Star. — London, England, 1817-08-23 00:00:00

FRENCH PREUNDER. About two years ago, A young man made his ap pearance in London, who represented himself - to be the late DAUPHIN 4,1 FRANCE, the son of Louts XVI. and MARIE ANTOINETTE, hitherto generally supposed to have died in consequence of the all usage he re ceived during his imprisonment in the Temple. He was extremely well dressed; wore a number of trin kets about his person, engraven with the Royal cy pher of France, and in person and physiognomy pre sented •'a resemblance to the Bourbon family, suffi ciently. striking to give probability to the affinity which ht claimed. Alter moving a few weeks in the better circles, t t which his romantic story obtained him introduction, he attracted the notice of the French Ambassador, who thought it his duty to wadi his motions. fit the course of his inquiries, he found that this singular character was indebted for the elegant external appearance he made, to the subscriptions (if a kw rich French Refugees in Brus sels, who thought that in due tirne they might make use of him as an instrument of insurrection against the reigning monarch of France. Means were in, cousequence taken to cajole him out of this country, and on his landing at Dieppe he was imnimediately seized a holistic by the gem d'armes, and conveyed to All asylum at Rouen, where he still remains. In a few days the Monism,. gave a meagre account of the affair, and stated that the lunatic had run away, in a paroxysm of frenzy, from his parents, who were humble Bourgeoises, and who were highly pleased to see him taken care of by Government. The people, it would seem, however, are not quite so incredulous on the subject as the Government would wish them; and such is the importance which it hatassumed, from the number of proselytes the young Pretender has gained over to his side, that according to a re cent private letter from France, " more than IMltly witnesses have been examined on the case." The soi d ! aani Deueutx, it is added, al maintains his usurped tank by the testimony of several infirm, de bilitated, superannuated women of the old Court. It is affirmed, that indignant against a Constitution un der which he has been so lung confined, his Royal Highness is determined, en recovering his Crown, to reign solely by Ike laws of Isis antesiors." ORDER OF TUE TRAPPISTS. !EXTRACT 111 A PRIVATE Lin - MR FUCA' PARIS. " The recent installation of the Trappists in the ancient Abbey of Mrilleray, near Narita, induces me to forward you the particulars of an inquiry which Bonaparte ordered to be instituted in 1810, on the Trappists of St. Anthony, residing in the neighbour. hood of Antwerp. The Es-Emperor was apprehen sive that cert tin commotions which agitated at once a district of Switzerland and the frontiers of Spain, were secretly tuniented by the reli k iou, sectaries, which (though not without multiplied proofs of aver sion and contempt) he still suffered in His suspicions were partly directed to the brul - tihood I bare mentioned, and lie sent 1 Public Functionary (from whom I have learnt these details) to make bins 1 repent on the •:ccAsion._ el On the arrival of my friend near Antwerp, he found ab , ,ut twenty of these Friars, of various ages, and of French and Flemish extraction, established on • wild and sterile heath, which resisted all their ef• torts to cultivate Several of the confraternity were absent in impi,ring the alms of the faithful. This circumstance, and the distance in which their habita tion was placed from all the high roads, incontestably prond their claims were but blight to be considered as an Ordri lionftitaer. As little could they be em ployed in superintending the education to youth, fur the silence which they imposed Pn themselves ren dered such functions impracticable. As for their agricultural labours, and the product of their indult. try, it was demonstrated that five husbandmen would cultivate the ground more efficaciously than ii/C whole society. • 'eg The appearance of these Cenobites was squalid and repulsive—their bones literally %sere piercing through their skin, and their intellectual faculties, from unremitting austerities and intense silence, were as dreadfully deteriorated as their physical. The Supetior, the Law Ag.nt, and the porter, were aim. dispensed from the extreme rigour of the law of silence. The other Members of the Community were allowed one last word to their fellow UAW we', but that in the agony of death, and to confess their past transgres sions. At the moment my trienJ inspected the in terior, a wretch extended on an iron couch excited all his commiseration, for though he was writhing with pain, he was not deemed sufficiently