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FRENCH PAPERS. PARIS, AUGUST 14. Monday their Majesties honoured with a visit the Imperial Military School of St. Cyr. His Majesty the Emperor, after seeing the battalion of pupils ex ercised, condescended to put some questions to them with regard to the artillery. He was satisfied, and thought twenty of them qualified to serve in. that branch. His Majesty strongly expressed his satis faction to M. Bigot, a Captain of Artillery, attached to the School, with regard to the fire-rockets, with which he made some experiments in his presence. The road, all the avenues leading to St. Cyr. the banks of the canal, and, in short, every place through which it was supposed their Majesties might pass on their return to Trianon, were crowded with an im mense number of spectators. The Conservative Senate held a meeting on the 10th. On the 14th admission will be given at all the theatres gratis. Count de Wintzingerode,Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary from his Majesty the King cf Wirtemberg, has arrived at Paris. Prince Repnin, the Russian Minister to the King of Spain, arrived at Brussels on the 6th, with a numer ous suite, and on the 7th continued his journey for Madrid. A letter from Antwerp, of the 6th, states that the utmost activity prevails there in completing the new fortifications. In digging the foundations several ancient coins had been found. IMPERIAL CUSTOMS.—An etror of the press in the Decree of the sth instant, must be corrected as follows: Levant Cotton, imported by sea, 400 f.—The same imported by land, through the offices at Cologne, Coblents, Meats, and Strasburgh, goo 1. The pages of the King of Holland are on their way to St. Cloud. They are to serve with the pages of the Emperor. The greater part of the guards have gone to Utrecht, whence they will march for France. An article from Berlin says, that Mrs. Bathurst, the wife of the English Envoy, who duatteared at Perle berg, is at present in that capital. The Moniker, of the 10th, has the following note upon the passage of Lord Wellington's dispatch of the 11th of July, praising the conduct of the Governor of Ciudad Rodrigo Very well. It remains to be seen *ether the Governor Don Andre Herrasty will say the same of Lord Wellington and his army. The Governor, it is said, shews letters from Lord Wel lington, encouraging him to defend the place, and promising to succour him, aud expresses great dissa tisfaction at not having been succoured." The Empress of Austria, with the Arch-duchess Leopoldine, arrived at Prague on the 30th ult. from Toplitz. The funeral of the Queen of Prussia took place on the SOth ult. at 8 o'clock in the evening. Her remains were deposited in the Cathedral. -•••••• was this day celebrated here for the advantages ob tained by the Russian army ; and this evening there is a general illumination. The official accounts that have been published upon this occasion are as follow: 44 After the reduction of Silistria, Basardschik, Turtukai and Rasgrad, the General in Chief Count Kamenskoi, advanced with his victorious army to Schumla. General Papadopulo was killed by a musket-ball as he was reconnoitring the redoubts which surround Schumla : but in the sequel those en trenchments were carried by the Russians, who, after destroying a great number of the enemy, drove the army of the Grand Vizier into the town, where it is closely blockaded, and must experience a great scar city of provision and forage. On the Ist inst. it at tempted a sortie ; but Major-General Woinoff, who penetrated the designs of the Turks, advanced to meet them, and killed 200 of them. The enemy upon this fled with such precipitation, that only 80 of them could be taken. " Major-General Yzideroff has also gained several advantages over the enemy nearVarna, and it is hoped that he will soon be in possession of that city, near which Andrew, King of Hungary, was defeated by the enemies of Christendom. 44 From the 27th ult. to the Ist inst. the garrison of Rudschuk daily attempted sorties ; but the General of Division Saas, and Generals Wesinsky and Kiboff, in every instance, drove them back into the town with considerable loss. •4 On the other hand General Count Zoukahoff, who is at present in communication with the Servians, continues to make progress. The town of Persa-Pa lanka surrendered on the 3d ; upon which occasion there fell into the hands of the Russians, 3 stand of colours, 14 pieces of ordnance, 20,000 cartridges, 780 grenades and balls, 21,000 measures of flour, 801bs. of lead and 1501bs. of powder, with a great quantity of old muskets. The garrison, consisting lof 732 Turks and 92 Pandours, were made prisoners of war. Ten thousand Turks have already passed through this place on their way to Russia. 