Star.
London, England, 1817-09-22 00:00:00

MADRID, SRPTEMBER 6.

We observe with surprise, that some foreign Jour-
nals announce the political restoration of certain indi-
viduals who figured away in the cs-clevant Cortes
Extraordinary of Cadiz. As yet nothing of the kind
has come to the knowledge of the public. The par-
dons which were to be granted by the King, on the'
occasion of the birth of the Infant, Mule Louise, will
not, we understand, be made known till the church-
ins (la retvailles) of the Queen.

BERLIN. SEPTEMBER 7.
Prince Wittgenstein is dangerously ill at Dresden.
Prince Hardenburg also fell sick on,his. way from
Carlsbad to the Rhine, and is gone to Pyrmont. We
expect the King back op the 24th of September.
French .5 per Cents. with dir. from 22J Septem-
ber, 1817, 66 fr. 45 c.

Of the trial of the assassins of M. FLIAILDet, which
is affirmed in the preceding extracts to have fermi.
nated in the conviction of the whole of the accused
parties, the farther proceedings, as far as they have yet
.reached us, will be found in our retelling Columns.

. ,
A Hamburgh Mail also arrived at a late boar to-
day. The great Russian fair, formerly held at Ma-
catiew, but now removed to Nisen Novogorod, began
on the 20th July. It is said to have been so much

freqceoted, and die qoactity of goods so re,t
it was oecessary to erect starts 1000 hornbill,
t here were last year at Maeariew. The
colors brought by this Mail are anienponat.

The arrest Or CAIISOWI MASS/14ACR
a Precedent
in the annals of continental ,
and a precedent equally remarkable for die
dente of its particulars, and the celebrity
viduals whom it recalls to our recollectios, it
instance which we are about to mention, it
as in the present case, a King of Petctsta,
the despot—the same free and indepiltdeot
Frankfort, which prostituted itself
despotism—and a foreign subject slimed from -•
Live home, and afterwards discarded who
victim. That King and Despot WAS the
MUSICK —his victim the illustrious VoLrazift:
pretence of arrest, too, was in both instance, tc.,
fully similar. It is MASJEN BACH'S allege,/ en:
he is in possession of certain iniportat.t
the threatened publication of which would be
tins to the militAry renown of the reigning iNt,
suca—and zo it WAS VOLTAIRE',, that lir cat..
off some volume of old fritz's nansby-pzl by, tt,,
he did I lot chose slould run the chance of benal
a subject Of spot to the wits of Yens. T'ae .
we nod it related, is as follows:

On the la of June, 1733, Voltaire was arteste4 ot
by the &sire of the l'rawtan Resident. One crown .
ind him was to oblige tuna to give up the cuirrac w 1.1.4
Ktoz had made with him, mkt by which he had bound
to pay to lam twenty thousand livres elm.; hit the inbui
reason was to get from him a volume of the !Cog', -
Voltaire had hit possestion, and whkh he sat t r.t.letta
given him. Voltair declared that he would readily riv. vp
contract and the volume of poetry, be: that he lett th a 64,
Lapsic, with his other Jena; however, he pledged Lis boaci)
and gave -a written promise not to quit E =Mori
mission, or without ratis4:ng the demands that ha ,t 'Omit
upon him. Notwithstanding this engagement, the 14,4,. r,
of Frankton were informed, much to their surpr.se,
suddenly lett that place. He wa. inuttedirtif
brought back to the city, under a gear; of ten soldiers.
reason assigned for his drpanore was, that he inten4l
the waters of illiabstlani. Witco law had delivered
of the ,re espeeted to hive been mt at
he was MIR Esialkeda together with his piece,
who was din with him;

Our mattelat-diiferenee between this a.
VOLTAittle and that of Colonel MAsszasavt,
Reader will not foil to notice--a.,cl it is this,
though the Magistracy of Frankfort, is 1753,
pleased on the mandate of a foreign Slvereige,
arrest in individual for /to offence coomiltso
their own jurisdiction, they kept him at le.ist i.,
own hands, and did not buffer him to be vr.,Eri
away by that Sovereign and immured in clist.eq
gems of his own. No. The art of tyranny, it wor.4
seem, had then only made half the progrAs whia i
has since done to perfection.

