Star.
London, England, 1811-11-27 00:00:00

DISSOLU LIONS OF PARTNERSHIP.

Herring mid Robins, Newgate-street, hosiers ; Barbrr and Cle-
ments, Sbadwell, ship-elundlers ; Wilson and Curtis, Latchford,
tanners; SinitbsOn and Co. Leeds, clotb-inercharts ; Slinphy and
Thistlethvraite, Carlton, cotton-masnifiliturers ;l'urnis & snow,
Gain-burgh, sp rit-inerelianti ; Gibbs and Hobson, Old Change,
botch( Press and Rainsdun, Gouuneretal-road, carmen.

FRENCH PAPERS.

• SECRET ASSOCIATION IN CHINA.
There were some disturbances a few years since in
China, which have assumed the form of an active re-
bellion. It is supposed that what gave rise to them
was the expulsion of the ancient Imperial dynasty of
Mings, which happened about the middle of the 17th
century, and made way for the reigning family of
the Tay Tfing. It is thought that a Prince of the
House of Mings is the secret ag;tator 01 the troubles.
—S...nce the unsuccessful expedition .svhich was un-
Jeitaken against the rebels in 1805, they have ac- The French Government, which has been actively
quired an accession of strength and boldaess. Recent . occupied in promoting the cultivation of beet-root,
intelligence makes the number of vessels they have l to prevent the necessity of importing sugar from the
armed amount to 4000, which prevents the Chinese West Indies, has ordered that a very large track of
Government sending a fleet against them. land, on the banks of the Elbe, should be planted
The largest of these vessels is of 200 tons burthets with this article.
manned by from two to three hundred bands, and
A Letter was yesterday received from Mentz, the
caraies froni 12 to 20
.guns. The boats are generally
if . contents of which are by. no means favourable to the
about 30 tons, and have from 30 to 50 hands.
idea of a rupture between France and Russia, on
they bad a little military science they might easily
which the letters from other parts of the Continent
make •themselves masters of Macao, possession of
have. so strongly insisted.. It is ()sated the Ist instant,
e hich would procure them great advantages. As .
ano . contains the following particulars :
yet they have not attempted an incursion into the in-'
H Tbe great number of troops which have been collecting in th
tenor of China, although they have many partisans'
there, but they are in force in the island of aynau,
. neighbourhood of this city for some time past, amounting to
H
70,000 men, have at length taken their departure, and moved to
and on a great part of the coast of Formosa, as well
as in a part of Cochin China and Tonquin. They the Southward. The prevailing opinion is, that they are destined
but those who command dif-
he
have no head Chieftain • for Spain ; and t accounts from the French capital state, tha
ferent bodies act with die utmost union, which gives •
the French Umperor is determined to reinforce his armies in the
reason to suppose that there is some central and hid- Peninsula with 1 men. At present, there Is not the least
den spriog of action. Letters, dated February 1810, :S0
symptom of the of the Continent being disturbed. With
'state' that these pirates reached Canton, from whence resPect to Prussia, I can assure you, that her whole force doss
tbeylial been afterwards driven. , not exceed 40,000 regulars, and 19,000 volunteers. A
proof that there will be no war is, that the Emperor of A
' • There is in China, and particularly in the Western
and Southern provinces, a certain Secret Association, has ordered the reduction of his militia, and the seclusisn from*
formed of the discontented of all classiss of the peo- of all foreigners of every description. The States of Hu ,
pie. Those who compose it are called Thian Thee have agreed to charge themselves with so millions ut the new
Ohe, that is to say, 44 Heaven and Earth upited."— paper money, and the States of Transylvania wii take 20 millions.
They *now each other by signs of convention, and The rest is to be charged upon the Hereditary Provinces. These
they furnish great assistance to the rebels, and coal- measures will certainly place the finances of Austria in a much
municate to them any intelligence they deem of im- better state; bat with respect to commerce I cannot say much.
portance. It is even said,- that the Admiral, Tay eXcept that every thing Is exceedingly dull. It is, however, really
Toll, was one Of their number, aad that it was by amnia* to see to what perfection the Germans have succeeded
connivance be permitted one of their flotillas to escape. in osanoisecortng cotton goods, and some et their workmanship
Another similar Association exists in the Northern clam be distinguished frosts 1006 of &web origin."

" ART. 2.—Odr Counsellor of State, to whom the organza,
don of Courts and Tribunals Is committed, is charged with the
emention of the present Decree.
• Delivered at the Palace of Government, in Hamburgh, 2M
Oct. ism '
(Biped) ti MARSHAL PRINCR EcauvaL.
(Countersigned) " P. Dc BLAUVRICIER."

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