Star.
London, England, 1824-03-30 00:00:00

CONSTANTINOPLE., FEBRUARY 24.

The armaments in the arsenal and along the channel
continue, and seem to announce an active campaign.—
Meantime it is asserted, that M. Minziacky has made
but little progress in his negociation, and some persons
prophecy that it may be a long time before the desired
result is obtained. It is said, that the Greeks have again
effected a landing near Caraburu, in Macedonia.

ODESSA, MARCH 4.
A ship which has arrived here from Constantinople,
after an extremely short passage of only forty hours,
brings the important, and for the Porte most alarming,
Intelligence, that Mohamed Ali Pacha, Viceroy of
Egypt, has at length thrown aside the mask, and de-
clared himself independent. It was long ago known
in Constantinople that he meditated great things, and
the Porte therefore tried every means to weaken him,
and lately ordered him to furnish 10,000 men, to tom-
bat eie Greek insurrection. Isdoharned resolved, in
stead of complying, to declare himself independent,
and for this he has certainly chosen the most favourable
moment. Those alone who are competent to form an
idea of the sithation of the Turkish Empire,-can judge
what may be the consequence of this event, respecting
?,vhich we look for farther particulars,and will& may per-
!naps shake all the Eastern Provinces of the Empire, not to
speak of the situation of the capital itself, which derives
:cr many supplies from Egypt. We presage that this
event will complete the emancipation of Greece, and
give the death blow to the power of the Porte.

We still continue to receive the most melancholy de-
tails of the distress and misery to which our fellow-coun-
I!) rocn, the settlers at ke Cape of Good Hope, are e-
duced. It is already known, that either by long con-
lizaied drought or ovettthelmitig inundations, tines.,

years' crops hiirOxien shiceAively destroyed, and we
now learn, that the fourth yirses,crop had completely
" Stepped' in -poverty -to • the verviips," and
famishing in a iiistatit laud, ;.itli.oo,l,imate'Aillere the
thennometer will st fl4° cme dalrune 6P the next,
the settlers no hope but lir I.4,lAnnanity of the
British Public, to whom they rtppeali,,knowing that a
country which is always the fist to ingiarre,the wretched
out, of whatever nation they be, will .not suffer their
brethren in South Africa to appeal in vain.
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NA PAL iNTELLIGENCE. 1 .
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The Governor Tornkins, —.., from New Petit, ran on-shore In
Galway Ray, the 22d inst. but was assisted off by his Majesty's ship
PLustrea.
The London, 13ourit, from Newcastle to Guernsey, was totally
haat on the 17th instant, near the Caskets--unly the mate and one
seaman saved.

The Cygnet, of Philadelphia, from Maracaibo to Nrer York, was
totally lost, on the 3d ult. on the We of Vache.
FALMOUTH, MARCH 28. Wind Arrived the Margaret,
Ceres, Johan, Christian, and Denson, from Norway.
PLYMOUTH, MARCH 28. Wind It Arrived the Sidney
packet, Emirs, from the South &as for London; Industry, Syr',
sots, from Dram. Off the port, the Alezandtr. Jusr, from Jamaica.
Sailed the Princess of Wales, Lwricsar,- for North America ; and
the Wellington, for ditto.

