Star.
London, England, 1818-02-23 00:00:00

SOUTH AMERICA.

A Curacoa paper, of the 27th December, contains
verbose dispatches, announcing victory obtained by
the Royalists, of which the following is the substance:
" A French squadron had arrived at Portobello,
to convey specie from thence to Havannah and Cadiz,
on account of the Spanish Government. A dispatch
of Morino to the Captain-General of Venezuela,
dated Dec. 7, states, that he had marched to Gua•
darrama, with the intention of reinforcing Colonel
La Torre. On his arrival there, however, he re-
ceived a dispatch from La Torre, stating, that on
the 2d of December, he attacked Zaraza's force,
which had been posted on a height near Hogaza, to
the number of 1560 men, with two pieces of artillery.
The Spanish force, which iis stated to have consisted
of only 300 cavalry and 900 infatry, advanced with
undaunted courage, amidst cries a. Long live the
Kingl" The cavalry, under Arragones, repulsed the
enemy to a great distance in the rear of the line.—
Colonel Juez was then assailed by the enemy's cavalry
of the right, reinforced by the squadron of reserve,
but they were also routed ; and the Spanish infantry
having made a gallant charge with the bayonet, the
enemy were thrown into complete disorder and took
to flight, leaving every thing behind them.
" Pursued by the Spanish infantry, and having
their retreat cut off by Arragones, the whole of the
Independent Infantry were killed, wounded, or made
prisoners, and the greater part of the cavalry met
with a similar fate. The loss of the Royalists is stated'
at only eleven killed, and 82 slightly, and 16 severely
wounded. Colonel La Torre was wounded by a
musket-shot in the thigh, as he was charging at the
head of the infantry, and eleven officers were wounded.'
The Patriots lett behind on the field, two brass three-
pounders, 1200 muskets, four stand of colours, 11
drums, 50,000 musket-cartridges, one load of flints,
a printing machine, and all their baggage. After
the action a fire broke out in the bushes on the field
of battle, in consequence of which a great number
of the - - both sides perished /- the flames.

occupied by the contigent of the Hanoverian troops.
Upon the report made by the Officers of this corps,
his Royal Highness the Prince Regent of England
and Hanover has been pleased to grant the sum of
20.000 francs to repair the damage. This act of ge-
nerosity is as generally appreciated as the zeal with
which it has been solicited by the Hanoverian Officers.

The Paris Papers of Thursday and Friday have
arrived since our last.

The proceedings in the trial of the Skam Dauphin
and his confederates were concluded on Wednesday,
and judgment was to be given on the following day.
His Majesty declined making any defence; he said
he had no occasion, and that if they would not recog-
nize his rights, they might send him out of France.
The part he has acted seems a seducing one ; for not-
withstanding the correction with which it is pretty
sure to be followed, we find that another Dauphin
has actually appeared on the stage. On Wednes-
day afternoon, about six o'clock, an individual,
well dressed, of tall stature, and agreeable mien,
penetrated into the Tuilleries as fax as the Guards'
Hall, saying that he wished to speak to the
KING, and that he was Charles of France, son of
Lotus XVI. He was immediately arrested and taken
before the Duke of Ilictunio, the Major-General on
duty :-"-lb.hat ulteriorly took place is not known. ,The
man is said to be one Sieur DUFRESNE, nephew of a
late negociant of that name.
The Duke of WELLINGTON gave a brilliant concert
on Wednesday. Nothing further is said respecting
the attempt on his life.

Fourteen libels are stated to have been seized in
the course of the last few days, and the authors,
printers, and distributors of them cited before the
Correctional Police.
French 5 per Cents. 13th Feb. 66fr. 40c.

If we are to credit the Caraccas Gazette, the Roy-
alists under Monti.Lo have obtained a victory over
the Independents equal to any of BONAPARTE'S at
Marengo, Austerlitz, or Jena!!
In the New York Papers, which we this morning
received to the 21st ult. are the following allusions
to the affairs of Spanish America :

" BALTIMORE, JAN. is.

