Star. — London, England, 1817-08-18 00:00:00

THE EVENING STAR. LUND; )N. MONDAY, AUGUST 18, 1817. PRICE OF 8 I OCK DAV A I"I'WELVE O'CLOCK I Reduced tiuf —Consols 79 —Consols fur Aug. 77ii 4 per Cent. 97i-5 per Cent. Navy, 105 0 India Booth 121 pr.—Exchequer BM., 318. 355. pr. The Paris Papers of Thursday have arrived since our last, and in a preceding column we have given copious, and not uninteresting extracts from them. The Royal Ordonnance which we have quoted at length, decreeing an amnesty to all persons who have been prosecuted before the Correctional Tribunals, or condemned to correctional penalties, for offences to which they may have been excited by the scarcity of subsistence since the Ist of September, 1816, will be contemplated with much pleasure, for the union of benignity and wisdom which it displays. Con vinced cf the real cause of these offences, and trusting that that cause must now be fully re moved. -by the abundance which it has pleased Pao- MOW/ to shower upon the land. the King wisely holds that the terror of example is no longer neces. sary. and that he cannot better acknowledge the bounty of PROVIDINCZ than a by restoring to their families and their occupations, men who were more deluded than culpable." The Duke of Sun Coal:mita, by the resolution which he is stated in the article from Nuremberg to have adopted, of giving a representative Constitution', to his people, presents an honourable and gratifying exception to the High Prerogative policy, which ap pears still to govern most of the other Princes of Germany—nor is less wisdom manifested by another act of this 'Prince's Administration, with which we are here made acquainted—his abolition of the State lottery, which, as is truly said, although productive to his Treasury, has been found most injurious to the morals -ibis people. A Rastadt article of the 9th instant confirms the report which we gave some dAys ago, on the Autho rity of a private letter from Paris, of an approaching Congress at Carlsbad. French 5 per Cents. Wednesday, 6Sf. 55c. Authentic advice., we understand, have been re ceived from Spain, stating that the conduct of M. de GARAY towards British Merchant!, has drawn from the latter remonstrances to nor Governmet.t the most pressing. They complain that the Spanish Minister has shown the most hostile spirit towards them; that the Treaty is grossly violated ; that they are subjected to the most odious exactions; and that unless the British Court shall interfere in a more ef• fectual way than they Inve hitherto done, not only our interests, but our national honour, will mate rially suffer. • Lord AJAHRIST, whose arrival has been so long expected, has at length reached his native shores. The Corer, in which his Lordship a n d su i te , w i th Captain Marerzu.'and the officers and crew of the Akatt, were passengers, arrived at Spithead yester day morning. When at St . H el ena , his Lordship had an interview with BONAPARTE: the Gentlemen of his Suite and Captain Maxweht. were also intro duied. The Ex Emperor appealed in good health, and not grua irdepressed in spirits.—The lit Lon of the 66th had arrived from India to relieve t, 2ti s Battalion of the 531 Regiment, which was shwa) to embark fur England. • FLANDERS MAIL. A Mail from Flanders has brought ns this morn ing Flemish Papers to the IGth instant. The follow ing are extracts : BRUSSELS, AUGUST 13. • Admiral Von Braom confirms the news that the plague rages on the coast of Barbary. His Majesty's squadron sailA from Gibraltar on the ad of July, appeared before Algiers, and having communicated with Col. Fruissinet, entered Port Mahon on the 12th. AUGCST 14.—His Majesty has arrived to-day at the palace of Lacken. M. Soul, Cabinet Messenger of his Majesty the King of Spain, is arrived here from Paris, with .14. patches for the Spanish Ambassador; also Cuunt ' Morataille, a Spanish nobleman; Counts Ojurowski and Michalowski, from Maubenge ; Lord Lynedocb. with his family and suite, from London, as well as many English gentlemen, who have lately left Eng land or ars returning to it. The harvest in the Flemish Cantons is ten nr twelve days earlier than usual ; it is cow nearly ended. A farmer in the neighbourhood of Nevilles has reaped more wheat on two acres and a half than be obtained last year from ten acres. Benched upon upon the celebration of the centenary of the reformrtivn. The w. ather hcre continues to be rainy and unpleasant. NUREMBERG, AUGUST 4. The Duchy of Saxe C bourg will hare a Tepee. sentative constitution. The Nl!nislry of the reigning Duke is occupied with its new orionization un this basis. This is the present which his 1-lighness pro. 'poses to make to his States on the occasion of his in trriage with the Princess et Saxe Gotha. Tie: same sovereign has abolished the state lottery, which, although productive to his treasury, was injurious to the morals of his peopl. RAiTAUT, AUGUST 8. Letters d:rect from Carlsbad, in Bohemia, an nounce the arrivai at that place ol the Russian Minis ter, Coiaiit Cap d'lstria. There was much talk of viliferencrs Letweeti that Mi..ister, the Prussian Mi nisters at Carlsbad, the Prince de Schwartzenberg, and the English Minister, Mr. Lamb, who is accre dited to the Court of Bavaria. /NI., one knows the c , !..ject of these negotiations, and every body is lost in conjectures on the subject. PE lERSBURGH, JULY 83. The erection and active support of schools in the whole extent Li the empire, of universities and other establishments for the sciences, for which the cation are indebted to the wisdom and liberality of the Em peror Alexander, since his accession to the thane, has already produced the most beneficial results. r in the must remote districts, among the un cultivat d tegams of Siberia, there has been diffused and rwakeited, by means of these schools, a desire for Is Irullq. And instruction, and a taste for mental improvrmeitt, as the following facts from the Go vernment of Irkutsk, which are published officially by the Board of Naticnal Education, will :hew : A peasant named Rowoseloff, of the village of Wo-', lostom h.ts expended there 5000 rubles in erecting a bolting t ,r a school, 565 for supporting it for five years, W. 402 for the purchase of books and other necessary articles. Another person of the name of 'tonna, of the 12th class, has contributed for the support of a school for five years 2825 rubles, and for the-purchase of literary aids 533. Another head of a village advanced for the building of a school 1000 rubles, and for its maintenance for six years 1 2200. Another of the mum: of Eharnakcff, togethir v;itlt his assistant, Elialtanoff, have contributed a a house tur a school w, rth 3000 rubles, for support ing it five years 55j, and fur the purchase of literary ads 492. MENTZ, AUGUST 8. His Majesty the King of Prussia arrivel here yes terday afternoon, and put up at the hotel of the Commandant. The Generals and superior Officers of the garrison, as well as the principal Authorities, had the honour to dine with his Majesty. In the afternoon his Majesty reviewed the Austrian Regi ment of Kirpen. To-day he inspected two Prussian regiments near Mornbach. and set off at ten o'clock for Coblentz, where he arrived at five in the after. noon. His Majesty will remain there to-morrow, and the nest day proceed on his journey by way of Treves to Sedan. The inhabitants of Cnblentz Isheaved great joy at the presence of their Sovereign. FRANKFORT, AUGUST 9. On the 4th there arrived at Wurtzburg, by water, a number of animals, principally apes •and parrots, as well as a collection of rare plants, sent from St. Helena by the Commissioners of his Majesty the Emperor of Austria. They have been forwarded by hind to Ratisbon, where they will be embarked on the Danube for Vienna. REPUBLIC OF VENEZUELA. The following particulars of the reestablishment of the Independent Government in the Unitcd Pro. vinces of Venezuela, have just been received by an arrival from the United States; and taken in connec tion with the explanatory Proclamation of Doi, J CORTEI MADARIAGA, the Governor of Margarita, which we gave in the STAR of the Bth instant, will be found to contain a full history of that interesting and important event. On the Bth of May all the Chiefs of the Republic, the existing Members of the Old Government, and the new Members of the respective Provinces, ass•tm bled at Cariaco, on the Main : General Mart n, itt the Absence of Bolivar, opened the Congress by a neat speech, expressive of the great satisfaction he left at meeting his distinguished companions, all de voted to the same cause, and assembled to deliberate on the best measures to be adopted for the organiza tion of the Government. He conclud.d with the following words: " Every one knows, that, under all its reveries of fortune, the Republic has bad no stronger support nor better friend than our worthy fellow-patriot, General Bolivar; and that all his views' bare been directed to the re-evablishment of the Representative Goverorni nt, which the people early adopted as their fuudant , n tal Conn dough our aim must now be to give t more energy, to Le, and unity. •1 hie has been his most ardent wish, and the reason why lie has twice called together the Congress whose 'net wig has been unavoidably retard, d by political agita tions and military movements. But extraordinary circumstances having occurred, of which you will boon be informed, 1 have cousidtred it advisable to do, in the name and un behalf of the 3 sperms Chief, v hat he himself would do if he were present, which is, to instal the Provisional Government cootormably to the Constitution deraxed by ti.e Vent aortal' Corigfess, whilst, that in the mean time the I)eputies assemble for a new Cuogresv, we may be seabled to proceed to the reforms and modifications deemed anew, to our political institutions." The various Members of the Congress then pro ceeded to deliberate on the expediency cf establishing a regular form of Government, in order to give e 6 ciency to the cause, and promote the main object. in view, and the basis of the same being established and agreed upon, General Marino resigned his command and withdrew. The several Members then took the oath prescribed by the Federal Constitution, under the form pointed nest in same. An Act WAS then drawn up, stating, that from that day the Federal Government was reinstated in all its branches, and an Etecutive Power was named, of which General Bolivar and Don Fernando Toro were elected as the' leaders. The Judges, and other Functionaries were also chosen, air Generals Bolivar and Marino rein• stated in the cur:inland of the armies. The city of Assumption, capital of the Island cf Margarita, was then filed upon as the futureresidence of the Federal Government for the present, and the Act concludes by tie following words: " Finally, we invoke the mercy of the Morr Hasa, hoping he' ill protect our wishes; and we solemnly declare, in the pre sence of Heaven, and ad nations of the earth, that our constant efforts shall never tend to any tither object then to preserve in peace and liberty, the honourable and virtuous remnant of the Venezuelan Family, sewed through a trsiout his goodness:from the fury and devastation of t.e.putisin ; protesting at the same time, :o bury ourselves under the ruins ui the Republic, rather than return to the siavery and chains we have borne for three centuries, which, by the unanimous wish of the ttildren ut Columbia, our brethren, we have rent asunder for ever. And , be it known to all, that we, the tuidersigned Representative,, are resolved, and pledge ourselves by every thing tiered in the eye of the metal and political man, to swig with our blood, this our patriotic determination I" General Marino rhea issued the following,Procla mtiii.ii:—.. or Vaucceatn —Rise up to bail the day of lode p.O .uute and of Freedom! Halt the stortous.and happy day lot o • al. the (mods of human,. y m is fied, tur which the Ileum ut. doom y huteued iu tsleir Wood to the held of battle, asso th. Jowl vtrtuotio cizia,os braved the Lim:winner's hand ! " tNr twiny ae a of prowess, so many and such great sacrifices shall not now be lost to your freeborn. Our prayers bate tabled from Ha AVIS; the re.establishinest of the Representative Government, with which our political existence is happily con nected. EstraordinSty circumstances, in wbkb the finger of the ALL Poweitrut. Is discovered, have accelerated this desirable measure, to which all the exertions of the magnanirnous WITS, Mere directed, as well as the labours of his worthy compassion. lu arms. " Our Constitution may, perhaps, be something defective, as all such are when fanned doting the effervescence of a sudden liberty. Its re-establidnent, however, was an lndispensilite step, in order to improve our institutions and recover out social existence. What hopes could we conceive, or what confidence could we inspire into the political world, without toiler and concert in oar operations, without a common centre, without a principle of organization and of lice, without a Government, in short, which should give vigour and action to the lambaste bialy of the Republic f " Fortunately the scene has changed, and soon will you see the prodigious effects of a wise Administration, and the religious obi, r +ante of the principles of justice and universal philanthropy, which aid conciliate to us the kiendship of nations and the good will of the human race. " genes -bans of all classes, parties, and opinions !—At once forget your mutual animosities, and rally round the Government which has just been reinstated for the salvation 4.f your country. lhe spirit of independence is inextinguishable in Venezuela, and the obstinacy and ferocity of the Spaniards deprive us of all hopes of reconciliation and peace. Choose tit-ii between casting them at once from our country, which they have inundated with blood and tears, or favour, by your foolish divisinni, their atro cious projects of devestation and horror, till our beautiful country is converted into a wide and awful wilderness. " And ye, also, spurious children of your country, who, form ing with our assassins that impious connection which scandalises the human heart, have raised your parricidal hands, return to us, fly to our arms, and let us again call you brethren. Let us all unite with the Representative Government jest established ; let us lend to it the firm support of our hearts ; let us cooperate energetically with its wise and beneficent viee . i, and soon will Venezuela recover the benefits of her independence and natural grandeur, and again appear before the world with all the dignity of heroism and virtue. " Head-quarters, Cariacn, May 10, 1317. (Signed) " SANTIAGO MARITIO." A Decree was nest issued, confirming Brion as Admiral in Chief of the Venezuelisn squadron ; another to change the name ot the island ot Marga. rita into that ot New Sparta, in consequence of the' heroic conduct of its inhabitants ; and third, de claring that the national flag henceforward is to be a yellow held with seven blue stars thereon, to repe -1 atm the seven confederated provinces. Po RT-ittr-PRINCR, June 28.—0 n the 19th, the large magazine on the entrenchment at the borders of the town, was struck with lightning, and exploded. It contained 108,000Ibs. of powder, and has done much damage to the neighbourhood. Yesterday evening (the 27th), Fort Bisseton was blown up by the Com mandant of the Ports, while in a fit of intoxication and anger, in revenge for a supposed Injury done him by one of his superiors. It contained about 23,0001b5. of powder. The Of f icer was the only person killed. Letters received from Gibraltar, dated 24th July, state, that the Spanish Commandant had sent official natice into the fort that all intercourse with Gibraltar W:1 S for the present prohibited by land and sea, as the eff...cts of the plague now raging at Algiers and on the African coast were greatly dreaded. Strong remelt stances were expected to be made by the Governor and inhabitants of Gibraltar, as they deemed the measure unnecessary. It would have the most se rious effects upon the trade. A letter from Lisbon, dated August 1, says—.(6 I mentioned in my last, that a very considerable num ber of deserters had passed through Leiria, and lost several men in a conflict with the troops stationed there. It roes, however, appears, that their numbe. was much less th an report. d, and that only one deserter was killed. From tlie ielgos battalion, arrived in the environs of Lsbon, nearly halt deserted. Since the ad dress of Lad Beresford to the troops at Cascaes, assurng them that their period of foreign service was to be limio-d to taree years, not a man has deserted; and there is reasou to believe that the deserters from the Lagos Batt thon had been misguided by some disaffected persans, who had been tampering with them privately. The transp,srts are now dropping dawn t .e Tagus, preparatory :o the embarkation of the troops." widow of the celebrated TOUSSAINT LOUVER ruse is stated in the French Papers to have lately died at Agen,' in her 50th year : she is described as having been a model of gentleness and piety. Of two sons whom she has left, the elder, Femme