44 Amidst the horrors of war his Excellency Count Kamenskoi causes private property to be respected. He has ordered the restitution of a great quantity of merchandize, belonging to the Turks, that had been seized." FRANKFORT, JULY 30. Letters from Vienna assert, that the Austrian Go vernment has solemnly protested against the last pub lished Rescript of the Emperor of R ussia, claiming formal possession of the provinces of Moldavia and Wallachia. HANOVER, AUGUST 2. By a Royal Westphalian Decree on the (übject of the union of the Hanoverian territory it is ordered that a portion of the Duchy of Lauenburgh, contain ing a population of 15,000 souls, be ceded to the Em peror of the French, and it is to be added to the de partment of the Lower Elbe. COPENHAGEN, JULY 31. In the Baltic, three ships of war and two luggers. On the 28th the Admiral landed on the island of Sprogo from a British vessel. In the last week the English succeeded in taking several ships with cargoes on board from our harbours. The Swedish Cham berlain, Silverstolpe, has crossed the Sound, bearing dispatches from our Court. THE EVENING STAR. AMbTER DAM, AUGUST 6. The following Notice has been published here : " The Director of the Imperial Customs hastens to acquaint the Merchants, that a Decree of the Em peror and Sing, dated July 31, which has been just communicated to him by his Most Serene Highness the Arch-chancellor of the Empire, Duke of Placen tia, contains some modifications and alterations in the 7arif that have been already published, which are to be applied to the Colonial Produce already in Holland; and that the same Decree regulates the manner and periods of payment : he feels it to be his duty to make public this Decree, as well as the 7'arif, to put an end to the impatience of the Mercantile Classes : " Palace of St. Cloud, July 31, 1810. " Napoleon, by the Grace of Goo and the Constitution, Em. perer of the French, King of Italy, Protector of the Con. federation of the Rhine, Mediator of the Swiss Confede• racy, &e. &c. &e. " We have decreed, and do decree, as follow : " Aar. 1. The duty of fifty per cent. to which Colonial Pro duce in Holland is subject, by our Imperial Decree of the 9th July, 1810, is to be paid within the first fifteen days of Septem ber.—The Payments may be made in bonds, with sufficient se curity, taken for the amount of a third of the duty, at three, aix,and nine months. Those who are not disposed to avail them selves of this delay, and who are willing to pay in advance, will receive an abatement of one-half per cent. per month. " 2. The duty of fifty per cent. on the value will he collected according to the Schedule annexed to the present Decree. They, however. who will deliver in their declarations before the 15th of August will pay only forty per cent. instead of fifty ; that is to say, four-fifths of the duty imposed by the 'farif.—Such Colonial Produce as shall not be declared before the Ist of September, the term fixed by our Decree of the 9th of July, shall be seized and confiscated. Every proprietor or depositary, who shall not have made the preseribed declaration, shall be subject to the payment over and above of a sum equal to the value of the merchandise." VIENNA, JULY 27. A body of 30,000 Russians still remain quartered in the countries which Russia acquired by the last treaty between the courts of St. Petersburgh and Vienna. It is this day reported by persons who affect to have the best information with regard to the events of the war between the Russians and Turks, that the Rusian army, having attacked the Turks on thy 11th and 12th, sustained a consider Able loss ; but that having renewed their attack on the 16th, they succeeded in surrounding the Grand Vizier, and cut ting off the remains of his army. This intelligence, however, has no c.fficial character, mad of course re quires confirmation. PRESBURCH, JULY 29 We have just received intelligence from Wallachia that Rudschuk has surrendered. Czerni-George, on the 30th ultimo, advanced to Banja and Deligrad with a corps of 10,000 men.— He gave orders for repairing the works that were de stroyed in the vicinity of Deligrad. A number of the peasantry and 3000 of his troops were employed on the works. A letter from Bucharest says, that, subseqnent to the grand battle at Sebumla, the Grand Vizier conti nued his retreat towards Romelia, and that the Rus sian; were daily advancing further into Bulgaria. It was not, however, supposed that they would proceed ' of the considerable re march to join them. The the opening of the cam ' men. JULY 10. _ Baron d'Englehard, presi , a solemn thanksgiving LONDON. TUESDAY, AUGUST 21. PRICE OF srocKS THIS DAY NT ONE O'CLOCK 3 per Cent. Cons, money, 631—acc. 684. S per Cent. Reduced finl —4 per Cent. 81}. Navy 5 per Cent. 991i—Exchequer Bills par to 51. pr. Bonds 21s. 295. preen.