Star. — London, England, 1817-01-10 00:00:00

FLANDERS NAIL. CORFU, DECEMBER 10. The Governor has poiblished, nn his arrival. a Pro oiam,ti,,n, in which h• acquaints the iehabitants or i the ljnittd_lnnian Islands with the advantageous result of his negociations with the B►itish Govern ment. Senate immediatel► paid him a visit. The next diy his Excellency repnired to the Senile, to which 1w niaoe import Ant communications. It is affirmed that the English troops will. by Augmented,, an that the garrison of ,Air city will be rased to seven ihausand men. Tivo Anglo-Sicilian regiments are expected here. The Austrian tro•sps in Dalmatia have been consi derably increased, they are destined to form the cor don of health.. The Anglo lonian "Repiment has now nothing lonian in it but the name. The lonian soldiers. little capable of submitting to the European discipline, have been net bad to their home. BRUSSELS, JANUARY $. His Majesty the King arrived yesterday evening from his journey to the Grand Duchy of Luxemburg and the Ardennes. A courier, dispatched by the Duke of Wellington to the head-quarters at Cambray, arrived there on the 2d with instructions relative to the presort cir cumstances. It is said that his Grace will return to Cambray in a few days. The English army is fully complete, of the finest military appearance, and when furloughs are granted subalterns or privates to return to their country, they are immediately replaced by an equal nmnber of men fr.na England. People speak of a general Council of the Ministers, at which the King presided. It is added, that a ge neral measure for prohibiting 'the exportation of corn is in contemplation. Baron Barbiers, Viee.Presideor of the Aulir. Conn cil of Vienna, charged by the kroperor of Austria with the liquidation in France, is expected in a few days in this city. the most nnqualiged charges of oppression against M. Decant t the only interesting fact which it dis closes is, that, in the course of his interrogatories, M. Robert was asked, whether he was not leagued with A party that wished to change the succession to the Tome ? which question, with his answer, was omit ted in his written examination. The Royalists are, in general, extremely alienated from the King perso nally. and there is little doubt that they look to the possibility of his death as the triumph of their prin ciples. He still continues very ill, net so much from the gout as from a difficulty of respiration, which op presses him principally in the night. 44 The distress of the people in the capital increases every day, to such a pitch, that the Government can not afford to supply the markets without raising the prices; it will, however, be so arranged, as to fall exclusively on those who are not without means ; the poor, upon presenting a ticket, certifying their state of indigence, from the public Authorities of their dis trict, are to receive bread at the present price, and the baker is to be indemnified by the Government. This regulation has not as yet taken place, but it is daily expected." THE - EVENING STAIL ANTWERP, JANUARY O. Last night. about three o'clock. a dreadful storm raged in this city and ►he neighbourhood. Many houses were greatly damaged. Count Loison, Lieutenant General in the service of France, died at Liege on the 30th of December. aged 45. He has left 500 francs to the poor. We observe with regret that the crime of suicide increases in a terrible manlier in our country. FRANCE. PRIVATE LETTER. " PARIS. JANUARY 6. " An extreme degree of anxiety prevails in come, qttence of the continued indisposition of the King the state of his health is .it present considered even worse in consequence of the fatiguing ceremonies of the New Year. The greatest importance is attached to every change he undergoes for the better°, for the worse ; as it is upon his single will that the exissence of the present Ministers. and the course of policy which they pursue, entirely depend. 