Star. — London, England, 1817-10-30 00:00:00

EAST INDIES. A few days before Lord ASIIIXRST'S arrival at Can ton, arrangements were made to render his Excel lency's entry into that city . as public an d honourable as possible. The boats of the men o f war and the Indiarnea, to the 'number of thirty or forty, were as sembled at Canton, and all the Officers an d . men in full dress, were ordered to hold themselves in readk. ness to proceed up the river, by which it . was know n . that the Ambassador would return. While these.dis positions we re i n alc;ng, Mr..WlLcucKs, the American Consul, called 'lrvin Captain Moment., and expres sed his desire to shew his respect to the Ambassador; and added, that it Captain MAxwELL thought this would be effected by having the American flag in the , procession, he w0u1..1 gladly avail himself of the op. portonity. Captain MAXWELL, after complimenting the Consul upon the handsome manner in which he bad come forward, observed, that as Mr. WILCOCES represented the comniercial interests of America in the same manner th it the British Factory represented those England, his station on this occasion ap peared to be immediately alter the Chief of the Bri tish Factory. With this arrangement Mr. WiLcocas declared himself pnfectly satisfied. On the approach of the Embassy, the boats, which were formed into' two lines, proceeded, with colon's flying, about five miles up the River of Canton. On first meeting the Ambassador's fleet, no one was admitted on board the state barge, except Captain MAzwzet. and Sir TIIZOPHILUS METCALFE ) the Chief of tine Factory.; but Lord Asinine was no sooner informed of what had pas,ed, than he desired that Mr. Witrocits might be invited on board, and presented vi Iris Lordship. By the Illasoritita Gazette, we learn unit another fire broke out at Port Louis early on the morning of the Ist July, in a large magazine belonging to M. De. llaleu. From the violence of an easterly wlnd s the Limes spread to the out-offices adjoining it, belonging to M. Lemaire, and to his dwelling-house. 'l'hrougb the activity of the firemen, and the prompt exertions of the Civil Magistrates, Military Authorities, and the troops in garrison, tire fire was confined to the buildings ahoy, -mentioned, which were, however, wholly destroyed Fortunately no lives were lost; a Serjeant of t'.e 12th Regiment, named Mackenzie, , bad his leg broken by the hall of part of a rafter. The Bombay Courier, of the 19th April, co.rtains the following article:—" We learn by Letters from Mocha, of the Ist of December, that the Imaum of Soma died a few days previumly to that date, anti was succeeded by his eldest son &army ATIDELLA BEN HArimt.a, a young man of about 20 years of age ; whose first act wass to displace his father's Vi iz:er, and to confine him, as also to s9ninion the Dolla of Mocha up to Senlia, with several others who have . charge of different districts; but whether it was his unenton to dispnici: them and appoint otters, was not know!,; it was Itosveerr firmly supposed, if they once left their situations they never would return ; the Doha was apprehensive of the result, and did not wish to obey the mandate of his gracious master, although he had received six orders requiring his pre acute at Senna." MELANCHOLY DEATH UY A SHARK. From the Cey!on gazttte of May 27, It is with much concern we communicate to the public a very shocking event which happened oa the evening of the I i th, neat Colombo : A. party of seven young Gentlemen had been walking among the trees, near the sea, about two miles south of the fort ; between eve and six o'clock they sat down on the shore, without any previous in tention of bathing, whin Mr. MAY, of the Ordnance Civil Depertmeni, went into the water, and was fol. lowed by several others. Mr. MAY was an excellent swimmer, and plunging into the nearest surf, he did not rise till he was some way beyond it. After pity ing about a short time, he struck out into deeper water, when Lieutenant CRAY, who was within the surf, and aware of the danger from sharks, called out to him not to go any farther : at that moment the swell of the surf hid him from:Mr. OR 1Y ; but some of the party, who were standing higher on the shore, saw him on a sudden struggle and sink. He rose again directly, and cried out— , l a shark, a shark, no joke, an juke, upon my honour, I am bit l" but he - did not seem to be much hurt, for he swam with great strength towards the shore. Lieutenant GRAY rushed forward to