Star.
London, England, 1825-03-12 00:00:00

BUENOS AYRES, DEC. i.

The unexpected detention of the ship Natchez, by
which this goes, enables me to say that it is no longer
a doubt as to the views of England in relation to these,
countries, for, at a public dinner given by the English
merchants yesterday, to which a number.of the most
respectableereoles were invited, Mr. PArish publicly
declared that he is already empowered by his Govern•
merit to acknowledge the independence of the Provinces
of Rio de la Plata.

The French Pape' s of Thursday have reached us, bui
they possess little interest. Accounts from Spain state,
that the Cabinet of Madrid is ye ry active, in conse
quence of the dispatches from Russia and England.—
A Decree of his MAJESTY for the suppression of
smuggling has just appeared ; moveable columns will
be employed to traverse the provinces, and to check its
pernicious effects.
M. SOBRADO, senior, of the Supreme Council of Cas-
tile, and President of the Tribunal of Purifications, has
just been exiled to Alcala de Henares, instead of having
taken the portefeuille of the department of Justice, as
was reported. The Conditutionnel gives a brief notice
of the regulations of the-police at Cadiz, on the 28th
February, for the due observance of Lent. In these
sumptuary laws it is ordered, amongst other things,'
that no woman, of whatever rank or condition
shall appear in the streets during Holy Week,
unless she is dressed is a decent manner. This
must give pretty extensive scope to the caprice and
petty tyranny of the underlings of office, whether they
be French or Spaniards, the only difference being, that
the vexation must be the more galling when the power
is exercised by the former.
The Government of Baden seems ;nclined to lighten
the labour of the representative body very completely,
in assembling it but once in three years, and decreeing
theßudget for three years, thus arriving almost at nullity.

This forenoon we received German Papers to the 6th
instant. A Supplement to the Allgen:eine Zeitung of
the sth instant, contains a detailed account of the pro-
spects of the German American Mining Company, in
which some jealousy is manifested at the Mining spe-
culations in England; but, as Uncle Toby said of the
fly, there is room in the world for them both. The fol-
lowing are extracts:

the rats t. they hue concluded several advantageous'
agesteisents on this principle. By this the first expense
of thk eipedition was covered, and there Might even be
a net profit; and; what was the principal point, they
could pisittitally inidy the geognosy and piactice
of mining in that cnuittry without loss, before they ven-
tured to work Mines entirely on their own account;
These favourable priiipeatißitiiticed the Directors to call
a general meeting on the rtiii of February, in which it
was resolved to increase. the capital from 200,000 to
500,000 dollars, by the creation of 6' )d thbfe shares. A
great part of the meeting wished to increalt the capital
to a million, but this was not carried. The new shares
are offered fine to the old share-holders, but at a pre•
mium of 10 per cent. After the end of February; the
remaining shares are to be disposed of at as high a pre-
mium as can be obtained. The premium is to be paid
with the first fifth; but. it is probable that the second,
land even the third fifth, will soon be called for, not only
because on the acquisition of new mines large sums
must be paid, but because a commission is daily ex•
petted from Mexico to procure workmen's tools, quick-
silver, and many other things,which cannot be procured
there at all, or only at enormous prices.