Star.
London, England, 1823-11-24 00:00:00

ARRIVAL OF GENERAL MINA.

We feel much pleasure in announcing the, arrival of
General MINA in England, the hospitable asylum of
the brave and the unfoftukate.• That he has escaped
from a country so unworthy of his gallant services,
and is now beyond the reach of monkish vengeance,

must be a subject of gratification to every friend to the
independence of Spain. After the sacrifice of Rtaco,
- no individual who fought in the ranks of the Consti-
- tutionalists can for a moment, calculate on his safety,
while he continues in Spain; for,if he escapes the Go-
vernment, he is in danger of falling's' victimto the fury
of the advocates of the Absolute King.
General MINA arrived in a French ship at Plymouth
on Saturday last. Our Correspondent does not men...
tion the name of the vessel, but we believe it to be the
Louise, which is stated in Lloyd's List to have arrived in
fourteen days from Gibraltar. The following is the
letter of our Correspondent:

el Plymouth, Nov. 22, 8 rat.

A French man-of-war brig has just arrived at this
port from the Mediterranean. She has on board Gene-
ral. Mina, and also dispatches. The arrival of this
General in a French ship has excited much surprise
here, but no particulars have transpired, nor can I make!
enquiries, as the Mail is just on the start.'

By the arrival of a Lisbon Mail this morning, we
have Papers to the 16th instant. The Gazetti of the
previous day, contains a decree which spews the fears
of the Government More strongly titan any measure
since the counter•revolution took place. By this deciee,
it is enacted that no individual, native or foreigner,
living in Portugal, shall import any sso►k in the Portu-
guese language, unless the author has previously ob-
tained the Royal license for its circulation. Every
person offending is to be subjected to a fine of 480
milrees. If a native, he is to be imprisoned six months,
and if a foreigner, banished. Every encouragement is
given to informers, by receiving their information in'
secret, and concealing their names, as well as by giv-
ig them the *bole of the fines. We are sorry to
see that the King of PORTUGAL, who is naturally of a
mild disposition►, is so ill advised as to issue so intolerant
a decree, which must excite unnecessary alarm, and
rather weaken the Government than otherwise. The
following are extracts:
LISBON, NOVEMBER 14.—(OFFICIAL).
66 Department of the Affairs of Justice.
" DECREE •

" It having come to my knowledge that some Portu-
guese who are ruined in public opinion, and overpow-
ered by remorse, have left their native land,and emigrated
to foreign countries, where they intend to write, in their
mother tongue, journals 'or pamphlets of some kind,
yitb the criminal intention of again spreading among
my faithful subjects irreligious and subversive doctrines
and principles, and it being agreeable to my Royal
service, and to the good of the People, whom DIVINE
PROVIDENCE has committed to my paternal care, to pre-
vent so pernicious and ruinous an bvil; I have thought
fit to order as follows:

le 1. All the inhabitants of my dominions, whether
. .
natives or foreigners, are forbidden• to give orders for
any journal or pamphlet printed in a foreign country,'
written in the Portuguese language, unless the author
has previously obtained my license for its circulation.
" 2. If any such journals or pamphlets should happen
to fall into the hands of any of the abnvementioned in-
habitants, they are bound to deliver it, in this city, to the
Intendant-General of Police; and in the other cities,
towns, and places, to the Delegates of Police, who will
send it by the first post to the office of the Intendant-
General of Police.

4' $. Any inhabitant who shall receive, and not ins..l
mediately deliver up such journal, &c. as hereby or:
dered, shall pay, cm its being found in his possession, al
fine ofc-30 milrees ; and besides this, if he is a-native,l
shall suffer six months imprisonment, and if a foreigner,
be immediately expelled my dominions.
" 4. The above fine of 480 milrees shall be given tip
the informers who shall give notice of the existence of,
any of the said journals or pamphlets, in the possessiatl
of the persons with whom they are found.

" 5. The information shall be received in secret, and
the name of the informer shall not be known unless he

•
ems permission in writing.
" The Counsellor of State, Minister and Secretary of
State for the Affairs of Justice, Manuel Marinho Tal-
cao des Castto, shall att.& to this, and cause the netts-
sary orders to this effect to be issued, Any laws or regu
Lotions to the contrary hotwithstandiing.

