Star.
London, England, 1815-10-27 00:00:00

FLORENCE, OCTOBER 16.

Lieutenant-Culonel Cassanova, Cosnmandant of
he Isle of Elba, writes on the 4th to the Secretary
it War, that en the morning of that day the light
~awls of that Island had succeeded, after a three
chute, in capturing it Barbary corsair, having
0 eight pounder, two of those arms called Biscay.
asp and A crew of 14 men. This corsair had m.ide
twig of asm ill vessel, which was rt•capturei, and
tb brought into port. The Commandant highly
ifaties stveral of the officers and inhabitants of the
lind, He concludes thus I think it my duty
oimmin your Excellency, that it results from the
lamination of the Rais (or Captain) of the vessel
,itan that the squadron of the corsairs emitting in
a: seas consists of three frigates, three sloops. three
three large zebecks, and six smaller corsaiss,'
ive of which are in our hands. The forces on board
iiewairon seem considerable. The Rais affirms
Sat each frigate has 500 men, including the crew ;
each zeb.ck 350. and the rest in proportion."

BERLIN, OCTOBER 17.

By alvices received to-n4y. it appears that the
Dig left Eliu-c on the 16th. and will arrive to-day
potsdam. We hope to have his Majesty here to.
gamy, to eabance by his presence the lustre of the
iatioual Testis4l.

HANOVF.R. OCTOBER If.
W e expect here eight or LOAM men of the German
vision, to pass the winter.

HANIBURGH, OCTOBER 20.
The 18th was celebrated here with great ceremony.
BRUSSELS. OCTOBER 23. •
D k Affirmed at Vakirci.nnes, that 6000 Prussian
.mops are coming there to garrison that fortress.—

,us Jetac:lments of Belgian troops have taken
Easton mints ahout Lille, in the villages, at five
le.igues ail round.

The Paris Papers of the '.l4,th came to hand last
';ght. The discussion on the law to suppress State
:rimes began in the ChambLir of Deputies on the ‘23cl,
Ait was not terminated that sitting. We have given
. report of the debate in the preceding columns.
It we may credit the private accounts from Paris,
he public mind is in a state of great ferment ; and
hese who have any consideration are under great ap.
rehensions. It is asserted on the one hand, that the
likens of the ancient regime are so infatuated as
a believe in the possibility of bringing things back
'3 precisely the same state they were in before the se.
solution; that the oitenak are not the real advisers
:f the King ; that secret orders ate sent to the depart-
ments counteracting the public dispatches : in one
wed that there is a secret cabinet, the acts of which
mealy calculated to destroy the Constitution, to esti..
ito the erseive right of Kings, *sr, In other words, to
lag hack arbitrary power, and destroy all liberal ilea:.
On the other hand, it is maintained that these
charges rest on no real lowtdation; that the Ilonapar.
its, the Republicans, and the Jacobins, mortified at
the change that has taken place, charge others with
following the same system which they themselves
pursued, that of exelveretw every party but their 'own
from places of trust or emolument; that much of their
clamour arises from a fear that they may be obliged
to restore property which they possess without- any
jut title, and of being yet made to account for some
of their individual robberies and murders; that their
clamour about liberal ideas may all be summed up
Ur the wish to have crimes converted into virtues by
pupetuating the jargon and false' philosophy that
were engendered and matured by the Revolution.
Pamphlets suited to the views of the different
parties issue from time to time, and are often speedily
suppressed by the. Police. Some that we have seen are
very intemperate ; and the whole serve only to este-
bl4ll the fact, that men's minds are in a state of deli-
mit); that the fever has not yet attained its crisis,
atd that therefore any certain pa-osmotic otitlac issue
is impossible.