66 It is understood here that the time of paying the contributions has been extended to eight years, and that the sums to be paid at present are greatly re duced in proportion to the payments of the next. and the following years, in consequence of the state at distress throughout France. The enemies of the go. vernrnent in the provinces, lase the most flagitious means to'convert the distress of the seast , n to their 1 own purposes. Famine is in France looked upon as the most dangerous and certain means of exciting in surrection ; and in order to render its effect more se vere, corn has been set fire to by nightly incendiaries. Great losses have been suffered by individuals to such a degree. that in many districts regular patroles are established, exclusively to protect the produce of the barest. " The Duke of Wellington has been joined here by the most numerous and brilliant Staff, with which he has been hitherto known. to be attended. It amounts to near three hundred persons, 'and - is emu. posed in a great proportion of foreign officers. The . appearance of so many foreign uniforms gave rice to a report that the commanders of all the hoeing' corps Ot the Army of Occupation had arrived. which VC'S iastsatly laid bold of by the Freirch, as an additional proof of the want of concord between the Allied rowers. "'The French at present flatter themselves that a war is inevitable between Russia and England. The power. resources; and magnanimity of the former are contrasted, as invidiously as untruly, with the re sources of the British Government. The Emperor of Russia has. it is reported. and even believed, pro posed. not only to abandon his pecuniary claims, but to withdraw his troops from France, and to co-operate with a twee of 600.000 men. which he has actually on toot, in checking the influence of Griat Britain upon the Continent I France too is about to assume a military attitude, and Marshal Macdonald is arriv ed in Paiis, to assume the command in chief of the French armies l These are the illusions with which the French indulge their animosity against England at the present-moment. Another report was, that Marshal Macdonald was to succeed the present &b -olster of War, w hose principles are found too conge nial to those of the Opposition. The Marshal was, it is . said. consulted by the King bow far the troops might be relied on ; to which he answered, that be would stake his lite upon their fidelity—rather a hazardous step for one who has been a witness of the laxity with which a French soldier interprets his allegiance. 66 The testimony of the Marshal was deemed of such weiot, that it was urged to the Duke of Wel lington as an ygoment.tor withdrawing a part of the Allied troops. and an arrangement for that purpose is undostood to be insisted upon by France. 66 The English wish to change the Ministry, because it'has identified illicit with she pepple," is another cry throughout Paris. It is certain that the present Mi. Witty hale-not the best dispositions towards the e b e . racier and probably the interests of England. Tr io * change of temper is discernable not only tea the lan guage of their partisans. bet in the false and owe awned sallies, which daily pass the cinsoreship of the press. A great degree of freedom - in the publics. Wes that bass jest appeared. chews that the previous etmereal is WWI exercised. "M. Ruben bus published a peOpidet, containing LONDON. FRIDAY, JANUARY 10, 1817. PRICE OF STOCKS HI S DAY AT TWELVE O'CLOCK • Rohe. 6311—Cness. 611 i—eons. for ace. 64i 4 per Oest.ll4l-5 per Cert. Navy Exchequer 111/14, lea. I IM. pr.—hrlla Bowls, 13e. Hs. pre. We have purposely avoided, hitherto, any discus sion respecting the deficiency in the Revenue, exhi bited by the Official Document published in the STAR of Wednesday; nor do we yet intend to enter deeply en the subject. The Document, without comment, is itself a text for the serious contemplation of every Member of Parliament, and of every Political Eco nomist ; and folly justifies all the views which we have for some time been taking of the actual state of the country. Our present object in alluding to it is, on the one hand, to caution our Readers against hasty deductions, exhibited by one party for the mere pur pose of fixing blame upon the Government—or by' another, to prove that Ministers are perfectly Loma• culate ani infallible. Party views and bickering' on a question of so much magnitude, are portectly rntemptible ; nor is it of the smallest imp.onance to the general result whether the deficiency arises from English or British deficiencies, from the repeal, the cessation of war tales—or from actual defalcations in the regplar revenue of the country. To harp on petty distinc tions and modes of classification, may suit some men, and may please others ; but these squabbles will be treated with the contempt they merit by every man of a sound mind in the comMunity. The broad, the undeniable fact, will alone receive their decided attention.