Star. — London, England, 1814-12-10 00:00:00

THE EVENING STAR. LONDON. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1814. PRICE OF :ill/CIO THIS DAY AT 'rwEiNE O'CLOCK: Reduced 65: per Cent. 811-1-5 per Cent. Navy shut Cousols shut—for account, 66.167—Oninium Slit di,. Bank Long Aims. int —lndia Bonds 19s. pre. Exdstquer Bills par, to 4s. prem. In the Court of Common Council, yesterday, Mr. WarrituAN moved the Resolutions printed in our first 'page against the Properly Tax being continued. He prefaced . them with a speech, in which he stated, in forcible language, the unequal pressure of the Tax, and the evils resulting from the inqoisitorial mode of collecting it. After a discussion of some length, in which the Rest lutions me t ith a very slight opposi tion, they were carried u moody, with the excep tion of cute hand held up lust the first Resolution. A Petition, embracing t übstance of the Resolu tions, was adopted, and ordered to be presented to Pallan.eut. 6itni:.tr Resolutions will, it is probable, be adopted by the Common :lall on Tuesday next ; and we may condo:L, that this example will be followed by the several Wards within the City, and by the Counties and Cities throughout the Kingdom : for, though the Country submitted with great patriotism to the heavy expenses necessarily incurred by the unexampled struggle in which we were engaged, the Property Tax has always been obnoxious to a great majority of the nati..n. To-day we received Paris Papers of Tuesday. We have made such selections as seem to us to be most impt , ri ant : from Vienna we learn nothing through their medium that can be relied on as authentic. The inlellie,ence from Madrid continues to be of a most disgusting complexion. Tue Chamber of Deputies has been occupied for several days in discussing the claims of Marseilles to the privileges of a free port. The Regal Projet granting the Mt privileges has been approved of by a large majority. The Gazette de France replies, in the following terms, to the charges brought against it by the Mini . bur, and which we gave yesterday :—" The article in the Gazette de France complained of, proves that at the period alluded to it was very well informed, and that its fears were founded upon what was then pass- . - - ing, saving such variations as ?flight intervene. It • was never dou:tful that the occupation of Saxony was provisionally resolved on. It was not doubtful that all the Northern Gazettes announced that Frederick Wil- liam would be King of Fruss;a and Saxony, &c. &c. The Gazette de France was, therefore, no farther in fault than to have been correctly and promptly in. formed, if a fault it can be caned to have awakened the attention of Europe to an act of so much impor tance. To conclude, the Editor of the article of the 11th November cannot reproach himself with having hurt the feelings of a truly respectable'Sovereign, or of having deciJed haughtily on questions of high im portance, which were beyond his attainments. The eonchltnces, therefore, with wUch'we are reproached, deserve rather praise than blame, as being, in fact, but the expression of a heart wounded by the ap pearance of a manifest act of injustice." The gobs mouches (gossips) of Paris, are on the tip toe of expectation with respect to a trial which is about to take place in the French Courts, between Lours BONAPARTE, the Ez-King of Holland, and Madame, his wife. They have not lived together for several years in consequence of her reported doubly incestuous intimacy with BONAPARTE, her husband's elder brother. Several curious disclosures respvcung the vile Corsican's private amours are expected to be made. Madame Lours BONAPARTE, or the Countess ST. Let:, as sire calls herself, was daughter to Jose- Pirrxe, ti,e idt.t Empress, and the cause now at issue between her and her unfortunate husband, respects her share in her mother's succession. Against the moral character of Louts BoriAPARTz there never was the slightest impeachment. An article from Vienna states, that the fate of Saxony is in the hands of England. There are two parties on this question, and both, it seems, have been anxious to obtain the concurrence of this country. Should this prove correct it is probable that the in. depeadcnc.: of S.ixony will be preserved. It is true that the KING deserve.; no favour from the Allies; but it is equally true that the Government of this country does not it a maxim that a whole corn. :nunity is to be injuicd for the punishment of its chief magistrate. VALLADOLID, NOVEMBER 25. We karn from- ivla.drid that Don Thomas Moyano is definitively appointed Minister of Grace and Jus tice. lii) predecessor, blacanaz, is to be transferred to the Castle ui Villaviciosa, an old country palace of the court, and which within these few years has been transformed into a polit;cal lazaretto. It was there that the Prince of the Peace was confined at the pe. niod Of the abdicataon of Ding Charles IV. We are assisted that the Ex minister, Macanaz, is dani,erously ill ei the gout, but this has not softened the malice of ;he King, We had, in vain, flattered ourselves with seeing the influence diminished of die canon Ostulaiza and hip cilleague. the Reveres.