Star. — London, England, 1823-03-28 00:00:00

THE EVENING STAR. LONDON. FRIDAY, MARCH 28, 1823. GOOD FainAy.-.—Holiday at all the Public Offices. At a late hour this forenoon w•e have received ad ♦ices from Madrid, to the 19th instant. Every thing was ready for the KING'S departure. Two conspiracies formed to prevent it had failed. The new Ministers had not come into office : and it was expected that the old• ones would continue in their places: SAN Mtousi. is the soul of every move ment of the Government. We were the first to announce (by a Second Edition of our Paper of Tuesday,) the an ival in Paris of an c , ffieial report from the Major-General - of the French army, that " the condition" and " spirit" of it was such as are likely to put an end, for the present, to the iniquitous project of invading Spain- The fact is now confirmed beyond' all manner of doubt; not only by the Papers of this country in the interest of France—(for such there are) —but by the Paris Papers themselves. The Courier of last night admits that " there has Leer a waspirary, which had lot its object to replunge France, and consequently (the consequence we do not sec), other parts of Europe into all the mi;eries and guilt of another Revolutiv." _ _ The New Times says, 0 It has been asserted that the appointment (of the Duke of BELLUNO) was oc casioned by the discovery of a conspiracy in the French army, sad so far,tve are inclined to believe Me report." —The Courier indeed affirms, that " the conspiracy did not tar eak out in the army of the Pyrennee6, though the conspirators hoped to make it the instrument of their ci iniinal projects." But against the Courier we will quote the Courier itself; for in the same paper where it makes this denial, it announces the receipt of "farther" advices, which' oblige it to confess that one of the Aides-du-camp of General GUILLEUINOT, Commander of the Army of the Pyreunces is " impli cated in the plot." The first advice; of this paper, the Public will see, were erroneous ; they will observe how ignorant, or affectedly ignorant it was in the early part of yesterday, of a fact which we published on Tues. day evening, and which has since become notorious ; and they may fairly judge from this, what reliance is to be, placed on the Courier as a source of intelli gence, efr on its honesty in stating what it knows.— Its fellow-labourer, the New Times, thinking it yes. terday of nu use to pretend ignorance of what all the world by this time knew through odicr channels, at once avowed its opinion " that some treachery has existed in (he army of the Pyrennees, but that, it has not gone far, and has been discovered in time." Now for the Paris Papers—those of Tuesday, which came to hand last night.—ln these we have the facts of the recal of GuiLLEatrator, the sudden departure of the Minister of War, BELLUNO, the inefficient con dition of the French army (at least General GUILLE bIINOT'S report to -that effect), all fully confirmed. We find too that the departufe of BELLUNO was not regarded at Paris, as some of our contemporaries wished to make it regarded here, as a matter of no import. The Journal des Debats, a Government paper, confesses that it has singularly surprised the public (singulierement surpris le public). The reasons for the .finistet's sudden departure cannot, of course, be expected to be stated in a Press subject to the Censorship of that Minister and his col leagues, with the same explicitness and clearness as has been done in our private communications; but vague as these explanations are, they will be found to agree perfectly in substance with the statements we have made public. The Journal des Debats says that the presence of the " Minister of War will give promptitude and unity (ensemble) to the operations, and will probably hasten the entrance of our troops into Spain ;" the Constitutionnd states, that " the Minister of War will be able - to see with his own eyes whether the accoutrements and other objects furnished to the army have been made in a proper and satisfactory manner ;" and " that an alteration is to be made in the organization of the army." What dues all this amount to, if not to what we have said in more direct terms, that " the condition and spirit of the French troops" are such as to have caused a suspension of the intended opera tions against