Star.
London, England, 1818-02-17 00:00:00

CLIMBING BOYS.

The Bill before the House of Commons for " the better Re-
gulation of Chlmney.eweepers and their Apprentices, and for
preventing the employment of Boys in climbing chimnies," states
in the preamble, " that the necessity of employing such Appren-
tices to cleanse chimnies, by climbing them, no longer exists, in
consequence of the invention of various machines for the purpose,
which may be adapted to every construction of flues; but, as a
proportion of such flues may require some previous alteration,
and it Is therefore expedient that the climbing of chimnies be fur-
ther permitted, under certain regulation, for a time to be limited."
The purposes of the thief Clauses are as follow
1. Repeal of former Act.
2. Churchwardens of the poor, with the consent of Justices,
may bind boys chargeable, &c. apprentices to chimney-sweepers.
3. Age of the apprentice to be inserted in the indenture.
4. Indentures to be void, and penalties imposed on persons
keeping apprentices under the age of years.

. .. ..
5. Indentures made before the to remain in force. '
6. Penalties on persons employing children under the age of
years, to climb chimnies. I
7. No person to retain mote than apprentices at the,
same time.

8. Boys not to be let out to hire, nor call the streets before
certain hours.

And be it further enacted, that it shall be lawful for one or
more such Justice or Jusdces, and he or they is and are hereby
authorized to inquire into, hear, and determine, as well all com-
plaints of hard or ill usage, from any of the masters or mistresses
to.whom any such apprentice shall be so bound as aforesaid ; as
also all complaints of any suck child or person as !ready have,
or who shall at any time hereafter, voluntarily be bound apprens
dem to such business of a chimney-sweeper; and in like manner
also to inquire into, hear and determine, all complaints of mas-
ters or mi,tresses against such apprentice and apprentices, and to
make such orders therein respectively, as he or they is, or are
now trebled by law to do, in other cases between masters and
apprentices.

The very great satisfaction the plan adopted in for-
mer Lotteries gave to persons residing in the Country,
has induced T. Bisn, the Contractor, to repeat it in
the present ; and he hopes he has, as in a recent Lot-
tery, selected some of the Capitals amongst those
numbers advertised.—The under-mentioned Numbers
may be had either in whole Tickets, Halves, Quar-
-1 tens, Eighths, or Sixteenths, at N 0.4, Conihill :

12,309 10,212 16,088 7,41 C 2,820
17,232 6,826 11,488 3,191 17,251
11,486 16,087 16,057 2,818 11,121
13,200 13,232 10,185 8,323 2,757
11,456 10,913 15,074 11,122 3,110

The following Numbers may be had either in whole
Tickets, Halves, Quarters, Eighths, or Sixteenths, at
No. 9, Charing.

10,214-
13,254
16,009
17,204
15,071

12,321 11,490 4,608 13,553
10,915 4,511 11,123 7,415
17,931 3,002 13,571 8,285
16,090 10,130 2,822 3,131
13,235 11,459 3,122 2,816

The present Lottery contains Three Prizes of £30,000
—One Hundred Capitals—all Sterling Money--no
Stock Prizes—no Classes—no re-drawing. The
Drawing commences Wednesday, the 4th of A/ARCM

PRESENT PRICE.
Ticket - - - £l9 10 0
Half - £lO 90 I Eighth - £2 13 6
Quarter 5 5 0 Sixteenth 1 7 0
•* * Letters (post-paid) containing Bank-notes, or
Post-Office Orders, duly attended to.

The last Lottery that contained Three Prizes of
£30,000, Litsx sold them all! and last Lottery he
sold Three Prizes of 11.14000, all in Shares.

AMERICAN CONGRESS.

OCCUPATION OF AMELIA 'ELAND.

