Star.
London, England, 1822-02-01 00:00:00

KNIGHTSBRIDGE AFFRAY.

I,

The Requisition fur calling the Court for the con-
sideration of the above subject having been read, as
well as the Report of the Committee,
Mr. FAVELL said, that often as he had occasion to
trouble the Court upon special summons, he trusted
he should be able to make out the propriety of his
having proposed the calling this Special Court. He
felt grateful to the Committee for its luminous Re-
port, borne out as it was by irresistible evidence. He
thought it impossible that this Report should not be
received and agreed to. The evidence was strangely
coincident after a lapse of two months from the trans-
action, with the exception of one Gentleman, con-
nected with a Ministerial paper ; and who could not
be expected to speak very favourably. He (Mr. Favell)
could not believe that there would be any hesitation
in applauding the conduct of the late worthy Sheriff,
in whose person the honour of the City of London,
and the peace of the country, and the rights of their
fellow-countrymen had been violated. This had
been dune by a riotous soldiery, unrestrained by their
Officers or the Magistrates, to an Officer whose au-
thority was greater than any Nobleman, or other, in
the county. His authority existed before standing
armies were known ; and was greater over that very
soldiery than that of the Duke of Wellington him-
sAf. Had the Sheriff not been there, and hazarded
his life to keep the peace, the King's Guards would
have been in danger ; and he, himself, would have
been calumniated, as wishing that the soldiery and
populace should commit breaches of the peace. Go-
vei =rent left the Sheriff totally unsupported by a
Magistrate, even to assist him in keeping down a
disorderly soldiery ; at the same time he (Mr. Favell)
did not nie.in to defend the conduct of the people.—
Goveinnient had also resisted the generous British
feeling being she..vir to the much•injured and Illus.
smusQueen. If the disembodied spirit of our Queen
could have seen the destruction of the lives of two of
her subjects, on the day of her funeral, she would
have said with the mighty Crsar, when he saw Brutus
about to stab—" This was the unkindest cut of all.",

Was not long years of peelecutioa enough—and a
Bill of Pains and Penalties ?
Mr.Caocaga rose to order. This had nothing to
do with the business befo:e the Court.
Mr. Favet.i. contended, that the irritated feelings of "
the people, on the day of the Queen's funeral, gave
rise to the disturbances at Knightsbridge, and might
have cost the worthy Sheriff his life. After blood
had been shed, and the worthy Sheriff of London en-
dangered and insulted, what could be said of Govern-
ment, and Lord 13athurst above all, refusing to insti-
tute an inquiry into such transactions? He con-
cluded by moving—" That the COurt should agree
with the Report of the Committee." He should then,
he said, move—" That the Court could not but view
with alarm, the growing use of the military, instead
of the civil power ; and that a Petition, praying for
inquiry into the affray at Knightsbridge, should be
presented to the House of Commons."
Mr. Elate seconded the motion. He should be
deficient in the feelings of an Englishman, if he gave
a silent vote on this subject. An inquiry had been
asked, and refused by Government; and it was their
duty to seek for it elsewhere. The Committee had
made an impartial examination of those connected
with the Public Press who were there ; and also the
persons stationed by the worthy Sheriff to preserve"
the public peace. Painful it was that they should so
often have to complain that Ministers should on all'
occasions use the military instead of the civil power.
Government took no means to prevent an attack on
the People by their own soldiery. The Sheriff alone
had to protect the public peace of the county and the
lives of the people from a mad and infuriated sol-
diery. He had.no doubt that {here was a desire to
entrap the worthy Sheriff on that occasion. He main-
tained the necessity of petitioning the House of Com-
mons to prevent any such military interference or
outrage in future.
Mr. JUPP spoke to the important view which the
Committee took of this subject, without reference to
any party or persons whatever. He also declared,
that the Reporter for the Ministerial Paper that had
been alluded to, had given his evidence with much
fairness, and in a gentlemanlike manner. That evi-
dence, as well as all the rest, slimed that the conduct
of the Sheriff had been most courageous and conci-
liatory ; evincing an ardent desire to prevent the
effusion of human blood. He allowed that our sol-
diers had the highest feelings of men, as well as citi-
zens; and the Es-Sheriff exerted himself to prevent
their feelings from being outraged. But how little
did the Officer commanding the soldiers know of
human nature! He would not assist the Sheriff; but
let out his men, saving he would keep them no longer
prisoners. He (Mfr. Jupp) would cautiously abstain
from a hint at which party was the aggressor : but
the worthy Sheriff deserved the thanks of his coun-
try, for, in his opinion, his conduct prevented much
bloodshed.—The first motion was put and carried,
OA the shew of hands.

Mr. S. Dixox then rose, amid loud cries of "The
Question has been carried !"

Mr. FAVELL declared himself to be in his Lord-
ship's hands.
The LORD MAYOR declared the question decided.
Mr. FAVELL should not have been against hearing
the dissent of the worthy Gentleman, it it had not
been for the lateness of the hour. He had now to
move his Resolution for a Petition to Parliament,
founded on the Report. He had this duty to perform
to the Citizens of London, and those of the country
at large. If they did not follow up enquiry by some
such measure, what would the People say, but that
they made a parade, but cared nothing about the
lives or privileges of their fellow-countrymen ?-11e
then moved his Resolution.—Mr. EICKR seconded it.
Mr. S. DIXON wished to know whether it was not
the Mover and Seconder that had been the cause of,
throwing this discussion late in the day ? He was,
most anxious that this business should go before the
British House of Commons, because then both sides
of the question would be heard. The Committee had
heard all on one side— Cries of " No, no !" J.—lle
had no doubt that the Ex-Sheriff, at Knightsbridge,
meant well; but he wished to know whether he had
had any communication with the persons managing
those funerals? He wished to know why those two
ill-conducted funerals were carried to Hammersmith,
where neither of the persons were resident ; and on a
Sunday, of all days in the week, when the people
were sure to assemble in great numbers ? Referring
to Alderman Waithman in the Minutes, there was a
note to the printed evidence," See Riots"—(Laughter).
So that under the head Riots, they even find the wor-
thy Ex-Sheriff. He repeated his anxiety that this
matter should undergo the investigation of Parliament.
Mr. JUPP could not, from every examination, draw
the conclusion that there was an attempt to assassi-
nate Alderman Waithman.

Mr. FAVELL proposed to alter the Resolution, an
attempt to assassinate.

Mr: CROCKER agreed with Mr. Jupp, that no one
could come to the conclusion that there was any at-
tempt to assassinate the. worthy Sheriff. He would
go every levh to bring the man to justice, who was
said by the Sheriff to have pointed his carbine to-
wards him ; but the witnesses proved that though
they saw the carbine loaded it was not directed to-
wards the worthy Sheriff. One of them said that he
saw a soldier load his carbine, as he believed, but
some persons intervened, and in his opinion he would
have fired at the Sheriff if he had not been afraid of
shooting one of his own comrades, who was between
them. Levy, the Sheriff's officer, said, the soldier was
waving his carbine and not pointing it to any one in
particular. If he had been on his oath he could not
swear that the soldier aimed at Sheriff Waithman.
From the evidence, therefore, no man, could say that
a charge of attempt at assassination had been borne
out. He had no reason to assume that Government
had not instituted any inquiry. He was anxious for
an investigation before the House of Commons, be-
cause that would, he believed, satisfy the Public.
Mr. HURCOMBE said, one of the witnesses whom
the worthy Member had not read through, did prove
that the soldier was moving about his carbine in the
direction of the Sheriff; and could any one then
doubt that his intention was to murder that merito.
rious public Officer, whose firm, manly, and digni-
fied manner and tune, had, in his opinion, prevented
this from becoming a second Manchester massacre.
Mr. GALLOWAY was persuaded, that if any other
man had done half so much for the Public, every citi-
zen would come forward to do him honour for it. The
worthy Sheriff had displayed as much prudence, and

LONDON.

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1522.
STOCK EXCHANGE, ONE O'CLOCK.

The market continues in statu quo: not the slightest
fluctuation has taken place this morning. The chief
sales have been in the heavy Stocks, particularly the
Five per Cents. and the orders from the country still
continue for selling out. A portion of the proceeds
have been invested in foreign securities, which have
generally improved in price, particularly Spanish
Bonds.—Current Pi ices :
Bk. St. 238% 239% Ya —3 per Ct. Red. 763/4 Ys
3 per Cent. Conc. 761/3 76 1/8
:Pi: per Cent. $7 A 7/8-1. per Cent. 96% 34 1/2
3 rer Cent. N.lvy Aims. 1071/4 3/8 1/4
Bank Lr'ng Annuities 19 7-16 V 2
Imperial 3 per Cents. 76
India Stock 235% 239—India Bonds 775. 7-k.
South Sea Stock 84%
Exchequer Bills of £3,000, ss. 6s.
Ditto small ss. 7s.—Cons. for Acct. 76 y, .

