Star. — London, England, 1823-02-07 00:00:00

=r; _.'i r zY~ ~~! a'rl: r 0 TifEEDITOR 00' 3 HAMPSHIRE COUNTY OAPER. HAVING read, in your Paper of last week, with as much astonishment u regret, the refusal of the High° Sheriff to convene a Meeting of the Owners and Occupiers of Land in the County of Southampton, foe the legitimate purpose of taking into consideration 'the universally acknowledged state of Agricultural Distress, and the propriety of petitioning Parlia ment for some redress of those grievances under which the. ended Interest of the kingdom at prevent labours, I did not hesitate to iNeUircifnsi services,' as a 443igisw irate, to afford them this their undoubted ant inalienable right. ' The most valuable Privilege of the People, and upon which their Liberty mainly depends,•is the right of addressing the Throne and petitioning Parliament--the inheritance and birth of every British subject: Any supineness,, therefore. under • the violation of this' important 'privilege, Woull carry with it, too deservedly, the character of criminal indifference ; but . treat that . the enlightened Magistracy, alit !aspeetable Propri store and Occupiers of Land. In this great, populous, and agri cultural County, will lay aside all party prejudices, and come forward to assert and vindicate the tight of which they may other wise be deprived. • • l• . Bann not inclined to call in question the integrity of the mo- .:,. . •• Lives which have influenced the respectable individual who has declined calling the Meeting: I believe him to have been acts , ated by rhea' be conceived to be, and What be states to be, "his duty towards the County;" but I will venture to affirm (as he ' has not thought proper to assign his reason for the refusal), that there never has occurred a more urgent or fit cause for ouch a Meeting, or less probability of any disturbance of the public peace ; and if the People possess any legal and constitutional sight to meet at all, that they ought not, must not, and cannot, be pre- vented from assembling together, to represent their sufferings to that power whose duty it is, if practicable, to afford immediate acd effectual relief. 1 shall not be surprised should this impolitic and ill-judged, or, • if proceeding from the counsel of others, ill-advised determina tion of the Sheriff, be received by all ranks and parties of the in habitants of this County with expressions of the most marked and decided disapprobation ; for the question of the rapidly de caying prosperity and industry of the whole landed proprietary and tecautry of the kingdom is of a magnitude sufficient to aLtrni, and to attract the serious consideration of all classes and condi tions of life, and to abtorb, for the time,• all political divisions and party feelings. But I shall, indeed, be astonished, should there be found wanting four Magistrates to unite with me in giving effect to the reasonable request of so large and respectable a body of the com_ munity, if it shall appear to be their desire to avail themselves of our authority and services. At all events, I shall have con scientiously discharged my duty as a Magistrate for the County, and as an Englishman shall have evinced my attachment to the constitutional rights and privileges of the People. I have studiously abstained from noticing the very extraordi nary conversation stated in your Paper to have taken place be tween the High Sheriff and the Gentlemen who waited upon Lim with the Requisition for the Meeting, as any allusion to an er parte statement, which, if incorrect, will no doubt receive. a • rtfutatiou, would be as unjust as it is contrary to my Inclination. I am, &c. Stratton Park, Jan. S 7, 1895. THOMAS BARING. P,4 RLIAMEN TA R Y PJUCEEDINGS. ,HOUSE or COMMONS, FEBRUARY 6. At Four o'Clock there were but twenty-three Members pre sent, and the lloube was of Coarse adjourned till to-morrow. HOUSE OF LORDS. PROTEST OR THE MOTION FOR AN AIM/RAI ON HIS MAJISSTTS srucu, rEsnuAns 4. I Threentient Ist. Because it is at all times the duty of Parlla went to examine and redress public grievances, and that duty is most urgent at the present moment when the country is afflicted with severe and unexampled distress. V. Because thealation has a right to expect that the causes of the present distress shall be immediately examined, shall be fuUy ascertained, and shall as speedily as possible be removed. sd. Because the investigation of the subject cannot be de layed without injury and injustice to those who suffer, and with out the utmost danger to the country, of which the welfare must be destroyed, and of which the tranquillity may be disturbed by a continuance of the pretent calamities. 