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1 LONDON. FOREIGN FUNDS. • AN INDIVIDUAL, named , t CORAM," died mill the West Willi. poessosed of considerable PROPERTY, ockicb b4 A ls o tealtookkea tcseEngland ; any Person giving 1100 IT tdbilll.to its.E.ECOVERY shall be band s/saw* onward ,by applying to Mr. J. E. Etwoavnir, Solicitor, Plymouth Dock. 1 O COUNTRY AGENTS who are in the habit ) of getting their Newspapers from London by the early '. Morning Coaches: The MORNING CHRONICLE is regu larly published to the Newsmen at the early hour of five o'clock every morning, except during the sitting of Parliament.—Office of the Morning Chronicle, No. 4, Norfolk-street, Strand. Er This Journal could be obtained in every town within 19.0 miles of London on the day of its publication, if sent off by the Morning Coaches. THE EVENING STAR. SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER 6, MS. THE FUNDS. STOCK EXCHANGE. TWELVE O'CLOCK. Consols opened this mottling at 826, and went up to 11, 6, at which price they remain steadily up to this hour, with scarcely any business doing. • Nothing is doing except in Colombian and Spanish; the Buc tuation in Colombian Bonds has been colitinual: they opened at 521, 541, 531 ; Russian 85A ; Spanish Bonds 361, ; French Scrip 2 to a. FOREIGN EXCHANGES. Insims, August 22.-11.1etalliques 82 a—Bk. Sb. 930 2-5. 23.—Metalliques 82 a--Bk. Six. 929. PRICE OF STOCKS AT ONE O'CLOCK. 3 per Cent. Cons. 82 1 / 2 sYB 5 / 8 *per Cents. New 10l y 4 102 India Stock 265—India Bonds 6'3s. Each. Bills (C 1,000) Ms. 375.—5ma11..388. 375. Consols lin . Acct. 82%. 5 / 8 3/4'. r, { EXPRESS FROM PARIS. We have received this fo: enoon, by Express, the Paris Papers of Wednesday evening and Thursday morning. The following are extracts : EXECUTION AT Sr. SEBASTIAN.--The following is an extract of a letter, written by a Spaniard who has succeeded in escaping from St. Sebastian : " I transmit to you some details of the melancholy events of which I was an eye-witness before quitting the place. " On Saturday, the 23d of August, towards eight o'clock at night, a patrol arrested thirteen persons, well known for their good sentiments. They were divided into two p.►riies, seven in the one and six in the other. A part of the garrison received orders from General O'Donnel to conduct seven of these un fortunate persons towards the wall which bounds the sea. Five' of them were precipitated into the sea, and two of them tossed over with the bayonet. The other six were marched towards the wall i►► front of the Castle, and were there sabred by orders of the barbarous Commandant of the place. In their last moments they would not allow them to see their fa milies ; they demanded to be heard, but were refused. Nor was this all ; they carried their barbarity so far as to refuse them the succours of religion, which they earnestly implored. " The garrison has not provisions for a long siege; what is now ordinarily allowed, is for each man five ounces o f biscuit and an ounce of beans (haricots), and at that rate the supply cannot last beyond the 15th of September. " The soldiers are not agreed; two were shot on the 20th, for manifesting Royalist sentiments." SIEGE OF CADIZ. HEAD-QUARTERS, PORT ST. MAltlE, AUGUST 25. Our forces, it is said, ate every day augmenting, both by sea and land. The moderate party have felt that Riego, by his presence in the Isle of Leon, could be of no use to the revolutionary cause, and that his stay might be dangerous to him. Riego has quitted Cadiz. All the Chiefs of Administration are now at St. Marie, where St. Louis has been celebrated, by the French and the Spaniards, as the fete of the most august of Kings and best of fathers. The heat is tempered by the sea breezes; and the climate is supportable enough. A whole host of Constitutionalists has crossed the Canal of 'frocadero, and joined our troops. ENVIRONS OF SEU, AUGUST 24. We are without any further details of the two af fairs which took place on the 22d. at St. Lucia del Panades, and at Calaf.—Of this only we are assured, that the Constitutional army, in its different opera tion,, until its return to Calaf, has experienced a loss of MO men killed, wounded, and missing.. It is added, that on leaving Calaf this army di vided, one party taking the ditection of Tarragona, and the other Let ida ; and that the latter had been joined, befo:e teaching Balaguer, by the Royalist di vision which was in the environs of Pons. For these four dayi past we have been expecting the arrival at Seu of the Baron d'Eroles, to treat himself with the Governor of the forts, which keep up in the' mean time a constant cannonading. PERPIGNAN, AUGUST 21 A party of the garrison of the fort of FigUeras, amounting to between 200 and 300, made a sot tie on the 21st, towards four P. M. on the side of the olive grounds, in order to obtain some provisions. The posts of the Spanish Royalists have, by a well sus• tained fire, prevented the enemy from realizing hit project. Some tiralleurs of the sth Line immediately pushed forwaid on the Jonquera road. This unex pected movement caused the enemy to