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London, England, 1817-11-29 00:00:00


t-TYVI-2-k-aN G STAR.

LONDON.

SATURDAY,
THE NOVEMBERFUND& 29, 1817.
Prke of. Storks thts day at Twelve &Clock:
...:!!—Cons 1141—For Opening, 83i 4t
4pe Cer!.9911-5 per Cent. Navy 1081 109
ye: I ;r5 tuas. 9.l—lndia Bonds 98 99 pr.
Bah 19 21 pr..

T:ie Paris Papers of Tuesday arrived last night,'
it: a preceding tolumn we have given some ex-
-1:5 from them. The following is from a private
Our Public Funds remain low : and until
e great and important affair of the Indemnities is
arranged, there is no hope of their experiencing
,et rise of which it is supposed they are susceptible.
was said yesterday, th.it Russia had pronounced
; our favour respecting the Indemnities ; and that in
dip:ramie coafercnce at the hotel of the Duke de
LX/ISLIEV, M. Pozzo DI Boacm, the Russian Am-
Baader, had declared in the name of his Sovereign,
fat he would oppose with all his might exaggerated
ernaeah, he being ordered to support every reason-
:ef:;sd: on the part of France."

•

A: a lace hour today we have also received the
pits Papers of Wednesday. The only article of in-
terest they contain, is the following official
eomnranication from the French Consul at Cadiz, to
th,! Beard ri Commerce of Marseilles, on the subject
c! the Algaine Plague Squadron, which must place
Wald all question, if indeed any question can be
ritcd about the necessity of some measures being
rake, by the European Powers—by England espe-
till:!, whose flag, as. it appears from this statement,
especially insulted—for the extirpation of these de-

os of Feitilence :
An l:print Squadron, consisting of six ships of war .(of
• three are brigs, one a galliot, and two luggers), sailed from.
on the :Bth of September upon a cruixe lute these pans,
safer the pretext of pursuing Pritssian and Hamburgh yes-
, board the ships of all nations, ,uni make prize indtscrimi-
••dy of whatever suits tlnir convenience. Among the captures
• they have made arc some Dutch, Swedish, and Russian
and one especially Liaglish. Nur he cesu the French flag
respected, for we understand that the French brig la Jenne
Amanda, bound from Marseilles to Martinique, has Wen into
the lauds of the barbarians, and that the brig le Pupa), Frouin
lateen pillaged by them off Ailcant
* The piracies committed by this squadron are not the only
gieg to be repelled ; it appears certain that they have the plague
boat; and there is much reason to tear, that boarding as they
every ship they meet, they may communicate it to many of

* The Governor of Gibraltar, foreseeing the danger which
Me would be in admitting without reserve foreign ships, even
kw coming from European ports where the state of health is
;idlest esception, has imposed on all ships arriving a swan-
he of us days. The Junta of Heald* of Cadiz bas adopted the
Noe mount; sad it is presumed that the Nisch Government,
mowed of what is passing, will also follow tbts example'
Agreecbly to the suggestion in the preceding letter,
dos are stated to have been issued to all the ports
If France, to subject every vessel, from whatever
tauter it may coma, to the same rigoroue quarantine
is has been imposed at Cadiz and Gibraltar.
French 5 per Cents. 25th Nov.-60. 70c.

Thursday the schooner Mary. Ann, in thirteen days
oin Fayal, arrived in the Downs. The Master re.
arts that in the course of the voyage he fell in with
le American brig.bossamer, of eight guns. from
eghorn, bound to Boston, having on board Luca.),
OXAPARTZ and suite.

The account of a rupture between the KING of the
SIMLA/MS and the PRINCE of OSAMU, contained
a private letter which we gave ►ome days ago, is
nifirmed by the Brussels Papers, from which upr
eaders will find the relative extracts, in a preced-
ig column.

Ia another column we have given an extract from
Batavia Gazette of the 28th December, 1816, re.
ktive to the insurrection in the Island of Java, of

bich mention has lately been made. The Dutch
Lathorities seem to have guessed rightly whit the
tutu of the commotion were. when they announce

t the close of their account, the institution of an
quiry to ascertain whether it may not have arisen
frotn,, extortions or vexations." The whole, in fact,
originiud, as we learn from a private channel of un-
doubted authority. in the lawless exactions of KAPA LA
Citootsit, and other Native Chiefs acting under the
European Government. The ignorant and suffering
inhabitants were prevailed upon by a few of the heads
cf villages, toassemble for the purpose of marching
to Indranfsiyo, for the ostensible purpose of having
their grievances redressed. No Chief of any rank
was amongst them. and their number did not at any,
time exceed 900. •. .

