Star. — London, England, 1817-06-11 00:00:00

P"'" aldressed myself to you at preant;had Inot thought it necessary to state, that I am not a candidate for yo ur T .-presentation, nor do I think that any person . r m u ld move, second, support m e , if I WAS ; hut, ss a Magistrate of this Ci. V, I claim the right to offer myself, and to be heard, it I should think proper, on any fame occasion. lam not going ro discuss the r.prtety or impropriety of the Resolutions respecting Mr. Alderman Combe, although I am of opinion that err Resointion which occasioned the application to t) , at Gentleman was not respectful. 1 am, however, happy to contradict the opinion which has gone xhroad that nor Chief Magistrate had my idea of t he Resolutions proposed by Mr. Hunt, for I believe he thought it improper that any such Resolution eintild have been entered into at the time. Gentlemen, I am in your hands. When it is rnr pleasure to call For my services you shall have than—( Number: exclaimed, No, no! we d noi wane yea.) ; 3rn now before you as an Alderman of the City ,f London ; let me, however, he placed in what situ Irian I may, I shall never constrit to a vote Lkely to pre-re prejudicial to your interests." Mr. WA iTiTMAN then came forward, and was loudly ch!ered.—" I hope, Gentlemen, that at this time of the Jay I shall not be thought to have obtruded my self before you on such an occasion ; but it the wor thy Alderman who spoke last thought he had some plea to address you, you will, I hope, consider that I have also some feast n for mine. The worthy Al derman (lievcaTs:) in the course of that speech, if he had thought proper, could have told you of the great services, and the great questions respecting pub. lit liberty, which hb hai either performed or sup-1 ported ; but it he has thought proper to pass them over, there is no reason why I should bring them forward. Gentlemen, if I was to enumerate my poor services rendered to my fellow-citizens for twenty five years, I should be undeserving of your attention —my reward has been ample in the reward I have to &lien experienced, of your approbation, shewn most conspicuously. Gentlemen, when I last offered p.p.:if to your notice, I had on that occasion, up. wads of 2,600 independent votes ; and I was then, as now, actuated by the purest spirit of public free eurn. My opinions have coincided with that of my friends, and prevented my coming forward on this occasion. I ha've considered that it would be only splitting the popular opinion ; not my votes but the Lord Mayor's votes, and thereby open the door to a foliniiterial candidate. I have never valued a seat in that House any more than as it would be a substan tial proof of your opinion and approbation. I do hope, however, on this occasion, your universal suf frage will be for the Lord Mayor." His Lordship was then proposed as a fit and pro m person to represent the City in Parliament, and the.shew of hands was universal, not a single voice or hand being heard or seen in opposition, although was one of the fullest Halls remembered for many ytts—there could not be less than 3000 persons. The different Aldermen were afterwards, according to custom, put in nomination, and received applause cr disappreration, according to the estimation in which they were respectively held The Sificittrts then declared the LORD MAYOR (Icily returned to Parliament, and his Lordship shortly re tuned thanks for the honour conferred. G6NTLEMEN OF Ma LIIMIY-4 have before stated to you that I thought professions were unne usury ; I am now placed in the high station I have aspired to, and which I ham hoprifes GOPieterir years to attain: I . have never acted contrary to the interests of public freedom—l have never swerved nor ever will swerve from, the conduct which has se cured me your support. I will maintain the interests cf yourselves individually, as well as that of the whole City at large." Thanks were voted to Mr. WAITHM4I4 for with drawing his chsinss ; and to Alderman Cosrua for his past services.— : The Conrt then adjourned. THE EVENING STAR. LONDON. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 11, 1817. Ss. B AAAAA ae.