Star. — London, England, 1803-10-21 00:00:00

LONDON. Y'RIDAY, OCTOBER 21. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. 3 per Cent. Confols, for money, 3=j 33 Ditto, for account 53. 3 per C. Reduced 3 I{ 52 4 per Cent. 9oj+-old 5 per C. P6l Onusium diL PRICE Of STOCKS YES . I'ERDAY : Bank Stock to; 139 Short Ann 3 3 per Cent. Red. st} s:if I India Stock t 6: 3 per C. Cori 521511 i Eacheq. Bills par is dif. 4 per Cent. 67H 67 Omntu to 8:t 91 5 per Cent. Ann. 8 5 1 rn 86 Lottery Titkva t 7l. ts. Ditto, 1797, 8 7 ConL for act. 32.153 a Long Ann. 131} The intelligence which we announced form time ago of the capture of St. Pierre and Miquelon, is con firmed in the Gazette aloft night. The news by the Weft India fleet, which has now arrived, does nut confirm the evacuation of St. Do mingo by the French ; but it was looked for ev e ry day when the !hips I eft Jamaica. They (poke an Englifh frigate on their homewarl bound pottage, who informed them that two French feventy-fours Lad furrtndered to our fleet, with Come fmaller Chips of war and tranfports. The fleet has had a very long pafrage, nearly thirteen weeks, and experienced Tome very bad weather ; mad, from the fleet, which con lifted of about 130 fail, between 30 and 40 have bet n ir.-parated by gales of wind coming home. A Gentleman who left Paris on the sth inflant, lays, that on the 4th, Bosarsitrs was at Paris and reviewed a very large body of troops sictlined for the invaGon of England. He paired from thence to Holland, which he left on the 13th inn. where, he adds, there were 4.2,000 men, who would be ready to embark in the courfe of ten days. Or, the other baud, advices were received yeflerday from Holland by Come principal merchants, which reprefent the boaile preparations in that quarter as frivolous and contemptible. The stokeno of mifchief, they agree with us in Rating, is at Brea, and to this point, we art; well allured, that all due vigilance is directed. A report was yefterday circulated, that Lord K 11TH had tranfmitted an account to Government, re ceived by a particular channel, that the French troops bad been ordered to embark at Toulon, but had refuted to obey. Before we could afcertain the truth of the report, our Paper was at prefs ; and for the fake (I I thole of our Readers, who were ferved with the early part of our impreffion, we now re. fate, that we could not trace the report to any authentic fource• In fait, it was fettling day in Omnium, and the ru mour had its intended effeet—it raifed the Funds nearly one per cent. till the differences were after talned. Before the elofe of the Market the Funds fell again. notice having been received that Government had Ant an order to the Cuitom-house, not to clear out any Britifb veilils for Spain or Portugal, until a con• ♦oy Would be appointed—an order which clearly Proves that Miniiters have received fome intelligence refpcifling there Powers, that convinces them Britifh property would not be fate in their ports. As to Spain, we believe few who have been in the habit of reading the STAR, will he furprifed to find it foots ranked among the number of our open enemies The American trcafure has all come home cafe.— 8010 has no more to hope for on that Imre, and, we doubt not, has demanded of his Catholic Majelly the men and (hips flipulated by the Treaty of 1796. _ _ _ It is now fome time (ince we Dated that Govern nsent had received accounts, that Portugal had found itfelf under the necetlity of acceding to what France chofe to dillate to it, and had agreed to pay a large Turn of money, in the hope of this way avoiding the pretence of AVGILILIAU and his followers. We have reafon to believe. that the Portugucfe will not only be cheated out of their money, but be obliged be fides to maintain a French army, as the Dutch, the Swifs, and the F.anoverians have been. Biiiith pro pert! of courfe will be confiscated in that country, and if we have r.ct fucceeded in bringing away the effeds of the FaCtory, the amount will be confider able..