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e e of Defence. A notice has been published , inviting this ybung men. who have served in the Artillery or the ravalry,, to enlist in•the Legion of the North, which is going to be ingmented by a company Of Artillery, and .a company.of Eclaireurs a Okeval. The , tinse for which they are to enlist is six . SECOND CHAMBER C)VTHE iiATES-GirtERAL. The usual_prelinximum business having been done, The President O'linoUnte4 that:the Central Section was ready, tO . Make its Report on the Budget of the year 1519.%-. This - Report, which is very voluminous, %vas made by M. Clark. It appears from it, that the 'ections have had frequent communications with the verept Ministers, who have given them information 'Tit* Points, as well as explanations on the ey.- * orilioiri respective departments. The Report being printed in French, will be distributed to-day to.the Membei:s; the Dutch copy will be ready to morrow. The discussion was fixed for Saturday next; till which day, after hearing a report from the Coratnittee of Petitions, thi; Chamber adjourned. HAGUE, DECEMBER 15. It is reported that changes will soon be made in the Department of the Minister of the Waterstaat, and new retrenchments in the War Department, as well as a change in the quarterly payment of the pub lic functionaries. EXTRACT FROM A PRIVATE LETTER FROM BERLIN, DATED DECEMBER 8. " Our town is very dull at present. The King has returned, as has also Prince FREDERICK from Men stedt, the residence of his father-in-law the Duke of BERNSERG. Prince HENRY, the King's brother, is still at Naples, where he has resided near two years, and his return is not yet talked of. The rumours of the marriage of the Prince Royal have subsided. We had expected to seethe Duke of WELLINGTON here, it' having been rumoured that our King had invited him, when at Aix-la •Chapelle, to spend some weeks at Berlin, and that the illustrious Duke had accepted of the invitation. We see, however, from the News paperswo t he is on his way to Paris, and thence intends going over to England, which he is not to leave for a considerable time. " A new iron bridge is to be built over the Spree, by which there will be opened a communication be. tween the Linden and the Northern bank of the River, on which the famous hospital the Chariti stands.— This bridge will prove very useful, particularly in cases of file in the northern quarter of the town, lair 'affording a quick and safe passage to the engines, which are at present obliged to cross - the river on a very narrow bridge, which some time ago broke down under a very moderate load, and would no doubt have the same fate if a dozen of engines should be driven over it. The arches of the new bridge are to be cast in Silesia, where our great iron works are. " The famous M. GENTZ, who has just received the order of the Red Eagle, (a Prussian order) is a Prus sian by birth, and was for some years in the Prussian service—his relations reside still at Berlin. In one of the Reviews published at Vienna, on the plan of the Quarterly Review, there is an excellent article, written (as it is said) by him, and containing stric•l tures on some modern English and French publica- 1 tions on the Liberty of the Press, and remarks on the Letters of Junius ; noticing all the modern English publicatibns relative to the several opinions respect ing their Author. I do not recollect having read any thing on the subject better written than this article. " The Empress Dowager of RUSSIA is expected here on the 23 , .! instant, but will, it is said, make only a stay of three days, as the Imperial Family intends meeting at St. Petersburgh on the 12th of January, to celebrate the new year, which, according to the Russian Calendar, begins twelve days after the com mencement of ours. " M. de KIRCITEISEN, one of our ancient Presidents, has published a Treatise against Trial by Jury, and the French system of Jurisprudence ; but the Minister of Justice, M. BasMa, is decidedly in favour of the contrary opinions. The discussions on this subject, in the Council of State, have been very animated." Nett York Papers one day later than those previ ously received arrived this morning. An article quoted from the New Orleans Gazette of the 15th ult. states, on the authority of a Gentle man from Pensacola, that no orders had been received there for the unconditional