Star.
London, England, 1801-11-27 00:00:00

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27.

PRICE OF STOCKS TDB DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK:
Confoh 673 i—Ditto, for shoe, 611.
Reduced 66-J--4 per Ccnt. 85-old 5 per Cent. 99H—
New 3 per Cent. 981--Lorig Ann. 19-1
Esch.q. Bills, fisriciabk, prem.—Omnium 21.
FKICE OF STOCKS YESTERDAY.
Bank Stock— Imp. 3 per Cult. 6sl
3 per C. Red. 6611 Imp. Ann. 12. 1-16
3 pa C. Conf 67# f Fleheq. Bills ins I Is. pinta
4 per Con. 83i 84g SS Fund. Escbeq. i prem.
S per C. Ann. too ,93 Fnglith Tickets t6L 6s.
spm Cei.t. 1.0 y. 98 14 Iriih Tickets 9L
Lung Ann. 19 t-16i Conf. fur Ae. 6Sj I
Wednefday was the fettling day in Coufols at the Stock Ex
change and it proved what is termed a Bat account. !stony?
was exlrensdy fcarce, and a continuation of I 3 pc' c at. was
given to the opening of Cenfols in January, wiScb was equal
to Ix per Cent. intend for money. The Gotternmant-brokers
purchafed 19,0001. In the 4 in: Cents. towards the reduaion
of the Natlongl Debt.

The Klee, yefterday morning, with his awn-
dants, rode out on hurfeback inVinalfor Park.
Their Royal Highneffea the Prince of WALK!
and Duke of CLARENCE dined on Wednefday with
the Chaplains at St.James's Palace.
Lail night the Duchefs of Buccr.ruca left
town for their Graces' palace at Dailcith.
The Duke and Dirchefs of Marco t s rut arrived
on Monday laft, at their feat at Kimbolton, in
Huntingdonfhire, from GorduniCallle. Their
Graces came part of the way by fea.
The bet in difpute between Sir H. MI LON AT and
fume of our &diem Agriculturids, touching the
(hew of certain deferiptions of cattle, the breed of
Suffer and Devonfhire, is in a train of settlement
I by arbitration. The arbiters mentioned are, Lord
LACE and Mr. POLLETE.
At Earl Cam. swain Ev's late Fete, the com-
pany confined of all the Noblemen's and Gentle-
; men's families in the furrounding country, toge-
: tiler with Prince WILLIAM of Glouceller, and
many of his Lordthip's friends, who went from
London on the occafion.
The Ball began at nine o'clock; at twelve Sup-
per was announced, when the company were con-
dueled to one of the molt fplendid entertainments
that utile and elegance could devife. The room
was very brilliantly lighted, and very taftefully
decorated.
In the middle of the topper-table was a tranfpa-
rent painting, emblematical of the Bleffings of
Peace, with the motto—" Pence, and /wig live the
King." After the company bad regaled themfelves
they again retired to the Balliroom, where the
dancing was kept up with great fpirit to a very
late hour.
In the courfe of the day an Or was roafled, and
dinributed to the villagers oho flocked from all
parts of the country to witnefs and partake of the
and to tetlity their joy, \rid. h they did by
repeated and loud hulzas ; and in the evening by
dancing round a rev' large bonfire ult:ch was made
for them in the Park, and rending the air with !ic-
clamations "P‘arror.rd/akr r. iLAuI4." The ge-
neral happinefs csprefied on the oc,:tiion for which
thisKte was given, is an additional proof oldie fen.
timents all ranks of people entertain on :Lc happy
event of the Peace.

Drury.l.ane Theatre was lall night very rtfldon-
. ably attended, to winters the reprefcnution of
Mt/R Pl 4 Y's excellent Contetly of" Know your own
which tvas :admirably sifted : and the Rii
mance of Loft-ilia, which continues a f.tvoutitc.
Covent-Gas den was crowded by (even o'clock
wit:, a very I.llLionablc audience. The loft arid
I kic.Aific watblirt• of Mrs. Bit um-nom ; tltc 1,114
manly, and rnt.l(Aintls tone; t. tsir Dos ; the es-
client acing t.l Niut.LlEu in Ilur:7.r.:.•nc; the fpitit
ii.futed by i A.,.CFTT 1100 ii.r• ?..111 ofthe.tv.tticit.us
; ar.d !h.: brow!, th• ,igh at time., r..ther
vulgar, .Itliiteation I:Jr4Jr.l, by %Irs.l)A-
YE%POKT, coattihnte to . tolcr the tuetuta one of
the rnoft attraairt. of thcfe Dramas in w:ticli ;t rife
and 'sit arc blended with' the charms of found.

CORN MARKE7 s,

CORN INSPRCTOR'S RI.II/KN 11%1!".!IICT.