Signed I;y Ma MAJESTY.
41/11idaceof lianpeeta. tab November, Ism"
NOVIMINIEL ittes—The Gauge for IOU), time past has

been chiefly filled with news from France and Spain of
an old date, and with long lists of proinotions in the
Portuguese Army.
Vessels continue to be advertised as bound to Rio de
Janeilo,.Bahia, Pernambuco, &c.

Brussels Papers up to Saturday last reached us this
morning,' but they contain no political intelligence of
importance, unless the following bungling article Of
London news may be considered so :

FROM THE JOURNAL Di GAND.

FRANKFORT. NOVEMBER 14.

. -
While tht Cabinets spew so little regard to the fate
of -a whole Christian people, individuals do not cease
their generous efforts in favour of their fellow-Chris-
tians. We learn by a letter from London, that General
Deivio;,a Mouteneg: in, formerly in the French service,
under the Emperor, is raising in England a Regiment
of 2000 men, well equipped and of all arms, and that
he expects to complete his corps by the end of this year.
—An ex-Colonel of Artillery of the Imperial Guard,
will serve under General Deivioz. Most of-the soldiers
are enlisted in Switzerland and Germany ; as for the,
officers, General Deivioz, cannot be under any difficulty,
since there arc at London above 200 of all nations, who,
after the unhappy issue of the cause for which they
combated in Spain ere without deployment, and most
of them in distress. Several General Officers, chiefly
Prussians, have embarked for England) with the inten-
tion of entering the Corps of General'Deivioz, and there
would certainly have been many more, had it net been
intimated to them that they must equip themselves at
their own expense, and that they could expect but very
moderate pecuniary assistance from the Greek Otim-
mime in England.. General Dievioz expects the speedy
return of a Greek whom he has sent to the Feloponnesus
to obtain correct information of the military and poli-1
tical state of Greece.

The French Papers of Friday are entirely silent on
the subject of the decrees which the Journal des DebNals
and the Etoile of a former day stated would be issued
by the King of SPAIN, who, it will be seen by an article'
in another column, arrived at Madrid on the 18th inst.'
Up to that time no measure had been taken, either by the
KING or his Ministers, to counteract the decrees of For
St. Mary.
The Constitutionalists are still left, therefore, in a state
of uncertainty, or rather of melancholy foreboding, as to
their fate ; and the Monied Interests of France and Eng.
land may still speculate on the rise or tall of Spanish
Stock. That the circumstance of not being able to bor.
row another shilling may infuse a little IRsneity into the
Spanish Ministers, who appear so willing to dispense
with it, and may hasten the acknowledgment of debts
which they appear so anxious to evade, is natural
enough. Our, sentiments on the loans are well known ;
and we feel no hesitation in repeating, that the King of
SPAIN must recognise them. The following Bulletin• is
from the Moniteur: •
PROM THE MONITEUR.—.OFFICIAL PART.
" ARMY OF THE PYRENNEEEL

" REPORT OF TUE MAJOR•GENERAL TO THE MINISTER
OF WAR.
•

" MADasp. Novawsza 13.

" Mx Lana—His Royal Highness has been informed
by Marihal Count Molitor, that the troops of the second
corps took possession. on the .sth of this month, of the
city of Carthagena, in the name of his Catholic-hlajesty,
and that the occupation took place in the most perfect
order. His Excellency bestows the highest praise on
the manner in which Lieutenant-General Bonnemains
and Major-General Vincent conducted the negociations
which have led to the occupation of that important place.
" The troops of the second corps have also taken pos-
session. of Peniscola; and in a fresh dispatch, dated the,
loth' of this month, Marshal Count, Molitor has just ac-
(painted his Royal Highness that he has every reason
to hope, according to a convention concluded on the
6th of this month, and which has received his approba-
tion; that his troops will enter Alicant on the 12th.
"These places having submitted, the second corps will
immediately continue its movement to return to France,
by way of Valencia, Saragossa, and Tolosa, and the
arrival of the first column in the last mentioned city
will take place immediately after the passage of the last
troops coming from Madrid and Burgos, the return of
which to France I have had the honour to announce to
your Excellency.
4, The Major-General Count G LLE 31 I NOT."

