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'ARTS, JULY 2. iy the Prince of Schwarzenberg, isador, took place yestet day, at _ties the Emperor and Empress were present. They arrived at ten o'clock. The garden was illuminated with much taste. It presented clif f Tent views of the country, which the Empress inha bitated in her infancy. The Opera dancers executed the dances, dressed in the costumes of the different people of the Austrian Monarchy. This part of the fete was followed by uncommonly fine fire-works.-- Twelve hundred persons were invited. In order to receive so large a party, the Prince, according to the usual custom adopted at Paris, had caused to be erec ted with planks of timber a ball room, ornamented with pictures of gauze, muslins; wild other light stuffs., This saloon afforded a very fine coup d'seil. . The Queen of Naples opened the ball with Prince Ester hazy, and was followed by the Viceroy and Princess Pauline of Schwarzenberg, wife of the eldest brother of the Ambassador. After the cotilions, a Scots Reel was danced, during which their Majesties arose to make the tour of the circle, and speak to the Ladies. The Empress had returned to her arm chair, and the Emperor was at the other extremity of the saloon, near the Princess Pauline of Schwarzenberg,.who had presented her daughters to him, when the flame of a wax candle caught the drapery of a window curtain. Count Dumanoir, Chamberlain of the Emperor, and many other officers who were near him, endeavoured to tear off the curtains, but the flame got higher.— They immediately informed the Emperor, who •di reedy went to the arm chair of the Empress, and was instantly surrounded by the Ambassador and officers of the Austrian Legation, who persuaded him to quit.the place. The fire extended itself with the ra pidity of lightning, and his Majesty slowly retired with the Empress, recommending calmness, in order to prevent all disorder. The openings from the ball room fortunately being very capacious, the crowd could easily get into the gardt n, but many mothers lest much time in searching for their daughters, from whom they had been separates! by the Scots Reel, and many young persons, in endeavouring to find their mothers. The rapidity of the fire was so great that the Queen of Naples, who followed in the suite of the Emperor, having fallen, was only saved through the presence of mind of the Grand Duke of Wurtzburg. 'a 11.; Queen of Westphalia was conducted from the saloon by the King of Westphalia and Count Met ternich. The Viceroy, who remained at the bottom of the ball room, and who feared to mix in the crowd with the Vice Queen, perceived that the fall of the lustres and ceiling interrupted the passage ; he had, fortunately, remarked a small door, which led to the apartments of the hotel, by which he got out. Hap pily nobody has perished. Some twenty ladies have been mere or less wounded. The Princess Layen, wife ,f the Russian Consul, as well as the ladies of General Baron Tousai d and the Prefect of Istria, have, either in consequence of being seized with ter ror, or stopped in their getting out by some obstacles, been grievously hurt. Prince Kurakin, the Russian Ambassador, had the misfte tine to fall upon the steps which lead from the ball roam to the garden ; they were then on fire. He was for a moment insensible. 'Two officers of the .Austrian Legation, and two officers of the Imperial Guard saved him. He keeps his bed and is in consi derable pan. The garden, extensive and well light ed, presented during half an hour the spectacle of husbands calling for their wives, of wives calling upon their husbands and children, and who, the moment they found each other, embraced with transport, as if a long absence had separated them. The Emperor and ltmress got into a carriage at the garden gate, when the Emperor found his country equipages which waited for him at the Elysean Fields,!and having placed the Empress in one of them, he returned to Prince Schwarzenberg, attended by an Aid-de-Camp. Pr c 's Pauline Schwarzenberg was among the he remained in the • ball room. She held one of her daughters by the hand. A piece of burning wood fell upon this young person, which a man who was near her took tip, and carried out of the saloon. She was herseif hurried into the garden. No longer seeing her daughter, she ran every where, calling her with great l:mentatkois. She met the King of West phalia, who endeavoured to calm her. She addres sed herself to Prince Borghese and Count Regneud. After