—Hrdiday at the Bank, Exchequer, and South Sea House. ropeit to your wads of '2,600 i as now, actuates dom. My epini friends, and pre ecc.sion. I ha\ splitting the pop Lord Mayor's sr Ministerial candi that House any • tial proof of yo hope, however, page will be for His Lordship per person to re the.shew of hani or hand being was one of the ysts—there co The different A to custom, put i cr disapprefJatii which they wets The SHERIFF! returned to Pad tuned thanks fc " GENTLE)! El stated to you th crusty ; I am I aspired to, and years CO attain ileum of put nor ever will sw cured me your if yourselves ins City at large." Thanks were drawing his clai past services.—' THE WED) Sr. B There are no channel a the 0e very circum tired excites as It would by no rice true ; fo tisement inflicte strong thirst for that the Algerii they were then ciliation. They copied by our sh the possibility ci 'let them. anc drawn to the y. they expected t it to them, the *led in a M9II hens all the shi Iterally blown IP. They our ships $1 mare prep hauling belon e since boas Paid to them v %loathe opinio .atience to i. that they t ha s b een ked in anol tstablished, -'t tyrants sl .t . .le, as we f opean prof Isinn of th tt ' rised the Sc ' tlsr sava ge aahoMetans la ALGIERS. There are no fresh accounts this day through any channel of the reported massacre fat Algiers ; but tf.e very circumstance of no contradiction having ar• lived excites as uncommon degree of apprehension. it would by no means surprise us to find the intelli gPnce true ; for kis well known that the late chat -nt inflicted by our Men of War has excited a ig thirst for revenge—and it is equally well known that the Algerines ascribe the destruction with which • were then overtaken to an error in their own cal l. They expected that some time would be coe byour ships in furling the sails, not anticipating ility of their all being furled by ropes passed I, and through pullies, by which they were to the yards in an instant. Ina word, what expected to be the second or third motion was, , to them, the first—their manned boats were as. in a m,ment by a shower of round and grape ' the ships, and the greater part of them were blown to atoms, in the twinkling of an They retained the fire of their batteries our ship; should, as they expected, fall into snare prepared for them, and be carried by tg before they were ready for action ; but they since boasted that no second visit that may be them will have a' similar result, and this is opinion of even our own Officers. In their to be revenged it is, therefore, not impos that they may have perpetrated the massacre has been reported ; and if so they must be at. in another manner. Indeed should the fact we bold it indispensible that the pre tf►ants should be ensirely expelled, and the as we formerly recommended, be taken under . protection. Nothing short of the entire ex of the predatory ruffian race who have the Sovereignty of the coast, will put an end savage warfare against Europeans which these -s have so long cattied ou. • Tilt BRAZILS. Letttrs have been received frnm Bahia, of so re cent a date as the 17th April, from which the fol -lowint ate extracts : " N doubt you have heard ere this of the Revo lution in this country, which broke out at Pernam buco on the 6th of March. It spread down the coast, to within about forty leagues of Bahia. —We are all very quiet in Bahia, nor have we the least apprehension of its reaching this. In fact, it is now quite quelled along the coast, and confined to the limits of Pernambuco, where there is little doubt of its being soon put a stop to. Our Governor has been very active. an.d has sent three ships of war, with a number troops, to blockade the harbour. Pro visions ate very scarce at Pernambuco, and it is pro bable the insurgents will be forced to yield on this account alone. Business is of course at a stand ; but, according to the latest accounts, private property has been respected." AMERICAN PAPERS. We have this day received New Orkans Papers to the 16th of April, New York to the 17th of May, and Boston Papers to the 20th of May. We copy the following paragraphs from the Bottom Advertiser : • /101 TON, MAY 14. " In the brig Gipsey, arrived here on Wednesday from Pernambuco, came passenger his Excellency Antonio Gonz4loo de Cruz. Ambassador from the New Government of that place, to obtain. k is pre sumed, the acknowledgment of its Independence.— The Portuguese were about to commence the blockade of Pernambuco. " William Cobbett is about to begin his publica tions at New York. He says, to pretend he would accept no compensation, would be to act the hypo. trite ; but that private advantage weighs little with him ; his professed object is to reform die Govern ments of Europr e and he conceivesthe people there pre• pared for his impressions. With regard to England, his views appear to be to obtain a reformation in the House of Commons, but not to disturb the Monarchy, Church, or Nobility." The private letters by the Chesterfield speak of the insurrection at Pernambuco as exciting but little alarm at Rio Janeiro, and the reason they assign is, thaLthe leaders have neither rank nor talents, and provisions scarce and dear at Pernambuco. But in other quarters precisely the same arguments are em ployed to aggravate the danger of insurrection ; and in the very nature of things. whoever be the leaders, every rising of the people must be dangerous to the existing Government. In fact there must be a large mass of discontent in the Brazils. Prior to the year 1808, when the Bengalis* family arrived among its Colonists, the latter had been swajed by-Captain Generals and . Governors, with all the despotism authorized by distance and Pottuguesie legislation ; nevertheless habitude to this yoke made pm insensible of their own eemdition,beciase they enjoyed other adv • ages of which they were after. wards deprived. The Brazilian character is ostenta- 1 1 dons, although listless, sad it could not fail to be af fected by such a mass of corruption and vices as was brought over from the Tagus, by a host of courtiers and adventurers, who, merely because they had been born in Europe, began to exercise an insupportable controul. It is true that the administration of the country assumed a new life, but this originated in the wants of the throne, and not in the good of its subjects. Till the arrival of the Kum, the Brazilians did not know the extent or harshness of the privilege of Apo maltase, which the Court instantly lavished on its tol lowers ; when the inhabitants for the first time found they could be turned out of their houses at three days warning, by perhaps a worthless favourite ; that their goods might be put into the street (of which many instances have occurred), if they did not quitl the very dwellings they had purchased or inherited. The Brazilians had no organized Inquisition among them, but still they never before witnessed the secu lar tribunal, called the Board of Conscience, esta -Wished in 1808. The liberty of the press was indeed unknown, but of late years it has still been more per secuted through an inquisitorial police, which ferrets out every thing by the means of spies, stationed al most in every house. Hence it is that the periodical Papers published in London, either in Portuguese or English, can alone be found on the tables of foreigners. In 1810 it was resolved, that the public debts contracted up to the year 1797 should be extinguished, and consequently the creditors lost all right to their demands. For merly their taxes were trifling, but in 1809 a land tax, equal to one-tenth, was levied on all produce, and next year a similar impost was levied on the sale and purchase of all fixed property and slaves. A new tax was also imposed on meat. Formerly the expenses in Courts of Law, and the venality of the Judges and those dependent on them, were mon strous; but at present they have risen to a scandalous height, because the immense number of Officers in distinctly created find no other means of living.— Finally, the Brazilians, in former times, were, to a certain degree, debased, but their degradation had not gone so far as to be compelled to bend their knee before their fellow man, as they now do before any of the. Royal Family passing in their coach. This practice has risen to such a height, that the foreigners who do not comply with it are ranarked ; but cases have occurred which certainly disgrace the age in which we live. Of these one happened to the American Minister in 1815. • This gentleman was riding on horseback at a time the Queen, then the Princess Charlotta, was passing by. The Minister pulled off his hat, but the soldiers of the escort ob serving he did not dismount to make the usual reve rence, fell upon him with their brandished swords. In such a dilemma, the Minister had no mild means of preserving bis dignity than by pre senting his pis tols, when the Princess interfered ice the affray.