Star. — London, England, 1822-10-11 00:00:00

;k4 e;. • •--.1 , t 1,.' •;: s • . • • • .6 .431 e . 1 . tIE 1 , ,VEN1%1 STALL LONDON. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1822. VIE FUNDS. STOCK EXCHANGE., TWELVE O'CLOCK. Very little is doing in she market this morning ; the principal transactions are in the foreign Funds. Consols are 831. The first transfer of Reduced is to-day, Four per Cents also, and Long Annuities. rosituatr 3tAllltirr. ..... AU Foreign Securities are very heavy this morning, and New Spanish Bonds have lowered three per cent. since yesterdays owing, it is supposed, to the Stock Exchange party selling under the prices on the Royal Exchange. 'The new Spanish' Loan has not come forward yet. —Chilian 88, New Spanish 72i 75, Old 86, New Prussian 90}, Old 91, Russian 901 §, Danish 91, Nes pe:itan 84, Colombian 95, Scrip 95t. STOCK EXCHANGE, ONE O'CLOCK. The market is flat. Consols 82,(sellerb). CURRENT PRICES: Bank Stock 248 1 4 ex. div. 3 per Cent. Reduced 81% Vs ex. div. 2 per Cent. Consols 82 1 43 81% 3 1 4 per Cents. 92 5 / 8 ex. div. 4 per Cent. 99 3 / 8 1 4 ex. div. 4 per Cent. New 102 101% Bank Long Annuities 20 11-16ths 3 / 4 ex. div. India Bonds 555. 575. Exch. Bills (1,000) 6s. 7s.—Do. small, 7s. 101.75. Bank for Acct. 253 1 4—Consols for Acct.B2 l / 4 82. If there is a single reason why we should wish Lord MELYILLI to be sent to India, in preference to an individual much better qualified for the office, it . is that his Lordship might be succeeded by a more able and efficient Minister at the Admiralty. Never, we believe, since England had a Navy, was its power so disgraced anti misdirected as it is at present; sad never, since England ranked as a Commercial cation, were its interests so totally neglected. At peace wis all the world, our Commerce su ff ers more than It frequently did in time of the hottest war; and the risk of trading with the West Indies is now as great as it was during any period of the late war with America. England, which in war has protected our commerce against all the maritime powers of Europe, sees that commerce invaded by a few piratical cruizers, who are daring and revengeful in propor tios as our Government is supine and indifferent. Every day use have to record some new outrages committed upon our merchant vessels in the West Indies; and, notwithstanding the facts we are daily giving of the extent to which these depredations are carried, and notwithstanding the remonstrances of the Mercantile Interest to Ministers, no efficient steps are taken to put down these lawless plunderers. The Bristol Gazette of yesterday gives a circum stantial account of the plunder of the ship Edward Profheroe, of that port, which we have already stated, signed by the Master, Chief Mate, and passengers.— It appears, that after boarding the ship, the ma rauders threatened the Captain with death (drawing a knife several times acres.' his throat), if he did not immediately deliver up his property and all monies on board, which they seized. The ship's manifests and papers they destroyed. Mr. SMART, one of the passengers, was cruelly beaten with a naked sword, on suspicion of not having given up all his money; and several of the crew were treated with the most wanton and barbarous cruelty,—particularly the steward, a black, who was cut and stabbed in se veral placer. They ransacked the ship fore and aft, and took all live stock, wines, &c. and they even de stroyed all the medicines on board. This is but one of the many outrages which are daily committed on our ships in the Western Seas, and which will continue so long as our Ministers are intriguing to provide for themselves and:their fami lies by places and pensions, instead of attending to the duties of their offices, and the commercial inte rests of the nation. Other instances of these piraci. will be found 'in another column; and we have now to add, that the Feliza, Captain CUNDY, arrived at Bristol, was chased' near the Havannah, during the whole night and day, by a suspicious vessel: other ships had also been chased, which induced the Captains to present the following Memorial to the senior Officer of his Ma jesty's ships lying in the Havannah We, the undersigned 'Masters of the ships John, Thisbe, and Paz; actually consider it necessary, foistse preservation of the property and ships committed to our charge, to put into the Havannah, and to present this Petition to the Captain of any of his Britannic Majesty's ships that may be in the port, praying that he may afford them protection through the Gulf of