At a late hour this forenoon we receives the Paris
Papers of Tuesday. The only articles of foreign in-
telligence they contain of the slightest importance is
an extract from the Austrian Observer, stating that
the Greeks have been put in possession of Athens,
which they are converting into a strong position ; a
report that the Persians are retreating from Turkey ;
and an article from Madrid, dated the 17th ultimo,
containing some speculations on the formation of the
New Ministry. The moderate Liberals aie said to
have designated M. CALATRAVA for the Ministry of
Justice, Count TORRENO for the Finances, and MAR•
TINEZ de la ROSA for the Interior. They are all
Members of the Cortes.

Another long debate took place in the Chamber of
Deputies on Monday, on M. de SERRE'S Lass' Project
relating to the Press. The discussion was upon the
fourth Article of the Law, proposing to punish the
exciting to hatred or contempt of the King's Govern-
ment with an imprisonment of from one month to
four years, and a fine from 1.50 to 5,000 francs.
M. DA RRIEU proposed as an amendment, that for
the words " King's Government" there should be sub-
stituted " Representative Government;" and that an
addition proposed by the Committee, that the Law
" should not affect the right of discussion, and the
cencuting of the acts of the Ministers," should be
struck out.

M. DOVERGIER proposed that the Law should not
affect the right of discussing and censuring the acts
of Constituted Bodies, Ministers, and other Agents
of Authority.

M. Da R RI eu spoke strongly against the law, which,
he contended, was destructive of the Liberty of the
Press in its principal points, that of discussing all the
acts of Ministers. " I would," said he, " defend the
Government; but that Government only which is
founded upon the Charter: it is with this object that
I have proposed an amendment, in which I persist."
Count DLIIIANIEL defended the Article as amended;
in the Committee. A means of attack the most dan-
gerous in France, he said, " was that of contempt
not the contempt of things unworthy or unestimable,
but that which turned into ridicule persons and things
the most respectable."
General For said, the amendment of the Com-
mittee was contrary to the Charter ; and accused the
Ministers of having scandalously and traitorously
su?pressed the word " constitutional," after those ef
" Royal authority." This assertion created consider-
able tumult, during which several Members spoke
to order.

General FOY resumed.—There was no other Royal
Authority but the Royal Constitutional Authority—
to suppress the word Constitutional, was treason to
the State and public scandal (cries of.' Order, order").
The PRESIDENT, after ringing his bell for some
minutes, at length obtained leave to be heard. Ile
said, to speak of a preceding decision of the Chamber
as an act of treason, was an insult to the Chamber,
and he, therefore, must call the speaker to order.
General Fov said, if the word " Constitutional"
offended the Chamber, there was a very simple
and easy means of making reparation, by adopting
the amendment of his friend, M. Darrieu—( Cries of
'Bravo!' to the !eft ; aa,d to thc right. ll'hat insoknce )
The General said, he knew how much the words "the
King's Government" had buen abused in cei tain

gal and unconstitutional circulars, which had ,
written by the Prefects. He held in his hand
.4 lert
written by the Prefect of the Seine, in the Kik
name, to all the Electors of the first Electoral '
in Paris, which called on them to express their
titude to the King in nominating the President
Electoral College."
The reading of this letter excited considerable

nishment and emotion in the Chamber.
M. B. CONSTANT spoke to order.
The Minister of the Interior, M. Conattar,wi
to explain. The letter alluded to was printed,
ought to have been sent to all the Electors; 1,41
it had been so sent or not he did not know; the
ject of the letter was not to obtain suffrages b,
honourable means, and was t 3 be sent to every i
tor without any distinction as to their political
nions. This explanation did not appear to v4A
Chamber, and a desultory and tumultuous deb,
ensued, which continued some time.

M. DUDON, amidst numerous interruption,
posed the Amendment.
M. MisnuEt. supported the amendment of M.
RIEU. He went into a retrospective examina:
the claims of the French Monarchs on the n.
love and gratitude, and said, their memories
were cherished in proportion to the benefits t!:(
conferred on France. We do not, said he,
Louis XIV. for the revocation of the Edict of I\
A voice to the right said—" Do you esteem
XVI.?"—" Yes," replied M. Manuel, " for
signed and accepted the Constitution of 17(,)1
Ak.9—only we regret that the acceptance on 1,
was so soon forgotten."
A voice to the right—By the conspirator;
20th of June and 10th of Atigu-t—(Mack agi
After a very tumultuous debate, the PUE'
put the ameadment of M. DAURIEU, which
jected by a large nnijority.
M. CASIMER PERI ER proposed an amendment
the present law " should not extend to the r
discussing and censuring the acts of the Mi
nor the acts of the Royal Authority previous
Charter."

