Star. — London, England, 1822-10-18 00:00:00

_ _ r ~ a ~ ~ , I-1 . i l . - i! I - ~.a ,~,~ w : • r:--- -; •' '~ • . _ LONDON. , ~; ti , , THE EVENING SITAR. fRIDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1822. Sr. Luis—Holiday at the Bank. STOCK EXCHANGE, TWELVE O'CLOCK. Very little doing in the mar k et this morning. Consols for the Account 021 1, and for Honey 991. There was a very heavy failure yesterday in the above market far nearly 1500,000 Codeols, and the House has called upon the defaniten' seventies for ,elOOO, which every person is obliged to give on entering. VOl3lOll MAILICZT. The most business doing to-day is in New Spanish-Bonds.-- All foreign securities remain steady. Current Prices: Chilian as, New Spanish 74, Old 96, New Prnislan 90, Old 091, Russian 94 Danish 911, Neapolitan 14, Colombian 95, Scrip 951, Peruvian 971. • This forenoon we received intelligence from Bayonne to the 1 lth instant, bringing accounts from M4drid_to the 4th..- The news of the coronation of Iroaaint, at Mexico, is said to have deeply af fected the kOy'il Family and the partisans of the Colonial System in Spain. The utmost tranquillity still reigns in Madrid. All the southern provinces, Gallicia, and the two Castilles, are in the same situ*. tiun, excepting that there are some bands of smug glers and robbers, who are incesiantly pursued by the troops and national guards. ZALDIVAR is the only partisan who still draws 'the attention of the inha bitants of the province of Cadiz, hut orders have been sent to the civil and military authorities, en joining tilem, on their responsibility, to pursue him without ceasing till he is completely routed.- Tra. vellers, however, who enter or leave this capital, Me often attacked by robbers and partisans who infest the environs. It is said that General VILLACAMPA will be sent to take the place of EsPitiosA, who does not enjoy the entire confidence of the Constitutional party, be cause be belongs to an anti-constitutional family. Absurd reports are in circulation at Madrid of the approaching nomination of a Directing Committee of three Members; and Generals Ratan and BAL• LASTEROS and the present Minister of the Interior, GASCO, are mentioned as the persons destined for these important posts. This Directory would have executive power after a law of the Cortes, which would continue to exercise their legislative functions. " A rumour is even circulated," says the article from Madrid, " which displeases the majority of the inha bitants of the Capital, for nothing less is said to be in agitation than to remove the Royal Family to Seville. Sensible persons, however, believe that all these re- ports are spread by the Servile: to discredit the au thors of the revolution ; but nothing must surprise • tis if Spain should be seriously threatened with fo reign invasion ; and in support of this assertion, we may quote several articles inserted at•diTerent times in the Ultra Liberal Journals and pamphlets, calling for the application to FERDIXAND VII. of Article 181 of the Constitution, which runs thus, The Cortes shall exclude from the succession the person or persons olio are incapable of governing, or who have done anything for which tl ey deserve to lose the Crown." These Papers contain a narrative of the most re cent events in the North of Spain, which, though not of a decisive character, are in favour of the Constitu tionalists. The following are extracts : BAYONNE, OCTOBER 10. We have received the details of the action which has taken place at Berasuain, between Tafulla and Pampeluna, but too late to give anything more shag an extract. A column of Royalists, of 1,500 men, commanded by Colonel Cabra, had, marched on the 3d from Roncal, and arrived next 4y at Tafulla. General Espinosa, whose operationsfor some time past hate not given the Patriots great confidence, advanced with 700 men towards this point, with the intention of attacking his adversaries, but having discovered their superiority, he did not venture to commence an action. The Royalists, however, forced him to combat by attacking him on the 4th in the Wank, with - so much intrepidity that he was repulsed ' as far as the village of St. Martin, with the loss of 50 men, and was even retiring towards Pampeluna. As chance would have it, a detachment of cavalry, of the regiment Lusitania, arrived to his succour