Star. — London, England, 1823-07-29 00:00:00

COLOMBIAN LOAN. The Contractors of this Loan having received many inquiries on the subject of the intelligence re ceived by them from Bogota, by the last Jamaica Mail, as to the ratification of this Contract by the Congress of Colombia, have thought it i ight to publish a copy of the notice which they sent on Thurs day morning last to the Foreign Stock Exchange, which has only partially appeared in the Newspapers. " By the Jamaica Mail, the Contractors of the Colombian Loan, have received Letters from their Agent, Mr. Jones, from Bogota, to the 19th of May. " Mr. Jones arrived in that city the 41st of April, and found the Congress of Colombia sitting. A Committee had been ap pointed by the Government for the purpose of receiving the accounts and document of which M. nes was the bearer, and making a report to the Congress thereon. With thin Com mittee Mr. Jones had held two meetings, via.--on the 13th and 17th of May, and he entertains no doubt that the recognition of the Contract for the Loan, by the Congress of Colombia, would be the result." " Mr. Jones incloses a copy of the message of the Vite- President to the Congress, the translation of which has already appeared." - The whole tenor of Mr. Jones's communication is of the most satisfactory nature, and such as to leave no doubt as to the honourable intentions of the Colombian Government, or as to the decision to be expected from the Congress. Mr. Jones states, that the whole of the Ministers had, by unanimous consent, decided on the recognition of Mr. Zea's power to raise the Loan ;" that he found on his arrival the most iniquitous means had been used to produce the most injurious and un founded impressions as to Mr. Zeas financial operations in Europe: that these had rapidly disappeared on the prsuction of his papers, and the explanatioes he was enabled to afford : and that all the doubt which has apparently been cast over this trans action, has proceeded from the non-arrival of Mr. Zea's dis patches to the Goveinment, assisted by endeavours of the most fraudulent nature to misrepresent its real character. Freeman's-court, July 28, 1823. THE EVENING STAR. LONDON. TUESDAY, JULY 29, 1823. THE FUNDS. STOCK EXCHANGE, TWELVE O'CLOCK. Consols opened this morning at St to but scoop lowered to tun, I. Stock has been sold in lots of £50,000 and £lOO,OOO ; and the Market appears very heavy today. French Scrip con tinues to fall ; before the opining of the market it was dope at afterwards at one pre. and lowered again to 1, pre.—it is now at par. FOREIGN FUNDS. The Foreign Market is very gloomy. Spanish Bonda 331, Colombian 62, in Prussian and Russian nothing doing. Hassimaolt, July 22.—Exehange on London, 37. 37. 3 Pllll, 26. Prrassauitom, July B.—Exchange on London, 91; Amster dam, 9i; Hamburgh, 8j ; Paris, 101. Balsam, July 19.—Exchange on London, 3 M. 7. 5. LEZPS/G, July 18.—Exchange on London, 3 M. 6. in. Assmanass, July 25.—Exchange on London, 40. 9. PRICE OF STOCKS AT ONE O'CLOOK. Bank Stock 222% • 3 per Cent. lteduced-Sl 3 / 4 1 / 2 1 / 8 3 /s 3 per Cent. Cons. 80% % 1 / 2 -3% per Cts. 93% 4 per Cents. Old 98 7 / 8 99 98% Y 8 4 per Cents. New 100 1 / 8 99% 100 1 / 8 Bank Long Annuities 20 13.16 India Stock 255—India Bonds 58s. pre. Exchequer Bills (CI ,000) 28s. 255. Consols for Account 81 80% 81 80% %. The very-pompous manner in which the Courier, on Saturday, announced the meditated retreat of the French from all the points they occupy in the Pepin : sula behind the Ebro, and the confidence with which the intelligence was declared to be authentic, has in volved that Journal in a controversy with the New Pines, which insinuated that the authentic intelli gence of the Courier was written with a view to af fect the Funds. Such an imputation on the Courier, above all other Journals, was not to be borne, and the Editor repels it with indignation. In the Suers of yesterday, we gave an unqualified contradiction to the " authentic intelligence" of the Cou rier, and we again repeat that the French Government has no intention of withdrawing its armies behind the Ebro, whatever it may be compelled to do in case of reverses. The Courier last night returns to the subject, and boasts much of the fidelity of its intelligence, but gives no facts in support of its statements of Satur day, though in denying the imputation of its having inserted it for stock-jobbing purposes, it does not af ford that Edaircissement which, in a point of so much importance is desirable, and which we know it