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"". -9 • atilt/ . vt• , 11 .. S.' THE EySW L'rAR. VINPON. • . "1 '•• ikTitt ›SIONDA , ItY 15, 1822. STOCK EXCHANGE, TWELVt O'CLOCK. The Funds opened this morning at 784 79, and a great deal of business doing. live per Cents. 2034, and the above prices are 02 same up to this hour. ONTE O'CLOCK. A great deal of business is doing in the Stock Exchange, but chiefly in the settlement of accounts. The sales of the Five per Cents. still continue. They opened this morning at 103 i, and are now Consols are 781 79, and for the next Account 79i a• It is reported that the Revenue, on Saturday last, had improved £490,000 upon the corresponding quarter. In Foreign - Stocks a good deal of business is doing. Spanish Bonds have greatly improved—they are now 84, and the New Loan, 63. Danish Bonds, 83; Prussian Bonds, 1171; Russian 3letallic, 78 ; Austrian, 76; Columbian, 98; and Neapolitan, 69i. Bank Stock 249 1 / 4 % % per Cent. Reduced 79 3 / 4 SA 3 per Cent. Consols 783 79 1 / 4 1 / 2 per Cent. 90% %g-4 per Ct. 98 1 4 5 per Cent. 103 3 / 4 Bank I.(lng Annuities 20 9-16 ga ladia Stock 217 1 /g 248—India Bonds 525.505. pat. Exchequer Bills of £l,OOO, par, 4s. pre. Consols for: Acct. 79 1 /s 787 g 79 78. The accounts from Ireland this morning are of a very painful nature. While the Special Commission at Cork is condemning men to death by ten or twelve in a day, the lawless marauders continue their out rages in various parts of the country. The Irish Papers have long teemed with accounts of the mur ders of peaceable inhabitants, and the burning of houses and other property ; and now, in addition to these, they record one of the most brutal of crimes—the violation of nine females, the wives of a detachment of the Rifle Brigade, on their way from blitchelstow•n to Kilfinan. The lives of two of the poor women are despaired of. It appears from an article in the Leinster Journal that an attempt had been made to put the Habeas Corpus Suspension Act in force against the Editor, by some person giving false information to one of the Magistrates, but who soon became convinced that he had been imposed on. Twenty Whiteboys were tried and found guilty on Tuesday and Wednesday last, before the Special Commission at Cork. In the Counties of Kerry and Cork the outrages continue unabated. At a late hour this forenoon we received Flan- ders, Dutch, and llamburgh Mails, bringing Papers to the 231 instant. The following are extracts: ZANTE, JANUARY 10. The Consulate of France was burnt down, with everything it contained, in the last combat between the Greeks and the Turks. It is no secret who in duced this cowardly deed, and the criminal authors of this horrible intrigue are known. The English brokers have negotiated the ransom of the women of Chourschid Paella, who were in the hands of the Greeks; 500,000 francs have been paid for their release, and the intermediate agents have had besides, for their share, 250,000 francs more, which will be divided amongst great personages. The persecutions directed against all persons suspected of entertaining opinions favourable to the cause of the Greeks, continue with bitterness in the lonian Islands. ^ k• • r p lay was, howeier, excited by the bringing in of a Greek palms as a prize. Nine guns were fired from the castle on its arrival, to announce this capture to the inhabitants; but when the ship was examined, and found to be quite empty, their joy was changed into rage, and the ship has been sent to Oran, to serve for the conveyance of corn. Four hundred Turks have deserted, to go to Asia to try to make their fortune by robbing and murdering the Greek inhabitants. —We are, happily, free from the plague, but ano ther evil threatens us, viz. a total failure of the crops. For these ten weeks we have not had a drop of rain. The earth can neither be ploughed nor sown. This is a circumstance which the oldest inhabitants do not recollect to have happened before. We have had at times a drought in March or April, but in Autumn it used always to rain." BERLIN, FEBRUARY 14. The latest accounts from St. Petersburgh bring the following particulars: _ _ " Numerous conferences are held in the hotel of the Minister for Foreign Affairs respecting Turkey. Baron Strogonoff is present at these Councils, and seems to have great influence. Many couriers are dispatched, some to the head-quarters of the Russian armies, and others with dispatches for the Russian Ambassadors and Ministers at foreign Courts. Some Aides-de-Camp and other superior Officers, from the south of Russia, have arrived at St. Petersburgh.