Star. — London, England, 1823-11-25 00:00:00

THE GREEKS. PRANETORT, NOVRMBPR 16. The Oriental Spectator, which is always written in favour of the Turks, says that both the Musselmen an. the Greeks begin to wish that their contest was at an end: " Nt+ropont, Beotia, and Attica," it says," do lot furnish theTu rkishTr easury with-more than a million and a half of piastres; and it costs four millions annually to keep them in subjection. This sacrifice is the more evziely fell; as he rte during the war does not re ceive' itbove a thiiilrCts ordinary revenues. The Greeks on the'other hand, as IA as the war lasts, lead a life of danger; w ..beteen de tion and slavery—death and hanishment."*.Es en if the should maintain their inde pendence, tb&eipense of their GOirernment and military establishment would be .double the tribute they paid the -Porte. 'thus it is for the,,iaterest of both panic% andparticularly of the Greeks, to come te a speedy ar raegernent of their ditference , ." AUG8111:110, NOVEMSI6II. 13. Accounts brought by trading vessels, from the Arehi pelago to Marseilles, say, that there have been varirsus actions between single divisions of the Turkish and Greek fleets, which in general have not been of any ad vantage to - either side. The Turks had adopted much better precautions than formerly against the Greek fire ships, and thus escaped the danger to which they were exposed from them. Some Greek vessels of the Ipsa riot flotilla have been captured by the Turks, from hav ing ventured to approach too near. On the other hind, the Greeks are stated to have taken some Turkish armed vessels and one corvette. Koneb-Pacha, the Turkish Admiral, bad made to the Greek Admiralty formal proposals to submit upon conditions, which he repre sented as a special favour of the. Sultan ; but he was answered in a few words, that the Greeks would rather suffer themselves to be put to death than submit agaia to the Porte. On this subject there is" only one o v irtion among the Greeks. They have absolutely re jected the proposal said to be made by English agents, that the Islands pf the Archipelago should declare them selves independent, under the protection of England, and place themselves in the same kindof relation with Great Britain as the Inniito:lsiana....Atemeine Zcitung. EANTE, OCTOBER 20. Colocotroni, that Old head of a party, who was brave only from interest, bad excited a suspicion that he de sired to enjoy, at the expense of his conntry, a fortune of more than 18 millions of fray -s; and it is well known that at the commencement of lins year, he had formed a project for delivering Napoli di Romania to the Turks, who had encouraged him to hope that he might be cre ated Prince of the Merea. This negociatiun was covered with so much obscurity, that though suspicions might be entertained, it was impossible to obtain anything like certainty on the subject. The place was given up to the Greek Government, because the troops of Colocott oni, terrified at the excommunication with which they were threatened by, the Bishop of Helos, would have forsaken their General. The former services of the General made Lis conduct be passed over, but he was watched by Maurocardoto, who at length discovered that Coloeo troni had an intention of delivering the Peloponnesus up to its former oppressors. At present he' and twelve of his associates Me in prison, and all of them have been exconamtinicated by the Church. Their trial is going on, and the result will soon be known.—FreAck Paper. Ocrosen 24.—We have just received intelligence that Acro-Corinth has capitulated, and that 200 Turks, who were reduced to the necessity of closing the. gates of Coron, which they were unable to defend, entreated permission to surrender. It is to be feared that these wretched den, who in 1821 had caused the Bishop and Clergy and principal Christians to be hung, will not be treated so leniently as others were, at least unless some foreign Power should intercede for them. ' EXECUTION OF RIEGO. PRIVATE CariSPONDENCE. ladrid, Nev. 105 1823. Since my last, the most important event that has oc curred has been the execution of Riego, pursuant to the sentence, that