abandon their design entirely. • kITRACT of A ilkkiVATle LkTTER. " PORT ST. MARIE, AUGUSt 22: " Reinforcements are continually arriving. The pro sence of the Commander-in-Chief has electrified all hearts. This illustrious Prince was desirous of con sulting his Generals, and a Council of War was as sembled. They were unanimously of opinion as to the probability of success, and the wisdom of the measures which had been taken, to obtain it. "It was upon the result of this Council that a parley was resorted to, and a flag of truce sent off. It was proposed, at first, to grant only the space of twenty four hours for the answer of the Cortes ; but the Prince wished to allow them five days. • ' I desire not,' said he, ' to be reproached with having de prived the Cones of the time necessary for their con sidering my proposals, and tocome too decision,which, if favourable, may prevent the effusion of blood.' " We await the answer of the Cortes with calmness. The instant we obtain it, and it is known, we shall either take possession of Cadiz or fight for it. Our enemies know already what we are composed of. They have tried us, but have not re-appeared. They talk, you say, of the position of Cadiz. Bonaparte, as usual, is again cited. They talk of his genius and the bravery of his troops, for the purpose of shewing that we must miscarry where he could not succeed. " These fears arise from a ridiculous parallel drawn between the present war and that under Bonaparte. All the circumstances are totally different in both. Bonaparte deprived the Spaniards of their King—the object of the Bourbons is to restore him." FRANKFORT, AUGUST 211. It is said that the project of having a grand Euro pean Congress in this town, towards the end of the year, does not meet the approbation of one of the great Powers. Its Minister has insisted strongly on the impropriety of admitting the smaller Powers, or the Sovereigns of the second rank, to deliberate on the general affairs of Europe. It would be of no use, and would make the negociations tedious. The same Power hal proposed Paris as the centre of future ne gociations, and for this purpose it will be sufficient to give the Ambassadors of the great Powers at pre sent resident there some new instructions and more extended powers. In our diplomatic circles, much is said of import ant negociations opened between the English Cabinet and the Courts of Stockholm and Copenhagen. An intimate alliance between the three Scandinavian kingdoms and Great Britain is talked of, in order to be able to oppose the menacing preponderance of another Northern Power. The negotiation is nearly concluded with Denmark; but the Swedish Govern ment still hesitates, and dreads to give umbrage to a neighbour whom it has the greatest reason to fear. Fannon Flows, Sue. s.—Five per Cent. Consols opened at 92f. 50c. closed at 921. 75e. Frankfort and other German Papers to the 31st ult. reached us this morning, but they contain no political intelligence of importance. Preparations are making for a great review of about forty thousand men in the neighbourhood of Berlin, Spandau, and Potsdam.l Advices from Vera Cruz, of the 15th ofJuly, have been received by way of New York. Mexico gene. rally was in a quiet state; the Congress was in Ses sion and forming a new Constitution. It is stated that some disturbances had occurred at Puebla on the 12th of June, but that order had been restored. The Emperor of RUSSIA was expected to leave. St. Petersburgh from between the 15th to the 27th ult. upon a grand tour of inspection in his immense States. The absence of the Emperor will continue for at least two months. Sir RUMAT FARQUHAR and Lady left Portsmouth yesterday for London. Sir lion:1u has resided 80 years in a tropical climate, which has much impaired his health. • It is said that there is now very little Gold in circu lation in France. The coin having been exported either to England or by remittances to Spain.— Frankfort Paper. His Royal Highness the Duke of CLARENCPE in spected the Royal Marines, and Royal Marine Ar tillery this day, on Chatham Lines. His Royal High ness is to.remain at Chatham four days: during which splendid dinners will be given by the Admiral, Sir B. HALLOWELL, Colonel Sir A. CHRISTIE, and the Officers of the Royal Marines, and the Royal Ma rine Artillery. It is stated in the Antwerp Journal of Commerce, on the authority of letters from Rio de Janeiro of the 2d of July, that the Emperor of BRAZIL had just had a fall from his horse, and broke two ribs and dis located his shoulder; but that his Maaarrv's life was not in danger. DESTRUCTIVE FlRE.—This morning, about three o'clock, a dreadful fire broke out at bk. Cartwright's, a trunlc-maker, in Chancery-lane, near Chichester rents, which speedily consumed the same, and the flames rapidly communicated to the - premises of Mr. Flood's oyster warehouse, and continued raging for some time. The houses being principally of wood, and very old, every effort to stop the progress of the flames proved ineffectual until the premises were en tirely consumed. ENGLISH Oeatta-Heusa.