WASHINGTON, JAN. 14.--The following Message
'was yesterday transmitted, by the President of the
United States, to both Houses of Congress :
" 7b the &nate and Haase e'Representatites of
the United Stater,
" I have the satisfaetion to inform Congress that the establish-
ment at Amelia Island has been suppressed, and without the
effusion of blood. The papers which explain this transaction, I
now lay before Congress.
By the suppression of this establishment, and that of Gal-
veston, which will soon follow, if it has not already ceased to
exist, there is good cause to believe that the consummation of a
project fraught wigs much injury to the United States, has been
prevented. When we consider the persons engaged in it, being
adventurers from different countries, with very few, if any, of
the native inhabitants of the Spanish Colonies—the territory on
which the establishments were made—one, on a portion of that
claimed by the United States, westward f the Mississippi, the
other on a part of East Florida, a province in negotiation be-
tween the United States and Spain—the claim of their leader, as
announced by his proclamation, in taking possession of Amelia
Island, comprising the whole of both the Florida,, without ex-
cepting that part of West Florida which is incorporated into the
State of Louisiana—their conduct while in the possession of the
Island, making it instrumental to every species of contraband,
and in regard to slaves of the most odious and dangerous charac-
ter—it may fairly be concluded that if the enterprise had suc-
ceeded en the scale on which it was formed, much annoyance
and injury would have resulted from it to the United States.
" Other circumstances were thought to be no less deserving
of attention. The institution of a Government by foreign ad-
venturers in the Island, distinct from the colonial Governments
of Buenos Ayres, Venezuela, or Mexico, pretending to sove-
reigmy, and exercising its highest offices, particularly in granting
commissions to privateers, were acts which could not fail to
draw after them the most serious consequences. It was the duty
of the Executive, either to extend to this establishment all the
advantages of that neutrality,•which the United States had pro-
claimed, and have observed, in favour of the colonies of Spain,
who, by the strength of their own population and resources, had
declared their independence, and were affording strong proof of
their ability to maintain it, or to make the discrimination which

circumstanCes required. Had the first course been pursued, we
should not only have sanctioned all the unlawful claims and prac-
tices of this pretended Government, in regard to the United
States, but have countenanced a system of privateering in the
Gulf of 'Mexico, and elsewhere, the ill effects of which might,
and probably would have been deeply and very extensively felt.
The path of duty was plain from the commencement ; but it was
painful to enter upon it while the obligation could be misted.
" The law of 1811, lately published, and which it is, there-
fore, proper now to mention, was considered applicable to the
case from the moment that the Proclamation of the Chief of the
enterprise was seen, and its obligation was daily increased by
other considerations of high importance, already mentioned,
which were deemed sufficiently strong in themselves to dictate
the course which has been pursued. . _ _

" Early intimktions having been received of the dangerous pur-
poses of these adventurers, timely precautions were taken, by the
establishment of a force near St. Mary's, to prevent their effect,
or it is probable that it would have been more sensibly felt.
" To such establishment, made so near to our settlemenu, in
the expectation of deriving aid from them, it is particularly gra-
tifying to find, that very little encouragement was given. The
example so conspicuously displayed by our fellow-citizens, that
their sympathies cannot be perverted to improper purposes, but
that a love of country•, the influence of moral principles, and a
respect for the laws, are predominant with them, is a sure pledge
that all the very flattering anticipations which have been formed
of the success of our institutions will be realized. This example
has proved, that if our relations with foreign powers are to be
changed, it must be done by the Constituted Authorities, who,
alone, whir on a high responsibility, are competent to the pur-
pose, ant, until such a change is thus made, that our fellow-
citizens will respect the existing relations, by a faithful adherence
to the laws which secure them.

Believing that this enterprise, though undertaken by per-
sons, some of whom may have held commissions from some of
the colonies, was unauthorized by, and unknown to the Colonial
Governments, full confidence is entertained that it will be dis-
claimed by them, and that effectual measures will be taken, to
prevent the abuse of their authority, in all cases, to the injury
of the United States.

