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of Annapolis, which gave rise to a belief, that tither ' Mr. Piiitney or Mr. Foster, or both, had arrived. I It i% said that Robert Smith, Esq. and General' 66 Armstrong, are both engaged in writing books, in d ;race, we suppose, of their own conduct. These ni.i , be expected to cocain many curious details.-- Alihnngb Mr. Madison may ndt, like Job, have wished t h a t his' enemy would write a book,' yet, on a peru , sal of these performances, should they ever appear, he may pdssibly stand in need of a considerable por tion of that holy man's patience. Nor is it certain that it will require the eagle.eyed 'keenness manifested towards' Copenhagen Jackson,' to discover insults, either direct or indirect."—A lex. Gas. . _ PitALLIMENTARr PROCEEDING& HOUSE OF LORDS, JULY t 4. Hicks and Fairest. two persons who had been committed to the custody of the Gaoler of Newgate, for repeated prevarica cat:,,ns in the testimony which they had given before a Corn ea !!te of Privileges of their Lordship's House, appointed to in ce atetee th! case of the Berkeley Peerage, and who had sect vitiy presented Petitions to their Lordships, praying to be released tram their imprisonment, were brought to the bar, and after a se vere reprehension, as well as a due admonition front the Lord Chancellor, who expatiated in pointed terms upon the nature and heinousness of their offence, which, his Lordship observed, Wi , considerably enhanced, because it was voluntary and de-, lihera•ive, said, that in consequence of their contrition, and in consequence of the length of the imprisonment that they had already undergone, the House directed that they should he die eh:tied, upon payment of the usual fees; which being complied with, they were discharged accordingly. Mr. Liar - Lanai! attended as Counsel in a Writ of Error t judgment is which was affirmed with coos. In the appeal, " Elder v. Macdonald," the Interlocutors of 'he Court of Se , sion were partly affirmed and partly reversed. In the appeal, " Hairison and another o. Grote and ethers," the de tree of the Court of Exchequer was partly reversed, and a re ference matte to the Deputy Remembrancer. Mr. Stedman, from the Stamp Office, presented an Account of Promissory Notes stamped ; and Mr. Cjidicott, from the same OfEte, an Account of licences for the Issue of Promissory Notes payable on demand; both which were ordered lobe printed. Th« LORD CHANCSLLOR read a Letter from Lord Viscount Wellington, stating the communication of the'i'harke of the House to Marshal Beresford, &e. for the victory at Affitiera ; and also read one from Sir W. Beresford, expressing his high sense of the honour thus tonferred. PROROGATION OF PARLIAMENT! About twenty minutes after three o'clock the LORD CHANCELLOR stated, that two Commissions had been issued under the Great Seal, the one for giving the Royal Assent to certain sills, and the other for the Prorogation of Parliament, and the House adjourned to robe. A few minutes afterwards the Archbishop of CANTERBURY,' the LORD CHANCELLOR, Earl CAM DEN, the Earl of WESTMORLAND, and the Earl of AvttsiOtto, took their seats in their robes as Lords Commissioners. The MarquisWELLEstEy at first took his seat as one of the Lords Commissioners, but gave it up to the Eail of LIVERPOOL, who afterwards gave it up to Earl CAMDEN. Mr. QUARME, the Deputy Usher of the Black Rod, was sent to require the attendance of the Comm-as. After a short interval the SPEAKER and sevetai Mem bers of the House of Commons came to Bar. The LORD CHANCELLOR states, that it not being convenient tor his Royal Highness the PRINCE of WALE.% Regent, to be personiily present, a Com mission had 'oeen issued under the Great Seal, for giving the R0y..1 Assent to certain Bills. The Corn mission, signed by the PRINCE REGENT, in the name and on the behalf of his MAJESTY, was read by the Clerk at the table. The Royal Assent was declared and notified in the usual form to the Bank Notes Bill, and the Militia Interchange Amendment Bill. The LORD CHANCELLOR then read the Speech, as follows : My Lords and Gentlemen, His Royal Highness the Prince Regent, acting in the name and en the behalf of his Majesty, has commanded us to signify to you the satisfaction 'with which he finds himself enabled to relieve you from your attendance In Parliament, after the long and la bui ious denies of the Session. We are particularly directed to express leis approbation