surrender of that place so 'the Spaniards, but that on the contrary, strong rein forcements of troops were daily expected from the adjacent States. From Havannah Papers which had been received in New York to the Ist ult. it appears that Mr. Ro- HINSON, who has long been imprisoned by the Spa nish Government, is very ill in the horrid dungeon of the Moro, and there was but little hopes of his re covery. We meet in these Papers with a long List of Ships of the Line and Frigates, now in active preparation, the greater number of which will, it is stated, be ready for sea in the Spring. The following are the particulars : At Washington—One Frigate In frarite. At Norfolk—One Line-of-Battle ship building ; in frame. a Line-of-Battle ship and two Frigates. At ship nearly thislied ; a Line-of-Battle ship; in frame, one Line of-Battle ship, one Frigate. At New-York—One Line-of-Battle ship in frame, and two Frigates. 4tßos(on—One Line-of-Battle ship. RtrTortsmouth--Onc Line-of.Bauk sbip. ' .. . 1 1 1 0 I I' 1 i i . , • , 7 . c 1 i I, , ; et ; 7 . . ~ • v , ! ! : ) 1 , If; )4 . 1 i 1 I I . 1 1 . t 4 1 , . ~ t , 1 ," I Tr' • Committee • THE EVESING STAR at Lisle, ini .3„. • .4:11. LONDON. MONDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1818. THE FUFDS. „ !RICE OF STOCKSTHIS DAY AT TWELVE . O . OLOfIt 2 pet Cent. Reduced 77}/- 7 - ( 1 per Cent. Culls. shut Cons. for Account, 7 8 if — . s i 7er Cent. 86i 4 per Cent. 94i;-5 per .rent. Navy shut India Bonds 76 78 pre.--om4hun f dis. EFcliequer Bills 9 15 pre. -- - .. • The Paris Papers of Thursday and . Fridiy iude arrived since our last. ' ' - '• 7 The Chamber of Deputies completed, on Wtdnee. day morning, the list of five Candidates to be Fe., sorted to the KIND, for his choice of President. The Members who, in addition to M. ItAVEZ • and M. De . SZARE, have united an absolute majority of suffrages; are -I,4:l3'Avottn (Reaf-Admiral), Count DUPONT, it'd Count PLANELLI DE LAVALETTE. (511 Thursday. the Chamber proceeded to the nomi natien,of foto : Vice-Presidents, when the election fell upon IM. DE COURVOISIER, BLANQTJARt BAILEUL, BELIGNO r, and BECQUEY. [silt e't The Clamber of Peers were tocontinue adjourned till Saturday, when they•were to assemble to receive the Report of the Commission charged with drawing Up an Address to the. KING, in answer to his Majesty's Speech from the Throne. liis MAJESTY continues in a state of convalescence, on Thursday presided at another long Council of Ministers, which sat from one till five o'clock. General Count LosAu, one of the exiles who has obtained permission to return to France, has arrived in Paris. The Funds have, during the two days of which the accounts are now before us, experienced but little fluctuation. Wednesday theropened at 69 fr. being 73 c. below the closing price of the preceding day, fell at one time to 61 fr. 75 c. but rallied, and cloked at 63 fr. Ou Thursday they kept rising, and closed at 63 fr. 60 c. PRIVATE LETTER. PAus, Dzcznizi 17. . " The Chambers are occupicd with the usual preliminaries of forming Committees, &c. ; the President even is not yet named, but the five persons to be submitted to the KING hays been chosen, Out of which he will elect one, who will be, we are in clined to think, either M. %seta, or M. de Scant, who presided at the last Session; the former unites many excellent qualities for a President, but many strongly deprecate the election of a Councillor of State as President of the Representatives of the Nation. We might also object to M. de SEMLE fur his Motion at the beginning of last Session, to send Members to prison for uttering in their places opinions which dosernmen: might con strue as hostile to its views; but justice commands us to add, that this fault, grave as it is, was in a great measure atoned for by his constitutional conductor the latter end of the Session. The choke rests with 'his Moaner, and we are persuaded that it will be in favour of a sound constitutional Member, who, strictly passive, will never suffer either passion or party principles to influence his conduct s and who will consider himself simply as the organ of the Constitution; as a good shepherd, who will not suffer his flock to stray either to the right or left, but bring them by gentle means to the fold of the Charter, for out of it there len° salvation for France. " All Paris his been on the qui min, as to the remit of differ ence