The Sun. — London, England, 1822-09-26 00:00:00

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. PARIS, SEPT. '23.—The Duke of Wellington set off yesterday morning for Vienna. His health renders it necessary for him to travel by short stages, and to rest every night. It appears that Pomier was the only one of the four men condemned to death who expressed a wish to make declarations to the President of the Court of Assize. After mass, the King gave audience to the Chancellor, the Ministers, the Ambassador of Naples, the Marshals Dukes of Tarentum, of Ragusa, of Treviso, and several Peers and Gene rals.—M. de Villele afterwards transacted busi ness with his Majesty. The Gazette of the Neckar contains letters from Florence and Leghorn, which repeat the ac counts already given of victories said to have been obtained by the Greeks over the Turks. The Madrid Papers of the 7th give an official account of the defeat of Quesada, the Trappist, &c., in the battle near Jaca, on the 30th. The 51 etai Is of the second battle on the 7th, near .Huesca, are not yet published. The last advices from Vienna are dated the 15th instant. His Excellency the French Minis ter of Foreign Affairs, it appears, will not set out on his return to Paris until the y beginning of Oc tober. Yesterday morning the King received in private audience M. le Baron Hyde de Neuville, the Envoy Extraordinary of France to the United States. A courier from Vienna arrived yesterday at the Foreign Department, and another departs this day for that capital. A letter from Lyons states—" Orb the 15th inst. two Police Commissaries visited the Memphis 'Masonic Lodge, situated at Pilata, and seized all the papers, registers, lists, &c. belonging to that brotherhood." FRONTIERS OF SPA IN.—We (Quotidienne) have received the following intelligence from St. Sebastian, dated Sept. 16, by an extraordinary conveyance :—" The Trappist and Quesada, with,about 6,000 men, had a combat on the 12th with the Constitutionalists in the vicinity of Baclosteo. After 13 hours' fighting the latter were beaten and put to flight. A column of their army, about 500 strong, succeeded in getting into Venasque ; the Trappist pursued them thither, and summoned the garrison to surrender in 24 hours, otherwise he would put every man to the sword and burn the town. The Trappist expected that the town would surrender that evening. Whilst this Chief was thus engaged, Quesada pursued the Constitutionalist's, who had retreated on the route to Tremp." It is added that the Baron d'Eroles, having been attacked in the neighbourhood of Urgel, had routed the Constitutionalists, and taken 300 prisoners, whom he had marched to Seo. Our Letters (Journal de Paris) from Bayonne make no mention of the foregoing victories of the Trappist and of Quesada. CO g UNNA, SEPT. 4.—M. the Duke de L'lnfan tado arrived here yesterday to give a new proof -cf his obedience to the orders of his Catholic :Majesty, whom he solicited, in a spirited repre sentation, to allow him to retire, or to go to Fortugal. EXECUTION OF GENERAL ELIO. ItXTBACT OF A LETTER FROM A LIBERAL AT VALENCIA. " The infamous General Elio has at length suffered the pain of death (by the garotte). His execution took place this morn ing at 11 o'clock, after having been publicly divested of his rank and honours ! The General was not condemned on ac 'count of his conduct as Captain-General, but in consequence of the revolt of the cannoniers who occupied the fort of Valencia, on the 30th of May." Being tried before an ordinary Court Martial on the 2d of June, at which General Villa-Campa pre sided, he was on the 27th of August adjudged to the most igno minious death known to the Spanish laws, that of the garotte. This sentence, submitted to the Auditor of War to be revised, was not only approved, but the Auditor demanded its imme diate execution, conformably to the martial law of the 17th of April, 1821. The arrival of the Brigadier Espina, who was provisionally invested with the military command of this dis trict, was regarded as the signal for the execution. If it had been retarded, we should have broken into the prison, and our eelves have conducted the victim to the scaffold. The people maintained that demeanour which becomes an heroic nation, and accompanied the culprit to the scaffold with shouts of— ' To death with Elio ! his blood will cement the constitutional " Another letter from Valencia, written in a different spirit, states-- " The scaffold on which General Elio was strangled at Va lencia, on the 4th instant, was erected close to a delightful gar den which belonged to him when he was all-powerful in that ..town: It appears that this spat was selected in order that his tra gical end might