of business has been done in the Market this morning, owing. it is said, to an Express from Paris, which brought the French Funds as high as 96; in consequence of which several large purchases were made. Consols for the Account 81 1, for Money 811. Consols have had buyers to.day at 81/. The Commissioners purchased them at 81%. FoßTtcw FUNDS. —There was a very brisk Market this morn ing, particularly in New Spanish Bonds, which, in the early part, was done at 66, but afterwards fell to 641 5. A great deal of business has been done in the above Stock ; all other foreign securities are steady, and appear to be on the rise. Current Prices:—Chilian 831 1; New Spanish 64% 5; Old 671 ; New Prussian 88 to ; Old 91 ; Russian 87 to A; Da nish S 9; Neapolitan 771 1; Colombian 861; Scrip 861 1. PR ICES OF STOCKS AT ONE O'CLOCK. per Cent. Consols 81 1 /s 3 / 8 Vs 4 per Cent. New 100 1 A 5 / 8 tYB Imperial 3 per Cents. 80 7 /4 7 /s India 13onds 495. 48s.— South Sea Stock 91% Exchequer Rills of 4:1,000, 3s. Bs. . Bank for Account 248 247 248 • Cons. tor Account 81 1 5/8 The colleagues of the late Marquis of LONDON DERRY have paid him a higher compliment than they probably intended, by the embarrassment and uneasi ness they have exhibited since his death. Had the event taken place during the Session of Parliament, they could scarcely have exhibited a greater con sciousness or the weakness 'to which the Administra tion was reduced by the loss of a Nobleman, who, when living, they would scarcely have acknowledged as it main support. It swas not, however, in conduct ing the mere details of office that Ministers felt at a loss : these can always be very well managed, and, in deed, are managed by Under Secretaries and Clerks ; bubit was in Parliament Ministers felt :heir weakness. They recollect that, last Session, notwithstanding they had Lord LONDONDERRY and Mr. CANNING in their ranks, yet they were driven from measures they de clared indispensable, and to measures which they had assured us, in the early part of the Session, would be ruinous. They therefore looked forward with dread to the meeting of Parliament, however distant, and saw but one expedient—that of preventing Mr.CAN NINO from going out to India, by offering him a dis tinguished place in the Cabinet—an offer which he has agreed to accept, and will reoive an immediate appointment. This forenoon Bayonne Papers to the 4th instant, bringing intelligence from Madrid to the Ist, have been received. All is still tranq►iil in the Spanish capital. A pamphlet has recently appeared there "on the Bourbons," which heaps every species of abuse o 1 the family. The new Ministry enjoys great esteem, though complaints are made against its apathy. Several Ecclesiastics, of the highest rank, have been banished, and it is thought the Govern ment will not stop here, being resolved to consoli date the new system, and to put down its enemies. P►eparations were making at Madrid to receive the Infanta of Portugal, who was daily expected.- I.lE.ssrEaEs, the Frenchman who commanded the troops•of the Trappist in the affair of Ayerbe, is dead of his wounds. The following are extracts: MADRID, AUGUST 29. Our Political Chief returned to-day with some pri soners, from the expedition we spoke of : among them are the Members of the Municipality of Fuen carat It is said there were found at Alcourendas great number of muskets and 30 horses, which the conspirators had collected to commence their enter prise. Yesterday (?.Sth), an Officer arrived express from Mina with dispatches. The General was at Sa ras,ossa on the 23d, much embarrassed how to make his entry into Catalonia, without the reinforcements promised him, which were marching in all directions. This morning the Commander of the Halberdiers drew out this corps, consisting of about 120 indivi duals, and made 64 quit the ranks,whom he ordered to lay aside their uniforms and arms, and to present themselves to the Captain-General,where they would receive their passports to repair to the places which would be signified to them, and where they may settle as retired from the service. This guard of the King, as our Readers know, was chiefly composed of • Nobles, and did duty in the apartments of the Royal Family. By this ineans the guard 'of the King is confided wholly to the troops of the line and the National Militia, so that all the pomp of the Guards, and the splendour which surrounded the Palace, have vanished. The victory gained by General Zarco dcl Valle over the troops of the Trappist, has caused great joy among the Liberals here ; and the more so, as it has disconcerted the plan of Quesada to attack Saragossa. They write from Barcelona, of the 20th, that the Postmaster there observed that the letters by the last French Mail, with the Toulon post-mark, had been cut and dipped in vinegar, which confirmed the re port that the fever had manifested itself in that part of France. 