— The profoundest secrecy is observed, both with regard to the diplomatic negotiations and the military dis positions. A Turkish agent is said to have arrived at Tehei an, to arrange all the differences between the Porte and Periia." The French Papers of Thursday and Friday last have been received. The Chamber of Deputies were occupied on Wed nesday and Thursday with the resumed discussion on the Projet respecting the Sanitory Police, several of the Articles of which were agreed to. In the Cham ber of Peers, the Count PORTALIS presented the Re port on the Projet, relative to offences of the Press, the discussion on which was fixed for Monday. The Pi ojet relative to the Journals was referred to a Spe cial Committee of five, consisting of the Count FERRAND, the Duke de DOUDEAUVILLE, the Duke de Laws, the Marquis de TALARU, and the Count Jutzs de POLIGNAC. The following are extracts: r_ , PARIS, FEBRUARY 22. Next Saturday Sir Charles Stuart, the English Am bassador, will give a grand dinner, to which the King's Nlinisters, and the Ambassadors and Ministers Plenipotentiary of foreign Powers are invited. One of our Journals this morning has the follcwing article :—" The house of General Berton, in the rue de la Tour d'Auvergne, was surrounded yesterday morning, by an armed force, while agents of the police were making search inside. The General was from home. His servant was examined." A letter from the Minister of War, the Duke de I , Belluno, to the Commandant of the 72d Regiment of Artillery, notices the honourable manlier in which they exculpated themselves from any participation in the conspiracy of Nantes, and expresses his conviction of their devotion to their country. The Minister con siders that all fears of internal commotions in France have wholly subsided. Mr. Douglas Loveday has addressed a new Petition to the Chamber of Deputies, which will be reported upon in the course of next week. The Echo corvette arrived at Toulon on' the 11th instant, from Smyrna. At the departure of this ves sel the best order continued to reign among the ships employed in the Levant. They have visited the dif ferent ports in succession, and have exercised their usual activity in affording protection to our Rag, which has acquired so much respect that our mer chant ships are much sought after by commercial men, who have shipments to make. In general there is ob served, throughout the Levant, a sentiment of good will and consideration far the French ; and this fa vourable disposition is certainly owing, in a great measure, to the activity and energy of the Officers who command the King's ships. It is stated from the Banks of the Danube, the Gth February, according to the Nuremberg Correspondent, that the Elam of Egypt had promised the Divan to send, about the middle of January, a considerable squadron to the aid of the island of Candia, and which, it is added, would act also against the islanders of Hydra, Spezzia, and Ipsara, so as to make them return under the dominion of the Porte. It does not appear that the Divan has any intention of taking from the Greek nation the Hospodars to be sent to the two Principalities. It is thought that it will nominate to these offices natives of the country. On the Bth instant, five shocks of earthquake were felt in the environs of Landshut, in Bavaria, in less than 80 seconds.. The accounts from Spain received to-dathave no thing decisive in them; the party of the present Mi nistry and the party of the Communeros everywhere struggle with equal resources. The city of Murcia has submitted, and the Military Chiefs of the Oppo sition have been sent to Jiffeient garrisons. The same measure has been taken at Seville. People are not safe even at the gates of Madrid; the band of Mingo carries off the money from the carriages and public coffers. A Madrid Journal has just published an article on the right of the People, the only true Sovereign, to yunish with death per• jarred tyrants. Being summoned before the Jury of, ' Accusation, the complaint was disregarded: but one of our correspondents intimates, that the article and the dismissal of the charge were only Ministerial manoeuvres against the Liberty of the Press, which they desire to render odious. MADRID, FEBRUARY A conspiracy is said to have been discovered at Aranjuez, which was to have broken out on the 6th instant. General Itiego has arrived at Madrid, but by night, and under a borrowed name. Few persons are in the secret, for fear of any public demonstra tion of the enthusiasm which his appearance every- where excites. The Patriots prepaicd a triumphal, CORFU, JANUARY 14. A plan is in agitation for the erection of regular fortifications in the Islands of Cephalonia, Zante, Mika, and Cerigo.—Several persons who were con demned to death have been pardoned. It is said, that there have been found in the pos session of a merchant of the Island of Santa Maura, a great number of standards and Greek Proclama tions, but nothing certain is known on the subject. We learn from Thessaly, that Odysseus is at length preparing to attack Latissa. FROM THE BANKS OF THE DANUBE, FEB. 10. We have now news from Constantinople to the 16th of January. Tranquillity then prevailed in that city, and no new excesses had been committed. The Porte had published nothing respecting the war with Persia, though persons attached to the fo- 1 reign Legations at Constantinople, positively affirmed that that war was terminated. On the other hand, Armenian merchants, settled in the capital, asserted that neither peace nor armistice had been concluded, and that this would not take place till the Persian Generals had received formal instructions from Tehe ran, which had not yet arrived. If these accounts are well founded, as they are affirmed to be, they irrefragably