Star.
London, England, 1812-04-29 00:00:00

THE EVENING STAR.

LONDON.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29.
PRICE OF ti COCKS THIS LAY AT ONE O'CLOCK:
3 pis Ct. Reduced 60-'-4 per Cent. 74'1
S per Ct. Cons. for money 601 61—Du.• for sec. 614
S per Ct. 9114—Scrip pre.—Long Antis. Si
Exch. Bills Is. dis. par—Don's Is. 21. pre.—Onm.
'TO-MORROW THE WHOLE LO t'TERY WILL
BE DRAWN. •

LI laying before our Readers the American Dom-
menti respecting the alledged attempt, on the part
of the British Government, to foment divisions among
and effect a separation of the American Union, we
stated our firm belief that Ministers would be found to
have given no ground whateverfor the charge attempt-
ed to be fixed upon them. This affair was noticed last
night in both Houses of Parliament, when both the
Earl of LIVERPOOL and Lord CASII.I:REAGII (HS-
Q:airned, orr the part of his Majesty's Government,
any intention of fomenting dissentions of any kind in
America.

The Minister, it will be seen, has agreed to suffer
the consideration of the Orders in Council
-to go to a
Committee. We are not of the number who 'would
willingly abandon any measure necessary for the
safety of the country, but we would, with deference,,
remark that it is worthy of enquiry how far the same
objects might be attained by siinply acting upon the
common and recognised laws of blockade, without
the contintmuce of these Orders ? -The name has be-
come obnoxious—let us not contend fora mere name.
In fact tae most obnoxious part of the Orders in
Council was abrogated soon after they were issued,
but that obloquy still remains. Do the same thing
under any other name, and you destroy the cause of
complaint.

Paris Papers to the 24th inst. have been received.
They inform us that the Emperor held a Council c(
Ministers on the,22d—of course he had not left Paris
on that. day. We have -nu reason, however, to doubt
the accuracy of our statement of yesterday, on the
authority of the Gentleman from Cherburg, that Bo-
NAARTE had actually set out to join the Army of
the North. Our informant left Paris on Saturday,
and, it is not probable that the departure of
the Emperor
twould be publicly announced in the
journals, for we know that it has been usual to con-
ceal this circumstance on former occasions for some
days. The Paris Papers, above alluded to, coutaia

little or no intelligence Of interest; Tie affair of Celt
BALLA'STEROSVith the French General MARANCIN, at
Cartamar, is represented as having terminated in fa-
vour of the latter—this we know to be a direct false-
hood. The French-admit that MARANCIS was-woun-
ded—the Spanish accoiints inform us that he was
killed—in this particular only, we think it probable
that the Spaniards may have.been pti,s,taken.
The passage of troops toward the North still con-
tinues. A. route for forwarding•Estafeues between
France and the frontiers of Russia has been formed,
and post-horses are left constantly in readiness. All
these appearances are of course warlike.

An Anhok Mail arrived at a late hour last night :
from Sr. Petersburgh we lenn that moat active
preparations are making to repel the threatened in-
vasion of the Russian territories. The intelligence
from Sweden is not at all satisfactory, and our Rea-
ders will see, from the communication of the Board
of Trade to the Baltic Merchants, (in the last page
of our Paper to-day) that a commendable distrust
prevails in the British Cabinet with respect to the real
intentions of BERNADOTTE, who artfully keeps up the
“ note of preparation," but avoids declaring the pre-
cise objects of his hostility. The intercourse which has
been recently opened between this country and Rus-
sia, as our Keaders will perceive, is to be Orrice on
without our vessels being suffered to rendezvous, as
heretofore, in Swedish ports. This is an inconve-
nience to which our Merchants would not have been
subjected, if BERNAI)OrTeB professions of attach-
ment to the cause of Great Britain, or rather of the
whole civilized world, were to be relied on.
There has bees a report in circulation for these
two days past, that Almeida had been surprized by
the French on the Bth instant. There is no founda-
tion for the report—the latest intelligence from that
quarto: is contained in a letter dated Oporto, on the
sth instant, which we received this morning. At that
time the garrison not only consisted of three Portu-
guese regiments, but General I'nANr, with his divi-
sion, was in the neighbourhood.

Letters from Gibraltar of the llth instant, brought
by the MAIDSTONE frigate, state, that she was sent
home by Sir EDWARD PELLEW to announce the
sailing of the Toulon squadron, with troops on board.
We possess no other information on the subject.

Farther accounts had reached Gibraltar confirm-
ing the old intelligence, that General BALLASTEROS
had entered Seville; and it was also reported that
the " inf.imous MARANCIN," after committing nu-
merous atrocities, had evacuated Malaga. The
packet which left England on the 25th March, fir
Gibraltar, had arrived there on the I !tit. The TOR-
TOISE store•ship was al-pointed to sail for England
on the 12th.

The following is an extract of a letter from
Gibraltar, dated April 4
" MAP.ANCIN has carried into execution the barba-
rous threats contained in his circular letter of the 6th
of March, translated in last Saturday's number. .
Several villages have been burned in the Sierra,
and their unfortimate inhabitants, to the number of
,1000, are wandering over the mountains, without a
home, and without bread. General BALLASTZROS,
who set himself in motion on Monday last, is sup-
posed to have gone in pursuit of the banditti who
have committed those atrocities."