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THE EVENING STAR. LONDON. TUESDAY, AUGUST 20. PRICE OF S I'OCK , ; I His DAY A r ()NI. (vet.ocx. s per Ct Coos. for money 620—Duto for account 62.1 S per Ccor. K. doc.-. 1 6 it —Navy 5 per Cent 9it 4 r 794—Bonds I.;s.prein.—the , roune dis. Exch. Bill, (d.i.) 3s. des. to par—Ditto (Std . .) 4s. prtm. We have received Paris Papers to the 15th, being a day later than those received yesterday. TLey con. twin some further details from the French armies in Spain, which are given at length in another part of cur Paper. We regret to find that their successes in the South of Spain have not been confined to the final capture of Tarragona. Montserrat, which was re garded as the strongest place in Europe, both• by nature and art, has fallen, and we fear that its brave defenders, like those of Tarragona, have been panic struck by the misfortunes of the patriots in other parts of Spain. Letters and Papers have been received yesterday morning from Boston to the date of the 15th July. They mention, that a report was prevalent that a Proclamation had been drawn up, but not published, for the assembling of Congress on the Ist October.— It is likewise noticed as a rumour, that General Tun- BEAU, the French Minister to the United States, has been taken on his voyage to France and sent into Ha. lifax. His health is stated to be so bad, as to leave little hopes of his recovery.- necessary to apologize for laying before our Readers the following particulars, which are understood to come from unquestionable authority : The mental affliction of his MAJESTY has unhappily assumed that settled determinate appearance which render fruitless the exertions of practitioners in the or dinary branches of medicines : and the future treat ment of his MAJESTY'S disorder, it is supposed, will be committed to Doctors SIMMONS and Wired:, though some of the other Physicians will be kept in atten dance. Unhappily for the Royal Sufferer, the occa sional bodily refreshment he experiences only tends to render his mental disorder more violent ; besides which, his digestive powers are so defective, that the fond he reluctantly takes affords but very little benefit, and he is now in so weak a state, that he is obliged to be carried from his bed to his chair and back again, with his head drooping nearly upon his chest—a state which cannot otherwise be contemplated than with In another part of this Paper will be found a most interesting document, which we have received from feelings the most poignant, and to which it is impos the Caraccas.—lt is the abdication by the Provisional sible to give adequate expresslnn. Junta of the powers and authorities with which they ANOTHER ACCOUNT. have been invested, and the resignation of them into The Kixo may be considered as exceedingly ill ; the hands of the first General Cortes elected and con- and those who attend him, particularly Dr. Wields, vetted in South America. Twenty distinct Cities are apprehensive that the continued violence of his pa and Territories have appointed their Representatives roxysms may put a speedy period to his sufferings. to this illustrious Assembly, which has received the appellation of the General Congress of Venezuela. Within the last seven days his MAJESTY has wasted The Spanish Cortes have issued a Decree, which more than during any former period of his malady.— has been adopted after a long and secret discussion, He is, indeed, in a state of constant coercion ;or should upon an offer which had been made by the British it be relaxed, he avails himself of his liberty to pro- Government to mediate between the American Pro- ceed to acts of personal violence. Within thelast fort vinces and the Mothei Country. This Decree con of nine articles, and the mediation is accepted, night his person is so much altered that he looks many on condition that an acknowledgment of the Sove- yearsolder. Itisnow ascertained that the violence of his reignty of the Cortes should be the basis of the Treaty agony proceeds principally from the pressure of water —and that the British Government should, on the on the brain ; for, when he stoops, he experiences the failure of the Negotiation, suspend all intercourse most violent pain, from which he is never free except with the refractory Provinces, and assist in reducing them to subjection. 