Star. — London, England, 1823-08-14 00:00:00

MESSAGE GOVERNMENT OF BUENOS AYRES. tk- By the arrival of the Tam, Captain RIDLIT, Vora' Buenos Ayres, we have the Message of the Govern ment of Buenos Ayres to the Hall of Representatives,, of which the following is an abstract: MESSAGE OP THE GOVERNMENT TO Tug HALL OF ESENTATIVES. 801134011 ATMs, MAT 5, 154:.. Getrmarzw—The peaceful assembly of the Third Legislature of' this Province is matter of such grate ful satisfaction to the Government, that it cannot but congratulate itself on an event which announces sta bility to the representative system in our country, and progressive prosperity to public affairs. The present state of them, Gentlemen, is nattering enough. Peace has been preserved with all the American continent. The solemn acknowledgment of our in dependence.by the Government of the United States, exacts, on our part, a proper demonstration of the sentiments which the sincere and honourable conduct of the first nation of our continent excites. Through its distinguished agent resident bete, this GOvern ment has already intimated its 'disposition to this effect. 'The alliance of the three Governments of Santa Fe, Entre Rios, and Corrientes, have been maintained by conduct at all times open and sincere, and the state of the other provinces of the old Union is in general pacific. The Government preserves-har mony and good understanding with all the provinces. The-message states that a pacific mission is on the point of being sent into the inttrior ; and an Envoy was ready to proceed to the coast of Brazil, with a -view to establish relations between both Governments • The war in Spain is next noticed, and a hope ex- pressed that peace between that country and the' South American States is not far distant. 44 This hope," says the message, "must console us under the sorrow which the unhappy state of Peru calls forth, for there torrents of blood are still shed without any object, seeing it is no longer in the hands of any one' to make the cause of independence retrograde." The state of domestic affairs is represented as sin gularly happy. The LancaSterian system is gene rali,ed. A respectable society of citizens, devoted to this object, is protected by the Governaient, which has esFecially confided to its care,the direction of two hospitals in the country. Female education has also been encouraged. The moral and natural sciences are beginning to display themselves—the Ectlesiasti ' cal College has been improved, and the College of Natural Sciences will soon be established. The Ilcspitals are in a state consoling to huma nity. The orphans" have been lodged in a manner worthy the generosity of the country, and vaccination •• preserves the days of infancy from that fatal disease uhich smothers the halt of our hopes , in the cradle and invades both domestic and public happiness. The Ecclesiastical law is undergoing a salutary re form. The police is orgaivting its various ramifi cations. Criminals are prosecutes' with better success, and offenders feel that it is not easy to escape frovi the correction they deserve. Great improvements are made in the roads and streets, and the hydr antic engineer has presented his plait for the construction of a port. " Interior quiet, ' a general feeling of security, with other resources which have been put in acti.in, have reanimated ge neral industry and labour." • The attempt at insurrection on the 19th of March, is next noticed, and the magistracy praiSed for its immediate suppression, as well as the military for supporting it. The standing army improves every day in its moral and discipline. For.resses are erect ing to protect the frontier, and a new regiment of cavalry is to be formed. The administration of the public revenue has pro duced the happiest results, having answered the ordi nary and extraordinary expenses of 1822, leasing a • larger surplus than had been calculated upon ; and the income of the present year is expected to meet all the charges upon it, besides redeeming a tenth part of the whole debt ; and to complete the system of finance, it is only necessat y to carry the collection of direct taxes to a greater degree of exactness than at present it can boast of. Agricultural industry rapidly advances; "the vivi• fying activity of commerce is felt ever} where." The Government has abstained from making use, as. yet, of the power granted it by the law of tie 19th of August, 1822, to negotiate a loan, note ithstand ing the great utility of the objects to which it is ap. propriated. 