—ne Palk Amara: is ust attest. to the Prablie Err i wahlart From this a plain question proems itself. Which is the most practicable rtempt in such a. predica ment—to increase the Revenue or to diminish the Expenditure f Men may argue as much as they will, and endeavour to an elope the subject in a cloud of words, but after all, the country must either raise more money, or find means to do with less. Cao more money bit wrung from the country than is now levied ? We tart, that in the present circum. stances of the country, the thing is absolutely impos; Bible: the defalcation is the Revenue proves this; for defalcations arise true diminished consumption, and diminished consumption from diminished means for individual expenditurc. Therefore, however, unpa lateable it may be to some individuals, the public expenditure must be reduced. Private individuals are now compelled to make halfa-guinea perform all the offices to which formerly a guinea was appro. priated. Government will find that it must do the same—there is no choice left. Official details respecting the melancholy result of the Expedition sent to explore the great African River Congo. oi 'Zaire. have reached the Admiralty. The particalars are given in another - column. We' are happy to find that the extent of the mortality was less than at first reported. Our Readers will recollect. that another Expedi tion, more particularly directed to the Geographical and statistical 'amnia Won of the interior of Af r i ca . was also lately sent alit Wider Major Psnuu. Of this no unfavourable accounts have been received. and the hope is. that ere long 110010 interesting ac counts of its progress wit/ reach this country. ' At a late hour last night a Flanders Mail reached the Post-office, but the intelligence brought by it is not of a prominent descriptirw. The visit of the Ki'o of the NITHZRLANDS to Luxemburg!) seems to have been for the purpose of examining personally the state of that neighbourhood with respect ta a supply of corn. If we may credit the accounts in the printed Journals, the result has been that there is a deficiency, for they intimate the probability that an exportation will soon be prehi bited ; but we know, from the attention we have paid to the statements in these Papers, that the secret bias of the Editors is in bleier of restriction, and there fore without better authority than any yet before us, ere are not prepared to believe that it is already de. termined to shut the pmts against Expormtion. The boisterous weather which w!,; lady nisi, enced in this country, appears to hues extended itself to different parts of Germany, and to !tool:au n t I much damage in different parts. CATHOLIC ArFAIRS. mot Tlli MUSLIN WVIGNf NO POST of _Tar Itu JANUARY. lc Having stated, kit Satut'day, oa competent au thority, that it was the opinion of Ministers them selves, that the Catholic question would be carried in the ensuing Session of Parliament, we were prepared, as usual, to encounter contradiction. We have, however, to add, that Lord LIVZRPOOL himself, the Prime Minister, has signified his intention of sup• porting the measure, and of course the certainty of its success." Yesterday the Portuguese Ambassador transacted businns at the Foreign Office tdr a considerable time. Tuesday evening, Mr. FISHER, the King's Messen ger, was sent eff with dispatches to the Duke of Wm.