Star.
London, England, 1826-09-08 00:00:00

PRIVATE LETTER.

Baron Munch 13all.nghausen, Minister of Austi ia, and
President of the Getman D:et, is now at Johannisberg,
:with Prince Met.ernich. It is affirmed that he will re-
ceive from his Irghness fresh instruction, in conse-
quence of which he will have some communications to
make to the Diet, in concert with the Minister of Prussia.
The object of tl ese iustitutivns will be to determine
the last measures to be taken for the definitive organi-
sation (.f the militAry force of the confederation, and to
.regulate also the labours of the M !fury Committee,
relative to the fortresses of Mayence and Luxemburg,
'as well as to determine the spot on which a third for-
tress shall be built.
HAGUE, SM. 5.

The principal Committee formed in February, 182 S,
for the management of the subscription rai,ed for the

relief of the sufferers by the inundation, was dissolved
on the first of this mouth his Majesty has testified to
the members of the Committee hif satisfaction with the
zealous manner in which they have answered the con-
fidence of his Majesty, in the, volution or the business
assigned to them. The management and distribution
of the small sums now in hand, and those that may still
be received, including bills of exchange for 50,00 b
florins, not yet due, are confided to M. de Olilager,
Member of the hamber of Accounts, and one of the
Members of the dissolved Committee,

Previous accounts from Spain and Portugal had led
as to expect something like the late. iasurtection at
Lisbon, the details of which we gave, yesterday.
A letter from an Officer belonging to one of his MA•
JESTIA ships in the Tagus, gives a less rerious character
to this conspiracy. It describes the plot as not having
been extensively formed, and that it was magnified by
the apprehensions of her ROYAL HIGHNESS, who was so
much alarmed as to agitate the question of a vis:t to the
fLag ship, or to be protected by a body guard of marines
from the squadron. Her ROYAI/ HIGHNESS was, how.
ever, pacified without either of these measures being
resorted to. Rear Admiral-SI: R. W. OTWAY, in the
GANGES, had arrived in the Tagus, but was to proceed
Ito his command at Rio de Janeiro on the 80th. The lit-
,-
or goes on to express an exlectation that all will now
remain quiet.

A correct Report of the Speech delivered by Mr.
HUSKISSON, in the House of Commons, on the 12th of
last May, when the Right Honourable Gentleman en-
tered into his luthinous exposition of the system of our
Navigation Laws, has been published. It presents
such a combination of extended research, of philosophi-
cal argument, and of logical deduction, that we
have this day begun the agreeable task of transferring
it into the columns of the STAR: portions of it will
appear until the whole is complete. An Appendix is
given, containing the several official accounts referred
to by Mr. HUSKISSON in the course of his speech, either
for purposes of illustration,, or as the basis of his con-
clusions.

Among the many important regulations which Go-
vernment have recently adopted, with the view of re-
moving restrictions and burthens from trade, there is
not one that will be more sensibly felt, by all classes,
than the Order recently issued respecting Warehoused
Brandy. It will encourage the bringing of Brandy to
this country, to be warehoused in depot ;- _it will enable
the owners of the Brandies, which have fol. several years
been locked up in our public vaults, to dispose of them
for home consumption, which they have hitherto been
prohibited from doing, by having duty to pay on the
deficiencies occasioned by evaporation, whilst lying in
the store ;—and it will thus enabte the public at large
to obtain those fine Old Brandies at moderate prices.

Scarcely a day passes without a Meeting of some
Joint Stock Company, and it is curious to observe the
similarity there has been in conducting the affairs of
many of these concerns, particularly where dealing in
Shares has been permitted. This traffic has been the
ruin and the failure of many of the projects, and the
cause of discord being thrown upon nearly the whole of
them. If they had not commenced proceedings until
the whole of the Share: were paid up, the Directors
would have seen their way; but when a system of job-
bing once began it was soon foreseen that the scheme
would never arrive at maturity, particularly when the
projectors and others, who had realized, backed out.
The numerous failures in such speculations present an
useful lesson to individuals not to embark in such con-
cerns, but, on the other hand, it will deter parties
from projecting schemes that would be beneficial to
adventurers, and of great public utility, as the late dis-
closuies of he affairs of several Joint Stock Companies
have excited universal disgust. The numerous instances
of miscondact and jobbing that have transpired are
likely to be followed by something more than public
exposure, as they will occasion a considerable accession
of business in the Courts of Law, and it is probable that
certain transactions will occupy also the attention of
Parliament.