could give as to the source whence it derived the intelligence Some of our contemporaries, deceived by the va pouring of the Courier, and the ostentatious manner in which it announced that the French Armies were about to withdraw from Madrid and Cadiz, ventured to assert that Ministers had received the intelligence; and, indeed, it was evident that the Courier wished it to be understood as derived from that source, which we know it was not. How it was obtained is a ques tion which we shall not afford the clue we possess to unravel, though we can assure our Readers that there is a little curious secret history connected with it. This forenoon we received a Hamburgh Mail, with Papers to the 23d inst. and a Dutch Mail, with Pa pers four days later ; but they possess little interest. The first paragraph, we are happy to find, will allay the uneasiness so long and so feelingly expresied by the Morning Chronicle, respecting the movements of the Austrian army. The following are extracts : VIENNA, JULY is. The corps of General Baron &utterheim, which left the kingdom of the Two Sicilies in the spring, and the halting of which in the kingdom of Lom bardy-, has afforded matter to the Liberals of Paris and London for so much decimal" has received orders to march into Austria. • OLDEIZBURGH, JULY 4. The Duke Peter Frederick Lewis, of Oldenburgh, h as i s sued a proclamation, announcing that the Duchy jr - of Oldenburgh, which he has governed for $8 years, in the name of his cousin Duke Peter Frederick William, having by the death of his said cousin fallen to him, as the next heir, be shall henceforth govern in his own name. PETF.IISBURGM D .ItItif S. Mr. Godeffroy, Envoy from Hanseatic cities to this Court, has arrived here with his lady and suite. STUTTOARD, JULY Is. Our journals contain an advertisement, in 4ich the Editors of the Constitutional Journal state they find reason to conclude for the present the publica tion of that Journal with the 12th Number, which has just been issued to the subscribers. MOM STOCKHOLM, JULY 11, The first section of the opinion of the Finance Com mittee, which treats of the expenses of the household of the Royal Family, bas been agreed to in all the four Chambers of the Nobility, and the Citizens; the other chapters have been discussed, but part of them sent back to the Committee. - • HAMBURGH, JULY 22. _ Captain J. P, Litzen, commanding the Gerechtig Keit, arrived on the 20th, at Gluckstadt from Green land, with 1,912 seals. He brings very good news respecting the success of the other whale ships. The Bremen, Captain A. Haake, had taken sixteen fish. We have received Cadiz papers to . the Bth inst. of which the proceedings of the Cortes form the most important part. In the sitting of the 6th, the election of a new Pre+ sident took place. Senores Zut.uvra. and GaLIANo had most votes on the first nomination, but on the final ballot the former was chosen, by 68 votes out of 86. Senor TOMAS was chosen Vice-President, and Senor NAVARRO TEJEIRO, Secretary. A long discussion took place on the suspension of some of the forms prescribed by the. Constitution, which was agreed to. They principally relate to the forms of proceeding in cases of arrest. In the Com mittee, Limo Casmion objected to the suspension of the Article 306, which declares " that no house be longing to any Spaniard shall be forcibly entered, except in those cases which the law may determine for the good order and safety of the State." Several Deputies, and amongst others Anaumuts, concurred in objecting to the article, on account of the form in which it was expressed. The Secretary of State for Grace and Justice pro- posed a modification, to the effect, that the houses of Spaniards might be entered in the cases, dining the time, and in the districts referted to in the first and second of the preceding eight articles. In this shape the article was agreed to, and the report adopted. The Cortes next proceeded to the consideration of the Report of a Committee on the proposition for al /owing neutrals to cart y the produce of the Isle of Cuba the same as Spanish ships, on paying a duty of four per cent. as a license for the flag. The Com mittee recommended the adoption of the follow ing dratq a , ht of a decree: _ " Art. 1. During the present war, and until two months after the publication of peace in the respective ports, trading is per mitted between the Peninsula and adjacent islands and the trattsmarine provinces, in foreign vends under a friendly or neutral flag. " Z. The cargoes which theyi may