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

LONDON.

SATURDAY, APRIL 4.
PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT UNE O'CLOCK
Coach 571 .11--for April acc.s7i.-5 ni---.om!. 4:•

Advices were received this morning at tle Ad.
miralty, of the arrival of the KITE (loop, C:tp!..lul
DIGSV, at Leith, from the fleet under the
mand of Sir H. PARKER. She lift the fleet on
Sunday ha, near the entrance of the Sound; and
at that time it was underitood that they were to
attempt to force the !mirage of the Sound the next
day (Monday), if the wind thould be favourable.

Mr. VANSIT TART and Mr. Daummotto came
over in the lint, with difpatchcs for Govern-
ment, and arrived in town this mottling.
A Council of the Cabinet Miniffers was yea.
d.ty held at Lord HAWKESattav's Office: the Duke
Of PORTLAND, the LORD CHANCELLOR, Lord
HAW/USES/RV, and the Members of Adminiata-
tion attended, to deliberate on the communications
made to Lord HAWICESIULY by M. OTTO, in con-
fequence of the return of his Meffenger. It con-
tinues to be reported, that the CH:sr CONSUL is
difpofed to meet the wifhes of our Miniary, and
that Lord Sr. HELEN'S is defined to be the ne-
gotiator.

Yefterday being the fait of the Crucifixion, corn-
monly called Gond Friday, the Right Rev. the
Lord Bifhop of ROCHESTER preached before the
Nobility, at the Chapel Royal. The Rev. Prelate
took his text, and delivered a moll excellent dif-
courfe from St. Paul's firft Epiftle to the Corin-
thians, chap. xv. verfe 22.
The ROYAL FAMILY did not attend divine ler•
vice at the chapel.
Very confiderable changes are begun in the
German departments united to France. The ju-
dicial fyftem of France will be extended to thofe
territories. The Court of Revifion at Treves is
to be fupprelfed, and a fpecial Court of Appeal
to be formed for the four departments: The con-
vents are to be diffolved, and the religious of both
fetes to bedifmiffed with an annuity for life.

ProfGa has made a convention with the Ex-
rEROR of Russia, by which he fends into Siberia
all the criminals condemned to perpetual impri-
fonment. Pruflia pays the expences of their jour-
ney to the frontiers of Ruffle, from which the Ea-
PEROr bears their expences to Siberia.
The Emperor Pain, as a mark of his fenfe and
approval of the recent condo& of Pruflia, has fent
to Berlin, as a prefent to the Queen, a fuperb
mantle of fur, with a chain of diamonds of the
value of too 000 rubles. The chain forms a fuite
of eagles, confining of the Ruffian and the Pruffian
eagle, fet alternately. The Princefs, his daugh-
ter, has, on her part, fent to the Queen of Pruflia
a magnificent Ihawl of Brabant lace.
We Rated fome time ago. that a handfome
building was about to be crated in Seringapatam
for the dwelling of the Britifh Refident at the
Court of the Rajah of Myfore. We underhand
that it is now in agitation to rebuild the palace,
where the young Rajah may hold his durbar in a
hate Suitable to his dignity. Other public build-
ings, we alto learn, are to be erected in Scringa-
patam, in the room of thole which have been
found in a ruinous condition.
The late overland difpatch from India poffeffed
us of accounts of thole revolutionary principles
which fo long convulfed Europe, having extended
themfelves to China, and excited at Pekin, and
moll of the cities of the empire, the mon alarming
fenfation. The Government had revived all the
obfolete edias againft the introduftion of new fats
and doarines, and have impofed on the Several
foreign aftronomers, artifts miflionaries, &c. who
have been permitted to redde in the country, the
moll rigid reltridlions.
At a town on the banks of the Pei-ho river, con-
fiderable iliflurbances were excited by the Brah-
mins, in their teal to enforce the orders with which
they were entrufted, againft fome converts to the
Roma religion, but repreired by the military :
the temper of the people, however, indicates form
decided political change.
The greatly enereafed number of foreign veffels
which frequented Calcutta during the lan feafoti,
and the confequent erten fion of foreign trade, have
excited the jealoufy and attention of our Govern-
ment, which we underhand to have in contem-
plation Tome arrangements to prevent the further
growth of the evil.
Such bas been the alarm excited in India by the
apprehended eflablithment of the French in Egypt,
that all the principal forts on the Malabar coin
I have been doubly garrifoned. A Frenchman who
had long refided at Onore, and carried on a cor-
refpondence with his countrymen, by means of
native contraband traders, by been taken into
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