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WEYMOUTH, DORSETSHIRE, AUGUST 7. STARP. WOOD, Commander of the fine ' 141 . - i -, Cutter the CHESTERFIELD, late in the Packet See. vice, • s leave to thank his Friends and the Public in general for the favours he has received, and the great encouragement be bas experienced from them since be has employed the said veuel in the conveyance at PASSENGERS and GOODS between WEYMOUTH and the Islands of GUERNSEY and JERSEY. The said vessel regularly sails from Weymouth every Friday Afternoon, and the Commander hopes to deserve and meet with continuance of the public patronage, by affording the best an contmadation, and every possible comfort and advantage, is his voyages to and from the said Islands. THE EVENING STAR LONDON. TO CORRESPONDENTS. The Editor has received by this day's post a letter from a Lady, incloaing a Ten Pound Bank-of-England Note, with directions to apply it in a certain way. He doubts not that the Donor will approve of bis retaining the Note for a few days, till the affair is better elucidated. SATURDAY, AUGUST '7, 1819. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT TWELVE O'CLOCK Red. ssiii 58—Cons. 571-ii—for acc. 58M—Eda. la. dis. 4 per Ct. 793-5 per Ct. 874-omnium 71. 7 63 pr. • Bank Lg. Ans. 14 7-I6ths 4—Etch. Bills Is. dis. Ss. pr. FLAG OF TRUCE FROM FRANCE. A French Officer of rank arrived last night at Deal, in a Flag of Truce from the French Coast, charged with Dispatches for the British Government, and Passports for a Minister from this country to pass tbro.lol the French territories to the Congress about to be assembled at Prague. _ _ _ It is pretty well understood that the Earl of ArERDEEN was to have proceeded in the first instance to the Court of the Emperor FRANCIS, who acts an important part in the present crisis, and may be con sidered as the dictator of the attempt to restore Peace to Europe. Whether the present dispatches may have the effect to alter his Lordship's primary destination, a few days will probably clear up ; but at all events it may be inferred, that the parties most directly in terested in the projected negociation are anxious to give facilities to this cc u my to join and assist in the deliberations. The Dispatches were instantly forwarded to Mini sters by the Part Admiral at Deal, but nothing further bad transpired when this Paper was put to press. A letter from Deal, written last night says : We have just time to acquaint you (the Post being waiting) that one of our cruizers has this mo ment landed a French Officer, whom they picked up in a Flag of Truce. He is the bearer of Dispatches for Government, and brings Passports for a British Minister. He has been taken to the PortAd►r.iral." By a Heligoland Mail which arrived tbis morning, we have received Hamburgh and Altona Papers to the ‘2Bth July. They contain intelligence of consi derable importance under existing circumstances. An official article from Berlin developes the views of the Austrian Cabinet with respect to the indepen dence of Europe, and if the statement thus given be authentic, we are led to believe that Austria has not resarded the cause of the Allies with that coolness which has been ascribed to her. A most sanguirry decree has been issued at Ham burgh by the Prince of ECKMUHL. He proscribes by name all those patriots who have been most for ward in their efforts to rouse their countrymen against the French yoke. Hamburgh he most impudently describes as part of the territories of France, and the inhabitants are treated literally like d 6 beasts of bur then." Females, as well as males, are compelled to work at the fortifications ! The Age of Chivalry is indeed gone in Europe !—The following are extracts from the Papers brought by the above mail : d d BERLIN, JULY 17. dd The Gazette of this day contains the following article :—Since the alliance of Prussia with Russia, the views of the Imperial Austrian Court were di rected to the restoration of peace and the balance of Europe, and his Majesty the Emperor declared, in public notifications, that be was determined on bring ing about a peace, the conditions which would en sure its duration. In consequence of these declarations, the Ans i trian auxiliary corps were recalled from the French army, considerable armaments were made, and a respectable number of troops assembled in Bohemia. These armaments have latterly increased, and by or ganizing the land militia they have been completed. But still anxiously concerned for the restoration of peace, the Austrian Court wished to make an endea vour, with the assistance of the Ambassadors of the Belligerent Powers that were to assemble at Prague, to bring about a conciliation between them. 64 The French Court has agreed to this proposal ; and their Majesties the King of Prussia and Emperor of Russia have determined likewise to send Ambas- ' sadots to Prague, with directions to attend with con tinual and uninterrupted regard to the interests of their distant Allies, who are likewise invited to be participators, and to state to the Austrian Cabinet their sentiments on the possibility of laying the foun y dations for It peace to be hereafter concluded. 44 His Majesty the Emperor of Russia has for this purpose accredited \ the Privy Counsellors Baron Von Austetten to his Majesty the Emperor of Austria ; and his Majesty the King of Prussia has likewise fur nished his Ambassador at the Imperial Court, the Minister of State Da13 , 11 Von Humboldt, with powers for that purpose. 8.-,th these authorized Ministers cly left tile head-quarters of their Sovereigns, , and must have arrived at Prague by the 12th of July, on which day the French Ambassadors were likewise to arrive there. " The Allied Powers, therefore, remain likewise, in this instance, tree to their purpose of losing no opportunity of procuring to Europe a just, lasting, and secure Peace, for the restoration of which they will labour with indefatigable perseverance, and use for that purpose all the means that PROVIDENCZ has put into their hands. " In order to gain the necessary time for the nego. eiations, the Armistice is, by request of the Imperial Austrian Court, extended until the 10th-of August; so that the six days notice is not to take place until after that day." " HAMBURGH, JULY 26. " His Excellency Count Von Hogendorp, Gover nor of Hamburgh, has issued a regulation on the 28d instant, concerning the work on the fortifications, which is published by placards ; according whereto 4200 labourers are to be required every week at Hamburgh, who are to commence next week on the fortress works. Each Canton is to furnish 700 men for this purpose, which are to be divided into seven companies, each consisting of 100 men, and every company to be placed under the command of a Captain, who is to be chosen from among the princi pal inhabitants of the City. ag The Captains are authorized to employ three women in the place of two men ; and twenty boys, from 15 to 18 years of age, in the place of ten men, &c. Those who are called upon to work must do it in person, hired labourers or substitutes are not per mitted to be employed. The following Proclamation has been issued from the Mayoralty : PROCLAMATION. " As the service of the Hospitals requires such a very consi derable quantity of old linen, for bandages and lint, that a suffi ciency is not to be obtained, all the inhabitants of Hamburgb are hereby requested to bring as much of every thing serviceable to suck uses, as is in their possession, and deliver it immediately into the Mayoralty ; and they certainly will not be slow in seizing this opportunity of rendering assistance to their native sick and wounded warriors. (Signed) " Haniburgh, July 24. "The Mayor, Roar k." FROM THE JOURNAL OF THE DEPARTMENT OF THE MOUTHS OF THE ELBE, OF JULY 2.5. 46 Marshal Prince of Eckmuhl, Governor-General of the 32d Military Division, Commander in Chief of the 13th Corps, considering the orders of his'Ma jest), the Emperor and King, dated the 16th July, 1813, decrees the following disposition' " Art. I. Pardon is granted for the acts of rebellion, insur- rtction, and desertion, committed up to this day, in the 32d Military Divi.ion. 0 Art. 2.—Are excepted from this Atunerty, for the reasons determined by Art. 3, the ittdividuals whose names follow " Gries, Ex-Syndic, Ex-Secretary-General of the Mouths of the Elbe, at Hamburg. " Guth, Es-Senator of Lubeck, at Lubeck. _ _ " Kruckenberg, Ex-Mayor of Lnnebourg, at Lunebourg. " De Lenthe, Ex-President of the Academy of Nobles, at Lunebourg. " De Meiling, Ex• Legislator, and Member of the Commis sion for Liquidation, at Lunebourg. " De Marschalk, Ex-Mayor of the Arendissement of Stedt. " De Zestersleth, Ex-Counsellor at the imperial Court of liamburgb. " De Deken, son, Ex-Counsellor in Hanover, and Proprietor, at Stadt. " Von Hess, Doctor, at Harbourg. " De Zastrou, Ex-Inspector of Forests, at Harbours. " De Kielmannsegge, Proprietor, near Lauenbourg. " Mettletkamp, Plumber, at Hamburgh. " Hanfft, Master Butcher, at Hamburg!). " De Gruben, Sub-Prefect, at Bremer lehe. " De Decken, father, Ex-minister of the Elector of Hanover. " Langrehr, Ex-municipal Receiver at Lunebourg. " Tesdorpff, Es-superior Officer In the service of England, a Barmstcdt. plunders, thefts, and other excesses, area II these sets originated to the insurrection and rebellion. “ No alteration vriU be made by this Amnesty in the provbory suspeell,e Sas of Magisterial Persons, Public Oeers, or Agents. which bad been publicly declared previous to the publication of this present Resolution, nor in any other measure adopted bythe Governors or the chief Police. " Art. 8.