be marked by a circumstance which was calcu ,lated to make him regret life. One of our journals, which is at all times distinguished for its violence, affirms that General previously to walking to the scaffold, knelt down and .asked pardon of the authorities who were present, for all the mischief he had occasioned —this is wholly false. Above 12,000 persons were witnetises of the firmness which he showed on this sad oe.casitin, and of the last words which he pronounced. The General protested his innocence in the face of God and man; he declared that he had only carried into execution the orders which he had received from the Government during the period of his command ; that he was utterly unconnected with the re volt cf the cannoniers ; and, finally, that he begged of God to pardon his murderers, as he himself forgave them. I wish,' he added, that my blood may be the last which is shed in Spain. Spain will one day do justice to the purity of my intentions, and repeat the cry which is now my last prayer—' Long live the King and Religion.' " VALENCIA, SEPT. 7.—( Extract of a Private Letter.)—The execution of General Elio has left on all men's minds a deep impression. The, scaffold was erected in the Plain del Real, near a public garden which he had caused to be constructed • while he was governor, and ruled this city. The form of the' execution was the same as for any other criminal, with the ex ception that all the garrison was under arms. An immense multiide covered the plain ; and at the moment the execution took place, insulting cries mixed with those of "Live the Con stitution" were heard. These cries uttered by certain indivi- * It is known that, far from having participated in this re volt, General Elio invincibly refused the liberty offered him by -the cannoniers, who invited him to put himself at their head, and that he formally declared that he confided in the justice of,bis King. duals excited the indignation of the majority of the spectators, —Among the rest a great number of women were observed in tears. When his sentence was notified to him, he received it on his knees, embraced the reporter, and several other persons, and begged that they would pardon him if he had offended them during his life. Never did a man appear more humble and resigned. The pride of his character had entirely disappeared. During the night it was necessary every moment to remove the national guards who stood sentinels at the door of the chapel. He drew tears from all, and those who were most violent against him could not refrain from shewing sympathy. No complaint against his judges was heard from him. His separation from his numerous family was what afflicted him most, (most of his children are very young). The death of Elio has been cele brated by some violent persons ; but had the people of Valen cia been consulted, he would have been still in life.--(Journal des Dibats. ) STUTTGAR D, SEPT. 17.—The Gazette du Neckar adds to article first, published in the Florence Gazette, relative to the Greeks, the following letter : " Leghorn, Sept. 2. " I hasten to communicate to you the news which we have just received from M. Vitali, Captain of a ship, who came from Spezzia here in 16 days, and from Napoli di Romania in 22. His news consoles us for the unpleasant reports which have been spread for a few days of the entrance and progress of the Turkish army in the Peloponnesus. We were still more dis quieted by knowing that the Turkish fleet, consisting of 80 sail, and among them six ships of the line, 23 frigates and corvettes, had arrived off the Peloponnesus, and had on board Turkish, Egyptian, and Barbary troops. " Thank God, the bravery of the Hellenians has once more triumphed over the barbarians. The Turkish troops disem barked in the Morea, and without meeting any resistance from the Hellenists, who had sent all their forces /towards Thessaly, endeavoured to penetrate into the interior of the Peninsula. " The few troops of the Hellenians retreated, burning and. destroying every thing, in order that the enemy might find no means of subsistence.: The Turks, ampunting to 16,000 men,, penetrated nearly to Argos, where they expected to receive suc cour from the Turkish garrison of Napoli di Romania. Our people, who assembled all the warriors in the Morea, as soon as possible, pressed the enemy on all sides, and beat him in se veral trifling affairs. " The Turks, distressed by hunger and anxiety, could not wait for succour from Napoli di Romania, which had already capitulated, though it was not yet in the hands of our people, and commenced their retreat. In the defile of Saint George, between Corinth and Argos, the Greeks came up with the enemy, and in fact they had previously