he should be drawn to a place of execu tion and hung. On the 4ainstatit, in the middle of the rift, he was removed from “ El Seminario de las Nobler., where he he had been confined, to the Prison " de la Corte," and et nowt the next day, the sentence being read whim, be was conducted to the chapel, with a couple of friars to assist him in his devotions, as is customary, forty-eight bouts previous to execution. A table with a cruci fix *as placed in the street. opposite to the prison, to re ceive the offerings of the pious and charitable for the purpose of defraying the expenses of the funeral, and for the saying of masses. Curiosity was excited to see some thing of the last hours of a man whose name had re sounded so much throughout Europe during the pre ceding three yeas's, and numbers applied for permission to see him, both berme and after the trial, but none were indulged. The lawy , :rs connected with the proceedings and the friars choosing to be his only observers, advisers, and consolers. 'On the 7th the c:owd began to assemble as early as nine odnck round the doors of the prison, and in the Calle de Toledo, through which be was to pass to the Plaza de Cavada, where the scaffold was erected.— Riego had requested that none but the Spanish guards or troops of the line might attend ; the.Fiench Com viand:tat therefore ouiy interfered so far as to place a few piquets of French cavalry at the opening of the streets, to preserve order; and there were no Royalist volunteers or other soldiers to line the streets, a few lancers tiding Up and down to keep the way clear.— A bnuthalf past twelve the unfortunate man was brought to the outward prison door, pale and emaciated, scarcely exhibiting signs of life: his coat had been•stripped of, and he was covered, from the neck- to the feet, widko White linen . rek ds Am** fastened.. with-a mod • Vie waist. His bands and feet were tied, Red-birwas seated on a-seri of rotated-hurdle, with a pillow to sup port hint, and friars on either side to keep-him up, and afford'him spiritual comfort. fit his band Avao plead a small pint of the crucifixion. is-feve horse eadietol went first, the constables and officals beisetsist Mahe pi ison,. an image of Ciforer on the eons, the as drarl gang the hurdle, a number 'of eecleirtraties aagli friars, and a body of cavalry, completed the procession. • In the streets, and at the balconies, with few nap! tions, there were multitudes to witness it : the - eitatoh, tions were of those houses (and those the best) whets proprietors. or occupiers had been friends to Riego..--. The greatest order and silence prevailed. Not an insult ing word escaped from any. Little could be seen of lion,. as he beet his head on his bosom, except when nice or twite he raised his looks to the ft iar, who kept s,vrakiog to him. On his artiste' at the foot of the serf tow, Ix, was lilted limn' the hurdle, and seated en the first step, where he was lifted up (Pe einicutiOcier I Priest asidgessed of thse wiporn hieAbemiee. 4.The ing to the word: the side, and here occurred the most barbarous spec tacle, though a humane act to the sufferer. The hang man jumped upon his shoulders, jerking himself several times, and covering the face with a handkerchief, which he soon took off again, and waved inbruul triumph, as a signal for the people to cry out. Viva el !leg; but among some thousands, a few hundreds only joined in it, and few repeateJ it a second time. Two men were below under the scaffold to pull she legs, so that a sense of pain could only be momentary. A savage from the crowd struck the body with his fist, which was the only insult of In the eveninet was taken to the nearest church, and at night was interred at the Campo Santo, by the Hermandad de Canidad y Pae--aninstitution framed for acts of this nature, and wh6 defray all charges when ate cbllecttons are insufficient. • How are the mighty fallen! seemed upon the lips of every one. What a contrast! the contemplation of this man when in 1820 parading in triumph the streets of Madrid, receiving congratulations and cheers on all sides, and showers of flowers from every window, and subsequently in all public papers dignified with the appellation of a here' and ge immoital; and by the populace sometimes with those of " Santisima' and .