4th. Because this House ought also to examine ". use results that have arisen from altering the value of the currency," as that measure has very considerably diminished the prices of all pro duce, and very considerably increased the burthen of the 'faxes which have been imposed, and of the engagements which have been contracted. .sth. Because the subject of which the immediate exafilination was proposed, Is of vital importance, as it affects directly aU the owners and occupiers of land, and indirectly all the other in terests of the country. STA N HOPE, T.NKERV I LLE, SOMERSET. By the Fourth Report of the Otimmissioners of Re venue Inquiry, it appears the Union Duties on the trade between Great Britain and Ireland are recom• • mended , to be discontinued a; a shorter period than , that recently fixed upon by Parliament. Wednesday se'nnight, a gentleman died at Mr. Laq:beii s, the Red Lion Inn, Corn-market, Sunder land, under particular circumstances. His name is unknowp. He came by the coach from Newcastle on the lOth or 11th of January, and has been re maining there since that time. He was dressed in a blick coat and waistcovt, blue pantaloons, and a rough white great coat. Has not, since he has been at Sunderland, associated or conversed with any person, nor is there any pocket-book or other memo randum that leads to a discovery of his name, or place of residence. His neckerchiefs are marked- W. B. and a slip of paper nearly worn out was in his pocket, with " Messrs. Chas. Chaloner and Co." written upon it—another slip of paper, apparently the beginning of a letter, with " Liverpool, Decem ber 3d, 1822, Chas."—as also a slip of paper with " Walker" wrote on it. His hat is stamped inside, " 11. , Wagstaff, Hat Manufacturer, 41, St. James's. street, Liverpool," to which place he is supposed to belong. He has been traced from Carlisle to New castle, and thence to Sunderland. Ism RUNT TO CLOTH MA et utAcTualuts.--On the 27th January last, an injunction was obtained from the Vice-Chancellor, on behalf of Mr. Robert Bow ' man,' of Manchester, against Mr. John Lees, of Waterbead Mills, near Oldham, in the county of Lancaster, to restrain the latter from using certain improvements in Power Looms, for weaving fustian* and fancy goods, which improvements were invented acid brougl4 to perfection by Mr. Bowman, and have been secured to bins by a grant of Letters Patent from his present Majesty. We consider it as a point - •neof the utmost importance to the manufacturing in " serest of this country that rights of invention should I be properly secured their author*. FRENtif PAPEttg. PARIS, IFEBRUAILY 4. A This day, at half-past thee, their Royal Highnesses Monsieur and the Duke of Angouleme, accompanied by the Generals and' Chief Officers of the Royal Guard, reviewed, on the Place du Carrousel, the Dragoons of the Guard and the 30th Regimpt of the Line.— The Princes were received with the loudest acclama tions. After having defiled before their Royal High nesses, the troops set off on their march for the army. —Journal des Deeds. 'M. Labenski, Secretary of the Russian Embassy at Paris, arrived yesterday from Warsaw, as a courier. After the arrival of a courier from Madrid to the Duke de San Lorenzo, the English Ambassador sent off a courier to Loudon. The Ist battalion of the 35th Regiment set off yes terday for Perpignan, as well as a battalion of the 22d. To-day the other battalions of the 25th and 22d marched. Eight baggage-waggons belonging to the Doke of Angouleme have already left Paris for the Army. A letter from Brest, of the 21st of January, fur nishes the following details : gi The courier brought yesterday orders to it-oat immediately the Centaure, of 80 guns, and the Flore frigate. We have already in our harbour two seienty fours, a ship of the-line cut down, two frigates, and several corvettes. They are all ready to sail. Orders have been given to re-establish the semaphores on the coasts : powder, balls, and bombs, have been sent to Bayonne : levies of sailors are already ordered here, and will be ordered also in all parts of France." The King has appointed M. hasez President of the Chamber of Deputies for the Session. Yesterday morning, the King deigned to receive General Quesada, and addressed him in very flat tering terms. FROM THE FRONTIERS OF SPAIN. TOULOUSE, JANUARY 29. The friends of the Royal cause in Spain will read with pain the two following Papers, which have been printed at Toulouse :—" An .unhappy difference has broken out between the Regency of U.rgel and the Generals of the Army of the,Faith. The motives are clearly announced in these two writings, of which the authenticity is known to us. It is hoped, how ever, that it will be possible to reconcile things. The purity and nobleness of the intentions supply indu bitable proof that they will sooner or later be reunited. They will feel that a fatal misunderstanding, above all things, will give too much advantage to, the ene mies of the Most Holy of causes." FRODI TIIB CONSTITUTIONNEL. Rumours of a most singular and contradictory na- . ture have been circulating to-day in this city. It was Alid, that an extraordinary raes , ,enger an ived from Madrid yesterday evening, bearer of news up to the 27th of January. Some pretended that the adventurer Bessieres had entered Madrid on the 27th, and had effected a complete counter-revolution: This news appeared so incredible, after the events of the 26th, of which we gave an account, that it obtained little credit. 