Star.
London, England, 1820-10-16 00:00:00

RIO JANEIRO, AUG usr 1.

41 We have received communications from Monte
Video to the ISth July, which refer to accounts re-
ceived from Buenos Ayres to the Bth of the same
month. Brigadier Soler, in Luzon, was proclaimed
Chief of the State of Buenos Ayres, and it was in-
tended he should oppose the forces with which the
pretender, Albear, proposed to seize on the Govern-
ment, and for which purpose he was marching on the
capital. The principal Authorities' seemingly not
satisfied with the choice, and fearful of the awkward
predicament in which they were placed, took the
prudent determination of flying to La Colonia del
Sacramento. The two armies met near the capital,
and after a bloody battle, victory decided in favour
of Albear. Soler, being entirely abandoned by his
people, succeeded in also effecting his escape for
Colonia del Sacramento. One of his Officers, of the
highest rank, named Pagola, was able to get back to
Buenos Ayres before Albear, and having collected
WO men, bad roused the people, and disposed them
against Albear, and measures of defence were adopted.
Albear persists in his enterprise, so that by the first
arrival we may expect to hear of that unhappy
country being involved in fresh anarchy and ronfu-
sion. The districts of the interior present the same
horrid picture. The Province of Santiago del Estero,
in a state of war against Tucumen, that of San Juan
against Mendoza, &c. The communication between
Chili and Buenos Ayres have been interrupted for
some time past, for which reason, and the non-ar-
rival of vessels from the Pacific, we have no news
from that quarter. Carrera goes on with his pre-
parations against O'Higgins and San Martin, and he.
will be aided by Albear, as soon as he gains the
ascendancy, which he inevitably will, such is the
State of the country at present.
" X vessel from Monte Video brings us letters
from Buenos Ayres of the Bth of July, on which day
Albear, at the head of his forces, occupied' the Car-
Tales de Miserere, half a mile" from Buenos Ayres,
having defeated Soler in his position, about twelve
leagues from that place, and, obliged him to [Vol
Colonia. Albeaes forces were composed of the corPs
formerly denominated the Army of Peru, under tbe
late General Belgrano, the Chileans collected by Car:
rera, some Cavalry frora Santa Fe, and emigrants
from Buenos Ayres. The contest is said 'to have been
sever,; but as this rests entirely on the reports if the
fugitives, whi'eh I conceive to be Aross ezaiggerati'..9ns,
the paiticulaxs.• 114 Of the
I suspend giving yOP
Commanders under Soler, Colonel Pagola, at the
Mid of Qnly 200 men, contrived to make goad his
retreat to Buenos Ayres ; and it is said, that he Fn.:
deavOurs to excite the plc to resist Allic4i, by
cutting ditChei across ate ithets, lining the fiat roe6'
pitch muSketry, &c: It 'fen:tains!. IscrieTey; 'very
doubtful whether Albeai Oats 1)e IEeP! out.
ti In the Province of Entre Taos tsVo'Citiefs, for-
Pll7 friends Aqisas b..!.sofn! v) Nen with
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various Meets. Aguiar sOrptimpa small ebTos be:r
longing tb.Ramirez, the Governor of Entre Rios, and ,
dispersed it ; but has since been himself attacked and
defeated by Rirnires in person. It is said, that a
stzong Portuguese expedition, under the command of
Brigadier Zalclao, is preparing to march into Entre
Rios, to !sake peabe.
ae At Buenos Aytes they bad no news from Chili,
but we have advices from Valparaiso to the 14th
May. They continue to describe the reparations
for the 'expedition to the coast of Peru. I'he Spanish
[ squadron at Callao remained there, without yen-
' taring out. In about ten days his Majesty's ship Su-
perb sail from hence, to convey Marshal Beres-
ford to Lisbon. The Veugeur will return to the
River Plate on the arrival of the June packet."

THE EVENING STAR.

LONDON.

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, MONDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1820.
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THE QUEEN.

