Star.
London, England, 1821-06-12 00:00:00

AUGSBURCII, MAY 23.

A part •f the Servians are, in fact, in arms; some
td their Chiefs are at their head; they are those whose
lives are in danger, and who were to have been be-
headed at Belgrade, whither they were invited to re-
pair. The fact, however, is, that there has been no
hostilities between the Servians and the Turks, who
are stationed in the fortresses•of that country.. The
insurrection which was 'said to have broken out in
Bulgaria, is of no consequence: there are, besides,
so many Ottoman troops in that Province, that it
would be impossible for the Greeks to make the
slightest attempt. The inhabitants of a few villages
have Red into the mountains, because they fear the
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vengeance of the Turks.

WnunEas a Bill has been brought into Parliament
Pdepopulate the country, but erroneously called a
or Lawt Amendment Bill, it is necessary it should
be known that the said Bill sets out upon sundry
false averments, which every marl who has anything
to do with the administration of the Poor Laws
must know to be so. The first " whereas" affirms,
that " the Poors'-rate has of late years greatly in-
creased," which should be corrected, and converted
into the contrary proposition—" whereas the Poors-rate has of late years been greatly diminished," for so
it has within these two or three years past.
In the neat " whereas," it is insinuated that there
is too much facility given to the pauper in obtaining
relief; instead of this, the preamble, to be agreeable
to truth, ought to run thus, " whereas numerous and
effectual impediments have been thrown by late Acts
of Parliament in the way of obtaining relief, first, by
its having been made necessary that the pauper
should apply to his Select Vestry, and that he should
have been by that Vestry refused, before a Magis-
trate can take cognizance of his complaint; and, se-
condly, by the Overseer having been enabled to relieve
the pauper, net by giving, but by lending him money,
and taking his engagement to repay the same."

The last " whereas" is not better supported by
facts than the other two ; and instead of the words,
" whereas the removal of the poor to their last legal
settlement is attended with great oppression to them,"
words to this effect should be introduced, " whereas
removals of the poor are now greatly diminished in
number and frequency, in consequence of the charge-
able paupers having been already transferred to their
respective places of settlement; and whereas in re-
spect of such removals, the change of residence is
more frequently beneficial than detrimental to the
pauper, because his removal is the consequence of an
absolute and total want of employment at the place
from which he is to be removed."

The House of Lords has in innumerable instances
been the bulwark of the liberties of the country.
Should this preliminary measure towards the spo-
liation of the poor teach the Upper House, we con-
fidently trust it will be thrown out with indigna-
tion, as a most unwise attempt to substitute artificial
and conventional technicalities, against nature, right,
justice, and policy.

It was reported yesterday very currently, upon the
authority of pretended intelligence received from
Constantinople, that the Palace of the British Lega-'
tion had been broken into by the Turks; and that the
Secretary of Legation (Mr. HAMILTON) had been as-
sassinated. It was moreover stated, with the same
confidence, and with equal truth, that the English
residents had been exposed to imminent risk, and, in
many instances, to personal violence. We are happy
to have it in our power to give a positive contradic-
tion to those rumours. At the height of the excesses
that had agitated the Turkish capital, the British na-
tion was respected ; and where individuals in the
confusion may have been exposed to insult, they
were confounded with the Freznks in general. We
have accounts from Constantinople of a later date
than the period at which thot,e outrages are said to
have been committed, and they are entirely silent on
the subject. Our advices are to the 12th ultimo,
and instead of noticing those pretended insults, they.
affirm, on the contrary, that the British Legation

had, in no instance, occasion to complain of ary abate;
ment of the respect which they had been in the habit
of receiving. We understand that Government have
received information to the same effect.

We•have also advices from Zante, through ship
arrivals at Marseilles, to the 19th of May, which state
that no recent news was received in the island from
the opposite contiaent. The Greeks, therefore, could
not have made any particular progress in that neigh-
-1 bourhood. However, it is reported that they have
been more fortunate at sea; and, it is said, that a
number of their corsairs (eighty sail) had captured
two Tut kish sloops of war. They had collected in
this force for the purpose of making, at an early
period, a descent upon Scio, in order to levy a heavy
contrbutiion on the Greek inhabitants, to defray the
expenses of the insurrection. The Turkish garrison
amounted only to a few hundred men ; and the Greeks
entertained confident expectations that they should
dispose of them easily. But the consequences of such
a descent would probably be an alarm at Chesme,
and the massacre of the Greeks at Smyrna.

