Star.
London, England, 1825-12-07 00:00:00

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tirotestatii brethren, to which conciliation it k :mitt
evident the measures cif Mr. O'CoNputu and his ftiends
are decidedly opposed. We observe, however, that a
Meeting of all the Roman Catholic Prelates of Ireland,
is to be held on the 18th of Jae:nary, an 1 to that
meeting we anxiously look for an unequ voc4l declara-
tion of their abhorrence of the principles and practices
which are at present promulgated in the name of the
Roman Catholic People.

In a preceding column we have given intelligence
from the seat of war in India. Private letters state,
that the King of AvA hhd offered to negociate, but
little reliance was placed on his sincerity ; and it
was ' expected, that as soon as the weather would
permit, which it was expected would be in October,
Sir ARCHIBALD CAMPBELL would then move upon
Urnmerapoora, the capital.

This forenoon we received the Etoile of yesterday,
by Express. The Etoile contains intelligence from
Madrid of the 24th November. A report had just
reached the capital that the Palace of the Escurial was
on fire, and that it would be very difficult to arrest the
progress of the flames on account of the scarcity of
water, although it contained little timber work. This
Palace contains numerous valuable paintings (though
not so many as before the revolutionary war), and is
rich in Church ornaments, the loss of which will be
irreparable. In a postscript, the Madrid letter states,-
that there was no doubt of the Escurial being on fire,
but the writer was unable to give the details.

The appointment of M. Zs* BIM/VDU co be Minister
Plenipotentiary at the Court of Dresden, is confirmed,
and he is ordered to repair to bis post immediately.
The King of SPAIN has issued a decree for the better
ascertaining the produce of the revenue, and regulr ing
the expenses of the State accordingly.

An article from Vittoria, of the 27th of November,
states, that the Deputy•General-in-Chief of that pro-
vince had received orders, by a Courier Extraordinary
horn the Court, to arrest a certain personage, who was
expected to pass through that place.
The Judges of thy CcLr Royale have presented a new
claim t• the approbation of their country, and all who
value the freedom of the press. The Courier Francais,
like the Constitutionnel, has been acquitted. The fur-
ther proceedings were resumed on Monday, when, after
the ADVOCATIC-GRNIMAL had been heard for the pro-
, secution, and M. MERILHON for the defence, 'At Court
retired at two o'clock to deliberate on the verdict; the
Judges • returned in an hour, when the President pro-
noithced their decision.

1 . After expressing regret that tl•e audience on a former
occasion tt►•e. acqui tal of the Coastitutioneeij bad
sheen so little respect to the Court, as to express their
sentiments Oli the Virdlit in public, the President pro-
tuiceidstlie .airdlit in the case of the courier Francais.
which vial that the .greatest part of the articles
cgarged as creatural, were not of a character to
injure respect for religion or the State, though
blameable in form. That the other articles were of
the same character, but they were not numerous, and
I appeared under circumstances of extenuation. These
circumstances were, the establishment in France of re-
ligious orders not :authorized by the laws, and the
preaching publicly by a part Of the Clergy of France,
of ultramontane doctrines, calculated to compromise
the rights of the throne, and the liberties guaranteed
by the institutions of France. The Court, in conse-
quence, declared that these was no cause for pronounc-
ing the suspension required ; but the editor of the Cou-
rier was enjoined to be more circumspect in future.
A similar admonition had been given in the decision
on the Constifutionnel, and in both cases the decision
was without costs.

The accounts from Rome state, the firat sentence in
the case ,if the Carbonari, at ltome,had been pronounced
on the 21st ult. made public the next day, and exe-
cuted on the 23d, when Anglo Targhini and Leonidas
Montanari, charged with murder, were executed.—
Ti.ey refused all the attentions of the Clergy, who
prayed for their conversion ; and we are told that even
the Pore., notwithstanding the weak state of his health,
passed a part of the night previous to their execution,
imploring HEAVEN to extend that mercy to the offenders
which his HOLINESS had refused on earth. When they
mounted the fatal scaffold, Targhini began to ad-
dress the people, and exclaimed, "I die a freemason, a
good CarbOnari." A roll of the drums then inter-
rupted him. , Montanari made a similar declaration.—
II Four of their accomplices, including Louis Spada, were
condemned to the gallies. Judgment was in a few days
lexpected to be pronounced on some mote of the Car-
bonari, and it was generally believed that it will be
followed by the publication of the Bulls of Excommu-
nication pronounced by Popes SZNEDICT XIV. and
Pius VII. against Freemasons and Secret Societies.
An article from the Austria's Observer states, on the
authority rf letters from Alexandria, that the Turco-
Egyptian fleet put to sea on the 17th and 18th October.

This forenoon we received Lisbon Gazettes to the
27th ult. They contain a decree of the Emperor and
King, for such is the title the King of PORTUGAL now
takes, which reduces one-half the duty on wines ex-
ported to Brazil.