Star.
London, England, 1829-09-19 00:00:00

MAYENCE. Barr. 4.

The Prussian Plenipotentiary will not arrive here, to take part in
the negociatioss respecting the free navigation of die Rhine, till the

Commissioners of the other States shall have their instructions on
the scheme oh a definitive arrangement proposed by Prussia : this
plan seems to be extremely well adapted to the interests of the
merchants ; for, as we bear, the Chamber of Commerce here has
made no objection to 14—except to wish that in the manifesto of
the ship's cargo and the names of the consigner and consignee may
be omitted.

DARMSTADT, Aso. 31.

In consequence of some Weeks offered by the citizens of Giessen
te the students of the University, for which the latter did not re-
ceive satisfaction so promptly u they ought, part of them left
Giessen ; but came back in 24 hours. and broke the windows of
the offending party. In consequence of this, several students. it
seems, were sent home to their families; and this induced others
to post up, in many parts of the town, in the night of the 24th of
August, a notice, drawn up In offensive terms, declaring the Uni-
versity of Giessen proscribed for foreigners for an unlimited time.
On this occasion, many persons have expressed themselves more
unfavourably than usual respecting the existing regulations for the
discipline of the University, and fear that the foreigners will leave.

NUREMBURGH, Sin. it.

In consequence of the late occurrence at Giessen. about twenty
students. some of them sons of persons high in awe, have been
banished, or received the Omahas abersdi—Nweissbowsk C...
reapeadml, Sq 4. 11.

A paragraph has been going the round of the Papers,
stating that a bill was presented at the late London Ses-
sions—and found true by the GRAND Jv RY—charging
the Proprietors of the Standard with having insetted a
false and scandalous libel upon the Duke of WELLING-
TON. The paragraph goes on to state, that the public
are not likely to be speedily acquainted with the precise
nature of the alleged libel, as the Clerk of the Arraigns
for the City, acting upon the advice of the Recorder,
declines showing it to any besides the parties interested,
and even then only upon the production of an affidavit.
Attaching—as we do—every credit to the accuracy of
this statement, we at the same time incline to believe that
the proceeding has been rather an experiment of
the Noble Duke upon the nerves of our contemporary
than a step adopted with any real resolution to bring him
into a Court of Justice : but as all these assaults upon
the public Press—whether with a view to intimidate, or
a design to crush its liberty—possess at this moment a
peculiar and painful interest, we cannot allow the fact of
this one more ominous finding of a GRAND JURY to
escape us unremarked. Indeed, the so quick recurrence

of such a pliability to the views of power, does not impress
us with high respect for the intellects of GRAND JURIES
in general, nor beget in us that sense of security against
injustice, which the forms of our Constitution have been
hitherto sufficient to inspire.

Up to a late hour last night, we had every ground for
believing that no " official notice" had been served upon
the defendants to this indictment, of the finding by the
GRAN D JURY ; and we are induced to believe farther,
that this official notice is purposely withheld, because
of the irresolution of the Noble Premier to head
more than one invasion of the people's liberties at a time :
pedetentiniperdere prtestat. Having stood forward to
show cause for the Morning Journal, we hope it will
not seem odd that we should take upon us—on the same
principle—to " do likewise" for his colleague of the Stan-
tte# : both furious party-prints as they are ; both anima-
ted with a spirit of the rankest toryism, and tilting with
blind inveteracy at every liberal demonstration at home,
and tendency to constitutional forms abroad. Their's,
however—in the particular case of these attacks—is a

common cause with our own : and in proportion as we
value the right of free discussion ourselves, we feel it an
imperious duty to vindicate it with as great a jealousy for
others, as if we ourselves were attacked in its inestimable
exercise. And so we are : and if the feeling which we

manifest on this occasion is not so decisive, nor so
undisguised among our " fellows in the same privilege"—
if they behold with stiller pulses, and more calculat-
ing judgments, the stride of unconstitutional invasion—
it cannot be that their eyes are shut to the danger
which besets their freedom, so much as that they are
predisposed to barter it for the wages of corruption.
With regard to the nature of the alleged libel in the
Standard, we shall be able to furnish much elucidation

on Monday, and we promise to examine the prosecuted
columns—which we know pretty accurately where to
prick for—paragraph by paragraph, and show at one
glance the futility as well as the tyranny of the prosecu-
tion.