his assistance, and just as they were near meeting, the shark seized him again, but be was not pulled under water, 'and only cried out " lam trio lam bit." Mr. Chair then got hold of km. and at that moment he' saw the shark make a third attack. They were now very near the shore, and Mr. Guar, with the assistance of another _young man, succeeded in getting him on dry land. He had sunk upon his knees as they were support ng him, tnd was endeavouring to speak, but could out' utter con vulsive inarticulate sounds. They thought he was fainring and got him wine water, whichlfiey pressed b:m to drink ; he raised his head, opened his lips, and attempted to swallow, but instantly sunk down again, and expired without a groan. The whole of the flesh, with all the blond vessels, was toin away hem the back of his left thigh, for a considerable space above the knee. The laceration was so dread- 1 hil, that Mr. MArvete, the surgeon, who hastened to see him an heating of the accident, declared it would bare been impossible to save him had he been upon the spot. The preat effusion of blood must have produced immediate death. He did not, in fact, survive above two minutes. It is probable the fatal wound was given in the second or third attack, when Lieutenant GRAY saw the ravenous monster in the let 'of seizing his unhappy victim. The shark ap peared to be rather small, with a large bead, but the water was so discoloured wins blood, that it could sot be distinctly seen. WILLIAM Tunvna. MAY was only 22 years of age $ be cane to Trincomalte, in the Chapman, on the 17th of October, 1815, and arrived at Colombo on the 29th of November following. He was an amiable young mananuch liked by his companions, who observed that. be had been that evening re markably cheerful and; in higher spirits than usual, just before the rscsidest happened. The sad and sudden change of their poor friend in the flower and gaiety pf youth, tarn. with such a horrid 'wound, at tempting in vain to speak, and expiring with convul sive sobs in their arms, must have made a deep its. Fenian on their minds. and will be the subject of most afflicting. intelligence to his illations assehriesuft in England. THE EVENING STAR. LONDON.. THURSDAY, OCTOBER SO, 1817. PRICE OF STOCK . ; THIS DAY AT TWELVE O'CLOCK s Reduced 814$—Consols 112 ii —For Nov. nel 4 per Cent. 980-.4 per Cent. Navy 10711 India Bonds 99 101 pr.—Exchequer DM, to 31 pr. The Bombay Papers to the end of May add but little to the information already before our Readers. On the whole, there does not appear to exist any very serious cause for alarm from the apprehended hosti lities of the Mahratta Powers. Private advice: com municate several particulars not well explained in the printed Journals. They state, that the immediate causes of quarrel with the Pusitw,t have arisen out of femat: intrigue. The story of TNIIINGCNUIRE and his assassinAtions has probably not yet been forgotten. Since that Minister made his escape from Turmoils he had employed the money and tacit authority of the Plumy* (his master) in secret negotiation: with the other Mahratta chiefs, who have long manifested a strong spirit of enmity against the Government of Great Britain. Notwithstanding the remonstrances of Sir GZONOZ ELPIIINSTONE, the ?EMMA'S Minister continued his warlike preparations in concert with these confederates. All was known to the English Go vornnient ; and so soon as an adequate force could be . prepared, Lord Hass INGS ordered the icvestment of the PEISIIWA% capital. That Sovereign attempted no resistance, but submitted without firing a shot.— The British Minister demanded five of his strongest fortresses as pledges of his future good behaviour. Of these four were instantly surrendered—namely, Lenghur, Ruggar, Lingo'', and Poorunder ; in which last place of safety the archives of his Government, and Ins most valuable treasures, were deposited. The intentions of Lord HASTINGS with regard to the other Chieftains were not accurately known—but as his Lordship had collected a powerful army, it was not presumed that he would let his force lie idle, or suffer it to disperse without exacting from the predatory states some efficient security for the future peace of India. From the accounts wliich we communicated yes terday and on Tueid (y, from the American Jour nals, respecting the aitors of the Spanish Insurgents, it appears that Central MiGnroott, who on the Ilth of August issued at Amelia Island a Proclamation dccl tying the cost of the two Floridas