prove, not only that the Court of Persia had not disapproved of the war, as has been hitherto affirmed at Constantinople, but that hostilities did not take place but with its assent and authority. The Armenian merchants allow, how ever, that there has been a pause in the military ope rations ; but they ascribe this pause to the efforts of English agents at the Court of Persia, and whom Lord Strangford has called upon in the most urgent manner to effect at any price the re-establishment of peace between Persia and the Porte. BRUSSELS, FEBRUARY 19. This morning two English couriers, coming from St. Petersburgh, and proceeding with all haste to London, passed through this city. lIAMBUItGH, FEBRUARY 14. We have received, by way of Marseilles, the fol lowing : " Algiers, December 29. 4 , The Government is discontented with the issue affair off Zante, on the 12th October. Great I " of tt '.J ~ ~~ .~ Madrid Papers to the 12th instant have reached us. They announce the complete tranquillity - of Cadiz, and that the yellow fever has entirely ceased at Palma, the capital of Majorca. One of the Journals, the Redactor General, says- 44 It is affirmed that our troops and Guerillas under the command of General Morales and Colonel Alejo, have completely beaten the Insurgents of Columbia, and that the Liberator, Simon Bolivar, was killed ; and also his second in command, Bermudez." The proceedings in the Cortes are interesting. On the 7th and Bth the debate was continued on the Law of the Press, when several Articles were agreed to. Two Resolutions were then proposed and adopted: 1. That the preparatory meetings of the new Cortes being about to take place, the present shall close their labours. 2. That a Commission shall be appointed to represent to his Majesty the mode and the time of doing to. The Commission appointed to inquire into the mode and time of terminating the present Session of the Cortes delivered their Report as follows : 1. That it may be decreed that the Extraordinary Cones close their Session on the 14tkinstant. 2. That in conformity with the rules of the Coma, a Deputa tion of 22 Members may he appointed to communicate to his Majesty that on the said day the present Cones end their labours. 3. That this Commission NMI the object of its appointment on Sunday, the 10th instant. These proposed arrangements were adopted by the Assembly. On the 9th the Commission on the Colonies ratified its former opinion, adding only that the Commis sioners of the Government should be authorized to reject any propositions that should be made to them contrary to the liberty and property of the Spanish or European Americans who should remain attached to the mother country, and should desire to quit the ultra-marine provinces. On this subject the opinion of Count Tonazzo, of Moscoso, and ERPIGO, were read to the following effect : 1. That a declaration should be made, annulling the Treaty of Cordoba, entered into between General O'l)onoju and the Political Chief of the rebels of New Spain, Iturbide. ff. That the Government should dispatch a circular to foreign Powers, to explain that Spain had nut renounced its rights over the provinces of America. 3. That the Government should make arrangements to protect the provinces which should remain faithful to the mother coun try, and endeavour to make head against the insurgents. 4. That a declaration should be made that. no Deputies can be received from those provinces which have proclaimed their independence. The discussion was fixed for the following Tuesday. We have received Dutch Papers to the 21st instant. They announce that in consequence of the unlimited importation of foreign manufactured goods into Rus sia having injured the national manufactures as well as commerce, it was intended to establish a new tariff. An article from Cassel states, that a person who served in the Hessian troops has been arrested on sus picion of being guilty of the poisoning the Prince's attendant at the Masquerade. On the 25th of September, an earthquake was felt at Samarang and Tapara. The shock was very vio lent, but no mischief was done. New York Papers to the 27th January, and let. ters to the 31st, arrived this morning. The follow ing are extracts: CLAIMS UNDER THE SPANISH TREATY. FROM THE MERCANTILE ADVERTISER, JANUARY 26. A letter received yesterday morning, from a source we can rely upon, contains the following interesting and important information respecting American Claims, under the Spanish Treaty, as determined upon by the Commissioners: 1. The Commissioners have determined that Claims origi nating in contract with the Government of Spain or the Colo nies, for Supplies furnished, do not constitute a claim under the Treaty. 2. All claims arising on account of vessels captured by French privateers, carried into Spanish ports, and afterwards condemned by a French Tribunal sitting in a French territory, are rejected. FROM THE DUBLIN JOURNAL OF FRIDAY. Between eight and nine on Tuesday night a party of Tn.ar gents attacked the houses of John Connell and Atitirew of Newtown. Connell was sitting with his family at their hir.- side, when they were alarmed by a loud knocking at the cat...