—Omniuln if dis. PRICE OP STOCKS YESTERDAY. 3 per C. Red. 6110 I one Ann. ist 9.13 3 pre Cent. Cons. 610 Each. Bills is. 51. prem. 4 per Cent. 951 Lottery Tickets £22. 154. 5 per Cent. Navy 991 ii Cons. for acc. 681 A Gottenburgh Mail arrived this morning. How ever singular it may appear, GUSTAVUS AnoLi.nus, the Ex-King of Sweden, seems to have offered him self as a Candidate to fill the throne of that kingdom once more. By the following accounts, he seems to be on his way from his late retirement to the North of Europe : nrich f a rther until the arrival c intorcements now on their mar loss of the Russians, since the paign, is calculated at 20,000 BUCHAREST, it By order of the General Ban dent of the Divan of Wallachia, LEIPSIC, JULY so. LISBON MAIL It is said that 13,000 of the Imperial Guards have arrived at Burgos; these it is supposed must be the force which was at Castrol Pol, and that they have retrograded to Burgos. We may shortly expect to hear of their being at Ciudad Rodrigo ; no doubt they will be sent to the southward to assist Regnier. Loisson is at Gillegos, and Sir B. Spencer at Al ' versa. Count Von Gottorp, Gustavus Adolphus, arrived here to-day—he continues his journey by way of Ber lin, where I.e will arrive to-morrow. JULY 29.—1 t is reported here, that 25,000 men are on the route for Braganza to enter Tras os Montes. The Portuguese troops are ready to march at a mo ment's notice. We every instant expect to hear of a battle having been fought. Porlier has been obliged to embark his band of Patriots from Biscay. JULY 31.—The campaign was opened last by Lois. son attacking, on the bridge of Coa, the light brigade under the orders of General Crawford. Loisson had 20b0 infantry, 12 squadrons of cavalry, and fourteen pieces of artillery ; Crawford the 52d, 43d, and 95th British, and Ist and 3d Portuguese light infantry.— The action commenced at five and lasted till half past nine. It was extremely sharp, and more resem bled a general battle than a skirmish. We lost 250 men and 23 Officers. The Portuguese fought like lions, more particularly the 3d, Colonel Elder's regi ment. On the 20th the enemy entered Pinhel ; on the 28th, Francoza. We are therefore now in hourly expectation of hearing of a general action ; and Guarda appears to be the most desirable and best position for our army. Our last letters from Celerico are of the 28th, at which place General Beresford had his head-quarters; and our army was to march on that evening for the Pass of Ponte de Marcello, close to Guarda. Junot's division, about 21,000, will enter by Braganza; and as the left of the militia (Northern) division was only nine leagues from the enemy, probably, ere this, some fighting has taken place. General Hill was at Astorga on the 24th. It is thought that Regnier only detached a part of his troops to the northward. BADAJOZ, JULY 30. A letter worthy of credit states, that the enemy fired the town of Almazan. Our light parties killed 500 of his troops on the bridge, but, having been re. inforced from Serca, the French entered the place, sacked it, and committed all kinds of excess. LISBON, AUGUST s. The most recent intelligence from Spain states, that the French force which attacked General Craw. ford's division, near Almeida. consisted of 10,000 men ; that Massena was present, and that the troops commanded by General Crawford did not exceed 4000 men. The combined force there repulsed the enemy with the bayonet, who endeavoured to force the bridge. The artillery of the British inflicted a severe loss on the French. Some French parties that ad vanced and entered Pinhel, are said to have left it again, as they found it deserted by all the families which had any valuable articles to save. The place of Almeida, which the enemy has now invested, is not one of those which surrender at the mere appearance of an enemy's corps, but is, in every respect, able to sustain a long siege. The Governor of Almeid,t is Brigadier-General Cox, an Officer of distinguished talents and valour, and who for that reason was selected t% command, in that important place, a brave garrison sufficient to defend it. He it supported by a numerous army, composed of the troops of two gallant nations, which are strangers to pet fidy and treason, love honour, detest cowardice, and are commanded by a General who is respected by the enemy on account of his great tried military