Star.
London, England, 1817-05-14 00:00:00

FRENCH PAPERS.

The Paris Papers of Sun Lay last arrivei this marr-
ing. The only article of any interest which they
c•mtain, is the following very Orliculcas Edict of the
Royal EintrsHerer FERDINAND: -
" The King has consulted the Acalemy r f St. Ferdinand cm
the means proper to be adopted to check the inundrion ea: i
catures (gravure ridicules) in which the picture•dealers make
traffic ahke huntillatirg to the Arts and to the natiirl. most
sacred objects, the King, all the nogisst Members of the Royal
Family, are made the subject of their absurd transformations. lu
order to prevent this prof:math:lt, and un the report of ti:e Aca•
deniy, it is ordained; let, That even the Members of the
Aca ferny of whivever class they may he, shall Lot hence-
for& publish any work of Art or Literature, without baying
previously submitted It to the censure, and obtained the appro-
bation of the Academy. Vd, That those who are slot Mem-
bers of the Acodenty, ur du not Wish to take the title, shall be
subject to a penalty of fifty ducats, in every case where they shan
dare to paint, engrave, ur in any other manner, represent to the
pubic images of sacred things, or portraits of lie Majesty, and
persons of the Royal Familly, without having the consent of the
Academy."

While FERDINAND is waging tilts petty warfare
against crayons and crow-quills, the real enemy with
which he has to struggle—the deep•rooted disgust
and contempt of the Spanish people—appeals from
the following important private letter to be fast con-
centrating- into an union of strength which it will
require something of mire wisdom and power than
mere Royal Edicts to subdue:

" MADRID, APRIL 9.4.

f, It is a certain fact that our Coven:aunt lately sent oil' the
most petempfory orders for General ',arc, now confined in the
c►tadel of Bare,.lona, in consequence of the la:e conspiracy in that
place, to Ih•e immediately shot. Since then, however, remon-
strances flans all the corporate and privileged Bodies in Catalonia
have arrived, and the Petitions front the Merchants, Ste. signed
by no less then 43,000 signatutis, are also expected. Every in.
habitant of the above Prircipality feels for the misfortune of so
illustrious a Patriot, and they have expres►ed their feelings in
free and bat language. Up to the present date his Majesty has
come to no determination, and V.c Petition:, couched in the
most hodourab!e terms, ate under deliberation.
S' The reports which arrive front every province In the sing.
door are of a most sad and gloomy kind. Public 4istre44 has risen
to its highest pitch,. and Is particulaify fat in the country, front
whence the ti.babitants flock to the cities„to beg their bread."

PUEN SAMPAYO, APRIL. IS.

" The armed parties, which the Government liar, hitherto
I 'closer* under the etleolltittatlao of Bandon;, have now atsumed a
totally different eisaratter, and occasion gteat alarms to FSltal..
Agents. They Mc, cow every ti.,y, in consequence of
the Proclaniatitms issued by their Chiefs, in which the inhabi-
tants are invited to serve their comity, under a iirevisiu. oath to
the 06114101111011. Throe Pruelatna ions Lave been lilted up in
several places, and repeatedly its the city of Poatvcara, hi the
Puente Sampayu, and other parts of Galicia."

A rumour of some authority is in circulation that
Marshal &REWORD h.ts quitted the Pot tugucse ser-
vice and is on his return home.

AMERICAN PAPERS.

Baltimore Papers arrived this morning to the 11th
April. The following are extracts :

BALTIMORIL, APRIL 9.
EXTRACT yr A LETCE.H. IRO* DEMPRARA.

" We have hid corer smart shocks of an earth-
quake within the space of the last four months, as
follows : one on the 17th September, at ten o'clock,
a. in. one on the thli December, and another on the
ed that month, at a quarter past twelve o'clock,
midnight. The last was truly alarming. The dark-
ness of the night, the howling of dogs and other ani-
mals, the tremendous rumbling noise of the shock,
which lasted more than a minute, excited the most
dreadful apprehensions; but, thanks be to Gm! the
morning arose, and it was found that the Colony had
sustained but little injury."