- door; several persons from without demanded his arms ; he flew to the door, which was merely secured by a latch, :u:3 bolted it ; the villains then endeavoured to set fire to the thatch by snapping their pistols close to it; failing in this wicked in tent, they broke one of the windows, and fired into :he apartment in which the terrified family were—fueling the perils of continued resistance, Connell opened tho door; tsa men entered, and commanded the candle to be put tot; one villain cried out—" You and your wife hold down your heap . give up your pistols;" they finally became possessed of the ri• • toil; they next took a powder born. The party preparin , ; depart wished the family a good night, and told Connell oti of death not to put his head outside the door until mornth i z, :al also peremptorily forbad his speaking of the visit at all. They then went to Dowd's cabin, which is within 60 perches at Con nell's ; they knocked at the door; Dowd thinking that it teas hie wife and son returned from Dublin, opened the )or, LZ.st teas commanded by the party outside to close it, and bard out his gun—this he refused to do, and fastened the door—they 114 into the house, broke his window, crying out "open the dear, put your wife and children out (fot the unwelcome visite', were ignorant of the woman's absence) before we burn the hot.it'7- he refused still to open the door—a fellow forced his stay in through the window, who was habited in a large trice OW; and . Repeated his demand fur the gun, and for the estitigui•Aiii,: et the lights; the gun was at length reluctantly staTendered--- the ruffian who had entered the house thus, opened the duo', and ordering Dowd to approach it, asked for poweer and shot —not receiving it, he exclaimed " kneel down Alta receive your death;" the unfortunate man obeyed—saying, " do shoat use, and answer to Goo for the sin of depriving nine children of their father"—the ruffian exclaimed " shoot him now," — the voice front without, " no, I will not do so at present"—a book was then pLiced in hi. hand, and he was forced to swear not to mention the visit he had received, or the robbery. They then departed. 5. They have rejected all claims for seizures made by French Authorities at St. Sebastian, and other ports in the South of Spain. 4. They have also rejected all claims for consequential damages. 11IdNTREAL, JANUARY 12. It was yesterday rumoured that the Legislature of Upper Canada had, in consequence of the financial difficulties existing between the provinces, determined to solicit from his Majesty an union of the two provinces. It is reported that Government has received dis patches from St. Petersbursh, stating, that affairs had been settled between Russia and Turkey. His MAJESTY continues to take frequent airings in an open carriage. The rides, en these occasions, ex hibit the most gay and animated appearance. Saturday, the Marquis of LONDONDERRY met se veral of the Cabinet Ministers, at the Foreign Office ; they continued in deliberation a considerable time. . . Saturday afternoon, a Meeting of the Board of Trade was held. Yesterday, Divine Service was performed to his Majesty's Household, at his Palace, in Pall-Mall, by the Rev. F. NV. licomßEno. The Duke of YORK attended the early Prayers yes terday morning, at eight o'clock, at the Chapel Royal, in the King's Palace, St. James's. His Royal High ness attended Divine Service at, the same place, at twelve o'clock. A line large t:o:•bound was lately picked up in the Swin by a salvage-vessel belonging to Harwich ; when found it was up wards of seven miles from laud, and must have been swimming a considerable time. A dreadful fire broke out in the Orphan Asylum at Oda, in the night of the '2zd of January, when the building v:as entirely destroyed. It is feared that a number of the little iu,:•s cents perished in the Names, as twenty-three of them were miatuy• A Meeting of the Citizens was held on the followit g day to adopt measures for the comfort and protection of the orph tits deprived by this cslainitl of the home width this ‘liatritoble It.- stitutiou provided. Bow-sus:RT.—The young Gentleman who was charged with rape at this Orlice on Thursday last was admitted to bail in the course of the day. Sir liteo.tito Musts: at fir►t firmly refused to liberate hint on any conditions ; but in consequence of some cir cumstances stated by the prisoner's Solicitor afterwar,l4, the Magistrate accepted an undertaking for his appearance on Thurs day next, when the matter is 61 be fully Wet:sag:net:. , . • 4 ' ‘7l,,M4yEzierN•lllCC. . ".-1"11"111111 r Wir.- r r 7'‘ „ • 4 '111115 1 1 " 1"111"1.111111110 • . i rr • 1. 4 , • „•'. • . , • , . • • entry for him. It is said he will not appear in Fintlic' DISTURBANCES IN IRELIND. till the day of the Preparatory Sitting of the Cortex ---- Other MORE MURDERS AND RENRWED OTJTRA GEL Other motives oblige Count Torreno to shot him- NOBS THE LIMERICK CHRONICLE°, WEDNEMIAY. It is a melancholy task to announce, that our county self up in his house, which is become a fortress, which he never leaves except to go to the Comes, accom- is again disgraced by another foul murder, co mm i tted panied by one or two Generals and some servants. in a barbarous manner and at noon day, on the high Since the sth and 6th, when he was loaded with in-. road between this city and Ratlikeale. On M on d ay, sults, he receives daily testimonies of the hatred which between the hours of two and three o'clock i n t h e af ternoon, Frederick Petit, servant to William Smy t h . many persons bear him. E sq . a agistrate, returning to his master's hoase at French Funds, Five per Cents. Feb. 20, 90 fr.