Florida. " The undersigned are not actuated by any groundless appre hensions, attempts having beta made on the Thisbe, on the morning of the 15th Inst. and on the Feliza several times during the same night, by a suspicious schooner-rigged vessel that re fused to give any information as to her name or nation, and that we only attribute our present safety to keeping close to each other. gs We have strong reasons to apprehend a coalition will take place during the night, as three schooners are now in the offing, one of which we discover to be the vessel that already attempted to board us. (Signed) " Porn -watt., ship John. " Preen Rezone, ship Thisbe. " F. Cusinv, ship Feliza. " Dated 16th August, off the Haviutnah. " To Sir lioaaaT MENDS, Iphigenia." When this Memorial was presented to Sir Roam *ENDS, Captain ReentE requested assistance, and Sir ROBERT with great readiness sent an of►cer and thirty men on board the Thisbe, for the protection of the ships during the night, and ordered the TYNE sloop of war to sail before day and convoy the ships through the Gull. Intelltgonce had reached Bristol that one 9f the ~.• • , .. • • .ti V • a English brigs that bad beet plundered put into iia*lpreeipilatiem from vannah, and that:Salt:pier sent tier out again with, ‘ time of the reverses, Il e complimeiltlif mire, when the pirates bore down of the Hellenian upon her, and , anuMber of tkeMinteieg boarded ' the Gbvernment, of brig, were seized and hung immediately. The pica- Maurocordato and . _ tical schooner was also taken. We shall rejoice to . Six couriers have arrived from Madrid sinee 'the hear even of one capture, and that the crew of one day before yesterday, sent to different houses in Paris. of these vessels have met the doe reward of their The house of Ardouin received one this morniag,who cruelty; but unless Ministers send out sufficient force announced that the Spanish Government had accepted to protect our trade in the Western Seas, it will either the terms •offered by this house for the loan of 200 be annihilated or carried on at such a risk as few millions of reals, rather than the terms offered by dab' merchants will venture to incur. house of Ifothschild. The Spanish funds rose wars, The following are the Premiums adopted at Lloyd's on the Exchange from 66 to 80 francs. . by reason of the Piracies: • Colonels Fabvier and Dantzel are still detaine d at To Jamaica. 50s. per cent. • the Prefecture, Salle St. Martin. They have already From Jamaica, 15 guineas per cent. to return .C. 5 for convoy been several times interrogated. • through the Gulf, and XS per cent. more for sailing after the AIX- LA-CHAPELLE, OCTOBER 4. 13th January, and arrived. To the Leeward Islands, 40s. per cent. EXTRACT or A PRIVATE LETTER. From the Leeward Islands, 50s. per-cent. to return 38s. per " The news of the expulsion from Teheran of the cent. for sailing aftir the 12th of January, and arrives. English agents accredited to the Persian Court, has To the Brazils, 40s. per cent : To the River Plate, 50s. per cent. Silk ships, *ss. per cent. From Sincapore, seven guineas to return 40s. per cent. if calls at St. Helena only.i - and arrives from Bombay, Madras, and Java, six guineas to return 40s. if calls at St. Helena only. From Bengal, eight guineas per cent. to return 40s. for calling at St. Helena only, and 20s. more for indigo, and arrives. From Bombay, Madras, and Java, six guineas, 'to return 40s. if calls at 54 Helena only. From the Mauritius, five guineas, to return 202. if calls at St, Helena only, and arrives. To the Cape of Good Hope, 50s. per cent. From the Cape, 50s. per cent. To Bengal, 80s. per cent. To Bombay, Madras, and Java, 70s. per cent. If bound to or from Liverpool, 10s. per cent. less. excited some attention among the diplomatists at Vien na, and the more because the Schah appears to have drawn more closely the bonds which already attach him to the Russian Government,- both politically and commercially. " It is said that the Duke of Wellington is charged by the British Cabinet to make some propositions of so much importance to the Congress of Verona, that they will cause deliberations which may be prolonged beyond the term agreed on for the meeting of the Ministers of the great Powers." AUGSBURGH, OCTOBER 2. News has arrived from Hydra, by way of Cala mate, dated September Sd, and announcing the cap ture of three Turkish vessels by Hydriots. Large sum of money destined to buy slaves in the Morea, to be transported into Asia, were found en board the Turkish vessels ; for, as soon as the Turks of Anna tolla