Star.
London, England, 1811-08-03 00:00:00

ANTWERP, JULY 23.

There have entered this port since July 12, sixteen
vessels laden with cotton-wool, leaf-tobacco, coffee,
sugar, potash, and mahogany.

THE I.V ENIN6 STAR.

LONDON.

SATURDAY, AUGUST 3.
PRICE OF STOCKS THU DAY AT ONE t /*CLOCK.
3 per Ct. Cons. for money 62f4 —Ditto for account 6511
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Ening. (3d.) is. dis. to 2s. pre.—Ditto (3V.) 41. Se.pretn.

The Duke of Clarence Packet has arrived at Pal
mouth from Lisbon, in eighteen days passag-.

A running ship has arrived from Cadiz, by which
letters have been received to the llth ult. They
state, that since the sailing of the transports to Aya-
monte, advices had been received at Cadiz of Gene-
ral BLAKE having sustained a serious check in the
Niebla ; but of the particulars we are not informed,
and arc therefore unable to conjecture whether it is
the check alluded to in Lord WmaNuroN's dispatch,
or some more recent affair. A very frequent inter-
' course, by means of flags of truce, takes place Le-
i twcen our troops in Cadiz and the besieging army.
We should suppose that this kind of intercourse is on
the subject of prisoners on both sides. It is but sel-
dom that the enemy open their fire upon Cadiz, and
when they do, little or no damage is done.
Sir RICHARD KEATS had returned to Cadiz after
an unsuccessful chace of a ;'rench squadron which
was said to have escaped from L'Orient. An Ame-
rican Captain was the informant on this occasion.

From Paris Papers to the 30th ult. we have given
a few extracts. It appears that on the 19th of last
month there had been a slight action off Toulon, in
which four French frigates made a narrow escape.
The French fleet is described as having " manceuvred
in presence of the enemy with great boldness."

We have repeatedly had occasion of late to notice I
the return of something like a good understanding
between this country and Russia. A Russian ship
ha: arrived in Leith Roads from Cronstadt, with a
cargo, and several others were expected to follow.
It is now clearly ascertained, that a commercial in-
tercourse between the two countries, upon an extend.
ed scale, has been determined on ; and although we
cannot say positively that negociations for Peace ate
on foot, there are confident rumours in circulation on
the Continent to this effect. General LAuntsrom is
understood to have made a powerful struggle at St.
Peter burgh lot the continuance of the Count ROMAN-
Amer in oilice, but as his dismissal is said to have now
taken place, a total change in the policy of the Rus-
sian Cabinet may be expected. LACRISTON has offi-
cially contradicted the speech, which we lately gave,
as having beea delivered by BONAPARTE to the Mer-
chants of France.

An anonymous letter has been exhibited on 'Change,
in which the good faith of Russia is called in ques-
tion, as to the free ports which it is said she is about
to open, and the merchants and underwt iters are cau-
tioned not to entrust their property under such pro-
tection. in the same letter it is recommended, that
instead of those tree ports under a foreign power,
Anholt, in our own possession, should be converted
into a depot for the commodities to be sent from this
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country to the Baltic ; and that for the greater secu-
rity, the fortifications should be improved, and the
garrison augmented.

Letters have been received from the north side of
the Island of St. Domingo, under the Government of
Clllll,l'ol'llE, now called King liEsitv. They state
the frequent commission of cruelties fur the mainte,
nance of his authority ; and the writers intreat that no
political discussions may be introduced into the
.ans-
wers, as all of them are opened by the Black Magis-
tracy. They alsp4ettive thlt the address in future be
to Cape Henry, and not to Cape Francois, as letters
directed under the latter name are by public order de-
stroyed.