Star.
London, England, 1807-12-25 00:00:00

LEIPSICK, DEBEMBER t.

Yeflerday zoo° of NafTau Uling,:r troops marched
into this town and the neighbouring villages, and to-
morrow they are to proceed further on their march
with the Wirtemberg troops, which had before halted
here.

In a day or two we expect noo of the Wirtem-
berg troops ; on the 4th, 42,00 Bavarians ; and be.
tween the Rth and toth, (even regiments of Italian
troops, with two hundred artillery. The great train
of artillery, colifraing of 6000 wagging, will loon
f.llow. The troops of Wurtzbing'r, and of the
Prince Primate, have alfo paired through here witida
thefe few d4ys.

By an Atneiican fhip called the Adv?nture, ar•
rived az Perez ince from Cadiz, letters were yeiterday
received in town of the 2.4. th, 25th, and :6th ult.—
One of thefe lays, " tint all the late unpleafant difa.
greements in the Rate had been adjuticd, and happi.
ncfs was again reflorLd." A letter from Gibraltar,
of the :Sth tilt. has all.° been received by if gentlernai;
of eminence in the City, which Rates, that -the Heel
at Cadiz was perfeiHy ready for lea, and that
ripaua troops, under the command of Genes..:
SALERNO, had been embarked. It is added. that thi
fleet was to be joined by a French iquadron from
T,,ulon (alio with troops), which tvas to fail ab:sut
the fame time. Thefe Reds were to rendezvous at
Malaga, at v:hich place barracks had been prepared
for the rec eption of the troops embarked both at
Cadiz and Toulon. It continues to be foppofed that
Gibraltar is the principal objed of this force.

His Majefty's gun brig the CHEERLY, Is arrived at
Falmouth from the Mediterranean, with difpatches
fro:n Lord Cor.Lsoo‘voon, which reached the Admi
ralty yeflerday. Accounts have been received by
this conveyance, of the death of Mr. Sraartow, the
MetTenger, who died in Sicily, of a fever, a few days
before the CHEEKLy left that Ifland.
Accounts have been received at the Admiralty,
that the fleet under the commatd of Sir C. Corrou
had b:en feen, all well, clear of the Channel, (leer.
ing a foutherly coolie. The !hips have four months
provifion on board, and the troops left all their heavy
baggage behind. The Bth Regiment, at Portfmouth,
which rept/led to form a part of the expedition, was
ordered, on Monday, into barracks. Neither its
deflination, nor that of the 7th, which is alfo at
Portfmnuth, ate yet known. Of the other troops
now at that port, fame cf them, it is laid, will &only
embark for the Weft Indies.

Letters from the Conqueror, of 74 guns, Captain
J. Pk LL EN', deed the 7th intl. (late her being all well
At that peri"d, and that Sir S. SMITH, with five fail
• f the line, and three frigates, were clofely block-
ading the Tagus, but expeeted to be thortly joined
by fome more (hips from England.
Admiral COTTON will, on his arrival off Lifbnn,
take the ccmmard of the blockading fquadron now

Rationed there. and Sirq —MET SMITH will proceed
with General Spasms& on an impoitant expedition.
Captain Yio did not leave town until yefterday,
when he prrceeded to Plymouth. He is the bearer
of difpatches for Sir SIDNEY SMITH.

The follov ing is a Lill of Merchant fhips that
have received failing Orders, under command of his
Majefly's frigate Atuphion, Captain Hours, bound
for Gibraltar and Malta :
London, Rover, Helena, William, Neptune, Dousbta,
Mtrcury, New Diligence, Lankins, Betfey and Sally, Endeavour,
Mediterranean, Miley, Dolphin, William, Robert and Sally,
Sarah Ann, Frederick, Thetis, Phcmniz, Gallant Schemer, Three
Brothers, Hawki.foury, Ambrofio, and Thomas and Mary. •

Count ST. MARTIN DR FRONT. Arnbaffador from
the King of SARDINIA to our Court, lately prefented
a remonfirance to Government, in which he com-
plains that our.cruizers in the Mediterranean have
frequently violated the neutrality of Sardinia, by
carrying off French vac's, wrecked upon the Coal%
of that ifland, and pnrfuing their crews on fhore ;
and that the FRENCH Comm, in Sardinia, has de-
manded his paffports, and threatened his SaaotatAll
Malls-x.lr with hollilities, in cafe reparation was re.
fufed, and this fyflem of aggrellion fhould be con.
tinned. Government have, in confequence of this
reprefentation, ordered, that infirnaions fhould be
fent to our naval forces in the Mediterranean, to
prevent a repetition of there injuries, and to provide
for the fecurity of the Eland againtl any attack on
the part of France.

