Star. — London, England, 1803-01-21 00:00:00

LONDON. FRIDAY, JANUARY 2T. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONF. O'CLOCK 3 per Cent. Rea. 71-:—.; per Celt COM - . 70ii. 4 per Cent. SS, I—tiew s per Ctnt. 0.1 5 per Cent. loot —Oniniur.: PRICE OF STOCKS YESTERDAY: Bank Stock t 651 3 per C. 14.-d. 7043 3 Per C. C •n 1.79 69{ 701 4 par Cent. Cod 861+} 5 per C. Ann. 991 3 pa. C. 1797, tot{ toali Long AMY 2017-16 India Stoc!: t...c? 2061 Cl. dtv. Imp. 3 prr Cent..— Imp. Ann. tti st-z 6 Excheq.l.li.".s, is. 3s. dif. Ontr..unt S4i dd. kites t7l. I6s. Conf. for arc. 70{ 7 til ex.dre. The Special Commiff.on, Med for the Trial of ' the Pei fons concerned in the Cakley-ftreet Meet. ing, was opened at the New See:ions Houle, in Southwark, yellerday morning. After hearing one of the molt able, impartial, and humane Charges ever delivered by a Judde oil fuch an occalion, from Lord Chief Juftice ELLENSO4OUGH, the Grand Jury retired, and at a quarter pail eight o'clock in the evening returned a true Bill againft thirteen of the Perfons named in the IndiElment. The Court then adjourned to the sth of February, when the Prifoners will be arraigned; and on the 7th tht.ir trial will commence. His MAJE STY'S cold was yea...7day a little bet• ter. The Piineeffes AUGUSTA and SOPHIA, we are lorry to fay, bill continue mile!i - indifpored, on account of which none of the Royal Family kit the gyEEN'S honk. Moil of the Papers have Rated her MAJF.STY% age erroncoufly. Her MAJSTY completed the 53th year of her age in May laft. Lady AFFLECK had a fele: card party left night. Dowager Lady de Curtor.o had yefterday a fele& party of falhionables. Lord CLEKMONT gave a grand dinner yeaerday to a fded party of friends. Lady SALTOWN had a card party laft night, at I.(mile in Hartford•ftreet, May-fair. Ltd IiAnPDSM gave a grand dinner yeflerday to a felcel party of friends, among whom were Lord ar..l Lady NRCIVAL, Marchionefs of Gua no N, C , :neral and Mrs. META IC E, Capt. and Mrs. CAMPBELL, Mr. H•this, &C.. Lord WILLIAM BENTINCK has at laft fixed on an amiable fair one with whom he means to pats his life in all the happinefs of conjugal afrcEtion.— The. lion. Mifs AcuasoN , daughter of Lord Gosvoao, is the Lady whom his Lordfhip has fele&ed for his partner. The preliminaries are all finally fettled by the Laevyav, and, in a few days, they will receive their fettlement from the Frith. Sir Ci 4 ea 1. Fs and Lady Tv Rasa arrived in town yellerday from Paris; the former perfeelly re covered from his late indifpofition. The following are among the lateft arrivals at Bath Lad and Lady Bridpert, Ladies Bourke, Lady Patfolt% Lady F. Northampton, Lady Huntiostield. Hon. Mas Apr, Colond and Mrs. Power, Colonel Andrews, Colonel Ruddock. Colonel M.Kenzie, Major Birch. Major Morgan. Re'. Mr. Daniel, Rev. Mr. Wynne, Rev. Mr.Mneres, Rev. Mr. Foulkes. Rev. Mr. Somerville, Am Mr. and Mrs. Jaques, Rev. Mr. Femme, Rev. Mr.Fofter, Rev. Mr. Rumifter, Capt. Matthews, Capt. Aikew, Capt. Brown, Capt. Pocock. Capt. Purcey, Capt. Stepheni, Capt. Smith, Capt. Turner, Capt. Beecher, Cayt. Cockburn, Capt. Bertie, &e. &c. Doet..