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THE EVENING STAR. LONDON. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 9. LORD MA Ito a's D.. v.—Holiday at the 131 Ink and Stamp. Office. PRICE OF STOCKS YESTERDAY. Bank Stock 284 I India Stock, 1951 3 per Cent. Red. ERft India Bonds, 30s. Sls. 295. 30s. 3 per Cent. Cons. 893 I Imp. 3 per Cent. 671 i 4 per Cent. 5 ;,1- Exch. Bills, 10s. 15s. pre. 5 per Cen% Navy 101 i 102 Onxnium 2 prem. Long Ann. 18 9-16thst Cons. for acc. 69{ We stated yesterday that a Secret Expedition had sailed from Sicily on the 23d of September. In our Army article will be found a letter, containing a list of the troops dispatched from Sicily on this service. It is generally believed that they were going to take possession of some of the Greek islands, with the con currence of the Turkish government ; and this is ren dered the more probable by the sailing of other troops from Malta about the same period, and avowedly for such a destination, as will be seen by the subjoined letter : " MALTA, SEPTEMBER 28. " A small expedition has sailed from hence to Corfu' wit.l) die view of taking possession of the Seven Islands. The English Agent is on board. Intelligence bad previously been received, that they had shewn symp toms of revolt, and some even said, that they had declared in favour of England. Should the enter prize prove successful, the occupation of these Islands would be of great advantage to our merchants. Trade for some time has been very dull here." It also appears by letters from Smyrna, that Persia is about to make common cause with the PORTE against Russia. They state, that a well-organized army of 1.50,000 men, at the head of which were se. vcral British Officers from India, was in motion to co-operate with the Turks. The Persian Ambassa dor, who has been for some time expected here, had arrived at Malta with his Secretary and Suite, and were to embark shortly in one of our frigates. Thee• report that Sir HARPORD JONES was in great credit and estimation at the Court of Persia. Mr. Wici., a King's Messenger, arrived yesterday at the Foreign Office, with dispatches from Marquis WI: L:. ESL ; but their contents have not as yet trans pired. Mr. WICK was also the bearer of dispatches Lord WELLINGTON. Letters from Tarragona, of the date of the 7th ult. assert_, that Gerona had been twice relieved in the emir .c of the last ten days of September. They also mention, that the enemy shewed no disposition to raise the siege of that town, except the evacuation of San Felice was to be so considered. Lett , -rs Ilave also been received from Vigo to the ith, from the coast off Santander to the 22d, and from Corunna to the 23d ult. The letters from Vi go mention, that there are about four thousand Spa nklt troops at that port, and that there is no British ship of war in the harbour. Those from Corunna observe, that there was a garrison of about 6000 na tives there, under the command of the Conde de NERONO, whose conduct was very much approved. Strong expressions of approbation and confidence are applied to Generals BLAKE, CARRERA, and MENDI - It is said, that a considerable body of Spa nish troops was near Burgos, but under whose orders we do not learn. These forces are probably a detach ment, either from the division under General BAL- L IsTntor, or from the main body of the Northern Army entrusted by ROMANA toGeneral MENDIZABAL. The following is an extract of a letter from the seat of the Spanish Government : SEVILLE, OCTOBER 17. "The Junta conduct themselves with great impolicy and excite strong suspicions. They retain their places under the pretence of maintaining the public autho rities until the Cortes be convened, but they have no real intention of convoking that Assembly. We have the best materials for the defence of the country, in the courage and patriotism of the great mass cf the people, but wisdom must be employed to apply these materials, or bad government will spoil all. " GIBRALTAR, OCTOBER 24. "We hear to-day, that an express has been received, announcing, that the Supreme Junta of Spain has been removcd by the interposition of the people; but I do not bcheve they have yet proceeded to such an extremity. "We hear from Malaga, that a straggling party of armed peasants, in Castile, lately took a Courier pro ceeding from Madrid to Paris, with letters from Jo- SEMI to NAPOLEON, imploring a fresh supply of money and troops ; and stating, that without such assistance he should be obliged to leave the capital. " The skirmishing parties, in general have been very successful in their attacks upon the enemy." It is reported that the Pore, who was rto/en some months ago and carried to Avignon, has made his escape from that city, and found his way into Spain ; and some people attach great importance to the e v e nt, which, if true, could produce no salutary effect whatever.