The following is an Extract of a Letter received
from the Agent to Lloyd's, at Constantinople, dated
the 10th of May :
" Though some more alarming disturbances broke
out here soon after last post, I am happy to add that
tranquillity has prevailed for some days, and we
have hopes of its continuance.
" Under existing circumstances, and in considera-
tion of the report of some of the Greek Islands being
in a state of revolt, I have suggested to his Excel-
lency, our Ambassador, the advantage and necessity
of some protection for our trade through the Archi-
pelago, which he has promised to take into imme-
diate consideration.

" The Ann, LONCRIDGE ; Elizabeth, CALAUNI ;
Coburg, FARMAN, and Daphne, Lt.twELLYN, are de-
tained in the BOsphorus by eoturary winds."

We are sorry to announce the death of the Coun-
tess of LIVERPOOL. Her Ladyship, after a long ill-
ness, expired this morning at Fife House, Whitehall.

His Royal Highness Prince LEOPOLD and the
Duchess of KENT, attended by Sir ROBERT GAR.
DINER and Colonel ADDENBEOKE, yesterday honoured
Mr. MXTTIIEW WYATT with a visit to view the three
figures which are finished in marble for the Ceno-
taph to the memory of the late Princess CHARLOTTE.'
Hts Royal Highness was deeply affected; and the
Duchess of KENT appeared also to be much inte-
rested. Their Royal llighnesses expressed the highest
approbation of the work. The Royal party pro-
ceeded from thence to call on- the Earl and Countess
GROSVENOR, to view their splendid mansion, pictures,
&c. The Royal party partook of a collation. • •
Lord HENNIKER is seriously indisposed, at his house
in Grosvenor-square.
Yesterday the Duke of CLARENCE and the Prin-
cess AUGUSTA took an excursion down the River
Thames. Their Royal Highnesses took water on
board a pleasure-barge at Vauxhall-bridge.
Yesterday the Duchess of KENT visited the Duchess
of CLARENCE, and dined with her Royal relative.
The Duchess of BEDFORD has issued cards of in-
vitation for a splendid Ball on Friday, the 22d instant.
Sir RICHARD and Lady BURROUGHS entertained,
yesterday, the Duchess of RICHMOND, the Ladies
Labtrrox, and a distinguished party, at their house in
Berkeley-square. .
Advices have been received from Chili to the 28th
of February. The Papers are chiefly filled with the
official detail of the operations of SAN MARTIN in
Pern, which convey a high idea not only of the mi-
litary tactics of that General, but of his skill in the
more difficult art of negotiation. His representations
appear to have induced the secession from the cause
of Spain of all the principal ports on the Pacific, to-
gether with many of the towns and districts of the
interior; thus drawing a cordon' of insurrection on
the land side of Lima, while the harbour of Callao is
blockaded by Lord COCHRANE. As SAN MARTIN
relies very confidently on a strong party even within
the walls of the capital, his object is understood to be,
not to make an attack to which his force is inade-
quate, but to wait patiently till the partisans of In-
dependence gain the ascendency. His system of for-
bearance has led him also, in his advance on Lima,
to hazard engagements as little as• possible; but
whenever compelled to fight, his troops have generally
been successful. The late Viceroy, PEZUELA, appears
to have made several attempts at negotiation; but
SAN MARTIN refused to listen to any of them.

The English vessels captured by Lord COCHRANE,
on the ground that they had Spanish property on
board, have all arrived at Valparaiso for adjudica-
tion. The Captain of the Edward Ellice, in a letter
to his owners from that port, inculpates with much
severity the conduct of Lord COCHRANE, who, lie
contends, used the most unfair means to prevent his
communication with the Captain of the British fri-
gate ANDROMACHE, then at Callao, to obtain inter-
ference in his behalf. Ile considers his Lordship's
intention to have been to detain him, with the Lord
Suffield and the Indian, till Lima should surrender,
for adjudication there. The instant the Commander
of the ANDROMACHE heard of the circumstance, how-
ever, he insisted on their being sent to Valparaiso.—
It is believed that the cargoes will be condemned,
but that the vessels will be relcaied. Two French
ships of war, the Colosse, 74., and the Galatea fri-
gate, arrived off Lima the beginning of February, and
proceeded a few days after to the port of Iluacho.
Letters, dated the 10th of March, have been re-'
ceived from Buenos Ayres. They arc far from ex-
plicit on the internal state of the City and Province,
which, however, does not appear to have regained its
tranquillity. SARRATEA and RAMIREZ were at the
head of some troops in Entre Rios, and threatened
the city with an attack. CARRERA was in Mendoza,
but without giving rise to the apprehension of any
meditated movements on Lis part. The office of Go-
vernor of Buenos Ayres was still held by RouliwoLz.
Commerce had become extremely limited, in con..c-
. quence of the uncertainty that prcvailiql as to sic
future prosfects of the cuuuti y.