—Yeacrday morning a meeting took I place in Hyde Park between a Mr. S—, of the city, and Lieut. P—, of the Navy, attended by their feconds; the fir ft fire miffed ; they then doled td fix paces, and, fired a fecond time, the ball of Lieut. P— palled through the right thigh of Mr. S—. A furgeon was prefent, and by his attention we are happy to (late no danger is to be apprehended from the wound. The quarrel be tween the parties arofe on Monday _ _ Mr. PITT •ill return to Bath in the courfe of the week : he remained in town fo long folely to pAy his perfonal refpeet to their Maissriss, at the Drawing-room on the'Birth•day. • Mr. fires appearance at the Drawing-room on the Birth-day has been the fubjeti of much (pecu lation. Politicians have made the moll anxious and minute enquiries into all the circumilances of bisvifit. How he behaved, and walked, and (poke —how he was received—what was Paid to him— the tone, the manner, the look. One political Writer has drawn inferences of the moil important kind flow the circumfiance of the Ex-Minnler not having bad the gratification of a (mile from his Royal Mailer. Another has found out that her MajF STY faid, o. And bow does Mr. PITT do ?" in a very cold Ind fosmal way. Now really it would be well if force kale or thermometer could be o.AL:bed for ifcertaining the degree of heat and cold there is in particular looks, and words, and aaions at A Levee —a whilpet tor .erime Murillo., a nod and a mile Mt a Secretary of Stare, a flare, sr ithout Ipeaking, for a Member of the Opporition, and mere grief. tion of no meaning for an Ex-Miniticr. A day when the Nobility and Gentry come to offer their congratulations' either to the KING or Qylktlg, would hardly be felerlel by their MAJLSTIES tu their/ marks of difpleafure to any one. THIFATRL DRVIIV-LANt....-Lall night Mr.BART- Lai' was again the fribllitute of Mr.-Ilsitit swans', who continues indifpofed, in the pare of Don Phi: &p, in the Comedy of Seeou'd uRd S')e ma, in which he acrnitted himfelf with credit.—Mr. has, however, little to recimmend but a corral delivery of the author's it It, and a deportment rather eafy than graceful. Hi, per fon is below the middle Cue, and hi, face is de• ficient in expreffion, but hi, gtntrAl tAh-nts are Poch as eannotfail to reidcr hinr Cranol Uli• particularly as wt underhand he leas the gift of what is etOled very rapid Rudy. He WAS La sti.ht • L. d Of Mrs. J. aames jj* •it rsa's Trio/wee it is impol. rremarks • • - =f Wit can uxac_c 4 7, 4 ** IPP r • ~.).i I''~l ~rtrr ~; s GR4ND . 7UNC77O2V C.IIVAL We have before mentioned the fluauations of this celebrated undertaking. The (hares, on the aril paffing of the Ad, rote to 901. premium. They gradually declined, till they fell to 351. difcount. They role again rapidly, and mounted to t tol. premium. Again they began to ebb, and are now at about zcl. premium. Whether this is thCinilli- MM. we are no more able to inform our Readers, than the Brokers on the Stock Exchange can ping notlicate the fate of their more defperate and lefs public fpirited employers. Canal Stock, like that of the National Debt, is depreffed by new loans ; and Canal Surveyors and workmen are as liable to make expenfive jobs and t. benefit themfelves at the coil cf . the Proprietors, as Secretaries of State. and inferior public Officers. ; A new loan of above zoo,cool. has been greedily fubicribed by the proprietors. The Btifworth 1 Tunnel, the Wolverton AqueduCt, the New Re- fervoirs, the pipes to fupply the neighbourhood of Paddington sc ith water, and other expencec, re quire fupplies to nearly that amonnt. That Canal has already, in its unfinifbed flat?, coil upwards of 900,c001. ; yielding at prefent a revenue of lefs than 3c,0c01. a year, out of which !mit he de dueled the expences.—What the produce will be alter its completion, different fpeculators calculate .differently. One advantage is certa i n, the great acceflicn to the public revenue 1: om the [lamps on the daily transfers of (hares. ARMY CONTRA( rs.