—lt is folly to talk of what may be gained by rousing the hatred of the people of Spain against tneir invader, while moral energies appear to be so lamentably deficient in those who had the controul of ,Iy4r physical tore.—l its I/diners, forsooth ! One of his NAPOLEON'S deer. s has more force than ten thou „nj of those Balls which formerly made Emperors ,~- .-~ tremble—nor would it be difficult to explain the i reason Rumours of approaching negotiations between this country and France still continue to prevail in the City, and bargains were yesterday made in the Funds so high as 70 for the account, and 69+ for money. It is said that communications of a pacific tendency have recently been exchanged between the two Go vernments by means of cartels for the exchange of, prisoners. The circumstance, however, which more particularly occasioned the rise in the price of the tunds yesterday, was the arrival of letters from Hol land, said to contain the substance of a speech of the French Emperor to the Legislative Body, in which a hope is expressed that it will not be long before a General Peace be established. Yesterday, about twelve o'clock, his MAJESTY ar. rived at the Queen's Palace, from Windsor, where he was received by the Ddke of YORE. Soon atter two o'clock his MAJESTY held a private Levee, at which the following had the honour of being presented. Rear-Admiral Sir SIDNEY SMITH, upon his promotion. Major-General Dee T, Lieutenant-Colonel D'Aacev, of the Royal Engineers, and Lieutenant-Colonel WALSH, of the 56th Regiment, Deputy Adjutant-General, on their return from Wal cheren. Captain WORSLIT, of the 85th Registrant, Aide-de-Camp to Lieutenant)General Sir Eyre Coate, upon his return to England. Lieutenant-General Sir ETHIC Coors, upon his return from the Island of Waleheren. Lieutenant-Coionel Bo wsuar, upon his being appointed Under Secretary of State for the War and Colonial Department. Captain HIRRISS of the Ist Regiment of Dragoons , Aide-de. Camp to Lieutenant -General Sir Eyre Coote, upon his return. His MAJESTY held a Privy Council, st which Mr. JOHN MANNERS SUTTON, the newly-appointed Judge. Advocate, was introduced and sworn in a Member. His MAJESTY gave audience to Mr. PERCEYAL and the rest of the Cabinet Ministers present, Sir DAVID DUNDAS, and Mr. MANNERS SUTTON, who laid before his Majesty the proceedings of some Courts Martial. Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at the East India House, when the under-mentioned Cap tains were sworn into the command of their respective ships, viz. Captain J. J. WILLIAMSON, Ocean, St. Helena, Bencoolen and China ; Captain WILLIAM YOWNSHUSIAND, Alexander, Bombay direct.—The Court adjourne d at six o'clock till to-morrow. A foreign Gentleman who has spent the last two years in France and Spain, during which he had ac cess to the best sources of information, states, that among the higher classes of Frenchmen, with whom be chiefly associated, he discovered that the ambitious projects of NAPOLEON were held in very general de testation. In societies, where the persons who com posed them had sufficient confidence in each other to deliver their sentiments freely, his invasion of Spain and perfidy towards his Ally, CHARLES IV. were spoken of in terms of abhorrence. This Gentleman confirms the reports that reached this country some time back of TALLEYRAND'S disgrace ; which is known to have been produced by the warm and repeated re monstrances he made to NAPOLEON on the subject of his designs upon the Peninsula. The Er-Minister does not hesitate to proclaim in every company the un grateful and unmerited treatment he has e pet. He describes the temper of the French Eraßeror as most irritable and over-bearing. The following in stance of its violence occurred a few days after his arrival at Madrid :—An Alcade having, from conni vance or negligence, suffered a prisoner of some con sideration to escape, the enraged Emperor ordered him into his presence. The instant the offender was ushered in, he sprang from his seat and actually knocked down the poor Spaniard with his fist, and after discharging a rapid volley of invectives, threats, and imprecations, ordered him to be dragged off by the attendants. The presence of several French offi cers of rank did not seem in the smallest degree to make him feel the indecorousness of the sally. The character of JOSEPH BONAPARTE is not of this boisterous nature. He is generally considered as a man of a meek-aad humane disposition, and far from being under the influence of that restless ambition which actuates the founder of this family. He has never been very desirous of establishing himself on the throne of Spain. He was aware that he never