" For these injuries, especially those proceeding from Amelia
Island, Spain would be responsible, if it was not manifest, that
although committed in the latter instance, through her territory,
she was utterly unable to prevent them. Iler territory, how-
ever, ought not to be made instrumental, through her inability
to defend it, to purposes So injurious to the United States. To
a country, over which she fails to maintain her authority, and
which she permits to be converted to the annoyance of her
neighbours, h:r jurisdiction for the time necessarily ceases to
exist. The temtory of Spain will nevertheless be respected,
so far as it may be done consistently with the essential interests
and safety of the United States. In expelling these adventurers
from these posts, it was not intended to make any conquest from
Spain, or to injure in any degree the cause of the Colonies.
Care will be taken that no part of the territory contemplated by
the law of 1811, shall be occupied by a Foreign Government of
any kind, or that injuries of the nature of those complained of
shall be repeated ; but this it is expected will be provided for,
with every other interest, in a spirit of amity, in the negocia-
tion now depending with the Government of Spain.

" JA;tx Moxtos."

QUEBEC PAPERS.

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL OP LOWER CANADA,

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 7.

This day, at two o'clock, his Excellency the Go-
vernor in Chief came down in state to the Legislative
Council Chamber, and being seated on the throne,
the Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod was sent to
command the immediate attendance of the Assembly,
which being come up, his Excellency was pleased to
open the Session with the following Speech :-
44 Gentlemen idle legniatime Council,

•
" Gendensen of theliolue of Assenelly,
" When I met you in General Assembly at the opening of the
last Session, it was my painful duty to represent to you the dis-
tresses which the inhabitants of several parishes in this district
were at that time labouring under from the failure of the har-
vest. It is therefore with peculiar satisfaction that I have now
the pleasure of stating (from the best information I have been
able to procure), that the liberal provision then made by the
Legislature, not only for the inunediate relief of the sufferers,
but also for furnishing the husbandmen with seed wheat and
other grain necessary for the ensuing season, has, by the blessing
of Thema Pnovuescx, been attended with the happiest come-
quences, and there is every reason to hope that the produce of
the late harvest will prove more than sufficient for the consump-
tion of the present year.
" This assurance of the important services you have thus ren-
dered to a great number of your fellow subjects, will, I doubt
not, be as gratifying to you, as it is satisfactory to me.
" Although some parts of the internal communications, for
which such liberal provision was made during the last Session,
have been carried on much to my satisfaction, there are others,
I am sorry to say, that are still in a very different state, in con-
sequence of the difficulties and delays which occurred in many
parts of the province, on the first attempting to carry the Act
into execution. These impediments will, I tni,t, however, be
surmounted, and as only one-half of the sum voted could be ex-
pended during the last summer, I am willing to bore that the
whole of the plans which have been approved will be executed,
during the approaching season.
" With respect to the agriculture of the province, (though
still very defective) I have reason to believe it to be in an im-
proving state, and I feel assured that you will afford every en-
couragement to its further advancement.
" Should the emigration from Europe continue, it might be a
matter worthy of consideration, how tar it would be adviseable
to hold out some inducement to a few good farmers or labourers
to settle in this province. If persons of this description were
judiciously selected and located, their example would be useful in
introducing an improved system of agriculture in this country.
" I have received the commands of his Royal Highness the
Prince Regent, to call upon the Provincial Legislature to' vote
the sums necessary for the ordinary annual expenditure of the

province. These coonnonds will, I am persuaded
you that weighty consideration which their
" Gentlemen ofthe Xowr cf dumbly,
" In pursuance of these directions which I
his Majesty's Government, I shall order to be laid
estimate of the sums which will be required to dtire
penes of the civil Government of the provirce Muir
1818,and I desire you in his Majesty's name to prosidt.
catkinl manner the supplies which will be nec—
e. I shall also order to be laid befor.. you I
Public Revenue and Expenditure for the last i
which you will be enabled to ascertain the m.
are at your disposal—and I anticipate with
nuance of that loyalty and teal for his
part which I have hitherto experienced, and
of the offer which you made on a former occa
expenses of his Majesty's provindal.G o vermin!!
that did you honour."

