The Statesman. — London, England, 1821-07-18 00:00:00

that no pretence sbould be afforded en the present' *cession of disturbing the public tranquillity. The man who at this crisis would, on any pretext, attempt to create disorder, must be the greatest enemy to the QUEEN and to the country. We noticed on Monday an invitation which had been given to all persons who were anxious to pre serve public tranquillity, to meet at the Horn's Ta vern, Kennington, on Saturday, for the purpose of addressing the KING to appoint an early day for the Coronation of the QUEEN. The invitation, we observed, was, from certain circumstances seep'. cioes; but in conseqdence of a circular we received with the particulars we stated, and with a sig nature annexed, of • person who was believed to be worthy of credit, we were, contrary to our pre vious opinion, led to think that a meeting of some sort had actually taken place, and that the Address proposed, was about to be presented. Another cites hr, which we forbore to insert, was handed to us yes terday, for the purpose of informing the public where the Address was lying for signature. This morning, however, a letter bas appeared in one of the papers from Mr. WHITTEMORE, 62. Paternoster-row, at whose holm tide was said to be, amain the BALM 'Mast no such * Adarme was there ; aqd to complete the exposure of the imposition, Mr. BEIANT, the landlord of the Horns Tavern, Kennington. has in a letter to another Rditor, stated that no such meet ing as that motioned in the circular had ever taken place at his house. Had the meeting actually taken place, sod beets open and public, we should have deemed its iseerfersoce unseasonable and rash. A bole and comer meeting, however, for such a pur pose es it palmed, we should have reckoned most inconsistent sod contemptible ; but a meeting which, if held any where, weasel held at the place announced, and may have been imposed only of two or three people who met to entrap the heedless, and to throw discredit on the cause they professed to have in view, is an object that deserves to be most seriously repiss , bated. IVhatever may have bees the aim of those who thus had recourse to ceoceahnent and falsehood, their purpose never could be good. The announce ment of a meeting to be held at Kennington, which if it had been large, as may have been hoped by its pro- jectors, might have rashly been proposed to be ad journed to the Common, waid thereby at once have been rendered illegal, and punished as a breach of the peace, under the pretence of " preserving public tran quillity." it was well that, in the first stage of the proceedings, this occurrence did not take place; and it is fortunate that the imposition is now thoroughly exposed. It will tend, it is to be hoped, during the ensuing day, to put the unwary *a their guard against all mischievous machinations. Tb diet which the Captain at she Aims. u we • stated yesterday, saw eneering the Tagus, on the 30th ult. turned out, as was supposed, to be the Royal Squadron, from Rio Janeiro. A Madrid Oaxette Es. traordinary, dated the 7th instant has been received which contains the following official article : An Esti tordinary Courier, dispatched from Lir bon, by the King's Charge d'Affaires to the Portu guese Uovernment, has brought to the Spanish Go vernment the following communication, dated the 4th instant : Yesterday, very early in the morning, a signal was made that the Portuguese squadron was in sight, and at eleven a. in. the ship of the line John VI. anchored in the port of Belem, and the other ships of the con voy in succession. To-day, at noon, his Majesty and the Royal Family landed with great pomp, and pro ceeded to the Cathedral, where a Te Demos was sung. The King and his amily afterwards entered the Hall of the Cortes, w E lise King took the oath to main tain and obse he constitutional bases decreed by Congress on t 9 th of May last. ' During this august and solemn ceremonial, the most perfect tranquillity and good order prevailed.' The forms that had been delivered by the Cortes to be observed on this occasion, were stated yesterday in our pbper, exclusively. The i ppinion spreads in various quarters that war bet! rte Russia and the Porte is inevitable. An ar tich from Vienna, dated July 3, says, it is affirmed that the Reis Effendi no longer returns an answer to the applications of the Russian Minister. The repeated provocations of the Turkish Government and people have induced the Ambassador to retire from Constan tinople, and since his Excellency left it, further massacres have taken place in that capital, where it seems resolved to exterminate the Greeks. The Post which arrived yesterday from Turkey confirms the apprehensions that prevail. The letters it brings from Constantinople are to the 12th, and those from Smyrna to the Ist of June. The Russian Ambassador had contrived, it appears, to bring two ships of war, under the disguised name of " Packets," to Constanti nople ; and the