Star.
London, England, 1820-01-15 00:00:00

BRUSSELS; JANUARY L

Among the various pamphlets which are from time
to time put in circulation among the French troops,
there is one in particular, called the Cateehime des
Braves, which particularly preaches opposition to
all Officers who do not belong to the old Army, and
represents a foreign war as what is most desirable for
France. Other such writings relate to the present
political events. The necessary measures are taken
to discover the persons who circulate these works.
—The Governors of the Fortresses, and Colonels of
the Legions and Regiments,. have received official
instructions to suppress this evil, as experience has
shewn the bad consequences of such intrigues.

A Gentleman, whe is a native of Spain, arrived in
this country a few days ago from Lima, having quit-
ted that city about the middle of August. He came
by a circuitous route, having crossed the Isthmus of
Darien, and visited Spain, previously to his reaching
England. The direct communication with Lima, by
Brit6h vessels, has been so long interrupted, that he
brings nevertheless the latest intelligence from that
quarter. From his information we learn, that after
Lord COCHRANE had relinquished the blockade of
Callao, and had sailed for Valparaiso, a commercial
intercourse with Lima had arisen, productive of great
advantages to those engaged in it. Those were chiefly
the Merchants of „Jamaica, who were sending cargoes
suited to the supply of.the Peru market, to Porto-
; from whence the goods were carried across
the Isthmus of Darien, to Panama, and re-shipped
there in American vessels. Allowing for the expense
of double freight, with land carriage over a moun-
tainous and difficult country, the speculations yielded,
in many instances, a profit of nearly 100 per cent.—
At the time our informant left Callao, all Spanish
vessels were strictly confined to the harbour, not
venturing to stir out, on account of their uncertainty
respecting the movements of Lord COCHRANE, and
of the number of cruizers under the Chilian flag that
abounded iu the Pacific Ocean.

His Royal Highness the Duke of KENT is indis-
posed with a severe cold, which has confined him to
his room since Sunday last.
his Royal Highness the Duke of Sosszx, the Dukes
of.'4oneoLK and Btrironce, the Marquis of TA VI-
4TuilE, Lord kinsitm, and many other Noblemen,
are expected on a visit at Ilolkham-Hall, the latter
part of next week, and remain till Sunday, the MI
instant, when they will arrive in Norwich, and honour
W. Fosteit, Esc). with their company.
The DJ ke and Duchess of ST. ALBANS are arrived
at their horse in St. James's-square, from their seat,
Gat- on, Surrey.
The Dowager Duchess of RUTLAND is arrived at
Ilelvoir Castle, frum Leicestershire.
The Marquis of BATD has a large party of fashion-
able :hors, during the holidays, at. his seat, Long.
leat, ilt;.
The M.irqiiis of WoacEsren has left town for
Badrnintom, (iloocesteishi:c.

LEEDS, JANUARY I.S.
The Detachments of Miliiiry, mentioned in my
last,-returned to their quarters, in this town, last
night ; and, from what I can learn, they seem to
have gene on a wrong scent. At least nothing has
transpired here as to what arrests have been made,
nor can I learn any particulars beyond what was
stated in my last letter.
The linen trade in this quarter is considerably re-
covered from the depressioa under which it has, in
common with the other manufacturing branches, so
long laboured ; and I am happy to learn that. some
extensive foreign orders have arrived, particularly
from South America and the Cap* of Good Hope.—
Large quantities are also preparing tg be shipped for
the United States, from whence the accounts are of
a decidedly more favourable nature than for the last
twelve months ; but it will require a brisk demand,
indeed, and for, a considerable time, to take .off the
immense stocks of goods accumulated in the hands
of the merchants and large manufacturers ; and till
that be in some degree effected, the workmen and
small manufacturers can reap, comparatively, but

little benefit from the favourable change and re-ac-
den that is evidently taking place. It is much to
be wished, that our merchants may not play again
the foolish game of speculation which has reduced
so many thousands to beggary ; inundating every
quarter of the globe with British manufactures, till
every market became glutted with them, and they
were suffered to rot in the stores of the venders, or
brought to the hammer, and sold for less than one-
third of their value, to defray the import duties !
These galling truths must be yet fresh in their me-
mories. Let theftl/4therefore, (at least for some
time to come), limit Nit. exports to the strict letter
of their orders, and there is no doubt but all things
will again revert into their proper channels—though
it were vain to anticipate, or expect, that our torn-
merce will ever attain the height at_ which it once
stood ; the altered state of society, throughout the
civilized world, precludes the possibility of this.
The price of wool (especially in this part of the
Kingdom), is evidently on the advance ; and both
the growers and staplers seem averse either to sell or
buy at the present prices ; they each hang back, in
expectation of an altered state of the markets.

