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THE EVENING STAR. LONDON. . FRIDAY, AUGUST t 4. Tr.P. OF ATOCKS 1 HIS DAY AT uti P. O'CLOCK : 3 per Cent. Corr 62 Ativ.uft yer Cent keduced 6s—Oau.;om pr I,:beciut r 1..;1ts par h. prem. PROROGATION 01? PARLIAMENT. AND HIS MAJESTY'S SPEECH TO BOTH HOUSES. This morning, at half pact fix, the Right Hon. ROBERT DUNDAS, accompanied by Lord HAWKES BURY, lift town, for Windfor, to attend a Privy Council to be holden by his MA J ESTY, for the purpofe of appointing a commiCGon to prorogue. the prefent SefGon of Parliament.—The prorogation took place This afternoon. The Commitlioners were the LORD CHANCULLOR. the Archbilhop Of CANTRRBURY, the Earl of CAMDEN, and Lnrd HAWKE SBURY. The foil wing SPEECH was delivered by tht LORD Cnawcset.na, as one of the Lords Cornmif• ficners en the cccafion " MY LORDS •ND GSNTLEM 44 We have it in command from His Maidly to expels the fatisfAion with which he finds himfelf enabled to give you that reeds, which, after the great and diligent exertions which you have made in the difpAtch of public bufinefs, mutt at thin ad►anced feafon cf the year be fo peculiarly deferable. 66 His Majefly has been gracioufly pleafed to di ret us to return you his thanks for the Ready loyalty and attachmel.t to his Perfon and Government, and the zealous devotion to the Public fervice which have charatietized all your deliberations, and molt efpe. cially to thank you for the feafonable exertions which you have enabled him to make for the augmentation of the Military Force of his Kingdom. GENTLEMEN OF THIS 11)1.11Ss OF COMMONS, 66 His Majefty has commanded us to return you his warmell thanks for the fupplies which you have grm.ted with fo much chearfulnefs for the current year ; and when he confiders tilt proVifion which you have made f r that contingent and unforefeen ler vi es which the events of the war may render necef. fart', his Majelly has the great fatisfaainn of recog- rtiz'nr, the wifdom wherewith, in a time of extraor dinary d.ffi:ulties, you have ati:zipated the poWble d:mands which thofe difficulties may occafion. " MY LORDS AND GENTLEMEN, " His Majelty commands us to affure you, that he deeply deplores the unfortunate iffue of the war on ae Continent. " The immenfe extenfion of the power and influ ence of France, and the undifguifed determination of the enemy to employ the means and refources of thole countrieslwhich he pelt:fres or controuls, for the purpofe of effeeting the ruin of his kingdom, un doubtedly prefent a formidable view of the dangers and difficulties which this country has to encounter. ‘, But his Majelly trulls, that the loyal and brave People over whom he reigns are not to be daunted or d;theat tened. " From the recolleEtion of thofe difficulties un der which his People have fuccefsfully Rruggled, and t.f thole dangers which they have happily fur mounted, his Majefty derives the confolation of be• that the fame fpirit and perfeverance wlsich have hitherto remained unbroken will continue to be exerted with k.nabared vigour and fuccefs. " And while his Majelly commands us to repeat the affurances of his conflant readinefs to entertain any propnfals that may lead to a fecure and honour. able Peace, he commands us at the fametime to ex• prefs his confidence that his Parliament and!his People will feel with him the neceffity of perfevering in thofe vigorous efforts which alone can give the charaller rf honour to any negoti:rtion, or the profpea of fecu- city or permanency to any Peace. " His Majelly, therefore, wills thatilis People will always be I;.Ady to fuppoit him in es ery Meafure which may be neceffary to defeat the deligns of his enemies againft the independence of his Majefty's dominions, and to maintain, againft any undue pre f....Minns, and againft any hoftile Confederacy, thafe :rift rights, which his Maj:fty is always defirous to rxercife with temper :sod moderation ; but which, as `i eftential to the honour of hi s ;,rown, and true interefts of his people, he is determined never to furrendcr." A finpiilar and awful vifil.ation occurred a few (lays Avn Birminfthim As mite corpfe of the wife a a I,tlyini in t ! men lay in the co `n, piesiiaus to in. terrnelit, the affliCted bulb mkt dre‘ii near to tak e his f i teniell, when he fuddenly dropped down, and, beitue uicuical Alliance could be procured, expired. . . FRENCIf PAPERS. We