The Times has retracted a little from the spirit of his

insinuated reproaches against Sir EDWARD Co D-
RINGTOS ; and even goes so far as to acknowledge
that " it is uncomfortable to see a brave and victorious

officer like the gallant Admiral wounded in this manner,
through the sides even of an inconsiderate report to the
Admiralty." We are glad that our contemporary
begins to see and feel things after this fashion :
and we especially coincide in the belief that a great
portion of matter has been kept behind which
may be dragged forward for the sake of perfect
justice. The Times, however, affects to allude to
this only as a public rumour, to which he attaches no
faith whatever. For our parts, we do not let off the
LORDS COMMISSIONERS SO easily. We can trace in the
late prosecution a venomous personality against the LOUD
HIGII ADMIRAL, whose friend was the object of it, and
a spirit of immitigable hatred to the memory and measures
of Mr. CANNING.

A report that the Duke of CUMBERLAND is almost
immediately to supersede Lord Hi LL at the Horse-guards,
has been prevalent for some days ; and the belief in it
has been materially corroborated, by the appearance
of sundry advertisements in the daily prints, announcing
that his Royal Highness has been transacting business

at the office of the Commander-in-Chief. We do no`
however, believe that the " business" which his Royal
Highness has been " transacting," has any reference
to his appointment to the command of the Forces:
neither do we conceive that such an experiment would be
safe with the army, or tolerated—at this conjuncture—
by the country.

CITY. TwaLvs o'CLocr.

Consols opened this vaorning at the same price they left or yes.
terday, 89 buyers for the Account ; and 1131 for Money. At pre-
sent no speculations are ping forward.
In the Foreign Market no business—prices nominal.
We have a number of arrivals this nmening, but the information
they bring is not of great importance. There are Canton Papers to
the 17th March ; Boston to the 23d August ; Singapore Price Cur-
rents to the 3d May ; New York to the 26th August ; Mauritius
to the 30th May ; Quebec to the 40th August ; Montreal
to the 21st August ;--at the North and South American Coffee-
House.

CITY. HALF-PAST ONE O'CLOCK.
The continuance of the bad weather causes a general gloms In
the aty, and damps all speculations.
The Como! Market has continued the whole of the morning
at the same price. They opened at $9 to i for the Account,
and 881 sellers for money up to the present time.
In the foreign market Brazilian Stock has rather improved,
owing to accounts having been received this morning from Rio
Janeiro of the ssd July, stating that information bad been re-
ceived at Rio Janeiro of their Loan being contracted for in London,
on which the Exchange there got up to 27&; also that the ac-
cusation against Azvaans, the Minister of War, had been thrown
out by a majority of 39 against 52, which bad quite restored cob&
dence at Rio, and every thing was quiet in the above capital; also
the trade was rather improving. The Menai frigate was to sail in
a few days. The pine packet. the Plover, bad not arrived.
In the absence of some official accounts in regard to the Ha-
vannah expedition, it is cow stated that 2,508 men have made good
a lauding ; but the place is not known.

The Canton Paper of the 16th of March says :—" Our
advices from the Manilla of the 21st of July, state the
late crops of sugar to be all collected, and yielding a sup-
ply of 200,000 reels, which has occasioned a decline in
price of from 3} to 2} per peton. The sales of opium
have been small ;—two or three chests have formed the
whole of the transactions in the opium market ; and the
prices for Putna and Benares have given way ; the
holders of Molwa have been more firm.

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A Singapore Paper of the 3d of May states that the
resident Councillor and his Lady embarked on board the
Colonel Young for Batavia.
The New York Papers state that the disturbances on
the Indian frontiers have been quelled, and that all the •
troops, except one hundred men, have received orders to
return. _ _

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The Quebec Papers state that Mr. VAUGHAN, British
Envoy Extraordinary at Washington, arrived at Quebec,
and was received with honours. They also mention with
great regret the attempt made in Upper Canada to assas-
sinate Mr. JACKSON, one of the Chaplains of the House
of Assembly. The Montreal Papers do not contain any
news.
The Frankfort Papers mention the arrival of the Earl
Of SHAFTESBURY in that city, where it appears he is
purchasing paintings of the German school for his gal-
lery in England.