- LANGTON, at Paris. Tuesday a Cabinet Council was ordered to be sum. mooed t meet yesterday, which assembled at the reignFo- Office at two o'clock, and was attended by the LORD CHANCELLOR, the Earlof LIVERPOoL, Viscount SIDMOGTH, Viscount CASTLEREAGH, Viscount MEL- ViLiAt, the CHatacrxwa of the EXCHEQUER, and Mr. CANNING. The Council continued in close delibera-, Lion for upwards of two hours. The shipment of Negroes which we mentioned in oar Paper of Wednesday, bad arrived at New Or leans From New York, consisted, we have since learnt, of criminals from the different jails of New Yost, whose sentences of imprisonment, some inhuman speculators had procured to be commuted into trans portation, and by undertaking to ship them off, had thus obtained a power over their persons. to carry them to any place where the laws might be such as to permit their selling them like any ordinary cargo of staves, or lumber. The Authorities of New Orleans ] bad, as we stated, refused to permit them to land bit we hope also to hear. that they have added their endeavours to bring the speculators in this abominable traffic, to that exemplary punishment which they so justly merit. By the Mail of yesterday we received letters from Cadiz to the 20!11 of December, and from Madrid to the 26th. The latter merely allude to the preg nancy of the Qualm and the hopes the courtiers en tertain of her safe delivery. The etiquette of the Court would be to announce the joyful event three months after it had been declared by the physicians,', when rogations would continue in all the churches. A vacancy had taken place in the Ministry of Finan ces. This had been filled by Dan Maim,/ GARAY, whO held the same office under the late Cortes. The French' Government appears to be exerting itselt with great energy to meet the large pecuniary demands spun it. Our Readers ere aware that an Act of the Legislature has been obtained, authorizing the levying of the first taut-twelfths of the contribu tions for 1817 upon the assessments for 1816 ; and now we observe that an Order has been issued by the [ Prefect of the Department of the Seine, which. we presume. is common to all the Departments, direct. ing the Collectors to proceed forthwith with the col lection of these four-twelfths, and to have the whole . collected by the SOth of April next. In the mean I time, M. OUVRARD is said to have been successful in [effecting the loan, which has been for some time Inegotiating in London. Two persons. of the names of Cede and Moreltaie, the former a seller of umbrellas, and the other a miller, have been condemned by the Tribunal of Pontoise to three months imprisonment and a 6ne of 100 francs ; the first for having spread false and alarming . intelligence. and the other for uttering se ditious cries. A Swiss soldier, who had served twenty-two years in the French marine, has lately gone to Geneva in search of his country and his parents. Carried off at the age of seven years by some French soldiers, not far from a lake, he has but confused ide4s of the scenes of bii early life. He remembers having passed the fort of Ecluse, and slept at Grenoble. He has successively traversed Geneva, Thom), and Le Va lais, to recognize the place of his birth, but still with out success. A lady of great wit in Paris (we presume Madame de STASI.) who receives at her house the illustrious &wails of all epochs, said the other day to a foreign Minister—" My house resembles an hospital ; it re ceives the wounded of all parties I" The Pops had attached to the title of Marquis of Ischia, which be conferred on the Sculptor Curova, an annual pension of &WO Roman crowns. This ce lebrated artist has disposed of this revenue in the fol lowing manner :—First. a fixed donation to the Ro man Academy of Archeology of 600 crowns. Se cond, 1070 crowns to found annual pi jars, and a triennial prize for painting, sculpture. and architec ture, which the young artists of Rome and the Roman States "only are competent to obtain. Third, 100 1 crowns to the Academy of Saint Luc. Fourth, 120 crowns to the-Academy of the Lynx. And fifth, 1010 crowns to relieve poor, old, and infirm artists resid ing in Rome. A letter from Constantinople. dated Nov. IY, says, 44 The Soliman Effendi has returned from his mission into Persia, and it appears that he has perfectly suc ceeded in adjusting the misunderstanding w hi c h existed between our Court and the Shah.