Star.
London, England, 1829-01-30 00:00:00

-BRUSSELS PAPERS.
VIENNA, JAlt
7he Austrian Observer notices an article in The Quo-
lidienne of the 7 h of Jinotify;:which, On the aiititioritY
of a pretended letter from Milan, stales that consider-
able armaments were making in the Austrian empire,
and that movements of troops bad been remarked,
especially in the Venetian territory.- the (Antler de-
clares this news to be wholly unfounded.
BRUSSELS. Jaw. t?.
His Majesty having. authorised the opening of the.
church of the Anglican Confession, built at Brusselks
in Orange-street, on the site of the ancient Orangerb
it etas coasecrased lost Sunday argon% at 11- o'clock.
The Reverend Mr. Dory, Pastor of the church, which
is dedicated to St. George, delivered a very fioe ser-
mon, which was listened to with the greatest attention
by a numerous congregation. The architect has made
the best use of the r..ons that he had to dispose of, and
from 400 to 500 persons may be accommodated. The
whole is very simple and elegant.
A British Cabinet Messenger passed through this
city yesterday afternoon, on his way from Vienna to
London with dispatches. He announced the death rf
,her Ilit4liness Princess Metternich,' consort of the
'Minister, who had died suddenly just before the Mei-
rsenger left Vienna.
The Court of Cassation has to-day rejected the sp.
'peal .of nuts. Potter and Duepetineus against the
'sentence passed on• them by the Court. of Assizes er
Sciuth Brabant. .
This mooning the thirteen bakers 'accused of having
*mixed sulphate of. copper in their bread. were con-
demned to five days imprisonment, a One of seven
florins eighteen's, and the costs. Five druggists,:tr..ed
for having sold to them this poisonous snbstances. were
acqui ted.
The accounts hem Constantinople &U tile 25th of'De-
cember say that the Ambassador. of the.Netheilartja,
after receiving dispatches front Mr..Stratfoisl Banning,
immediately sent his Dragoman .he Palace of the
Porte, ss here he has been again several times, and had
!Ong conferences with the Reii Effendi. It is•now said
That the mediating Powers have-assumed a language
which is likelz to lead to a favourable termination of
the affair: of Gfeece. . However, there is Jess said &ea
ever of the return of
.Mr. Canning to Constantintple. • ,
The St. Prierbbitrghjourssol, of the 15th of January,
contains a Manifesto of his Imperial Majesty; institute'
ing an honorary medal to be bestowed on anise Ladies
who have conducted themselves in•an exemplary man-
ner as Gtvernesses, Teachers. ,and Doectritsres in the
Establishments loopdvd by the tate Euipress D. wager,
is whose honcnsi it Wt., be tilled the Maria Medal, of
rather honorary badge—it being a. geld ;this; With'
blue enamel, for the &it clad, and a in4allion fortllll
second,- It is also to bear the date of; the lith of MS.
being that of her Majesty's niribstey.

PETERSBUIWICOIaintaza IS. •

EXTRACT ('? A PkIIiATZ LETTER.

Jusuff Pacha is at Odessa, figuring away and squan•
Bering a deal of money out if the million of whirs be
received from the Russian Government for the surren-
der of Varna, a place that never could have yielded
but by inch base means. and treachery. A report is
very- prevalent here that it has been taken, a circiim-
4ance not at all unlikely. ' Doting last campaign the
Russians actually lost 100;000 men, uhich is runs; se-
rious for the country; and what. it may be asked, has
been gained ? The Emi volt, unfortunately, resemiles
Solomon iu line point, namely, in being led to follow
the advice of young and foolish counsellers: We shall
see the clisasttuu.s losses he metros with -during his next
campaign.
Rae Wilino's work on Russia has been .expressly
pri./nbited to be.received in the Russian territories. A
hotiever, have bund their way here. From
the espoii herhas:inade. if he comes here again he m 4 y
be recommend dto a aesidence in Siberia,: Wilson's
observation% on this:couotry are pertvoy correct. •
Or late the weather has been most, changeable, arid
Reaumer is never mOie. than 14 degrees. At this mo-
ment the ledge roods are tolerably good, but before
there was a great want of *snob,: .
DUMFRIES, JANUARY 27.

During the whole of la,t w. ek the frost continu •d in.
tense in this quaitcryso much so that the thetinometer
was ft equently under 20° e4rlv in the morning. By the
mid tie of the week the Nith ahove the bridges was
completely frozen over, and afforded an.escedent stens
013 Friday and Saturday for the amuiements of i.kaiting,
&c. Skaiters had a range of more than halt a
mile, by nearly two hundred yards broad, and ice freer
from every impediment has rarely be. 11 Isitne.sed in
this country. ,At times the river was crowded with woo
piny, and though we cannot vie *kn Duddingstim
Loch, whether*. regards fashion or numbers. the
scenery as far up as ',include° College—wintry in its
aspect, but beautiful still—far surpassed any thing in
the neighbourhood of Edinburgh; even yesterday,
though the ice was bad, every mall who could throw.
a stone gave care to the dogs. and took to cutling.—
Bo many bonspiels were piled in various parts of the
country that we could fill a column with the details. 7.
Among others a match was played between the Magis-
trates and the Deacons of the town, bat the Bench beat
the Representatives of the Trades, though considerable
science was displayed on both sides. On Friday a ve-
teran party from Dumfries, entered the lists with the
parish of Terregles; but our townsmen were beaten at
two Rinks, although they had a majority of shots in
the whole.
DEATH OF A CLINSING Boa.—One of the most dis-
tressing accidents occurred on Tuesday last in this
town that ever a journalist was called on to record.
Shortly after one chlnck a very fine boy, about* twelve
years of age, son of Michael Pearson. chimney-sweeper.
ssent to clean a vent* in a two storey house, occupied
by more than one family. The poor bOywas accons-
panitd by his lather, and as be was oily tlectired to