from Puente la Revna, and 600 of the regiment of Va lency, destined for Pampeluna, arrived also at the same time before that town, coming from the three Provinces. Hearing the firing of,musketry, they con tinsed their march, though they had already come above eight leagues. When they reached the heights Berasuain, they surprised a part of the column of Cabra, and in less than a cwarter of an hour put it completely to the rout, killing 150 men, and taking an equal number of prisoners. The regiment of Lu sitania completed this victory by cutting to pieces 200 of the Royalists. Espinosa, agreeably surprised by the arrival of the detachment of the Regiment of Valency, resumed of fensive operations on the sth, and pursued the Royal ists as far as the mountains of the valley of Erro, where it is affirmed that there was, on the 6th, ano ther action, greatly to the disadvantage of the De fenders of the Faith, but the particulars of which are mot yet known. The bulletin published at Pampe. tuna on the 6th, relative to the action of the 4th, mentions the entrance of 120 prisoner, into that city, in the most deplorable condition ; twenty bosses and toules, laden witharnmunition, had also arrived there. Up wows from Saragossa, of the 2d, say that ,~i ~'~~ ~~ a E , • 1, 11 I i li ; i b ;. ~I ii Pr 1 i . 1.1 . 1 1 , 0,1,.t. ; . - ---- ..• . . ..1. •• - _ .-..-• . . , I • • - .. - , • . - . • ' . I . • -• . . . , .. •• . - . . • .ed n g the vital spark, sittn the 2rtival at sou sr belonging to tire Hudson's Bay Company. It is said, that upon the arrival of the sureiying party of the expedition at Slave Lake, the Canadians the m were very nigh breaking forth into some alarming outrage, when they found thasthrir former-comrades, 'instead of returning with the petlitina r ivi A been lost fdr ever ; but we understand . that no serious injury has transpired in consequence of this'very. natural dtaappointment. t ~ _. . • IVAr4m zArTELLivszwes.. • iralsweere, • The David Scott, Boweatcfelans London to Mathis and Ben ' gal, was woken with the inla Augnit, In int. 15. & long. 34. ' The William, Noses, bouid to Dublin, *peers* Quebec on the adult. but was raised, and dlichatiedon the•lth. The John and Sophia, How.sao, from Jersey, west/Lied with her cargo, it Waterford, on the 9th instant, for having half a hogshead of tobacco concealed on board. The Friendship, Ismrsts, mired at Dundee, irons Deities , Straits, brings the following account :—The Rattier, of Leith, with eight or nine fish, on the 10th nit. Earl Percy, of Hirkaldy, nine ; Superior , of Peterhead, nine ; Ingris, of Hull, 17. 7 -380 tuns of t oil ; Cato, of Hull, eight • Middleton, of Aberdeen, seven • Princess o f ' Wales, six ; and the Active, of Peterhead , full. The Friembhip left the ice on the talk ult. The Eliza and Margaret, Toms, from London to Sunderland, was driven on shore at Redear, on Sunday.—Crew ern* The Governor Griswold, Snow, from Rotterdam to Newyork, was abandoned at sea, on the 12th nit. being in a sinking state. Dear., 17.—Wind N.N.E.—Arrived and sailed for the River, the Lady Popham, Jimmie, from Jamaica. Came down from the River, the London, Calm's, for New Verb ; Brothers, M'EvaN, for Demerara • Marquis of Auglrsea, Rom, for Ja maica ; and sailed with the Lucy Davidson, Gnawer:. for Trini dad ; John Shand, Rms. for Jamaica • Trafalgar, Titomsosi, for Sierra Leone; Budget, Means - , for New Orleans ; Tala,Wnive, for. Gibraltar; and several vessels for the Baltic. Tomnstoura, 17.—Wind N. N. R--Arrived she Martha, Jounson, from Newcastle ; Sir George Prevost, Illoainsos, from Quebec. Sailed the Princess Royal, Suuawoon, for New South Wales; Woodford, Cnalwast,,for Madras and Bengal; Samuel, Levitate. for New South Wales ; Martha, JOIIII2ON, for Ja maica • Laurel, BUNDY, for New Providence ; Ann Lewis, for the So u th Seas; Richard, Wiztiamson, for Demerara ; Flora, MILD2I7II, for Charlatan ;Vestal,Roason, for Faysi; and Helen, Watson, for Quebec. Fat.notrrn, Ocr. 16.—Wind variable.—Sailed the Norton Packet, for America. DUBLIN, OM 13.