Star.
London, England, 1829-01-17 00:00:00

FROM THE FRONTIERS OF RUSSIA, Doe. 11S.

We have letters from the theatre of war, where operations
seems to be whully at a stand, thoegh the Jostens's from time to'
time amuse their readers with fictitious battles. Great exertions
are making for the re-organisation of tba Russian army; the various
departments of the Administration will be simplified; the respon-
sibilit).of the persons employed be'better secured; and new mea-
sure* adopted, with regard to the magazines. We learn that in
the meantime very extensive contracts ate made, and payments
made In advance to the contractors ; so iliac it slay be •inferred,
that the Russian army will et.ter the field with a force three time? is,
great as list summer. The hospitals, too, wiU hr better regulated.
In order to •pare the entities _country, hardly 'any irregular

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Stroup. are brought into the fled, and the regular light cavaby bad le.
do also the fodiving duty o 1 the Cosiseks. This werretyjnjutioes
to the army, as the Usht cavalry were, by this setvice; iWt alsfeom
important occasions, to act with effect against the excelle4 Turkish
Thin will be remedied.
Orders are already given for 21 polka of Cossacks to join the
army,with which there have hitherto been only ail pulbs. It is also
said that a great part of the artillery. of the Don will take the Geld.
VIIIPIXA, Jan. S.,..filetalliques, P 6; BAIA Shares 1,101151.-41/ge
swine Ailing, Jen. 10.

L 1 t' Y. TIVIILVE O'CLOCK.
Consols o;ened this morning at s7a i for the Ammon, with
little or nothing doing at present.
The bu►iness transacted yesterday afternoon on 'Change► in
foreign hills► was exceedingly small: the great capitalist tibia& but
very few, and there was little demand fur bills. The exchanges
were much the same as last post day. • .

In the Foreign market nothing is doing
CITY. lIALF-PAt;T ONE O'CLOCK.

An Austrian Messenger landed yesterday. and brings, we en-
derstand, favourable intelligence from Constantinople. The Porte
is more tractable, and begins to linen to the proposals of the foirign
Ambamadorithere, in regard to some arrangements for a paeitica-
,
don with Bessie. ,
The Congol market has continued the whole of the morning at
871 for the Account, alternately buyers and sellers; hut the bast.'
ness has been of little chasideration.
We are informed that it is already ascertained there will be a',
saving in the next Budget of one million stetting.

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We are r quebted to contradict the Par.graph in the
Marking Herald, staing that a Bankei% Clerk had di,-
api cam.' and taken with him 50,00 W. The itl ow.ng
is the inc,
One of Messrs. Drummonde cater ing clerks left their house
without notice on Saturiloy evening. the 10th instant. Upon
checking the notes which he had re cored on that day in payment
of the bills and drafts, it was dwcoverr d that he bad entered one
Bank-mite of 44200 as .E5OO, kaving.a fleficerstcy of re:4oo (out of
X 13,000, the whole amount with which he was intrUsted).
A King'. Mrswesger at rived at t' e Foseian Office at,
a late hour on Thursday night, with dispatches front Led Connie,
his MAJILSTY'S Ambassador at Vienna

We under,tend that the Maignis of ANGLEUT was
expected to leave Dublin yesterday fur England.
The Catholic Asiniat on n t t Dublin. as u 11%1.
on Tuesday last. Mr. OToxxvhr. again spoke at considerable
length on the subject of his intended visit to Parliament. A lette r
was read tram Mr. MICHAEL DIV I. a. stating his in:to:ion of accom-
panying him; and a tette' front Dr. Donut was also cummunkated
to the meeting; in which the Reverend Doctor states that he is only
restrained from accompanying Mr. O'Cosseht. by the nature of his
profession.
The present Board. • f Cos onis and Excise in Dublin
are to be forthwbb at &idled, and the duty will elevo!ve upon a
single Commts.htster for each department, who is to be sent oval
hem London. The office of Examinant; of the Customs In the
port of Dublin either is at present abolished, or will be iu the course
of a few weeks.—Thiblin Pieper.
A pension of 1 g.X.) Italics has been grante4 to the.
daughter of M. PICARD.
A specin.en of that rare an.l beautiful bird. the chat•
tere_,t was in the course of last week shot near Bungay.
Burke, the niutd• ter, has ividlessed a letter to the
LORD PROV4OST of Edintuar‘h. exptessing hi, desire to
make a full disclosure of his climes to a Psof:ssional
(lentil-man whom he has named.

