Star. — London, England, 1817-01-17 00:00:00

FRAAGE. PRINIZTE LETTER. .„ " PARIS. JANUARY IS. " The report of the loan continues in all its strength: the assertions on the sithiect are positive. The arrival of M. Labouchere, of Holland, and of Mr. Baring, is'announced from day to day with the greatest cer tainty ; and the arrival of Mr. Wall, a gentleman foimetly..of Mr. Baring's House, gives credit to the assertions. he Ministerial circle, seem to entertain Ito doubts, and hardly to tolerate them in others.— That there is, at least, a mercantile speculation to -awake the Foils rise, I am clear t whether this specu lation be cor:fined to some 13ar.kers of Paris, or whe ther any ht,glish, Mitch, and German Houses have any concern in it, is as yt t doubttiii, though I think the latter position far more probable. " All the ptivate letters front the Departments ate full of two subjects—the shocking and alarming dis tress of the lower ranks, and the mixed feeling of fear and indignation among the Royalists, when they found that the Election Law was likely to pass. 6 , in Paris there is no want of bread, and it re mains at the same price. You will have seen in the papers of yesterday an'incroase of the duties on goods coming into this town : the measure is, I believe, reasonable; but in England it must appear singular to see, in a country governed by a Charter, and with a Representative Government, a local tax established by an ordinance. I suppose the produce of this tax is designed to defray in part the expense the city is at in keeping the price of bread so low. In the evening there is seldom any bread at the baker's, if your daily provision Las happened to he expended. Out of Paris the bread is not only much dearer, but in many places so bad as hardly to be eatable. 4 4 Although by law the French Princes are Mem bers of the House of Peers, it seems to be tacitly understood (if there is no positive order) that they should not vote against Ministry. I suppose, that on the Election Law the Royalists will be stronger in the House of Peers than on any other question. I do not expect them, however, to be able to throw it out, thuugh some of them are sanguine enough to hope it. '44 The King has sent to the House of Peers, not only the amended law as it passed the Deputies, but also the original law, as proposed by Ministers. This appears singular, but the same step was taken last year with the Election Law. P.S. The Exchange was so full today, that it Was difficult to get in. The Funds opened at 59 fr. 75 e. ; rose to 60 fr. 60 c. ; and at near three o'clock were at 60 Ir. They are still talking of nothing but tb4l Loan. ea It has been proposed to the Committee on E ssence to give to the Clergy 150,000 hectares of woods, • about one-third of their unsold property ; and to trans fer all the rest, as well as all other woods belonging to the Crown, to the Caisse d'Amortissement." THE - EVENING STAR. LONDON. THE DRAWING OF THE STATE I ()WERT COM MENCES NEXT TUESDAY, star OF THIS MONTH. FRIDAY, JANUARY 17:1817. Pawl OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT TWELVE O'CLOCK I &Waage! 6Se—Cons. tne. eSii—Coas. for ace. off 4 per Cent. 700-5 per Ceat. Navy 943 izeimeseer BiW,l 24.15 e. pr.--liadla Bone, 11&1141. pre. What with die Defalcation of the Revenue, the general State of Europe, the numerous Petitions for Retrenchment in the Public Expenditure, Economy in the administration of the Finances, a Reduction in the Army, the Abolition of useless Pensions and Sinecures, and a Parliamentary Reform, the ap. poaching Session will be a very busy one, and highly interesting. By the subjoined Circular to the Friends of the . Administration, it appears that Ministers expect an early and strenuous opposition to their measures : • DOWNIIIO-sTRatT, hiIIiVART 14, 11117. • list—As it appear to be quite canal* that an Amendment is to be moved to the Address, and that a Division will take pbco. I thiak it right to give you the ininnalnient and at the aamesinse to beg the favour of you, very sanssedy, to MOW in the House on the Ant day of the Sissies. " shield not have troubled you upon this occasion If any doubt hod remained in respect to the intention of the Opposition. " I Mee the hoooor to be, Sir, yoor's faithfully, (Signed) rC. ARBUTHNOT.