— There is still another Envoy, now hi Europe, who could tell what happened to him when 'returning from the countrj in an undress coat, and the' nature of the satisfaction afterwards given him at Gault. • FRENCH PAPERS. the Anal Paris Papers of Sunday arrived thi, morning, wi.t: the exception of the Journal the Wats . which would seem to have experienced a second sup. pression. The ca :se may not perhaps be difficult to trace. In the lost number of this paper, the Editor was pleased to indulge in some rather sharp observa tions on a fanciful theory of morals promulgated b) one SINION, a publicist, in the course of which he puts the following among other questions :—When shall we be entirely purified from all those ideas which the Cleigy have forged during twelve ages ? When shall we be able to overturn that edifice which twelve ages have been employed in constructing ? What a fatality, he adds, attaches to the word hheral —it is applied to all sillinesses, to all follies, to all extrava gancies.—What a fatality, indeed—when an honest Journalist cannot write of the forgeries of Church men, without a libe►al Ministry—for so the Ministry of Louis delight to be esteemed—interdicting him from writing altogether. The only article of news brought by these Papers is one of rather unexpected interest. The departure of the Emperor of AusTitra for Lemberg we announ ced yesterday, without being able to state any dis tinct motive for his journey. It now appears, from the Gaiiette of: Lemberg, that the EPIPIROR, as King of Gallicia and Lodomiria, has resolved to re esta blish. with some modifications, the representative system of government in these kingdoms, which form what is commonly known by the name of Austrian Poland. The inhabitants are to be clasced into four orders—Clergy, Nobility, Gentry (ler ehrtmAert), and Burgesses. The Deputies of each class are to teceive payment for their services—those of the Clergy 1,030 florins, those of the Nobility 2,000, those of the Bur gesses 700, Exc. The system. in 'limn, is to be nearly the same as was established by JOSRPH lf. itt 1782. The Moniteur states, that this restoration is made in virtue of one of the most important articles in the acts of the Congress of Vienna ;—and it the case be really so, though we do not exactly see the right of the Congress to interfere ill the matter, it is a sort of act which will serve to redeem it from a great deal of the reproach which has bJen levelled against it. Private intelligence has, we regret to say, been re ceived in Town to-day, that a large body of armed men, from the neighbourhood of Offerton and Rip ley, in Derbyshire, had proceeded, early on Tues day, towards Nottingham, and committed many acts of outrage and pillage. Mr. MUNDY, Magis trate, with two troops of the 15th Hussar', had gone oat from Nottingham to meet them; but no intelligence of the result has yet arrived. THE ARMY. HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA 4 MAT 17.—The first di vision of that old corps, the 15th Regiment, under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel DAVIDSON, ar rived here on the Bth of last month. in his Majesty's spy hydra, from the West Inditm, and were joined by .a detachment of 400 men of the late 2J battalion, which had been quartered here some time past. The second division, under the command of Major MAX WILL, are daily expected, after a period of thirteen years aervice, in that couatry. NAVAL INTELLIGLWCE. FALMOUTH, TUNE 8. Arrived the Francis Freeling packet, with a Mail, from New York and Halifax. 18 days from the latter, Sailed the American ship Congress, STAYLES, for Liverpoql. The Prawn Elizabeth packet, for New York and Halifax ; and the Duke of York, for Ja maica, are gone into the Roads.—Wind W. S. W. PORTSMOUTH, JUNE 10. Arrived the Miss Platoff, thugs ; and Lord Sid mouth, GUNNER. frum the Downs. Passed by for the Downs the Harriet, from Barbadoes. Passed by for the River the Richard, NOBLE, from Demerara ; sailed the 4th May, in company with the William, Wasoß, for London ; spoke off the Western Islands the Eagle American sloop of war. who inquired if the Captain had seen any Spanish ships?