Star. — London, England, 1816-01-01 00:00:00

---...~ m od.' , .••"": — .* • - . - ma a good As to promise France a ha* aa a. *coloyinent of ter beloved Monarch. ilia m o t y his given the sum of 910,000frauti ( or the us: of the poor during this rigorous season. The Ladies of Lyons have offered to clothe at Astir tic , a certain number of men whit have muti nous o f l o yalty, but who are unable td provide thew, elves with military equipments. .A ktter from Nitmes of the 21st . states, that the' t o te stsnt Churches were all open at ten o'clock that o i l i n g; an immense number of Protestants at jod t hem, and the service w a s celebrated with • -Aticity,security, and tranquillity. Th e N a tional Horse-Guards will commence duty t he Thai!levies on the Ist January. The re pot; of a marriageof the King of Spain with po x es of Brazil, appears to gain credit. Th e fortifications of Vienna, demolished in 1809 y or der of Bonaparte, are to be reestablished. The re ek *ill commence in March next. The Emperor a bout to have built a most magnificent Palace, the epen ce of erecting which is estimated at near four aka, of florins. The National Guard of Lyoni offers to furnish coo rnen,armed and equipped, for the service of is Majesty. A SWIM it is said, of Louis XVI. is to be erected emedivtilf• The Doke d'Aogonleme was at Monte-de-Marsan th e 22d, in the Department of Landes. The march of the Hanoverians is yet impeded by Jolts of ice on the Waal and the Meuse. A Neapolitan Journal complains much of a Paper l eg stated the plague to he raging in Sicily.—lt incorrect. bl s V a encironer had not yet been deliVered up to the on the 22d ; the Mayor had invited all the who bad arms to place them in the general ehsve the satisfaction to announce that the Earl Budwicke has mitred in Paris, accompanied by :Liable and accomplished daughter Lady Eliza take, whose hand will in a few days be be. upon the British Ambassador Sir Charles In understand the Countess, and several of the family, will attend on this happy PARIS, DECEMBER 27. risce Canosa is expected to be the new Neapolitan Sur of Police. he German Diet h now composed of forty mem , viz. one Emperor, six Kings, seven Grand AttentyDukes and Princes, and four free towns. be Bavarian army is now in two grand divisions. of Munich and that of Wurtabourg. the red companies of the King's Guard corn. duty on the 6th .January. :late keeper and head turnkey of the Concier comprotnised in the escape of Lavalette, were. .day transfused to La Force. arty ;ed a setters horn Germany state that the Court of aria has t:a.ra the resolution to endeavour to ar tht inrther projects of Russia against the Otto- I Porte, in conjunction with England and pfus , ,ia. f report is circulated h Germany that paper mo ris to be depreeit!ed by order of the Austrian Go: mum This news, true or false, has produced ?mit effects in many parts of the country. _ t ebi. leave to correct a statement we made can., fins the danghter of M. LavAette being impri.; d; she his been sent to her school, with strict ersot to let her go ont. eteral Frimont has left Dion with the whole of Stsif. Count Etienne de Damas has been created a IP'. Prr Le PM I y. to n is it aken wet tb ADO) ot ; of t icy will I KM sot ly est* th their )01 the lignast senser.) Thalk family Garai Subscri2tion is to be immediately opened, U the Public Offices, for the relief a the poor of. :ant Pow) de Borge, the Russian Minister, ce ated on the 25th the Birth-day of the Emperor Sander. The Duke of %Wilk%ton, and all the elgo Ministers and Ambassadors dined with him. house was brilliantly illuminated. a the Morning of Christmas-thy, a regiment of, British Guards attended Divine Service at the , ell of the Oral c i re , in the rue St. Hocort:. The rh dresses of die officers, anti the excellent ap atce of the men, amtacted an immense crowd of ators; and we must say that Twee of the Allied s were ever admired by the ;?arisians equal to - • English and a Puli.ls soldier Were yesterday mg taken to the Prefecture for having caused a disturbance in the house where they lodged ; had been b.lxing a considerable time before !ere arn.ced and both were citr. - ted with Pa ic,e Ccrre:tionn:lll condemned yesterday a :number of individuals, convicted of having cut n tbe:roy al forests. Fteign Ort 7 .cer has been arrested near the Pa tqal, Who had previously lost much Money at tables; the motives ef his arrest are un- Emperor and Emprcis of Austria were to renice on the 2Ctli inst. King of Naples has presented Prince Talley- . oith an estate woi tii.CU,C:OO francs per annum ; presezt is to.be made to Plince Metternich. is ell this fur 1 ‘ said that a company has requested from the 4 Naples the privilege of eruizing against the lecoust. kve. ?is - • acs 7 4F - . 