Star. — London, England, 1823-08-05 00:00:00

I THE EVENING STAR. LONDON. TUESDAY, AUGUST 3, 1523. TIIE FUNDS. STOCK EXCIRANCP TWET.VE O'CLOCK. Consols opened this morning at 82i, at which price they remain steady. In the early cart of the morning there was a good deal of businesi done. FOREIGN FUNDS. Spanish Bonds opened at 34, 33, at which price they keep Steady ; French Scrip 11 pr. Culombian 63 ; Russian 84k ; Danish nothing doing ; Chilian 68i ; Poyais 17. PR ICE OF STOCKS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock 224 1 / 2 -3 per (.ent. Itedu. s'2% 83 5 per Cent. Cons. 821/4-31/2 per Cents. 9,5 5 / 8 4 per Cents. Old 100 1 / 4 -1 per Cts. New 101 1 / 8 Vs Bank Long Anns. 21 3-16 India Stock 255:y 4 2,s6—lndia Bonds 58s. 60s. New Annuities 82 Exch. Ilills (C 1,000) 275. 305.-=Small 28s. 30s. Consols lin Account 82 823 A. We have the satisfaction to announce, that letters have been received from Africa, reporting the safe arrival of Dr. OUDNEY, Major DENHAM, and Lieute nant CLApPartrom, at Bornou, on the 17th of April last. They were received with the utmost cordiality, and we are happy to say, that they w•ete in excellent health and spirits. May the like success continue to attend them in their arduous endeavours to penetrate that cloud of darkness under which this vast region of, the globe has so long been hid from the knowledge of the rest of maul:intl. We have received a file of Frankfort Papers to the 1 2 3th ultin,o, florn which we extract the following interetiog particulars of some recent proceedings of the Gerinanic Diet, which have not yet come before the Public : • FR A NK FORT, JULY 27. In the '2oth Sitting, the Report of the Committee. was lead on the Petition of several Prelates and Mem bers of the EqUeSCI ian Order in Holstein, upon which the Minister President made the following remarks: " A small part of the Prelates and of the Eques trian Order in Holstein have applied to the Diet, and represented how painful their situation is, Since they could not either be under the ancient. Constitution of Holstein, nor securely expect a new Constitution. The petitioners do not complain to the Diet, nor do they expect any decision from it; but they have taken the liberty to represent their situation, that the Diet, without prejudice to the rights of the petitioners, may intervene between them and their Prince, in order that, conformably to Article 56 of the final Act, their ancient Constitution may be preserved —or, as they are themselves convinced that it is not adapted to the present times, that they may have a new one, in which regard shall be had to their ancient rights. The Committee of Petitions has proposed to ask of the Danish Government a declaration on this sub ject. His Danish Majesty has anticipated this pro posal, by declai ing, through his rtlinister, that the ancient Constitution of Holstein not being in force, the appeal of the petitioners to the 56th article, could not be valid : but that his Majesty, to fulfil exactly the 13th article of the Act of the Confederation, would give a Constitution to the Duchy of Holstein which, conformably to article' 55 of the final Act, shall have regard to anciant rights, and be adapted to the actual state of things. Since, by Article 55 of the final Act at Vienna, it has been left to the So vereign Princes to regulate the Constitutions of their States, as art _ affair concerning' the internal relations of the country, paying due regard to ancient and legally existing rights, as well as to present circum stances ; and as his Majesty gives a formal declara tion in this respect, it appears to me natural that this Royal Declaration be communicated to the petitioners, to make them easy, and that they be invited to wait for this Constitution with the confidence which the frank decimation of his Majesty ought to give to his faithful subjects ; assuring them, at the same time, tl at the Diet, confining itself within the sphere of its fenctions, will not rail to take care, according to Art. 5 t of the final Act, that this engagement be fulfilled. " Such, in this case, is the final vote of my Court. There is one point more on which I think it necessary to declare myself: Count de Beust proposed, that his Majesty the King of Denmark be required to grant a Constitution to the States of Holstein, within a certain fired time, and M. de Wangenheim pro poses to limit this' time to a certain number of months ; his Majesty the Emperor will never think it fit, that this Assembly should fix a time to the Sovereign Princes of the Confederation to give Constitutions to their States. His Imperial Majesty has the most per fect confidence, not only in the King of Demark, but in all the High Members of the Confederation, that they will faithfully fulfil the obligations which they have contracted as such ; and his Majesty appreciates the prudence and the paternal care with which these :hairs have been prepared in the States of