caused the pass to be occupied ; he was completely defeated, and lost all his baggage and ammunition. The remainder of the Turks retired in disorder to Corinth. Chiaga Bey, Adjutant-General of Chourschid Pacha, perished in this combat, and also Camille Bey and his son, The Government ordered that all the dead bodies of the enemy at Argos, and in the neighbourhood, should be burned, in order that the air might not be rendered impure. " The Greeks have kept forty Turks of distinction as hostages, for the surrender of Napoli di Romania ; the son of the Pacha of this town is one of them. The Hellenians hav ing left off furnishing the Turks in Napoli with provisions from the time the enemy entered the Morea, and the Turkish garri son having heard of the defeat of their countrymen, the city will now be delivered, to the Greeks according to the convention before concluded. " Our fleet, consisting of sixty sail from the three islands, and twenty- three fire ships, was ready to sail in search of the enemy's fleet ; and though the latter is stronger than our fleet, we hope to succeed in destroying it. May God help us ! Odys seus remains faithful to the Greeks, and was not a traitor as has been pretended on several occasions. He guards with faith fulness the defiles of Thermopylw and of Thessaly. " According to letters from Bitoglia, it appears that he de feated Chourschid on the river Sperchas, near Zeitouni, at the bridge of Salamana, and that he forced him to retreat with con siderable loss to Larissa. The Greeks have retaken Cassandra, and the Turks have constructed new entrenchments round the town of Salonica. " Our affairs go on equally well in Epirus, but in consequence of the great number of the enemy's troops, the operations of our soldiers are at present confined to the maintenance of the advan tages which they have already gained. The regular corps of Hel lenians and of Philhellenians in Epirus,have performed prodigies of valour, and killed a considerable number of the Turks. The enemy fell on them with a corps of cavalry very superior in number, and would probably have succeeded in exterminating them had not an Hellenian Chief of the irregular troops, reached a height with forty arquebusiers, and checked the enemy till the others gained time to retreat to Comboti. The Philhelle nians lost forty-three of their best soldiers on this occasion. Normann is well, and the German soldiers have displayed very great bravery. " Our cause was in great danger when the enemy advanced into the Peloponnesus, but his defeat will teach our brave Hel lenians to meet danger more courageously—will inspire the enemy with terror, and cover him with confusion. " During winter, we shall gain more time to bring our affairs in order, and to put ourselves in a state, with the help of God, to take up the offensive at the approach of spring with still greater force." , ANCONA, SEPT. 3.—We learn from Naples that the Carbonari implicated in the conspiracy of Monteforte, which began the Revolution of Naples, are to be immediately brought to trial. It is supposed that 43 individuals will be con demned to death. LISBON, SEPT. B.—The Government is about to demand from the Court of Rome a Bull, to secularise all the monks and nuns who desire to leave their convents, granting them a pension or some ecclesiastical employment. STRASBURGII, SEPT. 18.—A Court-martial as sembled here to-day for the trial of Caron and Roger, accused of assisting (enzbauchage) the rebels. By the French law the audience at a Court-martial must not exceed thrice the number of Judges, who being in this case seven, the auditors may amount to twenty-one. SPAIN. BAYONNE, SEPT. 16.—Sir William A'Court, Minister Plenipotentiary from the Court of Great Britain to Spain, arrived here yesterday from l'a ris on his way to Madrid . We have no certain news of Quesala since the affair of the 7th, but the return to France of the Apostolic Junta of Navarre, which Wail at Ochagavia, as well as of several other individuals, seen;is to show that General Espinosa has dislodged the Defen ders of the Faith from the mountains of Navarre, with the I exception of Irati, which he reconnoitred on the 13th instant with 1,500 men. It is even asserted that he has sent to Pam peluna for two heavy cannon to bombard this fort, and that he has employed workmen to make a road for the more easy con-, veyance of these ple'ces. The Journal of St. Sebastian of the 13th announces officially, the complete defeat of the band of Zabala and his associates in the neighbourhood of Aspeitia, on the 10th of this month. The result was the dispersing of the band, which consisted of 1,000 men. Forty men were killed, and six taken prisoners ; three of whom were