Star. — London, England, 1801-01-23 00:00:00

7'o THE EDITOR 01 TILE STAR. Sir—Seeing in your Paper of tit: ad infl. that the National Debt was 451,699,9191. ; for rm an.uftment I made the under calculations, which a t your fery ice, if you chute to infert it in any of your ufeful and extenfive Papers. I am your conflant Reader, &c. &c. istii Jan. rBol. Let 451,699,9 I 91.= - .to a, then will .I;kaL=to 43190 399 guineas=b, ^6 of which will reach ;; inches. Let c=26 d=2s, then as c d:: : td e r.—_4436446t4 inches, which is 6538 miles, 3 full.,ngs, 34 poles, the length the debt would roch. Suppofe a piece of ground was covered with the above money, hew large mull it be ? Extraft the fquare root of 6 and it will be 20741 guineas; rejed the fraftion, and put 207 4.1. Then by the above Theorem—As c: d: : r: de-c=19943 inches, i. e. 554, the fide of the piece of ground, whofe area will be 63 acres, and almoff 66 fquare rod of ground, the fize of the piece it would cover. Again as a guinea is to pars current at 5 dwts. S gr. what will be the troy weight of the whole debt ? As 1 : 5 dwts. 8 gr. : : 6 : 57064371072 grs. =to f. And as one pound averdupoife is equal to 14 oz. t 1 dwts. 154. gr. troy it will be—As t 4 os. ti dwts. 15; gr. t lb. : : 8152635 pounds averdupoife, which is 3639 ton. 1 t cwt. 1 qr. ts lb. the weight of the whole debt. Now allow one ton for a waggon load (for fo precious a load Should not be made too heavy), 3 6 40 waggons would he required to carry the debt ; and for the body of the carriage and two honks, with a fufficient (pace between each, allow 5o feet, the whole length of the cavalcade would be thirty miles and a half. W. K. This being the firft day of Hilary Term. the Courts met in Weaminfter Hall for the difpatch of bufinefs. Mr. Fuss, who brought the difpatches to Lord GRENVILLE on Tuefday, came from Vienna in fifteen days. , At Lord Gessimat's dinner to the Foreign Mini (kers on Monday, there was no bread whatever ufed at table. Toafted flices of potatoes were the fubflitute. The junior Duch& of RUTLAND is at prefent indifpofed, but not dangeroully, at Belvoir Cattle. The Dsvoass rat family are not expeded to come to town till the middle of next month, on account of bis Grace continuing to be confined with the gout at Chatfworth. The Duchefs of You was yefterday confidera bly recovered of her cold, which prevented her Higlanefs from going to Court on Monday laft. The itharrissebetween Lord Moa Farm and Lady GIORDIANA CAVED/USN will not take place till early in March. The ceremony it is faid, will be performed at Devonfkire-houfe. 4 maniac was yefterday taken into cultody at the Queen's Houfe, for attempting forcibly to enter the paace. On being alked his bufinefs, he raid, he had written a note on Wednefday morning to the PRINCE sszs, promifing to accompany them to the play that evening, and he came to know why be had received no anfwer I CONSIST GAIDIN TINISATRI•••••After the Comedy of Spool the Plate, the Farce of The Poor Soldier was performed, in which Jou:wpm:a refumed his part of Patrick. The Houfe was a good one. The Operatic Farce of The Vanes Tar, the atufic of which is compofed by Dr. ARNOLD, is the Draistic offspring of his fon. Mr. Coots, the Ador, who was taken ill on Tuefday 'evening, is confiderably recovered, and no doubt is iatertaiaed of his being able is a few days to refume his puff:Mona itation. The name of Mr. Cotassan's new comedy is to be The Paw Gessressa, a name to which, in thefe times, there are unfortunately too many claimants. TATS WILKINSON, at York, has given ass Shore as a benefit for the wives and fami li es our brave failure detained by the Borneo:: Palm. Saturday laft was rung at Trowbridge, on a new mnfical peal of bells, caD at Aldboutne, Wilts, that noble peal of Holt's grandfire triples, conn ing of soao changes, by the celebrated youths of Bradford, in three boors no minutes and a half. The Academy of Ancient Mute commenced for the feafon laD night, at the Crown and An chor Tavern, in the Strand. Dr. AasoLD refumed his fituation as Condudtor. The Leader of the Bnud is Mr. F. CO.•l4ll.MadaTille BIANCHI, late MA JACKSON, is retained for this Concert. IVISTNINSTEIS Asser.