Star.
London, England, 1812-05-02 00:00:00

6ATURDA Ty MAY 2.

PRICE OF STOCK 9 THIS DAY Al ONE O'CIiCE:
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ANOTHER FLAG OF TRUCE FROM
• FRANCE;
The communications between he two countries
are now becoming more frequent. Thursday night,
after the Post left Deal, another Flag of Truce ar-
rived in the Downs from Calais.

The following is our Correspondent's letter on the
subject : •

• " DEAL, MAY I.
" Arrived last night, after post, a Flag of Truce
from Cdais, intended for Dover, mistook the port in
a fog, and being observed by Officers of his Majesty's
ship INCONSTANT, a boat was manned, and Lieute-
nant CLARK went alongside, to whom the French
Officer delivered his dispatches, which were imme-
diately sent on shore to the Admiral, and forwarded
by express to London. The French Officer, after
receiving an acknowledgment from the Commander
in Chief (Admiral Fogy), proceeded for the oppo-
site coast."

Nothing of course in an official shape has been
suffered to transpire on the subject of the above
communications. From sources of information, how-
ever, which we have generally found to have been
correct, we learn, that BONAPARTE'S anxiety to open
a negotiation with this country at the present junc-
ture.is not to be regarcled merely as his usual display
of forbearance previous to setting out on some great
enterprize. Although every preparation was long
since made for his departure from Paris, and he had
taken leave of several of the public functionaries, it
is understood that the recent intelligence received at
Paris from all parts of Germany, has been such as to
render it exaemely doubtful whether the troops of
the Confederation can be derendeki on if they are
called out to act against Russia. If Austria was to
rise in the rear of the French army (and we under-
stand this to be the precise ground of Bosaemers's
apprehensions), there mijht still be some chance of
the liberties of Europe being rescued from the gripe
of the Tyrant. That there is a kind of vacillation
at present iri the politics of his Cabinet, there cannot
be a doubt, for his measures have not been followed
up with that promptitude which used to characterise
his former entcrprizes.

In the mean time we have received certain, intelli-
gence from the North.of Europe, that the whole of
the armed fcrce of Norway has marched to the fron-
tiers of Swecjen. This opens a wide held of conjec-
ture respecting the intentions of the latter. It would
seem as if BONAPARTE had ordered the former to
keep the SWedes in. check. A little time will solve
the enigma of the sentitnents and views of BERNA-
DOTTE. We fear they are not inconsistent with those
of h7s late master ; yet he will naturally adopt 'the
interests of the country over which he has been placed
by the consent of the inhabitants, as we have every
reason to believe.

On Thursday the Qum.: and the Plintems Au.
GUSTA and Meer retired from the Drawing.room to
the Duke of CUMBERLAND'S apartments in the Pa-
laces and, after taking cff their Court dresses, went
to Callum House to dinner, where they werereceived
by the PRINCE REGENT. At the dinner there were
present, to meet the QUEEN and PRlNcEssrs, the
Princess CUARLOTTE of WALES, the Duchesi of
You K, and Princess SOPHIA of GLOUCESTER, the
Dukes of YORK, CLARENCE, KENT, CUMBERLAND,
SUSSEX, CAMBRIDGE, CLOl:crsTErt, and lltrurrswlctc,
Lady DE CLIFFORD, Mrs. Howe., &c. The dinner
was served up in the blue velvet room. After dinner
a most magnificent suit of rooms were thrown open
to receive a very numerous party of distinguished per=
sonages, invited by command of the PRINCE REGENT
to a concert. There had been one of the largest as.
semblies of youth, beauty, elegance, and dignity, at
the Drawing Room, bet on this occasion, it was al-
lots ed that the asssemblage never was surpassed,
Ladies being in their full evening dresses, all of
course new
.fbr th's princely banquet. These, td.
gether with their glittering costly jewels, and orna-
ments, by the brilliant illumination, rendered it such '
a truly grand scene as is not to e described, and
was not excelled, considering the scale it Was npon,
not even by the grand Fete given by his Royal
Highness last yeat, In honour of the King's birth-day.
-.-The Concert concluded about half-past eles'en,
when the Royal Family retired to the room where
they dined' to sbpper. After which the Queen and
the Princesses returned to the Queen's Pahree.—Yes•
terday morning they left town for Windsor.
• It was arranged that that the PRINCESS REGEIIT, as
1 her Royal Highness leas determined to attend the
Drawing Room on Thursday, should go before the
Puma REovres and retire before 11;:- appearance.—
Accordingly the Royal couple did not meet. The
i Paint:ass had retired before his Royal Highness en-
tered the Drawing agony. - .