Star.
London, England, 1815-12-20 00:00:00

FRANKFORT, DECEMBER H.

The Elector of Hesse Cassil has adopted, re-
specting the individuals named in the Ordinance of
2.1. th of July, the same measures as thr King of
Wut temburg.

Quebec Papers to the sth ult. and Charlston to the
Bth have reac::ed town ; they contain nothing of mo-
ment. The English residents have taken into consi-
deration a plan for making new roads to extend to
the Lakes St. Lawrence and Champlain t this is done
with a view to encourage a commercial intercourse
with the Americans in that quarter. The comple-
tion of the scheme would reduce considerably the
prices of Amu-jean articles compared with what is
now paid. The project for a canal from Albany to
Lake Erie is revived, which is expected to prove of
great national benefit.

Monday afternoon the Archdnkes inlirt and LEWIS
arrived in town at their house in Stratford-place from
their journey to Edinburgh.
Lord FALMOUTH is expected in town the latter end
of this week, from his seat, Tregothan, Cornwall.
On the 11th instant Lord DtiNoas was elected
Preses of the Society of Scottish Antiquarians.
The Marquis of TWEEDALE has been chosen Preses
of the Caledonian Hunt, which is to be held in Octo-
ber, at Edinbuigh.
Yesterday a general rehearsal of the new Panto-
mime, at Covent Garden Theatre, took place by all
the performers. The music is by Mr. WARW., the
Leader of the Band-

MAIDSTOIig PEDESTMAN—Sixteenth Day—Turne
started yesterday morning at half past two, and, with
the assistance of his son, at nine o'clock in the mir-
ing had entered on their 59th mile.
There having been a heavy fall of snow in many
parts of the country, particularly in Lancashire, and
in all the roads leading to Manchester, it is from II
to 14 inches deep ; so that travelling has been consi-
derably impeded, and the mails from every road into'
that town were on Monday last nearly two hours
after their usual time of arrival.

The present reduced value of land was singularly
manifested at the late disposal of a farm in the pos.
session of Mr. ENGLAND, at Bislay's Lydeard
The rent of the lease, just expired, was £3OO per an-
num, and the tenant paid for repairs and all cut.
goings. At the letting by auction, a few days
since, of the same farm, the utmlst bidding was
£ll6, and out of this the landlord is to pay all nut.
goings, and allow for repairs—thus reducing the
nett rent to little more than d.SO per annum. The
farm consists of 105 acrts.

Last Friday, a poor man, named Stanford, travel-
ling from Brighton to London, was stopped between
Tooting and Clapham by Once daring tcllows, who
knocked him out of his cart, and cruelly rifled him of
all his money, after beating him smeless.
The following parigrapit relating to an English-
man of distinction, is extracted from a French palm.,
tinder the head of Fundi, November 29:—" Lord
Abukir Lowis has been brought into mit town in a
litter—his carriage, di iven by a drunken postilion,:
was r vcrturned, and precipitated the Noble Lord,
from rock to rock, to the bottom of a valley, where
he tell, severely wounded, a,;d without any signs of
life. The Dean of the Civic Council, apprised of the
sad event, hastened to send assistance to the Noble.
man. It was at first thought that this accident was
intentional, for the purpose of robbing the carriage,
which was said to contain valuable effects, and much
gold, but every thing being lout. J, the Not postilion
bas been fully justified."