of the wisdom and firmness which you have manifested, in enabling his Royal Highness to continue the exertions of this Country in the cause of our Allies, and to pro- settute the War with increased activity and vigour. Your dr.termined perseverance in a system of liberal aid to the brave and loyal Nations of the Peninsula, has progressively aug• nuntel their mein,' and spirit of resiatance, while the humane attention which you have paid to the sufferioga if ilia litlia:litants of Portugal, under the unexampled cruelty of the enemy, has confirmed the alliance by new ties of affection, and csnno: fail to inspit : e additional zeal and animation in the maiotenance of the eommon cause. H. Royal 1-Eghness especially commands us to declare his eor• dial concur roue in the measures erLich you have adopted for Improving the internal security antk Military resources of the United Kingdom. _ _ For these impaaant purposes you have witely provided, by establishing a system for the annual cupply of the regular Army, 11111 dec the Interchange of the Militias of Great Britain and Ire land; and Ids Royal Highness has the satisfaction of informing , you, that the voluntary zeal which has already been manifested upon this occasion, bas enabled him to give immediate operation to an arrangemeut by which the Union and mutual interests of Great Britain and Ireland map be more effectually cemented and improvele Gentlemen of the House of Commons, His Royal Highnees commands us to thank you in the name ;tr,! on l)elialf of his Majesty, for the lateral supplies which you •,..ve famished for every branch of the public service. ilis Royal Highness has seen with pleasure the readiness with olt:eh you have applied the separate means of Great Britain to the financial relief of Ireland at the present mornent ; and derives 'Audi .atisfaction from perceiving that you have been able to ac eimplish this object with so little adJitional burthen upon the resources of this part of the United Kingdom. The manner In which yuu have taken into consideration the condition of the Irish revenue has met with his Royal Highness's. approbation; and his Royal Highness commands us to add, that he looks with confidence to the advantage which may be derived from the atien ti.in of Parliament having been given to this important subject. 111 y Lpvls, and Gentlemen, His Royal Highness commands us to congratulate you upon the reduction of the Wand of Mauritius. This last and most im pnrtant colony of France has been obtained with inconsiderable iou, and its ace.uisit ion must materially contribute to eke security of the British commerce and possessions in that quart* of the world. 3 be sureesses which have crowned his Majesty's arms during the present campaign, under the distinguished command of Lieu tessutt.fieneral Lord Viscount Wellington, are most Important to tbv interest. and glorious to the character of the country. His arfal Highness viaiutly participates in all the sentiments which Lane b vii n r icked by these successes, and confers iY tbe.just ap- plause which you have beSteVred upon 'the .1111, prudent*, and in trepidity so conspicuously displayed in obtaining them. It affords the greatest satisfaction to his Royal Highness to re flect that, should it please Divine Providence to restore his Ma jesty to the ardent prayers and wishes of his Royal Highness and of his Majesty's people, his Royal Highness will be enabled to lay before his Majesty, in the history of these gnat achievements of the British arms throughout a series of systematic operations, so' satisfactory a proof that the national interests and the glory of the British name have been successfully maintained while his Roya Highness has conducted the Government of the United Kingdom. 'filen a Commission for proroguing the Parliament was read. After which the Lord Chancellor said, My Lord:, and Gentlemen, By virtue of the Commisson under the Great Seal, to us and other Lords directed, and nuw read, we do, in obedience to the commands of his Royal Highness the Prince Regent, in the name and on behalf of his Majesty, prorogue this Parliament to 'Enna son r, the 22d Day of AUGUST next, to be then here holden; and this Parliament is accordingly prorogued to Thurs day, the 22d Day of August next. HOUSE OF COMMONS. At half pact three o'clock, the Speaker and the other Members were summoned by the Deputy Usiter of the Black Rod to at tend in the House of Lords, which was accordingly complied with. On the SPEA&ER's returning, he Informed them that that House Lad been in the House of Lords, and that the Commis sioners appointed by the Prince Regent, on the behalf of his Ma jesty, had given the Royal Assent to the Medium Circulation Bill, and the Interchange Militia Bill. That their Lordships had also, by the Prince Regent's command, prorogued Patßement to Thursday the 22d of August. He then read the Prince Regent's Speech, which, he said, he had procured a Copy of—(For :chid* zee the Lerds.)