-and in addition to all thi. we than be under the painful neceflity of treating the helplefs Porto guefe as 22 enemy ; as otherwife EON A PARTS would be able not only to drAve greater refonrces from their country, but to aid hi. projeCts of invation by em barking a part of hi, army from Portugal. The order not to clear out wilds for Spain or Portugal, has, we underrland, been fent out to all the out-posts, but in fad we confider it only as a prelude to meafures of aarral hofiility, efpecially againli the former ; and we believe that but few people will be inaned to think i:s neutrality fhould have been fn long rel1 a by this country. We are killing to btlieve, however, that Government will be able to align gii-d real ms fur its lot.g forbearance. By the PIWICLSS 1:111A1liTtl packet, laf from Halifax, arrived at 1 - alni"uth, w e have New York Papers to the Bth ult. The following article appears to us as the founda• tion of the reports of 11,e capture of General Ito. CNAMIEAU " Captain BIV.WN, rif the fchooner Farmers' 1)c. light. IL arrived at Philadelphia ; be irdnrrris, before be failed the Mail arrived at ilarb.idoec, hiririg ing an account that the Fiench fl:ct from St. Do mingo with _ G Cnet.ll ROC HA MirAlY on b oa rd, b a j fallen in with and Lila been taken by tla; llc.t —that Martinique and Guadaloupe were in a nate of blockade—the former had been attacked by the Eng lifh who were repulfed with lots." It is with much forrow we have to announce the furious continuance of the Yellow Fever at New- York. The following are the returns of the Board of Health for the fir( fix days of September: Sept. in, 1 Death 16 New Cafes. id, 8 ditto 23 ditto. 3d, 6 ditto 29 ditto. 3th, 23 ditto 46 ditto. 6th, 8 ditto ay ditto. yth,tt ditto 26 ditto. The inhabitants of New Yoi k are flying in all di• regions ; the Returns of the Health Committee lave given an alarm that will not eafily foblide ; in WI, the City was never half fo mucb deferted as at the prefect time, fcarcely a white face to be feen in the City, excepting in Broad-way, which is Rill confidered a healthy fituation ; though but few will themielves even there ; it is nearly occupied by Blacks, left in care of the houfes and areas of their maflers. A veffel, arrived at New York in eighteen days from Cape Francois, brings an account that the in• habitants of Port Republicain had made overtures for furrendering that Poi t to the Britifh, who had con tinued very firongly to blockade it. There Papers nate the death of Adm. VI CLARET Joy r use, Governor of Mat tinique, at that ifland, and likewife of NIELSON, one of the hate prifoncrs con• fined at Fort George in Scotland during the late war, as an Irifh Traitor. He died at Pcuglikeepfie, on the 3oth of Augurs. From the lan American Papers, it is evident, that the party againft Mr. JEFFERSON, the prefent Prefi• dent, is very virulent; and •:li, is probably occafioned by private motives in tome degree, as Mr. JF FFERSON has not (hewn that democratic difpofition that was expeeted fince his elevation to the Prefidency. One great ground of attack, is the high price paid for Louifiana ; but there is a circumflance that weighs a good deal, of which they take no notice. The acquifition of that country will give great additional value to all the lands on the Weftern territory, which is equal to three•4fths of the United States, and will thereby diminifh very confiderably the value of lands in the Eanern part of America. Wafhington Well; intended as a central capital, will now be no longer r o ; and, it is evident, that no great length of time will be necefrary to render the Wenern country as opulent and popnlous as that on the Eaft coal' which i s now inhabited. Thole who are intimately 2C quainted with American affairs, du not, however, think that the enemies of the Prefident will prevail. Yeflerday his MAJESTY, the Duke of KENT, and Princeffeb ELIZABETH, SOPHIA, and AM k Lan, took an airing in the Great Palk; her MAJESTY, and Piin ceffes MARY, and