'l'.e Sanitary Junta has ordered the strictest precaution to be observed, till the arrival of farther information. We have learnt the arrival, of Baron d'Erolles at the Ses d'Urgel, take the totimand. Cardona is sttll blodkaded by the partisans,. 100 have desblated i the country, the inhabitants of which are weary of all these vexations. .Misas has joined Mo'sen . Anton, at Casa de la Silva, and they have together 3000 men. On the 13th, a Brigadier-General, whose name is nut known, arrived at Olot, where the Royalists re ceived him with the greatest enthusiasm ; he brought from Ripoll 1600 men, and had began to make vari ous military arrangements at Olot. • Romanillos had retired from Cervera, and was fortify ing himself at Calof. .Torrijos had again defeated the factions, and killed 200 men. The accounts from the Ampuradan and Arragon are favourable. The accounts fiom Cadiz' state the almost entire dispersion of .the factious of Ronda, whose numbers have been greatly exaggerated. Elio is condemned to death by the Captain-Gene ral of Valencia ; but the cause is to be revibed by the Supreme Military and Naval Tribunal. - BAYONNE, SEPTEMBER 3. All accounts from the neighbouring provinces of Spain state, that the Constitutionalists display great activity, and are preparing seriously to atta ck Que: sada, and to make his defeat certain. People are curious to see whether, in such a case, the defenders of the faith will be reatived in France with their arms: if this should, happen, which is not probable, the Constitutionalists are said to be resolved. to pur sue them, even into the French territory, where this faction had it origin. It would inevitably compro mise the troops which form the cordon, who will not permit foreigners to violate the French territory. On the other hand, in case of a defection or defeat of the Army of the Faith, it would be impossible to place the soldiers who might be repulsed under qua rantine, the Lazaret of Behobie having only 100 places, which are almost always occupied by travel. lers of the two nations, and that of Aldudes 40 places. It will be curious to see what measure the French Government will adopt towards these fugitives, the only persons likely to introduce the plague into France, by their uncleanliness and wretchedness. It has lately been reported that the Lazarets are to be closed; and evil-minded persons have thought fit to believe that this measure i ras merely intended to facilitate to the fugitives of the Army of the Faith the entrance into France, by removing every ob stacle. The military preparations which have been observed at Bayonne for some days past, the arrival from the interior of artillery and baggage, horses, cannon, and ammunition, the activity employed in making several millions of musket-cartridges, the in tended occupation of the position of Marrac by some companies of troops which are going to encamp there, and the placing of tour brigades of artillery at diffe. rent points, seem to announce not any hostile inten tions towards Spain, as has been said, but rather measures of precaution, which are very necessary in our situation with respect to our neighbours, who , are perhaps now engaged in battle. 1 French travellers from the interior of Spain have arrived here to-day from the Lazaret, and relate the bad treatment they have experienced from the De fenders of the Faith : some have arrived without shirts. The courier Blondel, who arrived here a week ago with commercial letters for Spain, from Paris, was stopped by the factious between Irun and Toluso: after burning the dispatches and stealing the money he had about him for his travelling expenses, they let him go, threatening to put him to death if he should come to Spain a second time. Our Correspondent at Irun writes, yesterday, that the factious last Sunday stopped on the heights of Solinas the Mail from Madrid, which arrived at Bayonne to-day. They opened several parcels and took out all the official dispatches of the Govern ment, making besides, an auto-da-fe of the News- papers. They, however, did not touch the corres pondence for France. The Mails from Bilboa, Sara gossa, and Pampeluna, have also