" Captain GANSZ arrived here la-st evening in the
schooner Elizabeth, 28 days from Campeachy, states
that a few days before sailing, advices were received
there of General MINA having been executed in the
neighbourhood of Mexico, on account of which the
town was brilliantly illuminated. Captain GAwrz
further states, that it was expected and fully cre-
dited, that the followers of MINA were either dis-
persed or annihilated. Of course the cause of the
Patriots in Mexico must be in a most forlorn state."
" CHARLESTON, JANUARY 16.

" Late accounts from Barbadoes state, that his
Britannic Majesty's brig Childers had been sent to
the Spanish Main, by Admiral Milne, to demand
satisfaction for depredations committed on the Bri-
tish commerce.

" Actual preparations are making for Gen. Aury's
party to leave this. The probability k, that they will
not
,get off under 15 or '2O days. There will be a
strong force of ships and men."

When the intelligence of the lamented death of the
Princess CHARLOTTE reached Jamaica, a day was
immediately ordered to be set apart for humiliation
and prayer, and the 9th ultimo was dedicated to
these religious duties.
According to private letters from Vienna, the Em-
peror FRANCIS is about to resume the title of Empe-
ror of German N I the hereditary Prince of AUSTRIA
to be created King of Germany; and the Archduke
Cu A aLts to be appointed Field Marshal efthe Empire.

Saturday morning arrived at Portsmouth, the
PHAETON frigate, Captain FRANCIS STANFELL, from
the Mauritius, the Cape of Good Hope, St. Helena,
and Ascension, which places respectively she left at
the following dates :-19th November, 25d Decem-
ber, Bth January, 13th January.—His Excellency
Governor FARQUHAR, suite, and family, are passen-
gers by her from the Mauritius, and Commissionei
I'uGET and son (formerly from Trincomalee), from
the Cape—in all, eighteen passengers. Sir ARTHUR
FORBES, Bart. and Lieutenant JENKINS, 12th regi-
ment, late Aides-de-Camp to Governor FARQUHAR,
are come home with him. A gale came on soon after
the arrival of the PHAETox, which prevented any
communication with the shore for several hours. None
of the passengers had landed on Saturday !tie* Me
are informed she does not bring any intelligence of
importance. The Cadmus, Dent, and General Stewart,
sailed from Port Louis (Mauritius), for England, on
the 25th October, and had passed the Cape. The
Elizabeth was to sail in a few days for London, and
the Chandernagore for Havre. There had been no re-
cent seizure of slave vessels in the neighbourhood of the
Mauritius. The Slave Trade had been abolished by the
native Powers of Madagascar (which island was the
great sourse of supply), by their municipal laws, in
conformity with .a Treaty concluded between the
King of OVA and the Government of the Mauritius.
Captain STANFELL, of the PHAETON, who had been
indefatigable, zealous, and active in co-operation,
for effectually suppressing the Slave Trade in the
Eastern Seas, and Mr. PYE, Agent for the British
Government with the Madagascar States, carried into
effect this important measure. When the PHAETON
was at St. Helena (Bth of January) BONAPARTE was
generally believed to be in good health but he had
not been visible for some time to strangers. The
Marquis of Wellington, from India to Portsmouth,
having some troops on board, left St. Helena on the
16th oiJanuary. There was no homeward-bound ship
at the island when the PHAETON left. It is under-
' stood the 'PHAETON has been ordered home for the
purpose of being paid off.

ALGIERS.

The Paris Papers, it will be remembered, stated,
that an qfficial account had been received by the Sar-
dinian Ambassador at Vienna, of the reported out-
rages by the Der of Algiers. The following account,
most probably received from that quarter, has since
appeared in the Austrian Observer of the Bth instant,
the authenticity of which it warrants. It agrees, as
will be seen, in all the essential points with the origi-
nal rumours:

A Sardinian brig having been carried into the
port of Algiers on the 14th November, the Consul of
that nation repaired before the Minister of Marine,
in order to appeal against the capture. He was well
enough received; but at the moment when he was
about to obtain justice, the Spanish Consul came also
to complain about three ships of his nation. Both
affairs were then taken before the Divan ; the Dat
decided that the vessels should be restored, but that
Ithe cargoes should be confiscated. All the European
Consuls assembled. It was resolved that they should
repair in a body to the Day, and that the Sardinian
Consul should address him in Turkish. He spoke to
him accordingly in a most energetic manner; but
scarcely had he finished, when the DEY burst_ out
into a violent fury, exclaiming, that he had no need
of the sea to support his subjects ; that the land
was sufficient for them; that if the European Consuls
were not content, they were at liberty to embark ;
that, in short, he was a good Mussulman, and no
Christian. During this time, the Captain of the
Guards had orders to arrest the nephew and two
inieces of the English Vice-Consul. They forced them
'with the poniard at their throats to abjure the Chris-
tian religion. The place where the Dey gave audience
to the Consuls resembled a den of thieves : he was
seated on the ground, and surrounded with Janissa-
ries, armed cap-a-pee. The Sardinian Vice• Consul,
in the midst of sabres raised over his head, protested
against the violation of the rights of nations, declar-
ing, repeatedly, that he was ready to die for the ho-
nour of his Sovereign. His noble demeanour im-
pressed the barbarians with respect. The Dey gave
him orders to depart immediately. On the 26th of
INovember, a young girl of five years of age, a sub-
ject of the King of Sardinia, and god-daughter of the
Sardinian Vice-Consul, WAS seized by the orders of the
Dey, and imprisoned with the two Englishwomen."

Yesterday Divine Ser►ice was performed at Carlton
House, by the Rev. F. W. Swansea° and the Rev.
Dr. STANIER CLARKE.

Yesterday, soon after one o'clock, the PRINCE RE-
GENT, accompanied by the Duchess of GLOUCESTER,
left town for Windsor.

Yesterday the Duke and Duchess of CUMBRILAND
and the Prince of Hesse-lifostagao, attended by Ba-
ron ONAGIITEN, heard Divine Service at the Chapel
Royal, at St. James's Palace.

Saturday morning the Duke Of CLARENCE arrived
in town, at his residence in St. James's Palace, from
Bushey. His Royal Highness received a visit from
the Prince of HEssE-HomaEno.

Prince ESTER Il AZY'S entertainment to the PRINCE
REGENT, was one of the most sumptuous banquets
this country ever produced, served up on a profusion
of gold and silver plate, highly enriched with sculp-
ture. The plateaux, the candelabra, &c. were of the
same precious metals. A concert succeeded the din-
ner. The PRINCE REGENT was highly delighted.
The Birth-day of Viscount CURZON, was kept at
his seat at Hagley, near Rugeley, on Friday se'nnight.
This venerable Nobleman -has now passed the 90th
year of his age.
The transport Thomas and Mary, J. DYSART,
Master, recently arrived at Portsmouth from the Me-
diterranean, with the remains of the 14th Regiment
on board: left Malta on the sth of December, and
Gibraltar on the 2Sd ultimo. She has also brought
to England the crew of a Prussian vessel, which was
captured off Ushant on the 22d of June last by one
of the Tunisian corsairs, which was afterwards de-
tained and sent into the Downs, when on her voyage
with a cargo of brandy and wine from Bourdeaux to
Bremen. The moment Sir C. PENROSE had learned
that the crew had arrived at Tunis, he instantly dis-
patched the Hon. Captain SPENCER, in the GA NYM EDE,
to demand their immediate release. The BEY ob-
jected, but Captain SPENCER warmly remonstrated,
and threatened to withdraw the Consul from the
Regency, if his demands were not complied with.—
The Bey, at length, reluctantly complied, and the
joyful captives were conveyed on board the GANT..
MEDE. As the plague had most destructively pre-
vailed in the vicinity of Tunis, it was arranged, that,
to prevent contagion, the liberated captives should
be stripped of every article of clothing, and in this
state they were received, and, on their arrival at
Malta, were put on board the Lazaretto there, to
perform 40 days' quarantine. The Thomas and Mary
left the GAN YMEDE, MYRMIDON, and WEYMOUTH,
at Malta, and the Aurrox, 74, Captain COODE, at
Gibraltar. Sir CHARLES PENROSE'S flag was flying
in the MYR)! IPON, at Malta. The WEI-mount was
to sail for England about the 20th of December.—
The remains of the 14th Regiment (about 144) Officers
and men) are to land at Portsmouth, and march to the
depot at Chichester. The Thomas and Mary, during
a violent gale on Saturday morning, cut her cables
and ran into the harbour :—on her passage from Gi-
lbraltar, on the 4th inst. (off &illy) she spoke the brig
Bulldog, of and from Liverpool, bc.:nd to Demerara :
and on the 11th spoke the ship Thetis, of and from
London, to Jamaica, all well.