ill to be allowed to explain the symptoms of his malady to the medi cal hr..ther who consequently prescribed, as it is sta. tura' to presume, with unaided conjectural science. In a word, every thin in and connected with the establishment seemed so revolting to the mind of a civilized being, the substitution ul devotional prac tices to the true maxims of our holy religion, so pal pable, that the Inspector forwarded to the Emperor • Report, which was almost immediately answered by a decision of the Minister of W.,rship, Po r t a b s , ordering the dissolution of the Community, and the delivery of passports for each of these wretched Monks, to reiurn into the bosom of hi. family, :diet having, bya more succulent dirt,inabibed force enough to undertake the journey. " I had f -rgotten to mention the dirt of this reli gious order ; they had one repast at tuo o'clock; it consisted of bread soaked in water, without salt. Since the renewal of the ancient toles by the Abbe sle Ranee, dining the reign of Louis XI V. his Nooks abstained from wine, fish, and eggs, all kind of meat WAS of course prohibited." _ _ A letter from I'AfIS, the 18th instant, says...." The melancholy intelligence of the destruction, by fire, of his Majesty's frigate IA Fieur de Lis, et Toulon. has just reached fans. This vessel had heen destined to snake the tour of the world. The most active re searches are making to discover the authors of the conflagration." Their.imperial Majesties of AUSTRIA arrived OD the sth instant at Souczawa, which is the last re • cnarkable place in Bucowine towards the frontiers of Turkey. It was expected that they w ou ld „turn to Hermanstadt in Transylvania between the 16th and 40th instant. The Journal le Commerce of Hamburgh, in an article dated itollo Copenhagen, declares the news to be false which the I•;tsglish, Preach, and German Jour nals have published, of a loan having been effected at Genoa for the Danish Government. THE EVENING STAR. LONDON. SATURDAY, AUGUST 23, 1817. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT TWELVE O'CLOCK s Console Sng—Do. for Am. Sof 4—Do, for Ott. 811 Reduced 80181-4 per Cent. 98f —Navy, 1053 India Bonds 122 123 pr.— Exchequer Bilk, 31s. 354. pr. The Stock Market looks up, a rise of One half per Cent. having taken place since yesterday. But few sellers were to be found at 1101, the monied men being all buyers. It is with con fidence anticipated that a funber advance will take place, as the most favourable accounts were this day received of the state of the harvest on the Continent, which is the most bountiful that bas been experienced for many years. We have more than once expressed our opinion that hir. OWEN'S Plan should at least have received a full examination by a Committee before any st. tempt was made entirely to smother it. Of the be nevolence of his views no one has even expressed doubt; and it is admitted that he has had much ex perience in the management of a mixed community of labourers. That is: he has had greater means for acquiring knowledge respecting the habits, the modes of thinking, and the causes of distress among the labouring classes than any, or perhaps all the individuals united, who have decided that his Plan should not even be examined by a Committee.—The Plan, however, will be examined. Nay, more—it will be seen by the following Note which we have this morning received from that Gentleman, that it will be acted upon : " TO I'HE EDITOR OF THE STAR. r, Portlan4-place, Argun U. " Sta—l wish It t• be known that in a few days the weans shall now be developed by which the Plan I have proposed will be•stensivtly earned Into execution. " I 11134 Sir, your obedient Servant, " ROBERT 011111N:' HAMBURGH MAIL. The accounts from different parts of Germany and the North of Europe by the Mail of this morning concur in swing, that never in the memory of man were there such prospects of abundance as those held out by the harvest which is now gathering in. Corn, wine, oil, and every article of subsistence falls rapidly in price. But in some districts the general joy has been damped by storms of rain and hail which have done considerable damage to the corn fields. Every where on the Continent there appears to be a determination to fetter the Public Press and subject its productions to the previous scrutiny of Censors appointed by Government. The King of PRUSSIA, " for the purpose of checking the mischief done by ballads and pamphlets of an immoral and supersti• tious tendency," has ordered that none shall be hawked and sold throughout the Kingdom in future till they shall have been stamped by the Police. In every town where there are Printers or Booksellers there is to be a Censor ! ! ! In