Spain. The Minister at War — goes to see " with his own eyes" whe:2lter all that General Guim.gastNoT had reported—for from him we know the report did come—be true ; he goes to impart, if he can, to the operations of, invasion, unity and promptitude, and for this purpose there is to be a new organization, Will any person tell us, after this, that things are as they were? We need scarcely mark out to our Readers the ab surdity of supposing with the Constitutionnel, that it is merely to see whether " the accoutrements and other objects furnished to the Atm" are proper and satis factory, that the Minister of War has hastened away. What would anybody have thought of the Duke of YORK setting off post-haste to see whether the jackets and knapsacks, and other accoutrements of the troops that had to fight the battle of Waterloo, were in :.;ood and sufficient order ? No. The Public may depend •upon it that it is not such exter nal matters as these that have called fot the Minister of War's presence. The spirit or the troops is in fatiltiana it is this which must be renovated—madeproper and satistrcior.y before the invasion of Spain can be attempted with the least chance, even of momentary success, • The Declaration to which M. CANNING alluded, in his speech last night, was one made-by Lord CAb- Tunteaou in the month of March, 1815, and is asl follows: " The undersigned, on the exchange of the ratifications of the Treaty of the 25th March last, on the part of his Court, is hero; by commanded to declare that the Bth Article of the said Treaty, wherein his Most Christian Majesty is invited to accede under cer tain stipulations,is to be understood as binding the contracting par ties upon principles of mutual security, to a common effort against Napoleon Bonaparte, in pursuance of the 31 Article of the said Treaty, but is not to be understood as binding his Britannic Ma jesty to prosecute the war, with a view of imposing upon France any particidar Government. However solicitous the I'rince Re gent must be to see his Most Christian Majesty restored to the 'I brunt, and however anxious he is to contribute, in conjunction with his Allies, to so' auspicious an event, he nevertheless deems himself called upon to make this declaration on tho exchange of the ratihcations, as well in consideration of what is duet() his Moat Christian Majesty's interests in France, as in conformity to the principles upon which the British Government has inva riably regiiiitvd its conduct." This decimation mtht always be taken in conjunc tion with the 'articles of the. treaty alluded to, by which our Government bound itself to make com mon cause against BONAPARTE, to understand their due import. While they had for their object to give security to Europe by destroying the power of Napoleon, the declaration was intended to preserve intire the principle of National Independence. We bound outselves to oppose BONAPARTE, but would not bind ourselves, because that was contrary to tte principles of our Government to impose any particu lar Government on France. When this declaration was discussed in the House of Commons, the Oppo sition of that day were quite as ready as their present successors to impute to the Government improper mo tives. Sir SAMUEL ROMILLY then contended that this declaration was put forth by Lord Castlereagh merely to conceal from the people that the Government actually desired to force the BOURBONS on France, just as at present Mr. MACDONALD imputes to Mr. CANNING the absurdity that this liberal Statesman is intriguing to make the Spaniards submit to the Profligate attempts of the French. And as Lord CASTLEREAGH then replied, that such accusations were only circulated for the purpose of" calumniating the Government," so may Mr.CANNING now say, that the imputations of his opponents are made with no other view. The object of the negociations 'Allis MAJESTY'S Ministers has been, to preserve that peace of Europe which they are pledged by treaties to preserve. To obtain I eace was the avowed and actual object dal' the exertions of the Allied Powers in 181 5, and to preserve it has ever since been the steady aim of our Government. Ministers have deprecated and opposed the Bourbon invasion of Spain, by all the honourable means in their power, without taking up arms ; and they could riot take up arms, except