Turkish Government had determined to send them away. In consequence of the charac ter which the ships had assumed, the latter in sisted upon searching them as they have a right to do all merchant vessels. Strogonoff resisted this right, and yet at the same time he could only do so by call lug them vessels of tear, which he could not state them to be, without scknowleging the infrisgentent of ex isting treaties, which forbid in the most positive terms any such coming into the waters of tile Bosphorus. —At Smyrna the Franks were in • great state of alarm, from an apprehension that some of the most infuriated • Turks liaeditatod a general massacre of the Christians THE STATESMAN: of all denominations. In fact, it is stated that such a plot had been discovered, and, that the Mufti had issused an exhortation, forbilding Inch a cruel step in the strongest terms. The Franks were, how- ever, not free from alarm, should the Greeks succeed in capturing any of the Turkish men of war, eight of which had sailed from the Dardanelles for the Archi pelago. The Greek vessels are in great force. They board every thing they meet in search of Turks, as well as Turkish property. The Bathurst, lonian Go vernment vessel, had been boarded no less than eight times on her voyage from Athens to Corfu. Halifax papers arrived this morning to the 19th of June, and New Brunswick to the 13th of Jane. From these we give the following extracts : [MOM THE HALIFAX TAPIR OF THE 18TR OT JC:4II The Confiance left Maracaybo on the 18th, and Santa Martha on the 2Sth nit. Great reparations were making there to receive General Bolivar. New Yoke, JUNR 9.—We are informed, by a pas senger in the brig General Ward, that on the 20th alt, there was a perfect stagnation of all business at Vera Cruz ; the whole of the interior being in a revolutionary state. There bad been no arrivals from Mexico to weeks, bet it is understood, that if money ea pinions were not immediately received, that place would surrender. PKILADILPHIA, JUNK 7.—A squadron of ships of war and traaspurts baring on board 3000 Europeans and native, troops, with 1611 followers, under the command of Major-General .with, sailed from Bombay 11th January, for the Persian Gulp,. ; to be employed against the Arabs. The ship Elizabeth, of this port, is taken ap at Rio Janeiro, for the conveyance of several fansiffiee of distinction to Lisbon. PottAatimie s a. JUN/ B.—Colonel Ramirez has de. Oared his imitation to invest Buenos Ayres, and every preparation was making to give him a warm re ception. Col. Rodrigues the present dictator of Buenos Ayres, was publicly instituted on the 4th of April, with great military honors. An attempt to as sassinate the brave Patriot General Pars in South America, by a royalist ruffian named Villasara, has been happily frustrated, the villain escaped, after a scuMe with the sentinel, who inflicted several bayonet wounds in his body, in endeavouring to prevent his escape.—(Washiagion Paper.) New YO4Y, JUNK I.—Captain Goggershall of the sloop Vetusia, informs that the town of Onscia, in the Bay of Honduras, was destroyed by fire on the 14th April ; about 250 buildings, with the principal part of their contents were burnt, and only 13 houses remain. New You, NAT 49.—Letters have been received from Gibraltar, stating that Luther Breddish, Esq. leas been formally presented as Charge d'affairs of the United 'Met a Consaanthsople by the Mitts* Ambas sador resident there. It is hinted that commercial favour can only be obtained there by purchase, that the lowest price by which l►e could negociate a Commercial Treaty with the Sublime Porte, would be 100,000 dollars, besides annual presents to the amount of 10,000 dollars. It is said, the Austrian, Russian and British Ministers, at Constantinople, are supported at an expense of 40,000 dollars annually, by their Governments. We also understand, that five of the articles of the United States are wanted in the places bordering on the Black Sea. The Thames, Captain Marshall, arrived at Ports mouth yesterday, has brought the latest accounts from America by 10 days, although the Martha and James, Cropper, sailed 5 days before her ; and the Liverpool Packet, and Criterion the same day. The Robert Edwards. Captain Sherburne, for this port, had pre viously brought the latest dates; and the Venus likewise for this port, brought the latest accounts from Ame rica by 16 days. Extract of a letter from the Agent to Lloyd's at Smyrna, dated June 2 :-- ‘• The general embargo was taken off on the 19th ult.; renewed on the 42d, and again taken off yesterday. A Turkish squadron of eight sail, viz.