Star.
London, England, 1821-09-01 00:00:00

TILE FUNDS.

STOCK EXC-ILANGF., ONIF. O'CLOCK.

Consols have declined iii, per Cent. since eleven.
o'clock. The depression is ascribed to the accounts
brought by•the French Mails, which are at vaiiancel
with those received in town on Thursday, as to the
probability of peace between Russia and the Porte
being preserved.—Current prices :
Bank Stock 256-5 per Ct. lied. 76% 1/4
3 per Cent. Consols 75% to 3/4-31/2 per Cent. 863/4
per Ct. 95% 1/2-5 per Ct. Navy 1087 s 3/4
Long Annuities 19 11-16 Vs—lndia Bonds 61s.pr.
Exch. Bills ss. 3s. pr.—Cons. for A c ct. 761,4 3/13 76

The Paris Papers of Tuesday and Wednesday have
arrived. *e regret to state that the accounts which
they contain of the result of the negociations between
Russia and the Porte are of a very different com-
plexion from those received in London. The depar-
ture of the Russian Ambassador from Constantino-
ple is regarded, not as a mere punctilious observance
on his Excellency's part of the orders of his Imperial
Master, but as au actual declaration of war, caused
by the refusal of the Porte to accede to the
ultima-
tum of Russia.

A private letter, dated Augsburgh, August 23,
says :—."f he Chancellary of Foreign Affirits at Vi-
enna has received a dispatch extraordinary from M.
de Lutzow, Imperial Internuncio at Constantinople,
containing the important news, that the Reis Effendi
having transmitted a detailed Note to Baron Strogo-
noff, relative to the ultimatum of the Cabinet of St.
Petersburgh, and the Russian Minister not finding
them satisfactory, immediately demanded passports
for himself and the persons attached to his Embassy;
declaring, in the most formal manner, that all diplo-
matic communications were from that moment at an
end between the Governments of the two Empires.
—A hope was at first entertained that the existing
difficulties might be removed by a suitable arrange-
ment, but all of a sudden the Porte retracted a part
of the concessions which it had originally made. In
consequence of the unexpected turn which the nego-
ciations at Constantinople have thus taken, • under
the mediation of the Ministers of Austria and
England, and of the receipt of positive intelli-
gence that great movements had taken place
among the Russian troops cantoned on the banks
of the Pruth, as well as in the Ottoman Army
under the orders of Jussuf Pacha, a Council Extra-
ordinary of Ministers was conveyd at the house of,
Prince Metternich on the 18th instant, on the rising
of which several couriers were dispatched to St. Pe-
tersburgh, to London, and to the Generals who com-
mand the Austrian troops stationed in Transylvania,
and in the Bannat of Temeswar."
An article dated Vienna, the 19th of August,
affirms that Ilaron STROGONOFF set sail from Con-
stantinople ftr Odessa on the afternoon of the 31st
July, and adds that, according to letters from Odessa ,

of the Sd of August, ce after the arrival of a ship
from Constantinople, the General-in-Chief, Count
WITTGENSTEIN, set out on the Ist of August, with
the whole of his Staff, for the head-quarters on the
banks of the Pruth."

French .5 per Cents. Tuesday, 88fr. 10c.

A Mail arrived this forenoon from Lisbon, with
Papers to the 21st August. They contain the fol-
lowing Royal Decree:

Don JOHN, by the grace of GOD, &C. &c. &a.

The General Extraordinary and Constitutional Cortes of the
Portuguese Nation, desiring to establish by all means the neces-
sary independence of the Legislative Power, provisionally De
crce as follows, till the promulgation of the Political Constitu-
tion of the Monarchy:
6 I. No Deputy to the Cones, during the time of his holding
the place of Deputy, shall accept or solicit from the Govern-
ment, for himself or for any other person, any pension, mark Of
honour (condavrafao), or employment, except when it belongs
to bim by virtue of the law, or tht career of hi, profession.
" 2. No Deputy is allowed to make a request to the Govern.
ment, in any manner, without the previous consent of the Cortes.
" 1. The dispositions of this Decree arc applicable to the Sub-
stitutes of the Deputies, from the day when they are called to
the exercise of their functions?'
Palace of the Cones, August 10, 1 S2l.

(Here follow the usual forms of publication).
The Cortes are still engaged in the discussion of
the articles of the Constitution, in regular succession.

Saturday, the Marquis of LONDONDERRY and suite,
accompanied by Lord VALLETORT, arrived at Bel-
fast from Dublin; and, after taking refreshments,
proceeded to Mount Stewart.
• Letters received from Edinburgh say, that Sir
WILLIAM Founts and Co. the Bankers there, have
given notice, that in consequence of money being so
plentiful, they can only allow 31/2 per Cent. for de-
posits; and where the sums are small, only 3 per Cent.
The ANDRONIACHE frigate, Captain SHIRREFF, has
arrived from Lima, with a great quantity of specie
on board, and has brought home Lady CocnnANE
as passelger.