shot on the spot, and the three others pardOned, they having proved that they served by compulsion. The rest dispersed among the mountains. This defeat is confirmed by the arrival at Socoa (in France) last night of two Spanish boats, having on board thirty-five of the Defenders of the Faith in a deplorable condition, who have been all put under quaran tine. These poor creatures relate, that in fact the bands of Za bala, Guesala, Uranga, &c., have been beaten and dispersed, and that they arc not the only persons who will seek refuge in France in consequence of this affair. We have no news of General Mina either in the journals or by private correspondence. The agents of Eguia have been spreading a report that he was beaten on the 2d in Catalonia, but more authentic accounts prove that the General had not taken the field at that time. We have just received the correspondence from Spain of the 9th, which arrived at Yrun with an escort. The letters of the 12th, which should have come to-day, will not arrive till to morrow ; but every thing shows that the Spanish Government has taken energetic measures to secure the communication.— The following are some extracts : MADRID, SEPT. 9.—There is no indication of any thing to interrupt the public tranquillity of the capital at present; the en thusiasm for the new fystem increases in proportion to the obsta cles which are raised against it ; and neither the progress of the Royalists in Catalonia,which cannot be disputed,nor thealarming reports which some persons take pleasure in spreading of an ap proaching foreign invasion, can diminish the enthusiasm and the determination to support the new institutions. The French Government is the constant object of the hatred of our Com inuneros. It is remarked, however, that in general the French who are in this city, and some of whom are under the surveil lance of the magistrates, are well treated. The Universal, which passes for the most moderate paper, complains bitteily in its number of the 9th of the pretended Protection which France affords to the insurgents of Catalonia and Navarre. It affirms that M. de Lapanouze, whom it has always placed at the head of the protectors of the Trappist and of Eguia, had ordered 10,000 chakos (soldiers' caps) for the Army of the Faith ; that he had indeed given counter orders, but had been obliged to take 2,000, which were already made. The same journal pretends that, according to letters from Paris and from the frontiers, the plan is to form a line of insurrection from Catalonia to the Basque provinces, in order to furnish the Holy Alliance in the Congrazs at Verona with an opportunity to support the interference of France in our dissensions ; but it flatters itself that this line will not be formed, and it shows the necessity of proving to all Europe that we have sufficient strength to punish our internal enemies, and that we are in clined, and resolved to defend our independence against all fo reign attacks. Malevolence had spread a report that the King had refused to convoke the Cortes : there appears to have been no foundation lbr this report, and there is more reason to be lieve that his Majesty acceded to the measure with the same indifference that he daily assents to many others that are pro posed to him, However, people in general expect favourable results from the approaching session, and flatter themselves that entire harmony will prevail between the Cortes and the Government. • Great activity is observed in the offices of the several Ministers. The news from Cadiz is to the 30th, and mentions the return of the Militia who had assisted in the expedition of Ronda : they have been received in the most flattering manner by their comrades, whose enthusiasm for the constitution is not to be described. Some detachments of troops of the line have re mained in then:contains to pursue the small bands that remain. The accounts from Seville paint the ardent zeal of the Libe rals, who have expressed thm indignation against the Mem bers of the Society of l'Anillo, who were suspected of holding meetings. They are so vigilantly watched, that this association may be considered as dissolved. The interest of the loan is regularly paid in the capital, amidst all the embarrassments which the Clovermnent expe riences at the moment. FOR THE SUN. MR. EDITOR—Be pleased to insert the fol- lowing in your Paper, and you will much oblige Your humble Servant, A CORRESPONDENT. OBSERVATIONS on CONDUCTORS for LIGHTNING on Board SHIPS, and on the STRENGTH of IRON. THE SUN Newspaper, of Wednesday the 10th inst. men tions an experiment having been tried at Plymouth, to convey the Electric Fluid down the masts, and through the keel to the water ; and the account