Star.
London, England, 1810-12-31 00:00:00

THE KING.

" WINDSOR CASTLE, DC:TUBER 29.
44 His MAJESTY has passed a good night, and
continues as well as he was yest,:rday." (Signed)
44 H. R. REINoLUS. W. lIEBERDEN.
iIALFORD. A. WILLiS."
44 M. BAILLIE.

" WINDSOR CASTLE, MC. 80,
de His MAJESTY has passed good night, 'and is
rather better this morning." (Signed)
66 H BAILLIE. R. W Luis."
66 W. lIEBERDEN.
" WINDSOR CASTLE. fIXC. 31,
44 His MAJESTY has passed a good night, and is
as well today as he was yesterday."
(signed as usual.)
A Cabinet Council was sitting at the Foreign Office
when this Paper was put to Press.

We are happy to state, that the rumour to which
we alluded on Saturday proves, as we hoped it would,
entirely unfounded. Lord BURGFIERsII brought no
communication whatever from Lord x.VELLINGTON ;
and the fact is, that there was no wain of any kind
experienced by the army at the time his t.ordship
left it.

Dispatches were yesterday received from Portugal,
daed the 17th inst. and in the afternoon Lisbon Ga-
zettes to the same date came to hand. There have
been some trifling affairs of advanced posts, but nothing
particular has lately occurred at head.quarters, and the
main hostile annies retain thesame pocitions which they
respectively occupied at the dated ,f the former official ad-
vices. Major FiNWICK, of the Buffs, was killed in a re-
cent skirmish with the French. He is said to have fallen
a victim to a misplaced confidence in the enemy
having been shot by the party with which he was en-
gaged, at the moment that they pretended to surren7
der. We find by the Lisbon papers, that General
HILL'S division, reinforced by a corps of Portuguese
Militia, guarded the southern bank of the Taps,
while those of SILVIERA, MILLAR, and TRAM', fully
occupied the attention of the enemy in Beira. Coim-
bra was considered tolerably secure, its garrison hav-
ing been reinforced to 15,000 oxen. Our troops were
in excellent health and spirits.
The papers also state that in a late attack upon the
Isle of Leon, near Cadiz, the enemy were defeated
with immense loss, but the particulars of this impor-
tant affair are not known, •

Some Dutch, German, and Swedish Papers to a
late date also arrived yesterday, from which we have
extracted the principal contents. It is confirmed that
an armistice has been concluded between the gutsians
and Turks. According to an article from Stockholm
it should seem that the independence of Denmark is
seriously menaced; and indeed should the Courts of
copenhagen and Stockholm contitMe muck longer
their present system of subservience to France, there
sari be no doubt of both I),ecpqiing completely ;A-
lec; to am and ppllret ot the t amm o 'tyrant,
of 11 !PR! 4 TffDssi 9iirory•

h mentioned In the Swedish cantles, srillott
particular comment upon the event. Fran
the German Papers it would appear that snme
cation in the Decrees against British
(goods
tended. In some parts of Germany tl►ej are
delivered back to the propriCLOTS.

'. Letters and Papers from New York to the4ll7 4
from Baltimore to the 6th, have reached town„Ai
state that ttle PulsingNt.'s speech on the npenitg
Congress breathed a very hostile spirit t .7:atil t,
country ; and this statement is rendered the rt
probable from the communication of Mr. GALLAT
(given in another part of our Paper), in ,ins.,,.er
til
certain questions, by which it appears decide„ 611
American Government, that all property from G;
Britain and her dependencies, which shall an;,
the ports of the United States after the 2d of Feb!
ary next, shall be seized.—lt is evident, from anti
that poor Mr. MADI,SON and his colleases have
' weak enough to consider the Berlin and Milan r
trees as actually revoked by the French Gcrem

but how will these sapient politicians feel 6;7
few weeks the mischievous delusion under wllizlltN
have so weakly acted, will be rendered dear eveiii
their own short-sighted view of the policy of Fr*
In consequence of the receipt of the above etplu
tion from Mr. GALLATIN, a deputation of reettbil

tradinF to the United States waited on Saturday u.
.Marquis Wista.zsr.EY, but did not obtain an in
view. They intended to have informed his Lordili
that under the severity of the regulations about to
adopted in America, they must necessarily colc
mand all orders given to manufacturers, and ur.l,
such vessels as kave been partially laden,rathertb
incur the risk, of which they had been so exptci
forewarned, unless some assurances could be al
given to the merchants that the intention of Gov
ment was to protect British property, by some
fications in the Orders in Council and the system
blockade.