4$ It has thought it better not to expose the credit of the province to be involved in the bad s:lccess which the loans of America have experienced • in the great money markets of Europe." The me s sage observes, that " Exterior peace is of the first, consequence to the happiness of the country, and that the Government will accept it whenever it • is offered, accompanied by conditions honourable and worthy of a free and independent State." The message, which is signed by Ilernardius itiva davia and Manuel J. Garcia, concludes with the hope that the Representatives will amply provide the indispensable means far covering not only the ordi nary expenses, but the extraordinary ones, which the honour and security of the province demand. The Lady Combermete has arrived in Liverpool from Sierra Leone, bringing the pleasing intelligence, that when she left that colony, on the 20th June, it was much more healthy than it had been. The accounts from . La Guayra, by the last Lee ward Island Mail, are not later than those previously received by the William Galt, which recently arrived • at Liverpool direct from that port. They confirm the account of the Colombian fleet .being in prepara tion to go out against the Spanish fleet. The Co lvmbian force consisted of the Constantine frigate, and three sloops and Wigs of war, of twenty-two,' twenty, and eighteen guns. There is a plan at Geneva for establishing a steam boat, which will ascend the Rhone as far as St. Mau tice, five leagues from Switzerland, above its entry into the Lake. This will prevent the necessity of landing passengers and goods on the territory of Sa voy, between Le Valais and Geneva, or of prolong. ing the journey, by passing through the Canton of Vaud, where there are besides now several Custom- houses to pass. Monday week the. Strathmore Telegraph coach took 6re twice on the road betnneen Forfar and Bre. chin, owing to the friction of the wheels on the axle tree. In both instances the fire was discovered in sufficient time to prevent any serious consequences. . Y a 'NA EVENING STAR: '- • A THURSDAY, AUGUST 14. 1825, THE FUNDS. ..„ STOCK EXCHANGE. TWELVE O'CLOCK.- Yesterdat afternoon the Stock Exchange was somewhat agi tated by a half confidential whisper that a certain Evening Paper would contain news of the greatest importance. The fa bricated statement which it had given some time ago of the re treat of the French behind the Ebro, had deprived it of all cre dit with the great body of the Public ; bnt a party availed them selves of this new ruse de Boone to effect an alteration in the Funds, and circulated a variety of reports as to the nature of this " most important news," which had the effect of lowering the &ocks le per Cent. When the Paper appeared, the hoax was distinctly seen. The "most Important news" of the Courier was but a clumsily altered version of an artkleon Spanish affairs and Russian ambition, which appeared in a filorning Paper of Satur day last, and was copied from it into the STAR of Saturday even ing. The Funds immediately recovered their depression, and rose to 82} Consols opened this morning at 821 and got up to f (buyers). They are now at 821, with a brisk market. Spanish Bonds opened at 34, got up to 351, last price 35. Russian 85, ; Co lombian 651; Prussian 851 The Express from Paris brings the French Rentes of Tuesday, at 93 f. 15 C. Spanish rose 3 per Cent. and was as high as 39i. Fretich Scrip, 3 per Cent. premium. • PRICE OF STOCKS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock 224% 3 per Cent. lteduce , l 83 82%8 S 3 3- per Ct. Cons. 82K s/ 8 1 / 3 3A —31,f 2 per Cts. 95% 4 rer Cents. Old 100% 100 100 1 / 4 4 per Cent. New 101% V 8 % Batik Long Anns. 21 3-16 V I . India Stock 260—India Bonds 545. 565. Excl equer tills ( El ,000) 505.25.5.295. Ditto Wnall Sls. 83s. prem. Consols for Account 52% JA 1 / 8 14. • EXPRESS I ROM PARIS. This forenoon we received the Etoik of Tuesday, with the following important Telegraphic Dispatch, received at Calais late that evening. TELEGRAPHIC DISPATCH FROM PARIS.- " CALAIS, JULY 12, Note 09CLOCX, " Agreeably to the Convention concluded on the 4th instant between General Molitor• and Ballasteros, the latter, with the troops under his orders, has acknowledged the Regency. Bar lasteros has also issued orders to the Generals and Governors of places in the whole of his Government, to recognize the Re gency. Hostilities on both sides having ceased, the army of Bal lateros, about 7,000 strong, has gone into the cantonments as signed to it." FROM Tilt ETOTLE. PAIIIS, AUGUST 12 CAROLINA, AVG. 6.