—The House was then prorogued. THE EVENING STAR. LONDON. THURSDAY, JULY 25. ST. 'AWLS 'S the Stock Exchange. We are happy to hear that the violence of his MA JESTY'S disorder has in a considerable degree sub. sided, and that unless the paroxysms should recur, hopes may be entertained of his recovery to personal health, whatever alteration the opinion of the Physi. clans may have undergone with respect to the pros pect of his perfect restoration. " WINDSOR CASTLE, JULY 25. 64 There is no change in his MAJESTY'S symptoms since yesterday. (Signed) BAILLIE, " W. HEBERDEN, " R. WILLIS." DUCHESS or BRUNSWICK.—The following answer was this morning given to the numerous enquirers after her Royal Highness's health : " Her Royal Highness has had a better night, and is better this morning." - An Anholt Mail arrived this morning, but the in telligence it brings does not enable us to speak with certainty as to the measures to be expected frnm the powers in the Baltic. The accounts from Turkey still continue to be of an opposite nature. One day we are told that negociations are on foot with Russia, and the next that the armies of both nations are en gaged in active hostilities. The following are a few extracts brought by the above Mail HERMANSTADr, JUNIi s. It is said that the Turkish garrison of 'Varna consists of 20,000 men. All the cavalry is encamp ed before the gates of the town. We to not yet know whether the numerous Turkish army which is formed between Widdin and Nissa is destined to act against the Servians, or undertake the siege of Ruth chuck. It is believed that the Captain Pasha, who has sailed from the canal with a flee; one-third more' [ strong than that of last year, will place himself at the mouth of the Danube, to prevent the Russian army from drawing provisions and forage from the Crimea. • PANSCOWA, JUNE 6. The Commandant of the Servians, Mladen Maio watiowitsch, is returned to Belgrade, from the tour which he made upon the frontiers. Czerni Georges also arrived the day before yesterday in that place. All the preparations are ready for the opening of the campaign. In servia the troops are all ready to march. Acdording to accounts from Turkey, fresh troops arrive every day at the head-quarters at Schum la.—The Grand Vizier is there. It is said that he caused five Pashas to be decapitated, who. refused to furnish their contingents. He has sent, agreeably to the orders of the Sultan, considerable detachments to the neighbourhood of Nissa and Widden. FROM DAGEN, JUNE 8. A letter from Lieutenant Fatran, Commander of the Order of Danneborg, reports his !aving captured the English brig of war, Safeguard, of ten 18-pound carronades, commanded by Lieutenant Thomas Eng. land, after a very smart action, in which the brig lost one man killed, and seven wounded, but acknow ledges that his flotilla suffered very severely in the action. •VIENNA, JUNE 19. . According to the latest intelligence, 'six Turkish ships of the line have already passed the Bosphorus and the remainder of the fleet is ready to follow them. The fleet is composed of 28 ships, viz. six of the line, 14 corvettes, and eight gun-boats. General Kutosow is at Bucharest. It is said at Constantino ple that, with the exception of Rudschuck, he has ordered all the fortresses to be razed. It is supposed that the Grand Vizier will immediately attack that place. His chosen corps consists of 35,000 men. The troops of Romelia are very flume:ens, they are going, by forched marches, to the Camp, at Sebumla. Mouclulor Pacha is at SS. Sophia a ith another corps; ten other regiments of Janissaries are on their route for the Grand Army, to which Ali Pacha conducts a corps from Albania. The Grand Vizier pays great attention to the Ronelian troops; he wishes to attach them, and introduce among them a new state of dis ciple ; in genera., he v ishes tl•e Asiatic troops should ' adopt the European discipline, but ol customs are difficult to be overcome. . Letters