* To pretend to anticipate even the leading measures which Ministers may pursue, would be folly. Some iinportant changes are however talked of, which it is whispered will be adopted with a view to extend the basis of the present Administration. Mr. Irnstarr ?nav a when April shall back arrived, will bare bee* keg enough in his present situation to enable him to retire on the full pension of the olfiee—.Five Thousand Pounds a year s but: this will not disqualify him for bolding another. Mr. Aims-, it is said, will be :ailed up to the higher House, and the place of SpeAker to she Commons be given to Mr. Vensannev. h will be men by , an Advertisement in the first page of this day's Paper, that the Bank, with a view to the convenience of trade, has extended the time for giving value for all Bank Dollar Tokens at the late of ss. 6d. to the Ist day of May next. Reapusitions have been signed for Meetings of the Livery of London and the Common Council—s , for the purpose of Petitioning fora reduction of the pre sent enormous and unconstitutional military esta • , blishment, an abolition of all sinecure places and un merited pensions, retrenchment and economy in the public expenditure, and a Constitutional reformation in t h e r epresentation of the people in Parliament." A Meeting took place at Dublin on the 13th, to peti- I k e p ar Reform, &c. The Irish - Government had pru dently takes every measure ef precaution against the seet ibiliri of ley disturbance. Abut 1000 persons of v ar ious jesaiptioos were assembled, who quietly I dispened oboe' three o'clock. The greater pan of t h os e pineenx appeared very indifferent to the harangues made on the occasion by the Catholic a* other orators wit° addressed them. . OCCUPATION OF MONTEVIDEO, BY THE BRAZILIAN ARMY. It appears, by Cadiz Papers of the 24th ultimo, that the occupation of the Montevidean territory by the Brazilian army, was entered on in consequence of a Treaty between the Courts of Spain and the Brazils, though this has been denied by the Spanish Authorities in London. The Proclamation of the Marquis de Autizarre to the " inhabitants of the country of Montevideo," announcing the entrance of the Portuguese troops, of which we laid a copy be fore our Readers in the STAR of Tuesday, appears in the journals before its, but still without any date : and with this (in the Cores Mercantil) appears, but also without say date, the following PROCLAMATION. " Without prejudicing individual interests,we proceed to take possession, in the name of his Most Faithful Majesty our Lord, of the territory to the East of , he river Plate. It has been a ne cessary measure, adopted between the Cabinets of our Monarch and his Catholic Majesty, who subjects yon to the dominion of a King, great, benencedt, and generous. Give thank's to the SUPIZMIC Marra* of Deans' ss. Our object is to put down the cry of Discord and Disunion, which unhappily has been pro pagated among you. Let mutinous beads tremble at sight of the UM of the great regeneration of public repose; you others, re. main'tranquil in your boners, and you shall be protected by the valour of your new brothers. (Signed) " Lamm." With such a docdenent before us, published too where the supreme power of FERDINAND cannot be braved with impunity, it would be folly to doubt, for a moment, that this entetprize has been entered on in consequence of an arrangement between " his Most Faithful Mown" and his Catholic MA- Jesry :"—and, with such i fact before our eyes, it would be equally a waste of time to enter into ques tions respecting the right of the Court of Brazils, considering the Montevideans as troublesome neigh bouts, threatening their own peace and security, to march into their country with an armed force to sup press a nuisance. The fact is, the Portuguese have made themselves a party in the present conflict; and, whatever consequence& this interference may bring upon themselves, they can have no right to appeal to other Powers soliciting their interference; or at any rate no right to complain, should a deaf ear be turned to their supplications. The question—Who shall obtain the deepest kite rest and fastest hold, in any relations that may be established between the Old and