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PARIS PAPERS. UProm.the Monnear (If Tuesday.-05cial Part.] ARMY OF THE PYRENEES. :REPORT FROM MARSHAL TUE DUKE OF REGGIO TO TILE SECRETARY AT WAR. :MADRID, AUGUST 13. • "'MONSEIGNEUR—Lieut.-Gen. Count Bourcke ~ .reports, that the artillery which he had brought zfronsi•Ferrol are in battery, and that by the 6th of - this , month he would be ready to commence :thing on'Corunna. His plan was to summon the place agairLbefore commencing the cannonade, Witicis would take place immediately after the -.return of the flag of trtice, if the Governor per •,tiited in his refusal to surrender. "-Gen. Morillo, with" Gen. Lerochejacquelin, it r having dispersed the Constitutional bands T.lor ~Patiarea and aoselio, ,Governor of Orense, entered Vigo, where they , found a great deal of artillery. Gen. Bourcke only learnt this news on the sth; he was informed-also that Wilson and Quiroga, Who had repaired to that city in the "tope of raising the province of Trix, butt em- barked the same morning. .•-• 44 Not to give the enemy time to reconnoitre, Generals Morillo and Larochejacquelin marched on Bayonne, a small,place on the sea-coast, at the' extremity of Galicia, which probably will not hold out longer than Vigo. Thence they will move ran Tuy, which, they will occupy. f' Every march produces great desertion in the rinks ritthe Constitutionalists. General Bonrcke proposes to make General Marguerie march with his brigade, so as to arrive by tit. Martin de 44oirogrt and %La Puebla de Santa Bria, at Lugo on the sth, whence he will fall back on Orense. '44 By this means the enemy will be placed be. tweets two fires, and cannot reach Castile. Gen. Marguerie will afterwards return to ,Ferrol with the 35th regiment, destined to form the garrison of that place. " The Captain-General of Old Castile (Chas. O'Donnel) reports that 27 Royalist peasants of Villa de Ciervos attacked, on the 27th July last, in the environs of that town, 42 cavalry of the . regiment of Algarve, commanded by a brother of the'Empecinado, and, in spite of the resistance they opposed, took 36 of them prisoners, with their arms and horses. Two were killed, and '.the Chief, with three others, crossed into Portia gal, where they were arrested. They have all been conducted to..Valladolid. " Marshal Commandant in Chief of the First Corps, " OUDINOT, Duke of Reggio." • GENERA'. ORDER. " His Royal 'Highness the General in Chief has witnessed with the most lively satisfaction the brilliant success that has been obtained in every rencontre with the enemy, and particu larly on the 15th July at Lorca, on the 25th at Guadalhuer. Lana, istal on the -28tfrarCanpillo de Arenas. The troops of all classes have proved that they know how to unite great va. lour to the most perfect discipline. His Royal Highness has also witnessed the zeal and the constancy which the Officers and soldiers have never ceased to display during long and diffi. cult. marches : he congratulates, their Generals, and particu . 'ha ' y the Commander in Chi e f, Count Molito r , who has so well justified the confid e nc e the Kin g ha s pl a ced i n his courage and devotion. " Head-quarters, And War, 9th August, 1023. " Major-General Count GUILLEMINOT." PARIS, AUG. 19. Yesterday Monsieur, ac companied by Madame the Duchess de Berry, his Royal highness the Duke of Cumberland, the brother of the King of England, the Prince of SOIMN, and a brilliant Staff,repaired to the Champ de Mars to witness the review of the troops that were assernblN, to the number of 9000 men. The-troops defiled before them in great order. t'ro . t7rn the Journal des Debuts.) [HY AN EXTRAORDINARY COURIER.] 'MAnnrn, A u can hear nothing of importance I 11 after the arrival of the Duke d'Angonleme. at adiz, which will take place in the night of the lath and 17th. If, however, ,y'ou.wish to hear the. on this, here they are. it is said that an estafette, bringing good news, passed through • Madrid •yesterday, coming from head.quarters, but left no intelligence behind.; that on the 6th an emissary-was sent from Cadiz to General BourdesOulle, -which not being ac. center], aiether emissary was sent with new pro posals on the following . day—that Gen. Alava. ,his been superseded, tried, and condemned to death—that the Duke of Wanted° and the Mi nister of Foreign Affairs, M. Stiez ) are to set out from Madrid for Port St. Mary—that the Re gency has given orders to the different Courts of Justice to set all prisoners at liberty who have .riot been confined by their orders. (From the. Courier Franeuir. ?Ants, AuG. B.—The Quotidienne informs us .that " some men, well known for their revolts. 