1 when supported in an erect posture. What afflictingly A Gentleman has arrived from St. Petersburgh, aggravates the calamity, is the circumstance of his which place he left on the 24th ult. The information MAJESTY being perfectly unconscious as to the indivi communicated by this Gentleman on the subject of duals who are in attendance on him; and, in short, our relations with Russia, are of the highest imp, et h ance. He had frequent opportunities of ascertaining he has now never for a moment a lucid interval. All the sentiments of that Court, and he distinctly asserts, hopes, not only of his intellectual recovet y, but of any that in the Cabinet of Aeuesioxe hostilities with return of physical strength, may now, it is greatly ap- France are considered inevitable, and that in the per. orehended be finally relinqu i s h ed, by those who suasion of this event, preparations had been long going • ' - even forward to repel any sudden aggression of this new are most zealously and most affectionately anxious for enemy. Among those precautions, the latest adopted any favourable change. His MAJESTY is now said to by the War Office had been the calling out of the Mi. have become possessed of an excessive but false appe litia, which was assembled in every district of the fron- cite, which unhappily is only symptomatic of the grea tiers ready for immediate service. ter violence of the disease. The same Gentleman is provided with passports to depart from and return to Russia at his own time and , 66 WINDSOR CASTLE, AUGUST 20. pleasure. He is also, we are told, by peculiar favour, ! The KING is not better to-day.— His MAJESTY has furnished with several passports of A similar description passed another sleepless night . (Signed) for the accommodation of his friends, in direct oppo " H. HALFORD. " H. BAILLIE. " R. %VIEWS." sition to the policy hitherto Adopted by Russia, at the ' intance of M. Latniieeos. i Yesterday, about one o'clock, his Grace the Duke Such was the confidence with which the Russian of Devoestotte was introduced to his Royal Highness Government bad inspired Sir JAMES SAUSIAREZ, that the PRINCE Reimer at York House, St. James's Pa the British Admiral had permitted '2OO ships, princi- lace, upon his coming to his title, and at the same pally laden with the produce and manufactures of time his Come delivered to his Royal Highness, the this country, to proceed to the port of Cronstadt, and ribbon and Order of the Garter worn by his father the some of them were entering the Neva. We are sorry late Duke. His Royal Highness then left York. to say that the market for these commodities was House, accompanied by Generals TURNER and KEP vverstocked, but the great deficiency in the interior tree, for the Treasury Chambers, where he held a court. General will soon relieve it, and the superabundance of Rus- ' MAITLAND was introduced to his Royal sian produce will afford articles in barter on terms , Highness upon his return from the Government of ' very advantageous. Ceylon, and upon his being appointed to the Com- Perhaps the most direct indication of war between mind of the 10th regiment Russia and France is the rapid and unexpected ad. His Royal Highness then held a Privy Council, vance of the exchange to 151, a situation in which whit% was attended by the L-rd Chancellor, the Lord we have not seen it during a very long period, not- President of the Council, the First Lord of the Tree withstanding the Herculean efforts of the Gored meet sury and Chancellor of the - E xchequer, the First Lord to support it. of the Admiralty, the three Secretaries of State, the We have one additional fact which is tolerably ' Earl of HARROWBY. &c. explicit : the gunpowder, lead, and other ammunition, His Grace the Duke of Devoestuat was introduced accompanied by sealed orders to be opened at An- ! to in the Council. upon his being appointed Lord Lien. ! bolt, it is now directed, should be sent with all pos. i • i tenant o f the county of Derby, and was sworn in