As to the idea of restoring the ancient regime, there
say, and we doubt not there are men so weak as to
bel.tve the thing practicable. They might as well
n pe to re-organise a plant and make it vegetate
aftrr a 'a, been burnt to ashes, as engage in a work
" but though their labour must fail, the
bible cialsequences which may flow from the effort
t:e.not but alarm sober minds. On the other hand,
hotver, the chims of the Royalists and Emigrants,
so tar al tl...ty concern the property of which they
4ve bt-u robbed, are not so unreasonable as
the.r mcmies wish to make them appear.—
rt Thly b.: true, nay, it is true, that it would be a
PLL: c robbery to take from these who now occupy
lte c(thfiicated estates, property which they possess
b 7 hisaide purchase and payment, for the purpose
'3 ttstortng them to their original proprietors' but
tit'' greater public robbery than the latter were sub.
iccted to when deprived of them. It is e:tsy to cla-
roour about tlra mischiefs that would result from such
a procedure, but this is no answer to a claim founded
to iubtice. The remedy however is obvious. The
e 'inBinill proprietors were deprived of their estates by
tde crime of the public. That public owes them a
complete rtmuneration—they are in fact public cre-
ditors, and have a right to be paid : nor should it be
Imputed tp them as a crime, that they are Cl4llllCfolli
to obtain their Gyn.
The aversion manifested by the French nation ge-
mfally to Perform this imperative act of justice may

bt
Victee3 ei toiiiieids alb the iiingeil*itti
which France is still. threatened. Let the nation
manifest di%Positiohto act atceitding to the ptinciples
of pure equity the dainours which now serve to
conjure up so Twiny' tears will then cease; all parties
will soon find that the restoration of the ancient sys;-
tem, as it stood hi the days of Louis XIV. is neither
desirable nor possible; France will thus wipe out the
stain that lies upon her moral character, and thus re
cover ber moral rank among the nations of Eurrtpe.
* There is one country in which many would wil-
tingly sacrifice their property in defence of rational
liberty, but that country is not France. In Fa aticc,
the only liberty for which the majority is now bawl.
ing out, is that of withholding from their rightful
owners, not only their estates, but the value of them.
Let means be devised to pa 7 these mrn by monies
levied from the whole cornsubnity, and much nf the
alarm which now agitates fiance will be instantly dis-
sipated. The present proprietors will then know thet
they are in no danger a f an ejectment; and those who
formerly held the lands will have their value. The
lands in question were sold as national domains. Let the
nation which stole them prove, by perforrning.an act
of common justice, that it is not a nation of tlii..-ves,
and the principal source of the present discontent will
be dried np.

PKIVATII LRTTER FRof Patin, 'DATES) OCT'AISER 23.
" At one of the late Si:bugs of the llou•e of Peers, the Doke
d'Angouleme proposed to the Bureau or Committee over which
he presides, the proscription of Two TUOUPAND INDIVIDUAL%
about one.tenth of whom are residing In Paris. This motion
was strenuously combated by M. LanJuinals, but In vain, fur it
was admitted as the subject of further and early discusgiun.
" A great number of arrests has taken place within these few
days. General Clause! escaped as the agents of Police were enter-
ing his house. His Aid-de-camp fell into their hands. General
Bachela, an officer who has served with distinction daring every
campaign for these twenty years, and who has never taken any
share in the Government, has also been arrested."

This morning we received Halifax Papers to t:le
7th of Octobsr. and Boston to the 80th. Much da-
mage has been sustained at Boston by the late dread.
ful hurricane. At Providence 500 houses have been
destroyed, and 33 vessels wrecked on the coast.

• "QUEBEC, SEPT, S.
Yesterday, in consequence of the great and glorious lit ws front
Europe, a salu:st was tired from the Grand Battery, and our of
his Malestes.ships, the Titoove—the frigate was in full dress.
and in the evening brilliantly illuminated. But the most avert.'
illumisialion was a destructive Fire which broke out yes
terday, during the Races, Itetween one and two o'clock.—
It originated in a store belonging to Mr,ORADIAII Art.wiN, and
thence communicated to his dwelling-house, and a large stor;
appertaining to Messrs. DACHAU? and StIaPPARO, bath contain-
ing much valuable property, a part belonging to the King, the
wholeof which was consumed.

t` The brewhouse and storehouses belonging to Mr. Racy were
partly destroyed; MI the inhabitant, from Champlain-Avec; to
Andersen's Marine store, suffered more or le,s by the removal
or loss 01 furniture or effects; Mr. Germain, who had embarked
his all In a spieu.ation in French books, which had arrove.l be
fore him, were deposited in Mr. Alywin's store-house, a:A all
destroyed. except two eases (damaged) welch are to be sold for
the benefit of the Underwriters."