What efforts were made on the part of Govern-
ment to remonstrate with these deluded people, to
inquire into their complaints, Or to procure their
peaceable dispersion, does not satisfactorily appear.
Dispositions, as the Gazette says, were made to at•
tack them; which was done at Lebenar, on the 20th
of December. In the contest 100,43 i the natives were
killed, and 594 made prisoners. These men were all
disarmed, and by the Magistrates' were delivered into
the care of the military, that they might be guarded
and convtyed to Indramayo. .On their arrival they
were put into a coffee store-house within the, fort,
and the temporary prism was surrounded by sentinels.
—ln the course of the flight, some of these poor crea-

Lres having endeavoured to get out, for the purpose,
as is now believed, of enjoying the freshness of the
open air, the Dutch guard fired in among them;
and, horrible to relate, continued their execution, in
spite of Mr. MATENAN the Magistrate, and under the
eye of their own officers, until three hundred of these
unarmed, unresisting, helpless human creatures, were
massacred in cold blood ! The prayers and corn•
mands of the Civil Magistrate were equally disre-
garded on this occasion,• which was but the first act
of an atrocious tragedy. The survivors were em-
barked in coffee-prows, and dispatched up the
River to Caroug-Sauberg—while on the River they
were accused of a second attempt to escape, when
the former dreadful scene was renewed, and nearly
two hundred more were mercilessly slaughtered !
So insatiate was the thirst for Javanese blood, that
of 594 made prisoners after the attack upon them by
the Dutch troops, only 113 remained alive when the
account of these frightful transactions was written,
in the month of January following. The pretext for
this barbarity was despicable as it was irrational.
That prisoners, who had surrendered with arms in
their hands, should, alter being disarmed, have me-
naced any violence against their captors, is utterly
foolish and incredible. The Javanese are described
by Sir STAMFORD RAFFLES as a singularly mild and
inoffensive people. Oppression and cruelty may

change those characteristics ; and, contrasted as are
the scenes we have described with those to which the
dative population were habituated, since the conquest
of the island in 1811, it is not surprising if (as stated
in our Paper of Thursday) they attacked the Dutch
forts under cover of the British ensigns.

We give this day some interesting official Papers,
relative to the progress of the Patriot cause in Vene-
zuela. Ot its ultimate success, they scarcely leave
room for any doubt.

The last accounts from the north-west country of
Canada are from the Red River, dated in the middle

of August. The

,of Govermtient had

held Lord SELKIRK to bail in the sum of £6,000 to
appear in Montreal on the Ist of March next, but the
north-west partners hid refused to become bound to
prosecute, as they considered his Lordship ought to
have been sent clown' a prisoner, on the heavy charges
alleged against him. The prosecution of course must
be conducted at the suit and expense of Government.
Captain MATHEY, D'Onsouses, Messrs. ALLEN,
ALEXANDER li'Dornaz, PAMPBUIN, M'Laoo, and
Baucs, in the service of Lord SELKIRK, were also
held to trail to appear at the same time on different
charges, from the sums of £3500 to /MO There
had been some quarrels between the Indians, and the
country generally was in a most distressing stare, the
.Colonists and Traders being scarcely able to procure
sufficient food for their subsistence. It was expected
Lord Sitxtag would return to Canada before the
close oldie season. Further accounts are daily ex•
pected from Montreal, from the interior.

A Proclamation for the Meeting of Parliament,
on Wednesday, the 27th of January, was, we under-
stand, agreed upon at the Council held at Brighton
on Thursday, and will appear iu the Gases s of
tonight.

Sir G. WARRENDER. Bart. entertained a large
party of distinction, yesterday, at his residence at
the Admiralty.
Lord HOLLAND, who arrived from Paris on Thurs.
day, much ilidispostd, was six weeks confined with
the gout in the above capital. His Lordship was
considerably recovered yesterday.
Sir VICARY thus has, Ir•,m continued ill health,
resigned the Recordership
The mention of the 1 see hlun. Mrs. Caverantsu
were dep .sited on Wedoe.d..y last, in the family
vault in All Saints Church, At Derby.
Lord G. H. CAVENDISH has left town for his seat.
Latimers, Bucks.
The Earl and Countess of DARNLEY and family
have left Paris for Rome, where they intend,to reside
the winter ; they are expected home about April.
Mrs. FITZHaItIIBRT and Miss Sermon* are shortly
expected home from Paris.. •
The receipts from the Duke of DEVONSHIRes pro-
perty in Great Britain, upto Christmas last, amounted
to one hundred and forty thousand pounds, clear of
all deductions. The Irish estates produce an immense
sum, but this is never taken out of the truntry, for
every shilling is expended op the castled, houses,
fume, itc. thus giving employment, throughout the
year, to a vast number of people.
Chatsworth, the beautiful seat of the Duke of Dz.
running, will be a scene of great festitity and enter-
tainment during the holidays s great preparations are
making, his Grace having invited a most numerous
and elegant assemblage of distinguished fashionablits.
The Marchioness of Taoism% the Countess of
CASTLE STUART, Lady S. STUMM the Marquis of
WORCESTER, She Bishop Of Cumin, the HOn. Mrs.
• DISIMINT, and the Hon. Mrs. Burcza, have joined
the distinguished circle' at Cheltenham.
Lord and Lady Doc= are arrived at their seat,
Woodchester Park, Gloucestershire, from a tour.
We have the satisfaction to state that the Dar of
Twos." has consented to receive a man of science
and literature at bis Court, to reside there, and ac-
quire the language and manners of the country ;
after which he will give him a military escort to pe-
netrate into the interior of Africa. la consequence
of this Josarn Rrreute, Esq. now the pri►ate .Secroi
tart' of Sir CHARLES STUART, is selected as the per—
son highly qiialified for this undertaking. He will
be appointed Consul at Tripoli ; andche will travel
with the Caravan to Tombnctoo. This, after all the
unsuccessful expeditions that have taken place, pro-
mises to produce the information so much wanted.
No peison is better qualified. fur the important task
than Mc. !LITCHI&