Star. — London, England, 1801-12-28 00:00:00

• ... ' PURSUANT to a Decree of the High Court of Chancery, made in a Caufe wherein William Backer and Others are Plaintife, and John Gowland and Other, are De fendants ; the Creditors of CHRISTOPHER BACKER, the Younger, late of Bedale, in the County of York, Yeoman, de scared, arc forthwith to come in and prove their Debts b efore Alexander Popham, Efq. one of the Matters of the laid Court, at his Chamber, in Southampton-buildinga, Chancery-lane, London, or In default thereof, they will be excluded the Bene fit of the raid Decree. LEFT HOME. on Saturday the 26th of Sep tembcr, apparently deranged in his mind, DAVID KENT, 6o years of age, about five feet (even inches high, Gen der in perfon, with one kg a little (bower than the other, which occations his going rather lame; walks rather Raping, with Rick ; had on when he went away a dark brown coat, yellow' ftriped wifitcoat, thickfet breeches, one knee of which Is cut mover then the other,low crowned Couched hat, and brown wor*ed ftockirrp : has been beard of at Alresford in Hampihire, and in the neighbourhood of Mitchddevcr, !Mee his leaving home. Should any be able to glee any further account of the above defcribed Perron, it is earneftly re-quelled that the information may be communicated to Mr.. Mary Kent, near the Church, Baansftoke, Hants, who will be ready to makc reafonabk fa tisfadtion. HAMBURGH MAIL. AMIENS, Dec. 7.—Yefterday Jassy it BONA. 'aim, and the Marquis CORNWALLIs, who have been here fince the 3d, exchanged their full powers. The conferences between them have already be gun. The Batavian Ambaffador, Citizen SCHIM• MELPENNINCIC, has arrived here, with his Secre tary. Citizen Comas. Immediately after the con clarion of the definitive peace between England and France, feveral affairs will be adjufted that relate to the interefts of other European States. Tht envoys from Spain and other Powers, toge ther with Count Xi's STPKALEN, are expeded here very fhortly. HAMMIRGH, DEC. t6.—Pc.ALOTSUS HOFMANIP formerly publifber of the Vienna Monthly Journals who, laft year, fuggefted tir BONAPARTE, to extir pate the Jacobins, has now prayed the Emperor, in a public letter, to requett a Bull from the Pope againa the Freemafons.—Tauxtriros, who, under the names of Schrodter and Damberger, publifhed hillories of travels, is, at prefent, in London, in order, as it is raid, to obtain the premium, which the African Affociation has promifed him, when he can prove the authenticity of his travels in Africa.—To-day his Excellency Sir JAMr s CRAW. FORD, his Britannic Majefty's Ambafrador Pleni potentiary to the circle of Lower Saxony, fet off from Hamburgh for London. Au STY Poem, DEC. 12.—A forced loan at three per cent. has been opened for the ufe of this city, to which all perfons who poffcfs property to the amount of above zOOO florins, or an income of above 6001. arc to contribute in the proportion of s per cent. thous, Dec. B.—As Admiral IC/ MSBERGIN has refufed the direftion of our marine, it is ex peaed that Citizen Jecoacm, Commiffary of Ma. rine at Rotterdam, will be appointed to this poft. The elation will come on this day. The Council for our Weft India poffetlions, confilling of five members, was inftalled yefterday. Vice-Admiral HARTSINCR has taken the command of our fquadron at Flufhing, which confifts of three (hips of the line, and tome (mailer (hips, and is hound to the Weft Indies. DECEMIFit to.