Star.
London, England, 1802-01-08 00:00:00

PROM THE PARIS PAPERS.

HAVRE, DEC. 27.—The boißerous weather was
not fufpended for more than three days, and the
Rorms have recommenced with the fame violence
as before. For two months we have had nothing
but fevere gales. There is not a day in which
the rain does not fall in torrents. This relaxes
all our commercial operations, and oppofes itfelf
to the failing of our frigates. The veffels from
the North and Weft cannot pably approach our
coaf.

BREST, DEC. 25.—M. DE CORDOVA has taken
the command of the ten Spanifh fbips which re-
main in our road. The corvette la Diligente, a
tranfport velfel, will fail very foon for St. Do-
mingo. The two veffels anner en (fate, le Zeli and
la Tourville, will fail fome time after for the
fame deßination. Many perfons employed in
this expedition, who could not embark on board
the firft !hips for want of room, will go by there.
LYONS, 9 thvoss (Dsc. 30.1—Citizen TAL.
cry RAND arrived here on the 7 (zBth). The
Cif.dpine Deputies have been prefented to him.—
He this day gave a grand dinner to the principal
notables. The Archbithop of MILAN, an old man
of eighty, feerningly in perfea good health, and
in excellent fpirits, was placed on the Minifter's
right. He bad fcarcely fat down, when leaning
over to Citizen TALLEYRAND, for the purpofe of
(peaking to him, he fell back into his chair and in•
ftantly expired. Citizen MOSCATI, a celebrated
phyfician, who was at table, ineffeftually ufed
every means to revive him. His heart had ceafed
to beat. _

The Archbi(hop of MILAN had come to Lyons
for the ezprefs purpofe of Peeing the CHIEF Cow.
so L, whom he had known in his firft campaign in
Italy. It is remembered, that the peafants of
Pavia having revolted, this refpeilable Prelate of-
fered to go to remonftrate with them ; but thefe
Brigands refuting to Ellen to his exhortations, the
French army entered Pavia by force. As the
peafants had been fanaticized, by being made to
believe that the French wifhed to deftroy their
religion, General BONAPARTE frequently carried
along with him in his carriage the Archbifhop of
MILAN. _

The Prelate had gone to Venice, to attend the
Conclave, and was there when e army of re-
ferve entered Italy. Not .having then teen the
Cam Consul. and feeling a ftrong delire, not-
withftanding his great age, to pats the Alps, he
accompanied the Cifalpine Deputies, and teemed
to bear his journey without much fatigue.. Great
preparations are making his funeral.
Hap us, Dec. 2s. —Government has received
very fatisfaftory intelligence from Batavia. The
magazinei regorp,e with the produCtions of the
colony. Thole appointed by Government to pro-
ceed to our poffeflions in the Indies in general en-
joy a reputation of probity which gives flattering
hopes of the liked's of their Adminiftration.—
Formerly the firft come, provided that they were

proteacd by the Stadtholder, were employed in
the colonies, while thofe were paired by who were
belt fitted to watch over our interefis in that
quarter of the world.
BRUNSWICK, Dkc. r3.—The POPE'S letter to
the French Biffiops has at length arrived. The
delay it has experienced may ferve to explain that
of the refignations. Of all the refignations thole
of the Archbifhop of Paris and the PAN) of Blois
have had the greateft influence on the reft. The
Abbe Duvoßsis propofes to publith in their fa-
vour a very energetic letter.
The Ex-Sranr HOLDER and his Family (pent here
a fortnight; during which time feveral entertain-
ments were given them. The Prince feems to be
completely reigned under his Inas. lie lays,
that in paffing through Altona he exprefled a de-
fire of feeing Dumotratee ; the latter being in-
formed of this circumftance waited upon the
Prince, and converted with him in a very candid
manner, and with much politenefs, on certain
events, that required to be touched upon with
great delicacy and addrefs in a converfation, and
even refpeaing a Proclamation, the ityle of which
it was more difficult to pardon than a viaory.
The Prince heard the whole with great com-
placency, and replied in the fame manner.
Rome, Dec. 7.—A medal has been Bruck here
to commemorate the takingpoffeffion of the Rates
of the Church, by his }lands, laft month. It
reprefents, on one fide, the bull of Pius VII. and,
on the other, the Church of Sr. PE rut, on which
the fun fhines with this motto : Sol Rclulget.
VIENNA, Dec. 18.—The Court Gazette of this
day announces that the amelioration in the finan•
ces taking place only by degrees, and the revenue
expeaed to arife from it not being yet fufficient for
the occafions of the State, his Majefty finds him-
felt under the neceffity of impofing for one year
more, in his Rates in Germany and Gallicia, an
extraordinary contribution upon the profits of im-
moveable goods, on the dividends received by
' ftockholders, and upon every other fpecies of in-
come not included in the two firft claffes. Thole
under too florins a-year are exempted; from too
to 300 pay zi per cent. The fcale increafes to
15,000 florins, thofe who are poffetfed of which
income pay so per cent.