" Gentlemen 1 the Legislative Cancil,
" Gentlemen pate House eifrscmHy,
" The amount which has been ascertained t
province to Upper Canada far the proportic
goods, &c. which have passed through the
the Upper, has been paid over to the persons
part of Upper Canada to receive it.
" The reportlof the Commissioners appohneo
last Session, to treat with those of Upper Cana..
tine of a new provisional agreement between
he laid before you in conformity to the 7or
previous to its being. carried into execution

" In calling you together to deliberate on
adapted to advance the interests of the people
sent, I feel assured that those deliberations
same principles of loyalty, and the same di.p,
confidence and good will, which you evinced
sion ; and while, on my part, I shall be antiout
assistance to every measure which shall have
good of the province, I cannot doubt that, {Via
a 2 sides, the result of this Session will bt at tc,;
you and useful to yo country."

TRINIDAD.

PRIVATE LPTTEIL:
" PORT SPAIN, DI
" By the last packet I informed yi
Bolivar, after amusing the Spaniards
dition against St. Fernando, had marcl
General Morillo at Calabozo, with
3000 cavalry, a corps of artillery with
400 Charib Indians, under the com
Chiefs, Tupepe, and a son c f that celei
Manaure, who fell in the arms of vice
livar, in the defeat of the Spaniards as
is a march of 15 or 20 days, and th
for military operations ; so that
on the eve of taking the bull by the
ciding the contest very shortly. The
represented as destitute of the physic,
sistance ; and their moral means are
people have learned to despise thcir i
and not to relinquish their civil righ
Passport to St. Peter. Indeed, the i
the Main are grown so tricked, that
Pope Alexander the Sixth had any
the New World on the Kiags or l 2
just as lightly of his Holiness. right
cating them, because they do dicpute
trade and in religious opinions i, the
with them, and political liberty their
" Ncne of these invaluable blessi.is
under the Spanish Government ; and
thing short of absolute independe
satisfy the natives, nor secure the t:a
country. A recognition of their pen::
can alone reconcile the Spaniards ai
Americans, and restore the former to
trade as the productions of their soi
tional industry may entitle them to.
sion beyond this is useless waste of
prejudice of civilized Europe, and mi.
Great Britain. The Spaniards and
are endeaiouring to blind our Govern
rope with tales of pacification ; but v
do they persuade or pacify beyond th
military force? Their stories of p
submission are like thi Bulletins of lii
the French Generals in Spain, and
of the country of the same tenure.
Bolivar's intention, as soon as the Sp.
pelled, to convoke a Congress at Carac,
to the Constitution; at present no sur
be legally elected nor conveniently a
many of the most enlightened men are
among the islands, and the military of
room for little else. In the mean time
var is universally acknowledged as "
and obeyed as such ; and his popularir
if possible, in New Granada than in V,
endeared to the Gentry from his fain
and his education--to the soldiers
achievements--to the people for li
dress—to all for his liberality and di
duct through life.
" The Indians are, above all, attic,
Bolivar, because he has delivered t
paternal Government of the Capuchin:
they had as good a title to all the ism
of the Indians' labour, by Divine rigght
lic Majesty has to America by the Pope s i.
former are now governed, like other people.
Civil Authority, and have secular Clerg-,?Pc: •
struct them, who are equally sublet to tli.tt
This is certainly a great relic to the usicatta
Aborigines, who have hitherto been the victina,ll,
all their temporal concerns, of the Pr. ft ,0
Poverty and Celibacy—two unnatural VOWS `0
ca
cult to observe, and certainly so badly ch.c.';
among the Spanish Clergy in general, Mat A
enlightened age should have long since banished :%
with the other prejudices, which have yielded i, 7,
son and experience. A proof of this neco:.:y '"4
evinced by upwards of 40 Priests having prt':
a Petition to the Royal Audience of Caracc
prior to the Revolution in South America. a$
their right to marry. This was not atimitte.:.
those who could pay for it were able tr,
Royal Order, under Godoy's Administraticd,
gitimate their bastards.