to enforce the observance of our own neutrality, with out siding either with the Ultra Liberals in Spain, Or the Ultra-fanatics in France, and to the mad projects of both these destroying factions their calm and con servative wisdom is directly opposed. The following are extracts from the Bayonne Papers which arrived this morning : BAYONNE, AIARCH 20. The Marshal Duke of Reggio arrived in this city yesterday to take the command of the Ist corps of the army. M. Sicard, the Intendant General, is also arrived. The movement of the troops continues, and all go to take up cantonments on the frontiers as they arrive; of the two battalions of infantry of , the guard, one has gone into cantonments in the Ban lieue of Bayonne, and the other, which is to do duty about the Duke d'Angouleme, remains in the city. It is impossible to form an idea of the immense quanti ties of provisions which are preparing, and of the large sums of money that are daily employed; and yet it is with difficulty that forage is procured at Bayonne and in the environs. The want of this article is much more sensibly felt in the three provinces of Biscay, and it is impossible that Navarre, though fertile, should long support 18 or 20,000 horses, which there will be with this army. We expect with much impatience two mails from Madrid, but we learn that they have been intercepted near Burgos by the band of Merino, and the contents. burned. • However, by one of the many-couriers that have passed through, we have the following authentic accounts up to the 17th.—(These accounts contain the information we have previously received relative to the departure of the Royal Family). Only a very weak garrison will be left at Madrid. I If the decision of the Cortes, on the departure of the jKing and the Government, has been generally ap plauded by the Constitutional party, the mass' of the inhabitants of the capital are really afflicted and dis , contented at it; and, it may be affirmed that they ardently desire the arrival of.the French. The last levy for the active army had already been made in the capital, and besides that a great nuMber of young men had .enlistc.Onltintarily. All the ac counts from A ndalusi4, Estramadura, and La Mancha state, that they were eagerly imitating chi capital, :Lod that it the Treasus y had had the ,necesiaryllitiai' it Quid, have beeu easy tO4aise the - whole popula tion eu flume. In the midA of these favourable dispositions we have Learnt, however, that Litman, who separated -11 l UND V THIJRSDA V.. (froth 13eisierel at Manilla, had thrlign bt - the kingdom of Valencia, and arrhred beiwe W the • . 4th. and 6th at the HuenaOf that city, aftsi,havlf* repulsed, with some loss, the gaticatal Guard which marched out to meet bim, and even taken. -wine' prisoners ; that the Valencians, thinking that the Itoyalist Chief would have' ventured to attack' the *city, had prepared for their 'defence, being resolved to receive him ; and that at the end Ulman, with 2000 men, had. retreated by Segorbe towards the frOntiers of Arragon, where be was closely pursued by the column of Brigadier Tones, and by other troops from Valencia and Cuenca, and lastly by Em pecindo, who had been detached with a column fiom Saragossa, so that it was hoped that within a few days this band would have the same fate as that of Cappe. On the other hand, Merino, with 200 horse and some foot, subordimate to Quesada, from. whom he receives assistance, keeps possession of the road from Burgos to Buitrago, and endeavours to re• cruit his band, interrupting the communications and the convoys of grain going to Vittoria, where everything is scarce. The Political Chiefs of Vittoria, Bilboa, and St. Sebastian have sent orders to the young people of the Constitutional party to assemble in the capital. In Navarre everything is pretty tranquil since are departure of the troops of Santos Ladron for St. Jean Pied de Port. The Navarrese are in no hurry to obey the call of O'Donnell, and their indifference to that •f the Con stitutionalists is still more remarkable. Orders have been received at Tudela, from Sara gossa, to form considerable magazines, especially of grain; and on the 12th, lodgings were prepared there for officers of all ranks, but hitherto to troops have made their appearance. Frankfort Papers of the 20th also arrived this morning. They