further states that the present mode of conducting the electric fluid is by a chain kept in a box, which is only hoisted up when wanted. This is not the fact, for ships have carried them at sea, in the vicinity of land, for months together. The pointed wire, at the end of the chain, was higher than the truck at the main top-gallant mast head, and secured by a lashing under the truck ; it led down abaft the mast, and was secured above the rigging by a lashing, and was led by further lashings down the top-gallant back stay into the chains, and was stopped to the chain plates, and hung down the side of the ship into the water. it was therefore clear of the men employed in reefing and furling sailS, &c., and would conduct any lightning clear of the ship. This chain is sufficiently strong ; and the late immortal navigator, Captain Cook, had one of these conductors up in Batavia Roads',and his ship was in consequence, during a thunder-storm, the only ship there that escaped being injured by lightning. It is proper here to observe, that lightning is not frequent at sea, except in the vicinity of land. A conductor on shore will save a house from the effects oflightning, but will not insure the lives of those in it, because the quantity of electric matter may be so great as to destroy every one near it. There is such a thing as ascending electricity or lightning, as well as descending. Suppose them to meet in a ship, what an explosion there would be. When an irruption of a volcano happens, the lightning is dreadful. This is ascending lightning, and a proof of there being such. Farther at sea, in a dark night, and a heavy gale of wind at south, a meteor rises tip the rigging, and remains fixed at the mast-head during the height of the gale.: when the gale abates, rain always bnsues': and the me teor disappears ; because, being electric, the rain conducts it imperceptibly down again to the sea, from whence it first arose : the ship's bottom being the conductor. The experiment tried at Plymouth has great merit, but without any disparagement to it, the safety of a - ship and the crew in a thunder storm depends chiefly on the lightning being kept clear of the inte rior of the ship. An experiment was lately made at Ports mouth to break the shanks of two anchors made by ()Teat and small hammers. If the shank of a moderate sized anchor is broken, the inner bars appear a little twisted, and the smith's coals are sometimes found amongst them. What must be the case in anchors of the largest size ? The strength of a human being is not equal to weld the iron bars of such an anchor.— In consequence of this, a Captain of the Royal Navy asked the late Mr. Bolton, of Soho, near Birmingham, if he could in vent a machine to go by steam that would execute all the iron work of the dock-yards ? His reply wa_ ,S that he could :' and that it would weld the ba rs o f the largest anchor into one solid mass of iron. That the French for their heavy iron work j made use of water wheel forges to re n d er th e i ron s t ronger . In the year 1794 all the smiths (one excepted) ceased to work at Chatham dock-yard, and their numbers were not replaced under two months' time. This shews the difficulty of procur ing smiths in time of war, and a machine to go by steam with out injuring our population will diminish the hard labour of the smiths ; for their work would only consist in heating the iron and putting it under the proper hammers. The iron work of a ship is often not s ufficiently hammered, in consequence of which, when the ship is in commission, the annouxer's forge is constantly at work, when the weather will admit of it. The machine of Mr. Bolton must have rendered the iron work stronger, and the armourer's fbrge would not have been always in requisition at sea. C II I L E. [Extract of a Letter dated Santiago dc Chile, May 21.] " I fear that I have misled you in a farmer letter when I stated to you that certain proposi tions were made by Spain to this Government. — I now doubt that they were made ; but if made, they certainly were not listened to. It is now resolved, that instead of a Senate we are to have a Congress of Deputies from the Cabildos of all the towns. They are to commence their Session on the Ist July next, to form a Constitutio❑ on a Representative System. It is probable that party spirit will shew itself, but it will evaporate in intrigue. I anticipate the happiest result to the country from the labours of the constituent con gress. The spirit apnongst this people is excellent, and they have a right to enjoy the fruits of their long struggle. In this country we have few Spaniards remaining, and they are without power or intluel.ce ; nothing but depriving therri of all means of doing harm can make them quiet ; they would be dangerous members in communities like those of South America, if left in full liberty. The greater part of the old Spaniards have emigrated from Lima, where they have been lingering till they were ruined. Lord COCHRANE is daily expected here. The best understanding exists betwen our Government and that of Peru ; but General SAN MARTIN is not popular amongst us. The mar kets are very much depressed, and if Valpa raiso had not been made a free port to afford every facility, I do not know what the conse quences might have been to the many adventur ers that have crowded to these seas." THE ARMY. ORDERS RESPECTING LEAVE OF ABSENCE TO OFFICERS OF REGIMENTS AT HOME. All applications from Officers belonging to Regiments in Great Britain are, in the first instance, to be made through their Regimental Commanding Officers, to the General Officer commanding the brigade to which they belong ; if their appli cations meet his sanction, he is to forward them to the General Officer commanding the District, by whom, (in all instances in which the General Officers are not themselves competent to decide) their requests arc to be communicated to the Adjutant- General, in a letter of recommendation, for the purpose of being submitted to the Commander-in. Chief. All applications from Officers belonging to regiments in Ire land, are, in like manner, to be made, in the first instance, through their Regimental Commanding Officers to the General Officer commanding the brigade to which they belong ; if their application meet his sanction, he is to forward them to the General Officer commanding the District, by whom (in all instances in which the General Officers are not competent to decide) their requests are to be communicated to the Adju tant-General in Dublin, in a letter of recommendation, for the purpose of being submitted to the Commander of the Forces in Ireland. Leaves of absence which are granted during the winter sea son, under the Commander in Chief's special authority, by General or other Officers commanding, to officers belonging to regiments at home, are to terminate on the 10th of March, in South Britain, and on the 10th of April in North Britain anti Ireland ; and no applications for leave beyond those periods, are to be made until the summer exercises and reviews are over, except in cases of the most urgent and indispensable necessity. The indulgence of leave of absence will be altogether with held from the officers of any regiment, which is reported to be deficient in its discipline, appearance, or movements in the field. The recommendatory letters from officers commanding regi ments on the subject of leave of absence, arc to contain in the margin, the rank and name of the officer in whose behalf the application is made ; the period of leave he solicits ; and the particular cause on account of which the leave is requested ; likewise a distribution of the officers of the regiment, showing the manner in which they are employed, and the number who are absent according to the following form [a blank form fol lows the order] : when the leave is solicited on account of ill health, a medical certificate is to accompany the application. MILITARY RECORD OF GENERAL OLIVER DE LANCEY, Late Colonel of the 17th Light Dragoons. This Officer was appointed; the Ist of October, 1766, Cornet, and on the 12th December, 1770, Lieutenant in the 14th Light Dragoons; and on the 15th of May, 1773, Captain in the 17th Light Dragoons. He was sent out, in 1774, to America, with dispatches for the Commander-in-Chief, directed to provide accommodation for his Regiment then under orders for that service, and also to provide remount horses for the Regiment, for the Artillery, and for the services of the Army.' On his arrival at Boston he was sent to New York, to ac complish the objects of his mission ; but hostilities having com menced he returned to Boston, which he found invested by the enemy, and continued there, during the blockade and bom bardment of the place, till February, 1775, when he accompa nied the Army to Nova Scotia, and the following June, to Statem ' The Commander-in-Chief having determined to commence his operations, landed on Long Island, and Capt. De Lancey, who commanded the Cavalry employed on this expedition, was engaged in a very smart action 'which took place, when the enemy's advanced posts were driven in. He continued with his Regiment, being constantly employed on active service against the out-posts, until the Battle of Brocklyn, when he formed the advance of the right column, under Sir Henry Clinton and Sir William Erskine. This action having compelled the enemy to retire from Long Island, he remained with his Regiment