Star. — London, England, 1822-11-27 00:00:00

? ~~ < ~, ~.~ LON I)ON. TOREIGN Di A lig [T. TOZZIGN ALA INIT. A 1116 PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDIATS. HOUSE OF LORDS. Yesterday, at three o'clock, the Loan Cstaneettos, Earl Bartmanyand Lord hlscvicca, appeared on the Woolsack, dressed in Peers' robes, as his Majesty's Commissioners. Thee Lae CALA NOSLLOIL directed that Sir Timms Tyrwhitt, Usher ease Black Rod, to summon the Commons to attend, end hear the Commission read. Mr. Tuck (the only Commons' Member present), soon after appeared at the Bar, accompanied by some of the Clerks. The Commission being read by the Clerk of the Journals. • The' LOk D CHADIC ILLLOS rose, and said, that the Lords Com missioners, acting in the name and on behalf of his Majesty, had to inform the 'Lords and the Gentlemen of the House of Com mons, that they were commanded by his Majesty further to prorogue the present Parliament till the ed of January. The Commonp then retired from the bar, and their Lordships Immediately afterwards departed. Owing to the scaffolding, flee. round the Peers' entrance, their LOrdships were obliged to walk some yards to get to their re spective carriages. HOUSE OF COMMONS. The extended repairs and alterations that have been going for ward in this memorable building, are now rapidly approaching towards completion; but a good deal of scaffolding raised from the floor to the ceiling yet remains. The ceiling has been thoroughly renovated, the plastering whitewashed, the wainscot cornices, frame-work to the ventilators, Ste. revarnished. The two large ventilators, one of them being in the ceiling, nearly over the Speaker's chair, and the other directly over the ' strangers' gallery, are finished. The boarding in the roof form ag those ventilatots have no" peep-holes" in the sides of them, so that the Ladies who may bt desirous of listening to the debates have no other facilities than those that were previously afforded by the frame-work and holes over the grand chandelier which is in the centre of the ceiling of the House. The open work, or grating, that was formed in the roof, as parts of the machinery of the former ventilator, was finished in very ordinary style, die divisions or bars bring formed by boughs and leaves; but the two new pieces of frame-work or grating for the cold air to pass from the roof, through the ceiling and thence into the body of the House, are most appropriately designed, and highly and tastefully finished. Each frame or grating is five or six feet long, and from two to three wide; and each presents an elegant and bold arrangement, or grouping of the national emblpMs—. the rose, thistle, and shammck. The design is skilful, and it is executed with vigour. The different emblems stand out well, and are decidedly able and tasteful decorations. The whole is wood-work, presenting the appearance, in ac e Tdance with the sober character of the general finishing of the House, of highly varnished wainscot. These ornaments, being its well designed, and so beautifully finished, surpass anything if the kind that we have seen; and they reflect great credit on Mr. Edward Wyatt, by whom they have been prepared. The air, of course, it is understood, passes through the interstices left between the national emblems, the boughs supporting them, and the leaves completing the ornaments. The general design is taken from the open-work brass plates that are let into the floor also for the purpose of regulating the heat in the House; but in the application and finishing it is greatly improved. The various seats have undergone thorough repairs, and some of the backs of the benches have been heightened. A new seat in recess as been formed for the Serjeant at Arms below the Bar of the House and under the strangers' gallery; so that, ac cording to the present arrangement of the seat, the Serjeant at Arms will not be disturbed by the passing and repassing of Nlem hers or by Peers and their sons taking seats under the gallery , to Which they are privileged; and those who happen so to pass or repass will not be so liable to stumble over the Serjeant's sword, as heretofore used to be the case. The other works that are proceeding in the House are merely the customary renovations. The Smoking-rooms and Commit tearooms are also being repaired. TI! E EV EN I (; STA R. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 27, IS'22. TUE ruNDs. STOCK EXCHANGE, TWELVE O'CLOCK: This being settling-day in the matket,thr chief business doing is ir. making up their accounts, which has not been an easy task, ow:ng to its being a very heavy Ascount ; and we understand that upwards of £600,000. have been carried over to next Ac count. Consols opened this morning at 813, and up to this hour they ars 801 VI. 'tumours are afloat of several failures this sr.4rning in the market, but up to the present moment of writing we cannot ascertain that there has been any defaulter. The market is again thinly attended this morning, and the chief lousiness doing is in New Spanish Bonds. Colombian is very heavy, owing, it is said, to private accounts from Jamaica, of the 9th ult. bringing unfavourable news from Bogota. All miter foreign securities ate also very heavy this morning. Current Prices :--Chilian 76/, New Spanish S7i, 014 0 to 70, New Pructian 861, Old 861, Russian 86, Danish 9t►, Nes polkan 761, Colombian 76. Peruvian 79b, New Spanish Scrip 61 to 7 dis. STOCK EXCHANGE, ONE O'CLOCK. Within the last hour there is a great depression in the market. The Jew:lave taken a large quantity of Stock. The market is as thinly attended as on holidays. Colombian is 75, sellers ; and Spanish 671. In other foreign Securities, ei- Ge r chni a n, at 75, there is no akeration. The Committee of the Stock Exchange have ordered the terrific black board to be fresh painted. PRICES OF STOCKS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock 247 1 / 2 S per Cent. Reduced 80 1 / 8 1 / 4 1 / 8 per Cent. Consols 807 8 81 1 / 8 80N per Cent. 92% 1 / 4 -4 per Cent. 98 1 /8 97 % 4 per Cent. New 101 1 / 2 % Bank Long Annuities 20 7-16 1 ,( 8 Imperial 3 per Cents. 80 India Stock 25 6 /_— 41s. 435. South Sea Stock 91'h Eccheq. Bills (C 1,000) 4s. 6s. 65.--Small. 6s. Bs. Cons. for Jan. opg. 81 3 / 8 % IA. The French Papers of Sunday have been received. Some of the more liberal Journals speak as freely as they dare of the arbitrary measure of suppressing the School of Medicine, by which not only the students present at the riot, but those who took no part in the tumult, or even had any knowledge of it, are punished. 4 , Must Paris (says the Editor of the Courier-Frescais), must France, must Europe entire, be deprived of this admirable Institution, and that art which is swat useful to humanity be cut short in its progress; the knowledge of so many skilful professors be lost to t h e i r contemporaries; and so many precious assem blages of scientific riches be henceforth without em ploy or utility ? It is impossible to admit this idea, and not to regard as a simple suspension what is announced as a suppression. This opinion appears even justified by the facts which gave rise to the order inserted in the Moniker of this day.' The question of war or peace still agitatei the French capital. The Consiltutiesecl notices the sub lea at considerable length, sad asit.eontaits au cc coimt of, the impression the vacillating conduct of Ministers makes, we quote their observations: —te This morning (says the Coastitietionnsi), as we foresaw. the political thermometer stands again at war. The Ministerial Journals no longer take any pains to con ceal their wishes, and they probably think they know beforehand what will be the decision of the Congress. —They speak as if it were already settled, and were entirely agreeable to their wishes. It may be con cluded that they are acquainted with the instructions of our Ministers to the Congress ; for, if they were pacific, the organs of the authority which gave them would certainly not hurry on war with so much fury. 4 , The persons who best love to doubt if war will take place, appear to regard it as probable; and the political party appears hardly to have preserved any hopes of peace. The report is again spread that a Lieutenant-General has been appointed Chief of the Staff of the Army of Observation, and that he has even repaired to his post. A squadron, it is also said, is on the point of leaving Brest, to cruize on the coasts of Spain. AU the warlike reports acquire greater consistency with every day, and even those who most ardently desire peace, fear that it will not be preserved. " The Miniaterial Journals have net explained the proceedings of the Council-General of Commerce, established under the Minister of the Interior, and the refusal to receive their observations. It appears .to us that such a circumstance at least merits an ex- planation. " The alarms of the merchants are very great; and though the question of peace or war interests