searching for a guru ter of an hour, impelled by the heroism of maternal love, she entered the burning saloon,.from which moment we know not what has become of her. The fire was then got under ;—the Ambassador's Hotel preserved, and tranquillity re established. Prince Joseph Schwarzenberg was engaged all night in s^arch of his wife, who was not to be found either at her brother's, the Ambassador, or at M. de Metternich's. He was doubtful of his misfortune till the day broke, when a disfigured corpse was found acir the salon% which Dr. Gall thought to be that of t! re I rincess Schwarzenberg. It remained no longer &V tful when. her diamonds and the medallion of her children, which she wore suspended from her neck, were examined. Princess Pauline Schwarzenberg . was daughter of tie Senatrr Arernherg. She was mother of eight child. P, and four months advanced in pregnancy.— She was as much distinguished for the graces of her pet sun, as by the xcellent qualities of her mind and heart. The affectionate act which cost her her life, proves how rw :h she deserves to be regretted, for death was most ev:dent. The flames were most ter rific—none but asnrioth , :r could have faced such dan ger Apprehensions are entertained for the life of the Princess De la Leycn, wife of the Russian Con sul ; also for that of the Baroness Tousard. Fif teen or s i x teen persons, more or less wounded, are out of danger. Prince Kura kin has slept, and this evening great hopes are entertained that his accident wonld not terminate fatally, The Austrian Ambassador, whose horrible situation is easy to conceive, sheaved, during the whole night, that attention, that activity, that calmness and pre sence of mind which might have been expected of him. The Officers of his Legation, and of his nation, gave ' signal proofs of their courage and devotedness. The public expressed great admiration at seeing *the Am bass idor accompany the Emperor and Empress to their carriages, forgetting the danger to which his , own family were exposed, which fortAnattiy escopfd wi;hont. accident, The Emperor retired at three o'clock in the morn ing. He sent several times dining the night to en quire the fate of the Princess Pauline Schwarzenberg, which remained uncertain. At 5 o'clock in the morn ing he received the acconnt of her death. His Ma jesty, who had a particular esteem for this Princess, regrets her loss extremely.—Her Majesty the Em press exhibited the greatest calmness during the whole of the evening, but, on hearing, this morning of the death of the Princess; she shed abOdance of tears. JULY 3. REPORT TO HIS MAJESTY THE EMPEROR AND KING, JUNE 30, 1810. _ _ " SIRE—Your Majesty has directed me, by your order of the date of the 18th of this month, to make a report of all that concerns the E l / 4 General Sarrazin. " John Sarrazin was.born in the borough of Saint Silocshe, in the canton of Penne, in the department of the Lot and Garonne, on the 15th of August, 1770, his parents were farmers. On the 27th of September, 1786, he entailed himself in the sth regiment of dra goons,, which was disbanded September 14, 1787.. t this time he .settled at Reole, in the depart . ment of La Gironde, where he exercised the proles siOn of teacher of mathematics. On the Ist of Sep tember, 1790, he obtained the place of professor of mathematics in the school of Sotreze, Which was then under the direction of the Benedictines, and it was no doubt this circumstance which gave rise to the report that he had been a monk, an assertion which certainly has never been proved. He left this em ployment two years afterwards, to follow the move- , ment which almost the whole French nation the:l.j made towards the frontiers, and he repaired to the Army of the North. " Being sent to Chalons for the instruction of the young engineers in the school of artillery, he was there when after the taking of Verdun, the inhabitants of Chalons formed a battalion, of which he was ap pointed Adjutant-Major, the functions of which ap pointment he performed till the 20th of September, 1792, the time of the disbanding of the battalion ; but these circumstances, found in a memoir signed by himself, are only warranted by his own declara tion. What is certain is, that he was appointed at Metz, Lieutenant of a Volunteer Company, called the Saint Mawrice, at the end of 1792, and Captain of the same Company on the 18th March, 1793. " On his first entrance into the service,he gave proofs of that restless intriguing spirit which he has con stantly shewn in his