Star. — London, England, 1802-01-11 00:00:00

• LONDON. MONDAY, JANUARY it. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK: Cceifoiq for opg. 69.1 I 4—Reduced 681. 4 per Cent. 8S .New 5 per Cent. cop}—.ol4l ditto 981, Long Ann. ao. PRICE OF STOCKS ON SATURDAY. Bank Stock 1894 lasi Len ANIL 1916 -16 10 3 p:r Ct. Red. 6411} Short Ann. 54 3pa CL Conf. 674 ex. dn. Imp. 3 per Cent. 64 4 Per Can. 84.1 8 5 I imp. Ann. 124 s pet Cent. Ann. 9 44 Enghth Tickets tn. Its. 5 paCwt. Ann. 1797 915 Loa foe opt. 69i4 Such Ladies as defire to dance minuets at the Ball which is to be at St. James's on Monday the i Bth inflant, are respelled to fend their names and rank in writing, to the Lord Chamberlain's Office on or before Friday the tsth inßant, and to fend for their tickets the next day (Saturday ), between the hours of eleven in the morning and three in the afternoon : and, to prevent the in convenience; which have arifen from the fpace be fore their Mai Esr les, which is allottcl for minuet dancing, being exceedingly crowded, it is requef. ted that thole Ladies only, who mean to dance, will fend for dancers' tickets, and fit in thole places, as the feats have been found too few to accommo date the dancers. There will be a Levee at St. James's on Wed. ncfday next, the 13th inft.—Gasete. On Friday night a fplendid ball was given by Mr. GAUTIFIRS, at his feat at Brooklands, Herts. The Earl and Conntefs of CHICHESTER patron ifcd a Concert and Ball laft week at Lewes, for the benefit of the band of the Suffix militia. On Monday lel the elpaion of a Reprefentativc in Parliament for the boroughs of Aberdeen, Mont rofe, Brcchin, Arbroath, and Bervie, in the room of ALEXANDER ALLARDYCR, Efq. deceafed, was held at Montrofe, when JAMES FARCUINAR, Efq. of Donors Commons, was unanimoully ele&ed. A Special Commiffion is about to be iflued, di reaed to the LORD Cuts, BARON, Mr. Judge ROORE, and Mr. Judge LAWRENCE , who attend at the next Old Bailey Seffions, authorizing them to try Governor WALL, who is charged with murder committed fome years ago on the coall of Africa. The Clerks of the Cullom-houfe in Dublin have been required to make returns, upon oath, of the entire amount of their refpeaive falaries, &c. The ribbon looms were for a conliderable time at a Rand in Dublin ; but, under the patronage, influence, and example of the Countefs of HARD. wick', ribbons are now generally worn in that city. We cannot wonder that in the prefent add fafhions the prevailing colour mould be buff. The Ipfwich Journal slates, that W. E. But.. writ, Efq. of Heydon, in Norfolk, is refolved to divide all his farms into 100 acres, or under, as they come out of leafe. A Gentleman on the Turf, raid to be very nig gardly in his douctur: to his riders, is reported to have received a whifper of the reafon why he never wins a plate, although he is known to have excel lent racers, namely, that his Jockeys get double by lofing what they would gain by windup A Lady of great- good (cure, having been lately told that her hulband devoted his time out of doors to the company of fine women, replied, " I am but little concerned about the manner in which my hufband difpores of his heart all day, provided he brings it home at *ht." A Mr. Pratt, of Suffolk, who has been in Egypt, has produced a hatch of 67 chickens, without the eggs being fat upon by hens. The method he nfed was the fame as that purfued in Egypt, by moderate heat. The little animals arc now three weeks old, healthy, and by prefervin; a proper temperature of heat, fccm not to thrive the lefs for being motherlefs. It will be gratifying to thofe who bad the plea. Cm of her acquaintance, to be told, that the wi. dnw of the late Capt. DAVID Bator, ( whole bro ther was fo recently and fl ockingly murdered in Doolin) was formerly the Mifs Amatia Ems, who fir Come years refided at Great Broughton, near Coarrinouth, Cumberland, with her bene volent uncle, the Lae ALEX•NDIt HOSKINS Efq. She and her family are now put into poiefion of thirty-fit thoufand pounds in cash, along with the paternal eflate of the deceafed, after many private legacies, and a large fum to two public infiitations in Dublin. ACADEMY Or ANCIENT MUSIC.