Leuven. TUBE, now about 30 years of age, after finishing his studies at Paris, at the College of the Colonies, oh tained the rank of Chef d'Ercadrose, but ever since re sided constantly with his mother. Tile younger, SAINT JEAN LOUVEIiTURS. is now educating in Eng land, at the expense of the British Government, and is near his 20th year. A third son, a Captain in the French service, died about twelve years ago, at Belle. lsle-en-Mer, to which he had been exiled, a victim, like his father, to the perfidy of the Usurper. All the Noblemen and Gentlemen, owning land in the parish of Hatfield, have agreed not to shoot, or otherwise sport, before the 15th of September. According to the table describing the civil state of Sweden, 314 children at the breast were, during the year 1814, smothered by their mothers or nurses .while asleep ; and in the following year the number of innocent victims who died through this kind of imprudence amounted to 369. Tire reductu'n which was recommended by the Finance Committee of the House of Commons, to he adopted in the Paymaster General's department, has just been carried into execution. The Right Hon., J. F. Rosissos and his Deputy, have retired from their respective stations, by which a saving of about £2.700 per annum, will accrue to the public. There appears to be an error this year in the Ephe meris, and all the other Atmanacks published by the Stationers' Company, in regard to the time of the New Moon of the present month, which they state as taking place at nine in the evening of Tuesday last, while the true time, if we may rely on the Neu ' tical Almanack published by the Board of Longi hide, was at seven in the morning of Wednesday.— . The Glutei:lance df: Tom, or French Nautical Alma• nack, seems equally in mar, as that states the time of the change, according to the meridian of Paris, at 50 minutes past 10 in the evening of Tuesday. Saturday evening one of the Windsor coaches from London was overturned on Hounslow-heath, by the negligence of a load of gravel being left on the toad female had her arm slightly bruited. Friday evening, as a boy belonging :o the Two ,.enny Post-off,ce, was riding islet% Cheapsirle, his ,orse fell, and a mourning -coach passing at the mu " cent ran over his lep, by which they wire both ractured. Ile was coin/es-ea, without if to .ovary, to Lattholouttnes WINDSOR. AUGUST :7, Friday afternonn the Queer and PRINCE';'Er arr ed at the Palace from London. Lord Aenerr, as 41i • of the Querw% C.uncil, soffit after Wen et, int! on the Ktso, and left for London Yesterday bettg the Duke of Yore; the morning was ushered in with tie rirT;a:; andotlirr demonbtrAtinns of Her MAJESTY gave a grant , diltrer to the SAM:: party whn were in 1. ihit r,f b•s••7 tertained at the anniversary ft:stis a! sit Oattanc'.:. which her MAJESTY has done f•:r s_•veral years past. In the morning►, the Quern and Paracrs:.::." went to Frogmore, to inspect the prep tr.tti.ms for the env:. tainment. There were pres , :nt upon the ()maim. the Duchess of YORK, firm, attlands ; the Duke and Duchess of GcoucebrEti, from Fagthot ; the L`t.i•ee of CLARENCE, who 11. is recr.ve►cd fmrj I►i: late ti;_•; attack, Iron► Bush) ; she Lail and Cour.tes of ccr...srmo, from Shettorn 0%f0r..! h:re art.A several others. Alter dinner the Doke of returned to Bushy Park. That morning II.? Royal Faniily attended Divine Service in the private Chapel in the Pahice. The Duke and Duchess of Gt..twct.,.-: , ;: left to-Jay for Bagshot, attended by their suit. Tate Du c i;es s of YORK left 1)r Oatlands. Mr. And Lady CHAR' eTTR WTXN'F. ErtAsevrs I'ft to•day on a visit to the Duke and Dect!tts Of GLOU CESTER, at Bagshot. • It was nearly one o'clock, on the morning of Sil.