say the report of the capitulation eir the Castle of Corinth is confirmed ; 3500 men laid down their arms on the 12th of February to be ents veyed to Asia. The news of the reduction of Patinii by the Greeks appears premature. Larissa, it apr pears, was still in the hands of the Turks on the 19th of February ; later accounts report that it surren dered on March 6th. The Greeks; however, had possession of Zeitouni and Volo, and were advancing along the sea coast, all the districts on that side de claring in their favour. The Greek partisan, Dm- MAN TI, was already on the North of Larissa ;ad im peded the communication between that fortress and Salor' - li Offen , ' - th, of th( r. • Tbe annual distribution of his MA.teSTY's Rop 4 l IVIISIOdy took pace yesterday, at Whitehall Chapel, *temporary building, the whole length of the Chu. psil, was constructed for the occasion, under the di. rection of the Board of Works, in which sisty.ee s •neert and sixty - one women, being the a ge o f de ? Krtfer, receive d the customary gifts of provisions a eleven o'clock. Mr. HANEY, the Secortary• to tbk, LORD HZGII ALMONER, Mr. JORRS, the Groom Of the Almonry, and attendants, entered the building alma eleven o'clock, to superintend the arrang e . meat of the Maundy people, and to receive the visitors, who were admitted to Lee the ceremony 4 tickets. The ecipierits being seated at two tables co. vered with white linen cloths, the officers proce e d e d to supply each person with a loaf. The whole a tt. rangement being completed at twelve o'clock, the Sub-Almoner, the • iiev. Dr. Goottenotron, entered the building, attended by Mr. It ay, and having inspected the tickets of bread which were placed bee tore each of the Maundy people, proceeded to say Grace before Meat, as follows: " Bless, 0 Lone, the Royal Maundy, to the use of these thy servants, and dispose their hearts to the.praise of thy Holy Name, with gratitude to their Royal Benefactor, through JESUS CHRIST, our Lord, Amen." several per. sons were then supplied witth a piece of beef, wei g h.. ing from three pounds and a half to four pounds, The Sub-Almoner then inspected the quality of the meat, and having seen that each was supplied, he proceeded to• say Grace after Meat, as follows: " Graft, 0 Lone, in the hearts of these people grime. ful obedience to the Royal dispenser of these thy bles sings, and cause them to look up to thee as the Su preme Author of every good, through JirsUS CHRIST our Lord, Amen." The people being again , eared, the provisions and cloth were removed, and ea t ;, per son was supplied with a large wooden bow!, contain. ing two salt cod, two sak salmon, 18 red and IS salt herrings, and four loaves, which had been previoady arranged by the purveyor, Mr. WYATT. The Sub• Almoner having inspected the fi,h , and seen that each person was supplied, and having drank the health of the KING in ale, took his leave. The recipients then prepared to take away the provisions to their respective homes 'with as much alacrity as. their age would admit, in order that they might loit able to return at two o'clock to attend the remaindeei of the. ceremony in the interior. of the" Chapel. Afterneon Service--At two.o'clock the Mounds , people re-assembled in the Chapel, and were arrauged in the aisle on seats prepared for that purproe. At three o'clock a procession was formed at the Alntonry Office by .the Yeomen of the Guard, in their rick dresses (one of theM bearing the gold dish hi which were placed the purses, each white purse containing the silver pennies, and each red purse a sovereign', the Sub• Almoner in his robes, and followed by two girls and two bows belonging to the Westminster No tional School, who had been selected for their good conduct, and by Mr. HANBY and Mr. &met, the pro. cession being closed by the Yeomen. 41 . ,!t . .1 A-4 N • m 11!7. UDdir tb, V E Not ACAS reirwthilly to Of *WM take ➢hc tbe Sub-Cot to announce, i net Member consented to g Madame VE 31ifs STKPI ..M dame CA Air. VA vana) Air. Dui Air. Bxtr•, SignorCuutoxi r a rp, Alr. )30 reader.