till the Army took possession of New York Island, when he accompanied it, and was en gaged in two actions, which took place in driving in the ene my's out-posts, and establishing those of the British Army. The Commander-in Chief having engaged in further opera tions, Capt. de Lancey, with part of the 17th Dragoons, accom panied the army in its landing on Frog's Neck, where a smart action took place. He was next engaged in the Battle of White Plain ; shortly after in an affair at Fort Washington, of a most serious nature, in which the Hessian troops suffered severely. At the close of this campaign the 17th Dragoons were sta tioned at New York, and in te spring sent into the Jerseys, where Captain De Lancey was in the actions of the Scotch Plains, and in several of an inferior description. In the course of the year the regiment was sent to Pennsylvania, and this Officer was employed in an attack made by Lord Cornwallis, upon Red Bank Fort ; he was afterwards in an action at White illarsh, which took place in consequence of a movement of Sir William Howe with the Army, from the right to the left of the enemy's position. On the 3d .June, 1778, this Officer received a Majority in his Regiment, and Sir Henry Clinton, who then commanded the Army, having determined to retire to New York, evacuated Philadelphia, and Major De Lancey wai; appointed to com mand the rear guard of the right column of the Army, under the command of General Knyphausen ; in the course of this march he was in the general engagement that took place at Monmouth. On the arrival of the army at New York, he was sent, in command of his regiment, with a 'corps under Sir William Erskine, to the east end of Long Island, where he remained during the, winter ; and early in the following sp r i ng w as or dered to take up a position in front of the lines of New York. This position was fbr the purpose of clearing the country of the enemy, that they might not obstruct the supplies of the army, and skirmishes occurred daily. This Officer was next appointed Deputy-Quarter-Master- General in the field, in South Carolina, and served during the whole of the siege of Charlestown, and on several expeditions under Lord Cornwallis, to whom he was appointed Aide-de- Camp, on the return of the army to New York. In the beginnin ,, of the following year, Major Andre having been put to death by the enemy, this Officer succeeded him as Adjutant-General; and, on the 3d of October, 1781, received the brevet of Lieutenant-Colonel. On his return to England at the peace, much difficulty hav ing arisen in settling the multiplicity of military claims made by persons who had served in America, he was ordered by Lord Sydney, then Secretary of State, to undertake the ar rangement of this business, which he performed. Ile was also, at this time, appointed at the head of a Commission for settling all Army Accounts dring the American War ; and subse quently, Deputy-Adjutant-General to the army, with, on the 18th November, 1790, the brevet rank of Colonel. Colonel De Lancey continued in his situation as Deputy- Adjutant-General till 1792, when he was appointed Barrack- Master-General to the forces. He held this appointment till November, 1804. He obtained the Lieutenant-Colonelcy of the 17th Dragoons, the 2d April, 1794. On the 3d of October, 1794, - he received the rank of Major-General ; on the 20th of May, 1795, the Colonelcy of his regiment; on the lit of Jan. 1801, the rank of Lieutenant-General; and, on the Ist of Jan. 1812, that of General. • * r * MASONIC NOTICES FOR NEXT WEER' ENGLAND. Monday, Septernber3o, LONON. No. 7, 458. COUN D TRY. Nos. 22 238, 246 ' 541, 680, 707- 316 , Tuesday, October 1, LONDON. Nos. 9, 240, 2811' 381. 3g 0 „, 161 ' COUNTRY. Nos. 21, 87, .-. 9 , 1 n 170, 180, 184, lut , 387 , .41 285 340..38 5 , 477, , 507, 512/ 551, 557, 02 ' 1"" 649: , , Wednesday, --2, LONDON. Nos. 35, 75, ::". 0 '• 19 1, 1 1 _„ 4 ' COUNTRY. Nos. 54, 84, 95, LI? sth 139, 146, 1 64, r h . 2 ' 481+ 291, 339, 465, 47, , , A 491, 505, 51 3, S„F; 711, 563, 581, 58 5, 713, 725. 67 ,1 Thursday, -3, Loxnorr. Nos. 25, 34, 61, I' 277, 325. 1 0, 1 1 e 61 COUNTRY. Nos. 45 51, 51, 41uf 171, 182, 2 34, 384'4- ' 440, 453, 461, 41 1 '"' 06, 483, 506, 54 5 7 5 1 9 : 65 1 ' 561, 586, 5 8 7 , 657, 67, t, Friday, --- 0 4, LONDON. Nos. 10, 210, 71 or „ lo t COUNTRY. Nos. 13, 30, 55 ' 538. • Saturday, -5, LoNDox. No. 173. • COUNTRY. ' IRELAND. • Tuesday, October 1, CORK. No. 95. • Wednesday, -2, Coax. Nos. 1, 41. Thursday, -3, CORK. No. 3. WARWICKSHIRE. The Provincial Grand Lodge fo r th e County of ST ' Tr meets on Tuesday, the Ist October, at the White 11°11 :0 1 vern, Steelhousa-lane, Birmin g ha m . Th e Hon. W ash ' - ii; l Shirley, the Provincial Grand Master for the Coun t l' attend. rfto''''' DORSETSIIIRE DORCHESTER, SEPT. 19.