Star.
London, England, 1809-10-31 00:00:00

BILL OFFICE, Octeber 50,1809.
in the Month of November, ISOI3,
BE PAID OFF,
THE LORDS COMMISSIONERS of HIS MA-
J TREASURY, having given Directions for paying aj
the Principal of the above mentioned Exchequer Bit!:, with the Interest
due thereon, at the Exchequer Bill Office, in the Receipt f Exchequer,
New Palace Yard, Westminster, on Friday, the 21th day of Novem-
ber, Attendance will be given daily (Sundays and Holidays excepted)
antil and including Wednesday the 15th November, 1809, from Ten
o'Clock in the Morning till One in the Afternoon, for the purpose of re.
eeiving the same ; and, for the greater dispatch, the bearers of the said
Bills are desired to bring separate Lists of each description of Bills, con-
taining the Numbers in numerical order, according to the dates of the said
Bills, and commencement oflnterest,ouith the principal Sums and Interest
due thereon, computed from, but excluding the dap on which they are
respectively dated, to the said Nth day of November inclusive, when the
Interest will cease ; and the said Bearers (being Holders or not) are in-
dispensibly required to indorse each Bill cith their usual signature; and to
write their Namts and Residence at the bottom of each separate List ;
eta they are moreover required to attend the Exchequer Bill Otte for
payment, and to receive the new Bills, and give the Receipts for the same.
If any of the Holders 1. the aforesaid Bills should be desirous 9. receiving
Payr:ent of the Principal and Interest, previous to the said £4l/i day of
November, they may be accommodated, on computing the Interest to the
toy on which they wish to be paid, and leaving the said Bilk for memori-
sation one day prior thereto.
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Such Persons as may be desirous of having new Excherser Bills ix
whole or in part Payment of Principal, upon mariing new Bills,
red mentzonin;,, the snacunt at the bottom of their Lists, delivered on or
fort the 1:411 N.vember.lBo9, may be accommodated with new Bills,
carrying an Interest of threepenc‘-anc-farthing, by the day, on every One
hundred Pounds, which said New Bills will bear date the said 24th
al of November, 1 SO9, and will be delivered on Monday the 27th day
ff November, and the foileiviiDays.
N. B. All Exchequer Bi dated prior to November, 1808,
bove been advertised to be paid ofi, and the Interest thereon has
aloud. a.

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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 31.

LONDON.

PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK :
S per Cent. Cons. for money 69-a—for are. 69/.
9 per Cent. Red. Msii—Omnium li to 11 prem.
PRICE OF STOCKS YESTERDAY.
Sank Stock 572 i India Stock for op. 194} 1931
1 per Cent. Red. 69ft India Bonds, 2:ls. 245. pre.
II per Cent. Cons. 69{ Exch. Bills, Bs. 14s. pre.
4 per Cent. 83,1.!, Bank for acc. 275 2741
-5 per Cont. Navy 100-1 Cons. for sec. 6911-
Long Ann. 18 7-16

The Journal du Commerce of the 21st inst. states,
that the intelligence of Peace having been concluded
between France and Austria was officially promul-
gated in the different theatres and other places of pub-
lic amusement in Paris, on the evening of the 20th.
The Moniteur of the 21st announces this event in
the following manner :

" La Paix entre S. M. I'EMPEREUR des FRAATAIT et
3. M. PEMPEREWR d'AfTnlcsa, a ete sign[ le 14 de re

" PARIS, LE 20 OCTOBRE.

pais."
" Peace between his Majesty the EMPEROR of the
FRENCH and his Majesty the EMPEROR of AUSTRIA,
was signed on the llth of this month."
The Paris Papers up to the 22d, contain no parti-
culars respecting the terms of the peace that has thus
been concluded ; nor any information whatever of the
motions or intentions of BONAPARTE. From the cir-
cumstance of one of the officers of the Council of State
having left Paris for head-quarters, the very day
peace was announced, it would seem that his imme-
diate return was not expected.