New World, in the event of the fetters of Spanish despotism being en tirely broken in South America ? is one that involves Many considerations : nor will the Powers of Europe view it with indifference. If the Spanish yoke is ul timately to be thrown off (and what man in his senses can doubt this ?) it will not be pertnitted'to Portugal, taking advantage of local circumstances, to turn this event entirely to her Own advantage. Portugal has no greater sight than any other Power to possess herself of a single foot of the Spanish Colonies; nor will any measure tending to such an issue be tame* acquiesced in by any of the Maritime Powers, and especially by Great Britain., The issue of the contest between Great Britain and her American Colonies was the complete emancipa tion of the latter; and such f rill be the result of the war between Spain and her Colonies. No third party can be allowed to aggrandize itself by seizing a part of the territory—not even of the pretext that the misfire is for the purpose oh restoring it afterwards to FZIDIN AND ; for if the latter tail in his attempts to recover the other parts (which he must) Monte.' video would never come again under the yoke of Spain. It has been asserted, as a proof of the friendly dis position of FUDDIAND • that the ports still subject to his authority in South America have been opened by his order for our commerce; but the fact is other wise. The ports have been opened, bet this without his orders, by the Viceroys, who found themselves so destitute of all supplies, that they could nut carry on their governments by any other means, and therefore adopted this measure on their own responsibility. By letters received by the way of Panama we fur ther learn, that though the pert of Lima is not for mally opened, all kinds of shipments arc admitted, and a very brisk trade carried on in the valleys of Pero. Tempel° is also open, on the payment of 10 per cent. duties. Yet none of this do we o*e to FiRDINAND VII.; all has hitherto been done io spite of his orders. By letters brought by the Mail of yesterday, we learn that the Console's of Cadis have not yet seat up their Report on the grand qoestion of opening the Ports of America, though the prof• et had been sub mitted to certain mercantile houses and lawyers. If they consent to this indulgence, it is supposed they will insist on C.adis being declared a free port, simi lar to what Gibraltar now is. The Junta of Finance, who had received (mien to present to the Kum a plan of Ways and Means, had been able to devise no other to fill up the deficit of thirteen millions of dollars for the year 1817, than an extraordinary contribution, which was to be divided into classes, and levied without any distinction of 'persons. Little or no sensation bad been created among the people of Madrid, in consequence of the advance of the Portuguese and the reported capture of Monte Video, so great is the apathy into which the nation is sunk. By letters from Gibraltar. we learn that the cruisers of the insurgeou have bees increased by a corvette of 18 gnu mad 150 seen. AMERICA. This morning we received New-York Papers to the 24th ultimo. In those of the 16th there is an Act respecting Dutits on Foreign Vessels, 01 which it mg be useful to our Commercial !traders to be in formed. Tlie following is a copy, FROM THE NEW YORK EVENING POST, DEC. 16 : A BILL, SUPPLEMZNTARY TA AN ACT, TO REGULATE THE OUTIti ON IMPORTS AND TONNAGE. " Be it enacted, ace. That the Tonnage Duties to be pail by sh!ps or vends which shall be entered into the United States, teetering only men foreign ships or vessels u shall be entered (rum any foreign port or place to or with width vessels of the ()need States are not ordinarily permitted to go and trade, shall be the same as are provided by the Act madded, ' An Act im posing Duties on the Tonnage of Ships or Vessels,' passed on the truth day of July, in the year of our Lord 1790. " Provided always, that nothing In this Act contained, shall be deemed in any wise to impair any rights or privileges, which have been or ma) be acquired by any foreign nation, under the laws and treaties of the United States, relative to the duty on tonnage of vessels. " And be it further enacted, That in all foreign ships or yes sees, which shall be entered In the United States before the soth day of June next, front any foreign port or place to, and with which vessi. es ti the United States are net ordinarily permitted to go and trade, there shall be paid a duty at the rate of two dol lars per ton And the Duties provided by this Act shall be le vied and collected in the same stannic, and under the same re gulations, as. are prescribed by law In relation to the Duties upon Tonnage now in force." The following paragraph, respecting St. Domingo, appears in the New York Gazette of 21st ult.