—On Friday evening this fociety had their firß general rehearfal for the feafon in the great room, at the Crown and Anchor, being the 74th occafion of the kind. When this inaitution was &II eftablifbed, none but thofe who could aflift in the orchedra were admitted members, and the late Lord SANDWICH ufed to beat the drum. - - A prodigious quantity of fnow has fallen at Liverpool, within thefe few days. The fire mail from Holland arrived on Saturday. A letter from the Hague, dated January 5, lays, " The greaten part of this country, in confequence of the continual rains, and wrong South-well winds, which we have had for tome time pan, lies at pre fent under water. Several interior dykes have given way, which contributes not a little to the calamity. At Hazcrfwoude, an accident of this nature took place between the 27th and 28th ult. in the night ; and, if the greatell vigilance had not beets exerted, a general inundation in that quarter would have been the confequenee. At Ss.venhnizen an inundation has occalloned the mon ,dreadful ravages : the mills, the carpenters' and niirytights' yards. and the barns, hayricks, &c. of the. farmers, are under water, which in come places is rife" 12 feet above the . dry ground. The are laved • but, with the unfortunate cattle, indeed. hi; alurers, in c!anget of perithing through ant. Cvnteare we have as yet had 'out Show and :"..u:t." THEATRICALS. Klmes's THIATII.I.-.—For the Opera of "Atka which had been announced for Saturday evening, the Comic Opera of L'Angiofina, was to have been fubffituted in confequence of Madame BANTI'S in ns& The Managers were, however, obliged. by the fudden indiffmlition of Madame Visci, to bring forward, in the room of L' ilngioliga, the two little pieces of I Due Satisztri and 11 Capriccio Dra matic°. The performances were but thinly attend. ed ; and the houfe was infufferably cold. COVIIITZARDEII.—The fudden indifpofition of Mrs. Biumrovoir occafioned alfo at this Houfe a change in the principal Entertainment, and Mr. HOWL'S new Opera, Chaim of the Heart, was fub- Rituted for Love in a Village. The circumilance was announced from the Rage before the curtain drew rip, and it was refpeetfUlly intimated, on the part of the Proprietors, that thole pesfons among the audience who might not with to remain, would have their money returned to them at the doors.— Bat UM and STORACII, who were on the point of letting out for Bath, poßponed their journey, in order to refume their parts in the Opera. The communication was received with general appro bation, and very few were induced to leave the Houfe. The following utter, tent in the morning by Mrs. BILLINOTON to Mr. Ltwas, was printed, potted up, and diftributed at the avenues and doors of the Theatre, before the opening of the Honk, in order to give to the Public the earlieft notice of the difappointment Dear Sir.—lt grieves me to the heart that lam not able to play this evening, my throat Issing fo chafed as not to leave me a fmgle Dote in iny voice. I have trizd all poffible means, but for my misfortune they have not afforded me that relief I ex peffiet I hope, as Rave but a flight fever, I than row be re- Bored, and ant week, if you pkak I will perform twice at Covenr-Gardem—My anxiety to perform this hat much Inereal'ed my malady. Your's, ace. "Saturday. " a. BILLINGTON." It is generally obferved, that the Rage is now more chatle than it was formerly. The indecen cies of the reign of CHARLES 11. are indeed ba nifhed. But one grofs imperfeetion Rill remains. We allude to the praBice of profane fwearing, which deforms our modern plays. Let any of the readers of this article, to judge for themfelvcs, fee the new comedy, Folly as it Pies. Mr. Lewis particularly Sines in that fpecies of wit: for the oath is often the whole fubilance and beauty of the fentiatast. We hope he fpeaks no more than is fet down for him." We do not affeft a puritanical thew of Religion. But we have too high a veneration for the worlhip of our Fathers not to he !hocked at thofe impreca tions, with which Mr. REYNOLDS and others appear fo delighted, and at thole invocations of the facred name of Gon, and atteßations of the hopes of fal vation, on fubjefts of humour and ridicule, which Rill difgrace the Rage. Let this remaining danger be removed, and parents may truß their children to the Theatre without the fear of the pollution of their tender minds ! The Katz Lear aged at Covent-Garden, is not the Covent-Garden Lear, that