Star.
London, England, 1801-10-07 00:00:00

.711 E Rona FAMILY.

Yefterday noon, his MAJESTY came to town
from Windfor, and held a Council at the gypsy's
Honk, for the purpofe of fummoning Parliament
for the agth, agreeably to the Proclamation in
a preceding Column. His Grace the Duke of
PoarLasm, Earls eNATHAIS and Sr. VINCENT;
Lords ELDON, HAWKE Sava and PELHAM, Meirrs.

Aanninrox, _ YOILICI, and PALI( t, and Sir 8.

COTTBRILL, (as Clerk of the Council), attended•
At half-pait three his MAJISTY left town for Wind.
for. The Public will fincerely rejoice to fee the
health of his hisissre is to completely rellored,
that he can travel from and to Windfor, and, fit
an hour or two is Council in one day.
Yefterday morning her MAJISTY and the Patri-
cians, attended by Lady CATHCART, took an
airing in a fociable round by Virginia Water
Princefs Annie rode on horfeback, attended
by Lady ALBINA COMISIL•ND.

The Envoy from Algiers and his fake are about
to quit England. Application has been made to
Government to procure a air, for that purpofe.
The Montgomery Militia; under the command
of Colonel Beams, have marched into Yarmouth,
to do garrifon duty.
On Wedndday the 3oth ult. between five and
Le in the morning, a very bright meteor was hen
in the Eaft, &opal fomething like a crofs ; this
was accompanied by two fmaller ones like Liars,
one towards the left, which was alto bright, and
one
moving fall towards the South.
At Hall the intelligence refpefting the figning
of the Preliminaries of Peace was received with
enthutiafm by all ranks of people. The. horfes
were inflantly unfaitened from the mail, and the
coach drawn triumphantly for upwards of three
hours through the principal beets of the town;
the bells re-echoed the loud Itiessat by ringing mer-
rily throughout the day; a general difpbry of flags
from the &epics, &c. took place.
But we are forry to add, that in contequence of
the unguarded zeal of the-tailors, &c. who eon-
dated the mail cinch in triumph round the town
(literally crowded both infule and out with the
&void tars,) the fame was overturned in the Mar-
ket.piace, by which accident a young man was fo
feverely hurt, that be died in the Infirmary before
furgical affidance could be of any effe& ; another
was conveyed there with two broken ribs ; the
guard (who was not faltered to leave his chair be-
hind) is a good deal hurt ; and feveral others are
confide:nay bruited.
To the eatenfive analogue of Signs, a publican
and peril's-clerk, in a (mall market town in Lama-
Shire, has added another truly original ; namely,
the Sign of the Props-Sock I—under which honeft
Bond:see has painted, is Good entertainment for
travellers!" He has very few cnfioniers, how-
ever; travellers generally call at the Stesklene%inst_
ha and Puscb-iowl

• The Ifland of Ceylon, it is contended by the in-
habitants, was the primitive Elm. They Thew,
on the top tf a fieep rock in the centre of the ifland,
the perfect unpreffon of a man's foot, which they
affest to be that of Adam; and a neighbouring
pool, they fay, was fiat filled by the tears of Elm
for the lots of.dfisti
Rimptoff Cove, in Herefordtbire, the feat of the
Earl of Essex, has been the fcene of fectivity and
gaiety for tome weeks pall. The Earl and Coun-
tefs of Esss x, Lord and Lady Monson, Lord and
Lady Cmtansorow, and family, have fet off on a
tour through Wales for a month, when they return
to that beautiful feat, and will be joined by the
Marquis and Marchionefs of Sairsauay, and the
Earl and Conntefi of CuotstoensLar.

