Star.
London, England, 1822-07-05 00:00:00

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T Echo
who besieiged the
under the orders
'Don J. Dosuo►ta,
3000 men, had '•

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Tbe Trappist mounted , hnl., _
hand, and a scourge in.the other. His example, was
followed by the Royalist troops, in spite of the conti-
nued fire which was kept up upon them. The forts
were all taken the same day, without a single indivi-
dual escaping. In them and in the citadel:were found
a great quantity of munitions of every kind, together
ith the wives of the principal Liberals.s While the
latter were leaving the forts, the inhabitants cried out
Perish all the enemies of the King and of religion?
They added to these cries the Tragala. The troops
had great difficulty in saving them from the fury of
the people, who wished to tear them in pieces, with-
out waiting for trial or sentence." It is scarcely ne-
cessary to add, that this is from a provincial Paper,
which supplies the Paris Ultra Journals with articles
'of alarm and exaggeration.
French Funds, July 2.—Five per Cent. Consols
opened at 91 1. 35 c.—Highest, 91 1. 45 c.—Closed,
91 f. 40 c.

Ts.
At a late hour this forenodn we received a Dutch
*ail, bringing Brussels Papers to the 2J, and Dutch
Papers one day later. The following are extracts:

fee the purpose of consolidating
ing, in a satisfactory manner, the
entries with Holland, under the
House of Orange:
construction of the fortifications
Is it not to maintain this unioa
that we fortify our frontiers? and are not the ex-
penses occasioned by it regulated in agreement with
England, since nothing is done without the interven.
tion, I bad almost said without the order, of 4$
Commissioners?
" Btit I have something• more decisive to allege in
support of what [advance, viz. what was said in
Parliament, on the 4th March, 1818, by the Secretary
of State, who was then and still is Minister t.,. Fo.
reign Affairs, 4 that it was understood that Great Bri-
taM should cont: ibute, Equally with Holland, to the
repair of the fortresses upon the French frontiers:
and by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Who, while
he affirmed that the Treaty of 1814 was not very ex.
plicit on this point, allowed, however, that it was
agreed on both sides that the sum to be contributed
by England, towards the repair of the iol tresses,
might amount to three millions sterling.'
44 Admitting, then, that the British Government
has furnished two millions sterling, and even aliew .
ing the interpretation which some of its n.etnbers
have put upon the Treaty, it scents to me (an your
Mightinesses will agree with me), that we are justly en-
titled to call upon it to contribute the half, not only
of the eight millions of wins which are now neces-
sary, but of all the farther sums which the construc-
tion a:.d arming of these for tresse . may require, :411.1
which would not render its total contributio . equi.
valent to three millions sterling.
" Certainly, if even these expenses should he car-
ried to so great an amount, it %silt still riot he denied
that England has made an ecellent bar .Ain, by the
acquisition of our Colonies of the Cape of G a ' 11: I ..e,
Demerara, Essequibo, and Berbice. It world no:. be
disputed that the first of these possessions is of ines-
timable importance ; and. that, .after the a.
of Ceyhin, it was difficult for England to make et mere
valuable one in those seas.

" The consequence of what I have just stateJ
that there is no ground to grant the eight mid., rh in
question, hut only four millions, in case Ei,,,ar4
should contribute an equal sum."

By the late arrivals fr.-.‘m New South Wales we
have received Sydney Gnzettes to the 16th Feh,t,,,rv.
The colony had ,ufferea much fiorn a severe .iron h:,
but rain had come at lat. An Agricu:tu•.t• S‘sc:cty
was formed at Hobart's Town, Vein Dienun's Lar,J,
on the Ist of January last, one of the pi incipal
jects cf which '*as to confer suitable tewards
marks of distinction on persons exce►ling in tl:e
different bran Ches of agriculture, v. Lb which view
the e were appointed Antimal Nieetine..s, with a public
exhibition of stock on the principles existing in tl:e
mother country.

The Providence, Minstrel, Claudine, and Hunger-
ford, had arrived from England, with male and fe-
male convicts. The fif at,named vessel took out 17
families at the expense of Government, to join their
relations at Hobart's Town.

The Sydney Gazette of the 15th of February, ens-
tains a long account of the embarkation of Governor
MACQUARIE, which forms a singular proof cf the
rapid grow th of the colony, which, forty years ago,
was a silent and barren wilderness By eight
o'clock, most of the vessels in the hat lour were de:
rated in their accustomed costume, honorary to the
occasion ; and as soon as the barge, with its illtiqrions
burden, retired from the shore, a salute of 19 gins
was fired from Dawes' Battery. Launches, barges,
cutters, pinnaces, and wherries were seen crowded
with those who appeared determined to catch a part-
ing glimpse of the object of their profound venera-
tion and fondest regard, who for some time stood ar,
uncovered, and kept bowing adieu as he passed.—
Never did Sydney Cove look so attractive and gay
as upon this occasion; and the sbores were lined with
spectators innumerable."
Before GovernorMacQua AIE embarked, he inspected
the male orphan children, and took leave of the stu-
dents at Dr. HALLORAN'S Academy " Many of the
young Gentlemen (it is said) had handsome medili
of merit suspended from their collars. Master 11. u-
. a fine youth, addressed the late Govern
on behalf of himself and fellow students, in an arrro-
priate speech." We hear in these papers of indir-
duals sitting down to sumptuous dinners With 3
hUndred friends.

The Committee of the House of Commons, on the
subject of the Stationery and Printing for the House;
of Parliament, the Public Offices, &c. are continuing
their labours. The printing for Parliament al,ve
costs between two and £SOO,OOO annually. It 15
not the etiquette of Parliament that the evidence ct
Committees should be promulgated till it is regt;•
larly printed by order of the Aonse, otherwise smile
curious stories might be told. On Wednesd.ty the
• Meirs. HANSARD, the Printers, were examined. The
intention to examine these Gentlemen existed from
the first moment the Committee was formed, an:!,
therefore, it might- have been supposed that the Se!ect
Committee would have taken care that these inthyl-
duals should not he made particularly acquainted
with what evidence had been adduced previously to
their examination. However, Messrs. HA tisA Ito
had to print, and did actually print, the three first
days evidence for the use of the Committee ; the pecu-
Deity of the case was then discovered,when the far-
ther printing of the evidence was countermanded.

10 do Midi says, u that die Reyna a%f &farther expenses for
be forts of Olot, Ike; for some 'day* .and finally estalilishin,
1 of. Mtnet.boi, the trappiti„, and union of the Low Ca'
8, whose troops did notsmo?ht to Government of the 14
taken 14sseision of them by iranit, " Does not the cog
punted first, holding a crucial m one tend to this object? 1