( Father Atalaya. The fur trier preaches DO longer, and thu latter has given up his incehdiary Joinual b but both of Oleg% take as g• the share in the deliberations of the Council of his Majesty. We are ignorant to what extent the Duc del In. fantado, M. Cevallos, and the new Minister of Jus tice, have subscribed to this influence. M. Escoiquez does not appear at Court at all. The Duc del Infantado is in high favour. M. Ce vallos, the new Minister, seems to have renounced the idea of publishing the answer which he promised on the subject of the Marquis of Almenara's pamphlet. VIENNA. NOVEMBE.R 25. • France and Bavaria continue -to make common cause in favour of Saxony, and have pronounced, in a decided manner, for the maintenance of the inde pendence of that kingdom. Austria seems also to' be of this opinion, without, however, appearing so zealous and ardent. The different parties contend for the support of England (s'autorisegt de I'appui de P4lngleterre) : Russia supports Prussia ; the latter wishes for Sazoay : How is this great question to be decided I Time alone will show. The declaration of the King of Saxony, which has been officially sent to all the Ministers at the'Con gress, to all the Princes of Germany, and wittily fused, has produced a keen sensatioM Without replying l officially to the small States of Germany who ask for a share in the deliberations of the Germanic B dy, they have been given to under stand, that their number and pretensions will bring with them too much tediousness in the progress of affairs ; that they must therefore trust their intarests to the greater States ; and that division*and ill blood will produce their ruin. • The Declaration of Count Nesselrocle, Minister from Rus , ia, relative to the affairs of Germany, con tains a passage which has struck•several persons : His Majesty the Emperor of Russia► has seen with regret the opposition which has been raised against the loyal Germanic Constitution, proposed by Prussia, and founded on the well being of the people of Germany." PRIVATE LE I' TERS.• " PARIS, DISCIMSER " The order for recruiting the French Army has been put into execution. It will be recollected, that on the reorganization of the army in the. course of last summer, an immense number of old soldiers as well as conscripts received permission to retire to their families ; but were to hold themselves in readi ness to reassemble, and join their regiments, on the first summons. The measure above alluded to, there fore, cannot properly be considered a new levy, being only a recall of such a proportion of the 'furloughs granted as would make an addition to the troops on active service of 80,000 rncn. One half of these have already joined their corps. On the specific objects of this increase of force on the part of the French Government, it would be vain to speculate. The meaning of it must b referred to-the negociations of the Congress; and it is perhaps designed to influence is some degree their issue. It is quite familiarly talked of at Paris, that the reason why M. Talleyrand has not appeared to inte-' rest himself with so much warmth on the fate of Flanders as on that of Poland and of Saxony. is the perfect conviction entertained by "France that she can take possession of the Netherlands when :he /:leases, and that it would be both surrfluous and imprudent to make a premature parade of anxiety about that which she is able and resolute to seize upon at some future day." . " Dec. 3.—An event of some importance has oc curred within these "few hours, in a change of the heads of three leading departments of the French Mi nistry. To begin with the first iN point of conse quence, whether we regard. the office itself, or the hands to which it is now entrusted. General Dupont, who held, ever since the King's arrival, the admieis tration of the war department, was never popular with the army, since his surrender in Spain. General Du p-mt also has necessarily been the organ of all the re. forms and reductions in the composition of the army, which, however unavoidable on the part of the Go. vernment, with a view both to politics and to the state of the finances, have produced not a littld irritation and discinterv. Besides, the complaint nas very ge neral, th it the service did not go on ; that obstructions were daily accumulating ; and no decisive arrange ments making, to stop the progress of these two-fold evils—the unpopularity and imbecility of the Minister. The King, therefore, determined at once on a change that should operate effectually on the morale of the troops, as well as on the ease of the public ser vice : he nominated Marshal Soult as