been intercepted, so that our merchants have had no letters from these places for some days past ; the Mails from Bayonne are likewise intercepted. By the official accounts from St. Sebastian, dated the Ist, we see that the partisans Guesala, Zabala, and Uranza, have returned from Navarre into the three provinces, with about 600 men, doubtless with the intention of occupying the attention of General Ruiz de Porras, who is lately appointed to the com mand of Biscay. The force of the latter is composed of the columns of Colonels Campillo and Jaureguy, amounting to about 700 men of the Regiment of Se ville, and a Battalion of the provincial militia of Avila. The factious were marching towards Biscay on -the 28th, but being overtaken by the column of Cam pillo, on the road of Mendaro, they were beaten and dispersed by only one company of chasseurs of the regiment of Seville, and obliged to desist from their project and retreat to the mountains. The Patriot Mendizabal, a volunteer of Villa Franca, was taken on the 26th by the factious : great uneasiness was erm ceived lest he should be sacrificed like the volunteers of Durango, &c. who fell into the hands of their enemies. The Patriots, therefore; begged the Authorities to take the nearest relations of the Chiefs of the factious, as hostages for the life of Mendizabal; and the Poli ' tical Chief of St. Sebastian has accordingly arrested a relation of the Cures Gorostida and Ezeira. There is no doubt that these reprisals will become general . S . . and reciprocal, which will place in a very kiltiCal tuation many peaceable inhaLitants, who hive taken no share in the quarrels of the two parties. The French Papers of Sunday have been received. They are still much occupied with the trials for con spiracy. In that at Poitiers, the Advocate whom the Court forced on General BERTON, against his own declared will, now refuses to defend him. General BERTON read to the Court a written de fence which occupied two hours. In the course of it he alluded contemptuously to that part of the speech of the Attorney-General which asserted, that though there were no material and legal, yet there were suf ficient moral proofs, that Messrs. Sebastiani, Voyer d'Argenson, B. Constant, La Fayette, Manuel, Ke ratry, &c. were Members of the Directing Com miuee. • 64 The Attorney-General," exclaimed Gene ral Berton, " has spoken of a man whom he pretends to have secreted immense treasure belonging- to the Usurper, and with it to keep the conspirators in pay. The man so accused is M. Lafitte, the Paris banker, the same banker who during the hundred days had at his disposal several millions belonging to the King and to the Royal Family, and to the principal people about the Court, which he faithfully remitted to the King and Duchess of Angouleme when they were at Ghent. Probably the Attorney-General had never heard of a fact which, however, was known to all Paris."—The trial is not yet concluded. The offices of the Constitutionuel, the Courier Fran cais, the-Journal du Commerce, and the Pilote, were visited by Commissaries of Police on Saturday last, and all the copies of these Papers published that day which could be found seized. " It appears," says the Courier Francais, I , that this measure has been occa sioned by the article entitled Paris Court of Assize,' in which we spoke of the courage and the resignation of four condemned prisoners, and of the sorrow of their Advocates." Another Paper is likewise' proceeded against for two articles. The prisoners themselves, whose case seems to have excited consi derable interest, were allowed, after their sentence, to occupy one apartment, but under the view of the gendarmes appointed to guard them. They at first refused to avail themselves of the right of appeal which the French law allows, and it was with great difficulty that M. BERVILLE, one of their Counsel, prevailed on them to abandon that resolution. At mid night on the 7th they were' removed to the Bicetre. A private letter from Vienna, dated the 27th ult. professes to give an account of the prevailing reports on the subject of the Congress about to be assembled. These, of course, possess no authority; but as the no tions of German speculators may be amusing to some readers, we shall briefly notice them. The writer begins with the rumours respecting the Germanic Confederacy. New 44 mediatisations," he says, are spoken of. It is also said that important modifica- tions in what is called the gi Constitutional system" of the Germanic Confederacy, will take place.