in a state of blockade from the 15th of September, had, ler some reason or other, perhaps disappointed in his expecta tion of being joined by a sufft:ient force, resigned his command to Colonel Inv:v., ten days eatlier then the period at which the blockade was to be considered in force. It is believed he has gone to the Isnited States—probably to reinforce hinowlf. This Colonel Invests awaited the attack then preparing by the Royalists, whom he beat off en the 12th and ISth of September, with little loss ( n either side ; and, on the 21st of September, he hoisted the Mexican flag, and issued a Proclamation of Independence. By the accounts, it Would appear that some dissen tions prevailed among the Independents at Amelia Island, which ended in the command devolving on Commodore AUItY, when a Mr. HUBBARD, late She riff of New York, was, after some altercations with the Commodore, appointed Civil Governor. At Amelia Island they consider themselves safe against any attempt of the Royalists. Margaritta also has be:n abandoned by the Roya lists, but whether in consequence of any force with which they could there have been assailed by the Pa triots•ie not so certain. The retreat, however, proves that, if not in this spot, in some other the presence of the Spanish General Monti.Lo was called for to op pose the Patriot forces or, in other words, that the general operations of the insurgents were successful.' He had to look after botavait and other independent' ' Officers of Guiana, and to collect forces to oppose the advance of the Independent army against the province of Caraccas. as disposable force was estimated to amount to something near 4000 men, good soldiers, and ably officered, besides 2000 Creole and Indian auxiliaries. The Patriot a: my was va riously estimated horn four to Seoo men, but inferior in skill, discipline, and equipment, to the Royalists under the orders of MORiLLO. It was not thought probable that the Patriots would be forward to risk a general action; although their superiority to the Spa niards is evident enough, when crnployed as parti zans or Guerillas. The war is carried on in the most ferocious and sanguinary spirit. Little mercy is shewn on either s:de. Women and helpless children are butchered to revenge the conduct of their military relatives. A New York paper announces, that the French and Spanish Ministers in the United States have ordered the French frigate Eurydice, lately supplied with ne cessaries in the harbour of New York, to cruize off the Florida., for the purpose of aiding the Royalists, This the friends of the Patriots in the United states openly. complain of, as involving a breach of the neutrality which the United States are pledged to maintain between the belligerents; insinuating pretty broadly, that if the privilege be granted to the Spa• niards of fitting out, or of refreshing, in the United ' States, to act against the Patriots, the restriction .must be taken off by which American •citiaens tire, debarred from equipping trunk Of raising troops for their sttpport. A letter from Grenada, received in town yester day, having reference to South America, we give it a place here : " GRENADA, SEPTEMBER to. 41 Ever since the 12th of August three vessels have been off this port, full of passengers ( Royalists), from Angustura, which place they were obliged to quit at , so short a notice as not to be able to procure any pro visions, it having been captured by the Patriots. They are now laying off and on, and, although starv ing, they are not allowed to anchor, nor have arty communication with the shore whatever." The following axe Luther extracts (torn the Arne neat: PApers: EXTRACT PROM A PRIVATE LETTER, DATED AMELIA ISLAND, SEPTEMBER 26. . " I bad business which called me to Fernandina this morning. On my arrival I found the place in the greatest confusion. Colonels Posey and Parker had fled lour days ago. *Gregor has re-embarked on board his brig, with his family and furniture. Colo nel Ervin has been airpointed to the temporary com mand, and a Council of Officers is hourly expected to take place, to determine whether to risk a battle or to abandon the place peaceably. The Morgiana's men and guns have arrived. They have now three armed brigs and three schooners, besides eighty men, exclusive of officers, m iking in all ninety-four. This morning the ship Margaret arrived from Ntw York, with military and naval stores, so that in all proba bility there will be a severe engagement. The Spa niards have a considerable force at Cedar Point, about twenty miles to the Southward of Fernandina, waiting for some transports with ordnance and tary stores from St. Augustine. Some of the Florida militia are encamped at the Orange Grove on the Main, in view of Fernandina, waiting to join the Spa nish forces; and it is generally believed here that Ge neral Coppinger will command in person, but at pre. sent his troops are under the command of an officer of the name of Drummond. My opinion. is, that the Patriots are more formidable now than at any other period." NEW YORK, OCTOBER 6. Captain Keith, of the Lavinia, which bad arrived at &JUDOS Ayres, reported, that on the Bth of July, in lat. 1. 9. N. long. 25. he fell in with seven vessels, “ne apparently a small cot vette, the other transports, with troops on board. They were then standing to the southward, and reported themselves bound for the river Plate. This, no doubt, is the convoy under the Emeralda, that sailed from Cadiz on the sth of May, for Chili, Arica, and Lima. Captain Keele, arrived at Norfolk from St. Jrgo, reports, that when he sailed the fever continued to rage with great violence. It %vas not unusual to bee irom nine to a dozen funerals of a morning, before breakfast. Such inuilligence should keep the sjua ! ranting officers of the United States on the alert. It has been ascertained from tables and records for the last twelay-four years, that in Philadelphia the Yellow Fever does not prevail when the months of June and July do not ezceed 70 degrees ; but that iu very summer since 1793, whenever the average heat of those months has exceeded 79 degrees, then the Fever has raged ; and that it has been most mce tal in those years in which the thermometer has indi cated the greatest altitude. The Quebec Papers announce the arrival at that port, doting the preceding week, of several hundred emigrants from various ports in Great Si itain. The whole number arrived at Quebec since the opening of the navigation in May last, is stated at four thousand one hundred and forty-three t most of this number, it is said, have proceeded up the St. Lawrence, with the view of settling in Upper Canada. Letters of the 7th instant, from Cadiz, mention that the Spanish €4, the Asia, with an armed brig, bad returned to port from a cruise against the Inde pendents, without success, but it was expected they would soon be sent out again. Out of a convoy of thirteen vessels which had sailed from tie Havannah, only four bad anived at Cadiz, and it was feared many el the remainder had been captured. At a late heat to-day we rccdved the Paris Papers Monday. All the private letters which have been received at Paris from Madrid down to the 13th inst. arc, it is said, wholly silent on the subject of the offensive movements by Spain against Portugal. General U'DoNsszt., it is affirmed, has not more than 10,000 men under his command in Estremadura. An article from Vienna states; that a serious in surrection 'rim broken out at Bucharest, where the Hospidar of Wallachia usually resides,which has cow riled the Hospidar to consult his safety by flight. The Magnats of Hungary have presented a re monstrance to the Emperor of AUSTRIA, against the union of Eselavonia, Croatia, and Dalmatia, to the new kingdom of illyria. These three provibcco were' anciently fiefs of the Crown of Hungary, and ought, according to the old contracts betsieen the King and the States, to be re-united to the kingdom of Hun gary. The States of-Upper and MidilkAustria were convoked to meet on the 20th instant, in order to receive some propositions of the Emperor, relative to the imposts to be lejied in 1818. An article from Trieste states, that a Danish brig, the Venus, bound to that port from Lisbon, with a rich cargo of colonial produce, had bete found coast of Grenada, on, Almeida, witbk ut , v on board, and its hull pierced with holes. I t posed to have been pillaged by :Ni le c o ,„ ar, had carried off the crew. The Barbarrique have until the present instance, alwaysrelpecie DAnish Hag. A Lisbon Mail arrived this mor ,-, *ng, 2 -3 brought us Lisbon Gazettes and l';i - •?te the 15th instant. The quarantine still continued a. the de m , the Mail to be enforced against a!! vesiel, n ,..„ 4, land, Scotland, and Ireland. 'll Duke packet, with the :vlail from England n! o le had arrived on the 14th instant, when ?