PORTSMOUTH, Main Wind N. by F.— Arrived the Jan
Cornelius, from Batavia in five mouths, with less of anchors and
OW". Sailed the Catherine, Wisitauvrer Madras ; Two Cathy-
-Sines, Mhz, for Amsterdam; and laiSo6ostfs. ship Rocoroar,
for Chatham.
MAL, Manna 29.—Wind N.W.—Passed tlwingb lama noon,
the following outward-bound vessels ; Buneta,
.--; Fame, BALLANTTNZ Eweretta, Feast; Robert and Ann,
Jarreason ; and Stranger, --, for St. John's, New Brunswick ;
Edward, Minus% for. Halifax; Afrifa, Santos, (ur Jamaica; and
Barbadoes, Lax, for Pictou. •
ELSINIUR, Matto' 20.--. The James, Lama, from Newcastle to
Memel, has get off Lentoe, without damage, and proceeded.—
The Ocean, HRROH, of Shields, will remain a wreck on the kaw
-.materials saved. .
Cams, Masco 9.—The Mary Kitty, of London, HSCRS, from
Malaga to Nantz, put in here boob -cargo discharging! '
COURT OF' CIiAACERY.THIS-DAY.
IN THE MATTER 01 'LORD CADOOAN.
Mr. WILSON begged to call his Lordship's attend°n
to this cause, which he would not now have done, but
that the matter was of considerable importance, anti
pressed very much. It would be in the recollection. of
his Lordship that the case had been referred to the MAS.
ter, to inquire whether it Would not be for the benefit of
the lunatic's estate to let 'certain'. propel ty,, situate at
Chelsea, and to appoint a receives Of the tents and priij
fits of the estate? That reference had 'been made, and
the Master had reported; and what he had now to ask
for was, that his Lordship would be pleased to confirm
that Report.
The LORD CoasscittatimLet the Report be confirmed.'
DREADFUL ACCIDENT.
Two young men, of Sydenham, brothers, of the name
of Pearce, were committed to the cage at Lewisham for a misde-
meanest. yesterday; when last night the straw in The prison took
fire, and bbth the men were burnt.to death. Their bodies, which
were almost burnt to a cinder, were discovered this morning and
conveyed to the Lamb public-house, where a Coroner's Inquest IID
beheld on them. - • •
It is said, that one of the young men having qua/Felled with girl
to whom he was paying his addresses, threw some oil of vitriol on
her dress, and that on, her stating it to her master, a beadle was,
sent for, and the young man taken up. His brother; on hearing of
the circumstance accompanied hiM to the prison; and thus re.
risked a victim to his fraternal airprtin. I