We have to record a noble benefaction to the Suffolk
General Hospital. The Marquis of BRISTOL has directed
500/. in the Three per Cent. Consols to be transferred
into the names of its Trustees.
There was a meeting of the Proprietors of the Royal
Cork Institution on Monday, to consider some means of upholding
the establishment, u Government is about to withhold the
annual grant. It appeared in the dhaissinn that the manage
ment has already cost £55,646 ; expense of the building £4,115;
'duffle apparatus ift,9eo ; books and stationary AMASS ; botanic
garde° MAL Mr. Bennett declared be had beard it from autho-
rity, that through the Whence of Mr. Spring Rice, It was deter-
mined to raise a structure in limerick ea the ruins of the Cork
Institudsn. The meedug adjourned to a future day for further
amulderadon.
A diabolical attempt to poison a party of 14 persons
was mode ea Friday last, at lawn, Dear Bury. The overseen and
select vestrymen met to partake of a sapper at a publiabouset said
baying, with ow exception, eaten of a pudding, were rebooted.--
One of the party since died, and It has bees 'smutted that
sneak was abed with the paste. lea thers we In a dam
proms way.

PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE.
PONTA DELGADA. Sr. MICHAIRCO,
TIIIMSDAY, Ana. SO.
It has pleased Austonxv GOD to bless the arras of the Patriots
at Terceira, in a manner the most signal and satisfactory to the
friends of freedom and humanity throughout the whole civilized
world. I only lament that it was not in my power to be present
during a contest, which, short as it was, will, there is little doubt,
maw Portugal from the grasp of as contemptible a despot and
lnexorable a faction, as ever cursed any nation of Europe.
The news of this glorious event reached us two days ago. In
the•oeurse of Monday. several ships were seen approaching the
bland from the direction of Terceira. Early in the following
morning, the remains of the expedition, consisting of a line-of-
battle ship, a frigate, four smaller vessels of war, and some tran-
sports, anchored in the Roads. By the first boat that came on shore,
we heard that an attack had been made at Porto Praya on the 11th
inst. The following are the most exact details I have been able to
collect : by comparing them with those of the heroic Comet on
Vu.r.a FLOP/ the British public will be enabled at once to judge of
the importance of this great triumph, and of the exemplary gal-
lantry displayed by those who seemed called upon to decide the
-future destinies of their country.
My letter of the 11th, the very day of the attack, will have in-
formed you of the sailing of the Miguelite armament front this
place, as well as of the confident expectation entertained of its result.
Having waited off Terceira for the arrival of some boats which bad
been pressed at Fayal and Pien,in order to serve as gun vessels and to
disembark the troops, the arrangements were not completed till the
morning of the above day. Some of the ships of war having anchored
under the batteries of Prays about ten in the morning, they soon
after opened a fire, which was instantly returned f►om the shore. It
was not until four in the afternoon that the troops landed. The
first and second divisions having entered the boats, they were
quietly suffered to disembark, and form themselves well above the
beach. This bad been scarcely done, when the Patriot force which
had been concealed behind some masked batteries and field pieces,
soddenly started up, and, in half an hour, every man who had not
the presence of mind to throw down his arms and appeal for mercy,
was laid dead on the spot. The carnage is described as having
been quite terrific. So well had the Count's measures of defence
been taken, that the invading forces were hardly able to fire a
single shot, so that nearly the whole perished without making
any resistance.
While the work of slaughter was going on here, the batteries op-
posed to the ships were conducted with such effect, that it was only
by cutting their cables, and making a precipitate retreat. they were
saved from sinking. Some idea may be formed of the precWon of
the firing, when I state that the ship of the line received twenty-
eight shot in her bull, seven of which were under water. The
Diana—a large frigate—was still more roughly handled, having
been struck by thirty-eight. This vessel was obliged to seek the
Dearest ancisseage—that of Fayal—for which she steered
after the attack, in a most shattered state. The number of killed
and wounded in these two ships alone is estimated at above two
hundred. With regard to t►e loss on shore, it is variously re-
ported. According to the opinion of several eye-witnesses, more
than half the number embarked—three thousand—has either fallen,