had heard that a part of the Turkish army had entered the Morea, many of the inhabitants of the coasts wished to repair there to do what had been done at Scio. Among the papers of the Turkish Cap tains, several Hati-scberifs, and letters of recommenda tion to the Seraskier were found, that he might pro tect these buyers of Christian slaves in their enterprise. These Had-scherifs are in general signed by the Pacha of Smyrna, and what is more remarkable, by the Kiaja Bey of Constantinople, and drawn up in the name of the Sultan. From this we see the fate - which the inhabitants of the Morea may expect if they are conquered, and they cannot reckon on the modera don of the Turks. The Porte does not lose sight of Scio, and in spite of its fair promises will give itself up to its barbarity wherever occasion offers. When it makes the most solemn promises its vengeance is most to be dreaded. BARCELONA, SEPTEMBER 25. The French Papers of Tuesday have been received, by which we learn that the sentence on General Berton has been carried into execution. 41 A letter from Poictiers (says the Note) informs ns, that General Berton suffered according to his sentence on Saturday the sth, at eleven in the morning. He exhibited the utmost calmness to the very last moment. Sauge and Jaglin were sent under a strong escort to Thouars, where their sentence will be executed. The other prisoner, Dr. Caffe, killed himself some hours before the time fixed for the execution, by means of a sharp instrument which had been by some means conveyed to him: he had given himself a deep wound in the groin. The femoral artery was cut through. The Doctor expired after a great effusion of blood, and thus escaped the scaffold. It is remarkable that Caffe must have destroyed himself in the presence of two gendarmes, who had the care of him." These Papers fully confirm the reported successes of the Greeks in the Morea ; even the French Ultra Journals are now compelled to acknowledge the fact; and it appears certain, that after some con tests, two Turkish Pachas have been taken, with mo: e than 1,200 horses or mules, laden with baggage. The result of these advantages is the entire dispersion of the Ottoman army. The Greek Government, %%hich fled with so much precipitation from its place of residence at the time of the preceding reverses, has been declared to be at an end by the Chiefs of the army of the Hellenists. They have appointed a new Government, whose principal members are MAtnto- CORDATO and Prince DEMETRIUS YPSILANTI. The Etoile announces, that g , M. de SANTA ROSA, the well-known Piedmontese refugee, had, by order of the Government, passed through Paris, on his way to Calais, where he is to embark for England."— ' SANTA Rosa had demanded of the Minister of the Interior either his liberty while he stayed in France, or a passport for another country. It appears that the Minister has granted the latter part of the request. The Gazette du Lyons, of the 4th, mentions thatla Commissary of Police. had been bent from that city to Tarare, to seize the papers of a Masonic Lodge, which follows the ritual of Misraim. On the 16th the Provincial Deputation of Barce lona passed a Decree, by which it ordered—, . • 1. A general arming of all the inhabitants who have given, or desire to give, positive proof of their adherence to the Consti tutional System. 2. A contribution of ten millions of mats, as an extraordi nary war contribution, raised at the rate of the ordinary contri bution of last year. S. The seizure of all the property of the factious. • 4. The Commandants are to watch over the political conduct of the Cures of the Municipalities ; and *e to appoint Com missions of Vigilance in those districts in which they are judged to be necessary. S. The union of all the Militia, now dispersed or absent at their homes, at Manresa, Iguabalda, Vich, blatare, or Barcelona. 6. The Militia to receive each man five reels per day, taken from the war chest established in the chief town of each district. It further appears by these papers that on account of the crisis which menaced Catalonia, the Civil and Military Authorities of Barcelona had resolved to place at liberty the noted Colonel COSTA. This de cision had caused an extraordinary degree of sur prise among the inhabitants : the street in which Co lonel Conn resided was filled with persons anxious to congratulate him, and there were illuminations and music throughout the night. MINA had established his head-quarters at Cer , aora : he had commenced operations, and their effects were already perceptible in