Sweden, the nonsense of Non•consumption agreements seems to be the Order of the Day. The rich are 'not to have beyond a certain number .of dishes on their tables, and are to treat their guests with only common wine, &c. &c. But on one point it is possible these economists may meet with more oppo►ition than they anticipate," The women shall lay aside all dresses of shawls, gauze, full crape, or other espensive foreign materials !" STOCKHOLM. AUUUST s. Lord Strangkrd, Extraordinary Ambassador and Minister Plenipotentiary from his Britannic Majesty to our Court, had yesterday his first audience of the King, iu which he delivered his credentials to his blojesty. He had afterwards an audience of the. Crown Prince and the Duke of Sudermania. We learn that our Government has given orders to its Consuls in the Barbary Sums, urgently to re quite of them, that their Corsairs shall no more come into the neighbourhood of the Channel or the North Sea, that tee Getman Hag, and particularly that of the Hanseatic cities, may be free and safe in those seas. BERLIN, AUGUST 12. The Danish Ambassador, Count Bernstorff, has been or&red to join his Sovereign at Ratzeburg. whither he departed yesterday. S P. PETERSBURGH, ro. The King of Spain has sent the Order of die Golden Fleece to the Grand Dukes. POSEN. MMUS r 4. We are here bast► in getting in the harvest, which is *cry atsundant. The weather is in general favour able ; the rain which we LAM now and then is not so violent as to bort the hartest, and . is fivnurable to the other productions of the earth, of which we ex pect alsci an abundant crop. NARVA, JULY H. Yesterday evening there was here and in the neigh bourhood a most violent stotm, with thunder, rain, and hail ; in many houses the windows were beaten in, roofs torn uff, fences thrown down, a great many trees torn up by the roots, and great damage done to the lIURICTOUS vessels in the river, - several being driven from their anchors and thrown on the strand, and the masts of a great many ►roken. The oldest inhabitants do not remember such a violent storm. COMPS, IN HOLSTEIN. AUGUST io. The Bth of August was a day of terror and mourn . • ing for this town and the environs. Early in the afternoon heavy thunder-clouds rose in the East and South, and about four the tempest burst over this place s a berry rain fell, which was soon succeeded j by such a storms of hail as we never remember col 'have experienced—the hail -states, of the size of walnuts, darkened the air, and destroyed all the win dows looking to the South in this town and many neighbouring villages. Great as this damage is, it is nothing in comparison with that suffered by the cornfields, none of which have escaped uninjured, and many are wholly laid waste. The damage is not less than 100,000 dollars. MONS, AUGUST 2. The harvest has begun here, and, as far as we can judge, turns out well. DANTZIC, AUCIIST 01. _ Our Corn Trade continues to stagnate—the pros pects of the harvest are extremely favourable. FRENCH PAPERS. The Park Papers of Wednesday arrived at a late hour to•day. l'he King of PRUSMA continues to visit every thing of curichity and novelty which P aris • offers to his at tention. TIT Duke of RtoteLtru. the ENGLISH Ast- BASSAIX)II, and other distinguished individuals. have had audiences of his MaJests% Two Royal Ordonnances have been published, one appointing the Duke Ot MAMA a Member of the Chamber of Peers, and the other raising the Marquis D'Avatts , to the Ducal dignity. Some commercial letters pre stated to have been received announcing the death of President PETION, and that he has been succeeded by a General, whose name is not stated, who is nearly in his eightieth year. , An article from Leghorn, of date the 2J August, states, that an English merchant vessel, which had arrived there from Alexandria, had been subj. cted to the most rigorous quarantine, on account of the plague which prevails along the African coast. The vessel was originally from Tunis, and on its passage thence to Alexandria, the whole of the crew and passengers, the pilot alone excepted, had perished of the plague. --On its arrival at Alexandria the English Consul had prevailed on six English sailors who had desert ed from Admiral DUCKWORTH'S Beet, when at the attack on Constantinople, to embark in the infected vessel and carry it to its destination, upon a promise of obtaining them a free pardon and it was this forlorn crew which had brought the vessel to Leg horn. They purified the vessel every day, by filling it with water even to the upper deck, and then emp tying it by the pumps, and by this means escaped the contagion, so fatal to the previous crew. The famous partizan Czeintr-Ganaozs, formerly