Star.
London, England, 1819-03-27 00:00:00

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beat the giiiilige;,. 4114 the ph..tritotel succeeded in re. net: to the' Penitentiary, previous to hiS • Gnat Has,
storing order and-.4lsPetsiv,,the multitude.- zweat7 poriatiom nnd actually •
shot him thiviugh the 1;c:id!
individuals were' arrestedlistit hfierwitrAi i,eliised.o 1 V. with rnpunishel Murders audterrituritil a,
;hail, Since their, accordiatto the Jottritat ik Nivea !quisitiuh, the Americans are drunk with exultatiur.
of the 17th, the greatest tratiqUillity. has prevailed in I Tl;e acq ui,4:ion of Florida is a matteruf great triumph.

the public places and On tli,e,,promenades.
Bardn P4tPtiN/IEIM had an audience of Louts oh
Tuesday, when he presented his 'credentials as Minis-
ter Plenipotentiary from the Grind Duke of Hasse..
The Mohiteur mentions that tiii;:le-p{rture of the
Persian Anabassador is zit. yet fixed, but nothing
farther is said of his presentatioa to the Kixo.
Five per Cents. with DiVidend, from Ls2d instant,
66 fr. 60 c,

and its fruits rich ina.ltic4:ation; as giving her tr7t!lt
facilities in annoying ou:- West Indian possessions in
*the event of any flame war ; bri,.!tilig her into conti-
guity with the Mir-:s of Peru; a Id- extendiag her
western boundary to the Pacific Ocean. And issto
can question the correctness of th^ princinles on
which they calcalatc?. Add to all ti,is de rights
of Sitter)? on the Cow-ts of Newfonndland, secured
to them by .their late Treaty with.this country,
'and it will be allowed that they • are as much to he
praised in point of diplomacy, as to he execrated in
point of morality. Of civilized nation; the Ameri-
cans are unquestionably the most depraved in prin-
ciples, and the duties of social relation, of any upOrt
the face of the earth. They tall: of the territories to
the west sof Florida, as if they had no owners or in-
habitants. What arc the lives of Indions in the eye.:
of a JnoiccoN! in the eyes of such men as ow: ai;-
prove of his.mnrders ? Ma'am the lives of Ilrit:sa
subjects to be held as cheap by our Rulers, as by the
Am'erican Slave-holders .0.-11 CA VEN forbid it !

FRIVATE LETTER.

"P.sm, MAI= f 24.

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" At length the Law on the Liberty of the Press is
presented, which will so entirely absorb public awn«
tier, that all anterior measures will be forgotten. We
do not see from the texture of it what should have
made it so long in preparation. The French P.Ters
will give you a summary of the conunts, from which
it will be seen that the present Ministry is severely
nicknamed when termed a liberal one. 'Stie do not
know what more effectual shackes could hare been
contriyed to chain the spirit of a'political.writcr ; the
law, if it passes, of •which there is great doubt, as
most of the leading Mcnibers. of • both Chambers are
popular•'political writers, will crush at least one-
third of the daily • prints,, and nine-tenths of the,
periodical productions.
. "The security demanded is 10,000 francs of rents,
which, at the present price of Stocks, would take
1:5,700 to purchase ; now, it will be seen, that few
indeed can furnish that sum lower to them—the con-
dition is an absolute prohibition, but supposing they
could furnish it, how few would trust such a sum
to the interpretation of ignorant, weak, or venal
Judges, whc receive ca:-parte'evidence without blush-
ing, and who receive with profound submission, the
orders of cwthority, when such a scene is at once
tangible is it not a bait for cupidity ? and will not
grounds of action be sedulously sought after? We
fear so. We confess we . anticipated a very different
law-from such enlightened men as DESSOLL ES, DE
CAzEs, PORTAL, and DESERRK. We were mistaken;
there can be little doubt of such a law being greatly
modified by the Chambers ; but would it net have
been more politic to concede these things with a
• grace, which you on rcfusal will be forced to grant?"