The Robert Bruce steam-packet, from Liverpool to
Dublin, when a little past the Great Orms-head, on
Tuesday morning last, took fire, owing to a want
of attention to the boilers; the vessel was, with much
difficulty, got into the creek of Cemaes near Aml welt,
and scuttled. The cabin and deck are much burnt,
but it is expected that she may be got off again, and
repaired. The passengers, twenty-four in number,
and the crew, of fourteen hands, with their luggage,
&c. were all landed in safety.
Tuesday, about four o'clock in the afternoon, the
Ilero steam-packet, from London to Margate, with
two hundred passengers, put into Sheerness under
stress of weather, the wind blowing hard from the
east. The passengers landed, some of whom staid
all night, and for others, post-chaises, gigs, and
vehicles of every description were put in requisition,
to forward them on their journey : many of them,
particularly the females, looked very badly.
MODERN LEANDER.--Thomas Morgan, a seaman .
of his Majesty's ship Etinva Lys, had frequently swam 1,
from the ship to the shore in the night, to visit his
sweetheart. On Friday night he was drowned in
the attempt.
" The Courier has been for some time in bad
odour with the more moderate, or sensible, or accom-
modating part of the Administration, on account of
his violence, and they disclaim him as an auxiliary.
They have too much good sense, and, we hope, too
much probity, and let us add, too much regard for
the blessings of a limited Government, not to reject
the services of a Paper, which, in every case of per-
plexity, grave or trifling, in which the Ministers of a
Constitutional Sovereign- happen to get entangled,
knows and recommends no other mode of extricating
them, than by cutting the knot with the sword. This
might do well enough in a country where liberty was
really a nuisance; where it produced only unmiti-
gated ills; where it left no monuments of its utility ;
and where, in consequence, the wishes of the wisest
men in the nation inclined to a despotism, as a hard
refuge from the greater evils of the former. But, in
England, where everything attests the vivifying force
and the great moral effects of free institutions, to re-
commend the maxims of tyranny, shews so much
perversity and folly combined, that no one can be sur-
prised at the disgust with which it has inspired some
of his MAJESTY'S Ministers. The Courier, therefore,
has been able, fbr some time, to communicate such
intelligence only, as he can glean by his industry. No
exclusive information now appears in his columns:—
Public Ledger).
Government, yesterday, sold by auction, at Green-
wich, 1,5(X) casks of provisions, two years old. The
beef averaged 90s. a tierce, and the pork 60s.
A melancholy accident occurred on Thursday even-
ing, between five and six o'clock, which has involved
a whole family in the deepest affliction. The .two
sons of Mr. CoopEn, of Stamford-street, the elder
ten years of age, the younger just turned seven, slip..
ped away from home, their mother within the last
few days having been confined. The elder boy,
having a toy boat, went down to the river side above
Blackfriars-bridge, to sail it, accompanied by his
brother ; they got on board a barge at its moorings,
and occupied themselves the one putting the toy boat
into tke river at one end of the barge, and the other
catchlig it at the other end. The younger boy, an
interesting child, lost his balance, pitched over, and
sunk to rise no more. The elder brother called out
to three watermen, who were close by, when they
tendered every prompt assistance in their power, but
they could not recover the body before the vital
spark was extinguished, never to be recalled.
The great Sessions for Montgomeryshire com-
menced on Thursday semnight, at Welsh Pool. John
. Davis was capitally convicted of highway robbery,
and received sentence of Death.

Two witnesses had their pockets picked in the
Court, in York Castle, at the Assizes, at the very
moment Mr. Justice HOLROYD was passing the dread-
ful sentence of the law on Ann Barber, for the mur-
der of her husband !

Exminim—Thursday Frederick Johnson, Ema-
nuel Willis, and John Cable, capitally convicted at the
late Kent Assizes, were conveyed to the usual place
of execution on Penenden Heath, and about noon
suffered the dreadful seuteace of the law.

MS MAJESTY'S VISIT TO IRELAND.

FROM OUR PRIVATE CORRESPONDEXT.
DUBLIN, AIONDAY, AUGUST 27.

This day has been most unfavourable to " our
pleasaunt conceits and dainty devices." " From early
morn to latest eve," it has rained incessantly. The
new Custom-House Docks were opened to-day. A,
dejeune a-laluurchette was prepared for about :.(x)
persons, and ALEXANDER'S entry into Babylon was
expected to be eclipsed in history by th entrance of
Sir WILLIAM CURTIS'S yacht into the virgin basin of
our Docks : but an Irish climate, revengeful of the
disappointed claims of native pretension, showered
down its displeasure on the scene ; and of the nume
rows distinguished personages invited, but very few
attended. The whole pageant, in short, went ofr in
the dullest manner possible.

