The National Register. — London, England, 1821-06-24 00:00:00

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. PARIS, JUNE 14.—The pace pretends that they have discovered a new conspiracy. The fact is, that they have discovered at the house of an individual a great quantity of military uniforms resembling those of the royal guard. These were to be dis tributed among the young men of the schools of medicine and law, whose discontent and exaspera tion were well known. The police observes the most protbtind secrecy on this subject. The ministry appear to be a little better consoli dated. It is almost certain that the right side of the chamber will vote for the prolongation of the censorship. In conformity with the wishes of the Duke of Richelieu, the ministers Portal and La Tour Maubourg will be the only public servants removed, and will be succeeded by M. de Villele, who will take the department of Marine, and the Duke de Belluno, who will be promoted to that of war. It is said, that fir s.. Corbieres will be cre ated a new department, called that of worship, of lino nits, and of public instruction. These ate the only concessions which the ministry is disposed to make to the ('ole Droit. Unfortunately for them, M. de Villele and M. deCorbieres refuse their oars, and seem determined not to accept secondary ap pointments. There is again a talk of sending M. de Chateau briand to London to attend the coronation of George IV. He has formally refused to return to Berlin, — By conferring upon him this extraordinary mission, the ministry conceive they would be conceding a fa vour to the royalists. JUNE 16.—Every day we receive news from Spain, and every day brings us frightful proofs that a revolution as bloody as ours has begun. The most complete anarchy reigns in all the provinces; and this state of things does not affect the government, which proceeds in its ordinary course, amusing itself in making fine laws and founding fine institutions, whilst on all sides the principles of government are entirely disregarded. The King remains still in the same exterior situation. General Morillo has sue- ceeded by his courage and firmness in procuring for himself all due homage and respect. His Majesty still continues to protest his attachment to the con stitution, while the patriots on the other hand, de clare their knowledge of his Majesty's hatred to it. It is probable that the Cortes will be assembled in an extraordinary Congress. On the 2d instant the majority of the King's courtiers unceasingly beset his Majesty from sunset to midnight, inter ceding for pardon for one of the officers of the guard who was condemned to death for rebellion, and was to be executed next morning. His Majesty remained inflexibly bent on the execution of the law, though his emotion was but too visible. The Duchess of Orleans died to-night, after a long and painful illness. She leaves to the Duke of Orleans two millions and a half of francs of income. Yesterday, before mass, the King gave a private audience to the Count de la Rafitnieres, commander of the 15th military division. In the afternoon his Majesty transacted business with the Duke of Richelieu. The army of the Germanic Confederation, accord ing to the organization settled by the Diet, consists of 301,637 men. MADRID, JUNE 8 —The Asia, 74, sailed from Cadiz on the 31st ult. for Vera Cruz, having on board General O'Donojo, who has recently been ap pointed superior Political Chief of Mexico. All the militia of New Castile, of La Manchu, and Estremadura, have received orders to concen trate at Alcala de Henares, a town situated about six leaguts front Me.drid, whence, it is asserted. they will march into Valencia, Arragon, and Cata lonia. This measure is attributed to the disquie tude entertained by the government as to the dis. position of those provinces. It is affirmed that they have in view to term thernse'ves into a separate state, as it is their opinion that the royal govern ment does not frankly pursue the constitutional system. _ . Several letters which have passed between the General Empecinado and the insurgent chief Me rino have been published. The latter having re cently taken prisoners a detachment of the royal troops, whom he caused to be shot, the General me naces, that upon a representation of such murder- Juss: 9 —The circular addressed tra the 3d May, by the minister of justice, to the right reverend the archbishops, bishops, and ecclesiastical prelates, se cular and regular, of the kingdom, has produced its effect. The heads of the church publish every where directions, pastoral letters, and exhortations to the faithful, to. induce them to observe the con stitution and to obey the authorities. The bishop of Malaga was remarked fiir his frankness. He ter minated his exhortation in the following manner, addressing the priests of his diocese :—" In public as well as in private endeavour to persuade every one that it is his duty to observe the laws of the state, to love these laws, and to respect established authorities," THE NATIONAL REGISTER One of our journals, after reporting the wards of this venerable prelate, (litotes those of