--Yestorday, the Endeavour, M'Calvirv, of and bound to Belfast, out 'bait six wee ks from St. Andrew's; after experiencing much severe weather, in attempting to put into this port, struck on the North Bull, about the hour of ten in the morning. An old man, named Janes MITIMAT above seventy, long known in Clontarf, remained in the life-boa t whilst the others went on board the Endeavour; the sea was so rough that his situation was perilous—a rope was thrown out to hokt him on board, but, by some mischance, it slipped, and got about the old man's neck at the moment they were hauling him no board, and he was strangled !—the body was taken on board, but the old man was dead ! Several valuable articles were put from the vessel into the life-boat; she filled with water; the articles (trunks, &c.), which floated out of the boat, were et.— The vessel remained all night on the Bull. The crew of the life boat, as well as of the Endeavour, came ashore in the ship's boats. Dostrates, Ocr. 13.—Sunday se'nnight, a Charleston brig, *named the Mary and Henry, 17$ tons burthen, and bound for Uverpool, with 1007 bales of cotton, and some cane reeds, was driven on shore at Ahnorness, near ite mouth of the Water of Urr. The vessel having bilged is still on the rocks, but should the weather continue moderate, it is e x pec ted she will get off.— The crew are- at present employed in taking out the cargo, which Iles sustained little damage. A gentleman from Liverpool. and connected with Lloyd's, arrived here on Saturday night, and im mediately proceeded to the spot with a view of superintending the operations tbat are now going forward. Cusrost-House, Ocr. 17.—Ships Entered Inwards : Trident, from Memel; Gute Hoffnung, from St. Andel.° ; Joseph, from Demerara; Prince of Orange, from Onega.; Lord Melville and Julie, from Calais; Feliciana, from New Orleans; Pilchard, from Cape Coast Castle; Marquis of Hertford, from Norway ; Happy Return, from Stettin ; Minerva, from Dantric ; Retrench, from Jamaica. Entered Outwards: Liberty, for Oporto; Po, for Calais • Ridley, for Trieste ; Ruby, for Lisbon ; Three Sisters , for JtOtterdarn ; Regard, for Gibraltar ; Desire, for Teneriffe. Cleared Outwards: Prince of Waterloo, for - Ostend ; &mew, for Amsterdam ; Vriendschap, fur Antwerp ; Mary, for Dublin ; Neptune, for Gottenburgh ; Dauntless, for Elsinore ; Economy, for Bllboa. " • ~. the division of Meagan, 1 t e - -- Ilk :banks f lb!, , Meagan,.- 'Clnca, dbasisting of 4,, ~.., t , ,800 easa i r y, and twoyieces of cannOn, wasdadr n o t i ng r a w . forcements, and had occupied aiilbastro and Anda guesa, having its advanced Oats near to Benavarri, where the Royalists were stationed, to the number of 5,000 men: It is added that Baron d'Erolles wu expected there. On the ether hand, letters from Ce rocra stated that he was at Ostiana, engaged in forti fying the banks of the Segre, from Organja to Urjil, the positions of which are inaccessible. Mina was to 'remove his head-quarters to Cardona, whence it was beliercrthat- be would proceed to attack Solsona ; what the division of Milans was marching by way of Sellent to Beige. We may expect very shortly to receive important intelligence respecting the military operations in Catalonia. . , THE AlidlY. in Tg i o ef act o u h a e dr ic on nw s of o th enen e 1 st i Regiment Earl t of of H i atanta Gsard eon, l' edlook elibillei • are ord. red to march to-morrow, the 19th, and en Monday, le two divisions; from Windsor to Brighton, where they win art rive on the Std and 23d inst. A detachment of the 3d (or Prince of Wales's) Dragoog Guards, General Racntso Voss, Colonel, rrill arrive at Sc2rboi rough to-day, from Newt astleArpon-Tyse, from whence it cow meneed its march on the 14th inst. The 24 and .Iddivisions of the 15th (or Tack Rut Riding) Regiment of Foot, Lkut.-General &r Id. Dreamt, K.C.B. Co, lonel, will arrive today and to-morrow at Manchester, front Hull, from whence they marched on the 11th and 12th instant ; on their route to Dublin. The 71st. (or Highland Light Infantry) Regiment, Gener a l F. Mewl Colonel, which received orders to march, in tw o divisions from Dublin to Fermny, has proceeded to its destina- tion, where the lit division arrived yesterday, and the 2d was to arrive to-day. One troop of the 14th (or the Duchess of York's own) Light Dragoons, General J. W. Earl of EaIIneWATIM, Colonel, marched today from Loughborough for Coventry, where it will arrive to-morrow. Too squadrons, together with the head-quarters of the 3d (or King's own) Light Dragoons, Lieet.