Star.
London, England, 1825-04-12 00:00:00

THE BREVET.

Iris stated in the best•informed Military circles, that
the Brevet, to take place on the 23d inst. will be ex-
tensive. Tt is said to be likely to include
Captains of 1808 and ISO 9, on full pay, who are 10
be Majors.
Majors, 1812 and 13, on full pay, to be Lieutenant•
Colonels.

Lieutenant•Coionels, 1811 and 1812, on full pay,
to be Colonels.

Colonels of 1817 inclusive, on full pay, to be Major-
Generals.

Major-Generals of 1812 and 1813, on full pay, to
be Lieutenant-Generals:

Lieutenant-Generals of 1811 and 1812, on full pay,
to be Generals.

S'iould this be carried into effect to the extent stated,
it will lead to various changes. Most of the Aides-de-
Camp to the KING would be included, and would,
therefore, cease to be Aides•de-Camp. The command
of several Regiments would be vacated, as well as
several Staff situations, which•-are not usually held by
General Officers.

It is reported, that L:eutenant•General Sir It. S.
DONKIN, K.C.B. will be appointed Colonel of the 63d
Foot, vice Lord BALCATI RAS.

The report that a Congre.s of European Sovereigns
will be held at Milan, is again revived ; but it is not the
more entitled to credit than the former rumours on ti e
subject. The Emperor and -Empress of AUSTRIA a ill
proceed to Upper Italy, and afterwards to Hungary,
where the latter, it is said, will be crowned.

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This forenoon we received Hamburgh Papers to the
6th instant. It is gratifying to perceive that while
France and some others of the ContinentAl Powers are
clinging se obstinately to the prohibitory system, a
more liberal spirit prevails in other States. Accounts
from Stockholm state, that besides the commercial
treaty between the Courts of Sweden and the Nether.
lands, for the introduction of reciprocity in Corn mercia.
and Navigation Duties, negociations are supposed to be
on foot with England, which are expected to :lead to
some further modification of the Swedish prohibitory
laws with respect toEnglish goads and Colonial produce,
independently of what has been done by the last Tariff.
One of the Dutch Papers received this morning states,
on the authority cf a private letter from London, that
M. FALCK, Ambassador from the Netherlands at the
British Court, has done all in his power towuds the
intended reduction of the import (little, in England,
which it is expected will prove advantageous to the
manufacturers of the Netherlands.

Accounts from Hamburgh aiao state, that the news of
the considerable diminution of the Import Duties in
England, has given general satisfaction in that country.
The Swedish Government have just sold to the house
Of MICHAELSON and BENEDICTS, of Stockholm, the
Tapperhiten ship of the line, built two years ago at
Cariscrona, but only with so many guns as a Merchant-
man, trading to the West Indies, usually carries, for the
sum of 171,000 dollars Hamburgh banco. The pur-
chasers have bought it, for a London house it is said,
B. A. GOLDSCHMIDT and Co. and it is supposed to
be intended for the trade with Colombia. It is 1,000
tons burden.

The collection of the laws of Hanover contains a
notice of the Cabinet Ministry, by which the inhabitants
of the kingdom are forbidden to bear titles given them
by foreign Princes, unless they have obtained the per-
mission of the Ministry.

The Emperor of RUSSIA has granted the Petition of
the Privy Counsellor KOTZEHVBIY, to be discharged
from the direction of the department of the interior ;
but he continues to be member of the Council of the
Empire.

Dutch Papers to the 10th instant reached us this
forenoon. An article from the Maine states, that M.l
Ilium Counsellor in the Aulic Tribunal, a friend of
M. HOFFMANN, has been put under arrest in his own,
house in Darmstadt, by order of the Government. His
papers are under seal.
A very dangerous epidemic has broken out in Sca-
nia among the horses, which has already extended to
the horses of the cavalry in Stockholm. In order to
prevent its spreading, the intended incampment of troops
in Ladugardsgaerde will not take place this year. It is
stated in these Papers that General KRAYENHOFF is
shortly to go to Curacoa with several Officers of engi-
neers, on board one of the frigates of the King of the
NETHERLANDS. The object of this mission is said to
be to improve and extend the works for the defence of
that island, and likewise to erect fortifications in the
island of Aruba, if it should be judged necessary.