Sormta, of Gloucefter, vifited Frogmorc. Yeflerday about four o'clock arrived at the Duke of YORE'S Office a moll beautiful young lion from South America as a prefent to his Royal Highnefi.. It is a noble animal and remarkably tame. A black man came with it as its feeder, to whom it feems muc:i a tufted. Mr. THOMAS SHERIDAN is appointed by the Com mander in Chief to a Cornetcy in the Prince's licyti• ziment, the Tenth Light Dragoons, and goes w ish Lord MOIRA to Scotland, as one of his Loisithip's Aides de Camp. Orders have been Bitted for the removal of the hea vy baggage belonging to the troops in the Newcallle diflritt to Hesharn, and to furnifh each man with zo rounds of ball cartridge. The greater part of the ammunition and other mi litary Mores, has been removed to Chelter-le-lirect, from Tynemouth. Fort St. George, Scotland, is to be immediately fitted up for French pi ifoners. Sir M. W. RIDLEY has ereacd a battery at his own expense, at the fouth end of Blyth, facing the Bay, which is to be mounted with 13 and 24. pounders. Letters from Liverpool mention, tit.:t a very hot peels had taken place there 'all Monday. • A great number of able leamen were fondled. In the other ports, in coact:pence of frefh older' from the Admi ralty, the fame vigilance ha, been ezercifed in the imprefs departments, and it is luppoled that our naval ilrength will be recruited with feveral thou. lands of uleful hands by the late various arrivals from foreign ports.. The Third Regiment of Guards had a very grand field day yellerday in Hyde Park, and made a very fine appearance. \refit-relay morning the battalion of Coldllream Guards, who mounted guard for the day, were each of them furnitbed with an additional pouch or car touch, to hold eighteen earn isfges. The Magili►.rtes, at the 'all Worcefler Seffions, al. certained and fettled the average price of labour, in order to regulate the payments to the wives and fa milies of militia men, at the Cum of Is. 6d. per diem, purluant to the Statute; and, in like manner, the Court of (barter Seflions have afeertained the cur rent price r 7 fuhflitutcs in the Militia and Army of Referve for that county, at the from of ibi. alts. Vcilerday morning at four o'clock died, at his hook in Chcarrtiels. flrect, Gcn. Conic, he was the olden General in his Mar rsrv's fervicc, and was remarkable for humanity to his (oldie's; he has left the hirik of his fortune to the Earl el Hat• lIMUTi , N ' S IVeJtiefday were interred in t:te Garrifon Polar:v.llth, the rot...fins of CnkISTOPHFR CUM, I.:cotenant in tie R. % a; North Gloricefler Mi litia, and brother to Sir WM. Getsr, Bart. Captain 13 the fame legoincrit. TLia InJor tnuale Gentleman, hat; not attained bia nit year. m..t with his death from falling jilt' , one of the balor... in tile Dock yard, whilst go;n r '' ~ Lis rounds at •wn o'clock in the morniag of the 44. ion. from In fe- MC AU 111IICii, , s 1 a uccalicat bit s.catir vp tut r3tl3. CORN-111,1.121CET, MAR K-LANE, OCT. 21. We were fairly fupplied with Grain in general for this day's Market.—The new Wheats continue to meet heavy (ales—Barley is rather dearer—Malt has no alteration—Oats are full as dear; fo are Beans, both new and old—Grey Peas are cheaper, and white ones do hardly maintain the terms of the 17th. GENERAL. CURRENCY AS UNDER: Eng. Wheat, 52P. 555. per qr. Hag Peas, 38s. sos. Fine tad dato, 6cs. 625. Butlers, 525. 565. Fine Dantzic ditto. co. 6cs. Carr Away Seed,s 15.5 6s.per cwt. Rye. 322. 30. Nrw 365. Coriander, lb. 206. Barley, 223. 146. 6d. New 255. Canary, 765.78,. Malt, 535.565. White Muftard Seed lOC 125. 31. 17s. VS. Br.•wn ditto, 16s. t 8... B-ars, New 36, UM 359. 331. Rape Seed, 401. per Lai. Wick , 0.3 ss. 64. Old 335. 355. Winter Tara, 76 6d. per bulbel Hour, p. r hick, scs. 5 cs. American Flour, 3.4.. per barrel IIt3PtCTORS RETURN FROM UR/UDGE, OCT. 20. NVIleAt, per Load, from 131. tos. to 161. os. Barley, per (darter, from 11. 3s. to 11. 7s. Oats, per carter, from 11. 6s. to 11. los. Beans, per carter, from 11. 