—A regiment non• lying in a cee lain quartcr is charged by the Contraetor 61d. for every loaf of four pounds ; out of this Cum the men have fixpence stopped, Government paying the halfpenny. The fame fort of bread is fold in the neighbour ing tcwn for four-pence halfpenny the quartern loaf. The quartern loaf weighs five ounces more than that the foldier is lurnillsed with by the Contrador, and can be bought for twopence leis. The flour is called middlings their bread is made of, and is bought of the miller as under : Belt, per quarter at a Cwt. - c. 1 8 0 Louie per di:to • 0 • The produce of a quarter of middlings made into bread is t 36 four•pound loaves, Which, at bid. each, is - - 3 1.3 Th.: average price of the middlings - a j Paid by the Contrator to the Baker for mall , g and carriage to the regiment is 0 8 0 13 .0 By which example it will be ken, that in the in (lance alluded to, the ContraElor clears above one pottoci on every quarter baked ! Is this a folitary cafe ? Shonld firth things be ? A Coprt of Common Council was held yellerday in the Grand Council Chamber, at Guildhall, at which were prefent eight Aldermen and about 200 Commoners. _ ..... The procccding3 of the laft Court were read and confirmed. _ _ _ ....... The Loan MAYOR informed the Court he felt much in dcclaring the vacancy of Under Marital of this City, by the death of that worthy and va luable Officer, Mr. WM. CANNER, whom he could not fpeak in too high terms of, and appointed Thurfehv next for the eleaion of another. Ti. Court confirmed tiie eleainn of Mr. Haa n-say to be Governor of Chrifi Hofpital, iu the room of Mr. Gams, deceafed. The Grand Junaion Canal Company petitioned the Court for their fanetion to their cutting a Ca nal, and making a railway, from their Canal at Paddington, through Whitechapel Mount, to communicate with the Docks at Wapping, which was read, and referred to the Committee fur let ting, the City lands, to examine and report their opinion thereon. No other bufinefs was done, as it was obferved (by Gentlemen leaving) there was not a fufficient number prefent to conffitute a Court. Yelierday the remains of Mr. WILLIAM Cain. *sa, late one of the City Marffials, were interred at the bin ying ground in Wood.fireer, with mili tary honours. About fifty Gentlemen of the Crip. plegate Affociation, of which Mr. CARNAR was a member, attended the funeral in their regimentals. Mr. Hot.nswoarw, the prefent Martha!, and Mr. NEWM•N, Chief Clerk at the Manfion.houfe, like wife attended. Mr. Pavraw, who was for (erne years refident Clergyman at Whitftable, would (lop in the mid d'e of his diicourfe, if any perfon held tip a lemon to him, and immediately adjourn to a neighbour. ing alehonfe. The text from which Sraaut preached the firft Sunday after hi: marriage was truly Slmstsdraw— "We have toiled all night, and caught no fills." The following very extraordinary Anagram occurs in the words R‘irolistiose rrantaVi ; for after taking out the word Veto, In fatal to the Royal Finnic of Bourbon, the remaining letters exailly form this verified prccliaion:—Ust Coast kfurrral Tie following fentiment, found among MACK. Li m's pipers, proves that his popular Comedy of the Nam of d r World was not aimed at perfons, though the Cadre is fo poignant that each cries, s that was levelled at me:'—" Morality, patriotifm, anJ the gond of one's country, are fine founding words ; and Courtier, Place, Penfion, and Minttler, equally unpopular; but I believe the world is as full of morality, patriotifm, virtue, and homily, as ever. td. that Is oet will per ; " tie that is in will inn." A f,ceikysi farmer of York'hire, who had a nd to be witty at the espence of ltrormini, lately rece•ved a rein( which was taken with as much gOod humour as it was riven :--A lady had been e ak;,. g with him over her farm, and (hewing him he, (beep and other flock; nn their return. juQ asder we:centering the haute, the lady exclaimed, Deli; me; you have not fern my ea ti, Sir."