Chief of the Servian insurrection against the Orromas ' Prawn, is reported at Vienna, to have been seized at Kissanov, a small place in Bessarabia, where he has been living for some time in a state of retire ment, and beheaded by the PACHA of Bstonane, on a charge of being concerned in stirrit,-; , :p some new commotion., which are likely rather to be in flamed than suppressed by this act of vengeance on a character in such high popularity among the Servians. French Funds, 19th August, 68 fr. The American Journalists, like our own, are crying up the necessity of economy. To prove their position they are publishing the whole contents of the Republi can Red Book. The President has 25,000 and the Vice• President 5000 a year—Pounds t No, Dollars 1 The salaries of the Officers in the State Department are 17.096 dollars—in the Treasury 16,010, &c. &c. They appear, tberelore, to have great cause of com plaint ; for in one uay and another the grand total of the salaries of the Officers and Clerks employed, at Washington, absolutely amounts to 351,8b7 per annum—almost 90,000 Posta& SterSog 1 This is almost as much as it costs England to keep BUN A• PARTE at St. Helena. On Monday her Manumit, the Princesses Au- OUSTA and Euzaaarrn. their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Gummi-me, Princess &rota of Guinea:Tea. and several of the Nobility, paid a visit to the Duke and Duchess of MattLannocuti, at their beauliful seat of White Knights. The Royal Party arrived about twelve o'clock, and alter t.sking refreshment, proceeded in open carriages to visit the gardens and pleasure-grounds of this delightful place. The day, though cloudy, was pleasant, and the park acid lawn were rendered more lively and interesting, from being peopled with groupes of company from Reading and the adjacent villages, who, gaily dressed, enamelled with every hue the verdant land scape, and added the charm of motion toils beauties. The Duke of Marlborough's band of music was sta. tioned in the woods, and every circumstance attended to by the NAle Proprietor, which could add to the enjoyment of the scene. The last visit our venerable Monarch made, previous to his lamented indisposi tion, was to White Knights, iu 1805, since which time both the house and grounds have received such improvement from the fine taste of the present Duke, as to render it unrivalled. The fineness of the weather and the unequalled attractions of Vauxhall Gordis:. induced a great nuns. ber of fashionable, to repair thither yesterday evening. [ A considerable portion of the happy but bumbler family of honest Ahu Bull were also present--ming ling their pleasures with a sigh of regret that these. scenes of recreation and delight are, in another week, to terminate for the season. A Gentleman just returned from a tour through France states that the crops of corn throughout that country are beyond all description fine. The wheat •as not beaten down by the rains ' and upon the banks of the Rhi ne , near Sw i t aerland, they were busily employed in reaping it a full month ago. Sunday last a violent storm burst over the towns of Senlis, Compiegne, =id Chantilly. Hail -stones, as large as pigeons eggs, broke the windows of pub lic edifices and private houses. Happily, nearly all the harvest had been got in. NAVAL INTILLIGBNCL FALMOUTH, AUGUST to. Sailed the Dorothy, Regulus, Trent, and Abeona transports, for Malta, with troops; the Vansittart and Recovety, for the South Seas; Wilna, for Bahia ; th e Brunswick and Isaac Todd, for Quebec ; and several other outward-bound vessels.—Put back the Mar chioness of Salisbury and Swiftsure packets, but will sail again this afternoon, the wind having shifted. Wind from S.W. to N.W. TORBAY, AUGUST Early this morning all the ships (about fifty sail) left this Bay, with the wind at N.E. which still con tinues from that quarter. PORTSMOUTH, AUGUST itt. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Arrived his Majesty's shops BLossost, front the Downs; and Paosirmaus, irom Weymouth: also, the Sy/Malys SUTHERLAND. irOM Rotterdam Car Baltimore; and the John, Foam's, from Memel._ Sailed the Prince Bluchet, for Bengal; James, Hra. FALL, for St. Martin's; and Enigheit, Qunsas, fur blarseilks.—Wind N.E. PLYMOUTH, AUGUST Si ! _ Sailed the following outward-bound ships :—Th e Tamerlane, for the Cape; Union, for Malta ; Sicily, for Gibraltar ; Nautilus, for Bengal ; Harmooy, for tile Brazils; Charlotte, for Bourdeaux ; Mercy, for Barbacbms ; Perseverance, for Newfoundlan,, John, for ; Waterloo, for Calcutta; t)...h ems . for Bombay ' • Wanderer, for the South Seas; Bovreo, N (pies ; Bideford, for New Brunswick t .I,4ia nas for Pl:iladelphia ; Prose!) le, for Grenada ; Friends, for Gibralt.tr ; Howard, iur Rouen ; Harmony, for Madeira; d, na Chrin!ina, f.sr St. Martin; and the SIR FRANCIS DRAKE &irate, Admiral Picgtaona, for Newfoundland.