Star.
London, England, 1824-10-25 00:00:00

FROM THR HAMPSHIRE TELEGRAPH.

Friday arrived his Majesty's ship Phaeton, 46, Capt.
Henry E. P. Sturt, from Malta, Algiers, Gibraltar, at:d
Lisbon, bringing dispatches of great importance lot
Government. She left • Malta August 19, with 150
Algerine pilgrims on board, who had been detained at
Malta as prisoners. She landed them at Algiers on the
29th. They expressed themselves in the most grateful
manner of the kind treatment they received since their
capture, whilst at 1141ta, and particularly on their
passage in the Phaeton. Soon after the Phaeton 11.4 d
landed these clptives, a most tremendous squall came
ion, which obliged her to cut the cable an stand to sea.

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Two days afierwards-she stood into the bar", vith the
hope of regaining the cable and anchor; hut wittiou
success. The Dutch squadr, n had Itft Algieii the Olir
previous to the Phaeton's arrival, the Dutch Adniirat
having failed in his endeavours to obtain peace with the'
bathazi.ms, on the condition t f paying tribu.e for the
future; but, his Netherlands Majesty hen?, in- htilii•
estimation with the Dey, the arrears had been Oven np,
The choice of peace (a war is to he made iciitittri its
three months by the Dutch. The Revenge left Matta,
for Naple,, on the 19th, of Angnst. The Sybille wit.;
gone to Corfu, the floe and Alacrity to Smyrna; the
Martin to the-lonian Islarris. On the 14th t lt. n tight
A.NI. %%bast lying at Gihriltar, the Marion was :ruck
with lightning,• Which shivered the foreiop7gallaut.
mast, the fore-topmast, and foremast, separated the,
bitts on the main-deck, knocked several men dowrmil
set fire to the eres of the foreop-mast riggin4. The
Seringapatam passed Gibraliar on the 25th of Septet...
bet, m itbout calling ; the Spitro-adr•alk, 18,4Undnra610 '
Captain R. S. Dando,, • art iv6d. 'che'te by 2604.
fortrseven days from Rio- life •td it;,ratie-
the•Phatton left Gibraltar (having been driven tick by
fresh westerly gales), and sal rived at • List -n
where she found lying, the Ocean (Lord'Amettus Beau-
clerk), Windsor Castle. and Active. the Bth, the
Superb, 711. S.r Thomas S:aineF, arrived there, frosn'
the West Indies, to relieve the Windsor Castle, 74,
Captain Charles Drshwood, which shirr seas to leavirthe'
Tagus on the 14th instant, for Plymouth. The Phaeton
sailed on the 12th ins:ant, b.inging dispatches from Sir.
William A'Coutt, our Mini,ter at Lisbon. The passed-,
gets by her are—Colonel Sir Parker Carr:4,l'Bth Regi-
ment, from Malta, Rev. Mr. Radclitre, Lieutenant
Harrison, 95th Regiment, twenty-two Spanish refugees
from Gibraltar, who were refused RA asylum at Lisbon,
and about thirty-five invalids from the ships in the
Mediterranean. The Phaeton is under quarantine at
the Motherbank.

The following slight sketch of political affairs in
Spain and Portugal is contained in an extract of almer
we have been favoured with :

MOTHIMAINK, OCTOUR 22.
" We hare had the best opportunities of learning and
of seeing that the unhappy condition of Span is past
description; but any long continuance of the existing
state of things is retiectly impossible, unless we mean
to sacrifice our interest to France, and the weak, vindic-
tive, but pious I:::rdinan,i of Spain. We have brought
to England many great and noble- characters, who,
under the former Government of Spain, held the most
important and responsible situations, which, on that ac-
count. now subjects them to death. Whilst at Gibraltar,
we were in the habit of wituessiog executions at Alge-
siras of the mist atrocious and wicked nature, and
which, we were informed, proceeded from specific
orders of the wretched King to General
The Spaniards, through the persuasion it the Freiich,
believed that we connived at the Quixotic ell edition
to Taritfa; and in consequence, General O'Do.inell and
Lfird_t h2thArim have k i 4./1...r 14114. io••• e•tru.. aa.