" General Bolivar has made the Indult° ;
as possible, while the armies cf Venezdell
in all directions on the Spaniards. The moat
South Americans is
" Turco Minos et dons fen.ntes."
" But what does this best of Kings offer fie
simple pardon ? after they have been contend
eight years against tyranny, monopoly, a:J.I.!
quisition! Have their wrongs been reiltes.4.ll
they are to submit on the most degrading
Let an Englishman lay his hand on his he:::
say, would he submit to them? Are the Soith
ricans to be buried 300 years longer in igneril:
superstition ? Are they to be laii,..^ht

roadcl,
imporct,,,
I have ee,ei„
be laid befee.
xi to d..fee. dt
-ince durire tit
to provide
memory ter*
oi the a:ewe%
at tyre'', ,„,.4
means of
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tl to he dy,f
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Lower Pr,3.4
mr antbe 71..4
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this is
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pacifica i:=
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Spaniards •
araca.s, agr,-
such both •
r convoked. ••
are still disp.
r operatioas t-
ime General.
s Supreme
rity is still
Venezuela. lk
Family coaze-
for his
his popular
ached to firr.--
I them frers
aims, wl:o
ssues 2741 F.
ght, as hi,
Pope's ILL. r.
ter peor:le. •
•t,

4: Protestants are marked with the teal of reproba-
A? Are they to be prohibited all intercourse with
:e civilized nations of Europe ? Are they to be made
g enemies of their own species by fanaticism? Are
ley to be taught to hate Englishmen as heretics by
panish friars, after our having saved the church
ods for these very communities from the gripe of
-oleon? and yet this is the case wherever the Spa-'
flag flies in Venezuela.
a I am sure no Englishman could read Morillo's
eats against the inhabitants of Margarita, and the
Ole answer of Gomez to his summons, without
. otinn, Gomez speaks the language of a hardy
'tinder, and makes good his words by expelling a
:6:17,,tii enemy, after destroying half his army.—
.ii v..::at does he defend % a pcor miserable island;
it is his country, and he speaks the unanimous
-.are of his countrymen when he sets the haughty
,ware
defiance. Morino carries fire and sword where-
cr liis army penetrates—the Margaritanians see
eir tams burned and their property destroyed, but
,v cover that part of the country where their pro-
io: , .re plante.!, and as the enemy retreats, after
s ine,reettial at:a,:ks, they hang upon his rear, cut
; ,1 his reiour,.es, and oblige him to abandon the
and--:T. , i a!! th i., without pay and without a Corn-
issarial. t's,: ‘..onien attending to the feeding of the
Ip, font jrbi..: ow.: little farms, and the abundance
ti,' tiisei ;•:. thcir nets. If an enemy of superior
ce .i..ic;.s ,:i.v island in the West Indies, and is
,:.:to; ..:id cruel enough to burn the open towns de,
C:e Limos, and murder the defenceless women
• ,!Ii:11.::i. stub outrages on humanity are not
.:: I:1.: cciatioul of an army acting on the defen-
. .

`uch was conduct of the Spanish troops at
,arils. Is it then to be wondered at that the
..irianians should treat such enemies as incen-
and assas.,:ins?"

GE11.11.4 A' P.IPERS.

