Star. — London, England, 1823-10-30 00:00:00

THE NEW POPE. The circumstance mentioned in the following extract of a letter received in Cork on Friday from Rome, has not been stated in any account that we have yet seen of the recent election to the Popedom. LE XII. it ap pears, was not the first choice of the Cardinals, the per• sonage upon whom it fell having been, rejected by the Emperor of AUSTRIA. This account may, we are as sured, be implicitly relied on: Rome, OCT. 1823.—be0• XII. was solemnly crowned on Sunday the sth intl. 'this ceremony, the grandest that.ean be imagined, scarcely. exceeded in in terest the proces•.ion of the Pope from the Quirinal P lace and his eatry into St. Peter's on the evening of his election. ihe Sti ada Papale, through which he went, though lined with geards; was almost impassable ; whilst every other sound was lost in the incessant and universal f' iv /8 wl,ich rent the air. He passed from the noblest square into the most magnificent Chiirch which the whole world contains, amidst the roaring, of cannon, the merry pealing of all the bells in the city,. and the joyful acclamations and congratulations of the infinite number of persons of all ranks, countries, and sexes, who formed the astonishing assemblage which at tended on this occasion. It was on the 28th, not on the'. 27th, that the Pope was elected, and this being the Vigil of the Archangel Michael (a solemn festival in Rome) added to the splendour and interest of the scene. --Perhaps it is not generally known. that on the `list September the Cardinal Severola, Bishop of Viterbo, was elected in the Conclave; but by the Veto of the', Emperor of Austria he was set aside, to the great regret of all, fbr he is a most pious, learned, and excellent man. Tile only reason which is at present assigned for the Emperor's dislike to the good man is, that having held some diplomatic situation during the rei: , ,n of Na poleon, he did not treat Maria Louisa with all that re spect which her exalted rank demanded. The fact was, that he never looked upon her as the lawful wife of Bona parte. Leo XII. is in a delicate state of health, and very frequently attacked by liver and bilious complaints: he was twice last year at the point of death; he is most amiable in private life, and unites the wisdom and learn ing of a Christian philosopher with all the simplicity and piety of a saint." SPANISH LOANS OF 1821 AND 1822. THE DIVIDEND payable in London on the Ist November next, on the Spanish Five per Cent. Consolidated Annu:tio=, now in circulation, of the Loans of 1821 and 1822, me gociazed by Messrs. Ardoin, Hubbard, and Co. and countersigned by them and Messrs. J. Laflitte and Co. of Paris, will be paid at the house of A. F. HALDDIAND all Solis, No. 24, Cateaton-street, on that and every succeeding day (Sundays excepted), between the hours of Ten and Two. It will be necessary to leave the Dividend Warrants, with Lists • thereof, in numerical order, distinguishing the different classes, for exaniinaticn, at least two days previous to the application for payment. `DANISH CERTIFICATES of RENTES delivered AY to the Holders of protested Bills and Orders in favour of Bri tish Claitus on Messrs. 13irn,tles and Nephews. The DIVIDEND payable in London on the Ist November next on the above Spanish Five per Cent. Consolidated Annuities, now in circulation, and countersigned by James Campbell and Co. will be paid at their House, No. 2, Bank -street, on that and every succeeding day (Sundays excepted), between the hours of Ten and Two. It will be necessary to leave the Dividend Warrants, with Lists thereof, in numerical order, distinguishing the different Classes, for examination, at least two days previous to the application for pay ment.—London, 6th October, 1823. T I - 1 E 1 V ENING STA It. LONDON. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1823. THE FUNDS. STOCK EXCIIANGE, TWELVE O'CLOCK. Consols opened this morning at 82k to k, and, at this hour, they we an. Letters are said to have arrived from Colombia, by the packet, which do not contain any confirmation of the Colombian Loan being ratified. It is said that the Senate have broken up without doing anything in regard to the Loan ; in consequence of which, Colombian Bunds have fallen to 52i, and the Market appears heavy. FOREIGN FUNDS. i Spanish Bonds opened this morning at 264 to 4, and were done, at one period, at 254, j. Current Prices :—New Spanish 194 to 20, Old 264 to Colom bian 524 to 4, Old Poyals 114, New Poyais 84, Russian 83. PRICE OF STOCKS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock 222 220 3 / 4 -3 per Cent. Redo. 81% 5 / 8 3 per Cent.Cons.B2 l / 8 82 $/ 8 1 / 4 -3 1 / 2 per Cu. 95 1 / 4 4perCerts.Old9B l / 2 1 4 1,4 4. per Cenzs. New 102 3 / 4 1 ,6 1 ,4 Bank Long Anns. 20% 11-16 5 / 8 India Stock 263 1 / 4 —lndia Bonds 70i. 725. New Annuities 82 Ezch. hills (I.:1,000) 375. 