is, CoLoom's. It is Ta-ra's, with fome few alterations. In our opinion the love of Edgar and Corder= fpoils the charader of the latter, as her anfwer to her Fa ther appears the conceolience of her with to be dif carded from his regard, that flue may be united to her lover. In die original there are intrigues in ftifficient number; thofe of Edaesard with Gow n!! and Rego. But TATE is not fatisfied with thefe : he makes the defpicable rake and libidinous afraffut form a plot for Cordefea. But the time of TATE was the age of intrigues. CoLstam leaves out the fall of defperation from the fuppofed fummit of Dover Cliff. In this re prefentation he is flopped by the fuggeftion of Edgar, that he may have a fon dear to him, for whofe fake he ought to live. But Glger's Taft words prove that he was not unmindful of that fon: If Edgar lice, U blefi him ! Hyde Park was not yefterday fo crowded as on feveral preceding Sundays. The (harp invigorat ing breeze caufed the healthy fuffufion on the rofy cheek of beauty, though we fear there was many a glowing countenance exhibited yefterday, which was more indebted to art than nature for its ver million attraCtion. The lkaiters, who principally dillinguilhed themfelves, were Mars. Musr E R CAWFIELD, COUTTS, TROTTER, Bcc. who exhibited all the agile and graceful exertions of the ex ercife. A line of carriages was drawn up on the north fide of the Serpentine, amongft which we ob. (erred the vii-o•vir of the lovely Mrs. Musrsas, who appeared to take much pleafurc in contem plating the elegant perfection of her fon. Lord CRAWLS, Sir C. BAMPFYLDE, &C. graced the Promenade till near five, when the whole party of Equeftrians, Pedetirians, and Skaiters, except the guefts of Duke Humphrey, " its.tized to dinner with what appetites they might." The forgeries upon the Bank have lately been carried to an alarming extent: Paid to have been executed under the direCtion of Tome French Erni , g m, force of whom are of dillinguifbed families.— The Bills are fo well counterfeited that they are fcarcely difcoverable but by the thimiefs of the pa per :—One of thefe dexterous Corntes is appre hended, and having been examined before Sir RICHARD FORD, and Mr. GRAHAM we believe, now fully committed for trial mode of cir culating was not leis ingenious, than that of coml• terfeiting thefe notes. One of his plans was to pa. rade oppofite the window of Tome elegant Impure, into whole apartments he loon procured an intro. dation, from his gentlemanly.figurc and appear ance : before he retired, he always find it necel• lacy to procure cafh for a bank note, which Bevy or the Iliad Bo foon got exchanged at the (hop of Come neighbouring tradefinan : in this leli citcrs way, lie continued to put off counterfeit note s to a confidcrable amount, as nolefs than :mks of the Ay Amen of their clafs in town appeared before the Magiftrateg with their dome lice, on his laft examination, to give evidence again* him.— k is due to the French Government to Bate, that they received the acconnt of thr:e fcrgeriea with a lauJ44e indignation. CORN MARKETS. MARK-LANE, JAN. 11. We have a tolerable fupply of Wheat, and molt other Grain, to-day, the prime famples of which were fold at rather higher prices, but infe rior defcriptions are exceeding heavy.-Barley is from is. to 2s. lower, and Malt is looking down- Oats and Beans are nearly as before-Hog Pcafe get their late prices, but Boiterb are quite a drug. General prices as under. Engl:6 Wheat, 6os. 725. to 82s. Foreign Ditto, 58s. 70s. Rye, 365. 405. Barley, 265. 385.-Deft (New) 405. 445. 6d. Malt, 445. 561. Oats, 225. 285. 335. Horfe Beans, (New) jos. 385.-Old 465. Tick Beans, (New) 3os. 355.-Old 455. Hog Peafe, 365. 395. 4os. Boilers, 425. 465. Carraway Seed, 365. to vs. per cwt. Coriander, 265. to 295. per cwt. Canary, loos. to toss. per qr. Rape Seed, 341. to 371. per lafl. Flour, 655. dos. per Pack. Red Clover, 345. 38s. per cwt. White ditto. 58s. 845. Ills. Trefoil, 265. 40$. 506. FROM THE LONDON OAZITTE, SATURDAY, JAN. 9. Average price of Corn in England and Wales, from the Re turns ending the 2d of January, aka. Wheat . . Rye. I Barley. I Oats. Beans. P eak. 5. d. s. d. 5. d. s. d. s. d. 75 6 43 2 44 44 t h e Ret u rns 3 The *vane Price of Sugar, comp ut ed from the Returns maw in the week ending the 6th of January, is 4ia pd. per hundred weight FIIICIS or °GAIN, AT T•t ►OLLOWING le IL BASINOSTOItItiIteIt 731 od to 84s ed per (tarter. Barley 38s od to 4as od I Deana 368 od to 321 ed Oats 218 Od to 30$ od Peale 4os od to 46s od Matnamarse.—Wheat 845 od to 9os od per quarter. Barmy 39s cd to 4as od I Beans 325 od to 38s od Oats 241 od to 3os od Peale 4os od to 425 od Nrwsuar,—Wheats, 6os. od. to 84$. od. per (tarter. Barley 321 od to 435 od I Beans 4os od to 38s od Oats 161 od to as od Peale 435 od to 438 cd Hans.ar.--Wheat 7os od to 88. od per SHarter. Barley 30s od to 41s 6d I Beans 36s od to 3os od Oats 208 od to a7s od Peat 401 od to 468 od RSAOINO.Wittat 632 od. to 86s. od per Qu arter Barley 238 od to 4as od I Beans 335 to 465 od Oatsass od to 381 od Peak 4.3 e od to 44s od At Warminfler market, on Saturday lel, the prices of corn were as follows : wheat, by the quarter, 31. 4.5. to 31. tas. barley, 11. I 5 s. to 21. 75.: oats, 11. 4.5. to 11.8 s. ; beans, 21. tos. to 31.25. PLYMOUTH, Jam. g.—Game in from Torbay, for the purpofc of being vianalled, his Majefty's (hips ST.IGt.E PH, of 11 2 guns, Capt. WOLSELEY ; ROYAL GEORGE, 01 110, Capt. PURVIS; POMPEII , of 80, Capt. STIRLING; and the ROBUST, of 74, Capt. Jr itvis.—Arrived the Argo, Capt.WRIG HT, from Riga, with Naval ftores. LOVER, JAN. 10.—Sailed for Calais the BRITISH FA:a packet, Capt. Hammoso, with the snail fur France of Friday Taft. HARWICH, JAN. S.—This afternoon were picked up and brought to this port eight pieces of geneva, and fevcral parcels of wreckage, from which it is fuppofed that fume vefrel (molt probably from Rotterdam) mull have been loft on the Whiting Sand on Wedneday night hall. Quantities of wreckage and ruflics arc now bloating about at the entrance of the harbour. JAN. Io.—Ydierciay morning the EXPP.ESS pac ket, Capt. DELL, failed for lielvoetfluys with two Dutch Mails, detained here by contrary winds for fom: days pat; and this morning the ProNCIT OF "%VALLS, DFANE, failed for Cuxhaven, with the mails for Hamburgh and Bremen of Friday tali ; and the PILINCE OF WALES, LINES, failed for Hcivoetfluys with the Dutch mails of the fame date.—Wind N. W. YARMOUTH, JAIL to.---Yeflerday failed the ST. ALBANS man of war for the Downs. The Ix- SPECTOiI is under failing orders for the Nore, and the Samstox, for Hull. Patted through a fleet of merchantmen, for the River. The veffel mentioned in my laft, inftead of a packer, proves to be a Hull trader, bound to London, with goods. Ar rived the FAVOURITE floop of war, from Hull, which nation the has been on for a month pall. No packet has yet arrived from Cuxhaven. LIVERPOOL, Jaw. 7.—Capt. DAVENPORT, Of the Friendfhip, fpokc on the 12th ult. the James, Rio. MAYNE, and Cornwall, CAMPION, from hence to Jamaica, in lat. 44. 34.. long. t 1.33. out ten days, all well. The Jofeph, ROBINSON, and Venture Again, Ilocuss, have failed from Philadelphia for this port. Altaiven..—The Sarah, Neale, ' from Africa a: New Prowl. &nee. The George, Wellftood, from hence at Barbadocs. The Amlerdam packet, Caldwell ; the Flora, and tho George Barclay, Breath, from hence at New York. The Liberty, Sands, from hence at Bahamas. The Governor Dowdfwell, —, from Africa at Demerara, and fold there. The Dartmouth, Orr, from Afrka at Butadoes, and gone to Trinklada. The Minerva, Rudd. from hence at Newfoundland. The Rebecca, ScuUenbcrg, and Thetis, Wumberg, from hence at Bremen. The Liverpool Packet, and Francis Ann, Harrifon, from hence at &Katt. The Mary Ann, Barret, front Gnernfey for this port, at Mil. ford, with damage. FROM LLOYD'S LIST. That, Jaw. to.—Wind N. by W.—Sailed through the Downs, the Mary and Sufannah, —, for Jamaica ; Princefs Royal, —, for Africa ; Leander, for Grenada ; and the Coramdell, for B otany Bay. GftAVSSEND, JAN. 10.—Pali by the Wanhauldt, —, from Sweedeland ; Harnbro' Affrow, from Gretzell; Two Brothers, Persits, from Win der ; Adriana Armettes, Sifter Kate, and Vrow Riztiana, —, from Roverdam. Sailed the Elizabeth and Ann, EDWARDS, for Cork; Mary, —, for Barcelona; Mary Ann, WOOD, for Cadiz ; Jonge Jans, —, for Embden; Emanuel, Atasars, and the Vrow Alida, for Amfterdam. Capt. FANSHAWE, fon of the Commiffioner of Plymouth Dock-yard, is made a Poll Captain, and appointed to the Command of his Majefty's frigate SOUTHAMPTON. The Rofelle, STABLE', of Leith, was fpoke with all well the a9th November, on her pillage to Ja maica, in lat. 36. long. 23. Letters from the Amy of Plymouth, for Ve nice, dated about four weeks fince, Itate her fafe ar rival there with a cargo of pilchards, being the firil fhip arrivedgat Venice fince the preliminaries were figned, and her cargo fetched an extraordi nary price. The Ribentz, SANDS, from Bahamas for Liver. pool, is finusded near the Bylau Sands. The Aurora, —...