Star. — London, England, 1821-08-29 00:00:00

THE -EYE4IN4i LONDON. CURRENT PRICES AT ONE O'CLOCK: 3 per Cent. Reduced 76% 76 3 per Cent. Consols 75t t/8 3►/s per Cent. 86% t 4 per Cent. 95 3 / 8 1 / 2 5 per Cent. Nav y 108% 109 103:1 8 Long Annuities 19 9-16 1 / 2 9-16 Imperial 3 per Cent. 75 Y 4 India Bonds 59F. 60s. prem. Exchequer Bills ss. 9.5. pr•em. Consols for October 76 7.5% rs. L • WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 29. 1821. THE FUNDS STOCK EXCHANGE, ONE O'CLOCIE. . This is Settling-day. A great deal of business is doing in consequence of the Jobbers making up their accounts. Several have pure , ased largely for next settling (October). We underyand an eminent Banker has transferred £700,000 Cons and £300,000 Red. into his Broker's name, to be delivered to-day.--- The Bulls have eagerly taken it out of the market. Money is very scarce, y e , per Cent. being given to the next Account, which is equal to 8 per Cent.— No defaulter has been yet declared. Letters from Petersburgh, received this morning, are of a very pacific nature. Intelligence has been received in town by an ex press from Vienna, of the departure of Baron ST RO• CONOFF, with all the persons belonging to the Rus sian Mission, from Constantinople for Odessa. The Porte had previously declared its willingness to fulfil all the conditions required by Russia, except the for mal apology to Baron STROGONOFF, to whose vio lence it ascribes the differences subsisting between the two Powers. It had also disclaimed, in the most solemn manner, all intention 'of giving offence to Russia ; and declared its . readiness to give the pro posed satisfaction, provided another Ambassador should be sent. We give this account merely as a report, and without pledging ourselves for its truth. Some ether particulars respecting the state of affairs in the East of Europe, will be found among the arti cles of foreign intelligence which we have collected together in another part of our Paper. A Hamburgh Mail arrived this forenoon, with Papers to the 24th instant. They contain some in teresting at-rides respecting a sort of crusade which has been set on foot in Germany, in favour of the Greeks, which will be found among the other ex tracts subjoined. FRANKFORT, AUGUST 18. Professor Krug's Proclamation has produced a great effect in this neighbourhood. In the first few days after its publication, 100 young men, of good families, applied to Captain Dalberg, in Aschaffen burg. It is saiJ that a Prince of one of the most distinguished sovereign houses in Germany, who ac quired great military reputation in the late wars, takes particular interest in the cause. It is even added, that he has contributed 50,000 florins towards the equipment of the young volunteers, ar t ; that there is reason to hope that he will take an active part in the expedition. That the promoters of the business are in earnest, appears from the circumstance that large purchases of cloth, for uniforms, have already been made here. The uniform is blue, with a red cross on the breast. The general report that his Majesty, the King of Engl:uul, will visit the Continent towards the end of September, continues to be more and more confirmed. It is now said that his Majesty will nor sojourn here, but at Wilhelmsbad, near Hanau, where he will see his august sisters. The Proclamation of Professor Krng, at Leipsic, has induced Professor %Venck, of the same University, to publish one in answer to it. He deprecates, in strong terms, the idea of sending young men from the Universities to fight in a body for any cause but ,that of their country. In a war like that carried on b • the Greeks, such a corps, wholly composed of in experienced young men, can be of little service, com pared with the immense sacrifice which would be made in the destruction of the flower and the hope of their own country. Unless some -foreign Power, able and willing to send great armies into the field, will assist the Greeks, little is to be expected from the efforts of the latter but years of massacre: and if a regular army is sent in aid of the Greeks, the ad-' dition of a few hundred undisciplined youths can produce no advantage comparable to the risk. If there are persons willing to contribute to the support of the Greeks, let them, if it be in•their power, afford pecuniary assistance : if there are any Officers, who have acquired honour and experience in former wars and feel disposed to return to that active life to which they have been accustomed, those are the proper per sons to go to Greece, where they may be of eminent service by their