-General Lord Cowart out, G.C.11: Colonel, have received orders to march from Brighton, in two divisions, on the 224 and 234 inst. for Chi dancer Barracks, where they will arrive on the 234 and 24th. A Dutch Mail, with Papers to the 14th instant, reached us this forenoon. The following article, re lative to the Greeks, is all that is worth quoting : FRANKFORT, OCTOBER 10. Though the Vienna Papers contain no information calculated to throw any light on the preceding ac counts, of the occupation of the greatest part of the Morea by the Turks, yet we have from the Greeks such repeated statements, andall so nearly agreeing in the main particul ars, stating that the expedition of the Mussulmen into the Peninsula has failed, that their truth cannot be doubted. The next letters from Constantinople, which we shall probably receive in a few days by way of Vienna, will certainly afford some grounds to form a judg ment of the real state of things in Greece. If they can say nothing favourable for the Turkish, cause, and do not choose to mention the successes of the Greelts, their silence itself will give us a pretty fair .ctiterionty which we shall come pretty near the truth. General Kleist Von Nollendorff has passed through Frankfort, and is to follow the King of Prussia to Verona. The French Papers of Tuesday bring a confirma- , tion of the naval victory gained by the Greeks in the Straits of Bocce Silota. It appears that the Porte had prepared a second naval expedition, which was to follow closely after that destined for the Gulf of Pattas, but which was not, however, to appear in the Archipelago till the time when the Greek fleet should be in the lonian Sea. The Turks hoped by these means to place their enemies between two fires, and to revenge themselves at length for all the defeats they had suffered at sea. The encounter took place in the Straits of Bocca Silota, between Negropont and Andros. The Turkish fleet, entangled in a nar row channel, full of rocks and shoals, and attacked unawares, fought with disadvantage. Two frigates were grounded on the coasts of Chymi and of Cape Oro. The greater part of the transports were cap tured or sunk ; the rest of the squadron endeavoured, under all sail, to gain the waters of Tenedos, but were quickly pursued by the victors, and some more ships were lost which had escaped from the fight. Of all this armada; only the three-decked ship, one fligate, and nine or ten transports, re-entered the Dardanelles. The troops, who boasted that they would carry fire and sword into the Morea, all perished except 2,000, either the prey of fire, or drowned in the waters of Bocca Silota. The Turks believed themselves so sure of success, that several rich slave merchants had embarked on board the transports. They expected to make an advantageous speculation by buying the prisoners and sending them into Asia. These merchants are themselves now prisoners at Hydra or Ipsara. The Turkish squadron of the first expedition, which waited a month in the Gulf of Patras, has not been more for tunate in its operations—the plague has taken away a third of its trews, and the attacks it made on Mis solongi were repulsed with loss. According to the news from Corfu of the 20th of September, the City of Corinth has surrendered to the Greeks. On the other hand, a letter from Ce phalonia, dated the 18th of September, pretends that the fortress of Suli surrendered to the Turks on the 13th of September. This proves at least that the news of this capitulation, which was announced by the Vienna Journals two months ago, was false. It is added, that 2000 women and children of the Su liots have taken refuge in Cephalonia. The Constitutionnel contains the particulars of the arrest of Mr. BOWRINO, but they do not materially differ from the account already published. The tele graphic dispatch, for his arrest was as follows: " Arrest Bowsaw°, and place him in the power of the Procureur du Roi—send his papers to Paris."—The Consiitutionnel adds, " As it appears that there is no charge against Mr. BowalNo, there is every season to believe that he will soon be set at liberty, and al lowed to continue his journey. His detention is so much the more rigorous, as it is said he suffers very violently from the teoth-ach." Tuesday afternoon, a Commissaire of Police, ac companied by a peace officer, on the requisition of the Procureur du Roi proceeded in the office of the Colestitutionsel to tike possession of the Paper of Tues day. This seizure is founded, as they say, on the article intitled ts Mon Congres," which is contained in that day's Number, and which is signed 44 Ds PIIADT. " A letter, dated Bayonne, the Sth instant, pretends that the Bing of SAXONY has Wet a special messen ger demanding back his daughter. Pau AT P 4411. Oes 15.