7 --' ;-~ 8a1144 twoweeit' offering ragitis . inn civil , ' genies. This project sued tO the King dkougli the Waster of Marine. it is tisatight that the King of Naples well make un appeal to the merchants to obtain Tel loin the necessary funds for forsitieg a squadron competent b scrksr the teas . ik the Vicinity of Sicily end Napler. PARIS, DECEMBER 29. • CHAMBER OF DEPU TIES. •ULLETIN or MEURER 28. • fa the SeiVet Committee several orators were hard on the proposition of M. de Rochefoncank, for cele- bracing the anniversary of the murder of Louis XVI. Severn propositions-were mask in succession, all of them breathing the same sentiments, and all haviag for their object to add something to that homage of the regret, the grief, and we may add the relig;on of France. An Address, full of new condolences, an expia tory ceremony, in which his Majesty shall be suppli cated to permit that the Assembly, in a body, shall be present on the 21st of January next, at the fatal hour it which the regicide was committed the af fecting idea of placing beside tha statue of the father that of the son, to recall at once the memory of the King who was assassinated, and of the King whose death was caused by the regicides; the prnpasal of raising in the same groups the statues of the Queen and of Madame • Elizabeth ; all these proposals' emanating from the same spirit, received with the same respect and the same piety, were sent back to the Committees to make their report. The following are the leading resolutions 1. On the 2 tst of January every year, there shall be a general mourning throe;,! nut the kingdom, the manlier of which is to be settled by his Majesty. 2. On the same day, there shall be a solemn service performed in every church in Fr.ince, co:daps:ably to the order of the ht of January last year. _ 3. In expiation of the crimes of this unfortunate. day, there shall be raised, in the aame and at the expense of the nation, a Statue to Lows XVI. on sise pedestal of which shah be engraved these words " France a free nation—to the memory of ,Louis XVI." N••t a single clisionticnt vote appeared again:A the above Resolutions. I.AvAut . rn. TO TILE EDITOR OF TIIE JOU:IN:AL DE PARIS. " Paris, December 26. 41 The account which you have given of the escape Laval.;:t2 is cuaect, will/ the exception of two circunistance.s. 66 You stated that tl:e Minister of General Police and the Prefect of Police went to the prison. and im. med:ately ordered the arrest of the gaoler. You sltoohl hive .statecT, tLat slx minutes precisely after :he e.ieape c.i M. Lavaletto, the g..oler, after 11,tving ordered the keepers and myse.: (and it was I who stopped the sedan chair on thz (,)a-ii dos Orlevr4s) to o in pursuit, proceeded hintsch to the Prefect of Po. lice to inform, him of the disastrcustvent. It was thou only that the Prefect sent ii:y lather to tLe prison of the 4epot of the l'refectnri.t. n.iv,r is it prohaile that the gaoler liad been wouli have given, an atcnunt so soon to the Prefect of Police placed Limy:lla: his mercy weehl h.: not hive eoneeaiei tht: escape ontil ;scat thy, nay even kiis.ippeared him. self before it was known' 66 Several jrurnalists have said, that. the gaoler seemed to be guilty of negligence : Nu, Sir, he has nor. The gaoler was present in the front lodge when Lavaiette. went ow, disguised in his 4 ice's clothes, siipprlted by 11:-; daughter and an . old servant, aji, three scbking alai- crying, which appeared to him quite natural. It has brien said, why was not Ae handkerchief tadl;en from his face ? but 1 ask thou who put this question, would they have done so them selves, to a female in the last agonies of 'grief and despair, at seeing jeer husband for the last time pre. %ions to his ascending the scaffold ? Would not such conduct have been an insult and a cruelty, with which the gaoler might have been justly charged ? 66 It has been said, why Was it ;lot discovered at the various wickets, that a man and not a woman was going out ? In answer to this it may be said, that Madame Lavalette every time she came to see her husband, was covered with a large fur cloak, which seemed to accord with her sickly condition, and under which her Ave wascompletely disguised. 