talents ; but our youths are the pro sperity of their country, and it is impolitic, unpa triotic, and cruel, to expose them in a mass, except in the atost pressing emergency, and in their country's cause. LEIPSIC, AUGUST 16. On the Bth August the Proclamation in favour of the Greeks, published by Professor Krug, was con f is . cated, and proceedings kustituted on account of both, against the author, the printer, and Mr. Brockhaus, the bookseller.' SMYRNA, JULY 17. FROM A MERCIIA ST'S LETTER. It is likely that the Greek nation will be long be• foie it recovers from its unfortunate military enter prise. All the Chiots who had open ships here have gone to their island, and the chief Greek merchants have either concealed themselves or lied to Zante and Trieste. The Turkish populace, who are armed, rage against the Greeks, and not a day passes but some of the lat ter are murdered in the streets, gardens, and remote houses. The Europeans and their property are con stantly respected, and we have had to suffer only from the misfortunes of others. As the Greek troops in Wallachia and Moldavia are beaten and dispersed, we expect that the Morea and the Islands of the Archipelago will soon return to obedience. The Hydriots, Psariots, &c. have armed about 150 ships, which have taken considerable prizes from the Turks and murdered the crews : hence the reprisals that have been exercised here. The Turkish fleet has sailed, and we expect with impatience the re sult of its operations. We have two English and six French ships of war in our port which protect our persons and property. The scarcity of money is very general and alarming: CHRISTIANIA, AUGUST 14. His Majesty has addressed a Message to the Storthing, with a proposal that he shall be authorised to confer the titles of Nobles, Barons, or Counts, on meritorious Citizens, the titles to be hereditary. ALDERMAN WOOD. HAMBURGH, AUGUST 23. Alderman Wood is arrived by the Packet-boat from Harwich, and is gone from Hamburgh to Brunswick, where the solemn entry of the body of the Queen of England will take place on Saturday. The Paris Papers of Sunday arrived this fore noon. The symptoms of yellow fever, which lately presented themselves at Barcelonetta, have assumed so decided an appearance, that it has been thought necessary to adopt the severest measures to prevent the spread of the infection. The houses in which some individuals are suspected to have died of it have been shut up, and all communication with them pro hibited ; several persons have been transferred to the Lazaretto, and Barcelonetta is surrounded by a cor don of troops, by whom no person is allowed either to embark or disembark. From the Kentucky Gazette, July 20:—" About eight waggon loads of specie was shipped a few days ago to the East Indies in one vessel ; how many loads have gone to the same country this season cannot be stated, but a moderate calculation would settle it at about one hundred. Our gold is stealing cff without notice: the Mint is continually coining, but very little circulates, and the reason assigned is, it goes to Eng land, France, &c. Bills of Exchange on London pay ten per cent. It is cheaper to send silver or gold than to pay the difference." The Duke of GLOUCESTER, on Friday last, dined with the Corporation of Gloucester, at their annual bounds dinner, for which purpose his Royal High ness went from Cheltenham. The Marchioness of CONYNGHAM has humanely liberated several of the poor debtors confined in Ennis jail, whose debts amount to about three him dred pounds. Lord IlAstrnim has assigned over the Royalty of sporting over his Sussex manors to Gen. ST. JOHN. Sir JOHN PERRINO, Bart. and R. FRANCO, Esq. are this year the Stewards of the Tavistock Races. The venerable Sir ISAAC HEARD, Garter King at Arms, who is in the 91st year of his age,.is now en joying himself at Malvern Wells. Sunday se'nnight, two Funeral Anthems were per formed at Carisbrooke Church, to commemorate the death of the late QUEEN. The Church was hung with mourning. A Public getting of the principal Inhabitants of Manchester and Salford took place on Thursday last,, when a Declaration was produced and signed by most of the Gentlemen present, expressing their de• termination not to circulate the local notes of any Bank Establishment whatever. COURT OF ALDERMEN.—Yesterday the LORD MAYOR held a Court of Aldermen, for the purpose of swear ing in two Geatlemen lately elected Aldermen.