Star.
London, England, 1826-10-23 00:00:00

PORTSMOUTH.

His Majesty's ship Hussar, Captain G. Harris, C.R. arrived on
Friday from the West Indies, bringing to this country a Mission
from the Republic of Mexico to the British Government, consist-
ing of the following personages :—His Excellency Don ebastian
Camacho. Minister of the Foreign and Home Departments of that
Republic ; Don I. M. Gutieres de Estrada ; Colonel Don Francisco
Facie; Don Guillermo O'Brien; and two- young Gentlemen at-
tached to the Mission, come to England for their education, viz.
Dun Gonzales, and Gabriel O'Brien.
'The Mission landed under a salute, the yards manned, and
every mark of respect chewed them. The Hussar sailed front
Portugal on the sth of August, anchored off Green Island, Vera.
Crux, on the 16th, sailed thence with his Excellency and suite on the
26th August, called off Tampico on the 3d September, and sailed
front Havannah on the 16th. The freight which the Hussar has
brought to England amounts to 1,200,000 dollars ; 164,000 dollars
of which consists of 212 bales of cochineal, 500,000 in specie on the
account of the Mexican Government, and the remainder merchants
money. On the lit October she spoke the brig Belinda, from Hon-
duras, bound to London.

Mr. Secretary CANNING is expected tomorrow, at
Walmer Castle, from Paris, on a visit to the Earl of LIVERPOOL.
The Duke of Sussex visited the Duke of YORK yes-
terday, at the residence of the Duke of RUTLAND, in Harlington-
street. Sir HENRY HALMOS% Dr. Macurcumn., Dr. Macoaraos,
and Mt. Sinesox, paid visiti yesterday to the Royal Duke.
The Duchess of KENT, accompanied by the Princess
Provost, and attended by Capt. CONROY, honoured Covent-garden
Theatre with her presence on Thursday evening.
The Earl of Hmteowey left town on Friday after-

noon for his seat, Sandon-hall, Staffordshire.
The Hanoverian Minister transacted business on
Saturday afternoon at the Secretary of State's office for Foreign
Affairs.
Heavy rain, thunder, and lightning, prevailed in the
Petropolis for a few minutes this forenoon.
In the night of Tuesday, ten of the prisoners confined
is Reading county gaol made an attempt to escape from their cells.
They pecked through the brick work of the walls of the cells, which
they could have access to, down the privies, which were in the cells,
with bits of iron formed very rudely into tools from the handles of
the frying pans and gridirons, which they secreted in their clothes
in the day ward, and took the same with them at locking up, to
their night cells, and with which they succeeded in pecking the
bricks away, and making holes sufficiently large to escape through
.
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ofto their day ward;
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the district Paulograd. Oa the 19th May, some
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return, and
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the other prisoners, who slept overer
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which seemed to come from the clouds, and continuedpiunfplelowurhbielahntkhets
into strips,it and platting them together ropesor byt:at
to increase till it ended in a loud explosion. At the
by
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same time they saw a heavy body descending rapidly, they. wereettetehrtied
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principal contrivers and
the fall of which was accompanied by a fissh of lighblovery. into solitary cells for one month, and the others. daysthree'alt
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