Philadelphia Papers to the 21st October reached
this morning. One of them conteins, an article from
Buenos Ayres, which states that the Congress had autho-
rized the Executive to ratify the CetUtation entered
into with the Spanish Commissioners. 'lila& also been
agreed to assist Spain with 20,000,000 dollarioo enable
her to defend herself against France. Of course, the
new Government in Spain will revoke the powers given
to the Commissioners, and Buenos Ayres will retain her
dollars for her own defence, instead of aiding that of
the mother country. The following is an extract

BUENOS VAS&
as.
By the brig Clio we have receive:l Buenos Area
Papers to the 13th of August. The Congress of Buenos
Ayres have authorised the Executive to ratify the con-
vention concluded with the Spanish Commissioners on
the 4th ofJuly last, and has also a•lopted the project to
support Spain in its struggle against the French inva-
sion, with. the sum of 20 millions of dollars, to be Eft-
niched by the Independent States of South America!,
soon as the said convention shall 'he ratified. The finan-
ces appear to be in a prosperous state. The interior of
tee country is yet disturbed by armed bands. '
dontevideo is still held by the Royal Portuguese, and
blockaded by the Independents.

FROM CURACOA.
By the arrival of the :chooser Tar taro from Coragoa,

we have received a file of Papers to the 27th September.
They contain accounts train Caraccas and Laguira to
the 6th. The news from Peru is favourable: the troops
from-Colombia, and the 2,000 men from Chili, have
changed the fate of that country. The President Boli-
var was expected at Santa Fe.

The KING is expected to honour Drury-Lane and
Covent-Garden Theatres with-his presence in the course of this week.
The Cabinet Council which was held at the Foreign-
ollice, Downing-street, on Battwday, was attended by all the
Cabinet Ministers, and sat in deliberation till half.past four o'clock.
Saturday evening, after the breaking up of the Cabi-
net Council, the CHANCILLOR of the Enamours left town fur
Blackheath.

Yesterday morning, at ten o'clock, the Duke of SARK
%MEAL left town, to proceed on his return to the Continent.
The Eniperor of AUSTRIA is expected at Milan in the
middle of February. He will be accompanied by his Court and all
the foreign Ambassadors.
Viscount GRANVILLR, the new Ambassador tq the
Hague, is the youngest son of the first Marquis of %%trams, and
brother of the present Marquis. His Lordship is married to Lady
HANSIATTA CArmonsti, sister of the Duke of Drranunaz.
It is understood that Admiral Sir GEORGE MARTIN,
G.C.B. will succeed to the command at Portsmouth, shortly to be-
come vacant. Captain COMMAS Lulus to be Flag Captain.
Captain WILLIAM FITZWILLIAM OWEN, who is now
employed surveying the eastern coasts of Africa, is appointed Hy-
drographer to the Board of Admiralty, vacant by the death of
Captain WILLIAM Hugo.
'rue King of PRUSSIA has resolved that, for the sake
of greater impirtiahty, the persons accused of revolu-
tionary intrigues, shall be tried, not at Berlin, but at a
distant tribunal ; and the Supreme Court of Silesia has
been selected for this purpose. The papers concerning
Messrs. ARNDT, JOAN, &c. have in consequence been
sent to Silesia.

A fire broke out, a few days ago, in the Magazine of
the Custom House, at Valenciennes,which happily was
extinguished without doing any other damage, than de-
stroying a great quantity of registers of papers. -
We learn from Berlin, that the public entry of the
Princess ELIZA of BAVARIA, and her marriage with
the Crown Prince of Pausosa, will not be delayed, as
was at first expected—they will take place on-the 28th
and 29th of this month. - •.
A Brussels Paper received this morning, gives the
following confused account of a pretended miracle,
worked by Prince HordzsitotrE, at Ghent.. The Courier
of Flanders contains letter from a subscriber, which
gives circumstantial details of the miraculous cure of
Mailemoisetle ANIRLIIERGE, aged twenty-three years
daughter of M. VAN PRTICUIENI,.
_wine-merchant, a;
Ghent--acute effected by the prayers of the Prince Ab-
bot of Holt c...sitonz. This young Lady 'had suffered, for,
nine years, great infirmities, her left
:arm was shortened
three or four inches, 'indicant towards the breast, so
that she could not make use of it. This prodigy took
place on the Ist of November.
A late Paris newspaper states, that as several 'young
women are now in the habit of keeping the coriarnercial
books of their husbands, a Demoiselle BiaticE an-
nounces, that from.the 15th of November she will give
regular instruction to tier Own.sez in that useful science.
Gres. fears were entertained:2ll.l°yd% on Saturday,
of Me lo'ss niche Ferriby,SialPia sit,2 vessel which sailed
from the Thames on the '29.h of October, bound for
Elsinore and Petersburgh, with 120,0001. in speck on
board, and has not since been heard of. The insurance,
effected on her has not exceeded 50,0001.