Commissioner•WOLLEY lately vacated the Naval
Establishment at Gibraltar, and went up to Malta in
the GLASGOW frigate, to succeed Commissioner LAn-
cow, who comes to England with his family in the
WEYMOUTH store-ship. According to Treaty at the
Congress of Vienna, the Island of Malta has been
placed under the English Laws, and, in consequence,
three convicts who were sentenced to be transported
at the first Sessions held, have arrived in the Thomas
and Mary, to undergo their sentence.

Vl LitiLLIC, 111 {..VIISLNIACIII.O Vi watiLia A *MAL lILILLIUGI
of the wounded on both sides perished in the flames.
By this accident the bodies were so disfigured that it
was impossible to ascertain by their features the In-
dependent chiefs who had perished. Some of the pri-
soners, however, stated, that among their numbers
were Colonel Martiaez, Lieutenant-Colonels Montes,
Valderramas, and Lecuma, (Valderramas is stated to
be an Englishman.) The fire also consumed most of
the articles that the Patriots had left behind. The
dispatch concludes with recommending to Morillo,
the officers and men who distinguished themselves in
the battle, which is said to have equalled those of
• Marengo, Austerlitz, and Jena r
THE EVENINer STAR.
LONDON.
ErONE HUNDRED CAPITALS.—
Three Prizes of Thirty Thousand Pounds.—Twelve
Pipes of Port.--Lottery draws Wednesday, 4th March.
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1818.
THE FUNDS.
PRICE or STOCKS THIS DAY AT TWELVE O'CLOCK:
Reduced 801 I—Cons. 79H—Cons. for Acc.
4 per Cent. 99j—Navy Annuities 10613
Bk. Lg. Anns. 201 15-16—India Bonds 96 97 pr.
Exchequer Bills 18 25 pr.
Since our last a Flemish Mail has arrived, of
which we subjoin the principal contents:
The Prussian Government has made a new regula-
-1 tion, according to which no traveller will be ad-
mitted into Prussia by means_of passports delivered
or signed by Consuls established it foreign countries;
and that he cannot pass the frontiers unless he be
provided with a passport delivered or signed by the
Legation of his PRUSSIAN MAJESTY residing in the
country from which he comes.
A letter from Mons says, " We have repeated, on
a large scale, in our coal mines, the experiments
• with the lamps of Sir HUMPHREY DAVY: they have
been attended with the most complete success, and
have convinced the most obstinate. These lamps are
most justly called safety lamps."
SECOND CHAMBER OF STATES GENERAL.
SITTING OF THE 17TH.
The President announced that the report of the
central Section on the Project of a Law relative to
the changes to be made in the Tarif of the Customs,
the discussion of which was fixed for to-morrow, not
being yet printed, it cannot be distributed to the
Members till to-morrow morning ; he proposed to
defer the discussion till 'Thursday, which was adopted.
A letter was read from the Secretary of State,
sending by order of his Majesty, a revision of some
Articles of the Project of Law of the 3d of this
month, for repressing the Licentiousness of the Press.
1 The President invites the Members to unite after the
Sitting in their respective Sections to examine these
revised articles.
The Project of Law for the granting of bounties
for die Iceland Cod Fishery being the Order of the
Day, was, after a short debate, in which the Minister
of the Interior spoke in its favour, adopted by a ma-
jority of 70 to 1.
LILLE, FEBRUARY 16.
In the month of September last, a fire had caused
considerable damage in the Commune of Annasoes,
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