Star.
London, England, 1809-02-27 00:00:00

And 48 Gun-boats.

It will probably surprize many of our Readers to
be informed that the British army, on its retreat, was
within one day's march of Ferrol ; and that the bri.
tish squadron, employed to cover the passage of the
transports home,. was within two leagues of that hat..
jhour.--Did the Supreme Junta refuse to permit our
\. occupying Ferrol ? Was no arrangement made to pre.
vent the enemy from obtaining possession of the ship
in that port, even in the possible event of the land
I forces of the Patriots and British being defeated

THE CONTINENT.

It appears by German, Swedish, and Danish pa-
rrs to the 15th, that reports of an approaching rup.
tare between Austria and France continue to be cir-
ctil.ited in the North ; with e importt addition
the army of the Duke AVth
ERSTADT Was in motion
Hanover, and the neighbouring districts ; and
the Prince of PONTE CORVO had received dis-
ritches from France which had occasioned particular
sensations at Hamburgh. Among other hostile de-
Inonstrations, Austria continues to form large stores
of c;rain from the neighbouring states, particularly

frnni Bavaria.
private aclvices state, that NAPOLEON'S precipitate
return from Spain was occasioned by dispatches
which he had received from Petersburgh, informing
him that the Emperor of AUSTRIA had made known
to the Emperor ALEXANDEIt his hostile determina-
on against France, in consequence of NAPO-
LEO'S conduct towards Spain, and solicited his co-
operation in the common cause of all legitimate Mo-
narchy'. It is added, that some fr t her information
on this subject had been obtained by means of an
i,,,tercepteci letter from the QUEEN of PRUSSIA, to her
father, the Duke of NIECKLENBURGII STRELITZ, in
/chid; she expresses a hope that her husband would
el:Tar be restored to his former rank in Europe.
The use, it is said, which ALEXANDER made of the
overture was, to send it off immediately to the French
Emperor, and the communication induced his imme-
eiate departure from Spain ; nor is it unlikely that
fie greater part of his army is by this time on its re-
tian to France.
The news from Sweden states, that his Swedish
',lajcsty remains as firmly determined as ever to listen
to no terms of accommodation with NAPOLEON.
All the accounts are silent respecting the reported
2.:ernpt to assassinate the Archduke CNosTANTINE, at
Petersburgh.

Kr. ADAIR, according to the Hamburgh Corres-1
condenten, has been allowed to land at Sestos, on the
11:dandles, where a house has been provided for him
by the Turkish Government. The new Grand Vizier,
MAnNiEr A(:A CslAucll, is far advanced in years,
..1;1d is deficient in the activity and energy necessary
tinder the circumstances he is placed.
Although BONAPARTE consented to evacuate the
Prussian States, with the exception of the fortresses
of Stettin, Custrin, and Glogau, he has, by subse-
quent orders, extended round each a line of demarka-
tion, within which no Prussian, troops are to be al-
lowed. This line was made to comprehend the city
of Frankfort on the Oder, and it was with great diffi-
culty, and by the interference of Russia, that Frank-
fort was allowed to become a point of communica-
tion between the different parts of the Prussian do-
minions.

Friday being the Duke of CAMBRIDGE'S birth-day
it was kept by their MAJESTIES andshe Royal Family
at Windsor. His Royal Highn s completed his,
thily-tifth year.
Saturday the Duke of YORK waited on h's MA-
.cry, o particular busine s ; in the afternoon he re-
tunl:cl to London.

1: is reported that all our Admir ils on foreign sta-'
t; .n., ;mrnediately changed. Sir CHARLLS COT;
St:CCcedS Lord COLLINGWOOD, who has not set
iot on shore these four years ; and Admiral DE
Co:licy replaces Sir SIDNEY SMITH at the Brazils..
'a:: EDWARD PELLEW has been recalled from the East
; but his successor has not yet been named.
Thursday the Lords of the Council met at the
Council Chamber, Whitehall, which was attended by
the Lot; i) PitESaDENT, the MASTER of the ROLLS, the
JurQE of the AnmitiALTY, Sir W,LLErAm WYNNE, and
Fir Jolts Nicnot" when a question respecting the
alnisb Loans in the West Indies was argued at con-
siderable length by the ATTORNEY GENERAL and the
JUDGE ADVOCATE on one side, and Messrs. DALLAS
STEPHENS on the other. The Court adjourned
CI next Tuesday.