Yesterday we received Buenos Ayres Gazettes
the 16th of October. They announce the arrival
the MPLETOE schooner, from Rio Janeiro, srithh
patches to the Junta, from Lord STRANCORD. red
tive to the blockade of the Rio de la Plata. Ti

following Letter from his Lordship has been
fished in a Gazette Eztraordinary:

DISPATCH FROM LORD STRANGFORD,

Mot Eveßent Senior—l ban received the 5f
Notes of your Excellency, fcr which I return
Excellency my sincerest acknowledgments.

promptitude with which it is necessary that th

toe schooner set out for Buenos Ayres, and the p
sure of other business, do not nyw permit me u
ewer your much esteemed communications so fully
explicitly as they deserve. I cannot sufficiently e
press the deep regret which the information in en
respect has occasioned to me, of there having occur
any circumstances capable of diminishing that a
fidence and cordiality that ought to subsist betas
all the Agents of his Britannic Majesty and the biz
and generous People of spani;ll America, united
we are in the same cause, and against the same cot
men enemy.

I think it necessary, however, to assure your L
cellency, in the most positive and authentic ma*
that no English Ot4cer has ever received, either ti-N
me or from the Admiral who commands in chief, as
instructions to co-operate in the blockade of the
cai
.tal, which the local authorities of Monte Video ha
thought proper to undertake, r,or even to lend tht
aid or concurrence to any hostile enterprise again
that capital; on di? contrary, I declare to your E
tellency, with the greatest sincerity, and in this Pu
lic manner, that according to the orders issued col
the British Officers in the Rio de la Plata, all ion
ference in political affairs has been uniformly pro
bited.
I have transmitted in due course, and without at
delay, to my Court, your Excellency's obscrva:ia
on those subjeCts, because to the British Govern=
only, and not to me, the Officer of whom your;
cellency complains is responsible for his conduct
proceedings. In the mean time, I have the
hie
to inform your Excellency that Admiral de Ccu:
is going immediately to the Rio de la Plata, to as,ur
theAhief command, and I have no doubt that he sr
adopt the most efficacious means to remove the o
stacles that have hitherto obstructed Britishcommert
so liberally and generously protected by your Exci
lency, in a manner quite contrary to the forms al
common practice of all nations, and wholly °^r'"
to the established usages tof States in amity with'

other.
I must also add, that your Excellency Will
hal
the goodness to excuse the brevity of this cemmo
on cati, considering that it is occasioned by a desir
on my part, to forward an answer • soon 4s
though in imperfe9t form, to
to the last collo:tunic
to b
tions of your Excellency: I have the honourservoyour Excellency's most obedient and humble servo
(Signed) eWoroan.
Rio de Janeiro, Qet. 1, MO.
to their Ezeellendea the Governing Junta of the Opitj
snit provinces of the Rio de la Plata,
1.°44 WiLmmarr DE BROKE attended yrsterd
at 4t. James's, as Lord in Waiting,
Count Gorronr was again among the inquirer,
St, James's Palace on frichty and Satur4o I ""
14ue; dal he 1)44 4 long ettnversat on wiol Lord
the Lord in Waiting.
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I am happy to inform you, that every symptom df,
FALMOUTH, DECEMBER 211.
the fever has disappeared within the Garrison, and Sailed his Majesty's ship l'AzoLa with the Portugal,
amongst the shipping in the Bay. The churches
and Mediterranean convoys ; CURACOA on a crnize;
were opened the day before yesterday, and a solemn Prince Ernest packet for Jamaica; Cape packet for
thanksgiving was read on the occasion.
I the Cape ofGood Hope. The Lady Arabella packet
Yesterday, the SRAIIORSE frigate came in from M4r is off this port with a mail from Malta.—Wind N.
hon, where she left the greater part of Sir CHARLES
COTTON'S fleet, which had been driven there from TORBAY, DECEMBER 29.
Toulon, considerably damaged ill a gale, in which Yesterday sailed his Majesty's ships AMETHYST,
n
ROTA, UNICORN, LAVINIA, RATLER, S TORE, and TAR-
several of the ships had sprung their masts.
TARUS to the Westward, with a fine breeze at N. E.
The peasantry are carrying on the war with great
Also sailed the ship Stephen, Captain SMALE, for Ma-
success against the French near Malaga.
Beira.
L'AiGtaa and forty vessels under her convoy from
!Malta are at the back of the Rock, working in here.