Letters to the 24th inst. inclusive have been re-
ceived from Holland. From the one subjoined, our
Readers will perceive that the rumour of NAPOLEON'S
icilipwilion is still kept up at Amsterdam :

dd We have little news from Vienna or the interior of
Germany later than what you must have already
heard, excepting that the invincible Tyrolese main-
tain their hostility against France and her Allies with
the greatest vigour. They lately cut off a body of
Lavarians, to the number of more than 500.
As to our affairs at home, several regiments have
lately entered this city ; and it is generally understood
that troops are collecting in Holland. The King is
at the Howse in the Wood ; and, notwithstanding the
influence his Imperial Brother has over him, he is
still inclined to favour the intercourse with England,
Co much desired by his subjects. We understand,
what we did not until lately believe, that the Eng-
have determined to mainta?tt their footing in
NValcheren, not only through the winter, but during
the war. They will not, however, be permitted to
remain there quietly, as in the spring (it is the opi-
nion of most in this city), an attack will be made;
: :Td barracks and otheraccommodations for thetroops,
:,s well as batteries and fortifications, are building in
the neighbourhood.
" It is reported here, on the authority of intelligence
received at the Court, that the Emperor Bonaparte is
very ill ; and the rumour has even gone so far as to
Mate that he is delirious.
dd The trade with Walcheren is not at present good,
the restriction, is so severe. The Decree lately issued
had a considerable effect ; but as the feeling subsided
another has been more recently issued, as I hear, in-
creasing the penalties, to prevent any communication
w with the Briti,h in Walcheren. In some
instances the severity of the Custom-house Officers
may be made to relax."

" AMSTERDAM, OCTOBER 22.

On the authority o a letter from Gijon of the 17th
instant, and of another (purporting to be) from Bit
bIA same date, it Las beta asserted tilat the

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latter plaee, with Castro and Santona, were re-ocen-
pied by the Spanish forces ; but we cannot help
doubting the accuracy of this statement. Spanish
journals represent the strenglitof the French at Bilboa
to amount to 700 men, at San Sebastian 1500, and
at Santander 4000. Any person acquainted with the
defenceless condition of the Northern provinces of
Spain must be aware, that the Spaniards have no
troops to bring into the field capable of opposing the
namber of French we have just stated.
An article from San Fakes de los 'Gallegos, in-
forms us,that the armyfdrtheprotectionof the adjacent
' country, was encamped between San Felices, Villarrej a
and Retortillo. Two hundred and forty-two Anda-
lusian horses Of high spirit had arrived to remount
the Queen's Regiment, and upwards of 3000 more
were expected, which, including those obtained from
Gallicia, would enable the Pitriots to constitute a
force of 6000 cavalry.

A great quantity of clothing had arrived to rest
the troops.

A Deputation from the merchants engaged in the
Baltic trade waited upon the Board of Admiralty
yesterday, for the purpose of ascertaining whether
they might safely continue their operations in that
commerce. They were informed that a convoy would
be ready to sail for the Baltic on the 9th of November,
and that Swedish licences would be delivered, which
would remain valid until the 12th of December.

This probably is the period fixed by the treaty be-
tween Russia and Sweden, from which British ships
are to be excluded from the ports of the latter.

THE LOTTERY.—The following Conditions for the
sale of the first Lottery, for the service of the year
1809, was sent down yesterday to the Bank :
The Lottery to consist of 20,000 tickets, and to be drawn the
12th February, 1810.
No prize above £20,000, or less than £l5, to be allowed.
No fixed prize, and not more than three blanks to a prize.
The scheme to be proposed by the Contractor, on or before
the Bth of November, subject to the approbation of the Lords of
the Treasury.
A discount of £5 per cent, to be allowed in the usual manner.
The deposits end payments to be as under :
1809 - November 7, deposit - LI 10 0 per ticket.
December 8, - - 5 0 0
1810 - January 17., - - 5 0 0
February 9, - The remainder.
The Biddings will be received at the Treasury on
Friday morning, the 3d November, at eleven o'clock.
JEREMIAH OLIVE, Esq. is the Gentleman recom-
mended by the Court of Directors of the Bank of
England, to fill up the Vacancy in the Direction oc-
casioned by the death of BENJAMIN WINTHROP, Esq.