38s —Small 375. 395. Consols tot Acct. 82 1 / 4 1/8 We have received to-day the Paris Papers of Tues day, and private letters of the same date. The most important article of intelligence which they contain relates not, as might be expected, to Spain, but to France. A postscript to the letter of our private Correspondent is in these words: " PARIS, OCTOBER 28, Five r.x. " The Funds have fallen neatly two per cent. It is said that an Ordonn.ince for dissolving the Chamber has been signed to-day." The Ordonnance alluded to by our Correspondent is connected, we understand, with a project for making the Election of the Chamber of Deputies septennial, and reducing the age cf qualification for a Representative from forty to thirty years. The probability of such a change appears to have I.roduced considerable uneasi ness in the minds of the Parisian public ; though their objections, we presume, must be confined to the first part of the measure merely. If a man is not fit to be a representative at the age of thirty, when can he be fit? The Duke of BELLUNO, it seems, has declined accept ing the appointment of Ambassador to Vienna. Count I'ozzo DI BORGO passed through .Bayonne on to congratulate, in the NG of SPAIN, on his yet to have contributed but little to the restoration-of tranquillity to Spain. The Constitutionalists are still active, particularly in Estremadura, and in several provinces the French are now not acting at all. . QUESADA and VILLANIA have been able to make no head against the followers of the Constitution in Estremadura. The Empecinado bad left Mundijo some time since to march on Caceres, where he was at first opposed by musketry, but subse quently succeeded in entering. LANDEUA, the Political Chief, joined him with four hundred volunteers; and Truxillo, which was undefended, would, it was supposed, be the next object of his attack. A dis patch from the Captain-General of that province af fects to give details of successes by LAROCIIEJAQUELIN over the Constitutionalists; but it appears that this Ge neral had retired to Toledo, for the purpose of escorting FE BINAND to Madrid ; and the last letters from Bayonne assert that he was so pressed by the Constitutional forces of PALENCIA and others, as to be obliged to retreat to Toledo with heavy loss, leaving numbers of his wounded behind him at Talavera. The ac tion with the French General took place near the bridge of De Giraldo on the 29th of September, and on the 14th of October the Empecinado was in full march on Ti ludic), almost within a day's march of the sceneof action. The French appear comparatively passive for a whi:e, as if they wished the KING to feel how little can be •lone by his followers of the Faith, to whom the Consti tutionalists are in every way superior. The Pilote has a paragraph . on this speculation Some persons (this Papa - says) look on the present conduct of the French army in Spain, which takes no part in the events of the war in Estremadura and Andalusia, and which appears to abandon the Army of the Faith to its own force, as a proof of the disapprobation signified by our Government respecting the acts which have signalized the beginning of FERDINAND the Seventh's administra tion." Carthagena and Alicant have both refused to open their gates on the KING'S proclamation and sum mons, and they are places of great strength. Of the state of Catalonia we have no precise intelligence in these Papers; and the accounts are rather contradictory. In one statement it is said, that to the summons, sent by the French into Barcelona, MINA aad ROTTEN re plied, that before they submitted they would await the arrival of direct orders from their sovereign. With this answer Marshal MONCEY is said to have been dis satisfied, and to have issued new orders for pressing the siege. On the other hand, it is affirmed, that the Con stitutionalists were unceasingly employed in augment ing their means of defence. The Moniteur contains the official account of the capitulation of the Seo d'Urgel, announced some time ago. New diplomatic agents have been