—Pive par Gash %ma at NE 40c. dotal at MIL 40e. SPAIN. Every arrival from Spain brings us some document of importance, relative to the measures taken by the Government for restoring internal tranquillity to the country, and placing Spain in a situation to resist any foreign attack, should such be meditated. On the Bth inst. the Secretary of State fur the War Department made a Report to the Cortes en the military state of Spain. This document,, is rf mush too great length for our columns ; but we cannot avoid expressing our admiration of the manly honesty, intrepid frankness, and 'calm resolution, which breathe in every line of it. No man is so truly formidable as he who knows and acknowledges the full extent of the evils with which he has to struggle ; and no Government so well de serves the confidence of its subjects, as that which tells them plainly that its existence depends on their affectionate support. LOPEZ BANOS has, by this ap peal to the nation, taken the only effectual means to rouse them. He paints for the Spaniards without disguise the attitude of their own military force—of their internal enemies, and of foreign Powers. He sliews them that they have a Ministry capable of contemplating and of encountering danger, and not merely bold to meet it, but sagacious to provide the means of its removal. Concealment and deception are at all times the resources of a feeble cause. In this State Paper there is abundant evidence of a con sciousness in the Spanish Minister that the liberties of his country are about to triumph. The Report states, that the force of the Spanish army was reduced by the Cortes of 1820 to nearly 66,000 men, and its amount has since been limited to about 62,000. The poverty of the Public Treasury, the just desire of alleviating the public burdens, the existing political system of Europe, which guaranteed the integrity of the Spanish Monarchy, and - the faci lity of calling out the actual militia, doubtless dic tated these determinations. The consequence his, however, been, that the army is now reduced lower titian it ever has been since the reign 01 PHILIP V.-- But, besides being reduced to this minimum. it is not effective to that amount, and instead of the 62 030 men decreed by the Cones, the army is not at pi ee:lt much above 52,000 strong. This aggregate of .52,000 men includes the house hold troops, which mutinied in July last; and by some means or another there is a deficiency of 2500. The Secretary then proposes that the troops of the line should be increased by 48,000, of %%liich 10,000 are in arrear to the old establishment of the army.— The whole of the militia are to be completed ; and after crushing the domestic foe, Spain will be in a condition to expect, without shrinking, whatever chances the fear or folly of neighbouring States may bring about. The Report of the Minister of Finance, to which we have already alluded, was read in the Sitting of the Cortes en the Bth inst. It shews with what vigour the present Ministers are preparing to meet the foreign and domestic enemies of Spain. This Report takes a comprehensive view of the financial situation of Spain, and expresses the conviction of the Government of the sacrifieer they feel it necessary to demand of the na tion, in order to procure for it the enjoyment of in ternal tranquillity, and of preserving it from being menaced externally, under any motive or pretext, without new impoSts or surcharges. His MAJESTY, therefore, proposes to the Cortes, that in order to meet the sum of 733,896,957 reals SO maravedis, which are considered indispensable towards the end ofJune,lB23, the inscription in the great book of tke public debt of 65,000,000 of reels et rentes, at five per cent. which may be employed by the Government whenever it may be found necessary, and in the manner most convenient to the National Treasry. If such a proposition on the part of the Finance Minister shall be acceded to by the Cones, no better proof can be adduced of the validity of Spanish credit, or of the extensive resources of the country as pos sessing the power of meeting so large an increase of debt. The Report was referred to the Finance Committee. The Spanish news contained in the French Papers received this day, we anticipated yesterday; the only additional fact which they furnish relative to Spain is the approach of the Constitutional Army, com manded by General VALLE, to the position occupied by the rebel force under d'Enow.as. An imme diate engagement was expected between the two armies.