ac-! sible dispatch to the port of Riga. I cording ly , in the room of the late Duke, From another quarter of respectable authority, we Mr. Butleot was also introduced to the Council; I Live learned, that the point immediately under dis d sworn in Clerk of the Council, in the room of Mr. cussion between the two Powers, is the possession of a .2! -- r AwKENEn, deceased. i the ports of Riga and Revel. BONAPARTE is stated Parliament was directed to be further prorogued to have demane!ed them precisely on the same plea 'from the 22d inst. to the 4th of October next. I on which he seized Stettin, Colberg, and the other The RECORDER of London was then admitted, who Prussian ports, as being necessary to the completion made his report of the following convicts under sen of the o Continental System ;" and without which twice of death in Newgate, viz. England could never be compelled to accept a mari - James Hodget ts, Elizabeth (King, Susannah M‘Pherson, alias . time peace, so necessary to the repose of the world.— Arnott, and Mary M'Donald, for stealing goods, &c. in a dwell- BONAPARTE'S application to the Russian Emperor on ing-house; Thomas Mann, John Francis, and Elizabeth Leach, this head was accompanied and enforced by a state- fur forgery ; Joseph Antonio and Joseph King, fora highway ment of what he himself had accomplished ; — that he r A nh t bery ; and John Robinson, for a like offence—when Joseph onto, Joseph King, '1 bonus Mann, aid Joint Francis, were had shut out the English - from the ports of the Adria- ordered for execution on the With instant. 1 tic—from the Elbe and the Weser. His ROYAL HIGHNESS gave audiences to the Lord English commerce was entirely excluded from all C HANCELLOR, Earl CAMDEN, Mr. PERCEVAL, Mr. i the Potts of his own dominions, and those of his ccn. Renee, &c. federates, in a certain degree to the temporary detri. , About four o'clock his ROYAL HIGHNESS left the meat of his own subjects; and it now only remained Treasury and went to York House, and in a short for the Emperor ALEXANDER to affix his seal to this time afterwards his Excellency the Algerine Ambas- vast plan, by closing his ports i n t h e B a l t i c , th e only sador, attended by his Secretary, the British Interpre inlets, he regretted to say, which were at niesent ter, and Colonel CHESTER in his Majesty's carriage, ; open to the English. with the servants in their state liveries, arrived at . All this, General LAI/rump was instructed to York House, where his Excellency was introduced to press upon the attention of the Court of St-Peters- hi S R O Y A L HIM/tees' by Colonel CHESTER, Assistant 1 burgh ; and also to say, that his Master by no means Master of the Ceremonies, previous to his Excellency doubted the good-will of the Emperor, but rather leaving this country. the ability of his Government, which was too weak to Yesterday the PRINCE REGENT dined with the Earl carry into execution the full intentions of his Majesty. of Heeeregros. 1 On this ground it eras. that the French Government Sunday afternoon the PRIECE Reehtee and Duke of sought the possession of the two ports in question, and CUSHIERLARD dined with the Qum. at Windsor, andi also as a guarentee that the system of exclusion should afterwards accompanied her Mauna to Frog:nom be followed up to its utmost extent. to tea. • : , THE XING. THE ARMY. —.... 1 We regret to find that in addition to the unfavour- Captain CRAWFORD'S company of artillery have able Bulletin issued yesterday, the reports from Wind embarked on board transports for Halifax, and Cap _ n Ana a. t mN's company have marched into the same sor, in the course of the evening, were still more t ßarracks which they left. gloomy. His MAJESTY is now chiefly sustained by Tuesday last, the Staff of the 4th battalion of the the fever. If his pulse were to fall the Physicians 60th regiment, which lately arrived at Hilsea from would despair of his life, for the only sustenance he the West Indies, wete removed to the Isle of Wight. takes, he has not the power to digest, and it is by me. Saturday, 40 men and 80 horses of the 14th Light dkal means that he swallows it. He has also lost Dragoons embarked, to join