— Count Buor. de SCHAUENSTEIN, President of the Frankfort Diet, bad gone to Paris, where he intended to pass some time; but a courier from the Aulic Chancellery recalled him to Vienna, whither he pro ceeded in great haste. Prince METTERNICH wished him to be present at the Congress in which the fu ture fate of Germany is to be discussed. The writer :hen proceeds in the following terms: • " Now that it appears acknowledged in principle that the inte grity of the Ottoman States ought to be guaranteed by the Sove reigns of the Holy Alliance, and that the Greeks or other Chris tians who reside in the Turkish dominions ought to be aban doned to their fate, the approaching Congress will have but little to decide respecting the affairs of the East; but the affairs of Italy and the Spanish Peninsula present ample materials for future deliberation. It is asserted that the Austrian army stationed in Italy, far from being recalled, will, on the contrary, be strongly reinforced. According to the latest accounts front Rome, the Pope's health is daily declining : Cardinal Gonsalvi is also much indisposed, and his life is despaired cf. In case of a vacancy in the Holy See, the elevation of an Austrian Archduke to the Popedom is considered certain. " With respect to Spain and Portugal, it is from the nearest neighbour of the first of those Powers that the strongest repre sentations for taking an active part in the affairs of the Peninsula, come. These representations have made a strong impression on the Emperor Alexander; bat the Cabinets of Berlin, Vienna, and more particularly that of London, conceive the time is not yet come for interfering ostensibly in those affairs, and in parti cular that the employment of any armed force would be attended with much inconvenience. Meanwhile the report of the assem bling of a Prussian army of observation on the Rhine is renewed. " What is certain is, that great activity prevails in the Aulic Chancellery; that Gents, the soul and the torch of all the former Congresses, the intimate confident of Prince Metternich, labours day and night. Since the month of July, long diplomatic con ferences have repeatedly taken place at the hotel of the Prince Chancellor. Count Gnlowkin, the ordinary Russian Ambassa dor, being absent, Count Tatlscheff supplies his place. The Marquis de Cataman attends the conferences; and in the ab sence of Lord Stewut, - Mr. Gordon, the British Charge des Affaires, has been called to them. The Prussian Minister, Baron de Krusimark, having died, the Prince of 'Hatsfeld has arrived for the conference of the 17th of July. All the peepers. tory measures for opening the Ministerial conferences whkh are to be held at Vienna are already adopted. Count de Tatischei has declared that he is furnished with sufficient powers, and Mr. Oordon has intimated that his Court will act in concert with .chit of Vienna. The Prince of Hatsfeld has just signified that the King his master intends to proceed directly from Berlin to` Verona in the month of September. It is reported that our Minister of Finance, Count Stadion, intends to contract for a considerable loan." The Journal ties Debuts copies a long invective against the Greeks, from the .ipectateur Oriental, which it deems it necessary to qualify with the fol lowing observations, which, considering the quarter whence they come, deserve more than.comrnon atten tion :—.M It tsaya the Editor), to the disgiace of hu =inky, the treets of the Peloponnesns are to B. ! massacred like those of Chios, Fraiace would have a noble part to play by offering to the remnant of the Greek nation an asyltirn in Corsica, in Lantuedoc, Provence, where in former tittles so many Stow ishing Greek colonies wereestablished. Francessould thereby gain an important accession of maritime and com mercial populations she would gain the-Greek navy, which, at all events, will be able to save itself fruni the hands of the Turks. 