0.: It my lather had been capable of telling his .honour, he would have accepted the offers made him by Madame Ney to save her husband —offers .of which I can now give an account from a convertatlon of which I took notes immediately alter my father reported it to me : On the 17th of November, at seven o'clock in the, evening, came into the Lodge where I was; site said , to my father that she was desirous of speaking to h i m io private—l retired into the front Lodge. After both were seated she spoke as follows 1- 0 . M. Roc. quette, I know that nothing but the misfortunes put' •:xperienced at St. Domingo reduced you to the ned.' cessity of becoming a gaolur—you have a large family.. It may he poszible, it you wish it, to place them in • opulence.'...' 4 How so, Madame r ' A victim is wanted and my husband is marked out; it depends upon you to save him: set off with him—nothing can happen to you—depend upon it my fortune is consi., derable—l offer you half, nay the whole, if yop w i s h it. I/ What, Madame, do you prppose to 1:12e•t0 forfeit my honour ?' Sir, honour is not •affected when it is necessary to save an unfortunate person. 0 No n , Madame, nothing can make me traffic with my duty.. Your grief affects me, but I beseech you instantly to • cease speaking of a proposal which hurts me beyond measure.' What ! will nothing in the world move gr. '" : ‘ 7 " 11 7 1111r. "7" -v- •-• . • . 1 4- ‘l .- 6.& --trrirm - • " • islaiai 10,441 I , pew most sincerely In yVtkitsit WOO,* ba Y cannot do Mnre.'—g Then Ore Me your word of honour that you will not mention +What I have said to yolt, to the Mais.!/at, who is. ignorant of my proposil.!—.l7le Made *her the promise, in`d rose in order to put an end to a converiation whiCh was disagreeable to hid. She said to Ishii, On 'going away,' Will St* OA of yon *Taut on . what I have said I Madam, all illy reflections are finished, I beseeds you to think no more on the subject yourself.' Trost' this moment he avoided being alone with Madani* Ney, lest she should retew . The proposal, I hare the honour to be, s:e. (Signed) 06 ROCQUILTTB de KERGUIDtft, Jun." COURIER EXTRAORDINAY OF FRIDAY MORNING. • - Baron Muffling, who his long executed the fury. tions of Governor of Path, will set out on the Sd for Cambray, where he will be attached to the head quarters of the Duke of Wellington as Prussian Ge neral. The departure of the Duke of Wellington, the day for which is not yet fixed, rill be the signal for the complete evacuation of Paris by the gnglish troops. .: Yesterday, after Mass, several Foreigners of dis tinction were noticed in the Hall of the Marshals, particularly a Russian Princess, who was accom. palsied by a General of that nation. We are assured that 04 Deputies have entered their names in order to deliver their sentiments on the project of the Law of Amnesty The Prpe has conferred on M. Kreusinger, May* of Strasburg, the Order of the Golden Spur, as a re compense fur services formerly tendered in the Low Cotintries to French Ecclesiastics, who had been driven out of these countries by revolutionary perse. cutions. The National Guards of Landau were dissolved immediately after the entrance of the Austrian troops. Yesterday part of the gr. g liA troops who were at St. Denis, quitted that place. The artillery of the sane corps set out this rivwning. Oa the 2d of December the Pintsians, to the num. ber of 20(10, entered Thionville. The r=r,ch Etat Major retired upon Metz, • SPAIN. A letter from 'Madrid of the 4th ult. rates, that lately, while the Et 'a was walking in one of the gardens at the Royal Retreat of Aranjuez, a shot wasifired in the direction of his Royal Pers,n, of which a guard du corps, who stood near,, was the The letter adds, that in consequence of this event, various persons have been arrested. Another letter, of the same date, says : •16 The want of resourtes, on the part of Geveloment, was never so visible as at this moment. The Friars alone seem flossessed of circulating mt4lium. The :mops for eeeeral months have been witLcut pay, they are naked., and t:ie public offices are intportun ately, and evert clamerottey dunned for arrt ars nt cot't iy kin..l. hlr.; a dellAr bel ;raging to Covcrntitent arrives from nt :- rica ; all the money that has arrived fr.:;•:.ome ::re luck hclongs to iltlividtta;s, so th:it CoVeitiment is preclu l-d from the risibility of eff&tins loan., even of a .mount. FICRDIVIIPD now' feels