their regiment in Por tugal. the power of distinguishing by the voice those about he Warwickshire regiment of Militia, stationed his person. T at Lewes, have received orders to hold themselves in The importance of the subject almost renders it un- i readiness to proceed to Ireland. The 42d regiment is to embark at Leith from Gravesend, on Friday next. Tuesday last, the first &vision of the Royal City Dublin Regiment of Militia arrived at Cork, and en camped in a field adjoining the new barracks. The 2d division marched in on Wednesday. We under stand this regiment will embark in a few days for England. The Surrey Militia have arrived at Cork from England. The Northumberland Militia are to form a part of the garrison of Cork. The Cornish Miners Militia are to succeed the City of Cork regiment, which is under orders for Birr. The Cardigan Militia are to be quartered at Limerick. EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM AN OFFICER IN LORD WELLINGTON'S ARMY, DATED CAMP, TOW, DR MOM, 17TH JULY. 6 , Saturday last Lord WELLINGTON, attended by the Prince of ORANGE and a numerous Staff, reviewed the British and Portuguese force, about half way be tween this and Elvas, and was much pleased both with their appearance and performance. The ground • was more favourable for the former than the latter, being clear of trees and bushes, but at the same time covered with stones, concealed from the eye by long grass, which, together with holes and marks of feet, made when it was wet, but it is ROW as hard as flint, rendered it very difficult and unpleasant marching : notwithstanding which, and the heat being intense, we managed to get through with it, and gave general satisfaction. ~ The troops were first formed into columns en marry—deployed to rear—formed two lines, (which the Commander of the forces rode down) —then open column of companies—marched past with open ranks and Officers saluting—and marched home. The Fu sileers attracted particular attention; it was the first time they had been seen by Lord WELLINGTON since the business of Albuera, and he expressed himself in unusual strong terms of approbation. 6 , Lieutenant MACWORTH, the eldest son and heir of the Baronet of that name, who had been lately ap pointed an extra Aid-de-Camp to General HILI., has been taken prisoner by the enemy at Albuquerque, which he went to reconnoitre. " JULY 18.—We have just now been given to un derstand that the camp breaks up to-morrow. Head quarters, with two divisions of the army are to be st%- tioned, it is said, at Portalegre; one division goes to Estremos ; two to Castle Branco; and one to Villa Viciosa ; this last is ours." CraToys F ICT.- A late distinguished statesman. some years ago, placed a casket in the custody of his banker. I'his casket was forgotten by both the pro. prietor and the depositary. Since the death of the former, it has accidentally been brought to light, and found to contain £12,000 worth of family jewels.— These are now of little use as ornaments of dress ; for the widow lives in a state of pious privacy, indulging an affectionate grief for the public and private virtues of her deceased husband. A negotiation is reported to be on the toil between the Managers of Covent Garden Theatre and Mr. MATHEWS, Mr. DOWTON, and our old favourite, Irish JOHNSTONE. _ _ PanamaNism.—Saturday moraing,abouts o'clock, a master taylor, in the neighbourhood of Leadenhall street, undertook for a wager of ten guineas, to go on foot from the standard in Cornhill to Hyde-park cor ner, and back again, in 50 minutes, the distance of. ground being seven miles ; which he performed, af ter stopping a short time to refresh, in six minutes less than the time allowed. At the time of starting odds were against him four to three. Mr. Mackie, the Somersetshire pedestrian, became afßicted with swelled legs to a frightful degree, on the 22d day of his labour, at the Barclay match of 1000 miles in 1000 hours; and resigned on the 23d day, reduced from 14st. 61b. to list—ale undertak ing was for 300 guineas. POISONING RACE-11ORSE3.