03rers were positive that the Cortes were divided into two Chambers, and had proposed to the King of Spain various changes in the institutions, with the in tention of satisfying - the Holy Alliance, and of taking from the Continental Powers every pretext for making war. It is believed that these rumours, which were spread at the Exchange, occasioned the rise which took place in the public funds. If this opinion were correct, it would be a new proof that the preservation of peace is an excellent means of public credit. But nothing in our letters authorises us to believe this last news. Ou the 266 everything was tranquil at Madrid, and harmony between all the powers appeared suffi ciently established. Since we are dealing in conjectures, we will add, that the rise of the Funds has also been attributed to some hopes of peace, founded on the choice of can• didates for the Presidency of the Chamber of De puties. It is known that the extreme right weredivided in chosing a President, between M. de Bonald and M. de Causans on one hand, and M M. Labourdonnaye and Delalot on the other ; who alone would compete with M. Neves. As they obtained but few voices, it is Opposed that the majority of the Chamber were •sufficiently ealighlened not to force the Ministry to draw the sword, and precipitate France in a war about a matter of opinion, opposed by the wishes and the interests of the country. We are ignorant to what degree this idea is correct. We can only judge of the situation of the parties in the Chamber by the answer to the Speech from the Throne. FROM THE ETOILE. The sitting of the Chamber of Peers yesterday was very remarkable. Several Peers spoke in the same sense as the Whigs might have done in the House of Peers in England ; and in a war undertaken against military insurrection, the sovereignty of the People, and for the fieedom of the King, they skewed them- , selves much more struck with the dangers than with the honour of such an undertaking. The Opposition on the left wished to introduce into the Address to the King, proposed by the Duke de Levis, an amend. ment, to 'the same effect as the articles we have read 'for the last two or three months in the Constitutionnel and Piloie upon peace and v ar. The Minister of Finance (Villele), ard the Minister of Foreign Affairs, took upon themselves all the re sponsibility of the Speech from the Crown ; and both professed openly " that France would act as France, and that she would not lay down her arms till order should be restored in Spain." The Minister of Fi nance observed how important it was to France, not only as a point of honour, but. as a positive interest, that the dynasty of the Bourbons should not be shaken at Madrid. After the speech of the Minister of Finance against the Amendment, which depicted war • as replete with dangers to our dearest interests (which is not true in any manner), and a part of the Opposition was so impressed with this, that they proposed another Amendment, the C hamber rejected the Atnemiiment, and adopted the Address, by a peat majority. The Duke of San Lorenzo received yesterday from the government of the Cortes the order to quit Paris icarpediately with his legation. . An eztraordinary.courier from Spain arrived at Paris with news of the 29th, O'Donnel, the. Consti tptional. General, had. repulsed Bessieres, andretaken the prisoners whiCh the Royalist Generad maile 1 1 :1Z first combat against O'Daly. The Liberals of M gave themselves np to greatjot so much the more] escestive because their fearsharkiren considerable.— Lagarde has left Madrid. • -In the Chamber of Deputies, to-dayi MU. Sala berry, Longueve, avid Porteau, were proclaimed Se cretaries. M. Ravez took the Chair as President. Viscount de Chateaubriand and Count de Corbiere yesterday transacted business with his Majesty after Mass. The King also received the homage of nu merous persons of distinction, amongst whom was M. de Castelbajac, Colonel of the Dragoons of the Guard. Two field-trains, escorted by a detachment of foot artillery, left this city on the 19th, for Narbonne. CHAMBER OF PEERS, FEBRUARY 3. M. the Duke de LIM% Reporter of the Special Commission, presented the Project of an Address in answer to his Majesty's Speech, which was examined in a Committee, and discussed :in a General Assent- An Amendment, proposed by M. the Baron de HAR6STE, and modified by a second Amendment, proposed by M. the Count de Secuft, was supported by the Count DA nu, and opposed by M. de VILLELE add Viscount de CHATEAUBRIAND, and finally lost by a majority of 90 to 53. The original Project of Address' was adopted by a tmtjoiity of 99 against 26. , Faaxra Fuxin, tee 3.