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•.' ' , ~ ,EVENING STAR• "LONDON. " WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 81, 1821. THE FUND& UK= 07 STOCKS THIS DAT AT OHS O'CLOCK: per Cent. Reduced 76% 3 / 4 3 per Cent. C0n5.77% 34 %-8% per Ct. 67% 34 4 per Cent. 96 1 /s 95%-5 per Cent. 110% % 3 / 4 Long Annuities 19 7-16 % Taub. Bills 4s. ss. pr.--Do. (Small) 4s. 7s. pre. Cons. for Account 77% Vs % fs. A Mail from Hamburgh arrived this forenoon, with Papers to the 23d October. The following are extracts: rzbaia,m,u...,....d114 OCTOBER 6. The following Imperial Ukase, dated eSth Sep tember, has beenaddressed to the Senate : " The Russian" American Company under our protection, which enjoys the privileges graciously conferred upon it in the year 1799, has fully answered our expectations, as it Its promoted the progress of Navigation, extended the trade of the Empire to the general benefit,'and procure 4 considerable advantage to those immediately concerned in it. In considera tion ofthis, and as we wish that it may continue to flourish, we renew the privileges granted to it, with the necessary additions and modifications, far a period of twenty years from this time ; and having con firmed the principles laid down for it, we send them herewith to the directing Senate, and order that the Patent shall be made out according to the tenour of those privileges laid before us for signature, and that the measures depending on it shall be taken." His Majesty the Emperor returned yesterday to, Zarskojeselo, in perfect health, from reviewing the Regiments of the Guards at Witepsk. The weather is unexpectedly warm and fine, and is highly favourable to the ripening and harvesting of the corn, which has been kept back by the wet summer. INOWO TSCIIERKASII (Capital of the Don Cossacks), AUGUST 20, O.S. 'From the very beginning of June we have had an extraordinary drought, and the heat rose to 32. Reau mur, by which the grass in the Steppes (which fur- Dishes the fodder for the cattle in the winter) is quite scorched up—nay, even the hay that was mown is in some places burnt. The Commander of the Corps of Cossacks here, has taken the requisite measures for the preservation of the herds of horses that pasture beyond the Don on the Calmuck side. STOCKHOLM, OCTOBER 16. Final sentence is at length passed on the notoi ious Brygger. He is declared infamous, and sentenced to twenty days' imptisonment on bread and water. WITTENBERG, OCTOBER 14. Luther's statue arrived here quite safe to-day. It is to be set up before the 51st of October,'but not to be uncovered till that day. We flatter ourselves that his Majesty and the Royal Families will be present at the ceremony. BRANDENBURG% OCTOBER tv. To-morrow there is to be a grand review in the presence of the King and the whole Royal Family, and afterward: Divine Service, in memory of tile victory at Leipsic. Letters and Papers have been received in town from Gibraltar to the 9th, Malaga to the llth, and Madrid to the 16th inst. We regret to find from their con tents, that the ravages of the yellow fever have ex tended their sphere. Barcelona is still, however, the chief seat of desolation and death. Her walls are fast unpeopling, not by flight, for flight is prevented by the vigilance and strength of the cordon drawn round the city, but by the extinction of whole fami lies. Much alarm had been excited at Malaga by a report that the fever had broken out at that place. The inhabitants immediately left it in crowds, lest they should find their retreat cut off by the establish ment of a cordon, if they waited till the contagion had given fatal proofs of its existence. The report, however, appears to have been unfounded, and it was expected that a Public Notice would be issued by the Board of Health, to declare that there was no cause for apprehension. In other places the danger was real. Several instances of fever had appeared at Va lencia, Alicant, and in Murcia, as well as in the Balearic Islands. The letters from Cadiz even men tion that very suspicious cases had fallen under the care of the Medical Board at that place. The following are extracts from Gibraltar Papers YROBI TUZ GIBRALTAR CHRONICLI OF OCT. 5. A Valencia article of the 29th September, in one of the latest Madrid Papers, while it acknowledges the existence in one of the Balearic Islands (Majorca) of a fever which the attendants upon the sick are liable to catch, denies that it has any close analogy to the yellow fever, and asserts it to have been im ported by smugglers. A Circular of the same date, from the Superior Board of Health, sitting at Malaga, to the Municipal Boards of the Provinces, cautions them against cut ting the