Star.
London, England, 1814-10-06 00:00:00

GRAVESEND, OCTOBER &

Arrived the Ifervales,Utancty, from Genoa; Miererty, Mu.
nilike, from Matta; Wiliam, Ilium], from Derr.—Sailed the
Wootlhr:lze, ft.r :Le eye of Good Hope ; Honk, —,
for Coi.enLagen ; Twit: Gesusterg, 110117, for Antwerp; Waiker,
speck, tor Amiterdam; Iteatrit Efizalmtk, —, for kotterdami
Frsensla, r..aw,- Ird,ft and Itobt:t, tkolaby,- "t w.i• G.brudertt
Al;'.,. atebecca and Mary Arn, Criekmay, for lia•nburt;h.

Commencr.—The fo;lnw►ng Royal bt.-.ndate has
been published in a Spanilli Paper:

" Palyiro, Augv,, 29.
" Ills Excellency the Secretary of State and to irinauces,
day communicated to me the st.hecittent Royal o.•det :
I he Dv ecturs of the Royal P.1:1 ppine Company kale c
municated with his Alakity, txpiaming to him that by his Ruial
Order of the 27th July f•ew aided by your Excellency, when.
you discharged the.ollin: of Mit:liver ut State for the Ittl,s. it
,was con:mat:Lied that the exelucive privilege for commerce and
incrchand ze, shotf.d be preserved inviolable w the sad Cant-
patty, and w!th the same ju.t iirention the Koyal Schtdul.: of
tl.e.l2th July, 18(3, w 2; coufirmcd.

" Declaration will be inefficacious, and even prejudi.
dal, not may to the company, but to the . ational imlustry its
general, if such Asiatic and European commodities as are prrpartd
likewibe in Spain and America ate not p6.h;hited, and if a clan.
&sea': trade be countenanced under the colour and pretext of
such commodities. •

" To preserve thereMre to the Company its beneficial mono.
poly, and tc maintain unimpaired the national industry, which
is engaged in the manufacture of cotton., it becomes necessary
to renew the publication and annunciation of the said privileges
and to fix the term of four months for the eisposal of this de-
scriptiou of goods by the Individuals possessing them and Lit"?
such term the holders shall sell them to the Company; hut should
the terms not be agreed upon between the proprietors arJ rho
Company, another month will be allowed for the expiration of
the goods abroad, accosting to this arrangement particular zed in
Articke 57 and as, in the said Royal *'.4"..1., r0.47-"ftb tit•"'"
articles made prize of or otherwise.
The said Directors further set forth, that if the Complier
Is to arrive at the rank, elevation, r I splendour which the na-
tion expected at its establishment; and if it ia to repair its im-
mense losses which it has moat innocently incurred. it a ahso.
lutely indispensable that the indulgence sought should te
granted, especially at the present nihm t, when two expeduloos
from Manila and Ca.cutta are approaching the Veninsula, and
the effects which they bo n :astral. no sale if they are to meet
a competition in the marlrons ratite commodities of the tame
class...iud the ruin of the Company will be thus accomph.hed by
the exertions they have applied in completing these expedn zns.
" Hit Majcsi the K.ng having duly considered these irr.por-
•tant subjects, and being persuaded of the just reasoning of oe
teeters regarding them, has been pleased to determine. th t is
punctual ob.ervance of the exclusive privilege of the Co • , soy,
than the present time private merchants shall not be pr. nutted
to import either into Spain or America cotton manut, ctures,
whether Asiatic or European, conceang, however, the :e. nit of
bur month. fur the disposal of such goods, after which interval,
they are to be offered to the said Company, but if the conditions
should not be acceptable, another month is to be granted for the
exportation, as in the case of prize goods, &c.
" hese particulars I communicate to your Excellency by !es
Majesty's order tor your information, and that you may Impart
the same to the proper urn ter., that they may in all respects p..y
obedietiet: thereto. -Gun preserve you, ike. " Goscoaa.
" To the Superintendants of Revenue."

Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at the
India House, when the undermentioned Captains
were sworn into the command of their respective
ships, viz. :—Captain H. M. SAMON, Marquis Cam.
den, for Bombay and China ; and Captain J. Comas,
Lord Eldon, for Madeira, Madras, and Beogal.