— " It was reported et St. Domingo, when Captain ConewitcL sailed, that the Spanish part of that Island was to be given to the French, in exchange for Cayenne." BRIGHTON, JANUARY 16. The Grand Duke Ntcnouts, and other illustrious parsonages being expected at the PAvilion yesterday, the 10th Royal Hussars, and the slst Infantry, all Waterloo heroes, were drawn up, forming an avenue between them for carriages to pass, extending from the North gate of the Pavilion, with the colours, bands, bugles, drums, trumpets, and fifes of the re giments. The weather was damp, but the concourse of spectators was very great. A few minutes before five o'clock his Imperial Highness, and suite, issued through the military avenue, the colours waving, and the bands playing " God save the reap" while the acclamations of the populace gave additional in terest to the scene. About an hour after the arrival of the GRAND Dugs, the Duke of ,Yottic came in being an hour liter than he had intended, in consequence of the breaking down of his carriage near Crawley. His Royal Highness, however, suffered no other incon venience by the accident than that of being delayed on the road. The Palace arrivals yesterday also included— The Austrian. Russian, French, Spard,h, and Dutch Ambas radon ; the Intmedlate cube of the Grand Duke, Baron Nieollay, M. de Satoroff. M. de Clinks. and General Rotuma; the Countess or llevrt, Madame Osmond. Lord Clive, the Earl of Abergavterny, Lord James and Lady E. Murray. and Sir Wil liam Congreve. Hawnerian Angsassadur, Count Munster. arrived on Tuesday. The Royal claner party yesterday was numerous. Covers were laid for torty-two. In the evening, the company received but a slight increase. A Concert followed. Splendid preparations are made for an Entertainment, consisting of a Ball, &c. at the Pa lace, this evening. The whole circle of Nobility in this part have 'rickets of invitation. Lord WHITWORTH if expected in town next week from Ireland. His Lordship bas taken a house in Grosvenor-square. 'l'he Earl and Countess of AIHRURNHAII are ex• pected in town in a few days, for the season, from their seat in Sussex. The Earl of WiSTIIIATH has taken an elegant house in Curzon -street, Mayfair. Wednesday evening, the Lady of WILLIAM For, Esq. of St. Thomas's-square, Hackney, gave an ele gant ball and supper, to a numerous party of fa shionable friends. A Sunday School was instituted last May, at Bal. lynahinch, in the North of Ireland, under the intro :mg, of Lady Suet♦ Kirk sister of Lord CASTLIt. SMOG who, with a few individuals, assisted the commencement of the School with books and money; her Ladyship also bestowed the most unwearied and personal attention. Upon the third Sunday the Atwell was crowded by children of both sexes from all parts of the parish, and, notwithstanding the in clemency of the season, they generally mustered .10 from four to five hundred. At the general etainina tions, which were held before Christmas, he teachers were very amply rewarded lot their voluntary and assiduous instruction bestowed upon their respective classes, by witnessing the great proficiency evinced by them. Premiums were adjudged to 50 boys and girls, whose superior merit was most conspicuous.— They assembled on New Year's Day, according to appointment, to receive their rewards, which were rendered more valuable by the well-timed and liberal donation of excellent books made by the Lord Bishop of Dhows/re. The French display, on nonierous occasions, the most striking contrasts of splendour and wretched ness, of pride and meanness. In London, the open ing et a shop will ruin the character of a whole street is the eye of fashion ; in Paris it is different, the most splendid Palaces are found in ['Arrow, dark. and dirty streets, filied with shops of the lowest or d4 ;'even in the good street of the Fauxbourg St. Honore it is the same—iqr example, the address ~1 the British Ambassador His Excellency the British Ambassador, next door to the coppersmith, Rue Fauxbourg. St. Honore, at Paris!" And again, the Palais Royal a collection of shops, coffet.