talents. AUGSBURGH, JULY 26. This morning at eight o'clock arrived here Gustavus' Adolphus, under the assumed name of Count Got torp ; he took the route for Saxony. The Count was chearful and polite with every one. Before setting out he walked through the principal streets of the city, dressed in a grey coat ; he travels in a four-seated carriage, and his whole suite consists of ts'o livery servants, who sit on the box. Paris Papers to the 13th instant arrived last night. They contain some accounts from the East of Europe. According to these, the general action between the Turks and Russians, which took place near Schulma, as we stated yesterday, Listed three days. On the two first (the 11th and 12th ultimo) the Turks had decidedly the advantage ; but the Russians are said to have renewed the engagement on the 161 h, when they totally defeated the former. This final result of the operations is, however, given on authority which is acknowledged to be rather questionable. An Envoy from the United States, to succeed General ARMSTRONG, has arrived in France. On the 24th of last month General Loison, who commands the investing army, mistaking the Gover nor of Almeida for a Portuguese General, sent him' a fulminatin (intimation) to surrender the place, full of invectives against the English, and of attempts to prove that the English despise the Portuguese—con sider Portugal as an English province, and will cer tainly betray her cause, as fey have done that of Spain. It does not appear that the enemy has made any progress since, nay it seems probable that he means to raise the investment of Almeida. The last intelli gence from Spain does not mention any military ope ration of moment in that quarter. AUGUST 4, We have received intelligence by the telegraph, that the enemy have retired from Pinhel, crossed the Coa, and taken the road to Val de la Mula, and thence to Val de Almeida. We expect a confirma tion of this by a courier. It is certain that the corps of General Beresford having joined that of Marshal- In another part of our publication we have given ample extracts from these journals. By letters from Holland it appears that the Dutch, so far from expecting any relief to the oppressions un der which their commerce has so long groaned, are apprehensive that the new arrangements, so far from ameliorating will increase their sufferings. Napo- Leon was expected to be at Amsterdam as yesterday ; and domiciliary visits are expected immediately to follow for the purpose of ascertaining the quantity of colonial produce subject to di, new duties. j .o esera l L or d W e lli n gton, near Celeri c o, t h e enemy ---t did not dare to accept the battle which was O ff ere d hNo confirmation has yet been received of t he batt le him. The head-quarters of the latter have advanced between the Allied Army and the French, of which from Celerico to Alverca. a rumour bad reached Corunna before the NIMROD 1 According to accounts from Braganza, of the date left that port. of the 25th of July, General Junot arrived at Za. man on the 22d, and troops were marching for that The Walsingham packet has arrived at Falmouth with a mail from Lisbon. But having left that port place from Salamanca. On the 23d an enemy' s force of 8 or 9000 men, with eight pieces of artillery, so long ago as the .sth instant, the accounts she brings ca n neither contradict nor confirm the report brought made its appearance on the left bank of the Dou ro , by the NIMROD, which states the action to have taken in Ftathosa, and the neighbouring places, ti l l place on the 7th. I threatened to pass the Dourc. The accounts brought by this mail relate princi.l There was firing on both sides; it appears, how. ever, that it was their intention to pass at Zamor a. pally to events already known, but some of' the par - General Kellerman has arrived at Benevente. To. titulars now given are new and therefore interesting. —The accounts from Spain, received by this convey . . day $6 deserters have been sent off for the B r i t i s h ante, are to the 31st ultimo. army, and more are expected this evening. OPORTO, JULY 27.. _ By accounts from Badajoz, dated 31st July, we learn, that 400 French of the corps of Regnier, who passed the left bank of the Tagus in the boats of Al. canete, in order to reconnoitre, were totally routed by Brigadier Don C. Hispanha, who had left Albu querque for that point. The Spanish division of Ot. neral O'Donnell likewise marched from Albuquerque for Caceres on the 29th inst. To-day he will be in Truzillo, and thence march to Almaraz. The day before yesterday accounts were received that some enemy's cavalry had entered Ronquilho.