Star.
London, England, 1822-07-18 00:00:00

MADRID, JULY 6.

The utmost uncertainty prevails at this time as to
the intentions of his Majesty, and of those by whom
he is surrounded. The two battalions of Guards and
the Officers of the Royal Household have offered to
devote themselves to the defence of the Palace, and
have proposed to the King to take the opportunity
of quitting Madrid with a safe escort, but the un-
fortunate Prince cannot resolve to follow their advice.

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This forenoon we received a Spanish Mail, but the
Papers they bring from Madrid are not of a later
date than the 4th instant. They contain various ac-
counts from the Provinces, but not sufficiently recent
to shew what effect the plot in the capital had had
on the insurgent bands.—The following are extracts:

BARCELONA, JUNE 2.5.
From Gerona they write—" The factious swarm
in this neighbourhood, and commit the greatest ex-
cesses. It is affirmed that their number amounts to
2,000, and that they have already some horses. The
people, eAhausted by the bad harvests, and without
hopes of recovering themselves, on account of the
badness of the present, see their habitations plun-
dered by a horde of barbarians who take delight in
reducing them to misery. Every body complains of
the want of measures, and of the apathy of the Go-
vernment. HEAVEN grant that this may not pro-
duce irremediable evils, and that the people's minds
may not at length be exasperated."
On the 20th, a numerous holy of insurgents tra-
versed the district of Gerona, and seized the arms or
the inhabitants: it is thought they were going to join
Misas, in Malavilla. Oa the 21st, 2,500 insurgents
were at Arbucitis, and S. Martin de Riells. On the
same day, a body of them entered Centellas, where
they committed various excesses. On the 22d they
entered Garriga.

The latest accounts from Austria represent the
funds es somewhat improving. The following are
the prices quoted :

VItNNA, Jun. 4.—Metalliques, 79%.—Bark Shares, 7694.—
July .I.—Mealliques, 79 11-16. Bank Shares, 7174-5.

At a late hour this forenot n we received the Ham-
burgh Papers of the 12th inst. The only article of
the slightest interest is the price of the Funds.
lIAMISMOH.—Exchange on London 57. li.-37.
Sr. PSTIRSIBUROH, JUNE 48.—Exchanges—London, 10 1-13--
Amsterdam, 10 3-16Haraburgh, 9 7-52—Paris, 105.

Accounts from Holland this morning state, that the Ditch
Government has intimated to the Colombian Republic, that tl e
moment any European Power acknowledges them, they will be
the first Power to follow the example; and in the mean time,
the Colombian flag will be received in Holland. The accounts
also state, that M. ZEA is daily expected there.

It is 'reported on 'Change this tnotning, that the two columns
of Trench troops which are said to have entered Spain, were to
receive the King, FERDINAND, if the plot of the Guards had suc-
ceeded ; but that on hearing of the defeat of the conspiracy, they
recrossed the frontier.

Accounts received this morning from the Coast of Africa
mention, that the Slave Trade continued unabated, notwithstand-
ing the vigilance and activity of the British cruisers, under the
command of Sir Remiss Mesita. Several vessels had, however,
been captured by them.

It will be seen, from the proceedings in Parliament
last night, that Mr. HOPE and Mr. NlEsztlas were
brought before the House of Commons, and that,
after they had acknowledged themselves the authors
of two letters which were decided to be breaches of
privilege,they were discharged, the House not chusing
to proceed any further.

We are no great advocates for the assumed privi-
leges of Parliament, and shall be careful not to vio-
late them by any remark on the apparent severity
with which they are sometimes maintained, or the
facility with which they are at other times relaxed.
The leniency of the House of Commons in the pre-
sent instance will, we trust, not Le without its advan-
tages, and, as Parliament do not chuse to go further
in the business, it is to be hoped that we shall hear no
more of it out of doors; but that instead of writing
libels, fighting duels, and violating the privileges of
Parliament, the Law Officers, Advocates, and lite-
rary Hotspurs of the North will return to more peace-
ful, and certainly less dangerous avocations !
A Petition was presented by Mr. BROUGHAM, from
Mr. LAWLESS, of Belfast (the Proprietor of The Irish-
man Newspaper), complaining of the Orange Pro-
cessions in Dublin, and other places in Ireland, on the
12th of July. Both sides of the House concurred in
reprobating these Processions, and some disappoint-
ment was expressed that the LORD LIEUTENANT had
not made use of his authority to put them. down.