'This measure does not db pend upon any foreign consent; and requires fok its execution no more than to consult the honour of thi great Christian kingdom, the sentiments of a gene• rous nation, and the heart of the Bourbons. But perhaps PROVIDENCE may yet presei:ve Greece." A private letter from Leghorn, dated August 23, contains the following intelligence--€ , Sixteen Austriah vessels, and some English, lately landed 11,000 Turks at the extremity of the Gulf of Lepanto. These bar barians hoped to retake Corinth, and to repeat the massacre of Scio; but, being repulsed by the cannon of the Acrocorinth, or citadel, they proceeded toward; Anapoli, or Napoli di Romania, pursued by such of the few troops which the army of Thessaly could leave in the Peloponnesus, and by all the population, armed with any kind of weapons they could procure. ' The march of the Turks from Corinth to Argos was remat kable for the kartialiosses which they sustained. They intended to take refuge in Anapoli, which they believed to be still occupied by the Mussulmans; but they were thrown into despair upon learning, at some distance from that town, that it was in the possession of the Greeks. Surprised by the Greeks of Anapoli, joined to those of Corinth, and the inhabitants of the country, they endeavoured to intrench themselves in an old monastery near Argos. Having lost a great part of their baggage, being deprived of all means of procuring provisions, anal in want even of water, it is not likely that they can escape the vengeauce of the Greeks:' Letters from Vienna of the 28th ult. ,repeat the news of the entire defeat of Chourschid Pacha in the Straits of Thermopylae, and assert that all the accounts published in the Austrian official paper of a contrary nature are groundless. None, indeed, tan suppose that the descendants of Leonidas and his illustrious baud would retire over this theatre of their renown without emulating their glory. The most important letter received, however, is from Arta, and it is dated so late as the Bth of August. By the assistance of foreign spies and native traitors, a body of Turks hld suddenly possessed themselves of Corinth ; but the particulars of its capture are a yet unexplained.— The Grecian Senate had, however, acted with dis tinguished patriotism and vigour. A levy had been made of all men between the years of 16 and 60, and when the latest accounts had been teceived at Arta, an army of thirty thousand Greeks had surrounded Corioth, and the barbarians were closely locked up in that town: On the whole, the news from the Morea are favourable, and the next advices may be expected to communicate very favourable results of this invasion of a Christian conntry by these border l of ti ue believers. Extract of a letter from Messrs. Wartni and Co. Agents to kJ:n(l;s, at Smyrna, dated August 2: " We have just seen a copy of a document addressed by the Austrian Naval Captain on this station to the senior British Offi cer, with a dispatch of the Austrian Government enclosed, that they do not acknowledge the Greek blockade . in wt . ) way whir:- ever; and order the Captains of their ships of war to protect their merchant flags against violation by the Greeks ia all cases; stating, at the same time, that the orders are the result of a mutual arrangement between France, England, and Austria, and that their ships of war are to act in concert to enforce this deter mination. These documents we can vouch for as being authentic and official; but none other than the Austrians have received any communications front their Government on the subject." We learn from a Gentleman who was present at the Review by the Emperor ALEXANDER at Moscow, that above 80 Petitions were then presented to him by Officers'and soldiers, who stepped out of the ranks, calling on him to commence hostilities against the Turks. A Priest of consideration had, at the same time, loudly denounced ALEXANDER for his insensi bility to the sufferings of his fellow-religionists, and that in very unpalatable language. Our Readers may draw their own conclusions from these circumstances. A letter from Rio Janeiro, dated May 27, says— The Prince has been declared perpetual Protector and Defender of the United Kingdom of Brazil. A Petition, signed by the Citizens of this place, has been presented to him, praying that he would call a Cortes —.the same has been done by a Deputation from t::e Province of Rio Grande, and in due time, it is ex pected all the Provinces on this side of Para will adept similar measures: these are, however, mere form, necessary in the - political drama to preserve con sistency, and furnish the Prince and his Ministers with plausible pretexts for introducing the preludes to the grand finale, a catastrophe which will probs. bly follow close after. A Cortes will doubtless be called ere long, and one of their first acts of legisla tion will perhaps be, to dignify the Prince by a new elevated title." FROM THE NEW BRUNSWICK PAPER& The accounts from New Orleans state, that the place was getting sickly, and the Mayor had recom mended the removal of all those who could make it convenient. A great portion of the population