Star.
London, England, 1810-10-17 00:00:00

MILAN, SEPT. iS.

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Our official paper contains a long Imperial Decree
!of the 14th August, which orders the confiscation of
Intlish 'colonial commodities and manufactures
n ;he pew department of the Upper Adige, and
roit
aim directions and regulations to be observed
'with...respect to the commodities of other nations, neu-
'tr4 or according to the existing laws of the
Wheat)** 14217.

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. Mr. Sitvarza, the King!! Messenger; arrived in
town this day, about one..eclock,from-Windsor .. Be.
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brings a report that the Princess AMELIA remained:
'this morning in the same state as yesterday. . ~
Princess MARY continues her constant antkellec-.
tionate attendance upon. the. Princess Atm.'s.. . The
KING, QUEEN, and all the Royal Family, are also
constant in their visits to her Royal Highness.
Monday and yesterday his MAJESTY took his AISUaII
ride in Windsor Park, accompanied by the rinkee fif, ,
CUMBERLAND, CAMBRIDGE, Princesses AUGUSTA smolki
Sonata, and attended by Count MuNsTan, I:04
WALSINGHAM, Lady ELY, Generals CwaxwfUottprl
FITZROY, and Colonel TATtoa.
The Hon. Colonel FOSTER, sokef the Chaneellorl
=of the Irish Exchequer, is_alsout to.eeeeive the hand
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of Miss SKEFFENGToN, of Beltilla. .: r • :
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• The Synced of Glasgow and Ayr have 'appointed
° the 29th day of November next, to be observed within.
their bounds, as a day of public thanksgiving for the
present plentiful crop and favOnrable harvest... ~ ,
Yesterday a Court cif Aldermen *as summoned to
meet at Guildhall, Out *sufficient number of Alder-
men not attending to constitute a Court, the LORD
MAYOR' ordered the price of bread. to beContinued at
Is. Sid. the quartern loaf of wheaten, aid ls. 2d.
household.
A vessel called the Maria Jose 'ha arrived at Lisbon
on the 27th ult. from Monte Video,-frons whence she
sailed about the 10th Atigitst. • '-'Advices have been
received by this opportunity, thatlin 'the' approach of
the military expedition which. left Buenos Ayres for
Cordova, to suppress the insurgents, General LINIERS
had abandoned his situation, and was retiring into the
interior with only about '2OO or SOD Men. It was
presumed that he would be overtakes), as he could
not cross the Cordillera mountains at that-wasps 4
the year. -•., • .
EXCHANGE OF PRISOWEItS.-4t Its UOW"StXted that
the proposition of the French WaS'lnuek'nkire imredi
sonable than was at first.suppose. d : it was not to ex-
change the British and French-en moue, and afterwards
to rclease the Spaniards in the hand; of Ft-At-lit, hut*
Was that. fDr every '(XX) French prisoners released ltr
this Country, We' should get in return, not 3000 Brs.
tisht but 1000 British and 2000 Allies, and.this too.
clogged with a condition that the Allies Were to be
sent to their ;respective countries by us, and at our.
expence. To this preposition our C.o;erionento of
course, has not acceded. • - -•-. --• . -.... .. .
Gi.oucils•rEasittae EtEertos.4.--There was a nu-
merous meeting of the .Electors of Gloucester, who
intend to support Sir Wu. Guise, at the Bush Tavern,
Bristol, on Thursday last, the Rev. Sir A. Extol in
the Chair. At this meeting, in consequence of Mr.
CoAras calling upon the favottred Candidate to state
his sentiments on the- subject of teform,' Sir B. W.
Guns said, that behacktiot given a pledge Ntstilyi
because he found. that utarrrwhe were vrady to igve
pledges were -Slow to perform theist ;- but as he ad
been called on, he did not hesitate to say that he was
friendly to.Pari4upentary.R...gfgrine and should consi-
der it- his duty to
.supgortt Oillenever brOughtfc r.
ward in te House of emnniOnyr .. 1
t. Monday se'nnight,,;. e remains of Professor Satiir?
tlAtit
tysk.were carried from Dose, in Aberdeen; ate.
.glaccd in the Public I-1 .itiar uniierity ; livNii i
whence they were next dail,iiitjidei.tt6 II gra* by
, iloi;Lord Provost and Magistsites. arlr,bifirhr Via-,
AttelAcaderaicus of King's:Colkgr,itiVe 'As that of
:the Ajniversity of which hs Was so, diitirjettiid 'IM
ornament, together with * tigialibi-aValhirtfrbf
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relatives and friends.

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Tfil#4kßlet.

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We are ;equated .tia correct a mistake that has
crept into the Gazette account of the Battle of Bu.
taco, by which the well-earned praise, justly intended
to be bestoWed by 6e COmmander in Chief on the
forty-third Light Inttntry ftegiment, his been errn..
neon* attached to the ferry-eigith Regiment—as it
was the forty-third, 52d, 95tbiancl 3d Cassadores who
repulled, with the Bayonet, the division cf the enemy
.who succeeded in a,scending a part of the Sierra, and
not the forty-eighth, 52d, 95th; and. Sd Cassadores—
That gallant corps, the 48th, never having been at.
taclied 10 the Light Brigade.' The Light Brigade
were divided into demi-Brigades, and given to Lieu-
tenant-Colonel,: BECKWITII and I3ancLav, uniler the
superintendance of Brigadier General Ciatrioan.
M*SSENA bad about 50,000 men 101147 engaged
in the battle of Busaco, the picked troops of his army,
all of whom were French, It is stated, that after the
action the desertions were considerable, not only of
Germans, Poles and Italians, but of Frenchmen.