'tionary opinions, having had the imprudence tt show themselves in public, were the victims of the false news that Cadiz had surrendered, which 'but for the prudent conduct of Marshal Oudinot might have endangered public tranquillity ' • one person was killed and eleven wo u nded." From this - it is evident, that the murderers were not criminal—the guilt belonged to them who were killed, having been so imprudent as to shew themselves in the street. We have before heard that when a militiaman, Or the relation of a Joilitiaman, was discovered, he was led off to prison. We now see that the Constitutionalists who show themselves:. in public are massacred. , Hunted and arrested if. they conceal themselves, assastinated if they come abroad, what are they to do to obtain that security so solemnly promis ed to those who remained tranquil at their homes ?. PERPIGNAN, AUOUST 1 1 .—The division of Cu. tial continues the blockade of Barcelona.—On the Ist of August the Pletlinontese Colonel San' . Nazas was shot in Barcelona at ten o'clock, con victed of having kept bp a correspondence with Site French, to introduce them into the place, in consideration of a sum of money. On the sth, at noon, Dr. Francis rigoia ) cu rt ; of Bl anes was also executed (he was arrested some month; ago, and convicted of intelligence with the French). Other executions have taken place. These ,persons made signals to- the French at night, by alternately lighting and extinguishing a lantern. General Mina is entirely recovered. lie la bours continually. The '2Bth of July he was at a patriotic assembly. He ascended the tribune, and after having, by a very energetic speech, ex cited the enthusiasm of all the assembly, he an• pounced that in the month of August a great Power will interfere and bring them aid. SPAIN. r%TDACT or A LETTEit, DATED MADRID, 3131/V3O. " Two days ago the French Generalissimo left this place for Andalusia, taking with him his Staff, -Civil as well as Mili tary, the remnant of the Guards and • other troop s in all about 4,000 men. All kinds of preparations have been made for his reception along the line he is to travel ; and from all appeal:- ances he intends to enjoy himself on the road, and not travel ,so quickly as he was accustomed to do, so he will not have to tell his good wife of his 'hard riding. General Molitor is or tiered to meet him before he reaches Seville, and as soon as the Duke gets to his journey's end, a Council of War will be held, attended by the several Generals and the French Admiral, in which the ulterior operations will be discussed. The defence and tranquillity of this place is now confided to Oudinot, who has with him about 3,000 Frenchmen; anti it is thought Que =la's division will also come into quarters here, if the Regency can only muster money enough' to put uniforms on their backs, as hitherto his men were literally sans-culottes, and their com pany so totally disdained by the French troops that they will not mount guard with them. Whether the Regency will he able to make up money enough to clothe these their worthy sup porters, or not, remains to be seen, for it very hard times with them, they being unable to collect the smallest atom of revenue, so that theirs has the reality of a Government in no other sense than in issuing long Decrees, which are not read beyond the pre cincts of the town. They trial to get a subscription to clothe these hireling•, but the good people of Madrid were not liberal enough to untie their purse-strings, which chews that they are no great favourites. All the fanatic clergy Men, nevertheless, sup. ported them with theirpreaching and prayers, although they were not disposed to let them have money. The Regency cannot, therefore, be said to have more for their defence than 6,000 men, and this in a town where a spark—h mere trifle—would produce a commotion similar to the one of the famous 2d of May, when the women were seen hurling all the missiles they could collect on the tops of the houses down on the French in the streets. Some apprehensions are, therefore, entertained for the safety of the Regency, more particularly by the Members themselves, as El Empccinado hovers near us, and Lopez 13a nos is advancing from the direction of Estramadura. The Regency are in fact in high dudgeon at the Duke, and they do not disguise their feelings. Among their friends they give out that the French are going to sacrifice them, and take pos session of the country as conquerors, notwithstanding their dis interested professions. The departure of the Duke for Anda lusia has given rise to a thousand conjectures ; but all his partisans agree that he goes for the purpose of entering into negotiations, and has some hopes of succeeding. These hopes, however, are not so much founded on expected