—Five per Cents. 80f. fur 'Money ; opened at .791. 60c. for Account; went up to 88f. fell to 79f. 60c. and left off at 82f. . . . TH E EV EN't N( STA It. LONDON. FRIDAY, •FEBRIYARY 7, 1525. THE FUNDS. STOCK EXCHANGE, HALF-PAST TWELVE. Consuls opened this morning at 751. Expresses from Paris bring the French Funds of Wednesday.so high as Se. 75c. FOREIGN' FUNDS. Spanish Bonds opened at .181 I—but little business is doing in the Market. Current Prices :—Chilean 67, New Spanish 3Ri 4, Old 414, New Prussian 76;01d SO to 81, Russian 75, Danish 79, Colom bian 49, Spaniels Scrip 27. NEAPOLITAN LOAN OF 1822. Many of the Holders of the NEAPOLITAN DEPOSIT-, RECEIPTS having failed to comply with the tenour of those engagements; by which the parties were required to pay- the balances thereof on the Ist of February, 1823, with thr interest accruing up to that day; and not having availed themselves of the terms proposed for their accommodation in the Advertise roasts of the 11th and 113 d January last, Public Notice is given by Mr. N. M. ROTHSCHILD, that such RECEIPTS are VOID, that the DEPOSIT MONEY is FORFEITED, and that all obligation has ceased' on his part to deliver Certificates at a future period. Being desirous, however, that noindisidual should suffer unknowingly on this occasion, Mr. TROTHS CHILD hereby notifies, that he will grant to the HOLDERS ~.of his RECEIPTS an INDULGENCE of ONE WEEK from this date, either to pay thebalancee due by them on the Ist instant, or to make the further deposits called for by the Asi vertisements of the 11th and S3d January last. New -court, .sth February, 1823. PRICES OF-STOCKS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock 237% 238-3 per Cent. Red. 76 1 / 4 1 / 2 3 per Cent. Consols 75 5 % 1 1/4 3 I/ 2 per Cents. 88% IA 4. per Cents.'Old 944 % 4. per Cent. New 95 1 / 4 94 ys 95 1 / 4 , • Bank Long Annuities 19 11-16 % 13-16 Imperial 3 per Cents..7s% India Stock 233 1 / 2 —Bonds 355. 38s. - Exchequer Bills of #21,000,,15x. 17s. Consols tbr Acct. 75% %a 3 4 % 34. This forenoon we received intelligence floin- Dilyonne to the 31st ult. from which we mike the following extracts: BAYONNE, JANUARY zo. We have just learned that the Chiefs of the bands in the three Provinces, and in Navarre, positively re fuse to obey the orders of O'Donnell, and even of the Regency, and that the greatest disorder prevails among those partisans, who, one after the other, are beaten and driven into the mountains by the Con stitutional troops. Juanito and Santos Lull-on have been forced to fall back into their first positions in the Itoncal, and their soldiers are in the most wretched condition. The two Communes of Valcarlos and Lucaide, on the extreme frontiers of France, were near to being burnt by these wretches. The Chancellor (Chancelier) of the French Lega tion at Madrid, passed through Bayonne yesterday, on his way to Paris; he is said to have stated that M. Lagarde will follow him in a few days. Everything here looks like war. Preparations are making to receive 6,000 conscripts, four regiments of cavalry (one of which is of the Royal Guard) four of infantry of the line, and some companies of artillery. It is affirmed that by the end of February we shall have on this frontier a corps of 25,000 men, and that, besides, it is calculated that the soldiers of the Faith in Navarre will be organised, and form a body of 12,000 men ; but it is to be recollected, that those men know nothing of organization and disci pline, and that, if the French soldiers are Well clothed, .they will be the first to attack them, only to steal a sabre, a cap, and a coat. ' Our accounts front Madrid of the 22d lay, &IPA' the people were much disiitisfied at • the neglect of sending a sufficient force in proper time to Siquenzi, to prevent Bessieres from advancing towards the capital as be has done. It is positively announced that he has been defeated, and hOpes are entertained that his corps will be destroyed, but others think that the reinforcements from Madrid having departed so late, - Bessieres will be able to return - into Arragon, or to ?etre"; into. the kingdom of Valencia. The Espectadot of the 21st says, it i s certa i n l y known that the Junta of Meguinen.za had received orders from France to leave a good garrison in that place, and to. send all the force that it could towards Castille f and endeavour to fortify AlCala de Hennes, :xix it would hGe' ea's 'to eater the capital. bilhe aid of the urea. l ieres 'cc bad been take' to bring about internal cliStirbances there among the . different parties, who would, in the end, desirey eac h other. The result of the farthei-operatlons of the Coast': tutional troops isimpatiensly i expeeted the laudable spirit which animates thereeanert be doubted. On the 