The frost here has been so intense, that no vessels
have been able to proceed between Selby and Hull,
for the past week.

The Marquis and Marchioness of TA'srpriocc are
returned to their seat, Oakley House, Bedfordshire,
from a visit to the Duke and Duchess of Bituroao,
at Woburn Abbey.
Gorhambury, the seat of the Earl and Countess of
Vsaut.Ast, has been a scene of great festivity and
amusement during the holidays.
The Earl and Countess COWPER have left their
seat, Pansanger, Hens, em a visit to the Earl and
Countess of JaRS CY, at their seat, Middleton Park::
The Earl and Countess of JERSZI are entertaining
a large party of fashionables, at their seat, Middle-
ton Park, Oxfordshire.

Dean JACKSON passing one morning through Christ
Church Quadrangle, Oxford, met some Under Gra-
duates who walked along without capping. The Dean
called one of them, and asked, " Do you know who
I am?" " No, Sir." " How long have you been in
College ?" " Eight days, , Sir." " Oh, very well,"
said the Dean, walking away, "Puppies don't open
their eyes till the ninth day."

Skaiing has seldom been exhibited in greater per-
fection than at Wisbeach, on the 10th instant, when
eight of the most celebrated runners in England met
to contest the pfize of superiority. The course, which
is half a mile out and back again, and run twice over,
making two miles in the whole, had been measured
out and prepared, below the town ; the former mile
was, for the most part, performed in three minutes ;
the latter in three minutes and ten seconds. The ele-
vated mounds, which confine the River on either side,
gave all the advantages of an ancient Theatre to the
immense concourse of spectators from every part of
the country.
In the evening ffThursday se'anight, as a.smuggling
boat was working into Sandgate, the men employed
in the Revenue Service came upon them, and meet-
ing some resistance in making their seizure, fired
upon the party, when one poor man, belonging to
Sellinge, was shot dead upon the spot, and another
severely wounded.
BAD TIMIS !—A sexton of a parish church within
a hundred miles of Stafford, complaining of the hard.
ness of the times, said that he bad dug only two
graves within the last fortnight !
Miss Boerne's New Noviti..—We are requested
to state, that a Second Edition of Miss Rummy's
Tales of Fancy, complete, in Three Volumes, contain-
ing " Country Neighbours," and " The Shipwreck,"
is published this day, by COLUMN and Co.
New SOUTH WALEs.—Some specimens of wool,
the first ever sent to England, the produce of this
Colony, were sold yesterday, by public auction, at
Garraway's, and obtained prices that cannot but be
gratifying and encouraging to the agriculturists of
that Settlement. Wools in general have seldom been
known so low as at the present period, yet many
samples of that from New South Wales were pur-
chased at above Ss. the pound ; the whole averaged
a higher price than some Spanish wool, offered at
the same sale, and more than doubled that of some
specimens of German growth, also sold yesterday, at
G.irraway's. Some excellent judges of the article,
who were present at the sale, declared their opinion,
that had the wool been more carefully sorted,
and the finer portions of it effectually separated
from the coarser, considerably higher prices would
have been given. The farmers of the colony have
succeeded perfectly in producing fleeces of a fine
quality, and have only to learn the further art of as-
sorting it properly for the British market. The wool
from New South Wales pays no duty : the whole
amount, therefore, is divided between the grower and
the importer.

BRIGHTON, JANUARY 15. ,
About ten minutes before six o'dock this evening,
the Parses RIOVIT, accompanied by Gdheral&r
B. BL6OIIIIELD, returned to Marlborough-ro*..The
Palace is not yet in due order for his Royal High-
ness's reception.
The weather continues intensely cold, and snow,
ancle-deep in the shallowest places, where no efforts
to remove it have been employed, continues to cover
the surface of the rides and walks. A night more
sharp than the last is not in the recollection of any
person in this part of the country; and to-day it has
frozen in the solar rays. The wildest of the fea- '
thered tribe, pinched by the frost, and tamed by the
want of food, leave the woods and fields for warmer
shelter and the habitations of man ; even blackbirds,
starlings, larks, and thrushes, have been pursued by
boys at mid-day, about the southern part .ot this
place, and easily taken by the hand.

WINTER SCENES.