classes much more important than those who speculate on 'Change, for it may bring great injury to agriculture and commerce, we doubt if the rise in the Public Funds is as certain as is announced to day by a fa natic Journal. In an industrious country peace main tains public credit, particularly when war offers no chance favourable to the national interests, and al lows dangers to be foreseen which no man of good faith can pretend not to perceive. At Rouen, St. Quentin, and Havre, there is on this subject only one opinion. Insurance companies have already fixed the risks of war at fifty per cent. it is said even that there are some who refine insurance at any premium, and that several ship-owners have insured with English companies, which thus gather the benefits which escape from Fiance. " It i 4 not, besides, Ji fficult to conceive that our un certain state is sufficient to paralyse maritime com merce. In case of war, a single point on the coasts of Spain which the French troops shall not occupy will be the resort of many privateers, which, at the apt roach .of our ships of war, will display English colours, and w ill, under the Spanish flag, take every merchant ship. Hence no orders given to our manu factories, machines standing still, and industry every where paralysed. There will only be enough to sup ply our own consumption, and the scarcity result ing from war will increase from day to day. " Intelligent merchants regard this war as more in jurious to trade than even a war with. England. It would at least offer some compensation, for we could fit out privateers and repay ourselves in part for our losses ; but a war with Spain will render our trade a prey to privateers of all the nations at peace with her, and we can only take vengeance on her commerce, which no longer offers anything of great value. " A letter from Bourcleax, of November 17th, con tains some details which are not less alarming on the condition of that place; the mere idea of a war with Spain, it is these said, has given a serious blow to our commerce. The pillage of several of our ships, among others of the Azenia, belonging to M M GIORDAN and Co. coming from Terra Firma, loaded with two millions of francs, and the Venus coming from the Havannah, belonging to M. DUPEYRAT, has excited the most lively uneasiness in all the houses trading beyond seas. The Companies refuse to in sure, or demand exo:bitant premiums ; shippers are no longer to be found ; sever al.vessels are laid tip or dismantling, and nothing is done on 'Change. The purchase of wine is stopped, and the proprietors of vineyards are in a state that will not facilitate their paying taxes. If the reports of war now spread should be confirmed, the fate of our town will be very hard " It seems to us, that such considerations are fit to make the men reflect who preside over public affairs, and they also merit as much attention as the out rageous cries of those who desire war at all hazards, without being at all affected by the miseries it will produce. Do they not know also, that war brings on enormous expenses ; and that the necessary dimi. nution of all the taxes levied on commerce, on in dustry, and on circulation, will probably render new taxes on land necessary, which is already so suffering and so depressed ? To so many powerful reasons— te so many weighty motives...what do our adver. saries reply? Nothing—absolutely nothing. 4 . Eight otlock in the Evening.-11 at Paris the thernicateter stands at war, at London it stands at peace." be King of NOMA D who left Verona on the Stk . instant for Rome and Naples, is expected to reappear at the seat of the Congress on the 2d of December. He intends afterwards too visit Bologna, Parana, and some other towns, and to return to Verona. en the 19th of December. The Jawed dos Da* observes, that it .is not known how long the Sims wilt doe remain in that town s but that it is generally be- - Hewed that he means to heist of January. The Constitutiornsia sienthits a report Spanish Charge d'Affaires as' Vienna, &twirl— stenos, who is on terms of intimacy vriih the IX, of WELLINGTON, is expected to be called to the CAut gress of Verona. The Journal de Toulouse states that VILLELA, one of the leaders of the Army of the Faith, has expe rienced the same fate as ROMANILLO. fle has been arrested on a charge of having connived at the supply. ing of the fart of Cardona with provisions. The fort of Sro d'Urgel is said to be occupied by about &ye hundred men. The express