the Government of Bar cdona. Troops were arriving daily both by sea and land. The number of troops of the line was said to Ibe nearly 20,000, and that of the militia to 12,000, the greater part of whom were in motion. The 3d and 4th battalions of the Militia had quit ted Barcelona, for the purpose of giving protection to the mails. General MILANS, after having reduced Pineda on the 16th, marched on Hostalric, where he arrived on the 17th, at noon. Having supplied this place with provisions, and reinforced its garrison with 100 men of the Regiment of Cordova, he directed his march towards San Deloni on the 18th, and on the 19th made his entry into Granolens. A letter from Pisa says that Lord BYRON has gone to Genoa, for the purpose of embarking for the United States of America. ' There appears to be a singular disagreement be tween the Echo du Midi and the Journal du Thoulouse, as to the affairs of Spain on the frontiers: the former ascribing the superiority to the Royalists, and the latter to the Constitutional party. It is affirmed by the Echo die Midi that Tarragona has fallen into the power of the Royalists, but neither date nor details accompany the statement of. the fact, which has therefore no claim to notice, and the remaining state ments of this Journal are wholly unworthy the atten tion of our Readers. The Journal du Thoulouse says, that according to the latest advices from the Seo d'Urgel, it is certain that the advantages said to be gained by the Baron d'Ettomms over .Colonel TA BUENCA have been singularly exaggerated, and that the latter, if made prisoner as affirmed, had undoubt edly not arrived at Urgel. Without, however, an nouncing any event of a decisive nature, it may be collected that both parties were preparing for a ge neral encounter, which was to prove decisive of the contest. The following are extracts from the Paris Journals of Tuesday : This forenoon we received a Dutch Mail, bringing Papers to the 9th inst. The Emperor of RUSSIA, whose terror of theCarbonari a n d F reemason s nothing can allay § has given orders to publish at Warsaw the Papal Bull of the 24th of June last, against the secret society of the Carbonari ; the Bull has accordingly appeared in all the newspapers of Warsaw. • The Extraordinary Storthing of Norway was opened on the 20th September. In the speech which was read in the Klee 's name, his MAJESTY says, he has no ether object than the Government of laws freely enacted.. "'You know," says his MAJESTY, "by what exertions and sacrifices nations must obtain their Institutions; how difficult they find it to consolidate • fortunate thin teeny others,= yottlate a gift of PoovioiNog. You there' sensible of the necessity of removing hand whatever is found in them that execution, and of adding what may be insure their durability. In order to seettiiiith du/ability, in the exercise of per rights, I have called you together, and will discuss with yod the means of fulfilling, in a manner independent of accidental circumstances, the duties which have na4 tnrally proceeded from the freedom which Norway enjoys_as a State." The followintare extracts; . ANTWERP, OCTOBER 4, Yesterday, at half-past four o'clock, an alartitittg fire broke out in a house in this city, and it was soon found that from some unknown cause, but probably the carelessness of coopers who were at work, the oil of turpentine and other combustibles in the cellar had caught fire. The violence of the flames and the knowledge of the quantity of inflammable substances in the building, caused the greatest apprehensions of the consequendes, as the fire raged with extraordinary fury; the flame, fed by the oil,fat, vitriol and spirits, in the cellar, bursting through five windows which resembled so many furnaces. By the extraordinary exertions of the civil authorities, the firemen, and nu:fibers of the citizens, the fire was gut down at eight o'clock, and was quite extiuguished by eleven. The goods in the cellar and in the tippet floors of the house were insured, as it seems, to the amount of 1:0,000 florins. Those in the upper part of the house are more-or less damaged; it is not yet known what the fire has destroyed. BRUSSELS, OCTOBER 7. We learn from Dunkii k that three travellers (mer- I•chants) who lodged in the Hotel de Elan& es, in that city, having hired a boat on the first of this month to row about the harbour for their amusement, had the imprudence to communicate with a vessel which was sailing for Flushing 'or Antwerp, but it is not known whence it came, nor what communication it has had on the voyage