treachery, for of this the French are a little tired, they have found it expen- sive, and that it does not answer the end proposed. They are also now sensible that the enterprise is beyond their means, and besides, they have discovered many things which prove that the support of a band of traitors is a very rotten one. They would now be glad to come to some compromise before the war becomes national, so as to get out of the scrape without being laughed at by the rest of Europe, A few weeks ago, nothing would have done but the surrender of the King's person, the dissolution of the present Government, and the formation of a new one, in short, the complete re-establishment of absolute and despotic power. They have since found that the clamours of a few do not constitute the voice of the nation,, and that the latter will not support this monstrosity. They now discover that they have been deceived, and also that Russia was not very sincere in impelling them on In the war. Some of the French Officers with the Duke early saw that the acts of the Regency would soon drag them anti himself, too, to a precipice, and he complained and remonstrated, but to no effect. It seemed as if the Regency had assumed the command for no other purpose than to let loose the vilest passions. This created a coldness between the Duke and the Regency, and soon after it was dis covered that the Russian Minister had more influence with them than any one else and that they acted by his indirect ad vice and Instigations. It was also found out, that a basis had been laid for certain transfers to Russia, as well in the terranean as in California, and a strong jealousy and distrust was the result. It had been the policy of the Russian Minister for the Regency to act independent of the French, and he has not failed to excite strong suspicions as to their ulterior views. These intrigues, and the several attempts to assassinate the Duke, as much as any thing else, determined him to quit a residence that afforded him nothing but disgust, and in doing this, he has sworn to overturn the Regency the first fa vourable opportunity." , MADRID, AUG. 7.—Those who calcUlated on the probity, the perseverence, and the military Or talents of Hal lasteros, have been mistaken. His being a communero induced the violent party in the Cortes to' give hint the command. — Among the conditions that he told made with Gerieral Molitor, one is, that his troops shall tint be employed against the national forces of any party, yet a great number of officers, subalterns, and soldiers, have offered their services to the Regency. This event has caused at Madrid a sensation which it is im passible to describe, and given rise to reports of the speedy deliverance of the ding, not in consequence of any amicable ar rangement, but of the inevitable flight of the Cortes. How. ever, if we give credit to these predictions, and supposing the King to he delivered as soon as is expected, it is possible that a general pacification may not so soon he expected, unless some concessions are made to the opposition party, because the number of persons implicated is so considerable, and the pre sence of a foreign army will always serve as a pretext for ex citing discontent ; for though the discipline of the French is above all praise, though they scrupulously pay for every thing, and may in the end exhaust themselves, party spirit, obsti. nacy, and poverty, will never cease among the Spaniards.— The Regency has recourse to requisitions to support its army; the French troops share them in some degree, and the loan of 50 millions, contracted by 111. Erro, is destined in a great mea sure to indemnify the treasury of Paris for the advances made to the Regency, independently of the enormous ex pences of the French army. It is calculated that the sum of 200 millions of reels, in Spanish money, has been sent from France since the month of January, and that the sum of 100 millions of francs, French money, is actually in circulation in the Peninsula. It is reported that the Duke d'Angouletne, referring to ac. counts which he had received from Cadiz, has asked the assist. ance of the English Cabinet to save the Royal Family from the terrible effects of a conspiracy carrying on there ; and that in consequence of these urgent representations, Sir. W..A'Court was to go to The affair of Ballasteros so entirely engages people's minds, that we hear little of what is doing elsewhere. The Prince continues his journey to Cadiz without obstacle. All is quiet on the left of the Ebro. The removal of the line of custom. houses to that river has given great activity to the trade, of the three Biscay= provinces and Navarre ; their intercourse with France is increased in an extraordinary degree, and French goods of all kinds pass- almost freely to the Castiles and to the capital, where commerce begins to revive. !ire are tranquil at Madrid, only impatient for the conse quences of the convention with Billasteros. BAYONNE, Auo. 13.—Some Royalists arrived yesterday at Bordeaux from Saragossa ; they give an unfavourable account of the state of that city. liom which they have fled. The French Governor. they say, - had solicited a reinforcement of 1,500 men, that he might be able to restrain the people who re fused to set at liberty the prisoners, and to recognise the French !unitary authority. Three thousand families are stated to have quitted the city, and the number of persons imprisoned is said to he 1,100. The band of Montilla (who is dead) entered Calahara on the 2d, and levied a large contribution on the Chapter ; that of Chel'alingetia was on the sth in the mountains of Estella, in Navarre, pursued by the soldiers of the Faith. The season is not favourable for the formation of these bands, gad the inhabi tants do not at all favour them, especially istsce the privileges of the three provinces on the left of the Ebro have been re stored. The summons made by Marshal Lauristen to Santona, St. Sebastian and Patupeluna has availed nothing'. The puch elm of Ango uleme expects to see her august consort by the end of September: not that she is going to meet him, but her Royal Highness is of opinion that the affairs of the Peninsubt will be shortly terminated. TURKEY AND GREECE. Tinos, JULY -8 . -- Notwithstanding the formal intentions which the Turks had manifested, to attempt, when the fine season should arrive, some important enterprises in the Archipelago, no event of any importance has marked the appear ance of their fleet in these seas. The following are the most remarkable circumstances. The Porte had assembled, at a great e'xpence, an army at Scala Nova, opposite Samos, toattack and reduce that island, the situation of which makes it important. This army has been .beaten and dispersed by a handful of Saminns. While Mussalmen, waiting for their fleet, threatened to make of Samos anoth e r Sel o , those brave islanders landed one night on the coast of Asia, to the number of.about 2,000 men. Favoured by the darkness, they approached the enemy's camp, and put the Turks completely to the route. A sin gular stratagem which they employed did not a little contribute to spread confusion in the camp: at the moment of this unexpected attack, thirty men, placed on an eminence, and provided with speaking-trumpets, cried, with all their might, " Heaven confounds in its anger the monsters who thirst for Christian blood." Awakened in the middle of the night by the sound of an in strument almost unknow n to the Asiatic Turks, and brisklyattacked, the Mussulmen were seized, with such terror that they fled in all directions, abandoning their camp to the discretion of the enemy. _ _ The Capitan Parini, who was previously salt] to intend to attack Samos, did not even approach that island. He has only taken about 8,000 Asia tics on board his fleet, and passed through the Archipelago with great precipftation. The eagerness with which the• Asiatic Turks have of fered themselves to go and combat in Europe against the Greeks, excited the attention of the Ipsariots. They landed 8,000 troops, which at tacked all the towns on the coast, from Cape Baba,to the environs of Smyrna, that the Turks may not again think of leaving their own homes. Among the very numerous prisoners whom they took onboard their squadron, are several families of distinction, whose relations already offer large sums for their ransom. ODESSA, JULY 27.—According to the last news from Constantinople, nothing interesting had passed there since the fire which we have al ready spoken of. It is said that, during the disaster, tranquillity was preserved as far as is possible in such circumstances. Accounts from the neighbourhood of Smyrna state, that great alarm prevailed there . , because the Greeks threatened a landing. It was hoped, however, that the arrival of Ibrahim Pacha from Bujukdere, would make the Greeks desist from their daring enterprize. Pit I cr, 0: Tiir# DA Y AT Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Bed B32i 3 per Cent. Cons. ....... Bn 34 per Cent. Old ...... 100.4/i 4 per Cent. 