military career. He confesses himself in the memoir above cited, that, for having taken part in some remonstrances which appeared se ditious, he was broken and degraded by order of Ge neral Houchard, in 1793, and obliged to serve as a common soldier. He adds, that on the Ist of Octo ber 1793, he joined at Chatillon, the chassenrs of the Gironde, that he was present in different affairs in the army of La Vendee, in which he was in quality of Secretary to General Marceau, and was appointed adjunct to the Adjutants General on the 9th of Prai tial, year 2. On the 6th of Fructidor, of the same year, he was appointed Adjunct of the first class to the. corps of artillery by the representative of the peo ple, Gilet, who had been sent to the army of the Sambre and the Meite. " On the 6th of Brumaire, year three, the same representative appointed him Adjutant-General Chie f of Battalion, in consideration of the testimonies which General Marceau had given of his conduct atter the expedition of Cob'clue. 66 T;ie 18th Brumaire, third year, his appointment was confirmed by the Committee of Public Welfare ; and on the sth Prairial following he obtained the com mission of Adjutant-General, Chief of Brigade. 44 He made the campaigns of the year three, year four, and year five with the armies of the Sambre, and Meuse, and Italy. " On the 27th Fructidor, sixth year, be received orders to proceed-to Rochefort, to serve in one of the divisions of the army of England. He was one of the small number of Frenchmen who made good their descent in Ireland, and he was appointed by General Humbert, General of Brigade, at the capture of Kil lala, and General of Division at the affair of Castle bar, where he took a standard from the enemy's horse. On his return to France he found the Executive Di rectory very little disposed to confirm so rapid a pro motion. He demanded to serve as Adjutant-General of the army of Italy commanded by General Joubert. Having been charged to conduct a body of troops to the army of Rome, he made with that army the cam paign of the seventh year in Naples, and was appoint ed General of Brigade on the field of battle, after the affair of Trebia. At the army of Italy his suspicious and doubtful conduct exposed him to suspicions hu miliating to a military person ; he was charged with acting the part of an informer ; his constant opposi tion to the orders of his chiefs strengthened that opi nion, and the unpleasant treatment he experienced compelled him to ask leave to retire. On the I 1 th (Pluviose) he rocei ced orders to return to France. On the Ist Prairial, year 9, notice was given him that be was no longcr in the list Of Staff Officers.— Retired to private natural inquietude inspired him with several plans. " He requested sometimes to be employed in Ame rica and sometimes in the East Indies. He expressed a desire to serve in the troops of the Batavian Repub lic, but he fulfilled none of these resolutions, and be was still in France, when on the 10th of Vendemiaire, he was re-established on the staff of Generals of Bri gade in the room of General Celli, appointed General of Division. Two months afterwards he was appointed to go to St. Domingo. He remained there only a year, the bad state of his health inducing General Rochambcau to send him hack to France, whole he arrived on the 22d Frimaire, year I'2. " General Augercau then commanded a camp ; General Sarraz'n applied,and obtained to be employed under his command. 'His character, ever inclined to accusation,soon raised against hint numerous enemies. He avowed himself the accuser cf the Generals and Administrations of the Army in the memoir which he transmitted to the t mperor, under date of the 23d of Frimaire, year 13. The cry of indignation which was raised against him, deprived him of the courage of supporting publicly the part he had undertaken, ' and raised such a storm against him, that he saw himself again, for the second time, obliged to request leave to resign. He was nevertheless retained in his post, and made with that part of the army, the cam, paigns of the year-14, cr 1 .0,`.1„ " Some disputes, which he had vith General Hnu dellt, in whose division he served, obliged the Go- voranient to recal big? France. of On the 31st of October, 1806, he was employed in the 24th military division, under the orders of Ge neral ChambArlh.tc, who confided to him the com mand tithe department of theLys. The misunder standing which soon took place between the Prefect and him, evinced the necessity of giving him another destination, and he was sent to the Isle of Cadsand. His conduct continually extravagant, and his arbi trary proceedings, incensed against him the inhabi tants, the authorities and General Chambarlhac.