Monday the Conimi securers for the Im f tot ements
enteted into a contract ails Mi.Gib.on tat the con-
struction of the King's Bridge, Edinburgh. Tl.e coo-
t' actor is become bound to Jiave the bridge completed
the Ist of August next. The arch is to be forty
feet span.
Thu 'day sennight, while the gaoler was upstairs in
the higher flat • f the Dundee prison, where fen.ales are
chiefly confined, he heard a knock nn.the inside of one
of the doors, followed by a voice, s ying, rr Will yr u
let me out nos ?" Not.doubti:g that this requesr cane
from son.e person who had been admitted by the turn-
key to see some of the prisisner, the gii ler opened ilie
do.ir, and out stepped a fernal.., well dressed, in a silk
gown and bonnet. Nothing yet occurring to excite Els
suspicion, he showed her down stairs. and, when she
got beyond the last inn 'skim, she politely curtised at d
said, " Thank ye." By and by it was discovered that
her request to be let out had been raiber j rematurely
made and granted, more than one ha'f of the Police
court sentence against her yet remaining to be fulfi led.
Lord ButiGifettisii has written an er.tire
to-
gether with the music, is bich has lately been pedal med
five time', not in t e manner of achamber rehearsal to a
tudsical party, but with scenic apparatus and perfect dra-
matic effect', at the palace at Flo' ence in which he resides.
ii 'Larne° is the title of the °pet a, and the parts assigned:
to the different characters were sustained by Sitnosas
Rosa Williams and Carolina del Testa, and by Sign. rsi
Aless.Franci andGaetann Ru.sini, and thet
the greatest success. The Nobli• Pet sonages, who6lleds
not only the vast saloon but the adjoining ro
forth frequently into the most rapturous applause; and'
cx teased their astonistiment.that the Mogi+ us author'
shouldbin the few moments of leisure he has to spare& m.
the important duties of his office, have been able so to ap.
ply his great talents as to reach a degas e of excellence
which is seldem appto rched even by thin e alto devote
their walla lives t 'the study of the ar repv•sesita .
tions uf the Ocera were followed by the. Rerformance of
the School.* Scandal. This Comedy was repre cupid by
English Ladies and Gentlemen, several whom ihtftad
that they had no reason to envy the most consiiiiinle
Wars. in this number wan Lady Burghersh. niose,ex-
quisite performance of Lady Tartzle, the principal' the-
racier ii. the piece, cis.arnied every oni." Th.rCountess di
Brombel es, n hose fine voice and great skill in motile' tie
well know n, sane, one evening, a*sceoaand
to the Opera by Lord Burghers!; for the Isorpose.—Ga.
;vile di Fireize.
Inroxicairtos.—Yesterday. an,tnquesc was, heist. at.
the Rose and Crown, Koightsblistge, on the boclictl
George Beethani, a private in the It rya! I-1 .rse.Guards,
11.ue, aged 25. The deceased, in symmetry, shape. and
height, was the fittest man in the Regiment, and so
greatly admired, that he has been engaged for. souse
• ime to stand in the Royal Academy, as t'.e modelitom,
which the students drew their full length pottraits of
the human figure. It appeared that on Tuesday even=
ing the deceased, on leaving the lioyalAcadembdurnk;
some tile with the p titers, and having pteviouslYtaken!
some rum, be became intoxicated, and was first put
into a coach. the driver receiving instruction, to convey
him to the Knightsbridge Barracks. The porters at'
the Academy, however, neglected to loose his collar an&
stock, and when the coach arrived at the barracks, it
was found chit the poor fellow had died from suffoCa.:
tion. A verdict to that effect was recorded. •
• THE Poor or THR ELaromor.-..The
gentle animal is still more tender than that ortho We}S.
Many elephants are altogetheriocapacitatedlor sexy ic
by diseases of the foot, brought on by ,injuries receix
in travelling. Is it not possible to invent a Shoe v.rhicli
would sate both to strengthen and • dtfencl•the.ftxo.?
The great difficulty would be in firing; it on, as the:
eleph +nes foot, unlike that of the horse, is birth 144
and soft in the sole; but, with the oppostunities foe
study afforded by our menageries, it is, net likely Ojai
ingenuity exerted to this way should long Le 'unrewarded:.
The artist who ‘nray succeed. in inventing shoes for the
elphant will cooler a tasting and irnportent castigation
on some of the gleat..ist countries in the would.