M. de SERRE begged leave to oppose
Amendments, as not calculated to ensure the
sought for even by those who proposed them.
AIM. PA RDESSUS, CHAUVELIN, de CORCELL
several other Members, spoke, when the new .1
ments were put to the vote, and rejected ; the
Article, as amended in the Committee, was tip
ried, and the Chamber adjourned at seven
to Tuesday.
FRRNCH FUNDS.—Monday, Five per Cents.

A Flanders Mail, bringing Brussels Papers
29th of January, reached us this forenoon. Th.
lowing are extracts :
ODESSA, JANUARY 1.
As the wind continues to be favourable, w(
received for some days past news of a very
date from Constantinople. Some vessels have
here which sailed from that city on the 29th
cembcr, and they have brought private letter.
28th. At that time the city was tolerably t:
The Porte had publicly announced that ho,
with the Persians had finally ceased ; and ii
consequence withdrawn its declaration of wa;
Persians who were imprisoned are stated
been set at liberty. The termination of this
which is of such great importance to Tu;
ascribed to the prompt intervention of Englan,
yet there are some people who do not beliel
this affair is entirely settled.
The French Ambassador has been receive,l
Government with much respect. The Porte ‘‘b
the most profound silence respecting the It u.!
timatum ; there is nothing surprising in this : U
ments do not usually acquaint the Public ‘%
progress of negotiations of this kind, and the T.
Government is still less communicative than an
At all events it must wait for the answer of the
net of St. Petersburgh, which may make somt
fication in the actual state of the negeciations.
exertiois are making to equip the fleet for
expedition.
HAMM:RCM JANUARY 03:

We learn that the Academic Senate of the Univer-
sity of Upsal has been under the necessity of taking
serious measures to repress some disorders n•hich have
taken place among the students.

Baron Dulberg, who is at Aschaffenberz, a: it-
ten to one of his f, iends at Copenhagen, that ,tl).'la
500 brave combatants, who are going to off Oleir
services to the Greeks to defend their liberty, are 4:
this moment assembled at Leghorn, where (...0
them receives, up to the moment of emi,a:kati..r.
two paoli and a half daily, from Mr. Watrea,
Agent in that city. These generous men, wh'se e:),Y
wish is to combat for the sacred cause of the Greek',
have a great benefactor in the person of Mr.
weber, at the Hague. who has contributed to this rcEe
purpose the sum of 2,500,000 Dtttch florins.

BRUSSELS, JANUA RY cs.
Letters from Odessa, of the 2d January, coo6rnt
the news of the tragical death of the Persian PriGc''
Mahoinet Ali Mirza, who was found dead in his ten'.
This extraordinary event has given birth to nunierces
conjectures, which time alone can clear up ; mean-
time the Cheeks in Odessa are in consternation, for
they had built great hopes on a Prince whom 01,1
justly considered as a formidable enemy to Tin key.
His Majesty, by a Decree of the..l4„ has appoiomd
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.4:ion of the poor in all the Provinces of the Kingdom
of the Netherlands.
ELBERFIELD,JANUARY 18.

The Gazelle de Mallet:et had laid a trap for those
credulous journalists who adopt, without discernment
.)r examination, all articles of news favourable to the
party which they defend. It inserted, in the princi-
pi part of its Paper, an article from Venice, stating
that an Italian Captain, named Busiardo (in Italian,
Liar) had arrived in that port, and brought news:
that a Greek vessel had taken the forts of the Darda-
nelles, on the Asiatic side, and had thence bombarded
the arsenal of Constantinople ; that, after this, nego-
tiations had been entered upon with the Greeks, &c.
The wicked Journalist then placed at the end of the
advertisements, and in the same type as they are
printed, a notice that this article from Venice was en-
tirely his own invention, and a trial to ktiow whether
he might lie like many others. The Neckar Gazelle
copied this article, observing, however, that « it
seemed to want confirmation." As for our Journal,
it eagerly published the article. Thus we see how
well we are supplied with news I
NVe may place in the same class the information
given to-day by the Correspondent of Germany, that
on the lith of this month a Russian courier brought
to Munich the Russian Declaraticn of War against
the

Later accounts say nothing of this Declaration; the
effic:.ll notice of which would cause a great sensa-

tin in Europe.