-- Dr. Camas the Performan The Band yo under the supe the Antient assieted by the St. Paul's Catbt ing of opwardt Applications Academy, Tet Gallery, .53. The Doors s furrnances will TUE rf QUE. %musket ow F. 1 bAviqg lair this great OPSN te the after Aloaday till Dusk. As quate deseripti , will here be sii lundred FigLi Portraits —t hoi andPcrson of 1: Ilayter, whose ratite public et DEDICATI This day were r JI E LC JL ENGIA from original brary of Printed far 1 jean?), 90. Crea Ca wAble ant: it The St:c Sows, is in the Patronised by I princess Aut cesier, the rrtflE pats lection for fore g ro es m a ot bo es e uat p r amidst I hurtful prejudi of perfection increasing dem to prevent iota tamed a PATE. that Court, ar as foreign Lac, upon at Out Dresses from article in the with Nets ac' foreign Lice.- Warranted at nu tither at SEVEN 1 AT UWE 20. 42, / ONE H EMT/id. 14( Bd. 230 fabric 19a. ge particular t feel a cnnfide Muslin lbw rich, 14s. du *2 Ss. The m superb Houni kowse at thti Scotch Jacco 14( 6d. a cu Dresses or 12 yards for 134. M. 140 Is esooidered raining its pu Ur 1 as. 6d. Morning De oplendid assn for the aypre IRISH I tinguished the shove ar recommeniii replenishing 44ths Linen s. 6d. a eur Holes of H •tniisg . 26 au .stdrseitutly C *twill at yards. wide wide triune wide Mock steasia Is. I vide Russia Came Goo Fielu Napkii I* and isi .2a. ed. very rick r 2 as. real Da Damask 26: Wiles Qpl Yard - niu or soa. WIWI; an • palling ark aan.r. zz, was assicessy vill u awl Las gas ~..as [eau euu 1111.• .••••.... . 7, -.. ,,,, ., •" . ~,, 1 . 4, 4 UCC II 3CICGUCV liar UM r goon 'ir' conduct, and by Mr. HANE Y and M r . J ONES , the pro.' r peded the communication between that fortress and Salonichi. Offensive operations on the part of the cession 'tieing closed by the Yeomen. 1 . On entering the Chapel, the Sub-Almoner, &ere- Turks are not to be thought of in these countries, tary, and Groom took their seats, the former within, r and the Janissaries, whom it is desired to send from and the latter on the outside of the Altar, and the the Capital, absolutely refuse to obey the order. 'Yeomen at the severol angles of the aisle. The usual appropriate Church Servic e th en COM . Aline/LRAM, Maims 25.—Exchange on London, 40. 1 0. di tto two months, 40. 7. menced.—Forty.lirst Psalm chaunted by Sr air ir.— First Lesson, 13th St. John, to the 18th verse.; and FATAL SHIPWRECK. _ after the first Anthem, ‘ 4 Elide not thou thy race /I " . composed by FAREANT. HOLYHEAD, MARCH 26. .---- The Sub-Almoner and attend an t s p rocee d e d to This morning, at 10 A.M. the Alert, MORGAN, distribute to the men the shoe s and stoc ki ngs . (Liverpool packet), from Dublin to Liverpool, struck After the second Anthem, "C a ll t o remembrance,"by FARRANT, woollen and linen cloth. on the West Mouse Rock, near the Skerries Light- After the third Anthem, " 0 LORD, grant the Kiq house, and in half an hoer after went .down; the a long life," by CHILD, the purses of money owl . Captain and crew, excepting the steward and a boy,. distributed to the men and women. i..: Th were saved ; from ten to fourteen of the passengers e Sub-Almoner and Officers. restnned their elk when• the fourth Anthem. " Who is this he at were also saved ; about 130 perished. Boats from cometh from Edom rby Dr. ARNOLD, appointaby this place have picked up and landed twenty-six of the Sub-Dean, was sung by Messrs. EVANS, Sautes, the dead bodies. junior, HAWES, •NRILD, .WELSH, CLARK, MOLYSEUI, and the young Gentlemen of the Chapel Royal. The . NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. Trio was sung by . Messrs. SALMON, HAWES, and WELSH. The. service was Dr. ARNOLD'S in B. Mr. Faimouzn, Masers 26.—Wind E.—Arrived the Prince Re- COOPER presided at the Organ. gent, Home, from Lisbon. ,_,„..„,_ PuratouTri, MARCH' 26.—Wind R.S.E.—Arrived the Nestor, from New York, in twenty days; George and Mary, TRAILE, We do not know where the Neva Times learnt from Leghorn; Clarissa, Kota, from Batavia, iu ninety.eigbt that General Guilleminot was a Liberal. On the days; BiliArill, CHILD, from Baltimore, in twenty-four days ; and contrary, he has always been know n as ossessin the A u r o ra, —, from Salem, in twenty•six dayl. - p g Purest Ultra principles, and on thi s gr o un d a lone 1 ., PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 27.—Wind N.E.—Sailed the Charles P Grant, Hav,.for the Mauritius, Penang, afad C'hina, was he chosen Chief of the Staff of theAi my of the Max, MARCH 27.—Wind S. by E.—Sailed this morning, the Pyrennees. . . whole of the homeward•bouud for the River, as per last. Ar- rived, and remain in the Downs, the Duke of York, CAsiiiii.i., THE BANK.