We have received the French Papers of Saturday
and Sunday, together with private letter from our Cor-
respondent in Paric. One of the letters states, that the
ceremony of the Coronation of the King of FRA NCB is
not yet finally decided on ; it is probable that it will
be the middle of June before it takes place, and it is
even supposed by many that it will not be before July
or August.
Letters from Constantinople, dated the beginning of
March, state, that the Turks are making most active
preparrions for the ensuing campaign against the
Greeks ; and the Pacha of Egypt, whether sincere cr
not it is not easy to say, appears to enter warmly into
the cause.

The Etoik of Sunday contains intelligence from Con-
stantinople to the 11th March, which states that the
Greeks had succeeded by a stratagem in inducing two
Turkish schooners and a brig to leave the protection of
the batteries at Tenedos, and to ♦enture into the open

sea, where they boarded and cart led the two schooners,
whilst the brig escaped. The Janissaries continued to
behave in a most refractory manner, and those that
could be caught to be executed, and their officer. s
pd-
'soned. A report prevailed that the Egyptian Beet had
been totally routed by the Greeks. The Nara 0
EGYPT had demanded that the CAPTAIN PACHA should
not be sent out again at the head of the Ottoman
squadron, but that all the naval forces should be put
under the command of !snouted PACHA ; but it was no
believed that the Porte would consent to such an ar-
ragetnent. There was no news from the Morea.—
COLOCOTRONI was confined in the Monastery of St.
Elias, and the preparatory proceedings for his trial were
carried on with great activity.

The inhabitants of the United States are extremely
jealous of having a monarchy on their Continent.—
The ephemeral reign of ITURBIDE, in Mexico, gave
them much uneasiness, and they by no means think
the Revolution of Brazil complete, because it is not a
Republic. Now their affrighted imagination makes
them dread a Sovereign elsewhere, if we may judge by
the following article from the New York Mercantile Ad-
vertiser of the 4th ult.

46 We learn, from a respectable source, that since the
Liberator (BoLtvit tt) arrived in Peru, a deputation from
the Kings of FRANCE and SPAIN has waited upon him
with an invitation to assume the supreme command in
South America, and to put on a Crown— those powers
promising to snpport him in such a measure, and pro-
bably pledging the aid of all the Governments com-
posing the Holy Alliance. It is needless to add, t!;at
the pr, position was treated in a manner worthy of Bo-
LIVAIt. He sent it to the Congress of Colombia; and
through that body it is hoped the world will be informed
of the particulars."
We can assure the Editor of the Mercantile Advertiser,
that it France or Spain endeavoured to force a King on
the New World, it would be in the person of a Bour-
bon Prince.

