Star.
London, England, 1821-12-19 00:00:00

FRANKFORT, DECEMBER 10.

The Court of Vienna continues to maintain silence
on the contents of the dispatches lately received from
Constantinople and Sr. Petersburgh. The friends of
peace augur nothing favourable from this reserve of
the Austrian Government.
The different versions which have been published
on the causes which have led to the dismissal of the
Reis Effendi are not correct: on better authority, it
is now pretended that that Minister had incurred the
displeasure of the Grand Seignior, for having ,!hewn'
too great a partiality for Russia, in supporting the
demands made by that Power in the Divan in the in-
terests of the Greeks.
A courier from Vienna, with important dispatches
fur the English Government, passed today through
Rastadt, proceeding by the way of France. During
this season, all the couriers from Vienna to London,
and vice versa, take the route of France, Swabia,
and liavaiia.

A poison of distinction ia this city has received a

LONDON.

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1621,
THE FUNDS.
ritICES OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK
Bank Stock 23614-3 per Cent. Reduced 76% '7/i
31/2 per Cent. 875/8 1/2-4 per Cent. 961/4 let
Bank Long Annuities 19 S-16 sA
India Bonds 70.. 71s. pr.—Exc. Bills £looo,ls. 2s. pr.
Exchequer Bills (Small) Is. 3s. pre.
Cons. for Account 781/4 78 lA.

There was quite a bustle at the Stock Exchange
this morning; the Bulls and Bears were on the tip-
toe of expectation, relative to news from Paris.
Two Expresses came in about eleven o'clock, bring-
ing, as it is reported, the French Five per Cents. on
Monday, so high as 88 1. 25 c. The immediate con-
sequence was, a start in Consols from 73 ip 7114.

Of all the Administrations which have succeedei

each other in France with great rapidity since the
Restoration, there has not, with the exception of that
Of isle, been one so decidedly Royalist as the new
Ministry ; all the others have been mixed with some
portion of the Liberal party, with some " child and
champion" of the Revolution ; and the discordant
elements of which they have generally been com-
posed, have added to the thousand instances of the
truth of Sacred Writ, " that almuse divided against
itself must fall." In addition to the advantage which
the new Ministry possess of a general harmony of
feelings and principles, they possess another, that of fol-
lowing a set of men who rendered themselves odious
both by their measures and their personal conduct.
The first act of the new Ministry, the withdrawing
the Project of Law on the Censorship, is prima ficie
calculated to excite a feeling in their favour; but too
much importance should not be attached to this cir-
cumstance, since it was one to which they stood
pledged in their opposition to the late Ministers; nor
do we think, from the present composition of the
Chamber of Deputies, that any Minister could have
obtained a renewal of the Censorship, as it has lately
stood. Besides, it is well known that this Law ori-
ginated with the very party to which the new Minis-
ters belonged, and was enacted on the assassination
of the Duc de Beans, which, ridiculously enough,
was attributed to the licentiousness of the Press.

It might, perhaps, be supposed that thew Ministers
had profited by experience, and found the ineffi-
ciency of the very law which they had promoted ;
or that men in and out of office often act very dif-
ferently. We would gladly give them credit for
having seen their error, did not the proceeding's in
the Chamber of Deputies on Saturday, justify a
suspicion to the contrary. The Ministers, it is observ-
able, have not intimated the Royal pleasure that the
present Law of Censorship shall be suffered peaceably
Zto expire. They preface t announcement of a Decree
for withdrawiag the Prot' which M. de SERER had
just opened, by announcing from his MAJESTY the pre-
paration of another Project, for the regulation of the
Journals. What, then, is tb be the character of this
. new Project ? and in what is it to prove more or less
acceptable to the friends of the bonstitutioa than the
Censorship which has just been given up ? If it is
anything in the form of a previous controul, it is still
a Censorship, even if it changes its name. Some po-
liticians suppose, that it will be an arbitrary power of
seizure after publication. Such an authority would
be equally obnoxious as the Censorships and, widle
is would not render party writers more circumspect,
it would defeat its own purpose, in being unable to
prevent the circulation of the objectionable matter.—
MILTON has said, " A forbidden book is like a spark,
which, trodden down, flies up into your facer and
experience has taught us, that what are called " sup-
pressed publications," circulate as extensively, and are
read with infinitely more avidity in England and in'
France, than if the publication had not been restrained.
Amidst the conjectures as to the future conduct of
the new Ministers, no -one appears to contemplate
their adopting that system with regard to the Public
Journals which can alone restrain and correct a bad
Administration or give adequate support to a good,
one—the freedom of the Press, which Arms has so
admirably termed the palladium of all civil and reli-
gious rights. Some will say France is not yet pre-
pared-for such a measure, we think she is, and dat all
events would be glad to see the experiment tried.
One circumstance consequent on the appointment
of the new Ministers is the remat kable change in the 1
relative importance of the French Journals : some of
those which were before silenced can now speak
aloud, and proclaim the sentiments of which they are
the accredited organs. The Drapeart Blanc seems, by
this revolution, to have obtained an extraordinary
prominence. We extract from it an article worthy
of perusal, because it apparently points out the coarse

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'of party yolitics which the Retplist.leaders are in_
dined to follow. It States that the Royalists only re-
quired of the late Ministry an acknowledgment, 44 that
neither the principles nor the men which overturned the
Throne could be deemed capable of consolidating it."
This is a bold avowal in the outset, and would imply
that, although the Royalists accepted the assistance
of the Liberals to turn out the late Ministers, yet that
now they must not expect any favour from the new
Ad ministration ; but passato it ponto gabato i 6 Santo
has been the maxim of more Administrations than
that of France. The next paragraph yields an assu-
rance that there will be " a perfect analogy and con-
sequence between the regulating principles of a kgi-
tionate Monarchy, and the acts of the Government and
the Administration." What ideas the new Ministers
have of the regulating principles of a legitimate
Monarchy remains to be discovered ; perhaps their
own ad's will soon supply the definition.
LAURISTON, whom we spoke of yesterday as a new
Minister, was a member of the late Administration;
he observed, when the changes were in contempla-
, tion, that as he wished nothing better than to form
part of a Royalist Ministry, he saw no reason to
leave his place.

New Brunswick Papers arrived this morning to the
14th November.. but they do not contain any news
of importance.

Halifax Papers arrived this morning to the 25th Olt.
QUEBEC. NOVEMBER 24.
Arrived the brig Harriet, from Jamaica, laden
with rum, was boarded by two schooners under Spa-
nish colours, off Cape Antonio, which kept posses-
sion of the brig five hours, and plundered her of
everything, with 6000 dollars.
The Sophia and Sarah left at Kingston the brig
Union, of-Liverpool, to sail next day; the brig Mari-
ner. for this port, in five days; the brig Harmony
had sailed eight *days before, the schooner Sally one
day ; the brig Dispatch, for St. John's, New Bruns-
wick, sailed in company; the brig Beaver, ditto, was
beating up from Port Royal when the Sophia and
Sarah came out. The Ida spoke in the Gulf Stream
the schooner Mary, Swan, from Annapolis for St.
Bartholomew's, out five days, lost part of her deck
load. The Alert left at Barbadoes the schooner
William Jewel, of this port, to sail in four days. •
EXTRACT (Or A LETTER FROM SAINT LOUIS, NOV. ,1.
4, General Atkinson and Major 07tillen (Indian
Agents) arrived in this place on Sundaylast, from
Council Buffs. The latter Gentleman brought down
with him a deputation, consisting of Chiefs and Head-
men of seven bands of the Missouri Indians, in all
sixteen men ; their destination is Washington City.
We learn, that the various tribes of Indians inhabit-
ing the country on the Missouri, as high up as the
Great Bend, whence our trade has been carried by
the enterprize of the Fur Companies, remain friendly
towards the whites. The Araiaras, some two hun-
dred miles above, still evince a disposition to be trou-
blesome, which nothing but the shew of an armed
force will quiet. Some hostilities occurred last sum-
mer, between the Omaha nation and the tribes of the
Sioux ; a battle ensued, and the Omahas were driven
off the field, with the loss of thirteen warriors.
u It is believed that all the disquiet, as well as the
petty warfare made by one tribe against another,
amongst the remote Indians, will be silenced by the
shew of an armed force in the parts of the Missouri
they inhabit, and it will open to our traders a road
to the richest fur trade in the world. Views to this
effect are contemplated by Government, and will no
doubt be speedily accomplished, Ample means are
in the hands of the military at the Council Buffs for
the furlfilment of this grand object."

It re stated, on the authority of a letter from Lisbon,
dated December 9th, that " The Pernambuconians

have declared themselves independent. ♦ vessel
arrived in the Tagus with upwards of 100 passengers,
who had escaped from that province.: every Euro.
peen was about to embark."
It is remarkable that no date is mentioned when
this event took place, which renders the circumstance
extremely doubtful. The latest direct intelligence
from Rio Janeiro is of the 24th October, and gives a
direct negative to the report of separation up to that
period•

The same letter from Lisboa adds Assassina-
tion and robbery are become very frequent. The'
Report to the latendant of Police, for the last ten
weeks, amounted to 884 assassinations is Portugal.

It is most unsafe to go out after dark. We are on
die eve of some great change. The luso was with-
out money to pay his daily expenses the other day ;
with difficulty some. was procured for his present
subsistence."

Extracts from two private letters received by a re-
spectable house in the City :
CONSTANTINOPLE, NOVEMBER to.
Persia has declared war formally against the Turks,
and the Persians are marching. They consist of
120,000 men, in three columns. Bagdad is now be-
sieged by °nevi their colums. It is said that Tre-
bizond has been taken by another column. All the
Persians that could not escape from Constantinople
have been put into prison. The Ciceeks are making
progress in, the Morea. Letters from Zante state that
Rlavariuo was occupied by them, and that they had
laid siege to Modon and Coon. Notwithstanding
this, the Tui-kish fleet is lying at the Dardanelles, but

for what purpose I ant not able to say. Its Cora.
mander-in-Chief, the ,g Capitalise Bey," arrived here
five or six days since, apparently by espress eedem
How this business with the Greeks will be ended
cannot form an opinion, but I think little or whit
will be done by the Turks during the winter. we
are pretty quiet here. Yesterday eight or tenGreeke.
taken at Bucharest, were beheaded.

Another letter of the same date, rays..-41 We are
perfectly quiet bere ; though we lay owr account for
dreadful exaggerations, when our English friends re,
ceive the intelligence that yesterday thirteen Mold&
vian prisoners, chiefs of the insurrection, and *en
with arms in their hands, were executed at Connao.
tinople. One of, them, a butcher, formerly residing
in Pera, was put to death in the Frank quarter, Opp,
site :the house where he had lived before he turned
Patriot. Lord Strangfbrd was offended, that the ese.
cution should have taken place in the vicinity of the
foreign Embassies, and sent a message to the Po,e.
insisting that the dead body should be removed. This
was accordingly done, and a proper apology sondes.
his Lordship ; though it is the custom to expose the
bodies of criminals for three days. The Porte seems
resolved to punish the Chiefs of the Rebels who au
taken with arms, and to pardon those only who an.
render. At the intercession of the British Embus;
forty-four prisoners, taken in Samethrace, for refusing
to pay the Poll- tax, were spared about a fortnight ago.'
EXTRACT OF A PRIVATE LETTER, DATED SALONiti,
NOVEMBER 2.