—There was a great bustle at the Bank from China. Came down from the River last night-, and re- yesterday, in consequence of the Ballot which took main, the John, Tarioa, for Pias u; ' a l so , this morning, the place upon the question whether the half-yearly di- Swift, East India pilot yacht. vidend now due should be four per cent, as roposed Alitreeo, MAscal 25.—The Harriet, Kaman, from Dublin p to Barbadoes and Trinidad, having struck on a rock off St. by the Court of Directors, o r fi ve p er cent . pl opesed David's Head, at three A.M. on the 22d, became waterlogged, as an amendment at the last General Court of Pro- and drifted about on her beam-ends far twelve hours, and . then prietors. The result of this Ballot. was e majority of sunk in deep water; the blaster, crew, and one passenger, saved; eighty-three in favour•ef the Resolution proposed by 1 Mr. O'Rim.r, supercargo, was unfortunately drowned. the Di rectors and adopted by the General Court c t# • currom-Hoost, ham}, 27.—Ships Entered Inwards: The Blucher, from Cade; Skylark, from Smyrna ; Philota x e, a n d Friday last, the numbers being— For the dividend Of 11 Louisa, from Antwerp; Mercury, from Palermo; Ceres, from four per cent. 244; for that of five per cent. 161. ... litiei New ftedelielt. froroCedir ; Belle Alliance, from Antwerp ; Saturday, as a servant girt was cleaning a window in tbe upper Mary, from Calcutta; and Violet, from Harlingen.—Entered story of a,house in Hereford. she lost her balance and fell tour Outwards: The Flying Fish, for Ostend; A nn , f or Trieste; ground, a height of nearly thirty feet. SA. was takes Dyable*. Somersetshire, for Jamaica; Juno, for Cadiz ; and Nimble, for and the best medical advice promptly procured, but Ahern( Seville.—Cleared Outwards: The Active, for Dunkirk ; R e - g i r l expired the following morning. becca, for Antwerp; Vestal, for Grand Canary ; and Maria, feti New Yogis. " NI: Hughey BALL, commonly called iu Limbo I • the golden Bad, on account of his immense lean* , estimated at a million and a h a lf s t er ling, has jot Tdesday, his Royal Highness the Duke of CLA- married Mademoiselle MARIA Musca t :nom 4107 RENCE arrived at Bushy Park, from a vi s it to his i‘IA. JESTY at Brighton. ~ Mr. CROKER, M.P. left town nish dancer horn the Opera of Paris. It is. said that Yesterday morning she had refused a life-annuity of £ SOOO stetliDtt a "'" for Brighton. a Journal des Debars of Taesday.—lt is well said at a 4 - The LORD Ma ' , zoo gave a dinner at the M ans i on story loses nothing in the telling. N,Ye have here ru- mour changed into certainty ; and the L. 500 person. House yesterday, to a large party of Gentlemen con - - which was the sum talked of anion those who nag i nected with Ilse Committee of City Lands. The long disputed question relative to the Packet any interest in such matters, raised to £5000! SMITHFIELD MARKET, MARCH at.. .. •—: r v . ice t DR which the rival interests of Falmouth and • , c rlintouth have { irate so actively employed, is now very full Market this morning, partirldinlir, Ox"en er ar e .d w l a lm a b, In consequence of which the prices sirefes.... filially betiletlin . favour cf the former. Thiity sail. •In Mutton .the supplrwas also. good, whirls ankl e natillloy .010-gun brigs, to be commanded by Lieutenants of -last Monday's prices. The trade was rather heavy..--001. 1 *: "the Royal / . !lavy, are to be placed under the orders Reef , :4.01 to 4‘.4d. per none of Sibs-; Mottoes 5 ' 4441 °1 4 ! cf Captain Kutch, late Inspector of the Piet/mei* taPthr.r.s. $ 4l - 14 ) . 6 4. 44 L. Yea4' A . C/IL l'9 64 4 ' -441.tak . ,r 1 w . 4i."4(1. 4 * See:vic; (Grille coasts' 1 0c . ., lent., who hoists•lit „pen- - dant an board the ArtaikA frifitit . Sir 'R lt: MA- DIED. 1124,-11ir!.Guonoe CLERK, an , this Officer, are at: • At his home in l3erkeiey-squar., on : 'Wednesday, ille#,A . insfant, the infant son of the Hon . - William. Jervis rift% piescrit Ail iiisortlrti, making • the n4essary arrange= aged five months: ' naents.forthit new service; which irrornises to be a7' • 7 '—''''' ' -- x s . 1100• 1 most valuable one for the cotuittYltlarze.• -'' LONDON : Printed and pubiblied by : g nu ' , 7,.. ... Place, Temple-Dar. • , • . - . . • • . ' • . . . . : • • • • . • •