or gone over to the Queen's forces. From all I have beard I
should imagine the killed alone must have exceeded a thousand men.
It appears that the point chosen for the landing was principally
defended by the exiled students of Coimbra. and a part of the
Sacred Battalion. It bad long been very industriously circulated
by the partisans of the Lisbon faction, that the inhabitants of
Terceira were opposed to the Constitutionalists. So far, however,
from this being the cue, persons who were employed in disem-
barking the troops assure me they saw numbers of the peasantry,
and even some women, actively engaged to oppose the bligueUte
force. Nearly the whole of the Fayal and Pico boats, with their
crews composed of inoffensive fishermen, who endeavoured by
every possible means to avoid this degrading service, were de-
stroyed.
I should state, that on perceiving the reception experienced by
the two first divisions, the remainder of the troops refused to land.
Indeed, there Is no doubt that the whole acted with the greatest

repugnance ; and even before the expedition left this, it was con.
fidently reported that one of the regiments had determined, in the
event of being sent on shore, to go over to the patriots.
Oa quitting the scene of Ms humiliation and disgrace, Pima,
the Miguelite General, who displayed courage worthy of a better
same. is said to have dispatched a vessel to Lisbon, and—among
other niattert—to have given it as his opinion, that in ease of a
second attempt, 20,000 men would be insufficient. A few of the
least damaged vessels of the squadron have been left to cruise of

the island the remainder, together with the transports, are to
proceed to the Tagus forthwith. Besides numbers of wounded on
board the ships, a great many have been landed bete. It is wor-
thy of remark, that both the MigueUte Admirals and their oaken.
are loud in their praises of the coolness and undaunted bravery of
the patriots. The precision and steadiness of their firing from the
batteries, could not be exceeded by the best artillerymen of Europe.

and It seems that red-hot shot and shells were used during the

latter part of the day : one of the first shots fired killed and
wounded nine men on board the line-of-battle ship. The loss of

lives on board the Diana may be easily conceived from the number
of shot she received. It is indeed quite miraculous how either of
these ships escaped. Among the defensive preparations on shore.
the Count had succeeded in organizing a small body of cavalry
which was in the field, and ready to hasten to any point that might
be assailed.

Having thus given a hasty outline of this event, so important in
every point of view, it only remains for me to express a hope that
people will no longer assert that the Portuguese nation is unworthy
of that freedom for which they have made so noble a stand. Of
all the calumnies resorted to by the partisans of tyranny, this Is by
far the most false and ungenerous. It remains to be seen also,
whether our Ministers will any longer continue to sanction a block-
ade, and persevere in a neutrality which identify England with
the ruling faction in Portugal, while to their policy alone, every
man of sense and reflection will not fail to attribute the !dental
effusion of human blood which has taken place at Terceira.
I have already said that the whole population of these islands are
unequivocally favourable to the charter of Don Pasco, and that if
they have not openly declared for Donna Massa, it Is altogether ha
consequence of the insidious measures adopted by the Ministers of
England. There may be some minor motives found in their de-
fenceless condition. Knowing, as they do, the certain result of
exposing themselves to the fury of the Lisboa faction, they wisely
wait for the most proper moment to act. lam led to believe that
the time is bet far distant, when the Asoreans are destined to
prove their attachment to constitutional liberty. At all events,
the joy expressed by all classes when the news from Terceira ar-
rived, was unbounded, and continues unabated to the present hour.
You will probably aeon hear something mere on this subject. I
shall only add, that, from all I have seen of the feeling which
prevails in Wm Michael's, I ant convinced such a government u
that attempted to be established at Lisbon will never be tolerated.
P.B. My audtatien at the recent triumph is sack, and my feel-
ings are so entleuly absorbed by its probable consequences, that you
will excuse my new entering into the promised details of Injuries
done to &Mk essuneree in these waters, and of gross insults
daily offered to British sabisets. I shall, however, take an early
opportunity of funduldas se& facts on these matters, as can hardly
fail to excite the dime and indignation of every man who has till
now prided himself es the sane of Englishman.
Previously to ascii* en the attack, It is said that great efforts
were made by Puns, the Miguelite leader, to induce the Count
to betray his trust and surrender the ideal To all of these the
Patriot Chief replied by painting to his batteries, and remonstrating
with the emissaries sent to him on the telly of sacriflcing the lives
of the soldiers in so desperate an emerprise. There is, however,
very little doubt bat, if aseesedd. the whole of the patriots would
have been butchered. Nothing *odd exceed the vengeance breathed
by some of the Miguelites they left this. They calculated
with the greatest confidence on success, and promised to give a
speedy account of the patriots. Their temerity and bondage have
been well requited.