with other vessels. These personshave, in consequence of their imprudence, been put under quarantine for a time which has not yet been fixed. However, oue of the owners of the boat having remained on board the vessel as pilot, the Magistrates wait for his return to punish him, and an answer from the several ports in the Scheldt, to which they have written withcut delay, in order to know how long the seclusion of the delinquents must continue. - . . , • t • • • m the place or, its " road stielpit diiireelik tittle fort vies, has keen deposed 11 thlt dklifs teeeived pain as armr; * bre appointed a bre, fore must be see which di prsocipal nwabers are with a cautious I nd Prince Demetrius Ypsilanti. impedes their eat lave arrived from Madrid state 'the calculatedsto ini PARIS, OCTOBER 8. The last news from the Morea confirms the intelli gence of the advantages gained by the Greeks over the Turks, and it appears certain that, after some im portant battles, two Pachas were taken, and 1,200 horses and mules loaded with baggage. The result of these advantages was the lathe dispersion of the Ottoman army. The Greek Government which fled with so much VIENNA, SEPTEMBER 27. Prince Kaunitz is still in confinement, and the pre liminary "proceedings for his trial arc not yet cnni plete. His family hope that for want of sufficient proof he will be acquitted ab instantia, and then,- banished from the Austrian dominions. The sentinels and porter placed at the newly-erected entrance to his MAJESTY'S cottage in Windsor Gr:at Park, have, it is said, received especial orders ro be very circumspect in regard to the admission of stran gers within the plantation during the KING'S resi dence there. Yesterday afternoon, at three o'clock, his Royal Highness the Duke of CAMBRIDGE left the KING'S Palace at Pimlico, in his travelling carriage and four, on a visit to his MAJESTY, at his cottage at Windsor. The widow of the late Marquis of LONDONDERRY is said to be residing at Boldrewood Lodge, in the New Forest, Hampshire. The Archbishop of CANTERBURY and family ar rived yesterday at Lambeth, ft ore Nottinghamshire. The Dowager Countess of RICHMOND and the Ladies LENNOX left town yesterday morning, fur Sir ROBERT PEEL'S seat, in Staffordshi're. A number of the Electors of Westminster intend to meet on the day of the funeral of the late Mr. SAMUEL BROOKS, and accompany the bcdy from Hyde Palk to the Savoy Church in the Strand,where his remains will be interred in the family vault. Letters were yesterday received from Madame CATALAN!, who had been engaged by Mr. HENRY HARRIS to perform thirty nights at the Theatre in Dublin, and afterwards by Mr. BOCVSA, ' for the London Concerts during Lent, stating that she had suddenly been seized with a violent fever and inflame mation, that totally disabled her from coming to England, and that she must remain in Italy during the winter. Advices, dated the 9th August, have been received from Bahia, by way of Pernambuco. The expedition from Lisbon arrived on the preceding day, and had .scarcely entered the harbour when the squadron from Rio de Janeiro was descried making for the same destination. This is a most critical event for the Portuguese party at Bahia, which would probably ena ble them to retain the ascendency, and keep down, for a period at least, the attempts making to establish independence. On the approach of the fleet from Rio de Janeiro, the Portuguese squadron stood out ta sea, as if offering battle, but both remained in sight of each other when the accounts left, without have g come to an engagement. Letters have been received from Malta to. the Tth nit. Three days before a vessel had arrived from Pat rasi which the !eft the 20thdf Adgust, having been fours teen days at sea. The Greeks who resid at Malta, had received, by this conveyance, accounts highly favourable to their countrymen. They state that the Turks, since their entrance into the Morea, had lost upwards of 15,030 men, and had made but little progress towards reducing it to subjection. At the Cork Special Sessions - on Saturday la , t„ Joita and Matthew Howard, two brothels, of exce - lent character, were tried under the odious In.urrec ti n Act, for being absent from their dwelling after sunset on the night of the 80th of Septeinber. It al - peared in evidence that the prisoners, who were la bourers, wete hired by the steward of a Mr. Molony to watch some corn whickh it was feared would be set on fire, and that it was while they were on this duty I that they were seized and dragged to prison. The 'prisoners were acquitted..