carry shall pay the dudes established foe Spanish vessels, with the addition of four per cent. for qualifying the flag. " 3. Outward cargoes shall pay to the respective Custom houses the regular duties, notwithstanding the provisions of Art.lB, of the tariff regulations of the 20th December, 1821. " 1 4. The provisions of the preceding articles are to be under stood without prejudice to anterior decrees of the Cortes of 31st of January and 25th of June of the present year." After Anouzu.es, the Finance Minister, and se veral other Deputies had spoken, the question on its final adoption WAS deferred until a subsequent sitting. In the course of the debate, Senor ADAN asked whether the Government had knowledge of an Order of the French Minister of Marine, intimating that hostilities were not to be directed against Spanish commerce ? The SECRETARY of FINANCE said the Government had as yet received no of notice of the Order alluded to by Senor Adan, but he could declare that he himself had seen quite the contrary conduct. He had seen French crullers make Spanish merchant men put back to the port, and even disarm them, which was the same thing as giving them up to the pirates. Even before the war commenced the Veloz Mariana, a ship which VAS private property, was captured. From the shipping lists in the Cadiz Papers, it ap. pears that the French blockade is quite inefficient. Vessels of all nations, French excepted, daily enter. On the sth no less than 40 sail, chiefly loaded with provisions, arrived. Among them is mentioned" the English brig Leopold, from Guayaquil, with cocoa ;" 'mad the announcement of this arrival is accompanied by the following Note : " As this brig was standing in, one of the trench nastrof war hailed her in eider to overhaul has, to which, however, she paid no attention, and the Frenchman gave chase and fired four guns at the brigantine, but found it impend& to came up with het. On altering the Bay the brigantine neared the coast of Puerto, from the Cede of width the Preach also Ind some can non, bat still without ddpg the leapt injury to the brigantine, which en tered sate and sand, thus frustrating and covering with ridicule the French shill in seamanship and artillery." A Decree of the Cortes, dated July 2, deprives such Spaniards as still adhere to the enemy of all the rights and guarantees to which they would be en titled by the Constitution. 'The anniversary of the 7th of July, the day on Which the ii was celebrated with great solemnity. The Cadiz Papers describe the troops as full of en thusiasm: and as hUving made several attempts to bring the French to action, previous to the great sortie on the 16th inst. The accounts fiom General, ZAYAS were favourable. A Decree had been issued, authorizing all Gover nors and other Authorities to expel from the territory under their jurisdiction all foreigners, in the least suspected as being spies. The Espedader of the gd contains the following information on the state of Portugal : it appears to be much exaggerated : " The passengers who arrived yesterday by the steam-boat give a most melancholy picture of the state of Lisbon. The merchants are confounded and ntortified. The army, which suffered itself to be seduced to destroy the liberty of the country, is in a state of complete insubordination, and everything an nounces that the revolution in Portugal is now only about to begin. " At present three patties are distinguishable—namely, the Corutitationalists, the ethologists, and a middle party, which may be called that of the Pacificator& It appears that the Minister Palawns leads the last. The Queen and the Infanta Don Miguel direct the second. 1. Some of the Deputies of the Cortes are thrown into prison; other* have fled. The Colonels of most of the Regiments have been changed, but the soldiers refuse to recognise these new commanders, and insist on the restored= of their old ones. In fine, the indiscipline has reached such a height, that the partisans of despotism publicly declare that they cannot depend on the troops, and it is necessary to call in a foreign aimy." Letters are said to have been received in the City from Cadiz, to the 10th instant, bringing the follow ing intelligence: " That the inhabitants of Cadiz are in the 'highest spirits, and entertain confident hopes of compelling the French to raise the blockade : that provisions are in abundance; and three very large American ships, laden with flour, had entered the port in defiance of the French blockade. The military force is repre sented as