‘ Emperador," and now ignominiously drawn through the mud to the gallows as the meanest malefactor , without the solace of a triend —Sic transit gleria mknii As the Friars alone were about Riego, nothing can be known about him but what they please to tell us. They ao doubt tortured him, body and soul, till be was nroulded to their own mind, and bereft of all fortitude, and resolution; that he exhibited no sirs of heroism at his last end was seen by all, and they airy, although he did not suffer with the spirit of a herh, yet he &.d a true penitent. As the King, by the Decree of the ' lst October, had stripped him of all his honbers, said he was tried by a Civil Court, he could not claim 'the pri vileges of a soldier, and probably he Mt tbe issioirianj to which he was doomed greater then death itself. k is said he wrote to the King, calling on him to remelts. ber his coaduct on the 7th July, when he bad been his consoler, assuring him of his personal safety, and that he would be the first and last to defend hini, and if that considEration did not %velgh with him, he then implored his clemency to pardon him. The King's reply was, the law must take its course. ' During his istiprisOoment Riego had also written se veral notes to persons be looked upon as friends, •rlid questing trifling kindnesses, none of which were IW' swered, out of feati, 00 doubt, of being looked upon nee after with an evil eye by the Government. We ire cold that ,the night previous to the execution he desired a scrivener to be called, and dictated to him what would in England be - called a last dying speech and confession, abjuring hie errors, and asking pardon of the King, the nation, and'theindividualewhom he had injured. TbiS has not yet been published, but we bare the friars' word for it. The declarations' taken from him before his trial are now before the Conncil of State for - their inspection and determination.-10 his Personal appearance Riego had nothing to boast ef—a slender make,' of about five feet nine, patted with the stnall=pex, and his countenance otherwise not prepossessing; his talents and qualities will be best related by those who best knew him.- On a slight acquaintance, he -appeared to posseis a good deal of activity and zeal in what he bad to do t but no thing farther. , THE EVENING MIL LONDON. TO CORAISPONDENTS. The Letter el NUM have hseertios t rem— TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 25,* lam. •. • ".: THE FUNDS. • • • STOCK EXCHANGE, TWELVE O'CLOCK. Cassels opened WO itageldnig at tom, I, and for the next Aceeset • In .the earty.pen ei the 'morning a good deal of busimess was doing for the nest Seceant—hat litdcfor the present time. The article la the PA* Spodsy, stating that the Coostka. dotal Loans will never be paid, has had 40111 C effect in the Foreign Market this morning, antbas lowered Spanisit-Boads: . FOREIGN FUNDS. - Speolik Bonds epened•at W/6 to but lowered to an, with little doing, owing to - there being no Information from the Continent. - . Current Prim t—New Spanish 111‘ Old Colowildosel to Russian 8411, Old Prussian 1171 011, New SO, Chiba 661 to 67, Port's S. FOREIGN EXCHANONS, ' Avoninax, Nov. 21.—D0 ban& 39.10. t DI. 39. S. • 13Ausuocu,Nov. 111.—Ou London, 30.94. 37. 04. • PK:summon, Nov. 4.&—Oa Looks, IL Is-52; Pods. 100. }. Itlca;Nov. 6.—On Londea, 9. 1949. , Nov. 15.—0 n London, S SI. 7.3.1. PRICK OF STOCKS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock 224-3 pertent.Redvied 63% f t % 3 per Ct. Cons. 84 3 / 4. 1 / 2 1 / 2 -3 1 / 2 per Cents. 97% A 4 per Cents. Old 100 1 / 4 3 / 4 4. per Cis. New 1041/ 14 3 /. —l3k. Lg. Ans. 215.16 % India Stock 269 1 4- %—ludia Ilonds 78s. 80s. Exchequer Bills (:1,000) 495. '805... Consols fur Acct. B+% - 1 / 2 1 4. Our Readers will scarcely fail to /rive observe& dist while most of our contemporaries hafe•been alarming die commercial world with idle dreams of French ar. sad South American subjugation, we stated ihat there were no grounds for feat.