The Duke of GLOUCESTER was indisposed-on Sunday;
but we are happy to state his Royal highness was yesterday consi-
derably recovered.
The Duchess of KENT had a select party to tea on
Sunday evening. Among the company were the Duchess of Gtou.
canny the Princess Sonua, Prince LEOPOLD. and Count de Movrxx.
The Earl of LINEapooL, we regret to state, has been
confined by indisposition for several days past.
The remains of the late Sir THossaS PLUMER will be
interred to-morrow, in the Rolls Chapel, adjoining his late residence.
We understand that the long-expected reversal of the
attainders of the. Scottish Peers will.take place early in the ensuing
month. It is understood that, with the exception of Easinte., of
Mar, the favoured parties will be summoned to London to take the
necessary oaths. The former Gehtlenlin, itis believed, will be ex-
cused from attendance on the scare of ill health.
Ma. SCARLET].—We have the tdcasure of stating,
that intelligence was received yesterday morning, -at the house of
Mr. SCARIATT, importing that " he is poorly, but out of danger;"
and a letter to Sir ASTLEY Cooran, also received yesterday, corn-
tnunicees the same satisfactory information.
Friday the utmost consternation prevailed at Dart-
mouth and its vicinity, in consequence of the Bank of the firm of
Hine and Holdsworth, of that place, stopping payment. On the
following morning the Brisham Bank also stopped payment, it be-
ing connected with the Dartmouth irm. The feeling of distress
witnessed at the latter place, when it was discovered, was beyond
description • such reliance had been placed in the Bank, that per-
sons who had been enabled to save any money bad preferred- their
notes to any other, so that there was scarcely one family in the
town but what possessed their notes, either to a greater or less
amount. On Saturday morning last hand bills, signed by many of
the most respectable gentlemen and tradesmen of Dartmouth, were
posted round*the town, to the following effect :—" We, the under-
signed, being perfectly satisfied with the responsibility of the Dart-
mouth Bank, Messrs. Harris and Cu. do hereby engage to take
their notes in payment to any amount, and we recommend all others
to do the same ; ' so that the public confidence' with respect to the
firm was fully established.—/A-awaskrr, Free/wider.
GLOVE ANII LEATHERTRADE.—A Deputation of
Gentlemen connected with the Glove Trade, among whom was
Mr. GRILINHAII, of Yeovil, had an interview with the Ctimicattort
of the Excueouxe on Saturday week, which listed nearly three
quarters of an hour. Mr. ROBINSON expressed his determination
to propose that the prohibition of French gloves should cease
in July, 1826; at which period they are to be admitted to l'he
port of London only r for this purpose a Bill will be introduced
into Parliament during the present Session; and, iu the course of
the next; the remission of the Excise and Custom duties on leather
and skins will be proposed, to take place in July, 1825. The rate of
duty on foreign gloves is not yet fixed, but it is expected it will be
about 30 per cent.-741telbarne Mercury.
Flaas.--A tire broke out this morning, at a quarter
before five o'clock, at the house of Mr. Dignarn Attorney, N 0.13,
Cook's-court, Carey-street, which totally consumed the building, and
the adjoining house, No. 12. It has also damaged the backs vf two
other houses, in Portugal-street. No lives are lost t how the fire
originated is nut known, but it was first discovered in the back
parlour.—Another fire broke out this morning, at oue.o:clock, at
a public-house, the sign of the city of Rotterdam 61.. Catherine's-
street, East Smithfield) which consumed the whale of the interior
of the building.
The Etpikor Satutclay contains a continuation of the
debate in the Chamber of Deputies, on the eligibility of M. Bett-
jantin Constant which be contended for with great eloquence.
Important intelligence has been received by a courier
front Missolongbi, from which place he was dispatched on the 28th
February. Previous to ilia dare information bad atriVEti there
from Argos, stating that Latavo ConduViottis, Coletti, and lot-
tail; had bein elected by the Senate to perform the functions of
the Executive Grecian Govtrantect, of which Cooduvionis bad
been named the President. Tire garrison of the Castle of Lepanto
bad made a sortie, probably with a view to retire on sonic other
station where provisions were more plentiful, but the besirgers
attacked them and cut them in pieces. The speedy surrender of
Lepanto was placed beyond doubt in consequence of Ibis success,
and intornution of this event may,thereture be daily expected to
arrive. The Executive Government had directed th Greek fleet
to proceed to the Darditfelles, addio-dttpaa.• any attempt which the
Turkish Sett may make again to sail into the Archipelago.