18s. to 21. 2S. Peak, per quarter, ;rom 21. 6.. to 21. Bs. By the returns at the Excife Office, it appears that the average quantity of fpirits for which duty is paid in London alone, is eleven millions three hundred thoufand gallons. Letters were received yeflcrday from Gibraltar, dated the 3tf rf Augn ft, which flue, that on the 7th of Ain - tuft the French ihip le Leman, from Mar 'tinico to Marfeillet, was captured and fent in by the MEnuSa frigate. The LAPWING frigate which failed from Fortf mouth in July 1311, with a convoy for Newfoundland, during her [mirage fell in with two French men of war, which occalioned her to throw all her guns overboard. Yellerday a Court of Direaors was held at the Eaft India Houle, when Captain WALTER CAM r HELL was fworn into the command of the new (hip IVinchelfea ; as was Captain CHARLES DRUMMOND into that of the Glatton. The Brunfwick was Rationed for China inftead of St. 1 lelena, Bencoolen, and China ; and the Wdlmer Caine for St. Helena, Bencoolen, and China, inftead of China direa. Yetterday a Court c.f Aldermen was held at Guild hall, for the eleftion of a Recorder of the City of London, in the room of Sir Jona Mit Lt.tata Roza, Knt. deceared, when JoHM SYLVESTII, Efq. Common Serjeant, was un inimoufly defied by thew of bands, and (worn into that office. A Conn of Common Council was held afterward,. for the election of a City Solicitor, and other burl. nefs. A report was read from the Committee ap pointed to take into confideration the duties and emo luments of the office of City Solicitor, &c. and upon motion, that the Court do agree with the laid report. a long debate enfued—Mr.Sasi.DixoN, Mr. WAITH, m•pi, Mr. \VOOO, and other Gentlemen fupporting it ; and Aldermen Warsole, SKIMMER, GLYNN, &c. and feveral Commoners oppriii7 it. An amend ment was at length moved, which, upon thew of handy, was negatived, and the original motioncarried by a confiderable majority-23 Aldermen were pre fent, who all voted againft the report. The fubliance of the report recommended the leaning of the law expences in future, and the appointmeut of a Sub- Committee, to direct and controul all law proceedings, and other bonnet's done for the City by their to regulate the bills of fees and dithurfements, and to audit his accounts half-yearly, dm. It appeared from this report, that the lulu of nearly 33,0c01. had been expended ia the courfe of twelve years for law expences, and that 16,1.261. 3s. 4d. had been paid, by order of the Court of Alan men. The Couit then proceeded to the eleetion of a Soli. citor. The ballot, on being call up, Rood as follows: Fur Wm. Lewis Newman, Efq. . 5 Is James Welton, Ffq. - - 9$ joiaii rurbc3,El l . - it Winr,r, Efg. - - 1 Wil( the LORD MAYOR declared Mr. NEWMAN Leretipon daily eleeted. JONN SY I.VESTFR, Efq. elated Recorder at the Court of Aldermen, reflgned the office of Common Scrjeant ; and the Court of Common Council ap pointed the next Court for the elation of a Common Serjeant in his room. TM CATRE, COVLNT Laft night, on the fecond reprefentation of Pizarro at this Theatre, Mr. Cooxs appeared in the charater of the Spanifh He ro of the Play, perfatly recovered from his late lath! pofition. Qn his entrance we heard a few cries of "If: .1" and Tome hiffes ; but thefe were drowned in re iterated peals of applaufe. The performance then proceeded without interruption, and Mr. Coos, proved himfelt by tar the molt able reprefentative of the part which we have teen. The ref were fuccels lot as before, particularly KENILI as Rolla. There was a very full honk. Wednefd iy morning early (even French pi ifoners efcaped in a boat from the I:III , SFAISANT, of 64 guns (prifon NO, at Harnoaze, Plymouth, and got off; but trc.m the vigilant look out kept at that port, there is no doubt hot they will be retaken. Wednefday night about eight o'clock, a fire broke out at 11.1liagitoke, in a farm yard belonging to Mr. CURTIS. At half pall ten, two ricks were burned down, as alfo two barns ; a large malt•houfe was on fire, and the flames were increafing lath This fire WAS occa fioned by 40 idle boy throwing a ferpent into the tick yard. Ycllerdav morning an alarming fire broke out and deflroyed No. 9, one of the new houfcs in Woburn place, Ruffen Nuare. It raged with great fury,under a loirx wind, for near an hour, before any water could be procured. A Rabic in the mews behind Woburn place caught fire, and was burnt to the ground. 