& ship of the line, three frigates, two sloops, and two brigs, was seen on the morning of the 31st ult. off Metelin. This squadron, we are informed, is to be reinforced from Constantinople, and to attack the Oreek naval force cruising among the islands. His Majesty's ships Medina an d Racehorse, remain in the harbour. The (heel( squadron is infinitely more numerous, and waiting for the Turks lower down the Archipelago. Reports are in circulation of an en• gagement having taken place, but they want confir mation. Extract of a letter from the Agent to Lloyd's at Bathurst, St. Mary's, dated the 28th of May:— "We bare to communicate to you, for the informa tion of the merchants and ship-owners concerned at Lloyd's, the following information respecting the lati tude and longitude of Cape St. Mary's and Bird island flag-staff, as communicated to us by the officers of his Majesty's ship Leven, who were off the entrance of this river sonic time back, and went on shore at both places with proper instruments to ascertain the exact situation : Cape St. Mary's. let. 13 deg. 49 see. 40 min. north ; long. 18 deg. 44 see. 30 win. west. Bird island flag-stag. lat. 13 deg. 18 see. 30 min. nerds , long. 16 deg. 46 see. 10 tale. west. We have advices from Sierra Leone to the 26th April. The emigrants who bad been sent to Africa by the United States Government, bad arrived on the coast of Africa in good health ; they were to be joined by the surviving few of those who had been previously sent to Sherbro, and of whom there were not more than eight or ten alive. EARTUQIIRKE.--Baanstowx, (Kurt.) APRIL 23. The shock of an earthquake was sensibly felt at Vie cense', Indiana. Shawneetowa, Illonois, and Clark.- wine, Tenn. on the 24th March, at or about the same time, which awoke and started frost their beds many people. The vibration lasted from five to tea =Notes, and passed off with a rumbling noise from east to west.—(atitericia piper.) I'HE QUEEN. MIR SIAJZSTT'S PSIOTIST AGAINST THE DICISION Of MI PRIVY COC)11.11... CAROLINE R. TO Tilt WOO'S MOST ['MELLO:VT lI•JISTY. Tug PROTEST AND REMONSTRANCE or CAROLINE, QUEEN OF MIRA', BRITAIN AND IRELAND. Youmpujesty having been pleased to refer to your Privy it the Queen's Memorial, claiming as of right to celebrate the ceremony of her Coronation on the 19th day of July, being the day appointed for the celebration of your Majesty's royal Coronation, and Lord Viscount Sidmouth, one of your Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, having communicated to the Queen the jndip ment pronouncing against her Majesty's Claim; in order to preserve her just rights, and those of her successors, and to prevent the said Minute being in after tithes re. (erred to as deiving validity from her Majesty's sup posed actriescence in the determination therein expressed, the Queen feels it to be her bounden duty to enter her most deliberate and solemn Protest against the said de termination; and to affirm and maintain, that by the laws, usages, and customs of this realm,•frour time im memorial, the Queen-Consort ought of right ttfbe crown ed at the same time with the King's Majesty. In support of this claim of right, her Majesty's Law Officees'have proved before the said Council, from the most ancient and authentic records, that Queen's Con , sort of this Realm, have, from time immemorial, parti cipated in the ceremony of the Coronation with their Royal husbands. The few exceptions that occur demon strate, from the peculiar circumstances in which they origicated, the right itself was never questioned though the exercise of it was from necessity suspended, or from motives of policy declined. Her Majesty has been taught to believe that the most valuable laws of this country depend upon, and derive their authority from, custom ; that your Majesty's royal prerogatives stand upon the same basis : the autho rity of ancient usage cannot therefore be rejected with out shaking that foundation upon which the most important rights and institutions of the country depend. Your Majesty's Council, however, without controvert ing any of the facts or reasons upon which the claim made en the part of her Majesty has been supported, have expressed a judgment in opposition to the exist ence of such right. But the Queen can place no con fidence in that judgment, when she recollects that the principal individuals by whom it has been pronounced were formerly her successful defendants; that their opi nions have waved with their interest, and that they have since become the most active and powerful of her persecutors; still less can she confide in it, when her Majesty calls to mind that the leading members of that council, when in the service of your Majesty's Royal Father, reported in the most solemn form, that docu ments reflecting upon her Majesty were satisfactorily disproved as to the most important parts, and that the remainder was undeserving of credit. Under this de dared conviction, they strongly recommended to you r Majesty's Royal Father to bestow his favour upon the Queen, then Princess of Wales, though in opposition to your Majesty's declared wishes. But when your Ma 6jeety had saum.d the kingly power, these same advi .. sem In anodier ;minute of Council, recanted their for mer judgment, and referred to and adopted these very same documents as a