JULY B.—Though the two battalions of the Guards
submitted on the terms proposed to them, yet the
Guards of the Prado could not bear the humiliation
of surrendering at discretion. Their frightful situa-
tion has given to these unfortunate men the courage
of despair; they have rallie4, forced a passage,
and have traversed the Mancanarez. The cavalry
pursued them to the village of toudilla, where they
had killed and wounded two hundred men ; they had
lost nearly the same number in the streets of Madrid.
The Revolutionists, it is said, suffered considerable
loss. The number of Guards who have escaped is
about SOO, not including the two battalions that
capitulated.
At the moment that the Guards were dispersed, the
King and the Royal Family were in the utmost dan-
ger. Fortunately, Colonel O'Doyle hastened the first
to the palace, with the regiment of Dun Carlos, which
he commanded, and thus prevented great misfortunes.
All is tranquil. This morning the Bishop of Ma-
drid performed Mass on the balcony of the Great

Yesterday, the Duke of YORK and the Princesses
AUGUSTA andSUPHIA visited the KING.

The Earl of lavEnPooL, the Marquis of LONDON.
DERRY, and Count MUNSTER, had audiences of his
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MAJESTY, yesterday.
Born the Prizes of £2OOO Sold in Shares by J. and
J. Stvitwatonv, via. 1639, Class A, £9OOO, in one Fourth, one
Eighth, and ten Sixteenths-1639, Class 13, :X2OOO, in one
Half, one Fourth, and four Sixteenths. The Public has obtained
both the above for a mere trifle, and those Purchasers who have
only obtained small Prizes of course will bring them back and
receive nearly all their Money; those Purchasers who have Un-
drawn Tickets and Shares may, if they please afro receive nearly
all their Money back, but they will then resign all chance of the
Two Prizes of £30,000, and the Two Prises of X 90,000. These
Persons who have no Share at all in the present Lottery will do
well to make their Purchases at 37, Cornhill ; 11, Holborn • or
ss, Haymarket, before next Tuesday. week (July liQ), wheidwo
of £20,000 will be Drawn in the first live =halted

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Squore.. All the dcgarnisados cif .Madlid, and he -. . .PAITZTA/1/ENTARYBUSTNESS.
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Militia, were present. They rectisired that the Bishop . • ' .
should chaunt Te J;kuss, which was done, .amidst The pracraatinatioa that bas marked the business
shout
lo.f therem....
..t Session,
..le.ng since attracted the :men.
cries or" Liberty 1--,-Tha Constitutionr—A
* • I von ars majesty s raimsters. Many of the Esti.
Mates still remain to tie voted i there are Money Bills
his''was then set up for the K sto come on the baleotyy;.
still to be brought in ; and the Appropriation Bill,
Majesty soon afterwards appeared and saluted'
them; the populace shouting, u Viva la Liberia!" , embodying the Grants of the Session, is still to he
ODESSA, JUNE El.
. introduced. So many failures to" make Houses" nevi.
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characterised any preceding Session ; and tiinn..li the
Advices from Constantinople of thelsth, announce
business of the House has accumulated so much, there
that the Porte has rejected, once for all, the propo- was ."
no House" en Tuesday ; and on Monday a
sitions of the mediating Ministers, and will no longer .House was obtained, not by .attendance of Ilernber,,
hear of them. . . abut by a Commission to give the Royal Assent to four
FRENCH FUNDS. JULY z
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a.--.E.:ve per Cents. opened
•Bills, each of such Commistions costing the count:l
• 15.—Five
nearly 1;1000 for fees alone I -
at 90f. 90 c.—Closed at 90 f. 65 c. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY yesterday mornina
sent a Circular .to Members, representing the die.
culties that had resulted froth the postponing so 7,._
peatedly the_ public business. His Lordship urged
the attendance of Members to enable Houses to lie
.made, and strongly dwelt on the impossibility di,
would be of even a closing the Session" util:2,:s
Members did attend. . .
Such letters, bearing the NOble Lord's signatu:-,
created an extraordinary sensation amon7q t! e
Members. The proceeding has had the wilithl-fk.r
effect. There was an attendance of about 254
Members in the early part of yesterday evening.
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HIGHGATE CHAPEL BILL.

