Star.
London, England, 1818-05-19 00:00:00

II AMBURGII MAIL.

A Hambnrgb Mail an4ved last night, from the
Papers brought by which the following are extracts :

" LEIPSIC, MAY st.
" The Leipsic fair has been by no means so fa-
vourable as was.expected, but at the same time not
so bad a one as the complaints every where made
• might lead us to conclude.
" The buyers from the North, who are properly
the soul of a Leipsic fair, were not so numerouc, and
as the fair was overstocked with goods of all kinds,
many of the sellers did not find their advantage in it.
It is indeed certain, that the quantity of goods ma-
nufactured is much larger than the quantity con-
sumed. The English wel.: numerous, and threw
away their goods at very low prices; and as the num-
ber of Jewish sellers increases every year, it is not
to be wondered at that the German manufacturers
did not meet with much demand. It cannot be af-
firmed that any article was eagerly sought after.
" In general there was not much done on a large
scale, but the amount of goods sold in small quan-
tities was very considerable. The weather was very
fine all the time of the flit, and attracted many pur-
chasers from far and near. The number of country
people who visited the fair was very great. Printed
callicoes of elegant patterns met with a ready sale,
and flannels were not to be had towards the end of
the fair. Linen maintained its price ; furs were in
request. In general all fashionable articles, and
which united beauty and fineness, were much sought
after. Colonial goods were not in demand ; coffee,
however, was high, the pound being from 9 groschen
to 9 groschen-and 6 pfenning.
" The book fair was so far good, that the book-
sellers who were present paid. But the sale of books
on scientific subjects was extremely indifferent ;
those which had the best sale were such as related
to the politics of the day, almanacks, and such as
concerned the secular festival of the reformation.—
Many old booksellers were absent, but sent the
balance of their accounts.

" Prince Hardenburg was at Leipsic from the 12th
to the 19th of April, and even gave a great entertain-
ment, to which many merchants both of this city and
foreigners, were invited. The Senate has given notices
to the Jewish dealers to go again to the Briihk, and
there carry on their trade; but they have made ob-
hections and threaten not to visit Leipsic again. They
ad applied to Prince Hardenburg on the subject,
who referred them to the Prussian Ambassador at
Dresden."

" SWITZERLAND, MAY 6.
" Letters from Nidaw of the 29th of April, say—
' The destructive inundations have again begun and
our whole district will soon be converted into one
wide lake. The return of this dreadful scourge is
cawed this time by the great quantities of snow on
Mount Jura which the returning warmth of the
spring dissolves too rapidly.'
" The Council of the Canton of Lucerne has issued
a very severe Edict against Lotteries of every de-
scription."
" WARSAW, APRIL ea.
" The Senate of the Kingdom of Poland presented
on the 26th of April an Address to the Emperor
of Russia, in which, after having expressed its grati-
iu,de for the constant solicitude manifested by his
Majesty in favour of the Poles, it adds—
" It was in your power, Sire, to abandon a noble but unfor-
tunate nation to the fatal lot which destiny seemed to have pre-
pared for it ; you have chosen to raise it and render it happy ;
in your magnanimous thoughts you have assigned it the highest
rank to which man united in society can reasonably pretend ;
but your wisdom has not dissembled that it is for perseverance
abne to attain so great and so difficult a result; that the most
liberal Institutions cannot acquire solidity and security, except
by means of a gradual and systematic developement . . . .
The fairest theories have in our times
produced great evils; perfection is not to be approached except
by the aid of the light of experience ; it is that which you have
taken for your guide
Sire, we feel, we confess ourselves happy ; we are so by the ad-
vantages which the Constitutional Charter insures to us, and
which we already enjoy; we are so by those which the same
Charter further promises to us, but which could not yet be de-
veloped either on account of the shortness of the time, or be-
cause your Majesty's wisdom waits for the most suitable mo-
ments to put them in force; lastly, we arc happy by the hopes
which your magnanimity permits us to entertain, fur a hope,
emanating from your goodness, authoxised by your wisdom and
supported by your power, has, in our eyes, the character of rea-
lity and certainty ; and what particularly proves Hitt this hap-
piness is felt is, t►at knowing the source from which it flows,
every one would willingly sacrifice his blood, and even his life,
if your safety or your glory require it."
LETTER FROM ST. PETERSBURG'', APRIL 25.

" By an Imperial Ukase, dated from Warsaw, 22d March,
0. S. a great increase and extension of the inland navigation of
the Empire is ordered. In order to defray the great expense,
several taxes have been at the same time ordered—as, for in-
stance, an augmentation of ten per cent. on some export duties.
The merchants are to pay an addition of five per cent. to the
taxes they have paid hitherto ; from the peasants, one copeck per
head more. The barks which are employed in the inland.navi-
ption to pay a duty in proportion to their size and cargo.—We
lave had a thaw for three days, but the ice on the News is still
so firm, that it is only since yesterday that carriages have ceased
to go over it."

The elegant Mansion of Sir JOHN FLEMING LEICEs-
TYR was yesterday crowded with Beauty and Fashion
to view the splendid Collection of British Arts which
he has so liberally exposed to public view, as an ex-
citement to other men of rank to emulate his example.
The arrangements between Spain and this country for the im-
mediate abolition of the Slave Trade on the African coast, north
of the equator, and its total abolition in 1820, have been promul-
gated in Cuba, by order of .±s Spanish Government.
Floweas, from Basingstoke, has undertaken to go SS miles
per day, for 16 successive days. He starts this evening from
Oxford-street, down the Western road, and will return by way
of 'f aunton, Somerset.
Dosusa.—Stephen Piggott, of Maidenhead, 22 years of age,
fighting a pitched battle with a man named Carlton, on Monday
se'nnight., on Maidenhead Thicket, after a contest of near an
hour, received a blow which caused his death. Carlton stands
committed on a Coroner's Verdict of Manslaughter.
STATE OF THE ODDS—BETTING-ROOM, MAT 18.

DERBY.
11 to 5 agst Prince Paul 13 to 1 apt Msonides
6 to 1 Sam 16 to 1 Guy Mannericg
8 to 1 Fincshade 18 to 1 Flu Cloddy
9 to 1 Allegretta 20 to 1 Slim
10 to 4 Seymour 25 to 1 Nymphina
13 to 1 . Roger Bacon 40 to 1 Caractacus
Twenty horses are expected to start.

7 to 4 agst Finny
7 to 2 Btheis
6 to 1 Loo

A to I asst Lurd Stawell
17 to 1 Flirt
20 to 1 Qxadrille