Star. — London, England, 1818-10-10 00:00:00

SOUTH AMERICA. PRIVATE LETTER. 4 . TRINIDAD, AUGUST ;9. " The summary of the news relating to affair's on the Spanish Main, is, that the Spaniards have been completely driven out of the Harms or plains, and what remains of them is concentrated at Caracas, Valencia, and the hilly country in that neighbour hood; that General Bolivar will open the next cam paign in that mighbourhood in two months, having teceived large supplies of arms, ammunition, &c. and that in the mean time, until the heavy rains sub ide, he will employ part of his troops in taking the ity of Cumana. With a view to this, Admiral Brion arrived in the Gulf on the 21st, and after paying his respects to Admiral Harvey, by sending a boat on hoard, proceeded immediately to Guiria; and was fined off the harbour by a squadron of gun-boats, ith troops on board from Guayana. The enemy was attacked by sea and land, and after a sharp re sistance, Guiria was taken (xi the `24th inst. Troops were immediately pushed on by water to Yaguaru pano, to take possession of that town; and General Marino was to move from Maturin upon Cariaco, so to clear the coast as far as Cumana. At Guiria cy took a quantity of cocoa in store, as they most probably will at all the towns on the coast, the occu.; pation of which just now is lucky, as it is crop time, 4. which the Spaniards were availing themselves,— the next opportunity I shall be able to tell you lat effect this has had on our trade ; at all events, . frees the Gulf from the Spanish gun-boats, and secures the intercourse with Guayana. All New Iranada is in a state of commotion or open revolt against the Spaniards, and officers, arms, and am munition have been sent to Casanare from Angostura. Admirals Brion and Atli) , act in conjunction, and are too'strong for the Spanish squadron. No rein forcements have arrived from Spain, indeed 2000 men at the present moment would make no impres sion. Margarita is well prepared. Plenty of arms, —munition and provisions. In short, I trust the .nsuing campaign will do the business, as the Vene leleans are every day more united. Nothing short independence can restore peace. The season for half measures is past. The Americans prefer exter ,;ination to submission, and any mediation that does not lay down absolute Independence as the basis, ill be rejected by them." ANOTHLR TRINIDAD LETTER-SAME DATE. " On Monday, the 21th inst. the town and port of ,uiria were captured by Admiral Brion s squadron, ad a detachment from Angostura. In that place the Spaniards had a garrison of +OO men, stationed , various forts and entrenchments. These were sup ported by twelve gun-boats and flecheras, advan ‘a.,,eously anchored in the harbour, all which fell no the hands of the Patriots. General Bermudez, who commanded the intantry, embarked in Brion's vessels, during the naval action, had the boldness to And 100 men under the fire of the forts, and in stantly marched on the town with fixed bayonets.— The Royalist garrison, finding itself roughly handled, fled to the mountains towards Cumana; but, owing the Guerillas acting in that quarter, and the acti vity of their pursuers, it is supposed impossible for any part of it to escape.. " The town of Guiria is the last on the Cordillera coming from Cumana towards this island, and the port is situated within the gulf of Paria. In it the Spaniards had a considerable part of the cocoa crop. gathered in that quarter, and brought there from Rio Carib's and Yaguaraparo, for the purpose of being exported to the West India Islands. General Bermudez will immediately proceed on with his troops to to join General Marino, who is to conduct' the operations against Cumana. Brion's squadron is to form a junction with amen of Aury's squadron, which, we understand, tare just anchored in Margarita, having on board .he Canon of Chili, and General Arismendi's wife, who had been sent over a prisoner to Spain. This Aral force, and further aid from Margarita, will en-operate by sea, so that there is little chance left for Comm." • Iltfa 4, the S corn' -what Vale hood paigi tecer ' and I side, ' city c I 1 arriv , t ' respe boar( join with Was sistan were patio, Mari 2S CO they ',rob: patio of wl By tl what It fre . i secur Gran 1 : ag ain muni Adm are I I . force men ' sion. amm I ensui 4 1 1 7 uele of it half 11 rilina r.ot will . . 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In our times, when, notwithstanding the general distress, Intury has spread among all classes, and produccd the most fatal effects, we may consider as a citcumstance equally fortunate and remarkable, the resolution entered into by some communes of one of the most wealthy provinces of this kingdom, which having commercial intercourse with Holland, is not unztctivainted with the enjoyments of luxury.