'I he brae w.ts nor occupied by any family, and, w•e lin. dcrtland, had a wornan placed in it by the builders. About Line o'clock a fire broke out in the houte rf Mr. TOMKiws, Coach-maker, in the Weflnainder road, Surrey, which it greatly damaged, and commeni• cated to the hook of Mr. GIADLLY, Sword cutler, which it ent;rely deßroyed, and greatly injured fe viral others adjoining. By the allivity of the engines the file was entirely got under by half pail ten. The Lambeth Volunteers and Surrey Ca►alry attended, and gave effectual proteftion to the property of the unfortunate perfons v;hoce Loscs were ineared in illy coal.scrati4a. YOLUNTEER CORPS. The Volunteer Corps in the Metropolis and its vl. cinity, fortunately for the country, are In numerous, that it was impolflble, in our account of the proceed- ings on the Fait Day, to include them all. We now add, therefore, that the St. George's Corps, in the Borough, commanded by Mr. TIEINEY, went to St. George's Church, and heard an excellent Sermon by the Rev. Mr. PAYNE, from the agth chapter of Jere. igth verfe : "Beeaufe they have not hearkened to my words, faith the Los 0, which I fent unto them by my fervants the Prophets, rlang op early and fending them, but ye would not bear, faith the Loco." The admirers of military fhew were again gratified with a grand treat. Without indeed conveying any invidious comparifon, it may be obferved that tome of the moil correet, yet difficult, military manoeuvres which have yet been praCtifed before the public un Cu ex tenfive a fcale by any Volunteer Airociations, were yelterday prefented. The Bloomfbury and Inns of Court, commanded by Colonel Cox, affembled at their Drill Ground before the Foundling Hofpital at eight in the morning, and marched into Hyde Park at a little after nine. They with peculiar modefly chofe a potation on the left of the intended line, in the upper part of the Park. The Duke of York's, or Loyal Mary-la bonne Corps, commanded by Lord Vifcount DUNCANNON, matched in foon after, and placed themfelvesan the next vacant (pace, namely, on the right of the former, as their left tame dole to the Park wall, and Ken fingtnn gardens wire on their rear. The St. Jamss's, commanded by Lord Assn slur, coming in next, drew np in a line with the former Corps, and on the r ight, with a (mall interval between. The Ptince of %Vales's, commanded by Mass Pert R AN DR LWS, marched up the laft, and halted for a few minutes until their Ration was determined on. It being fixed that the St. James's fhould take the right of the brigade, they wheeled to the right, and marched on elate to the Serpentine River, where they faced in front as before. The Prince's Corps then drew up between them and the Duke of York's, fo that the line was formed of the St. James's on the right, cnnlitling cf between eight and nine hundred ; the Pt ince of Wales's in the lituation of fecund from the right, computed of near (even hundred ; the Duke of York's, third, amounting to near nine hundred; and the Blonmibury and Inns of Court, of about eight hundred, on the left of all. At a little after ten o'clock the Earl of Haaatao• roe arrived, accompanied by his fon (Lord Par ea. slum), Brigadier General Bonus>, and Colonels STUART and WINYARD, (General the Earl of Has- RINGTON'S Aids de Camp). A troop belonging to his Lordfhip 's Regiment, the Firft Lite guards came to keep the ground. The three corps to the left of the St. James's filed off from the line and placed themfelves in the reas of that body in fucceffion, in the fame order as that its which they