• turday, befire the Pittxce lt EULST at rived At Mightn't, accompanied by Sir B. BLoomrtsun. The Birth.diy of the Duke et Yonst was celebrated it the Pavilion. A select circle of Nobility were i,vited to dinner.... In theevening the PRINCE REGCNT'S private band per. formed several beautiful pieces of new vimpositions. Saturday, was the min;vernry of tt.t. Mik e of YORK'S Birth-day, when his Royal Highness eons. pitted his 54th year. It was observed by the Qua at Windsor, who gave an entertaument en tie oc casion. The Royal Duke remains it Briehum, where his Royal Highness his beca abote. three aetks for the benefit to sea bathing. The Duke of Yom's B . rth-elly was celebrated on Saturday at Oa.lands. Ti.e domestics of t h e Duke and Duchess had a day of rejoicing upon tl , t• oa 4. sion. In 'London the Royal Duke's trademen .t;1 ed together. In the evening the Opera HeaFV. the ash Opera House, Drury-lane, Covent G. the Haymarket Theatres, were illumitiityd with 1). Y. a Star, &c. _ Saturday afternoon Lord "iTcrwrit Metvrttrz went on bawd Isis Majesty's flip N;:WC.4.4-1.14 at Sp:thead, and was received under the u3i:a7 salute, with every mark of respect. Sir HENRY PAKENHAM, faiher.in-law of the Duke Wetttaover, is now at lt(ar.:., anti was presented to his Holiness the Pope on t.ie 23d lilt. arlrect with most flattering marks of distinction. Lord Viscount STRANG';')RD, idler a privsperv3 voyage, arrived at Gotteril) , :rgli on t ' e 25th ult. 03 his way to :,;:qck';olm, as P..rn:J,isvachr to the Sk.e.f!et Court. A Sporting Gentleman c' high ceebritr, eontratle to his usual custom of subscribing to the Dcth? Stakes, has this year investsid his subscript:a:l :•: in the purchase of Two Tickets in the present L•it teTy ; wisely considering that, in the first case, his pins could not be much above £1,500, whereas in the latter they might amount to Forty Thousand ! Wednesday se'nnight, the Treasurer to the Dum fries and Galloway Infirniary received £lOO sterling, wrapped in a piece of paper, as a donation from some unknown friend to the Institution. Thursday afternoon, as a poor man, who had ar rived at Brighton by one of the cuoveyances Iron fiorgham, for the bro-fit of his health, was getyit.g out co' the c irriage, he instantly expired in thz arms of one of the porters aho was aisisting him. An inquest WAS hell on Tuesday, on the body of G. L. WC san e aged 29, who kit into the River at Deptford, un the preceding Friday in stepping fri the side of a boat to a The deceased WAS ra ther intoxicated tb.: time. Verdict—Accidental Death. 1 A melancholy instance of inebriety occurred a few days ago on board one of the, hfillord packets, on her passage from Waterford. The steward, a young man, `25 years of age, the son of the Captain, addicted to drunkenness, being found in that state by his father when the vessel was getting under weigh, was reproved in suitable teams on the inapropriezy of his conduct, when he took the rash step of leaping ne. r board, and was drowned in the presence of ell the crew and passengers. The body was picked up, but too late, the spat k of life having fled. Saturday night, Henry Tichner, the enn of Mr. Tichner, of Duke-street, Adelphi, wl.o iv only three years of age, was playing in the front room on the second floor, the window being open. he got upon a chair, and put his head through, and over-bal.:icing himself, he fell upon some iron railings underwmtfr, one of the spikes entered his right cheek, and another his left side, near his heart. He was taken up patently lifeless. One of his arms was broke.. His mother was ironing some linen, with her back to wards the window, when the accident 11;:ppeeed, and turned round just time enough to sue him tail. She has been in hysterics neatly ever since. At the last Norloik Assizes the import , int cae,:icra betase,:n the Shopkeepers and Hawli...rs and was decided by Lurd Chief ja:iticet;:bhs. The facts of the case were admitted on both sides ; and Cl* o, , :estion ler his Lardship'sjildrolv•iit •vas, whabar a Hawker and Pedlar, early lictn!ed, nn vet 50th Geo. 111. cap..l:, see. 7, his genii by • tail.in 2 room or shop in any town, where he is net a residers, provided Le eves not =ell by auction a.. 1 the Lerd Chief Justice, in giving Lis stated that he had pert sed this Act with &teat ciao, and that he was perfectly satisE2J that HawL•ra and Pedlars had the privilege which they claim ; ..• that he bad obtained the opinion of a Gen:le - p.a. , . whose sound legal knowledge every one held in t!, highest estimation (it is presumed Mr. Bon) who fully coincided wiui him in the he had delivered. The Chief Justice ti:er•A• sec ed the plaintiff to be nonsuited, but gay.. hefty (with the consent of tne defend.:at's CI to have the question argued in the Court of Bench next term. Three nth:r action:: agarc same defendant were, by ti.is ecte:a: Li. !pout. : Hie • • r • t;st t . •