Star.
London, England, 1811-10-24 00:00:00

411a7oLT MAIL.
VALINCIA6VALCAN CARA, SEPT. 9.
Truxillo no lOnger exists but in name. The enery
left it in a state to cause.everlasting horror. Those
monsters are now in Placentia, Almaraz, &c. on the
other side of the Tajo.
General D. CArlos Hispena writes from his head.
quarters, near Ledisraa, that i.e had taken above 30
Frenchmen, which he had placed at the dispositku of
Lord Wellington.
FRONTIERS OF HUNGARY, SEPTEMBER 17.
The General in Chief, Count Kutosow, has not yet
arrived at Bucharest, although he is daily expected.
A courier, dispatched by B.tron nobsch, arrived
some time ago at Bucharest, from Constantinople.,
We learn, that on his return he was conducted from
Sistow to the camp of the Grand Vizier. We are
ignorant whether he will be permitted to continue
his journey.
HAMBURGH, SEPTEMBER SO.

with an alq.itir of seed t 0 or 40 persons should be c.
prived of their ploportion. of 53 reas each.
" Under these circumstances, by this or either of the
modes which may meet the apptobation of our gene.
rous benefactors, shall the distribution be made with
the Most scrupulous punctuality. Goo preserve you
many years. (Signed)
" VIE BISHOP OF GUARDA."
/ROM THE BISHOP OF CASTELLO BRANCO.
" Gastullo Branca, June 55,1511.
OR the 23d inst. I received your letter of the
18th, in which you confide to me the distribution of
the succours the generous British nation transmits
for the assistance of the unfortunate, who suffered
from the French invasion. t ought to acquaint you,
that I, with difficulty, undertake the distribution of
these succours amongst the places belonging to my
Bishopric, since the extent thereof from east to west
is 26 league ,arti from north to south, 10 leagues ;
there are 811Arishes, which in 1801 contained 18,114
families, composed of G9,12' souls. Into almost the
whole, the enemy entered ; and in those which they
did not visit, the inhabitants suffered much from be-
ing Obliged to quit their homes, and take refuge in
the mountains; thus exposing themselves to the nick.
mency of the weather, which produced epidemic dis-
eases : these yet increase. •
64 I request you will inform me if the places not
invaded are to be contemplated in the above-men-
tioned subsidy. I delivered the letter you transmitted
me ; the money is ready, and I shall receive it in
proportion as applications are made; and in proper
time I shall transmit to you the lists of the names,
duly signed by me. The object encourages exertion;
and the English nation, as far as I am interested, has
every title to my thanks and gratitude. GOD pre-
serve you, &c. (Signed)
44 THE BISIIOI' OF CASTELLO BRANCO."
• FROM TILE BISHOP OF GUARDA.
" Guanla, July 3, ISt It
44 I had the honour of presenting you with the in-
closed report, drawn up in consequence of a verbal
Communication of arrangements being made for the
immediate disttibution, by the intervention of the
Bishops, of the relief which the magnanimous British
nation has been pleased to bestow on the urgent ne-
cessities of the inhabitants and the provinces of this
kingdom, invaded and laid waste by the enemy ; and
I now see, by your letter of the 18th of June, that the
said report may be re-examined : it goes, however,
without any alteration, from my having said that
it should so return to you.
44 In this report, 1 declare, that there are in my
diocese 206 parishes, all more or less poor ; and that
many parishioners labour under severe and even con-
tagious distempers, proceeding from hunger, poverty,
and privation of any kind of wholesome food, and
want of change of linen ; and that, should an equal
distribution take place of the 8600 mil-reas, each
would receive something more than 17 reas. This.
calculation, however, will :idmit of some alteration,
in case of a smaller parish with a smaller number of
sick and indigent, for the purpose or increasing the
relief to others more populous, or containing a greatfr
number of sick. With this sum, twelve poor of eagh
.parish, sick, or fathers of families, burthened with
unfit for - 'ice from their - might f-