—By the fide of old Pm , It, and nearly ofite HANDIL'S monument, a done h as b een lat ely laid down, with the follow ing infcription To the Mow/ at MAZY BssweroaßOWZS, COOSTM Or ST/LATHS/SORE caily eltileot Minos Bowes, Efq. el Streatham Celtic, and at Gildide. in the County of Durham who dicd ash of April, doe, Aged 5I pars. - _ The mutiny among the Taylor: had its effects on The birth-day gala. Some Gentlemen appeared with mats that had been nand/ _ _ _ A young Lady of Greenwich, eloped a few evenings fine, with a Military Officer from that place. Timely intimation of her flight having, however, been given to her relations, an imme diate parfait of the parties took place and the faia runaway was brought back in fafety to her friends. Some cattle, we underfkand, have been intro duced into Bengal from the ifland of Tinian, one of the Mariam to the Ea& of Canton. They are ,of a very fingular and remarkable #iecies, being all milk white, except their ears, whsch are either %town or black. It is afferted,that there are to ono cattle of this (pecks on the ifland of Tinian, nor ean,one be found to dicta from that defcription. Oa the z.sth init. a part of one of the furnace $t Clyde Iron Work gave way, by which accid nt fame of the workmen were burnt, but only one of them dengeroully. The Lord PrOVOit of Glaf gow, upon hearing ad* accident. inftnatly fent a water engine to the weeks; fortunately it was not much want e d ; no p ut d du goof of the work- L.ucfc was burnt. '~~ .. ~ ~- INTELLIGEATE. MAILS TI II IS DAY.—Wind N. N.W. AR RIVED DU!. o Hamburgh, 2 I Duhlin. Jan. t 7, 2 c Nl"..terford. I I Dounaghadee, Jan. 19, o The Weft India and American mails of tlie firft Wednefday of the month, to;ether with two mail, for Lilbon, arc Hill de" rained at Falmouth by contrary si PORTSMOUTH, JANUARY 22. Arrived the Ceres, —, (a Dane) with cotton and fugar, from Litbon to Ahoza, brought in by the ANT fchooner. YARMOUTH, JANI'ARY za. • - Sailed this morning the PRINCE or WALES packet Captain HEARN, with Malls and Pairengers for Cnkhaven. Palled through a large &ct of Colliers for the River. There are now in our Roads feven men of war, two frigates, three brigs, two lugge rs, and one cutter. We are in eve lation that in the fpring, fhould our iiiipute with the Northern Powers not be pro perly adjufled, to have a large fleet upon this Ration. POOL, JANUARY 21. The Halifax, GOFFC, from Newfoundland, is jolt arrived, quite a wreck, having on the 11l intl. encountered the fime heavy gale of wind that did fo much mifchief to his Majeity's chip —AMILLA. The Halifax carried away her fore-matt, main top-maft, and bowfprit ; both her boats were (love to pieces, betides a great deal of other damage ; in confequence of which, a French privateer, of 22 guns, that run alongfide of her, would have nothing to do with her, but told them to make the belL of their way to the port the was bound to. WHITEHAVEN, JANUARY so. Laft Friday evening, an order was received at the Cußom•houfe here, to flop all vcffels belong ing to Sweden ; and the next morning a Swediill fnow arrived here !—the only vefiel belonging to that kingdom which has entered this port for many months pail—She was feized, of courfe.—Her name is Guftavus Vafa ; bound from St. Übe's to Liverpool.—She had miftaken her courfe, and would probably have been Branded to the north ward, had the not fallen in with a veffel coming round from Hari ington, which conduited her fare into this port. The American veffd, loft near Dumfries, was called the Light Horfe, ALFRED MESS', matter, from Baltimore, bound to Bremen. _ The Huntington, GARDNER, was driven from her anchors in Ramfay Bay, durin g the tremen dous gale on the night of the 4th intl. and pro- bably only a few hours before the fatal accident which befel her on this coall. An intelligent Correfpondent to whom the pub lic are indebted for feveral ufeful hints, defires us to mention the following :—The bell anchorage, in Ramfay-Bay, is where you bring the lightlionfe to bear by compafi W. N. W. half W. in liven fathoms water, at half tide. alfo broke, which fell down and jammed the til ler ; all the wardrobe, Ir.lkheads, and windows, entirely blown to pieces, and the fhip left a perfect wreck,: in fhort, a greater fcene of horror and de vallation could not be produced ; and we arc all truly grateful to Goo ALMIGHTY for his mofi fig nal prefervation in laving us from a danger lo very great and alarming!" The merchants concerned in die Oporto trade have petitioned the Admiralty for a convoy to fe veral thips which have been loaded there fbr fink time. The French frigate le Berccau, of 24 guns, cap tured in 06tober liot by the Bolton American fri gate in the We It Indies, arrived in Nantalket Road, is condemned by the American Court of Admi ralty, and was advcrtifcd fur fide by itudion un tit: tit inflant. We learn that the Honourable Taft-India Com pany's 'hips the DORSETSH IR E, Captain JOHN RAMSDEN ; EXETER, Captain HENRY MERITON ; BOMBAY CASTLE, Captain JOHN