Star.
London, England, 1823-08-19 00:00:00

ST. PETERSBURGH, JULY XL

The Emperor returned last week from the Mili-
tary Colonies to the Capital, and will not set out on
his journey to Tulczin and Moscow till after the
fetes at PeterJtoff, on the 3d of August, for which
great preparations are making. Last Saturday his
Majesty •isited the fleet at Cronstadt.
Her Royal Highness the Princess of Orange is ex-
pected here about the end of September. Her ward-.
robe has already arrived by sea.

STOCKHOLM, AUGUST 4.
The Court has gone to-day to thp fine palace of
Drottenghole, which has not been inhabited by the
Royal Family for these eleven years.
The Court has gone intoanournifig for six weeks
for the late Duke of Holstein Oldenburg.
Three new proposals from the Government have
been laid before the Diet, one of which is relative to
the sale of estates by way of lottery.

It appears by letters from Madrid of the 11th inst.
that it was the general belief there. that the KING
had actually been liberated, and
,the Cartes shipped
for a foreign country. The news wils disseminated

on the authority of the Members of be Regency, who.
at the same time issued nn order for public rejoicings
on the occasion.
The following statement cf the consequences at-
tending this injudicious measure we copy from a
Morning Paper :

" This measure, by unchaining tile furious pas-
sions of the deluded rabble., produced in the issue the
mo,r fatal consequence,. Their rage was, of course,
directed ch:eily against those persons believed to sup-
port Constitutional principles. The most violent
threats were uttered, and all those who wished to save
their property from the violence of the populace, were
compelled to hang their houses with tapestry, and to
illuminate their windows. During the night of the 10th,
the fanatic Royalists of all claiser paraded the street*
with frightful acclamations and menacing gestures.
' They brandished great clubs, and attacked all unfortu-
nate persons whom they chose to dOsignate as Liberals.
After continuing this conduct till ilokniglat was pretty
far adianced, the word was given to stunk tliehouses
of the Constitutionalists. The pillage comMenced,
being rendered more easy by the illumination ; and
from pillage the mob proceeded to massacre. No less 1
than eighteen or twenty persons fell victims to the
infatuated and unrestrained fury of the partisans of 1
Royalty. A letter written by an individual in Ma-
drid,
on the night of the 10th, while this scene sias
acting, thus describes what was going forward :
. They dance, they laugh, they embrace, they ilia-
minate,they attack, they rob, they murder!' The
populace remained, in fact, for some hours masters of
the city ; for the Regency gave no commands, and
the inferior authorities exerted no influence to stop
their excesses. They were at length only checked by
the exertions of the small body of French troops
remaining in garrison at. Madrid ; and when the
courier of the 11th left the city, order was com-
pletely restored.

The following intelligence has been received at
Lloyd's, from their Agent at Genoa. The letter is
dated August 7:
" A vessel arrived this morning, which sailed on
the 2d inst. from St. Felicio, coast of Catalonia, the
Master of which reports, that on the .27th ult. three
divisions, commanded by Generals MlLAtis, Luna-
:Lis, and MANSO, attacked the French near Manresa ;
that a very obstinatebattle took place, which lasted two
days, in which the French lost about three thousand
prisoners, and a great number of killed and wounded;
and that the Spaniards set fire to Manresa ; that on
the 29th ult. Generals MINA and RS:MU sallied out
from Barcelona with all their fortes, and attacked the
French on the 30th, near Mataro ; that the battle
was not ended on the 2d inst. when he tailed,- as-he
saw a great fire along the coast and on the tops- of
the mountains, so that the final result of this action is.
yet unknown."

By the steam-packet which has arrived from Rot-
terdam, we have received Dutch papers to the 17th.
They contain accounts from Corunna to•thie 4th inst.
which is two days later than the direct intelligence
received by the Royal George packet. The I?otter-
clamsche Courant says—" The ship De Goede Ver.
wachturrg, Captain T. J. NealsK!a, from Bourdeaux,
which was lately stated to have been taken by a Spa=
nish privateer and carried into Corunna, arrived here
on the 13th; having been given up with the cargo.
The Captain reports that he left Corunna on the 3d,
on which day the town was still in the possession of
the Constitutionalists. The French were bombarding
it at intervals, and possessed all the, surrounding
heights from which artillery could play upon it. The
want of water and provisions began to be felt."

Extract of a letter from Paris, dated Saturday even-
ing It was. fully expected this morning upon
'Change that the Funds would undergo an essential
variation, either from a confirmation of the news
contained in The Moniteur of Thursday, or from
the article in the English Courier on the 13th, which
attempts were made to puff into importance. No
confirmation of the French account, however, was
received, and 'the Courier appears to have lost its
reputation for olficiality in this country; for, not-
withstanding the pompons mode in which it gave its
leading article on Wednesday, it produced no effect
here. The Funds closed at three o'clock at 93.40.
They were done a little afterwards at 93. 45. and
then fell to 93. 35. Spanish was at one time as high
as 47 (buyers); but towards four o'clock they fell
again to 45 4to %. The purchasers of this Stock
were chiefly of a class likely to be acquainted with
the real state of things in the Peninsula, and there-
fore the report of negotiations being on foot was very
current. The credit of this report was strengthened
greatly by another, which is said to rest upon very
respectable foundation, viz. that the Duke of Angou-
leme, on his arrival at Baylen, had received dis-
patthes from Cadiz, which were of such great im-1
portance that he immediately setoff post fo. the army
before that place. If this news 'should be tt ae, we -
mar, I.think, conclude that the.negociations which
wereeaid to be on foot had been brought to a satis-
factory conclusion."—Moraing Paper.
It has been recently decided by appeal in the House
of Lords, that service in the Militia, in its disembo-
died state, and attendauce upon tra;ning and exercise,
do net constitute a sufficient title to authorise such
militiamen to set up and exercise their trades without
any let, suit, or molestation, in consequence of their
havi tg completed the petiod for uhich they wets
rolled to serve in the Militia, in i,s disembodied state.

An excellent Inn has been lately built, in the Gothic
style, at Tavistock, at. the expense of the Duke of
BEDFORD; and it is said to be in the contemplation
of his Grace to restore, in the same style, the excel ioz
of the most interesting patrol the remains of the Abbey.
Yesterday an over-drove beast, on the Camberwell, j
road, did cousidoable injury to several persons]
who were on. their way 'to the Fair. Stalls were
overturned, men, women, 'clsildreu thrown an.,
both .sides of the way. One man, a butcher, it;
tn stop the'ailimal in his career. Was sie,
severely gored as to be'cunteyed tuithe
lifeless state.