Star.
London, England, 1816-09-05 00:00:00

FRENCH PAPERS.

PARIS, AUGUST St.
On the 27th the Duke of Wellington went to Com-
piegne, where he had the honour of hunting with the
Princes. His Lordship returned in the evening to
his hotel, where he did the honours of a brilliant ball.
Next day a great part of the household of the Noble
Lord went off for the Chateau of Mont St. Mat tin,
near Cambray. It is said that the Doke will go to-
morrow to Cambray, where he intends reviewing the
different corps of occupation, and that his Lordship
will return to Paris in the course n 1 October.
Immediately after the Mass of St. Lnuis was cele-
brated at St. Koch, there was a meeting of Knights,
on the invitation of Sir Sidney Smith, President of
the Anti.piraitc Instinition,ain the hall of the subscri-
'bars, rue St. Honore, to consider of some accounts
lately received from Morocco. The letter of invita-
tion concluded with the names of new subscribers
since the last meeting, in the following order, viz.
S. E. Damson, Esq. junior, of Bristol; the Chevalier Adolphe
Couturier, Chef orkscadron ; Lotd Carrington; Nicholas 'flu-
ent, of Cyprus; E. Blaquiete, his Excellency M. Laine, his kg-
eellenry. thy Duke of Richelieu, Count Boubers-Abbeville. Lieu-
avant-General Count Bourmoor, his Excelkucy Sir Charles
Stuart, his Exullency the Count de Cana; the Chevalier Agcel
Bourbon.
Among the persons who were pleased to honour
the meeting with their presence, we distinguished—
The Marshal Count Viomenti, Lieutenant-General the Duke
of Dams, Count Etienne de Durfort, Count liourmnot, Count
Havrineour, the Abbe Alary, Knight of St. Louis, and the Baron
d'Ornsin, Chamberlain to the King of WNW'.
The President read, some extracts of a Message
which he had recently received from one. of his Cur-
Irespondents in Morocco, and which tended to prove
, that the Emperor of Morocco was sensible of the in-
'justice and barbarity of the Algerine pirates; that he
saw the necessity of preserving a neutrality; and that
his pacific character might afford an opportunity for
an advantageous negociation with him. After read-
ing this cominunication, on which the President oc-
casionally made important observations, he took, in a
speech forming the sequel of his general repait, a
rapid view of the reasons which had determined him
to embark in the great cause of the Abolition of the
Slairery of the Whites in Africa, and stated in what
manner the proposition for that undertaking had been
made by him, and approved and supported by some
of the Sovereigns of Europe, who have deigned to
subscribe to this work of charity.
The English who arrive in Paris will henceforth
find one advantage more in this city, in a centre of
union, which they have hitherto appeared to want.
We are informed that they have received the consent
of authority for forming a circle composed chiefly of
the most distinguished persons of their nation, at the
bead of which .are .mentioned the Duke of Welling-
ton, the English Ambaisador, Sir Sidney Smith, and
some Members of Parliament now in this capital.—
The• hotel Montesson, situate in rue de Montblsnc,
No. AO, has been chosen for thil establishment. Tile
price of the-subscription is said to be twelve loins per
annum, and seven loqis for six months.
News from Tripoli, dated the 25th of July, an-
nounce that the Archipelago is infested with pirates,
-and that Savary and Lallenrand were still at-Smyrna.
The latter appeared to be without pecuniary means;
but Savary had pieces of 20 francs, which he @Kahan-
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ged for sequins of the country.
Great expectation was excited on the celebration of
the Fete of St. Louis, by a man of the name of Oa-
fume, who proposed to fly from the Champ de Mars.
Every preparation was nude, and he bad his wings
attached to his back, but unfortunately his courage

faited, or he found the wings would not afISINT ; end
this modern Icarus hid,. himself in the crowd from
the reproaches and hootings of the populace. The
disappointment was, however, in some measure coin-
pensated by the ascent of a balloon, with the. aero-
naut Aii4ostan, and an adventurous young Lady,
aged fourteen.