— MATTIIIAS PRIME LUCAS, Esq. and Wm. THOMPSON, Esq. attending, were introduced by several of the inhabitants of the Wards of Tower and Cheap, and ' took the usual oaths and their seats. The LORD MAYOR laid before the Court the thanks of the Mayon, &c. of Oxford, for the accommodation offered them in going in the City barge to West minster, on the occasion of the Coronation ; which was ordered to be entered. His Lordship also pre sented a communication from some of the twelve Citizens appointed to assist him at the Coronation, in respect of some proceedings which took place on that day. Sundry bills were ordered for payment. James Collins was admitted a Yeoman to the Sheriffs. FASHIONABLE DEPARTURES. The Duke of Northumberland, for Alnwick. • Mr. Draz Seymour, for Ramsgate. Mr. Raikes, for Theobald's Park. Mr. J. Maberley, for Shirley House, Surrey. Mr. Wm. Northey f M.P. for Woridcott-green, Surrey. Colonel and Mrs. Stratton, for Ramsgate. ' Mr. J. Thornhill, for Ridelesworth Hall, Norfolk. Sir Miles Nightingale, Bart. for Broom Hall, Suffolk. Colonel and Lady Frederica Stanhope, on a tour. Mr. Bootle Wilbraham, fur Onnskirk, Lancashire. Mr. and Mrs. Aubrey, for Ramsgate. kir. and Mrs. Sibthnrpe, for Chatham Place, Ramsgate. Sir Horace St. Paul, for Bedford, Northumberland. Mr. G. Purling, for Dorchester. Mr. and Mrs. CLavering, for Effingham Place, Ramsgate. Atoka and Dip. Dodd, and family, fur Paris. HIS MAJESTY'S VISIT TO IRELAND. FROM A PRIVATE UTTER. DUBLIN, SATURDAY, AUGUST !S. His MAJESTY went yesterday to Slane Castle, Lord FINGALL was one of the few personages invited to be of the party, but he is not gone down yet, as I saw him, at two o'clock to-day, in the Castle-yard. The circumstance of his Lordship's being made a Knight of St. Patrick, and he and Mr. CONNICHAM PLUNKETT being of the Slane party, has excited some alarm among the fi lends of the Protestant interest here, but I trust without cause. It would be ' a curious revolution in local associations, if, on the banks of that river, and almost on the spot where the final blow was given to the bigotry and tyranny of James IL it should, a century afterwards, be medi tated to depress iu Ireland that pure faith and that political freedom which arose out of the Reformation and the Revolution—but it is, I am sure, only an " air-drawn dagger r —Slane is but the bower of pleasure, not the retired scene of political intrigue— and, where Lord MANNERS is, there can be no danger to the Constitution. A Morning Paper of this day, the Freeman's Jour nal, states, that after his MAJESTY quitted the room of the Corporation dinner, " The Glorious Memory" was drank, and this same paper, affecting to be the free man's I..urnal, animadverts upon the circumstance as if all freedom of opinion and expression were to be meted out by itself; and as if men living under, and inheriting the British Constitution, were to have their minds fettered to the will of the Popish factionists of the day. The farce of conciliation may be performed fur the moment and the occa sion—honours may be conferred on Lord FIY GALL, and, indeed, most deservedly, for his Lord ship has ever been " loyal and temperate:" but that is no reason that men are to compromise and com pliment away their constitutional principles. For my part, I think that there was sufficient forbearance in abstaining, until the KING left the room, from a toast which has principally marked the conviviality of Corporation dinners in this city, without interruption, for the last hundred years: and it is the first instaace, since that Revolution which called the House of Brunswick to the British Throne, in which that for bearance was found necessary. So far as it has gone, all this is very well; but let not the joke be carried too far, it may else become a " Black Joke." The }Ciao was to have visited Drogheda this day. Drogheda is peculiarly a Protestant town, and cal culated to suggest Protestant recollections. The KING, it is whispered, was not quite pleased with the Bank of Ireland. Instead of sl►ewing the Cash-room in its proper form and appearance, it was converted into a sort of theatre, in which his MA JESTY was exhitited. The Governors and Directors appeared in their common habiliments, instead of being full dressed, as was their duty. When they ushered his MAJESTY to the apartment where the notes were struck off, the key was not to be found; and to crown all, and accomplish the acme of their bad taste, they placed the chair for his MAJESTY be hind the statue of his Royal Father, of blessed me mory ! It created a sensation which was visible, but, perhaps, not clearly definable. The New Custom-house Docks will be opened on Monday, and preparations are making in the great store, a room the equal of which is not