The subscription for the unemployed Printers proceeds
in a very satisfactory manner, and the Committee, and
the Press, have not spoken in vain. The handsome list
in the first page proves, if it needed proof, the generous
sympathy which has at' all times existed, though on
one side not frequently acknowledged, between the
employer and the employed.

Monday and Tuesday his MAJESTY dined at Virgi-
nia Water, and enjoyed his aquatic excursions from three until five
o'clock, when he 'maned at seven o'clock to the Royal Lodge.
The Duke of YORK transacted business yesterday
with Sir HENRY Toasts's, Adjutant General, Sir WiLiovonav
GORDON, Quartermaster General, and with Sir Ilzmnrwr Tairtoa,
his Military Secretary. The usual medical attendants visited his
Royal Highness. The unfavourable state of the weather has pre-
vented the Royal Duke from taking his accustomed daily airing.
Prince ESTERHAZY, the Austrian Ambassador, trans-
acted business yesteeday afternoon with Mr. Secretary Castes°, at
his Office, in Downing-street. The Secretary of Legation to the
Portuguese Embassy also transacted business at the Foreign Office
yesterday.
The Earl of GUILDFORD and Sir FRANCIS BURTON
transacted business yesterday at the Colonial Office, with Mr. %Vit-
iate-Heaton, Under Secretary of State for the Colonial Department.
Mr. WILMOT-HORTON arrived in town OR Wednes-
day, from Newmarket.
Despatches were received at the Foreign Office yes-
terday, from the Right Hon. Sir CHARMS Besot, our Ambassador
to the Netherlands, and front Lord GIANVILLZ, our Ambassador
at Paris.
It is NO/ true, as has been stared in some of the News.
papers, that bir. W. P. CA's/QM:, the son of the Right Hon. Gitoads
CANNING, has been promoted to the tank of Post captain.
Mr. RUFUS KING, the late American Minister, w4s
the first Minister to this conutry after the acknowledgment of the
independence of the United States by our Government. Ile re-
mained but a short time in England on his second mission, return-
ing soon after to the United States, le.tving his son as the Charge
d'Afraires till the arrival of Mr. Gtutzus. Mr. KING, senior ,'is
far advanced in years.
New stables are about to be erected at 'Cumberland
Lodge, upon the plan of the stables at Carlton Palace.
Just after SHERIDAN had taken a new i ouse, he met
Lord Guttnroszt, to whom he said, " Well, all will now go on like
• clock work." " Aye," said his Lordship, " tick, tick."

N. M. ROTHSCHILD'S SPLENDID ROUTE. '
Yesterday being the day appointed to introduce the
Bride and Bridegroom, previous to their marriage on
Monday tiext, to the numerous and fashionable friends
of their parents, for Which preparations have been
making for several days past in a most splendid and
costly style, various artists of the first rate description
having lined employed to decorate the suite of apart-
ments,wtich were most elegantly and tastefully laid out.
The supper consisted of every delicacy of the season ;
the tout ensen44 was a complete Oriental Banquet.—
Amongst the Noble Personages who were present at the
above sumptuous entertainment, we noticed—
Prince Esterbazy, with his Secretary ; Prince Polignac ; Sir
Charles Flower and daughter;. Messrs. Bowden and Buller, Bank
Directors • James Campbell, Misses Trotters, Lady Harvey, Col.
French, Baton Duperghen and daughter, Spanish Ambassador, Dr.
Hume and family, Archibald Campbell and daughter, the Barons
Rothschihls, with the Bride and Bridegroom.
Owing to there being a dinner at the Trinity House,
and the notice being so short, a great number of the
Nobility were prevented from attending.
The dancing began early, and the party broke up
about two o'clock this morning.