LONDON.

FRIDAY, JANUARY 8.

PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK:

Could& for opg. 691—Reduced 681.

4 per Cent. 841—s per Cent. 941—New ditto 98i
Long Ann.
PRICE OF STOOKS VISTERDAY.

Bank stock ;88f .4 Per C 421- Aim. 1797 98{i:
3 per Ct. Kel. 68 614 62 Long Ann. t 9 r3•lUri
3 per Ct. Conf. Oil ex. div. Imp. 3 per Cent. 663
4 Per Cent- 1144 I Puglia Tickets 26. ass.
3 pet Cent. Ann. 981 98 Cog for opg. 63pf
The half-yearly Dividends will begin to be paid to-morrow tq
the ilanken, and on Monday to the Public.

Laft night we received Paris Journals to the
13th Nivofe inclufive, which fame of the morning
papers, by nu:flake, we fuppofe, have called the
4th inn. but which, in truth, is only the 3d inn.—
The contents arc given above.
The trial of the Bantry Bay Mutineers, which
began at Portfmouth on Wednefday, cannot be
publiflied till the trials be finifhed. The Members
of the Court behaved with much courtely in intim .
Ling to our Reporters their refolution on this mat-
ter. We mull prote it, however, against the principle
now laid down and acted upon for the fire time.
We do fo with the moll perfeft difintereflednefs,
for the expences of giving the trial daily, and
running expreffes from Portfmouth, would have
been very confiderable indeed. The Public are
far more interened than we are. Formerly no at-
tempts were made to prevent the trialsbefore Courts
Martial from being publifiled even while they were
going on. That of Ks P 'EL was publiflied daily
for fix weeks, and PALLISF R'S for five. The
trial of PARKER and his gang in 1797, was pub-
'jibed ckily ; that of Captain WILLIAMSON, in
1798, daily, without the leaft impediment, On
the contrary, we can fay from perfonal know.
ledge, that ev.-,ry facility and accommodation
was given by the Courts, and on board the (hips
where the trials took place, to thole who were
engaged in giving the reports. No inconve-
nience can refult from the praftice. It is not
like cafes where daily details would influence
the minds of Judges and Juries, The Courts Mar-
tial hear and take down ill the evidence on which
they are to decide before it is publifhed :'what is
publifhed does not hurt the caufe and defence of
the culprit;, or prejudice their Judges or Juries'
Its might be in a fuccelfion of civil trials. We
therefore can perceive no good reafon for this re-
folution of the Court-Martial, and have no hefi-
tation in pronouncing it wee and ionjeifiabk. We
confider it our duty to the public to impeach the
principle of fuch a prohibition ; and we think the
Court-martial would do well to nate their reafons
for doing as they have done, that the public may
judge. For our part, we are of opinion, that the
anxiety to prevent publication will create great
alarm in the public mind, leading them to form
very gloomy conjectures indeed, refpelting the
extent and malignity of the mutiny. But how far
fuch an alarm would be right or wrong, we
shall not pretend at prefent to decide. We have
now to fubmit to what we conceive has been
unduly impofed, and to proteft spina finvilar
proceedings in future.

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