—The defection of General Ballasteros, who has submitted to the Royal autho rity, has deprived the factious of their last hopes. This important event is the result of important corn binations of his Roj al llighness the Duke d'Angou lenie, seconded by the matiteuvres of General Molitor and the valour of his troops, who matched several nights to place General Ballasteros between the divi sion of Molitor and his own. The Prince arrived at Carolina, in the Sierra Morena, where he was imme-' diately joined by Count Larochefoucault, his Aide de-Camp, bringing him the news from Granada of thecapitulation of Balissteros. • • General Ballastems, in his capitulation, demanded to preserve his rank, and made the same deciand for all the military under his command. SAINT MARTI, AUGUST 6. BLOCKADE OF BAncnosA.—Twelve hunJred in. fantry, three hundred cavalry, and two pieces of can non were sufficient to repulse the sortie on. the 30th. 51ilans and Llobera are in a dangerous situation., Manso has submitted with about two or three thousand men, and is going to give up Tarragona; this news, which I believe to be true, still wants con firmation. We have received, by an extraordinary convey ance, Madrid Gazettes of the 7th. Cadiz becomes more and move surrounded : discontent begins to manifest itself, not only amongst the inhabitants, but also amongst the troops. We learn a new trait of revolutionary ferocity— the Director of the Post at Saint Roque - has been arrested and shot, by an order of the cruel Ordoynez, for having expressed his opinion of a Royalist. ODESSA, JULY 22. (ZITRAOSDINA ST CONVIYANCr). On the 13th of this month a fire broke out in the neigh!-• urhood of Costini, which reached to the arse nal ; 2500 houses were consumed ; soon after the fire caught the arsenal, the Turks had the mortification to see consumed a ship of the line of 74 guns, two corvettes, five brigs, and 110 vessels of all sizes: The following Extracts are from such of the French Journals of Monday as had not previously leached us by Express:— " Villa Franca, August 2. MONSUONEUR—GeneraI Curial writes me, that on the 80th of July, at four o'clock in the morning, the enemy presented himself on the extreme left of the line of investment of Barcelona, with 5,000 men, six pieces of cannon, and 80 horses. These forces were directed on St. Marti. Their. right was sup ported by six gun-boats. A brisk fusillade took place from the sea-shore to the village of Clot. " The 6th Light Regiment, seconded by the s3d Chasseurs and two pieces of lighvartillery, attacked the enemy with the accustomed bravery. He was forced to make a retrograde movement •on several points. " Two pieces of artillery, under the Orders of Lieutenant Carnot, advanced by the road of the shore Within half-gunshot, and fired with constant success on the enemy's artillery and - cavalry, and on the gunboats. The firing was very brisk at Clot.— General Curial tells me that he led a battalion of the 19th, which he caused to be preceded by his chosen companies. The enemy, being thus taken in flank, was put to the rout on this point. Our soldiers pur sued him to the very walls of the citadel. The battle lasted several hobrs : the enemy, repulsed with the greatest disorder, had 12 or 15 killed, and a hundred wounded. Our loss was four killed and 12 wounded. " According to all accounts, Mina, whose health is still bad, is yet at Barcelona. The investment of that fortress by land is complete. Milans and Llo beta, who were moving rapidly by Mont Blanc towards Santa Colonna and the Col de Santa Chris tina, appear to have directed their march towards Tarragona, on being informed of ours on Ignalada and Villa Franca. It is affirmed that a great deser tion has taken place among the militia." BEFORE ST. SEBASTIAN, AUGUST s. Besieging artillery is arriving continually at Erna ni ; 156 pieces of ordnance are about to invest the fortress of Pampeluna, and will be followed by 24 compa nies of artillery.. They speak of the Assembly of 10,000 men under the walls of Pampeluna, in order to commence ope rations. It is thought that the trenches will open towards the middle of September. . Many copies of the capitulation of Ferrol have been thrown into the fort of St. Sebastian, by order of the Lieutenant-General commanding the blockade. A young soldier was appointed to place these papers on the ramparts. Having attached them to the end of a pole, he advanced, favoured by the night, to the foot of the glacis, and returned to his post with out being perceived. He was distant forty paces only from the covered way. • Yesterday Lieutenant-General Count Ricard sent a letter to the:Governor of &. Sebastian, to which no reply had ham received. In war events occur which are not believed, be cause they appeal improbable, which may, however, be true. Thaewhich happened in the camp two days ago, is a proof of it—a shell was thrown from the fort, which alighted at the foot of the tent of an Of ficer. withbut bursting. 