consisting of 15,000 regulars, besides a nu merous body of militia and volunteers, amounting in the whole to 25,000 men. General LOPEZ BANOS, it is said, is going to be tried by a Court Martial, for having abandoned twenty pieces of artillery, which fell into the hands of the French,without being spiked.' Extract of a letter, dated Cadiz, July 7: " The steam vessel, called the Royal George, which, after sending her passengers and letter-bag ashore, went to St. Lucar, where the British Ambassador was, is on the eve of departure, and has offered to take letters for Galicia and England. An English cutter also went there, as the Ambassador was waking for answers to his dispatches, which in all probability were brought by this cutter. In La Isla de Leon, which is now in an infinitely superior state of defence to what it was during the late war, the organization of the army is carrying on with the greatest activity—a measure deemed the more necessary, be cause it had arrived in detached portion of several regiments, which rendered it necessary to introduce something like system before we chew the French what metal we are made of. The French are unable, with the small number of forces they have in this quarter, to cover lines so extended, in consequence of which we receive abundant supplies of provisions. The present Ministry is composed of the best men who can be had, and they arc by no means idle. " As for this place, lithe French had four times the number of troops around us, as far as main force goes, we should bid them defiance. Our fortifications are infinitely stronger than they were during the last war, and we can man our walls with , 15,000 determined fellows, most of whom have something to lose. We have our ramparts crowned with at least 2,000 places of artillery, and abundance of small arms for local service. Be fore the end of the week we shall have at least eighty gun-boats under sail, armed each of them with an la, 24, or 32-pounder, capable of raking the ships of these fresh water sailors in a calm, and make them keep in the offing. They are disarming the Asia man of we. to make use of her artillery in this service, and we are in no want of sailors. This armament is preparing at the expense of the city, whose authorities conduct themselves in the most patriotic manner. As to provisions, we are as amply sup plied as any town in Europe, and we laugh at the French paper blockade. All the Deputies in the Cortes, who were military men, have gone to the lines in front of La Isla, including Gene ral Alava." Extract of a letter from a Gentleman belonging to Glasgow : _ _ _ " Caen, July 18,1843. " In the harbour of Havre there is at present much bustle, oc casioned by a great many American ships which are discharging their cargoes, consisting principally of cotton. The quantity of that article is so great, that it is actually piled- on the quays in immense heaps, larger almost than ordinary hay stacks. The inner harbour, which is of a prodigious size, is literally tilled with the French ships With their masts struck, and awnings over them, laid up as useless, owing to the Spanish war, which is, in this part of the country, unpopular with aU ranks, classes, and pro- fessions. I understand an immense nn,mber of workmen have been discharged from the different manufactories in this part of France, and that a considerable number of Englishmen, whO were employed as eotton-spinners, hatters, dtc. have returned home, not being any longer able to find employment here." THE DUCHY OF BRUNSIVICk. BRUNSWICK, JULY 3. His Majesty the King of Great Btitain, in his in i; lity of Guardian to our young Duke, has issued following " PROCLAMATION. New York Papers to tbe27th of June, with Papers from Havannah to the Bth inst. have been received, bringing news from Mexico to the 10th ult. butit is unimportant. The Sovereign (provisional) Congress were in Sex• skis, and bad passed` some Laws relative to Coinage. Commodore Daniel, -whose arrival at Baltimore was anndunced, has not been exchanged, as wassome time ago published. Speurum Mars.