Star.
London, England, 1822-07-25 00:00:00

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March;i cut them off from the mountains. Dis-
patchtitrn the Insurgent Chief (Juan Romagosa)
hive beenAhner. cepted. They were taken from an
agent, wTrii had a commission to raise recruits, and
expected to levy IMO men, in a few days.
A 'letter from Gem says—" We are astonibbed. at
the lose of the Torts of Urgel; and it is afflicting that.
Perent. Mould have delayed so long at 'fremp with
his division : it is not easy to penetrate so many
mysteries."
Accounts front Talarn, of the 25th, say—" We
have not yet seen the Insurgents, but we expect them
soon, since the forts of Urgel are taken. Perena, with
his division of 500 men; has been here some days.—
Nobody conceives the reason of the delay, in not suc-
couring, or at least reinforcing, the garrison of Urgel.
A letter from Mallet, of to-day, says, " One bun
died insurgents passed by here to-day, who are said
to have been levied in the plains of Barcelona, and
they were going to join the factious in the moun-
tains. On their way they threw down several stones,
and committed various excesses."

A letter from Villafranca, dated yesterday, says,
" The greatest fermentation is observed in all the
surrounding country, and it is feared that many
places Will follow the scandalous example of Piera,
Masquefa, Vallbona."

JULY 2.—The Political Chief has ordered a fine of
fifty livies, and double in case of resistance, to be
levied on each of the individuals composing the Mu-
nicipalities of several places where the stone of the
Constitution was thrown down, without any resist-
ance being made by the Authorities, though they
'were strong enough to oppose the small number of
the rebels. Bodies of forty or fifty rebels have en-
tered Rellentss, Olesa, and several other places.

'German Papers to the 12th instant have been re•
ceived, but they possess no interest. The following
are the latest prices of the Funds:

VIJIMXA, June 10.-sletalliques, 79 3-16—Bank Shares, 772.
JULY 11.—MetaSignet, 711i—Bank Shares, 768. In the even-
t, Metalliques, 79A—Bank Shares. 773.

Letters from Gibraltar state, that the Spanish Vice-
Consul- had left Algiers, which had been officially
announced by the Government in order to guard the
Spanish merchant vessels, as hostilities were expected
to commence immediately.
The following intelligence wat received at LLOYD'S
this morning t-r

" Gnut ran, Jatat 4.—The St. Pablo, Spanish ship of the line,
is arrived at Cadiz, from Millers, and confirms the accouat of
the unsatisfactory turn *hi& the negociadons between the Spa-
nish and Algerine Governments had taken. 'Tir Spanish Vice
Consul had left Algiers, and the Government has made these
circumstances ofilcially known, is order that Spanish merchant-
men may be upon their guard against any hostile attempts of the
Algerine cruisers."

Last night a great deal of business was got through
in the House of Commons, and among other things,
an act of tardy justice was done to a very deserving
individual. We allude to the vote of 40001. to Sir
WILLIAM ADAMS, the eminent Oculist, on account
of the important services he rendered the Public
during the four years that he superintended the
Ophthalmic Hospital. The opposition that was made
to this vote was no way creditable to the liberality
of the Gentlemen who made it.

It is not necessary to enter into the long contro-
versy which bad been carried on with unusual warmth
oa this subject, in the Committee appointed by the
House of Commons, since that Committee have, in
their Report, declared in, favour of Sir WILLIAM
ADAMS? The Report states that he has greatly con-
tributed to promote a knowledge of the best modes
of treating all the different stages of the Ophthalmia ;
and chat, since the first establishment of the Ophthalmic
Hospital, in 1817, be " has devoted to the duties arising
out of his appointment, a large portion of that time,
which, to professional men, is the source of income'
and that inasmuch as the time which be could apply
to his private practice has thereby been much cur-
tailed, his professional emolument must also have
been proportionally lessened. That he has performed
the difficult duties of his appointment with the
greatest assiduity and zeal, and that the Committee
have been led to form the highest opinion of his skill
and abilities as an oculist."

Such was the opinion of the Committee of the
House of Commons, and one certainly not formed
on slight grounds; for Sir H. HALFORD, Dr. BAIL=
LIZ, Mr. Cub's, Mr. AIERNITHY, and Sir ASTLSY
Cooraa, have all attested the superiority and the
success of his practice. The claim of Sir WILLIAM
ADAMS was not for an invention promising Some re-
mote or speculative good—it was for a fair remune-
ration for services performed ; and certainly, when a
Gentleman abandons a lucrative profession, and de-
votes himself for four years to his country, and
dining that time renders it essential services, it is not
too much to expect some indemnity, and that indem-
nity could not be more moderate than £lOOO a-year.l
The House of Commons felt so, and voted the money;
and we rather rejoice at the opposition made to the'
,vote than otherwise, since it afforded an opportunity
of fairly vindicating the professional character of Sir
WILLIAM ADAMS from the aspersions thrown upon it.

Tuesday, at two o'clock, a Cabinet Council was
held at the Foreign Office, Downing-street, which vat
upwards of an hour. it was attended by all the Ca-.
binet Ministers, except the Earl of HARROW/IY, who
is out of town. Yesterday. at ten o'clock, another
Cabinet Council was held at the same place, which
sat till half-past two o'clock.

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