from Bucharest ainekinte the attital t dtt the sth inst, in the town, of a Turkish Envoy, dis patched from head-quarters with the interpitter Apos tolaky. He was recived with distinction, lodged in one of the best houses of this town, and a guard of honour given him. We are impatient to know if stew negociations for peace are the question. One must not infer from the provision•tl mission, that negociations are upon the point of being bagon, since it is probable that thz. Reis Effendi, w!io is at the camp of Schumla, vrill.be charged with opening them. M. Pierre Fontain has al returned to Eucharect from the Turkish head.quart rs. Bands of robbers infest the great roads of Wallachia and Moldavia, and interrupt the communication. A Russian Gene. ral of Division had l'the misfortune to fall into their hands on the 7th June, on his route from Sentischey to Bucharest. By the ANN packet, the arrival of which from Halifax we noticed yesterday, we have received a se ries of American Papers. The most important arti cle they contain, is a Reply of the President to an Address from the town of Newhaven. The purport of the Address was to complain of the restrictions of the Commerce with Great Britain, and to request that the Legislature might be convened for the pur pnse of establishing a free trade, The President's answer is temperate and soothing. The King of SWEDEN was put under arrest the mo ment he landed at Tonningen, and a messenger sent off to BONAPARTE. An article from Valadolid, 22d June, computes the troops in that city, at 3000 men, comprehending, however, the sick ; those at Salamanca are stated at 1000. On the 11th of last month about 900 or 1000 of the patriots under Bourbon,.well armed and moun ted, approached the walls of the latter city, and offered battle to the garrison on the adjacent plain, but the French shut themselves up for two nights.— On the 17th Catella attacked the garrison of Siman cus with some success, when those that escaped sought refuge in Tudela de Douro. The following letter from Cadiz, dated the 3d inst. in some degree removes the mystery respecting the destination of the native forces under BLAKE :—" We continue in expectation of being free from the French Al) are in this neighbourhood. We were disappoint ed on hearing that the army had retired from Estre madura, but now we find it is a combined plan. The Spanish army, commanded by BLAKE, had crossed from Mertola to Ayamonte. Some persons are of opinion that BLAKE will embark there and proceed to Algesiras, from thence to join the Army of the Cen tre ; others, that the army will make an attempt by forced marches to Cantillana to cross the Guadalqui vir, and by that road join the Army of the Centre. If we are fortunate enough to succeed, SotLT must retire by Los l'edroches to Cordova.' We :ire desired to state, that the Bidding for the proposed Lottery was not made void from any re luctance on the part of Mr. SIVEWRIOHT to fulfil it, but from a_misconception of the Plan of Drawing, which he conceived himself entitled to adopt. Vauxhall last night boasted a numerous assemblage of fashionable Company. The attractions of the Rowing Match, an account of which will be found in Our last page, tended greatly to enhance the amuse ments of this delightful place: and the fireworks and concert, vocal and instrumental, went off with great applause. Monday, the City of Edinburgh's purse of 50 gni. neas was run for over the Sands of Leith, and wor► by Mr. Geddees bay mare, Border Lan ' - General Siddons's brown mare, Spitfire • - 2 dr. At a Special Sitting of the Court of Directors of the East India Company, held on Tuesday, it was decidedly determined to continue Sir GIORGE BARLOW Governor of Madras. EAST INDIA SHIPPING. The outward.bound'East India fleet, under convoy of the TIiEBAN frigate, arrived at Madeira on the 20th and 21st ult. and would proceed on their voyage in about a week. The following is a list of the fleet: Charles Mills, Marquis Wellesley, Dover Castle, Lord Castle►eagh, Lady Castlereagh, Moffatt, Tot tenham, Retreat, David Stott, Surrey, Warren Has tings, and the Walthamstow. PLYMOUTH, JULY 21. Arrived the INTLLLICHENT gun-brig, from Liver pool ; the ship Hero, of London. STEPHENSON master, from Quebec, with a cargo of timber, Sm.; the Wolf revenue cutter, from a cruize ; and a number of coasters. PORTSMOUTH, JULY 24. Arrived die Dispatch from Jamaica and St. George's Channel. Sailed the AMAZON for Plymouth. The ZEPHYR takes convoy for the Downs.