—Caraccas Papers to the 24th of May have been received ; and although the news that Padilla has forced the bar of Maracaibo is• confirmed, yet 'Morales is not represented as being in quite so bad a situation as we supposed him to be. Letters from Curacoa state that the troops from Rio de la Hache arrived on the 19th in the line of Gorabella, and had there beaten 700 men belonging to Morales. General Padilla had taken all the sea force of Morales in the Lagoon, keeps him entirely surrounded, and has cut off all his resources. Morales cannot now escape. a In our Letters Patent of 15th July, 1815, in which we 1;1.1 Hely announced that we had taken upon us the guardianship ; our beloved Cousin the Duke Chutes of Brunswick and Islet. burg, we made no mention of the duration of the-guar.iial. ship thereby assumed, because we desired first to he acquaPnitd with the existing laws, conventions, and legal customs zeLtive. this subject, and to fix the duration of our Government as gu ar , dian, according to them, and to the true interest of our wad and of his hereditary dominions. Tee careful researches se en. foot with this view having convinced us that the time of Ow jority of the Make of Brunswick-Luneburg is no: hfl pOS:!iYt:V fixed by conventions or by custom a,, to exclude the exerci,;,;( our judgment; and as, when we took upon us to goveta the States of Brunswick in the character of guardian, we could only intend to retain it so long as should be absolutely necessary for the good of those States and their Prince ; and as we may now hop e that our much-beloved cousin Duke Charles of Brunswick -I.ole burg, after the careful educattort which he has enjoyed, will row bei able to take upon himself the burden of the government of tllesi:s countries to which he is called by DIVIta l'aovineyee, so as to promote the true welfare and happiness of these countries: for these reasons, and in order that any measures that may be nets. sary may be prepared in time, we do not hesitate to declare, by these presents, that on the .'.oth day of October this year,bein; the 20th birth-day of our cousin Duke Charles of Brunswick neburg, we shall lay down the Government of the Stars of Brunswick, and deliver it into the bands of our said cowls, u reigning Duke, " bated Carlton House, June 6, litti3" His Highness the Duke is at pie.:ent at Vienna. Yesterday the Prussian Minister had an audien i of Mr. CANNING. The French Charge d'Affaires, M. Ma aczars, transacted business at the Foreign Office yesterday. The Marquis CAMDEN left town yesterday ,: n visit to the Dowager Marchioness of LoNDONDERST, at her seat, Bolden Wood Lodge, 11. int. The Marquis and Marchioness CORNWALLIS have arrived in town from Brighton. The Dowager Marchioness of LA.NSDOWN's asses bly on Sunday evening, in Albemarle -street, was at tended by nearly SW distinguished Fashionable.. The Earl BATHURST left town en Saturday for hi seat, Cirencester. Gloucestershire. The Countes, the Ladies Bazetuasr, left yesterday. The Countess De GREY arrived yesterday at Le seat, Putney Heath, from Tunbridge Wells. Lord Viscount SIDUOIIIII has arrived in town from Berks. The Count and Countess ctia anon' have left Grillion's !lute Albemarle -street, for Scotland. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Prii,cea Of ORANGE, and the Princess CATHERINE of Wok. TEMBURO, bride of his Impetial Highness the Grand Duke MICHAEL, are expected at St. Petersburgh by the 2d of August, the birth-day of her Majesty the Empress MARIA. Baron de RICHEMONT, Inspector-General of the French possessions in India, was brought into Corunn; in a French Indiaman, by a Spanish privateer, anc thrown into the prison of Antonio. The Baron is du brother of the French Minister de Vi Li.zte, who or &real Sir ROBERT WILSON to leave Paris in so insult. ing a manner. The revenge he took was to apply tc the Spanish Authorities for the liberation of the Br ron de Iticnamonz, but his application was refused by the Spanish Authorities, who declared their deter. mination to detain him as an hostage for the safety of the Constituaisnal General. Sir ROBERT WILMS, however, repeated his request, and at last obtainel the liberation of de Ridusuonr, and other prisoners Among the articles of intelligence from the Freud Papers, in the New Times of this morning, we wen somewhat surprised to find a mutilated cop? a , General VILLACAMPA'S Report to the Spanish Minis ter of War on the defection of his troops befon Cadiz. This document we published exclusively it the STAR of yesterday week, whence it was copia . into all the• Morning Papers, not excepting the Nes Times, on the following day. The liners, which proverbial for what an Evening Paper has not inaptly termed sulkiness, in not meddling with any news its own, husbanded the Report of General Irnit, CAMPA a day longer, and gave it on th e W e d nes d a y. The copy of it, in the New Times of to-day, ap to have suffered much in the doubly-filtered treads don it has undergone, from the STAR to the