could reach that bold and bad eminence without wading through rivers of blood. This Gentleman was assur ed at Madrid, by some French Officers of the first distinction, that JOSEPH had repeatedly urged his bro ther to abandon the idea of subjugating Spain, but that the latter was deaf to his entreaties. The ultimate success of the Spaniards is not consi. dered by this Gentleman in that hopeless light in which it has been for some time viewed by many per sons in this country. The Spanish armies, he assures us, were never in greater force, so well commanded, or so perfect in point of discipline and equipment as at present. When the formidable expedition, so fa tally wasted in the paltry conquest of Walcheren, was fitting out, the greatest consternation was excited among the French at Madrid. The general opinion was, that this army was intended to be landed in the North of Spain, for the purpose of seizing the passes of the Pyrenees, and cutting off the retreat of the French by way of Bayonne. The French Officers, he says, bestow unqualified approbation on the talents of Sir JOHN MooRE. He has heard Marshals NEY and LEFEBVRE speak in 'I terms of the highest praise of the retreat of that la mented officer through Gallicia ; which they com pared to the memorable retreat of MOREAU to the Rhine. BONAPARTE was thrown into a paroxysm of rage, when he found that the British army had avoided being surrounded. During his march from Madrid, he repeatedly declared, that not a single British soldier should reach the coast. At Paris, it was generally believed that FERN.. NAND VII. had been poisoned. The most perse vering and bet-concertedenquiries, of those who fetnerested for his fate, were not successful in obtaining any in. formation relating to him. The wretched CHARLES IV. his Consort, and the Prince of the PEACE, are known to be in much distress at Marseilles. The bills which they had drawn on the Imperial Treasury for the privision assigned to them, were returned unpaid —and they subsisted, in some sort, on the bounty of persons who could feel for fallen greatness. It was whispered at Paris, when this gentleman left it, that Barcelona was once more in the hands of the Spaniards. la 3 I v 4 T• Lo I sli 141 i Al of It po cu, del frc stu let 0 1 Th p re II for de( pri wo for is ag an vcl co , do ha an Ti cn at pi fr: A co rni • raj Sa 1 '7 frc go nis • • shi tivi NE Str aPI ZAI nisi WC mei LAS An of t cg and and 71. LI ritic • real 44 COM THE ARMY. • . , dMI=1.1.11•101•Mie MESSINA, SEPTEMBER 23. Of the Expedition under Sir JOHN STUART, which paid a visit to the neighbourhood of Naples in sum mer, and of its subsequent return to Sicily, you must have heard long ago ; but of some particulars con nected with that Expedition, and which ought to be known, your are probably still ignorant. The intention of the Expedition was to land near Naples; and it is pretty generally known in the army, that an insurrection had been planned among the in. habitants, which was expected to co-operate with our troops. Unexpectedly, it would appear, the framers of the insurgency demanded to be informed what order of things was intended to be established in the event of success. To this the party on shore were answered, that Sir JOHN STUART could not consent to any thing but the restoration of the old Government. In consequence of this answer, the leaders replied, that they would not promote an insurrection for such an object ! and the Expedition ended in disappoint ment. I am happy to inform you, that Captain M•Coi, who was reported to have been killed in the Expedi tion to Calabria, is in good health. He was taken prisoner, and is now here on his parole from Naples. ..—He is going back again. This days new Expedition sails, but its destina tion is a secret.—lt consists of The Indt Regiment of Boat, !reek Dftee, 2 Ceaspenies, Conlean Rangers, 1 Company of Artillery—and 2S Dismounted men of the 20th Light Drawer.- the whole amounting to about 2000 men, under the command of Brigadier-General OewArm. They take camp equipage with them, bat so bat tering cannon. They sail under convoy of the Wine, aroa, of 74 guns. The force now in Sicily, quartered North and South of Messina, SO miles each my; consists of the fol. owing Aooth at t Royal Artille 1 Dragoons, Battalion, ry, lst Light Infantry Battalion, 2d Ditto, ditto, 10th Regiment of Foot, 21st Ditto, 27th Ditto, lit and 2d Battalions, 35th Ditto, 44th Ditto, 56th Ditto, 624 Ditto, 51st Ditto, De Water/1110i Regiment, De Rolle's Regiment, Clamors Britanni clues, Dillon's Regiment Royal Corsican Rangers, 3d Regiment King's German Legion, 4th Battalion Calabria Free Corps, 6th Ditto, ditto, sth Ditto, ditto— the whole amounting to 16,000 men, of whom about 1000 are on the sick list. This season, however, has been much healthier than the last.