At the commencement of the fourth a& or the
Play, a ditlurbance frequently arifcs, which totally
dellroys all fcenic effett. This diflugance proceeds
from the influx of auditors at half price, and might
be avoided, if the interval between the third and
fourth a'as were lengthened.
THI AUTHOR OF " NIGHT THOUGHTS"
went to pay his &ft vifit to Mr. Porrea at his
living in the country, when obferving the parfo-
nagelioufe at a diflance, and not knowing the direet
road to it, be punted his bode forward through
a field, which proved to be very boggy. On get-
ting to the houfe and greeting his friend, "Potter,"
f.,41 he, 44 that your field I have jult croffed ?"
Yes, it is," replied his friend.—" Aye, continued
YOUNn, " I thought lb.—Pclite:Aida istry firm.-
ger!

-1
he Rory of the fon of the chief Phyfician of
the Grand Signior arriving at Vienna to Rudy ph y.
fac, and beginning his carver with learning Latin,
reminds us of the Rory of the Irith Student of
Medicine, who applied to Dr. G—, at Edin-
burgh.—" I propofe, Sir, to write a Hißory of
Phyla from the commencement of the world."—
" Sir, you will do a laudable work, it is a defile-
rams is the Medical World; you may begin with
the Greek Writers on the fubjee." 64 That is my
intention, Donor, can you recommend ma a pod
Grui Grammar?'

PARISIAN Faso toos.—The elegant caps, orna-
mented with filver bands, are not worn of fo long
a form at prefent ; and inftead of muffin, they are
in general made with black crape, which thews the
bands to great advantage. A. the doling of Fro!Cali many were feen in white farfnet with filver
bands, the fronts of which were formed like a peak.
ed helmet. Steel combs are much worn in the
hair; and fometimes ftrings`of pearls replace the
Silver ban's. The croffes,bracelets, and ear-rings,
hare the Shape of a fcrpent. The wailts arc in
general very low. The turbans for full drefs are
made of gold and filver brocaded muffins. Some
fempllrefres have jackets and caps embroidered
with filver. The very elegant women hook with
a diamond a double-corniced jacket handkerchief,
trimmed with lace. Some caps arc worn with
handkerchiefs ea worouote. The fathiotable lhawls
arc amaranth colour.

CORN-MARKET.

At Mark-Lane this morning, the market Was
very dttll—prices nearly the fame as on Monday.

BRRAD.—Yellerday the Mailer and Wardens of
the Company of Bakers waited on the Right Ho
nonrable the LORD MAYOR, at the Manfion-Houfe,
relative to the AM ze of Bread, and it appearing by
the Mealweighers'reorts, that between the 2111
and 26th of Lift month 14,000 quarters of wheat
fold at the Corn Exchange, and between the 26th
of kit month and ad infant, 13,085 tacks of flour,
fold at the fame place, forming averages upon the
whole quantities, of fixty-eight Millings eleven
pence three farthings, per quarter, and feventy-
four Millings and fixpenee farthing per lack, being
eight Millings and nine-pence three farthings per
quarter,anifthree !billings and ten-pence halfpenny
per Pack, cheaper than the lad reports, his Lord-
fhip ordered the Bread to be lowered one affize, or
two-peace in the peck loaf, to commence and take
place to-morrow ; the qnartern loaf will then be
fold for one fhilling and one penny.
By the vigilance of the Market Lookers at Ormf-
kirk, not lets than forty-three pecks and hilf pecks,
confiderably fhort of meafure, have- been taken
and dedroyed within the month pail.
Croydon Fair ended on Monday, after lading
three days. A great number of horfes were fold
,at rather tow. rites, particularly inferior ones ;
the Contraftpr fopr Artillery-horfes bought a great
many on the firft day (Friday), but difeontmued
buying any afterwards. Lean cattle, which are
much wanted in thit quarter, from the plenitude
of feed of every kind, went off at advanced prices,
as did young pigs and breeding tows ; indeed the
latter, young, and of a good fort, were, as high as
from three to four guineas, the common run for
flock ; tome of the improved breed brought very
high prices.
At Birmingham fair, on Tnefday fe'nnight, the
quantity of onions was very great, and fold from
is. to as. 6d. per dozen reeve: the next day higher
prices were demanded, even at 38. 6d. In the horfe
market there were but few good honks, and indif-
ferent ones brought high prices. Cattle were very
high. Grain much as nfual.
On Wednefday laft there was a (how in Cattle
Howard Vark, of cattle and &cep produced on the
Earl of Ceatisza's eftates,when a number of pre-
miums were given by his Lordfhip to the breeders
of the belt Rock, as determined by Mr. PROWOE, of
I4ovingham, Mr. KIRKBY, of Mowthorp, and Mr.
STUDS a, of Whitewell, who were appointed judges
on the occafion.
Oar late erports of cottons to Hamburgh, ef-
pecially from Glafgow, Leith, and Dundee, have
been by far too large : as the intereourfe with the
Baltic and the North Seas was for a fhort time in-
terrupted, the Scottifh manufafturers knew not
where to find a market, and, in their diftrefs, fent
out immenfe adventures to Germany.
There is now growing in the garden of Mr. J.
Date, in Abbotlbury, Dorfet, twe (talks of Indian
corn, which he planted the latter end of May ;
there ate four ears on each (talk, and two of the
ears are feven inches and a half round, and nine
inches long.