-, from Hamburgh, for Cuz. haven, is loft near the Swin. The Caroline, Lax°Ls. from Dantaig for Lon. don, is put into Dort, with damage. The Royal George, for Liverpool, is to.. k tally loft at St. Michael's, crew laved. The Peggy, LAMBLEY, from Newfoundland to 0 C Barbadoes, is taken by a Spanilh privateer, of 14 guns, and fent for Porto Rico. The Ellerbeck, ELL, from Naples to Embden, was loft on the z4th ult. near the Vlie. DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZE-MONEY.—The (loop of war &nit lON, and armed luggers ANN and PHOE- Ni x, will be paid for the capture of the Anne, on Monday, Jan. 18—the Scoariou and LADY ANN at Yarmouth, and the PHOENIX in London. It appears that loon after the Brea fleet put to fea a violent gale took place, which difabled tome of the vein. One of 74 guns had return e I to Brett before the 21ft of laff month, and fe veral more were expected. It is fated that there were between fifteen and flxteen hundred men, fea men and foldiers, on boar,l of every Chip of the line. Accounts were yeflerday received in Town, that a Dutch fquadron on Saturday paired the Goodwin Sands, probably going to join the French expedition, as feveral Dutch velrels had French troops on board. The letters from Hol land, by the Dutch man on Saturday, (tate that the Chips which the Dutch were preparing for the Ealt Indies are now frozen up at Amite/dam. NACITIGAL INTELLIGENCE. MAILS THIS DAY.—.WIND N. W. AiRIVED. DUR. 0 Hamburgb, a z Dublin, a a Waterford, 0 PORTSMOUTH, JAN. B.—This day arrived the following Eaft India !hips from the Downs, viz• WALP4sIt CASTLE, CANTON, and TNaMSs. YCf terday arrived his Majefty's Neatua, of 98 guns, belonging to the Bantry Bay fleet. Jax. to.—On Saturday evening the 26th ult. John Nl , Dougal, (a fmall zed-man) feaman on board the SULTAN prifon thip, in this harbour, (Porchef ter Lake), went down the !hip's fide to make a boat fall. It is fuppofed he fell overboard, as he was miffed next morning. Search being made, the body was found on the mud near the !hip, con veyed to the Royal Hofpital and there interred. It is believed he has tome friends living near New caftle,who may get tome prize money by his death. On Friday morning at nine o'clock the fignal for punifhment was made on board his Majefty's !hip Acasvo, of 38 guns, Captain Fissows , at Spithead, and a flag hoi tied for a boat from each fltip to attend the execution of Thos. Drokin, a marine, with a number of foldiers in each boat with their muskets loaded. About a quarter before ten he was brought upon the platform ere&d for the purpofe, attended by a Roman Catholic Prieft and Tome of his comrades. After fpending about zo minutes in prayer, he made a fignal he was ready, and he was launched into eternity ! He acknow. lodged the juflnefs of his fentence, which was for uttering mutinous expreffions, and for throwing a bottle at an officer, though Paid he was drunk at the time. He begged his Mip-mates to take warning by his fate; to be particularly attentive in obeying their officers, and while on board never to drink to excefs. He gave the Clergyman who attended him a guinea, and left ten pounds to pay the expences of his funeral. He was an kinsman by birth, about thirty years of age, and a remark ably thong man. This day his body was brought on lhore from his Majefty's thip ACASTO in a very good coffin, landed near the Bathing-houfe, put into a genteel heath, and attended by two mourning coaches, was taken to the burying ground in St. Mary's-fireet. An exprers was tent off to town this evening, to petition his Nielson , to pardon the whole of the mutineers now in confinement: it is figned by nearly all the fe men or. board the different !hips lying at Spithead. The Day to and WINCHELSIA are ordered to be fitted to take troops on board for the Weft Indies. The :d battalion of the 85th regiment will embark for Jamaica.. I ~i