t EIVIW HUSSARS Web CO WET BATTIER'
Some weeks ago, Cornet Beretta, iJf the 10th Hussars. sent us a
long Circular Letter, complaining of the conduct he had received
from the Officers of that Regiment, in " sending him to Coventry ;"
and appealing to the Army and the Public against what he con-
ceived some remissness on the part of his Royal Highness the COM-
MA nom- az-Cuir.r in affording him redress. Although it was a tem-
perate statement, we admit, yet as it was expaite, and a good deal
of odium on the Tenth Ilessars had been bandied about in the
Irish and English Newspapers, we waited linen some official expla-
nation should be given of the circuinstancei. This we are now
enabled to present to our Readers, in a letter from the Military Se-
cretary, which so distinctly, treats on the several complaints of
Cornet BATTIYR, that we do not deem it necessary to recapitulate
them. It appears by the latter that, in eon sequence of the state-
ment of Carnet BATTIER, Lard LONDONVERRIt deemed it his duty,
to address his Royal Highness the COyMANDER-N-Cingr on the
subject, at'the same time enjoining the Officer in command of the
Regiment in Dublin, as well as the Corps of (Hikers, to take no
step in consequence of Mr. Beanie's 's proceeding.
TO .LIEUTENANT-GENERAL THE MARQUIS OF
LONDONDERRY, G. C. B.
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Me Loan, Horse Guards, March 22,1824.
I have had the honour to receive, and to lay before the Com-
foamier-in-Chief, your Lordship's letter of the 14th instant, and I
am directed to say, that his Royal Higiittees is not surprised that
the statement of Mr. }lnner; which appeared in the Mornieg C7iro-
;def.: of the 10th instant, and in other Papers, should have filled you
with astonishment and indignation.
His Royal Highness rejoices, however, that your Loeriship's
letter offers to h:ni the opportunity of making saint observations
upon that statement, and of conveying to you, for such use as you
may think fit to make of it, his view of Mr. Battier's, recent pro-
ceedings, and I will endeavour to execute his Royal Highness's in-
itructioes to that effect as brief), as the subject will admit, and
withous entering into any unnecessary detail.
Your Lordship is aware, that when Mr. Battier applied for the
exchange to the 10th Hussars, he produced testimonials of his pre-
vious conduct in the sth Dragoon Guards, and the 18th Hussars,
which were. Considered by his !loyal Highness perfectly satisfac-
tory. These testimonials were sianed by Lieutenant-Colonel Gor-
don, of the sth Dragoon Guards, Colonel Murray and Lieut.-Col.
Hughes, of the 18th timers, and they spoke, without reserve, of his
qualifications as an Office ,and a Gentleman.
Upon his joining the_luth Hussars, he experienced a reception
and a treatment from the Officers forming• the Mess of the Corps,
which neither his apparent incapacity and unfitness fur the duty of
a Regiment of Cavalry, nor any exception taken to his manner and
appearance could justify; and which were, upon his representation;
censuted in the strongest terms by the Commander-in-Chief, and
drew upon those concerned the expression of his Royal Highness's
unqualified disapprobation. The communication upan this subject
was made to Lord Combermere, who was desired to reprimand the
Officers, and to admonish them not to persist in a course which
would expose them to marks of more serious displeasure.
Before, however, my letter reached Lord Contbermere;the Offi-
cers concerned had bocn convinced of the impropriety of their
conduct, and had acknowledged their error ; and although they may
not have felt inclined to place themselvea upon a footing of easy or
familiar intercourse with Mr. Battier, it does not appear that they.
as a body, or as individuals, subsequently afforded to him any cause
of cemplaint which could warrant further remonstrance, or call
for notice from higher authority, or which could provoke him to
"personal collision." On the contrary, Sir Colquhoun Grant states,
that Mr. Battier acquainted hint that he and his friends were sa-
tisfied with the manner in which his representations had been met,
and the whale affair arranged with his brother Officers.
Reports were, however, made by Colonel Sir George Quentin,
through Lord Comber Mere and Sir Culquhoun Grant, of Mr. Rat-
tier's utter unfitness for the duties of a Cavalry Officer, and of the
improbability of-his ever being sufficiently improved, by drill or
instruction, to become capable of -doing justice to his situation, or
to the Regiment. These representations were afterwards confirmed
by a special report from Sir C. Grant.
Mr. Battier was, in consequence,
.told, by order of his Royal
Highness, that he had better remove from the Tenth-Hussars, by
retiring to half-pay, or (as there was nothing in the reports made
which could affect his character as a Gentleman) with the option of
purchasing a half-pay Lieutenancy of Infantry, whenever an op-
vortunity should offer.
To this Mr. Battier subscribed, and it was clearly understood
that he should quit a regiment and a branch of the service for which
he had been proved, and, in fact, had acknowledged himself to be