successor to Dupont. Souk's conduct in Bretagne has gained him the esteem of his Sovereign. He has. the entire confidence of the troops. As a man of general abi lity, he ranks perhaps, foremost of all the French of ficers ; though he is distinguished more for extent than accuracy of mind : and, notwithstanding his fine or ganization of the South of Spain, his administrative talents are said to be inferior to those of Suchet, who divides the suffrages of the well-informed persons here with regard to his fitness for the War Department. The Duke of Dalmatia is not supposed to consider Talleyrand with much respect. The next removal is of M. de Beugnot from the direction of the Police to • that of the Marine—a nomination by no means so satisfactory as the former. " M. D' Andre, an able and estimable Member of the Cmistituent Assembly, succeeds M. Ben not as Minister of Police. The latter had resigned above a fortnight ago, but from some unknown reason re sumed the office, and it is only this day that he has finally found a successor. M. Lagarde continues his arduous duties in the police department. Theta were no political papers found upon Lord Ox—d, none at least of a culpable or offensive de scription. Some lama Irani the Princess Borghese to her sister are said to have beep in the keeping of the Noble Lord ; and their context:: not being held in MO reverence by the agents of Covernmenr, are by this time pretty w:li circulated thrcugh Paris. " Amongst Ow mischievous rumours set afloat in rads, wai one that the ling was likely to be at tacked on 'Thursday or Friday last, either cn his way .to the Odeon, 'or 'during the performance at that thrt;tre. The Duke of Ragusa (Captain of the guar. in waiting) thought it the wisest part to take som. precautions The military on duty were, tlwrefort:, doubled, and the most unremitting vigilance exercise4.4' . • . • •.., : • ,it!." • in. all iiiarters,-1140 Viflt clittOOCtOti to be* a false alarm." ? ' • • Early yesterday morning,. Mr:"PlioLart, King's Messenger, arrived at the Foreign 'Office, with dis patches from Lord CASTLEREAGH. A Messenger was expected to be sent off last night to Vienna. Commodore Owed is to proceed immediately to the Lakes of Canada, and will be followed by considera ble reinforcements. A frigate is preparing at Ports mouth, for his rcceptioni and the Officers who will accompany him. Sir ALEXANDER COCHRANE sailed from Halifax the latter end of October, in the ToeNaNT, of 80 guns, for the Gulph of Mexico,. to superintend the expedition that had been sentagainst the territories off the mouths of the Mississippi : the troops that were I ordered to embark at Jamaica are supposed to be des tined to assist in this enterprixe. The changes announced in the French Cebine bespeak a change of system in the Councils. of Louis. Does this change relate to external or internal politics? Perhaps to both. , The army has been greatly reinforced, and Soulat has been placed at the head of the War Department. — This looks as if a state of hostilities was contem plated a, within the reach of possibility at no very remote period; though, et the same time, it is post sible these steps may have been adopted to give weight to the representations of the French Minister in the Congress at Vienna. France, if we may believe the Parisian Editors, is the friend of the weak and the oPpvessed ; the only friend of humanity and of the rights of nations to be found on the face of the carth.—Aye ; and, accord ing to her own declarations, so she has uniformly been for the last twenty five years.. We never knew an act of robbery or subjugation effected by any of the varicitiiibands Of villams who during that period directed their affairs which was not lauded by them as an act of justice—an example of disinterested interference, only for the pleasure of ' conferring benefits on mankind.— We understand per fectly the meaning of the French vckabulary, when we see her disciples armed with muskets and we be. lieve all the world knows what sort.ofortguments are called for in such circumstances. The private accounts from Ghent are to the 6th inst. They are of a' More pacific complexion than any received for some time ; but unless we suspect that the American Commissioners have been telling state secrets to the;r friends it is not easy to conceive how any thing could transpire respecting the real state of the negociation. Yesterday, in the greater part of our impression, we mentioned a report, brought by way of France, that Genet.' DRUMMOND, with his army, had been defeated and obliged to surrender. The letters from Paris stating this event, are dated the 3d and 4th inst. One of them states, that the news came by the Gus tavus Adolphus, which had arrived at the I sie of Rhe having left New York later than the Fingal. The number of the British army is stated at four thou sand, but the date of the action, or even of, the ar rival of the Gustavus