—Of the fquadron which will foon fail from the Traci and the Made, five fhips of the line are deftined to the Well Indies, five to the Eaft Indies, five to the Mediterranean, and one to the coati of Guinea. • Citizen Jaossox, hitherto firfi Commiffary to the French troops in the pay of our Republic, has been appointed by our Directory to the Govern ment of the Cape of Good Hope. Citizen Scurrastri-rxxxract, who is now at Amiens, has it in commiffion, it is Paid, to con clude a treaty of commerce for the Batavian Re public with England and France. The prohibition of the importation of Englith coals into our Republic is to be continued till the Both of April of the enfuing year, as by fuch an importation many of the merchanuof Holland %silo had laid in great Rocks of that commodity previous to the Peace would he ruined. The Batavian infantry confills of feven half brigades, and each of thefe of three battalions. According to the reduction which has taken place, a battalion of infantry of nine companies will for the future confill only of 569 men, and a battalion of chaifeurs of fix companies only of 485. A regiment of cavalry of eight companies will con. tam only 495 men. Artillery, pontooners, miners, fappers, and engineers, will remain on the fame footing as before. The Rrength of the regiments of Saxe Gotha and Waldeck, which remain in the Batavian fervice, will be /163 men each. Lao anew, Nov. 22.—Yefterday it blew here a more violent itorni than has been known for a great number of years. Notwithltanding every precaution was ufed in mooring the (hips in the road, nine of them were forced from their anchors and driven on (bore. The fame fate be fel the Danilh frigate Triton, of 36 guns, and aoo men, which arrived here on the 16th inßant. A great number of dead bodies have been thrown on Chore. This dorm molt have caufed prodigious damage in the Mediterranean. Ac counts have already been received of the lots of 24 (hips, the value of which amounts to feerial millions of livrcs. NOW. NI PIER 25.—Ycfletday we had the pleafure of !icing the find Englilh !hip enter our harbunr. She came from Newfoundland with a cargo of fait fifh, and made her palrage in 26 days. Othei thips are daily arriving, to that our hope will coon be revived by the peace. It is effimated th.tt the war has colt Leghorn, in contributions, (wat t r - ',:vzs, and loti of mfrchardize, which has b:cr. taken partly I, the Eng:A, :end partly by the French, not IA; than elvven millions 1.1 doidirs, 11;:a at :4 unit when :di tratitt was at a Pun.!, ve••::vic; w.ts linVe in rnat:y mercantile hot,::, for ‘iet. :ind ntontlis toget!tel.. ;tom r, Nov. /:.--The formal taking roaffion 4 4r: State liy the ‘41..,;i has b.:::41 it! take pl..ce A Notification has been publifhed, in which his Holinefs ezpreffes a with, that in confequence of, the preffure of the times, all unneceffary expence may be avoided. The Flirt. CONSUL, in a letter in which he in. vites the POPE to fend a Deputy to the Congrefs at Amiens, has made ufe of the expreffion—:“ That he requells his Holinefs to chufe his Envey in the fame manner as if he were fent by a power that had 300,000 met) under arms." The Neapolitan French frigate Arethufa, which a fhort time lince failed from Ancona for Egypt, has had an engagement with three Turlilh fri gates, which forced it to take fheltcr in Mclada, where it was blocked up. MILAN, Nov. 28.—The Ruffian Ambafiador to the KING of SARDINIA has arrived at Naples. His Majeay, with a part of the Royal Family, will pals the winter at Rome. The Ex-Grand Mailer How PESCH is making pre parations to leave the Ecclehallical State. The KING of Evau la has for fome months pall been in an ill Hate of health ; his Majefly is fub jea to violent fpafms. Twenty honfes have been thrown down at Man tua by the late inundations, and nearly zoo more are ready to fall. The chimage done by the in undations in Upper Italy are eflimated at above twenty millions of uri. The city of Milan fends only fisteen Deputies to the Conglefs at Lyons. The greater part of the 600 Cifidpine Deputies are perfons of confider. able property. The clafs of peafants have no re 'prefentatives. Dsc. B.—The march of the French troops into the Valais has taken place. I General TUREAU has entered Sion, and immediately after his arrival, ordered the chamber of adminiftrarion to intermit all paymtnts, and lay before him a Rate of the treafttry and arrears. Avc now, Dec. t I.—The Papal Nuncio Mon fignor Glace is now here, and has had feveral conferences with his EleCtoral Highnefs of I'a evas, and the Archbithop of Paris, Jutotte. Tile latter as well as the Bilhop of VALENCE, who is likewife at Aug burg, was much furpri zed to read an ar ticle in the Moniteur fume days fine, that they had given in their relignations. They have therefore formally contradiCted this affertion in our Gazette. Both have declared to the Papal See, that they will not give in their refignations till they are acquaint. ed with the contents of the Coteordat. CONSTANTINOPE, Nov. r3.—On the 3d ina. an Adjutant from the GRn%nVlzrEz hrouglit to Sur.- TAN SLUM the keys of Alexandria. They were delivered with great ceremony in the prefence of all the Great Officers of the Empire and the Court, the Mufti, feveral of the Ulemas, and other perfons. The day before yeaerday the fpeelacle of the afcent of an air balloon was, for the firs time, ex hibited here. Mr. STRATTON, the Engli(h Charge d'Affaires, who has arrived here, was in great danger in his patrage from Varna, having been overtaken by the floral which in the beginning of the prefentmouth did fo much damage in the Black Sea. LONDON. MONDAY, DECEMBER ;ft. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY Xl' ONE O'CLOCK: Coot*, for opg. 68;—Redueed 673- 44.-5 per Cent. 961. Courfc of Exchange—Lublin on London mi. the Hamburgh Mail which arrived Taft night we have received feveral communications from the Continent, which our Readers will find in the preceding columns. The RovAL FAMILY attended divine krvice yef terday at St. George's Chapel, Windfor. Preparations have been Made for an entertain ment to be given by her MAJESTY this day to the ROYAL FAMILY at Windfor. His MAJESTY will hold a levee at St. James's Palace on Wednefday next, for the Foreign Am baffadors and Noblemen. The PRINCE of WALLS, with :t fele& party, was, on Saturday night, in his ptivale box at Drury lane Theatre. Difpatches were this morning received from Gibraltar: they bring nothing new from that quarter. The flu It Mail for Holland will be made up to ' morrow at the Foreign Pofl-office. It is with much pleafttre we have to Rate, that the Dttrr, armed enflu , e, 0164 guns, Cwt. RF D . MIL, is arrived at Spithead, with part of the Cold. Cream Regiment, under Colonel FITZROY, on board. The reafon of her not arriving before, was her being obliged to put into Gibraltar for provi lions. The s news of her arrival was brought by a letter, feat by tho, quarantine boat, to General WmtreLOci I. The weather being hazy, her ar rival could not be ascertained at the fignalhoufe. Colonel Firzsov, Captain MURRAY, and Sir Joint FRANKLIN, bare larldCll at Portfmouth from Egypt. Capt. Sir AL I , TANDE R BALL iS come home par forger in the 141 p m -ra t, R. The GUAI Lis that arrived in the TRUSTY, from Egypt, came nude' the command of Cul. Lord Cos R. Sr):./TI/V[% nIqTRICT.—The tedllC• firm in the S:.tif. of t!!:. .uric tool: p!.tcc on the 24th init. win:3 Sir I.AW:tlr, Ckneral WHITE, and others, rctiro.l from their refreo:ve command;. The Kent, Athford, !Lida one, Arundel, and Huriliam Divitiqus e I cd;irc.l ; and the follow ing is now the Starr of :!1.: Diat : .r.d tie: --Ar..1..;:t-41-114.1rt 11: Can't r!” • ;or firn, WI! a4r Majur t.;•1: ..) t;!nr .1 il.'. •• • , . • : e . •Jt C..n.; .1 !' L.•l NAUTICAL INTRALICENCE. MAILS THIS DAY.—WIND S. W. ♦aatv&D. DUIG o French, • Hamburgb, 1 Dublin, • U'aturford, 3 Dennaghadee, • • Gucrnicy and Jerfey, FALMOUTH, Dsc. 28.—The wind Rill continu ing unfavourable, none of the Packets have been able to fail. The PRINCESS ECIZABETH Packet is wily expeeed from Jamaica ; and the LORD CHARLES SPENCER frem the Leeward Iflands. PNRTSMOUTH, DEC. 27.—Arrived the Maria, M'AitrHuß, from Cows, with troops for the Weft Indies. HARWICI4, DE C. 25.—This morning was brought in here by a Lowe Iloff pilot boat, being very leaky , the Samaritan, Jose PH ROBSON, matter, of Sunder• land, bound from Riga to Plymouth with timber. Yeßerday morning failed the EARL or 1.. ICESTER packet, THOMPSON, with the Hamburgh Mail and palfengers.—Wind S. S. W. We underitand it is fettled by the Poll Mailers General that five packets cut of the nine, Rationed at this place, Ihould fail to Cuxhaven with the mails for Hamburgh for Bremen, and four are to fail to Helvoetfluys. The days of failing will be as ufual, t wice a week. DECEMBER 26.—The KING GEORG C Packet with the Mail of the 25th, for Hamburg!), failed yefterday.—Two Mails are arrived from Cuxhaven. YARMOUTH, DEC. 27.—Yeflerday evening his Majefty's packet•boat DIANA , Capt. STEWART, landed her Mails and Meirenger at Winterton, and this morning the packet Arrived here, and landed her paffengas. The Hors, from Embden, bound to London, landed her paffengers here alio : the Harwich packets are expeded to come to this (la tion again, as it is impoffible while the wind re mains fo long to the Weftward, which is nine months of the year out of twelve, that they Ihould be able to make Harwich. Arrived a fleet of merchantmen from Embden. When the DIANA packet left the Elbe it was full of ice. DEAL, Dcc. 27.—Remain in the Downs the (hips as per lalL—Wind W. S. W. GRAVESEND, DEc. 27.—Parled by the Nelly, BE E D. from Peteriburgh ; Kent, EELEas, from Hambio' ; Beniditta, —, from Venice ; Refo lution, —, from Altona ; Port Mary, COLLINS, from Charlcßown ; Commerce, WALKER, from Dublin ; John, CoorEit, from Memel ; and Cen. turion, —, from Batavia.—Sailed the Phccnix, REED, for the Cape of Good Hope; Ettingdon, THOMPSON, for Jamaica; Adventure, YouNG, for St. Vincent's; Minerva, SAGA, for St. Michael's; Lady Nelfon, ADDIS, for Curacoa ; Alfred, M , - LEOD, for Tobago ; Jonge Jan, —, and Twe Gebroders, —, for Auierdam. DISTRIBITTIQN OF PRIZE MONEY. The SALLY, for the capture of the Jonge Janny tie, will be paid on Thurfday, the 7th of January next, at No. 23, Surrey-flreeet, Strand. • Th2IMPETUEUa, for the capture of the french private thy of war la Gucppe, will be paid at Ply mouth, on the tft of January next. The SALLY, for the recapture of the Ills brig, will be paid on Titurfitay next, at No. 23, Turrcy ilreet, Strand. Several (hips that had been ordered into port, to be paid off, have been counter-ordered On Saturday evening an Officer belonging to the ST AP., Bombay cruizer, reached the India Houle to announce the arrival of that veffel in the Downs, from Amboyna ; the faded from Saint Helena on the ad of November, at which period there was not mny veffel there, but the CowyrEss OF SUTH FRI AND was daily expedted from the Cape of Good Hope. The Lord Spencer, which fitiled from Portf mouth louse days fence for Cadiz, but has returned to Cowes damaged by the late gales: two (the Fame, Dawsos ; and the Mary, ---), are in the Downs, and will fail for Cadiz, as loon as the wind permits; there are two (hips at Portfmouth fimilarly circumilanced, and nine loadin g in the river. General MOOR!, it is raid, is about to De al:- pointed Governor of St. Vincent. _ Sir JAMES DVVF has been prefented with a fword, value too guineas, and General UNIA C KE with another, value so guineas, by the city of Limerick. Mr. STEELE fuccceds Mr. POTTER, and not Mr. ABBOT, as a Welch Judge. Lord NORBUR Y, Chief Juice of the Common Pleas of Ireland, has purchafcd tl:e eflate of Mo ret, containing about t too acres, in the Queen's County, one of three valuable properties in that and King's County, announced for &le by the Marquis of LANSDOWNE. The Gentlemen of the Faculty have pronounced Mr. GARIOW to be in a Rate of recovery. The complaint which has confined him for three weeks was a violent attack of the gout. The Mayor of Exeter, on Thurfday, dißributed amor.7ft the poor of that city 700 loaves, being the produce of fundry tines levied for trifling if fenc.:s, w ithin the jiitildiElion of that Corporation. On ‘Veillnallay I.:onOtt, a melancholy acct . - I dent happened. The Pev. Wm. Ftiouck, of Walforel, rear Newbury, was awakened about two o'clock by his chamber being filled with fmoke, whi n, inglantly rifintr, he found the bottle in flame-. He took his u tie in his arm!. (whom horror had rendered motionleis) and descended the (lairs, which were already on fire. hut-. (cry maid, who fleot in the next room, king alarmed, followed him with his youngcfl boy, about live muillts (Id; but the flames were lo t.I hl as VII prc.ra his living his cock(, a tire I ir!.t: sot v. o, an old la') ii;twards of Trrill:r of Mr, Fi NNW-, pc itited, while the 1, .li,runate patents were [p. !ors of their thi.i Halt - intone, without beiag r„, Ter r n:iy or LOT me 1:..:1' r..‘;'?11(?, . E. CORN MARKETS. NARK•LANE, DEC. 23. The additional fupplics of Grain today are ra. ther large, and our trade is for every thing ex. ceedingly heavy : the heft Wheats do not maintain their prices by near ts. per quarter, and inferior ones ate leveral Millings lower—Barley is lower about 6d.—Malt is hardly faleable—Oats are is. cheaper, thoia,;ll more lively in fale—New and old Beans arc tinahe:ed, as are !fog and Boilers —General pi lees as under. Englith 11Thcat, 725. to 8e:. For‘ign Ditto, sas. Bos. Fite Dar.l4i: Wheat, Rye, 36k. 435. Barley, 26-4 3Ss.—Beit (Nev.") 45 5 . 475• Malt, 445. 583. Fin. (Ditto), 563. 58s. Oats, 225. aBs. 3c3. Iforfe Beans, (New) 3,:5%. 38s.—Old 461. Tick Bans, (New) 3os. 355.—01 d Ifo3 Pcafe, 365. 395. Boilers, 46i. sos. 51s. Carraway Seed, 365. to 4 ts. p.r cwt. Coriander, 265. to ays. per cwt. Calvary, toss. to I t pry yr. Rape Seed, 34.1. to 371. rr Flour, 655. per fack. Superfine, 10; Red Clover, 345. 38s. par cwt. White ditto, Os. 8..5. 1 tae. Trefoil, 265. 40a. 50S. FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE, SATURDAY, DEC. 26. Average price of Corn in En s iand and Wste;,troin the Rs turns ending the tpth of December, 11or. Wheat. d. s ßy 4 e . . I lia . r . ley d .. I I ! Bsan d s. I P e e l. 71 10 47 1 0 44 23 10 44 0 45 7 avagge Pri i ie of Sugar, computed from the Return made In the weed: ending the ajd of December, is 4/6. 90. per houdsed weight. PRicRS OP GRAIN, AT Tilt rots-arm° r 22222 s. • BssinosTous.. 7 Whost 72s od to 3 1 1 od per Q_uarter. Barley 38. od to aas od Beans 3ps od to as of Oats ass od to spa od I Peale 38s od to 46s at MAIDRNARAIW.---WIICRt 769 od to 866 od per quarter. Barley 391 od to 42s 01 Beans 351 od to 4 01 od Oats 23s od to 3os od Peale 39s od to 435 od Newsuare—Wheats, 635. rd. to 925. od. per Quarter. Barley 331 od to ate 641 I Beans aos od to 60s pi Oats 121 s od to 3as od Peale sin od 10 eas of Hertry.--Wheat 703 od to 86s od per Qu arter. Barley 32. od to 421 od I Beans 401 to 441 of Oats 203 od to ass od Beare 388 Od to 4611 5 4 Remassto,-Wheat 6oa od. to 875. 6d per Qu arter. Barley 32s od to 4 2 s 6d I Beans 346 to 47s ed Oafs aos od to 334 od Peak aas od to 46. od The prices :f corn in the provincial markets, during the !aft week, havi been fubjed to much fluatration: at Newbury wheat has fallen 4s. per quarter; at Warminfter the price has rifen 6s. at Devizes p. at Cambridge 6s. and at Sherbom (on the average) it has fallen 45. 2d. per quarter. At Bath the price of flour has advanced from sja. to 680. 44. per Carl: t ist COnteglloncc of whack the price of the quartcrn loaf has been increafed from Icel. to to;d. At Norwich flour has had a further rifc,viz. from s;s. sd. to 6cs. Sid. and the weight of the !billing loaf has in confequence been reduced from 41b. 4 07.. 4 drs. to 31b. 15oz. 12 drs. At Derby, Chefterfleld, Gainfborongh, Lei ef. ter, Stamford, Lincoln, Louth, Up Ingham, Northampton, Lynn, Nantvrich, and Chefter wheat is rather dearer. At Doncafter it is cheaper. Mil MELLON feems to be one of the molt pro. miring ACtreffes on the London Stage. Her D riada in the Tempel, on Saturday night, exhibite a arongly marked humour, which is obvioully the reult of good fence and ohfervation. The remains of the late Mr. CLARKE were land cd at Dover on Friday lalt, and brought to to on Saturday, to be forwarded to Hitalain Priory where the funeral is expeded to take place t morrow. Mr. Aaem FR, a Gentleman of about ro,oool. per annum, chiefly Landed property in Berkfhire, and partly in Effex, died fome time ago, and left a very large fortune, great part of winch be gave to hit wile,but the hull: went to hisdaughters by a forma l marriage.l3efides his hoar in Berkfhire, he hag a fine manfion on his beautiful eftate of Cooper. fide, near Epping, in Ellie. But this houfe ha been deferred for zo years or more, no one bein. , allowed to refidc in it. On the death of Mr. A. • fell to the lot of one of his daughters, who a It weeks ago Pent a Purveyor to examine the bode. His report is curious. Neither the gates of di court) ard, or the doors of the manfion.houfe, ha been opened for the period of 18 years. The latter by order, were covered with plates of iron. court-yard was crowded with thirties, docks, an • weeds ; and the inner hall with cobwebs. Th rooks and jackdaws had built their netts in chimnies, and the folenni bird of night had tak poriktlion of the principal drawing-room. Sever of the rooms had not been opened for 33 years.. The pigeons had, for the fpace of ze years, bu their netts in the lib; ary (which contairred thouland hooks,)hsiving made a lodgment throu : the means of an aperture, in one of the. eafemen I km they had, it is flippoftel, remained undiflur , for the IPace abovementioned, as fevcral loads' duty , were found in the apartment. A celebrat nat chi dill, who was pretent at the opening of th houft,deelared he never law cobwebs fo beautiful fore, or of fuch an amazing fliee. Theyextendcd whole lenglii of one room from the cieling to t t. ;rotted. The wine, ales, and rum, of each there were large quantities, had not touched for zo years; they were found in fine 0 der, particularly the fort wine. The bailiff, 1 , gitrd..net, and his men, were exprefsly ordered , their laic nut to remove even a weed fic tae s , ariLiis or grounds. The filh.ponds were I tii,ich:.: for rnanv ye irs. About a fortnight fin . .1 I;ZIA ICIIIIII ha% ing had permillion to fib, caug lcea al jacks, v—ighing 14 :tn.' i 5 pound! ea , . 'tii i genti y have been to view r in.l g.-ontids, the rtiiitoris c ondition of w.a lin. •!: converfati,,r. t din fori 141 semi plat t let d kr the fen ifpofit Enka h Ygy id3CC rwer taek ii 6ine darn kat in ' t.cc ':t~ f • %.!;;