Star.
London, England, 1801-04-07 00:00:00

LONDON.

• TUESDAY, APRIL 7.
EAsTzi, Tuz5DA r.—Hobda7 at the Stock Exchange.

Mr. MottaNni, the Mellinger, who arrived in
Town on Sunday evening, is raid to have brought
difpatcbes contaio;ng an acccount of Sir Raxra
Amato mats having failed from the Bay of Macri
on the 22d of February, with a favourable wind.
A landing was to be attemptld at Aboukir, which
being fituated en a point of land fo as to be ex.
pored to a crors•Fire from .the (hips, firms to pre.
tent the moll elegible point of attack.
Lord ExotN, in a lbtter dated Conftantinople,
March 6th, lays, that the fleet was out of fight
When the difpatches to him were fent off.
Intelligence is raid to have been received alfo
from Gexda, that Admiral Gaursamma's fqua-
then, after refitting at Toulon, had failed from
that port, but tome of his frigates having defcried
the Englifb fquadron, they returned to that place,
Where they are now blockaded by the fquiudion
Under Sir Joust Boa LASS WARILIN, which had
been reinforced by two Sips of the line from Mi-
norca.

This intelligence is corroborated by other ad-
vices received by the MOTINE brig, by whole
patches it appears, that GAN T H Eat/ M E'l fquadron
failed from Toulon on the 17th ult. and put back
on the 19th.

The Rover lugger failed from Leith Harbour
on Wednefday laft for the North Sea Fleet, having
been difpatched by Mr. VANSITTAILT immediately
on his landing. •
An embargo has been laid on all the Britifh
yeah in the torts of Sweden.

His Royal Highnefs the Dane of You arrived
at Bath late on Saturday night.
The Duke and Duchefs of DEVONIHIRI paired
laff week at Ch ifwic k with Lord and Lady Mott 'yr H.
The Earl of ARRAN is arrilltd front Ireland, and
has taken up his abode in St. Alban's-ltreet.
The Population of Doncafler comprifes—males
3477, females 322o—total 5697.
Derby -- males 5079, females 57+9 total
t 0,825-244 inhabited boufes, 3441 families,
and a 7 houfes unoccupied. Since 1789 the num-
ber of boufes has increafed 53+, and of inhabi-
tants 2265.
The Univerfity of Cambridge contains St 1
perfons.
Horncallle—males 963, females 1,053—total
2,016. In 1790, the total number of inhabitants
amounted only to 1,834, ft) that the population of
the town has increafed 18e.

Grantham.—males 1553, females x7sc—total

31?,3-
Newark-1390 bottles, 487 famili .3c93
violet', 3632 females—total 6,730. Ia 1798 thy pu.
pulation amounted only to 6,273, fa that in three
years there has been .an inereafe of 457 perfons.
Lan year the marriages in this town amounted to
6 r--the births to 229—and deaths to 1 32.
Norwich—according •to the correned returns,
eomprifes 8539 families, 7655 inhabited honks,
731 uninhabited, 15,681 males, 20,703 females—
in all 36,384. In 5786, the number of inhabi-
tants amounted to 38,52 ti—in 5752, to 35,15,—
and in 5693, to 28041. In 1753, the number of
houfes was yoto.
The propofal to exempt, poor curates from the
operation of certain taxes, is didated by a jun and
humane compaffion for the diarefs of this deferving
clefs of men ; but we entertain considerable doubts
whether this be the proper way to afford them re-
lief. It would be better If the law were to compel
tinge who employ 'them to allow them a !likable
maintenance. It is a reproach to the country, that
Hyde men whoa malls perform almon the whole
uf.iful ppaart of the duty of an ecelenaftical
ment, &mild Ram, while the emoluments are con-
fumed in luxury and fplendour, by thole who do
nothing whatever to promote the caufe of religion,
and wlie frequently do much to difgrace it. If it
be ellablithed as a principle that the pub* is to
afford exemption from taxes to curates, tholewho
"treacly grind the faces of thefe wretched men, will
only take occafion to lefen their allowance in the
fame proportion, fo that the intended relief would
be eluded.

% From the 17th of March to the 6th of Apni,
the relative pofition of the planets has been very
extraordinary; they have followed one another in
the Ecliptic, in the natural order of their diilances
from the Sun; and, what is much more remark.
aole. in the regular order too of the figns of the
Zodiac; Mercury, the planet neareS to the Sun,
has been in Aries, the firil gn ; Venus has beenfi
in Taunts; Mars in Gemini ; Jupiter in Causer;
Satin 11 in Leo ; and the Georgium &dui juries°,
Tbey have at the tame time been all on the nor-
thern fide of the Ecliptic: • Many revolving centu-
ries will not again bring about fo extraordinary a
coincidence of put' ,ions.
Yell er2.4 y were executed on a platforlh over the
gatcw:• y of Ow Ncw Gaol, in liorfentr.n•rer-iane,
in the Dorosigh. the tire followin ons, vie.
fairy /;:bare, for abr /glary ;ys Caroi4 or
tt:alii.!; 51 Steep; Thosaat lin alias Dan 6.4
i ,
for a high WU • robbery; 7. Sim. for the like of-
ft ncc : and J. Dr-, for robbing in the cargo.
round of It r.U..•:......:scrLtnds at Mitcham.