— In order to set limits to it, the communes of the Bail liagea of Dubden, Bat nstoriT, Itussen, and Diepholz, have delivered to the Baiiliage a resolution, which suppresses all useless and superfluous articles of orna mental dress, such as hats of silk or velvet, trimmed with lace or ribb2nds, silk gowns and aprcns, silk handkerchiefs for the neck above a yard and a quarter long, all kinds of laces, fringes, galloons, &c. hati (bonnets) adorned with gold and silver, necklaces, ear-rings, shoe-buckles made of the precious metals, as well as tobacco-pipe bowls, watch-chains, and spurs of the same kind ; those who transgress to pay a fine of five francs for the benefit of the poor. GOTTINGEN SEPTEMBER 23. Counsellor Ndlcke, the Royal Commissioner, re turned to Hanover on the 15th, to resume his ordi nary functions. Immediately after his departure there appeared a rescript from the Ministry of Hanover, v 1; ich, by the express orders of the Prince Regent, names a commission, to inquire into the declaration' to decry the University, (called Verrufs-Erklacrung) .t::d respecting its authors and supporters. 'The Professors charged with the inquiry, under' the direction of M. Putt, protector, specially ap p..inted, are M. Eichun, jun. Hugo, Himly, aud TM baud. They have already began their task, the result of which it is the less easy to foresee, as the depar ture of the greater number of the persons interested has caused difficulties which "cannot be removed en tirely by the certain inclination of foreign Govern- Incas to concur with the Prince Regent's object, re- I tive to the general existence of the German Univer sities, but winch, at all events, canna delay the en quiry into the source of the evil in question. FRANKFORT, Sl:irrE7rll3Fß 24. 'rue autumnal fair isnow drawing to a close. Since rile return of ycace we have had no fair here so good as this has hew. In general, people are meal sttis- 1 fled with the business that has been done. Of Eng= fish manufactured goods there was not a sufficient quantity in the market to supply the demand ; and what there was were offered at higher prices than on preceding occasions, and than was to be expected after the experience of last year. Owing to these cir cuwstances the manufacturers from Switzerland and Saxony enjoyed this time an uncommon demand for their articles. As there was not the least reason to complain tl.;s: fair that the market was overstocked with English goods, it should almost seem that the English are weary of selling at disproportionally low prices, to their own prejudice ; for it has been calculated that in former years English manufactured goods have been thrown away, frequently below prime cost.— This is now attributed to the immense accumulation of goods in the English warehouSes during the di minished demand, while the continental system was in force, which compelled the manufacturers to use extraordinary means to clear off their too great stock, so that it is hoped that, henceforward, - all gill return to a certain natural course, which will enable the German manufacturers, to bear the competition. BTRLIN, SEPTEMBER 26. They speak-of t}-e marriage of our Crown Prince with the daighter of the Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg Schwerin, a niece of his Majesty the Emperor Alexander. This Princess was educated at the Court of Russia, and it is pretended that the young pair were betrothed during the visit at Moscow. Earlier alliances between the houses of Hohenzollern and Mecklenburg give this report a great degree of probability; nor should it be forgotten that it ap pears from history that our Sovereigns and heredi tary Princes have mostly chosen their consorts from. the houses of little Princes. AIX-LA-CHAPELLE, OCTOBE1? 2. To-day the Emperor of Russia and King of Prus sia, together with all the corps diplomatique, dined with the Emperor of Austria. The august party separated at the early hour of four o'clock. The Emperor Alexander is preparing to go to his country house, near Louisberg, where itis said he will be visited by his brother-in-law the Prince of Orange, now at Spa. Lord Castlereagh had last night a long conference with Prince Metternich, at the hotel of the latter Minister. A Courier every day leaves Aix-la-Chapelle for Path. To-day M. G. Caraman, the Secretary of the French Embassy at London, set off for Paris, en courier, with dispatches. This even-1 ing there is a splendid circle diplomatifne at the Duke ofN ellington's. Madame Vitrolles, who expressed a desire to wait upon the Duke of Richelieu, as Am bassatrix of the Ultras, has received positive notice that her visits will not be received. The Ministers of the high Allied Powers are using the utmost dispatch in the execution of the important business which they are assembled to deliberate upon and conclude. No formalities, no ceremonies, no diplomatic etiquette, are allowed to interrupt their progress or disturb their harmony. Already tour or five conferences have taken place, and