There wa; to have been a Committee " Acre
stairs" yesterday on the Highgate Chapel Bill_
namely, the Bill that is to warrant the erection of :I
Chapel of Ease for Highgate out of the funds (now
amounting to, nearly 1.3,000 a-year) of Sir R. Chc,l-
- Free Grammar School—funds that are
pressly directed to " be applied to maintaining tle
said school, and to NO OTHER VA S;" but though C:e
parties asernhled—Members, Counsellors, attornitt,
agents, advi,ers, witnesses, &c. all in fearful atr.ty,
no Committee could be. formed. To stumble at tl:e
threshold, they say, is ominous. Tice omens
ing to those who are desircu , that the iltentio:ls (i
the founder—if a man really-have any controul 0r(.7
the disposition cf his own property—should be r..-
giously, legally and honestly, fulfilled.

As there was no Committee formed, and as the
patties assembled indulged in Some remarks in what
had become a public room, it may not be “ LUvu:
ing the secrets of the pri,on-house" to let the country
hliefly participate in the scenes and converse that .Ir.-
..irony occurred.
At twelve o'clock. Mr. BING was there, and thee
Mr. WIIMiIItIAD on his r g .t hand : they
both ardent supporters of the Bill.
Mr BING took the chair—that is, the seat set ar-t
for the Chairman, without, however, having been
voted to it, and he retained it, for two hours, thouo
there was no Committee. It required that there
should be present eight Members of the Home, cr
Metropolitan Districts; there was not such number,
although there were several Members present who re-
present different parts of the County. But Mr. lino
kept the Chair.
One hour having elapsed, Mr. Alderman W 0,.)
(who is one of the Committee, regularly named,
moved that the time for the meeting of the Compitut
should be adjourned.
Mr. IhNG —I shall not put that o.uestion. I will sit lea
(others may do as they please) till the Speaker goes to prayers.
Mr. Alderman WOOD the motion having hero secondtii:e.&
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-You may do as you please ; you ha% e not been voted into Cr
chair; there have not been, and there ale nut, ma:lent Marlitts
present to constitute a Committee ; and surely our hour f. qvlie
enough for us to wait. 1 shall quit the room ; and I Flit
against your proceeding. Let my name be withdrawn front the
Mr. Ilvr:c.—Let his name be withdrawn from the
he desires it ! Blit, Mr. Alderman Wood, you need not to
fearful about the Bill succeeding; you know' it is a d—::
qultous Bill, and, of course, it must be dth ated.'
Mr. Alderman Woon.—l have not, Mr. ;ling,
thing; I never swear. My disapprobation 01 the Hill wtll
known.

Mr. BYNC.—Ah! well! I shan't put the question. I
here till the Speaker goes to prayers; others may du as :!:ty
please; Mr. Alderman Wood may depart if he likes.
Mr. Aldertnaa Wooo.—lt is more than one •
Members present hive been here mote than one hmr. I yrate,t
against further proceedings, and I desire to have my name wit-
drawn.—Mr. BYNG—Erase his name.

Mr. Alderman 11'ood's name was accordingly trued, aze th:.:
Lion. Member then retired. •

A good deal of desultory conversation as to the merits of de
Bill ensued, which it is needless to notice; after which
Mr. IlitoesinAst, it being nearly two o'clock, inquired whether
the Members intended to continue there looking at one anoder?
If they did not resolve to adjourn, he must take the liberty •• to
adjourn himself."
It was arranged, after a good deal of conversation, that the
time of meeting should be adjourned till to-morrow (this day.;
one o'clock precisely. At two o'clock the Committee ::-
cordingly declared to stand adjourned till this day.