Star.
London, England, 1822-12-31 00:00:00

EXTRACTS Or PRIVATE LETTERS.

requesting her Majesty to' feint °NO* estintfr"W
Wisich she -intends. t0.4r0. 4hkreplieltjn the following
terms 1. That I 4,eirs:elte;dj,tiaygfe.rty formal
aid solt'sidis deelaratinttViat I will'hariieriar. I now
ratify it.-2, that bitll2 ready t”ibissit,t,o what the
King shall order in Alt* of the law. myself,
however, under the necessity of ;midi*, ;bat am
veryunwell, more so than is generally supposed, and
of observing that self-preservation is .alaw of nature.
I am certain that neither the King nor the Govern-
ment wish that I should die on My way, for we are
now in the midst of winter, and I cannot venture to
undertake a voyage until the. season be put. To
prove that I do not reek is avail myself of any pre-
text, I am ready to retire to the Palace of Ramalhao
with my two daughters (from whom I wish Rover to
.be separated) until the season permit me to leave the
kingdom.— B. That my intention is to go to Cadiz
by sea, the voyage being, under my privation of
health and strength, snore suitable than a journey
icy
land:'
This was followed by a Decree of his MAJESTY,
dated the 4th instant, which states, that in .conse-.
quence of the refusal of the QUEEN to take the oath
to the Constitution, she had lost all rights, civil and.
political, belonging either to her character of Portu-
guese citizen, or to the dignity of QUEEN; and far-
ther, that she must depart from the Portuguese ter-1
titory forthwith.
. .
In the Sitting of the Cones of the llth, the affair
of the QUEEN* was again brought forward, on a mo-
tion by M. ACURSID DAS NEVES, throwing blame on
the proceedings taken towards the QUEEN, and de-
claring that. she should.be set apte entaia at liberty,
and that judicial proceedings should be instituted
after thi manner of the late Queen of ENGLAND, to
know whether the QUEEN, by refusing to take the
oath of adherence to the Constitution, had violated the
law. The motion was referred to the Special Coin-
mince charged with the examination of the affair.
It is said that this refusal of the Qom.' to take the
oath to the Portuguese Constitution does not arise
from any political .hostility; indeed, her MAJESTY
says as much, but that it is from a conscientious,
Qnakerlike objection to taking any oath. Were this
really the case, we do not see any reason why het
affirmation might not be deemed sufficient. It is,
however, more generally believed that this condtiet
of her MAJESTY rather arises from female perverse-
ness, and that, as she and her spouse have not lately
lived on the most.loving terms, she avails herself of
this oppormuity of obtaining a separatism.

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• •' PARIS, SATURDAY, Six :Ccocx, v. sc.
!, The inclosed is the list of the Ministry as agreed
upon last night:
•' The Minister •f the rnterior, with the Presidency, M. de

•"" The Minister of Foreign Affairs, M. de CHAU/111510AM
" The Keeper of the Seals, M. de Comes= (instead of M.
PICSANNIT).

This forenoon we received two Lisbon Mails,
bringing Papers to the 16th inst. They contain a
long detail of the proceedings respecting the refusal
of the Quay" to rake the oath to the Constitution,
which we have elsewhere noticed. •

13144A1N0, CIARMONT-TI;INNLIIII, and LAVILISTOII remain.
. The Minister of Finance is not yet named.
44 Such was the list agreed upon.
e, At five o'clock this afternoon, M. de Chateau-
• briand accepted the office assigned to him. Whetherl
the other changes hare taken place is not yet aster-'
taineti. The renta to-day were as follows :—They
. opened at BSf. 30c. their lowest price was 88f.•50c.
they closed at 83f. 10c. Spanish Stock dosed at 56."
:" PARIS, SI.RiDAY.
44. Pozzo di Borgo, the Russian Minister, is not

In thi Sitting of the 6th inst. Senor F. Awrowto DE
CAMP:* read a proposal for drawing up a Cornmere
cial Code. The proposal was, that a reward of 8,000
mill ees should be offered to the author of the first
Plan of such a Code, and hale -the- sum to the author
of the two Projects which mar be thought deserving
of the arzessit. The Projects to be presented to the
Cortes on the Ist December, 1321. It was ordered
to be read a second time in a future Sitting.
In the same Sitting, Senor PESBANIIA tead a paper
complaining of the impunity with which a. great cri-
minal had escaped, viz. Manuel Pedro ale Fteitas
Guinaraeg, who was taken at Bahia commanding the
factious, who excited civil war, and shed the blood of
their brethren, intending to expel the European
troops, and proclaimed in that city the independence
of Brazil ; yet this man has been suffered to return
to his country, where he will probably perpetiate
new crimes. Another greater criminal arrived in the
Tagus when Manoel Pedro sailed; this is Gervasio
Ferreira, ex-President of the Government of Pernarn-
buco, the author of the anarchy which affects that
province, and who was taken prisoner by the unfor-
tunate persons whom his tyranny had forced to seek
refuge in Bahia. The Honourable Member, after
some further observations, read a Project of a Decree,
declaring it necessary to bring the ex-President or
Pernambuco to trial, for various acts tending to esta-
blish the independence of Brazils and amounting to
absolute rebellion.