By a Decree of the Commission of Government,
dated the 27th inst. all proprietors of ships, of what-
ever description, are ordered to furnish, within a spe-
cified time, to Government, a declaration of such
ships, their description, tonnage, the port to which
' they belong, and the place where they are at present.
The ships, the proprietors of which have not com-
plied with these formalities, shall be placed under se-
. questration until their condemnation be pronounced.
\(PRIVAT It LETTER.)- gg OPORTO, ogr. lff.
" Colonel Trant left this place a few Jays ago, to
organize a new regiment of militia, in the interior,
Which has been supplied with arms, and will be ready
for service in a very short time.
" Accounts from headquarters, up to the 111 h,
say that the British army was rather sickly. The
number of the sick •in the Anglo-Portuguese farces
amounts to 15,000 men, but.it will decrease as the
season advances. Neither army is preparing to do
any thing at present, zpd the head. quarters remain in
the same situation.
" Letters from Gallicia state, that Abadia has had
many skirmishes with the advanced posts of the ene-
my, but not any engagement of consequence. He
has several times driven, them back, but they return
upon him with increased force, and it is expected that
he will, until further strengtLened, withdraw from the
immediate neighbourhood of Astoria."

FRENCH PAPERS.

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ST. PETERSBURGH, SEPTEMBER st.
According to letters from Odessa, dated the 15th,
commerce, both by sea and land, becomes there every
day more flourishing. On the suggestion of the Duke
de Richelieu, Government is taking measures for rss..
moving the obstacles which have hitherto incommod:
ed the navigation of the Dneister and the Bog. By
this means the export of the produce of the fertile
Podolia has become more easy, as well as the com-
munication with Lemberg and Brody. Several new
silk and woollen manufactures have this year been
established at Odessa. The improved breeds of sheep
t.outhr inces of the Empire furnish wool

clrildren _ age,
assisted with one four-tenths :vas: but f will not-con,
ceal, that the poverty of the greater part of my dio.
ccsans is beyond all expression ; and, if what I have'
heard from a person of my bishoprick, on whose tre..,
racity Y can depend, be true, it is a proof of consume
mate misery ; many of the greatest invalids are fed
with soup, made from ale water in which baealhao
(salt-fish) has been boiled, when they can get this
wretched food. . •
66 These people in the happy state of health and
peace, under the protection of the laws of our most
'august Sovereign, were poor, but eontented with
.gamin:e_, a moderate subsistence of bread and green/1/2'
and a light blanket, by their labour in the fields, and
by working up- wool or flax in small quantities, and
had little more than was necessary for the use of the:,
family. Teis employment has almost entirely ceasedsl
and not being able to work the ground for want of
cattle, seed, and bands, in consequence of the many
deaths, and the greater part of the most industrious
having entered the army. as soldiers of the line, or mi- I
litia, or conductors of baggage-waggons, every thing
remains in the greatest poverty ; even persons who
lived in decency and affluence from the produce of ,
their farms, which now produce nothing.
46 I judge that by the above I have complied with
your wishes, and shall continue so to comply ; and,
therefore, I have only to say, that you will do me a
particular favcur to receive my just acknowledg-
ments, as a tribute due to you for the part you have
taken in this business, in which I am so deeply jute-
reste 1, I ecause it concerns my diocesans, children,
and fellow-countrymen ; and to transmit to the bene-
factors equal expressions of my gratitude ; to the ge-
nerous British nation, also the protestations of my sin-
cere affection, attachment, and respect. (Signed)
64 Th. BISHOP OF suatena." _
FROU LORD WELLINGTON.
" Puente Gulualdo, Sept. 16.
U Stn—l have had the honour of receiving your let-
ter of the 12th instant, regarding the assistance to be
given to The poor inhabitants of Portugal who are sick,
item the funds arising from the bounty of the British
Parliament, or.the charity of individuals in England.
The knowledge I have of this country induces me to
request, that you will suggest to the Gentlemen ap-
pointed to manage and distribute these funds, the ex-
pediency of attending to the districts on the banks of
the Gen, from its source at least as far as Pinhel.
" These districts were the seat of the war during the
rtlsantios of July, August, and September, 1810, when
the harvest of that year was reaped, the whole of which
was consumed by the enemy; and again in the begin-
ning of April of this year, when the little they had sown
began to appear above ground, and was consumed.
The inhabitants of these villages are reduced to