—For a long time no event has made so lively as impression on the Porte as the bombardment of Algiers--as much perhaps from a wish to give every su ccour to the disciples of Mahometanism, as from paid at seeing the concert with which all the Christian l'owers have joined in hostility against its African dependencies." one of the Articles of a Sovereign Decree. issued on the llth of December, -the King hu cooffrossid the Abolition of Feudality in Sicily and in all other pans of his Estates. SAINT BNIINAND. Dec. 25.—0 n the 18th an ave. leech* buried two servants of the hospital. and four men of the town of St. Pierre, without it being pos sible to give them any succour. Four of them had gone from the Convent with letters, the other two had come to meet them from the town, when they all perished. To heighten the misfutuue, all our dogs have been lost in the snow except one; they were a long time the hope of the traveller i their race is ex tinct. It will require muds time and attention to re pair this loss. Poe the last eight days the wind has been accumulating the snow. The avalanches have completely changed the form o f t h e mounta i n so ass not to be known. On the south side of the Convent , they hang over eopudt its evert to endanger the plait. THE BALL AT bRIGHTON. FURTHER PARTICULARS. The Ball in honour of the autpicrous natt the Princess Citaut.orrit commenced about o'clock, in the magnificent Ball-room, which splendidly illuminated with cut-glass Ingres and lamps. His Royal Hieness the Doke of Ci led off with the graceful Lady CuatiLorrz SIONDELEY, followed by Lord Ct.eve, Miss J. FLOYD, lord CAA-ELEA CACI, lion. Mi., I AA PSI (M x , Mr. C. PERCY, Laity kIItILY NATHUIIe r, Capt. C. WHTTE, Miss LUCIIIITIA HIIIIIESZII, ML LEACH, Lady MARIA klaan u „ Sir G. Woun, Hon. M I.:•rrsauua, Sir HENRY KTCROET, MIIIII Howrs, Sir . 1 vawaturt Jones, Hon. Mss Oviso.inr. About so ..ther Couples lollovred. The RovAo Duic danced in the conrse of evening two otltt: - r country •dances with the - puistied Miss Sax/amt. in the evening, national dances, several quadrilles were pe, the beautiful Mrs. Parititsos (late %clink., BONAPARTE).'LWO Misses earns. and Miss F' who danced in a manner Li rivet the attent: Royal Highness the PRINCE REGENT and his riious visitors. Supper was served at two o'clock. .. was shewn to mu lie the mazy round, that dolma to partake of it.—Among the waltzers we titularly observed— Mr Lloyd aid the Hon. Miss Lake; Prince - Lady M Meade ; Sir Edmund Nagle and Mrs. White; trey Web.ter and Miss IL Shiftier ; Lord Is:: " C. Cholaotideley, Stc. Dancing was kept up with great spirit till o'clock, when the ball terminated in the true , ash style. with the deservedly popular dance of Roger de Celerity, led off by the Duke of and Miss L. CATON. The company then . charmed with the condescension and hospitalit , his Royal Highness, who appeared to enter into the amusements of the evening. The Princess Cummorra's Birth-day was brated at Clermont in the most harpy mr Her Royal Highness gave a Musical Ewes to her relatives and friends, and sent an invit.iti is Madame FODOR to visit Clermont. Mr. NALDI sisted, and was, as usual, lull of mirth And Ver. presided at the piano. Nothing could ego,ilth deseencion of the Princess CHARLOTTE. The Of SAXE COEnURO has one of the! finest tenor v, ever heard. and sung several pieces with great and effect. Besides their Royal fliglinesies' hold. were present—the Duchess ct Yortz, Duce CEMBILRLAND, Duke and Duchess and Mader ORLZANS, Marquis and Marchioness of Woak RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR, COMM LISTEN, Sir and Lady GARDENER, Boron Pr EITEL, Bar: Minister; Baron JUST, Saxon Minister ; Lord SKINS, Jte. &e. Wednesday Visit:ant and Viscountess REACH arrived at their house in Sr. James's sq. from Brighton, and in the evening entertained party with an elegant dinner. M►nisters have commenced issuing their cards invitation, in order to entertain their tri tory to the meeting of Parliament. The Loan CHANCELLOR has just placed t. ing Gentlemen in the Commission of the Peace the City of Westminster :.