Star.
London, England, 1820-10-26 00:00:00

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.
The Paris Papers- of • 'tricksy 9 Saturditv and
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Sun-
day last have arrived. ,
The Duchess de Berri ind the young Prince con-4
tinue in good health.
The accounts from
.Spain, in these Papers, come
down to the nth instant. The discussion of the
Finances was resumed in the Cortes on the evening
of the 10th; on which occasion they came to a reso.
lotion that monopolies on tobacco and salt shall
cease on the Ist of March next. The Law respect-
ing the extinction of Majorats, having been returned
to the Cortes with the Royal Assent to it, has been
published. The Resolution sanctioning a loan of
200 millions of reals (fifty millions of francs) was
carried in the Sitting of the 12th instant, by a majo-
rity of 126 to 27.
The latest news from Naples are to the 10th inst.
They state, that Palermo, opened its gates to Count
Florestan Pepe on the sth, and the forts were given
up to him ; which were taken possession of by the
troops under his command, until the disarming of the
city should be carried into effect. A general pardon
was granted to the Insurgents ; things resumed their
ordinary course ; and the former Authorities were
reinstated in the exercise of their functions. It is
said that thee has been published at Messina the an-
swer of the Commandant of the British squadron at
Malta to some request made to him by the Palermitans
(most probably for assistance); and, it is added, that
he rejected their offers with the greatest disdain.
The Constitutionnel, of Friday last, contains the fol-
lowing article, dated Carlsruhe, Oct. 15:—" The trial
of the Queen of England occupies, at this place, a num.l
ber of individuals, particularly singe a knowledge of
the importance which the agents of the Crown have'
pointed out to the Parliament as attaching to the evi-
dence
of Barbara Kress. Certain it is, that there have
been here for some time several Englishmen, some
of whom appear to be sent to procure testimonials in
favour of the woman Kress ; and others to collect
evidence to impeach the credit of that witness: Many
individuals are brought to this place from the vici- '
nity, and different parts of the surrounding cointry,
for examination. It does not appear that our Go-
vernment interferes in the business. We are assured
that Baron d'Ende, Chamberlain to the Grand Duke,
has been repeatedly urged to repair to London, and
that it has been left entirely to his own option to go
or stay. The Baron had been attached, by order of
his master, to the person of the Queen, during her
residence in this town, and he scarcely ever quitted
her. It is matter of public notoriety here, that on
the day, and at the hour specified by Kress, as the
occasion on which she surprised the Queen tete-a-tete
with Bergami, there was a reception at Court, at
which her Majesty was present. This is an alib .
which could easily be proved. We feel it our dutyg
moreover, to observe that, in no inn of any respects'
bility, are the guests attended in their apartments by
the chambermaids (filles d'auberge ). That service
is invariably performed by butlers or chamberlains
(sommeliers). It is, therefore, difficult to'make out
how this Barbara Kress, a waiting-maid at the
posting-inn, could contrive to introduce herself into
the Queen's chamber, while her Majesty remained in
it, more especially as Barbara Kress had no busi-
ness, and no pretext whatever for being there. These'
are the observations which are made in this place on
the evidence of that woman."

A letter from Rome, dated the 7th instant, men-
tions a curious question having arisen between the
Papal Government and that of Vienna. The Pope's
Legate at Ferrara has reclaimed, in the name of the
Pontifical Government, the Count Canonici of that
city, who had been arrested by the Austrian Al tho-
rities at Verona, for having belonged to the Associa-
tion of the Carbonari. The Legate has founded his
demand on the ground that the Count Canonici, being
a subject of St. Peter, is, in that quality, not amena-
ble to any foreign tribunal. Will the Austrian Go-
vernment comply with this demand of the Holy Fa-
ther? Whether it will or not, we suspect the situa-
tion of the unfortunate Count will be little altered.
The Grand Duke of Hesse Darmstadt has con-
sented to the demand made by the Second Chamber
for a modification of the Constitutional Edict. He
has likewise consented to grant to the States the right
of voting the taxes.
According to letters from Paris the French Go-.
vernment is about to send an Expedition to Mada-
gascar, to found a Colony in that Island. Two sons
of one of the Madagascar Chiefs, who have been edu-
cated in France, are to return with the Expeditioh.
A most tremendous explosion of the extensive
powder-mills at Esonne, in France, happened on the
16th inst. just as the men had retired from work.
A triturating mill first exploded ; the ignited mate-
rials communicated to another mill, as also to an
erection used for the glazing the powder, and this to
a fourth building (of stone) in which the process of
granulation or corning was carried on. This last
explosion, which succeeded the former 15 seconds,
was attended with a most tremendous crash ; stones,
and blazing beams and timber were projected to a
great distance all around. Esonne and Corbeil were
shaken to their foundations, doors and windows were
shattered and forced from their positions, and
scarcely a square of glass remained entire. The
shock was felt at Melun, and along the banks of the
Seine, as far as Soisy-sous-Etides. The damage is
great. A concurrence of circumstances truly mira-
culous, has prevented the loss of a single life.
French 5 per Cents. left off on Saturday at 75f. 15c.

A Mail arrived this morning from Hamburgh,
with Papers tw the 13ki instant ; but their contents
are unimpozient. They confirm the previous accounts
of the desperate situation of Ali Pacha's affairs—the
mutiny of his troops at the sight of those of the Porte—
the surrender of his son Veli—and the seizure of im-
mense treasures and magazines by the Captain-Pacha,
which Ali had laid up in Parga.
The Hamburgh Exchange on London, on the 13th
instant, was 36-10-37-1.

Yesterday kfternoon an Austrian Messenger set
out from Chandos-house, with dispatches from his
Serene Highness Prince ESTERRAZY, for the. Court
of Vienna.
Yesterday Count and Countess Liesrm; arrived at
their house in Harley-street, from their seat, Chisle-
burst, in Kent.
Hon. P. ASHBURNIIAM, son of the Earl of A$H•
SURNIIAM, leaves town to-morrow for the Continent.