- - The murder of TABU/SCA by the rebels is atienfirmed : it has produced the strongest grief and indignation throughout Spain. A funeral ceremony is to be performed at Saragossa in honour of this martyr of liberty and patriotism. Yesterday dispatches were received at the. Foreign Office, hi Downing-street, from the Dike of Wu immioart at Yuma. NORTH-WEST' LAND EXPEDITION. In the STAR of yesterday we mentioned the safe arrival of Lieutenant FRANKLIN ' and the rest of our enterprizing 'countrymen, who had undertaken the dangerous task of a land expedition towards the North Pole. We briefly alluded to some of the hardships they had encountered, but find that they were even greater than were at first believed. It appears, that in the spring of 1820 the Expedi tion approac hed the Copper Milie River, which it descended until it fell into the ocean. Hitherto the Expedition was accompanied by Mr. WINTEEL, a clerk to the North West Company, with ten of their best Indian hunters ; but the wide and open sea, which appeared at the confluence of the river with the ocean, elated the Expedition so much with the hope of ultimate success, that it was thought proper to dispense with the further attendance of Nlr. WIRT ZEL and his hunters, who accordingly returned up the river, leaving the Expedition to proceed in two canoes to explore the coast of the Polar Sea, eastward from the mouth of the Comer Mine River, towards Hudson's Bay. But it seems, that in consequence of the approach of winter so early as the latter end of August, heavy falls of snow, dense mists, and an extremely bare and ill-provided wardrobe, the Ex pedition was unfortunately prevented from accom plishing its end, farther than exploring about 500 miles of the coast which lies to the northeast of the Copper Mine River, and ascertaining that, so far as the eye could penetrate, the sea which lay before them was quite open, and perfectly free of ice. . As the Expedition returned, its wants and exigen cies became alarming in the extreme, and it soon re quired the whole fortitude of the heart, and the utmost exertion of the frame, to brave the hardships which stared-it in the face. n approaching that part of the Copper Mine River from which it set out, it was ne cessary to double an immense point of land, which would occupy a greater length of time than its emer gencies would admit of, and it was therefore deemed necessary to set the canoes adrift, and cut a direct course over land to the Copper Mine River. When the travellers arrived on the banks of the river, they experienced some puzzling difficulties how to get across, buthaving killed ten elks, with the skins of which they contrived to construct a canoe, this hardship was soon overcome; but the joy which it diffused was as transient as disappointed hope. In forcing their melancholy way through the unravelled wilds Between the Copper Mine River and the Great Bear Lake, they fell completely short of provisions, and were for many days under the necessity of sub sisting upon sea weeds, and a powder produced from pounding the withered bones of the food which they had already consumed. In this struggle betwixt the love of life and the dread of a death that must be ter , rifying to all Mankind, Mr. WOOD, nine Canadians, and an Esquimau:, fell untimely and regretted vic tims ; and bad not the survivors, who for several days were driven to the necessity of prolonging a miserable existence by feeding upon the tattered remnants of their shoes, and we fearuon a mare forbidding and unpalatable fare, ex erted themselves by a super-human effort to reach the Great Bear Lake, it is probable that they meld have all suffered the Most exquisite and ap*ling .. rdom. Here they found the Weeds and' the bisstha bones of the animalathak served them for lastwiater's provisions, . which afforded them the mdaothely ingredient; fee, -- ~~i ,71!.; 4 A r ) 1. alt 1