— Ballylin, from Adare, was waylaid near Garranbne Feb. 21, 90 fr. 50 c. Castle, by a party of ruffians, who murdered hi m in the most cruel manner. Mr. Smyth sent immediately for surgeon Thwaites, but before his arrival life u•lts extinct ; the Doctor reports that the sinfortu%a:e man received a duck shot in the right side—that his back was completely burned, supposed from the shots being fired at a very short distance, and that his skull was fractured in three parts—it was literally pounded to pieces by the infernal demons, who are yet, we are concerned to say, undiscovered. Petit was a native of England, and married to the daughter of George Spading, of Adare. It is very remai kable that this is the fourth murder committed within a short time near the same spot, and deeply to be regretted that the perpetrators have evaded the hands of justice. Tuesday, at four o'clock is the afternoon, a s Ulick Burke, Esq. was returning from his farm to his dwell* at Newbridge, he was murdered within one hundred yards of the village of Cappa, by a patty of ' fellows, who lodged several shots in his body. Mr. Burke was a most inoffensive Gentleman, and uni versally esteemed. Sunday night, as a detachment of the Rifle Brig:oe were en their march from Mitchelstown to Kiltinan, their wives and children having preceded them crs cars, they were attacked by a party of about fo: ty men, who instantly called for the ammunition; and on being informed it W.IS not with them, they de clared their intention of ill-treating and murdering every Scotch and English woman amongst then), and insisted on knowing whether there was at, Offi cer- or Serjeant's wife of their party. They then dragged the women out of the cars and barbarously abused nine of them : two of their lives are despaired of, and a third was missing for twenty-four hours._ Tuesday morning two men were brought into keale, charged with this diabolical offence. Thursday night a respectable Palatine, who had been several times previously visited by the ithels and money extcr,cd, had his stable consumed,t y fire, and his only cow and horse so much burnt t.nit it is supposed they cannot recover. His own lite was alto threatened.—Another Palatine was visited for the Sidi time, by a party of marauders, who broke all his cabin windows, and gave him to understand he had but a short time to live. Monday night numerous parties of Vhiteboys were in motion from the borders of Kerry and the county of Limerick, and having concentrated their forces, they proceeded to demolish the barrack of Abbeyfeale, which was effected in a very short time, having con sidered it more expedient to take the timber, doors, wintlows, &c. away t'lan to set it on fire. We are informed that an engagement took place on Monday last, between the small detachment of the 42d and Palatine Yeomanry from Askeaton and a party of Whiteboys who attempted to rescue one of their associates, and that it is ascertained that one of the latter is killed; several must have been wounJed as the military expended each 16 rounds of ball. Tuesday morning, about one o'clock, upwards of 100 men, some on horseback, and all armed, attacked Willow House, near Plauy, the seat of Captain Hickey, late of his Majesty's 51st Foot, and now on the full-pay of the 7th Veteran Battalion, who lost his arm in Spain. They commenced their operations with sledges, and with them some of the party broke in :ae pannels of the hall-dotx, while others were eng aged in sma:im i g all the lower and some of the upper windows , firing shots with out intermission. On breaking in the door, several of the party rushed up stairs, and, on getting near the landing Capt. Hickey came out of his bed-room with a gun, and having taken delibe rate aim at the nearest man, snapped, but unfortunately it did not go off, and the powder having flashed in the pan, the ruffian fell down the stairs with fright ; those in his tear, however, finding that the gun did net go off, pressed upon Capt. flicker, and secured his gun before he had time to rectify it, and then commenced ill-using him in the most wanton and crud manner. They then proceeded into the room, and took from Captain Hickey's dressing-table a purse, containing nearly £l9 in salver and gold, and his watch; the latter, however, they returned. The interior of the house, as well as the exterior, was com pletely perforated with balls, and the furniture much inj ored.— Die same party afterwards went to the Turret House, on the Race Course of Newcastle, occupied by John Casey, steward to Denis O'Brien, E.si. front whom they took a gun, flo c -sed hint in a cruel manner, broke three of his ribs, and td-treated every person in the house. II - -: ri rj . Thi B.' A 1 taw bow ha for - 1 lan 1.0 qu, De to an 7 I