19th, Bessieres eceesra_Nedina Ali and TcenLa with 40b0 'men; ,VtiAte 2001 : 046 e - at Molift This last• divitiOn is 'doeibtkeis diva which has beet defeated by Velasto. The effect produced all over Spain by the menu, table Sitting est and that eif the 'lick is daily more evident. The debates have been publicly rear in the chief cities of Andalusia, amidst loud cries er ". The Constitution or Feathl-440 Foreiguer t r, Addresses to the King and to the Cortes arrive front all quarters, all breathing the most determined reso lution to convert Spain into a barren desert, rather than give up the new institutions, or submit to fo; reign interference. Well-informed persons say that M. Lagarde aria be immediately recalled by his Government, but that the legation will remain at Madrid, waiting the arri. val of another French Plenipotentiary. If we mar credit what is said by some great politicians, notwith standing the preparations for -war making by both nations, it will probably not take place unless the fa. natic party in France is resolved to disregard every obstacle. The assembly of Sir William A'Court last Monday was extremely brilliant: all the Spanish Ali nisters were present, a great number of Counsellors of State, Grandees of Spain, &c. &c. A great deal is sai of• the treaty col:0;0d with England, by which, besides the as.i vantages which that country has obtained in Cuba and other Spanish Colonies, it will have most imp' tant swama 4 es in the Peninsula, that will be of the greatest'injury to French commerce, which will be subjected to the prohibitory system, in return for the assistance which England shall give to Spain, by sea and land. Let. ters from Cadiz. say, that the moment war is de. Glared, 20 privateers (English and Spanish) will sail for that port and Gibraltar, under the National ihg. A Flanders Mail, with Biussels Papers to die sth instant, reached us this morning. Accounts from Constantinople to the Ist of January, by the way c 1( Corfu, bring the gratifying intelligence -that the Greeks had landed at Scio, and driven the Turks from the island in the greatest confusion. After thC conquest of Scio,. the Greek fleet sailed againt Smyrna acid Tenedos. Accounts from Ancona, of the 12th ultimo, cos. firm the success of the Greeks at Scio. The expesli.l Lion had been fitted out by the Ipsai ints; and it cowl sisted or twentrfotkr:vessels, with 9,000 troops, 42 1 sixteen fire-ships, and conquered Scio, it is said, a the 23d. All the Turks who could not escape by flight were massacred, only a few getting into tie' fort, which is already cannonaded by the GreeL Th'ey expected at Scio an expedition from Sama with 3„000 troops, and the squadron of Hydra Zvi fifteen vessels and 2,500 troops, to make another it. tempt either on Tenedos or Mytilene. Lettters from Corfu, of the 2d of January, or that ' negociations were carrying on with butt PAcIZA, for the surrender of Corinth. The surrender of Napoli di Romania is considered at Corfu as certain. The Emperor of AUSTRIA his bad frequent and severe attacks of a cough, but is much better. The &trans has also been unwell. An article from Frankfort, of the 29th of January,! gives a hint of the probability of war, and the fol., lowing statement of the military force of Prussia: ' The Prussian army, including the Royal Guards; consists of 118,000 men, viz. 80,800 foot, 21,700 horse, 14,000 artillery, and 2,300 engineers and pio. neers. In case of war it mig& be raised to 298,000 foot, and 40,000 horse, including the reserve and the landwehr of the first levy; to which maybe added, in case of necessity, 130,000 landwehr of the seeessll levy—in all 518,000 men. Vim, Jaw. 23.—Bletalliques S.T S-IS, Bank Shares 9s‘. New York Papers arrived this morning 3d of January. INTERYSTING FROM HAVANNAR. , --The following to the is an extract of a letter, dated the 15th December, brought by the packet Comet, arrived at New Yet in five days, from Havannah : " About a week ago the citizens of this place were quite in alarm, occasioned by the Elections. • TOO must know that there is a great party spirit raging here, the natives on the one side, and the Europnes ' on the other. Everything is now quiet, but mauy.S afraid that serious results will follow. Ere this nut reach you, various accounts pi tbst jaw . occurresce in this city Must :have come 19, your knowledge' however, for your own satisfactionit4lll#4“ o " es ~brief abstract of what hat happeng.' ' " There being two,pOlitical parVeslti* MR, Its election for Deputies to the Oortes 004 rn WO' vincial Deputation, brought them ..,in-sektatt wia each other at the places of electtnn hips 016 140 parishes. The natives were 'eierfehige both on account of their numbers, anO l thß !Mr" of manftEuropeans, who sided with. them,. lady so, because two Regimenm - mostliEsu voted for them. -The opp?sitejilitMstquid defeat, spread the furtipdr . Snaiiiohie *iaropt