If our Readers were surprised by the disclosures
of Friday respecting Rasiiiii, the Milan Commission,
Mr. Powat.n, and his employers, we think they could
be no less amazed at the attempts made on Saturday
to screen the misdoings of POWELL. It has been
alleged, that an Agent in a prosecution cannot be
called upon to disclose any of the communications of
his employers. But, as correctly observed by one of
their Lordships, " if the House of Lords be the pro.
secutors," as they are made to be by a fiction of law,
" have they not a right to examine their own Agent,
to ascertain whether he has violated his orders, or
abused their confidence?"
And we beg to put another question, which ought
to receive a satisfactory answer.—As the House of
Lords are held to be omnipotent as to the exercise
of all pouters that tan be called into action, for
the safety and protection of every member of the
Royal Family, is it not competent for any Lord to
move, that a new Secret Committee be appointed, to
examine the communications and other doturnents
which have passed between Colonel BROWN and Mr.
POWELL, or between any of the parties or agents on the
part-of the prosecution, and to report whether these
do, or not, furnish grounds for believing that any of
these parties have been actually engaged in a conspira-
cy against a PRINCESS in the line of succession to the
Throne. We hold this to be in the power of the Lords;
and,tin our consciences, after what has transpired, we
think their Lordships are called upon to adopt this
proceeding in justice to her MaJesry,—if they wish
to maintain with the PAblic the character of equi-
table Judges. Le; it not be said that such a pro-
cedure might defeat the ends of the prosecution.
If the ends are wicked they ought to be defeated. If
a plot has been formed against the QUEEN, it ought
to be exposed, and the contrivers—be they who they
may—to receive condign punishment. ii; on oe
contrary, as their Lordships profess, their only object
is " substantial justice," let the country have evidence,
of this, by a thorough investigation of every act of
the enemies of the QUEEN, as connected with the
present trial—of every ac: of Ministers as connected
with the Milan Commission—of every proceeding of
that Commission—and of the Agents of that Com-
mission, whether called couriers, or by whatever,
name. Subornation of witnesses against the QUEEN
has been proved in evidence, and the general voice
of the Nation protests against any evasion of justice,
by an "adherence to the practice of the Courts be-
low." The proceedings of the House of Lords in
the present trial are in their very basis different from
those of the lower Courts ; and, if justice be sought,
it cannot be obtained by building.upn this basis the
practice of the common Courts of Lavi.
Individuals may deceive themselves, while they
mean only to deceive others. The Public will never
be convinced that " substantial justice" is sought for
by the judges of her MAJESTY, ,if any impediment
whatever, founded on the practicet of " the Courts
below," be interposed to prevent the 'evil-doings of
the enemies and conspirators against the Queers from
being brought to light. Why was the case brought
before their Lordships, but because they could do
what " the Coons below" hall no power to do ?-*
•And shall the People of England be told that this,
that, and the oilier' question, shall not be put to any
particular witness, becinse, forsooth, the answer may
criminate the witness or some other person?—Yea,
that it may criminate some other person than the
Chinn Of BOLAND! The answer may fix on some
individual or individnali the crime of perjury, or of
conspiracy against her -MaJirgry=and does not
44 suUmetial justice? require that such iniquity
should be exposed and' punished ? ' Is it fittiog
is it jostl in such a case as this, ' that 'the
High Court of Parliament ihould be fettered with
those shackles that bind the levier Coiiiti? The
thought is monstrous,..-and so do the people of Eng-
land view alt-the shuffling and hiding that stands
Connected with the present proceedings ; and which I
is every *day becoming more palpable. Substantial
justke being the aim of their Lordships, they are
Cbound to insure it without regarding the conse-
quences to any person on e'irth. Substantieljestioe
is 'poi ohtained if it be, by *ny means whateyer, pre-
vented from reaching the accusers. their emissaries,
and agents: li the destnictic;e'er liey MAJESTT to
WlOllllll4 and that too Without twine or danger a

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any kiad to her enemies ? Would thii be justice/is--;
irristuudieljeariUer—Lawyets may contend for the
affirmative; but common sense, Truth, Justice, the
People of England, will ever holcrthe contrary.
It is maintained, that the House of Lords cannot
be suspected of any unfair bias ; that their rank and
character place them beyond the reach of suspicion,
as regarding the Quays. Shall it, then, be sus-
pected for a moment that so high a Tribunal would
not dispktue equal justice to those who are suspected
—perhaps unjustly—of foul practices against her
MAJzirry?- Would not the nature of the docu-
ments submitted to such a Committee as we have

recommended, be as safe against any improper or
injurious disclosure, as were those of the Milan Com-
mission which were submitted to the former Commk-
tee ? Something must be done to ascertain the truth
or falsehood of the conspiracy with which certain un-
known individuals stand chargeable, by the state in
which the evidence, in this most important cause,
now is placed ; and if this be not done, the people of
England will not believe that substantial fit:lice has