" Cassandra still holds out. A few days am
Abul Luburt Pasha arrived from Constantinople,
and assumed the command of the Turkish anny a
that place. He made an unsuccessful attack, ad
suffered a loss of about 300 men, some accounts ay
1,000. He put one of his Officers to death with hit
own bands, for having discovered emotions of cove.
dice hs the act of planting a flag or standard casco,
of the outworks in front of the army.
4, I am informed by an eyewitness to the &stria.
tion of Galax!di, on the 2d ultimo, that the Alpine,
who formed a part of the squadron, behaved vat
the greatest intrepidity and bravery. The Turksckv
stroyed most of the Greet vessels at that place, wirk
the exception of about twenty of the finest ship, tf
which they took possession."
A letter from Paris, dated December 15, es the
authority of a communication from Bucharest, states,
that nevus had just reached Odessa, that, shortly pm
vious to the departure of the Courier, all the Ras*
Officers who were on leave had received orders fray
the Government to rejoin their respective corps with
all possible expedition. It is, in truth, written by a
Greek merchant ; but he adds, that, ere his luta
arrives at its destination, the Russian troops will is
fallibly have passed the Pro&

Yesterday, about three o'clock, the Princess Soma
arrived at York House from Kensingtoo, oe ask
to the Duke of YoRE. The Royal Duke smite.
wards returned home from a rid*, and met his tape
Sister. The Duke and the Princess rode ant taw
ther in a carriage in St. James's Park. The Prim
afterwards returned to Kensington, and the Dead
You proceeded to the Commander-in-Chief's Oto
in the Horse Guards, where his Royal Highnessak
a Levee, which was attended by about forty Mil*
Officers, principally these upon half-pay, who eat
anxious to get employed in the three Veteran Ben,
lions embodied in Ireland; but it is understoodtm
are no Officers necessary now, there being more the
are wanted of those on half-pay who were called'
service in the Veteran Battalions nearly two tan
since. The Levee continued till a quarter before or.
It is confidently stated that Lord NlELvitu ha
expressed a determination not to vacate the Admiral;
that Lord LONDONDERRY is to be called to the How
of Lords ; and that Mr. PEEL expects to have the lest
in the House of Commons. Ministers think that de
talents of this Gentleman will enable them to dispels
with the .services of Mr. CANNING; and there is •
reason for supposing that a lower estimate of these*
lents is formed by the expectant leader himself.
General Sir COLIN CAMPBELL is appointed Chao
berlain to his Excellency the Viceroy of IRELAND.
The Duke of ',METER has arrived in town fits
Ireland.
The Earl BATHURST. arrived at his house in Gent
Stanhope.street, yesterday.
Sir BENJAMIN BLOOMFIRLD left Carlton Palace
Monday, for the Stud-house at Hampton Court, who
he entertains a party this week.
The Marquis of AxoLasr.* has left Brighton hi
Beaudesert, where he has invited a large party
meet him this daA
The Duke of DEVONSHIRE is at Chatsworth; I!
morrow he proceeds to Hardwicke ; it is expected hi
Grace will be present at the ensuing Ball at the Pr
vilion, Brighton.
The Duke of NORTHUMBERLAND has extended lee
improvements so far, that no expectation is eoN'
tained that Northumberland House will be it force

cupation before June, 1823.
The Earl FITZWILLIA WS noble mansion in 6*
venor-square, is undergoing a thorough repairs 01
the front beautifying with imperial cement.
The Duke of RUTLAND spends the holidayssaki
voir Castle, where z large party are invited.
Mr. and Mrs. WATSON TAYLOR entertain lila,
friends this Christmas, at their new purchases Ow
hall Park.
The Marquis of Earrau keeps open house
Christmas, at Burleigh Hall, Stamford.
The Earl and Countess of TANK =vita.' area°
taining their friends, at Walton-upon- hawses
The Earl of BRIDGEWATER gives an elegy entgr
tainment this week, at Ashridgc, Herts.
Lord GWYDYR gave a sumptuous entertainarl:
a large party, yesterday evening, in Itinislina-rw,
Lord ANsos entertains a large party this ver
Shugborough' Staffordshire.
The Hon. Jona 'f RIVOR had a fob
party on Monday, in Berknlepsquare.