The Princess AUGUSTA received visits yesterday from
the Duchess of Gummi:sus and the Princess Sotsisa‘'
Mts. CANNING retuned to Gloucester Lodge yester-
day from the residence of the Duke of PoavuunS, at Welbeck,
Nottinghamshire.
The Earl of CASSILLIS entertained a distinguished
party at dinner yesterday, at his house in Privy Gardens.
Lord M ARYBOROUGH had a dinner party yesterday,
at his house in Saville-row.
Sir GEORGE WARRENDNR, Batt. entertained a party
at dinner yesterday, at his house, Whitehall-plate.
The use of the gas lights is becoMing daily less and
less throughout France, and most of the theatres in
Paris are again having recourse to oil lamps.
loss sustained by the destruction of the theatre
at Weimar, by Ire, is estimated at 100,000 rix-dollars. Unfor-
tunately it was not insured.
His Royal Highness the Cnows Patrice of the NE-
TneßLAirsm arrived at St. Petersburgh on the 19th ult.
It is thought that Prince WILLIAM, brother to the
King of Paussu, will go, after the holidays, to Mintz, of which
be Is appointed Governor. The Princess his consort, however,
will remain at Berlin, on account of the marriage of the Princess,
Louisa to Prince FRIDIRICK of the Netherlands, which is to take
place on the 90th of May.
COWES.—Hebarne Lodge, lAte the King's marine,
residence, is taken by Mr. Fullerton.
Aaanrat.s.—Lord G. Seymour, Capt. Brown, R.N. Capt. Bailey,
G. H. Ward, Esq. W. Ward, Esq. and Mrs. W. Ward, Mr. Nash,
Mr. J. Justice, Mr. Auldjo and family, and Mr. J. Bennett.
Two persons are at present travelling the country,
and attempting to put off the notes of the old Tamworth
Bank, which stopped payment in 1819; in several in-
stances they have succeeded.
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The city of Gottenburgh has accepted the proposals
of the English Company to light the city with gas.
On the 4th of March, agreeably to the provision of
the Constitution, the Hon. Jour; Qtitzscv ADAMS took
the oaths of office, as President of the United States,,
for the ensuing four years. Arrangements for the due
celebration of this auspicious event, made in numerous
cities, towns, and villages, throughout the U.'ite.! States
were executed with the best effect.
Among the public trading associations recently
formed, we observe one which appears to us calculated
to do much good, we allude to the Imperial Plate Glass
Company. The object of the Company is not specula-
tion, but in order to carry on the manufacture of plate
glass, with those increased facilities and advantages
which a capital of 200,0001. must supply. The shares
we find are already at a premium of two per cent. arid
it is thought in the City that they will advance con-
siderably.
Prince Morritanicts is to set out on the 15th inst.
from Paris for Marseilles, where be is to embark for Genoa, and
from thence to Milan. He is to be accompanied by his son; his
daughters had departed with Count &TISUAZY for Vienna.
The Palace of Caserta, where the King of NAPLES
resides, was struck by lightning on the 17th ult. The electrical
fluid entered the apartment where the Monarch was writing, but
did him no other injury than giving him a violent shock.
The Annual Dinner of the Society of Friends of Fo-
reigners in Distress took place yesterday at the City of
London Tavern, the Duke of WELLINGTON in the
Chair. The report was very favourable, and the highest
satisfaction was expressed by the Meeting.
A proposal, we understand, is now under the consi-
deration of Ministers, involvi .g consequences of the ut-
most-importance to the Butter Trade of Ireland.- It is
said that the Government of the Netherlands has signi-
fied its readiness to remove all restrictions on the impor-
tatioa of British manufactured goods into the terriviries
and colonial possessions of that country ; on condition
that the duty on Dutch Butter and Cheese imported into
England be withdrawn. It is calculated, that in the
event of viis proposal being acceded to, the exportation
of British Manufactures to Batavia and the other Indian
possess'ons of the Netherlands will amount in value to
several millions annually.— Waterford Chronicle.
An inquest has been held at Kimpton, near Ando-
ver, on view of the body of John Hunt, a fine
boy, nine years of age, who came to his death by a
shocking accident on Saturday, the 2d instant, on which
day he was driving three horses, that were drawing a
plough, which was guided by his father, when on a
sudden the animals took fright, and ran directly over
the poor boy, in whose clothes and flesh the plough-
' share became entangled, by which means he was
dragged after the horses at full speed upwards of a
quarter of a mile. When the horses wete stopped the
boy was quite dead; his head was fractured, and shout-
der turn, besides inuumer a".le bruises all over his body.

OLD BAILEY-7'lllS Dia n
FOR6ERY.

SECOND INDICTMENT AGAIYST ANDREW THOMPSON.