Wheat per Load, from 171. to zl.l.—Litl,
(barter, from zl. rBs. to zl. 4s.— o..ts
ter, from IL 45. to 11. r4s.--01,1 11,ans Pcr
ter, from zl. Bs. to 21. t4s.—Nev: ditto per (2.1!a
ter, from 11. i6s. to at —Peace per Qarter,
21. 2t. to 21. Bs.

MARIC•I.V4E, NOV. 27.
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We do n3t perceive any mateti.d alteration
the price of Wheat ; only the Sales are more free.
on Monday's terms-Barley is likcwife forn:thini
britkcr ; and Oats, as alfo Beans, have rcvirzi
their prices from 'Wcdnefday, about is. per q•.:,v
ter.-Rapc Seed is lower ; but Canary advat.tt,
Other articles as per WI.
Englith Wheat, 54.5. 665. 8:s. per quarter.
Foreign Ditto, 461. ryfts.
Fine Dantzic Wheat, Sos.
Rye, 365. 425.
Barley, 265. 385.--Beft (New) 4ys. 4c;.
Malt, 445. 38s. Fine (Ditto), ilts.
Oats, 2os. 265. 335,
Horfe Beans, (New) 331. 405.-Old 4R3,
Tick Beans, (New) 3os. 38so-01d 46..
Hog Peafe, 38s. to 421.
Boilers, 48s. 365,
Can-away Seed, 365. to 41s. per cwt.
Coriander, 265. to 295. pc; cwt.
Canary, gos. to 98s,
Rape Seed, 341. to 391. per
Flour, 65C, to 7os. per fack. •
Red Clover, los. 765. 83s. per cwt.
White ditto, 58s. 84$. 112 s,
Trefoil, 265. 4os. 3os.

Yefterday the LORD MAYOR held a Court of Al
dermen at Guildhall, to ;Ake into confideratiel
the moll cffeaual means of loweeing the puke
Bread, whcn it was refolved, that a deputation g
four lhould immediately wait on the Chancellor u
the Exchequer to confult with him about the pn
priety of repealing the feveral Alts for repldtia;
the Ailizo of Bread fubfequent to the MI e.

the King.
The Loan IdLtvott. Alderman CuITIS, Sir J'
W. A NmasoN, Sir WATKIN LEWES, Aldtinuo
SK IN.N rt, and the City Remembrancer, accord
ingly let out to meet the Chancellor of the Ea
chequer.
The following notice was yefterday meran
ftuck up at LLOYD'S,—" French paitports
been received this day at Lord Haw K ISBUZ 114
°lnce."
It appears that Tome of the French arkje 11.;.c
taken up their relidence in Waits. There is n, ,:e
wifdoot in this than may at hilt tight appear.
country can be fo fit for a man who values him
fell on his pdisrce !
The cuitom among the lower vials of people
felling their wives at Smithfield, is undrabted!
worthy the attention of the Magifinites.
the upper claffes, the more ufual culturn is to
wife by a &xi:l:Pd bargain.
The foliowingis an extraft of a letter to-an al—
jeant of the 6111 regiment, attached to the eyed.
lion under Sir HOME POPHAM, dated Kole::
Sept. 4, from which we learn that Egypt sat tt'.
tellEn.lte destination of that expedition:
,4 We left the Cape on the 3oth March, and()
the 28th of May arrived at Moaha, from wh,r.c
we failed up the Red Sea, and arrived at C. ,:air
in Upper Egypst on the 7th of filly, where ;-
joined the Indian army. We left Caeir
21ft of Ittlyi and marched feven days acre fs t!!
defitrt, and well may it be called a debut, for is
the courfc of that time I law not a mark of vet,:
tation, excert two or three Cafhow trees.
met with wells at three different places on
march ; on other days the water was carried ;.
leather bags on the backs of camels. On the :Sth
we arrived at Kennea on the banks of the
and on the 3d of Augult embarked on that river
in boats for Cairo, where we arrived on the fah.
On the 28th we again embarked at Cairo, for R.
Jetta, and on our arrival there, on the 3ift, re-
ceived accounts of the fyrrender of Alexandria, to
our great mortification, as we Were within two
fhort days march of it. We expeet to remain fame
time in Egypt, and on quitting it will na ch;abt
be fent to Bengal, as the regiment is put upon
that eftabhfhment."
EITEAORDIN•RY Fisn.—A piece of water at
Thornville Royal. Yorkthire, which for fiveral
years had been ordered to be filled up, and for
which purpofe logs of wood, roots of trees, rah-
bilh, &c. had been thrown into it, lately being
round Waal, the Steward was ordered to clear it
out. Perfons were accordingly employed, ..114
though almott choaked up by weeds and mud; fa
that little water remained, and no perfon cenc:av-
cd any 4th, except poflibly a few large cola,ouli
be found, yet about two hundred brace of to.ch
of all lives, and as many perch were found.ab.',lt
ten brace of which were from three to four pt—r-tis
w, fight each. Alter tl.e pond was drought I
quite tree, tinder lonic roots, there feen, d to hj
tonic ani:n:d, which was conceived to be an otter,
the place was furroun.ted, and on opening ti:: en-
trance :I mong die roots, a tench was tour..!
mod ta :raordinary form, having literally aficni.:,l
•be that e of tl:,! in which he had of c. 1.!!:,
for mar..y, many years been confined. His brat
was an iiicguLir lcmiLirelz, his length, tint
eye, was two fret nine incites ; his cirrunue
relic a, almoft the tail, was two feet three inche'
ais ilh. 9t.0/. ; his colour was alra fin
y.ul.tr. as his belly was the colour of a; hat, or
This extra,.rdinary tifh,atrtebeto).,T
I. pits t,tr in the holdc, was tketc.ted, ...na ilwac• 7
n rat it. After having Leto (hewn tO 111211
men, it was carefully put into a pond; bu
et:Let nom cootineineut, or age, or tralk, it ono
do.ccd, and wah difficulty, at halt, iwitzn gent(
sam ay. It is acre aliTc and well.