yet recovered from his paroxysm of rage and disap-
pointment at hearing of the resignation of his friend
At, de Montmotency. He is reported yesterday to
'aye said—' La France se trouvoit dans une position
rueoir se placer a la tote de 'Europe, pour tombattre
la Revolution ; aujourd'hui elle lest miss ala pea des
Reodutionaires:"

The refusal of the Queen-of PORTUGAL to take the

Signor CORREA bit LACERDA read a project of a
Decree, in which he represented the inefficient state
of the army, and the necessity of remedying so great.
a defect, at a time when a French army, quite pre-
pared to take the field at the first signal, was assem-.
bled on the frontiers of Spain, giving encouragement,
as the Spaniards declared, to the factious in Cata-
lonia and Navarre.; when a Congress is assembled at
Verona, whose decisions are unknown, though we
are well acquainted with the intentions of despotic
Governments towards liberal Governments. Pied-
mont and Naples are melancholy proofs of this truth.
The speaker proceeded to spew the intimate con-
nection between the interests of the two kingdoms of
the Peninsula, and concluded by proposing, that the
regiments of the line should be raised, not only to
the establishment on which they were placed by the
reduction operated in 1814, but to the complement'
which they bad before that reduction.--To be read
a second time.
In the Sitting of the 9th, the MINISTRR of the
Manna was introduced and read a paper, in which
be represented the deplorable state of the Portuguese
navy, and of all the establishments belonging to • it.

()deb to the Constitution, has excited animated dis•
eussions in the Cones. It was intimated to her MA-
Jewry that the time fixed by law for her taking the
oath would expire on the Sd of December. To this
the Quaxx replied—,4 That she had caused it to be
stated to the Ktt:o, that she would not take an oath;
that she had made a promise never to swear either
for good or evil during her whole life ; that she did
not adopt this course from haughtiness, or from,
hatred of the Cones, but merely because she had
passed her word—for a good person ought never to
retract; that she knows the law; that she is aware
of the penalty which the law inflicts, and that she is
trilling to submit to it."
T a letter from one of the Ministers to the QUZzag,