—that Spain never mould reconquer her colonies, and that France would *lt attempt it, knowing as she did the seodloosts of OM Government, and having given assuranng meg Sentbs ago that she bad no such designs. The assur kowee made to oat Ministers was, that" no attempt would be made to bring under her dominion any of the South American provinces, either by conquest be by cession t,OO from Spain.' This disclakiner, too. was auk at the very moment when France was ping tuo commend* a doubtful war against Spain, which might base broken all use of delicacy on the sojear findlAtteocled, the test to the colonies of both rowers. . •• • • • To suppose that, France, out atielist generipity j. shoold End ships, men, and money for assisting Spain to recover her lose authositi in.tlae New World, with- 1 out in equivalent or Weaning, was absurd; 'aid what equivalent could Spain give but I:er Colonies, which France had declared she would nut attempt to bring tinder bar dominion, 44 either by conquest or by cession front Spain r - Thole who felt any ii sslartrt fox; the indepencleace of South America, must have calculated ltrgely on 'ller weakness, when thy) , supposed that Spain, without money enough to carry on the ordinary purposes of Government, without a ship of war sea-worthy, and with an army on whose fidelity little reliance could be placed, could for a moment endanger the independence of the South American States : and it has been proved, that all the statements of French naval preparations have either been gross impositions, or wanton exagge rations. It appears, however, that idle as were theie reports, they had given some uneasiness to the Mercan tile Interests in the City, and that a depUtation of Merchants waited on the Ministers, the result of whose interview is thus stated in the:Times of this morning: " Two Merchants, deputed by the general body of those trading to Mexico and the South American States formerly Spanish Co lonies, bad an interview, we understand, on Saturday last, with Itlr. I Canasta and Mr. Huistason. Their object was to asczrt;.in, it possible* what were the real views of France with regard to her giving assistance to Spain, either directly or indirectly, by which the reconquest of those countries might be effected. In soliciting I:.for mation from the Ministers on this subject, it was stated that there were ar this moment in the different ports of England. 13 or 14 ves sels, laden with valuable cargoes, about to sail for South America: that if any design existed on the part of Fraser to co-operate with Spain is regaluisis her former possessions. they would consi der it the more prudent course, instead of extending theit ship ments, and increasing their risk is that part of the world, to call home without delay the property they bad there, instead *I expos ing It to the imminent danger that would be aimed is the event of a united attack, by Frame and Spain, est ilia efitaillmke of the latter. The &matador' was treated, wi, mildhretand; with ranch courtesy, both by Mr. Calmat and Mr. Itininconon, wise, If the re port current of this interview may be received as correct, were pe culiarly frank and explicit in their answers to the application. It . was & subject, they observed. of an extremely delicate nature, to an• deruilie to explain the present vieses'et another Government. or the imam policy by . which It might ho-actuated; but, udging from the lideat d the most recent communications which had readied the British Cabinet, they believed thee no such design, either directly or iodbecily, was at this manta ehtermined by Fivoik•-- The reports in circulation, that extenihre insomnia were collect- Ws io the French ports in the West Indies, they had *Mon Oa know were wholly without foundation : thin the vessels bf war which were at Martinique add Guadeloupe is ApriPand May but, kat dale returned to Primo: The Jean Bert was the only French di* ate* of the first elms in the West .Indiei, and orders had been sent by the French Government for her return home, in consequence of the termination Of the Spanish campaign. • Re specting the preparation& mid to be going On et Brest, they believed them to be-on an extras* 'hiked scale, sod Mt more than adequate to the conveyance of 300 men &wined for the relief of . the usual garrisons of Martinique end Guadeloupe. On being (entice pressed for their opinion, whether asp cease existed to ren der it en act of 'prudence lit the merchants to suspend or diminish the shipments to the - former colonies of Spain? the Ministers are said to have suited that they saw no danger. The deputation then withdrew. The intervka, tasted more than two hours." •In a preceding iogit iveltave inserted a sensible er. , s tick from a Scotch paper, . on the subject of the trails to!Soath America, which shews how little this country. has to fear, in a commercial point of view, froth itaY gam tfie'affairs in the Sew World may take. With an Administration that acts on the most liberal basis in its Seeletercial relations with foreign. Powers, with a body Of merchants possessing spirit and capital for any en serprise, and with a fleet and an army, sufficient to pro tect our interests in every quarter of the globe, what have we to fear from the. more confined and less liberal policy of other Powers? 4 The French Papers of Saturday contain little politi. cal intelligence, and are principally occupied. in.detailing the accounts from Madrid, of the joy with which tan rittiann VII. haibeen received in the•" heroic city " of Madrid. Illuminations, bull-fights, and fire-work;, are the order of the day ; and the KING has reviewed the Spanish and French beeps. 'This last: humiliation should have bee:v.llloga the Monarch. • • • A dispatch from the Corildsimditirt-Getieral lirat. lincia l and Murcia, ttansmitted, to Abe Mirditei:,it 1.114. ennounces that on the 7th of November, theldemtef reCognized the Government of.the Kota.`. • • The Etoik of Saturday . quotes an article . i'rem the 14.3140 n. Papers, stating that the otienti' for 'the' nevi Loan had been hissed off our Stock E*Chstatit to which it adds the following impudent assertion : r..." The Jobbers on the Exchange of London exert ,thernselves in vain.: they will no longer fintany dupes to relieve them from the Spanish Bonds. Not a piastre of the Revolutionary Loin rill ever be repaid," Paying a debt and Ekaawledging it are certainly, ,different things,- and We eln not anticipate that Spain, ander any eiretimstericee, tan loon diseharge her Oen- Diary obligations,; but mdeli she it bankrupt in hOnotir at well as fortune, she set* . reengnice the Loans. It is asserted ielhelksetislierme OA contradiction, to •Riidlikotey thee sAr mrpop,. is. ender artist, and on his t•wety'in that state ra Mi 44414 .448 i is masisc . hogY; ithd . ooinous respetl4olsoWit :1 7 1'SA N M IGNIL. It Itad*emslic;pmf i tisat,sis iher.44llrinister had surrendered himeellto the Wee* and wt. tb the Spanish Royalists, he ;sight* have beeis rescued from danger; and upon that fact `of his itorrender;the Piloie had founded the argument lafety; *liy he has been 'know:not ; bat we fear we *cannot avow siarifaiAgetp. ranee as to the consequences., • The Coistitutiosisti Ire—teciiterd: of Setardar,.ealis upon 'the joirniTita . ideilL a . 441tement *so''so &r gater,i to French bonocr,T''', * ' wdok!-- 1 40: BA Le,Aarraes and. Prittset.t.to are, it isassertesk free:" not in the we prasinni i , of the stnicisk,isise man, who held ester erienittel nlrtit tribe •”ir ., Accounts Trom LeiPsie."4"the 14rli itlst . state, Wk. trade Si still languititherd.• 'At 'the ce'neliisitiii= Michaelmas Fair, hewer/04i sdrne Seiws, Trilm'else made•very extensile o.oteliipes, briritiokiedWes4 were sold alsnott MR ROSERr WILS MULLIN, IROVgMBER • Our Sovereign, like the King of I psired Sir Robert Wilson of the On cerferred on him. The Decree to Appears to be six weeks old, is publid &ate Gazelle. It is directed to the G of the Orsier,--end 4e conceived in the When, in the year 1813, I conk the Red Eagle on Sir R. Wilson, at General in the British service, it w give him an acknowledgment .fer firmness which he had shewn in the the independence and tranquillity n he has slams himself both by words zealous and ardent friend and advi and revolutionary prints files, and himself unworthy of the Order forts him, I hereby charge the General Order to erase