Star.
London, England, 1818-07-23 00:00:00

JAMAICA PAPERS.

KINGSTON, MAY 30.
By la Veloz we learn that a report had been re-
ceived, previous to her sailing from the Havannah,
of a brig of war having been wrecked on the Colora-
dos, about three weeks ago, and that his Majesty's
sloop Shearwater had proceeded from the Havannah
for the purpose of taking on board her crew.
The Descubrador quitted Sierra Leone on the 24th
tilt. in company with the Semiramis frigate, of 42
guns, Captain Sir James Lucas Yeo, K. C. B. and
parted with her a week after sailing. She was to
touch at Barbadoes and Martinique, and afterwards
proceed to this island. In the Mona Passage the Des-
cubrador was chased for upwards of two hours by
the squadron under Commodore Brion, consisting of
thirteen vessels.
The Descubrador carries 14 guns and 40 men, and
was bound from the Havannah to the coast of Africa,
on a coasting voyage, when she was detained on the
17th of January last, off Porto Nova, by the Cherub,
of 22 guns, Captain Wells, on a charge of piracy, in
having plundered a Portuguese schooner a few days
previous.
The Spanish schooner la Concia mounts one gun,
and carries 35 men. She was originally from the
Havannah to the coast of Africa, but was taken off
Prince's Island, on the 27th of December last, by the
Cherub, on a charge of piracy, in having plundered
a Portuguese schooner, and an English ship called
the Diana. When captured she had on board 500
slaves, who were landed at Sierra Leone, which place
she left on the Ist inst. in company with the Cherub.
Captain Wells intended to cruize about a month et
the coast, and would then proceed to this island.
In lat. 16. long. 60. la Concia spoke the ship Ber-
wkk, from Barbadoes, bound to London. On Friday
tight, last week, off Crab Island, she boarded a Da.
::ish schooner belonging to St. Thomas's, and learnt
that she had been plundered, a few days before, by
a schooner under French colours. On the 23d inst.
on passing St. John's, Porto Rico, she saw a Spanish
frigate, a brig, and a schooner, at anchor, apparently
very fine vessels. In the Mona Passage, on the 24th,
she fell in with Commodore Brion, having his flag
flying on board a fine English-built ship, of 700 tons, I
called the Victoria ; two brigs and a schooner in
company. An Officer from the Victoria boarded la
Concia, and stated, that the Commodore was in'
search of Aury's squadron, and, upon joining, in-
tended to attack a Spanish squadron, lately arrived
from Cadiz, consisting of 25 sail, and lying at the
Five Islands, near St. Bartholomew's: the combined
squadrons of Brion and Aury would be equal in
number to the Royalists. Brion had detained the
Sanyo, Bucnos-Ayrean privateer, in consequence of
her Commander having committed several acts of
piracy.
The. schooner Brutus, an Independent cruizer, a
few weeks siace, captured, near the Mona Passage,
a Spanish brig,, with 48,000 dollars on board, besides
a cargo of Colonial produce, which she sent for
Margarita.

THE EVENING STAR.

LONDON.

TUURSDAY, JULYIS, 1818.
TUE FUNDS.

PP.ICE or STOCKS ruts DA! A? TVISLVZ O'CLOCK :

Itedu. 7.51 I-01115.771i ex. dive--for Opg. 78t 79
3} per 1..:ent5.38 per Cent. 9i i 1
Navy 106{1—India Bonds 91 96 prem.
Omnium I dis.—Exchequer Bills 19 20 pr.

Pars Papers of Sunday arrived last night, and
this forenoon we have also received those of Monday
along with a private letter from our regular Corres-
pondent at Paris.
From none of these sources have we obtained any
n•nv information respecting the late conspiracy. Our
Ccrrespondent, whose letter we subjoin, complains
strongly of the state of uncertainty in which the
French public are kept concerning the matter; and
tl.is feeling we sliould suppose to be very general
among the people of Trance.
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The Funds have Lad a sudden fall from 78 fr. to
7f3 fr. 50 c. which in all probability has been occa-
sioned either by some new revelations which have
got abroad respecting the extent and reality of the
danger which has threatened the Government, or by
the propensity which all persons naturally have to
magnify in their own estimation every danger which
is not distinctly open to their view.
The following are Extracts from the Journals :
PARIS, JULY 12.