which arrived from Paris this morn ing, brings the French Funds at 88 francs 40 cents. Neapolitan Bonds 77% %; and Spanish 57%. A German Mail, with Papers to a late date, has been received, but their contents possess little interest. An article in the Austrian O&server, purporting to be from Zante, represents the cause of the Greeks as gloomy as ever; better authorities, however, give more favourable accounts. The following are extracts : TRIESTR, NOVEMBER 3. _ _ Letters just received from Ancona say, that the Pope no longer permits the Greeks who have fled from Russia to embark there for the Morea, to com bat for the Christian faith. They are to go back is Venice ; but they will not be received there either.— Most of them will at length perish miserably through their continued wanderings. CARLSRUIIF., NOVEMBER 16. The joy caused by the birth of a son to the Mar grave Leopold, has been suddenly closed in the most afflicting manner. The young Prince, born the 26th ult. WAS to be baptized yesterday, the fete (a Saint's day) of his father. All the preparations were made, when the infant Prince was seized with an inflamma tion in the bowels, which rapidly increased, and ended in his death this morning, at one o'clock. Vsszosa, Nov. 11.—Metalliques 86 9-2 O—Bank Shares 9421. Nov. !I.—Metalliques 863—Bank Shares 946 5-8. The brig Russell, Captain Wit.tta, arrived at Deal on Monday, from Quebec ; after encountering heavy gales she made the quick passage of twenty. one days to England. By this vessel we understand that the contemplated union of the two Canadas had been the subject of much debate in meetings held at Montreal and Quebec. Upwards of 12,000 settlers had arrived from Great Britain during last year. The Settlement was improving, and Government was using active measures in settling the different town ships. A detachment of invalids of the 60th Regi- ment sailed two days previous to the Russell leaving Quebec for England. Yesterday, at two o'clock, a Cabinet Council was held at the Foreign Office, Downing-street,which Was attended by the LORD CHANCELLOR, the Earl of HARROWBY, the Earl of LIVERPOOL, the Earl of WESTMORLAND, Viscount SIDMOUTII, Mr. Secretary CANNING, the Earl BATHURST, the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, Viscount MELVILLE, Mr. WYNN, Mr. ROBINSON, and Mr. Secretary Peet. The Cabinet at till past four. It was to have been held last Fri day, but was postponed on account of his MAJESTY holding a Court. It was understood the Cabinet was summoned by Mr. Secretary CANNING. At the break ing up of the Cabinet the Earl of LIVERPOOL left town for Combe Wood. Yesterday the Duke of YORK held a Levee as Com mander-in-Chief, at his Office in the horse GUards, which was attended by Lord SALTOVN, Sir GILBERT BLANE, and several others. Lord and Lady HOLLAND and family have removed from Holland House to Marquis CORNWALLIS'S house, Old Burlington-street, for the season. Earl Wunwoarm has arrived at Knule. Kent, from his seat, Buck fru rst, Sussex. • The Earl and Countess of Moister have left Kent Howe, Knii,Lasbricige, for their seat in Devonshire. Tire Earl of blexxonovon has arrived at Ms house in Dover street. from his seat, Methley Park, Yorkshire. Viscount and Viscountess Caromorm left town yesterday for their father's (the Marquis of Salisbury's) seat, Hatfield. Lord Mer.souaux has arrived in sown from Brighton. Lord Esstount has left town for his seat In Devonshire. Sir 'l'. and Lady Wass arrived yesterday at Grillion's Hotel, Albemarle-street, from Bognor, Sussex ; Lord J. TIMMS, and C. It. Loa Esq. have left ditto, for Cambridge. Ihe lion. Mr. and Mrs. ROWT SMITH arrived yesterday evening at the Dowager Duchess of Iltitland's house, Sackville street, from Paris. Departures from the St. James's Hotel, Jermyn-street :—Sir J. Warman's', Ban. on a tour; and the Hon. H. G. BEIINZT, M.P. for Staffordshire. Departures from the St. George's Hotel, Albemarle-street : Mr. and Mrs. Isar, for Brighton; and C. Macexams, Esq foe his seat in Scotland. The Noble Authoress of is Graham Hamilton" pro ,' mises to rank in the very first class of modern No velists. The Monthly Review observes, of this new Work. that " It displays, in polished and vigorous language, the rocks on which the young, the HD, thinking, and the gay, have so often wrecked• their hopes, their conscience, and their tranquillity ; and to the thoughtless worshippers of fashion it addresses a grave and awful admonition, well calculated to awaken them from the dream of folly and dissipa tion which 4 binds, as in a spell,' the best feelings of the bosom and the noblest faculties of the mind. Considerable powers of genius have been summoned to the embellishment of this simple story.