By the remonstrance of the Russian Minister at
Copenhagen, the privateers are called in. All Ame-
ricans can now pass the Sound unmolested, on con-
dition of their paying the duties.
The Duke of GLoucesTEß is at Wentworth-house,
Yorkshire, on a visit to Earl FITZWILLIAM.

Arrived on Friday last, at Green Park, Limerick,
the seat of WILLIAM MONSELL, Esq. from France,
Madame RAvow, daughter of the late ToßrAs HORAN,
Esq. of Newcastle, near that city, where she had been
detained since the Revolution.

CURIOUSHOAX.—Yesterday a most whimsical scene
of disappointment, confusion, and uproar, took place
in Bedford-street, Covent-garden. In consequence
of orders sent to almost every part of the metropolis,
and letters addressed to a great number of profes-
sional gentlemen, in the name of Mr. Griffiths, of
Bedford-street, his house, No. 37, was beset from an
early hour in the afternoon, until it was nearly dark,
by a multitude of tradesmen, applicants, suitors, and
visitors of almost every description. It would be dif-
ficult, if not altogether impossible, to describe the
_motley train of persons that successively applied for
admission, and so completely terrified the servants,
by their constant knocking, and, in many instances,
peremptory demands to see Mr. Griffiths, who was
out of town, that the door was at last locked and
bolted. As the garrison would listen to no terms,
anal world not even suffer a flag of truce to come
within the lines, a regular blockade was formed and
kept up for a considerable time, the besiegers con-
stantly receiving fresh reinforcements. The articles
brought to the house for the approbation and purchase
of Mr. Griffiths, were of the most heterogeneous kind :
a patent mangle, sofas, mirrors, pelisses, boots, shoes,
pea rls,carpets,h ats, boo k s, sweetmeats, tea, coffee,h ams,
pickles, sugar, feather-beds, six live sheep, a rocking-
horse, turtle ready dressed from thi:Poultry, soda-wa-
ter, jellies, piano-fortes, fiddles, atdl'flutes,maps, prints,
drawings, &c. &c. What rendered the scene more
ludicrous was the appearance of post-chaises, gigs,
saddle-horses, coal-waggons, and organs, all of which
drew up in the closest possible order near the house.
The inhabitants of the street expressed great surprise
at this extraordinary medley, and at first inquired by
what right a fair was to be established in Bedford..
street. The hoax was, however, very shortly disco-
vered, and the expectations of those who were sent
with or brought their commodities and articles for
sale or hire were changed into rage and indignation
at being so ridiculously duped. The groupe was,
unquestionably, as variegated as the diversified busi-
ness and pursuits of life could render it. Among the
applicants at No 37, were physicians, surgeons, and
undertakers, and Pidcock to purchase a live tiger ; ,
nurses of all kinds, architects, survevors, and dan-
cing-masters ; dentists, painters, and fencing-mas-
ters ; lawyers, musicians, sculptors, and linguists,
from almost every part of the world. The most en-
raged
of all at the disappointment was an old man,
who had hobbled to town from Hammersmith, to be
paid a legacy of £7OO, which he was assured Mr.
GitIFFITIIS had received for him ; the Babel-ices, at
length, dispersed, and tranquillity was restored to
Bedford-street.—The following is a copy of a letter
sent upon this occasion to a bookseller, of Cheapside ;
Ithe others probably ran in a similar tone :
" Mr. Tegg is requested to call on Mr. Griffiths, 37, Bedford-
street, Covent Garden, Monday, at two. The subject of his
business is a popular new publication.
" Saturday."
The manuscript will, it is hoped, led to a disco-
very of those who have played off this unpleasant
trick on Mr. GarFerrris ; but the amanuenses must
have bee& very numerous..

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