in Europe, for a breakfast. The contest continues between Sir WILLIAM Coons's yacht and the mercantile in terest of Dublin, for precedency as to entering the Dock. The Chamber of Commerce has remonstrated with the Board of Customs on the point, but in a tone too peremptory to ensure attention. The KING will not attend the opening of the Docks. HIS NA.IRSTI"S VISIT TO THE ROYAL DUBLIN SOCIBTY:ROUSK IPLENDID ME CHAMPRTRE. Preparations on the most splendid and extensive scale were made by the Society, to receive our most gracious Sovereign, on the occasion of his visit to this Establishment yesterday. The lawn facing Merrion-square was adorned by a noble marquee for the reception of the Royal Guest; it was fitted up with great taste, and was admirably contrived, at once to exclude the oppressive heat of the sun, and admit the requisite circulation of air. Within the tent was a table nobly decorated under a scarlet canopy, for the immediate use of the KING and his suite ; on the right hand and left, two very beautiful devices, one representing the Temple of Peace, the other the Temple of Fame, surmounted Iwith G. R. IV. and the British Arms, &c. There were about 50 tents placed in a semicircular form, and in double rows around ; they were sufficiently open to render them delightful retreats; at the extremity of each range was placed an appropriate standard. Three harpers, robed. in the antique garb of min strels, were stationed close to the Sovereign's tent, and a little to the left a platform,36 feet by 22, was erected for dancers; this stage was adorned with a deep border of laurel. For several hours before noon, an immense number , of persons of the first elegance and fashion flocked to this earthly Paradise, all in full dress, and decorated with a blue ribbon, bearing the impression of the Royal Dublin Society" in gold letters. In conse quence of she. admirable arrangements of the Society, and the active attention of Major Stun, no difficulty whatever was experienced in obtaining admission, and accommodation when within the walls of the So ciety House, &c. At half-past twelve joyous accla mations from without announced the approach of our revered Sovereign, who was received with military honours on his entrance into the Court-yard. The Mem bers of the Royal Society, to the number of nearly 150, formed a line on his MaJesvy's right, all con• spicuously decorated with the insignia " come:" and on the steps of the grand entrance the KING was received by hin Excellency the Loan I.itt;. TENANT and suite, Sir MATTHEW Ti.,ERNE and a number of distinguished personages, and by the ,S e . legit Committee of the Society, in full Court dresse" who were deputed to usher his MAJr.sair into t h e Vice-President's and Secretaries' building, tent, s zc . The Royal standard was • raised in the lawn, a n d the Band of the 45d, stationed in the Court, played GOD save the King, which was enthusiastical;v cheered from within and without. His MAJESTY iiscendei the steps, attended by the Dukc of MoNTnosr., the Marquis GRAHAM, Sir B. litoomErt:Ln, and other Members of the Royal Househol(l. The KING inspected with great attention the var:. ous apartments of the noble building —the beautiful library, the elegant model-room, and museum. iliS MAJESTY was particularly struck with the admira ble arrangements visible throughout, and conde wended to pay particular attention to the Esquimaux hut, and all its appropriate materiel. After ex pressing his admiration of all he saw, and having , put several que.tions to the Committee in a rifest gracious and familiar manner, the replies to which, as they pointed out the growing advantages to Ire. land which . resulted from the labours of the Society, peculiarly excited his MAJESTY'S approbation, the KING descended to the lawn, where a scene of match. less splendour awaiied his approach. The staircase, and the approach to the Royal tent, were completely lined wilt fashionables, add, as his MAJESTY de. wended, he appeared peculiarly delighted with the blaze of female beauty and elegance that encircled him—all affectionately respectful, and each emu lating the other ir. the demonstration of reverence and satisfaction. The KING bowed in his own pecu liarly fascinating manner, and the easy playfulness of his smile indicated the utmost happiness at his reception. Two bands in attendance played the well known and popular air, and loud and sincere accla mations rent the air. The spectators from the Square were electrified by the enthusiasm of the scene, and by tespon.,ire shouts testified their joyous feelings. Our happy Monarch, for