HAM ILI ON ; NEP TUNE, Captain NATHANIEL SPENS ; and COUTTS, Captain ROB FAT TORIN ; the outward-bound China fleet of the halt feafon, parted company with the (hips LADY JANE DUNDAS, Captain the Him. HUGH LINDSAY; BENGAL,Captain ADAMCU HIIi E; PHOE NIX, Captain WILLIAM MOFFATT ; CASTLE. EDEN, Captain ALEXANDER CU MING ; CITY OF LONDON, Captain ABRAHAM GREEN ; and ROCKINGHAM, Captain THOMAS BUTLER, conligned to Bengal, on the zBth of July, in lat. 16. S. and long. 34.. W. all well. The fquadron of French (hips of war which Sir EDWARD PE I.Lew lately forced to return to Breit, it is faid, was defined for St. Domingo, and was carrying out thither General SAX UGUIsT d'Es PAO- N AC. Two Civil Agents were alfo on board this exptdition, whore bufinefs was, it appears, to en deavour to re-eftablifh more folidly the authority of the Mother Country. A private letter from an Officer on board one of his Majefty's !hips at Plymouth, belonging to the Channel fleet, dated the 20th infant, fays :—" We arrived yefterday in Cawfand Bay, from the fqua dron of obfervation off Bra. Very little doubt remains but that the French fquadron, which at our appearance returned into Brett. was defined for the Well Indies : becaufe fifteen hundred of the perfons embarked confilled of Blacks, Mulat toes, and every defcription of refugees from the Weft Indies, who had been preffed at Paris, and fent in irons to Bra." Extra& of a letter from a paffenger on board the Violet, Captain HAYES, which failed from the Clyde for Bollon on the 25th ult. dated Bowmore, Islay, r ith January.—" I am forry to inform you that, on the sth intl. in long. 16. 14. lat. 55. 50. between ten o'clock in the evening and four o'clock next morning, in a very fevere gale of wind, and after the vac] was on her beam ends, we were ne cellitated to cut away her main-maft, being then the only alternative to lave her and onr lives.— After encountering the greatefi difficulties off the coalt of Ireland,. we, with much hazard, have en tered this harbour." Copy of a letter from Bondicar, near Alnwick, Northumberland, dated t ith January Igo I am forty to inform you, that. the Hope of Sunder land, Captain HOPKIRK, laden with oats for Leith, was chaced nn chore by a privateer, and is now lying in a dangerous fittmtionipeing upon the rocks and bilged, that the tide flows as high in the intid: as the out. I am afraid fhe will not Rand many tides. It is really di:lT:Sing. to fee our coatis allowed to he infeftcd fo long with there marauding privateers, and particularly fo at this time, when fo many velfels are on the coaft laden with grain, which can be fo ill want:J." Letters from Holland fay, that by order of the Batavian Government, they have redoubled their ailivity in all the ports of that Republic, as well for the confirudion of new !hips of war, as for the equipment of thole which have been lately launch ed. The Chatham, of to guns, and the Peter Paul, 474, both built at Rotterdam, will loon be in a Rate to repair to Helvoettluys. Another veal of So guns, built at Amilerdam, one of 74, aad two of 64, as well as feveral frigates, will repair to the Texel. In !bort, prodigious efforts are making to regain to the Dutch marine a part of its former fplaidor. A Gentleman of refpe/lability, jolt arrived from Charlefton, informs us that the bells of Charlefton were rung on the fuccefs of Jerricason and Buss, before he left that place. His Excellency Governor jai , has declined being a Candidate for the Chan- of Government in New York. A bill has paired the American Houfe of Re prefentatives for ere Sing a maufoleum to Gene. ral WasoINGTOI4. It is to be built in the city of Wafhington, and will be of marble. The work is to be conduSed under the fuperintendance of the four Secretaries. . _ . PROM LLOYD'S LIST. The King Pepple, PHILLIPS, from Ali ica to the Weft Indies, is condemned at Cape Coaft. The Betfey, —, from Barbadocs to Ifle Ma dame, is taken and carried into Guadaloupe. The Fifher, PAYNE, from Africa to the Weft Indies, is taken and carried into Cayenne. The Hardwickc, Nobs.; and Mary Ann, —, from Yarmouth to Liverpool, have been taken by a privateer ; the former is retaken, and arrived at Ramfgate. _ DEAL, JAWVARY 22. Arrived and failed for the River, the ATALANTA, CUNNING 3, from --. Wind W. 0 SSSSS CND. JANUAtY 32. Paired by the Wow Crenate. —, from Calais and Leonora, from South Carolina.— Sailed the Jonge, jon;for Calais. HIS MAJESTY'S SHIP THESEUS._ The accounts of the explofion on board this flip, which have hitherto appeared, being extremely imperfell, a Correfpondent has favoured us with the following official particulars of that event.