communication between their respective towns and the capital, as has lately been done in some instances, in consequence of the report that the latter is infected. -The Superior Board avers that there is no ground for such a report; that there has never been more than three anspicions cases in Malaga, and that the contagion, if k ealsted 4 was so effectually guarded against, that the Members trust k is now extinguished. The Portugu - ese Cortes have decreed, that the Boards of Government to be established in the Pro vinces beyond the Seas, shall consist of seven Mem bers, where there have hitherto been Captains-Gene ral, and of five in other places. The Electors, on account of the considerable distance between their respective habitations, are to be allowed in some cases full two months to complete the elections, — Any honest Citizen in the exercise of his rights, and attached to the Constitutional system, may elect or be elected. Where the Board consists of seven Mem bers, the latter are to be allowed one million rees a year, and where of five, only 600,000. The military command is to be vested in Officers of a higher or lower rank, according to the importance of the pro vince, who are to be responsible to the Cortes and Government in Portugal ; their pay is fixed at fifty thousand rees a month. FROM THE GIBRALTAR CHRONICLE OF OCT. 8. Sevetpl private letters received on Saturday from Cadiz, concurred in stating that there had lately been some cases of the epidemic fever, or at least very suspicious ones, in that city. Some of them added, that an official acknowledgment of it would shortly be made by the competent authority. Two of the most distinguished Patriots in Madrid, citizens Nunez and M'Crohon, have been taken up and confined, in consequence of their having been seen in the Procession of the 18th of last month, when General Riego's portrait was paraded about the streets. The moment this became known in Madrid, they were visited in their prison by many partisans of the Constitutional system, and among others, by General Quiroga, and several Members of the Cortes. A private letter from Seville, of the 3d inst. states, that the Supreme Tribunal sitting in that city (Au diencia Territorial) unawed by the clamours and threats of the mob, has annulled the sentence of death passed upon General Grimarest, and his pre tended accomplices, by the Judges of the First In stance, and suspended the latter from the exercise of their functions, itc. In the Sitting of the Portuguese Cortes of the 9th, the Minister of the Marine, by his Majesty's orders, sent a letter from the Prince Royal, dated the 17th of July, rho, in a circumstantial detail, which he gives of the state of the Province of Rio Janeiro, says, that it is in peace and tranquillity. He gives an ac count of all the expenses of the preceding year, shewing that they amounted to above twenty mil lions of crusadoes ; that the Estimate for the year was fourteen millions, and as the Province produces but six, eight were wanting, which he does not know where to procure, as the other Copitanias will not send anything; that the King's Royal Volunteers were twenty-six months in arrear of their pay ; that at St. Paul's a Junta was created, to hich the people gave the attributes of Governor, and that they would soon send a Deputation to compliment him ; and that in all this affair great service had been done by the Judge, Jose Bonefacio d'Androde ; that the troops of Santos had made a kind of mutiny, demanding their pay, and not obtaining it, went to the house of a rich person and paid themselves. After other observa tions, his Royal Highness begs that his letter may be laid before the Cortes, that they, in concert with his Majesty, may adopt such measures as the state of Brazil imperiously demands; he observed that he re mained at Rio as Prince Regent, and that, in fact, he is no more than Captain-General of a Province, as the others do not correspond with it, or afford it any as sistance whatever, all which is not honourable either to the King, or to the Heir to the Crown. The Minister of Foreign Affairs gave copies of cor respondence between himself and the British Charge d'Affaires, on the remonstrances of the latter against the increase of duties on some articles: it was re solved, after scme observations, to refer it to the Committee of Treaties, upon whose opinion some measures might be adopted. In the Sitting of the 11th instant, the President communicated a letter from the Minister of Justice, stating that the King was much satisfied with the Decree of the Cortes of September 29, resolving that the Prince Royal should travel through Spain, France, and England, which his Majesty considers to