- rooms, gambling-tooms, apartmenu of ill fame, is the residence of the family of the Prince of the Blood 1 What would you think in England of a Noble Marquis calling, in a public coffee•room, for a cup of coffee, of the value of bd. and very coolly emptying the sugar-bason into his pocket I Yet this is done every day in Paris by• all ranks ; the argu ment is this—m What the waiter brings I have a right to use in my cobs, and, consequently, I have la right to put it ip nay peke' . • you will furnish me with a return 'hewing the whole of Ili: ~. THE ARMY. The follo.:vime official document h no* him from the War Office, signed PACINERSTnN, and dirtied to Colonels of disembodied Nt'liti.t Regit Wes-Oritct, /.stw.tat 10, Itlt, " It being understood that ►utrs ut money on accoutr bounty, to newly sairolled nom for the Maria, wh;th properly have been remitted to the Paymaster of the Kett to which the men b.:looted, have,ln some instances, bend? b)t.nther Officers of .uch Regiments, I am to desire , will call upon theseveral Cifficen of the Corps under you, mand, to state what sums have been received by them direly, en the above account, and how the same bag been posed of; and that after having obtained the ides so drawn, and by whom they were received, as aLu they have been applied." SOLDIEIte WIVES AND WIDIWII..—The document is also now issuing irons the War Or, and addressed to Regiment 4 Agents, and signed order .‘ R. BRowN :"-- " Great • WAII.OIIICE, JANCART 10. _ being occasioned by the frequent cation made by Regimental Agents for Pagan for persons , thereto, under the Acts of the 51st Geo. 111. c. 106, and Geo. 111. e. 1-29.—1 am directed to acquaint you, that PAWS can only be granted to the Wives of Soldiers who are, the Widows of those who were, serving abroad; and t' to such of those Wives or Widows as have recently from foreign stations, having had pertnissine to husbands when they proceeded on service. " I ant directed to add, that as provision has been Me Out-ports for furnishing Passes to Soldien' Wives and ears who arrive from abroad and are eist.kled to them, the eiliastance of a woman Brat soliciting a pass in London, of iMprds ground for the suspicion of fraud ; and War therefore desires me to apprise you, that In fetus cation for Passes for such women will be attended to, sane be accompanied by a statement, captaining • she woman landed in this country, and why they did not , regular way solicit passes at the plates where they landed; also in what manner and when they reached London, and what dates and places they left the Regiments to which loam& belonged." The King of SPAIN has bestowed the title 6' Mist Heroic" upon the city of Madrid, which • before only the "Most noble, most loyal, and most trims" city. A rather more important Decree of his , dated the 26th of December, states, that mercial world in Valencia, Corunna, Bilboa, drid, and Vittoria, interested in the cotton u had desired a prolongation of the term limited • the disposal of their foreign imports .by the Or ' natice of the 27th of Oetober, from t h e SI st of cember to the 30th of June. This the KING has fused, and now orders all these cotton goods to placed at the disposal of the Philippine Comp, for the behoof of their owners, and if not sold twelvemonths to be re-exported. DRURY•LANE Tmterns.