his name from the list Berlin, Ist Oet. . " FREDE COLONEL LiGn The following account of the arriva the companion of Sir Robert Wilson, Devonshire Fteekolder. There seen the usurderof the Spanish priests b Corunna, which we confess we were , to believe: " Plyni "Thursday evening last, Colonel per the schooner Liberty, of this p from Cc:4o%llla. The is;,lonel ha Coruniaa in consequence of the m in defending the heights of that to by the French troops. lie states ti ninth to have him shot, and that have been certain had not the Flew feted and protected him from the be He confirms the death or rather t priests t rnentioned a few days since noderbi Vigo, .and also states, that mtge, the priests having a short tin his father, by fastening him alive drawing him in quarters! He alsol class of the inhabitants already f quences of betraying. the great cause table conduct of the Government, tkibtitions levied on the people, will country into a much worse field of . they have jest expel ;cocci!. Allem itantly; not a Spaniard 'dared speai Light. One of the dungeons . at taint .some hundreds'of poor unforti has three feet of water .on the Boa quenee perish daily. The clergy at for' Blood, nothing but blued IRISH OCIrRAG CARLOW, Nov. 17..—0 n Ftiday.n. who had a warrant to arrest a Gen sum of essoney,.finding. that the deb at billiards,' rushed into the hillier& and fired a pistolamongst the geed the ball passed very near two ortbi wall. The fellow has been taken committr& te gaol. Coax, Nov. 17.—0 n Thursday early hour OfeiOt'o'clock, et labour ing to Wm. Low, Esq. in.the pari set on fire by the insurgents, and The family was fortunately absent, b were'destroyed. . • _Nov. 19.—..0n Sunday night a the property of a person of the na set fire to -at Ballyaudrew, withi mile of Doneraile. It was not, hos 'tuned, the headsof the sheaf: ha , , house of a man of the name of Gre , was also attacked by a large arme, dreadfully beaten r. his thigh bone his eyes knocked out. -• LtUEßrce, Nov. 19.—0 n Wedn between sin and seven o'clock, two Vallence and Laurence Lyons, v keepers on some corn, distrained fo of Tully, three miles beyond the t this county, were barbarously mu lands, and the other on his rain itlitcheistown, within the bounds of The following day, Coronets 1114 Mitchehtown and Kilfinan, and Murder against some pennon unkni brothers, namedWebtr,of Tully,ove men had been keepers, have been a now in custody ; and, from the Magistrates and police of that nei' by Charles Deane Oliver, Esq. Co hope that the murderers will be bro , - His Majesty, the Emperor of the 17th at Elman, 'in the Govern continued bis journey next day t 4 Ickaterinoslaw, gud was eipeeterl pital on the 16th. • Subscriptions have been opened'' for the Greek Pries *he) ir,is =ea near his Altar, list week, in N u. It h remaikable, that while the Tyrol, .Irc. are sufferin . g ttatist . 'dr inundations, the rivers )n Saxony, i long continence of Air weather h to work the mills, erhlCit bliss-ew price,. though coin is iv-, focialtit it is said; mast bilninect unless a • The Oritigat Spa for affirms September six Algerine - ships• ea vessels near Chesme, end Janded . tl It is ,said that the public entry Oi LOTTE,Of Wiwi-Malmo into St. Pe till tbe..,beginoing of next montl illness of the Grand Duchess Atm The Ch instant being the annivt Sweden incl . NotOlay, , his MA42I Pei xcE were present 411 a grit:id. o by M. Somas x wiJI Ll 4, the Norsveg Letters were yesterday receives 'July 2p,. 3 t which' tili:4,ll,ote jloy:il session Of:the place ; nog NO the Is least‘effett to dislocignabens. ,It s the' view's' of -Ow litter \vitt*" Ink , PP . tspf_ibe ikai*, at bell *tll wr, A 4, Arica, tri order 'id rivalu 2,600 wren- Wad been seat 40. Piece _ , Ton, in orar. to ante:a dives V .i.n it . flOin - - eekUptrilt:4l ll l ,t l /' si , (chit Was thotigkt 1 )(40W be all •. ,and kiL:ci)ire one. ebq made his cepfession. This epded, p) the ladder 'alvOst wthe top, andwhile fastened the. sops=abeat 'his neck, the I thebystaliders, 4esieieg the corgi reties ben ight ',hive offeodiod,.-:as he forgnie' 7he 'elk{ sitacthetOiegane and on coni- Is JURA CHRIST; he was thrown off from 111