Star.
London, England, 1816-05-21 00:00:00

LONDON.

TOMORROW, AT NINE O'CLOCK, THE SECOND
DAY OF DRAWING BEGINS, AND FIRST PRIZE
ABOVE £5OO MAY BE ,Cs3,ouo! r CANNOT BR LASS
'THAN iEd,Ouo

TUESDAY, MAY 21, 1816.
PRICE OF S roc Ki THIS DAY AT I WELVE O'CLOCKs
Sauk Stock 26241—Ling Annuities IS 94 Oths
Reduced Slif —Cons. mo. 621 i—for ace. 66j
4 per Ceat.76l-3 per Cent. 94t—Boods ti. Ss. pr.
OMU. iI yo. isy.illji—Each. Milk Is. dls. 4s. pr.

The Soap Bill, now before Parliament, is a most
important subject" and deserves the most serious in.
•.stigation. No measure calculated to increase the
difficulties which oppose cleanliness among the lower
orders should be treated with indiff. rime°.
gument applies generally against all increase of duty
on any species of soap, and strongly urges the pro-
priety of seeking revenue from some other source.
Cleanliness is the first of all medicines, and without
it a healthy population cannot be preserved. Expe-
rience has established the fact, and Necessity hasini-
pelled the use of every species of detergents—even some
that are most offensive. It is proper, however un-
pleasant the recital may be, that our Legislators should
be infortned of some facts of which they are perhaps
ignorant; that among other detergents twine is employ-
ed by the poor, especially for the cleansing of woollen ;
that in those districts where this is most prevalent the
poor ale covered with vermin; that it has been es-
tablished beyond controversy that this detergent leaves
a potion of animal matter in the fibre of the stuffs ;
which is believed to contribute to or rather to cause.
the production of this living and distressing filth
which presents itself in different organised forms. In
one word, animal matter in clothes is favourable to
the production of the evil we have alluded to; and
therefore clothes must be washecLrbut if washed with
what still leaves animal matter behind, a considerable
portion of the misery it produces is still entailed on
the poor. Look then at the consequence which may
result from increased duties on an article so much
used in various branches of manufacture. The Ma.
nufacturers, driven to seek substitutes for soap, may
emplOy articles highly improper, and a hot bed for
disease be put upon your own backs in the shape
of flannel shirts, a pair of drawers, or a coat.

A supply of German Papers which reached us this
morning, has furnished us with the following articles :

VIENNA, MAY 6.

According to very probable accounts, we may ek-
pect the return of the Emperor about the middle of
June.

Our expectation of seeing the marriage of the
Archduchess Clementine with Prince Leopold of
Naples solemnized here, 'cannot be fulfilled on ac-
count of the Court mourning. We hear that the
Princess, when the deep mourning is over, will go to
Trieste, where a squadron of the King of N•iples
will be ready to receive her.
It is ridiculous enough, at a time when the Houses
of Austria and Naples are binding still closer their
ancient friendly relations, several Journals talk of
misunderstandings between the two Courts, and even'.
.of •military preparations do the Part of Austria, of
which certainly nobody beside's the authors of these
paragraphs knows any thing.
For tome days past persons have been arriving
here belonging to the suite of the deceased Empress