been done, however much and often any man, or set
of men, may talk a about it, and about it."
As to the evidence of Mr. JOHN ALLAN Powsu.,
the Agent of the Milan Commission, it completely
confirms the testimony of GAIDALINI and Pour, that
Rastelli is a perjured villain and a suborner of wit-
nesses ; for Mr. PowsLL swears that Rastelli was
seat out as the person best qualified to allay the
apprehensions of the relatives of the Cotton Garden
gang, being acquainted with the relatives, whereas
Rastelli himself swore, that he never knew anything
of even the witnesses (not to say sorbing of thew
relatives) till he brought them over from Italy.
Of course, we must try to believe Mr. Powro,L, the
Agent of the Mile" anonniseion, mita than Rastelli.
There u one difficulty, to be sure, respecting Mr.
Powsces evidence, which, however, we shall leave
to others to get over how they can. When Rastelli,
in his evidence, disavowed any knowledge of the
witness, Mr, Powst.r. was present; or, at all events,
he had the means of seeing his evidence in print, for
he has regularly lying before him, while attending
the Trial, a copy of the printed Eiidence. But Mr.
Powitz swore—Mr. Powell., the principal Agent in
the prosecution, swore-4, I don't recollect having
read the evidence of Rastelli"!!!

• The statement. of Lord Ltveapoor,, that he sent
off a courier to bring back Rastelli as soon as he
knew that he had left the country, involves something
very singular and curious. On the 18th of Septem.
ber, Mr. Huse, in his place in the House of Com-
mons, informed Lord CASTLEREAGH [pray could his
Lordship require to be informedj of the fact of Ras-
tell having left England for Italy, and asked by I
whose orders Rastelli had been sent away? Mark the
fact—a Mihister was publicly called upon to declare
by whose orders this miscreant was sent away—this
was on the 18th of September, and reported in all the
Newspapers of the 19th—and yet it appears that the
first courier sent off afterwards, by another Minister,
was on the twenty-eighth of epterober—ten dais
lafter the public notice was given. Is not this as
amazing. as the circumstance of PoweLL'a want of
recollection as to the oral evidence of Rastelli, or his
having read the printed evidence afterwards?
It is not with us to reconcile such proceedings with
correctness and consistency. Let es weight of dta•
racier!' help the matter out ; but justice to an insulted
country requires that every ramification of the dia-
bolical conspiracy against the Quasi; lhould be fer-
reted out, and the whole probed to the bottom.—
Those who endeavour now to patch up the business,
or to prevent a full exposure, will only involve them
selves in disgrace without effecting their object.
It is currently reported, but of course it cannot k
true, that the witness Sacchi has also been sent out
of the country.

TWELFTH DAY OF THE DEFENCL
noun OF LORDS.

The Haase met this day at the usual hour. Prayers were
read by the Biskop of Bainoi., and at twenty minutes past ten
o'clock Counsel were called in.
Earl GREY said, ‘s there appeared to be some paints in the
evidence of William Cateington relative to his being Midship-
man on board the Polctiers‘ which required explanation, he
would move that Sir John Beveskr# should be called to the Bar
of the House and examined.

The Bari of LIVERPOOL thought there could not be any
objection to the motion of the Noble Lord t agd It might sttit4
their Lordships on the points in question.

The LORD CHANCELLOR enquired at the (,:neneel
they had any objection to the :notion ?

Mr. BIOUGNAM and the Artoesnmentsanc add they hed

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no objections. -
Sr Joky Mammas was aid it, mad being sworn, was rawasiant

6, Bowl Gazr.

Are you an Admiral in his Majesty's service =A Rear-Admiral
Did you command the Palmier, ?—I did.
Do you remember a person of the name of William Carring-
ton?--I do,
In what capacity 7—As a Quarter-Master.
Did he never serve in any other capacity on board the Pcdc-
-den 7—Never, while I commanded.

Did be leave the Poictiers while you were on board?—Yes,
he did. At the request of Sir William Gen, I procured his di,-
charge. I begged Captain Jones to rate him as my clerk, and
be gave him his discharge. -
_ Did you understand that he was rated as a Midshipman?—
No, I never did understand so but he was discharged as a
Midshipman.
Was he discharged for misconduct, or at the request of Sr
William Ge11?..-At the particular request of Sir William GaL
Did .yon give him a certificate of good character ?—Yes, either
before or after his discharge. kle was a wary good man while
on board the ship.
Then you consider him to have condieted himself well
Certainly. While he was on board nobody coldd behave better,
and as to the Irregularity of the discharge, it was my fait, eat
that of the Captain of the ship.
It was no fault of Carrington?—No fault of Carringt, Sat.
Lord saxvirmit.—Then ambito° never was a 114.
shipman while an board the P4lletlers?—Sevet.
Aver did duty ai a Midshipman t—Sevir.-
Do you recollect any conversation. with Catringtoo, au to his
being rated a Midthipman ?—kevet.. • ' •
D 9 you recollect 1.11.! !tat.l.4 bc did not She the sea, and

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