of opinion said to exist, and to have been expressed between the Duke de Itteneutu and the Count de CUES. The Public has, in fact, made a mountain 8f a mole hill. It would seem; that the Duke de Rteneueo conceives the possibility of uniting all parches, and amalgamating the Ultras, the Ministerials, and the Liberals; and that the Count de Csers, cerieivessuch an union impossible. The theory of the Minister for Foreign Af fairs certainly the most desirable and the nnost excellent; it springs from a heart overflowing with the milk of human kind ness, which only sees in error an aberration of opinion ; but we apprehend, that no human power can reconcile interests so jarring and views so diametrically opposite. The Ultras claim, and insist on, as a sine qua non, the restoration of exploded pri- Vileges, the re-possession of property confiscated by the nation, the ancient supremacy of the Clergy, the exclusion of Com moners from posts of honour and dignity, and especially that of military command. In the interest of Forehm Powers we might wish the latter point to 14e accorded, fur then, France tw-tteld cease to be forir,liablo as a military nation. Let us but Wok at her military history for the last 750 years, and . we shall Pod that during all that titne, Wile% her armies were officered by the Nubility way, that she never gaineJ.Stut three victories over glish troops, while ours could count several brilliant ones in every campaign; and wars betweas England and France during this period have not been rare, as out of the 750 years there has been neatly 500 years of was'. It was only when the Revolo ttm began, when merit and not favour obtained rank, that the ro.lich armies became really formidable, even to the best troops of Europe, and the proof of it is, that since they have gitintd more brilliant victories than France could count since the foundation of the Monarchy. Whoever therefore wishes to re-establish the old system, is as igr.orant as he is stifish, and lore it not that all Europe hes; thorough contempt for this ri diculous party, one roi;;ltt conclude that it received from some foreign Court the, price of its enmity to the prosperity and glory of its eaurtry. A Flanders Mail has brought us to-day Brussels Papers to the 18th inst. from which we subjoin some extracts : BRCSSEES, DECEMBER Is. It is affirmed that his Majesty•bas, by a Decree, enjoined his Ministers not to present to him hence forward any report, the object of which shall be an increase of expense. Economy seems to be the order of the day ; and we most congratulate ourselves on a measure dictated by the wisdom and the paternal intentions of the King. We hear from the Frontiers of France, that all the fortresses of the 16th Military Division, which had beer. disarmed during the occupation by the foreign t.oeps, are going to be placed again on a respectable foutiv a in consequence of measures adopted by tito POLITICAL CHANCES. The first business which will occupy the attention of the new Parliament, which stands convened for the 14th of January next, will be the appointment cf, a proper personage to succeed our late lamented Quaaw in the trust which her MA.WSTY so long filled with such exemplary tenderness and fidelity, in the Care of the person of our venerable and afflicted SOVEREIGN. The judgment of Parliament in this case may be considered as already anticipated, or rather pre-determined, by the universal sentiments of tie nation, which seem to concur in pointing out. that the choice of a successor to her MAJESTY in this important trust can fall on no member of the Royal Family with so much propriety as on that distinguished individual who to equal consanguinity to Lis MAJESTY with the Heir Apparent to the Throne, and a rank only next in seniority, unites a character deservedly high for honour, integrity, and public experience— we mean his Royal Highness the Duke of YORK. Among both the Ministerial and Courtly Circuits this is an appointment which has been for some time considered as fixed ; and it is also agreeable to un derstand that it is one which had the anticipated ap probation of her late MAJESTY. - Some doubts are entertained, whether in the event of the Duke of YORK being nominated to this high trust, it will be considered compatible with good . policy, that his Royal Highness should be continued at the same time in the chief Command of tlic Army. The prevailing opinion seems to be, that the separa tion of the two. duties will take place, and that, in such case, the Command of the Army be trans; ferred to his Royal Highness the Duke of KENT, who will be enabled, by the considerable addition which will be thus nude to his income, to abandon that plan of voluntary exile and retirement, which, however honourable it may be to his private charac ter, cannot be viewed without pain by the British people, who naturally attach hopes to his Royal Highness's late alliance, that give them a more than ordinary interest in his residence among them. The retirement of the Duke of YoaK from the Army will, we need scarcely say, be - accompanied with the deep regret not only of every individual, who may have had the fortune to come within the immediate sphere of his administration, but with the general regret of the Illation at large. The urbanity of manners, impartial discrimination, and extraordi nary habits of business, 'which his Royal Highness displayed in his department, 'during a peliod which yields in splendour of military renown *to none in British history, have justly endeared him to the whole British Army, and gained him the not less gratify ing meed of national approbation and esteem, Qualities the same as those which have obtained the Duke of YORK so enviable a character in the command of the Army, appear to unite in recom mending the Duke of KENT as the successor of his Royal Brother. With habits altogether military, and ' a thorough knowledge of Army affairs, his ROYAL HIGHNESS possesses the same affability of manners, the same punctual attention to the minutiz of busi ness, and the same regard for worth and talent which have so long favourably distinguished the character of his Royal Brother. Saturday afternoon the Duchess' . of YORK left York House, St. James's Palace, for her seat at Oat lands. • Her Royal Highness had been in town since Tuesday. Yesterday afternoon, soon after three o'clock, the Duke of YORK arrived at York House, St. James's Palace, from Woburn Abbey, where his Royal High ness had been on a visit to the Doke of BEDFORD since Tuesday evening. The Marquis WELLESLEY has returned to Devon shire from Richmond. His Lordship's return to town is quite uncertain. THE QUEEN'S WILL.—The only individuals who have inspected her late MAJFSTY . 9 Will tie the PRINCE Rnotsr, the Duke of YORK, the Mulles; of GLOUCZSTER, the Princess ALCI STA, and Sir JOHN /sheoLt, the Judge of ;the Prerogative Court. The reason assigned for the delay is, that they have not taken an account of the property. CanuroN-HoesE.—To give additional space for the new improvements, the buildings next St. James's Park will be removed ; the milk walk will be taken in, and the whole of the space parallel with the great gun, next the Ranger's Lodge. The • avenue through Spring-gardens will be kept open for the accommodation of the Public ; and the passage from New -street, Spring-gardeas. The screen of columns now occupying the front of Carlton House„ will be removed into the rear. The stables will be removed, and the horses and carriages transferred to the King's Mews, which has lately been repaired and beautified. COVENT GARDEN ThEATtra.--The new Comedy increases in effect by repetition. , On Saturday night it was received with much approbation throughout. DRCRY-LANE.—The Tragedy of Brutus IS still uncommonly attractive, and may now be fail) , said to have become a standard Play. OLYMPIC Tima•rnr..—The entertainments at this elegant little 'Theatre are nightly attended by crowds of fashion ; and it is but common justice to observe that this pleasant place of public amusement most richly merits the distinguished success with which the meritorious exertions of the Manager are so signally crowned. Among the recent fashionable visitors we noticed— Lady Craddock, Lord Alvanlcy, Lord Donelly, Lord sington, Earl of Yarmouth, General ;Mead, Sir WI Con grove, General Fawcett, General Dowers, t hlajor Williams, Captains Brooke, iiittouldbant, As a proof of the extraordinary mildness of the season. ' until the recent frost, a gentleman of Oxford had a fine dish of strawberries and raspberries pre senteol to him for a desert on Wednesday, which were gathered from the natural ground the day pre ceding, BRIGHTON, DECEMBER 19. .