SEPTEIVPIRR 1.
According to letters from Germany, the ptigue
has appeared again in Constantinople, and some of
the adiacent towns.
The great,Council of Geneva has decided, that
owing to the scarcity there should be no placei of
public amusement opened this year.
It is thought that General Delaborde will be tried
on Monday (Aar contumacy) before the second Court-
Martial at Paris. A memoir has jest appeared from
the Countess Delaborde in favour of her husband :
I•this memoir is signed by M. Caine, advocate at the
Royal Court of Paris.
A young man who was arrested at Narbonne last
March, played the character of a deaf and dumb
person until the 7th of last month, with great address.
Having, however, heard in the prison that the
.King
of Spain had granted an amnesty to all deserters, he
suddenly found his speech. declared himself to be a
Spanish deserter, and that he had pretended to be
deaf and dumb, in order that he might not be sent
back to Spain, where he should be shot. Unfortu-
nately for him the report of the amnesty turned out
to be untrue.
PARISIAN SCIROOLSo....We must hail with delight
the project of an establishment which tends to teach
quickly young girls to sew, embroider, mark linen,
&c. This establishment is to be held at the ancient
College des Grassing, Rue des Amandiers, near St.
Genevieve. They have adopted the Lancasterian
method. It has been long known in France, but
we made little use of it; it is in the highest perfec-
tion in England, from whence we have, in a' manner,
received it again. In the Rue St. Jean de Beauvais,
a; the ancient college des Sisreu, a school for boys is
formed on the SAM plan, which does wonders. They I
learn to reati, to write, to count ; one muter teaches
at the same time about SOO bays, by means of little
tutors or monitors chosen among the cleverest of the
boys. It is certainly a sight worth seeing, and every
one who arrives from the country ought to put in his
memorandum book this institution as one of the sights
thost worthy his attention. Nothing is more inge-
nious than the mechanism of this method. The
school for girls is not less curious. Imagine- a large
room, well aired in the summer, well warmed in the
winter, 200 girls are placed ten upon a form, ranged
by the side of each other. There are twenty benches,
two of which form a class, and in the classes they
learn to sew, gather. hem, draw threads, and to do
open work, make button-holes. sew on buttons. to
cross stitch, knit, plait and mark. Where is the bus-
band who is not enchanted that his wife should know
how to sew on buttons, to mark, and to stitch his frill?
We often lose our linen, and why ?--Because it is
not marked ; by the method of our school, all the
young people know how to mark from an A to an
upon the shirts and cravats. By this means youhave
no fear of losing any thing, or at least the fear will
not be so great, and every thing is in order. As there
are monitors for the boys, there are monitresses for
the girls. These half-mistresses are taken from the
classes'. The schoolmistress gives a lesson, which the
monitresses repeat and make the others learn. Emu-
lation is established, it is who shall work the quickest
and the best. The wotk is inspected instantaneously.
Every girl has an apron which she leaves at the
school, and which is left to the care of the school-
mistress. Tnele aprons are placed upon the seat of
each girl before the work is distributed, and they are ' ,
replaced when, the work is date. Every scholar
furnished 'with a thimble, a needle, thread, and every
thing.that is necessary for work. There is a pair of
scissars among three •girls, these scissars are hung 10
the table or desk before the pupils by a string, long
enough that all three can use them. The girls learn
to read and write by the same method of instruction..
In three or six months they are able to assist their
parents, or, if they are old enough, to enter into the
management of the house. 7 I
In London there are schools of this kind which have
done inu.sh good. But in this respect Paris will soon
vie with all the towns of Great Britain. In the school
for boys all the orders are verbally given; but in the
school for gals they are given by signs, the general
movements are executed at the sound of a little bell,
and if they speak it is in a whisper. The school des
Grassins is not yet commenced, but it will not be
delayed. It will be a benefit for the parish, for the
town, and for France, as one foundation will be fol-
lowed by others. Thus what is goad is not lost to us.
The elementary instruction will spread itself. These
methods are renewed from the Greeks, the Egyptian:,
the In3ians, the Arabians. Every hint comes from
the East, and you may see in the King's library, in
the description of Egypt, in the third book, a note
that may satisfy amateurs.

MADRID, AUGUST 20.
OFFICIAL ARTICLO. _
The Minister of the Marine las received the fol;
lowing Dispatch :
66 Excellency-1 hays the honour toannonoce to you, that we
have entered Santa Fe, d►e capital of New Grenada. His Ma-
jesty's troop. did not fire a single musket. (May 6, 1616)
66 GOD preserve your Eseelleisey many sears!
(Signed) N 101QUA10 PIEDILOLA.
• guns Martha, May US,
They speak here of the dismission of the Duke of
Infantado, who quits the Presidency of the Council

of Castile. •
Letters from Valladolid state, that the late Minister
of State, Lardizabal, is imprisoned in a cell of the con-
vent of St. Francis, of that city. The window of the
cell is secured by iron bars, and chains are added to
the locks to. strengthen she fastenings of the doors.
Auousr 21.—8 y lekters from Malaga, dated Au-
gust 6, it appears that the chiefs of the pi ovipce em-
ploy every means to assist the coops. Its general,
there is an extreme penury in the public treasure, and
it is too certain that Ike' persons employed in the
Royal Marine are at the last.extrernity of hunger and
want. The Clergy do all they can. This state of
things is very dismal, especially as there seems no
end to it. They write from Ferrol, that the same em-
barrassments are felt there also.
VLINNA, AUGUST St. 1
The reduction of the army is still under conside-
ration A cOmpany of infantry upon the peace este-
Miskolc* thrill couaist of 64 men, a sqUadroa of
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