—No officer has died for a considerable time. N41 7 44L INTELLIGENCE. FALMOUTH, NOVEMBER 6. Sailed the Windsor Castle packet for Barbadies and Jamaica. PLYMOUTH and PLYMOUTH-DOCK, NOVEMBER 7. Arrived the schooner Sir William Scott, of this port, Wst. BAIL master, from Teneriffe, laden with wines, &c. bound here ; the American brig Acteon, T. Meson master, from New-York, last fiom Pen zance, laden with sug ar, coffee, tobacco, logwood, and ivory, bound to Tonningen, sailed on 2d Sep tember, was captured on the 11th of October by the French brig privateer le Charles, belonging to Dour deaux, from Rochelle, and re-captured by his Ma jesty's ship CHRISTIAN the Vllth, of 74 guns, Captain Sir J. S. YORK, on 80th of October, about five miles from Ushant. The Acteon is in a very leaky state, making two feet water in the hold an hour. Sailed the Lion, DREW master, for Malta ; and the DEFIANCE, of 74 guns, Captain HOTHAM, for L'Orient. Arrived the brig Hector, JAMES master, from Teneriffe,_bound here for orders, with wines. Sailed the MARINER gun-brig, first to Guernsey, then to cruize in the Channel; the Neptune (2) ten der, for Dublin, to bring round impressed men. Yesterday the crew of the DEFIANCE, of 74, were paid wages and prize-money ; and this day the So- PION was also paid. PORTSMOUTH, NOVEMBER 8. Arrived the GROWL= gun brig with a large fleet of transports from Lisbon. Sailed the ALFRED, of 74 gruns, and the SCEPTRE, of 74 guns, for the West- Indies • FIRM gun brig with a convoy for Guernsey ; and the Cgocus sloop of war with a convoy for Ply mouth : also the TRANSIT to the eastward. DEAL, NOVEMBER S. Arrived the Mosmourn, of 64 guns, from the Note, to remain in the Downs as a victualling depot ; HAIL. LEQUIN hired armed ship, and Supply naval transport, with a convoy, from Portsmouth, which have sailed through for the River ; SPECULATOR hired lugger from Flushing ; also from the same place, with dis patches, the FOLKSTONI hired armed lugger. Came down from the River and sailed to the Westward, the Amelia, BARREL, for Rio Janeiro.—saijod the Fu mous gun-brig, having on board dollars to the amount of £25,000, for Flushing. YARMOUTH, NOVEMBER 8. Arrived the CHANTICLEER, Capt. SPEARS, with a fleet of light transports from Riga, where they had been with Russian sailors—the CHANTICLEER passed the PLANTAGENET, the Commodore, and VANGUARD men of war, &c. and a fleet of merchantmen, off the Scaw. We may therefore hourly expect their arrival, several straglers, part of the convoy, passed here this morning. Sailed the CERBERUS frigate, and the BRUISER, MONKEY, and ACUTE.—One P. M. The CH ANTS• CEng is now under way with the transports. COP:ENT-GA RDEN THEATRE. The Opera of lnile and Tarkc, and the Farce 01 i. , Miser were intended as :he entertainments of Li: , night at this theatre. The first two acts of the opt:z, were heard with occasional interruption, not suP• ciently strong, however, or lasting to deprive us c, the pleasures to be derived from this beautiful dranri for. as the 0. P.'s had not acquired strength, M r : Drozows was heard with grett pleasure by the lover , of harmony, in the duct, 44 0 say, simple Maid." Mrs LISTON, in Wowski, excited much l aug h ter ; and, i:, short, t he Opera altogether would have afforded a rici: treat, had the oppositionists suffered it to be heard, —At half price the Pit filled, and the murmurs whicl. had previously produced interruption, increased to peals of thunder as loud as any we have ever wit. nessed during the disturbance. The 0. P.'s com menced their operations by clearing the centre ol the Pit, and when a large space had been formed. several practised leaping. One man, extraordinan as it may appear, actually made a standing leap over six seats. This feat was followed by others, and when they were tired, they exhibited several single-stick matches, in the gladiator style. A nev, dance was also performed by the whole corps d e belie% to the tune of 0. P. A violent stamp with t 11..: right foot was expressed by the exclamation 0 I arj the left beat the benches to the sound of P ! Dunn; this heavyfamiaage the house shook. God save the Ki,: s was sung, and the groans and hisses were repeate,:. for,those Paps% which had attracted their notice. 74 saw placard's were hoisted towards the end shi t ph* old daring the farce of the Miser. Then were lialkd Irbh tabay shouts, and handed about, ii,;,- only in; the pit. bet in me of the dress-boxes, where this IMO G P's in their hats, and one of 1 dila • a hind of star oa his breast. At eel of the play, " God save the King,' , soes as d •• t,,,,,„, bit,..i., ; , were sung by the Pifites, in mni doetifoliad loud huzzAs and clappi ng mar k ed of their own performa nces . Th em 1 laiii minr i n l d several catcalla, by way of band ; bat at so tbne in the pit were there more than thret. persons with 0. P. in their hats. A suecessionof groans and cheers followed the farce, and shortly after the house was cleared ; it having been previously recommended that no assemblage or mob should take place in the street after the perfor. manse, but without effect. A considerable rabble was- gathered together, and paraded as usual, but dispersed without doing any mischief. Bow-sy a zar.