—Arrived the Ceres, CHOWN, from Africa the Brilliant, Jane, and London transports, had arrived at Goree, and sailed for Sierra Leone, as well as the Elinor, Echo, and Salisbury, for London, all well. The Isabella, Goa- DON, WAS all well on the coast on the 4th of May. HARWICH, JUNE 10. Arrived the Lady Nepean packet, with a Mail from Cuxhaven. • DEAL, JUNE In. Arrived and sailed for the River, the Prince Re gent, TAYLOR, it 42 days from Tobago; and the Emily, LINDAY, from the South Seas.—Came down Irons the River and sailed with the whole of the out ward-bound, the Georgiana, for Berbice ; Factor. for Sierra Leone; Washington, for New-York ; and the Francis and Eliza. for Fort William—the latter with loss of anchor and cnble.—Wind N.N W. LIVERPOOL, JUNE P. Arrived the ship Courier, JACKSON, from Boston, in 19 days, sailed on the 2Uth May. The Canton, ROGYRS, with several other:, have arrived at New York from hence, all in 21 days. The Return - , from New Orleans. last from Bermuda, ; and the —, Wou.sa. and Eliza, BALwrx, from Richmond, have arrived with full cargoes. CUSTOM-HOUSE, JUNE to. SNIPS INTERLD IIIIIVAIIIIS•••1130 West Indian, Cook, from Antigua • Flora, Head, from Barbadoes ; John Crowther, Idea, from Dominica; George, —. from Pernambuco; Laurel, Grieve, from St. Vincent's; Fritndship, Gla.scou from Dente. rat ; Union, Spicer, from Ostead ; Lady Cutler:4k, Simpson, from Canton; Governor Milne, Briggs, from Madeira and Ja maica; Levant,..Makan, from Me=at dria; Chilfoune, Chestier, from Calais; James, lime, from New Providence; Persevoranci.. Phitlpot, from Havre; Zephyr, Lumsden, from Jamaica; and Jane Margaret, Harrison, front DAWILIC. 01/TWAIDS-Tb. Sarah, Barrett. for Havre Nantes, and Brest ; Elisabeth, Quinton, foe Cork: Resent , Havre, for Havre i • princess *1 Wales, Stroart foe Calais • Drake, Whaley, for Rot te ßot terdam;lDrinos, Waiker, and i Maryilkibion, for Ham burgh; Neptune, for tena:rilfe ; Britannia and Marquis of Angina, drown (for passengers only), to Ostend; Favourite Balmy, for Philadolphiu; Union, for Rouen; FAlwarif Sardis, Jokey for Baltimore; Agerearia, Pomeroy, for Naples, Palermo. anensminag Jean, Dali, for Malaga; Nereid, Neill, fur Trinidad;. VI/Im. Kennard, for Dunkirk ; and Fortune, Gamey far Elamite and Petersburgh. S 7 : ail TRIALS. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, WESTMINSTER. SECOND DIY—JUNE to. The Court continued sitting till half past eve. Th. following witnesses were examined in the course of the day : . Clorito Shutout , , the younger, (7. Shearmani the elder ; Mr. Jelin ..i.fford, of Bow a , reel ; J..hu Limbrick, of I hum Gm.- ; Edward Goode.peil ; Horeb's, a tide wtiier ; Moss Mases, a constable; Thunra- GlaVt'i, a broker, at Cow cross, hiniltfield; Edward Hone, shoomati at Mr. fletkvti:ll'., the gun dmit!l ; Itichard Platt, of Pearad-place, Brivon-wath, Surrey. ; John Roberts. Skinner -street, apprentice to Mr. Beck with, guninaler ; William A Jitek with gun-snaker, Skinner street, Snowd:l!: George Halewood V:rorrel, spur-tweet, a formable of the city of London ; John Middleton, Skinny"- street, stationer ; Sit James Shaw, Bart. M. P. Thomas Taylor. ; Francis Kinnersley, Hao.:ve7 court, Houndsditch, twastle of St. Poiulph ; John I fale ' Esq. merchant, and High Sheriff of Ewes, Circus, Minories; Martin Brander, guii.maker, Minories ; I h rotas ken, Mason's -court, Goodman's-. fields, gammalt..r ; Edwz:-.1 White, Bishopscre.ureer, coach ; John Hodusic, Patermister.row, alk mereer : Dank! Cartwright, marshalniao ; Richard stepliens, turnkey at Gult. spor.street Compier ; John Haywood, StanKase. l.ambeth wa'l, ; and Thomas Fdmunds sod Thrums Der. lirgion, two soldiers 01 the Coldstream Guards, who were Oa duty at tin Tower on the ttd of Decensber. The whole of the examination of these persons had reference to the particulars already known of the Spa fields Meetings on she 15th of November amid 2d of December last, the riots in the City on the latter day, and the proceedings at the Tower, &c. Lord ELLPNBOROUGIi, at three o'clock, observed, that on account of the important Term business the Court had to do at Chambers, which could not be neglected, the Court would rise a: half past five o'clock. this day, and every subsequent day while those trials lasted. The Court was excessively crowded at an early hour. Marquis CaNinem, Earl of DuNoUGHSIOIII4 Earl GROSVENOR. bards MnNTpnnD and HoLLAND, Earl GREY, Sir JAMES SHAW, M