NAVAL INTELLIGITNCE.
Per:alum, Maus 25.--Wind W. blew' wont .—r.'..arn• in
the 3lint.rva, MILL., and Rose, M. ri.GOART,IMPC Londe.••
Marra;, out six day., and tearaan wit-A
-bound , Chorge,
Wets, from Liverpool to Havre •
ktaituctuni, Dialta,* ,'
W.S.W. blows firth.—
Passed up Channel the L.ttona,- Imven, from Demerara. Sailed
the Jane, Baows, for Lonfma.
Dear; litisneat ..2f—Wind• •
reicd and sidled, the
Earsdor, •Witatemsn, front RIO Janeiro for Harrltiipit ; ZP-
phyr, Nicuots; horn Almdra . for- London; AM, "Samos ea,
(rum St. Miehael** for ditto ; .osweza, Up..tek, from B.kitiniit
for Rotterdam. Caine down iron; :be Wogs, the Varininnus,
for Cadiz. British Tar, Ctaar, fur kirarnichi; Nlarrrct.
JPGLassiasr, for Tobago • Maria, Luviir, for Nev.'foundlacal.;
Juno, Way, for Tenerife.,; City of Edinburgh, Gomez; fa;
Cadiz ; Glory, PRIM:, from Lynn for Qutthet, and renudn•erith
the outward bound as per last.
NORTH 311-lii ti n:, lilaac24.:—Tte Ann and Jane, Lew::
which was on the Herd Sand, has been rot off and into :he
harbour' making about ten inches of water ire half :a: hauri r..f4
has this day sailed, making only six inches in an hour. Sall•41
yesterday, the Eliza, Boswell., for Davis's Straits; and today
the British Queen, beMYILMAN, for Greenland.
Lisa:atom., Martell 23.—Arrived the Minerva Smith, Ilatan,
from Charleston-t-sailed the 27th of February, and on the
instant was struck by lightning., which league one tr.an, at:d
knxkod down the Captain and fourteen men.
SILLY, Manor 23. The sloop 31ary, Maar!, from Yottgkri
to Southampton, with oats, struck on a rock near the islaralt of
Cri.then, on the night of the 20th instant, Ind is tctall:: Ic•t;
with all the cargo ; the crew gut en the mak and were saved :
some part of the niaterials ae: saved.
One-an-11ot se, Dlsneir 22.—Clitered Inwards : the Thetis,
Reid, from Handrirgh ; Perseverance, ISlaugharn, from ditto;
Margaret, Partridge, from Lanzartnte • Peurhyn Castle,Walker,
from ditto; Sophia, Black, from St. Michael's; :SlagneigGrave,
front Cape Coast Castle Leirestet, Bishop, from Q. Domingo;
Malabar, Alclouph, from Calcntta; Eanter„.Ross, From Derma
ram ; Factor, Roberts, from Madeira ; and Wanstead, Tana?, -
from Calcutta.—Entered Outwards • Tom Bowling, Laughton,
for Demerara; and the Upton Castle, Howell, for Bor)hay.-;—.
Cleared Outwards: the Freundschaft, Pt- tcrson, for* Alfons; •
Enighentn, Broberg, far Stockholm ; the Et.lward, Werseis,.-for.
Bremen; the Eux ise, Haunt, for Constantinople; Hoffnung,
Daoyen, for Emblem; Oronoco, Peaclicroff, tor Denierara;
Generous Planters, Had, for Halifax ; the Sisters, Miller, fur
Richelancto; flawkesbary, Hunter, far St. Andrew's' II;B..; •
Heart of Oak. Nicholson, far t ucbe. ; and Isalxilo,llasheil,
'for Pia U. • •
' Yesterday the Duchess of 61.hcflitsiltrt paid a lona,
visit-to the PRINCE RVIENT, at.Carloiriaiouse.
Yesterday the :Duke of lonic submitted some new
military clothing to the PRINCg FecitNT.' -
Prince Lsoeoto is on his 1;;ay home. lie was to
leave Cobourg soon after the 12th instant.
Lord SIDIIOVrif continues itt a progtessire state of
recovery firm liis late accident.
The Oratorio 'at Covent-Garden Theatre, last night,
was well attended, and the performances gave gene-
ral and entire satisfaction;
Letters from Manchester mention another cornmerf
cial failure, to a considerable extent but from the
former respectability and responsibility of the firm,
hopes are entertained` that it will proven:sly a tern-
porary stoppage.
Lehr!,'fishers 28.—The inmerons daring and
extensive robberies committed in this town aailtei,,*hrr
bourhood,• exceed all former precedent in aunacity,
Two persons of some late notoriety in this
.place,
with a friend of their's, on whom they drew their •
bills, were yesterday committed to Wakefield House
of Correction, on various charges or swindling.
Their Ladies had previously been 'sent to occupy
apartments in the same place, on similar charges.
• FOWEY ELEcetos.—The Pon finally doted on the
24th. MT. Azraroo, 1511-,-Lord VALLZTORTI 114,
The former was of course rethrner!, •
Sot;TIIWAItICIIRME-11te Southivitrit iron bridge,
which was, on Thtrsday last, opened for the accom-
modation of the puhlic, was begun on the 23d SePI
tember, 1814,•nndef the ditection of Mr: Rrnme,
Engineer, and Mr. ItlEq.rey, Sub-engineer. Messrs. .
JoLt.irrc and BAICKs weres‘the Contractors at'i litrop,, •
or specific sum, and'z•hat•ii rather a novelty in 'pa-
lic worl:c or this vasl'inagnifuae, it liai bcii}"Corir-.
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plated witi.lirt the CCiritr;Ct.prire:
The distance between the atones:o4lls 7ni. feet.
The cr..eat of each abutment .vnelliseds adclitaing the lkisitk
arch awl ar:h .71 feet, formed nf masonry',
the springing stones of which weigh 43 tons each, .and.one of
Granitt.. :Monis: to is.* parts of the bridge stone-wort
There are two plers' El feet 111;:h each fl-ont the had .3.f the
river to the top of tic parapet, Anil tt4 feet in• breadth between
high and lot- tauter r.-arks, and 75 feet tong bet Ween acme end
acme of the ar.cits. The foundation of these piers are
each affect itet beia-v the bed or bottom of the river, and
rest on a platform et* feet thick of solidly compacted tizr.kr,
and these platfc.rres CAC:: further repose on about '4O, most of
which art c:rcve 1.4 feet into the earth, making the depth of the
earth from the :race of the piles to the parapet top of the piers
n.ineti.eight feet.
There' are three •t-chef et iron ; the two cide or.cs arc 210
•-t •4; .;. hot ate. Fpla, and the centre arch is .24C feet in span, with
43 feet clear epening above kw.water mark; medittn Ceti t. Theo
It appears by. the American.Papers,;!diat the mar-
It exceeds the admired bridge of Scr.dtrland by four fee* ta
clerer, General Jacesoti, litet4 cvkh'gfeat eounte- span and the long-famed Rialto at Venice by 16?
I Alutle of tit.e ire,. er nr• cas weigh tin tram each
haste front the general prvulittt9h, ley have been
and . •
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,th tc. ire tx:tp.ds 53e5; lous.
feasting'"hirn• New
..)."ork, presented To.e centerings ut chit.% *aridle an which th.r. grebes Were. formed
were or sat t novel and pacultar conuractress, that
wifli gibe of she Cit.y, and sequested to hive, or curt'-.d,
the navu.atiou of the Vaimes was corayaratively uninspaired
his picture in their public hall: • This,' is of a piece : einring t o pudding of tht: Sanikir was the fact as*,
`Strand Brielge. At the grin:Av.:A Brislie thel!.44r: eitnteking •
:With another trait of the ifiterTcan. character, d-eve-i. .
of one coutation. 48,1 loads of timber, """
loOed in another fict;:,stated. kn a New Ifyik Paper. two elks., having hem: pneviatisly and •gradealfetsutk b
I at, loosing of the Unli!te the Vont Newaiy;tEt!a Paris),_
.04groi accused of robbery, and. conderoneu_ the
eentcrels, were all strutk- sirotatowormiy or estbat:
• Piincess Ann to be eeecuted, lied Itisleiientro changed iTiniigrutr:;titintiod 1111U:beer, side ati).distt.hra-17.eit!Ist lees the,@;:t.arppidiss.
to transportatien by the Execathes• The ruffian in-
that the centre brch of the Soutkr•arit •srige
ON t . . ,
abitanti w %ere greatly exispetted• sa
. tio „a the vet tex 1,1:9 pt,'
theia Lai y
htut'
, _ * 1 inch and precisely • thin wide expanse is within
• point id of the expected exhibition ; and somaus them iof an inch the figure anci rom it was caiva.a...f
4stniud
.artir-l'aier the officers who were conducting the prism-1 to assume.