the Con federation. If it were as easy to give Constitutions a some modern writers fancy, then those statesmen whom the Pi inces of Germany have entrusted, with entire confidence, with this great work, would merit reproach for their delays. Rut the instructive exam ple which the history of the age offers, should cer tainly not be lost upon us. Every day we see Con stitutions given, and we see them disappear with the same promptitude. We sve nations greedily catch at these Constitutions as the Weal of the greatest happi ness on earth, and we afterwards see them feeling • , '7 real satisfaction , when, by their. own exertions or by foreign aid, the/ haul declared themselves freed from the Constitution which a perverse hand has obliged thew' to adopt.' " It may doubtless be objected with truth, that the' ephemeral Constitutions which we have seen appear of late were the culpable work of audacious fac tions, whose real object was not the happiness of the .but the gratification of the ambition of the chiefs of their parties. " But it is precisely in order, that the Constitutions which the States of the Confederation are to enjoy, according to Article XIII. of the Federal Act, may really, found the happiness of the subjects, that the great problem which the German Powers have en• gaged to solve, is to have regard to so many different interests which must influence this affair, and to re move the numerous difficulties that it offers. " - De considerate German, having regard to the prudent manner in which his Sovereign maturely weighs everything, will not distrust the purity of the views of his Government; and the faithful German, grateful for these paternaicares, which embrace all interests, will be still more attached to his Prince." The majority of-the Members agreed with the Mi nister of Austria, who observed, however, that some Of the Members wished for instructions before they voted, and as the matter was not urgent, it might be left till the first sitting after vacation, to come to a resolution.—To this all the Members agreed. The following observations, which we extract from a German Paper, in explanatiod of the measures which the Swiss Diet have resolved to adopt relative to the Press, alftl to Foreigners, are deserving of at tention: If, on the bne hand, the Committee found in the circumstances of the times sufficient motives to adopt prudent and general measures of police on these two subjects, it expressed their unanimous conviction that none of the relations fixed by the federal compact should be violated, or the sovereign rights of States endangered. " On this account it was conceived that a Resolu tion of the Diet would not be suitable, but that a pressing invitation to the Cantons individually would be most advisable. It accordingly recommended such an one, to the effect that, with respect to the abuses of the press, the necessary vigorous and sa tiifactory measures should be adopted by all the States, to the end that in newspapers, journals, pam phlets, and all kinds of periodical publications, every thing may be avoided, in treating of foreign affairs, which may be contrary to the respect due to foreign Powers, or give them just grounds for complaint ; and that regard be had not only to the punishment of such transgressions, hut, above all, to the pi evention of them; with regard to the police superintendance of foreigners, it recommends that measures be taken to prevent fugitives from entering or residing in Swit zerland, who have left their country in consequence of their crimes, or interruption of the public tran quillity, and are pursued on that account; and also of such persons, as during a regularly authorised abode in Switzerland, shall abuse it, to carry on dangerous intrigues against the lawful Govet nment of a friendly foreign Power, or to trouble internal tranquillity ; that the entrance of foreigners shall depend on their pos sessing valid certificates from their recognised local authorities ; and in the cases of those whose Govern ments have Ministers accredited to the Confedei a tion, the certificates to be recognised by those Minis ters, &c. This proposal was unanimously approved, and the few Deputies who referred the ratification to their Governments, expect to receive it with out delay." BREST, AUG. I.—La Clementine, of Havre, which left Brest to join the convoy destined for Martinique, %% as captured by a Spanish privateer four hours after her sailing from Brest. It is stated, in a French Paper, that 125 vessels en tered Cadiz in the first six days of July. TRIESTE, Jule 20.—Two vessels have just arrived ; I the first from Mitylene in 28 days, informs us, that the troopsNlanded at Caristo by the Captain Pacha, have been attacked, and -completely routed, by the Greeks. The Captain of the second, SO days from Smyrna, says, that the Greek fleet in pursuit of the Turkish fleet is composed of 120 sail. THE GREEK CONORBSS.