Mr. LANIRIoN, M.P. Mr. GORDAN, M.P. aud several high political• characters, were present. • A considerable crowd was in Westminster-hall, but the utmost order prevailed throughout the day. /le arrangement of the Civil Power was the same as oil Monday. _ _ Before the Judges had quitted the Bench, two or three of the Jurymen requested permission ot the Court to communicate with their families, on their private affairs, either by means of their servants, or by letter, as the Court should direct, and under the cognizance ot the Officers. Lord ELLENBOROUtiII said, of course, there could be no objection to any of the Gentlemen cimmuni. eating with their families on their private affairs, under the restrictions which might be necessary to prevent any interference with respect to what was passing there. As the Prisoners were removed hack through West minster•Flall, the crowd, which form e d an opening for them, loudly cheered on their appnt ac h. Watson is a m4n of firm countenance : his eyes are small and light :he seldoi m..ves. Th;stlewood has rather a rough appearance, xhich prob4b!y in pert ar i ses f rom hi s dress. Hooper has light eyes and hair, and his complexion is pale. THIRD DAY-JUNE 11. As early as halt-past seven this ini,rning, a crowd, far greater qua Olt the swceprevinws digs, firai'assero. bled at the front entrance to Westminster Hall, and appeared to shew a strong anxiety to obtain a sight of the Prisoners. A great number of females ware in the crowd, and among others we observed Mrs. Hooper. The Prisoners arrived at a quarter past eight, escorted as before. The order was the same as on Monday—Matson bang in the first carriage after the Deputy Keepers, llonper second, Preston third, and Thistlewood last. The prisoners were separately greeted by the crowd with loud and repeated cheei ing as they descended from their respective carriages and entered the Hall. Their appearance WAS WWI the same as before. After they hal taken their seats in Court, they entered into earnest conversation— Watson seemed to address himself particplarly to Preston, and occasionally wrote on his papers, while the other prisoners were looking over him. The Judges having taken their seats, and the names of the Jury being called over, the Court re sumed the examination of the witnesses. The persons whom they have been chiefly engaged in examining to-day, are Charles Miell, the Petrole of Bow -street, who seized Dr. Watson on the Cigh gate road; and John Castle, the Whit, smith. The Trial is not expected to be concluded before to-morrow night, :end may perhaps extend fArther. The Duke of GORDIN, by the latest accounts re ceived, is somewhat betscr, and out of inituejiate danger. • . FREDERICK Earl of Gl:moron% who succeeded to the title by the recent death of hi% brother in Italy. has within these few days taken posles.loa of bib seat at Wald'ershare. Kent. Lord Viscount EBUINGTON IS about to lead co the Hymeneal Altar one of the young and beautiful daughters of the Earl of Hamitoway, with a large fortune. This intended union affords the highest satisfaction to both families. Monday his Excellency the American Minister, accompanied by Mrs. ADAMS, Maj••r and Mrs; LA.uu, embarked at Portsmouth for 'lslcw York. Letters received from C4lcutta. dated 20th of Ir_ nuary, state that the cotton harvest was likely to •b. a very short one; they also mention the e,e,,d; t .% or. Rajah of NEPAIII., and that one of his Queens. , on , : „f ere eras his concubines, and five female attendants ,: :reit. J. ;i sumed on his funeral pile, on which they or cc i p i tat, d Author...is in ti'dj le d themselves—one of them was only It; yer ; 3 o k• a ,, e. LADY MoIICAN'SFRANCE.--L44 Mw . „ ;lN . sh 7 m4.4„ will Appear in the course of the present csirto.;itv 4,.. expected with as much impatience • Paris as in London: as the fair a W in o o r n k g . allan parti es, expec to al icPoAmr pa r ties e i so ho 4 o P r i e t h a e a i rsl i .t in t erestrti . CORN EXCHAnt, iUNS 11. —There were no fretS arrivals of Wheat tb-day, yet, having but few buyer; at Market. sales were rather licary at Mon.tay's prices.—Barley conimues in demand for gtindiur, and is full Is. per quarter dearer.—Beans are 2s. per la quartet higher ; and Oatsgo of freely, at an advance of Is. per quarter.7—Fiour was raised to 1:::.).• per sack, at the close of Mcnday's market. '