on the points as yet brought forward the utmost unanimity pre vails. The Ministers meet at Prince Flardenberg's, without any state or chew ; like individuals to whose private arbitration a great question of policy is refer. red, rather than like judges invested with the pomp of office as well as the possession of power, or like diplomatic agents entrenched behind a mass f forms and encumbered in their progress by an unceasing at tention to useless rules. Frankness and sincerity are said to be the only guide of their deliberations, and a speedy decision one of the great objects at which they aim, if nothing occurs to interrupt their pre sent harmony of views, it is thought that they will be enabled to come to a decision on the affairs of France by the 18th or 20th instant.—The convention can thus be ready to be laid before the French Legislature im mediately on the convocation of the Chambers, and before the British Parliament on the first week after it is assembled for the dispatch of business. Persons in the suite of the Duke of Richelieu say, that the time of the opening of the Chambers has been regulated with a view to this anticipated arrangement ; and, we have heard from good authority that Lord Castle reagh has declared, that his motive for wishing dis pdtch is that he may bt enabled to return to the r lionte of Commons in the beginning or towards the middle of November with the Treaty in his pocket. The Speedy dissolution of Congress; of which now so much is said, will depend upon this circumstance— that the affairs of Prance will constitute the only subject of its deliberations; But on this point there is said to be as yet no general agreement. What seems' to favour the supposition that no other business of importance will be immediately undertaken is, that none of the Powers of the second order have been as yet authorised to send their Ministers to this Assem bly, and that the question of the evacuation of France is the only one which is certainly known to be under deliberation. TILE AMERICAN SEA SERPENTBOSTON, SEP TEMBER s.—We lament, in common with the public, the disappointment of the hopes that had been raised by the report of the capture of this remarkable ani mal. Captain Richard Rich and his party on Thurs day last terminated a cruize of nearly three weeks, in pursuit of the serpent, by taking a fish not very common in our waters, which, from its singular ap pearar.ce in the water, they had been led to believe. 'was the sea serpent so often described. The fis h taken by Captain Rich, and which he brought to town and exhibited yesterday, is of the mackerel tribe, and is the thunny or horse-xnackarel. The inquiry naturally arises, can this fish, or any number of them, be the monster so often described as a sea serpents We an swer decidedly, no. The existence of some remarka ble animal in our wate:s last summer, particularly , near Cape Ann, was proved by the most satisfactory testimony, and the appearances which he presented are not in any degree to be accounted for by sup. posing any number of the fish now taken. The de scriptions which we had this season of the serpent, have been less consistent and satisfactory, and un doubtedly often exaggerated. But neither these er aggerated descriptions, nor the error of persons who by mistake have been pursuing what had nothing of the remarkable and charactetistic appearances of the I sea serpent, ought to lead us to suspect all former I testimony. ThE EVENING STAR. LONDON. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 10, ISIB. THE FUNDS. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT TWELVE H . CLOM Bank Stock shut-3 per Cent. Itecl , .zcz..? shut. 3 per Cent. Consols 751i —for Ace. 75!,i. Consols for Nov. Acc. 7.5!4-1 . '4 per Cent. shut 4 per Cent. shut-5 per Ct. Navy 051 - Bank Long Arms. shut—lndia Bonds 88 90 pre. Omnium 3i 4 dis.—. Exchequer Bills 18 20 prem. A general gloom pervaded the Money Market this morning ; the sales were immense, and the general opinion is, that a further depression will take place before Tuesday next. The Bankers are said to have sent circulars to the Country Bankers, /doming them that the arnouat of their discount must be, limited, as the Bank of England had restricted the London Bankers, consequently the same accommo dation could not be afforded as formerly. Conso'.s were at 75t, this day, having revived a little since yesterday, when they were done at IA ;. The Paris Papers of Wednesday arrived this fore• noon.—The Journal des Debats, which was the only Paper that stated positively that Count CAnAmAN had brought intelligence of the evacuation of France having been agreed to by the Allied Powers, now says that it was premature in this announcement—at 'least, that such is the conclusion which must be drawn from the more cautiously worded passage in the Moniteur which it quotes. The truth, notwith- standing this partial retractation, is still, we are con vinced, very nearly as the Journal des Debats repre sented it. The evacuation, as we stated yesterday, has been agreed to—not, however, by the Allied Monarchs themselves in Congress assembled, but by their respective Ministers entrusted with the prelimi nary discussion of the measures which it may be proper for their Sovereign Masters to adopt when formally met for the purpose. It may he considered, therefore, as only not literally true ; but as an event on which the most perfect confidence may be placed. The following article is given under the head of " MADRID, SEPTEMBER 24. " The repair which his been made in the Ministe rial edifice has only changed its exterior form ; every thing goes on as before—the same reserve on the affairs of our Colonies—the same profound silence on the state of our diplomatic relations with the Powers assembled at Aix-la-Chapelle. Our Gazette continues desperately barren ; the extracts from the military reports of Mexico, which are daily publish ed, do not come down further than the beginning of ' March. The Viceroy of Lima has written nothing since the month of April, and the news of General Moriilo are not later than the moral of May. " The private letters from Gallicia annotrice tkit it haS been the scene of some popular movements. The recal of Captain-General SAINT MARC is attri buted to this cause ; he was not liked in the country, where many Offieers have been in prison since the affair of PORLIER, without being brought to trial; . • " The departure of M. GARAY has only produced a sort of stagnation in the commerciA negociationt ; the rats roya:l2' aie not at any fixed rate of ex change. The first steps of his successors are looked forward to with aniiety ; it it hoped that he will not destroy the established system: This department of the Ministry is the most difficult to fill, as may he judged from the fact that it has changed hands seven different times since the return of our Sovereign to his Kingdom. 1 1 M. de Torres has achieved a real victory Over M. de Pizarro. These two Ministers were in declared opposition. We assured that their animosity was even carried to sash a height. that when they met in the saloons of the palace, they raised each other without saluting. " Much is hoped from M. Casa Trujo, if he is con tinued permanently in the Secretaryship of Foreign Relations. None of his colleagues can.compete with him in point of diplomatic intelligence ; and. besides, he is not of a character to yield easily to impressions from others, of which he gave very unequivocal proofs during his Embassy at Washington.— M. Marro had proposed, it seems, that he should be sent as Envoy to Aix-la-Chapelle; neither of them expected the turn which affairs have since taken. " In a few days the mysteries of tLis little revolu tion will be developed, or at least it will be seen whe :her a new system is to be substituted for that, the authors of which have been dismissed. " Some letters from Cadiz say, that the prcpara-' tions for the destined Expedition to America are not pushed with so much activity as the arrival of Gene ral Count Abisbal led us to hope, and that the cause of the delay is the scarcity of money. However, in different parts of Spain the troops have received or ders to direct themselves on Andalusia; two regi ments are to be embarked at Barcelona for Cadiz ; other regiments in the interior and along the coasts are ready to march for the same destination ; and in a short time the, whole •force will be assembled at their place of embarkation." The French Funds have expetienced a rapid rise; occasioned, no doubt, by the favourtbk new. from Aix-la-Chapelle. On Yfogday they w.re at ;Nr.: ) , Tuesday they opened at 76fr. and llietif at 7z:ft' 9,5 ; The following is an extract of a private lett: : from Madrid, dated 22d September : " My wish to avail nays& of a el: cosrveyuce that I•ay., thM to.night, prevents me from givin►, you a mnplcle L the state of agitation and onetrutinty winds prevds i n 4 3dadrid Court, once the most imposing in Enrols..., h,t tax tht most humiliated, degraded, red despised on the flee 01` the ars Every thing is useless—change it the adminitration— r , c „.„ resolctioa is taken that is cot of erwards conmormanded. a freiteney of arrests makes even the MOE :.edee.ed morals for It is the moat upright and tedight-e-J ‘vho er tor society. The roads ate covered vis ba 1 , hot we 1..,v rz frn energttiC MeaSarni t• seize them. T.:". c y mime to be looked after is Freemasonry ; Cone only :re lbcrne; o who are suppostd to possess liberal Ideas, are in pep', . _ . foreign books, or aorvses.: of wisbias 1 reform. A.; sr. to the dungeons of the Inquisition. Frecoent ocsi:a.t Place between liing Ferclinand's two fat.iur,t,..., zano de Toriez, and the Ingri , itor-General. ISt N't Talented° has been reconciled.to the King. 1, 4!!!: content prevails among the military, who h.ve 7tv.ivedn, r ,, for many months, and their dissatiffiction incrt%•::l th! rabic prospect they have before then!, as goiden4lreams have vani►hed in an instant, and V.its Ha; . . _ are lonng 80 per cent." The Triton, from Boston, is arrived at 1. , ,rerp r. .0 . She sailed the 20th of September. The Le.: ? .... 1 at j Papers brought by her will be in town on 310 r. 2.17, Yesterday, the Duke of YORK transacted thili.-iry business with the PRINCE RECENT, at Carlton RI TE . r , The Earl and Countess of S.WFOLK, Lady Coati Smrrn, Lady C. HowArtn, Lady Bamnino, LJ BANBURY, the Dowager Lady NloNsos, ac l L a i r Davila°, are in the - list of Fashionables anived Cheltenham. The Earl and Countess SPENCER arrived on Mrs. day at their house in St. James's-place. from Wan. bledun ; this day, they left town tor their seat, Al. tliorpe, Northamptonshire. Lady GWEDIR and Lady y tTit.t.ouoinsr and family are arrived at their house, Whitehall, from their se; Grimsthorpe Castle, Lincolnshire. The Marchioness of EXETER has left toivn father seat, Langley Lodge, Lent. Lord GRANTHAM is returned to his seat in York shire from a tour. Lord DCNCANNON has left town on a tour. Lord and Lady I.oNovonn are arrived at their we, Englefield-green, from a tour. The Hon. B. CRAVEN is arrived at his brother's, the Earl of CRAVEN'S house, in Cisarles-street, Berke ley-square, from Hempstead Lodge. Betks. The Earl and Countess of DARLINGYes and fami7y are expectel in town in a few days, from their SPA Raby Castle, Durham. The Earl of TEMPLE arrived in men, on Tuesday, from the Continent. Yesterday, his Lordship left town, for his father's, the Marquis of BUCKINWISN'S seat, Avington, Hants. Sir GEORGE NVGLST, Bart. has left nun, fer bis seat, Bucks. Arrived in Town :—The Hon. Miss Lake and J. BURROUGHS, Esq. from Brussels: the 80 - . J %mils CULLAM; from his seat in Suffolk; and the lier. J: Cut.titst, jun. from Paris. Before the Grand Duke MicnAEL quitted London be Visited the Gandy of Mr. LONSDALF, a:l3 1 1,s highly gratified with that ab:e Artist's fine cca,.- terisiie Likeness of his Imperial Bmther 6:4ed Dnke hltenot.As. The absence of Mr. LONiDALt lion London disappeinted the intehtion cl his Highness of sitting to him fur his Poitraii. Earl Gnosrtxoft and family passed th..-012:i Man. Chester on Thursday afterirson, on their v:^y to Heaton House. _ 'The Duchess of DEVONSHIRE entertained a sari Hdrty of fashionables on Thursday, at Warren's New otel, New-street. Vale-Royal, in Cheshire, the noble seat of Tito•TAi CHOLMONDELCY, ESC". was last week the scene c: much festivity, cn account cf the birth-Lhw and Christening of two of Mr. CliotsioNnni.rv's sons.— The sponsors were the Marquis of Ileciaxcii.vm, and Colonel and Mrs. PARKER. An elegant dinner w.,r served up at six o'clock, of which a large party ci Nobility and Gentry partook, after which a ball was given: Upwards of one hundred and twenty persons sat down to supper: Dancing was resnmed, end kert up with great spirit until four o'clock in the morning. On Sunday se'nnight (the day on which the Lotto Bisitop of CHESTER preached at the Colle- i iatd Church, Manchester), the banns of matrimcny were proclaimed between ewe hundred anal . finatecn coople.;! Cost - mt. Gice.neN TirEATRE.--1.36t night S'ILEI. HAN'S excellent Comedy of the Rivets eras repeated and Mr. FARREK confirmed the favourable impres •sioa which his spirited representation of Aksolute had produced. The appLuise which i.e re ceived was commensurate with his merit-. The rest of the characters were most excellently well sn and gave universal satisfaction to a crwadcd and genteel audience. Miss O'NEILL makes her list appearance at ti.e Manchester Theatre this evening, in the charac.rr Belridera, in Venice l'rcscr, , ,vl ; end tc-nior,Gl morning she will set out on her return She was to take her benefit at Liverpo A last r:i2llt. .. ~^~• The sitth performance at the Rilkerny Ti:: arc nit the Comedy of Ririe a Wifi• awl have all de v Mr. CORRY was the i'offer Captain ; I.(Y. 1 , , Ur, ROTHE ; and Cacafi , co, Lord Mos t;. In the fax,e the Divorce which fellov..el. his Lordship pla - : We belizve that the harvest, generally, dirt Europe, is more productive than it has Lee‘i :(.1 A good many years. It would seem, that Novo - ems; has Leen lavish in her gifts, an.l it remains tit' kind to en:brace the good before them wit! tude dui ing the period of peace an 4 improve their institutions, and establish, en -1,2 t ti . - rabic basis, the means of flame meliorati. •n — connect morals with their political arranCrnu as they become wiser and better, they will I. true p'rinciples in which the comOeti - er. sible happiness may he accomplished. Within this fortnight upwards of t t x%lnt:.. have been stolen from the nv;ghbourhocd . - t ampton. YeAcrday, however, tw:i persel s. ! to be the robbers, were committed to Not;il. ..!a jail, having proviously in t:icir which iippeu t :U