Yesterday, at four o'clock, the Parsec RFOCKT
,risited the QUINN. at her Palace, and remained witn
iiia Royal Mother near an hour.

Yesterday tier Maims, leld a private Court, at
:ter Palace in St J.imes's Park. At five o'clock their
Imperial Highnesses the Archdukes JOHN anctlaiwis
of Austria, attended by Lienterant.Geneial Count
Sr. JULIAN, General Count MORGIN. Colonel Baron
PIA:, Major B• run CRUM. ate. arrived At the Palace
in Royal carriages, from Stratford House. They
were received with all due Court ceremony. A party
of yeomen of the guard, beaded by a Yeoman Usher,
,he Royal Servants in their state liveries, the Gentle.
men Porters and Pages, in their full dresses.• The
QUEEN was attended by their Royal Highnesses the
Princesses Auuthra and La... thaarrie, the Dukes of
CLAPSNUE And KENT•theCOUMESSES of HanalNerroa
and Catuno4N, the Ladies in waiting, the Gentle.
men Ushers in waiting, &c. Their Imperia' High-
nesses and suite were iutioefaced to her MAJESTY by
Mr. Ds:meow, her Vice-Chamberlain, and conducted
by Mr. Castanet', Assistant Master of the Ceremonies.
After they had withdrawn from the QUEEN'S Draw.
ing-room, Prince PAUL EsTIIBIIAZT, the Ambassador
from the Court of Austria to Great Britain, was in-
troduced, and conducted to the QUEEN by the same
Gentlemen. His Excellency-had an audience of her
Kamm delivered his credentials, and was most
graciously received.
At halt past five o'clock, the Hereditary Prince of
Hem Housousta, accompanied by Lieutenant Ge-
neral of Infantry Prince PHILLIP. Major General of
Cavalry Prince Guiraves, and Major. General of
Cavalry Prince FERDINAND, were also presented and
conclutted by Mr. Dusattow and Mr. Cussran.
Yesterday, at one o'clock, their Royal Highnesses
the Archdukes Jona and Lewes received, at Strat-
ford House, the congratulatory visits of all the
Foreign Ministers in hewn. There were present the
French, Spanish, Russian, Prussian, Swedish, Turkish,
Dutch, Portuguese, and Wurternburg Ambabsadors ;
Baron Nicola represented his Excellency Count LIR.
VIM, the Russian Ambassador. The whole were
ushered in in due form, and received by their Royal
Highnesses in the must gracious manner.
On Wednesday their Imperial Iliglines%es, with
their suites, during the time they were out in two of
the Puma RecaNt's carriages, called upon the Duke
and Duchess of OautaNs, at their house at Twicken-
ham, and upon the Duke and Duchess of CUMBER-
LAND, at their house on Kew Gre:n,
Yesterday, Myr they had been presented to the
Quzsm, they returned to their residence in Stratford-
place to dinner, alter which their Imperial High.
messes, attended by Lieutenant General Count Sr.
JULIAN, General Count MORGINI Colonel Puts', and
four others of their suite, went in two of the Prima
REGENT'S carriages to drury.lane Theatre, where the
Managers being apprised of the intended honour of
their visit, received them with every mark of attention
and respect due to their exalted rank. They were
lighted to the PRINCE REGENT'S box by Mr. Dam):
and Mr. Raz.accompailied by Mr. SPRING. On their
entrance into the box, the band struck up eur national
air of Gun save the King. Their Imperial High-
nesses appeared to take considerable interest and to
be much delighted with Mr. Kasa's acting in

Ar4Y4L i rt~iLtckA cl.

FALMOUTH, OCTOBER 94.
Aitived the Qii,en Charlotte Packet, with a Maio
frnai Lisbon, in 10 days l ani the Princess MAr)
Packet, ssi:h a M iil from 11.iloftx, in 15 days. Tha
Mary spoke the following vessels :
sept.. 24. OE Sandy Flunk, the Ci.utek, from St. 'ago de
Cuba, di4nta.ted un the 14 It ult.