—Wind W. DEAL, JULY 24. Sailed the GAMBIER cutter for Portsmouth, with a few ships under convoy; and his Majesty's ship NAIAD for off flushing.—Wind E. S. E. SHEERNESS, JULY 24. Arrived the HEAR from the Westward, and Con. MORANT from the River Thames. Sailed the Hum fur the River Thames; CORMORANT to the Westward. YARMOUTH, JULY 24. • ' Arrived the Carman's from the Baltic ; and this morning, the Caacitert gun-brig, with the transports N0..352, SO, 219, and 19, with troops from Leith. Sailed the VIXEN, Lieut. WRIGHT, to Anholt, with dispatches ; the FLAMER, with convoy bound to Malta, and the TICKLEIt cutter for the Downs. A list of iu vessels, condemned at Cariscrona, was exhibited yesterday at Lloyd's, with a request that the persons iuterested in the vessels and cargoes should send in an account of their demands to Mr. H. BENNETT, the Secretary, preparatory to a re presentation to be laid belore Government on the subject. The Chamber of Commerce or G.Toa has pub lished the following notice :—" By advice a from the principal Commissary of the Infernal Marine in this port, the Chamber-of Commerce is enabled to satisfy Lhe Merchants that the French are received with per fect respect at Algiers, and will be admitted into the harbours of that principality.. The same public no tics: is given with regard to Tutlis.". . • laht. Mita Font. transports, with troops from Leith, attired yesterday in Yarmouth Roads. The new levy going forward in Portugal will cans sist of 20,000 men. The 4th Dragoons emb irked at Plymouth on Mon day, for Portugal. A fleet of transports, With 4000 sick and Wounded on board, were to 'care the Tagus for Englan.l, on the 15th instant General Mourn:a:six is returned to Englaod, ifl order to proceed to India on the general staff of the King's Army in Beagal. General LASCEY is appointed to comm:tral in C.4ta. , lonia. and has already taken his departure for that province. The Non-commissioned Officers an.l men of the Londonderry Militia, h it•e• . Al in extending their services to any part of the U..red Kingdom ; 54 Serjeants and 1000 rank and tile, have been ae• tually re-attested. The Tipperary Regiment of Militia, quartered at Galway, have volunteered their service to any part of.the United Kingdom. Monday the Yarmouth Local Militia, commanded by Colonel GOULD, were reviewed by General ACIC• LOM, who spoke in high terms of commendation for their firings, and their steadiness while in the ranks. • In consequence of the death of General Fox, the arrangements we alluded to in our Paper a few days ago, respecting the Governments of Portsmonth and the Royal Military College, we presume, will soon take place. The Lieutensnt-Governorship of the latter has become vacant by Major-General Le dfAn , CHANT having been pl iced upon the Staff of the Army in Portugal ; and we hope his Royal Highness the Commander-in-Chief, with a laudable attention to the economical suggestions of the Commissioners of Mi litary Inquiry, will blend the apvintment of Lieute• pant-Governor and the Senior Commandant together, by which means, a great saving will be made to the Extract of a letter from Lisbon, dated July IS We have, at this moment, scarcely any thing worthy of communication. The French have retired from Spanish Estramadtra ;—one having marched for Seville, and another for Madrid, having left a garrison in Badajos, and blown up the works of Olivenca, which place they have entirely abandoned. SouLr has completely gained hit object in compelling us to give up the siege of Badajos. Our head-quar ters are established at Vortalegre, and the army are* , going into cantonments, so that fighting is, for the present, over. The army is but sickly, and the French the same. We have received several reinforcements, and General Gnattass is arrived from Calizi. The number of sick and disabled Officers about this place gives it a most melancholy appearance.." GENERAL ORDER. Horst-Guards, July 20, lel I. His Royal Highness the Prince Regent, in the tunic and on the behalf of his Majesty, has been pleased to (affect, that Sol diers 'hell nut be discharged front the Army, except in corsage • quence, Ist, Of having fulfilled the term of their engagements; 2d, Of having become unfit for service; or 3d, Of having, by permission, provided Substitutes. In cases of the last mentioned description, the following Re. gulatlons have been established, which it is his Royal Hipline the Gemmander•in