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of the greatest fineness ; the raw silk is brought from
Peasia, and the Russian Governments en the borders
of the Black Sea and the Caspian. The navigation
of the former of these seas has been secure all the
summer ; the flotilla stationed at Sebastopol has pro.
tected it. from the enemy's ships of war. At the be-
ginning of this snontli, they had heard nothing of the
sailing of die Turkish fleet, or of the great expedition
which the Capstan Paella was to have attempted
against the Crimea ; they were besides completely
tranquillised by the measures which the Duke de Ri-
chelieu had taken against every event.,
CASSEL (WESTPHALIA), OCTOBER 2.
His Majesty has issued a decree, ordering that the
regiment of light horse of his guard shall be armed
with lances, and shall take the name of the Light-
horse Lanciers of the Guards; and also that the first
regiment of Light-horse of the line shall be similarly
armed, and take the name of the First Regiment of
Light-horse Lanciers.
TOULON, OCTOBER 2.
General Lariboissiere, Inspector-General of Artil-
lery, has beta in our city for a month past. He has
caused batteries to be erected on the isles of Porque.
Porterus, ancklligan, and at the point of Bre-
gascon, on the peninsula of Gien, and at several
other points of the main land, mounted with artillery
of a new invention. In consequence of these batteries,
whatever anchorage ground off the Hyeres Isles the
enemy may choose to take, he will find himself
reached on all sides. An English ship has just made
_the experiment. This ship having entered Hyeres
Roads, and anchored where the English squadron
had been accustomed to come to an anchor without
being reached, was immediately fired at and hit. She
' at once cot her cables, . and made off, keeping the
.. middle of the passage between the isles of Porque-
rolles and Porteros. It was unfortunate that fifteen
pieces of artillery, destined fot the defence of this
passage, could not be fired off, on account of the
thickness of the Weather ; this ship would not have
otherwise got off so well.
VIENNA. OCTOBER 3.
His Royal Highness Prince Antony of Saxony,
and the Archduchess, his wife, after passing 3 days
iii this capital, have returned to Shlossof.
Yesterday morning, at 50 minutes past 9. a slight
shock of an earthquake was felt at the Observatory
of the University, which lasted three seconds. The
motion of pendulums was not stopped ; but a lantern
suspended in the Observatory Hall was slightly
shaken. This phenomenon was felt at the same time
in other parts of this capita.
The hope of seeing the improvement of our course
of exchanr - was realised yesterday. It was then at

subsist npon a small quantity

of millet, which they
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2:37; and we expect soon to see it at 200.

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have contrived tp save ; but.the food is not of a de- It is believed that the revenues of the Archbishop.
scription, nor is the quantity sudicient, to subsist them i rick of Olmutz will be considerably diminished ; but
thmugh the winter. Money distributed in those vil. a fine property will still remain attached to it. Ihe
laws would enable them to procure some food from Count de Trautmansdoi f, at present bishop of Ice-
Spain; and if the British army should canton for any tiigsgratz, is named as successor to this See, since the
time in these districts, the inhabitants will gain some- Archduke
Rodoiph has declined accepting it.
thing by the services they will render the army.
“ But the distressed state of these people deserves AMSTERDAMt OCTOBER 14.
the attention of the managers of these cares.
*charities. Yesterday tlse Emperor gave Audience to the Court.
I' I have the bottatit to be, Ike. - of Accounts, to the Heads of religious worship, to'
(PP") .I° erg"lgli"*t" ' the Instituts of lielligid, to the ?rofessots ef-dte

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