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HARWIC 26. —There (till being no Packet
in harbour, the Mails of Tuefday lag for the Ccn-
tinent were forwarded toCuzhaven, by the Thomas
and William hired (hip, which failed from this port
this afternoon at three o'clock.
YARMOUTH, Nov: 26.—Sailed the Waakzam•
hew, Captain BERGH, for Amaerdam ; and the
squirrel, Captain WICKHAM, for Rotterdam, with
goods; and the Enterprize, PARTON:A, for Balti-
snore.—The George, Captain WILCOCK, will fail
for Hamburgh with goods, and feveral paffengers,
this afternoon; the Dove, HORN, and John,
BUTCHER, with goods, for Loadon.—Arrived the
Trial, Qyiscron ; Providence, THICIAALD ; and
Fortitude, BUTCHER, from London, with gond:.
The Margaret, Capt. WHITE, from Gottenburgh
to Leith, with iron and deals; and the Provi-
dence, Capt. Maas, from Bremen to Leith, with
corn and goods. ars both put in here leaky, hav-
ing received damage n the late gales of wind.—.
No packets are yet arrived, owing to the wind
blowing N. W. which prevents them from leaving
the Elbe : all the packets oz. this Ration are now
on the other fide.—The packets due, are the Ez-
MESS, DELL; DIANA, OSBORN ; KING
DEANE ; and PRINCE OfWALES, DEANE.---A Ham-
burgh trader will fail every week with parengers
and goods, until the packets art-I,re ;from Ham-
burgh.
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PLYMOUTH, Nov. 24.—Came in the JosErn
cutter, of 14 guns, Lieut. LAPENOTIEIt E; fiorn
Minorca, Gibraltar, and lati from the fqtutdron
off Cadiz : the left the latter on the 3d inflant,
and to•nk on board difpatches from Achnir d Sir
C. M. Pais, of his Majelly's Ihip Sr. GEoRn ,
of 9$ c nb, which were this morning fnrwarde
toLondon: it does not appear that the has brougt.t
in news. • Came in from a cruize, the BLANCHE,
of ;6 guns, Capt. HAMOND ; SIRJUS, Of 36, KING;
aid the CHILDLIS; Of 44 CRARTOLD.—AITiVed;
put in by contrary winds, the Ruby, of Abu-.
deen, Capt. Wtta.s, from Greenock, bound to Mar-
tinique, with foldiers clothing, and bale goods.—
Thewreck of the PotLy tender was yefierday got
of the rocks, and towed into Catwater.
PONTSMOUTII, Nov. a 5 into harbour
Sza.Gutt. iloop to refit.—Arrived the Hsi..
ore frigate from the Downs.
Nov. a6.—Arrived the African brig from Sun-
derland with coals.