—Last night the amusing little Drama, entitled, The Youthful Days of Gil Blas, was performed. There was but one novelty in the cast, which was the first appearance of Miss POVEY in the character of Donna Mercia. The only im ortance attached to the undertaking was the oppor t nity which it gave to one of our sweetest vocalists, o xecuting a few pleasing airs, under all the advan tages to be derived from her taste and expression.— A solo in the second act, and a duet, in which Miss KELLY took a part, were greatly and deservedly ap plauded. Miss KELLY sustained the character of Gil Bias as usual. There is a mixture of comic and melo-dramatic talent necessary to the personification, short as the sketch is, which are seldom to be found inked in the same person, at least to the same ex tent as they are possessed by this Lady. The scene in which Gil Blas effects his own escape and the de liverance of Donna Mercia from the aubbers' cave, is one of the best conceived situations of the melo-dra natic kind that we remember to have seen. - Though he lively Farce of My Aunt, which followed, is ano .her old acquaintance of ours, we cannot resist the in :lination to notice Mr. WALLACE'S Captain Dashall. Perhaps he never performed with greater spirit. MR. GRAHAM AND HIS BALLOON. In consequence of the disappointment which the Public sustained at White Conduit•hoUse, by the bal loon not ascending as expected, Mr. Graham and his' friends have lost no time in making preparations for a second ascent. During the last taw days the bal.' loon has been in the .Pantheon, where various expe riments have been made ; and on Wednesday even• ing it was filled with common air, for the purpose of ascertaining if any would escape; it however iim•wer ing their expectations, Mr. Graham determined, by the advice of friends, to make an ascent. Yester day morning was accordingly fixed on as the time, but fearing that he should incur the Public displea sure a second time, should he fail, he determined upon ascending privately, and in consequence gave no notice. As early as six o'clock yesterJay morning the workmen were employed in laying on the gas into the spacious timber-yarn of Mr. Snewin, in Ber wick -street, Soho, who consented that Mr. Graham should make his ascent from thence. A temporary stage was erected in the middle of the yard ; a large high pole was then fixed at one end of the yard, and a rope was thrown across from that to a large stack of chimnies. The netting having been placed over the balloon, it was suspended from the loefore-men tioned rope. This occupied until ten o'clock, when the workmen having brought the gas-pipes into the middle of the yard, the process of inflation com menced. The gas at first came very sparingly, but afterwards with velocity. By half-past eleven the balloon was about one-third inflated, when its im mense size was quite observable. Mr. Graham ap peared in excellent spirits, and was most active in the operation. From that period up to two o'clock the gas was most plentifully supplied to the balloon. It was acknowledged that on the first occasion the fault lay with the Gas Company, and they were therefore determined no exertion should be now wanting on their part. At half-past two the car was brought forward ; it was made of wicker, tastefully painted. The inside was lined with pink velvet and blue cur tains. Things appearing in This state of forwardness, the pilot balloon was brought out, and instantly rose into the air, it cut its way north-east; and was visi ble for a length of time; the persons engaged on the occasion, then commenced attaching the car to the balloon, which occupied till a quarter past three; the gas at this timehad made the balloon perfectly buoy ant, and it seemed as if anxious to recede to the upper regions, it was therefore disengaged from the gas ap paratus, and properly secured. Mr. Graham tken got into the car, and it was generally understood Mrs. Graham would accompany him in his aerial excur sion, by her seemingly great desire to get into the car; however, Mr. Graham, for some motive, de clined her doing so; but she did not rest satisfied. Mr. Graham, while in the car, •ascertained that the Strings which were attached to it were too long; they were again untied and made shorter; this occupied until nearly four o'clock ; the grappling irons were then placed in the car, and the other necessary im plements for the ascent. Curiosity was now at the highest, to see Mrs. Graham ascend, but that was shortly put an end to by a young Gentleman, named Harris, getting into the car, and it was intimated that he was to accompany Mr. Graham. Both now ap peared in excellent spirits, and, upon the appointed signal, the balloon was loosened from her mooring, and ascended with great magnificence. The yard was surrounded with buildings, and it was much feared the balloon would strike the top or chimney of one of the houses. However, that was not the case; and although it ascended with great rapidity, that accident was avoided. The balloon shot along in an easterly direction with great splen dour, both the aeronauts at the time waving their flags. They were observable at a great distance; and not until they were actually out of sight were the eyes of the multitude withdrawn. THE DESCENT. 