A packet is appointed to fail for the Brazils. The
Poll Office has intimated, that letters to any part of
that fettlement will be fpeedily forwarded.
Some merchants yellerday c,,mrr.micated to the
Admiralty their requefi to know, whether, and when
a convoy would be gran:ed :n the Brazils ? but no
decifive anfwer has been received, or rather fame
time was required to confider the fubjefl and prefent
an anfwer.

Yefterday a Deputation cf merchants trading to
Portugal waked upon the Portuguefe Ambaffador,
to enquire his opinion concerning the propriety of
beginning immediately a dirdt trade from hence to
the Brazils. His Excellency declined giving any
ar.fwer in his official chara:ter—he intimated, how
ever, that fuch a Rep would be at prefrnt premature.

Itlr.Tuo R aro/4 Envoy Extraordinary and Milliner
Plenipotentiary to the Court of Sweden, will in a few
days take his departure from Yarmouth, in a IA
failiag cutter, for Gottenburgh. Admiral Ru:s F tr.
has already received orders to have a cutter in readi-
nefs for him.

HENRY DRUMMOND, Erq. has been apt- •inted Lien-
tenant Colonelof the Pt ince of Wales's L. orps of Vo.
lunteers, in ro,,m of Sir WALTSR STIR LI rc, refigned.
Ancther refignation in this corps is talke of.
Wednefday night, at a late hour, difp..elres were
fent from the Secretary of State's Office to Plymouth,
to be forwarded by the HALCYON Root) of war, to
General SPENCER, at Gibraltar, who recently failed
with the Expedition under the command of Sir
CHARLES COTTON.
An Order of Government has been received at
Dover, to fit out the Danifh velfcls lying at that
place, and to fend them up the Thames.
When Lord STRANG7 'RD took his final leave of
the PRINCE REGENT t.f Portugal, his Royal High-
nets drew Pram his Eiger a diamond ring, which he
prefented to his Lordalip, as a token of his high re-
gard and eflee:n. The ceatre none of this valuable
gem is valued at eight thoufand guineas.
The Ge!le: al Court Martial, of which Lord Stop-
ford was Prtlident, which heel), fat at Hythe, upon
.he trial of Lieutenant Colonel J. B:omhead, of the
.nth Lincoln Militia, on charges cf peculation
eferred againft him by the Surgeon of the Regi
ment, have trnanirr.oufly, molt honourably, and fully
acgoitte,l him of the fame, and have further declared
hat the charges were groundlefs, hivolous, malici-
cats, and vexatious. His Majefty has approved of
mo;l i -aourable and full acquittal of Lieutenant
Colonel J. Brornhead.
The Atchh:fhop of Catureanorty left his Palace
yellerday, at Lambeth, for NVindfor.
At a meeting of the Dean and Chapter, held on
Wednefday morning tall, in the Chapter 1-laufe of
Chrill Church, Oxford, the following Gentlemen were
ele6letl Students of that Hottfe :
The Hon. Frederick North Douglas, fon of Lord Gknhcrvie ;
Wm Venabks Vernon, E. 1. Cleaver, Wm. Wickham, Robert
Gordon, John Mackir,Thomas Salter, Chutes Monro, and Henry
Cotton, Lfqrs.

The Duke of PORTLAND attended his MAJESTY
on Wednefday, for the Ertl time there two months.
Wednefday morning, Lord Mutcreave and Mr.
CANNING had a conference with the Duke of PORT•
LAND, at his houfe .in Piccadilly, previous to their
attending his MAJESTY at the Qteen's Palace.
On Monday Lore GAMBLER, Captain Iran, and
feveral other Naval Officer., and a fele& party of
friends, dined with Loid Mor.oeav so, at his houfe
in the Admiralty.
Lieutenant HOLLER, of Bakerlireet, undertook
yeflerday, for a bet of 501. to run a mile in fix
minutes, another in fix minutes and a half, and ano-
ther in (even minutes, at three flaw, and to be al
lowed half an hour to perform the three miles. The
race was on the Kilburn Road, and the Lieutenant,
who weighs :3 none, loft the match in the third (tart.
He performed the fit ft mile in half a minute lets than
the given time, the fecund mile with difficulty in the
time, and he was a minute over time in going the
tall.

A folditr belonging to the Shroi (hire Militia onfor.
Innately fell over into Dover hatbnur on Tnefday
night, and was droivned before any perfon got to his
all-Mance; and next morrirg ch body of John At-
kins, a lawyer belonging to that place, who has
been sniffing fince Saturday evening, was found in
the mud in the 13afori, having, it is fuppofed, walked
over the quay, the night being very dark and foggy:
he has left a wife and fix children to lament his lois.