the dig , ..rence between an absolute and is popular Government. victim. The entire frustration of Motuilds'Expedition is whispered atom in all circles connected with Court, and the ctudied manner in which the event is hidden, retulAs the consequences still an'lre nrninous. &me eting extremely fatal apse irs to hang over 1.4 e desti nies of Spain, s 2 great is the alietiation of iiimtitnent in every gamier." • extracts which vet have given from other New- York Papers, receivzd on Saturday, after the STAR wai at press, and from other collateral evideace, it would appear that there is no truth in the statement which we gave from another New York Paper, of an American brig having been sunk by a 4ritish 7. A Flanders Mail arrived yesterday. The Cantons of Phillipeville were taken possession of on the 20th ult. in the name of his Majesty the Ktirn of the Ns- TIigRLA.NDS, on which occasion. a Proclamation was issued to the Inhabitants of those cfistricts, whp were delighted the promises made to them, in com pliance with their wishes previously expreised, to adopt the necessary measures for miiking them enjoy' as soon as possible the powerful protectiou of bis JIMMY. The occupation of some other French fortresses, it is stategl, is delayed unti4 gess arrive from the Dtike Of Wes LINGTONs respecting the partiCulas calks which are to take possession of •them. The Strar/argk Gazette of the 21st ultimo tentains the following paragraph:—Naws from Italy say that a great Princess is on the point of corning to France for a marriage which would give a new gua rantee to the tranquillity and happiness of our country. A. letter has been received from Colonel 411OBAlti t at St. Helena, stating that the SSd regiment were en. , camped about six miles from the ;own. Letters from Egypt,, of the 26th July, state, that MAII,9NMED Au, the reigning Viceroy, who had unvi dertaken personally the late expedition against the Wahabee Arabs, bad at length terminated it with complete success. After driving than from Mecca, , Medina, and the ports along the coast of the Red' Bea, taking possession of their great inland capital Terabe, &c. the strong hold on which they chiefly. degended, he effected their total defeat by pursuing them to the xernotest confines,of their territory. THE CHACE: llir B. Graham's Fox Hoimds will throw off to-morrow, at Melton Village; Thunday, at Bumble: and Saturday at the Kering. ' Teo Thorusby Hounds met this day, at Haggetsgate Blue . Bell; Thursday, at Maki.? Village; and Satuniajat Barwick. The York City Hounds hunted this day, at Meightoni Wad nap*, at Huntington; and Friday at Copiniunhorpe. The Ainderby Steeple union Harriers tfirew or this day, at 41.inderby Steeple; and win on Thursday at Brenham. The Holderness Harriers meet on We Tuesday, at Holliston ; and raunchy at Abibtouilk, -9 7/7"W'MPIIPMMI . • • ":*)i1;. r *ix inv.*. =annuli it. Yesterday afternoon a Privy council, conslitini of the Members at present here, was held. govotl states that the deliberations related to the rtintetit Cifiknuirre, between whom and One of the Matti- Ons roreign . Princes~ now in England, it is *Wye:o it matrimonial alliance is on the taftir ; is which case the latter of course would consent to become I •PriA testa= . Lord ELLICNBROUGH t Lord ANlnefirr, and Lord Cofriman, arrived at the Pavilion yesterday. The two latter N dal:rueri, with Mr. and Mrs. VV. rot.* retuttea to town this morning. 114r01. JACOBI. tho Prussian Minister, arrived at the Pavili , a: on Friday nigh:. On Friday the Plums 11;:crwr's Libr.trlstn, t} e Rev. J. `.. 0 1. Clirke, atri:e4 at tile and tile 'same day ha..! the honour to present " The Htstorr. cal Manusca ;ins of J antr; the Secoud, which h. bx accsncting to the commamis of tiis Rodat • 7HP:BRMr. The. reduction of the Royal fslarir , .! Corne to the, peace establishment took place last week. Tin e force, in the war, was composed of f;5,000 meo 1 , now et will not exceed 6.500 men. There are to be eighty companies, of 72 'nen in each, at the tear diviisi v nt with one Captain, t'ro First LientenaLts, and one Second Lieutenant to each company.' r ;-The Stag to remain the same as it is it present, at all the div iiiens, except any second Onnm'andants f namely, Generals DI4R aRAIGH, MEREDITH, F4lgf.."