Rood in front. They then formed a for midable folid Isnare of between three and four thou fend men. Soon after they had been fo placed 4 party of the Guards, who were exescifing on the other fide of the river, drew up at a little diaance from its banks ; their light infantry advanced in an open co lumn in front of the main body, and commenced st (mart fire from right to left acrofs the river. This attraslion of novelty cleared the lines of the great bulk of the fpeflators in a more effeeual way than it was poffible for fo fmall a party of the heavy bps& even to have done ; the populace law the Guards make feveral advances, as their infantry was fuppofeti to made fuccefsful approaches towards the enemy's lines, until they at fait drew up in a clofe column down by the fide of the water. The brigade of Volunteers in the mean while deployed by order oL the Brigadier General, as if it were to prepare for re turning the attack which had been made upon their flank, and the fpeaators were furprtfed at feting the line extended acrofs the Park, when the Guards left off firing, and the crowd turned back to enjoy the former fpeelacle. The different corps were then formed into a tranf verfe line, with refpeCl to the pofition in which they flood upon their lint expanfion, and went through a variety of other evolutions, fuch as dividing into corn. panics, re-forming, making two grand wings, each be ing lubdivided by a (mall interval between each corps. But the manoeuvre which appeared the moll arduous to perform and gave the weatelt pleafure to the look ers-on, was that of the mode of attacking with fuch an extended line and with fo many obflaeles as they had to furmount. The Light Companies made their advances with Inch rapidity that the exertions of the Life Guards and the endeavours of the fpeaators themfelves were infufficient to clear the ground as quickly as was requifite. The flank companies then marched forward in columns, each preferving his pro per diltance with the greatelt regularity. The light companies at length falling back on the main baits the flank companies alio took their former Ration in the line. Another attack was then made by the light infantry, while the line advanced in quick time with their arms trailed, Neither ditch, tree, railing, wood, or even the great bulk of the guard home, which was (Rusted in front of the right wing, made any more than a momentary imprefEon on the regularity of the line—they returned their political after there daerect obfltuttions with amazing precifion, and feveral mi litary officers prefent ohferved, that they could not have thought it poffible that Corps fo newly formed would have been capable of recovering their unifor• mity of line in fuch fituations as they were frecptently placed, and particularly the St. James's, • on the right. When they came into the large plat park they drew up as before, at the w• molt uniform manner, and then wens manceurres of priming and loading and companies ; after which they wheeled ' panics to the rigbt on the lett pivot. . pany wheeled to the left and coontermat all the others in fused:Eon, when they point at which their rig?' wing relie d wl drawn in line. The k-olonel of each paired the General, rode up to receive nons, Lnrd AMHERST fitil, and fo Cox. The whole of the Volunteer 0 together with General the Earl of Ha his Aide-Je•Catnp General B . t for a few minutes upon the propriety of t movements. Lord HAIR 11l GTOV At parti that he was eaccedingly well fatisfied pline and appearance of the different Corps then marched of to their rorpeghl th 4 1 rem it is p 1 Slsa were IrequentlY W. :Vs, which %WA *CI tin in the lowe Dr word halt, in co7' ?ht rap Iroy the ure I n t abi c l fli t c o c h eh f k r ;fi di . 1 1 anhcgs cornodi t ra b h n • came up to th V when they wet whi corps, as the fe'n further initruc on t on till Colonc Commandant (for IIIiLINGTOM an to t then corm& drn , rf Come milit pot arcing dcclar w er with the dile thte Corps. E at:,l dive glattlldis MI I WIN