—Wind N.E. DEAL, AUGUST 22. Caine down from the River And sailed the Hope• well, PINDER, for Trinidad ; and the AretLiv for St. Thomas's. The Ccsar, from Batavia, is now of the North Foreland, And will be in the Downs neat flood. A Dutch brig of war (outward-bound) passed through the Downs to the Westward. Wind N. HARWICH, AUCLIS r se. • Arrived the BeAlloy packet, from Cuxhaven ; and Jane packet, from Gottenburgh, b(!th with Mails. DOVER, AUGUST Arrived last evening the Lord Duncan packet, Captain PAscos, from Ostend, with a Mail and pas sengers. The Duke of Aftus•Le sailed this day foe Calais, on board the King George packet, Cartels KING, and Lord ELLIMBOROUGH will embark for the same place to-morrow morning on board the Coon teas of Elgin, Captain HmuNlOND.—Sailed this morn ing the Ant, Captain B.tauarr, for Calais, with pas sengers. CUSTOM-HOUSE, AUGUST 22. Sutra INT/f &SU IN WAIIDS.- I he Betsy, Lawson, from 1137. Ungen ; X V Z, Tate, from Archangel; readmit, Kirk, from Jamaica; the Leeds, Robertson, frontTarragona; renterden, Roggen, from Kiel; I wo Brothers, Farrincoo, and Providence, Mitchell, from Calaiq ; Hope, C,amack, Iron% expltabenia; Fre. derick, shepherd, from Riga; Denison. Read; Nancy, Alex ander; Popplewell; 'Robert and Margaret, Gray; Union, Dean; Jane, Granter; and N.4chei. Freeman, frona fiw Petersburgh ; Jut.ge Jan, doverkamp, from Worcum ; Dawn. Rand, from Quebec; Aid, Crate, from Dantztc; um Industry and Rockwood, —, from Creenland; Durham, :seen, from Memel; Flora, Wrlield , from Venice; Venus, Itompson, from Rotterdam; Pomona, Hill, from Antwerp; and brawn. Iron Miramschie. OUTWANDS—.. Übe Diana, Cumming, for Efiiinear and Dant zit ; Die Liebe, Eggers, for Ostet.d and little% ; Fraw Arna SteEstison, for Gibraltar; and Jenny, lielidersosi, tar .EJaineur and Stettin. A Board was held yesterday at the Admiralty, for the admission of seamen into Greenwich Hospital. Mr. CROKER arrived iron, the Isle of Wight oil Thursday, and transacted business at the Admiralty. He left town yesterday for Ireland. Viscount Mu.viurs left town yesterday, to return to the Isle of Wight, accompanied by Mr. HAY, of the Admiralty. Thursday afternoon the Duke and Duchess of ARGYLE passed through Cantetbury, on their way to Pail,. The Duke of Nonrouc left town on Thursday for Arundel Castle. The Duke of DEvoastints is shortly expected is town groin the Continent. The Marquis of Excrete left Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley-square, yesterday, on a visit to the Marspos and Marchioness Of BATH, at their seat Longfeat, Wilts, Sir JENNIsON and Lady GORDON left the same yesterday, for Brussels. The Earl an 4 Countess of ham are expected in town the beginning of next week, from Paris. The Earl and Countess Ot WESTMEATH left town yesterday for Hatfield. The Earl of GUILDFORD has left town for his seat, Wroxtori Abbey, Oxfordshire. Lerd AMHERST kit his house in Lower Grosvenor street, yesterday, for his seat, Montreal House, Kent. Lord and Lady CasTLEREAcst lett town yesterday, for their seat, North Cray. Lord G. H. CAVENDISH arrived yesterday at his house in Saville-row, from the Duke of DevoNsulite's seat, Bolton Abbey. His Lordship left town this day, for Eastbourne Sussex. Lady C: Trt.wev lotto lett town a few days since, for her seat, Draycot House, Wilts. The Hon. S. E. EMIDLET left his house in Baker. street, yesterday, for Lord EARDLEYIS seat, &lye. dere, Kent. Sir WILLIAM MANNERS. Bart. has left town for his seat, Buckminster Park, near Grantham. WILLIAM BENNET, Esq. Barrister at Law, is ap pointed to succeed W. A. A. Warm Esq. as a Ma gistrate at the Shadwell Police Office. Sunday, a fine boy, about eight years of age, in the act of drawing out a stick from the Clyde, near Ratherglea, fell in, and was drowned. An uncommon fish, of the whale species, has beer. killed by the crew of the Vigilant, of London : it her 40 teeth, and its body was upwards of 40 feet long , it was but thinly covered with blubber. A considerable number of English of distinction have recently arrived at Stutgard, on touts in Ger many. Amongst them are Lord DARTM , WIII, Lord Cm:mourn, Messrs. WALKER, HUTCHINSON. SCC. Letters were yesterday received from Gibraltar. dated the 28th of July. The garrison and town were perfectly healthy, but the irtercourse with Su: in con tinued to be strictly prohibited. It was reported th. , : throughout all the Spanish ports there would h.: lune rigorous measures enforced, respectiorf arriving from a port in Africa or Cibi slur.