Star.
London, England, 1819-01-23 00:00:00

BRUSSELS, JANUARY Is.

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Tomorrow the Court goes into mourning for four
weeks, for their Majesties the Queens of Spain and
Wurtemburg.

The King arrived here yesterday evening.
The preliminary proceedings in the charge brought
against several persons accused of a plot tending to
place on the throne of France the son of Napoleon,
and to give the Regency to her Majesty the Empress
Maria-Louisa, are terminated : two of them are to
be set at liberty, the others are to be tried.
A tar on sugar is spoken of, against which the re-
finers of Amsterdam have petitioned. It would
surely be easy to reconcile the interests of the peti-
tioners and those of the Treasury, by prohibiting the
importation of foreign refined sugar, and laying, a
duty on raw sugar. Our own refiners would derive
great benefit from so wise a measure, and the Trea-
sury would lose nothing.
J.oruArtv 16.—The King wishing to eternize the
battle of Waterloo, which confirmed the independence
of our country, cementing it with the blood of the
Prince of Orange, has ordered M. Vefquin, the Chief
Engineer, to present to him the plan of a Monu-
ment, to be erected on the spot where the victory
was decided.

JANUARY 17.—The Vollaaire, from Batavia, has
arrived in the Texel, after a passage of 100 days. It
arrives very seasonably to contradict the news of an
insurrection at Samarang, which has been circulated
on the authority of the English papers. All the let-
ters from Java, up to the Ist October, 1818, agree
in stating that the Colony enjoyed the most perfect
tranquillity. Produce was at a very high price, and
there were more than seven:y vessels in the Roads of
Batavia, a number which proves the increasing acti:
vity of commerce. The news received from the Mo-'
inceas was so favour:Re, and good older and tran-
quillity so well eqablislied in the islands, that the
ICommissaries General have ; esrilved to recal General
de Kock, that he may resume his military functions,
and to nominate for Government oldie Moluccas M.
Tilenius Krucbthoff, now Governor of Macassar,
whtre he is succeeded by M. Servateris, resident at
Cheribon.

A most friendly alliance has lately been concluded
by M. A. Boukfelt, Commissioner of the Netherlands,
with the Sultan of Pontian, on the East Coast of
Borneo, who has long desired it. This alliance seems
to have been pr3moted by the assistance afforded by
Major Muntinge against some powerful neighbours,
his tributaries, after a short combat, in which only
the Surgeon, Mr. Vertruggen, was wounded, he de-
cided the affair in his favour. The Sultan expiessed
his entire satisfaction to the Major, and desired to
testify his sincere gratitude to the Government of the
Netherlands. This Prince is a polished and well-in-
formed man, who governs with mildness.
The shipwreck of his Majesty's ship Amsterdam,
is a great loss to the lovers of natural history, as it
had on board a vast number of objects of natural
history, collected with the greatest care, as well at
Java as at St. Jago and the Cape, many of which it
will be difficult to replace.
Accounts from Batavia, of 26th September, say—
" In the course of the year 1818, the troops of the
Netherlands were going to resume possession of the
Settlement of the Netherlands at Padang, on the
west coast of Sumatra ; but difficulties were made
by the British Government at Bencoolen, which
obliged the troops to return to Java. The authority
of the Netherlands has been recognized for these two
' years past on the East Coast of the Empire of Pa-
lembang, opposite Banco."

Yesterday at twelve o'clock, the Lord.; of the
Council met at the Council Office, Whitehall; there
were present the Loan PRESIDENT, the Earl BA.
rifunsr, the Judge of the Admiralty Court, Sir WIL-
LIAM GRANT, &c.. Their Lordships continued their
Sitting till three o'clock.
The new Earl of HurrriNGDou is at present Ord-
nance Storekeeper at Enniscorthy.
The Right Hon. T. H. SKEFPiNGTON is presented
with the Governorship of the County of Louth, and
Colonelcy of the County Regiment.
Earl MOUNTNORRIS IS appointed Governor of the

County Wexford.
WILLIAU BROWNE, Esq. is appointed Custos Ro-
tulorum of the County Carlow.
THOMAS FENTON, Esq. is chosen Chief Examiner
in the Irish Chancery; and BERTRAND MITIPORD,
Esq. Purse Bearer to said Court, vice MINIT.
GEORGE MAYNE, Esq. is appointed Assistant-Bar-
rister of the County Cavan, vice BETTY.
RICHARD ROCHTORT, Esq. is appointed Custom
Surveyor in the Port of Dublin.
The late Lord Viscount LORTOW was Governor
and Cdstos Rotulorum of the County Roscommon,
and the late Viscount NORTIRLAND of the County
Tyrone.
Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at the East
India House, when Captain J. Mi 1.14 was sw.Ftt into
the command of the ship Minerva,. conitoNl to 1115.:
dras and Bengal.
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Huseema—The East Essex Fox Roue& riser ett Wary, se
Basely 1141; aad Ott Thursday, at amplest' HA.
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NATAL 11.1TELLIGENCA.

PENZANCE, JANUARY ao,
Wind W.—Arrived the Mary Ann, DASIILIII froth
St. Michael's, with damage. •

PORTSMOUTH, JANUARY sts:
Wind W. S. W. blows ♦ery hard, with continual
gnst.s.

DEAL, JANUARY ss.
Wind S. W. and thick weather,--Arrived and
sailed for the. Ryer, the Hawkesbury, HUNTYR, from
St. John's, New Brunswick Union, CARDEN, from
Waterford : remain the whole of the outward-bound,
all well.

RAMSGATE, JANUARY ss.
Wind S.—Came in the James transport, with her
hall damaged ; Richard, FINDLA?ER, also with hull
damaged ; and several others for shelter.

MARGATE, JANUARY IZZ
Arrived yesterday, the Unity, WENvatofta, from
Batavia, and sailed this morning for London. The
Fame, of Dartmouth, was got off from Foreness rock
yesterday evening, and proceeded for London.

• LIVERPOOL, JANUARY 21.
The Sarah, SMITH, from hence and New York,
was stranded at Rio Janeiro the ➢Bth of November,
with part of her outward-bound cargo on board. The
Meridian, BUDD, from New Orleans, for this pit,
arrived the 18th instant, in Studwall-roads, with loss
of sails.
ST. IVE'S, JANUARY eo.
Came in the Speedwell, HANNINGTON, of and for
Chichester, from Waterford, with oats, leaky.

NORTH SHIRLDS. JANUARY so.
Last night the Scipio, HENDERSON, of London, ht
coming into this harbour, got upon the Herd Sand,
but was got off this morning, and makes no water.

WATERFORD, JANUARY 16.
The smack Betsey, of Waterford, BEvas, which
sailed from this for Br;stol on the 7th, with provisions,
and five or six passengers, was lost on the morning
of the 11th, in a violent storm on the coast of North
%Vales, South cf Carnarvon bay. The mate, named
DAVIM, and a passenger named GAIIAN, were saved ;
for Captain BavAN and the rest of the crew and pas-
sengers the most serious apprehensions are entertained.