— It is said to be the advanced guard of a corps of 8000, which, under the command of Mortier, have entered Estremadura. Fifteen hundred men, infantry and cavalry, from the army of the Isle of Leon, have disembarked at A yamente. According to accounts from Badajos of the 81st of July, the French have sent 5000 sick from the Isle ' of Leon to Seville. They have a great number of sick in that city, almost all of malignant fevers, and mut. bens die daily. The remains of the late Earl BIRIRLZT were depo sited in the family vault at Berkeley, on Wednesiay. The funeral procession consisted of the present Earl, two gentlemen leading two of the younger children, the Corporation of Berkeley, and his Lordship's te nants. Letters were yesterday received by a ship from Tar. ragona, after a voyage of only about 16 days. At this very late date the French had made no progress in their attempts upon the East of Spain, and for. tosa and Tarragona were expected to make a vigo. rous defence whenever the French should think pro. per to commetrce the siege they had so long threa. tened. By the same opportunity dispatches, we ur. derstand, were obtained by Government from Gene. rid Donx. Letters.from Bilboa and Santander state, that se. rious consequences had resulted from the late daring expedition under POHLIER. The French, as a punish ment on the Biscayans, have levied a contribution of 3,500,000 reals, and twelve thousand mea have been marched from Victoria, to occupy the different towns and ports cf that unfortunate province. A person who left Santander on the 4th instant, describes in painful terms the condition of that town and the ad jacent country, in consequence of French exactions and oppressions. Letters received from the Baltic state, that the ves sels which were detained in the ports id Prussia, on suspicion of being laden with English property, are likely to be released on paying 50 per cent. A Gentleman from Gottenburgh, who qaitted that port on the Bth of the present month, states. that previous to that time intellgence bad been received of an order at Christiansand for the release of all Ame rican vessels brought in there, which had not been taken when under the guard of a British convoy. In consequence of that regulation three ships of the unit. ed States, with valuable cargoes, had been released, and it was hoped that this concession would be made throughout all the ports of Norway. An opinion ge nerally prevailed, that the King of DENMARK would be the successful candidate for the succession to the Swedish Throne. A letter from Rostock gives unfavourable accounts of the state of affairs at that port. It appears that measures of great severity had been resortei to in that harbour against all American ships, and that none of them were permitted to land any part of their cargoes. Mr. Mtmao PARRS.—We mentioned two days ago that accounts of the safety of this intrepid traveller had arrived. We now feel much salisfaction in com municating the intelligence contained in the following extract, and trust that the hopes which it holds forth will be speedily realized : Extract of a letter from Colonel MAXWELL, dated Government. House, Senegal, 4th July, 1810, to the hetet !Aar of the AFRICAN INSTITUTION. _ " I have just received information from Guree, that Mr. LaPoarn, of that Island, was, on the 27th of March last, at C-, and had there met with $ Toucaloor, who informed him, that a month before he had seen Mr. MUMS* PARKE, in a village, the name of which has escaped the memory of Mr. LAPORTE; that he was very well, but alone, having lost all his companions ; that he intended to return to the coast by Galam to Senegal, it being a shorter route from where he was than by the Gambia. If he is really in existence, and has been seen by the Toucaloor, he probably adopted this resolution owing to the dis curbed state in which the upper part of the Gambia it, on account of war between the " It is much to be lamented that Mr. LAPORIi was not more precise in his inquiries; there WAS ano ther inhabitant of Goree with him, w ho, he says, has more particulars than himself, as he speaks the IMP guage of the Toucaloor ; this person, Mr. PIONANDs has not yet returned from Gambia. I will transmit to you the earliest intelligence on the subject which I receive. If this rumour is true, I shall feel parties• larly delighted to have the pleasure of receiving PARKS, and to forward h:m to his native land." Fmar.—Saturday Camberwell Fair commenced with music, dancing, and the usual merriment. The general spectacle is much superior to the fair of last y ar. A number of genteel spectators were present. The fair at Parson's (~reed was also attended. 3 f e k 1, r. I .