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London, England, 1817-11-07 00:00:00

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'ED-LEM QtT IS DICERE FALSUNI AUDEAT.?

LONDON,
FRtti Y, NOVEIIBER, 1817.

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It is impossible Nir 'us to turn our attention to
liny subject at present bilt. 'that melancholy Event
*Web has spread anxiety over the Nation. Ne-
ver, we believe, were the public feelings so

strongly agitated on any occasion as by that sud-
den stroke of calamity which has deprived the
Empire of one of the brightest ornaments by which

lever was adorned.—lndeed, it was hardly possi-
Aeott first, to believe that so deplorable a disaster
had 'really taken place, and inquiry rather than
belief operated upon the minds of the Public till
[he dreadful confirmation of the truth became uni-

versaliy known. It affords us some consolation,

or we cannot use airy term ekpressive 'of pleasure,

0 find that tht Public Prints, of all parties and de-

scriptions, unite in a general expression of sorrow
qu this lamentable And unexpected disappointment
of the national hopes. We shall therefore avail

4urseives of the CollteiltS of all ®f them, as we feel

tuo much ourselves to be able to dilate on so

Painful, and so distressing a subject. Ile feelings of

due PLINGE REGENT and PRINCE LEOPOLD can be

leithet described nor imagined. The shock to

but!► must exceed all possible estimate, even by
those tvl►o, in private life, have suffered under de-

privations of tire same lamentable nature, for

they are not actuated by those feelings, and
a .sense of those duties, which involve the

interests of an Empire. From all we have
heard the PRINCE' REGENT, amidst his Billie-

tions, bears ►tp with a degree of solemn firm

ness wlicit excites a stronger feeling of sync

pathy among, beholders, than perhaps would ac,

company the more violent effusions of grief. As
to Prince LEOPOLD, if it were possible that the
esteem and respect of the people could be in-
creased by a character so amiable, so unassuming,
and so affectionate, he would be rendered still more

estimable to them by the deep and inconsolable.

misery which seems entirely to have absorbed

his mind on so unexpected and so heavy a calm

forbear at present to insert any thing
of a light description, however it alight tend to re-
lieve the feelings of the People, conceiving as we do

that a loss so recent and so afflictive must induce

the public mind to revolt from any thing incon

sistent with moral sympathy, and pious submis
gion to the will of an over-ruling Providence.

We have received the following Letter from

our Correspondent :
" CLAREMONT, Friday Morning, 10 o' Clock.

‘‘ Never was true and sincere grief so seriously
manifested as it is for the loss of our amiable PRIN-
CB6S, extending to all ranks and degrees, and not
only are persot.s mourning, but it extends to
places and things. The preparations for illumi-
nations last night, at Esher, and the surround-
ing country, were reversed, the houses were
closed, and scarcely a lamp to be seen The in-
habitants of Kingston were so eager to be
fotemost in their rejoicing, that they commenced
at a late hour on Wednesday night, occasioned by
a-Post-bciy riding through the town from. Clare-
mont to London express, who, in answering the
anxiety of the enquirers, announced that a
Prince was born ; the rejoicings immediately
commenced. The inhabitants, however, highly
to their credit, sheaved their respect in the re-
verse way yesterday, by closing their houses be-
tween 9 and 10 o'clock in the morning, on the
MA?ea sending round to inform them of the dis-
mal tidings, and requesting them to close their
ihops 'and houses, with which they instantly coln-
is to be a State Funeral."

We wish to correct a statement of yesterday.
Sir R. CROFT never quitted her ItovaL HIGHNESS
from the commencement of her illness, and the
Aber two Medical Attendants were in the next
room (luting the whole time, and were present
rum the moment of her attack till its fatal termi-
nation.

At a late hour t,:cetvcd the Paris
PaPers `C)f last. The follswitt kre ex-

rac!s :

" PAuts; Nov. 4.—The Duke d'.Anguule►ne arrived at Sai►►t
Maio the sOtl► ult. set out the 31st fur Rennes.

" The nuut►er of miltry divisisins of the hingilom has
been reduced to 21, by the union of the 4th (Naric) with the
3d (Metz). The 22d (Tours) becomes the 4th. The .‘_';3{l
(Corsica) will be called 'the 17th. This number, which on
the first organization was given to the division of which Paris
was the chief place, has remait4d vacant since the moment
when Holland ceased to be united to France.

" The Prince de Talleyrand, Grand Chnieberinin, has re-

sumed his functions.

" CUAMBLR OF DEPUTIES.

" Tb4.t Deputies assembled yesterd4y, at two o'clOA, in the

ordinary place of their sittings, under the Presidency of M.
Angles, senior, tbe oldest Deputy. A letter was read from
the Grand Master'of the Ceremonies, inviting the Deputies
to assist this day at the celebration of Mass at Notre Dame,
and a Deputation of twenty-five Members was appointed to
attend his Majesty at the opening of the Session to-morrow.