Sir JosErtt BANKS has been elected Recorder of
Boston, in Lincolnshire, in the room of the late Duke
(iANCASTER, who filled that office seventeen years.
Dr. ANDREW GRANT'S Account of Brazil will ap-
pc,ir in a few days. It contains, we understand, much
impor.ant information, collected during a long resi-
daice in that country.
Spanish property, to a very considerable amount,
Fas been removed to Gibraltar since the surrender of
Madrid to the enemy.
FASHIONABLE PROM ENADE.—Yesterday the weather'
Proved inviting, and the promenade displayed a pha.
1155 of gay visitants.—Fashion has hoisted her stand-
ard in Hyde Park, and the amateurs of dress, from
the milliner to the Marchioness, fall in the ranks; and
the predominant rage for fine clothes produces a mas.'
querade every bright Sunday. On the promenade,
which emanates as many colours as the prism, the
52:1; inz is often dressed like the mistress, and it fre-
Slm.iy I ccurs this dashing Belle proves to be no other
a il.undry maid. The motley characters which
(7.:pf the pedestrian groups generally assume a
e, and, like Cloten, the Queen's son, expect to be
nby their clothes. In this description we can-
ot al :::de to persons, who, by rank and manners,
d Beau Montle. Several. Ladies of distinction
a1P":1,..d in orange, purple, crimson, and green pelis-
;s, tr.anned with lace and beautiful ornaments. As
(~,:tree constantly attracts notice, it is superfluous
'•ld,-;, that they were generally admired. The four
drivers exhibited their usual dexterity. Lord
i• f., Mr. BARING, and others of the Whip, drove
.rieti,em in grand style. The horsemen diver-
.,. ;J:e scone, and cantered en militezire before the
'fbe carriages formed two lines, and pre-
: nmst pleasing appearance, by the splendour
t~' i...e(il4.lges. Among the company we noticed
I.,ichess of ST.ALRAN's, the Marchioness of STAR-
the Countess of WATERFORD, Lady ELLENzo-
'`:l:2'll, the Duke of ARGYLE, Lord ABERDEEN, Lord
Ki.AND, the Earl of BUCKINGJIAMSIIIILE) and many
4rs of rauk..

ARMY. •

The 74th Regiment from Fort George, marched
through Glasgow on Tuesday morning for Kilmar-
nock, on their route for Ireland. .
Monday and Tuesday last, the 72d Regiment, up-
wards of 600 strong, arrived at Belfast from Scotland.
Monday, the 73d Regiment of Highlanders dis-
embarked at Cowes, from Scotland, and marched
'to Newport, to remain till transports arrive to take
them to relieve the 102 d Regiment at New South
Wales.

Monday the 2d battalion of the 78th, or Rosshire
Regiment of Highlanders, embarked at Yarmouth,
Isle of Wight, for Scotland.
Thursday the Sussex Militia marched from Bexhill
to Hailsham Barracks, and on the same day the Car-
narvon Regiment to Pevensey Barracks.
Last week passd through Maidstone, ht three di-
visions, the Northumberland regiment f militia from
Winchelsca, on their route to Chelmsford.

Monday last, the 45th regiment of foot, lately re-
turned from Spain, marched through Canterbury, on
their route to Nottingham.
Same day, the East Suffolk militia marched from
Maidstone to Sheerness, to relieve the Ist Surrey, who
are ordered to Chelmsford : they march in two divi-
sions, the first passed through Chatham on Monday.
Friday night Major General HILL, attended by his
Staff, Major FORDYCE of the 81st, and Lieutenant
HILL of the Royal Horse Guards, set out for Cork to
take the Command of the Expedition that is abutted)
sail from that harbour on a particular service.

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