• Accounts from Demerara of the 28th of September
state, that the Colony was perfectly tranquit. The
ttialof Srnitholre missionary, was to take place on the
followlig day. Theaegro, Jack, the son of Quamina,
the-ritigkidefin the insurrection, had given evidence
considered so important, thin it was expected he would
be pardoned, in order to be-admitted an evidence. -It
is,remarkable that at -the -tim6;Quarnina was shot, in
conseq.tence of thelailoie of all attempts to take him
there was found on his peison a Bible, with the
leaf doubled down which contains the Bth chapter of
the book of Joskua.•l
ROYAL Sac IPr It OF LirEnwrine.—At the second
ordinary-Meeting of this Society, was read the conclu-
sion of theca IS. report relative to the Survey of the
C4,asts of Syria and Egypt, ordered by Henry V. pre-
paratory, as that Monarch declared on his death-bed,
to his attempting AN expedition for the deliverance of
Jerusalem froth the Infidels. ,The whole details of this.
valuable paper tend to confirm the highest opinicins
entertained of the foresight, prudence, and talents of the
Conqueror of Agincourt. His preparations seem to have
been matured in every point of view ; and the dictum
of Hume, on this particular subject, is unquestionably
overthrown by the present paper. (The MS. we ought
to state, is the original report, which descended in the
writer's family ; the Oxford MS. is of a later period, in
the time of Henry VI.) A number of new candidates
were proposed for election as members; and-those pro-
posed on the former meeting were elected.
CONDF:NNED SEHMON.—Yesterday the Rev. Mr. COT-
TON preached what is-commonly called a Condemned
Sermon, tw the four unfortunate men who are doomed
to' undergo an ignominious death on Wednesday
next, viz.—John Smith, aged 24, for uttering forged
£5 notes ; John Crisp, aged 29, for buiglary; Jamei
Scott, for wilfully cutting and maiming his wife nehr
the Regent's Pit k, in September last; Edward Hogan,
for a like offence, committed on his foreman, in or
near D.,ctors' Commons. The Reverend Ordinary deli-
vered a most impressive discourse, from the words
used by a penitent on a memorable occasion) i,e. from,
Luke, chap. xxiii. verse 42, " Loan remember me."l7--
At the conclusion of the service, Smith, who is a young
man of respectable appearance, and who from conscien-
tious motives would not plead Not Guilty at his trial,
went to the respited convicts, .and bid them -an •altic,
tionate farewell. The deportment of the unhappy. men
was highly becoming their awful situation. Crisp is a
fine-looking man, and when his particular offence was al-
luded to, he betrayed evident symptoms of emotion.
The Under-Sheriff war present, and perhaps on' no
recent occasion has the Chapel of NeVrgate been mote
crowded than on the present.
RETAIL BRIEWERS.--SOllle persons b g expresied
doubts as to the meaning of the Std GettitlL Mr. C. F.
•the Member for Reading, proposed the fol-
lowing,question to Mr.; HEILEAS; the Secretary to the
Treasury : " Can a person hold an Excise license, as
a victualling, or retail brewer, and under such license
sell beer by retail in any small quantities from his pre-
mises, provided the same be not consumed ens. bis pre-
mises, without being licensed as a publican by the Ma-
gistrates?" Mr. Hatiugs retorted to the Board of Ex-
ene, and enclosed to Mr.C. F. Palmer the following offi-
cial answer from Mr. CARIt, the Solicitor for that
Honourable Board I.—et A licensed brewer who disclaims
the allowance made to common brewers, and pays the
full duty as a retail brewer, may legally sell beer in
retail to lIE manned elsewhere than an his premises, with-
out incurring any penalty"