--The following form of oath is administered to each member of the Greek Congress, by the Secretary :--I swear, in the name of Goo and my Country, to act with a pare and LID. shaken patriotism, to promote a sincere union, and abjure every thought of personal interest, in all the discussions which shall take place in this second National Congress." The French General, Bowl/dour, has published an Order of the Day, at Seville, dated July 18, which declares—. 4 That from the 19th of July, 1823, the navigation of the Guadalquiver shall be permitted, but the barks that traverse this river must punctually observe the following formalities;—' That every ves sel, after having observed the orders of the Spanish Authorities, must also provide itself with a pass, which will be granted by Colonel Cottias, Commandant of the place ; That it is expressly forbidden to all vessels to pass above Rota, in the direction of Cadiz and the Isle of Leon ; those which shall be found to infringe this order, or which shall keep up a correspondence with the besieged, will be taken and sunk, or burned by the French squadron ; the cargo will be confiscated, and the crew, as well as the passengers, will be made prisoners of war. Every infraction of these arrangetrients will be punished according to the rigoui of military law. " FASHIONABLE MOVEMENTS. Viscount Sussmuni left Richmatxl Pitt yesterday warning, tau his return to Berkshire.' The Archbishop of Carman'stay know in tent, where his Grace is holding visititions.aml ciMfir4atinns. Lard Bi.awica entertatined a '-distirigaished party iss dlatter yesterday, at his house in Grosvenor-square; as did Lord Cuss. TOWNSHEND, at his house in Cavendish-square; and Lord Mr.- BOURNE, at his house, Whitehall. The Marchioness of DourcAm. left town for Tunbridge-wells.. Prince Larrx and suite arrived yesterday at Thomas's Motel, Berkeley-square, from the Continent. The Earl and Countess of Ilasowicita and family left town yesterday in'arniqg for their seat, \Vimpole, Canibridgitshire. The Hon. Mr. and Mrs. ACAR ELLIE have left the Duke taf Drvousuraz's seat, Chatsworth, Derbyshire, on a visit to the Archbishop of Yoar, Bishop Thorpe Palace, Yorkshire. Lord and Lady Mottrant and family left town yesterday, for Castle Howard, Yorkshire. Lieutenant-Colonel Urvearnet and family are among the fashionable departures for France. Sir Roma and Lady SOTHIA Gamey left Winvole-street, yesterday, for their seat, Draklow-liall. Staffordshire. ' Lord DUDLEY arrived in towtr on Saturday, from his seat, in Staffordshire. The Earl of CAapwavoN and Lady Ilenatar ILititaattv have left town, for their sent in Berk% Rowlett Gottoom, Esq. M.P. has returned to his seat, Lewes. ton Douse, Dorset, from a continental tour. We rejoice to state, .that his MAJESTY . Spresent at tack of the gout is so slight as not to confine him to his apartments, nor even to the house, when the weather will permit his MAJESTY to take the air in an open carriage. Saturday afternoon the Duke of Yorm left town for Brighton, where his Royal Highness is expected to remain about three weeks. His Royal Highness the puke of Sussex gave a grand dinner yesterday at Kensington Palace. Thursday the Marquis and Marchioness of HAS TINGS, their son, Earl RAWDON, and their two daugh ters, arrived at Donington Paik. In their way thither a vast concourse of spectators were present, and cheers rent the air the moment the Marquis was recog nized; his Lordship immediately got out of his car riage, and• shook by the hands, indiscriminately, all those that presented themselves, declaring that his heart rebounded with joy at being amongst them. Brighton has been, this season, to all intents and purposes, a teetering place, as the weather has been very wet, and the visitors are all afflicted with ennui. Sir T. TYRWHITT will proceed shortly to Lisbon, for the purpose of solemnly installing his Most Faith ful Majesty the King of PORTUGAL a Knight of the Order of the Garter. His MAJESTY was admitted a Member of that distinguished Order at the same time as the other Sovereigns of Europe, after the general peace; but his residence at Braztl prevented the ce remony of the installation, and since his return to his European dominions, the distracted state of Pot tugal did not permit of its being performed—Morning Paper. ENGLISH OPERA Housz.—Frankenstein went off last night with more approbation than ever, and its close was honoured by - three distinct rounds of ap plauce. Sharp and Flat followed, in which CHAP MAN played Solomon Sharpwit with infinite humour. The evening's performance concluded with The Mil ler's Maid, in which the acting of Miss KELLY, RAY NER, and BAKER, deeply affected the audience;_ the situations, indeed, are most interesting and natural in this charming piece. Some altetations and improvements will be made in the interior'of Drury-Lane Theatre before the com mencement of the ensuing season. - Civic ExcunsioN—Yesterday morning the Lord Mayor's barge was moored off Westminster-bridge at an early hour, for the purpose of conveying his LORD• SHIP, the LADY MAYORESS, and suite, on an annual aquatic excursion, known to the. Citizens of London by the appellation of" Swan-hopping."