The Duke of GLoucesTsft intend leaving Town
on Saturday, on a visit to the Marquis and Martino-
ness of BUCKINGHAM, at their seat, Stowe.

The Officers appointed to form the Court Martial
for the trial of Colonel QUINTIN, of the 10th Hussars,
are ordered to asstmble on the 17th instant.
The original War Establishment is still continued
in IVeland, the late reduction of the General Officers
and Staff being confined to Great Britain.
STRABANE. SEPT. 27.—Wednesd.ty the North Down
militia arrived here from Newry, and i.n Friday
marched for Londonderry, to raplace the Lincoln,
who arrived here the same day, on their route to
Newry, there to embark for England. Friday the
Londonderry milita arrived here from Newry, and
on Sunday went into quarters at Lifford.
It is not true that the Hottentot Term is sitting to
an eminent artist at Paris, for her picture. Were the
Lady tc tit, she would hide all her beauty.
Mrs. Siartlicott advertises for a large ti.ause to he in
—some persons think a little one would d.l as well.
Tobacto is now selling at risk shikiegi per pound ;
the smokers are quite in a/ante on '..e subject.
The protracted Ivor:humour lit =mins ah. Alt to be grid
to the devoted Cualisuron, return., us strongly of
the familiar distich respec,ii.g :
Sev'n Orman towns contend 'or 11.)%te a .!tad,
Then' which the liwiez House bcteCu ',1,4J!"
Thursday last, Mr. Witham N.lndoe, ‘,..rk to Mr.
Dalgleish and Frame, calia,printers in Glasgow,
was drowned. while bathing in the Clyde at tlq: pu-
minie's Hole.

Monday se'noight, as Richard Wilkie, one of the
men employed in A quarry at Gilmerti,n, belonging
to the Dalkeith district of roads, was wheeling ~.rth
along a gangway,
he lost his balance, was piropi-
rated to the bottom, a height of at least 30 Wet, and
killed.

JOURNAL of as RXCURSION to FRANCE,
IN A SERIES OF LE ITERS ;
CONTAINING NEMARKS MORAL, HISTORICAL, TOPOGRA•
LTC.

I.FTTF.R 111.

PAils,

1814.