* ST. Jautta's.—Workmen in every department are employed in preparing the splendid rooms of this ancient Palace for the reception 'of his MAJESTY where hereafter be intends to hold his Court. The old taputy, long the valued ornament of GEORGE Tun Titian has been taken down, and the walls are decorated in the most varied manner, at an incalcu lable expense. The curtains and apprcipriate furni ture is intended to rival;in magnificence thaTuilleries, St. Cloud. and Compeigne during the reign of the Emperor Newor.see, Some of the most aoice and 'Valuable of the cants in bit Iti.nurv's collection are he plebe hod adorn . the rooms. The first ,Cosh b to be ha then op St. Georges Day. THE ARMY. esiongssisos dosed by the Lied Lieutenant of Surrey. pit Seemly* of Royal Surrey blilltia-- , George Holme Sumner, to be Colonel, vice the Right Honourable William lord Grandy", deceased. Surrey Yeomanry Orealt7--William Lee, Esq. to be Captain of a Troop. Commissions In the Cannartisenshire Yeomanry . eavalrY, dined by the Lord Lieutenant of the county of Carmarthen. ' Herbert Philippe Howell, Gent. to be Lieutenant, vice Berton, revived ; John Williams Gwynn. Hughes, Gent. to be Cor net, vise Benvilk, promoted. • NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. 11•1=••= , .....• Yesterday the ships from Prance to the West-Indies were ins owed at Lamm's, at thirty shining' from captures only ; and this morning they were done at three guineas! A severe loss has been sustained at LLOYD'S, by the foundering et Waal, of the ship Columbo. The amount insured upon thi s vessel is estimated at £70,000. The Mew Cow, general tradef from London to N ewcas . tle, was totally lost on Hasbro Sand, on Sunday —crew and pas. angers saved bra cod smack. Th. Ma r y, —.., from Petersborgh to Grangemouth, struck on a ledge of rocks near Peterhead, on Friday, but has been pc off with coosiderable damage, and towed ioto that harbour. The C zoucsrrtts, Big ship . to Admiral Sir B. Hatzuwits,, st Chatham, is ordered to be fitted for foreign service, with all put siblo dispatch; and the Taismt, of 46 guns, now in dock in the same yard, to be brought forward for commission. The smack Wellington, Basta, of Cowes, froth Swanage, foundered the 22d inst. near the Needles. Crew saved. The Mona, WATSON, of Grangemouth, from Mitalnichi to Glasgow, was abandoned on the 20th inst. of Tusher • she had lost her udder, and was driven ashore near Waterford on I'6. day. The crew, except one man, who was washed tmerbotrtl, arrived at Liverpool in the Maria, CAI42IION. The hull of a brig of about SOO tons, apparently Cumberland built, timber.laden, water-logged, and a complete wreck, was boarded the 20th Sept. in lat. 14. long, Si. by the Anne 21'1(e:i sle, Moasuson, which arrived et Demerara on the 30th, Irons Glasgow. FAIXOOTB, Nov. 2.s.—Wind S.W.—Arrived a schooner, name unknown, from Jersey, bound to the Mediterranean. Pr.r women, Nov. 25.—Wind S.S. W. blowing excessively hard. —Arrived the Elizabeth, MAILTHI, from Cortirma in three days. POILTIXOUTR, Nov. 26.—Wind S.W. blowing fresh.—No ar rivals or sailings this day. Drat, Nov. 26.—Wind W.S. W. blows fresh.—Arrived and sailed for the River, the Hercules, Bauman, from Quebec ; and Harmony, ROISRTSON, from the Canary Is ands. Came down from the River this evening, the Londor, ARxty, and Sarah Christina, Ranee, for Jamaica ' • Hope, Wu.soa , for 'EI. bago ; and several more, particulars of which we cannot yet at. certain, and remain with the rest of the outward-hound, all well. His Majesty's ship SrAaaowuAwK, the Mars, and David Lyon, turned away this morning, but bore up again. in the afternoon, it mils; fresh from the S.W. • HAawscn, Nov. 26 —Wind S.S. W.—Arrived the TAM S. son, DzAtcs, from Holland, with Mails, &c. The St. Hekna, &Lion, from Petersburgh, with several others, for Lontb,n, got under weigh this morning ; but it coming on to blow stro•lg from W.S.W. they were compelled to come to an anchor Jutlide the harbour. SPAT V. SIEGE OF CASTELFOLLTT. Two Proclamations, dated Castelfollit, the 2.1-th of October, have been published by MINA. The rirst, addressed to the inhabitants of the seventh district, begins by observing—" You know the fate of the impregnable Castelfollit, and of the imprudent b zt unfortunate men who remained shut up in it. Their defence was long, resolute, and obstinate. They ex hibited prodigies of valour. I have myself witnessed deeds as heroic as the finest which history records— but nothing could withstand the enthusiasm, the con stancy, and the intrepidity of the Spanish army."