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Ai piOstittiVelmsivy consist, if ittrili • XlrAi INTELL/GBNCE.
Ctioe A*:
.Evirom, osiotes from to Lloyd's, at Pe 'zany',
• )tritti
:e-stht"ethreiFoeurennßatcplridieu,rl7taestar asinersiagnhe,r.f,rfoh.nniakLvi;:h:ttaintritl
.eight frtg- ates, nine cwig,"..,1#1,.
.
Anil-gas (ships of burdes)ortykievess to
,T,ltistnikate.seil'°"hteer,
bpn:
juber. biirgainto
used if p*CkCtS •; but old, SA
ut
,be. unfit for service in a few years. • At • Rio 'Ode • itottetbre cohiGehV/ISsinctld bronchineintllilimit7tmUettligl o
g to s ve the crew
Janeiro there: remained
•three .of the line, thtee'fri- till 6.11)* k 49 it
from• -I.6l"o7lcovell6Thicof G.To7ll4opelsid-S.sagrefitAl74tt‘(tttohbeeVr,eannue)s.'—frcrtti
•
gates, two. doryettes, :tau one brigantine, almost :all.
ofthem good'shipi.. • • • • St. tielena-the gOtist epokershittlki Of December, in lrt. 34. B'• long. 34. 48. the Adamant; from Calcutta and ilseCape of Good
Senor FONSECA RANnyL that ti—Je• necessary ~ilopr for Laildon.....ille'srrivesi,. the. Duke oaf Krehnetpupakcekoetf
• •• • • • • • el from Lisbon sailed the 14th act; nd
information should•be asked ofitheaovernosent, that Airrlborough packet; frods lisbon7-sailed December.
ki vverstern, Dec. g9.-Wind S.Ea•-Arrlted. the Cyrus, from
the Cortes' might designate, in a constitutional mans
ner, the amount of the force necessary to •. be main- Bill)", in eighteen days. •
Potersatotrro, Dec. 3d.-Wind Fast.-No arrivals or sailln
tamed by land and sea; and that the Minister for to- Dzat., Dec. 30...... Wind IL-Came down from the River last
night and sailed, the Vtile Giese):, for Smyrna; and
reign Affaits be ordered to acquaint the Cortes with
Juno, groats, for Gibraltar. " • *
the state of our political relations with foreign n* MAROATGy DEC. 30.-s The Lord Tewnstnil, advised re.ter:
tions.—Ordered. day. on shore on the Foreign Rock, wept to pieces last nigh:.
Pet:es:ter, Dec. 27.-Afriveti the St. Nkkcila, .of Ulmer'
PervstAst, front BoUrdeaux for Rotterdam,. with wine,
leaky, and must unload to repair, out Ave weeks; Edwin*, et.
Stettin, 'lntrust', from Bourdeaux for Amsterdam, with wire
"She has lost her fore-topmast and several sails, and ii very
leaky, put three weeks; Perseverance, of Pook, Feistert.e,
from Cork to 'London, with provisions; • Fame, of Peniance;
Rumps; from London, with sundries. Sailed the Maria, of
Scilly, Terchavnew, with 580 hogsheads of pilchards, fur Ita!y.
Le Pere de Femur, Bette, from SWIMS to ilavre, is GI
Mount's Bay.
Decorate lE.-Arrived the brig Rapid, of London. Capt&in
D. Warms, from London, bound to Charente. in ballast.. Site
sailed front Portsmouth on the 11th inst. and on the Soth,.in the
Bay of Biscay, fell in with the French chasse-tuaree La Jeanne,
of liochefort,•Captain J. L. CHATITAL, belougingto the-French
Government, bound front Brest to Rochefort, oh a cargo et'
Government stores, in great dit.tress, the vessel's deck bring
completely under water, avid the vessel miraculously lotetetti
up by some empty casks, which were fortunately on board.
After great difficulty and several attempts, Captain
and his brave crew succeeded in rescuing the Captain and lot
crew, seven in number, together with ten passengkrs, front a
, watery grave end an untimely end. Captain WARRIts *Old
his crew had previously come to a deter-• •tation of alEw-
ancing themselves with respect to provisions, and, after takiag
on board 17 additional persons, they were obliged to cottrent
themselves with half a pound of bread, a very etn4li eu. city "1
meat; and a pint of water, each man, per days in this ,Iktr...a4c
condition, and with a leaky vessel, occasioned by striking se.
veral times against the chasso mare:, in :,...v:ttg the ere!,
and passengers-and with a contrary wind and boisterous
weather, they were obligeii to b2ar top . for the f:rst port of
safety,. and last night they were lat,ught by a pilot poet into
St. STichael's 'Mount Pier, in this part.
Distant:vox or Severn, for the Hero,
her crew and cargo, and tLirty-four and a I.alf attheri.if forego
spirits, Jan. 4, on board in the Dower, and rev.ailtd for toite
months.

' S.-

LISBON, DECEMBBR.IS.

All the Papers and correspondence relative to the
affairs of the Queen are printed in the Diario of the
14th December, as they were laid before the Cortes
in the Sitting of the 13th ; but the Cortes, on account
of the importance of the subject, resolved that all the
documents should be published, and that they should
be discussed on a future day, to be announced by the
I President.

Eztract.of a letter from the Agent to Lloyd's at
Constantinople, dated November 2.s—received this

morning
44 The Darius, Norm, from hence to Wessa, ran
foul of a sand-bank off the mouth of the Danube,

. . . .
and. a gale springing np,•botb vessel and stores are
totally lost—crew saved. Eight other vessels are lost
in the Black Sea,.viz,--Austria.n ship, ells, Attuto-.
vicff,inballfist,boustd toOdessa; A ustriati 1) rig A tire,
liano, in ballast; Rus-sian brig Ran ap"d'anntlirr
commanded both with goods, for
Odessa ; the Austrian *ship Pallas, and brigs Count
Langeron and Jia Genio, and Maltese brig Costanza,
all with cargoes from A'Tu. rki4l 74 11145
been destroyed at Tenedos by a Greek flre•ship. The
, rest of the fleet cut and ran into the Dardanelles."

Extract of a letter from the Agents to Lloyd's at
Smyrna, dated •15th November :
The Flora, Moon, and the Lovely Ann, BURGESS,
which sailed from hence 19th ult. With provisions
for Napoli de Romania, were met outside of our GulL
by some Greek cruisers, which had received in-

formation of their loading here, and carried' into
the Isle of Ipsara, where the Greeks took pos-
session of their cargoes, and discharged the ves-
sels, paying the masters their freights. The Flora
returned here on the Ist instant, when Captain
MOOR communicated the intelligence_ to Captain
A tutaw, of his Majesty's.ship MARTIN, mho immedi-
ately set sail for Ipsara, in company with the Flora,
to demand restitution of--the cargoes, which the
Greeks were obliged to comply with. The Flora was
reloaded there, and, has proceeded on her-Image.—
, The cargo taken from the Lovely Ann i$ in ware-
house under Captain Aeasw's seal, waiting the ar,
rival of the Lovely Ann to reload it. This vessel
left Ipsara, with the Flora, for this port, but we fear
has been driven to leeward. Captain ASKEW is en-
titled to every praise for his conduct on this occa-
sion, as well as for his general attention to British
shipping during the time he has commanded in this
quarter.
" The. Symmetry, BIONVEL4, which sailed hence
the 2d inst. for London, ran aground on a bank in
our Gulf, and was obliged to discharge most of her
cargo before she got off ; but not having received any
damage, she has proceeded on her voyage."

Lieutenant HENRY KENT has been promoted to the
rank of Commander, for his services on the Lakes if
Canada.
MELANCHOLY OCCURRENCE.—Between three and
foam o'clock in the afternoon of Christmas-day, the
iTilialiitants of Handsworth were thrown into con-
siderable alarm and consternation, owing to the ice
having given way, oh which a number of peop!..:
were sliding, at a mill-pond, in front of Soh,-,
Birmingham ; in consequence of which a great many
fell in, and, we are sorry to state, that seven were
drowned, two girls and five boys:
THE SIRPENTIVE Brven.—Ska;ters innunterab!e
appeared yesterday on the ice (which was of immen-c
thickness); but the surface was greatly injaied by the
vast:cloudt of dust driven from the eastward by ::•1
uncommonly strong and piercing u;nd. The line el
carriages extended along the northern banks of tra:
river. As to elegant Belles, among the peOettrian-.,
we saw not one. We saw nothing new in the es obi •
tions on the ice. The • quadrangles were performed
with an ease and grace quite delightful, and evtuallsi
only by the quadrilles.. One party of eight executed
the, mazy round with great velocity and correctness.

A melancholy accident happened a few days sinv.-.
at Bannockburn. A little girl, from four to five ycar
old, strayed out withont being observed, whilst the
mother happened to be otherwise engaged, and un-
fortunately fell into a tan-pit. Though the chiid
had only been missing 10 or 11 minutes, and though
medical aid was had recourse to, yet every effo: t
proved unavailing, for the•vital spark had been irre
.vocably extinguishes!. •
On the night of Wednesday the 'Stir, the spinnln
mill belonging to Mr. Lawrence, of Green Den, near
Brechin, was completely destroyed by fire. ' The ac•
cident occurred when the foreman was extinguishing
the lights. Besides the whole of the machinery,
about 400 spindles of tow-yarn and 25 cwt. of tow
were burnt. The fire communicated with a thre:h-
•ing-mill, adjoining to the spinning-mill, which alto
shared the.f ate of the latter.

We are authorised to state, that the article which
we copied from a Morning Paper, stating that Co-
lonel BERKELIT played the part of Jajer, on the
20th instant, at the West London Theatre, is erroneous;
that Gentleman not having been in town since August.

A new Pantomime is announced at Drury-Lane
Theatre„which will speedily appear.

A bat was, a few days ago, seen in Donegall-
square, Belfast, flitting about for upwards of An
hour, after dark.

BISHOP, the composer, is appointed one of the Pro
fessors of the Theory of Music and Composition to
the Royal Academy of Music. •
Several barges attempted to go down the River
yesterday morning. to bring np coals from the Pool,
but were stopped in their course at London-bridge,'
where the navigation was choaked up by the masses
of ice collected in front of the starlings. The appear-
mice of the bargemen, as they walked up and down
tie small space worded them to keep their blOod in
circulation. was most affecting. The return of the
tide will enable them to return to their respective
wharfs. It was impossible to afford them any relief,
from the unsettled state of the ice by which they were
encompassed.

A shark was caught in the Kyles of Bute, on the
28th ult. measuring 10 feet in length, and 3 feet 10
inches in circumference at the thickest Fart. It was
caught with the common long line made use of on
the west coast.

A few days ago, a carrier of ilindon was fined in
the mitigated penalty of 321. his wife having lent hi;
horse to °friend, and taken money for the loan.

Two prisoners lately attempted to escape from the
New Prison at kirkdale, by scaling its tremendous
wall, although the term of their imprisonment V:ai
within a month of expiring. They incurred, how-
ever, this imminent hazard of their lives in vain, being
detected in their attempt, when one of them fe:l from
the wall and broke his leg.
A horrible assassination has been committed at the
grille. An inhabitantAif that town having gained a
prize in the lottery,:froposed to his wife to ask a
smith, their neighbour, to supper; while they wco
at their repast, tikoKitizen acquainted his guest with
his good fortune : . the latter soon left. him. The
patrol of a Swiss regiment passing by, found the
street door open,_ on which the officer commanding it
went in and stumbled over a dead body ; placing his
men at the door, he went into the house, and found
the father and mother,. and their two daughters, 2i'
sassinated, and a child concealed under a pleas. 11:e
child said that sonic black people, whom he did net
know, had committed the crime; one of the soldiers
observing that a smith lived opposite, the officer of
the patrol went to him, and the answers he received
to his questions, confirming his stupieions, he ::r-
-rested him ; in fact, in rive minutes he confessed that
he had but just got home, when he returned to h:s
neighbour's with his journeyman and his maid-
servant, %%id) whose aid he assassinated the !Trams
who bad ueatcd histi so amicably a Lew minute.' c•

The fanatical Journals of Paris are quite enraged
at our diplomatists. La Foudre thus vents its spleen:
Lord Wellington has at la,st left Paris, sooner
than we dared to hope. Let the race of GOD go
With him on his passage, but let him return as late
as possible. It is asserted that his Grace went away
little satisfied with
.the Cabinet of the Thuillereis.
So much The better !—so much a thousand times the'
better. Gob rant that in going off, the Noble
Lord has not left pacific instructions to some trusty
ones, and that a new Elias has left no mantle to a
new Elijah ! However it may be, he is gone off; and
that is somethibg."
COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE.—Last night the Tra-
gedy of The Earl of Essex was revived at this Theatre.
Mr. MACREADY, as the unfortunate favourite of Eli-
zabeth, played with animated energy. Miss KELLY
personated Rutland, with an intensity of feeling. The
character of Elizabeth WAS assigned to Miss LACY,
and shesustained it throughout with great effect. The
Pantomime followed..—The House, was crow did in
every part.

Bit it. intol44 MIMOSA 29

The Duke of Wettinotthr,"With 'his Swoop of
Imbassv. Lord CLattretutnir; arrived at-the PA.
vilion on FriAar. His triensrv'e impatience to see
the Royal Duke was so great, that Although parti-
ciibrlv occtipied at the time On official -business,
he met his Grace at the pcsrtAl to deshabille av he was.
Klao had a tong conthrence with the Dnke, in
w!!i. ..v.• imagine, the.uatore'of the diplomacy of
the tloiv Alliance was fully developed. The dinner
parts, on this occasion vas rather select than nu-
zro.o I-li, MaJesrv, with his usnal grace, led
the 3 harchione.. of CoNvatat A M to the dining-mom,
sv:liist the Gallant and Noble Duke escorted her,
lwely and accomplished daughter:- Very. soon after
eh:11c:- the Ladies retired front table, and his MA -
atten _led by his Noble Guests,followed shortly
,e-ter. In the evening, the Grand Music-rooat Was.
illuminated. and the admirably appointed
Aul-3 complete hand, led by 'CnAMER in his tastefirl
:n.miler, entertained the Royal and Noble Visitors
after midnight. His MAJESTY was marked in
attentions to the Duke of WELLINPTOX, between
whom and the Ktno there seemed to be much con-
Vential chat; and When they retired to rest, his
Dlaiesry gave his Grace a eordial shake by the hand,
wis;•ing him good night. The Duke's health seems
"'ready renovated by his continental trip. On Satur-
'ay, his Grace appeared very gay and full bf spirits.
Brighton never could, during any previous winter,
boast of so mach company; especially those of the
yen' best class, connected with • the Court : and the
whole conversation in high life, here, relate; to a
most intim-tont and joyous event, which has. been an-
ticipated. Their has iecently been a perpetual inter-
chailt!e of Nle—eitgers between the greatest Personage
o 'l4-• Nlialsters; and it is currently reported, the
di •• ...711es and personal conferences between the ' igh
i',.:tracting Parties are involved in this affair, which,'
consequence of peculiar and 'narked attentions, and
I:,s merve and mystery than before, are very ob-
.. (11:F. We have been informed from a good source,
I:.at presents of x most delicate and peculiar descrip
ti- a have recently been made from one party to the
We entertain considerable doubts about the
;nt,tievt Lord FRANCIS CONYNGIIAM,As Under
Szcrelary to Mr. CANNING. .