justification of one of your Ma jesty's harshest measures towards the Queen—the se paration of her Majesty from her affectionate and only child. The Queen, like your Majesty, descended from a long race of Kings, was the daughter of a sovereign house, connected by the ties of blood with the most illustrious Families in Europe, and her not unecjual alliance with your Majedy, was formed in full cbnldence that the faith of the King and the people was equally pledged to secure to her all those honours and rights which had been enjoyed by her Royal predecessors. In that alliance her Majesty believed that she ex• changed the protection of her family for that of a Royal Husband and of a free and noble-minded nation. From your Majesty the Queen has experienced only the bitter disappointment of every hope she had indulged. In the attachment of the people she has found that powerful and decided protection which has ever been her steady support and her unfailing consolation.— Submission from a subject to injuries of a private na tnre may be matter of expedience—from a wife it may be matter of necessity—but it never can be the duty of a Queen to acquiesce in the infringement of those rights which belong to her constitutional character. The Queen does therefore repeat her most solemn and deliberate protest against the decision of the said Coen ca, considering it only as the sequel of that course of! persecution under which her Majesty has so long and so severely suffered, and which decision, if it is to furnish a precedent for future times, ran have no other aro than to fortify oppression with the forms of law, and to give to injustice the sanction of authority. The protec tion of the subject, from the highest to the lowest, is not only time true, but the only legitimate object of all power ; and on act of power can be legitimate which is not founded on those principles of eternal justice, with. out which law is but the mask of tyranny, and power the instrument of despotism. Queen's lloose,July 17. I I .1. NK KING'S VISIT TO SCOTLAND.-It is understood that the King intends passing the whole of August and part of September in Ireland; and on Thursday evening last the Lord President intimated to the Edin• burgh Vobinteera, who are at present on permanent duty, that he had the highest authority f or s t a ti ng th a t it was his Majesty's gracious intention to visit that city is September. We also understand that the families at present residing at Holyrood Palace have received intimation to remove, as the workmen are to begin im mediately to put the Abbey in a proper state of repair for the reception of his Majesty. Yesterday a ballot was taken at the Bast India House, for the purpose of determining the following question, via —" That Sir James Home, Bart., late of the Madras Civil Establishment, be permitted to re turn to the Service, under the provisions of the Act of the 33d (leo. 111. cap. 52, sec. 70, with the rank which lie held when he quitted Madras, agreeably to the Act of 53d lies. 111. cap. 155, sec. 115."—At six o'clock the glasses were closed, and delivered to the scrutineers, who reported the question to be carried in the affirmative. THE HMO'S COURT. Yesterday at half-past one o'clock, hit Majesty held a Coirt at his Palace, in Pall-mall, which was atteudel by the Dikes of Clarence and Cambridge, tie Lord President of the Council. the Secretary of F.tate for Foreign Affairs, First Lord of tl.e Admit. Any, th' Lord Chamberlain, the Lord Steward of the Household, the Master of the Horse, the Comptroller of the Ihnt.ehold, the Treasurer of the Household, the Earl of Harrington, Gold Stick in Waiting, the Captain of the Honourable Corps of °ennead' Pensioners, the Captain of the Yeomen of the Gnard, the Duke of Athol, the Marques* of Lothian, the turfs of Lauderdale, Moreton, Aker gavenny, Cassini*, Galloway, Ste. the Foreign Ambas sadors and Ministers resident in this country; also the Foreign Ministers specially appoiuted to ..t:end the King at his Coronation. The foliotcit•.l were introthice.l to Isis Majesty upon their special missions from their difrerrEt Courts to attend the Coronation, by the Marquess of Lomiotederry, and conducted by Sir Rtibert Chester, the blaster of the Ceremonies:— Prince Nicholas Esterhazy, fron► the Emperor of Anstria. Time Duke de (lrammont. from the King of Prance. The Count de Stackelberg, from the Emperor of Russia. the Prince Hatzfelds, from the King of Prussia. The Prince Partanna, from the King of Sicily. The Marquess tie Sante Cm tz. from the King of Spain. The Count de 4olke, from the King of Denmark. General tie cutler, froth the King of IVurtenahurgh. The Count de Protummy, from tLe King of Sardinia. The Baron Petrel, time Bavarian 31inister, had also an audience of the Killf. .Capt. Felisberto Caidivia Brant was introduced by the Portngnese Ambassador. Time Count de Lowenhfilos. Lieutenant•tleneral in the Armies of the King of Sneden, was introduced by Baron Sternhilti, the Swedish Minister. Mr. Aide, by the Marquess of Londonderry. Count Lurie was presented by time Prussian Minister. count F. Vitzthnm, Chatubeilain to the King of Saxony, was presented to the Kit:g by Baron Just, (lid Saxon Minister. The reigning fluke of Saxe-Meiningen was presented by Baron Just, the Saxon Minister, as were also Banff.