Star.
London, England, 1817-04-23 00:00:00

BRUSSELS PAPERS.

ANCONA, MARCH !IL
A vessel coming from Egypt has brought afflicting
sews concerning die situation of the Fathers of the
Propagaada, Their convent, situate at Gunk has
been attacked by the Bedouin Arabs, who expected
to find there treasures arrived from Italy; but, alas,
these virtuous Cenobites have no treasures except
their virtues and their charity. The- Arabs retired,
trout their fears of the troops of Mahommed Ali, who
particularly protects them. They committed various
excesses in the Convent. A Father of the Progar
Gelide is arrived on board the vessel the Mother*/
od. He is going to Rome, to acquaint his Hog.
was with the situation of the convent, and try to
obtain some relief. It is thought that the Holy See
and the English Government have made some ar-
raagemeut with the Ottoman Porte, for the free eto
incise of the Catholic religion in the provinces of the
,Empire.
Two shocks of an earthquake were felt in the night
Of the 26tb. at Fresoati. In the neighbourhood the
second was very violent, and eirused great alarm, bet
nobody perished. It is akeught these shocks proceed
truss abate viqlent shocks elsewhere. A severe shock
of an earshqiilke.was felt at Messina on the 14th, lie,
companied with a Weil& noises happat no damage
Was dose.

CM:WU Al M U.
ilia Majesty the Empesor of Rdwia baying charged
Limmmant-General Omaha, his Minister ,Plenipo.
Ott at this Conn, to propose to his 'Royal High.
gab dm Eleitor to accede twthe Sacred Alliance,
his Mace acceded to it by an act signed on tilollik
of thts•mooth. - . •
LAUSAIIIII4 APRIL ii.
The amnia nseedng of the. General Benevolint
iociest cud take fleas at Zurich on the 22d and igib
instant. Newer slam its institution have there boo
such mule
flitsal
and urgent calls for its assistance. In
several of !astern cantons of Switzerland want it
la ha bey f and marcity, joined with thilWhOiesome.
one of have caused a greet munher of deaths.
Masora . 'lrestraiera2 the esToetaties of . corn and
'MOM lin one canton to soother have become
general i and Governments which were for a long
time-avert, to recognise principles contrary to a In.

commerce stipulated in the Federal Act, have teen
forced to follow tjmit example set them by others, of
which they bad disapproved. • The Government of
Zuriel is in such circumstances ha to be obliged to
refuse to their neighbours of St. Gall, Thurgovia,
Glaris, and Zug, the exportation of potatoes. It was
permitted till now, but several parts of the canton
have not a sufficient supply for planting their fields.
The Swiss Consul-General at Amsterdam, M. de
Planta, has demanded from the Federal Directory
directions relative to the numerous Swiss emigrating
to the United States. Two Argovians have treated
with the Captain of the Constantina for the transport
of 587 of their countrymen. This vessel is to sail on
the Bth of April.
The frightful state to which the Canton of Glaris
is reduced, which only lately displayed industry, com-
fort, and happiness,• is described in the work. of the
Minister Heer. At the present time no labouring
person, however industrious, can earn more than four
kreutzers a-day. It is frightful to see with what avi-
dity skeletons of men devour the most disgusting all.
ments, dead bodies, nettles, and food which they dis-
pute with the brute creation. In this dreadful desti-
tution, the inhabitants cannot secure themselves from
humidity or cold. In some houses, twenty persons
occupy one room, and labour with hollow and hal.-
extinguished eyes in a contagions atmosphere. Beds,
are out of the question; a wretched sack of dried
leaves is the best couch of these miserable persons.—
These old men, deprived of consolation, and bereft
of the attention of blends, left a prey to famine and
sorrow, havt no other resource but tears; or, falling
into sick nest, sled under the agonies of a burning fe-
ver, pant for a drop of whey, which they cannot obtain.

THE EVENING STAR.

J.ONDON.

NEXT WEDNESDAY THE LOTTERY BEGINS DRAW-
ING—MORE THAN TWO PRIZEi TO ONE BLANK
—FOUR OF TWENTY THOUSAND—TICKETS UN-
UsUALI•Y CHEAP.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23, 1817. -
PRICE OF wroms THIS DAY AT TWELVE frCLOtIE s
Cons. 71i 72—110. for Account, 70p—titestiscsul 701 71
5 per Cent. Navy, 1021i-4 per cent: 6$
Exchequer 11 Ils lOgs. 196. pr.—lndia Boob 71 72 pre.