this morning received Peri: Papers to the 6th infant. An army of 40,0c3 French troop is colleEling on! the frontiers of Portu.;al, for the avowed purpofe of I compelling that C 'tut to (hot out the British from I their trade. This is what has been long e spened. It is worthy of remark, that, in the fpcech.:s and addrefies made to his Majefly, on the occalion of his return to Paris, there are n) rancorous or inveterate expreflions aping this country. The Mod/cur of the sth, contains a difcourfe of confiderable length, pronounced by M. de Grolath, Prefident of the free city of Dantzic, on occafion of the inflallation of the Magiflracy and of the third order of Regency, which took place on the a I fi July; This difcourfe chiefly refers to the advantages which may be expeeed from the eflabliffiment of the inde. l pendence of that city, and contains many fulfome panegyrics on the Emperor Napoleon. The fame papers contain, under the head of War-1 raw, zoth July, an account of the return of the feveral divifions of the Ruffian troops into the interior of that Empire ; this article appears to have been written principally, with the view of defcribing the fingular manners of the Kalmucks and Coffacks ; among thole of the former is mentioned their averfion to frefh meat : this they hang up without faking until it has' acquired the degree of putridity, which they with for when they boil and eat it. The Paris Papers !late that the late Cardinal YORK has bequeathed to the King of Sardinia jewels to the value of four millions of francs. The Cardinal has alto folemnly declared, as far as a Pretender can declare, his Sardinian Majefly to be heir to the Crown of England and Scotland, and bequeathed the Royal titles accordingly. The other contents of thefe Journals are of minor importance. A tranflation of fuch articles as appear deferving of notice is fubjoined. BAYONNE. JULY 24. Every thing on our (bores wars a warlike afpee. We are in daily expeEtation of feeing French tropps, who are to form an army of 40,000 men for the pur pofe of compelling Portugal to !hut her ports again( the Englifh.-- . 7ournal de P Empire of sth Asa'. PARIS, AUGUST 1. It is Paid that Prince Jerome, King of WuiLphaliar is to efpoufe a Prince's of Wirtemberg, and that the marriage is fixed to take place at Paris about the end of this month. It is faid that the Marfhale of the Empire, corn. tsanding the different corps of the Grand Army, are named Dukes, and receive their titles from eßates ip Poland, which they are entitled for fell, and exchange for others in France. The Generals Walter and &vary will obtain the fame favour. M. Champagny, the Minifter of the Interior, win alfo be created a Duke. 400 UST 3. Yeßerday; at t t o'clock, the Corps Diplomatique proceeded to the Palace of Sr. Cloud, and were intro duced to an audience of the Emperor and King, by the Mailer of the ceremonies. At this audience the Aufirian, Portnguefe, Spanifb, Wurtemburgh, and Dutch Ambaffadors were prefent. Afterwards the Inflitute of France, in a body, were introduced to his Malay. M. Bervic, the Prefident„ was fpoketaaan. The Emperor received, with gracious benignity, the homages of the Members of this Learned Body, and converted a long time with fevetal individuals. ♦UGUST 4. A great number of people ;trembled at St. Cloud ycfterday, in order to fee the Emperor. His Ma jelly came out of his Palace at (even o'clock in the evening, and made the tour of the Park in an open carriage. His prefence excited the moll general en thutiam. His Majefty anfwered there teflimonies of love and gratitude by faluting the public with that grace and goodnefs which characterize him. Five other open carriages, in ont of which was her Ml. lefty the Emprefs, fnllowed that of his Male!ly. The peace has been promulgated in all the cities of the Empire with the greatefl fnlemnity, and amid!' unanimous and loud repeated cries of—Lag live Napoleon the Great! Every where the public joy and gratitude have been manifetted, by fpontanenus illu minations, and devices and infcriptions, fuited to the occafion. GENOA, JULY as, Captain Ruffellt, commanding the Imperial galley /a Belle Genoffe, has returned to port after a cruize of 46 days; during which time fhe has taken two Eng in vellels, the one eff Cape Bonne, upon the coati of Africa, laden with cochineal and indigo, the other between Sicily and Sardinia, laden with