— The complaints which reached Government induced it again to change his residence, and he received let ters of service for the 16th military division. He serv ed in this division horn the 11th of February, 1809, and had the happiness to live there in excellent har mony with both his superiors and subalterns, till by the most disgraceful desertion he imprinted an inde lible opprobrium on his name. 44 Such is the history of General Sarrazin, which, to speak properly, is only that of the extravagance of his mind, the errors of his character, and his nume rous absurdities. ig The DUKE alt FELTRE, Minister atWar." BOTZEN, JUNE 22. The day before yesterday the Prefect of the new Department of the Upper Adige, and Counsellor of State Smanici, arrived at Trent, the principal place in that department. The same day he addressed a procraination to the inhabitants, at the conclusion of which he says—" By your manners and language you have for a long time been Italians, now you are effectually become so. You have, for the most part, during the late anarchy, given proofs of that good spirit with which you are animated, and you certainly rival the people of Italy in fidelity and devotion for the Great Napoleon, and in love for the best of Princes. How pleasant will it be for me to lay at the foot of the Throne of his Majesty the solemn act of your reunion, confirmed by the testimony of your gratitude." FRENCH PAPS . •,..me.1,•=••••••••• PARIS, JULY 2. The fete given by the Prince the Austrian Ambassador, took 1 1.1.11111RIIIMIIIMMINIIMI.111.1- which their Majesties the Empero r with pictures of ganz This saloon afforded Queen of Naples op, hazy, and was follov Pauline of Schwarze of the Ambassador. was danced, during make the tour of the The Empress had re Emperor was at th near the Princess Pa presented her datigh wax candle callght Count Dumanoir, C many other officers to tear off the curt, They immediately rectly went to the at instantly surrounded of the Austrian Li quit-the place. Th pidity of lightning, with the Empress, r. to prevent all disord room fortunately 13 could easily get int , lest much time in se whom they had beer many young persor mothers. The rapi the Queen of Naples Emperor, having fa presence of min:; of Queen of Wes saloon by the King ternich. The Vice; of the ball room, an, with the Vice Quer!, - lustres and ceiling i Fortunately, remarke apartments of the la pity nobody has per been m e or less wife ,•f the Russian General Baron Tot have, either in cony ror, or stopped in th been grievothly hur Prince Kurakin, misfo. tune to fill ui ball roam to the gai was for a moment Austrian Legation, Guard saved him. derable pasta. The ed, presented durir husbands calling for their husbands and they found each oth a long ab3ence Jae and l:mp• ess got in' when the Emperor I waited for him at the the Empress in oni Schwarzenberg, ato Pr , c -s Pauline hs , remained of her daughters by wood fell upon this was near her took t She was herseif hut seeing her daughter with great l:mentat phalia, who endear sed herself to Prins After searching for the heroism of mate saloon, .from which become of her. TI Ambassador's Ho; established. Prince Joseph 5 night in search of h either at her broths Metternich's. He the day broke, win ne;ir the saloon, wh the I rince's Schwa: deo' trul wher her her children, widel neck, were examine Princess Pauline the Senater Arm, child. -1., and four 1 She was as much pet son, :lc by the heart. The affecti( proves how riu dea'h was most evi, rific—none but an ger Apprelleosiin the Princess De la sul ; also for that c Fifteen or sixteet ere out of danger. evening great hope would not termina The Austrian Ar is easy to conceive, that attention, tha sence of mind whicl The Officers of his signal proofs of th, public expressed g bass ►dor accompai their carriages, ft , own family were e wi;hout. accident, AMSTERDAM, JULY S. The French troops, having at their head his Excel cellency Marshal the Duke of Reggio, arrived yes terday in this town, where they were perfectly well received, and all is tranquil here. The arrival of the Russian Minister Plenipotentiary at Belgrade immediately caused all the troubles in Servia to cease. All persons have united in acknow ledging Czerni Georges, who, on his pat, seams every day more inclined to resign his authority. «e are assured that, seduced by the intrigues of a tureign power, he has changed his system. The Russians still continue to blockade Widdin, they have gained considerable advantages upon the Danube below that place, and have penetrated into Bulgaria, but it appears they wait the arrival t r.