Yesterday the King transacted business with Count
dr Pradel, the Duke de Richelieu, and Count de Cazes.
A letter from Copenhagen, dated June 5, contains
the following statement:—The King of Denmark
has, at the request of the Duchess of Brunswick, and
in consideration of the bets othing of her niece, Ma;
demoiselle de St. Aulaire, consented to the trans-
rni.sion of the Duchy of Glucl:sberg in favour of Ma-
demoiselle de St. Aulaire and the Count de Cazes,
her intended husband, in the case of the marriage
taking place. This act of the ring has produced a
strong sensation here, as it is a proof of the attach-
ment of the King to the Duchess of Brunswick, but
more particularly of the esteem which the French
Government enjoys here. The Duchess of Bruns-
wick and her sister, the Marchioness of Soyecomt,
were aunts and only heiresses of the Prince of Nassau
Saarbruck, who died in 1795, and Mademoiselle de
St. Aulaire is the niece and grand-daughter of these
two Princesses, and their sole heir. The Duchess of
Brunswick's first husband was the Duke of Glacks-
berg Holstein, a Prince of the Danish blood royal.
After his deati, the King of Denmark, who honour-
ed this Princess with particular marks of favour, al-
lowed her the possession of the Duchy of Glucksberg,
where she now resides. The Duchess engages to at-

tach to this fief otller property to the value of 300,000
francs in favour.of her niece, in order to form a ma-
jorat of the Duchy in the terms of the Royal rescript.
The Duke of Saxe Gotha has lately caused a new
Constitution to be drawn up for his States. It is said
to resemble that of the Grand Duchy of Sue Weimar,
for which the Germanic Diet shewed so much pie-
dilection.

We are assured that among the articles which arc
to be enclosed within the equestrian statue of Henry
IV. are several literary monuments raised to the glory
of that Prince. These works,are, the Llfegf Henry
IV. by Perefixe ; the Henriade; and the Memoirs of
Sully. They are to be bound in such a manner as to
enable them long to resist the effect of time.
It is believed that M. Couture, Counsel for Gene-
ral Cannel, in his action for calumny against MM.
Senneville and Fabvier, in consequence of the ab-
sence of his client, will apply for the postponement
of his cause, which stands for the 21st.
The Hereditary Prince and Princess of Hesse-
Hombourg arrived at Frankfort on the 13th, and
were to make their solemn entry into Hombourg on
the following day.

PARIS, JULY 20.

The levee at St. Cloud yesterday was numerous
and brilliant. The Neapolitan Ambassador, the Mi-
nisters of Foreign Affairs, of Finances, of the Inte-
rior, of War, and of General Police, Marshals the
Duke of Dantzic and Coigny, and a crowd of Lieu-
tenant-Generals, and superior Officers of all classo,
were present.
BERM!, JULY 14.

On the 6th ir:stant, the Federal Diet commence
its sittings.

ZURICH, JULY 15.

Great preparations are making here for the grand
Secular Fete in honour of the Reformation, which is
definitively fixed for the Ist of January, 1819, and
the two following days. All the other Cantons of
Switzerland, as well of mixed persuasions as Pro-
testant, with the single exception of Berne, propose
to celebrate the fete at the same period. M. Hess, first
Minister of Zurich, will preside at these solemnities.

DRESDEN, JULY 8.

The Session of the Saxon Diet, which has just
closed, has lasted eighteen months. Affairs still re-
main in siatu quo, and there is not the least change in
our political organization. Some of the existing im-
posts will be augmented by the Decrees of the Diet ;
but no new ones have been imposed. The Noblesse
have consented to some pecuniary sacrifices under
the denomination of gifts; but all these pecuniary
grants of the Noblesse bear no proportion to the bur-
dens borne by the inhabitants of the towns and by the
peasantry. _ _ _

We find among the Noblesse many who a-c
sensible of what public opinion demands, and who
are inclined to do all that the spirit of the age re-
quires from them. All that is wanted is, that some
Citizens themselves of the Diet; should make propo-
sitions tending to provoke ameliorations, which it is
more than probable would ultimately be accomplish-
ed. It is generally agreed that Saxony has need of
such political institutions as have been already intro-
duced into SaxeWeimar and Nassau, and more re-
cently into Bavaria.