- - N. , 1,13' 0 m (raid the farmer). I never (Pw higher t h an 7( . nr Th e lady, °fermi*. set herrelf rxher co .fifes! at this unerpetted fall(, but loon ret..letting heiftif, obferved, " that (he &add roar fcc' a *pi/again without tliiithins *of his I" WUTICAL INTELLIGENCE. PLYMOUTII. JANUARY 19. Came in the Danifb'brig Sarnpfon, Captain E. C. Oussams, from Sardinia, laden with falt, bound to Selleferden ; the loft one man overboard on the paffage : the fchooner Sirene, of London, Captain C. Box's, from Mogadore, bound to London, laden with wooll, &ins, acc. under quarantine : ,alto the Plymouth Packet, of Dartmouth, Captain• C. HAWKINS, from Bilboa, laden with nuts and fruit, bound to Dartmouth. Arrived in Cawfand Bay the HAZARD, of 18 guns, Capt. Nsys, from a cruize ; alfo the Slaters , of 36 guns, Captain Paouss, from Liverpool, after a tempetions pottage. Sh.. failed from hence fome weeks fince for that port, to procure able and or dinary (cameo for the (hips fitting fur lea at this port, and has brought round one hundred prime feamen, who will, molt probably, be put on board the BELLEISLI, of 84 guns, Capt. Wit tray, and the CULLODEN, of 74., Rear Admiral DACR Es. Captain C. H. LANS, fitting for a foreign Nation. Purfuant to orders from the Admiralty and Navy Boards, all the blocks and (beeves for blocks, for the Royal Navy, are in future to be mantsfadured in work•fbops to be crated within the walls of the Dock-yard at this port, and not in private manu factories as heretofore ; it is fuppofed this will be a great laving to Government. PORTSMOUTH, JANUARY so. Sailed the AUTUMN 11E4 of war, for Ireland; and LOCUST gun veffel, on a cruise. Went out of harbour the TN CTIS frigate ; and the Nyfus, Searnasio, for Dominica. DEAL. JANUARY 20. Remain in the Downs the IststnaTairrs and JAMAICA frigates, and AltiPW fluop of war. Calm and foggy. LIVERPOOL, JANUARY tr. The Ann, MESSINGER, from Leghorn for this port, was la 15th Oiaoher, on the Bland of Ivica. The Catherine, Davi at, from Waterford for this port, is totally loft at Killand, near Strangford,, fliv the Captain and part of the cargo eal, two men drowned. The Levant. ROSR itsc s, fronrbOott to Venice, is on (pore near Veßieiss crew raved. Captain Csiorsv :of the Dart, on his paffage from Africa to Demerara, (poke on the toth Sept. the Skelton Cale, bound to Madras, in lat. a. 30. long. 3. 40. E. and the Edwin, of Salem, bound to Mocha. WMTEHAVEN, JANUARY zL. We were mifinformed about the lots of the Dumfries, Gissou, mentioned lately : It was the Providence, Louts RS/0 mailer, which funk near the month of the Duddon,a little to the fonthward of Black Crmb, and about three leagues from the land, at eight o'clock on Sunday morning, the gth intt.—but we are happy to add, that the people (v ho had quitted the vela, and taken to the boat for their prefervation) were taken up by the Cle mentina, THOMAS WILSON mailer, and Safely landed at Kirkcudbright. We are lorry to announce that the Providence, Warr:, which failed from hence, coal loaden for Dublin, on the sth inft, was 101 l the day following near Donapadee; and all on board unfortunately perithed. flee matter and mate were father and fon ! The Alliance, Areturox, of this port, k on shore near hiellalh ; but expeacd to be got off. GREENOCK, JAN. RI. The Maria. GRAHAM, if arrixe4 at Savarmah. from liarbadoes. The Friemilhip, --, at Demerary, from Bar• badoes. The Countefs of Bate, M.Kti.Laa, at Alieant, from Newfoundland. The Ezprefs, Itossar., from hence at Belrak on the 9th init. after a paflage of 12 hours. The