%% reinforcements to enable them to carry un dick opera tions on a more extensive plan. VIENNA, JUNE IK. The Persian Ambassador from Paris, arrived here to-day. The French Ambassador yesterday received a Courier from Constantinople, who afterwards conti nued his route for Park. The reports of Peace be tween Russia and the Porte have vpnished. Letters from Semlin, which, however, cannot be relied on, state, that a Courier dispatched by the Russian Ge neral Issajen. who arrived on the ad June at Belgrade, brings intelligence of a victory gained over the P.reha of Widdin. According to the same letters, it is believed 18,000 Servians will join the Russian army. HANOVER, JUNE 14. The Commission of Government has published the following Notice: " According to reports made to the Commission of Covert ment, it appears that many men, fit to serve as soldiers, quit this duchy, united to the kingdom of Westphalia, and enter into the service of Foreign Powers, particularly thin of England. This emigration is caused by the facility with which the Authorities grant passports, without sufficient examination. " To put an end to an abuse so prejudicial to the interests of his Majesty our Sovereign and to the interests of the country, it is enjoined to all the Authorities, upon their personal responsibi lity, not to grant, fur 13 days, any itassports for foreign parts to peo;le who may ask for them ; unless it be to persons well known, and whose return to the country the Authorities can themselves guarantee." THE EVENING STAR LO 'DON. FRIDAY, JULY 13. PRICE OP STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. S per Ct. Cone. money, op ex. div.—for ace. 70i 71 $ per Ct. Reduced G9i 70-4 per Cent. Kit. Nary 5 per Cent. 99i—Omnium, pr. PRICE OF STOCKS YESI EPDAY. Bank Stock 2got Ontnium 1 prem. S per Cent. Red. Ann 70ii India Stock 12W1 184 3 p"r Cent. C(1!1I. 69_i India Bonds 22s prem. 4 per Cent. 8 ;if Exch. BAP. 44. Ti. pr. 5 per Cent. Navy 9P Littery Tieceta fi‘2. 15*. Long Ann. 14 7-16 Cons. for acc. 71 FRANCE. • La7t night leners and papers fi cm Paris to the sth instant were received in town, also Dutch journals to the Bth.—The letters bring the following explination of the Decree lately passed respecting maritime trade : IMPERIAL DECISION' OF TILE 2D OF JULY. " The probibibition of grain (established by the Decree of the 22d of June) from the Island of Schowen to L'Orient, extends itself also to vessels provided with licences. " No grain may be expo:tett between L'Orient and Bourdeauv but by french ships, which shall, at the same time, be obliged to take half their cargoes of wine or frandy. " Foreign vessels provided with licences, which may enter the ports of France, shall .:ot ba allowed to.make any further use of the same. " The touting trade is reserved exclusively, according to the old laws, to French vessels, of which the crews must consist of French masters, and three-fourths French sailor." The Journals contain a long account of a dreadful accident which happened during a Fete given at Paris on the Ist of this month, by Prince SCHWARZENBERG, the Austrian Ambassador, at which NAPOLEON, the Empress, the Queen of Napies, the King and Queen of Westphalia, the Viceroy of Italy, and a numerous company were present. The room in which the Ball was given was, after the Parisian fashion, orna mented with pictures of gauze, muslin, and other light stuffs.—ln an early part of the evening, the drapery of a window-Furtain caught fire; the flame *- exteacleaitteg-with Ole rapidity of lightning, and all in an instant became most dreadful coldest( NAPOLEON and the Empress quitted tl►e room as as it was found the flames began to spread. members of his family who were present also escap, but not without being in some danger. The Princess Pauline SCHWA RZENBERO and one of her daught ers unfortunately perished in the tames. The Russiaa Prince KuaAKn was dangerously hurt, and about fifteen persons were more or less wounded. We have given the particulars in a preceding column —also a narrative of the life and conduct of Genei al SARRAZEN. SPAIN. Last night we received letters from Malaga to the _ _ 19th, and from Corunna to the 29th ultimo—the only accounts that have been received