BY JOHN MAYNE. -

How keen and howling is the storm !
Stern Winter ip its bitt'rest form !
Long, cheerless nights, dnd murky days
No sun-beam gladdens Blis'ty's ways !
The frost has stapp'd yon village-mill,
Mid Labour, ev'ry where, stands still
Lora, weary travlers, as they go,
Are wilder'd in the trackless snow,
And dread, each step, that drizzling sleet
And snow may be their winding-sheet
To town or city if we turn,
What numbers weep, what numbers mourn!
Unshelter'd sons of Toil and Care, •
Cold, shilering, comfortless, and bare !
Sad troupes, who ne'er knew need before,
Begging for bread from door to door !
While helpless Age, too frail to roam,
Is perishing, for want, at home I
Hard fate ! when poverty and years
Assail us, in this vale of tears,
Till Death, the dismal scene to close,
In pity, terminates our woes !
0! ye, whom Paovinexez bath blest,
• With wealth to succour the distrest,
0 ! lend your help in time of need
The naked clothe—the hungry feed,
And great, from fizaer, shall be your meed !

In several places the fall of snew has been very
great, within these few days. At Tewkesbury, in
Gloucestershire, it has clrifted to nearly twelve feet
high ; in the Fens of Lincolnshire, and near Ely, it
is upwards of five feet high.

The Thames is unnavigable: several pieces of
drifted ice have forthed themselves opposite Fish-
mongers' Hall, near the Old Swan, twelve feet high,
and have a splendid and imposing appearance.

The LORD MAYOR has given positive orders to the
respective Officers, to see that every resident inhabi-
tant has the foot-path and pavement before his house
cleansed,• swept, and scraped, by ten o'clock each
morning ; and, in all cases of failure, to summon the
parties before him. It is really distressing to hear of
the numberless accidents that daily occur, from the
want of that precaution : last night a man, with five i
barrels of 'oysters, fell down, in St. Paul's Church-
yard, and dislocated his wrist ; another, in the Mino-
ries, fractured his head ; a third, a shoe-maker, at
the corner of Dean-street, Soho, broke his leg, and
was conveyed to the Middlesex Hospital : but, to nar-
rate all the cases which have come to our knowledge,
would be endless,
Tuesday, the Merchants' House of Glasgow voted
£2OO in aid of the Subscription for the Relief of the
Industrious Poor in that City.
The poor of Sheerness and Garrison are supplied
' weekly with coals by means of a liberal subscription,
under the humane and fostering protection of the
Honourable CommisSioner BoyLa, aided by a Com-
mittee of the Gentlemen of that place.
Lord Buntet.xy last week relieved the Debtors in
Beaumaris Gaol ; and ninety families are supplied
twice a week with soup and a loaf, from the Mansion
of Baron-hill.

Ls GINDRE STA Esq. gave to the poor,
around his seat at Huntroyd, in Yorkshire, on Christ-
mas-Eve, no less than four fat bullocks and a scot,
and also warm clothing and money.
All the bakers' shops, for a considerable distance
'round the neighbourhood of St. Giles's, were sud-
denly cleared of their entire stock of bread, yester-
day, even to their last penny roll, under the following
interesting circumstances :—lt had been observed,
that the children of the Irish School, in St. Giles's,
in many instances, lately fainted away, whilst en-
gaged at their lessons : and upon Mr. FINNIGAN, the
Superintendent, snaking inquiry into the cause, he
discovered that their indisposition was entirely occa-
sioned by want of fiod, many of them receiving no
other sustenance than a small quantity of potatoes,
once in twenty-four hours. Yet their desire of learn-
ing was, in general, so ardent, that not the slightest
complaint was made to the Superintendant ;—they
went about their little tasks as earnestly as though
they were in the enjoyment of every comfort. These
circumstances came to the knowledge of Mrs.
COUTT'S yesterday, and, with. her accustomed bene-
volence, she ordered an ample Supply of bread to be
sent instantly to the School, for the relief not only of
the poor children, but their parents also ; and her or-
der was executed so liberally and promptly, that all
the bakers' shops in the neighbourhood were instantly
stripped of their contents, as we before described.
About a fortnight ago, a Requisition, for calling a
Meeting of the County of Stafford, to take into con-
sideration the state, of the numerous suffering Poor of
the County, was drawn up. This Requisition was
signed by Lords Anson, CREWE, VERNON, BRAD
FORD, and by about forty Gentlemen of the highest
respectability in the County ; and yet, strange to tell,
the Sheriff hesitates to comply, begging leave to
take a few days for considering the proposition, " as
the times arc rather feverish !* It is reported that
the Sheriff referred the Requisition in question, to
the Magistrates assembled at de Quarter Sessions ;
and that it was negatived by them !!i- We cannot
Pgive credence to this—the first instance of ntancwillg
üblic Meetings under the Now Laws.