The 94th Regiment, which was expected from Cadiz
to reinforce Lord WELLINGTON, had arrived when the
Gletiner quitted the Tagui. There is reason to believe
also that all the troops destined from hence for the
eastrurpdie, have reached Lisbon.
lie hundred and seventy recruits, for the Inverness
tirigliand Militia, have arrived from Scotland at
pravesend. under the command of Captain ARNAN,
of That regiment. ,
rlie•4eloton of the 70th Regiment, indef. the com-
mand of Captain CAMEROk, is on the smirch to Tit-
bay fort, when they are to embark for Scotland,
tlttrein be recruited, and filled up for service again.
' Head-quarters to be at Ayr,
The Durham Militia, command iv Colonel O'Cat.-
Lacassitbis on the march to its Awn county, to be
filled up by the ballotted men. •
Major-General THOMAS reviewed that fine regit
ment, the first Somerset Militia, on Thursday last,
the 11th instant, on the Parade, in front of the Go:
vernment-House, Plymouth Dock, and was highly
I pleased with the soldier-like appearance, and steadit
iness of the Battalion, whilst under arms.

Last Friday a number of deserterolroen the Rendk.
armj arrived in Lewes, on their route to An kbi
German Legion at Bexhill.

Late accounts from Lisbon mention that thee
Courerzu was preparing to sail for Algiers. with Mit,
SCARNICIft, the Portuguese Envoy. Mr. Hookzaa,of!
Christ Church,intended taking the same opportunitra
to visit Gibraltar and a part of the Morocco Abut
nions, before he returns to England. •

DUEL.--A duel was fought yesterday on Putney
Heath, between a Mr. Poynder and-Ilkut. Smith;in
which the latter was dangerously vrumbled in the side.
•. Mr.-SIM/DAN having written the inscription -foe
Nelson's Monument, the Corporation ought to revive
the office of City Laurect and bestow it on him. The
last gentleman who held it Wes-Etatio4u Semi, is
Queen Anne's time. • • i* • •••• •• '
• At a sale last weer lisKeittoni near Darlington, of
:Mr.. Charles EU Alings's a bull, aimed Comet,
6 Yeets-old, sold for the uncommon price of lOooguit
l;fleas . and two cows in calf, one for 410, and another
00 ira....
4 guineas.
.;„ Conjugal. infidelity has lately been punished by the
French tribunals,' in 'silt* of the departments, with
tunisual severity, though certainly not inadequate
**loch 2 crime- A wuruan,.who during tbe. abseoce
her husband with the army, had formed an illicit
iconnection, the fruits of which were three children,
livas not only divorced, but sentenced to two years'
imprisonment in the House of Correction, by the Trit
bunal of Montauban. ' •
,•:•A serious accident happened at Brighton, tq Mr!
;BECHT, late House Steward to his Royal Highness
Ale Prince of WALLS, a few days ago. The Gentle-
Irian ai question was descending the Down to the
data' of the place, when his horse fell with him.—
Ills-collar-bone and two of his ribs were fractured,
and contusions received in various parts of his head
'and body. It gives us the sincerest pleasure to add,
that the most sanguine hopes are entertained cf his
ultiMate recovery.
• Sunday se'nnight, in the evening, a fire broke out
at the dwelling house of E. Rogers, the residence of
the:late-Mr. W. Chorley, of Langley, near Wivelis
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combe.. which soon reduced the same to ashes ; but,
kytthe great exertions of the inhabitants of Wivelis-
cortibe, and a good engine, it was prevented from
feetading to the adjoining farm house. No part of
thi•property was insured.
• , Thursday evening, a waggon loaded with wool.
standing in the George Inn-yard, Snow-hill, was dis-
covered to be on fire, but was, by the exertions of the
men in the yard, got under, without ant *TT mew
rial• injury.
Saturday se'nnight, about twelve o'clock, at
gentleman was coming dawn Leith Walks
above the toll, on the high side, he was knocked
dbivn and robbed by two foot-pads, tall stout ores.
'ln the month of June last, a boy was angling far
pike in a small lake on the borders at the river Balm
near Kilrea, in the county of Derry i he stuck Lis
fishing-rod in the ground, at the edge of the witef.
and left it there some time. When he returned. he
found that the bait, which was a frog, had bin*
swallowed by a small pike, which had an
been swallowed by a larger, 91b. weight. and
were caught at once, with a great part of the
the small one between the jaws of the large one.
FORGERY.—Another forgery was discover"! Y.
terday at the Bank. An old man, who resider el
Ryder-street, St. James's, but whose turtle
s~'e tore
mentioning, for the credit of his friends, has long Wee
ite the habit of .acttng as a broker, and having, lrF!
time to time, received sums of money to pirreeese
.ereeks•gave'receipts os if he nad really made die ltr:
chases, which receipts prove vi be forgeries, II is 7,
being purchased fot them. The discover/
by pet son demanding a dividend'. re hAs.
abscon
' A live cat was thrown' fit Sit the window sa-L-r---lhesther
isagdgue at Sheerness, 'di few days se, duttso
Ot. serv,ice, which alarrrfed
.d$ mere_ lace.
iitiPato: that they fled in all direction; fteen. c. 15, yi.fr
thAere. wppreheard onfitOionguotintheeis •onif.eansdierttrediitelf egem