C0111,1'707, JANUARY co.
q:lrie Jays ago a deputation of the inhabitants of
ercr. classes, both from this city and the neigh-
w:•. ~,,I. delis ercd an address to the Prince Chan-
,i. Th.? wishes before expressed were renewed,
'•,. ".r a 4epresentatiye Constitution, adapted to
cf t!le times, unlimited liberty of trade and
lholition of the feudal system, equal re-
'ie public burdens, equality of all the ci-
tin• law and justice, division of public
:depilldence of the Judges, publicity of
:edinzrs, andithe Trial by Jury in crimi-
To these general wishes the Deputies
sp2Lial ones. The Prince Chancellor
11 the deputation above an hour, received
and asvured them, that wishes which
I..ippine.ss of these countries would be
lied to by his Majesty.
CASSEL, JANUARY 24.
de Malmsburg enjoys in the Elect°.
?riled reputation for his honourable cha-
late King of Westphalia honoured him
:r confidence, which he always made
advantage of his fellow.citizens : how-
arrested in 1815, and conducted to the
)aq.ibarg ; and having been confined
!I-AULe time, he obtained permission to
estate. Lately, on the application of
~ he W.'S authorized to return to Cassel,
Lce lived in the most retired manner, in
near that city.
.1., and relations of the Count's resolved
by a little fete, a kind of installation of
louse, which was just finished, a cere-
" pendre la crentaillere." The Count
iuld be unhandsome to oppose the inten-
iends ; however, he resolved to inform
iffice of it.
ierefore, took place ; the first families of
of Cassel, Public Functionaries, and
present : nay, some persons known to
connected with the Police were invited,
be able to have direct and authentic
.. of all that should pass.
ithstanding all these precautions, the Count
'burg received, on the 20th of January,
. the capital in twenty-four hours, and to
prisoner, to the fortress of Spangenburg,
given a fete while the Elector was af-
the gout." The Elector has also got a
ie persons who had been present at the
ion, and orders were already given to put
castle or state prison; but the remon-
urgent entreaties of the hereditary Prince
: !evocation of this order, and nothing
done than to reprimand these persons
. Family connexions, and, above all,
s of the Privy Counsellor Malmsburg,
senior of the Equestrian Order, suc-
;etting the first mandate against Count
changed into a decree of banishment to
. Glimerode, situated near Span,enburg?
fence, on the 21st of January, at six in the
:ommissary of the police, accompanied by
ins, conducted Count Malmsburg to the
destination. All correspondence is for-
and his wife has not been able to obtain
follow him.
'EANKFORT, FEBRUARY 2.
if Frankfort is at this moment at variance
.nce of Tour and Taxis, whom it wishes
the income tax, and to charge him, tin-
id, with a very considerable sum. On
rod, a threat is said to be held out, that
' Frankfort persists in this demand, the
-office, and the whole administration of
longing to the Prince of Tour and Taxis,
oriel from Frankfort to the neighbouring
abach.

.old. that several Clubs are formirg
llctropclis for the purpose of sub-
,irchase Tickets and Shares in the pre6ent
.1s niea,ure has been in a great degree
th;lce landlords at whose houses the
hi, d v.-Ho naturally look to have the
•„• part of the Twelve Pipes of Port Wiige
':::hers may be entitled to, shed they
independent of this, the aura
&Herne have of course their influence ;
ed Capitals, with Three Prizes of 34),(00/.
frti.mt which doerßim, the Contracto:..
it, and accounts for the decided plefe-
to his Mc&

THE EVENING STAR.

LONDON.

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1818.
TIIE FUNDS.
PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT TWELVE O'CLOCK :
Reduced 800—Cons. 7911—Cons. for Ac. 791 80
4 per Cent. 99H—Navy Annuities 1061 i
Bk. Lg. Anns. 20} 15-16—India Bonds 108 pr.
Exchequer Bills 18 27 pr.

In addition to the other documents which have
been published respecting the occupation of Amelia
Island, we give this day, in another part of our
Paper, the Message transmitted by the President to
Congress, communicating the event. We see nothing
in it to change the opinion we have before expressed
of this transaction. The President is pleased to affirm
that a country, over which Spain fails to maintain
her authority, and which she permits to be con-
verted to the annoyance of her neighbours, is of ne-
cessity no longer under her jurisdiction—but that, at
the same time, in expelling the adventurers who had
taken possession of it, it was not intended to make
any conquest from Spain, or to injure, in any degree,
the cause of her Colonies. What then ? Why if there
is any thing in this state-logic at all, it amounts to
this—that the United States ought forthwith to
proceed and take possession of one and all of
the South American Colonies, over which Spain
has ceased to maintain her authority, and which are
in no better situation, according to the real purport
of the PRESIDENT'S argument, than the Island of
Amelia was, which, as far as any thing yet appears
to the contrary, was occupied by AURY under a re-
gular commission from one of the Independent Go-
vernments. It is really needless, however, to go into
this view of the matter, which is palpably got up fc;r
the purpose of serving as a pretext for conduct ori-
ginating in motives of a very different description.
The PRESIDENT himself lets out the secret in plain
enough terms in the concluding sentence of his Mes-
sage, where he adds, that " care will be taken that
no part of the territory contemplated by the law of
1811 shall be occupied by aforeign Government of
any kind." Just so.—lt is this, and no other, which
is the question at issue. What right of occupation
have the United States as to Amelia Island, or any
other territory similarly situated, which any foreign
Government has not equally with themselves ?
Some farther private details have been received
from Trinidad, respecting the piogmss of the Inde-
pendents of Venezuela, which we have given in
another column. Although not of a later date than
those we have already received, they will be found
to contain some interesting particulars.