The former has doubled his cordon of troop', tor hidden
any communication whatever with the Reck, -even that
by land being almost entirely obstrt!cte.i by the vio-
lence threatened by the Spaniatd, who are threeted ro
shoot any person not ;raving a regular pass. The result
of these measures has been, to -lead Lord Chatham to
order all Spaniards to leave the Rock, and the poor un-
fortunate men know not where to go ; for were they to
put their feet in Spain, they would instantly experience
the coup de fitsil. Moved by sympathy mid compassion
at the fallen fortunes of the great," our highly-
esteemed commander (Captain Sturt) took several of
them, at his own expense, to Lisbon; but we did not
land them there, it being soon stnifi:d to us, that if
they came on shore, itere were tn tiers to put them in
prison, and which would be only a prelatic to giving
them up to the Spaniards. We have in consequence
brought them to the only safe asylum for tram zunate
honourable outcasts; with several others, which we
found in amerchant vessel, under the same circuit-
itances. fhe Spaniards sent a French frigate over to
Tangiers, to demand Alvez and others, who accom-
panied the expedition to Tariffa hut die Emperor of
Morocco would not give them up. The French appear
to have everytEing their own way in Spain, Portugal,
and the Mediterranean, in which latter place their com-
merce is greatly paramount. Count Silva a, the
Minister of Portugal, is strongly in the Frelich intete,:t.
These subjects will, no doubt, be forced upon the serious
attention of the Ministers soon. France should not be
permitted to uphold the present distr acted, weak, flagi-
tious governmenrof affairs in Spair."

PoaTssiums, OCT. '25.
Yesterday. arrived his Nhje_ty's ship Ganges, 84,
Captain EJwaid Brace, C.B. after a long and boiste-
rous passage of thirty-three days from Bermudadlaving
left that place on the 14th ult. in company with his
Majesty's ship Superb, 74., Captain Sir Thomas Staines,
K.C.B. which ship wns proceeding to join the squady,on
,in the Tagus. Both ships felt Ottliadoes on the 2lst
July, intending to pass the huriicine months at Bel-.
muds, but orders arriving shortly alter they lett,
changing their destination to Digland, the Stout was
!dispatched by Captain Lasvie.ice, C. 0.11 the Eden.
senior Officer on the Leeward statioitto -13 rnuda, with
the orders: at that time the squairt.n were ail very
healthy in the West In lies.

The Ganges encountered a continued se' ies of surrg
easterly gales, one of w hich wa, of great sever ity, is the
chops of the Channel, dui in:.; hich Once days) sire lay
to under a trysail. The severe weather proved, as ve4
the good qualities of the ship as of the new main-ma•f,
which is cnoscrncted on the principles of Sr 41...01iett
Seppings. We understand the Captain and Officers
speak in high terms of it, and of the excellent propertiet
of the ship. Two transports, with a detachment of 1.1.0yal
Marines, under the co.:.nlanci of Lieuter4M-Cotoliel .
Lewis, to teintOrce the gambol', art isej at Bermuda,
on the 6th ult. all sveil. Tt e Sovereign, Lieutenant
Kelsall, Agent, was about to embark from the g srtisoul
a portion of the 60th Regiment, and convey then) to
Halifax, whence, it was ui:derstood, they were to go to
the ‘Ve,t ToeL,,y al Briton, Lieutenant AtTt(),!.9vip
Agent, was to eqibark AL and ordnance cond!mned
stoles, fOr'Englitid. there weee no ...hips cif war at ter.
muda. The Argus al rived with a mail from LI alifs ion he •
3J, and sailed"with the 'return mail on tile 6th ult." The