- 'The Patna REGENT has not apps in fine/ his at - Ilya. The circle at the Pavilion dually increasing : it is, at preser.; funned following distinguished pers•lnagos Tao Marquis and Marchioness of Hertford, the X i licadtort, the bliu:quis of Clolmorkky, the Esti Lord Viscount Carltem, Lord and Lady Williun o B •njamio and lady Bloomfield, Sir William li en a, mend Nagle, Cokmol Th ornton , Colonel Whatky cd 4 appointed Groom of the Bcdchaniber, atid Hee. F. The Earl of YARMOUTH and Mr. CROZZI, returned to the Pavilion at the commencement • week, again left it for London, on Thursday. Music. which possesses a potent power to • and animate the mind, is again beard, is ; richoess of science, at the Pavilion. Lord ROBERT SEYMOUR is shordy expel join the Pavilion party. , His Grace the Duke of WELLIsTuros and CASTLEITIAGAI are arrived in town from Pith their landing at Dover they were both saluted! Battery on the Heights. The basis, of 16 guns, arrived at Ponsinm t Saturday afternoon, from St. John's, Newfound!, left the Island on the 2Gth ult. No news..—'n .FRANCIS DRAKE" (Captain BOWKES,) basis flag of Sir CMARILLS HAMILTON, was strippil TAMAR, Honourable Captain GORDON, and C, stow, Lieutenant GLASSCOCK, were also to there. Captain TocEst, late of the Luisa, home in thi Dunicr.. • Rear-Ari►iiral the Hod. Sir IlcssT Butt Bart. is said to be appointed to succeed Rear , ral Sir RI6IARD KIND in the naval commas East Indies, and either the MkLVILLt orWst will be commissioned at this pc.rt, by Capt.Ci RICHARDSON, C. B. to receive the Admin . ; and convey him to India. On Thursday, the Bet art.:o, of 19 gang, HUN X, sailed with Nlaih ,or St. Helena, the I lattritius, Trincomalee, and Bengal. D. ill WCOLSOUGII, for the Naval Holital at the Good Hope, went out passengers by her. We have receis ed otne numbers of the Ga7.4-fte, and although they are not dated h ere 30th N.,vc. , ntbet, they are curious, beta , . are the first that for a long time have cor.tai information from South America. They for the latent dates that have reached London: " ulnas, es The varieu s Corps of the State are eager to offer tt titer congratulations en the occession of the pregnanc Qvcsq, by the celebration of religious cerernotio for ' delivery ; her 1 4 / 1 4StT has advanced to her ninth m. several days past the Diplomatic Corps have - to be in rendines to attend at a moment's notice. " h.ot been said here, during these few dad. armed hands, which are committing excesses in the Andalesia a7.d Estramadura. It is even asserted, th tatimerocs enough to go into the villages and demand nese bands. are principally comptard of soldiers, fear of embarkingfor America has induced to desert If we may rely. upon the authority of several letter felo,os who had been sentenced to th: galleys, and wIR der escort from Cadiz to C'euta, had been attacked bands, which succeeded in liberating several of them.' Upon the subject of the cruel and Aproject for raising the Price of bread, we happy to give the following Report of that t spectable body of the Nobility and Gentry kittgrdom, called the Bath and West of Engl.' cultural Society " The Annual Meeting of this most respectable 'told on Monday and Tuesday last. (In the former B. Lrrnmitoce presided. 'The correspondence wi JASON HOSMOCU, the late, and withxlv. Marquis of the new President, was read, and thanks voted to t his polite acceptance of the office. By the Minute' ciety Meeting of November, ir appeared that the Subscribers were 525, from which deducting those it 4.50 actual Subscribers. After reading the corm; various contributors, a great deal of discassion tool spotting altering some of the suks. After dinner, Gluons addressed the tort; any on the subject of the the Qccupiers of the Land. He sincerely hoped that d would not be entertained by the Society, if it we forward it would meet with his most decided eppo•i• could not concur 1:1 a measure, which, however it w aligned to promote his own personal interests, south enhe Agriculturist at the expense of th." other LIZSfi A similar declaration was made by Mr. Sroevra, ceived with appbuss. • Wednesday la - A, an Undergraduate Cc bridge, without any previous traiairg, eta: fur a tot started at the one-mile none on the Dy.road, to p... miles in four hours fair welling, which tee ac omplished amp-watch in three tours, 17 minutes, 10 seconds, an' ether in three !mart, e 7 raMetet, 2 seconds. He wal' eleventh milestone ar.d b .ch, beit:g iSO miles, with Cage of a vey thick fog. The list mile was perform minutes and a few azcoods. e lboui the ittia rr.lle elerably exhausted, but after a few minutes re:or and walked in, the last few handrail yards, not a: all distrto! at the rate of ve:y nearly srreat miles an boor. lhirsur(se five.