'This bomb had encountered the branch of a tree, which had struck off the match and filled up the aperture. Two days before a simi lar thing occurred in the suburb of St. Martin—a bomb fell in the middle of a pile of aims, destroyed six muskets, anti threatened the lives of a great num ber or soldiers reclined iiroluid them, without hurt ing any one. • • • PARIS, AUGUST. It. • Letters received from Madrid, by Estafette, yes terday, up to the sth inst. announce, that the news of the defeat of Ballasteros was public there. A Bulletin from the Major• General is expected to morrow, which it is hoped will contain the submis sion ofGeneral Ballasteros, which has been announced in the Telegraphic Dispatch. It is rumoured• that Ciudad Rodrigo offers to.ca pitulate. Various small bands which have fled from our armies are giving themselies up in all parts—a fact which arinowices the complete disiolution of the forces of the Cortes. According to-the last - advices from Barcelona, that place had been amply supplied with piorisions. Be fore the resources of the city and neighbourhood were ascertained, some apprehensions were enter tained that a place, containing at present 160,000 inhabitants, might experience a scarcity of provisions, if the Trench undertook the siege in good earnest, and brought • an adequate force before it, which must be at least equal to 20,000 men ; but this ap ptehension is now entirely removed, so great have been the exertions in all quarters. As many useless persons as possible have been removed from the town, and all the rich families have been enjoined to lay in, for themselves and all their dependents, a stock fully equal to six months consumption, renewable as fast as corsumed. The order has been readily obeyed, and numerous individuals who had funds laying by them idle, and newer dreamt of carrying on any trade, have invested them in provisions, for the pur pose of retailing . them out to the inhabitants, at a moderate rate, in case this Sewn should be pressed. Besides, there is always in the public store c honses a • stock kept up by constant renewal at the same amount, of which the following is a correct account: Wheat, 100,000 quarters ; flour, 79,000 quintals' (100 lbs. each); salt fish, 20,000 quintals ; peas, beans, &c. 79,000 quarters ; pickled tumey fish, 3,800 pipes; oil, 500,000 cuartales ; rice, 30,000 quintals; fire-wood, 400,000 quintals ; besides pulse, hay, straw, barley, &c. Of 'which the quantity is im mense. The fortresses are filled with provisions, and a constant stock of cattle, sheep, Sm. is kept up. All the ditches of the walls, as well as the gardens of the convents tad private families, in short, every portion of spareground,hasbeen planted with potatoes, which in three months will yield a crop equalto 50,000 quin. • In the Barbadoes Globe of the 12th of - June, which has hien received, 'we find the following . PROCLAMATION. - whaluollbsboos roptsointod to me, that various unfounded reports have been spread among theslaves in this islzrd, st..t:• , g, that they may shortly expect their freedom ; I feel it my duty to assure them, that no groun•'.s exist f't r such false reports: had they been true, I must have been tt..e first person to have been made atquainted with them by Lit Majesty's Government; and any intelligence which might in any respect have been beneficial to them would .have been inure. diately publicly proclaimed for their informati;sit;ies the cut.e manner, and with the same kind feelings, with which I now de clare to them, that the rumour of: a 'speed y eniaFirreitltiirit Vv.-; and that all persons who may. fill their minds with sOch hood* must be their enemies, and . wish to urge them to miscon duct, whizh would entirely put an ecd to the tweefit-otherwiie to be expected from any ltir.d intentions toward. them. The Governor earnestly requests air all ownen and tn - nagers of estates will cause this proclamation to b# pail cu th.r negroes, and Lilly explained to.them. Given under my hand and seal at arms, at Government-ha:lc-, this iuth day of June, 1825, and in the fourth par of his I'da . ; ty's reign. Gnd save the King ! By his Excellency's command, W!tt II uSBA-N DS, Dep. Sec. Yesterday morning the Doke of GLOUCESTER Id town for Cheltenham. The Duchess of Gr.otcEstErt left town at tlx same time for 'Bushey nab, en a 'Ash to the Duke and D•Aches.' of es.a.strwcr, to be present at the celebration of :he Ilache..; of Ctaaincees Birth-day, upon which occasion We Duke and Duchess bad a numerous assemblage Of distinguished persomjes to celebrate the joyful occasion. The Dnke of Norirotx ;s entertaining a lat! i e party of distiqui.,hed visitots, at his seat, Amu:lel Castle. Sir H. and Lady BUNBritY left Warren's ITO:el, Regent-street, Tuesday, for their seat in Suffolk. Frankenstein, attrac►ted a brilliant audieLce lag night at the English Opera. The lively petit comedy of S.:reed:tarts and Wires, which has now become an established favourite, was performed last night at the Haymarket Theatre, and went off with uncommon spit it. The magnificent Royal Birthday Fete, at Van:. hall, lost none of its splendour hy repetition last night. It is calculated that.upwards of ten thou s and persons were present on Tuesday evening. . His MAJESTY'S Birth-day was celebrated on Tnee. day last, by the Gentlemen of the Parish of Sr. Jame:, Westotinstev, in a most loyal manner, at the Thatched House Tavern, in St. James's-street. Dvar..