already appointed to Portugal, Prussia, and Saxony, and the King has confirmed the appointments made by the Regency to the Courts of France, Aus tria and Russia. We find that there is no mission nomi nated to the Court of London. French Five per Cents. hlonday, 22d Sept. 89f. 60c. PRIVATE LETTER. " PARIS, TUESDAY MORNING. " You are by this time aware that the French Ca binet have forwarded pressing representations to Ma drid, for the purpose of inducing King Ferdinand tore cognize, in part or whole, the Loans negociated by the Cortes. To these representations no answer can be ex pected for at least a week longer; and in that interval you will doubtless be deluged with rumours on the sub ject : believe none of them, however. I can assure you that the best informed persons in this capital are per fectly unable to say whether the representations which have been made by the French Government will be lis tened to by the Spaniards or not. The prevailing• opi nion in the higher circles is that they will not. At the same time, it would not be safe to act even on that opinion. The wisest course for any parties interested , in the question is to wait in patient expectation for the result of the negotiations going on at M3adrid. " There is an uneasy feeling among the political spe culators here at present; The King's health affords the occasion" for it. His Majesty is certainly better than he has been, but at one moment last week he was seri ously ill. From one cause or other, a dissolution of the Chamber of Deputies is considered to be not distant ; and timid politicians dread a general election, as likely to produce commotions throughout the country. Ido not think so. Efforts will be made (rather injudiciously I think) to exclude all the Liberals from the Chamber. l It would be wiser to suffer the re-admission of most of them, in order to prove their nullity. One or two of the most obnoxious ought certainly to be excluded; such, for instance, as Manuel, who had the audacity to insult the whole Chamber by his famous expression of repugnance,' and who moved the succession of young Bonaparte to the throne after the battle of Waterloo. But, with a few such exceptions, the Cole gauche ought to remain as they are. " However, as to commotions at the next election, they are not at all to be apprehended on the part of the Li berals. My fear is rather that the high Royalists may revenge themselves on M. de Villele, for the ex pulsion of the Duke de Bellunoa from the Cabinet—a measure apparently as ill-judged as the Andujar Decree, and probably proceeding from the same influence. de Villele, however, is a ,man of great good sense ; and when he makes a false step (which the most sensible men sometimes do) he generally hastens to recover it. He knows how to bend before a storm (witness his ac quiescence in the Spanish War I), and thus regains his footing whenever he may seem to have lost it. I should not be surprised to see the Duke de Belluno again in the Cabinet very shortly. The attachment of the great body of Royalists to him does them much credit, as it is founded solely on his loyalty and distinguished ser vices to the cause." A Mail from Lisbon has arrived to-day with Papers and Letters to the 21st instant. The following are extracts: LISBON, OCTOBER tz. On Saturday, the 11th, the Ambassador of his Most Christian Majesty gave a splendid entertainment at his hotel, in honour of the happy deliverance of the King of Spain and his august family, which his Royal High ness Don Miguel honoured with his ptesence, as well as the foreign Ministers, all the Court, and many other persons of distinction. Oc CORER 11.—The Gazette contains, among the offi cial documents— 1. A resolution of his Majesty authorising the Conde de Povoa, Minister of Finance, to contract a lot to the amount of overfly millions of crusadoes. This piece is dated 25th September. 2. A decree, which premising that the disorganizing faction %% hich has made itself master of the Government of the Kingdom for the space of three years, has ruined the finances, states it to be absolutely necessary tha t some measures for the increase of the Public Revenue be adopted, and proceeds as follows: " I have thought fit to determine, with the advice of my Council of State, and of other skilful persons, full of zeal for my Royal service and interested in the general goad of the nation, that till the Custom-house duties in these kingdoms shall be regulated on a fixed plan, which is now under consideration, the import duties on certain merchandize shall be re-established or augmented in the manner following : "Those colonial goods which hitherto paid only the duty called Direito pnra Fragatas shall pay 30 per cent. of their value, like others of the same origin.