--The very Zbut of Mrs. ALsor, in The Wonder, which we lately to notice, prepared the town to expect ni gratification from the same source, and the sang' hopes excited its the minds of wave by whom she t then seen, have heft' well borne out by her soh; quent efforts is the same Play. We had yes:::. the pleasure of seeing her in a new character, that Lady Bell, in MURPHY'S Comedy of Know yam r• Mind, and again her efforts became the subject of qualified approbation. Warmed, and sustained the encouraging smiles of her patrons, all that before admired was on th.s night presented to us a bolder but Kill judicionsl•,• chastened tone, mellon. by repetition, and strengthened by augmented confi dence. So completely did she enter into the spirit ter the character, and so uniformly goof was her per formance, that it is almost injustice to select parts of it, as instances of peculi.r felicity. Her descriteien of love and courtship was given in an admirable Kyle; and the song she introduced of Sweet ' Molly," accompanying herself on the harp, was loudly encored and applauded in the most etehit siastic manner ; it was truly fascinating ; it did na: astonish Irons scientific embellishments, but it merle an appeal to the feelings, from its sweet melody: it justified the extatic shouts of approbation by which it was rewarded. Mr. HAnLEY, in Dathwood, received great encouragement. It was a performance of mach comic met it ; and, in describing the national debt" as a large hot, clrbw down tumultuous peals of ap plause. Mr. RAP, in Mil/amour, was excellent. MIS: Bows, as Neville, was cnaste, interesting, and im pressive. Mrs. Haneowg, quite at home in Widow. The Comedy went off altogether in a vf:r: satisfactory manner, and was announced for Saturday with great applause. Mr. Diiwvon closed the Maidstone Theatre on Monday evening, by performingl.k. Cantwell in the Comedy of the fipeeri/e. OXIIEItRY went down wilft him, and was the Maiu-suorin of the night. Miss WALLACK, a sister of the Gentleman of that name of Drury.lane Theatre, is, vie understand, gaged at the above house, and will :.portly make tier debut in the first line of Tragedy. Provincial lithe speaks loudly of ►her acquirements. In addition to the numerous subscribers to die Opera far the present season, we notice her itoyal Highness the Princess CHARLOTTE, the Duchess et (homes - Tett, and the Duchess of CUNIEZIIL A NI , . 1 . 1,1 Grand Duke NICHOLAS will also become a su!sscriter, and honour tile Opera with his presence for the i.nit time to-morraw evening. Her Royal Highness tie Duchess of Geoucearen will also be present. Loncsavirr.—On the 15th of December a Cacho 4 ; Priest proceeded on foot to the Cathedral of Ad.tt• in Lombardy, and returned thar.ks for having at• tallied his 1 lUtit year, without infirmities or sickness ! He was accompanied by an immense concourse of people, and channted the Cathedral service in a firm. manly, and dignified voice. CORN EXCHANGZ, JANUARY 17.—We have had r. arrivals of any Grain since Monday, but yet out Wheat trade coutinses heavy, without any alteratlei in pikes. Old Oats support last Monday's prices, but new, from their interior quality, are nearly an saleable at a reduction of 3a. per quarter. In Barley, Peas, Beans, and other articles, there is no alteratior. SMITUYIELD MARKET, JAN. 17.—Bevf, 3s. id. to 41461; Mutton, 3b. 6d. to ed.; Veal, ss. to 6s. • Pork, 4s. to Ss. 44L (to sink the Offal, per stone of elbs.)Cat.le at Market— Seasta, 630; Calves, 140; Sheep mil Lambs, 3,740; 41C. HAT and STRAW, per Load.—Hay, £4 to £6; Clover ! A t0 . .C1 75.; Straw, Al 10s. to 41 tba. is now isvi:r , tRSTnN, and e' 'NIL! Kegt NUAtt to, It • ti fc iney on acco...r s er of the t.,.. 7 mance,. been I to desire that rps under Too can s ed by them reget urns has been regular information g he whole of the . sawed, as at.o test —The fallow : ,, I the War OrEc-, ts, and signed by I ICE, JAI:CART 10. ry the frequent aitti- for persons enterel c. 106, and Sty let you, that then Soldiers who are, et mond; and then on:y re recently returnei a to accompany m has been mule r. lien' Wives and Wt. led to them, the e:- I to London, of its and the Secretary st 'at In Wore no en& mended to, unless th nine when andwinte y they did not in the there they landed; a. heti London, and a: nuts to which that owed the title adrid, which w• yal, and moat Ow e of his MAJESTY, es, that the corns nna, Ma. the cotton tra. ! term limited lc; is .by the Ordoc• at t he 31st of 1)e- -r the KING has rt- )tton goods to Ix lippine Compel:. id if not sold r very successu.:l r, w hich we !:4: to expect • and the sangul:i• by whom she vh. out by her stibit- Re had yes:::l47 character, that if d Is - now par the subject of un• and sustained br rocs, all that we bed lone, presented toous:in •