Adolphus, is nor given. We think that this rumour must have its origin in some imperfect accounts, referring to the supposed desperate circumstances in which General Dime:4mm was supposed to have been, before Sir . JAatea Yeas ob. tamed the superiority on Lake Ontario. We know that since that time the American army had been forced to retreat to Fort Erie for shelter. That no authentic intellige'nce of the kind alluded to had reached Paris seems to be proved by the silence of the French Journals received yesterday and this morning, which come down to Tuesday inclusive, some of which would certainly have noticed it had it been credited. A letter from an Officer at Montreal, dated 25th October, after stating some particulars respecting military operations, with which our Readers have already been made acquainted, concludes thus : u The winter draws on apace, and we are at this time very scantily supplied with pray isions and forage. Bad salt butter is 2s. 6d. per pound; raw Sugar 23. 6d. ; salt Provisions of every description, and Flour, scarce and very dear : even Wood, which has usually been sold at from one to two dollars, is now at nine dol lars per cord ; and every thing else in proportion. The following Coormunicatioa has been received from Madrid : 4 , The hopes that were entertained of the improve ment of the con.aition of Spain by the appointment of Sen. CEVALLoS to the office of Secretary of State, have entirely Oanished. Persecution and violence, instead of being moderated, increases more and more, and the prisons are crowded with additional victims.— Among these respectable Patriots we are sorry to in. elude Sen. YANDIOLA, Deputy to the Ordinary Cortes, and Clerk in the Department of Secretary of State for the Indies ; Sen. GARCIA POLA, Director of the Philip pine Company ; and the Counsellor of State ROMA. NILLOS. It is supposed that Sen. CEVALLOS Grill soon be supplanted by the Archbishop of SANTIAGO Muz- Qum, well known in the diplomatic history of this' Court as one the principal eulogists of the conduct of The PRINCE OF THE PEACE." A shocking discovery was this morning made in the Harrow Road, Paddington, at a small tin shop, kept by an elderly man and his wife; who, though generally esteemed in the neighbourhood, as a quiet inoffensive couple, were last night heard to dispute. The shop.not being opened at the usual hour, some of the neighbours were induced to enter the house, when they found the woman with her throat cut, and otherwise dreadfully mangled, and her loishand hang. ing to the bed!—The bodies were stiii wanes, but life was extinct. The Bible Society of Petersburg') has firinted, within the last two years, 38,700 Bibles, seven different languages, and the Commitrees, or Sub divisions of the Chief Society, have printed 31,500 Bibles, in four languages, The paper alone cost 90,000 roubles. Mr. WEE% the philanthropist, has been compelled, within these few days, to seek refuge in France, from t'le persecution of numerous trespassers upon his abused generosity, who followed him from place to place, anti drove him in the last iastance from Tunbiidge Wells Dover, where be embarked. This is the second time within a few months that this worthy . character hat been compelled to emigrate, from the same cause. We have to announce, with great regret, the stop: page of the Faversham Bank, which took place on ri.ursday—the long known respectability of the firm .ve hope will tender it but a temporary citcumstanze —Asetith Gawk, CRIM. CON. THE EARL Mr 110SXBERRY v. SIR lIARRY 1111.DMAY. The defendant in this case having suffered jud7. merit to go by default, a jury was assembled to-day, .q t the Sheriff's Office, at twelve o'clock, to •assess the damages, which were laid at Tinny Th:suand Pound:Al The ATTORNEY-Gaiar.arte opened the case in an eloquent and animated speech. He stated that Sir Harry Mildmay, his brother, and the Earl of Ross. berry were married to three sisters. Lady Mildm,iy WAS dead, but Sir Harry was of course upon so intimate footing with her family. The criminal in tercourse complained of wok place last Summe r , ' while the Allied Sovereigns .were in London. The meetings of Sir Harry Mildmay and Lady Rost. berry were so frequent, and their conduct so p d , „. cular, that at length Lord Roseberry and :he La.:i's father, Mr. Bouverie, forbade all intercourse. L.:Jy Itoseberry was then carried to Scotland, whither Sir Harry Mildmay followed her. He toot has place in the mail coach as a Colonel De Grey, and u. rived at an Ina in the immediate vicinity of Lard lt.'s seat, announcing himself by that name. He then *swilled the disguise of a common sailor, and Allowed his beard to grow, And sailel out every even. inn in a boat which he had hired for. the purple, Lord lt.'s country seat being on the sea shore. About this period Lady ltoseberry, Who usually retiree with the other females of the house at seven o'clock from the dining