THE ARMY.

The fleets which have been so long expecting to sail
fur the East-Indies, West-Indies, the Mediterranean,
Spain and Portugal, sailed yesterday from Spithead.
Among many other officers on board of these fleets
are Generals HousrouN, Sir MONTAGUE BURGOYNF,
.--STEHELIN and Brigadier-General LEE; Colo-
eels CUTLER, M'MAIION, &C. &c.
On the 26th and 27th instant, the 75th Regiment
marched into Horsham Barracks.

The Warwick and Bedford Regiments of Militia
are on the march to Blatchington and Horsham.

The Hon. General HOWARD and suite have set off
for Portsmouth, to embark for Portugal. The Ht.
nourable General is placed on the Staff of Lord Wu.

LINGTON.

We arc in the utmost anxiety for accounts of the
great expedition under General ABERCROMBIE against
the Mauritius.

Major BARCLAY iS apoointed Private Secretary to
the Commander in Chief, in the room of Captain
LUTYEN, who has filled that situation for some years
past. . . ...

Major-General Lord CONYWGRAM has resigned his
staff sitnatioa in Irelane.

A draft of one hundred horses from several regi.
ments of Dragoons at home, is ordered to take place
immediately, to reinforce our cavalry on service.

A detachment of e 13th Light Dragoons was
quartered at Southampton onnorsday, on their route
to embark for the East Indies.

The QUEEN, and Princesses ELIZABETH and MARY,
did not leave Windsor Castle on Saturday. Princesses
AUGUSTA and SOPHIA, attended by Lady ELY, Gene-
ral CARTWRIGHT, Colonels Taylor and DESBItOW,
rode on horseback in Windsor Park.
The Queen and Royal Family heard Divine Ser-
vice performed yesterday in Windsor Castle; they af-
terwards went to Frogmore, and returned to the Pa-
lace at two o'clock.
The Dukes of YORK and CAMBRIDGE arrived at
Windsor on Saturday, and went on a shooting par ty.
The Duke of CUMBERLAND attended Divine Ser-
vice, yesterday, at the Chapel Royal, St. James's.
At an early hour on Saturday morning the LORD
CHANCELLOR and Mr. PERCEVAL left London for
Windsor, where they arrived about eleven o'clock,
and had a conference with the Physicians attending
the KING, which lasted nearly two hours, after which
they left Windsor for London.
_ . _

1414P'AL INTELLIGENCE.

PLYMOUTH, DECEMBER Is.