Packet, Jonasow, from ditto at ditto. The George and Sophia, Donau, from ditto at ditto. The Thiflie, Merfey, and Perfeverance, Liter. pool traders, were all fate in Belfalt Loch, on the trth The Sarah, BOWDIM, arrived at Lochindaal from CharleSon. The Robult, M‘Gatcott, from Pot t Glafgow for Hamburgh, aground on a bank of land at the entrance of the F.lbe, on the 4th intl. after land ing about one third If the cargo in craft which came off to her affollance from Cuxhaven, was blown off to lea, after holing 3 anchors and cables, and encountering three days of a dreadful gale in the North Seas, arrived at Hull on the 14th init. with :omen and two branch pilots on board. who had come off to their affiltance from Cuxhaven. The Lucy, Camo, of this port, from New foundland to Barbadoes, has been deferred at lea. Crew taken on board the Harlequin, arrived from Demerara. Sailed from the Clyde—Pomona, Ramsay, for Grenada ; Two Brothers, Lamour, for Cork; Hinds, Jawitsow. and Altive, Myra, for Li verpool; Harmony, ',siren, for Jamaica; Bril liant, LIITCN, for Barbadoes; Hope, Mown, for Dublin i and Friendfliip, Basin, for Coleraine. The lieftor. Davurs, from New York, for Hambergh, is ba near Flambro° Head ; crew fared. The Fatrwell, BARNARD, from Batavia, is ar• lived at Cork. The Direaors of the Eaft India Company have taken up the Princefs Mary, extra fbip, for one voyage to Bengal direft. She is to be afloat the 6th of February, Gal to Gravefend the ala ditto, nay there ;oda'', and be in the Downs the 39th of Mach. TORN '4R Xi • MALI-LANE, Our trade continues without the from Monday-the wind continuing fdr the arrivals of veffels coaßwife-' quote the terms of the 17th for govt Euglifh Wheat, per qr. 505.54.5. Superfine 6zs. Fine Dantzic Wheat, sos. 565. Rye, 30. 3 8 " Barley, 245. z6s. (Very Fine) 2: Malt, 425. 465. 475. Oats, 15s. 225. ass. Hone Beans, New, 335. 34 3 . Oh 'rick Beans, New, 28s. 305. Old, Hog Peace, 355. 375. Boilers, 345. 425. Carraway Seed, 365. to 41s. per Coriander, 28s. to 3os. per cwt, Canary, 785. to 845. per qr. Rape Seed, 341. to 361. per latt. Flour, 451.501. per fact. COLN lIISPICTOAS ISTURN FROM UIPRIDOIL JANUARY 204 Wheat, per Load, from 131. tos. to 161. Bosley, per Quarter, from 11.45. to 11. 71 . Oats, per uartcr, from tl. 3s. to tl. 7s. Beans, per, uarter, from 11. Jas. to tl. 181. Pare, per (tarter, from al. OL to al. AL A dafhicg Gentleman lately returned from Pa, ris declared, the t though during his refidence in that capital he had leen much expofed to frenci knavery and extertha, he relieved bimfelf from ak confiderable portion of them by the fimple opera. Lion of French leave. We have the authority of Captain Bterros, of the Hindoaan Indiaman, for tinting, that there was no truth in what was laid of the crew of that fhip having " piped all hands to plunder," or. ber get ting afhore off Margate ; on the contrary, we arq allured they behaved in the bell poffible manner s and did not difobey orders to the latt mnment.—.. The ofhnilve paragraph to which we allude fult appeared in a Morning Paper. The body of Mr. WILLIAM Hacarr's fon, of Nicholas-lane, who was Loa in the fitimortAni, has fusee been call on Chore. Yesterday morning, between tea and clews* o'clock, as the Earl of Mansfleld was coming to -Town from Caen Wood, he was flopped and rob; bcd by two highwaymen. His Lordlhip's vans immediately purfued them, and was joiaesk by feveral horfemen; but the robbers were not overtaken till they got to Guildford.ftreet, whep the horfe of one of them falling, the rider was fo. cured. The other difmounted,and &aped thrones Come of the allies in Gray's Inn•lane. _ On Tnefday as three Gentlemen