unfit, and in which he never would have been replaced, if his Royal
Highness had not been misled by the testimonials of his previous
Commanding Officers.
Thus stood matters until the period of your Lordship's visit to
your Regiment, and Lord Combermere'e review of it.
Upon the occasion of the inspection of the Regiment by Sir Col-
quhoun Grant. on the 19th of November, Mr. Battier conveyed,
through Lieutenant-Colonel Taylor, his earnest entreaty to Sir Col-
quimun Grant, that he oull not expose his incompetency by ex-
hibiting him in the Third Class of Riding Drill, and he again ac-
knowledged his unfitness for the situation he held.
Sir Colquhoun Grant acquiesced in his request, and told him, in
the presence of Sir George Quentin and Lieutenant-Colonel Taylor,
that al he could not appear at the Review, he would give him leave
of absence, of which he might instantly avail himself; Mr. Bat-
tier stating at the same time that it would be unpleasant to him,
under these circumstances to remain with the Regiment, and Sir
Colquhoun Grant, knowing that Mr. Battier was to be removed
from the 10th Hussar., concluded that he would at once take his
leave—an impression which was confirmed by Mr. Battier's leav-
ing the Barracks in plain clothes, and ceasing to do any duty, or to
appear in uniform, according to regulation.
Upon the 24th November, when your 'Lordship inspected the
Regiment in the morning, Mr. Battier did not appear, and was re-
ported absent on leave, the official notification having been con-
veyed to him on the 23d, the leave having been given verbally by
Sir Colqukoun Grant from the.lOth.
In the evening of the 24th, when your Lordship dined at the
Mess, Mr. Battier thought tit again to make his appearance as an
Officer of the Corps,and upon this occasion, the circumstances oc-
curred which form the subject of Mr. Battier's letter to me of the
7th December, which he has published.
Upon receiving. this letter the Commander-in-Chief ordered me
to desire Lord Combermere to call upon Sir George Quentin for his
reply to Mr. Battier's complaint, and not bring satisfied with the
explanation therein given, he directed me subsequently to write to
your Lordship, and to express his surprise and regret that you
should, by your proceeding on the-24th November, have appeared
to sanction, and. have actually salictioned, a previous course of con-
duct on the part of the Officers of your Regiment, which had in-
curred his Royal Highness's displeasure, and had been marked by
the expression of his serious disapprobation.
Your Lordships reply stated your entire ignorance of the pro-
ceedings which had incurred his Royal Highness's displeasure, and
of the reproof conveyed to the Officers concerned ;—it denied many
of Mr. Battier's assertions, more partisulerly that which stated that
you had threatened to take steps with his Royal Highness, the effect ;
of which veould be " seriously to injure his prospects in the Army,
if he did not retire from the Mess," and it assigned, as a reason for
your proceeding, the fact previously stated to you by Sir Colquhoun
Gram, that-be had five days before given Mr. Battier leave to quit
the Regiment, of which Mr. Battier had actually availed himself,
by not attending any duty since the 19th, your impression (as well
as Sir Colquhoun Grant's) being that he had left the Headquarters
of the Regiment. This statement of your Lordship's is corrobo-
rated by Sir George Quentin, who was present at your interview
with Mr. Either on the 24th.
His Royal Highness ordered me, in reply, to assure you that your
explanation was satisfactory, and to censure in strong terms the
conduct of Sir George Quentin, in omitting to apprise you of what
bad passed, and in suffering you to remain its ignorance of it when
you desired him to speak to Mr. Battier, and to prevent his dining
at the Mess, adding, that his Royal Highness was confident, that if
you had been duly apprized of the previous occurrences, and of his
Royal Highness's view of them, you would, it, spite of Mr.Battlees
ill-judged add ilf. tiniedappeeraece at the Mess, have felt anxious to
concur with his Royal Highness in checking proceedings Menu-
sistent with the principles of sunordfitation and the acknowledged
rules of society, which therefore his Royal Highness must condemn
wherever they occur, and in ineintaining that respect for superior
authority, of winch some Officers of the Tenth had lost sight in the
adoption of a liar. of conduct that had drawu'upon them e reproof
of which they had acknowledged the justice. -
Having given this general seatenient of the circumstances, as de.
rived from the official documents in my possessiool I shell proceed,
in obedicuce to his Royal Highness's commends, to make some
(enure ettoo* upon Mr. Battier statesmen, which is an appeal to the
teelings of the Army and the Pulnic against the Cmionender-iin
Chief, whom he must unjustly end Mcorrectly 'accuses of having
disregarded hla complaints, nut less than it is a libel upon your
Lordship, and upon the,licainient from which he has retired, for
the avowed purpose of resurtine to such a couFs..

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