other pre lates ut the head of religious communities and me tropolitan chapters who have answered the appeal of government. At their head appear Cardinal Bourbon, Archbishop of Toledo, the Bishops of Cuenca and Segorbs, of Jaen, of Calahorra, and almost all the grand chapters of Spain. The cu rates of Biscay, and of the provinces of the north, where the civil war was so promptly quelled, have exerted themselves with similar zeal. The same journal, when speaking on this subject, produces a long enumeration of the bishops of Spain and Ame rica, who, on the publication of the constitution of the Cortes in 1812, gave in their adherence to the principles which it embodied. More than sixty addresses and congratulations from this body were collected and printed on the order of the Cortes of Cadiz. This important collection of testimonies, which it is impossible to reject, is still further tes tified by that of the sister of our monarch, her Royal Highness Charlotte Joachime, now Queen of Por tugal She congratulated the Cortes on their work, and finished her letter in the thllowing manner : " I congratulate you in having published this wise constitution. All the world applauds it and I in particular. It will be the basis of the happiness and independence of the nation. It shows to the whole universe that the Spaniards are always faith ful and devoted to their legitimate sovereign. In religiously observing it, we will conquer, will over throw the tyrant of Europe." VITTORIA, JUNE 7.—Consternation is general here. On the sth were executed the curate de Salduendo, and the Counsellor Luzuriaga; and the scaffold still remains for the execution of Don M. Luauriaga, relative of the above. Whatever may be said of these acts of rigour,' dig public mind of the provinces of Biscay and Na varre daily becomes more decidedly hostile to the new system. The inhabitants, who at the com mencement of the revolution joined their voices to those of the innovators, in the hope of a more pros perous future, already feel that they are deprived of the resources and advantages which they enjoyed under the ancient government. The notary Axpanena has been sentenced to six years' hard labour. TRIESTE, MAY 31.—The Porte has raised the value of some denominations of its current coin 10 per cent, which had already been raised above its nominal value. This ruinous measure, and the no less ruinous measure of confiscations appear•d suf . - ficient to defray the expellees of the war; but the raising of the value of coin is only the resource of a day, and the confiscations enrich only favourites. Rome, JUN E 4.—A commercial letter from Na ples gives the following article :—" Our tranquillity has not been interrupted. The disarming continues to be carried on in the provinces: it will soon be finished, at least as soon as it is possible to carry the measure into complete effect. The members of the Supreme Authorities are very active, and entertain a confident expectation that they will be able totally to extirpate the liberal principles, and to prevent them from ever flourishing again." There has been a strict search for prohibited books. They are seized wherever found. AUGSBURG, JUNE 1 1 is affirmed that an extraordinary Council of State was held at Vienna immediately after the arrival of a courier with des patches from the Austrian Legation at Constantino ple. Prince Metternich presided. It is added, that on the breaking up of the Council an extraor dinary courier was expedited to Warsaw and St. Petersburgh. Private letters which have been received from the South of Italy state, that the Government continues to dismiss functionaries and clerks, who took part in the revolution, and who have been denounced as having been present at secret meetings of the Carlxi nari. The disarming of the inhabitants is nearly effected. The price of corn at Naples has declined, the northern provinces having furnished abundance of provisions. ODESSA, MAY 22.—The bodies of the Greek pa. triarch, and of the four bishops executed with him at Constantinople, had arrived there to receive the honours of sepulture in a place not owning the do minion of the Turks. So anxious were the autho rities ut Odessa to avoid any act capable of being construed into an interference between the Greeks and the Turks, that a messenger was despatched to Petersbur o h, to learn if a public procession at the funeral of the murdered prelates, which had been solicited by the resident Greeks, could be permitted. The remains of the army of Ypsilanti, in the fron tier provinces of Turkey, were understood to con sist of about 8,000 men, but they are represented to be a mere rabble in point of discipline, and a horde of banditti in their mode of conduct, plun derin., the churches and even their own countrymen, for subsistence. Their movements were wholly de sultory, sad their march seemed directed towards the Austrian frontier, instead of threatening the capital of Turkey. The dreadful affair of Galatz, - - - which has been before-mentioned, is confirmed by these letters. That fortress, which is situated on the Danube, was carried by storm by the Turks, and every Greek