in a chili& were entering Northampton, the fore wheel Of the carriage came off, when th? hoifes immigrate* let of full gallop. The chatfe was aimed denied to pieces, but the Gentlemen pmvidet ee t l 4 cfcaped without the leaft injury. The poi! boy was much hurt in the fall. Wedneeday, at the Public Office, Uniop }W, Crag, the Gipfey Chimney (weep, has been Come time in cullody on fu(picion tsf !st ing concerned in the murder of Matthew, tine Dulwich Herinit, was again 'examined privateli+ after which he was fully commi t ted to t ak e ' his trial. Bower and his rots th, two other perfonit in coaody under the fame e were remand for re-examination. Anothe r il of the piton& Bower has been brought forward;and it is expetpd the two kinys will be detained to give evidence. In confequence of the recent difcovery of illicit predicts to a very great "extent; the Boards of Culloass and Excife have come to the refolutiod of regularly Rationing 06cera on board all Com& ' ing veffels, inclnding colliers ; a precaution agaia4 frauds on the revenue not hitherto adopted. On the evening of loft Thur(day fe'nnight, a man went to an inn, at Chickefter, and ordered flipper ; but what' it was preparing, introdueeel himfell to the foldiers of the loth Light Dragoots quartered in the hnufe, and of them he Fend which was their bell houfe; and having obtained. 0 1 that information, retired from hi s m ili tary friend ' to fop , about nine o'clock : aft er rega li ng hi m f e l plentifully, and having previonfly ft o l en a p a i r regimental piftols, in the foldiers' room, he "nob . • fervedly went into the (table, moqnted the htirff he had fixed on, and rode off. GaLvanisw.—The body of Fortier, who waq executed on Monday laft for morder,was conveyed to a houfe not far diftant, where it was eubjededi to the Galvanic Proceed by Profeffor 41.nis i, under the infpeCtion of Mr. Beare, Mr. Caarus, and feveml other Proferional Gentlemen. M. At tains who is the nephew of the dif coverer o f t hi s molt interefting fcience, (hewed the eminent and Aioerior powers of Galvaitifm to be far beyond any ether ftimulant in nature, On the firft applicitiote of the proceed to the face, the jaw of th e d ecea f e . criminal began to quiver, and the adjoining mufcles were horribly contorted, and one eye wad aitually opened. In the fubfequent part of the procefs, the right hand was railed and clenched, and the legs and thighs were let in motion. It -Appeared to the uninformed part of the by-ftandera as if the wretched man was on the -- of beir ranted to life. This, however, • as feveral of his friends, who were fold, had violently pulled his legs, a more fpeedy termination to his II experiment, in fall, was of a bet, deney. Its obje& was to thew thL the human frame, when this animal duly applied. In cafes of drownini it promifes to be of the tarpon ufe, adios of the lungs, and thereby expiring fpark of vitality. In cafes or diforders of the head, it offers all raging profpcits for the benefit of • Profeffor. we underftand, has made :tiro in feveral cafes of infinity, and fireceft. It is the opinion of the firli that this difcovety, if rightly mans/ profecuted, cannot fail to be of haps as yet, aurorae= oils,. E, JANUARY 2f. the leall variation king unfavourable fe—We of courfc Kovernmeut. ) 275. 6d. Old, 345.365. Id, 325. 345. ler cwt. • rt, the eve of being was impoftible, s e under the feat. ', in order to OR coffering& Mk tter ufe and ten. is excitability of mal elettrici is S 1g or f u>fbcadoo, by reviving dig II rekinclp p i e us. e. des of . a iyi alto encotts it mankind kis e ure of • id with c ti rft medical Ilia tinged and dnir a 4 &testi nod poi w el