— Rice of Brazil, or of the Portuguese and African Pro vinces, shall pay 30 per cent. calculated on the value of 3600 rees per quintal; that from any foreign co lony or country shall pay, besides this duty, 1,200 rees per quintal ; but it shall only be admitted in the case in which the Resolution of the twenty-fifth of August, 1816, permits its importation, derogating from the Alvara of the twenty-fourth of July, 1801. —White Sugar shall pay, per arroba, 960 rees, Musco vades 480 rees, Coffee 1600 rees ; and the laws which favour exclusively the commerce of Brazil, shall remain in full vigour, as shall likewise the laws that favour the Portuguese commerce of Asia ; and the Rice of that country shall pay the same duty as that of Brazil. Fo reign Pork, fresh or salted, 40 per cent, on the current prices. (The following are the duties upon Tea (Cha) of the denomination stated, Cha perola, Atjofar, Chalon, 480 Tees ; Gigot: and [Tains 360 Tees, and every other sort 240 rees per pound). The difference between the duties in the Casa da India and the great Custom House is abolished for those goods which are rated in both, and the value in the former shall be regulated by the latter. The additional produce of those increased or re-established duties shall be placed to separate account in the Royal treasury, and serve to pay the interest and redeem the principal of the loan, which has already been contracted on very advantageous terms:' • 1 I *, , I . 1 :I : 1 •C I 1 ; ' 1 . 0 : i •,I - $ I" 0j •• ..!. • 1 ; !2 1 • , ,I '• * I . 1 ,• ' i I • !1, 4 1 ' I ' i at a O ' l' 1 ; i I 1 i F 1 ' , r i . : I I ! . 1 . i til • 1 it : 4 r . • I 1 , { It' 4 Ili t i• I; , , 11 i : i 1 fl i • 1 I i l i 1 ~ t i 1 . r . , 1 1 i the 20th, on his way to Madrid, to congratulate, in the name of his SOVEREIGN, the KING of SPAIN, on " his happy deliverance." 1; Our Ambassador, Sir WILLIAM A . Coußr, is stated to have been among those w,ho offered their felicitations ILO FERDINAND, at a Grand Court-day held at Seville I ) on the 14th. The emancipation of the KING, however, appears as 1' OPOItTO, OCTOBER 10. We have before mentioned that some persons had been arrested for having sold or mariufactured daggers prohibited by the laws of the kingdom : the Magistrates made the necessary investigation, and the persons principally implicated have been con demned as follows:—the seller, as the owner of them, to six years transportation to Angola, and 100 milrees for the costs; the cutler, two years transportation to Cape Verd, and twenty milrees costs ; and the manufacturer of the sheaths to two years transportation to Castro Marion, and fifteen milrees costs. Strict investigations are making respectiqg the propagators of the celebrated news which were circulated on the 28th and 29th of last month. Some of the persons arrested have been sent to Lisbon, and we are informed that others will be sent there to await the destiny due to their crimes. We stated yesterday, in part of our impression, and have to repeat, from the best authority, that the statement of the salaries of the South American Con suls and Commissioners, contained in a letter in the Morning Chronicle of Tuesday, signed " A Looker on," is quite incorrect, and for the most part utterly false. We• quote from the Caledonian Mercury the follow ing extract of a letter from Jamaica, to a Gentleman in Aberdeen, dated August 9, 1823. The matter of fact, as our Readers will perceive, is grossly exag gerated ; let us hope that so also are the fears of the writer.-- ,, At the time I am 'now writing, we are on the eve of an awful crisis, and ruin, absolute ruin, is un avoidable. How it will end, GOD alone knows. You will have heard, how the Government (the Parliament) at home has interfered with our internal legislation, and how those in power herehave complied with all their regu lations about the negroes. But their compliance has done us no good ; for we have had evil upon evil, and vexation upon vexation, heaped upon our heads, and the grossest and most unfounded calumaies repeated against us.