—0 n Tuesday the beg Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons was hol den oe . , and the town much enlivened by th e sp l en d our of the sc i . e ete st About 11 o'clock, the Officers and Brethren of the ' IP- the Lodges in the province, with th e v i s it or s, assemble d t Lodge Room, when the R. W. P. U. M. Wn..1.1 1 . 31 r t be baste, Esq. M. P. proceeded t o op en th e Lodge; _ aftg n , sr' regular business had been di s p a t c h e d, an d the preeesa fi t s ranged under the P. G. M's directions, it moved w— b 4 o 4 Lodge Room to St. Peter's Church, headed by %tyro of music. At the st e p s o f th e Ch urc h the btswor4 halted, when the R. W. M. preceded by the Gr an° oceth Bearer, entered first, and was followed by the &c. of the Provincial Grand Lodge, and the other M a % tbs Brethren in their succession. Di v i ne S erv i ce was rea d 1 , 4 10 Rev. Brother Richman, and an exce ll ent serm on pr the occasidn by the P G. Chaplain, Brother Tito Brims : ris e text chosen was from the I 1 th chap. Matthew, 28th ver" unto me all ye that labour, and are heavy laden, sga ot itt ° give you rest." This discour se was suc h a one as did 1 1 °' Mr. Brice, both as a Man and a Divine. Various toP icl b i t o, nected with the Institution were noticed and explained 1 : 4 1 005 1 and we cannot but think that other individuals, h esi , ge d an d of the Masonic Body, must have f e lt th ems elves gra7 r ote we trust improved. The Psalms selected for the occ w° ool 6 truly appropriate, and sung in the best manner 11 the who kindly rendered their assistance. On leaving th e „ r od the same order was observed, and the procession rg ": 6l iS to the Lodge Room, to which the Brethren e file h gtilli a similar manner as they did at the Church, by and inverting their order of march. Here th e c ar was again resumed, according to ancient usage, an d *lll, cloe2 tinued closely tiled for upwards of an hour. At, fire - the Brethren dined together at the Antelope In Tl 'A n g attentive care displayed by Brother Stent in Prne u— c recli t ' o ti elegance and comfort reflects upon him the highe,s. h t se filo, his exertions, and will secure him the approbation of rew-o, good will we are assured he will ever be most anxi° ll ' onAi e d The Free Masons have to congratulate themselveeito o+4 points, first, that the countenances of the fair friend s 144 . J e r el the various windows and balconies of the houses we re .; c rop with smiles ; and lastly, that although the street vt — , o st to excess, no instance of disorder occurred. The °foe _no . priety and decorum were observed on all sides, an d went ()inn such a manner as must be satisfactory, ;.00701 esteem sobriety and good order as the cement an "'finewt every social assembly. The weather was extreme l y the %PS the refulgence of the sun increased in a high degre e . it i of the pageantry. On the following day a Pro Chapter Chapter of Royal Arch Masons was holden. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCg• India Stock ............. .;•,;;; India Bonds .................... South Sea Stock ........• f, Old Annuities •••••'' 2 If Ex. Bills ..... .............. Ditto Small ............ Bank for Act. ......... ••• fili India for Con. A cet, Cons. for Oct. 1G...... 1" , •` PRICE OF FOREIGN STOCKS IN LOND -- ' n s W C. French Five per Cents. 92 50. ex (Ili'. Six per Cents. 82. Russian Five per Cents. (Metallic) • 82. New{Ditto : Five per Cent. Bonds, 76i. Five per Cents. (Metallic) 82 ' 5 Five per Cent. Bonds, 7 0 . ( New Ditto, 65. J Five per Cent. Bonds, 91. Prussian ( Ditto New, 884 4 . Danish Five per Cent. Bonds, 89. Chili 84Ag. Bonds, > Six per Cent. 00. Bonds, (Ditto Scrip, 86k. (Bank Shares 22. New Six per Cent. 1812 , 93 ; Ditto, ditto 1813,'9 3, j• -1 Ditto, ditto, 1314, Wi• Three per Cents. 69'. Five per Cent. L0an, 1329, n 9 , 761. Five per Cent. Loan, 1V.1) Bank Stock shut 3 per Cent. Red. shut 3 per Cent. Cons. Bl 31 per Cent 1 per Cent. { Ne Old w lotN,i 5 der Cents. 1797 Bank Long Ann. Imp. 3 per Cents. Neapolitan Austrian Spanish American 0 1( O-j2lllta 11 M ° A HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE T ;ruite s Morning, 2 minutes after 11. Evening, 30 TH S • - - • AU IO-4 SOLEM QUIS DICERE FALSI/1 LONDON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5161 We have received the Paris J o urnals of t , °°' day, and Bayonne papers to the 17th inst e to The affairs of Spain and Greece 01161700 a attentionexci throughouttethegre greatest degree Europe. egre eof public in ter° 4th General Emo was executed on the lie at Valencia, in pursuance of his senence' Pr e 'on Ivh Ari l tli s L e , rai.