Yesterday arrived theWalsingham packet, Captain
ROBERTS, with Mails, &c. from Lisbon. The Wal.
singham was only nine days on her passage, but the
news she brings is not of much importance. No bat-
tle is expected to take place, at least for some time
to come.—Although the transports have arrived, nei-
ther the artillery nor cavalry have as yet begun to
embark.—Arrived la RHIN frigate, Captain MAL-
COLM,
in four days from off Oporto, with the loss of
her mail-top-mast, main-yard, and fore top-sail-yard ;
she brings no news, the weather being so strong she
could hold no communication with the shore. Also
arrived the UNICORN frigate from the Coast of France,
last from Torbay ; the TARTARUS SlOOl4 with a num-
ber of French prisoners on board ; the SCYLLA, 18
guns, from a cruize ; the WEAZLE schooner from Fal-
mouth ; the American brig Rover, from Cork, with a
cargo of oats, bound to Lisbon, driven in here for ,
shelter ; the GANGES and SATURN, 74 guns each, from
Portsmouth.—Sailed theWitizzsc schooner for Scilly,
the MULLETT ditto for Swansea ; the MEDUSA frigate
with live bullocks for the fleet on the Rochefort sta-
tion ; the Windsor Castle packet, Captain SUTTON,
with mails for Surinam ; the Townshend packet, Cap-
tain COCK, with mails for the Leeward Islands ; the
Duke of Montrose packet, Captain BLEWETT, with
mails for Cadiz ; the Neptune (1) tender for Dublin;
and the SCEPTRE, 74 guns, to cruize off Brest.
The PRESIDENT frigate is gone into the Sound, and
is expected to sail early in the ensuing week for the
East Indies. The SPARTAN frigate is come into Barn-
pool to refit.—The VALIANT and ARMADA 74's, now
lying in C:twsand Bay, are ordered to the Downs,
and are expected to sail to-morrow.—The American
brig Dort, laden with cotton and log wood, from
New-York, bound to St. Sebastian's, has been de-
tained and sent in here by the.l.A.stazox frigate.

Report says, that Mr. WILBERFORCE and his friends
will support Ministers to-night, if the restrictions on
the Regent be limited to six months only ; hut if a
twelve months limitation be persisted in, that they
will vote with the Opposition.
The LORD MAYOR has appointed
night for tire Common Council.
" Mansion House, December SC
41 GENT iestax—in consequence of having received a regal-
sltion from you to convene a Court of Common Council on the
earliest day possible, fee the purpose of considering the propri-
ety of addressing the Lords and Commons on the most consti-
tutional means of amply and efficiently supplying in the person
of his Royal Highness the Prince of WALES, the Affecting inca-
pacity of his MAJESTY to discharge the necessary duties of the
Royal office, I have consulted with several of the principal offi-
'en. of the Corporation, and find by their decided opinion, the
Court of Comtnon Council cannot be constitutionally or le-
gally assembled until after the return made to me by the Ward-
mute Inquest on Plow Monday (according to ancient usage
and cunotiq of those Citizens who are to serve in that Court for
the ytar cusuing. I will therefore give directions for summoning
the Court of Common Council to meet, agreeably to your wisheq,
on Tuesday, the oth day of January next, being the day inimc-
Ziazely after Plow-Nlonday. I am, Gentlemen, your obedient
vivant, (Signed) " J. J. shall II."

s'en-

Two Anholt and two Heligoland mails arrived
this morning, but the intelligence they bring is not
of any importance. The Continental Journals are
again filled with details respecting the Burning of
I:lgEsh commodities.
Extract of a letter from an Officer of his Majesty's
ship MILFORD, dated Cadiz, 28th November On
the 23d instant, our flotilla of bombs and gun-boats
made an attack on the French lines, and their gun-
bats in St. Mary's river, throwing shells and shot into
St. Mary's town and Catalinc fort, by which a num-
ber of the enemy were destroyed, and. great damage
done to their forts ; the fire on both sides was tremen-
dous, twenty or thirty shells often bursting in the air
at the same time. It is well known the English are
here, or Cadiz would soon be in the hands of the
French—the inhabitants are a lazy idle people, and
ppear very careless about the matter—but since the
3',w's has been received here of MAMENA% retreat, the
Cartes have demanded a levy of 10,000 men from the
city, the consequence of which is supposed to be an
handed attack on the French. The San Elmo Spa-
r;sh 71., is arrived from Minorca with troops, and the
Leyden, 64., with a reinforcement of British troops
itons Sicily. We are building two new gun-boats on
shore, which are expected to be launched in the course
61' a month, and materials are hourly expected from
.England for eight others. We are informed Seville
is in a state of insurrection against the French—the
.Spaniards murdiring them whenever an opportunity
slits. We wte well supplied with water, and once
a-week with bullocks from Tangiers."
Saturday last was married, at Hackney. Mr.
Floats, of Great St. Helen's, London, to alai+,
daughter of the late TIIONAS GALBIMATII, Esq. of
Culabrook-row, Islington.