Friday evening the Duke of Cr.attawcw gave 11
grand ball and supper at Hampton Caws to a c n•
pany of distinction,.mounting to 4.00 and upw.inli.
The Band of the Royal Horse Guards (Bhiej
tended, and the bah was kept up till a late hour.
The Duke and Duchess of Anovut are arrived*
their house in Upper Brook.street, from Brus.cl6.
The Marquis and Marchioness of Aaartecax es.
tertained a party of distinction yesterday at their seat,
the Priory.

The Countess of Wssruonwo left tiwn yega-
day evening for Paris, on her way to Madrid ; treat
thence her Ladyship goes to Rome where she intends
to reside till next Spring.
Kensington Gardens are undergoing improvements.
Upwards of sixty workmen are employed. In the
Serpentine River a small island has been pr 4 plred
for the swans, and the River has been banked to pre-
vent accidents. Instead of Constables, se►eral Ga -
keepers are apvinted to attend.
Thursday se'nnight, a meeting took place cn the
Strand, at Laltinchy, in the county Clare, between
TZRICNCR O'Bulaw, Esq. of Limerick, Attorney, aad
Captain GRACE, of Nenagh, the former attended by
Mr. DAvolute, the latter by Mr. LAWRENCE. 171,
fought at twelve paces, and, after an exch.inge cf
shots, without injury, the business was adjusted.
There are still many cases of low typhus fever in
Kilkenny. and its ►icinity, but they have bcen found
to yield readily to cleanliness and proper treatment.
We hate never wished to excite fear, but were always
desirous to induce cautious attention to the disease.
Ohe of those melancholy events which have too
frequently occurred in the neighbourhood of the
Lakes took place at Windermere on Friday se'nnight.
Mr. GRRAVES, of Bowness, and Lieutenant SATTER-
TstwArrx, of Hawkshead, accompanied by a young
Man of the name of Fauna, were sailing fur unite!
wager, when a gust of wind suddenly arising, and
the Lieutenant's boat carrying too much sail, she
was upset, and unfortunately he and his comparrai
were drowned.

The Eliza Ann, Captain Pater, is just arrived
from Martinique. The Captain states, that his sllp
and cargo were seized by the Governor of tl;e island
on a charge of smuggling, and that, after 14 Jar!
investigation, the Governor failed to est.4hh::!
fact ; and, according to the sentence of the Cmii t, t; e
Governor was ordered to restore ship and cargo. and
to pay costs. Captain ]'nice was, however, obliged
to return iu ballast, his cargo not being forthcoming.
The whole particular:: of the case have been laid bc-
fore Government for redress. The Governor, whl
acted solely on bis own responsibility, hid an asylum
in England (or 23 years.
The Monumentcote) by Parliament in memory ri
theianatlencto 94 Trafalgar, is now erecting in
fliers Cattbgdrall: on the right band entrlrce into t: e
Oahe, exactly opposite to that of the Marcus C03,:-
WALLIS. It is to be extremely splendid.
LONGEVITY.—There are now living in two cottages
nearly adjoining, at Broom3eld, near Leech, fiec:,
two men and their wives, %whose united azcs Arrora
to 320 years.

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MASsZtillavt,
.4 it is this,

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

COVE or CORK, SEPTEMBER 17.

Arrived the GutlJ d. convict ship, from Lon-
den, to take cootrl.l rrs t.• w South W4les.

FALMOUTH, SE Ehl PER 19.

Sailed the Dnk
Itlarlborour packet for Lisbon,
and Lad; Wei owoor packet f•br New Yotk and Ha-
lifax. ; sailed a large fleet for
Londor, vr.• ripally Irish traders.

I. I: I 6MOITI ti, SEP l'EMlr,ll
,el.
klive •t. 1.1.5 y the AirecdrirA, VANDE BM/0-
ov, from I,.t'.rtini for A,rist. grillett'the
%%, for Madeira. Arrived,.to.d.ty the
.1 I :khurn. Bums. (torn Loo4on jiff Meares ;
the tram 'he Downs for S.,utl,
An, n, the Dor.th, ED NA RDS, from Beng4l.
....m t loth, with 114.66 lt,ogiinent on board.
"Illey trill d.s mhArk t,•-mono.. , proceed hunt
.I.:nce to Soothe plan.— Wi ! N.E.