wax and cotton. There prizes valued at 40,000 piaares, have i been brought fafely into port by the captors. On Sunday, as two lads, one the fon of Mr. Tay lor, of Charlotte.ftreet, Battlebridge, near lffington, the other named Rombald, late a pot boy at the Af. terribly Houle there, but who now lives at a butcher's oppofite, went to bathe in the new Refervoir, f ac i ng Eld.n.llreet, near Bagnigge Wells ; not thinking it deep, they leapt in; and immediately funk. The crie s of iorne other boys brought to their affitlance a gen. tleman's servant, about 18 years of age, who lives in Brunfwick frigate, and who happened to be near the fpot at the time : regardlefb of his own levy, he im• mediately threw himfek into the water, and the boys entangled about him. With much difficulty he libe rated Itimfelf, and fucceeded in bringing out Rombald. who was carried to Mr. Hanipton's, at the Atl'embly I Houle, and recovered. Taylor was ten minutes under water, and could not be reltored. THE EXPEDITTOK It does not appear that Government have received any Official Accounts of the progrefs of the Ex pedition fence the ill, when Admiral GAMBIER was fleeting with a fair wind for the Great Belt. It ii unnsceffary, perhaps, to all, that the Great Belt is one of thole paffages into the Baltic by which the Dinifh Cables are avoided. The Belt, however, is full of danger from another caufe :—the water is (hallow, and fo thick fet with rocks, that no (hip o'er ventures to pats, unlefs under the guidance of a Dana Pilot, and in very favourable weather. It is, there fore, one difappointmerit, that our Expedition has not been able to procure any of theft guides (tom the Swedifb Ports. The following letter brings the accounts of Ad miral GAMBIER'S fleet, down to the 3d, being a day later than the official accounts of Government. BRIDLINGTON, AUGUST 12. Arrived the Traveller, MALLARD; and the Jane, BaowN, from Memel. They fell in with the fleet of men of war, &c. on the 23 infant, fix leagues this fide the Schaw : they silo report that the Danes were entirely ignorant of their failing, and in no condition to oppofe them. In part of our impreffion of yellerday, we Rated that the Eritifh veffels had been fuddenly ordered away from Tonningen. The convoy from the Hum ber, under orders for Tonningen, has alto been coun termanded; and yefterday intelligence was received, that the Commander of the Sparkler gun brig. lying in the Eyder, had given inflru.flions to the following veffels, on the 7th infant, to proceed immediately to Yarmouth : For London—The Jane, Dundat ; Tucker, Richardfon ; Mer curius, Thornton ; and the Providence, Lawton. For Yarmouth—The Sir Charles Hamilton, Cochrane. For Dublin---The Salerno, Dudgeon; and Fox, Stewart. For Hull—The Brothers, Coleman. For Leith—The Pomona, Dick; and Eliza, Edmunds. For Liverpool—The Sparks, —; and Rebecca, Dye. The Fame, Bennet, with feveral other wilds from Tonningen, are arrived in Irrniourn Roads. Of thefe, the firft three, for London, and the Sir Charlet Hamilton, for Yarmouth, have their outward bound cargoes on beard. It is enppored that tome very nofitive information, reepeding the intentions of the French, mutt have been received by the Conful, to induce him to order the immediate departure of thefe veffelv. The vici nity of the enemy certainly juftifies the precaution, whatever inconvenience may refult from it to thofe concerned. Tellerday a Cabinet Council was held at two o'clock, which was *cry fully attended. Immediately after its riling, &rennin Efq. of Howland ftreei, was difpatched upon a fpecial million to the Court of St. Peteriburgh ; and we believe he left town late 101 l night. The objet of Mr. SHAI million is kept a profound fecret, hut it is whifpered that it is , of a pacific complexion. Mr. SHAIRP, if we recoiled' right, filled a diplomatic &nation, with much honour , to hinsfelf and advantage to the country, for feveral years, as Conful General at St. Peterlburgh. It is alto reported that Mr. location was fent for the esprefs purport of accepting the mediation of Rullia, in the name of his Miti ITY. When notice is received from him refpeding the necelrary arrange. ments, Lord FIT HARRIS, it is laid, will let off, with full powers, to forward the negotiation in every pot. fible and honourable way. Mr. ELswoaTtt. a King's Mellinger, was alto dif patched by the fame Cottncil for the Continent. That fine regiment the 29.11, lately arrived from America, and now lying in Deal Barracks, wll im mediately have a fecund battalion from the militia regiments on the coati of Ken►, who have all mani felled a flrong difpofition to volunteer into the line. This day advice were received in town from Ad. mirah Lnrd KEITH and Ynutio. The Half pay of tke reduced Officers on the Eng lifh ettablifbment of the Army began iffuing yeller day. The following is a Lift of the Minority on Mr. SHERIDAN% Motion, laft night, refpeeing Ireland R B. Sheridan, P. Moore, Lord W. R dial, Lord GI Cavendlai, W. Cav• niifh, Hon. A. Dillon, Lord Foiktione, J. Calcraft, Lord H. Petty, Right Hon W. Windham, Sir A. Pigot, Sir S. Romiliy, H. C Coombe, G Hibbert, Craig. lion. J. Ward, R. M. Philips, Dawfon, S. Barnard, Right Hon. H. Grattan Dr. Lawrence, Gerard N. Noel, Cm hrane Juhnftone. Joimftone, Herbert, Caveudifts Bradlhaw, Col Walden Jones I . Parry, Sir M. Somerville, -- Maxwell, R. Sharpe, Hon. W. Lambe. SINGULAR COINCIDENCE. —An examination has been proceeding before the Police of Paris almoll a t the fame moment that a fimilar enquiry was going pn before the Magiflracy of thi Metropolis on one and the fame fubieEt : A perfon of the name of Teffiare baa been acculed of blowing a certain powder into the eyes of thole drawn as confcripts, which pro. I duced an inflammation, and confequently incapaci • ; tated them from ferving in the army. An ointment was alfo found in his poffeflion; compounded flr the I fame purpofe. M. Tefliare's praCtice has been very I extenfive : three or four thoufand confcripts have been thus itsocglatirl with ophthalmia, an 1 one half of them are in a- fair way of lofing tbslir eye fight en- tirely ! Monday tall, at the Aflizes for the . county of Lan. caner, the Grand Jury there unanimoufly found Bill againtl John Mortifbead, for an affault on Col. Williams, at Liverpool, on the ad of May lafl, when that Gentleman was accompanying Mr. Rofcoe into that town, previous to the late elation. EDINBURGH RACRll.—Saturday lb; punt for the I beaten hones of the week, was run ror over the ISands of Leith, and won by Mn. STRPHENSeteII mare Providence, beating Mr. BENTLItTsi horfe Sailor, at two heats. Befides a match between two gentlemen who rode disk own !toile', there were two nack races which afforded fome (port. The courfe was crowded with people on foot, of which numbers were from yliffereqt parts of the country. NiIUTICZL INTELLICENCL PLYMOU EU AUGUST Came ;n the Porrognere brig B nns Arretyne. Captain Dfmaris. horn Oporto. to Tonnig• w t.„ logar and coffee, detained by the Bufy pi ivateer ; llanith galliot Specolent, Captain Lawso N , f rom ty.n to Tonningcn, with tea and fogy., detained by the Lord Cochrane privateer ; Noidlleon, Cap!Li t trom London in ballalt; jah . an Picks, Captai3 Swear z, from Tonningen in ballad. POR TSMOUTH, AUGUST r 3. Arrived the Actricousr man of war, from the Downs; alfn the Nile, PAR IC, for Halifax ; Swift, Dar, and Good Intent, STE, EMS, from I. , mdon, for the Weft Inite , .—Sailed the Expl finn with a convoy far the Downs ; and the Ant fchoomr, with the Jane, SCOTT, and the Canada, APPLEET, for Quebec.—Came up to Spithead, his Welty' s fhip lit.v,st.s, with the fleet for the Well Indies, which is to wait the arrival of feveral veffels from the Downs.--Wind 6. E. DARTMOUTH, AUGUST is. Arrived l'Eliza cartel, Captain MoLvu, front Morlaix, with five Englifh prifoners. DE4I AUGUST 13. Sailed his Majefty's (hips SATELLITE and Fumyp on a Gruize. Wind S. W. YARMOUTH, AUGUST' xj. Arrived this morning from the Nore the Cam rit Coop of war ; and the FIRM, Eawssr, and Cansott gun brigs from a cruize. Sailed the Arun:ma fri. gate nn a cruize ; and the estrus,. (loop of war wi'h tour tranfporta laden wish ordnance ftores for Admi ral Gambler's feet. Remain with the above the Ma. jeftic, Roebuck, and Veftal frigate. Wind S. L. ARAIV4D. In the River, the Thomas and Mary, from peterfbo T h. At Brittol, Difcovery, —...--, from Riga. At Liverpool, Cohim bus, Bora, from Riga; and the Hippocample, TAUT., from New foundland. At Waterford, the Refoludo% Callender, from Stock hoint, At Bridlington, the Myrtle, Nightingale, from Stockholm. At Aberdeen, the Everetta. Bofwell, front Greenland; Hercules, Gibfon; and the Jane, Jamiefon, from Davies Streigkts. it Whitby, the Gardner, --; and Jofeph and Samuel, fti4rfh•l, from Davis's Straights. At Honduras, the Mary, Irvin ; Adven ture, Matthews; and Hibberts, Waters, from London. At New York, the Draper, Lautair, from Londou ; and the Savage, —, from Liverpool. PRIGHIVN, AUGUST 13. Yellerday was o(herecl in with the ufual demon• flratinns of j )y—bells ringing, colours fli The Prince& Cuatt.oTri of WALES a , rived at the Pavilion at an early hour, where the Doke% of YORK, CLARENCR, DENT. Suess; and CAMBRIDGE, IRCIR affembled ; the Pi ince's band playing. during break. fall, en the Lawn. The whole party fet out for the review loon after tweive o'clock, and were received on the ground by a Royal Salute from the Artillery. The line was drawn up on the Commit of the hill, at the end of the Race Cowie, the right beginning at the iaft poft of the four mile courfe. The review then commenced by the Royal Party paffing the line front and rear. The Commander in Chief then took his Ration in the centre of the line, on the right hand of the Prince, and the troops paged in excellent Rile, after which they took up their firtt alignemenr, and fired a feu -de joye, prefepted arms, and concluded with three hearty cheers. The line was compored of about kw men, confifling of a detachment of the horfe artillery, the fir ft regiment of dragoons, the third dragoons, three troops of the t.ch light goons, the Chefbire, the South Qlouceffer, the So merfet, North Hants, and Berkfhire regiments of Militia, and a detachment of artillery with howitzers, &c. The PRINCE was fuperbly dreffed in a (cadet huffar uniform, and looked extremely well. The Princefs CHARLOTTE fat in her barouche, and was attended during the review by the Duke of CLA a tact in the uniform of the Spelthorne Legion. Her Royal Highnefs took an early dinner at the PaTilliqn, and returned to ,Worthing in the evening. Lords EISKIHR and LAUDIRDALR were in a barcuche, in the fuite of the Princefs, and early eminent charac. tern were on the ground. The Ball in the evening was numernufly attended, an.t did not bleak up till a late h .ur. All the nobility .nd gentry, of the furrounding country, are i• vited to the l'strtei% en tertainment this evering, an I are now c,ming into town. The Duke of Yoaa left this place for London at twelve o'clock to day. All ranks and defcriptions r f perfons appear ex ceedingly anxious to take a farewell peep at the Grand Military SpeCtacle, called the Brave t ?pd. n w per forming at the l'heatre, Wellminfler w;th unb , unJed applaule, but we undellland trnm the eircomilante ef Mts. Arr Y'i St it appearance on Monday nest, in a popular Stage Speetecle, teplete with numerous Scenery, Machinery, &c. it is Ob I ged to be withdrawn after thig and to m now evening. The Baler of the tamed Dotior, in•r-ducing Mr. Gist. vz and his three litters in the uoble 9peralical group attitudes, mutt be leen to be credited ; we do of rect•llzEt to have leen out of the Opera ..ottfe fuch escglient slanting. The Troops r f Voltigsurs and the Herculean Exercites, are aniongli the tick' entertainments cf the evening, Imupanavrtnn.—A letter from Galann in Ay? fhirr ! , dated Augur* 4, tays—Cin baturitAs •he tit 11) ,l this village was vifite ty a dreadful luundaii m, which, Iron: its n agnittrde an. rapidity. molt 1 1 , 1 %e a biting impreifial on he mird% 0; th fe who wit neffed its deg ruftire conLcilencrs. It vas firpr , • to have been occationed ty a v. 4,C1 (pout N. ict, i t li in tae upper part of the parillt. licit the tea of Nicol Brown, hfq. of Wate;hattehs. I'he prop,rty of this gentleman futfered much damage : b ar e the garden wall being comple:ely dett , oyed, and many trees and hedges enti•ztly ;noted not. A bridge alto in the neighbourhood wa. thrr.wri Crrsyn by the violence of the current. •1 hr water m its way into feveral coal pits near Cron ck ; nately, however, all the workmen, bring appr.arr! their danger, elcaped unhurt. Wh-n the fl •ri rerctt• ed Gald , tn, the fccne became mill , alarm , ..,;; many families were obliged to fly from their trotire., tome of them at the hazard of their lives A few in dividuals *nave fuffered feverely in their property. tn.! many in a fighter degree leave felt the dettruttive rffeets of this overwhelming element. LONDON: Printed and publi‘hed by IEV! I. KFITT, (of car terbwry-P1 4CC. Lismbeth)ott the STAR Orticr No. t, rare? ftrcct. Publlfbncl alto at be STAR 3rrica , Temple bar. I.