from these quarters for some time. The letters from Corunna speak with confidence of the security of Gallicia, and bring orders for mer. chandize, as if on its arrival it would be expos e d to no danger. It is mentioned by a Gentleman who kft Bilboa, that during the short time be resided tkere, 30,000 conscripts were inspected by the commanding officer, of which only one thousand were fit for service; a great proportion of the rest being under 16 years of age. The following is an extract from one of the Malaga . letters : MALAGA, JUNE le. gg The French are fortifying Gibralfaro, a Moorish castle on a mountain above the town, and command. ing the place and harbour. They have done this as a precaution against the peasants, who swarm in great numbers round the country. Our garrison consists of about 1000 Polish troops, and the French have 15(X) at Mixas. From the lest the French sent a force to Marbella, to take possession of a castle there; but the Spaniards having received guns from Gibral. tar, and fortified it, the enemy did not succeed.— Great numbtrs,..f the French fall daily by the skir mishing warfare which prevails all around us. There are live mails wanting from Madrid, which are pro. hably intercepted by. the peasantry. The contest is carried on with great barbarity ; if the French take t' , e armed peasants, they hang them ; and if the latter make the former captiv..s, they cut them i., pieces.. The roads are as much ilfested with plunderers as warriors. We just Earn that an English frigate, and fifteen English gun-boats, have arrived uff Matlx:ll4, :o succour the inhabitants. P 3 RTUGA This morning we received letters from the Tagus to the 26th ult. which confirm what we hive mars than once stated, that numerous transports h.►ve been provided and are now in readiness to receive the Bri. tish army, should any event render it desirable to with. draw our force from that quarter. Of tans event, however, thare is less p:obablity than there wasscme weeks ago. The subjoined is from a British Officer : " LISBON, JUNE L. a In spite of the expectation so strongly entertained some weeks ago by our army, no general action has yet taken place between the armies ; nor is such an event so likely at prose it as it was several weeks ago. The positions occupied by our farces, are so strong, both by nature and art, that the enemy seem very loath to attack us; but still we keep prepared for the wont : the whole country, in the rear of our army to Lisbon, is open to us, and there are seven hundred:ail of transport: now lying in the Tagus, to be employed as circumstances may render it necessary. The fol. lowing ships of war are also lying here, under do (Tiers of Admiral BERKELEY, O2.—the Bitneur, Kent, Cesar, l'lmpetueux, of the line ; la Niemen fri gate, Myrtle and Ephira sloops, and Resolute gun brig. " Li4bon at present wears a very miserable apper. ance ; there is very little trade stirring, and, were it not for our squadron, and the number of transports here, it would cut a much worse figure. " Our army entirely depend on the importation of provisions, as the produce of the country has not, for ►he 1 - ist two years, afforded sufficient to subsist the i nh.tbitAnts. " I have received a letter from an Officer belong ing to the Buffs, detailing a gallant 2ff lir which oc curred between an outpost of theirs, and a detachment of the enemy, in the vicinity of Portalegre. The enemy greatly exceeded our small party, who never theless killed and wouncl'..d ten of them, and took near forty prisoners, including the Captain who com manded them. " When any thing occurs, I shall send again; bat will not attempt to prophecy." YesterdAy afternoon we received papers from New York to the 14th ult. from which we have extracts a few paragraphs, shewing the irritati. , n of parties in the United States, and suggesting the probability of the convocation of the Legislature, in consequence cf the dispatches transmitted from Europe, by the Min Adams. Yesterday, about eleven o'clock, the LORD MATO& and Sheriff, &c. went to Stratford, and held a Court of Conservatory at the Swan tavern. In the Cc urt of Exchequer, SirWATKIN Ltwes was decreed to the possession of his estate in South Milo, of which he has been deprived for the last se en and thirty years. The landed estate thus recovered i s as certained by the affid.tvits of Surveyors appointed by the Court to be worth twelve 14csuand prowls per . 211 ' num, and the minerals to be capable of productog diewandporadr per week. . 11 soon The ,—,