A Spanish Mail,. bringing letters and papers from
3lad: id to the 18th ultimo, reached us last night:—
we have also a mass of intelligence from other parts
of the Peninsula. The Papers of the 15th ult. con-
m the account of the submission of Cadiz, JAMAS'
having delivered up the command to Romaars on
the 10th ultimo.

The Universal of the 16th, mention; sortie new, but
till provisional appointments, viz. Don JUAN BAU-
TISTA ES-TELLER, and Don CERONINIO LOBO, Chiefs
el' the Section of the Secietary of War; and Don
FRANCIsCO SEVERO STERLING, Serjeant-Major of the
fortress of Porto-Rico, Clerk (official) of the same Se-
cretariat, in the room of Lieutenant-Colonel Don
JOSE DE HEZETA.

A letter of the 17th ult. from Madrid, states, that
one of the Commissioners appointed by Gen. O'Do-
NOJU to convey a copy of the Treaty of Cordova to
Europe, and to explain his motives for having ac-
ceded to it, had arrived at Madrid. Two Commis-
sioners were named for this purpose, but one of them
died on the voyage. The surviving Commissioner
had waited on PELEGRINI, Minister of L'llramar, but
had not been able, at the date of the letters, to obtain
an interview. The Minister had not refused to meet
him, but had avoided it on one pretest or the other.
He was endeavouring, therefore, to 'procure an inter-
vi.,w with the KING, and it was supposed that favour
would be granted him.

'I he arrival of this Commissioner, however, on
whose mission the fate of so large a portion of ultra-
marine Spain depended, could not remain a secret
among the political circles at Madrid. There he had
found access, and circulated freely his defence of the
Late Viceroy of Mexico. O'DosoJu, be had declared
to his friends, had no other alternative, in the state in
which he found Mexico, than to accede to the treaty
of Cordova. lie also stated, that APODACA, Conde
de VENADITO, and Marshal NOVELLA, who preceded
General O'DoNon in the office of Viceroy of Mexico,
had both sent assurances to the Government at
Madrid, that under similar circumstances they must
have acted exactly as General O'Doxoju had done ;
thus removing all doubts, if any previously existed,
of his prudence and honourable conduct. The Com-
missioner is prepared to demon,trate to the Ministers
at Madrid (says the letter), that the independence of
New Spain is established so completely, that no hopes
remain of restoring it to the dominion of the Govern-
ment in Europe. The affairs of Mexico, it appears,
are a point of much difficulty with the Spanish Ca-
binet, and little probability exists of their coming to
any decision as to the course to be pursued. A Re-
port to the Government on the affairs of the ultra-
marine provinces Was to be presented to the Cones
oa the lbth ult.

It appears that the disturbances, which the last
Spanish Mail announced to have broken out at Va•
lencia on the 7th, continued on the two following
days. There had been some discord between the Ar-
tillery and the Cuirassiers of the garrison, which
having been amicably adjusted, deputations from dif-
ferent regiments met to celebrate the union and friend-
ship which all the corps of the garrison had swots
to observe. A procession, in which were persons of
both sexes, accompanied by music, was got up to
celebrate this union. This procession was offended
by the cries of a crowd collected at the corner of a
street. Among the cries was Viva Riego—not for
the uurpose of " doing honour to the worthy Gene-
ral," says the account in the Universal, " but to dis-
turb the union and order." A scuffle ensued, and the
crowd was dispersed. In the evening of the 9th,
however, part of the Militia, joined to the populace.
renewed the riot. The regiment of Zamora was
brought out against them, on which they threatened
to lite, but did not execute their purpo.e. The other
cot `s of the garrison then matched cut with four
pieces of artillery, and it thus appearing that the
troops %vete determined to support the Authorities,

tranquillity was restored. Among the persons ar- '
rested is a Colonel of Militia. On the 10th, and the
11th, until eight o'clock, when the Courier set out,
the town continued perfectly quiet. Our-private let-
ters state, however, that the affair is not likely to end
thus; the Militia having vowed vengeance against
the Artillery of the garrison for firing on a group of
citizens, without giving them any notice to disperse.
Several persons were by this rash proceeding killed
and wounded; and among.the former the son of an
eminent Barrister, a youth of fourteen, who was re-
turning from his class, and who had no concern in
the disturbance.