1, Last night, about eight o'clock, the two aeronauts descended in a turnip-field between Stroud and Ro chester, in perfect safety. The packing of the balloon occupied some time, when they instantly proceeded for London, where they arrived about two o'clock this morning. They both appeared in excellent health and :pints after their aerial excursion, and Mr. Gra ham, in consequence of his success, and the approba tion he received, has iutimated his intention to re-as. cend in a short time. The balloon contained the enor mous quantity of 2000 cubic gallons of gas. We understand, that during the stay of his Royal Highness the Duke of CLARENCE, at Chatham, a number of rockets of a new invention will be tried on Chatham Lines. MELANCHOLY SHIPWRECK.—By letters just re ceived by way of Halifax, from Mortier, Newfound land, we have an account of the Mount - house schooner, of Plymouth, James Colman master, bound to St. John's, being lost, from which the fol lowing is an extract am sorry to find that the Vista, of POole, struck on a piece of ice and went down. A similar accident happened to a schooner from Plymouth, part of the crew was brought into Burin. The loss of the latter vessel is one of the most melancholy events that has happened for many years. A piece of ice struck the rudder, broke and unshipped it ; this happened in the longitude 45% : the vessel became unmanageable, she bilged against the ice, filled with water, and went down : with much exertion tit! crew, consisting of six rnen.and two pas sengers got out the boat. The Captain's first object was to secure a compass, quadrant, and chart, and as soon as these things were in the boat, all hands found it necessary to take to her; there was not time to•pat a•biscuit of bread into her; this happened in the evening, and they passed that night on a piece of ice on which they hauled up the boat. In the morning .the sea ran high and washed over them; they launched the boat and shaped their course for the land, the ind being easterly. The ninth day the boat had advanced so far as the mouth of the bay, when . she was fallen in with by the brig Matty, bound to Burin, and only the Captain and tss o others were alive, one of whom was the owner of the vessel, and he died twelve hours after the arrival of the Matty at Burin ; his son was a corpse in the boat when the brig fell in with her. The Captain is teeovcring, his feet having been very badly •frost-bitten ; the sailor is iu a very dangerous way, both feet and hands are dreadfully frost-bitten, and mortification is apprehecaded:', CORONERS' Yesterday afternoon, at four o'clock, an Iriquid. tion was held before T. *rIttLING, Esq. Coroner, at the ll'ack Dog, Drury-lane, on the body of Edwa r d Reynolds, who died of injuries he received by a felt from the works around the new Church,Lisson-grov e , George Damm, mason, proved that the deceased was employed as a labourer on the works, and on th e 28th of August, he was rolling a truck, and by some accident falling, he rolled with the crock into a SAW. pit, eight feet deep. Instant assittance Was afforded him, and he was taken to the Middlesex Hospital, a little tipsy ; his left arm was broken to piece;. • Mr. James. Alexander, secretary and surgeon to the Middlesex Hospital, proved that the deceased was brought into the Hospital on the 28th of August, with a compound fracture of the left arm ; both bones were broken; the arm was bound, and be rm dered abortive all the attempts to cure him by c on . tinually tearing the bandages from his arm, and completely disturbing the splinters of bone. li e was visited by his friends, and appeared, Morn his turbo. lent behaviour, constantly inebriated. On Sruirday evening be created a ten ibte uproar in the ward, and got out of bed and walked about, seemingly drunk, Cono E It.-- Was he deranged? Witness..—Alb, I certainly not : he spoke rationally, and when he tote oti the bandages, Ire begged to have them repla - ed. I rather think his ti iends must have introduced spirits. Ile was an It ishman. Juror.—After he died, did you examine his head; he might have sustained some injury from the fall Witness.—We were unable : in a short time after he expired, a phalanx of lei, country people surrounded the Hospital, and we were unable to resist them ; they seized the body and ca►ried it away. (h was here stated4o the Jury, that this happened in conse quence of the current belief, that all th'ose who ei pire in Hospitals are made, as vulgarly termed," sub jects," or, in other words, set apart for dissection). The brother of the deceased was called, and it ap. peared the friends and family had dete:mined that the deceased should not be kept for dissection. The Jury found a verdict of— Accidelltal Death. Thursday; the 28th ult. an Inquest Was held at Gainsborough, upon the body of Charles Jealous, a pilot, who, it appeared, while smoking his pipe, un fortunately had it broken in his mouth, and the cnd being forced against the roof of the palate, produced a mortification. The Jury returred a verdict of— Died by the Visitation of Gao. Yesterday Sir HERBERT TAYLOR held a Levee as ! Secretary to the COMIANDERA!C-CHIEF, at his Office, in the Horse Guards. MESSRS. ROTHSCHILD.