be a very wise measure, and likely to produce great advantage, from the practical knowledge of the effects of a con stitutional system, which his Royal Highness cannot fail to acquire. On the 13th, the Decree in question was published, ordering that his Royal Highness the Prince Royal shall return to Portugal as soon as pos sible, and that immediately on his arrival he shall set out to visit, incognito, the Courts and Kingdoms of Spain, France, and England, accompanied by per sons of enlightened minds, and attached to the Con stitutional System, whom the King will be pleased to appoint. In the project mentioned ih a preceding Sitting, by Mr. Riberio Tallez, to encourage internal 'commerce by laying heavy duties on some foreign goods, and wholly prohibiting others, some alteration had been made, but the principles are adopted, and it was resolved that a new Tariff should be published, and be iu force in three months. Among other important matters lately brought for ward, was a question put to the Minister of Finance, respecting the cause of the depreciation of the paper currency. The Minister delisted on the 1 lth a Me morial on the subject. POPULATION AND UVEIUE• TO THE EDITOR OF THE STAR. MR. EDITOR—As nothing, perhaps, conduces more to a general and rational contentedness than correct views of their true interests diffused amongst the in formed classes of the community, any discussion leading to such views, must be useful. With this idea, I take the liberty of communicat ing a hint or two, excited by a letter lately appear ing in your Paper, from a " Patriotic and Philan thropic Englishman." • I much doubt whether it is to be expected, that an increase of Revenue will arise from every addition to the population. The axiom may be true with re gard to those children born to property, or finding means to acquire it; but with a large majority of children, born in any given period, that will not be the case. If a man possessed of property has a tenth child added to his family, the probability is, that in a few years that child will begin to pay taxes, or consume exciseable articles. But if a labouriug man, without property, who can already scarcely find employment for himself and elder children, has a tenth child added to his family, whether that child contribute to the Revenue must depend on his being able to 'create property by his labour. Now this he cannot do, unless his labour find an object ; and it is mo rally impossible that in a commercial country there can be at all times aAequate employment for the labouring classes, from the fluctuating nature of commerce itself; which will to-day call for the in dustry of thousands, and tomorrow not find work for hundreds. And if this child should ever come on his parish, he will decrease the Revenue, by impo- verishing the purses of those with whom the pro. perty lies. The only circumstances, as it appears to me, under which the arenas of a country will increase in a ratio' with its population, are those of a rising Colony, where every individual born, if he does not find an object for his labour, creates one out of hitherto uncultivated land. II is labour thus not only supports himself, but creates I an object for the labour of his successor. Every fa mily, as it increases in number, will thus increase also in property. Supposing such a colony to be well go. vented, I should be inclined to think that in such circumstances it will approach as near to the ideal moral and political perfection, as at any subsequent period of its history. The great cause of the distress at present existing amongst our labouring classes I take to be, that for many years past, I may say half a century, we have been drawing our labourers away from certain and permanent objects of labour, to those which are un certain and fluctuating. The tide is now low, and there will he a deficiency of employment till it again flow s, and industry revert in part to its former channels -I am, Mr. Editor, your very obedient servant, A READER. A dispatch from the Marquis of LONDONDERRY, dated Hanover, the 24th instant, was yesterday re ceived by Lord Viscount SinstouTir, announcing that his MAJESTY'S departure from Hanover was post poned to the filth instant.