Qtati dienne, and from the Quotidienne to the New Tiara On the 27th of June the first stone of the new versity at St. Petersburgh was laid, with great 'enmity. Saturday se'nnight, about ten o'clock at night,: fire broke out in a part of the extensive premises WM. PIRIZ and Co. woollen manufacturers, Gordo! Mills, near Aberdeen. Speedy assistance was pn cured; but every exertion to arrest the Fogless i the flames proved ineffectual, and the whole of de building was entirely destroyed. Two men who had been witnesses in a recoula at Ennis were, on their return from that town M 1 Tuesday last, so severely beaten, that one of lbw died, and the other is so delirious that he can no account of the transaction. Friday last, Patrick lifiCormick, Jolla Reify, chael Smyth, Anthony Donovan, Matthew Dow Edmond Mood, and James Kelly, were tried at for the robbery of the Belfast and Derry Mtul: on the nights of the Sd of January and the Bth April, when the whole were convicted. By an extract of a letter received in town ys.. from Kanturk, we are informed that that part of del county of Cork, elsewhere so much disturbeth bra been reduced to comparative tranquillity, by the is dustrious attention of the police. The barOny Duhallow is quiet. Discoveries of arms have as yet been made to any considerable extent,: it is understood that considerable quantities arc ac' tually concealed in hitherto unsuspected places. ... Crossley, the chief Peace. officer of the above' lately discovered some which had been, together ammunition, literally built into a wall with sew. Thursday, Mr. TIMOTHY HAYDEN, Editor d Evening Mall, swore informations at the Head of Police, in Dublin, against Sir Coux Cato and Captain WRBSTER, for an alleged assault C tnitted on him on the 12th of July. He has b bound to prosecute at the next Commission. Died, on Thursday last, at the house of Lord &Witt Wimpok-street, Major-General Sir Dents-Paci, K.C.B. aTj and other Orders, Colonel of the 84th Foot, and U 80411 .: Governor of Plymouth. The death of this gallant Oilistriv much to be lamented in a public view, as it will be by kil Irate friends and afflicted family. His name is asocia l every glory of the late war, and SJ familiar to the MAW we have only in common with it, sincerely to lament Ms , timely lees to his country, though he lived long coon! for himself a fall harvest of honour and renown. { n tl a 'c 4 c t u ,„ , and pro . Edmond 1;Yood, and lames Kelly,' ;iere tiied at Trio, .1 of workmen have for the robbery of the Belfast and Derry Mail . . - -% odes in this part o f on the nights of the 3d of January and the Bth - N Englishmen, wh o April, when the whole were convicted. a Ste. have returned By an extract of a letter received in town Telma) c oyment here " from Kanturk, we are informed that that part of it i . county of Cork, elsewhere so much disturbedi has 1 been reduced to comparative tranquillity, by the . ' I use, with Papers dustrious attention of the police. The bunny .; c e been received, Duhallow is quiet. Discoveries of arms have '.' I+ Dth ult. but it is as yet been made to any considerable extent, althrogh , it is understood that considerable quantities are x reu were in Seg. tually concealed in hitherto unsuspected places. Sr c live to Coinage. Crossley, the chief Peace.officer of the above &Tic' 5 lately discovered some which had been, togetherai 1 n al at Baltimore ammunition, literally built into a wall with moor , F Bed , as wassomf Thursday, Mr. TIMOTHY HAYDEN, Editor of t b I Evening Mail, swore informations at the Head Oro c s to the 24th of of Police, in Dublin, against Sir Court CAUflla ti gh the news that and Captain WEBS - ran, for an alleged assault ...' f bo is•roofirmods mitted on him on the 12th of July. He has - t leing in quite so bound to prosecute at the next Commission. 1 to be. Died, on Thursday last, at the house of Lord : • 11 the tfoops from an w d i Ith in the line of motpiole the ier -strret der . s ktajo i r o -G ne e l o Major-General Sir of 84th h ins Pa Fout c:% iC. ed C. imstaio a C a Governor of Plymouth. The death of this OW oMcg li 1 ) men belonging much to be lamented in a public view, as it will a tl ba e l taken all the sea Tate friends and afflicted family. His name is C „ every glory of the late war, and Li familiar to the Mei reps him entir c* i / we have only in common with it, sincerely to lamolt Ms I source*. Morales timely less to his country, though he lived long am*. Li for himself a full harvest of honour and renown. • - . . of the Guards was defeated, rem I