The distance fr un Rouen to i' vis is 32 Post
leagues, which are, J believe, about a quarter of
mile shorter than the ordinary league. Stones kr,
fee si to measure the distance by half leagues. I
pretirred taking the road through Magny, which is
e .lied the upper route, and runs through a most de.
ligheul unary, fertile in corn of ell kinds. Vine.
yards begin to be cultivated in greater number after
you pass Magny ; and the cultivation of apples is not
oimmon. In my way to Magny, I stopt at the
Lee true, at the village of Fleury, 15 miles from
Rouen, where I was most grossly imposed upon by
the landlady for my entertainment. This was the
first instance et plunder I met with ; and, in order
to avoid similar acts of fraud; I would recommend
travellers, in stopping on the road, especially in small
places, to make, it possible, a previous agreement
with their host for their fare, which, I think, may in
general be done at the rate of three francs a head,
including wine tithe country.. As I am now speak.
lug of entertainment on the road, 1 may take the
opportunity to advise every- English traveller to carry
with him a knife end forleof lffs own, when he tra-
vels through FratiCe. Were I not afraid of swelling
his baggage too much, I would take the liberty of
mentioning one or two other articles.
The town of Magny is clean and neat, and con•
tams about '2OOO inhabitants. Wheat is the principal
commodity with which this place abounds. I stopt
at the'Grand Ceti, the cleanest inn in France, kept
by a German. The road is paved in the centre, ten
feet in width at the least, all the way from Magny to
Paris : the rest of the road is much the same as the
roads in England: In this part of the country they
snake a small wine, which is very pleasant, and rea-
sonable in regard to price. Fontein is the only place
wortby.of note between Magny and Paris : it is taunt
on an eminence, and is washed by the rivers Oise
and Vione, over the first of which there is an old
stone bridge, which gives name to the town. It con-
tains 5000 inhabitants, and has two fine churches,
one in the upper and the other in the lower quarter
of the town. The former is called St. Maclou—the
latter, Notre Dame. The ashes of Saint Maclou are
preserved in boxes near the altar, which are carried
sometimes in procession. There are some beautiful
figures in this church ; among others there is a fine
representation of the circumstances of the Resurrec-
tion, executed in images of the natural size, in excel-
lent sculpture. Various instances of violence end
mutilation may be seen in this church, sume of
which, we were led to understand, were perpetrated
by persons beknging to the division of the Allied
Army which occupied this place and neighbourhood
previous to the surrender of Paris. We were also
inlet med that these troops. particularly the A tietrians,
had been einine:.tly conspicueus aria forwaid in aim-
s-tinting enormities. Tee town, we were told, had
tern put under contribution for the payment of a‘
sum of money and the supply of three rations of pro-
vision. to the army, under the threatened penalty of
. being delivered over to the horrors of plunder, and
vielation, for the space of three hours.
The commission of these barbarous exeessit Wits
Prevented, through the activity .and firmness of 'elle
Mayor. Provisions viere rendered deare- by the lopg
continuance of the Allies in this place ; but although
the town had not yet recovered from the great .enn-
suniption of viands occasioned thereby, the price of
articles in the mariCet appeared to be reasonable.—
Beef, mutton, and veal, were sold at 10 sons a lb. ;
a couplet of good fowls, at from SO to 40 sous; a
quartern of eggs (26), for 18 sons; butter, 14 to 20
sous the pound. The wages of a maid-servant, from
80 to 100 franks a year, according to 'her qualifica-
tions. The rent of a good house, consisting of six
or eight rooms, with a good garden, would cost, in-
cluding taxes, from 400 to 450 franks a-year—that
is, £l6 or £lB. I may he permitted to remark here,
that the French, as well as the English, have to pay
a window-tax, which I understood had been recently
increased. This tax seems to be laid on with more
judgment and equity than ours ; for with them, the
tax is not the same for every window without excep-
tion, as with us, but is fixed by the number of stories
in the house—that is, the higher the windows ire
from the ground, the leis they have to pay for them,
after a certain height.
As you approach Paris the road widens, after pass-
ing St. Dents, to about 150 feet, and is planted on
each sidewith trees. I-saw not an uncultivated spot
in travelling a distance of I flu miles. How different
'is this from the face of the country, eveh in the most
improyed agricultural counties, in England! And
to what is this owing ? Why is so great a proportion
of British land suffered still to be in a state of rude
nature, producing nothing but heath or knee, even
in the neighbourhood of the metrcip olis, at a time
too when many of our population complain that they
can neither obtain bread nor work ?—As far as I
could judge, great attention is paid to agriculture in
France ; and there exists an Agricultural Board in
Paris, in some respects to that over which the
indefatigable Sir John Sinclair presides in London ;
but the science does not yet seem to have attained so
much progress as in Britain.
Entering Paris from the Northward, you pass
through the Port de St. Denis, a magnificent trium-
phal arch, built by Louis XIV. commemorative of
his military achievements, and one of the architec-
tural curiosities of Paris. It is upwards of 70 feet high.
On arriving at the Barriere of the City, every car-
riage is stopped by the guard, who, before you are
•suffered to pass on, calls upon you 46 declarer!" and
the moment you enter your hotel, you are required
to produce your passport, and to give in your name ;
the keeper of every hotel being licensed by Govern-
ment, and bound, under a heavy penalty, to give
early notice to the Commissary of Police of the names
of every stranger or inmate who arrives. This vigi-
lance on the part of the Police is productive of many
public advantages, which must be obvious to everyone.
Were such a watchful scrutiny observed at all the
turnpike gates on the out-skirts of London, and a si-
milar condition imposed upon all tavern, hcul,

fee-house, and lodging-house-keepers, in and about'
tow% how much oftener would crimes be detected
md delinquents brought to condign punishment than
there are at present ? And what honest man would
not cliee-fully submit to such a measure? At Paris,
the name lintel, in general, means nothing more
then a licensed lodging-house. It is usual for stran •
7ers of both sexes to repair to a Restaurateur's to eat
their meals; and here fare may be obtained sufficient
for the gratification of the most fastidious appetite.
A hill of f.tre is presented, with the price of the dif-
ferent dishes opposite to each, from which you may
select what ynu phase; but you must beware of
chusing any dish or article not nominated in the bond,
without previously adjusting the price. This hint, I
assure you, is not unnecessary either in France or in
England. Persons who dislike to dine in this man-
ner may have very comfortable meals furnished to
them in their own apartments by' a Traiteur.
11.0 be continued.]