within it put to the sword. From Constantinople the advices received at Odessa ex tend to the 13th of May. They mention in the most positive manner that the tranquillity of the city was nearly restored, and business resuming its ordinary routine. All the ambassadors of the five great powers were employing themselves with great energy, and in concert to procure some amelioration of the unfortunate Greeks. Memorials and remon strances had been presented to the Divan, and even threats of vengeance were not spared to induce the adoption of a inure moderate course of proceeding. From this judicious and spirited conduct the best. results were expected, but the system of severity proceeded meantime in all its rigour. Nothing can be more deplorable than the present state of the Greek population, from the highest to the lowest class: all proscribed and marked out for extermina tion, or compelled, by flight from the country, to ous acts, he will cause the wives, children, parents, and those composing this band to be sacrificed. relinquish the means of subsistence. It is well known that the mercantile profession is chiefly car ried on by the Greeks. Their commerce is now suddenly and wholly annihilated, since not a vessel bearing the Greek flag, or manned by a crew of that nation, or having Greek property on board, dares venture into a Turkish port. Our countrymen pro fit by this circumstance, and, as they are treated by the Turks with a degree of respect tar surpassing that of any other European nations, it appears pro bable that the mercantile operations of the Greeks will be carried on chiefly by English capital. It is now ascertained, that Smyrna has never been other. wise than tranquil during the whole progress of the insurrection. An alarm existed at one period, that the Turks were approaching in considerable force, in consequence of which a great part of the Greeks quitted the place, but it proved untbundei, and no disturbance or material interruption to business followed it. MAT is absolutely disgraceful that the other powers of buiope tolerate such a barbarous race as the Turks ; people have been shot whilst quietly walking along the streets of Constantinople, and no questions asked. A man only a degree or two above a common constable is invested with the power of hanging on suspicion ; but not a single Turk has suffered, they were all Greeks, or more western Europeans. In this place is an elderly man, a Greek prince, formerly governor of Moldavia ; the report is, that the Greek patriarch was surety to the Grand Sekrnor for his remaining in Constanti. nople. and that his (the patriarch's) execution took place in consequence of the flight of this man, Mr whom he stood pledged. The Lazaretto here is full of fugitive Greeks. TRIUMPH OF SOUTHWARK% On Friday a large party of the independent electors of Southwark, and other trends of Parliamentary reform, dined together at the jHornsTatcrn, Kennington, to celebrate the third aniiisersary of Weil triumph, in re turning the representatives of their choice. Sir Robert Wilson in 'the Chair. Sir Francis Burdett, Mr. Hot. house, Mr. Hutchinson and oilier leilibers of Patna orient were present. The following toasts were given The King, and his own declination, that the crown 1.. beld in trust for the bench' of the people. ' " t' The Queen" (.Nast enthusiusticolly received.) " The peopl . the source of all legitimate power." " 'lnt Libel! of the Press." " The Constitution of lOSS.” " A lull ;toil free representation of the People in tot Commons' lionse of Partiainetit." _ . . Nlr. Hall then rose to propbse the health of the Chairman. Sir It. 11)!son, in returning thanks, made an attempt to excuse his vote for the grant to the Duke of Clarenct , its which, however, he was not successful. The worthy Chaiflllall then gave the health of Su. F. Burdett, winch was received in the warmest mariner, most of the COlll - standing up and waving their haildkerchtels. Sir F. Burdett, after leaving made some very tine efl'a sions upon the subject of liberty, and expressing his readi ness to die in defence Diu, ads cried to the conduct of the worthy Chairman throughout his whole brillb.nt career. lie particularly dwelt upon the efforts us the gallant General in favour of the oppiessed person for whom lie had run the !Lizard of his life. Sir Frroieis said the vote of the Chairman might have bean an error, blot .bow could the public expect to be served if they expected every mats to be free from error—front that frailty whit h wis the unfortunate lot of humanity. He (Burdett) would Ise willing to make great sacrifices to the wishes of time Royal Family, provided the duties to the public wele all performed. He concluded midst a loud applause. The healths of Mr. Hohhouse and Mr. Hutchinson were then drank, and thanks were returned by those gentlemen. On the 26th ult. the King of Naples issued seve ral decrees relative to the administration of that kingdom and of Sicily. His Sicilian Majesty had ordered the Spanish squadron, which was in the Bay of Naples, to depart without delay; and, furthei, prohibited it from anchoring in any of the ports of his kingdom. 196