Star.
London, England, 1811-03-21 00:00:00

the march of

the confines of Prussia, and speak must confirm
approaching hostilities between Russia and France.
The conscription is expected to be carried into exe.
cution at Hamburgh with the utmost rigour, and no
exception will, it is said, be allowed. The distress oc
casioned in that city, in a mercantile point of view, is
beyond all description : money is uncommonly scarce,
and numerous bankruptcies are expected.
in Holstein the quantity of grain upon hand is ina-
mense, and the farmers, in consequence of having no
market for the sale of it, are reduced to such great dis-
tress that the greater part will not be able to pay their
rents. The number of troops in this part of the Da-
nish territory is stated at 16,000 men.
The old report of an attack on this island-has,
within these few days, been revived. In the Jande
the French have 25 armed vessels, 12 of which are
brigs of the size of our sloops of war, and more are
• expected to rendezvous in the neighbouring rivers
'from Antwerp, where they have a safe passage by
is
[inland navigation.
P. S. 2 P.M.—We have just received positive in-
formation, that the French gun-brigs and gun-boats
(seven in nitinber), have got round to the Elbe, and
are now stationed in Cuxhaven, so that for the pre-,,,
sent we can expect little or no intercourse from that
quarter.
Yesterday his MAJESTY walked on Windsor Terrace
before and after dinner. In his former walk he was
accompanied by Drs. HEBERDEN and BAILLIE and in
the latter by Generals MaNNEas and GA RTH) his Equer-
ries in waiting.
Yesterday being the day appointed for the public
Fast, her MAJESTY and the PRINCESSES heard divine
service in Windsor Castle.
Tuesday his Royal Highness the PRINCE REGENT
honoured the Earl and Countess of DERBY with his
company to dinner. Among the distinguished per-
sonages invited to partake of the splended entertain-
' meat given on the occasion, were the Marquis and
Marchioness of STAFFORD, the Marquis and Marchio-
ness of DowNsnitta, the Marquis of LaasnowNe,, the
Earl and Countess of DAttausr, the Earl of LAMER.
PALE, Lord GRENVILLE, &C. •
Avery fine sturgeon, wei&ng one hundred pounds,
was caught at Hampton, on Tnesclay last, and, agree-
ably to custom, was carried to the Lotto MAYOR :
his Lordship immediately sent it by Nelson, the De-
puty Water Bailiff, to the PRINCE RELiEN r, who gra-
ciously accepted it:
The of very fatal to the

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7'HE FAST

Yesterday being the day appointed for a General
Fast and Humiliation, it was religiously observed in
all parts of the metropolis.
About 12 o'clock. the House of Lords, consisting
for the time of the Lord High Chancellor, with the
usual officers of that House, the Archbishop of Can-
terbury, the Archbishop of York, and the Bishop of
London, with nine other Prelates, accompanied by
the Earl of Liverpool, and by the Lords Bolton and
Walsingham, proceeded to the Abbey Church of Sc.
Peter,Westroinster. Having here joined in the prayers
for the day, and afterwards heard a seasonable and,
impressive sermon from the Rigla Reverend the Lord
Bishop of Litchfield and Coventry (Dr. Cornwallis),
their Lordships,contributing to the poor-plate as they
departed, separated in the customary manner.—The
Abbey was thronged ; and the'Bishop, although ra-
ther advanced in years, delivered his sermon with
clearness and with energy.—The Very Reverend the
Dean of Bristol, Dr. Parsons, appointed to preach
before the House of Commons, also delivered an in.
ielligent and animating sermon, in the church of St.
Margaret, Westminster, from Jer. eh. iv. and v. 14 :
6, () Jerusalem, wash thine heart from wickedness,
that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thy Vain,
thoughts lodge within thee 1" Besides the Speaker
of the Commons, together with the official attendants
on that assembly, several Members were present. On
kis quitting the church, the St. Margaret's Volunteers,
who were present during Divine Service, accompa-
nied the Speaker, seated in his-state-coach, to his own
house. The church was literally crowded r. and the
service of it was conducted throughout with dignity,
and with devotion. No collection of money was at-
tempted here.