--The greatest publicity shall be given to the present Resolution. The Chief of the General Staff shall transmit copies of it to the Lieutenant-General of Justice, the Prefects, and to the of the soperior Police. " Given in the Government Palace at Hamburgb, the 24th of July, 1813, (Signed) " The Marshal Duke of AULISTADT, Prince of Ecnatoua. " The General, Chief of the General Staff of the 12th Corps, CZSAIt Dlt LA VILLL." (A true copy.) " The Picket of the Department of the Mouths of the Elbe, BILITEUIL." IMPORTANT INTELLIGENCE FROM AMERICA. EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM LIVERPOOL, DATED AUGUST STH, 1813. " The Robert Burns (cartel) arrived to-day from New-York, which she left on the 12th ult. Letters are not received yet. We have just obtained access to a Paper of the 12th : in it is a dispatch, dated 25th June, from Gene?al DEARBORN, at Fort George.— He laments the loss of a detachment of 570 men, under Colonel BOERSTLER, with the sole exception of one volunteer, who escaped. 64 On the 6th July, the office of Commissioner of Revenue was appointed by Bill; the Refined Sugar Tax Bill, and the Sales at Auction Tax Bill, were carried, and passed their third readings. The num bers for direct Taxes were 97 to 70. u We regret to add, that the passengers report Sir B. WARREN to have landed on Craney Island, near Norfolk, with 2500 men, and was speedily obliged to re-embark his force. He, in fact, has done nothing. The blockade was notified at Washington on the •27th June. 44 The Hollar, which sailed a full vessel from hence on the 14th May, arrived at Portland, and was permitted to bond her cargo. " It is said a Bill passed the Senate and was sent to the lower House, to interdict all communication with this country, and a penalty of fine and im prisonment to be inflicted on all trading directly or indirectly with this country or it dependencies." Since the above we have received a file of papers confirming what precedes: SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES, JUNE 29. Mr. CAMPBELL, from the Committee of Foreign Relations, reported the following Bill, which was read, and passed to a second reading : —4 , A Bill to pro hibit the citizens and inhabitants of the United States from carryingon any trade or traffic with the domi nior.s or dependencies of the United Kingdom of Great _ Britain and Ireland. " Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre sentatives of the United States of America in Con gress assembled, that any citizen or inhabitant of the United States or territories thereof, who shall, dur ing the war in which the said United States are en gaged at present, either directly or indirectly carry on any trade, commerce, or traffic in any articles whatever with any off' the dominions, colonies, or de. pendencies of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, or with any person or persons residing within the same ; and any citizen or inhabitant as aforesaid, who shall, directly or indirectly, be privy to, or aiding' or abetting in carrying on any such trade, commerce, or traffic, shall be adjudged guilty of a misdemeanour, and shall, upon conviction of every such offence, be imprisoned for a term not exceeding two years, nor less " De Zesterfitth, Ex-substitute to the Imperial Procurer at II than six months, and be fined not exceeding 5000 dols. Bremcrlehe. nor less kind soever employed, or used in any such trade,ess than 500; and any ship, vessel, or carriage, of " D'lssendorff, Ex-fudge at Bremerlehe. De Wetzsch, Ex-substitute of the Imperial Procurer at what Bremen. commerce, or traffic as above described; and any cargo 46 De Decken, Ex-substitute to the Imperial Procurer atStadt. which shall be found on board of such ship or vessel, " De Witzendorff, ditto, at Lubeck. and any articles which shall be found in such carriage, " De Sode, ditto, at Hamburg's. when detected or taken in such unlawful trade, corn " Frederick Perthes, Librarian at Hamburgh. "De Haupt, Ex-Lawyer to the Imperial Court at Hamburgk. I coerce, or traffic, or at the return of the same to the " Zemmermann, Ea-Lawyer at Hamburgh. United States, shall be forfeited, the half to the United " Ehrenstein, Ex-ceproprietor of the Correspondent at ditto. States, and the other half to the person or persons who " Meyer, Ex-Sheriff at ditto. • shall give information thereof; and may be seized " Art. 3. These individuals are declared enemies to the State, wherever found, and condemned before any Court of and banished for ever from the French Empire. Their property is confiscated. Such of the said property as is at this moment the United States, or the territories thereof, having destined to the Public service, shaU be appropriated to Its present competent jurisdiction—provided that nothing in this intended use—the rest fall to the extraordinary domains. ' Act contained, shall be construed so as to repeal, im " Art 4. AU persons belonging to the Thirty-second Military pair, or affect any law now in force, providing for the punishment of Treason, or any other offence agai nst Division, who have not absented themselves since the I st of March, 1813, and have returned at the time of this present Re. I solution being published, am! others such as are specified in the the United States." _ . preceding 2rl Article, are allowed the extreme of the term (to the sth of August) to return to their place of habitation or usual I Th e E ar l o f LIVERPOOL, after transacting business at the Treasury and other Public Offi ces , ye s t er d a y residence. They meat came their return to be certified by a verbal process of the Mayor. The Mayor has to send a set off for his seat .at Combe Wood, an d i s nut ex copy of the aforementioned verbal process to the Prefect peeled in town again till Monday. of the Department, who shall give information to the Mi - Thursday Mr. GREE NWOOD gave a gran d di nner ulster of the General Police, on the one part, and to the Go- at his house in Brampto n P ar k to t h e D u k e of YORK, vernor General on the other. The original verbal process shall the Earl of LIVERPOOL, Lo r d A LVANLEY , an d a se be deposited in the archives of the Mayoralty. I lest party. i , Art. 3.—Such individuals as- have not returned ty the The Duke of G R A FTON ' S horse, Sons, i s matc h e d against Mr. CRAV EN ' s Foei t y, at t h e fi rst O cto b er time prescribed, shall be considered in like manner with the per sons specified in the second Article of this present Resolution Newmarket Meeting, f or 100 gu i neas . and be liable to the same punishments. " Art 6.—The fathers, mothers, or guardians of such indivi- Sir CHA RLEs BUNBURY'S If ki:4, is matched agdinst duals as are under age, or who do not enjoy their privileges, are Lord F. G. OSBORNE'S Eagle, at the same Meeting. responsible fur such of their children or pupils, who bear arms Wednesday se'nnight as the gun-boats intended for against France, or wbh shall not return within the term pre. channel service on the coast of France, were proceed scribed. They shall accordingly, within the space of a months ing from Sheerness ha r b our t o t h e Li tt l e N ore , one o f pay a penalty of money, agreeable to a list to be drawn cut by them, No. 17, ran foul of the Devonshire, of 74 guns, the Prefect, amounting eq four times as ;Duch as their annual and immediately sunk. A waterman, w h o h a d a b oat ground tliect4 and personal taxes. alongside of the Devonshire at the time, picked up a " 7.—This present amnesty is not to extend to the acts of via- MidJiipman and two seamen, but a t a m a l e an d mu lence 4 atticiss, and irdivldual murders, nor in lik; manner to the men were tutterttruately drowned. NAYAL INTELLIGENCE. PLYMOUTH, AUGUST 5. Put into Cawsand Bay this morning, by contrary winds, a ship cartel, under Russian colours, from Chatham, with about 400 American prisor-ms, bound to New Bedford, in America. Arrived the Cora,. LENGER gun-brig, from Portsmouth; the Bee, of Dan. mouth, WILLIAM Rem, Master, from Cork, with 2 cargo of Wheat for this port ; the Redbrige, CUN NING, from Southampton ; Commodore, CHURCII. WOOD, from Loudon ; Friends, CUNNING; and Cut. stock, Moxsr, from Wales.—Wind W. PORTSMOUTH, AUGUST & Arrived the MEDUSA, of 38 guns, Captain 1571/.4 from off Cherbourg ; ENDTIMON. 40 guns, Captain HOPE, from Plymouth ; and SEALARI., of 10 guns, Lieutenant WARRANIN from a cruise, and sailed again this evening ; Friends, Cearcerran, and De chess of Richmond, READ, from Gibraltar—under quarantine. Sailed the THAMES, 32, Captain Pim- TON, for Chatham ; and one of the Russian 74's, for the River, to be broken up. ;, AUGUST 6. Sailed his Majesty's ship BERMUDA wit a convoy for the Baltic, consisting of about 75 sail. The next will probably sail about the 16th inst. DEAL. AUGUST S. My last, relative to the burning of the Favourite, was wrote in much haste, and I did not then think is proper to mention an afflicting circumstance that has now proved too true. A Lady, passenger on board the ill-fated vessel, in the first moment of SIAM. Mt from her cabin to the forecastle, with intent to trust herself to the waves rather than abide the chance of escaping from that all-devouring eletnent, fire. Her husband, in a state of distraction, flew to the spot, and caught her in his arms ; but, alas I his strength was insufficient to prevent her from jumping over the ship's side—and falling on the gunwale of one of the boats, whose crew, in defiance of danger, attended to save the unfortunate mariners, she fractured two of her ribs, and occasioned a dangerous contusion on her thigh. THE ARMY. Exclusive of Lord WELLINGTON, there are at this time forty-four British General Officers serving in the Peninsula—in Jamaica and the Leeward Islands there are twenty-five—while in both the Canadas there are only six ! We are glad, however, to learn, that by the convoy which is now assembling at Spithead, de tachments will be sent out to every British regimen; serving in North America, viz. Ist Foot, Ist &stilton I 89th Regiment Bth Ditto% Ist Saltation 109th Ditto 13th Ditto iosd Ditto 41st Ditto Wastestk's Regiment, aDi 49th Ditto Meuron's; Besides several Officers for the Canadian and Glen. gary fencibles ; with large supplies of Military and Marine Stores. The COMMANDER in CHIEF has directed, by a Ge neral Order, that no person bound to the sea service under any indentures, nor any person furnished with an Admiralty trotection, shall for the future be enlisted into his Majesty's regular Forces. The remains of the 2d Battalion of the 88th Re giment, or Connaught Rangers (About 190), lately arrived at Plymouth from the Peninsula.-.-They pre ceed immediately to Cork. LIFE GUARDE.—Yesterday this regiment, which has enlisted many recruits since the late drafts to the Peninsula, did duty in London, in place of the 7th Hussars, who have left town for Portsmouth, to em bark for Lord WELLINUTON'A army. The Life Guards are now in appearance a very different body of men from what they were two years since. Their long coats are exchanged for light jackets, and the heavy cocked hats for Roman helmets. Their appoint. ments, on the whole, give them a glartial appearance. Intelligence has been received of the death of Cap tain DCBOURRIEU, of the Royal Artillery--the (Mi xer so honourably mentioned by Lord WistaaNcrore for his conduct at the Battle of Vittoria, and for which service he had by the Noble Marquiss's recom mendation, obtained a pension of five shillings per day_ He met his honourable fate by R cannon-shot in the trenches before St. sebastian's. Lieutenant-Colonel RIDEWOOD, of the 45th regi ment, died lately in Spain, in consequence of the wounds he received at the evermaemorable Battle of Vittoria. By his death the service has lost a most zealous and active Officer, of great merit and future promise. Educated to the profession of arms from his youth, lie in,tiibed, at an early age, all those manly and honourable virtues which distinguish the Gentle man and the Soldier; while the amiable and generous qualities of his nature never failed to gain him the love and esteem of his companions in arms, by whom he was much respected. and at all times cheerfully obeyed by all who were so fortunate as to be under his command. In him the character of an upright soldier, and a sincere and valuable friend, was com pletely blended; and his loss will be deeply felt and lamented by his Corps. The Counsellor DORASAIi t a gentleman well known throughout Russia by many useful discoveries, has lately succeeded in a very interesting experiment upon the grains of the basella ruba ; he his produced from them a colour equal in brilliancy to that of cochineal. This plant may be cultivated 'with little trouble in the southern parts of the Russian empire; and already one pound of the colour it gives may bz bought at the rate of one ruble and twenty-five copecks, while a pound of cochineal costs fifty rubles. Query..—. 44 May not this discovery contain the secre; hitherto known only to the Tartars, of imparting Ai brilliant red to the pith of trees, which when boiled and cut into given shapes, forms those beautiful beads, to which we give the name of Tartar cord." The greatest Galvanic battery ever constt ucted,ll.4s lately been put in action by .1. C. CHILDREN, Esq. It consisted of twenty pair of copper and zinc plate , :, each plate 6 feet in length, and '2 feet 8 inches in breadth. Each pair was connected at the top by pieces of lead, and suspended in separate wooden cells filled with water, and containing a mixture of nitric and sulphuric acid. It ignited 0 feet in length of thick plitinum wire, of which it was found a grew:: t ' length could be burnt than of Win of the same IncLAI of a muck smaller size.