Star.
London, England, 1825-02-17 00:00:00

PARIS, FEBRUARY L 4.

Lucien Murat (son of the Ex-King of Naples) was
at Gibraltar, on his way (as he said) to the United States
of North America. Being taken on the Spanish terri-
to: y, he was arrested and sent to prison in -Algesiras.
On his arrival at Algesiras he was interrogated. by
General Joseph 013annel, who did not conceive that
he had received orders from Madrid to arrest him if he
should set foot.on the Spanish territory.—Etoik.

MADRID, FEBRUARY 3.
PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE.
4. A notice is published to-day, that on account of the
state of the King's health, prayers for his recovery will
be performed to-day, and the Holy Sacrament will be
exponed during the se, vice.
" His Majesty is, in fact, very ill, and general alarm is
felt for the consequences of this illness, said to have been
produced by a violent fit of passion into which his Majesty
fell during a Council of State on the affairs of Spain.
—lt is reported that his Majesty even deplored the sad
fate which hal placed him at the head of hi, Govern-
rent; he corn, lained bitterly of having never been
econded by his Ministers, though he had selected them'
from the persons .whom he thought the most attached
him. Lastly, according to the same reports, the
•King said, that he knew that everybody deceived him;

and that he was not without uneasiness for his own
safety and that of his family. Whatever may be the
causes of his Majesty's indisposition, it is certain that it
-has caused gi eat alarm for these three days past ; the
gout seemed dispostA to fly to the stomach, but the
exertions of the physicians have arrested the progress
of the disorder.

Letters from Corunna say, that the Royalist Volun-
teers these have been disarmed, and that the Spanish
troops of the line have been obliged to leave the city
fear they should have come to quarrels with the French
garrison. This operation has been effected, it is said.
to the great satisfaction of the inhabitants of the town,
and without the slightest opposition from the Spaniards,
though their discontent was visible and their hatred
concentrated."— Courier Francais.

Trouble; of rather a serious nature have taken place
at Grenada. The pripulace wanted to bleak up by
force a Constitutional Meeting, or Club. The soldiers,
instead of obeying the authorities, joined the populace.
General Quesada has sent a courier hither, to inform
the Goyernment of what was passing.

By the arrival of the Celia at Liverpool, direct from
Lima, and the Urania, from Buenos Ayres, letteis have
been received from Lima to the .sth of October, and from
Buenos Ayres to the 12th of December. The American
brig Stranger entered the hat boyr of Callao on the 22d
September, with provisions for the American vessels of
war under Commodore Hurd.. She left Valparaiso on the

13th, at which period two Chilian frigates were ready for
sea, and would sail in a few days to join Admiral Guise,
Three Colombian vessels of war had joined the Admi-
ral, either at Huacho or Salinas: and 1,500 troops
from Panama had landed at Huanchaco or Supe,
Admiral Gum, thus reinforced, was expected to arrive
off the harbour of Callao shortly after the sth of Octo-
ber. The Asia, ship of the line, remained at anchor in
the harbour. A letter of the sth of :October, mentions
that General Roma, the Royalist Commander its Cal-
lao, was fitting out several transports. The Patriots, it
was expected, would take possession of Lima on the
sth of October, as six officers and six men had visited
the city on the 4th, to deliver bandas from General
BOLIVAR. The feelings of the inhabitants were, it is
stated, decidedly in favour of the Patriots. A letter from
Chile, dated November 8, received via Buenos Ayres,
states, that the Stranger, which left Callao on the 7th
of October, had returned to Valparaiso. The Captain
reported, that on the morning of that day Admiral
Guise, with his fleet, appeared off the harbour to re-
sume the blockade. The Asia and the Achilles had
been previously strongly moored cl.)se to the works of
the fortress. On the appearance of Admiral Gorse,
Governor RODIL requested Admiral GURUZETA to pro-
ceed to sea and attack GUISE, which he declined doing.
RODIL immediately threatened to turn the guns of the
fortress upon him, if he did not instantly obey the order;
in consequence of which the Asia and the Achilles
were getting under weigh when the Stranger sailed,
on the 7th of October. The Captain did not remain to
ascertain the issue of the expected engagement. Gover-
nor RODIL had about 1,500 men in Callao, the fortifi-
cations of which he had repaired and strengthened, as
far as his means would allow ; but, from the circum-
stance of his having prepared the transports, it is doubt-
ful whether he intended to evacuate the place, or to at-
tempt to obtain reinforcements from the Intermedios.

Lisbon Papers to the 6th instant, from which the fol-
lowing are extracts, reached us this forenoon;
LISBON, FEBRUARY 3.

Don Miguel Antonio de Mello, Minister of Finance,
and President of the Treasury, having represented to
the King that, in consequence of various extraordinary
circumstances, there was an excessive accumulation of
business, both in the Treasury and the department of
the Finances, and that he was unable to attend to all
the extensive ramifications with the zeal and success re-
quired; and that it would therefore be advisable to
form a Junta, to co-operate with him to superintend the
several divisions, to examine the state of each, and pro.
pose atiy improvements that might be made, Ms Ma-
jesty has been pleased to appoint a Board, consisting of
three persons, for the purpoie above stated.
Fes. s.—His Majesty, by an Alvara, dated February
Ist, has raised the Navy Board, called the Council of
Marine, created by a Decree of the 3d October, 1823,
to the rank of a Royal Tribunal, giving it the same ho-
nours and privileges as the Council of War,and ordering
that it shall judge in the last instance all litigated cases,
the decision of which depends upon naval knowledge;
it shall. likewife be consulted en everything relative to
maritime legislation.
By a decree of the 3d, his Majesty orders the same
Council of Marine to draw up a system of regulations
for the navy, and a maritime penal code. Everything
that has already been done on the subject, in confor-
mity with previous decrees, and according to a plan ap-
proved by his Majesty, is to be communicated (toge-
ther with the call plan) to the Council, which shall pro-
ceed without interruption till the conclusion of this
important duty, that the best order may be at once
established in the naval department.

The Austrian Observer of the sth inst. which reached
us this forenoon, contains the following singular but
(if true) interesting account of ODYSSEUS, who hac be-
come so famous in the history of the insurrection in
Greece. Numberless a:e the conjectures respecting
the enigmatical conduct and the real intentions of this
Commander. He now resides, again forsaken by all
his companions in arms, in a cavern in the eastern de-
clivity of Parnassus. The place is absolutely inaccessi-
ble to an enemy ; it can be approached only by six
long mountain ridges, rising 'almost perpendicularly
one above the other. The cavern► is of ♦ery great ee.