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Stock, :li per ct 92 j —...DittoStock — Gov. Deb. 4 per cent. Boni Canal Stock Gov. Deb. 6 per cent. - -Stock, 4 per cent. ----New 2 - 2 h Pipe Water Deb. 5 per ct. Treasury Bills, 5 per cent. Do. 6 per cent. City Debentures, J per cc. Ballast Office Govt. Sec. Lying in Hospital 4 per cc. 5 per cent. Exchange on London, Aug. 18, IL 111011 WATER AT LONDO. Morning•, kniinutes after 3. , BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Evening, 20 minutes after 3. THE MICROSCOPE. Many of those who purchase microscop es are sa little acquainted with their general and extensive usefulness, anti so much at a loss for objects to examine by.them, that a f ter diverting their friends some few times with what they find in the slides which generally accompany the instrument, or per . baps with two or three common objects, the microscope is laid aside as of little further virtue; whereas no instrument has yet appeared in the world capable of affording so constant, various, anti satisfactory an entertainment to the mind. Of this a re cent observer has furnished its with the following very curious particulars On examining the edge of a very keen razor, by the sniera. scope, it appeared as broad a s th e b ac k part of a very thick knife ; rough, uneven, full of notches and furrows, and so far front any thing like sharpness, that an instrument so blunt as this seemed to be, would not serve even to cleave wood. An exceedingly small needle being also examined, the point thereof appeared above a quarter of an inch In breadth ; not round nor fiat, bat irregular and unequal ; and the surface, though extremely smooth and bright to the naked eye, seemed full of ruggedness, holes, and scratches. In short, it resembled an iron bar out of a smith's forge. A small piece of exceeding fine lawn appeared, from the large distances or holes between its threads, somewhat like a hurdle or a lattice ; and the threads themselves seemed somewhat coarser than the yarn with which lopes are made for anchors. But a silkworm's web being examined, appeared ,perfectly smooth and shining, every where equal, and as much finer than any thread the finest spinner in the world ever made, as the smallest twine is finer than the thi c k est ca bl e . A po d of this silk being wound oft; was found to contain nine hun.. dred and thirty yards; but it is proper to take notice, that as two threads are glued together by the worm, through its whole length, it makes really double the above number, or one thousand eight hundred and sixty yards; which, being weigh. ed with the utmost exactness, were found no heavier than two grains and a half. What an exquisite fineness was here ! and yet this is nothing when compared to the web of a sm a ll s pid er , or even with the silk that 'sissued from the mouth of this very worm, when but newly hatched front the egg. Let us examine things with a good microscope, and we shall be immediately convinced that the utmost power of art is only a concealment of deformity, an . imposition upon our want of sight; and that our admiration of it arises from our ignorance of what it really is. This valuable discovery of truth will prove the most boasted performances of art to be ill-shaped, rugged, and uneven, as if they were hewn with an axe, or struck out with a mallet and chissel ; it will chew bungling, inequality, and imperfections in every part, and that the whole is disproportionate and monstrous. Our finest miniature painting appeared before this instrument as mere danbings plastered on with a trowel, and entirely void of beauty, 'either in the drawing or the colouring. Our most shining varnishes, our smoothest polishings, will be found to be mere roughness, full of gaps and Haws. IMPOSITION OF A FINE FOR REFUSING TO TAKE A JUDICIAL ()ATM—A t the Cork City Criminal Court, on Saturday last, the 16th inst., Mr. CON. NELL, a pawnbroker, Was culled on the trial of three noted thieves, to give evidence respecting some itolers articles which had been pledged at his shop. On being put into the witness box, he declined being sworn; on the grounds of reli gious scruples. Ilardn PENNEVAT/Inn.—Are you a Quaker, Sir ? Mr. Connell.--No, . my Lord, but I have a scruple relative to the taking a n oat h Baron PENNEFATDER.--,The Court will recognize no such sczuplea—a Pawnbroker should be the lust person to have scruples for taking an oath, 'when so much depends on him in his line of life to detect persons. g ord Mr. Connell appealed to the Rev. Dr. Quarry, who was sit., tin near his l ship, "and that Rev. Gentleman replied that he knew hint to have those scruples, and knew hint before to make objections. Baron PE NNE . PATIIEIt said he must commit him for con tempt of Court, unless he gave testimony, as he had no idea of having public justice defeated in such a manner. Mr. Connell said he would be sorr to treat the Court with contempt. but would respectfully submit to whatever punish ment his Lordship thought proper to inflict. Baron PENNErsTIIErt.--Infiteadof committing this person, let him be tined 100/.