* Baumback and Tidicka. Count Prolomme, the Sardinian Ambassador, from Paris, was presented by Count Polion, the Sardinian Minister. Count Bentinck and Baron Berner were presented by Baron Pagel, the Ambassador from the King of de Netherlands. General Nariskhinn. by the Russian Minister. Prince Hats6ell and Count Maltzin, Chamberlains to the King of Prnssis, were presented by Baron Mak. zom, resident Minister front the King of Prussia. The Duke de Fermin Nunez, was presented by the Spanish Minister. The American Minister was accompanied by Mr. Adam Smith, his Secretary. His Majesty held an Investiture of the Order of the Thistle, which was attended by the Duke of Clarence, the Earl of Morton, the Duke of Athol, the Earl of Gal loway, the Earl of Abergavenny, and the Marquess of Lothian ; Robert Quarme, Esq. attended as Gentleman Usher of the Green Rod. His Majesty was graciously pleased to confer the honour of Knighthood with the Sword of State, upon Viscount Melville, the Earl of Lauderdale, and the Earl of Cassilis, and afterwards invested those Noble Personages with the order of the Thistle. His Majesty held a Privy Council, and gave audiences to the Earl of Ilarrowby,lhe Marquess of Londonderry, and Viscount Melville. The Loan broke up a little before five. Mr. Kean, before leaving New York, caused a mo nument to be erected in St. Paul's Church, in that city, to the memory of his great predecessor, Cooke, who died in America. Exurran, Juts Is.—We cannot but commend the exertions of our worthy Chief Magistrate, to promote the means which have been considered would he most congenial to the public feeling, for the celebration of the approaching Coronation—namely, that of pro viding a dinner for the poor, in lieu of an illumination. Every endeavour has been used by the Minister, Churchwardens, &c. of the different parishes to effect this purpose, and there is no doubt that, from the proverbial loyalty of this city, they anticipated success equal to their wishes. They, however, failed, as the subscription, up to Thursday morning (the time appointed for closing it) amounted only to 2611. 18s. —Upon a review of the number of persons who were considered fit objects to receive a portion of this sum, it was found totally in ideqnate to answer the end for which it was designed, being no more than about troo-pence farthing• to each individual !—No thing could more strongly elicit the tree sense of the people of Exeter than this circumstance. In attach ment to their Sovereign they yield to no town or city in his Majesty's dominions; but they have the patri otism to refuse the glory of a Crown to their King alone, while a virtuous Queen exist, ■nd deserves to share it with him. Confident are we, had her Majesty been destined to share! the honours of that day, little exertion would have been requirel to produce a simultaneous expression of joy—every one would then strive to su►pass leis neighbour in the demonstration of his feelings.—Notwithstanding the failure of the plan adopted, it is still supposed that feasting will be pretty general, and will supersede the necessity of an illumination. The money raised has been returned to the respective parishes in which it was collectell, and preparations are made for the proper application of it. Since writing the above, we learn that, from some additional subscriptions, and 'lupins of a few parishes, the whole of the parishes will receive a distribution from the fund, by the Mayor.—(Alfred.) RIPEAL or Tua IVtruoa Tns.—We are higbiv gra tified at being enabled to announce on most respects ble authority—that in consequence of the breaking ap of the establishment at St. Helena, by the death of Bo- Depute, which was necessarily so expensive to the nation, his Majesty's G...verament have intimated their inteation, immediately on the assembling of Parliament, to recommend to its consideration the Re peal of the Winslow Tax is Ireland'. A meatus which every class of its inhabitants will no doubt re ceive with feelings of the greatest gratitude and joy, and which no comment we could offer would suffi ciently describe the importance of at the present mo useet.—(Cork latctieencer.) Cowl &CIA:1014 JULY 129.—The continu ince of fins weather, and having abundant supplies of Wheal. causes a great depression in the trade, amid what few sales wrrt made today consisted of the fittest sampler, which ob tained Monday's prices ; but there were nu buyers for the tarries qualities, the value of which is almost nomi nal—Barley, from its scarcity, fully supports Monilay's prices, as well as fine fresh eists...4o Memuis and teas there is he alteration. , .