We have received Quebec Papers to the Bth ult.
and have extracted from them the Address of the
Governor of Lower Canada on opening the Legisla-
tive Council of that Province. We are happy to ob-
serve from it, that the distresses of the people have
since last year been greatly alleviated.

Dispatches have been received at the Secretary of
State's Office fur the Colonial Department, from the
Duke of WELLINGTON, giving a detailed account of
the attempt made to assassinate him. Immediately
after the Earl BATHURST had made himself acquain-
ted with the contents of the dispatches, he repaired
with them to Carlton-house, and laid them before
the PRINCE REGENT. His Lordship remained a con-
siderable time with his Royal Highness. Soon after
the return of the Noble Secretary of State to his Of-
fice, a Messenger was sent off with dispatches to the
Duke of WELLINGTON at Paris.

The Paris Papers of Saturday arrived this morning.
On the subject of the late attempt at assassination
they are perfectly silent ; and it is merely stated,
with respect to the Duke of WELL' s:oroN, that a
guard of gend'armeric is now posted at his Grace's
Howl. Neither in the Chamber of Peers, nor in
that of the Deputies, has any thing of the least in-
terest to foreigners occurred during the List week.
M. GOLTZ, the Prussian Minister at Frankfort,
is stated to have made, to the Germanic Diet,
a declaration of great interest, relative to the Thin
teenth Article of the Congress of Vienna. It is
announced in this declaration, that the KING of
PiaissiA had engaged to give his people a political
Constitution, and that he remains firmly resolved to
do so ; but that certain obstacles which the Minister
explained, had prevented his MAJESTY carrying his
resolution into effect, and still obliged him to defer
its execution for some time.

Passengers from the Cape of Good Hope, who left
St. Helena not more than seven or eight weeks ago,
state that BONAPARTE was reported at that period-to
be extremely ill.
The Gazette of Aix la Chapelle repeats the report
that MAntA LOUISA, the Ex-Empress, may he ex-
pected in London, in the course of the ensuing Spring.
Although the Subscription for the Relief of Di--
tressed Seamen is satisfactorily closed, we must not
omit to mention the exertions in aid of that Subscrip-
tion by the Town of Sheerness. A Meeting was held
at that place, in the Garrison, on the sth instant, at
which the utmost zeal was manife,ted, and the deeper.r.
sump achy felt, in " the suffcrir,gs of the gallant and
" intrepid, but thoughtless and unrortunate British
" Seamen." These were the words used on the occa-
sion ; and the sum of 821.1,15. was forthwith trans-
niitted to town, at a time when it Wel`net known that
the other sabsci.ptions were so nuntercus.

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FALMOUTH, FEBRUARY 14.
Wind S. fresh breezes.—Arrived the Hind tutter,
Lieutenant LITTLE, with a brig in tow, about 150
tons burden, laden with brandy and wine, supposed
to be French, from Bourdeaux, which she fell in with
yesterday, about seven leagues to the southward of
the Lizard, on her beam ends, with top-gallant-masts
on end, and top-sails to the yards without any reefs
in them, from which circumstance it is supposed
she must have been upset in a squall.—Two pieces
of brandy, and some cases of wine, have been taken
out of her to-day ; but it is 4ot known what she is,
as she is not yet brought to ground, and there is no
name on her stern.
PORTSMOUTH, FEBRUARY 16.

Wind S.E.—Arrived the Elector, TODD, from Phi-
ladelphia, last from St. Maloes, bound to London.
Sailed his Majesty's ship ROSARIO, on a cruize; and
the Thomas and Ann, FINLAysoN, for Rotterdam.

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