Hutt, Nov. 24—The Providence, For, cleared
out of Scarborough, on Saturday fe'nnight, for
Francs, being the irft veffel which has failed from
thence for that country fince the figning of the
preliminaries of peace.
The North Star ORMAN, from Cadiz to this
port, is put into Dover, with damage.
By the Elizabeth, Capt. Low, which arrived
here on Friday, from Memel, we learn that the
form of the ad init. has been very deftralive to
the flipping on the coati of Norway, Sweden, and
Denmark. The Elizabeth, on her paltage from
El.ineur to Anholt in which harbour fhe remain-
ed during the form being about zso miles, ob-
(erred fourteen ve els of different deferiptions
Branded, and completely wrecked, fix of them
bottom upwards. During the form a Deitch boy
was thrown upon the rocks of Anholt, and (lathed
to pieces, and only two of the crew Paved, who
were found on the rocks after the gale ftibfided,
almoft perifhed with cold and hunger ; her cargo
cool:Red of deals, Raves, &c. name unknown. The
Flaxton, of this port, upfet in the gale, and is
totally loft ; the crew got upon her keel, from
whence they were providentially taken by a Pruf-
flan veirel, apd diftributed among the (hips bound
for England ; four of them are arrived in the Eli-
zalg.th. Two Englith veffels were obferved to
(yonder at their anchors, on the coati of Norway,
and all their hands loll; names unknown. The
Dallt, Capt. Mu., of this port, is reported to have
foundered at fea. The Swedifit and Danilla !hip-
ping have alfu fuffered feverely.
&Mt. K HOLIkI. OCT., 27.—We experience at this
moment a terrible hurricane, and to complete our
diarefs, a violent fire has broke out in the fontliern
part of the port.

Corsitaaosn, Nov. 3.—We had aviolent tern-
peft to-day, which began at eight A. M. and con-
tinued till two P. M. Much damage has been
done. The hats frigate, deftined for the Wen-
indies, ran afhore ; reverai other (hips have been
damaged in the harbour. Th: greaten part of
the honks have filtered confiderably. A boat
which was carrying foldiers from the:Cufloni bottle
to the Three Crowns battery, ran foul of another
with fo much violence that t 4 men were loft.
&statute, Nov. 3.—Since eight this morning,
there has been a more violent form than ever was
known. A South-eaft wind blew all night, and
part of the morning. Several vac's drove from
their anchors. At eight o'clock in the morning
the wind fuddenly chopped round to the N. W.
ar:d the tempelt raged molt dreadfully. We are
ve:y uneafy about the (hips which failed yefterday.
Several were blown out of the Cattegat. One of
the two Britifh armed veffels was driven very near
the coati ; but the wind having changed, The got
ti; and is now in port.
Ceznavra, Nov. 4.—The tempeft w.ts In vio-
lent lift night that the great ferry-boat tr.-erlet.-
41 the tops of the houfcs hart been much Mania.
led. At day break we faw from Altcnbruck to
Utterdof five vac's franded, viz. the Danith (hip
Sarpen, which was forced to cur away all her
in'lftS ; the Hamburgh (hip the Mercury. hound
M Li(bon; ftte has loft her main-mall, and is lull of
.Lcl- : the Captain and two of the crew are dead.
7Lt Alrona, laden with wine, and defined for
,'!ifti:tnfand : fhe is hill of water, and her main.
' ''' tut away. The Englifh (hip —, Captain
` •,. lion flamburgh, bound to Hull, has
' ! : rc,.: ! r We sannut learn the name of.

the fifth NI), but, according to a? 1 appearances,
the appears to have futfered but little. There is a
vettel in the harbour which has lot two malls.—
We are very uneafy for the two Englith packets
which failed yellerday.

EAST-INDIA SHIPPING.
The WHIM fchooncr, Captain BARCLAY, from
Fort St. George, whole arrival, and the important
news of the death of the Nabob of the Carnatic,
we noticed yeflerday, left that Prefidency on the
.ttli of Auguß haft, and paired by the Eland of St.
Helena without touching there. The WHIM has
made a remarkably quick paffage, having been on-
ly eleven months out and home. She failed from
Portfmonth on the 7th December, t Soo. The
Packets from the Government of Madras, brought
home by the WHIM, were opened by the Court of
Direflors
We learn that the following rice Clips were on
the point of taking their departure for Europe
when the WHIM failed, viz :
The Minerva, Capt. itiehardfon Elisa, Capt. HOW= ;
Perfcveranee, Capt. Dovrnick • NutweU, Capt. Criltal ; Gan-
ges, Capt. Brown ; Sir John iorlafc Warren, Capt. Carte, and
the Rote, Capt. Chriftopher Keymer.
The following regular lndiamen were to be dif-
patched from Bengal, viz :
The Melville Cattle, Captain John Lambe ; the Travers,
Captain 'llion= Sanders; and the Stiton Caftle, C..ttain
Matthew Macke; the Plicenix, Captain William M.,ffat, from
Bombay; the Rockin,-;ham, Captain Thnmas Butler, ftmt
Madras and Bengal. The SW tiiMV, Lord Marnington, and
Georgiana Packets are expeeted thortly to arrive.

The WHIM packet has, we are lorry to fay,
brim& an account of the lofs of the Malabar
Eaft lndiaman, which was burnt to the water's
edge. No lives were lrft.