--Yetterday morning a meeting took place at Hounslow, between Mr. B—, seconded by Lieut. T—, and Mr. D—, seconded by. Mr. S--. The parties fired by signal, when Mr. D.'s ball passed through his antagonist's hat. The szconds then in• terfered, and the affair happily terminated. Yesterday afternoon a koy, servant of Mr. Acler mann, of the Strand, of the name of John Chit, was unfortunately drowned while bathing in the Thames at the bottom of Strand•lane; .he met his death in consequence of getting into one of the holes tharare very numerous about that place. ' Tuesday, was the warmest day since the 7th nfla , t May, and one degree warmer than that-day. On the 7th of 31ay, at one P.m. the mercury in the therrno• meter, in the Strand, stood at 75 degrees ; but, at eleven the same night, it fell to 55. Tuesday, at oi:e o'clock, it was at 76 degteas ; and at 11 at night, it stood at 63. Yesterday, at one o'clock, it reached 78. , A few evenings since, as Sir THOMAS ACLAND was Stemming from a visit at Daystock, tr.e seat al ;Ir. Ditricre, his carriage was upset near Withycombe, but we are happy to learn the worthy Baronet re ceived no material injury. At the Sessions under the Insurrection Act; held lat Cork, on Wednesday se'nnight, Catherime Welsh, .1 decent-looking female, was tried for administeringl an unlawful oath, and threatening Mrs. Dunlap with destruction, if she did not discharge a prisoner, who lived in her house. She was convicted, and sen tenced to seven years transportation: • ENGLISH Ctssrare.— The late Lord Carbarnpton, writing to a friend abroad in the beginning of July, commenced his letter thus—" The summer has set in with its accustomed severity,." AMERICAN MORALS.—A law has recently been passed by the Legislature of Connecticut, which pio vides that idle and drunken persons shall be publicly posted, and that all who sell spirits to any person who has been so posted, shall be fined seven dollars far each offence; and if sold by a licensed victualler, his license to be void. The trial may be had before'sny Justice of the Peace, and there is no appeal prom his decision. Major DUNDAS, an officer who had been fot sere ral years attached to the Staff of the Duke of WEI. LINOTON, and who frequently distingnished himself during the campaigns in the Peninsala,has toecap pointed chief of police in the.coanty of Wexford. • The celebrated ebony chairs and sofa, once the boasted gems of Queen. ELIZABETH, and which are so particularly alluded to by HORACE WALPOLE, in one of his letters, for their singular beauty and a tique chat acter, after experiencing various transfers and vicissitudes of fortune came into the possession of the late Lord Tr Laic. They were nest purchased at' the sale at Wanstead House, by GRAHAM, st Waterloo-place, by whom they have recently ban sold to Lord MACDONALD. His Lordship, it is or posed, intends to deposit them in his ancient sod venerable mansion in Scotland, and to secure-thre preservation by his successors as a family heir-loan. About three o'clock on Sunday morning se'nsigte as a man named JatnesVatus was getting over the m il of the garden of ,Sir HENRY HAWLEY, Bart. at Le!'_ bourne-grange, for the purpose of stealing frojei, stepped on the wire of a spring gun, which wea ls°. and lodged the contents in his legs. He fell on these ; side, and was not discovered till six, when he" bleeding profusely from his wounds. He was okra up and conveyed to the Wheat-sheaf pablic-heiSse, where surgical assistance was promptly afforriestin a ' His legs, we understand, are both much sbs• d ie He had, it appears, on the same morning, robbed garden of the Hon. Colonel STRATFORD, at Aoll4' ton-place, of several fine melons and =umbel" Sears, RATIZARUKIS AND Anzacs, END Perrrsons, LOAD CMANCELLOpi, raivious TO MICUALLSAS Tax, ism Saturday - Ist November - • Mist Seal Monday -3d - Rebearingsand 4 04 Tuesday - 4th - - - Second ". Wednesday - sth - retitlOSl. ° &ALS,' PLIAS AND Dxstunsmas, Aim Pwrissos. 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