—At an early hour of the evening, Mr. Wein hqlt,.ivho has made himself so conspicuous among the Oppositio utsts,-brnught a man, named ✓am Smith, before Mr. GRANAM, on a charge of felony, in stealing his hat on Saturday night last, in the:Theatre: but, as he could not identify the person of th prisoner with the certainty required by the law, and as he could not prove the felonious intent (even if the man had taken his hat', the charge was dismissed. Yesterday her MAJESTY gave a most splendid fete at Frc•gtnore, in celebration of the birth-day of her Royal Highness Princess AUGUSTA SOPHIA. The morning was ushered in by the ringing of bells ; and at one o'clock the Royal Blues and Stafford Militia fired fewle-joye in Windsor Little Park, which was an swered by a discharge of forty-one guns from Round Tower. At half-past two o'clock his Royal Highness the Prince of WALES arrived ; and at half past three her MAJESTY and the different branches ni the Family left the castle, in their carriages, for Frog more, and were escorted by a party of the Royal Blues . The entrance through the gardens into the house bad a delightful appearance. The sideboards in the prin cipal dining-rooms were richly ornamented with gold and silver, and upwards of eighty covers were laid. At five o'clock her MAJESTY, the branches of the Royal Family present, and the company sat down to a sumptuous dinner, served up in a most magnificent style. The bands of the Royal Blues and Stafford played during the evening. After dinner her MAJESTY and most of the company, retired to the Drawing. room, fronting the lakes, in the gardens. The whole apparatus used on the late happy occasion of the Jubilee, was left standing, together with the add tion o f ? upwards of two thousand extra lamps.— The beautiful temple and temporary bridge, opposite the garden, in front of the house, were most fiuicifully and brilliantly illuminated. The preparations being nearly the same as on the Jubilee-day, it is unneces sary to enter into a detail of them ; but the fireworks were more brilliant, and, the triumphal cars were much improved, and immediately on their arrival at the bridge, with Britannia, preceded by Neptune with his trident and a band of musk, a rocket wai thrown into the temple, by which it was instanta neously set on fire, and at the same moment ascended, as kwere from Britannia's car, a large beautiful star, will an elegant medallion of the King, surrounded by circles of variegated lamps, and elevated at such a height above the temple as not to be injured by the flames. On the top of the temple were the figures of Fortitude, Piety, and Virtue, pointing to Heaven, and the eye of PROVIDENCE directed on the medallion of the King. The burning of the temple presen ted a noble and picturesque scene. At eight o'clock the whole concluded, when the QUEEN and company retired to the Castle. Upwards of 200 cards of in vitation were issued. Tuesday afternoon, about half past two o'clock, the Princess Amer.'s, accompanied by her Royal Sister. the Princess MARY, the Dukes of CusinEaLANn and CAMBRIDGE, arrived at Windsor from Weymouth, in the Prince of WALES'S travelling carriage, attended by Lady GEORGINA MURRAY and Dr. POPE. The car. riages stopped at the Princess of WALES'S house In St. Alban's-street, where her MAJESTY and the other Princesses were in readiness to receive them. We are extremely sorry to state, that the Princess AMELIA appeared very unwell and feeble, so much so, that she was carried from the carriage into the house wrapped up in blankets. The QUEEN and the rest of the Royal Family left her Royal Highness a little before four o'clock, for the Castle. About five o'clock, his MA JESTY visited her Royal Highness, and remained with her till past six. The Princess AMELIA, we under stand, will remain at the house in St. Alban's-street, on account of its being very quiet. On Tuesday evening was given by Mr. G Erman, at his house, in Foley-place, a most elegant ball and sup per. Considering the time of the year, it was most fashionably attended. The dancing was kept up with great spirit until one o'clock, when supper was announced, which equalled, if not surpassed, any we have witnessed for some time. The dancing recoui menced at half past two, and it was five before all the company departed. ~; ;: