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stated, that it would,. as he understood, be 'Reentry to examine all the logbooks in the navy, in order to make up the Return required by the Hon. Baronet. Sir F. BURDETT observed, that even so the ob ject was deserving of the trouble. A Message from the Lords stated their Lordships' assent to the Gunpowder Bill, the Copyright Bill, and the West India Docks Bill. Adjourned till to-morrow (this day.) I'ANISH PAPERS. MADRID, JULY 12. The korrible attempt which same miscreant or nil:- er,ante (sacrilegiously assuming the venerable name rit the King) have sought to execute on the person of Don Francisco Xavier Elio, Captain General of the liingdorn of Valencia, forging a Royal Order for his :urea, and for his being ignominiously deprived of I.:e, with a precipitation as unexampled as foreign to the justice of the Sovereign, and to the august cha racter which enobles and shines in the person of his Majesty, has caused in the most gracious heart of the Kind, that horror and affliction which such a deed is calculated to inspire. Wherefore, for the honour and reputation of a Ge neral, who deserves, by his .services, the esteem of his Majesty, and whose military exploits and virtues have ranked him high in the public esteem, and that an of fence may not pass with impunity, in the discovery and punishment of which all good subjects are inte rested, as being, perhaps, exposed to similar attempts, his Majesty has resolved that these his sentiments to. wards that estimable General be published ; and that ehepersaa who shall discover &soothes or among plies in an act so infamous, and shall fu rn i s h ainsin , proofs towards conviction, shall receive a reward of 30,000 dollars, his name remaining always.concealed, even though the informer may have been one of the accomplices in the deed ; besides being pardoned not withstanding his participation in the :erne. [The same thing that happened to General Elio has also befallen the Conde de Labisbal in Seville, and Don Juan Maria de Villavieencio in Cadiz.] PETERSBURG!!, JUNE 28. On the 25th, there was a general meeting of the Senate, at which the following declaration was read : K We Autxottnaa I, by,the Grace of Gun, Emperor and Autocrat of All the Russia.. " The war kindled by the foe of the general tranquillity—by the irreconcilable enemy of - Russia —the war so lately carried into the very heart of our native land—has been, removed to his own country, and overwhelmed him with all its horrors. He had tilled the measure of the patience of the Most Man, the Protector of Justice. " The Aeutoute armed Russia, in order to con fer liberty, through her means, on the nations and Stater, and to raise again those who had fallen under tippression. The year 1312, so unfortunate on ac icount of the wounds which it was necessary to receive in the very heart of the. Empire, in order-to frustrate the guilty designs of an ambitious enemy, has, never theless, raised Russia to the pinnacle of glory, has exhibited her in all her grandeur to the whole world, and laid the foundation of * liberty of nations. 4 ‘. It was to our great segiet. and after we had tried all other means of preventing en unjust war, that we had recourse w arms. A melancholy. necessity com, veiled Vs to draw the sword. The dignity of the poo.. pie whom PROVIDEKCD has basil pleased to commie's , cur care, forbade us to sheath it while the enemy re mained on our soil. We made a solemn vow to that . effect—not in the moment of success—nor while daze sled by the resplendence of glory, or seduced by am bition. Our prayers, offered up at the toot of the al tars of the Most Hicit, sprung from a pure heart, and were prompted by a firm confidence in his justice. Strong in conscious integrity, and in the goodness of oar cause, we implored his protection with security. We Undertook an arduous work; we have accom plisbid it with the Unties assistance. •" The general and unanimous spirit of our be loved and faithful subjects, and their known love for theiteountry, strengthened our hopes. The Russian Nobility, the solid pillar of the Throne, and on which ' tile greatness of the Empire has always rested ;—the Ministers of the altars, whose piety confirmed us in the path of religion ; the mei chaut and the trades man, soslistinguished for the see vices which they ren-. der to the State—in a word, all classes spared no sa critice. The peaceful husbandman, till then a stranger to the tumults of arms, seized them, to de.' fend his faith, his country, and his Monarch : the sa crifice of life appeared to him but a trifle. Slavery is a sentiment unknown to the heart of a Russian ; Lever did he bow his head to a foreign Power. He who has attempted to subject him to the yoke, has teen quickly punished. If enemies have' penetrated by force of arms into his country, he points to the graves that cover their carcasses. Thus it is that the ALMIGHTY raises those who put their trust in.him.