'.THE LING, &c.

1 Wlllbllolto • JAX. 16.—Last evening his Maang
gate a splendid Entettainineot to the tollo*ing disbw,
pistil's.' Pet Atte es, .ho waived at the Cahtle in t,..
Atterboon, to be westing at the C. unell:
The Duke of Wellington I Lard Itllentimtest
Karl Daetime Mr SecreNry Peel
The Eel cie Aberdeen . Sir W. Fremantle
The Lord Chancellor Mr. Goulburn
Lord Melville 1 Mr. Ilerrici
4Lord Teneerden Aid the site of hie Majesty.

MAJRATVIS private B attended and played a
variety of beleet pines during the evening
Lind ELLINIII/lOUGN Lail of LIVERPaOL,
dRFYILpt, ipJ the ,thconosa, tett the Csvie diet the
Covocd;,.rd Ltts ti reminn the oil el N bletrien and
Gentlenlei took their departure tot riot respictire
.•14 k;,.'
Yevierdat Sir 11144011! TAYLOR alto to• k leers of
his if AJIGITy.

• -COURT CIRCULAR. ti
•The LOW) MAT, a itas inv,ted the Cah;net Mitti:icre
and a selves party toe full dreas dinner party ea bloodily next, a
the Mansion noose.
The Edit est •CLAawiti.tau Our Amb4ssadnr at the
Court art Desna) transacted Mineola yesterday. at the °Mee of the
Seereury of State for Foreign Alloirs. %ebb the Karl of Assuan.
• Di,p4tches tr..m Lord Cov Lay. at r An.b4.sador at
Vienna, were received yesterday at the Foreign Mee.
• A Lits.ird of the Lord, f the 'flatus' *4% held yes.
tertLiy, as the Trvasory Chambers.

' BRIGHTON. JANUAIIIf 15.
The Prince's 4tourr*, the weAtber bring damp.
cold; mid set, untAvouttible In sucKeseuritens, did I,oe
take bet usual cAniege airing this aittriinte.•
The Laity P troi,e,.e:Jouith 11.31 of the seA%on :st.
tract 4 upwards of three hundred Fasi i..rahles At the
Old Slopitoonss, I st mghs, altiong,A. horn w e °hon.( dt
Aar, I:Miley, Ilse Countess of Lindsay, the Cotints.s St. Ante.
pin, Luta Porthever, Lutd Alm. Fatah. rtarn'and
Colunel and Mrs: D.then. the Hun. Mt. Hebert, Mr. and the
?Maws Herbert, Sir M .1. and Lady and Me Denary, Lidy.sud
Fremantle, Lady Katherine and .Alts. *assert, lady A.
Bertir, &r Hush Dillon U.ssey, Lady rad Allis Mosey, Lady and
M.S. Sutton, Sir O. and Lady Gib...ee, Mr C. aini Lady Timer,
Sir Chalks Blount, Sir D and L.dy Gould, Sir IL Hunter, Lady
Lyndhurst, Sir John and Lady Ogilvie, Lady C. Barham, the
Harm and itsroness de Hausa, LsJy AI. A. and the Minas
Sotheby, Lady Mary and .a.las Sh.pp.rd, Hon. Cultdrel and tin.
Knox, Alra. Jerningbam, and Ali.. Wykehani.