table, instead of adjuuraing to the drawisproom, suddenly disappeared. Her motions were watched by the Honourable Mr. Primrose, her husband', brother, who saw her one evening shut her.. self up in her room, and heard the door locked be hind her. The male part of the family were then summoned, and on their attempting to force the door, Lady 'Osamuy opened it, and Sir Harry Mildtnay presented himself as before described ; and holding in MI hands a brace of loaded pistols. He was then calmly but peremptorily ordered to qu.t the room in the precise way in whica he entered it, and he obeyed the mandate by leaping out of the window which looked towards the BC4. Lady R. was then ordered to her apartment, and no further intercourse was held with her by Lout Lady It. was offered an asylum in the house of her father, but she eloped in the morning and joules; her paramour at the Inn, who carried her first to Eat land, and afterwards to the cootioeot, where they now are. The Lady's writing-desk was examined in prom of her friends after her departure, and it contained's variety of letters from Sir Harry Mildmay, coached in the warmest language, which the Attureey. General read to the Jury, and which he cm. tended, could leave no doubt on their minds as t o the criminal intercourse having taken place. -Among her letters there was one of admonition from her fa. ther, which drew tears from all who heard it. The Learned Counsel commented on these letters at great length. The Jury had not assessed the amountof damage when this Paper was put to press. THE 4RMT. The Barracks in Yarmouth have been sold by sou tion for £4OO. The Naval store-keeper has received orders from the Board to send all stares away - , and to discharge the Clerks on the SOth inst. The Cote. mandrr cif the Signal Station has also been discharged, and the Officers of the Ordnance Departmeat are es. pected to tollow. The West Essex Militia, which marched into Dub lin for the purpnse of embarking for England, has been countermanded. NAVAL INIALLIGENCR. The private sVp MATILDA. from Bengal, arrived at Portsmouth yeste•day—she lett Bengal the 25:k June, and the Isle of France the Ist September. The lannet and Peggy, Moron ; and Pbarlx, Fearon, fti* Liverpool to Newry, were lost, on the inst. dreartingtod. The Mary Anp, Wool Liverpool to Wstertord, was abatuloosi by the crew, on the sth lust near Abergelly. The Perseverance, Mullet, from France to Hull. struck cc de &marl. Sand, near Yarmouth, en Wednesday—mos - of the cup paved. '1 he Anna (a Russian) from Archangel to Arbroath, Wig den& on *bore on a bank, in the White Sea, on the I rth of Oatabst, with the loss of and:on, cables, masts, rudder, and boats. A French vessel trtirn H.ivre de Grace, bound to London, Liden with wheat, was totally lust off Dun. geness on Sunday last, the crew, consisting of eight men all perished except one, who preserved his life by lashing himself to the top of the mainmast, where he remained several hours till taken off by a but from Rye. TORBAY, DECEMBER 8. As the wind has been, the whole of this day, stroeg from the S. W. with thick weather, and AS 0. , p.t:t the West India convoy have returned to Torba), ae are in hopes they have reached Falmouth or Ply mouth. Should this not be the case, we fear some part of them must have suffered damage, as it blows quite a gale. PLYMOUTH, DECEMBER 8. Arrived the Bridget, ROBINSON, from Memel ; Odeus (a Russian) from Russia ; the French sloop , Brave Marine, from Cherburgh ; and a few colliers from the North : also arrived the Gr.a*:ow friga:e from a enlist; and the Active, Srarriors, from Cori. PORTSMOUTH ? DECEMBER 9. Arrived his Majesty's ship ASTREA from the Bra 'ails ; her convoy is supposed to have passed by ha the River. Sailed his Majesty's ship Ssav for the Downs.—Wind N. W. DEAL, DECEMBER 9. Arrival and sailed for the River the llassa!, East Indiaman from Bombay. Put hack, by cot.. teary winds, the Dedalus, for Bermuda ; the Dee• combe, for Portsmouth ; and the Mercus, fur Pal , mouth.—Wind N.W. - - - - - - Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at the East4l ll4 House, when the following Commander. took leave ',talon. dt suing for Bombay and China:—Captais John J.ncke. et' 'hi Ifavid Stott; and Captain R Nit het, of the k.sors. iLe undo' ni,ntioned Officers were sworn into the contoistnl at -pecove stisys, vta. C.fiptait. C. tiostlerk, t.l this Lowther L:sis% h.r Madras, Prince of Wales's Islas l anti Claissa ; Carol° J. Cralg, of the Princess C1131 . 411te of far tdro sad gal; Captain k:. Balstou, of the Princess Ann lta 4 for COWL BONDING SYSTEM....-The goods cuterml for expurf ire nuw to be permitted to it main in pond until f!.: Ist of April nest. Goods for home consunrptit'l " !:e forthwith sold to pay the duties, boat the boIN I may redeem them within three days arta notice OA in inventory his been taken prvviota: o their sale. .1 •I a a - it ti 01 Cl as