— They are extrafted from the letter of the Com inanding Officer to Sir Smear Serra, dated in Syria Bay, the tyth of May: " It is with extreme concern I have to acquaint you, that yellerday morning, at half pall nine o'clock, twenty 36 -pound (hells, and fifty 18-pound (hells, had been got up and prepared ready for fervice, by Captain Meese's order, the (hip then alone off Cefaria : when in an inflant, owing to an accident that we have not been able to difeover, the whole was on fire, and a molt dreadful explo fion took place ; the (hip was immediately in flames in the main rigging and mizen-top, in the cock-pit, the tires, feveral places about the main deck, and various parts of the (hip; the danger was very imminent, and required an uncommon exertion of every one to get under fo collected a body of fire as made its appearance, and I have the happinefs to add, that our exertions were crowned with (needs, the fire got under, and the (hip molt miraculoufly preferved : and I here feel myfelf called upon to declare how much obliged I am to all the officers and flip's company; but more particularly to Lieutenant Sunsuits, Mr. ATKINSON, Mailer, and the officers and men, whol salience on this oceafion was truly great, and enabled us to get the better of to groat a ' lamity. Our leis from the explofion, I to fay. has been very great ; and Captain Meese. I am furry to add, is of the number killed, which amounts to a 6, drowned to, and 45 wounded.— The whole of the poop and after part of the quar ter-deck is entire y to pieces, and all the beams do eyed; eight of the soak-deck beam - In fbme American newfpapers it is Rated, that without South Carolina, there were juft fixty five votes on each fide for Mee,. ADAMS and JErrranni. We Tome time ago inferted the fpeech of the Pre. fident of the United States, on the opening of Congrefs. The anfwer of the Houfe of Repreien. tatives Rated their readineft to direa their atten tion to the various objets mentioned by the Pre& dent. The reply of the latter contains the follow ing pafrage " Compelled by the habits of a long life, as well as by all the principles of fociety and government, which I could ever underftand and believe, to confider the great body of the people as the fource of all legitimate authority, no left than of all effi cient power ; it is impoffible for me to receive this addrefs from the immediate Reprefentatives of the American people, at this time and in this place, without emotions which it would be improper to etprefs, if any language could convey them.— May the fpirit, which animated the great founder of this city, defcend to future generations; and may the wifdous, magnanimity, and fieadinefs, winch marked the events of his public life, be insi taut its an facceediag ages !" • •- • - . . COAL TRADE. The Report of the Committee of the Houle of Commons appointed in the lad :leition of Parlia ment to enquire into tiie date of the Coal Trade, contains much !ireful information relpetting the cautes of the high price olCoal., and the means of future prevention. In the firit hitt:ince, the Com mittee exprefs their ape: ,:ti.nlimis that a power ariling from mutual cogipa,sl, witieh ertahles the Coal Owners to pi ovide vile:al for the interett of the collieries, may at any time aahle them to enhance the price of an at ticle of inch neceffity, to the oppretlion and danger of the Public. Under this imprieflion, and limp, rtcd by the fentitnerits of one of the molt intel , lit witizeiti_s, that an en tire freedom of trade, as well in ;he North as in the metropolis, would be the moil bencfiiial to the Public, they fubmit the propriety of adojitiag el le.tal means, by additional penalties or whet wife, of enforcing the canting laws againa all compacts and agreements of the nature above does ribed ; confidering it, however, as a meafttre essentially conneCted with the corration of thole :dudes here in-after fitted as exiftint,ig in the metropolis. On the at rival of the ship at the port of London, or at Gravels:nil (and in (erne instances much Gainer) the ship's papers are tratdmitted to one of the Fadlors, through whom the fides of all cargoes ate trantiCted. By hint they are taken to the Cuf tom-houfe, and on depofiting, or entering into a bond for the payment of the different duties, a cer tificate is received from the Collator of the Cuf toms, and then the FaCtor is at liberty to offer the coals for sale at the Coal Exchange. It appears that the Coal Exchange is of late years become a clofe market : that the Pale of coals is confined to a