Star.
London, England, 1821-09-04 00:00:00

the eldest male descendants of the possessors, and not
by all the children."

The Paris Papers of Saturday arrived this forenoon.
The Duke of WELLINGTON had on Thursday a
long conference with the Russian Ambassador, Count
Pono DI Iloilo(); and on Friday he took leave of the
KING and the Royai Family. This parting interview
with his Masesrx lasted upwards of an hour.
Accounts are stated to have been received from
Odessa, of the same date with those received in Lon-
don yesterday, namely, the 7th of August. Con-
trary winds had, it appears, prevented for several
days the arrival of the vessel expected from Constan-
tinople with the Russian Ambassador; and the latest
news received hom that capital was of the 28th of
July. In concurrence with this, it is affirmed in a
Vienna article of the 20th of August, as a fact quite
certain, that the " Russian Ambassador, Baron &no-
GONOFF, had not quitted the Roads of Constantino-
ple on the 31st of July."
Every preparation appears in the meantime to be
making for war. A private letter from Augsburgh,
of the '26th August, states, that letters received there
from Odessa, of the 7th August, and from Brody of
the 11th, “ contain long details of the warlike prepa-
rations making as well in Bessarabia as in other fron-
tier provinces of Russia. All the corps of the Army
of Count WITTGENSTEIN have put themselves in
march, to concentrate on the banks of the Pruth.—
This General-in-Chief had inspected with the greatest
care all the positions of his army. He waits orders
to advance. As to Jussuv PACIIA, his army is con-
centrated on the right bank of the Pruth. It is now
numerous enough, and filled with a blind confidence
as to the issue of the war. The Pacha himself seems
to be anxious for the moment when hostilities will
commence. The advanced posts of the two armies
observe each other, but as yet no shots had been fired."

An interesting account is given in an article from
Vienna, of a defeat sustained by a considerable corps
of Turks in their attack on the Convent of Statina,
in which ninety-seven Greeks, under a Servian Cap-
tain, had taken refuge. _

The Turks penetrated into the Church—they
fought round the high Altar, but the Greeks fought
with such obstinacy, that the Tull::: demanded an
armistice, which was only granted them on condi-
tion of immediately withdrawing.. The Turks lost
372 killed, and the Greeks seventeen killed and thir-
teen wounded. Seven Monk,: were killed. Three
Jess s fell into the hands of the Greeks, who nailed
them to the cross, after having torn the skin from
their bodies, and exercised on them other barbarities.
The eighty triumphant Greeks, after having laid
down their arms, passed the frontier of Bukovina,
and were sent by an Officer of the Austrian guard to
Bozance, where they safely arrived on the '2Bth July.

It is asserted in a Frankfort article, that some in-
surrectional movements have taken place in Servia
in favour of the Greeks ; but the statement, we need
scarcely say, is deserving of little credit.
French live per Cents. Saturday, 87 fr. 30 c.

The following is an extract of a letter from King-
ston, Jamaica, dated July 16 We yesterday re-
ceived accounts from Santa Martha, stating, that Bo-
cachica had capitulated : a report was likewise cur-
rent there that Carthagena had fallen. The latter
report I believe to be premature, but it cannot hold
out long after the taking possession of Bocachica.
The Spanish frigate Ceres arrived here two days ago,
having an American vessel, loaded with stores, un-
der convoy, for the relief of Carthagena."
Extract of a letter from Boston, dated July 24:
" The schooner Young Eugene, sent in here prize to
the United States schooner Alligator, captured on the
coast of Africa, has fourteen prisoners on board, and
is under French colours, and supposed to belong to
Guadaloupe. The Captain was on shore at the time
of the capture. The Officers and crew were princi-
pally French and Spaniards."
Extract of a letter from Santiago, received by the,
ANDROMACHE:—." Colonel Millar was detached by
General San Martin against Pisco, and having ef-
fected the capture of that place, he remained there,
at the head of 700 men. On the 7th April, Commis-
sioners left Lima to treat with General San Martin."

Extract of a letter from the capital of Iceland,
dated the 9th July :—« A vessel is cast on shore on
Westmann Islands ; she has been upset a considerable
time ; there were five bodies found on board, in a de-
cayed state ; they have been buried in one coffin.—
She is supposed to be from the coast of Labrador ;
the only papers found are two duplicate bills of ex-
change upon somebody at Stourminster. A board,
apparently from the stern, has been sent to the Go-
vernor ; there is upon it Jade of Dartmouth,' painted
in large German text, nearly obliterated. She is a
sloop or small schooner, and has been laden with fish
and oil. The bills are dated in October, 1820."
Extract of a letter from Barbadoes, dated July 15
" Sorry I am to say that the drought in this Island,
which has continued from last October to this time,
has produced the most disastrous consequences. Re-
port says, there is not a green blade in the parishes
of St. Peter and St. Lucie. Every pond in the Island
is dried up, as well as three-fourths of the wells. It
is not uncommon to send cattle three or four miles
for water. The cattle decrease every day in St.
James's, Christ Church, and St. Philip's, with the
two leeward parishes, where the scarcity of water
mostly prevails. The owners of those properties
cannot even hope for a tolerable crop of sugar, not
having one-third of their usual number of canes
planted for want of plants. From the two extremes
of the Island they have sent below Cliff for plants."
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