—At a quar ter to eleven the LORD MAYOR, LADY MAiORESS, and several of their friends arrived. On entering the barge the band struck up the " Carabineer's, March," and the vessel immediately proceeded up the Thames, under a salute of guns. His Lord ship stopped a short time at Brentford, where the Navigation barge received the guests, and proceeded with them to Richmond, where the juvenile part of the company had a dance on the deck. The official Gazette of Rome, of the 16th ultimo, notices, for the first time, the accident which has hap pened to the POPE, and•states that the case proceeds happily, and that his Holiness has no other indispo sition. The Eloile of this evening (says the Constitution nel of Saturday), gives a finishing dose to the poor Courier of London, whom it reproaches for its article as almost amounting to treason. I; pretends that the chief Editor, (redacteur en chef) is absent, and that his labour 4'. is entrusted to a clerk, who has an extremely weak head." It is true, that the principal Editor of the Courier comes frequently to Paris: upon his return to London he will be doubtless more rea sonable." It is stated in one of the Gold Coast Gazettes, that at Gaboon the natives have captured a cutter belong ing to the English Consul at St. Thomas's, and put his son, who was in charge of the property, and the crew, to death. By a decree of the Cortes, the Count de CA RTHA OZNA (Mostru.o) has been declared a traitor to his country, and deprived 9f his rank, titles, and dignities.. Monday se'nnight, a melancholy accident took place near the village of Wanlip, Leicestershire. A party of Gentlemen, after they had finished their pleasure of fishing, agreed to cross over Burrow Pool, near the mill, in a boat, and when they had proceeded a little way across, in consequence of se- , mai persons, not of thei r p art y, b e i ng perm i tted to go on board at the same time, the boat unfortunately upset, and precipitated the whole into the pool, by which accident Mr. Barker, a respectable buildei, of nothley, and his son, six ears of age, were drowned. The parental regard of the father, in endeavouring to save his son from a watery grave, caused the death' of both. Mr. Barker had landed:after:the boat was upset, but, on missing his son, immediately plunged into the water again to save hiM, when both sunk, and assistance not being prompt, life soon became extinct. Some of the other persons were miracu lously preserved, amongst whom was Mr. Amick, Of the Bell. Inn, who was under water a considerable time ; his lite was preserved by the exertions of one of his chaise-drivers, who happened to be on the spot; lie is now convalescent. - The following is from the Jamaica Courtrigt:-7 Wanted, for the Trifler's Qflice, an Industriou Compositor:--Liberal IVages will be given. —An honest sober DXVIL *ill also' be encourage,!:" - RUSSIA AND THE PORTE. INSTRUCTIONS GIVRN BY LORD STRANOFORD TU THe CHIEF INTEREBETER OF HIS EMBASSY. " Constantinople, May 2s. " Stn—The stoppage of vessel, under the Russian flag is too unpleasant an-occurrence not to come,; .al immediate attention, and the most efforts on the part of the Embassy. " Of whatever number and importance may bethe questions at present depending relative to our own commerce and navigation, we must not cease follow- Mg the same route which we have followed for two years : on this occasion, as on so many others, we must con-rider our owl: interest as subordinate to the universal cause of the preservation of peace. In con sequence, Sir, I enjoin you to devote all your atten tion to the Russian question, and to consider as se condary every other affair foe the present.. " The friendly representations which yon have been previously charged to make to the Reis Effendi, on this important subject, not havingfroduced the effect I expected, it is indispensable to explain smote fitily to the Ottoman Ministry the manner in which I view the question. The Porte is, or at least ought to be, too , well convinced of the frankness and g , mi faith which characterize all my proceedo,gs towards it, to mistake the motives, those of pure good will, which induce me to interfere on the present occasion. " I am not, therefore, afraid that it will be either offended or astonished at the language of a friend+, who is interested both in its prosperity and its tree glory ; and I audio' ize you, Sir, to declare to tl e Reis Efiencii,• without any circumlocution, that the measure taken by the Government, with regard to the shipping of Russia, is false, because taken out of season—false, because it reposes on an erroneou s principle,—and false, because it has been enveloied in inexcusable fortis. " The Ambassador then explains that it is false, because at the moment that it was adopted, the effott of the Allies, properly appreciated ' , y Russia, had got rid of the greater part of the difficulties in the way of re-establishing the friendly relations between Russia and - the Porte, and the pacification was so far advanced, that nothing but so marked and important an error on the part of the Divan could have s t"pp e d its progress. It was false as to principle, b , cause it belongs not to the Porte, but to the Ministe Protec tor of the flag in question, to decide as to the ',aton ality of the vessels which use it. Even, therefore, supposing the vessels detained n ere Greek., it was not the business of the Porte to decide the question. In cases which are exemptions to this rule, the Mi nister and the local Government together decide the question, and not the Porte alone, which would make it the judge and party in the same cause. " It was false as to form, because several of the detained vessels have been in the hat bour four months, and the Porte has refused them permission to pro ceed on various pretexts. If the Porte had any com plaint against these vessels, it ought to have referred them ao the Minister protecting the Russian flag; and the Emperor of Russia, who suppresses decep tion and respects treaties, would not have delayed to give the Divan another proof of his just, noble, and conciliatory disposition. The Porte, however, pre• tends to do justice to itself, and has not even the excuse of precipitation for the error it has committed. 4 , If the Ministers of the Sultan, who are his faithful and zealous servants, had wished to make common cause with his enemies, they could not have taken any measure better calculated to promote this etd, than to detain the Russian vessels. Forty-five vessels added to the fleet of the insurgents would not have done the Emperor so much injury as the detention of the four vessels in the arsenal of Constantinople. • 44 The Ambassador concludes by authorizing the interpreter to place an attested copy.of these instruct tions in the hands of the Reis Effendi, if he requires it. (Signed) " STRANG.FORII." DESTRUCTION OF THE CHURCH OF Sr. PAUI,, AT Rosse.—(Further Particular:).—ln the night of the 15th to the 16th of July 6 some workmen, having been employed in mending some pipes and gutters to carry the water off the roof of the church, had, either by imprudence or forgetfulness, left a little chafing-dish alight on the cieling, which is entirely of wood; iris supposed that some spat ks fell, or the heat of this file communicated flame to the wood, already too combus tible from age. About four in the morning, a trn• yeller happening to pass by on horseback, saw the flames pouring out in volumes from this magnificent edifice. He immediately, by dint of shouts and knock ing at doors, awoke the neighbours and ran afterwann through the town calling out for firemen, and the ne cessary assistance to extinguish the fire, but, in spiteof every exertion, nothing could save this noble build ing the flames having been too long at work; and the distance being too great to allow of any aid ar riving in time to save this monument, so interesting to our religion, and so valuable for its contents. — The beautiful cedars of. Lebanon are consumed; vast quantity of pillars lie strewed about, an 4 tore are even calcined by the heat of the flames ;In short, nothing remains but the ruins of this once superb edifice. The firemen, it is said, performed prodigies of valour, and several threw themselves into the mid dle of the flames, to cut or pull down fragment's( the burning pile: they did everything, in fact, that men could do to save it, but in vain. Accounts from Odessa, of the 9th of July, trawl that the four Russian ships which have been relessed at Constantinople, and were to return to that per, have not yet atrived. his alleged as a reason, that the Captains have formally protested against their having been sent to the arenal, and ordered to WO to Wessa, and have, consequently, made no use.of tat Firman of the IN , rte, but demanded to be allowed • continue their voyage to the Mediterranean. in the province of Hainault in the Netherlands , !From the year 1818 to the end of 1822, there his been an increase, amounting to 28,637 persons. ga the 31st of December, in the same year, that P c. vince contained .530,335 individuals. BANK OF ST. PETERSBURGII.—On the Bth efisill - the Meeting t of the Council which has the saPetifr tendance o f the Bank took place. The Presidwit Printe LAPUCHIN,. being absent, Court KorscHtslagf presided in his stead, and M. CANORIN, the of Finance, made the opening speech, The mod 'of the circulation of the Bank during last Year. real 890,079,035 rubles in Bank assignats, and 60 00,6 1 1/ tubles in money. The net profits are 1,810,615 100 P. 55 copec b. - • -I. • Pat hov :tad bee' live lect ben fioc Se Lino teen No. : by of least Af he al !rig h ithigr addre tencei *York illiiii.