— After holding up the examp'e of the destruction of Castelfollit as a warning to other places, MINA concludes, in virtue of the powers given to him by the Government, by issuing the following order: 0 Art. 1. Every town or village which shall yield to a band of rebels, amounting in number to lets than one-third of its popula tion,;hall be sacked and burnt. " 2. Every town or village which stall surrender to a band of rebels, greater in number than ene.third of the population, and the greater part of the Inhabitant. of which doll join the incur ' gems, shall also be delivered up to pn'age and fire: but if only a few of the inhabitants shall make common cause with the rebels, their houses alone who_ may thus act shall be burnt and pillaged. Nevertheless, they are not on that account to be exempt from the penalties inflicted by the law. 0 3. Every town or village whiCh shall afford the means of subsidence, or any other kit.d of succoer, to repels who do not present themselves in a force equal to a third of the number of the inhabitants, shall be condemned to pay a contribution of at feast 1000 Catalonian fivres, or more if necessary; and the Members of the Municipality shall be shot. " 4. Every detached house in the country, or in a town or village, which may be abandoned on the approach of the Consti tetional troops, whose .strict observance of dtscipline is well known, shall be sacked, pulled down, or burnt. It nciy be re lied upon that I shall always be ready to punish the slightest act of impropriety on the part of my soldiers. " 5. The Municipal Councillors, Magistrates t and Curates, resident within the distance of a three hours' march to my head quarters who shall neglect to give . the dilly information of the movements of the rebels, shall be subjected to a pt...cuniz.r7 eon tribution. They shall suffer death if their neglect of duty should be the cause of any serious disadvantage. 1.. " 6. Every soldier from the ranks of the rebels, who shall present himself with his arms before me, or any of my G.mert.ls of Division, will obtain pardon for his crime of rebellion: this amnesty win not extend a day beyond the 20th of November. 4 ' 7. This D:cree shall be read to the troops with the Cr.?. r of the Day, and copies shall be sent to the Comma:dant. Gtne ral of the District tett:lent at Barcelona, to those of the rto. vinces of Lerida, Tarragona, and Gerona; and also to the Poli tical Chiefs of these four Provinces, in ordir that the satne c.ay be made public, and its provisions carried into execution." The other Proclamation is addressed to the troops, in approbation of their conduct during the siege. The Revenue Police to prevent illicit distillation in Ireland, is to be continued this year; the force is 21 Lieutenants, and 341 men. Extract of a letter from the Agents to Lloyd's at Smyrna, dated the 17th of October By the latest authentic accounts the Turkish fleet was at Napoli di Romania, and the Greek force stationed at a few miles distant from them, without any rencontre having en sued. The Turkish forces in the Morea are said to have retired back on Argos from want of provisions, but there does not appear to have been any figiiting in that quarter worthy of notice." SURREY Twzarns.—A new seeols Melo-Drama, under the title of The An Dial!; or The Fobs Macon, was rrn" duced at this Theatre last night. It Is Cram the pen of Moaros, who has written several successful Tiecce for this Establishment. It is founded on the villainous exploits of Arnolf(111.1r. H. Ramaxa) originally a lisherman, but who hxdos connected himself with a band•of desperate smugglers, has b.- come their leader, who formed for themselves a retreat itt the deep recesses of t h e rocks near the Land's-End, iu Cornwall, from whence they occasionally display a false beacon, and decoy vessels to inevitable destruction. The retreat of the robbers is, however discovered by*a British man of war, and the I a Devil is ! A love story I', of course, Ingenausly Interwoven , — Tbe nigh Is got up with much spletilour and beauty of scenery. It was slims mit for repetition with tbs gua nimous approbation of a Woe crowded Li every part. ~` 1 1 ' v