German Papers reached us last night. They con-
ta:a an article, confirming the report, that the Go-
vernment of the Netherlands has consented, that the
Navigation of the Rhine shall be free, in the true
sense of the word, that is, along its whole course
through the Dutch territory, to the sea. It is, how-
ever, observed, that this privilege will be but of
limited benefit to the Germans, unless tlu tolls at
Cologne, Mentz, and Manlicim, are abolished. If
these impediments to a free Commerce by that river
should be removed, the German Manufacturers flat-
ter themselves, that they could maintain a successful
competition with the British Manufacturers, and
particularly in Cotton fabrics, fur the supply of the
American market.

iePorred in Switzerland that the pay of their
troops. in France is to be reduced to'a level with that
of the French soldiers, which is not above half that
of the former. Independently of this apprehension,
the service is said to be by no means agreoable to the
Swiss, as they are looked upon with a jealous eye by
the French. The Ist Swiss Regiment of Guards, is,
it is said, to be removed on the lit of April, to the vil-

lage of Curtois,• two leagues from the capital, to which
it wil daily send 200 men to do duty.

• A letter from Grand Cairo gives the following de-
tails of the first interview of the untoriunate ABDAL.•
LAIi, chief of the Wechabites. with .the Viccaoy of
Eover. The latter re:eived the prisoner with much
kindness and asked him; among other questions, " Is
laßAtttti PACH/C a good General ?" " Your son, (re-
plied AilOai.t.ait with great firmtiess and dignity) is.
a consummate Captain. I combated valiantly
against him,- but fortune has decided on my life.—
You are powerful, ..and I'believe generous. 1)o not
regard the fate -which I know awaits ne,... I onlYl,
recommend to you my capital and
ANDALLAst," replied, the Vicsitoiri 0 the fall ofi
your capital cost the Grand Signor, my. Soistreign,
and me, immensest thi) and thelires orrnm6l7fou-
sands of men. This eliy disinintied, in order
to etetnise the infamy aaoo3c puniblnent-of:n•sect
rebellious to:the Koran.. The inhabitants will be in 7
vited to go and settle elsewhere.'• Yout Tatiiiitis in
safety ! have received it mitres; irtYypt?lai protec-
tion. BP assured ot this, and maie,yuuree-lf caSy."--
, It will be recollected. that . PrinceAniekLest ivas
sent W Copstantinople, where be.ivaa.beheaded,

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