-1-IasIRT SWANN, SAUNDERS, EDMUND ALEICANDER HOWARD. JOHN BARRIER BrAIDNIONT, CAsTias Romps, and LaNDON, Esquires. Friday thb Lotto Jorrtcs CLEne was Lord Rector of the Uni•erity of Glasgow. Ranch Dreg and liarkgmhe Fiercer afforded an ex quisite treat at Drury-lane.Tl►eatre last night, and attracted a crowded and elegant audience. The Pan tomime, in every respect, is unquestionably one tb i e best that has been - presented for many years. BRAHMA, after an absence of seven years from the Irish Stage, made his re.appearance at the Dubin Theatre on Monday last, as the Seradier, in the Srie ef_Belzraele. Miss L. Kew( was the Katharine, and Miss GRIGLIE?TI the Miss Miamian, who appeared with MO rtht ;13 che musi7al circles of this country a year or two ago, died a few months Agu at Lisle. She was the dattgl:- ter of the late Mr. hluitrissaa, formerly :demi , for Shaftesbury. A Birmingham Paper says, ( 4 We observe with pleasure, that the condition of the numerous body of trail-makers in Staffordshire is improved, by a meet ing of their employers, held at West Bromwich, when it was unanimously agreed to restore their ra:e of wages, which had been, from the depression cf that trade, partially and considerably reduced." The Consul-General of the Netherlands has acive•- tised, that he will send back to their country all cik charged soldiers and sailors, subjects to hisSovere;gn, who will apply to him under indigent circumstancis. 4 curios,: Ausdote.— A Gentleman, rather Wit nantly complained to CARTER, of what he cailed 11:1 insidious and imposing Paragraphs in the Ide vrspaPer% He, however, bought a Ticket, which cPming up a Capital. induced him to alter his tone; and to ovn ' that, but for the ingenious efforts Curren employs, to catch the public attention, many would negli cc opportunity of obtaining, for a tr.fle, the important advantages Lotteries (and particularly the present one) present. The " hearty 'commendations" with which t!..e Lords of the Treasury accompanied their afirr , +val of the Scheme of the present Lottery, has served in some measure, no doubt, to procure for it that great share of popularity which it is at present enkliugt and which has induced so many persons to come fer h of late, " wind and weather scorning." to visit rinse, at hit wealth-dispensing Temples, 4, Cornhill, and :is Charing Crost. RICHARDSON, Goomvcie and Co. beg leave to Tir commend to their .friends and the Public an eariy purchase in the present popular Lottery. As the ,first SOO Blanks will recei.e 25 Guineas each, the p9r chaser before tin Ist day of drawing, (viz. the :fist of this month) if he should tail in obtaining one of the Grand Capitals of 24,000, 5,000, 1,000.. 0 Guineas, etc. with which the Scheme abounds, m 4 r more d'art recover his purchase money. RACIIANIk• &ON, GootmucK and Co. respectfully solicit the fa vours of the Public at their Offices, Cornhill ant Charing Cross, where they sold in the last few inontl4, two prises of 214000 Guineas, one of WAWA two OM of xlO,OOO, &c. *c. ~, . rITON. cious 123 1 : eift tce,l about t 'som, which s Ingres and gly iike of CLAlttt. IAttLOTIC Cut / PSI (TON, BAT WAS r, tTIA seittsta, IA Al CAB% •teteuua, oest.ww. lowed. tile tonne o f with the ace, ng, hetweeno e vre performed Mad erne and Miss FLeit , t attention of hjs iT and his illus- . Such ea• Ind, that few r.. waltzers we par ranee Esterbuy its. White; 1q• :astletragb aod 1:44y it spirit till fir the true o/e/L ar dance of S uke of CLattax. illy then retire nd hospitality o enter most full h-day was ee tarpy mannr al Entertain., t an inviteti in 1. Mr. NAZ.DI a rth and Ver. lZt 'ld equal theft!). TE. The Print nest tenor v(ri,:es with great taste glinesies' home. Yonx, Dime 07 nd Mademoistiie s Of Winicestes ♦t?N, Sir Kona: ES EL, &Mahn titer ; Lord Ea- )antess CAVIL, James's.sco,te, tertained a select ig their cards tr iend si pre par laced the follow- s( the Peace for SWANN, GURU (WARD, JOHN T. to and RICHARD C was admitted %ow. r afforded an ex- last night, and ;vice. The Pan- stionably one of uany years. years from the e at the Dublin Plies., in the Sile e Katharine, and 'ids great ed.:: in rear or two ago, t was the datigk- rnaerly Memlitr 'e observe with microns body of lved, by a need- iest Bromwich, - nature their ra:e le depression of r reduced." lands has adre•- cnuetry all to his Sovere;B6,