Star.
London, England, 1807-12-24 00:00:00

countries,.

Thus the Bsitiih navigator pays about double the
price for this article that any other European fhip-
owner does, and even the Americans can [heath with
Btitifh copper cheaper than we ourfelves can, and do
a&ually outfell our EAR India Company in our own
article in India. This might be remedied by a duty
on copper exported, and a bounty on ihips fheathed
at home, regulated in as to make the one pay for the
other, and which would rather encourage than other•
wife the working of our mines, as it would increafe
the fele of that portion fold at home prices ; and fo
reigners would pay the encouragement given to Eli:
tifb navigation, which in fa& would be improved in
more ways than one, becaufe the fame fbeatting that
protells Tails from defiration by the worm, gives
fuperior expedition and fecurity, by which long voy-
ages are fhortened, and very valuable property often
efcapes captum I am, Mr. Editor, your's, &c.

M. P. C.

THE EVENING STAR.

LONDON.

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 24.

PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Coactls, for Jan. 641—Reduced 62/ 63-omniuni prem.
Exchequer Bills par. to is pre.
PRICE OF STOCKS YESTERDAY.

Brnk Stock 22.41 Imp. 3 per Cent. 6211
3 per Cent. Red 63 6z 63 621 I Excheq. Bills, as. pr is. dif. par
4 per Cent. 84 Omnium i ; prem.
Long Ann. s 7 23-t6thsi I City L.ttery Tickets 71. 145.
India Bonds, is diG Conf. for on. 641 i

The authenticity of the account received from Gi-
braltsr, and dated in all the letters from that garrifon,
of an infurreelion at Madrid,in which 3000 Spaniards
hid been killed by the French foldiers, is very ninth
doubted by the Spanifh !mules in the city. Letters
from Madrid of the ;oth ult. do not allude, in the
flighted manner, to fuch an event, which they could
hardly have failed to mention had it occurred at the
time mentioned, viz. the tzth nit. One of thefe
letters, however, gives reafon to eve& Come terrible
cataflrophe in that quarter. The writer far, "The
bonnets of the NUMB of As r ultras recurs quite
over; but Come terrible intrigue is dill going on,
which it it apprehended will terminate fatally for
Come people."

We yeiterday announced the arrival of Admiral
MURRAY'S fquadron at Cork on the 16th ioR. from
Monte Video. The tranfports amounted to upwards
of thirty fail, and had on board the sch, 36th, 38th,
45th, and 47th Regiments of Foot, the 17th Light
Dragoons, and Coate detachments of Artillery.—
Fourteen fail of tranfports, bad tilers, were left to
make their patTage as well as they were able, under
the convoy of a frigate. The fleet encountered very
tempeßuous weather from the time they left Monte
Video till they made the 16111 coati, notwithftanding
which the troops are all in high health and fpirits. The
87th Regiment had been recruited to *zoo man, vo-
lunteers from the different regiments, and is gone
to India. Not lets than 1,500,000 dollars are on
board the (hips of war, on account of the merchants,
and about zo veffels betides ate in the fleet, laden
with hikes and tallow.
General 134RESFORD'S Aid de Camp, Captain
PLENDIRLIATH, has arrived at Cork, to take his
pairage to Madeira in the VIRGIN is frigate; a cir-
cumliance which feems to confirm a report, that the
force embarked in Sir Sexual. Hooo's fquadroa is
tleftined for that Wand.