Chef's command shell be strictly adhcrtd to in future. I. Commanding Officers of Corps (by whom only applications must be made through the Adjutant-General for the discharge of Soldiers) are to be particularly diligent and circumspect in the first place in 'scene/sting the grounds on which sack applicitions are founded, and ate to detail the same to: rte Command, r-in. Chief's consideration, who will thereby be enabled to decide whether, and on what terms, the indulgence is to be granted. These Reports are invariably to include a statement of the man's age and services, and the character he has maintained in the re giment, in addition to the other circumstances on which be may ' rest his claim to indulgence. 2. Commanding Officers are in no instance to sanction or en- courage eny steps beteg taken to procure Substitutes, until the Commander-in-Chief's pleasure shall have been segularly notified. 3. The Substitutes are iu every can to be provided solely by the friends of the party applying for his discharge, and no inter. ference whatever on the part of the regiment, either by means of the recruiting parties, or otherwise, is to be permitted. U any such Agency be discovered to have taken place, the parties con cerned will be punished. Lid the Commander-in-Chief's sanction for the discharge will be withdrawn. 4. No Soldier is to receive a Furlough on the plea of assisting to provide Substitutes for himself, or on Ley other aeioung connected with his discharge, nor is he to quit the Quarters of his regiment until his Substitutes have been finally ace pted.— The Substitutes must be provided with as little delay as pos sible, and If they shall not have joined the regiment within six months front the date of the Commander-in Chief's autho rity, it Is to be considered as cancelled, which must also invari ably be the case,if the corps in the mean time should be ordered on service. 5.' Substitutes are not to be received above 25 years of age, be wider the regulated standard, nor is any man to be deemed eli gible who has been previously in the service. They are to be brought to the head-quarters of the regiment entirely at the ex pence of the soldier or his trines, and are to remain. there one month before theLare finally accepted as substitutes. They will, ' however, be•subsisted from the dates of their attestations which are always to take place at head-quarters. Every soldi er, pre. viola to his discharge, is to lodge in the bands of his Command. ing-Officer a certificate from his substitutes, that they have no unsettled claim on him or the Regiment; and the Commanding- Officer is to satisfy himself that the substitutes are either fully equlpt with necessaries, or that a proportion of their bounty ade quate to that purpose is deposited with the Captain or Officer commanding the Troep or Company to which he may be attached. 6. Commanding-Officers are required to be very strict in en. forcing the due execution of these instructions, and to be pun. cularly careful in causing them to be fully and minutely explain ed to the men under their ceders, so that there may bent) plea for deviations or irregularities in consequence of ignorance or misconception,and that each individual applying for his discharge may fully comprehend the rah and responsibility be thereby takes upon himself. 7. To prevent an unnecessary multiplicity of correspondence, applications of this nature front Cosseruantling•Officers are to be confined to stated periods, and are to be made only on the first day of each month. 8. The names of such men as are discharged under the metal dons of this order, arid the names of the substitutes provided by them, are to be inserted in the proper columns, on the hack of the monthly return, together with the due of the Commander. io-Chief's sanction. • By command of his Royal Highness the Commandm in -Chief s HARRY CALVER 1 - , Al. Cen. Cannons, the once celebrated estate of the splendid Duke of CIIANDOS, the Timon of Pope, is just sold by Colonel O'Kettv, to Sir T. PLosria, the Solicitor- General, for £53,000. Monday night, as Mr. Tye; of Duke -street, Ozi r.l.street,was returning from London to Richmond, with Mr. SMITH, in a single-horse chaise, the vehicle w is overturned at Brompton, by being driven against post, and both per o is were thrown out. Mr. Tugs had. two ribs broken, besides receiving some danger ous contusions on the bead, and his friend was also seriously injured. . . p11MMP.... --