THE QUEEN'S DRAWING-ROOM
POSTPONED. •_

The Drawing•room intended to have been held
this day at the Queen's Palace is postponed, and we
are extremely concerned for the cause. Her MAJESTY
being taken suddenlf`ill at an early hour this nsorx,
ing. Sir HENRY HALICIRD was called up in conse-
quence. and had attended her twice by nine o'clock.
At the last visit he issued the following

BULLETIN:

gostres PALACE, KINK O'CLOCK' APIIII 23,1117.

" The Quest having been indisposed in the night,
" her MaJena is not able to receive company at the
" Drawing-room to-day."
were sent -in all dircaons, to prevent tie
disappointment of the company is much as possible ;
and, as a Somlnsest to the London CAW", of last night,
the following Official Notification w..s this day pub-
tithed by authority s

" LORD e4I4II4IIIILAINS (MICE, APRIL 21.1017.
44 The QUIEN having been indisposed in the night,
her MAJZSTY is not able to receive the company at

the Drawing-room this day!

Notwithitanding the promptitude with which the
"above Official Notices were circulated and placarded
in every direction. great numbers of the Nobility and
Gentry, in their Court dresses, had set out for the in-
tended Drawing-room, before they were apprised of
the disappointment which had unavoidably taken
place-4 disappointment rendered the more severe
by the indisposition which pccasioned it, as her MA-
JESTY, who went to bed last night in perfect health,
is now said to be seriously indisposed.

The Paris Papers of Sunday arrived this morning.
The Moniker contains, under the head of Calais, a
long and interesting account of the shipwreck of a
French vessel at that place, during a violent storm
on the 16th ; on which occasion, the English officers
and crew of the Royal Sovereign yacht, which took
over the Duke of ORLZAKS, distinguished themselves
by a degree of generous and daring enterprise which
has excited the universal admiration of our French
neighbours.., The ship which was wrecked was from
L'Orient, of 72 tons burden, and had a crew of se-
ven men. The storm raged with such fury that
none of the seamen of the place would venture
out to the rescue of the unfortunate crew—aban-
doned by their own countrymen to destruction,
it was to the noble courage of British tars that
any of them owed ibeir preservation. A boat well
manned pushed-off from the Royal Sovereign, under
the command of Lieutenant Cnaas.as Moons, and,
by the most extraordinary exertions, succeeded in
saving two of the crew. The gallant Commander
of the boat narrowly escaped the loss of Lis own life
in the attempt, having been thrown by an. yver-
whelming wave into the seas but most fortunately
picked tip:again by his men.
Last night re received Brussels Papers, and this
morning German Joumals to a late date. T►eir
contest!, though not of that boisterous quality. which
is anxiously looked for in times of iscistiliry, are really
*westing, as relating the hopes, the heirs, the rela-
tions, and general circumstances, of the people of
different eamatries.

. It, is said is be eonirmed, that the matrisponial
conemioas between the Comte of Austria and Saxony,
lately spOkeif of. wi L take place. One of the Areh,
dykes of Austria h. to be married to the Princess
&MIA, DIM of the King of Saxony ; and a mar.
singe is also is contemplation between Priam Fawn-

mar, the presumptive heir to the Throne of Sarong,'
and the Archduchess CAROLINE, fourth daughter cif
the Emperor of AUSTRIA.

An article from Trieste. of the 2d instant, speaks
of an immense quantity of wheat having been accts•
mulated there from different quarters, which it is
found difficult to sell i and apprehensions are expres
sod. that. should the approaching harvest be good,
the large stock on hand at the above•named place will
cause a great number of bankruptcies.
Great as has been the distress' experienced in this
country by the want of full employment for our
labourers. and the enhanced price of corn, it will be
found that our circomstances, compared with those of
some other countries, are really enviable. In Switzer-
land,at this moment, great numbers are actually dying
of want. There the people, described as more like
skeletons than men, devour the most disgusting offal,
for which they contend with the brute creation.—
Switzerland--the once happy Switzerland, is now a
prey to famine and disease, and to boundless crimes
—the offspring of want, operating on depraved and
irreligious habits, and destroying even the common
sympathies of nature.
French Funds, 19th instant, 661 r. 10c.