—Gal.e. tte of last night. So strict are the Foreign Authorities through which communications are passing from districts at this time unhappily affected with contagion ; that a power of attorney, lately remitted to a respectable merchant in the City, was rendered almost useless, by reason of the process of fumigating having abstracted the ink from the paper. Extract of a letter from Boston, September 25 :- 44 Owing to the piracies and robberies committed on our shipping, the steam ship Robert Fulton is pre paring an armament, to consist of four nine and two six-pounders, with twenty-four muskets, for the pro tection of property belonging to her passengers, and against the piratical villains that are infesting the neighbourhood of Cuba. This armament, together with the great advantage which this vessel possesses of throwing boiling water, must afford a protection adequate to an attack from any of the picaropns lurking in those seas ; her eng ine is one of the most powerful, and is capable o f throwing double the quantity of water (boiling hot), which an ordinary tire engine now in use in this city can. It is certain she can discharge from her boiler ten hogsheads of 120 gallons each, in a minute, and throw it nearly to a distance of point blank musket range. Who knows but this method may yet be resorted to as a national defence, and as a new weapon to carry the war into an enemy's camp r A letter from Boulogne-sur-Mer, dated October 27, says "This town is crowded with English at pre sent, and it appears to be almost the only one in France where many from England are for any time stationary. The cheapness of provisions, the salu brity of the air, and its being so very near England, render it every way worthy the preference of families from that country. The meat is remarkably good and cheap. They make no difference in the price of the dif feient kinds of meat—beef, mutton, veal, and pork are all one price, and generally keep to 6d. per pound. The latter is excellent, and has great consumption.— The markets are abundant in almost every article of necessity. Fruit and vegetables are not bought so cheap. In the fishing season there is plenty of tur bot, cod, and herrings, all so good and cheap as to do away with the consumption of meat, at least amongst the English families, during the period. There is great abundance of herrings at present ; the num ber of boats that go out sometimes is incredible.— When the usual quantity of nets is set at night, the length of line which they occupy is about duce miles; sometimes there are more. There is no article that pays better than herrings. They are sent from the coast into the interior of the country to a vast distance. A great quantity is sent to Paris. The fondness of the English for fish is very well understood, and sometimes practised upon by the people that belong to the trade. There is a Nobleman who has resided here for a considerable time, and on his passage to the sands every day (the promenade of Boulogne) he has a train of fishwomen after him, inquiring what fish he is desirous of dealing into-day ; yet he has no family. There has been plenty of cod in the market this week, and he must have a very corrupted appe tite indeed who could not be satisfied with what, in England, we would call a cheap dinner. Should England and France continue in a state of amity a few years longer ! Boulogne will become the most important town on the coast opposite England." BURNS. Some Scotsmen, residing in York s hi re , lately funnelthemselves into a Society, for the p urpose a „ le. brating the Birth-day of the Poet BtAxs, as wen as cherishing and cultivating those fr a t erna l f eelings, for which Scotsmen are so remarkable. Wednesday ce,,u night, several individuals were invited to att en d, at the house of Mrs. Boass, in Dumfrie s , wise, 3 1r. ,!, BRowN, a native of Dumfries, and one of the Stewards of the above Society, in the name of his fellow-n stz , bers, presented her with a pair of Silver Candlesticks with Tray and Snuffers—all of the newest pan el and best workmanship. The Tray, in particular, i t remarkably elegant; and its value is not a ki tes. hanced by its being adorned with the folios/id t h e scription, from the admired pen of ano th er dio;, guished native of Ayrshire, JAMES MONTGONERy,i: INSCRIPrION. 'i . " The Gift of a few Soots in Sheffieid, to the Wid ow o f Bum: A brilliant, trembling, northern kin ; " He passed thro' life's tempestunes n i ght. Thro' years to come he shines trash,. A fled, upsetting, Polar Star!" J. IL His Royal Highness the Duke of YORK will, It expected, attend the Meeting of the Lords Justice on Thursday next, at the Cock-pit, and afteru-4,4 leave London immediately for the Marquis ofSau s mimes, at Hatfield. Lord SIDMOUTH yesterday, transacted busines s i t the Home Office. Ear BATtruitsr is expected to arrive in town Monday next, from Cirencester. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER left tfoli yesterday afternoon, for the seat of his brother, co, nel VANSITTART, near Reading, Berks. Lord LIVERPOOL. is expected in town on Thursdr, to attend the Lords Justices. The Duke of WELtaxoroN gallopped through IL field, on Monday last, on his way to the Right H. CHARLES ARBUTHNOT'S seat. The Marquis of Wt:LLESLEY has returned to villa at Richmond. Lord and Lady NIORTETII have arrived at Howard, the seat of the Earl and Countess CARLISLE. Lord DACRIL has left town for the Hoo, in fordshire, wherein many of his fashionable blends, assembled. Lady STUART left her father's, the Earl of HID WICKS'S house, in St.James's-square, yeterday Iwo ing, for Paris. Lord and Lady WM. FITZGERALD, Mrs. SIDIOA who has been on a visit to her brother, Mr. Jos KEMBLE, at Geneva, and ALLAN, Esq. the cretary to the King's Theatre, came over is the Al Roy steam-packet, from Calais. lhe house and estate of the late Lord Num, x Morden, have become the property, by purchase, Mr. HARRINGTON, the opulent distiller, II BMW Mrs. CHATTERLEY, of the Haymarket Theaue,i engaged by Mr. HARRIS for the winter season. A representation of his MAJESTY'S landing is land, and the Royal entry into Dublin, is gettilagy in great style at Drury-Lane Theatre. The engagements for the King's Theatre for tle ensuing season have been of the most promising dt• scription. The Ballet will receive an addition to la already powerful corps by the engagement of the cc.' lebrated PAUL and Madame ANATOLE._ It has been already mentioned in thelonnuls,tht the great tragedian, TALMA, had been appointee Examiner in his Electoral College. A Utica% protested strongly against this appointment Ile Duke de who was among the Electors, if to him—" When you were in the ante-chola the EMPEROR pray, Sir, was it not you whogerd the door to M. TALneA r—The Ultras thetas could not help laughing at this apostrophe. It will appear strange, but it is no less one of the Editors of the official Mowiteirr at the same time, the functions of _ tacks in safety, as a Ministerial Journalist, articles he expunges as a Censor. FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS. Lord and Lady Grantham, preparatory to her amehement, which is shortly expected. The Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbury, The Earl and Countess of Blesinton, from a tour. Lord St. Helen's, from a tour. Harry Fonnereau, Esq. from a tour. DEPARTURES. The Duke of Devonshire, for Paris. Lord Carrington, for C.ashiobury Park, Herts. Sir Thomas Hammond, Bart. for Plumpton, mar Edmund's, Suffolk. W. Dawson, Esq. for St. Leonard's Hill, Berks. Mrs. Udney, for Southampton. Lord EUenborough, for Wynyard The Earl of Cardigan, for Dean Park, Dr. Mackie and the Rev. Mr. Mackie, Admiral Sir J. P. Beresford, Bart. M.P. oo a The Earl and Countess of Cassillis and family, From Hodgson's Hotel, Dover-street—Rev. and Mrs. Hawkins, for Dublin ; R. T. 13.-- From Warren's Hotel, Regent.stree fur Portsmouth. At the late Races of Clones, occurred to a young lad from name of HENRY Bzwisox ; his horse made him, and before he could pull him in, ' down a precipice, and both were killed A number of high-bred horses and b' about to leave this country ; they are agent of the King of Wtaxamazao. The Bachelors Ball at Teigntnouth, week, was one of the most elegant and that was ever known there. Three were present ; among whom were Lord Sir JOHN HOTIIAM, Miss WALLACE, Mr. and family, and many others too ntu, The New Union Club will be under the of twenty Noblemen. About a week since, in the neigh gate, a hen unexpectedly made her al a brood of 32 chickens, which are all A practical farmer says, that by has found that one ounce of saltpetre, pint of water, and one ounce of flour be put on the need when liming, is a five of the mot in wheat. EXTRAORDINARY GALE !—The chim, in South-street, occupied by Mr. Card, %vs over . on Monday night, during the ga le, against the gable-end of Mr. Johnson' s shifting of the wind it was blown back former station, and it now stands at erect as New York Paper. Cr of tri fa Hi in To • -. r - 7.‘ iit sno l ess trot, al Moniker twin of a Censor; val* lournalist,thostiol ; RRIVAIS. story to her Ladiaiii Kt. Salisbury, from 112M1 a, from a tour. . • tr. LES. is. Park, Hertz Plumpton, near Big 'a Hill, Berks. Stockton, Dahill ?ark, NortbanV 4ol6l ickie, fur Bath. t. hI. P. on a nom s and family, fat ..reet—Rev. Dean r. Heranin,Est ii fl i ; et—Sir Chad" , a melanaakt let m Ballyconnel,i; s horse made all him in, heg ere killed on tlegi° ;es and brood- ley are purcbaseo BERG. gio pant and fully a' Three hundred Pr I were Lord Es LLACE, Mr. LASo. P . , too numerous 0 7, be under the dilw neighbourhood ei • ode her apPea ral . l ' e p Is are all still a l oe', hat by repeated trt . ;': saltpetre, dissolvw ' of flour of brill ling, is a certain • c, • —The chimney 0 1a y Mr. Card, wis i ng t he gale, and .. . Johnson's store - 1 blown back goi --A, ..• rret iiS