—D. Dawson, who stands indicted for this offence, and who is now in Cam. bridge jail, awaiting the next March Assizes, was originally a groom, and many years past was consi. dered one of the best judges of the capabilities of a race horse, as well as the crosses and jostlings on the Newmarket turf. He is erroneously stated in die pa pers to have been indicted for the late poisoning. fie as not charged with that offence, but stands indicted for poisoning two horses at the Newmarket Spring. Meeting in ISO 9, when the poisonous draft was sup. posed to have b e en designed for Mr. Wilson's Wizard, the winner of the 2000 gs. stake, but which fell to the lot of two others. The principal witness against Daw. son, is Stephens, a helping groom, who had been in custody on suspicion of having poisoned the Dandy, &c. &c. recently. Lord DERBY'S Famous horse Sir Peter Teazle died last week, in the 28th year of his age. A spirited buck-hunt afforded high sport on Friday last in the neighbourhood of Carclew. Five staunch dogs, belonging to Stephen Usticke, Esq. turned him out of Sir William Lemon's plantations, and after a delighttul chase of six hours, killed him in fine stile in Ponsneuth river in Cosawes wood. Parson's.green fa ir was held on-Saturday, the Bishop Of LONDON having given notice that he should not in terfere to prevent it. Sunday a sailing-boat, in which were a party of young men, was upset near Woolwich, by a sudden gust, when they were all precipitated into the river ; and. but for the assistance of a ship's boat, must ine vitably have been drowned. BRBAD.— This day there being no Court of Alder men, the Lord Mayor after inspecting the Returns, ordered it to advance id. per Peck Loaf. :. ~~:a i al i . - ' NAVAL' 11t7RLLIGBNCL FALMOUTH, AUGUST 17. The Duke of Ctirence packet did not sail on the 14th, as before stated : she only left this port yester day.—Sailed the Swallow packet, for Jamaica.— Wind N. PORTSMOUTH, AUGUST P. Arrived his Majesty's ships DECOY and APIELLEID with a convoy from the Downs ; the SPIIIGIITLY from la cruize ; and several sail of colliers from Sunderland. —Sailed the PIGMY with convoy for the Downs ; and the PORT Mamma and ZEPHYR on a cruize. DEAL, AUGUST 19. Sailed his Majesty's ship Svnomisoto on a cruise. Arrived the LocusT gun-bri& from do.—Wind S.W. SHEERNESS, AUGUST 19 The Baltic convoy which pot hack yesterday sailed 'again to-day, with the wind at W.S.W. I.EI TH, AUGUST 17. Arrived in Leith Roads, yesterday, the STrtevroes gun-brig from a cruize, and this mcrning the &Izmir. sloop of war, from . Yarmouth Roads. Ti.e ARCHER gun-brig made the signal this morning, for sailing with a convoy to Gottenburgh. On Friday, the Neptune, Raw, of AherdPen, front Greenland, arrived there with '24 fish, a ita.l ship, about 193 tons of oil ; same day, the L.atona, Mop- PAT, with 17 fi•h, also full, about 161) ton% ; and, cn Saturday art ived the Jane, of Aberdeen, from Green land, with 14 fish, about 120 tons. The Horcules, GIBBON, arrived on Tuesday fiont D vies' Streights, having lour fish; the Hercules had a.. uncommonly quick passare home, having rem tined at the ice till the 30th July. The fishing, on the whole, had not been very successful in the Stieights tit's season ; the weather was the most boisterous aver known—the Ko. nigsburg, of Hull, was lost ; and the Fortitude, of London, was struck by a field of ice, and much da maged. ARRIVED—August 1 5. William and Ann, Jack, frorts,Porseay, with grain ; George, Davie, from Port Glasgow, with sugar and tar.—August 16. Robert, Brown, from Glasgow, with goads; Hazard, Johnston; Cakdonia, Nisbet; Swallow, White; Trusty. Balingall ; and Fifeshire, Mlliar, from London, with goods. CLEARED OUT—Betsey, Gilbert, for the Fishery ; Lady Perils. Balfour, for Alloa ; John and Agnes, Aitkenbead, for Newbyt ; Bellwood, Anderson, for Perth; Nancy, Bens, for Anstruther ; Elizabeth, Brown, for Ely ; Clyde, Martin, for London; Mary and Margaret, Canning, for the Fishery ; Jessie, Broom, for An strutter; Mary and Ann, Strang, for Alga; Dispatch. HCVISOD, for Wick; Cleaveland, Bowie, Inc Alloz—ad with goods. FROM LLOYD'S LIST. The Providence, Wilson, from Shields, was lost near Robin Hood's Bay, the 7th inst. The following ship', bound to Liverpool, sailed from Jamaica with the fleet, on the Stith of June, viz.