The prisoner, Andrew 1 hompson, was this day agaii
put to the bar, on an indictment, charging h'm w i;h
uttering as true a certain paper, purporting to be a Bill
of Exchange for 40l.drawn on and accepted by a per slit
named Robert Wilson, with intent to defraud Richard
Hwy, in the City of Lomb n, en the 30th Nov. last.
Mr. LAW and Mr. BRODERICK COildtlCted the case
for the prosecution, and Mr. AD )LPOUS the defence.
Mr. Haynes, of Friday•street, proved receiving the
bill in question from the prisoner on the day stated.
Mr. Robert Wait proved letting a house at Lady.
day, 1824, to the prisoner, Andrew Thompson. A
person, named Robert Wilson, came on the 29th of
October to pay the rent. Tile house was taken in the
name of Messrs. Rakewell and Co. On the occasion
of the payment of the rent, Wilson gave a receipt,
which witness saw him write. The writing on the bill
of exchange was not that of Wilson, to the best of his
belief. In fact he was sure it was not the hand-writing
of Robert Wilson, who paid him the rent.
Jame' Saunders, landlord of a house at Brentford,
knew Wilson, who was his tenant. The receipt shown
to witness was the band-writing of the Robert Wilson
be alluded to. The writing or. the bill was not the same
as on the receipt given to witness.
Cross-examined—Never saw Wilson write more than
once.—This was the case for the prosecution.
The prisoner having briefly declared his innocence,
called the following witnesses:—
[Before the witnesses were sworn,Mr. Haynes was again called.
Witness had been in communication relative to the bill In question
with the prisoner, who had offered hint forty dozen of hats after
the bill was over due.]
Cie ,rge Beland sworn. In the month of November
last Thompson gave witness a bill to take to Wilson
frit him to sign and indorse it. The hill was here shown
to witness, IA ho said be believed that now produced to
he the same. Witness saw, at tl.e White Hart Tavern,
a person named Thomas Oakley, and gave him the bill.
In the evening again met Oakley at the san:e house,
who gave him the bill in its peseta shape. Witness
did not see Wilson either time. The nest day witness
sent the bill to the prisoner's tesidence. Witness had,
since the bill was drawn, seen Thompson and Wilson
.tngether. Had seen Wilson write seven or eight times,
and believed the bill to be the handwriting of Wilson.
Witness had no connexion w ith the thin of Wilson and
Co. nor Rawlins and Co. nor with that of Bakewell
and Co

Just.ce PARKE was about to sum up the evi-
dence to the Jury, when Mr. BRODERICK expressed a
wish to call the witness Saunders. The request was
acceded to, and the witness said, the ast time he saw
Wilson was on Friday-we, k. The-Learned .Tudi.e then
minutely went over the c•rse. The quest on here was,
not whether the parties were co, tented with, and
formed part of a most abominahle ire t of swindlers, but
whether be had not uttered this bill, %% ell knowing it to
be a forgery. The Learned Judge having .ailed the
attention of the Jury to the facts as they bore nn the
case, left it to the Jury to say hlw far the evidence
would warrant them in finding the prisoner guilty,
or otherwise.

The Jury, at ten minutes after twelve o'cl .ck, recited.
and remained out for half an hour : on their sewn they
found the prisoner Not Oddly.
The prisoner was again arraigned on another India.
ment for forgery, but no evidence b. ing ()Hired, he
was acquitted.
Application was then made to detain the prisoner for
felony ; but the Grand Jury having beta discharged, the
Court intimated that it had no authority to order his
detention, and he was consequently set at liberty.

THE THEATRE&

DRURY-LANE.

The Fatal Dowry, of Massinger, was repeated at this
Theatre last night, in which Mr. MACREADY made his
first appearance since his late severe indisposition. He
was greeted at his entrance with loud applause. He
seemed somewhat thinner, but he went through the
arduous character of Pontont with his accustomed dis-
crimination. There was nothing new kr the ca,ting of
the other characters. WALLACE, in Charslois, and
TERRY, in Rochfort, contributed not a little to the effect
of the Piece, and were received throughout with pen
applause from a crowded and elegant audience.— Aka
Hassan was the After-piece.

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