" The 31st ult., at twti in the afternoon, a 6ro broke out
at Valenciennes, in some buildings employed for the use of
the Allied troops, which were entirely destroyed; some ad-
joining houses were slightly dainaged.
" The Russian Senator Kouschriekoff, Privy Conncillor of
the Emperor of Russia, has arrived at Paris, 'from Peters-
burgh, with all his family.

" FRENCH FIVE PER CENTS.
" Monday

" BERLIN, OCT. 25.—The King has conferred the Order
of the Black Eagle upon the Duke of Reggio, the Order of
Military Merit upon Colonel Laroche Jaquelin, and the Order
of the Red Eagle, of different classes, upon a number of
French Officers.

" MAnDEBURG; OCT. 22.—1 t is now understood that the
Opening of tlic Norwegian Diet will be indefinitely postponed,
owing to unexpected circumstances.

" Lutec, is said, that a new Treaty of Com-
merce will 4e concluded between England and Sweden.
BRUSSELS, OCT. al.—Our squadron, which, by the last
accounts, was at Leghorn, was to sail iu a short time fur
Algiers.
" CADrz, Oc r. 12.—The ship of the line Asia, and two
large frigates, are 'fitting with all expedition. These ships,
with two frigates, equipping at Carthagena, will form with
the Russian squadron a fleet destined to act against the
independents of South America, and rid the seas of their
privateers.

6' PE,TEnsuunen, Sur. 27.—The Russian Atnkssador in
Persia had his first audience of the Scha,h on the 31st July,
and was received with the greatest ,distinction."

Tuc FUNDS.—Contols this morning were rather
butter. They commenced at 83i, but in a short
time they rose to S3iit for the Account, with many
buyers at the latter price. The Commissioner%
to-day gave 83it Money, and were again obliged
to buy 145,0001. Consols, from the scarcity of Re-
duced Stock ; they were served generally by the
Jobbers. The quantity of Stock they purchased
yesterday was 160,000/. instead of 100,0001. as
stated by mistake. Their daily purchases Will in
futtn e be 145,0001.

We give in another column Letters to the Nth
August from Trinidad, rclatipg to the Spanish
Main, written by a British Merchant, which fur-
nish some interesting details.

Letters, dated the middle of August, from Buenos•
Ayres, and received by an arrival at a French port,
state, that the Portuguese had evacuated Monte-
video. Accounts had been received from Chili,
announcing that the Royalist garrison stationed
in Talcaguano, a southern point in Chili, and the
only one in that Country held by the Spaniards,
had sent proposals of capitulation to General SAN,
MARTIN. The Buenos Avres privateers,called the
Chacabuco and San Martin, had made 12 valuable
prizes off Cadiz, which had arrived safe.

By recent accounts received from Cadiz, it ap-
pears certain that General LAcY was shot by or-
ders of the Spanish Government, as soon as he
landed on the island of Majorca, and that he died
in a most heroic manner. General MILANS em-
barked-on the coast, and, it is said, arrived at
Gibraltar, where the Governor refuse,d him per-
mission to land. In this dilemma he got on board
an American vessel, and it is understood he has
proceeded to the United States. The Royal Spa-
nish Navy, which, in 1796, amounted to 7.2
sail of the line, and at the Peace of Amiens to 64,
is now reduced to 20, and of these the only one
in commission. is the Asia, a 64, now at Cadiz.
This fact appears from the laSt Navy List. Ac-
cording to the new regulation, the Spanish Army
is in future to consist of 50,000 infantry, and
10,000 cavalry and artillery. No annual salary
is to exceed 40,000 rials, or 4001. sterling ;
Marshal in the Army has no more. The Army
under Count ABISBAL, was removed from the An-
dalusian ProvinUes, because they were not only
exhausted, but, it is said, also disaffected, and
consequently were considered as a dangerous re-
sidence for troops, who were*besides badly paid.
The Independent privateers still stand into the
very harbour of Cadiz, and brave the guard-ships.
Captain ALMEIDA, commanding a large Buenos
Ayres privateer, had written several letters to the
Governor, telling hint, that lie had understood
that the prisoners taken by the Spaniards, and
sent to Cuba and other places, were cruelly treat-
ed, adding, that if some new pl,iu was not adopt-
ed in this particulcry, he and his comrades would
inflict heavy retaliation.

The ship Grace, on board of which are a num-
ber of, officers on the half-pay of the British army
arrived on Thursday in the Downs from the river
destined, it is said, for South America ; the offs•
cers being engaged in the service of the Spanish
Insurgents.