—We may form some idea of the extensive and important business of this !louse, and of the attention with which it manages its affairs, when we learn that it has three light vess.ls that con stantly sail backwards and forwards between Calais and Dover, in order to convey to the Houses in Paris and London reciprocally the earliest information of all important events in those two cities affecting • the prices of the funds. On this occasion people recollect how careful their House has always been in former times, to obtain early information, and adduce as an instance, that in 1815 it received information of the successful issue of the battle o Waterloo (which it was reported had been lost) sir hours before the Government received the official Dispatches from the field of battle. A traveller, who has arrived here from England direct, states, that when he landed at Calais, there was in the harbour a vessel ready -to sail for England, the whole cargo of which consisted of gold, and was consigned to M. Nathan V. Rothschild in London.-- Frankfort Paper. IDENTIFYING.—The annals of our Criminal Courts present many instances in which individuals are found so much alike in personal appearance as to be mis taken for each other. A case of this kind occurred yesterday at the Police Office, Union-Hall, whenan Officer in the Navy charged a venerable looking Geo ' tleman, about 70 years of age, with having defrauded him on the Continent: three years ago, under the fol lowing circumstances: The Naval Gentleman stated, that about three years go he was at Amsterdam, and became acquainted with a porno who went under the assumed name of Wllsoll, with whose. had some mercantile transactions. He advanced to that-pawl from time to time upwards of WO/. in money and goods, nil also put a watch into his hands. Mr. Wilson soon afterward. stated that he wished to leave Amsterdam for Cologne, us mercantile speculation, which promised considerable wiranniti and previously to his departure he gave to the complainant of exchange for part of the money advanced, drawn urn the house of Rothschild in London, and promised to liquidate the remainder on his return from Cologne. Mr. Wilson proved to. be not so good u his word. The bill was presented to Mtlirs• Rothschilds, but to the surprise and horror of the complainant. it was pronounced to be a forgery. No tidings could be heard of Mr. Wilson ; no Mr. Wilson was to be seen until the day en which the complainant appeared before the Magistrate, and tare old Gentleman who accompanied him was the very man. The defendant, who appeared exceedingly indignant at the charge, declared, in the moat solemn manner, that there was Sot the slightest ground for the suspicion that he was the penes who committed this act of theft and forgery. The complainast laboured under the greatest error. He (defendant) never hal seen him before, and never had visited the Continent since year 1784. The complainant persisted in Ills statement. It was, k said, impossible that he could be mistaken. Of the coeatr nauce he had the most perfect recollection, on account of el baseness of the transaction. The only difference in the app ance of the person was, that at Amsterdam the d, fendant drool in the most fashionable manner, in compariio:. w.th which* was now in complete disguise. Defendant.—You labour under some strange illusion srlled you thus positively say that lam the man lam nut. AO declare to you that I am not the person you have a rim accuse and deprive of his liberty. I could make you proven"' words under a heavy responsibility ; but I am willing to rettiq this dangerous error by evidence myself. 1 van prove. with td utmost ease, that I have not been out of England these Irm'. Still the plaintiff said be could nut he mistakini • Mr. Young then informed the Magistrate that he Ito 41 ' proprietor of a number of hoases in the neighbourhood of La Mice, and was well known. Mr. &eller, who lives in the neighbourhood, at this moms entered the Office, and recognized the defendant as a nest re' spectable man, whom he had been hi the habit of medial IA London for the last twelve years most constantly. Another Gentleman stated, that he was confident thrZeftsgt ant had not been out of the kingdom for many years, and 1/11 be would be the last man that would commit the utr:Dce ~ putcd to him. The Magistrate said he 0.. s perfectly satisfied plainant was labouring under a mistake. Titel milar cases upon record, and indeed almost where, in consequence of resemblances, some strong as to be scarcely distinguishable from . not put into immediate comparison, the innocent the guilty. This was one of the cases, and of • discharged, The complainant, on leaving the (Nice, said. Man is nut 31r. Wilson, he unit be :kir. ifaird that the corn' lire were many it daily o ccurrials of which were each other, ogles :cot was take+) ft af coarse most Is w c p. if di4 • • ;:■