Oct. 1.4 Cape ttantbero baring N.W. nine or teu leagises, the
brig .I .ton of Liverpool-oot 44
Oct. WI. 'll.e Luis lle oy, of Neopeasele, in lat. 47. 52. N.
1011. in. 20. W.—nut 44 days limit Hat rpoiol
Oca. 21. ON Sri Ity, the brig !bite, front Linn altar for Livcrpoo:.

plwrsMoti Fit, OC I'OBER 26:
Arrived li.s. Majesty's ship LIGHTNING. from Plv.
mouth; and iheL,nd Melva. Packet, Irons Melazz:i.
Sailed the Jane, Haut, for Cardiff; and the MarY•
tor Dominica.—Wind S.W.

DEM., OCTOItER 26.
Arrived the ProviJeuce, Shunt, from Oporto, aud
sailed tor the River. Ai rived and remain the Fieet.
wood, for ; Medina, hi. Jamaica ; AI
g tor, for Ma,:eira ; for St. Michael's;
ter Lisbon ; Hyperion, for St. Petersbutgli ;
tuna, and Die Hoffnung, for Cadiz ; Catharine,
tI Has/ innalt ; Ceres, for Lisbon ; Frederick,
HERMAN, aor Embdett ; and Guiana, for Surinam.

It A, 11130 A l'E, OC onER 21.
Sailed for Ostend this afternoon, the Flying Fish
schooner, with Baron Von FALIENHAUSEN, Coloael
of the 7th Regiment of Prussian Hulans, and several
other miliiary Officers of distraction, and cats pas-
sengers. The Flying Fish also took over a great
quantity 1111.;,..41 irrAntifactures fur
.a market.—Ano-
tiler detachment of the Waggon Train is expected to
Arrive here in a day or two for embarkation. Trans-
ports are in the her boor waiting their arrival.

YARMOUTH, OCPO3ER se.
Arrived the Francis Freeling packet, from Cux-
haven, with Mail ; the Twee Friends, BAKKER,
from Lunikin for Amsterdam, leaky ; and Apollo,
CALVER, from Ostend.

MILFORD HAVEN, OCTOBER 24.
Arrived the Lemma Andiewai from London ; James, Card&
ner, from Chepstow, fur Plymoutb; Liberty transport, F. Meaty,
from Gibraltar for Portsmouth, with ordnance storey; Found-
ling, Lahadoe, in 50 days from the Havarnah, her fails are In
very bad condition, having experienced nothing but gales on the
passage—the fullowing vessels were spoken with by the Found.
ling, viz. in lat. 48. 10. N. long. 35. W. ship Manus, Hill, with
180 passengers from Londonderry for New York, she bad t :pc-
tleneed a severe gale from the 22.1 to the 26th ultimo, iu which
she carried away tort and niaimma,t heads, fore-top-masts, and
fore-yards in the slings, and apeear4:4l to be in a very bad state,
and nut fit Os proceed on her viiyage' she was 27 days out ;
American ship Lorerzo In a gale, from London for New York,
nut 21 days, in lat. 51. 14. N. lung. IL 43. W.; brig Jane, of
Liverpool, for the Mediterranean ; brig Eagle, from Liverpool,
for savannah, South Carolina, with loss of some sails, The
following vessels were left at the Havannah by the Foundling:
the Fanny, Ito-s, discharging, and Wellington, both of !Aver-
pool, tele latter had lust her mizen-mast; ship George Canning,
with lost of mainmast, but would be ready iu about a week, the
Master war very 111. Sailed on a cruize the Diligence, Foz, and
Bat, Revenue cru-zurs.----Wind W.
MELANCHOLY NARRATIVE
TAKEN 71tONI THE SURVIVING CREW, RELATIVE TO
TIIC LOSS OF THE ARSL3ToN TRANSPORT, WRECKED
Nl:Alt CAFE LACUILLASI ON THE EVENING OF THE
30rit MAY, 0;15.

Chat es Stewart Scott, late carpenter's mate of the
Arniston transprrt, and others, riser, to the best of
their knowledge, that she sailed from Point de Calle
on or abtlut the 4th of April, under convoy of his
Majesty's ship Africaine and Victor brig, with six
I.ldianseti ; about the 516:ft of May parted company
from the convoy, owing to stress of weather, having
blown away most of her sails; other sails were then
bent, hut the weather continued very squally, with a
heavy sea. On the 27th, about seven A.M. the land
was discovered right a-head, bearing about N. by
W. a lung distance off, the wind then S.S.E. About
halfpast font. P.M. still blowing very strong, hauled
to the wind on the larboard tack, under a close-reefed
main.top.sail, and stood on till half-past two A.M.
on the Sikh; then, supposing the land was near Table
Bay, the hands were turned up; bore up, steering
N. W. and set the fore-sail, intending to run for St.
H.lrna : continued on till ten A.M. when the land
was discovered nearly a-head ; turned the hands up,
and battled the ship close to the wind on the larboard-
tack. Still blowing very hard, made all sail (having
top-sails and courses set), stood on till near noon,
when breakers were discovered on the lee bow, wore
ship and hauled to the wind on the other tack, stood
on till two P.M. then wore and hauled to the wind
on the larboard tack, continuing on till near four
o'clock, when breakers wereseen ; proved Laguillas'
reef, which we could not weather on either tack,
being completely esobay:d ; dewed up the sail, and
cut away three anchors : the two bower cables parted
shortly after, when Lieutenant Brice (agent for trans-
ports),recontmended the Captain to cut away the
sheet cable, and run the ship on shore, the only
chance of saving the people's lives ; the cable was
then cut, and the ship put before the wind ; in about
eight minutes after she struck forward, the ship heel-
ing to windward ; cut away the guns, in order to heel
her the other way, which could not be effected; con-
seqnently she soon began to break up. About eight
o'clock the masts went, and the ship in a very short
time was quire in pieces. Many people were drowned
below, in consequence of her heeling to windward,
and others citing to the wreck, endeavouring to reach
the shore about a mile and a half distant.

Oust of the wle,le crew, consiving of 350 persons,
only six men ;cached the shore, with great difficulty,'
upon tanks, being much bruisA by the wreck and
surf, which was very high. At day-light next morn-
ing, the stern-post was the only part of the sip to
be seen. The be:ch was covered with wreck, stores,
&c. and a &nimbi". of dead bodies, who were buried
by the survivors—among them wtre Lord and Lady
Molesworth, the Agent and Captain, with some chil-
dren. On the next day (Ist June) considering our-
selves to the westward of Cape P. int, it was agreed
to Loast the beach to the eastward, which we conti-
nued to do for four days and a half, subsisting en
shell-fish from off the rocks; but fearing we had taken
wrong direction, it was agreed to return to the
`wreck, and we accomplished it in three days and a haft,
where we re mained six days, subsisting chiefly on a cask
of oatmeal, which had driven on shore ; by drying it
in the sun, we t xperienced gt,ltt relief. The pinnace
had been darown ashore, bilged, %%Lich we proposed
to repair in the best way circumstances would allow,
and endeav,zr to viast along the shore. At that
time (the 14th Juee) being at work on the boat, we
were fortunately discovered by a farmer's son (John
Swart)) who was out shooting, and we were humanely
earliest by bum to his father's house, where we re-

natinedi iv;th every eninfort he could ford us, for a
wetk, and t'.en set off for Cape Town, Wl:ere we at-
.4l M..nJay evening, the t!l:h Juno:
f we lest the country, we were idortrud rhst
331 bodies, thrown on shore, were buried near the
numb. (S•gneJ)
Cti Ala i Sti•WART SCOlt, ATM PARTY.
_

This Deatrltion wAs made b.ls:re me, al C. pe
Pawn. the 27th day of J !ne, 1815, of whi.h this it
Ink copy. (Sigurd)
J. MIII ES Utir. R N.

itetilent Apo, for fraiisporte.
A tsar of °veletas and Rassemorgs (a. far a, can be col.
lileted from the r ) %Ito yeri,sed on boat d the Artustun
transfort, on the 'Judi May, 1815.
'tem KO.
tjetiteteaot R.N. Agelt.
Captain t:rati nimostin.
A:ate •I'hoinab 1 it&
sd dii to William Young.
d ditto G
Ito thitu R. b!:ison.
turtor Gunter.
iatawain lobo Barrett
'al penter John Fi;:ir y.
Gatintr 'riotous Go*au.

SURVIVORS.
Charle, Stewart Scott, Carpets.
tees Mate.
Philp Shea, Seaman.
M. Drtimatood de to.
Wihant t.t.to.
tlomas Ma .aSeid, ditto.
lobo Lewis; ditto.