— Everything is tried to be kept secret, till some mea sures can be adopted for our safety. The Assembly has met at an unusual time to deliberate what can be done for our very lives are at stake Even although negt oeman cidation is put off for a few years,we can eipect no good from it, as property here will then be worth nothing. The tidings that have thrown us into this consternation came out in a ship of war on Monday, the Governor's negroes having been the first to rebel, and gone to him in a body,• saying, King had given shim liberty they were, however, prevailed on to return to their duty. Several other alarming symptoms have broken out,•but ' have hitherto been quelled without bloodshed ; and Goo forbid that the dreadful scenes that were acted in 4E: Domingo, '27 years seo, should take place here." • THE ARMY. His Royal Highness the COMMAIMIII sx CMS? Is expected t o 0; rive at York House on Saturday next. The detachments belonging to the 27th and 64th net'manta a( Foot, which embarked at Cowes on board the Friendsbury trans. port, for Gibraltar, and the detachments belonging to the Bth, leek 28th, 52d, 36th, 51st, 80th, 85th, and 90th Regiments of Infas,, try, which also embarked on board the same transport for the N s . diterranean, have arrived at their several destinations, and ial a id their respective Regiments. The duty recently performed by the 12th (East Suffolit)it st i. ment of Foot (ordered to Gibraltar), at Sheerness and Chatb*. is to be executed, fur the present, by detachments from th e It Artillery and Marines. . . • - - The 7th Royal Fusileers, Who starched on Wednesday semi,* on their route to Portsmouth, there to embark fur Gibraltar, ra, turned to Brighton on Saturday, in consequence of rectivilis countermand. It appears that the 12th Infantry will now pre se t I to Gibraltar, instead of the above Regiment. The head-quarters 4 the 7th are consequently once more at Windsor. The late General Nisserr Bai.rona was a member of the Ca.. ' solidated Board of General Officers for the Inspection and Reg u i s , :io:: of the Clothing of the Army, the Investigation of Claims /s r . Losses, and for all I)uties heretofore performed by the Clothis : Board, Board of Claims, and other Boards of General Officers. THE KING. WINOVIR, OCTOBER 29.—This day his MAJEsTitad. tended by the utnal persons of his suite, took an airing in the Park. The band of the Royal Fosileers attende and played this afternoon opposite the Royal Standatd. The Duke of Sussax's health is not so good as it bas been. We hear that his Royal Highness suffers much from a cold. —His Royal Highness leaves Mr. Cost's scat early in the ensuing month for town. Gi eat gaiety prevails at Claremont. His Royal High ness Prince Leoroxo has dinntr parties every day. Not less that sixteen has been the usual muster. The Duke of SAxE-WEIJIAR dined wiTh Count Mr& STIR yesterday. The Marquis of EXETER has k ft town for Newmarket. The Marquis and Marchioness of STAFFORD and family arrived yesterday in town, from their seat, Trentham Hat, P.t.frokrtiah;r. Baron WILLIAM FAGEL returned to town on Tues. day, from Lord G azuvicca's seat, Dropmore. On Wednecd a y Excellency left town for Windsor Castle, on a visit tc his Alassarv. Lord and Lady CARRINGTON and fanrily left town yesterday for their seat, Wycombe Abbey, Bucks. Lady and Miss MOLESWORTH left ‘Varren's Hotel, Regent-street, yesterday, on a tour. The Hon. Colonel HENRY LYGON, M.P. arrived is town on Sunday, from Worcestershire. Lord CHARLES MANNERS has left the Duke of Env Lawn's, Chevela Park, to join his Regiment at Hounslow. Lord Sr. HELENS has left t.wn ou a visit to his klAritsre, at Windsor Castle. Tuesday the Marchioness of QUEENSBERRY and fa. mily left the Duchess of Bucextuan's villa at Richmond, for theft seat in Scotland. Sir CHARLES Lows has met with an nnexpectsd. windfall The Earl of BILIDGIEWATES has left the Baronet L 24,0011 per annum. Earl and Countess GREY have taken a house at Tor quay, Devonshire, where they intend to remain the winter. Ha Ladyship's health, we are happy to state, is much improved. Euston Hall, the magnificent seat of his Grace the Duke of GaArrox, is at this time full of company of the first die. Unction, participating in the howitality of its noble possessor, and enjoying the festivities of autumn, by partaking of the amusements of hunting, shooting, &c. which its widely extended domains area amply capable of affording. Amiing other illustrious personages is the Duke of WILUNGTOX. Mr. PULLER (now Sir CHRISTOPHER), Whn iv.IS lately been appointed Chief Justice at Calcutta, had the honour of Knight. hood conferred on him on the Tuesday previous to his leaving Yap land. Sir Criaisrorissa and Lady PULLER, embark on board the it . Edward Paget, East Indlaman, which sails immediately. There appears to be such a variety of contradictiiir • rumours and reports In circulation respecting the alleged indigo. sition of Captain PARRY, that the Public are now at a loss on %ski& to place reliance. We are informed by a respectable Correspondent,, that the disappointed and almost love-despairing Captain was lees but three or tour days ago walking and jovially conversing at Nad• vern, Worcestershire, with the very identical NI iss Ilitowist, in conse• quence of whose alleged desertion he was said, in some Papers, sat only to have lost twenty ounces of blood in one day, but was repotted to have been in danger of losing his life also.-31rning Paper. The Public are aware that the Covent-Garden slanapment in tend to produce an opposition Equestrian Spectacle. Faarecosesee. lebrated stud has arrived from Paris, and is at present in the Theatre. Mr. MATHEWS, while giving his Trip to Pans in Dublin, was called on to repeat the song-- ,, When 4 MU travels he must not look queer," but the encore was met by cries of No ! no ! from another part of the audience. The contest was maintained for tome few nuances. AA soon as Mr. Manntws could obtain a heating, he said, " Gentlimen, as some time has been taken up by the difference of opinion which this song has created, sup. pose I split the difference, and sing the half of it." This proposition was met by the approbation of both parties, and Mr. Maritime repeated the half of it, with' a double share of applause. HACKNEY COACR-OFFlCE.—Friday, upwards of 30 summonses were heard by the Commissioners for es. actions, abuse, and other misbehaviour. Several were fined in the penalties of 10s. 15s. and 20s. The shiver, of 720 was fined in the penalty of 1:20, for not leaving' at the Office, within four days, a Lady's scarf left in bit coach, it having been traced into his possession. And the driver of No. 8 was rewarded with £lO, for hit honesty, for bringing to the Office a £5O Bank'-note left in his coach. Several were fined for carrying a guard, or persons on the laox; the Commissioners hays _ _ determined to do away with this nuisance. TALE or Woa.—Fritlay, at Shields, as a youn; keel. man, named Robert Oliver, was is the act of setting the keel to which he belonged (an operation performed by a long iron-shod pole rested on the bottom of the river, • and propelling the vessel by the whole strength of the inclined body being employed at the other end) the pole, or pouey, as it is called, snapped, and he was prectoo tated into the water. Every eye was instantly directed to the spot, and all means of rescue were immediately put in requisition, but in vain. His hands were once seen at the surface of the water 'before it was possible to reach him, but the strength of the tide rendered all attempts to save him unavailing. He was 22 yglArs of age. It is sad enough to &ink of the teals of bosoe). friends, the agony of parents, but the death of tiils' young man involves a grief more weighty—that of I . woman whom a few days, or rather hours, was to make his wife. 'We were at Newburn on 'Wednesday, the body had been found: The voice of woe 314 09 tones of commiseration were heard at almost every door. We knew not the cause of them. The first per' son whom we addressed, observed, emphatically, thaf " The young man had been brought home,"—and rt wa on enquiring the meaning of the observation, that svf were - told the simple tale. Oliver had given to the • young woman (her name is Ann Davison) the oil:chard money for the ring with which he was to marry her, and she was buying it at the very time, perhaps in the very moment, when the hand of death had graspetl hey intende.l husband. His name and her's were engravail on the ring together; and t h at which was purchased a sign of life and joy, became a token of death and la- meotation—v-a miserable mark of the insecurity of mortal lasting memorial of the ay esccot 'later; of . h44t14.4 prQspects,—Tpte gercur,y, The C( f, an chat losed Lit n Vott with i poet , arn dign Pas , as C Par lot I aPPe r agedy, cene shi lappy• :ancies ; Ts al de of rebuilt ; closed si consider public c this rail James's -- Mr. ( called , course t overt= C►A and Dents 1 Mrs. chiefly re is sow at by the so been teat ED W 111°06111 his cart acciden Wed of the were ti in the each um as 1