Star.
London, England, 1824-03-25 00:00:00

CARLSRUIIE, 11ARCU 14.

The official Paper u: the 12th publishes an Order
from the Dome Department, to the following effect :
" The Russian Legation at our (bolt has again corn.
municated to the foreign department the official decla-
ration—, that, it is nut authorised to deliver passports
for Russia, except to emigrants who can 'give sufficient
proolboth of their having obtained permission to emi-
grate, and of their possessing a sum of 400 florins,
which must be deposited in a banking-house of this
City, to facilitate their establishment in the Southern
Nosinces of the Russian Empire; lastly, they must
prove funds sufficient for the expenses of the journey.'"

SWITZERLAND, MARCH 12.
The Great Council of Rome, in its sitting of the 6th,
deliberated on the proposal for a military convention
with the King of the Two Sicilies. After a ch-bate of
seven hours, it was determined that the Government
would be ready to conclude with the King an agree-
ment for four compauipon certain cc

Dutch Papers, to the 24th instant, reached us this
morning. The Royal Family of the Netherlands have
set out for Amsterdam, on a visit of some days.
An article from Zurich, of the 13th instant, says :
" This- Canton, as well as Zug, Friburg, St. Ga!len,
Argovia, the Pays de Vaud, and Geneva, persist in de-
clining to enter into a military convention for raising
troops for the service of Nakiles. Berne, Schuritz, anti.
Tessinp, will negotiate. Lucerne and other Canun,s
have r.ot yet declared their intentions."

'We rejoice to findihatliiiißE Capital is ending its
way into channels which will direct it to the domestic
improvement of the country. ,The Alliance Insurance
Company has the_ great recommendatu.n that it is
likely to take capital out of the county y. have
ready spoken of the kat Comprory—of tre.
Subways in the Metropolis—of Nit. nitwit:La ingeaions
plan for a Tunnel under the Thames—of the piejecte‘l.
New Docks at Sc. .Catherine's, &c. &c. Yesteeday 4
new prospectus made its appearance in the City, the
object of which appears at first sight vet), pry mi,itig,
though we do not profess to decide on its merits win,.
out mote minute examination. The proposal is to harm
a .Vint Stock Company, with a capital of one hunched
and twenty thousand pounds, under the title of the
Thames and Isis Steam-vessel Company, for the purpose( f
conveying goods and passengers mote rari,lly Hiatt at
present on these important rivers. The great objecticms
hitherto have been the shallowness of the water, and the
difficulty of passing the Locks with side-paddles.—
Thefirst of these objections it is pioposed to obviate
by, building ves es and barges, ;thich will r, nder
so light as to weigh only one-third as much as other
vessels of the 'same burthen : the other objectiou.will be
removed by adopting the American mode of stern-
paddles. In proof of the great advantage Khich the
proposed method affordF, two facts are cited by v.ay of
contrast :—A barge of the common construction, laded.
with 71 tons of deals, and paying 1061. Ws. freight, at
the rate of 30s. per ton, took sixteen days to go front
LAndon to Oxford ; whereas a steam-packet built nit.
ANNEscrit and SOWERBY'S Patent, and navigated back-
wards and forwards between Hull and Sclby, ran on
the 3l ,t of last January no less than a hunii/cdandsialp.
ire miles in about twelve hours!