Star.
London, England, 1824-09-25 00:00:00

BARCELONA, SEPT.

The Naval Commander of Our port has caused to be
incited in- the Diario Me rcantel of yesterday, the fol-
lowing dispatch, which has, been addressed to him by
the G,ivernor of Port Mahon

" The Dutch Division in the Nlediterranean, under the command
of Rear-Admiral Wetterbech, anchored yesterday in this port, hav-
ing come in five days from Algiers;. and in consequence of the in-
formition given him by Mr. Wetterbech, the Dutch Consul has in-
formed me verbally, that a flotillas was fitting out at Algiers for the
purpusi• of pursuing and attacking Spanish merchantmen.
ii.oorn to give you this information, that you may warn the
mercirints and captains of ships of Barcelona that they must take
great precauLions in their enterprises.
" Mahon, Sept.l. (Signed) " LIRFY."
PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE.
" PA Alf, SEPT. 20.

" On the day of his Majesty's death, the people were
admitted to see his remains; he was placed on his bed,
his hands were joined on his chest, and there was a
crucifix placed between them; but this was not repeated,
as his illness had been such as to produce so rapid a
decay of the body, after death, as to render itindispen-
sable that very little time should be lost before em-
balming his remains. This was done on the following
day, and, the day after, the people were admitted to see
him lying in state. Whenever there is anything to be
seen, the people are, I believe, petty much alike in all
countries (except in China, where they carry very far
indeed, Horace's principle of 8 Ail admirari'), the crowd
wet immense all day long (especially as it was neither
requisite to wear a particle of mourning, nor to change
their every-day clothes), and very few,l believe, obtained
their object under a couple of hours. Here I cannot
help observing, that the women seemed to bear heat
and fatigue much worse than imir Englishwomen do,
as I saw many of them abandon the advantage (for
everything was done in order) which an hour's trouble
had given them, and retire rather than persevere in
their efforts.

ge You entered by the Grand Pavilion of the Tuileries,
and, ascending the staircase on the right, you passed
through several apart's, ,ts, some of which were hung
with black, and brilli#.tly illuminated, before you en-
tered the chamber is which the body was placed.
Yon were, however, warned of your approach to this
chamber, by the voices of the Priests, who, to the num-
ber of about twenty, sat on benches on one side of the
bed on which the body was laid, chaunting a Mass fur
the repose of the soul of the departed. Upon entering,
you were struck by the splendid decorations of the
apartment, which was covered all over with gold and
silver, and the State-bed, or, as the French call it, the
4 Lit d'honneur' or 'tit de parade,' was most elegant. On
the opposite side of the bed to that occupied by the
Chunk,: were some of the Gentleati of the Court,
whose solemn rn
countenances admirably seconded the
grave tones of the others; there was also a proftbion of

`wax-lights. tots left the room by the door opposite to
the one at which you entered, and, after passing through
several very handsome apartments, again entered the
Court of the Tuileries, in such a state, owing to dust
and perspiration, that nothing but a warm bath coald
pot you to rights."

The fleet said to hate been seen iii the Gulr of Mexico
by the Captain of the Walther Castle on the 4th ult.
steering for the wifiward, excites smith speculation in
the City. The general supposition is, that they were last
from Havannab, and carrying troops for the relief of the
garrison of St. Juan de Ulloa. On consulting at Lloyd's
the list of vessels sailing from that port, which mends to
the 13th of August, it appears that the following vesseli
left it on the 29th of July, viz. the Spanish sloops of war,
Sabina, Captain Jose M. CHACON ; Maria Francisca,
Captain Jose; and the Zsfiro, Captain J. VaLertA—all
bound for the Castle of St. Juan de Ulloa. There saiiel
also from Havannah, on a cruize, on thtlBth July, the
French frigate La Jean &Arc, Captain Datorzr, on a
cruize. Suppbsing the latter vessel to have formed a
junction with the Spanish ships, there would still rema,n
three or four more to be accounted for to complete the
number seen. In this there may be some errror ; an 3
it is, on the whole, probable that the three sloops of war
were the only vessels passed by the Walmer Castle, and
, that their destination was as above stated. On the 4th
of August, the convoy mentioned by the Captain of tiie
latter vessel, was in lat. 22. N. long. 88. W. They were
then steering direct for Vera Cruz, in CrOnt of which
place the Castle of St. Juan de Ulloa is situated.

Frankfort Papers to the 19th inst. reached us this
morning. It appears that expte,ses had carried the ac-
count of the death of Louis XVIII. to Frankfort two
days before the event took place. The following ate
extracts: