Star. — London, England, 1801-09-17 00:00:00

AMERICA HALIFAX, JUNE, dot. The Afrembly, during the laft Seffions, granted 20,0001. in all, for various improvements. Among other g: ants, soul. was given to begin paving the ftreets of Halifax. A law is made, and Commit - - fioners appi)inted to execute this bufinefs, remove all nuifances, projeftions, and encroachments on th,: tireets. 'Oleic are to be permanent Magiftrates, with full power and authority to do good—Mars. MATHEWS, L. HARTSHORNE, and C. MORRIS, jun. are appointed. The country market is large and handfornely built, and plentifully furnifhed with excellent provifions from to to 25 percent. cheaper than formerly, and the farmer more profited. It was much oppofed by the town butchers, but the benefit became th e more evident, from their Rrug• gles to engrofs the market to themfelves, and st is now quietly eftabliflicd. A grant has been made of soool. to rebuild a town-market on the !cite of the old one. The Government houfe is carried up to the principal Rorey, is a beautiful building, completely executed, and the Rone indu rates to admiration. It gives univerfal fatisfaetion, and is confidered tobe the bell aruCture in America. The bridge at Windfor (near the Forks) has been finned more than a year, and is an excellent piece of work, and proves highly advantageous to the town and country. We have altered the road to avoid Ardoife-Hill, and (horten the diftance fixty rods ; it was opened, and all the bridges built tall autumn ; and Mr. Mouts, who lives on the road, is appointed to make it a turnpike road, ' by, or before, sth Oftober next. A new road is alfo made to avoid the rocky ledges near Mr. UNIACIB'S bottle. Mr. FAIRDANK'S ftage to Windfor (diftance about so miles), fucceeds won derfully, runs twice a week, and takes fix infide, and two outride paftengers. It is in contempla tion to extend it to Anapolis (about Lfo miles), as the roads are made fo very good. We have an emigration of Soo people from Scotland, who were intended for the United States, but changed their mind; part of them are arrived, and are a good defcription of people. Many of theni have competent means of fettle meat, and our Alterably have granted to the Go vernor a vote of credit of moo]. to affift thole who may need aid. It is propofed to fettle them along the road from Pifton to Truro, and the new roads to Murguedoboit, and thence to Pref. ton. Some of them are to be fettled between Co beguid and Mac Nab's Bridge, upon excellent lands. That road is now fo good that a coach may drive from Halifax to Pifton ( too miles) except four miles, for which money is granted, and Corn miffioncrs appointed, who are alto to order any other repairs necelfary on that road. We have a road opened from Liverpool to Anapolis; alfo from Luenburg, and people have aaually com menced fettlements. Money is granted to make a good road from Cape Sable to Halifax, and it will be done this year. The frequent shipwrecks on the ifle of Sable has induced the Affembly to grant 6001. credit to fettle three families on the Hand. Three honk.; are preparing to be com pletely fitted up ; one for each end, and one on the middle of the Ifland, to be accommodated with proper boats, which arc building by Mr. Coleman. Thefe, with three families, provifions, fheep, hogs, and cows, are to be there before the loth Oftober next. We fend iron camboofes and (loves inflead of chimnies. The detail of this ellablifhment is com mitted to Meltrs. Forfyth, Wallace, C. Morris, jun. William Cochran, and Mr. Wentworth. There are feveral other good things in contemplation, but I muff not overwhelm you. I cannot however forbear mentioning 3001. granted to clear the Shubenacadie river, preparatory to the canal bnfi nefs. Meas. Hartfhorne, Wallace, and Uniacke, have undertaken it. LONDON. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK: - - 3pu Cent. Coot 3pf, f--5 Cwt 9S} — Ozonium 7f, f. TRICE OF STOCKS YESTERDAY : 3 per C. Conf. 554 f f f Omnintr. 8f 71 8 5 per Cent. Ann. wf f f I FAO& Tkkete 161. Imp. 3 per C. spf Irlth Tickets St. Imp. Ann..— Conf. for Ace. 39} 60 59 1 DIIIILIN, 51PT12122112:5 per C. Gov. Dib. po. This day we received Paris Papers to the t4th ;nitwit, inclusive. Except mentioning the arrival of a few more gun-boats at Boulogne on the 7th inftant, they contain hardly any news. Thefe vef fels were chafed by one of our frigates which, even by the enemy's account, feems to have done them Come damage. On the 14th of September the Tiers Confofidis were 48 fr. 15. cent. The follow ing are extraas from the journals received : PARIS, SEPT. I2. —Count Bum e•o, Envoy from the Eleetor of Sazoav to the French Republic, bas arrived at Paris. _ . . Mutt. y, AUG. 29. —In the afternoon of the day before yellerday, the Honourable ARTHUR PAGET, Ambaffador of his BRITANNIC MAJESTY, paid through this place on his way to Vienna, to fucceed I.ord MIN TO he was preceded by Mr. EAsr, one of the King's Mefiengers, who accompanied him through France : a little before Meffrs. Sc m LADE and Hs ais AN, Members of the Chancery of Ham. burgh, who had been on a million to Paris, pallid here alfo on their way back to Hamburgh. In the evening, 1. V. Mouaom Secretary, and five perfons belonging to the Ambaador Cm A MPACIIY, palled likewite on their route for Strafburgh, where they arc to meet that Arnbafradoi, who has gone by the way of Befancon ; they will then all pro. c cd together to Vienna, where the e.nbafly is et pcEled on the irk of September. BovLoorrt, Sem 7.—A new divifion of (even• teen gnn-boats and one gun-velrel, arrived in this port yeaerday from Saint-Valery : it confifted when it fet out, of feventeen gun-boats and two gun-. vefrels : it was obferved coming out of port, and followed by an .Englifh frigate as fas as Eftaples The frigate then fent a pinnace to inform the other velrels of the divifion, that a French convoy was in fight and under way, and immediately began to cannonade it : our divifion returned the fire with vigour. The cannonade began at four o'clock, and continued till night ; a bullet paired through the gun-vefrel which led the convoy, and (he was obliged to rnn on (bore, having had (even men killed and five wounded during the engagement ; the reft of the divifion continued its route, always cannonading and cannonaded. Towards evening five or fix large veflels of the enemy's fquadron arrived: slight, and the tide which flopped the enemy, facilitated the entrance of our flotilla into port, where it anchored about ten at night, to the number of eighteen fail. i The gun-veirel which condueled it had three men killed and one wounded. The Englifh muff have loft a great many people, for our flotilla, which mount ed 24-pounders, kept up a very briik fire, as did all the forts on the coati, and many of the bullets !truck the enemy's vac's. The Englifh obferving the gun.veffel which had run afhore, fent a boat with an officer and four men, to fummon the Captain to furrender the promifing to allow him to retire with the crew. The Captain took the officer and four men prifoncrs. The veffel was got off and was carried into the port of Eftaples. TouLoti, A ua. 22.—A flag of truce from Abou kir landed here yefterday the garrifon of Rhama nie, of 260 men, partly French, and partly Syrians and Greeks. LEGHORN, AUGUST 26.—An embargo has been laid on all the veffels in this harbour. It is fup pofed that the objeft of this meafure is to fend provilions and ammunition to Longone. The bombardment ofPorto-Ferrajo would have already been begun, had not the veltels fent to the aflif tance of the befiegers experienced fome checks and difappointments. We learn by all the 'rails from Sardinia, that the crop there this year has been exceedingly abundant. FLORENCE, AUGUST 35. —In the night between the 19th and xoth, one of the Pops's couriers paned through this city, on his way to Paris, with a ratification of the Concordat, figned in that ca pital on the tgth of July. The deputies of the Hebraic nation, at Sienna, had, on the xoth, an audience of the King of Eva tr a la, by whom they were molt gracioufly received, and who allured them of his impartial protection, and an amelioration of their condition. During their flay at Parma, their MAJESTIES paid a vifit to the celebrated printer BODON r, who had the honour of prefenting them with a magni ficent work about to be publithed, under the title of , g A Defcription, in Italian, French, and Span iel', of the Chamber in the Convent of Sr. Paul, at Parma; painted by the inimitable Painter of the Graces, ANTONIO ALLsoza, called Corregio." MADRID, Auo UST 15. — The Court of Portugal has appointed M. Fatima to be Minifter Plenipo tentiary to treat for a definitive peace with France, through the medium of the Ambalfador BONA. PARTE. It appears that the conferences will be loon opened, that Minifter having been here al ready two days. In the mean time French troops pats through Bayonne to reinforce the army now on its march to the frontiers of Portugal, and which at prefent conafts of not lets than 35,000 men. The Portuguefe army, notwithQanding all the requifitions and all the efforts made to augment it, will not amount to more titan 20,000 men : the great difproportion between the two armies gives us reafon to believe that the Portuguefe Plenipo tentiary will accede to all the conditions, and that hollilities will not take place. AdmiralTauc u ET fet out on the night between the sth and 6th for Cadiz. RATISSON, SETT. 2.7 —The votes arc terminated in the College of Princes : contrary to the common expeBation, the majority teem; to have agreed to grant to the EihtrEllOß unlimited powers for con. eluding the peace. The vifit of Count LF HRBACH to the Envoy of Cologne gins rife to various conjedures. SEPT. 3.—Count LE HRIACH did not make a long nay at this place : he fet out the day before yefterday, taking the road to Vienna. It appears that he would have been employed in the affairs of the Empire, if the Conclufum had conferred unli mited powers on the Emperor to terminate the bufinefs of the indemnities; but there is reafon to think that the vote of Magdeburgh will have the plurality of fuffrages ; and this important affair will be decided by the Diet, or by a deputation of its appointment. Baron d'OPTEDA, the Hanoverian I%finifler at the Diet, protefled, on the 3111 of Augull, againft the complaints of C. BACHtI, in regard to the recruiting, and the agent of the Ptince of LAPIN. rratu-Wt till atm pofitively declared that there ports of the recruiting were abfolutely falfe. He delivered in his note to the direCtion of the Empire, and had a conference on that fubjeft with the Minifter of the French Republic. HAGUE, AUGUST 3t. —From every thing it ap pears that our Conflitution will be reformed in fpite of all oppofition. We are afrured that the journey of General SCHIMMELPENNINCK had this ebjeft in view. The plan of a new Conftitution is to be revifed by Citizen JEHOVENNANDASI,WhOre well known talents mull produce fomething valuable: Troops have been brought into Weflphalia, by order of the KING of PRUSSIA, to prevent the ex portation of grain; various coptefts often take place between the contraband traders and the military. Ss vr. s.—Great numbers of officers and other perfons have been embarked at the Tezel, in order to be employed at our poifeffions on the Coaft of Guinea. They fail in a veffel with a neutral flag. ROMS, AUGUST aa.-The Cardinal CAPIAILA, appointed Legate for Ecclellafficalaffairs in France, is on the point of fetting out immediately for Paris. Troops have been fent to Urbino, where a com motion took place on the zoth intlant. The mob proceeded to the palace, took poffeffion of the ar tillery that was there, placed tome of it in the fquare, and the reft on the ramparts; they then feized the Members of the Government, and thofe of the Reprefentatives of the people. Some per tons who had influence over the mob found means to pacify them, by promifing that they should ob tain a pardon from St. Peter; many have come hither to folicit it. His Hold); ass will not refute their petition, particularly fo becaufe it appear that the, difturbance was occafioned by a fcarcity of provifions. Difpatches were yefterday received at the Ad miralty from Egypt, but not of a later date than thole formerly received. _ _ Lord ST. VINCisT is quite recovered from his late Wilds, and attends the Board of Admiralty every day. Governor BEwrimc a's journey to France has no reference whatever to any political bufinefs. Captain WHITEY, of the SEVERN man of War, who returned about a month fince from his Weft India Ration, has, within thefe few days, been appointed Flag Captain under his uncle, Admiral CORNWALLIS. In the lilt of kith Peers to whom the Clerk of the Crown and Hanaper has announced the iffue of writs for elating a Reprefentative Peer, the names of feveral Noblemen who enjoy the honours of the PeErage are omitted. This arifes from the circwnaance of thofe Noblemen not having regu• larly qualified themfelves by taking the neceffary oaths in Parliament; Tome from minority, others from abfence, and a few from their fcruples in matters of religion : by claiming their Peerage, and taking the neceffary oaths in the Imperial Houfe of Peers, thefe Noblemen will be enabled here after to ezercife the privilege of voting in the elec tion of Reprefentatives. A plan of defence, upon a more extenfive fcale, and more effedually calculated to anfwer every objed, than any which has been yet propofed or adopted, is (aid to be nearly brought to a conclu fion. It has been under the confideration of the Cabinet for three weeks; and the late infpedion of the coats by the Duke of Your was intimately connefted with it. This new fyfiem of defence only waited for his Royal Highncfs's fixation, to be carried into effed. According to report, all perfhns capable of fer vice, from the age of fisteen to fixty, are to be armed with pikes, in the diftriEls along the coal' molt liable any fudden defcent of the enemy. By the fyftem of defence adopted throughout the Welt, a force confining of about to,ooo troops, and goo* men of the poffe.comitatus, regularly arrayed, may be brought within 48 hours to any point of the coati. During the late furvey of the four weflern coun ties, Dorfet, Somerfet, Devon, and Cornwall, for the purpofe of adopting defenfive meafures again( the threatened invAfion, it appeared that their re fpeetive populations muff have molt materially changed fince the days of King ALFRED, in whofe reign the country was divided into hundreds—a hundred being that (pace of land, which contained too families; for Dorfet containing fixty hundreds, returns but 64omen to the militia—Somerfet forty two hundreds, to the militia 840—Devon only thirty-three hundreds, to the militia t6co—and Cornwall but nine hundreds, to the militia 640. — This return, exclufive of the Supplementary Mili tia, and the militia ellablifhed amongft the Miners, confining of about 800 men—Dorfet meafures 1250 fquare miles—Somerfet 1520—Devon 2520 -and Cornwall 1450. The Britifh troops under the command of Bri gadier General CI-IN Tow, which have taken poffef fion of the gland of Madeira, mutter about I too effeaives, confining of a detachment from the Royal Artillery, and the tft battalion of the 85th Infantry. The Volunteer corps having been brigaded, it is reported that they will be thortly reviewed by fomc General Officer in Brigades at different points of the Weft. On Tuefday laa the Fira Regiment of Royal EAR India Volunteers had a field-day in the Corn pany:s ground at Iflington. The battalion paired in review in quick and flow time, after which the colours were efcorted from the m irquee by the grenadiers ; the regiment then moved in various new direlions, and fired by grand divifions, com panies from right to left, while the light infantry performed bufh firing, or fire and retreat ; they then formed, advanced in a line, and faluted Co loud Sir LIONEL DAIELL. . wirourm, SEPTEMBER rs. Yeaerday afternoon his Royal Highnefs tht. Pita ca of WALE.' arrived at Gloucefter Lodge on a vifit to their MA; s Frit s ; foon after the Pat c accompanied by Lady M. Nirta YARD in a carriage, rode to the Quay to meet the ROYAL FAMILY on their landing. The Theatre lan night was fully attended, being honoured with the pretence of their MAJESTIES. The performances were well received.—Mr. SAND FORD, whore benefit it was, was much admirea in the Comedy of KISOW your mum mind. Lads Bell, by Mrs. &aims LE, was ably fupported. Between the Play and Entertainment, Mr. SANDFORD de livered' a loyal, local, and Patriotic Addrefs, in the chars ter of an Highland Officer, bearing the Flag taken from BONAFARTB'S Invincibles by the 00. riouspd Regiment. The Performances concludcd with The Pr:fewer m Large. This morning his Maus: Fry bathed, and after wards rode on borfeback, attended by Lord WAL. stmottast, General GALTH, and. Colonels CART. WRIGHT and FITZROY. Soon after breakfaft, the ROYAL FAMILY, ac companied by the Conntefs of AYLESBURY, took another excurtion on the water.—His MAJESTY is exceedingly partial to failing. The Bilhop of SALISBURY and:family took leave of their MAJESTIES this morning. His Roy_ttlighnefs the Pa t Esc aI:VA s s during his nay at IWymouth rendes at Mr. G. STEWARD S houfe, the Mayor, and Member of Parliament for this Corporation. • A Ball is to be given this evening at STACIE'S Rooms, for the Benefit of the Matter of the Cere monies, A very handforne range of apartments is now building for prince ADOLPHUS, at St. James's; and, on the meeting of Parliament, Mr. Aocuvc- TOW is to apply for 12,0001. per annum to be fet tled on his Royal Highnefs. _ _ Mr. ADDINGTON is (pending a few days at Wim bledon. but comes to town every day to tranfalt bufinefs. Mr. ADataavoa gives a dinner at his houfe in Downing-ftreet, on Friday next, to all the Cabinet Minifters that are in town. The Ili of Tome Papers on Mr. Prrespesvrty are curious enough. If Mr. PITT be poor, what has he to plead ?- 0 unavoidable lodes in trade," or a Desk benevolently contraled to ferox a friend?" Yefterday a Court of Direiftors was held at the Eaft India Houfe, which was but thinly attended. The Court adjourned at five o'clock till Wednef day next. Tms4raicAt.—Little or no change has taken place in the cart of the Covent-garden light come. dies. In the Poor Gentleman of laft night, the dra matis prime hood esattly as at the clofe of laft feafon. BILAKAP4 and Svmtacit, it is raid, are to receive each a thoufand pounds and a benefit for their per formance at Covent•garden Theatre this feafon. That celebrated aCtrefs, Mrs. PITCHARD, when a girl, performed at one of the booths in Bartho- lomew Fair, where her merit loon gained her the notice and applaufe of the public, by her eafy un affeded manner of (peaking, and the was greatly carded and admired for her tinging, in Tome farce or droll, a favourite air at that time, which began with N Sweet, If you love nee. foiling tune', She was immediately engaged at one of the Royal Theatres, and foon after became the moil celebrat ed afirefs of her time ; and, after continuing on the ftage thirty-fix years, as much beloved for her many virtues in 1 . -irate life as Die was admired for her fuperiormerit in her profeffion, the retired from the nage in May 5768, and died at Bath in three months after. A few weeks ago, was carried from Burfham, in Wales, to the glafs works near St. Hellen, a large iron plate, at tons t t cwt. upon a carriage conftrueted for the purpofe, and drawn by 12 horfes ; for which the undertaker,Mr. S. BALL, of Liverpool, received a confiderable rum of money. This amazing weight is fuppofed to be the largest that was ever carried over land in England. The Duke of PORTLANNon his late vifit to Mr. STURT; at Browufea Cattle, met with an unpica• Pant accident. As his Grace was looking up at the building, he fuddenly tripped, and fell flat on his face. His hands being in his breeches pockets he made no effort to favellimfelf, and conrequent ly his whole length came in dole contact with the ground. His fpeitacles werc broken to pieces on his nofe ; and yet, notwithflanding the feverity of the fall, he did not receive the !lig/kelt apparent hurt, or even fcratch. His Grace walked four or five miles afterwards without complaining ; but on his arrival at Poole, be felt himfelf fo Much indifpofed that he fent for a furgeon. • Early on Sunday fe'nnight in the morning, a man in the fervice of Mr. Piaci., the Angel Inn, at Sheffield, was carried away, together with a chaife and two excellent horfes, by the violence of the Rood in the river at that place, which was fuelled to a prodigious height by the heavy rains. It is fum-fcd, that he had driven his horfes into the Ilream at Millfands, to wails them, though II rialy charged to the contrary on the evening be fore- Part of the wreck of the chaife was recover ed ncar . the Park Furnace, the horfes were found on a land bank near the bridge at New-Hall, and the body of the poor man himfelf taken out of the river at Attach& The fame day, the bank of the Cotton Mill dart) at Ecclesfield burg, and deluged the neighbour hood. Mr. Cot.Lsy, at the Paper• Mill adjoining , ors fuffered much injury, the water having forced its way into his premifes. and irrecoverably da• maged a great quantity of finifhed paper. A letter from Amalree, a village in the Gram pian Mountains, mentions, tl-at the earthquake• a Monday fe'nnight, was ••ery alarming to the habitants there. The letter alfo Rates, that its duration was nearly a minute, and that the lock was felt as far as 'overact's. b Bat 1 Imo twit Sw, -the fon the Inv Liv xnai bou coa bq brii Her, In t wo ce's Atoti g