—Jamaica, Knealt ; Sus ses, Corlett ; Westmorland, —; Lady Warburton, Rimmer ; John, Tobin ; and the Resolution, The Royal Charlotte, arrtvA at Dublin from Jamaica, parted from the Beet, of Ber muda; daze nut mentioned. ARRn to—At Hull, the Sarah and Elizabeth, ft om Greenland. At Plymouth, Barrack, and Esk, from Quebec ; and Expedition ?ticket, from Cork. At Cork, Nancy, Ramsdale ; and Mentor, from Lisbon. At Aberdeen, Neptune, and Lawn, from Greenland; and Hercule', from Davis's Streights. At Leith, William and Ann, —; Thomas and Ann, Routh; and Rader, from Greenland. At Hull, John, 7Vlarchtil;.and Orton, front Davis's Streights; Farmer, from Virginia, and it °e nvy, front Picton. At. St. Vincent's, Edyston, from London, and Nevis, from the Clyde. At Jamaica, Juno, from Aberd,en. The Fortunee, Capt. VANSIT TART, has taken a va. liable ship from Bourdeauz,bornd to New-Y rk, and sent her into Cork. A letter, dated Toulon, the 11th oh. contains an account of a gallant action between the Guadaloupe. Capt. TETLEY, and a French corvette of 22 euns, with a zebec, when both effected their escape. The action took place off Cape Creme. Capt. TETLEY intrepidly ran his brig alcmgside the corvette, and silenced him in twenty minutes. Her consort, the zebec, during this time lay on the quarter of the Guadaloupe, pour. ing in a galling fire, which her attention to the cor vette rendered it impossible to return. They ht.th ran away, and succeeded in getting under the protection of the batteries on shore, or they would have been ine vitably taken. The first Lieutenant (LN'tirrs:) and nine men were severely wounded, four of them dan gerously ; one man was killed, and the hull and sails of the Guadaloupe suffered much damage. A Court-Martial was held a short time since, off Toulon, on Lieutenant LEE, Royal Marines, of his Majesty's ship Achille, for an action unbecoming the character of a Gentleman ; which was proved, and he was sentenced to be dismissed his Majesty's service. Friday a Court Martial was held on board the Gla diator, for the trial of George Wilson, a seaman, be longing to 'the Royal William, for desertion. The charge being proved he was sentenced to receive 250 lashes. The same day Richard Stratton, seaman of his Majesty's ship Diadem, was tried for the like of fence, which was also proved, and the prisoner sen tenced to receive 200 lashes. We understand that a Courier, yesterday morning, arrived at the Offices of Government, with dispatches from the Court of St. Petersburgh. A vessel arrived yesterday from the French coast, which she left so recently as the 17th. It was then re ported that BONAPARTE waa on the eve of a distant journey,but whether to Spain or Poland was uncertain. _By this conveyance we are also informed, that about 1000 Dutch seamen had been taken ores of the ships in • the Texel, and marched to Paris under a strong escort. No cause is assigned for this order. They could be of I little use on board French ships of war, except under Dutch Officers, as ,they are to wman ignorant of the French language. " Trave lier: see strange 71in , ; !"—Mr. SADLER and Lieut. PAGET, passing over London in their a e r ial voyage, describe it to have appeared as small as a 1. 11. !age ; and that they could not identify it till they saw the three bridges !! ! This reminds us of their prede cessor, Governor Sascito, who affirmed that in his journey through the air, he saw the earth as small as a grain of mustard•reed ; and the people upon it ap peared no larger than hazle mai ! The inhabitants of Castle-street are greatly annoyed i !by the idle report of a ghost at the house of a carver ' and gilder in that neighbourhood, although the g %sips state that the supernatdral agent has not been seen s nce I Thursday last. The Police Officers in attendance had great difficulty, on Sunday night, to keep in order the multitude who had assembled. It turns out that this report originated ten days ago, in ccnsequente (limn lasses having been alarmed by a kind of horn or speak ing trumpet at the back .part of the premises, which was repeated in the course of the evening. . • S.. •. ...ill