-R, TEN 4 B LINGUA LL, and Draft, who retire upon full pay. Sir RICHaJiD Witzamits is aprOiated to command the lour Marine Artillery Ciampanies, and q... : ieutenant. Colonel THEMENIIapir, from half-pay, join this division, in his roamt.i—All the Office's fei.l . s suddenly placed upon will each receii r , a compertsa tton or two mcittlis' pay. The reduction takes place from the lrt of January this day). A great reduction h:ls recenti7 pen place in the Military Store in Penny -street, rortsinottO, by he discharge of many of the labourers syl;c) had craploy. moot under that establishment. NAVAL INTELLfGENCE. FALMOUTki, DECEMEER es. Noting arrived yesterday or 'to-day, or sailer', —. Wind W. to N.W, fresh breezes, and thiCk weather. PLYMOUTH, rttEMBER so. The Bremen brig Telemachus, D . Rtb, from Bre., men, boun4 to St.Thorri is's, put into Elis p.,:t :o re.. pair damages, having spilt her sails, ecr.. PORTSMOUTH, DECFMEEtt 31. Toe rind this morning inclined :p he Easterly I—. the outward-bound ships were prmaring to • when it fell calm, and came on this Weather—they still remain. B.lied his Majlaty's ships TELEGRAPH, ALozamz, auld l'Asninyt on croi•ze ; and his Ms, jesty's ship SPEY for St.Helena.—Wind S.W. DEAL, )I?CEMB!'it st. &tiled last evening, his Majesty's ship P7-EVO7A tyre, for Gg.-.raltar ; City of Biliaurgh, L.ic;y:, for tndie, and several mote nutward-bound, p4wticulars un known. Arrived and sailed for the giver, the City of Edinburgh, Dos:ALD, from Guadalotipe q Sue Henry Mildway, Kam from the Canary Isttilda.--; 'Came dm) front the Riser, tha kiratamo.P.fassm r . for Martinique ; James, Eu.Ev,fG: r.io .I.tneiro ; Sl. li:bury, Mg:ALLA; for Jamaica, and remain tue 1), ) ,,,, s with the whole or ow escept ;be City of Edinbuigb, and syv4al other cum ail.. V. za:ascArii, DUCEMEER• 21. . &Ailed ft -r Calais ;ht; Juno, Isorie trauspott, and sevetal 6f the Dayer vessel:, hired . fuir anoth:_v cargo of troar,r, igtif hol-sci:. We hope to find the horses (should they be landed here) on s! ‘ ore in a better st , ite than 6 1 1 !Alt.-11 - 1:i ?rivet of Waterloo packet, Captaln t.t:;s evening for 03tencr, with piss ::nets.--T1; raGsperity ;iOqP. mentioned in our last, till liei at 'the bacif. of the East liead, with cv.ry Weat-Oct of leaviog her. tunics there; for, notwithsGindin , Y moderatetveap ther, every attempt to get her oil has hitherto 2rOved ineffectual. We Bane at the time upw.t.-.-d.: 4a TK) sail of vessels in our harbour, waiting for a *wind to proceed to the Westward, and malty of them under average. Came in for shelter the Mayflower, &mu, with the loss of anchors and cables ; the 'Prosperity, CRINCK3 Providence, BnowN ; and the Hibernia, POPHAM, and remain. MARGATE, DECEMBER s'. Sailed the Eleanor transport for Calais.. HARWICH, DECEMBER $l. Arrived the Tiietis packet with Mai! and pa*. singers from Gottpahurgh. 'Sailed the Prince of Orange with Mails for ligllapcle. • Saturday the dispaichis tombav ezj China, by the MarquiS at Huntly and Castle liuntly, ware finally closed at the Bast India House, and deliveresi to their respective Pincer,. '- Sander se'nnight the gnei g hede n awedish hark, bound to Genoa, pitied up in the Channel a boat be- 101 144 to the Priissian ship Swilling, 'from St. Martin's, laden with salt. The men reported; • that Eheir_ vessel being in a very leaky state, the Captain and crew bad abandoned her, and made 'for the Emig:. bodes, then in sight, but returned to the vessel to en ' deaymor to save the papers, &c. The Captain and seven men main boarded bp', leaving two in the boat, when the instantly sunk, and all on bcar4 perished I A Court Martial has aminble4 as board the Queen Charlotte, at Portsmouth, for the trial of some c.f the Crew of the Africaine...Twq.of them, Aalicb Sorrel and Johp lVertertna, were Inund guilty of detestable practices, and sentenced to be hung. , Coit . x.Excuitiaa, JAN. I.—Akbougb our ;apply of all grain is by no means large, ye; it exceeds the demand, consequently our prices are deprest - gd.— Wheat continues exceedingly heavy sale, at g ;educ tion of 2s. per quarter upon the finest qualities ; qnd the ordinary sorts cannot be got off it any prise.—, Barley is Is. per quarter lower, and but little could be disposed of: 4:leans and Peas are gs. per qierter cheaper, and nearly unsaleable: Oats are full '24 per quarter lower, and but few piles could be eiccted ; ja short then appears a general stagnation is the trade. 611.11THFIRLDMARKET, JANUARY 1. 11. 1 :st 4s Od to Ss 6d I Veal 6s Od to Ts 01 Mottos 4s Od to 5s 6d Pork 41 04 CO 4s VJ Sesstsßlllo--Skeep and Limbs 14,1140.. -Calves 90• fits • I .21 ek. " I, . . . . • I i I ! • F • 1 t . 1 I • • •