—Yesterilay morning, at ant half-tor o'clock, an alarming fire broke out in the h of Y loekimith and bell.ban-er, No. 13, Green Art ter Bailey, which extended hself with great rapielli,. having been awake by the strong smell cf ere, irnst arose front his lied, .iud I ...oersted up stairs to aseerzhi proceeded from. • On arriving at the landing place 2 hr.% of names rubbed out upou him front the seceraddoor ape-1 occepied by an old man. M:. Neil instantly ren aa.'. his first pr.:caution was to go and alarm his family, who as!ee2, but who got lip and snuglie r e f e r in the hest rwi ti litmer. The Are by that trite bad extended itself fury ; the flames communicated to the bodice of Mr. (reit No. 14, and the back premises were coon destroy( et. in the upper part of Mr. Neii's house aelry ;woke, t ot e most naked on the top of the house, anal ',reaped with their by getting through the lofts of the adjoining house. litunrsh afterwards the Eames caught the house of Mr. Wahets, a: 12. By this time the engines fortunately attired, d plentiful supply of water. They played for a toluielerlde bat the fire board with such fury, that about eight iichal roof of the house wire re it broke oat f:11 in s i tu a irvalCD crash, and the adjoining home was much injured. The w of use furniture in Mr. Nell's house was destiowwi, When 'names were got under, every search was made after eh; nun who occupied the apartments in which els: fire broke but he erred nut be found, and as soon as pos..ible *a are comntenced digging in search Of the body, Ishii!t the .• a e time found, burnt in a dreadful manner. The aator.aute ceased was a native of Germany ; he m ew e d is the a bove b for a number of years, and although pout:wed of a weak property, lived Us the must abject state of p e nury, tot allowiiii ; himself the common necessaries of life. 1k Weis i habit of goie.g about the Street selling Mallattl, .13:11 perklL bones and other things from the kennel. Oil his return I (maw( expense) be would nuke a fire el pirces of Wt 3.4; lid of a saucepan, and would thus sa for sonic time piree. going to Itc+lt lie bad dewe this on Saturday night. au putting it out carefully, some papers caught fire, the proceeded to his bed, Bills were found in his pocket to 1 , amount, and other articles of value were is his vat - lowa. days ago he lent a frieud and it is supposed a c enie , sum is destroyed. The firemen are actively employed in of finding it. Several bills w e re f oun d i n the rote tlittivrtt;:ta language, tam, 3lr. N ri Crowe .zapin t.'.11"1 - . Cru for Si Tfi Imd I steel Lon and TiA l e ct this ion , , en , wit •ed h e Lord for 0 • • , CAsT" Gons,, , s. -The 'ati, Sir , aad piat Clt - •t wa. r. 3 her bei mritt v.'. to Ada , non of n g i lay. thigh ht .° to • ,, t h e Batte in all taking 11:4 , or packs itt secEm ßgi ipected ptaia An passer 4 e and su and t Don c ' ,at fat tted by.. l'rinceas • th a Mail afalgari foundla- .n P°lvEl • Flora, C caring Uppi ng; Wind S. td Caa,:a. • to air:. mAN, ca. without arrive 4 LACIEWOCD teat-Adm., .e nandin.,l Wltttit-t ' wines Un Cn °val Lai 13 1 nirdis • .2[....4—0ei or alva c M. C 2.. ,' rerna and-bout )r. and .":ls iie•hEksl the Cape Wind F. the Med • 'The ba td rater , ran eta:lse afte )stained a:: , font ley ate ' hn t e—Vl XI: tie, Dtc. Wind fro to tie DRAKE, egnancy of s fur Ikr ?:ern ith radii Duke of tivy, PAt w ora, P days . n c.!..rt.•7 and d, :hat other ve :. tailed, lit whin wrt their lvc :Wets, a Fart id who were • rts, froi licked ty • them." Kind mischier“ f, rList we are the Met that truly' lentry of The s stone, saved, tibia Rod; w i n d_b c rater day with Air c e P t 01 ' , it • Lou." • to the Later Clllll lutes of the norn:lt ,Tilt. ose itl anew!. wnvonderie nine, A took p!sce fruit, a liar,M - 20 , h 0 f the Petitioo hat the redo. • that pp wry billet from tk )pco..ton ;LI Eclipse it niigbt be c - Dint: for re t :lams of loc'.t . a. - "a3 za, tad : 1 : Ith it Cork; Case, Ct. Agnes, trifiing w Arto , to perform rptished by c ads and 1 , -. or Li ie ;liked VI: GOVIMI with Adis:iv:. Ra,„, fp:met CIN . • en fl w :le was ;cr.. in c lre . :v:rred r. all aistreut 0"-beis am&