— The enemy fled before us. A. small number escaped to make known his discomfiture. It is thus that GOD iainishes the ambitious. 'Fite enemy, however, levied fresh armies, and determined to terew the conflict. To screen the country from invasion, it became necessary to carry the war beyond our frontiers, and our victorious ar- allies appeared on the Vistula. " The year 1813 commenced.—The people listen td to the voice of truth. Their- courage, cast down r by misfortune, revived their spirits rallied ; the peo. ple fortned but one army. Those who made any re sistance were subdued, and flying from victory to vie miry, we speedily reached the banks of the Rhine. 41 Nothin , " could decide the enemy to peace ; but £c ircely haSa year elapsed when ;:e beheld us at the 2.lits of Paris. The Vrench people, towards whiff's %re had never felt anYenmity, diverted the stcrm that , vas ready to fall upon it. France opened her eyes .e the abyss that surrounded her, tote the veil of illu :ion, and was ashamed of being the immanent of am : the voice of the country was raised, and the l•giiimate Sovereign recalled to the Throne. " Frazee wished fur peace ; a generous and a du rable one has been granted her. This peace, the pledge of the security of each nation in pa: titular, as well as of die permanent tranquillity of all, protects independence, assures the liberty, consolidates the prosperity of Europe, and prepares the reward of the labours and dangers which have been ro coura geously surmounted. Titus the Dion Mats has put an end to our calamities, and has crowned our country arid' glaT in the eyes of future generations, and recompensed us according to the wiibes of our hearts. 4 4 Whilst addressing to HILATZI4 fervent and istltn- Me prayers to thank the AUTHOR of all good, ibe order that solemn thanksgiving shall likewise be offered up to Him throughout our whole empire.— We are convinced that Russia, on her knees before the ETERNAL, will shed tears of joy. " Given at Paris, May SOth, in the year 1814, and of our reign the 14th." HELIGCLAND, JULY 13. A dreadful fire broke out in this island last night, in the Lower Town, which consumed eleven large store warehouses. The warehouses are so close toge ther, that it is wonderful the whole town was not de stroyed ; and had not thi wind been N.W. it is very probable that not a house would have escaped. The fire broke out about twelve o'clock at night, and not withstanding the greatest exertions of the military and inhabitants, was not subdued till four in the morning. A Gentleman who has just arrived from Hamburgh informs us, that a very severe sickness prevails in that city, and that almost every person who has left it has been, in some degree, affected by it. There are now about 2000 French sick, who walk about the city, to the great distress and annoy ance of the inhabitants, and who look for their de. parture with the most anxious impatience. The Se nate are using all possible endeavours to purify the streets and burn the horrid filth which abounds throughout the city, and which in some places are several yards in height and many yards in circumfe rence, of so shocking a kind, that the inhabitants are afraid to pass near them. Trade is quite at a stand. Tke markets are overstocked, and ruin will inevitably follow. Goods are selling at 35 per cent. loss, And they are consequently in a very unpleasant situation. Indeed, Hamburgh is in a lamentable state at this •whosncut:• Ttw people there complain bitterly that the bttgs of viar should remain so long on a friendly river, thellbe. THE EVENING STAR. LONDON. THURSDAY, JULY es, 1814. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT TWELVE O'CLOCK. Reduced 6111—Cons. 615—for account ellfi 4 per Ct. 84f-5 per Ct. Navy 97f—Orun. 2 pre. Bank Long Anus. 161 I 5-16ths—India Bonds, tbs. pre. Exchequer lidla, Ss. Ss. pre. We have received Paris Papers of Monday : after a long interval, BONAPARTL'S name once more ap pears before the public, as sending a Guard of Polish Lancers to attend the Archduchess MARIA Louisa at Parma. Her Highness or some person in her name, ordered them to decamp immediately : this does not look like any approximation between the Emperor of Elba and his Empress. Indeed it is now plainly stated, that she is to return to Vienna without visiting Parma at all : were these Polish Lancers sent to kidnap her ? No person who knows any thing of Botrarawrz, can doubt it. While he lives his inven tion will be ever and anon on the alert to disturb the of Europe. We have heard it asserted, but we trust it is not true, that an English frigate (the same, we believe, which conveyed the fallen Hero to Elba) has been lent for the purpose of fetching the Ex-EmPnzss and her Son from Njce, where they were expected to em bark. This reconciliation would give him Parma and Placentia, in addition to Elba, as a stock to re. commence the "sanguinary traffic in which he and his followers delight. Let us hope, however, that the French Papers speak from authority wheu they assure us that MARIA LOUISA returns to. Vienna. The ptiva.e letters from Paris, and the report of all the best-informed people who have lately visited that capital, concur in stating, that the French in general feel very sore at the result of the late long protracted struggle. Even those who see the financial ruin which NAPOLEON'S plans were bringing upon the nation, and who cannot but admit, even had the Tyrant succeeded in driving back the Allies, that the unwieldy machine he was occupied in construct ing must, at no vary distant petiod, have fallen to pieces by its own weight—even these men are so stung by the degradation which has been brought upon France, that many of them would hazard their very existence as a people, for the mere chance of expiring with glory. As in spite of all the efrorts of casuistry the mis• carriage of NAPOLEON involves in it the character of his adherents—which, from some defect in their rea soning, they confound with that of the nation ; they are anxious to find some foreign cause on which to fix the blame. In such a frame of mind they vent their indignation upon Austria, whose Ruler having given his daughter to NaPor.aom, they seem to consider as having been thereby bound to give him also his finan ces, his people, his sovereignty, his life f if required, for the glory cf the great nation ! In such a humour it is not surprising that in every company where national disgrace becomes the theme, they should be loud in their execrations of that Power. All discretion forsakes them when this be comes the topic. They forget so completely for the Moment that their wan; are annihilated, that any one present would be apt to conclude, when the company breaks up, it is only for the purpose of marching to Vienna 1 ! True it is that this may be considered as mere fever, but in a delirium, no matter how occasioned, the pa tient often commits mischief. The rancour which now unreasonably animates the French against Au stria, if not counteracted by the persevering efforts of the more sober-minded among them, win o it is . . probable, burr/ on a war 13etsiiit these Powers, and again deluge Europe it blood: Let all good mei men themselves, every one in His 'sphere, to avert :6 great an evil, by speaking and acting as becomes the friendi of humanity. MILAN, JULY 13. The arrival of the Emperor of Austria here is an nounced for the end of September. He will be ac companied by several Princes and Princesses of his family. PARMA, JULY 14. Bonaparte having learnt that the Archduchess Maria Louisa was expected at Prima, sent sixty Poli►h Lancers of his guards to form p trt of her guards as Princess of Parma. The Governor was not apprized of their arrival : he loilged them at first in the Colorno Palace, but, having afterwards received orders from higher antho. rity, he declared to them that their mission was with. out any object, and that they must return. It is not even supposed that the Princess of Parma will visit her new States soon : she will take the route of Vienna after quitting the Waters at Aix. GENEVA, JULY 17. The Archduches Maria Louisa has been visiting the Glaciers of Chamouny, and all the other remark able places in Switzerland. This morning she set out for Aix, where she arrived in the evening. TURIN, JULY 16. Our Sovereign, the King of Sardinia, is occupied at this moment with plans fi r the re-establishment of. the Jesuits, as instructors of youth. We are assured that overtures have been made ul on this subject to the Sovereign Pontiff, and all are cu:ious to Ln,a.:: how they have been received. BASLE, JULY 17. The English Legation in Switzerland is composed of Mr. Canning, the brother of the Ex• Minister ; of Mr. Addington, nephew to Lord Sidmouth ; and of some other persons of distinguished English families. The Members of this Legation arrived sooner than was expected—their journey was accelerated in order to treat before any of the other Continental Powers, fur a corps of Swiss troops which Great Britain wishes to take into its service. Our negociations with France are nearly brought to an amicable conclusion. Not only will the four Swiss Regiments formerly spoken of, be completed, but the Cantons are to furnish two in addition, and that independently of the Cent Sulues, and the Garde:- juietes, who are restorod. BASI.E, JULY 13. . The Grand Council of the Canton of the Crisons has approved of the project of the Heletie Constitu tu:ion, by a majority of two-thirds of the votes.— The Grand Council of the Canton of Gall has adop ted it unanimously. Thus the federal pact decreed by the General Diet is now accepted by the Cmtons of Zurich, Lucerne, "Iperizel:, Glaris, Tl,Ltgovie, Argovie, Saint Gall, Tessin, Vaud, and the Grisou.a. The Grand Council of the Canton of Berne has re jected it by a majority of KG against b 2: it is inten ded to send to the Diet a note cuotaining the mctivcs for their refisal at full length. The following is the substance of their motives : 44 The political rektions of Switzerland, with se• veral parts of the territory which it ought to acquire, are not yet sufficiently fixed to enable us, amid the uncertainty of new changes, to adopt definitively a federal constitution, in whit!) a just regard has not beep paid to the rights and interests of several an cient Cantons. As to the Pays de Vaud and Ar govie, the Government of Berne declares, that much as it wishes the union of the Canton of Vaud to that of Berne, it nevertheless consents to acknowledge the independence of the Pays de Vaud, on conditions equally advantageous to the two Cantons, but that it will not renounce its rights over Argovie, ab juring all intention at the same time to main tain them by force of arms : that it will once more propose to Argovie new conditions for its vo luntary union with Berne. These conditions are: personal advantages for the Members of the Govern ment of Argovie ; confirmation of the rights and franchises of the municipal cities; the admission of the Argovians to the rights of Citizenship of Berne, and to the offices of Government ; an exclusive tribu nal of appeal, the preservation of the establishmentz for education at Argovie, Etc. &c." A Mail has arrived from St. Sebastian and Bour deaux. In Spain the circulation of English news papers has been prohibited, by public Order; and it is alleged that divers disaffected persons, subjects of Spain, residing in Great Britain, have circulated false and malicious reports of the Government of their own country; that in consequence of this industry of un worthy natives, misrepresentations are introduced into the English Journals, which render them unfit for the inspection of the public, as being liable to excite discontents. The same prohibition is extended to the Portuguese Journals, on account of the want of dis erintination in their Editors, in the extracts they make from the British Papers. The punishment inflicted on the proprietors of taverns, coffee-houses, and other dwellings of resort contravening this ordinance, is ten years' hard labour. The Session of Parliament will be closed on Satur day next, by the PRINCE REGENT in person. Tile splendid Temple and Pagoda in the Parks are now finished ; and the gallery for the reception of the Royal Family, Foreign Ministers, &c. was yesterday lined with scarlet. The whole presents a scene at once beautiful, interesting, and grand. TNI ARM?". Ozaers have been given far a part of the Gutdi . to hold themselves in readiness to leave this wintry, to embark for Brabant. It has been erroneously stated that Lord Lyn- Dom, who is daily expected from Antwerp, is to re turn to the Netherlands, but his Lordship's command is understood to have ceased, on the appointment of the Prince of °MANGE to the sank of Lieutenant• General. The Staff Officers belonging to the Districts which bave been recloced, are to receive their full pay to the 24• th of September. It is said that Admiral Hat.Loway. has been or. dered home by Government, to give evidence on the trio! of Sir JOHN MURRAY, which, after all, is to take place in this country. Captain Larmast, of the 3d regiment, met with a most serious accident cn Friday last, at Bright'n, is leaping his horse over the railing of the race course, for a wager of fifty guineas, by which the stwnp fal the arm he gallantly lest in the hid was frActuted, and his head so t^rribly lacerated-, that lie mow lies with but little hops of recovery. INTELLIGENCE. FALMOUTH, JULY 25.—Arrived the Jiihnrrtn,-.....„ from Gallipoli, and Waits for orders.—Wind variable. PLYAIOUTH, JULY 26.--Came in the :;nu Joexr mart' of tear, from Port Mahon—Captain ;;TLiv.tirr of the Op died - on board the day before - yeAcrday.