About five o'clock his MAJESTY drove into town,
from Slane Castle, to dine with the P:ovost and Mem-
bers of the University : it was raining then at its
heaviest. We all regret that his excursion should h tve
been under circumstances so unfavourable to the an.
pearance of the country. There was no Address
presented to the KING, on Saturday, at Drogheda.
In the wide extent of his MAJEiTY'S dominions,
there could riot be loom! an equal number of persons
more qualified to afford attic entertainment to the
Royal Visitor than those collected at Slan,!—Lord
MANNERS, Mr. PLUNKETT, the ATTOZINF.Y Auld
Lien-oft-GENERAL, &c. and, from the n::y!re of the
weather, these resources were peculiarly wanting.—
All the intoxicating bustle in which we are now in-
volved, has nearly arrived to its termination—three
days more, and all will be over! The KING quits us,
and like a theatre, the business of the scene closed
and the lights extinguished, we shall be involved ia
aggravated gloom, when the cheering and splendid
rays of Royalty are withdrawn. We shall then be
looking upon the past as a delightful dream, from
which we awaken to regret. I feel, at times, as if we
were indulging in the creations of fancy, and when I
hear the shouts of exultation and loyalty, and the
quickly-circulated cry of " Here comes the KING!"
or listen to the regal sounds of his escort, or ce the
Theatrical placard " By command of his Mairsry,"
I am almost deluded into the belief that England
and Ireland have exchanged relative rank and im-
portance, and that the poor province has become in-
vested with the honours and pre-eminence of tie
proud principal—but the pleasing, the flattering in-
toxication will too soon subside into " sober sadness."
As the optic venturing to rest on the bright,and daz-
zling luminary of day becomes opake and enfeebled,
so shall we experience a correspondent gloom : our
streets will become silent—our gay flags and banners
-and colours withdrawn, and cast into receptacles of
lumber ! and, except the troublesome mementos of
tailors bills, the mouldering triumphal arch, &c.
we shall have no memorials of this period of extatic
jubilee.

TUESDAY, AUGUST 28.

Notwithstanding that it has mined incessantly
the whole of this day, the curiosity of the Public to
see his MAJESTY in the Procession of the Knights of
St. Patrick was not damped. From the Castle to the
Cathedral, (that is, through a part of Dame-street,
the whole of George's-street South, 'Aungier-street,
Bishop-street, and part of Kevin-street), the foot.
ways were impassable with people, and the windows
of every house, together with the numerous scaffold-
ings, were filled with spectators. The Procession,
after all, was not worth seeing ; instead of the Knights
and Esquires walking, as heretofore, they went its
close coaches, an arrangement altogether unavoid-
able, from the state of the weather. Nothing, there-
fore, of what would have been beautiful and impos-
ing in the pageant was seen. •
The loudest acclamations, however, rent the air
as the KING passed, and the rain did not prevent
umbrellas being lowered and hats doffed, in respect.
ful and zealous devotion to the Royal visitor. The
Procession, such as it was, was not compact, but
much broken, the carriages and coaches of the Knights
having passed in three distinct divisions. A long
interval took place before the Kt rio's coach and escort
appeared, closing the Procession. The glasses of the
Royal coach were close up, which, with the rain,
prevented any view whatever of his MAJESTY.

To-morrow is fixed for his MAJESTY going to the
Curragh, but the weather seems to have set in for
rain ; and consequently what would, of a fine day,
be the finest shew connected with the Royal visit
(except the public entry), will be utterly spoiled.

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29.
I would not write this day, having so little subject
for a letter, but to tell you that his MAJESTY did not
go to the Curragh this day, as was intended. He
has postponed that interesting excursion to Friday
next, when I earnestly hope the weather will be pro-
pitious. It has rained incessantly these last three
days, and it is feared that the most serious injury
will be done to the harvest. Wheat has risen, on the
prospect, 7s. a barrel, and potatoes, which were yes•
terday but Bd. per stone, were this day 16d.:

DUEL.—Friday se'nnight, a meeting took place at
Rathgar Castle, near Dublin, between a Mr. 1-1--N,
and a Gentleman, who was understood to be his bro-
ther-in-law. Mr. H—N was seconded by Mr. S—tt;
his opponent, whose name is not known, was secondcl
by Mr. M'L—N. Surgeon P--T attended upon
the occasion. After exchanging a few shots, and Mr.
H. wounding his antagonist, the matter in dispute
was adjusted to the satisfaction of all parties.
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