Star.
London, England, 1824-08-25 00:00:00

BERLIN, AUGUST 17.

Sunday last, Princess' Louisa Augusta Wilhelminl
Amelia was betrothed, at Charlottenburg, to Prince Fre-
derick, of the Netherlands.

We have received letters from Valparaiso (Chile) of
the 21st of May. From these we collect that the expe-
dition against the island of Chiloe, by General nista;
has miscarried, as several of the ships engaged as trans-
ports to attend it had returned, and apprehensions are
expressed by the mercantile letters for the safety of the
remainder. No public notice on the subject had, how-
ever, been issued by the Government. Intelligence had
leached the Chilian capital of the departure of the Asia
and the other ships of war from Cadiz, but no tidings
had arrived of their having passed Cape Horn. Mr.
Rowcaoar, the Consul-General for Peru, had arrived
at Santiago, after having crossed the So-uth American
continent from Buenos Ayres, with considerable danger
and difficulty. He was to proceed to Lima forthwith
in his MAJESTY'S ship CAMBRIDGE. The accounts from
that city only come down to the 18th of April, at
which time the Spaniards were in quiet possession.—
The Spaniards in Lima bad treated the commercial
interest with some degree of forbearance, well aware
that their coffers Would have a better chance of being
filled by duties than by seizure. On goods in store at
Lima, a duty of 12 per ce,nt. had been imposed ; and
by the new tariff, articles of importation in general were
admitted at a duty of 35 per cent. Wine and brandy
paid 48 per cent. flour, 8 dollars the barrel ; and
wheat three dollars the fanega. On goods entered for
exportation, a transit duty of 10 per cent. was imposed:
but, as if conscious how precarious their tenure was of
the City, no goods were allowed to remain longer than
two months in the Custom-house, without payment of
the full duty. The principal export duties were—
silver, five per cent. gold, n per cent. and the gene-
ral produce of the country, 12 per cent. No move-
ments are mentioned to have taken place on the part of
the Colombian President, who remained in his head-
quarters at Truzillo.

In a preceding column we have given some interest►
ing intelligence from Greece. Every arrival tends in
some degree to corroborate the reported destruction of
the Turkish fleet by the Greeks. The German and Dutch
Papers some time ago announced, that after the taking of
Ipsara, a Greek squadron appeared off the islands and that
the result of its operations was not only the destruction of
the Turkish fleet, but of all the Ottoman troops on lind.
The Etoik of Monday says--." We have this instant
received information, by way of Constantinople,..that
the Greeks have attacked and re-entered Ipsara. Three.
or four thousand Musselmen perished, and- thGt.ceks
did not leave Ipsara till they received intelligence that
the CAPSTAN PACHA was coming back to attack them.
The news has revived the courage and the hope's of the
Greeks. The Egyptian expedition is the only thing
which can be wholly fathl to them."

In the last page will be found sortie further ac-
counts of the late disturbances in Jamaica, now hap-
pily terminated. •

THE KING.

WINDSOR, AUGUST 24.—This afternoon his MAJESTY,
attended by the Marquis CONYNGUAM, left the Royal
Lodge, in the pony phaeton, for his customary drives
in the Great Park.

At a little before one o'clock her Royal Highness
the Princess AUGUSTA left Frogmore for Egham Races.
Her Royal Highness returned after the conclusion of
the sports, accompanied by the Duke and Duchess of
CLARENCE, Who• dined with the Princess and after-
wards returned to Bushey Park.

We are happy to state that :NIL.. Secretary CANNING,
who is confined at Gloucester Lodge by a bilious attack, is better
this morning.
The Duke and Duchess of CLARENCE left their
residence at Bushey on Monday, on a visit to ber Royal Highness
the Princess AUGUSTA, at Frogmore.
Monday, his Grace the Duke of WELLINGTON took
a hasty survey of the lines of the garrison at Chatham, during which
a fine trait of military discipline was shewn by a soldier of the
Royal Marine Artillery, wh'), though the person of the Noble Duke
had been pointed out to him, on seeing him advance upon the line.
to look over into the ditch, I. -randy proceeded to warn the Master-
General of the Orduance off, and which order was as promptly
obeyed as it was given.