room the property of individuals, where all the bargains are concluded between the Fat:tors and a fet of perfons known by the name of Coal Buyers, who generally reftrain their dealings to each other. The number of the firft is raid to be about four. teen, of the latter feventy-five. It has been Rated, that the craft or lighters are at prefent infufficient for the delivery of the fhips cargoes, even if a greater number of Meters thoulci be appointed ; but the Committee are inclined to afcribe this to the craft being generally at prefent the property of the firft buyers, and entertain no doubt, that if the market Should be opened, and the pcifons concerned or interefted in the delivery of the veffels become more numerous, a fofficieht quantity would in a fhort time be fupplied. When the Meter is appointed, a perfon under the name of an Undertaker is applied to, to furnifh la bourers to difcharge the cargo, who come on board with the Meter, for the purpofe of perform-. ing their work under his infpeEtion. After thefe preparations, the lighters are brought to receive the coals, and it Teems that, in the delivery, the Meter becomes in all refpects rubjeet to the direc tions of the Lighterman, who aCts as the fervant of the Coal Buyer ; by his orders the coals are placed in particular quantities, and in particular parts of the lighters. This pradtice is one of the molt ftriking means of fraud the trade, as at prefent conduCted, affords. It occafionally happens that the lighters pats from chip to !hip, and receive from each a proportion of different kinds of coals thofe of the belt quality are mixed with thole of inferior value, and the whole is afterwards fold at the higheft price. This praCtice, as well as that of . mixing them afterwards, which tto Committee have rearan to believe frequently prevails among the Coal Merchants, Cultic& the Public to receive coals and pay for them as the heft, which are in great pea the direEt reverie, and defeats the whole:, '‘ purpole of that falutary provifion before-mention ed, which prercribes the produCtion in London of the certificate of the price, the quality, and the fource of each fhip load of coals that is fold in the port—a provifion, that in the aclual condudt of the trade, operates only as a proteetion to the dealers ; and to the confumers, for whofe benefit alone it was obvioufly defigned, is wholly unprofitable. To this abufe the Committee call the feriouc attention of the Houle, and in order etfeanally to rear:tin it, fuggeft the propriety of fome Legitlative meaftire, which thall compel, un der revere penalties, the delivery and produCtion of Rich a certificate at each tranfit of the coals, as may afcertain to every individual the real value and quality of what he has purchafed. The Com mittee alto fubmit, that fome additional enforce.. meet thonld be provided with refpeCl to the dimen. lion and capacity of licks ufed in the delivery of I coals for ordinary confureption, and that each houfekeeper or continuer receiving coals, fhould have fome more ready method than he is at prefect porfleffed of, of obmiaing a re.meafurement, under a known authority eftablifhed in each parish; and they entertain no doubt that the interference of the Legiflature will eafily remove the prefent evils, by adopting fome meafures of the nature they have recommended, to be direCted particularly to en force the general provifions againft fraud, to pro.. hibit the renewals of the compafi in the North, and to give publicity, °penult., and perfeCt freedom to the market in London. On Thurfday la(' came on before the Corpora. tion of York, an inveiligation into the diforders committed in that city on Thurfday the tf init. by feveral of the Officers of the 18a, Dragoons ly ing there, when it was fully determined to apply to the Court of King's Beach, in order to obtain a Rule fcr a criminal information again(' the laid officers. A Committee, confifling of the Magi!: trates, and eleven others of the Corporation, was Appointed to dire& the proceedings, Ere. Yefterday the LORD MAYOR, RICO RDIR , an d two Sheriffs, went in fate, as ulna', and opened the Southwark Sellions, at St. Margaret's-hill, in the Borough : there being no trials, after fwear. ing in the Grand Jury and Conttables, and read. ing the King's Proclamation, they doled the Sid: Bon, and returned. _ _ A few n ghts ago Dr. BIRZLEY Rosissos, and Captain GRAII•I4, of the WINDHAM Edit India man, were flopped in a poit-chaife, oppofite the Packhorfe, at Turnham Green, and robbed of a confiderable fain of money. The highwayman appeared to be much agitated. • / 1. t C