The Hon. Fittoznict PONSONEY, brother of Lord
Porsossiv, has been returned for the Borough of
Galway, in the room of Mr. JAMES DALY, who has
accepted the Escheatorship of Munster.
Aaitesrs.—The object of the Amendments made
by the Committee in the Arrests Bill is to extend the
provisions of the Act of 184)3, so that no person shall
be arrested for a sum which did not originally amount
to £2O, exclusive of costs, charges, and expences in-
curred in suing for the same, except on bills of ex-
change or promissory notes.
INSOLVENT DEBTORS.-B 7 the Insolvent Debtors
sill, as amended in the Committee, where the credi-
tors of the prisoner (exclusive of those at whose suit
ke is detained) are numerous, or. their residence re-
mote, Court to be empowered to order (instead of
individual service of notice) notice of petition to be
inserted in the 2.ortdon Gazette and two or more News-
papers, twenty days at least before the day for hear-
ing the matter of the petition. The proviso respect-
ing.debtors wantonly wasting or fraudulently dis-
posing of their effects, whilst in prison, left out, and
a new proviso substituted, enacting that any prisoner
baying done so, within five years before applica-
tion, with intent to consume property instead of ap-
plying it to the discharge of debts, shall 'not be en-
tided to the benefit of the Act. Clause added giving
power m the Court, upon the application of priso-
ner or of any creditor, to require assignees to render
accounts upon oath to compel the production of bca?ks,
papers, :cc. and take such measures as may be neces-
sary to compel the rendering of account and proper
distribution of effects, and to have power to award
costs against any of the parties as justice may require.
Proviso added to prevent the discharge of uncertifi-
cated bankrupts for any debt which might have been
proved under the commission, unless detained in pri-
son five years before application, or unless certificate
signed by the major part of the Commissioners, and I
only defective for want of the signature of a sufficient
proportion of creditors. ' Clause added empowering
the Court to commit to the next county gaol assignees,
or their executors or administrators not delivering
over effects or paying balance according to the order
of the Court. Clause left out respecting persons im-
prisoned by processes from Courts of Conscience.—
Clause added directing that insane prisoners (their
insanity being certified to the Court, after examina-
tion by a Justice or Justices of the Peace) may be dis-
charged by the Court, after directing due notice, and -
clerk of Court to execute assignment in the name of
prisoner, except where commission of lunacy, and
then assignment to be executed by committee of lu.
narks, under the direction of the Court of Chancery.
The quantity of British coin seized during the year
ending February 1, 1811, amounts, in gold, to
'10,427 7s. 6J. and in silver, to £9O 15s. The gold
exported, during the same period, iimounted, in bul-
lion, to 12,635 ounces, 11 dwts. in coin, to 45,853-
ounces, 3 dvvts. and 1200 pieces ; in plate, 73ounces,
8 dwts. The silver coin exported, to 2,387,463
ounces, and $ dwts. The silver plate, to 88,832
ounces, 6 dwts.
Accounts from Dunkirk state, that the three Ame-
rican sailors, who who were left en board Mary Ann
(captured by a French privateer, afterwards gallantly
recaptured by the American Captain, but who was
unfortunately obliged to abandon her), were in a short
time after their arrival in that port, tried, condemned,
and shot by the French.
A French Gentleman left this country about a fort-
night ago, for France, whose only purpose in visiting
it, was, to purchase seeds and plants for Empress Jo-
WHINE, which he took away with him, to the value
of about seven hundred pounds.
Bonaparte, to a recent Address from the Electoral
College of La Vendee, returned the following an-
bwer Whatever you tell me in your Address, I
experienced in my last journey to your country. The
view of your cities aid your villages was horrible. I
have made war in three quartets of the world. I be-
, Live I have a right to the gratitude of the people I
have vanquished, for'six months after the termination
of the war no traces of it remained on their territory:
I was affected with the sentiments which my people of
La Vendee profess for me. They do well to reckon
upon the love I bear them. Let all traces of your
domestic. misfortunes quickly disappear : I have given
orers to my Minister of the Interior to employ new
rwaos for your assistance. When you repair a ruin,
rthuild one of your houses, consider that you do
what is most agreeable to me • it is a certain way of
pleasing me. The first time that you come here, tell
me that all your cities and villages are entirety rebuilt,
and that my people of La Vendee are accommodated
as becomes the fertility of tl.e:r