indeed he looked per fectly happy, walked round his tent, and smiled as he contemplated it; he then advanced down the lawn, a passage having been formed for that pur pose through the gay throng. His MAJESTY recog. nized several in his progress, and most affibly luted the Commander of the Forces with " Flow do you do, BAIRD?" He likewise noticed, and shook hands with others. One Lady fell on her knees and seized his MAJESTY'S arm, who, with a playful smile, raised her up, and bowed most gallantly. The KING then returned to the tent, where he familiarly con. versed with Lord and Lady MANNERS, and others. His MAJESTY shortly afterwards left town for Slane, the seat of the Marquis CONYNGHANI. The scene was truly a fairy one; the lawn pre sented a very picturesque and varied coup iced, em bracing, at a glance, gay uniforms, Court and fancy dresses, canonicals, and an infinite variety of splendid dresses, mostly of Irish manufacture. The day was peculiarly fine, although rather warmer than was el -1 perienced for some time, and the whole passed off in perfect harmony, and without the slightest accident, although the avenues to the Society House were es ceedingly crowded. His MAJESTY'S presence in Ireland has certainly had the effect of making the whole of the people " United Irishmen"—a once fearful, but now happy title. There is a bon ,not recorded in an answer made to a LORD LIEUTENANT of IRELAND, which strongly exemplifies the conduct of the sister country, in its present adulation of his MAJESTY. " Pray," said his Excellency, " how happens it there are no !owls in Ire land?"—" Because," answered an Hibernian, "there are a great number of us toad-caters Mr. Co EWEN has considerably reduced the rents of his tenants, according to their several circumstances, some 40, some 30, and some 20 per cent. Mr. DAVID CARRICK, of Carlisle, banker,has also reduced his rents upwards of 25 per cent. in a way too which adds greatly to the obligation. The Earl of LorisoALE has given directions to his Steward to reduce the rents of his farmers according to circumstances. It appears from a Parliamentary paper, that the sums disbursed by the Excise of Scotland, as ex penses of law proceedings before the Courts of Ex chequer, Session, and Justiciary, for the six yeast ending 1890, amounted to £15,056, which is about £7,500 a-year, or £25 a-day. The sums paid to the Solicitor of Excise have been about £5,340 annually, during these six years, out of which he has paid about £1,200 annually to Counsel. The workmen in digging the cellars for a house to be erected on the site of one of the gates of Canter bury, called Burgate, lately demolished and taken down, discovered three skeletons, which appeared to have been buried in coffins; it is stated in an ancient history of the city, that the Church of Saint Michael stood near the spot, the burial ground of which pro bably extended to the site of the gate. The interior of St. Paul's, upwards to the whisper ing gallery, is undergoing a thorough repair, in ac cordance with what has partly been accomplished in the outward and upper part. Numbers of workmen are employed. DIWAY-L*'ILA little Piece, in One Act, with the whimsical designation of , e C.;00!" was produced at this Theatre last night. It is not devoid of humour. The plot may be dismissed in a few words : A parsimonious old fellow, named Wiseacre, is guardinn to Charlotte, a damsel who contrives to render herself hateful is Bobby Bobbin, a London haberdasher, in order to avoid a union with him. The mode she adopts for her purpose is to assung the character of a Blue-stocking, and while, in her learned as she talks to Bobby of Icilius, he cannot comprehend her meaning, but.gocs away saying, " She calls me a silly ors!" Meanwhile the young lass as unalterably attached to I'Veripliti the ruined nephew of Wiseacre, who denies him the mein' of extricating himself from the numberless pecuniary difficulties ill which he is involved. At length, by the joint aid of Gultua." a Wight, who is apt at expedients, and acts in the capacity d servant, Nonplus frightens his uncle out of X5OO, while appT lag before him as a ghost; and this sum enables him to do. charge the urgent demands which had hitherto impeded In union with Charlotte. The different characters were well sustained, and the Piece was given out for repetition this evening. The House was crowded in every part. Jolt wsrose took his final leave of the Stage on Fri day last, at Liverpool ; and, after playing Sir Mout 0' Trigger and Paddy (Iliqfferty, spoke an Address , writ cu fur the occasion by (i4uRGe Coo AN, El.