• • diately put under quarant4te,r that t%e not be delivered till the lull :wing day. With respect to the state of a Ci r , Gazettes contail no intclFgenEC private letters state that there; were vat in circulation relative te are invasion by the Spaniards, and the great pro , er, making in their march. Some cf the mi greatly al irmed on the eccision. an' desks into the interior to •.. they could learn en the turned on the 4th, and Spaniards had actually entercd districts on the frontiers. It did Spanish troops were pushing f.rwmrd the first accounts would have induced On the state of matters in S , nth sent Gazettes are also very deficit ni The only article they contai n on t h,• s , following letter from Brigadier PIZA,iI mandant of Monte Video, to Marechal IRASTIAN PINTO OR ARANJO CORREA, Al ral, but of too old a date to give us an; the present condition of affairs between geese and South American Patriots: ei Monte Video, 44 Sin..—i take advantage of all the that present themselves, to send you neN of all that happens to me, and I now with the greatest pleasure, that your Jacinto, is now in our power, as well a , balterns Silva and•ltrauddan, from kw taogo, inferior Officers and soldiers, wl prisoners there. Never was any thing mi than what they effected, nor mare wor , since they not only saved themselves, I the enemy the boat which conducted the Domingos Soriano, tosides two 18-pJur tity of balls and cartridges of that cal, kets, 22,000 cartridges, 24,("10 half pikes, and Lence your Excellency there are many and great battles, since are collected. " I have got some corn from Eden meat is an article of considetation, ana how our sick, wEo are in sufficient nui without it. (Signed) “zsdauctsco UOMMILN DI MAOALIAILEI QUIVCI A Letter from Lisbon, dated Octot u By superior authority the Merchants dom are informed, that the Truce lai between Portugal and the Regency of on the 11th of November next." There was no alteration yesterday in the PRINCESS CHARLOTTE. The Duke and Duchess of Betworto shortly to leaie town for Paris. The Duke of 'GrtAtTor has left Wilk( for his seat, Buston Hall, Thetford. ' The Dowagei Duchess of RUTLAND Cheveley, from Mr. NorttwArm's seat in The Marquis and Marchioness of I', family arrived a lew days since at their lington-street, from the Earl of HARRE Evaston, Derbyshire. The Countess of JERSEY arrived on T house in Berkeley-square, from her seat Park. The E ar l i s expecte d i n town th , Newmarket. The Earl and Countessof NRIBROKI ii town on Saturday next for Paris. The Earl and Countess of Marro at Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley-square, yester seat in Scotland. The Earl of VERULAM has left town Gorolt.rmbery, Herts. The Countess of HARRINGTON and lIAM are arrived at his Lordship's rabido yard, St. James's, from Elvaston, Dcrb , The Earl and Countess of SEFTON ar expected to leave town on Saturday or Croxteth Hall, near Liverpool. The Earl of STAMFORD 1185 left EuviL fordshire, for his seat, Dunham Massey, C: The Earl of WESTMORLAND has a 1:1 Nobiemen on a shooting party, at his sea Northamptonshire. General and Mrs. GROSVENOR are rem scat, Stocken Hall, Rutlandshire, from . Lord TI lAIBLESTOWN has left town, on The Honourable W. BURRELL is two! . from MONTAGIJI BURGOYNE, Esq.'s Essex. If report may be credited, Bentley Pr perb chatein of the Marquis of AMC , appear IA a style of unprecedented spiet weeks. 'The arrangements are neail: The accommodation' which are prepari larged hospitaliak Of this magnificent of the best report, such as were to be the presiding ta s t e o f t h e Marcbione's. We thought there had been abuadeni this country already; but it seems rhal forty thousand of these Woodrackerr Try': week at Brighton Ivy flange. e found 14 Rut alp pt , s4 les, I, Coe.„ * ;,, reln e • 7 r 1 7,9 •rte to de ram , ti les )tik e rr,!: let%r ; tev, r; a a p„.„ jiji Teta e ta en: h ' y • t • • • at.;;IL lier;Ca n si;hk et , 6 atio, 16 de C ,mp i !en the P, , J'lre e orp , !trilri ens of me w irfnns , brother - as the tee action rho virre more 'Vs. irthy of but :hem fir, m a rid tri, libre, • perctlees:: ce vych nn‘ ,1 n • Di mar )ber 7, sif .1 s of Oki., Ately pr Tunis, .11 tLe Itea are es, • )kefis zri eldL i iva n Linen` . .'Arlira r 110890 4sGros'se I esd ay st!: d at , this dly. fr. 'a' ir.tecd !es : ne faml7l nos !rdz to ltb n frt t's L al Lard A ynce .e . ly 'ad fall/ st ,`.i.ita,•; . • is c t .tal ;arc Fug A l a y 4 St n TI n tLt. A L' on a r:•rl' n urreit~t juvn, ll'"; end tte Pric7l t` roc vas. ate, !,,Jour ly c i. ..e t 1, p a ll ll cxpe;: 6 . . 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