— Arill the MULGRAVC man of lair , and O UADA . Lour sloop of Far ; from Lisbon ; Iskimbeck trans port, from Bayonne, with part of the 1 regimrint. Guards, and a detachment of the German Lein ; and the Hydra transport, from Bourde.ux. '~• PonTtmount, JCLY 27.—Arrived his Majesty's ships S & must: CASTLR, QUEEN, ar.d 5C1.141114 from Ronrdeaux. Came into Harbour bis Majesty's ship ZEPHYR. His Majesty's ship CHARYBDIS lakes COD voy to Spain, Portugal, and the Mediterranean. DEAL, JULY 27.—Came down frem the River the RAVHN sloop of war, with American prisoners, for Portsmouth. Arrived the GROWLER gun-brig, from Portsmouth, and sailed for Calais. Sailed the CURDE. LIA sloop of war to the westward, and the WRANGLER gun-brig for Sheerness. Came down from the River the Sanderson, Good Intent, Hope, and Ann tran sports, and are sailed for Passages.—Wind N.E. RAMSGATE, JULY 27.—Soiled the Lioness and Suc cess transports, for Boulogne. FROM LLOYD'S LIST. 0 The New Frederick, Mundell , from Malta to London, vrltc% arrived at Yarmouth ou Mon lay, 11/.1.1 taken in lat. 47. Inn.; i I. by an American; and, lair beitts plundered, giver. up tJ tb-: crew. The Allison, Davis, from Malaga, was captured on the t of luxe, by the Sabine, American privateea. '1 he Litza, Memorlaad, from ltri-tol to Petershurgb. IV:s driven on :bore, on the 'Mull of Kentyte, on the 18th instar.”.-- Casgo expected to be saved. The Duke and Duchess of RICiIMOND and fami!Ts and the Earl and Countess ct .liett%Ly, will s!:ortlr leave tov►n for France. Yesterday Lord C. CA vmisu gave a grandturtle dinner, at his huuse in Saville -low, to the Noblemen and Genzlemen of tLe Turf ; there were ivsent 1 a kerial Highness the Duke c.f . Yeric, the Earls of 'Janskr, Cnavrs, and EGRE:szoN r ; 1..6rd FULLY, Mr. How.tato, Mr. SHAKESFEARL, Tte actual amount of I3ank Nctes in circtil elan on the 10th of July, ISIS, was Je24,9%,430, and un the 9th of July, 1814, £29,532,900. • An abstract of the net produce of the R:venue, laid before the House of Commons, states the total produce of the Revenue and Customs, for the year ending sth July, 1813, at X 58,967,361, and for the year euding 15th July, 1814, at £62,936,097. The Irish and Portuguese payments for the interest on their respective debts payable in England, are ex cluded from this statement ; and the War Taxes appropriated for the interest of Loans charged on them, are not included in the Consolidated Fund, but under the head of War Taxes. A Meeting of the German Sovereigns to settle the affairs of Germany, exclusively, and probably to an ticipate the Congress at Vienna, as far as Get many is concerned, is spoken of. One of the learned and pious Missionaries in the South of Africa, kas lately penetrated into the inte rior, and discovered a City never before heard of, containing 1500 houses. It is gratifying to learn, that Christianity rapidly spreads through ail South Africa. The French Papers contain the following amusing anecdote of an English Gentleman, who frequents a Coffee House in Paris : —the House was alarmed one evening by his vociferating the words Ccaitairel CeGbataire 1 until he was perfectly hoarse, and his gestures were so menacing that no person durst ap proach him. Upon turning to the dictionary, some of the company discovered that thl Gentleman's favourite word was synonimous with Garcon, which means waiter, in common discourse ; but in common with the word Celibataire, it also implies a state of • Celibacy! Though the Duke of BERRY has been so long ab sent from his native country, he seems fully to under stand the character of the French military. An anec dote related of him, illustrates at once his acuteness in this respect, and his skill in availing himself of their predominant foible. At a late review, over hearing some officers express their regret for—" e Chief who for fifteen years together had led them to victory," he turned quick upon them, and exclaimed —4 , A great miracle indeed to perform, with such followers as you 1" By the Calcutta Papers for December, 1813, we have a long Address from the Masonic Lodges to Earl MOIRA, and his answer. But what is rather novel, on the part of Masons as a body, is an Ad dress to the Countess of Lounon and Monza, claim ing her hereditary influence over the fraternity;" and the following words are remarkable :—" Clothed in this antient and honourable garb of Freemasonry, the emblem of innocence and purity, we confidently ven ture to approach your Ladyship, with an anxious so. licitation, that you will allow us to coniider you as your own breast, strictly congenial wa th ni e dth .P thth ti: e r fi o n ne rstf is teps o rti t nspc n ir n pi DI e o gs r s d oo e i wy p ho u iarc re h maaresart.,.. 4