Yeaerday the General Q2arter Seffions of the
Peace for the county of Snrry commenced at King-
Ron, for the trials of felons, mifdemeanors, and
other offences, of which there are a great number
to be difpofed of.
An alarming fire broke out in a honfe in Dum-
fries, on Thnrfday fe'nnight, but was confined to
the building id which it began.
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Sunday night, about feven o'clock, a fire broke
out at Sandy, near Bigglefvrade, occafioned by
Tome unflacked lime being Rrewed near tome corn
Racks, which before twelve o'clock confumed eight
of them. They belonged to Lord Mount us.
As Mr. Lamond, Wright, in Edinburgh, was
let week with his men pulling down a houfe in
Don's Clore, which had been condemned by the
Dean of Guild Court, the walls being much de-
cayed, part of a flat gave way fuddenly, by which
accident he was much bruifed, but is now in a fair
way of recovery. One of the workmen was alto
nightly hurt.
General Moa Neu, previous to the French Re-
volution, applied for a Sub•Licutenancy of Dra-
goons, but was refuted, in confequence of his not
being of noble birth. His propenfity to a military
life, however, continuing, he was fhortly after-
wards eleeted Commander of a battalion of Na-

tional Guards, and when the war commenced he

joined the army, and gradually rofc to thole high
honours which the greatnefs of his talents entitled
him to receive.

Sir JosIAH CHILD, in his ingenious Difcourfe on
Trade, written in 1666 (about the time of the great
fire). traces the profperity of trade in this country
to the year 5545, when firlt the law regulated the
interel of money at ten per cent. when, he fays,
the Merchants were very an and few. He lays,
that in the year 1635 there were more Merchants to
be found on the Exchange worth loco]. and up-
wards, .thanthere were in the year
.1600 worth

tool. ; and farther, that in his days, that is, thirty
years after, there were more merchants worth

,
ro,oool. apiece than there had been worth wool.
at the foregoing period ; and, Paid the good old
merchant, " If this be doubted, afk the old whe-

then five hundred pounds portion with a daughter,
fixty years ago, was not a greater portion than
wool. now?' and whether Gentlewomen in thole

ids would not efteem themfelves well clothed in
arr gown, which a chambermaid would now be
anted to be teen in ; and whether our Citizens

and middle fort of gentry are not now more rich
in clothes, plate, jewels, Etc. than the ben, of our
Knights and Gentry were in thofe days; and whe•
ther our WI fort of Knights and Gentry now do
not exceed by much, in thole things, the Nobility
.of England tiny years pal}, many of whom would
not go to the price of a mho/ fain douhkt, the em-
broiderer being yct living, who has allured me, he
has nude many hundreds of them for the Nobility
with moat loch!!!