--4, Cork Constitution. TIP herri ng fi s hi ng con tinues to be . successful on the coast of the W est Hi g hlands. In Lochuirn, the (wan. tity was s o great, as st a t e d . by an eye witness. that shoals of y them wertuoriting on shore ; they are very fa t, bu t rather smitll in size. A Considerable uantit wa s caught last week at Kin tail; and th ere never was a better appwance of a good fishing on the CODA!: of Skye. We have this forenoon received the following intelligence from LLOYD'S, by tOtitli it appears that Corunna and Vigo have fallen into the hands of the French : LISBON, Auo. 9.—Sir ItonEwr WILSON ar. rived here a few days ago, on his way to Gib raltar, in a small English schooner from Vigo.— The French army was entering that place when she sailed. This morning, by another arrival, we learn that Comma has capitulated. Three Por tuguese brigs of war sailed from hence a few days ago, with stores for the French fleet and army at Cadiz and Seville. In our preceding' columns we have given ex tracts of Paris Papers, and other articles of Foreign Intelligence. THE SUN. SOLR.V QUIS MCBEE IPALSUM .tUDE.IT LONDON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 22, 1823. (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) CITY, Twelve o'clock. —Consols opened this morning at 82.-3 k, at which they have been steady, with little business doing...—Private letters from Paris received yesterday state, that the French Government do not expect any thing of im portance from Cadiz for some days. Fon - max MARICET.—A notice has been posted up this morning, signed by Admiral JAaET, the Spanish Ambassador, stating that he is informed that the Spanish Comissioners still persist in issuing Spanish Certificates of Itentes, in defiance of his Orders fo the contrary, and that they have ordered a number to be presented at Paris, for the purpose of fulfilling an alleged contract with Messrs. and Campbell, and in conse quence cautioning the British public against pur chasing the, said certificates. Our present Paper contains an account of ano ther pretended miracle by Prince HOHENLOUE The authenticity of this new wonder is vouched for by no less a person than Dr. MURRAY, the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Dublin ! We have hitherto taken no notice of the lying pre tensions to. the-ezercise of supernatural power, which have lately been so ostentatiously put forth by some of the more zealous adherents of the Church of Itome. We have been silent upon the subject, from a feeling of mingled dis. gust and contempt,—disgust at the impudence and effrontery with which the authenticity of the alleged miracles has been asserted—and contempt for the worker of miracles, his confederates, and his adherents. It isimpossible that at this time of day the sanity of the public mind can be endanger. ed by artifices so gross, or that even a single indivi. dual of sound understanding should be imbued with the new superstition which HottErmottc is en deavouring to excite. At first view, therefore, it seemed to be the more judicious course to suffer the folly to have its run, and to permit the small number of weak,spirits, whom its progress might carry into darkness, to take that fate for which alone, perhaps, they were by their own imbecillity prepared. But on more mature consideration, perhaps no evil should be deemed too insignificant to deserve the trouble of correc• tion, nor any imposture too gross and absurd not to require an effort, however slight, for its expo. sure. If Prince HOHENLOHE possesses the mira culous power to which he lays claim, the efficacy of his, work depends on the holiness and sanctity of his orcti character, and of the means which /w employs, and not on the sanctity of the palie4ts on whom his power is to operate. The miracles of CHRIST and his Apostles were indifferently worked on the penitent and impenitent,—on the Jew, the Gentile, and the new Convert to Chris tianity. The miraculous augmentation of the loaves and fishes was for the purpose of feeding a in; ed multitude of persons, w ithout consideration of the respective merits or demerits of the in- dviduats who were assembled. The water be came wine, not in consequence of any virtue in the water, but by virtue of the Divine power wielded by the Agent in its conversion. The mi raculous power, when it exists, therefore, being essentially the property of the miraculous Agent, and not, in any degree, of the subjects on which it is to be exerted, it follows that a single failure in an attempt to work a miracle, is a proof, positive and undeniable, that the claim to the exercise of supernatural power is unfounded and spurious, and is alone sufficient to outweigh the seeming evidence of other alleged miracles performed by the pretender, how strongly soever they may appear to be authenticated. Now, applying this unerring test to the assertion of a miraculous power by Prince liouENtouts, we shall see, that, by his own confession, there is arrayed against the spurious evidence of every one of his pretended miracles, a whole multitude of proofs that he 10 nothing more than a fanatic quack or a bungling impostor ! lie says that the applications to hial • by persons seeking to be cured by his means,-are so numerous that he has found it necessary tO perform the mass and put up his prayers,br all the applicants contained in a given district, at once:! It is not even pretended that more than a single person, here and there,—(in all some half dozen perhaps)—has ever derived any benefit, from his spiritual nostrum !—Where it is only alleged that he has succeeded once, therefore, it is proved and admitted that he has FAILED A THOUSAND TIMES,-- and that the very same mass,—and the very same prayers,—which are falsely stated to have cured MARY STUART, have been utterly inefficatious as respects all the rest of the sufferers for whom they were performed and offered up! There are many other grounds on which the spuriousness of these modern miracles might be demonstrated ; but we think that that which we have already taken is sufficient for the downfal of the impos ture, in the estimation even of the weakest and most credulous of those who may have hitherto been its dupes ! TILE DECCAN BOOTY.—We hope there is no truth in the report, that a certain Asiatic Knight is endeavouring to depreciate the value of the booty taken from the Mahratta Powers and the Pindarees, during the late war in India ! If he is, we can easily understand the motives which have influenced him to do so ; but we trust that he feels too sensibly the justness of the claims of the troops to do any thing which will in the most remote degree tend to retard or lessen the bounty, which His MAJESTY is desirous that they should receive fOr their bravery and disci pline, and which it is likewise the East India Company's int eres t an d d uty to promote, on ac count of the vast accession of territory and re venue which they have received from the success ful and glorious termination of the late war in • the Deccan. NEW DUTCH LOAN FOR 6,600,0001. STERLING. —Many of our readers may have seen the pro spectus, or heard of the conditions, of the above. Loan, which was to have been brought forward. in the Stock Exchange in London on the first day of next month, having a bonus of a Dutch Lottery Ticket attached to each subscription of 1000 guilders, which, being contrary to the pro visions of several Acts of Parliament, came within the immediate cognizance of the Lottery Secretary, M r . flEssE, who has stopped in //mine the progres s o f t h e L oan ; an d we m a y ventu re to say, and we believe, that a' notice has been given this day at the Stock Exchanze that the bargains for it were void, on account (if the Lie gality above mentioned. The KING rode out in his pony elai ie ott Wednesday last, FRANKFORT AUG. 14.—Field-Marshal Connt Walmoden anti General Count Osterman Tolstoy, Al&de- Camp to the Emperor of Russia, arrived here on the 10th.--- The Statesman, a Journal printed at Offenbach, has Jo: t been prohibited in Austria.—The Duke Dccazes arrived here yesterday, with his family, on his return from Denmark.—A. Letter from Larissa has been received at Belgrade, which Sal S that the Packs of Adrianople has been as roughly handled at the Thermopylce as Chourachid Paella was last year. BRUSSELS, AUGUST 16.—The journey of the Prince and Princess of Orange to St. Petersburgh, which has been spoken of for some time, appears to be fixed for the month of September next.—Count Agoult, late Minister of France, in Sweden, Is expected here shortly, to fill the same post at our Court. Letters of the Bth instant, received yesterday from Bilboa, state that the authorities and prin cipal inhabitants of that place had transmitted an address to the Regency at Madrid, praying for tl t 1 1 1 : 10 e gtu r i e asis e t i s ot t n a h b et 1 i pi s rt h o m isi e hn n oc t v o tio f f a b b ße s i o soc l t ab ) t ys e e lr p ov o ste d w a, e l r i lt it n a d the however, com mercial privileges by the revolution, it is not sur prising to find them the bitterest opponents 0 1 the Constitutional Government. In the Press, and shortly will he published, In One Volume, Teo. ECRET MEMOIRS of the COURT of KY LOUIS XIV. and the REGENCY, extracted from the German Correspondence of Madam Elizabeth Charlotte, Dttebess of Orleans, Mother of the Regent; preceded by a Notice on this Princess, and accompanied with Notes. Printing fur G. and W. It. Whittaker, Ave Maria-lane.